Latest / Stornoway Free Church of Scotland - Sermons / What Shall I Do With Jesus?

Transcript

What Shall I Do With Jesus? · Stornoway Free Church of Scotland - Sermons

0:00
We're going to begin worship now. We're singing tonight, firstly, from Psalm 135.
0:06
Psalm 135, that's in the St. Psalms, and the page number there is 176.
0:14
We're singing to a tune, Stuttgart, verses 13 to 15.
0:20
Lord, your name endures forever, your renown is ever great.
0:25
For the Lord sustains his servants, and his folk will vindicate.
0:28
But the idols of the nations, made of silver and of gold, are by human hands created with a hammer or a mould.
0:36
Mouths they have, but speak they cannot. Eyes they have, but cannot see.
0:41
Ears they have, but hear they cannot. In their mouths no breath can be.
0:46
Verses which, of course, set out the great contrast between idolatry and the worship of the living God,
0:53
and our privilege in knowing that God, and ascribing worship and glory and praise,
0:58
to him. So we'll sing these verses from verse, sorry, verse 13 to the end of the psalm.
1:04
Lord, your name endures forever. If you can stand, please do stand.
1:08
Lord, your name endures forever. Your renown is ever great.
1:24
For the Lord sustains his servants, and his folk will vindicate.
1:35
But the idols of the nations, made of silver and of gold, are by human hands created with a hammer or a mould.
2:00
For the Lord sustains his servants, and his folk will be.
2:30
For the Lord sustains his servants, and his folk will be like them,
2:33
For the Lord sustains them, and the same.
2:39
Praise the Lord, O house of Israel,
2:46
He runs has exalted his name.
2:52
Praise the Lord, O house of Levi,
2:58
You fear him, praise the Lord
3:04
Praise the Lord who dwells in Zion
3:10
In Jerusalem, praise the Lord
3:16
Now let's unite our hearts in prayer. We're going to call upon the Lord in prayer.
3:23
Amen.
3:53
How important it is for us to draw near to God, seeking that God will draw near to us.
4:00
O Lord, we pray tonight that that will be our experience, that we will know of the Lord in this place,
4:07
that we will know ourselves brought by your Spirit to come to trust in you and place our trust in you once again,
4:15
if we have done that already.
4:17
We ask that you would bless us, Lord, through your Word.
4:20
Lord, we pray that your Holy Spirit will be active in our experience, to enlighten our mind,
4:26
to give us a further extended knowledge of you,
4:29
and to give us in our hearts a renewed desire and commitment to you and to your ways,
4:35
and to walk in your ways.
4:37
We thank you, Lord, for all that we enjoy as a congregation by way of our privileges in the Gospel.
4:45
We thank you for all that you enable us to engage in from week to week, from day to day, from Lord's day to Lord's day.
4:52
Lord, we know that you have blessed us in providing us with these things.
4:58
We pray that we may never treat them lightly,
5:01
that we may always ask ourselves if our contribution to your cause is in accordance with what you have given to us
5:09
and continues to give to us.
5:13
We pray tonight that your Word will challenge us and comfort us, instruct us, and lead us.
5:19
Lord, we ask that your counsel through your Word may truly lighten our path,
5:26
and lighten our path even through life itself.
5:29
We ask you, Lord, that you would come to each one of us and speak to each one of us.
5:35
For as we appear before you as a congregation,
5:38
so we appear before you individually,
5:41
with our own personal needs, our own personal thoughts,
5:45
our own minds as we think of,
5:48
our relationship to you and to the world in which we live,
5:52
and to the things of eternity.
5:54
And Lord, we ask that you would come to each of us and speak to us,
5:59
and draw us, we pray, to yourself.
6:02
We ask tonight that your blessing will be with all your people elsewhere in the world,
6:07
not only throughout our own community,
6:09
for we know that there are many other congregations meeting tonight as we do.
6:15
We pray that same blessing for them that we pray for ourselves.
6:19
We ask that your cause will come to flourish,
6:22
that we will see an increase in those who acknowledge you as their God,
6:27
and who have turned away from the idols of this world,
6:31
and have come to place their trust and confidence in the Lord God.
6:36
And we thank you, Lord, for the freedom that is ours still as a community,
6:42
and to come to hear the gospel,
6:44
and to come to gather as we do this evening under the sound of the gospel.
6:48
We bless you for our heritage,
6:51
for the way that you have over many years, many generations,
6:55
come to show yourself as a God who is worthy to be praised and trusted in.
7:01
And we thank you for all that you have deposited in our possession now in our generation
7:07
that came to us through previous generations of our ancestors too.
7:13
And we ask, Lord, that we may hold these things faithfully,
7:16
that we may come and find what you have deposited in our possession in the gospel
7:22
will be prized by us, commended by us, used by us,
7:27
that we will treasure it in our hearts and seek to live by it,
7:31
that we will never bargain it away to any of the ideologies of this world,
7:38
but give us, we pray, like the Apostle Paul,
7:41
to be able to say consistently and in an ongoing way
7:45
that we are not ashamed of the gospel of Christ,
7:49
for it is indeed the power of God unto salvation to everyone who believes.
7:56
We pray for the work of your church tonight throughout the whole world.
8:01
We ask, Lord, that your own people will, in their witness,
8:05
be blessed and be a blessing to the world.
8:07
We know that you describe your people in your word as the light of the world,
8:12
as a city set on a hill.
8:15
And help us then, we pray, to fulfill that description day by day.
8:20
Lord, we confess we find ourselves so often short of meeting that description,
8:26
that we find ourselves so often having to bring before you a confession of failure,
8:31
yet we thank you for your faithfulness,
8:34
that you will bless your word, that it will not return to your void,
8:38
that it will accomplish your will as you send it forth.
8:42
And we do pray, O Lord, that your kingdom will advance during these days.
8:47
We know that there is so much, Lord, in our own society,
8:51
throughout our nation, throughout the nations of the world,
8:54
of opposition to you, to your will, to your word,
8:59
and to all that you provide for us in the wisdom of your truth in the gospel.
9:04
And we pray, O Lord, your forgiveness,
9:07
that as a nation and as a people,
9:09
we have turned away so much from your ways.
9:12
We have chosen for ourselves the ideologies and the idolatry of this world.
9:18
We have come to place our trust, O Lord,
9:21
in empty, broken cisterns,
9:23
which cannot give us satisfaction,
9:26
which can never prove to be adequate to us as we face eternity,
9:31
and as we face even the difficulties and the challenges of life in this world itself.
9:37
And to that end, we pray tonight for those who rule over us,
9:40
those in authority,
9:42
those who have places of influence in our land.
9:45
Bless our government, we pray.
9:47
Bless all those who belong to them in Westminster, in Edinburgh.
9:52
We ask, Lord, that you would bless all the nations of the United Kingdom.
9:58
We ask that we may come once again under the power of your truth.
10:03
We pray that you would direct those who lead us into the ways of your truth.
10:07
We ask that you would deliver them from counsel that would lead them further astray
10:12
and further away from those things of the gospel.
10:16
We pray that they may come, O Lord, to take up your word, your law, your precepts.
10:22
And, Lord, we pray that you would impress upon their mind and conscience
10:26
that you have provided these things for our guidance,
10:30
not only individually but nationally as well.
10:33
And we ask that you would help them to resist all alternative views and ideologies to the gospel.
10:41
We pray that you would grant your blessing to all those who do fear you and serve you,
10:47
who are in places of authority and position in our land.
10:50
We ask, gracious one, that you would keep them,
10:53
that you would use them as a means of blessing to their fellow human beings
10:59
in whatever sphere of life they serve you.
11:02
Bless, then, we pray tonight, those who are in special need.
11:05
We pray that you would bless those who mourn the passing of loved ones.
11:09
Lord, we know of families in recent days who have lost loved ones,
11:13
some of them very suddenly.
11:15
We pray that you would bless those who remain to mourn their passing.
11:19
Be near to them.
11:20
Comfort them.
11:21
Grant them your strengthening.
11:23
And we pray that you would bless also those who,
11:25
in times past, have lost loved ones and still fondly remember
11:30
and still find it so difficult to adjust to life without them.
11:35
Be pleased, we pray, to be near to them too.
11:38
Bless those who have illness to contend with,
11:41
those in hospital, those receiving various treatments,
11:45
those recovering from such,
11:46
those who have gone through surgery,
11:48
those who look forward to such in days to come.
11:51
We ask for those with mental health issues
11:55
that you'd be pleased, Lord, to bless them.
11:57
You are the God of our minds, of our bodies, of our souls.
12:01
And we commend this to you as well
12:03
and give you thanks for the facilities that are available to us.
12:08
And we pray that you would bless those tonight
12:10
who don't have the advantages that many of us have
12:15
in physical ability and mental health.
12:17
And we ask that your gracious way,
12:21
you would deal with them
12:22
in a way that would reveal yourself to them
12:25
and show to them that you are the great physician,
12:28
that you are the great carer and shepherd
12:30
of all who come to trust in you.
12:34
And so we pray your blessing now
12:35
upon all that we anticipate in this week
12:38
by way of meetings of various kinds
12:40
and worship services.
12:42
We commit all of this to you as well.
12:44
And we ask now that you would bless us,
12:46
that you would guide us into your word
12:48
and hear our praises and our prayers for Jesus' sake.
12:52
Amen.
12:55
We're going to sing again to God's praise.
12:57
We're singing now in Psalm 101.
13:00
Psalm 101.
13:01
Again, it's St. Psalms on page 132.
13:05
Tune this time is Moravia.
13:07
And we're singing verses 1 to 6.
13:11
I'll praise your love and justice, Lord.
13:13
I'll praise you cheerfully.
13:16
I'll strive to lead a blameless life.
13:19
When will you come to me?
13:21
Within my home, the life I lead
13:23
will show a blameless heart.
13:25
My eyes will view no worthless thing.
13:27
From sin I will depart.
13:30
Psalm 101, verses 1 to 6.
13:33
I'll praise your love and justice.
13:35
I'll praise you cheerfully.
13:55
I'll praise you cheerfully.
13:56
I'll praise you cheerfully.
14:00
I'll praise you cheerfully.
14:02
I'll praise you cheerfully.
14:04
When will you come to me?
14:11
To see your love and justice.
14:11
Only is Indeed.
14:12
This time is Bundwe, I'll praise you, God.
14:13
That's all I'll praise you, God.
14:14
To see your God's effort.
14:14
With us look for you, God.
14:15
If you are Và, Jesus Christ.
14:17
Hope you are disregarding you, God.
14:18
I'll praise you, God.
14:19
I'll praise you diez years now in Psalm 101.
14:20
Amen
14:24
Hodmoth sing you to commence U.
14:25
I'll praise you, God.
14:27
So the Lord Christ.
14:27
We'll prepare you for the Lord.
14:31
I will you know, worthless thing, from sin I will defy.
14:44
I think what it less he will do, it shall not be to me.
14:59
All wicked people I am high, from evil and sin free.
15:14
I will to silence everyone who slugged me secretly.
15:29
I will not tolerate the pride who acts so heartily.
15:45
My heart is not on the faithful ones, but living well with me.
16:01
Whoever is the blimless one will serve me constantly.
16:15
Amen.
16:19
Let's now turn to the Word of God to read a portion from Matthew's Gospel.
16:23
The Gospel of Matthew and chapter 27.
16:28
And we're reading the first 26 verses of this chapter.
16:34
Matthew 27, verses 1 to 26.
16:38
Matthew 28, verses 1 to 26.
17:09
They said, What is that to us? See to it yourself.
17:14
And throwing down the pieces of silver into the temple, he departed and went and hanged himself.
17:20
But the chief priest, taking the pieces of silver, said,
17:23
It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, since it is blood money.
17:28
So they took counsel and bought with them the potter's field as a burial place for strangers.
17:35
Therefore that field has been called the field of blood to this day.
17:39
Then was fulfilled what had been spoken by the prophet Jeremiah, saying,
17:44
And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him on whom a price has been set,
17:49
by some of the sons of Israel.
17:51
And they gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord directed me.
17:56
Now Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked him,
18:01
Are you the king of the Jews?
18:03
Jesus said, You have said so.
18:06
But when he was accused by the chief priests and elders, he gave no answer.
18:11
Then Pilate said to him, Do you not hear how many things they testify against you?
18:16
But he gave him no answer, not even to a single charge, so that the governor was greatly amazed.
18:24
Now at the feast, the governor was accustomed to release for the crowd any one prisoner whom they wanted.
18:30
And they had then a notorious prisoner called Barabbas.
18:35
So when they had gathered, Pilate said to them, Whom do you want me to release for you, Barabbas or Jesus who is called Christ?
18:46
For he knew that it was out of envy that they had delivered him up.
18:51
Besides, while he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent word to him,
18:56
Have nothing to do with that righteous man, for I have suffered much because of him today in a dream.
19:02
Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowd to ask for Barabbas and to destroy Jesus.
19:10
The governor again said to them, Which of the two do you want me to release for you?
19:15
And they said, Barabbas.
19:18
Pilate said to them, What then shall I do with Jesus who is called Christ?
19:22
They all said, Let him be crucified.
19:26
And he said, Why?
19:28
What evil has he done?
19:30
But they shouted all the more, Let him be crucified.
19:34
So when Pilate saw that he was gaining nothing, but rather that a riot was beginning,
19:40
he took water and washed his hands before the crowd, saying,
19:44
I am innocent of this man's blood.
19:46
See to it yourselves.
19:47
And all the people answered, His blood be on us and on our children.
19:54
Then he released for them Barabbas, and having scourged Jesus, delivered him to be crucified.
20:04
Amen.
20:04
May God bless to us, reading that portion again of his word.
20:09
Before we turn to this passage, let's sing again, this time Psalm 142,
20:15
145, sorry, second version of the Psalm.
20:20
That's from the Scottish Psalter on page 445 of the Psalm books.
20:25
Page 445, verses 17 to 21.
20:31
June this time is Duke Street.
20:33
The Lord is just in his ways all, and holy in his works each one.
20:39
He is near to all that on him call, who call in truth on him alone.
20:43
God will the just desire fulfill of such as do him fear and dread.
20:49
Their cry regard, and here he will, and save them in the time of need.
20:55
The Lord preserves all more and lest that bear to him a loving heart.
21:00
But workers all of wickedness destroy will he, and clean subvert.
21:05
Therefore, my mouth and lips I'll frame to speak the praises of the Lord,
21:11
to magnify his holy name.
21:14
Forever let all flesh accord.
21:16
These verses, the Lord is just in his ways all.
21:20
The Lord is just in his ways all, and holy in his works each one.
21:41
He's here to know all that on him call, with God and truth on him alone.
21:57
God will the just desire fulfill, all such as do him fear and dread.
22:14
The Lord is just in his ways all, and holy in his ways all, and holy in his ways all, and holy in his ways all.
22:44
God will the just desire to speak the praises of the Lord and will, and holy in his ways all, and holy in his ways all, and holy in his ways all, and holy in his ways all.
23:02
The Word of God
23:32
Let's turn now to the passage we read together in Matthew's Gospel, Matthew chapter 27.
23:48
Tonight we're focusing our minds on the question that Pilate asked in verse 22.
23:54
Then what shall I do with Jesus who is called Christ or called the Christ?
24:05
Especially that question in itself and looking at it in terms of how it addresses us tonight too with our responsibilities in relation to Jesus himself.
24:17
As you know, we've begun a series of studies on Thursday evenings called Life's Big Questions.
24:28
And we're thankful for Calla and Roddy as they lead those discussions.
24:32
And I encourage you to attend or to bring anyone to these discussions, Life's Big Questions.
24:39
There was a leaflet out last week about it.
24:41
And surely Pilate's question here is one of those big questions in life.
24:47
We had one last week where Calla Murdo led us in a question related to the studies, the discussion sessions, Life's Big Questions.
24:58
And what is the right question? What is the wrong question?
25:02
And tonight we're looking at this question.
25:04
I thought last week I would just try and fit in with that program and look at this particular study tonight.
25:11
And so here is the question that Pilate asked, what then shall I do with Jesus who is called the Christ?
25:20
Now the context is that Pilate is really in something of a dilemma.
25:24
He's not a good man.
25:26
You don't feel much sympathy for him.
25:28
But he's in something of a dilemma because he knows, you see what you read in verse 18 there,
25:34
He knew it was out of envy that they had delivered Jesus up to be tried.
25:41
And so Pilate himself knew that Jesus was innocent, that he was not worthy of death,
25:47
that he was innocent of the charges laid against him.
25:50
And as he was sitting on the judgment seat, verse 19,
25:57
something else happened that must have truly troubled Pilate.
26:02
And it was while he was sitting there that his wife sent word.
26:05
She sent a message to him.
26:08
She was obviously concerned that he would do the right thing.
26:13
She sent a message saying, have nothing to do with that righteous man.
26:18
In other words, again, presenting to Pilate her opinion, just as it coincided with his,
26:26
that this was indeed a righteous man, a man who didn't deserve to die.
26:30
And she said, don't have anything to do with that righteous man,
26:34
for I have suffered much because of him today in a dream.
26:38
See, the Lord gets to Pilate's conscience through a dream of his wife that he's now coming to hear about.
26:45
The Lord does things like that.
26:47
And this is the message she sent to Pilate.
26:50
Don't have anything to do with this just man.
26:52
Don't treat him unjustly.
26:54
Just leave that alone.
26:57
Because I have suffered much because of him in a dream.
27:03
But of course, the dilemma for Pilate is the crowd are baying for blood.
27:07
The crowd want Jesus to be crucified.
27:09
The crowd want him to be taken out and put to death.
27:13
And so Pilate is forced between that on the one hand and what his wife had said and what his own conscience is saying on the other hand.
27:22
And so he's in a corner.
27:23
He's in a dilemma.
27:24
He has to take a decision.
27:25
But which decision will it be?
27:27
And you can see from the way that the narrative proceeds that he is reluctant to deliver Christ.
27:34
He knows Barabbas is a notorious criminal.
27:37
He's offered him to the crowd.
27:38
He's offered him to them, hoping that they would take him and let him be free to release Jesus.
27:45
But that's not how it is.
27:46
They demand Jesus and let Barabbas go.
27:54
That's the corner that this man is in, that the governor is in.
28:01
What is he going to do?
28:05
Well, I'm not going to deal with that tonight as a history lesson.
28:08
Because tonight we're here not to learn something of a history lesson involving Pontius Pilate and the circumstances of his day.
28:17
That's the background, certainly, to the question.
28:20
But we want to use the question as something that addresses each one of us today.
28:26
Because it's a question that comes across from the pages of the Bible and from the course of history to each and every single individual, you might say, under the gospel or indeed in the wider sense.
28:38
What will I then do with this Jesus?
28:42
This one who is called the Christ, the Anointed One.
28:46
What am I going to do with him?
28:48
We're taking it as a question addressed to us by God through the Scriptures.
28:53
And it's especially tonight for you who have not yet accepted him as your Savior.
29:03
Who have not yet come to receive him as he's offered in the gospel.
29:09
Who have not yet come to give yourself to him to be your master, your king, your Savior.
29:17
And I want especially to focus on that situation.
29:20
Because that question surely is very, very relevant to yourselves.
29:27
Jesus stands before us in the gospel and in the message of the gospel as it's preached.
29:34
And here is the question that arises every time that gospel comes across to us, every time we read our Bibles.
29:41
What am I going to do with him?
29:43
Because for sure, you can't actually leave that question unanswered.
29:49
You need to do something with him.
29:52
You need to actually receive him or else not receive him.
29:56
And these are the only two alternatives.
30:00
What are you going to do with this Jesus who's called the Christ?
30:05
Because there's no neutrality really, is there?
30:11
No neutrality.
30:11
No space in between receiving him and not receiving or rejecting him.
30:18
It's either the one or the other.
30:22
And here is God in his kindness.
30:24
And I hope I can present this as lovingly, as concernedly as I can, as I ought to do as a preacher of the gospel.
30:33
We're not in any way in the pulpit as we preach the gospel intending to be harsh.
30:41
Maybe it comes across that way sometimes.
30:43
I apologize for that if it is.
30:45
Our concern is to be loving and tactful and patient but honest.
30:51
Because tonight here's the question for you to answer and for me to answer.
30:56
What shall I do with Jesus who is called the Christ?
31:01
Christ.
31:02
So let's do it in two ways.
31:04
First of all, facing up to the question.
31:07
Facing up to the question as it addresses us.
31:10
Now I'm sure that nobody here tonight is really going to say outrightly,
31:14
I'm going to reject him.
31:16
I want nothing to do with him.
31:17
I'm sure there's nobody in this building tonight would actually say that categorically of themselves.
31:23
That that would be their desire.
31:24
Otherwise, why would you be here?
31:26
But then what is the case?
31:31
What are you going to do with him if it's a case of not outrightly rejecting him,
31:37
not like the hostile world out there, just wanting nothing to do with him?
31:42
Let's take one possibility.
31:46
You're going to delay your decision for the time being.
31:50
It's a very common response.
31:53
I know it from my own experience.
31:56
To delay a decision on the part, on my part or your part, to this very serious and important question.
32:03
What am I going to do with Jesus?
32:04
I'll delay it for the moment.
32:07
I won't actually pass it off altogether, but I won't actually answer it just now.
32:12
I'll just put it off.
32:13
I'll delay the decision from the time being.
32:15
It's not that I'm rejecting him, you might say, like that hostile world out there,
32:20
but I'm delaying a decision with regard to him, with regard to the question.
32:24
You intend to come back to that question.
32:26
You intend to come back to it sometime in the future.
32:29
You intend to come back to it when the time seems more appropriate,
32:32
when it seems right for you then to answer the question one way or the other,
32:35
positively you might say especially.
32:38
But now it's not the right time for you, you see.
32:41
You might be here, you might be listening online, watching online and saying,
32:47
well, this is really going to complicate my life.
32:50
If I make a decision in favor of Jesus just now,
32:53
to accept him, to live by faith and trust in him,
32:56
to follow him, to commend him, to serve him,
32:59
think of the way that that's going to actually add a layer of complexity to my life,
33:04
to my family life, to my life in terms of my work colleagues,
33:07
to my life in the world.
33:08
Think of the complexity when my life is so busy.
33:12
Can I not just leave it for a while until it slows down a wee bit,
33:15
until it gets a wee bit less hectic,
33:18
until all the children have grown up perhaps and have left home
33:21
and I have more time to address such questions as these?
33:28
Well, you know, for one thing,
33:30
that is a very common response on our part as human beings.
33:34
But for one thing,
33:37
whether you're willing to accept it and admit it or not,
33:39
but that is a decision.
33:43
To say,
33:44
I'm delaying the decision for the time being
33:46
is actually making a decision now
33:48
that this is not going to be positively
33:51
accepted by you.
33:53
This man is not going to be taken
33:54
and made your Savior
33:56
by receiving him into your heart.
33:58
Because delay is
33:59
a decision.
34:00
It's a decision to put it off for the time being.
34:04
It equals
34:05
a refusal meantime
34:07
to bow your knee to him,
34:10
to accept him.
34:13
And you know,
34:14
delay
34:14
is not going to make Jesus go away.
34:19
This man,
34:20
Pilate,
34:22
as late in the chapter as we read,
34:23
he took
34:24
water,
34:25
took a basin
34:25
and washed his hands before the crowd
34:27
saying,
34:28
I am innocent of this man's blood
34:30
as if that was actually going to
34:32
make Jesus
34:33
go away from his conscience.
34:36
You can leave here tonight
34:37
and still say,
34:39
no,
34:39
I'm not yet in the position
34:40
of accepting Jesus.
34:42
I'm going to delay that.
34:43
But that delay is a decision,
34:45
as I've said.
34:46
And not only that,
34:47
but he's not going to go away.
34:48
Jesus is not going to go away
34:50
from your soul,
34:51
from your mind,
34:52
from your conscience.
34:53
He's just going to confront you still
34:55
as your life goes on.
34:56
And he's going to keep asking you
34:58
this question,
34:59
what are you going to do with me?
35:04
Where are you going to place me?
35:08
What relationship are you going to have with me?
35:12
And in any case,
35:14
what if during your time of delay
35:17
you actually die?
35:21
It's not impossible, is it?
35:24
You might say tonight,
35:25
well, I'm in very good health,
35:26
but people in very good health
35:27
sometimes die suddenly,
35:29
unexpectedly.
35:31
Is there any reason at all
35:33
that you or I can think of tonight
35:36
why you should not die suddenly?
35:40
Is there any reason
35:42
why you should,
35:43
or I should say to myself,
35:45
I am bound to see tomorrow.
35:47
I am actually bound to see another week
35:50
in my life?
35:51
It's surely not the case
35:53
that I am going to die
35:54
the stage I'm at in life.
35:57
You can say that,
35:58
you young people as well.
36:00
I'm saying it to you
36:01
as somebody
36:02
who was young once myself
36:04
and who didn't think
36:05
at that time very seriously
36:06
about God
36:07
or about religion.
36:08
I could have died.
36:09
There was a time
36:10
I very nearly died.
36:11
I nearly had an accident,
36:13
getting run over by a car.
36:14
And I've often thought of
36:15
from that moment,
36:17
which is still etched on my memory,
36:19
it came so close
36:20
that the car just ran off,
36:21
almost ran over my toes.
36:24
I was going out
36:25
to the village shop
36:26
to pick up some shopping.
36:28
My mother had sent me out,
36:29
went out in a bus.
36:31
And as I stepped out from the bus
36:33
and went out from behind the bus,
36:35
I went to run across the road,
36:36
which you'd never do behind the bus.
36:38
And just as I took that step,
36:40
a car shot past me.
36:42
And I've often thought,
36:43
ever since that day,
36:46
when that is still
36:46
such a vivid memory in my mind,
36:49
what if I had been killed
36:51
in that moment?
36:56
What if you don't see tomorrow?
37:00
What if it's in the Lord's purpose
37:02
that you too would die
37:04
before your delay time is over?
37:07
What then?
37:09
Where will that leave you?
37:11
Or leave me?
37:13
It doesn't matter
37:15
what we do with Jesus
37:17
in terms of not accepting Him.
37:19
He's not going to go away.
37:22
And you know,
37:22
people so often say
37:24
of the gospel
37:26
and of Jesus
37:27
and of the way sometimes
37:29
the truth of God
37:30
is presented to them,
37:31
maybe in the witness
37:32
of God's people,
37:33
and they just put that
37:34
completely away
37:35
and say,
37:35
oh, that's just a lot of nonsense,
37:36
a lot of old-fashioned stuff.
37:38
And still,
37:40
very often gnawing
37:41
at the back of their mind,
37:42
there's the idea,
37:43
well, maybe there's something
37:44
in this after all.
37:45
Because you see,
37:45
God does not go away.
37:48
God has made us for Himself.
37:51
God has given us minds and souls
37:53
that are themselves programmed
37:55
to think about eternity.
37:57
And maybe we often pass it off
38:00
and refuse to accept
38:02
that that's the case.
38:03
But deep down,
38:04
you know it is.
38:05
And I know it is.
38:07
What then shall I do
38:09
with Jesus
38:10
who's called Christ?
38:13
You face up to the question.
38:16
You might be saying,
38:17
I'll delay the decision
38:18
for the time being.
38:20
But that is a decision.
38:22
And it's a decision
38:23
that places you in peril
38:24
because you don't know
38:26
what tomorrow will bring.
38:30
The other option
38:31
is that you do the right thing.
38:34
That you do the right thing
38:35
and accept Him.
38:37
That you yield to His claim,
38:40
to His call as the Savior
38:42
to come and place your trust in Him,
38:44
to come and receive Him.
38:46
That you come and accept His authority
38:48
and His right to be your Lord
38:50
and to be your King
38:51
and to be your Savior.
38:52
You do the right thing
38:53
when you repent of your sin,
38:55
when you come to the Lord
38:56
and confess your sin.
38:57
And you ask Him to receive you
38:59
and to forgive you
39:00
and to cleanse you
39:01
and to make you right
39:02
and to make you upright.
39:04
And to accept you in His sight.
39:08
You ask His forgiveness.
39:10
You trust in Him.
39:12
You give yourself to Him.
39:13
You entrust yourself to Him.
39:15
You love Him.
39:16
That's the right thing to do.
39:20
And surely it's the only thing to do
39:22
when we think of ourselves
39:25
as people made for eternity.
39:28
People who will one day come,
39:30
as we'll see in a moment,
39:31
to face Jesus
39:33
and face His judgment of our lives.
39:38
And maybe you're here tonight
39:40
and you are a Christian
39:41
or listening online
39:43
or watching online
39:44
and you've come to know
39:46
the Lord in the past,
39:47
but your life through this wretched COVID
39:50
or everything that happened afterwards
39:51
has come to stray away
39:53
from obedience to Christ
39:55
and you're not walking in His ways
39:56
and you're just living
39:58
from one day to the next
39:59
with this really in-between
40:03
sort of condition
40:04
and this what you know
40:05
is not acceptable to yourself.
40:07
You're backslidden.
40:09
Your heart is cold.
40:10
What are you going to do
40:12
with this Jesus?
40:15
Well, surely you'll be like
40:16
the prodigal son
40:17
and you'll say,
40:19
as he said to himself,
40:21
Look at how much I'm missing.
40:23
Look at what's in my father's house
40:24
that I've turned away from
40:26
that I'm currently not enjoying
40:29
as I should.
40:30
I will arise
40:31
and I'll go back to my father.
40:33
Don't let the devil persuade you
40:35
that somehow or other
40:36
God is going to be so annoyed with you
40:38
if you've gone astray from His ways,
40:40
if you've fallen into sad times spiritually,
40:43
if you've lapsed,
40:45
if your heart is cold,
40:47
if you're not the way you should be
40:48
and were before with Jesus,
40:50
with His people.
40:51
Don't listen to the lie
40:52
that comes to you that says,
40:54
Oh, you should be afraid of going back.
40:55
You know, He's not going to accept you.
40:57
He's going to scold you.
40:59
He's going to give you a tough time.
41:00
I'll go to chapter 15 of Luke.
41:06
How did the father receive
41:07
his wayward son
41:09
that came back to him
41:11
out of his lostness?
41:15
He threw his arms around him.
41:18
He kissed him on the neck.
41:21
He received him gladly.
41:24
And that's a picture of Jesus.
41:25
That's what Jesus was describing.
41:27
This man receives sinners
41:31
and eats with them.
41:33
And tonight, maybe you've been
41:34
for some time,
41:37
maybe for some considerable time,
41:39
away from the Lord meaningfully.
41:43
What are you going to do with this Jesus?
41:46
What does He mean to you?
41:49
If He is yours,
41:50
will you not go back to Him?
41:52
Will you not, as it were,
41:53
claim Him all over again
41:55
as your own Savior
41:57
and give yourself back to Him
42:00
to be gladly ruled by Him.
42:04
That's what God's own purpose is for you.
42:09
Or you might say God's preference for you,
42:11
that you would do that.
42:13
Don't stay away from Him.
42:16
Don't let the gap widen.
42:17
Don't let your heart grow colder.
42:22
Just pick yourself up.
42:25
Go to Him and say,
42:26
Lord, I have sinned.
42:29
Receive me back.
42:30
Restore me.
42:31
Just as David said in Psalm 51,
42:33
restore to me, Lord,
42:35
the joy of your salvation.
42:38
If you have lost that joy,
42:40
go back to Him and ask for it to be restored,
42:42
because He can and will do that.
42:44
So that you'll come again to experience
42:48
that wonderful comfort and joy and assurance
42:51
of Him being your Savior
42:53
and being in His presence.
42:55
Facing up to the question.
42:58
Secondly,
42:59
let's reverse the question.
43:03
Let's reverse the question,
43:04
instead of it being,
43:06
what shall I do with Jesus
43:08
who is called to Christ?
43:10
Let's turn it around and say,
43:11
what will Jesus who is called to Christ
43:13
do with me?
43:16
Because as you know from the Bible very well,
43:19
there is a final judgment
43:21
awaiting every single one of us
43:23
at the Lord's return.
43:26
And that final judgment is a certainty.
43:29
That's why the question is important
43:31
that we turn it this way.
43:32
What shall the Lord,
43:34
what will the Lord do with me
43:35
when that moment comes,
43:37
when that day comes,
43:38
when I stand before Him
43:39
and appear before His judgment seat?
43:41
What will Jesus do with me
43:43
as it stands tonight
43:45
between yourself and the Lord?
43:47
What is your answer to that question?
43:49
If the judgment had been yesterday,
43:51
what would He have done with you?
43:54
Where would you be tonight in eternity?
43:58
2 Corinthians 5, verse 10
44:00
reminds us there are no exceptions
44:02
to appearing before Jesus
44:05
in the judgment.
44:06
where Paul is saying there
44:09
that we in all things
44:10
seek to please Him.
44:12
For we must all appear
44:14
before the judgment seat of Christ
44:16
that we may receive the things
44:17
done in this body,
44:18
whether good or evil.
44:20
You see, there's no exceptions.
44:21
It's a universal judgment.
44:23
Every single individual
44:24
who ever lived,
44:25
difficult for us
44:26
though it is to conceive of that,
44:28
but we believe the Bible
44:29
to be true,
44:30
that God is telling us the truth.
44:32
However difficult,
44:33
our understanding
44:34
is wrestling with the idea
44:36
of every single human being
44:37
who ever lived,
44:38
the billions of people
44:39
who've lived
44:39
since the creation began.
44:41
We must all appear
44:43
before the judgment seat of Christ.
44:45
God will do it.
44:50
There are no exceptions.
44:54
And the judge will be Jesus.
44:58
Here's Paul again
44:59
preaching in Acts chapter 17.
45:03
In this place called Athens,
45:06
so full of idolatry
45:08
that Paul himself
45:09
was somewhat taken aback.
45:12
But there he is preaching
45:13
to the Athenians,
45:14
to these pagans at the time,
45:16
and demonstrating
45:18
that this altar
45:20
to the unknown God
45:21
that they had erected
45:23
was in fact
45:23
something that should remind them
45:26
of the true and living God.
45:29
And you remember there
45:30
in Acts 17,
45:31
verses 30 to 31,
45:33
how he actually put it to them.
45:36
Let me just find these verses,
45:38
30 to 31.
45:40
The times of ignorance
45:41
God overlooked.
45:42
That's in previous times
45:44
before Jesus had come
45:45
and arrived in the world.
45:47
But now he commands
45:48
all people everywhere
45:50
to repent.
45:52
In other words,
45:53
to turn from sin
45:54
and turn to God.
45:55
He commands all people
45:56
everywhere to repent
45:57
because he has fixed a day
45:59
on which he will judge
46:01
the world in righteousness
46:02
by a man whom he has appointed.
46:05
Who is he?
46:07
And of this he has given assurance
46:09
to all
46:10
by raising him
46:12
from the dead.
46:14
The Jesus,
46:15
the risen Jesus.
46:17
How has God given proof
46:19
that there's such a thing
46:20
coming as a universal judgment?
46:23
He has given proof of it
46:24
in the resurrection of Jesus.
46:25
And the only way
46:27
you can actually deny that
46:28
is to say the Bible is nonsense
46:30
which you're not going to do.
46:34
He has given proof of this.
46:36
A lot of people will tell you
46:37
in the world
46:38
there's no proof whatsoever
46:39
of a coming judgment.
46:41
There's no proof whatsoever
46:43
of a resurrection from the dead
46:44
that Jesus is actually alive.
46:46
All that sort of stuff
46:47
they'll tell us is nonsense.
46:49
But you believe your Bible.
46:50
You believe this to be
46:51
the Word of God.
46:52
You believe this to be
46:53
factually correct.
46:54
You believe that God
46:55
doesn't tell lies.
46:57
That God doesn't mislead.
47:00
And so you believe tonight
47:01
that Jesus rose from the dead.
47:04
That God raised him
47:05
from the dead.
47:06
That people met him.
47:08
That could prove
47:09
they had met with him.
47:11
And if you believe
47:12
as you do
47:12
that he rose from the dead
47:13
or was raised from the dead
47:15
then you believe
47:16
in a coming judgment
47:17
because God has connected
47:19
these two
47:19
indissolubly together.
47:21
He has given proof of it.
47:25
This coming judgment.
47:28
And think of it
47:30
the person
47:32
who will sit
47:33
on that judgment seat
47:35
is this Jesus.
47:38
You know what a
47:39
dreadful surprise
47:40
that is going to be
47:41
for so many people.
47:43
Just imagine somebody
47:45
going through this life
47:46
ridiculed in the idea
47:48
of Jesus
47:49
being a savior.
47:51
Ridiculing the idea
47:52
of the gospel
47:53
being somewhat worthy
47:54
of your acceptance.
47:56
Speaking ill of Jesus
47:57
using his name
47:58
blasphemously.
47:59
Deliberately just
48:00
taking these
48:02
liberties
48:02
as you could say
48:04
with the name of Jesus
48:05
with the idea
48:06
of Jesus.
48:07
And then on the day
48:08
of judgment
48:08
as we're all gathered
48:10
to face the judgment seat
48:11
so many people
48:12
who have thought like that
48:13
and acted like that
48:14
will suddenly
48:15
find that the judge
48:18
shockingly to them
48:21
is this Jesus.
48:25
Not somebody else.
48:28
Not somebody other
48:29
than the one
48:29
they've ridiculed.
48:31
The one they've refused
48:32
to acknowledge.
48:34
The one they've rejected.
48:36
And then you think
48:40
of meeting with Jesus
48:41
and so that's what
48:44
this question
48:45
really in its reversal
48:47
is saying to us tonight.
48:49
Project yourself forward.
48:53
Think of yourself
48:53
standing before
48:54
his judgment seat.
48:56
What will this Jesus
48:58
do with me?
48:59
Will you hear
48:59
these words
49:01
that he says
49:02
in Matthew chapter 25
49:04
just a couple of chapters
49:06
before this
49:06
where Jesus is talking
49:08
of the final judgment
49:09
and in verse 34
49:11
where you find him
49:12
saying to those
49:13
on his right hand
49:14
when he comes
49:16
he will divide all people
49:17
separating them
49:18
as a shepherd
49:19
separates the sheep
49:21
from the goats.
49:22
He will put his sheep
49:23
on his right hand
49:24
the goats on the left.
49:26
The king will then say
49:26
to those on his right
49:27
come you blessed
49:29
of my father
49:30
receive
49:32
inherit the kingdom
49:33
prepared for you
49:34
from the foundation
49:35
of the world.
49:37
Will you hear that?
49:40
Or will it be
49:41
something else?
49:45
Then he will say
49:46
to those on his left
49:47
depart from me
49:50
you cursed
49:50
into the eternal fire
49:53
prepared
49:54
for the devil
49:55
and his angels.
49:59
And isn't it strange
50:01
isn't it foolish indeed
50:02
to hear people saying
50:04
well I believe
50:05
in the love of God
50:06
I believe that God
50:08
receives people
50:09
in his love
50:10
that he's provided
50:11
in his love
50:11
the person of Jesus
50:13
or the teaching of Jesus
50:14
or something along those lines
50:16
but I don't believe in hell
50:18
and I don't believe
50:19
that God would put
50:20
anybody to hell
50:21
that he would cast
50:21
anybody away
50:22
to a lost eternity.
50:24
Ask Jesus.
50:25
what did Jesus think?
50:31
What did Jesus say?
50:35
Then shall he say
50:36
to those
50:36
on his left hand
50:37
depart from me
50:39
you cursed
50:40
into the fire
50:42
prepared for the devil
50:44
and his angels.
50:46
I would be very untrue
50:48
to God tonight
50:49
and to my calling
50:50
as a minister
50:50
if I gave the least
50:52
suggestion
50:52
that you shouldn't
50:53
take that
50:54
at face value.
50:55
there is
50:59
a state called hell
51:01
just as there is
51:04
a state called heaven
51:05
and the difference
51:08
between them
51:08
hinges on this
51:09
what you have done
51:11
with this Jesus
51:12
and what he ultimately
51:14
will do with you
51:15
and with me
51:17
when we stand
51:18
in his presence.
51:20
There's a certainty
51:21
of final judgment
51:23
but it's not just
51:25
a certainty
51:25
of final judgment
51:26
it's the righteousness
51:28
or the justice
51:29
of that final judgment.
51:31
Now all judgment
51:32
even in this world
51:33
ought to have justice
51:34
as a stamp upon it.
51:36
It's not always that way.
51:37
There are corrupt judges
51:38
just as there have been
51:39
done through history
51:40
and there are some people
51:43
that you might think
51:44
have escaped justice.
51:45
They've committed
51:46
a great crime
51:46
maybe they've murdered
51:48
thousands of people
51:49
but somehow
51:50
or other
51:51
they've died
51:51
or taken their own life
51:53
before they
51:54
were faced
51:55
with
51:56
a court
51:57
to actually
51:58
deal with
52:00
accusations
52:01
against them
52:02
and people might say
52:03
well
52:03
surely
52:04
they've escaped justice
52:05
it's not fair.
52:07
Well they haven't
52:08
escaped justice
52:08
they've escaped
52:09
human justice
52:10
but the great court
52:13
the great assize
52:14
has still to sit
52:15
has still to meet
52:16
and we must all appear
52:20
before that judgment seat.
52:23
And you see the judge
52:26
is the righteous judge.
52:29
Just as we saw there
52:30
with Paul's preaching
52:31
in Athens
52:32
he has appointed
52:33
this man
52:35
by whom he will
52:36
judge the world
52:37
he's given indication
52:38
of it
52:38
that he's raised him
52:39
from the dead
52:40
that he will judge
52:41
the world
52:42
in righteousness.
52:44
And Paul in 2 Corinthians 4
52:46
as he sees
52:47
his own departure
52:48
imminent
52:49
his departure
52:50
from this world
52:50
he's about to die
52:51
his life is coming
52:53
to an end
52:53
but he says
52:54
the judge
52:55
the righteous judge
52:56
will give me
52:57
that crown of righteousness
52:58
on that day of judgment
53:00
he's going to give me
53:01
what he has promised
53:02
to his people
53:03
but he's the righteous judge.
53:06
And
53:06
it's important
53:08
that we realize
53:08
that the judgment
53:10
and the righteousness
53:11
of that judgment
53:12
is something
53:14
that affects
53:14
everyone who is judged.
53:18
Every
53:18
individual
53:20
saved
53:21
sinner
53:21
will be able
53:23
to say
53:24
with thankfulness
53:25
my salvation
53:27
is righteous
53:28
my salvation
53:29
is just.
53:32
There will be no
53:33
going back on it.
53:34
God is not going to say
53:36
at the judgment seat
53:37
when I meet him
53:38
actually
53:39
there's something
53:40
yet that you have
53:41
to do yourself
53:42
just to clinch this
53:44
just to make sure
53:45
that your
53:46
salvation
53:47
is secure
53:47
for eternity.
53:48
He'll never say
53:49
that.
53:50
Why?
53:50
Because everything
53:51
that's been
53:52
required
53:53
has already
53:54
been done
53:54
by Jesus
53:55
himself.
53:58
And that's why
53:59
the salvation
54:00
of the Lord's
54:02
people
54:02
is the salvation
54:03
that is just.
54:05
God is right
54:06
in bestowing
54:08
forgiveness
54:09
on all
54:10
who trust
54:11
in Jesus
54:11
because it's
54:12
for Jesus'
54:13
sake.
54:15
It's because
54:16
he has done
54:16
everything for
54:17
them already
54:17
and you need
54:19
not fear
54:20
that that's
54:20
going to change
54:21
because it
54:22
never will.
54:26
But it's just
54:27
on the other
54:28
side of the
54:28
issue as well.
54:31
We're dealing
54:31
with very solemn
54:32
things
54:33
and when God
54:36
tells the
54:36
unsaved
54:37
those who have
54:39
not accepted
54:40
Christ
54:40
depart from
54:43
me you
54:43
cursed
54:44
difficult
54:46
though it
54:47
is to
54:47
say
54:48
it's the
54:50
right thing
54:50
for God
54:51
to do.
54:54
God's
54:54
not going
54:54
to give
54:55
away his
54:55
righteousness
54:56
out of
54:58
some sort
54:58
of supposed
54:59
sympathy
55:00
with those
55:02
who have
55:02
refused to
55:03
accept his
55:03
salvation.
55:08
So what's
55:08
your choice?
55:11
What's my
55:12
choice?
55:12
friends we're
55:14
faced tonight
55:15
as we
55:16
always are
55:16
indeed
55:17
with matters
55:18
of eternal
55:19
significance.
55:21
What shall
55:22
I do
55:23
with this
55:24
Jesus?
55:25
What will
55:26
this Jesus
55:26
do with
55:27
me
55:27
when I
55:28
meet him?
55:30
These are
55:30
the two
55:31
great questions
55:32
we've brought
55:33
together.
55:33
Life's big
55:34
questions and
55:35
they don't get
55:36
bigger than
55:36
that.
55:38
Surely
55:39
tonight you're
55:39
going to
55:40
say
55:40
as you
55:42
see in
55:43
Luke chapter
55:43
19
55:44
with regard
55:46
to Zacchaeus.
55:49
Zacchaeus
55:49
climbed up
55:50
to a
55:51
sycamore
55:51
tree
55:51
so he
55:53
would have
55:53
a vantage
55:54
point to
55:54
see Jesus
55:55
who was
55:55
passing in
55:56
that way.
55:57
So he
55:57
climbed up,
55:58
he ran
55:58
ahead of
55:59
the procession
55:59
of the
56:00
crowd,
56:00
he climbed
56:01
up into
56:01
this tree
56:01
as you
56:02
know the
56:02
story very
56:02
well I'm
56:03
sure,
56:04
so that he
56:04
could actually
56:05
see Jesus
56:05
because he
56:06
was small.
56:07
He couldn't
56:08
see above
56:08
other people.
56:10
And as
56:11
Jesus reached
56:12
that specific
56:13
tree,
56:14
he looked up
56:15
and he
56:15
looked into
56:16
Zacchaeus'
56:16
eyes and
56:17
he said,
56:18
Zacchaeus,
56:19
make haste,
56:20
hurry up
56:20
and come
56:22
down for
56:23
today I
56:24
must stay
56:24
at your
56:25
house.
56:27
Well,
56:27
there's many
56:28
sermons packed
56:28
into that but
56:29
the reply of
56:31
Zacchaeus is
56:33
significant,
56:33
isn't it?
56:34
Or at least
56:35
what's said
56:35
about him.
56:37
He made
56:38
haste and
56:39
he came
56:40
down.
56:42
He didn't
56:42
say,
56:43
let me just
56:44
think about
56:44
that Lord,
56:46
let me just
56:46
think about
56:47
it for,
56:47
maybe I'll
56:48
come back
56:48
to it
56:48
tomorrow.
56:50
Let me
56:50
just delay
56:51
for the
56:51
moment,
56:51
just give
56:52
me this
56:52
opportunity
56:53
to think
56:54
it through
56:54
more fully.
56:56
No,
56:56
he made
56:57
haste.
56:59
He
56:59
instantly
57:00
came down
57:01
and he
57:02
went with
57:03
Jesus and
57:03
took Jesus
57:04
into his
57:05
home and
57:05
into his
57:06
heart.
57:06
heart.
57:08
And that's
57:08
tonight what
57:10
everyone here
57:11
surely is
57:12
going to
57:12
do.
57:13
If you
57:13
haven't done
57:14
it already,
57:16
now is the
57:16
moment because
57:18
I know he's
57:18
speaking to
57:19
you.
57:20
I know he's
57:21
addressing you
57:21
with this
57:22
question.
57:23
I know it's
57:23
on your
57:24
mind.
57:25
I know you
57:26
know you
57:26
have to
57:26
answer it.
57:28
But don't
57:28
wait until
57:29
you're out
57:29
that door
57:30
before you're
57:31
answering it.
57:31
what then
57:33
must I
57:34
do with
57:36
this Jesus
57:36
who is
57:38
called to
57:38
Christ?
57:39
You know
57:40
the answer.
57:42
Do it.
57:43
Receive him.
57:45
Love him.
57:46
Let's pray.
57:49
Eternal
57:50
God,
57:51
we give
57:51
thanks for
57:53
the wonderful
57:53
offer of
57:54
the gospel.
57:55
Lord,
57:56
we haven't
57:56
earned the
57:57
salvation you
57:58
offer to us
57:59
in it.
57:59
we have
58:00
not earned
58:01
the right
58:01
to be in
58:02
any way
58:03
received by
58:04
you
58:04
sympathetically.
58:06
We have
58:06
sinned against
58:07
you.
58:08
We are
58:08
deserving of
58:09
nothing more
58:10
than that you
58:10
should cast
58:12
us away from
58:13
you.
58:14
But you
58:14
sent your
58:15
Son into
58:15
this world.
58:17
And Father,
58:17
tonight we
58:18
give thanks
58:18
for him
58:19
and for
58:20
your love
58:20
displayed in
58:21
him and
58:23
for his
58:23
power and
58:24
his grace.
58:26
And we
58:26
ask that for
58:26
each of us
58:27
tonight our
58:28
concern will
58:29
be amply
58:30
fulfilled in
58:31
our response
58:32
to this
58:32
question.
58:34
What then
58:34
must I do
58:35
with Jesus
58:36
who is
58:37
called to
58:37
Christ?
58:39
All by
58:39
your grace
58:40
help us to
58:41
welcome you
58:42
and to
58:43
live for
58:43
you.
58:44
For your
58:44
name's
58:45
sake.
58:45
Amen.
58:50
We're going
58:51
to conclude
58:51
now by
58:52
singing in
58:52
Psalm 11.
58:55
Psalm number
58:56
11 and
58:56
that's on
58:57
page 13.
58:59
singing
59:00
verses 4
59:01
to 7.
59:01
The tune
59:01
is rocking
59:02
him.
59:05
The Lord
59:06
is in
59:07
his holy
59:07
place.
59:08
The Lord
59:09
is on
59:09
his heavenly
59:10
throne.
59:11
His eyes
59:11
observe the
59:12
human race
59:13
and in
59:14
his sight
59:14
each one
59:15
is known.
59:16
The Lord
59:16
examines all
59:17
the just.
59:19
The righteous
59:19
one he
59:20
proves and
59:20
tests.
59:21
But all
59:22
those who
59:22
love wickedness
59:23
and violence
59:25
his soul
59:25
detests.
59:27
Upon the
59:27
wicked he
59:27
will rain
59:28
his fiery
59:28
coals and
59:29
sulfur hot.
59:31
A scorching
59:31
wind will
59:32
beat on
59:32
them.
59:33
Such punishment
59:33
will be
59:34
their lot.
59:35
For God
59:36
the Lord
59:36
is righteous
59:37
still.
59:38
In
59:38
righteousness
59:39
he takes
59:39
delight.
59:41
And they
59:41
alone will
59:42
see his
59:43
face.
59:44
Who are
59:44
in heart
59:45
and life
59:45
upright.
59:47
These four
59:47
verses in
59:48
conclusion.
59:48
Amen.
59:49
Amen.
59:49
Amen.
59:49
Amen.
59:51
Amen.
59:51
Amen.
59:51
Amen.
59:51
Amen.
59:53
Amen.
59:53
Amen.
59:55
Amen.
59:55
Amen.
59:56
Amen.
59:57
Amen.
59:57
Amen.
59:57
Amen.
1:00:27
Amen.
1:00:28
Amen.
1:00:29
Amen.
1:00:30
Amen.
1:00:31
Amen.
1:00:57
The wickedness and my ownness is so detest.
1:01:10
Upon the wind he will rain, his mighty colds and silver calls.
1:01:29
A scorching wind will be the man, such punishment will be their own.
1:01:47
For God the Lord is righteous still, in righteousness he takes delight.
1:02:05
And they alone will sing his face, through high in heart and life of pride.
1:02:26
After the benediction tonight, I'll go to the door to my left here.
1:02:29
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 all now and evermore. Amen.
1:02:59
Amen.