1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:05,600 Amen. Now we're going to read from 2 00:00:05,600 --> 00:00:11,560 God's Word and I'm going to do something different and 3 00:00:11,560 --> 00:00:16,480 something that's unusual, and that will be that we're going to 4 00:00:16,480 --> 00:00:23,320 read 4 passages of Scripture. Three of these passages are just 5 00:00:23,320 --> 00:00:30,320 single verses, and then a fourth passage will be a few verses. 6 00:00:31,440 --> 00:00:34,240 So the first verse I want to read to you is the book of 7 00:00:34,240 --> 00:00:47,360 Hebrews, Hebrews Chapter 11 and the verse 33, Hebrews Chapter 8 00:00:47,400 --> 00:00:56,640 11, verse 33. It reads as follows. 9 00:00:57,800 --> 00:01:04,200 Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, 10 00:01:05,040 --> 00:01:10,520 obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions. 11 00:01:11,040 --> 00:01:18,560 Hebrews 1133 was a text that was dear to the heart of King 12 00:01:18,560 --> 00:01:20,760 William the third Prince of Orange. 13 00:01:22,240 --> 00:01:30,760 If you turn to Romans chapter 8 now, but read in verse 31, here 14 00:01:30,760 --> 00:01:36,440 was another one of those Williamite texts, Romans 831, 15 00:01:42,300 --> 00:01:48,380 Romans 8, verse 31. What shall we then say to these 16 00:01:48,380 --> 00:01:53,540 things? If God be for us, who can be 17 00:01:53,540 --> 00:01:58,080 against us? And if you come over to the Old 18 00:01:58,080 --> 00:02:10,310 Testament now to the prophecy of Isaiah chapter 43, we'll read 19 00:02:10,310 --> 00:02:17,670 there just the second verse, Isaiah chapter 43, verse 2. 20 00:02:19,870 --> 00:02:25,590 When thy passes through the waters, I will be with thee, and 21 00:02:25,590 --> 00:02:28,190 through the rivers they shall not overflow thee. 22 00:02:28,760 --> 00:02:31,680 When they walk us through the fire, they shall not be burned, 23 00:02:32,040 --> 00:02:35,440 neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. 24 00:02:36,960 --> 00:02:38,960 And we come to one final passage now. 25 00:02:40,120 --> 00:02:51,600 Second Samuel, chapter 23. Second Samuel, chapter 23. 26 00:03:05,920 --> 00:03:08,040 We read together the 1st 4 verses. 27 00:03:08,880 --> 00:03:12,600 Let's hear the word of God. Second Samuel 23 verses 1 to 4. 28 00:03:13,720 --> 00:03:16,440 Now these be the last words of David. 29 00:03:17,360 --> 00:03:22,560 David, the son of Jesse said, and the man who was raised up on 30 00:03:22,560 --> 00:03:29,320 high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of 31 00:03:29,320 --> 00:03:36,960 Israel said, the Spirit of the Lord speak by me, and his word 32 00:03:36,960 --> 00:03:42,400 was in my tongue. The God of Israel said, the rock 33 00:03:42,400 --> 00:03:48,040 of Israel speak to me. He that ruleth over men must be 34 00:03:48,040 --> 00:03:54,520 just ruling in the fear of God, and he shall be as the light of 35 00:03:54,520 --> 00:04:00,800 the morning when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds, 36 00:04:01,280 --> 00:04:05,440 as the tender grass springeth out of the earth by a clear 37 00:04:05,440 --> 00:04:09,600 shining after reign. Amen. 38 00:04:09,600 --> 00:04:12,360 We do God and stamp with His own approval and blessing the 39 00:04:12,360 --> 00:04:16,800 reading of these precious words in our hearing men. 40 00:04:19,240 --> 00:04:24,480 Now my text tonight is taken from 4 texts of Holy Scripture 41 00:04:24,920 --> 00:04:29,320 that I've read to you. Second Samuel 23 verses one to 42 00:04:29,320 --> 00:04:36,200 four, Isaiah 43 and 2, Romans 8 and 31, and Hebrews 1133. 43 00:04:36,320 --> 00:04:41,640 Now each of these texts are all associated with King William the 44 00:04:41,640 --> 00:04:48,200 third Prince of Orange. They are known as King William's 45 00:04:48,680 --> 00:04:51,920 texts. Each text I'm well aware, as 46 00:04:51,920 --> 00:04:56,400 were they, of a full sermon. But I'm not going to do a 47 00:04:56,400 --> 00:04:58,720 miniseries of four sermons tonight. 48 00:04:58,720 --> 00:05:01,960 So what I want to do is treat them collectively. 49 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:05,880 You see, in these four texts of scripture, there's a powerful 50 00:05:05,880 --> 00:05:09,000 message on the life of King William. 51 00:05:09,600 --> 00:05:14,200 You're well aware that this Saturday coming marks the climax 52 00:05:14,200 --> 00:05:20,360 of the marching season when 10s of thousands of Orangemen, bands 53 00:05:20,360 --> 00:05:24,320 and supporters all over this province are out in parade 54 00:05:24,320 --> 00:05:30,720 marching to celebrate the 335th anniversary of the famous Battle 55 00:05:30,720 --> 00:05:33,560 of the Boy. Now I wonder tonight if you 56 00:05:33,560 --> 00:05:36,760 heard of the term the hillbillies. 57 00:05:37,400 --> 00:05:41,320 I wonder if you ever describe somebody he's a hillbilly. 58 00:05:42,960 --> 00:05:47,840 You see, the name Hillbillies is a name given to white people who 59 00:05:47,840 --> 00:05:52,840 live in the Hill Country, the mountains of eastern Virginia, 60 00:05:53,320 --> 00:05:57,520 principally in the Apolletian region of the United States of 61 00:05:57,520 --> 00:05:59,880 America. Now did you know that the 62 00:05:59,880 --> 00:06:06,520 original Hillbillies, as we will call them, were Ulster Scots who 63 00:06:06,520 --> 00:06:10,280 emigrated to the United States of America and they settled in 64 00:06:10,280 --> 00:06:13,560 the Hill counties of West Virginia. 65 00:06:13,760 --> 00:06:16,760 And you see at times they would get together as Ulster folk do 66 00:06:16,760 --> 00:06:20,640 here, and they would sing songs and they would sing ballards. 67 00:06:20,840 --> 00:06:24,880 And these ballards of course, were songs about King William 68 00:06:25,400 --> 00:06:27,920 and the famous Battle of the Boyne. 69 00:06:28,040 --> 00:06:31,400 So see the connection. They lived in the hills, They 70 00:06:31,400 --> 00:06:34,720 were from the Hill Country and they remembered King Billy. 71 00:06:34,840 --> 00:06:37,680 So they were called the Hillbillies. 72 00:06:38,880 --> 00:06:46,480 Now I have question. What do we know about King 73 00:06:46,480 --> 00:06:51,440 Billy? You see, the answer is the 74 00:06:51,440 --> 00:06:54,160 truthful answer. Very little. 75 00:06:54,720 --> 00:06:58,200 If I was to go down tonight into Sandy Row or go up the Shankill 76 00:06:58,200 --> 00:07:02,520 Road and ask them, what do you know about King Billy or King 77 00:07:02,520 --> 00:07:04,560 William the Third Prince of Orange? 78 00:07:05,400 --> 00:07:07,640 Some of the young people may tell me, Well King Billy's on 79 00:07:07,640 --> 00:07:12,640 the wall in Sandy Row, or King Billy, well he rode a White 80 00:07:12,640 --> 00:07:18,080 Horse across the Boyne in the 12th of July 1690. 81 00:07:20,360 --> 00:07:25,560 True, but not strictly true. King Billy defeated King James 82 00:07:25,560 --> 00:07:29,640 and the Jacobite army in the 12th of July 1960. 83 00:07:31,000 --> 00:07:37,160 Again, not true. You see, even many Orange men, 84 00:07:37,840 --> 00:07:44,840 men who are on parade, know so little about King William the 85 00:07:44,840 --> 00:07:50,600 third Prince of Orange. Now remember this, the Bible 86 00:07:50,600 --> 00:07:56,080 says my people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. 87 00:07:56,560 --> 00:08:00,720 Hosea 4 and 6. And that was true of the ancient 88 00:08:00,720 --> 00:08:03,360 Israelite in the days of Hosea the prophet. 89 00:08:03,720 --> 00:08:06,600 But it's also, I believe, true of the people of Northern 90 00:08:06,600 --> 00:08:10,080 Ireland today. And so the aim of my sermon 91 00:08:10,080 --> 00:08:14,920 tonight has helped to supply the Ulster people with the knowledge 92 00:08:15,120 --> 00:08:22,840 of their history and therefore hope to educate them in teaching 93 00:08:22,840 --> 00:08:27,800 about one of the most important kings or leaders that's held in 94 00:08:27,800 --> 00:08:30,920 high esteem among the Protestant people today. 95 00:08:30,920 --> 00:08:34,600 So I have entitled the message, Learning from King William's 96 00:08:34,600 --> 00:08:36,600 text. You see, young people, King 97 00:08:36,600 --> 00:08:42,080 William was a godly man. King William was a 16th century 98 00:08:42,520 --> 00:08:45,560 believer. Did you know that he appointed 99 00:08:45,560 --> 00:08:49,760 chaplains over his army? He had those chaplains preach 100 00:08:49,760 --> 00:08:55,000 regularly to his troops about repentance toward God and faith 101 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:58,400 in the Lord Jesus Christ. Did you know that he often gave 102 00:08:58,400 --> 00:09:01,480 themselves to private seasons of prayer? 103 00:09:01,800 --> 00:09:07,200 And very often he quoted the Bible in correspondence. 104 00:09:07,480 --> 00:09:11,920 He quoted the Bible in private and public conversation. 105 00:09:12,280 --> 00:09:15,120 So that's what we're thinking about tonight, learning from 106 00:09:15,120 --> 00:09:19,360 King William's text. Here's the first thing, King 107 00:09:19,360 --> 00:09:23,960 William and his family tree. Let's go to the last portion of 108 00:09:23,960 --> 00:09:29,640 Scripture that we read, Second Samuel chapter 23 verses 1 to 4. 109 00:09:31,760 --> 00:09:37,480 You see, King William came from the Dutch royal family. 110 00:09:39,960 --> 00:09:43,400 He was born in The Hague in the Dutch Republic on the 4th of 111 00:09:43,400 --> 00:09:49,200 November 1650. He was baptised William Henry. 112 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:54,840 He was the only child of his mother Mary. 113 00:09:55,720 --> 00:10:01,240 She was known as the Princess Royal and his father the 114 00:10:01,480 --> 00:10:06,280 stradholder William the second Prince of Orange. 115 00:10:08,080 --> 00:10:13,400 Now his mother Mary was the daughter of King Charles the 116 00:10:13,400 --> 00:10:16,720 First of England, Scotland and Ireland. 117 00:10:18,440 --> 00:10:25,000 So the House of Orange into which William was born into was 118 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:30,000 a ruling family of the United Provinces of the Netherlands. 119 00:10:31,360 --> 00:10:35,320 William's father, William the second Prince of Orange, died 120 00:10:35,840 --> 00:10:38,680 before William the third was born. 121 00:10:40,920 --> 00:10:47,400 Whenever he was born, 10 days after his father died, the room 122 00:10:47,400 --> 00:10:51,880 was draped in black. His father died of smallpox. 123 00:10:52,560 --> 00:10:59,720 And then of course when William was aged 10, his mother Mary 124 00:10:59,720 --> 00:11:02,720 died. So I want you to think of him, 125 00:11:03,240 --> 00:11:09,560 William the 3rd House of Orange, or Prince of Orange, from his 126 00:11:09,560 --> 00:11:12,760 birth. And whenever he was being 127 00:11:13,160 --> 00:11:18,640 baptised, these words were read. Who through faith subdued 128 00:11:18,640 --> 00:11:22,200 kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the 129 00:11:22,200 --> 00:11:27,120 mouths of lions. Now here's an interesting thing. 130 00:11:28,200 --> 00:11:35,680 How did a Dutchman, an Orange Prince of the provinces of the 131 00:11:35,680 --> 00:11:41,240 Netherland, become King of England, Scotland and Ireland? 132 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:50,840 And there's a simple answer. In 1677, age of 27, it's a good 133 00:11:50,840 --> 00:11:57,200 age to get married, young man. He married James's, the second 134 00:11:57,200 --> 00:12:02,760 eldest daughter, Mary. So James the second of England, 135 00:12:02,760 --> 00:12:06,240 Scotland and Ireland really was his father-in-law. 136 00:12:06,960 --> 00:12:10,960 So when he came to England to fight, he really came to fight 137 00:12:10,960 --> 00:12:15,400 his father-in-law. Let me tell you what happened 138 00:12:16,240 --> 00:12:19,240 when the Dutch Republic was attacked by Louis the 14th of 139 00:12:19,240 --> 00:12:27,080 France 1672, William rose to power and became Louis's 140 00:12:27,080 --> 00:12:30,480 greatest enemy. William made it his life mission 141 00:12:30,480 --> 00:12:37,800 to oppose Louis the 14th Tooth and kneel and waged many 142 00:12:37,800 --> 00:12:42,120 campaigns against the army of this powerful Roman Catholic 143 00:12:42,120 --> 00:12:46,480 French ruler. Now at that time many 144 00:12:46,480 --> 00:12:51,520 Protestants in England heralded William as a champion of their 145 00:12:51,520 --> 00:13:03,760 faith and in 1685 whenever his Roman Catholic father-in-law and 146 00:13:03,760 --> 00:13:09,120 really his uncle as well, James the Duke of York became King of 147 00:13:09,160 --> 00:13:14,200 England, Scotland and Ireland. James's reign was very unpopular 148 00:13:14,200 --> 00:13:18,760 especially among the Protestant not only the religious leaders 149 00:13:18,760 --> 00:13:21,960 but also the political leaders at this time because James the 150 00:13:21,960 --> 00:13:28,160 Second in 1685 was bent on trying to re establish Roman 151 00:13:28,160 --> 00:13:32,480 Catholicism as the protest at the predominant religion in 152 00:13:32,520 --> 00:13:37,200 England. And then in 1688, when news 153 00:13:37,200 --> 00:13:42,720 broke that James had an heir to the throne, a male heir, it's 154 00:13:42,720 --> 00:13:47,600 widely believed that that male heir was the son of a Miller and 155 00:13:47,600 --> 00:13:50,160 his wife. There's a bit of skulduggery 156 00:13:50,160 --> 00:13:53,080 going on. It's believed that the child was 157 00:13:53,080 --> 00:13:59,360 smuggled into the palace in a bed pal, and that's what was at 158 00:13:59,360 --> 00:14:04,400 least alleged. But the male heir would mean a 159 00:14:04,400 --> 00:14:10,080 succession of Roman Catholic kings or Roman Catholic Queens 160 00:14:10,080 --> 00:14:13,960 in the throne of England, and that alarmed the political 161 00:14:13,960 --> 00:14:18,160 establishment. That alarmed the Protestant 162 00:14:18,160 --> 00:14:20,600 Parliament. They remembered the killing 163 00:14:20,600 --> 00:14:26,880 times, the English Civil War, James's attempts to reintroduce 164 00:14:26,880 --> 00:14:29,360 the Roman Catholic faith in the English life. 165 00:14:29,920 --> 00:14:34,520 So in 1688 a letter was sent to King William by the religious 166 00:14:34,520 --> 00:14:39,480 leaders of the day, 7 godly bishops, and he was invited by 167 00:14:39,480 --> 00:14:43,280 them to become the King of England. 168 00:14:45,520 --> 00:14:50,680 When William came, actually he came with his wife Mary in 1688 169 00:14:51,760 --> 00:14:58,800 and he landed in the English port of Brixham on his ship. 170 00:14:58,800 --> 00:15:02,960 Was this message from the Flagstaff the Protestant 171 00:15:02,960 --> 00:15:04,960 religion and the liberties of England? 172 00:15:05,200 --> 00:15:13,200 I will maintain James fled ended up in France, a mate of Louis 173 00:15:13,200 --> 00:15:18,720 the 14th. The Glorious Revolution of 1688 174 00:15:19,000 --> 00:15:22,160 had begun and there was not one shot fired. 175 00:15:23,360 --> 00:15:30,080 There was not one unit of blood spelled, not one person was 176 00:15:30,080 --> 00:15:34,400 killed. It was a bloodless revolution. 177 00:15:36,320 --> 00:15:40,440 William and Mary were jointly crowned as a husband and wife 178 00:15:40,440 --> 00:15:45,640 Titan, the only monarchs to be jointly crowned in the history 179 00:15:45,640 --> 00:15:48,680 of England. They were crowned with equal 180 00:15:48,680 --> 00:15:53,640 power, authority and the status. And of course, after the 181 00:15:53,640 --> 00:15:58,400 coronation, the Williamite settlement, a Bill of Rights was 182 00:15:58,400 --> 00:16:00,440 introduced. Now let me tell you this, the 183 00:16:00,440 --> 00:16:03,080 coronation took place in Westminster Abbey on the 11th of 184 00:16:03,080 --> 00:16:08,360 April 1689. The preacher was the Archbishop 185 00:16:08,360 --> 00:16:13,120 of London. You see in 1689 the Parliament 186 00:16:13,120 --> 00:16:16,440 declared that James had abdicated by deserting his 187 00:16:16,440 --> 00:16:22,440 Kingdom and William Rain from 1689 to 1702 and whenever he had 188 00:16:22,440 --> 00:16:25,480 his coronation jointly along with his wife Mary, you can 189 00:16:25,480 --> 00:16:27,160 picture them being jointly crowned. 190 00:16:27,360 --> 00:16:32,280 This portion of Scripture Second Samuel 23 was read. 191 00:16:32,280 --> 00:16:34,200 Listen to these words in the verse 3. 192 00:16:34,200 --> 00:16:37,200 The God of Israel said the rock of Israel speak to me. 193 00:16:37,400 --> 00:16:41,880 He that ruleth over men must be just ruling in the fear of God, 194 00:16:42,200 --> 00:16:45,240 and he shall be as the light of the morning when the sun rises, 195 00:16:45,360 --> 00:16:48,560 even a morning without clouds, as the tender grass springing 196 00:16:48,560 --> 00:16:53,000 out of the earth by clear shining after rain. 197 00:16:53,640 --> 00:16:59,280 His wife, Mary, she rained from 1689 to 1694. 198 00:16:59,560 --> 00:17:04,920 She was a godly lady. She stood side by side with her 199 00:17:04,920 --> 00:17:08,200 husband. They had a very loving romantic 200 00:17:08,200 --> 00:17:10,640 relationship. They genuinely loved each other. 201 00:17:10,880 --> 00:17:14,040 And of course, that's proven because of the many love letters 202 00:17:14,040 --> 00:17:16,240 that were sent between each other. 203 00:17:16,760 --> 00:17:20,440 Even though life was marked by outward religious controversy 204 00:17:20,599 --> 00:17:27,640 and religious wars, these two were madly in love with each 205 00:17:27,640 --> 00:17:31,120 other. I believe the Bishop's name, the 206 00:17:31,120 --> 00:17:34,120 Archbishop of London at that time was a man called Bishop 207 00:17:34,120 --> 00:17:36,680 Burnett. I wonder if you've heard of the 208 00:17:36,680 --> 00:17:41,400 little nursery rhyme Rockabye, Baby on the tree top. 209 00:17:42,120 --> 00:17:44,280 When the wind blows, the cradle Will Rock. 210 00:17:44,280 --> 00:17:47,800 When the bow breaks, the cradle will fall, down will come, baby, 211 00:17:48,160 --> 00:17:49,920 cradle and all. We've all sung it to our 212 00:17:49,920 --> 00:17:52,920 children, haven't you? But did you know that that's a 213 00:17:52,920 --> 00:17:56,000 nice little rhyme, a lovely little Ballard. 214 00:17:56,240 --> 00:17:59,640 But that's really about the history at that time of the 215 00:17:59,640 --> 00:18:03,720 family tree of trains. The cradle is about the newborn 216 00:18:03,720 --> 00:18:07,840 meal air when the wind blows. It's the Protestant wind that 217 00:18:07,840 --> 00:18:11,320 brought King William from the Netherlands across the English 218 00:18:11,320 --> 00:18:15,320 Channel to land at Brixham. The Protestant religion and the 219 00:18:15,320 --> 00:18:17,600 liberties of England I will maintain. 220 00:18:17,920 --> 00:18:22,320 And of course, by that glorious revolution, down came the 221 00:18:22,320 --> 00:18:25,640 cradle, baby. And all that was the downfall of 222 00:18:25,640 --> 00:18:28,120 the family tree of James the Second. 223 00:18:29,080 --> 00:18:31,080 Now here's William and his family tree. 224 00:18:31,720 --> 00:18:34,320 What a privilege to be born into a royal family. 225 00:18:34,680 --> 00:18:37,000 Would you like to be born into a royal family? 226 00:18:37,600 --> 00:18:40,720 Suppose I said to you, you could be born into the royal family. 227 00:18:42,440 --> 00:18:45,200 Maybe we'll ask a different way. Are you a member of a greater 228 00:18:45,200 --> 00:18:48,680 royal family? Remember the Lord Jesus said 229 00:18:49,680 --> 00:18:55,560 speaking there in John chapter 1 and in the verse 12 He made this 230 00:18:55,560 --> 00:18:57,760 statement. But as many as received him to 231 00:18:57,760 --> 00:19:01,120 them give he power to become the sons of God, even to them which 232 00:19:01,120 --> 00:19:03,800 believe in His name, which were born not of blood, nor of the 233 00:19:03,800 --> 00:19:07,000 will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. 234 00:19:08,200 --> 00:19:11,720 See, I would urge you tonight to believe in the Lord Jesus 235 00:19:11,720 --> 00:19:14,320 Christ. And if you believe in the Lord 236 00:19:14,320 --> 00:19:19,000 Jesus Christ and are born again of the Holy Spirit, then not new 237 00:19:19,000 --> 00:19:22,920 birth makes you a member of a greater royal family than the 238 00:19:22,920 --> 00:19:25,720 Dutch royal family or the English royal family. 239 00:19:26,640 --> 00:19:30,520 William was a believer, a 16th century believer. 240 00:19:31,320 --> 00:19:33,520 William and his family tree very quickly. 241 00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:37,160 William and his familiar timeline. 242 00:19:38,240 --> 00:19:43,120 You see, the Battle of the Boyne didn't take place in the 12th of 243 00:19:43,120 --> 00:19:46,400 July 1690. I hope you know that. 244 00:19:46,960 --> 00:19:47,480 You know what? Now? 245 00:19:48,320 --> 00:19:51,800 It took place in the 1st of July 1690. 246 00:19:52,600 --> 00:19:56,280 That's 11 days earlier. We know that the Battle of the 247 00:19:56,280 --> 00:20:00,400 Somme took place in the 1st of July 1916, a 109 years ago. 248 00:20:00,800 --> 00:20:02,960 The Bible encourages us to remember the battle. 249 00:20:03,840 --> 00:20:09,200 But why remember the Battle of the Boyne on the 12th of July if 250 00:20:09,200 --> 00:20:11,120 it was fought on the 1st of July? 251 00:20:11,480 --> 00:20:13,560 That's a good question. Well, there's a simple answer. 252 00:20:14,080 --> 00:20:17,000 It's a twofold answer. One, there was a change in the 253 00:20:17,000 --> 00:20:21,120 calendar. Up until 1752 Great Britain 254 00:20:21,120 --> 00:20:25,880 followed the Julian calendar. Then in 1752 Great Britain 255 00:20:25,880 --> 00:20:30,000 adopted the new calendar of Pope Gregory the 13th, known as the 256 00:20:30,000 --> 00:20:34,280 Gregorian calendar. Many European countries were 257 00:20:34,280 --> 00:20:39,240 using it and there was a push to have adopted into English law 258 00:20:39,920 --> 00:20:47,160 and on the 7th of 7th, 2nd of September 1752, it was adopted. 259 00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:54,560 So the 3rd of September 1752 jumped to the 14th of September. 260 00:20:55,320 --> 00:20:58,600 Did you know there was riots? There was protests. 261 00:20:59,040 --> 00:21:03,560 Give us our 11 days back, but like give us our flag back. 262 00:21:04,720 --> 00:21:08,160 The tax year was moved from the 25th of March to the 5th or 6th 263 00:21:08,160 --> 00:21:13,000 of April, the full tax year. So the celebration of the Battle 264 00:21:13,000 --> 00:21:17,360 of the Boyne that was held right up to 1752 was moved from the 265 00:21:17,360 --> 00:21:22,720 1st of July to the 12th of July. And there's a second reason. 266 00:21:24,560 --> 00:21:29,120 The 12th of July, while it was one of the great battles of the 267 00:21:29,120 --> 00:21:33,920 William 8 wars fought in Ireland, a more decisive and 268 00:21:33,920 --> 00:21:38,920 final battle was fought at Okrum known as the Battle of Okrum. 269 00:21:39,760 --> 00:21:43,160 And the Battle of Okrum was fought on the 12th day of July 270 00:21:45,600 --> 00:21:50,800 1691. We sometimes sing the song It 271 00:21:50,800 --> 00:21:56,600 was worn and Derry, Akarim, Enniskillen and the Boyne. 272 00:21:56,600 --> 00:21:59,680 And while the Battle of the Boyne was a very significant 273 00:21:59,680 --> 00:22:03,120 battle, a great victory, it was not the final battle. 274 00:22:03,240 --> 00:22:07,080 The war was not over, it continued almost another full 275 00:22:07,080 --> 00:22:09,640 year. And it was the Battle of Akram, 276 00:22:10,240 --> 00:22:16,960 a most terrible battle when thousands died that ended the 277 00:22:16,960 --> 00:22:22,200 William 8 wars in Ireland. So think tonight of King William 278 00:22:23,040 --> 00:22:25,960 and his familiar timely. See, when you think of King 279 00:22:25,960 --> 00:22:29,480 William, you've got to think of dates and times, because life is 280 00:22:29,480 --> 00:22:33,080 measured by dates and times. Day of our birth, the day of our 281 00:22:33,080 --> 00:22:36,880 birth, the the things that happened in between the various 282 00:22:36,880 --> 00:22:41,880 days on the journey of life. Think of the time of the battle. 283 00:22:44,200 --> 00:22:48,960 William, through victory, delivered us from a tyrannical 284 00:22:49,040 --> 00:22:52,400 enemy. Let me ask this question. 285 00:22:52,560 --> 00:22:55,480 Was there a time in your life when you recounted when you got 286 00:22:55,480 --> 00:22:58,520 converted? A time when you saw yourself as 287 00:22:58,520 --> 00:23:02,760 a slave to sin? He needed to be set free, and 288 00:23:02,760 --> 00:23:05,160 the only one that can set you free is King Jesus. 289 00:23:06,440 --> 00:23:09,400 Do you know him? Are you associated with Him? 290 00:23:10,800 --> 00:23:14,400 Can you remember the battle of Christ on the cross? 291 00:23:14,720 --> 00:23:18,640 Can you associate a date and a time that was a happy day in 292 00:23:18,640 --> 00:23:22,800 your life when you trusted Him to deliver you out of the hands 293 00:23:22,800 --> 00:23:26,160 of the enemy from the power and penalty of sin? 294 00:23:27,680 --> 00:23:31,480 The third thing I want you to think about tonight is this King 295 00:23:31,480 --> 00:23:39,760 William and his focused task. King William only spent 12 days 296 00:23:39,960 --> 00:23:43,320 in Ireland. King William crossed the Irish 297 00:23:43,320 --> 00:23:48,360 Sea from Hoy Lake and Cheshire at the mouth of the River Dee, 298 00:23:48,360 --> 00:23:51,080 accompanied by a fleet of 700 vessels. 299 00:23:51,720 --> 00:23:56,280 He landed at Carrickfergus near Belfast on the 14th of June 300 00:23:56,280 --> 00:24:01,960 1690, and then on the 15th of June he came to Belfast and he 301 00:24:01,960 --> 00:24:07,120 attended worship in the parish church that's at Saint George's 302 00:24:07,120 --> 00:24:08,960 parish at the top of High Street. 303 00:24:09,680 --> 00:24:14,720 The Reverend Joyce George Royce preached one of the royal 304 00:24:14,720 --> 00:24:22,400 chaplains, and he took for his text Hebrews 1133, who through 305 00:24:22,400 --> 00:24:24,920 faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained 306 00:24:24,920 --> 00:24:27,000 promises, stopped the mouths of lions. 307 00:24:27,400 --> 00:24:30,680 And in the course of his sermon, he made reference to these 308 00:24:30,680 --> 00:24:32,960 words. When thou pass us through the 309 00:24:32,960 --> 00:24:35,400 waters, I'll be with thee, and through the rivers they shall 310 00:24:35,400 --> 00:24:37,400 not overflow thee. When they walk us through the 311 00:24:37,400 --> 00:24:41,200 fire, they shall not be burned, neither shall the flame kindle 312 00:24:41,640 --> 00:24:44,520 upon thee. Now that was prophetic. 313 00:24:45,800 --> 00:24:48,440 King William took comfort from those two verses. 314 00:24:48,960 --> 00:24:52,720 He reminded why he had been born into the Dutch royal family, 315 00:24:53,320 --> 00:24:56,440 because it was through faith he was going to subdue kingdoms. 316 00:24:58,560 --> 00:25:03,960 And he took comfort that God would be with him no matter what 317 00:25:03,960 --> 00:25:08,680 he would face. Isn't it tremendous that in the 318 00:25:08,680 --> 00:25:13,400 15th of June 1690, William was found in the Lord's Day in the 319 00:25:13,400 --> 00:25:17,160 House of God? Was he not set an example? 320 00:25:17,640 --> 00:25:22,680 I believe he was. Why should we thank God for the 321 00:25:22,680 --> 00:25:27,720 coming of King William? Remember the 1641 Irish 322 00:25:27,720 --> 00:25:33,080 rebellion, 100,000 Protestants were murdered, the Reverend 323 00:25:33,080 --> 00:25:35,240 Jonathan Campbell and new buildings. 324 00:25:35,240 --> 00:25:37,760 He called it the Protestant Holocaust. 325 00:25:39,560 --> 00:25:43,280 And if the figures right and we believe it is, then there should 326 00:25:43,280 --> 00:25:46,600 at least be a memorial service at least once a year. 327 00:25:47,680 --> 00:25:53,320 Our Protestant forefathers, men and women and young people were 328 00:25:53,320 --> 00:25:57,360 stabbed, drowned, had their throats cut, burnt to death. 329 00:25:58,200 --> 00:26:01,200 That's all historical. Dungannon, Banbridge, Portadown, 330 00:26:01,200 --> 00:26:03,880 Loch Gall, Newcastle, Enniskillen. 331 00:26:04,280 --> 00:26:06,960 I'm well aware, and thank God for this, that decent Roman 332 00:26:06,960 --> 00:26:09,440 Catholics had their Protestant neighbours just like the 333 00:26:09,440 --> 00:26:12,000 Christians had the Jews during World War 2. 334 00:26:12,400 --> 00:26:14,360 But those were days of awful persecution. 335 00:26:15,880 --> 00:26:19,560 Protestants lived in fear, under an awful plight. 336 00:26:19,560 --> 00:26:24,840 Think of the siege of Londonderry 4000. 337 00:26:25,160 --> 00:26:29,400 Died in that siege. See, we should thank God tonight 338 00:26:29,400 --> 00:26:32,840 for our freedoms. You should thank God for the 339 00:26:32,840 --> 00:26:35,800 William 8 wars. Thank God for the victory of 340 00:26:35,800 --> 00:26:38,360 King William the third Prince of Orange at the point. 341 00:26:38,840 --> 00:26:41,360 Why? Because today we enjoy free 342 00:26:41,360 --> 00:26:43,640 civil and religious liberty. We have the right to free 343 00:26:43,640 --> 00:26:46,040 assembly. We have the right to the open 344 00:26:46,040 --> 00:26:47,800 Bible. We have the right to freedom of 345 00:26:47,800 --> 00:26:52,360 speech, freedom of worship, Free Press, a free judiciary. 346 00:26:55,320 --> 00:26:58,120 You see, I believe there's a great failure today in many 347 00:26:58,120 --> 00:27:02,800 Protestant circles to appreciate our freedoms and where they come 348 00:27:02,800 --> 00:27:05,960 from. Take, for example, freedom of 349 00:27:05,960 --> 00:27:08,680 speech that's under attack. We hear that regularly. 350 00:27:08,680 --> 00:27:13,160 I heard about a man, I believe he was a chaplain and maybe a 351 00:27:13,160 --> 00:27:16,960 vicar, and he went into a building society and he 352 00:27:16,960 --> 00:27:22,040 complained about the LGBT community being advocated in 353 00:27:22,040 --> 00:27:23,960 that bank. And you know what they did? 354 00:27:24,920 --> 00:27:26,440 They closed his bank account down. 355 00:27:29,080 --> 00:27:31,080 See, I believe we can become careless. 356 00:27:32,080 --> 00:27:35,720 I believe we can become cold. And we need to cherish our 357 00:27:35,720 --> 00:27:38,720 freedoms. We, we cannot afford not to look 358 00:27:38,720 --> 00:27:42,280 back to the past. We're to remember our past. 359 00:27:43,040 --> 00:27:49,200 If the Jews were to remember 3500 years of their history from 360 00:27:49,200 --> 00:27:53,600 the Exodus, from Egyptian bondage, surely we can remember 361 00:27:53,600 --> 00:27:57,920 335 years. Did you know that in Saint 362 00:27:57,920 --> 00:28:00,880 George's Parish Church there's a chair? 363 00:28:01,080 --> 00:28:03,480 You can go and see it. You might be able to sit on it. 364 00:28:03,680 --> 00:28:06,080 It's known as King William's Chair. 365 00:28:06,080 --> 00:28:09,200 And as I've said, he heard this text from one of the royal 366 00:28:09,200 --> 00:28:12,360 chaplains, George Royce. When thou passes through the 367 00:28:12,360 --> 00:28:14,520 waters, I'll be with thee. He had already come through the 368 00:28:14,520 --> 00:28:17,720 waters of the English Channel in November 1688. 369 00:28:17,920 --> 00:28:22,000 The Protestant wind brought him whenever King James's Navy was 370 00:28:22,000 --> 00:28:24,680 stuck in the Thames because of a violent storm. 371 00:28:25,120 --> 00:28:27,560 And then, of course, he had saved passage across the North 372 00:28:27,560 --> 00:28:31,880 Sea from Cheshire at the River Dee, right over to Carrick. 373 00:28:32,400 --> 00:28:35,120 We're told here the rivers will not overflow thee. 374 00:28:35,120 --> 00:28:39,760 And across the ban, across the Boeing, maybe tonight you're 375 00:28:39,760 --> 00:28:41,840 here and you're going through trials and difficulty. 376 00:28:43,120 --> 00:28:45,520 You're in trouble right now. You feel out of your depth. 377 00:28:45,520 --> 00:28:48,040 You need help. You feel the fiery darts of the 378 00:28:48,040 --> 00:28:50,080 devil, the enemy's attacking you. 379 00:28:51,520 --> 00:28:54,320 Maybe you feel that they're trying to, to, to kill you and 380 00:28:54,320 --> 00:28:57,320 destroy you. Well, remember, there's one who 381 00:28:57,320 --> 00:29:00,640 provides for US1 who says fear not for I'll be with thee. 382 00:29:02,160 --> 00:29:05,400 But you need to know him. You need to trust him as your 383 00:29:05,400 --> 00:29:10,440 Lord and Saviour. On the 19th of June Williams 384 00:29:10,440 --> 00:29:12,560 army was at Luck Bricklin, Scarva. 385 00:29:13,200 --> 00:29:17,040 General Stromberg was there 36,000 troops. 386 00:29:17,040 --> 00:29:20,680 King James had 3000 troops. The 25th of June there was at 387 00:29:20,680 --> 00:29:24,360 Newry. Monday the 30th of June 1690 he 388 00:29:24,360 --> 00:29:27,320 was at the River Boy. On that very day, the 30th of 389 00:29:27,320 --> 00:29:30,680 June he held a Council of war. A decision was made to tack on 390 00:29:30,680 --> 00:29:34,960 the morning of the 1st of July and in the 1st of July 1690, the 391 00:29:34,960 --> 00:29:37,800 historic battle of the Boeing took place. 392 00:29:38,000 --> 00:29:40,880 And of course, by the end of the day, William won the victory. 393 00:29:41,680 --> 00:29:46,240 800 soldiers had died, including Governor Walker. 394 00:29:48,640 --> 00:29:50,160 But you know, there's another battle scene. 395 00:29:52,600 --> 00:29:57,200 And I bring you from the Boeing to a place called Mount Calvary. 396 00:29:58,880 --> 00:30:02,640 It's only mentioned once in the Bible, Luke 2233. 397 00:30:03,480 --> 00:30:06,040 And it was there that the greatest battle of the world's 398 00:30:06,040 --> 00:30:10,840 history was ever fought, because the one who was on that cross 399 00:30:10,840 --> 00:30:14,320 had come as the only deliverer of his people. 400 00:30:15,600 --> 00:30:21,040 And in that greatest battle, our great leader and deliverer was 401 00:30:21,040 --> 00:30:23,760 wounded. Of course, William was wounded 402 00:30:23,760 --> 00:30:25,280 at the Boyne where the muskets shot. 403 00:30:25,280 --> 00:30:29,280 They stumped in his horse. But our Lord Jesus was not just 404 00:30:29,280 --> 00:30:32,480 wounded. Our Lord Jesus was wounded unto 405 00:30:32,480 --> 00:30:34,640 death. Think of this five bleeding 406 00:30:34,640 --> 00:30:38,480 wounds that he bore. The serpent, of course, bruised 407 00:30:38,480 --> 00:30:42,000 his heel. Could I plead with you tonight? 408 00:30:43,560 --> 00:30:48,480 It's good to go visit the Boyne, but by faith come to the cross. 409 00:30:49,400 --> 00:30:52,280 I plead with you to get to the cross because after the cross 410 00:30:52,760 --> 00:30:56,480 you'll discover the greatest battle ever fought, how that the 411 00:30:56,480 --> 00:31:00,160 Lord Jesus won and overcome sin and hail and the devil and the 412 00:31:00,160 --> 00:31:02,480 grave so he could bring about your deliverance. 413 00:31:02,560 --> 00:31:05,360 Our greatest deliverer is the Lord Jesus. 414 00:31:06,120 --> 00:31:09,720 We'll think forcefully tonight. King William and his famous 415 00:31:10,120 --> 00:31:13,960 triumph. As you think of King William, 416 00:31:15,640 --> 00:31:18,720 his greatest triumph is forever associated at the Boyne. 417 00:31:18,720 --> 00:31:20,640 See, he wasn't at the Battle of Okram. 418 00:31:20,760 --> 00:31:22,720 He only was in Ireland for 12 days. 419 00:31:22,840 --> 00:31:24,560 After the Boyne he went back to England. 420 00:31:24,760 --> 00:31:29,000 But in Hull they have a statue of King William sitting on a 421 00:31:29,000 --> 00:31:31,800 horse and they have a plaque underneath it. 422 00:31:32,000 --> 00:31:35,960 And this is what it says, our great deliverer. 423 00:31:36,720 --> 00:31:39,840 Yes, William had 5000 war troops than James. 424 00:31:39,840 --> 00:31:41,440 Some of them were better trained. 425 00:31:42,000 --> 00:31:45,920 Yes, he had a better military strategy of war, but he had God 426 00:31:45,920 --> 00:31:48,440 on his side. And on that first of July 427 00:31:48,440 --> 00:31:52,600 morning, 1690, when his troops were good out of war, this is 428 00:31:52,600 --> 00:31:55,040 what William said. William took the lead. 429 00:31:55,840 --> 00:32:01,960 He quoted Romans 8 and 31, and he said if God be for us, then 430 00:32:01,960 --> 00:32:05,200 who can be against us? You know the story that James 431 00:32:05,200 --> 00:32:07,200 fled very quickly from the battle scene. 432 00:32:07,560 --> 00:32:10,800 He arrived in Dublin. He complained that his army had 433 00:32:11,120 --> 00:32:13,120 deserted him. When asked how the battle was 434 00:32:13,120 --> 00:32:15,880 going, he said they have ran away. 435 00:32:16,360 --> 00:32:19,040 And an old lady in Dublin supposed to have said, I see 436 00:32:19,040 --> 00:32:23,280 Your Majesty won the race. See, as I've said, a great 437 00:32:23,280 --> 00:32:28,520 deliverer for our nation. William won many great freedoms, 438 00:32:28,720 --> 00:32:32,520 free civil and religious liberty for all the Williamite 439 00:32:32,520 --> 00:32:36,160 settlement guaranteed by Parliament. 440 00:32:38,120 --> 00:32:42,640 But you need a greater deliverer, not just freedom to 441 00:32:42,640 --> 00:32:48,320 live, not just a triumphant victory, but how are you going 442 00:32:48,320 --> 00:32:50,440 to be free from hell for all eternity? 443 00:32:50,600 --> 00:32:52,720 How are you going to be free from eternal punishment? 444 00:32:52,760 --> 00:32:54,880 How are you going to be free from the power of sin? 445 00:32:54,920 --> 00:32:58,920 You need a greater deliverer from sin's penalty, power, 446 00:32:58,920 --> 00:33:00,720 pleasure, and one day from His presence. 447 00:33:02,360 --> 00:33:04,480 That's why I asked you, have you received the gospel? 448 00:33:05,920 --> 00:33:09,360 I asked you tonight? Have you turned to the living 449 00:33:09,360 --> 00:33:13,680 and the true God from idols? I asked you tonight if you turn 450 00:33:13,720 --> 00:33:17,680 to serve the Lord, I asked you tonight, have you turned to God 451 00:33:17,680 --> 00:33:21,400 to wait for a son from heaven? Because that's the deliverance 452 00:33:21,440 --> 00:33:27,480 that you need, William and his triumph. 453 00:33:28,200 --> 00:33:32,040 We're going to think of one last thing, and that's William and 454 00:33:32,040 --> 00:33:36,680 his final trip. Do you know he died in 1702? 455 00:33:37,640 --> 00:33:41,560 He didn't die an old man. He died aged 51. 456 00:33:42,640 --> 00:33:44,600 His final trip was a hunting trip. 457 00:33:47,200 --> 00:33:50,960 He was out hunting at Hampton Court at the palace there, which 458 00:33:50,960 --> 00:33:56,360 is a royal residence, he fell from his horse. 459 00:33:57,160 --> 00:34:01,320 As a result of that fall he took pneumonia. 460 00:34:02,680 --> 00:34:06,840 Do you know to this day that those in the Ancient Order of 461 00:34:06,840 --> 00:34:13,159 Hibernian circles, GAA circles to this day, they tossed the 462 00:34:13,159 --> 00:34:15,280 little man in the black velvet suit. 463 00:34:15,880 --> 00:34:18,280 Who's he? The little man in the black 464 00:34:18,280 --> 00:34:21,040 velvet suit. That was the mole. 465 00:34:21,800 --> 00:34:25,679 Because the result of William's fall from the horse, he took 466 00:34:25,679 --> 00:34:31,560 pneumonia and his last words. Where on earth can this last 467 00:34:31,679 --> 00:34:33,440 long? Now think of William as we 468 00:34:33,440 --> 00:34:36,360 finish. He was a confident rider. 469 00:34:36,760 --> 00:34:39,000 He'd been riding horses from childhood. 470 00:34:39,159 --> 00:34:42,000 He never had a fault. He was accomplished rider. 471 00:34:43,120 --> 00:34:45,520 But he died in the most unexpected way. 472 00:34:46,040 --> 00:34:50,800 He wasn't murdered in his bed. He didn't be killed in the 473 00:34:50,800 --> 00:34:53,520 battlefield. He died as a young man. 474 00:34:53,600 --> 00:34:56,760 He died unexpectedly as a result of a fall from a horse. 475 00:34:57,840 --> 00:35:01,240 Proverbs 27 And one says, most not thyself of tomorrow, for no 476 00:35:01,240 --> 00:35:02,680 man knoweth what a day may bring forth. 477 00:35:02,840 --> 00:35:06,200 Today you're in bloom, tomorrow you're in the tin. 478 00:35:06,640 --> 00:35:10,720 You see, an unexpected tragedy can change your circumstances, 479 00:35:11,040 --> 00:35:13,960 could end your life. Think of this as I finish. 480 00:35:15,160 --> 00:35:19,240 We've witnessed in the past week the death of a Liverpoolian 481 00:35:19,680 --> 00:35:21,720 footballer by the name of Jotter. 482 00:35:22,840 --> 00:35:26,480 Two brothers, 12825-A mother in law's, two sons. 483 00:35:26,480 --> 00:35:30,320 In one day. He was just newly married, a new 484 00:35:30,320 --> 00:35:34,240 wife of 11 days. An accident in the Lamborghini 485 00:35:34,960 --> 00:35:40,160 and they're right in eternity. I was shocked by the death of 486 00:35:40,200 --> 00:35:43,880 this lady called Natalie McLaughlin and her daughter 487 00:35:43,880 --> 00:35:45,440 Ella. They're from Donegal. 488 00:35:45,760 --> 00:35:51,520 An awful Rd tragedy I believe a wheelburst, whether in the van 489 00:35:51,520 --> 00:35:53,520 that collided with them or their wheel. 490 00:35:55,560 --> 00:35:59,840 Natalie was a nurse in her mid 20's, the little girl was age 6. 491 00:36:00,240 --> 00:36:03,680 They're being buried tomorrow. She has an awful tragedy, isn't 492 00:36:03,680 --> 00:36:06,520 it? What about the tragedy in Texas? 493 00:36:07,200 --> 00:36:12,120 The flash flood. 50 confirmed dead. 27 children missing from a 494 00:36:12,120 --> 00:36:15,720 summer camp. See. 495 00:36:15,720 --> 00:36:19,000 You need to be ready. Why can death can come? 496 00:36:19,000 --> 00:36:22,400 An unexpected moment. William's final trip was 497 00:36:22,400 --> 00:36:25,800 hunting. Little did he know that morning, 498 00:36:26,320 --> 00:36:31,280 by the night after a fall, he would take pneumonia to be 499 00:36:31,280 --> 00:36:36,440 asking can this last long? How can you be ready? 500 00:36:36,960 --> 00:36:41,240 I finish with this in Scarva Domain, if you're there in the 501 00:36:41,240 --> 00:36:47,040 14th of July, the Royal Black Preceptory demonstration, you'll 502 00:36:47,040 --> 00:36:51,640 see in Scarva Domain a chestnut tree. 503 00:36:52,840 --> 00:36:58,160 It's a Spanish chestnut tree and when William was camped there in 504 00:36:58,160 --> 00:37:03,720 the 19th of June 1960, he can't under that tree. 505 00:37:04,480 --> 00:37:06,600 He said it was tent under that tree. 506 00:37:07,120 --> 00:37:12,680 He he took shelter under the tree and I point you to what I'm 507 00:37:12,680 --> 00:37:19,280 calling Peter's tree. Peter said this who his own self 508 00:37:19,280 --> 00:37:23,200 bear our sins and his own body in the tree that we being dead 509 00:37:23,200 --> 00:37:26,480 to sin should live on the righteousness by whose stripes 510 00:37:26,480 --> 00:37:30,680 you were healed. Peter never used the word cross. 511 00:37:31,480 --> 00:37:37,400 He only ever used the word tree. And perhaps the cross upon which 512 00:37:37,400 --> 00:37:43,120 the Lord Jesus died was more like a a a long pole rather than 513 00:37:43,400 --> 00:37:47,240 has a a top cross bar. We don't know. 514 00:37:48,160 --> 00:37:53,160 But tonight, for you to be ready for the unexpected end, to be 515 00:37:53,200 --> 00:37:58,160 out into eternity, to be God, I point you to that tree. 516 00:37:59,160 --> 00:38:03,040 I point you to Needle there and think of him who bear your sins 517 00:38:03,040 --> 00:38:05,560 and his own body in the tree, that he might bring you to God, 518 00:38:05,920 --> 00:38:09,280 the just for the unjust. Are you afraid to die? 519 00:38:10,080 --> 00:38:11,920 Are you afraid to cross the river of death? 520 00:38:12,480 --> 00:38:14,480 Are you afraid to meet God in the judgement? 521 00:38:14,560 --> 00:38:17,840 Are you afraid of heaven? Are you afraid of hell? 522 00:38:19,920 --> 00:38:24,240 See, only you can answer those questions, but if you are 523 00:38:24,240 --> 00:38:28,040 tonight, then I urge you to kneel at that tree. 524 00:38:28,200 --> 00:38:31,480 And I assure you, whosoever shall call in the name of the 525 00:38:31,480 --> 00:38:37,160 Lord shall be saved. We're thinking tonight of King 526 00:38:37,160 --> 00:38:43,200 William and his family tree. We're thinking of his familiar 527 00:38:43,200 --> 00:38:47,320 timeline. We're thinking of his focused 528 00:38:47,320 --> 00:38:54,720 task. We're thinking tonight of his 529 00:38:54,720 --> 00:38:59,240 5th familiar triumph. We're thinking tonight of his 530 00:38:59,240 --> 00:39:02,560 final trip. These are the things that we 531 00:39:02,560 --> 00:39:06,360 learn from the Scriptures whenever we think about them. 532 00:39:07,000 --> 00:39:12,560 Williams, Tex. May the Lord bless you tonight. 533 00:39:12,880 --> 00:39:16,320 If I can be of any help, feel free to come and speak to me. 534 00:39:17,400 --> 00:39:21,040 I trust and pray that the Lord will bless this in the gospel 535 00:39:21,520 --> 00:39:22,880 and use it for His glory.