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Let us begin our worship this evening by singing to his praise of God in Psalm 103 of the Scottish Psalter.
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Psalm 103, Scottish Psalter, you'll find that on page 369 of the Blue Book.
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We'll sing from the beginning of that psalm.
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Psalm 103 from the beginning, down to verse Mark 5.
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O thou, my soul, bless God the Lord, and all that in me is.
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Be stirred up his holy name 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 he hath bestowed on thee.
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All thine iniquities, who doth most graciously forgive, who thy diseases all and pains doth heal and thee relieve.
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Who doth redeem thy life that thou to death mayest not go down, who thee with loving kindness doth and tender mercy's crown.
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Who with abundance of good things doth satisfy thy mouth, so that even as the eagle's age, renewed is thy youth.
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A psalm that speaks of God's goodness and love towards his people.
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It's a psalm that will come back to sing the concluding verses at the end of our worship service.
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So let us lift our voices in praise to God.
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Let us stand together and sing this.
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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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He shed a praise holy name to magnify and bless.
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O thou, my soul, bless God the Lord, and all forgetful be.
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Of all his gracious benefits he hath bestowed on thee.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Amen.
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Amen.
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Amen.
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We now join together in prayer and join our hearts together.
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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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You know all things and you know the hairs that are upon our heads.
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You know the anxieties within our hearts.
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You know the sadness within our hearts.
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And we pray for those who are sad within their heart tonight.
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We ask that you would remember them and that we would bring them before you.
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That you would be a comfort to them.
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And comfort those who mourn we pray.
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We just ask that your loving arms would be wrapped around them.
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And that you would continue with them.
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Step by step in days that are so uncertain.
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Days that may be fearful to them.
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But as we heard in the morning.
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You are one who gives peace.
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You are the one that does not bring unto us things like the world does.
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You take from us these anxieties and our fears.
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And grants to us a peace within our hearts.
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When we draw close to you.
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And you draw close to us.
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So in the gathering of your people.
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May we know the closeness of your presence.
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And the blessing of your spirit upon us.
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As your word is spoken and read aloud tonight.
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That it may speak within our hearts.
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May it be a convicting voice.
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A converting voice.
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A strengthening voice.
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An encouraging voice to each of us.
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That we would know you.
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When we gather with a heart and mind.
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To seek you.
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And so let us do that tonight.
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Have a focus upon all the works of God.
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And what Christ has done for us on the cross at Calvary.
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And through that sacrifice.
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We have been redeemed.
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There is no other power that can wash away sins.
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Sins that separate us from God.
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That only through having faith in Christ.
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Trusting and resting upon him.
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Shall we be granted entry into your presence.
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And unto the kingdom of glory.
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Let us not forget what awaits those who trust in Christ.
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For the hope that is set before us.
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A place with no sorrow.
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A place with no pain.
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A place where we shall adore and look upon.
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The lamb that was slain.
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But it will be beautiful to us.
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And his radiance will illuminate our presence.
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And illuminate that land.
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Let us keep our mind.
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Upon things that are beyond this world.
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And attain.
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The things that are of.
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Everlasting joy.
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To the believer in Christ.
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Lord we pray.
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That as you gather with us here.
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We pray for the young ones.
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That are within this congregation.
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And we are mindful of those.
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Who may be away at camps.
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We pray for them.
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We pray for our own sponsor camp.
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Concraig Junior.
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And we thank you.
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That they have gathered safely together.
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And that they went to worship God together today.
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That as they join together one another.
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May you form lasting friendships there.
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And bind them together.
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And bind them together with your love.
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That they may come to understand.
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Your love.
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That is not like the love of this world.
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It is a love that does not hold grudges.
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It is a love.
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It is a love.
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It is not angered.
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It is a love.
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It is a love.
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It is a love.
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That calls to us.
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To come to him.
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To confess of our sins.
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That we may be adopted into the family of God.
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Lord we pray.
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That as your word has been proclaimed throughout your land.
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And this nation.
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This island.
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That it would go with your blessing.
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And that it would go with the power of your spirit.
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Lord it is not by any man.
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Can the mysterious works be done.
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But by the works of your spirit.
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Convicting and converting.
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And turning souls that lie in sin.
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Unto yourself.
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Lord we just ask.
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That you would bind us together.
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In your love.
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As we gather here this evening.
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We pray.
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That you would strengthen each of us.
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In our tasks.
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In our homes.
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In the duties that we have.
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Often we feel.
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Insufficient.
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For what lies ahead of us.
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Often we feel weak.
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To the tasks that are set before us.
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Lord.
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Renew us.
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As we come before you.
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May the strength of that eagle.
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That is spoken in Isaiah be ours.
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May we walk.
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And continue to run.
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And striving towards that.
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Crown of righteousness.
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That shall be ours.
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As we walk in faith.
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And trust in you.
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Be with us.
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We pray.
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Watch over us.
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In Persian.
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Watch over us.
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In our homes.
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Keep us in health.
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And strength.
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And all this.
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We ask.
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In the name of Jesus Christ.
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Amen.
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We'll continue.
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In our praise to God.
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By singing in Psalm 32.
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In the Sing Psalms version.
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We'll find that on page 38.
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Of the blue book.
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Psalm 32.
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From the beginning of that psalm.
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Down to verse Mark 7.
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How blessed the one who has received.
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Forgiveness for his sin.
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Whose sins are covered from God's face.
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Whose debt is cancelled in God's grace.
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There's no deceit in him.
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Down to verse Mark 7.
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You are my hiding place O Lord.
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My true security.
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You keep me safe in troubled days.
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You circle me with joyful praise.
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When you have set me free.
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The psalm is speaking of that joy.
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In knowing that his sins are forgiven.
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And all debt is cancelled.
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By the grace of God.
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We stand together and sing these words.
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How blessed the one who has received.
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Forgiveness for his sin.
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How blessed the one who has received.
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Forgiveness for his sin.
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Who united the一起 to return.
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The birthday of God.
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Where God
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Let us pray.
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Let us pray.
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Let us pray.
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Let us pray.
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I said, O Lord, I have transgressed, and you forgive when I confess.
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You pardoned all my sins.
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Let the Godly pay to you, and you are to be found.
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Surely when waves are sweeping past, and mighty waters rising past, you'll keep them safe and sound.
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You are my hiding place, O Lord, my true security.
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You keep me safe and troubled days.
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You circle me with joyful praise, and you have set me free.
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Amen.
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Turn now to our Bibles, and if we could turn to the book of Isaiah.
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The prophecy of Isaiah, chapter 1 of that book.
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We'll read from the beginning of that chapter down to verse Mark 20.
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Let us hear God's word.
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The vision of Isaiah, the son of Amos, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
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Hear, O heavens, and give ye, O earth, for the Lord has spoken.
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Children I have reared and brought up, but they have rebelled against me.
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The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its master's crib, but Israel does not know.
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My people do not understand.
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Ah, sinful nation.
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A people laden with iniquity.
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Offspring of evildoers.
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Children who deal corruptly.
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They have forsaken the Lord.
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They have despised the Holy One of Israel.
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They are utterly estranged.
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Why will you still be struck down?
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Why will you continue to rebel?
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The whole head is sick.
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The whole heart faint.
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From the sole of the foot to the head, there is no soundness in it.
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But bruises and sores and raw wounds, they are not pressed out or bound up or softened with oil.
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Your country lies desolate.
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Your cities are burned with fire.
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In your very presence, foreigners devour your land.
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It is desolate as overthrown by foreigners.
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And the daughter of Zion is left like a booth in a vineyard, like a lodge in a cucumber field, like a besieged city.
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If the Lord of hosts had not left us, we should have been like Sodom and become like Gomorrah.
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Hear the word of the Lord, you rulers of Gomorrah.
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What to me is the multitude of your sacrifices, says the Lord.
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I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed beasts.
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I do not delight in the blood of bulls or of lambs or of goats.
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When you come to appear before me, who has required of you this trampling of my coats?
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Bring no more vain offerings.
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The incense is an abomination to me.
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New moon and Sabbath and the calling of convocations.
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I do not endure iniquity and solemn assembly.
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Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hates.
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They have become a burden to me.
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I am weary of bearing them.
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When you spread out your hands, I will hide my eyes from you.
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Even though you make many prayers, I will not listen.
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Your hands are full of blood.
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Wash yourselves.
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Make yourselves clean.
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Remove the evil of your deeds from before my eyes.
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Cease to do evil.
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Learn to do good.
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Seek justice, correct oppression.
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Bring justice to the fatherless.
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Plead the widow's cause.
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Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord.
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Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be white as snow.
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Though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool.
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If you are willing and obedient, you shall eat the good of the land.
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But if you refuse and rebel, you shall be eaten by the sword.
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For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.
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We turn now also to the book of Revelation, chapter 7.
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Read there from verse 9 of that chapter.
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Revelation 7.
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Reading at verse 9, down to verse 17.
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John's vision of a great multitude in heaven.
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After this, I looked and behold a great multitude that no one could number from every nation,
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from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and the Lamb,
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clothed in white robes with pan branches in their hands,
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and crying out with a loud voice,
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Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne and to the Lamb.
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And all the angels were standing around the throne and round the elders and the four living creatures,
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and they fell on their faces before the throne and worshipped God, saying,
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Amen, blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honour and power and might
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be to our God forever and ever.
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Amen.
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Then one of the elders addressed me, saying,
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Who are these, clothed in white robes,
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and from where have they come?
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I said, Sir, you know.
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And he said to me,
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These are the ones coming out of the great tribulation.
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They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
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Therefore they are before the throne of God,
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and serve him day and night in his temple.
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And he who sits on the throne will shelter them with his presence.
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They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more.
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The sun shall not strike them, nor any scorching heat.
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For the Lamb in the midst of the throne will be their shepherd.
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He will guide them to springs of living water,
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and God will wipe away every tear from their eye.
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Amen.
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May the reading of God's word be a blessing to us.
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We'll join in praise again by singing in Psalm 51.
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Psalm 51 of the Scottish Psalter Version.
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You'll find that on page 280 of the Blue Book.
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Singing from the beginning of that psalm.
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After thy loving kindness, Lord,
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have mercy upon me,
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for thy compassion's great blot out all mine iniquity.
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Singing down to verse Mark 7 there.
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To thy with hyssop sprinkle me,
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I shall be cleansed so.
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Yea, wash thy me,
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and then I shall be whiter than the snow.
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The psalm, part of David's confession of his sin,
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as the prophet Nathan came before him.
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Let us sing these words to God's praise.
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Let us stand and sing.
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After thy loving kindness, Lord,
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have mercy upon me.
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After thy loving kindness, Lord,
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have mercy upon me.
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For thy compassion's great, Lord,
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and the
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functions,
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for every
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owment
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and
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the
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works of
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.
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The temptations I confess, my sin I ever see.
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It will be only a person, in my sight of this hell.
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But where thou speak, thou hast be just, and fear in judging still.
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The old lion iniquity was born in the womb with him.
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My mother also be not thee, in guiltiness and sin.
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Call thou with the inward heart, with truth delighted art.
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And wisdom thine shall take me home within the hidden heart.
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To thy will this soft spring to me, I shall be cleansed so.
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Ye wash thou me, and then I shall be whiter than the snow.
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I'd like us to turn together to the passage we read in Isaiah.
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And give our minds attention in the time that we have to verses 18.
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Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord.
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Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be white as snow.
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Though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool.
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There are often times in our lives when we hear things that we don't like to hear.
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We may remember the voice of parents telling us that we shouldn't be doing something,
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or we shouldn't be going somewhere.
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Or maybe we hear someone speak to us against the plans that we have made in our own heads.
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Maybe we've had great plans that we've spent a lot of time figuring out.
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Could be anything.
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We've had this great objective in our mind.
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And we've come to discuss it.
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And then someone may contradict what we've got in our head
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with maybe words that are wiser than how we thought it to be.
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Maybe words that we don't like to hear.
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Maybe fundamental flaws have been pointed out in our plans.
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It's things, when that happens, it's not easy for us to take it in.
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Sometimes we can be stubborn to anyone that gives us wise counsel.
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And we carry on regardless.
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And other times we just need to admit that they are right
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and put our pride in our pocket, pride in our pocket in a sense,
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and admit that there was a flaw in our plan.
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And really what we have to do is weigh things up.
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Is what the person telling me, is he right?
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Is it true?
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And what the other voice that speaks to me says,
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we have to weigh things up?
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And the prophets in the Old Testament,
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they didn't have an easy task.
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It was their job to bring a voice of correction to the people in their time.
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And the voice that they brought was the voice of the Almighty God
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before nations that were in error.
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And it was words that were usually contrary
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to what the people wanted to hear.
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It was words that they didn't like to listen to
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because it opposed their actions,
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it opposed their desires that were within their hearts.
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It was just something they didn't like.
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It is no wonder that God spoke of Israel
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as being a stubborn and rebellious people so often
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because they aimed to do it their way
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and do it the way they thought was best.
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And yet God comes to them
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trying to redirect this stubborn people
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back to himself
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that they may be corrected
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and they may not fall
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by the wayside
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into error
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and do damage to themselves.
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This correction of God
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the direction of God
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the voice of God
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by whatever means
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it would come to them
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and by whatever means it comes to us
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should demand our attention.
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It should arrest our attention
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when we read the word of God
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because it is a voice that speaks to us.
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It is a guiding voice
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that shows us
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the way in which we should go
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the way in which we should live.
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but it is a fatherly voice
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as we pray unto our Father
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the words that the Father speaks to us.
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It's a loving, tender voice
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and although it is made in love
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sometimes it is things
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that are hard to hear.
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Sometimes it's things
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that are not favourable
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to our mind.
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And continuing as we have done
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in the last few weeks
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we were looking at some
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Bible similes
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we were in Psalm 133 last week.
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We look at this verse here
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where it describes
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the sin of Israel
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as scarlet and crimson
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doubly crimson
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but one that shall make them
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and turn them
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white as snow
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and just like wool.
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But as we look at this word
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that Isaiah brought
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to the people
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it is a truthful statement
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about their case.
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It is truthful
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about who they are
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before God
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but it also gives them
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it does not leave them
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it gives them
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the greatest hope
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that God can give them.
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The greatest hope
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that they could hear.
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And so this verse is
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to us tonight
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maybe something
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we don't like to hear
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something we don't like
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to focus on
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when it clearly states
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not the
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well
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it states
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it states
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it states
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the condition
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of our nation
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in one sense
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but it states
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the condition
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of our hearts
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in another sense.
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As we come
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and draw near
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to a holy God
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it's not comfortable
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for us
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to hear these things
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but at the same time
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we are presented
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with the greatest hope
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that man could ever hear
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and that we
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could ever hear.
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And it is a point
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where we marvel
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at the love
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that the Father
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has to us
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and how gracious
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God is.
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So firstly
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we need to set
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the scene
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in a sense
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to gather
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what Isaiah
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is saying
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to the people.
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What does Isaiah
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say in the context
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of this
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well known verse?
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Firstly
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when you look
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at the whole chapter
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and the initial words
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of this chapter
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it's not easy listening
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and what it does
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is point out
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the condemnation
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of God
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to the people.
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Asking them
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why God
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sees them
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as so stained.
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So that's
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our first point.
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The condemnation
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that God
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presents to them.
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And yet God
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well he's not
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all condemning
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as some people
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like to perceive
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him to be.
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Because God
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calls out
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to the people
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as he did
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then he does
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today.
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God calls.
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That's our second point.
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God.
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And not only
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is he a God
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that calls
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he is a God
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that saves.
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He is the one
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that washes away
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the stains
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and the sins
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that we have
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within our lives
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that the nation
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has.
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He is a God
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that cleanses us.
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So the condemnation
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of God
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the calling
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of God
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and the cleansed
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of God
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in this chapter.
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So let's look
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at the condemnation
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that is set
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before us
36:21
in Isaiah's day.
36:24
Isaiah was a prophet
36:25
to the people
36:26
of Jerusalem
36:27
and the people
36:29
of Israel.
36:30
He prophesied
36:31
to the southern
36:32
kingdom
36:32
known as Judah.
36:35
And we must
36:36
remember firstly
36:36
that the words
36:37
that Isaiah brings
36:38
is truth.
36:41
They're words
36:41
from God.
36:43
They're not words
36:43
of his own device.
36:46
God is saying
36:47
to the people
36:48
and he wants
36:49
the people
36:49
to know
36:50
this is how
36:52
you are
36:52
before me.
36:54
This is how
36:55
I see you.
36:59
God wants
36:59
them to see
37:00
their sin.
37:02
They need
37:02
to see
37:03
their sin.
37:04
God is warning
37:05
the people
37:06
in Judah
37:06
about their
37:08
position
37:09
when they face
37:10
divine justice
37:11
of God.
37:14
What is it
37:15
that leaves him?
37:16
doubly stained
37:19
in scarlet
37:20
and crimson.
37:22
Well,
37:23
we're presented
37:24
with a great
37:25
number of facts
37:26
through Isaiah's
37:27
words.
37:28
You can look
37:29
back and turn
37:30
and see
37:30
verse 2.
37:33
He speaks
37:34
of children
37:34
that I have
37:35
reared up,
37:37
reared and
37:38
brought up,
37:39
but they have
37:40
rebelled
37:40
against me.
37:42
The children
37:43
that have turned
37:44
their back
37:44
on God.
37:47
And then
37:47
he goes on
37:47
to speak
37:48
of the ox
37:48
in verse 3,
37:50
who knows
37:50
its owner.
37:51
The donkey
37:52
knows its
37:53
master's crib,
37:54
but Israel
37:55
does not
37:56
know.
37:57
My people
37:58
do not
37:59
understand.
38:01
It's as if
38:01
he's saying
38:02
that the animals
38:03
have more sense
38:04
than the people.
38:06
The animals
38:07
know where
38:08
they shall
38:09
receive care,
38:11
goodness,
38:12
nourishment,
38:12
and yet
38:14
the people
38:14
of Israel
38:15
aren't so
38:16
wise.
38:18
They're
38:18
abandoning
38:19
these things.
38:20
They're
38:20
walking away
38:21
from this
38:21
loving,
38:22
fatherly
38:23
figure who
38:24
will provide
38:25
for them
38:25
in every
38:26
way.
38:27
Israel,
38:27
a rebellion
38:28
against God.
38:30
They don't
38:30
understand.
38:33
My people
38:34
do not
38:34
understand,
38:35
he says.
38:37
In verse 4,
38:38
it continues,
38:39
the sinfulness
38:40
of the
38:40
nation,
38:41
laden
38:42
with
38:42
iniquity,
38:43
offspring
38:44
of evil
38:45
doers
38:45
who deal
38:45
corruptly.
38:47
They have
38:48
despised
38:48
God,
38:49
and what
38:49
does it
38:49
say at
38:50
the end
38:50
of verse
38:50
4?
38:51
They are
38:52
utterly
38:52
estranged.
38:54
They're
38:55
cut off
38:55
in a sense.
38:58
But God
38:58
has not
38:59
cut them
38:59
off.
39:01
It's
39:01
their own
39:02
doing.
39:03
They have
39:04
rejected
39:05
God.
39:07
They've
39:07
rejected the
39:08
fatherly
39:08
figure that
39:09
cares for
39:10
them.
39:11
They've
39:12
rebelled
39:12
against me.
39:13
They've
39:14
walked
39:14
away.
39:17
And then
39:18
we see
39:18
in verse
39:19
5,
39:21
this is
39:21
referred to
39:23
a body.
39:23
This nation
39:24
is referred
39:24
to a
39:25
body.
39:27
Isaiah
39:27
says,
39:28
they're
39:28
like being
39:28
sick.
39:29
The whole
39:29
head is
39:30
sick.
39:31
The whole
39:32
heart is
39:32
faint from
39:33
the soul
39:34
of the
39:34
foot even
39:35
to the
39:35
head.
39:36
The whole
39:37
being,
39:38
of Israel
39:39
has this
39:40
sickness
39:40
in it.
39:43
And we
39:43
see there's
39:44
no strength
39:45
to oppose
39:45
the nations.
39:47
There's no
39:47
balm for
39:48
their wounds.
39:49
They're
39:49
struggling on.
39:51
It sounds
39:52
like they're
39:52
killing
39:53
themselves
39:53
because
39:55
they're
39:55
living as
39:56
they want
39:56
to live.
39:59
And the
39:59
nation that
40:00
lives as
40:00
it wishes,
40:02
that reasons
40:03
without God,
40:05
that stubbornly
40:06
strives on
40:07
in their
40:08
own way,
40:09
will
40:09
essentially
40:10
slowly
40:10
kill itself.
40:12
There'll
40:12
be no
40:13
nourishment,
40:13
there'll
40:14
be no
40:14
balm for
40:15
them.
40:18
But all
40:19
the while,
40:20
those people
40:21
maintain some
40:22
outward profession
40:23
of worship.
40:25
They maintain
40:27
the traditions
40:27
of their
40:28
fathers in
40:28
offering
40:29
sacrifice,
40:30
and coming
40:31
to God
40:31
and worship.
40:32
You can
40:33
see in
40:33
verse 11
40:34
that they
40:35
bring a
40:36
multitude of
40:36
sacrifices,
40:38
but God's
40:39
had enough
40:40
of the
40:41
burnt
40:41
offerings.
40:43
He does
40:43
not delight
40:44
in what
40:44
he brings
40:45
to them.
40:48
Trampling
40:49
of my
40:49
court,
40:50
he speaks.
40:52
Bring
40:52
no more
40:53
vain offerings.
40:55
It is an
40:56
abomination
40:56
to me.
40:57
They keep
40:58
their new
40:58
moon and
40:59
Sabbath,
40:59
they keep
40:59
the festivals,
41:00
they uphold
41:01
these things.
41:02
but they're
41:04
burdensome to
41:05
God now.
41:09
Such so
41:10
that he
41:11
does not
41:11
hear the
41:12
prayers of
41:13
the people.
41:16
Now,
41:17
you look
41:18
at this
41:18
people that
41:19
is spoken
41:20
about here,
41:22
and you
41:22
think,
41:24
they don't
41:24
understand.
41:25
What are
41:25
they doing?
41:27
They're
41:27
rebelling
41:27
against God
41:28
in every
41:28
way.
41:30
What would
41:30
you do
41:31
with them?
41:32
If they
41:33
reject someone
41:34
that rejects
41:34
you,
41:36
someone that
41:36
goes against
41:37
you in
41:38
every way,
41:40
we are
41:41
inclined to
41:41
leave them.
41:43
We are
41:43
inclined just
41:44
to forget
41:45
about them,
41:46
to abandon
41:46
someone that
41:47
treats us
41:48
like that.
41:49
We're inclined
41:50
to exert
41:51
their anger
41:51
in return
41:52
to the way
41:53
that they've
41:53
treated us.
41:54
when we
41:58
think of
41:58
the
41:58
condemnation
41:59
of God,
42:01
God does
42:02
not condemn
42:03
as we
42:03
do.
42:06
God,
42:07
in the
42:07
first
42:07
instance,
42:09
is not
42:10
harsh,
42:12
wanting to
42:13
crush us,
42:15
exercising his
42:16
power over
42:17
us,
42:17
abandon us,
42:18
reject us.
42:20
God is not
42:21
like us,
42:23
thankfully.
42:26
God's
42:26
condemnation
42:27
is truth
42:29
to the
42:30
people.
42:31
He's
42:31
stating the
42:32
truth of
42:32
the facts
42:33
that leave
42:35
them condemned
42:36
before God.
42:37
a selfish
42:39
condemnation
42:40
that they
42:40
have brought
42:41
upon
42:41
themselves
42:42
because
42:42
they
42:42
have
42:42
walked
42:43
away.
42:49
In a
42:50
sense,
42:51
it's a
42:52
merciful word.
42:54
Although it's
42:54
condemning,
42:55
it's got
42:56
mercy strung
42:58
through it
42:58
because he
42:59
wants the
43:00
people to
43:00
see that
43:01
they are
43:01
guilty in
43:02
every way.
43:04
I want
43:05
you to
43:05
know that
43:06
you are
43:07
sinful.
43:07
And I
43:08
want you
43:08
to turn
43:09
from that
43:10
soon.
43:17
We
43:18
may
43:19
recall
43:21
instances
43:22
in our
43:22
lives where
43:23
we've done
43:24
something wrong.
43:27
Throughout
43:27
the day,
43:28
we come
43:28
in the
43:29
night time,
43:30
we're lying
43:30
in bed,
43:32
and then
43:32
the penny
43:32
drops,
43:33
and we
43:34
say,
43:34
oh no,
43:35
I did
43:37
that wrong
43:38
today.
43:39
I should
43:40
not have
43:40
done that
43:41
to that
43:41
person.
43:42
I should
43:42
have not
43:43
done that
43:45
act.
43:47
I've done
43:48
it wrong.
43:52
It's only
43:52
afterwards you
43:53
realize,
43:55
and you
43:55
think,
43:56
well what am
43:56
I going to
43:56
do to set
43:57
it straight?
43:58
because I
44:00
cannot leave
44:01
it like
44:01
that.
44:04
I've made
44:05
an error.
44:07
And you
44:08
may be
44:09
going round
44:09
and round
44:10
your head
44:10
wondering what
44:11
to do.
44:11
what have
44:13
I done?
44:16
You may
44:16
worry for
44:17
your job,
44:18
you may
44:18
worry for
44:19
your
44:19
friendships,
44:20
whatever it
44:21
is.
44:22
It may
44:22
cause
44:23
anxieties
44:25
within your
44:26
heart for
44:26
the thing
44:27
that you
44:27
have done,
44:29
and you
44:30
know you
44:31
have been
44:31
wrong.
44:34
And we
44:35
get worried
44:36
about these
44:36
things in
44:37
our lives,
44:38
but is it
44:39
not a
44:40
question we
44:40
need to
44:41
ask
44:41
ourselves,
44:43
do we
44:44
worry about
44:45
eternal
44:45
things like
44:46
that before
44:48
God?
44:50
It seems
44:51
to me like
44:51
we are
44:52
people that
44:52
are so
44:53
complacent
44:54
about
44:55
eternity
44:56
and the
44:59
truthfulness
45:00
of ourselves
45:01
before God.
45:05
We seem
45:06
to be so
45:06
complacent
45:07
with it.
45:09
The sins
45:09
of our
45:10
own lives
45:11
that leave
45:12
that scarlet
45:13
mark,
45:15
a mark
45:15
that is
45:16
irremovable
45:17
in many
45:18
ways,
45:19
that crimson
45:20
blemish
45:21
that stains
45:23
and ruins
45:23
our garments,
45:26
sins that
45:26
catch our
45:27
eye,
45:29
and it is a
45:31
sin in the
45:32
sight of God,
45:33
and it is
45:34
a sin that
45:36
God cannot
45:36
pass by.
45:37
God sees
45:40
that sin.
45:41
He cannot
45:42
miss it.
45:42
He cannot
45:43
forget about
45:44
it.
45:45
It needs
45:46
to be dealt
45:46
with.
45:48
And we
45:49
know we've
45:49
all seen
45:50
the images
45:50
on telly
45:51
of red
45:52
wine
45:52
stained in a
45:53
white garment
45:54
or a white
45:55
cloth,
45:57
and to prove
45:57
the cleaning
45:58
product,
46:00
they show it
46:01
as pure
46:01
white after
46:02
it's been
46:02
washed.
46:03
We need
46:08
to be
46:08
washed
46:09
from the
46:10
sin that
46:11
stains
46:11
our hearts.
46:14
We are
46:15
inclined to
46:15
cover up
46:16
the sins
46:17
before people,
46:18
but we
46:19
cannot hide
46:20
our sins
46:20
from God.
46:22
The stain
46:22
remains.
46:24
In a sense,
46:25
it tarnishes
46:26
the garments
46:27
that we wear.
46:28
It tarnishes
46:29
our lives
46:30
before God.
46:31
And our
46:34
garments are
46:34
so stained
46:35
that, well,
46:36
they may as
46:36
well be all
46:37
red, in a
46:38
sense.
46:41
And as it
46:41
was God's
46:42
desire that
46:42
Israel would
46:43
see their
46:44
sin, so
46:45
it is God's
46:46
desire that
46:48
we see the
46:49
sin in our
46:49
lives.
46:51
And the
46:52
means by
46:52
which we
46:53
are often
46:54
condemned
46:54
when we
46:57
read his
46:57
word, and
46:59
it states
47:00
the truthfulness
47:01
of our
47:01
heart, the
47:03
errors of
47:04
our ways, it
47:05
opposes the
47:06
desires and
47:07
the plans that
47:08
we make, some
47:10
things that we
47:11
don't like to
47:11
hear.
47:13
Sometimes we
47:14
stubbornly
47:15
oppose it in
47:17
our own
47:17
folly.
47:20
How does
47:20
God see you
47:21
tonight?
47:24
And although
47:25
we are sinners,
47:26
and we are
47:27
full of
47:27
sin and our
47:28
garments are
47:29
so stained,
47:29
God does
47:32
not call the
47:33
righteous, but
47:35
sinners to
47:35
repentance.
47:38
Though we
47:38
state before
47:39
God we are
47:40
condemned, we
47:42
are called.
47:43
We are called
47:45
by God.
47:46
That is our
47:46
next point.
47:49
As we said,
47:50
the condemnation
47:50
is a part of
47:52
his calling.
47:53
It is a
47:54
merciful element
47:55
of his nature,
47:57
that we should
47:57
know and that
47:58
it should be
47:58
real to us.
48:00
And you see
48:01
the calling
48:01
through the
48:02
chapter here.
48:04
In verse 2,
48:05
there is a
48:06
hear.
48:07
He calls the
48:08
people to
48:08
hear.
48:09
In verse 5,
48:12
he questions
48:13
the people.
48:13
Why do you
48:14
continue to
48:15
rebel?
48:16
Why will you
48:17
be struck
48:18
down?
48:19
The call of
48:20
hear comes
48:20
again in
48:21
verse 10,
48:22
to hear his
48:23
word.
48:23
And then
48:24
in verse
48:25
18, he
48:27
tells the
48:28
people to
48:28
come now.
48:31
Hear my
48:31
voice.
48:32
Give
48:32
consideration to
48:33
your ways.
48:35
Come and
48:35
speak with
48:36
me.
48:37
Let us
48:38
reason together.
48:40
After all
48:40
his proceeding
48:41
words to
48:42
Judah, after
48:44
all he's
48:44
condemned
48:45
them of and
48:46
shown them
48:46
the guiltiness
48:47
of their
48:47
lives, God
48:50
still says
48:51
come.
48:51
come and
48:53
speak with
48:54
me.
48:56
Come and
48:56
reason with
48:57
God.
48:58
Or come and
48:59
dispute with
49:00
him.
49:00
And really
49:01
what it
49:01
means is to
49:02
weigh up.
49:03
Weigh up
49:04
God's words
49:05
with him.
49:06
Weigh up
49:07
how God
49:08
sees you
49:08
in your
49:09
life.
49:11
Ask God
49:12
is it
49:12
true.
49:13
If this
49:14
is the
49:15
case, if
49:16
you know
49:16
you've done
49:17
wrong,
49:19
why are we
49:20
so complacent
49:20
about eternal
49:21
things?
49:23
Why do
49:24
we not
49:24
seek to
49:25
set ourselves
49:27
straight before
49:27
God and
49:29
correct the
49:30
error of
49:30
our ways?
49:34
Our ideas
49:35
and our
49:35
ways lead
49:38
us in a
49:39
totally
49:40
different
49:40
direction
49:41
before the
49:43
truthful reason
49:44
of God.
49:45
God.
49:47
And then
49:47
when you
49:48
come to
49:48
see that
49:49
God still
49:49
calls Israel
49:50
after their
49:52
actions and
49:53
after their
49:54
sinful,
49:54
rebellious
49:55
ways,
49:56
you think,
49:57
well, is
49:57
God an
49:58
angry God?
49:59
No.
50:02
Anger
50:02
would not
50:03
call the
50:04
people to
50:04
come.
50:06
Anger
50:07
would not
50:07
plead that
50:09
they would
50:09
understand their
50:10
foolishness and
50:11
their ways.
50:12
grace.
50:13
It's grace
50:14
because God
50:16
is a
50:17
gracious
50:17
God.
50:20
Grace from
50:21
a loving
50:21
Heavenly
50:22
Father that
50:24
we hear
50:24
His words.
50:25
we hear his words tonight
50:27
saying
50:29
yes sinful child
50:31
look at your garments
50:34
and see what you're wearing
50:36
they are stained
50:38
by your sin
50:41
but I have grace for you
50:44
I call you to come
50:47
to me
50:48
a call that is extended
50:51
to every one of us tonight
50:52
who hears his word
50:56
as it is proclaimed
50:57
and preached
50:58
maybe you are one
51:01
that has been reared on this word
51:03
as Israel was reared
51:06
by God
51:06
and have walked away
51:08
and have turned your back
51:11
from following
51:13
the guidance of this father
51:15
maybe you're one
51:17
who has dealt corruptly in your life
51:19
and you know that you shouldn't have
51:22
maybe you're someone
51:24
that doesn't care for this word
51:26
care for this word
51:27
care to hear God's word
51:30
maybe you've despised
51:31
Christ
51:32
maybe our worship
51:36
has fallen into an empty routine
51:39
maybe we find ourselves
51:43
backslidden
51:43
what does God say
51:46
to those
51:48
who are so sinful
51:49
come
51:51
hear what I have to say to you
51:55
come and reason with me
51:57
come and understand
51:59
what you are
52:01
before my sight
52:02
now as we look at ourselves
52:07
without this
52:09
gracious
52:10
lovingly heavenly father
52:12
presented before us
52:14
we look at the sinfulness
52:16
of our garments
52:17
the stains
52:18
that are upon it
52:19
we think
52:22
well my sins
52:23
have surely provoked
52:24
an anger
52:25
as we understand
52:28
as we would treat people
52:30
that God would never
52:35
set salvation
52:36
before me
52:36
that God would be someone
52:40
who would not value me
52:41
because of what I am
52:43
because of what I have done
52:44
but that is not true
52:46
that is of course
52:48
what the devil
52:49
wants you to think
52:50
God is gracious
52:52
and loving
52:54
and he provides
52:58
the means of grace
52:59
to know his grace
53:00
and to receive
53:02
his grace
53:03
he wants you to call
53:06
to him
53:07
he wants you to
53:09
weigh up your case
53:10
with him
53:11
and speak to him
53:12
pray to him
53:13
pray with a truthful heart
53:17
the truthful state
53:19
of yourself
53:20
before God
53:21
and that God
53:24
would work within you
53:25
a hatred
53:26
of sin
53:27
driving you
53:29
to repentance
53:30
to turn away
53:31
from these things
53:32
and the ways
53:33
in which you lived
53:34
your life
53:34
because now you see it
53:36
that you have made
53:37
a mistake
53:38
you see the error
53:40
of your ways
53:41
you see what you are
53:43
before God
53:44
and you need to turn
53:46
God
53:51
did not abandon Israel
53:53
God did not
53:55
reject Israel
53:56
nor will he you
54:00
yes he acknowledges
54:03
the state
54:04
of your sin
54:05
as we need to do
54:07
before God
54:08
and you know
54:11
what the amazing
54:12
thing is
54:13
that as we
54:14
come before him
54:15
with a hatred
54:16
of the things
54:17
that we have done
54:17
and the things
54:19
that grieve
54:20
our hearts
54:21
and our souls
54:21
we only see
54:24
half of it
54:25
in a sense
54:27
the garments
54:27
that we wear
54:28
we see the sins
54:29
upon the front
54:30
but we don't
54:30
see the sins
54:31
on the back
54:31
God sees
54:34
the entirety
54:35
of the stains
54:37
on your garment
54:38
the blemishes
54:40
in your life
54:42
and still
54:44
he calls you
54:45
to come
54:46
he calls you
54:48
to weigh up
54:49
your life
54:50
before him
54:51
it's amazing
54:54
this fatherly
54:55
figure
54:56
that loves
54:58
the one
54:59
who has walked
55:00
away
55:00
come
55:03
now
55:04
and reason
55:05
with me
55:05
not tomorrow
55:08
come now
55:10
and you see
55:12
the faults
55:12
of your life
55:13
he will take
55:17
these sins
55:17
and he will
55:19
cleanse them
55:20
from you
55:21
and those
55:23
who come
55:24
knowing
55:25
and acknowledging
55:26
and seeing
55:27
the sins
55:28
of their lives
55:28
coming
55:30
in reason
55:30
with God
55:31
and saying
55:32
yes
55:32
I have
55:34
turned my
55:35
back on you
55:35
and I have
55:37
made a mess
55:38
of the way
55:39
I have lived
55:40
my life
55:40
he provides
55:44
a means
55:45
of washing
55:45
you clean
55:46
he provides
55:49
a meaning
55:50
in which
55:50
there will be
55:51
no more
55:51
condemnation
55:52
for those
55:53
who believe
55:54
in Jesus
55:55
Christ
55:55
to believe
55:57
in Jesus
55:58
Christ
55:58
will wash
55:59
that condemnation
56:00
away
56:00
and wash
56:02
the sins
56:03
of your
56:03
garment
56:04
away
56:04
as you
56:06
turn in
56:06
new obedience
56:07
to him
56:07
how are we
56:10
made clean
56:11
how are we
56:12
cleansed
56:13
through
56:14
the blood
56:15
of the lamb
56:16
as we read
56:17
of in
56:17
revelation
56:18
through that
56:19
sacrifice
56:20
that takes
56:20
away the
56:21
sin of the
56:21
world
56:22
the sins
56:23
of my
56:23
heart
56:24
let us
56:26
move to
56:27
the next
56:27
point
56:28
of the
56:28
cleansed
56:29
of God
56:29
very briefly
56:30
you'll notice
56:33
there that
56:34
God
56:35
calls them
56:36
to wash
56:37
themselves
56:38
in verse
56:39
16
56:39
wash
56:40
themselves
56:42
make
56:42
yourselves
56:42
clean
56:43
remove
56:44
the evil
56:45
of your
56:45
deeds
56:45
from before
56:46
my eyes
56:47
salvation
56:50
is all
56:50
of God
56:51
the means
56:52
of being
56:52
cleansed
56:53
is all
56:53
of God
56:54
but he
56:55
asks of
56:55
us
56:55
to learn
56:56
to do
56:57
good
56:57
to seek
56:58
justice
56:58
to correct
56:59
corruption
56:59
that we
57:04
do not
57:04
continue
57:05
living the
57:06
lives
57:06
that he
57:06
has
57:07
condemned
57:07
and even
57:10
as a
57:10
Christian
57:10
confession
57:13
it is a
57:13
continuing
57:14
confession
57:15
and repentance
57:15
of the
57:16
sins
57:16
that we
57:17
gather
57:18
daily
57:18
that we
57:20
come before
57:20
him
57:21
while we
57:23
are within
57:23
the kingdom
57:24
of grace
57:25
knowing of
57:26
the daily
57:26
benefits as
57:27
he washes
57:28
and cleanses
57:29
us in the
57:30
blood of the
57:31
lamb
57:31
and the
57:32
sacrifice that
57:33
was offered
57:34
for soon
57:34
and though
57:37
we are
57:38
called to
57:39
come
57:39
there is
57:40
nothing that
57:41
we can do
57:41
to actually
57:42
cleanse us
57:43
the power
57:45
and effectiveness
57:45
of the
57:48
cleansing
57:48
is in
57:50
Christ
57:51
it is
57:54
entirely
57:55
in Christ
57:56
the ones
57:58
that were
57:58
clothed in
57:59
white as
57:59
John saw
58:00
in the
58:01
kingdom of
58:02
glory
58:02
where those
58:04
who brought
58:04
their robes
58:06
the ones
58:06
who washed
58:07
their robes
58:08
in the
58:08
blood of
58:09
the lamb
58:09
were
58:10
cleansed
58:11
it's almost
58:13
as if they
58:13
had that
58:14
conscious effort
58:15
to come
58:15
to that
58:16
cleaning
58:17
that cleansing
58:20
solution
58:20
for soon
58:21
where there
58:22
was no
58:22
other solution
58:23
to cleanse
58:24
their garments
58:25
and you
58:27
know what
58:28
we're speaking
58:28
of here
58:29
tonight
58:29
it is
58:31
the whole
58:33
cleansing
58:33
process
58:34
of sin
58:35
that we
58:37
see
58:38
ourselves
58:39
before God
58:40
that we
58:41
turn
58:41
from the
58:42
filth
58:43
that sticks
58:44
to our
58:45
garments
58:45
the sin
58:47
in our
58:47
lives
58:48
before God
58:49
we need
58:50
to
58:50
see
58:52
what we
58:52
are before
58:53
God
58:53
it's part
58:54
of the
58:54
process
58:55
that we
58:57
hear
58:58
his call
58:59
as it
59:00
is extended
59:01
to you
59:01
tonight
59:02
that you
59:03
come
59:04
and come
59:05
now
59:05
confessing
59:09
who we
59:09
are
59:10
and reasoning
59:11
with God
59:11
that he
59:15
is the
59:15
one
59:16
that will
59:17
in return
59:17
cleanse
59:18
us
59:18
to be
59:20
cleansed
59:20
we must
59:21
confess
59:22
of our
59:22
sins
59:23
the
59:25
solution
59:26
comes
59:28
from the
59:28
cross
59:28
at Calvary
59:30
the son
59:32
of God
59:32
that died
59:33
for you
59:33
as we
59:34
said
59:35
God
59:35
cannot
59:36
just
59:36
pass
59:37
over
59:37
the
59:38
stains
59:38
and
59:39
blemishes
59:39
of your
59:39
life
59:40
they need
59:41
to be
59:41
paid for
59:42
they need
59:43
to be
59:44
cleansed
59:44
and it
59:45
is in the
59:46
blood of
59:46
Christ
59:47
that all
59:48
this is
59:49
cleansed
59:49
the son of
59:54
God is the
59:54
lamb
59:54
that was
59:56
sacrificed
59:57
to satisfy
59:59
justice
1:00:00
the blood
1:00:02
of Christ
1:00:03
has the
1:00:04
power
1:00:04
to wash
1:00:05
away
1:00:05
our
1:00:05
sins
1:00:06
if you
1:00:10
come with
1:00:11
your garments
1:00:11
stained
1:00:12
and you
1:00:14
pray to
1:00:15
God
1:00:15
and you
1:00:16
reason
1:00:16
with him
1:00:17
the
1:00:19
truthfulness
1:00:19
of your
1:00:20
life
1:00:20
there's
1:00:22
an assurance
1:00:23
there
1:00:24
even in
1:00:25
this passage
1:00:26
oh your
1:00:27
sins are
1:00:28
like scarlet
1:00:29
and yes
1:00:30
they are
1:00:30
they are
1:00:31
if you
1:00:32
come and
1:00:33
reason
1:00:33
with me
1:00:34
they shall
1:00:36
be washed
1:00:36
away
1:00:37
they shall
1:00:38
be white
1:00:39
as snow
1:00:40
it's not
1:00:41
maybes
1:00:42
or buts
1:00:43
about it
1:00:43
they shall
1:00:45
be washed
1:00:46
away
1:00:47
the question
1:00:49
that we
1:00:50
have to
1:00:51
ask ourselves
1:00:52
is how
1:00:53
do we
1:00:53
react
1:00:54
to this
1:00:54
word
1:00:55
how did
1:00:57
Israel react
1:00:58
to the
1:00:58
word of
1:00:59
Isaiah
1:00:59
and the
1:01:01
words that
1:01:01
he spoke
1:01:02
to them
1:01:02
as they
1:01:03
saw the
1:01:04
truth of
1:01:04
their lives
1:01:05
before God
1:01:05
how do we
1:01:08
react to
1:01:09
the word
1:01:09
of God
1:01:10
when it
1:01:12
speaks that
1:01:13
of us
1:01:13
has been
1:01:14
sinners
1:01:14
that are
1:01:15
likewise
1:01:15
stained
1:01:16
that we
1:01:18
are condemned
1:01:18
before God
1:01:19
without
1:01:20
Christ
1:01:21
and yet he
1:01:24
is one
1:01:24
that is
1:01:25
calling to
1:01:26
you
1:01:26
how are
1:01:28
we reacting
1:01:28
to the
1:01:29
call
1:01:29
of Christ
1:01:30
you suppose
1:01:32
that there
1:01:32
would be a
1:01:33
man standing
1:01:33
at the end
1:01:34
of the road
1:01:34
as he went
1:01:35
down and
1:01:36
left the
1:01:36
church tonight
1:01:37
and he'd
1:01:37
be calling
1:01:38
your name
1:01:38
what would
1:01:42
you do
1:01:42
would you
1:01:45
walk the
1:01:45
other way
1:01:46
and if it
1:01:48
was a call
1:01:49
that was
1:01:49
made in
1:01:49
love
1:01:50
and a
1:01:52
fatherly love
1:01:53
to you
1:01:54
calling
1:01:55
you
1:01:56
are you
1:01:58
going to
1:01:58
rebel
1:01:59
from that
1:01:59
call
1:02:00
are you
1:02:01
going to
1:02:01
walk away
1:02:02
from that
1:02:02
call
1:02:03
or are you
1:02:05
going to
1:02:05
draw near
1:02:06
to him
1:02:07
are you
1:02:09
going to
1:02:09
weigh up
1:02:09
your case
1:02:10
with him
1:02:10
are you
1:02:11
going to
1:02:11
pray to
1:02:12
him
1:02:12
are you
1:02:15
going to
1:02:15
be the
1:02:16
willing and
1:02:16
obedient
1:02:17
one spoken
1:02:18
of in
1:02:18
verse 19
1:02:19
that would
1:02:21
receive and
1:02:21
eat the
1:02:22
good of
1:02:23
the land
1:02:23
but the
1:02:25
warning is
1:02:26
there in
1:02:26
verse 20
1:02:27
if you
1:02:28
refuse and
1:02:29
rebel
1:02:30
you shall
1:02:31
be eaten
1:02:32
by the
1:02:32
sword
1:02:33
judgment
1:02:34
will come
1:02:35
it is the
1:02:37
word of
1:02:37
the Lord
1:02:38
that has
1:02:38
spoken
1:02:39
will you
1:02:41
continue in
1:02:42
stubbornness
1:02:42
as a time
1:02:44
to put your
1:02:45
pride in
1:02:45
our pocket
1:02:46
and turn
1:02:48
to God
1:02:48
and say
1:02:49
yes I
1:02:50
have done
1:02:50
wrong
1:02:51
I have
1:02:53
sinned
1:02:53
before you
1:02:54
and take
1:02:56
the things
1:02:56
of eternity
1:02:57
serious
1:02:58
and though
1:03:02
we are
1:03:02
condemned
1:03:03
the gracious
1:03:05
loving
1:03:06
father
1:03:07
calls you
1:03:08
calls you
1:03:10
to come
1:03:10
tonight
1:03:11
to him
1:03:13
why
1:03:14
so that
1:03:16
he may
1:03:16
cleanse
1:03:17
you
1:03:17
and that
1:03:19
he may
1:03:19
wash
1:03:19
your
1:03:20
garments
1:03:20
white
1:03:22
as snow
1:03:23
that they
1:03:24
would become
1:03:25
like wool
1:03:26
that they
1:03:27
would be
1:03:27
pure
1:03:28
and white
1:03:29
and it
1:03:31
speaks
1:03:31
and echoes
1:03:32
of glory
1:03:35
of glory
1:03:35
where Christ
1:03:37
was spoken
1:03:37
of
1:03:38
and appearing
1:03:39
in glory
1:03:40
and white
1:03:41
the hair
1:03:43
on his
1:03:44
head
1:03:44
like wool
1:03:44
the hair
1:03:47
on his
1:03:47
head
1:03:47
white
1:03:48
like wool
1:03:48
like snow
1:03:49
the transfigured
1:03:51
Christ
1:03:52
appeared
1:03:52
white
1:03:53
as light
1:03:54
the one
1:03:57
who believes
1:03:57
in Christ
1:03:58
shall be
1:03:58
like him
1:03:59
and received
1:04:01
into glory
1:04:02
through the
1:04:05
blood of the
1:04:05
lamb
1:04:06
we are
1:04:07
cleansed
1:04:08
Christ
1:04:11
is calling
1:04:11
you tonight
1:04:12
come
1:04:14
and reason
1:04:15
with him
1:04:16
may these
1:04:17
thoughts be
1:04:18
blessed to
1:04:19
us
1:04:19
we'll
1:04:21
conclude
1:04:22
our
1:04:22
time of
1:04:23
worship
1:04:24
by singing
1:04:24
in Psalm 103
1:04:25
again
1:04:26
in the
1:04:26
Scottish
1:04:27
Psalter
1:04:27
in
1:04:29
page 369
1:04:32
of the
1:04:34
blue book
1:04:34
Psalm 103
1:04:35
the
1:04:37
Scottish
1:04:37
Psalter
1:04:38
returning
1:04:41
to Psalm
1:04:41
103
1:04:42
the psalm
1:04:43
that speaks
1:04:44
of God's
1:04:44
goodness
1:04:45
and love
1:04:45
towards
1:04:46
his people
1:04:46
we'll sing
1:04:49
there from
1:04:49
verse
1:04:49
marked
1:04:50
8
1:04:50
down to
1:04:51
verse
1:04:52
marked
1:04:52
12
1:04:53
the
1:04:54
Lord
1:04:55
our
1:04:55
God
1:04:55
is
1:04:55
merciful
1:04:56
and
1:04:57
he
1:04:57
is
1:04:57
gracious
1:04:57
long
1:04:58
suffering
1:04:59
and slow
1:04:59
to wrath
1:05:00
and mercy
1:05:00
plenteous
1:05:01
he will
1:05:02
not chide
1:05:03
continually
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nor keep
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his anger
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still
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with us
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he dealt
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not as we
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sinned
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nor did
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requite
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at all
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for us
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the heaven
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in its
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height
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the earth
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surmount
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far
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so great
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to those
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that do
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him fear
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his tender
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mercy
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are
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as far
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as east
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is distant
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from the
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west
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so far
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he hath
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from us
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removed
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in his
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love
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all our
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iniquities
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the God
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that
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loves his
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people
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and calls
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them to
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come to him
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and parts
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from them
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their sins
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let us stand
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and sing
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together
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the Lord
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our God
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is merciful
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and he
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is gracious
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the Lord
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our God
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is merciful
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and he
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is gracious
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thanks
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always
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With us he dealt, nor does we sin, nor did we quite a hell.
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For us the heaven in its high, the earth surmounted by.
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So great to those that do in fear, his tender mercy's eye.
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As far as he's desistened from the west, so far and here.
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From the stream who did his love, all our iniquity.
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The word of prayer.
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Our heavenly Father, we pray that we may see ourselves before you.
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The Holy One, a creator of all things.
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That we may turn from our ways.
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And that you, as we confess our sins to you.
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You will part these sins as far as the east is from the west.
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Removing all the iniquity of our lives.
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And cleansing us in the blood of Jesus Christ.
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The one that died for us on the cross at Calvary.
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A payment that we should stand for and take.
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But yet out of his love and grace.
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The loving heavenly Father that loves such a stubborn and rebellious and stiff-necked people.
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He comes to us and calls us.
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That we may be cleansed.
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What a love he extends to us.
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May we continue in that love.
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And may it continue to amaze us.
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Be with us as we part.
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And return to our homes we pray.
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Watch over us.
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Guide us and keep us in your safety.
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We ask these things in Jesus name.
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Amen.
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Be with us.
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