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Unbelief and the Transforming Grace of God · Stornoway Free Church of Scotland - Sermons

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We're going to begin our worship by singing to God's praise from Psalm 69 in the Scottish Psalter and at verse 30.
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! It's on page 308 of the Psalm book. Psalm 69 at verse 30.
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The name of God I with a song most cheerfully will praise and I in giving thanks to him his name shall highly raise.
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We sing from verse 32 the end of the Psalm to God's praise.
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The name of God I with a song most cheerfully will praise and I in giving thanks to him his name shall highly raise.
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This to the Lord a sacrifice more gracious shall prove than bullock, ox, or any beast that hath both horn and hoof.
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When this the humble man shall see, it joy to them shall give.
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O all ye that do seek the Lord, your hearts shall ever live.
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For God the poor hears and will not his praise.
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Let him and earth and seas embrace and all that move in them.
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For God will Judah cities build and he will Zion save.
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That they may dwell therein and it in sure possession have.
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And they that are his servant's seed inherit shall the same.
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So shall they have their dwelling there that love his blessed name.
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Let's bow our heads and pray.
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Let us pray.
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Let us pray.
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Almighty and most gracious God, rejoice in the worship of your name.
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Lord, we are thankful to you for your word.
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It reminds us of the kind of God that you are.
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It reminds us of your people's response to all that you have made yourself known to them.
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And we give thanks to you for your word.
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And we worship you for your word.
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And we worship you and we give thanks to you for every way in which you have made yourself known.
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As the Father who sent your Son into this world to be our Savior.
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As the Son of God who loved us and gave himself for us.
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And as the Spirit of God brings new life into our hearts.
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That gives us to see the beauty of your Son as our Savior.
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And that gives to us that hope of everlasting life.
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And as we worship you together today.
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May we sense something in our hearts of your presence with us.
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Seeing something of the glory that belongs to you as our Father in Heaven.
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Seeing something of the beauty that belongs to your Son as our Savior.
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And sensing in a deep and felt way.
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The ministry of your Holy Spirit.
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Shining a light upon the passion of your Son.
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Giving us to see his beauty and the purpose of his coming.
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And giving us to understand what that means for ourselves personally.
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And bringing us together to that place where by faith in his name.
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We may know what it is to receive the gift of everlasting life.
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And journey on through life as those who have that hope and that confidence in you.
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That sure and certain hope of the resurrection.
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Living in this world in the midst of all of its pains and sorrows.
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Experiencing the grace of God in every step of life's way.
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And looking forward to a day when by grace we will enter into your glory.
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And we shall find our rest in you.
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So bless us in our time of worship we do pray.
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Bless every heart and life before you.
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We are all known to you and we are thankful to you for the intimate knowledge you have of us.
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And we pray that you will give to us each individually in our hearts.
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A sense of close knowledge of you.
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As our God and as our Lord and as our Saviour.
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Pray for your blessing to be upon every home.
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Your blessing to be upon our families.
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Your blessing to be upon parents and children.
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We do give thanks to you for the children of our congregation.
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And your word reminds us that children are the heritage of the Lord.
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And we pray for your blessing to be upon our children.
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In the days in which they live.
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Growing up with so many challenges.
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We pray that your word would be truly imprinted on their minds and in their hearts.
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And praying that they will come to know you as the light of the world.
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Bringing their trust in you.
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And able to face the challenges of growing up in such a world.
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With a sure knowledge that you are their God.
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That you are their guide.
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That you are their shepherd.
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That you are their teacher.
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And that keeper.
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We pray for your blessing to be upon the Christian.
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Upon tweezers.
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As I meet today.
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May you bless leaders.
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And bless our young people.
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Our children.
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We commit them all to your care.
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And we pray for your blessing to be upon those.
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That are away from us and hold you at this time.
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That you will keep them safe.
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That you will bless them.
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Wherever they are before you on this day.
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That you will be merciful to them.
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We pray that you will bless us.
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As we continue before you now.
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Blessing your word to us.
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And our singing of it.
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And our reading of it.
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And our study of it together.
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Bless our hearts.
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Would you ask.
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And hear our prayer.
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For we pray these things for Jesus' sake.
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Amen.
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Well boys and girls.
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It's good to see some of you here today.
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And you've been very brave.
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Coming out of this kind of weather.
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And I hope you're enjoying your school holidays.
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Our Bible message today comes from the Gospel of John.
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Which is the fourth book in the New Testament.
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And it's about Jesus being the bread of life.
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And giving his life so that we might have eternal life.
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And we know of course that food is really important.
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We can't survive without food.
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And when Jesus says he is the bread of life.
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He is saying something very important to us.
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And I want us to think of three particular things today.
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I want to think first of all.
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Of the word exchange.
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It's not a difficult word.
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What do we mean by exchange?
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What do you think exchange means?
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If we go to a shop.
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We pay money.
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And we exchange money for goods.
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So we exchange things.
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And when we come to read the Bible.
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God is somebody who shows us that he has put in place a really special exchange.
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Because when Jesus tells us he is the bread of life.
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He tells us that he is giving his life for the world.
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In other words he is taking out place.
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And when we read the story of the Bible.
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God tells us that he gave our sins to Jesus.
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So that Jesus would die for our sins.
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And so that we would have everlasting life.
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That's an exchange.
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And it comes of course at great cost to the Lord Jesus.
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And if we think today of a gift voucher.
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Somebody can give us a gift voucher.
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And we can go and exchange for clothes.
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If that's what it's for.
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Somebody can give us a gift voucher for a nice restaurant.
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Somewhere nice to go and eat some nice food.
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It costs them a lot of money.
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And they give it to us.
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And we are to go.
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And use that voucher.
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And get ourselves a special meal.
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And in the Bible story.
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And the story of Jesus.
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God has given to us.
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The opportunity to have salvation.
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Through believing in Jesus.
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That Jesus died for us at great cost.
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So let's remember the exchange.
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Jesus died for our sins.
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So that we might have life.
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And let's remember that he offers that life to us.
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As we listen to him from his word.
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The second thing I want to think about is.
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Enjoyment.
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If there's a great meal on the table.
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And we're not going to eat it.
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Then we're not going to enjoy it.
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If I have my gift voucher.
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And I keep it in my drawer.
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Or on my desk.
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Or somewhere I told him I don't use it.
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I'm not going to get any enjoyment out of it.
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I have to take that gift voucher.
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I have to go to the restaurant.
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And exchange it for really nice food.
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That's what it's meant for.
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And today we want to remember that.
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Because Jesus wants us to enjoy everlasting life.
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He loves us to come to church.
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He loves us to hear about God's word.
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But especially he wants us.
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When we come to church.
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To believe in Jesus.
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That's the gift that he promises to us.
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That exchange.
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If we believe in Jesus.
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We will have that gift of everlasting life.
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When I go to my special restaurant.
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And hand over my voucher.
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I enjoy the best meal.
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And somebody else has paid for it.
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And when we come to believe in Jesus.
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We realize how precious Jesus is.
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Because he paid the cost of my eternal life.
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And the gift that God has given to me.
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And the third thing.
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I want to remember about the gift of virtue.
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Is that there is usually an expiry date.
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What does that mean?
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That means I have to use it by a certain time.
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And the Bible tells us that.
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When we're young.
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That it's the best time.
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To hear and to believe in Jesus.
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Our minds are filled with the Bible.
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And the words of the Bible.
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And God wants you today.
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To believe in Jesus.
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Remembering that a day might come.
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When you might not want.
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To come to church.
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When you might not want to think about Jesus.
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God is speaking to you today.
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And he does so.
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In Cresce and Twinnies and Sundays.
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Going to Bible class.
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And listening to the word of God being preached.
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God is speaking to you.
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And you have an opportunity.
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And in the Bible we see that.
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God gives people a long time.
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And God gives people sometimes not a long time.
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But we want you to remember today.
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That today is the day that God has given to you.
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To believe in Jesus.
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So remember the exchange.
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Remember the cause to Jesus.
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So that we could have life.
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And believe the promise of God.
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That if we believe in Jesus.
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We will have that gift of everlasting life.
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And don't put it off till tomorrow.
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Because today is God's special time.
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For us to believe in Jesus.
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And have that hope in our own hearts.
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So thank you for listening.
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And we'll now say the Lord's prayer together.
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Our Father.
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Which art in heaven.
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Hallowed be thy name.
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Thy kingdom come.
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Thy will be done on earth.
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As it is in heaven.
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Give us this day our daily bread.
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And forgive us our debts.
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As we forgive our debtors.
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And lead us not into temptation.
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But deliver us from evil.
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For thine is the kingdom.
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The power and the glory.
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Forever.
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Amen.
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Let's turn out to praise God once more.
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This is from Psalm number 65.
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And in St. Psalms.
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It's on page 82 of the Psalm book.
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Psalm number 65.
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At the beginning of the Psalm.
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And we're seeing from verse 1.
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To the verse marked 5.
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In Zion praise awaits you Lord.
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To you our vows will pay.
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To you all people will come near.
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You hear us when we pray.
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We stand to sing from verse 1 to verse 5.
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To God's praise.
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In Zion praise awaits you Lord.
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To you our vows will pay.
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To you all people will come near.
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You hear us when we pray.
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When we were overwhelmed by sins.
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And guilt upon us lay.
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You pardoned all our trespasses.
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And washed our guilt away.
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How blessed are those you choose and bring.
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Within your courts of grace.
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We're filled with blessings.
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In your house.
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In your most holy place.
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With awesome deeds of righteousness.
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You answer us.
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O God.
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Our Saviour.
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Hope above.
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Far the seas.
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And all the earth.
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A broad.
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Let's turn together now.
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Let's turn together now.
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Let's turn together now.
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Let's turn together now.
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Let's turn together now.
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Let's turn together now.
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Let's turn together now.
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Let's turn together now.
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Let's turn together now.
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Let's turn together now.
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Let's turn together now.
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Let us hear the word of God.
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And this is the will of whom he sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but raise it up on the last day.
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For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him should have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.
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So the Jews grumbled about him because he said, I am the bread that came down from heaven.
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They said, it's not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know.
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How does he now say, I have come down from heaven?
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Jesus answered them, do not grumble among yourselves.
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No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up on the last day.
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It is written in the prophets, and they will all be taught by God.
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Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to me.
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Not that anyone has seen the Father except he who is from God, he has seen the Father.
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Father, truly I say to you, who believes as eternal life, I am the bread of life.
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Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died.
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There is a bread that comes down from heaven, so that one may eat of it and not die.
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I am the living bread that came down from heaven.
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If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever.
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And the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.
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Amen.
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This is God's word.
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We trust that you are blessed to us, that reading from it.
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Once more, we bow our heads in prayer.
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Most gracious and merciful God, we continue in the worship of your name.
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We are thankful to you for the words that we have read.
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We are thankful to you for the life of your Son here in this world.
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We are thankful to you for the way in which he engaged with those who were around him.
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We are thankful to you for the way in which he spoke your truth to the world in which he lived.
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We are thankful to you for the way in which so many lives were transformed through his life and through his ministry.
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We are thankful to you for all the promises that he gave and left with us in your word.
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And we are thankful today that we can come to these words and do so looking back upon the death of your Son, the bread of life, who gave himself for us.
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We seek to humble ourselves and to marvel at the greatness of your love for us,
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that the darkness of Calvary's cross was the portion of your Son as the bread of life,
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and that his body was broken for us so that we might live and live forever.
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We seek to humble ourselves with thankfulness before you today because of that great provision,
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because of that great hope in his resurrection,
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and because today you are making new people,
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changing lives, building your church,
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and drawing people to yourself.
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And we pray as we do worship you together this morning that we may sense your work,
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your activity,
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your hand upon our lives,
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drawing us to you,
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showing us your glory in the passion of your Son,
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and giving to us to believe that we might be saved
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and enter into the full enjoyment of what it means to have faith in Jesus Christ,
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to find our satisfaction in life in him,
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and to know what it means to discover the emptiness of everything else without him.
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Lord, bless our hearts and your word.
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And as we come to you out of this world in which we live,
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we pray that every way in which our minds and our lives have been influenced in this past week,
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that all of these things we may be able to pour them out before you,
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and that we may be able to separate ourselves from them,
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in such a way as to allow your truth to penetrate our minds,
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and to dislodge the things that can become embedded in our thinking,
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and to work in our minds in such a way as to help us to understand that same world
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through the lens of your word,
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and giving us to so live life by faith,
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trusting in you and learning day by day what it means
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to walk in your paths,
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to serve and to honour you,
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to be light and to be salt in the world in which we live.
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We pray for your blessing to be upon us as a congregation of your people.
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We are thankful to you for every evidence of your goodness and of your blessing.
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We are thankful to you for every way in which you continue to work.
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We pray that you will bless your word proclaimed on Lord's Day
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and the activities and the meetings during the week as well.
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We pray for your blessing to be upon us at this time of vacancy,
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that you will give wisdom and guidance and direction to us.
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We are thankful to you that in the life and in the experience of your church,
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that you place the right of choosing a pastor
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in the hearts and lives of those who are your people.
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And we pray today that we would be reminded by you in a powerful way
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that the choosing is first of all yours,
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and give to us to prayerfully choose the man of your choosing.
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So that in days to come,
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we know blessing from you
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and your power present through the ministry of the gospel.
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In days to come, as it has been in the past,
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we do commit ourselves to you
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and pray for your guiding hand to be upon us.
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Bless all of our congregations,
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bless our island communities today.
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We pray for your blessing to be upon your word
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as it is proclaimed throughout all of our communities.
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May you bless hearts and lives,
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and may you bless those whom you have called to serve you
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and to go out with the gospel today,
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and to go out with a sense of perhaps their own inadequacy and inability,
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and trusting in you that you will supply their needs.
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And we pray that you will make yourself powerfully known in them
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and through them in the ministry of the gospel today.
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Bless the nation to which we belong.
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We commit ourselves to you.
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We pray a blessing to be upon our leadership,
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our MPs, our MSPs,
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our Prime Minister, our First Minister,
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all who are in authority.
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May you give wisdom and direction to them.
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May you remind them of their calling by you
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to serve in such lofty positions,
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and may they be reminded by you
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of their responsibility to serve and to honour you,
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and to may you turn the hearts of the people of our nation
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by turning their hearts to you as the only true and living God.
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So bless us, and bless every corner and area of life and of society
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with all the multitude of needs that are around us.
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We pray that you'll come to us, O Lord,
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and to make yourself known in your power and in your mercy
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and in your grace and in your compassion.
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Bless the wider world,
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which we'll have also praying that you'll bring an end to conflict and strife,
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that you will bring an end to oppression and to persecution,
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and that you will give it to us as the peoples of this world
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to love the Lord our God with all of our hearts
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and to love our neighbour as ourselves.
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So bless our world,
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bless your world as it goes forth
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to every corner of this world today,
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and bless the hearts and lives of your people,
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and to may we be blessed and equipped by you
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to continue to love for you in this world day by day
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with that great expectation
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that this world is not our home,
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but that you are the God who is making a new heavens
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and a new earth
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where your people will be gathered
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in everlasting glory to be forevermore
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with their Saviour.
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So hear our prayer, continue to watch your orders,
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and bless your world as we ask.
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We ask these things for Jesus' sake.
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Amen.
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So our next item of praise is Psalm number 45.
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It's 45a and sing Psalms on page 56.
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It's a psalm where the psalmist is speaking of
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the beauty of the King
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and the beauty of Jesus as our Saviour,
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as our great King.
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Psalm 45 at the beginning of the psalm.
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A noble theme inspires my heart
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with verses for the King.
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My tongues are skilled for writers' pain,
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composing lines to sing.
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We stand to sing from verse 1 to the verse 5
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to God's praise.
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Amen.
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A noble theme inspires my heart
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with verses for the King.
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My tongues are skilled for writers' pen,
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composing lines to sing.
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You far excel the best of men.
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Your lips are full of grace.
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For God has blessed you evermore.
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His light shines on your face.
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O mighty one, take up your sword
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and bind it on your thigh.
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With glorious splendor,
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clothe yourself
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and with your majesty.
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Ride forth in state victoriously
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for meekness, truth and right.
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Let your right hand display your deeds
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of awesome power and might.
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Let your sharp arrows pierce the hearts
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of those who hate the King.
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And all the nations of the earth
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into subjection bring.
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Let's turn together to the Gospel of John
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and chapter number 6.
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And we can read at verse 35.
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John 6 at verse 35.
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Jesus said to them,
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I am the bread of life.
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The who comes to me shall not hunger
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and who believes in me
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shall never thirst.
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But I said to you
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that you have seen me
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and you do not believe.
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And down through the rest of the verses
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that we have down to verse number 51.
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When we come into the Gospel of John,
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it's always good to remind ourselves
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of John's purpose in writing the Gospel.
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And he gives that purpose to us
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in chapter number 20
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and at verse number 30.
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Jesus did many other signs
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in the presence of the disciples
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which are not written in this book.
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But these are written
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so that you may believe
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that Jesus is the Christ,
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the Son of God,
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and that by believing,
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you may have life in his name.
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And as we come to consider
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the verses before us today,
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we do understand
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that life is full of big questions.
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And I think it's fair to say
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that when we read the Bible,
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the Bible gives us a hierarchy
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of big questions.
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In other words,
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there are big questions
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which are bigger
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and of greater importance
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than others.
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And for all of us together today,
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we do have our own big questions.
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We have life's challenges
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challenges,
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and we all have our own
29:28
individual challenges
29:30
with big questions
29:31
that come into our minds
29:33
and our lives day by day.
29:35
We have our personal challenges
29:38
that are private to ourselves
29:39
that perhaps we don't share with anyone.
29:42
There is big questions.
29:45
They are important things
29:46
in our everyday lives.
29:48
There are big questions
29:49
when you look at our communities
29:51
and look at our nation
29:52
and we look at the nations
29:54
of the world.
29:55
There are big questions
29:56
that come and that arise
29:57
because of what's happening
29:59
in our world.
30:01
And then, of course,
30:01
when you go beyond that,
30:03
there are the big questions
30:04
that come because
30:05
there are wars
30:07
and there are persecutions
30:09
and there is oppression
30:10
in the world.
30:12
Big questions
30:13
that come into our lives
30:15
because of what's happening
30:17
around us.
30:17
But the priority,
30:21
big question is,
30:23
how can we be saved?
30:25
How can we be right with God?
30:27
How can we become Christians?
30:30
That is the most important question.
30:34
When we read this gospel
30:36
and when we follow
30:37
the life of Jesus
30:38
and John himself
30:39
in writing this gospel,
30:41
we see that he understands
30:42
that very thing.
30:44
And the pattern
30:45
that he gives to us
30:46
is that he addresses
30:48
that biggest question of all
30:51
by overlapping two things.
30:55
First of all,
30:56
he brings to their attention
30:58
their great personal need.
31:00
And we all need that
31:01
in order to be saved.
31:03
The second thing he does,
31:05
he brings before them
31:06
what he is doing
31:07
and what he is going to do
31:09
that God so loved the world
31:10
that he gave his son.
31:12
And so with these overlapping things
31:15
through this gospel,
31:17
he is answering that big question
31:19
of how can we be Christians?
31:21
How can we be right with God?
31:25
And in this chapter,
31:26
he is doing that
31:26
by interacting with the people
31:28
who historically,
31:30
once more,
31:30
are preparing themselves
31:32
for the Passover.
31:33
so he is speaking to people
31:37
who have a story.
31:39
It is a story about faith.
31:42
It is a story about
31:43
the believing community.
31:45
He is interacting with them
31:47
where they are
31:48
on their journey.
31:49
But people who have
31:51
fathers and grandfathers
31:53
and people have gone before them
31:55
who were believers.
31:57
And so it is for ourselves today.
32:00
We want to look at this passage
32:01
bearing that in mind,
32:03
the big question,
32:04
how can we be right with God?
32:06
How can we become a Christian?
32:09
And bearing in mind
32:10
that God is speaking to us
32:13
as those who belong to
32:15
the church of God
32:17
that has come down to us
32:18
from those who went before us.
32:22
And I want to consider
32:23
these words
32:24
under the title of
32:26
unbelief
32:27
and the transforming
32:30
grace of God.
32:33
I want to see,
32:33
first of all,
32:34
that there is a declaration.
32:37
And the declaration
32:38
that Jesus is making
32:39
is about himself,
32:41
first of all.
32:42
He wants them to know
32:44
who he is.
32:46
Vitally important.
32:48
He is not just
32:49
anybody who was born in Nazareth.
32:51
He is not just
32:52
the son of Joseph and Mary.
32:54
He wants them to know
32:56
who he is.
32:58
And in order for them
32:59
to understand that,
33:00
he makes this great statement
33:01
in verse 35,
33:03
I am the bread of life.
33:06
And when he's doing that,
33:08
he's doing two things.
33:10
He's giving them
33:11
his identity,
33:13
first of all.
33:14
I am the bread of life.
33:17
And he's speaking to a people
33:19
whose history,
33:20
whose origins
33:21
go back to that very time
33:22
in the Old Testament
33:23
when God said to Moses
33:25
in Exodus 3
33:26
at the burning bush,
33:27
when Moses asked,
33:29
whom shall I say sent me?
33:31
I am sent you.
33:33
Tell them I am did it.
33:34
So what's Jesus doing?
33:37
He's not only connecting himself
33:39
with the person
33:40
who spoke to Moses.
33:41
He is telling him
33:42
that he is that very person.
33:45
In other words,
33:46
he is the son of God,
33:48
as John makes clear
33:49
at the beginning
33:50
of this gospel.
33:51
He wants them to know
33:53
that he is the son of God
33:55
and that he is here
33:56
as someone sent by God.
34:00
And for you and I
34:02
on our journey
34:03
to becoming the people of God,
34:06
we have to believe firmly
34:09
and understand clearly
34:10
that Jesus is no ordinary human being.
34:14
In fact,
34:14
he is the second person
34:16
of the God
34:16
that he is the son of God.
34:19
And until we appreciate that,
34:21
we're not going to appreciate
34:22
what he says
34:23
and we're not going to
34:24
truly appreciate
34:25
what he does.
34:27
Who is Jesus?
34:28
He is I am.
34:30
He is the eternal God,
34:32
the eternal son of God.
34:35
And he's also telling him
34:36
something about
34:37
what he is going to do for them.
34:39
I am, he says,
34:40
the bread of life.
34:43
In other words,
34:44
if there is life,
34:45
it's to be found in him.
34:48
It's the bread that gives life
34:49
from which,
34:51
from which life flows.
34:53
It's the bread that is
34:53
the source of all life.
34:57
And he goes on in verse 51
34:58
to remind them that
34:59
the bread that he will give
35:01
for the life of the world
35:02
is his flesh.
35:05
I am the bread of life.
35:07
I am the son of God
35:08
who is going to give myself
35:10
on Calvary's cross
35:11
for the life of the world.
35:14
That's the cost.
35:15
That's what he's going to pay
35:16
in order to be the bread of life
35:18
so that you and I
35:19
can have the gift
35:20
of everlasting life.
35:23
The declaration
35:24
about himself.
35:27
To draw their attention
35:29
to a key thing
35:30
in their experience
35:31
that as surely as they are here
35:33
to remember
35:34
that God saved his people
35:36
from the land of Egypt
35:38
across the Red Sea
35:39
because of the blood
35:40
of the Passover.
35:43
No, he wants them
35:44
to understand
35:44
that God is moving on
35:46
and that he's replacing
35:49
all of that
35:50
with the work
35:51
of his son,
35:52
the Lord Jesus,
35:54
who is the Passover lamb,
35:56
the person concerning whom
35:57
John said when he saw him,
36:00
Behold the lamb of God
36:01
who takes away
36:02
the sin of the world.
36:04
And he wants them
36:05
to think along the lines
36:07
of the fact
36:08
that Jesus is here
36:10
not to repeat the exodus
36:12
in the Old Testament
36:13
but to bring about
36:15
a new exodus,
36:16
a new coming out
36:17
of where they are
36:18
into the experience
36:20
of the life
36:21
of the children
36:22
of God.
36:25
And it's
36:26
the truth
36:27
that should bring joy
36:29
to our hearts today
36:30
that this is what
36:31
Jesus is saying,
36:33
that where you are
36:34
is the place
36:36
from which God
36:37
is working
36:38
to create an exodus
36:39
to take you
36:40
from where you are
36:41
to bring you
36:43
into his eternal kingdom.
36:45
And he will do that
36:46
in a variety of ways
36:47
but at this stage
36:48
he's declaring
36:49
to you
36:50
through his word today
36:51
that that's the kind
36:53
of God
36:53
that he is
36:54
who is working
36:55
through the passion
36:56
of his son
36:56
to open a door
36:58
for you
36:59
to come out
37:00
of your lostness
37:01
into the very
37:02
family
37:03
of God.
37:06
The declaration
37:06
about himself
37:09
but he also
37:12
wants to make
37:13
a declaration
37:13
about them
37:14
and this is
37:16
the key thing
37:16
as far as
37:17
their journey
37:18
here is concerned
37:19
and he goes on
37:20
to speak about
37:21
the way in which
37:21
in verse 35
37:23
whoever comes
37:25
to me
37:25
shall not hunger
37:26
whoever believes
37:27
to me
37:27
shall never thirst
37:28
but I said
37:30
to you
37:31
that you have
37:31
seen me
37:32
and do not
37:34
believe.
37:37
It's a
37:38
staggering truth
37:39
to a people
37:41
who are
37:41
flocking
37:42
around him
37:43
who were
37:44
so interested
37:45
in what he was
37:45
doing
37:46
they're saying
37:47
earlier on
37:48
in the chapter
37:48
this is that
37:49
prophet
37:50
that God
37:50
promised
37:51
let's go
37:52
and take him
37:52
and let's
37:53
make him
37:54
our king
37:54
what they
37:56
were doing
37:57
looked so
37:57
promising
37:58
they went
37:59
across the
38:00
sea to
38:00
Capernaum
38:01
where Jesus
38:02
was because
38:03
they must
38:03
be with
38:04
Jesus
38:04
they wanted
38:05
to hear
38:06
more of
38:06
what he
38:06
said
38:07
they wanted
38:08
to learn
38:08
about him
38:09
and here
38:11
they are
38:11
gathering
38:12
around him
38:12
and he's
38:13
telling them
38:13
who he is
38:14
and he wants
38:16
them
38:17
to know
38:19
also
38:20
who they
38:21
are
38:21
and they
38:23
are identified
38:24
with those
38:25
who belong
38:26
to the
38:26
history of
38:27
the people
38:27
of God
38:28
in the Old
38:28
Testament
38:29
but identified
38:30
with a
38:31
particular
38:31
group
38:32
within that
38:33
body of
38:34
people
38:34
and it's
38:35
the group
38:36
that simply
38:37
did not
38:38
believe in
38:39
God in the
38:39
Old Testament
38:40
and here
38:41
they are
38:42
now
38:42
following
38:43
the line
38:44
of the
38:44
history
38:45
of the
38:45
people
38:45
of God
38:46
and within
38:47
the gathering
38:47
around Jesus
38:48
there are
38:49
those
38:49
and Jesus
38:50
because of
38:51
his all
38:52
seeing eye
38:53
he's coming
38:54
with a
38:55
sense of
38:56
inquisition
38:58
to see
38:58
where they
38:59
are
38:59
and he's
39:00
telling them
39:00
you do
39:02
not
39:02
believe
39:03
the
39:06
declaration
39:06
perhaps
39:09
today
39:11
what you
39:13
need to
39:14
hear
39:14
most
39:15
is the
39:17
insight
39:17
that Jesus
39:18
can give
39:19
to you
39:19
of what
39:20
goes on
39:21
in your
39:21
heart
39:21
and the
39:24
insight
39:25
that no
39:25
matter what
39:26
you think
39:27
you are
39:28
doing
39:28
and no
39:29
matter what
39:30
you think
39:30
you're
39:30
believing
39:31
the insight
39:32
of Jesus
39:33
that perhaps
39:34
in your
39:34
heart of
39:35
hearts
39:35
you don't
39:36
believe
39:37
Jesus
39:38
at all
39:38
you don't
39:40
put your
39:40
trust in
39:41
his name
39:41
and
39:43
despite all
39:44
of the
39:45
activity
39:46
in your
39:47
life
39:47
around the
39:48
kingdom of
39:49
God
39:49
and around
39:49
the word
39:50
of God
39:50
when the
39:52
Lord Jesus
39:53
takes his eye
39:55
and looks
39:55
into your
39:55
heart
39:56
this is
39:57
what he
39:58
declares
39:58
is that
40:00
the case
40:01
today
40:02
do you
40:04
believe
40:04
in the
40:05
name
40:05
of the
40:07
son of
40:07
God
40:07
you believe
40:08
in the
40:08
name of
40:09
the Lord
40:10
Jesus
40:10
he is
40:11
the son
40:12
of God
40:12
who is
40:13
giving his
40:14
life for
40:15
you
40:15
do you
40:17
believe
40:17
in his
40:17
name
40:18
a
40:19
declaration
40:20
and when
40:21
Jesus makes
40:22
the declaration
40:23
there are no
40:24
arguments
40:25
we have no
40:26
words
40:26
we fall
40:28
silent
40:28
before him
40:29
and we
40:29
take heed
40:30
to what
40:30
he is
40:30
saying
40:31
because
40:31
when he
40:32
speaks
40:32
about
40:32
salvation
40:33
it is
40:33
important
40:34
when he
40:35
speaks
40:35
about
40:35
the kind
40:35
of
40:35
people
40:36
we
40:36
are
40:36
it is
40:37
equally
40:38
important
40:39
the
40:40
declaration
40:41
let's
40:42
find
40:43
ourselves
40:43
somewhere
40:44
under
40:45
the
40:46
declaration
40:47
that
40:47
Jesus
40:48
makes
40:48
of himself
40:49
and of
40:49
us
40:50
in
40:51
these
40:51
words
40:51
today
40:52
so there
40:53
is a
40:54
declaration
40:54
secondly
40:56
we want
40:57
to see
40:57
that
40:58
there is
40:59
a decree
40:59
that makes
41:01
a difference
41:02
what is it
41:03
that makes
41:04
a difference
41:04
to you
41:05
and to me
41:06
when this
41:07
declaration
41:08
by Jesus
41:08
tells us
41:09
that we
41:10
do not
41:10
believe
41:10
how is
41:12
that going
41:12
to change
41:13
it's going
41:15
to change
41:16
because
41:16
of God's
41:18
decree
41:18
and God's
41:20
decree is
41:21
the purpose
41:22
of God
41:23
that he
41:24
had in his
41:25
heart
41:25
before
41:26
the world
41:26
ever
41:26
was
41:27
it's
41:29
what he
41:29
chose
41:30
to do
41:30
before
41:31
he ever
41:32
created
41:32
the world
41:33
it's
41:34
his free
41:34
choice
41:35
that we
41:35
cannot
41:36
understand
41:37
but the
41:37
Bible leads
41:38
us to
41:38
believe
41:39
that that's
41:40
exactly
41:40
what he
41:41
did
41:41
and that's
41:43
what makes
41:43
the difference
41:44
and we
41:46
don't need
41:46
today to
41:47
scramble
41:48
and try
41:50
and do
41:50
things that
41:51
only God
41:51
can do
41:52
because God
41:53
wants us
41:54
to take
41:54
to our
41:55
hearts
41:55
today
41:55
in our
41:56
unbelief
41:57
that only
41:58
those
42:00
whom he
42:01
has decreed
42:02
in his
42:02
heart
42:02
will be
42:03
saved
42:03
will come
42:04
to Jesus
42:05
and that's
42:06
what he
42:07
says in
42:07
verse number
42:07
37
42:08
all
42:10
that the
42:11
father gives
42:12
me
42:12
will come
42:13
to me
42:14
there's a
42:16
gift
42:17
there's a
42:19
donation
42:20
there's a
42:22
giving of
42:22
certain people
42:23
by the
42:25
father
42:25
to the
42:26
son
42:26
and Jesus
42:28
and through
42:29
the gospel
42:29
himself he
42:30
speaks of
42:30
the way in
42:30
which
42:31
John 17
42:33
for example
42:33
they were
42:34
you and
42:34
you gave
42:35
them to
42:35
me
42:36
there is
42:38
an eternal
42:39
transaction
42:40
that's
42:41
invisible
42:41
and that
42:43
is known
42:43
only to
42:44
God
42:44
in his
42:45
mind
42:46
and in
42:46
his
42:46
heart
42:46
with
42:46
the
42:47
son
42:47
and
42:47
the
42:48
spirit
42:48
of
42:48
God
42:48
there is
42:49
that
42:49
choice
42:50
that works
42:53
itself out
42:54
in the
42:54
experience
42:55
of people
42:56
in this
42:57
world
42:57
and that
42:58
bears the
42:58
fruit
42:59
that God
43:00
alone
43:00
is
43:00
looking
43:01
for
43:01
it's
43:03
God's
43:04
choice
43:04
it's
43:05
what the
43:05
Bible
43:05
calls
43:06
and
43:06
Ephesians
43:07
chapter
43:07
one
43:07
it's
43:08
what the
43:08
Bible
43:08
calls
43:09
election
43:11
selecting
43:13
people
43:14
from the
43:14
masses
43:15
God
43:17
choosing
43:18
not the
43:19
way you
43:19
and I
43:20
will
43:20
choose
43:20
because
43:21
we love
43:22
the
43:22
lovable
43:23
because
43:24
we're
43:25
attracted
43:25
to those
43:26
whom
43:26
we
43:26
choose
43:27
God
43:29
is very
43:29
different
43:30
to that
43:30
he
43:31
loves
43:32
the
43:32
unlovable
43:32
he
43:33
chooses
43:34
the
43:34
unchoosable
43:35
there
43:37
is
43:38
nothing
43:38
attractive
43:38
in you
43:39
and in
43:39
me
43:40
that
43:40
would
43:40
draw
43:40
God
43:41
toward
43:41
us
43:42
but
43:42
despite
43:43
all
43:44
of
43:44
that
43:44
God
43:45
makes
43:46
the
43:46
choice
43:46
and
43:48
he
43:48
makes
43:48
a
43:49
choice
43:49
before
43:50
you
43:50
and I
43:50
ever
43:50
did
43:51
anything
43:51
right
43:52
or
43:52
wrong
43:52
he
43:54
chose
43:54
us
43:54
in
43:55
Jesus
43:56
Christ
43:56
before
43:57
ever
43:57
the
43:58
world
43:58
was
44:00
and
44:04
we
44:04
cannot
44:05
begin
44:06
to
44:07
understand
44:07
the
44:07
mystery
44:08
of
44:09
God's
44:09
choice
44:10
but
44:11
we
44:12
know
44:12
that
44:13
God's
44:13
choice
44:14
bears
44:15
fruit
44:15
and
44:16
what
44:16
is
44:16
the
44:16
fruit
44:17
all
44:18
that
44:18
the
44:19
father
44:19
gives
44:19
me
44:19
will
44:20
come
44:21
to
44:22
me
44:22
there
44:24
are
44:24
people
44:25
who
44:25
are
44:25
coming
44:25
to
44:25
Jesus
44:26
to
44:26
hear
44:26
more
44:27
of
44:27
what
44:27
he
44:27
is
44:27
saying
44:27
but
44:29
their
44:29
hearts
44:30
are
44:30
filled
44:30
with
44:30
unbelief
44:31
there
44:32
are
44:32
disciples
44:33
who
44:33
are
44:33
closely
44:34
walking
44:34
with
44:35
them
44:35
and
44:36
they
44:36
are
44:36
doing
44:36
so
44:37
because
44:38
they
44:40
are
44:40
chosen
44:40
by
44:41
God
44:42
they
44:43
have
44:43
been
44:43
given
44:44
to
44:44
the
44:44
son
44:44
the
44:46
son
44:46
who
44:46
says
44:46
in
44:46
John
44:46
17
44:47
for
44:48
their
44:48
sakes
44:48
I
44:49
sanctify
44:49
myself
44:49
in
44:50
other
44:50
words
44:50
for
44:51
their
44:51
sakes
44:51
I
44:52
die
44:52
on
44:52
Calvary's
44:53
cross
44:53
for
44:54
those
44:54
the
44:55
father
44:55
has
44:55
given
44:55
to
44:56
me
44:56
and
45:01
if
45:01
your
45:01
life
45:02
and
45:02
my
45:02
life
45:03
changes
45:03
and
45:05
we
45:06
see
45:06
an
45:06
about
45:06
turn
45:07
in
45:09
your
45:09
life
45:09
and
45:10
we
45:11
see
45:11
a
45:11
heart
45:11
that
45:12
comes
45:12
to
45:13
believe
45:13
in
45:13
the
45:13
Lord
45:13
Jesus
45:14
there
45:16
is
45:16
only
45:16
one
45:16
explanation
45:17
and
45:19
the
45:19
explanation
45:20
is
45:20
powerful
45:21
because
45:21
this
45:23
is
45:23
not
45:24
based
45:24
on
45:25
what
45:25
you
45:25
do
45:26
but
45:27
on
45:27
what
45:27
God
45:28
does
45:28
you
45:29
and
45:30
I
45:30
know
45:30
well
45:30
that
45:30
we
45:31
may
45:31
choose
45:31
one
45:32
thing
45:32
today
45:32
and
45:33
we're
45:33
so
45:33
fickle
45:34
we'll
45:35
go off
45:35
and
45:35
choose
45:35
something
45:36
very
45:36
different
45:36
the
45:36
following
45:37
day
45:37
we are
45:39
motivated
45:40
and moved
45:40
so much
45:41
by what
45:41
happens
45:42
around
45:42
us
45:42
we change
45:44
our
45:44
choices
45:44
and things
45:46
that weren't
45:46
attractive
45:47
before
45:47
suddenly become
45:48
attractive
45:49
and we
45:49
go and
45:51
embrace
45:51
them
45:51
and we
45:51
choose
45:52
them
45:52
and
45:54
our
45:54
salvation
45:55
would
45:55
be
45:56
equally
45:56
fickle
45:57
if it
45:59
was based
45:59
on our
46:00
own
46:00
choice
46:01
alone
46:01
but
46:04
God
46:04
wants us
46:04
to know
46:05
today
46:05
that
46:06
salvation
46:07
is because
46:09
of his
46:10
choice
46:10
of us
46:11
and that
46:13
his choice
46:14
of us
46:15
becomes
46:15
visible
46:16
in our
46:17
coming
46:18
to put
46:18
our
46:18
faith
46:19
in
46:19
the
46:20
Lord
46:20
Jesus
46:20
and
46:22
God
46:24
doesn't
46:24
want us
46:25
today
46:25
to
46:25
lose
46:26
ourselves
46:27
in
46:27
trying
46:27
to
46:28
work
46:28
out
46:28
the
46:29
mystery
46:29
of
46:29
his
46:30
eternal
46:30
election
46:31
and
46:32
if
46:33
we're
46:33
concerned
46:33
about
46:34
God's
46:34
election
46:35
God
46:35
wants
46:36
us
46:36
to
46:36
know
46:36
that
46:36
the
46:37
proof
46:38
of
46:38
our
46:38
election
46:38
is
46:39
in
46:39
our
46:39
submission
46:40
and
46:40
our
46:40
obedience
46:41
and
46:41
our
46:41
faith
46:42
in
46:42
the
46:42
Lord
46:42
Jesus
46:43
it's
46:44
that
46:45
exodus
46:45
that I
46:45
referred
46:46
to
46:46
earlier
46:46
where
46:47
the
46:47
door
46:47
is
46:47
opened
46:48
and
46:48
Jesus
46:49
is
46:49
in
46:49
the
46:49
gospel
46:50
sending
46:51
his
46:51
word
46:51
out
46:51
his
46:52
appeal
46:52
out
46:52
and
46:53
we
46:53
come
46:53
from
46:54
there
46:54
we
46:56
are
46:56
choosing
46:57
Jesus
46:57
because
46:58
God
46:59
chose
46:59
us
46:59
and
47:00
because
47:00
Jesus
47:00
died
47:01
for
47:01
us
47:01
in
47:02
accordance
47:02
with
47:02
God's
47:03
gift
47:04
the
47:06
decree
47:07
is the
47:09
decree
47:10
not
47:10
the
47:11
basis
47:12
of
47:12
our
47:12
rejoicing
47:13
today
47:14
and as
47:15
we see
47:15
here
47:16
it is
47:16
also
47:17
the
47:18
basis
47:18
of
47:18
our
47:19
security
47:20
and is
47:22
that not
47:23
what we
47:23
are looking
47:24
for
47:24
in this
47:25
world
47:26
the
47:26
security
47:27
of
47:27
knowing
47:28
that we
47:28
are the
47:28
children
47:29
of God
47:29
in the
47:30
midst of
47:30
life's
47:30
big
47:31
questions
47:31
and big
47:32
challenges
47:33
that we
47:34
are secure
47:35
in what
47:36
God has
47:37
done
47:37
for us
47:37
in
47:38
Jesus
47:38
and
47:40
Jesus
47:40
confirms
47:41
that to
47:41
them
47:42
all that
47:43
the
47:43
father
47:44
gives me
47:44
will
47:45
come
47:45
to me
47:45
and
47:47
whoever
47:47
comes
47:47
to me
47:48
I
47:49
will
47:49
never
47:49
cast
47:50
out
47:51
the
47:53
promise
47:53
is to
47:54
everyone
47:55
whoever
47:56
comes
47:56
to me
47:57
all
47:58
those
47:58
who are
47:59
carrying
48:00
out
48:00
or walking
48:01
into their
48:01
own
48:02
exodus
48:03
from
48:03
their
48:04
life
48:04
without
48:05
God
48:05
and
48:05
without
48:05
Jesus
48:06
Christ
48:06
our
48:07
savior
48:07
who are
48:08
coming
48:08
into
48:08
the
48:08
kingdom
48:09
of
48:09
God
48:09
Jesus
48:11
promises
48:12
you
48:13
and I
48:13
as we
48:13
come
48:14
into
48:14
his
48:14
kingdom
48:14
that
48:15
he
48:15
will
48:16
never
48:17
be
48:19
cast
48:19
out
48:19
he
48:22
will
48:22
lose
48:23
nothing
48:23
of what
48:24
the
48:25
father
48:25
has
48:25
given
48:25
to
48:26
him
48:26
in
48:26
verse
48:27
number
48:27
38
48:28
he
48:29
will
48:29
never
48:30
evict
48:32
us
48:33
and
48:35
sometimes
48:35
we
48:36
because
48:37
of
48:37
our
48:37
sin
48:38
we
48:38
we
48:38
sense
48:39
that
48:39
God
48:41
would
48:41
be
48:41
just
48:42
and
48:43
putting
48:44
us
48:44
out
48:44
of
48:44
his
48:44
kingdom
48:45
and
48:46
evicting
48:47
us
48:47
from
48:47
his
48:48
family
48:48
home
48:49
because
48:49
of
48:50
our
48:50
rebellion
48:50
against
48:51
him
48:51
but
48:53
Jesus
48:54
wants
48:54
us
48:54
to
48:54
know
48:55
today
48:55
that
48:55
we
48:56
are
48:56
secure
48:57
because
48:57
of
48:58
God's
48:58
choice
48:58
and
48:59
that
48:59
he
49:00
will
49:00
never
49:00
cast
49:01
out
49:01
we
49:02
will
49:02
never
49:02
be
49:03
cast
49:03
out
49:03
of
49:03
God's
49:04
kingdom
49:05
of
49:05
God's
49:05
house
49:06
as
49:06
those
49:07
who
49:07
are
49:07
unwelcome
49:08
guests
49:08
we
49:10
are
49:10
all
49:11
the
49:11
children
49:12
of
49:12
our
49:12
heavenly
49:13
father
49:13
and
49:14
we
49:15
shall
49:15
never
49:15
be
49:15
separated
49:16
from
49:17
him
49:17
and
49:19
that
49:19
promise
49:20
and
49:20
that
49:20
security
49:21
is
49:22
a
49:23
promise
49:23
that
49:24
has
49:25
that
49:25
covers
49:26
the
49:26
whole
49:26
of
49:26
our
49:27
lives
49:27
and
49:29
that
49:29
brings
49:29
us
49:29
into
49:30
the
49:30
everlasting
49:31
kingdom
49:31
that
49:32
Jesus
49:33
speaks
49:33
of
49:33
here
49:33
and
49:34
that
49:34
his
49:34
father
49:35
has
49:35
promised
49:35
and
49:38
that's
49:38
what
49:38
he's
49:38
saying
49:39
in
49:39
verse
49:39
number
49:39
38
49:40
for
49:42
I
49:42
come
49:42
down
49:42
from
49:43
heaven
49:43
not
49:44
to
49:44
do
49:44
my
49:44
own
49:44
will
49:45
but
49:45
the
49:45
will
49:46
of
49:46
him
49:46
who
49:46
sent
49:46
me
49:47
and
49:47
this
49:47
is
49:47
the
49:47
will
49:48
of
49:48
him
49:48
who
49:48
sent
49:48
me
49:48
that
49:49
I
49:49
should
49:49
lose
49:50
nothing
49:50
of
49:51
all
49:51
that
49:51
he
49:51
has
49:51
given
49:52
me
49:52
but
49:53
raise
49:53
it
49:53
up
49:53
on
49:54
the
49:54
last
49:54
day
49:55
it's
49:58
eternal
49:59
life
49:59
that we
50:00
receive
50:01
in this
50:01
moment
50:01
of
50:02
coming
50:03
to
50:03
Jesus
50:03
of
50:04
of
50:04
receiving
50:05
him
50:05
as
50:05
our
50:05
savior
50:06
!
50:06
of
50:06
accepting
50:07
him
50:10
life
50:10
where
50:12
we
50:12
have
50:13
satisfaction
50:14
today
50:14
where
50:14
we
50:15
exchange
50:16
the
50:17
voucher
50:18
and
50:18
where
50:18
we
50:18
take
50:19
the
50:19
gift
50:20
of
50:20
God
50:20
recognizing
50:22
that
50:22
Jesus
50:22
paid
50:23
the
50:23
price
50:23
we
50:26
take
50:26
the
50:26
promise
50:27
and
50:28
we
50:28
have
50:28
the
50:28
gift
50:28
of
50:29
everlasting
50:30
life
50:30
a
50:31
life
50:31
beyond
50:31
what
50:32
we
50:32
see
50:32
in
50:32
this
50:32
world
50:33
in
50:34
a
50:34
new
50:34
heavens
50:35
in
50:35
a
50:35
new
50:35
earth
50:36
in
50:37
the
50:37
kingdom
50:37
of
50:38
God
50:38
the
50:38
kingdom
50:38
of
50:38
heaven
50:39
that
50:39
is
50:39
still
50:40
to
50:40
come
50:40
there
50:42
is
50:42
the
50:42
decree
50:43
the
50:45
choice
50:45
of
50:46
God
50:46
that
50:48
gives
50:48
us
50:49
security
50:49
today
50:51
and
50:52
that
50:52
gives
50:52
us
50:52
the
50:53
sure
50:53
knowledge
50:53
that
50:54
nothing
50:55
can
50:55
separate
50:55
us
50:56
from
50:56
God's
50:56
love
50:57
in
50:57
Christ
50:57
and
50:58
that
50:58
gives
50:58
us
50:59
the
50:59
sure
50:59
knowledge
50:59
that
51:00
the
51:00
day
51:00
will
51:00
come
51:01
when
51:01
it
51:02
will
51:02
be
51:02
welcomed
51:02
into
51:03
the
51:03
eternal
51:04
glory
51:04
of
51:04
God
51:05
and
51:05
when
51:06
Jesus
51:06
will
51:06
stand
51:07
before
51:08
God's
51:08
throne
51:09
and
51:10
will
51:10
speak
51:11
to
51:11
God
51:11
the
51:11
father
51:12
behold
51:13
me
51:13
and
51:13
the
51:14
children
51:14
God
51:14
has
51:15
given
51:15
to
51:15
me
51:15
that's
51:18
the
51:18
scope
51:19
of
51:19
the
51:19
security
51:20
and
51:20
the
51:21
safety
51:21
that
51:22
is
51:22
ours
51:22
because
51:23
of
51:24
God's
51:24
decree
51:25
that
51:26
makes
51:27
a
51:28
difference
51:28
and
51:31
we
51:31
wrestle
51:32
on
51:32
with
51:32
coming
51:33
to
51:33
hear
51:34
the
51:34
word
51:35
of
51:35
God
51:35
we
51:36
read
51:36
the
51:36
Bible
51:37
we
51:38
hear
51:38
the
51:38
word
51:38
of
51:38
God
51:38
preached
51:39
we
51:40
pray
51:40
over
51:41
what
51:41
God
51:41
says
51:41
in
51:42
his
51:42
word
51:42
we
51:43
pray
51:43
over
51:44
the
51:44
difficult
51:44
things
51:45
that
51:45
we
51:45
find
51:45
and
51:47
we
51:48
pray
51:48
that
51:48
God
51:48
will
51:48
help
51:49
us
51:49
to
51:50
understand
51:50
in
51:52
the
51:52
first
51:53
place
51:53
that
51:55
he
51:55
does
51:56
the
51:56
work
51:57
of
51:58
salvation
51:58
and
52:00
that
52:00
he
52:00
alone
52:00
does
52:01
the
52:01
work
52:02
of
52:02
salvation
52:02
it
52:04
is
52:04
ours
52:04
to
52:04
trust
52:05
it
52:07
is
52:07
him
52:07
to
52:07
work
52:08
to
52:09
choose
52:09
and
52:10
to
52:10
bring
52:10
us
52:11
to
52:11
believe
52:12
in
52:12
the
52:12
Lord
52:13
Jesus
52:13
so
52:15
there
52:15
is
52:15
a
52:15
declaration
52:16
there
52:17
is
52:17
the
52:17
decree
52:17
and
52:19
thirdly
52:20
there
52:21
is
52:21
the
52:23
desire
52:23
I
52:27
think
52:27
it's
52:28
absolutely
52:29
true
52:29
that
52:31
nobody
52:31
ever
52:32
came
52:32
to
52:33
believe
52:34
in
52:34
the
52:34
Lord
52:34
Jesus
52:35
and
52:37
did
52:37
not
52:38
feel
52:38
that
52:40
that's
52:40
what
52:40
they
52:40
long
52:41
to
52:41
do
52:41
more
52:41
than
52:41
anything
52:42
coming
52:44
to
52:44
know
52:44
the
52:45
Lord
52:45
Jesus
52:45
is
52:46
not
52:46
without
52:46
feeling
52:47
it
52:47
is
52:48
with
52:48
feeling
52:48
it
52:48
is
52:49
with
52:49
experience
52:50
God
52:50
works
52:51
in
52:51
us
52:52
personally
52:52
and
52:53
individually
52:54
in
52:56
order
52:56
to
52:56
transform
52:57
us
52:57
from
52:58
within
52:59
and
53:00
Jesus
53:01
draws
53:01
attention
53:01
to
53:02
that
53:02
in
53:02
verse
53:03
number
53:03
44
53:04
no
53:06
one
53:06
can
53:06
come
53:07
to
53:07
me
53:07
unless
53:08
the
53:09
father
53:09
who
53:09
sent
53:09
me
53:10
draws
53:10
him
53:11
he
53:13
reemphasizes
53:14
the
53:15
impossibility
53:16
and
53:18
human
53:20
impossibility
53:21
is
53:22
something
53:23
is
53:22
something
53:23
that
53:23
we
53:23
perhaps
53:24
find
53:24
hard
53:25
to
53:25
accept
53:25
and
53:26
more
53:27
so
53:27
perhaps
53:27
in
53:28
the
53:28
world
53:29
and
53:29
the
53:29
society
53:29
in
53:30
which
53:30
we
53:30
live
53:30
there
53:32
is
53:32
so
53:33
much
53:33
of
53:33
self
53:34
importance
53:34
and
53:34
self
53:35
realization
53:35
and
53:36
self
53:36
expression
53:37
and
53:37
self
53:38
sufficiency
53:38
see
53:39
the
53:40
gospel
53:40
cuts
53:41
right
53:41
across
53:42
that
53:42
and
53:42
tells
53:43
us
53:43
we
53:44
cannot
53:44
come
53:45
it's
53:47
impossible
53:47
for us
53:48
to do
53:48
it
53:48
we are
53:49
disabled
53:50
by sin
53:51
and we
53:52
can do
53:52
nothing
53:53
ourselves
53:53
and
53:55
against
53:55
that
53:55
he's
53:56
saying
53:56
unless
53:58
the
54:00
father
54:00
who
54:01
sent
54:02
me
54:02
draws
54:04
him
54:04
no
54:07
drawing
54:08
or
54:09
attracting
54:09
when
54:12
God
54:12
does
54:12
it
54:13
it's
54:13
powerful
54:14
it's
54:15
beautiful
54:16
it's
54:17
full
54:18
of
54:18
love
54:18
it's
54:19
full
54:20
of
54:20
mercy
54:20
it's
54:21
full
54:21
of
54:22
compassion
54:22
God
54:25
draws
54:25
the
54:28
image
54:28
behind
54:29
the
54:29
verb
54:30
that
54:31
John
54:31
uses
54:32
here
54:32
is
54:33
tying
54:34
something
54:35
to a
54:37
piece
54:37
of
54:37
string
54:37
and
54:38
pulling
54:38
that
54:38
thing
54:39
along
54:39
to
54:39
remove
54:40
from
54:40
where
54:40
it
54:40
is
54:41
to
54:41
place
54:41
it
54:42
somewhere
54:42
else
54:42
we see
54:44
it at
54:44
different
54:44
levels
54:44
and
54:45
in the
54:45
days of
54:46
agriculture
54:46
that
54:47
John
54:47
was
54:48
writing
54:48
it was
54:48
something
54:49
it was a
54:50
picture
54:50
that was
54:50
before the
54:52
rise
54:52
every day
54:52
we pull
54:54
an animal
54:54
we pull
54:55
agriculture
54:56
machinery
54:56
we tie
54:57
something to
54:58
it
54:58
and we
54:58
take it
54:59
somewhere
54:59
else
54:59
we're
55:00
using
55:00
force
55:01
to move
55:02
that
55:03
object
55:03
and to
55:04
place
55:04
it
55:04
somewhere
55:05
else
55:05
but in
55:07
this
55:07
case
55:07
the
55:09
same
55:09
thing
55:09
is
55:10
happening
55:10
but there
55:11
is no
55:11
sense
55:12
of
55:12
force
55:13
the
55:15
same
55:15
thing
55:15
is
55:15
happening
55:16
but there
55:16
is nothing
55:17
but the
55:17
sense
55:17
of
55:18
love
55:18
there's
55:20
a sense
55:20
of
55:20
drawing
55:21
and in
55:23
that
55:23
moment
55:24
that
55:24
the
55:24
hook
55:25
of the
55:25
gospel
55:25
in that
55:26
moment
55:26
that
55:26
connection
55:27
is
55:27
made
55:28
there is
55:30
the
55:31
attraction
55:31
of
55:32
Jesus
55:33
in our
55:34
hearts
55:34
there is
55:36
a sense
55:36
of his
55:37
beauty
55:37
there is
55:39
a sense
55:39
of seeing
55:39
for the
55:40
first time
55:41
all that
55:42
he is
55:42
in the
55:43
gospel
55:43
and all
55:45
now that
55:45
he is
55:46
to me
55:48
the
55:50
father
55:50
who sent
55:51
me
55:52
draws
55:53
him
55:53
it's
55:55
the
55:55
irresistible
55:56
grace of
55:57
God
55:57
irresistible
55:59
because
55:59
there is
56:00
so much
56:01
that we
56:01
see
56:02
so much
56:03
that we
56:03
discover
56:04
and that
56:05
we come
56:06
willingly
56:07
and lovingly
56:08
to accept
56:09
the Lord
56:10
Jesus
56:10
as
56:11
our
56:11
saviour
56:12
the
56:13
drawing
56:14
in the
56:15
old
56:16
testament
56:16
God
56:17
through
56:18
the
56:19
prophecy
56:19
of
56:19
Hosea
56:20
speaks
56:20
of
56:20
the
56:21
way
56:21
in
56:21
which
56:21
he
56:22
leads
56:24
his
56:24
people
56:24
with
56:25
cords
56:25
of
56:26
kindness
56:26
and
56:27
bands
56:28
of love
56:28
that's
56:28
the
56:28
image
56:29
what
56:30
is
56:30
the
56:30
connection
56:31
there
56:32
are
56:32
these
56:32
cords
56:33
of
56:33
the
56:34
eternal
56:34
love
56:34
of
56:34
God
56:35
of
56:35
the
56:35
compassion
56:36
of
56:36
God
56:37
that
56:37
he
56:39
ties
56:39
around
56:39
our
56:40
hearts
56:40
and
56:41
that
56:42
he
56:42
uses
56:42
to
56:43
draw
56:43
us
56:44
closer
56:44
and
56:44
closer
56:44
to
56:45
himself
56:45
into
56:46
the
56:46
full
56:46
enjoyment
56:47
of
56:47
the
56:48
blessing
56:48
of
56:49
the
56:49
gospel
56:49
as
56:50
we
56:50
have
56:50
it
56:50
in
56:51
the
56:51
person
56:51
of
56:51
Jesus
56:52
the
56:54
drawing
56:54
of
56:55
God
56:55
and
56:59
that
56:59
attraction
57:00
comes
57:02
in a
57:02
very
57:03
simple
57:03
way
57:04
it
57:06
comes
57:06
through
57:08
what's
57:09
happening
57:10
at this
57:10
moment
57:11
as the
57:12
gospel
57:12
is
57:12
preached
57:13
it
57:15
happens
57:15
through
57:15
hearing
57:16
the
57:17
word
57:17
of
57:18
God
57:18
in
57:21
verse
57:21
number
57:21
45
57:22
it is
57:22
written
57:23
in the
57:23
prophets
57:23
and
57:24
they
57:24
will
57:24
all
57:25
be
57:25
taught
57:25
by
57:26
God
57:26
everyone
57:27
who
57:27
has
57:27
heard
57:28
and
57:28
learned
57:29
from
57:29
the
57:29
father
57:30
comes
57:30
to
57:32
me
57:32
it
57:35
comes
57:36
through
57:36
hearing
57:37
hearing
57:39
the
57:39
word
57:40
of
57:40
God
57:40
and
57:42
they
57:42
are
57:42
the
57:42
ones
57:42
who
57:43
come
57:44
to
57:45
believe
57:46
in
57:46
the
57:46
son
57:46
of
57:47
God
57:47
and
57:49
Jesus
57:49
makes
57:49
it
57:49
clear
57:49
in
57:49
these
57:50
verses
57:50
that
57:51
all
57:51
of
57:51
this
57:52
is
57:52
through
57:52
him
57:52
nobody
57:53
has
57:53
seen
57:54
God
57:54
but
57:54
Jesus
57:55
himself
57:55
and
57:56
he
57:56
makes
57:56
him
57:56
known
57:57
to
57:57
those
57:57
who
57:58
are
57:58
his
57:58
people
57:58
so
57:59
that
57:59
there
58:00
is
58:00
that
58:00
sense
58:01
of
58:01
faith
58:02
coming
58:02
by
58:02
hearing
58:03
and
58:04
learning
58:04
about
58:06
Jesus
58:07
about
58:07
God
58:08
through
58:08
Jesus
58:09
and
58:11
Jesus
58:11
himself
58:12
in
58:12
chapter
58:12
5
58:13
speaks
58:13
about
58:13
his
58:14
relationship
58:15
with
58:15
God
58:15
and
58:16
how
58:16
God
58:17
makes
58:17
himself
58:18
known
58:18
to
58:18
him
58:19
and
58:20
through
58:20
that
58:21
he
58:21
lives
58:22
out
58:22
to
58:22
the
58:22
life
58:22
that
58:23
God
58:24
has
58:24
set
58:25
out
58:25
for
58:25
him
58:25
it's
58:27
that
58:27
personal
58:27
relationship
58:28
and
58:31
that's
58:32
what
58:33
happens
58:34
with
58:34
you
58:34
and
58:35
with
58:35
me
58:35
in
58:37
that
58:37
moment
58:37
suddenly
58:39
Jesus
58:40
Christ
58:41
is
58:41
meaningful
58:42
suddenly
58:43
he's
58:43
attractive
58:44
it's
58:45
not
58:46
because
58:46
your
58:47
emotions
58:47
and your
58:48
affections
58:48
are moved
58:49
in the
58:49
first
58:49
place
58:49
it's
58:50
because
58:50
your
58:50
mind
58:51
has
58:51
been
58:51
enlightened
58:52
it's
58:53
been
58:53
opened
58:53
by
58:54
the
58:54
spirit
58:54
of
58:54
God
58:55
the
58:56
lights
58:56
have
58:56
gone
58:56
on
58:57
and
58:57
you
58:58
then
58:58
see
58:59
Jesus
58:59
for
58:59
who
59:00
he
59:00
is
59:00
you
59:02
have
59:02
learnt
59:03
from
59:04
the
59:04
word
59:05
of
59:05
God
59:05
and
59:07
the
59:07
very
59:07
agency
59:08
that
59:08
teaches
59:09
!
59:09
that
59:10
is
59:10
the
59:10
teacher
59:11
in
59:12
that
59:12
process
59:13
of
59:13
education
59:14
Jesus
59:15
tells
59:16
him
59:16
later
59:16
on
59:17
it's
59:17
the
59:18
Holy
59:18
Spirit
59:19
of
59:19
God
59:19
the
59:20
helper
59:20
the
59:21
teacher
59:21
he
59:22
will
59:22
lead
59:23
you
59:23
into
59:23
all
59:24
truth
59:24
he
59:25
will
59:25
help
59:26
you
59:26
to
59:26
remember
59:26
the
59:26
things
59:27
I
59:27
said
59:27
he
59:28
will
59:28
show
59:29
the
59:29
things
59:29
that
59:29
belong
59:29
to
59:30
me
59:30
and
59:31
make
59:32
them
59:32
known
59:32
to
59:33
you
59:33
it's
59:35
a
59:35
moment
59:36
of
59:37
our
59:38
minds
59:38
being
59:39
enlightened
59:39
and
59:40
suddenly
59:41
we
59:41
come
59:41
from
59:42
darkness
59:42
to
59:42
light
59:43
and
59:44
the
59:44
word
59:44
of
59:45
God
59:45
is
59:45
full
59:45
of
59:46
meaning
59:46
the
59:47
person
59:47
of
59:47
the
59:47
Lord
59:48
Jesus
59:48
is
59:49
absolutely
59:50
precious
59:50
and
59:50
special
59:51
and
59:52
believing
59:53
him
59:53
and
59:54
loving
59:54
him
59:55
is
59:55
the
59:56
most
59:56
obvious
59:56
and
59:57
natural
59:57
and
59:57
loving
59:58
thing
59:58
I
59:59
want
59:59
to
59:59
do
59:59
more
1:00:00
than
1:00:00
anything
1:00:00
else
1:00:01
I
1:00:01
have
1:00:01
done
1:00:01
in
1:00:02
life
1:00:02
and
1:00:05
God
1:00:05
wants
1:00:05
us
1:00:06
to
1:00:06
know
1:00:06
today
1:00:07
that
1:00:08
underlying
1:00:10
our
1:00:10
choice
1:00:11
of
1:00:11
the
1:00:12
Lord
1:00:12
Jesus
1:00:12
as
1:00:12
our
1:00:13
saviour
1:00:13
it's
1:00:15
the
1:00:15
choice
1:00:15
that
1:00:16
he
1:00:16
made
1:00:16
of
1:00:16
us
1:00:17
and
1:00:18
when
1:00:18
we
1:00:19
bring
1:00:20
all of
1:00:20
these
1:00:20
things
1:00:21
together
1:00:21
in
1:00:21
our
1:00:21
faith
1:00:22
in
1:00:22
the
1:00:22
Lord
1:00:22
Jesus
1:00:23
how
1:00:24
awesome
1:00:25
is
1:00:25
that
1:00:26
how
1:00:27
worthy
1:00:28
is
1:00:28
God
1:00:29
of
1:00:29
our
1:00:29
praise
1:00:30
and
1:00:31
how
1:00:31
thankful
1:00:32
we
1:00:32
are
1:00:32
that
1:00:33
what
1:00:33
we
1:00:34
could
1:00:34
never
1:00:34
do
1:00:35
God
1:00:36
has
1:00:37
done
1:00:37
it
1:00:37
first
1:00:38
of
1:00:38
all
1:00:38
in
1:00:39
the
1:00:39
person
1:00:39
of
1:00:39
his
1:00:40
son
1:00:40
the
1:00:40
Lord
1:00:40
Jesus
1:00:41
and
1:00:42
now
1:00:42
in
1:00:42
your
1:00:42
heart
1:00:43
and
1:00:43
in
1:00:43
mine
1:00:43
and
1:00:45
perhaps
1:00:45
the
1:00:47
greatest
1:00:47
reminder
1:00:48
you need
1:00:48
to hear
1:00:49
today
1:00:49
is
1:00:50
that
1:00:51
you
1:00:51
should
1:00:52
not
1:00:52
wait
1:00:52
for
1:00:53
an
1:00:54
experience
1:00:55
that
1:00:55
you
1:00:55
expect
1:00:56
must
1:00:56
take
1:00:56
place
1:00:57
before
1:00:57
you
1:00:58
become
1:00:58
a
1:00:58
Christian
1:00:58
understand
1:01:00
that
1:01:02
God
1:01:02
works
1:01:02
through
1:01:03
his
1:01:03
word
1:01:03
making
1:01:04
himself
1:01:05
known
1:01:05
to
1:01:05
you
1:01:05
and
1:01:06
gradually
1:01:07
opening
1:01:08
your
1:01:08
mind
1:01:08
on
1:01:09
the
1:01:09
understanding
1:01:09
of
1:01:10
what
1:01:10
Jesus
1:01:11
has
1:01:11
done
1:01:11
that's
1:01:13
how
1:01:13
he
1:01:13
works
1:01:13
it's
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not
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an
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explosion
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it's
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coming
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to
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the
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spirit
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of
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God
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as
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our
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teacher
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and
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learning
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from
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him
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and
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so
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today
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let's
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reflect
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on
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the
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biggest
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question
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of
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all
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let's
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understand
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our
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unbelief
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without
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God's
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help
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let's
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be
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thankful
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of
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God's
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decree
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of
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God's
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choice
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of
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us
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and
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let's
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be
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thankful
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for
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the
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way
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in
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which
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he
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makes
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that
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choice
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of
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us
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clear
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in
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drawing
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us
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to
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the
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Lord
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Jesus
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and
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let's
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go on
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our way
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rejoicing
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that
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we're
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safe
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and
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secure
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from
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the
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moment
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we
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believe
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in
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Jesus
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until
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we
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arrive
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at
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the
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eternal
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glory
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into
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which
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Jesus
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himself
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has
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entered
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may
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God
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bless
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!
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Christ
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in
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you
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as
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a
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God
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who
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is
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our
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Savior
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who
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is
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our
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Father
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in
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heaven
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who
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has
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worked
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so
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wonderfully
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in the
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presence of
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your
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Son
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to
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secure
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our
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salvation
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and
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his
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resurrection
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and
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his
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glory
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to
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bring
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us
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alive
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to
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you
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and
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pray
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that
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you
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will
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bless
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your
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word
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to
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us
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today
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that
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you
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will
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give
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to
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us
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that
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saving
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knowledge
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of
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Jesus
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Christ
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as
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our
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personal
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Savior
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and
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that
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you
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will
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help
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us
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to
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grow
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day
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by
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day
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and
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our
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knowledge
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of
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him
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and a
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deeper
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appreciation
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of
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all
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that
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he
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has
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done
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and
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a
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growing
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desire
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to
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do
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the
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things
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that
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are
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pleasing
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to
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you
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as
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we
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journey
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on
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through
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life
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together
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so
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hear
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our
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prayer
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and
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accept
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our
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thanks
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for
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Jesus
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sake
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Amen
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Psalm
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number
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22
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in the
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Scottish
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Psalter
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Psalm 22
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at
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verse
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28
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it's on
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page
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229
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Psalm
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22
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in the
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Scottish
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Psalter
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at
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verse
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28
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because
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the
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kingdom
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to
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the
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Lord
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doth
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appertain
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as
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his
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likewise
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among
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the
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nations
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the
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governor
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he
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is
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and
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after
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the
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band
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dictionary
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I'll
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go to
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the
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main
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door
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we
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stand
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to sing
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from
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verse
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28
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to
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verse
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31
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to
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God's
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praise
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because
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the
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kingdom
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to
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the
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Lord
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!
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doth
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appertain
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!
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doth
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appertain
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as
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his
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!
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likewise
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among
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the
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nations
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the
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governor
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he is
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earth's
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fat
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ones
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eat
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and
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worship
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shall
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all
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who
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to
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dust
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descend
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shall
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bow
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to
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him
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none
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of
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them
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can
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his
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soul
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from
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death
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defend
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a
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seed
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shall
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service
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due
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to
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him
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and
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to
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the
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Lord
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it
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shall
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be
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for
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a
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generation
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!
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!
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they
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shall
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declare
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his
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truth
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and
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righteousness
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they
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shall
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command
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they
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shall
1:05:04
declare
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his
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truth
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and
1:05:09
righteousness
1:05:10
righteousness
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and
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to
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a
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people
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yet
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unborn
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and
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that
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he
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hath
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done
1:05:27
this
1:05:28
the
1:05:30
grace
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of the
1:05:31
Lord
1:05:31
Jesus
1:05:31
Christ
1:05:32
the
1:05:33
love
1:05:33
of God
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the
1:05:33
Father
1:05:33
and the
1:05:34
fellowship
1:05:34
of the
1:05:34
Holy
1:05:34
Spirit
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be with
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you
1:05:36
all
1:05:36
now
1:05:36
and
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forever
1:05:37
more
1:05:37
Amen
1:05:38
now
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voy
1:06:08
Thank you.