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Communion Service · Stornoway Free Church of Scotland - Sermons

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  Thank you, Callum. It's good to be back with you again on the Lord's Day.
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  We'll begin our time of worship and before we sing, we'll read some words from Isaiah chapter 55.
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  Isaiah chapter 55. And at the beginning of the chapter, we hear that gospel call.
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  Come, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters. And he who has no money, come buy and eat.
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  Come buy wine and milk without money and without price. Why do you spend your money for that which
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  is not bread and your labor for that which does not satisfy? Listen diligently to me and eat what
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  is good and delight yourselves in rich food. Incline your ear and come to me. Hear that your soul may live.
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  Let's worship God and sing to his praise. We sing from Psalm 51, the traditional version of the Psalm,
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  page 281 in the books. Psalm 51. And we sing from verse 7 through to verse 13.
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  Do thy with hyssop sprinkle me, I shall be cleansed so. Ye wash thou me, and then I shall be whiter than the snow.
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  And as we think about that prayer that's answered in Christ, we remember today the cost at which the
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  cleansing for our souls came. And we rejoice in the salvation that is gifted to us as we come to Jesus.
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  So, Psalm 51, verses 7 to 13. And we'll stand to sing to God's praise.
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  Thank you.
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  Thank you.
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  Thank you.
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  Thank you.
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  Thank you.
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  Thank you.
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  Let's unite our hearts in prayer once more. Let's pray.
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  Let's pray.
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  presence of God. We thank you for the call that we so often turn to in the psalm that says,
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  be still and know that I am God and I am with you. So we pray, Lord, that we would know that
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  sense of your presence with us this morning as we come together in worship, as we gather together
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  around the Lord's table. We thank you that we do so as sinners who are turning unto thee,
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  we come as sinners who recognize that we cannot save ourselves, but there is a Savior in Christ.
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  And Father, we thank you for sending your Son, the Lord Jesus, into this world,
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  for God so loved the world that he gave his only Son. Lord Jesus, we thank you for coming into this
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  world to live for us that perfect, sinless life that none of us have or could ever live. We thank you
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  for the righteousness that is so amazingly seen as we look to Jesus and as we read of Jesus in the
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  Gospels. And even as we see the character and the wonder of Christ prophesied in the Old Testament,
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  we see a perfect, sinless, spotless life. We see pure righteousness.
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  Jesus is the image of the invisible God. And we thank you that our calling is to fix our eyes upon him.
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  So enable us to do that, we pray, Holy Spirit, we ask that you would help us.
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  We confess that we are so easily distracted. Our minds are so cluttered with many of the things of
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  this world. And we pray that you would help us, Holy Spirit, to lift our eyes from ground level to the
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  hills and to the one who made the hills, the God of heaven and earth. And we pray that this day,
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  we would be once more amazed by the grace of Jesus, God's riches poured out upon us at Christ's expense.
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  As we draw near to the cross, once more we ask, Lord, that we would see the wonder of the verse that tells us
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  that he who knew no sin became sin for us, so that we, through him, may become the righteousness of God.
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  And what a wondrous thought that is. Give us faith, we pray, that we may grasp it more fully,
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  that as we confess our sin, that as we confess our sin, it is transferred to Jesus, who made an end on it,
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  on the cross. And as we believe in him, we become righteous in and through him, the great exchange.
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  Help us, Lord, to see, to believe, to grasp, and to worship you with great joy,
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  as we see all that you have done for us in Christ. So help us, Lord, we pray,
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  as we seek to worship you. We thank you for those who are coming to the table for the first time
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  this morning. We pray for Delina and the Gaelic, as we pray for Rory John and all who gather there,
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  that they would know your presence and help, as we pray for that also here.
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  And we pray also for Martin. And we ask, Lord, that you would bless him. We thank you that,
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  as a young man, he has professed that his faith is in Jesus. And we ask, Lord, that you would help him,
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  not only as he sits at the table today, but as he rises from the table, as he goes back to school,
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  as he's amongst his friends. We ask that he and each one of us who profess Christ would be salt
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  and light, wherever you put us. So hear our prayers. Guide us and lead us in worship. Take away
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  our sin, we pray. We have confessed it in the psalm, as we have taken upon our lips that psalm of
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  repentance. And as again, Lord, we confess our sin in the quietness of our own hearts. We pray that you
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  would cleanse us in the blood of Christ, that you would give us the assurance of the pardon that is
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  ours in Jesus. And that you would give us the joy of knowing peace with God and the promise of
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  resurrection life. Even as we rise from the table, we do so remembering that we do this only until Jesus
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  comes. And this day, and every Lord's day we are given, we are reminded of the fact that our Savior
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  lives and one day will return. And we pray that we would be found ready. Hear our prayers go before
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  us, we ask in Jesus' name. Amen.
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  It's good to see and hear one or two boys and girls here. I'm scanning the church to see where I can see
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  them, but I think you've all been elevated to the upper levels. The chances of you speaking to me
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  from over there are quite slim. Unless Ali Moli's son's here, and he'll certainly speak to me from
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  whatever angle he might be. So I thought I would just show you something today. And boys and girls,
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  you might need your binoculars. But can you tell me, what's this? It's on my hand. I take it off.
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  What's that? Can you see it? Anyone brave enough to shout out?
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  He must not be in the service, is he? It's a ring, for those of you who can't see. And it's a ring
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  that is on a, I've only got one piece of jewelry in my whole body. It's the only piece of jewelry I've
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  ever worn in my life. And it's a ring, and I wear it on this finger. And when I'm wearing a ring on this
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  finger, like everyone else who wears a ring on this finger, it tells you something. What does it tell
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  you? Well, it tells you that I'm married. So back in Harris, my wife, Mary, is over there. And I've
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  got three girls, Anna and Grace and Lois. But this ring is something that, it tells you that I'm married.
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  Now, boys and girls, if I take this ring off my finger, and I put it now in my pocket, does
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  that mean that I'm not married anymore? Well, no. I'm still married. It's not the ring that
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  makes me married. It's just a sign. It's a sign that tells other people that I'm married,
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  and it's a sign, you could say, that helps me to remember. If I would never dare forget.
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  But it helps me to remember on Valentine's Day that I'm married, and I better go out and
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  buy a card and chocolates or whatever. So the ring is not the thing that makes me married.
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  It's a sign, and it's a reminder of the fact that I'm married. And boys and girls, the thing
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  that you see today that's different from most Sundays is that there is a table down at the
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  front here. And on the table, there's bread and there's wine. And the bread reminds us of
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  the body of Jesus. He gave himself for us. And the wine reminds us of the blood of Jesus.
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  It takes us to the cross, where we remember that Jesus, he bled and he died to take our sin away.
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  And when we eat the bread, and when we drink the wine, we're saying that we're Christians.
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  See, everybody who takes the bread and takes the wine today, they are saying as they take it,
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  I'm a Christian.
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  Now, is it the eating of the bread and the drinking of the wine that makes them Christians? No, it's not.
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  These things are just signs. And they point us to Jesus. And when we come and we sit at the table,
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  as this is called, and we take the bread and we take the wine, we're saying, Lord Jesus, I trust in you.
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  We're saying that to Jesus. But we're saying to the people around who are watching,
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  I'm not ashamed to say that I'm trusting Jesus. I'm a sinner who is trusting Jesus as my Savior.
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  One last thing before you go away to Sunday school. What do you think Mary would say if I went home
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  or if I moved to a new place on the mainland? And I said, I'll tell you what, Mary, I do love you,
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  but I'm going to take the wedding ring off. And I think from now on, we should keep our marriage a secret.
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  Even though I love you, I tell you what, I don't want anybody to know about you.
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  And I don't want anyone to know that we love each other and that we're married. Will that be okay?
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  What do you think she would say? I think she would say a whole lot.
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  I don't think she would be very pleased if I was going to say, I'm not brave enough.
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  I'm a bit ashamed to say that I'm married to you. That's not okay.
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  If we love each other, we wear the ring.
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  And we tell people that we're married.
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  And if we are trusting Jesus,
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  if we love Jesus,
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  if he's taken our sin away,
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  if we are his people,
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  it's not okay to not come to the table.
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  We must hear what Jesus says.
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  And he says, do this
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  to remember me.
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  Do this.
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  Take the bread, take the wine,
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  sit at the table
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  to tell people that you love me
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  and that you're trusting me.
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  And so that's what we do
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  as we come to the table today.
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  So let's pray again just for a moment.
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  Lord Jesus, we thank you that you love us.
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  We thank you that we can trust you.
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  We thank you that you went to the cross
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  to take our sin away.
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  And that the bread reminds us of your body
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  that you gave for us.
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  And the wine reminds us of the blood
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  that was shed to take away our sin.
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  We ask, Lord, that every one of us
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  would be trusting you.
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  That our sins would be washed away.
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  And we pray that if there's anybody here
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  who is trusting you,
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  but isn't yet telling anybody
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  that they're trusting you,
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  we pray that even today
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  that would change
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  and that they would want to come
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  and tell people
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  that they are Christians.
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  Be with the boys and girls.
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  Help them as they go to Sunday school.
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  Open their minds and their hearts
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  that they would remember their creator
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  and that they would trust Jesus
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  as their saviour
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  in the days of their youth.
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  Bless them, we pray.
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  And we ask all this in Jesus' name.
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  Amen.
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  We're going to sing again
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  to God's praise.
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  And we'll sing this time
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  from the Sing Psalms version
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  of Psalm 23.
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  Psalm 23.
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  And that is on page 28
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  of the book.
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  And notice what we're saying
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  in that psalm.
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  We're saying,
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  we're saying the Lord
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  is my shepherd.
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  Not just that he's the shepherd,
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  but we're saying the Lord
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  is my shepherd.
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  And so we'll sing
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  this psalm.
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  Psalm 23,
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  the whole psalm
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  to God's praise.
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  Amen.
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  Amen.
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  Amen.
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  Amen.
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  By wandering steps he brings back to his way,
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  in straight paths of righteousness making me stay,
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  unless he has done his great name to display.
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  Though I walk with death's honey where darkness is near,
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  because you are with me no evil I fear,
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  your wrath and your suffering be comfort and cheer.
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  And the sight of my enemies at table you spread,
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  the oil of rejoicing you pour on my head,
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  my cup overflows and ungracious regret.
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  O jury, your covenant, mercy and grace,
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  will follow me closely in all of my ways.
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  I will dwell in the house of the Lord all my days.
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  If you could turn with me now please to Matthew chapter 11,
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  page 984 on the Bible here.
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  Matthew chapter 11 and just a short reading,
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  as we had last night also from verse 25 to the end of the chapter.
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  At that time Jesus declared,
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  I thank you Father, Lord of heaven and earth,
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  that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding
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  and revealed them to little children.
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  Yes, Father, for such was your gracious will.
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  All things have been handed over to me by my Father,
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  and no one knows the Son except the Father,
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  and no one knows the Father except the Son,
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  and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.
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  Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden,
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  and I will give you rest.
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  Take my yoke upon you and learn from me,
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  for I am gentle and lowly in heart,
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  and you will find rest for your souls.
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  For my yoke is easy,
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  and my burden is light.
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  Amen.
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  May God bless that reading of his word to us.
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  We'll sing again now to God's praise from Psalm 62.
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  Sing Psalm 62, page number 80 in the book.
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  We sing from verse 5 to verse 12 of the psalm.
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  Find rest, my soul, in God alone.
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  In him my hope is ever sure.
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  My safety fortress, sheltering rock.
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  In him alone I am secure.
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  Down to the end of the psalm.
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  Psalm 62, verses 5 to 12.
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  To God's praise.
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  Amen.
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  Amen.
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  Amen.
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  Amen.
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  Amen.
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  Amen.
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  Amen.
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  If you could turn back please to the passage that we read in Matthew 11.
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  Amen.
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  Amen.
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  Amen.
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  Our Heavenly Father we thank you that we find rest in God alone.
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  We thank you that our hope is in Christ.
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  Amen.
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  And so we ask Lord that as we come back to the word as we hear again this invitation, this call that comes from Jesus to come to him.
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  We ask Lord that we would find rest, that we would know the sure and certain hope that comes from being found in him.
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  Amen.
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  So help us Lord we pray as we meditate upon your word and what we pray for ourselves here.
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  We pray for Rory John as he leads in the Gaelic.
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  We pray for the children again as they go to their Sunday school class.
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  We pray for many denominations around us in this town who gather around your word as we do at this time.
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  And we ask Lord that whatever Christ crucified is preached that you would be working, that Jesus would be lifted up and that many would be drawn to him.
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  So help us we pray in Jesus name.
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  Amen.
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  and vibrations in our phone that's calling us to respond to all manner of things that come across our way.
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  There are many calls that we receive from many different places and people.
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  But what I'd like to do this morning in the time that we have is return to the verses that we have been in over the course of the weekend
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  and the verses that we looked at yesterday evening.
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  And in these verses, we hear the call of God upon us, the words of Jesus, the words of God the Son.
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  And he says,
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  Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
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  And I really want to just limit our thoughts this morning to verse 28.
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  And think about this call, this verse, under four headings.
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  We hear, first of all, in this verse, a universal call or an inclusive call.
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  An all-inclusive call, you could say.
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  That's the first thing that we'll think about.
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  The second point that's connected to the first point is that this is a call.
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  It's a call to, it's a call for sinners to respond.
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  It's a universal, inclusive call, point one.
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  It's a call for sinners.
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  And these two points fit together because we're all sinners.
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  So it's for all of us.
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  The third point is it's a call to come to Christ.
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  We're given clear direction on who we are to come to, how we are to respond.
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  We come directly to Christ.
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  And the final thing that we see in this verse is that it's a call to rest.
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  It's a call to receive rest.
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  So four very simple points that speak to us about the wonder of the gospel message,
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  which is deep enough for every theological professor that ever lived to delve down into
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  and never get to the bottom of.
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  And yet it's simple enough for the youngest amongst us here to be able to take hold of
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  and respond to.
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  It's a call for the very young as it is a call for those who are up in years and who may be
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  mature in the faith.
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  So first point in the message this morning is this is a universal call or it's an inclusive
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  call.
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  Sometimes people criticize Christianity for being exclusive.
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  There's nothing exclusive about the call that we have heard.
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  This is a universal.
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  It's a wide.
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  It's an all inclusive call.
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  This is a call for everyone.
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  Everyone who has been given ears to hear is being called through this verse.
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  Jesus says, come to me all who are weary, who labor and are heavy laden.
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  Not just the respectable.
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  Not just the clean living.
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  Not just those who can trace a family heritage of church connections.
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  This is a call for all.
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  Sometimes we get offers through the post or on an email and it's something that grabs us.
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  You know, maybe we see an offer for a free holiday or 20% off new trainers or whatever it is that
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  interests you, that grabs you.
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  It catches your eye and you think, I need that.
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  I want that.
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  And so we start to respond to this call that's come into our inbox.
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  But we get five minutes into the application process and we realize, actually, it's not for us.
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  The 20% off the new trainers is only for students.
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  Or the free holiday is only for the over 70s or the over 60s or whatever.
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  There's exclusions.
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  There's qualifications.
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  And as we scrutinize the text, we see that we don't qualify for this holiday or this offer.
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  But when we read these verses, we see that there's no such exclusions.
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  There's no deceptive small print that's hidden away in the back of this chapter.
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  This is a universal call.
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  It's an inclusive call.
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  James Montgomery Boyce, the commentator, says,
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  Jesus' words are for people of all ages.
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  I see people of all ages here.
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  All nationalities.
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  And I expect there's people from many different places here.
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  All temperaments.
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  I don't know you well, but I expect there's different tempers in the room.
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  And Jesus calls them.
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  He calls us, says boys, exactly as they are.
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  And the call is a call to come.
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  As the hymn writer wrote in that old hymn,
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  Just as I am without one plea,
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  But that thy blood was shed for me,
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  And that thou bidst me come to thee,
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  O Lamb of God.
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  I come.
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  That's the call.
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  It's a call to all.
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  It's a call to come and to become as we are.
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  And Jesus only knows exactly how we are and who we are.
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  We can put on a face and we can deceive others about who we are.
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  We can sometimes project an image that's better than we actually are.
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  We usually try and work that way, don't we?
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  We put on our best face.
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  So it's at home that see exactly who we are.
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  And yet Jesus sees more clearly exactly who we are
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  Because he scans our thoughts.
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  He knows our hearts.
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  And yet, even though he knows us intimately,
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  Even though he has known us since the womb,
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  Even though he knows all our days,
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  Past, present, and into the future,
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  But we can't see.
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  And yet still he calls us.
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  Exactly as we are today.
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  He calls us to come.
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  It's a universal call.
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  It's for everybody.
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  It's an inclusive, wide call.
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  Think about the verse that we so often quote from John 16.
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  For God so loved the world.
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  Not one little region.
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  It's a big, wide word.
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  The world.
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  For God so loved the world
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  That he gave us one and only Son
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  That whoever.
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  It's wide.
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  It's universal.
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  It's inclusive.
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  That whoever.
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  Believes in him.
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  Would not perish.
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  But have eternal life.
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  I'm always conscious that when we come to the Lord's house,
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  And especially around the table,
• 35:02
  The devil is very active.
• 35:07
  There's probably been battles in the house
• 35:09
  Before you left this morning.
• 35:12
  We are conscious of attacks and battles
• 35:14
  When we're coming towards the table.
• 35:17
  And the devil will love to
• 35:18
  Crash into our minds and say,
• 35:20
  What are you doing here today?
• 35:24
  What are you doing here today?
• 35:26
  Yes, them.
• 35:26
  I can see them.
• 35:28
  They should have a place.
• 35:29
  But what about you?
• 35:30
  What are you doing here today?
• 35:31
  With all the things you said this week
• 35:33
  And the things you didn't say.
• 35:35
  And the thoughts that went through your mind.
• 35:38
  What are you doing here?
• 35:39
  What makes you think that you can become a Christian?
• 35:47
  What makes you think that the Lord's table is for you?
• 35:52
  Surely you are excluded.
• 35:57
  Surely the Lord is not calling you.
• 35:59
  That's the assaults that we hear crashing in
• 36:08
  As God is working.
• 36:11
  The devil is seeking to counter.
• 36:15
  And yet through this verse,
• 36:18
  There is that loving, reassuring correction from Jesus.
• 36:23
  And he's saying all who have ears to hear
• 36:30
  Are called to come.
• 36:36
  None are excluded.
• 36:40
  It's a universal call.
• 36:45
  The second point is it's a call for sinners.
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  Jesus invites all.
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  In the NIV it says,
• 36:55
  All who are weary and burdened
• 36:58
  We are called to come.
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  And it's sin
• 37:01
  That causes you and I
• 37:03
  To feel weary in our souls
• 37:06
  And burdened.
• 37:09
  So Jesus is calling sinners.
• 37:14
  And we know that because
• 37:15
  The language experts tell us
• 37:18
  That in the Greek
• 37:19
  The words used
• 37:20
  Are not speaking about
• 37:21
  Physical burdens
• 37:23
  And the
• 37:24
  Physical weaknesses
• 37:27
  And the stresses
• 37:28
  Of a difficult life.
• 37:30
  That's not the meaning
• 37:32
  That's captured in these words.
• 37:34
  The words that are used
• 37:35
  In this verse
• 37:37
  Are words that
• 37:37
  Referred chiefly to the burden
• 37:39
  We feel
• 37:40
  At the sense of our sin.
• 37:44
  It's a spiritual burden.
• 37:46
  It's a spiritual weight.
• 37:48
  The AV and the ESV
• 37:51
  Which we've read
• 37:52
  Speak of those who labor
• 37:54
  And are heavy laden.
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  Those who are tired
• 37:59
  From laboring
• 38:02
  In our own good works
• 38:05
  Rather than receiving
• 38:09
  The grace of Christ.
• 38:10
  It's possible
• 38:11
  For us to work
• 38:13
  Furiously
• 38:13
  At religion
• 38:14
  And try to do
• 38:17
  All these religious things
• 38:18
  All these good works
• 38:19
  As a means
• 38:22
  By which we can try
• 38:23
  And persuade God
• 38:24
  To accept us.
• 38:25
  And if that's the way
• 38:26
  We're living
• 38:27
  Then we are very quickly
• 38:28
  Weary
• 38:29
  And burdened.
• 38:32
  It's a labor.
• 38:33
  To all those who labor
• 38:43
  All those who are heavy laden
• 38:47
  All those who are weighed down
• 38:49
  By the sin
• 38:49
  That plagues us
• 38:51
  Jesus is speaking to us
• 38:55
  And the call
• 38:59
  Is a universal
• 39:00
  It's an inclusive call
• 39:02
  Because sin is universal
• 39:04
  Sin is
• 39:07
  All inclusive
• 39:10
  There's no one in this room
• 39:13
  No one in this church
• 39:14
  Who isn't a sinner
• 39:17
  No matter how young
• 39:18
  Or how old
• 39:19
  How many times you've sat
• 39:20
  In the chairs
• 39:21
  How good our lives
• 39:23
  May look on the outside
• 39:24
  How much of the Bible
• 39:25
  We may be able to recite
• 39:26
  How high a mark
• 39:28
  We got in the catechism exams
• 39:30
  All of us are sinners.
• 39:36
  I was traveling from Edinburgh
• 39:38
  Through to Glasgow
• 39:40
  The week before last
• 39:41
  As I was coming out
• 39:42
  Of a meeting
• 39:42
  And I was fighting
• 39:43
  Against the clock
• 39:44
  Trying to catch a train
• 39:46
  And so I went charging
• 39:48
  Along through the station
• 39:49
  And through the
• 39:50
  The platform
• 39:51
  The announcement
• 39:52
  Was sounding
• 39:53
  And I jumped onto
• 39:54
  The first carriage
• 39:55
  That was on the train
• 39:57
  That was taking us
• 39:58
  From Edinburgh
• 39:59
  Through to Glasgow
• 40:00
  I sat down
• 40:01
  Relieved to be in my seat
• 40:03
  And once I sat down
• 40:04
  I thought
• 40:05
  This is nice
• 40:05
  Because the carriage
• 40:07
  Seemed to have a bit more space
• 40:09
  Than the ones I was usually in
• 40:10
  And the seats
• 40:12
  Were a bit more comfortable
• 40:13
  And it was just
• 40:15
  A nice atmosphere
• 40:16
  And I thought
• 40:17
  This is much nicer
• 40:18
  Than I remembered
• 40:18
  And then I
• 40:21
  I looked around
• 40:24
  And I noticed
• 40:24
  I was in first class
• 40:25
  And I wanted to stay in there
• 40:31
  But I could see the conductor
• 40:34
  Just a few carriages along
• 40:36
  And I knew
• 40:39
  That my ticket said
• 40:40
  Not first class
• 40:42
  But economy
• 40:45
  And that's what was important
• 40:47
  It wasn't what I felt
• 40:48
  I could have sat there
• 40:51
  With my arms folded
• 40:52
  Saying I should be in here
• 40:54
  But I had no
• 40:57
  I had no right to be in there
• 40:59
  My ticket said economy
• 41:00
  My ticket said
• 41:01
  You've got a cheap seat
• 41:03
  And so I had to accept that
• 41:06
  And move
• 41:06
  And as much as
• 41:07
  Some may not like
• 41:09
  This truth
• 41:10
  The Bible says
• 41:11
  That you and I
• 41:14
  Are sinners
• 41:16
  That's what our ticket says
• 41:18
  Romans 3.23 says
• 41:24
  All have sinned
• 41:26
  In verse 10 and 11
• 41:29
  Of the same chapter
• 41:30
  It says
• 41:31
  There's no one righteous
• 41:32
  Not even one
• 41:34
  And that might sound like
• 41:38
  Bad news
• 41:39
  And it is bad news
• 41:42
  But it's bad news
• 41:44
  That drives us
• 41:45
  To the good news
• 41:47
  And the good news
• 41:48
  Is that Jesus came
• 41:50
  To seek and save
• 41:51
  The lost
• 41:52
  He came for sinners
• 41:53
  He didn't come for
• 41:58
  Those who claim
• 41:59
  To be spiritually healthy
• 42:00
  He came for those
• 42:04
  Who know
• 42:05
  That we are
• 42:06
  Spiritually sick
• 42:07
  He came for those
• 42:12
  Who agree
• 42:13
  With him
• 42:14
  That we are sinners
• 42:17
  He came for those
• 42:21
  Who know
• 42:22
  That we need him
• 42:24
  To be our saviour
• 42:26
  John Newton
• 42:31
  Who wrote the hymn
• 42:33
  Amazing Grace
• 42:34
  Towards the end
• 42:36
  Of his life
• 42:36
  He was
• 42:39
  Struggling with
• 42:42
  His memory
• 42:43
  And
• 42:44
  He couldn't remember
• 42:47
  Very much
• 42:48
  He couldn't even remember
• 42:49
  And recognise
• 42:50
  Those
• 42:50
  Who were his closest
• 42:52
  Friends
• 42:52
  And
• 42:53
  The record goes
• 42:55
  That one of his
• 42:56
  Closest friends
• 42:56
  Came to visit him
• 42:57
  Towards the end
• 42:59
  Of his life
• 43:00
  And
• 43:00
  John Newton
• 43:01
  He didn't recognise him
• 43:02
  He couldn't remember him
• 43:04
  And his friends said
• 43:06
  Well
• 43:06
  What do you remember
• 43:08
  If you don't remember me
• 43:09
  You know
• 43:10
  What do you remember
• 43:11
  And Newton said
• 43:13
  I'm quoting
• 43:13
  My memory
• 43:14
  Is nearly gone
• 43:15
  But I remember
• 43:17
  Two things
• 43:18
  That I am a great sinner
• 43:20
  And that Christ
• 43:22
  Is a great saviour
• 43:24
  And his mind
• 43:27
  May have been failing
• 43:28
  But still
• 43:30
  He had that vision
• 43:32
  And that faith
• 43:34
  Of a little child
• 43:35
  The faith
• 43:38
  That enables
• 43:39
  Us to enter
• 43:40
  The kingdom of God
• 43:42
  By recognising
• 43:43
  That the call
• 43:44
  Of God
• 43:45
  Is for sinners
• 43:46
  Like us
• 43:48
  Sinners
• 43:51
  Who need a saviour
• 43:52
  In Christ
• 43:54
  And as we take
• 43:58
  Our place
• 43:58
  At the Lord's table
• 44:01
  That is what
• 44:04
  We confess
• 44:05
  Not that we are
• 44:08
  Righteous
• 44:09
  None of us
• 44:12
  Can swagger in
• 44:13
  To a church
• 44:14
  With our chests
• 44:15
  Puffed out
• 44:15
  And take our place
• 44:17
  As those who think
• 44:18
  That we are good enough
• 44:19
  That we are righteous
• 44:20
  We come with our heads down
• 44:24
  We come in humility
• 44:27
  We come with reverence
• 44:31
  Recognising
• 44:32
  That
• 44:33
  We are not worthy
• 44:35
  But we are trusting
• 44:37
  In Jesus
• 44:38
  The only one
• 44:41
  Who was
• 44:42
  And is
• 44:43
  Worthy
• 44:43
  This is a table
• 44:46
  For sinners
• 44:47
  Saved
• 44:49
  By grace
• 44:50
  It's a
• 44:53
  A universal
• 44:55
  And inclusive call
• 44:56
  It's a call
• 44:57
  For sinners
• 44:58
  The third point
• 44:59
  Is it's a call
• 45:00
  To come
• 45:00
  To Christ
• 45:01
  And just the simplicity
• 45:04
  Of this
• 45:05
  Is just so
• 45:06
  Encouraging
• 45:07
  Certainly for a simple
• 45:08
  Mind like mine
• 45:09
  This is a call
• 45:12
  To come
• 45:13
  To Christ
• 45:13
  Where will we find
• 45:14
  Help
• 45:15
  Where will we find
• 45:16
  Salvation
• 45:17
  Where will we find
• 45:18
  Grace that
• 45:18
  Saves and sustain us
• 45:20
  In Christ
• 45:21
  No other place
• 45:23
  All of us
• 45:26
  I expect
• 45:26
  Will have been
• 45:27
  In the situation
• 45:28
  Where we're
• 45:28
  Looking for help
• 45:30
  We're looking for
• 45:30
  Assistance
• 45:31
  We're in a state
• 45:32
  Of need
• 45:32
  And we reach out
• 45:34
  To a place
• 45:36
  Where we think
• 45:37
  We're going to get help
• 45:38
  And the help
• 45:39
  Doesn't come
• 45:40
  So maybe
• 45:40
  We're struggling
• 45:42
  With our health
• 45:42
  And we pick up
• 45:43
  The phone
• 45:43
  And we make a phone call
• 45:44
  And we're looking
• 45:45
  For help
• 45:46
  And we get
• 45:46
  Passed from one
• 45:47
  Person to the next
• 45:48
  To the next
• 45:48
  To the next
• 45:49
  And we're no
• 45:50
  Farther forward
• 45:50
  Fifteen minutes later
• 45:51
  Or you phone
• 45:53
  With a problem
• 45:54
  With your broadband
• 45:55
  And you get
• 45:56
  You tell your story
• 45:58
  To the person
• 45:58
  At the end of the phone
• 45:59
  And they say
• 45:59
  Well hold the line
• 46:00
  I'm going to transfer
• 46:01
  You to this other
• 46:02
  Department
• 46:02
  You tell them
• 46:03
  Your story
• 46:03
  And they say
• 46:04
  Actually it's not us
• 46:05
  We'll transfer you
• 46:06
  To another department
• 46:07
  And you get passed
• 46:08
  From place to place
• 46:09
  To place to place
• 46:10
  And you get no help
• 46:12
  In this verse
• 46:19
  Jesus is calling
• 46:22
  Those of us
• 46:24
  Who are weary
• 46:24
  And burdened
• 46:25
  Those who are laboring
• 46:27
  And who are heavy laden
• 46:28
  And we are being called
• 46:30
  To come directly
• 46:32
  To Christ
• 46:35
  So let me ask
• 46:42
  That simple
• 46:43
  Direct question
• 46:45
  Have you come
• 46:46
  To Jesus yet?
• 46:53
  I remember
• 46:53
  When I was a
• 46:54
  Just a young boy
• 46:57
  Growing up in
• 46:59
  Stornway actually
• 47:00
  And when I was
• 47:03
  Aged eight
• 47:04
  I came under
• 47:07
  A real heavy
• 47:08
  Conviction of sin
• 47:10
  I did something
• 47:13
  Maybe I'll talk
• 47:14
  About it tonight
• 47:15
  If I've got a voice left
• 47:16
  I did something
• 47:18
  And when I did it
• 47:19
  The second I did it
• 47:20
  I knew I'd done
• 47:22
  The wrong thing
• 47:23
  I sinned
• 47:24
  And from that point
• 47:29
  On
• 47:29
  God
• 47:31
  Worked in my life
• 47:33
  To show me
• 47:33
  That I had a sin
• 47:35
  Problem
• 47:36
  And I knew that
• 47:37
  Even at age eight
• 47:38
  I knew about sin
• 47:39
  I knew about salvation
• 47:40
  I knew about heaven
• 47:42
  I knew about hell
• 47:43
  And I knew at that
• 47:45
  Young age
• 47:46
  That I
• 47:49
  I was lost
• 47:52
  And I knew that
• 47:55
  If I died that night
• 47:56
  I wasn't going to be
• 47:59
  With Jesus
• 47:59
  And it
• 48:02
  Scared me
• 48:03
  And this weight
• 48:05
  Of sin
• 48:06
  Was pressing down
• 48:08
  On me
• 48:08
  And when I was
• 48:08
  Playing football
• 48:09
  Or busy with my
• 48:10
  Pals
• 48:11
  I would kind of
• 48:11
  Be distracted
• 48:12
  But when I was
• 48:13
  On my own again
• 48:13
  I just felt that
• 48:15
  That conviction of sin
• 48:16
  Pressing down
• 48:17
  And I knew what to do
• 48:19
  About it
• 48:19
  I knew that I had
• 48:20
  To come to Jesus
• 48:21
  I knew I had to
• 48:22
  Ask for forgiveness
• 48:23
  I knew I had to
• 48:24
  Ask him to come
• 48:25
  Into my life
• 48:26
  But for two years
• 48:29
  The two saddest years
• 48:32
  Of my life
• 48:33
  Aged eight to ten
• 48:34
  I didn't come
• 48:38
  To him
• 48:39
  I was slow
• 48:44
  To come to him
• 48:45
  And for these
• 48:47
  Two years
• 48:48
  I was so
• 48:50
  Restless
• 48:51
  And so sad
• 48:55
  In my
• 48:56
  Heart
• 48:57
  So have you
• 49:03
  Whether you're
• 49:03
  Aged eight
• 49:04
  Or whether you're
• 49:07
  Aged eighty
• 49:07
  Have you come
• 49:08
  To Jesus
• 49:08
  That's the calling
• 49:12
  See when sin
• 49:21
  Presses in on us
• 49:23
  If we don't
• 49:26
  Come to Jesus
• 49:27
  We're going to
• 49:29
  Go somewhere else
• 49:30
  And we'll never
• 49:32
  Get rest
• 49:33
  Any other place
• 49:34
  Some people
• 49:35
  When they
• 49:36
  They start to feel
• 49:37
  Restless
• 49:38
  And when they
• 49:38
  Come under
• 49:39
  Conviction of sin
• 49:40
  They'll take
• 49:41
  To drink
• 49:41
  Or drugs
• 49:42
  Let's try
• 49:44
  And forget
• 49:44
  This
• 49:45
  Let's try
• 49:45
  And get a
• 49:48
  Buzz that will
• 49:49
  Just distract us
• 49:50
  From this
• 49:50
  And there's all
• 49:51
  Manner of ruin
• 49:52
  And disruption
• 49:53
  When we're
• 49:53
  Head in that
• 49:54
  Direction
• 49:54
  Some people
• 49:55
  When they come
• 49:56
  Under conviction
• 49:57
  When they come
• 49:56
  Under conviction
• 49:57
  Of sin
• 49:57
  And when there's
• 49:58
  That restlessness
• 49:59
  They bury themselves
• 50:01
  In work
• 50:01
  Some try hard
• 50:07
  To be better
• 50:08
  People
• 50:08
  Think they can
• 50:09
  Fix themselves
• 50:10
  But still
• 50:14
  The burden
• 50:15
  Is there
• 50:15
  The weight
• 50:18
  Is there
• 50:18
  And that
• 50:21
  Weariness
• 50:21
  That burden
• 50:23
  That sense
• 50:23
  Of being
• 50:24
  Heavy laden
• 50:25
  It remains
• 50:26
  Pressing down
• 50:27
  In on us
• 50:28
  Until we
• 50:29
  Come to
• 50:29
  Christ
• 50:30
  Himself
• 50:31
  And so
• 50:36
  He says
• 50:36
  To us
• 50:36
  Today
• 50:37
  All of us
• 50:38
  Come to
• 50:41
  Me
• 50:41
  That was
• 50:46
  The call
• 50:47
  That was
• 50:47
  First heard
• 50:48
  In Matthew
• 50:49
  Chapter 4
• 50:49
  As Jesus
• 50:50
  Speaks to
• 50:51
  Peter and
• 50:52
  Andrew
• 50:52
  He says
• 50:52
  Come to
• 50:53
  Me
• 50:53
  Follow
• 50:53
  Me
• 50:54
  And that's
• 50:57
  The abiding
• 50:58
  Call for all
• 50:59
  Of us
• 50:59
  It's a word
• 50:59
  For all of
• 51:00
  Us
• 51:00
  Every morning
• 51:02
  We wake
• 51:02
  Jesus
• 51:03
  Is saying
• 51:03
  Come to
• 51:04
  Me
• 51:04
  Abide in
• 51:08
  Me
• 51:08
  Walk
• 51:11
  Close with
• 51:12
  Me
• 51:12
  Enjoy
• 51:15
  The rest
• 51:16
  That only
• 51:17
  I can
• 51:18
  Give
• 51:18
  And to
• 51:23
  Call to
• 51:23
  Come to
• 51:24
  Christ
• 51:24
  Everything
• 51:25
  We need
• 51:26
  Is
• 51:28
  Finding
• 51:28
  Christ
• 51:29
  Think
• 51:31
  About
• 51:31
  The
• 51:31
  Sayings
• 51:32
  In
• 51:33
  John's
• 51:33
  Gospel
• 51:33
  That speak
• 51:34
  To us
• 51:34
  About how
• 51:35
  Jesus
• 51:35
  He
• 51:36
  He
• 51:37
  He gives
• 51:38
  Us
• 51:38
  Everything
• 51:39
  That we
• 51:39
  Need
• 51:39
  John 6
• 51:41
  Jesus
• 51:42
  Says
• 51:42
  I am
• 51:43
  The bread
• 51:43
  Of life
• 51:44
  John
• 51:46
  Chapter 8
• 51:47
  And 9
• 51:47
  Jesus
• 51:48
  Says
• 51:48
  I am
• 51:49
  The light
• 51:49
  Of the
• 51:49
  World
• 51:50
  John
• 51:53
  Chapter
• 51:53
  10
• 51:53
  Jesus
• 51:54
  Says
• 51:54
  I am
• 51:55
  The door
• 51:55
  I am
• 52:00
  The good
• 52:00
  Shepherd
• 52:01
  John 11
• 52:03
  I am
• 52:03
  The resurrection
• 52:04
  And the
• 52:06
  Life
• 52:06
  John 14
• 52:08
  I am
• 52:08
  The way
• 52:09
  And the
• 52:09
  Truth
• 52:10
  And the
• 52:10
  Life
• 52:10
  John 15
• 52:11
  I am
• 52:12
  The true
• 52:12
  Vine
• 52:13
  In Christ
• 52:16
  Alone
• 52:16
  We find
• 52:17
  Help
• 52:17
  In Christ
• 52:19
  Alone
• 52:20
  We find
• 52:20
  Salvation
• 52:21
  In Christ
• 52:22
  Alone
• 52:22
  We are
• 52:23
  Forgiven
• 52:23
  So we
• 52:24
  Are called
• 52:24
  To come
• 52:25
  To Christ
• 52:26
  And to
• 52:32
  Remain
• 52:33
  In Christ
• 52:34
  And that's
• 52:34
  What we
• 52:35
  Profess
• 52:35
  As we
• 52:38
  Take our
• 52:38
  Place at
• 52:39
  The Lord's
• 52:39
  Table
• 52:39
  We profess
• 52:40
  That we
• 52:41
  Have come
• 52:41
  To Jesus
• 52:42
  For grace
• 52:43
  We profess
• 52:44
  That we
• 52:44
  Are with
• 52:45
  Him
• 52:45
  A call
• 52:54
  That's
• 52:54
  Universal
• 52:55
  That's
• 52:55
  Wide
• 52:56
  That's
• 52:56
  Inclusive
• 52:57
  A call
• 52:58
  For sinners
• 52:59
  A call
• 53:00
  To come
• 53:00
  To Christ
• 53:01
  And finally
• 53:01
  A call
• 53:03
  To rest
• 53:04
  Jesus
• 53:06
  Says
• 53:06
  Come to
• 53:07
  Me
• 53:07
  All who
• 53:08
  Labor
• 53:08
  And are
• 53:09
  Heavy
• 53:09
  Laden
• 53:09
  And I
• 53:10
  Will give
• 53:11
  You
• 53:12
  Rest
• 53:13
  And in
• 53:17
  Just a
• 53:17
  Few
• 53:17
  Moments
• 53:18
  We'll
• 53:20
  Come to
• 53:20
  The Lord's
• 53:21
  Table
• 53:21
  We'll
• 53:24
  Partake
• 53:24
  Some of
• 53:26
  Us of
• 53:26
  The Lord's
• 53:27
  Supper
• 53:28
  It's a
• 53:30
  Meal that
• 53:30
  Was
• 53:31
  Instituted
• 53:32
  For us
• 53:32
  In order
• 53:33
  That we
• 53:33
  Will be
• 53:34
  Reminded
• 53:34
  Of all
• 53:35
  That Jesus
• 53:35
  Did for
• 53:36
  Us
• 53:36
  On the
• 53:37
  Cross
• 53:37
  At
• 53:37
  Calvary
• 53:38
  And the
• 53:43
  Cross
• 53:43
  Can be
• 53:43
  A hard
• 53:44
  Place
• 53:44
  For you
• 53:47
  And I
• 53:47
  To look
• 53:47
  Because
• 53:50
  There we
• 53:50
  See
• 53:51
  Our
• 53:52
  Lord
• 53:52
  There we
• 53:56
  See the
• 53:56
  One
• 53:56
  Who was
• 53:59
  Without
• 53:59
  Sin
• 54:00
  Taking
• 54:02
  Our
• 54:02
  Sin
• 54:03
  Upon
• 54:04
  Himself
• 54:05
  One
• 54:09
  Hymn
• 54:09
  Writer
• 54:09
  Wrote
• 54:09
  It
• 54:10
  Was
• 54:10
  My
• 54:11
  Sin
• 54:11
  That
• 54:13
  Held
• 54:13
  Him
• 54:14
  There
• 54:14
  Until
• 54:16
  It
• 54:16
  Was
• 54:16
  Accomplished
• 54:17
  His
• 54:19
  Dying
• 54:19
  Breath
• 54:19
  Has
• 54:20
  Brought
• 54:20
  Me
• 54:21
  Life
• 54:21
  I
• 54:23
  Know
• 54:24
  That
• 54:24
  It
• 54:24
  Is
• 54:24
  Finished
• 54:25
  And so
• 54:28
  The cross
• 54:28
  It's a
• 54:28
  Hard
• 54:29
  Place
• 54:29
  In
• 54:30
  Some
• 54:30
  Ways
• 54:30
  For us
• 54:30
  To
• 54:31
  Look
• 54:31
  Because
• 54:31
  There we
• 54:31
  See
• 54:32
  Our
• 54:33
  Savior
• 54:34
  Suffering
• 54:35
  For us
• 54:36
  We can
• 54:39
  Read the
• 54:40
  Account
• 54:40
  Callum
• 54:40
  Read
• 54:41
  From
• 54:41
  Luke 23
• 54:42
  This
• 54:42
  Morning
• 54:43
  In
• 54:43
  The
• 54:43
  Home
• 54:44
  We
• 54:46
  Have
• 54:46
  That
• 54:46
  Short
• 54:46
  Account
• 54:47
  Of
• 54:48
  Jesus
• 54:49
  Suffering
• 54:50
  On
• 54:50
  The cross
• 54:51
  The
• 54:51
  Nails
• 54:52
  Driven
• 54:53
  Into
• 54:54
  His
• 54:54
  Hands
• 54:55
  And
• 54:56
  Feet
• 54:56
  The
• 54:59
  Sword
• 54:59
  That
• 55:00
  Peace
• 55:00
  Pierced
• 55:01
  His
• 55:01
  Side
• 55:02
  The
• 55:04
  Gasping
• 55:04
  For
• 55:05
  Breath
• 55:05
  The
• 55:05
  Suffocation
• 55:06
  The
• 55:09
  Physical
• 55:09
  Suffering
• 55:10
  That
• 55:10
  He
• 55:11
  Endured
• 55:11
  The
• 55:11
  Acute
• 55:12
  Pain
• 55:13
  That
• 55:13
  He
• 55:14
  Endured
• 55:15
  As
• 55:15
  He
• 55:15
  Hung
• 55:15
  On
• 55:15
  The
• 55:16
  Cross
• 55:16
  But
• 55:16
  That
• 55:16
  Was
• 55:17
  Not
• 55:17
  The
• 55:17
  Worst
• 55:17
  Of
• 55:17
  It
• 55:18
  Because
• 55:22
  When
• 55:22
  Jesus
• 55:23
  Suffered
• 55:23
  Physical
• 55:24
  Pain
• 55:24
  He
• 55:25
  Said
• 55:25
  Nothing
• 55:25
  But
• 55:32
  When
• 55:32
  His
• 55:32
  Father
• 55:33
  Turned
• 55:36
  His
• 55:36
  Face
• 55:37
  Away
• 55:37
  From
• 55:38
  Him
• 55:38
  When
• 55:39
  His
• 55:39
  Father
• 55:39
  Could
• 55:40
  Not
• 55:40
  Look
• 55:40
  Upon
• 55:41
  Him
• 55:41
  Because
• 55:41
  He
• 55:42
  Was
• 55:42
  Carrying
• 55:42
  My
• 55:42
  Sin
• 55:43
  And
• 55:43
  Yours
• 55:44
  Jesus
• 55:48
  In
• 55:49
  That
• 55:49
  Moment
• 55:49
  The
• 55:50
  God
• 55:50
  Man
• 55:51
  Who
• 55:51
  Had
• 55:51
  Always
• 55:52
  Known
• 55:52
  The
• 55:53
  Rest
• 55:53
  Of
• 55:54
  Being
• 55:54
  In
• 55:54
  His
• 55:55
  Father's
• 55:55
  Presence
• 55:56
  In
• 55:56
  That
• 55:57
  Moment
• 55:57
  As
• 55:58
  He
• 55:58
  Hung
• 55:58
  On
• 55:58
  The
• 55:58
  Cross
• 55:59
  As
• 55:59
  His
• 55:59
  Father
• 55:59
  Turns
• 56:00
  His
• 56:00
  Face
• 56:01
  Away
• 56:01
  Jesus
• 56:02
  He
• 56:02
  Lost
• 56:03
  That
• 56:03
  Sense
• 56:03
  Of
• 56:03
  Rest
• 56:04
  And
• 56:09
  As
• 56:09
  He
• 56:09
  Did
• 56:10
  He
• 56:10
  Cried
• 56:10
  Out
• 56:10
  My
• 56:12
  God
• 56:13
  My
• 56:15
  God
• 56:15
  Why
• 56:17
  Have
• 56:17
  You
• 56:17
  Forsaken
• 56:18
  !
• 56:19
  Me!
• 56:24
  And
• 56:25
  The
• 56:25
  Answer
• 56:25
  Is
• 56:26
  Because
• 56:26
  Of
• 56:26
  You!
• 56:28
  And
• 56:29
  Because
• 56:29
  Of
• 56:29
  Me!
• 56:32
  It
• 56:33
  Was
• 56:33
  For
• 56:33
  Your
• 56:34
  Sake
• 56:34
  And
• 56:35
  Mine!
• 56:36
  Jesus
• 56:36
  On
• 56:37
  The
• 56:37
  Cross
• 56:37
  He
• 56:38
  Lost
• 56:38
  His
• 56:39
  Rest
• 56:40
  So
• 56:43
  That
• 56:43
  We
• 56:43
  Could
• 56:43
  Receive
• 56:44
  It
• 56:44
  So
• 56:49
  That
• 56:49
  We
• 56:49
  Could
• 56:49
  Receive
• 56:50
  The
• 56:50
  Rest
• 56:51
  The
• 56:52
  Assurance
• 56:52
  Of
• 56:54
  Sins
• 56:54
  Forgiven
• 56:55
  And
• 56:59
  Peace
• 56:59
  With
• 56:59
  God
• 57:00
  And
• 57:04
  Eternal
• 57:04
  Life
• 57:05
  And
• 57:08
  That
• 57:08
  Is
• 57:09
  True
• 57:09
  Rest
• 57:09
  A
• 57:11
  Million
• 57:12
  Pounds
• 57:12
  Pounds
• 57:13
  In
• 57:13
  The
• 57:13
  Bank
• 57:14
  Is
• 57:14
  Not
• 57:14
  Rest
• 57:14
  A
• 57:18
  Permanent
• 57:19
  Job
• 57:19
  For
• 57:20
  Life
• 57:20
  Is
• 57:20
  Not
• 57:20
  Rest
• 57:21
  Marrying
• 57:26
  The
• 57:26
  Girl
• 57:26
  Or
• 57:26
  Boy
• 57:27
  That
• 57:27
  You
• 57:27
  Dreamed
• 57:28
  Of
• 57:28
  That's
• 57:31
  Not
• 57:31
  Rest
• 57:31
  Rest
• 57:34
  For
• 57:35
  Our
• 57:35
  Soul
• 57:35
  Eternal
• 57:36
  Rest
• 57:37
  Is
• 57:39
  Found
• 57:39
  Only
• 57:40
  When
• 57:40
  We
• 57:41
  Respond
• 57:41
  In
• 57:42
  Faith
• 57:43
  To
• 57:43
  Christ's
• 57:44
  Call
• 57:44
  To
• 57:45
  Come
• 57:45
  To
• 57:45
  Him
• 57:46
  And
• 57:50
  Every
• 57:50
  Time
• 57:50
  We
• 57:51
  Come
• 57:51
  To
• 57:51
  The
• 57:51
  Table
• 57:52
  We
• 57:54
  Taste
• 57:55
  Afresh
• 57:55
  Something
• 57:58
  Of
• 57:59
  The
• 57:59
  Rest
• 58:00
  That
• 58:02
  Is
• 58:02
  Promised
• 58:02
  To
• 58:03
  All
• 58:03
  Who
• 58:03
  Come
• 58:04
  To
• 58:06
  Jesus
• 58:06
  Come
• 58:11
  To
• 58:11
  Me
• 58:11
  All
• 58:13
  Who
• 58:13
  Labor
• 58:13
  And
• 58:14
  Are
• 58:14
  Heavy
• 58:14
  Laden
• 58:15
  And
• 58:16
  I
• 58:16
  Will
• 58:17
  Give
• 58:17
  You
• 58:17
  Rest
• 58:18
  A
• 58:18
  Universal
• 58:19
  Call
• 58:19
  A
• 58:22
  Call
• 58:22
  To
• 58:22
  Sinners
• 58:23
  A
• 58:23
  Call
• 58:23
  To
• 58:24
  Christ
• 58:24
  And
• 58:27
  A
• 58:27
  Call
• 58:27
  To
• 58:27
  Rest
• 58:28
  So
• 58:32
  Let
• 58:32
  Us
• 58:32
  Be
• 58:32
  Encouraged
• 58:33
  As
• 58:33
  We
• 58:33
  Hear
• 58:34
  The
• 58:34
  Call
• 58:37
  Of
• 58:37
  Jesus
• 58:38
  To
• 58:39
  Come
• 58:39
  To
• 58:39
  Him
• 58:39
  And
• 58:43
  To
• 58:43
  Come
• 58:44
  Back
• 58:44
  To
• 58:44
  Him
• 58:44
  If
• 58:45
  We're
• 58:45
  Drifting
• 58:45
  And
• 58:48
  To
• 58:49
  Take
• 58:49
  Our
• 58:49
  Place
• 58:49
  As
• 58:51
  His
• 58:51
  People
• 58:52
  At
• 58:53
  His
• 58:53
  Table
• 58:54
  Let's
• 58:56
  Pray
• 58:56
  Heavenly
• 59:08
  Father
• 59:08
  We
• 59:08
  Thank you
• 59:09
  Once more
• 59:09
  For the
• 59:10
  Gospel
• 59:11
  Call
• 59:11
  And
• 59:13
  We
• 59:13
  Pray
• 59:13
  That
• 59:13
  You
• 59:13
  Would
• 59:14
  Give
• 59:14
  Each
• 59:14
  One
• 59:14
  Of
• 59:15
  Us
• 59:15
  Amen
• 59:16
  Ears
• 59:17
  To
• 59:17
  Hear
• 59:17
  And
• 59:18
  Eyes
• 59:18
  To
• 59:18
  See
• 59:18
  And
• 59:20
  Hearts
• 59:21
  That
• 59:21
  Will
• 59:21
  Respond
• 59:22
  To
• 59:23
  The
• 59:23
  Call
• 59:24
  Of
• 59:24
  Jesus
• 59:24
  We
• 59:24
  Pray
• 59:25
  For
• 59:25
  Any
• 59:26
  Who
• 59:26
  May
• 59:26
  Be
• 59:27
  Sitting
• 59:27
  Here
• 59:27
  This
• 59:27
  Morning
• 59:28
  And
• 59:28
  Who
• 59:28
  Are
• 59:28
  Under
• 59:29
  Attack
• 59:29
  who wonder and stress
• 59:33
  as to whether they should even be at the table.
• 59:37
  We pray, Lord, that you would help them.
• 59:40
  When Satan tempts me to despair
• 59:42
  and tells me of the guilt within,
• 59:45
  upward I look and see him,
• 59:47
  Jesus there,
• 59:49
  who made an end to all my sin
• 59:50
  because the sinless Saviour died.
• 59:53
  My guilty soul is counted free
• 59:55
  for God the just is satisfied
• 59:58
  to look on him
• 59:59
  and pardon me.
• 1:00:01
  Give to us, Lord, we pray,
• 1:00:04
  that sense of the security
• 1:00:07
  of being in Christ
• 1:00:09
  and the grace,
• 1:00:11
  the lavish grace
• 1:00:12
  that is promised to us in Jesus.
• 1:00:15
  We pray for any who are here this morning
• 1:00:17
  and who are outside of the table,
• 1:00:22
  Lord, that you would strive with them
• 1:00:25
  from the youngest here to the oldest
• 1:00:28
  and we thank you, Lord,
• 1:00:30
  that you called the children
• 1:00:33
  to come to you.
• 1:00:37
  And when there were those
• 1:00:39
  who tried to push the children back,
• 1:00:41
  they were rebuked.
• 1:00:43
  And so we pray for the young ones here
• 1:00:45
  that they would hear the voice of Jesus
• 1:00:48
  and that they too would come
• 1:00:51
  and find that rest that the world cannot give
• 1:00:55
  that is found only in Jesus.
• 1:00:58
  So be at work, Lord, we pray
• 1:00:59
  and bless us,
• 1:01:02
  minister to us
• 1:01:03
  as we come to the table
• 1:01:05
  that we would know
• 1:01:06
  the taste of the grace of Jesus once more.
• 1:01:10
  And we ask this in Jesus' name
• 1:01:12
  and for his sake.
• 1:01:14
  Amen.
• 1:01:17
  Just as we come to the table
• 1:01:18
  very briefly,
• 1:01:20
  I want to think about where we look,
• 1:01:22
  where we look as we come to the table.
• 1:01:26
  And we're to look two ways.
• 1:01:31
  We're to look, first of all, at self.
• 1:01:35
  In just a moment,
• 1:01:36
  we're going to read the words of Warrant.
• 1:01:37
  And in the passage
• 1:01:40
  where the Lord's Supper is instituted,
• 1:01:42
  there is a verse that says,
• 1:01:45
  let a person,
• 1:01:46
  let a man, woman, boy, girl,
• 1:01:48
  as they prepare to come,
• 1:01:51
  let a person examine himself.
• 1:01:56
  We're very good at examining other people
• 1:01:58
  and saying,
• 1:02:01
  I'm surprised to see they were there.
• 1:02:05
  That's not your job or mine.
• 1:02:07
  Let a person examine himself.
• 1:02:16
  And as you and I examine self,
• 1:02:19
  we see sin.
• 1:02:21
  If we've got any clarity,
• 1:02:24
  any sense of who we are,
• 1:02:26
  as we examine self,
• 1:02:28
  we see sin.
• 1:02:30
  Sin that we are repenting of day by day,
• 1:02:33
  but still we see sin.
• 1:02:39
  Is that a reason to stay away from the table?
• 1:02:42
  Well, no, it's a reason to come.
• 1:02:47
  It's God, the Holy Spirit,
• 1:02:49
  who convicts us,
• 1:02:50
  who shows us our sin.
• 1:02:52
  The table is for sinners.
• 1:02:57
  Remember the story,
• 1:02:58
  you'll have been told the story a thousand times.
• 1:03:01
  Rabbi Duncan,
• 1:03:02
  the minister,
• 1:03:03
  the Old Testament professor,
• 1:03:06
  was preaching in a church one day,
• 1:03:08
  and he saw a woman he recognized
• 1:03:10
  as one of the Lord's people,
• 1:03:11
  who was broken by her sin.
• 1:03:14
  As the elements were being passed around,
• 1:03:17
  they came to her,
• 1:03:19
  and she passed them on,
• 1:03:21
  and dissolved into tears.
• 1:03:24
  And what does he do?
• 1:03:25
  He gets down from the place
• 1:03:26
  that he was standing,
• 1:03:28
  and he takes the elements,
• 1:03:30
  and he goes to her,
• 1:03:31
  and he says,
• 1:03:31
  Tack it, woman.
• 1:03:34
  It's for sinners.
• 1:03:35
  So as we come,
• 1:03:40
  we look at self.
• 1:03:42
  We examine self,
• 1:03:44
  and we see sin,
• 1:03:46
  and we repent of sin.
• 1:03:50
  But as Murray McShane says,
• 1:03:52
  and this takes us to the second place
• 1:03:53
  that we look,
• 1:03:54
  the place that we fix our eyes.
• 1:03:57
  We look at self,
• 1:03:59
  but then we fix our eyes on Jesus.
• 1:04:02
  Robert Murray McShane said,
• 1:04:03
  for every look you take at self,
• 1:04:07
  take ten looks at Jesus.
• 1:04:12
  So if you want a text
• 1:04:14
  to go forward with,
• 1:04:16
  you can take Isaiah chapter 45
• 1:04:19
  and verse 22,
• 1:04:20
  which says,
• 1:04:22
  Look unto me,
• 1:04:25
  and be ye saved.
• 1:04:30
  And that's the text
• 1:04:31
  that we go forward on.
• 1:04:33
  Satan says to us,
• 1:04:35
  Look at the state of you.
• 1:04:40
  Look at the state of you
• 1:04:41
  and your sin.
• 1:04:46
  But the Lord says to us,
• 1:04:48
  Look at the sufficiency
• 1:04:49
  of your Savior.
• 1:04:55
  So looking to Jesus
• 1:04:56
  and trusting in Jesus,
• 1:04:59
  saved by the blood of Jesus,
• 1:05:01
  with our faith in him,
• 1:05:05
  we come.
• 1:05:07
  to warrant the passage
• 1:05:10
  from 1 Corinthians chapter 11
• 1:05:13
  and verse 23.
• 1:05:16
  The Apostle Paul said,
• 1:05:17
  For I received from the Lord
• 1:05:19
  that which I also delivered to you,
• 1:05:22
  that the Lord Jesus
• 1:05:23
  on the same night
• 1:05:24
  in which he was betrayed
• 1:05:25
  took bread.
• 1:05:27
  And when he had given thanks,
• 1:05:28
  he broke it and said,
• 1:05:30
  Take, eat.
• 1:05:31
  This is my body
• 1:05:32
  which is broken for you.
• 1:05:34
  Do this in remembrance of me.
• 1:05:36
  In the same manner,
• 1:05:38
  he also took the cup
• 1:05:39
  after supper,
• 1:05:40
  saying,
• 1:05:41
  This cup is the new covenant
• 1:05:42
  in my blood.
• 1:05:44
  Do this as often
• 1:05:45
  as you drink it
• 1:05:46
  in remembrance of me.
• 1:05:48
  For as often
• 1:05:49
  as you eat this bread
• 1:05:50
  and drink this cup,
• 1:05:52
  you proclaim the Lord's death
• 1:05:54
  until he comes.
• 1:05:55
  Therefore,
• 1:05:56
  whoever eats this bread
• 1:05:58
  or drinks this cup
• 1:05:59
  of the Lord
• 1:06:00
  in an unworthy manner
• 1:06:01
  will be guilty
• 1:06:02
  of the body
• 1:06:03
  and blood of the Lord.
• 1:06:05
  But let a man
• 1:06:06
  examine himself
• 1:06:07
  and so let him
• 1:06:09
  eat of the bread
• 1:06:10
  and drink of the cup.
• 1:06:12
  For he who eats
• 1:06:13
  and drinks
• 1:06:14
  in an unworthy manner
• 1:06:15
  eats and drinks
• 1:06:16
  judgment to himself,
• 1:06:18
  not discerning
• 1:06:19
  the Lord's body.
• 1:06:21
  So following
• 1:06:23
  the example
• 1:06:24
  of Jesus,
• 1:06:25
  let's now
• 1:06:26
  pray
• 1:06:26
  and give thanks
• 1:06:28
  for this meal
• 1:06:29
  that is prepared
• 1:06:30
  for us.
• 1:06:31
  Our Heavenly Father,
• 1:06:37
  we thank you
• 1:06:39
  for your word
• 1:06:40
  that we have read.
• 1:06:41
  We thank you
• 1:06:42
  for this sacrament
• 1:06:43
  that we are guided
• 1:06:45
  and instructed in
• 1:06:46
  as we come together
• 1:06:48
  as your people.
• 1:06:50
  We thank you
• 1:06:50
  that although
• 1:06:51
  these elements
• 1:06:54
  before us
• 1:06:54
  are just ordinary things
• 1:06:56
  in terms of
• 1:06:58
  their makeup
• 1:06:59
  and the way
• 1:07:00
  that we receive them,
• 1:07:03
  we recognize
• 1:07:03
  that they point us
• 1:07:05
  to the body
• 1:07:06
  of the Lord Jesus.
• 1:07:09
  So we ask,
• 1:07:10
  Lord,
• 1:07:10
  that we would discern
• 1:07:11
  the body
• 1:07:13
  and the blood
• 1:07:14
  of Christ,
• 1:07:14
  that we would
• 1:07:15
  remember him
• 1:07:16
  in all that we do
• 1:07:17
  at this time.
• 1:07:19
  We thank you
• 1:07:20
  for the mystery
• 1:07:21
  and the wonder
• 1:07:22
  of the verse
• 1:07:24
  that says,
• 1:07:25
  he who knew
• 1:07:25
  no sin
• 1:07:26
  became sin
• 1:07:27
  so that we
• 1:07:28
  might become
• 1:07:29
  righteous
• 1:07:30
  in and through him.
• 1:07:32
  We thank you
• 1:07:33
  that as John the Baptist
• 1:07:34
  saw Jesus,
• 1:07:35
  he said,
• 1:07:36
  Behold,
• 1:07:37
  the Lamb of God
• 1:07:38
  who takes away
• 1:07:39
  the sin
• 1:07:40
  of the world.
• 1:07:43
  We thank you
• 1:07:43
  for the perfect sacrifice
• 1:07:45
  that was
• 1:07:47
  found in Christ
• 1:07:48
  for the body
• 1:07:51
  that was given
• 1:07:52
  and the blood
• 1:07:53
  that was shed
• 1:07:54
  that makes atonement
• 1:07:55
  for our sin.
• 1:07:57
  To help us,
• 1:07:58
  we pray,
• 1:07:59
  as we take
• 1:08:01
  the bread,
• 1:08:02
  as we take
• 1:08:03
  the wine,
• 1:08:04
  to remember
• 1:08:05
  the Lord Jesus.
• 1:08:09
  Take away from our minds
• 1:08:10
  every distraction
• 1:08:11
  and bring us
• 1:08:15
  once more
• 1:08:16
  to the cross
• 1:08:17
  that we may
• 1:08:20
  survey it
• 1:08:21
  and that we
• 1:08:24
  may once more
• 1:08:25
  be touched
• 1:08:26
  by the magnitude
• 1:08:28
  of the love
• 1:08:29
  of God.
• 1:08:31
  This is love.
• 1:08:33
  Not that we
• 1:08:34
  love God,
• 1:08:36
  but that he
• 1:08:36
  loved us
• 1:08:37
  and gave us
• 1:08:38
  son to be
• 1:08:39
  the atoning
• 1:08:40
  sacrifice,
• 1:08:41
  the propitiation
• 1:08:42
  for our sin.
• 1:08:45
  Give us eyes
• 1:08:47
  to see it,
• 1:08:47
  we pray.
• 1:08:48
  enable us
• 1:08:50
  to mourn
• 1:08:52
  and repent
• 1:08:52
  of the sin
• 1:08:54
  that so easily
• 1:08:55
  entangles us
• 1:08:56
  and yet
• 1:08:58
  enable us
• 1:08:59
  to rejoice
• 1:09:00
  in the salvation
• 1:09:02
  that is secured
• 1:09:03
  in and through
• 1:09:04
  the sufficient
• 1:09:06
  work,
• 1:09:06
  the finished
• 1:09:07
  work
• 1:09:07
  of Jesus.
• 1:09:11
  So meet with us,
• 1:09:12
  Lord,
• 1:09:13
  we pray.
• 1:09:14
  Bless us,
• 1:09:15
  we ask
• 1:09:15
  in Jesus'
• 1:09:16
  name.
• 1:09:17
  Amen.
• 1:09:26
  So the Lord
• 1:09:27
  Jesus,
• 1:09:28
  on the night
• 1:09:29
  in which he
• 1:09:30
  was betrayed,
• 1:09:30
  took bread
• 1:09:31
  and when he
• 1:09:34
  had blessed
• 1:09:35
  it and
• 1:09:36
  given thanks,
• 1:09:37
  he broke
• 1:09:37
  it and
• 1:09:39
  said,
• 1:09:40
  this is my
• 1:09:40
  body which
• 1:09:42
  is for you.
• 1:09:43
  Do this
• 1:09:44
  in remembrance
• 1:09:45
  of me.
• 1:09:58
  And in the same
• 1:09:59
  way,
• 1:10:00
  he took the
• 1:10:00
  cup
• 1:10:00
  and said,
• 1:10:03
  this cup
• 1:10:03
  is the new
• 1:10:04
  covenant
• 1:10:04
  in my blood.
• 1:10:07
  Do this
• 1:10:08
  as often
• 1:10:08
  as you drink
• 1:10:09
  it
• 1:10:10
  in remembrance
• 1:10:11
  of me.
• 1:10:13
  A very short
• 1:10:14
  verse
• 1:10:15
  as we
• 1:10:16
  prepare to
• 1:10:17
  rise from
• 1:10:18
  the table.
• 1:10:20
  Psalm 130
• 1:10:21
  and verse 7,
• 1:10:23
  second half
• 1:10:25
  of verse 7,
• 1:10:26
  it says,
• 1:10:27
  plenteous redemption,
• 1:10:29
  plenteous redemption
• 1:10:31
  is ever
• 1:10:32
  found
• 1:10:33
  with him.
• 1:10:34
  with Jesus
• 1:10:56
  from all
• 1:10:58
  our iniquities.
• 1:11:00
  We are
• 1:11:00
  forgiven.
• 1:11:00
  but I want
• 1:11:03
  to underline
• 1:11:04
  that plenteous
• 1:11:06
  redemption
• 1:11:08
  is ever
• 1:11:10
  found
• 1:11:10
  with him.
• 1:11:13
  And that's
• 1:11:13
  a word
• 1:11:13
  not just
• 1:11:14
  for those
• 1:11:14
  of us
• 1:11:15
  who are
• 1:11:15
  at the
• 1:11:16
  table,
• 1:11:16
  that's a
• 1:11:16
  word
• 1:11:17
  that is
• 1:11:17
  extended
• 1:11:17
  to those
• 1:11:18
  who haven't
• 1:11:19
  this morning
• 1:11:20
  sat at
• 1:11:21
  the Lord's
• 1:11:21
  table.
• 1:11:24
  I remember
• 1:11:25
  taking a
• 1:11:26
  service
• 1:11:27
  in the,
• 1:11:28
  it was in
• 1:11:28
  the APC
• 1:11:28
  church actually
• 1:11:29
  in Stornley
• 1:11:30
  must have
• 1:11:31
  been 15
• 1:11:31
  years ago.
• 1:11:33
  And on
• 1:11:35
  a Sunday
• 1:11:35
  morning we
• 1:11:36
  had preached
• 1:11:37
  and we'd
• 1:11:38
  had the
• 1:11:39
  sacrament.
• 1:11:40
  As far as
• 1:11:40
  I could
• 1:11:41
  see,
• 1:11:42
  the elder
• 1:11:43
  was assisting
• 1:11:43
  me.
• 1:11:44
  At that
• 1:11:44
  time there
• 1:11:45
  was no
• 1:11:45
  minister there.
• 1:11:47
  The elder
• 1:11:48
  who was
• 1:11:48
  assisting me
• 1:11:49
  would stand
• 1:11:49
  with me
• 1:11:50
  and after
• 1:11:50
  everyone I
• 1:11:51
  could see
• 1:11:51
  he wanted
• 1:11:52
  to be
• 1:11:53
  servant,
• 1:11:53
  he served.
• 1:11:54
  The elder
• 1:11:54
  stepped
• 1:11:55
  forward and
• 1:11:56
  he took
• 1:11:57
  the jug
• 1:11:58
  of wine
• 1:11:59
  and he
• 1:12:00
  filled the
• 1:12:00
  cup back
• 1:12:02
  up and
• 1:12:04
  he said
• 1:12:04
  nothing to
• 1:12:05
  me and
• 1:12:06
  he hadn't
• 1:12:07
  discussed
• 1:12:07
  it with me.
• 1:12:09
  And I
• 1:12:09
  looked at
• 1:12:09
  him and he
• 1:12:10
  looked at
• 1:12:10
  me and I
• 1:12:10
  looked at
• 1:12:11
  him and he
• 1:12:11
  looked at
• 1:12:12
  me and I
• 1:12:12
  wondered if
• 1:12:13
  this was his
• 1:12:13
  way of saying
• 1:12:14
  you've forgotten
• 1:12:14
  somebody and I
• 1:12:15
  was scanning
• 1:12:16
  around the
• 1:12:17
  congregation to
• 1:12:18
  see if there
• 1:12:18
  was somebody
• 1:12:19
  I'd forgotten
• 1:12:19
  but nothing
• 1:12:20
  was said.
• 1:12:21
  And so I
• 1:12:23
  prayed and
• 1:12:24
  we had the
• 1:12:25
  final praise
• 1:12:26
  and blessed
• 1:12:26
  the benediction.
• 1:12:27
  As soon as
• 1:12:28
  the service
• 1:12:28
  was finished
• 1:12:29
  I went to
• 1:12:30
  the elder
• 1:12:31
  and I
• 1:12:32
  said did
• 1:12:33
  I forget
• 1:12:34
  someone?
• 1:12:35
  And he
• 1:12:35
  said I
• 1:12:37
  don't think
• 1:12:37
  so.
• 1:12:38
  And I
• 1:12:39
  said well
• 1:12:39
  why after
• 1:12:39
  everybody was
• 1:12:40
  served did
• 1:12:42
  you fill the
• 1:12:43
  cup back
• 1:12:43
  up?
• 1:12:45
  And he
• 1:12:45
  said because
• 1:12:46
  I want
• 1:12:47
  everyone to
• 1:12:48
  be able to
• 1:12:48
  see that
• 1:12:49
  there's more
• 1:12:50
  left.
• 1:12:51
  And you
• 1:12:54
  can see
• 1:12:54
  this morning
• 1:12:56
  that there
• 1:12:57
  is more
• 1:12:57
  left.
• 1:12:59
  Plenteous
• 1:13:00
  redemption
• 1:13:01
  is ever
• 1:13:02
  found with
• 1:13:04
  him.
• 1:13:06
  And the
• 1:13:06
  call continues
• 1:13:07
  to be
• 1:13:08
  extended
• 1:13:09
  come to
• 1:13:10
  me.
• 1:13:11
  Be with
• 1:13:12
  me
• 1:13:12
  says
• 1:13:13
  Jesus.
• 1:13:16
  There is
• 1:13:16
  more grace
• 1:13:17
  there is
• 1:13:17
  more
• 1:13:17
  left.
• 1:13:20
  Come
• 1:13:20
  to him
• 1:13:21
  each one
• 1:13:23
  of us.
• 1:13:23
  Let's
• 1:13:23
  pray.
• 1:13:25
  Our
• 1:13:26
  heavenly
• 1:13:26
  father we
• 1:13:27
  thank you
• 1:13:27
  for it.
• 1:13:29
  We thank
• 1:13:29
  you once
• 1:13:30
  more that
• 1:13:30
  you've
• 1:13:31
  allowed us
• 1:13:31
  to be
• 1:13:32
  gathered
• 1:13:32
  around the
• 1:13:33
  table of
• 1:13:34
  the Lord
• 1:13:35
  Jesus.
• 1:13:35
  We thank you
• 1:13:36
  that once
• 1:13:36
  more we
• 1:13:37
  have been
• 1:13:37
  able to
• 1:13:38
  remember the
• 1:13:39
  Lord's
• 1:13:39
  death in
• 1:13:41
  place
• 1:13:41
  securing our
• 1:13:43
  salvation.
• 1:13:46
  We thank you
• 1:13:46
  that Jesus
• 1:13:47
  is our
• 1:13:47
  redeemer.
• 1:13:50
  And we
• 1:13:50
  pray that as
• 1:13:51
  we rise from
• 1:13:52
  the table
• 1:13:52
  we would do
• 1:13:54
  so with
• 1:13:55
  joy.
• 1:13:57
  The joy of
• 1:13:58
  your salvation
• 1:13:59
  of us
• 1:13:59
  restored to
• 1:14:00
  us.
• 1:14:02
  We pray that
• 1:14:02
  we would
• 1:14:02
  rise from the
• 1:14:04
  table
• 1:14:04
  strengthened
• 1:14:05
  and ready to
• 1:14:07
  go back into
• 1:14:08
  the world
• 1:14:08
  to be
• 1:14:09
  soft and
• 1:14:09
  be light.
• 1:14:12
  And we
• 1:14:12
  pray Lord
• 1:14:13
  that as we
• 1:14:13
  go from
• 1:14:14
  this place
• 1:14:15
  we would
• 1:14:15
  go encouraged
• 1:14:17
  in the
• 1:14:18
  gospel.
• 1:14:20
  We think
• 1:14:20
  even of the
• 1:14:21
  encouragement
• 1:14:21
  that is
• 1:14:23
  given to
• 1:14:24
  those who
• 1:14:24
  are given.
• 1:14:25
  Every time
• 1:14:26
  we gather
• 1:14:27
  around this
• 1:14:27
  table we
• 1:14:28
  are aware
• 1:14:29
  of those
• 1:14:29
  that we
• 1:14:30
  sit with
• 1:14:30
  but we
• 1:14:31
  are also
• 1:14:31
  conscious
• 1:14:32
  of those
• 1:14:33
  who once
• 1:14:33
  sat with
• 1:14:34
  us and
• 1:14:34
  we have
• 1:14:34
  gone from
• 1:14:35
  time into
• 1:14:36
  eternity.
• 1:14:38
  And yet
• 1:14:38
  we thank
• 1:14:39
  you that
• 1:14:40
  we have
• 1:14:40
  the promise
• 1:14:41
  in Christ
• 1:14:42
  that all
• 1:14:42
  who are
• 1:14:43
  believing in
• 1:14:44
  him, all
• 1:14:45
  who are
• 1:14:45
  with him
• 1:14:45
  have eternal
• 1:14:47
  life.
• 1:14:49
  So we
• 1:14:49
  pray for
• 1:14:49
  any whose
• 1:14:50
  hearts are
• 1:14:51
  sore, any
• 1:14:52
  who may
• 1:14:52
  have that
• 1:14:53
  sense of
• 1:14:54
  loss, so
• 1:14:55
  missing
• 1:14:56
  those who
• 1:14:56
  are absent
• 1:14:57
  who are
• 1:14:58
  once with
• 1:14:58
  them.
• 1:15:00
  We pray
• 1:15:00
  for your
• 1:15:00
  comfort to
• 1:15:02
  be given
• 1:15:02
  to them.
• 1:15:04
  And we
• 1:15:04
  pray for
• 1:15:05
  those who
• 1:15:06
  have sat
• 1:15:07
  through another
• 1:15:08
  communion season
• 1:15:09
  and who
• 1:15:10
  have not
• 1:15:11
  yet come.
• 1:15:12
  If there
• 1:15:12
  are any
• 1:15:13
  who have
• 1:15:13
  heard the
• 1:15:14
  voice of
• 1:15:14
  Jesus saying
• 1:15:15
  come unto
• 1:15:15
  me and
• 1:15:16
  rest, we
• 1:15:17
  pray that
• 1:15:18
  they would
• 1:15:18
  not hesitate
• 1:15:19
  but that
• 1:15:20
  they and
• 1:15:21
  we day
• 1:15:21
  by day
• 1:15:22
  would come
• 1:15:23
  to the
• 1:15:24
  Lord Jesus
• 1:15:24
  and find
• 1:15:25
  the rest
• 1:15:25
  that is
• 1:15:26
  found only
• 1:15:27
  in him.
• 1:15:28
  Hear our
• 1:15:28
  prayers,
• 1:15:29
  part us
• 1:15:29
  with your
• 1:15:30
  blessing we
• 1:15:30
  pray and
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  we pray
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  these things
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  in Jesus
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  name.
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  Amen.
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  We'll
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  sing to
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  conclude
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  the
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  verses
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  from
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  Psalm
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  72
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  Psalm
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  72
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  you'll
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  find on
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  page
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  T14
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  and we
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  sing from
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  verses 17
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  to verse 19
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  of the
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  psalm.
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  His name
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  forever
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  shall
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  endure,
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  last like
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  the son
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  of
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  Shal.
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  Men
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  shall be
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  blessed
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  in him
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  and
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  blessed
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  all nations
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  shall
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  him
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  call.
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  We'll
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  stand to
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  sing to
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  God's
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  praise.
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  His name
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  forever
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  shall
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  endure
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  last night
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  the son
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  it
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  shall
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  and
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  shall
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  be
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  blessed
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  in him
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  and
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  blessed
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  all nations
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  shall
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  him
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  call.
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  Now
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  blessed
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  be
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  the Lord
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  our God
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  the
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  Lord
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  of
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  Israel
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  voy
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  voy
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  !
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  voy
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  !
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  voy
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  !
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  voy
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  !
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  voy
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  !
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  voy
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  !
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  voy
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  !
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  voy
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  !
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  voy
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  !
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  voy
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  !
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  voy
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  eternity
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  the whole
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  earth
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  is
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  glorified
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  and
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  in
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  solitude
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  and
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  may the grace of our Lord Jesus
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  Christ the love of God
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  and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with us all
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  now and forevermore
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  Amen
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  Amen