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The Precious Blood of Christ · Stornoway Free Church of Scotland - Sermons

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Once again, thank you for your warm welcome. It's lovely to be with you again tonight,
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and we pray God's blessing as we join together around his word. And so we're going to begin
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by worshiping God, singing to his praise from Psalm 9. Psalm 9 and sing Psalms,
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that's on page 8 of the Blue Psalm books, 9a.
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We'll read from verse 9.
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We'll sing down to the end of the verse marked 14, to the tune done firmly,
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and standing to sing, The Lord Will Be a Hiding Place.
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The Lord will be a hiding place, for the host of our rest,
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and he will be a strong defence, for those who are distressed.
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All those who know your name, O Lord, in you their just will place,
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for you do not abandon those who seek your gracious face.
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Sing praises to the Lord who saith, in Zion on his throne,
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among the nations of the world,
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proclaim what he has done.
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For he, the adventurer of man's blood,
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remembers evermore, the cry of the afflicted one,
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he never will ignore.
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O Lord, see how my enemies are persecuting me,
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and mercy from the gates of death,
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let me have set me free.
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So that in Zion's city gates, pure grace I may declare,
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and that I may exult with joy in your salvation air.
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Let's unite our hearts in prayer.
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Let us pray.
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Gracious God, we are humbled this evening hour of worship,
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that a God who is infinite, eternal, and unchangeable,
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one who is holy, holy, holy, holy,
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one who inhabits eternity,
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has indeed chosen to condescend to reveal himself to us,
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that you are not a God who is distant or detached,
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a God who cannot be known,
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but rather a God who tells us even today to come.
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Come unto me, all you who labor and are heavy laden,
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and I will give you rest, rest for your souls.
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And how we long this evening hour to know that,
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rest afresh as we come and as we find ourselves
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as those who are sojourners through this wilderness that is time.
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negotiating our way through many trials and temptations,
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difficulties and discouragements.
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But yet in the midst of it all, you are God.
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And so we praise you, O Lord,
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that we are not found this Saturday evening as we once were,
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perhaps, worshiping idols dumb,
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giving ourselves over to the things of this world
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that cry out peace, peace,
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where there is no peace.
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Those many temptations that captivate our hearts and our minds,
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those things that even give to us pleasure,
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but yet only for a moment.
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We praise you, O Lord,
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that by the grace of God,
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we are able to see,
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at least in a measure,
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the deceitfulness of sin,
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a world that promises us so much,
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yet time and time again fails to deliver.
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And so we bless you and we praise you then
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for the fact that you never fail to deliver,
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that you are a covenant-keeping God,
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that you are a God who,
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in spite of our unfaithfulness,
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remains faithful,
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a God whose promises are from everlasting to everlasting.
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And in light of this,
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we pray that we might be found as your people
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pleading these promises,
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for we have nothing else.
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Not only would we plead these promises
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that are set before us,
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the innumerable truths in your scripture,
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but that we would do so with confidence.
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Forgive us, O Lord,
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for our lack of faith.
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Forgive us for neglecting to remember
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that you are the creator of the heavens and the earth
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and all that in them is.
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You are the one who has wrought
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perhaps even the greatest miracle of all
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by bringing sinners such as we are
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from darkness into your own marvellous light.
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And as we reflect upon who you are
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and the power of your hand,
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help us all the more to believe,
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to trust,
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to come and to cast ourselves upon you.
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And Lord, we pray this evening,
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especially for this town.
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We are so mindful of the fact that,
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relatively speaking,
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we are few in number gathered here,
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that there are so many
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seeking to find that fulfilment elsewhere.
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Those who have no word of their soul,
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those who are captured by the world
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and the flesh and the devil.
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Remind us, O Lord,
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that it is but by the grace of God
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that we are what we are.
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And were it not for that grace,
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we would be there also.
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But what we long for, O Lord,
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is to see this town revived and renewed,
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that we as your people
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might see afresh the wonder
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of that salvation
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that has been wrought for us
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on Calvary's tree,
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that we would afresh be amazed
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by that sacrificial act of love
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that has given unto us a hope
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not only for time,
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but for all eternity.
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And that us being renewed
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and revived in our own spirit,
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that this would indeed
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flow out to those around us,
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our friends, our neighbours,
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our family.
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And that we would indeed see
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days where your name
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is high and lifted up,
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even days,
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as in days not so long ago,
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where this very building
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would be filled
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with men and women,
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boys and girls,
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with that longing
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and that desire in their heart
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to come and worship you.
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O Lord, you are able.
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And so we pray it to be so,
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for the glory of your name.
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But in the meantime,
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O Lord, we give thanks.
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We give thanks
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that you are still saving souls.
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We praise your name
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for our dear sister
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who has professed faith
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for the first time
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in this congregation.
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Although perhaps we know,
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we do not all know her,
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you know her.
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You are the God
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who has called her to yourself.
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And we pray
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that you would be with her
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as she takes this step of faith
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that she would know
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in a very real way
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the strengthening
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that follows obedience.
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That you would,
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as it were,
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put that wall of fire around her,
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protecting her
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from the fiery darts
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of the evil one
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who no doubt
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even this evening hour
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seeks to distract her
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and to bring her
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to that place of despondency.
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We know that he is a liar.
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He is the one
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who seeks to rob us
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of our peace.
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And what we pray for her,
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we pray for us all
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as we prepare,
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as we prepare to come
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and to do this
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in remembrance of you.
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That we would do so
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in remembrance of the one
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who is so worth remembering.
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In remembrance of the one
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who never forgets us
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although we forget him.
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Lord,
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that you would be pleased
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in your mercy
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and your grace
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and your love
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to grant unto us
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even a glimpse
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of yourself.
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That we would behold
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the beauty of the king
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through the lattice
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of his word.
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That you would show
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unto us something
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of who you are
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and what you have done
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for wretched sinners
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such as we are.
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We are not worthy.
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We are not worthy
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of the smallest
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of your mercies.
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But yet we praise you
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all the more
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that we come not
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leaning upon our own
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worthiness,
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our own good works,
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but rather upon the one
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who has cried out,
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it is finished.
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And if there are any
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here tonight
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who are yet to come
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and to profess your name,
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who perhaps have many fears
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and questions
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at the front of their mind
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that are perhaps
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prohibiting them
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from doing so,
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that you would
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take these things
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from them
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and enable them
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to see even tonight
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that we are called
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to a life of faith.
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We are not to look
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through the eyes
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of our own reason,
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but through the eyes
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of Scripture.
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That we would come
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and that we would believe
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that you are a God
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who has never once
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let down any
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who have come out
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on your side.
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Yes, we know
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for all of us here
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we have times
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of difficulties,
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times of joy,
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times of expectation,
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times of sorrow.
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Yet every step
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of the way
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you are there
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by our side
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leading us
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and guiding us.
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And so we pray then
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that you would bless us
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as we come around
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your word this evening.
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We thank you for it.
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As it speaks to us,
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as it challenges us
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and encourages us
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that you would grant
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unto us hearing ears
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and hearts
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that are ready
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and willing to receive
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not the word
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of the preacher
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but the word
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of God himself.
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That your Holy Spirit
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might truly be
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in our midst
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accompanying your truth
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so that we might
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be able to see
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it was good
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for us to meet.
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We pray for
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our dear brothers
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here,
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for James
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and for Colin Mordo.
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We give thanks
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for their ministry,
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for their witness,
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for their faithfulness.
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We pray, O Lord,
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that they would see
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fruit for their labor,
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that they would be
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encouraged in their work
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as they continue
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to reach out
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with the good news
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of the gospel
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and that together
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with their
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curccession,
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deacon's court,
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their members
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and their adherents,
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they would have
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that zeal
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and vision
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to indeed
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go out
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with that glorious
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message
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for time is short
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and eternity
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is long.
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Go with us
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then,
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we pray,
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and forgive us
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for Jesus' sake.
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Amen.
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We're going to sing
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then,
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friends,
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once more
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from Psalm 19
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in the Scottish Psalter.
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Psalm 19.
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I'm going to pick up
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our reading
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at verse 8.
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That's on page 223.
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Psalm 19.
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The statutes
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of the Lord
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are right
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and do rejoice
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the heart.
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The Lord's command
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is pure
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and doth light
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to the eyes
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impart.
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Unspotted
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is the fear
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of God
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and doth endure
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forever.
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The judgments
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of the Lord
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are true
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and righteous
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altogether.
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We'll sing
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down to the
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end of the first
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part of verse 13
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to the praise
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of God
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and to the tune
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Bethesda.
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Standing to sing
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The statutes
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of the Lord
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are right.
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The statutes
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of the Lord
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are right
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and do rejoice
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the heart
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the Lord's
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heard The Lord's
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peace
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no matter
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is pure
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and dumb
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high
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to be
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Fot swerve
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little
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And doth endure forever
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The judgment's all the Lord are true
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And righteous all together
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They bore and bore
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In much time old
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To be desired and
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And money, money
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From the cold
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That drop the sweeter fire
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Moreover day
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Thy servant mourn
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Are thee this life should pain
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A great reward provided is
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For them that keep us safe
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Who can this ever understand
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Oh, thanks I'll be within
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From sin
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Thy cause
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Thy servant keep
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From all
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Resanctious sin
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Well friends, let's join together
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To read the word of God
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We're going to read from 1 Peter
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1 Peter chapter 1
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We can read the whole chapter together
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Let us hear the word of God
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Peter
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Peter
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An apostle of Jesus Christ
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To those who are elect exiles
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Of the dispersion in Pontus
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Galatia
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Cappadocia
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Asia
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And Bithynia
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According to the foreknowledge
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Of God the Father
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In the sanctification of the Spirit
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For obedience to Jesus Christ
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And for sprinkling with his blood
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May grace and peace be multiplied to you
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Blessed be the God and Father
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Of our Lord Jesus Christ
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According to his great mercy
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He has caused us to be born again
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To a living hope
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Through the resurrection of Jesus Christ
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From the dead
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To an inheritance that is imperishable
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Undefiled and unfading
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Kept in heaven for you
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Who by God's power
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Are being guarded
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Through faith
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For a salvation
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Ready to be revealed
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In the last time
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In this you rejoice
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Though now for a little while
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If necessary
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You have been grieved
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By various trials
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So that the tested
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Genuineness of your faith
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More precious than gold
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That perishes
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That it is tested by fire
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May be found to result
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In praise
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And glory
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And honor
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At the revelation
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Of Jesus Christ
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Though you have not seen him
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You love him
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Though you do not now see him
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You believe in him
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And rejoice with joy
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That is inexpressible
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And filled with glory
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Obtaining the outcome
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Of your faith
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The salvation
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Of your souls
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Concerning this salvation
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The prophets
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Who prophesied
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About the grace
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That was to be yours
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Searched
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And inquired carefully
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Inquiring what person
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Or time
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The spirit of Christ
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In them was indicating
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When he predicted
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The sufferings of Christ
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And the subsequent glories
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It was revealed to them
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That they were serving
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Not themselves
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But you
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In the things
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That have now been
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Announced to you
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Through those
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Who preach the good news
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To you
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By the Holy Spirit
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Sent from heaven
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Things
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Into which the angels
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Long to look
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Therefore
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Preparing your minds
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For action
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And being sober-minded
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Set your hope
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Fully on the grace
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That will be brought
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To you
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At the revelation
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Of Jesus Christ
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As obedient children
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Do not be conformed
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To the passions
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Of your former ignorance
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But as he
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Who has called you
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Is holy
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You also be holy
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In all your conduct
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Since it is written
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You shall be holy
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For I am holy
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And if you call on him
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As father
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Who judges impartially
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According to each one's deeds
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Conduct yourselves
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With
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Conduct yourselves
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With fear
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Throughout the time
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Of your exile
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Knowing that you
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Were ransomed
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From the futile ways
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Inherited from your forefathers
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Not with perishable things
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Such as silver or gold
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But with the precious blood
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Of Christ
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Like that of a lamb
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Without blemish
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Or spot
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Or spot
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He was foreknown
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Before the foundation
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Of the world
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But was made manifest
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In the last times
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For your sake
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Who through him
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Are believers in God
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Who raised him from the dead
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And gave him glory
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So that your faith
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And hope
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Are in God
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Having purified your souls
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By your obedience
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To the truth
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For a sincere
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Brotherly love
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Love one another
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Earnestly
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With a pure heart
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Since you have been
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Born again
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Not of perishable seed
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But of imperishable
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Through the living
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And abiding
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Word of God
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For all flesh
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Is like grass
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And all its glory
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Like the flower
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Of grass
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The grass withers
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And the flower falls
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But the word
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Of the Lord
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Remains
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Forever
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And this word
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Is the good news
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That was preached
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To you
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Amen
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And we pray
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God's blessing
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On that portion
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Of his own
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Holy word
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Friends
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We're going to
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Sing once more
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To the praise of God
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This time from
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Psalm 51
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And sing Psalms
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That's on page 67
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Psalm 51
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Reading at the beginning
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Of the psalm
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Oh my God
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Have mercy on me
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In your steadfast love
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I pray
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In your infinite compassion
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My transgressions
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Wipe away
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Cleanse me
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From iniquity
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Wash my sin
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Away from me
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For I know
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My own transgressions
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I can see
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My sinful plight
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We'll sing down
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To the end of the verse
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Marked 12
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To the tune Ottawa
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Standing to sing
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Oh my God
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Have mercy on me
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Oh my God
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Have mercy on me
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In your steadfast love
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I pray
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In your infinite compassion
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My transgressions
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Wipe away
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Cleanse me from iniquity
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Wash my sin
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Wash my sin away
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From me
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For I know
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My own transgressions
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I can see my sinful fight
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You, you, only I've offended
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And done evil
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In your sight
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And done evil
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In your sight
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So your words
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Are verified
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And your verdict
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Justified
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And your verdict
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Justified
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From my birth
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I have been sinful
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Such a nature
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I receive
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Sinful
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From my first beginning
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In my mother's womb
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In my mother's womb
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Conceived
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Truth you look for
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In my heart
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Wisdom to me
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You impart
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In my heart
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Cleanse with this
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Of purifying me
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I'll be whiter
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Than the snow
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Let the hope
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You crush
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Be joyful
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May I joy
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And gladness
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Know
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From my failure
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I hear
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Peace
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Brought out all my
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Wickedness
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Lord
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Create a pure heart
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In me
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And a steadfast mind
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Clean you
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Do not take your spirit
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From me
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Cast me not away
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From you
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Give me
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The joy
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I have
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Keep my
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Willing
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Spirit
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Act
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For a short time
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Friends
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Let's turn back
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To the chapter
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We read together
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1 Peter
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Chapter 1
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We can read
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Verses 18
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And 19
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We'll read
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From verse 17
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And if you call
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On him as father
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Who judges
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Impartially
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According to
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Each one's
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Deeds
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Conduct yourselves
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With fear
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Throughout the time
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Of your exile
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Knowing that you
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Were ransomed
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From the futile
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Ways
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Inherited from
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Your forefathers
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Not with
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Perishable things
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Such as
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Silver
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Or gold
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But with the
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Precious blood
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Of Christ
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Like that of
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A lamb
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Without blemish
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Or without
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Spot
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Especially those
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Four
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Five words
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The precious
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Blood
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Of Christ
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The precious
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Blood
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Of
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Christ
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I wonder
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Friends
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This evening
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Do you have
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Any phobias
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Might seem like
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A strange
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Question to ask
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At the beginning
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Of a sermon
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Are there any
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Things in life
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That you're
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Particularly
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Scared of
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To the point
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That you cannot
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Be near them
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In any
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Way
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Shape
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Or form
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There are of course
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Many different
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Phobias
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Claustrophobia
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Of course
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Is that
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Fear
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Of confined
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Spaces
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So that when
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You find yourself
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In a confined
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Space
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You have to
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Get out
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Aerophobia
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Is a fear
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Of flying
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Arachnophobia
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Is a fear
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Of spiders
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The list
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Goes on
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And on
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And on
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There's a
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Phobia
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For nearly
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Everything
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In this
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World
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But perhaps
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One of the
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Most common
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Phobias
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Is
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Hemophobia
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Hemophobia
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What is
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Hemophobia
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Well hemophobia
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Is a
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Phobia
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Of blood
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There are
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Countless
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People
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No doubt
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Some of you
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Here tonight
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Who simply
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Cannot stand
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The sight
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Of blood
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And in
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Seeing blood
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They might
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Faint
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They might
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Pass out
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Yet what's
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Interesting about
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Hemophobia
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More than
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Any other
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Phobia
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Is the
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Irony
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That's
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Attached
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To it
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Because
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In being
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Scared of
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Blood
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You're being
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Scared of
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The one
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Thing
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That we
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Need
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To be
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Alive
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Blood
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Is of
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Course
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The most
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Important
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Thing
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If you
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Like
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In
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Your
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Body
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Or
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Mine
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It's
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Blood
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Circulating
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Around
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Our
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Bodies
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As we
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Sit
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Here
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In this
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Church
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Tonight
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That is
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Keeping
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Us
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Alive
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When the
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Blood
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Fails
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To do
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So
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When it
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Doesn't
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Reach
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Various
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Cells
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And members
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Of the
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Body
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What
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Happens
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Will
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Those
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Cells
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Die
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For example
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We know
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That at
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Times
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People
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Might need
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To have
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One of
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Their
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Limbs
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Amputated
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When the
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Blood
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Stops
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Flowing
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To
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That
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Particular
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Limb
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Or
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More
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Commonly
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When the
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Blood
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To
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Our
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Hearts
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Is
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Somehow
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Obstructed
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Or
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Blocked
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We
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We
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Can
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Have
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A
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Heart
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Attack
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And
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We
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Can
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Even
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Sadly
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Die
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Why
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Is
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That
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Death
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Well
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Quite
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Simply
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Friends
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Because
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Without
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Blood
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There
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Is
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Death
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And
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So
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That
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Very
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Thing
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That
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We
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Can
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Perhaps
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Be
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Scared
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Of
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Or
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Cause
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Us
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To
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Be
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Squeamish
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Is
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The
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Very
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Thing
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That
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We
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All
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Need
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To
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Live
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Last
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Night
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We
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Considered
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Why
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We're
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Here
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We're
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Here
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Of
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Course
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As
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We
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Saw
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In
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Peter's
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Encounter
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With
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Satan
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We
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Are
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Here
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Because
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We
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Are
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In
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Christ
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Our
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Security
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Is
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Not
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In
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Ourselves
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In
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Our
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Own
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Confidence
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If
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You
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Like
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But
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Our
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Security
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Is
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In
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His
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Commitment
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To
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Us
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And
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Tonight
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Friends
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We're
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Going
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To
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Think
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About
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The
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How
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How
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Has
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It
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Been
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Made
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Possible
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For
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Tonight
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Your
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Confidence
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And
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My
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Confidence
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To
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Be
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In
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Christ
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For
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Us
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To
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Have
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Such
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A
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An
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Unshakeable
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Security
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In
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Him
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The
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Answer
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Blood
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And
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Specifically
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The
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Precious
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Blood
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Of
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Christ
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That
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Which
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We
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Need
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To
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Live
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Not
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Only
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Physically
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But
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More
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Importantly
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Spiritually
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Now
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It's
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True
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It's
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True I
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Would
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Say that
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There are
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Many parts of the Bible that for many of us not all but for many of us here tonight we've been brought up knowing we hear certain phrases and we just take them for granted we don't really think too much about them we don't look into them and and perhaps delve into exactly what they mean
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What they mean i wonder tonight does the precious blood of christ come into that we hear about the blood being spilled we hear of the importance of the blood for our to cover our sins but what exactly does that mean well that's what we're going to think about for a time tonight but before we consider the blood just a little bit by way of context here we are in first Peter
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Now bear in mind the words that are penned here in this epistle that we have before us are the words of the very same man that we considered last evening the one who had denied the lord three times yes peter he had many faults he had many failings he was brash he was bold he was impulsive at times but but nonetheless what did the lord choose
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To do with him did he write him to do with him did he write him to do with him did he write him off did he cast him to one side no he didn't he chose to use him how by strengthening his brethren by strengthening his brethren and that's what he went on to do he went on to strengthen his brethren
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Peter was in many ways the spokesman for the twelve disciples the one who would voice certain opinions on behalf of the group at certain times and we see this in the book of acts in particular where we see peter being described as a rock the one in that position of leadership and authority
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In acts 1 15 we see that peter sets that ball rolling if you like when it comes to getting a replacement for judas he's the one who's proactive in ensuring that happens
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on the day of peter's делать it's starts BOB on the exodus on the day of peter and acts 2 peter wpft peter he stands up in order to to affirm overwhelmingly
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to assumption of the spirituality
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of the purity of the people
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There was a reason for this the spirit of the lord at that time working mighty
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amongst the people so much so that you will remember they were accused of being
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drunk
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an accusation which Peter stands up and refutes as he he did in in many areas and in front of
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the masses of people time and time again Peter went on to do what the Lord said he would do
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by strengthening his brethren not least by writing the epistle that we have before us here tonight
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now it's thought that this epistle was written around about AD 64 65 sometimes with epistles and
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letters the exact dates are debated but round about that time and this was a an extremely significant
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time in the history of the Roman Empire in July of AD 64 the city of Rome it was completely
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annihilated by fire it was destroyed and and it's thought the city was set alight on purpose
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who was it set on a light by well the emperor himself Nero and so we might ask well why would
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the emperor want to to set a light to to his own city why would he want to burn it down
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well the reason he wanted to burn it down was that he wanted to to build it bigger and better than
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before now naturally the people of Rome they were devastated by this they lost absolutely everything
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their homes and in some cases their lives and what happened following this well resentment set in amongst
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the people that they're outraged that Nero could have done such a thing and as often happens when when
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the spotlight comes upon leaders in any kind of negative way what do they do they deflect they take the
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spotlight from themselves they move it to someone or to something else to take the heat off them and
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that's what Nero does he removes the spotlight from himself and who does he place it on the young
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Christian church of Rome and because of this persecution sets in the people gather momentum if you like in
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their persecution of the Lord's people you know what it's like when when people get carried away when
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people begin to whisper and and people get ideas in their head that aren't necessarily based on fact
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but still uh they they go with it that's what we see happening here in Rome and so that's why Peter's writing
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this letter he's writing this letter to the persecuted church he's writing this letter to Christians
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just like you and just like me well we're not in the persecuted church but nonetheless
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Christians who need to be
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encouraged to strengthen the brethren to help them to try at least to to keep positive in such dark days to to to not
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become bitter in their faith or to lose hope to always remember to trust in the person and in the work of the
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Lord Jesus Christ now that wouldn't have been easy for them it's not easy for any of us when we have
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difficult providences just to to to to let go of those if you like and and to somehow always feel
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strong in the Lord it's hard and so that's why we continually need those reminders just to help us just to
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to encourage us as we negotiate our way through this world and we're better friends to start in this first chapter
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and to make direct reference to the precious blood of Christ
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the precious blood of Christ
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now the Bible it's it's full of blood
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there are around 450 references to blood throughout the pages of scripture
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blood is central
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to the whole narrative of redemption
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but you know the the very God who's it's amazing how God works things
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just so wonderfully together there's always a temptation that we divorce God from certain
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things and we forget that it's it's God who's created all things it's God who created blood to work in
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such a miraculous way in our bodies it's it's him that's the author of it all he's a creator he's a designer
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and so in using blood in the at the center of the narrative of redemption he knew exactly what he was doing this this
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crimson thread if you like that that runs right the way from Genesis to Revelation
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but why blood
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well I hardly need to remind you that
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we have Genesis 1
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and what do we see in Genesis 1 2 3 we
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we see things not quite as they ought
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to have been
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we see do we not
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that disobedience of Adam
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that disobedience of Adam that plummeted mankind you and me with you into sin
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and into
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misery and because of this what happened
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consequently
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communion between the creator God
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and his created beings
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was
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broken
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but not only was this this communion between God and man broken
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but also death
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came into the world that's why death isn't natural
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death is ugly
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it's no way to be celebrated or glamorized
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it's not the way things were supposed to be
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we were not
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created
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to die
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it's the last
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enemy
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and so we all
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died
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in
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Adam
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and we're reminded are we not
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in Romans 5
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that just
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as sin
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came into the world
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through one man
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and death
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through sin
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and so death spread
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to all men
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because
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all
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sinned
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we all
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died
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in Adam
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and as Adam
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took off that fruit
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what happened was that
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his very blood
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itself
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was contaminated
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by sin
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so that the process of
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of decay
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in the body
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it began to take place
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not only in him
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but in all of his offspring
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including you
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including me
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and why was this
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it was because the wages of sin
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is death
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physical death
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yes
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but spiritual death
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also
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spiritual death
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in a lost
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eternity
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but that's not the end of the story
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is it
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because the wonder
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and the marvel of the gospel
43:42
is that the Lord
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has not left us
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to ourselves
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that's why we're here tonight
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to not
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as we once were
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drinking from the broken cisterns
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of this world
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he's not left us
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to ourselves
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the world
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leaves us
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to ourselves
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the world doesn't care about us
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the devil doesn't care about us
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but the Lord does
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and because he cares
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for mankind
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what has he done
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he has opened up
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to us
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that way of escape
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that way
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of forgiveness
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forgiveness
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and in order for there to be forgiveness
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there needs
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to be blood
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what do we read in
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Hebrews 9 22
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and according to the law
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almost all things
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are purified
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with blood
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and without
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the shedding
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of blood
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there is
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no
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remission
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of
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sins
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and that's why we see so much blood
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in the Old Testament
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at times
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as we read through the pages
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of the Old Testament
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we can
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see that
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there maybe is
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too much blood
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for our liking
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and we wonder
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why
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what's
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this
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all
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about
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well the clue is found
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in Leviticus 7
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11
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sometimes we look at Leviticus
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and we think
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well what relevance does that have
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to us today
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it's
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it's hard
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and it's heavy
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but Christ is there
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for in Leviticus 17
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11
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what do we read
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for the life
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of the flesh
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is in
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the blood
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a wonderful statement
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the life
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of the flesh
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is in the blood
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and I have given it
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to you
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upon the altar
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to make atonement
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for your souls
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for it is the blood
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that makes
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atonement
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for the soul
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now the way
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in which these offerings
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were to be
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administrated
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is outlined
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in Leviticus 1
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and verses 2 to 3
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highlight the fact
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that the worshipper
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I'm not going to go
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into detail about this
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but just as an overview
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the worshipper
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was to bring
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an offering
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to the Lord
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an offering
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of his own flock
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or herd
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that was to be
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a male
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without blemish
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it was to be
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perfect
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then what would
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happen is
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the offerer
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was to place
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his hand
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on the head
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of the burnt
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offering
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and it would
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be accepted
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accepted as what
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well it would be
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accepted
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as a means
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of atoning
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for his sins
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it would
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it would act
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as a symbolic
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and it's important
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to remember
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it's symbolic
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a symbolic
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transfer
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of his sin
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and his
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guilt
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so the guilt
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the sin
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symbolically
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was transferred
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to the animal
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and then the animal
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would be killed
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and as the animal
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would be killed
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the blood of the animal
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would then be sprinkled
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all around
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the altar
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that was by the door
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of the tabernacle
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of meeting
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and we're going to think
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a bit more
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about the tabernacle
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tomorrow
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God willing
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now this was
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of course
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the Old Testament
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the Old Covenant
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and because it was
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the Old Testament
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it was the blood
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of animals
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and not humans
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that was shed
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and because it was
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the blood of animals
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and not humans
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what we see
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in the Old Testament
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is but a shadow
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of what was still
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to come
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because the blood
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of goats
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or bulls
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could never ever
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hope to atone
47:32
for the sin
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of mankind
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ultimately
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because it was
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man who sinned
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it was man
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who would have
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to pay
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the price
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for sin
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and that's where
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we come to the pages
47:46
of the New Testament
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because there
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we meet that man
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that man
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that has brought us
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here tonight
47:53
together
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the Lord
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Jesus
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Christ
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1 Corinthians
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15
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21
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for since
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by man
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came death
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by man
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also came
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the resurrection
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of the dead
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for as
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as in Adam
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all die
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even so
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in Christ
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all
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shall be
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made
48:19
alive
48:20
and so really
48:21
friends
48:21
the blood
48:22
of Christ
48:23
it's but a
48:24
synonym
48:25
of
48:26
the gospel
48:28
for the gospel
48:29
a synonym
48:30
for salvation
48:33
and
48:34
for
48:35
redemption
48:36
that's why
48:38
Peter needs
48:38
to remind
48:39
believers
48:40
he needs
48:41
to remind
48:42
these struggling
48:43
believers
48:44
that the blood
48:45
is precious
48:46
that's why
48:48
you and I
48:48
need to be
48:49
reminded tonight
48:50
that the blood
48:52
is precious
48:53
we hear these
48:54
things being said
48:55
we say them
48:55
we read them
48:56
but we need
48:57
reminded as
48:58
to exactly
48:59
what they
49:00
mean
49:00
and we
49:00
might ask
49:01
well why
49:02
why is
49:03
this blood
49:03
precious
49:04
we know
49:05
what it
49:05
does
49:05
but what
49:07
makes it
49:08
so precious
49:09
well there's
49:11
a few
49:11
things
49:11
firstly what
49:14
we know
49:14
is that the
49:15
blood of
49:15
Jesus Christ
49:16
it justifies
49:19
now we hear
49:19
theological words
49:20
like
49:21
justification
49:22
and perhaps
49:24
we switch
49:25
off
49:26
and we
49:27
think well
49:27
that's
49:28
just
49:29
theology
49:29
I don't
49:30
really want
49:30
to think
49:31
about that
49:32
just now
49:32
these words
49:33
at times
49:34
can lead
49:34
us perhaps
49:35
not to
49:36
tune in
49:36
but these
49:37
words behind
49:38
them have
49:39
very simple
49:39
meaning
49:41
the blood
49:42
of Jesus
49:43
Christ
49:44
justifies
49:45
what does
49:46
that mean
49:46
well we
49:48
are as
49:48
sinners
49:49
by nature
49:50
unjust
49:51
people
49:52
we're
49:53
unjust
49:54
people
49:55
we break
49:57
God's law
49:57
in our
49:58
thoughts
49:58
in our
49:59
words
49:59
in our
50:00
actions
50:00
and because
50:01
of this
50:02
God's
50:02
justice
50:03
it needs
50:04
to be
50:05
satisfied
50:06
we're
50:06
unjust
50:07
God is
50:08
just
50:09
his
50:09
justice
50:10
has to
50:11
be
50:11
satisfied
50:12
in the
50:12
same way
50:13
that if
50:13
someone
50:13
commits a
50:14
crime
50:14
we expect
50:15
to see
50:16
justice
50:16
and if
50:17
we don't
50:17
see
50:17
justice
50:18
we're
50:19
not
50:19
happy
50:20
we expect
50:21
to see
50:21
someone
50:21
being dealt
50:22
with
50:23
accordingly
50:24
now as
50:27
we've
50:27
already
50:28
said
50:28
our
50:28
sins
50:29
have
50:29
left
50:30
all of
50:30
us
50:30
with
50:31
that
50:31
which
50:32
needs
50:32
to be
50:32
dealt
50:33
with
50:33
accordingly
50:34
the
50:36
wages
50:36
of
50:37
sin
50:37
is
50:38
death
50:39
and
50:40
that's
50:41
where
50:41
Jesus
50:42
Christ
50:42
comes
50:44
in
50:44
because
50:44
Christ
50:45
died
50:45
did he
50:46
not
50:46
as a
50:47
substitute
50:48
a
50:49
just
50:50
man
50:50
dying
50:51
for
50:52
unjust
50:53
people
50:55
so we
50:56
are
50:57
justified
50:58
in
50:59
Christ
51:00
we are
51:00
safe
51:01
we are
51:02
secure
51:02
in
51:03
Christ
51:03
and
51:04
because
51:04
we are
51:05
safe
51:05
and
51:05
secure
51:05
in
51:06
Christ
51:06
because
51:06
we're
51:07
justified
51:07
in
51:08
Christ
51:08
we can
51:09
never
51:09
face
51:10
the
51:10
wrath
51:11
of
51:11
God
51:11
isn't
51:11
that
51:12
wonderful
51:12
that
51:14
no
51:14
matter
51:15
what
51:15
happens
51:15
if
51:16
we
51:16
are
51:16
in
51:17
Christ
51:17
we
51:18
cannot
51:18
face
51:18
his
51:19
wrath
51:19
his
51:19
curse
51:20
that's
51:21
a
51:21
thought
51:22
a
51:23
thought
51:23
that
51:23
ought
51:24
to
51:24
lead
51:24
us
51:24
to
51:24
praise
51:25
and
51:25
worship
51:26
all
51:26
the
51:27
more
51:27
reminds
51:30
me
51:30
of a
51:31
story
51:31
I
51:31
read
51:32
about
51:33
a
51:33
man
51:33
in
51:33
a
51:34
church
51:34
in
51:34
Germany
51:35
it was
51:37
in
51:37
the
51:37
city
51:37
of
51:38
Worden
51:38
and
51:40
there's
51:40
a
51:40
church
51:41
there
51:41
with a
51:42
lamb
51:43
that's
51:43
carved
51:44
out of
51:44
stone
51:45
and
51:46
placed
51:46
on
51:47
its
51:48
roof
51:48
now
51:48
it's
51:49
said
51:49
that
51:49
when
51:50
this
51:50
church
51:50
was
51:50
being
51:51
built
51:51
a
51:52
stone
51:52
carving
51:52
mason
51:53
he was
51:53
working
51:54
really
51:54
high
51:55
up
51:55
on
51:56
the
51:56
scaffolding
51:57
when
51:58
he
51:58
fell
51:58
he fell
52:00
a
52:00
great
52:00
height
52:01
a
52:01
height
52:02
at
52:02
which
52:03
you
52:03
could
52:03
never
52:03
hope
52:04
to
52:05
survive
52:05
and
52:05
so
52:06
his
52:06
colleagues
52:07
went
52:07
down
52:07
his
52:07
workmates
52:08
went
52:08
down
52:09
expecting
52:09
to
52:10
find
52:10
the
52:10
man
52:10
dead
52:11
on
52:11
the
52:11
ground
52:12
but
52:14
no
52:14
there
52:15
he
52:15
was
52:16
alive
52:17
with
52:19
minor
52:20
injuries
52:21
how on
52:23
earth
52:23
you might
52:23
ask
52:24
did he
52:24
survive
52:25
providentially
52:27
and this
52:27
is true
52:28
providentially
52:30
a flock
52:31
of sheep
52:32
just
52:32
happened
52:33
to be
52:34
passing
52:34
beneath
52:35
the tower
52:36
at that
52:37
very
52:37
time
52:38
and what
52:39
happened
52:39
he
52:40
landed
52:40
on top
52:41
of a
52:42
lamb
52:43
he
52:44
landed
52:44
on top
52:45
of a
52:46
lamb
52:46
the
52:47
lamb
52:48
broke
52:48
his
52:48
fall
52:49
and was
52:50
of course
52:50
crushed
52:51
to death
52:52
but the
52:54
man was
52:54
saved
52:55
that is
52:58
of course
52:58
a
52:59
poor
53:00
picture
53:01
of
53:01
what
53:03
justification
53:03
is
53:04
but yet
53:06
it's
53:06
a
53:07
picture
53:07
the
53:09
just
53:09
dying
53:10
for
53:11
the
53:12
unjust
53:12
the
53:13
lamb
53:14
of
53:14
God
53:15
protecting
53:16
us
53:17
from
53:17
eternal
53:19
death
53:19
taking
53:20
to himself
53:20
that
53:21
death
53:21
himself
53:22
being
53:23
crushed
53:23
so we're
53:27
justified
53:27
through the
53:28
blood
53:28
but that's
53:30
not all
53:31
because we're
53:31
also
53:31
redeemed
53:33
Job
53:34
famously
53:34
said
53:35
I know
53:35
that my
53:37
redeemer
53:38
lives
53:39
and you know
53:40
Christ is called
53:41
many things in
53:42
scripture but
53:42
isn't it so
53:43
that the term
53:44
redeemer
53:45
it paints
53:46
such a
53:47
beautiful
53:47
picture
53:48
because what
53:50
we have here
53:50
is that
53:50
idea of
53:52
being
53:52
in bondage
53:53
being
53:54
enslaved
53:55
what are we
53:56
in bondage
53:57
to
53:57
we are of
53:58
course by
53:58
nature
53:59
in bondage
54:00
to and
54:01
enslaved
54:01
by sin
54:03
this was
54:03
language that
54:04
those in
54:04
Peter's day
54:05
were familiar
54:06
with
54:06
half the
54:07
world
54:08
were bought
54:08
and sold
54:09
into
54:10
slavery
54:11
they were
54:11
held in
54:12
bondage
54:13
as a
54:13
slave
54:13
or a
54:14
captive
54:15
only until
54:16
someone
54:16
would come
54:17
and buy
54:18
them back
54:19
with silver
54:19
and with
54:21
gold
54:22
that's what
54:24
the word
54:25
redeem
54:25
means
54:27
we see in
54:28
Isaiah 43
54:29
but now
54:31
thus says
54:32
the Lord
54:33
he who
54:34
created you
54:35
O
54:35
Jacob
54:36
he who
54:36
formed you
54:37
O
54:38
Israel
54:38
fear not
54:40
for I
54:42
have
54:43
redeemed
54:45
you
54:45
I've
54:46
brought you
54:46
back
54:47
I've
54:47
redeemed
54:48
you
54:48
I have
54:48
called
54:49
you
54:50
by
54:50
my
54:51
name
54:52
you
54:52
are
54:54
mine
54:55
again
54:57
wonderful
54:58
that all
54:59
of us
54:59
who were
54:59
once
55:00
slaves
55:01
to sin
55:02
in bondage
55:03
to sin
55:03
again a
55:04
vivid picture
55:05
just in
55:06
shackles
55:07
sin
55:07
not allowing
55:08
us
55:09
to do
55:10
that
55:10
which we
55:10
were
55:11
created
55:11
to do
55:12
to offer
55:13
ourselves
55:13
daily
55:14
as living
55:14
sacrifices
55:15
unto
55:16
the Lord
55:18
Christ
55:20
just
55:20
paid
55:21
the price
55:22
the full
55:24
price
55:25
of our
55:26
redemption
55:27
and this is all
55:28
tied up
55:29
with that
55:29
word that
55:30
we used
55:31
another
55:31
theological
55:32
term
55:32
that we
55:32
used
55:33
earlier
55:34
atonement
55:35
atonement
55:37
and it's
55:37
interesting
55:37
when you
55:38
when you
55:38
look at
55:39
that word
55:39
atonement
55:40
and if you
55:40
break it
55:41
down
55:42
words are
55:42
interesting
55:43
you can
55:44
come to
55:45
to saying
55:46
at one
55:47
meant
55:48
at one
55:49
meant
55:50
and that's
55:50
what happens
55:51
when we
55:52
are
55:52
redeemed
55:52
by Christ
55:53
we are
55:54
at one
55:54
with God
55:55
in Christ
55:56
the word
55:56
atonement
55:57
it literally
55:58
means to
55:59
to pay
56:00
a ransom
56:01
to pay
56:02
a ransom
56:04
and of course
56:04
the idea
56:05
of a ransom
56:06
it's often
56:06
associated
56:07
with
56:07
with the
56:08
idea
56:09
that
56:09
that someone's
56:10
needing to be
56:10
released
56:11
from captivity
56:12
or in
56:13
bondage
56:13
and in
56:14
order for
56:15
this to
56:15
happen
56:15
a price
56:16
needs
56:17
to be
56:18
paid
56:18
it must
56:19
it simply
56:20
must
56:20
be paid
56:22
and it
56:24
has
56:24
tonight
56:25
it's
56:26
been
56:26
paid
56:27
in
56:28
full
56:29
why am
56:30
I stating
56:31
the obvious
56:31
that we're
56:32
justified
56:33
that we're
56:34
redeemed
56:34
we know
56:35
all this
56:36
yet friends
56:37
how often
56:38
do we
56:39
remind
56:39
ourselves
56:40
of these
56:40
wonderful
56:41
realities
56:42
these
56:43
wonderful
56:43
truths
56:44
the
56:44
implications
56:45
of
56:46
the
56:47
precious
56:47
blood
56:48
of
56:49
Christ
56:50
our text
56:52
says
56:52
that we
56:53
cannot be
56:53
redeemed
56:54
with gold
56:55
or silver
56:56
or precious
56:57
stones
56:58
but with
56:59
the precious
56:59
blood
57:00
of Christ
57:02
he
57:02
he came
57:03
into the
57:03
world
57:04
friends
57:04
as a
57:04
ransom
57:05
for many
57:06
we could
57:07
never ever
57:07
afford
57:08
to pay
57:09
that ransom
57:10
no matter
57:10
what we try
57:11
to do
57:11
to be
57:11
free
57:12
we're all
57:13
looking for
57:13
freedom in
57:14
the world
57:15
are we not
57:15
and we try
57:16
various outlets
57:17
to be
57:18
free
57:19
but yet we
57:20
don't have
57:21
what it takes
57:22
to buy
57:22
that
57:23
freedom
57:24
but he
57:27
does
57:27
and he's
57:28
paid for
57:29
it from
57:29
that bank
57:30
of his
57:32
eternal
57:33
love
57:34
through that
57:34
currency
57:35
of his
57:36
precious
57:37
blood
57:38
so the
57:41
blood
57:41
justifies
57:42
it
57:43
redeems
57:43
time is
57:44
going
57:44
but it
57:45
also
57:46
reconciles
57:47
what do
57:49
we read
57:49
in
57:49
Isaiah
57:50
59
57:52
verse 2
57:52
but your
57:54
iniquities
57:55
have made
57:55
a separation
57:56
between you
57:57
and your
57:59
God
57:59
and your
58:00
sins
58:01
have hidden
58:01
his face
58:02
from you
58:03
so that
58:04
he does
58:05
not hear
58:06
this is a
58:06
picture of
58:07
us by
58:07
nature
58:08
because
58:09
we're all
58:09
fallen
58:10
in Adam
58:11
we have
58:12
God
58:12
here
58:12
we have
58:14
ourselves
58:14
here
58:15
and in
58:15
between
58:15
there is
58:16
this
58:16
great
58:16
gulf
58:17
we are
58:19
separated
58:19
from God
58:21
by nature
58:22
we are
58:23
as those
58:25
who need
58:26
to be
58:27
reconciled
58:28
to God
58:29
you know
58:29
what it's
58:30
like
58:30
when perhaps
58:32
you
58:32
have a
58:34
disagreement
58:34
with someone
58:35
perhaps a
58:37
bitter
58:37
disagreement
58:38
with someone
58:39
perhaps
58:39
you're in the
58:40
middle of that
58:41
at the
58:41
moment
58:41
I don't
58:42
know
58:42
and what
58:44
happens is
58:45
that someone
58:45
perhaps who
58:46
you were
58:46
close with
58:47
goes in
58:48
that direction
58:49
and you
58:49
go in
58:49
that direction
58:50
and there's
58:51
this great
58:52
gulf
58:53
between you
58:54
and for you
58:55
to come
58:56
together
58:56
you need
58:57
once more
58:58
to be
58:58
reconciled
58:59
well that's
59:00
the way it
59:00
is with us
59:01
and God
59:02
the Father
59:02
we need
59:03
to be
59:04
reconciled
59:06
because by
59:06
stranger
59:07
by nature
59:08
rather our
59:09
iniquities
59:10
have made
59:11
this
59:11
separation
59:13
what do we
59:20
read in
59:21
Romans 5
59:21
9
59:22
we read
59:24
that since
59:25
therefore
59:25
we have
59:26
now been
59:27
justified
59:27
by
59:29
his
59:30
blood
59:30
much
59:32
more
59:32
shall we
59:33
be saved
59:33
by him
59:34
from the
59:35
wrath of
59:36
God
59:36
for if
59:38
while we
59:39
were enemies
59:40
that's what
59:41
we are
59:41
by nature
59:42
we were
59:43
reconciled
59:44
to God
59:45
how
59:45
by the
59:47
death
59:47
of
59:48
his
59:49
son
59:51
by the
59:52
shedding
59:53
of
59:54
his
59:55
blood
59:56
that's what
59:57
the blood
59:57
does
59:58
so that
59:59
that great
59:59
gulf between
1:00:00
us
1:00:01
and God
1:00:02
it's
1:00:03
restored
1:00:04
it's
1:00:05
bridged
1:00:06
so that
1:00:07
once more
1:00:08
we can
1:00:09
be in
1:00:10
fellowship
1:00:10
in
1:00:11
relationship
1:00:12
in union
1:00:13
and communion
1:00:14
with our
1:00:15
father
1:00:15
through the
1:00:16
son
1:00:16
who shed
1:00:17
his
1:00:18
blood
1:00:18
for us
1:00:20
isn't there
1:00:23
something so
1:00:23
special when
1:00:24
fragmented
1:00:26
relations
1:00:27
are restored
1:00:28
perhaps people
1:00:29
you haven't
1:00:30
spoken to
1:00:30
for years
1:00:31
and there's
1:00:32
that coming
1:00:32
together
1:00:33
something
1:00:34
wonderful
1:00:35
about that
1:00:36
that almost
1:00:37
the union
1:00:37
that you
1:00:38
have now
1:00:39
is stronger
1:00:39
than what
1:00:40
you had
1:00:41
before because
1:00:41
you've come
1:00:42
through so
1:00:43
much to
1:00:43
get to
1:00:44
that point
1:00:45
and so
1:00:47
tonight
1:00:47
friends it's
1:00:48
worth us
1:00:48
celebrating
1:00:49
the reality
1:00:51
that by the
1:00:51
precious blood
1:00:53
of Christ
1:00:54
we are not
1:00:55
strangers
1:00:55
to God
1:00:57
we are
1:00:59
reconciled
1:00:59
to God
1:01:00
not so
1:01:02
that we
1:01:02
call him
1:01:03
just God
1:01:04
which he
1:01:05
is
1:01:05
but because
1:01:07
we can
1:01:07
now call
1:01:08
him our
1:01:08
father
1:01:09
and our
1:01:10
friend
1:01:11
there's that
1:01:12
intimacy
1:01:13
that
1:01:15
closeness
1:01:15
that
1:01:17
being
1:01:18
at one
1:01:19
that at
1:01:20
one meant
1:01:21
with
1:01:22
him
1:01:23
the blood
1:01:24
justifies
1:01:25
it redeems
1:01:27
it reconciles
1:01:29
but finally
1:01:30
it also
1:01:31
cleanses
1:01:32
it cleanses
1:01:35
now if you've
1:01:35
ever had
1:01:36
anything stained
1:01:37
by blood
1:01:37
you'll
1:01:38
you'll know
1:01:39
that it
1:01:39
leaves a
1:01:40
stain that
1:01:41
is deep
1:01:42
and lasting
1:01:43
a stain that
1:01:43
is so difficult
1:01:45
to get out
1:01:45
no matter how
1:01:46
many times
1:01:47
you wash it
1:01:47
there's always
1:01:48
this dull
1:01:49
brown stain
1:01:51
there it
1:01:51
just will
1:01:52
not go
1:01:53
away
1:01:54
yet here
1:01:55
is the
1:01:56
great
1:01:56
paradox
1:01:57
because the
1:01:58
blood of
1:01:59
Jesus Christ
1:02:00
instead of
1:02:01
staining
1:02:02
what does
1:02:03
it do
1:02:04
it washes
1:02:05
away
1:02:06
any
1:02:07
stain
1:02:08
of sin
1:02:09
the blackness
1:02:10
of the black
1:02:11
of our
1:02:12
sinful hearts
1:02:13
it washes
1:02:13
each
1:02:14
and every
1:02:15
stain away
1:02:17
that is the
1:02:17
wonder
1:02:18
working power
1:02:19
of the
1:02:20
blood
1:02:21
sin
1:02:22
has left
1:02:23
a crimson
1:02:24
stain
1:02:25
which can
1:02:25
only
1:02:26
be washed
1:02:27
by the
1:02:28
blood
1:02:28
it doesn't
1:02:28
matter how
1:02:29
dark our
1:02:29
hearts are
1:02:30
maybe tonight
1:02:30
you're not a
1:02:31
Christian
1:02:31
and you think
1:02:32
I'm too
1:02:33
far gone
1:02:33
my heart's
1:02:34
so black
1:02:35
if only
1:02:35
you could
1:02:36
see within
1:02:37
and you think
1:02:39
there's nothing
1:02:39
that can be
1:02:40
done for you
1:02:41
you're a
1:02:41
lost cause
1:02:42
rubbish
1:02:43
his blood
1:02:46
is sufficient
1:02:47
to wash
1:02:48
the darkest
1:02:49
of sins
1:02:51
the darkest
1:02:52
of
1:02:53
hearts
1:02:54
will your
1:03:01
sins
1:03:01
be as
1:03:03
scarlet
1:03:03
they shall
1:03:05
be as
1:03:05
white
1:03:06
as snow
1:03:08
although
1:03:09
they be
1:03:10
red
1:03:10
like
1:03:11
crimson
1:03:12
what are
1:03:13
they like
1:03:13
yeah that's
1:03:15
wool
1:03:16
that's what
1:03:17
the blood
1:03:18
of Jesus
1:03:18
Christ
1:03:19
is able
1:03:19
to do
1:03:20
it
1:03:22
justifies
1:03:23
it
1:03:24
redeems
1:03:25
it
1:03:26
cleanses
1:03:27
it
1:03:28
reconciles
1:03:29
what does
1:03:29
the hymn
1:03:29
writer
1:03:30
say
1:03:30
well he
1:03:30
says
1:03:31
this
1:03:31
there is
1:03:32
a fountain
1:03:33
filled
1:03:34
with blood
1:03:35
drawn
1:03:35
from
1:03:36
Emmanuel's
1:03:37
veins
1:03:38
and
1:03:39
sinners
1:03:40
plunged
1:03:41
beneath
1:03:42
that flood
1:03:43
lose
1:03:45
all
1:03:45
not some
1:03:46
all
1:03:48
their
1:03:48
guilty
1:03:49
stains
1:03:51
and you know
1:03:51
the church
1:03:51
in Rome
1:03:52
she needed
1:03:53
to be
1:03:54
reminded
1:03:54
of this
1:03:55
as
1:03:56
she and
1:03:57
her people
1:03:58
navigated
1:03:58
their way
1:03:59
through the
1:04:00
challenges
1:04:00
of life
1:04:01
and so
1:04:02
do you
1:04:02
need
1:04:02
reminded
1:04:03
tonight
1:04:03
your
1:04:06
heart
1:04:06
I'm sure
1:04:07
feels
1:04:07
so dark
1:04:08
so full
1:04:09
of sin
1:04:10
even as
1:04:11
the Lord's
1:04:11
people
1:04:11
especially
1:04:12
as the
1:04:13
Lord's
1:04:13
people
1:04:13
and we
1:04:15
hang out
1:04:16
heads
1:04:16
in shame
1:04:16
coming to
1:04:17
his table
1:04:18
and that's
1:04:19
why we
1:04:20
need
1:04:20
to remember
1:04:21
that's
1:04:23
why we
1:04:23
need
1:04:23
to be
1:04:24
reminded
1:04:24
that's
1:04:25
why
1:04:25
tomorrow
1:04:26
we are
1:04:26
going to
1:04:26
take of
1:04:27
that wine
1:04:28
symbolizing
1:04:29
that blood
1:04:30
to be
1:04:31
reminded
1:04:31
of what
1:04:32
to be
1:04:33
reminded
1:04:33
of its
1:04:33
power
1:04:34
to lead
1:04:35
us to
1:04:36
that place
1:04:37
of worship
1:04:38
and praise
1:04:39
and adoration
1:04:40
of the
1:04:41
one whose
1:04:41
blood it
1:04:42
was that
1:04:42
was shed
1:04:43
the Lord
1:04:44
Jesus Christ
1:04:45
it's all
1:04:46
about Jesus
1:04:46
it has to
1:04:49
be about
1:04:49
Jesus
1:04:50
if it's
1:04:50
not about
1:04:51
Jesus
1:04:52
we're
1:04:54
wasting
1:04:54
our time
1:04:55
the one
1:04:57
who has
1:04:57
bridged
1:04:58
that great
1:04:58
gulf
1:04:59
between us
1:05:00
and God
1:05:01
with that
1:05:02
path
1:05:03
that is
1:05:03
stained
1:05:04
by his
1:05:05
precious
1:05:05
blood
1:05:06
so that
1:05:06
all of
1:05:07
us
1:05:07
if we
1:05:08
are in
1:05:08
him
1:05:08
tonight
1:05:09
and this
1:05:10
is why
1:05:11
you need
1:05:11
to profess
1:05:11
if you
1:05:12
are
1:05:12
it's the
1:05:13
least
1:05:13
you can
1:05:14
do
1:05:14
so that
1:05:15
all of
1:05:16
us
1:05:16
if we
1:05:17
are in
1:05:17
him
1:05:17
we can
1:05:18
confidently
1:05:19
and
1:05:20
experientially
1:05:22
say
1:05:22
our
1:05:23
amen
1:05:24
to the
1:05:25
words
1:05:25
of the
1:05:25
hymn
1:05:26
writer
1:05:26
when he
1:05:26
said
1:05:26
and I'm
1:05:27
going to
1:05:27
close
1:05:27
by reading
1:05:28
these
1:05:29
few
1:05:30
verses
1:05:31
verses
1:05:31
that
1:05:31
sum up
1:05:33
the
1:05:33
essence
1:05:33
of what
1:05:34
we've
1:05:34
been
1:05:34
thinking
1:05:35
about
1:05:35
tonight
1:05:36
would you
1:05:38
be free
1:05:39
from the
1:05:40
burden
1:05:41
of sin
1:05:42
there's
1:05:43
power
1:05:43
in the
1:05:44
blood
1:05:44
power
1:05:46
in the
1:05:46
blood
1:05:47
would you
1:05:48
or evil
1:05:49
a victory
1:05:50
win
1:05:51
there's
1:05:52
wonderful
1:05:52
power
1:05:53
in the
1:05:53
blood
1:05:54
sin
1:06:22
stains
1:06:22
are
1:06:23
lost
1:06:23
in its
1:06:24
life
1:06:25
giving
1:06:25
flow
1:06:26
there's
1:06:27
wonderful
1:06:27
power
1:06:29
in the
1:06:29
blood
1:06:30
would you
1:06:31
do service
1:06:32
for Jesus
1:06:33
your
1:06:34
king
1:06:35
there's
1:06:36
power
1:06:36
in the
1:06:37
blood
1:06:37
power
1:06:38
in the
1:06:39
blood
1:06:39
would you
1:06:41
live
1:06:41
daily
1:06:42
his
1:06:42
praises
1:06:43
to sing
1:06:44
that's
1:06:44
what we're
1:06:44
called
1:06:45
to do
1:06:45
there's
1:06:46
wonderful
1:06:47
power
1:06:48
in the
1:06:49
blood
1:06:49
there is
1:06:50
power
1:06:51
power
1:06:52
wonder
1:06:53
working
1:06:54
power
1:06:55
in the
1:06:55
blood
1:06:55
of the
1:06:57
lamb
1:06:57
there is
1:06:58
power
1:06:59
power
1:07:00
wonder
1:07:01
working
1:07:01
power
1:07:02
in the
1:07:03
precious
1:07:04
blood
1:07:05
of the
1:07:06
lamb
1:07:06
let us
1:07:07
pray
1:07:08
we thank
1:07:13
you lord
1:07:13
this evening
1:07:14
that our
1:07:18
power is
1:07:19
found in
1:07:20
you
1:07:20
a power
1:07:24
that
1:07:24
has enabled
1:07:27
us to
1:07:28
come into
1:07:28
union
1:07:29
and
1:07:29
communion
1:07:31
with a
1:07:32
god who
1:07:32
is of
1:07:33
pure
1:07:33
rise
1:07:33
and to
1:07:34
behold
1:07:34
iniquity
1:07:35
a power
1:07:37
that has
1:07:38
given unto
1:07:39
us that
1:07:39
spirit of
1:07:40
adoption
1:07:41
whereby we
1:07:43
cry out
1:07:43
Abba
1:07:45
father
1:07:47
and lord
1:07:49
we pray
1:07:49
this evening
1:07:50
hour as
1:07:50
we come
1:07:52
as your
1:07:52
children
1:07:53
to remember
1:07:55
your death
1:07:55
that you
1:07:57
would be
1:07:57
with us
1:07:58
also
1:07:58
tomorrow
1:08:00
that we
1:08:01
would come
1:08:02
around word
1:08:03
and sacrament
1:08:04
with that
1:08:05
reality of
1:08:07
the power
1:08:07
of the
1:08:08
blood at
1:08:08
the forefront
1:08:09
of our
1:08:09
hearts
1:08:10
and our
1:08:11
minds
1:08:12
and that in
1:08:13
doing so
1:08:14
we would
1:08:15
worship
1:08:16
for truly
1:08:18
you are
1:08:19
worthy
1:08:20
go with us
1:08:22
now we pray
1:08:23
we ask
1:08:23
forgiveness
1:08:24
for all our
1:08:25
many sins
1:08:26
in jesus name
1:08:27
amen
1:08:28
friends we're
1:08:35
going to
1:08:35
conclude
1:08:36
apologies
1:08:36
I've kept
1:08:37
you a little
1:08:37
longer than
1:08:38
I'd hoped
1:08:38
we're going
1:08:39
to conclude
1:08:39
by singing
1:08:41
from psalm
1:08:42
16
1:08:42
and sing
1:08:45
psalms
1:08:45
verse 8
1:08:51
this is a
1:08:56
psalm that
1:08:56
reminds us
1:08:57
of the
1:08:58
power
1:08:58
of
1:09:00
the
1:09:00
blood
1:09:01
a power
1:09:03
that
1:09:03
will not
1:09:04
leave us
1:09:05
even in
1:09:06
death
1:09:06
to see
1:09:07
the tombs
1:09:08
decay
1:09:09
before me
1:09:10
constantly
1:09:11
verse 8
1:09:12
this is on
1:09:12
page 17
1:09:12
I set
1:09:13
the lord
1:09:14
alone
1:09:15
because he
1:09:17
is at my
1:09:17
right hand
1:09:18
I'll not
1:09:19
be overthrown
1:09:21
we're going
1:09:21
to sing
1:09:22
to the
1:09:22
end of
1:09:22
the psalm
1:09:23
to the
1:09:23
tune
1:09:24
golden hill
1:09:24
standing to
1:09:25
sing
1:09:26
before me
1:09:27
constantly
1:09:28
I set
1:09:46
Because he lives at my right hand, and not the overthrown.
1:10:05
Therefore my heart is gone, my tongue with joy will sing.
1:10:22
My body too will rest secure in open wavering.
1:10:40
For you will not align my soul in death to stay.
1:10:57
For will you leave your holy one to see the tomb she gave?
1:11:15
You have made no to me, the path of life divine.
1:11:32
This child I know that your right hand, joy from your face will shine.
1:11:51
Now may the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God the Father, and the communion of the Holy Spirit, rest on and abide with you now and forevermore. Amen.