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Resurrection in 1 Corinthians 15 (9) - Victory Over Death · Stornoway Free Church of Scotland - Sermons

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We're going to begin our worship now singing in Psalm 93, Psalm number 93, and sing Psalms.
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That's on page 123 to the tune Argyle. We're going to sing the whole of this psalm.
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The Lord is King, His throne endures majestic in its height. The Lord is robed in majesty and armed
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with strength and might. The world is founded firm and sure, removed it cannot be. Your throne
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is strong and you are God from all eternity. We're singing these verses in acknowledgement
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of God being our Lord and our King, sitting on His throne, presiding over all that takes
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place in His creation, the one to whom we are due to worship and also answerable to Him.
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The Lord is King, His throne endures. We'll stand to sing.
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The Lord is King, His throne endures majestic in its height. The Lord is robed in majesty and armed with strength and
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strength and might. The Lord is founded firm and sure, removed it cannot be. Your throne is
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strong and new and strong. And you are God from all eternity. The seas, O Lord, have lifted up,
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the seas, O Lord, have lifted up, they lifted up their voice. The seas, O Lord, have lifted up,
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they lifted up their voice. The seas, O Lord, have lifted up their wings, and made a mighty noise. The Lord, have lifted up,
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And made a mighty noise
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The Lord enthroned on highest throne
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More powerful is He
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And that met all the oceans waves
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Are breakers of the sea
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Your royal statutes, Lord, stand firm
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And changeliness your world
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And holiness adorns your house
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For endless days, O Lord
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We're going to call on the Lord now in prayer
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Let's join together in prayer
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O Lord, our gracious God
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We are conscious that You have given us
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So many details in Your Word
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That ought to guide our minds
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As we come to worship You
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And among these we have been singing, Lord, of Your majesty
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And of the way in which You preside over Your creation
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We pray that that itself may affect our mind
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In such a way tonight that we come submissively
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And with delight and relish
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To come to exalt Your name
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And we thank You, O Lord
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That these words about You
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Reveal the truth about You
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And that everything You say about You
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Yourself and Your Word
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We can take to heart as Your own infallible truth
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And we thank You, Lord, that You have remembered us
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In such a way as to reveal Yourself to us in this way
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For every aspect of Your Word
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That has come to reveal the Lord to us
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And come to reveal to us what we are ourselves
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They are all designed that we should know You
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That we should come and fall down in adoration
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And in faith before You
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That we should come and possess eternal life
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Through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, Your dear Son
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We bless You, Lord
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That tonight we have this renewed opportunity
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To add those things that are still required of us
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To know in our experience
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To add to our knowledge
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And to add to our level of commitment to You
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We pray, Lord, that You would increase our understanding
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We pray that You would deepen our faith
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Widen our love, we pray
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So that we may love as we have been loved
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And that we may consider, Lord
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That the pattern You have set for us
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In Your great love for Your people
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Is a pattern that in itself
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In its perfection
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Is such a great challenge to us
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But we thank You
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For Your grace that is promised to us each day
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The grace, Lord, that we pray for
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To enable us to meet and to fulfill
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Every task You have given us
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We pray for our worship to our worship
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And that we may know Your grace
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And that we may know Your grace
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And that we may know Your grace from day to day
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For Your grace itself is designed to fit with our need
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And we ask, Lord, that this grace of God
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This great power, this favor of God
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Which is so much spoken of in Your Word
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May truly be our delight this evening
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We ask, Lord, with bowed heads
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That we may know Your forgiveness
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Your acceptance of us
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We come to confess that we are not what we should be
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That we are not, Lord, what You designed us to be in the beginning
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That we are sinners
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That we need Your forgiveness
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Your cleansing
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Your uplifting out of the pit of sin
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That we need Your help daily in our struggles with sin
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Our struggles with ourselves and our fallenness
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Even, Lord, as Your redeemed people
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We acknowledge that we fail daily to meet the standard
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That we find in Your Word
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Standard that is so matchlessly portrayed for us
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In the humanity of our Lord Himself
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We bless You tonight, Lord
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That we have that ready access to You
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Through Your Word and Spirit
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We pray for Your Spirit to bless us
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Oh, Lord, we pray that we may never come to
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Even think reflectively or for a moment
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That we are somehow sufficient in ourselves
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To deal with those things that belong to our need
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That belong to Your requirement of us
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But we give thanks, Lord, that You are all that we require
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That we have everything in You that we need
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In order to live acceptably before You
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So, bless to us, we pray, our gathering here this evening
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Bless us in all our life as a congregation of Your people
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We give thanks for the many avenues of service
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That You provide for us, Lord, in this congregation
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We pray that all of them may be used to the full
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And we pray that You would grant us Your grace, Lord
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To fulfill in these activities
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Our desire to glorify Your name
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That we may see Your kingdom advance
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The congregation itself growing
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In the nurture and in the admonition of the Lord
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Even those of us who are adults
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We pray that You would help us, Lord
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To further enter into
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The expression of Your name
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In the world in which we live
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By the life that we live
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By the way that we speak
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By our very own thoughts, O Lord
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Remember tonight all the gatherings of Your people
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And we pray for them as they meet together as we do
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And as they have met throughout the world
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On this day, the Lord's day
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We thank You for the value
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That we place upon Your day
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For the way You have taught us, O Lord
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To regard this day in itself as significant
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And for the way that we recognize
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That You set it aside from the very creation
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To be a day that was different
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To the other days of each week
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And we thank You for the opportunities we have in it
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To know You
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And to increase our knowledge of You
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And our fellowship with one another
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Blessed to us, we pray, all the advantages we have
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In a Lord's day that comes about
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So regularly, week by week
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And we thank You, gracious one
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For all that Your day represents to Your people
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And for the way that we come to associate it
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With Your own resurrection from the dead
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For the way that we also see in it
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An anticipation of the eternal rest
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That You have provided for Your people
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That awaits them in heaven
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And we ask tonight anew
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As we come to give our mind
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To the great subject of resurrection
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And as we look towards that coming of the Lord
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And the resurrection of His people
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To be raised, to share with Him
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And to be with Him
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In that glory that is promised
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We pray, O Lord
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That You would strengthen our faith
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And give us to resist, we pray
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The many temptations we find in the world
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To disbelieve these things
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Give us, Lord, in the midst of all the
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Different species of thought that we come across
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That are contrary to Your Word
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That we may hold fast to Your own revealed Word
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That we may leave all its promises
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All its warnings, all its threatenings
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All the passages that come to comfort us, O Lord
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All the ones also that stir us up to remembrance
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Of the tremendous and stupendous fact
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Of Your judgment
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We ask, O Lord, that we may be
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All the more made wise unto salvation
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Bless, we pray, all the families belonging to us
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As a congregation tonight
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We ask that in all our homes
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We may know Your blessing
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We pray that You would grant to us, O Lord
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Your own guidance and Your own favor
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In all that we seek to do
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We pray for those tonight
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Who cannot be here physically
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We pray for them, Lord
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And especially those of them who are ill
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We pray for those in hospital
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And we pray for grace for them
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For the recovery
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And we give thanks, Lord
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For the news that we hear
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From time to time
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Of those who have been ill
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And those not only long-term ill
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But also those who more recently
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Were laid aside
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And sometimes unexpectedly
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And sometimes suddenly
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O Lord, bless them all
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We pray and bless their family
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And we give thanks again tonight
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For the measure of recovery
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For William Graham
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We pray that You would hear our prayers
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For him again
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And for Mordech
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And for their family, James
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And Damien
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We pray that his progress
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Will continue
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We give thanks to You, O Lord
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For the safe delivery
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Of Donnie and Teane's grandchild
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Even though it is such an early time
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In her mother's pregnancy
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We thank You for our safe delivery
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We pray for her
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And we pray that You would bless our Lord
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As the days go by
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And we pray that You would bless
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Kian and Alistair
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At this time as they celebrate
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Once again a child given of the Lord
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And continue to bless them, O Lord
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During this time
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We pray for those who mourn
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Who continue to miss loved ones
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Again, Lord, we ask that You would
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Console and comfort their hearts
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And we do commend them to You once again
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Whether it be recent bereavement
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Or times in the past
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Lord, we know that bereavement
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Continues to be a painful experience for us
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But we thank You for the way
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In which Your own comfort
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Is extended to us
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Through Your Spirit
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We ask, O Lord
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That we may now continue
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To wait upon You
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As we further our worship service here
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Bless us, we pray
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Throughout the week
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That we've entered upon
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Bless us as we anticipate, Lord
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The coronation of King Charles
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Later in this week
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We pray for him
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As You require us to do in Your Word
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We pray for himself
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And we pray for his spouse, Camilla
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Bless them, Lord, we pray
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At this important juncture
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Not only in their own lives
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But in the life of the nation
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And help us, Lord, we pray
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To bear them before You
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And we pray that he will come
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To be an influence for good
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Especially for Your own cause
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For the advance of Your kingdom
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That he will not be drawn aside
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To substitute the Lord
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With any other alternative
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To the Lord Jesus Christ
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As His King and His God
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And grant him, Lord, Your blessing
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As he awaits this important day
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And so go before us now
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We pray and bless all
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Who are in government over us
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In all parts of the land
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Lord, in these difficult, tumultuous days
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We pray for Your guidance
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We pray for Your mercy
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We pray for Your forgiveness
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For our many sins
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And the many ways
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In which we have departed
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From Your ways
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Return us, Lord, we pray
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How long?
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How long will it be
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Before we come
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Once again as a nation
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To be characterized
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By a love for Your truth
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Lord, hasten the day, we pray
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And come and hear
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The prayers of Your people
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As You hear them
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Come and answer
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And do so, Lord
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In a way that would
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Exceed our very expectation
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We pray all with the pardon
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Of our sin
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In Jesus' name
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Amen
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Let's sing again to God's praise
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In Psalm 90 this time
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Psalm number 90
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That's in the Scottish Psalter
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Page 350
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Singing verses 13 to 17
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The tune this time is Morvan
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Turn yet again to us, O Lord
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How long thus shall it be
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Let it repent Thee now
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For those that servants are to Thee
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O with Thy tender mercies, Lord
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As early satisfy
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So we rejoice shall all our days
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And still be glad in Thee
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These verses 13 to the end of the Psalm
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To God's praise
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Turn yet again to us, O Lord
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How long thou shall it be
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Let it repent Thee now
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Let it repent Thee now
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For those that servants are to Thee
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O with Thy tender mercies, Lord
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As early satisfy
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As early satisfy
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As early satisfy
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So we rejoice shall all our days
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And still be glad in Thee
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According to us Thee
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Thee days have been Wherein we grief have had
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And years wherein we ill have had
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So do thou make us cry
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So do thou make us cry
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O let thy work and part
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O let thy work and part
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O let thy work and part
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And shall our days
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And still be glad in thee
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We hope that we grief have had
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And still be glad in thee
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So do thou make us cry
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And shall ourgens
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before, and show unto their children dear thy glory evermore.
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And let the beauty of the Lord our God be us upon,
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our handy words establish love, establish them each one.
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Now we're reading two passages of God's Word this evening.
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Firstly, it's from the prophecy of Isaiah, chapter 25.
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And we'll read the first 12 verses, or the whole chapter really, the 12 verses.
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And also 1 Corinthians 15, a few verses there which we'll turn to look at later in the service.
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First of all, Isaiah 25, reading from the beginning.
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O Lord, you are my God, I will exalt you, I will praise your name,
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for you have done wonderful things, plans formed of old, faithful, and sure.
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For you have made the city a heap, the fortified city a ruin.
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The foreigner's palace is a city no more.
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It will never be rebuilt.
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Therefore strong peoples will glorify you.
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Cities of ruthless nations will fear you.
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For you have been a stronghold to the poor, a stronghold to the needy in his distress,
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a shelter from the storm and a shade from the heat.
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For the breath of the ruthless is like a storm against a wall,
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like heat in a dry place.
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You subdue the noise of the foreigners as heat by the shade of a cloud.
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So the song of the ruthless is put down.
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On this mountain the Lord of hosts will make for all peoples a feast of rich food,
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a feast of well-aged wine, of rich food full of marrow, of aged wine well refined.
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And he will swallow up on this mountain the covering that is cast over all peoples,
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the veil that is spread over all nations.
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He will swallow up death forever, and the Lord God will wipe away tears from all faces,
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and the reproach of his people he will take away from all the earth.
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For the Lord has spoken.
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It will be said on that day, Behold, this is our God.
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We have waited for him that he might save us.
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This is the Lord.
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We have waited for him.
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Let us be glad and rejoice in his salvation.
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For the hand of the Lord will rest on this mountain,
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and Moab shall be trampled down in his place,
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as straw is trampled down in a dunghill.
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And he will spread out his hands in the midst of it,
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as a swimmer spreads his hands out to swim.
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But the Lord will lay low his pompous pride,
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together with the skill of his hands.
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And the high fortifications of his walls he will bring down,
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lay low, and cast to the ground to the dust.
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We turn to 1 Corinthians chapter 15.
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We'll read verses 50 to 58.
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I tell you, this brother's flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God,
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nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.
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Behold, I tell you a mystery.
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We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
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in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet.
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For the trumpet will sound,
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and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed.
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For this perishable body must put on the imperishable,
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and this mortal body must put on immortality.
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When the perishable puts on the imperishable,
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and the mortal puts on immortality,
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then shall come to pass the saying that is written,
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Death is swallowed up in victory.
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O death, where is your victory?
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O death, where is your sting?
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The sting of death is sin,
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and the power of sin is the law.
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But thanks be to God,
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who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Therefore, my beloved brothers,
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be steadfast, immovable,
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always abounding in the work of the Lord,
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knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.
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We pray God will follow with his blessing,
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that reading from his word.
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Let's sing once again before we come back to 1 Corinthians 15.
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This time it's Psalm 72.
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Psalm 72 from St. Psalms, page 92,
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verses 1 to 9.
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The tune this time is Duke Street.
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Endow the King with justice, Lord,
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the royal Son with righteousness.
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Your people, your afflicted ones,
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he'll judge with truth and uprightness.
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The mountains will bring peace to them,
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the hills the fruit of righteousness.
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He will defend and save the poor,
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and crush all those who them oppress.
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And so on, down as far as verse 9,
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Psalm 72.
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Endow the King with justice, Lord.
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The royal Son with righteousness.
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He'll judge with truth and uprightness.
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The mountains will bring peace to them,
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The hills, the fruit of righteousness
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He will defend and save the poor
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And crush all those who then will rest
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As long as sun and moon endure
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So will he live time without end
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He'll be like showers on the air
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Like reaps that on moon fields descend
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The righteous then will blossom forth
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Through earth is ever-lasting green
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Until the moon no longer shines
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Peace in abundance will remain
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From sea to sea he will hold sway
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And from the river to earth's end
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His enemies will lead the dust
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And deserts rise, the knee will end
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Well, let's turn once more to 1 Corinthians 15
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The passage we read from verse 50
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And tonight we're going to consider these verses
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Down as far as verse 57
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So that will leave us, God willing, one further study
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In this great chapter
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Dealing with the resurrection
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When we come next time, God willing, to look at verse 58
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Which really sums up and concludes
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Paul's treatment of the resurrection
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As a significant application of it
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As you find in verse 58
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So from verse 50, as we've read it through
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He's dealing here again with the resurrection
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But giving us some more details
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In addition to what we saw earlier
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Throughout the chapter
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Now one thing you notice here is very obvious
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And that he's talking here to brothers
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He's, of course, addressing the church in Corinth
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But all the way through here
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He's really dealing with the resurrection of the Lord's people
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And that's in keeping with what you find
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Mostly throughout Scripture
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Scripture has very little, actually, to do with
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The resurrection of the unsaved
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Because the overwhelming emphasis in the Bible
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Is on salvation
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On redemption from sin and from death
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As this passage itself is going to bring us through this evening
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And the emphasis on life and salvation
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Means that that's really what predominates
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That's what really gets the major part of Paul's treatment
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Throughout this chapter, indeed
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There is, of course, going to be a resurrection of the unsaved as well
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But it will be very different to the resurrection
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Not in kind, but in result
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To the resurrection of God's redeemed and saved people
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Jesus himself referred to that
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In chapter 5 of John's Gospel
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And at verse 29 there, 28-29
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He says, where he taught
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That God the Father has given the Son authority to execute judgment
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Because He is the Son of Man
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Do not marvel at this
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For an hour is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear His voice
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And come out
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Those who have done good to the resurrection of life
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And those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment
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Or to the resurrection of condemnation
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Which also is the meaning of the word there
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So that's giving us a very definite truth
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That God will bring all from the grave
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Whoever they are
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Whenever they have lived
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All shall come out of the graves
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Of the voice of the Son of God
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And you put that into line with the emphasis
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In this chapter of the coming of Christ Himself
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1 Thessalonians 4 and other similar passages
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And so there is a resurrection of the unjust
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A resurrection of the unsaved as well
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We're not going to deal with that tonight
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It's part of the message of Scripture
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But as we say, the overwhelming emphasis
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Is on the resurrection of the saved
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Of God's people
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Why is that?
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Well, for one, that's what God has given the most emphasis to
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In His revelation of Himself to us
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He's not a God who's willing that any should die
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That any should perish
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But that all should come to repentance
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It's so that we'll come to see
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Our need of Jesus
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Our need of the salvation that's in Him
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Our need of the victory over sin and death
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That He has brought about and accomplished
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Through His own death and resurrection from the dead
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That's why you find this overwhelming emphasis in Scripture
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In God's revelation of salvation to us
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So that we'll come to the Jesus
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Who took our damnation to Himself
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Who took to Himself the death that we deserved for our sins
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And who therefore is presented to us as such
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As the Savior of His people
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And tonight as we go through this passage
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I trust that you and I will put to ourselves
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Once again, our need of the Savior
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Even if you're saved
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Even if you've been saved for many years
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I hope that through this passage tonight
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We will all come to an appreciation
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Of the greatness of Christ
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Of our need of Christ
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Of the wonder of life in Him
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For people who don't deserve it
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Such as we all are
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And that will come
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If we're not yet in Christ
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To really consider
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Even before we leave this place tonight
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That this is where you need to be found
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That this is where you want to be found
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That this is your concern
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And this is your desire
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To be found in Christ
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Not having a righteousness of your own
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So that you'll be like the apostle
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In his testimony in Philippians 3
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If by any means, he says
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I would attain to the resurrection of the dead
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Tonight that's surely your desire
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My desire
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That you will be part of those blessed ones
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Who will come to be raised at the coming of Christ
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To meet Him
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Triumphing in His salvation
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And not cringing before His condemnation
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Two things I want to look at
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First of all, the necessity
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Of a great change
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As the passage brings it out for us
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The necessity of a great change
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Verses 50 to 52
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Where he says
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Flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God
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Nor does the perishable inherit imperishable
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And then secondly
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We'll look at the features of this great change
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That God will bring about
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In the resurrection of His people
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Well, you'll find that in verses 53
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Down to verse 57
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So the necessity of a great change
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The change that will take place
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At the resurrection
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The change especially in our bodily condition
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And secondly
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The features of that great change
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What does it consist of?
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What is going to happen?
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And of course we do acknowledge
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That while we're following the words of Scripture there
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There are still many aspects of this truth
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That really elude us
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And are beyond our capacity
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To put into such words
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If you like as they deserve
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The necessity of a great change
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Well, look at what he says in verse 50
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I tell you this, brothers
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Flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God
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Nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable
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Now what does he mean by
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Flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God?
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Well, by flesh and blood
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He's certainly still focusing on the body
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But it also includes our present bodily existence
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In this world
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Even for us as Christians
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This present state of things
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This body in the present state of things
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Even though we are saved in Christ
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As we are as such prior to death
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We cannot inherit the kingdom of God
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The body we presently have
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The bodily life we presently live
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The body in which we live this life
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Is not itself capable of sustaining the fullness of life
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That is going to be the portion of God's people at the resurrection
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So flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God
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And you can see it's expanded where he says
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Nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable
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He used these words earlier, you recall as well
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The perishable that's raised in verse 42 there
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To be imperishable
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What he means by that is
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The body that we require to inhabit glory, if you like
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The life that we will have in glory
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This bodily life
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It will still be a life in the body spiritually
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Going back to previous studies
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But what he's saying now is that
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We need a body that is above the reach of decay
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The body we have just now is going to decay
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It's decaying already
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It's proceeding day by day towards returning to the dust
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And we cannot inherit the kingdom of God
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Therefore in that body it's perishable
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The perishable does not inherit the imperishable
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The necessity of resurrection
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The necessity of a great change
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Because what he's anticipating here as we'll go on in the study
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Is a life and a body in that life
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As well as our soul
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Remember that God has redeemed us as persons
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As living human beings
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And that means our body as well
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As our soul incorporated in the redemption that is in Christ
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Is not going to leave our bodies out of that salvation
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Is not going to have salvation that is just purely spirit only
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Or soul only
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He has redeemed our persons
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Body and soul together
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And while the body returns to the dust
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And the soul goes
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To be with God in heaven for God's people
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In anticipation of this day
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When the imperishable
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Will characterize the body that's raised
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From the dead
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We need to have
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A body that's set above
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The reach of death
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The reach of decay
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In other words
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A body that is suitable
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And qualified
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Under God
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For the fullness of life
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That heaven will be
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The fullness of life
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That Christ has purchased
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For the perishable
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Cannot inherit the imperishable
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Nor does flesh and blood
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Inherit the kingdom of God
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And he goes on
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From verse 51
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And 52
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To expand on that somewhat
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Behold I tell you a mystery
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We shall not all sleep
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But we shall all be changed
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In a moment
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In the twinkling of an eye
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At the last trumpet
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For the trumpet will sound
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And the dead will be raised
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Imperishable
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And we shall be changed
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For this perishable body
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Must put on the imperishable
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And this mortal body
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Must put on immortality
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We shall not all sleep
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But we shall all be changed
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What is that setting before us?
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Well it means really that
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When the Lord returns
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There will still be people
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And those of his own people
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Living in this world
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That have not died
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Whose bodies have not
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Returned to the dust
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In the grave
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We shall not all sleep
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Is what he means by that
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But we shall all be changed
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In a moment
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In the twinkling of an eye
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In other words
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He's saying
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The kind of change
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That takes place
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In the resurrection
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Of the bodies of God's people
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Will take place
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In the bodies
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Of those who are still living
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When the Lord returns
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Because they are still
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Perishable
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And subject to death
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They need a different
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Kind of body
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Set above death
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And that's going to happen
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When the Lord returns
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Even for those
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Who have not died
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And their bodies
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Return to the dust
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In the grave
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They shall be changed
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We shall all be changed
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We all need to have
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That change
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By which we come
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To inherit bodily
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The kingdom of God
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And you see what he's saying
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About it
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It will happen
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In a moment
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In the twinkling of an eye
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At the last trumpet
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So from that
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You and I cannot say tonight
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I've got plenty of time yet
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I'm still relatively young
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I can just relax
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And take my time
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And when I get nearer
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To my old age
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Then I'll be able to
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Seriously deal with
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The issues of eternity
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No he's saying
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The Lord is coming
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And we shall be changed
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In an instant
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It's going to take place
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In the twinkling of an eye
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There's change in our bodies
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In a moment
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In the twinkling of an eye
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At the last trumpet
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How long does it take
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For you to flick your eyelid
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To blink your eyes
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Well he's saying
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That's how quickly
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The change is going to come
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When the Lord returns
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By his power
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That's going to be
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Effected immediately
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We shall all be changed
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In a moment
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In the twinkling of an eye
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For he says
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The trumpet
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Will sound
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And the dead
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Will be raised
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Imperishable
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And we shall be changed
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The trumpet
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Will sound
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That's an interesting phrase
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Isn't it
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And there are two
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Places in scripture
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Where this kind of
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Emphasis on the trumpet
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Being sounded
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Is before us
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In the word of God
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First is at
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Mount Sinai
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Where there was
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An incredibly loud
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Blast
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Of trumpet
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Over which
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Moses himself
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Says
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As you read the
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Account in Hebrews 12
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I exceedingly
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Fear and quake
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Moses was a man
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Who was so near
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To God
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That he spoke with him
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Face to face
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There was nobody
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On earth
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That was
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At that time
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At least as near
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To God
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As familiar with God
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And knew the tremendous
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Majesty and greatness
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Of God
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The way Moses did
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And yet it's said
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Of him there
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That this trumpet blast
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On Mount Sinai
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Which signaled
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The arrival of the Lord
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Coming onto the mountain
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To set it on fire
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By his presence
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Gave Moses himself
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To fear
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And to quake
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It was such a tremendous
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Loud blast
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You see this blast
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Of the trumpet
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It's not
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It's an unearthly trumpet
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If you like
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It's not somebody
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Taking a normal
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Musical instrument
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Or even a hundred
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Of these musical
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Instruments trumpets
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This is a supernatural
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Trumpet
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This is something
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That comes from heaven
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This is an unearthly
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Trumpet sound
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That awakens the dead
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That comes to announce
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The arrival of the king
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I'm sure
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God willing
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On Saturday
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There will be something
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Similar to that
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In human terms
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Very often the case
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When the queen
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The late queen
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Was arriving at parliament
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Or wherever
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And this time
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For the coronation
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There will be a fanfare
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I'm sure
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To announce
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That the king
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Is here
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To announce
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That this is the moment
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This is the moment
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The large crowd
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In anticipation
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Of the king's coronation
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Gathered there
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This is the moment
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They've been looking forward to
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This is the moment
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The moment has now come
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The trumpet blast
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The fanfare announces
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This is it
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He's here
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And it'll be that way
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At the end of the world
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It'll be that way
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At the end of the age
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At the coming of Christ
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At the resurrection
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Of the dead
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For the trumpet
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Will sound
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And the dead
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Will be raised
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Imperishable
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The other place
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You find it mentioned
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The sound of the trumpet
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Is in Revelation
42:06
Chapter 20
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Sorry
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1 Thessalonians chapter 4
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Verses 15 to 16
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You remember
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That's dealing with
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The resurrection as well
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1 Thessalonians 4
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Verses 15 to 16
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Where you find
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The Lord himself
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He says
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We declare that
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Those who are alive
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Who are left
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Till the coming of the Lord
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Will not precede
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Those who have fallen asleep
42:33
For the Lord himself
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Will descend from heaven
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With a cry of command
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With a voice of an archangel
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And with the sound
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Of the trumpet of God
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And the dead in Christ
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Will rise first
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Then we who are alive
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Will be caught up together
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With them in the clouds
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To meet the Lord
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In the air
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Therefore
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So we will always be
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With the Lord
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It's the same emphasis there
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That when the Lord comes
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There will be this
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Almighty
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Unearthly
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Supernatural sound
43:03
That will announce
43:04
His arrival
43:05
The fanfare of heaven
43:06
It will come
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And announce to the world
43:10
The King is here
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The Lord is here
43:13
God has come
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And He's come to judge the earth
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And He's come to
43:18
Bring His people home
43:19
And He's come to
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Deal with all
43:21
Who have ever lived
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As Revelation chapter 20
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Puts it
43:25
The great white throne
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Before whom all
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Will be arraigned
43:29
And before whom all
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Will be judged
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And it's announcing
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As it announces
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The King's arrival
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As you read there
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In 1 Thessalonians 4
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It's more than just
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The announcement
43:47
Of His arrival
43:48
It's also
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It's also a summons
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To us
43:52
To take note
43:53
Of what's happening
43:53
To come and meet
43:55
The King
43:55
The trumpet that announces
43:58
His arrival
43:59
Is the trumpet
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That says to us
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You are required
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Now to meet Him
44:04
You are required
44:04
To listen
44:05
You are required
44:06
To give
44:07
Your greatest attention
44:08
To what's happened
44:09
Because it's the King
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Who's arrived
44:11
It's a time for
44:18
Concentration
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As never before
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Because we shall be
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All arranged before Him
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To be judged by Him
44:30
According to what we have done
44:33
Whether good
44:34
Or evil
44:36
What a great day
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That's going to be
44:41
Friends
44:42
What a wonderful
44:46
Fulfillment
44:47
Of the hope
44:49
Of God's people
44:50
What a wonderful
44:52
Climax and crowning
44:53
To their life
44:54
Of faith
44:55
In this world
44:56
To their expectation
44:57
Of resurrection
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To be with Jesus
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Forevermore
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To gather with
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God's people
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In heaven
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And to be there
45:04
Without interruption
45:05
Forevermore
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With this perishable
45:08
Having put on
45:08
The imperishable
45:09
And this mortal
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Having put on
45:11
The immortal
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And that's what
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He's saying to us tonight
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It's this wonderful
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Anticipation
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Of this great day
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How are you preparing
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For it?
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How am I preparing
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For it?
45:31
When there's
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An inevitability
45:33
About it
45:33
When there's
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A certainty
45:35
About it
45:36
Are we preparing
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To meet
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Our king?
45:41
This is not
45:42
Going to be like
45:42
The coronation
45:43
We're anticipating
45:44
This week
45:45
However grand
45:45
That may be
45:46
However significant
45:47
That may be
45:48
For many people
45:49
This is for the
45:51
Whole of humanity
45:52
And especially
45:54
So for God's
45:55
Redeemed people
45:56
The moment
45:57
They've anticipated
45:58
The moment
45:58
Indeed
45:59
That the world
46:00
Has been waiting
46:00
For the world
46:01
Of God's people
46:02
In it
46:02
Especially
46:03
Has been waiting
46:04
For from the moment
46:05
People began
46:06
To fear the Lord
46:07
The day of the Lord
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Presented in God's
46:10
Revelation of himself
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As the pinnacle
46:13
Really of history
46:14
The pinnacle of redemption
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For God's people
46:17
Here we are tonight
46:20
We have
46:20
A privilege
46:22
That's
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Not the lot
46:24
Of many people
46:24
In the world
46:25
In the day
46:25
In which we live
46:26
The privilege
46:28
Of knowing
46:28
This truth
46:29
From the gospel
46:30
The privilege
46:31
Of being called
46:32
To anticipate
46:34
The coming of the king
46:35
The privilege
46:36
Of knowing
46:36
That we have
46:37
To have our trust
46:38
In him
46:38
That we need
46:39
To love him
46:39
That we need
46:40
To fall down
46:41
In obedience
46:43
To him
46:43
In this life
46:44
So that we will
46:44
Welcome him
46:45
When he comes
46:46
What a great privilege
46:48
God has given you
46:49
That he's revealed
46:51
This to you
46:52
As something
46:53
That is
46:54
Required of us
46:55
And that it's
46:56
A privilege of us
46:57
To enter into
46:58
A life of faith
46:59
And trust
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And love
47:01
And hope
47:01
In the Lord
47:02
Jesus Christ
47:03
Is that where you are
47:05
With your life
47:06
So far
47:07
Is that where
47:09
Your hope
47:10
Is anchored
47:11
Is that how
47:12
You're preparing
47:13
Not just
47:13
For your death
47:15
But how you're
47:16
Preparing
47:17
For the coming
47:18
Of the king
47:18
For the realization
47:22
That the Lord
47:23
Is on his way
47:24
And the trumpet
47:27
Will sound
47:28
And the dead
47:29
Will be raised
47:30
And we shall
47:32
All be gathered
47:33
In his presence
47:35
Well he's saying here
47:37
That that's
47:38
What's going to happen
47:40
So the features
47:41
Then of that
47:41
Great change
47:42
Next
47:42
We can see
47:43
Moving from
47:44
The necessity
47:45
Of it
47:45
The necessity
47:46
Being that
47:46
We cannot
47:47
Inherit
47:47
The kingdom
47:48
Of God
47:49
Without this
47:50
Change
47:50
In the resurrection
47:51
Of the saved
47:52
When he says here
47:54
For this perishable
47:56
Must put on
47:56
The imperishable
47:57
And this mortal
47:59
Body must put on
48:00
Immortality
48:01
Then when the
48:02
Perishable
48:02
Puts on the
48:03
Imperishable
48:04
And the mortal
48:05
Puts on immortality
48:06
Then shall be
48:08
Brought to pass
48:08
The saying
48:09
That is written
48:09
Death is swallowed
48:10
Up in victory
48:11
O death
48:12
Where is your victory
48:13
O death
48:14
Where is your sting
48:15
Quoting from
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Isaiah 25
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And also some
48:18
Verses you find
48:19
In Hosea chapter 13
48:22
Combining them there
48:23
Really together
48:24
For this imperishable
48:26
Must put on
48:27
The imperishable
48:30
And this mortal
48:31
Must put on
48:32
Immortality
48:32
We've alluded to that
48:33
But you see
48:34
The must
48:35
Is there again
48:35
Emphasized
48:36
It must be the case
48:37
We cannot inherit
48:38
The kingdom of God
48:39
Without this change
48:40
But then
48:43
When this happens
48:44
Then shall be brought
48:46
To pass the saying
48:47
That is written
48:47
Death is swallowed
48:49
Up in victory
48:50
And that word
48:52
Then is important
48:53
Because here is
48:55
A prophecy
48:55
That for thousands
48:57
Of years
48:57
Has been lying
48:58
Waiting for it
48:59
To be fulfilled
49:00
The prophecy
49:02
That the Lord
49:02
Gave through Isaiah
49:03
To the people
49:04
In chapter 25
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As we have it
49:07
Of his prophecy
49:08
A prophecy
49:09
Waiting for fulfillment
49:11
For the day
49:12
Of its accomplishment
49:13
And it's
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The accomplishment
49:15
Of it
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At the coming
49:16
Of Christ
49:16
Then shall be brought
49:18
To pass the saying
49:19
That is written
49:19
This is not fulfilled
49:21
Once you leave this world
49:22
As a Christian
49:23
And in your soul
49:24
Enter into glory
49:25
That's only part
49:26
Of what is awaiting
49:27
The Lord's people
49:28
This actually awaits
49:30
The raising of your body
49:32
So as to be with your soul
49:33
Reunited to enter glory
49:35
Forevermore
49:36
Then shall be brought
49:38
To pass the saying
49:39
That is written
49:40
Death is swallowed up
49:42
In victory
49:42
Now in principle
49:43
That's been accomplished
49:45
By Jesus
49:46
Of course
49:46
In his own resurrection
49:48
From the dead
49:48
But as far as
49:50
God's people are concerned
49:51
It's still awaiting
49:53
In the future
49:54
To be fulfilled
49:55
When they are raised
49:57
From the dead
49:58
To be with Christ
49:59
Forever
50:00
Because that's going to mean
50:04
Neither decay
50:06
Nor death
50:08
Shall ever again invade
50:10
Their human experience
50:12
Their human life
50:14
They're set above it
50:16
They're imperishable
50:17
They're immortal
50:18
Death has no longer
50:20
Any possibility
50:21
Of invading
50:23
What they are
50:24
As raised
50:24
Saved people in Christ
50:26
What a great prospect
50:27
That is
50:28
And here is
50:30
Paul saying
50:32
That
50:32
This
50:34
For he says
50:35
The sting of death
50:38
Is sin
50:38
The power of sin
50:40
Is the law
50:41
Thanks be to God
50:43
Who gives us the victory
50:44
Through our Lord Jesus Christ
50:46
He's saying here
50:46
The sting of death
50:49
Is sin
50:50
If you think of a scorpion
50:53
Which seems to be
50:54
The imagery there
50:55
Scorpion that bears
50:56
This poisonous
50:57
Deadly sting
50:58
In its tail
50:59
Well death
51:01
Has its sting
51:03
In sin
51:04
Sin is the sting
51:05
Of death
51:05
Sin is
51:07
Here
51:08
Gives
51:09
Death
51:09
Is what gives death
51:10
Its sting
51:11
And here's
51:11
Here's the amazing thing
51:13
That this sting
51:15
Has already
51:17
Entered into
51:18
Jesus Christ
51:20
Himself
51:21
He came into this world
51:24
To die
51:25
And he came into this world
51:26
To die
51:27
The death
51:27
That we deserved
51:28
He came into this world
51:29
To die
51:30
The wages
51:31
Of sin
51:32
The death
51:32
That is
51:33
Not just
51:34
Physical death
51:35
But also death
51:37
Spiritual
51:37
Death
51:38
In separation
51:38
From God
51:39
Death
51:40
As the great
51:40
Penalty of sin
51:41
That God
51:42
Has laid upon us
51:43
In our condemnation
51:44
That is why
51:45
Jesus came into the world
51:46
He came to live
51:48
A perfect life
51:48
But to die
51:49
This atoning death
51:50
Sting of death
51:53
Entered into himself
51:56
But not in a way
51:59
That defeated him
52:00
It's the other way about
52:03
Death has been defeated
52:05
By the death
52:07
He died
52:08
Fulfilling the demands
52:11
Of the law
52:11
The requirement
52:13
Of God
52:14
And then
52:16
Followed by a resurrection
52:19
His resurrection
52:20
From the dead
52:21
You know that when
52:22
Not every species
52:24
Of bee
52:25
Has this
52:26
But the honeybee
52:28
Has a sting
52:29
With a little hook
52:31
At the end
52:33
Of the sting
52:33
Which protrudes
52:34
From the rear
52:35
Of its body
52:36
And when the honeybee
52:37
Stings
52:39
Into flesh
52:40
Of any kind
52:41
Because that
52:42
Sting is
52:43
Barbed
52:44
It's got a hook
52:45
He can't pull it out
52:47
Again
52:47
The bee
52:48
Cannot pull it out
52:49
Again
52:49
Without destroying
52:50
Itself
52:51
And
52:53
Have you ever seen
52:54
Such a thing
52:56
As the body
52:58
Of the bee
52:58
Is torn apart
52:59
The little
53:00
Sack
53:01
The end of its body
53:02
With the sting
53:03
Attached
53:03
Continues
53:04
To be attached
53:05
To
53:05
Wherever this thing
53:07
Has entered
53:07
And it keeps on
53:08
Pumping the venom
53:09
Even after the bee
53:11
Has been torn apart
53:12
And very soon
53:13
Dies after that
53:15
Well think of that
53:16
As an illustration
53:17
Here is sin
53:19
Here is the devil
53:21
Indeed
53:22
Using his sin
53:24
As a weapon
53:24
Using sin
53:25
As a weapon
53:25
Here is the sin
53:27
That is proper
53:29
To you
53:29
And to me
53:30
As sinners
53:30
Here is Jesus
53:32
The son of God
53:33
Come into the
53:33
World
53:34
In order to take
53:35
The sting
53:36
Of death
53:37
To himself
53:37
The sin
53:39
For which we are
53:40
Rightly condemned
53:42
But it's destroyed
53:46
The moment it enters
53:50
Into Christ
53:50
Because he has died
53:54
The death
53:55
We could not die
53:56
He had died
53:57
He died
53:57
Victorious
53:59
Let me remind you
53:59
Of a wonderful passage
54:02
In Hebrews
54:02
Chapter 2
54:03
Where you find
54:05
The writer there
54:07
Talking about
54:08
The coming
54:08
The death
54:09
Of Christ
54:10
And especially
54:12
Himself
54:13
Taking out
54:14
Human nature
54:15
He says
54:16
He took
54:18
He took this
54:18
To himself
54:18
That through
54:20
Death
54:20
He might destroy
54:22
The one
54:22
Who has the power
54:23
Of death
54:24
That is the devil
54:25
And delivered
54:26
All those
54:27
Who through fear
54:28
Of death
54:28
Were subject
54:29
To lifelong
54:30
To life
54:31
To life
54:32
Talks then
54:32
About being made
54:33
Like unto his
54:34
Brothers
54:34
In every respect
54:35
Taking our human
54:37
Nature to himself
54:37
But confine it
54:38
To what he says
54:39
There
54:39
That through
54:40
Death
54:41
Through his own
54:42
Death
54:42
He might destroy
54:44
Him
54:44
Who has the power
54:46
Of death
54:46
That is the devil
54:47
Not only did Jesus
54:48
Deal with sin
54:49
And overcome sin
54:51
And remove the sting
54:53
Of sin
54:53
From the death
54:54
Of his people
54:55
He has also
54:58
Come to
55:00
Destroy the devil's
55:03
Authority
55:03
And ultimately
55:05
Himself
55:06
And his condemnation
55:07
Forever
55:07
You see
55:09
It's all in the cross
55:11
It's all in the
55:12
Resurrection of Christ
55:13
Following his
55:15
Death
55:15
The death he died
55:16
And that's what
55:19
Lies behind
55:19
That's what's
55:20
Foundational
55:20
To the Lord's
55:22
People
55:23
In their resurrection
55:24
Where the perishable
55:26
Puts on the
55:26
Imperishable
55:27
Where the mortal
55:29
Puts on immortality
55:30
Then it shall
55:31
Come to pass
55:32
Death
55:32
Is swallowed up
55:33
In victory
55:34
The Lord
55:34
Has taken the
55:35
Sting
55:35
Himself
55:37
Out of death
55:38
And when you
55:39
Die as a Christian
55:40
That sting's
55:41
Not going to
55:41
Touch you
55:42
The poison of
55:45
Sin has been
55:45
Removed
55:46
It's not going
55:49
To be in any
55:50
Way
55:50
Capable of
55:51
Invading
55:52
Your life
55:53
Anymore
55:54
Oh death
55:56
Where is
55:58
Your victory
55:58
He adds
55:59
Oh death
56:01
Where is
56:02
Your sting
56:02
As if Paul
56:04
Is turning
56:05
Around and
56:06
In a way
56:07
Of personifying
56:08
Death
56:09
As if it
56:09
Was just
56:10
A real
56:10
Person that
56:11
He's talking
56:11
To
56:12
That had
56:12
This ascendancy
56:14
Over human
56:14
Beings
56:15
He's now
56:16
Saying
56:16
Oh death
56:17
Where is
56:18
Your victory
56:18
Now
56:19
Oh grave
56:20
Oh death
56:21
Where is
56:21
Your sting
56:22
Now
56:22
Now that
56:23
The Lord
56:23
Has done
56:24
What he
56:24
Has done
56:25
Now that
56:25
God has
56:26
Swallowed up
56:27
Death
56:27
In victory
56:27
Now that
56:28
Jesus
56:28
Has died
56:29
Now that
56:30
He's taken
56:30
That sting
56:31
To himself
56:31
Where is
56:32
Your victory
56:33
Where is
56:34
Your triumph
56:35
Where is
56:35
Your sting
56:36
It's gone
56:36
You don't
56:37
Have it
56:37
Anymore
56:38
What a
56:40
Celebration
56:41
What a
56:43
Cause of
56:44
Celebration
56:45
The wages
56:46
Of sin
56:46
Is death
56:48
The sting
56:53
Of death
56:54
Is sin
56:54
Christ has
56:57
Dealt with it
56:58
And when you
57:00
Come to
57:00
Trust in him
57:01
His triumph
57:03
Becomes
57:03
Your triumph
57:04
His victory
57:05
Becomes
57:06
Your victory
57:07
His ascendancy
57:09
Over death
57:10
Becomes
57:10
Your ascendancy
57:11
His taking
57:13
The sting
57:14
Out of death
57:14
Means it's
57:15
As if you
57:16
Have done
57:16
It yourself
57:17
Through faith
57:18
In him
57:18
That's what's
57:19
True of you
57:20
Thanks be to
57:23
God who gives
57:24
Us the victory
57:24
Through our
57:26
Lord Jesus
57:27
Christ
57:27
The resurrection
57:30
Is future
57:32
But the
57:34
Victory
57:34
Is assured
57:35
Whatever
57:37
Lies between
57:38
Now and the
57:39
Return of
57:39
Christ
57:40
In the
57:40
History of
57:41
The world
57:41
The foundation
57:42
Has been
57:43
Laid
57:43
The principle
57:45
Of victory
57:45
Has been
57:46
Won
57:46
Isn't that
57:48
Something
57:48
Tonight
57:49
That you
57:50
Yourself
57:50
Can celebrate
57:51
Isn't it
57:52
Something really
57:53
That the world
57:54
Ought to be
57:55
Longing for
57:55
The accomplishment
57:56
Of it
57:57
At his return
57:57
Then shall
57:58
Be brought
57:59
To death
57:59
The saying
58:00
That is written
58:00
Death is
58:01
Swallowed up
58:02
In victory
58:02
Don't you
58:04
Actually feel
58:04
That sense
58:05
Of expectation
58:07
Even of
58:08
Triumph
58:09
As you
58:09
Anticipate
58:10
That for
58:10
Yourself
58:11
That this
58:12
Is something
58:12
Really
58:13
That belongs
58:14
To your
58:14
Life
58:14
And to
58:15
Your hope
58:15
And to
58:16
Your
58:16
Expectation
58:17
That that
58:19
Day is
58:19
Coming for
58:19
You as
58:20
Well
58:20
Through
58:21
Your faith
58:22
In Christ
58:22
Through
58:23
The victory
58:23
Of Christ
58:24
That he's
58:24
Achieved
58:24
For you
58:25
When you
58:26
Can actually
58:26
Say
58:27
Looking down
58:27
Upon death
58:28
As you
58:28
Are raised
58:29
Above it
58:30
In the
58:30
Resurrection
58:30
When you
58:31
Can say
58:31
Where now
58:32
Is your
58:33
Victory
58:33
Grave
58:34
I've left
58:34
It behind
58:35
It's no
58:35
Longer
58:36
There
58:36
It's no
58:36
Longer
58:36
Relevant
58:37
My Lord
58:38
Has triumphed
58:39
And I've
58:39
Triumphed
58:39
In him
58:40
Thanks be
58:45
To God
58:45
Who gives
58:47
Us the
58:48
Victory
58:48
Through our
58:48
Lord Jesus
58:49
Christ
58:49
You know
58:53
There's a
58:53
Great book
58:54
A Scottish
58:55
Theological
58:56
Classic
58:56
Called
58:58
The 4-4
58:58
State
58:59
By Thomas
59:00
Boston
59:01
It's really
59:03
Called human
59:04
Nature
59:04
In its
59:05
Fourfold
59:05
State
59:06
He deals
59:07
With the
59:08
State
59:08
Before the
59:09
Fall
59:09
The state
59:10
Of sin
59:11
The state
59:11
Of grace
59:11
And the state
59:12
Of glory
59:12
The fourfold
59:13
State
59:14
Of human
59:15
Beings
59:15
And in
59:18
That book
59:19
Page 384
59:21
I've got
59:22
Noted here
59:22
Boston
59:23
Imagines
59:24
The souls
59:25
Of God's
59:27
Saved
59:27
People
59:28
Being
59:28
Reunited
59:29
With their
59:30
Bodies
59:30
That had
59:30
Been
59:31
Long
59:31
In the
59:31
Grave
59:32
And
59:33
Reunited
59:33
In the
59:34
Resurrection
59:34
With their
59:36
Souls
59:36
And Boston
59:38
Imagines
59:38
The souls
59:39
Speaking
59:40
To the
59:40
Body
59:41
And
59:42
Saying
59:43
This
59:43
Arise
59:45
Then my
59:45
Body
59:46
And come
59:47
Away
59:47
Let these
59:49
Eyes
59:49
Which used
59:50
To weep
59:50
Over my
59:51
Sins
59:51
Behold
59:52
With joy
59:53
The face
59:54
Of our
59:54
Glorious
59:55
Redeemer
59:56
Let these
59:57
Ears
59:57
Which used
59:58
To hear
59:58
The word
59:58
Of life
59:59
In the
59:59
Temple
1:00:00
Below
1:00:00
Come
1:00:01
And hear
1:00:01
The hallelujahs
1:00:02
In the
1:00:03
Temple
1:00:03
Above
1:00:04
Let these
1:00:05
Feet
1:00:05
That carried
1:00:06
Me
1:00:06
In the
1:00:06
Congregation
1:00:07
Of saints
1:00:07
On earth
1:00:08
Take their
1:00:09
Place among
1:00:09
Those in
1:00:10
Heaven
1:00:10
And let
1:00:11
This tongue
1:00:12
Which confessed
1:00:13
Christ
1:00:13
Before men
1:00:14
Join
1:00:15
The choir
1:00:15
Of the
1:00:16
Upper
1:00:16
House
1:00:16
In his
1:00:17
Praises
1:00:18
Forevermore
1:00:19
And he
1:00:20
goes on
1:00:20
Imagining the
1:00:21
Soul speaking
1:00:21
To the
1:00:22
Body
1:00:22
You will
1:00:23
Fast no
1:00:24
More
1:00:24
But keep
1:00:25
An everlasting
1:00:26
Feast
1:00:27
You will
1:00:28
Weep no
1:00:29
More
1:00:29
Neither
1:00:30
Shall your
1:00:30
Countenance
1:00:31
Be over
1:00:31
Clouded
1:00:32
But you
1:00:33
Will shine
1:00:33
Forever
1:00:34
As a
1:00:35
Star in
1:00:35
The firmament
1:00:36
And then the
1:00:38
Soul says to
1:00:39
The redeemed
1:00:39
Body
1:00:40
The resurrected
1:00:41
Body
1:00:41
We took
1:00:43
Part together
1:00:44
In the
1:00:45
Fight
1:00:45
Come
1:00:47
Let us
1:00:48
Go together
1:00:49
To receive
1:00:51
And wear
1:00:52
The crown
1:00:54
This
1:00:56
Perishable
1:00:57
Must put
1:00:59
On the
1:00:59
Imperishable
1:01:00
And when
1:01:01
This perishable
1:01:02
Puts on the
1:01:03
Imperishable
1:01:03
And this
1:01:04
Mortal
1:01:05
Shall have
1:01:05
Put on
1:01:06
Immortality
1:01:06
Then
1:01:08
Shall come
1:01:08
To pass
1:01:09
The saying
1:01:09
That is
1:01:09
Written
1:01:10
Death
1:01:11
Is swallowed
1:01:12
Up
1:01:13
In victory
1:01:15
What a
1:01:17
Great
1:01:18
Thing
1:01:18
Faith
1:01:18
Is
1:01:19
That as
1:01:21
It joins
1:01:21
You to
1:01:22
Christ
1:01:22
That victory
1:01:23
Becomes
1:01:24
Yours
1:01:25
But what a
1:01:27
Great
1:01:27
Saviour
1:01:28
Christ
1:01:28
Is
1:01:29
That he
1:01:30
Has done
1:01:31
All that
1:01:31
For his
1:01:33
People
1:01:33
Let's pray
1:01:35
Oh Lord
1:01:38
Our
1:01:39
Gracious
1:01:39
God
1:01:39
How
1:01:40
Grateful
1:01:40
Tonight
1:01:41
We should
1:01:41
Be to
1:01:42
You
1:01:42
That you
1:01:43
Have
1:01:43
Already
1:01:44
Accomplished
1:01:44
Victory
1:01:45
Through your
1:01:46
Own
1:01:46
Resurrection
1:01:47
From the
1:01:47
Dead
1:01:48
That your
1:01:49
Promise
1:01:50
Of glory
1:01:50
For your
1:01:51
People
1:01:51
Is as
1:01:52
Real as
1:01:53
Their
1:01:53
Presence
1:01:54
On earth
1:01:54
Is to
1:01:55
Themselves
1:01:55
We bless
1:01:57
You tonight
1:01:57
For that
1:01:58
Victory
1:01:58
Lord we
1:01:59
Pray that
1:02:00
Each of
1:02:00
Us here
1:02:01
Who know
1:02:01
The gospel
1:02:02
So well
1:02:02
Who have
1:02:04
Come to
1:02:04
Look at
1:02:04
This great
1:02:05
Passage
1:02:06
This evening
1:02:06
Lord we
1:02:07
Pray that
1:02:08
It may be
1:02:08
True for
1:02:09
Each one
1:02:09
Of us
1:02:09
Too
1:02:10
That we
1:02:11
Shall
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Put on
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The
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Imperishable
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And that
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This mortal
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Will put
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On immortality
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And that
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We will
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Participate
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In that
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Great
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Hallelujah
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When the
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Lord returns
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Of a
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Celebration
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With his
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People
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Of his
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Victory
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And theirs
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Over sin
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And over
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Death
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Hear us
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We pray
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For Jesus
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Sake
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Amen
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We're
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Going to
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Sing
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In conclusion
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From
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Psalm 116
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Psalm 116
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That's in
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St.
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Psalms
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Page 154
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And we'll sing
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Verses 12
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To 19
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The tune is
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Even
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Tied
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How can I
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Thank the
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Lord for
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All he's
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Done
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With
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Gratitude
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Salvation's
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Cup
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I'll
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Raise
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I'll
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Call upon
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His
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Name
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And will
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Fulfill
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My
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Vows
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To
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Him
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Before
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His
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People's
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Face
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The
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Lord
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Holds
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Dear
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The
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Death
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Of
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All
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His
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Saints
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Hear
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Me
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O
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Lord
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I
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Am
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Your
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Servant
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True
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I'm
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Your
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Servant
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And
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Your
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Handmaid
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Son
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And
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From
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My
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Chains
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I
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Have
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Been
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Freed
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By
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You
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To
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The
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End
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Of
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The
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Psalm
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How
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Can
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I
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Thank
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The
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Lord
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For
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All he's
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Done
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How
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Can
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I
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Thank
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The
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Lord
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For
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All he's
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Done
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With
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Gratitude
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Salvation
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He
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Sing
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I
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Call
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His
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Name
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And
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Will
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For
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Feel
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Into
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His
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Name
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Will
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Will
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The
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Lord
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Hold
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Dear
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The death of all his sins
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Hear me, O Lord
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I am your servant true
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I am your servant
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And your handmaid son
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And from my chains
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I have been freed by you
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Thank, O friends
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I will sacrifice to you
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And call upon
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The name of God the Lord
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When all his people
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In assembly meet
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With joy I will fulfill my solemn word
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Before his people
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I will keep my birth
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Within the court of our God's holy place
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Within the city of Jerusalem
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And to the Lord alone
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He all have raised
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I'll go to the side door to my left here after the benediction
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And now may the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ
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The love of God the Father
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And the communion of the Holy Spirit
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Be with you now and evermore
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Amen
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Know
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I will be speaking the Lord
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Ephesians
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Will you come to Groß
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게 with you
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Barbara
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I am so glad
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You should have kept
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You can hear me
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You can hear me
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I heard you
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Be and I am so glad
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I am so glad
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You have why
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You have to welcome
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I am so glad
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You are thank
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I am so glad
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You are thank
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You are komma
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I am so glad
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You are hail
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I am so glad
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I am so glad
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I am so glad
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You are elevation
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I am so glad
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You are as stone
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You are landmark
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I am so glad