1 00:00:00,680 --> 00:00:04,320 Amen. Turn with me today in your 2 00:00:04,320 --> 00:00:08,280 Bibles. We're turning to the Book of 3 00:00:08,280 --> 00:00:13,080 Job. I find the Book of Psalms turn 4 00:00:13,080 --> 00:00:17,440 back to the Book of Job. I want to read from Job chapter 5 00:00:17,440 --> 00:00:23,200 33 and I'm going to read the first 14 verses of the chapter. 6 00:00:29,560 --> 00:00:34,280 Job chapter 33 commence reading at verse one let's hear the word 7 00:00:34,280 --> 00:00:40,200 of God for those online. The words will come up on screen 8 00:00:40,680 --> 00:00:43,800 and of course the words are from the most reliable and faithful 9 00:00:43,800 --> 00:00:47,560 translation of the Holy Scriptures, the Authorised 10 00:00:47,560 --> 00:00:53,680 Version itself. Job 33 verse one let's hear 11 00:00:53,680 --> 00:01:03,600 God's word together. Wherefore Job, I pray thee, hear 12 00:01:03,600 --> 00:01:09,160 my speeches and hearken to all my words. 13 00:01:10,240 --> 00:01:16,720 Behold, now I have opened my mouth, my tongue have spoken in 14 00:01:16,720 --> 00:01:20,800 my mouth. My words shall be of the 15 00:01:20,920 --> 00:01:26,240 uprightness of my heart, and my lips shall utter knowledge. 16 00:01:26,280 --> 00:01:34,200 Clearly the Spirit of God had made me, and the breath of the 17 00:01:34,200 --> 00:01:41,760 Almighty have given me life. If thou canst answer me, set thy 18 00:01:41,760 --> 00:01:45,520 words and order before me, stand up. 19 00:01:46,920 --> 00:01:53,240 Behold, I am according to thy wish in God's stead. 20 00:01:54,680 --> 00:01:57,960 I also am formed out of the clay. 21 00:01:59,240 --> 00:02:06,080 Behold, my terror shall not make thee afraid, neither shall my 22 00:02:06,080 --> 00:02:11,760 hand be heavy upon me. Surely thou has spoken in mine 23 00:02:11,760 --> 00:02:18,120 hearing, and I have heard the voice of thy words saying, I am 24 00:02:18,120 --> 00:02:26,240 clean without transgression, I am innocent, neither is there 25 00:02:26,400 --> 00:02:32,960 iniquity in me. Behold, he findeth occasions 26 00:02:32,960 --> 00:02:40,880 against me, He counteth me for his enemy, He putteth my feet in 27 00:02:40,880 --> 00:02:45,840 the stocks, He marketh all my paths. 28 00:02:47,640 --> 00:02:55,800 Behold, in this thou Wert not just, I will answer thee, that 29 00:02:55,800 --> 00:03:01,240 God is greater than man. Why dost thy strive against him? 30 00:03:02,560 --> 00:03:05,920 For he giveth not account of any of his matters. 31 00:03:07,280 --> 00:03:12,400 For God speaketh once, yeah, twice. 32 00:03:13,520 --> 00:03:18,280 Yet man perceiveth it not. Amen. 33 00:03:18,280 --> 00:03:20,680 With no, the Lord will stamp with his own approval and 34 00:03:20,680 --> 00:03:25,800 blessing this reading of His own precious and infallible word. 35 00:03:29,600 --> 00:03:36,200 Now my text this morning is taken from the book of Job, Job 36 00:03:36,240 --> 00:03:44,080 chapter 33 and verse four. Job 33 verse 4 says this. 37 00:03:44,400 --> 00:03:50,200 The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty 38 00:03:50,600 --> 00:03:56,240 have given me life now. When titled the sermon, the 39 00:03:56,240 --> 00:04:03,040 Principle, the Peril and the Providence that Parliament 40 00:04:03,160 --> 00:04:08,120 forgot. Last week was one of the most 41 00:04:08,360 --> 00:04:14,720 wicked weeks in the history of our United Kingdom Parliament. 42 00:04:15,680 --> 00:04:19,440 Last week, within the space of a few days, the Westminster 43 00:04:19,440 --> 00:04:24,200 Parliament executed the most wicked assault against the 44 00:04:24,200 --> 00:04:28,600 sanctity of human life. On Tuesday the 17th of June, 45 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:35,440 Members of Parliament voted sinfully and mercilessly, 379 to 46 00:04:35,440 --> 00:04:41,320 137 against, to pass an amendment on a private members 47 00:04:41,320 --> 00:04:48,200 bill decriminalising self managed abortion up to birth. 48 00:04:49,320 --> 00:04:52,400 This bill now protects the rights of a woman from 49 00:04:52,480 --> 00:04:58,000 persecution should she murder her baby in the womb at any 50 00:04:58,000 --> 00:05:01,720 point from conception right up to birth. 51 00:05:02,840 --> 00:05:08,840 And then on Friday the 20 of June, the same Parliament voted 52 00:05:08,840 --> 00:05:18,720 again, very maliciously, wickedly, 314 to 291, in favour 53 00:05:18,720 --> 00:05:22,480 of Kim Leadbeater's Assisted Suicide Bill. 54 00:05:23,960 --> 00:05:27,600 In past years, the British nation has showcased and took 55 00:05:27,600 --> 00:05:30,560 profound pleasure in the excellent work of 56 00:05:30,560 --> 00:05:34,720 philanthropists, doctors and missionaries. 57 00:05:35,560 --> 00:05:39,320 Individuals who travelled the world, who expended their 58 00:05:39,320 --> 00:05:44,760 efforts, spent their time and their money in order to protect 59 00:05:44,920 --> 00:05:48,200 life, in order to preserve human life. 60 00:05:48,200 --> 00:05:51,520 You want some examples? Think of the majestic work of 61 00:05:51,520 --> 00:05:58,560 William Wilberforce in the very same Parliament, 1759 to 1833, a 62 00:05:58,560 --> 00:06:02,240 leader of the movement to abolish the Atlantic slave trade 63 00:06:02,840 --> 00:06:08,320 and the horrors of it. What about Mr William Carey, the 64 00:06:08,320 --> 00:06:12,160 missionary to India, who worked tirelessly to secure the 65 00:06:12,160 --> 00:06:16,040 outlawing of the practise of widows burning themselves to 66 00:06:16,040 --> 00:06:21,880 death on their husband's grief? What about the Lady of the Lamp, 67 00:06:21,960 --> 00:06:25,720 Florence Nightingale, in organising the kind of care for 68 00:06:25,720 --> 00:06:29,240 wounded soldiers during the Crimean War that helped reduce 69 00:06:29,280 --> 00:06:32,280 the death rates of soldiers significantly? 70 00:06:32,680 --> 00:06:34,760 What did she do? Well, it was simple. 71 00:06:35,240 --> 00:06:39,840 She improved hygiene, clean linen on the beds, clean 72 00:06:39,840 --> 00:06:45,080 bondages, she improved living standards in the hospitals and 73 00:06:45,080 --> 00:06:47,920 on her return to the United Kingdom, she helped to lay the 74 00:06:47,920 --> 00:06:52,240 foundations of professional nursing care that we see today 75 00:06:52,640 --> 00:06:56,160 in the NHS. The One of the greatest 76 00:06:56,240 --> 00:07:01,120 tragedies of last week's vote in the House of Commons is that the 77 00:07:01,120 --> 00:07:09,200 majority of Members of Parliament no longer believe in 78 00:07:09,200 --> 00:07:13,160 the sanctity and dignity of human life. 79 00:07:14,560 --> 00:07:19,040 It's with great sadness that the majority of elected MPs no 80 00:07:19,040 --> 00:07:22,920 longer wear the mantle of preservers of human life. 81 00:07:23,520 --> 00:07:29,280 They now bear the infamous mantle of the destroyers of 82 00:07:29,280 --> 00:07:35,720 human life. How tragic and wickedly Tuesday, 83 00:07:35,720 --> 00:07:40,160 the 17th of June's decision has consigned many children in the 84 00:07:40,160 --> 00:07:43,360 womb to death before they are born. 85 00:07:44,640 --> 00:07:49,880 Friday's decision, at the other end of the spectrum, consigns 86 00:07:49,880 --> 00:07:54,600 many of the elderly, some of the most vulnerable in our society, 87 00:07:54,720 --> 00:07:59,360 to an early death where palliative care is no longer 88 00:07:59,360 --> 00:08:05,760 highly valued or praised. What happened in the Westminster 89 00:08:05,760 --> 00:08:11,880 Parliament last week is not only sheer madness, it is gross. 90 00:08:11,880 --> 00:08:16,560 Wicked. If you want proof positive that 91 00:08:16,560 --> 00:08:21,080 the United Kingdom is now a post Christian country, that the 92 00:08:21,080 --> 00:08:26,640 United Kingdom, especially among parliamentarians, has forgotten 93 00:08:26,640 --> 00:08:31,520 the Lord and forsaken Him, then reflect on what I'm saying. 94 00:08:32,240 --> 00:08:35,799 John Calvin once said when God wants to judge a nation, He 95 00:08:35,799 --> 00:08:42,480 gives them wicked leaders. And tragically we have a bunch 96 00:08:42,919 --> 00:08:48,640 of wicked, ungodly, demonic inspired leaders who appear in 97 00:08:48,640 --> 00:08:53,520 the one hand to hate children and deprive the elderly. 98 00:08:54,240 --> 00:08:57,600 And they're the ruling class over us today. 99 00:08:58,920 --> 00:09:05,640 Listen to Jeremiah, Jeremiah chapter 23, verses 19 and 20, 100 00:09:06,160 --> 00:09:11,000 and we read the following. Behold, a whirlwind of the Lord 101 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:15,200 has gone forth in fury, even a grievous whirlwind. 102 00:09:15,520 --> 00:09:18,480 It shall fall grievously upon the head of the wicked. 103 00:09:19,080 --> 00:09:22,520 The anger of the Lord shall not return until He have executed, 104 00:09:22,960 --> 00:09:25,280 until He have performed the thoughts of his heart. 105 00:09:26,080 --> 00:09:31,080 In the latter days ye shall consider it perfectly. 106 00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:37,400 You see, here's something that every member of Parliament who 107 00:09:37,400 --> 00:09:42,760 voted in favour of these on wicked ungodly practises, here's 108 00:09:42,760 --> 00:09:47,360 something that they forgot, something that they've forsook, 109 00:09:48,600 --> 00:09:50,200 something that they have ignored. 110 00:09:51,000 --> 00:09:54,360 And it's this. The spirit of the Lord have made 111 00:09:54,360 --> 00:09:57,960 me the breath of the Almighty, have given me life. 112 00:09:58,080 --> 00:10:01,760 These words, if I put them into context or part of a speech to 113 00:10:01,760 --> 00:10:04,120 Job. Remember, he was God's suffering 114 00:10:04,120 --> 00:10:07,640 servant. He lost all, and he was a man 115 00:10:07,640 --> 00:10:13,640 who feared God and hated evil. And this speech was delivered by 116 00:10:13,640 --> 00:10:18,400 one of Job's friends, a younger friend to Job by the name of 117 00:10:18,400 --> 00:10:23,040 Eli, who Eli, who has come alongside the other three, he to 118 00:10:23,040 --> 00:10:25,000 comfort Job. He's heard their speeches. 119 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:29,200 He's heard Job's reply, and now it's his turn to speak. 120 00:10:29,960 --> 00:10:34,880 And a Eli who speaks to Job about God's role in creating him 121 00:10:35,400 --> 00:10:38,800 and sustaining him and giving him life. 122 00:10:39,120 --> 00:10:41,520 And he's saying to Job, Job, you're a man. 123 00:10:42,280 --> 00:10:46,520 You're a man made by God. You're, you're a man by his very 124 00:10:46,520 --> 00:10:49,680 creation, and you have the spirit of God in you. 125 00:10:49,760 --> 00:10:52,560 Now. What a lie who said was true? 126 00:10:53,320 --> 00:10:55,520 What a lie who said is very important. 127 00:10:55,960 --> 00:10:59,960 Not just true of Job, but true of every man made in the image 128 00:10:59,960 --> 00:11:03,640 of God, true of every child developing in the womb. 129 00:11:05,720 --> 00:11:08,840 Why did he say it? I I believe so that Job could 130 00:11:08,840 --> 00:11:14,080 remember it, so that Job would not forget it, so that Joe would 131 00:11:14,080 --> 00:11:18,960 learn this and lay into his heart despite his circumstances. 132 00:11:19,280 --> 00:11:22,800 The Spirit of God had made me in the breath of the Almighty, have 133 00:11:22,800 --> 00:11:26,640 given me life. Now here's a principle, Come to 134 00:11:26,640 --> 00:11:30,200 me on Friday evening. Here's a peril. 135 00:11:31,280 --> 00:11:37,280 Here's a Providence that Parliament not just forgot, not 136 00:11:37,280 --> 00:11:43,520 just forsook, but deliberately ignored three things. 137 00:11:43,520 --> 00:11:46,400 One, the principle that politicians ignored. 138 00:11:47,240 --> 00:11:49,840 As I've said in the House of Commons last week, the majority 139 00:11:49,840 --> 00:11:52,840 of MPs wickedly ignored a threefold biblical principle. 140 00:11:52,840 --> 00:11:56,960 One, they ignored that God is the creator and source of life. 141 00:11:57,080 --> 00:12:00,120 Think of these words. The Spirit of God hath made me. 142 00:12:01,760 --> 00:12:06,280 This is a revelation. This is a recognition that God 143 00:12:06,560 --> 00:12:10,760 is not just the living and the true God, but he's also our 144 00:12:10,760 --> 00:12:13,200 creator and Maker. We'll ask the question, where 145 00:12:13,200 --> 00:12:15,880 did we come from? We'll have to trace our roots, 146 00:12:15,880 --> 00:12:17,880 don't we? We'll have to think about our 147 00:12:17,960 --> 00:12:22,160 ancestry. Well, here's a great fundamental 148 00:12:22,160 --> 00:12:25,560 truth. We did not make ourselves. 149 00:12:26,280 --> 00:12:29,720 Man's origin is outside of himself. 150 00:12:30,440 --> 00:12:34,200 Man is made by the Spirit of God. 151 00:12:34,760 --> 00:12:40,720 And the old Nicene Creed says we believe in the Holy Spirit, the 152 00:12:40,720 --> 00:12:46,200 Lord and giver of life, and that's a confessional statement. 153 00:12:47,160 --> 00:12:50,280 And our existence is not the product of chance. 154 00:12:50,800 --> 00:12:54,680 It hasn't come about by an evolutionary process. 155 00:12:55,400 --> 00:12:59,120 We don't trace our ancestry back to the apes or back to the 156 00:12:59,120 --> 00:13:01,240 monkeys. Here's the answer. 157 00:13:01,240 --> 00:13:06,560 Where did we come from? The Spirit of God hath made me. 158 00:13:07,320 --> 00:13:12,680 Now the Spirit of God is one of the Trinitarian persons in the 159 00:13:12,680 --> 00:13:17,240 Godhead, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. 3:00 and 1:00 and 1:00 160 00:13:17,240 --> 00:13:23,600 and 3:00. The God of the Bible is a A1 God 161 00:13:24,320 --> 00:13:27,640 who subsists in three persons. And these three persons are 162 00:13:27,640 --> 00:13:30,200 coequal and Co eternal. They coexist. 163 00:13:30,320 --> 00:13:33,440 And these three persons have distinct personality, and these 164 00:13:33,440 --> 00:13:37,440 three persons have essential deity. 165 00:13:38,320 --> 00:13:46,920 The word spirit here, it means breath, it means wind, the 166 00:13:46,920 --> 00:13:55,840 spirit of God, the spirit is of God, and the spirit is from God. 167 00:13:55,840 --> 00:13:59,640 If we ask the question, how many persons are there in the gold 168 00:13:59,640 --> 00:14:01,320 head? Here's the answer of Shorter 169 00:14:01,320 --> 00:14:08,560 Catechism question 6. How many persons are in the 170 00:14:08,560 --> 00:14:11,280 Godhead, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit? 171 00:14:11,520 --> 00:14:14,360 And these three are one God, the same in substance, equal in 172 00:14:14,360 --> 00:14:16,960 power and glory? I want you to think of this 173 00:14:16,960 --> 00:14:20,320 picture in Genesis chapter 2 and verse 7. 174 00:14:20,320 --> 00:14:23,360 We read in the Lord God form man of the dust of the ground, and 175 00:14:23,360 --> 00:14:27,200 breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a 176 00:14:27,200 --> 00:14:29,600 living soul. Do you get the picture? 177 00:14:30,000 --> 00:14:34,720 God made a body of clay and from the dust of the ground he made 178 00:14:34,720 --> 00:14:40,560 it, and then God the Holy Spirit, he gave that clay body 179 00:14:40,560 --> 00:14:44,120 the breath of life, and man became a living soul. 180 00:14:44,920 --> 00:14:49,360 You see we read in Genesis chapter one verse 26, and God 181 00:14:49,360 --> 00:14:52,480 said let us make man in our image after our likeness and let 182 00:14:52,480 --> 00:14:54,920 them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the fowl of 183 00:14:54,920 --> 00:14:57,480 the air and over the cattle and over all the earth and over 184 00:14:57,480 --> 00:14:59,320 every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. 185 00:14:59,440 --> 00:15:02,040 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God 186 00:15:02,040 --> 00:15:08,680 created he him male and female created he they who are we? 187 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:16,080 We're not just animals. We are human beings made in the 188 00:15:16,240 --> 00:15:20,760 image of God, and we owe our existence to Him. 189 00:15:21,320 --> 00:15:26,120 He is the living God. It is He that hath made us. 190 00:15:26,280 --> 00:15:32,560 You see, only God can give life. Only God can impart life, 191 00:15:32,560 --> 00:15:39,200 physical life, material life, spiritual life, eternal life. 192 00:15:39,640 --> 00:15:42,680 But we'll ask this question, why does death exist in the world? 193 00:15:44,280 --> 00:15:51,480 Because there's life, that's why there's death, because there's 194 00:15:51,480 --> 00:15:56,120 life. And who can raise the dead? 195 00:15:57,000 --> 00:16:03,400 Only God can raise the dead, and only God himself can die and 196 00:16:03,400 --> 00:16:08,760 raise, rise again and and bring himself back to life, having 197 00:16:08,840 --> 00:16:12,360 fully paid for our sins on the on the cross. 198 00:16:13,520 --> 00:16:17,200 See, let's understand today the reference here. 199 00:16:17,200 --> 00:16:22,360 The Spirit of God is a reference to the Holy Spirit, and the Holy 200 00:16:22,360 --> 00:16:27,200 Spirit is a person, the third Person of the Holy Trinity and 201 00:16:27,200 --> 00:16:30,120 the least understood person of the Holy Trinity. 202 00:16:30,360 --> 00:16:33,440 And the doctrine of the Holy Spirit, sadly today is largely 203 00:16:33,440 --> 00:16:35,160 ignored and greatly misunderstood. 204 00:16:35,320 --> 00:16:37,600 And yet he's the third person of the Holy Trinity. 205 00:16:38,160 --> 00:16:42,240 The Holy Spirit is God's ancient in creation, inspiration, 206 00:16:42,240 --> 00:16:47,320 regeneration, the new birth, in, in, in power and, and in revival 207 00:16:47,320 --> 00:16:50,080 and and giving life and, and bringing liberty. 208 00:16:51,560 --> 00:16:56,960 See, the Holy Spirit is truly God with eternality, deity, 209 00:16:58,040 --> 00:17:02,840 personality, and the whole work of creation is attributed to the 210 00:17:02,840 --> 00:17:05,240 Spirit of God. And in creation all three 211 00:17:05,240 --> 00:17:09,240 persons were involved, because the Holy Spirit is the Lord and 212 00:17:09,240 --> 00:17:13,920 Giver of life. Each person performs a 213 00:17:13,920 --> 00:17:19,319 particular portion of the work, and yet the three persons work 214 00:17:19,319 --> 00:17:25,599 in harmony with each other. Who is it that gives life to all 215 00:17:25,599 --> 00:17:29,160 creatures? The Spirit of God gives life to 216 00:17:29,320 --> 00:17:31,440 all. All creatures then owe their 217 00:17:31,440 --> 00:17:35,880 existence to this life giving source. 218 00:17:38,280 --> 00:17:42,640 Man can do lots of things for himself, but he can't make 219 00:17:42,640 --> 00:17:48,320 himself alive. And if we're honest and honest 220 00:17:48,320 --> 00:17:53,160 to admit it, we have not caused our own being to come into 221 00:17:53,160 --> 00:17:57,240 existence. Our origins from the Spirit of 222 00:17:57,240 --> 00:18:00,680 God. The Spirit of God was fully 223 00:18:00,680 --> 00:18:04,520 engaged with our creation. Remember what we read in Psalm 224 00:18:04,520 --> 00:18:10,200 139. We read this in verses 13 and to 225 00:18:10,200 --> 00:18:12,880 15. For thou has possessed my 226 00:18:12,880 --> 00:18:16,240 reigns, that was covered me in my mother's womb. 227 00:18:16,360 --> 00:18:18,960 I will praise thee, for I am fearfully and wonderfully be 228 00:18:19,120 --> 00:18:22,440 made marvellous and thy works, and that my soul knoweth right 229 00:18:22,440 --> 00:18:25,600 well my substance not hid from thee, when I was made in secret 230 00:18:25,760 --> 00:18:30,320 and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. 231 00:18:30,920 --> 00:18:35,480 And it was old Jeremiah that said in Jeremiah chapter 1 and 232 00:18:35,480 --> 00:18:39,640 verse 5, God said to Jeremiah, Before I formed thee in the 233 00:18:39,640 --> 00:18:42,120 belly, I knew thee. And before they came forth out 234 00:18:42,120 --> 00:18:45,640 of the womb, I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet 235 00:18:45,920 --> 00:18:51,160 unto the nations. And our politicians, the 236 00:18:51,160 --> 00:18:56,400 majority of them with their votes last week, chose to ignore 237 00:18:56,400 --> 00:19:02,400 this reality that our existence and origin is attributed to the 238 00:19:02,400 --> 00:19:06,560 Spirit of God because the Holy Spirit is the Lord and Giver of 239 00:19:06,560 --> 00:19:08,680 life. And they forsook that they, they 240 00:19:08,680 --> 00:19:13,080 rejected that. We can trace it all the way 241 00:19:13,080 --> 00:19:17,040 back. Remember to Adam the first man 242 00:19:17,520 --> 00:19:21,240 over there in the book of Acts in Acts chapter 17 when Paul was 243 00:19:21,240 --> 00:19:25,560 preaching in Mars Hill. He said this in Acts chapter 17 244 00:19:26,600 --> 00:19:30,440 and in the verse 26 and hath made of one blood all nations of 245 00:19:30,440 --> 00:19:33,960 men for to dwell on all the face of the earth and have determined 246 00:19:33,960 --> 00:19:37,960 the times before appointed and the bounds of their habitation. 247 00:19:39,000 --> 00:19:42,040 The second thing that they ignored by way of the principle 248 00:19:42,040 --> 00:19:44,400 is this. They ignored that God is a 249 00:19:44,400 --> 00:19:46,200 maintainer and sustainer of life. 250 00:19:46,680 --> 00:19:50,800 You see, we've already read in Psalm 139 and verse 14. 251 00:19:50,800 --> 00:19:55,520 We are fearfully and wonderfully made, and our existence is 252 00:19:55,520 --> 00:19:58,760 maintained by the Spirit of God. Every breath that you breathe, 253 00:19:59,720 --> 00:20:04,320 every step that you take, everywhere you go, all that you 254 00:20:04,320 --> 00:20:09,760 do, we owe it to the maintaining of the Spirit of God. 255 00:20:11,560 --> 00:20:17,840 We only live because God has given us life by His Spirit, the 256 00:20:17,840 --> 00:20:23,120 Bible says in Him. We move and live and have being, 257 00:20:23,240 --> 00:20:28,960 and that's just not just our physical life as we live them 258 00:20:28,960 --> 00:20:33,440 out, we live them out by the breath of the Almighty. 259 00:20:34,080 --> 00:20:37,960 The life that we live now must regard it as being lived out by 260 00:20:37,960 --> 00:20:41,960 the breath of the Almighty. As I said, we can't take a step 261 00:20:41,960 --> 00:20:45,200 without Him. You couldn't breathe without 262 00:20:45,200 --> 00:20:47,840 Him. He can't do anything without 263 00:20:47,840 --> 00:20:50,560 him. Jesus said, without Me ye can do 264 00:20:50,560 --> 00:20:56,680 nothing over there in Job chapter 26 and verse 13. 265 00:20:57,960 --> 00:21:01,960 Job said this Job chapter 26 and verse 13. 266 00:21:02,160 --> 00:21:05,600 By his Spirit he hath garnished the heavens. 267 00:21:06,000 --> 00:21:10,600 His hands hath formed the crooked serpent. 268 00:21:12,320 --> 00:21:18,040 In Job chapter 27 and verse 3 it says all the while my breath is 269 00:21:18,040 --> 00:21:22,520 in me, and the Spirit of God is in my nostrils. 270 00:21:23,240 --> 00:21:27,760 In Job chapter 32 and verse 8 we read these words. 271 00:21:28,120 --> 00:21:31,880 But there is a spirit in man, and the inspiration of the 272 00:21:31,920 --> 00:21:36,080 Almighty giveth them understanding. 273 00:21:36,200 --> 00:21:41,120 The Spirit of God is the sustainer of all of creation. 274 00:21:41,520 --> 00:21:46,080 He provides life to all. The third principle that they 275 00:21:46,080 --> 00:21:48,080 ignored is this. They ignored that God is the 276 00:21:48,400 --> 00:21:51,920 conveyor and sanctifier of life. You see the the Holy Spirit in 277 00:21:51,920 --> 00:21:55,120 the beginning is associated with chaos and the lack of order. 278 00:21:55,120 --> 00:21:59,640 Genesis 1 and one, Genesis one and two, but the Holy Spirit not 279 00:21:59,640 --> 00:22:05,400 only produces life and provides for that life, but He presides 280 00:22:05,440 --> 00:22:08,880 over that life. Remember he said Genesis 6, my 281 00:22:08,880 --> 00:22:11,680 spirit shall not always strive with man. 282 00:22:12,400 --> 00:22:15,560 See that breath of life that we enjoy, The Holy Spirit can 283 00:22:15,560 --> 00:22:18,560 withhold it. The Holy Spirit can withdraw the 284 00:22:18,560 --> 00:22:23,040 breath of life. The Holy Spirit is not when he 285 00:22:23,040 --> 00:22:27,760 conveyor and sanctifier of life. He's also the governor and judge 286 00:22:28,080 --> 00:22:32,520 over not life. The Spirit of God is the power 287 00:22:32,520 --> 00:22:38,320 and the authority to withdraw and withhold in judgement, and 288 00:22:38,320 --> 00:22:42,440 we are fully and totally dependent on the power and work 289 00:22:42,440 --> 00:22:46,840 of the Holy Spirit to convey and sanctify our life. 290 00:22:46,920 --> 00:22:48,480 And there's a wider context here. 291 00:22:48,520 --> 00:22:51,560 Listen to me carefully. The work of the Spirit of God in 292 00:22:51,560 --> 00:23:01,440 the whole world, the whole of the created order, will only be 293 00:23:01,440 --> 00:23:06,280 brought to its ultimate victory and destiny by the Spirit of 294 00:23:06,280 --> 00:23:09,000 God. All in the animal Kingdom, all 295 00:23:09,000 --> 00:23:11,920 in the plant were the trees of the forest, the produce of the 296 00:23:11,920 --> 00:23:15,800 ground that the stars in the universe is all being worked on 297 00:23:15,800 --> 00:23:21,480 at this time and moved upon and directed by the Spirit of God. 298 00:23:21,800 --> 00:23:27,400 It's the Holy Spirit's presence and power that's quickens and 299 00:23:27,400 --> 00:23:33,000 makes alive and supports and sustains that life in our world. 300 00:23:33,720 --> 00:23:38,280 You see, the Holy Spirit is the divine instigator of it all. 301 00:23:39,800 --> 00:23:44,000 The Holy Spirit's not just limited, therefore demand to 302 00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:48,200 individuals or even to the life and witness of the church is a 303 00:23:48,200 --> 00:23:50,640 bigger picture. There's a broader picture. 304 00:23:50,840 --> 00:23:55,360 It's the whole of the cosmos. Scholars sometimes speak and 305 00:23:55,480 --> 00:24:01,720 write of the cosmic Spirit, the work of the Spirit of God in the 306 00:24:01,720 --> 00:24:05,040 world. You see, without the work of the 307 00:24:05,040 --> 00:24:08,200 Spirit of God, there could be no life. 308 00:24:08,200 --> 00:24:11,680 Now let me ask you this. Does that humble you this 309 00:24:11,680 --> 00:24:16,120 morning? Does that impact upon your heart 310 00:24:16,120 --> 00:24:17,720 and mind? Does that speak to you? 311 00:24:18,360 --> 00:24:22,000 Does that bring you to know something of the majesty and 312 00:24:22,000 --> 00:24:25,000 holiness and power of God? You see, the greatest knowledge 313 00:24:25,200 --> 00:24:27,320 in the world is the knowledge of God. 314 00:24:27,320 --> 00:24:32,360 Be still and know that I'm God. Psalm 14 verse 16, first Psalm 315 00:24:32,360 --> 00:24:36,960 46 verse 10 and over there in John's gospel in John chapter 316 00:24:37,200 --> 00:24:41,160 17, remember the Lord Jesus said this, and this is life eternal, 317 00:24:41,160 --> 00:24:44,440 that they might know thee, the only true God and Jesus Christ 318 00:24:44,440 --> 00:24:47,360 whom thou hast sent. The greatest knowledge in the 319 00:24:47,360 --> 00:24:51,280 world is the knowledge of God, and part of that knowledge of 320 00:24:51,280 --> 00:24:58,160 God is God of Creator and Maker, Goddess, Sustainer and provider. 321 00:24:59,160 --> 00:25:04,800 God is conveyor and sanctifier. God is governor and judge. 322 00:25:07,360 --> 00:25:10,040 See Hitch Spurgeon said this. The single most important 323 00:25:10,040 --> 00:25:13,560 discovery in life is the worship of God. 324 00:25:14,560 --> 00:25:18,560 The single most important activity in life is to worship 325 00:25:18,560 --> 00:25:20,960 God. You've been made for this. 326 00:25:21,600 --> 00:25:25,240 You're made to offer your whole life to God in all its parts, as 327 00:25:25,240 --> 00:25:29,560 the hymn of praise unto him. See, God has not only created us 328 00:25:29,560 --> 00:25:33,120 this morning, and God has not only sustained us and provided 329 00:25:33,120 --> 00:25:35,760 for us, but God has allowed us to live. 330 00:25:37,600 --> 00:25:40,840 And he's decided when you come to life and that life that you 331 00:25:40,840 --> 00:25:44,120 have us in him. And that was the principle that 332 00:25:44,120 --> 00:25:50,000 our Westminster parliamentarians ignored on Tuesday and ignored 333 00:25:50,520 --> 00:25:55,240 on Friday. Quickly, the peril that 334 00:25:55,240 --> 00:26:00,200 politicians ignored. You see their consequences for 335 00:26:00,200 --> 00:26:03,080 forsaking and forgetting the Lord. 336 00:26:05,240 --> 00:26:10,720 Choices have consequences, and the consequences, I believe, of 337 00:26:10,720 --> 00:26:14,960 last week's vote will bring down the judgement of God upon the 338 00:26:14,960 --> 00:26:20,640 land, Job said. And Job heard from Eli. 339 00:26:20,640 --> 00:26:23,920 Who for God speaketh once, Yeah, twice. 340 00:26:23,920 --> 00:26:28,600 Yet man perceiveth it not. See, man forgets that God is 341 00:26:28,600 --> 00:26:35,920 creator and *** He forgets that God is the one who maintains 342 00:26:35,920 --> 00:26:40,360 that life sustains it. He forgets that God is conveyor 343 00:26:40,360 --> 00:26:42,960 and sanctifier. He forgets about the sanctity 344 00:26:42,960 --> 00:26:46,640 and dignity of human life, forgets that there's a judge to 345 00:26:46,640 --> 00:26:49,800 whom he has to give an account. And the Bible tells us in Romans 346 00:26:49,800 --> 00:26:53,240 chapter 14, verse 12, then every one of us shall give an account 347 00:26:53,440 --> 00:26:56,120 of himself to God. And the parliamentarians are 348 00:26:56,120 --> 00:26:57,680 included. They're a accountable. 349 00:26:57,880 --> 00:26:59,760 They're answerable to Almighty God. 350 00:27:00,000 --> 00:27:02,360 So we ask this question to them today. 351 00:27:02,600 --> 00:27:06,640 Why vote for murder? Why violate the 6th commandment? 352 00:27:06,880 --> 00:27:11,320 Why vote for the taking of life? Of course, abortion came into 353 00:27:11,320 --> 00:27:17,440 effect in 1967 and from then 10 million babies have been 354 00:27:17,440 --> 00:27:21,120 murdered. We say to those, you've got 355 00:27:21,120 --> 00:27:24,440 blood in your hands, There's blood in the hands of the 356 00:27:24,440 --> 00:27:27,080 legislators as well as the perpetrators. 357 00:27:27,560 --> 00:27:30,160 And I want to tell you this morning, listen to me carefully. 358 00:27:30,320 --> 00:27:34,360 It's not about compassion, it's about control. 359 00:27:34,960 --> 00:27:37,120 It's a form of social engineering. 360 00:27:37,680 --> 00:27:41,720 It's the ideology of the Fabian Society and it's all of 361 00:27:41,720 --> 00:27:44,040 falsehood. It's unbiblical. 362 00:27:44,120 --> 00:27:48,280 It's it's based on a lie. It's not about care for the 363 00:27:48,280 --> 00:27:51,600 dying. It's not about the individual 364 00:27:51,600 --> 00:27:53,680 dying with dignity. They already have that in the 365 00:27:53,680 --> 00:27:56,080 hospital. I I've witnessed that myself. 366 00:27:58,640 --> 00:28:03,760 They don't care. It's all about the cost. 367 00:28:05,000 --> 00:28:08,320 It's all about saving money for the National Health Service. 368 00:28:08,880 --> 00:28:12,840 I've heard millions of pounds being mentioned in savings. 369 00:28:13,360 --> 00:28:16,720 It's not about comfort. It's not about comfort for the 370 00:28:16,720 --> 00:28:20,840 mummy or for the elderly. It's about convenience. 371 00:28:21,480 --> 00:28:26,080 Women and men deciding to please the God of self. 372 00:28:26,800 --> 00:28:29,360 Men and women deciding to play God. 373 00:28:30,400 --> 00:28:34,600 Whose life is worth living and whose life is not. 374 00:28:34,600 --> 00:28:36,280 Bear with me just for a few moments. 375 00:28:36,280 --> 00:28:42,080 Think of this here. A baby life starts with one tiny 376 00:28:42,080 --> 00:28:51,600 cell for every human being born. Life begins as a single cell. 377 00:28:52,160 --> 00:28:57,240 There's a name for that little cell called ZYGATE that I have 378 00:28:57,240 --> 00:29:01,040 difficulty pronouncing, and it's about the diameter of a strand 379 00:29:01,040 --> 00:29:03,360 of hair. Listen to me carefully. 380 00:29:03,360 --> 00:29:07,960 That one cell contains all the detailed information that 381 00:29:07,960 --> 00:29:11,440 determines the colour of the eyes, the hair, the skin, the 382 00:29:11,440 --> 00:29:14,240 height, the build, a boy or a girl. 383 00:29:14,400 --> 00:29:18,520 It's all predetermined and not one single sail by the genetic 384 00:29:18,520 --> 00:29:23,280 code of the DNA. And that one sail, God made it. 385 00:29:24,120 --> 00:29:26,480 And it's the Spirit of God that giveth life. 386 00:29:27,000 --> 00:29:31,440 And that one sail is destined and ready for rapid development. 387 00:29:31,880 --> 00:29:35,200 And that one sail grows into a tiny human baby. 388 00:29:35,480 --> 00:29:39,280 And that one sail is alive and is alive by the Spirit of God. 389 00:29:40,080 --> 00:29:45,680 And you see a day 25, the head and trunk and the tiny arms and 390 00:29:45,680 --> 00:29:52,840 the legs are visible facial expressions, the ears, the 391 00:29:52,840 --> 00:29:56,440 mouth, the eyes, the heart is pumping blood. 392 00:29:56,800 --> 00:30:01,440 And by day 45-7 and eight weeks into the pregnancy, the baby's 393 00:30:01,440 --> 00:30:04,240 skeleton is complete in cartilage form. 394 00:30:04,480 --> 00:30:08,600 And the baby can hiccup and the baby can clap hands together and 395 00:30:08,600 --> 00:30:11,200 the baby is sensitive to touch and feeling. 396 00:30:11,320 --> 00:30:14,280 And the baby starts moving and gaining strength. 397 00:30:15,280 --> 00:30:21,480 And by 8 weeks, the cartilage turns to bone structure. 398 00:30:21,960 --> 00:30:26,320 The baby's body is complete. Then the three months, which is 399 00:30:26,320 --> 00:30:30,120 12 weeks, that baby can feel pain, it can smile, it can 400 00:30:30,120 --> 00:30:34,720 swallow. And you tell me that you have a 401 00:30:34,720 --> 00:30:40,800 right to terminate that precious life, not only at that time, but 402 00:30:40,800 --> 00:30:44,600 right up to nine months when that little baby's on an 403 00:30:44,600 --> 00:30:51,080 incredible journey and one sail turns into two trillion sails of 404 00:30:51,080 --> 00:30:55,160 an infant and up to 30 trillion sails in a nozzle. 405 00:30:55,200 --> 00:30:58,480 In every one of those sails is like a living factory inside the 406 00:30:58,480 --> 00:31:01,320 human body. I want to tell you that little 407 00:31:01,320 --> 00:31:07,760 baby's unique. That little baby is full of 408 00:31:07,760 --> 00:31:16,480 beauty and personality. You want to murder that, You 409 00:31:16,480 --> 00:31:19,240 legislate to murder that. Why? 410 00:31:20,480 --> 00:31:22,840 Because life has lost its secrets. 411 00:31:24,720 --> 00:31:28,080 And of course abortion is not a new practise, it's an old one. 412 00:31:28,920 --> 00:31:32,240 In years gone by, long before Christ, there was a desire to 413 00:31:32,240 --> 00:31:35,120 get rid of the weak and the unwanted and the sickly. 414 00:31:35,640 --> 00:31:38,240 Why? Because they didn't view life as 415 00:31:38,360 --> 00:31:41,720 made by the Spirit of God, didn't view life as a gift of 416 00:31:41,720 --> 00:31:43,720 God. They they forgot that they're 417 00:31:43,720 --> 00:31:48,320 accountable to God, that they're under the judgement of God for 418 00:31:48,320 --> 00:31:52,360 their actions. The Bible says he that believeth 419 00:31:52,360 --> 00:31:55,200 not is condemned already because he's not believed in the name of 420 00:31:55,200 --> 00:31:58,520 the only begotten Son of God. See, we live in a day when life 421 00:31:58,520 --> 00:32:01,080 is disposable. Life is no value. 422 00:32:01,760 --> 00:32:03,840 Why? Because they've ignored the 423 00:32:03,840 --> 00:32:06,680 sanctity of life. Whenever we have possessions 424 00:32:06,680 --> 00:32:09,240 that are old and worn out, we dispose of them. 425 00:32:10,520 --> 00:32:13,120 Tend to replace an old worn sofa, take it to the dump. 426 00:32:14,000 --> 00:32:17,960 We dump an old TV. Well, you see, now we've decided 427 00:32:19,280 --> 00:32:25,000 to have that disposable attitude toward the elderly and toward 428 00:32:25,000 --> 00:32:28,480 the sick and the National Health Service that we've prided 429 00:32:28,480 --> 00:32:32,640 ourselves in from 1945 has now become the National Death 430 00:32:32,640 --> 00:32:36,920 Service and death is going to be offered to you as a former part 431 00:32:36,920 --> 00:32:40,240 of the treatment plan. Do you know that 5% of all 432 00:32:40,240 --> 00:32:42,680 deaths in Canada are now assisted suicide? 433 00:32:43,360 --> 00:32:47,360 People who have chosen to take their own life, the elderly at 434 00:32:47,360 --> 00:32:52,320 risk, euthanasia, so-called easy death. 435 00:32:53,520 --> 00:32:55,000 I want to tell you it's not right. 436 00:32:56,320 --> 00:33:00,200 Why? Because God is the giver of 437 00:33:00,200 --> 00:33:04,560 life. God is the stainer of life and 438 00:33:04,560 --> 00:33:07,920 the God who gives life is the only God who can take human 439 00:33:07,920 --> 00:33:11,840 life. Do you know that in Westminster 440 00:33:13,800 --> 00:33:20,680 months past, the Labour Party blocked an inquiry into the 441 00:33:20,680 --> 00:33:25,200 grooming gangs that raped up to 250 young white English girls 442 00:33:25,200 --> 00:33:30,640 250,000 This is the third reading of their assisted 443 00:33:30,640 --> 00:33:35,600 suicide bill. They've now voted and Tuesday 444 00:33:35,600 --> 00:33:37,680 passed to decriminalise abortion. 445 00:33:37,680 --> 00:33:41,040 Self managed abortion right up to birth. 446 00:33:41,200 --> 00:33:44,720 Did you hear the cheers? I want to tell you the 447 00:33:44,720 --> 00:33:48,400 government is wicked. I want to tell you our United 448 00:33:48,400 --> 00:33:53,160 Kingdom is under a judgement from God that this is this is 449 00:33:53,160 --> 00:33:56,920 the work of the devil. What must we do? 450 00:33:57,360 --> 00:33:59,120 Well, I'm going to tell you what I'm going to do. 451 00:34:00,200 --> 00:34:01,880 I'm going to preach against vocalism. 452 00:34:02,960 --> 00:34:05,520 I'm going to preach against militant feminism. 453 00:34:06,160 --> 00:34:09,920 I'm going to preach against the ideology of the Fabian Society. 454 00:34:10,280 --> 00:34:13,600 And I'm going to say to those churches that support abortion 455 00:34:14,800 --> 00:34:18,560 and support assisted suicide, I'm going to say to people in 456 00:34:18,560 --> 00:34:21,480 those churches, leave and don't go back. 457 00:34:22,040 --> 00:34:24,239 If that's what they believe in, is that what they preach? 458 00:34:24,239 --> 00:34:27,840 Is that what they stand for? Then don't support them. 459 00:34:28,800 --> 00:34:33,719 As a child of God, we need to pray for the defeat and downfall 460 00:34:34,520 --> 00:34:36,920 of these wicked, evil politicians. 461 00:34:38,000 --> 00:34:42,000 I know that we're fighting not against flesh and blood, but 462 00:34:42,000 --> 00:34:45,000 against principalities, against powers, against the wickedness 463 00:34:45,239 --> 00:34:47,239 and the rulers of the darkness of this world. 464 00:34:48,719 --> 00:34:53,280 But the devil uses flesh and blood, ungodly wicked man that 465 00:34:53,280 --> 00:34:56,120 he takes control over of their mind and their heart. 466 00:34:57,120 --> 00:34:59,600 We need to pray for the removal of these wicked leaders. 467 00:35:03,240 --> 00:35:05,640 Another thing he could do is vote against this wickedness. 468 00:35:07,560 --> 00:35:11,200 Don't support politicians that voted for this, that supported 469 00:35:11,200 --> 00:35:12,920 this kind of legislation. Say no. 470 00:35:13,520 --> 00:35:15,880 Tell them to their face. We'll not be voting for you. 471 00:35:17,520 --> 00:35:20,920 Let me move on and finish this. Just bear with me for a minute. 472 00:35:21,680 --> 00:35:25,480 The Providence that the politicians ignored, No, not, 473 00:35:25,480 --> 00:35:30,280 not just the principle threefold, not just the peril 474 00:35:30,400 --> 00:35:33,680 that puts us under the judgement of God and brings us displeasure 475 00:35:33,680 --> 00:35:37,800 and arouses his wrath, but the Providence that politicians 476 00:35:37,800 --> 00:35:41,040 ignored. You see what we have got 1000 477 00:35:41,040 --> 00:35:43,480 years of rich Christian tradition and heritage in the 478 00:35:43,480 --> 00:35:46,640 United Kingdom. We thank God for our Bible 479 00:35:46,640 --> 00:35:49,320 believing Christianity. We thank God for men like 480 00:35:49,320 --> 00:35:51,680 Wilberforce and Carey and Florence Knangood. 481 00:35:51,880 --> 00:35:54,440 They they what motivated them to do what they did was their 482 00:35:54,440 --> 00:35:56,560 Christian background was their love for God. 483 00:35:56,560 --> 00:35:59,120 What was their love for the souls of men and women? 484 00:35:59,160 --> 00:36:00,480 Was their love for their neighbour. 485 00:36:00,640 --> 00:36:07,240 You, you think of 80 years ago VE Day in the 8th of May there 486 00:36:07,240 --> 00:36:11,280 in 1945 when we celebrated that this year, the 80th anniversary, 487 00:36:11,720 --> 00:36:15,400 what do they ignore? They ignored the good news. 7th 488 00:36:15,400 --> 00:36:19,640 of May 1945, it was announced the unconditional surrender of 489 00:36:19,640 --> 00:36:22,080 Germany. And they've ignored not only 490 00:36:22,080 --> 00:36:24,320 that good news, but they've ignored the good news of the 491 00:36:24,320 --> 00:36:26,640 gospel. For God so loved the world that 492 00:36:26,640 --> 00:36:29,720 he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him 493 00:36:29,720 --> 00:36:31,880 should not perish, but have everlasting life. 494 00:36:32,560 --> 00:36:35,400 They ignored the fact that Christ come into the world just 495 00:36:35,400 --> 00:36:38,120 seeking to save that which was lost, to die in the cross and 496 00:36:38,120 --> 00:36:40,600 atone for our sins. And if we put our faith and 497 00:36:40,600 --> 00:36:43,160 trust in Him, we can be saved and have the assurance of going 498 00:36:43,160 --> 00:36:45,720 to heaven. They ignored the costly 499 00:36:45,720 --> 00:36:48,520 sacrifice of our forefathers. We could direct back to the 500 00:36:48,520 --> 00:36:51,040 English Civil War. We could go back to the Spanish 501 00:36:51,040 --> 00:36:53,880 Armada of 1588. We'd go back to the Glorious 502 00:36:53,880 --> 00:36:57,080 Revolution, the Williamite settlement of 1688. 503 00:36:57,920 --> 00:37:03,360 You see, it was said then in the 7th of May in 1945, was part of 504 00:37:03,360 --> 00:37:05,240 that broadcast by the king, I think it was. 505 00:37:05,240 --> 00:37:09,480 King George said this. Let's remember those who never 506 00:37:09,480 --> 00:37:12,680 came back. Why did they not come back? 507 00:37:12,840 --> 00:37:15,760 Did they not want to? No, they were dead. 508 00:37:16,480 --> 00:37:19,520 They gave themselves up by way of sacrifice to preserve our 509 00:37:19,560 --> 00:37:21,520 free civil and religious liberty. 510 00:37:21,960 --> 00:37:27,480 The Crimean War, World War One at the Psalm 5500 fell on the 511 00:37:27,480 --> 00:37:33,280 first day, World War 2. Do you know that in World War 512 00:37:33,280 --> 00:37:38,520 Two, 383,700 service personnel died? 513 00:37:39,560 --> 00:37:44,800 Do you know that 67,200 civilians died as a result of 514 00:37:44,800 --> 00:37:48,120 that war and then lifted up? And when you think of that 515 00:37:48,120 --> 00:37:52,680 sacrifice to the greatest sacrifice of all and the 516 00:37:52,680 --> 00:37:56,640 sacrifice of Christ upon the cross and they I'll tell you 517 00:37:56,640 --> 00:37:59,000 something else. They ignored that happened 80 518 00:37:59,000 --> 00:38:05,560 years ago in VED 200 Lancaster bombers transported as the 519 00:38:05,560 --> 00:38:09,640 crowds were cheering in the streets, 1300 prisoners of war, 520 00:38:11,360 --> 00:38:15,160 those that were taken captive. And there's thousands in our 521 00:38:15,160 --> 00:38:17,480 United Kingdom taking captive by the devil. 522 00:38:17,600 --> 00:38:20,320 And the only one that can set them free is the Lord Jesus 523 00:38:20,320 --> 00:38:23,240 Christ himself because he came to preach deliverance to the 524 00:38:23,240 --> 00:38:25,960 captives. They also ignored a new 525 00:38:25,960 --> 00:38:30,800 prospectus because in World War 2 they developed a system called 526 00:38:30,800 --> 00:38:40,560 radar, and that radar helped 80 years ago, and that radar 527 00:38:40,560 --> 00:38:41,960 helped. We could think about the 528 00:38:41,960 --> 00:38:50,400 miracles of Dunkirk. Man has an inability to 529 00:38:50,400 --> 00:38:56,640 understand spiritual things because he's darned in his mind. 530 00:38:56,640 --> 00:39:00,200 He's diseased in his affections, he's dead in his sin. 531 00:39:01,600 --> 00:39:04,360 And we need to ask help and wisdom from God. 532 00:39:04,920 --> 00:39:08,400 We need to turn to the Lord. And I say this as we finish. 533 00:39:08,440 --> 00:39:11,720 I thank God for the 8 unionist members of Parliament who voted 534 00:39:11,720 --> 00:39:13,040 against us. Why did they vote? 535 00:39:13,200 --> 00:39:14,880 Because of their Christian heritage. 536 00:39:16,960 --> 00:39:20,040 They stood in remembrance that there's a God in heaven with 537 00:39:20,040 --> 00:39:23,160 whom they have to do. And what are we called for this 538 00:39:23,160 --> 00:39:25,920 morning? Well, we call this just as it 539 00:39:25,920 --> 00:39:32,640 was called during VE Day. We surrender unconditionally all 540 00:39:32,640 --> 00:39:37,720 forces under German control to the British Exhibitionary Force, 541 00:39:38,440 --> 00:39:40,960 and we call for the unconditional surrender of every 542 00:39:40,960 --> 00:39:45,600 Member of Parliament before God. We call upon them to repent of 543 00:39:45,600 --> 00:39:50,480 their sin and their wickedness, for by grace you see it through 544 00:39:50,480 --> 00:39:53,200 faith and not not of yourselves. It's the gift of God, not of 545 00:39:53,200 --> 00:39:54,440 works, less than any man should boast. 546 00:39:54,560 --> 00:40:00,080 Listen to me as I finish. Our help is in the name of the 547 00:40:00,080 --> 00:40:01,640 Lord. We need the Lord. 548 00:40:03,000 --> 00:40:07,720 The Lord must be called upon to give wholesale repentance and 549 00:40:07,720 --> 00:40:10,600 call the people back to him and back to the House of God on the 550 00:40:10,600 --> 00:40:13,840 day of God. We want our land to be healed. 551 00:40:13,840 --> 00:40:15,320 Do you want their land to be healed? 552 00:40:15,600 --> 00:40:17,960 Are you sick of what happened in Parliament? 553 00:40:18,520 --> 00:40:22,840 On Tuesday and Friday then we need to pray, pray to God. 554 00:40:23,400 --> 00:40:25,880 We need to repent of our sin and turn to the Lord. 555 00:40:26,720 --> 00:40:29,880 We must stand to openly correct the errors that have been 556 00:40:29,880 --> 00:40:31,800 perpetrated. We must rebuke the evil and the 557 00:40:31,800 --> 00:40:34,000 evil dear. And we must stand fast for the 558 00:40:34,000 --> 00:40:37,480 honour and glory of God. And we must say the way back is 559 00:40:37,520 --> 00:40:42,080 back to God, to the old paths to God's Word, to the honour and 560 00:40:42,080 --> 00:40:44,800 glory of our God, to our rediscover our Christian 561 00:40:44,800 --> 00:40:48,080 heritage. And I say to those that are 562 00:40:48,200 --> 00:40:54,040 advocating taking a stand, men like Jeff Taylor in England, and 563 00:40:54,040 --> 00:40:57,440 we thank God for that stand. But at the heart of that stand 564 00:40:57,920 --> 00:41:00,480 has to be a return to Bible believing Christianity. 565 00:41:00,560 --> 00:41:04,600 If you leave the Lord out and ignore the Lord and forsake him 566 00:41:04,600 --> 00:41:09,280 and forget him, then nothing that we do is going to restore 567 00:41:09,280 --> 00:41:11,240 this land to truth and righteousness. 568 00:41:12,160 --> 00:41:15,880 I leave this sermon with you. I've preached it as God has 569 00:41:15,880 --> 00:41:20,520 given me help. The principle the politicians 570 00:41:20,520 --> 00:41:27,600 ignored, the peril that they have ignored, and the Providence 571 00:41:27,600 --> 00:41:31,480 that they have ignored. They have forgotten how God 572 00:41:31,480 --> 00:41:35,280 worked in the past. God uses means. 573 00:41:35,280 --> 00:41:39,400 God uses men. May God give us godly men and 574 00:41:39,400 --> 00:41:44,160 godly women, and return the land to righteousness. 575 00:41:44,520 --> 00:41:49,840 Sin is a reproach to any people. Righteousness exalteth a nation.