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Seeds Among Thorns · Stornoway Free Church of Scotland - Sermons

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Let us now sing to God's praise from Psalm 49.
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That's in the Sing Psalms version, page 64, if you're using the Psalter.
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Listen to me, all you peoples, all who in the whole world dwell,
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low and high, both rich and needy.
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Hear the message I will tell.
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I will speak with understanding, wisdom from the heart I'll preach.
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I will listen to a proverb, secrets with a harp I'll teach.
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Why should I fear days of evil when the wicked hem me in?
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Those who boast of their possessions, by their trust and wealth they sin.
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There is no one who is able to redeem a soul from death.
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None can pay to God the ransom to prolong another's breath.
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To redeem a life is costly.
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None sufficient price can pay.
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So that one should live a mortal, free forever from decay.
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Let us sing these verses and stand if you can.
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Listen to me, all you peoples.
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Listen to me, all you peoples, all who in the whole world dwell,
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low and high, both rich and needy.
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Hear the message I will tell.
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I will speak with understanding, wisdom from the heart I'll preach.
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I will listen to a proverb, secrets with the heart I'll teach.
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Why should I fear days of evil when the wicked hem me in?
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Those who boast of their possessions, by their trust in wealth they sin.
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There is no one who is able to redeem a soul from death.
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None can pay to God their ransom to prolong another's breath.
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To redeem a life is costly.
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None sufficient price can pay.
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So that one should live immortal, free forever from decay.
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Let us engage in prayer.
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Amen.
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God.
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Amen.
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Amen.
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Amen.
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for the way in which thy word is used to bring the light of truth
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into lives that have lived in a twilight world.
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O Lord, we pray this evening as we gather in thy name
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that we may be in possession of thy truth,
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that it may be rooted in our hearts and in our lives,
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that it may be practiced in our daily living,
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so that our daily living may reflect thy word in our heart,
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that it may reflect upon the one who gives the word
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and the one who teaches by his word
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and the one who uses his word to change
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and to alter the course of the lives of men and women and boys and girls,
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so that they look to thee,
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so that they are prevailed upon
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to put their trust in the Christ of the cross,
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the one who came into this world
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and who died for sinners.
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We give thee thanks this evening that he is at thy right hand,
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a prince and a saviour,
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and we pray that we might be numbered amongst those
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who will ultimately be guests at his table
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at the marriage feast of the Lamb,
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guests at his table in this life,
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in the sense that we partake and participate
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in the gospel feast,
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but ultimately guests at his table
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at the marriage supper of the Lamb,
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from which we need never arise.
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O Lord, bless to us our meeting in thy name.
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Lead us and guide us by thy Spirit,
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that thy word come with power and conviction
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to our hearts and minds,
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and that we may truly
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know that we are in the presence
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of Almighty God,
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that we are in the place
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where Christ Jesus
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speaks to our hearts
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and where he asks us
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to consider our ways.
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Grant thy blessing,
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we pray thee on each home and family,
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as we are found in thy presence.
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Bless those who may be joining the service
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through the video link.
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Grant thy blessing upon them
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in the solitude of their homes,
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those who may be under thine hand in illness,
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those who may be frail and weak.
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We commit to thy care and keeping
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in the knowledge that thou art the great physician,
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that thou art the one who can minister
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to the deep needs of their soul.
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and although
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the outward man may perish,
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thou art able to renew
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and restore
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and refresh
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and revive
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and strengthen
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the inner man.
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We pray, O Lord,
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that thou wouldst do this.
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Bless the congregation at large
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as they await
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the unfolding of thy providence
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with regard to the proposed meeting
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to call an assistant among them.
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O Lord,
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grant that thou wouldst be with thy servant
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who may be placed under call.
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Grant, O Lord,
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that thou wouldst give him guidance
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in these matters
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as he reflects
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upon the course
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and the path
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that he should follow,
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that he may do so
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with a view to thy glory
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primarily.
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Grant, O Lord,
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thy blessing
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on the congregation
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where he ministers.
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And although they may be small
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and few in number,
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grant encouragement,
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we pray thee.
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Bless thy servant
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whom thou hast placed
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over the congregation here.
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Be with him during
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a time of vacation.
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Bless him
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and refresh him
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in mind and heart
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and enable him
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to return
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to the congregation
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refreshed
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and invigorated
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for the challenges
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that belong
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to the position
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to which thou hast called.
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Bless all who go forth
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in thy name this day
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throughout the branch
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of thy church
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that we represent
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in the world
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and further afield
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that the cause of Christ
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may prosper,
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that souls may be
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engathered
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into the kingdom
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and that thy kingdom
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should come.
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We pray, O Lord,
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for those
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who are experiencing
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hardship and trial
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and difficulty,
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particularly as a result
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of war,
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we remember those
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in the Ukraine.
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O Lord,
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be with those
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who are suffering
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so much,
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those who are mourning
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the loss of loved ones,
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those who are grieving.
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Grant, O Lord,
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the doubt
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of such evil
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that good may prevail
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and that souls
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may be directed
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to thyself
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and come to know
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and experience
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the joy of the Lord
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in their hearts
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and lives.
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Help us
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as we turn
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to thy truth.
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Lead us
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and guide us,
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we pray thee.
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Cleanse in the blood.
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In Jesus' name
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we ask it
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with forgiveness
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of sin.
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Amen.
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Amen.
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Let us now read
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from the New Testament
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from the Gospel
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according to Matthew
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in chapter 13.
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Matthew's Gospel
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chapter 13.
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The same day
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Jesus went out
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of the house
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and sat beside
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the sea
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and great crowds
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gathered about him
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so that he got
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into a boat
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and sat down
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and the whole crowd
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stood on the beach
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and he told them
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many things
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and parables
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saying,
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A sower
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went out
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to sow
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and as he sowed
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some seeds
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fell along
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the path
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and the birds
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came
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and devoured them.
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Other seeds
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fell on rocky ground
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ground
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where they did not
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have much soil
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and immediately
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they sprang up
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since they had
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no depth
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of soil
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but when the sun
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rose
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they were scorched
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and since
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they had no root
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they withered away.
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Other seeds
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fell among thorns
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and the thorns
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grew up
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and choked them
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other seeds
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fell on good soil
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and produced grain
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some a hundred
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fold
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some sixty
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some thirty
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he who has ears
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let him hear.
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Then the disciples
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came and said
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to him
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why do you speak
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to them
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in parables
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and he answered
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them
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to you
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it has been
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given
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to know
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the secrets
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of the kingdom
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of heaven
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but to them
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it has not
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been given
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for to the one
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who has
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more will be
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given
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and he will
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have an abundance
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but from the one
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who has not
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even what he has
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will be taken
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away.
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this
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is why
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I speak
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to them
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in parables
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because
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seeing
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they do
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not see
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and hearing
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they do
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not hear
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nor do
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they understand
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indeed
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in their
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case
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the prophecy
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of Isaiah
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is fulfilled
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that says
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you will
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indeed hear
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but never
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understand
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and you
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will indeed
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see
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but never
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perceive
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for this
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people's
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heart
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has grown
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dull
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and with
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their ears
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they can
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barely
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hear
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and their
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eyes
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they have
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closed
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lest they
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should see
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with their
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eyes
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and hear
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with their
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ears
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and understand
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with their
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heart
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and turn
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and I
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would heal
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them
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but blessed
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are your
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eyes
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for they
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see
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and your
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ears
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for they
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hear
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truly I
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say to
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you
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many
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prophets
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and
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righteous
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people
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long to
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see what
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you see
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and did
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not see
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it
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and to
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hear what
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you hear
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and did
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not hear
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it
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hear then
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the parable
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of the
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soul
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when anyone
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hears the
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gospel of
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the kingdom
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and does
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not understand
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it
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the evil
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one
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comes
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and snatches
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away what
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has been
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sown in
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his heart
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this is
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what was
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sown along
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the path
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as for
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what was
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sown on
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the rocky
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ground
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this is the
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one who
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hears the
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word and
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immediately
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receives it
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with joy
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yet he has
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no root
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in himself
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but endures
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for a while
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and when
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tribulation
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or persecution
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arises on
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account of
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the word
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immediately
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he falls
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away
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as for
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what was
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sown among
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thorns
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this is the
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one who
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hears the
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word
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but the
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cares of
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the world
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and the
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deceitfulness
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of riches
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choke the
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word
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and it
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proves
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unfruitful
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as for
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what was
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sown on
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good soil
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this is the
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one who
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hears the
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word and
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understands
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it
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he indeed
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bears fruit
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and yields
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in one case
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a hundredfold
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in another
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sixty
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and in
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another
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thirty
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amen
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and may
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God bless
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to us
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that reading
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from his
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truth
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let us
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further sing
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to his
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praise
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from
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psalm
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thirty
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three
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this time
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in the
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Scottish
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Psalter
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at verse
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thirteen
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that's on
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page
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two
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four
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six
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page
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two
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four
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six
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of
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the
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psalter
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the
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Lord
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from
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heaven
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sees
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and
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beholds
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all
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sons
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of
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men
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full
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well
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he
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views
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all
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from
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his
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dwelling
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place
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that
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in
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the
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earth
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do
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dwell
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forms
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their
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hearts
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alike
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and
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all
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their
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doings
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he
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observes
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great
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hosts
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save
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not a
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king
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much
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strength
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no
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mighty
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man
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preserves
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and
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horse
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for
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preservation
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is a
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deceitful
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thing
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and
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by
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the
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greatness
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of
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his
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strength
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can
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no
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deliverance
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bring
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behold
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on
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those
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that do
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and fear
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the
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Lord
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doth
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set
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his
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eye
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even
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those
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who
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on
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his
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mercy
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do
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with
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confidence
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rely
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let us
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sing
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these
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verses
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psalm 33
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verse 13
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the Lord
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from heaven
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sees and
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beholds
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all sons
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of men
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forward
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the
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Lord
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from
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heaven
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sees
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and
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beholds
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all
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sons
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of men
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full
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well
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he
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viewed
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all
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from
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his
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dwelling
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place
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that
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in
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the
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earth
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to
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dwell
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he
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forms
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their
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hearts
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alike
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and
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all
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their
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view
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in
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he
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observes
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great
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who
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is
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there
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not
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a
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king
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much
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strength
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no
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mighty
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man
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he
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said
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and
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whores
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for
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preservation
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is
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a
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deceitful
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thing
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and
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by
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the
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greatness
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of
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his
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strength
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can
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no
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deliverance
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bring
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behold
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on
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those
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that
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do
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him
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fear
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the
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lord
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does
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set
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his
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eye
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even
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those
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who
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on
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his
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mercy
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do
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with
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confidence
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rely
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to
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his
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life
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let
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us
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now turn
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to the
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passage
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that we
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read
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from the
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gospel
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according
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to
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Matthew
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in
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chapter
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seven
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and
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we
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may
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take
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as
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our
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text
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verse
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seven
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other
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seeds
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fell
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among
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thorns
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and
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the
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thorns
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grew
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up
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and
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choked
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them
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in
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the
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chapter
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of
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which
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we
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read
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but
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part
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Matthew
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gives
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us
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some
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insight
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into
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the
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method
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of
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teaching
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employed
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by
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the
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Lord
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Jesus
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he
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taught
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in
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parables
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Matthew
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hasn't
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recorded
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many
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parables
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up to
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this
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point
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in
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his
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gospel
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but
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you
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may
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remember
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that
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at
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the
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conclusion
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of
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the
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sermon
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on
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the
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mount
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Matthew
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seven
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he
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tells
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the
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parable
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of
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the
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man
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who
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two
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men
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one
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building
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his
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house
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on
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the
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sand
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and
21:35
the
21:35
other
21:35
on
21:36
the
21:36
rock
21:36
and
21:38
the
21:39
emphasis
21:39
on
21:40
that
21:40
parable
21:41
is
21:41
on
21:42
those
21:43
not
21:43
just
21:44
to
21:44
hear
21:45
the
21:45
word
21:46
of
21:46
God
21:46
but
21:48
who
21:48
obey
21:48
the
21:49
word
21:50
of
21:50
God
21:50
there
21:52
is
21:52
a
21:52
dual
21:53
emphasis
21:53
in
21:54
telling
21:55
that
21:55
parable
21:55
not
21:57
just
21:57
in
21:57
hearing
21:58
but
21:59
in
21:59
obeying
21:59
and
22:01
in
22:01
this
22:01
chapter
22:02
there
22:02
are
22:02
at
22:03
least
22:03
six
22:04
parables
22:04
recorded
22:05
and
22:07
from
22:07
here
22:07
on
22:08
to
22:08
the
22:08
end
22:08
of
22:08
the
22:09
gospel
22:09
there
22:11
are
22:11
numerous
22:12
parables
22:13
recorded
22:13
by
22:14
Matthew
22:15
and
22:16
that
22:17
would
22:17
indicate
22:18
that
22:19
at
22:20
this
22:20
point
22:20
Jesus'
22:21
method
22:22
of
22:22
teaching
22:23
focuses
22:24
more
22:25
and
22:25
more
22:26
on
22:27
the
22:27
usage
22:27
of
22:28
parables
22:28
to
22:29
communicate
22:30
his
22:30
message
22:31
to
22:33
some
22:33
parables
22:35
may
22:35
have
22:35
sounded
22:36
like
22:36
unintelligible
22:37
puzzles
22:38
to
22:39
which
22:39
they
22:40
didn't
22:40
have
22:40
the
22:40
key
22:41
and
22:43
that
22:43
prompts
22:44
the
22:44
question
22:44
why
22:45
did
22:45
he
22:45
use
22:46
this
22:47
method
22:48
of
22:48
teaching
22:49
you
22:50
could
22:51
say
22:51
that
22:51
he
22:51
made
22:52
use
22:52
of
22:52
graphic
22:53
familiar
22:54
daily
22:54
scenes
22:55
to
22:56
illustrate
22:56
deep
22:57
spiritual
22:58
truths
22:59
scenes
23:00
to
23:01
which
23:01
his
23:01
audience
23:02
could
23:02
relate
23:03
scenes
23:05
which
23:05
not
23:06
only
23:06
would
23:07
have
23:07
held
23:07
their
23:07
attention
23:08
but
23:09
may
23:10
have
23:10
remained
23:10
in
23:11
retention
23:12
and
23:12
could
23:13
be
23:13
recalled
23:13
and
23:15
yet
23:15
although
23:15
all
23:16
of
23:16
that
23:16
could
23:17
be
23:17
true
23:17
you
23:19
discover
23:20
that
23:20
Jesus
23:21
spoke
23:22
in
23:22
parables
23:22
with
23:24
a dual
23:25
purpose
23:26
in
23:26
mind
23:26
he
23:28
spoke
23:28
in
23:29
parables
23:29
in
23:31
order
23:31
to
23:32
simultaneously
23:33
reveal
23:35
and
23:36
conceal
23:37
and
23:37
conceal
23:38
his
23:38
message
23:39
and
23:41
that's
23:43
a strange
23:43
thing
23:44
isn't
23:46
it
23:46
for
23:47
any
23:48
communicator
23:49
to
23:49
do
23:50
perhaps
23:51
some of
23:51
us
23:52
who are
23:54
or have
23:54
been in
23:55
the
23:55
business
23:56
of
23:56
communication
23:57
feel
23:59
to
24:00
our
24:00
shame
24:00
that
24:01
often
24:02
we
24:02
conceal
24:03
more
24:04
often
24:04
than
24:05
we
24:05
reveal
24:06
not
24:07
intentionally
24:08
but
24:09
through
24:09
our
24:10
abject
24:10
failure
24:11
to
24:12
rightly
24:12
communicate
24:13
the
24:14
message
24:15
entrusted
24:15
to
24:16
us
24:16
but
24:18
I
24:18
think
24:18
most
24:18
communicators
24:20
would
24:20
want
24:21
to
24:22
reveal
24:22
or
24:23
communicate
24:24
their
24:25
message
24:25
but
24:27
the
24:27
Lord
24:27
Jesus
24:28
by
24:29
parables
24:30
intended
24:31
both
24:32
to
24:32
reveal
24:33
and
24:34
to
24:34
conceal
24:35
his
24:35
message
24:35
William
24:37
Hendrickson
24:38
commentator
24:40
makes
24:40
the
24:40
observation
24:41
Jesus
24:43
now
24:43
more
24:45
than
24:45
ever
24:45
before
24:46
begins
24:47
to
24:48
speak
24:48
in
24:48
parables
24:49
in
24:50
order
24:51
to
24:51
further
24:52
reveal
24:53
the
24:53
truth
24:54
to
24:55
those
24:55
who
24:55
accepted
24:56
the
24:56
mysterious
24:57
but
24:59
to
24:59
conceal
25:00
it
25:00
from
25:01
those
25:02
who
25:02
rejected
25:02
the
25:04
obvious
25:04
and
25:07
that
25:07
is
25:07
precisely
25:08
what
25:08
he
25:08
does
25:09
in
25:10
this
25:11
passage
25:12
parables
25:15
all of
25:15
which
25:16
center
25:17
around
25:18
the
25:18
theme
25:18
of
25:19
the
25:19
kingdom
25:20
of
25:20
God
25:21
or
25:21
as
25:21
Matthew
25:22
usually
25:23
calls it
25:24
the
25:24
kingdom
25:24
of
25:25
heaven
25:25
that's
25:26
the
25:27
kingdom
25:27
which
25:28
the
25:28
Messiah
25:29
of
25:29
Israel
25:30
would
25:30
establish
25:31
now
25:32
you
25:32
remember
25:33
that
25:33
the
25:35
Israelites
25:36
had a
25:37
definite
25:37
conception
25:38
conception
25:39
of
25:40
what
25:40
the
25:40
kingdom
25:41
would
25:43
be
25:43
like
25:43
and
25:45
they
25:46
also
25:46
had a
25:47
conception
25:47
of
25:48
what
25:48
the
25:49
king
25:49
would
25:49
be
25:49
like
25:50
that
25:50
is
25:50
the
25:50
Messiah
25:51
they
25:52
believed
25:52
that
25:53
when
25:53
the
25:53
Messiah
25:54
came
25:54
that
25:55
there
25:56
would
25:56
be
25:56
a
25:56
great
25:57
conversion
25:57
not
25:58
only
25:58
of
25:58
the
25:58
people
25:59
of
25:59
Israel
26:00
who
26:00
were
26:00
apathetic
26:02
towards
26:02
God
26:03
but
26:04
even
26:04
of
26:05
the
26:05
Gentiles
26:06
the
26:07
Israelites
26:07
expected
26:08
that
26:09
when
26:09
the
26:09
Messiah
26:09
came
26:10
he
26:10
would
26:10
set
26:11
up
26:11
a
26:11
kingdom
26:11
which
26:12
all
26:13
of
26:13
Israel
26:13
would
26:14
be
26:15
converted
26:15
into
26:16
the
26:17
true
26:17
faith
26:17
in
26:18
God
26:18
and
26:19
the
26:19
Gentiles
26:20
would
26:20
stream
26:21
into
26:21
Jerusalem
26:21
and
26:23
worship
26:23
him
26:23
they
26:25
believed
26:25
that
26:26
the
26:26
Messiah
26:26
would
26:27
get
26:27
rid
26:27
of
26:28
the
26:29
Roman
26:30
power
26:31
that
26:31
lorded
26:31
it
26:32
over
26:32
them
26:32
and
26:33
establish
26:34
a
26:34
land
26:35
ruled
26:35
by
26:35
the
26:36
law
26:36
of
26:37
God
26:37
he
26:38
would
26:38
reign
26:39
in
26:39
justice
26:40
and
26:40
righteousness
26:41
there
26:42
would
26:42
be
26:43
a
26:43
great
26:43
and
26:43
glorious
26:44
kingdom
26:45
just
26:45
like
26:46
in
26:46
the
26:46
days
26:46
of
26:47
King
26:47
David
26:48
and
26:48
King
26:48
Solomon
26:49
and
26:50
the
26:50
result
26:50
of
26:50
that
26:51
was
26:51
that
26:52
people
26:52
like
26:53
the
26:53
Pharisees
26:54
and
26:54
many
26:55
others
26:55
were
26:55
asking
26:56
of
26:56
Jesus
26:57
when
26:58
the
26:58
kingdom
26:59
of
27:00
God
27:00
would
27:01
come
27:01
it
27:02
was
27:03
a
27:03
question
27:03
that
27:04
was
27:05
frequently
27:05
in
27:06
their
27:06
minds
27:06
and
27:07
on
27:07
their
27:08
lips
27:08
and
27:09
when
27:09
they
27:10
addressed
27:10
that
27:10
question
27:11
to
27:11
the
27:11
Lord
27:12
Jesus
27:12
the
27:13
response
27:13
disappointed
27:15
them
27:15
because
27:16
you remember
27:17
Jesus
27:18
stated
27:18
the kingdom
27:19
of God
27:20
is not
27:21
coming
27:21
in ways
27:22
that
27:22
can be
27:23
observed
27:23
nor will
27:24
they say
27:25
look
27:25
here
27:25
it is
27:27
or there
27:27
it will
27:28
not
27:29
come
27:29
in the
27:31
way in
27:31
which
27:31
people
27:32
expect
27:32
they
27:34
obviously
27:35
thought
27:36
that it
27:36
would
27:36
be
27:36
accompanied
27:37
by
27:38
some
27:39
kind
27:39
of
27:40
publicity
27:41
and
27:41
fanfare
27:42
that
27:43
often
27:43
accompanies
27:44
earthly
27:45
kingdoms
27:46
or maybe
27:47
they
27:48
thought
27:49
there would
27:50
be
27:50
supernatural
27:51
signs
27:52
that they
27:52
could
27:53
observe
27:53
and so
27:55
predict
27:56
the
27:57
future
27:57
as
27:58
determined
27:59
by
27:59
God
28:00
and
28:01
they
28:02
thought
28:02
surely
28:02
this
28:03
teacher
28:03
could
28:04
tell
28:05
them
28:05
perhaps
28:05
from
28:06
prophecy
28:06
when
28:08
the
28:08
kingdom
28:08
would
28:09
be
28:10
set
28:10
up
28:10
and
28:12
Jesus
28:13
seeks
28:13
to
28:13
correct
28:14
their
28:15
view
28:15
the
28:17
Roman
28:17
power
28:18
was
28:18
not
28:18
going
28:19
to
28:19
be
28:19
overthrown
28:20
at least
28:21
not
28:21
in the
28:21
way
28:21
they
28:22
anticipated
28:23
nor
28:24
would
28:24
Israel
28:25
be
28:25
vindicated
28:26
nor
28:27
would
28:28
an
28:28
earthly
28:28
kingdom
28:29
be
28:29
established
28:30
and
28:31
just
28:32
as
28:32
the
28:32
people
28:32
had
28:33
a
28:33
misconception
28:33
about
28:34
what
28:35
the
28:36
Messiah
28:37
would
28:37
be
28:37
like
28:38
and
28:39
what
28:39
would
28:39
follow
28:40
they
28:41
had
28:41
a
28:41
misconception
28:42
of
28:43
what
28:44
the
28:44
kingdom
28:44
would
28:45
be
28:45
like
28:46
and
28:47
it's
28:47
interesting
28:48
that
28:48
in
28:48
each
28:49
of
28:49
the
28:49
parables
28:50
in
28:50
this
28:50
chapter
28:51
Jesus
28:52
is
28:53
correcting
28:54
a
28:54
popular
28:55
misunderstanding
28:56
of
28:58
his
28:58
kingdom
28:58
that
29:00
was
29:00
held
29:00
by
29:01
the
29:01
people
29:01
to
29:02
whom
29:03
he
29:03
spoke
29:03
and
29:04
even
29:05
his
29:05
own
29:05
disciples
29:06
in
29:07
these
29:07
parables
29:08
about
29:09
the
29:09
kingdom
29:09
he
29:10
teaches
29:11
us
29:11
things
29:11
about
29:12
the
29:12
king
29:13
and
29:13
also
29:14
about
29:15
the
29:15
true
29:16
nature
29:16
of
29:17
the
29:18
kingdom
29:18
well
29:19
the
29:19
parable
29:20
before us
29:21
this
29:21
evening
29:21
that
29:22
we
29:22
have
29:23
read
29:23
about
29:23
mainly
29:24
is
29:24
the
29:24
parable
29:25
known
29:26
as
29:27
the
29:27
parable
29:27
of
29:27
the
29:28
sword
29:28
and
29:30
I
29:30
want
29:30
to
29:30
focus
29:31
on
29:32
one
29:32
particular
29:33
group
29:34
of
29:34
soil
29:35
seeds
29:36
fell
29:36
among
29:38
thorns
29:38
and
29:40
I'd
29:40
like
29:40
to
29:40
highlight
29:41
four
29:41
thoughts
29:42
first
29:42
of
29:43
all
29:43
the
29:44
problem
29:44
that
29:45
is
29:45
identified
29:46
secondly
29:48
the
29:49
prevention
29:49
of
29:50
fruit
29:51
thirdly
29:53
the
29:53
power
29:54
of
29:55
the
29:55
thorns
29:56
and
29:57
finally
29:57
the
29:58
pesticide
29:59
required
30:01
to
30:02
destroy
30:02
the
30:03
thorns
30:03
firstly
30:05
then
30:05
the
30:05
problem
30:06
identified
30:07
and
30:09
the
30:09
problem
30:10
put
30:10
simply
30:11
is
30:11
this
30:12
lack
30:13
of
30:14
fruit
30:14
fruit
30:17
bearing
30:17
made
30:18
the
30:18
difference
30:18
between
30:19
the
30:20
various
30:21
types
30:21
of
30:21
soil
30:22
upon
30:23
which
30:23
the
30:24
sower
30:24
scattered
30:25
a
30:26
seed
30:26
you
30:28
wouldn't
30:28
have
30:28
known
30:28
that
30:29
if
30:30
we
30:30
were
30:30
not
30:30
told
30:31
of
30:31
the
30:31
failure
30:32
or
30:33
the
30:34
success
30:34
of
30:35
the
30:35
seed
30:35
we
30:36
do
30:36
not
30:37
know
30:37
our
30:37
own
30:37
hearts
30:38
for
30:38
example
30:39
until
30:40
we
30:40
see
30:40
our
30:40
attitude
30:41
towards
30:42
the
30:42
gospel
30:43
of
30:43
Jesus
30:44
Christ
30:44
if
30:45
the
30:45
message
30:46
of
30:46
the
30:46
gospel
30:47
produces
30:48
in
30:48
my
30:48
life
30:49
or
30:49
yours
30:49
a
30:50
desire
30:50
for
30:51
holiness
30:51
of
30:51
life
30:52
and love
30:52
to
30:53
God
30:53
and
30:53
humanity
30:54
then
30:54
you
30:54
know
30:55
that
30:56
there
30:56
is
30:56
good
30:56
soil
30:57
in
30:58
your
30:58
heart
30:59
but
31:00
if
31:00
you
31:00
are
31:00
merely
31:01
an
31:02
attender
31:02
but
31:04
not
31:04
obedient
31:05
in
31:06
heart
31:06
then
31:07
you
31:07
know
31:08
that
31:08
the
31:08
ground
31:08
of
31:09
your
31:09
heart
31:09
is
31:10
hard
31:12
or
31:12
stony
31:13
or
31:14
full
31:14
of
31:15
thorns
31:16
the
31:17
word
31:17
of
31:17
the
31:18
Lord
31:18
it
31:19
tries
31:20
our
31:22
hearts
31:22
and
31:24
in
31:24
this
31:24
it
31:24
is
31:24
like
31:26
a
31:26
fire
31:26
which
31:27
distinguishes
31:28
between
31:29
metal
31:30
and
31:31
dross
31:31
I
31:32
suppose
31:32
often
31:33
we
31:33
tend
31:34
when we
31:36
attend
31:36
a service
31:37
to judge
31:37
the
31:37
preacher
31:38
but
31:39
we
31:39
forget
31:40
that
31:41
a
31:41
greater
31:41
than
31:42
the
31:42
preacher
31:42
will
31:44
sit
31:44
in
31:44
judgment
31:45
on
31:46
us
31:46
the
31:47
word
31:48
itself
31:48
will
31:49
judge
31:50
us
31:50
our
31:51
own
31:51
condition
31:52
will
31:52
be
31:52
brought
31:53
out
31:53
clearly
31:54
by the
31:54
way
31:54
in
31:55
which
31:55
we
31:55
deal
31:56
with
31:56
the
31:56
message
31:57
of
31:57
the
31:57
gospel
31:58
whether
31:58
we
31:58
receive
31:59
or
31:59
refuse
32:00
the
32:01
gospel
32:02
of
32:03
Jesus
32:03
Christ
32:04
if
32:05
we
32:05
bring
32:05
forth
32:06
fruit
32:06
to
32:07
the
32:08
praise
32:08
of
32:09
God's
32:10
grace
32:10
it
32:11
is
32:11
good
32:11
and
32:13
that
32:13
is
32:14
what
32:14
is
32:15
set
32:15
before
32:16
us
32:16
in
32:16
the
32:17
parable
32:17
about
32:17
the
32:18
good
32:18
soil
32:18
but
32:19
if
32:19
not
32:20
however
32:21
attentively
32:23
we
32:23
may
32:24
appear
32:24
to
32:25
hear
32:25
however
32:26
much
32:26
we
32:27
may
32:27
retain
32:28
in
32:29
our
32:29
memories
32:29
what
32:30
we
32:30
have
32:30
heard
32:31
if
32:32
it
32:32
doesn't
32:32
produce
32:32
any
32:33
saving
32:33
effect
32:34
on
32:34
our
32:34
souls
32:35
we
32:36
know
32:37
that
32:37
the
32:37
soil
32:38
of
32:38
our
32:38
heart
32:38
has
32:39
not
32:39
been
32:39
prepared
32:40
by
32:40
the
32:41
Lord
32:41
and
32:41
remains
32:42
in
32:42
its
32:43
sinful
32:43
natural
32:44
unproductive
32:46
barrenness
32:47
so
32:49
let me
32:50
just put
32:51
a personal
32:52
question
32:52
here
32:53
what
32:54
fruit
32:55
have you
32:56
borne
32:57
up until
32:58
now
32:58
from all
33:00
the times
33:01
that you
33:01
have heard
33:02
the message
33:02
of the
33:03
gospel
33:03
you know
33:06
I'm sure
33:07
most of
33:08
you have
33:08
been
33:08
hearers
33:09
from
33:11
your
33:11
childhood
33:12
from
33:13
your
33:13
earliest
33:14
years
33:14
is
33:17
there
33:17
fruit
33:17
bearing
33:18
in
33:19
your
33:20
life
33:20
or a
33:23
long
33:23
list
33:24
of
33:24
sermons
33:25
you
33:26
must
33:26
have
33:27
heard
33:27
by
33:27
now
33:28
over
33:29
all
33:30
the
33:30
years
33:30
that
33:30
you
33:31
have
33:31
attended
33:31
in
33:32
this
33:32
very
33:33
building
33:33
count
33:35
the
33:36
number
33:37
of
33:37
Sundays
33:37
that
33:37
you
33:38
have
33:38
sat
33:38
in
33:40
this
33:40
building
33:40
think
33:41
of
33:41
the
33:42
different
33:42
ministers
33:43
you
33:44
have
33:44
heard
33:45
preaching
33:46
from
33:47
this
33:47
pulpit
33:48
some
33:49
no
33:50
longer
33:50
in
33:51
this
33:51
life
33:51
remember
33:52
the
33:53
effect
33:53
that
33:53
some
33:54
of
33:54
these
33:54
sermons
33:55
had
33:55
on
33:55
you
33:55
and
33:57
if
33:57
you
33:57
have
33:58
not
33:58
been
33:58
saved
33:59
now
34:02
here's
34:03
a very
34:03
pointed
34:03
question
34:04
do you
34:06
think
34:06
you will
34:06
ever
34:07
be
34:07
saved
34:07
if
34:12
there
34:12
is
34:12
no
34:13
holiness
34:13
in
34:14
your
34:14
life
34:14
do
34:15
you
34:15
think
34:15
that
34:15
there
34:15
will
34:16
be
34:16
holiness
34:16
in
34:17
your
34:17
life
34:17
because
34:19
you
34:20
see
34:20
all
34:20
of
34:21
us
34:21
will
34:21
have
34:21
much
34:21
to
34:22
answer
34:22
for
34:22
in
34:23
the
34:23
great
34:24
day
34:24
when
34:25
the
34:26
servants
34:26
of
34:27
God
34:27
give
34:27
their
34:27
accounts
34:28
and
34:29
shall
34:29
have
34:29
no
34:29
joy
34:30
when
34:30
they
34:30
come
34:31
to
34:31
mention
34:31
those
34:32
who
34:32
sat
34:33
under
34:33
the
34:33
ministry
34:34
of
34:34
the
34:34
gospel
34:34
but
34:36
who
34:36
did
34:37
not
34:37
believe
34:38
or
34:39
receive
34:39
the
34:40
message
34:41
of
34:41
the
34:42
gospel
34:42
how
34:43
will
34:44
you
34:44
excuse
34:45
yourself
34:45
before
34:45
God
34:46
and
34:50
you
34:50
know
34:50
you
34:51
may
34:51
not
34:52
believe
34:52
it
34:53
but
34:54
every
34:54
hearer
34:55
who
34:55
sits
34:56
under
34:56
the
34:57
message
34:57
of
34:57
the
34:57
gospel
34:58
who
34:59
does
35:00
not
35:00
give
35:01
any
35:01
indication
35:02
of
35:02
believing
35:03
the
35:03
message
35:03
is
35:05
a
35:05
source
35:06
of
35:07
huge
35:08
disappointment
35:09
to
35:11
those
35:11
who
35:12
proclaim
35:12
the
35:12
message
35:13
you
35:16
have
35:17
no
35:17
idea
35:17
how
35:19
many
35:20
tears
35:20
your
35:22
lives
35:22
occasion
35:23
you
35:25
have
35:25
no
35:25
idea
35:26
the
35:26
distress
35:27
that
35:28
is
35:29
caused
35:29
the
35:30
inward
35:30
searching
35:31
that
35:31
it
35:31
produces
35:32
in
35:32
the
35:33
lives
35:33
of
35:33
those
35:34
who
35:34
proclaim
35:34
the
35:35
message
35:35
regard
35:37
to
35:38
those
35:38
who
35:38
come
35:39
and
35:40
to
35:40
go
35:40
and
35:41
to
35:42
come
35:42
yet
35:43
again
35:43
and
35:44
appear
35:45
unchanged
35:46
but
35:49
it
35:50
is not
35:50
the
35:51
hard
35:51
hearted
35:53
hearer
35:54
as
35:54
typified
35:55
by the
35:55
seeds
35:56
that
35:56
fell
35:57
on
35:57
the
35:57
path
35:58
or
35:58
the
35:59
impetuous
35:59
hearer
36:00
typified
36:01
by the
36:01
seeds
36:01
that
36:02
fell
36:05
on rocky
36:06
ground
36:07
that I
36:07
wish to
36:08
address
36:08
this
36:08
evening
36:09
but
36:10
those
36:11
who
36:11
hear
36:11
the
36:12
word
36:13
attentively
36:13
and
36:15
who
36:15
in a
36:16
sense
36:16
receive
36:17
it
36:17
into
36:18
your
36:18
heart
36:18
and
36:20
understanding
36:21
so that
36:23
there is a
36:24
certain
36:24
growth of
36:25
seed
36:25
in your
36:26
life
36:27
but
36:27
it
36:27
never
36:27
comes
36:28
to
36:28
fruition
36:29
there is
36:32
a very
36:33
peculiar
36:33
sense
36:34
and a
36:34
real
36:34
sense
36:35
in which
36:35
you are
36:35
a
36:36
religious
36:36
person
36:37
you are
36:38
under
36:38
the
36:39
influence
36:39
of
36:39
godliness
36:40
you
36:41
exhibit
36:41
plenty
36:42
of
36:43
leaf
36:43
but
36:44
there is
36:45
no
36:45
corn
36:46
in the
36:46
years
36:47
and
36:49
you know
36:49
the
36:49
sower
36:50
in the
36:51
literal
36:51
sense
36:52
whether
36:52
a
36:53
crafter
36:53
or a
36:54
farmer
36:54
is
36:55
looking
36:55
for a
36:56
harvest
36:56
without
36:58
the
36:58
growth
36:58
of
36:59
grain
36:59
on
36:59
the
36:59
stalks
37:00
there
37:01
is
37:01
no
37:01
fruit
37:02
there
37:02
is
37:03
no
37:03
harvest
37:03
to
37:04
be
37:04
cut
37:05
and
37:06
Jesus
37:07
as
37:07
the
37:08
sower
37:08
or his
37:09
representative
37:10
is also
37:11
looking for
37:12
fruit
37:12
when it
37:13
comes to
37:14
your
37:14
response
37:15
to the
37:17
seed of
37:17
the word
37:18
to the
37:19
seed of
37:19
the gospel
37:20
sown
37:21
into your
37:22
hearts
37:22
he is
37:23
looking for
37:23
fruit
37:23
nothing
37:24
else
37:24
matters
37:25
good
37:26
fruit
37:26
is the
37:27
only
37:27
evidence
37:28
that the
37:28
seed of
37:29
the word
37:29
has not
37:30
been wasted
37:31
when it was
37:32
sown into the
37:33
soil of our
37:33
hearts
37:34
he is looking
37:35
for a
37:36
harvest of
37:37
Christ
37:38
likeness
37:39
a yield of
37:41
godliness
37:42
a transformation
37:44
of life
37:46
in short
37:49
he is looking
37:50
for the fruit
37:51
of the spirit
37:51
which is
37:53
love
37:53
joy
37:55
peace
37:56
patience
37:58
kindness
37:58
goodness
37:59
faithfulness
38:01
gentleness
38:02
self
38:02
control
38:03
these are
38:04
the marks
38:04
that the
38:05
word of
38:05
Christ
38:06
is
38:08
doing
38:09
it's work
38:11
within your
38:12
heart
38:12
and nothing
38:13
less than
38:14
that will
38:14
do
38:15
see
38:17
that's
38:19
the
38:19
that's
38:19
the
38:20
underlying
38:21
emphasis
38:21
of the
38:22
message
38:22
he insists
38:24
on the
38:25
vital
38:26
importance
38:27
of bearing
38:28
fruit
38:28
the absolute
38:30
necessity
38:30
of
38:31
spiritual
38:32
fruitfulness
38:33
in our
38:34
lives
38:34
and in
38:36
many ways
38:37
this parable
38:38
may not
38:40
appear so
38:41
on the
38:41
surface
38:41
but it
38:43
is most
38:44
searching
38:44
it
38:46
scrutinizes
38:47
our lives
38:49
as hearers
38:50
and how
38:51
we
38:52
deal
38:53
with the
38:54
seed
38:54
of the
38:55
word of
38:55
God
38:56
because one
38:57
day
38:58
we will have
38:58
to stand
38:59
before God
39:00
do you think
39:02
that you can
39:03
stand before
39:04
him on the
39:04
last day
39:05
without
39:05
holiness
39:06
without
39:06
repentance
39:07
being ever
39:08
in your
39:08
life
39:08
without
39:09
a love
39:10
for his
39:10
people
39:10
and his
39:11
praise
39:11
without
39:12
humility
39:13
without
39:13
devotion
39:14
to the
39:14
word
39:14
and love
39:15
to Christ
39:16
see these
39:21
are the
39:21
things
39:22
that ought
39:23
to be
39:23
at the
39:24
forefront
39:24
of our
39:25
mind
39:25
when we
39:27
are
39:27
challenged
39:28
by this
39:30
kind of
39:31
parable
39:31
can we
39:38
come before
39:38
him
39:39
having
39:41
spent our
39:42
days
39:42
without any
39:43
true
39:44
spiritual
39:44
concern
39:45
you know
39:47
you may
39:47
point to the
39:48
fact that you
39:49
were baptized
39:49
as an
39:50
infant
39:50
you may
39:51
point to
39:52
your catalog
39:53
of good deeds
39:54
your generosity
39:55
and your
39:56
contributions
39:57
to various
39:57
charities
39:58
but these
39:59
are no
39:59
substitutes
40:00
for the
40:01
good fruit
40:02
of heart
40:02
holiness
40:03
and there
40:05
is no
40:06
one
40:06
and this
40:08
is what the
40:08
word of God
40:09
says
40:09
there is no
40:11
one welcomed
40:12
into the glory
40:13
that is to
40:14
come
40:14
who has
40:16
failed to
40:17
bear this
40:18
fruit
40:19
in this
40:20
life
40:21
strive
40:22
says the
40:23
writer to the
40:24
Hebrews
40:24
for the
40:25
holiness
40:26
without
40:27
which
40:28
no one
40:29
will see
40:31
the Lord
40:31
now
40:34
the great
40:35
disappointment
40:36
for the
40:37
sower
40:38
concerning the
40:39
seed that
40:39
was sown
40:40
among the
40:41
thorns
40:41
is its
40:43
lack of
40:43
fruit
40:43
what will
40:46
the Lord
40:46
of the
40:46
harvest
40:47
say about
40:48
the seed
40:49
of the
40:49
word
40:49
and what
40:51
it has
40:51
done
40:52
in the
40:53
soil of
40:54
your
40:54
heart
40:54
and mine
40:56
when
40:57
the
40:58
resurrection
40:59
morning
41:00
dawns
41:01
will there
41:01
be fruit
41:02
will there
41:02
be fruit
41:03
will there
41:04
be Christ
41:04
likeness
41:05
is there a
41:06
growing in
41:06
holiness
41:07
hatred
41:07
for sin
41:08
a desire
41:09
to serve
41:10
the Lord
41:10
a love
41:11
for his
41:12
praise
41:12
and his
41:13
people
41:13
the vital
41:15
importance
41:16
the absolute
41:17
necessity
41:17
of bearing
41:18
fruit
41:18
why
41:20
was there
41:21
no fruit
41:22
in this
41:22
area
41:23
and the
41:24
answer the
41:25
Bible gives
41:25
it fell
41:26
among
41:27
thorns
41:28
the implication
41:30
is that
41:31
the thorns
41:32
or the
41:32
seeds of
41:33
the thorns
41:34
were in
41:34
the ground
41:35
the sower
41:37
didn't
41:37
fling
41:38
the seeds
41:39
into a
41:41
patch of
41:41
thorns
41:42
that was
41:43
already
41:43
visible
41:43
you know
41:47
one of
41:47
the
41:48
benefits
41:49
of
41:50
retirement
41:50
and still
41:52
having a
41:53
reasonable
41:54
measure of
41:55
health
41:56
is to be
41:57
able to
41:58
do things
41:59
that
42:00
you never
42:01
may have
42:02
done
42:02
until you
42:04
retire
42:04
and one
42:06
thing I
42:07
have done
42:07
in my
42:08
retirement
42:09
is to
42:10
sow
42:10
oats
42:11
and barley
42:12
the ground
42:16
was ploughed
42:17
and harrowed
42:18
and it
42:21
looked
42:21
so inviting
42:23
for the
42:24
seed
42:25
and as I
42:27
went up and
42:28
down the
42:28
area that
42:29
had been
42:29
prepared with
42:30
my
42:31
pail of
42:32
seed
42:32
flinging a
42:33
handful here
42:34
and there
42:35
I hope
42:36
and not
42:36
a too
42:38
amateurish
42:38
fashion
42:39
this parable
42:41
was greatly
42:43
on my
42:43
mind
42:44
I was
42:46
seeing it
42:46
from the
42:47
point of
42:48
view
42:48
of the
42:49
sower
42:50
in the
42:50
literal
42:51
sense
42:51
as I
42:53
scattered
42:53
the seed
42:54
of the
42:55
oats
42:55
and the
42:56
barley
42:57
I trust
42:59
I had
42:59
seen it
43:00
from a
43:00
spiritual
43:01
point of
43:01
view
43:02
because of
43:03
my
43:03
vocation
43:04
over
43:04
many
43:05
years
43:05
and when
43:07
these
43:07
seeds
43:08
germinated
43:09
and sprouted
43:10
initially
43:10
it was
43:12
almost like
43:13
a coating
43:13
of green
43:14
sprayed
43:16
on the
43:17
ground
43:17
and then
43:19
you began
43:19
to see
43:21
other things
43:21
raise their
43:22
head
43:22
and in
43:24
the area
43:25
where we
43:25
plant these
43:27
seeds
43:27
there is
43:28
a weed
43:29
that
43:29
constantly
43:30
raises
43:31
its head
43:32
you would
43:33
never know
43:33
it was
43:34
there
43:34
until
43:35
growth
43:36
begins
43:36
and
43:38
I know
43:40
the
43:40
Gaelic
43:40
name
43:41
for the
43:41
weed
43:41
but I
43:42
think
43:42
the
43:42
English
43:43
name
43:43
is
43:44
charlotte
43:45
it has
43:46
a yellow
43:47
flower
43:47
and in
43:50
my own
43:50
mind
43:51
it is
43:52
symbolic
43:52
of the
43:54
thorns
43:54
which are
43:55
innate
43:55
in all
43:57
our
43:57
hearts
43:57
the only
43:59
difference
44:00
being
44:00
it is
44:01
relatively
44:01
easy
44:03
to pull
44:04
out
44:05
this
44:06
weed
44:06
from
44:06
the
44:06
soil
44:07
if it
44:07
is
44:07
in a
44:08
potato
44:08
patch
44:08
if it
44:10
is in
44:10
a patch
44:10
where you've
44:11
planted
44:11
barley
44:12
and oats
44:13
that's a
44:14
different matter
44:14
altogether
44:15
and you
44:16
know
44:16
the thorns
44:17
in our
44:18
hearts
44:18
may not
44:19
be
44:19
evident
44:20
from
44:21
without
44:22
but they
44:24
are there
44:24
in all
44:25
of our
44:25
hearts
44:26
waiting
44:27
to do
44:28
their
44:28
work
44:29
so the
44:30
problem
44:30
identified
44:31
is this
44:32
lack
44:33
of fruit
44:34
and that
44:35
brings me
44:36
to the
44:36
second
44:36
point
44:37
the
44:37
prevention
44:38
of fruit
44:39
why was
44:42
there no
44:42
fruit
44:42
born from
44:44
the seeds
44:45
in this
44:46
instance
44:47
well verse
44:48
22
44:49
also
44:50
helps us
44:52
to address
44:53
this question
44:54
remember
44:55
this is
44:57
Jesus
44:57
own
44:58
interpretation
44:59
tells us
45:00
what happened
45:00
to the seed
45:01
sown among
45:02
thorns
45:02
as for
45:04
what was
45:04
sown
45:04
among
45:05
thorns
45:05
this is
45:06
the one
45:07
who hears
45:08
the word
45:08
but the
45:10
cares of
45:10
the world
45:11
and the
45:11
deceitfulness
45:12
of riches
45:13
choked
45:14
the word
45:14
and it
45:15
proves
45:15
unfruitful
45:16
and
45:18
by
45:19
comparing
45:20
the gospel
45:21
accounts
45:22
Matthew
45:24
Mark
45:24
and Luke
45:25
you
45:26
discover
45:27
that
45:27
there are
45:28
another
45:28
two types
45:29
of thorns
45:30
mentioned
45:30
in Mark's
45:32
gospel
45:32
in chapter
45:33
four
45:33
but the
45:34
cares of
45:35
the world
45:35
the deceitfulness
45:36
of riches
45:36
and the
45:37
desire
45:38
for other
45:39
things
45:40
enter in
45:41
and choke
45:41
the word
45:41
and it
45:42
proves
45:42
unfruitful
45:43
in Luke's
45:43
account
45:44
there are
45:45
those who
45:45
hear
45:46
but as
45:46
they go
45:46
on their
45:47
way
45:47
they are
45:47
choked
45:47
by the
45:48
cares
45:48
and riches
45:49
and pleasures
45:50
of life
45:52
and their
45:52
fruit does
45:53
not mature
45:54
so from
45:55
the comparison
45:56
of accounts
45:57
we note
45:58
that there
45:58
are four
45:59
types of
46:00
heart
46:00
weeds
46:01
or thorns
46:01
which grow
46:02
up
46:03
and choke
46:04
the word
46:04
in our
46:05
lives
46:06
as every
46:07
keen
46:08
gardener
46:08
knows
46:09
good
46:10
plants
46:11
never
46:12
seem to
46:12
grow as
46:13
fast
46:13
as weeds
46:14
sometimes
46:16
it's a
46:16
heartache
46:17
isn't it
46:17
if you
46:18
if you're
46:18
into
46:19
gardening
46:19
and you've
46:20
just
46:21
put down
46:22
new plants
46:23
or you've
46:24
been cultivating
46:25
it and then
46:26
you go out
46:26
a day or
46:27
two later
46:27
and you
46:28
see the
46:28
weeds
46:29
that you
46:29
thought
46:29
you had
46:30
uprooted
46:30
raising their
46:32
heads
46:32
again
46:32
or if you
46:33
are cutting
46:34
your lawn
46:34
and it's
46:35
got a lot
46:36
of daisies
46:36
in it
46:36
and you
46:37
think you've
46:37
done away
46:38
with them
46:38
using them
46:39
more
46:39
and then you
46:40
go out
46:40
again
46:40
and they've
46:41
raised their
46:42
head
46:42
and so
46:43
here
46:43
the four
46:44
types of
46:46
thorns
46:46
that are
46:47
mentioned
46:47
the cares
46:48
of the
46:48
world
46:48
the deceitfulness
46:49
of riches
46:50
desire
46:51
for other
46:51
things
46:51
and the
46:52
pleasures
46:52
of life
46:53
and let's
46:54
just take
46:54
a moment
46:55
or two
46:55
to reflect
46:56
on each
46:57
of these
46:58
first of all
47:00
the cares
47:00
of the
47:00
world
47:01
you know
47:03
how
47:03
how
47:05
preoccupied
47:06
and easily
47:08
distracted
47:09
we can
47:10
become
47:11
and it
47:13
seems to
47:14
me that
47:14
nothing can
47:15
crush gospel
47:17
life
47:17
quite like
47:19
the choking
47:20
power
47:21
of worldly
47:22
care
47:23
very often
47:25
these cares
47:26
are legitimate
47:27
we can
47:28
spend so
47:29
much time
47:30
worrying
47:31
about so
47:32
many different
47:33
things in
47:34
life
47:34
and someone
47:37
made this
47:38
observation
47:39
and I
47:40
like the way
47:41
they expressed
47:42
it
47:42
the way
47:43
you know
47:44
the difference
47:45
between wise
47:46
and appropriate
47:48
concern for
47:49
daily necessities
47:50
and truly
47:52
ungodly
47:53
care
47:53
is when
47:55
you find
47:55
you cannot
47:56
trust
47:57
Jesus
47:57
with what
47:59
you cannot
48:00
control
48:01
you cannot
48:03
trust
48:04
Jesus
48:05
with what
48:06
you cannot
48:06
control
48:07
ungodly
48:10
worldly
48:12
care is
48:12
when you
48:13
cannot trust
48:14
Jesus
48:14
with what
48:15
you cannot
48:16
control
48:16
you cannot
48:18
be at
48:20
peace
48:20
or rest
48:21
in his
48:23
wise
48:25
ordering
48:25
of your
48:26
today
48:26
or your
48:27
tomorrow
48:27
you have
48:28
to wrestle
48:29
with it
48:30
constantly
48:30
in your
48:31
mind
48:31
you can't
48:32
put it
48:32
down
48:32
you can't
48:33
still your
48:34
heart
48:34
in the
48:35
knowledge
48:35
of resting
48:37
in the
48:37
promises
48:37
of Christ
48:39
and you
48:41
can be
48:41
distracted
48:42
by endless
48:43
opportunities
48:44
for immediate
48:45
gratification
48:46
maybe turn
48:49
on the
48:49
telly
48:50
instead of
48:50
opening the
48:51
Bible
48:51
go on to
48:52
the internet
48:53
instead of
48:55
meaningful
48:56
conversation
48:57
with a
48:57
Christian
48:58
friend
48:59
you know
49:00
we can
49:00
make time
49:01
for everything
49:02
else
49:02
except
49:03
developing a
49:04
deeper
49:05
relationship
49:05
with Jesus
49:06
Christ
49:07
what is
49:08
happening
49:08
the cares
49:09
of the
49:09
world
49:10
are trying
49:10
to choke
49:11
choke
49:12
and crush
49:12
the seed
49:13
of the
49:13
word
49:13
and so
49:15
the motto
49:16
here is
49:17
this
49:17
beware
49:18
the
49:19
heartthorn
49:20
of the
49:21
cares
49:21
of this
49:22
world
49:23
then there
49:23
is the
49:24
deceitfulness
49:24
of riches
49:25
notice
49:27
carefully
49:27
what is
49:29
said
49:29
the Lord
49:31
does not
49:31
highlight
49:32
in merely
49:33
the
49:34
possession
49:34
of riches
49:36
but the
49:37
deceitfulness
49:38
of them
49:39
and there
49:40
is implied
49:41
in that
49:42
word
49:42
the
49:43
cunning
49:44
and
49:45
deluding
49:46
power
49:46
of riches
49:48
the
49:50
seductive
49:51
power
49:52
or the
49:53
magnetic
49:53
power
49:54
of riches
49:55
is strong
49:56
riches
49:56
are deceptive
49:58
and in
50:00
effect
50:00
what has
50:00
been said
50:01
here
50:01
money
50:02
is a
50:03
liar
50:03
money
50:07
is a
50:08
liar
50:08
of riches
50:09
tell
50:10
lies
50:11
because
50:12
riches
50:13
tries to
50:15
tell you
50:15
that it
50:17
can save
50:18
you
50:18
all your
50:19
wants
50:19
all your
50:19
needs
50:20
all your
50:20
fears
50:21
will be
50:21
addressed
50:22
if you
50:22
just
50:23
had a
50:23
little
50:23
bit
50:24
more
50:24
and it
50:26
wants you
50:27
to believe
50:27
that
50:27
you've
50:29
got to
50:29
have more
50:30
no matter
50:30
how much
50:31
you got
50:31
and I
50:32
say again
50:33
money is
50:34
a liar
50:34
and if
50:35
you let
50:36
it
50:36
those
50:36
lies
50:37
will
50:37
choke
50:38
the
50:38
seed
50:38
of the
50:39
word
50:39
remember
50:40
what the
50:40
Lord said
50:41
you cannot
50:42
serve both
50:43
God and
50:44
money
50:44
why
50:44
because money
50:46
has the
50:46
power to
50:47
dominate our
50:48
hearts
50:48
we've become
50:49
slaves to
50:50
material
50:51
possessions
50:51
if you let
50:53
it
50:53
the heart
50:54
thorn
50:55
or the
50:55
heart
50:56
weed
50:56
of the
50:57
deceitful
50:57
of riches
50:58
will choke
50:59
out the
50:59
call
51:00
of Christ
51:01
to a
51:02
life of
51:02
sacrifice
51:03
and service
51:04
to a
51:05
life of
51:05
godliness
51:06
and purity
51:07
it will
51:08
choke the
51:09
word
51:09
so you
51:11
have to
51:12
make a
51:12
choice
51:12
our
51:14
hearts
51:14
have only
51:15
the
51:15
capacity
51:16
for one
51:18
dominating
51:19
love
51:19
that
51:22
affection
51:22
and that
51:23
affection
51:23
alone
51:24
is what
51:27
we will
51:27
serve
51:28
and money
51:29
our
51:30
riches
51:30
wants to
51:31
enslave us
51:32
it's
51:33
constantly
51:34
lying to
51:35
us and
51:35
saying
51:35
trust me
51:36
I'm the
51:37
thing you
51:38
need most
51:38
I'll rescue
51:39
you I'll
51:39
bring you
51:40
all you
51:40
need in
51:40
life
51:41
and you
51:43
know the
51:43
sad thing
51:44
is
51:44
that millions
51:46
believe the
51:48
duplicity
51:49
of riches
51:50
that's why
51:52
I believe
51:53
they religiously
51:54
buy their
51:55
lottery ticket
51:56
every week
51:57
in the hope
51:58
their number
51:59
will come
52:00
up
52:00
that it
52:02
will bring
52:02
them what
52:03
they want
52:04
believe me
52:05
it's a
52:06
huge lie
52:07
it's a
52:09
huge lie
52:10
so that's
52:13
the second
52:14
thorn
52:14
the cares
52:16
of the
52:16
world
52:16
the deceitfulness
52:17
of riches
52:18
the desire
52:19
for other
52:20
things
52:21
is the
52:21
third one
52:22
mentioned
52:22
from Mark's
52:26
gospel
52:27
the word
52:28
Mark uses
52:29
the Greek
52:31
word
52:31
epithumia
52:33
you could
52:34
translate it
52:35
lust
52:36
it means
52:38
an inordinate
52:41
longing
52:41
for what
52:43
you do
52:43
not have
52:44
and
52:46
I suppose
52:47
you could
52:48
term it
52:49
like this
52:49
covetousness
52:50
greed
52:51
it's the
52:53
enemy of
52:54
godliness
52:55
with contentment
52:56
which is
52:57
great gain
52:58
to which
52:59
every believer
53:00
is called
53:01
remember
53:03
what the
53:04
Lord said
53:04
a man's
53:05
life
53:06
doesn't
53:06
consist
53:07
in the
53:08
abundance
53:08
of things
53:09
inordinate
53:11
decile
53:11
the lust
53:12
of the
53:13
eyes
53:13
and the
53:13
lust
53:13
of the
53:14
flesh
53:14
can
53:14
crush
53:15
the
53:16
seed
53:16
of the
53:16
word
53:17
it's a
53:19
covetous
53:20
spirit
53:20
that's a
53:22
third
53:22
thorn
53:22
and the
53:23
fourth
53:24
one is
53:24
the
53:29
pleasures
53:29
of life
53:30
as
53:31
termed
53:32
by Luke
53:32
no
53:33
they may
53:34
not
53:34
necessarily
53:35
be sinful
53:35
things
53:36
in
53:36
themselves
53:37
pleasure
53:39
let's
53:39
not
53:39
forget
53:40
is a
53:40
gift
53:41
of
53:41
God
53:41
who
53:42
gives
53:42
us
53:42
all
53:42
things
53:43
richly
53:43
to
53:43
enjoy
53:44
but
53:45
when
53:45
worldly
53:46
or the
53:46
pleasures
53:46
of this
53:47
life
53:47
become
53:47
an
53:47
end
53:48
in
53:48
themselves
53:48
when
53:49
pleasures
53:49
become
53:50
the
53:50
reason
53:50
for
53:51
life
53:51
the
53:51
chief
53:51
agenda
53:52
of
53:52
your
53:53
heart
53:53
it
53:53
will
53:53
choke
53:54
the
53:54
word
53:54
no
53:58
one
53:58
ever
53:59
denied
54:00
himself
54:02
or
54:02
herself
54:03
and
54:03
took
54:03
up
54:04
the
54:04
cross
54:04
no
54:05
one
54:05
ever
54:05
put
54:05
to
54:06
death
54:06
his
54:06
sinful
54:07
nature
54:07
with
54:07
his
54:08
passion
54:08
and
54:08
desires
54:09
while
54:09
at
54:09
the
54:10
same
54:10
time
54:10
making
54:12
the
54:13
pleasures
54:13
of
54:14
life
54:14
the
54:15
great
54:15
priority
54:16
for
54:18
your
54:18
daily
54:18
agenda
54:19
the
54:21
heart
54:22
thorn
54:23
of
54:23
the
54:24
pleasures
54:24
of
54:24
life
54:25
so
54:26
the
54:26
prevention
54:27
of
54:27
fruit
54:27
the
54:28
different
54:28
types
54:29
of
54:29
thorns
54:29
the
54:30
problem
54:31
identified
54:31
the
54:32
lack
54:32
of
54:32
fruit
54:33
and
54:34
did
54:34
you
54:34
notice
54:34
what
54:34
Matthew
54:35
says
54:35
those
54:37
thorns
54:37
do
54:38
that
54:39
brings
54:39
me
54:39
to
54:39
my
54:40
third
54:40
point
54:40
the
54:41
power
54:41
of
54:42
the
54:42
thorns
54:43
look
54:43
at
54:43
verse
54:44
22
54:44
again
54:44
in
54:45
chapter
54:45
13
54:46
as
54:47
for
54:47
what
54:47
was
54:48
sown
54:48
among
54:48
thorns
54:49
this
54:50
is
54:50
the
54:50
one
54:50
who
54:51
hears
54:51
the
54:51
word
54:52
but
54:52
the
54:52
cares
54:52
of
54:52
the
54:53
world
54:53
the
54:53
deceitfulness
54:54
of
54:54
riches
54:54
choke
54:55
the
54:55
word
54:56
and
54:57
it
54:57
proves
54:58
unfruitful
54:59
to
55:03
choke
55:03
the
55:04
word
55:04
implies
55:05
the
55:06
idea
55:07
of
55:08
crowding
55:09
out
55:10
the
55:11
word
55:11
and
55:14
I
55:14
think
55:14
that's
55:14
important
55:15
because
55:16
it
55:16
tells
55:16
us
55:17
what
55:17
Jesus
55:17
is
55:18
not
55:18
saying
55:18
he
55:19
isn't
55:20
saying
55:20
if
55:20
you
55:20
ever
55:21
feel
55:21
any
55:21
of
55:21
these
55:21
things
55:22
in
55:22
your
55:22
heart
55:22
then
55:23
the
55:23
seed
55:24
of
55:24
the
55:24
word
55:24
has
55:24
been
55:24
choked
55:25
and
55:25
you
55:25
are
55:25
doomed
55:26
to
55:26
a
55:26
fruitless
55:27
life
55:27
that's
55:28
not
55:28
the
55:28
message
55:28
in
55:30
fact
55:30
if
55:31
the
55:31
truth
55:31
is
55:31
told
55:32
there
55:33
is
55:33
no
55:33
one
55:33
here
55:34
who
55:35
doesn't
55:35
feel
55:36
the
55:36
pull
55:36
and
55:36
the
55:37
seductive
55:38
power
55:38
of
55:39
all
55:40
of
55:40
these
55:40
thorns
55:41
from
55:41
time
55:41
to
55:42
time
55:42
the
55:43
cares
55:43
of
55:43
the
55:43
world
55:44
the
55:44
deceitfulness
55:44
of
55:45
riches
55:45
side
55:45
for
55:45
other
55:46
things
55:46
and
55:46
the
55:46
pleasure
55:46
we
55:47
have
55:47
all
55:47
these
55:52
you
55:53
only
55:53
have
55:54
to
55:54
go
55:54
back
55:54
to
55:55
the
55:55
genesis
55:57
narrative
55:57
to
55:58
the
55:58
fall
55:58
of
55:58
man
55:59
since
56:00
our
56:00
first
56:00
parents
56:01
ate
56:01
of
56:01
the
56:01
forbidden
56:02
fruit
56:02
and
56:02
lost
56:03
communion
56:04
with
56:04
God
56:04
what
56:05
is
56:05
true
56:05
there
56:06
has
56:06
never
56:06
been
56:06
a
56:07
heart
56:07
or
56:07
a
56:07
plot
56:07
of
56:08
ground
56:08
that
56:08
was
56:09
not
56:09
doomed
56:10
to
56:11
produce
56:11
thorns
56:12
and
56:12
thistles
56:13
true
56:15
metaphorically
56:16
for
56:17
the
56:17
ground
56:18
of
56:18
the
56:18
human
56:19
heart
56:19
as
56:20
much
56:20
as
56:21
it
56:21
is
56:21
for
56:23
the
56:23
literal
56:23
ground
56:25
that
56:28
you
56:28
use
56:29
in
56:30
your
56:31
garden
56:31
or
56:32
on
56:32
your
56:32
craft
56:33
and
56:34
what's
56:35
more
56:35
in
56:37
the
56:37
parable
56:37
that
56:37
Jesus
56:38
tells
56:38
us
56:39
the
56:40
thorns
56:41
and
56:41
the
56:41
thistles
56:42
are
56:42
regularly
56:42
found
56:43
in
56:43
the
56:43
soil
56:44
did
56:45
you
56:45
note
56:46
that
56:46
you
56:48
know
56:48
no
56:48
one
56:49
puts
56:49
the
56:49
weeds
56:50
or
56:50
the
56:50
thorns
56:51
into
56:52
our
56:52
hearts
56:53
we
56:54
were
56:55
born
56:55
no matter
56:56
how
56:56
innocent
56:57
you may
56:57
have
56:57
looked
56:58
as
56:58
an
56:58
infant
56:59
we
57:00
were
57:00
born
57:00
with
57:01
them
57:01
already
57:02
planted
57:02
there
57:03
prophet
57:05
jeremiah
57:06
the heart
57:06
is deceitful
57:07
above all
57:08
things
57:08
and
57:09
desperately
57:10
sick
57:11
who can
57:12
understand
57:12
it
57:13
the book
57:14
of
57:14
genesis
57:15
we are
57:15
told of
57:16
the state
57:16
of the
57:16
heart
57:17
pre-flood
57:17
it
57:19
hasn't
57:19
changed
57:19
post-flood
57:20
every intention
57:21
of the
57:21
thoughts
57:21
of his
57:22
heart
57:22
was only
57:22
evil
57:23
continually
57:24
the
57:24
psalmist
57:25
and the
57:25
great
57:25
penitential
57:26
psalm
57:27
as he
57:27
is seeking
57:28
the forgiveness
57:29
of god
57:30
comes to
57:30
acknowledge
57:31
I was
57:32
brought forth
57:32
in
57:33
iniquity
57:33
and in
57:34
sin
57:34
did my
57:34
mother
57:34
conceive
57:35
me
57:35
the weeds
57:36
were already
57:37
growing
57:37
in the
57:38
fertile
57:38
soil
57:39
of our
57:40
hearts
57:40
from the
57:40
very
57:40
beginning
57:41
we are
57:41
sinners
57:42
by
57:42
nature
57:42
no one
57:45
ever needed
57:45
to teach
57:46
us
57:46
about the
57:47
cares of
57:47
the world
57:48
or the
57:48
deceitfulness
57:49
of riches
57:50
or the
57:50
desire for
57:51
other things
57:52
or for
57:52
the pleasures
57:53
of life
57:54
we have
57:56
come into
57:57
the world
57:57
with hearts
57:58
conditioned to
57:59
pursue these
58:00
things
58:00
so the
58:02
issue
58:02
is not
58:03
simply
58:04
the mere
58:04
presence
58:05
of the
58:05
thoughts
58:06
the issue
58:07
is a
58:08
heart
58:08
that is
58:09
crowded
58:10
with them
58:10
so that
58:11
the seed
58:12
is not
58:15
allowed
58:16
to get
58:17
place
58:18
in the
58:19
heart
58:19
so
58:22
crowded
58:23
with these
58:23
thorns
58:24
that the
58:25
seed is
58:26
crowded
58:26
out
58:27
what needs
58:29
to be
58:30
done
58:30
to keep
58:31
the
58:31
thorns
58:32
at bay
58:32
that ought
58:33
to be
58:33
the pressing
58:34
question
58:35
what can
58:36
be done
58:36
if they're
58:39
endemic
58:39
in the
58:40
soil of
58:40
our hearts
58:41
if our
58:41
part of
58:42
behavior
58:43
by nature
58:43
is to
58:44
run after
58:44
us
58:44
how do
58:45
we prevent
58:46
the heart
58:46
weeds
58:47
from choking
58:48
out the
58:48
word
58:49
that brings
58:50
me to my
58:51
final point
58:52
the problem
58:54
the power
58:56
of the
58:57
thorns
58:57
they crowd
58:59
out the
58:59
seed of
58:59
the word
59:00
the prevention
59:02
of the fruit
59:03
the different
59:03
types of
59:04
thorns
59:04
the problem
59:05
identified
59:06
the lack
59:06
of fruit
59:07
the pesticide
59:09
required
59:10
in big
59:12
farming
59:13
operations
59:14
the crops
59:15
are sprayed
59:16
with pesticides
59:17
to keep
59:19
the weeds
59:19
at bay
59:20
and the
59:22
only effective
59:23
pesticide
59:24
for me
59:24
and you
59:25
is the
59:26
word of
59:27
the living
59:27
God
59:28
may sound
59:32
paradoxical
59:33
but it's
59:35
the word
59:35
of the
59:35
living
59:36
God
59:36
that can
59:37
conquer
59:37
the
59:39
thorns
59:40
that grow
59:41
in our
59:41
hearts
59:42
and
59:45
that means
59:46
that the
59:47
seed must
59:48
continue to
59:48
be sold
59:49
in order
59:51
that our
59:52
heart
59:52
holds on
59:53
to God's
59:54
word
59:54
that we
59:56
read it
59:56
regularly
59:57
that we
59:58
believe what
59:59
it says
59:59
about sin
1:00:00
and salvation
1:00:01
and living
1:00:02
in obedience
1:00:03
to its
1:00:03
command
1:00:04
do you
1:00:05
remember
1:00:06
how the
1:00:06
gospel
1:00:07
writer
1:00:07
Luke
1:00:08
summarizes
1:00:09
the good
1:00:10
soil are
1:00:10
those who
1:00:11
hear in
1:00:11
the word
1:00:12
hold it
1:00:12
fast in
1:00:13
an honest
1:00:13
and good
1:00:14
heart
1:00:14
and bear
1:00:15
fruit
1:00:15
with patience
1:00:16
in other
1:00:17
words
1:00:17
made good
1:00:18
by the
1:00:18
grace of
1:00:19
God
1:00:19
continue
1:00:20
to
1:00:20
persevere
1:00:21
in the
1:00:21
knowledge
1:00:22
that God
1:00:23
works
1:00:23
all things
1:00:24
for good
1:00:26
so for
1:00:29
us
1:00:30
to have
1:00:31
the thorns
1:00:32
uprooted
1:00:33
to have
1:00:34
the thorns
1:00:35
die and
1:00:36
wither
1:00:36
need to
1:00:39
come before
1:00:39
God and
1:00:40
ask him
1:00:40
to create
1:00:42
a clean
1:00:44
heart
1:00:44
in my
1:00:45
life and
1:00:46
yours
1:00:47
to let
1:00:49
the power
1:00:49
of the
1:00:50
truth
1:00:50
loose
1:00:53
in our
1:00:54
lives
1:00:55
not to
1:00:56
shut it
1:00:57
out
1:00:57
not to
1:00:58
let these
1:00:58
thorns
1:00:59
prevent it
1:01:00
from operating
1:01:01
but to
1:01:03
let the
1:01:03
power of
1:01:04
the truth
1:01:04
work in
1:01:06
our lives
1:01:06
that we
1:01:08
may be
1:01:09
brought
1:01:09
into
1:01:10
subjection
1:01:11
to the
1:01:12
great
1:01:13
sower of
1:01:14
the seed
1:01:14
the one
1:01:16
who blesses
1:01:17
and brings
1:01:19
joy
1:01:19
into
1:01:21
joyless
1:01:21
lives
1:01:22
the problem
1:01:23
identified
1:01:23
the prevention
1:01:24
of fruit
1:01:25
the power
1:01:25
of the
1:01:26
thorns
1:01:26
the pesticide
1:01:28
required
1:01:29
let us
1:01:30
pray
1:01:30
oh eternal
1:01:33
God
1:01:34
help us
1:01:36
to give
1:01:37
attention
1:01:37
to the
1:01:39
warnings of
1:01:40
thy word
1:01:41
they are
1:01:44
very serious
1:01:44
warnings
1:01:45
they are
1:01:48
meant to
1:01:49
make us
1:01:49
stop and
1:01:50
think
1:01:51
meant to
1:01:53
make us
1:01:53
examine
1:01:54
our lives
1:01:55
in the
1:01:56
light of
1:01:57
the truth
1:01:58
to ask
1:02:00
ourselves
1:02:00
searching
1:02:01
questions
1:02:02
and to
1:02:04
ask why
1:02:04
the good
1:02:06
seed
1:02:07
is not
1:02:08
productive
1:02:09
in our
1:02:11
hearts
1:02:11
and in
1:02:13
our lives
1:02:14
oh grant
1:02:15
the grace
1:02:16
that it
1:02:18
may indeed
1:02:18
bear fruit
1:02:19
to the
1:02:20
glory of
1:02:21
thy
1:02:21
great
1:02:22
name
1:02:22
and the
1:02:23
glory
1:02:24
shall be
1:02:24
thine
1:02:25
in Jesus
1:02:26
name we
1:02:27
ask it
1:02:27
amen
1:02:29
let us
1:02:32
conclude by
1:02:33
singing to
1:02:34
God's praise
1:02:35
from Psalm
1:02:36
126
1:02:37
in the
1:02:37
Sing
1:02:37
Psalms
1:02:38
version
1:02:38
page 171
1:02:41
Psalm 126
1:02:48
page 171
1:02:51
when Zion's
1:02:54
fortunes
1:02:55
God
1:02:56
restored
1:02:57
it was
1:02:59
as a dream
1:03:00
come true
1:03:01
our mouths
1:03:03
were then
1:03:04
with laughter
1:03:05
filled
1:03:05
our tongues
1:03:07
with songs
1:03:09
anew
1:03:09
and in
1:03:11
many ways
1:03:12
that is
1:03:14
symbolic
1:03:15
and illustrative
1:03:16
of what
1:03:18
takes place
1:03:19
in the lives
1:03:19
of men
1:03:20
and women
1:03:21
and boys
1:03:21
and girls
1:03:22
when they
1:03:23
are brought
1:03:24
into union
1:03:24
by faith
1:03:25
with Christ
1:03:26
the nation
1:03:28
said
1:03:28
the Lord
1:03:29
has done
1:03:30
great things
1:03:30
for Israel
1:03:31
the Lord
1:03:33
did mighty
1:03:33
things for us
1:03:34
enjoy our
1:03:36
hearts new
1:03:37
well
1:03:37
restore our
1:03:39
fortunes
1:03:40
gracious
1:03:41
Lord
1:03:41
like streams
1:03:43
and desert
1:03:43
soil
1:03:44
a joyful
1:03:45
harvest
1:03:46
will reward
1:03:48
the weeping
1:03:48
source
1:03:49
toil
1:03:49
the man
1:03:51
who
1:03:51
bearing seed
1:03:53
to sow
1:03:53
goes out
1:03:54
with tears
1:03:55
of grief
1:03:56
will come
1:03:57
again
1:03:58
with songs
1:03:59
of joy
1:04:00
bearing
1:04:01
his harvest
1:04:03
sheaf
1:04:03
let us
1:04:04
sing these
1:04:05
verses
1:04:05
when Zion's
1:04:06
fortunes
1:04:07
God restored
1:04:09
when Zion's
1:04:16
fortunes
1:04:19
got restored
1:04:21
it was
1:04:23
a dream
1:04:25
come true
1:04:27
our mouths
1:04:31
were then
1:04:32
laid
1:04:33
laughter
1:04:35
filled
1:04:36
our tongues
1:04:38
with songs
1:04:40
anew
1:04:42
the nation
1:04:46
said
1:04:47
the Lord
1:04:49
has done
1:04:51
great things
1:04:53
for Israel
1:04:55
for Israel
1:04:56
the Lord
1:05:00
in mighty
1:05:02
things
1:05:04
for us
1:05:06
and joy
1:05:08
and hearts
1:05:10
new
1:05:11
well
1:05:13
restore
1:05:15
our fortunes
1:05:18
gracious
1:05:20
for
1:05:21
like streams
1:05:24
in desert
1:05:26
soil
1:05:28
a joyful
1:05:31
harvest
1:05:33
will reward
1:05:36
the weeping
1:05:40
sores
1:05:41
toil
1:05:43
the man
1:05:47
who
1:05:48
really
1:05:49
say
1:05:51
to
1:05:51
sow
1:05:52
goes out
1:05:55
with tears
1:05:56
of grief
1:05:59
will come
1:06:02
again
1:06:04
with songs
1:06:06
of joy
1:06:08
bearing
1:06:09
his
1:06:11
heart
1:06:12
bless
1:06:13
thee
1:06:14
now
1:06:17
may the
1:06:17
grace
1:06:18
of the
1:06:18
Lord
1:06:18
Jesus
1:06:19
Christ
1:06:19
the love
1:06:21
of God
1:06:21
the Father
1:06:22
fellowship
1:06:23
and communion
1:06:24
of the
1:06:24
Holy Spirit
1:06:25
rest on
1:06:27
and abide
1:06:28
with you
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all
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now
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and forever
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Amen
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da
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a
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poz
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THERE
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ANY
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RO
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nac
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HAL
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thunder
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spell
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thy
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our