{"id":1394,"date":"2025-11-16T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/374-andrew-bramhill-service-re-examined\/"},"modified":"2026-07-12T23:16:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T23:16:15","slug":"374-andrew-bramhill-service-re-examined","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/374-andrew-bramhill-service-re-examined\/","title":{"rendered":"374: Andrew Bramhill – Service Re-Examined"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week’s talk is a class by Brother Andrew Bramhill titled \u201cService Re-Examined\u201d from the series, “Life-Changing Sayings of the Lord Jesus,” which he gave at the UKYC in 2023.<\/p>\n

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\nthis week’s talk.
\nHowdy, this is Matthew. <\/p>\n

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\nThis week’s talk is from a
\nseries entitled Life Changing <\/p>\n

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\nSayings of the Lord Jesus given
\nby brother Andrew Bramhill at <\/p>\n

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\nUKYC 2 years ago.
\nThis specific class is 1. <\/p>\n

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\nAs the title suggests, we take a
\ndeep dive into our life of <\/p>\n

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\nservice to our Lord.
\nA class like this is very needed<\/p>\n

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\nas at least for me, I find it’s
\nway too easy to lose the point <\/p>\n

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\nof the work that we do.
\nI think it’s actually very <\/p>\n

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\nshocking how fast we find
\nourselves reverting to our <\/p>\n

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\ninnate legalistic mind where we
\ndo work and we expect we’ll be <\/p>\n

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\nrewarded for that work.
\nBut what Brother Andrew reminds <\/p>\n

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\nus in this class is that God
\nwill happily and freely forgive,<\/p>\n

21
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\nand He provides before we even
\nask for the things that we want.<\/p>\n

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\nAnd it’s a very sobering thought
\nto realize that there’s nothing <\/p>\n

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\nthat we can do, no tangible work
\nor task we can complete when it <\/p>\n

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\ncomes to our forgiveness and
\nsalvation. <\/p>\n

25
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\nHowever, that does not mean that
\nwork is irrelevant. <\/p>\n

26
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\nWe are exhorted to see ourselves
\nas volunteers for Christ. <\/p>\n

27
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\nChrist does not demand anything
\nfrom us. <\/p>\n

28
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\nHe doesn’t control our ligaments
\nand make us do good works. <\/p>\n

29
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\nHe doesn’t open our mouths and
\nmake us preach. <\/p>\n

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\nThose are things we volunteer
\nfor, not so we can obtain a <\/p>\n

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\nreward, but because we are so
\nhonored and joyful to be able to<\/p>\n

32
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\nwork in the vineyard of the man
\nwho gave his life so that we may<\/p>\n

33
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\nlive.
\nHere is Brother Andrew Bramhill <\/p>\n

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\nwith his class service re
\nexamined. <\/p>\n

35
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\nSo we’re considering our service
\nthis morning. <\/p>\n

36
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\nI, I, I wasn’t very good at
\nquite finishing off yesterday. <\/p>\n

37
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\nSo I, I just want to run
\nthrough, if I may, a little <\/p>\n

38
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\nsummary of where we’ve got to so
\nfar. <\/p>\n

39
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\nSo I, I put on the screen the
\nsayings that we’ve seen of the <\/p>\n

40
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\nLord Jesus Christ over the last
\ntwo or three days. <\/p>\n

41
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\nYou will know all these.
\nWe’ve spent a little bit of time<\/p>\n

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\nlooking at some of these.
\nThese were the ones that we <\/p>\n

43
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\nconsidered in our devotional
\nyesterday we were looking at. <\/p>\n

44
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\nSo was it the day before?
\nWith God all things are <\/p>\n

45
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\npossible.
\nIt’s your Father’s good pleasure<\/p>\n

46
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\nto give you the Kingdom.
\nNeither do I condemn thee. <\/p>\n

47
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\nGo and sin no more.
\nWhich has to be one of one of my<\/p>\n

48
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\nfavourites.
\nThen we were with Nicodemus <\/p>\n

49
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\nyesterday, except a man be born
\nagain. <\/p>\n

50
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\nAnd we examined this idea of
\ncome unto me. <\/p>\n

51
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\nAnd if we’d have had time
\nyesterday, and if I’d have <\/p>\n

52
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\nmanaged my time a little better,
\nwe would have spent some time in<\/p>\n

53
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\nMatthew Chapter 11.
\nPerhaps you’d just come with me <\/p>\n

54
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\nthere for a moment while we just
\nlook at these wonderful little <\/p>\n

55
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\nverses that the Lord Jesus
\nChrist had. <\/p>\n

56
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\nI was trying to explain to you
\nthat when Christ asks us to come<\/p>\n

57
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\nto him, invariably it’s for a
\ngood thing. <\/p>\n

58
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\nHe has something encouraging,
\nsomething helpful, something <\/p>\n

59
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\nthat He wants to do for us.
\nAnd and here he is at the end of<\/p>\n

60
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\nMatthew Chapter 11, verse 28,
\ninviting us to come unto him all<\/p>\n

61
\n00:04:03,880 –> 00:04:07,880
\nye that labour.
\nWe’re talking about service this<\/p>\n

62
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\nmorning and our heavy laden.
\nHe’s interested in helping those<\/p>\n

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\nwho are burdened and in
\ndifficulty and and and you might<\/p>\n

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\nbe in that category that that
\nmight be something which is a a <\/p>\n

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\nproblem for you.
\nIt’s all about the curse of <\/p>\n

66
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\nEden, you know, isn’t it?
\nMan had to work. <\/p>\n

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\nAdam had to work until the toil
\nof until the the the soil of the<\/p>\n

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\nground and that’s how he would
\nfeed his family. <\/p>\n

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\nWomen had to labor in
\nchildbearing. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd here is the Lord Jesus
\nChrist saying all of you that <\/p>\n

71
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\nlabor and are heavy laden, heavy
\nladen by the burden of the law. <\/p>\n

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\nIf you follow that through and
\nhe’s saying I will give you <\/p>\n

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\nrest, you know, right from
\ncreation the 7th day of rest has<\/p>\n

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\nalways been a prospect of the
\nage of rest to come. <\/p>\n

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\nThere will be a time when work
\ndoesn’t exist anymore, when pain<\/p>\n

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\nin childbearing doesn’t exist
\nanymore, and all those things <\/p>\n

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\nare lifted and removed and it’s
\na wonderful time of rest. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd the Lord Jesus Christ is
\nsaying the way to that rest is <\/p>\n

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\nthrough me.
\nYou need to come unto me and I <\/p>\n

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\nwill give you that rest.
\nHe is the solution to the curse.<\/p>\n

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\nAnd that’s such a wonderful
\nthing when you think about it <\/p>\n

82
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\nand it’s mentioned twice there,
\nisn’t it in those, in those two <\/p>\n

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\nverses there.
\nThe Lord Jesus Christ wants to <\/p>\n

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\ngive us that rest and it’s a
\ngift from Him to you and me. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd that’s the most wonderful
\nthing when you reflect on it. <\/p>\n

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\nSometimes we’re not very good at
\nreceiving the rest of the Lord <\/p>\n

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\nJesus Christ.
\nThink about Psalm 23, where the <\/p>\n

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\nLord He is our shepherd.
\nHe guides, He leads, He takes us<\/p>\n

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\ninto green pastures, He leads us
\nbesides still waters. <\/p>\n

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\nHe’s taking us to all those
\nplaces. <\/p>\n

91
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\nBut it’s no good Him doing that
\nif you don’t allow Him to <\/p>\n

92
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\nrestore your soul.
\nSo there has to be some <\/p>\n

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\nconnection with the Lord and His
\nwork for you to be restored in <\/p>\n

94
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\nthis time of rest.
\nAnd whatever the busyness of <\/p>\n

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\nyour life and the pressure and
\nthe burden of your life, you <\/p>\n

96
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\nwill need to come to the Lord
\nJesus Christ at some stage and <\/p>\n

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\njust take off His rest and, and
\nput your burden on him and take <\/p>\n

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\nhis yoke because that’s easier.
\nCast your burden on the Lord and<\/p>\n

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\ntake his yoke.
\nAnd he will share that with you <\/p>\n

100
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\nand he will carry that with you.
\nAnd those were some of the <\/p>\n

101
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\nthings that I, yeah, I, I didn’t
\nget time to comment on. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd I, I, I just raised them
\nvery briefly for you, for you. <\/p>\n

103
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\nNow I want to concentrate this
\nmorning on how we respond to <\/p>\n

104
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\nthat, how you and I respond to
\nthis gift, the wages of sin, of <\/p>\n

105
\n00:07:06,160 –> 00:07:09,600
\ndeath, but the gift of God, his
\neternal life. <\/p>\n

106
\n00:07:09,880 –> 00:07:13,280
\nAnd God sent not his Son into
\nthe world to condemn the world, <\/p>\n

107
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\nbut gave his only begotten Son.
\nIt’s a gift that’s given to us. <\/p>\n

108
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\nAnd you and I, brothers and
\nsisters, young people, we <\/p>\n

109
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\nbenefit from the gift of the
\nLord Jesus Christ. <\/p>\n

110
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\nAnd it’s how we respond to it.
\nAnd I’ve just got one saying <\/p>\n

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\nthat I want to share with you in
\nour idea of service this <\/p>\n

112
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\nmorning.
\nAnd it’s probably not one that <\/p>\n

113
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\nyou would have put on your list
\nof life changing sayings of the <\/p>\n

114
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\nLord Jesus Christ.
\nBut it’s simply this, without <\/p>\n

115
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\nme, you can do nothing.
\nOK, so that’s our, that’s our <\/p>\n

116
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\nsaying.
\nWe’re up to #10 and it’s the <\/p>\n

117
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\nonly one we’re going to look at
\nthis morning. <\/p>\n

118
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\nBut this is the one which is
\ngoing to help govern our service<\/p>\n

119
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\nbecause in the next half an hour
\nor so I’m going to encourage you<\/p>\n

120
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\nto serve, but with the right
\nattitude. <\/p>\n

121
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\nThis is not labour, this is not
\nwork. <\/p>\n

122
\n00:08:12,160 –> 00:08:14,880
\nWe are not earning anything.
\nForget that. <\/p>\n

123
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\nThat’s not going to, that’s not
\ngoing to achieve anything. <\/p>\n

124
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\nYou cannot earn your place in
\nthe Kingdom of God. <\/p>\n

125
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\nYou know that.
\nYou can only take it as a gift. <\/p>\n

126
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\nBut that doesn’t mean we don’t
\nserve. <\/p>\n

127
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\nSo we’re going to try and get
\nour attitude for service, right?<\/p>\n

128
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\nAnd this saying is going to
\ngovern our thinking this <\/p>\n

129
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\nmorning.
\nLet’s start, please, in Luke <\/p>\n

130
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\nchapter 15, where we met the
\nprodigal son very briefly on <\/p>\n

131
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\nSaturday evening.
\nI’ve already mentioned to you <\/p>\n

132
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\nthat this is the individual who
\nstarted out with the give me and<\/p>\n

133
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\nwanted to get to the make me
\nstage, which is lovely that he <\/p>\n

134
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\nmade that transformation.
\nJust want to show you what he <\/p>\n

135
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\nsays and what the father allows
\nhim to say because this this <\/p>\n

136
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\nhelps as I think understand
\nwhere we are in our service to <\/p>\n

137
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\nGod.
\nSo, so, so this is the, this is <\/p>\n

138
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\nthe verse or two which the sun
\nprepares. <\/p>\n

139
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\nIt’s there in verse 18 where he
\npractices his little speech. <\/p>\n

140
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\nSo Luke 15 verse 18, I will
\narise and go to my Father and <\/p>\n

141
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\nwill say to him, Father, I have
\nsinned against heaven and before<\/p>\n

142
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\nthee or in thy sight, and I’m no
\nmore worthy to be called thy <\/p>\n

143
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\nson.
\nMake me as one of thy hired <\/p>\n

144
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\nservants.
\nSo you know that. <\/p>\n

145
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\nAnd it demonstrates this
\ncomplete change, doesn’t it, in <\/p>\n

146
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\nthis young man who’s now learned
\nhis lessons, realised that he <\/p>\n

147
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\nwas far better off back in his
\nfather’s house. <\/p>\n

148
\n00:10:00,160 –> 00:10:03,640
\nHe was far better back, better
\nback home in the fellowship of <\/p>\n

149
\n00:10:03,640 –> 00:10:06,680
\nhis brother.
\nThat’s interesting, isn’t it? <\/p>\n

150
\n00:10:06,680 –> 00:10:09,760
\nHe was willing to go back and
\ncomply with the standards and <\/p>\n

151
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\nthe rules of the Father’s house
\nbecause this ecclesial <\/p>\n

152
\n00:10:12,960 –> 00:10:17,000
\nenvironment, being in the family
\nof God, is the best place to be.<\/p>\n

153
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\nAnd he can see that having tried
\nother places and, and he’s going<\/p>\n

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\nto confess, I have sinned.
\nThis is his confession. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd you might observe that he
\nsinned against heaven and in thy<\/p>\n

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\nsight.
\nNow we might think that’s the <\/p>\n

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\nwrong way round.
\nActually, He’s sinned against <\/p>\n

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\nhis Father, and Heaven observes
\nit, but he doesn’t say that He’s<\/p>\n

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\ngot this the right way round.
\nAll sins are against heaven. <\/p>\n

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\nEvery sin that we commit, every
\nwrongdoing that we commit is <\/p>\n

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\nagainst God.
\nIt might hurt other people, it <\/p>\n

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\nmight damage other people and
\nprobably will, but every sin we <\/p>\n

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\ncommit is against heaven and the
\nFather was party to it. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd then he’s, he’s going to set
\nthe matters right. <\/p>\n

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\nI, I am no more worthy to be
\ncalled thy son. <\/p>\n

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\nSo make me as one of thy hired
\nservants. <\/p>\n

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\nSo, so we know that speech and
\nit makes a lot of sense. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd, and we might feel like that
\nwhen we come to some kind of <\/p>\n

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\nacknowledgement of our own
\nfailure, we confess what we’ve <\/p>\n

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\ndone wrong, We realise we’ve not
\nbeen very good at something. <\/p>\n

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\nWe recommit and we say we’re not
\nworthy, but we’re going to try a<\/p>\n

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\nlot harder.
\nThat that, that’s the, that’s <\/p>\n

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\nthe idea, isn’t it?
\nBut when he comes to his father <\/p>\n

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\nand he makes this speech that
\nhe’s prepared. <\/p>\n

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\nVerse 20 let’s read it.
\nHe arose and came to his father.<\/p>\n

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\nBut when he was yet a great way
\noff, his father saw him and had <\/p>\n

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\ncompassion and ran and fell on
\nhis neck and kissed him. <\/p>\n

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\nBut the son’s now going to make
\nhis speech. <\/p>\n

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\nThe Son said unto his Father,
\nFather, I have sinned against <\/p>\n

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\nheaven and in thy sight, and I’m
\nno more worthy to be called thy <\/p>\n

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\nSon.
\nAnd he’s about to say the last <\/p>\n

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\nlittle bit, make me as one of
\nthy hired servants, and the <\/p>\n

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\nFather won’t let him say it.
\nThe Father intervenes at that <\/p>\n

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\npoint.
\nHe only lets him say these words<\/p>\n

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\non the screen.
\nI am no more worthy to be called<\/p>\n

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\nthy son.
\nAnd he’s about to say, make me <\/p>\n

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\nas a hired servant because I’m
\ngoing to try a lot harder. <\/p>\n

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\nI’m going to work for you.
\nI’m going to earn your respect. <\/p>\n

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\nI’m going to win you back as a
\nfather by things that I do. <\/p>\n

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\nI will be a hired servant in
\nyour house, and the Father won’t<\/p>\n

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\nlet him say that.
\nAnd the Father won’t let him say<\/p>\n

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\nthat because 1, He loves him as
\na son. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd two, the Father knows you
\ncan’t win back God’s respect by <\/p>\n

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\nyour hard work.
\nYou might think you can. <\/p>\n

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\nYou might think, well, I’m going
\nto work jolly hard for God and <\/p>\n

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\nwin his respects so that he will
\nbe proud of me as a worker for <\/p>\n

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\nhim.
\nIt doesn’t work like that. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd the father in this parable
\nwill not let the son make that <\/p>\n

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\nstatement.
\nHe just reinstates him as a son <\/p>\n

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\nbecause that’s how God works.
\nHe loves us and reinstates. <\/p>\n

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\nHe’s not going to have a hired
\nservant in his house. <\/p>\n

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\nHis son is a hired servant.
\nSo he’s giving him the ring and <\/p>\n

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\nthe cloak and the and the shoes
\nand restoring him to his <\/p>\n

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\nrightful position.
\nThat’s the forgiveness of God <\/p>\n

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\nwhen this wayward son turns to
\nhim. <\/p>\n

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\nSo, so I’m, I’m interested in
\nthis attitude. <\/p>\n

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\nNow the son wants to work and
\nthe father won’t let him. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd it’s the same, it’s the same
\nwith us. <\/p>\n

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\nHe, he’s not expecting you to
\nwork and labour and earn, but he<\/p>\n

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\nis expecting something of you.
\nI wonder if I can show you the <\/p>\n

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\nright attitude from Isaiah
\nchapter 6, please. <\/p>\n

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\nThis, this is how it should
\nwork. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd maybe you’ll be able to
\nrelate to this if we just work <\/p>\n

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\nour way through this, this
\nlittle section of Scripture. <\/p>\n

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\nWith apologies to those of you
\nwho might have heard me say this<\/p>\n

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\nbefore.
\nSo, so Isaiah chapter 6, perhaps<\/p>\n

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\nan unusual place to go when you
\nthink about service, but but it <\/p>\n

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\ndoes have a well known verse in
\nit, which we which we’ll get to <\/p>\n

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\nin a moment.
\nSo, so the the chapter opens <\/p>\n

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\nwith a vision and it’s a vision
\nof the Kingdom. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd I know it’s a vision of the
\nKingdom because Jesus says it is<\/p>\n

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\nin John chapter 12.
\nIt’s a vision of the Lord <\/p>\n

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\nsitting on his throne.
\nVerse 1 He was high and lifted <\/p>\n

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\nup, and his train filled the
\ntemple above him, sorry, and <\/p>\n

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\nabove it stood the seraphim.
\nEach one had 6 wings. <\/p>\n

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\nWith twain He covered his face
\nwith twain, He covered his feet <\/p>\n

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\nwith twain He did fly.
\nAnd one cried unto another and <\/p>\n

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\nsaid, holy, holy, holy is the
\nLord of hosts. <\/p>\n

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\nThe earth is full of his glory.
\nAnd that that final phrase <\/p>\n

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\nthere, of course, that’s the
\ngreat plan of God, isn’t it? <\/p>\n

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\nThat the world will be filled
\nwith his glory. <\/p>\n

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\nThat that the plan isn’t about
\nyour salvation or my salvation, <\/p>\n

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\nit’s about the world being full
\nof God’s glory. <\/p>\n

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\nSo that that’s how we know this
\nis a Kingdom vision, the time <\/p>\n

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\nwhen Christ reigns and God’s
\nglory is filling the earth and <\/p>\n

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\nthe prophet is seeing this
\nvision of the Kingdom. <\/p>\n

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\nWe’ve talked a little bit about
\nthe vision being reinvigorated <\/p>\n

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\nand you having a firm view of
\nthe Kingdom. <\/p>\n

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\nWell, that’s what the prophet’s
\nnow got. <\/p>\n

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\nHe’s got a vision of what it’s
\ngoing to be like when Christ is <\/p>\n

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\nin the temple.
\nHe’s sitting on the throne, He’s<\/p>\n

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\nreigning supreme and the earth
\nis being populated by people, <\/p>\n

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\nSaints who carried the image of
\nGod. <\/p>\n

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\nThat was always the intention
\nfrom Genesis 1. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd now these Saints are
\ncarrying God’s glory throughout <\/p>\n

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\nthe world and filling it.
\nSo everyone knows now what? <\/p>\n

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\nWhat’s the prophet’s reaction?
\nWhat’s the prophet’s reaction to<\/p>\n

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\nthat vision of the Kingdom?
\nWell, it’s there in verse 5 then<\/p>\n

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\nsaid, I says, Isaiah, woe is me.
\nI am undone because I am a man <\/p>\n

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\nof unclean lips.
\nSo, so here is the here is the <\/p>\n

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\nprophet who realizes that in
\ncomparison with this, this <\/p>\n

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\nwondrous time when the world is
\nfilled with God’s glory, he <\/p>\n

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\nlooks at himself and says, but
\nlook at me, but look how <\/p>\n

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\nunworthy I am.
\nLook how unclean I am. <\/p>\n

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\nLook how helpless I am in in
\ncomparison with this purity and <\/p>\n

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\nthis righteousness and this
\nglory that’s filling the worst. <\/p>\n

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\nJust look at me how pathetic I
\nam. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd he’s sort of confessing I’m
\na man of unclean lips and then <\/p>\n

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\nan Angel.
\nVerse 6 Then flew one of the <\/p>\n

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\nseraphim unto me, having a live
\ncoal in his hand, which he’d <\/p>\n

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\ntaken with the tongues from off
\nthe altar, And he laid it upon <\/p>\n

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\nmy mouth, and said, Lo, this
\nhath touched thy lips, and thine<\/p>\n

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\niniquity is taken away, and thy
\nsin is purged. <\/p>\n

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\nWell, I I, I find that lovely,
\nbecause the prophets kind of <\/p>\n

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\nfound himself in a sinful
\nposition, and recognise that he <\/p>\n

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\nis of a sinful disposition.
\nAnd all of a sudden one of God’s<\/p>\n

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\nangels says, I’ll sort that out.
\nAnd we might, we might puzzle a <\/p>\n

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\nlittle bit about the mechanism
\nthat was used here, but it just <\/p>\n

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\ntakes a cold and touches the
\nprophet’s lips. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd, and the prophet without
\nasking almost that has been made<\/p>\n

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\nright and pure and good and
\nclean. <\/p>\n

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\nHe’s not had to do anything.
\nHe’s not had to to do any tasks <\/p>\n

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\nor work anything or, or pay any
\nmoney or, or do anything to <\/p>\n

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\nachieve this.
\nHe’s just had to say I’m <\/p>\n

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\nunclean.
\nI need to be made clean. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd the Angel says, great, here
\nyou are. <\/p>\n

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\nI sort that out.
\nYou’re now made clean and that’s<\/p>\n

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\nlike us, brothers and sisters,
\nwe accept salvation in the Lord <\/p>\n

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\nJesus Christ by being baptized
\ninto him. <\/p>\n

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\nYou don’t have to work for
\nanything. <\/p>\n

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\nYou don’t have to earn anything.
\nYou don’t have to pass any tests<\/p>\n

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\nor get any qualifications.
\nYou just have to repent and <\/p>\n

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\nbelieve.
\nAnd then you can be baptized <\/p>\n

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\ninto the Lord Jesus Christ and
\nthe blessing of sins forgiven is<\/p>\n

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\nours.
\nGreat. <\/p>\n

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\nNow at that point, if God so
\nwanted, he could say, right, <\/p>\n

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\nI’ve sorted out your sins, you
\nare indebted to me now, and <\/p>\n

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\nyou’re jolly well going to work
\nto pay back what I’ve done for <\/p>\n

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\nyou.
\nBut but, but none of us think <\/p>\n

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\nGod works in that way.
\nAnd of course he doesn’t. <\/p>\n

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\nBut that doesn’t mean there
\nisn’t work to do and there isn’t<\/p>\n

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\nservice to give.
\nSo now look closely at verse 8. <\/p>\n

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\nThe prophet has now been made
\nclean and he hears the voice of <\/p>\n

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\nthe Lord saying, whom shall I
\nsend? <\/p>\n

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\nWho will go for us?
\nSo, so God has got some work to <\/p>\n

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\ndo and he’s, he’s looking for a
\nvolunteer and he’s saying, I <\/p>\n

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\nneed to send somebody, I need to
\nspeak a message to the people <\/p>\n

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\nwho who’s going to go for me.
\nAnd it’s a little bit like that <\/p>\n

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\nnow for you and me, brothers,
\nsisters, when we’re baptized <\/p>\n

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\ninto the Lord Jesus Christ,
\nthere’s work to do and <\/p>\n

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\nvolunteers, that’s the word
\nvolunteers are called for. <\/p>\n

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\nWho’s going to go?
\nAnd the prophet bless him, he <\/p>\n

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\nraises his hand and he says,
\nhere am I send me. <\/p>\n

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\nThat’s the well known verse in
\nthis particular chapter, isn’t <\/p>\n

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\nit?
\nHere am I send me that The <\/p>\n

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\ncontext is important because God
\nisn’t demanding that Isaiah <\/p>\n

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\ngoes, he could have done because
\nthe hey, I’ve sorted out your <\/p>\n

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\nsins, you owe me one.
\nBut he doesn’t say that to the <\/p>\n

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\nprophet, just says I’ve got some
\nwork to do here, but who’s going<\/p>\n

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\nto do this?
\nAnd Isaiah says I will. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd I wonder how you’re feeling
\nnow about your service to <\/p>\n

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\nChrist, because Christ is saying
\nthere is work to do. <\/p>\n

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\nYou’re not obliged.
\nYou’re not on the hook here. <\/p>\n

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\nYou don’t have to if you don’t
\nwant, but Christ is saying <\/p>\n

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\nthere’s work to do.
\nI need you, I’ll go, says the <\/p>\n

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\nprophet.
\nAnd that’s a, that’s a lovely <\/p>\n

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\npicture, isn’t it?
\nAnd and then actually as the as <\/p>\n

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\nthe chapter continues verse 9,
\nthere’s a message to be <\/p>\n

319
\n00:20:38,960 –> 00:20:41,680
\ndelivered.
\nSo this is the work that’s the <\/p>\n

320
\n00:20:41,680 –> 00:20:46,040
\nprophets has to do.
\nGod said, go and tell these <\/p>\n

321
\n00:20:46,040 –> 00:20:50,800
\npeople hear ye indeed, but
\nunderstand not see ye indeed, <\/p>\n

322
\n00:20:50,800 –> 00:20:53,920
\nbut perceive not make the heart
\nof these people fat and make <\/p>\n

323
\n00:20:53,920 –> 00:20:57,520
\ntheir eyes heavy and shut their
\neyes lest they see with their <\/p>\n

324
\n00:20:57,520 –> 00:21:01,240
\neyes and hear with their ears
\nand understand with their hearts<\/p>\n

325
\n00:21:01,240 –> 00:21:04,320
\nand be healed.
\nThat’s the the quotes that we <\/p>\n

326
\n00:21:04,320 –> 00:21:07,720
\nget in the New Testament is that
\nyou recognize that that’s spoken<\/p>\n

327
\n00:21:07,720 –> 00:21:11,200
\nby Christ at the time of
\nparables, for example. <\/p>\n

328
\n00:21:11,680 –> 00:21:15,800
\nSo Isaiah’s going to deliver
\nthis message and he’s going to <\/p>\n

329
\n00:21:15,960 –> 00:21:18,080
\nspeak to the people because
\nthat’s what he’s volunteered to <\/p>\n

330
\n00:21:18,080 –> 00:21:20,800
\ndo.
\nAnd verse 11, he simply says, <\/p>\n

331
\n00:21:21,400 –> 00:21:24,200
\nhow long I’m signing up for
\nthis? <\/p>\n

332
\n00:21:24,360 –> 00:21:27,120
\nHow long Lord, am I going to do
\nthis? <\/p>\n

333
\n00:21:27,800 –> 00:21:29,800
\nWhich is quite interesting.
\nYou might want to know that if <\/p>\n

334
\n00:21:29,800 –> 00:21:32,200
\nyou’ve raised your hand hand and
\nsaid yes, I’m going to do this <\/p>\n

335
\n00:21:32,200 –> 00:21:33,720
\ntask, Lord, I’ll be pleased to
\nhelp. <\/p>\n

336
\n00:21:34,960 –> 00:21:39,520
\nHow long are you expecting me to
\ndo this that that might be a <\/p>\n

337
\n00:21:39,520 –> 00:21:46,160
\nvalid question and the the
\nanswer is quite lovely, isn’t <\/p>\n

338
\n00:21:46,160 –> 00:21:51,880
\nit?
\nVerse 11, the Lord said sorry, <\/p>\n

339
\n00:21:51,880 –> 00:21:53,640
\nthen said I to the Lord, how
\nlong? <\/p>\n

340
\n00:21:53,640 –> 00:22:00,560
\nAnd he said until the cities be
\nwasted without inhabitants. <\/p>\n

341
\n00:22:00,960 –> 00:22:04,400
\nIn other words, you keep going
\nand you speak and you speak <\/p>\n

342
\n00:22:04,440 –> 00:22:06,880
\nuntil there’s no one left to
\nlisten. <\/p>\n

343
\n00:22:06,880 –> 00:22:09,280
\nYou keep delivering that
\nmessage. <\/p>\n

344
\n00:22:09,280 –> 00:22:13,240
\nAnd when you raise your hand as
\na volunteer for the Lord Jesus <\/p>\n

345
\n00:22:13,240 –> 00:22:16,400
\nChrist and say I’m going to
\nserve, what would you like me to<\/p>\n

346
\n00:22:16,400 –> 00:22:18,720
\ndo?
\nThis isn’t something that you do<\/p>\n

347
\n00:22:18,720 –> 00:22:20,960
\nfor a week.
\nIsn’t it something that you do <\/p>\n

348
\n00:22:20,960 –> 00:22:23,960
\nfor the next month?
\nYou keep going and you keep <\/p>\n

349
\n00:22:23,960 –> 00:22:28,960
\ngoing and you keep going until
\nthere’s no more work left to do.<\/p>\n

350
\n00:22:28,960 –> 00:22:34,280
\nAnd I, and I think that that
\nchapter epitomises the service <\/p>\n

351
\n00:22:34,280 –> 00:22:38,840
\nthat’s expected of you and me in
\nthe Lord Jesus Christ. <\/p>\n

352
\n00:22:39,000 –> 00:22:42,360
\nIt’s not compulsory.
\nYou are certainly not going to <\/p>\n

353
\n00:22:42,400 –> 00:22:45,600
\nearn anything.
\nChrist has gone 1st and <\/p>\n

354
\n00:22:45,600 –> 00:22:49,920
\norganized your salvation.
\nIf you want it that while we <\/p>\n

355
\n00:22:49,920 –> 00:22:52,240
\nwere yet sinners, Christ died
\nfor us. <\/p>\n

356
\n00:22:52,880 –> 00:22:57,400
\nBut now he’s saying I want your
\nhelp, please, who’s going to <\/p>\n

357
\n00:22:57,400 –> 00:22:59,600
\nhelp?
\nAnd we’re going to raise our <\/p>\n

358
\n00:22:59,600 –> 00:23:05,120
\nhands and say I will.
\nSo that, that attitude I find <\/p>\n

359
\n00:23:05,120 –> 00:23:08,480
\nquite helpful, brothers and
\nsisters, when it comes to <\/p>\n

360
\n00:23:08,680 –> 00:23:13,000
\nthinking about our service to
\nthe Lord. <\/p>\n

361
\n00:23:13,800 –> 00:23:17,120
\nNo, no, no.
\nWhat, what do you think about <\/p>\n

362
\n00:23:17,360 –> 00:23:20,120
\nour service?
\nYou know, just put yourself in <\/p>\n

363
\n00:23:20,120 –> 00:23:23,520
\nthe ecclesial context.
\nAnd I’m not, I’m not trying to, <\/p>\n

364
\n00:23:25,840 –> 00:23:28,360
\nwell, I, I, I don’t want you to
\nbe critical of your ecclesia, <\/p>\n

365
\n00:23:28,360 –> 00:23:30,960
\nbut just think about your
\necclesial context where there is<\/p>\n

366
\n00:23:30,960 –> 00:23:34,320
\nsome work to do.
\nYou know, how, how many, how <\/p>\n

367
\n00:23:34,320 –> 00:23:37,640
\nmany willing volunteers are
\nthere when there’s something to <\/p>\n

368
\n00:23:37,640 –> 00:23:41,160
\nbe done amongst your ecclesial
\nmembers? <\/p>\n

369
\n00:23:41,600 –> 00:23:43,840
\nYou know, we, we, we belong to
\nan ecclesia of nearly 50 <\/p>\n

370
\n00:23:43,840 –> 00:23:46,080
\nmembers.
\nIf there’s some work to do, are <\/p>\n

371
\n00:23:46,080 –> 00:23:50,360
\nare you likely to see 50 hands
\nraised saying, well, I’ll do it,<\/p>\n

372
\n00:23:50,360 –> 00:23:52,520
\nNo, no, I’ll do it.
\nNo, leave it to me, I’ll do it. <\/p>\n

373
\n00:23:53,160 –> 00:23:58,120
\nIs that how ecclesial life works
\nor, or do you find brothers and <\/p>\n

374
\n00:23:58,120 –> 00:24:02,960
\nsisters sort of looking along
\nthe row and saying, shouldn’t, <\/p>\n

375
\n00:24:02,960 –> 00:24:05,840
\nshouldn’t you be doing it?
\nYou’re best suited for this. <\/p>\n

376
\n00:24:06,600 –> 00:24:08,400
\nWhy isn’t he putting his hand
\nup? <\/p>\n

377
\n00:24:08,400 –> 00:24:10,600
\nHe, he would be ideal for that
\ntask. <\/p>\n

378
\n00:24:11,320 –> 00:24:13,920
\nYou know, we find others who can
\ndo it better than us, rather <\/p>\n

379
\n00:24:13,920 –> 00:24:15,880
\nthan Isaiah who just says, I’ll
\ndo it. <\/p>\n

380
\n00:24:16,720 –> 00:24:19,480
\nWouldn’t it be lovely if 50
\nhands went up and said, yeah, <\/p>\n

381
\n00:24:19,480 –> 00:24:24,280
\nleave it to us, we’ll do this.
\nWell, maybe before we criticise <\/p>\n

382
\n00:24:24,320 –> 00:24:26,800
\nour brothers and sisters, we
\nought to look at ourselves and <\/p>\n

383
\n00:24:26,800 –> 00:24:30,800
\nsay, well, is my hand going up?
\nAm I one who is willing to help <\/p>\n

384
\n00:24:31,120 –> 00:24:34,440
\nand willing to serve in this
\nparticular work? <\/p>\n

385
\n00:24:35,680 –> 00:24:39,320
\nCan I take you to the parable of
\nthe labourers in the vineyard, <\/p>\n

386
\n00:24:39,320 –> 00:24:42,680
\nplease?
\nIn Matthew chapter 20? <\/p>\n

387
\n00:24:52,760 –> 00:24:57,680
\nI’m building on this idea of
\ncorrect attitude, if I may. <\/p>\n

388
\n00:24:58,040 –> 00:25:02,760
\nSo, so you know this parable.
\nThis is where workers are called<\/p>\n

389
\n00:25:03,200 –> 00:25:07,280
\nto help in the vineyard.
\nLet’s just read from verse 3 of <\/p>\n

390
\n00:25:07,280 –> 00:25:12,960
\nMatthew chapter 20.
\nThe the vineyard owner went out <\/p>\n

391
\n00:25:12,960 –> 00:25:17,080
\nabout the third hour and saw
\nothers standing idle in the <\/p>\n

392
\n00:25:17,080 –> 00:25:20,440
\nmarketplace and said unto them,
\nGo ye also into the vineyard, <\/p>\n

393
\n00:25:20,440 –> 00:25:23,320
\nand whatsoever is right, I will
\ngive you. <\/p>\n

394
\n00:25:23,360 –> 00:25:27,400
\nAnd they went their way again.
\nHe went out the 6th hour and the<\/p>\n

395
\n00:25:27,400 –> 00:25:32,880
\n9th hour and did likewise.
\nAnd about the 11th hour he went <\/p>\n

396
\n00:25:32,880 –> 00:25:37,600
\nout and found others standing
\nidle, and saith unto them, Why <\/p>\n

397
\n00:25:37,600 –> 00:25:42,800
\nstand ye here all the day idle?
\nAnd they say unto him, Because <\/p>\n

398
\n00:25:42,800 –> 00:25:47,760
\nno man has hired us.
\nHe saith unto them, Go ye also <\/p>\n

399
\n00:25:48,160 –> 00:25:52,080
\ninto the vineyard.
\nOK, so, so you, you, you <\/p>\n

400
\n00:25:52,080 –> 00:25:58,080
\nremember that parable of the
\nemployer who is looking for <\/p>\n

401
\n00:25:58,080 –> 00:26:01,960
\nworkers and he starts at 6:00 in
\nthe morning and he goes into the<\/p>\n

402
\n00:26:01,960 –> 00:26:07,520
\nMarket Square and he hires
\nlabourers and he contracts with <\/p>\n

403
\n00:26:07,520 –> 00:26:13,280
\nthem for a penny a day.
\nNow I’m told that there are <\/p>\n

404
\n00:26:13,280 –> 00:26:18,000
\ndifferent kinds of servants in
\nScripture. <\/p>\n

405
\n00:26:19,160 –> 00:26:24,520
\nHere is the little hierarchy of
\nservant that we read of in the <\/p>\n

406
\n00:26:24,520 –> 00:26:29,880
\nNew Testament.
\nSo we have bond servants, and <\/p>\n

407
\n00:26:29,880 –> 00:26:32,840
\nthose were servants who were
\nbonded to a house. <\/p>\n

408
\n00:26:32,840 –> 00:26:36,440
\nThey were connected to a house.
\nSometimes in modern translations<\/p>\n

409
\n00:26:36,440 –> 00:26:42,040
\nyou read the word slave and the
\ncurrent, the current climate <\/p>\n

410
\n00:26:42,040 –> 00:26:45,400
\ntoday, slavery, that’s really
\nbad. <\/p>\n

411
\n00:26:45,840 –> 00:26:48,600
\nThere’s all sorts of talk of
\nreparations being paid. <\/p>\n

412
\n00:26:48,600 –> 00:26:50,880
\nAnd look at the cruel British
\nEmpire with its slaves. <\/p>\n

413
\n00:26:50,880 –> 00:26:52,800
\nLook at the way slaves were
\ntreated in America. <\/p>\n

414
\n00:26:53,480 –> 00:26:55,760
\nTherefore, slavery is utterly
\nbad. <\/p>\n

415
\n00:26:56,240 –> 00:27:00,160
\nAnd, and OK, certainly a lot of
\nslavery was bad, but I just want<\/p>\n

416
\n00:27:00,160 –> 00:27:03,400
\nyou to forget that notion for a
\nmoment, because if you were a <\/p>\n

417
\n00:27:03,400 –> 00:27:09,920
\nbond servant, you were OK.
\nYou were connected to a house. <\/p>\n

418
\n00:27:09,920 –> 00:27:13,200
\nYou belonged to a house.
\nNow, the, the idea of belonging <\/p>\n

419
\n00:27:13,200 –> 00:27:16,840
\nsomewhere might bristle with you
\nbecause, oh, I want to be free <\/p>\n

420
\n00:27:16,840 –> 00:27:18,600
\nand I want to do my own things.
\nWell, maybe. <\/p>\n

421
\n00:27:18,800 –> 00:27:22,080
\nBut actually, if you’re
\nconnected to a house, that means<\/p>\n

422
\n00:27:22,200 –> 00:27:25,760
\nevery day you’ve got security,
\nyou’ve got somewhere to sleep, <\/p>\n

423
\n00:27:25,760 –> 00:27:29,040
\nyou’ve got a family who you’re
\nworking with, you’ve got food on<\/p>\n

424
\n00:27:29,040 –> 00:27:32,240
\nyour table every day.
\nYou are going to be OK. <\/p>\n

425
\n00:27:32,560 –> 00:27:34,800
\nYou raise your family in that
\nenvironment. <\/p>\n

426
\n00:27:34,800 –> 00:27:38,040
\nYou’ve got some security.
\nLife is not bad as, as a <\/p>\n

427
\n00:27:38,040 –> 00:27:41,640
\nbondservant, you’re, you’re OK
\nwith this. <\/p>\n

428
\n00:27:42,200 –> 00:27:45,400
\nAnd that’s why when we read of
\nit in the, in the letters of <\/p>\n

429
\n00:27:45,400 –> 00:27:49,560
\nPaul about masters and servants
\nand masters and slaves, you <\/p>\n

430
\n00:27:49,560 –> 00:27:52,240
\nknow, that’s seems a bit
\nincongruous to us at today’s <\/p>\n

431
\n00:27:52,240 –> 00:27:53,600
\nage, because we all ought to be
\nequal. <\/p>\n

432
\n00:27:53,800 –> 00:27:57,360
\nThese bond slaves are OK.
\nThey’ve got food, they’ve got <\/p>\n

433
\n00:27:57,360 –> 00:28:00,040
\nclothing, they’ve got shelter,
\nthey’ve got salaries, they’ve <\/p>\n

434
\n00:28:00,040 –> 00:28:02,520
\ngot, they’ve got a life that
\nworks for them. <\/p>\n

435
\n00:28:02,520 –> 00:28:06,360
\nThey’re, they’re in a privileged
\nposition and they’re happy and <\/p>\n

436
\n00:28:06,360 –> 00:28:09,840
\nservants, which is the next tier
\ndown that they were a bit more <\/p>\n

437
\n00:28:09,840 –> 00:28:14,000
\nperipheral to a family house,
\nbut they still had some of this <\/p>\n

438
\n00:28:14,000 –> 00:28:18,560
\nsecurity and some of this
\nreliability and it meant a lot. <\/p>\n

439
\n00:28:18,560 –> 00:28:22,920
\nSo, so, so don’t just dismiss
\nslavery in scripture as being a <\/p>\n

440
\n00:28:22,920 –> 00:28:25,920
\nvery bad thing.
\nThese people were OK and were <\/p>\n

441
\n00:28:25,920 –> 00:28:29,360
\nhappy about it.
\nIf you were a hired servant, <\/p>\n

442
\n00:28:29,360 –> 00:28:31,760
\nwhich is actually what the
\nprodigal son wanted to be. <\/p>\n

443
\n00:28:31,760 –> 00:28:34,880
\nIf you were a hired servant,
\nlife is grim. <\/p>\n

444
\n00:28:36,160 –> 00:28:38,440
\nYou are not connected to a
\nfamily. <\/p>\n

445
\n00:28:39,120 –> 00:28:45,720
\nYou are not guaranteed security
\nof clothing and shelter and food<\/p>\n

446
\n00:28:45,800 –> 00:28:49,920
\non any particular day.
\nYou have to be at the labour <\/p>\n

447
\n00:28:49,920 –> 00:28:54,120
\nexchange at 6:00 in the morning,
\nready to work. <\/p>\n

448
\n00:28:55,840 –> 00:28:58,080
\nAnd, and what if no one employs
\nyou? <\/p>\n

449
\n00:28:59,520 –> 00:29:03,600
\nWhat, what if no one comes along
\nand gives you some contracted <\/p>\n

450
\n00:29:03,600 –> 00:29:06,680
\nhours that day?
\nThese are the 0 hour contracts, <\/p>\n

451
\n00:29:06,680 –> 00:29:08,720
\npeople.
\nThat’s a phrase we know in the <\/p>\n

452
\n00:29:08,720 –> 00:29:11,320
\nUK.
\nCertainly they’re under <\/p>\n

453
\n00:29:11,320 –> 00:29:13,920
\ncontract, sort of.
\nBut there’s no work. <\/p>\n

454
\n00:29:14,200 –> 00:29:19,760
\nIf there is no work, that means
\nthere’s no penny at the end of <\/p>\n

455
\n00:29:19,760 –> 00:29:23,200
\nthe day.
\nThat means there’s no evening <\/p>\n

456
\n00:29:23,200 –> 00:29:28,080
\nmeal.
\nThat means there’s hunger and <\/p>\n

457
\n00:29:28,440 –> 00:29:35,240
\ndestitution and it’s hard.
\nSo life as a hired servant is <\/p>\n

458
\n00:29:35,240 –> 00:29:38,800
\ngrim if no one hires you.
\nThis is bleak. <\/p>\n

459
\n00:29:40,280 –> 00:29:44,000
\nNow, I’m in a very privileged
\nposition of having never <\/p>\n

460
\n00:29:44,000 –> 00:29:48,800
\nexperienced unemployment, but
\nbut there will be some here who <\/p>\n

461
\n00:29:48,800 –> 00:29:52,240
\nhave experienced that, There
\nwill be some here who will <\/p>\n

462
\n00:29:52,240 –> 00:29:56,160
\nexperience that.
\nAnd I, my heart goes out to you,<\/p>\n

463
\n00:29:56,320 –> 00:29:59,240
\nyou know, if that, if that
\nmonthly salary or that weekly <\/p>\n

464
\n00:29:59,240 –> 00:30:04,120
\nwage isn’t arriving all of a
\nsudden and yet bills keep <\/p>\n

465
\n00:30:04,120 –> 00:30:07,400
\ncoming.
\nThis is not good. <\/p>\n

466
\n00:30:08,440 –> 00:30:10,960
\nAnd, and this is where people
\nlose confidence. <\/p>\n

467
\n00:30:10,960 –> 00:30:13,400
\nYou know, if they can’t get
\nwork, they lose confidence, <\/p>\n

468
\n00:30:13,560 –> 00:30:18,160
\ntheir self esteem goes, they
\ndrop into a cycle of anxiety and<\/p>\n

469
\n00:30:18,160 –> 00:30:20,760
\nworry and concern.
\nThey become depressed. <\/p>\n

470
\n00:30:20,760 –> 00:30:25,640
\nThis is not a good thing.
\nAnd and imagine if you go to the<\/p>\n

471
\n00:30:25,640 –> 00:30:29,320
\nlabour exchange in the morning
\nand you’re willing to work and <\/p>\n

472
\n00:30:29,320 –> 00:30:33,560
\nno one hires you.
\nSo that’s a bad day. <\/p>\n

473
\n00:30:34,600 –> 00:30:39,760
\nBut you go back the next morning
\nhoping that someone’s going to <\/p>\n

474
\n00:30:39,800 –> 00:30:43,440
\nemploy you.
\nAnd a potential employer comes <\/p>\n

475
\n00:30:43,440 –> 00:30:47,840
\nalong and says, ah, I might
\nemploy you today. <\/p>\n

476
\n00:30:47,840 –> 00:30:53,560
\nWhere did you work yesterday?
\nAnd you have to say, ah, no one <\/p>\n

477
\n00:30:53,560 –> 00:30:57,600
\nhired me yesterday.
\nOh, wonder why? <\/p>\n

478
\n00:30:58,280 –> 00:31:00,320
\nPerhaps you weren’t.
\nPerhaps you’re not a hard <\/p>\n

479
\n00:31:00,320 –> 00:31:01,920
\nworker.
\nPerhaps you’re not worth <\/p>\n

480
\n00:31:01,920 –> 00:31:04,800
\nemploying.
\nI’ll go and try somebody else. <\/p>\n

481
\n00:31:06,360 –> 00:31:09,040
\nImagine that happening for a few
\ndays. <\/p>\n

482
\n00:31:09,960 –> 00:31:15,360
\nWhen did you last work?
\nNot worked for a week, actually.<\/p>\n

483
\n00:31:16,000 –> 00:31:19,360
\nOh, maybe no one ever wants to
\nemploy you. <\/p>\n

484
\n00:31:19,440 –> 00:31:23,040
\nI’ll go and find another worker.
\nYou can see how it might work. <\/p>\n

485
\n00:31:23,040 –> 00:31:26,240
\nAnd, and, and getting caught in
\nthat cycle will be really <\/p>\n

486
\n00:31:26,240 –> 00:31:28,200
\ndifficult.
\nAnd, and, and there’s a hint at <\/p>\n

487
\n00:31:28,200 –> 00:31:34,760
\nthat in this particular parable
\nbecause these labourers who <\/p>\n

488
\n00:31:34,760 –> 00:31:39,080
\ndon’t get hired at 6:00 in the
\nmorning, they’re still there at <\/p>\n

489
\n00:31:39,080 –> 00:31:43,360
\n9:00 and they’re still there at
\n12:00, and they’re still there <\/p>\n

490
\n00:31:43,360 –> 00:31:46,440
\nat 3:00 and they’re still there
\nat 5:00. <\/p>\n

491
\n00:31:46,640 –> 00:31:50,320
\nNot because they’re lazy, but
\nbecause they need someone to <\/p>\n

492
\n00:31:50,360 –> 00:31:52,400
\nemploy them.
\nThey’re still hoping that <\/p>\n

493
\n00:31:52,400 –> 00:31:54,880
\nsomeone’s going to employ them
\nlate in the day. <\/p>\n

494
\n00:31:55,160 –> 00:32:00,160
\nPlease just give us some work.
\nWe’re desperate for work in your<\/p>\n

495
\n00:32:00,160 –> 00:32:02,280
\nvineyard.
\nWe’d love to work there. <\/p>\n

496
\n00:32:04,400 –> 00:32:10,280
\nAnd that to me is, is enormously
\nhelpful when we think about the <\/p>\n

497
\n00:32:10,280 –> 00:32:14,120
\ngenerosity of this vineyard
\nowner who comes along. <\/p>\n

498
\n00:32:14,360 –> 00:32:16,360
\nWe, we might question about what
\nthe penny means. <\/p>\n

499
\n00:32:16,360 –> 00:32:17,720
\nAnd I could talk to you about
\nthat. <\/p>\n

500
\n00:32:18,640 –> 00:32:22,960
\nBut the vineyard owner comes
\nalong at 9:00 and he takes some <\/p>\n

501
\n00:32:22,960 –> 00:32:25,400
\nmore.
\nAnd at 12:00 and he takes some <\/p>\n

502
\n00:32:25,400 –> 00:32:27,360
\nmore.
\nAnd at 3:00 he takes some more. <\/p>\n

503
\n00:32:27,520 –> 00:32:30,680
\nAnd at 5:00 in the afternoon,
\nthere’s only an hour of daylight<\/p>\n

504
\n00:32:30,680 –> 00:32:33,640
\nleft.
\nHe’s going to get no work <\/p>\n

505
\n00:32:33,640 –> 00:32:36,600
\nwhatsoever out of these people
\nis, you know, by the time <\/p>\n

506
\n00:32:36,600 –> 00:32:38,640
\nthey’ve picked their things up
\nand walked all the way to the <\/p>\n

507
\n00:32:38,640 –> 00:32:42,960
\nvineyard and got out amongst the
\nvines, there’s only a bit of <\/p>\n

508
\n00:32:42,960 –> 00:32:45,320
\ndaylight left.
\nHe’s not going to get much work <\/p>\n

509
\n00:32:45,320 –> 00:32:48,560
\nout of them.
\nAnd yet he still employs them, <\/p>\n

510
\n00:32:49,600 –> 00:32:55,720
\nthese people who might be
\nunemployable, and yet the <\/p>\n

511
\n00:32:55,720 –> 00:32:58,880
\nvineyard owner is there and he’s
\ncalling them and saying, you <\/p>\n

512
\n00:32:58,880 –> 00:33:01,160
\ncome and work in my vineyard,
\nYou come and work in my <\/p>\n

513
\n00:33:01,160 –> 00:33:04,080
\nvineyard.
\nAnd everyone of this group said,<\/p>\n

514
\n00:33:04,200 –> 00:33:08,640
\ngreat, that’s lovely.
\nI’d really be delighted to work <\/p>\n

515
\n00:33:08,640 –> 00:33:11,360
\nin your vineyard.
\nAnd they went and they would be <\/p>\n

516
\n00:33:11,360 –> 00:33:18,440
\nthrilled to work there.
\nAnd then just imagine 6:00 in <\/p>\n

517
\n00:33:18,440 –> 00:33:22,640
\nthe morning tomorrow, they stand
\nat the labour exchange and a <\/p>\n

518
\n00:33:22,640 –> 00:33:25,600
\npotential employer comes along
\nand says, where did you work <\/p>\n

519
\n00:33:25,600 –> 00:33:27,160
\nyesterday?
\nAnd they’re able to say we <\/p>\n

520
\n00:33:27,160 –> 00:33:30,720
\nworked in his vineyard.
\nAnd they’ll be so thrilled that <\/p>\n

521
\n00:33:30,720 –> 00:33:35,520
\nthey could say that this
\nreputable man, he chose me and I<\/p>\n

522
\n00:33:35,520 –> 00:33:38,240
\nworked in his vineyard.
\nYou might not say that you chose<\/p>\n

523
\n00:33:38,240 –> 00:33:41,800
\nme at 5:00 in the afternoon and
\nonly gave me 30 minutes worth of<\/p>\n

524
\n00:33:41,800 –> 00:33:44,120
\nwork.
\nYou might not say that, but <\/p>\n

525
\n00:33:44,120 –> 00:33:47,560
\nyou’d be able to say I was
\nchosen by him and I was able to <\/p>\n

526
\n00:33:47,560 –> 00:33:49,880
\nwork in his vineyard.
\nCan’t, can’t you just get a <\/p>\n

527
\n00:33:49,880 –> 00:33:57,160
\nsense here of the, the delight
\nto work in the Masters vineyard <\/p>\n

528
\n00:33:57,160 –> 00:34:02,680
\nthat these people would have,
\nthese are individuals who would <\/p>\n

529
\n00:34:02,680 –> 00:34:10,040
\nbe overjoyed at being called to
\nwork in his vineyard and they <\/p>\n

530
\n00:34:10,040 –> 00:34:13,280
\nwould go home that night and
\nthey got that penny. <\/p>\n

531
\n00:34:13,960 –> 00:34:17,679
\nThey could buy bread, they could
\nput food on the table. <\/p>\n

532
\n00:34:18,320 –> 00:34:21,320
\nThe the, the wife is happy, the
\nchildren are happy. <\/p>\n

533
\n00:34:21,320 –> 00:34:26,600
\nThe family home that night is a
\nhappy place because this labour <\/p>\n

534
\n00:34:26,600 –> 00:34:28,960
\nhas been called to work in the
\nvineyard. <\/p>\n

535
\n00:34:30,120 –> 00:34:34,520
\nNow I’m trying to give you a
\nsense here of how delighted <\/p>\n

536
\n00:34:34,880 –> 00:34:37,800
\nthese people are to work in this
\nvineyard. <\/p>\n

537
\n00:34:38,280 –> 00:34:43,000
\nAnd I just ask you then to
\ncompare it with yourself. <\/p>\n

538
\n00:34:44,520 –> 00:34:48,760
\nTake that spirit back to your
\necclesia when there’s some work <\/p>\n

539
\n00:34:48,760 –> 00:34:51,800
\nto do.
\nAnd these folk, they were <\/p>\n

540
\n00:34:51,960 –> 00:34:54,840
\noverjoyed to work in the Masters
\nVineyard. <\/p>\n

541
\n00:34:55,040 –> 00:34:57,160
\nThat would mean everything to
\nthem. <\/p>\n

542
\n00:34:58,560 –> 00:35:02,600
\nAnd you go back to your ecclesia
\nand you will witness some <\/p>\n

543
\n00:35:02,600 –> 00:35:06,240
\nreluctance.
\nIs it my turn again? <\/p>\n

544
\n00:35:07,320 –> 00:35:09,520
\nIs it?
\nIsn’t anyone else doing that <\/p>\n

545
\n00:35:09,520 –> 00:35:13,840
\ntask this time?
\nI’ll do it Here. <\/p>\n

546
\n00:35:13,840 –> 00:35:15,440
\nAm I?
\nSend me. <\/p>\n

547
\n00:35:15,640 –> 00:35:18,200
\nI’d like to work in your
\nvineyard, please. <\/p>\n

548
\n00:35:18,920 –> 00:35:22,280
\nCan you see that is?
\nIs that not just the way our <\/p>\n

549
\n00:35:22,280 –> 00:35:26,160
\nservice ought to be in the Lord
\nJesus Christ? <\/p>\n

550
\n00:35:26,160 –> 00:35:29,400
\nWhere’s that spirit gone from
\nour ecclesias? <\/p>\n

551
\n00:35:29,560 –> 00:35:33,800
\nYou can take that back.
\nYou can be that person, you can <\/p>\n

552
\n00:35:33,800 –> 00:35:39,280
\nlead by that example, you can re
\nexamine your service and you can<\/p>\n

553
\n00:35:39,520 –> 00:35:43,720
\nshow your ecclesia how to work
\nfor the Lord. <\/p>\n

554
\n00:35:45,240 –> 00:35:47,600
\nMatthew Sorry Mark chapter 6
\nplease. <\/p>\n

555
\n00:35:47,600 –> 00:35:54,480
\nLet’s move on.
\nThe disciples at work here. <\/p>\n

556
\n00:35:55,880 –> 00:35:57,600
\nMark chapter 6 is a lovely
\nchapter. <\/p>\n

557
\n00:36:00,200 –> 00:36:07,760
\nIt, it starts in verse 7 with
\nhim calling his 12 and you’ll <\/p>\n

558
\n00:36:07,760 –> 00:36:13,080
\nnotice he’s going to send them
\nforth 2 by 2 and they’re going <\/p>\n

559
\n00:36:13,080 –> 00:36:19,200
\nto preach the gospel and they’re
\ngiven power to heal and to make <\/p>\n

560
\n00:36:19,200 –> 00:36:23,280
\nclean and they get various
\ninstructions from the Lord Jesus<\/p>\n

561
\n00:36:23,280 –> 00:36:26,760
\nChrist and off they go.
\nThese are these are the workers <\/p>\n

562
\n00:36:26,760 –> 00:36:29,320
\nappointed.
\nThe 12 disciples are going out <\/p>\n

563
\n00:36:29,320 –> 00:36:33,560
\nin pairs to do the work for the
\nLord Jesus Christ. <\/p>\n

564
\n00:36:35,160 –> 00:36:39,640
\nWe don’t need to pursue all the
\ndetails, but several verses <\/p>\n

565
\n00:36:39,640 –> 00:36:48,080
\nlater on they return in verse 30
\nand it says that this is what <\/p>\n

566
\n00:36:48,080 –> 00:36:50,640
\nthey reported.
\nThe apostles gathered themselves<\/p>\n

567
\n00:36:51,240 –> 00:36:56,280
\ntogether unto Jesus and they
\ntold him all things, both what <\/p>\n

568
\n00:36:56,280 –> 00:36:59,640
\nthey had done and what they had
\ntaught. <\/p>\n

569
\n00:37:00,520 –> 00:37:05,600
\nOK, so so here they are, that
\nthere are two things you need to<\/p>\n

570
\n00:37:05,600 –> 00:37:11,160
\nobserve from that.
\nFirst of all, they tell him what<\/p>\n

571
\n00:37:11,160 –> 00:37:17,480
\nthey had done before, what they
\nhad taught, and that that’s not <\/p>\n

572
\n00:37:17,480 –> 00:37:22,200
\nthe right way round.
\nIn your ecclesial life, when <\/p>\n

573
\n00:37:22,200 –> 00:37:27,080
\nyou’re, when you’re considering
\na practical help that you might <\/p>\n

574
\n00:37:27,080 –> 00:37:31,240
\ngive either to the community, as
\nin the Christadelphian <\/p>\n

575
\n00:37:31,240 –> 00:37:34,600
\ncommunity, or to the community
\naround you, when you’re thinking<\/p>\n

576
\n00:37:34,600 –> 00:37:40,240
\nof practical help that does not
\ncome before the teaching that we<\/p>\n

577
\n00:37:40,240 –> 00:37:43,320
\ncan give.
\nAlways make sure the gospel <\/p>\n

578
\n00:37:43,320 –> 00:37:47,840
\nmessage comes first in your
\nwitness, in your ecclesial life,<\/p>\n

579
\n00:37:47,840 –> 00:37:50,440
\nin your work.
\nIt’s not about what you do, it’s<\/p>\n

580
\n00:37:50,440 –> 00:37:53,640
\nabout what you teach.
\nYou have the most precious <\/p>\n

581
\n00:37:53,640 –> 00:37:56,600
\nthing, the key to salvation,
\nbecause you’ve got your Bible, <\/p>\n

582
\n00:37:56,800 –> 00:37:58,440
\nyou understand the gospel
\nmessage. <\/p>\n

583
\n00:37:58,680 –> 00:38:01,440
\nYou need to share that.
\nIt’s no good filling empty <\/p>\n

584
\n00:38:01,440 –> 00:38:03,680
\nstomachs if you don’t give them
\nthe gospel message. <\/p>\n

585
\n00:38:03,840 –> 00:38:05,360
\nI know we need to fill empty
\nstomachs. <\/p>\n

586
\n00:38:05,360 –> 00:38:09,080
\nI know we need to do all those
\nthose kindly things, but don’t <\/p>\n

587
\n00:38:09,080 –> 00:38:13,160
\nget it the wrong way round.
\nThe gospel message has to be our<\/p>\n

588
\n00:38:13,160 –> 00:38:17,080
\nfocus.
\nThe disciples didn’t get that. <\/p>\n

589
\n00:38:17,920 –> 00:38:22,120
\nThe other thing which they
\ndidn’t get is they were busy <\/p>\n

590
\n00:38:22,120 –> 00:38:29,200
\ntelling the Lord Jesus Christ
\nwhat they had done and what they<\/p>\n

591
\n00:38:29,600 –> 00:38:34,640
\nhad taught, that they’d not yet
\ngrabbed hold of the key, saying <\/p>\n

592
\n00:38:34,640 –> 00:38:38,920
\nthat without him they can do
\nnothing, that they’ve not got <\/p>\n

593
\n00:38:38,920 –> 00:38:41,560
\nthat, That we did this.
\nYeah. <\/p>\n

594
\n00:38:41,560 –> 00:38:43,000
\nLet me tell you what happened in
\nthis place. <\/p>\n

595
\n00:38:43,000 –> 00:38:45,080
\nLord, let me tell you how I
\nhealed that person in that <\/p>\n

596
\n00:38:45,080 –> 00:38:47,400
\nparticular vision, that they had
\nsuccess. <\/p>\n

597
\n00:38:48,760 –> 00:38:54,200
\nBut they are doing it themselves
\nand they’re claiming that they <\/p>\n

598
\n00:38:54,200 –> 00:38:58,200
\nachieved it themselves.
\nAnd then we had this little <\/p>\n

599
\n00:38:58,200 –> 00:39:01,280
\nphrase.
\nI just listed it yesterday in <\/p>\n

600
\n00:39:01,280 –> 00:39:03,680
\nverse 31.
\nCome yourself, come ye <\/p>\n

601
\n00:39:03,680 –> 00:39:06,960
\nyourselves apart into a desert
\nplace and rest a while. <\/p>\n

602
\n00:39:07,160 –> 00:39:10,080
\nHere is Jesus teaching them on
\none, taking them onto one side. <\/p>\n

603
\n00:39:10,360 –> 00:39:12,920
\nAnd He’s got to talk to these
\ndisciples. <\/p>\n

604
\n00:39:13,760 –> 00:39:17,200
\nHe’s got to help them recover
\nand He’s got to try and clear up<\/p>\n

605
\n00:39:17,200 –> 00:39:22,560
\nthis priority.
\nAnd events sort of run away from<\/p>\n

606
\n00:39:22,560 –> 00:39:26,040
\nthem, don’t they?
\nBecause the multitude follow Him<\/p>\n

607
\n00:39:26,840 –> 00:39:33,560
\nand they’re being taught.
\nAnd after a long time, the day <\/p>\n

608
\n00:39:33,560 –> 00:39:37,200
\nwas far spent, the disciples
\ncome unto Him, don’t they? <\/p>\n

609
\n00:39:37,200 –> 00:39:43,520
\nAnd they say, verse 35 this is a
\ndesert place, time is now fast <\/p>\n

610
\n00:39:43,560 –> 00:39:47,160
\nspent, send them away that they
\nmight go into a country <\/p>\n

611
\n00:39:47,320 –> 00:39:51,760
\nroundabouts and into the
\nvillagers to buy themselves <\/p>\n

612
\n00:39:51,760 –> 00:39:55,160
\nbread.
\nAnd and the what the what Jesus <\/p>\n

613
\n00:39:55,320 –> 00:39:59,840
\nsays to them in verse 37, he
\nanswered and said unto them, <\/p>\n

614
\n00:40:00,520 –> 00:40:08,640
\nGive ye them to eat, give you
\nthem something to eat. <\/p>\n

615
\n00:40:10,400 –> 00:40:13,000
\nI, I, I wonder how the disciples
\nfelt at that point. <\/p>\n

616
\n00:40:13,040 –> 00:40:15,600
\nYou know, they’ve, they’ve just
\ndone all this successful <\/p>\n

617
\n00:40:15,600 –> 00:40:17,600
\npreaching.
\nThey’ve just done all this <\/p>\n

618
\n00:40:17,920 –> 00:40:22,520
\nhealing and restoration and
\nthey’ve come back to Jesus and <\/p>\n

619
\n00:40:22,520 –> 00:40:25,120
\nsaid, let, let, let me tell you
\nwhat we’ve done. <\/p>\n

620
\n00:40:25,520 –> 00:40:28,280
\nLet me tell you the successes
\nthat we have had. <\/p>\n

621
\n00:40:28,480 –> 00:40:31,480
\nLet me tell you how good it was
\nwhen we did this and when we did<\/p>\n

622
\n00:40:31,480 –> 00:40:33,720
\nthat.
\nAnd then they were sort of full <\/p>\n

623
\n00:40:33,720 –> 00:40:36,240
\nof it, weren’t they?
\nAnd now all of a sudden there’s <\/p>\n

624
\n00:40:36,240 –> 00:40:40,920
\na multitude and the Lord Jesus
\nChrist says to them, go on then <\/p>\n

625
\n00:40:41,520 –> 00:40:48,320
\ngive them something to eat.
\nLord us, how are we going to do <\/p>\n

626
\n00:40:48,320 –> 00:40:51,080
\nthat?
\nLord, even if we’ve got 200 <\/p>\n

627
\n00:40:51,080 –> 00:40:53,480
\npence, we wouldn’t be able to
\nbuy enough bread to feed all <\/p>\n

628
\n00:40:53,480 –> 00:40:55,360
\nthese people.
\nHow are we going to do that? <\/p>\n

629
\n00:40:55,360 –> 00:40:59,760
\nYou know, they bring, bring a
\nhuman view, a human solution. <\/p>\n

630
\n00:41:00,240 –> 00:41:01,360
\nWell, how much money have we
\ngot? <\/p>\n

631
\n00:41:01,360 –> 00:41:03,400
\nHow much could we buy?
\nWe couldn’t possibly feed all <\/p>\n

632
\n00:41:03,400 –> 00:41:05,840
\nthese people.
\nEven if we got 200 pennies, we <\/p>\n

633
\n00:41:05,840 –> 00:41:07,800
\ncould not buy enough food for
\nall these people. <\/p>\n

634
\n00:41:07,800 –> 00:41:10,920
\nThey bring a human solution and
\nthey can’t do do it and they <\/p>\n

635
\n00:41:10,920 –> 00:41:14,160
\nknow they can’t do it.
\nAnd the Lord Jesus Christ could <\/p>\n

636
\n00:41:14,160 –> 00:41:17,280
\nhave at that point said, ha, ha,
\nI told you, I knew you couldn’t <\/p>\n

637
\n00:41:17,280 –> 00:41:18,560
\ndo it.
\nYou can’t do it without me. <\/p>\n

638
\n00:41:18,560 –> 00:41:20,240
\nHe could have said that,
\ncouldn’t he? <\/p>\n

639
\n00:41:20,720 –> 00:41:24,520
\nIf he wanted that, that the Lord
\nJesus Christ would have said, <\/p>\n

640
\n00:41:24,920 –> 00:41:27,240
\nwell, you boasted about all
\nthose other miracles. <\/p>\n

641
\n00:41:27,240 –> 00:41:30,720
\nWhy can’t you do this miracle?
\nHe, he could have said that to <\/p>\n

642
\n00:41:30,720 –> 00:41:35,120
\nthem, couldn’t he?
\nBut he, he didn’t, he, he could <\/p>\n

643
\n00:41:35,120 –> 00:41:39,040
\nhave been really cross and said,
\nthat’s not good enough. <\/p>\n

644
\n00:41:39,040 –> 00:41:43,160
\nYou managed last time.
\nLet’s say you try harder and do <\/p>\n

645
\n00:41:43,160 –> 00:41:45,280
\nit this time.
\nHe could have got cross with <\/p>\n

646
\n00:41:45,280 –> 00:41:48,720
\nthem and shouted at them and
\nraised his voice for <\/p>\n

647
\n00:41:49,000 –> 00:41:53,120
\nunderperformance.
\nBut he doesn’t do that. <\/p>\n

648
\n00:41:54,520 –> 00:41:58,440
\nHe he could have just pulled
\nrank and said, see, you’re <\/p>\n

649
\n00:41:58,440 –> 00:42:01,160
\nhopeless people.
\nYou’re not able to do this. <\/p>\n

650
\n00:42:01,640 –> 00:42:04,560
\nStand back.
\nLet me show you how it should be<\/p>\n

651
\n00:42:04,560 –> 00:42:06,160
\ndone.
\nI’ll do this miracle. <\/p>\n

652
\n00:42:06,160 –> 00:42:08,200
\nYou just watch and understand
\nhow it should be done. <\/p>\n

653
\n00:42:08,320 –> 00:42:11,920
\nThe Lord Jesus Christ could have
\nsaid said that if he wanted, <\/p>\n

654
\n00:42:11,920 –> 00:42:14,400
\ncouldn’t he?
\nHe could have taken control of <\/p>\n

655
\n00:42:14,400 –> 00:42:17,320
\nthe situation and shown them
\nwhat to do. <\/p>\n

656
\n00:42:17,320 –> 00:42:20,280
\nStand aside.
\nThis is not for amateurs like <\/p>\n

657
\n00:42:20,280 –> 00:42:22,520
\nyou.
\nThis is for professionals like <\/p>\n

658
\n00:42:22,520 –> 00:42:23,880
\nme.
\nWatch this. <\/p>\n

659
\n00:42:25,240 –> 00:42:27,880
\nAnd there’s none of that from
\nthe Lord Jesus Christ. <\/p>\n

660
\n00:42:27,880 –> 00:42:31,080
\nThere’s none of that.
\nHis disciples have got a <\/p>\n

661
\n00:42:31,600 –> 00:42:37,560
\nperverted view of service at the
\nmoment and the Lord is going to <\/p>\n

662
\n00:42:37,560 –> 00:42:42,640
\nshow them how it works.
\nSo he says to them, doesn’t he? <\/p>\n

663
\n00:42:45,520 –> 00:42:50,520
\nVerse 38 How many loaves have ye
\ngo and see? <\/p>\n

664
\n00:42:50,560 –> 00:42:57,520
\nAnd when they knew, they say 5
\nand 2 fish and, and, and it’s <\/p>\n

665
\n00:42:57,520 –> 00:42:59,800
\nembarrassing, isn’t it?
\nYou know, here, here are <\/p>\n

666
\n00:42:59,800 –> 00:43:05,160
\ndisciples now who are
\ncontributing to the mass feeding<\/p>\n

667
\n00:43:05,160 –> 00:43:10,520
\nof 5000 people and we’ve got 5
\nloaves and a couple of fish. <\/p>\n

668
\n00:43:10,520 –> 00:43:12,680
\nHere you are, Lord that, that
\nthat’s it. <\/p>\n

669
\n00:43:13,360 –> 00:43:16,200
\nIt’s embarrassing that they’ve
\ngot nothing more to offer. <\/p>\n

670
\n00:43:16,200 –> 00:43:19,480
\nAnd again, Christ could have
\nsaid, is that all? <\/p>\n

671
\n00:43:20,920 –> 00:43:24,360
\nHow on earth do you think we’re
\ngoing to solve a problem of 5000<\/p>\n

672
\n00:43:24,360 –> 00:43:27,360
\nhungry people with such a paltry
\ncontribution? <\/p>\n

673
\n00:43:27,360 –> 00:43:30,120
\nHe could have said that, but but
\nbut he doesn’t. <\/p>\n

674
\n00:43:30,120 –> 00:43:35,000
\nYou see, the Lord Jesus Christ,
\nhe’s looking for something. <\/p>\n

675
\n00:43:35,760 –> 00:43:40,240
\nHe’s looking for something from
\nyou. <\/p>\n

676
\n00:43:40,240 –> 00:43:47,520
\nAnd, and it doesn’t matter how
\nbig or how small, he’s looking <\/p>\n

677
\n00:43:47,520 –> 00:43:50,960
\nfor you to bring something in
\nyour service. <\/p>\n

678
\n00:43:52,160 –> 00:43:55,840
\nAnd even if you’re embarrassed
\nby it, because it’s so pathetic,<\/p>\n

679
\n00:43:55,840 –> 00:43:59,240
\nthis is all I’ve got.
\nLord, It’s, it’s 5 loaves and <\/p>\n

680
\n00:43:59,240 –> 00:44:02,520
\ntwo fish.
\nI know that’s absolutely useless<\/p>\n

681
\n00:44:02,520 –> 00:44:04,840
\nin the context of what we’re
\ntrying to do here. <\/p>\n

682
\n00:44:05,960 –> 00:44:09,360
\nAnd the Lord Jesus Christ says,
\ngreat, we’re off. <\/p>\n

683
\n00:44:10,600 –> 00:44:14,160
\nThat’s all I need.
\nI just need something from you. <\/p>\n

684
\n00:44:15,480 –> 00:44:19,280
\nAnd then of course, as soon as
\nhe’s got that something, he’s <\/p>\n

685
\n00:44:19,280 –> 00:44:22,080
\norganising the disciples.
\nThey’re making the crowd to sit <\/p>\n

686
\n00:44:22,080 –> 00:44:27,280
\ndown in companies of 50s and
\nhundreds and, and, and a prayer <\/p>\n

687
\n00:44:27,280 –> 00:44:32,040
\nis given, bread is broken and
\nit’s distributed and it’s given <\/p>\n

688
\n00:44:32,040 –> 00:44:35,920
\nto the disciples and they are
\nsharing it out. <\/p>\n

689
\n00:44:36,280 –> 00:44:41,480
\nVerse 41 When he had taken the
\nfive loaves and the two fish, he<\/p>\n

690
\n00:44:41,480 –> 00:44:44,920
\nlooked up to heaven, blessed
\nbreak the loaves gave them to <\/p>\n

691
\n00:44:44,920 –> 00:44:49,520
\nthis, to the disciples to set
\nbefore them, and the two fishes <\/p>\n

692
\n00:44:49,720 –> 00:44:53,200
\ndivided He among them all.
\nHe wanted the disciples to be <\/p>\n

693
\n00:44:53,200 –> 00:44:55,160
\ninvolved.
\nSo Christ here takes this little<\/p>\n

694
\n00:44:55,160 –> 00:44:58,880
\noffering, this insignificant
\namount, and in His hands, all of<\/p>\n

695
\n00:44:58,880 –> 00:45:00,680
\na sudden it becomes something
\nspecial. <\/p>\n

696
\n00:45:00,920 –> 00:45:03,640
\nAnd He gives it to the disciples
\nand the disciples take it and <\/p>\n

697
\n00:45:03,640 –> 00:45:07,200
\nshare it out.
\nAnd the disciples have got a <\/p>\n

698
\n00:45:07,200 –> 00:45:10,560
\nclue what’s going on here.
\nThey do not know where all this <\/p>\n

699
\n00:45:10,560 –> 00:45:13,040
\nbread is coming from.
\nHow many did we give to him? <\/p>\n

700
\n00:45:13,040 –> 00:45:14,480
\nWhere, where’s all this coming
\nfrom? <\/p>\n

701
\n00:45:14,800 –> 00:45:16,600
\nAnd out they go.
\nAnd they come back and there’s <\/p>\n

702
\n00:45:16,600 –> 00:45:18,480
\nmore to give.
\nAnd the the disciples are <\/p>\n

703
\n00:45:18,480 –> 00:45:21,040
\ninvolved in sharing it out.
\nThey don’t really know what’s <\/p>\n

704
\n00:45:21,040 –> 00:45:22,480
\nhappening.
\nAnd then of course, when the <\/p>\n

705
\n00:45:22,480 –> 00:45:24,880
\nmiracle’s finished and they go
\nout and gather up, they’ve got <\/p>\n

706
\n00:45:24,880 –> 00:45:28,680
\nfar, far more leftover than they
\noriginally started with. <\/p>\n

707
\n00:45:29,560 –> 00:45:31,640
\nAnd it’s the most wonderful
\nthing, isn’t it? <\/p>\n

708
\n00:45:31,840 –> 00:45:37,000
\nBut here’s the thing, the Lord
\nJesus Christ could have done <\/p>\n

709
\n00:45:37,000 –> 00:45:42,480
\nthat miracle on His own.
\nHe did not need His disciples. <\/p>\n

710
\n00:45:42,480 –> 00:45:45,280
\nHis disciples could barely do
\nanything. <\/p>\n

711
\n00:45:45,520 –> 00:45:49,280
\nAll they’re offering was 5
\nloaves and two fish. <\/p>\n

712
\n00:45:50,680 –> 00:45:54,880
\nHe doesn’t need them, but He
\nwants them. <\/p>\n

713
\n00:45:56,840 –> 00:45:59,440
\nAnd the reality is, it’s the
\nsame with you and me. <\/p>\n

714
\n00:46:00,440 –> 00:46:07,200
\nHe doesn’t actually need you.
\nThat the vineyard owner did not <\/p>\n

715
\n00:46:07,200 –> 00:46:10,640
\nneed those labourers.
\nIt might have looked like that <\/p>\n

716
\n00:46:10,640 –> 00:46:12,640
\nin the apparel, but he didn’t
\nneed them. <\/p>\n

717
\n00:46:12,960 –> 00:46:15,200
\nHe’d got lots of other labourers
\nhe could have chosen. <\/p>\n

718
\n00:46:15,200 –> 00:46:21,840
\nHe didn’t need those, but he
\nchose them and he doesn’t need <\/p>\n

719
\n00:46:21,840 –> 00:46:25,160
\nyou.
\nYou might like to think he does <\/p>\n

720
\n00:46:27,040 –> 00:46:28,600
\nso.
\nSo it’s a wonderful thing that <\/p>\n

721
\n00:46:28,600 –> 00:46:34,720
\nhe’s actually asked you and he
\nwants you and there’s a role for<\/p>\n

722
\n00:46:34,720 –> 00:46:37,400
\nyou to play.
\nAnd these disciples who were <\/p>\n

723
\n00:46:37,400 –> 00:46:43,080
\ncompletely belittled by the fact
\nthat they couldn’t do this and <\/p>\n

724
\n00:46:43,080 –> 00:46:47,280
\nwere rather feeling rather
\nunworthy that the best they <\/p>\n

725
\n00:46:47,280 –> 00:46:48,920
\ncould offer was such a small
\nthing. <\/p>\n

726
\n00:46:48,920 –> 00:46:52,200
\nAnd the Lord Jesus Christ is
\nsaying, don’t worry, I’ll take <\/p>\n

727
\n00:46:52,200 –> 00:46:56,960
\nsmall, I can work with that.
\nYou see, the Lord Jesus Christ <\/p>\n

728
\n00:46:57,120 –> 00:47:01,320
\nor wants you to bring something
\nto his service. <\/p>\n

729
\n00:47:01,320 –> 00:47:06,680
\nHe can’t work with nothing but
\nbring him something and then he <\/p>\n

730
\n00:47:06,680 –> 00:47:08,640
\ncan turn it into something
\nspecial. <\/p>\n

731
\n00:47:09,920 –> 00:47:14,800
\nWe can do nothing without the
\nLord Jesus Christ and yet with <\/p>\n

732
\n00:47:14,800 –> 00:47:17,880
\nHim, the tiniest little thing
\nthat you bring, the smallest <\/p>\n

733
\n00:47:17,880 –> 00:47:23,520
\nlittle offering that you bring
\nand your willingness, he says, I<\/p>\n

734
\n00:47:23,520 –> 00:47:25,600
\nwant you.
\nI there is a role for you to <\/p>\n

735
\n00:47:25,600 –> 00:47:28,960
\nplay here.
\nLet’s do this work together. <\/p>\n

736
\n00:47:29,160 –> 00:47:32,600
\nSo it’s a it’s a wonderful
\npicture, brothers and sisters, <\/p>\n

737
\n00:47:32,600 –> 00:47:38,000
\nwhich helps us appreciate that
\nthe Lord Jesus Christ is calling<\/p>\n

738
\n00:47:38,000 –> 00:47:40,360
\nus.
\nHe wants us to work in his <\/p>\n

739
\n00:47:40,480 –> 00:47:43,240
\nvineyard.
\nIt’s a privilege to be asked and<\/p>\n

740
\n00:47:43,240 –> 00:47:47,000
\ninvited and it doesn’t matter if
\nthe tiniest thing you can bring <\/p>\n

741
\n00:47:47,000 –> 00:47:51,080
\nis all you can manage.
\nHe can work with that. <\/p>\n

742
\n00:47:51,080 –> 00:47:53,640
\nHe wants it and we’ll develop
\nit. <\/p>\n

743
\n00:47:54,480 –> 00:47:56,600
\nLet’s finish in John Chapter 7,
\nplease. <\/p>\n

744
\n00:47:56,680 –> 00:48:03,040
\nSorry, John Chapter 6.
\nYou see, after this has taken <\/p>\n

745
\n00:48:03,040 –> 00:48:11,200
\nplace, the, the, the crowd,
\nyou’ll remember the crowd loved <\/p>\n

746
\n00:48:11,200 –> 00:48:14,600
\nit.
\nThis is great free meal. <\/p>\n

747
\n00:48:14,840 –> 00:48:17,720
\nYou know, if these were all
\nhired labourers, 5000 hired <\/p>\n

748
\n00:48:17,720 –> 00:48:22,000
\nlabourers who struggle for bread
\non a daily basis, all of a <\/p>\n

749
\n00:48:22,000 –> 00:48:23,960
\nsudden here is an abundance of
\nbread. <\/p>\n

750
\n00:48:24,160 –> 00:48:26,600
\nWhoa, this is good.
\nWe like this. <\/p>\n

751
\n00:48:26,600 –> 00:48:29,000
\nWe’re happy with this man who
\nfeeds us. <\/p>\n

752
\n00:48:29,080 –> 00:48:31,640
\nLet’s make him king.
\nThat’s what they wanted to do. <\/p>\n

753
\n00:48:31,640 –> 00:48:34,800
\nAnd the Lord Jesus had to send
\nhis disciples away. <\/p>\n

754
\n00:48:34,800 –> 00:48:37,880
\nHe had to deal with the crowd.
\nThe disciples get stuck on the <\/p>\n

755
\n00:48:37,880 –> 00:48:41,000
\nwater.
\nWe saw Jesus walking to them on <\/p>\n

756
\n00:48:41,000 –> 00:48:44,120
\nwater and Peter walking
\nyesterday and they get to the <\/p>\n

757
\n00:48:44,120 –> 00:48:47,560
\nland at the other side and then
\nthe crowd comes again following <\/p>\n

758
\n00:48:47,560 –> 00:48:52,400
\nday the crowd come and of course
\nthe crowd aren’t coming for the <\/p>\n

759
\n00:48:52,400 –> 00:48:56,560
\ncorrect motive.
\nI’m in John 6 and at verse 26 <\/p>\n

760
\n00:48:58,200 –> 00:49:01,320
\nJesus answered them, Verily,
\nverily, I say unto you, ye seek <\/p>\n

761
\n00:49:01,320 –> 00:49:04,960
\nme, not because ye saw the
\nmiracles, but because she did <\/p>\n

762
\n00:49:05,000 –> 00:49:07,720
\neat of the loaves and were
\nfilled. <\/p>\n

763
\n00:49:08,120 –> 00:49:10,880
\nYou’re only here for the meal,
\naren’t you? <\/p>\n

764
\n00:49:11,000 –> 00:49:15,200
\nI know that you, you want me to
\nreproduce yesterday’s miracle. <\/p>\n

765
\n00:49:15,800 –> 00:49:22,080
\nYou’re only here for the free.
\nThe free loaves labour not for <\/p>\n

766
\n00:49:22,080 –> 00:49:26,480
\nthe meat which perisheth, but
\nfor that meat which endureth <\/p>\n

767
\n00:49:26,480 –> 00:49:32,200
\nunto everlasting life, which the
\nSon of Man shall give unto you. <\/p>\n

768
\n00:49:32,880 –> 00:49:37,520
\nSo there it is.
\nWe are encouraged to work, but <\/p>\n

769
\n00:49:37,520 –> 00:49:40,680
\nnot for the meat which perishes,
\nnot for the things of this life,<\/p>\n

770
\n00:49:40,680 –> 00:49:46,720
\nbut in service of our Lord in
\nresponse to the things given to <\/p>\n

771
\n00:49:46,720 –> 00:49:49,680
\nus.
\nAnd then verse 28, they said <\/p>\n

772
\n00:49:49,680 –> 00:49:55,120
\nunto him, what should we do that
\nwe might work the works of God <\/p>\n

773
\n00:49:56,400 –> 00:49:59,240
\nand and they were, they were
\ninterested in doing works like <\/p>\n

774
\n00:49:59,560 –> 00:50:02,000
\ncan I turn stones into bread
\nworks. <\/p>\n

775
\n00:50:02,000 –> 00:50:04,240
\nThey wanted to be able to fill
\ntheir own stomachs. <\/p>\n

776
\n00:50:04,240 –> 00:50:05,600
\nThat’s really what they’re
\ninterested in. <\/p>\n

777
\n00:50:05,600 –> 00:50:08,840
\nSo Jesus has to say this is the
\nwork of God. <\/p>\n

778
\n00:50:08,840 –> 00:50:15,480
\nVerse 29 that you believe on him
\nwhom he hath sent and and and <\/p>\n

779
\n00:50:15,480 –> 00:50:18,160
\nverse 30 that they’re not really
\nlistening to him, are they? <\/p>\n

780
\n00:50:18,360 –> 00:50:19,760
\nThey’re just interested in
\nbread. <\/p>\n

781
\n00:50:20,120 –> 00:50:22,880
\nThey said therefore into him.
\nWhat signs show us thou then <\/p>\n

782
\n00:50:22,880 –> 00:50:25,640
\nthat we may see and believe that
\nbelieve thee. <\/p>\n

783
\n00:50:25,840 –> 00:50:29,120
\nWhat just thou work.
\nWe need you to do a sign Lord. <\/p>\n

784
\n00:50:29,880 –> 00:50:32,560
\nForgetting.
\nConveniently it’s done lots of <\/p>\n

785
\n00:50:32,560 –> 00:50:35,080
\nsigns yesterday, including
\nfeeding 5000. <\/p>\n

786
\n00:50:35,680 –> 00:50:39,400
\nOur fathers did eat manner in
\nthe wilderness as it is written.<\/p>\n

787
\n00:50:39,400 –> 00:50:41,800
\nHe gave them bread out of heaven
\nto eat. <\/p>\n

788
\n00:50:41,960 –> 00:50:43,960
\nWhy don’t you do that miracle
\nagain, Lord? <\/p>\n

789
\n00:50:43,960 –> 00:50:46,480
\nThat would be a good one to
\nprove to us that your Lord would<\/p>\n

790
\n00:50:46,480 –> 00:50:48,720
\nlike free bread, please.
\nThey were in it for the wrong <\/p>\n

791
\n00:50:48,720 –> 00:50:52,200
\nreasons.
\nWe’re not in it for the wrong <\/p>\n

792
\n00:50:52,200 –> 00:50:53,920
\nreasons, Brothers, sisters,
\nyoung people. <\/p>\n

793
\n00:50:53,920 –> 00:50:59,200
\nWe are in it because of what has
\nbeen done for us. <\/p>\n

794
\n00:50:59,840 –> 00:51:02,600
\nWe have been made clean in the
\nLord Jesus Christ. <\/p>\n

795
\n00:51:02,600 –> 00:51:06,800
\nThe way of salvation has been
\nsecured for each of us and the <\/p>\n

796
\n00:51:06,800 –> 00:51:12,400
\nLord now is wanting us to work
\nfor him in His vineyard and it’s<\/p>\n

797
\n00:51:12,400 –> 00:51:17,600
\na privilege to do so.
\nI wonder if we might be able to <\/p>\n

798
\n00:51:17,600 –> 00:51:22,800
\ntake that back to our ecclesias
\nand re examine our service and <\/p>\n

799
\n00:51:22,800 –> 00:51:25,840
\nshow our brothers and sisters
\nthat we are willing volunteers <\/p>\n

800
\n00:51:26,200 –> 00:51:28,440
\nfor the work of the Lord.
\nThank you. <\/p>\n

801
\n00:51:42,020 –> 00:51:44,140
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\n00:51:44,140 –> 00:51:46,740
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374: Andrew Bramhill – Service Re-Examined<\/a><\/blockquote>