Latest / Stornoway Free Church of Scotland - Sermons / Are You Committed?

Transcript

Are You Committed? · Stornoway Free Church of Scotland - Sermons

0:00
We're going to begin our worship by singing to God's praise. We're singing Psalm 115,
0:06
the Sing Psalms version, page 152 of the psalm books. We're going to sing from verse 1 to verse
0:12
9, and the tune is Tiverton. Lord, not to us, O not to us, to your name be the praise, because
0:20
your love and faithfulness endure, O Lord, always. Why do the nations question us? Where is their God,
0:27
they say? Our God inhabits heaven high, and over all holds sway. We'll sing from verse 1 to 9
0:35
to God's praise, and we stand to sing.
0:42
Lord, not to us, O not to us, to your name be the praise.
0:57
Because your love and faithfulness endure, O Lord, always.
1:11
Why do the nations question us? Where is their God, they say?
1:27
Our God inhabits heaven high, and over all holds sway.
1:43
Their gold and silver images are crafted carefully, but they have mouths which cannot speak,
2:08
and eyes which cannot see.
2:15
Their noses have no sense of smell, their ears can hear no sound.
2:31
They have no feeling in their hands, nor can they walk around.
2:47
Although these idols do have throats, no word can they proclaim.
3:02
Their makers and their worshippers will all become like them.
3:18
O house of Israel, please, your trust upon the Lord alone.
3:34
He is the mighty help and shield of all who are his own.
3:52
Let's come to God in prayer. Let us pray.
4:00
Lord, our God, our Father in heaven, we continue to worship you this day, thankful that you have given us your day,
4:11
given us this day set aside for that very purpose, to come away from the activities of the rest of the week,
4:19
to come away from the busyness of life in so many ways,
4:22
and to come and draw near to you in this way, to come and still ourselves in your presence,
4:28
to come and offer up our praise and worship to you.
4:33
And we thank you that your word has reminded us, even as we've sung,
4:37
that we come not for our glory, but for yours.
4:41
And we come seeking your face, seeking your presence in our midst,
4:45
thankful that you are the God who is above all other gods,
4:49
that you are not one who keeps silent or one who cannot speak.
4:55
You are not one who does not have ears to hear or eyes to see.
4:59
For as your word reminds us, you hear your people as they pray.
5:04
You speak to us and call us to yourself.
5:08
And we thank you that you are our God and that we can call upon your name,
5:14
that you have brought us from darkness to light to sea,
5:17
that there is only salvation found in one God and one Savior, Christ Jesus.
5:24
And we thank you that we come in his name, the name above every other name.
5:30
And we pray, Lord, that you will help us to put away all other idols
5:34
that may be in our hearts or in our lives,
5:38
all the things that come between through worship of you.
5:41
For we know that although we speak and read of idols as they were in days of long ago in these psalms
5:50
or in the word that we will be reading,
5:53
we know that there are still idols in our hearts today.
5:57
There are still things that we put first before you,
6:01
things that need to be removed before we can truly come and worship you aright.
6:06
But we thank you that just as you helped your people of old,
6:10
how you spoke to them and reminded them
6:12
and challenged them in the midst of idolatry that surrounded them,
6:17
that so your word challenges us today,
6:20
that it speaks to us about the idolatry that surrounds us,
6:24
but it reminds us of the God who is able to do
6:28
and able to do abundantly more than we ask or even imagine.
6:32
And so, Lord, help us to set our trust in you,
6:37
that we will indeed place our trust upon the Lord alone,
6:42
as the psalm reminds us,
6:44
for he is the mighty help and shield of all who are his own.
6:49
And so we thank you that we have these words in our hearts this night,
6:53
that even as we come in prayer just now,
6:57
that we have that confidence and assurance
6:59
that you are the help and shield to all your people,
7:04
that near and far you surround your people,
7:06
that you are with them, Lord,
7:08
that you hear those who rejoice in gladness and joy this day,
7:13
but that you hear too those who are full of sorrow and sadness,
7:17
those who mourn and grieve,
7:19
those who need you in special ways.
7:22
And we thank you that you are the God who is there to be called upon,
7:26
that you are the one who is near,
7:29
that you are the one who is able to help,
7:32
that you are the one who gives grace and that all-sufficient grace,
7:36
grace that is made perfect even in weakness.
7:40
And so we thank you for your grace that extends to your people.
7:44
And may it be so, Lord,
7:45
for those even of our own number who need you in particular ways,
7:50
those who are grieving and mourning,
7:51
those who are unwell,
7:54
going through periods of ill health,
7:56
those who are recovering from operations,
7:59
those who are laid aside because of other reasons of the body, mind, and soul.
8:06
We know the challenges that we face in these days are many,
8:10
but we thank you that we have one who has overcome,
8:13
one who knows every frailty and weakness,
8:17
one who knows every challenge and temptation that we face in this world,
8:23
one who was tempted himself and yet without sin.
8:27
And we thank you that even in our sin,
8:29
as we fall short,
8:31
that we have one who we can come to,
8:34
one who is able to forgive,
8:36
one who bore our sins on the tree,
8:39
one who died in our place,
8:41
that we might have life through him.
8:43
And so help us to hear your word as it speaks to us anew and afresh this evening.
8:50
Help us that we will hear what you're saying
8:53
and consider what you are saying
8:55
and even commit to what we hear,
8:58
that we are to serve the Lord,
9:00
that we are a people who are called to you to that end,
9:05
that we would put our trust in you
9:07
and serve you with all that we are and all that we have.
9:10
We thank you for every blessing that you extend to us,
9:14
for every perfect gift is from above as your word reminds us.
9:18
And we have so much to be thankful for,
9:21
for your goodness to us and blessings that are new day by day.
9:25
And we do pray that in the days ahead as we go on in this week,
9:29
that you will guide our every step
9:31
and help us along the way to honour you in all that we do,
9:35
whether it be in school or in our workplaces,
9:39
in our homes, in our communities.
9:41
Whatever we are doing, we would do it as unto the Lord,
9:45
remembering that we are your witnesses,
9:47
that we are your people,
9:49
and that to those around us who know you not,
9:52
to those who are still in darkness,
9:54
that we would be the light of this world,
9:57
shining your glory through us.
9:59
We pray, Lord, that you will help us to be your witnesses,
10:03
to be people who live aright
10:06
and are people who do good unto others as well.
10:12
And we thank you for every opportunity that we have
10:14
to serve you in every way,
10:17
from working with our young ones,
10:19
as we think even of the week ahead
10:20
with the toddler group tomorrow
10:22
and the explorers later in the week,
10:24
the YF tonight,
10:26
and the youth fellowship meeting
10:28
in the coming week as well.
10:31
We thank you, Lord, for every way
10:32
that we are able to help and serve in these ways.
10:36
And we pray that as a congregation here,
10:38
as your people,
10:39
you will strengthen our number
10:41
and strengthen our faith,
10:43
that you will help us to go on in your strength,
10:46
seeking blessing and goodness for us as a people,
10:50
but also for the people around us too,
10:52
that we would compel others to come in,
10:56
that we would remember the good news
10:58
of the gospel that we have,
11:00
that it is not something to be contained
11:02
to these walls or to our own lives,
11:05
to our hearts,
11:07
but that your word and your message
11:08
is a public message,
11:10
one that speaks to all around us
11:12
and the one that we all need to hear
11:15
and to hear afresh and to share with others.
11:18
So, Lord, may you enthuse us in our hearts.
11:21
May you convict us,
11:23
even in our own witness for you,
11:25
that we would ask,
11:27
oh Lord,
11:27
what can we do for you?
11:30
For we know that you have done so much for us.
11:33
And we pray, Lord,
11:34
that you will build up your kingdom
11:35
here in our community
11:37
and throughout our islands,
11:39
throughout our nation,
11:41
throughout the world,
11:42
that your kingdom
11:42
and glory would come in power.
11:45
We thank you for your church
11:48
that is far and wide
11:49
throughout this world.
11:51
And we thank you
11:52
for the witness of the gospel.
11:54
We thank you that it extends
11:56
to the north and south,
11:57
the east and west.
11:58
It is so far reaching.
12:00
The gospel bears witness
12:02
to all ends of the earth.
12:04
And we thank you
12:05
that your gospel is bearing fruit,
12:07
that there are lands and peoples
12:09
who are being reached with the gospel,
12:11
many even for the first time,
12:13
who may be hearing it
12:15
and marveling at it,
12:16
that you have sent your word to them,
12:19
that they have heard of a Savior
12:21
so precious, so lovely.
12:24
And we pray, Lord,
12:25
that as your word goes out,
12:27
it will be blessed by you.
12:29
It will be mighty and powerful
12:31
to save from every tribe
12:34
and nation throughout this world,
12:36
from leaders on high, Lord,
12:38
that they would come
12:39
to know you as their Lord
12:40
and as their King,
12:42
to serve you as servants
12:45
to you as their true Master.
12:48
We pray that even for our own nation,
12:50
Lord, that we would see
12:51
a turning in our land,
12:54
that we would see a turning to you,
12:56
a turning to faith
12:58
and your word and truth,
12:59
and that we'll be led by it.
13:01
We pray, Lord,
13:02
for your goodness
13:04
then over us as a people.
13:06
We pray for your mercy
13:07
to be upon us.
13:08
We pray that you will cleanse us
13:10
from all our sins,
13:12
and we commit all into your care,
13:14
even for the days ahead.
13:16
For the wake and funeral
13:18
of Professor McLeod,
13:20
we commit that to you.
13:21
We commit the family once again,
13:23
and friends,
13:24
to your care and keeping.
13:26
May you bless in the midst of grief.
13:28
May your words bring comfort
13:30
and convict us all, Lord,
13:33
of our need of you.
13:35
Thankful for all that we have heard
13:37
over many years
13:38
of the glory of Christ.
13:40
We pray that Christ will be glorified
13:44
even in these days ahead as well.
13:46
Remember the WFM meeting this Friday as well.
13:50
Bless that and be with them there
13:52
on our communion weekend as well
13:54
as we look forward to it.
13:56
Be with us in all these things,
13:57
and may you encourage us
13:59
and build us up,
14:01
and may you come
14:02
in a day of your power.
14:04
So hear our prayers.
14:05
Continue with us.
14:06
Continue to bless your word
14:08
and the singing of your praise.
14:10
The one who leads us in it, Lord,
14:11
be with him and help us all
14:12
to sing to your glory
14:15
with all our hearts.
14:16
So we thank you, Lord,
14:18
for your goodness anew each day.
14:20
We thank you for the hope
14:22
and assurance of forgiveness of sin
14:24
as we ask all these things
14:26
in Jesus' name.
14:27
Amen.
14:31
Again, sing to God's praise
14:33
this time in Psalm 15.
14:35
Again, in the Sing Psalms.
14:40
Psalm 15, in the Sing Psalms,
14:43
we'll sing the whole of this psalm,
14:44
page 16 of the psalm book.
14:49
Psalm 15.
14:51
Lord, who may stay within your tent,
14:53
your sacred dwelling place,
14:56
and who upon your holy hill
14:57
may live before your face.
14:59
Whoever walks a blameless path,
15:01
who acts in righteousness,
15:04
and who will always,
15:05
from the heart,
15:06
sincerely truth express.
15:09
We'll sing from verse 1 to 5,
15:11
the tune of Free Church,
15:13
and we stand to sing.
15:14
Lord, who may stay within your tent,
15:28
your sacred dwelling place,
15:35
and who upon your holy hill,
15:43
may live before your face.
15:51
Whoever walks a blameless path,
16:00
who acts in righteousness,
16:06
and who will always,
16:13
from the heart,
16:16
sincerely truth express.
16:23
He has no spark on anyone,
16:33
nor does his neighbor roam.
16:40
He has no spark within his heart,
16:50
or stander on his tongue.
16:57
He honors those who fear the Lord,
17:07
the worthless heal his spies.
17:15
He keeps the oath which he has sworn,
17:24
however high the price.
17:32
He lends his money,
17:37
he hath no charge,
17:41
no pride can he endure.
17:48
Those who meet him in life like this,
17:57
will always stand secure.
18:09
We'll turn to read the Word of God now.
18:12
In the Old Testament,
18:13
in the book of Joshua,
18:15
we're going to read in chapter 24.
18:18
Joshua chapter 24,
18:20
the last chapter of the book of Joshua.
18:23
We're going to take up our reading at verse 11,
18:27
and read down to verse 28.
18:29
Just to set the scene at the beginning of this chapter,
18:33
you see Joshua has gathered all the tribes of Israel together.
18:37
He's gathered them to show them,
18:40
and explain to them what the Lord has done for them,
18:44
how he has brought them out of Egypt and into the promised land,
18:48
and how God has been good to them.
18:51
And in the midst of this,
18:52
the people have their hearts pulled in different directions,
18:56
just like their fathers in Egypt had been pulled towards worshipping the gods of Egypt.
19:01
Now they're going into the land, the promised land.
19:05
There's this challenge that they may turn to the gods of that nation.
19:09
And the great challenge is to them,
19:11
who will they serve?
19:13
So up to verse 11,
19:14
he's explaining to them what the Lord has brought them to.
19:17
And we take up our reading at verse 11.
19:20
Verse 11.
19:21
And you went over the Jordan and came to Jericho,
19:25
and the leaders of Jericho fought against you,
19:28
and also the Amorites, the Perisites, the Canaanites, the Hittites,
19:32
the Gergesites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites.
19:36
And I gave them into your hand,
19:39
and I sent the hornet before you,
19:41
which drove them out before you,
19:43
the two kings of the Amorites.
19:46
It was not by your sword or by your bow.
19:50
I gave you a land on which you had not laboured,
19:53
and cities that you had not built,
19:56
and you dwell in them.
19:58
You eat the fruit of the vineyards and olive orchards that you did not plant.
20:03
Now, therefore, fear the Lord,
20:06
and serve him in sincerity and in faithfulness.
20:11
Put away the gods of your fathers,
20:13
that your fathers served beyond the river and in Egypt,
20:17
and serve the Lord.
20:19
And if it is evil in your eyes to serve the Lord,
20:22
choose this day whom you will serve,
20:25
whether the gods your fathers served in the region beyond the river
20:29
or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell.
20:33
But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.
20:38
Then the people answered,
20:41
Far be it from us that we should forsake the Lord to serve other gods.
20:46
For it is the Lord our God who brought us and our fathers up from the land of Egypt,
20:52
out of the house of slavery,
20:54
and who did those great signs in our sight,
20:57
and preserved us in all the way that we went,
21:00
and among all the peoples through whom we passed.
21:04
And the Lord drove out before us all the peoples,
21:08
the Amorites who lived in the land.
21:10
Therefore, we also will serve the Lord,
21:13
for he is our God.
21:16
But Joshua said to the people,
21:18
You are not able to serve the Lord,
21:21
for he is a holy God.
21:23
He is a jealous God.
21:25
He will not forgive your transgressions or your sins.
21:29
If you forsake the Lord and serve foreign gods,
21:33
then he will turn and do you harm,
21:36
and consume you after having done you good.
21:39
And the people said to Joshua,
21:42
No, but we will serve the Lord.
21:45
Then Joshua said to the people,
21:48
You are witnesses against yourselves,
21:51
that you have chosen the Lord to serve him.
21:54
And they said, We are witnesses.
21:57
He said, Then put away the foreign gods that are among you,
22:02
and incline your heart to the Lord,
22:05
the God of Israel.
22:07
And the people said to Joshua,
22:09
The Lord our God we will serve,
22:11
and his voice we will obey.
22:14
So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day,
22:18
and put in place statutes and rules for them at Shechem.
22:23
And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God.
22:28
And he took a large stone and set it up there under the terebinth
22:33
that was by the sanctuary of the Lord.
22:36
And Joshua said to all the people,
22:38
Behold, this stone shall be a witness against us,
22:42
for it has heard all the words of the Lord that he spoke to us.
22:47
Therefore, it shall be a witness against you,
22:50
lest you deal falsely with your God.
22:53
So Joshua sent the people away,
22:56
every man to his inheritance.
23:00
Amen.
23:01
And may God bless that reading from his word.
23:05
And again, sing to God's praise before we turn back to that passage.
23:09
Singing in Psalm 50 in the Scottish Psalter,
23:12
the first version of the Psalm,
23:14
page 276 of the Psalm book.
23:17
Psalm 50, and that verse one.
23:22
The mighty God the Lord hath spoken and did call,
23:27
the earth from rising of the sun to where he hath his fall,
23:31
from out of Sion Hill which of excellency and beauty,
23:35
their perfection is God's shine it gloriously.
23:39
We'll sing from verse one to five to God's praise.
23:44
The mighty God the Lord hath spoken and did call,
24:02
the earth from rising of the sun to where he hath his fall.
24:18
From out of Sion Hill which of excellency and beauty the perfection is God's shine it gloriously.
24:47
Our God shall surely come,
24:55
His silence shall not be,
25:02
Before him fire shall with great storms
25:11
Shall round about to me,
25:18
Unto the heavens clear,
25:25
He from above shall fall,
25:32
And to the earth like my sanity,
25:41
May judge his people all.
25:49
We turn back to our reading in Joshua chapter 24.
26:06
We can read again at verse 14.
26:10
Now therefore fear the Lord and serve him in sincerity and in faithfulness.
26:15
Put away the gods that your fathers served beyond the river and in Egypt and serve the Lord.
26:22
And if it is evil in your eyes to serve the Lord,
26:25
Choose this day whom you will serve,
26:28
Whether the gods your fathers served in the region beyond the river,
26:31
Or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell.
26:35
But as for me and my house,
26:38
We will serve the Lord.
26:41
These will be familiar words to many of you.
26:46
I'm sure the words are often found on plaques,
26:50
Put pictures that found in homes throughout our island.
26:55
A very common verse to see.
26:57
As for me and my house,
27:00
We will serve the Lord.
27:02
But maybe what we don't often notice is the midst,
27:05
What was in the midst of that statement,
27:08
What the challenge was that Joshua was putting out to the people.
27:12
And what the setting was when they were being pulled in so many different directions.
27:18
But here is Joshua when he gathers the children of Israel together.
27:24
They've come into the promised land.
27:27
They're being seeing all these good things that are around them.
27:31
They're looking back on what the Lord has brought them through.
27:35
And looking ahead to what the Lord has in store for them.
27:39
And they're being reminded once again of the need to be faithful to the Lord God and Him alone.
27:47
And it's one of these occasions where,
27:51
As we see a people gathered together.
27:54
So a day that they would remember for the rest of their lives, I'm sure.
27:58
And a day and a statement that was made that resonates right through the Old Testament into the New Testament
28:06
And stays with us to this day.
28:08
Because it's such a powerful challenge.
28:11
Choose this day whom you will serve.
28:16
And then the challenge is Joshua put it,
28:18
As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.
28:23
It would have been something that would have spoken about for a long time afterwards.
28:29
We hear this statement sometimes,
28:32
Where were you when?
28:35
And then it's followed by something important that happened in life.
28:41
Where were you when?
28:43
For example, if you look back maybe many years in your life to the time when John F. Kennedy was shot.
28:50
Some of you maybe recall where you were when you heard that news.
28:55
It was something dramatic.
28:56
Something powerful had happened.
28:59
And very often when that is the case, we remember where we were when we heard that news.
29:05
And over the years perhaps there have been times and moments when we've had that kind of statement asked of us,
29:12
Where were you when?
29:14
For example, maybe when Princess Diana was killed in a car crash.
29:19
Where were you when you heard that?
29:21
Where were you when you heard the Queen had passed away?
29:25
Where were you when you heard as a nation and as a people,
29:28
We were going into lockdown.
29:30
We had to stay at home because of Covid.
29:34
We often remember those important things.
29:37
And we remember maybe exactly where we were when we heard or saw these things taking place.
29:44
And they stay with us in some ways.
29:47
But as time goes on, we can maybe often forget.
29:50
And the longer time goes on, the more we have to think about these kinds of things.
29:55
Where were you when?
29:56
And you have to think a bit more about it.
29:59
And what's interesting is when we come to the scriptures, it's often the case as well.
30:04
The people here, where were we when they heard this?
30:08
They were gathered at Shechem.
30:10
They were there hearing Joshua putting this challenge before them.
30:14
But then as you go through the Old Testament, you find these people forgetting what they heard,
30:21
forgetting what had happened, forgetting the commitment that they'd made and moving on in their own lives.
30:27
It doesn't have the same impact.
30:30
But it shouldn't be the case with the Word of God.
30:34
We should never allow it to become something that we could just forget about.
30:38
Where were you when you heard the minister preaching on that passage?
30:42
Maybe when you were first converted, where were you when the Word of God spoke powerfully to you at that moment?
30:49
And you can remember the church, the very seat you were maybe sitting in when the Lord opened your heart.
30:56
But now maybe it's not having the same impact.
31:00
Maybe now it's just not seeming as powerful as it did just then.
31:04
But that's often the case.
31:06
But we often have to be challenged and convicted in what we are believing and what we're hearing week by week, month by month, year by year.
31:17
To be reminded that it's still the same word that is so powerful.
31:22
To not allow us to be distracted by other false gods as is the setting here.
31:28
The idols, the things that come between us and God.
31:32
And take away the joy of our worship.
31:35
Rob us of that joy.
31:37
Just to be reminded what God has done for us.
31:42
And what we owe to Him.
31:44
A right service.
31:46
A true commitment to Him.
31:49
And that's what is good about going into a week when we will have a communion time in our own midst.
31:57
It's always a powerful reminder to us.
32:00
We hear the Word of God week by week,
32:04
but then as we come to the Lord's Supper,
32:07
it seems to just add something to it.
32:10
It reminds us as we do that in remembrance of Him,
32:14
as we have the bread and the wine before us,
32:16
as we come to remember what the Lord has done.
32:19
It reminds us of what He has done for us
32:22
and what our commitment to Him should be as well.
32:27
And in some ways, Joshua is reminding the people of that here as well.
32:33
It's a significant moment.
32:35
He's called the nation, the people to Him,
32:38
reminding them of what they have been brought out,
32:41
of this bondage and slavery in Egypt,
32:44
what they have been brought to in the promised land,
32:47
and the fruits that are plenteous around them,
32:50
as you see in verse 13.
32:52
But all that the Lord has provided for them.
32:56
They are being reminded of this.
33:00
And some will listen and others won't.
33:05
That's the reality of it.
33:07
It may be the reality even here this evening.
33:10
Some will listen, some will not.
33:14
But our prayer is that God will speak.
33:18
God's Word will resonate in our hearts,
33:21
that it will remind us of what He has done for us.
33:24
Maybe even God's Word is speaking to you today.
33:29
It is challenging you.
33:31
Whether it's to recommit,
33:33
that maybe you've grown cold in your commitment to the Lord,
33:37
to come back to Him with a full sense of commitment.
33:41
Perhaps it's the fact you've not committed in the first place.
33:44
You're being challenged to commit.
33:46
But that's what the Word of God is saying to us.
33:51
It's asking of us,
33:53
are we committed to serving the Lord?
33:58
Joshua's words in verse 15 are like a summary for us.
34:03
In all that we move on in life with,
34:06
all the changes all around us,
34:09
all the distractions that come our way,
34:12
are we listening to God?
34:15
Are we committed to Him?
34:17
These words, they still speak to us today.
34:20
Verse 15,
34:21
In this message to the people that Joshua is giving,
34:47
he's giving them three things
34:49
that I want us to hear this evening as well.
34:52
He's asking them, first of all,
34:54
to consider,
34:56
to consider all that the Lord has done for them.
35:01
He's then giving them a comparison.
35:04
He's comparing the gods that are around them,
35:07
whether it's the gods of their fathers back in Egypt
35:10
or the gods of the Amorites in whose land they now dwell,
35:14
to compare these gods to the Lord
35:17
and what comparison is there.
35:19
And then thirdly,
35:21
as we'll see,
35:22
he's challenging them to commit.
35:24
So we've got consider,
35:26
compare,
35:27
and commit.
35:29
Well, the first thing we want to look at here is consider.
35:32
And really from verse 1 through to verse 13,
35:37
Joshua is there asking them to consider
35:40
all the things that they have seen
35:43
that the Lord has done,
35:46
how He has brought them out of the land of Egypt,
35:49
how He has brought them through the wilderness,
35:52
how He has brought them into the promised land.
35:56
There are all these things that they have seen of God
36:00
and are being asked by Joshua,
36:02
consider what God has done for you,
36:05
how He has led you to this point,
36:09
how He has provided for you all along the way.
36:13
Read through the beginning of chapter 24
36:16
in your own time,
36:17
maybe even this evening,
36:19
how He brought them out of Egypt,
36:22
how He brought them through so many battles,
36:24
victorious,
36:25
without even having to lift a sword or a bow.
36:28
He won the battle for them.
36:31
And how He brought them into cities
36:34
and with vineyards and orchards,
36:36
that the cities they didn't build,
36:38
the orchards they didn't plant,
36:40
everything was provided by God.
36:46
In Psalm 116,
36:48
the psalmist there speaks of how his soul finds rest
36:52
because God has been good to him.
36:57
Consider all that the Lord has done,
37:00
how He heard His prayer,
37:02
how He was with them,
37:03
and he comes to the conclusion,
37:05
his soul finds rest
37:06
because God has been good to him.
37:10
Do you have that rest in your soul this evening?
37:15
Because God has been good to you.
37:19
Consider what the Lord has done.
37:22
He shows us here what He has done
37:24
for the children of Israel.
37:27
But what about ourselves?
37:29
As you consider your own life,
37:32
as you look back over it,
37:33
as you see all your journey through this world,
37:36
consider the things that the Lord has done.
37:40
There will be very personal things for yourself.
37:44
There will be times when you felt
37:45
maybe you couldn't go on in your own strength,
37:49
but He gave you strength.
37:51
He gave you courage when you were afraid.
37:54
He gave you boldness when you were full of fear.
37:57
Consider the things that the Lord has done for you.
38:02
That's what Joshua is challenging the people,
38:06
ourselves today with.
38:07
Consider what the Lord has done
38:10
and the cost that is in serving Him.
38:16
Look at the way he says
38:18
to the positive response of the people
38:21
when you go down to verse 19.
38:24
In verse 16,
38:26
the people answered,
38:28
Far be it from us
38:29
that we should forsake the Lord
38:30
to serve other gods.
38:32
For it is the Lord our God
38:34
who brought us and our fathers
38:36
up from the land of Egypt,
38:38
out of the house of slavery.
38:40
He did all these things.
38:42
And they say at the end of verse 18,
38:45
We will serve the Lord,
38:47
for He is our God.
38:49
But look at the response of Joshua to that.
38:51
But Joshua said to the people,
38:54
You are not able to serve the Lord,
38:57
for He is a holy God.
38:59
He is a jealous God.
39:01
He will not forgive your transgressions
39:04
and your sins
39:05
if you forsake the Lord
39:07
and serve foreign gods.
39:11
What's he saying here?
39:13
Consider what you're saying.
39:15
Consider the commitment
39:17
you are making here.
39:18
It cannot be just mere words.
39:21
You cannot pay God platitudes
39:24
in that way with just mere words.
39:27
He's calling them here
39:29
to consider seriously.
39:32
To seriously consider
39:34
what is their commitment to the Lord.
39:36
Is it mere words,
39:38
just a gesture to the Lord?
39:40
Oh yes, I'll serve the Lord.
39:43
But their heart's not in it.
39:44
Or their hearts are divided,
39:47
as is the case here.
39:49
They're divided between
39:50
serving the Lord
39:52
and serving other gods.
39:55
He's saying there is a cost to this.
39:58
Consider that.
40:00
Jesus and His disciples
40:01
in Matthew 16, verse 24,
40:05
Jesus reminds the disciples
40:07
of the cost of following Jesus.
40:10
He says,
40:10
If anyone would come after me,
40:12
let him deny himself,
40:14
take up his cross,
40:16
and follow me.
40:17
For whoever would save his life
40:19
will lose it.
40:20
But whoever loses his life
40:22
for my sake will find it.
40:25
This is similar to what
40:27
Joshua was saying here too.
40:30
There is a cost
40:31
as you consider what it means
40:33
to following the Lord.
40:36
But you see,
40:37
all along the way,
40:39
how the Lord provides,
40:42
how He gives,
40:43
how He helps.
40:44
And that is above all
40:46
what we consider.
40:47
The Lord will not fail us.
40:50
So as we commit ourselves
40:52
to the Lord,
40:53
He will be with us.
40:56
There's a poem called,
40:58
Hitherto the Lord Has Blessed Us.
41:00
And it goes like this,
41:02
When our soul is much discouraged
41:05
by the roughness of the way
41:08
And the cross we have to carry
41:10
Seemeth heavier every day.
41:13
When some cloud that overshadows
41:15
Hides our Father's face from you,
41:19
O'tis well then to remember
41:21
He has blessed us hitherto.
41:24
Looking back the long years over,
41:28
What a varied path and yet
41:29
All the way His hand has led us,
41:33
Placed each hindrance we have met,
41:35
Given to us the pleasant places,
41:38
Cheered us all the journey through,
41:41
Passing through the deepest waters,
41:44
He has blessed us hitherto.
41:47
Surely then our hearts should trust,
41:50
Though the clouds be dark overhead,
41:53
We've a friend that draweth closer,
41:56
When all other friends have fled,
41:59
When our pilgrimage is over,
42:01
And the gates we're sweeping through,
42:04
We shall see with clearer vision
42:07
How He's blessed us hitherto.
42:11
It's a reminder to us of the Lord
42:13
Being with us all along the way,
42:17
Especially through those times of challenge,
42:20
Those times of difficulty.
42:22
He will give us a clearer vision,
42:26
A vision of Himself.
42:28
And that's what Joshua is asking the people here
42:32
To consider.
42:34
As he's saying when he says,
42:36
Choose this day whom you will serve.
42:40
It's to consider where you are.
42:44
To consider what has been done for you.
42:48
And especially now as we know in light of Jesus Christ,
42:52
And what He has done for us at the cross.
42:55
To consider what that means.
42:59
To consider the cost
43:01
For the forgiveness of our sins.
43:04
To consider the cost
43:06
Of fully serving Him.
43:10
As he is challenging the people here,
43:13
There's a sense of it being,
43:15
There will be things that you will have to let go.
43:18
There will be things that you will have to put away from yourself
43:21
To fully serve God.
43:24
Consider your life.
43:27
Consider all of these things.
43:29
And see if there are things that need to change.
43:34
And that's true for ourselves.
43:37
There may be things in our lives we have to put away.
43:41
Things that are coming between us and God.
43:43
They will have to go.
43:45
But consider the cost
43:47
If they don't.
43:50
Consider,
43:51
Even as Joshua goes on to say here,
43:54
If you will not put away the gods,
43:57
He says in verse 20,
43:59
If you forsake the Lord
44:01
And serve foreign gods,
44:04
Then He will turn away
44:05
And do you harm and consume you
44:08
After having done you good.
44:12
There's a serious challenge there.
44:14
He will consume you.
44:17
Even after He has done you good.
44:19
If you forsake Him.
44:21
So consider all of these things.
44:25
The second thing we see here is
44:27
He's asking us to compare.
44:31
To compare God the Lord
44:34
And to compare the other gods
44:37
That they've had in their lives.
44:39
So Joshua gives them some advice.
44:43
And in many ways,
44:45
It maybe seems like strange advice to us.
44:49
The problem is there for us in verse 14.
44:53
He says,
44:54
Now therefore fear the Lord
44:56
And serve Him in sincerity and faithfulness.
45:00
Put away the gods that your fathers served
45:03
Beyond the river and in Egypt
45:05
And serve the Lord.
45:06
But then He says in verse 15,
45:08
If it is evil in your eyes to serve the Lord,
45:14
Choose this day whom you will serve.
45:16
Whether the gods of your fathers
45:18
Served in the region beyond the river
45:20
Or the gods of the Amorites
45:22
In whose land you dwell.
45:23
He puts this choice before them.
45:27
And initially it maybe seems like a strange choice to us.
45:32
Either choose to serve,
45:34
If it seems evil to serve the Lord,
45:36
Then choose whom you will serve.
45:38
Either your fathers' gods
45:39
Or the gods of the Amorites.
45:43
But they're both false gods.
45:45
So what is the point of what he's making here?
45:50
The people were beginning to see the God of the Amorites.
45:55
And they were beginning to see an appeal
45:58
To go to these gods.
46:01
Not quite fully forsaking the Lord.
46:04
They were going to try and keep Him in their lives.
46:07
But it's almost like they were just trying to be fully covered.
46:11
We'll have God the Lord on one side.
46:14
But maybe we'll need the gods of the Amorites.
46:17
Or perhaps even the gods of our fathers
46:20
That they had back in Egypt.
46:22
We'll leave every option opened.
46:24
Believing that this would help them
46:26
To be almost fully covered.
46:29
That is why he says here,
46:32
Serving the Lord seems evil to you.
46:35
It seems evil in the sense that
46:37
They're putting all their eggs in one basket.
46:41
If they only rely on one God,
46:44
Well, that would be stupid, would it not?
46:47
When there's all these other gods
46:48
Who may be the answer for us as well.
46:51
Being accountable to one God
46:53
Just doesn't seem the right way to go.
46:58
And we say, well, how stupid is that?
47:01
That sounds just crazy to us.
47:03
And we say it should sound crazy to them as well.
47:06
And yet how easy it is for our own hearts
47:09
To be pulled in different directions.
47:13
How easy it is for ourselves
47:15
To have idols that will come into our lives.
47:18
Things that we will rely on and trust on
47:20
And depend on
47:21
That we think we can help ourselves with.
47:25
When all our trust is to be in God.
47:29
The point he is making is this.
47:34
The choices are just as bad
47:37
And just as absurd
47:40
And of no use to you.
47:43
He's saying if you will not serve God
47:45
You must at least serve another God
47:48
And this is your choice.
47:50
The God of your fathers
47:52
Or the God of the Amorites.
47:54
But neither can help you.
47:59
Neither can save you.
48:02
Just like we sang in the psalm earlier
48:06
About the idols.
48:07
They have no eyes that they can see.
48:09
They have no mouths that they cannot speak.
48:11
They have no ears that they can hear.
48:14
But God the Lord does.
48:18
What Joshua is saying is
48:19
It's nonsense to think that these gods
48:22
Can do anything for you.
48:24
Remember what the Lord has done for you.
48:27
How he has brought you
48:28
Out of the land of Egypt
48:30
Away from these gods
48:31
And into the land of the Amorites
48:34
And protected you from them and their gods.
48:36
There is no comparison.
48:39
Nothing compares to God the Lord.
48:44
And that's for ourselves too.
48:47
When you compare God the Lord in your life.
48:51
Is there anything else that you can bring in
48:53
That's going to add any benefit to you.
48:56
Is there anything else that you can do
48:58
That's going to make it better for you.
49:01
No.
49:02
Because only God the Lord can help.
49:06
So he's saying
49:07
Don't turn back.
49:10
Don't go back to the gods of your fathers.
49:13
Don't turn to the God of the Amorites.
49:15
He's saying
49:16
Make sure that you are fully committed.
49:19
Because if you're divided
49:22
He'll consume you.
49:23
And again he reminds them
49:27
Later on in verse 23.
49:30
It's almost like he's saying
49:31
You are
49:32
Well in verse 22
49:33
You are witnesses against yourselves
49:35
That you have chosen the Lord
49:36
To serve him.
49:38
Then put away the foreign gods
49:40
That are among you
49:40
And incline your heart to the Lord
49:43
The God of Israel.
49:45
You see they had them.
49:47
They had the gods
49:48
The foreign gods
49:50
Because he's saying
49:50
Put them away.
49:51
It wasn't even that the danger was there
49:54
That they might bring them in.
49:55
They were already there
49:56
But he's saying
49:57
Put them away.
49:59
Because nothing compares
50:00
To God the Lord.
50:04
The Lord our God
50:05
We will serve
50:06
The people said.
50:08
And so Joshua
50:09
Made a covenant.
50:12
That is how serious
50:14
It was.
50:16
A full commitment
50:18
To the Lord.
50:20
Because there is no one
50:21
Nothing
50:22
That compares
50:23
To God the Lord.
50:24
And when we know
50:25
Christ Jesus
50:27
When we truly know him
50:29
The one who saves us
50:30
From our sins
50:32
There is nothing
50:33
That compares.
50:35
Nothing
50:36
Compares to it.
50:39
They thought
50:39
They would be
50:40
Fully covered
50:41
By bringing in
50:42
All these other gods.
50:44
Fully comprehensive
50:45
In insurance terms.
50:48
They weren't even
50:48
Third party.
50:49
Third party.
50:50
Because it was a scam.
50:53
It was a fraud
50:54
To think
50:54
That these gods
50:56
Can do anything for them.
50:58
And yet that is
50:58
What the world
50:59
Seeks to do to us.
51:01
To pull us away
51:02
From God.
51:04
But it's a fraud.
51:05
It's a scam.
51:07
Because only God
51:08
The Lord
51:08
Can save us.
51:10
And so then
51:13
Thirdly and finally
51:14
We see here
51:15
Joshua is calling them
51:17
To commit.
51:20
He is calling them
51:21
To commit.
51:23
When he says
51:24
Put away the gods
51:26
Of your father
51:26
Serve beyond the river
51:27
And in Egypt
51:29
And serve the Lord.
51:30
And if it is evil
51:31
In your eyes
51:32
To serve the Lord
51:33
Choose this day
51:34
Whom you will serve.
51:37
Choose this day.
51:38
But then he makes
51:40
This statement.
51:42
He says
51:42
But as for me
51:44
And my house
51:46
We will serve
51:48
The Lord.
51:50
There is this
51:51
Commitment.
51:54
God the Lord
51:55
Is a mighty God
51:56
Who saves.
51:57
He is the one
51:58
Who is to be feared.
52:00
He is the God
52:01
Who is gracious
52:02
And concerned
52:03
For his people.
52:05
And having looked
52:06
At other gods
52:07
And how they compare
52:09
There is no contrast.
52:11
He says
52:11
As for me
52:12
And my house
52:14
We will serve
52:16
The Lord.
52:19
Isn't that a bold
52:20
And courageous statement?
52:22
And isn't that
52:23
What we all need
52:24
To be like?
52:24
It doesn't matter
52:25
What others
52:26
Are saying
52:27
Or what the rest
52:28
Think.
52:30
How the world
52:31
Says
52:31
Where is
52:32
Your God?
52:33
We can say
52:35
Our God
52:36
Is in the heavens
52:37
High
52:37
He is ruling
52:39
We can rest
52:41
And trust
52:42
In him
52:43
Even when the world
52:44
Laughs
52:45
And mocks us
52:47
For it
52:47
But our God
52:50
Is the Lord
52:52
And that is
52:53
The statement
52:54
That Joshua
52:55
Is making
52:55
Have you
52:56
Made that statement?
52:59
Have you made
53:00
That commitment
53:01
Yourself?
53:03
As for me
53:04
And my house
53:06
We will serve
53:08
The Lord.
53:11
His commitment
53:11
Is because
53:12
He knows
53:13
The God
53:14
Who is committed
53:15
To him.
53:18
And when it comes
53:19
To commitment
53:21
How committed
53:23
Are you?
53:25
I'll share
53:26
What sounds
53:26
Like a silly story
53:28
But it has
53:30
A very
53:30
Serious
53:31
Application
53:33
For us
53:34
It's about
53:36
Our commitment
53:37
And the story
53:38
Was about
53:38
A pig
53:38
And a chicken
53:39
A pig
53:41
And a chicken
53:41
Who were walking
53:42
Down the road
53:43
And the chicken
53:44
Said to the pig
53:45
Hey pig
53:46
I was thinking
53:47
We should open
53:47
A restaurant
53:48
And pig replies
53:50
Well maybe
53:51
What will we
53:52
Call it?
53:54
And the chicken
53:54
Responds
53:55
How about
53:56
Bacon and eggs?
53:58
The pig
53:59
He thinks
54:00
For a moment
54:01
And says
54:01
No way
54:03
For that
54:05
For you
54:06
That only means
54:06
A contribution
54:08
But for me
54:10
That means
54:11
A total
54:12
Commitment
54:13
It's a silly
54:15
Story in many
54:16
Ways
54:16
But the application
54:18
Of it is this
54:19
Are we merely
54:21
A people
54:22
Who are like
54:22
The chicken
54:23
Just a contribution
54:25
To the Lord
54:26
Or are we
54:27
Like the pig
54:28
That it means
54:30
Full commitment
54:31
For us
54:33
We are to be
54:35
Fully committed
54:36
Jesus experienced
54:39
The same things
54:40
With his own
54:41
Disciples
54:42
Many followed
54:44
Jesus when he
54:45
Was doing miracles
54:45
And all kinds
54:46
Of things
54:47
All kinds
54:48
Of teaching
54:49
They were hearing
54:49
And seeing
54:50
Great things
54:51
But then it
54:53
Became too
54:54
Hard
54:54
And many
54:56
Of his
54:57
Disciples
54:58
Turned back
54:59
It says in
55:00
John 6
55:01
Verse 66
55:02
After this
55:03
Many of his
55:03
Disciples
55:04
Turned back
55:05
And no longer
55:05
Walked with him
55:06
So Jesus said
55:08
To the twelve
55:08
Do you want
55:10
To go away
55:11
As well
55:11
Simon Peter
55:13
Answered him
55:14
Lord
55:14
To whom
55:15
Shall we go
55:16
You have the
55:17
Words of eternal
55:18
Life
55:19
And we have
55:20
Believed and
55:21
Have come to
55:21
Know
55:22
That you are
55:23
The holy
55:23
One
55:24
Of God
55:25
Are we
55:27
Committed
55:27
Like Simon
55:28
Peter's
55:29
Response
55:30
To whom
55:31
Else
55:32
Can we go
55:33
You alone
55:34
Have the words
55:35
Of eternal
55:36
Life
55:37
There is no
55:37
One who
55:38
Compares
55:40
To God
55:41
Our Lord
55:41
Do you want
55:43
To go away
55:45
Do you want
55:46
To just turn
55:47
Away
55:48
From him
55:49
The way
55:51
May be hard
55:52
As we follow
55:53
Him
55:53
But it is
55:55
The only way
55:56
It may not
55:57
Be an easy
55:58
Way
55:58
But it's
55:59
The only way
56:00
To eternal
56:01
Life
56:02
And that's
56:03
What Joshua
56:04
Is challenging
56:05
Us
56:05
Choose
56:07
This day
56:07
Whom
56:08
You will
56:09
Serve
56:10
A missionary
56:12
Society once
56:13
Wrote to David
56:14
Livingston
56:15
The famous
56:15
Missionary
56:16
And they
56:16
Asked him
56:16
Have you
56:18
Found a
56:18
Good road
56:19
To where
56:20
You are
56:20
If so
56:22
We want
56:22
To know
56:23
How to
56:24
Send other
56:25
Men to
56:25
Join you
56:26
David
56:28
Livingston
56:29
Wrote back
56:29
And said
56:30
This
56:30
If you
56:32
Have men
56:33
Who will
56:33
Come only
56:34
If they
56:34
Know
56:34
There is
56:35
A good
56:36
Road
56:36
I don't
56:37
Want them
56:38
I want
56:39
Men
56:40
Who will
56:41
Come
56:41
If there
56:42
Is no
56:42
Road
56:43
At all
56:44
He was
56:46
Looking for
56:46
A people
56:47
Who were
56:48
Fully committed
56:48
To serving
56:50
The Lord
56:50
Not having
56:51
The easy
56:52
Way to
56:53
Go on
56:53
Not having
56:54
Everything
56:55
Done for
56:55
Them
56:56
But those
56:57
Who were
56:57
Willing
56:58
To serve
56:59
The Lord
56:59
With all
57:00
Their
57:01
Heart
57:01
There is
57:02
No easy
57:03
Option
57:03
In serving
57:05
God
57:05
But there
57:06
Is every
57:07
Blessing
57:08
In it
57:08
To know
57:09
God
57:10
With us
57:10
And to
57:11
Know him
57:12
On our
57:13
Side
57:13
To know
57:13
The victory
57:14
That we
57:15
Have in
57:16
Christ
57:16
The hope
57:17
Of eternal
57:18
Life
57:19
No other
57:21
God compares
57:22
No other
57:23
God
57:23
Can offer
57:24
Us
57:24
The blessings
57:25
That are
57:26
Found
57:26
In God
57:27
The Lord
57:28
And so
57:29
The challenge
57:30
To us
57:30
All
57:31
This evening
57:32
Is to
57:33
Choose
57:34
This day
57:34
Whom
57:36
You will
57:36
Serve
57:37
May it
57:38
Be our
57:39
Response
57:39
Is the
57:40
Same as
57:41
Joshua
57:41
That we
57:41
Would say
57:42
With boldness
57:43
And with
57:44
Gladness
57:45
But as
57:46
For me
57:47
And my
57:48
House
57:48
We will
57:50
Serve
57:50
The Lord
57:51
Let us
57:52
Pray
57:53
Our
57:56
Father in
57:56
Heaven
57:57
We do
57:57
Thank you
57:58
For the
57:59
Verses in
58:00
Your word
58:00
That we
58:00
Maybe know
58:01
So well
58:02
But we
58:03
Thank you
58:04
Lord
58:04
How they
58:04
Both
58:05
Convince us
58:06
And also
58:07
Challenge us
58:08
They remind
58:09
Us that
58:10
We as a
58:10
People
58:11
Have maybe
58:12
In the past
58:13
Made a
58:13
Commitment
58:14
To you
58:15
A commitment
58:16
That at
58:16
Times has
58:17
Grown
58:17
Cold
58:18
A commitment
58:19
That is being
58:20
Distracted
58:21
By other
58:21
Things
58:22
In this
58:22
World
58:23
Or perhaps
58:23
Even
58:24
We are
58:24
At a
58:25
Point
58:25
Where we
58:25
Have not
58:26
Committed
58:26
But we
58:27
Thank you
58:28
That your
58:28
Word shows
58:29
Us that
58:29
There is
58:29
No God
58:30
Who compares
58:31
To you
58:32
You have
58:33
Done all
58:33
For us
58:34
You have
58:35
Provided for
58:36
Us every
58:36
Step along
58:37
The way
58:37
And you
58:38
Have been
58:38
A God
58:39
Who has
58:39
Been good
58:40
To us
58:41
But even
58:42
As your
58:42
Word reminds
58:43
Us this
58:43
Evening
58:43
If we
58:44
Forsake you
58:45
You are
58:46
The God
58:46
Who is
58:46
Able to
58:47
Consume
58:47
Us
58:48
But we
58:49
Thank you
58:49
To that
58:50
There is
58:50
Mercy
58:51
That there
58:52
Is
58:52
Mercy
58:52
As we
58:53
Commit
58:53
To you
58:54
And as
58:54
We seek
58:54
To serve
58:55
You
58:55
With all
58:56
Our heart
58:57
That we
58:58
Would know
58:58
Your blessing
58:59
And your
58:59
Favor
58:59
Your goodness
59:01
And your
59:01
Mercy
59:01
So help
59:03
Help us
59:03
Lord
59:03
That we
59:04
Would commit
59:04
To you
59:05
And serve
59:06
You
59:06
As the
59:07
Only true
59:08
And living
59:09
God
59:09
As we
59:09
Ask it
59:10
All
59:10
In Jesus
59:11
Name
59:12
Amen
59:13
We're going
59:17
To conclude
59:18
By singing
59:19
To God's
59:19
Praise
59:20
In Psalm
59:20
9
59:21
In the
59:23
Scottish
59:23
Psalter
59:24
Page
59:24
209
59:26
Of the
59:27
Psalm
59:27
Books
59:27
Psalm
59:30
9
59:31
At verse
59:31
9
59:31
Sing
59:34
Three
59:34
Stanzas
59:35
To verse
59:35
11
59:36
God
59:37
Also
59:38
Will a
59:38
Refuge
59:39
Be
59:39
For those
59:40
That are
59:40
Oppressed
59:41
A refuge
59:42
Will he
59:42
Be in
59:43
Times
59:43
Of
59:43
Trouble
59:44
To
59:45
Distress
59:45
We'll
59:45
Sing
59:46
From
59:46
Verse
59:46
9
59:47
To
59:47
11
59:48
To
59:48
God's
59:48
Praise
59:49
In the
59:49
Tunis
59:49
St.
59:50
Andrew
59:50
God
59:57
Also
59:59
So
59:59
Will
1:00:00
Our
1:00:01
Refuge
1:00:03
Be
1:00:04
For
1:00:06
Those
1:00:08
That
1:00:08
Are
1:00:09
Oppressed
1:00:12
Our
1:00:14
Refuge
1:00:16
Will
1:00:17
Leave
1:00:18
In
1:00:20
Time
1:00:21
Of
1:00:23
Throttle
1:00:24
To
1:00:25
His
1:00:27
Rest
1:00:29
And
1:00:31
Thee
1:00:32
That
1:00:33
Know
1:00:34
Thy
1:00:35
Name
1:00:37
In
1:00:38
Thee
1:00:39
Their
1:00:40
Confidence
1:00:43
Will
1:00:45
Place
1:00:46
For
1:00:47
Thou
1:00:49
Has
1:00:50
All
1:00:50
For
1:00:51
Forsaken
1:00:54
There
1:00:56
That
1:00:57
Truly
1:00:59
Seek
1:01:01
Thy
1:01:02
Name
1:01:03
O
1:01:05
Sing
1:01:06
Ye
1:01:08
Praises
1:01:09
To
1:01:11
The
1:01:12
Lord
1:01:13
that
1:01:15
dwells
1:01:17
In
1:01:18
Zion
1:01:19
Hill
1:01:21
And
1:01:22
All
1:01:23
The
1:01:24
Nations
1:01:27
прекрас
1:01:28
and
1:01:31
His
1:01:32
Now
1:01:39
I'll
1:01:40
go to
1:01:40
the main
1:01:41
door after
1:01:42
the benediction
1:01:42
now may grace mercy and peace from God
1:01:46
Father Son and Holy Spirit rest upon
1:01:49
and abide with us all now and forevermore
1:01:52
Amen
1:02:12
Amen