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No Fear in Death · Stornoway Free Church of Scotland - Sermons

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Good evening. It would be worth having Psalm 116 in front of our eyes as we have a look at it this evening.
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! So it would be great if you got that open. And as you get it ready, let me suggest to you that culturally, we tend to associate certain songs with certain occasions.
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Now, I'll choose ones which are neutral, which won't apply to you. For example, if you like rugby, well, you might like rugby, and you're Welsh, we have a national anthem, of course, as do you, but there's a hymn, Guide me, O Thou Great Jehovah, pilgrim through this barren land.
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Bread of heaven, feed me now and evermore. From childhood, that hymn, right or wrong, is associated with watching Wales, as a child, play rugby.
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A bit more common and untidy is that if you like football, if you like Liverpool, or even if you don't, you may well know that you'll never walk alone is a song that is always associated with that football team.
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Now, Psalm 116 is deeply associated in the mind of the writer or any child who ever, ever read it at Saturday school as a Jewish child.
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So, Psalm 116 is deeply associated with the Passover festival.
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And the last thing that a Jewish home ever did on the last night of Passover, a Thursday, was to have a meal together.
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And when they had a meal together, they sang as the last thing they did that night.
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Psalms 113 to Psalm 118, as they recorded for us, as the final Passover hymn.
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So, when Jesus Christ goes to the last supper, Matthew tells us in chapter 26 and verse 30,
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when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.
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You know the hymn.
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It's Psalm 113 to 118.
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Right in the middle of those psalms, as we have them captured in those numbers,
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would be words that the Lord Jesus Christ would have known since he was a little boy.
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He'd have known them inside out, upside down and round and round.
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He could sing them any time.
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Because every year since he was a kid, his family had sung that song the day before the Passover final celebration on a Friday.
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So, my friends, when you ever read or sing Psalm 113 to 118, and tonight we're in the center, 116, and we shall look at it in detail.
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You need to get, sorry, that's not fair, I need to get, we need to get, this clear point.
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These words that we're looking at tonight were in Jesus' mind as he walked into Gethsemane.
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They were in his mind as Judas Iscariot betrayed him.
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They were in his mind when he was arrested and beaten.
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They would have been in his mind as he hung on a cross.
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So, we are about to read through again the very psalm that Jesus knew applied to him on the cross.
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The psalm, if you look down at it, refers to the horror of death three times in verses 3, verse 8, and verse 15.
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It's a psalm of despair at facing the agony and the horror and terror of death.
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But it is also a psalm of rescue.
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It's a psalm that cries out that God will rescue his nation and his people, as sung at Passover.
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When we read this psalm now together, we therefore need to look at it from a certain perspective.
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When the psalmist wrote it, he was looking back to the Passover.
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Make sense?
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He was looking backwards in history.
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As he wrote it, he didn't know.
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He was writing forwards to Jesus Christ.
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We live beyond the time of Christ.
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So, now we can look back
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via the cross of Christ
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and the Jesus who knew this psalm applied to himself.
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And then we can apply it to ourselves on this Sunday evening.
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So that we may walk out of that door tonight saying,
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I am glad.
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I am glad that I have a Savior.
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I am glad.
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It is my privilege to be a woman or a man who has Christ in their lives.
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Psalm 116 is Jesus' song.
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The Jesus who knew that as he walked into that cross and grave,
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who cried out,
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Father,
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Father, take this cup from me,
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but not my will,
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but your will be done.
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The very Jesus Christ,
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who cried those words,
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knew he would go to the cross,
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knew it would be anguish,
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knew he would defeat death,
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and knew that you and I would be in this building tonight,
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looking back.
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When he says to us,
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all right,
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you,
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sing the song with me,
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because it's your song now.
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It is your song now,
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because of what I've done.
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So come on,
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let's get into the song,
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because if you're a Christian,
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it's your song,
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through faith in Jesus Christ.
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Here we go.
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Let's have a look at it in detail then.
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Verses 1 to 2.
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Please have a look at it.
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It's full of emotion.
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I love the Lord,
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because he has heard my voice,
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and my pleas for mercy,
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because he inclined his ear to me,
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therefore I will call on him as long as I live.
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Let's sing this song,
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as it were,
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as a Christian,
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if you are a Christian tonight.
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Jesus' death at the cross,
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the Passover lamb,
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as he sang this song,
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going to that cross,
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he made it possible for you and me to say this evening,
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I love the Lord.
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I really do.
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I just love him.
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Why would we love him?
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Look at verse 1.
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Because he has heard my voice.
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As Jesus cried to his father that night,
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he goes on to beat death.
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He goes on to beat the grave.
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He goes on to reach you,
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so that you can say this Sunday evening,
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I love the Lord.
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Why?
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Because he hears my voice.
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He's always listening for me.
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Look,
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he hears my pleas for mercy.
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When life is terrible,
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when it's gone wrong,
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when it's broken,
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who can I turn to?
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When I have sinned,
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when I've let myself down,
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when I've let my parents down,
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my family down,
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when I'm hurt inside for my failure,
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where can I turn?
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And he says,
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turn to me.
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You can always turn to me.
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I will never turn away from you.
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Isn't that a relief?
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If your ability
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to turn to Christ
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depended on how good you've been
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in the last six days,
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could you turn to him?
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I hazard a guess
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that many of us would say,
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no, I couldn't.
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This is a psalm that says,
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you can turn to him
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because he paid for your sin.
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He's paid for it.
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And so,
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turn to him.
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Plead to him.
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Ask him for his help
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in your adversity.
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And look at verse 2.
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Don't you think
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this is the most beautiful picture?
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If a child is shy,
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this is what you do, isn't it?
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Of an older person
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can't hear you very well.
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You incline your ear to them.
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This is verse 2.
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You say,
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tell me again.
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What did you want to say?
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And this is a picture
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of the Lord Jesus Christ himself
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when you cry out to him
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saying,
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what's wrong?
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Tell me again.
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What can I do for you?
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What's the matter?
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Like a parent loves a child.
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I want to help you, darling.
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This is the Christ
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of the Bible.
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This is the Lord Jesus Christ
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that Christians come to worship
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together on Sundays.
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He is the God of compassion.
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The God of comfort.
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But don't make the mistake
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of thinking
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he's only there to comfort
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well-behaved Christians
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or people who got it
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perfectly right this week
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because no one would be
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available for comfort.
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Which is why Christians
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gather together to remember
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that through the death
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and resurrection
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of the one who sang this song
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at Calvary.
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You and I
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can flee to him
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and say,
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I love you.
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You listen to me.
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You care about me.
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You listen out for me.
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And I will call on you.
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Look at the end of verse 2.
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As long as I live,
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there will never be a day
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when you can't call
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on Jesus Christ.
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Never.
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Not once.
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In the middle of the night
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when everybody's asleep.
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Mum and dad are asleep.
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Or your husband or wife
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are asleep.
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Or your,
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anyone who really loves you
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is fast asleep
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and you wake up
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and you don't know
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what you're going to do.
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I've got it wrong.
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I'm frightened.
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I'm scared.
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What shall I do?
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Whose year
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is always there?
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Christ's year
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is always there.
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He never turns away.
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He never rolls his eyes.
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This is the wonder
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of being
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a Christian.
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At that cross,
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he paid it all
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so that you could always
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come to him
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in all your failures.
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That's why the reformers,
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the 16th century reformers,
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when they talked of grace,
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the great Thomas Cranmer,
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the English reformer,
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he said,
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you'll never understand grace
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if you don't feel gratitude.
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The grace of God
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in the death
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and resurrection
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of Jesus Christ
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always engenders
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gratitude
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in the human soul.
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Thank you
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that you love me.
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Not just my mum,
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not just my dad,
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not just my friend,
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not just my granddad,
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that you love me.
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Not just the woman
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next to me.
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You love me.
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Me.
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Personally, me.
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That's why you died.
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That's why he's
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the Passover lamb.
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And verses 1 to 2,
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you'll be glad to know
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are the overture
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that runs throughout
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this psalm.
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What's the problem
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for Jesus
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as he goes to the cross?
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What's the problem
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for the psalmist?
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Have a look with me
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at verses 3 and 4.
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He says,
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the snares of death
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encompass me,
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says the psalmist.
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Well,
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he's pointing to Christ.
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They certainly did
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encompass him that night
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on the way to Calvary.
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The pangs of Sheol
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laid hold of me.
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I suffered distress
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and anguish.
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Then I called on
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the name of the Lord.
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Lord,
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I pray deliver my soul.
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The picture here,
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look,
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snares,
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being trapped
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like an animal.
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So let me ask you again,
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think of times
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in your life
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when you feel trapped.
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The snare has got you.
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Where shall I turn?
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Who shall I turn to?
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And there's another picture
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here in verse 3.
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As if life is
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closing in on you,
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you're walking
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into a dark cave
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and the rocks are gathering
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and there's no way out
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and you're trapped.
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That's what these words mean.
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And what the Lord Jesus,
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death and resurrection,
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of the song he sang
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that night of the Passover,
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means for you and I tonight,
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is that when the snares
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of death encompass us,
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yes,
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when that day comes,
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yes,
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when the end is nigh,
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no death
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will crush us
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for eternal life
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is ours.
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My life will not end
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when I take my last breath
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in this world
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because my Lord Jesus
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beat death
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and it will not crush me.
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There is a root
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through the cave.
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These images are graphic.
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Ropes,
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a net,
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a trap,
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a burial.
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And the creator
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of the universe says,
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I'm going to go
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through that
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so that you,
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when you go through it,
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will know that
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I beat death
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and my darling,
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you are mine
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and I'm taking you
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through as well.
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I love you.
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You see,
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the refrain is verses
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one and two,
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the chorus is verses
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one and two.
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I love you.
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I'm listening for you.
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I've got my ear out for you.
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Talk to me.
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Talk to me.
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Throw all your weight
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on me.
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I've crushed the door
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down for you.
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I am your Lord
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and Savior.
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It's a beautiful psalm.
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Beautiful.
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Who is this Lord
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Jesus Christ?
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Look at verse five.
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Look at these wonderful
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characteristics.
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He's gracious.
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Gracious is the Lord
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and righteous.
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How could God
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forgive Israel
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in the old covenant?
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Because he made
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a covenant with them
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and he said,
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I am your covenant God.
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And at Passover,
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they celebrated
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that the righteous God
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put the punishment
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on the Passover lamb.
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That's what the righteous God
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did in the Egyptian Passover.
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But he's a gracious God
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because the punishment
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goes on the lamb
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to liberate the people
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from their sin
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so they can walk free
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to the promised land.
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And at Calvary,
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as we look back
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through this psalm
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that Jesus sung,
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he knew he was singing
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in verse five
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that the righteous God
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wouldn't kill a lamb
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but would kill
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his own son.
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And the kind
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and gracious God
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would rescue you
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and me
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because our price
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was paid at Calvary.
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And the price
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for your rebellion
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and mine
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is paid at that cross.
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And because it's paid,
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I am free.
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There is no condemnation
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for those who are
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in Christ Jesus.
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and Christ knew this
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as he went to the cross.
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And you and I
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sit in this room tonight
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as the recipients
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of the price paid
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at Calvary
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for the righteousness
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of God
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and for the compassion
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of Christ
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that saves us.
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How could somebody
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not be a Christian?
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It's mad
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not to have this hope.
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When life
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kicks you in the teeth,
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we die once
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and for all
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in the end
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until we go to heaven.
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Everybody does it.
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It's 100% success rate
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at this stage.
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Mortality.
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But you know
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we suffer death
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by a thousand cuts
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don't we every year?
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The pain of rejection,
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an argument,
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a fight,
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a failure,
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a getting it wrong,
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a fear
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of what's coming tomorrow.
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Death by a thousand cuts
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and we're asked
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in this psalm
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to run to Christ
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and say
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you felt it all,
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Saviour.
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You felt it all.
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I'll come to you.
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You went through it
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and you understand me
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and you're my Lord
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and I'm running to you.
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Help me.
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And there he is
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like this.
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Come here,
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lovely.
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Come here.
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Come to me.
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I love you,
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he says.
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That's how the line starts,
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doesn't it?
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I love you,
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Lord.
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And in 6 to 11,
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you could say them
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for yourself
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when the adversity comes
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because they're words
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for the believer
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in Christ.
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Let me read them.
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The Lord preserves
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the simple.
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I don't think
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that means
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the stupid.
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You know,
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sometimes where I come from
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we say simple
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means a bit dim.
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I don't think
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it means that.
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Well,
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I know it doesn't.
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Here's what it means.
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It means those
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who don't pretend
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to be cleverer
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than they are.
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It means the woman
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and man in this room
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tonight who says,
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well,
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I'm not sure
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I can follow your accent
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as a Welsh bloc
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here in the Highlands,
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but I get the general
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drift of the talk.
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This psalm
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was the psalm sung
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on the night
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of the Passover festival.
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The one who was
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the Passover lamb
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sung it.
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And he sung it
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knowing
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that he would die
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for me.
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And he sung it
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knowing that he would
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break the cords of death
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for eternal life
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for me.
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And he sung it
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knowing that one day
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on a Sunday evening
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in Stornoway,
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a few people
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would gather together
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to try and make sense
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of their lives
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last week and next week
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and say,
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Lord,
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are you with me?
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And he says,
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dear,
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I'm with you always.
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I went through
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Calvary for you.
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Do you think
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I'd leave you this week?
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Whatever you do wrong,
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not a chance.
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Not a chance,
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he says.
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The Lord preserves
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the simple.
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When I was brought low,
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could you say this
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this week?
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Can you look back
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this month?
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When I was brought low,
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he saved me.
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Return my soul
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to your rest,
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for the Lord
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has dealt bountifully
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with me.
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For you have delivered
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my soul from death,
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my eyes from tears,
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my feet from stumbling.
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I will walk
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before the Lord
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in the land
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of the living.
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I believed
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even when I spoke
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I am greatly afflicted.
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I said in my alarm,
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all mankind
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are liars.
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My friend,
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if you feel afflicted
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this week,
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if your soul
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is disturbed,
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if you feel
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human beings
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have let you down,
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look at 11
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liars.
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If you feel
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betrayed,
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it doesn't mean
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that the Christian
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doesn't weep.
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It doesn't mean
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that the Christian
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isn't in anguish.
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Of course,
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it can't mean that
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because it's the human condition.
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But it does mean this.
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The one who went
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before us,
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the perfect one,
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the one who paid
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the penalty at Calvary,
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the one who beat death,
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he,
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he knows how you feel.
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And he's right with you.
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He is never going away.
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He is never going to stop
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putting his arms around you
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and saying,
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I'm here.
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That's what we're meant
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to understand
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in this psalm.
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The greatest need
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of being a human being
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is met in Christ.
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The greatest hope
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for meaning this week
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and comfort
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and deep joy
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in all circumstances
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is to know Christ
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is your Saviour
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and Lord.
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We see him
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as the one
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who rescues us
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ultimately
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from the cords of death
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and this week
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from death
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by 20 cuts
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which hurt us
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on the way
21:22
through the week.
21:23
and finally
21:26
with that in mind
21:29
let's look at the last
21:30
few lines
21:30
from 12 to the end.
21:32
if what I've said
21:38
and my interpretation
21:40
of the psalm for you
21:41
this evening
21:41
is true
21:42
what do you think
21:43
for the psalmist
21:44
what do you think
21:45
the obvious question is?
21:47
surely it's question
21:50
in verse 12
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what shall I render
21:52
to the Lord
21:53
for all his benefits
21:54
to me?
21:55
Lord
21:56
if you love me
21:58
this much
21:59
if you love me
22:01
and you know
22:02
what I've been up to
22:03
and you know
22:05
things that my mum
22:05
and dad don't know
22:06
my husband or wife
22:07
may not know
22:08
you know what's
22:09
in my head
22:10
if you died
22:12
for me
22:12
and you will
22:15
never leave me
22:16
because the covenant
22:17
is met in your blood
22:18
and I can come
22:21
to you any time
22:22
even in my failure
22:23
and anguish
22:25
at life
22:26
Lord
22:27
what shall I do
22:28
for you?
22:30
if somebody loves you
22:31
this much
22:32
humanly
22:32
you'd say
22:33
what can I do
22:34
to give it back
22:35
to you?
22:36
now
22:37
here's the brilliant
22:38
climax of this psalm
22:40
it's the brilliant
22:41
climax of the Christian life
22:42
what can you do?
22:46
here's what you can do
22:47
verse 13
22:49
I will lift up
22:50
the cup of salvation
22:51
and call on the name
22:53
of the Lord
22:54
what?
22:57
oh
22:57
here's what I do
23:00
I go to God
23:02
and I say
23:02
hey
23:03
you saved me
23:04
didn't you?
23:06
you love me
23:07
don't you?
23:09
well I'm going to
23:10
call on your name
23:11
and I'm going to
23:11
ask for your help
23:12
this week
23:13
is that the response
23:15
that he wants?
23:17
surely
23:17
he wants us to
23:18
try harder
23:19
be better
23:20
keep more rules
23:23
and he said
23:24
no
23:24
no
23:25
don't be soft
23:26
here's what I want
23:28
you to do
23:28
keep coming to me
23:30
and saying
23:30
Lord I can't keep it up
23:31
can you help me?
23:34
I'll never succeed
23:35
by my own efforts
23:36
will you help me?
23:38
he loves
23:39
nothing more
23:40
than for one
23:40
of his children
23:41
to come to him
23:42
and say
23:42
I can't do this
23:44
but you can
23:46
please help
23:48
we lift up
23:49
the cup of salvation
23:50
do you see what we do?
23:51
we don't do anything
23:52
we just ask for more help
23:54
oh my gosh
23:57
fancy the chance
23:58
of going into
23:59
a new week
23:59
and saying
24:00
keep helping me
24:01
Lord please
24:02
keep helping me
24:03
I can't do it
24:05
and he loves it
24:08
he's waiting
24:10
for you to ask
24:11
there's not 15 things
24:15
he wants you to fix
24:16
it's a posture
24:18
that says
24:19
help me
24:19
help me more
24:21
than ever before
24:22
and you see
24:23
that unfolds
24:24
for the rest
24:25
of the passage
24:26
how do you pay
24:28
your vows
24:29
to the Lord
24:29
verse 14
24:30
and repeat it
24:31
in verse 18
24:32
well this is how
24:34
you do it
24:34
verse 16
24:35
you say
24:36
Lord
24:36
I'm your servant
24:37
I'm your servant
24:39
you've
24:39
you've loosed
24:40
my bonds
24:41
do you see it
24:41
in 16
24:42
how do we go
24:44
to the Lord
24:44
for help
24:45
we say
24:46
Lord
24:47
you took my
24:47
chains off
24:48
you set my
24:49
heart free
24:50
you gave me
24:51
a new life
24:52
in Christ
24:52
what shall I do
24:55
for you
24:55
oh it's easy
24:56
I come back to you
24:57
and thank you
24:57
for cutting my
24:58
chains loose
24:59
and I ask you
25:01
to help me
25:02
I lift up
25:02
the cup of
25:03
salvation
25:04
Lord
25:04
you took the
25:05
chains off
25:05
keep freeing me
25:07
up please
25:07
I can't do it
25:08
without you
25:09
this is the
25:10
response of the
25:11
Christian
25:12
no vanity
25:14
no hubris
25:15
no arrogance
25:17
no self-sufficiency
25:18
complete dependency
25:20
on the saviour
25:21
who's listening
25:23
and loving
25:24
and yearning
25:25
to be your
25:26
greatest ally
25:27
and friend
25:28
in all your
25:28
adversities this
25:29
week
25:29
I put it to you
25:32
that Christians
25:33
come to church
25:33
to keep reminding
25:35
themselves
25:36
that this is
25:38
life
25:38
Satan himself
25:41
will keep saying
25:42
to you
25:42
you're not good
25:42
enough
25:43
hopeless
25:44
rubbish
25:44
Christian
25:45
nowhere near
25:46
as good as
25:46
him or her
25:47
you're a
25:48
disgrace
25:48
you shouldn't
25:49
be here next
25:49
week
25:49
give yourself
25:50
a couple of
25:51
weeks
25:51
sort yourself
25:51
out
25:52
and then
25:52
you might
25:53
get a year
25:53
ring from
25:54
God
25:54
the lie
25:56
of hell
25:57
it's the
25:58
lie of hell
25:59
your saviour
26:01
wants you to
26:02
come to him
26:02
at all times
26:03
whatever's going
26:04
on
26:04
because his
26:07
love saved
26:07
you and will
26:08
continue
26:08
to give you
26:10
hope
26:11
lift up the
26:12
cup of salvation
26:13
and say come
26:14
again Lord
26:14
come again
26:15
I need you
26:16
now
26:16
I need you
26:17
today
26:18
that's what
26:19
we offer
26:20
him
26:20
and in
26:22
17 he
26:22
tells us
26:23
it's called
26:23
it a
26:23
sacrifice
26:24
of
26:25
thanksgiving
26:25
I'll offer
26:26
to you
26:26
a sacrifice
26:27
of thanksgiving
26:28
and note the
26:29
words that come
26:30
immediately
26:30
afterwards
26:31
do you see
26:31
them
26:32
and call
26:33
on the
26:33
name of
26:34
the Lord
26:34
it's the
26:36
same thing
26:37
for the
26:37
third time
26:38
it's going
26:38
to God
26:38
this week
26:39
and saying
26:39
Lord
26:40
I'm giving
26:41
you myself
26:42
I can't
26:44
do anything
26:44
I'm not
26:45
good enough
26:45
I'm too
26:47
prone
26:47
to failure
26:48
but I know
26:49
this Lord
26:50
I am
26:51
thankful
26:52
and I'm
26:52
bringing myself
26:53
to you
26:54
again this
26:54
week
26:54
help me
26:55
look after
26:55
my kids
26:56
properly
26:56
help me
26:57
respect my
26:58
parents
26:58
properly
26:58
give me
26:59
the best
27:00
chance
27:00
when no one's
27:01
watching me
27:02
to behave
27:02
in ways
27:03
that bring
27:04
me joy
27:04
because I
27:05
know you
27:05
want them
27:06
but Lord
27:06
I'm lifting
27:07
myself up
27:08
to you
27:08
help me
27:09
Lord
27:10
I can't
27:10
do it
27:11
without you
27:12
so I
27:12
give myself
27:13
to you
27:14
this is how
27:15
we thank
27:16
him
27:16
the total
27:18
absence
27:19
of vanity
27:20
and arrogance
27:21
that I can
27:22
make it
27:22
happen
27:23
and the
27:24
total
27:24
willingness
27:25
for him
27:25
in his
27:27
marvellous
27:27
love
27:28
in a way
27:28
that he
27:29
knows me
27:29
that no one
27:30
in the world
27:30
knows me
27:31
to work
27:32
with me
27:32
and to
27:33
change
27:33
me
27:33
this is
27:35
what Jesus
27:36
Christ
27:36
achieved
27:37
at Calvary
27:38
this is
27:39
what he
27:39
will do
27:39
this week
27:40
by his
27:40
spirit
27:40
in my
27:41
life
27:41
and yours
27:42
and this
27:43
is what
27:44
he knew
27:45
he would
27:46
achieve
27:46
on the
27:47
night
27:48
before
27:49
going to
27:49
the cross
27:50
as he
27:51
sang this
27:51
song
27:51
so that
27:52
we could
27:52
sing it
27:53
today
27:53
that's why
27:55
we sing
27:55
the psalm
27:56
today
27:56
and finally
28:00
look closely
28:01
please
28:02
at verse
28:02
one
28:03
and the
28:04
last
28:04
phrase
28:05
in verse
28:07
19
28:07
if you
28:08
have
28:08
doubt
28:09
or
28:10
uncertain
28:10
that
28:11
this
28:11
can
28:12
be
28:12
the
28:12
meaning
28:12
of
28:12
this
28:12
psalm
28:13
well I
28:14
draw your
28:15
attention
28:15
to verse
28:16
one
28:16
which
28:17
starts
28:18
I love
28:19
the
28:19
Lord
28:19
we
28:24
meet in
28:25
church
28:25
on
28:25
Sunday
28:26
time
28:26
after
28:26
time
28:27
for
28:27
corporate
28:27
worship
28:28
that
28:28
the
28:29
believer
28:29
in
28:29
Jesus
28:29
might
28:30
walk
28:30
out
28:30
of
28:30
the
28:30
building
28:31
and put
28:32
their
28:32
head
28:32
on a
28:32
pillow
28:32
tonight
28:33
and be
28:33
able to
28:33
say
28:34
I love
28:34
the
28:34
Lord
28:35
and what
28:36
is the
28:36
last
28:37
phrase
28:37
in this
28:38
psalm
28:38
do you
28:38
see it
28:38
I
28:40
praise
28:41
the
28:41
Lord
28:42
the
28:44
truths
28:44
of the
28:45
gospel
28:45
are
28:46
meant
28:47
to
28:47
move
28:48
from
28:49
the
28:49
head
28:49
to
28:50
the
28:50
heart
28:50
so
28:52
that
28:52
your
28:52
heart
28:52
sings
28:53
for
28:53
joy
28:54
that
28:55
this
28:55
is
28:56
my
28:56
savior
28:56
and
28:59
onto
28:59
my
28:59
hands
29:00
that
29:00
changes
29:01
my
29:01
day
29:01
to
29:01
day
29:01
behavior
29:02
the
29:06
greatest
29:07
human
29:07
need
29:07
is
29:08
love
29:08
and
29:10
the
29:10
greatest
29:10
love
29:11
is
29:11
captured
29:12
in
29:12
this
29:12
psalm
29:13
by
29:13
the
29:14
savior
29:14
of
29:15
ultimate
29:15
love
29:16
who
29:16
paid
29:17
my
29:17
penalty
29:17
and
29:18
will
29:18
never
29:19
stop
29:20
loving
29:21
me
29:21
this
29:23
is
29:23
the
29:24
Christian
29:24
hope
29:24
this
29:25
is
29:26
the
29:26
Christian
29:26
life
29:27
may
29:28
it
29:28
be
29:28
your
29:29
experience
29:29
even
29:30
tonight
29:31
as a
29:33
result
29:33
of the
29:34
marvelous
29:34
Lord
29:35
Jesus
29:35
Christ
29:36
and his
29:38
commitment
29:38
to you
29:39
and to
29:40
I
29:40
Amen
29:41
well thank
29:50
you Graham
29:51
for that
29:51
wonderful
29:52
reminder
29:52
of
29:53
the love
29:54
the Lord
29:55
has for
29:56
us
29:56
and what
29:56
better way
29:57
to finish
29:57
our service
29:58
and to
29:58
sing
29:59
some
30:00
verses
30:00
from
30:00
this
30:01
psalm
30:01
psalm
30:01
116
30:02
we're
30:02
going
30:03
to
30:03
sing
30:03
from
30:04
verse
30:04
1
30:05
down
30:05
to
30:05
verse
30:06
9
30:06
it's
30:06
a
30:06
sing
30:06
psalms
30:07
version
30:07
you'll
30:09
find
30:09
this
30:09
on
30:09
page
30:09
154
30:11
of
30:12
the
30:12
psalm
30:12
books
30:12
psalm
30:15
116
30:16
we're
30:16
going
30:16
to
30:16
sing
30:17
verse
30:18
1
30:18
to
30:18
9
30:18
I
30:19
love
30:19
the
30:20
Lord
30:20
because
30:20
he
30:21
heard
30:21
my
30:21
voice
30:21
and
30:22
listened
30:22
when
30:23
I
30:23
cried
30:23
to
30:23
him
30:24
for
30:24
aid
30:24
I'll
30:24
call
30:25
on
30:25
him
30:25
as
30:26
long
30:26
as
30:26
I
30:30
prayed
30:30
we
30:30
stand
30:30
to
30:31
sing
30:31
from
30:31
verse
30:31
1
30:32
to
30:32
9
30:32
to
30:32
God's
30:33
please
31:00
him
31:00
as
31:02
long
31:03
as
31:03
I
31:04
shall
31:05
live
31:06
because
31:08
he
31:09
turned
31:09
to
31:10
hear
31:10
me
31:11
when
31:12
I
31:14
pray
31:15
the
31:17
hearts
31:18
of
31:19
death
31:20
let
31:21
down
31:22
let
31:22
handle
31:23
me
31:25
upon
31:27
me
31:28
I
31:30
and
31:31
wish
31:32
of
31:32
the
31:33
game
31:35
with
31:36
grief
31:37
and
31:38
trouble
31:39
I
31:41
was
31:41
overdone
31:44
then
31:46
on
31:46
the
31:47
name
31:48
of
31:48
God
31:49
I
31:49
called
31:51
Lord
31:52
say
31:53
miracle
32:00
And full of grace
32:04
Both righteous and compassionate
32:11
The Lord protects
32:17
All those of childlike faith
32:23
When I wasn't with me
32:28
He rescued me
32:33
Restore my soul
32:37
God has been good to you
32:42
For you, O Lord
32:47
Have saved my soul from death
32:52
My feet from stumbling
32:57
And my eyes from tears
33:02
Last I made it for you
33:06
While I have breathed
33:12
Let's close in prayer
33:16
Let's pray
33:16
Lord, our gracious God
33:19
We do thank you for every way that you
33:21
Listen to our cries
33:23
And that we will be able to say
33:24
I knew this evening I love the Lord
33:27
Because he has heard my voice
33:29
And may we be able to go away from here
33:32
With that sense of praise to you
33:35
That you remember us in all our needs
33:37
And that you will remember us
33:38
Even in this week ahead
33:40
As we put our trust in you
33:42
So may you guide us then by your spirit
33:45
We ask your blessing now on us
33:47
That grace, mercy and peace
33:50
From God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit
33:53
May rest upon and abide with us all
33:56
Now and forevermore
33:58
Amen
33:59
Amen
34:23
Amen