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The Heart of Compassion · Stornoway Free Church of Scotland - Sermons

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Let us begin our worship by singing together in God's praise in Psalm 67 of the Sing Psalms.
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You'll find that on page 84 of the Blue Book.
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Psalm 67, Sing Psalms, page 84.
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God be merciful and bless us.
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Shine upon us with your face, that the earth may know your actions and all lands your saving grace.
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O God, may the peoples praise you.
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May all peoples sing your praise, for you judge the nations justly, ruling over every race.
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May they sing with joy and gladness.
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May they all rejoice as one.
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O God, may the peoples praise you, as they all unite in song.
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Then the land will yield its harvest.
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God will pour his gifts abroad.
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God our God will surely bless us.
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All the earth will fear our God.
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We'll stand and we'll sing these verses together.
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God be merciful and bless us.
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God be merciful and bless us.
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Shine upon us with your face,
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That the earth may know your actions, and all lands your saving grace.
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O God, may the peoples praise you.
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May all peoples sing your praise.
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May they all rejoice as one.
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O God, may the peoples praise you.
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May they all unite in song.
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Then the land will yield its harvest.
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God will pour its gifts abroad.
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God our God.
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God our God will surely bless us.
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All the earth will fear our God.
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May we turn our minds and our hearts towards God in prayer.
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May we pray together.
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God our Father in heaven.
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Our Father in heaven, we thank you again for this day that you have given to us and this opportunity
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to gather again under your word and in the power of your name,
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Redeemering to the усл Мы of the Spirit and By the электros of our LORD who pray for us to God in peace.
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"...
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And we pray that we would know it in our lives that is worth trusting in.
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And we pray that we would know it in our lives as a power that is worth trusting in.
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And a hope that goes beyond anything that this world can offer.
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Lord, we pray that as we gather here as your people tonight,
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that we would know the power of your spirit that was left with your people.
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That it would still be active amongst us tonight.
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And through the reading of your word, speak to us.
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Speak to our minds.
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Speak to our hearts.
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Speak to the deepest concerns that we have.
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Speak to our worries.
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Speak to our needs.
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For you know us greater and in a greater sense than we know ourselves.
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You know what is best for us as a father.
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God who loves us knows what is best for his children.
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And so to whom else can we go?
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For if we go around chasing the schemes and methods of man,
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we have found out to our own foolishness that they are empty.
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And they leave us empty.
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And they leave us wondering what is there to this life.
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As many of us have asked that question.
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We pray in you we find an answer.
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In the Lord Jesus Christ.
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And what he has done for us.
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We thank you that in recent days,
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there have been men and women in leadership over us
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who have read the gospel to the nations.
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Whether willingly or not,
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your word has been read.
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And we pray that this reading would take root in the hearts of men and women
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who are in need.
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We thank you for the life of our Queen.
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And how she gave you the honour.
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And how she gave service to you,
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Lord, as her King.
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We pray for our new worldly King.
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That he would be one that would come to trust fully in you.
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And confess the Lord Jesus Christ as his Saviour likewise.
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Lord, we pray for each of us in our situations.
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Whether it be in school, whether it be in study.
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We remember the students who have left home for the first time.
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We ask you would be with them.
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And we remember the ones who need to uphold their faith in you.
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And are challenged by their faith.
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We pray that you give them strength to do so.
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And encourage them in every difficult step that they take.
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That they would not be ashamed to say that I am a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ.
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Contrary to what this world thinks of Christ.
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But let that be true of everyone that is gathered here tonight also.
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That we would not be ashamed of the one who has redeemed us.
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As we look at ourselves, we see.
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And we pray that we see.
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Sin in us.
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Sin in us.
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That we must confess.
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And the sin that is within us.
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Leaves us guilty before God.
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And in no way can we enter his presence because of our sin.
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And so we need someone.
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To wash away our sins.
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Someone to pay the price of sin.
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And so Jesus Christ has been that man to us.
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We thank you for all that he has done.
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And as we come to look on your word.
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Illuminate our minds.
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Open our eyes.
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Unblock our ears.
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To the sacrifice that was paid at Calvary.
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And the love that Jesus Christ had.
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In going to our place.
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Where he allowed men to spit upon him.
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People to mock him and ridicule him.
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People to hammer nails through his hands.
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And leave him to die.
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In such a terrible way.
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But we thank you that that was not the end of the story.
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And you are one that has been risen.
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You are exalted.
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Beyond all men.
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You are the son of God.
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As you showed yourself to be.
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So we pray we know you.
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In a way that is personal to us.
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In a way that we can trust in you.
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No matter what is said before us in our lives.
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Whether we are in the depths of despair.
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Or whether we are walking with ease.
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Lord we pray.
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You answer us in our need.
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And meet us.
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At our need too.
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We pray for Mr. McKeever.
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As he takes rest.
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And holiday.
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We pray that you may revive him.
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And restore him.
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And we pray for.
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Callum Murdoch Smith.
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That he would set Lynn and the family.
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To this congregation.
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And we pray.
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That the preaching of the word.
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Would take effect.
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In our town.
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For there are many that need it.
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We pray.
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That you give us understanding.
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On how to do these things.
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And how to share the gospel.
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In a way that is gentle.
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And loving.
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And not in ways that.
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Make people.
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Turn away.
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From the hope that is within us.
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Lord give us compassion.
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For people.
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And a love.
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For the souls that are lost.
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Be with us.
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Now we pray.
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May your spirit.
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Be with us.
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As we look at your word.
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We ask these things.
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In the name.
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And power.
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Of the Lord.
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Jesus Christ.
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Amen.
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If we could continue.
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In our.
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Praise of God.
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By singing to him.
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In Psalm.
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143.
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Of the Scottish Psalter.
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You'll find that.
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On page.
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439.
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Of the Blue Book.
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Psalm.
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143.
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Second version.
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Page.
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439.
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Of the Blue Book.
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From the beginning.
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Oh hear my prayer.
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Lord.
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And unto my.
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Desire.
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To bow.
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Thine ear.
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Accord.
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I humbly.
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Thee require.
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And in thy faithfulness.
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Unto me.
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Answer.
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Make.
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And in thy righteousness.
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Upon me.
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Pity.
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Take.
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We'll sing down.
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To the end.
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Of verse.
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Mark 5.
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Yet I do call to mind.
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What ancient days record.
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Thy works.
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Of every kind.
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I think.
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Upon.
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Oh Lord.
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And we'll stand.
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And sing.
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These verses.
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To God's praise.
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O hear my prayer.
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O hear Lord.
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And unto my desire.
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To bow thy dear accord.
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I humbly.
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I humbly.
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Thee require.
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And in thy faithfulness.
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Unto me.
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Answer me.
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And in thy righteousness.
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Upon me pity take.
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In church and tender not.
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With me thy servant poor.
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For why this well I ought.
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No sinner can endure.
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The sight of thee O God.
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If thou hast deed shalt try.
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He dare make none uphold.
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Himself to justify.
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Behold the cruel foe.
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Me persecute this fight.
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My soul to overthrow.
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O yea.
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Yea.
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Ye be my life.
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Thine quite.
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And to the ground thine smote.
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And made thee dwell full low.
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In darkness as for God.
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Our men can long ago.
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Therefore my state much vexed.
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For wellness be within.
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My heart my sore perplexed.
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And death's all it hath been.
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Yet I do call to mind.
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What ancient history court.
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Thy works of every kind.
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I think upon the Lord.
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If we can turn now to the Gospel of Luke.
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Luke.
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The Gospel of Luke chapter 10.
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And we'll read from verse 21.
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The Gospel of Luke chapter 10.
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Verse 21.
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We'll look at the parable of the Good Samaritan.
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Let us hear God's word.
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In that same hour he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said.
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I thank you Father Lord of heaven and earth.
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That you have not.
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That you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding.
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And revealed them to little children.
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Yes Father.
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For such was your gracious will.
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All things have been handed over to me by my Father.
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And no one knows who the Son is.
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Except the Father.
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Or who the Father is.
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Except the Son.
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And anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.
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Then turning to the disciples.
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He said privately.
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Blessed are the eyes that see what you see.
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For I tell you that many prophets and kings desired to see what you see.
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And did not see it.
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And to hear what you hear.
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And did not hear it.
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And behold a lawyer stood up to him.
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To put him to the test.
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Saying.
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Teacher.
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What shall I do to inherit eternal life?
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He said to him.
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What is written in the law?
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How do you read it?
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And he answered.
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You shall love the Lord your God.
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With all your heart.
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With all your soul.
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With all your strength.
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And with all your mind.
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And your neighbour as yourself.
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And he said.
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To whom.
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You have answered correctly.
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Do this.
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And you will live.
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But he desiring to justify himself.
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Said to Jesus.
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And who is my neighbour?
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Jesus replied.
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A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho.
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And he fell among robbers.
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Who stripped him.
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And bet him.
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And departed.
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Leaving him half dead.
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Now by chance.
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A priest was going down that road.
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And when he saw him.
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He passed by on the other side.
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So likewise.
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A Levite.
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When he came to the place.
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And saw him.
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Passed by on the other side.
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But a Samaritan.
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As he journeyed.
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Came to where he was.
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And when he saw him.
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He had compassion.
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When he went to him.
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And bound up his wounds.
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Pouring on oil.
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Pouring on oil.
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And wine.
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Then he set him on his own animal.
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And brought him to an inn.
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And took care of him.
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And the next day.
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He took out two denarii.
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And gave them to the innkeeper.
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Saying.
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Take care of him.
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And whatever more you spend.
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I will repay you.
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When I come back.
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Which of these three.
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Do you think proved.
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To be a neighbor.
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To the man.
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Who fell among the robbers.
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He said.
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The one.
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Who showed him mercy.
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And Jesus said to him.
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You go.
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And do.
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Likewise.
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Amen.
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May the reading of God's word.
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Be blessed.
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To us.
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We'll continue in our praise.
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By singing.
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And sing.
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Psalms.
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92.
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A.
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You'll find that on page.
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One.
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Two.
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Two.
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Two.
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Of the blue book.
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Psalm.
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92.
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A.
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One.
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Two.
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Two.
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And we'll sing.
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From verse.
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March.
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Five.
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How great.
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Are all your works.
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Oh Lord.
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Your thoughts.
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How deep.
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And grand.
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The senseless one.
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Does not perceive.
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The fools.
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Do not understand.
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Although the wicked.
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Spring like grass.
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The foolish.
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Do not see.
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That all who flourish.
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In their sin.
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Will die.
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Eternally.
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But Lord.
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You are forever more.
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Exalted.
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Very high.
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All evil doers.
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Will be crushed.
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Your foes.
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Will surely die.
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You made me.
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Strong.
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As any ox.
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With oil.
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Anointed me.
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I've seen.
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My enemies.
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Defeat.
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And I.
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Have heard them.
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Flee.
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Like palms.
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And cedars.
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Flourishing.
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The righteous.
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All will be.
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And planted.
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In the house.
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Of God.
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Will grow.
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Abundantly.
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We'll stand together.
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And sing.
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Together.
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To God's praise.
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How great are all your works.
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O Lord.
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How great are all your works.
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O Lord.
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Your thoughts are deep and grand.
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The senseless one.
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The senseless one.
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Does not perceive.
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The senseless one.
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Does not perceive.
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Whose do not understand.
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Although the wicked spring like grass.
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The foolish do not see.
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That all who flourished in their sin.
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The foolish do not see.
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That all who flourished in their sin.
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Will die eternally.
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The wicked.
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The wicked spring like grass.
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The foolish do not see.
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The foolish do not see.
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The foolish do not see.
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That all who flourished in their sin.
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That all who flourished in their sin.
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Will die eternally.
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The foolish.
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Will die eternally.
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But Lord, you are forevermore, exalted, very high.
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All evil doers will be crushed, your foes will surely die.
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You made me strong as any ox, with oil anointed me.
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I've seen my enemies defeat, and I have heard them flee.
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Like hands and seaters vanishing, the righteous all will be.
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And planted in the house of God, will grow abundantly.
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I can turn together back to the Gospel of Luke, chapter 10.
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And we'll look tonight at the parable of the Good Samaritan.
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And for their text, we'll consider what the lawyer asked of Jesus.
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Saying in verse 25,
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Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?
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What shall I do to inherit eternal life?
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I wonder, did any of us do anything last week
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that would have justified someone saying of us that,
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well, you're a good Samaritan.
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Did we do anything for anyone that was not expected of us?
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And there are many of us here who know this story,
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this parable.
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And even if we don't know the story,
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we are quite familiar with people saying of someone that does a good deed,
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that they are a good Samaritan.
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Or, what you did, you are like a good Samaritan.
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In what you have done for someone,
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or in doing something for the good of someone else.
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And maybe this account, we have known it from our youth,
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and can be guilty of saying that it is one of these stories that we know.
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And we've become so familiar with it that we can skiff over it when we read it.
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We know what happens in the parable.
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We know the outcome.
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We know it's a lesson to love our neighbour.
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And it echoes where, elsewhere, it is taught in the Gospel of Matthew.
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So whatever you wish that others would do to you,
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do also to them.
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And this idea and teaching, it's beneficial for everyone,
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I'm sure we'll all agree.
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It's undeniably good, but undeniably, if we're honest with ourselves,
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we struggle to do the things that we would think a good Samaritan would do.
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And very rarely, we are the good Samaritan.
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We tend to look after ourselves more than we care for the needs of others.
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And there are many people in this world who would totally disregard this idea.
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Of looking out for others.
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And only to look after their own wants and their own needs.
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And for those who want or desire to be as the good Samaritan,
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it is a continual learning for us.
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For us to love our neighbour as ourselves.
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And I think it would do us good, every morning if we were to pray,
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that we would know how to love our neighbour as ourselves.
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And I'm sure that in every day we would find a new way to do that,
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or to fulfil that in some way.
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And as we look at the account and the parable that we have before us,
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we can see that there are two distinct characteristics that come out clear to us.
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There's two hearts, in a sense, of two different people.
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We have a heart of contempt,
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and we have afterwards a heart of compassion that comes.
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So we'll use that as points.
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The heart of contempt and the heart of compassion.
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So beginning with the heart of contempt,
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this heart will be applicable to the lawyer that we meet at the beginning of the passage.
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It's also applicable to the priest and the Levite.
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But really it all comes back to the lawyer.
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Because this story was told in relation to him.
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And to feel contempt, well contempt means to feel despised towards something,
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or someone,
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or to dishonour them in some way.
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Even to feel them as worthless.
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That's what contempt means.
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To despise someone,
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dishonour them,
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to feel them as worthless.
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And that is something that we can see comes through in the parable that Jesus teaches.
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And something that we can firstly pick out
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in the lawyer himself who comes.
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But as before we do that,
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it's always good when you look at these passages
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just to go back a wee bit
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to see if there's anything that we can pick up
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that helps us to understand the passage.
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And if you look at verse 21,
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it says,
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this is prior to the account,
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it says that,
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in that same hour,
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he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit,
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I thank you Father,
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Lord of heaven and earth,
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that you have hidden these things
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from the wise and understanding
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and revealed them to little children.
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Yes, Father,
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such was your gracious will.
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Particularly hidden these things
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from the wise and understanding
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because then,
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just a few verses later,
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in comes this lawyer,
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in verse 25.
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And he would have been a Jewish lawyer.
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So we can understand
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that the Jewish people
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used the Bible,
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Old Testament,
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as their law.
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This Jewish lawyer
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would have been in charge
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of their religious laws
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as well as their civil laws
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because they would have lived
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according to the laws of the Bible.
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So if there was ever a person
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that would be wise and understanding,
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well,
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here he is,
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standing before Jesus.
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He knew the law of God
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on his fingertips.
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And it would seem that,
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well,
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maybe he would agree
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that he was wise
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and understanding
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because it says
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that he came to put Jesus
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to the test.
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And straight away,
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even in that,
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there is contempt
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towards Jesus.
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There is dishonor
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towards Jesus
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because he's saying,
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straight away,
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my wisdom
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and understanding
31:06
is greater than yours.
31:09
I can put you to the test
31:10
and I'm pretty sure
31:12
I'll catch you out.
31:14
But the truth of Jesus' words
31:17
soon becomes clear.
31:20
And it is fulfilled
31:21
in front of the people's eyes
31:23
that the wise and understanding
31:25
don't get it
31:28
in a sense.
31:30
So we need to be careful ourselves.
31:33
When we think
31:34
we've grasped the Bible
31:36
or there are puts in the Bible
31:38
that we understand
31:40
because,
31:43
well,
31:45
in my experience,
31:46
and I'm sure others
31:47
can say likewise,
31:48
that you can be surprised
31:51
by what you learn
31:53
in passages
31:55
that are so familiar
31:57
to you.
31:59
Not that I'm saying
32:00
that you learn
32:01
anything new tonight.
32:03
Maybe we will.
32:06
What does Jesus
32:07
ask of the lawyer?
32:12
No,
32:12
what does the lawyer
32:13
ask Jesus?
32:15
What was his first question
32:17
there in verse 25,
32:19
our text?
32:19
Teacher,
32:20
what shall I do
32:22
to inherit
32:23
eternal life?
32:24
This wise and understanding
32:26
man comes
32:26
and he asks,
32:27
well,
32:28
really the question
32:29
of all questions.
32:31
What must I do
32:32
to inherit
32:33
eternal life?
32:34
A million dollar
32:36
question.
32:39
If there was one
32:40
that we could answer
32:40
tonight,
32:42
I'm sure we would love
32:44
to know the answer
32:45
to it.
32:46
there's something
32:48
in our desire
32:51
to have eternal life
32:53
that we kind of want
32:57
to have eternal life.
32:59
There's something that,
33:00
no matter how bad life is,
33:01
there's something that wants
33:02
a continuality,
33:08
a continuous
33:09
of what we have
33:10
to continue.
33:11
And it says
33:13
in Ecclesiastes
33:14
that God
33:16
has put eternity
33:17
into man's heart.
33:20
It's a desire
33:20
for something more
33:23
or something
33:24
to continue.
33:26
But you'll see
33:27
in the question
33:28
that he asks
33:29
that there is
33:29
actually a small
33:30
error in it.
33:32
He asks,
33:33
what shall I do
33:34
to inherit
33:36
eternal life?
33:38
Because there is
33:39
nothing that we
33:40
can do
33:42
to inherit
33:44
eternal life.
33:46
There's nothing
33:46
we can do
33:47
to gain a space
33:49
or a spot
33:50
in heaven
33:51
in our doing
33:53
as he came
33:55
to ask him.
33:56
And it seems
33:57
to me
33:58
like if you were there
34:00
listening to this
34:02
conversation,
34:04
it would be quite
34:05
an interesting
34:06
and maybe entertaining
34:07
place to sit
34:08
or to stand.
34:10
This wise
34:11
and understanding
34:11
man's come along
34:12
and he's asked
34:13
the million dollar
34:15
question to Jesus,
34:16
what shall I do
34:18
to inherit
34:18
eternal life?
34:21
And they'd be
34:22
thinking,
34:22
well,
34:22
this man's
34:23
pretty high up
34:24
there to attain
34:25
eternal life
34:26
because of the
34:26
man that he is.
34:29
And you're just
34:30
wondering to see,
34:32
well,
34:32
what's he going
34:33
to say
34:33
and which way
34:34
is this going
34:35
to go?
34:35
And Jesus
34:37
just seems
34:38
to play along
34:39
with this question,
34:41
teacher,
34:41
what shall I do?
34:42
He doesn't
34:43
make a thing
34:45
of that.
34:46
He just plays
34:46
along with him.
34:48
And he asks
34:49
of the lawyer
34:50
pretty much
34:52
saying to him
34:53
in verse 26,
34:55
you're the lawyer,
34:57
you're the wise
34:58
and understanding.
35:00
What is written
35:00
in the law
35:02
and how do
35:03
you understand
35:04
it?
35:05
How do you
35:06
read it?
35:07
And the reply
35:08
that he gives
35:09
comes straight
35:10
from the
35:11
word of God.
35:13
Deuteronomy
35:13
6,
35:15
verse 5,
35:16
you shall love
35:16
the Lord your God
35:17
with all your heart,
35:18
with all your soul,
35:19
with all your strength,
35:20
with all your mind.
35:23
And then he goes
35:23
to Leviticus,
35:25
your neighbor
35:27
as yourself.
35:28
You may have
35:29
references in your
35:30
Bible to these
35:31
verses.
35:32
Where they come
35:32
from.
35:36
But if you were
35:37
to go to
35:37
Deuteronomy
35:38
and look this
35:39
passage up,
35:41
there's some
35:41
error
35:43
in not what
35:45
he's quoted,
35:47
but in a sense
35:47
where he stops.
35:49
Because if you
35:50
would continue
35:50
in reading
35:51
what it says
35:52
in Deuteronomy
35:52
6,
35:53
verse 5,
35:54
it would continue
35:55
and say that
35:56
all these words
35:57
that I command
35:58
you to do
35:59
shall be
36:00
on your heart.
36:02
they shall
36:04
be on your
36:04
heart.
36:06
And it's as if
36:07
this lawyer
36:07
is coming
36:08
with all these
36:09
things in his
36:09
head.
36:11
They haven't
36:12
made an imprint
36:13
into his
36:16
heart
36:16
because he's
36:18
looking for ways
36:19
to attain
36:20
his salvation
36:21
by what he
36:23
can do.
36:23
And the second
36:26
reference in
36:27
Leviticus,
36:29
where his
36:30
father question
36:31
comes,
36:33
he says,
36:35
to love
36:35
your neighbor
36:36
as
36:37
yourself.
36:40
To love
36:41
your neighbor
36:42
as yourself.
36:45
And when you
36:45
go to
36:46
Leviticus,
36:46
you need to
36:47
go back to
36:48
these passages
36:48
just to get a
36:49
clearer understanding.
36:50
When you go
36:50
to Leviticus,
36:51
it says,
36:53
and references
36:53
the sons of
36:54
your own
36:55
people,
36:56
when it
36:56
speaks about
36:57
your neighbor.
37:00
So,
37:01
if he's a
37:02
Jewish lawyer
37:02
and he's
37:03
thinking that
37:04
he needs to
37:05
love his
37:06
neighbor,
37:06
and it
37:06
references
37:07
beside that
37:08
in Leviticus,
37:09
the sons of
37:09
your own
37:10
people,
37:11
he's probably,
37:12
he needs
37:14
clarity on it,
37:14
but he's
37:15
probably thinking
37:15
either that
37:17
this is
37:18
his family,
37:20
his own
37:21
people,
37:22
it could be
37:23
the tribe,
37:25
this right
37:26
tribe of
37:26
his own
37:27
people,
37:28
or maybe
37:28
even the
37:29
whole people
37:30
of the
37:31
Jewish
37:31
nation.
37:33
So,
37:34
he comes
37:35
along
37:37
with this
37:38
other
37:39
question
37:40
of
37:42
who
37:43
is
37:44
his
37:45
neighbor,
37:46
desiring
37:47
to
37:47
justify
37:49
himself,
37:50
and that
37:51
justify
37:51
himself
37:52
means
37:53
to clear
37:55
himself,
37:57
to prove
37:58
himself
37:59
just
38:00
in all
38:01
that he
38:02
did,
38:02
and in all
38:03
that he
38:03
loved,
38:05
trying to
38:06
work himself
38:07
that space
38:09
and what
38:09
he can
38:10
do
38:10
to attain
38:12
that
38:13
place
38:13
in heaven.
38:17
He has
38:18
a query
38:18
over
38:19
where the
38:20
line comes
38:21
in of
38:22
his neighbor,
38:24
who do
38:24
I need
38:25
to love,
38:25
and where
38:26
does my
38:26
love,
38:26
where can
38:27
I stop?
38:31
Hence,
38:32
the
38:32
Samaritan.
38:36
Because
38:37
this is
38:37
the last
38:38
person
38:39
he would
38:40
have had
38:40
on his
38:41
list of
38:42
neighborly
38:44
possibilities,
38:46
on people
38:47
that he
38:47
would have
38:48
wanted to
38:49
love,
38:50
because the
38:51
Jews and
38:52
Samaritans
38:52
had a
38:53
kind of
38:53
deep
38:53
hatred
38:54
between
38:54
each
38:54
other.
38:56
He
38:56
couldn't
38:57
imagine
38:57
loving
38:58
this
38:59
Samaritan,
39:02
or even
39:03
being loved
39:03
by this
39:04
Samaritan.
39:06
But we
39:07
leave the
39:08
Samaritan
39:08
just now.
39:08
We're not
39:09
quite ready
39:10
to go
39:10
and meet
39:11
him.
39:12
We've
39:13
seen
39:13
the
39:14
lawyer.
39:15
Let us
39:16
look at
39:17
the
39:17
parable.
39:19
The story
39:20
is told
39:21
when we
39:22
read from
39:23
verse 30.
39:24
Jesus
39:25
said,
39:26
Jesus replied,
39:26
a man was
39:27
going down
39:28
from Jerusalem
39:28
to Jericho
39:29
and he
39:29
fell among
39:30
the robbers
39:31
who stripped
39:31
him and
39:32
bit him
39:33
and departed,
39:34
leaving him
39:35
half dead.
39:36
Now by chance
39:37
a priest was
39:37
going down
39:38
that road
39:38
and when he
39:39
saw him
39:39
he passed
39:40
on the
39:40
other side.
39:41
So likewise
39:42
a Levite,
39:43
when he came
39:44
to the place
39:45
and saw
39:46
him,
39:47
passed by
39:47
on the
39:48
other side.
39:49
We have
39:51
a man
39:51
who had
39:52
a plan
39:54
for his
39:54
day.
39:55
He was
39:55
going
39:55
from
39:56
Jerusalem
39:57
to
39:59
Jericho
40:00
and
40:01
he was
40:03
likely
40:03
a Jew
40:04
and why
40:05
he went
40:05
we are
40:06
not told
40:06
but he
40:08
was robbed
40:09
and left
40:09
for dead.
40:11
Now
40:11
there's a
40:12
possibility
40:13
here that
40:13
this man
40:14
well what
40:16
I read
40:16
was that
40:17
the
40:18
it's
40:19
quite
40:19
likely
40:20
that
40:20
the
40:21
priests
40:21
and
40:22
the
40:22
Levites
40:22
would
40:23
stay
40:24
in
40:24
Jericho
40:25
and
40:25
then
40:26
they
40:26
would
40:26
come
40:26
into
40:26
Jerusalem
40:27
to
40:27
work
40:27
and
40:28
one
40:29
of
40:29
the
40:29
people
40:30
I read
40:30
I can't
40:30
remember
40:31
who it
40:31
was
40:31
but said
40:31
that
40:32
it's
40:32
possible
40:33
that
40:34
this
40:34
person
40:35
who was
40:35
going
40:36
to
40:36
Jericho
40:37
could
40:37
have
40:37
been
40:38
a
40:40
religious
40:40
priest
40:42
Levite
40:43
someone
40:44
of that
40:45
order
40:45
but he
40:47
was robbed
40:48
and he
40:48
was left
40:49
for dead
40:49
and along
40:51
came a
40:51
priest
40:51
who you
40:53
read
40:53
passed by
40:54
on the
40:54
other
40:54
side
40:55
as if
40:55
pretending
40:56
not to
40:56
see him
40:57
and so
40:58
comes the
40:58
Levite
40:59
does exactly
40:59
the same
41:00
thing
41:00
not wanting
41:01
anything to
41:02
do with
41:02
him in a
41:02
sense
41:03
turning a
41:03
blind eye
41:04
to his
41:04
desperate
41:04
need
41:05
that was
41:06
evident
41:07
they have
41:10
contempt
41:10
in their
41:12
hearts
41:12
they see
41:13
this man
41:13
as
41:14
worthless
41:15
even if
41:19
it was
41:19
someone of
41:20
his own
41:20
people
41:21
and I
41:21
believe
41:22
Jesus
41:22
is maybe
41:23
speaking
41:23
to this
41:25
lawyer
41:25
in a
41:26
way like
41:27
that
41:27
was this
41:29
priest
41:30
Levi
41:30
someone
41:31
that he
41:31
would
41:31
associate
41:32
himself
41:33
with
41:33
more
41:33
closely
41:34
than
41:35
others
41:35
but a
41:40
point in
41:40
passing
41:40
also
41:41
is that
41:43
when it
41:43
says that
41:44
the
41:45
Levite
41:45
and the
41:46
priest
41:46
saw him
41:47
there's
41:48
more to
41:49
it than
41:49
just
41:49
see and
41:51
carry on
41:51
in a
41:52
way
41:52
it's a
41:53
different
41:53
word
41:54
than
41:55
what is
41:55
used
41:55
in verse
41:56
23
41:57
when it
41:57
speaks
41:58
about
41:58
blessed
41:59
are the
41:59
eyes
42:00
that
42:00
see
42:00
what
42:00
you
42:01
see
42:01
the
42:03
word
42:03
that's
42:04
used
42:04
about
42:05
the
42:05
priest
42:05
and the
42:05
Levite
42:06
when they
42:06
saw him
42:07
it's
42:08
more than
42:08
seeing
42:09
it's
42:09
actually
42:10
perceiving
42:11
and
42:11
understanding
42:12
so they
42:15
saw
42:16
and understood
42:17
the plight
42:18
of this
42:18
man
42:19
but they
42:20
continued
42:21
on their
42:22
way
42:22
which makes
42:23
it worse
42:24
in a
42:25
sense
42:25
that they
42:26
just saw
42:26
it
42:26
and carried
42:28
on
42:28
and there
42:30
are suggestions
42:31
why the
42:31
men reacted
42:32
like this
42:33
that if
42:34
maybe they
42:34
came into
42:35
contact
42:35
with this
42:36
man
42:36
and he
42:36
died
42:37
there would
42:37
be certain
42:38
Jewish laws
42:39
that they
42:39
would have
42:40
to go
42:40
through
42:41
and purify
42:42
themselves
42:42
and you
42:45
can imagine
42:45
if they're
42:46
in a sense
42:48
you can't
42:48
well
42:49
I don't know
42:50
if this is
42:50
right but
42:51
you can kind of
42:51
imagine
42:52
they've been
42:52
in Jerusalem
42:53
and now
42:54
they're off
42:54
duty
42:54
they're going
42:55
home
42:56
to Jericho
42:56
and they
42:58
see this
42:58
man
42:59
in desperate
43:01
need at the
43:01
side of
43:01
the road
43:02
and it
43:05
can be
43:05
almost
43:05
that
43:06
well
43:06
this has
43:07
nothing to
43:07
do with
43:08
me now
43:08
this is
43:10
going to
43:10
be a
43:10
great
43:10
inconvenience
43:11
for the
43:11
plans that
43:12
I have
43:12
while I'm
43:13
off
43:13
or the
43:15
plans that
43:15
I have
43:15
for this
43:15
even if
43:16
this man
43:16
if I
43:17
administer
43:17
care to
43:18
this man
43:18
and he
43:19
dies
43:19
so all
43:21
these selfish
43:22
things
43:22
the love
43:24
of themselves
43:24
they would
43:25
have to
43:25
purify
43:26
there would
43:26
be an
43:26
inconvenience
43:27
for them
43:28
to help
43:29
this man
43:29
and if he
43:30
were to
43:31
die
43:31
to purify
43:32
themselves
43:33
this may
43:35
well be
43:35
the reason
43:35
we don't
43:36
know
43:36
we can't
43:37
actually say
43:38
but they
43:39
are both
43:40
men that
43:40
have been
43:40
set aside
43:41
for the
43:41
works of
43:42
God
43:42
the priest
43:43
and the
43:43
Levite
43:43
ones that
43:46
the Jews
43:46
would have
43:47
looked up
43:47
to
43:47
and as
43:48
we said
43:48
one that
43:48
this lawyer
43:49
probably
43:49
found
43:50
association
43:51
with
43:51
easier
43:52
than if it
43:53
was anyone
43:53
else
43:54
that Jesus
43:55
had said
43:55
Jesus
43:57
seems to
43:58
make the
43:58
case of
43:59
maybe
43:59
what
44:00
you're
44:00
not
44:01
doing
44:01
you know
44:04
you're
44:06
wanting to
44:06
draw the
44:07
line on
44:07
what you
44:07
can do
44:08
and it's
44:09
not about
44:10
what you
44:11
can get
44:11
off with
44:12
not doing
44:12
there's no
44:14
lines to
44:14
loving your
44:15
neighbour
44:15
there's no
44:18
limit
44:18
to loving
44:20
your neighbour
44:21
and maybe
44:24
today
44:25
it speaks
44:26
to
44:27
the
44:27
Christians
44:28
that are
44:29
gathered
44:29
here
44:30
under
44:30
myself
44:31
whoever
44:32
we are
44:32
we can
44:33
often fall
44:33
into
44:34
traps
44:34
of selfish
44:35
desires
44:35
selfish
44:36
ambitions
44:36
of what
44:37
we want
44:37
to do
44:38
and we
44:39
don't want
44:40
to get
44:40
involved
44:40
in things
44:41
that we
44:42
can say
44:42
that's got
44:43
nothing to
44:43
do with
44:44
me
44:44
stuff that
44:46
will consume
44:47
my time
44:48
stuff that
44:49
will be an
44:50
inconvenience
44:51
to me
44:52
things that
44:53
are going
44:54
on in
44:54
our nation
44:55
that we
44:55
don't want
44:56
to get
44:56
involved
44:56
with
44:57
because
45:00
they're
45:00
going to
45:00
take up
45:00
so much
45:01
time
45:01
and it
45:03
could be
45:03
such an
45:03
inconvenience
45:04
but there
45:07
is something
45:08
maybe worth
45:09
mentioning in
45:10
passing as
45:11
well which
45:12
I feel
45:13
is well
45:14
it's not
45:14
the point
45:14
of Christ's
45:15
teaching
45:16
here but
45:17
it's just
45:18
beneficial for
45:19
us to
45:19
note within
45:20
ourselves and
45:21
even myself
45:22
that we
45:24
can walk
45:24
by things
45:25
or people
45:26
in our
45:27
experience and
45:27
we feel
45:28
that we
45:28
cannot
45:29
help
45:30
though our
45:32
heart is
45:33
rightly
45:33
concerned
45:34
for the
45:35
person or
45:36
their need
45:36
we just
45:38
feel in
45:38
ourselves
45:39
an inadequacy
45:40
we think
45:42
that maybe
45:43
we hold
45:44
back because
45:46
we don't
45:47
have a
45:47
sufficient
45:48
ability to
45:49
help so
45:51
much that
45:51
we actually
45:52
restrict or
45:54
stop giving
45:55
any help or
45:56
rightful care
45:57
that we
45:58
have and
45:59
should have
46:00
for one
46:00
another in
46:01
loving our
46:01
neighbor we
46:03
feel like we're
46:03
not inadequate
46:04
and then we
46:05
actually do
46:06
nothing we
46:08
don't know
46:08
what to say
46:09
we end up
46:10
saying nothing
46:10
we don't
46:11
know what to
46:11
do and end
46:12
up doing
46:13
nothing
46:13
and I'm sure
46:16
it's something
46:16
that we can
46:17
all relate to
46:18
and it's
46:20
something that
46:20
we need to
46:21
learn continually
46:22
on how we
46:23
must learn
46:25
to love
46:26
our neighbor
46:27
the lawyer
46:30
got his
46:30
answer to
46:32
the question
46:32
in this
46:33
story
46:34
maybe it
46:38
was to
46:38
shame
46:39
the contempt
46:41
he had
46:41
to love
46:43
others
46:44
even
46:46
I think
46:48
Jesus is
46:48
maybe making
46:49
a point to
46:49
him and
46:50
saying
46:50
you're asking
46:52
who do I
46:55
need to
46:55
love
46:56
and it's
46:57
almost as if
46:58
he's saying
46:58
to him
46:58
you're like
46:59
this Levite
47:00
and you
47:00
don't even
47:00
love your
47:01
own people
47:02
you don't
47:03
even have
47:04
a love
47:05
for your
47:05
own
47:06
to his
47:06
shame
47:07
and we
47:09
have two
47:10
people in
47:11
this passage
47:11
that show
47:12
contempt
47:13
towards
47:14
this man
47:16
and the
47:17
lawyer himself
47:17
contempt
47:20
and there's
47:21
only one
47:21
that shows
47:22
compassion
47:22
so it's
47:25
as if
47:25
contempt
47:25
in this
47:26
world
47:26
is far
47:27
more
47:27
common
47:28
than the
47:29
one that
47:30
shows
47:30
compassion
47:31
so let
47:32
us move
47:33
to the
47:33
man
47:34
of
47:34
compassion
47:35
and this
47:37
heart is
47:37
applicable
47:37
to the
47:39
Samaritan
47:39
he is
47:41
our example
47:42
on how
47:42
to love
47:43
our
47:43
neighbor
47:43
the story
47:46
continues
47:47
the parable
47:48
continues
47:48
from verse
47:49
33
47:50
but a
47:51
Samaritan
47:51
as he
47:52
journeyed
47:52
came to
47:53
where he
47:53
was
47:54
and when
47:54
he saw
47:55
him
47:55
he had
47:56
compassion
47:56
he went
47:58
to him
47:58
and bound
47:59
up his
47:59
wounds
47:59
pouring oil
48:00
and wine
48:01
then he
48:02
set him
48:02
on his
48:02
own animal
48:03
and brought
48:04
him to
48:04
an inn
48:04
and took
48:05
care of
48:05
him
48:06
and the
48:07
next day
48:07
he took
48:08
out two
48:09
denarii
48:09
and gave
48:10
them to
48:10
the innkeeper
48:11
saying
48:11
take care
48:12
of him
48:12
and whatever
48:13
more you
48:14
spend
48:15
I will
48:15
repay
48:16
you
48:16
when I
48:17
come back
48:18
compassion
48:22
was what
48:25
was in
48:25
his heart
48:26
compassion
48:28
when you
48:28
look it
48:29
up
48:29
is a
48:30
feeling
48:30
of deep
48:31
sympathy
48:32
and sorrow
48:33
for another
48:34
who is
48:35
stricken by
48:35
misfortune
48:36
a feeling
48:39
of deep
48:39
sympathy
48:40
and sorrow
48:40
for another
48:41
who is
48:41
stricken
48:41
by misfortune
48:42
accompanied
48:43
by a
48:44
strong
48:45
desire
48:45
to alleviate
48:47
the
48:47
suffering
48:48
I want
48:50
you to
48:51
imagine
48:51
being the
48:51
man who
48:52
was robbed
48:53
for a
48:53
moment
48:53
on the
48:54
way
48:54
you had
48:55
your plan
48:56
for your
48:56
day
48:57
all was
48:58
going
48:58
well
48:58
and then
49:00
these robbers
49:00
have
49:01
approached
49:01
they strip
49:03
you of
49:03
everything
49:04
you have
49:05
on you
49:06
beating
49:07
you to
49:08
leave you
49:08
in a
49:08
position
49:09
where you
49:09
likely
49:09
cannot
49:10
move
49:10
you can
49:12
imagine
49:12
yourself
49:13
being in
49:13
the ditch
49:14
on the
49:14
side
49:14
of the
49:15
road
49:15
naked
49:17
embarrassed
49:18
unable
49:19
to do
49:20
anything
49:20
for
49:20
yourself
49:21
and you
49:23
see this
49:23
religious
49:24
man
49:25
priest
49:26
approach
49:26
a man
49:27
you know
49:28
and you
49:29
think
49:29
well
49:29
great
49:30
he'll
49:31
help
49:32
me
49:32
but looks
49:34
at you
49:35
understands
49:36
your need
49:37
and walks
49:38
on by
49:38
the
49:39
Levite
49:40
just
49:40
the
49:41
same
49:41
and maybe
49:42
you think
49:42
well this
49:43
man's not
49:43
so high
49:43
up as
49:44
a priest
49:44
surely
49:45
he'll
49:46
help me
49:46
but he
49:47
does
49:47
not
49:48
he pretends
49:50
not to
49:50
see you
49:51
lying
49:51
there
49:52
in the
49:52
ditch
49:53
but then
49:54
comes
49:54
this
49:55
man
49:55
who
49:56
you've
49:56
despised
49:57
someone
49:59
who
49:59
you've
49:59
hated
50:00
someone
50:01
who
50:01
you've
50:01
rejected
50:02
all your
50:03
life
50:03
you've
50:04
never
50:04
had
50:04
time
50:05
for
50:05
this
50:05
man
50:06
and you
50:09
think
50:09
to yourself
50:10
maybe
50:10
well
50:10
maybe you
50:12
can imagine
50:12
someone
50:13
like this
50:14
well he
50:16
certainly
50:16
will not
50:17
help me
50:18
this man
50:19
that I've
50:19
rejected
50:20
and maybe
50:21
even the
50:22
pride of
50:23
your heart
50:23
would say
50:23
I don't
50:25
want help
50:26
from this
50:26
man
50:27
I prefer
50:28
him just
50:28
to leave
50:29
me
50:29
and we
50:31
can have
50:32
an idea
50:33
of how
50:33
this
50:34
man
50:35
felt
50:36
but it's
50:38
a parable
50:38
after all
50:39
it's a
50:40
picture
50:40
to help
50:41
us
50:41
it's not
50:42
a parable
50:42
about
50:43
contempt
50:43
for one
50:44
another
50:45
because we
50:46
can note
50:46
that the
50:47
Samaritan
50:48
has no
50:49
contempt
50:49
towards the
50:50
man that
50:51
lay there
50:52
the Samaritan
50:54
does not
50:55
take the
50:55
opportunity
50:56
to kill
50:56
the man
50:57
because
50:58
that would
51:00
have been
51:00
his opportunity
51:01
if he
51:01
had
51:02
contempt
51:02
against
51:04
the man
51:04
who
51:04
rejected
51:05
him
51:05
a man
51:06
who
51:06
had
51:06
no
51:07
time
51:07
for
51:07
him
51:07
he
51:09
doesn't
51:09
it's a
51:11
parable
51:11
about
51:11
compassion
51:12
the
51:14
Samaritan
51:14
was one
51:15
that he
51:15
knew
51:15
himself
51:16
would have
51:16
been
51:16
rejected
51:17
and still
51:18
had
51:18
compassion
51:19
greater
51:19
than any
51:19
law
51:20
set aside
51:21
the thoughts
51:22
of the
51:22
day
51:23
and let
51:24
his
51:25
compassion
51:25
rule
51:26
in his
51:27
heart
51:27
because
51:28
compassion
51:29
was his
51:29
great
51:30
motivation
51:30
to do
51:31
that's
51:32
why he
51:33
did
51:33
anything
51:33
because
51:34
he
51:34
had
51:35
compassion
51:35
and what
51:38
did he
51:38
do with
51:39
that
51:39
compassion
51:40
where it
51:40
says that
51:41
he burned
51:41
up his
51:41
wounds
51:42
addressed
51:42
the pain
51:43
of his
51:43
beatings
51:44
poured
51:44
on him
51:44
oil
51:44
and wine
51:45
and uplifted
51:46
him onto
51:47
his own
51:47
animal
51:47
took him
51:48
to an
51:48
inn
51:49
and it
51:50
would seem
51:50
like he
51:50
spent the
51:51
whole night
51:51
with him
51:52
taking care
51:52
of him
51:53
and even
51:54
on his
51:54
departure
51:55
his
51:56
compassion
51:56
provided
51:57
for the
51:57
costs
51:58
till he
51:58
would come
51:59
back
51:59
now
52:01
had the
52:03
person
52:03
that
52:03
you
52:05
had
52:05
despised
52:06
done all
52:06
these
52:07
things
52:07
for you
52:07
how would
52:08
you feel
52:09
it would
52:11
probably be
52:11
shame in
52:12
our hearts
52:12
yet
52:14
thankful
52:15
for all
52:15
that he
52:15
had done
52:16
eternally
52:17
grateful
52:18
because really
52:19
you were
52:20
half dead
52:21
you would
52:21
have died
52:22
if this
52:22
man had
52:23
not saved
52:23
you
52:24
and it
52:25
is truly
52:26
a lesson
52:26
where evil
52:27
is overcome
52:27
with good
52:28
and you
52:30
know in
52:30
yourself
52:31
there is
52:31
nothing
52:31
more valuable
52:32
in your
52:33
life
52:33
than to
52:34
have it
52:34
spared
52:35
so Jesus
52:37
asked to
52:38
the man
52:38
which of
52:39
the three
52:39
proved to
52:40
be a
52:40
neighbour
52:40
and it's
52:42
simple
52:42
the one
52:43
who showed
52:44
him
52:44
mercy
52:44
undeserved
52:46
kindness
52:48
went beyond
52:49
the thoughts
52:50
of the day
52:51
and loved
52:52
his enemy
52:52
Jesus
52:56
comes back
52:57
in answer
52:59
to his
52:59
question
53:00
what must
53:01
I do
53:01
to inherit
53:02
eternal
53:02
life
53:03
go and
53:04
do
53:04
likewise
53:05
to care
53:06
to love
53:07
to give
53:07
to supply
53:08
in every
53:09
way
53:09
warmly
53:09
willingly
53:10
unreservedly
53:11
to
53:11
your neighbour
53:13
who is
53:14
even
53:15
your enemy
53:16
this is a
53:18
challenge to
53:18
us as we
53:19
said at the
53:19
beginning
53:19
because
53:21
we don't
53:23
and I
53:23
believe we
53:24
can't
53:25
just go
53:27
about
53:27
deciding
53:28
that we're
53:29
going to be
53:29
compassionate
53:30
today
53:31
it's one of
53:32
these emotions
53:33
that comes
53:33
from deep
53:34
within our
53:34
hearts
53:35
and in a
53:35
sense
53:36
compassion
53:36
has like
53:37
an unlimited
53:37
strength
53:38
to it
53:39
compassion
53:40
moves us
53:41
to do
53:41
things
53:42
that maybe
53:44
we didn't
53:45
think we'd
53:46
ever do
53:46
compassion
53:48
compels
53:49
you to
53:49
do
53:50
but where
53:52
does
53:53
compassion
53:53
spring
53:54
from
53:54
where does
53:55
compassion
53:56
come to
53:56
move us
53:57
to do
53:58
because if
54:00
we don't
54:00
have compassion
54:01
in our hearts
54:02
we walk
54:02
by
54:02
most parables
54:07
have a
54:07
single point
54:08
this one
54:10
to love
54:10
our neighbour
54:11
but this one
54:12
seems to have
54:13
a deeper
54:13
level
54:13
and you can
54:15
get carried
54:15
away
54:16
spiritualising
54:16
it
54:17
every element
54:20
that was
54:21
done
54:21
to this
54:24
man
54:24
by the
54:25
Samaritan
54:25
figure
54:26
and his
54:27
heart
54:27
of compassion
54:28
because it
54:28
is so
54:29
like
54:29
Jesus
54:29
himself
54:30
see the
54:33
story
54:33
tells us
54:34
what
54:34
compassion
54:34
does
54:35
it does
54:37
not say
54:38
that the
54:38
Samaritan
54:39
saw him
54:39
and loved
54:41
him as
54:41
he would
54:42
himself
54:42
and leave
54:43
it at
54:43
that
54:43
as loving
54:45
his neighbour
54:46
as he would
54:47
himself
54:47
it doesn't
54:47
say that
54:48
it tells
54:50
us
54:50
what compassion
54:51
does
54:52
Jesus
54:54
describes
54:55
what compassion
54:56
drives
54:57
someone to
54:57
do
54:58
where is
55:01
the root
55:02
of compassion
55:02
for us
55:03
tonight
55:03
the Lord
55:06
is the
55:07
Lord of
55:07
compassion
55:08
Isaiah 55
55:10
if you want
55:11
reading for
55:12
your evening
55:12
the Lord
55:15
is the
55:15
source
55:16
of all
55:17
compassion
55:17
and he
55:19
is one
55:20
that has
55:20
lifted many
55:21
from the
55:21
depths of
55:22
this life
55:22
and yet
55:25
there are
55:25
many to
55:25
be lifted
55:26
by his
55:26
compassion
55:27
maybe we
55:29
are people
55:30
who were
55:30
on our
55:31
way
55:31
and something
55:33
has happened
55:33
to us
55:34
and robbed
55:34
us
55:35
because we
55:37
know ourselves
55:38
there is much
55:38
in our lives
55:39
that make us
55:40
sore
55:40
there is much
55:41
in our lives
55:42
that leaves
55:43
us wounded
55:44
drained
55:46
injured
55:48
feeling like
55:50
we can't
55:51
move
55:51
and feeling
55:53
as if we're
55:53
half dead
55:54
and there
55:58
are many
55:58
people who
56:00
have looked
56:01
to other
56:01
men for
56:02
help
56:02
for their
56:04
rescue
56:04
and well
56:06
they've done
56:07
little for
56:07
them
56:08
I wonder
56:11
do you
56:11
know
56:12
the
56:12
compassion
56:13
of Jesus
56:14
Christ
56:15
tonight
56:16
there are
56:18
many people
56:19
who have
56:21
felt
56:21
Jesus
56:22
speaking to
56:23
them
56:24
and maybe
56:25
they have
56:25
thought with
56:26
contempt in
56:27
their heart
56:27
of maybe
56:29
what we
56:30
naturally
56:30
do
56:31
and we
56:33
say to
56:33
Jesus
56:34
as he
56:35
stands
56:36
before us
56:37
I don't
56:37
want
56:38
your help
56:39
I don't
56:40
want
56:41
Jesus
56:41
Christ
56:42
to help
56:42
me
56:42
sometimes
56:44
we feel
56:45
because of
56:45
who we
56:46
are
56:46
he can't
56:49
love
56:49
me
56:49
sometimes
56:51
we feel
56:52
because of
56:52
what we
56:53
have been
56:53
in our
56:54
younger
56:55
years
56:55
that Jesus
56:58
Christ
56:58
will not
56:59
care
57:00
for me
57:01
why would
57:03
Jesus Christ
57:04
save me
57:04
now
57:05
after all
57:05
that I
57:06
have done
57:06
and after
57:07
all that I
57:08
have been
57:08
there are
57:12
many who
57:12
have said
57:13
that
57:13
but I
57:15
felt
57:15
the
57:15
irresistible
57:16
compassion
57:17
of Christ
57:18
to lead
57:21
them in
57:21
their lives
57:22
and to
57:24
let Christ
57:25
embrace
57:26
them
57:26
and show
57:29
his love
57:29
to them
57:30
that they
57:32
become people
57:33
who love
57:33
him with
57:34
all their
57:34
hearts
57:34
regardless
57:36
of what
57:37
you think
57:38
of Jesus
57:39
tonight
57:39
or what
57:40
you think
57:41
of yourself
57:42
when we
57:44
gather
57:44
under
57:45
God's
57:45
word
57:46
he will
57:47
stand
57:48
out of
57:49
it
57:49
and stands
57:50
before you
57:51
tonight
57:52
like the
57:54
Samaritan
57:54
not in
57:56
anger
57:56
for all
57:57
that you
57:57
have
57:57
been
57:58
or all
58:00
that you
58:00
think
58:01
you
58:01
have
58:01
been
58:02
he
58:03
stands
58:04
like the
58:04
Samaritan
58:04
with overwhelming
58:05
compassion
58:06
for you
58:08
and it
58:10
is a
58:11
compassion
58:11
that silences
58:12
every voice
58:13
in your
58:14
mind
58:15
of the
58:15
doubts
58:16
and the
58:16
whys
58:17
of why
58:18
Jesus
58:18
would love
58:19
me
58:19
and it's
58:22
as if you
58:23
would see
58:23
the compassion
58:24
in his
58:24
eyes
58:25
that says
58:26
let me
58:27
do this
58:27
for you
58:28
and truly
58:31
see
58:31
well
58:33
he is
58:33
one that
58:34
truly
58:34
sees
58:35
he
58:36
perceives
58:37
like the
58:40
Samaritan
58:40
perceived
58:41
really
58:42
the
58:44
pains
58:44
of your
58:45
life
58:45
like no
58:46
other
58:46
and
58:47
understands
58:48
them
58:48
like no
58:49
other
58:49
man
58:50
so that
58:52
he is
58:52
one
58:52
that says
58:53
to you
58:54
I know
58:55
that it
58:55
hurts
58:56
and he
58:59
says
58:59
did you
58:59
let me
59:00
bind up
59:00
the wounds
59:02
of your
59:02
life
59:03
and he
59:05
says
59:06
that I
59:06
have an
59:06
ointment
59:07
and a
59:08
balm
59:09
to take
59:10
away
59:10
every
59:11
sting
59:13
in your
59:14
experience
59:14
that ointment
59:17
could be
59:18
his blood
59:19
that takes
59:22
away
59:23
the sting
59:24
even of
59:25
death
59:25
and he
59:26
is one
59:26
that lifts
59:27
you and
59:27
puts you
59:28
in a
59:28
place
59:28
that was
59:29
his
59:30
a privileged
59:33
place
59:33
on his
59:35
animal
59:35
as it
59:36
were
59:36
and leads
59:37
you to
59:37
a place
59:38
of refuge
59:39
where all
59:40
the costs
59:40
are made
59:41
but he
59:43
is one
59:43
that does
59:44
not
59:44
abandon
59:44
his
59:46
compassion
59:47
drives
59:49
him back
59:49
to you
59:50
compassion
59:52
a deep
59:52
sympathy
59:53
of sorrow
59:54
for another
59:55
who is
59:55
stricken
59:55
by misfortune
59:56
accompanied
59:58
by a
59:58
strong
59:58
desire
59:59
to
59:59
alleviate
1:00:00
the
1:00:01
suffering
1:00:01
and is
1:00:03
Calvary
1:00:04
not
1:00:05
imprinted
1:00:06
with
1:00:06
compassion
1:00:07
is Calvary
1:00:09
not a
1:00:11
witness
1:00:11
to us
1:00:12
of
1:00:13
Christ's
1:00:14
compassion
1:00:15
for you
1:00:16
with emotion
1:00:20
compassion
1:00:22
of compassion
1:00:22
for his
1:00:24
people
1:00:24
as that
1:00:26
deep
1:00:26
sympathy
1:00:27
and sorrow
1:00:28
for them
1:00:29
because he
1:00:31
sees the
1:00:32
misfortune
1:00:32
that we
1:00:33
are in
1:00:33
a sin
1:00:34
and he
1:00:36
clearly
1:00:37
perceives
1:00:37
that
1:00:38
in a
1:00:38
way
1:00:39
that we
1:00:39
don't
1:00:39
see it
1:00:40
ourselves
1:00:40
even
1:00:41
and he
1:00:42
sees the
1:00:43
people as
1:00:44
dead
1:00:44
in their
1:00:45
sins
1:00:46
like the
1:00:48
one that
1:00:48
was dead
1:00:49
on the road
1:00:49
Samaritan
1:00:52
comes
1:00:53
Christ
1:00:54
comes
1:00:55
he understands
1:00:56
your need
1:00:57
but it's
1:01:00
accompanied
1:01:00
with a
1:01:01
strong
1:01:01
desire
1:01:02
to alleviate
1:01:03
the
1:01:04
suffering
1:01:04
Calvary
1:01:07
caused
1:01:08
Jesus
1:01:09
and that
1:01:13
was the
1:01:13
doing
1:01:14
of his
1:01:15
compassion
1:01:16
towards
1:01:17
you
1:01:18
that's
1:01:20
what
1:01:20
his
1:01:21
compassion
1:01:22
drove him
1:01:23
to do
1:01:23
that he
1:01:25
would
1:01:25
alleviate
1:01:26
the
1:01:28
suffering
1:01:28
of you
1:01:29
by taking
1:01:32
away the
1:01:32
sins
1:01:33
of your
1:01:34
life
1:01:34
maybe it's
1:01:36
time
1:01:37
to stop
1:01:38
pushing
1:01:39
away the
1:01:39
compassion
1:01:40
of Christ
1:01:41
and let
1:01:43
him save
1:01:43
you
1:01:44
regardless
1:01:46
of what we
1:01:47
think of
1:01:47
ourselves
1:01:48
may Christ's
1:01:49
compassion
1:01:50
tonight
1:01:50
be overwhelming
1:01:52
to us
1:01:54
for it is
1:01:57
in that
1:01:58
that we
1:01:58
find the
1:01:59
answer to
1:01:59
the lawyer's
1:02:00
question
1:02:00
what must
1:02:02
I do
1:02:02
to inherit
1:02:04
eternal
1:02:05
life
1:02:06
let Christ
1:02:08
save you
1:02:09
let Christ
1:02:11
take you
1:02:11
go with
1:02:12
Christ
1:02:13
let him
1:02:15
have all
1:02:15
of you
1:02:16
he asks
1:02:17
for all
1:02:18
your heart
1:02:18
soul
1:02:19
and mind
1:02:19
it is
1:02:21
only then
1:02:22
when we
1:02:23
know the
1:02:24
compassion
1:02:24
of Christ
1:02:25
in our
1:02:25
heart
1:02:26
that we
1:02:28
have any
1:02:29
hope
1:02:29
to do
1:02:30
likewise
1:02:31
it is
1:02:33
only after
1:02:33
we know
1:02:34
Christ
1:02:35
in our
1:02:36
experience
1:02:37
that can
1:02:38
we
1:02:39
do
1:02:40
to one
1:02:43
another
1:02:44
that what
1:02:46
we can
1:02:47
do
1:02:47
and show
1:02:48
compassion
1:02:49
because
1:02:51
Christ
1:02:51
will dwell
1:02:52
within
1:02:52
your
1:02:52
heart
1:02:53
and I
1:02:55
pray that
1:02:56
he would
1:02:56
be one
1:02:57
that would
1:02:58
all be
1:02:59
overflowing
1:03:00
in it
1:03:01
with
1:03:03
compassion
1:03:03
even
1:03:04
to love
1:03:05
our
1:03:06
name
1:03:06
pray these
1:03:08
thoughts
1:03:09
would be
1:03:09
blessed
1:03:10
to us
1:03:10
tonight
1:03:11
we'll
1:03:12
conclude by
1:03:13
singing in
1:03:14
psalm 130
1:03:15
psalm 130
1:03:18
of the
1:03:19
Scottish
1:03:19
Psalter
1:03:20
find out
1:03:23
on page
1:03:23
421
1:03:24
of the
1:03:24
blue
1:03:25
books
1:03:25
psalm 130
1:03:33
lord from
1:03:36
the depths
1:03:36
to thee
1:03:37
I cried
1:03:38
my voice
1:03:38
lord do
1:03:39
thy
1:03:39
hear
1:03:40
my
1:03:41
supplication
1:03:42
unto
1:03:42
my
1:03:43
supplication's
1:03:44
voice
1:03:44
give an
1:03:45
attend
1:03:46
to you
1:03:46
lord who
1:03:47
shall stand
1:03:48
if thou
1:03:48
o lord
1:03:49
should mark
1:03:50
iniquity
1:03:50
but yet
1:03:51
with thee
1:03:52
forgivenesses
1:03:53
that feared
1:03:55
thou mayest
1:03:56
be
1:03:56
we'll stand
1:03:57
together and
1:03:58
sing the
1:03:59
whole of
1:03:59
psalm 130
1:04:00
to god's
1:04:01
praise
1:04:01
lord from
1:04:02
the depths
1:04:02
to thee
1:04:03
I cried
1:04:03
lord from
1:04:09
the depths
1:04:11
to thee
1:04:13
I cried
1:04:16
my
1:04:17
voice
1:04:19
lord do
1:04:22
thou
1:04:23
hear
1:04:24
unto
1:04:26
my
1:04:28
supplication
1:04:32
their
1:04:53
Should spark in liberty
1:05:01
But yet with thee
1:05:07
Forgivenesses
1:05:13
That fear the meest king
1:05:21
I wait for God
1:05:27
My soul doth wait
1:05:32
My hope is in his word
1:05:41
For thine may that
1:05:46
Our morning watch
1:05:51
My soul waits for the Lord
1:05:59
I say for thou live up to watch
1:06:11
The boring night to see
1:06:18
Let Israel open the door
1:06:29
For with him better cease thee
1:06:38
Unplentious redemption
1:06:48
Is ever found within
1:06:56
And from all his iniquities
1:07:07
He is well shall redeem
1:07:16
Conclude in prayer
1:07:19
Lord we thank you for this time together
1:07:22
And we pray that we would know the compassion
1:07:25
That Jesus Christ had for us
1:07:28
In the state of our lostness and sin
1:07:31
And Lord we pray that compassion
1:07:34
Be known in our hearts
1:07:35
The one that loved us
1:07:37
So that we may love
1:07:39
A compassion that enables us
1:07:42
Only truly to do likewise
1:07:45
You are the redeemer of our souls
1:07:49
And has shown us
1:07:51
That's the redemption
1:07:53
And love that you have for us
1:07:57
In the compassion of the cross
1:08:00
May that thought be set before us
1:08:03
As we go into the week ahead
1:08:05
Be with us through the watches of the night
1:08:08
And continue with us we pray
1:08:10
All this we ask again
1:08:12
In the name of the one who has the power
1:08:15
Who is your son
1:08:16
The Lord Jesus Christ
1:08:18
Amen
1:08:19
Amen