diff --git "a/2023/Sunday Worship - June 11, 2023_transcript.txt" "b/2023/Sunday Worship - June 11, 2023_transcript.txt" new file mode 100644--- /dev/null +++ "b/2023/Sunday Worship - June 11, 2023_transcript.txt" @@ -0,0 +1,2548 @@ +[0.00 --> 2.00] Oh, a flat, yes. +[3.00 --> 7.00] That's what it's supposed to be. I totally missed that because I didn't say it. +[7.00 --> 9.00] That's what I thought it was? +[9.00 --> 11.00] Yeah, you're absolutely right. That's what it's supposed to be. +[13.00 --> 15.00] Why do you say that? I don't. +[15.00 --> 16.00] I do. +[30.00 --> 32.00] I do. +[60.00 --> 62.00] I do. +[90.00 --> 104.00] I do. +[104.00 --> 106.00] I do. +[106.00 --> 135.98] Thank you. +[136.00 --> 165.98] Thank you. +[166.00 --> 195.98] Thank you. +[196.00 --> 225.98] Thank you. +[226.00 --> 255.98] Thank you. +[256.00 --> 258.00] Thank you. +[286.00 --> 288.00] Thank you. +[316.00 --> 318.00] Thank you. +[346.00 --> 348.00] Thank you. +[348.00 --> 350.00] Thank you. +[350.00 --> 352.00] Thank you. +[352.00 --> 354.00] Thank you. +[354.00 --> 356.00] Thank you. +[384.00 --> 386.00] Thank you. +[386.00 --> 388.00] Thank you. +[416.00 --> 418.00] Thank you. +[446.00 --> 448.00] Thank you. +[448.00 --> 450.00] Thank you. +[450.00 --> 452.00] Thank you. +[452.00 --> 454.00] Thank you. +[482.00 --> 484.00] Thank you. +[484.00 --> 486.00] Thank you. +[486.00 --> 488.00] Thank you. +[488.00 --> 490.00] Thank you. +[490.00 --> 492.00] God, +[492.00 --> 494.00] God, +[494.00 --> 496.00] God. +[496.00 --> 498.00] God, +[498.00 --> 500.00] I have +[500.00 --> 505.66] surrender +[505.66 --> 514.34] May this offering stretch across the sky +[514.34 --> 518.38] Peace, hallelujah +[518.38 --> 530.06] Good, good, good morning everyone +[530.06 --> 536.14] That video you just saw was a video of Cascade Family Bible Camp +[536.14 --> 539.86] Which is a camp that's held down in Washington, D.C. +[539.90 --> 542.44] About an hour north, right, of Seattle-ish +[542.44 --> 547.92] Anyways, Aaron's like in charge of that camp basically +[547.92 --> 549.06] So I'm going to pass him the microphone +[549.06 --> 550.66] He's going to explain it to you better than I will +[550.66 --> 553.18] Okay, good morning +[553.18 --> 555.08] Is it working? Okay, okay +[555.08 --> 558.22] Yeah, Cascade Family Bible Camp +[558.22 --> 561.96] It's a camp that was put on by the Christian Reformed Church +[561.96 --> 563.62] About 50 years now +[563.62 --> 566.02] And it's pretty awesome +[566.02 --> 568.64] So you have, there's a speaker +[568.64 --> 571.32] There's programs for kids +[571.32 --> 572.52] I like to call it +[572.52 --> 576.32] Like Vacation Bible School on steroids +[576.32 --> 577.42] So you have +[577.42 --> 579.88] You have preschool age +[579.88 --> 581.90] There's programs for preschool age +[581.90 --> 583.56] There's programs for middle school +[583.56 --> 586.14] High school, elementary, and then adults +[586.14 --> 588.40] And there's games +[588.40 --> 589.88] There's rocket launching +[589.88 --> 590.98] There's rocket building +[590.98 --> 593.74] There's anything you could possibly think of +[593.74 --> 596.02] It's on July this year +[596.02 --> 598.68] Kevin will be the youth leader this year +[598.68 --> 601.72] And so from July +[601.72 --> 603.86] It's July 6 through 10 +[603.86 --> 604.60] I think +[604.60 --> 605.54] 7 through 10 +[605.54 --> 609.18] Love to see more people here +[609.18 --> 609.78] When I was +[609.78 --> 611.50] I've been going to the camp for 30 years +[611.50 --> 614.36] And I started when I was like 12 years old +[614.36 --> 615.24] Or something like that +[615.24 --> 617.94] And there used to be a lot of Canadians +[617.94 --> 618.72] That showed up +[618.72 --> 619.48] A lot +[619.48 --> 621.80] And now there's not so many Canadians +[621.80 --> 622.36] That showed up +[622.36 --> 623.76] And I love it +[623.76 --> 625.66] Ken went a couple years ago +[625.66 --> 626.98] Actually it's probably been +[626.98 --> 628.76] A long time ago actually +[628.76 --> 629.26] 10 years +[629.26 --> 630.96] And so I +[630.96 --> 632.30] If you have any questions +[632.30 --> 633.40] Come talk to me +[633.40 --> 634.92] I'd love to +[634.92 --> 637.40] Tell you a little bit more about it +[637.40 --> 638.52] It'd be cool to get +[638.52 --> 640.30] A bunch of people from church to come +[640.30 --> 641.50] And +[641.50 --> 642.46] It's a lot of fun +[642.46 --> 643.60] My kids actually +[643.60 --> 644.80] One year +[644.80 --> 647.06] My wife and kids were going to leave +[647.06 --> 648.42] And go to the Netherlands +[648.42 --> 650.88] And they wanted to stay at camp longer +[650.88 --> 651.66] And go +[651.66 --> 652.70] Move their ticket +[652.70 --> 653.26] So they could +[653.26 --> 654.70] Spend less time in the Netherlands +[654.70 --> 655.76] To stay at camp longer +[655.76 --> 656.18] So +[656.18 --> 658.10] I said that's not possible +[658.10 --> 658.44] So +[658.44 --> 658.92] Yeah +[658.92 --> 660.92] And I believe +[660.92 --> 661.58] For Canadians +[661.58 --> 662.70] If it's first time going +[662.70 --> 663.52] There's a promo code +[663.52 --> 664.10] When you register +[664.10 --> 664.76] You save like +[664.76 --> 665.92] 25% +[665.92 --> 667.04] If you're the first time goer +[667.04 --> 668.14] If you're Canadian +[668.14 --> 669.76] And a first time goer +[669.76 --> 670.38] It's like +[670.38 --> 671.86] 45% +[671.86 --> 672.64] Or 40% +[672.64 --> 673.46] So it's a good year +[673.46 --> 674.14] To sign up +[674.14 --> 674.94] Like you said Aaron +[674.94 --> 675.68] We'll hopefully camp +[675.68 --> 676.66] In a clump together too +[676.66 --> 676.94] So +[676.94 --> 678.16] Let us know +[678.16 --> 679.16] If you're planning on coming +[679.16 --> 680.38] We'll group together +[680.38 --> 681.02] It'll be very fun +[681.02 --> 681.92] So +[681.92 --> 682.60] There you go +[682.60 --> 684.94] That one can stay there +[684.94 --> 689.52] Alright +[689.52 --> 690.74] I also want to say +[690.74 --> 691.22] Good morning +[691.22 --> 694.32] Yeah +[694.32 --> 695.16] We'll let that slide +[695.16 --> 695.62] This morning +[695.62 --> 696.38] That's alright +[696.38 --> 697.76] Welcome to worship +[697.76 --> 698.72] If you are here +[698.72 --> 699.62] Visiting with us +[699.62 --> 701.16] Or if you're still filing in +[701.16 --> 702.20] We're really excited +[702.20 --> 703.80] That you are here +[703.80 --> 704.56] My name is Chris +[704.56 --> 706.34] I'm one of the pastors here +[706.34 --> 707.84] And it's my privilege +[707.84 --> 709.08] Along with these others +[709.08 --> 710.06] To lead us +[710.06 --> 711.58] In our shared worship together +[711.58 --> 713.14] Later on in our service +[713.14 --> 713.84] As you see +[713.84 --> 714.52] We're going to come +[714.52 --> 715.52] To the Lord's table +[715.52 --> 716.32] And so you can +[716.32 --> 717.40] Throughout +[717.40 --> 718.96] Be preparing your heart +[718.96 --> 719.70] For that +[719.70 --> 722.54] And as we come later +[722.54 --> 723.38] We will give some more +[723.38 --> 724.60] Instructions on that +[724.60 --> 725.68] Before we begin +[725.68 --> 726.42] There are a couple +[726.42 --> 727.58] Other announcements +[727.58 --> 728.24] To make +[728.24 --> 728.84] And so I'm going to +[728.84 --> 729.44] Invite Wendy +[729.44 --> 730.42] To come up to the front +[730.42 --> 731.26] And Josh +[731.26 --> 733.16] And grab the microphone there +[733.16 --> 734.00] And you go ahead +[734.00 --> 735.32] And make your announcements +[735.32 --> 740.86] Hello +[740.86 --> 741.46] Okay +[741.46 --> 743.70] So the Young Adults Bible Study +[743.70 --> 744.16] Is today +[744.16 --> 745.52] One hour after church +[745.52 --> 747.68] At Courtney Rorsma's house +[747.68 --> 750.12] She is happily hosting us +[750.12 --> 751.60] And providing a wonderful lunch +[751.60 --> 753.50] Also she has an exquisite +[753.50 --> 754.56] Assortment of tea +[754.56 --> 756.60] So if the Lord is not +[756.60 --> 757.84] What brings you to the Bible study +[757.84 --> 759.56] The tea collection will +[759.56 --> 760.60] So you should go +[760.60 --> 762.00] Also we're talking +[762.00 --> 762.72] About the Lord's Supper +[762.72 --> 763.66] Ironically enough +[763.66 --> 765.46] Sovereignty of God +[765.46 --> 766.18] Plans those things +[766.18 --> 766.70] Not me +[766.70 --> 768.22] That was completely unintended +[768.22 --> 768.98] So +[768.98 --> 770.22] Young Adults +[770.22 --> 770.96] You should go +[770.96 --> 771.96] Awesome +[771.96 --> 778.56] Good morning +[778.56 --> 780.24] I'm Wendy Fulkerts +[780.24 --> 781.48] On behalf of +[781.48 --> 782.74] Women's Fellowship Group +[782.74 --> 783.32] Which is +[783.32 --> 785.30] Linda Molenkamp +[785.30 --> 787.16] And Fran Skipper +[787.16 --> 788.50] We're just inviting +[788.50 --> 790.22] All women to come out +[790.22 --> 791.26] On June 20th +[791.26 --> 792.66] It's a Tuesday evening +[792.66 --> 795.54] We have it in the bulletin +[795.54 --> 796.98] But we've changed the venue +[796.98 --> 798.64] To our church courtyard +[798.64 --> 800.92] Just because of +[800.92 --> 803.14] Sometimes it's quite noisy +[803.14 --> 803.76] At the park +[803.76 --> 804.08] So +[804.08 --> 805.98] And it's +[805.98 --> 807.16] Kind of a wedding +[807.16 --> 808.48] Blessing +[808.48 --> 808.94] It's not +[808.94 --> 810.86] It's a wedding blessing +[810.86 --> 812.38] For two girls +[812.38 --> 812.82] That +[812.82 --> 815.26] We'd like to welcome +[815.26 --> 816.10] Into our church +[816.10 --> 817.24] It's +[817.24 --> 818.80] For Jane +[818.80 --> 819.58] Who's marrying +[819.58 --> 821.40] Micah Klosterhoff +[821.40 --> 822.32] And also for Kristen +[822.32 --> 822.94] Who's marrying +[822.94 --> 823.84] Jared Berndt +[823.84 --> 826.12] And I don't even know +[826.12 --> 826.76] Those women +[826.76 --> 828.06] That well either +[828.06 --> 828.42] But +[828.42 --> 830.58] We just promised +[830.58 --> 831.22] That we would +[831.22 --> 832.38] Welcome +[832.38 --> 833.48] New +[833.48 --> 835.46] Members +[835.46 --> 836.28] Into our church +[836.28 --> 837.30] And especially +[837.30 --> 839.26] For those two girls +[839.26 --> 840.00] We'd like to +[840.00 --> 840.84] Invite them +[840.84 --> 841.20] To +[841.20 --> 843.16] This shower +[843.16 --> 843.68] And +[843.68 --> 844.74] We're just +[844.74 --> 845.60] Really encouraging +[845.60 --> 846.12] All of you +[846.12 --> 846.74] To come out +[846.74 --> 847.40] And welcome +[847.40 --> 847.70] Them +[847.70 --> 848.96] Into our family +[848.96 --> 849.70] And we'll just +[849.70 --> 851.00] It's very casual +[851.00 --> 851.60] It's +[851.60 --> 853.64] Not even going to be +[853.64 --> 854.44] Games there +[854.44 --> 854.72] So +[854.72 --> 856.40] If you don't like +[856.40 --> 857.10] Shower games +[857.10 --> 858.06] But it's +[858.06 --> 858.92] We're basically +[858.92 --> 859.72] Getting to know +[859.72 --> 860.90] These two girls +[860.90 --> 862.10] And their families +[862.10 --> 862.76] Okay +[862.76 --> 863.32] Thanks +[863.32 --> 868.74] And then +[868.74 --> 869.68] One last thing +[869.68 --> 870.58] We are +[870.58 --> 871.18] Continuing +[871.18 --> 871.62] With +[871.62 --> 872.18] Pastors +[872.18 --> 872.66] Class +[872.66 --> 873.16] After +[873.16 --> 873.88] Our +[873.88 --> 874.24] Worship +[874.24 --> 874.56] Today +[874.56 --> 874.90] And so +[874.90 --> 875.36] For those of you +[875.36 --> 875.66] Who have been +[875.66 --> 876.94] Participating in that +[876.94 --> 878.54] We'll be in the +[878.54 --> 879.60] Multipurpose room again +[879.60 --> 881.48] About 15 or 20 minutes +[881.48 --> 882.52] At the end +[882.52 --> 883.72] After the end +[883.72 --> 884.56] Of our worship +[884.56 --> 884.94] Together +[884.94 --> 889.24] There's a youth +[889.24 --> 890.22] Barbecue today +[890.22 --> 892.12] From 5 to 8 +[892.12 --> 892.76] At the +[892.76 --> 893.50] Van Hemerts +[893.50 --> 893.96] Van Hemerts +[893.96 --> 894.50] Raise your hand +[894.50 --> 895.80] If you don't know +[895.80 --> 896.30] Where that is +[896.30 --> 896.94] Talk to them +[896.94 --> 897.92] It's like +[897.92 --> 898.66] Half a block +[898.66 --> 899.28] Away from here +[899.28 --> 899.98] Nice and close +[899.98 --> 901.14] And so +[901.14 --> 901.76] That's end of the year +[901.76 --> 902.78] Celebration for youth +[902.78 --> 903.46] If you have questions +[903.46 --> 904.22] You can get Kevin +[904.22 --> 905.46] Or the Van Hemerts +[905.46 --> 906.88] Perfect +[906.88 --> 908.32] Let's stand together +[908.32 --> 909.80] As we gather +[909.80 --> 910.82] In God's presence +[910.82 --> 914.82] We are here +[914.82 --> 915.58] In the presence +[915.58 --> 916.04] Of God +[916.04 --> 917.32] And we mark that +[917.32 --> 918.62] We acknowledge that +[918.62 --> 919.70] By receiving +[919.70 --> 921.22] His greeting +[921.22 --> 922.58] Following the greeting +[922.58 --> 923.08] Of God +[923.08 --> 923.72] I'm going to invite you +[923.72 --> 924.54] To turn to those +[924.54 --> 925.14] Around you +[925.14 --> 926.14] And welcome them +[926.14 --> 927.64] Into worship +[927.64 --> 929.20] Receive the greeting +[929.20 --> 929.98] Of our Lord +[929.98 --> 931.34] Grace +[931.34 --> 932.60] Mercy +[932.60 --> 933.58] And peace +[933.58 --> 933.98] To you +[933.98 --> 935.28] From God our Father +[935.28 --> 936.80] From the Lord Jesus Christ +[936.80 --> 937.62] His Son +[937.62 --> 938.74] And our Savior +[938.74 --> 939.76] Through the presence +[939.76 --> 940.36] And power +[940.36 --> 941.56] Of the Holy Spirit +[941.56 --> 943.30] Amen +[943.30 --> 944.88] Welcome +[944.88 --> 947.90] Good morning +[950.90 --> 951.64] Good morning +[951.64 --> 952.08] Good morning +[952.16 --> 957.70] Good morning +[965.70 --> 966.48] Good morning +[966.48 --> 966.50] Good morning +[966.50 --> 967.88] Good morning +[967.88 --> 968.60] Good morning +[968.60 --> 969.08] Good morning +[969.08 --> 982.04] Our call to worship this morning comes from Ezra 3. +[983.42 --> 990.24] When the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the Lord, +[990.82 --> 994.88] the priests, in their vestments and with trumpets, +[995.24 --> 998.12] and the Levites, the sons of Asaph, with cymbals, +[998.12 --> 1004.16] took their places to praise the Lord, as prescribed by David, king of Israel. +[1004.84 --> 1007.94] With praise and thanksgiving they sang to the Lord, +[1008.34 --> 1012.42] He is good, his love toward Israel endures forever. +[1012.96 --> 1016.42] And all the people gave a great shout of praise to the Lord, +[1016.74 --> 1020.18] because the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid. +[1028.12 --> 1044.64] Holy, holy, holy, +[1044.64 --> 1052.02] Lord God Almighty, +[1052.02 --> 1059.34] When in the morning +[1059.34 --> 1066.64] Our song shall rise to Thee +[1066.64 --> 1073.26] Holy, holy, holy +[1073.26 --> 1080.38] Blessed, full and mighty +[1080.38 --> 1087.24] Come in free presence +[1087.24 --> 1088.98] Blessed, full and mighty +[1088.98 --> 1092.98] Blessed, full and mighty +[1092.98 --> 1100.90] Holy, holy, holy +[1100.90 --> 1104.94] Holy, holy +[1104.94 --> 1111.90] All the saints adore Thee +[1111.90 --> 1133.68] Cast withona +[1133.68 --> 1134.74] Here we demand +[1134.74 --> 1140.74] Falling down before Thee, +[1140.74 --> 1145.74] New words and arms, +[1145.74 --> 1153.74] Evermore shall be. +[1153.74 --> 1164.74] Holy, Holy, Holy, +[1164.74 --> 1171.74] Though the darkness I be, +[1171.74 --> 1174.74] Though Thee I live, +[1174.74 --> 1184.74] Once I sing Thy glory made us sing. +[1184.74 --> 1190.74] For in our glory, +[1190.74 --> 1197.74] There is none beside Thee, +[1197.74 --> 1201.74] Perfectly, +[1201.74 --> 1204.74] Highly, +[1204.74 --> 1209.74] Love and glory. +[1227.74 --> 1242.74] I bow before You, +[1242.74 --> 1246.74] King of glory, +[1246.74 --> 1249.74] Only on You, +[1249.74 --> 1254.74] And beside Thee. +[1254.74 --> 1258.74] Perfectly, +[1258.74 --> 1261.74] Power, +[1261.74 --> 1263.74] Father, +[1263.74 --> 1267.74] Forever, +[1267.74 --> 1273.74] New words and glory, +[1273.74 --> 1276.74] And You will be. +[1276.74 --> 1281.74] I bow before Thee, +[1281.74 --> 1287.74] In the glory, +[1287.74 --> 1288.74] Holy, +[1288.74 --> 1295.74] And beside Thee, +[1295.74 --> 1299.74] Perfectly, +[1299.74 --> 1300.74] In the glory, +[1300.74 --> 1304.74] My God, +[1304.74 --> 1309.74] For heaven, +[1309.74 --> 1314.74] You and all, +[1314.74 --> 1317.74] And to me, +[1317.74 --> 1321.74] In the glory, +[1321.74 --> 1323.74] ousJA感 mirror, +[1323.74 --> 1326.74] In the glory, +[1326.74 --> 1336.74] I bowand unfortunately +[1336.74 --> 1357.58] All my earth shall be for thee, +[1358.80 --> 1361.80] Father who loves, +[1362.14 --> 1364.98] perché to bow down the vale +[1364.98 --> 1371.20] God, we'll be blessed +[1371.20 --> 1377.08] As it is me +[1377.08 --> 1381.12] Stand before Thee +[1381.12 --> 1386.72] Ring of glory +[1386.72 --> 1391.24] Beside Thee +[1391.24 --> 1394.78] Yes, I mşh +[1394.78 --> 1397.92] cod +[1397.92 --> 1400.64] ś +[1400.64 --> 1401.14] ś +[1401.14 --> 1402.66] Kauc +[1402.66 --> 1405.12] ś +[1405.12 --> 1405.92] Kauc +[1405.92 --> 1408.14] Kauc +[1408.14 --> 1410.84] ś +[1410.84 --> 1415.62] Kauc +[1415.62 --> 1421.62] I stand before the moon +[1421.62 --> 1431.62] King of glory, holy, I will come +[1431.62 --> 1441.62] And beside me, perfect in power +[1441.62 --> 1455.62] My God forever, new, air, and all +[1455.62 --> 1459.62] And new +[1471.62 --> 1485.62] Though the nations bridge, kingdoms rise and fall +[1485.62 --> 1497.62] Though the nations bridge, kingdoms rise and fall +[1497.62 --> 1503.62] There is still one King reigning over all +[1503.62 --> 1513.62] So I will not fear +[1513.62 --> 1517.62] For His truth remains +[1517.62 --> 1527.62] That my God is the Ancient of Days +[1527.62 --> 1531.62] None above Him and before Him +[1531.62 --> 1535.62] All the tiny visions +[1535.62 --> 1539.62] For His holy sharing +[1539.62 --> 1545.62] And ever stand +[1545.62 --> 1549.62] All the power and the glory +[1549.62 --> 1553.62] I will trust in His grace +[1553.62 --> 1563.62] For my God is the Ancient of Days +[1563.62 --> 1567.62] O the dead of Christ +[1567.62 --> 1571.62] O who else I saw +[1571.62 --> 1575.62] He is here with me +[1575.62 --> 1577.62] I am the Lord +[1577.62 --> 1579.62] I am the Lord +[1579.62 --> 1585.62] All His love is sure +[1585.62 --> 1589.62] And He knows my name +[1589.62 --> 1597.62] For my God is the Ancient of Days +[1597.62 --> 1599.62] And I will love Him +[1599.62 --> 1601.62] And I will love Him +[1601.62 --> 1603.62] Love before Him +[1603.62 --> 1607.62] All the tiny visions +[1607.62 --> 1609.62] In His glory +[1609.62 --> 1611.62] And His glory is shining +[1611.62 --> 1613.62] And ever stand +[1613.62 --> 1617.62] For the power and the glory +[1617.62 --> 1619.62] For the power and the glory +[1619.62 --> 1623.62] I will trust in His grace +[1623.62 --> 1625.62] For my God is the Ancient of Days +[1625.62 --> 1627.62] For my God is the Ancient of Days +[1627.62 --> 1631.62] For my God is the Ancient of Days +[1631.62 --> 1633.62] For my God is the Ancient of Days +[1633.62 --> 1635.62] For my God is the Ancient of Days +[1635.62 --> 1637.62] For my God is the Ancient of Days +[1637.62 --> 1639.62] For my God is the Ancient of Days +[1639.62 --> 1640.62] For my God is the Ancient of Days +[1640.62 --> 1642.62] For my God is the Ancient of Days +[1642.62 --> 1644.62] For my God is the Ancient of Days +[1644.62 --> 1645.62] For my God is the Ancient of Days +[1645.62 --> 1649.62] To watch and wait +[1649.62 --> 1653.62] For the Savior King +[1653.62 --> 1657.62] Let my joy come free +[1657.62 --> 1663.62] Standing in this way +[1663.62 --> 1665.62] For the heavens +[1665.62 --> 1667.62] For the heavens and the heavens +[1667.62 --> 1669.62] For the heavens +[1669.62 --> 1675.62] And I will come in looking for Him +[1675.62 --> 1679.62] For the time in His hands +[1679.62 --> 1685.62] For His throne in shouting and all the stands +[1685.62 --> 1686.62] For theächen of theief +[1686.62 --> 1687.62] For the troubles of Christ +[1687.62 --> 1688.62] Forbivome just 是 +[1688.62 --> 1690.62] For theritt 측tan +[1690.62 --> 1697.32] The power and the glory, I will trust in it with me. +[1697.92 --> 1703.88] For my God is the Ancient of Days. +[1706.38 --> 1713.10] For my God is the Ancient of Days. +[1720.62 --> 1734.02] Please pray with me. +[1735.24 --> 1739.80] In Jeremiah 6, Lord, you tell us to stand at the crossroads and look. +[1740.62 --> 1743.28] To ask where the good way is and walk in it. +[1744.08 --> 1747.10] Only here will we find rest for our souls. +[1748.36 --> 1750.52] But we confess that we do not walk in it. +[1750.66 --> 1752.10] We refuse to listen. +[1752.10 --> 1758.84] Because we have not listened to your words and have rejected your law, you bring disaster. +[1760.24 --> 1763.92] Lord, we pray that you would open our eyes to our sinful ways. +[1764.30 --> 1766.80] Bring restoration to this world and to your people. +[1767.30 --> 1770.66] Forgive us when we do not listen and walk in your ways. +[1771.40 --> 1777.84] Lord of peace, renew a steadfast spirit within us so that we can rest in you alone. +[1778.64 --> 1778.96] Amen. +[1778.96 --> 1779.10] Amen. +[1780.62 --> 1792.32] The Queen ofance +[1792.32 --> 1801.82] Still my soul, be still and do not fear. +[1801.82 --> 1807.32] No winds of change will rage tomorrow +[1807.32 --> 1813.48] God is at your side +[1813.48 --> 1816.16] No longer dread +[1816.16 --> 1821.94] The fires of unexpected sorrow +[1821.94 --> 1827.72] God, you are my God +[1827.72 --> 1830.74] And I will trust in you +[1830.74 --> 1834.78] And I'll be shaken +[1834.78 --> 1841.20] All of these relief +[1841.20 --> 1845.74] And so fast we're under the need +[1845.74 --> 1851.90] To rest in you alone +[1851.90 --> 1863.10] Still, my soul, be still +[1863.10 --> 1865.96] Do not be moved +[1865.96 --> 1870.92] By lesser lights and fleeting shadows +[1870.92 --> 1876.96] Hold on to the end +[1876.96 --> 1880.96] With shield of aid +[1880.96 --> 1885.74] Against temptations when he airs +[1885.74 --> 1891.44] God, you are my Lord +[1891.44 --> 1894.52] And I will trust in you +[1894.52 --> 1895.02] And I will trust in you +[1895.02 --> 1898.02] And I will trust in you +[1898.02 --> 1903.02] And I will trust in you +[1903.02 --> 1905.02] Lord, you are my God +[1905.02 --> 1907.02] And I will trust in you +[1907.02 --> 1913.02] And I will trust in you +[1913.02 --> 1917.02] To rest in you alone +[1917.02 --> 1927.40] Still, my soul, be still +[1927.40 --> 1930.02] Do not forsake +[1930.02 --> 1935.02] The truth you learned in the beginning +[1935.02 --> 1941.02] Wait upon the Lord +[1941.02 --> 1946.02] And hope will rise +[1946.02 --> 1947.02] As stars appear +[1947.02 --> 1948.02] When day is day +[1948.02 --> 1952.02] And I will trust in you +[1952.02 --> 1954.00] I will trust in you +[1954.02 --> 1956.02] And I will trust in you +[1956.02 --> 1960.02] And I will trust in you +[1960.02 --> 1962.02] And I will trust in you +[1962.02 --> 1992.00] Thank you. +[1992.02 --> 2006.10] Oh, please leave us that the Spirit within me to ask in you. +[2006.10 --> 2013.10] Thank you. +[2013.10 --> 2015.42] Please stand with me. +[2015.42 --> 2022.16] As we recite together Lord's Day question and answer 52 as our assurance this morning. +[2022.16 --> 2024.16] Question. +[2024.16 --> 2031.16] How does Christ's return to judge the living and the dead comfort you? +[2031.16 --> 2048.88] In all distress and persecution, with uplifted head, I confidently await the very Judge who has already offered himself to the judgment of God in my place and removed the whole curse from me. +[2048.88 --> 2063.46] Christ will cast all his enemies and mine into everlasting confirmation, but will take me and all the chosen ones to himself into the joy and glory of heaven. +[2063.46 --> 2093.44] Thank you. +[2093.44 --> 2095.44] Thank you. +[2095.44 --> 2099.44] Thank you. +[2099.44 --> 2101.44] Thank you. +[2101.44 --> 2102.44] Thank you. +[2102.44 --> 2103.44] Thank you. +[2103.44 --> 2105.44] Thank you. +[2105.44 --> 2110.44] Thank you. +[2135.44 --> 2142.64] As our heart is left with me. +[2153.94 --> 2157.92] Far be it from me to not believe. +[2157.92 --> 2159.92] Far be it from me to not believe. +[2159.92 --> 2161.92] Far be it from me to not believe. +[2161.92 --> 2165.92] Even when my eyes can't see. +[2165.92 --> 2171.92] And this mountain that's in the high of me. +[2171.92 --> 2177.92] Will be thrown into the cliffs of the sea. +[2177.92 --> 2181.92] Through and home, through and home. +[2181.92 --> 2185.92] My eyes are under. +[2185.92 --> 2189.92] Through and home, through and home. +[2189.92 --> 2191.92] Through and home, through and home. +[2191.92 --> 2195.92] Through and home, through and home. +[2195.92 --> 2197.92] My eyes are under. +[2197.92 --> 2201.92] In His way. +[2201.92 --> 2205.92] In His way. +[2205.92 --> 2209.92] So let go, my soul. +[2209.92 --> 2213.92] And trust in Him. +[2213.92 --> 2219.92] The ways and ways still go His way. +[2219.92 --> 2223.92] To let go, my soul. +[2223.92 --> 2225.92] And trust in Him. +[2225.92 --> 2229.92] The ways and ways still go His way. +[2229.92 --> 2233.92] Still go His way. +[2233.92 --> 2237.92] To let go, my soul. +[2237.92 --> 2239.92] And trust in Him. +[2239.92 --> 2243.92] The ways and ways still go His way. +[2243.92 --> 2245.92] Still go His way. +[2245.92 --> 2247.92] Still go His way. +[2247.92 --> 2249.92] The ways and ways still go His way. +[2249.92 --> 2251.92] Still go His way. +[2251.92 --> 2253.92] Still go His way. +[2253.92 --> 2255.92] It is well. +[2255.92 --> 2265.92] It is well. +[2265.92 --> 2267.92] With my soul. +[2267.92 --> 2269.92] It is well. +[2269.92 --> 2271.92] With my soul. +[2271.92 --> 2275.92] It is well. +[2275.92 --> 2281.92] With my soul. +[2281.92 --> 2283.92] It is well. +[2283.92 --> 2295.92] With my soul. +[2295.92 --> 2297.92] It is well. +[2297.92 --> 2299.92] It is well. +[2299.92 --> 2301.92] It is well. +[2301.92 --> 2302.92] It is well. +[2302.92 --> 2312.92] With my soul. +[2312.92 --> 2325.88] He is well with my soul. +[2325.88 --> 2338.56] He is well with my soul. +[2338.56 --> 2352.60] He is well with my soul. +[2352.60 --> 2366.60] He is well with my soul. +[2366.60 --> 2378.60] He is well with my soul. +[2378.60 --> 2392.64] He is well with my soul. +[2392.64 --> 2408.64] Through it all, through it all, my eyes are on you. +[2408.64 --> 2424.64] Through it all, through it all, my eyes are on you. +[2424.64 --> 2429.64] He is well with my soul. +[2429.64 --> 2445.64] Through it all, through it all, my eyes are on you. +[2445.64 --> 2461.64] Thank you. +[2461.64 --> 2466.64] Good morning. +[2466.64 --> 2471.64] My name is Clem, and I am one of the deacons here at Emmanuel. +[2471.64 --> 2475.64] The first offering is for the ministries and missions of our church. +[2475.64 --> 2479.64] The special offering is for Open Doors Canada. +[2479.64 --> 2488.64] This organization supports and strengthens persecuted Christians around the world in more than 70 countries. +[2488.64 --> 2491.64] They distribute about 1 million Bibles per year. +[2491.64 --> 2500.64] They also train persecuted Christians with survival seminars, trauma care, leadership, and discipleship courses. +[2500.64 --> 2510.64] In 2020, they helped almost a million people with emergency relief, community development, education, and medical care. +[2510.64 --> 2527.64] Now, quoting the founder of Open Doors, Brother Andrew, our prayers go nowhere, go, sorry, our prayers go where we cannot, which refers to places like North Korea and the like. +[2527.64 --> 2535.64] In Romans 8, 35, 37, who shall separate us from the love of Christ? +[2535.64 --> 2540.64] As it is written, for your sake we face death all day long. +[2540.64 --> 2543.64] We are considered as sheep to be slaughtered. +[2543.64 --> 2549.64] No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. +[2549.64 --> 2552.64] Give according to your blessings. +[2552.64 --> 2554.64] Thank you. +[2557.64 --> 2559.64] Thank you. +[2587.64 --> 2589.64] Thank you. +[2617.64 --> 2619.64] Thank you. +[2647.64 --> 2649.64] Thank you. +[2677.64 --> 2679.52] Thank you. +[2680.64 --> 2683.44] Thank you. +[2707.64 --> 2737.62] Thank you. +[2737.64 --> 2767.62] Thank you. +[2767.64 --> 2772.94] All the three-year-olds up to grade four to come up for a WeChat and then the children's +[2772.94 --> 2773.38] blessing. +[2781.90 --> 2782.30] Hello. +[2782.62 --> 2783.28] How are you all? +[2784.20 --> 2784.60] Good. +[2784.92 --> 2785.28] Good. +[2785.70 --> 2786.78] Hey, do you guys know? +[2786.96 --> 2787.54] Do you guys remember? +[2787.58 --> 2788.00] Well, you know. +[2788.16 --> 2788.84] I know you know. +[2789.44 --> 2792.64] Do you guys remember what we've been talking about in children's worship time? +[2792.64 --> 2795.22] What's the theme? +[2796.30 --> 2797.36] Fruits of the Spirit. +[2797.54 --> 2799.20] Isla is on top of it. +[2799.94 --> 2804.44] So as I'm sitting here, I'm just going to start pulling out some actual fruits. +[2805.80 --> 2806.28] Yeah. +[2806.28 --> 2808.76] I'm wondering, do you guys know? +[2808.90 --> 2812.58] Can you guys tell us what are the fruits of the Spirit? +[2812.62 --> 2813.92] We haven't done them all yet. +[2814.60 --> 2816.14] But I'm amazed at what you guys know. +[2816.92 --> 2818.30] Names, just call them out. +[2819.02 --> 2819.46] Love. +[2820.12 --> 2820.52] Joy. +[2821.24 --> 2821.66] Peace. +[2822.06 --> 2822.54] Patience. +[2823.14 --> 2823.66] Kindness. +[2823.66 --> 2828.02] Yeah, for sure. +[2828.24 --> 2829.52] I'm sure we mixed a few extras. +[2829.66 --> 2830.72] Nice job, guys. +[2832.26 --> 2834.22] We haven't even got through all nine yet. +[2834.32 --> 2836.68] We are on, we're on the fifth one. +[2836.76 --> 2837.66] Not that they're ordered. +[2837.82 --> 2839.78] But we're the fifth one that's listed in Galatians. +[2839.86 --> 2842.24] So last week, do you guys remember which one we talked about? +[2843.76 --> 2844.16] Patience. +[2844.56 --> 2845.66] It was patience last week. +[2845.66 --> 2849.98] And this week, we're going to talk about the next one on the list. +[2849.98 --> 2858.46] But if you guys had to pick a fruit that you would say is like one of the fruits of the Spirit, +[2858.64 --> 2859.94] what would you pick? +[2860.00 --> 2862.20] Like if you were to say love, what would you say? +[2862.30 --> 2863.68] What kind of fruit is love like? +[2865.58 --> 2866.40] A banana. +[2866.86 --> 2867.22] Why? +[2867.42 --> 2869.12] Why is love like a banana? +[2869.94 --> 2870.92] Because you love them. +[2871.08 --> 2872.28] You love the taste of bananas? +[2875.62 --> 2876.92] Because they're really tasty. +[2877.40 --> 2879.64] What about patience? +[2879.64 --> 2881.90] What fruit would you say patience is like? +[2883.78 --> 2884.44] An apple? +[2884.58 --> 2885.08] Why an apple? +[2887.34 --> 2890.48] I would say like a pomegranate. +[2890.58 --> 2891.70] Do you know what a pomegranate is? +[2892.66 --> 2895.12] It takes a bit of time to get through a pomegranate. +[2895.28 --> 2899.36] You've got to hit it and you've got to shake all the things out and eat them all little bits at a time. +[2899.94 --> 2902.42] What about peace? +[2903.20 --> 2905.46] What fruit would you say is like peace? +[2905.46 --> 2909.12] I've got some fruits here to look at. +[2909.88 --> 2910.96] Why strawberries? +[2911.80 --> 2912.44] Or a peach? +[2913.20 --> 2913.92] Why a peach? +[2914.64 --> 2915.10] Don't know. +[2915.42 --> 2916.10] We just like them. +[2916.54 --> 2916.70] Yeah. +[2916.82 --> 2918.14] They're soft on the outside. +[2918.36 --> 2919.46] Yummy on the inside. +[2919.60 --> 2920.80] Just like peace, I guess. +[2920.80 --> 2923.60] So, here's some ideas. +[2925.50 --> 2930.58] Well, today we're going to talk about the fruit of the spirit of kindness. +[2931.54 --> 2934.52] Okay, which fruit would you say is like kindness? +[2935.98 --> 2936.94] Just to be fun. +[2937.60 --> 2938.28] What would you say? +[2938.40 --> 2939.72] What fruit reminds you of kindness? +[2939.72 --> 2945.92] Kind of like a peach as well. +[2945.92 --> 2946.36] Yeah? +[2946.82 --> 2947.82] Any other ideas? +[2947.92 --> 2948.74] I have an idea. +[2952.50 --> 2954.40] You have so many fruits at home? +[2954.72 --> 2959.16] Well, I'm going to say kindness is kind of like a watermelon. +[2960.62 --> 2961.18] Right? +[2962.46 --> 2963.02] Yeah. +[2963.16 --> 2965.68] Why do you think I would think kindness is like a watermelon? +[2966.52 --> 2968.06] It's a pretty big fruit. +[2971.12 --> 2971.66] Yeah? +[2971.66 --> 2974.84] Because do you ever just eat a watermelon by yourself? +[2975.74 --> 2976.14] No? +[2976.54 --> 2977.82] I had a cousin that did actually. +[2978.04 --> 2979.26] But, yeah. +[2979.90 --> 2984.12] Do you think this is the kind of thing you just pull out and you eat for yourself? +[2985.10 --> 2985.54] No. +[2985.64 --> 2988.28] It's meant to be shared. +[2988.98 --> 2989.34] Yeah. +[2989.78 --> 2993.74] So, I think that's what we're going to talk about today in Children's Worship Time. +[2994.10 --> 2999.04] It's how kindness is kind of one of the big fruits of the spirit that you just got to share it. +[2999.12 --> 3000.04] It's for other people. +[3000.56 --> 3000.76] Okay? +[3000.76 --> 3003.00] So, we'll talk more in the back in the other room. +[3003.30 --> 3007.74] But, let's stand together with the church and we will do the blessing. +[3009.18 --> 3010.28] So, raise our hands. +[3010.42 --> 3010.62] Ready? +[3011.82 --> 3012.26] I do. +[3012.38 --> 3012.72] Let's turn. +[3012.92 --> 3015.86] The Lord be with you. +[3016.42 --> 3017.66] Also with you. +[3017.66 --> 3018.16] Amen. +[3018.16 --> 3018.66] Amen. +[3018.66 --> 3019.66] Amen. +[3019.66 --> 3019.72] Amen. +[3019.72 --> 3019.82] Amen. +[3019.82 --> 3019.86] Amen. +[3019.86 --> 3020.16] Amen. +[3020.16 --> 3020.22] Amen. +[3020.22 --> 3020.76] Amen. +[3020.76 --> 3020.82] Amen. +[3020.82 --> 3020.86] Amen. +[3020.86 --> 3020.90] Amen. +[3020.90 --> 3021.82] Amen. +[3021.82 --> 3021.90] Amen. +[3021.90 --> 3022.90] Amen. +[3022.90 --> 3022.98] Amen. +[3022.98 --> 3023.90] Amen. +[3023.90 --> 3024.90] Amen. +[3024.90 --> 3025.90] Amen. +[3025.90 --> 3026.90] Amen. +[3026.90 --> 3027.90] Amen. +[3027.90 --> 3028.90] Amen. +[3028.90 --> 3029.90] Amen. +[3029.90 --> 3030.74] Amen. +[3030.76 --> 3044.00] Good morning, everybody. +[3044.48 --> 3049.98] I'm really glad that Mike didn't break out into the fruit of the spirit's not a coconut and +[3049.98 --> 3050.96] getting the kids all going with that. +[3050.96 --> 3054.34] I'm thankful for that, but it is a fun song. +[3055.56 --> 3058.94] Before we go to God and our family prayer, +[3059.14 --> 3062.30] some notes from our full council meeting that we had this past week. +[3063.88 --> 3065.66] It's a long walk up from the back there. +[3068.24 --> 3071.84] First of all, as council, we looked at the new safe church policy, +[3071.84 --> 3073.94] and then we're implementing that in the new year. +[3074.46 --> 3077.12] And so just keep an eye on that if you're ministry leaders +[3077.12 --> 3079.70] or volunteers in different ministries, +[3079.70 --> 3083.18] that that's something that we want to make sure is happening and going well, +[3083.38 --> 3085.40] because that's a very good thing to have at church. +[3086.26 --> 3090.08] We also approved the financial statements from 2022, +[3090.82 --> 3095.28] and coming up soon on June 22nd, we have an annual general meeting, +[3095.78 --> 3097.94] starting with a 6 o'clock barbecue, +[3098.36 --> 3101.06] and then at 7 p.m. we'll have a meeting of members, +[3102.52 --> 3106.16] and there are packages that are emailed to the membership list. +[3106.66 --> 3109.00] If you didn't get one, then please talk to the office. +[3109.70 --> 3114.12] We also heard reports from our pastors and the work that they are doing there, +[3114.26 --> 3117.82] the relationships that they are continuing to foster and grow, +[3118.38 --> 3121.64] and the wonderful ways that we're seeing God at work in Emmanuel. +[3122.84 --> 3125.42] After that, we went to Ken's house. +[3125.92 --> 3130.06] He and Amanda opened their home for us to have an end-of-year social +[3130.06 --> 3132.94] to say thanks to those who had completed their terms +[3132.94 --> 3135.40] and to welcome our new office pairs as well. +[3137.32 --> 3138.58] And one other note, +[3139.12 --> 3144.28] Wes Chepkima went in earlier this week for some surgery with a concerning growth, +[3144.50 --> 3146.48] and they were able to get it all. +[3146.70 --> 3148.56] So this is good news, and we thank God for that. +[3150.56 --> 3153.24] All right, if you can please bow your heads with me +[3153.24 --> 3155.04] and join me in our church family prayer. +[3155.04 --> 3156.70] Let's pray. +[3160.60 --> 3162.76] God is our refuge and strength, +[3163.80 --> 3165.36] an ever-present help in trouble. +[3166.60 --> 3168.10] Therefore we will not fear, +[3168.86 --> 3170.02] though the earth give way +[3170.02 --> 3172.56] and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea, +[3173.20 --> 3175.24] though its waters roar and foam +[3175.24 --> 3177.54] and the mountains quake with their surging. +[3177.54 --> 3180.26] Father God, +[3181.10 --> 3182.00] Christ Jesus, +[3182.86 --> 3183.66] Holy Spirit, +[3184.26 --> 3186.08] we worship and adore you +[3186.08 --> 3190.28] as we gather as your called people together today in this place. +[3191.38 --> 3193.52] You are eternally faithful, +[3194.22 --> 3194.60] powerful, +[3195.14 --> 3195.64] and loving. +[3196.54 --> 3198.36] You are completely trustworthy, +[3199.10 --> 3200.70] and you hold all of time, +[3201.30 --> 3202.06] our times, +[3202.38 --> 3204.26] and the cosmos in your hands. +[3204.26 --> 3207.34] You provide for all of our needs +[3207.34 --> 3209.48] and cause streams of living water +[3209.48 --> 3211.10] to spring up in dry places. +[3212.76 --> 3216.14] There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, +[3216.70 --> 3219.42] the holy place where the Most High dwells. +[3220.26 --> 3221.20] God is within her. +[3221.70 --> 3222.68] She will not fall. +[3223.54 --> 3225.26] God will help her at break of day. +[3226.58 --> 3227.84] Nations are in uproar. +[3228.70 --> 3229.54] Kingdoms fall. +[3230.04 --> 3231.10] He lifts his voice. +[3231.72 --> 3232.64] The earth melts. +[3232.64 --> 3236.06] The Lord Almighty is with us. +[3236.62 --> 3238.74] The God of Jacob is our fortress. +[3240.82 --> 3243.68] And yet we waver in our faith to you +[3243.68 --> 3245.58] and in our service for you. +[3246.32 --> 3249.36] We confess that we are creatures of comfort +[3249.36 --> 3250.74] with wandering hearts. +[3251.60 --> 3255.34] We acknowledge that we often equate our temporary pains +[3255.34 --> 3256.88] with your ultimate suffering, +[3257.86 --> 3260.40] selfishly seeking to console ourselves +[3260.40 --> 3264.14] instead of deeply desiring to serve the least of these +[3264.14 --> 3266.06] or to care for your creation. +[3267.32 --> 3267.94] Forgive us +[3267.94 --> 3271.72] and empower us to turn towards your way, +[3272.12 --> 3273.58] keeping in step with your spirit. +[3273.58 --> 3278.60] We humbly ask that while we await your return, +[3279.24 --> 3281.52] that you continue to graciously grant us +[3281.52 --> 3282.82] what we stand in need of. +[3283.90 --> 3285.30] We ask for patience +[3285.30 --> 3288.90] and for a tangible sense of your presence and comfort +[3288.90 --> 3291.72] for those awaiting results from tests, +[3292.42 --> 3294.00] for those awaiting healing, +[3294.76 --> 3297.70] for those recovering from surgeries or treatments, +[3297.70 --> 3302.32] for those caring for aging family or challenging dependence, +[3303.12 --> 3305.38] for those who struggle with mental health, +[3306.08 --> 3309.14] for those who experience brokenness and hurt, +[3309.70 --> 3312.92] and especially for those who mourn the loss of loved ones. +[3312.92 --> 3317.46] Grant that each of us may act on the call +[3317.46 --> 3318.88] to bear one another's burdens +[3318.88 --> 3321.60] as if it were Christ acting through us. +[3322.82 --> 3326.28] We also humbly ask for your mercy for our world, +[3327.28 --> 3330.68] suffering deeply through wars, famines, and injustice. +[3333.02 --> 3335.12] Come and see what the Lord has done, +[3335.94 --> 3338.02] the desolations he has brought on the earth. +[3338.46 --> 3341.26] He makes wars cease to the ends of the earth. +[3341.26 --> 3344.18] He breaks the bow and shatters the spear. +[3344.76 --> 3346.62] He burns the shields with fire. +[3349.08 --> 3350.64] We thank you for this church, +[3351.18 --> 3354.18] as well as for the denomination of which we are one part. +[3355.28 --> 3358.04] Bless the representatives who have gathered for Synod recently +[3358.04 --> 3358.98] and this week, +[3359.42 --> 3361.12] enabling them to discern your will +[3361.12 --> 3363.88] for our greater church body in our current context. +[3365.06 --> 3367.08] We also thank you for the new members +[3367.08 --> 3368.88] and interest in our church +[3369.18 --> 3371.16] and ask that they will feel connected +[3371.16 --> 3373.44] and guided to utilize the gifts +[3373.44 --> 3374.62] that you have given them +[3374.62 --> 3377.46] as they continue to grow in faith with us. +[3380.08 --> 3382.94] As we enter into a time of hearing your word proclaimed, +[3383.40 --> 3385.68] we ask that you will give us ears to hear +[3385.68 --> 3387.12] and eyes to see +[3387.12 --> 3389.50] and that you will speak your word of life +[3389.50 --> 3390.60] through Pastor Chris. +[3390.60 --> 3395.76] Be still and know that I am God. +[3396.76 --> 3398.64] I will be exalted among the nations. +[3399.44 --> 3401.28] I will be exalted in the earth. +[3402.36 --> 3404.56] The Lord Almighty is with us. +[3405.34 --> 3407.58] The God of Jacob is our fortress. +[3408.68 --> 3408.96] Amen. +[3420.60 --> 3430.82] As I come up here this morning, +[3430.92 --> 3434.02] I can't help but notice Mr. Mike left his fruit up here. +[3435.46 --> 3437.12] And so if any of you are distracted +[3437.12 --> 3438.60] for the next little while +[3438.60 --> 3439.54] or you need a snack, +[3440.08 --> 3441.20] just come on up to the front. +[3441.72 --> 3442.50] Go ahead and grab one. +[3442.88 --> 3445.08] I'm also grateful that it's not full of tomatoes. +[3445.08 --> 3448.36] Although I did hear once +[3448.36 --> 3450.58] that being smart is knowing +[3450.58 --> 3452.46] that tomato is a fruit. +[3452.94 --> 3455.44] Being wise is not putting tomatoes in fruit salad. +[3456.04 --> 3458.04] And so maybe tomato as a fruit of the Spirit +[3458.04 --> 3460.12] is not viable. +[3460.34 --> 3462.22] And maybe Mr. Mike is just showing us +[3462.22 --> 3463.20] how wise he is +[3463.20 --> 3465.10] by not having tomatoes up here. +[3467.12 --> 3468.62] But seriously, if you want a fruit, +[3468.96 --> 3469.76] they're here. +[3470.26 --> 3472.00] Just like the harvest table at the back, +[3472.00 --> 3474.44] help yourself at some point in our time together. +[3475.08 --> 3479.14] We're going to read together from Romans 8. +[3479.46 --> 3482.08] And so I'm going to invite you to open up a Bible +[3482.08 --> 3485.60] or get your phone or tablet +[3485.60 --> 3488.20] or whatever it is that you read the Bible on +[3488.20 --> 3490.34] and turn to Romans 8. +[3490.42 --> 3493.82] We're going to read starting at verse 18 together +[3493.82 --> 3497.34] through verse 27. +[3500.94 --> 3502.32] With God's Word open, +[3502.32 --> 3503.76] let's read together. +[3505.08 --> 3509.84] I consider that our present sufferings +[3509.84 --> 3511.60] are not worth comparing +[3511.60 --> 3514.56] with the glory that will be revealed in us. +[3515.40 --> 3518.66] For the creation waits in eager expectation +[3518.66 --> 3520.78] for the children of God to be revealed. +[3521.46 --> 3525.28] For the creation was subjected to frustration +[3525.28 --> 3527.40] not by its own choice, +[3527.50 --> 3529.86] but by the will of the one who subjected it +[3529.86 --> 3532.78] in hope that the creation itself +[3532.78 --> 3535.92] will be liberated from its bondage to decay +[3535.92 --> 3538.92] and brought into the freedom and glory +[3538.92 --> 3540.46] of the children of God. +[3542.06 --> 3544.78] We know that the whole creation +[3544.78 --> 3548.42] has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth +[3548.42 --> 3550.70] right up to the present time. +[3550.70 --> 3553.96] Not only so, but we ourselves, +[3553.96 --> 3556.74] who have the first fruits of the Spirit, +[3557.22 --> 3560.12] groan inwardly as we wait eagerly +[3560.12 --> 3561.86] for our adoption to sonship, +[3562.18 --> 3564.20] the redemption of our bodies. +[3565.20 --> 3568.36] For in this hope we were saved. +[3568.36 --> 3572.32] But hope that is seen is no hope at all. +[3573.04 --> 3576.06] Who hopes for what they already have? +[3577.22 --> 3580.76] But if we have hope for what we do not yet have, +[3580.94 --> 3583.02] we wait for it patiently. +[3584.72 --> 3586.08] In the same way, +[3586.22 --> 3588.24] the Spirit helps us in our weakness. +[3589.12 --> 3591.78] We do not know what we ought to pray for, +[3591.88 --> 3594.48] but the Spirit himself intercedes for us +[3594.48 --> 3596.52] through wordless groans. +[3596.52 --> 3601.36] And he who searches our hearts +[3601.36 --> 3603.46] knows the mind of the Spirit +[3603.46 --> 3607.26] because the Spirit intercedes for God's people +[3607.26 --> 3610.68] in accordance with the will of God. +[3611.42 --> 3612.96] This is the word of the Lord. +[3618.08 --> 3623.46] As I was preparing for this message +[3623.46 --> 3626.60] and looking at the text +[3626.60 --> 3632.36] and struggling through how to preach on it, +[3633.06 --> 3638.32] I realized that at least three times +[3638.32 --> 3640.62] in our series in the book of Romans, +[3640.62 --> 3643.22] I have said something along the lines of, +[3643.56 --> 3647.02] now this might just be my favorite verse in the Bible. +[3647.02 --> 3651.16] And I'm going to do that again this morning. +[3652.12 --> 3653.62] Now I want to acknowledge that +[3653.62 --> 3655.94] because I don't want to suggest +[3655.94 --> 3658.54] that I'm trivializing the verses of the Bible. +[3658.64 --> 3659.72] I think the struggle that I face +[3659.72 --> 3661.38] is that I love the Bible so much +[3661.38 --> 3663.08] and I love Romans so much +[3663.08 --> 3665.38] that there's just so much here +[3665.38 --> 3667.76] that I hope and pray that you will see. +[3668.42 --> 3669.50] But this verse, +[3669.78 --> 3671.00] this first verse, +[3671.30 --> 3672.14] verse 18, +[3672.14 --> 3674.84] I consider that our present sufferings +[3674.84 --> 3676.28] are not worth comparing +[3676.28 --> 3679.14] with the glory that will be revealed in us +[3679.14 --> 3686.66] is perhaps one of my absolute favorites. +[3687.42 --> 3689.18] Our present suffering +[3689.18 --> 3691.50] are not worth comparing +[3691.50 --> 3695.92] to the glory that will be revealed in us. +[3697.60 --> 3699.96] What does that even mean? +[3699.96 --> 3701.88] How is that even possible? +[3703.80 --> 3705.64] And I think one of the reasons +[3705.64 --> 3709.52] why it's so beautiful and compelling to me +[3709.52 --> 3710.82] is in fact, +[3711.04 --> 3714.80] because I have a very realistic picture +[3714.80 --> 3716.32] and experience +[3716.32 --> 3722.00] of how deep and dark and hard life can be. +[3722.80 --> 3726.76] How real our present struggles can be. +[3726.76 --> 3730.98] The reality for some of us here this morning, +[3731.06 --> 3733.80] maybe for every single person here this morning, +[3733.92 --> 3735.96] is that we are in the midst +[3735.96 --> 3741.72] of some pretty awful, crappy, hard times. +[3743.00 --> 3746.02] And when things are really bad, +[3746.30 --> 3749.28] sometimes this verse seems impossible. +[3749.28 --> 3755.06] And sometimes we've heard people use this verse +[3755.06 --> 3756.26] in the midst of our struggles +[3756.26 --> 3758.78] in a really kind of cheesy way, +[3758.92 --> 3759.92] and it doesn't help us. +[3759.94 --> 3762.36] It doesn't make us feel any better. +[3764.22 --> 3766.62] Our present sufferings right now, +[3766.70 --> 3767.40] there might be anything. +[3767.78 --> 3769.10] It could be cancer +[3769.10 --> 3770.68] or it could be being canceled. +[3771.36 --> 3772.38] It could be addiction +[3772.38 --> 3774.04] or it could be adultery. +[3774.24 --> 3775.68] It could be miscarriage +[3775.68 --> 3777.28] or it could be a manic episode. +[3777.28 --> 3778.38] Right? +[3778.50 --> 3780.68] Sometimes our present sufferings +[3780.68 --> 3781.94] are so real +[3781.94 --> 3783.52] that nothing else is. +[3785.22 --> 3786.32] Our present sufferings +[3786.32 --> 3787.26] are the only thing +[3787.26 --> 3789.04] that we can get present to. +[3790.58 --> 3791.30] And look, +[3791.36 --> 3793.36] as we dig into this text, +[3793.46 --> 3797.00] far from minimizing your suffering, +[3797.42 --> 3799.66] what I believe this verse wants us to do +[3799.66 --> 3800.88] is to maximize +[3800.88 --> 3803.48] our experience +[3803.48 --> 3804.38] and our idea +[3804.38 --> 3805.28] and our encounter +[3805.28 --> 3807.38] with the glory of God +[3807.38 --> 3808.14] to come. +[3810.66 --> 3811.54] And so as we begin, +[3811.70 --> 3812.70] I want to start +[3812.70 --> 3814.82] with a bit of a thought experiment +[3814.82 --> 3815.74] with you. +[3816.88 --> 3817.28] Really, +[3817.42 --> 3819.58] it's an emotional counseling process. +[3820.30 --> 3821.76] And so if you've met with me +[3821.76 --> 3822.38] for counseling, +[3822.54 --> 3824.02] we might have done an exercise like this. +[3824.06 --> 3825.18] If you meet with another counselor, +[3825.26 --> 3826.44] you might have done something like this. +[3826.44 --> 3828.32] But in your head +[3828.32 --> 3829.44] or in your heart, +[3830.04 --> 3830.78] in that place +[3830.78 --> 3832.44] where your imagination dwells, +[3833.88 --> 3835.56] I want you to think of +[3835.56 --> 3837.44] all your present suffering. +[3839.64 --> 3839.86] Right? +[3839.88 --> 3841.64] Everything that you are facing. +[3841.84 --> 3843.02] Pull it all together +[3843.02 --> 3844.24] in your imagination. +[3844.64 --> 3845.62] Really think about it. +[3847.34 --> 3847.52] Right? +[3847.58 --> 3848.24] Think about this +[3848.24 --> 3849.20] like a conversation +[3849.20 --> 3850.46] with a counselor. +[3850.46 --> 3853.08] And so take all of that crap, +[3853.48 --> 3854.62] take all of that bad, +[3854.78 --> 3855.78] take all of that trauma, +[3856.18 --> 3856.96] take everything. +[3857.40 --> 3858.62] And you know what it is. +[3858.84 --> 3858.94] Right? +[3859.06 --> 3860.24] Take even that thing +[3860.24 --> 3861.52] that you've never told anyone. +[3862.66 --> 3863.14] Right? +[3863.18 --> 3864.26] That secret thing. +[3864.96 --> 3867.14] Take all of that present suffering +[3867.14 --> 3868.50] and maybe, +[3868.68 --> 3869.28] if it helps you, +[3869.38 --> 3870.44] maybe close your eyes. +[3871.28 --> 3871.76] Right? +[3871.80 --> 3872.86] And then picture it +[3872.86 --> 3874.00] in front of you. +[3875.20 --> 3876.06] Remember it +[3876.06 --> 3878.22] in your brain space. +[3879.42 --> 3880.32] And maybe for you, +[3880.32 --> 3880.68] right now, +[3880.70 --> 3881.58] it looks like a box +[3881.58 --> 3883.64] and it's just piling full. +[3884.70 --> 3886.02] Maybe it looks like an ocean +[3886.02 --> 3887.98] with waves crashing over top +[3887.98 --> 3889.36] and crashing down +[3889.36 --> 3890.16] and around everywhere. +[3890.30 --> 3891.84] Maybe it's a black abyss. +[3892.40 --> 3892.50] Right? +[3892.58 --> 3893.86] Maybe it's a list +[3893.86 --> 3895.22] longer than your arm. +[3895.68 --> 3895.94] Maybe, +[3896.16 --> 3897.52] as I call this to mind, +[3897.78 --> 3898.86] it's a person. +[3899.66 --> 3900.58] It's a face +[3900.58 --> 3902.10] that represents +[3902.10 --> 3903.26] all your suffering. +[3905.26 --> 3906.40] Maybe it's a bottle. +[3907.52 --> 3908.32] Maybe it's a needle. +[3908.32 --> 3908.76] Right? +[3908.76 --> 3908.98] Maybe it's a circle. +[3909.38 --> 3910.48] Whatever it is, +[3910.54 --> 3911.78] I want you to see it. +[3912.84 --> 3914.00] Hold it in your mind. +[3915.64 --> 3916.58] And now holding that +[3916.58 --> 3917.10] in your mind, +[3917.72 --> 3918.72] here's what I want you to, +[3918.90 --> 3920.10] here's what I need you to see. +[3921.18 --> 3921.36] Right? +[3921.38 --> 3922.68] As you are looking at it, +[3922.74 --> 3923.44] whatever it is +[3923.44 --> 3924.16] you are thinking about, +[3924.20 --> 3924.98] whether it's an ocean +[3924.98 --> 3925.94] or a list, +[3926.26 --> 3927.12] whatever it is, +[3927.40 --> 3927.98] notice +[3927.98 --> 3930.80] there are edges. +[3932.64 --> 3933.08] Right? +[3933.08 --> 3934.70] It's a bounded set. +[3936.46 --> 3936.70] Right? +[3936.78 --> 3937.68] There's limits +[3937.68 --> 3940.28] to your suffering. +[3941.22 --> 3941.32] Right? +[3941.36 --> 3943.06] Even oceans have limits. +[3944.60 --> 3944.78] Okay? +[3944.82 --> 3945.40] And so here it is. +[3945.52 --> 3947.16] No matter how big +[3947.16 --> 3948.60] or how bad +[3948.60 --> 3950.16] or how crappy +[3950.16 --> 3952.86] your present sufferings may be, +[3953.08 --> 3954.74] there is a limit to them. +[3955.56 --> 3956.72] There is a boundary. +[3956.72 --> 3957.16] Right? +[3957.26 --> 3958.10] Your struggle +[3958.10 --> 3960.20] is not infinite. +[3961.46 --> 3962.26] And I get it. +[3962.74 --> 3963.44] I get it. +[3963.52 --> 3963.80] I do. +[3964.16 --> 3964.30] Right? +[3964.38 --> 3965.54] That when the waves +[3965.54 --> 3966.72] are crashing over you, +[3967.38 --> 3968.58] when you are in the middle +[3968.58 --> 3969.64] of the abyss, +[3969.88 --> 3971.66] you can't see those edges. +[3972.46 --> 3974.12] And you can't see those limits. +[3974.66 --> 3974.82] Right? +[3974.84 --> 3975.80] When you're in the middle of it, +[3975.84 --> 3978.36] it feels like there is no end. +[3978.42 --> 3980.06] It feels infinite. +[3980.06 --> 3981.74] And I know that sometimes +[3981.74 --> 3984.18] perception does define reality +[3984.18 --> 3986.48] or at least your experience of it. +[3987.16 --> 3988.88] And if that's where you are, +[3989.06 --> 3989.98] if you're in the middle +[3989.98 --> 3991.90] of that dark night of the soul, +[3992.02 --> 3994.06] in the middle of that present suffering, +[3994.06 --> 3996.18] and you can't see the edges, +[3997.66 --> 3999.78] let me be really clear. +[4000.98 --> 4002.66] We want to jump in with you. +[4004.54 --> 4005.06] Right? +[4005.06 --> 4006.38] I don't say that just for myself. +[4007.60 --> 4008.04] Right? +[4008.04 --> 4009.70] We want to enter into that with you. +[4009.70 --> 4011.44] I mean that for everyone here, +[4011.50 --> 4012.70] for the pastors who are here, +[4012.80 --> 4013.82] for the elders who are here, +[4013.94 --> 4016.14] for the care groups that are present +[4016.14 --> 4017.08] and do life with you, +[4017.16 --> 4019.38] every person here wants to jump +[4019.38 --> 4020.70] into that with you +[4020.70 --> 4023.54] so that you're not alone +[4023.54 --> 4024.74] in the middle of it. +[4024.74 --> 4026.36] Because sometimes we can't see +[4026.36 --> 4028.00] those edges and so we need people +[4028.00 --> 4029.86] in our lives to remind us +[4029.86 --> 4031.02] that they're there. +[4033.10 --> 4034.34] But for those of us +[4034.34 --> 4035.64] with the eyes to see it, +[4037.08 --> 4038.16] your present sufferings +[4038.84 --> 4040.84] are not the end of the story. +[4040.84 --> 4043.40] So let's not make it the end +[4043.40 --> 4044.16] of your story. +[4045.72 --> 4045.84] Right? +[4045.88 --> 4046.62] As Christians, +[4047.04 --> 4049.70] we believe that only God +[4049.70 --> 4050.70] is infinite. +[4051.10 --> 4052.34] That nothing else is +[4052.34 --> 4054.14] nor nothing else can be. +[4054.52 --> 4056.34] Only God is infinite. +[4057.24 --> 4059.18] Now, I don't want to get bogged down +[4059.18 --> 4060.10] in the particulars +[4060.10 --> 4061.16] of the doctrine of God, +[4061.22 --> 4062.26] but I do want to give you +[4062.26 --> 4062.92] some of it. +[4063.30 --> 4063.64] And so, +[4063.88 --> 4065.46] as Christians, +[4065.84 --> 4066.84] we believe, +[4066.94 --> 4067.96] and I'm going to use the words +[4067.96 --> 4069.58] of the Belgic Confession here, +[4070.52 --> 4071.96] we believe that there is +[4071.96 --> 4073.82] a single and simple +[4073.82 --> 4075.26] spiritual being +[4075.26 --> 4077.02] whom we call God, +[4077.80 --> 4079.54] who is eternal, +[4080.22 --> 4081.14] incomprehensible, +[4081.50 --> 4081.96] invisible, +[4082.38 --> 4083.14] unchangeable, +[4083.42 --> 4083.84] infinite, +[4084.22 --> 4084.66] almighty, +[4085.22 --> 4086.22] completely wise, +[4086.42 --> 4087.16] just and good, +[4087.26 --> 4088.76] and the overflowing source +[4088.76 --> 4090.30] of all good. +[4092.56 --> 4094.54] Now, sometimes you might hear +[4094.54 --> 4096.08] all of that summarized +[4096.08 --> 4098.14] in those omni words, +[4098.26 --> 4098.44] right? +[4099.08 --> 4099.62] Omnipotent, +[4099.72 --> 4100.94] which means all-powerful, +[4101.32 --> 4101.92] omniscient, +[4102.04 --> 4103.14] which means all-knowing, +[4103.50 --> 4104.14] omnipresent, +[4104.34 --> 4105.56] which means everywhere present, +[4105.96 --> 4107.46] and omnibenevolent, +[4107.60 --> 4108.42] which means all +[4108.42 --> 4109.94] or supremely good. +[4111.14 --> 4111.26] Right? +[4111.64 --> 4112.88] God alone +[4112.88 --> 4114.64] is infinite. +[4115.10 --> 4116.32] Your present struggles +[4116.32 --> 4117.54] are not. +[4119.76 --> 4121.06] Because you are not. +[4121.56 --> 4122.32] And because the world +[4122.32 --> 4123.14] you live in +[4123.14 --> 4124.00] is not. +[4124.00 --> 4125.92] And so now, +[4126.12 --> 4127.22] track this with me, +[4127.30 --> 4127.46] right? +[4127.74 --> 4129.08] If God is infinite +[4129.08 --> 4130.22] and God invites you +[4130.22 --> 4130.92] to Himself, +[4131.24 --> 4132.42] He is inviting you +[4132.42 --> 4133.18] to see, +[4133.62 --> 4134.64] to taste, +[4134.86 --> 4135.90] and to touch. +[4136.32 --> 4137.62] And remember that image +[4137.62 --> 4138.54] when we come to the table +[4138.54 --> 4139.24] in just a moment, +[4139.34 --> 4139.50] right? +[4139.56 --> 4140.96] God is inviting you +[4140.96 --> 4142.02] to see Himself. +[4142.54 --> 4143.50] He is inviting you +[4143.50 --> 4145.14] to see His infinity. +[4145.86 --> 4147.56] That is glory. +[4149.78 --> 4151.56] Our present sufferings +[4151.56 --> 4152.90] are not worth comparing +[4152.90 --> 4154.36] with the glory +[4154.36 --> 4155.52] that will be revealed +[4155.52 --> 4156.54] in us. +[4158.14 --> 4159.64] One person that I read +[4159.64 --> 4160.12] this week, +[4160.78 --> 4161.40] he said this. +[4161.46 --> 4161.70] He said, +[4162.22 --> 4163.64] the glory of God +[4163.64 --> 4165.28] is the manifest beauty +[4165.28 --> 4166.72] of His holiness. +[4168.06 --> 4168.96] His holiness +[4168.96 --> 4171.16] is what He is as God +[4171.16 --> 4172.58] that nobody else is. +[4173.64 --> 4174.88] It is His quality +[4174.88 --> 4175.70] of perfection +[4175.70 --> 4177.26] that can't be improved upon, +[4177.36 --> 4178.38] that can't be imitated, +[4178.68 --> 4179.74] that is incomparable, +[4179.74 --> 4181.46] that determines all that He is +[4181.46 --> 4182.18] and is determined +[4182.18 --> 4182.80] by nothing +[4182.80 --> 4183.86] from outside of Him. +[4184.42 --> 4185.42] It signifies +[4185.42 --> 4186.44] His infinite worth, +[4186.54 --> 4187.54] His intrinsic, +[4187.82 --> 4189.20] infinite value. +[4190.48 --> 4191.96] The glory of God +[4191.96 --> 4193.52] is the going public +[4193.52 --> 4194.94] of His holiness. +[4199.14 --> 4201.84] There's a preacher +[4201.84 --> 4202.88] and theologian +[4202.88 --> 4204.16] from the 18th century. +[4205.00 --> 4205.62] Jonathan Edwards +[4205.62 --> 4206.26] is his name, +[4206.26 --> 4208.52] and he meditates +[4208.52 --> 4209.32] and reflects +[4209.32 --> 4210.42] upon the glory +[4210.42 --> 4211.02] of God +[4211.02 --> 4212.46] in a poetic +[4212.46 --> 4213.50] and beautiful way +[4213.50 --> 4215.32] like few other theologians +[4215.32 --> 4216.96] in the past have. +[4217.78 --> 4218.68] And he says +[4218.68 --> 4220.22] that the glory +[4220.22 --> 4220.98] of God +[4220.98 --> 4222.28] is the communication +[4222.28 --> 4223.78] of the infinite +[4223.78 --> 4225.28] fullness of God +[4225.28 --> 4226.58] to the creature. +[4229.48 --> 4230.86] Let me put that +[4230.86 --> 4231.32] another way. +[4232.68 --> 4233.28] Glory +[4233.28 --> 4235.00] is what you see +[4235.00 --> 4236.62] when God reveals Himself. +[4239.00 --> 4239.70] Okay, remember that. +[4239.78 --> 4240.12] Glory +[4240.12 --> 4241.12] is what you see +[4241.12 --> 4242.68] when God reveals Himself. +[4243.76 --> 4245.14] So take this all now, +[4245.52 --> 4246.60] this who God is +[4246.60 --> 4247.64] and what He is revealing +[4247.64 --> 4248.44] of Himself, +[4248.56 --> 4249.18] take that back +[4249.18 --> 4249.94] to verse 18. +[4250.86 --> 4251.56] I consider +[4251.56 --> 4252.82] that our present sufferings +[4252.82 --> 4254.04] are not worth comparing +[4254.04 --> 4254.94] to the glory +[4254.94 --> 4256.24] that will be revealed +[4256.24 --> 4256.88] in us +[4256.88 --> 4258.06] or to us. +[4258.90 --> 4259.64] The glory +[4259.64 --> 4260.60] that will be revealed +[4260.60 --> 4261.40] to us +[4261.40 --> 4262.90] is God Himself. +[4263.28 --> 4265.38] And I'll put it +[4265.38 --> 4265.98] real simply, +[4266.34 --> 4267.88] there ain't nothing +[4267.88 --> 4269.04] bigger or better +[4269.04 --> 4270.10] than God Himself. +[4272.10 --> 4274.24] Your present sufferings +[4274.24 --> 4275.76] actually do +[4275.76 --> 4277.38] pale and Paul +[4277.38 --> 4278.38] in comparison +[4278.38 --> 4281.00] to who God is. +[4284.50 --> 4286.08] Revelation 21 +[4286.08 --> 4287.36] tells us +[4287.36 --> 4287.92] how this +[4287.92 --> 4289.00] will happen. +[4289.78 --> 4290.38] We're going to put +[4290.38 --> 4290.96] three verses +[4290.96 --> 4291.80] on the screen +[4291.80 --> 4292.50] overhead, +[4292.66 --> 4293.36] but I'm going to +[4293.36 --> 4294.14] invert the order +[4294.14 --> 4295.02] that I read them +[4295.02 --> 4295.92] so that you can see +[4295.92 --> 4296.64] the logic here. +[4297.30 --> 4298.12] In Revelation 21 +[4298.12 --> 4298.74] verse 5 +[4298.74 --> 4299.38] we read, +[4300.22 --> 4300.98] He will wipe away +[4300.98 --> 4301.78] every tear +[4301.78 --> 4302.58] from their eyes +[4302.58 --> 4302.98] and there will be +[4302.98 --> 4303.70] no more death +[4303.70 --> 4304.38] or mourning +[4304.38 --> 4305.08] or crying +[4305.08 --> 4305.66] or pain +[4305.66 --> 4306.68] for the old order +[4306.68 --> 4307.76] has passed away. +[4309.14 --> 4309.98] Now how does this happen? +[4310.44 --> 4311.44] Why does that happen? +[4312.44 --> 4312.94] In the verses +[4312.94 --> 4313.54] right before, +[4313.68 --> 4314.16] John says, +[4314.16 --> 4314.86] look, +[4315.62 --> 4317.20] God's dwelling place +[4317.20 --> 4317.92] is now +[4317.92 --> 4319.34] among the people +[4319.34 --> 4321.26] and He dwells +[4321.26 --> 4322.34] with them. +[4324.32 --> 4325.40] God is there +[4325.40 --> 4326.98] and you can see Him. +[4327.76 --> 4329.34] That's the future glory +[4329.34 --> 4330.96] that now works backwards +[4330.96 --> 4332.80] to make your present sufferings +[4332.80 --> 4334.00] incomparable +[4334.00 --> 4335.40] to that reality. +[4336.10 --> 4336.58] And again, +[4336.70 --> 4337.82] we're not minimizing +[4337.82 --> 4339.18] your present sufferings, +[4339.30 --> 4340.66] we're maximizing +[4340.66 --> 4342.04] what we will see +[4342.04 --> 4343.06] when we look to God +[4343.06 --> 4343.62] at the end. +[4344.94 --> 4345.92] And for Paul, +[4346.16 --> 4348.04] here in Romans 8, +[4348.48 --> 4349.86] one of the ways +[4349.86 --> 4350.68] that you can know +[4350.68 --> 4351.90] this to be true +[4351.90 --> 4353.98] is by looking +[4353.98 --> 4355.20] at creation itself. +[4356.72 --> 4357.96] In verse 19, +[4358.72 --> 4359.62] Paul writes, +[4360.82 --> 4361.62] for the creation +[4361.62 --> 4363.68] waits an eager expectation +[4363.68 --> 4365.36] for the children of God +[4365.36 --> 4366.70] to be revealed. +[4368.22 --> 4370.30] Even the creation itself, +[4370.70 --> 4371.82] the very world +[4371.82 --> 4372.60] and universe +[4372.60 --> 4373.74] that we live in +[4373.74 --> 4375.62] is waiting for the day +[4375.62 --> 4377.50] when God's dwelling place +[4377.50 --> 4379.92] will be among His people. +[4380.38 --> 4381.50] Creation is waiting +[4381.50 --> 4382.34] for the day +[4382.34 --> 4383.70] when creation +[4383.70 --> 4384.94] will be restored +[4384.94 --> 4386.80] to its original design +[4386.80 --> 4387.74] and intent +[4387.74 --> 4388.58] and purpose +[4388.58 --> 4389.48] from God. +[4390.14 --> 4391.66] For the creation +[4391.66 --> 4392.88] was subjected +[4392.88 --> 4394.60] to frustration, +[4395.28 --> 4396.70] not by its own choice, +[4396.80 --> 4397.60] but by the will +[4397.60 --> 4398.18] of the one +[4398.18 --> 4399.00] who subjected it, +[4399.04 --> 4399.56] that is God, +[4399.56 --> 4400.52] in the hope +[4400.52 --> 4402.34] that creation itself +[4402.34 --> 4403.38] will be liberated +[4403.38 --> 4405.28] from its bondage +[4405.28 --> 4406.90] to decay +[4406.90 --> 4408.72] and then brought +[4408.72 --> 4409.56] into the freedom +[4409.56 --> 4410.86] and glory +[4410.86 --> 4411.74] of the children +[4411.74 --> 4413.20] of God. +[4414.88 --> 4416.72] The through line +[4416.72 --> 4418.90] of the theological argument +[4418.90 --> 4420.50] that Paul has been stacking +[4420.50 --> 4422.20] on through the book +[4422.20 --> 4422.88] of Romans +[4422.88 --> 4424.84] is that when Adam +[4424.84 --> 4425.56] and Eve +[4425.56 --> 4427.04] rebelled against God +[4427.04 --> 4428.16] in the Garden of Eden, +[4428.16 --> 4429.36] all of humanity, +[4429.52 --> 4430.50] all of their descendants +[4430.50 --> 4431.14] after them +[4431.14 --> 4432.36] fell into sin +[4432.36 --> 4433.80] and now +[4433.80 --> 4434.64] all of us +[4434.64 --> 4435.60] by the result +[4435.60 --> 4436.94] of that action +[4436.94 --> 4438.02] are impacted +[4438.02 --> 4439.22] by sin. +[4439.40 --> 4440.70] Everything we do +[4440.70 --> 4441.90] is in some way +[4441.90 --> 4442.50] marred +[4442.50 --> 4443.42] or stained +[4443.42 --> 4444.88] by sin. +[4445.88 --> 4446.06] Now, +[4446.12 --> 4447.00] let me be really clear +[4447.00 --> 4447.76] when I say that, +[4447.82 --> 4447.94] right? +[4448.10 --> 4449.42] That doesn't mean +[4449.42 --> 4450.74] that you are as bad +[4450.74 --> 4452.08] as you possibly could be. +[4452.80 --> 4454.24] That's a mistaken way +[4454.24 --> 4455.76] to read the Bible. +[4455.76 --> 4457.00] The Bible doesn't say +[4457.00 --> 4458.18] that about humanity. +[4458.34 --> 4459.36] The Bible says +[4459.36 --> 4460.32] that humanity +[4460.32 --> 4461.60] struggles with sin +[4461.60 --> 4462.70] in everything, +[4463.02 --> 4464.26] in every area +[4464.26 --> 4465.46] of their life. +[4465.58 --> 4466.32] Its effects +[4466.32 --> 4467.48] are pervasive +[4467.48 --> 4468.92] and so our desires, +[4469.12 --> 4469.62] our wills, +[4469.68 --> 4470.10] our minds, +[4470.24 --> 4470.84] our bodies +[4470.84 --> 4472.24] are all impacted +[4472.24 --> 4473.34] by the presence +[4473.34 --> 4473.78] of sin. +[4474.76 --> 4475.22] And now, +[4475.38 --> 4478.44] what Paul is advancing here, +[4478.56 --> 4479.68] what we're learning here, +[4480.44 --> 4482.76] is that creation itself +[4482.76 --> 4485.84] reflects that same frustration. +[4487.62 --> 4487.88] Right? +[4487.92 --> 4488.96] Because humanity, +[4489.18 --> 4490.86] as the crown of creation, +[4491.30 --> 4492.52] rebelled against God +[4492.52 --> 4493.58] and is now affected +[4493.58 --> 4494.62] by sin, +[4494.74 --> 4496.28] so too is everything +[4496.28 --> 4498.72] that flows from humanity +[4498.72 --> 4501.16] in that sort of creation hierarchy +[4501.16 --> 4502.06] that exists. +[4502.76 --> 4502.86] Right? +[4502.88 --> 4504.30] The frustration of creation +[4504.30 --> 4504.98] to sin +[4504.98 --> 4505.72] is because, +[4506.28 --> 4507.44] or because of sin, +[4507.76 --> 4508.50] is a symbol +[4508.50 --> 4510.52] of our own frustration +[4510.52 --> 4511.36] in the world. +[4511.36 --> 4513.06] And that symbol +[4513.06 --> 4514.16] doesn't just stop +[4514.16 --> 4514.84] reflecting +[4514.84 --> 4516.52] the current reality, +[4516.88 --> 4517.84] that symbol +[4517.84 --> 4518.68] extends +[4518.68 --> 4520.70] to the hoped-for reality +[4520.70 --> 4521.92] of a new creation, +[4522.20 --> 4523.24] of a renewed earth. +[4524.66 --> 4525.16] And so, +[4525.32 --> 4526.40] very clearly, +[4527.48 --> 4527.82] right, +[4527.90 --> 4528.92] very clearly +[4528.92 --> 4530.34] in the world today, +[4530.54 --> 4532.52] you don't have to look far +[4532.52 --> 4533.20] to see +[4533.20 --> 4534.20] how creation +[4534.20 --> 4535.26] is frustrated. +[4536.80 --> 4537.10] Right? +[4537.16 --> 4538.88] Across our country, +[4539.04 --> 4540.34] there are wildfires +[4540.34 --> 4541.00] that are burning +[4541.00 --> 4541.90] out of control. +[4543.14 --> 4543.28] Right? +[4543.38 --> 4545.78] And where there aren't fires, +[4545.98 --> 4546.86] there's smoke +[4546.86 --> 4547.54] that's causing +[4547.54 --> 4549.42] poor air quality warnings +[4549.42 --> 4550.60] in a huge region. +[4551.84 --> 4552.98] In some regions +[4552.98 --> 4553.84] of the world, +[4553.94 --> 4554.56] there is drought +[4554.56 --> 4555.86] that is leading to famine, +[4556.12 --> 4557.02] and in other places, +[4557.02 --> 4557.94] there is flooding +[4557.94 --> 4558.94] that is destroying +[4558.94 --> 4560.06] homes and cities. +[4561.42 --> 4562.12] And we know +[4562.12 --> 4563.16] that communities +[4563.16 --> 4564.28] on the margins +[4564.28 --> 4566.22] are disproportionately affected +[4566.22 --> 4567.86] by the impact +[4567.86 --> 4568.46] of the climate. +[4569.10 --> 4569.58] We know +[4569.58 --> 4570.42] that biodiversity +[4570.42 --> 4571.30] rates, +[4571.86 --> 4574.14] the range +[4574.14 --> 4575.22] of speciation +[4575.22 --> 4575.82] that occurs +[4575.82 --> 4576.62] in the world, +[4576.96 --> 4578.36] biodiversity rates +[4578.36 --> 4579.04] are dropping +[4579.04 --> 4580.30] as people move +[4580.30 --> 4581.10] more and more +[4581.10 --> 4582.10] into previously +[4582.10 --> 4583.68] wildland areas +[4583.68 --> 4585.10] and take it over. +[4586.24 --> 4587.10] Right now, +[4587.22 --> 4588.46] in the Pacific Ocean, +[4589.16 --> 4590.24] there is a garbage +[4590.24 --> 4591.56] island floating around +[4591.56 --> 4592.42] that is larger +[4592.42 --> 4593.22] than the province +[4593.22 --> 4593.72] of BC. +[4595.46 --> 4596.48] Think about that. +[4599.28 --> 4600.56] It's not a stretch +[4600.56 --> 4601.28] to see +[4601.28 --> 4602.40] how creation +[4602.40 --> 4603.50] is in bondage +[4603.50 --> 4604.06] to decay. +[4605.44 --> 4605.68] Right? +[4605.72 --> 4606.16] And in fact, +[4606.30 --> 4607.18] it's not just +[4607.18 --> 4608.10] that little picture +[4608.10 --> 4609.12] of planet Earth. +[4609.80 --> 4610.18] Right? +[4610.20 --> 4611.02] The whole universe +[4611.02 --> 4612.10] is in bondage +[4612.10 --> 4612.60] to decay. +[4613.34 --> 4613.54] Now, +[4613.58 --> 4614.56] I'm not an expert here, +[4614.64 --> 4615.26] and so I trust +[4615.26 --> 4616.38] that Ken is going +[4616.38 --> 4617.44] to correct me afterwards. +[4617.68 --> 4617.84] Ken, +[4617.88 --> 4618.44] I'm looking at you. +[4618.76 --> 4619.54] But in physics +[4619.54 --> 4620.44] and in engineering, +[4620.82 --> 4621.54] the second law +[4621.54 --> 4622.44] of thermodynamics, +[4622.66 --> 4623.20] the law of energy, +[4623.22 --> 4623.60] entropy, +[4624.18 --> 4625.06] says that since +[4625.06 --> 4626.98] energy can neither +[4626.98 --> 4627.50] be created +[4627.50 --> 4628.18] nor destroyed, +[4628.38 --> 4629.50] systems will always +[4629.50 --> 4630.64] move from increased +[4630.64 --> 4631.28] organization +[4631.28 --> 4632.24] to decreased +[4632.24 --> 4633.28] organization. +[4633.50 --> 4634.16] That will happen +[4634.16 --> 4634.60] naturally. +[4635.10 --> 4635.60] And so physicists +[4635.60 --> 4636.48] talk literally +[4636.48 --> 4637.24] about the Earth +[4637.24 --> 4638.36] flattening out, +[4638.46 --> 4639.06] or the universe +[4639.06 --> 4640.50] flattening out. +[4642.90 --> 4644.00] Right now, +[4644.36 --> 4645.22] there is only +[4645.22 --> 4646.12] death +[4646.12 --> 4647.50] and decomposition. +[4648.50 --> 4648.96] Everything +[4648.96 --> 4649.76] is running +[4649.76 --> 4650.68] down. +[4651.48 --> 4652.08] One person +[4652.08 --> 4652.72] said, +[4652.88 --> 4653.12] nature +[4653.12 --> 4653.90] is currently +[4653.90 --> 4654.50] a killer. +[4657.54 --> 4658.66] But none +[4658.66 --> 4659.32] of that +[4659.32 --> 4660.78] is the last +[4660.78 --> 4661.16] word. +[4662.86 --> 4662.96] Right? +[4663.04 --> 4663.50] Creation +[4663.50 --> 4664.14] itself +[4664.14 --> 4664.90] will be +[4664.90 --> 4665.44] liberated. +[4666.00 --> 4666.56] And instead +[4666.56 --> 4667.38] of frustration, +[4667.84 --> 4668.38] there will be +[4668.38 --> 4669.00] fulfillment. +[4669.66 --> 4670.12] Instead of +[4670.12 --> 4670.58] bondage +[4670.58 --> 4671.08] to decay, +[4671.24 --> 4671.64] there will be +[4671.64 --> 4672.24] beauty +[4672.24 --> 4673.08] and endless +[4673.08 --> 4673.64] delight. +[4674.08 --> 4674.18] Right? +[4674.26 --> 4674.98] Even with +[4674.98 --> 4676.20] all the frustrations +[4676.20 --> 4676.96] that are visible +[4676.96 --> 4677.76] in the world +[4677.76 --> 4678.22] today, +[4678.22 --> 4679.48] it is still +[4679.48 --> 4680.88] easy to find +[4680.88 --> 4682.40] majestic beauty +[4682.40 --> 4683.58] in creation. +[4684.10 --> 4684.82] Especially +[4684.82 --> 4685.84] when we live +[4685.84 --> 4686.14] here, +[4686.22 --> 4686.44] right? +[4686.54 --> 4687.20] Surrounded by +[4687.20 --> 4688.18] mountains and +[4688.18 --> 4688.70] lakes and +[4688.70 --> 4690.54] ancient rainforests. +[4690.54 --> 4691.32] And so it's +[4691.32 --> 4692.74] almost impossible, +[4693.32 --> 4693.80] it's almost +[4693.80 --> 4694.82] unfathomable +[4694.82 --> 4696.82] to imagine +[4696.82 --> 4697.68] what the world +[4697.68 --> 4698.82] will be like +[4698.82 --> 4699.42] then. +[4702.42 --> 4703.36] You think +[4703.36 --> 4704.18] camp is awesome. +[4705.38 --> 4706.18] Just wait. +[4706.18 --> 4708.50] Right? +[4708.56 --> 4709.02] Instead of +[4709.02 --> 4709.58] things getting +[4709.58 --> 4710.72] older and +[4710.72 --> 4711.60] weaker and +[4711.60 --> 4712.68] flattening out, +[4713.12 --> 4713.76] there will be +[4713.76 --> 4714.78] a new and +[4714.78 --> 4715.94] a beauty and +[4715.94 --> 4717.08] a strength, +[4717.24 --> 4718.70] a foreverness +[4718.70 --> 4719.76] to the world. +[4719.98 --> 4720.46] Instead of +[4720.46 --> 4721.28] pain and +[4721.28 --> 4722.28] present suffering, +[4722.52 --> 4723.02] there will be +[4723.02 --> 4724.06] only joy in +[4724.06 --> 4724.74] the glory of +[4724.74 --> 4725.60] God because +[4725.60 --> 4726.82] God is here +[4726.82 --> 4727.30] and has made +[4727.30 --> 4727.88] His dwelling +[4727.88 --> 4729.10] among us. +[4732.62 --> 4733.18] Now, +[4733.38 --> 4734.84] I don't want +[4734.84 --> 4735.78] to stay on +[4735.78 --> 4736.30] this point for +[4736.30 --> 4737.02] too long because +[4737.02 --> 4737.48] I don't want +[4737.48 --> 4738.10] to detract from +[4738.10 --> 4738.80] the bigger point +[4738.80 --> 4739.84] that Paul is +[4739.84 --> 4740.46] making here, +[4740.54 --> 4741.34] but we have +[4741.34 --> 4742.00] to at least +[4742.00 --> 4743.00] acknowledge this. +[4743.64 --> 4743.90] Right? +[4744.00 --> 4745.00] This view of +[4745.00 --> 4746.86] creation regained, +[4747.06 --> 4748.14] this view of +[4748.14 --> 4748.76] the universe +[4748.76 --> 4749.54] restored, +[4750.14 --> 4751.36] is for us +[4751.36 --> 4752.12] as Christians +[4752.12 --> 4752.94] who believe +[4752.94 --> 4753.62] in the truth +[4753.62 --> 4754.42] of the Bible +[4754.42 --> 4755.90] a motivating +[4755.90 --> 4757.08] force to go +[4757.08 --> 4757.70] out into +[4757.70 --> 4758.20] the world +[4758.20 --> 4759.24] now and +[4759.24 --> 4760.06] live in the +[4760.06 --> 4760.98] hope of +[4760.98 --> 4761.92] this restoration. +[4761.92 --> 4762.04] creation. +[4763.04 --> 4763.84] And so, +[4764.02 --> 4764.96] we are not +[4764.96 --> 4766.40] overcome by +[4766.40 --> 4767.36] the fear of +[4767.36 --> 4768.54] climate change, +[4768.90 --> 4769.82] but we are +[4769.82 --> 4770.76] actively trying +[4770.76 --> 4771.54] to hold it +[4771.54 --> 4772.44] at bay as +[4772.44 --> 4773.20] a picture of +[4773.20 --> 4773.56] what God +[4773.56 --> 4774.20] promised to +[4774.20 --> 4775.28] do in the +[4775.28 --> 4775.60] world. +[4776.78 --> 4777.22] And we +[4777.22 --> 4778.12] recognize that +[4778.12 --> 4778.98] creation is +[4778.98 --> 4779.72] subject to +[4779.72 --> 4780.54] frustration +[4780.54 --> 4781.70] because of +[4781.70 --> 4782.36] human sin, +[4782.48 --> 4783.66] and so we +[4783.66 --> 4784.36] fight against +[4784.36 --> 4785.66] human sin that +[4785.66 --> 4786.84] perpetuates the +[4786.84 --> 4787.50] frustration of +[4787.50 --> 4787.98] creation. +[4787.98 --> 4790.40] that the +[4790.40 --> 4790.94] fact that +[4790.94 --> 4791.72] God will +[4791.72 --> 4792.88] renew the +[4792.88 --> 4793.88] world doesn't +[4793.88 --> 4794.96] stop us from +[4794.96 --> 4795.88] living towards +[4795.88 --> 4797.32] the goal of +[4797.32 --> 4797.76] a renewed +[4797.76 --> 4798.40] world now. +[4799.36 --> 4800.62] It spurs our +[4800.62 --> 4802.04] action forward. +[4802.86 --> 4802.94] Right? +[4803.00 --> 4803.82] Humanity has +[4803.82 --> 4804.24] been given +[4804.24 --> 4804.98] charge to +[4804.98 --> 4806.04] care for and +[4806.04 --> 4806.76] to cultivate +[4806.76 --> 4807.82] this world, +[4808.08 --> 4808.84] and our shared +[4808.84 --> 4809.62] rebellion and +[4809.62 --> 4810.60] fall into sin +[4810.60 --> 4811.72] doesn't end +[4811.72 --> 4812.80] that call. +[4813.06 --> 4813.60] Hear that +[4813.60 --> 4814.44] very clearly. +[4814.92 --> 4815.48] And the +[4815.48 --> 4816.34] reality of sin +[4816.34 --> 4817.20] makes living +[4817.20 --> 4818.62] in response to +[4818.62 --> 4819.38] that call much +[4819.38 --> 4820.12] more difficult. +[4820.56 --> 4821.00] Absolutely. +[4821.42 --> 4821.74] But the +[4821.74 --> 4823.30] responsibility is +[4823.30 --> 4824.68] still there. +[4828.52 --> 4829.28] Now Paul +[4829.28 --> 4830.98] continues his +[4830.98 --> 4831.34] metaphor. +[4832.02 --> 4832.60] He continues +[4832.60 --> 4833.14] his metaphor +[4833.14 --> 4834.18] for the +[4834.18 --> 4835.22] endurance of +[4835.22 --> 4835.72] present +[4835.72 --> 4837.70] sufferings by +[4837.70 --> 4839.52] listing and +[4839.52 --> 4840.72] comparing three +[4840.72 --> 4842.48] instances of +[4842.48 --> 4843.10] groaning. +[4843.60 --> 4844.02] And this is +[4844.02 --> 4844.30] what we're going +[4844.30 --> 4844.84] to look at to +[4844.84 --> 4846.28] wrap us up and +[4846.28 --> 4846.80] to bring us to +[4846.80 --> 4847.18] the table. +[4849.00 --> 4850.16] In verse 22, +[4850.60 --> 4853.10] we read that +[4853.10 --> 4853.92] the whole +[4853.92 --> 4855.14] creation has +[4855.14 --> 4855.94] been groaning +[4855.94 --> 4856.56] as in the +[4856.56 --> 4857.18] pains of +[4857.18 --> 4858.26] childbirth right +[4858.26 --> 4859.18] up to the +[4859.18 --> 4859.74] present time. +[4860.26 --> 4860.56] And then in +[4860.56 --> 4861.16] verse 23, +[4861.38 --> 4862.10] you read that +[4862.10 --> 4862.64] we groan +[4862.64 --> 4863.56] inwardly as +[4863.56 --> 4864.16] we await our +[4864.16 --> 4864.82] adoption, our +[4864.82 --> 4865.16] redemption. +[4865.92 --> 4866.34] And then in +[4866.34 --> 4867.76] 26, we read +[4867.76 --> 4868.40] that the Spirit +[4868.40 --> 4869.74] himself intercedes +[4869.74 --> 4870.54] for us with +[4870.54 --> 4872.08] wordless groans. +[4873.22 --> 4873.96] Now all of +[4873.96 --> 4874.86] this groaning +[4874.86 --> 4875.72] groaning is a +[4875.72 --> 4877.30] word picture to +[4877.30 --> 4878.66] help you endure +[4878.66 --> 4880.00] whatever present +[4880.00 --> 4881.12] struggle you +[4881.12 --> 4881.80] might be in. +[4882.92 --> 4883.72] All of this +[4883.72 --> 4884.68] groaning is to +[4884.68 --> 4885.08] help you +[4885.08 --> 4886.08] captivate and +[4886.08 --> 4887.84] be captivated by +[4887.84 --> 4888.96] a vision of +[4888.96 --> 4889.72] that future +[4889.72 --> 4890.52] glory. +[4892.12 --> 4892.66] And so like we +[4892.66 --> 4893.52] said in 22, +[4893.72 --> 4894.28] Paul says that +[4894.28 --> 4895.30] creation has been +[4895.30 --> 4896.20] groaning in the +[4896.20 --> 4896.68] pangs of +[4896.68 --> 4897.48] childbirth right +[4897.48 --> 4898.48] up to the +[4898.48 --> 4899.04] present time. +[4900.16 --> 4901.14] This is an +[4901.14 --> 4902.88] excellent image for +[4902.88 --> 4903.62] what Paul has +[4903.62 --> 4904.06] been showing +[4904.06 --> 4904.48] us. +[4905.36 --> 4905.96] If you've ever +[4905.96 --> 4906.88] given birth or +[4906.88 --> 4907.48] if you've watched +[4907.48 --> 4908.58] someone give +[4908.58 --> 4909.98] birth, you know +[4909.98 --> 4910.92] how immensely +[4910.92 --> 4912.06] painful it is. +[4913.42 --> 4914.28] Now let's be +[4914.28 --> 4914.92] clear, right, if +[4914.92 --> 4915.50] you've only ever +[4915.50 --> 4916.22] watched it, you +[4916.22 --> 4917.12] have an idea, you +[4917.12 --> 4917.64] don't actually +[4917.64 --> 4918.64] know, so don't +[4918.64 --> 4919.16] pretend to take +[4919.16 --> 4919.66] credit for it. +[4919.72 --> 4920.20] My wife is +[4920.20 --> 4920.74] saying thank you +[4920.74 --> 4921.28] for clarifying +[4921.28 --> 4921.52] that. +[4922.94 --> 4923.72] But what you +[4923.72 --> 4925.14] see, right, is +[4925.14 --> 4926.66] that the pain of +[4926.66 --> 4928.74] childbirth proves +[4928.74 --> 4930.78] worth it when you +[4930.78 --> 4931.50] hold your child. +[4931.50 --> 4933.90] The suffering of +[4933.90 --> 4935.24] labor and delivery +[4935.24 --> 4936.42] is worth the +[4936.42 --> 4937.56] future glory of +[4937.56 --> 4938.56] holding your son +[4938.56 --> 4939.54] or your daughter. +[4940.62 --> 4941.34] And like I said, +[4941.42 --> 4942.64] I've never given +[4942.64 --> 4944.74] birth, but I +[4944.74 --> 4945.52] know that this is +[4945.52 --> 4946.52] true because for +[4946.52 --> 4947.54] the vast majority +[4947.54 --> 4948.72] of human history, +[4949.18 --> 4950.06] most women who +[4950.06 --> 4950.92] have given birth +[4950.92 --> 4951.88] have done it more +[4951.88 --> 4952.42] than once. +[4954.26 --> 4955.96] Quite simply, if +[4955.96 --> 4956.52] it wasn't worth +[4956.52 --> 4957.66] it, she wouldn't +[4957.66 --> 4958.18] do it twice. +[4958.18 --> 4958.24] else. +[4961.32 --> 4963.36] Similarly, we +[4963.36 --> 4965.92] groan inwardly as +[4965.92 --> 4966.42] we wait. +[4967.34 --> 4968.32] As we endure +[4968.32 --> 4969.16] these present +[4969.16 --> 4970.06] sufferings, we +[4970.06 --> 4971.76] groan in hope. +[4972.58 --> 4972.76] Right? +[4972.80 --> 4973.60] We have hope that +[4973.60 --> 4974.92] we are saved, but a +[4974.92 --> 4976.06] hope that is seen is +[4976.06 --> 4977.42] no hope at all, Paul +[4977.42 --> 4977.70] says. +[4977.80 --> 4978.62] The point is that +[4978.62 --> 4979.98] even though you +[4979.98 --> 4981.56] can't see the future +[4981.56 --> 4983.56] glory, you can see +[4983.56 --> 4984.30] the world around +[4984.30 --> 4984.58] you. +[4984.58 --> 4986.12] Right? +[4986.16 --> 4986.76] And the world +[4986.76 --> 4987.88] around you itself +[4987.88 --> 4989.34] is a picture of +[4989.34 --> 4990.12] what is to come. +[4991.40 --> 4991.90] Right? +[4991.94 --> 4992.70] The picture is +[4992.70 --> 4993.46] subject to +[4993.46 --> 4994.94] frustration, yet +[4994.94 --> 4995.76] in our heart of +[4995.76 --> 4996.88] hearts, right, we +[4996.88 --> 4997.84] look at the great +[4997.84 --> 4999.02] Pacific floating +[4999.02 --> 5000.66] garbage island, and +[5000.66 --> 5001.64] we know that that's +[5001.64 --> 5002.34] not the way it's +[5002.34 --> 5003.04] supposed to be. +[5003.86 --> 5004.94] That that's wrong, +[5005.08 --> 5005.82] and we should do +[5005.82 --> 5006.70] something about it. +[5007.02 --> 5008.48] And we long for a +[5008.48 --> 5009.62] day when that will +[5009.62 --> 5011.54] be made new, a day +[5011.54 --> 5012.32] that God has +[5012.32 --> 5013.90] promised will come. +[5013.90 --> 5014.74] And I pray that +[5014.74 --> 5015.58] that day comes +[5015.58 --> 5016.42] soon. +[5017.42 --> 5018.56] But our inward +[5018.56 --> 5020.02] groaning, even as +[5020.02 --> 5021.10] we look at +[5021.10 --> 5022.48] creation, is in +[5022.48 --> 5024.96] fact a sign that +[5024.96 --> 5026.30] it will come. +[5026.94 --> 5027.66] And so we are +[5027.66 --> 5029.96] sustained in the +[5029.96 --> 5030.64] present suffering. +[5031.72 --> 5035.76] And then lastly, as +[5035.76 --> 5037.86] well, in the +[5037.86 --> 5039.58] present suffering, we +[5039.58 --> 5040.86] are given a +[5040.86 --> 5041.20] gift. +[5041.20 --> 5043.58] In the same way, the +[5043.58 --> 5044.70] Spirit helps us in +[5044.70 --> 5045.36] our weakness. +[5046.28 --> 5047.36] We do not know what +[5047.36 --> 5048.36] we ought to pray for, +[5048.68 --> 5049.28] but the Spirit +[5049.28 --> 5051.06] himself intercedes for +[5051.06 --> 5052.98] us through wordless +[5052.98 --> 5053.74] groans. +[5055.42 --> 5057.00] God gives you his +[5057.00 --> 5059.34] Spirit to help you +[5059.34 --> 5061.04] endure your present +[5061.04 --> 5062.18] sufferings. +[5063.52 --> 5064.78] I cannot tell you how +[5064.78 --> 5065.60] many times I have +[5065.60 --> 5066.66] heard the testimony of +[5066.66 --> 5068.10] people who have gone +[5068.10 --> 5069.56] through some incredibly +[5069.56 --> 5071.06] difficult life +[5071.06 --> 5071.70] challenge. +[5071.94 --> 5073.26] And they look back on +[5073.26 --> 5074.04] that moment and they +[5074.04 --> 5075.88] go, I did not believe +[5075.88 --> 5077.12] it was possible to get +[5077.12 --> 5077.40] through. +[5078.62 --> 5079.78] And yet here I am. +[5080.52 --> 5081.46] That's the Spirit. +[5082.96 --> 5084.92] That's God walking +[5084.92 --> 5086.90] with you in the midst +[5086.90 --> 5087.94] of the seeming +[5087.94 --> 5088.64] impossible. +[5090.48 --> 5091.88] And even when we don't +[5091.88 --> 5093.24] know what to pray for, +[5093.44 --> 5094.16] when our present +[5094.16 --> 5096.44] suffering is so awful, +[5096.44 --> 5097.62] we can't even put it +[5097.62 --> 5100.06] into words, the Spirit +[5100.06 --> 5102.26] himself intercedes +[5102.26 --> 5104.60] with wordless groans. +[5104.74 --> 5104.86] Right? +[5104.98 --> 5106.56] Even as you pray to +[5106.56 --> 5108.32] God, God's Spirit is +[5108.32 --> 5109.38] praying over you. +[5110.32 --> 5111.44] In times when the +[5111.44 --> 5112.92] present struggle feels +[5112.92 --> 5114.52] like an abyss or an +[5114.52 --> 5116.38] ocean crashing over you +[5116.38 --> 5117.52] and you just don't know +[5117.52 --> 5119.02] what to say or what to +[5119.02 --> 5120.52] pray and you just cry, +[5120.76 --> 5121.90] you just groan, +[5122.28 --> 5124.82] that is God with you. +[5124.82 --> 5128.30] causing you to endure +[5128.30 --> 5129.98] by the Spirit. +[5132.10 --> 5133.54] And listen, listen to +[5133.54 --> 5135.40] this promise. +[5135.60 --> 5137.50] The last words of our +[5137.50 --> 5137.84] text. +[5139.12 --> 5140.46] He who searches our +[5140.46 --> 5142.04] hearts knows the mind +[5142.04 --> 5143.36] of the Spirit because +[5143.36 --> 5145.26] the Spirit intercedes for +[5145.26 --> 5146.30] God's people in +[5146.30 --> 5147.50] accordance with the +[5147.50 --> 5149.84] will of God. +[5149.84 --> 5153.18] At the beginning, we +[5153.18 --> 5154.64] started looking at the +[5154.64 --> 5156.52] glory of God. +[5157.56 --> 5159.50] The will of God, the +[5159.50 --> 5161.26] ultimate purpose of God +[5161.26 --> 5162.48] in creating and +[5162.48 --> 5163.94] sustaining and saving +[5163.94 --> 5166.90] the world is His own +[5166.90 --> 5167.76] glory. +[5168.88 --> 5170.66] God's glory will be +[5170.66 --> 5172.32] revealed and His Spirit +[5172.32 --> 5174.06] right here, right now, +[5174.14 --> 5175.88] is interceding for God's +[5175.88 --> 5177.10] people in accordance with +[5177.10 --> 5178.64] that will, with that +[5178.64 --> 5179.58] direction, with that +[5179.58 --> 5180.72] end of history. +[5180.86 --> 5181.88] And so, no matter +[5181.88 --> 5183.84] what, no matter what, +[5184.76 --> 5186.94] our present sufferings +[5186.94 --> 5188.42] are not worth comparing +[5188.42 --> 5190.64] to the glory that will +[5190.64 --> 5193.34] be revealed in us. +[5193.68 --> 5194.00] Amen? +[5196.38 --> 5197.78] Tim Keller has a line. +[5199.40 --> 5200.40] I want to share it with +[5200.40 --> 5201.84] you because, as many of +[5201.84 --> 5203.54] you know, Tim Keller +[5203.54 --> 5204.82] recently died. +[5204.82 --> 5208.10] And overwhelmingly, as +[5208.10 --> 5210.62] eulogies and testimonies +[5210.62 --> 5212.34] of his impact on so many +[5212.34 --> 5213.76] people, myself included, +[5214.16 --> 5215.74] were pouring in online +[5215.74 --> 5217.28] and in person, +[5217.88 --> 5220.54] people said something to +[5220.54 --> 5222.52] the effect of, Tim showed +[5222.52 --> 5224.84] us that no matter how hard +[5224.84 --> 5226.22] life got, whether it was +[5226.22 --> 5228.60] pancreatic cancer or the +[5228.60 --> 5231.58] struggles of being in a +[5231.58 --> 5233.08] cultural limelight and in +[5233.08 --> 5234.74] opposition to the ways of +[5234.74 --> 5236.32] the world, no matter how +[5236.32 --> 5238.90] hard it got, he showed us +[5238.90 --> 5240.16] what it looked like to live +[5240.16 --> 5242.36] faithfully for the glory of +[5242.36 --> 5242.70] God. +[5244.20 --> 5245.62] A couple weeks ago, he died +[5245.62 --> 5246.88] in that hope. +[5247.60 --> 5249.36] Tim Keller has a line that +[5249.36 --> 5249.72] says, +[5250.30 --> 5253.44] all our best days lie ahead +[5253.44 --> 5257.70] of us, and one day all our +[5257.70 --> 5260.18] painful days will lie behind +[5260.18 --> 5260.56] us. +[5264.78 --> 5266.50] I consider that our present +[5266.50 --> 5267.80] sufferings are not worth +[5267.80 --> 5269.98] comparing to the glory that +[5269.98 --> 5272.66] will be revealed in us. +[5274.46 --> 5276.98] And until that day, we gather +[5276.98 --> 5277.36] here. +[5278.12 --> 5280.02] Until that day, we come to +[5280.02 --> 5281.72] this table to be strengthened +[5281.72 --> 5282.84] and nourished. +[5282.94 --> 5284.46] Until that day, we gather +[5284.46 --> 5286.64] together as a church family, +[5287.30 --> 5289.24] that we might receive from +[5289.24 --> 5290.98] God the grace that he +[5290.98 --> 5292.88] offers to us in the word, +[5292.96 --> 5294.30] that we might receive from +[5294.30 --> 5296.38] God the strength and the +[5296.38 --> 5298.28] nourishment to endure. +[5299.18 --> 5300.24] And so in just a moment, we +[5300.24 --> 5302.06] are going to come to the table +[5302.06 --> 5303.18] of our Lord. +[5303.24 --> 5305.52] And as we do, there is a +[5305.52 --> 5306.86] liturgy that we will move +[5306.86 --> 5308.98] through, and then we will come +[5308.98 --> 5310.54] and gather around the table. +[5310.54 --> 5312.36] I will invite you and instruct +[5312.36 --> 5314.26] you on how to do that at the +[5314.26 --> 5314.54] time. +[5314.90 --> 5316.76] As we come to the table, you +[5316.76 --> 5318.68] join your hearts with mine in +[5318.68 --> 5319.60] prayer together. +[5320.00 --> 5320.48] Let's pray. +[5327.72 --> 5329.90] With joy, we praise you, +[5330.12 --> 5332.50] gracious God, for you have +[5332.50 --> 5333.90] created heaven and earth. +[5334.46 --> 5336.14] You have made us in your image +[5336.14 --> 5338.12] and have kept covenant with us, +[5338.28 --> 5340.64] even when we fell into sin. +[5342.36 --> 5344.44] And so here and now, we give +[5344.44 --> 5346.12] you thanks for Jesus Christ, +[5346.52 --> 5348.64] who by his life, death, and +[5348.64 --> 5350.46] resurrection, opened to us the +[5350.46 --> 5352.90] way of life everlasting. +[5355.18 --> 5358.12] It is in Jesus' name that we pray. +[5359.36 --> 5359.70] Amen. +[5359.70 --> 5359.84] Amen. +[5360.90 --> 5361.46] Amen. +[5363.66 --> 5365.24] As we come to the table, I +[5365.24 --> 5367.10] invite you to join in our +[5367.10 --> 5367.98] liturgy. +[5368.36 --> 5369.42] Lift up your hearts. +[5369.42 --> 5374.06] Let us give thanks to the Lord, +[5374.16 --> 5374.72] our God. +[5378.84 --> 5381.88] Our Lord Jesus, before he +[5381.88 --> 5384.62] suffered, gave us this memorial +[5384.62 --> 5387.80] of his sacrifice until he comes +[5387.80 --> 5388.14] again. +[5389.18 --> 5390.92] The Lord Jesus, on the night that +[5390.92 --> 5394.02] he was betrayed, took bread. +[5394.68 --> 5396.96] And when he had given thanks, he +[5396.96 --> 5399.20] broke it and said, this is my +[5399.20 --> 5400.86] body, which is for you. +[5401.52 --> 5404.72] Do this in remembrance of me. +[5407.18 --> 5409.70] In the same way, he took the +[5409.70 --> 5412.38] cup after supper, and he said, +[5412.50 --> 5415.48] this cup is the new covenant in +[5415.48 --> 5416.06] my blood. +[5416.74 --> 5419.90] Do this in remembrance of me. +[5419.90 --> 5423.12] For whenever you eat this bread +[5423.12 --> 5425.24] and drink this cup, you +[5425.24 --> 5426.92] proclaim the Lord's death +[5426.92 --> 5429.48] until he comes again. +[5430.32 --> 5431.86] And so we gather at this table +[5431.86 --> 5434.50] proclaiming the mystery of +[5434.50 --> 5435.80] our faith. +[5437.10 --> 5439.40] Your death, O Christ, we +[5439.40 --> 5439.84] proclaim. +[5440.64 --> 5442.24] Your resurrection, we +[5442.24 --> 5443.30] affirm with joy. +[5444.22 --> 5446.14] Your coming, we await with hope. +[5447.04 --> 5449.08] Glory be to you, Lord Jesus. +[5449.08 --> 5449.24] Jesus. +[5451.40 --> 5453.34] Church family, the Lord has +[5453.34 --> 5455.36] prepared his table for all who +[5455.36 --> 5457.74] love him and who trust in him +[5457.74 --> 5459.42] alone for their salvation. +[5459.98 --> 5462.34] And so, come to this table, you +[5462.34 --> 5464.80] who have much faith and you who +[5464.80 --> 5465.82] would like to have more. +[5466.54 --> 5468.50] Come to this table, you who have +[5468.50 --> 5470.54] been to this sacrament often and +[5470.54 --> 5472.40] you who have not been in a long +[5472.40 --> 5473.02] time. +[5473.14 --> 5474.72] Come to this table, you who have +[5474.72 --> 5477.72] tried to follow Jesus and you who +[5477.72 --> 5478.52] have failed. +[5479.30 --> 5481.54] Come to this table because Jesus +[5481.54 --> 5482.84] Christ is raised. +[5483.22 --> 5484.56] Come to this table because our +[5484.56 --> 5486.36] present sufferings are not worth +[5486.36 --> 5488.62] comparing to the glory that would +[5488.62 --> 5491.22] be revealed in us. +[5491.94 --> 5492.30] Come. +[5492.52 --> 5494.30] If you are here or if you are at +[5494.30 --> 5496.38] home and online, come because it +[5496.38 --> 5499.30] is Christ who invites us to this +[5499.30 --> 5500.26] table. +[5500.80 --> 5503.52] The gifts of God for the people of +[5503.52 --> 5503.84] God. +[5505.84 --> 5508.30] As we come to this table, if you +[5508.30 --> 5510.50] are visiting with us, we do so in a +[5510.50 --> 5512.92] particular way here where we come +[5512.92 --> 5515.54] sort of line by line through the +[5515.54 --> 5517.50] space and we gather in a circle +[5517.50 --> 5519.60] around the table and then you will +[5519.60 --> 5522.62] get the bread and I will pass it to +[5522.62 --> 5524.22] you or an elder will pass it to you +[5524.22 --> 5526.28] and say, the body of Christ given for +[5526.28 --> 5526.52] you. +[5526.66 --> 5529.00] Please repeat that line as you pass it +[5529.00 --> 5531.36] to the person beside you and so on, +[5531.36 --> 5533.82] down and around and likewise with the +[5533.82 --> 5536.16] juice when it comes, we say the blood +[5536.16 --> 5538.34] of Christ shed for you. +[5538.46 --> 5540.44] Please repeat that as you pass down +[5540.44 --> 5541.48] and around. +[5542.86 --> 5544.64] I'm going to invite those who are +[5544.64 --> 5547.12] helping in the service this morning +[5547.12 --> 5549.24] to come up to the first table and +[5549.24 --> 5551.12] then our worship teams will lead us +[5551.12 --> 5554.84] through and we will sing as we go +[5554.84 --> 5556.32] through and then there will be ushers +[5556.32 --> 5558.00] indicating when you can come. +[5558.00 --> 5560.62] As we go through our Lord's Supper +[5560.62 --> 5562.82] together, if you would like, either +[5562.82 --> 5565.02] before coming to the table or instead +[5565.02 --> 5566.30] of coming to the table, if you would +[5566.30 --> 5567.66] like prayer, if you would like someone +[5567.66 --> 5569.68] to meet with you, there are people who +[5569.68 --> 5571.54] will be in the foyer at the back and +[5571.54 --> 5573.14] they will have yellow name tags on. +[5573.36 --> 5573.98] They're available. +[5574.14 --> 5576.86] You can meet with them and pray with +[5576.86 --> 5577.10] them. +[5580.34 --> 5583.92] Also, in each tray is a little bowl of +[5583.92 --> 5586.30] gluten-free bread for those of you who +[5586.30 --> 5587.62] need that as well. +[5588.60 --> 5590.12] Can I invite those who are helping +[5590.12 --> 5591.40] this morning to the front? +[5616.30 --> 5621.06] And I'm hoping that, if you should do +[5621.28 --> 5623.28] need the support of theänder, don't +[5623.48 --> 5624.42] spare them. +[5624.96 --> 5626.12] Then I'll charge them. +[5626.32 --> 5627.40] Shape their lives and ability it +[5627.46 --> 5641.06] towards providing your own +[5641.06 --> 5643.32] office ,aspiracy or the ricotta +[5643.54 --> 5644.56] have been engaging with desires. +[5644.56 --> 5674.54] Thank you. +[5674.56 --> 5704.54] Thank you. +[5704.56 --> 5734.54] Thank you. +[5734.56 --> 5764.54] Thank you. +[5764.56 --> 5794.54] Thank you. 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God has risen from the grave. +[5954.08 --> 5959.44] Behold the Lamb, the story of redemption. +[5959.44 --> 5963.86] Redemption written on his head. +[5964.58 --> 5972.50] Jesus, you will wait forever for the victory is yours. +[5972.50 --> 5976.50] We sing your praise. +[5978.02 --> 5983.50] Endless hallelujahs to your holy name. +[5984.56 --> 5992.50] Jesus, you will wait forever for the victory is yours. +[5992.50 --> 6007.20] When the age of death is done, we'll see your face. +[6007.20 --> 6018.58] Bright as the sun will bow before the King of kings. +[6018.58 --> 6025.34] Oh, God, forever we will sing. +[6025.34 --> 6040.92] Behold the Lamb, the story of redemption written on his hands. +[6040.92 --> 6050.92] Jesus, you will wait forever for the victory is yours. +[6050.92 --> 6068.92] Jesus, you will wait forever for the victory is yours. +[6068.92 --> 6075.92] You will wait forever for the victory is yours. +[6075.92 --> 6083.92] You will wait forever for the victory is yours. +[6083.92 --> 6088.26] Amen. +[6088.50 --> 6088.92] Amen. +[6107.32 --> 6108.48] Amen. +[6108.48 --> 6125.28] Oh, to see the dawn of the darkest day, +[6125.28 --> 6133.40] Christ on the road to Calvary, +[6133.40 --> 6142.64] Tried by sinful men, torn and beaten, +[6145.26 --> 6152.76] Nailed to a cross of hope. +[6152.76 --> 6162.00] This is the power of the cross, +[6162.00 --> 6170.86] Christ became sin for us, +[6170.86 --> 6177.62] Tuck a blade for the wrath, +[6177.62 --> 6185.42] Face and forgiven at the cross. +[6185.42 --> 6199.42] Oh, to see the pain written on your face, +[6199.42 --> 6208.28] Bearing the awesome weight of sin, +[6208.28 --> 6217.14] Every bitter thought, every evil deed, +[6217.14 --> 6226.00] Proud in your blood, sin for us. +[6226.00 --> 6234.86] This is the power of the cross, +[6234.86 --> 6242.72] Christ became sin for us, +[6242.72 --> 6249.56] Took the blade for the wrath, +[6249.56 --> 6256.72] Peace and forgiven at the cross. +[6256.72 --> 6268.06] Now the daylight flees, +[6268.06 --> 6271.72] Now the ground beneath, +[6271.72 --> 6277.00] Quakes as its maker, +[6277.00 --> 6281.76] Bows its end, +[6281.76 --> 6286.00] Curtain torn its two, +[6286.00 --> 6291.00] Dead or raised to lie, +[6291.00 --> 6297.86] Finish the victory cry, +[6297.86 --> 6307.86] This is the power of the cross, +[6307.86 --> 6312.86] Christ became sin for us, +[6312.86 --> 6318.86] Took the blade for the wrath, +[6318.86 --> 6323.90] For the wrath, +[6323.90 --> 6333.86] Peace and forgiven at the cross. +[6333.86 --> 6346.20] Oh, to see my name written in the wounds, +[6346.20 --> 6354.86] For through your suffering I am free, +[6354.86 --> 6359.86] Death is crushed today, +[6359.86 --> 6363.86] Life is mine today, +[6363.86 --> 6365.86] Life is mine today, +[6365.86 --> 6371.86] Walk through your selfless love, +[6371.86 --> 6380.86] Live the power of the cross, +[6380.86 --> 6385.86] Son of God, +[6385.86 --> 6389.86] Slave the love, +[6389.86 --> 6393.86] What a love, +[6393.86 --> 6395.86] What a cross, +[6395.86 --> 6405.86] First and forgiven at the cross. +[6405.86 --> 6430.86] Part two can understand, +[6430.86 --> 6432.86] At the cross for grand you, +[6432.86 --> 6451.14] I was lost in sin +[6451.14 --> 6454.32] Held captive by my fear +[6454.32 --> 6457.94] Till your mercy showed +[6457.94 --> 6461.24] Your hand was reaching me +[6461.24 --> 6464.62] My God, you came +[6464.62 --> 6467.78] And made a way for me +[6467.78 --> 6471.82] You made a way for me +[6471.82 --> 6484.22] I was lost in sin +[6484.22 --> 6487.22] Held captive by my fear +[6487.22 --> 6490.68] Till your mercy showed +[6490.68 --> 6494.06] Your hand was reaching me +[6494.06 --> 6497.22] My God, you came +[6497.22 --> 6500.22] And made a way for me +[6500.22 --> 6505.22] You made a way for me +[6505.22 --> 6511.76] My Jesus, we should save you +[6511.76 --> 6514.76] There's nothing like it +[6514.76 --> 6518.76] Love without end +[6518.76 --> 6525.30] My hope was purchased by the blood of the man +[6525.30 --> 6531.30] My Jesus, Redeemer +[6531.30 --> 6543.68] You defeated death +[6543.68 --> 6547.68] You defeated death +[6547.68 --> 6550.68] You trampled over sin +[6550.68 --> 6552.84] You're the risen man +[6552.84 --> 6554.38] Your risen plan +[6554.38 --> 6558.34] You're coming back again +[6558.34 --> 6559.38] You're coming back again +[6559.38 --> 6561.38] You're coming back again +[6561.38 --> 6562.38] You're coming back again +[6562.38 --> 6563.38] Oh, God, you came +[6563.38 --> 6564.38] And made a way for us +[6564.38 --> 6567.38] You made a way for us +[6567.38 --> 6597.36] God bless you. +[6597.38 --> 6627.36] God bless you. +[6627.38 --> 6629.38] God bless you. +[6657.38 --> 6659.38] God bless you. +[6659.38 --> 6661.38] God bless you. +[6661.38 --> 6663.38] God bless you. +[6663.38 --> 6665.38] God bless you. +[6665.38 --> 6667.38] God bless you. +[6667.38 --> 6669.38] God bless you. +[6669.38 --> 6671.38] God bless you. +[6671.38 --> 6673.38] God bless you. +[6673.38 --> 6675.38] God bless you. +[6675.38 --> 6677.38] God bless you. +[6677.38 --> 6679.38] God bless you. +[6679.38 --> 6681.38] God bless you. +[6681.38 --> 6683.38] God bless you. +[6683.38 --> 6685.38] God bless you. +[6685.38 --> 6687.38] God bless you. +[6687.38 --> 6689.38] God bless you. +[6689.38 --> 6691.38] God bless you. +[6691.38 --> 6693.38] God bless you. +[6693.38 --> 6695.38] God bless you. +[6695.38 --> 6697.38] God bless you. +[6697.38 --> 6704.70] Redeemer, my Jesus, gracious Redeemer and friend. +[6705.04 --> 6710.38] There's nothing like years without end. +[6710.38 --> 6717.16] My hope was purchased by the blood of the Lamb +[6717.16 --> 6722.96] My Jesus, Redeemer +[6722.96 --> 6729.16] My Jesus, Redeemer +[6740.38 --> 6765.38] My Jesus, Redeemer +[6765.38 --> 6770.38] In Christ alone my hope is found +[6770.38 --> 6775.38] He is my light, my strength, my song +[6775.38 --> 6781.00] This cornerstone, this solid ground +[6781.00 --> 6785.76] Firm through the fiercest drought and storm +[6785.76 --> 6791.10] What heights of love, what depths of peace +[6791.10 --> 6796.20] When fears are still, when strivings cease +[6796.20 --> 6801.10] My comforter, my all in all +[6801.78 --> 6806.10] Here in the love of Christ I stand +[6806.10 --> 6822.12] In Christ alone, who took on flesh +[6822.12 --> 6826.10] Fullness of God in helpless pain +[6826.82 --> 6831.20] This gift of love and righteousness +[6831.20 --> 6836.20] Scored by the ones He came to save +[6837.02 --> 6842.20] Till on that cross as Jesus died +[6842.20 --> 6846.20] The wrath of God was satisfied +[6847.14 --> 6852.20] For every sin on Him was laid +[6852.20 --> 6858.20] Here in the death of Christ I live +[6858.20 --> 6873.20] There in the ground His body laid +[6873.20 --> 6877.20] Light of the world by darkness slain +[6877.20 --> 6884.20] Then bursting forth in glorious death +[6884.20 --> 6888.20] Out from the grave He rose again +[6888.20 --> 6893.20] And as He stands He means to live +[6893.20 --> 6898.20] His perfect voice is there for me +[6898.20 --> 6903.20] For I am His and His God +[6903.20 --> 6908.20] God in the precious blood of Christ +[6908.20 --> 6914.20] No guilt in life, no fear in death +[6914.20 --> 6919.20] This is the power of Christ +[6919.20 --> 6929.20] In me +[6929.20 --> 6934.20] From life's first try to final breath +[6934.20 --> 6938.20] Jesus commands my destiny +[6938.20 --> 6939.20] To me +[6939.20 --> 6944.20] No power of hell, no scheme of man +[6944.20 --> 6945.20] Can ever come from His hand +[6945.20 --> 6946.20] Till He returns +[6946.20 --> 6950.20] No power of hell, no scheme of man +[6950.20 --> 6951.20] Till He returns +[6951.20 --> 6955.20] Till He returns +[6955.20 --> 6965.20] Or calls me home +[6965.20 --> 6966.20] Till He returns +[6966.20 --> 6967.20] Or calls me home +[6967.20 --> 6977.02] Outlock me from his hand till he returns or calls me home. +[6977.02 --> 6983.02] Here in the power of Christ I'll stand. +[6983.02 --> 7001.84] Go now into this week with the blessing of God, with the strength of God, with the power of God. +[7002.22 --> 7009.18] Regardless of what it is that you face in the days and weeks to come, God goes with you. +[7009.92 --> 7010.84] Receive his blessing. +[7010.84 --> 7014.74] God, go before you to lead you. +[7015.32 --> 7017.44] God, go behind you to protect you. +[7017.80 --> 7019.82] God, go beneath you to support you. +[7020.18 --> 7022.72] God, go beside you to befriend you. +[7023.42 --> 7025.52] Do not be afraid. +[7026.56 --> 7028.50] Let the blessing of God come upon you today. +[7028.64 --> 7035.98] Do not be afraid, but go in peace to love and serve the Lord. +[7037.10 --> 7037.72] Amen. +[7040.84 --> 7067.60] It's my only comfort in my life and in my death. +[7067.60 --> 7073.50] You have fully paid for all my sins and all my death. +[7073.50 --> 7078.08] Even when I struggle to believe. +[7080.08 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