2022/Sunday Worship - May 22, 2022_transcript.txt

[0.00 --> 14.04]  I am ready to shine, cause he's making diamonds out of dust, making diamonds out of us.
[30.00 --> 53.84]  I want you as you are, not as you ought to be. Won't you lay down your guard and come to me? The shame that grips you now is crippling. It breaks my heart to see you suffering.
[53.84 --> 77.64]  Cause I am for you, I'm not against you. If you wanna know how far my love can go, just how deep, just how wide. If you wanna see how much you mean to me, look at my hands, look at my side.
[77.64 --> 86.64]  If you could count the times that say you are forgiven, it's more than the drops in the ocean.
[86.64 --> 103.44]  Don't think you need to settle for a substitute. When I'm the only love that changes you.
[103.44 --> 126.58]  I am for you, I'm not against you. If you wanna know how far my love can go, just how deep, just how wide.
[126.58 --> 133.58]  If you wanna see how much you mean to me, look at my hands, look at my side.
[134.48 --> 142.58]  If you could count the times that say you are forgiven, it's more than the drops in the ocean.
[147.58 --> 149.58]  It's more than the drops in the ocean.
[149.58 --> 154.58]  Open your heart, it's time that we start again.
[157.48 --> 161.58]  Open your heart, it's time that we start again.
[164.58 --> 171.58]  If you wanna know how far my love can go, just how deep, just how wide.
[171.58 --> 179.48]  If you wanna see how much you mean to me, look at my hands, look at my side.
[179.48 --> 188.48]  If you could count the times that say you are forgiven, it's more than the drops in the ocean.
[188.48 --> 195.48]  The drops in the ocean.
[195.48 --> 200.48]  You say you are the ones that areлять.
[200.48 --> 200.88]  Think you aretermilки.
[201.88 --> 203.38]  I melodic.
[203.38 --> 204.18]  Think you are right on the ocean.
[204.18 --> 206.68]  Think you are what we're going to see.
[206.68 --> 208.28]  Think sometimes the street to part of someone who's got to feel.
[208.28 --> 209.98]  Think it to me.
[210.98 --> 211.94]  Think maybe they are gone alone.
[212.68 --> 215.68]  Think a myth but they guess what you are.
[215.68 --> 217.98]  Think orы?
[217.98 --> 221.86]  Think it's time that subscribe to people interpret the music.
[221.86 --> 222.88]  Think it's time if they have to learn more.
[222.88 --> 223.88]  Think the locution.
[223.88 --> 224.88]  Think it's time for you.
[224.88 --> 241.74]  you're not the only one who feels like this feeling like you lose more than you win
[241.74 --> 250.00]  like life is just an endless hill you climb you try and try but never arrive
[250.00 --> 258.00]  i'm telling you something this racing this running oh you're working way too hard
[258.00 --> 266.00]  and this perfection you're chasing is just energy wasted because he loves you like you are
[266.00 --> 274.06]  so go ahead and live like you're loved it's okay to act like you've been set free
[274.06 --> 282.30]  his love has made you more than enough so go ahead and be who he made you to be
[282.30 --> 290.30]  live like you're loved
[290.30 --> 294.30]  live like you're loved
[294.30 --> 298.30]  live like you're loved
[298.30 --> 306.30]  live like you know you're valuable like you know the one that holds your soul
[306.30 --> 314.30]  cuz mercy has called you by your name don't be afraid to live in that grace
[314.30 --> 322.30]  oh i'm telling you something this god we believe in yeah he changed everything
[322.30 --> 330.30]  no more guilt no more shame he took all that away gave us a reason to sing
[330.30 --> 346.30]  so go ahead and be who he made you to be
[346.30 --> 358.30]  live like you're loved
[358.30 --> 362.30]  live like you're loved
[362.30 --> 366.24]  Live like you're loved, walk like you're free
[366.24 --> 370.26]  Stand like you know who we made you to be
[370.26 --> 374.26]  Live like you're loved, like you believe
[374.26 --> 378.30]  His love is all that you'll ever need
[378.30 --> 381.48]  So go ahead and live like you're loved
[381.48 --> 389.50]  His love has made you more than enough
[392.30 --> 397.48]  So go ahead and live like you're loved
[397.48 --> 402.12]  It's okay to act like you've been set free
[402.12 --> 405.80]  His love has made you more than enough
[405.80 --> 410.32]  So go ahead and be who he made you to be
[410.32 --> 413.14]  And live like you're loved
[413.14 --> 417.44]  Live like you're loved
[417.44 --> 420.22]  Live like you're loved
[420.22 --> 424.22]  Live like you're loved
[424.22 --> 426.40]  Live like you're loved
[426.40 --> 428.32]  Live like you're loved
[428.32 --> 430.26]  Walk like you're free
[430.26 --> 434.28]  Stand like you know who we made you to be
[434.28 --> 436.40]  Live like you're loved
[436.40 --> 438.34]  Like you believe
[438.34 --> 442.32]  His love is all that you'll ever need
[442.32 --> 444.22]  Live like you're loved
[444.22 --> 450.40]  When you're at the end of the road
[450.40 --> 454.22]  And it's not the one that you would have chosen
[454.22 --> 456.40]  When you're at the end of the road
[456.40 --> 466.40]  When you're at the end of the road
[466.40 --> 470.40]  And it's not the one that you would have chosen
[470.40 --> 472.40]  When you're at the end of your road
[472.40 --> 474.40]  And you're holding on
[474.40 --> 476.40]  And you're holding on
[476.40 --> 478.40]  But feel like you're falling
[478.40 --> 482.40]  With every option exhausted
[482.40 --> 486.40]  You tried everything you know
[486.40 --> 490.40]  You saw light then you lost it
[490.40 --> 494.40]  But there is still hope
[494.40 --> 498.28]  Like the fire in the night
[498.28 --> 502.24]  Like the ocean parted wide
[502.24 --> 505.40]  Like the grave empty inside
[505.40 --> 507.40]  You will see
[507.40 --> 509.40]  He's still dead
[509.40 --> 511.40]  Miracles
[511.40 --> 513.40]  Miracles
[513.40 --> 515.40]  Miracles
[515.40 --> 517.40]  Miracles
[517.40 --> 521.40]  Even if you don't see it now
[521.40 --> 523.40]  Without a doubt
[523.40 --> 525.40]  He's already moving
[525.40 --> 529.40]  There's not a pain that you hold
[529.40 --> 531.40]  You're holding on
[531.40 --> 533.40]  You're holding on
[535.40 --> 540.40]  Good
[540.40 --> 541.40]  Morning
[541.40 --> 544.40]  If you weren't awake now you are
[544.40 --> 547.40]  Welcome to church
[547.40 --> 550.40]  Special welcome if you are visiting with us this morning
[550.40 --> 551.40]  My name is Chris
[551.40 --> 553.40]  I'm one of the pastors here
[553.40 --> 555.40]  And myself and along with these on stage
[555.40 --> 557.40]  And yet a few others
[557.40 --> 560.40]  Are privileged to lead us in our worship together
[560.40 --> 561.40]  This morning
[561.40 --> 563.40]  Before we begin
[563.40 --> 565.40]  There are a couple announcements to make
[565.40 --> 566.40]  First
[566.40 --> 568.40]  Even though it is the long weekend
[568.40 --> 572.40]  Pastors class is happening after service today
[572.40 --> 574.40]  And so if you are part of pastors class
[574.40 --> 576.40]  Please stick around for that
[576.40 --> 577.40]  If you don't know what that is
[577.40 --> 579.40]  You can grab me after church
[579.40 --> 580.40]  And we can talk about that
[580.40 --> 583.40]  But that's if you're interested in making a profession of faith
[583.40 --> 587.40]  To become part of our church community together
[587.40 --> 590.40]  Also
[590.40 --> 595.40]  We want to invite you to an evening of praise and prayer
[595.40 --> 598.40]  That's going to happen this coming Thursday
[598.40 --> 601.40]  In celebration of Ascension Day
[601.40 --> 605.40]  So Ascension Day is the day that we mark throughout the Christian calendar
[605.40 --> 607.40]  The ascension of Jesus
[607.40 --> 613.40]  The return of Jesus up to heaven after living, dying, and rising here on earth
[613.40 --> 617.40]  And so we mark that and we acknowledge there the kingship of Jesus
[617.40 --> 620.40]  And so you maybe saw it in the pre-service slide loop
[620.40 --> 622.40]  But there's going to be a praise and prayer service
[622.40 --> 627.40]  We're going to do a lot of singing beginning at 7 o'clock on Thursday night
[627.40 --> 631.40]  And so join us for that in person and online
[631.40 --> 635.40]  Although it's going to be much better because we're doing so much singing in person
[635.40 --> 636.40]  I assure you of that
[636.40 --> 640.40]  I think that's all the announcements for this morning and this week
[640.40 --> 643.40]  There'll be a couple others when we move through the service
[643.40 --> 647.40]  And so I'm going to invite you as you're able to rise together
[647.40 --> 651.40]  And we can receive the greeting of our God
[654.40 --> 657.40]  We gather in the presence of our God
[657.40 --> 660.40]  And He greets us in His name
[660.40 --> 664.40]  Grace, mercy, and peace to you
[664.40 --> 668.40]  From God our Father, from the Lord Jesus Christ, His Son, and our Savior
[668.40 --> 671.40]  Through the presence and power of the Holy Spirit
[671.40 --> 674.40]  Amen
[678.40 --> 683.40]  Our call to worship this morning comes from Revelation 15
[683.40 --> 688.40]  Great and marvelous are your deeds, Lord God Almighty
[688.40 --> 694.40]  Just and true are your ways, King of the nations
[694.40 --> 699.40]  Who will not fear you, Lord, and bring glory to your name
[699.40 --> 702.40]  For you alone are holy
[702.40 --> 706.40]  All nations will come and worship before you
[706.40 --> 710.40]  For your righteous acts have been revealed
[710.40 --> 737.40]  Father into your courts I will enter
[737.40 --> 758.70]  courts I will enter, maker of heaven and earth. I tremble in your holy presence. Glory, glory in your sanctuary.
[758.70 --> 781.48]  Glory, splendor and majesty, Lord. Before you, all life adores you. All the earth will declare that your love is everywhere.
[781.48 --> 802.66]  The fields will exalt, seeds resound. Hear the trees joyful cry, praising you and so will I.
[802.66 --> 815.86]  The news of the sea, Lord, I will glorify and bless your holy name.
[815.86 --> 834.74]  Jesus, Lord of all life and salvation, into your presence we come.
[834.74 --> 849.94]  We worship you, our precious Savior. Fill us, fill us with your holy power.
[849.94 --> 862.20]  Set us a flame with your love. Till nations will know your glory.
[862.20 --> 871.56]  For the earth will declare that your love is everywhere.
[871.56 --> 873.56]  The fields will declare that your love is everywhere.
[873.56 --> 891.56]  The fields will exalt, seeds resound. Hear the trees joyful cry, praising you and so will I.
[891.56 --> 902.56]  A new song I'll sing. Lord, I will glorify and bless your holy name.
[902.56 --> 916.56]  Glorify and bless your holy name.
[916.56 --> 922.88]  Glorify and bless you, Timothy God bless you and verse you and worship you.
[922.88 --> 927.56]  A new song on Father's 보 rant shows you and Berufs you and your beloved name.
[927.56 --> 928.50] ément樹ülácele
[928.50 --> 930.56]  some talentado
[930.56 --> 931.56]  Remembering your holy name.
[931.56 --> 933.46]  One muchísimo time ago.
[933.46 --> 936.26]  This spiritual ayamou Him.
[936.26 --> 937.68]  Him Aaamalim
[937.68 --> 938.56]  Wise David
[938.56 --> 940.44]  With something on Father's For should you
[940.44 --> 941.62]  Eeek
[941.62 --> 942.66]  God bless you.
[942.66 --> 956.14]  Guide me, O my great redeemer,
[956.14 --> 961.66]  Welcome to this caring night.
[961.96 --> 966.82]  I am with you, but you are mine.
[967.46 --> 972.26]  Hold me with your love for me.
[972.66 --> 977.58]  Where the heaven, where the heaven,
[978.24 --> 981.98]  Faith me now and evermore.
[982.98 --> 988.98]  Faith me now and evermore.
[992.48 --> 998.12]  Open now in the crystal fountain,
[998.12 --> 1003.30]  Where the healing waters flow.
[1003.98 --> 1008.12]  Let the fire and cloudy pillar,
[1008.12 --> 1013.12]  Feed me all my journey through.
[1014.12 --> 1019.12]  Strong deliver, strong deliver,
[1019.12 --> 1024.12]  Never be wasting share.
[1024.98 --> 1030.44]  Never be in my strength and shame.
[1030.44 --> 1040.44]  When I tear the fudge of Jordan,
[1040.44 --> 1045.76]  In my anxious peace of sight,
[1045.76 --> 1050.44]  When the death of hell's destruction,
[1050.44 --> 1056.44]  Let me save the light and sunny.
[1056.44 --> 1066.44]  I will never sing to you.
[1066.44 --> 1072.44]  I will never sing to you.
[1072.44 --> 1078.44]  Songs of praises, songs of praises,
[1078.44 --> 1083.44]  I will never sing to you.
[1083.44 --> 1091.44]  I will never sing to you.
[1091.44 --> 1096.54]  Please join me in a prayer of confession.
[1099.30 --> 1100.84]  Guide us, O Lord,
[1101.38 --> 1103.38]  As we walk through this barren land.
[1103.96 --> 1106.34]  Our sins leave our lives dry,
[1106.86 --> 1108.68]  Hopeless, and devoid of joy.
[1109.58 --> 1111.62]  We are weak, but you,
[1112.10 --> 1113.58]  Only you are mighty.
[1114.48 --> 1116.26]  Hold us with your powerful hand.
[1116.26 --> 1120.40]  Let your healing streams flow in our lives, Lord.
[1120.40 --> 1123.40]  You are our strong deliverer.
[1123.40 --> 1125.36]  Purify our hearts.
[1125.36 --> 1127.00]  Set us apart.
[1127.00 --> 1128.14]  Make us holy.
[1128.14 --> 1130.58]  Be our strength and shield.
[1130.58 --> 1132.54]  In Christ's name we pray.
[1132.54 --> 1133.46]  Amen.
[1146.26 --> 1164.28]  Purify my heart.
[1164.28 --> 1171.36]  Let me be as gold and precious silver.
[1171.86 --> 1175.70]  Purify my heart.
[1175.70 --> 1179.66]  Let me be as gold.
[1179.66 --> 1182.88]  Pure gold.
[1182.88 --> 1187.94]  Breathe thine as gold.
[1187.94 --> 1192.02]  My heart's one desire
[1192.02 --> 1198.74]  Is to be holy.
[1200.52 --> 1204.58]  Set apart for you, Lord.
[1204.58 --> 1209.72]  I choose to be holy.
[1209.72 --> 1216.46]  Set apart for you, my master.
[1216.46 --> 1221.50]  Ready to do your will.
[1225.76 --> 1229.76]  Purify my heart.
[1229.76 --> 1231.10]  Cleanse me from within.
[1231.10 --> 1234.02]  Clean me from within.
[1234.02 --> 1236.62]  And make me holy.
[1236.94 --> 1240.98]  Purify my heart.
[1240.98 --> 1244.64]  Clean me from my sin.
[1244.64 --> 1248.08]  Deep within.
[1248.08 --> 1251.90]  Leave my new smile.
[1251.90 --> 1256.94]  My heart's one desire
[1256.94 --> 1263.12]  Is to be holy
[1263.12 --> 1268.96]  Set apart for you, Lord
[1268.96 --> 1274.10]  I choose to be holy
[1274.10 --> 1280.56]  Set apart for you, my master
[1280.56 --> 1285.26]  Ready to do your will
[1310.56 --> 1321.18]  We bow our hearts
[1321.18 --> 1324.56]  We bend our knees
[1324.56 --> 1328.26]  Oh, Spirit, come make us humble
[1328.26 --> 1334.96]  We turn our arms
[1334.96 --> 1338.30]  From evil things
[1338.30 --> 1342.68]  Oh, Lord, we cast down our idols
[1342.68 --> 1346.44]  Give us clean hands
[1346.44 --> 1350.10]  Give us new hearts
[1350.10 --> 1355.60]  Let us not lift our souls to another
[1355.60 --> 1359.72]  Give us clean hands
[1359.72 --> 1363.38]  Give us pure hearts
[1363.38 --> 1368.80]  Let us not lift our souls to another
[1368.80 --> 1373.88]  And God, let us be a generation
[1373.88 --> 1378.78]  That sings, that sings your face
[1378.78 --> 1382.34]  Oh, God of Jacob
[1382.34 --> 1386.80]  And God, let us be a generation
[1386.80 --> 1391.96]  That sings, that sings your face
[1391.96 --> 1395.66]  Oh, God of Jacob
[1395.66 --> 1404.96]  We bow our hearts
[1404.96 --> 1408.30]  We bend our knees
[1408.30 --> 1411.92]  Oh, Spirit, come make us humble
[1411.92 --> 1417.62]  We turn our eyes
[1417.62 --> 1418.62]  We turn our eyes
[1418.62 --> 1420.62]  From evil things
[1420.62 --> 1425.62]  Oh, Lord, we cast down our idols
[1425.62 --> 1428.62]  Give us clean hands
[1428.62 --> 1432.92]  Give us pure hearts
[1432.92 --> 1438.34]  Let us not lift our souls to another
[1438.34 --> 1442.34]  Give us clean hands
[1442.34 --> 1445.92]  Give us pure hearts
[1445.92 --> 1451.42]  Let us not lift our souls to another
[1451.42 --> 1456.24]  And God, let us be a generation
[1456.24 --> 1461.02]  That sings, that sings your face
[1461.02 --> 1464.72]  Oh, God of Jacob
[1464.72 --> 1465.72]  Oh, God of Jacob
[1465.72 --> 1469.16]  Oh, God, let us be a generation
[1469.16 --> 1473.92]  That sings, that sings your face
[1473.92 --> 1477.42]  Oh, God of Jacob
[1477.42 --> 1486.82]  We bow our hearts
[1486.82 --> 1489.72]  We bend our knees
[1489.72 --> 1494.62]  O Spirit, come make us humble
[1494.62 --> 1521.06]  We continue to worship
[1521.06 --> 1522.88]  with the giving of our tithes and offerings
[1522.88 --> 1525.14]  Today's offerings are for Wagner Hills
[1525.14 --> 1526.58]  and for our church's budget
[1526.58 --> 1528.98]  Throughout the past 40 years
[1528.98 --> 1531.34]  over 5,000 people have come to the farm
[1531.34 --> 1533.32]  seeking transformation and support
[1533.32 --> 1535.92]  Wagner Hills started simply with a vision
[1535.92 --> 1538.26]  to help people on the road to recovery
[1538.26 --> 1541.24]  find a safe and life-giving place to work
[1541.24 --> 1543.72]  breathe and escape some of their difficulties
[1543.72 --> 1546.86]  This vision has blossomed into a thriving ministry
[1546.86 --> 1550.04]  through which thousands of lives
[1550.04 --> 1550.90]  have been transformed
[1550.90 --> 1554.66]  The farm equips men and women recovering from addiction
[1554.66 --> 1561.12]  with the safety and skills to grow, heal, and lead successful lives after the program
[1561.12 --> 1564.64]  Their compassionate staff and high-quality educators
[1564.64 --> 1569.36]  work with the residents to develop a program that sets them up for success
[1569.36 --> 1572.62]  into their recovery journey
[1572.62 --> 1577.82]  This program includes goal-setting, skill training on the farm or the office
[1577.82 --> 1581.28]  professional counseling and a community that believes in them
[1581.28 --> 1584.40]  From Philippians 4, verses 6-7
[1584.40 --> 1586.94]  Do not be anxious about anything
[1586.94 --> 1591.20]  but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving
[1591.20 --> 1592.94]  present your requests to God
[1592.94 --> 1596.54]  and the peace of God, which transcends all understanding
[1596.54 --> 1599.16]  will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus
[1599.16 --> 1601.92]  Next week's offering is for Team Challenge
[1601.92 --> 1603.02]  Please give generously
[1603.02 --> 1621.36]  Thank you for joining us
[1621.36 --> 1622.68]  Thank you for joining us
[1622.68 --> 1643.50]  Holy Spirit, living breath of God
[1643.50 --> 1649.40]  Breathe new life into my willing soul
[1649.40 --> 1657.26]  Bring the presence of the risen Lord
[1657.26 --> 1663.80]  To renew my heart and make me whole
[1663.80 --> 1671.72]  Cause your word to come alive in me
[1671.72 --> 1678.56]  Give me faith for what I cannot see
[1678.56 --> 1684.70]  Give me passion for your purity
[1684.70 --> 1691.66]  Holy Spirit, breathe new life in me
[1691.66 --> 1699.16]  Holy Spirit, come abide with me
[1699.16 --> 1704.56]  May your joy be seen in all I do
[1704.56 --> 1712.82]  Love enough to cover every sin
[1712.82 --> 1717.66]  In each thought and deed and attitude
[1717.66 --> 1727.04]  Guide us to the greatest and the least
[1727.04 --> 1733.76]  Gentleness that solves the path of peace
[1733.76 --> 1739.98]  Turn my strivings into words of grace
[1739.98 --> 1745.24]  Breath of God show Christ in all I do
[1745.24 --> 1753.78]  Holy Spirit, from creation's birth
[1753.78 --> 1760.18]  Giving life to all that God has made
[1760.18 --> 1767.32]  Show your power once again on earth
[1767.32 --> 1774.50]  Cause your dreams to hunger for your ways
[1774.50 --> 1781.72]  Let the fragrance of the bears arise
[1781.72 --> 1787.18]  Lead us on the road of sacrifice
[1787.18 --> 1794.56]  That in unity the face of Christ
[1794.56 --> 1800.18]  May be here for all the world to see
[1800.18 --> 1809.44]  Let the fragrance of our prayers arise
[1809.44 --> 1816.70]  Lead us on the road of sacrifice
[1816.70 --> 1822.94]  That in unity the face of Christ
[1822.94 --> 1828.70]  May be here for all the world to see
[1828.70 --> 1846.14]  Got some keeners here this morning
[1846.14 --> 1847.92]  Hey, how about that weather this morning, everybody?
[1848.00 --> 1848.82]  Isn't that fantastic?
[1850.96 --> 1855.54]  All right, the next thing I'd like to say is that comment sponsored by Ground Effects Nursery.
[1855.64 --> 1858.54]  Please go to your local garden centers this week and buy some plants.
[1858.70 --> 1865.76]  Anyway, we're happy the sun's out. It's great. It was beautiful this morning. It was out earlier. That's great
[1865.76 --> 1869.36]  Before we get to Kids Corner, I've got to do a little council announcement.
[1869.50 --> 1875.38]  We had a meeting this week, so I'd just like to give you a little bit of a summary about what we discussed at the meeting.
[1875.52 --> 1878.10]  First off, we had a report from the elders.
[1878.86 --> 1881.94]  They did a little bit of research with all the young adults in the church,
[1881.94 --> 1887.02]  and they gave us a report on the success of that ministry, the work that Josh has been doing.
[1888.10 --> 1890.72]  And it was very exciting to hear.
[1890.84 --> 1896.32]  So we heard about that, and we have more information for you at the next council meeting to share with you about that.
[1896.32 --> 1899.88]  We also had a little bit of time to talk about the nominations.
[1900.06 --> 1909.66]  We're still short a couple nominations for elder here, so we had a decent conversation about that as to how that's going to transpire over the next little bit here
[1909.66 --> 1913.28]  as we work our way through the election process.
[1914.42 --> 1919.50]  We also had some time to hear the pastoral reports from both Chris and Kevin.
[1919.50 --> 1922.40]  So that was great to hear about what's going on in our community.
[1924.12 --> 1927.50]  Chris shared with us that he's doing a volunteer training day on June 18th.
[1928.66 --> 1932.40]  We're going to have time for, there's some training going to happen there,
[1932.50 --> 1936.32]  and more of just recognition for our volunteers at our church.
[1937.60 --> 1940.78]  And we're going to have a congregational meeting coming up in June,
[1940.90 --> 1943.62]  and we're still working the details out on that,
[1943.62 --> 1947.36]  so more information will come to you through email.
[1947.36 --> 1949.92]  Thank you very much.
[1951.08 --> 1952.76]  Kids Corner, do it.
[1959.22 --> 1960.44]  All right, how's everybody...
[1960.44 --> 1962.30]  Who is?
[1963.14 --> 1964.90]  All right, how's everybody doing this morning?
[1965.86 --> 1968.16]  I want you to finish my sentence.
[1968.76 --> 1972.38]  When I get up in the morning and the sun is beautiful outside,
[1972.38 --> 1975.38]  the first thing I want to do when I get outside is...
[1975.38 --> 1977.40]  Eat.
[1977.78 --> 1978.84]  Go for a walk.
[1979.12 --> 1979.64]  What else?
[1979.74 --> 1980.58]  Anybody else got some...
[1980.58 --> 1981.06]  Go to the beach.
[1981.12 --> 1981.98]  Go to the beach.
[1982.06 --> 1982.62]  Like that one.
[1982.94 --> 1983.50]  Go swimming?
[1984.70 --> 1985.18]  Like...
[1985.18 --> 1985.54]  Go to the pool.
[1986.54 --> 1988.84]  Is the water still kind of cold, but you're doing it anyway?
[1990.16 --> 1990.96]  Go to the pool.
[1991.04 --> 1991.72]  Anybody else?
[1992.60 --> 1993.82]  Those are great suggestions.
[1993.82 --> 2004.34]  Today, we're going to do a story and story hour in the back about a young girl who is about your guys' age.
[2004.38 --> 2005.42]  I'm not really exactly sure.
[2005.52 --> 2013.10]  She might have been about 10, I think, but about how she helped a general learn about God.
[2013.10 --> 2017.18]  But before we do that, I want to talk to you guys about something quick.
[2018.92 --> 2020.66]  I can see all you guys right here.
[2020.74 --> 2025.44]  You guys are all young and Sunday school age.
[2025.54 --> 2030.86]  Have you guys ever seen any pictures of your mom or dad when they were your age?
[2032.14 --> 2033.00]  You haven't?
[2033.06 --> 2034.54]  What do you think when you see those pictures?
[2034.54 --> 2039.36]  Are they kind of weird?
[2040.18 --> 2040.80]  They're kind of weird.
[2041.46 --> 2044.66]  So, how many of you guys want to see pictures of me when I was your age?
[2046.56 --> 2047.42]  Are you going to laugh?
[2049.30 --> 2049.62]  Probably.
[2051.80 --> 2052.12]  Okay.
[2052.18 --> 2054.82]  Well, before I do that, I got one more question to ask you guys.
[2054.90 --> 2056.86]  I got, like, a big birthday coming up tomorrow.
[2056.96 --> 2059.06]  I want to ask you guys, how old do you think I am?
[2059.80 --> 2060.70]  Who's got a suggestion?
[2061.14 --> 2061.86]  Fifteen hundred.
[2062.34 --> 2063.06]  Fifteen hundred.
[2064.02 --> 2064.50]  Sixty-five.
[2064.54 --> 2064.78]  Fifty.
[2067.66 --> 2068.06]  Fifty.
[2068.78 --> 2069.18]  Fifty.
[2070.50 --> 2071.02]  Forty-six.
[2071.18 --> 2072.62]  Good questions.
[2072.82 --> 2073.22]  All right.
[2075.18 --> 2078.24]  Forty years ago, this is what this guy looked like up there.
[2078.30 --> 2078.78]  Look at that.
[2078.88 --> 2079.74]  Look at that picture.
[2079.88 --> 2080.58]  Isn't that good?
[2082.32 --> 2082.94]  That's me.
[2083.14 --> 2083.44]  All right.
[2083.48 --> 2084.16]  We got four of them.
[2084.20 --> 2085.22]  You can roll the next one.
[2086.04 --> 2087.40]  Look at that cute kid.
[2087.64 --> 2088.62]  That's so creepy.
[2091.26 --> 2091.92]  One more.
[2092.60 --> 2094.42]  There's me in the middle with my siblings.
[2094.42 --> 2097.56]  And one more.
[2097.70 --> 2098.26]  Last one.
[2099.14 --> 2099.74]  All right.
[2099.80 --> 2101.40]  There's me at one of my birthday parties.
[2101.84 --> 2103.02]  Tomorrow I'm turning 50.
[2103.26 --> 2104.02]  Can't believe it.
[2104.38 --> 2104.74]  Crazy.
[2107.94 --> 2108.58]  All right.
[2108.84 --> 2111.02]  We're going to pray in the back with you guys,
[2111.10 --> 2113.00]  but we're going to do the blessing for sure this morning,
[2113.08 --> 2114.18]  so let's all stand up.
[2121.18 --> 2121.54]  Ready?
[2121.54 --> 2121.60]  Ready?
[2121.98 --> 2122.54]  The...
[2122.54 --> 2122.88]  Thank you.
[2122.92 --> 2125.10]  Thank you.
[2125.10 --> 2125.20]  Thank you.
[2127.56 --> 2129.16]  Thank you.
[2129.30 --> 2138.24]  Thank you.
[2138.24 --> 2142.34]  Thank you.
[2142.34 --> 2162.60]  It's my privilege this morning to lead you in our church family prayer.
[2163.52 --> 2167.48]  A couple notes before we pray.
[2167.48 --> 2171.94]  We're going to pray this morning for Louise Rezabos.
[2172.20 --> 2173.54]  Many of you know her.
[2174.36 --> 2181.04]  She had an aneurysm, a brain aneurysm last night and is in the hospital and in coma.
[2181.52 --> 2189.94]  We don't know any further details as of yet, but we definitely want to uphold her in prayer
[2189.94 --> 2193.66]  and pray for a miracle of God's healing in her life.
[2193.92 --> 2196.78]  And so when I pray for that, we will do that.
[2196.78 --> 2201.94]  I encourage you to keep that in your personal prayers as well this coming week.
[2204.24 --> 2211.62]  Additionally, I know that maybe we are tired of hearing it in our prayer, but we're going
[2211.62 --> 2216.00]  to continue to pray for COVID and the impacts on our community.
[2216.60 --> 2220.52]  There's a number of people in our church family right now who have COVID and are home with
[2220.52 --> 2222.24]  COVID and struggling with that.
[2222.24 --> 2229.86]  We are grateful that most of those cases are minor, and yet it's easy to forget or ignore
[2229.86 --> 2233.36]  and not think intentionally or prayerfully about.
[2233.56 --> 2236.20]  And so we're going to continue to do that together.
[2236.20 --> 2241.32]  I invite you to join your hearts with mine as we pray.
[2241.66 --> 2242.36]  Let's pray together.
[2242.36 --> 2253.88]  Holy and heavenly Father.
[2253.88 --> 2261.34]  We come before you on the morning of this day grateful for the beautiful weather, grateful
[2261.34 --> 2269.96]  for a long weekend, an extra long weekend for some of us kids in school, and we are mindful
[2269.96 --> 2273.62]  of the many things that we can do as a result of that.
[2273.62 --> 2279.84]  We are grateful for those and with those who have opportunity to get away, maybe go camping
[2279.84 --> 2284.90]  or visit with family and friends in other places this long weekend.
[2285.60 --> 2288.76]  We pray, God, that you would keep them safe as they travel.
[2289.68 --> 2296.26]  You would bless that time spent relaxing and spent reconnecting with people.
[2297.24 --> 2300.96]  May it be a deep and real blessing.
[2300.96 --> 2308.52]  We thank you for the opportunity that many of us had who stayed here to enjoy this long weekend,
[2308.64 --> 2315.24]  whether that was visiting places or getting some work done around the property or just relaxing
[2315.24 --> 2318.58]  in community and in fellowship with others.
[2318.70 --> 2327.74]  We pray, Lord God, that you would restore our hearts and souls through these sorts of times
[2327.74 --> 2328.70]  and activities.
[2328.70 --> 2335.74]  We come, God, to worship because we need your restoring power.
[2335.94 --> 2341.60]  We need to be reminded of who you are and of what you have done in the world.
[2341.80 --> 2349.88]  And so, Lord God, open the eyes of our hearts to receive you, to welcome more of your spirit
[2349.88 --> 2356.70]  into ourselves that we might be transformed and that our lives might be changed.
[2356.70 --> 2363.42]  Unstop our stuck ears so that we might hear the truth of your gospel
[2363.42 --> 2370.84]  and so that we might have the hope that is required to live life in you.
[2370.84 --> 2383.14]  God, life lived in you is full of reasons for thanksgiving, not necessarily because things are going so well all the time,
[2383.14 --> 2387.20]  but precisely because you are with us all the time.
[2388.20 --> 2390.12]  And so we give you thanks for your presence.
[2390.12 --> 2398.66]  We give you thanks for your nearness in our lives and we pray that you would help us to experience more and more of you each day.
[2399.18 --> 2407.72]  That you would help us in worship to recalibrate that experience, to re-familiarize ourselves with your voice as the good shepherd
[2407.72 --> 2413.30]  and that we might go from this place constantly in praise of you.
[2415.82 --> 2421.56]  Father God, we know that in your word you call us to pray.
[2422.20 --> 2424.20]  You call us to lives of prayer.
[2424.66 --> 2432.20]  You call us to pray for the sick among us, to pray for the hurting and those in need.
[2432.20 --> 2439.86]  And so, Lord God, with heavy and full hearts, we come to you and we lift up those in need.
[2440.50 --> 2448.96]  In particular, we cry out with the Rezabos and the Wind and other extended families and we pray for Louise.
[2450.08 --> 2453.04]  We pray, Lord God, that you would bring healing to her.
[2454.06 --> 2457.34]  Restore her with a miracle of your touch.
[2457.34 --> 2460.64]  Give her, Lord God, all that she needs.
[2460.78 --> 2469.82]  And as the family comes together and as the family prays, we join our voices with theirs and we ask that you would sustain them today.
[2470.88 --> 2475.70]  We don't know what the future holds, Lord God, but we know that you hold the future.
[2476.70 --> 2480.26]  And so, may we rest in your care.
[2480.94 --> 2484.08]  May we rest in your hands together.
[2484.08 --> 2497.88]  Father God, we continue in prayer for those who are recovering from treatments, for those who have had a procedure and are now resting.
[2498.04 --> 2498.82]  We think of Marga.
[2499.24 --> 2511.38]  Ask, Lord God, that you would continue to give her what she needs and bring healing to her as she recovers and spends the next three to six months in recovery.
[2511.38 --> 2516.28]  We pray that you would speed that along and give her all that she needs.
[2517.20 --> 2527.38]  And God, we pray that you would give her patience and an extra measure of patience so that she might not rush this process and then so prolong it,
[2527.50 --> 2533.14]  but might do what she has been instructed to from her doctors and those providing care for her.
[2533.40 --> 2538.32]  And we pray, Lord God, that you would bring healing to her.
[2538.32 --> 2548.64]  Father God, we know that there are others in our community who have many other illnesses and many other long-term health struggles.
[2548.78 --> 2556.66]  We pray that you would be near to them, that you would provide for them in meaningful and purposeful ways,
[2556.66 --> 2563.54]  and that you would use us as your church, that we as a church family, as brothers and sisters in Christ Jesus,
[2563.54 --> 2571.04]  would meet the needs of those whom we know, and that prayerfully, Lord God, we would meet the needs of those whom we don't know.
[2571.96 --> 2575.70]  And so work in the world in response to the prayer of your saints.
[2576.56 --> 2582.44]  To that end, God, we continue in prayer for those who are affected by COVID-19,
[2582.44 --> 2585.60]  especially for those who are currently sick with it.
[2585.66 --> 2594.02]  We know that there are a few, and yet we are grateful that the disease itself, the virus itself,
[2594.12 --> 2600.54]  has seemed to have become less impactful, and we thank you for mild cases.
[2601.00 --> 2606.58]  And yet, Lord God, we are aware that this is an ongoing and continuing reality,
[2606.58 --> 2610.12]  and so give us what we need to endure.
[2610.54 --> 2615.14]  Give us what we need to respond, both responsibly and compassionately,
[2615.60 --> 2620.14]  and with a sense of Holy Spirit wisdom in the midst of all of this.
[2621.74 --> 2625.60]  God, we are grateful for the ways that you answer prayer.
[2626.42 --> 2631.22]  Whether that is time or in medicine or in miracle,
[2631.22 --> 2639.08]  we pray, Lord God, that you would bring all of our health needs to resolution,
[2639.74 --> 2647.00]  and that you would restore each who struggles, hurts, and who lives in pain,
[2647.12 --> 2649.08]  whether physical or emotional.
[2650.60 --> 2656.92]  Lord our God, as we remember this time of need and prayer,
[2656.92 --> 2661.66]  we know that your word also calls us to mourn with those who mourn.
[2662.68 --> 2668.72]  And so, Lord God, alongside of the DeYoung family and the extended family,
[2668.88 --> 2672.28]  we mourn the loss of Arnold and Joanne,
[2672.78 --> 2675.06]  members at Gateway Christian Reformed Church,
[2675.20 --> 2678.86]  and connected to so many in our Christian Reformed,
[2678.96 --> 2680.84]  but also the Abbotsford community.
[2680.84 --> 2685.62]  And we pray, Lord God, that you would meet us in our mourning,
[2686.60 --> 2688.06]  that you would weep with us,
[2688.78 --> 2693.02]  and that even as our mourning lasts for the night,
[2693.32 --> 2695.78]  we know that your mercies are new.
[2696.58 --> 2700.08]  And so we pray, Lord God, that you would lift us up,
[2700.12 --> 2702.70]  even as we walk through the valley of the shadow,
[2703.10 --> 2705.66]  may we come into your light.
[2705.80 --> 2709.10]  May we know your hope in this life.
[2710.84 --> 2714.24]  Continue in the same vein of prayer for the Alexander family.
[2715.42 --> 2719.40]  As they continue to mourn the loss of a dad and a grandpa,
[2719.58 --> 2721.28]  we pray that you, Lord God,
[2721.36 --> 2725.98]  would bring a measure of peace in this season,
[2726.74 --> 2731.48]  and that for questions asked and wonderings had,
[2731.86 --> 2735.48]  we pray, Lord God, that even if we can't find answer,
[2735.48 --> 2738.14]  even if we can't know the why,
[2738.48 --> 2741.08]  we can know you in the midst of it.
[2742.44 --> 2745.80]  Lord, we believe and so help our unbelief.
[2747.26 --> 2751.42]  We doubt and so grant us more faith.
[2752.64 --> 2755.44]  We struggle in these moments and days,
[2755.58 --> 2757.44]  and so give us hope.
[2757.44 --> 2761.60]  A hope that can only come from the victory of the cross,
[2761.70 --> 2764.46]  a hope that can only come from the power of the empty tomb,
[2764.82 --> 2767.18]  a hope that can only come from a Savior,
[2767.40 --> 2769.58]  crucified, risen, and ascended,
[2770.06 --> 2772.60]  who sits at the right hand of God the Father,
[2772.74 --> 2774.92]  who comes again,
[2775.50 --> 2776.34]  judge the living.
[2777.66 --> 2780.20]  So our hope is in your return.
[2780.58 --> 2782.50]  Our hope is in you.
[2782.50 --> 2787.62]  God, we pray that you would meet the needs of our church,
[2787.68 --> 2791.64]  especially as we are looking for men to serve as pastoral elders.
[2792.78 --> 2799.14]  May you move in the hearts and minds of those people whom you are calling,
[2800.18 --> 2804.98]  that they would be used by you to lead us into hope,
[2805.76 --> 2809.96]  to lead us into whatever future you have emerging for us
[2809.96 --> 2811.78]  as Langley Emanuel Church.
[2812.50 --> 2814.40]  We are grateful, Lord God,
[2814.46 --> 2817.76]  for the call that you place on individuals to serve,
[2817.86 --> 2820.70]  and we ask now that those whom you are calling,
[2820.84 --> 2824.44]  those men who you are calling to serve as pastoral elders in this season
[2824.44 --> 2829.82]  would hear your voice and would trust in your equipping to serve.
[2831.72 --> 2835.50]  It is a privilege to work with you, Lord God.
[2836.16 --> 2837.74]  We give you thanks for that.
[2837.74 --> 2844.68]  Thank you that you incorporate us into your plan and will for the world,
[2844.80 --> 2849.14]  and that you use us as ambassadors of reconciliation,
[2850.22 --> 2852.58]  ministers of mercy and grace.
[2852.58 --> 2857.44]  God, we know that we do this work for your glory and with your spirit,
[2857.44 --> 2862.96]  and so as we come now to your word, fill us up, an experience of both.
[2863.80 --> 2867.50]  Fill us up by your spirit that we might hear your voice, Lord Jesus,
[2867.66 --> 2872.72]  and that we might give you praise for who you are and for what you have done.
[2873.42 --> 2876.72]  Bless Pastor Kevin as he brings your word to us this morning.
[2876.72 --> 2880.00]  May he speak with boldness and clarity,
[2880.36 --> 2885.60]  and may he speak your truth directly to our hearts and minds.
[2886.80 --> 2888.48]  In Christ Jesus we pray.
[2889.28 --> 2889.54]  Amen.
[2889.54 --> 2889.60]  Amen.
[2889.60 --> 2889.66]  Amen.
[2889.66 --> 2889.68]  Amen.
[2889.68 --> 2889.74]  Amen.
[2889.74 --> 2889.76]  Amen.
[2889.76 --> 2889.82]  Amen.
[2889.82 --> 2889.84]  Amen.
[2889.84 --> 2889.90]  Amen.
[2889.90 --> 2889.94]  Amen.
[2889.94 --> 2889.98]  Amen.
[2889.98 --> 2890.02]  Amen.
[2890.02 --> 2893.90]  Amen.
[2906.72 --> 2907.72]  Amen.
[2907.72 --> 2908.72]  Amen.
[2910.72 --> 2914.06]  Sometimes we forget to think about this when we come into church.
[2914.50 --> 2916.50]  We have many people here today.
[2916.68 --> 2917.98]  Many people are not here today.
[2917.98 --> 2921.24]  We come into this building, some of us feeling immense joy,
[2921.36 --> 2922.74]  some of us feeling immense sadness.
[2922.94 --> 2924.36]  There's many emotions in the room.
[2924.50 --> 2927.98]  We spend time in prayer, acknowledging certain things, rejoicing in some,
[2928.80 --> 2932.44]  grieving in others, and then we come together to the word of God
[2932.44 --> 2938.70]  because we know the word of God is true no matter how we are feeling that day.
[2938.80 --> 2942.74]  And so this has been true these past couple of weeks as well.
[2942.82 --> 2944.80]  If you've been with us the last couple of weeks,
[2945.18 --> 2947.80]  you'll know we've been going through a short little sermon series
[2947.80 --> 2949.34]  that we're actually concluding today.
[2949.86 --> 2952.44]  If you haven't been with us these past couple of weeks,
[2952.68 --> 2954.12]  you probably didn't know that.
[2954.78 --> 2955.48]  But now you do.
[2956.08 --> 2958.58]  And I thought before we get into our text today,
[2958.94 --> 2961.66]  it would be fun to do a little bit of a review quiz,
[2961.66 --> 2964.32]  kind of just to see how we all are doing,
[2964.48 --> 2967.16]  to see what we've learned from our sermon series so far.
[2967.28 --> 2969.32]  So there's four sections in this building,
[2969.46 --> 2970.70]  one, two, three, four.
[2970.88 --> 2972.58]  I'm going to ask four questions,
[2972.92 --> 2973.94]  one to each section.
[2974.10 --> 2975.70]  Each question is a multiple choice,
[2975.84 --> 2977.00]  and we're going to see how we do.
[2977.06 --> 2978.12]  And if you're watching online,
[2978.50 --> 2980.18]  see if you can go four for four here.
[2980.48 --> 2982.98]  And if you haven't been here with us for the past two weeks
[2982.98 --> 2984.84]  and have no idea what I'm talking about,
[2985.10 --> 2987.46]  you'll probably do just fine on this quiz, I think.
[2987.58 --> 2988.64]  So here we go.
[2989.28 --> 2990.90]  Question number one to this section right here.
[2990.92 --> 2991.30]  Are you ready?
[2992.66 --> 2994.14]  What book have we been working through
[2994.14 --> 2995.16]  these past couple weeks?
[2995.36 --> 2997.82]  Has it been 2 Thessalonians, Pride and Prejudice,
[2998.20 --> 2999.66]  Jude, or all of the above?
[3001.00 --> 3002.16]  Jude, we're one for one.
[3002.54 --> 3003.26]  All right, good job.
[3003.36 --> 3004.14]  That was a lob ball.
[3004.24 --> 3004.74]  Get us going.
[3005.22 --> 3006.66]  Question number two to this section.
[3006.78 --> 3007.28]  Here we go.
[3007.54 --> 3009.08]  It's a little trickier, but probably not really.
[3009.52 --> 3012.04]  What is the name of the author of this book
[3012.04 --> 3012.98]  that we've been looking at?
[3013.02 --> 3016.86]  Is it Jude, Judas, Judah, or all of the above?
[3018.34 --> 3019.42]  It is all of the above.
[3019.42 --> 3020.82]  If you guys did so good, a little bit of trick,
[3020.88 --> 3021.82]  I would have accepted A.
[3022.14 --> 3023.32]  I would have given it to you anyways.
[3023.44 --> 3024.84]  Question number three over here.
[3025.68 --> 3026.74]  There are a lot of questions about Jude,
[3026.84 --> 3027.60]  which has guessed the point.
[3028.00 --> 3029.12]  Who is Jude?
[3029.26 --> 3030.00]  Third section.
[3030.58 --> 3031.18]  Some guy.
[3031.90 --> 3033.26]  Brother of James.
[3033.68 --> 3034.84]  Half-brother of Jesus.
[3034.84 --> 3036.20]  Or all of the above?
[3041.40 --> 3042.64]  A, B, C, D?
[3044.48 --> 3045.58]  C, it's all of the above.
[3045.68 --> 3047.42]  It's all of the answers you've shouted out is true.
[3047.80 --> 3049.16]  So you guys got it right as well.
[3049.88 --> 3052.76]  And number four, easily the hardest question.
[3053.72 --> 3056.54]  What big word did Pastor Chris teach us about last week?
[3057.48 --> 3057.84]  Transubstantiation?
[3058.38 --> 3058.74]  Immutability?
[3059.22 --> 3060.96]  Anti-disestablishmentarianism?
[3060.96 --> 3062.14]  Or all of the above?
[3063.68 --> 3064.62]  Yeah, that's what it is.
[3064.82 --> 3065.18]  Immutability.
[3065.30 --> 3065.88]  Good job, Josh.
[3065.90 --> 3066.38]  You were listening.
[3068.00 --> 3068.54]  All right.
[3068.72 --> 3069.96]  So that's the review quiz.
[3070.16 --> 3071.32]  You guys have all done great.
[3071.64 --> 3073.68]  I'm sure you're all feeling very gruntled right now.
[3074.10 --> 3076.22]  Gruntled, of course, being the opposite of disgruntled,
[3076.40 --> 3078.28]  which is a word we never use for some reason,
[3078.34 --> 3079.06]  but I think we should.
[3079.54 --> 3080.42]  You guys did great.
[3081.38 --> 3082.46]  Anyways, we've looked at Jude.
[3082.56 --> 3084.72]  We've looked at the first 23 verses
[3084.72 --> 3085.90]  over the past two weeks,
[3085.90 --> 3087.08]  and Chris was kind enough
[3087.08 --> 3089.18]  to leave me two measly verses at the end
[3089.18 --> 3091.60]  to conclude this sermon series with.
[3092.02 --> 3092.92]  That being said,
[3093.30 --> 3096.08]  these two verses actually pack quite a punch.
[3096.22 --> 3098.98]  And so whether you've heard the first two sermons or not,
[3099.30 --> 3102.44]  I'm excited to be able to look at these two verses today as well.
[3102.48 --> 3103.86]  So if you have your Bibles with you,
[3103.94 --> 3104.98]  good time to open them up.
[3105.28 --> 3106.50]  Maybe you've got your Bibles app
[3106.50 --> 3107.56]  or you've got your Bible memorized.
[3108.14 --> 3109.90]  Turn with me to your Bibles,
[3110.78 --> 3111.34]  your apps,
[3111.34 --> 3112.00]  your brain,
[3112.36 --> 3117.10]  and read with me verses 24 and 25 this morning.
[3117.58 --> 3118.70]  It's a short little passage,
[3118.86 --> 3119.66]  but it's a powerful one.
[3119.72 --> 3122.20]  Here we read in Jude 24 and 25,
[3122.94 --> 3125.32]  to him who is to keep you from stumbling
[3125.32 --> 3128.10]  and to present you before his glorious presence
[3128.10 --> 3130.54]  without fault and with great joy,
[3131.00 --> 3132.64]  to the only God our Savior
[3132.64 --> 3136.04]  be glory, majesty, power, and authority
[3136.04 --> 3138.00]  through Jesus Christ our Lord
[3138.00 --> 3139.58]  before all ages,
[3140.26 --> 3142.10]  now and forevermore.
[3142.78 --> 3143.12]  Amen.
[3143.94 --> 3145.48]  The word of the Lord.
[3146.82 --> 3150.18]  Now this text exalts Jesus.
[3151.04 --> 3153.48]  That is the purpose of Jude's final words
[3153.48 --> 3154.44]  here in his letter.
[3154.50 --> 3156.84]  Actually, it's the point of Jude's entire letter.
[3157.18 --> 3158.36]  And what we will come to see today
[3158.36 --> 3159.88]  is actually the point of this life
[3159.88 --> 3162.74]  that we are to be living here and now,
[3162.80 --> 3165.92]  to exalt Jesus above all.
[3166.48 --> 3168.42]  Jesus is worthy of all glory,
[3168.98 --> 3171.60]  majesty, power, and authority.
[3171.84 --> 3173.06]  We've been looking at this theme
[3173.06 --> 3174.36]  for the past two weeks,
[3174.46 --> 3176.18]  so we're going to quickly recap that
[3176.18 --> 3177.20]  as a sort of springboard
[3177.20 --> 3179.70]  into this doxology that we read today.
[3179.78 --> 3181.82]  First, we discussed some errant ways,
[3181.94 --> 3184.44]  some ways that some supposed believers
[3184.44 --> 3185.22]  throughout history
[3185.22 --> 3187.90]  and even in our churches today in the West
[3187.90 --> 3190.98]  have responded poorly to Christ our King.
[3191.32 --> 3193.18]  Some worldly doctrines have slipped
[3193.18 --> 3194.68]  into the church throughout history,
[3194.80 --> 3195.76]  including our present time.
[3195.76 --> 3197.28]  Things like cheap grace,
[3197.90 --> 3198.94]  like social good,
[3199.98 --> 3201.26]  like antinomialism,
[3201.48 --> 3203.02]  which is a word I should have used in the quiz.
[3203.96 --> 3206.84]  See, some see grace as cheap.
[3207.54 --> 3209.64]  They believe Jesus died for everything,
[3209.86 --> 3212.00]  and so now you can do whatever you want
[3212.00 --> 3213.76]  because God's grace covers it.
[3215.12 --> 3216.44]  God's grace covers all sin,
[3216.50 --> 3217.58]  so just live however you like.
[3217.64 --> 3218.68]  But if people believe this,
[3218.72 --> 3221.16]  they have this inflated sense of self-worth,
[3221.32 --> 3224.14]  and they're uninterested in following Christ's command
[3224.14 --> 3226.62]  to take up your cross and follow him.
[3228.06 --> 3228.60]  Social good.
[3228.68 --> 3230.34]  People are bent to a social good.
[3230.64 --> 3232.44]  They believe that all you need to do to be saved
[3232.44 --> 3233.56]  is to be a good person,
[3233.56 --> 3235.14]  but the folly of that, of course,
[3235.22 --> 3237.36]  is there's no need for Jesus then,
[3237.70 --> 3238.48]  if that's the case.
[3238.56 --> 3240.48]  Your salvation is then actually up to you
[3240.48 --> 3241.74]  and the good that you do.
[3242.74 --> 3244.42]  I said this word wrong just a second ago,
[3244.48 --> 3247.36]  but antinominalism is the rejection of all laws.
[3247.44 --> 3248.26]  Did I get it right that time?
[3248.42 --> 3249.12]  Still wrong, hey?
[3249.98 --> 3250.62]  Did I really?
[3250.96 --> 3252.50]  Oh, I really thought I butchered it the first time.
[3253.58 --> 3255.86]  Well, that word, it's the rejection of all laws.
[3256.58 --> 3259.58]  It's this extreme of both points we just talked about.
[3259.64 --> 3262.60]  These people who believe they owe nobody anything.
[3263.12 --> 3264.52]  They don't owe anybody nothing.
[3264.64 --> 3266.52]  They're guilty of extreme individualism,
[3266.56 --> 3267.68]  and to our triune God,
[3267.80 --> 3270.28]  our triune God who's existed in Father, Son, and Spirit
[3270.28 --> 3271.86]  throughout time immemorial,
[3272.18 --> 3273.52]  this is, of course, very insulting,
[3274.06 --> 3275.36]  and it's not how we are called to live.
[3275.36 --> 3277.78]  But to counter those false claims,
[3277.98 --> 3279.44]  we've learned some real truths too.
[3280.00 --> 3282.18]  We've uncovered that there's no ultimate good
[3282.18 --> 3283.14]  apart from Jesus.
[3283.72 --> 3286.34]  We must abide in him to do anything eternally good.
[3286.86 --> 3290.62]  We've also learned that we are called, kept, and cherished.
[3290.72 --> 3291.88]  We're called to live for him.
[3292.24 --> 3293.56]  We're kept by him,
[3293.62 --> 3296.02]  something that we're going to talk about again today.
[3296.58 --> 3298.62]  And we're cherished by him.
[3299.12 --> 3301.80]  Because God is immutable, remember that,
[3302.22 --> 3303.76]  it means he cannot change.
[3303.76 --> 3303.80]  Change.
[3304.38 --> 3306.34]  That means when he says he loves you,
[3306.94 --> 3307.50]  he loves you.
[3307.58 --> 3308.82]  That cannot change.
[3309.50 --> 3310.78]  He cherishes you always,
[3310.88 --> 3311.72]  no matter your past,
[3311.98 --> 3312.68]  no matter your present,
[3312.78 --> 3313.58]  no matter your future,
[3313.96 --> 3314.92]  no matter what you've done
[3314.92 --> 3316.10]  or what has been done to you,
[3316.16 --> 3318.20]  you are cherished by God.
[3319.22 --> 3320.62]  Because God cannot change.
[3321.88 --> 3322.54]  And then finally,
[3323.12 --> 3324.82]  we learn that we must remember his word
[3324.82 --> 3326.04]  because God remembered us.
[3326.84 --> 3328.60]  That we will remain in his love
[3328.60 --> 3330.50]  because he first loved us.
[3330.50 --> 3332.38]  And that we're called to rescue others
[3332.38 --> 3333.90]  because he rescued us.
[3335.16 --> 3335.96]  And then,
[3336.46 --> 3337.86]  Jude gets to our text today.
[3338.64 --> 3340.24]  After throwing all of that at us,
[3340.72 --> 3342.08]  Jude concludes with our text.
[3342.14 --> 3343.26]  And I'm actually just going to read it for you
[3343.26 --> 3343.76]  one more time
[3343.76 --> 3344.72]  because it's so nice and short.
[3345.10 --> 3345.32]  It says,
[3345.32 --> 3347.44]  to him who is able to keep you from stumbling
[3347.44 --> 3348.76]  and to present you
[3348.76 --> 3351.60]  before his glorious presence
[3351.60 --> 3352.98]  without fault and with great joy,
[3353.28 --> 3354.58]  to the only God our Savior,
[3354.74 --> 3357.04]  be glory, majesty, power, and authority
[3357.04 --> 3359.08]  through Jesus Christ our Lord
[3359.08 --> 3362.16]  before all ages now and forevermore.
[3362.62 --> 3362.92]  Amen.
[3363.98 --> 3366.98]  Now there's something about the exaltation of Jesus
[3366.98 --> 3367.94]  in this passage
[3367.94 --> 3370.18]  that really needs to resonate with us here.
[3370.38 --> 3371.48]  Do you see how it's worded?
[3372.14 --> 3374.02]  Do you look at that last little chunk of this passage?
[3374.02 --> 3375.22]  It's one long sentence,
[3375.36 --> 3376.00]  these two verses,
[3376.42 --> 3377.18]  but it ends with,
[3377.60 --> 3379.18]  through Jesus Christ our Lord
[3379.18 --> 3381.46]  before all ages now and forevermore.
[3383.18 --> 3383.94]  Now we could,
[3384.24 --> 3386.24]  we could look at that,
[3386.30 --> 3386.86]  we can understand,
[3386.96 --> 3387.78]  that's forever, right?
[3387.82 --> 3388.48]  That's always.
[3389.68 --> 3389.90]  Right?
[3390.26 --> 3392.64]  Before all ages now and forevermore.
[3393.80 --> 3394.92]  So it ends by saying,
[3395.04 --> 3395.74]  through Jesus,
[3396.62 --> 3396.96]  always.
[3398.36 --> 3400.64]  Now we could take this text and reorder it,
[3400.68 --> 3401.36]  not change it,
[3401.54 --> 3403.28]  but we could reorder it in this way.
[3403.28 --> 3403.70]  We could say,
[3403.86 --> 3404.36]  to Jesus,
[3405.62 --> 3407.82]  who is always able to keep you from stumbling,
[3408.56 --> 3409.18]  and who is all,
[3409.28 --> 3410.86]  and who always presents to you
[3410.86 --> 3412.52]  before God's glorious presence
[3412.52 --> 3413.94]  without fault and with great joy,
[3414.60 --> 3416.12]  to Jesus be all glory,
[3416.78 --> 3417.62]  majesty, power,
[3418.14 --> 3418.80]  and authority.
[3419.68 --> 3420.00]  Amen.
[3421.94 --> 3422.36]  So you see,
[3422.48 --> 3424.54]  while this text actually ends with Jesus,
[3424.70 --> 3427.00]  it really starts with Jesus.
[3427.90 --> 3429.98]  And isn't that just sort of the beautiful picture
[3429.98 --> 3431.16]  of faith that we have?
[3431.60 --> 3433.16]  We can't end with Jesus
[3433.16 --> 3434.52]  unless we start with Jesus,
[3434.60 --> 3435.14]  or rather,
[3437.14 --> 3437.98]  we can't
[3437.98 --> 3441.68]  end with Jesus
[3441.68 --> 3443.62]  unless we start with Jesus.
[3443.70 --> 3446.34]  We can't understand that
[3446.34 --> 3448.98]  until we understand that Jesus started with us.
[3449.54 --> 3451.04]  See, it's Jesus who is worthy.
[3452.16 --> 3452.96]  It's Jesus
[3452.96 --> 3455.06]  who remembered us in our struggles
[3455.06 --> 3456.08]  and came to heal us
[3456.08 --> 3456.78]  from our pain.
[3457.04 --> 3457.70]  It is Jesus
[3457.70 --> 3459.12]  who gave up everything
[3459.12 --> 3460.44]  so that you could be forgiven.
[3460.76 --> 3461.42]  It's Jesus
[3461.42 --> 3462.64]  who removes your guilt
[3462.64 --> 3463.54]  and your shame.
[3463.64 --> 3464.14]  It's Jesus
[3464.14 --> 3465.06]  who wept
[3465.06 --> 3466.20]  when his friend
[3466.20 --> 3466.92]  died,
[3467.00 --> 3467.68]  and it's Jesus
[3467.68 --> 3468.34]  who knows
[3468.34 --> 3469.48]  how to comfort you
[3469.48 --> 3471.08]  when you lose someone you love.
[3472.46 --> 3473.32]  It's Jesus
[3473.32 --> 3475.42]  who loves you
[3475.42 --> 3476.96]  more than you will ever know.
[3479.40 --> 3480.78]  Because of that love,
[3480.86 --> 3481.54]  it is Jesus
[3481.54 --> 3482.56]  who made himself
[3482.56 --> 3483.54]  of no reputation.
[3484.08 --> 3485.50]  He left the heavenly throne
[3485.50 --> 3487.26]  and he came to this earth,
[3487.60 --> 3488.36]  a baby boy,
[3488.44 --> 3489.54]  where he was scorned
[3489.54 --> 3490.62]  and he was mocked
[3490.62 --> 3491.66]  and he was rebuked
[3491.66 --> 3492.72]  and yet he never sinned
[3492.72 --> 3494.16]  and he never retaliated.
[3494.58 --> 3496.22]  And he lived this perfect life
[3496.22 --> 3497.28]  that we've been called to live,
[3497.48 --> 3498.34]  but then he died
[3498.34 --> 3499.40]  a gruesome death,
[3500.34 --> 3502.08]  as gruesome a death
[3502.08 --> 3503.62]  that anyone could experience.
[3504.92 --> 3505.52]  And that's a death
[3505.52 --> 3506.34]  that you and I deserve.
[3507.90 --> 3508.50]  He did that
[3508.50 --> 3509.56]  so that we wouldn't have to.
[3509.90 --> 3511.24]  And he bore the wrath of God
[3511.24 --> 3512.04]  that was intended for us
[3512.04 --> 3513.34]  and he took it with the grave,
[3514.22 --> 3515.36]  took it to the grave with him.
[3516.10 --> 3517.10]  But then victoriously,
[3517.82 --> 3518.96]  he rises from the grave
[3518.96 --> 3519.74]  three days later
[3519.74 --> 3520.74]  and he defeats sin
[3520.74 --> 3521.82]  and death forever
[3521.82 --> 3522.86]  and provides us all
[3522.86 --> 3523.42]  with mercy
[3523.42 --> 3524.26]  and grace
[3524.26 --> 3525.14]  and forgiveness.
[3525.56 --> 3526.84]  And all of that he does,
[3527.42 --> 3528.44]  which we do not deserve.
[3529.50 --> 3531.10]  And that is the gospel truth.
[3531.80 --> 3532.98]  That is the gospel truth
[3532.98 --> 3533.60]  that we remember
[3533.60 --> 3534.50]  each and every week
[3534.50 --> 3535.06]  here in church
[3535.06 --> 3536.18]  and we need to remember
[3536.18 --> 3537.24]  each and every day
[3537.24 --> 3539.28]  that starts with Jesus
[3539.28 --> 3540.76]  so that we can end with Jesus.
[3542.04 --> 3543.46]  Just like Jude's doxology.
[3546.10 --> 3547.42]  And now the same Lord
[3547.42 --> 3548.10]  and Savior,
[3548.26 --> 3549.28]  he ascended to heaven,
[3549.82 --> 3551.02]  which we will remember
[3551.02 --> 3551.50]  and celebrate
[3551.50 --> 3552.24]  later this week.
[3553.00 --> 3553.98]  And now he's sitting
[3553.98 --> 3554.94]  on the throne of God
[3554.94 --> 3555.92]  and he's reigning
[3555.92 --> 3556.90]  over all the cosmos,
[3557.10 --> 3558.00]  still working in us
[3558.00 --> 3558.74]  and for us.
[3558.86 --> 3560.38]  And our text points out
[3560.38 --> 3561.84]  two ways that he is doing this.
[3562.10 --> 3563.04]  Two ways that he is still
[3563.04 --> 3564.46]  intervening in our lives.
[3565.60 --> 3566.02]  If you look there,
[3566.06 --> 3566.30]  it says,
[3566.30 --> 3567.24]  Jesus keeps us
[3567.24 --> 3567.88]  from stumbling
[3567.88 --> 3571.02]  and Jesus presents us
[3571.02 --> 3571.64]  blameless
[3571.64 --> 3572.78]  before the throne of God.
[3573.68 --> 3574.06]  And we'll look at
[3574.06 --> 3574.66]  both of those today
[3574.66 --> 3575.02]  for a minute.
[3576.02 --> 3576.32]  First,
[3576.48 --> 3577.38]  Jesus keeps us
[3577.38 --> 3578.26]  from stumbling.
[3579.84 --> 3580.62]  And perhaps it's easy
[3580.62 --> 3581.16]  to read this
[3581.16 --> 3581.68]  with a little bit
[3581.68 --> 3582.64]  of a limited scope
[3582.64 --> 3583.76]  and we question
[3583.76 --> 3584.34]  this statement.
[3585.28 --> 3585.86]  You might be thinking,
[3585.96 --> 3586.46]  does he actually
[3586.46 --> 3587.54]  keep me from stumbling?
[3587.62 --> 3588.48]  Because I mess up
[3588.48 --> 3589.02]  all the time.
[3590.72 --> 3591.36]  The thing is,
[3591.38 --> 3592.24]  this isn't a statement
[3592.24 --> 3593.78]  about your sin.
[3594.62 --> 3595.56]  This is a statement
[3595.56 --> 3597.32]  about your salvation.
[3599.02 --> 3600.34]  This isn't about your sin,
[3600.42 --> 3601.30]  it's about your salvation.
[3601.58 --> 3602.18]  When you pair
[3602.18 --> 3602.98]  this first statement
[3602.98 --> 3603.64]  that he keeps us
[3603.64 --> 3604.26]  from stumbling
[3604.26 --> 3605.82]  with Jude's second statement
[3605.82 --> 3607.48]  that Jesus presents us
[3607.48 --> 3607.96]  blameless
[3607.96 --> 3609.22]  to the throne above,
[3609.44 --> 3610.60]  we realize Jude isn't
[3610.60 --> 3611.12]  talking about
[3611.12 --> 3612.34]  everyday stuff right here.
[3613.24 --> 3613.80]  He isn't talking
[3613.80 --> 3614.94]  about the moment-to-moment
[3614.94 --> 3615.82]  mess that we might
[3615.82 --> 3616.78]  create sometimes.
[3617.42 --> 3618.98]  This is an eternal
[3618.98 --> 3620.38]  spectrum remark.
[3620.96 --> 3621.82]  Jesus keeps us
[3621.82 --> 3622.88]  from stumbling
[3622.88 --> 3623.96]  eternally.
[3624.06 --> 3624.68]  Our salvation
[3624.68 --> 3625.86]  is assured.
[3631.30 --> 3632.14]  We can put it
[3632.14 --> 3632.78]  a different way.
[3634.94 --> 3636.04]  Our salvation
[3636.04 --> 3637.98]  is certain
[3637.98 --> 3639.62]  to those who believe.
[3640.50 --> 3641.62]  This is a text
[3641.62 --> 3642.86]  about the perseverance
[3642.86 --> 3643.82]  of the saints.
[3644.26 --> 3645.22]  Once you're saved,
[3645.56 --> 3646.24]  you're saved.
[3646.54 --> 3647.16]  Once the Spirit
[3647.16 --> 3648.10]  opens your heart
[3648.10 --> 3648.90]  to the promises
[3648.90 --> 3649.46]  of God
[3649.46 --> 3650.32]  and you've been given
[3650.32 --> 3651.24]  the gift of faith,
[3651.24 --> 3653.34]  faith,
[3653.34 --> 3655.62]  you cannot not
[3655.62 --> 3656.40]  believe it forever.
[3658.56 --> 3659.12]  Again,
[3659.18 --> 3659.72]  this goes back
[3659.72 --> 3661.66]  to the immutability
[3661.66 --> 3662.32]  of God.
[3662.70 --> 3664.20]  God cannot change.
[3664.48 --> 3665.08]  His promises
[3665.08 --> 3666.26]  cannot change either.
[3666.80 --> 3667.92]  Once you've experienced
[3667.92 --> 3668.56]  or understood
[3668.56 --> 3670.04]  or had the truth
[3670.04 --> 3670.88]  of the love
[3670.88 --> 3671.44]  and the grace
[3671.44 --> 3672.34]  of Jesus Christ
[3672.34 --> 3673.16]  revealed to you,
[3673.42 --> 3674.10]  your salvation
[3674.10 --> 3674.72]  is assured.
[3674.72 --> 3676.82]  Jesus keeps you
[3676.82 --> 3677.98]  from stumbling.
[3678.76 --> 3679.66]  But we do doubt
[3679.66 --> 3680.30]  this sometimes,
[3680.40 --> 3680.76]  don't we?
[3681.40 --> 3682.16]  And it makes sense.
[3682.30 --> 3682.94]  We doubt it.
[3682.98 --> 3683.78]  It's okay to doubt
[3683.78 --> 3684.30]  things.
[3684.54 --> 3685.06]  It takes faith
[3685.06 --> 3685.44]  to doubt,
[3685.52 --> 3685.80]  actually.
[3685.94 --> 3687.26]  And it takes
[3687.26 --> 3687.88]  curiosity
[3687.88 --> 3688.86]  to seek answers.
[3688.86 --> 3690.26]  When we question
[3690.26 --> 3690.78]  or we doubt
[3690.78 --> 3691.86]  the existence of God
[3691.86 --> 3692.22]  or the way
[3692.22 --> 3692.92]  that he operates
[3692.92 --> 3693.44]  in this world,
[3693.52 --> 3694.08]  the best advice
[3694.08 --> 3695.02]  is to keep questioning.
[3695.86 --> 3696.52]  That's always
[3696.52 --> 3697.24]  the right answer.
[3697.30 --> 3698.02]  But there's reasons
[3698.02 --> 3698.78]  why we doubt
[3698.78 --> 3699.60]  this promise.
[3700.86 --> 3701.42]  We think about
[3701.42 --> 3703.00]  the preservation
[3703.00 --> 3704.00]  of the saints,
[3705.00 --> 3705.70]  once saved,
[3705.80 --> 3706.58]  always saved,
[3707.02 --> 3707.96]  and we think about
[3707.96 --> 3708.78]  people that we know
[3708.78 --> 3709.70]  who have walked
[3709.70 --> 3710.44]  away from the faith.
[3713.14 --> 3714.54]  But when we do this,
[3714.68 --> 3716.04]  we inadvertently
[3716.04 --> 3716.96]  give mankind
[3716.96 --> 3718.30]  too much credit.
[3719.30 --> 3720.56]  We start believing
[3720.56 --> 3721.92]  that we have something
[3721.92 --> 3723.20]  to do with our salvation,
[3724.26 --> 3725.02]  as if salvation
[3725.02 --> 3725.44]  is something
[3725.44 --> 3726.90]  that can be granted
[3726.90 --> 3727.66]  and removed
[3727.66 --> 3729.12]  because of our actions
[3729.12 --> 3730.08]  or the decisions
[3730.08 --> 3731.12]  that we make.
[3732.34 --> 3733.46]  But that can't be.
[3734.66 --> 3736.16]  People can't fall away
[3736.16 --> 3737.50]  from Jesus' saving grace.
[3737.60 --> 3738.10]  And here's why.
[3739.36 --> 3741.20]  Salvation is forever.
[3741.92 --> 3742.46]  Because again,
[3742.56 --> 3743.64]  God is unchanging.
[3744.40 --> 3746.66]  God's love cannot change.
[3747.28 --> 3748.42]  And then God's salvation
[3748.42 --> 3749.64]  cannot change.
[3750.80 --> 3752.96]  Salvation is eternal.
[3753.14 --> 3753.80]  By definition,
[3754.04 --> 3754.56]  it has to be.
[3754.64 --> 3755.62]  We are being saved
[3755.62 --> 3756.54]  for eternity
[3756.54 --> 3757.64]  or being saved
[3757.64 --> 3759.52]  from eternal damnation.
[3760.22 --> 3761.38]  But if salvation
[3761.38 --> 3762.50]  can be lost,
[3763.50 --> 3764.72]  if it's something
[3764.72 --> 3766.24]  we can fall away from,
[3766.78 --> 3767.88]  we've now made it
[3767.88 --> 3769.04]  not eternal.
[3771.08 --> 3772.34]  If I can lose it,
[3772.40 --> 3773.18]  it's not everlasting.
[3774.88 --> 3775.20]  Furthermore,
[3775.34 --> 3776.50]  if I can walk my way
[3776.50 --> 3777.30]  out of salvation,
[3777.70 --> 3778.66]  or if I can work
[3778.66 --> 3779.76]  my way out of salvation,
[3779.88 --> 3780.80]  or if I can decide
[3780.80 --> 3781.90]  my way out of salvation,
[3782.84 --> 3784.04]  my salvation now
[3784.04 --> 3785.04]  is ultimately dependent
[3785.04 --> 3785.90]  on me,
[3787.22 --> 3788.08]  not on Jesus.
[3791.92 --> 3792.62]  Salvation is not
[3792.62 --> 3793.14]  an allowance
[3793.14 --> 3793.70]  that we get
[3793.70 --> 3794.66]  as long as we do the work.
[3795.54 --> 3796.00]  An allowance
[3796.00 --> 3796.82]  that we stop getting
[3796.82 --> 3797.64]  if we stop working.
[3798.98 --> 3799.80]  Salvation is given
[3799.80 --> 3800.84]  to those
[3800.84 --> 3802.10]  who believe in Jesus
[3802.10 --> 3802.90]  and true faith
[3802.90 --> 3803.78]  can't be lost.
[3804.92 --> 3805.84]  And so he keeps you.
[3805.94 --> 3806.48]  The Greek word
[3806.48 --> 3807.70]  in this text here is,
[3807.96 --> 3808.28]  and man,
[3808.34 --> 3808.68]  I'm going to butcher
[3808.68 --> 3809.18]  this one too,
[3809.56 --> 3810.18]  phoulioso
[3810.18 --> 3811.04]  is what it's called
[3811.04 --> 3811.46]  probably.
[3811.46 --> 3813.06]  But the word
[3813.06 --> 3813.54]  that I probably
[3813.54 --> 3814.18]  can't pronounce
[3814.18 --> 3815.84]  means to guard
[3815.84 --> 3818.44]  or to watch over.
[3819.20 --> 3820.64]  So Jesus is at his post
[3820.64 --> 3821.84]  and he's standing guard
[3821.84 --> 3823.48]  and he's standing watch
[3823.48 --> 3823.96]  over those
[3823.96 --> 3824.78]  who have put their faith
[3824.78 --> 3825.32]  in him
[3825.32 --> 3826.32]  and he's keeping them
[3826.32 --> 3827.48]  from stumbling
[3827.48 --> 3828.82]  eternally.
[3829.24 --> 3829.54]  Now again,
[3829.64 --> 3830.62]  don't minimize this
[3830.62 --> 3831.28]  by thinking about
[3831.28 --> 3832.44]  the little individual sins
[3832.44 --> 3833.20]  that you may commit.
[3833.48 --> 3834.02]  But understand,
[3834.14 --> 3835.28]  Jesus is keeping us
[3835.28 --> 3836.96]  for eternity.
[3837.16 --> 3837.94]  He guards us
[3837.94 --> 3838.66]  like shepherds
[3838.66 --> 3839.54]  guard his sheep.
[3839.54 --> 3841.20]  Jesus says in John 10,
[3841.28 --> 3842.10]  27 to 29,
[3842.18 --> 3842.54]  he says this,
[3842.78 --> 3843.04]  he says,
[3843.14 --> 3844.58]  my sheep listen
[3844.58 --> 3845.70]  to my voice.
[3846.42 --> 3847.32]  I know them
[3847.32 --> 3848.20]  and they follow me.
[3848.92 --> 3850.98]  I give them eternal life
[3850.98 --> 3852.76]  and they shall never perish.
[3852.92 --> 3854.10]  No one will snatch them
[3854.10 --> 3854.78]  out of my hand.
[3856.06 --> 3857.36]  My Father who has given them
[3857.36 --> 3859.00]  to me is greater than all.
[3859.72 --> 3861.06]  No one can snatch them
[3861.06 --> 3863.42]  out of my Father's hands.
[3864.06 --> 3866.00]  See, salvation belongs
[3866.00 --> 3866.96]  to our God.
[3867.76 --> 3868.42]  Not to you,
[3868.42 --> 3870.60]  and not once you're saved,
[3870.68 --> 3872.32]  you're always saved.
[3873.36 --> 3873.92]  Now take that in
[3873.92 --> 3874.36]  for a moment.
[3874.76 --> 3875.68]  Don't think about
[3875.68 --> 3876.72]  the people around you
[3876.72 --> 3877.44]  or people that you think
[3877.44 --> 3878.02]  needs to hear
[3878.02 --> 3878.76]  about this right now.
[3878.98 --> 3880.00]  We all need to hear
[3880.00 --> 3880.64]  this good news.
[3881.00 --> 3882.24]  Your salvation
[3882.24 --> 3883.48]  is certain.
[3885.02 --> 3886.14]  It is assured.
[3886.96 --> 3887.78]  The great shepherd
[3887.78 --> 3888.56]  is guarding you.
[3888.66 --> 3889.90]  He will keep you
[3889.90 --> 3891.52]  for him forever.
[3893.02 --> 3893.96]  Because of Jesus,
[3894.20 --> 3895.28]  you are saved.
[3895.36 --> 3896.06]  You can't earn it.
[3896.26 --> 3897.10]  You can't buy it.
[3897.10 --> 3898.04]  You can't rent it
[3898.04 --> 3898.62]  for a weekend.
[3899.12 --> 3900.66]  Salvation cannot be lost.
[3900.78 --> 3901.66]  It cannot be found.
[3901.92 --> 3903.06]  It cannot be thrown away.
[3903.36 --> 3904.06]  It is kept.
[3904.36 --> 3906.20]  And you are kept.
[3906.86 --> 3907.14]  Amen?
[3908.22 --> 3908.84]  There's more.
[3909.94 --> 3911.06]  Jesus obtained
[3911.06 --> 3911.94]  your salvation
[3911.94 --> 3912.64]  on the cross.
[3912.74 --> 3913.46]  He obtained
[3913.46 --> 3914.72]  your salvation.
[3916.04 --> 3918.02]  But now he maintains it
[3918.02 --> 3918.64]  as well
[3918.64 --> 3920.10]  from the throne above.
[3920.10 --> 3921.00]  As our text says,
[3921.38 --> 3922.74]  Jesus presents you
[3922.74 --> 3924.58]  before his glorious presence
[3924.58 --> 3925.74]  without fault
[3925.74 --> 3927.58]  and with great joy.
[3927.86 --> 3928.96]  He presents you
[3928.96 --> 3930.02]  blameless
[3930.02 --> 3931.24]  before the throne.
[3932.18 --> 3932.98]  I think we can
[3932.98 --> 3934.02]  shortchange this too
[3934.02 --> 3934.78]  to be honest with you.
[3935.04 --> 3935.94]  I relearned about
[3935.94 --> 3937.04]  double imputation
[3937.04 --> 3937.68]  this week.
[3938.16 --> 3939.18]  Double imputation.
[3939.32 --> 3939.66]  Theology.
[3939.78 --> 3940.12]  Big words.
[3940.20 --> 3941.32]  See, I know some big words too, Chris.
[3942.28 --> 3942.84]  Sometimes
[3942.84 --> 3944.28]  when we think
[3944.28 --> 3945.30]  about being
[3945.30 --> 3946.06]  forgiven
[3946.06 --> 3947.30]  by God's grace,
[3947.30 --> 3949.96]  we don't grasp
[3949.96 --> 3950.82]  the full magnitude
[3950.82 --> 3951.46]  of this.
[3952.70 --> 3953.58]  I'm going to
[3953.58 --> 3954.10]  riskily
[3954.10 --> 3955.18]  let capitalism
[3955.18 --> 3956.02]  illustrate this
[3956.02 --> 3956.48]  for a moment,
[3956.58 --> 3957.48]  so bear with me here.
[3957.54 --> 3958.10]  I think actually
[3958.10 --> 3958.82]  Al used this
[3958.82 --> 3959.22]  in a sermon
[3959.22 --> 3959.92]  a few years back,
[3959.98 --> 3960.44]  so it might sound
[3960.44 --> 3961.34]  familiar to some of you.
[3962.64 --> 3963.64]  In our sin,
[3964.32 --> 3965.46]  it's like we owe a debt.
[3965.62 --> 3966.84]  Let's save a million dollars.
[3967.84 --> 3968.98]  But with the cross
[3968.98 --> 3969.88]  and the empty tomb,
[3970.06 --> 3970.68]  Jesus came
[3970.68 --> 3971.78]  and canceled our debt.
[3973.02 --> 3974.18]  That's how we think
[3974.18 --> 3974.84]  of God's grace
[3974.84 --> 3975.68]  and forgiveness here.
[3975.94 --> 3976.36]  And I think
[3976.36 --> 3977.28]  when we think of this,
[3977.28 --> 3977.74]  we do think
[3977.74 --> 3978.40]  that's amazing.
[3978.60 --> 3979.60]  I would have never been able
[3979.60 --> 3980.54]  to pay off that debt
[3980.54 --> 3982.38]  and Jesus took it from me.
[3983.70 --> 3984.68]  The thing is,
[3984.80 --> 3986.28]  if we owe a million dollars
[3986.28 --> 3987.24]  and that debt's forgiven,
[3987.34 --> 3988.10]  what are we left with?
[3989.12 --> 3990.28]  If you have negative
[3990.28 --> 3991.28]  a million dollars
[3991.28 --> 3992.14]  and you're given
[3992.14 --> 3992.90]  a million dollars
[3992.90 --> 3993.92]  to pay off that debt,
[3994.14 --> 3994.98]  what are you left with?
[3996.04 --> 3996.44]  Nothing.
[3998.34 --> 3998.58]  Church,
[3998.64 --> 3999.48]  God's grace and mercy
[3999.48 --> 4000.94]  is so much more than this.
[4002.16 --> 4002.38]  You see,
[4002.44 --> 4003.12]  not only does Jesus
[4003.12 --> 4004.14]  take away our sin,
[4004.38 --> 4005.08]  take away our debt,
[4005.08 --> 4007.00]  He makes us righteous.
[4007.82 --> 4008.60]  He not only covers
[4008.60 --> 4009.56]  the million dollar debt,
[4009.74 --> 4010.48]  but He gives you
[4010.48 --> 4011.28]  a million dollars
[4011.28 --> 4012.08]  on top of that.
[4012.34 --> 4013.26]  That's almost
[4013.26 --> 4014.64]  an entire down payment
[4014.64 --> 4015.82]  on a small condo
[4015.82 --> 4016.84]  on the outskirts
[4016.84 --> 4017.54]  of the GVA.
[4017.80 --> 4018.48]  I should have used
[4018.48 --> 4019.28]  bigger increments
[4019.28 --> 4020.06]  for this example.
[4020.06 --> 4022.48]  point is,
[4023.10 --> 4024.50]  not only is your debt forgiven,
[4025.38 --> 4026.42]  not only is your sins
[4026.42 --> 4026.96]  are forgiven,
[4027.54 --> 4028.38]  but you are given
[4028.38 --> 4029.50]  the gift of righteousness,
[4029.72 --> 4031.42]  given a greater inheritance,
[4031.68 --> 4033.14]  more than your debt
[4033.14 --> 4033.74]  ever was.
[4034.92 --> 4035.62]  You're not simply
[4035.62 --> 4036.62]  made even,
[4036.74 --> 4037.62]  you're made holy.
[4038.48 --> 4039.32]  That's what double
[4039.32 --> 4040.28]  imputation means.
[4040.52 --> 4041.26]  You've been imputed,
[4041.36 --> 4042.12]  you've been assigned
[4042.12 --> 4043.06]  both forgiveness
[4043.06 --> 4043.98]  and righteousness.
[4044.44 --> 4045.08]  You've been given
[4045.08 --> 4045.90]  both mercy
[4045.90 --> 4047.08]  and glory.
[4048.32 --> 4049.20]  You are presented
[4049.20 --> 4050.12]  blameless
[4050.12 --> 4051.20]  in the presence
[4051.20 --> 4052.22]  of God.
[4052.78 --> 4053.86]  Not simply forgiven,
[4054.84 --> 4055.60]  blameless.
[4056.94 --> 4058.64]  You are without fault.
[4062.44 --> 4063.08]  Jesus looks at you
[4063.08 --> 4063.72]  with great joy,
[4064.36 --> 4065.68]  and when God looks at you,
[4065.76 --> 4066.48]  He sees Christ.
[4066.48 --> 4067.36]  Church,
[4069.62 --> 4070.62]  this is the unbelievable
[4070.62 --> 4071.60]  news of the gospel.
[4072.60 --> 4073.74]  This is the good news
[4073.74 --> 4074.38]  that Jude wants
[4074.38 --> 4075.12]  his readers to hear.
[4075.18 --> 4076.06]  He wants you to know
[4076.06 --> 4078.02]  this truth,
[4078.36 --> 4080.14]  so that we will respond
[4080.14 --> 4081.70]  in the only way we can,
[4082.76 --> 4083.52]  with praise,
[4084.90 --> 4086.48]  with a doxology
[4086.48 --> 4087.28]  to our Savior.
[4088.86 --> 4089.68]  Pastor Chris said this
[4089.68 --> 4090.46]  in a previous sermon,
[4090.58 --> 4091.48]  but good theology
[4091.48 --> 4092.80]  leads to doxology.
[4093.62 --> 4094.86]  Doxology is expressions
[4094.86 --> 4095.86]  of gratitude
[4095.86 --> 4096.88]  gratitude and praise,
[4097.00 --> 4097.80]  knowing that we are
[4097.80 --> 4098.14]  forgiven,
[4098.32 --> 4099.32]  knowing that we are
[4099.32 --> 4100.06]  made righteous,
[4100.24 --> 4101.64]  knowing that our salvation
[4101.64 --> 4103.42]  is assured and eternal,
[4103.52 --> 4104.08]  that we are seen
[4104.08 --> 4105.66]  blameless in God's eyes
[4105.66 --> 4106.62]  despite the lives
[4106.62 --> 4107.36]  that you and I
[4107.36 --> 4108.12]  both know we live.
[4109.02 --> 4109.76]  That can only be
[4109.76 --> 4110.94]  responded to in one way,
[4111.02 --> 4111.22]  right?
[4112.74 --> 4113.96]  When we grasp
[4113.96 --> 4115.50]  even a chunk
[4115.50 --> 4116.48]  of the magnitude
[4116.48 --> 4118.02]  of what He has done
[4118.02 --> 4118.40]  for us,
[4118.52 --> 4119.40]  and the surety
[4119.40 --> 4120.14]  that we have
[4120.14 --> 4121.48]  in the promises of God,
[4121.66 --> 4122.80]  our scope of reality
[4122.80 --> 4123.52]  should change.
[4123.52 --> 4125.16]  Our praise
[4125.16 --> 4126.08]  should just flow
[4126.08 --> 4126.82]  out of us.
[4129.38 --> 4130.30]  A couple years ago,
[4130.42 --> 4131.40]  my brother-in-law
[4131.40 --> 4132.78]  invited Nicky and I
[4132.78 --> 4133.94]  on a flight,
[4134.20 --> 4134.92]  to go on a flight.
[4134.98 --> 4135.80]  He's a pilot now,
[4135.88 --> 4136.78]  but a few years ago,
[4136.84 --> 4137.28]  I guess he needed
[4137.28 --> 4138.08]  more air time,
[4138.16 --> 4138.82]  so he needed to get up
[4138.82 --> 4139.40]  in the air a little bit
[4139.40 --> 4139.76]  more often,
[4140.16 --> 4141.02]  or he was just being
[4141.02 --> 4141.48]  super nice,
[4141.54 --> 4141.82]  I don't know.
[4141.86 --> 4142.48]  But he invited Nicky
[4142.48 --> 4143.14]  and I on this flight
[4143.14 --> 4144.00]  in a little four-seater
[4144.00 --> 4144.40]  airplane,
[4144.80 --> 4145.28]  and we were allowed
[4145.28 --> 4146.22]  to take one of our kids.
[4146.90 --> 4147.94]  So we left our oldest
[4147.94 --> 4148.56]  and our youngest
[4148.56 --> 4149.54]  at home with Grandma,
[4149.66 --> 4150.46]  and we took Isla,
[4150.58 --> 4151.18]  our middle kid,
[4151.18 --> 4151.70]  with us,
[4151.80 --> 4152.58]  and she got to come
[4152.58 --> 4153.30]  and sit in the back
[4153.30 --> 4154.08]  corner of this little
[4154.08 --> 4154.92]  four-seater airplane.
[4155.28 --> 4155.92]  She was maybe five
[4155.92 --> 4156.30]  at the time.
[4157.34 --> 4158.16]  Because it was a small
[4158.16 --> 4158.42]  plane,
[4158.48 --> 4159.04]  we had to put on
[4159.04 --> 4160.26]  those cool headphones
[4160.26 --> 4161.40]  with the sets
[4161.40 --> 4161.86]  so that we could
[4161.86 --> 4162.44]  talk to each other
[4162.44 --> 4163.28]  because it was super loud,
[4163.54 --> 4164.18]  and so that Jared
[4164.18 --> 4165.08]  could talk to the tower
[4165.08 --> 4165.82]  and to the other planes
[4165.82 --> 4166.32]  in the area.
[4167.32 --> 4168.20]  And then we took off,
[4168.42 --> 4169.38]  and our plane is going up,
[4169.42 --> 4169.88]  and it's loud,
[4169.94 --> 4170.58]  and we're getting higher
[4170.58 --> 4170.88]  and higher,
[4170.94 --> 4171.86]  and it's such a cool night,
[4171.96 --> 4172.54]  and Jared's trying
[4172.54 --> 4173.44]  to talk to the tower
[4173.44 --> 4174.08]  to communicate
[4174.08 --> 4174.96]  what he needs to communicate,
[4175.34 --> 4176.14]  but he gets interrupted
[4176.14 --> 4176.90]  every four seconds
[4176.90 --> 4177.80]  by this little tiny,
[4177.90 --> 4178.38]  girly voice
[4178.38 --> 4178.94]  in the back corner
[4178.94 --> 4179.62]  of the plane going,
[4180.06 --> 4184.58]  wow, wow, wow,
[4185.48 --> 4186.62]  every four seconds,
[4186.92 --> 4190.50]  wow, wow, wow.
[4190.54 --> 4192.80]  She started to see her world
[4192.80 --> 4194.70]  from this different perspective.
[4195.74 --> 4196.68]  She started to realize
[4196.68 --> 4197.58]  the magnitude
[4197.58 --> 4199.24]  of the Fraser Valley,
[4199.34 --> 4200.90]  the beauty of the view,
[4200.98 --> 4202.08]  and the joy of rising
[4202.08 --> 4202.82]  and above it all
[4202.82 --> 4203.76]  just filled her up.
[4204.56 --> 4205.68]  Jared couldn't communicate
[4205.68 --> 4208.52]  to the, wow, wow,
[4208.94 --> 4211.00]  over and over and over again.
[4213.74 --> 4214.94]  That's our response
[4214.94 --> 4216.60]  to what Jesus has done for us.
[4217.86 --> 4219.06]  When we understand
[4219.06 --> 4220.34]  all Jesus has done for us,
[4220.40 --> 4221.12]  our response just,
[4221.38 --> 4224.78]  it can only be, wow, wow.
[4226.36 --> 4227.46]  And it's not just
[4227.46 --> 4229.16]  when things hit home
[4229.16 --> 4229.96]  and we're on these
[4229.96 --> 4230.64]  spiritual highs
[4230.64 --> 4231.54]  and things are going good
[4231.54 --> 4232.26]  that we praise him.
[4233.22 --> 4234.42]  When life is hard,
[4235.42 --> 4237.42]  we can rejoice in his name
[4237.42 --> 4238.92]  because honestly,
[4240.04 --> 4240.98]  our only hope
[4240.98 --> 4241.92]  in hard times is him.
[4243.92 --> 4245.06]  Our only hope
[4245.06 --> 4245.90]  in hard times
[4245.90 --> 4247.44]  is that he is ruling
[4247.44 --> 4248.10]  over everything.
[4251.70 --> 4252.74]  It's why worshiping
[4252.74 --> 4253.28]  is done
[4253.28 --> 4254.54]  at weddings
[4254.54 --> 4256.06]  and at funerals,
[4256.22 --> 4257.04]  at baptisms
[4257.04 --> 4258.48]  and at memorials.
[4258.48 --> 4263.76]  when life is hard,
[4263.86 --> 4264.52]  we can sing,
[4264.52 --> 4266.14]  it is well with my soul
[4266.14 --> 4268.20]  and we just feel
[4268.20 --> 4269.56]  God's arms around our heart,
[4269.64 --> 4269.92]  don't we?
[4270.02 --> 4271.26]  When the weight of shame
[4271.26 --> 4271.80]  and guilt
[4271.80 --> 4274.08]  is weighing on our shoulders
[4274.08 --> 4275.98]  and we sing amazing grace,
[4276.98 --> 4278.22]  man, we can grasp
[4278.22 --> 4279.26]  how true and infinite
[4279.26 --> 4280.34]  God's grace is
[4280.34 --> 4281.92]  and how free we are
[4281.92 --> 4282.62]  from our sins.
[4282.98 --> 4284.74]  And when a pandemic ends
[4284.74 --> 4286.10]  and our church is allowed
[4286.10 --> 4287.56]  to gather together again,
[4287.90 --> 4289.22]  uninhibited by anything,
[4289.34 --> 4291.04]  and we can sing the song,
[4291.38 --> 4292.84]  Oh, praise the name
[4292.84 --> 4294.36]  of the Lord our God.
[4294.92 --> 4295.94]  It moves us to tears.
[4298.00 --> 4299.10]  I see good theology
[4299.10 --> 4301.36]  leads to doxology.
[4301.70 --> 4302.58]  Knowing what God
[4302.58 --> 4303.48]  has done for us
[4303.48 --> 4305.24]  leads us to praise him.
[4305.44 --> 4306.56]  And it's not just singing
[4306.56 --> 4308.10]  to him,
[4308.52 --> 4309.16]  though we should
[4309.16 --> 4309.78]  and we will
[4309.78 --> 4310.90]  and we will continue to,
[4311.72 --> 4313.38]  but it's living lives
[4313.38 --> 4314.40]  of praise for him.
[4314.40 --> 4316.02]  See, praise then becomes
[4316.02 --> 4316.68]  our mission.
[4318.06 --> 4319.86]  Our mission is to praise him.
[4320.78 --> 4322.22]  When the Israelites
[4322.22 --> 4322.90]  were in Exodus,
[4323.40 --> 4324.24]  God told Moses
[4324.24 --> 4325.14]  to lead his people
[4325.14 --> 4325.64]  out of Egypt
[4325.64 --> 4326.30]  so they could what?
[4327.14 --> 4327.84]  Worship him.
[4328.60 --> 4329.36]  When his people
[4329.36 --> 4330.20]  were in exile
[4330.20 --> 4331.76]  in Babylon and Persia,
[4331.82 --> 4332.70]  they were told to go back
[4332.70 --> 4333.54]  and rebuild the walls
[4333.54 --> 4334.38]  in the temple to what?
[4335.56 --> 4336.28]  Worship him.
[4336.66 --> 4337.18]  To praise him.
[4337.38 --> 4338.04]  When Jesus came
[4338.04 --> 4338.70]  into this world
[4338.70 --> 4339.82]  and lived the life
[4339.82 --> 4340.44]  we should have lived
[4340.44 --> 4341.24]  and died the death
[4341.24 --> 4341.98]  we deserve to die
[4341.98 --> 4342.96]  and then rose again
[4342.96 --> 4343.84]  for all the cosmos,
[4343.84 --> 4344.82]  what does he call us
[4344.82 --> 4345.20]  to do?
[4346.34 --> 4347.08]  Worship him.
[4348.40 --> 4349.36]  Our lives,
[4349.50 --> 4350.18]  our calling,
[4350.30 --> 4351.02]  our mission
[4351.02 --> 4352.58]  is to praise him.
[4352.78 --> 4353.64]  More than anything,
[4354.04 --> 4354.62]  we are called
[4354.62 --> 4355.88]  to respond to the gifts
[4355.88 --> 4356.64]  of God
[4356.64 --> 4358.20]  by living lives
[4358.20 --> 4359.22]  of praise
[4359.22 --> 4360.24]  to God.
[4362.04 --> 4362.72]  This quote
[4362.72 --> 4363.50]  from John Piper
[4363.50 --> 4364.72]  kind of keeps coming up
[4364.72 --> 4365.18]  in our church
[4365.18 --> 4366.04]  in the last couple weeks,
[4366.14 --> 4367.14]  but it's so applicable
[4367.14 --> 4367.84]  to this sermon,
[4367.98 --> 4368.48]  so applicable
[4368.48 --> 4369.20]  to this message
[4369.20 --> 4369.68]  from Jude.
[4370.42 --> 4371.42]  John Piper says this,
[4371.42 --> 4372.98]  it says,
[4373.10 --> 4374.04]  missions is not
[4374.04 --> 4374.78]  the ultimate goal
[4374.78 --> 4375.30]  of the church.
[4376.34 --> 4377.10]  Worship is.
[4378.12 --> 4379.16]  Missions exist
[4379.16 --> 4381.08]  because worship doesn't.
[4382.72 --> 4383.86]  Worship is ultimate,
[4384.66 --> 4385.50]  not missions
[4385.50 --> 4387.04]  because God is ultimate,
[4387.70 --> 4388.32]  not man.
[4389.82 --> 4390.96]  When this age is over
[4390.96 --> 4392.76]  and the countless millions
[4392.76 --> 4393.56]  of the redeemed
[4393.56 --> 4394.68]  fall on their faces
[4394.68 --> 4395.94]  before the throne of God,
[4397.00 --> 4398.00]  missions will be no more.
[4398.00 --> 4401.36]  It's a temporary necessity,
[4402.18 --> 4403.40]  but worship
[4403.40 --> 4405.34]  abides forever.
[4406.70 --> 4408.50]  So worship is the fuel
[4408.50 --> 4409.78]  and goal
[4409.78 --> 4410.92]  of mission.
[4413.02 --> 4414.60]  Our lives are meant
[4414.60 --> 4415.58]  to praise him.
[4417.16 --> 4418.14]  And so that's the question
[4418.14 --> 4419.04]  for us here today.
[4420.76 --> 4423.06]  Is our life praising God?
[4424.86 --> 4425.84]  I'm going to invite
[4425.84 --> 4427.10]  the praise team up right now.
[4427.10 --> 4427.40]  Actually,
[4427.42 --> 4427.84]  they're going to make
[4427.84 --> 4428.62]  their way to the stage
[4428.62 --> 4429.04]  right now
[4429.04 --> 4429.80]  because today,
[4430.18 --> 4430.94]  like every week,
[4430.98 --> 4431.52]  we're actually going to
[4431.52 --> 4433.10]  respond to this message
[4433.10 --> 4435.64]  in praise to our God.
[4436.50 --> 4437.24]  And as they make their way
[4437.24 --> 4437.82]  up front here,
[4437.86 --> 4437.98]  though,
[4437.98 --> 4438.80]  I want us to remember
[4438.80 --> 4439.94]  Jude's doxology.
[4440.08 --> 4440.74]  Remember the words
[4440.74 --> 4441.36]  from this text.
[4441.48 --> 4442.46]  Let these truths
[4442.46 --> 4443.42]  ring in your heart
[4443.42 --> 4444.54]  as we respond in praise.
[4444.88 --> 4445.72]  You are kept.
[4446.32 --> 4447.56]  You're guarded by Jesus
[4447.56 --> 4448.34]  and your salvation
[4448.34 --> 4448.98]  is secure.
[4449.98 --> 4451.54]  You are not only forgiven,
[4452.42 --> 4453.52]  but you are righteous
[4453.52 --> 4454.82]  in the eyes
[4454.82 --> 4455.94]  of Jesus your Savior
[4455.94 --> 4457.20]  and you are viewed
[4457.20 --> 4458.68]  as blameless
[4458.68 --> 4460.04]  in the eyes of God.
[4461.00 --> 4461.52]  And so church,
[4461.62 --> 4461.82]  brothers,
[4461.96 --> 4462.62]  sisters in Christ,
[4462.68 --> 4463.76]  above all know this.
[4465.84 --> 4467.08]  Salvation belongs
[4467.08 --> 4467.96]  to our God
[4467.96 --> 4469.48]  who sits upon the throne.
[4471.04 --> 4472.44]  So unto the Lamb
[4472.44 --> 4473.28]  be praise
[4473.28 --> 4474.28]  and glory,
[4474.74 --> 4475.12]  wisdom
[4475.12 --> 4476.32]  and thanks,
[4476.56 --> 4476.92]  honor
[4476.92 --> 4478.12]  and power
[4478.12 --> 4479.28]  and strength
[4479.28 --> 4480.70]  to our God
[4480.70 --> 4481.68]  forever and ever.
[4481.78 --> 4481.98]  Amen?
[4481.98 --> 4483.34]  Please stand.
[4483.40 --> 4483.70]  Let's sing.
[4483.70 --> 4501.86]  Salvation belongs to our God
[4501.86 --> 4507.18]  Who sits upon the throne
[4507.18 --> 4513.82]  And come to the throne
[4513.82 --> 4519.78]  Praise and glory, wisdom and thanks
[4519.78 --> 4525.62]  With honor and power and strength
[4525.62 --> 4531.86]  He to our God forever and ever
[4531.86 --> 4537.82]  He to our God forever and ever
[4537.82 --> 4543.78]  He to our God forever and ever
[4543.78 --> 4544.94]  Amen
[4544.94 --> 4554.22]  And we, our redeemed, shall be strong
[4554.22 --> 4560.88]  In purpose and unity
[4560.88 --> 4566.22]  Declaring our love
[4566.86 --> 4572.22]  Praise and glory, wisdom and thanks
[4572.88 --> 4578.22]  Honor and power and strength
[4578.22 --> 4584.18]  He to our God forever and ever
[4584.18 --> 4590.18]  He to our God forever and ever
[4590.18 --> 4596.18]  He to our God forever and ever
[4596.18 --> 4597.18]  Amen
[4597.18 --> 4607.14]  Be to our God forever and ever
[4607.14 --> 4609.14]  Amen
[4609.14 --> 4614.14]  Be to our God forever and ever
[4614.14 --> 4620.14]  Be to our God forever and ever
[4620.14 --> 4621.14]  Amen
[4621.14 --> 4627.10]  Amen
[4627.10 --> 4631.10]  Be to our God forever and ever
[4631.10 --> 4632.10]  Amen
[4632.10 --> 4637.10]  Be to our God forever and ever
[4637.10 --> 4643.10]  Be to our God forever and ever
[4643.10 --> 4644.10]  Amen
[4644.10 --> 4654.12]  And so pray with me
[4654.12 --> 4657.78]  God, we thank you so much for your son
[4657.78 --> 4660.64]  Thank you for the gifts that he has given us
[4660.64 --> 4662.20]  The salvation that we find
[4662.20 --> 4663.92]  Not just in the cross, God
[4663.92 --> 4664.84]  But in the empty tomb
[4664.84 --> 4666.62]  In his life and his death and his resurrection
[4666.62 --> 4669.08]  And Lord, we are grateful that
[4669.08 --> 4671.06]  Not only are our sins simply forgiven
[4671.06 --> 4673.06]  But God, you have made us righteous
[4673.06 --> 4675.16]  So that we are seen blameless in his sight
[4675.16 --> 4677.92]  Thank you for that salvation that is assured to us
[4677.92 --> 4678.42]  Through Jesus
[4678.42 --> 4680.06]  And as we go from this place
[4680.06 --> 4683.12]  May we live lives of praise to you
[4683.12 --> 4685.16]  We pray this in your name
[4685.16 --> 4685.58]  Amen
[4685.58 --> 4688.48]  Now receive this parting blessing
[4688.48 --> 4690.40]  The priestly blessing from number six
[4690.40 --> 4693.48]  The Lord bless you and keep you
[4693.48 --> 4696.14]  The Lord make his face shine upon you
[4696.14 --> 4697.36]  And be gracious to you
[4697.36 --> 4699.88]  The Lord turn his face toward you
[4699.88 --> 4702.00]  And give you his peace
[4702.00 --> 4703.44]  And all God's people said
[4703.44 --> 4704.50]  Amen
[4704.50 --> 4734.48]  Thank you.
[4734.50 --> 4764.48]  Thank you.
[4764.50 --> 4766.50]  Thank you.
[4794.50 --> 4801.50]  Praise Him, all creatures here below.
[4803.84 --> 4814.32]  Praise Him above, ye heavenly hosts.
[4814.32 --> 4827.66]  Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.
[4827.66 --> 4833.20]  Amen.