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An Appeal to Pay Attention to God · Stornoway Free Church of Scotland - Sermons

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  For the moment, let's sing to God's praise now from Psalm 103.
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  Psalm 103 in the Scottish Psalter, page 369, and the tune is Evan.
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  We're singing verses 1 to 5.
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  O thou my soul, bless God the Lord, and all that in me is be stirred up his holy name
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  to magnify and bless.
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  Bless, O my soul, the Lord thy God, and not forgetful be of all his gracious benefits
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  he hath bestowed on thee.
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  Here is the psalmist, in a sense, speaking to himself, speaking inwardly to his own soul.
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  And it's not a sign of having lost the plot.
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  It's a sign of stirring up his soul to praise the Lord.
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  And it's something we ourselves thereby are directed to do as well as we speak into our
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  souls as we come to sing these verses.
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  Let's seek to follow the psalmist's words and example.
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  O thou my soul, bless God the Lord.
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  O thou my soul, bless God the Lord, and all that in me is,
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  O thou my soul, bless God the Lord.
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  O thou my soul, bless God the Lord.
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  Bless, O thou my soul, bless God the Lord.
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  And all that in me is, O thou my soul, bless God the Lord.
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  O thou my soul, bless God the Lord.
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  O thou my soul, bless God the Lord.
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  O thou my soul, bless God the Lord.
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  O thou my soul, bless God the Lord.
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  O thou my soul, bless God the Lord.
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  Let's join together in prayer.
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  O thou my soul, bless God the Lord.
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  O Lord, bless God the Lord.
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  O Lord, bless God the Lord.
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  O Lord, bless God the Lord.
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  O Lord, bless God the Lord.
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  O Lord, bless God the Lord.
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  Help us to enter into the spirit of the psalmist as well as follow his words.
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  Lord, bless God the Lord.
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  O Lord, bless God the Lord.
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  Amen.
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  Amen.
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  Amen.
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  Amen.
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  Amen.
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  Amen.
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  Amen.
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  Amen.
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  Amen.
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  Amen.
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  Amen.
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  Amen.
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  that your concern is to bless your people abundantly
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  and not to be meager in your supply of grace for them.
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  And we thank you, O Lord, that you far exceed
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  what we ourselves even might rightly expect.
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  And yet remember that you are God,
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  and therefore the God who is infinite in his resources
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  and who is concerned to deliver to his people
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  all that would befit them as those who need his grace.
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  We give thanks, O Lord, tonight for this occasion.
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  Help us to prize it.
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  Help us to realize the privilege that is ours.
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  Help us to benefit from it.
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  Help us to commend it to those around us
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  as a time of worship that is of benefit to our souls.
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  Help us, we pray, to communicate to the world around us
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  how precious, how special gathering together for worship is.
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  How blessed we are in being able to come together
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  and in recognizing that the living God himself
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  has promised to be amongst his people,
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  to make a home for himself in them
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  and to speak through them to the world around.
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  And we give thanks tonight, Lord, that this is our privilege.
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  We thank you that your knowledge extends to each and every one of us.
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  And while we confess, O Lord, that that knowledge sometimes
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  brings us even to be disturbed at our own sinfulness,
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  yet we give thanks as well
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  that your knowledge of us as perfect
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  is therefore able to provide against all the detail of our need.
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  And we give thanks that you will miss nothing out
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  as you come to meet the need of your people,
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  that there is no sin that will not be forgiven in your forgiveness,
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  that there is no element needing to be sanctified,
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  that you will not sanctify in the work of your Spirit,
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  that there is nothing that we require, O Lord,
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  that has not already been taken account of
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  in the death of the cross,
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  in the resurrection from the dead of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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  And Lord, we thank you tonight for the reality of these things,
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  that they are indeed true and will remain true
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  throughout all eternity.
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  We pray tonight, Lord, as we give our minds once again to your truth,
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  help us to store in mind those things that we learn of
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  and to do it not in a merely intellectual exercise,
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  but with a concern to have these treasured in our hearts,
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  that our lives may be conformed by them.
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  We ask, O Lord, to be conformed to your truth,
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  for this is what you call us to,
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  not to be conformed to this world,
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  but to be transformed by the renewing of our mind,
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  that we may prove what is that good and perfect
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  and acceptable will of God.
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  And we ask, O Lord, for the delight the psalmist had
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  in the will of God being his portion.
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  And O Lord, at times we recognize that
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  your will contains for us
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  experiences and elements that we would not have chosen ourselves,
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  difficulties and challenges and trials and pains,
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  yet we give thanks, Lord, that they're placed in our lot
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  by a gracious and kind God,
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  by a God whose purpose lies behind
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  all his dealings with his people.
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  So, Lord, bless us, we pray tonight,
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  as we give ourselves once more
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  to the teaching of your word,
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  as we place ourselves under
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  the ministry of your Holy Spirit.
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  Lord, how we thank you that your own spirit
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  takes the things of Christ
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  and makes them known to us.
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  And we pray that this may be
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  our experience here tonight,
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  that those things of Christ,
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  those things of salvation,
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  those things that are of eternal importance,
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  will be impressed upon our minds and souls,
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  that we will have our minds renewed
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  in such a way as to receive him
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  and to receive the salvation that comes with him.
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  Bless us then, Lord, we pray,
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  as we come to seek your blessing.
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  We ask that you would bless us as a congregation
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  in this week that we have entered upon today.
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  And help us to carry from this Lord's Day
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  the blessings that we seek from you
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  into this week that lies ahead of us.
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  And, Lord, we pray that our portion may be
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  that you will go before us
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  and direct us in your ways
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  and show us your paths.
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  Bless us in whatever way we set out in the world
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  to our employment
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  or to whatever activities we have,
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  in our times of recreation,
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  in our holiday times,
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  in our times of rest.
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  We ask your blessing, O Lord,
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  to provide for us in all of those different facets of life.
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  And we give thanks that your word contains for us
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  the kind of attitude and mindset
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  that we need to have
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  in relation to the developments of our lives.
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  We ask that tonight, Lord,
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  you would bless all that we anticipate
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  by your will in this week ahead.
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  We pray for the holiday club.
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  We give thanks for the provision made
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  by so many willing hands.
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  We pray for the children
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  that will come to take part in the club.
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  We ask, Lord, for them
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  that they might have an enjoyable time,
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  a safe time,
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  but that they will also have a blessed time,
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  a time when your own word and truth
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  is impressed on their young hearts.
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  We pray for all who will be leading
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  in the various activities,
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  and we ask that you will bless them.
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  We pray too, Lord,
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  for the recordings that are taking place
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  in the session room
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  throughout this coming month
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  of the Gaelic translation,
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  a more recent Gaelic translation of the Bible.
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  We pray, Lord, for the Bible Society.
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  We ask that you bless them in this venture.
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  So much work, Lord, has gone into it, we know.
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  We pray that it will be to the advance of your kingdom,
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  to the furtherance of your glory.
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  And we pray that those who are currently brought up
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  through Gaelic medium education
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  will themselves come to value
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  the Bible in this language.
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  Not that we, Lord,
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  seek to elevate any language above any other,
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  but we value the various languages
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  in which your word is translated,
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  including the languages local to ourselves.
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  We do pray that this will be blessed,
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  and throughout the world,
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  that people will come to benefit from it.
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  We give thanks, too,
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  for the way in which we are able
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  to broadcast live stream services
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  from this place and from the seminary.
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  And we give thanks, Lord,
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  that that extends to services
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  associated with wakes and funerals,
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  as well as worship services
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  on the Lord's Day and other times.
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  We pray that all who hear your word
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  through this medium
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  will come to be blessed
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  in the various parts of the world.
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  And we thank you for the many messages
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  of encouragement
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  that we receive as a congregation
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  in relation to this ministry.
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  And we do ask, O Lord,
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  that you would continue to enable us
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  to depend upon yourself
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  and not upon any other medium,
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  not upon any medium in itself.
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  But, Lord, help us to realize
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  that it is your Spirit alone
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  that quickens
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  and the flesh profits nothing.
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  And we ask your blessing
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  to be with those tonight
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  who are ill.
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  We think of those
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  of our own number, Lord,
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  in the congregation.
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  We pray for those
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  who are recovering from illness,
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  from COVID,
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  other illnesses,
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  recovering from surgery.
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  We pray for those
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  anticipating surgery
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  in the days to come.
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  And they will be entering hospital
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  tomorrow or during this week.
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  We pray that you bless them,
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  O Lord,
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  and bless to them
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  the treatment
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  that they will receive.
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  Make us thankful, O Lord,
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  for the abundant provision
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  you make for us
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  in this regard, too,
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  compared to so many other places
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  in the world
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  that don't have access
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  to these facilities.
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  O Lord,
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  in a time of much complaint
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  and much grumbling
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  in our nation
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  and at times even
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  in our own hearts
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  who confess,
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  Lord,
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  make us thankful
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  for the blessings we have
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  and help us
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  to count our blessings
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  and to attribute
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  all the praise
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  and the honor to God.
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  And so we ask now
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  that your blessing
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  will be with all
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  who help us
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  in our times of need
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  with the health services
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  themselves,
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  locally and nationally.
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  Be with us as a nation.
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  Bless us as a nation.
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  Lord,
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  bless us at critical times
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  as we face them
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  during these days.
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  Times when
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  so much attention
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  is on the political system.
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  So much of the world
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  is in turmoil.
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  And Lord,
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  we pray that
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  through even
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  these events
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  themselves
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  that you would direct
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  people's minds,
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  including our own,
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  to issues of eternal importance,
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  to the gospel,
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  to the salvation
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  that is in Jesus Christ.
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  So receive us now,
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  we pray,
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  and as we confess
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  our sins
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  and as we seek
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  your cleansing
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  and accepting of us,
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  we pray this
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  in Jesus' name
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  and for his sake.
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  Amen.
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  Amen.
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  Let's continue
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  to praise God.
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  We're praising him now
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  from Psalm 119.
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  This is in the Singed Psalms
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  version on page 159.
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  The tune is Finart.
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  And we're singing
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  the section
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  beginning at verse 33.
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  Teach me to follow
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  your decrees,
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  then I will keep them
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  to the end.
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  Give insight
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  and I'll keep your law
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  with all my heart
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  to it attend.
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  Psalm 119,
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  page 159,
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  verses 33 to 40,
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  to God's praise.
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  Amen.
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  I'll keep your law
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  with all my heart
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  to it attend.
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  Take me in your
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  commandment's hand,
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  for then, O Lord,
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  turn my eyes
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  from worthless things.
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  In life according
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  to your word.
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  To be your servant,
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  keep your pledge,
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  so that you may be
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  dear Lord.
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  In earth from me
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  the shame I've left,
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  your laws and sound
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  in uprightness.
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  O how I long
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  for your defeat.
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  Please serve me
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  in your righteousness.
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  Now, a reading of Scripture
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  this evening is from
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  the letter to the Hebrews
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  from chapter 1,
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  the beginning of chapter 1,
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  and down as far as
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  verse 4 of chapter 2.
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  So that's the letter
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  to the Hebrews
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  from the beginning
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  of the letter
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  through to chapter 2.
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  Long ago at many times
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  and in many ways,
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  God spoke to our fathers
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  by the prophets,
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  but in these last days
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  He has spoken to us
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  by His Son,
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  whom He appointed
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  the heir of all things,
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  through whom also
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  He created the world.
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  He is the radiance
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  of the glory of God
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  and the exact imprint
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  of His nature,
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  and He upholds the universe
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  by the word of His power.
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  After making purification
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  for sins,
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  He sat down
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  at the right hand
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  of the Majesty on high,
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  having become
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  as much superior
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  to angels
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  as the name
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  He has inherited
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  is more excellent
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  than theirs.
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  for to which of the angels
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  did God ever say,
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  You are my Son,
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  today I have begotten you,
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  or again,
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  I will be to Him
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  a father
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  and He shall be to me
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  a son.
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  And again,
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  when He brings the firstborn
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  into the world,
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  He says,
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  Let all God's angels
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  worship Him.
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  Of the angels,
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  He says,
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  He makes His angels
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  winds
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  and His ministers
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  a flame of fire,
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  but of the Son,
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  He says,
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  Your throne,
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  O God,
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  is forever and ever.
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  The scepter of uprightness
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  is the scepter
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  of Your kingdom.
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  You have loved righteousness
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  and hated wickedness.
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  Therefore,
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  God,
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  Your God,
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  has anointed You
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  with the oil of gladness
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  beyond Your companions.
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  And You,
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  Lord,
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  laid the foundation
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  of the earth
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  in the beginning,
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  and the heavens
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  are the work
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  of Your hands.
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  They will perish,
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  but You remain.
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  They will all wear out
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  like a garment,
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  like a robe
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  You will roll them up,
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  like a garment
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  they will be changed.
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  But You are the same,
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  and Your years
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  will have no end.
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  And to which of the angels
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  has He ever said,
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  Sit at my right hand
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  until I make Your enemies
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  a footstool for Your feet?
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  Are they not all
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  ministering spirits
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  sent out to serve
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  for the sake
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  of those who are
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  to inherit salvation?
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  Therefore,
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  we must pay
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  much closer attention
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  to what we have heard,
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  lest we drift away from it.
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  For since the message
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  declared by angels
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  proved to be reliable,
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  and every transgression
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  or disobedience
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  received a just retribution,
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  how shall we escape
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  if we neglect
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  such a great salvation?
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  It was declared
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  at first by the Lord,
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  and it was attested to us
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  by those who heard,
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  while God also
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  bore witness
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  by signs and wonders
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  and various miracles
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  and gifts
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  of the Holy Spirit
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  distributed according
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  to His will.
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  Amen,
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  and may God
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  once again bless
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  this portion
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  of His Word to us.
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  Before we come back
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  to look at certain parts
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  of that passage,
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  let's sing again,
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  this time in Psalm 68,
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  Psalm 68
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  in the Scottish Psalter
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  on page 303,
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  and singing verses 18 to 20.
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  The tune this time
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  is Sheffield.
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  Thou hast, O Lord,
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  most glorious,
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  ascended up on high,
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  and in triumph
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  victorious led
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  captive captivity.
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  Thou hast received
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  gifts for men
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  for such as did rebel,
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  yea, even for them,
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  that God the Lord
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  in midst of them
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  might dwell.
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  Blessed be the Lord,
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  who is to us
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  of our salvation God,
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  who daily
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  with His benefits
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  as plenteously
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  doth load.
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  He of salvation
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  is the God
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  who is our God
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  most strong,
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  and unto God the Lord
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  from death
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  the issues
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  do belong.
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  These verses
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  thou hast,
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  O Lord,
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  most glorious.
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  Thou hast,
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  O Lord,
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  He is the Lord,
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  O Lord,
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  But through Picis,
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  thehu,
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  the Shen,
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  thei,
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  thei,
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  thei from the Lord,
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  and through the Word,
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  he is the Lord,
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  who is a Father,
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  who is one through
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  covenant SAY,
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  who is the Lord,
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  and unto his grace
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  and back He is the Lord,
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  who you great,
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  have any love,
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  who we do,
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  as may God bless you
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  and shall come to hisitalry,
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  and through the word,
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  both through the Lord,
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  and through the blood,
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  For men, for such us did repel.
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  Yea, in for them God called the Lord,
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  In his scope and might dwell.
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  He the Lord, who is to us,
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  Of our salvation, Lord,
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  Who daily with his benefits
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  Us plenched us lead the throne.
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  The all salvation is the God,
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  Who is our God most strong.
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  And unto God the Lord from death
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  He issues to be loved.
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  Now please turn with me to Hebrews chapter 2.
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  And tonight we're going to look at the first four verses as we read them earlier.
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  Hebrews chapter 2 at the beginning.
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  Therefore we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it.
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  For since the message declared by angels proved to be reliable, and every transgression or disobedience received a just retribution,
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  How shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation?
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  It was declared at first by the Lord, and it was attested to us by those who heard,
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  While God also bore witness by signs and wonders and wonders and by gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to his will.
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  Well, this is one of the exhortation passages that you find at various junctures throughout the epistle to the Hebrews.
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  The epistle is largely about the person of Jesus as the high priest of God's people,
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  and the functions that he has and had as high priest during his time on earth,
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  particularly leading to his death, but now his intercession as it continues in heaven for his people.
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  And these sometimes are by way of warning and sometimes by way of appeal,
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  as you find them in the various places throughout the epistles where they are located.
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  Now, the Bible sometimes uses an argument from what is deemed to be the lesser to that which is the greater
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  in order to present appeals to us as this passage itself does.
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  Because if you look at this passage, the first verses 2 to 4 here, you'll find the message declared by angels,
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  this is referring to Mount Sinai, when the law was delivered through Moses,
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  if the message delivered by angels proved to be reliable and every transgression or disobedience received a just retribution,
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  and that's compared to the coming of Jesus Christ himself and the revelation that God brought in the coming of Jesus.
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  So, the facts that you find described in reference to Sinai are compared and contrasted with the facts that are applicable to the coming of Christ,
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  or to the coming of the Savior who was promised all through the Old Testament.
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  And what it's saying is that Sinai, great though it was, remarkable though it was, amazing in many ways though it was,
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  is still the lesser thing, if you like, compared to the revelation, what happened in the coming of Jesus,
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  in his entry into the world, in his death, his ministry, his resurrection, and so on.
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  That is the greater.
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  That is surpassing what happened in the days of the Old Testament and here at Sinai in particular.
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  And so, the appeal that you have in these verses, an appeal or warning you might say as well,
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  how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation?
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  Now, it doesn't mean that what God revealed in the Old Testament wasn't really salvation,
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  and that Sinai, Mount Sinai, the giving of the law, had nothing to do with salvation at all.
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  That wouldn't be right for us to conclude,
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  but it does mean that what happened in Christ surpasses that.
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  It's a greater revelation.
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  It's a more complete revelation.
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  It's a revelation of grace particularly, though grace is not absent from the Sinai incident or the Old Testament.
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  Grace is much more and more fully revealed and emphasized in the New Testament
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  and in the coming of Christ himself particularly.
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  As John, remember, put it in his opening chapter of his gospel,
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  The law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ or in Jesus Christ.
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  And so, the appeal that you have here, the argument that you have here,
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  is really an argument from the lesser to the greater.
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  If neglect, if the disobedience of rejecting what happened at Sinai led to certain consequences,
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  how much more will it be the case?
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  If this greater revelation is neglected by us,
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  how much more will it be the case that we shall not escape the retribution that is due to us for that reason?
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  That's the way the argument goes.
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  And as we'll see, it's directed to us so that we would close in all the more closely
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  with what is in this revelation in Christ and in Christ himself,
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  that we would ensure that this is what we are clinging to,
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  what our trust is in,
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  that he is indeed the basis of all our hopes for time and for eternity.
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  So, we're going to look at two things from these verses,
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  not looking at every detail,
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  but first of all, God's declaration of salvation to us,
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  to human beings, but to us as well particularly.
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  And secondly, God's exhortation to what is called here,
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  much closer attention in the opening words of the text.
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  Therefore, we must pay much closer attention.
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  See, he's not saying we must pay close attention,
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  that's part of it,
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  but what he's saying is we must pay much closer attention.
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  Closer than what?
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  Closer than even what happened in Moses' time on Mount Sinai.
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  It doesn't mean they weren't required to pay attention closely,
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  but it means we,
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  because of the more complete and the more wonderful revelation God has given us in Christ,
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  therefore, we must pay much closer attention.
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  So, God's declaration of salvation is really, as we said,
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  a contrast between Sinai and Jesus.
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  Now, look at verse 2.
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  Since the message declared by angels proved to be reliable,
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  and every transgression or disobedience received a just retribution.
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  He talks here about the message that God delivered on Mount Sinai,
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  but it's saying here it was delivered by angels.
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  How does he...
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  There's no mention of angels in the specific passages in Exodus that describe Mount Sinai,
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  but there are in other passages of the Bible that describe that as well.
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  For example, Deuteronomy 33 and verse 2 describes the Lord as appearing with thousands of his hosts,
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  of the angels.
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  At that particular time, Mount Sinai was associated with God descending,
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  accompanied by his retinue of angels.
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  Psalm 68 and verse 17, you'll find the same emphasis.
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  Acts 7 and Stephen's declaration there,
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  verse 53, Galatians 3 verse 19.
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  If you look up these passages, you'll see that they all give us information about the revelation of God
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  on Mount Sinai or through what happened on Mount Sinai,
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  and angels are associated in these passages with that revelation.
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  And that itself is a remarkable thing.
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  Here is what the writer here is doing.
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  He's talking, first of all, of this message declared by angels,
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  and it proved to be reliable.
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  Of course, it proved to be reliable.
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  It was God's revelation of himself and of his will for Israel, of his law to Israel.
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  How could it be otherwise than reliable?
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  But what he's doing, you see, is comparing it,
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  and we'll move to that in a minute,
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  with what happened and what is the case in Jesus.
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  If that was reliable at Mount Sinai,
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  then what does it say about the coming of Christ, the Son of God himself?
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  That that is worthy of even closer attention on our part.
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  The greatness of Sinai is such that there are few incidents in the Old Testament, if any,
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  that are actually more important in the history of God's people in the Old Testament
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  than what happened at Mount Sinai.
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  All the writers go back to it.
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  You'll find it throughout all the prophets or most of the prophets in the Old Testament.
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  Going back to this definitive event where the law was given to Israel on Mount Sinai through Moses.
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  And yet, here is a greater revelation.
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  The revelation of Mount Sinai in which angels were involved.
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  You might think, surely nothing can actually surpass that.
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  But then you see, you go back to the beginning of Hebrews here.
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  What do we read?
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  That the coming of Jesus surpasses it.
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  Here is what God did.
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  He spoke to our fathers by the prophets long ago at many times in many ways.
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  But in these last days, He has spoken to us by His Son.
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  There is the greater revelation.
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  There is what surpasses the Old Testament and Mount Sinai even.
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  In the person of Jesus, you have God's definitive Word to us.
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  He has spoken to us by His Son.
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  Jesus is God's declaration to us in these last days.
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  The New Testament days.
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  The days between the coming of Jesus Himself and the end of the world.
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  Whenever you think about Jesus, what do you think about?
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  What is your main thought?
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  What comes into your mind when you read about Jesus in the Gospels or in the epistles?
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  What is especially emphasized in the Bible about Jesus Himself?
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  That He is God's pinnacle of revelation to us.
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  That's what.
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  Of course, there's a lot more than that.
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  It's more than revelation to us.
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  There is provision for our sin.
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  There is atonement.
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  There's all of that.
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  But let's confine it to what the passage is saying.
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  This is in the last days how God has spoken to us by His Son.
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  When you think of Jesus, when you read about Jesus, when you think of your own life in relation to Jesus,
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  are you hearing God speaking to you?
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  Are you hearing God saying,
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  This is how far I have gone in my concern to speak into your soul and into your need
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  and to provide for you against your sin and against your lostness.
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  I have sent my own Son, my eternal Son.
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  I have sent Him, the second person of the Trinity that God is.
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  I have sent Him, and He is my definitive Word to you.
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  He is my Word above all other words to you.
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  He is the Word made flesh.
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  He has spoken to us by His Son.
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  And He says that that was also attested.
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  He began, it says in chapter 2 here,
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  It was declared at first by the Lord,
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  and it was attested to us by those who heard.
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  In other words, there's a process.
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  The Lord spoke, and then the apostles received a message from God,
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  which was given to writing eventually.
• 34:15
  And now we have the complete Bible.
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  God has put all that together to us.
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  That's your great advantage tonight,
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  that you have the Word of God,
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  that you have God's speech in writing.
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  This reliable Word,
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  as reliable as anything they heard on Mount Sinai,
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  as reliable as anything that actually came physically from the mouth of Jesus
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  while He was in this world.
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  Friends, tonight, what do we have in our Bibles?
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  What do we have in this book?
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  What am I preaching from in this pulpit tonight?
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  I have the very Word of God.
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  I have God's speaking to me.
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  I have God's revelation in Jesus Christ set out for me in written form.
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  I have as accurate a portrayal of God there as anywhere else.
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  That's our privilege.
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  That's what your Bible must mean to you.
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  It's such an advance on what happened at Sinai.
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  And that has added privilege to our position in Providence.
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  You know, if you are back in Sinai and seeing what happened on Mount Sinai
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  and the delivery of the law through Moses and the Mount of Sinai ablaze
• 35:33
  and trembling with the presence of God,
• 35:35
  you might think that surely cannot be surpassed as a revelation from God,
• 35:40
  as a theophany, as the presence of God coming down into this world,
• 35:45
  into that particular location.
• 35:47
  And here is the writer to the Hebrews saying,
• 35:49
  that's the lesser compared to the greater.
• 35:52
  It's not insignificant, but it's not as significant as the coming of the Son,
• 35:57
  as the incarnation of the Son of God,
• 36:00
  as the Son of God taking flesh, taking human nature,
• 36:04
  as the Son of God living a human life in this world,
• 36:08
  coming to die the death of the cross,
• 36:10
  coming to be raised from the dead and ascended to glory.
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  That's the greater revelation.
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  I remember in my home village of Tong when television first came to the island.
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  And we were fascinated as children.
• 36:31
  It was then in my early teens.
• 36:34
  Well, maybe even less than that, probably late primary school.
• 36:39
  But there was, to begin with, just one television,
• 36:42
  and certainly in that part of the village it was in the post office.
• 36:45
  And the people who owned the post office had this television,
• 36:48
  this small box on which there was, of course, a black and white image.
• 36:52
  And we were told, this is an amazing thing.
• 36:54
  You can actually see people from different parts,
• 36:57
  and you can see them actually on the television they're speaking,
• 37:00
  and you can actually hear live broadcasts on it.
• 37:02
  And I was so excited going to see this thing for the first time.
• 37:06
  And I was really disappointed.
• 37:07
  Why?
• 37:08
  Because the picture was really as if people were just throwing hailstones at a screen.
• 37:13
  It was all just sort of smudgy,
• 37:16
  and you could make out an image,
• 37:17
  and you could hear the voice, and all the rest of it.
• 37:19
  It was very difficult, really,
• 37:21
  to make out any clear perception of who it was,
• 37:24
  or what kind of person they were, something like that.
• 37:29
  That was just a snowy picture.
• 37:31
  And it was very often described in those days as very snowy.
• 37:33
  What's your television picture like?
• 37:35
  Oh, it's very snowy.
• 37:36
  I can't make it out very easily.
• 37:38
  You compare that to the televisions you get nowadays.
• 37:44
  You have all of these fancy descriptions, 4K, OLED, QLED.
• 37:50
  I have no idea what they mean,
• 37:52
  but it describes the quality of the image,
• 37:57
  the quality of what is beamed into your home.
• 38:00
  And here, as the writer to the Hebrews said,
• 38:02
  in a sense, you have a progression from what was itself an amazing revelation on Mount Sinai,
• 38:10
  but to something much greater, even more so,
• 38:13
  in the person of the Son of God coming into the world.
• 38:17
  And that's how God is speaking to us tonight,
• 38:20
  through His Son.
• 38:23
  You could not get a clearer picture of God
• 38:26
  than you have in Jesus Christ.
• 38:28
  That's what it says, isn't it,
• 38:30
  the beginning of this very epistle.
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  He is His Son,
• 38:35
  has spoken to us,
• 38:37
  through whom He created the world.
• 38:38
  He is the radiance of the glory of God
• 38:42
  and the exact imprint of His nature.
• 38:47
  Ask the question,
• 38:48
  what is God like?
• 38:51
  And you have to go to Jesus,
• 38:52
  and there's your answer.
• 38:54
  Somebody asks you,
• 38:55
  can you tell me what God is like?
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  You have never seen God.
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  Can you tell me what He's like?
• 39:01
  How do you know what He's like?
• 39:03
  How do you know you're actually telling me something reliable
• 39:06
  when you describe God to me?
• 39:09
  Well, you go to Jesus,
• 39:10
  and you say,
• 39:10
  well, this is what Jesus is like.
• 39:12
  This is what the Bible describes,
• 39:14
  the Word of God,
• 39:14
  describing Jesus
• 39:15
  as the exact imprint
• 39:17
  of God.
• 39:19
  God.
• 39:21
  And that is God's message,
• 39:24
  surpassing the message of Sinai.
• 39:27
  And that's how the argument now progresses,
• 39:29
  as we'll see,
• 39:30
  to God's exhortation
• 39:32
  to a much closer attention.
• 39:34
  Now, we've described, I hope,
• 39:39
  how He means
• 39:41
  we must pay much closer attention.
• 39:44
  Because the revelation
• 39:46
  that's come in Jesus
• 39:47
  surpasses,
• 39:49
  is above that of Sinai,
• 39:51
  it follows that
• 39:52
  the attention we give
• 39:53
  to the greater
• 39:54
  has to be much closer.
• 39:57
  Because it's more definitive,
• 39:58
  it's more accurate,
• 39:59
  it's more full,
• 40:00
  and therefore,
• 40:02
  we must pay the more closer,
• 40:04
  the much closer attention
• 40:05
  to that.
• 40:06
  Because sometimes,
• 40:08
  we often, in fact,
• 40:09
  get used to things,
• 40:11
  don't we?
• 40:11
  And our attention,
• 40:13
  our attention really,
• 40:16
  in many ways,
• 40:18
  decreases the more used
• 40:20
  we get to something.
• 40:22
  Whether it's a voice
• 40:23
  or somebody speaking to us
• 40:24
  or something we become familiar with
• 40:26
  and our use of it.
• 40:28
  I mean, I remember back to
• 40:29
  1967, was it?
• 40:32
  When the first heart
• 40:34
  and lung transplants
• 40:36
  were being performed
• 40:38
  by a surgeon in South Africa,
• 40:41
  especially in South Africa.
• 40:44
  And that then made news,
• 40:46
  of course,
• 40:46
  all over the world.
• 40:49
  Where this man
• 40:50
  had actually performed
• 40:51
  and gone through
• 40:53
  a long operation
• 40:54
  where he had given
• 40:55
  a new heart
• 40:56
  heart and lungs
• 40:57
  to this patient.
• 41:01
  And that made
• 41:02
  worldwide headlines.
• 41:03
  And even from that time
• 41:05
  onwards,
• 41:05
  for a while,
• 41:06
  every such operation
• 41:08
  as it happened
• 41:09
  caught the attention
• 41:10
  of the world.
• 41:11
  And this was an amazing thing.
• 41:12
  And of course,
• 41:12
  it was an amazing thing.
• 41:14
  But you don't hear it
• 41:15
  mentioned nowadays.
• 41:17
  It's almost routine.
• 41:18
  I don't know
• 41:19
  if the medical people here
• 41:20
  will actually correct me
• 41:22
  on that.
• 41:22
  But in a sense,
• 41:23
  it's more routine
• 41:24
  than it was then
• 41:25
  when the first
• 41:27
  heart-lung operations
• 41:29
  were performed.
• 41:30
  We've become used to it.
• 41:31
  It's something
• 41:32
  that we've become
• 41:32
  so familiar with.
• 41:34
  We don't necessarily
• 41:34
  pay the same attention
• 41:36
  to it as we once did
• 41:37
  when it was new.
• 41:39
  The argument
• 41:40
  that the writer has here
• 41:41
  is that we must not
• 41:43
  actually let that happen
• 41:44
  with regard to the gospel,
• 41:47
  with regard to the revelation
• 41:48
  we have of Jesus
• 41:49
  in the gospel.
• 41:50
  We must never become
• 41:52
  so familiar with it
• 41:53
  and so familiar
• 41:54
  with hearing it
• 41:55
  that we actually
• 41:57
  don't pay the close
• 42:00
  attention to it,
• 42:01
  the more close attention
• 42:02
  to it that he's saying
• 42:04
  to us here.
• 42:05
  Therefore,
• 42:05
  we must pay
• 42:05
  much closer attention
• 42:07
  to what we have heard,
• 42:09
  to the gospel itself,
• 42:11
  to the message of Christ
• 42:12
  as the Savior of sinners.
• 42:18
  You could actually
• 42:19
  put it this way,
• 42:20
  I think.
• 42:21
  You pay.
• 42:22
  The idea here
• 42:23
  is that you pay attention
• 42:24
  in a way that's
• 42:26
  commensurate with
• 42:27
  the worth of a thing,
• 42:29
  the value of a thing.
• 42:30
  So,
• 42:31
  the meaning really here
• 42:32
  of paying closer attention
• 42:34
  carries with it
• 42:36
  the idea of
• 42:36
  paying close attention
• 42:38
  to somebody
• 42:39
  because of its value,
• 42:41
  because it is so valuable.
• 42:43
  If you go back
• 42:44
  to the gospel of Matthew,
• 42:47
  one of the images,
• 42:49
  the parables there
• 42:50
  in Matthew,
• 42:50
  the kingdom of God,
• 42:52
  you remembered,
• 42:53
  I'm sure,
• 42:53
  very well,
• 42:54
  Matthew chapter 13
• 42:56
  and verse 44,
• 42:58
  a couple of verses
• 42:59
  on from there.
• 43:01
  The kingdom
• 43:01
  is described
• 43:03
  in the following terms.
• 43:04
  Again,
• 43:04
  the kingdom of heaven
• 43:05
  is like treasure
• 43:06
  hidden in a field
• 43:07
  which a man found
• 43:09
  and covered up.
• 43:10
  Then,
• 43:11
  in his joy,
• 43:12
  he goes and sells
• 43:13
  all that he has
• 43:14
  and buys that field.
• 43:16
  Again,
• 43:16
  the kingdom of heaven
• 43:17
  is like a merchant
• 43:18
  in search of fine pearls,
• 43:21
  who,
• 43:21
  on finding one pearl
• 43:22
  of great value,
• 43:24
  went and sold
• 43:25
  all that he had
• 43:25
  and bought it.
• 43:26
  In both cases,
• 43:28
  the treasure
• 43:29
  that was discovered,
• 43:30
  that was come across,
• 43:31
  the treasure in the field,
• 43:33
  the pearl of great price.
• 43:35
  In both cases,
• 43:37
  it was recognized
• 43:38
  to be
• 43:38
  the best of the best,
• 43:40
  the most valuable
• 43:41
  you could get.
• 43:43
  And so,
• 43:44
  the pearl merchant
• 43:44
  sold all that he had.
• 43:47
  He didn't need
• 43:47
  any other pearls.
• 43:48
  He didn't need
• 43:49
  to go looking
• 43:49
  for any other pearls.
• 43:50
  He had found
• 43:51
  the most valuable one.
• 43:53
  That's what the kingdom
• 43:53
  of God is like
• 43:54
  because it's about Jesus.
• 43:56
  It's about the Savior.
• 43:58
  It's about what God
• 43:59
  has revealed
• 43:59
  in the person
• 44:01
  of His Son,
• 44:02
  that He has spoken
• 44:03
  to us by His Son.
• 44:07
  Well, it raises
• 44:08
  the question tonight
• 44:09
  for me,
• 44:10
  and it raises
• 44:11
  the question for you.
• 44:13
  How valuable
• 44:14
  is Jesus to you?
• 44:18
  What worth
• 44:19
  do you place
• 44:19
  upon Him?
• 44:22
  As you realize
• 44:23
  this is God's
• 44:24
  definitive word
• 44:25
  to you in Christ,
• 44:26
  that God is speaking
• 44:28
  to you out of
• 44:29
  who Christ is
• 44:30
  and what Christ
• 44:31
  has done,
• 44:33
  what worth
• 44:33
  do you place
• 44:34
  upon Him?
• 44:35
  Is He the most
• 44:36
  valuable thing
• 44:37
  you know?
• 44:39
  Is He the most
• 44:39
  valuable person
• 44:40
  in your own experience?
• 44:45
  Because that's
• 44:46
  how we must pay
• 44:46
  much closer attention
• 44:48
  because of the value
• 44:49
  of it.
• 44:51
  Lest,
• 44:51
  He says,
• 44:52
  we should let it,
• 44:55
  lest we should
• 44:55
  drift away from it.
• 44:56
  Now, I think
• 44:57
  some grammarians
• 45:01
  will tell us
• 45:01
  that a better
• 45:02
  translation would be
• 45:03
  something more like
• 45:04
  the AV, actually,
• 45:05
  in this instance.
• 45:07
  Lest,
• 45:08
  we could say that
• 45:09
  it literally means
• 45:10
  lest we let them
• 45:12
  leak out
• 45:12
  or leak away
• 45:14
  from us.
• 45:15
  Lest we let them
• 45:15
  drift,
• 45:16
  or here it's
• 45:17
  let we drift
• 45:18
  away from it.
• 45:19
  It's really the idea
• 45:20
  of this drifting
• 45:21
  away from us.
• 45:23
  This message
• 45:24
  of the gospel,
• 45:25
  these details
• 45:26
  about Jesus,
• 45:27
  the speech of God
• 45:28
  in Jesus Christ
• 45:29
  Himself.
• 45:31
  We must pay
• 45:32
  much closer attention
• 45:34
  to what we have heard
• 45:35
  lest we allow it
• 45:37
  to leak away from us,
• 45:39
  allow it to drift
• 45:40
  away from us,
• 45:41
  or,
• 45:42
  you,
• 45:42
  AV,
• 45:43
  lest we should
• 45:43
  let it slip.
• 45:45
  Because, you see,
• 45:45
  if you let this
• 45:46
  drift away from you,
• 45:47
  and sadly,
• 45:49
  many people
• 45:49
  who are not
• 45:50
  unfamiliar
• 45:50
  with the gospel,
• 45:52
  nevertheless,
• 45:52
  let these things
• 45:53
  drift away from them.
• 45:55
  The things of salvation,
• 45:56
  the things that are
• 45:57
  in God's revelation
• 45:58
  in Jesus Christ,
• 45:59
  the provision
• 46:00
  that He's made
• 46:01
  in Christ,
• 46:01
  they let them
• 46:02
  drift away from them.
• 46:04
  They leak out
• 46:05
  of their lives.
• 46:07
  And, of course,
• 46:08
  what happens
• 46:08
  with that is that
• 46:09
  they themselves
• 46:10
  drift away with them.
• 46:12
  You let the gospel
• 46:13
  drift out of your life,
• 46:15
  inevitably,
• 46:15
  you're going to
• 46:16
  drift away from God
• 46:17
  in doing that.
• 46:18
  the two things
• 46:19
  fit together.
• 46:23
  I've got a garden
• 46:24
  wheelbarrow at home
• 46:25
  at the Mans.
• 46:28
  It's a bit amusing,
• 46:30
  but it has
• 46:31
  a very leaky tire.
• 46:34
  And every time
• 46:35
  I go to use it,
• 46:36
  usually for mowing
• 46:37
  the grass
• 46:37
  and carrying the grass
• 46:38
  to where it's placed
• 46:40
  in the compost heap,
• 46:42
  I have to pump up
• 46:42
  this tire every time
• 46:43
  I go and use
• 46:44
  the wheelbarrow.
• 46:45
  And I say to myself,
• 46:47
  every time I come
• 46:48
  to do that,
• 46:48
  I really need
• 46:49
  to get this
• 46:50
  mended,
• 46:50
  this repaired,
• 46:51
  so I don't have
• 46:52
  to keep doing this
• 46:53
  all the time.
• 46:54
  But then the next time
• 46:55
  I go to it,
• 46:56
  it's flat again.
• 46:57
  I've got to pump it up again
• 46:58
  before I can use it.
• 47:00
  And so it goes on
• 47:01
  and it goes on.
• 47:03
  And one of these days,
• 47:04
  okay,
• 47:04
  I'll have to just
• 47:05
  get around to mending it.
• 47:08
  But, you know,
• 47:08
  this is really
• 47:09
  what the writer
• 47:10
  here is saying,
• 47:11
  that just like
• 47:13
  that tire,
• 47:14
  I allow
• 47:14
  the air in it
• 47:16
  to just drift out
• 47:17
  all too quickly.
• 47:19
  So he's saying,
• 47:20
  how shall we escape
• 47:21
  if we let these things
• 47:23
  drift out of our lives?
• 47:25
  If we let these things
• 47:26
  to do with God's salvation,
• 47:27
  if we let Jesus
• 47:28
  drift out of our life?
• 47:32
  Therefore,
• 47:32
  we must pay
• 47:33
  the closer attention
• 47:35
  in case we allow
• 47:36
  this to happen.
• 47:37
  now then,
• 47:40
  is the Lord's day
• 47:42
  for me,
• 47:44
  is the Lord's day
• 47:45
  for you,
• 47:46
  just a pumping up day?
• 47:49
  Is it just a day
• 47:50
  when you,
• 47:51
  as it were,
• 47:51
  pump up your soul
• 47:53
  with certain truths
• 47:54
  that you find
• 47:55
  in the Bible,
• 47:56
  but then all too easily
• 47:57
  just let them escape
• 47:58
  and leak away
• 47:59
  for the rest of the week?
• 48:01
  Well, you see,
• 48:02
  if it is,
• 48:02
  you're in trouble.
• 48:03
  Because the more
• 48:05
  we let these things
• 48:06
  of salvation,
• 48:07
  of this revelation
• 48:09
  that you have
• 48:09
  in Jesus Christ,
• 48:11
  leak out of our souls,
• 48:12
  drift away from us,
• 48:14
  the more likely it is
• 48:15
  that we will somehow
• 48:16
  drift away with them
• 48:18
  and drift away
• 48:18
  along with them.
• 48:21
  Don't allow that
• 48:22
  to happen.
• 48:25
  Don't let the Lord's day
• 48:26
  just be
• 48:27
  a pumping up moment
• 48:28
  for you
• 48:29
  and then let
• 48:30
  the tire of your soul
• 48:32
  go flat
• 48:33
  over the rest
• 48:33
  of the week.
• 48:35
  Get it repaired.
• 48:38
  Get it renewed.
• 48:41
  Seek God
• 48:42
  to give you
• 48:43
  a new heart.
• 48:47
  A renewed soul.
• 48:50
  A soul that doesn't need
• 48:52
  pumping up
• 48:53
  every so often,
• 48:54
  although it needs
• 48:55
  the truth of God
• 48:56
  still to be channeled
• 48:57
  into it
• 48:58
  to keep it
• 48:58
  in good condition.
• 49:03
  And you see,
• 49:04
  that's such an important
• 49:06
  issue
• 49:06
  because he goes on
• 49:08
  to say,
• 49:09
  how shall we escape
• 49:10
  if we neglect
• 49:12
  such great
• 49:13
  salvation?
• 49:15
  This is the neglect.
• 49:16
  letting these things
• 49:19
  drift away from us
• 49:20
  and ourselves
• 49:21
  drifting
• 49:22
  inevitably away
• 49:23
  with them.
• 49:25
  Because
• 49:26
  I can be
• 49:28
  in a pulpit
• 49:28
  and still let
• 49:29
  the Word of God
• 49:30
  drift away
• 49:30
  from myself
• 49:31
  personally.
• 49:32
  I need to do
• 49:34
  more than just
• 49:35
  stand in a pulpit
• 49:36
  and be able
• 49:37
  to exegete
• 49:38
  or declare
• 49:39
  what the Word of God
• 49:40
  means
• 49:41
  in any particular
• 49:42
  passage of it.
• 49:43
  I have a responsibility
• 49:44
  to my own soul
• 49:46
  and I cannot rely
• 49:47
  on the fact
• 49:48
  that I'm a preacher
• 49:48
  of the Gospel
• 49:49
  to actually have
• 49:51
  security
• 49:52
  for eternity.
• 49:53
  I need to actually
• 49:57
  have
• 49:57
  my own soul
• 49:59
  in the condition
• 49:59
  that God
• 50:01
  requires of me
• 50:02
  and so do you.
• 50:04
  That's the neglect
• 50:05
  that the passage
• 50:06
  is talking about.
• 50:08
  Neglecting,
• 50:08
  letting this
• 50:09
  drift away
• 50:10
  and ourselves
• 50:11
  drifting away
• 50:12
  with it.
• 50:15
  Because the
• 50:16
  consequences
• 50:16
  are not
• 50:17
  neutral,
• 50:19
  they're not
• 50:19
  insignificant,
• 50:21
  they're not
• 50:21
  harmless.
• 50:21
  how shall
• 50:23
  we escape
• 50:24
  if we neglect
• 50:26
  such a great
• 50:27
  salvation?
• 50:29
  And it's great
• 50:30
  not just in
• 50:31
  comparison with
• 50:32
  the revelation
• 50:33
  at Sinai
• 50:34
  compared to
• 50:34
  Jesus and the
• 50:35
  Gospel.
• 50:36
  It's great
• 50:37
  in its very
• 50:38
  nature.
• 50:39
  It's great
• 50:40
  salvation.
• 50:42
  It's salvation
• 50:43
  that is so great
• 50:44
  there's no way
• 50:45
  you can adequately
• 50:45
  describe it.
• 50:46
  How great is it
• 50:48
  for the Son of God
• 50:48
  to come into the
• 50:49
  world,
• 50:50
  to give Himself
• 50:50
  to die on the
• 50:51
  cross and rise
• 50:52
  from the dead?
• 50:53
  How great is
• 50:53
  that?
• 50:57
  Why has He
• 50:58
  come?
• 50:58
  What is it
• 50:59
  all about?
• 51:01
  Salvation.
• 51:03
  It's great
• 51:04
  salvation.
• 51:07
  And it's
• 51:07
  all the more
• 51:08
  serious if we
• 51:09
  neglect that
• 51:10
  salvation,
• 51:11
  that revelation,
• 51:13
  compared to
• 51:13
  anything else
• 51:14
  that's gone
• 51:14
  before it.
• 51:17
  How shall we
• 51:18
  escape?
• 51:19
  escape?
• 51:19
  But then the
• 51:20
  question,
• 51:21
  escape from
• 51:22
  what?
• 51:24
  How shall we
• 51:25
  escape?
• 51:25
  He doesn't say,
• 51:27
  how shall we
• 51:27
  escape from
• 51:27
  such and such?
• 51:28
  Well, the
• 51:29
  passage actually
• 51:30
  answers it because
• 51:31
  let's go back to
• 51:32
  the comparison
• 51:33
  that He's making
• 51:33
  between Sinai
• 51:34
  and the coming
• 51:36
  of Jesus Christ
• 51:37
  in the Gospel.
• 51:38
  He's saying here,
• 51:39
  the message
• 51:40
  was declared
• 51:40
  by angels
• 51:41
  proved to be
• 51:42
  reliable,
• 51:43
  and every
• 51:44
  transgression
• 51:45
  or disobedience
• 51:46
  received at
• 51:47
  just retribution.
• 51:50
  That's what we
• 51:51
  need to
• 51:51
  actually keep
• 51:52
  in mind.
• 51:53
  How shall we
• 51:54
  escape at
• 51:55
  just retribution?
• 51:57
  How shall we
• 51:57
  escape the
• 51:58
  judgment of
• 51:59
  God?
• 52:00
  How can we
• 52:01
  escape God
• 52:02
  treating seriously
• 52:03
  our neglect
• 52:04
  of the Gospel
• 52:05
  if we continue
• 52:06
  to neglect it?
• 52:08
  And of course,
• 52:09
  the answer to
• 52:09
  the question is,
• 52:10
  we shall not.
• 52:12
  We shall not.
• 52:13
  The answer to
• 52:16
  the question
• 52:17
  is obvious.
• 52:18
  It's one of
• 52:19
  those questions
• 52:19
  that really
• 52:20
  answers itself.
• 52:22
  How shall we
• 52:23
  escape if we
• 52:24
  neglect such
• 52:25
  great salvation?
• 52:26
  In other words,
• 52:27
  he's saying,
• 52:27
  if they did not
• 52:28
  escape back then
• 52:30
  when they
• 52:31
  neglected or
• 52:32
  despised or
• 52:32
  were disobedient
• 52:33
  to this word
• 52:35
  that came to
• 52:35
  them from God
• 52:36
  in those times,
• 52:37
  how shall we
• 52:38
  escape if we
• 52:41
  neglect the
• 52:42
  great salvation
• 52:43
  that's come to
• 52:44
  us in Jesus
• 52:45
  Christ?
• 52:48
  Think of
• 52:48
  the way John
• 52:50
  himself put it
• 52:51
  in his
• 52:53
  Gospel.
• 52:56
  We mentioned
• 52:56
  at the beginning
• 52:57
  of his Gospel
• 52:58
  but also in his
• 52:59
  dealing with
• 53:00
  Nicodemus.
• 53:02
  If you remember
• 53:03
  in chapter 3
• 53:04
  there of
• 53:05
  John's Gospel,
• 53:07
  a famous passage,
• 53:08
  for God so
• 53:09
  loved the world,
• 53:10
  God did not
• 53:11
  send a son
• 53:12
  into the world
• 53:12
  to condemn
• 53:13
  the world
• 53:14
  but in order
• 53:15
  that the world
• 53:15
  might be saved
• 53:16
  through him.
• 53:17
  Whoever believes
• 53:18
  in him is not
• 53:18
  condemned,
• 53:20
  but whoever
• 53:21
  does not
• 53:22
  believe is
• 53:23
  condemned already
• 53:24
  because he has
• 53:25
  not believed
• 53:26
  in the name
• 53:27
  of the only
• 53:28
  Son of God.
• 53:29
  And this is
• 53:30
  the judgment,
• 53:31
  this is the
• 53:31
  condemnation.
• 53:33
  The light
• 53:33
  has come
• 53:34
  into the world
• 53:35
  and people
• 53:36
  loved the
• 53:37
  darkness
• 53:37
  rather than
• 53:38
  the light
• 53:38
  because their
• 53:39
  deeds were
• 53:40
  evil.
• 53:41
  For everyone
• 53:42
  who does
• 53:42
  wicked things
• 53:42
  hates the
• 53:43
  light
• 53:43
  and does
• 53:44
  not come
• 53:45
  to the
• 53:45
  light
• 53:45
  lest his
• 53:46
  deeds
• 53:46
  should be
• 53:47
  exposed.
• 53:48
  But whoever
• 53:49
  does what
• 53:49
  is true
• 53:50
  comes to
• 53:50
  the light
• 53:51
  so that
• 53:52
  it may be
• 53:52
  clearly seen
• 53:53
  that his
• 53:53
  deeds
• 53:54
  have been
• 53:55
  carried out
• 53:55
  in God.
• 54:00
  Are you
• 54:00
  afraid to
• 54:01
  bring your
• 54:01
  deeds into
• 54:02
  the presence
• 54:02
  of God?
• 54:04
  Into the
• 54:05
  light of
• 54:05
  God's
• 54:06
  scrutiny?
• 54:08
  Well, I
• 54:08
  am in
• 54:09
  myself.
• 54:11
  So what
• 54:11
  do I do
• 54:12
  if I
• 54:13
  realize that
• 54:14
  God scrutinizes
• 54:15
  my heart
• 54:15
  every moment
• 54:16
  of every
• 54:16
  day and
• 54:18
  I have to
• 54:18
  bring my
• 54:19
  actions and
• 54:20
  thoughts before
• 54:21
  God and
• 54:21
  say, Lord,
• 54:22
  I know that
• 54:23
  you know all
• 54:23
  of these
• 54:24
  things.
• 54:25
  Where is
• 54:26
  my concern
• 54:26
  going to
• 54:27
  be removed?
• 54:30
  When I
• 54:31
  turn to
• 54:31
  Jesus and
• 54:33
  realize that
• 54:34
  he has
• 54:34
  paid the
• 54:34
  price,
• 54:35
  of all
• 54:36
  my
• 54:36
  defects
• 54:37
  and all
• 54:38
  my sins
• 54:39
  and all
• 54:41
  my
• 54:41
  shortcomings,
• 54:43
  that I
• 54:44
  present him
• 54:45
  to God
• 54:45
  and say,
• 54:46
  Lord,
• 54:47
  this is
• 54:47
  who I
• 54:48
  trust in.
• 54:49
  This is
• 54:50
  where I
• 54:50
  want you
• 54:50
  to see
• 54:51
  me and
• 54:51
  to measure
• 54:52
  me and
• 54:52
  to judge
• 54:53
  me,
• 54:53
  not in
• 54:54
  myself,
• 54:55
  not in
• 54:55
  my works,
• 54:56
  because I'm
• 54:57
  afraid to
• 54:57
  come before
• 54:58
  you in
• 54:59
  myself.
• 54:59
  Without
• 55:00
  Jesus,
• 55:00
  I'll be
• 55:01
  exposed to
• 55:02
  your
• 55:02
  condemnation.
• 55:03
  But if I
• 55:05
  come with
• 55:05
  him,
• 55:07
  if I
• 55:07
  come and
• 55:08
  I have
• 55:08
  possession of
• 55:09
  him,
• 55:10
  if he is
• 55:10
  my savior,
• 55:11
  if I put
• 55:12
  my faith in
• 55:13
  him,
• 55:13
  if I put
• 55:13
  my trust
• 55:14
  in him,
• 55:15
  if I've
• 55:15
  accepted him
• 55:16
  for who
• 55:16
  he is,
• 55:17
  if I've
• 55:18
  said to
• 55:18
  God about
• 55:19
  this greater
• 55:19
  revelation,
• 55:21
  Lord,
• 55:21
  this I
• 55:22
  willingly
• 55:23
  accept,
• 55:25
  then I'm
• 55:25
  not going to
• 55:26
  be condemned
• 55:26
  in time
• 55:28
  or in
• 55:28
  eternity,
• 55:30
  and if I
• 55:31
  don't come
• 55:31
  with Jesus
• 55:32
  in my
• 55:33
  possession,
• 55:34
  I will
• 55:35
  be.
• 55:40
  That's the
• 55:41
  argument that
• 55:41
  God is
• 55:42
  presenting to
• 55:43
  you and
• 55:44
  to me
• 55:44
  tonight.
• 55:47
  So what
• 55:47
  do we
• 55:48
  say in
• 55:48
  response to
• 55:52
  this great
• 55:52
  question?
• 55:54
  Well, as
• 55:55
  we said,
• 55:55
  the answer
• 55:55
  is there
• 55:56
  is no
• 55:56
  escaping if
• 55:57
  we just
• 55:58
  simply come
• 55:58
  without
• 55:59
  Christ,
• 56:00
  without
• 56:00
  acceptance
• 56:01
  of his
• 56:02
  provision
• 56:03
  for us.
• 56:05
  But two
• 56:05
  things.
• 56:07
  What is
• 56:07
  the purpose
• 56:08
  of this
• 56:09
  great
• 56:09
  question?
• 56:11
  We know
• 56:11
  the answer
• 56:11
  to the
• 56:12
  question is
• 56:12
  we shall
• 56:13
  not escape
• 56:14
  if this
• 56:14
  is so.
• 56:16
  But what
• 56:16
  is the
• 56:16
  purpose of
• 56:17
  this question
• 56:18
  for you
• 56:18
  and for
• 56:19
  me
• 56:19
  tonight?
• 56:21
  Well,
• 56:21
  two things
• 56:21
  and I
• 56:22
  close with
• 56:23
  this.
• 56:24
  First of
• 56:25
  all,
• 56:25
  that we
• 56:26
  will
• 56:26
  esteem
• 56:27
  the grace
• 56:28
  of God
• 56:29
  in the
• 56:30
  gospel.
• 56:32
  That you
• 56:33
  and I
• 56:33
  will esteem
• 56:34
  the grace
• 56:34
  of God.
• 56:35
  What is
• 56:35
  the grace
• 56:35
  of God?
• 56:36
  It's
• 56:36
  God's
• 56:37
  undeserved
• 56:38
  favor to
• 56:39
  us as
• 56:40
  sinners.
• 56:41
  It's
• 56:42
  God not
• 56:42
  marking
• 56:43
  out iniquity
• 56:44
  against us
• 56:44
  but providing
• 56:46
  Jesus as
• 56:46
  a Savior.
• 56:48
  It's
• 56:48
  God providing
• 56:49
  righteousness
• 56:50
  in Him
• 56:50
  that I
• 56:51
  can never
• 56:51
  produce
• 56:52
  myself.
• 56:54
  It's
• 56:54
  God saying
• 56:55
  there is
• 56:55
  therefore
• 56:56
  now no
• 56:56
  condemnation
• 56:57
  to those
• 56:58
  who are
• 56:58
  in Christ
• 56:59
  Jesus
• 56:59
  who walk
• 57:00
  not according
• 57:01
  to the
• 57:01
  flesh but
• 57:02
  according
• 57:02
  to the
• 57:03
  Spirit.
• 57:06
  That's
• 57:06
  what's
• 57:07
  commended.
• 57:08
  That's
• 57:08
  what you
• 57:08
  need to
• 57:09
  esteem.
• 57:09
  The grace
• 57:10
  of God
• 57:11
  in the
• 57:12
  gospel
• 57:12
  which far
• 57:13
  surpasses
• 57:14
  the law
• 57:15
  itself
• 57:16
  at
• 57:17
  Sinai.
• 57:17
  And
• 57:19
  secondly
• 57:19
  not just
• 57:21
  to esteem
• 57:21
  the grace
• 57:23
  of God
• 57:23
  in the
• 57:24
  gospel
• 57:25
  but rather
• 57:26
  if we
• 57:27
  really do
• 57:27
  that
• 57:27
  seriously
• 57:28
  we will
• 57:30
  accept
• 57:30
  the salvation
• 57:31
  of God
• 57:32
  in this
• 57:33
  gospel.
• 57:34
  We will
• 57:34
  accept
• 57:35
  Jesus
• 57:35
  Himself
• 57:36
  because
• 57:38
  that's
• 57:38
  the way
• 57:38
  the argument
• 57:39
  is loaded
• 57:40
  in our
• 57:41
  favor.
• 57:43
  That
• 57:43
  instead
• 57:43
  of ending
• 57:44
  up condemned
• 57:45
  by disobedience
• 57:46
  to what this
• 57:47
  word is
• 57:47
  saying to
• 57:48
  us
• 57:48
  through
• 57:50
  accepting
• 57:50
  of Christ
• 57:51
  through
• 57:51
  acceptance
• 57:52
  of Christ
• 57:53
  you and
• 57:54
  I will
• 57:55
  come
• 57:55
  to be
• 57:56
  received
• 57:56
  by God
• 57:57
  as we
• 57:58
  receive
• 57:59
  His
• 57:59
  salvation
• 57:59
  in
• 58:01
  Jesus
• 58:01
  Christ
• 58:01
  the
• 58:02
  Lord.
• 58:03
  Jesus
• 58:04
  is
• 58:05
  everything.
• 58:06
  Everything
• 58:07
  we need
• 58:08
  everything
• 58:09
  that's been
• 58:10
  provided
• 58:10
  for our
• 58:11
  need
• 58:11
  it's
• 58:12
  in
• 58:12
  Him.
• 58:14
  And
• 58:14
  that's
• 58:14
  really
• 58:14
  essentially
• 58:15
  the bottom
• 58:16
  line
• 58:17
  the
• 58:17
  argument
• 58:17
  of the
• 58:18
  passage
• 58:18
  more than
• 58:19
  anything
• 58:19
  else.
• 58:21
  How can
• 58:22
  I escape
• 58:22
  the
• 58:22
  condemnation
• 58:23
  of God
• 58:24
  if I
• 58:25
  neglect
• 58:26
  to receive
• 58:27
  Christ as
• 58:28
  my Savior?
• 58:30
  The answer
• 58:30
  is
• 58:31
  you will
• 58:32
  not.
• 58:34
  But on
• 58:34
  the other
• 58:34
  hand
• 58:35
  the question
• 58:36
  is loaded
• 58:37
  in our
• 58:37
  favor
• 58:37
  accept
• 58:39
  Him
• 58:40
  and there
• 58:41
  is no
• 58:41
  condemnation
• 58:42
  now
• 58:44
  or
• 58:45
  ever
• 58:45
  more.
• 58:46
  So there
• 58:47
  is the
• 58:47
  value
• 58:48
  of Christ
• 58:49
  for us
• 58:50
  and we
• 58:51
  must never
• 58:52
  become so
• 58:52
  familiar
• 58:53
  with it
• 58:53
  that we
• 58:55
  lose sight
• 58:55
  of its
• 58:56
  significance
• 58:56
  or fail
• 58:58
  to hear
• 58:59
  the sound
• 58:59
  of God's
• 59:00
  voice saying
• 59:01
  this is
• 59:02
  my Son
• 59:03
  whom I
• 59:03
  love
• 59:04
  hear
• 59:06
  Him.
• 59:08
  Let's
• 59:08
  pray.
• 59:08
  eternal
• 59:14
  God
• 59:14
  we give
• 59:15
  thanks
• 59:15
  tonight
• 59:15
  for
• 59:16
  the way
• 59:17
  in which
• 59:17
  you
• 59:17
  sent
• 59:18
  your
• 59:18
  only
• 59:18
  beloved
• 59:19
  into
• 59:19
  this
• 59:19
  world.
• 59:21
  We
• 59:21
  thank
• 59:21
  you
• 59:22
  for
• 59:22
  the
• 59:22
  purpose
• 59:22
  for
• 59:23
  which
• 59:23
  he
• 59:23
  came
• 59:23
  that
• 59:25
  he
• 59:25
  came
• 59:25
  not
• 59:25
  to
• 59:25
  condemn
• 59:26
  the
• 59:26
  world
• 59:26
  but
• 59:26
  that
• 59:27
  the
• 59:27
  world
• 59:27
  through
• 59:27
  him
• 59:27
  might
• 59:28
  be
• 59:28
  saved.
• 59:29
  Lord
• 59:30
  we
• 59:30
  are
• 59:30
  the
• 59:30
  world
• 59:31
  in
• 59:31
  our
• 59:31
  natural
• 59:31
  state
• 59:32
  and
• 59:33
  it
• 59:33
  is
• 59:33
  for
• 59:33
  our
• 59:34
  likes
• 59:34
  that
• 59:34
  you
• 59:34
  came
• 59:35
  into
• 59:35
  this
• 59:35
  world.
• 59:36
  You
• 59:37
  came
• 59:37
  to
• 59:37
  redeem
• 59:37
  us
• 59:38
  from
• 59:38
  sin
• 59:38
  from
• 59:39
  our
• 59:39
  lostness
• 59:40
  from
• 59:40
  hell
• 59:41
  from
• 59:42
  all
• 59:42
  that
• 59:42
  we
• 59:43
  deserve
• 59:43
  for
• 59:43
  our
• 59:43
  iniquity.
• 59:45
  Lord
• 59:46
  help us
• 59:46
  tonight
• 59:46
  not only
• 59:47
  to be
• 59:47
  thankful
• 59:48
  but
• 59:49
  thankful
• 59:49
  in a
• 59:50
  way
• 59:50
  that
• 59:50
  cleaves
• 59:50
  to
• 59:51
  you
• 59:51
  and
• 59:52
  a
• 59:52
  way
• 59:52
  that
• 59:53
  continues
• 59:53
  to
• 59:54
  draw
• 59:54
  out
• 59:54
  hope
• 59:55
  from
• 59:55
  you
• 59:55
  and
• 59:56
  help
• 59:57
  us
• 59:57
  every
• 59:57
  day
• 59:57
  that
• 59:58
  goes
• 59:58
  by
• 59:58
  Lord
• 59:59
  to
• 1:00:00
  realize
• 1:00:00
  the
• 1:00:00
  greatness
• 1:00:01
  of
• 1:00:01
  what
• 1:00:01
  you
• 1:00:01
  have
• 1:00:02
  done
• 1:00:02
  in
• 1:00:03
  this
• 1:00:03
  great
• 1:00:03
  salvation.
• 1:00:05
  Be
• 1:00:05
  with
• 1:00:06
  us
• 1:00:06
  now
• 1:00:06
  then we
• 1:00:06
  pray
• 1:00:07
  and
• 1:00:07
  forgive
• 1:00:08
  our
• 1:00:08
  sin
• 1:00:08
  for
• 1:00:09
  Jesus
• 1:00:09
  sake.
• 1:00:09
  Amen.
• 1:00:10
  We're
• 1:00:14
  going to
• 1:00:14
  now
• 1:00:14
  conclude
• 1:00:14
  our
• 1:00:15
  service
• 1:00:15
  by
• 1:00:15
  singing
• 1:00:16
  in
• 1:00:16
  Psalm
• 1:00:17
  85
• 1:00:18
  that's
• 1:00:20
  on
• 1:00:20
  page
• 1:00:21
  113
• 1:00:22
  verses
• 1:00:24
  8
• 1:00:24
  to
• 1:00:25
  13
• 1:00:25
  13
• 1:00:27
  and
• 1:00:30
  the
• 1:00:31
  tune
• 1:00:31
  is
• 1:00:32
  Nettleton
• 1:00:32
  I
• 1:00:33
  looked
• 1:00:33
  at
• 1:00:34
  the
• 1:00:34
  presenter
• 1:00:34
  when
• 1:00:34
  he
• 1:00:34
  gave
• 1:00:35
  me
• 1:00:35
  the
• 1:00:35
  tunes
• 1:00:35
  earlier
• 1:00:36
  and
• 1:00:36
  when
• 1:00:36
  he
• 1:00:36
  said
• 1:00:37
  Nettleton
• 1:00:37
  I
• 1:00:38
  had
• 1:00:38
  to
• 1:00:38
  look
• 1:00:38
  at
• 1:00:38
  him
• 1:00:39
  and
• 1:00:39
  well
• 1:00:39
  what
• 1:00:40
  is
• 1:00:40
  that
• 1:00:40
  Nettleton
• 1:00:42
  is
• 1:00:42
  the
• 1:00:42
  tune
• 1:00:42
  come
• 1:00:43
  thou
• 1:00:43
  found
• 1:00:44
  of
• 1:00:45
  every
• 1:00:45
  blessing
• 1:00:45
  that's
• 1:00:46
  how
• 1:00:46
  we
• 1:00:46
  know
• 1:00:46
  the
• 1:00:46
  tune
• 1:00:46
  more
• 1:00:47
  familiarly
• 1:00:47
  but
• 1:00:48
  the
• 1:00:49
  presenter
• 1:00:49
  has
• 1:00:50
  given
• 1:00:50
  us
• 1:00:50
  the
• 1:00:50
  proper
• 1:00:50
  name
• 1:00:51
  which
• 1:00:51
  is
• 1:00:51
  Nettleton
• 1:00:51
  let's
• 1:00:52
  sing
• 1:00:52
  verses
• 1:00:53
  8
• 1:00:53
  to
• 1:00:53
  13
• 1:00:54
  I
• 1:00:55
  will
• 1:00:55
  hear
• 1:00:56
  what
• 1:00:56
  God
• 1:00:56
  the
• 1:00:56
  Lord
• 1:00:57
  says
• 1:00:57
  to
• 1:00:58
  his
• 1:00:58
  saints
• 1:00:58
  he
• 1:00:58
  offers
• 1:00:59
  peace
• 1:00:59
  but
• 1:01:00
  his
• 1:01:00
  people
• 1:01:01
  must
• 1:01:01
  not
• 1:01:01
  wander
• 1:01:02
  and
• 1:01:02
  return
• 1:01:03
  to
• 1:01:03
  foolishness
• 1:01:04
  so
• 1:01:05
  these
• 1:01:05
  verses
• 1:01:06
  8
• 1:01:06
  to
• 1:01:06
  13
• 1:01:07
  of
• 1:01:07
  Psalm
• 1:01:07
  85
• 1:01:22
  ями
• 1:01:24
  two
• 1:01:27
  ğini
• 1:01:45
  Son, at once again, His goy
• 1:01:55
  May be seen with Him around
• 1:02:00
  Love and truth are fed together
• 1:02:07
  Righteousness and peace and race
• 1:02:13
  Righteousness we start from heaven, from the earth's name's faithfulness.
• 1:02:25
  What is good the Lord will give us, and our land is truth will be.
• 1:02:38
  Righteousness will go before him, and his royal make me fair.
• 1:02:51
  And now may the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God the Father, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you now and evermore. Amen.
• 1:03:08
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