374: Andrew Bramhill – Service Re-Examined

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Howdy, this is Matthew.

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This week’s talk is from a
series entitled Life Changing

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Sayings of the Lord Jesus given
by brother Andrew Bramhill at

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UKYC 2 years ago.
This specific class is 1.

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As the title suggests, we take a
deep dive into our life of

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service to our Lord.
A class like this is very needed

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as at least for me, I find it’s
way too easy to lose the point

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of the work that we do.
I think it’s actually very

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shocking how fast we find
ourselves reverting to our

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innate legalistic mind where we
do work and we expect we’ll be

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rewarded for that work.
But what Brother Andrew reminds

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us in this class is that God
will happily and freely forgive,

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and He provides before we even
ask for the things that we want.

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And it’s a very sobering thought
to realize that there’s nothing

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that we can do, no tangible work
or task we can complete when it

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comes to our forgiveness and
salvation.

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However, that does not mean that
work is irrelevant.

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We are exhorted to see ourselves
as volunteers for Christ.

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Christ does not demand anything
from us.

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He doesn’t control our ligaments
and make us do good works.

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He doesn’t open our mouths and
make us preach.

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Those are things we volunteer
for, not so we can obtain a

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reward, but because we are so
honored and joyful to be able to

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work in the vineyard of the man
who gave his life so that we may

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live.
Here is Brother Andrew Bramhill

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with his class service re
examined.

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So we’re considering our service
this morning.

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I, I, I wasn’t very good at
quite finishing off yesterday.

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So I, I just want to run
through, if I may, a little

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summary of where we’ve got to so
far.

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So I, I put on the screen the
sayings that we’ve seen of the

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Lord Jesus Christ over the last
two or three days.

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You will know all these.
We’ve spent a little bit of time

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looking at some of these.
These were the ones that we

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considered in our devotional
yesterday we were looking at.

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So was it the day before?
With God all things are

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possible.
It’s your Father’s good pleasure

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to give you the Kingdom.
Neither do I condemn thee.

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Go and sin no more.
Which has to be one of one of my

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favourites.
Then we were with Nicodemus

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yesterday, except a man be born
again.

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And we examined this idea of
come unto me.

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And if we’d have had time
yesterday, and if I’d have

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managed my time a little better,
we would have spent some time in

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Matthew Chapter 11.
Perhaps you’d just come with me

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there for a moment while we just
look at these wonderful little

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verses that the Lord Jesus
Christ had.

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I was trying to explain to you
that when Christ asks us to come

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to him, invariably it’s for a
good thing.

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He has something encouraging,
something helpful, something

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that He wants to do for us.
And and here he is at the end of

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Matthew Chapter 11, verse 28,
inviting us to come unto him all

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ye that labour.
We’re talking about service this

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morning and our heavy laden.
He’s interested in helping those

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who are burdened and in
difficulty and and and you might

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be in that category that that
might be something which is a a

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problem for you.
It’s all about the curse of

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Eden, you know, isn’t it?
Man had to work.

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Adam had to work until the toil
of until the the the soil of the

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ground and that’s how he would
feed his family.

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Women had to labor in
childbearing.

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And here is the Lord Jesus
Christ saying all of you that

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labor and are heavy laden, heavy
laden by the burden of the law.

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If you follow that through and
he’s saying I will give you

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rest, you know, right from
creation the 7th day of rest has

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always been a prospect of the
age of rest to come.

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There will be a time when work
doesn’t exist anymore, when pain

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in childbearing doesn’t exist
anymore, and all those things

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are lifted and removed and it’s
a wonderful time of rest.

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And the Lord Jesus Christ is
saying the way to that rest is

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through me.
You need to come unto me and I

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will give you that rest.
He is the solution to the curse.

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And that’s such a wonderful
thing when you think about it

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and it’s mentioned twice there,
isn’t it in those, in those two

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verses there.
The Lord Jesus Christ wants to

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give us that rest and it’s a
gift from Him to you and me.

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And that’s the most wonderful
thing when you reflect on it.

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Sometimes we’re not very good at
receiving the rest of the Lord

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Jesus Christ.
Think about Psalm 23, where the

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Lord He is our shepherd.
He guides, He leads, He takes us

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into green pastures, He leads us
besides still waters.

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He’s taking us to all those
places.

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But it’s no good Him doing that
if you don’t allow Him to

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restore your soul.
So there has to be some

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connection with the Lord and His
work for you to be restored in

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this time of rest.
And whatever the busyness of

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your life and the pressure and
the burden of your life, you

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will need to come to the Lord
Jesus Christ at some stage and

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just take off His rest and, and
put your burden on him and take

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his yoke because that’s easier.
Cast your burden on the Lord and

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take his yoke.
And he will share that with you

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and he will carry that with you.
And those were some of the

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things that I, yeah, I, I didn’t
get time to comment on.

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And I, I, I just raised them
very briefly for you, for you.

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Now I want to concentrate this
morning on how we respond to

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that, how you and I respond to
this gift, the wages of sin, of

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death, but the gift of God, his
eternal life.

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And God sent not his Son into
the world to condemn the world,

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but gave his only begotten Son.
It’s a gift that’s given to us.

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And you and I, brothers and
sisters, young people, we

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benefit from the gift of the
Lord Jesus Christ.

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And it’s how we respond to it.
And I’ve just got one saying

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that I want to share with you in
our idea of service this

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morning.
And it’s probably not one that

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you would have put on your list
of life changing sayings of the

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Lord Jesus Christ.
But it’s simply this, without

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me, you can do nothing.
OK, so that’s our, that’s our

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saying.
We’re up to #10 and it’s the

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only one we’re going to look at
this morning.

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But this is the one which is
going to help govern our service

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because in the next half an hour
or so I’m going to encourage you

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to serve, but with the right
attitude.

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This is not labour, this is not
work.

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We are not earning anything.
Forget that.

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That’s not going to, that’s not
going to achieve anything.

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You cannot earn your place in
the Kingdom of God.

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You know that.
You can only take it as a gift.

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But that doesn’t mean we don’t
serve.

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So we’re going to try and get
our attitude for service, right?

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And this saying is going to
govern our thinking this

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morning.
Let’s start, please, in Luke

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chapter 15, where we met the
prodigal son very briefly on

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Saturday evening.
I’ve already mentioned to you

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that this is the individual who
started out with the give me and

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wanted to get to the make me
stage, which is lovely that he

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made that transformation.
Just want to show you what he

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says and what the father allows
him to say because this this

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helps as I think understand
where we are in our service to

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God.
So, so, so this is the, this is

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the verse or two which the sun
prepares.

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It’s there in verse 18 where he
practices his little speech.

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So Luke 15 verse 18, I will
arise and go to my Father and

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will say to him, Father, I have
sinned against heaven and before

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thee or in thy sight, and I’m no
more worthy to be called thy

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son.
Make me as one of thy hired

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servants.
So you know that.

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And it demonstrates this
complete change, doesn’t it, in

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this young man who’s now learned
his lessons, realised that he

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was far better off back in his
father’s house.

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He was far better back, better
back home in the fellowship of

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his brother.
That’s interesting, isn’t it?

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He was willing to go back and
comply with the standards and

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the rules of the Father’s house
because this ecclesial

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environment, being in the family
of God, is the best place to be.

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And he can see that having tried
other places and, and he’s going

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to confess, I have sinned.
This is his confession.

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And you might observe that he
sinned against heaven and in thy

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sight.
Now we might think that’s the

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wrong way round.
Actually, He’s sinned against

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his Father, and Heaven observes
it, but he doesn’t say that He’s

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got this the right way round.
All sins are against heaven.

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Every sin that we commit, every
wrongdoing that we commit is

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against God.
It might hurt other people, it

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might damage other people and
probably will, but every sin we

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commit is against heaven and the
Father was party to it.

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And then he’s, he’s going to set
the matters right.

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I, I am no more worthy to be
called thy son.

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So make me as one of thy hired
servants.

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So, so we know that speech and
it makes a lot of sense.

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And, and we might feel like that
when we come to some kind of

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acknowledgement of our own
failure, we confess what we’ve

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done wrong, We realise we’ve not
been very good at something.

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We recommit and we say we’re not
worthy, but we’re going to try a

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lot harder.
That that, that’s the, that’s

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the idea, isn’t it?
But when he comes to his father

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and he makes this speech that
he’s prepared.

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Verse 20 let’s read it.
He arose and came to his father.

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But when he was yet a great way
off, his father saw him and had

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compassion and ran and fell on
his neck and kissed him.

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But the son’s now going to make
his speech.

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The Son said unto his Father,
Father, I have sinned against

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heaven and in thy sight, and I’m
no more worthy to be called thy

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Son.
And he’s about to say the last

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little bit, make me as one of
thy hired servants, and the

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Father won’t let him say it.
The Father intervenes at that

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point.
He only lets him say these words

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on the screen.
I am no more worthy to be called

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thy son.
And he’s about to say, make me

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as a hired servant because I’m
going to try a lot harder.

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I’m going to work for you.
I’m going to earn your respect.

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I’m going to win you back as a
father by things that I do.

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I will be a hired servant in
your house, and the Father won’t

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let him say that.
And the Father won’t let him say

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that because 1, He loves him as
a son.

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And two, the Father knows you
can’t win back God’s respect by

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your hard work.
You might think you can.

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You might think, well, I’m going
to work jolly hard for God and

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win his respects so that he will
be proud of me as a worker for

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him.
It doesn’t work like that.

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And the father in this parable
will not let the son make that

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statement.
He just reinstates him as a son

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because that’s how God works.
He loves us and reinstates.

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He’s not going to have a hired
servant in his house.

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His son is a hired servant.
So he’s giving him the ring and

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the cloak and the and the shoes
and restoring him to his

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rightful position.
That’s the forgiveness of God

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when this wayward son turns to
him.

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So, so I’m, I’m interested in
this attitude.

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Now the son wants to work and
the father won’t let him.

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And it’s the same, it’s the same
with us.

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He, he’s not expecting you to
work and labour and earn, but he

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is expecting something of you.
I wonder if I can show you the

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right attitude from Isaiah
chapter 6, please.

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This, this is how it should
work.

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And maybe you’ll be able to
relate to this if we just work

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our way through this, this
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With apologies to those of you
who might have heard me say this

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before.
So, so Isaiah chapter 6, perhaps

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an unusual place to go when you
think about service, but but it

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does have a well known verse in
it, which we which we’ll get to

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in a moment.
So, so the the chapter opens

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with a vision and it’s a vision
of the Kingdom.

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And I know it’s a vision of the
Kingdom because Jesus says it is

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in John chapter 12.
It’s a vision of the Lord

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sitting on his throne.
Verse 1 He was high and lifted

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up, and his train filled the
temple above him, sorry, and

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above it stood the seraphim.
Each one had 6 wings.

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With twain He covered his face
with twain, He covered his feet

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with twain He did fly.
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said, holy, holy, holy is the
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The earth is full of his glory.
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there, of course, that’s the
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That the world will be filled
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That that the plan isn’t about
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it’s about the world being full
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So that that’s how we know this
is a Kingdom vision, the time

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when Christ reigns and God’s
glory is filling the earth and

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the prophet is seeing this
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We’ve talked a little bit about
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and you having a firm view of
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Well, that’s what the prophet’s
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He’s got a vision of what it’s
going to be like when Christ is

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in the temple.
He’s sitting on the throne, He’s

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reigning supreme and the earth
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Saints who carried the image of
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That was always the intention
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And now these Saints are
carrying God’s glory throughout

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the world and filling it.
So everyone knows now what?

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What’s the prophet’s reaction?
What’s the prophet’s reaction to

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that vision of the Kingdom?
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said, I says, Isaiah, woe is me.
I am undone because I am a man

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of unclean lips.
So, so here is the here is the

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prophet who realizes that in
comparison with this, this

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wondrous time when the world is
filled with God’s glory, he

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looks at himself and says, but
look at me, but look how

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unworthy I am.
Look how unclean I am.

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Look how helpless I am in in
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this righteousness and this
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Just look at me how pathetic I
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And he’s sort of confessing I’m
a man of unclean lips and then

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an Angel.
Verse 6 Then flew one of the

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seraphim unto me, having a live
coal in his hand, which he’d

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taken with the tongues from off
the altar, And he laid it upon

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my mouth, and said, Lo, this
hath touched thy lips, and thine

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iniquity is taken away, and thy
sin is purged.

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Well, I I, I find that lovely,
because the prophets kind of

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found himself in a sinful
position, and recognise that he

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is of a sinful disposition.
And all of a sudden one of God’s

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angels says, I’ll sort that out.
And we might, we might puzzle a

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little bit about the mechanism
that was used here, but it just

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takes a cold and touches the
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And, and the prophet without
asking almost that has been made

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right and pure and good and
clean.

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He’s not had to do anything.
He’s not had to to do any tasks

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or work anything or, or pay any
money or, or do anything to

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achieve this.
He’s just had to say I’m

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unclean.
I need to be made clean.

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And the Angel says, great, here
you are.

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I sort that out.
You’re now made clean and that’s

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like us, brothers and sisters,
we accept salvation in the Lord

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Jesus Christ by being baptized
into him.

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You don’t have to work for
anything.

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You don’t have to earn anything.
You don’t have to pass any tests

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or get any qualifications.
You just have to repent and

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believe.
And then you can be baptized

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into the Lord Jesus Christ and
the blessing of sins forgiven is

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ours.
Great.

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Now at that point, if God so
wanted, he could say, right,

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I’ve sorted out your sins, you
are indebted to me now, and

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you’re jolly well going to work
to pay back what I’ve done for

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you.
But but, but none of us think

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God works in that way.
And of course he doesn’t.

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But that doesn’t mean there
isn’t work to do and there isn’t

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service to give.
So now look closely at verse 8.

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The prophet has now been made
clean and he hears the voice of

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the Lord saying, whom shall I
send?

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Who will go for us?
So, so God has got some work to

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do and he’s, he’s looking for a
volunteer and he’s saying, I

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need to send somebody, I need to
speak a message to the people

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who who’s going to go for me.
And it’s a little bit like that

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now for you and me, brothers,
sisters, when we’re baptized

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into the Lord Jesus Christ,
there’s work to do and

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volunteers, that’s the word
volunteers are called for.

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Who’s going to go?
And the prophet bless him, he

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raises his hand and he says,
here am I send me.

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That’s the well known verse in
this particular chapter, isn’t

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it?
Here am I send me that The

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context is important because God
isn’t demanding that Isaiah

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goes, he could have done because
the hey, I’ve sorted out your

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sins, you owe me one.
But he doesn’t say that to the

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prophet, just says I’ve got some
work to do here, but who’s going

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to do this?
And Isaiah says I will.

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And I wonder how you’re feeling
now about your service to

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Christ, because Christ is saying
there is work to do.

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You’re not obliged.
You’re not on the hook here.

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You don’t have to if you don’t
want, but Christ is saying

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there’s work to do.
I need you, I’ll go, says the

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prophet.
And that’s a, that’s a lovely

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picture, isn’t it?
And and then actually as the as

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the chapter continues verse 9,
there’s a message to be

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delivered.
So this is the work that’s the

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prophets has to do.
God said, go and tell these

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people hear ye indeed, but
understand not see ye indeed,

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but perceive not make the heart
of these people fat and make

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their eyes heavy and shut their
eyes lest they see with their

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eyes and hear with their ears
and understand with their hearts

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and be healed.
That’s the the quotes that we

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get in the New Testament is that
you recognize that that’s spoken

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by Christ at the time of
parables, for example.

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So Isaiah’s going to deliver
this message and he’s going to

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speak to the people because
that’s what he’s volunteered to

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do.
And verse 11, he simply says,

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how long I’m signing up for
this?

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How long Lord, am I going to do
this?

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Which is quite interesting.
You might want to know that if

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you’ve raised your hand hand and
said yes, I’m going to do this

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task, Lord, I’ll be pleased to
help.

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How long are you expecting me to
do this that that might be a

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valid question and the the
answer is quite lovely, isn’t

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it?
Verse 11, the Lord said sorry,

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then said I to the Lord, how
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And he said until the cities be
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In other words, you keep going
and you speak and you speak

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until there’s no one left to
listen.

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You keep delivering that
message.

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And when you raise your hand as
a volunteer for the Lord Jesus

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Christ and say I’m going to
serve, what would you like me to

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do?
This isn’t something that you do

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for a week.
Isn’t it something that you do

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for the next month?
You keep going and you keep

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going and you keep going until
there’s no more work left to do.

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And I, and I think that that
chapter epitomises the service

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that’s expected of you and me in
the Lord Jesus Christ.

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It’s not compulsory.
You are certainly not going to

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earn anything.
Christ has gone 1st and

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organized your salvation.
If you want it that while we

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were yet sinners, Christ died
for us.

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But now he’s saying I want your
help, please, who’s going to

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help?
And we’re going to raise our

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hands and say I will.
So that, that attitude I find

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quite helpful, brothers and
sisters, when it comes to

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thinking about our service to
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No, no, no.
What, what do you think about

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our service?
You know, just put yourself in

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the ecclesial context.
And I’m not, I’m not trying to,

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well, I, I, I don’t want you to
be critical of your ecclesia,

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but just think about your
ecclesial context where there is

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some work to do.
You know, how, how many, how

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many willing volunteers are
there when there’s something to

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be done amongst your ecclesial
members?

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You know, we, we, we belong to
an ecclesia of nearly 50

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members.
If there’s some work to do, are

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are you likely to see 50 hands
raised saying, well, I’ll do it,

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No, no, I’ll do it.
No, leave it to me, I’ll do it.

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Is that how ecclesial life works
or, or do you find brothers and

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sisters sort of looking along
the row and saying, shouldn’t,

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shouldn’t you be doing it?
You’re best suited for this.

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Why isn’t he putting his hand
up?

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He, he would be ideal for that
task.

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You know, we find others who can
do it better than us, rather

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than Isaiah who just says, I’ll
do it.

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Wouldn’t it be lovely if 50
hands went up and said, yeah,

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leave it to us, we’ll do this.
Well, maybe before we criticise

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our brothers and sisters, we
ought to look at ourselves and

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say, well, is my hand going up?
Am I one who is willing to help

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and willing to serve in this
particular work?

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Can I take you to the parable of
the labourers in the vineyard,

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please?
In Matthew chapter 20?

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I’m building on this idea of
correct attitude, if I may.

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So, so you know this parable.
This is where workers are called

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to help in the vineyard.
Let’s just read from verse 3 of

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Matthew chapter 20.
The the vineyard owner went out

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about the third hour and saw
others standing idle in the

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marketplace and said unto them,
Go ye also into the vineyard,

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and whatsoever is right, I will
give you.

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And they went their way again.
He went out the 6th hour and the

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9th hour and did likewise.
And about the 11th hour he went

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out and found others standing
idle, and saith unto them, Why

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stand ye here all the day idle?
And they say unto him, Because

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no man has hired us.
He saith unto them, Go ye also

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into the vineyard.
OK, so, so you, you, you

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remember that parable of the
employer who is looking for

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workers and he starts at 6:00 in
the morning and he goes into the

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Market Square and he hires
labourers and he contracts with

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them for a penny a day.
Now I’m told that there are

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different kinds of servants in
Scripture.

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Here is the little hierarchy of
servant that we read of in the

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New Testament.
So we have bond servants, and

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those were servants who were
bonded to a house.

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They were connected to a house.
Sometimes in modern translations

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you read the word slave and the
current, the current climate

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today, slavery, that’s really
bad.

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There’s all sorts of talk of
reparations being paid.

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And look at the cruel British
Empire with its slaves.

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Look at the way slaves were
treated in America.

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Therefore, slavery is utterly
bad.

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And, and OK, certainly a lot of
slavery was bad, but I just want

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you to forget that notion for a
moment, because if you were a

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bond servant, you were OK.
You were connected to a house.

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You belonged to a house.
Now, the, the idea of belonging

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somewhere might bristle with you
because, oh, I want to be free

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and I want to do my own things.
Well, maybe.

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But actually, if you’re
connected to a house, that means

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every day you’ve got security,
you’ve got somewhere to sleep,

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you’ve got a family who you’re
working with, you’ve got food on

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your table every day.
You are going to be OK.

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You raise your family in that
environment.

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00:27:34,800 –> 00:27:38,040
You’ve got some security.
Life is not bad as, as a

427
00:27:38,040 –> 00:27:41,640
bondservant, you’re, you’re OK
with this.

428
00:27:42,200 –> 00:27:45,400
And that’s why when we read of
it in the, in the letters of

429
00:27:45,400 –> 00:27:49,560
Paul about masters and servants
and masters and slaves, you

430
00:27:49,560 –> 00:27:52,240
know, that’s seems a bit
incongruous to us at today’s

431
00:27:52,240 –> 00:27:53,600
age, because we all ought to be
equal.

432
00:27:53,800 –> 00:27:57,360
These bond slaves are OK.
They’ve got food, they’ve got

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00:27:57,360 –> 00:28:00,040
clothing, they’ve got shelter,
they’ve got salaries, they’ve

434
00:28:00,040 –> 00:28:02,520
got, they’ve got a life that
works for them.

435
00:28:02,520 –> 00:28:06,360
They’re, they’re in a privileged
position and they’re happy and

436
00:28:06,360 –> 00:28:09,840
servants, which is the next tier
down that they were a bit more

437
00:28:09,840 –> 00:28:14,000
peripheral to a family house,
but they still had some of this

438
00:28:14,000 –> 00:28:18,560
security and some of this
reliability and it meant a lot.

439
00:28:18,560 –> 00:28:22,920
So, so, so don’t just dismiss
slavery in scripture as being a

440
00:28:22,920 –> 00:28:25,920
very bad thing.
These people were OK and were

441
00:28:25,920 –> 00:28:29,360
happy about it.
If you were a hired servant,

442
00:28:29,360 –> 00:28:31,760
which is actually what the
prodigal son wanted to be.

443
00:28:31,760 –> 00:28:34,880
If you were a hired servant,
life is grim.

444
00:28:36,160 –> 00:28:38,440
You are not connected to a
family.

445
00:28:39,120 –> 00:28:45,720
You are not guaranteed security
of clothing and shelter and food

446
00:28:45,800 –> 00:28:49,920
on any particular day.
You have to be at the labour

447
00:28:49,920 –> 00:28:54,120
exchange at 6:00 in the morning,
ready to work.

448
00:28:55,840 –> 00:28:58,080
And, and what if no one employs
you?

449
00:28:59,520 –> 00:29:03,600
What, what if no one comes along
and gives you some contracted

450
00:29:03,600 –> 00:29:06,680
hours that day?
These are the 0 hour contracts,

451
00:29:06,680 –> 00:29:08,720
people.
That’s a phrase we know in the

452
00:29:08,720 –> 00:29:11,320
UK.
Certainly they’re under

453
00:29:11,320 –> 00:29:13,920
contract, sort of.
But there’s no work.

454
00:29:14,200 –> 00:29:19,760
If there is no work, that means
there’s no penny at the end of

455
00:29:19,760 –> 00:29:23,200
the day.
That means there’s no evening

456
00:29:23,200 –> 00:29:28,080
meal.
That means there’s hunger and

457
00:29:28,440 –> 00:29:35,240
destitution and it’s hard.
So life as a hired servant is

458
00:29:35,240 –> 00:29:38,800
grim if no one hires you.
This is bleak.

459
00:29:40,280 –> 00:29:44,000
Now, I’m in a very privileged
position of having never

460
00:29:44,000 –> 00:29:48,800
experienced unemployment, but
but there will be some here who

461
00:29:48,800 –> 00:29:52,240
have experienced that, There
will be some here who will

462
00:29:52,240 –> 00:29:56,160
experience that.
And I, my heart goes out to you,

463
00:29:56,320 –> 00:29:59,240
you know, if that, if that
monthly salary or that weekly

464
00:29:59,240 –> 00:30:04,120
wage isn’t arriving all of a
sudden and yet bills keep

465
00:30:04,120 –> 00:30:07,400
coming.
This is not good.

466
00:30:08,440 –> 00:30:10,960
And, and this is where people
lose confidence.

467
00:30:10,960 –> 00:30:13,400
You know, if they can’t get
work, they lose confidence,

468
00:30:13,560 –> 00:30:18,160
their self esteem goes, they
drop into a cycle of anxiety and

469
00:30:18,160 –> 00:30:20,760
worry and concern.
They become depressed.

470
00:30:20,760 –> 00:30:25,640
This is not a good thing.
And and imagine if you go to the

471
00:30:25,640 –> 00:30:29,320
labour exchange in the morning
and you’re willing to work and

472
00:30:29,320 –> 00:30:33,560
no one hires you.
So that’s a bad day.

473
00:30:34,600 –> 00:30:39,760
But you go back the next morning
hoping that someone’s going to

474
00:30:39,800 –> 00:30:43,440
employ you.
And a potential employer comes

475
00:30:43,440 –> 00:30:47,840
along and says, ah, I might
employ you today.

476
00:30:47,840 –> 00:30:53,560
Where did you work yesterday?
And you have to say, ah, no one

477
00:30:53,560 –> 00:30:57,600
hired me yesterday.
Oh, wonder why?

478
00:30:58,280 –> 00:31:00,320
Perhaps you weren’t.
Perhaps you’re not a hard

479
00:31:00,320 –> 00:31:01,920
worker.
Perhaps you’re not worth

480
00:31:01,920 –> 00:31:04,800
employing.
I’ll go and try somebody else.

481
00:31:06,360 –> 00:31:09,040
Imagine that happening for a few
days.

482
00:31:09,960 –> 00:31:15,360
When did you last work?
Not worked for a week, actually.

483
00:31:16,000 –> 00:31:19,360
Oh, maybe no one ever wants to
employ you.

484
00:31:19,440 –> 00:31:23,040
I’ll go and find another worker.
You can see how it might work.

485
00:31:23,040 –> 00:31:26,240
And, and, and getting caught in
that cycle will be really

486
00:31:26,240 –> 00:31:28,200
difficult.
And, and, and there’s a hint at

487
00:31:28,200 –> 00:31:34,760
that in this particular parable
because these labourers who

488
00:31:34,760 –> 00:31:39,080
don’t get hired at 6:00 in the
morning, they’re still there at

489
00:31:39,080 –> 00:31:43,360
9:00 and they’re still there at
12:00, and they’re still there

490
00:31:43,360 –> 00:31:46,440
at 3:00 and they’re still there
at 5:00.

491
00:31:46,640 –> 00:31:50,320
Not because they’re lazy, but
because they need someone to

492
00:31:50,360 –> 00:31:52,400
employ them.
They’re still hoping that

493
00:31:52,400 –> 00:31:54,880
someone’s going to employ them
late in the day.

494
00:31:55,160 –> 00:32:00,160
Please just give us some work.
We’re desperate for work in your

495
00:32:00,160 –> 00:32:02,280
vineyard.
We’d love to work there.

496
00:32:04,400 –> 00:32:10,280
And that to me is, is enormously
helpful when we think about the

497
00:32:10,280 –> 00:32:14,120
generosity of this vineyard
owner who comes along.

498
00:32:14,360 –> 00:32:16,360
We, we might question about what
the penny means.

499
00:32:16,360 –> 00:32:17,720
And I could talk to you about
that.

500
00:32:18,640 –> 00:32:22,960
But the vineyard owner comes
along at 9:00 and he takes some

501
00:32:22,960 –> 00:32:25,400
more.
And at 12:00 and he takes some

502
00:32:25,400 –> 00:32:27,360
more.
And at 3:00 he takes some more.

503
00:32:27,520 –> 00:32:30,680
And at 5:00 in the afternoon,
there’s only an hour of daylight

504
00:32:30,680 –> 00:32:33,640
left.
He’s going to get no work

505
00:32:33,640 –> 00:32:36,600
whatsoever out of these people
is, you know, by the time

506
00:32:36,600 –> 00:32:38,640
they’ve picked their things up
and walked all the way to the

507
00:32:38,640 –> 00:32:42,960
vineyard and got out amongst the
vines, there’s only a bit of

508
00:32:42,960 –> 00:32:45,320
daylight left.
He’s not going to get much work

509
00:32:45,320 –> 00:32:48,560
out of them.
And yet he still employs them,

510
00:32:49,600 –> 00:32:55,720
these people who might be
unemployable, and yet the

511
00:32:55,720 –> 00:32:58,880
vineyard owner is there and he’s
calling them and saying, you

512
00:32:58,880 –> 00:33:01,160
come and work in my vineyard,
You come and work in my

513
00:33:01,160 –> 00:33:04,080
vineyard.
And everyone of this group said,

514
00:33:04,200 –> 00:33:08,640
great, that’s lovely.
I’d really be delighted to work

515
00:33:08,640 –> 00:33:11,360
in your vineyard.
And they went and they would be

516
00:33:11,360 –> 00:33:18,440
thrilled to work there.
And then just imagine 6:00 in

517
00:33:18,440 –> 00:33:22,640
the morning tomorrow, they stand
at the labour exchange and a

518
00:33:22,640 –> 00:33:25,600
potential employer comes along
and says, where did you work

519
00:33:25,600 –> 00:33:27,160
yesterday?
And they’re able to say we

520
00:33:27,160 –> 00:33:30,720
worked in his vineyard.
And they’ll be so thrilled that

521
00:33:30,720 –> 00:33:35,520
they could say that this
reputable man, he chose me and I

522
00:33:35,520 –> 00:33:38,240
worked in his vineyard.
You might not say that you chose

523
00:33:38,240 –> 00:33:41,800
me at 5:00 in the afternoon and
only gave me 30 minutes worth of

524
00:33:41,800 –> 00:33:44,120
work.
You might not say that, but

525
00:33:44,120 –> 00:33:47,560
you’d be able to say I was
chosen by him and I was able to

526
00:33:47,560 –> 00:33:49,880
work in his vineyard.
Can’t, can’t you just get a

527
00:33:49,880 –> 00:33:57,160
sense here of the, the delight
to work in the Masters vineyard

528
00:33:57,160 –> 00:34:02,680
that these people would have,
these are individuals who would

529
00:34:02,680 –> 00:34:10,040
be overjoyed at being called to
work in his vineyard and they

530
00:34:10,040 –> 00:34:13,280
would go home that night and
they got that penny.

531
00:34:13,960 –> 00:34:17,679
They could buy bread, they could
put food on the table.

532
00:34:18,320 –> 00:34:21,320
The the, the wife is happy, the
children are happy.

533
00:34:21,320 –> 00:34:26,600
The family home that night is a
happy place because this labour

534
00:34:26,600 –> 00:34:28,960
has been called to work in the
vineyard.

535
00:34:30,120 –> 00:34:34,520
Now I’m trying to give you a
sense here of how delighted

536
00:34:34,880 –> 00:34:37,800
these people are to work in this
vineyard.

537
00:34:38,280 –> 00:34:43,000
And I just ask you then to
compare it with yourself.

538
00:34:44,520 –> 00:34:48,760
Take that spirit back to your
ecclesia when there’s some work

539
00:34:48,760 –> 00:34:51,800
to do.
And these folk, they were

540
00:34:51,960 –> 00:34:54,840
overjoyed to work in the Masters
Vineyard.

541
00:34:55,040 –> 00:34:57,160
That would mean everything to
them.

542
00:34:58,560 –> 00:35:02,600
And you go back to your ecclesia
and you will witness some

543
00:35:02,600 –> 00:35:06,240
reluctance.
Is it my turn again?

544
00:35:07,320 –> 00:35:09,520
Is it?
Isn’t anyone else doing that

545
00:35:09,520 –> 00:35:13,840
task this time?
I’ll do it Here.

546
00:35:13,840 –> 00:35:15,440
Am I?
Send me.

547
00:35:15,640 –> 00:35:18,200
I’d like to work in your
vineyard, please.

548
00:35:18,920 –> 00:35:22,280
Can you see that is?
Is that not just the way our

549
00:35:22,280 –> 00:35:26,160
service ought to be in the Lord
Jesus Christ?

550
00:35:26,160 –> 00:35:29,400
Where’s that spirit gone from
our ecclesias?

551
00:35:29,560 –> 00:35:33,800
You can take that back.
You can be that person, you can

552
00:35:33,800 –> 00:35:39,280
lead by that example, you can re
examine your service and you can

553
00:35:39,520 –> 00:35:43,720
show your ecclesia how to work
for the Lord.

554
00:35:45,240 –> 00:35:47,600
Matthew Sorry Mark chapter 6
please.

555
00:35:47,600 –> 00:35:54,480
Let’s move on.
The disciples at work here.

556
00:35:55,880 –> 00:35:57,600
Mark chapter 6 is a lovely
chapter.

557
00:36:00,200 –> 00:36:07,760
It, it starts in verse 7 with
him calling his 12 and you’ll

558
00:36:07,760 –> 00:36:13,080
notice he’s going to send them
forth 2 by 2 and they’re going

559
00:36:13,080 –> 00:36:19,200
to preach the gospel and they’re
given power to heal and to make

560
00:36:19,200 –> 00:36:23,280
clean and they get various
instructions from the Lord Jesus

561
00:36:23,280 –> 00:36:26,760
Christ and off they go.
These are these are the workers

562
00:36:26,760 –> 00:36:29,320
appointed.
The 12 disciples are going out

563
00:36:29,320 –> 00:36:33,560
in pairs to do the work for the
Lord Jesus Christ.

564
00:36:35,160 –> 00:36:39,640
We don’t need to pursue all the
details, but several verses

565
00:36:39,640 –> 00:36:48,080
later on they return in verse 30
and it says that this is what

566
00:36:48,080 –> 00:36:50,640
they reported.
The apostles gathered themselves

567
00:36:51,240 –> 00:36:56,280
together unto Jesus and they
told him all things, both what

568
00:36:56,280 –> 00:36:59,640
they had done and what they had
taught.

569
00:37:00,520 –> 00:37:05,600
OK, so so here they are, that
there are two things you need to

570
00:37:05,600 –> 00:37:11,160
observe from that.
First of all, they tell him what

571
00:37:11,160 –> 00:37:17,480
they had done before, what they
had taught, and that that’s not

572
00:37:17,480 –> 00:37:22,200
the right way round.
In your ecclesial life, when

573
00:37:22,200 –> 00:37:27,080
you’re, when you’re considering
a practical help that you might

574
00:37:27,080 –> 00:37:31,240
give either to the community, as
in the Christadelphian

575
00:37:31,240 –> 00:37:34,600
community, or to the community
around you, when you’re thinking

576
00:37:34,600 –> 00:37:40,240
of practical help that does not
come before the teaching that we

577
00:37:40,240 –> 00:37:43,320
can give.
Always make sure the gospel

578
00:37:43,320 –> 00:37:47,840
message comes first in your
witness, in your ecclesial life,

579
00:37:47,840 –> 00:37:50,440
in your work.
It’s not about what you do, it’s

580
00:37:50,440 –> 00:37:53,640
about what you teach.
You have the most precious

581
00:37:53,640 –> 00:37:56,600
thing, the key to salvation,
because you’ve got your Bible,

582
00:37:56,800 –> 00:37:58,440
you understand the gospel
message.

583
00:37:58,680 –> 00:38:01,440
You need to share that.
It’s no good filling empty

584
00:38:01,440 –> 00:38:03,680
stomachs if you don’t give them
the gospel message.

585
00:38:03,840 –> 00:38:05,360
I know we need to fill empty
stomachs.

586
00:38:05,360 –> 00:38:09,080
I know we need to do all those
those kindly things, but don’t

587
00:38:09,080 –> 00:38:13,160
get it the wrong way round.
The gospel message has to be our

588
00:38:13,160 –> 00:38:17,080
focus.
The disciples didn’t get that.

589
00:38:17,920 –> 00:38:22,120
The other thing which they
didn’t get is they were busy

590
00:38:22,120 –> 00:38:29,200
telling the Lord Jesus Christ
what they had done and what they

591
00:38:29,600 –> 00:38:34,640
had taught, that they’d not yet
grabbed hold of the key, saying

592
00:38:34,640 –> 00:38:38,920
that without him they can do
nothing, that they’ve not got

593
00:38:38,920 –> 00:38:41,560
that, That we did this.
Yeah.

594
00:38:41,560 –> 00:38:43,000
Let me tell you what happened in
this place.

595
00:38:43,000 –> 00:38:45,080
Lord, let me tell you how I
healed that person in that

596
00:38:45,080 –> 00:38:47,400
particular vision, that they had
success.

597
00:38:48,760 –> 00:38:54,200
But they are doing it themselves
and they’re claiming that they

598
00:38:54,200 –> 00:38:58,200
achieved it themselves.
And then we had this little

599
00:38:58,200 –> 00:39:01,280
phrase.
I just listed it yesterday in

600
00:39:01,280 –> 00:39:03,680
verse 31.
Come yourself, come ye

601
00:39:03,680 –> 00:39:06,960
yourselves apart into a desert
place and rest a while.

602
00:39:07,160 –> 00:39:10,080
Here is Jesus teaching them on
one, taking them onto one side.

603
00:39:10,360 –> 00:39:12,920
And He’s got to talk to these
disciples.

604
00:39:13,760 –> 00:39:17,200
He’s got to help them recover
and He’s got to try and clear up

605
00:39:17,200 –> 00:39:22,560
this priority.
And events sort of run away from

606
00:39:22,560 –> 00:39:26,040
them, don’t they?
Because the multitude follow Him

607
00:39:26,840 –> 00:39:33,560
and they’re being taught.
And after a long time, the day

608
00:39:33,560 –> 00:39:37,200
was far spent, the disciples
come unto Him, don’t they?

609
00:39:37,200 –> 00:39:43,520
And they say, verse 35 this is a
desert place, time is now fast

610
00:39:43,560 –> 00:39:47,160
spent, send them away that they
might go into a country

611
00:39:47,320 –> 00:39:51,760
roundabouts and into the
villagers to buy themselves

612
00:39:51,760 –> 00:39:55,160
bread.
And and the what the what Jesus

613
00:39:55,320 –> 00:39:59,840
says to them in verse 37, he
answered and said unto them,

614
00:40:00,520 –> 00:40:08,640
Give ye them to eat, give you
them something to eat.

615
00:40:10,400 –> 00:40:13,000
I, I, I wonder how the disciples
felt at that point.

616
00:40:13,040 –> 00:40:15,600
You know, they’ve, they’ve just
done all this successful

617
00:40:15,600 –> 00:40:17,600
preaching.
They’ve just done all this

618
00:40:17,920 –> 00:40:22,520
healing and restoration and
they’ve come back to Jesus and

619
00:40:22,520 –> 00:40:25,120
said, let, let, let me tell you
what we’ve done.

620
00:40:25,520 –> 00:40:28,280
Let me tell you the successes
that we have had.

621
00:40:28,480 –> 00:40:31,480
Let me tell you how good it was
when we did this and when we did

622
00:40:31,480 –> 00:40:33,720
that.
And then they were sort of full

623
00:40:33,720 –> 00:40:36,240
of it, weren’t they?
And now all of a sudden there’s

624
00:40:36,240 –> 00:40:40,920
a multitude and the Lord Jesus
Christ says to them, go on then

625
00:40:41,520 –> 00:40:48,320
give them something to eat.
Lord us, how are we going to do

626
00:40:48,320 –> 00:40:51,080
that?
Lord, even if we’ve got 200

627
00:40:51,080 –> 00:40:53,480
pence, we wouldn’t be able to
buy enough bread to feed all

628
00:40:53,480 –> 00:40:55,360
these people.
How are we going to do that?

629
00:40:55,360 –> 00:40:59,760
You know, they bring, bring a
human view, a human solution.

630
00:41:00,240 –> 00:41:01,360
Well, how much money have we
got?

631
00:41:01,360 –> 00:41:03,400
How much could we buy?
We couldn’t possibly feed all

632
00:41:03,400 –> 00:41:05,840
these people.
Even if we got 200 pennies, we

633
00:41:05,840 –> 00:41:07,800
could not buy enough food for
all these people.

634
00:41:07,800 –> 00:41:10,920
They bring a human solution and
they can’t do do it and they

635
00:41:10,920 –> 00:41:14,160
know they can’t do it.
And the Lord Jesus Christ could

636
00:41:14,160 –> 00:41:17,280
have at that point said, ha, ha,
I told you, I knew you couldn’t

637
00:41:17,280 –> 00:41:18,560
do it.
You can’t do it without me.

638
00:41:18,560 –> 00:41:20,240
He could have said that,
couldn’t he?

639
00:41:20,720 –> 00:41:24,520
If he wanted that, that the Lord
Jesus Christ would have said,

640
00:41:24,920 –> 00:41:27,240
well, you boasted about all
those other miracles.

641
00:41:27,240 –> 00:41:30,720
Why can’t you do this miracle?
He, he could have said that to

642
00:41:30,720 –> 00:41:35,120
them, couldn’t he?
But he, he didn’t, he, he could

643
00:41:35,120 –> 00:41:39,040
have been really cross and said,
that’s not good enough.

644
00:41:39,040 –> 00:41:43,160
You managed last time.
Let’s say you try harder and do

645
00:41:43,160 –> 00:41:45,280
it this time.
He could have got cross with

646
00:41:45,280 –> 00:41:48,720
them and shouted at them and
raised his voice for

647
00:41:49,000 –> 00:41:53,120
underperformance.
But he doesn’t do that.

648
00:41:54,520 –> 00:41:58,440
He he could have just pulled
rank and said, see, you’re

649
00:41:58,440 –> 00:42:01,160
hopeless people.
You’re not able to do this.

650
00:42:01,640 –> 00:42:04,560
Stand back.
Let me show you how it should be

651
00:42:04,560 –> 00:42:06,160
done.
I’ll do this miracle.

652
00:42:06,160 –> 00:42:08,200
You just watch and understand
how it should be done.

653
00:42:08,320 –> 00:42:11,920
The Lord Jesus Christ could have
said said that if he wanted,

654
00:42:11,920 –> 00:42:14,400
couldn’t he?
He could have taken control of

655
00:42:14,400 –> 00:42:17,320
the situation and shown them
what to do.

656
00:42:17,320 –> 00:42:20,280
Stand aside.
This is not for amateurs like

657
00:42:20,280 –> 00:42:22,520
you.
This is for professionals like

658
00:42:22,520 –> 00:42:23,880
me.
Watch this.

659
00:42:25,240 –> 00:42:27,880
And there’s none of that from
the Lord Jesus Christ.

660
00:42:27,880 –> 00:42:31,080
There’s none of that.
His disciples have got a

661
00:42:31,600 –> 00:42:37,560
perverted view of service at the
moment and the Lord is going to

662
00:42:37,560 –> 00:42:42,640
show them how it works.
So he says to them, doesn’t he?

663
00:42:45,520 –> 00:42:50,520
Verse 38 How many loaves have ye
go and see?

664
00:42:50,560 –> 00:42:57,520
And when they knew, they say 5
and 2 fish and, and, and it’s

665
00:42:57,520 –> 00:42:59,800
embarrassing, isn’t it?
You know, here, here are

666
00:42:59,800 –> 00:43:05,160
disciples now who are
contributing to the mass feeding

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00:43:05,160 –> 00:43:10,520
of 5000 people and we’ve got 5
loaves and a couple of fish.

668
00:43:10,520 –> 00:43:12,680
Here you are, Lord that, that
that’s it.

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00:43:13,360 –> 00:43:16,200
It’s embarrassing that they’ve
got nothing more to offer.

670
00:43:16,200 –> 00:43:19,480
And again, Christ could have
said, is that all?

671
00:43:20,920 –> 00:43:24,360
How on earth do you think we’re
going to solve a problem of 5000

672
00:43:24,360 –> 00:43:27,360
hungry people with such a paltry
contribution?

673
00:43:27,360 –> 00:43:30,120
He could have said that, but but
but he doesn’t.

674
00:43:30,120 –> 00:43:35,000
You see, the Lord Jesus Christ,
he’s looking for something.

675
00:43:35,760 –> 00:43:40,240
He’s looking for something from
you.

676
00:43:40,240 –> 00:43:47,520
And, and it doesn’t matter how
big or how small, he’s looking

677
00:43:47,520 –> 00:43:50,960
for you to bring something in
your service.

678
00:43:52,160 –> 00:43:55,840
And even if you’re embarrassed
by it, because it’s so pathetic,

679
00:43:55,840 –> 00:43:59,240
this is all I’ve got.
Lord, It’s, it’s 5 loaves and

680
00:43:59,240 –> 00:44:02,520
two fish.
I know that’s absolutely useless

681
00:44:02,520 –> 00:44:04,840
in the context of what we’re
trying to do here.

682
00:44:05,960 –> 00:44:09,360
And the Lord Jesus Christ says,
great, we’re off.

683
00:44:10,600 –> 00:44:14,160
That’s all I need.
I just need something from you.

684
00:44:15,480 –> 00:44:19,280
And then of course, as soon as
he’s got that something, he’s

685
00:44:19,280 –> 00:44:22,080
organising the disciples.
They’re making the crowd to sit

686
00:44:22,080 –> 00:44:27,280
down in companies of 50s and
hundreds and, and, and a prayer

687
00:44:27,280 –> 00:44:32,040
is given, bread is broken and
it’s distributed and it’s given

688
00:44:32,040 –> 00:44:35,920
to the disciples and they are
sharing it out.

689
00:44:36,280 –> 00:44:41,480
Verse 41 When he had taken the
five loaves and the two fish, he

690
00:44:41,480 –> 00:44:44,920
looked up to heaven, blessed
break the loaves gave them to

691
00:44:44,920 –> 00:44:49,520
this, to the disciples to set
before them, and the two fishes

692
00:44:49,720 –> 00:44:53,200
divided He among them all.
He wanted the disciples to be

693
00:44:53,200 –> 00:44:55,160
involved.
So Christ here takes this little

694
00:44:55,160 –> 00:44:58,880
offering, this insignificant
amount, and in His hands, all of

695
00:44:58,880 –> 00:45:00,680
a sudden it becomes something
special.

696
00:45:00,920 –> 00:45:03,640
And He gives it to the disciples
and the disciples take it and

697
00:45:03,640 –> 00:45:07,200
share it out.
And the disciples have got a

698
00:45:07,200 –> 00:45:10,560
clue what’s going on here.
They do not know where all this

699
00:45:10,560 –> 00:45:13,040
bread is coming from.
How many did we give to him?

700
00:45:13,040 –> 00:45:14,480
Where, where’s all this coming
from?

701
00:45:14,800 –> 00:45:16,600
And out they go.
And they come back and there’s

702
00:45:16,600 –> 00:45:18,480
more to give.
And the the disciples are

703
00:45:18,480 –> 00:45:21,040
involved in sharing it out.
They don’t really know what’s

704
00:45:21,040 –> 00:45:22,480
happening.
And then of course, when the

705
00:45:22,480 –> 00:45:24,880
miracle’s finished and they go
out and gather up, they’ve got

706
00:45:24,880 –> 00:45:28,680
far, far more leftover than they
originally started with.

707
00:45:29,560 –> 00:45:31,640
And it’s the most wonderful
thing, isn’t it?

708
00:45:31,840 –> 00:45:37,000
But here’s the thing, the Lord
Jesus Christ could have done

709
00:45:37,000 –> 00:45:42,480
that miracle on His own.
He did not need His disciples.

710
00:45:42,480 –> 00:45:45,280
His disciples could barely do
anything.

711
00:45:45,520 –> 00:45:49,280
All they’re offering was 5
loaves and two fish.

712
00:45:50,680 –> 00:45:54,880
He doesn’t need them, but He
wants them.

713
00:45:56,840 –> 00:45:59,440
And the reality is, it’s the
same with you and me.

714
00:46:00,440 –> 00:46:07,200
He doesn’t actually need you.
That the vineyard owner did not

715
00:46:07,200 –> 00:46:10,640
need those labourers.
It might have looked like that

716
00:46:10,640 –> 00:46:12,640
in the apparel, but he didn’t
need them.

717
00:46:12,960 –> 00:46:15,200
He’d got lots of other labourers
he could have chosen.

718
00:46:15,200 –> 00:46:21,840
He didn’t need those, but he
chose them and he doesn’t need

719
00:46:21,840 –> 00:46:25,160
you.
You might like to think he does

720
00:46:27,040 –> 00:46:28,600
so.
So it’s a wonderful thing that

721
00:46:28,600 –> 00:46:34,720
he’s actually asked you and he
wants you and there’s a role for

722
00:46:34,720 –> 00:46:37,400
you to play.
And these disciples who were

723
00:46:37,400 –> 00:46:43,080
completely belittled by the fact
that they couldn’t do this and

724
00:46:43,080 –> 00:46:47,280
were rather feeling rather
unworthy that the best they

725
00:46:47,280 –> 00:46:48,920
could offer was such a small
thing.

726
00:46:48,920 –> 00:46:52,200
And the Lord Jesus Christ is
saying, don’t worry, I’ll take

727
00:46:52,200 –> 00:46:56,960
small, I can work with that.
You see, the Lord Jesus Christ

728
00:46:57,120 –> 00:47:01,320
or wants you to bring something
to his service.

729
00:47:01,320 –> 00:47:06,680
He can’t work with nothing but
bring him something and then he

730
00:47:06,680 –> 00:47:08,640
can turn it into something
special.

731
00:47:09,920 –> 00:47:14,800
We can do nothing without the
Lord Jesus Christ and yet with

732
00:47:14,800 –> 00:47:17,880
Him, the tiniest little thing
that you bring, the smallest

733
00:47:17,880 –> 00:47:23,520
little offering that you bring
and your willingness, he says, I

734
00:47:23,520 –> 00:47:25,600
want you.
I there is a role for you to

735
00:47:25,600 –> 00:47:28,960
play here.
Let’s do this work together.

736
00:47:29,160 –> 00:47:32,600
So it’s a it’s a wonderful
picture, brothers and sisters,

737
00:47:32,600 –> 00:47:38,000
which helps us appreciate that
the Lord Jesus Christ is calling

738
00:47:38,000 –> 00:47:40,360
us.
He wants us to work in his

739
00:47:40,480 –> 00:47:43,240
vineyard.
It’s a privilege to be asked and

740
00:47:43,240 –> 00:47:47,000
invited and it doesn’t matter if
the tiniest thing you can bring

741
00:47:47,000 –> 00:47:51,080
is all you can manage.
He can work with that.

742
00:47:51,080 –> 00:47:53,640
He wants it and we’ll develop
it.

743
00:47:54,480 –> 00:47:56,600
Let’s finish in John Chapter 7,
please.

744
00:47:56,680 –> 00:48:03,040
Sorry, John Chapter 6.
You see, after this has taken

745
00:48:03,040 –> 00:48:11,200
place, the, the, the crowd,
you’ll remember the crowd loved

746
00:48:11,200 –> 00:48:14,600
it.
This is great free meal.

747
00:48:14,840 –> 00:48:17,720
You know, if these were all
hired labourers, 5000 hired

748
00:48:17,720 –> 00:48:22,000
labourers who struggle for bread
on a daily basis, all of a

749
00:48:22,000 –> 00:48:23,960
sudden here is an abundance of
bread.

750
00:48:24,160 –> 00:48:26,600
Whoa, this is good.
We like this.

751
00:48:26,600 –> 00:48:29,000
We’re happy with this man who
feeds us.

752
00:48:29,080 –> 00:48:31,640
Let’s make him king.
That’s what they wanted to do.

753
00:48:31,640 –> 00:48:34,800
And the Lord Jesus had to send
his disciples away.

754
00:48:34,800 –> 00:48:37,880
He had to deal with the crowd.
The disciples get stuck on the

755
00:48:37,880 –> 00:48:41,000
water.
We saw Jesus walking to them on

756
00:48:41,000 –> 00:48:44,120
water and Peter walking
yesterday and they get to the

757
00:48:44,120 –> 00:48:47,560
land at the other side and then
the crowd comes again following

758
00:48:47,560 –> 00:48:52,400
day the crowd come and of course
the crowd aren’t coming for the

759
00:48:52,400 –> 00:48:56,560
correct motive.
I’m in John 6 and at verse 26

760
00:48:58,200 –> 00:49:01,320
Jesus answered them, Verily,
verily, I say unto you, ye seek

761
00:49:01,320 –> 00:49:04,960
me, not because ye saw the
miracles, but because she did

762
00:49:05,000 –> 00:49:07,720
eat of the loaves and were
filled.

763
00:49:08,120 –> 00:49:10,880
You’re only here for the meal,
aren’t you?

764
00:49:11,000 –> 00:49:15,200
I know that you, you want me to
reproduce yesterday’s miracle.

765
00:49:15,800 –> 00:49:22,080
You’re only here for the free.
The free loaves labour not for

766
00:49:22,080 –> 00:49:26,480
the meat which perisheth, but
for that meat which endureth

767
00:49:26,480 –> 00:49:32,200
unto everlasting life, which the
Son of Man shall give unto you.

768
00:49:32,880 –> 00:49:37,520
So there it is.
We are encouraged to work, but

769
00:49:37,520 –> 00:49:40,680
not for the meat which perishes,
not for the things of this life,

770
00:49:40,680 –> 00:49:46,720
but in service of our Lord in
response to the things given to

771
00:49:46,720 –> 00:49:49,680
us.
And then verse 28, they said

772
00:49:49,680 –> 00:49:55,120
unto him, what should we do that
we might work the works of God

773
00:49:56,400 –> 00:49:59,240
and and they were, they were
interested in doing works like

774
00:49:59,560 –> 00:50:02,000
can I turn stones into bread
works.

775
00:50:02,000 –> 00:50:04,240
They wanted to be able to fill
their own stomachs.

776
00:50:04,240 –> 00:50:05,600
That’s really what they’re
interested in.

777
00:50:05,600 –> 00:50:08,840
So Jesus has to say this is the
work of God.

778
00:50:08,840 –> 00:50:15,480
Verse 29 that you believe on him
whom he hath sent and and and

779
00:50:15,480 –> 00:50:18,160
verse 30 that they’re not really
listening to him, are they?

780
00:50:18,360 –> 00:50:19,760
They’re just interested in
bread.

781
00:50:20,120 –> 00:50:22,880
They said therefore into him.
What signs show us thou then

782
00:50:22,880 –> 00:50:25,640
that we may see and believe that
believe thee.

783
00:50:25,840 –> 00:50:29,120
What just thou work.
We need you to do a sign Lord.

784
00:50:29,880 –> 00:50:32,560
Forgetting.
Conveniently it’s done lots of

785
00:50:32,560 –> 00:50:35,080
signs yesterday, including
feeding 5000.

786
00:50:35,680 –> 00:50:39,400
Our fathers did eat manner in
the wilderness as it is written.

787
00:50:39,400 –> 00:50:41,800
He gave them bread out of heaven
to eat.

788
00:50:41,960 –> 00:50:43,960
Why don’t you do that miracle
again, Lord?

789
00:50:43,960 –> 00:50:46,480
That would be a good one to
prove to us that your Lord would

790
00:50:46,480 –> 00:50:48,720
like free bread, please.
They were in it for the wrong

791
00:50:48,720 –> 00:50:52,200
reasons.
We’re not in it for the wrong

792
00:50:52,200 –> 00:50:53,920
reasons, Brothers, sisters,
young people.

793
00:50:53,920 –> 00:50:59,200
We are in it because of what has
been done for us.

794
00:50:59,840 –> 00:51:02,600
We have been made clean in the
Lord Jesus Christ.

795
00:51:02,600 –> 00:51:06,800
The way of salvation has been
secured for each of us and the

796
00:51:06,800 –> 00:51:12,400
Lord now is wanting us to work
for him in His vineyard and it’s

797
00:51:12,400 –> 00:51:17,600
a privilege to do so.
I wonder if we might be able to

798
00:51:17,600 –> 00:51:22,800
take that back to our ecclesias
and re examine our service and

799
00:51:22,800 –> 00:51:25,840
show our brothers and sisters
that we are willing volunteers

800
00:51:26,200 –> 00:51:28,440
for the work of the Lord.
Thank you.

801
00:51:42,020 –> 00:51:44,140
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802
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