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God's Proclamation of His Name · Stornoway Free Church of Scotland - Sermons

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So, we're going to be in our service this evening singing, firstly in Psalm 30, Psalm
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number 30, that's in the Scottish Psalter version, that's page 239, verses 1 to 5.
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Lord, I will thee extol, for thou hast lifted me on high, and over me thou to rejoice made
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not mine enemy.
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O thou who art the Lord my God, I in distress to thee with loud cries lifted up my voice,
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and thou hast healed me.
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O Lord, my soul thou hast brought up and rescued from the grave, that I to pit should not go
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down, alive thou didst me save.
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So on singing to the end of verse 5, Psalm 30, Lord, I will thee extol.
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O Lord, I will thee extol, for thou hast lifted me on high, and over me thou to rejoice
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with
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I in this place to thee.
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When thou Christ lifted up my voice,
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and thou hast healed me.
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O Lord, my soul thou hast brought up,
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and rescued from the grave.
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And I to live should not go down,
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a life that didst me save.
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For he that I with holy want,
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sing praise unto the Lord.
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And give unto infants,
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when ye this holiness record.
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For what a moment last is rough,
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like in this paper lies.
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Weeping may fall,
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a night and dew,
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and more does your God arise.
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Let's now all join together in prayer,
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as we call upon the Lord in prayer.
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Our gracious and almighty God,
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we thank you once again for the many ways in which we have known your blessing through this day already.
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And we thank you, Lord,
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that we come together once again,
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by your grace and by your enabling,
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the desire in our hearts to lift up our voices in praise,
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lift up your holy name in adoration,
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and to realize,
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and to realize, Lord,
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that your holiness,
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even as we have been singing in these words,
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is not meant to deter our coming for an audience with you,
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but also only to direct our thoughts,
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so that we realize, Lord,
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who we come into the presence of.
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We thank you tonight, Lord,
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for all the promises that meet us as we come together to worship you.
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We thank you for the way that so many have already been fulfilled in the history of your people.
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For as we read in your words,
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so many promises that you made to your people Israel long ago
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came to be fulfilled as the years went by,
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and you came to manifest yourself to them as a faithful God,
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a God who kept covenant with his people,
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a God who brought to fruition the things that you had promised to bring to them.
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And we thank you, Lord, that that is the same for ourselves,
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that you have especially come in these days of the New Testament age
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to fulfill your promise that a Savior would come,
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Emmanuel, God with us, the Lord Jesus Christ.
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We bless you, Lord, tonight for all that has already been fulfilled in him.
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You have provided for us an atonement for our sins.
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You have brought your presence in such a unique way into the midst of your people.
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You have come to pour out your Spirit on that great day of Pentecost,
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as was long promised down through the ages.
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And you have come, O Lord, to bring the gospel into the world,
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a world that lay in darkness,
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a world that needed the light of the gospel of your truth.
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We thank you that that light has reached ourselves,
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that it has come to our shores and come into our hearts.
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O Lord, we pray tonight for that renewed sense of privilege in your presence,
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and for that renewed sense of your presence with us.
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We thank you, Lord, that we can anticipate this,
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and that your promise to be with your people will also remain fulfilled and present
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as you come to bless them and as you come to live in their midst.
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Lord, bless us, we pray tonight, as a congregation of your people.
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Bless those who join us online as well, from different parts of the world it may be.
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Grant that we may all have a sense of a unity of mind and purpose as we come to worship you.
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And enable us, Lord, to receive your word once again,
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that word that is engrafted in the souls of your people.
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Help us to receive it believingly and gladly.
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Enable us to welcome yourself as we welcome your word.
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And enable us to be like the Thessalonians of old,
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who had a reputation reaching far and wide beyond their own location,
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that they had embraced the Lord and his gospel,
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that they were a people who lived to the praise of God.
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We ask that this may be true increasingly of ourselves.
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We thank you for your goodness to us,
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for the ways in which your goodness is manifested to us.
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And we thank you for that goodness day by day that we receive
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in the various gifts that you give us,
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even in what we regard as ordinary gifts of your providence.
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Yet, Lord, we know that none of them is ordinary,
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for we deserve none of them.
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And you have in your grace and kindness come to bless us in our lives.
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We thank you tonight for the gospel,
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and we thank you for all that it contains by way of good news for us sinners.
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We thank you for the way in which you have, Lord,
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blessed that gospel abundantly down through the years,
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even in this congregation.
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We do pray that you would continue to bless that gospel among us,
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and help us to hold it forth in the way in which we live in the world.
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Enable us, Lord, to commend it to our fellow human beings around us.
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We ask tonight for those who never come to attend the gospel.
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And Lord, in our community there are so many of them,
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that we pray that you would bless to them the fact that the gospel is available.
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Help them to think of the great loss that is theirs when they don't avail themselves of this good news of Jesus.
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And Lord, we ask that your spirit will be abroad in our communities,
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as you have been in years and times gone by,
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to bring to people a sense of their need, a sense of their sinfulness,
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a sense of their need of coming to the Lord to receive his forgiveness,
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and a sense of their need of a savior.
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O Lord, our God, we pray that in our day too, you would do great things.
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Manifest the power of your name.
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Show us the glory of your being in the salvation of sinners.
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And establish your church, we pray.
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And establish your people and help them to be settled in the way of holiness.
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Give them the strength they require against temptations that abound in this world.
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We pray for ourselves, O Lord, as a congregation in that regard.
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O help us never to be deflected from following you, from walking in the footsteps of faith.
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Help us never to be deflected from whatever duty we owe to you.
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And grant, O Lord, that day by day we may make it our purpose to live as the people of God,
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as people who are known to be the Lord's covenant children.
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We ask that you would grant to us, O Lord, as we seek to move ahead from times of confinement and restriction.
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You label us, we pray, to avail ourselves of all the opportunities that open up for us,
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so that we may serve you in our communities as a congregation.
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Bless us in all our activities, we pray.
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Bless your gospel to our youngest through to the oldest.
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We ask, O God, that you would impress upon us time after time how suitable and how relevant your gospel is
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for our needs at every stage of life.
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We pray for those who are seeking after you but haven't yet come to close in with you
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and to give themselves wholly to you.
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Lord, we pray that your Holy Spirit will produce that faith in their hearts that will enable them to cleave to you.
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We pray for any Lord who tonight may be concerned over their relationship with you,
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concerned over their sins, concerned over eternity, concerned over their state of mind or heart.
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Gracious Lord, we ask that you would, through the gospel, bring peace to them,
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bring about to them, O Lord, that union with Christ which alone is able to give us a sure foundation.
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And we ask that you would graciously bless the gospel tonight to any who are of such a mind.
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Blessed to your people as well, O Lord, as we pray for the unsaved, so we pray for the saved alike.
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We ask that you would grant us progress and sanctification in hope and an expectation of that eternal life,
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which will be fully revealed at the coming of the Lord.
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Lord, we ask that you would continue to establish us in the ways of holiness,
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in the ways of seeking to bring praise and honor and glory to your glorious name.
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Remember those tonight, Lord, who have struggles.
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We pray for those who have struggles in their faith,
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struggles in their view of themselves or of God or of the gospel,
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who have struggles, Lord, in different ways otherwise than their lives.
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Those who are struggling with temptations, those who are struggling with various addictions,
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those who find the going difficult and difficult to maintain progress in these matters.
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We pray for those who are struggling with mental health issues.
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We commend them to you all, O Lord, also, and give thanks that you are the God of the mind as well as of the body,
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that you are able even there to do wondrous things.
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And we do commend such to you tonight, O Lord, and ask that you would bless them.
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Bless to the bereaved, the distressed, those who are anxious over loved ones,
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those who are unwell and may be approaching eternity.
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Lord, prepare them for that, we pray.
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Grant to those receiving treatment, those who have undergone surgery,
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those who are living in care homes or spending time in hospital,
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those who are being cared for at home.
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O Lord, we commend them to you and ask that you would bless the brokenhearted,
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the lonely, those who feel isolated,
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those, Lord, who would love to have more of human company
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and yet from day to day go without seeing many people.
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O remember them and give them your own presence,
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so that they may know that you are with them
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and that they need not fear when the Lord is on their side.
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We ask your blessing to be with the new ministry now opening up amongst us.
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We give thanks, O Lord, for Reverend Calum Mordo,
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and we pray that you would bless him and his family
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and that this time, O Lord, grant as they settle among us as a congregation,
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that they will know your good hand upon them
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and that you would use them and use his ministry in the gospel
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in a mighty way, Lord, in our midst.
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And we ask that as we seek to serve the Lord here,
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that he may know that the Lord is with him
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and confirm to him the rightness of his move to come to accept our call.
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And gracious Lord, grant to be his peace from day to day.
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Remember our nation. Remember our community.
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Grant, Lord, we pray that you would deliver us from the thralldom of darkness and of sin
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and bring us into the broad, upright ways of righteousness and peace
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and prosperity in the gospel.
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Lord, we pray against all those who seek to stand forcibly against the gospel
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and against the ways of the Lord, against the sanctity of human life,
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against the Lord's day and its proclamation and its keeping,
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and every other way, O Lord, in which we find your ways so much cast aside and despised in our land.
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Be pleased, Lord, to listen to those who cry to you
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and seek for days of reviving and refreshing,
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which we know, O Lord, from your Spirit are alone adequate to change us from the ways of sin.
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Receive our thanks, cleanse us from our sin.
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And we ask it all in Jesus' name for his sake. Amen.
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Let's now sing once again to God's praise in Psalm 31.
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Psalm 31, and we're singing in the Sing Psalms version this time from Psalm 31 at verse 19.
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Verse 19, your goodness, Lord, is very great.
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Prepared for those who fear your name, you show your goodness openly to all who your protection claim.
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Your presence hides and shelters them from those who plot to take their life.
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And in your tent you keep them safe from evil tongues that stir up strife.
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Verses 19 to the end of the Psalm.
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Your goodness, Lord, is very great.
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Your goodness, Lord, is very great.
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Your goodness, Lord, is very great.
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Prepared for those who fear your name,
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Your sure配 your goodness open to me,
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To all who your protection claim.
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Your presence hides and shelters then,
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From those who long to take their life
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And in your tent you keep them safe
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From evil towns that still have strife
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The Lord be praised because he showed
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The wonder of his love to me
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When in the city I was trapped
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Surrounded by the enemy
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In my life my gosh he said
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That I was hidden from your eyes
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But when I called to you for help
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In grace you listen to my eyes
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Oh, the Lord on you they sing
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The faithful will forget my God
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But he will give the proud
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Their due
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His strong day high
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Hope is the Lord
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Let's now turn to read God's Word
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And we find that tonight in Exodus
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The book of Exodus chapter 33
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And from verse 12
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Reading through to verse 9 of chapter 34
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So Exodus 33 and at verse 12
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Moses said to the Lord
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See you say to me bring up this people
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But you have not let me know
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Whom you will send with me
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Yet you have said
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I know you by name
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And you have also found favor in my sight
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Now therefore if I have found favor in your sight
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Please show me now your ways
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That I may know you in order to find favor in your sight
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Consider too that this nation is your people
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And he said
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My presence will go with you
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And I will give you rest
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And he said to him
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If your presence will not go with me
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Do not bring us up from here
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For how shall it be known
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That I have found favor in your sight
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I and your people
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Is it not in your going with us
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So that we are distinct
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I and your people
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From every other people on the face of the earth
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And the Lord said to Moses
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This very thing that you have spoken
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I will do
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For you have found favor in my sight
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And I know you by name
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Moses said
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Please show me your glory
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And he said
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I will make all my goodness pass before you
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And will proclaim before you my name
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The Lord
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And I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious
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And I will show mercy on whom I will show mercy
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But he said
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You cannot see my face
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For man shall not see me and live
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And the Lord said
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Behold there is a place by me
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Where you shall stand on the rock
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And while my glory passes by
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I will put you in a cleft of the rock
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And I will cover you with my hand
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Until I have passed by
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Then I will take away my hand
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And you shall see my back
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But my face shall not be seen
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The Lord said to Moses
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Cut for yourself two tablets of stone
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Like the first
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And I will write on the tablets
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The words that were on the first tablets
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Which you broke
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Be ready by the morning
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And come up in the mountain
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In the morning to Mount Sinai
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And present yourself there to me
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On the top of the mountain
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No one shall come up with you
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Let no one be seen throughout all the mountain
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Let no flocks or herds
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Graze opposite that mountain
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So Moses cut two tablets of stone
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Like the first
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And he rose early in the morning
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And went up on Mount Sinai
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As the Lord had commanded him
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And took in his hand
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Two tablets of stone
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The Lord descended in the cloud
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And stood with him there
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And proclaimed the name of the Lord
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The Lord passed before him
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And proclaimed the Lord
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The Lord a God merciful and gracious
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Slow to anger
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And abounding in steadfast love
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And faithfulness
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Keeping steadfast love for thousands
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Forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin
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But who will by no means clear the guilty
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Visiting the iniquity of the fathers
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On the children
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And the children's children
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To the third and the fourth generation
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Moses quickly bowed his head
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Towards the earth and worshipped
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And he said
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If now I have found favor in your sight
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O Lord please
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Let the Lord go in the midst of us
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For it is a stiff-necked people
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And pardon our iniquity and our sin
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And take us for your inheritance
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Amen and may the Lord once again
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Follow with this blessing
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A reading of his word
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Let's now sing again this time
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In Psalm 103
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Psalm 103
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And that's in the Scottish Psalter
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Singing verses 8 to 13
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The Lord our God is merciful
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And he is gracious
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Long suffering and slow to wrath
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In mercy plenteous
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He will not chide continually
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Nor keep his anger still
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With us he dealt not as we sinned
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Nor did requite our ill
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For as the heaven and its height
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The earth surmounted far
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So great to those that do him fear
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His tender mercies are
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Through to verse 13
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From verse 8
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The Lord our God is merciful
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And he is gracious
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Long suffering and slow to wrath
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In mercy plenteous
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He will not chide continually
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Lord keep his anger still
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With us he dealt not as we sinned
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Nor did we quite a ill
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Oh, past the heaven in its height
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He is a mountain of fire
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So great to those that do him fear
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His tender mercies are
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But as far as he sits distant
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From the west so far have he
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From the sling of the king
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In the sling of the king
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In his land
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In his land
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All the rain in which he
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He is
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For shmity as the father
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And to his children dear
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Thy pity shows the Lord
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To such as worshipping in fear
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Let's turn together again
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to the book of Exodus
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and chapter 34
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looking at verses 1 to 9
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34 verses 1 to 9
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but particularly
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the words you find
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from verse 5 onwards
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The Lord descended in the cloud
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and stood with him there
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and proclaimed the name of the Lord
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The Lord passed before him
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and proclaimed the Lord
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the Lord a God merciful and gracious
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slow to anger and abounding
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in steadfast love and faithfulness
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keeping steadfast love for thousands
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forgiving iniquity and transgression
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and sin
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but who will by no means
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clear the guilty
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visiting the iniquity
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of the fathers
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from the children
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and the children's children
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to the third
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and the fourth generation
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so on
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Now we have a few verses
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to note first of all
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before we look
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in more detail
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at this part of the passage
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and you first of all
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notice the request of Moses
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back in chapter 33
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and at verse 18
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Here is Moses looking for
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the Lord's assurance
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that he would go with them
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on the journey
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that they have begun
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into the wilderness
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onto the promised land
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and here is Moses
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in verse 18
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there saying
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Moses said
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Please
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show me your glory
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What an amazing
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and wonderful
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request that was
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how was the Lord
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going to answer
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such a request
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and desire
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on the part of Moses
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well the next verse
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tells us
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the Lord said
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to Moses
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he said
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I will make
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all my goodness
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pass before you
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and will proclaim
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before you
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my name
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the Lord
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and then he mentions
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the graciousness
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of the Lord
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so this is how God
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answered the request
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of Moses
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Moses is saying
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Lord please
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show me your glory
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and God replied
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to that in terms
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of his goodness
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and that's a remarkable
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thing that
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the glory of the Lord
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is not something
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that you can hardly
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see or approach
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that does not mean
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that God
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is not glorious
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and that God's
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the glorious God
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we should not think
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of coming into
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his presence
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in any other way
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but appreciating
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and respecting
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that holiness
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and that glory
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that belongs
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to him
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but the glory
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of the Lord
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as Moses
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requested it
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is now going
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to be seen
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by Moses
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in terms
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of the goodness
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of God
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and that's a reminder
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to ourselves
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every time
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you see
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the goodness
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of God
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in whatever way
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displayed
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in your own life
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or in the world
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that is God
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manifesting
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his glory
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because the goodness
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of God
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as we'll see
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is actually
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set out
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and proclaimed
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by God
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in such a way
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that makes
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Moses come
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to appreciate
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these great aspects
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of God's goodness
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mercy
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grace
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slow to anger
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abounding
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in steadfast love
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keeping steadfast love
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forgiving iniquity
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and transgression
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and sin
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there is the
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Lord's goodness
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there is the
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Lord's glory
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displayed
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in his goodness
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the goodness
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of the Lord
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the God of grace
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the God of salvation
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the God
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whose concern
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it is
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that sinners
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should come to him
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and be welcomed
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by him
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and then
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you see
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the response
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also
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sorry
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the response
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of Moses
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following that
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in verse 12
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of chapter 33
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you have a reference
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there
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to the name
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as it's mentioned
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where he says here
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I know you
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by name
30:38
Moses said
30:39
see you say to me
30:40
bring up this people
30:41
but you have not
30:42
let me know
30:42
whom you will send
30:43
yet you have said
30:44
I know you
30:46
by name
30:47
and if you trace
30:49
that out
30:49
you'll find
30:50
the name repeated
30:52
verse 17
30:53
the Lord said
30:54
this very thing
30:55
that you have spoken
30:56
I will do
30:57
for you have found
30:59
favor in my sight
31:00
and I know you
31:00
by name
31:02
and then verse 19
31:04
you find that same word
31:06
used
31:06
I will make my goodness
31:07
pass before you
31:09
and will proclaim
31:10
before you
31:11
my name
31:12
and then verse 5
31:14
of chapter 34
31:15
where you find the same
31:17
reference to the name
31:18
the Lord descended
31:20
in the cloud
31:21
and stood with him there
31:22
and proclaimed
31:23
the name
31:24
of the Lord
31:26
now why is that
31:27
significant?
31:28
well because
31:29
the name
31:30
indicates
31:31
the character
31:32
of God
31:33
those things
31:34
that are true
31:35
of God
31:36
that he's pleased
31:37
to divulge
31:38
to us
31:38
and you see
31:40
the correspondence
31:41
between God
31:42
saying I know
31:43
you by name
31:44
as he said
31:45
to Moses
31:45
and now he's
31:47
making his name
31:48
known to Moses
31:49
to pass on
31:50
to the people
31:50
in other words
31:51
God is not just
31:53
saying I know
31:53
what your name
31:54
is Moses
31:55
I know your name
31:56
is Moses
31:56
he's saying a lot
31:57
more than that
31:58
when God says to him
31:59
I know you by name
32:01
he's saying I know
32:02
your character
32:03
I know every single
32:04
thing about your character
32:05
I know the kind
32:06
of person you are
32:08
I know the very nature
32:09
of your being
32:10
and of your works
32:11
and so when God
32:13
is saying this
32:13
about himself
32:14
that he's going to
32:15
make his name known
32:16
that's exactly
32:17
what he's saying
32:18
when he proclaims
32:19
his name
32:20
as we'll see in a minute
32:21
he's really saying
32:22
this is who I am
32:23
this is what I am like
32:25
this is the God
32:27
you worship
32:27
this is why
32:29
you worship me
32:29
you know me
32:31
by name
32:32
I make my name
32:33
known to you
32:35
it doesn't matter
32:37
what names we have
32:38
sometimes
32:38
they may be significant
32:40
in terms of being
32:40
named after somebody
32:42
very often that's the case
32:43
named after
32:44
an ancestor
32:45
or somebody
32:46
significant
32:47
in the way
32:48
in which our parents
32:49
gave us names
32:50
but very seldom
32:52
do you find
32:53
our name
32:53
conveying
32:54
anything to do
32:55
with our character
32:56
because very often
32:57
we don't know
32:58
what kind of character
32:59
we're going to be anyway
33:00
when we are actually
33:01
come to be named
33:03
by our parents
33:04
but
33:04
that's not the case
33:06
of course
33:06
with God
33:07
the name
33:09
that God
33:10
carries
33:10
and the way
33:11
he knows
33:12
our name
33:13
is a way of God
33:14
highlighting for us
33:15
I know exactly
33:17
what makes you
33:18
what makes you tick
33:20
what really
33:21
exists in your heart
33:22
I know your mind
33:23
I know
33:24
everything you
33:25
actually have to say
33:26
and to do
33:27
I know your
33:28
very character
33:29
and
33:31
that's why God
33:33
is saying
33:33
he's going to
33:34
proclaim
33:35
his name to him
33:36
and now if you
33:36
come forward
33:37
to chapter 34
33:39
and verse 6
33:39
the Lord
33:40
passed by
33:40
before him
33:41
and proclaimed
33:42
the name of the Lord
33:44
proclaimed the Lord
33:45
the Lord God
33:46
in other words
33:47
God is proclaiming
33:49
meaning
33:49
God is revealing
33:50
to him
33:51
what his name
33:52
is
33:53
what his name
33:53
contains
33:54
what his character
33:56
is about
33:56
what he's like
33:57
and this is
33:59
as we said
34:00
it's in terms
34:01
of God's goodness
34:02
so if you like
34:04
the goodness
34:04
of God
34:05
the unfolding
34:06
of the name
34:07
of God
34:07
the inner meaning
34:09
of the name
34:09
of God
34:10
is actually
34:11
unpacked
34:12
for Moses
34:13
and for ourselves
34:14
in these verses
34:15
6 to 7
34:16
of chapter 34
34:18
as the Lord
34:19
then gets into
34:20
the detail
34:21
of who he is
34:23
and what he's like
34:24
and all of these
34:25
aspects
34:26
of God's character
34:28
and the name
34:28
of God
34:29
are important
34:30
to ourselves
34:31
this evening
34:32
we want to look
34:32
at two things
34:33
in a very short
34:35
compass
34:36
we look at
34:37
verses 1 to 4
34:38
Moses' preparation
34:40
to meet
34:41
with God
34:42
but then
34:43
from verse 5
34:44
verses 5 to 7
34:45
God's revelation
34:46
in his meeting
34:48
with Moses
34:48
so Moses' preparation
34:50
to meet
34:51
with God
34:52
and God's revelation
34:53
in his meeting
34:54
with Moses
34:55
look at the way
34:56
God
34:56
first of all
34:57
tells Moses
34:58
to prepare himself
34:59
cut for yourself
35:01
two tablets
35:02
of stone
35:03
remember the first
35:03
ones had been broken
35:04
when Moses came
35:05
down the mountain
35:06
and saw the idolatry
35:07
of the people
35:08
he broke
35:08
the first two
35:10
tablets of stone
35:11
on which the
35:11
Ten Commandments
35:12
were written
35:13
some people think
35:14
that was an act
35:14
of great anger
35:15
that was a rash
35:16
act on Moses' part
35:18
it's much more likely
35:19
to have been
35:20
an act of indignation
35:22
at what the people
35:22
had done
35:23
and that it was
35:24
a symbolic act
35:25
when he broke
35:25
these two tablets
35:26
of stone
35:27
on which the
35:28
Commandments
35:29
were written
35:29
he was demonstrating
35:30
the presence
35:31
of the people
35:31
the gravity
35:32
of their sin
35:33
what their sin
35:34
amounted to
35:35
they had broken
35:36
the law of God
35:37
they had smashed
35:38
the law of God
35:39
just as Moses
35:40
smashed the tablets
35:41
on which it was
35:42
written
35:43
and here is God
35:44
saying
35:44
I'm going to
35:46
write these
35:46
anew for you
35:47
I will write
35:49
the words
35:49
that were
35:49
on the first
35:50
but notice
35:51
saying
35:51
verse 2
35:52
be ready
35:53
by the morning
35:55
be ready
35:56
the meeting
35:58
with God
35:58
requires preparation
36:00
it requires
36:01
Moses to prepare
36:02
himself
36:03
not just to
36:04
prepare
36:04
these two
36:05
tablets
36:06
for God
36:06
to write on
36:07
but to prepare
36:08
himself
36:08
be ready
36:09
get yourself
36:11
ready
36:11
get yourself
36:12
into shape
36:13
get yourself
36:14
into order
36:15
and that
36:17
actually
36:17
requires a
36:18
deliberate
36:19
preparation
36:20
on Moses'
36:21
part
36:22
now it's like
36:24
that
36:24
for ourselves
36:26
too
36:26
one of the
36:28
outcomes
36:29
of having
36:30
a sense
36:31
of the
36:31
greatness
36:32
of God
36:32
in the midst
36:33
of his people
36:34
having a sense
36:36
of what the
36:37
name of God
36:37
is about
36:38
knowing God
36:40
for ourselves
36:41
as the great
36:41
and majestic
36:42
God that he is
36:43
the God
36:44
who is marked
36:45
by grace
36:46
and slow to anger
36:47
and all these
36:48
things we'll look
36:48
at in a moment
36:49
but as God
36:50
is marked
36:51
by these
36:51
as he impresses
36:52
these on our
36:53
hearts
36:54
every time we
36:55
come together
36:56
to meet with
36:56
God
36:57
every time we
36:58
come even
36:58
personally
36:59
individually
37:00
to have our
37:01
business with
37:01
God
37:02
in prayer
37:02
and in worship
37:03
we have these
37:04
words come to
37:05
mind
37:06
be ready
37:07
for this
37:07
prepare
37:08
for this
37:09
you're coming
37:10
to meet
37:10
with God
37:11
you're coming
37:12
to actually
37:12
have an audience
37:13
with God
37:13
you're coming
37:14
to hear
37:15
the voice
37:15
of God
37:16
you're coming
37:16
to experience
37:17
the presence
37:18
of God
37:19
through the
37:19
spirit of God
37:20
and God
37:21
is saying
37:21
to us
37:21
every time
37:22
we come
37:22
be ready
37:23
for that
37:24
now he's
37:25
given us
37:25
this wonderful
37:26
day
37:27
this Lord's
37:27
day
37:28
every Lord's
37:30
day that
37:30
passes
37:31
although of course
37:32
it's through
37:32
at some extent
37:34
in every day
37:35
and every time
37:36
we come
37:36
but the Lord's
37:37
day especially
37:38
let's look upon
37:39
the Lord's
37:39
day increasingly
37:40
a day that's
37:41
so badly
37:44
so badly
37:45
neglected
37:46
by our society
37:47
and
37:49
nevertheless
37:50
here we are
37:51
as God's
37:51
people
37:52
and we're
37:54
here tonight
37:54
and God
37:57
has required
37:58
of us
37:58
to be ready
37:59
to ready
38:00
our minds
38:01
to ready
38:02
our hearts
38:03
to prepare
38:05
to receive
38:05
his word
38:06
to prepare
38:07
to give
38:08
to him
38:08
the praise
38:09
and the worship
38:09
that we owe
38:10
to him
38:11
friends
38:12
think
38:12
every time
38:13
you come
38:14
to a Sunday
38:15
morning
38:15
to a Lord's
38:16
day morning
38:17
think of it
38:18
in this way
38:18
and I must
38:19
think of it
38:19
in that way
38:20
too
38:20
be ready
38:22
be ready
38:24
to meet
38:24
with God
38:25
prepare
38:26
your heart
38:27
and mind
38:28
as far
38:29
as possible
38:30
come
38:30
I know
38:31
that
38:31
many of us
38:32
have things
38:33
to do
38:33
even on a
38:33
Lord's day
38:34
morning
38:35
especially
38:35
with young
38:36
families
38:36
and so on
38:37
and it's
38:38
difficult
38:38
to have
38:39
time to
38:41
really just
38:41
think properly
38:42
of what we're
38:42
going to be
38:43
doing
38:43
in gathering
38:44
together
38:44
in church
38:45
and in worship
38:45
but it's
38:47
great to train
38:47
our children
38:48
in this way
38:49
as well
38:49
and that's
38:50
one of the
38:50
wonderful things
38:51
about seeing
38:52
the children
38:52
at our
38:53
services
38:54
morning or
38:55
evening
38:55
or both
38:56
that we're
38:57
really getting
38:57
them into
38:57
the way
38:58
of training
38:58
them to think
38:59
this is actually
39:00
coming to
39:01
meet with
39:01
God
39:02
we're coming
39:03
to be ready
39:04
to meet
39:04
with God
39:05
we have to
39:05
prepare to
39:06
meet with
39:06
God
39:07
we have to
39:07
just sit
39:08
and think
39:09
what it is
39:09
we're going
39:10
to do
39:10
when we
39:11
come to
39:11
church
39:12
that it's
39:13
an audience
39:14
with God
39:16
that we're
39:17
coming to
39:17
meet with
39:18
him
39:18
so he's
39:19
saying to
39:19
Moses
39:19
be ready
39:20
he has to
39:21
consecrate
39:22
himself
39:23
to prepare
39:24
himself
39:24
for this
39:25
important
39:26
meeting
39:27
that he's
39:27
going to
39:28
have with
39:28
God
39:29
but let's
39:30
look more
39:30
fully at
39:30
God's
39:31
revelation
39:31
in his
39:32
meeting
39:33
with
39:33
Moses
39:33
you see
39:34
in verse
39:35
five
39:36
there
39:36
there are
39:37
three
39:37
actions
39:38
on the
39:39
part
39:39
of
39:39
God
39:39
that
39:40
are
39:40
themselves
39:41
significant
39:41
it's
39:41
very easy
39:42
to
39:42
maybe
39:43
skip
39:43
over
39:43
them
39:43
in
39:44
reading
39:44
but
39:45
they
39:45
are
39:45
important
39:45
theologically
39:46
the Lord
39:47
descended
39:48
in the
39:49
cloud
39:49
the Lord
39:50
stood
39:51
with him
39:51
there
39:51
the Lord
39:52
proclaimed
39:53
the name
39:53
of the
39:54
Lord
39:54
three
39:54
verbs
39:55
three
39:55
words
39:55
of action
39:56
on the
39:57
part
39:57
of God
39:57
the first
39:58
is the Lord
39:59
descended
40:00
what does that
40:00
mean
40:01
why is that
40:01
emphasized
40:03
well of course
40:04
because it
40:05
just places
40:06
again in
40:06
Moses' mind
40:07
that God
40:08
is above
40:08
him
40:09
that he
40:10
is beneath
40:10
God
40:11
that God
40:11
is there
40:12
that he
40:12
is in his
40:13
greatness
40:13
arranging all
40:14
of this
40:15
but it's
40:15
especially
40:16
to just
40:16
bring to
40:17
Moses' mind
40:18
again
40:18
the Lord
40:19
has the
40:20
initiative
40:20
it's the
40:21
Lord who's
40:22
prepared this
40:22
it's the
40:23
Lord who
40:23
dictates this
40:24
it's the
40:25
Lord who
40:25
sets the
40:25
terms of
40:26
this
40:27
God
40:29
is saying
40:30
by
40:30
descending
40:32
like this
40:32
he's showing
40:33
Moses just
40:34
what it's
40:35
about
40:36
that he
40:36
God
40:37
has charge
40:39
of the
40:39
situation
40:40
he's made
40:41
the arrangement
40:41
he's taken
40:42
the initiative
40:43
and so he's
40:44
come down
40:45
in the
40:46
pillar
40:46
in the
40:47
cloud
40:48
and secondly
40:50
he stood
40:51
with him
40:51
there
40:52
that's a
40:53
remarkable
40:53
thing in
40:54
itself
40:54
there is
40:55
God
40:55
mentioned
40:56
there as
40:56
having
40:56
come
40:57
down
40:57
and now
40:58
he is
40:59
saying
40:59
the
41:00
Lord
41:00
actually
41:02
stood
41:03
with him
41:03
there
41:04
it's
41:06
anticipatory
41:08
I suppose
41:08
in some
41:09
way
41:09
of what
41:10
you find
41:10
in the
41:10
case of
41:11
Jesus
41:11
and the
41:12
Lord's
41:13
God's
41:13
Son
41:13
the Lord
41:14
Jesus
41:15
Christ
41:15
who came
41:16
and in
41:17
some cases
41:18
in the
41:18
Gospels
41:19
we find
41:20
him
41:20
referred
41:21
to us
41:22
standing
41:23
in a
41:24
certain
41:24
position
41:25
when he
41:25
comes
41:26
to meet
41:26
with
41:26
some
41:26
take
41:27
for
41:27
example
41:27
like
41:27
Zacchaeus
41:28
in Luke
41:29
chapter 19
41:30
where you
41:30
find
41:31
that Zacchaeus
41:32
having
41:32
gone ahead
41:33
and made
41:35
his way up
41:35
into the
41:35
sycamore tree
41:36
to see
41:37
Jesus
41:37
passing by
41:38
Jesus
41:39
came
41:39
to the
41:40
spot
41:40
and he
41:41
stood
41:41
he stood
41:43
and looked
41:43
up to
41:44
Zacchaeus
41:44
now
41:44
that's a
41:45
deliberate
41:45
reference
41:47
on the
41:48
part of
41:48
Luke
41:48
to what
41:49
he saw
41:49
happening
41:50
Jesus
41:52
stopped
41:53
Jesus
41:53
stood
41:54
the same
41:56
with
41:56
Bartimaeus
41:58
crying out
41:59
Jesus
42:00
son of
42:00
David
42:01
have
42:01
mercy
42:01
on
42:01
me
42:02
Jesus
42:03
stood
42:03
and
42:04
he
42:04
asked
42:05
commanded
42:06
the
42:06
disciples
42:06
to
42:06
call
42:07
Zacchaeus
42:08
to come
42:09
to him
42:09
when
42:11
God
42:11
stands
42:12
he
42:13
does
42:14
so
42:14
waiting
42:15
for
42:15
our
42:15
response
42:16
that's
42:18
why
42:18
Moses
42:18
here
42:19
meets
42:19
with
42:20
God
42:20
standing
42:21
before
42:21
him
42:22
when
42:23
God
42:24
comes
42:24
down
42:24
when
42:25
God
42:25
comes
42:25
by
42:26
his
42:26
spirit
42:26
into
42:27
such
42:27
an
42:27
occasion
42:28
even
42:28
as
42:28
this
42:28
tonight
42:29
this
42:29
is
42:29
how
42:30
you
42:30
and
42:30
I
42:30
are
42:30
to
42:30
think
42:31
of
42:31
it
42:31
the
42:31
God
42:32
who
42:32
has
42:32
taken
42:32
the
42:33
initiative
42:33
to
42:34
come
42:34
and
42:34
actually
42:35
be
42:35
here
42:35
by
42:35
his
42:36
spirit
42:36
and
42:37
he
42:37
is
42:37
standing
42:37
he
42:38
is
42:38
waiting
42:39
here
42:39
for
42:39
your
42:39
response
42:40
and
42:40
for
42:40
mine
42:40
to
42:41
his
42:41
presence
42:42
to
42:42
his
42:42
call
42:43
to
42:43
his
42:43
word
42:44
he's
42:46
not
42:46
inactive
42:46
he's
42:47
actually
42:48
in a
42:48
posture
42:49
of
42:49
waiting
42:49
standing
42:50
to
42:51
see
42:51
what
42:51
you
42:51
and
42:51
I
42:51
are
42:52
going
42:52
to
42:52
make
42:52
of
42:52
it
42:53
and
42:54
then
42:54
thirdly
42:55
he
42:56
proclaimed
42:56
he
42:57
spoke
42:58
there
43:00
is
43:00
how
43:01
we
43:01
ourselves
43:02
too
43:02
must
43:02
think
43:02
of
43:02
God
43:03
he
43:04
proclaims
43:06
himself
43:07
what
43:07
he's
43:08
like
43:08
what
43:09
the
43:09
word
43:10
Lord
43:11
means
43:11
what
43:11
his
43:11
name
43:12
is
43:12
about
43:13
so
43:14
there's
43:14
the
43:15
Lord's
43:15
actions
43:15
but
43:17
then
43:17
we
43:17
move
43:17
on
43:18
to
43:18
the
43:18
Lord's
43:19
words
43:19
because
43:21
there's
43:21
not
43:21
much
43:22
at
43:22
all
43:22
about
43:22
what
43:23
Moses
43:23
saw
43:24
but
43:25
there's
43:25
a lot
43:26
about
43:26
what
43:26
Moses
43:27
heard
43:27
and
43:28
Moses
43:28
heard
43:29
this
43:29
declaration
43:30
this
43:30
proclamation
43:31
by
43:32
God
43:32
himself
43:32
of
43:33
what
43:33
he
43:33
was
43:33
like
43:33
and
43:34
we'll
43:34
go
43:34
through
43:34
these
43:34
words
43:35
very
43:35
briefly
43:35
each
43:36
of
43:36
them
43:37
deserves
43:37
a
43:37
much
43:37
wider
43:38
treatment
43:38
than
43:39
we
43:39
can
43:39
give
43:39
it
43:39
tonight
43:40
but
43:40
we
43:41
see
43:41
them
43:41
very
43:41
frequently
43:42
in
43:42
our
43:43
studies
43:43
of
43:43
scripture
43:44
anyway
43:44
the
43:44
first
43:45
one
43:45
is
43:45
merciful
43:46
the
43:47
Lord
43:47
the
43:47
Lord
43:48
a
43:48
God
43:49
merciful
43:50
the
43:51
name
43:52
of
43:52
the
43:52
Lord
43:53
what
43:53
the
43:53
Lord
43:53
is
43:53
like
43:54
this
43:54
is
43:54
the
43:54
first
43:54
word
43:55
the
43:55
Lord
43:56
uses
43:56
the
43:57
God
43:58
who
43:58
is
43:58
merciful
43:59
and
44:00
the
44:01
word
44:01
that's
44:01
used
44:01
there
44:02
is
44:03
a
44:03
very
44:03
human
44:06
word
44:06
if you
44:07
like
44:07
all the
44:08
words
44:08
of course
44:08
are
44:09
human
44:09
words
44:09
but
44:09
I
44:09
mean
44:10
human
44:10
in the
44:11
sense
44:11
of
44:11
being
44:12
applied
44:12
in a
44:13
very
44:13
emotional
44:14
loving
44:17
caring
44:17
way
44:18
this
44:18
word
44:18
you can
44:19
find it
44:20
for example
44:20
in
44:20
Hosea
44:21
that
44:22
wonderful
44:22
passage
44:22
in
44:23
Hosea
44:23
chapter
44:23
11
44:24
which
44:25
speaks
44:25
among
44:26
other
44:26
things
44:26
of
44:26
the
44:26
Lord
44:27
bringing
44:28
Israel
44:29
as a
44:30
child
44:30
and
44:30
coming
44:31
to
44:32
teach
44:32
Israel
44:33
to
44:33
walk
44:33
he's
44:33
talking
44:34
spiritually
44:34
of course
44:35
then he
44:36
goes
44:36
on
44:36
verse
44:37
8
44:37
how
44:38
can
44:38
I
44:38
give
44:38
you
44:39
up
44:39
O
44:39
Ephraim
44:40
how
44:40
can
44:41
I
44:41
hand
44:41
you
44:41
over
44:41
O
44:42
Israel
44:42
he's
44:43
talking
44:43
to
44:43
the
44:43
same
44:43
people
44:44
the
44:44
people
44:44
of
44:44
Israel
44:44
they
44:45
are
44:46
just
44:46
embroiled
44:47
in
44:47
idolatry
44:48
they've
44:48
gone
44:48
the way
44:49
of
44:49
the
44:49
Canaanites
44:49
they've
44:50
turned
44:50
their
44:50
backs
44:51
on
44:51
the
44:51
Lord
44:51
they're
44:52
worshipping
44:52
these
44:52
idols
44:53
and
44:53
God
44:54
is
44:54
saying
44:54
how
44:55
can
44:55
I
44:55
give
44:55
you
44:55
up
44:56
how
44:56
can
44:56
I
44:56
hand
44:56
you
44:57
how
44:57
can
44:58
I
44:58
give
44:58
you
44:58
what
44:59
you
44:59
deserve
44:59
in
45:00
other
45:00
words
45:00
how
45:01
can
45:01
I
45:01
make
45:01
you
45:02
like
45:02
Adma
45:02
how
45:03
can
45:03
I
45:03
treat
45:04
you
45:04
like
45:04
Zeboam
45:04
these
45:05
were
45:05
two
45:05
cities
45:05
along
45:06
with
45:06
Sodom
45:07
that
45:07
God
45:07
destroyed
45:08
in
45:08
the
45:08
destruction
45:09
of
45:09
the
45:09
cities
45:10
of
45:10
the
45:10
plain
45:10
at
45:11
the
45:11
time
45:11
that
45:12
Sodom
45:12
was
45:12
destroyed
45:13
and
45:14
he
45:14
says
45:14
how
45:15
can
45:15
I
45:15
make
45:15
you
45:15
like
45:15
this
45:16
my
45:16
heart
45:16
recoils
45:18
within
45:18
me
45:18
my
45:19
compassion
45:20
grows
45:21
warm
45:21
and
45:22
tender
45:27
that's
45:27
used
45:28
here
45:29
of
45:29
God
45:30
in
45:30
terms
45:31
of
45:31
a
45:31
mother's
45:32
love
45:32
for
45:32
her
45:33
child
45:33
or
45:33
take
45:33
another
45:34
example
45:34
of
45:34
that
45:35
word
45:35
in
45:35
Isaiah
45:35
chapter
45:36
49
45:37
verse
45:37
15
45:38
here
45:40
is
45:40
what
45:41
God
45:41
is
45:42
saying
45:42
to
45:42
his
45:42
people
45:42
then
45:43
can
45:43
a
45:43
woman
45:43
forget
45:44
her
45:44
nursing
45:44
child
45:45
that
45:46
she
45:46
should
45:46
have
45:46
no
45:46
compassion
45:47
on
45:47
the
45:47
son
45:48
of
45:48
her
45:48
womb
45:48
even
45:49
these
45:49
may
45:50
forget
45:50
yet
45:50
I
45:50
will
45:51
not
45:51
forget
45:51
you
45:52
behold
45:53
I
45:53
have
45:53
engraved
45:53
you
45:54
on
45:54
the
45:57
woman
45:59
forget
46:00
her
46:00
nursing
46:00
child
46:01
that
46:02
she
46:02
should
46:02
have
46:02
no
46:02
compassion
46:03
on
46:03
the
46:03
son
46:04
of
46:04
her
46:04
womb
46:04
and
46:05
in
46:05
the
46:05
Hebrew
46:06
text
46:06
of
46:06
the
46:06
Old
46:06
Testament
46:07
the
46:08
word
46:08
compassion
46:09
is
46:10
very
46:10
very
46:11
close
46:11
in
46:11
its
46:11
spelling
46:12
to
46:12
the
46:12
word
46:13
womb
46:13
where
46:15
a
46:15
child
46:15
is
46:15
conceived
46:16
and
46:16
develops
46:17
prior
46:18
to
46:18
birth
46:18
in
46:20
other
46:20
words
46:20
what
46:20
God
46:20
is
46:21
saying
46:21
is
46:21
this
46:22
is
46:22
what
46:22
I
46:22
am
46:23
like
46:23
in
46:23
my
46:24
being
46:24
merciful
46:25
I
46:27
am
46:27
actually
46:28
like
46:28
a
46:29
mother
46:29
whose
46:30
care
46:30
for
46:30
an
46:31
unborn
46:31
child
46:32
is
46:34
of
46:35
such
46:35
a
46:35
quality
46:35
sadly
46:36
we're
46:36
not
46:36
in
46:37
a
46:37
world
46:38
that
46:38
appreciates
46:38
that
46:39
these
46:39
days
46:39
are
46:39
we
46:40
but
46:41
what
46:41
God
46:41
is
46:42
saying
46:42
is
46:42
can
46:43
a
46:43
woman
46:43
forget
46:45
her
46:45
child
46:46
of
46:46
her
46:46
womb
46:47
well
46:48
they
46:48
may
46:48
forget
46:49
but
46:50
I
46:50
will
46:50
not
46:50
forget
46:51
you
46:51
in
46:53
other
46:53
words
46:53
the
46:54
Lord's
46:55
mercy
46:55
is
46:57
the
46:57
Lord's
46:58
wonderful
46:59
cradling
47:01
loving
47:01
of
47:02
his
47:02
children
47:02
looking
47:04
after
47:05
them
47:05
compassionately
47:06
looking
47:07
after
47:07
them
47:07
so
47:07
lovingly
47:08
as
47:09
a
47:09
woman
47:10
looks
47:10
after
47:10
her
47:10
unborn
47:11
and
47:11
newly
47:12
born
47:12
child
47:12
that's
47:14
the
47:14
mercy
47:14
of
47:15
God
47:15
you
47:19
know
47:19
some
47:19
people
47:20
will
47:20
tell
47:20
us
47:20
I
47:23
don't
47:23
know
47:23
how
47:23
you
47:23
can
47:23
believe
47:24
in
47:25
that
47:25
God
47:25
that's
47:26
described
47:26
in
47:26
the
47:26
Old
47:27
Testament
47:27
that
47:29
God
47:30
that
47:30
just
47:30
seems
47:31
to be
47:31
so
47:31
severe
47:32
so
47:33
wrathful
47:34
so
47:35
full
47:35
of
47:35
anger
47:35
and
47:36
indignation
47:36
that
47:38
God
47:38
who
47:38
commands
47:39
certain
47:40
things
47:40
that
47:40
really
47:41
just
47:41
are
47:41
quite
47:42
unacceptable
47:42
there's
47:44
no
47:44
sense
47:45
of
47:45
compassion
47:46
there's
47:47
no
47:47
sense
47:48
of
47:48
love
47:48
or
47:48
tenderness
47:49
with
47:49
that
47:50
God
47:50
I
47:50
can't
47:51
believe
47:51
in
47:51
that
47:51
God
47:52
well
47:54
this
47:54
is
47:54
that
47:54
God
47:55
this
47:57
holy
47:57
God
47:57
who
47:58
is
47:59
abundant
48:00
in
48:00
mercy
48:00
whose
48:02
mercy
48:02
in
48:03
human
48:04
terms
48:04
can
48:06
be
48:06
described
48:06
no
48:06
better
48:07
than
48:07
the
48:07
love
48:08
of
48:08
a
48:09
woman
48:09
for
48:10
the
48:10
child
48:11
of
48:11
her
48:11
womb
48:11
this
48:13
is
48:13
our
48:13
God
48:14
this
48:16
is
48:16
who's
48:16
looking
48:16
after
48:17
you
48:17
this
48:18
is
48:18
the
48:18
quality
48:19
of
48:19
his
48:19
mercy
48:19
of
48:20
his
48:20
care
48:21
of
48:22
course
48:22
God
48:23
in
48:24
terms
48:25
of
48:25
mercy
48:25
as
48:27
Psalm
48:27
130
48:28
reminds
48:28
us
48:29
it's
48:29
not
48:29
something
48:30
that
48:30
God
48:30
owes
48:30
to
48:31
us
48:31
if
48:32
you
48:32
were
48:32
to
48:32
mark
48:33
iniquity
48:33
which
48:34
God
48:34
could
48:34
who
48:35
could
48:35
stand
48:35
but
48:36
there
48:36
is
48:36
forgiveness
48:37
there's
48:37
mercy
48:38
with
48:38
you
48:38
so
48:39
that
48:40
you
48:40
may
48:40
be
48:40
feared
48:41
the
48:43
Lord
48:43
God
48:43
merciful
48:44
and
48:45
then
48:45
he
48:45
says
48:46
gracious
48:47
the
48:48
favor
48:48
of
48:49
God
48:49
the
48:49
undeserved
48:50
favor
48:51
of
48:51
God
48:51
you
48:51
see
48:51
if
48:52
we
48:52
deserved
48:53
any
48:53
favor
48:54
from
48:54
God
48:55
then
48:55
God
48:56
would
48:56
owe
48:56
something
48:57
to
48:57
us
48:58
if
48:59
we
48:59
were
48:59
able
48:59
to
48:59
work
49:00
ourselves
49:00
up
49:01
into
49:01
some
49:01
sort
49:02
of
49:02
merit
49:03
case
49:03
then
49:03
God
49:04
would
49:04
actually
49:04
be
49:05
obliged
49:05
to
49:06
show
49:06
us
49:06
mercy
49:07
and
49:07
grace
49:07
but
49:08
of
49:08
course
49:08
grace
49:08
is
49:09
only
49:09
meaningful
49:10
when
49:10
you
49:11
realize
49:11
that
49:11
we
49:12
are
49:12
undeserving
49:13
of
49:13
it
49:13
grace
49:15
is
49:15
favor
49:16
to
49:16
the
49:16
undeserving
49:17
that's
49:18
what
49:18
grace
49:19
is
49:19
really
49:19
all
49:20
about
49:20
and
49:22
then
49:23
slow
49:23
to
49:23
anger
49:24
reluctant
49:26
to
49:26
intervene
49:27
and
49:28
judgment
49:28
even
49:28
when
49:29
it's
49:29
deserved
49:29
we
49:30
again
49:30
remember
49:31
to
49:31
go
49:31
back
49:31
to
49:31
to
49:32
Hosea
49:32
chapter
49:33
11
49:33
how
49:34
can
49:34
I
49:34
make
49:34
you
49:35
like
49:36
admins
49:36
a
49:36
bone
49:36
how
49:37
can
49:37
I
49:37
hand
49:37
you
49:37
over
49:38
my
49:38
heart
49:39
recoils
49:39
within
49:39
me
49:40
my
49:40
compassion
49:40
grows
49:41
warm
49:41
and
49:41
tender
49:42
I
49:42
will
49:43
not
49:43
execute
49:43
my
49:44
burning
49:44
anger
49:44
I
49:45
will
49:45
not
49:45
again
49:46
destroy
49:46
Ephraim
49:47
for
49:48
I
49:48
am
49:48
God
49:49
and
49:49
not
49:49
a
49:49
man
49:50
the
49:51
holy
49:51
one
49:51
in
49:51
your
49:52
midst
49:52
I
49:52
will
49:52
not
49:53
come
49:53
in
49:53
wrath
49:53
in
49:54
other
49:54
words
49:54
God
49:55
is
49:55
saying
49:55
to
49:55
Israel
49:56
in
49:56
these
49:56
days
49:57
of
49:57
Hosea
49:57
if
49:58
I
49:58
were
49:58
a
49:58
human
49:59
being
49:59
I
50:00
would
50:00
not
50:00
let
50:00
you
50:00
off
50:01
with
50:01
us
50:01
if
50:01
I
50:01
was
50:01
a
50:01
human
50:02
being
50:02
I
50:03
would
50:03
destroy
50:03
you
50:04
I
50:04
would
50:04
wipe
50:05
you
50:05
out
50:05
I
50:06
would
50:06
get
50:06
rid
50:07
of
50:07
you
50:07
but
50:09
I
50:09
am
50:09
God
50:09
and
50:11
not
50:11
man
50:11
and
50:14
therefore
50:14
I
50:14
will
50:14
have
50:15
compassion
50:15
slow
50:18
to
50:19
anger
50:19
how
50:23
many
50:23
days
50:23
have
50:23
you
50:24
and
50:24
I
50:24
been
50:24
thankful
50:25
that
50:26
God
50:27
is
50:27
slow
50:27
to
50:27
anger
50:28
that
50:30
God
50:30
does
50:30
not
50:30
rise
50:31
up
50:31
instantly
50:32
when
50:33
we
50:33
sin
50:33
against
50:34
him
50:34
when
50:35
we
50:35
are
50:35
conscious
50:36
that
50:36
we
50:36
have
50:36
sinned
50:37
against
50:37
him
50:37
that
50:38
he
50:38
doesn't
50:38
rise
50:39
up
50:39
immediately
50:40
to
50:40
destroy
50:40
us
50:40
which
50:41
is
50:41
really
50:41
ultimately
50:42
what
50:42
we
50:42
deserve
50:43
for
50:43
our
50:43
sin
50:43
he
50:44
is
50:45
slow
50:45
to
50:45
anger
50:46
it's
50:47
not
50:47
like
50:47
us
50:49
human
50:49
beings
50:50
so
50:50
often
50:51
just
50:51
lose
50:52
it
50:52
in
50:52
a
50:52
moment
50:52
that
50:54
doesn't
50:54
mean
50:54
that
50:54
God
50:55
has
50:56
no
50:56
anger
50:56
in
50:57
his
50:57
being
50:57
in
50:58
his
50:59
attributes
50:59
we'll
50:59
see it
51:00
in a
51:00
minute
51:00
that
51:00
he
51:00
has
51:00
but
51:01
he
51:01
is
51:02
slow
51:02
to
51:03
anger
51:03
and
51:04
abounding
51:05
in
51:06
steadfast
51:08
love
51:09
and
51:09
faithfulness
51:10
well
51:11
steadfast
51:11
love
51:12
is
51:12
God's
51:13
covenant
51:13
love
51:14
and
51:14
kindness
51:14
and
51:16
it's
51:16
translated
51:18
as you
51:18
know
51:18
elsewhere
51:18
in the
51:19
older
51:19
versions
51:20
as
51:20
loving
51:21
kindness
51:21
and
51:22
loving
51:22
kindness
51:23
is a
51:23
good
51:24
way
51:24
of
51:24
translating
51:25
I
51:25
think
51:26
because
51:26
it
51:27
reminds
51:27
us
51:27
that
51:27
God
51:28
in
51:28
his
51:28
love
51:28
for
51:29
his
51:29
people
51:29
is
51:30
a
51:30
God
51:30
who
51:31
acts
51:31
in
51:31
love
51:32
towards
51:32
them
51:32
he
51:32
doesn't
51:33
just
51:33
love
51:33
them
51:34
in
51:34
the
51:34
sense
51:35
of
51:35
having
51:35
good
51:35
thoughts
51:36
about
51:36
them
51:36
and
51:37
that
51:37
passes
51:37
off
51:38
into
51:38
our
51:38
own
51:38
love
51:39
as
51:39
well
51:39
and
51:39
what
51:39
our
51:40
love
51:40
should
51:40
be
51:41
it's
51:41
not
51:42
love
51:42
just
51:42
mentally
51:43
it's
51:43
not
51:44
just
51:44
love
51:44
in
51:44
the
51:44
thoughts
51:45
of
51:45
your
51:45
mind
51:45
saying
51:46
to
51:46
someone
51:46
I
51:47
love
51:47
you
51:47
you
51:47
have
51:47
to
51:47
actually
51:48
demonstrate
51:48
that
51:49
and
51:49
your
51:49
love
51:50
is
51:50
demonstrated
51:51
when
51:51
you
51:51
give
51:51
something
51:52
of
51:52
yourself
51:53
especially
52:01
evidence
52:02
of
52:02
that
52:02
the
52:02
greatest
52:02
action
52:03
of
52:03
God's
52:04
covenant
52:04
loving
52:05
kindness
52:05
is
52:06
Calvary
52:07
is
52:08
the
52:08
giving
52:08
of
52:09
his
52:09
son
52:09
the
52:10
giving
52:11
of
52:11
Christ
52:11
to
52:11
the
52:12
death
52:12
of
52:12
the
52:12
cross
52:13
in
52:14
his
52:14
love
52:15
for
52:15
his
52:15
people
52:15
abounding
52:17
in
52:18
steadfast
52:19
love
52:20
and
52:21
faithfulness
52:22
both of
52:23
these are
52:24
covenant
52:24
words
52:24
steadfast
52:25
love
52:25
and
52:26
faithfulness
52:27
in
52:27
other
52:27
words
52:28
the
52:28
Lord
52:28
keeps
52:29
faithfully
52:30
to
52:30
his
52:30
promises
52:31
keeps
52:32
faithfully
52:32
to
52:32
his
52:32
covenant
52:33
he's
52:34
never
52:34
ever
52:35
diverted
52:35
from
52:36
his
52:36
loving
52:36
purpose
52:37
for
52:38
his
52:38
people
52:38
we
52:40
heard
52:40
this
52:40
morning
52:41
of
52:41
how
52:43
in
52:43
the
52:43
psalm
52:44
sometimes
52:44
you
52:45
find
52:45
the
52:46
psalmist
52:46
coming
52:47
to
52:48
express
52:49
to
52:49
God
52:49
a
52:50
sense
52:50
of
52:51
being
52:51
left
52:52
or
52:52
of
52:52
being
52:52
abandoned
52:53
a
52:54
sense
52:54
of
52:54
perhaps
52:55
that
52:55
the
52:56
world
52:56
is
52:56
really
52:57
better
52:57
off
52:58
than
52:58
he
52:58
is
52:59
or
53:00
it
53:00
seems
53:00
like
53:00
that
53:00
to
53:01
him
53:01
until
53:02
as
53:02
we
53:02
heard
53:02
this
53:02
morning
53:03
from
53:03
psalm
53:03
73
53:04
especially
53:04
as
53:05
psalm
53:05
37
53:06
to
53:06
the
53:07
Lord
53:08
redirected
53:08
the
53:09
thoughts
53:09
of
53:09
the
53:09
psalmist
53:10
to
53:10
realize
53:11
that
53:11
actually
53:12
everything
53:13
he
53:13
needed
53:13
he
53:14
had
53:14
with
53:14
God
53:15
and
53:16
every
53:17
time
53:17
he
53:18
thought
53:18
that
53:18
he
53:18
was
53:18
not
53:19
being
53:19
remembered
53:19
by
53:19
God
53:20
nevertheless
53:21
I
53:21
am
53:21
still
53:22
with
53:22
you
53:22
you
53:23
never
53:24
leave
53:24
me
53:24
you
53:25
never
53:25
forget
53:25
me
53:26
you
53:27
never
53:27
stop
53:27
providing
53:28
for
53:28
me
53:29
that's
53:30
the
53:31
God
53:31
we
53:32
worship
53:32
tonight
53:32
that's
53:33
one
53:33
of
53:34
the
53:34
reasons
53:34
for
53:34
our
53:34
thankfulness
53:35
that
53:36
God
53:36
is
53:37
faithful
53:38
and
53:39
then
53:40
moving
53:40
on
53:40
because
53:40
the
53:41
time
53:41
is
53:41
passing
53:41
he
53:42
then
53:42
says
53:42
forgiving
53:43
iniquity
53:45
and
53:45
transgression
53:46
and
53:46
sin
53:47
now
53:48
there
53:49
are
53:49
passages
53:49
in
53:49
the
53:49
Bible
53:50
we've
53:50
come
53:50
across
53:50
some
53:51
already
53:51
Psalm
53:51
51
53:52
is
53:52
one
53:53
of
53:53
them
53:53
Psalm
53:54
32
53:54
another
53:55
one
53:55
dealing
53:56
with
53:56
forgiveness
53:56
confession
53:57
of sin
53:58
forgiveness
53:58
and
53:59
here
53:59
in
53:59
this
53:59
passage
54:00
you
54:00
have
54:00
the
54:00
three
54:01
great
54:01
Old
54:02
Testament
54:02
words
54:03
for
54:03
sin
54:03
there
54:04
they
54:04
are
54:05
translated
54:05
there
54:06
iniquity
54:07
transgression
54:08
and
54:09
sin
54:09
and
54:10
it's
54:10
worth
54:10
a
54:10
moment
54:11
just
54:11
reflecting
54:12
on
54:12
what
54:12
these
54:12
words
54:13
mean
54:13
transgression
54:14
iniquity
54:16
sin
54:16
iniquity
54:17
meaning
54:17
essentially
54:18
outward
54:19
twistedness
54:20
it's a word
54:21
in Hebrew
54:21
that means
54:22
being all
54:23
twisted up
54:24
and you know
54:25
that's what
54:25
we're like
54:26
when God
54:26
comes to
54:27
show us
54:27
what our
54:28
heart is
54:28
like
54:29
and we
54:29
come to
54:30
confess
54:30
our sin
54:31
to God
54:31
part of
54:32
what we're
54:33
conscious
54:33
of
54:33
one of
54:34
the things
54:34
we're
54:34
confessing
54:35
to him
54:35
is our
54:36
twistedness
54:37
that is
54:38
this is
54:39
what we
54:39
are as
54:40
sinners
54:40
our
54:41
heart
54:42
isn't
54:42
straight
54:42
it's all
54:43
twisted up
54:44
it needs
54:45
to be
54:45
straightened
54:45
out
54:46
and this
54:48
is what
54:48
God
54:49
in forgiveness
54:49
does
54:50
forgiving
54:53
iniquity
54:54
and then
54:55
transgression
54:56
and the word
54:57
transgression
54:58
means
55:00
rebellion
55:01
essentially
55:02
that's what
55:02
it is
55:03
our sin
55:03
is rebellion
55:05
against
55:05
God
55:06
every
55:07
every single
55:07
time
55:08
you or
55:09
I
55:09
knowing
55:10
God's
55:11
word
55:11
knowing
55:12
God's
55:12
will
55:12
knowing
55:13
God's
55:13
command
55:14
fail to
55:15
actually do
55:15
that and
55:16
deliberately do
55:17
not do
55:17
what we're
55:18
required to
55:18
do
55:19
that's
55:20
transgression
55:21
that's
55:22
casting the
55:23
law of
55:23
God
55:23
aside
55:24
that's
55:26
breaking
55:26
the bounds
55:27
that God
55:29
sets for
55:29
us
55:30
it's
55:31
willful
55:32
defiance
55:33
of
55:34
God
55:34
and you
55:37
see that's
55:37
why
55:38
sin is
55:39
such a
55:39
serious
55:40
issue
55:40
it's not
55:42
something you
55:43
can treat
55:43
casually
55:44
it's not
55:45
something that
55:45
doesn't really
55:46
matter very
55:47
much
55:47
it's a
55:49
confession of
55:50
this inner
55:50
twistedness
55:51
of this
55:53
deliberate
55:53
defiance
55:54
and rebellion
55:55
against God
55:55
and thirdly
55:57
he uses the
55:57
word sin
55:58
itself
55:58
forgiving
56:00
iniquity
56:01
and transgression
56:01
and sin
56:02
and that's
56:03
the Old
56:03
Testament word
56:04
for falling
56:05
short
56:05
missing the
56:07
mark
56:07
not meeting
56:09
the standard
56:09
of God
56:10
that he
56:10
requires of
56:11
us
56:12
this is why
56:14
it's important
56:15
as only as you
56:17
really get into
56:18
the workings
56:19
of sin
56:20
and come to
56:20
appreciate what
56:21
the Bible says
56:22
about sin
56:23
that you then
56:24
really begin to
56:24
appreciate the
56:25
wonder of
56:26
forgiveness
56:26
that this is
56:28
what God
56:28
forgives
56:29
this is the
56:31
kind of
56:31
person
56:31
that God
56:32
comes to
56:33
be compassionate
56:33
to
56:34
this is the
56:35
kind of
56:36
person
56:36
all that's
56:36
in here
56:37
in myself
56:37
that God
56:39
actually comes
56:40
to say
56:40
of us
56:41
I will be
56:42
merciful to
56:43
you
56:43
I will forgive
56:44
your iniquity
56:45
I will actually
56:46
deal with your
56:47
twistedness
56:48
I will handle
56:49
your rebellion
56:50
I will not
56:51
condemn you
56:52
for it
56:53
because my
56:54
concern
56:55
is to save
56:56
you
56:56
to forgive
56:57
you
56:57
to wash
56:58
you
56:58
to make
56:59
you clean
57:00
you see
57:04
if we were
57:05
going to
57:05
follow a
57:06
certain form
57:07
of teaching
57:07
that would
57:09
try and
57:09
make ourselves
57:10
righteous in
57:11
the presence
57:11
of God
57:12
and earn
57:13
good marks
57:14
from God
57:15
in order then
57:16
to be accepted
57:17
that's what we
57:18
saw our study
57:19
in Philippians
57:19
some time ago
57:20
Philippians 3
57:21
Paul's
57:22
confession there
57:23
what he used
57:25
to be
57:25
the righteousness
57:26
of the law
57:28
is what he
57:28
sought to
57:29
achieve
57:29
by his own
57:30
efforts
57:31
by what he
57:32
was doing
57:32
or what he
57:33
was not
57:33
doing
57:34
piling up
57:35
as he
57:35
sought
57:36
a whole
57:37
column
57:37
of merit
57:38
of deservedness
57:40
that God
57:41
would certainly
57:41
account him
57:42
then righteous
57:43
until Jesus
57:44
met him
57:44
and destroyed
57:45
every sense
57:47
of his own
57:47
sufficiency
57:48
and his own
57:48
self-righteousness
57:50
instead he
57:52
says I
57:53
now thank
57:54
God
57:54
I count
57:55
that sort
57:56
of thing
57:56
as rubbish
57:57
so that I
57:59
may when
58:00
Christ be
58:00
found in
58:01
him
58:01
not having
58:02
a righteousness
58:03
of my own
58:04
which is of
58:04
the law
58:05
but the
58:06
righteousness
58:06
that is of
58:08
God by
58:08
faith
58:09
the righteousness
58:11
of Jesus
58:13
that is what
58:16
God deals
58:16
with
58:17
and this is
58:18
how God
58:18
deals with
58:19
it
58:19
he deals
58:20
with sin
58:20
with iniquity
58:22
with sin
58:24
and transgression
58:25
and iniquity
58:26
and he provides
58:29
for us
58:29
righteousness
58:30
he sweeps
58:33
all of these
58:33
off our record
58:34
when we come
58:36
to Christ
58:36
but then he
58:39
says not
58:40
not
58:41
who will by
58:44
no means
58:44
clear the
58:45
guilty
58:45
visiting the
58:47
iniquity
58:47
of the father
58:48
and the
58:50
children's
58:50
children
58:50
to the
58:51
third and
58:51
fourth
58:51
generation
58:53
the fact
58:55
that God
58:56
has said
58:57
all is about
58:57
himself
58:58
about his
58:59
loving kindness
59:00
his steadfast
59:02
love
59:02
his graciousness
59:03
that emphasis
59:05
on love
59:06
has not ruled
59:07
out
59:07
the wrath
59:08
of God
59:09
and it's a
59:11
great mistake
59:11
to think
59:12
that that's
59:12
the case
59:13
God's wrath
59:15
has not
59:16
gone away
59:16
although God
59:18
has dealt
59:18
with it
59:19
himself
59:19
in the
59:20
person of
59:21
Jesus
59:21
who took
59:21
that wrath
59:22
to himself
59:22
on the
59:23
cross
59:24
of Calvary
59:24
so what
59:26
God is
59:27
saying here
59:27
is that
59:28
he will
59:29
by no means
59:30
clear the
59:30
guilty
59:31
the person
59:32
who goes
59:32
on in
59:33
sin
59:33
the person
59:35
insists
59:35
on their
59:36
own way
59:36
the person
59:38
who thinks
59:38
that some
59:39
or other
59:39
things will
59:40
work out
59:40
all right
59:41
even if they
59:42
don't change
59:42
their way
59:43
of life
59:43
God's
59:45
not going
59:45
to clear
59:46
them
59:46
there's no
59:48
clearing
59:48
of the
59:49
guilty
59:49
except
59:49
by way
59:51
of forgiveness
59:51
through Jesus
59:52
Christ
59:53
and this is
59:55
not God
59:56
being vindictive
59:57
this is just
59:59
sin being
59:59
sin
1:00:00
visiting the
1:00:02
iniquity
1:00:03
of the
1:00:04
father from
1:00:04
the children
1:00:05
and the
1:00:05
children's
1:00:05
children
1:00:06
to the
1:00:06
third and
1:00:06
fourth
1:00:06
generation
1:00:07
you see
1:00:08
in those
1:00:09
days
1:00:09
very often
1:00:10
there'd be
1:00:10
three or
1:00:10
four generations
1:00:11
in one
1:00:12
house
1:00:12
that's
1:00:14
why
1:00:14
the
1:00:15
householder
1:00:16
if he
1:00:16
rebelled
1:00:16
against
1:00:17
God
1:00:17
well the
1:00:18
effects of
1:00:19
that would
1:00:19
be known
1:00:19
amongst
1:00:20
his
1:00:20
children
1:00:20
they would
1:00:23
come to
1:00:23
experience
1:00:24
something of
1:00:25
God's wrath
1:00:26
of God's
1:00:27
displeasure
1:00:28
but it's not
1:00:30
God being
1:00:31
vindictive
1:00:32
that's just
1:00:33
the way
1:00:33
sin spreads
1:00:34
when it's
1:00:36
held on
1:00:36
to
1:00:37
and Moses
1:00:39
response
1:00:40
let me just
1:00:41
finish with
1:00:42
this
1:00:42
Moses
1:00:42
response
1:00:43
is so
1:00:44
significant
1:00:44
Moses
1:00:46
bowed his
1:00:47
head
1:00:47
towards the
1:00:48
earth
1:00:48
and worshipped
1:00:49
and he
1:00:50
said
1:00:50
if now I
1:00:51
have found
1:00:51
favor in
1:00:52
your sight
1:00:52
Lord please
1:00:54
let the
1:00:54
Lord go
1:00:55
with us
1:00:55
in the
1:00:57
midst of
1:00:57
us
1:00:57
for it
1:00:58
is a
1:00:58
stiff-necked
1:00:58
people
1:00:59
and pardon
1:01:00
our
1:01:00
iniquity
1:01:01
and our
1:01:01
sin
1:01:01
and take
1:01:02
us
1:01:02
for your
1:01:03
inheritance
1:01:04
well in the
1:01:05
Old Testament
1:01:06
an inheritance
1:01:07
was something
1:01:08
held
1:01:08
inviolably
1:01:09
you could
1:01:11
not actually
1:01:12
take the
1:01:13
inheritance
1:01:13
of somebody
1:01:14
who had been
1:01:14
given that
1:01:15
inheritance
1:01:15
without doing
1:01:16
violence
1:01:17
to the whole
1:01:18
process of
1:01:19
something being
1:01:20
passed on
1:01:20
and what
1:01:22
Moses is
1:01:24
saying here
1:01:25
is take
1:01:26
us for
1:01:26
your
1:01:27
inheritance
1:01:27
take us
1:01:29
as a
1:01:30
people
1:01:30
and make
1:01:31
us your
1:01:32
inheritance
1:01:32
make us
1:01:33
your
1:01:34
inviolable
1:01:35
property
1:01:36
and of
1:01:38
course you
1:01:38
remember how
1:01:39
the New
1:01:39
Testament
1:01:40
puts that
1:01:40
in the way
1:01:41
in which
1:01:42
Peter wrote
1:01:42
in his
1:01:43
first letter
1:01:44
1 Peter
1:01:46
chapter 2
1:01:47
and verses
1:01:48
9 to 10
1:01:49
you are a
1:01:51
chosen race
1:01:52
he said to
1:01:53
those he
1:01:53
wrote to
1:01:53
you are a
1:01:55
chosen race
1:01:55
a royal
1:01:56
priesthood
1:01:56
a holy
1:01:57
nation
1:01:57
a people
1:01:58
for his
1:01:59
own
1:01:59
possession
1:02:00
that you
1:02:02
may proclaim
1:02:02
the excellencies
1:02:03
of him
1:02:03
who called
1:02:05
you out of
1:02:05
darkness
1:02:05
into his
1:02:06
marvelous
1:02:06
light
1:02:07
this is not
1:02:09
your prayer
1:02:09
this evening
1:02:11
and in an
1:02:13
ongoing way
1:02:13
that as a
1:02:16
people
1:02:16
as a
1:02:17
congregation
1:02:18
a people
1:02:20
with a new
1:02:20
ministry
1:02:21
beginning in
1:02:21
our midst
1:02:22
an appreciative
1:02:24
people
1:02:25
a worshipping
1:02:26
people
1:02:27
a God
1:02:28
honoring
1:02:28
people
1:02:29
as we
1:02:29
seek
1:02:29
to be
1:02:30
you
1:02:32
yourself
1:02:33
individually
1:02:34
can say
1:02:35
this too
1:02:36
surely
1:02:36
Lord
1:02:37
take us
1:02:39
as your
1:02:41
inheritance
1:02:41
take us
1:02:43
as your
1:02:44
people
1:02:44
possess us
1:02:46
in such a
1:02:47
way that we
1:02:48
will never
1:02:48
be lost
1:02:49
that we
1:02:50
will always
1:02:51
be under
1:02:51
your loving
1:02:53
care
1:02:53
and may God
1:02:54
bless these
1:02:55
thoughts
1:02:55
honest word
1:02:56
to us
1:02:57
we're going
1:02:57
to conclude
1:02:57
tonight
1:02:58
from
1:02:59
Psalm 17
1:03:01
there's a
1:03:01
mistake in
1:03:02
the print
1:03:02
in your
1:03:04
bulletin
1:03:04
sheet
1:03:04
and that's
1:03:06
my fault
1:03:06
because I
1:03:07
passed on
1:03:07
the wrong
1:03:08
Psalm reference
1:03:09
to Lizzie
1:03:10
before she
1:03:10
made up
1:03:11
the bulletin
1:03:11
so if I
1:03:13
can turn
1:03:13
your mind
1:03:13
to Psalm
1:03:14
17
1:03:14
in the
1:03:16
Sing
1:03:16
Psalms
1:03:16
version
1:03:17
page 18
1:03:18
of the
1:03:19
Psalm
1:03:19
books
1:03:19
and we'll
1:03:24
sing from
1:03:25
the middle
1:03:25
of verse
1:03:26
4
1:03:26
from every
1:03:27
evil
1:03:27
path
1:03:27
by your
1:03:28
word
1:03:28
I'm
1:03:28
preserved
1:03:29
my feet
1:03:30
have held
1:03:31
to all
1:03:31
your ways
1:03:32
from them
1:03:33
I have
1:03:33
not swerved
1:03:34
I call
1:03:35
on you
1:03:35
O God
1:03:36
for you
1:03:36
will answer
1:03:37
me
1:03:37
O turn
1:03:38
your ear
1:03:38
towards my
1:03:39
prayer
1:03:40
and hear
1:03:40
my earnest
1:03:41
plea
1:03:42
we'll sing
1:03:43
on to the
1:03:43
end of
1:03:44
verse
1:03:44
marked
1:03:45
8
1:03:45
from every
1:03:46
evil
1:03:47
path
1:03:47
the
1:04:17
I have not swerved.
1:04:24
I call on you, O God,
1:04:32
for you will answer me.
1:04:39
O turn you in towards my prayer,
1:04:49
and in my earnest plea.
1:04:58
This way you set us love,
1:05:06
and sing with you my time.
1:05:15
All those who free are held to you
1:05:25
when foes against the sky.
1:05:33
And shadow of your wings
1:05:42
hide thee in times of strife,
1:05:49
and as we love the Lord your light,
1:05:59
preserve and hard my life.
1:06:10
After the benediction, I'll go to the door here to my right.
1:06:13
Now may the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ,
1:06:17
the love of God the Father, and the communion of the Holy Spirit,
1:06:20
be with you now and evermore.
1:06:22
Amen.
1:06:23
Amen.