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Come, for Everything is Ready · Stornoway Free Church of Scotland - Sermons

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We can turn back to our reading in the Gospel of Luke, chapter 14.
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Luke, chapter 14.
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Reading at verse 16 and 17.
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Luke, chapter 14, chapter 14.
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But he said to him,
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A man once gave a great banquet and invited many.
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And at the time of the banquet he sent his servant to say to those who had been invited,
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Come, for everything is now ready.
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Come, for everything is now ready.
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Where do you find meaning in life?
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It's a big question and there's many different ways that we could go with it.
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There's many different directions we could go with that question.
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But as you look at this passage today that we've read in Luke 14,
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Behind everything that Jesus is saying is that question.
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And it's being answered, it's being shown,
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Not in the deep ways where we can go all kinds of different directions,
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But Jesus is really putting before the people then and before ourselves today as we gather here.
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Finding meaning in life can be found in two different ways.
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The way that we look at things ourselves and what we do,
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Or the way that we look at the Bible.
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So what's the first thing that comes to your mind when that question is asked?
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Where do you find meaning in life?
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What immediately comes to you?
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I'm sure many, we've all gone in different directions with that thought.
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It may be, well, family.
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Family is so precious and so important.
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Rightly so.
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Family is important.
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And that's where we find meaning in many ways.
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It might be work.
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Work is important as well.
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But it's that where we find our meaning.
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It's that where we find what is important in life.
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It may be that we think of experiences,
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Things that we want to do,
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Places we want to go.
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We start thinking,
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Maybe I'll find meaning in life as I broaden my horizon,
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As I look at the world through very different eyes,
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And see what's happening.
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Not just around my own small place here,
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But in the wider world in which we live.
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Maybe we'll find meaning there.
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But what about faith?
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Where does faith come in to your thinking of,
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Well, what does life mean?
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What is my meaning in life?
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Where do I find my meaning today?
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Where does faith fit in?
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Other things are important.
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Family and work and the experiences that we have in life,
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They've all got their old place of importance.
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But the Bible gives us a sense of putting things in the right order.
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Faith is priority, or should be priority.
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As Jesus says in another part of the Bible,
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Seek first the kingdom of God,
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And then everything else will be added unto you.
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Everything else will fall into place after that.
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And that's really what Jesus is saying here in this meeting with the Pharisees,
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As they're called.
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They were the leaders of the day.
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The people who felt that they were so important,
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And had all the answers to the meaning of life.
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And yet they were missing the very fact that Jesus,
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The giver of life,
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Was here with them.
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And Jesus here is at a meal with these people,
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And he's using the theme of a meal to help them understand
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What priorities we should have in life.
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About what is important,
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And what our priorities should be.
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So as we gather today,
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As we really have a sense of a new start in church,
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When we have that sense of a new beginning,
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A new term starting,
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Everything that's going on,
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What is our focus on?
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Where is our priority?
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Family, work, experience, or faith?
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Well, Jesus here is talking about being given an invitation.
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And we're going to look at, really, verse 15,
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Down to verse 24.
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That's going to be our main focus.
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Because here he's talking about an invitation that has gone out.
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And invitations are great things.
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It's always nice to receive an invitation.
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Many of you will have received,
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I'm sure over the years,
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Invitations to different things.
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An invitation to a party.
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An invitation to a wedding.
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An invitation to a special event.
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And it reminds us that people are remembering us.
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A wedding invitation often has that word,
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Would request the pleasure of your company.
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And you're thinking,
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They've thought of me.
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They've thought I'm important enough to invite
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To this special occasion,
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That I might enjoy this day with them.
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And it's great to get invitations.
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It's lovely things.
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It shows us that we're being remembered in that way.
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But today we're looking at an invitation to something even greater.
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And from someone far greater than any of us are.
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We're thinking of an invitation,
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Not to a wedding or a party.
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We're thinking of an invitation to come to a person.
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A come to see Jesus and who he is.
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And come and see how important he is.
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Not just for our life here and now,
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But for our eternity.
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For all that lies ahead of us.
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The things that we maybe haven't even thought about yet.
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As we go on in life.
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What lies ahead of us.
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We can all see our days going ahead of us.
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But do we think?
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But what then?
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What about eternity?
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Well, Jesus here is reminding us
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Of an invitation
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To come to him.
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Coming back after the summer holidays.
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It does feel like a new start in many ways.
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Sunday school has started.
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Explorers for the children has started.
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We've got lots of different things
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To look forward to in these coming months.
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We think even of next weekend.
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The Christians in sport.
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And a time to invite people along.
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To hear about the wonder of the gospel
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In a different way.
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And then to come and hear the preaching of the word
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On the Sunday.
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So we've got so much to look forward to.
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And all of these things
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When we think of a church
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Or the activities of the church
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Are opportunities to invite people along.
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But do we?
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You would invite people to a wedding
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Or a party.
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To a special meal.
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Even just inviting people for a coffee
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Or something like that.
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But would we and do we invite people
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To church.
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To the church services.
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To the church activities.
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You would invite people
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To special events
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Because you want them to be there.
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You want them to enjoy it.
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But would you invite them
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To church?
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Well the more we love
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A people
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The more that would be our priority
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In terms of saying come.
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Come and hear
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About this man Jesus.
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Come and hear
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From the Bible
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What God is saying to us
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About what our priorities
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Should be.
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The more we love
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And care for people
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The more we invite them
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To come and hear
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About Jesus.
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And maybe today
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You are here
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Because someone has taken
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The time to invite you.
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And that's wonderful.
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At least
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We put out invitations
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These invitation cards
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Went out to many people
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And maybe you are here
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Because someone took time
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To give you
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One of these invitations.
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But I bet
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The majority of us are here
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Because of someone
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Who invited us.
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Not maybe in this week
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Or last week
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But down over many years.
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A friend
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A family member
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Someone who just came
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And said
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Look why don't you come
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To church?
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Why don't you come with me?
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Come along and hear
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From the minister
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Who is going to be preaching.
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Come along and hear
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From the word of God.
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We are
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Most people come
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To church
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Because someone
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Has asked them.
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Someone has felt
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That they are important
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Enough to ask
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To come along to church.
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And people
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Have responded
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And come to hear
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The good news
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Of the gospel.
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And so as we look
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At this passage today
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We are seeing
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This invitation
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That continues
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To go out.
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Goes out
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Wic by wic
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If you like
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Because we hear
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The gospel
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Speaking to us
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Again and again.
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And we see
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How people responded
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To this invitation.
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So we are just going to
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Look at it
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Under three headings today.
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We are going to think
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First of all
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Of the invitation
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That is given.
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We are then going to look
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At the excuses
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That are made.
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And then thirdly
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We look at the outcome
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That we see.
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So the first thing
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We look at is
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The invitation
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That is given.
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Jesus as he tells
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These parables
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And there is more than one
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In this section
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We have got the parable
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Of the wedding feast
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In verse 7 to 11
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The parable of the great banquet
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Then follows after it.
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He is having a meal
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As I said earlier
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With these Pharisees
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These important people
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As they saw themselves.
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They had invited him
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To come along
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To this meal.
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You think that is great
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That is lovely.
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But what we learn
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As we read
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In the beginning
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Of this chapter
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Is that their motivation
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Was really to catch
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Jesus out.
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To find fault
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With him.
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And that is
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No reason to invite
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Anybody to anything
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Just inviting them
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To catch them out
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Or to find fault
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But that was their
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Motivation
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But Jesus really
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Turns it back on them
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And the invitation
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That he has had
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To come to them
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He kind of puts
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Back to them
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And not in a way
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That he is trying
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To catch them out
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But to show that
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He has done
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Everything for them
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And that is really
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What verse 17
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Is all about
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He is showing
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That this great banquet
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Has been prepared
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For all who will come
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Even the Pharisees
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Who have it in for him
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And he is saying
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Come for everything
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Is now ready
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So the invitation
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Is going out
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And Jesus
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Through that invitation
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Is showing that
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His concern
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Goes far and wide
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To all people
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And to understand
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How this invitation
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Works
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We must see
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Just how it was
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Back in Jesus' day
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In verse 16
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When it says
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A man once
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Gave a great banquet
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And invited many
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It goes on then
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To say
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And at the time
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Of the banquet
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So there was
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A gap
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It's a bit like
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Someone saying
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Save the date
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And then the invitation
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Comes
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Later on
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That's the same
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Kind of situation
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Here
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Someone was going
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To give a banquet
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They would make
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An announcement
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And they would
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Tell people
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I'm giving a banquet
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And you're invited
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But it may be
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Weeks or even
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Months
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In advance
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But then at the time
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When the banquet
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Was ready
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A servant
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Is sent out
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And says to the people
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Come
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For everything
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Is now
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Ready
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So those who
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Have been invited
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Maybe weeks
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Or months before
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Are now expected
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To come and attend
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When the day
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Of the feast
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Arrived
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Everything is prepared
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The servant
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Gives the invitation
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What is Jesus
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Saying to us
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Here
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About this invitation
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He's saying
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This is an invitation
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That has been going
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On for a long time
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It's probably
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You could look back
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Into the Old Testament
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Where the prophets
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Are saying
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Jesus
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Is going to come
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A saviour
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Is going to come
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He is going
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To give you
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A banquet
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He is going
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To give you
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A feast
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To feast on
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And as Jesus
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Arrives
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As he comes
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Into this world
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He's saying
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Now
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Everything
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Is ready
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Everything
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Is prepared
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Everything
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Is done
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For you
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So come
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When you think
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Of Jesus
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Meeting other people
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Like the woman
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Of Samaria
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Who he met
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At a well
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She was saying
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To him
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We know
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The Messiah
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Is coming
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We know
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About this invitation
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That is coming
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Through the Old Testament
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But Jesus says
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I who you speak
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Of
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I'm here
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This is me
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And that's what
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We're seeing again
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Here
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These things
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That you know
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About
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This invitation
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To the banquet
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That has gone out
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He is here now
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The banquet
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Is ready
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Come
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And so
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There is this
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Wonderful invitation
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To us all
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And it still
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Goes out
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To this day
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Jesus is saying
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Come
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And when you look
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At the invitation
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There's three things
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About this invitation
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It's a simple invitation
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You just look
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At the words
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That he uses
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He says
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First
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Come
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Such a simple word
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And yet
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It says
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So much
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It's one of the
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Greatest words
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In the scriptures
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Come
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And you see
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Jesus
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Use it often
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And the prophets
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Use it often
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They say
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Come
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Come
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And that's what
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An invitation is
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It's all about
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Coming
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An invitation
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Is to go
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Somewhere
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And enjoy
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Something
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And Jesus
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Is saying
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Come
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Come
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And enjoy
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Me
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Anyone
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Who will come
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Will be saved
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That's what the
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Gospel is all
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About
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There is an
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Invitation
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To come
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To Jesus
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And so
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The invitation
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Is simple
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Come
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The invitation
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Reminds us
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That everything
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Is secure
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Everything
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Is done
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For us
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Come
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He says
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For everything
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Is now ready
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You don't have
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To worry about
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Bringing something
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Yourself
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You don't have
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To worry about
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Doing something
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Yourself
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Everything
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Is now
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Ready
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How do you
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Spell the word
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Salvation
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Start spelling
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It in your
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Head
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Don't you
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S
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A
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L
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And so on
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You start
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Spelling that
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Word
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Well
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A preacher
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By the name
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Of Dwight L
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Moody
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Once put
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That question
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How do you
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Spell
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The word
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Salvation
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And he was
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Talking about
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It in the way
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That people
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Will spell it
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In different
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Ways
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You say
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But how
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Well he said
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There are those
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People
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And you spell
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Your salvation
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This way
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D
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O
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Do
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That your
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Salvation
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Is based
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On what
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You do
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That you
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Will get
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Things ready
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But Dwight
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Moody
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Then turned it
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Around and said
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I spell
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My salvation
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D
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O
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N
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E
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Done
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It is
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Done
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It is
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Finished
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Everything
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Is now
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Ready
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So the
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Invitation
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Is to
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Come
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And it's
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Not about
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Changing
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Yourself
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Or doing
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Anything
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Yourself
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It's
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Coming to
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The security
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Of this
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Invitation
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That is
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Jesus
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Because he
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Says
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Everything
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Is now
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Ready
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But then
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The invitation
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Is serious
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It's a
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Serious
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Invitation
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Because he
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Says come
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For everything
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Is now
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Ready
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It's not
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About putting
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It off
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It's not
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About putting
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It away
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It's about
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Coming
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Now
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Because everything
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Is ready
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And again
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The word
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Of God
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The bible
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Is full
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Of that
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Seriousness
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Of this
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Invitation
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How often
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You find
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It is about
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Now
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There is
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An urgency
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In Isaiah
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55
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Verse 6
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Seek the
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Lord
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While he
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May be
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Found
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Call upon
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Him
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While he
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Is near
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It is
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Now
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In 2nd
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Corinthians
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Chapter 6
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Verse 2
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For he
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Says
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In a
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Favourable
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Time
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I
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Listen
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To
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You
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And
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In a
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Day
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Of
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Salvation
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I
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Have
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Helped
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You
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Behold
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Now
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Is the
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Favourable
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Time
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Now
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Is the
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Day
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Of
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Salvation
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There is
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An urgency
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In this
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Invitation
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It is
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Simple
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He says
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Come
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It is
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Secure
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Because
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Everything
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Is ready
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And it
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Is urgent
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Because
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He says
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Now
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Come
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Now
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What a
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Wonderful
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Invitation
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That is
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Given
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To us
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What a
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Wonderful
17:47
Invitation
17:48
The people
17:48
Got here
17:49
But what
17:51
Did they
17:51
Do with
17:51
It
17:52
Well
17:53
We
17:53
See
17:53
Secondly
17:54
The
17:54
Excuses
17:55
Come
17:57
He says
17:57
For
17:58
Everything
17:58
Is now
17:58
Ready
17:59
And then
17:59
You
17:59
Go
17:59
Into
17:59
These
18:00
Verses
18:00
That
18:00
Follow
18:01
Verse
18:01
18
18:02
But
18:02
They
18:02
All
18:03
Alike
18:03
Began
18:04
To
18:04
Make
18:04
Excuses
18:06
Have
18:06
You
18:06
Ever
18:07
Made
18:07
An
18:07
Excuse
18:07
Not
18:08
To
18:08
Go
18:08
Somewhere
18:09
And
18:10
Really
18:10
It's
18:10
Just
18:11
A
18:11
Lie
18:11
Someone
18:13
Invited
18:14
You
18:14
To
18:14
Go
18:14
Out
18:14
And
18:15
I
18:15
Can't
18:15
Tonight
18:16
I'm
18:16
Busy
18:16
I'm
18:16
Washing
18:16
My
18:17
Hair
18:17
I
18:18
Can't
18:18
Tonight
18:19
Because I've
18:19
Got
18:19
To
18:19
Walk
18:19
The
18:20
Dog
18:20
There's
18:21
Always
18:21
An
18:22
Excuse
18:22
If you
18:22
Don't
18:23
Want
18:23
To
18:23
Go
18:23
Somewhere
18:23
You
18:24
Can
18:24
Find
18:24
An
18:25
Excuse
18:26
And
18:27
You
18:27
Can
18:27
Get
18:27
Away
18:28
With
18:28
It
18:28
In
18:28
Certain
18:28
Situations
18:29
But
18:31
Not
18:32
When
18:32
It
18:32
Comes
18:33
To
18:33
The
18:33
Gospel
18:34
Not
18:35
When
18:36
It
18:36
Comes
18:36
To
18:36
Hearing
18:37
This
18:37
Invitation
18:37
Come
18:38
Because
18:39
Everything
18:40
Is
18:40
Now
18:41
Ready
18:41
No
18:43
Matter
18:44
How
18:44
Hard
18:44
We
18:45
Try
18:45
To
18:46
Make
18:46
An
18:46
Excuse
18:46
!
18:46
No
18:46
Matter
18:47
How
18:47
!
18:49
In
18:49
Our
18:50
Own
18:50
Eyes
18:50
Write
18:51
Down
18:52
Your
18:52
Excuse
18:52
Not
18:53
To
18:53
Come
18:54
To
18:54
The
18:54
Gospel
18:55
What
18:56
Is
18:56
It
18:56
What
18:58
Is
18:58
Your
18:58
Excuse
18:59
Well
18:59
We
19:00
See
19:00
Here
19:00
Three
19:01
Excuses
19:01
That
19:02
People
19:02
Gave
19:03
And
19:03
The
19:03
First
19:04
One
19:04
Is
19:04
This
19:04
When
19:05
We
19:05
Think
19:05
About
19:05
The
19:06
Meaning
19:06
Of
19:07
Life
19:07
And
19:07
Where
19:08
Our
19:08
Priorities
19:08
Land
19:09
The
19:09
First
19:10
In
19:10
Verse
19:10
18
19:11
Is
19:11
This
19:11
The
19:12
First
19:13
Said
19:13
To
19:13
I
19:13
Have
19:14
Bought
19:14
A
19:14
Field
19:14
And
19:14
I
19:15
Must
19:15
Go
19:15
Out
19:15
And
19:16
See
19:16
It
19:16
Please
19:16
Excuse
19:17
Me
19:18
It's
19:20
Really
19:20
Talking
19:21
Here
19:21
About
19:21
Material
19:22
Possessions
19:23
This
19:24
Man
19:24
Had
19:24
Purchased
19:25
Property
19:26
He
19:27
Hasn't
19:27
Even
19:27
Seen
19:28
It
19:28
But
19:28
Now
19:28
He
19:28
Wants
19:28
To
19:28
Go
19:28
And
19:29
See
19:29
It
19:29
This
19:29
Is
19:29
More
19:30
Important
19:31
This
19:34
Is
19:34
His
19:34
Priority
19:35
The
19:35
Invitation
19:36
To
19:36
This
19:36
Great
19:37
Banquet
19:37
That
19:38
Can
19:38
Wait
19:39
And
19:41
How
19:41
Many
19:41
Of
19:41
Us
19:41
Live
19:42
Like
19:43
That
19:43
Or
19:43
Have
19:43
Lived
19:44
Like
19:45
That
19:45
Where
19:45
Our
19:45
Priority
19:46
Is
19:46
The
19:47
Material
19:47
Things
19:48
Of
19:49
This
19:49
World
19:49
Material
19:50
Possessions
19:51
I'm
19:53
Building
19:54
A
19:54
House
19:54
I've
19:56
Got to
19:56
Go
19:56
And
19:56
Buy
19:56
This
19:56
Car
19:57
There's
19:58
Always
19:58
An
19:59
Excuse
19:59
There's
20:01
Always
20:01
Something
20:01
That
20:02
Comes
20:02
Between
20:03
Us
20:03
Doing
20:04
What
20:04
We
20:04
Want
20:04
And
20:05
Coming
20:05
To
20:05
Church
20:05
And
20:06
The
20:06
Priority
20:06
Is
20:07
Falling
20:07
In
20:07
That
20:07
Direction
20:08
Of
20:08
Our
20:09
selves
20:09
That's
20:10
Our
20:10
Priority
20:11
And
20:14
The
20:14
Word of
20:15
God
20:15
Is
20:15
A
20:15
Word
20:16
Used
20:16
For
20:16
These
20:17
Kinds
20:17
Of
20:17
People
20:18
And
20:18
It
20:18
Is
20:18
Fool
20:19
You
20:20
Are
20:21
A
20:21
Fool
20:21
You
20:22
Think
20:22
Of
20:22
The
20:22
Man
20:23
Who
20:23
Was
20:23
Building
20:23
Bigger
20:24
Barnes
20:24
He
20:25
Didn't
20:26
Have
20:26
Enough
20:26
So
20:26
He
20:26
Was
20:27
Building
20:27
More
20:28
And
20:28
More
20:28
Barnes
20:29
To
20:29
Hold
20:30
His
20:30
Crops
20:30
!
20:30
And
20:30
The
20:31
Word
20:31
And
20:30
The
20:31
Word
20:31
Says
20:32
You
20:32
Fool
20:32
This
20:34
Night
20:34
Your
20:34
Soul
20:35
Shall
20:35
Be
20:36
Demanded
20:36
Of
20:36
You
20:37
It's
20:38
Foolish
20:39
To
20:40
Put
20:40
Anything
20:40
Between
20:40
Ourselves
20:41
And
20:42
God
20:42
And
20:43
So
20:44
Where
20:44
Are
20:44
You
20:44
Today
20:45
In
20:45
That
20:46
Sense
20:46
You
20:48
See
20:48
The
20:48
Second
20:49
Excuse
20:49
Here
20:50
As
20:50
Well
20:50
Another
20:52
Said
20:52
I
20:52
Have
20:52
Bought
20:52
Five
20:53
Yoke
20:53
Of
20:53
Oxen
20:54
And
20:54
I
20:54
Am
20:55
Going
20:55
To
20:55
Examine
20:56
Them
20:56
Please
20:56
Excuse
20:57
Me
20:57
Again
20:58
You
20:58
See
20:59
Here
20:59
This
21:00
Kind
21:00
Of
21:00
The
21:00
Way
21:01
Work
21:01
Comes
21:02
Between
21:02
Ourselves
21:03
And
21:03
God
21:04
I
21:05
Have
21:05
Got
21:05
To
21:05
Get
21:05
My
21:05
Career
21:06
In
21:06
The
21:06
Right
21:06
Path
21:07
I
21:07
Got
21:07
To
21:07
Get
21:07
All
21:07
Of
21:07
These
21:08
Things
21:08
!
21:08
Sorted
21:08
Out
21:09
Maybe
21:09
Then
21:10
I
21:10
Come
21:11
To
21:11
God
21:12
We
21:13
Pursue
21:13
The
21:14
Wrong
21:14
Things
21:15
Is
21:21
That
21:21
Your
21:21
Excuse
21:21
Today
21:22
Far
21:24
Too
21:24
Busy
21:25
To
21:25
Come
21:26
To
21:26
Church
21:26
I
21:26
Am
21:26
Far
21:26
Too
21:27
Busy
21:27
To
21:27
Commit
21:27
My
21:28
Life
21:28
To
21:28
The
21:28
Gospel
21:29
When
21:30
Things
21:30
Ease
21:31
Off
21:31
When
21:31
The
21:32
Going
21:32
Is
21:32
Cleared
21:33
In
21:33
My
21:34
Diary
21:34
When
21:34
All
21:34
Of
21:35
These
21:35
Things
21:35
Are
21:35
Done
21:35
Then
21:36
I
21:36
Come
21:36
Again
21:38
The
21:38
Warning
21:38
Is
21:39
That
21:39
We
21:39
Don't
21:39
Know
21:40
What
21:40
Is
21:40
Ahead
21:41
Of
21:41
Us
21:41
We
21:43
May
21:44
Be
21:44
Lost
21:44
Eternally
21:45
And
21:45
Maybe
21:45
Too
21:46
Late
21:46
And
21:49
Then
21:49
You
21:50
See
21:50
The
21:50
Third
21:50
Excuse
21:51
Verse
21:51
20
21:52
I
21:53
Have
21:53
Married
21:54
A
21:54
Wife
21:54
And
21:54
Therefore
21:55
I
21:55
Cannot
21:55
Come
21:56
You
21:57
Think
21:57
Well
21:57
That
21:57
Sounds
21:58
A
21:58
Reasonable
21:58
Enough
21:59
Excuse
22:00
Just
22:01
Happily
22:01
Married
22:02
I
22:02
Want
22:02
To
22:02
Devote
22:02
My
22:03
Time
22:03
To
22:04
My
22:04
Wife
22:04
Family
22:06
Is
22:06
Priority
22:07
But
22:09
Again
22:09
You
22:09
See
22:10
In
22:10
All
22:11
Of
22:11
These
22:11
Things
22:11
They
22:12
Are
22:12
Not
22:12
Wrong
22:13
In
22:13
And
22:13
Of
22:13
Themselves
22:14
But
22:16
They
22:16
Are
22:16
Wrong
22:17
When
22:17
They
22:17
Become
22:17
The
22:17
Priority
22:18
In
22:18
Our
22:18
Life
22:19
When
22:20
They
22:20
Keep
22:21
Us
22:21
From
22:21
Coming
22:22
Near
22:22
To
22:23
God
22:23
Are
22:24
You
22:24
Making
22:25
Excuses
22:26
Today
22:26
Are
22:28
You
22:28
Putting
22:28
The
22:29
Wrong
22:29
Things
22:29
First
22:30
Are
22:30
Your
22:30
Priorities
22:31
In
22:31
The
22:32
Wrong
22:32
Order
22:33
It's
22:35
A
22:35
Bit
22:35
Like
22:35
Saying
22:36
I'm
22:37
Not
22:38
Going
22:38
To
22:38
Go
22:38
Into
22:38
That
22:38
Swimming
22:39
Pool
22:39
Until
22:39
I
22:39
Learn
22:40
To
22:40
Swim
22:40
You
22:42
Can't
22:42
You
22:43
Can't
22:44
Do
22:44
It
22:44
You
22:44
Got
22:44
To
22:45
Go
22:45
In
22:45
You
22:46
Got
22:46
To
22:46
Go
22:46
Into
22:46
The
22:47
Pool
22:47
To
22:47
Learn
22:47
To
22:48
Swim
22:48
I
22:49
Remember
22:49
I
22:49
Remember
22:49
Being
22:49
In
22:49
College
22:50
Here
22:50
Many
22:51
Years
22:52
Ago
22:52
Now
22:52
We
22:52
Were
22:52
Learning
22:53
All
22:53
About
22:54
How
22:54
To
22:54
Weld
22:55
And
22:56
We
22:56
Had
22:56
All
22:57
The
22:57
Theory
22:57
We
22:57
Were
22:58
Writing
22:58
All
22:58
About
22:59
It
22:59
And
23:00
We
23:00
Learned
23:00
So
23:01
Many
23:01
Different
23:01
Things
23:02
And
23:03
Yet
23:03
I
23:03
Couldn't
23:04
Weld
23:05
Because
23:06
I
23:06
Never
23:06
Touched
23:07
A
23:07
Welder
23:07
And
23:09
You
23:09
Think
23:09
To
23:09
Yourself
23:09
You
23:10
Can
23:10
Know
23:10
All
23:10
About
23:11
!
23:11
It
23:11
But
23:11
Until
23:12
You
23:12
Actually
23:12
!
23:13
And
23:13
Do
23:13
It
23:14
It's
23:15
Useless!
23:18
And
23:19
In
23:19
Many
23:19
Ways
23:19
That's
23:20
The
23:20
Way
23:20
Our
23:20
Faith
23:21
Is
23:21
As
23:21
Well
23:22
We
23:22
Can
23:22
Know
23:22
All
23:22
About
23:23
The
23:23
Bible
23:23
We
23:24
Can
23:24
Learn
23:24
All
23:25
About
23:25
It
23:25
But
23:25
Jesus
23:26
Is
23:26
Saying
23:26
Are
23:27
You
23:28
Coming
23:28
Are
23:29
You
23:30
Coming
23:30
To
23:30
Follow
23:31
Me
23:31
Are
23:32
You
23:32
Coming
23:32
To
23:32
Put
23:33
Your
23:33
Trust
23:33
In
23:34
Me
23:34
And
23:36
You
23:36
Say
23:36
Oh
23:36
There's
23:37
So
23:37
Much
23:37
!
23:37
To
23:37
Give
23:37
Up
23:38
All
23:40
These
23:40
Excuses
23:41
But
23:41
What
23:42
Is
23:42
There
23:42
To
23:42
Give
23:42
Up
23:43
That's
23:43
More
23:44
Important
23:44
Than
23:44
Following
23:45
Jesus
23:45
Or
23:47
You
23:47
Might
23:47
Say
23:47
Oh
23:47
But
23:48
I'm
23:48
Too
23:48
Great
23:49
A
23:49
Sinner
23:50
Well
23:52
He
23:52
Can
23:52
Save
23:52
Anyone
23:53
And
23:54
That's
23:54
What
23:55
We're
23:55
Reminded
23:55
Of
23:56
Here
23:56
You'll
23:58
Say
23:58
Oh
23:58
I'll
23:58
Come
23:59
Later
23:59
I'll
24:00
Come
24:00
Again
24:00
But
24:01
Not
24:01
Today
24:02
You
24:04
Have
24:04
No
24:04
Idea
24:05
What's
24:05
Ahead
24:05
None
24:06
Of
24:07
Us
24:07
Do
24:07
So
24:07
It's
24:07
Not
24:07
A
24:08
Time
24:08
For
24:09
Excuses
24:09
Because
24:10
The
24:10
Risk
24:13
Come
24:14
He
24:14
Says
24:14
For
24:15
Everything
24:16
Is
24:16
Now
24:16
Ready
24:16
But
24:18
Then
24:18
They
24:18
Made
24:18
Their
24:18
Excuses
24:19
But
24:19
Finally
24:20
I
24:20
Just
24:20
Want
24:20
To
24:20
See
24:20
Very
24:20
Briefly
24:21
The
24:21
Outcome
24:22
The
24:23
Outcome
24:24
That
24:25
We
24:25
Have
24:25
Here
24:25
Imagine
24:26
You
24:27
You
24:27
Organized
24:27
A
24:28
Big
24:28
Meal
24:28
A
24:29
Wedding
24:29
With
24:29
Hundreds
24:30
Of
24:30
Guests
24:31
And
24:32
No
24:32
One
24:33
Came
24:33
How
24:35
Would
24:35
You
24:35
Feel
24:35
Sad
24:39
Angry
24:41
Dismayed
24:42
Be
24:43
All
24:43
Kinds
24:44
Of
24:44
Emotion
24:45
After
24:46
All
24:46
The
24:46
Trouble
24:46
You've
24:47
Gone
24:47
To
24:47
After
24:47
All
24:47
The
24:47
Expense
24:48
You've
24:48
Gone
24:49
To
24:49
And
24:49
No
24:49
One
24:49
Comes
24:50
Well
24:51
That's
24:51
The
24:52
Response
24:52
The
24:52
People
24:53
Give
24:53
Here
24:53
To
24:54
This
24:54
Invitation
24:54
To
24:55
The
24:55
Banquet
24:55
Nobody
24:56
Comes
24:56
They
24:57
All
24:57
Make
24:57
Their
24:57
Excuses
24:58
But
25:00
Jesus
25:01
Speaks
25:01
Then
25:02
Of
25:02
Well
25:02
We're
25:02
Not
25:02
Going
25:02
To
25:03
Waste
25:03
This
25:03
Banquet
25:04
Go
25:06
Out
25:06
He
25:06
Says
25:06
To
25:07
The
25:07
Servant
25:08
In
25:10
Verse
25:10
21
25:10
The
25:10
Servant
25:11
Reported
25:11
Back
25:12
Then
25:12
The
25:12
Master
25:12
Of
25:12
The
25:12
House
25:13
Became
25:13
Angry
25:13
And
25:13
Said
25:14
To
25:14
The
25:14
Servant
25:14
Go
25:15
Out
25:15
Quickly
25:16
To
25:16
The
25:16
Streets
25:16
And
25:17
Lanes
25:17
Of
25:17
The
25:17
City
25:18
And
25:18
Bring
25:18
In
25:18
The
25:19
Poor
25:19
And
25:19
Crippled
25:20
And
25:20
Blind
25:21
And
25:21
Lame
25:21
Now
25:24
Jesus
25:24
Is
25:24
Here
25:25
Saying
25:25
To
25:25
The
25:25
Pharisees
25:26
You
25:26
Think
25:26
You're
25:27
Important
25:27
And
25:28
You're
25:28
Saying
25:28
No
25:28
Well
25:29
The
25:30
Danger
25:30
Is
25:30
This
25:30
Is
25:30
Going
25:31
To
25:31
Pass
25:31
You
25:31
By
25:32
And
25:33
The
25:33
Invitation
25:34
Instead
25:34
Is
25:34
Going
25:34
To
25:35
All
25:35
The
25:35
Ones
25:36
That
25:36
You
25:36
Look
25:36
Down
25:36
On
25:37
The
25:37
Ones
25:37
That
25:38
You
25:38
Don't
25:38
See
25:38
As
25:39
Important
25:39
The
25:40
Blind
25:41
The
25:41
Lame
25:41
The
25:41
Crippled
25:42
The
25:42
Poor
25:42
They
25:44
Are
25:44
The
25:44
Ones
25:44
Who
25:45
Will
25:45
Come
25:45
And
25:47
There
25:47
A
25:47
Warning
25:48
There
25:48
For
25:48
Us
25:49
That
25:51
If
25:51
We
25:51
See
25:51
Ourselves
25:52
As
25:52
Beyond
25:53
The
25:53
Gospel
25:54
Or
25:54
Too
25:54
Important
25:55
For
25:56
The
25:56
Gospel
25:56
That
25:57
That
25:58
Invitation
25:58
Passes
25:59
By
26:00
It
26:02
Goes
26:02
To
26:03
Others
26:03
What
26:05
Is
26:05
God
26:06
Desire
26:07
Here
26:07
What
26:08
Is
26:08
He
26:08
Saying
26:08
He
26:10
Is
26:10
Saying
26:10
That
26:11
He
26:12
Wants
26:12
His
26:12
House
26:13
To
26:13
Be
26:13
Filled
26:13
As
26:13
You
26:13
See
26:14
In
26:14
Verse
26:14
23
26:15
The
26:15
Master
26:15
Said
26:15
To
26:15
The
26:16
Servant
26:16
Again
26:17
Is
26:17
Going
26:17
Even
26:18
Further
26:18
Now
26:18
Go
26:18
Out
26:19
To
26:19
The
26:19
Highways
26:20
And
26:20
Hedges
26:21
To
26:22
Those
26:22
Who
26:22
Have
26:22
Been
26:23
Almost
26:23
Abandoned
26:24
You
26:24
Could
26:24
Say
26:25
Compel
26:26
These
26:27
People
26:27
To
26:27
Come
26:28
In
26:28
That
26:28
My
26:28
House
26:29
May
26:29
Be
26:29
Filled
26:30
The
26:32
Invitation
26:33
Goes
26:34
On
26:34
And
26:36
That's
26:36
The
26:36
Way
26:36
It
26:36
Is
26:37
To
26:37
Be
26:37
But
26:39
How
26:39
Are
26:39
You
26:39
Responding
26:40
To
26:41
The
26:41
Invitation
26:41
Today
26:42
Come
26:44
For
26:45
Everything
26:46
Is
26:47
Now
26:47
Ready
26:47
Don't
26:49
Make
26:50
Excuses
26:51
Because
26:53
The
26:53
Danger
26:53
Is
26:54
The
26:55
Invitation
26:55
Is
26:56
Gone
26:56
It's
26:58
Too
26:59
Late
26:59
You've
27:01
Missed
27:01
Out
27:01
And
27:03
What
27:03
Jesus
27:03
Tells
27:04
Us
27:04
In
27:04
That
27:04
Sense
27:05
Is
27:05
We
27:06
Are
27:06
Lost
27:07
For
27:07
Eternity
27:08
That's
27:10
The
27:10
Danger
27:11
Of
27:12
Letting
27:12
This
27:13
Invitation
27:13
Pass
27:14
By
27:14
Of
27:15
Trying
27:15
To
27:15
Find
27:16
Meaning
27:16
For
27:17
Life
27:17
And
27:17
All
27:18
The
27:18
Things
27:18
That
27:18
We
27:19
Want
27:19
First
27:20
And
27:21
Foremost
27:21
Jesus
27:23
Is
27:24
Saying
27:24
No
27:24
Get
27:26
Your
27:26
House
27:27
And
27:27
Your
27:27
Priorities
27:28
In
27:29
Order
27:29
Come
27:31
For
27:32
Everything
27:33
Is
27:34
Now
27:34
Ready
27:34
It
27:35
Is
27:36
All
27:37
Done
27:37
Will
27:40
You
27:40
Accept
27:40
That
27:41
Invitation
27:41
Today
27:42
Will
27:44
You
27:44
Come
27:44
And
27:45
See
27:46
That
27:46
He
27:46
Has
27:46
Done
27:46
All
27:47
Not
27:48
Just
27:48
For
27:48
Important
27:49
People
27:50
Or
27:50
Those
27:50
Who
27:50
Think
27:51
They're
27:51
Important
27:52
He
27:52
Speaks
27:53
At
27:53
The
27:53
Start
27:53
About
27:54
Humbling
27:55
Ourselves
27:55
That
27:55
We
27:55
Might
27:56
Be
27:56
Lifted
27:56
Up
27:56
That's
27:57
What
27:57
We
27:57
Are
27:58
All
27:58
To
27:58
Do
27:58
We
28:00
Are
28:00
All
28:00
Important
28:01
To
28:02
Jesus
28:02
Because
28:03
The
28:04
Invitation
28:04
Is
28:05
To
28:05
All
28:05
He
28:07
Says
28:07
Come
28:07
Now
28:09
For
28:10
Everything
28:11
Is
28:11
Ready
28:11
So
28:13
Why
28:14
Don't
28:14
You
28:14
Come
28:14
Not
28:16
Just
28:16
Today
28:16
But
28:18
Come
28:18
Day
28:19
After
28:19
Day
28:20
Follow
28:21
Jesus
28:22
Make
28:23
Him
28:23
Priority
28:24
As
28:25
He's
28:25
Made
28:26
You
28:26
His
28:26
Priority
28:27
The
28:27
Cost
28:28
Of
28:29
This
28:29
Banquet
28:30
Was
28:30
Great
28:31
He
28:32
Gave
28:32
His
28:33
Own
28:33
Life
28:34
He
28:37
Paid
28:37
The
28:38
Price
28:38
That's
28:39
What
28:39
It
28:39
Means
28:39
When
28:40
It
28:40
Says
28:40
Everything
28:41
Is
28:42
Ready
28:42
Salvation
28:44
Is
28:44
Not
28:44
Spelt
28:45
D
28:45
O
28:46
Do
28:47
It's
28:48
Spelt
28:49
D
28:49
O
28:49
N
28:50
E
28:50
Done
28:51
It
28:53
Is
28:53
Done
28:53
So
28:54
Come
28:55
Let
28:56
Us
28:56
Pray
28:56
Lord
28:59
Our
29:00
Gracious
29:00
God
29:01
We
29:01
Do
29:01
Thank
29:02
You
29:02
For
29:02
The
29:02
Gospel
29:03
Invitation
29:04
That
29:04
You
29:04
Give
29:04
To
29:05
Us
29:05
We
29:06
Thank
29:06
You
29:06
Lord
29:07
That
29:07
It
29:07
Reminds
29:08
Us
29:08
That
29:08
It
29:08
Is
29:08
A
29:09
Simple
29:09
Invitation
29:10
Just
29:10
To
29:10
Come
29:11
Yet
29:12
It
29:12
Is
29:12
A
29:13
Powerful
29:13
Invitation
29:14
An
29:14
Invitation
29:15
With
29:15
A
29:15
Great
29:16
Cost
29:16
That
29:17
Everything
29:17
Is
29:18
Ready
29:18
Because
29:18
You
29:18
Have
29:18
Done
29:19
All
29:19
For
29:19
Us
29:20
But
29:21
It
29:21
Reminds
29:21
Us
29:21
To
29:22
That
29:22
It
29:22
Is
29:22
An
29:22
Urgent
29:23
Invitation
29:23
!
29:26
So
29:27
Lord
29:27
Help
29:27
Us
29:27
To
29:28
Hear
29:28
And
29:29
To
29:29
Respond
29:30
And
29:30
To
29:30
Receive
29:30
This
29:31
Invitation
29:31
To
29:32
Rejoice
29:32
That
29:33
You
29:33
Speak
29:34
To
29:34
Us
29:34
And
29:34
Call
29:35
Us
29:35
To
29:35
Yourself
29:36
So
29:36
May
29:37
We
29:37
Hear
29:37
And
29:38
We
29:38
Ask
29:38
It
29:39
In
29:39
Jesus
29:39
Name
29:40
Amen
29:40
We're
29:47
Going
29:47
To
29:48
Conclude
29:48
By
29:48
Singing
29:49
To
29:49
God's
29:50
Praise
29:50
In
29:51
Psalm
29:51
131
29:52
The
29:52
Sing
29:52
Psalms
29:53
Version
29:53
Page
29:54
173
29:56
Psalm
29:59
131
30:00
Page
30:01
173
30:02
We sing
30:03
The whole
30:03
Of
30:03
This
30:03
Psalm
30:04
Psalm
30:06
That
30:06
Reminds
30:07
Us
30:07
About
30:07
Humbling
30:08
Ourselves
30:09
Before
30:09
God
30:10
And
30:12
That
30:12
When
30:12
We
30:13
Do
30:13
So
30:13
We
30:13
Find
30:14
That
30:14
Comfort
30:15
In
30:15
Being
30:16
Near
30:16
To
30:17
Him
30:17
My
30:17
Heart
30:17
Is
30:17
Not
30:18
Proud
30:18
O
30:18
Lord
30:19
Nor
30:19
Haught
30:20
Is
30:20
My
30:20
I
30:20
Do
30:21
Not
30:21
Occupy
30:21
Myself
30:22
With
30:22
Things
30:23
Too
30:23
Great
30:24
Or
30:24
High
30:24
My
30:24
Spirit
30:25
I
30:25
Have
30:25
Calmed
30:26
My
30:26
Heart
30:27
Is
30:27
Pacified
30:27
My
30:28
Soul
30:28
Is
30:29
Like
30:29
A
30:29
Little
30:29
Child
30:30
Close
30:31
To
30:31
Its
30:32
Mother's
30:32
Side
30:33
There's
30:33
That
30:33
Sense
30:33
Of
30:34
Just
30:34
Finding
30:34
That
30:35
Peace
30:36
Let's
30:36
Sing
30:37
This
30:37
Whole
30:37
Psalm
30:38
To
30:38
God's
30:39
Praise
30:39
My
30:41
My
30:46
Heart
30:47
My
30:46
Heart
30:47
Not
30:47
Proud
30:48
O
30:49
Lord
30:51
Nor
30:52
Haud
30:54
Is
30:55
My
30:56
Eye
30:58
I
30:59
Do
31:00
Not
31:01
Occupy
31:04
Myself
31:06
With
31:07
Things
31:08
Too
31:09
Great
31:10
Or
31:11
High
31:12
My
31:14
Spirit
31:16
I
31:17
Have
31:18
Calmed
31:20
My
31:21
Heart
31:22
Is
31:23
Pacified
31:26
My
31:28
Soul
31:30
Is
31:30
Like
31:32
A
31:33
Little
31:34
Child
31:35
Close
31:36
To
31:37
Its
31:38
Mother
31:39
Side
31:41
Just
31:44
Like
31:45
A
31:46
Little
31:47
Child
31:49
My
31:51
Soul
31:52
Is
31:53
Calmed
31:54
In
31:55
Me
31:56
O
31:58
Israel
31:59
Open
32:01
God
32:02
God
32:03
The
32:03
Lord
32:04
Now
32:06
And
32:07
Eternally
32:10
After the
32:13
benediction I'll go to the main door we'll close with the benediction now may grace mercy and peace from God father son and holy spirit rest upon and abide with you all now and forevermore amen
32:32
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