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I am the Light of the World · Stornoway Free Church of Scotland - Sermons

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to begin our worship by singing to God's praise in Psalm 86 in the Scottish Psalter.
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Psalm 86, page 341, the Scottish Psalter version. We're going to sing from verse 11 down to verse
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15. Teach me thy way and in thy truth. O Lord, then walk will I. Unite my heart that I thy name
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may fear continually. O Lord, my God, with all my heart, to thee I will give praise, and
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the glory will ascribe unto thy name always. We'll sing from verse 11 to 15, and the tune
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is Kilmarnock, to God's praise.
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O Lord, then walk will I. There light my heart that I thy name may fear continually. O Lord,
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my God, with all my heart, to thee I will give praise. And I, the glory will ascribe unto thy name,
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glory. Because thy mercy to worthy, and great rest thou excel. And thou deliver us my soul,
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and from the Lord, and from the Lord, O God, the proud against me right, and my life may
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O God, the proud against me right, and my life may thou may.
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And thou flow to battle, and my soul ascribe unto thy soul to thee, for thy soul has no family.
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And for thy soul has no family, hairstysiae, they more than have no respect.
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Father who made it.
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Suffering hand in my youth
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And mercy, let me hear all
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Let's bow our heads in a word of prayer.
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Let us pray.
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Our gracious Lord in heaven,
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we do thank you to be able to come
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and praise you as the one who is worthy of it.
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We thank you for these words that we have sung together.
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They remind us that we are to with all our heart
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give praise to thee and to give glory
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unto thy name always.
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And we thank you that day by day
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you remind us of every reason
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why we have to give praise to you,
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that you are the God who provides for us,
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that you are the God who watches over us,
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that you are the God who meets our needs
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in so many different ways.
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And you are the one who remembers us
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in our frailties.
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Even though we are like the dust of the ground,
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we thank you that you see us,
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that you see us through your Son, Christ Jesus,
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that you see us not as we are sinners
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unworthy of any of your mercies,
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but that you are full of mercy,
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that your mercies are plenteous towards us.
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For we do not deserve it,
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yet you have given to us through your Son, Christ Jesus,
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all our needs to be met in him.
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And we thank you that when we were lost,
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when we were, like the Bible describes,
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sheep without a shepherd,
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when we were wandering astray,
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that you sent him as a shepherd,
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an overseer for us,
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one who would gather his people,
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gather his own,
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and take them to himself,
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one who would come,
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and even the poorest,
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the frailest of sheep,
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he would carry in his bosom.
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He would hold them close.
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And we thank you for that wonderful imagery
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that your Word gives us,
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of the very compassion and care of our Savior,
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that he has such a gracious love towards us,
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that he never casts any away from him,
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but he always invites us to come,
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to come no matter our situation or circumstances,
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to come no matter our past or present,
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no matter where we are in life.
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The invitation of the Gospel goes out,
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and we marvel at that,
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in a world that so much despises
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and casts you away,
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that your mercy is still more in the midst of it all.
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And we do pray, Lord,
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to know your mercy upon us,
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to know your mercy upon us,
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as our people here and as our community,
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that we would know your favour upon us, Lord,
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that we would know what it is for you
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to work in us and through us and around us,
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to know what it is to see your Spirit giving life,
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to see your Spirit bringing hope to the hopeless,
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to see your Spirit opening the eyes of the blind,
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bringing your Spirit upon us, Lord,
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to draw us close to yourself,
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that you would pour it upon us,
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even in these days,
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to know, Lord,
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the wonder of your reviving power.
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And we thank you for your word that is truth.
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We thank you that it stands firm
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through all generations,
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passed down from so many,
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even in our own communities and islands here.
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We thank you for those who have upheld it,
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who have stood firm on it,
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who continue to this day to uphold your truth.
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And we pray that as your people here,
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your truth would be the very foundation of our lives and our being,
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that we would see it not just as words from pages in front of us,
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but that we would see it as the living word of God,
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that living word that is active and powerful,
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sharper than any two-edged sword,
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able to pierce into our very soul and being.
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And we thank you for the power of your word,
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that it is that word that gives life.
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And we pray in the preaching of it,
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and as we hear it even this evening anew,
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that you would speak to us,
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and that you would give us ears to hear as we hear it read,
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and as we consider it together,
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that we would see the wonder,
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the beauty of Jesus with us,
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the one who is the I am,
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the one who we see this evening as we come to read your word,
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as the one who is the light of the world.
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And so we pray that that light would go out in our midst here
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and throughout our communities,
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throughout our land,
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throughout the world,
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as we see the tensions and the difficulties around us
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in so many different places.
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We think of the Middle East as tensions continue to rise there,
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a place, O Lord,
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that we know is precious to you
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and your people who are precious to you.
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And yet we see the violence,
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we see the worries, the fears,
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we see the death and atrocities taking place.
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And Lord, in our human hearts,
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we are so wicked to the core.
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We do not judge, for we are wicked ourselves,
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but yet we know that we need you in the midst of it all.
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We pray that people there will come to realize the futility of it.
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We pray, Lord,
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people to realize their need of peace
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and that peace that comes from you.
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And so we pray, Lord,
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that you will have mercy there,
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have mercy in the Ukraine and Russia.
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As ongoing conflict there continues,
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we pray, Lord,
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for peace to come.
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We pray for that in the midst of all the different needs
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around us and in this world.
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Lord, we know, Lord,
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that life brings its troubles,
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its sorrows.
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So the ones that we see so internationally,
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and yet the many that are known only in our own hearts
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or in a small number around us,
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but yet, Lord, known to you.
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And we thank you that in our needs, O Lord,
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that you are there,
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that you are there to give us the light of the gospel,
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the light of life,
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and that we would follow you.
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And Lord, help us to see you
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and to know you in these things.
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And for us to make known Jesus to all around us,
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to pray for people around us,
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to commit our lives unto you in all things.
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And we thank you for every opportunity we have to serve you.
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We thank you for our people,
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young and old alike,
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and we thank you for the way that we are able to bring the gospel
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to many people in many different ways.
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And we do pray for this coming week with the holiday club taking place.
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We thank you for all that has been done in preparation for it.
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We ask your blessing over all things in these coming days,
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your protection over everyone who comes and goes,
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your strength towards all who help,
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and your blessing on all who come.
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Families and children alike,
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Lord, we pray to see your hand upon us for good.
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We pray too, Lord, for our community as a whole in these days.
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We pray for those who mourn,
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for those who are unwell,
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for those who struggle in life in many different ways.
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We do pray, Lord,
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for your help and your strength.
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We thank you for times of holiday
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and seeing visitors in our midst over these days.
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We thank you for all who find that time of refreshment
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either coming here on holiday or going away on holiday.
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But we are mindful too of those who are unable to do so,
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those who maybe cannot afford it
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or those who have other commitments,
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those who have lives that are hectic and busy
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in so many different ways.
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And we just pray, Lord,
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for your help and your strength
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and your mercy upon us in all of these things.
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And so we do pray, Lord,
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that you will continue with us this evening,
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guide us in our worship,
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give us that song of praise in our heart
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to lift up to you as we sing praise to you, Lord.
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May we do so with gladness of heart
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and with joy on our lips
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and lifting our voices together.
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We pray, Lord,
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praising you as our Lord and as our God.
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May you hear our prayers
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as we offer them up to you in the name of Jesus.
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May you hear them as we speak them
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and as we utter them in our hearts,
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that you would be pleased to answer according to your will.
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And may you guide us, Lord,
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and help us to know your spirit with us.
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For we know that as your word says,
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apart from you we can do nothing.
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And so we pray that your presence will be real to us this night,
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that you will be near,
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that you will draw close to us
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as we seek to draw close to you.
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So continue with us and pardon all our sin.
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That's all we ask.
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We ask in that precious name above every name,
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the name of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ,
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and for his glory.
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Amen.
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We'll again sing to God's praise,
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this time in Psalm 62.
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In the Scottish Psalter, once again,
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Psalm 62, page 294 of the Psalm books.
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And we'll sing from verse 5 down to verse 8.
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Psalm 62 at verse 5.
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My soul, wait thou with patience upon thy God alone.
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On him dependeth all my hope and expectation.
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He only my salvation is,
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and my strong rock is he.
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He only is my sure defense,
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I shall not move it be.
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We'll sing from verse 5 down to verse 8,
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and the tune is Martyrdom.
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We stand to sing to God's praise.
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My soul, wait thou with patience upon thy God alone.
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On him dependeth all my hope and expectation.
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He only my salvation is,
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and my strong rock is he.
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He only is my sure defense,
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I shall not move it be.
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In God my glory place in it,
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and my salvation sure.
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In God the Lord is all my strength,
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My refuge most secure.
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His fire, the Messiah said,
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fuego esté human rí sand,
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the lead
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before
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and for
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the
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under
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heart
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God is
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the
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recognized
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high
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we're going to turn to reading the gospel of John
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chapter 8
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John chapter 8 we're going to take up
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our reading at verse 12
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and read down to
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verse 30 but just put it into
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context where we take up
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our reading at verse 12 is really
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following on from the end
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of chapter 7 the whole of
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chapter 7 speaks
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about the festival that was going on
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at this time the feast of booths
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and it's in light of this
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feast that's going on
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that's coming to an end as we'll see
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as we look at this passage together
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this evening
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as we come into chapter 8
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this feast
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went on for a week
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and it's coming to an end as we read
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in verse 12
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where Jesus
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utters these words
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I am
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the light
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of the world
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so it was in the midst of this feast
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that Jesus was speaking
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so we bear that in mind as we read
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these words together
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John 8
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and at verse 12
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again Jesus spoke to them
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saying
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I am the light of the world
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whoever follows me
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will not walk in darkness
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but will have
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the light of life
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so the Pharisee said to him
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you are bearing witness
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about yourself
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your testimony is not true
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Jesus answered
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even if I do bear witness
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about myself
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my testimony is true
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for I know where I came from
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and where I am going
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but you do not know
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where I come from
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or where I am going
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you judge according to the flesh
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I judge no one
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yet even if I do judge
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my judgment is true
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for it is not I alone who judge
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but I and the Father who sent me
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in your law it is written
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that the testimony of two men
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is true
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I am the one
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who bears witness
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about myself
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and the Father who sent me
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bears witness about me
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they said to him therefore
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where is your Father
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Jesus answered
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you know neither me
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nor my Father
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if you knew me
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you would know my Father also
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these words he spoke
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in the treasury
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as he taught in the temple
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but no one arrested him
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because his hour
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had not yet come
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so he said to them again
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I am going away
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and you will seek me
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and you will die
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in your sin
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where I am going
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you cannot come
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so the Jews said
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will he kill himself
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since he says
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where I am going
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you cannot come
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he said to them
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you are from below
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I am from above
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you are of this world
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I am not of this world
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I told you that you would die
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in your sins
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for unless you believe
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that I am he
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you will die in your sins
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so they said to him
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who are you
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Jesus said to them
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just what I have been telling you
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from the beginning
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I have much to say about you
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and much to judge
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but he who sent me
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is true
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and I declare to the world
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that I have heard from him
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they did not understand
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that he had been speaking
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to them
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about the father
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so Jesus said to them
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when you have lifted up
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the son of man
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then you will know
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that I am he
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and that I do nothing
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on my own authority
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but speak
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just as the father taught me
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and he who sent me
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is with me
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he has not left me alone
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for I always do the things
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that are pleasing to him
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as he was saying
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these things
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many believed in him
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and so on
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and may God bless
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that reading
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from his word
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before we turn back
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to look at this passage together
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we're going to sing again
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to God's praise
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in Psalm 27
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the Sing Psalms version
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Psalm 27
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on page 32
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we're going to sing
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from verse 9
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down to the end
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of the psalm
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and the psalm
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begins with these words
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that tie into
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what we're looking at
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this evening
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as the Lord's
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light towards us
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the Lord's my saviour
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and my light
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a psalm
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that the people of God
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would often sing
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and as we'll see
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it ties into
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what we're looking at
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this evening
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they were looking
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for the light
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who would bring them
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salvation
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and then at verse 9
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we read these words
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so do not hide
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your face from me
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and do not turn aside
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your servant
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in your righteous wrath
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for you have been
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my guide
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O God my saviour
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leave me not
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do not reject my plea
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my parents may forsake me
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Lord
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but you
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will welcome me
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we'll sing from verse 9
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down to the end
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of the psalm
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and the tune is
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Belmont
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oh do not hide
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your face from me
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and do not turn aside
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your servant
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your servant
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in your righteous wrath
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for you have been
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my guide
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O God my saviour
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leave me not
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do not reject
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my thing
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my parents may
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forsake me
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Lord
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but you
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will welcome
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me
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teach me
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teach me
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O Lord
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how I
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should live
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and lead me
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in your way
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make straight
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my path
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be close
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my foes
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O praise
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O praise
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me
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every day
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give me
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give me
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your door
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to the will
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of the
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event
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and
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and
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and
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for
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liars
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rise
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to
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slander
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me
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and
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leave
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the
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cruelty
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yet
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I
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am
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sure
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that
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the
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endless
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life
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God's
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goodness
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I
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will
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see
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with
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Lord
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the Lord
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peace
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come
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take heart
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from
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him
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wait
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patiently
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we
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can turn
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back to a
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reading in John chapter 8 and read again at verse 12
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12
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John 8 at verse 12
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again Jesus spoke to them saying I am the light of the world whoever follows me will not walk in darkness but will have the light of life
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a couple of
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a couple of weeks ago on a Sunday evening we were looking at John chapter 6 and Jesus coming to his disciples on the water and in that passage as he comes to them he says a word of comfort to them it is I do not be afraid and as we were looking at that passage we were seeking seeing how that word or these words it is I I really I am
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and how they tie back to Exodus chapter 3 where God met with Moses in the burning bush and Moses was asking him as he was about to be sent to Pharaoh who will I say sent me and God said to him say I am has sent you and we were reminded in that passage of how God has promised to be with his people there he met in Exodus with Moses in a
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burning bush a place of light and as you go through the Old Testament you find that so often the Lord with his people is seen with them as light and in that way he is light and life to them in different ways
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the Exodus itself is a great example to us of the way the Lord was with his people through the pillar of fire the pillar of cloud by night there was this great pillar of fire that was with them that protected them that led them every step of the way the Lord was with them
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that psalm that psalm that psalm that psalm that psalm that psalm that psalm that we sang together there psalm 27 again there's that powerful reminder the Lord is my light and my salvation whom shall I fear
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many of the psalms are full of that theme of the light of God psalm 119 speaks of the word as a lamp to our feet and a light to our path it guides us along the way
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there are also many prophecies looking to the coming of Jesus that show it in that sense of God's presence through light light to the nations
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Isaiah chapter 49 verse 6 it's one of these servant songs as it's known we're speaking there about the Lord Jesus
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and it says I will make you as a light for the nations that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth
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so you see it right through the Old Testament there is that theme of the light to the world the light
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to the nations and that ultimately this is going to be fulfilled in Christ
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when you think of significant events that we have in our world at different times maybe our calendar year is filled with different kinds of events
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events that often have fire or fireworks or something like that in its midst special occasions like Guy Fawkes
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New Year's Day and other significant events there's often bonfires there's often fireworks up into the sky lighting up the night sky
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and then this week we've seen an event a festival if you like with the opening of the Olympic Games in Paris
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and if you haven't seen it it's certainly been in the news since
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so often when the Olympic Games begin it's the focus is on the lighting of the Olympic flame the torch lights up this flame that burns
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for the duration of the games
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this time they've sought to make this something a little bit more controversial
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by bringing other things into it
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they were the organizers were saying we wanted to give a strong a message as possible
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and the message that they were giving is not a message that should surprise us in the world that we live
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it's a message of confusion
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a message that's got its heart in darkness
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but we are thankful that tonight as we come to God's word
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we have a strong message
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that we have a powerful message that speaks to us
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light and life as you see going through the Old Testament
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we see it fulfilled in the new in Christ Jesus
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and the Gospel of John in particular
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is full of this theme of life and light
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as it's found in Christ
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and here in chapter 8 in verse 12
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we have one of the I am sayings of Jesus
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as we said last time when we were looking at Jesus saying
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do not be afraid
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I am I am with you
29:38
well here in chapter 8 we've got one of these occasions
29:42
where Jesus shows us how he is with us
29:45
and he says in this verse
29:47
I am the light of the world
29:49
whoever follows me will not walk in darkness
29:52
but will have the light of life
29:56
as I said at the beginning
29:58
this when he was speaking
30:01
was in the midst of a great festival
30:03
that was taking place
30:05
the festival of booths or tabernacles
30:08
as it's called
30:10
we're going to focus on that in a wee moment
30:13
and it was a time when there were many people
30:17
gathered in Jerusalem
30:19
chapter 7
30:21
if you read through it
30:23
it shows us all that was going on
30:24
this was a festival that lasted a week
30:28
a festival that brought thousands of people together
30:32
in Jerusalem
30:33
and when we think of festivals today
30:36
so often the summertime is called festival season
30:39
throughout our land
30:40
you think of festivals
30:42
it's often a site of fields
30:44
filled with tents and thousands of people
30:47
well Jerusalem at this time
30:50
of the feast of booths
30:51
it was these booths
30:53
these tents that the people had to live in
30:56
they set up camp as it were
30:58
in Jerusalem
30:59
as this festival was going on
31:01
because it was a time
31:03
when they were giving thanks to God
31:04
for his deliverance towards them
31:07
from the wilderness
31:08
in the days of Moses
31:10
how God had brought them through the wilderness
31:13
and here they are still remembering
31:16
this event
31:18
this feast
31:19
and in their midst
31:20
and in their midst
31:20
is this one
31:23
who they were looking for
31:24
this one
31:25
who they kept missing
31:27
this one
31:28
who they couldn't see
31:29
or understand
31:30
as you read through
31:31
John 8
31:32
and even John 7
31:33
you see
31:34
Jesus caused
31:35
division
31:36
and even though he fulfills
31:39
what this festival means
31:41
they couldn't see it
31:43
they were blinded
31:45
to it
31:45
and you see that
31:47
right through
31:48
the gospel of John
31:49
how Jesus came
31:50
to his own
31:51
and his own
31:51
received him not
31:53
they couldn't understand
31:54
who it was
31:55
and so they were rejecting Jesus
31:58
many of them
31:59
but Jesus reminds them
32:01
in the midst of this festival
32:02
that they are enjoying
32:03
that he
32:05
is the very one
32:06
that they should be looking for
32:08
that he
32:09
is the light
32:11
of the world
32:12
and when we think
32:15
of the world
32:15
in which we live
32:16
with all the festivals
32:17
and even you think
32:19
of the events
32:20
in Paris
32:21
in these last few days
32:22
with the lighting
32:23
of the torch
32:23
the lamp
32:24
that will burn
32:25
and the message
32:26
that was trying
32:26
to be put across there
32:28
here is a greater message
32:30
because all these lights
32:32
of this world
32:34
all these
32:34
Olympic flames
32:36
all these festivals
32:37
that take place
32:38
all these places
32:39
with great bright lights
32:41
these lights
32:43
are going to go out
32:44
these messages
32:47
that they say
32:47
are powerful
32:48
they are going to fade
32:50
but here is the message
32:52
that will last
32:54
and here is the light
32:55
that gives life
32:57
and so as we look
32:59
at Jesus saying
33:00
I am the light
33:01
of the world
33:02
I want us to see it
33:03
in three ways
33:04
here this evening
33:05
first of all
33:06
just looking at the festival
33:07
itself
33:08
and what it meant
33:10
then we see
33:11
the fulfillment
33:12
and then thirdly
33:14
we will see
33:14
the focus
33:15
that that gives
33:17
so we want to think
33:18
first of all
33:19
of the festival
33:20
in order to understand
33:23
what Jesus is saying
33:25
in verse 12
33:26
we have to see it
33:27
in its context
33:29
we have to understand
33:31
where Jesus is
33:32
and the occasion
33:33
that he is speaking into
33:35
and it was an occasion
33:37
that was alongside
33:39
the day of atonement
33:40
one of the big occasions
33:42
in the Jewish calendar
33:43
and still is
33:44
to this day
33:46
it was a time
33:47
of remembering
33:48
what God had done
33:50
so it was significant
33:51
it was important
33:52
and it brought
33:54
many people
33:55
together
33:55
and it has been
33:57
remembered
33:58
since the days
33:59
of Moses
34:00
when you go back
34:01
to Leviticus
34:02
which outlines
34:03
many of the festivals
34:05
that the people had
34:06
Leviticus chapter 23
34:09
verse 33 to 46
34:11
it tells us
34:12
about this festival
34:13
of booths
34:15
this festival
34:16
of tabernacles
34:17
it was a festival
34:19
that took place
34:20
once a year
34:21
at the end
34:22
of harvest time
34:23
around September
34:25
or October
34:26
and the people
34:28
were to cease
34:28
from work
34:29
and they were to
34:31
cease for a week
34:32
and come
34:33
and gather together
34:34
and bring offerings
34:35
to God
34:36
during this week
34:37
they were to live
34:39
in tents
34:40
as I said
34:40
because this
34:41
reminded them
34:42
of how the children
34:43
of Israel
34:43
had to live
34:45
in tents
34:45
during their
34:46
exodus years
34:47
and so they were
34:49
looking back
34:50
and remembering
34:51
and giving thanks
34:52
to God
34:54
the instructions
34:55
were there
34:56
for them
34:56
as outlined
34:58
in Leviticus
34:59
but as with
35:00
many things
35:01
as with many
35:02
instructions
35:02
things could start
35:04
to wane
35:05
over time
35:06
and the focus
35:07
could start
35:08
to be lost
35:09
and so they would
35:11
spend this week
35:13
in celebration
35:14
and as we're
35:15
reading here
35:16
in Jesus' day
35:18
in Jerusalem
35:19
at this time
35:20
the festival
35:20
was going on
35:22
this festival
35:23
of booths
35:25
the opening
35:26
verses
35:26
in verse
35:29
chapter 7
35:30
speak of this
35:31
now Jesus
35:33
went about
35:34
Galilee
35:34
he would go
35:35
about in Judea
35:36
because the Jews
35:37
were seeking
35:38
to kill him
35:38
now the Jews
35:39
feast of booths
35:41
was at hand
35:42
so there was
35:43
this feast
35:43
that was taking
35:44
place
35:45
that many people
35:46
were going
35:47
to
35:47
and Jesus
35:49
didn't go there
35:50
straight away
35:51
he held back
35:52
for a few
35:53
days
35:54
but the temple
35:56
where this feast
35:57
was taking
35:58
place
35:59
was decorated
36:02
and lined
36:03
out with
36:04
lights
36:05
of all
36:06
kinds
36:06
the courtyard
36:08
of the temple
36:09
had no roof
36:10
and in the courtyard
36:11
you see in verse
36:12
20 it says
36:14
where Jesus
36:14
was speaking
36:15
to them
36:15
he spoke
36:16
in the treasury
36:17
as he taught
36:18
in the temple
36:18
he was speaking
36:19
in this place
36:20
where offerings
36:20
were made
36:21
a place
36:22
that was open
36:23
to the sky
36:24
and there were
36:25
all these lights
36:26
hundreds
36:27
maybe even
36:27
thousands
36:28
of candle lights
36:29
all around
36:30
but in the temple
36:32
were these
36:34
four large
36:35
pillars
36:36
and on these
36:38
pillars
36:38
were set
36:39
four large
36:40
torches
36:41
that burnt
36:41
burning oil
36:43
for the duration
36:44
of the festival
36:46
and this light
36:48
was seen
36:48
by all
36:49
especially
36:50
especially
36:50
at night
36:51
and if you
36:52
were traveling
36:53
to Jerusalem
36:54
or leaving
36:54
Jerusalem
36:55
this light
36:56
was in the
36:57
night sky
36:57
all the time
36:58
it was there
37:00
for all
37:01
to see
37:01
it lit up
37:02
the whole
37:02
courtyard
37:03
of the temple
37:05
they were in
37:06
the midst
37:07
of this light
37:09
these huge
37:11
torches
37:12
were burning
37:13
that's why
37:15
it brings
37:15
to mind
37:16
the idea
37:17
of the Olympic
37:18
Games
37:19
and the torch
37:20
burning
37:21
for the whole
37:22
time
37:22
of the
37:24
Olympic Games
37:25
being on
37:26
it's lit
37:28
and it burns
37:28
for the duration
37:29
does not bring
37:33
even more
37:33
significance
37:34
when we think
37:35
of the message
37:36
of this week
37:37
of the mocking
37:40
of Christ
37:42
of the ridiculing
37:44
of the Christian
37:45
faith
37:46
that in the
37:47
midst of
37:48
this light
37:48
ceremony
37:50
there's this
37:51
mocking
37:51
of Christ
37:52
and here
37:55
we are
37:55
tonight
37:55
we look
37:56
at this
37:56
passage
37:57
and what
37:58
does it
37:59
say to
37:59
us
38:00
here in
38:02
Jerusalem
38:02
in Jesus'
38:03
day
38:03
was this
38:04
festival
38:05
going on
38:06
where people
38:06
were mocking
38:07
Jesus
38:08
ridiculing
38:09
Jesus
38:10
not long
38:11
before Jesus
38:12
would be put
38:13
to death
38:14
it's a reminder
38:15
to us
38:16
that generation
38:17
after generation
38:18
people will
38:19
ridicule
38:20
and mock
38:21
Christ
38:22
and yet
38:25
in the midst
38:25
of this
38:26
festival
38:27
just as it's
38:29
about to
38:29
come to a
38:30
close
38:31
you see
38:31
that Jesus
38:32
speaks here
38:33
in the last
38:34
day of the
38:35
festival
38:36
in verse 37
38:37
of chapter 7
38:39
it says
38:39
on the last
38:40
day of the
38:41
feast
38:41
the great
38:43
day
38:43
Jesus
38:44
stood up
38:45
and cried
38:46
out
38:46
he was
38:47
speaking to
38:48
them here
38:48
on the
38:49
last day
38:50
of this
38:51
event
38:52
and it's
38:54
at this
38:54
point
38:55
when things
38:57
are coming
38:57
to a
38:58
conclusion
38:59
when all
39:00
the lights
39:01
are about
39:02
to go
39:02
out
39:03
when darkness
39:04
is about
39:05
to come
39:06
once again
39:07
that Jesus
39:08
then speaks
39:10
these words
39:11
on the last
39:12
day of the
39:13
feast
39:13
he says
39:13
as we see
39:14
in verse 12
39:15
I am the
39:17
light
39:17
of the
39:18
world
39:19
whoever
39:21
follows me
39:22
will not
39:23
walk in
39:24
darkness
39:24
but will
39:25
have the
39:26
light
39:26
of life
39:28
how
39:29
significant
39:30
this is
39:32
when their
39:33
festival
39:34
is coming
39:35
to a close
39:36
when these
39:36
great lights
39:37
are about
39:38
to go
39:38
out
39:39
Jesus
39:40
says
39:40
I am
39:42
the light
39:43
of the
39:44
world
39:44
and we
39:47
think of
39:48
festivals
39:48
today
39:49
think of
39:49
music
39:50
festivals
39:50
sporting
39:51
festivals
39:51
when they
39:52
come to
39:52
an end
39:53
what's
39:53
left
39:54
nothing
39:56
but empty
39:57
fields
39:58
muddy
39:58
fields
39:59
cast off
40:00
rubbish
40:00
everything
40:02
comes to
40:02
an end
40:03
the noise
40:03
dies down
40:04
the lights
40:05
go out
40:06
it's been
40:07
enjoyed
40:07
for a
40:08
time
40:08
but just
40:09
a short
40:09
time
40:10
and what
40:11
then
40:11
silence
40:13
and
40:15
darkness
40:15
it's a bit
40:18
like what was
40:19
happening
40:19
here
40:20
this festival
40:22
coming
40:22
to a
40:23
close
40:24
but
40:25
Jesus
40:26
speaks
40:26
I am
40:28
the light
40:29
of the
40:30
world
40:31
everything
40:34
that would
40:34
give
40:35
enjoyment
40:36
to us
40:37
everything
40:38
that this
40:38
world
40:39
seeks
40:39
pleasure
40:40
in
40:40
apart
40:41
from
40:41
Christ
40:42
it
40:43
comes
40:43
to
40:44
an
40:44
end
40:44
the
40:45
festival
40:46
closes
40:47
the
40:48
darkness
40:49
comes
40:50
the light
40:50
goes
40:51
out
40:51
but do
40:54
we hear
40:54
the voice
40:55
of Jesus
40:56
I am
40:58
the light
40:59
of the
41:00
world
41:00
he is
41:02
the one
41:02
who is
41:03
to be
41:03
seen
41:04
who is
41:05
to be
41:05
looked
41:05
at
41:06
who is
41:07
to be
41:07
known
41:08
so this
41:09
festival
41:10
this festival
41:11
that had been
41:11
going on
41:12
for generations
41:13
is happening
41:15
in Jesus
41:16
his own
41:16
day
41:17
and yet
41:18
they don't
41:19
recognize
41:19
they don't
41:21
recognize
41:22
who he
41:23
is
41:23
and for
41:25
ourselves
41:25
today
41:26
when we
41:26
think of
41:26
the world
41:27
in which
41:27
we live
41:28
the world
41:29
of confusion
41:29
and chaos
41:30
the world
41:31
of mixed
41:32
messages
41:32
and wrong
41:33
messages
41:34
here is
41:35
Jesus
41:36
still saying
41:36
today
41:37
I am
41:38
the light
41:38
of the
41:39
world
41:40
why will
41:41
you walk
41:42
in darkness
41:43
when you
41:43
have the
41:43
light
41:44
of life
41:45
in me
41:46
so the
41:48
festival
41:49
is there
41:50
for us
41:50
to see
41:50
but then
41:51
we see
41:51
secondly
41:52
the
41:52
fulfillment
41:53
if Jesus
41:55
is standing
41:56
and saying
41:57
I am
41:57
the light
41:58
of the
41:59
world
41:59
he is
42:00
making
42:00
such a
42:01
powerful
42:02
statement
42:03
a statement
42:03
that divides
42:04
the people
42:05
the Pharisees
42:06
they question
42:07
him and
42:08
deny him
42:08
they are
42:09
turned against
42:10
him
42:11
they want
42:11
to arrest
42:12
him
42:12
but his
42:13
hour has
42:13
not yet
42:14
come
42:14
as it
42:15
says
42:15
in verse
42:16
20
42:17
but they are
42:18
out to get
42:19
him
42:19
but what does
42:21
he mean
42:22
what is he
42:23
saying to
42:24
them
42:24
well we
42:26
need to
42:26
understand
42:27
that as
42:27
well that
42:28
he is
42:28
the
42:28
fulfillment
42:29
of all
42:30
these
42:30
things
42:31
if we
42:32
we are
42:32
being told
42:33
just like
42:33
they are
42:34
being told
42:34
there is
42:35
more to
42:35
life than
42:36
these
42:36
festivals
42:37
and there is
42:38
more to
42:38
life than
42:39
these times
42:39
when there is
42:40
these powerful
42:40
lights that
42:41
will eventually
42:42
go out
42:43
and Jesus
42:44
is saying
42:44
but I am
42:45
the light
42:45
of the
42:46
world
42:46
well what
42:47
does he
42:48
mean
42:48
what can
42:50
we hold
42:51
on to
42:51
that Jesus
42:52
has
42:52
well if
42:54
you think
42:54
of somebody
42:55
offering you
42:56
something in
42:56
this world
42:57
you want to
42:58
know it
42:59
can be
42:59
trusted
43:00
you want
43:01
to know
43:01
that it
43:02
will last
43:02
if you think
43:03
of someone
43:03
selling you
43:04
a product
43:05
how do you
43:06
respond
43:06
you go to
43:07
buy a car
43:08
you don't
43:10
just say
43:10
I'll take
43:11
it
43:11
you want
43:12
to have
43:12
a look
43:12
at it
43:13
you want
43:13
to see
43:13
it
43:13
you want
43:14
to test
43:14
drive
43:14
it
43:15
you want
43:15
to find
43:15
out
43:15
it's
43:16
history
43:16
make sure
43:17
that everything
43:17
is in
43:18
order
43:18
about it
43:19
same
43:20
with any
43:20
piece
43:21
of equipment
43:22
you buy
43:22
you want
43:23
to make
43:24
sure
43:24
that it's
43:24
working
43:25
and it
43:25
will do
43:26
the job
43:26
before you
43:28
buy something
43:29
you can spend
43:30
a lot of
43:30
time researching
43:31
it
43:32
check the
43:33
reviews
43:34
hear what
43:34
other people
43:35
are saying
43:36
other people
43:37
who have
43:37
had it
43:38
or have
43:39
the same
43:39
kind
43:40
you want
43:40
to see
43:40
what they
43:41
think
43:41
of it
43:41
would they
43:42
recommend
43:42
it
43:43
what about
43:45
the Christian
43:46
faith
43:46
Jesus is
43:48
saying
43:48
I am
43:49
the light
43:49
of the
43:50
world
43:50
how do
43:51
you take
43:51
that
43:52
how did
43:54
they take
43:54
that
43:54
in his
43:55
day
43:55
many
43:56
rejected
43:57
but you
43:58
see in
43:59
verse 30
43:59
as he
44:01
was saying
44:01
these things
44:02
many
44:03
believed
44:04
in him
44:05
and it's
44:07
so often
44:07
on the
44:07
testimony
44:08
of others
44:09
that we
44:10
can see
44:10
the reasons
44:12
that we
44:12
can believe
44:13
the people
44:15
were looking
44:15
for a
44:16
coming
44:16
Messiah
44:17
but the
44:18
Jews
44:18
today
44:18
they're
44:19
still
44:19
looking
44:19
for that
44:20
Messiah
44:20
to come
44:21
the promised
44:22
one
44:22
who would
44:23
be
44:23
their hope
44:24
and salvation
44:24
and you
44:26
see it
44:26
earlier in
44:27
the gospel
44:27
of John
44:28
in chapter
44:28
4
44:29
when the
44:30
woman at
44:30
the well
44:31
meets
44:32
with Jesus
44:32
she's
44:34
conversing
44:34
with Jesus
44:35
and she
44:35
says
44:35
I know
44:36
that Messiah
44:37
is coming
44:38
he who is
44:38
called
44:39
Christ
44:39
when he
44:41
comes
44:41
he will
44:41
tell us
44:42
all things
44:43
and what
44:44
was Jesus'
44:45
response
44:45
to her
44:46
I
44:47
who speak
44:48
to you
44:48
am he
44:50
and she
44:52
went
44:52
to tell
44:53
others
44:54
and they
44:55
believed
44:56
not just
44:56
on her
44:57
testimony
44:57
but on
44:57
the testimony
44:58
of hearing
44:59
Jesus
44:59
speaking
45:00
and you
45:03
see when
45:03
you look
45:04
to this
45:04
light
45:05
of the
45:05
world
45:06
it's
45:07
not some
45:08
kind of
45:08
dodgy
45:09
deal
45:09
it's
45:10
not
45:10
something
45:11
that's
45:12
going
45:12
to fail
45:13
you
45:13
when they
45:15
were looking
45:15
even to
45:16
this
45:16
festival
45:17
and remembering
45:17
what God
45:18
had done
45:19
they were
45:20
remembering
45:20
the very
45:21
fact
45:21
that
45:21
God
45:22
had been
45:22
faithful
45:23
to them
45:24
that he
45:25
had taken
45:26
them
45:26
through
45:27
the wilderness
45:28
that in
45:29
the pillar
45:29
of fire
45:30
and the
45:31
pillar of
45:31
smoke
45:31
that he
45:32
had
45:32
protected
45:32
them
45:33
and that
45:33
he had
45:33
led
45:33
them
45:34
along
45:34
the way
45:35
he would
45:36
supply
45:37
them
45:37
with
45:38
every
45:38
need
45:38
they
45:40
already
45:40
knew
45:41
that
45:41
God
45:42
could
45:42
be
45:42
faithful
45:42
that
45:43
God
45:44
was
45:44
faithful
45:45
but they
45:45
couldn't
45:46
understand
45:46
that this
45:47
was
45:47
the
45:48
Christ
45:48
and for
45:51
ourselves
45:51
as we
45:52
look back
45:52
here we
45:53
have
45:54
a
45:54
fulfillment
45:55
that we
45:56
see in
45:56
Christ
45:57
when we
45:57
see all
45:58
that he
45:58
has done
45:59
when you
46:00
think of
46:01
the prophecies
46:02
other prophecies
46:03
in the Old
46:04
Testament
46:04
such as Isaiah
46:06
chapter 9
46:07
a famous
46:08
prophecy of the
46:09
coming of the
46:10
saviour
46:10
what does it
46:11
say there
46:11
it says
46:13
the people
46:13
who walked
46:14
in darkness
46:15
have seen
46:16
a great
46:17
light
46:17
those who
46:18
dwelt in
46:19
the land
46:19
of deep
46:20
darkness
46:20
on them
46:21
has light
46:22
shined
46:23
I say
46:25
again
46:25
showing
46:26
the saviour
46:27
who would
46:28
come
46:28
that promise
46:29
fulfilled
46:31
even when you
46:32
come into the
46:33
New Testament
46:33
you see it
46:34
in John's
46:35
own gospel
46:36
again
46:36
it reminds
46:38
us of
46:39
the way
46:39
the people
46:40
would reject
46:41
in John 1
46:43
verse 4
46:44
when we read
46:44
of the word
46:45
that became
46:45
flesh
46:46
and dwelt
46:46
among us
46:47
it says
46:48
in him
46:48
was life
46:49
and the
46:50
life was
46:50
the light
46:51
of men
46:52
the light
46:53
shines in
46:54
the darkness
46:54
and the
46:54
darkness
46:55
has not
46:56
overcome
46:56
it
46:57
there is
46:59
Jesus
46:59
fulfilling
47:00
the Old
47:01
Testament
47:01
prophecy
47:02
the light
47:03
shines in
47:04
the darkness
47:05
and the
47:06
darkness
47:06
has not
47:07
overcome
47:08
it
47:08
it goes
47:10
on in
47:10
verse 14
47:11
where these
47:12
words
47:12
the word
47:12
became
47:13
flesh
47:13
and dwelt
47:14
among us
47:14
and we
47:15
have seen
47:16
his glory
47:17
glory
47:17
as of
47:18
the only
47:18
son
47:19
from the
47:19
father
47:20
full
47:20
of grace
47:21
and truth
47:23
the fulfillment
47:25
of the one
47:26
that they were
47:27
looking for
47:27
he is here
47:29
he is the
47:30
one
47:31
who is the
47:32
light
47:32
of the
47:33
world
47:34
there were
47:35
actually
47:36
two great
47:37
statements
47:38
that Jesus
47:38
made
47:39
at this
47:39
festival
47:40
the second
47:41
one is
47:42
I am the
47:42
light of
47:42
the world
47:43
but if you
47:43
go back
47:44
into
47:44
chapter
47:45
7
47:46
verse 37
47:47
he says
47:49
there as
47:49
well
47:50
on the
47:50
last day
47:50
of the
47:51
feast
47:51
the great
47:52
day
47:52
Jesus
47:52
stood up
47:53
and cried
47:53
out
47:54
if anyone
47:55
thirsts
47:56
let him
47:57
come to
47:58
me and
47:58
drink
47:58
whoever
47:59
believes
48:00
in me
48:00
as the
48:01
scripture
48:01
has said
48:02
out of
48:02
his heart
48:03
will flow
48:03
rivers
48:04
of living
48:05
water
48:06
and this
48:08
tied in
48:08
with another
48:09
aspect of
48:10
this
48:10
festival
48:11
it was
48:11
a festival
48:12
of the
48:13
drawing
48:13
of water
48:14
as well
48:15
water
48:15
was such
48:16
a big
48:16
part of
48:17
this
48:17
festival
48:18
of booths
48:19
over the
48:20
course of
48:20
the week
48:20
light
48:22
and water
48:23
were two
48:24
important
48:24
parts of
48:25
it
48:25
and here
48:26
Jesus is
48:27
saying that
48:28
he will
48:29
quench
48:29
their thirst
48:30
and he
48:31
will shine
48:32
into
48:33
their
48:33
darkness
48:34
these
48:38
are the
48:38
words
48:38
of
48:38
Jesus
48:39
as the
48:39
festival
48:40
is coming
48:41
to a
48:42
close
48:43
and the
48:45
people are
48:45
thinking
48:45
how do we
48:46
go on
48:47
where do
48:48
we go
48:49
when this
48:50
comes to
48:51
an end
48:52
what will
48:53
satisfy
48:53
us
48:54
well you
48:57
cannot do
48:58
without
48:59
Jesus
48:59
and that
49:01
is true
49:02
for ourselves
49:03
as well
49:04
this
49:05
is what
49:06
you need
49:07
he is
49:07
saying
49:07
I
49:09
am what
49:10
you need
49:10
when you
49:11
are thirsty
49:12
in this
49:13
world
49:14
when nothing
49:14
satisfies
49:15
your thirst
49:17
I
49:18
will give
49:19
you
49:19
living
49:20
water
49:21
when you
49:22
feel lost
49:23
in this
49:24
world
49:24
when you
49:24
feel
49:25
surrounded
49:26
by darkness
49:27
in this
49:27
world
49:28
I
49:29
am the
49:29
light
49:30
of the
49:31
world
49:31
whoever
49:33
follows
49:34
me
49:34
will not
49:35
walk
49:36
in darkness
49:37
but will
49:38
have
49:39
the light
49:40
of life
49:41
and the
49:43
seriousness of
49:44
what he's
49:45
saying
49:45
is seen
49:46
in verse
49:47
21
49:47
I am
49:49
going away
49:49
and you
49:50
will seek
49:50
me
49:50
and you
49:51
will die
49:52
in your
49:53
sins
49:54
this is
49:56
the
49:56
seriousness
49:57
of it
49:57
without
49:58
me
49:59
you
50:00
are
50:00
dead
50:00
without
50:01
me
50:02
you
50:02
die
50:03
in
50:04
your
50:04
sins
50:05
and so
50:07
the challenge
50:08
to the
50:08
people
50:09
then
50:09
as to
50:10
ourselves
50:11
is that
50:11
in verse
50:12
30
50:12
many
50:13
believed
50:14
in him
50:15
and belief
50:16
so often
50:17
means
50:17
following
50:18
following
50:20
him
50:20
do you
50:23
believe
50:23
as we
50:24
were hearing
50:25
from Scott
50:25
today
50:26
and in
50:26
his
50:26
studies
50:27
in John
50:28
as well
50:28
the gospel
50:29
of John
50:29
is full
50:30
of that
50:31
question
50:31
do you
50:32
believe
50:33
do you
50:35
believe
50:36
that he
50:36
is the
50:37
light
50:38
of the
50:38
world
50:39
there is
50:43
a fulfillment
50:43
of scripture
50:45
here in
50:46
Jesus
50:46
the fulfillment
50:47
of the
50:48
festival
50:49
that the
50:49
people have
50:50
been
50:50
remembering
50:50
for so
50:51
long
50:51
here
50:52
he is
50:53
in the
50:54
same way
50:55
as you
50:55
think of
50:55
the day
50:56
of atonement
50:57
when the
50:58
lamb
50:58
was
50:59
sacrificed
51:00
when the
51:00
people
51:00
remembered
51:01
the
51:02
Passover
51:02
Jesus
51:04
was the
51:04
fulfillment
51:05
of that
51:06
we don't
51:07
have
51:08
these
51:08
festivals
51:09
ourselves
51:09
we don't
51:10
need them
51:10
today
51:11
not the
51:12
festival
51:13
or booths
51:14
not the
51:14
day of
51:14
atonement
51:15
not the
51:15
Passover
51:16
why
51:18
because we
51:18
have the
51:19
Lord's
51:19
Supper
51:19
and we
51:21
have
51:21
baptism
51:21
we are
51:23
reminded
51:24
in these
51:24
things of
51:25
what the
51:25
Lord has
51:26
done
51:27
what he
51:28
has finished
51:29
what he
51:30
has achieved
51:31
for his
51:31
people
51:32
they were
51:34
looking for
51:35
the Messiah
51:36
and here
51:37
he was
51:39
I am
51:40
the light
51:41
of the
51:42
world
51:43
so just
51:45
as we
51:45
finish
51:45
I want
51:46
to think
51:46
of what
51:47
this
51:47
focuses
51:48
our
51:48
attention
51:49
on
51:49
having
51:50
looked at
51:51
the
51:51
festival
51:51
and the
51:52
fulfillment
51:53
what is
51:54
Jesus
51:54
why is
51:55
Jesus
51:55
saying
51:55
all of
51:56
this
51:57
is
51:59
is it
51:59
to draw
52:00
attention
52:00
to
52:01
himself
52:02
well you
52:03
could say
52:04
yes
52:04
of course
52:05
it is
52:06
that's the
52:06
purpose
52:07
of the
52:08
gospel
52:08
to show
52:10
us
52:11
Jesus
52:11
to show
52:13
us the
52:13
one
52:14
who is
52:15
the great
52:15
I am
52:16
the one
52:17
who says
52:18
I am
52:18
the way
52:18
the truth
52:19
and the
52:19
life
52:19
I am
52:20
the door
52:21
I am
52:22
the shepherd
52:22
I am
52:23
the bread
52:23
of life
52:24
the one
52:25
who fulfills
52:26
all things
52:27
for us
52:28
his purpose
52:30
in all of
52:31
this is that
52:32
we would
52:32
believe and
52:33
see that
52:34
he is
52:35
the Christ
52:36
when you
52:37
think of
52:38
the Olympic
52:39
ceremony
52:39
an organizer
52:41
saying
52:42
the message
52:43
that they were
52:43
trying to put
52:44
across
52:44
we wanted
52:45
to have
52:46
a strong
52:46
a message
52:47
as possible
52:48
is what
52:49
they said
52:49
there's
52:51
nothing more
52:52
powerful
52:53
than this
52:54
not to
52:55
focus
52:56
on ourselves
52:57
not to
52:59
focus
52:59
on the
53:00
things that
53:01
we see
53:02
as a
53:02
world
53:02
a right
53:03
or wrong
53:04
but to
53:06
focus on
53:07
Jesus
53:07
to look
53:09
to him
53:10
the one
53:11
who is
53:11
full of
53:12
mercy
53:12
and compassion
53:13
the one
53:14
who is
53:14
patient
53:15
and you
53:16
wonder
53:17
how he
53:18
can be
53:18
so patient
53:18
in this
53:19
world
53:19
in which
53:20
we live
53:20
even with
53:21
ourselves
53:22
and yet
53:24
he is
53:25
the light
53:25
of the
53:26
world
53:27
the one
53:28
who is
53:28
calling us
53:29
to follow
53:30
him
53:30
and what
53:33
does he
53:33
say to
53:34
us
53:34
as we
53:35
think of
53:35
just bringing
53:36
things to
53:36
a conclusion
53:37
well he
53:37
says to
53:38
us
53:38
in verse
53:39
24
53:40
I told
53:42
you that
53:42
you would
53:43
die in
53:43
your sins
53:44
for unless
53:45
you believe
53:46
that I am
53:47
he
53:47
you will
53:48
die
53:49
in your
53:50
sins
53:50
apart
53:53
from
53:53
faith
53:54
in
53:54
Jesus
53:55
we are
53:56
lost
53:56
we are
53:58
in that
53:58
darkness
53:59
we are
54:01
in that
54:01
lost
54:02
abyss
54:03
but he
54:05
is saying
54:06
follow
54:07
me
54:08
he is
54:10
speaking
54:10
about
54:11
faith
54:12
and to
54:13
believe
54:13
in him
54:15
so verse
54:17
24
54:17
tells us
54:18
you will
54:19
die in
54:20
your sins
54:20
unless
54:21
you believe
54:22
that I
54:23
am he
54:24
that I
54:25
am the
54:25
one
54:26
who is
54:27
the light
54:27
of the
54:28
world
54:29
then verse
54:31
28
54:32
what does
54:33
he say
54:33
to them
54:33
there
54:34
so Jesus
54:35
said to
54:36
them
54:36
when you
54:37
have lifted
54:38
up the
54:38
son of
54:39
man
54:39
then you
54:40
will know
54:41
that I
54:41
am he
54:42
and that I
54:43
do nothing
54:43
on my
54:44
own
54:44
authority
54:45
but speak
54:45
just as
54:47
the father
54:47
taught me
54:48
he tells
54:50
them
54:50
of the
54:51
cross
54:52
when you
54:54
have lifted
54:55
up the
54:56
son
54:56
of man
54:57
when you
54:59
have lifted
54:59
him up
55:00
on the
55:00
cross
55:00
he's telling
55:01
them this
55:01
is what's
55:01
coming
55:02
this is
55:03
what's
55:03
coming
55:04
for me
55:04
this is
55:05
what I
55:05
am doing
55:06
for you
55:07
when I
55:08
am lifted
55:08
up
55:09
then you
55:10
will know
55:10
that I
55:11
am he
55:11
when they
55:14
looked how
55:14
many would
55:15
think of
55:15
these words
55:16
that he
55:16
has said
55:17
that here
55:18
in the
55:18
midst of
55:19
the darkness
55:20
of Calvary
55:21
when there
55:21
was darkness
55:22
even at
55:23
midday
55:23
that the
55:25
light of
55:25
the world
55:26
was still
55:27
shining
55:27
that he
55:29
was giving
55:30
his life
55:31
for his
55:32
own
55:32
that they
55:34
might have
55:34
life
55:35
and walk
55:36
in it
55:37
the power
55:40
of what
55:40
Jesus
55:41
has done
55:42
how he
55:43
suffered
55:44
for his
55:45
people
55:45
and what
55:48
think we
55:48
of that
55:49
what do
55:50
you think
55:51
of your
55:51
sin
55:51
do you
55:54
think of
55:54
your sin
55:55
and see
55:56
without him
55:57
you will
55:58
die
55:58
in your
55:59
sin
55:59
but here
56:01
he is
56:01
the light
56:03
of the
56:03
world
56:03
or what
56:05
do you
56:05
think
56:06
of the
56:07
cross
56:07
Jesus
56:09
who was
56:10
lifted
56:10
up
56:11
do you
56:13
believe
56:13
that he
56:14
died
56:14
for your
56:15
sin
56:15
yet
56:17
is the
56:18
light
56:18
of the
56:19
world
56:19
and
56:21
darkness
56:22
is coming
56:23
darkness
56:25
is coming
56:26
for those
56:27
who do
56:28
not believe
56:28
and it
56:30
will come
56:31
in a
56:31
blink
56:32
whenever I
56:34
read
56:35
these
56:35
verses
56:36
of Jesus
56:37
as the
56:37
light
56:37
of the
56:38
world
56:39
and speaks
56:39
of the
56:39
darkness
56:40
of the
56:40
world
56:40
it so
56:41
often
56:41
reminds me
56:42
and I've
56:42
maybe shared
56:43
this before
56:43
of being
56:46
in a
56:46
ship's
56:46
engine
56:47
room
56:47
a place
56:49
full of
56:50
noise
56:50
full of
56:52
light
56:53
so bright
56:54
and yet
56:56
a blackout
56:57
on a ship
56:57
it just
56:58
happens
56:59
just like
56:59
that
57:00
everything
57:01
goes
57:02
quiet
57:02
everything
57:04
goes
57:04
dark
57:05
when the
57:06
power
57:06
goes
57:06
everything
57:07
stops
57:08
I remember
57:09
it happening
57:09
a couple
57:10
of times
57:11
and it's
57:13
only maybe
57:13
looking back
57:14
you think
57:14
is that
57:16
what eternity
57:17
is like
57:17
how it
57:19
comes
57:20
just like
57:21
that
57:21
how one
57:23
minute
57:23
you're enjoying
57:24
this life
57:25
the festivals
57:26
and everything
57:27
that comes
57:27
our way
57:28
everything
57:29
that we
57:29
can enjoy
57:29
and yet
57:30
the next
57:30
moment
57:31
that's
57:31
it
57:32
eternity
57:34
and what
57:36
hope do we
57:37
have
57:37
for that
57:38
day
57:38
what hope
57:40
do you
57:40
have
57:40
as the
57:41
lights
57:42
go out
57:43
another
57:44
psalm that
57:45
speaks of
57:45
this is
57:46
psalm 36
57:47
verse 9
57:48
for with
57:50
you is the
57:50
fountain of
57:51
life
57:52
in your
57:53
light
57:53
do we
57:54
see
57:55
light
57:56
life
57:58
and light
57:59
that is
58:00
found
58:00
in Christ
58:01
Jesus
58:03
here
58:04
was speaking
58:05
at the
58:05
end
58:05
of this
58:06
festival
58:07
of booths
58:08
this festival
58:09
of tabernacles
58:10
when these
58:10
great lights
58:11
these pillar
58:11
of lights
58:12
were about
58:13
to go
58:14
out
58:14
when he
58:17
says
58:17
I am
58:19
the light
58:20
of the
58:21
world
58:21
we
58:22
have
58:23
as strong
58:24
as message
58:26
as is
58:26
possible
58:27
to have
58:27
that in
58:29
Jesus
58:29
there's a
58:31
light
58:31
that will
58:32
not go
58:33
out
58:33
a saviour
58:35
that will
58:36
never
58:37
fail us
58:38
Jesus
58:39
says
58:40
I am
58:41
the light
58:41
of the
58:42
world
58:42
whoever
58:42
follows me
58:44
will not
58:45
walk in
58:45
darkness
58:46
but will
58:46
have
58:47
the light
58:48
of life
58:49
are you
58:51
walking
58:52
in this
58:53
light
58:53
tonight
58:54
the darkness
58:56
comes
58:57
but with
58:59
Christ
58:59
there is
59:01
light
59:01
of life
59:02
light
59:04
that will
59:05
never
59:05
go out
59:07
let us
59:08
pray
59:08
our
59:12
gracious
59:12
father in
59:13
heaven
59:13
we do
59:13
thank you
59:14
for your
59:15
word
59:15
that is
59:15
the light
59:16
that lights
59:17
our way
59:17
and we
59:18
pray
59:18
lord
59:18
that you
59:19
will
59:19
continue
59:19
to guide
59:20
us
59:21
by us
59:21
to help
59:22
us to
59:22
see
59:23
ourselves
59:24
in it
59:24
in our
59:24
own
59:25
failings
59:25
but yet
59:26
to see
59:26
the wonder
59:27
of a
59:28
saviour
59:28
in Christ
59:29
who is
59:29
patient
59:30
and long
59:30
suffering
59:31
the wonder
59:32
of a
59:32
saviour
59:33
who came
59:33
into the
59:34
darkness
59:34
of this
59:35
world
59:35
who bore
59:36
our sins
59:37
on the
59:37
cross
59:38
who was
59:39
lifted up
59:39
for us
59:40
who was
59:41
mocked
59:41
and despised
59:42
and yet
59:43
we see
59:43
him
59:43
as one
59:44
who showed
59:45
such great
59:46
love
59:46
father
59:47
forgive
59:47
them
59:48
for they
59:49
know
59:49
not what
59:49
they do
59:50
and so
59:51
lord
59:51
may we
59:51
know
59:51
that
59:52
forgiveness
59:53
ourselves
59:53
pardon
59:54
our
59:54
sins
59:54
and go
59:55
before us
59:56
as we
59:56
ask it
59:57
all
59:57
seeking
59:58
to believe
59:59
in you
59:59
with all
1:00:00
our hearts
1:00:00
as we
1:00:01
ask it
1:00:01
in jesus
1:00:02
name
1:00:02
amen
1:00:03
we're
1:00:08
going to
1:00:08
conclude
1:00:09
by singing
1:00:09
in psalm
1:00:10
18
1:00:10
in the
1:00:11
sing
1:00:11
psalms
1:00:12
version
1:00:12
psalm
1:00:15
18
1:00:16
at
1:00:16
verse
1:00:16
27
1:00:17
we'll
1:00:18
sing
1:00:18
three
1:00:19
stanzas
1:00:20
down
1:00:20
to
1:00:20
verse
1:00:21
30
1:00:21
you
1:00:24
you
1:00:24
you
1:00:24
you
1:00:24
save
1:00:24
the
1:00:25
humble
1:00:25
and
1:00:25
the
1:00:25
meek
1:00:26
but
1:00:26
bring
1:00:26
the
1:00:26
proud
1:00:27
down
1:00:27
from
1:00:28
their
1:00:28
height
1:00:28
you
1:00:28
lord
1:00:29
will
1:00:30
keep
1:00:30
my
1:00:30
lamp
1:00:30
aflame
1:00:31
god
1:00:31
turns
1:00:32
my
1:00:33
darkness
1:00:33
into
1:00:34
light
1:00:35
we
1:00:35
pray
1:00:35
that
1:00:35
as we
1:00:36
sing
1:00:36
these
1:00:36
words
1:00:37
we
1:00:37
will
1:00:37
know
1:00:37
the
1:00:38
one
1:00:38
who
1:00:38
keeps
1:00:39
our
1:00:39
lamp
1:00:40
alight
1:00:42
and the
1:00:42
god
1:00:42
who
1:00:43
turns
1:00:43
our
1:00:44
darkness
1:00:44
into
1:00:45
light
1:00:45
we'll
1:00:45
sing
1:00:46
verse
1:00:46
27
1:00:47
to
1:00:47
30
1:00:47
in the
1:00:48
tune
1:00:48
is
1:00:48
Duke
1:00:49
Street
1:00:49
you
1:00:55
save
1:00:56
the
1:00:57
humble
1:00:58
and
1:01:00
the
1:01:01
king
1:01:03
I'll
1:01:04
bring
1:01:05
the
1:01:06
proud
1:01:07
down
1:01:08
from
1:01:09
their
1:01:10
eyes
1:01:11
you
1:01:12
lord
1:01:14
will
1:01:14
keep
1:01:15
my
1:01:16
lamp
1:01:18
of
1:01:19
day
1:01:20
God
1:01:22
turns
1:01:23
my
1:01:23
darkness
1:01:25
into
1:01:27
light
1:01:29
with
1:01:31
help
1:01:32
from
1:01:33
God
1:01:34
I
1:01:35
can
1:01:36
advance
1:01:37
eyes
1:01:41
that
1:01:42
you
1:01:43
and
1:01:44
worth
1:01:45
their
1:01:46
hope
1:01:47
love
1:01:48
and
1:01:49
with
1:01:50
thee
1:01:50
my
1:01:51
God
1:01:54
will
1:01:55
live
1:01:57
I
1:01:58
can
1:01:59
leave
1:01:59
hope
1:02:01
the
1:02:01
day
1:02:03
he
1:02:04
home
1:02:05
for
1:02:07
perfect
1:02:09
is
1:02:10
the
1:02:11
way
1:02:12
of
1:02:13
God
1:02:15
God
1:02:16
no
1:02:16
noise
1:02:18
found
1:02:19
within
1:02:20
his
1:02:22
word
1:02:24
to
1:02:25
all
1:02:26
who
1:02:26
put
1:02:27
their
1:02:28
trust
1:02:30
in
1:02:31
him
1:02:32
a
1:02:34
shield
1:02:35
and
1:02:35
way
1:02:37
to
1:02:38
change
1:02:39
the
1:02:39
Lord
1:02:41
I
1:02:43
will
1:02:43
go to
1:02:44
the
1:02:44
main
1:02:44
door
1:02:44
after
1:02:45
the
1:02:45
benediction
1:02:45
we
1:02:45
will
1:02:45
close
1:02:46
with
1:02:46
the
1:02:46
benediction
1:02:46
now may
1:02:48
grace
1:02:48
mercy
1:02:49
and peace
1:02:49
from
1:02:50
God
1:02:50
Father
1:02:51
Son
1:02:51
and Holy
1:02:52
Spirit
1:02:52
rest
1:02:53
upon
1:02:53
and
1:02:54
abide
1:02:55
with
1:02:55
you
1:02:55
all
1:02:55
now
1:02:55
and
1:02:56
forever
1:02:56
more
1:02:56
Amen
1:02:57
Matthew
1:03:00
subscribe
1:03:00
and
1:03:00
Thank you.