WEBVTT 00:00:00.200 --> 00:00:06.040 Father in heaven, what words do I have to give that are better than yours? 00:00:06.339 --> 00:00:07.620 Zero. Nothing. 00:00:08.400 --> 00:00:11.880 So Lord, may only your words prevail this morning. 00:00:12.480 --> 00:00:17.480 Lord, let us all come under your word, submitting to the truth that is in your holy scriptures. 00:00:18.379 --> 00:00:26.560 And Lord, by your Holy Spirit, minister to us and transform our lives and conform our wills to yours. 00:00:26.559 --> 00:00:30.599 Lord, we ask your blessing as we continue on in 1 Peter. 00:00:31.339 --> 00:00:33.920 We pray this in Christ's name. Amen. 00:00:34.739 --> 00:00:39.060 If you have a Bible, we'll be in the text quite a bit this morning. 00:00:39.439 --> 00:00:40.759 So please follow along. 00:00:40.859 --> 00:00:43.560 There's still a few Bibles at the back there. 00:00:44.060 --> 00:00:46.780 So you can grab one at any time. 00:00:46.980 --> 00:00:48.399 Don't worry about interrupting me. 00:00:49.599 --> 00:00:50.299 1 Peter. 00:00:50.620 --> 00:00:55.099 Actually, we're in 1 Peter chapter 1, starting in the 13th verse. 00:00:56.560 --> 00:00:58.980 Bit of a mix-up with our schedule. 00:00:59.140 --> 00:00:59.359 That's why. 00:00:59.640 --> 00:01:01.160 No, no, it's not your fault at all. 00:01:01.179 --> 00:01:01.880 It's actually mine. 00:01:02.760 --> 00:01:04.620 But they're still great songs. 00:01:06.560 --> 00:01:07.680 I enjoy cooking. 00:01:07.920 --> 00:01:09.299 I'm not a fantastic cook. 00:01:09.460 --> 00:01:17.540 I don't cook like Michelin star, beautiful place or setups or whatever. 00:01:18.620 --> 00:01:19.620 But I like cooking. 00:01:19.620 --> 00:01:23.100 I feel like it's one of my creative outlets. 00:01:23.219 --> 00:01:25.160 And I really am not a very creative person. 00:01:25.719 --> 00:01:27.579 But what I'm not good at is baking. 00:01:27.960 --> 00:01:29.640 I'm just not good with it. 00:01:29.980 --> 00:01:31.439 I feel like it's restrictive. 00:01:32.160 --> 00:01:34.840 And I've baked a couple things in my life. 00:01:34.900 --> 00:01:35.900 And they weren't train wrecks. 00:01:36.080 --> 00:01:38.380 But I just don't enjoy it. 00:01:38.920 --> 00:01:44.800 But with baking, I am told, and what I've seen from my dear wife, who is a great baker, 00:01:44.799 --> 00:01:50.439 the order of the recipe is very important to follow. 00:01:51.519 --> 00:01:53.140 Cooking, you have to follow the recipe. 00:01:53.299 --> 00:01:54.599 You have to follow along, of course. 00:01:55.280 --> 00:01:56.840 But there's flexibility. 00:01:57.299 --> 00:01:59.060 You can skip a step. 00:01:59.539 --> 00:02:00.700 You can add something in. 00:02:00.759 --> 00:02:05.019 If you forget something, kind of halfway through, the dish isn't done. 00:02:05.120 --> 00:02:06.299 You can salvage things. 00:02:06.299 --> 00:02:10.599 But baking, it's precise. 00:02:11.139 --> 00:02:12.479 The order matters. 00:02:12.719 --> 00:02:20.139 If you mix things too early or if you forget an ingredient, it's not going to turn out the way it ought to turn out. 00:02:20.699 --> 00:02:27.219 I bring this up because I'm giving the sermon today the title of The Obedience of Hope. 00:02:28.280 --> 00:02:31.860 And I say the obedience of hope and not the hope of obedience. 00:02:31.860 --> 00:02:38.020 Order matters in our text this morning. 00:02:38.540 --> 00:02:43.940 We've looked at the hope that we have in Christ Jesus, how it's an unshakable hope. 00:02:44.340 --> 00:02:50.460 And it is rooted in the resurrection, the revelation and the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. 00:02:50.460 --> 00:03:03.140 But in our text today, it's not so much talking about the hope we have, but the things we ought to do, the obedience we have to, that it's expected of us, of God's children. 00:03:03.840 --> 00:03:11.920 And it's critical that we talk of the obedience as the obedience of hope and not the hope of obedience. 00:03:13.319 --> 00:03:14.219 What do I mean? 00:03:14.219 --> 00:03:22.740 A good rule of thumb in biblical interpretation is that the indicatives of God always precede the imperatives of God. 00:03:22.900 --> 00:03:37.520 The things that are in scripture that tell us of who God is and what he does or what he gives, it always then feeds into or speaks to how we then respond to God. 00:03:38.039 --> 00:03:42.280 So the indicatives always precede the imperatives. 00:03:42.280 --> 00:03:45.319 The imperatives always rely upon the indicatives. 00:03:46.159 --> 00:03:51.460 It's a very important rule of thumb in biblical interpretations, very basic but very profound. 00:03:52.240 --> 00:03:57.780 We think about God initiating salvation and then we respond to salvation. 00:03:58.400 --> 00:04:05.460 We think of God displaying his love for us and we receive his love by faith. 00:04:05.900 --> 00:04:09.199 Then we express our love to him and to others. 00:04:09.199 --> 00:04:14.939 He gives us a living and unshakable hope and in light of that, we then obey him. 00:04:15.839 --> 00:04:32.500 Now if we were to switch it around and say, I'm going to obey God and then maybe hopefully God gives me his salvation or his approval or then he makes me a son or then he makes me a daughter. 00:04:32.500 --> 00:04:44.259 That's a totally different situation than God initiating and God doing and it's an expression of his very character and then we respond to it. 00:04:44.920 --> 00:04:47.639 So we aren't talking about the hope of obedience. 00:04:47.860 --> 00:04:51.060 We're talking about the obedience that flows out of hope. 00:04:51.759 --> 00:04:53.920 You see how the order matters. 00:04:53.920 --> 00:05:09.879 When we have this living hope that our eternity is secure, that deep meaning and blessing are ours, that obedience becomes not something that we do in order to curry the favor of God, 00:05:09.960 --> 00:05:14.460 but rather it becomes now an expression of praise that we give to him. 00:05:14.459 --> 00:05:17.879 It is a way to say thank you to God. 00:05:18.279 --> 00:05:29.379 It's a way to acknowledge his goodness in our lives that he has gone the distance for us and then we respond to him as thankful children. 00:05:29.379 --> 00:05:49.219 With this in mind, Peter calls the church to live as holy people, not telling us that it will result in our sonship or our ransoming or our unshakable hope in the resurrection, in the salvation to come, 00:05:49.639 --> 00:05:54.240 but rather as people that are transformed first by God. 00:05:55.060 --> 00:05:58.959 We are to be holy because he has saved us. 00:05:59.379 --> 00:06:15.120 And Peter's going to help us to understand this by looking at how we are holy, made holy by God, as we have a relationship with him as a child, as a relationship to a father, 00:06:15.819 --> 00:06:21.980 as people who have been ransomed, and how we have become spiritually newborn in Christ. 00:06:22.920 --> 00:06:26.399 So first point, the children of the father. 00:06:26.579 --> 00:06:27.800 We have this relationship with God. 00:06:27.800 --> 00:06:29.379 We're looking at verses 13 to 16. 00:06:29.639 --> 00:06:32.860 If you have a Bible, follow with me, starting in verse 13. 00:06:34.240 --> 00:06:45.759 Therefore, preparing your minds for action and being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. 00:06:45.759 --> 00:06:50.680 As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance. 00:06:50.680 --> 00:07:00.379 But as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, since it is written, you shall be holy, for I am holy. 00:07:00.379 --> 00:07:07.579 Peter tells us, in light of what Christ has done, not to be idle. 00:07:07.579 --> 00:07:23.680 Because the salvation, although we experience it now, Peter is talking about the salvation to come, the return of Christ, where all the wrongs will be righted, where we will enjoy eternity in his presence forever. 00:07:23.680 --> 00:07:26.160 And he's saying, listen, that's coming. 00:07:26.780 --> 00:07:28.259 Don't sit around doing nothing. 00:07:28.900 --> 00:07:30.139 Actively wait. 00:07:31.240 --> 00:07:33.439 Idleness is not a virtue for the people of God. 00:07:34.259 --> 00:07:39.720 We have a future hope that, Peter says, informs our present actions. 00:07:39.720 --> 00:07:47.760 But he warns the church here, and us this morning, not just against idleness, but also against delusion. 00:07:48.700 --> 00:07:54.200 The call here, in verse 13, is to prepare our minds for action being sober-minded. 00:07:55.060 --> 00:07:57.700 The call is mental sobriety in this life. 00:07:57.700 --> 00:08:06.040 And really, it is Peter telling us to not lose sight of our true home, our citizenship, which is in heaven. 00:08:06.040 --> 00:08:17.160 And remember, Peter is speaking to the church as elect exiles of the dispersion in what is today Asia Minor, but really all Christians at all time. 00:08:17.580 --> 00:08:18.640 Don't lose sight of that. 00:08:19.500 --> 00:08:20.700 This life is beautiful. 00:08:21.220 --> 00:08:22.640 Opportunities abound. 00:08:22.820 --> 00:08:29.120 We can enjoy the fruit of hard work and the goodness of God's creation. 00:08:30.080 --> 00:08:34.240 But don't lose sight of what is to come. 00:08:34.240 --> 00:08:36.820 Don't lose sight of the future salvation. 00:08:36.960 --> 00:08:37.980 Be sober-minded. 00:08:38.639 --> 00:08:40.720 Prepare your minds for action. 00:08:41.340 --> 00:08:49.399 Set your hope, it says here, the second part of verse 13, fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. 00:08:53.159 --> 00:09:00.440 The call to mental sobriety is a call to self-control, restraint, moderation, rationality. 00:09:00.440 --> 00:09:03.120 It's to not be deluded. 00:09:03.760 --> 00:09:10.240 And that might, you might read that and think, like, this is, this is describing boring people. 00:09:11.360 --> 00:09:13.160 People that are not exciting. 00:09:13.460 --> 00:09:18.440 People that are just level, but there's no real excitement in their lives. 00:09:18.920 --> 00:09:21.360 I'm somebody who enjoys excitement, adventure. 00:09:21.360 --> 00:09:25.840 Some other people are saying, like, amen, brother. 00:09:26.080 --> 00:09:26.659 Right there. 00:09:26.840 --> 00:09:28.139 That's the type of person I am. 00:09:28.200 --> 00:09:29.460 That's the type of people I like. 00:09:30.560 --> 00:09:35.560 But this isn't to be understood as some kind of call to boredom. 00:09:35.559 --> 00:09:49.579 Rather, it is the behavior and the mentality of somebody who has their eyes set on the prize. 00:09:50.179 --> 00:09:56.259 And as such, isn't getting influenced or trained by what our society tells us is good. 00:09:56.259 --> 00:10:07.259 And this is the big rub for us because our society isn't neutral in any kind of way, in the same way that Rome society wasn't neutral in the first century. 00:10:07.960 --> 00:10:12.960 Our society actively trains us in things that it values. 00:10:13.379 --> 00:10:17.200 It trains us in the type of citizen we ought to be. 00:10:17.659 --> 00:10:23.539 Rome trained her subjects, her citizens, to live for the empire as if it were eternal. 00:10:23.539 --> 00:10:27.019 To worship the emperor as if he were eternal. 00:10:27.179 --> 00:10:30.599 To value glory and honor as defined by Rome. 00:10:32.819 --> 00:10:35.439 Things aren't terribly different for us in Ottawa. 00:10:36.240 --> 00:10:38.319 We are trained. 00:10:39.639 --> 00:10:41.279 We would call it temptation. 00:10:41.620 --> 00:10:50.139 But in a sense, we are being trained by our society in this present life to live as if it was eternal. 00:10:51.079 --> 00:10:53.439 Without any consideration for real eternity. 00:10:53.539 --> 00:11:00.099 We are trained to put our hope in things to accumulate for the sake of accumulation, of enjoyment. 00:11:01.199 --> 00:11:05.899 Things that ought to be tools to help us live a good life. 00:11:06.120 --> 00:11:11.599 Or things that we can bless others for become taskmasters or slave owners. 00:11:12.240 --> 00:11:13.480 And we become the slaves. 00:11:13.480 --> 00:11:27.420 We desire prestige in one's career so that our jobs cease to be the thing that we do to provide for our family. 00:11:27.620 --> 00:11:31.560 Or even to better the neighborhoods around us. 00:11:31.620 --> 00:11:32.820 We're working for the common good. 00:11:32.820 --> 00:11:39.820 But become the very thing that we can puff out our chests because we continue to climb the ladders. 00:11:39.820 --> 00:11:41.040 Or we are recognized. 00:11:41.340 --> 00:11:46.600 And that is where our motivation begins to lie. 00:11:46.600 --> 00:11:54.519 We act as if personal autonomy is the highest form of meaning. 00:11:54.519 --> 00:12:01.740 And yet, as Pope John Paul coined it almost 30 years ago, it has led to a culture of death. 00:12:01.740 --> 00:12:11.820 Therefore, as those who have a living and unshakable hope, Peter reminds us, prepare your minds for action. 00:12:12.299 --> 00:12:13.240 Do not be delusional. 00:12:13.379 --> 00:12:16.299 Do not be trained up in the ways of this world. 00:12:17.100 --> 00:12:18.919 Resist the cultural training of our day. 00:12:18.919 --> 00:12:19.740 How? 00:12:20.259 --> 00:12:27.339 By setting our hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. 00:12:27.579 --> 00:12:30.979 Remembering that our home and our hope is in Christ. 00:12:33.099 --> 00:12:34.319 Friends, this is holiness. 00:12:35.379 --> 00:12:37.000 This is what the scriptures call holiness. 00:12:37.639 --> 00:12:41.959 It is more than merely the execution of good actions. 00:12:41.959 --> 00:12:47.079 It's not that Peter here is saying, listen, do these things. 00:12:47.080 --> 00:12:49.980 He is again saying, in light of what God has done. 00:12:50.680 --> 00:12:51.540 And what has he done? 00:12:52.259 --> 00:12:53.960 He has made us holy through Christ. 00:12:54.940 --> 00:12:56.759 Our sins have been forgiven us. 00:12:56.840 --> 00:12:58.480 We are called children of God. 00:12:58.759 --> 00:13:00.759 No longer are we called citizens of this world. 00:13:00.840 --> 00:13:08.139 But sojourners, our allegiances, our passports have been transferred to that of heaven. 00:13:09.600 --> 00:13:12.960 In light of that, he is saying, be holy. 00:13:13.540 --> 00:13:17.020 So therefore, we see that it's not merely an execution of good actions. 00:13:18.060 --> 00:13:21.320 We are called to be holy as our Father in heaven is holy. 00:13:21.920 --> 00:13:26.460 Which is to say, like God, our holiness ought to flow from our character. 00:13:28.040 --> 00:13:32.200 The problem is, our character isn't holy. 00:13:33.000 --> 00:13:35.860 Our character default is not righteous. 00:13:36.200 --> 00:13:39.080 It is not naturally good, but it is bent. 00:13:39.520 --> 00:13:40.540 It is askew. 00:13:40.639 --> 00:13:41.240 It is broken. 00:13:41.240 --> 00:13:49.899 So how on earth can we be holy as God is holy if his holiness flows out of who he is and his character? 00:13:50.440 --> 00:13:51.620 It's a big problem. 00:13:51.620 --> 00:13:55.100 But again, God provides the big solution. 00:13:55.259 --> 00:13:58.100 Again, we have to read this text. 00:13:58.620 --> 00:14:02.720 But the imperative or the indicative precedes the imperative. 00:14:03.200 --> 00:14:07.639 Who God is precedes what we are then to do. 00:14:07.639 --> 00:14:10.519 And what's this big solution that God provides? 00:14:11.779 --> 00:14:13.179 God gives us a new heart. 00:14:14.220 --> 00:14:16.059 He gives us his Holy Spirit. 00:14:16.740 --> 00:14:23.500 So that like him, our holiness can flow from who we are now in Christ. 00:14:23.500 --> 00:14:29.460 We are no longer children of wrath, but we are children of God. 00:14:30.159 --> 00:14:30.940 It's a big deal. 00:14:33.259 --> 00:14:36.779 It means that we must know his salvific touch. 00:14:37.460 --> 00:14:39.419 He must give us his Holy Spirit. 00:14:39.539 --> 00:14:43.320 Only then can we be holy like he is holy. 00:14:43.980 --> 00:14:48.740 Again, obedience, it has to flow from our hope and not the other way around. 00:14:49.279 --> 00:14:50.500 It's not the hope of obedience. 00:14:50.500 --> 00:14:51.860 It's the obedience of hope. 00:14:52.919 --> 00:14:57.600 And then we become to act like and be like our Heavenly Father. 00:15:00.740 --> 00:15:07.519 As my son Joseph gets older, family, especially Christine, 00:15:07.899 --> 00:15:10.519 there are comments made about how he and I are similar. 00:15:10.980 --> 00:15:12.080 And of course, he's my son. 00:15:12.659 --> 00:15:16.059 But there's little things where I'm starting to catch on. 00:15:16.059 --> 00:15:24.079 And I think, man, I have this little guy that is not just acting like me because it's part of his DNA, 00:15:24.199 --> 00:15:29.379 but he's actively looking at how I behave so that he can imitate me. 00:15:30.759 --> 00:15:33.899 I mean, just on an aside, that's a bit of a scary thing. 00:15:33.979 --> 00:15:35.639 It means I need to be on my P's and Q's. 00:15:35.639 --> 00:15:49.120 But it's also this beautiful reality that this son that is a gift from God to us is actively trying to imitate his father. 00:15:49.259 --> 00:15:53.360 And so, too, for us, as we are given the Spirit of God, 00:15:53.439 --> 00:15:58.539 we are to ask the question about who God is and what his character is. 00:15:58.539 --> 00:16:03.539 And in a situation where there is brokenness, how would he go about healing? 00:16:04.779 --> 00:16:13.339 How would Christ not retaliate but rather bless? 00:16:14.000 --> 00:16:16.899 How would he look to give rather than take? 00:16:17.579 --> 00:16:21.379 And all of a sudden, we have the Holy Spirit in our hearts to help us with this, 00:16:21.759 --> 00:16:22.740 and we begin to change. 00:16:22.819 --> 00:16:25.199 We begin to imitate our father. 00:16:25.200 --> 00:16:30.300 But we don't imitate our father without his help. 00:16:30.420 --> 00:16:35.720 It's, again, he gives us his Spirit so that we can do the things that he has called us to do. 00:16:38.100 --> 00:16:42.379 Being holy cannot mean incorporating additional religious beliefs. 00:16:44.080 --> 00:16:51.980 The problem with the Israelites, and the Apostle Paul will expand upon this in his epistles, 00:16:51.980 --> 00:16:55.840 but the Israelites saw the law as not pointing to the lawgiver, 00:16:56.240 --> 00:17:02.539 but as the means to achieve their own ritual purity and their own holiness through their own beliefs, 00:17:02.700 --> 00:17:04.019 and it blew up in their face. 00:17:07.599 --> 00:17:12.960 Rather, the call is to mimic and follow our father. 00:17:13.660 --> 00:17:18.220 To be holy is to conform our thinking and behavior to God's revealed character 00:17:18.220 --> 00:17:20.940 and become citizens of his heavenly kingdom. 00:17:22.880 --> 00:17:26.880 It also means we're set apart by virtue of being connected to God 00:17:26.880 --> 00:17:31.799 so that we have his Spirit, we follow him, 00:17:32.039 --> 00:17:39.000 but we will inevitably be out of place in our places where we live, work, and play. 00:17:39.120 --> 00:17:40.079 It's bound to happen. 00:17:40.079 --> 00:17:44.339 We are marked by God's love, with love, 00:17:45.399 --> 00:17:50.619 toward him loving, well, loving him, and then towards our neighbors loving them. 00:17:51.039 --> 00:17:56.539 But this is not the cultural mood. 00:17:56.679 --> 00:18:02.960 It is not the breath that enlivens 2024 Ottawa. 00:18:02.960 --> 00:18:09.779 We can't be about just mere behavior modification, 00:18:10.240 --> 00:18:12.340 tweaking existing religious beliefs, 00:18:12.700 --> 00:18:17.140 but we are called friends to a new identity in Christ 00:18:17.140 --> 00:18:18.880 and to live out that new identity. 00:18:20.079 --> 00:18:23.360 And how are we beneficiaries of that new identity? 00:18:23.480 --> 00:18:25.700 Because we are ransomed from slavery and death 00:18:25.700 --> 00:18:27.980 by the precious blood of Christ. 00:18:28.059 --> 00:18:29.480 And this leads us to our second point. 00:18:29.480 --> 00:18:33.420 We are people who have been ransomed. 00:18:33.480 --> 00:18:36.299 Look with me at verses 17 and we'll continue on to 21. 00:18:40.480 --> 00:18:43.779 And if you call on him as Father who judges impartially 00:18:43.779 --> 00:18:46.140 according to each one's deeds, 00:18:46.740 --> 00:18:50.860 conduct yourselves with fear throughout the time of your exile, 00:18:51.039 --> 00:18:54.440 knowing that you were ransomed from the futile ways 00:18:54.440 --> 00:18:56.200 inherited from your forefathers, 00:18:56.500 --> 00:18:59.380 not with perishable things such as silver or gold, 00:18:59.480 --> 00:19:02.099 but with the precious blood of Christ, 00:19:02.680 --> 00:19:04.740 like that of a lamb without blemish or spot. 00:19:05.460 --> 00:19:07.720 He was foreknown before the foundation of the world, 00:19:07.980 --> 00:19:12.480 but was made manifest in the last times for the sake of you, 00:19:13.240 --> 00:19:15.559 who through him are believers in God, 00:19:15.640 --> 00:19:17.700 who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, 00:19:18.519 --> 00:19:21.120 so that your faith and hope are in God. 00:19:21.119 --> 00:19:24.099 Like verses 3 to 11, 00:19:24.099 --> 00:19:25.500 or 3 to 12 rather, 00:19:25.719 --> 00:19:26.379 last week, 00:19:27.059 --> 00:19:28.299 3 to 12 last week, 00:19:28.500 --> 00:19:31.339 this is one sentence in the original language. 00:19:31.699 --> 00:19:32.500 So if you remember, 00:19:33.159 --> 00:19:34.099 verses 3 to 11, 00:19:34.159 --> 00:19:35.899 I mean you could read it at home, 00:19:36.059 --> 00:19:36.679 later on, 00:19:36.739 --> 00:19:39.179 it is a huge chunk of information. 00:19:39.359 --> 00:19:40.599 One sentence in the Greek. 00:19:41.259 --> 00:19:43.019 This isn't as big of a section, 00:19:43.159 --> 00:19:43.539 but still, 00:19:43.699 --> 00:19:44.519 one sentence, 00:19:44.839 --> 00:19:45.659 all that I just read, 00:19:46.319 --> 00:19:46.919 in the Greek. 00:19:46.920 --> 00:19:49.220 And it's deeply connected to the previous section, 00:19:49.300 --> 00:19:50.700 verses 3 to 11, 00:19:50.860 --> 00:19:52.740 but also 12 to 16, 00:19:52.920 --> 00:19:53.740 or 13 rather, 00:19:53.840 --> 00:19:54.380 to 16. 00:19:55.120 --> 00:19:55.560 And again, 00:19:55.640 --> 00:19:59.140 we remember that the indicatives of God 00:19:59.140 --> 00:20:00.740 precede the imperatives of God. 00:20:00.860 --> 00:20:02.500 I'm repeating that on purpose, 00:20:02.600 --> 00:20:03.080 by the way, 00:20:03.180 --> 00:20:03.920 a number of times. 00:20:04.360 --> 00:20:06.660 So as you read scripture throughout the week, 00:20:06.720 --> 00:20:07.060 you're thinking, 00:20:07.160 --> 00:20:07.820 hold on a second, 00:20:08.300 --> 00:20:09.700 God is asking me to do something. 00:20:09.800 --> 00:20:12.140 Is it in light of what he has done? 00:20:12.420 --> 00:20:12.680 Again, 00:20:13.240 --> 00:20:16.240 indicatives preceding the imperatives of God. 00:20:17.500 --> 00:20:17.980 So, 00:20:18.340 --> 00:20:19.960 back to the text. 00:20:20.360 --> 00:20:21.480 Although God is our Father, 00:20:21.640 --> 00:20:23.259 he is no less an impartial judge. 00:20:24.700 --> 00:20:26.039 So we hold these things, 00:20:26.440 --> 00:20:27.740 it's a mystery in a sense, 00:20:27.840 --> 00:20:30.860 how God is our Father, 00:20:31.380 --> 00:20:32.080 through Christ, 00:20:32.180 --> 00:20:32.900 who is our brother, 00:20:33.000 --> 00:20:34.840 but Christ is also our King, 00:20:35.960 --> 00:20:37.660 but God is also our Judge, 00:20:38.019 --> 00:20:39.960 and the Holy Spirit resides in us, 00:20:40.600 --> 00:20:41.560 he's also our Comforter, 00:20:42.000 --> 00:20:42.660 and our Guide. 00:20:42.660 --> 00:20:43.880 God is our God, 00:20:43.880 --> 00:20:46.240 the Trinitarian God, 00:20:46.440 --> 00:20:48.759 who is actively at work in us, 00:20:49.720 --> 00:20:51.920 he is many things to us. 00:20:52.800 --> 00:20:54.440 So God is our Father, 00:20:54.820 --> 00:20:55.580 through Christ, 00:20:56.060 --> 00:20:57.000 our High Priest, 00:20:57.220 --> 00:20:58.200 our Savior, 00:20:58.620 --> 00:21:00.120 our Big Brother, 00:21:00.779 --> 00:21:05.060 but he is no less the just and impartial judge. 00:21:05.059 --> 00:21:05.379 Yes, 00:21:07.480 --> 00:21:08.700 we are saved by grace, 00:21:08.779 --> 00:21:09.440 and not works, 00:21:09.819 --> 00:21:11.079 but what we do matters. 00:21:11.679 --> 00:21:13.119 So connected is right living, 00:21:13.299 --> 00:21:14.379 to right believing, 00:21:14.559 --> 00:21:15.740 that the Apostle James, 00:21:15.859 --> 00:21:16.039 who, 00:21:16.720 --> 00:21:19.119 seems that Peter will quote him, 00:21:19.679 --> 00:21:20.639 in the next section, 00:21:20.740 --> 00:21:22.539 even though James is quoting Isaiah, 00:21:22.639 --> 00:21:23.299 we'll get to that, 00:21:23.839 --> 00:21:24.019 but, 00:21:24.519 --> 00:21:25.599 so much so that, 00:21:25.720 --> 00:21:27.240 that the Apostle James says, 00:21:27.339 --> 00:21:28.179 that faith without works, 00:21:28.259 --> 00:21:29.200 is dead faith. 00:21:29.200 --> 00:21:32.720 Peter here is telling us, 00:21:32.840 --> 00:21:33.059 again, 00:21:33.220 --> 00:21:34.779 that idleness is a no-go, 00:21:35.160 --> 00:21:35.819 for the Christian. 00:21:36.900 --> 00:21:38.460 And that we ought to fear God, 00:21:38.539 --> 00:21:40.279 which should be understood, 00:21:40.420 --> 00:21:41.600 as something more than, 00:21:42.180 --> 00:21:43.220 just a, 00:21:43.220 --> 00:21:45.000 a nice reverence, 00:21:45.519 --> 00:21:47.059 and something less than terror. 00:21:47.900 --> 00:21:48.819 That God, 00:21:48.980 --> 00:21:51.259 is an all-consuming fire. 00:21:52.279 --> 00:21:52.980 That he is, 00:21:53.440 --> 00:21:54.380 a being, 00:21:54.779 --> 00:21:55.400 that is, 00:21:55.880 --> 00:21:56.360 infinite, 00:21:56.539 --> 00:21:57.759 who has created all things, 00:21:57.840 --> 00:21:58.720 he is never not, 00:21:59.200 --> 00:22:00.559 been around, 00:22:00.740 --> 00:22:02.039 he has never not existed, 00:22:02.880 --> 00:22:03.640 he is not, 00:22:03.640 --> 00:22:05.200 a being to trifle with. 00:22:05.559 --> 00:22:06.100 And yet, 00:22:06.559 --> 00:22:06.920 again, 00:22:07.059 --> 00:22:07.720 here's the mystery, 00:22:07.900 --> 00:22:08.460 of our faith, 00:22:08.860 --> 00:22:09.460 another example, 00:22:09.539 --> 00:22:09.840 of the mystery, 00:22:09.880 --> 00:22:10.319 of our faith, 00:22:10.640 --> 00:22:11.000 and yet, 00:22:11.080 --> 00:22:11.680 we come to him, 00:22:11.720 --> 00:22:12.100 as children. 00:22:14.100 --> 00:22:14.960 Our redemption, 00:22:15.360 --> 00:22:16.640 from our previous life, 00:22:16.740 --> 00:22:17.720 came at a high cost, 00:22:17.799 --> 00:22:18.019 and so, 00:22:18.420 --> 00:22:18.860 acting, 00:22:19.580 --> 00:22:20.580 not as citizens, 00:22:20.580 --> 00:22:21.480 of heaven, 00:22:21.920 --> 00:22:23.400 but citizens of Rome, 00:22:23.700 --> 00:22:24.660 or of Ottawa, 00:22:24.779 --> 00:22:25.319 in this case, 00:22:25.819 --> 00:22:26.380 is to, 00:22:26.500 --> 00:22:27.779 treat with contempt, 00:22:27.779 --> 00:22:30.180 what is infinitely precious, 00:22:30.399 --> 00:22:30.660 our, 00:22:30.940 --> 00:22:32.119 connection with God, 00:22:32.200 --> 00:22:32.779 as father, 00:22:32.960 --> 00:22:33.500 through what? 00:22:34.139 --> 00:22:35.440 The thing we are ransomed with, 00:22:35.519 --> 00:22:36.940 the precious blood of Christ. 00:22:38.279 --> 00:22:39.420 Look at verse 18. 00:22:40.720 --> 00:22:42.279 Knowing that you are ransomed, 00:22:42.319 --> 00:22:43.460 from the futile ways, 00:22:43.519 --> 00:22:44.960 inherited from your forefathers, 00:22:45.500 --> 00:22:46.859 not with perishable things, 00:22:46.920 --> 00:22:47.579 such as silver, 00:22:47.700 --> 00:22:48.139 or gold, 00:22:48.559 --> 00:22:49.099 verse 19, 00:22:49.099 --> 00:22:51.000 but with the precious blood of Christ, 00:22:51.099 --> 00:22:52.039 like that of a lamb, 00:22:52.139 --> 00:22:52.759 without blemish, 00:22:52.799 --> 00:22:53.359 or spot. 00:22:53.359 --> 00:22:57.419 Christianity, 00:22:57.719 --> 00:22:59.500 seeks to change culture. 00:23:00.359 --> 00:23:01.039 It just does. 00:23:02.240 --> 00:23:03.740 And we might be exhausted, 00:23:03.740 --> 00:23:05.279 from hearing the culture war, 00:23:05.679 --> 00:23:06.959 and I think rightfully so. 00:23:07.039 --> 00:23:08.059 The way it's communicated, 00:23:08.259 --> 00:23:09.719 can be frustrating, 00:23:09.899 --> 00:23:10.379 and exhausting, 00:23:10.459 --> 00:23:11.419 a lot of straw men, 00:23:12.199 --> 00:23:12.539 and, 00:23:12.599 --> 00:23:15.179 anyways, 00:23:16.159 --> 00:23:17.059 I'm sympathetic, 00:23:17.059 --> 00:23:18.039 to people that are just, 00:23:18.039 --> 00:23:19.379 done with the culture war. 00:23:20.240 --> 00:23:21.179 But make no mistake, 00:23:21.439 --> 00:23:21.799 Christianity, 00:23:21.799 --> 00:23:22.919 changes culture. 00:23:23.559 --> 00:23:23.799 It just, 00:23:24.000 --> 00:23:24.740 it does. 00:23:24.879 --> 00:23:26.079 As people come to faith, 00:23:26.419 --> 00:23:28.159 they leave behind the old ways. 00:23:29.579 --> 00:23:29.799 It's, 00:23:29.899 --> 00:23:30.579 they, 00:23:30.639 --> 00:23:31.019 they, 00:23:31.019 --> 00:23:31.759 they, 00:23:31.759 --> 00:23:32.579 they cease, 00:23:32.859 --> 00:23:33.299 to, 00:23:33.720 --> 00:23:34.960 be citizens, 00:23:35.339 --> 00:23:35.720 again, 00:23:35.799 --> 00:23:36.419 of Rome, 00:23:36.779 --> 00:23:37.599 or of Ottawa, 00:23:38.940 --> 00:23:39.460 breathing, 00:23:39.919 --> 00:23:40.960 the Roman air, 00:23:41.139 --> 00:23:41.500 breathing, 00:23:42.319 --> 00:23:42.480 the, 00:23:42.700 --> 00:23:43.940 or drinking the Roman water, 00:23:44.059 --> 00:23:44.500 but rather, 00:23:44.659 --> 00:23:45.500 they become citizens, 00:23:45.500 --> 00:23:46.099 of heaven. 00:23:46.519 --> 00:23:46.659 So, 00:23:46.740 --> 00:23:47.159 Christianity, 00:23:47.159 --> 00:23:48.819 seeks to liberate people, 00:23:49.119 --> 00:23:50.279 from traditions, 00:23:50.480 --> 00:23:51.460 and religious practices, 00:23:51.460 --> 00:23:52.579 and ways of thinking, 00:23:53.240 --> 00:23:53.600 that, 00:23:53.799 --> 00:23:54.980 the scriptures call futile. 00:23:55.519 --> 00:23:56.480 That do little, 00:23:56.600 --> 00:23:57.299 to give meaning, 00:23:58.340 --> 00:23:58.940 and can never, 00:23:59.480 --> 00:23:59.860 live, 00:24:00.620 --> 00:24:01.759 lead to, 00:24:01.980 --> 00:24:02.240 rather, 00:24:02.720 --> 00:24:03.420 eternal life. 00:24:05.100 --> 00:24:05.980 In short, 00:24:06.860 --> 00:24:07.340 Christianity, 00:24:07.460 --> 00:24:08.900 destroys hopelessness. 00:24:10.380 --> 00:24:11.900 It always has this in mind, 00:24:11.960 --> 00:24:12.579 to make citizens, 00:24:12.579 --> 00:24:13.340 of earth, 00:24:14.059 --> 00:24:14.840 elect exiles. 00:24:14.839 --> 00:24:17.480 but unlike, 00:24:17.679 --> 00:24:19.399 other faiths, 00:24:19.899 --> 00:24:21.500 other philosophies, 00:24:21.619 --> 00:24:22.179 such as, 00:24:22.179 --> 00:24:22.759 Islam, 00:24:23.019 --> 00:24:23.699 which demands, 00:24:23.779 --> 00:24:25.079 a cultural conformity, 00:24:25.519 --> 00:24:26.059 or Buddhism, 00:24:26.480 --> 00:24:27.339 which envisions, 00:24:27.480 --> 00:24:28.619 all becoming absorbed, 00:24:28.779 --> 00:24:29.419 into the one, 00:24:29.559 --> 00:24:29.740 or, 00:24:29.740 --> 00:24:30.859 Marxism, 00:24:30.939 --> 00:24:31.619 or fascism, 00:24:31.679 --> 00:24:32.240 which demands, 00:24:32.240 --> 00:24:32.720 social, 00:24:32.859 --> 00:24:34.259 or ethnic purity, 00:24:34.259 --> 00:24:36.819 at the expense, 00:24:36.899 --> 00:24:37.539 of the individual, 00:24:37.720 --> 00:24:38.279 Christianity, 00:24:38.679 --> 00:24:39.240 transforms, 00:24:39.240 --> 00:24:40.200 and redeems, 00:24:40.440 --> 00:24:41.859 individuals, 00:24:42.519 --> 00:24:43.160 and cultures, 00:24:43.339 --> 00:24:44.180 and recognizes, 00:24:44.579 --> 00:24:45.980 that people have, 00:24:46.079 --> 00:24:46.880 inherent worth, 00:24:47.400 --> 00:24:48.980 made in the image of God. 00:24:51.559 --> 00:24:52.359 Christianity, 00:24:53.019 --> 00:24:53.599 transforms, 00:24:53.960 --> 00:24:54.359 and redeems, 00:24:55.019 --> 00:24:55.480 but also, 00:24:55.579 --> 00:24:56.539 redeems cultures. 00:24:57.339 --> 00:24:58.099 It recognizes, 00:24:58.099 --> 00:24:59.220 that common grace, 00:24:59.220 --> 00:25:01.200 is given by God, 00:25:01.259 --> 00:25:02.240 to all people, 00:25:02.860 --> 00:25:03.380 so that, 00:25:04.180 --> 00:25:05.620 the good parts of culture, 00:25:06.700 --> 00:25:08.559 are seasoned with salt, 00:25:08.640 --> 00:25:09.480 and become even better. 00:25:10.319 --> 00:25:11.720 But the bad parts of culture, 00:25:12.360 --> 00:25:13.120 are slowly, 00:25:13.259 --> 00:25:13.819 but surely, 00:25:13.960 --> 00:25:14.600 lopped off. 00:25:18.059 --> 00:25:18.740 Christianity, 00:25:19.299 --> 00:25:21.279 changes culture. 00:25:21.440 --> 00:25:21.940 There's just, 00:25:22.180 --> 00:25:22.799 no way, 00:25:23.200 --> 00:25:23.720 about it. 00:25:23.819 --> 00:25:23.980 So, 00:25:24.460 --> 00:25:25.259 we've seen, 00:25:25.400 --> 00:25:26.140 the world over, 00:25:26.259 --> 00:25:27.279 where true worship, 00:25:28.140 --> 00:25:28.779 happens, 00:25:28.779 --> 00:25:30.139 true Christian worship. 00:25:30.799 --> 00:25:32.240 Not just cultural Christianity, 00:25:32.539 --> 00:25:34.200 or aspects of Christendom. 00:25:34.619 --> 00:25:35.079 People, 00:25:35.279 --> 00:25:36.039 worship God, 00:25:36.799 --> 00:25:37.519 not in Latin, 00:25:38.099 --> 00:25:38.720 or in Greek, 00:25:38.799 --> 00:25:39.220 or in Hebrew, 00:25:39.359 --> 00:25:40.519 but in their native tongues. 00:25:41.960 --> 00:25:42.160 The, 00:25:42.160 --> 00:25:42.359 the, 00:25:42.359 --> 00:25:43.460 the incredible, 00:25:44.379 --> 00:25:45.379 work of, 00:25:45.599 --> 00:25:46.559 Bible translators, 00:25:46.700 --> 00:25:47.440 over the past, 00:25:47.740 --> 00:25:48.539 200 years, 00:25:48.700 --> 00:25:48.839 but, 00:25:49.160 --> 00:25:49.460 again, 00:25:49.720 --> 00:25:50.420 it's been happening, 00:25:50.579 --> 00:25:51.099 throughout time, 00:25:51.180 --> 00:25:51.299 but, 00:25:51.420 --> 00:25:52.200 over the past, 00:25:52.279 --> 00:25:52.759 200 years, 00:25:52.859 --> 00:25:53.220 has seen, 00:25:53.460 --> 00:25:54.799 the Bible translated, 00:25:55.319 --> 00:25:55.720 into, 00:25:56.339 --> 00:25:56.779 countless, 00:25:57.099 --> 00:25:57.420 hundreds, 00:25:57.660 --> 00:25:58.099 of languages. 00:25:58.299 --> 00:25:58.519 Why? 00:25:59.480 --> 00:26:00.119 Because people, 00:26:00.119 --> 00:26:00.960 people need to worship God, 00:26:01.019 --> 00:26:01.740 in their own tongues. 00:26:05.799 --> 00:26:06.279 People, 00:26:06.399 --> 00:26:07.099 also get to, 00:26:07.099 --> 00:26:07.980 worship God, 00:26:08.059 --> 00:26:08.920 in expressions, 00:26:09.420 --> 00:26:09.559 and, 00:26:09.660 --> 00:26:09.960 in, 00:26:10.379 --> 00:26:10.660 in, 00:26:10.740 --> 00:26:11.339 in ways, 00:26:11.440 --> 00:26:12.559 that are culturally, 00:26:13.240 --> 00:26:15.299 unique to them. 00:26:16.000 --> 00:26:16.619 We don't, 00:26:16.619 --> 00:26:17.460 dance, 00:26:17.639 --> 00:26:18.279 at church. 00:26:19.000 --> 00:26:19.920 Some children, 00:26:20.119 --> 00:26:20.539 try, 00:26:21.220 --> 00:26:21.500 and, 00:26:21.619 --> 00:26:23.039 and somebody, 00:26:23.259 --> 00:26:24.119 might want to just get, 00:26:24.180 --> 00:26:25.500 a big round of clapping, 00:26:25.759 --> 00:26:26.379 going on, 00:26:26.859 --> 00:26:27.079 you know, 00:26:27.139 --> 00:26:27.799 God bless you. 00:26:28.599 --> 00:26:29.559 If you try it. 00:26:30.240 --> 00:26:30.599 And, 00:26:30.680 --> 00:26:31.279 I think that's okay. 00:26:32.359 --> 00:26:33.240 I think it's okay, 00:26:33.240 --> 00:26:34.059 that we don't dance, 00:26:34.079 --> 00:26:34.579 at church. 00:26:35.159 --> 00:26:35.299 And, 00:26:35.339 --> 00:26:35.519 maybe, 00:26:35.940 --> 00:26:36.720 I don't want to actually, 00:26:36.819 --> 00:26:37.519 I'll just leave it there. 00:26:37.899 --> 00:26:38.099 Alright? 00:26:38.879 --> 00:26:39.159 But, 00:26:39.200 --> 00:26:40.259 if you go to different parts of, 00:26:40.799 --> 00:26:41.559 other continents, 00:26:42.139 --> 00:26:43.359 which is a part of, 00:26:43.419 --> 00:26:43.960 their DNA. 00:26:43.960 --> 00:26:45.960 and that's fantastic. 00:26:45.960 --> 00:26:46.160 And, 00:26:46.240 --> 00:26:46.860 I ought not to, 00:26:46.860 --> 00:26:47.480 to say, 00:26:47.640 --> 00:26:49.400 this is the proper way of worship, 00:26:49.500 --> 00:26:50.660 and look how stiff we are. 00:26:51.019 --> 00:26:51.220 And, 00:26:51.299 --> 00:26:52.240 they ought not to, 00:26:52.380 --> 00:26:52.960 say, 00:26:53.240 --> 00:26:54.079 to us, 00:26:54.340 --> 00:26:54.539 you know, 00:26:54.620 --> 00:26:56.180 maybe we could do with a bit more, 00:26:56.819 --> 00:26:57.039 you know, 00:26:57.120 --> 00:26:57.940 standing upright, 00:26:58.380 --> 00:26:59.819 instead of this dancing stuff. 00:27:00.559 --> 00:27:01.680 The point is this, 00:27:02.460 --> 00:27:04.299 that God doesn't conform us, 00:27:04.400 --> 00:27:05.079 to this one, 00:27:05.120 --> 00:27:05.660 single, 00:27:05.920 --> 00:27:07.100 solitary version, 00:27:07.299 --> 00:27:07.779 of what, 00:27:07.779 --> 00:27:09.000 Christianity is, 00:27:09.099 --> 00:27:09.700 but rather, 00:27:10.940 --> 00:27:11.259 it, 00:27:11.259 --> 00:27:11.399 it, 00:27:11.399 --> 00:27:11.559 it, 00:27:11.559 --> 00:27:12.680 it infuses, 00:27:13.220 --> 00:27:14.980 existing beautiful things, 00:27:15.359 --> 00:27:16.539 and lifts them up, 00:27:16.599 --> 00:27:17.440 and elevates them. 00:27:20.240 --> 00:27:20.720 Also, 00:27:20.899 --> 00:27:21.299 to know, 00:27:21.500 --> 00:27:23.139 who we truly are, 00:27:23.259 --> 00:27:24.079 in God, 00:27:24.399 --> 00:27:25.759 means that we see the world, 00:27:25.879 --> 00:27:26.639 with the sobriety, 00:27:26.799 --> 00:27:27.019 again, 00:27:27.480 --> 00:27:28.819 back to verse 13, 00:27:28.859 --> 00:27:29.359 and 14, 00:27:29.579 --> 00:27:31.180 that helps us to understand, 00:27:31.339 --> 00:27:32.160 and relate properly, 00:27:32.279 --> 00:27:32.899 both to God, 00:27:33.220 --> 00:27:33.879 and creation. 00:27:34.019 --> 00:27:34.759 And all of a sudden, 00:27:35.160 --> 00:27:35.940 we then, 00:27:36.279 --> 00:27:37.759 get to connect with people, 00:27:37.779 --> 00:27:39.559 not on the surface, 00:27:39.980 --> 00:27:40.940 but we understand, 00:27:41.079 --> 00:27:42.599 or at least grow in our understanding, 00:27:42.940 --> 00:27:44.119 of what makes people tick, 00:27:44.700 --> 00:27:46.740 that people desperately need meaning, 00:27:47.619 --> 00:27:49.259 and that Jesus gives it. 00:27:52.059 --> 00:27:52.619 Christianity, 00:27:52.819 --> 00:27:53.099 granted, 00:27:53.299 --> 00:27:54.920 doesn't change cultures overnight, 00:27:55.639 --> 00:27:56.700 and a lot of things have, 00:27:57.180 --> 00:27:58.299 horrible things have been done, 00:27:58.379 --> 00:27:58.559 in the, 00:27:58.599 --> 00:28:00.160 in the name of Christianity, 00:28:00.539 --> 00:28:01.539 but this text, 00:28:01.680 --> 00:28:02.779 helps us to remember, 00:28:03.079 --> 00:28:04.160 that we were ransomed, 00:28:04.539 --> 00:28:06.460 by Christ, 00:28:06.700 --> 00:28:07.579 for Christ, 00:28:07.779 --> 00:28:09.039 by the blood of Christ, 00:28:10.039 --> 00:28:10.980 and that, 00:28:11.059 --> 00:28:12.599 that is the very impetus, 00:28:12.779 --> 00:28:13.759 for our change. 00:28:16.119 --> 00:28:16.720 What happens, 00:28:16.759 --> 00:28:18.059 when we try to ransom ourselves, 00:28:18.559 --> 00:28:21.779 with silver and gold, 00:28:21.980 --> 00:28:23.759 we try to elevate ourselves, 00:28:24.759 --> 00:28:26.940 we try to redeem ourselves, 00:28:27.119 --> 00:28:28.119 we try to bring salvation, 00:28:28.119 --> 00:28:29.139 to our own lives, 00:28:29.480 --> 00:28:30.299 the scripture here, 00:28:30.399 --> 00:28:31.759 it says it's futile, 00:28:31.759 --> 00:28:34.500 and we know this, 00:28:34.559 --> 00:28:35.900 and yet we continue to, 00:28:36.099 --> 00:28:38.180 experiment with different things, 00:28:38.180 --> 00:28:40.240 to make us feel better, 00:28:40.359 --> 00:28:41.640 to give us deeper meaning, 00:28:42.359 --> 00:28:43.440 give it enough time, 00:28:43.579 --> 00:28:44.160 it shows, 00:28:44.740 --> 00:28:45.700 to be futile, 00:28:46.379 --> 00:28:47.279 but we know this, 00:28:47.279 --> 00:28:49.879 everybody here, 00:28:50.740 --> 00:28:52.579 would have heard of, 00:28:52.660 --> 00:28:53.920 examples, 00:28:54.539 --> 00:28:54.899 of, 00:28:55.559 --> 00:28:56.839 people wrongfully convicted, 00:28:57.899 --> 00:28:58.440 10 years, 00:28:58.559 --> 00:28:59.099 20 years, 00:28:59.220 --> 00:28:59.879 25 years, 00:29:00.000 --> 00:29:00.839 DNA evidence, 00:29:01.220 --> 00:29:01.599 new, 00:29:02.160 --> 00:29:03.359 circumstantial things, 00:29:03.420 --> 00:29:04.139 that come about, 00:29:04.259 --> 00:29:05.299 and the person is let free, 00:29:06.000 --> 00:29:06.759 it's a wonderful thing, 00:29:06.839 --> 00:29:07.240 but then, 00:29:07.440 --> 00:29:07.599 you know, 00:29:07.660 --> 00:29:08.779 in the ensuing years, 00:29:09.259 --> 00:29:10.460 they sue the city, 00:29:10.660 --> 00:29:11.579 or the province, 00:29:11.660 --> 00:29:12.500 or the country, 00:29:12.500 --> 00:29:14.339 and they get, 00:29:14.440 --> 00:29:15.000 a payout, 00:29:16.279 --> 00:29:17.220 David Milgard, 00:29:17.660 --> 00:29:18.680 a famous Canadian, 00:29:19.220 --> 00:29:20.859 was paid 10 million dollars, 00:29:20.980 --> 00:29:22.140 for being wrongfully convicted, 00:29:22.259 --> 00:29:22.779 for something like, 00:29:22.839 --> 00:29:23.960 20 plus years in jail, 00:29:25.059 --> 00:29:26.140 none of us would say, 00:29:26.240 --> 00:29:27.380 that the sum paid to him, 00:29:27.460 --> 00:29:28.720 was equal to the years lost, 00:29:29.299 --> 00:29:29.700 nobody, 00:29:30.640 --> 00:29:31.960 give him 100 million, 00:29:33.660 --> 00:29:35.579 pack on 200 million, 00:29:35.700 --> 00:29:36.500 300 million, 00:29:36.920 --> 00:29:37.180 how, 00:29:37.480 --> 00:29:38.559 how can you buy time, 00:29:38.700 --> 00:29:40.200 how can you buy a life lost, 00:29:40.200 --> 00:29:43.500 when we try to, 00:29:43.500 --> 00:29:45.000 ransom ourselves, 00:29:45.480 --> 00:29:47.000 with silver and gold, 00:29:48.140 --> 00:29:48.900 it's futile, 00:29:49.480 --> 00:29:52.120 two quick things, 00:29:52.220 --> 00:29:53.759 about the blood of Christ here, 00:29:53.940 --> 00:29:55.259 in verses 19 and 20, 00:29:55.940 --> 00:29:57.059 the first is that, 00:29:57.120 --> 00:29:57.960 Peter has in mind, 00:29:58.039 --> 00:29:59.059 the act of manumission, 00:29:59.600 --> 00:30:01.200 the idea of liberating, 00:30:02.039 --> 00:30:02.660 slaves, 00:30:02.759 --> 00:30:03.360 in ancient Rome, 00:30:03.420 --> 00:30:04.660 a slave would be liberated, 00:30:04.819 --> 00:30:05.920 and would have to ratify, 00:30:06.039 --> 00:30:06.640 their liberation, 00:30:06.799 --> 00:30:07.759 by going to, 00:30:07.759 --> 00:30:10.720 a pagan temple, 00:30:11.059 --> 00:30:12.440 and paying some kind of tax, 00:30:12.519 --> 00:30:12.900 so that, 00:30:13.420 --> 00:30:14.420 they would be liberated, 00:30:14.559 --> 00:30:15.599 from their earthly master, 00:30:15.700 --> 00:30:16.119 but they would, 00:30:16.740 --> 00:30:17.140 inevitably, 00:30:17.759 --> 00:30:18.799 become a slave, 00:30:18.940 --> 00:30:19.140 to, 00:30:19.720 --> 00:30:20.359 whatever deity, 00:30:20.900 --> 00:30:21.400 that they, 00:30:21.559 --> 00:30:22.980 paid this ransom to, 00:30:23.839 --> 00:30:26.059 they would, 00:30:27.059 --> 00:30:28.019 never not be, 00:30:28.180 --> 00:30:28.740 a slave, 00:30:30.119 --> 00:30:30.579 Paul, 00:30:30.779 --> 00:30:31.059 or sorry, 00:30:31.140 --> 00:30:31.660 Peter here, 00:30:31.720 --> 00:30:32.700 is using this, 00:30:33.039 --> 00:30:33.819 this language, 00:30:33.819 --> 00:30:35.480 to help the, 00:30:35.480 --> 00:30:37.480 the people in Asia Minor, 00:30:37.619 --> 00:30:38.039 in Rome, 00:30:38.200 --> 00:30:39.059 understand that, 00:30:39.679 --> 00:30:40.939 something similar happening, 00:30:41.500 --> 00:30:41.779 with, 00:30:41.859 --> 00:30:42.500 with Jesus, 00:30:42.919 --> 00:30:43.539 except that, 00:30:43.639 --> 00:30:44.779 unlike the pagan gods, 00:30:44.839 --> 00:30:45.779 that demand a payment, 00:30:45.779 --> 00:30:46.220 for their, 00:30:47.059 --> 00:30:48.079 their liberation, 00:30:48.480 --> 00:30:48.960 God, 00:30:49.200 --> 00:30:50.139 in Christ, 00:30:50.399 --> 00:30:51.159 gives himself, 00:30:51.539 --> 00:30:52.240 as the penalty, 00:30:52.379 --> 00:30:53.039 for their liberation, 00:30:53.720 --> 00:30:56.099 this is a different kind of God, 00:30:56.659 --> 00:30:58.980 this is a different kind of ransoming, 00:30:58.980 --> 00:31:01.680 and that we become his slave, 00:31:02.160 --> 00:31:03.259 but, 00:31:03.420 --> 00:31:04.299 we have, 00:31:04.420 --> 00:31:05.000 perfect freedom, 00:31:05.740 --> 00:31:07.680 the precious blood, 00:31:07.740 --> 00:31:08.299 of Christ, 00:31:08.539 --> 00:31:10.240 is our liberation, 00:31:10.400 --> 00:31:11.000 the second thing, 00:31:11.099 --> 00:31:11.880 Peter has in mind, 00:31:11.940 --> 00:31:13.440 is rooted in the sacrificial system, 00:31:13.500 --> 00:31:14.120 in the Old Testament, 00:31:14.779 --> 00:31:15.740 where a sacrifice, 00:31:15.860 --> 00:31:16.599 sacrifice, 00:31:16.720 --> 00:31:17.299 without blemish, 00:31:17.360 --> 00:31:17.920 would be offered, 00:31:18.680 --> 00:31:19.740 instead of, 00:31:19.839 --> 00:31:20.900 a sinful Israelite, 00:31:20.960 --> 00:31:21.200 again, 00:31:21.279 --> 00:31:22.400 we see God himself, 00:31:22.740 --> 00:31:23.079 as, 00:31:23.500 --> 00:31:24.440 the spotless, 00:31:24.940 --> 00:31:26.299 perfect, 00:31:26.839 --> 00:31:27.519 sacrifice, 00:31:27.519 --> 00:31:31.519 Peter's hammering it home, 00:31:31.660 --> 00:31:32.059 to both, 00:31:32.379 --> 00:31:33.960 Jew and Gentile alike, 00:31:34.180 --> 00:31:34.879 that it took, 00:31:35.119 --> 00:31:36.599 the death of God himself, 00:31:36.720 --> 00:31:37.859 to ransom us from death, 00:31:38.700 --> 00:31:39.420 nothing short, 00:31:40.460 --> 00:31:41.579 there's nothing short, 00:31:42.099 --> 00:31:43.240 and any attempt, 00:31:43.519 --> 00:31:43.680 to, 00:31:43.799 --> 00:31:44.720 to achieve, 00:31:44.819 --> 00:31:46.279 what only God can achieve, 00:31:46.339 --> 00:31:47.339 is futility, 00:31:48.559 --> 00:31:50.759 we cannot make ourselves, 00:31:50.879 --> 00:31:51.799 citizens of heaven, 00:31:52.200 --> 00:31:53.339 no matter how hard, 00:31:53.379 --> 00:31:53.920 we try, 00:31:54.680 --> 00:31:55.839 no matter how nice, 00:31:55.839 --> 00:31:56.500 your backyard, 00:31:56.500 --> 00:31:57.759 oasis is, 00:31:58.279 --> 00:31:58.720 you say this, 00:31:58.759 --> 00:31:59.539 my little piece of heaven, 00:32:00.119 --> 00:32:00.940 it's good, 00:32:01.660 --> 00:32:03.019 but, 00:32:03.359 --> 00:32:04.960 that's not heaven, 00:32:05.500 --> 00:32:08.119 there is one heaven, 00:32:08.720 --> 00:32:09.700 and there is one God, 00:32:09.740 --> 00:32:10.299 whose presence, 00:32:10.460 --> 00:32:11.359 we'll enjoy forever, 00:32:12.640 --> 00:32:15.119 anything else, 00:32:15.240 --> 00:32:16.259 is futile, 00:32:16.799 --> 00:32:17.099 listen, 00:32:17.279 --> 00:32:17.859 if you have big, 00:32:17.859 --> 00:32:18.740 gardening plans, 00:32:18.839 --> 00:32:19.599 don't scrap them, 00:32:19.640 --> 00:32:20.319 because of today, 00:32:21.099 --> 00:32:23.180 but remember, 00:32:23.319 --> 00:32:23.859 we are people, 00:32:23.859 --> 00:32:24.880 called to sobriety, 00:32:24.880 --> 00:32:26.880 to not be delusional, 00:32:27.660 --> 00:32:28.640 to never forget, 00:32:28.720 --> 00:32:30.100 where our citizenship is, 00:32:30.180 --> 00:32:31.820 we are elect exiles, 00:32:32.000 --> 00:32:33.040 in this foreign land, 00:32:33.760 --> 00:32:36.220 what does it say here, 00:32:36.680 --> 00:32:37.540 verses 19, 00:32:37.760 --> 00:32:38.780 to 21, 00:32:40.140 --> 00:32:41.340 verse 20, 00:32:41.500 --> 00:32:42.440 he was foreknown, 00:32:42.620 --> 00:32:43.460 before the foundation, 00:32:43.460 --> 00:32:43.980 of the world, 00:32:44.220 --> 00:32:45.600 but was made manifest, 00:32:45.740 --> 00:32:46.440 in the last times, 00:32:46.500 --> 00:32:47.580 for the sake of you, 00:32:47.579 --> 00:32:49.599 for the sake of you, 00:32:50.799 --> 00:32:51.679 friends, 00:32:51.779 --> 00:32:52.379 you are ransomed, 00:32:52.379 --> 00:32:53.759 from your futility, 00:32:54.299 --> 00:32:55.099 not by things, 00:32:55.179 --> 00:32:56.259 that can fade, 00:32:56.740 --> 00:32:58.759 and never truly ransom, 00:32:59.579 --> 00:33:01.000 but by the very precious, 00:33:01.079 --> 00:33:02.599 blood of our sinless savior, 00:33:03.139 --> 00:33:04.099 the joy that was set, 00:33:04.099 --> 00:33:04.639 before him, 00:33:04.699 --> 00:33:05.319 he endured what, 00:33:05.399 --> 00:33:06.480 the cross for you, 00:33:07.480 --> 00:33:08.619 therefore we're born again, 00:33:08.679 --> 00:33:09.179 and this leads us, 00:33:09.240 --> 00:33:10.720 to our last point, 00:33:10.799 --> 00:33:11.519 verses 22, 00:33:11.859 --> 00:33:12.639 to the end, 00:33:12.960 --> 00:33:13.859 of chapter 2, 00:33:13.919 --> 00:33:14.339 verse 3, 00:33:14.419 --> 00:33:15.119 this is what it says, 00:33:15.119 --> 00:33:16.799 having purified your souls, 00:33:16.899 --> 00:33:18.279 by your obedience, 00:33:18.279 --> 00:33:19.219 to the truth, 00:33:19.719 --> 00:33:21.319 for a sincere brotherly love, 00:33:21.399 --> 00:33:22.119 love one another, 00:33:22.219 --> 00:33:23.500 earnestly from a pure heart, 00:33:23.899 --> 00:33:25.859 since you have been born again, 00:33:26.500 --> 00:33:27.779 not of perishable seed, 00:33:27.959 --> 00:33:29.239 but of imperishable, 00:33:29.679 --> 00:33:30.219 through the living, 00:33:30.339 --> 00:33:31.599 and abiding word of God, 00:33:31.659 --> 00:33:32.579 I'll pause there, 00:33:33.319 --> 00:33:34.399 Peter now shifts, 00:33:34.819 --> 00:33:35.359 the subject, 00:33:35.599 --> 00:33:36.299 from our vertical, 00:33:36.559 --> 00:33:37.079 right living, 00:33:37.199 --> 00:33:37.859 before God, 00:33:38.159 --> 00:33:39.519 to our horizontal living, 00:33:39.639 --> 00:33:40.139 with each other, 00:33:40.899 --> 00:33:41.859 so being born again, 00:33:41.959 --> 00:33:43.000 means we are born, 00:33:43.439 --> 00:33:44.619 to a heavenly father, 00:33:45.119 --> 00:33:46.399 but also born, 00:33:46.519 --> 00:33:48.339 into a heavenly family, 00:33:48.819 --> 00:33:50.679 our social lives, 00:33:50.859 --> 00:33:51.679 are reordered, 00:33:51.919 --> 00:33:53.759 around a new thing, 00:33:54.259 --> 00:33:55.099 a new family, 00:33:55.619 --> 00:33:56.519 and it's the church, 00:33:58.299 --> 00:33:59.259 this is why, 00:34:00.199 --> 00:34:00.979 when people are hurt, 00:34:01.079 --> 00:34:01.619 by the church, 00:34:01.659 --> 00:34:03.379 it's not a little thing, 00:34:03.439 --> 00:34:04.199 it's a big thing, 00:34:05.019 --> 00:34:07.659 it's a very disastrous thing, 00:34:08.099 --> 00:34:09.900 and why we need to be people, 00:34:10.440 --> 00:34:10.839 again, 00:34:11.719 --> 00:34:12.839 in light of what God, 00:34:12.839 --> 00:34:13.980 has done for us, 00:34:14.099 --> 00:34:15.000 giving us his love, 00:34:15.000 --> 00:34:15.739 we are to love, 00:34:15.739 --> 00:34:16.340 one another, 00:34:16.900 --> 00:34:17.780 and do it properly, 00:34:18.199 --> 00:34:19.199 and when we mess up, 00:34:19.260 --> 00:34:19.679 what do we do, 00:34:19.739 --> 00:34:20.579 we ask for forgiveness, 00:34:20.860 --> 00:34:21.500 and we seek, 00:34:22.119 --> 00:34:23.739 to be reconciled, 00:34:24.619 --> 00:34:26.320 for God has reconciled us, 00:34:26.880 --> 00:34:29.860 for us that have been born, 00:34:29.900 --> 00:34:30.800 into Christian families, 00:34:31.699 --> 00:34:34.000 we have grown up, 00:34:34.039 --> 00:34:34.519 in the church, 00:34:34.699 --> 00:34:35.760 whatever your background, 00:34:36.019 --> 00:34:36.940 or experience was, 00:34:37.000 --> 00:34:37.579 hopefully good, 00:34:37.679 --> 00:34:38.199 maybe not, 00:34:38.199 --> 00:34:38.439 but, 00:34:38.819 --> 00:34:38.939 but, 00:34:38.939 --> 00:34:39.000 but, 00:34:39.000 --> 00:34:39.039 but, 00:34:39.039 --> 00:34:39.059 but, 00:34:39.059 --> 00:34:39.539 but, 00:34:39.539 --> 00:34:39.759 you've, 00:34:39.759 --> 00:34:40.559 by and large, 00:34:40.619 --> 00:34:41.839 had some kind of, 00:34:41.839 --> 00:34:42.719 um, 00:34:43.059 --> 00:34:44.019 ordering of your life, 00:34:44.059 --> 00:34:44.599 around the church, 00:34:44.679 --> 00:34:45.279 but for a, 00:34:45.279 --> 00:34:47.019 a first generation Christian, 00:34:47.019 --> 00:34:48.880 and on one hand, 00:34:48.920 --> 00:34:50.219 we're all first generation Christians, 00:34:50.320 --> 00:34:51.320 we need to make our faith, 00:34:51.380 --> 00:34:51.780 our own, 00:34:52.139 --> 00:34:53.259 but for somebody coming out, 00:34:53.280 --> 00:34:54.119 of a different faith, 00:34:54.380 --> 00:34:55.699 or a different philosophy, 00:34:55.980 --> 00:34:57.380 who has no other family, 00:34:58.480 --> 00:34:59.639 coming to faith, 00:35:00.900 --> 00:35:01.440 means they, 00:35:01.599 --> 00:35:02.659 quite possibly have, 00:35:02.800 --> 00:35:04.340 lost their existing family, 00:35:05.019 --> 00:35:06.360 and existing opportunities, 00:35:07.039 --> 00:35:08.400 and they're not talked to, 00:35:08.519 --> 00:35:08.880 anymore, 00:35:08.960 --> 00:35:09.900 by mom or dad, 00:35:09.900 --> 00:35:11.900 or the people, 00:35:12.099 --> 00:35:13.039 that they, 00:35:13.200 --> 00:35:14.340 used to count as friends, 00:35:14.740 --> 00:35:16.980 so when they come into the church, 00:35:17.940 --> 00:35:18.460 the church, 00:35:18.700 --> 00:35:18.960 better, 00:35:19.340 --> 00:35:20.680 by God's strength, 00:35:21.099 --> 00:35:22.539 in light of what God has done, 00:35:23.380 --> 00:35:24.500 step up to the plate, 00:35:25.099 --> 00:35:26.579 has to, 00:35:27.700 --> 00:35:30.800 also tells us, 00:35:30.840 --> 00:35:31.579 that the Christian life, 00:35:31.720 --> 00:35:32.740 cannot be lived out, 00:35:32.800 --> 00:35:33.660 authentically, 00:35:33.920 --> 00:35:34.619 in isolation, 00:35:35.280 --> 00:35:37.260 if love is to mark the Christian, 00:35:37.340 --> 00:35:38.720 there has to be the object of love, 00:35:38.740 --> 00:35:39.860 and it can't just be, 00:35:40.200 --> 00:35:40.800 the head, 00:35:41.420 --> 00:35:42.039 who is Christ, 00:35:42.119 --> 00:35:43.200 it has to be his body, 00:35:43.579 --> 00:35:44.720 which is also Christ, 00:35:47.960 --> 00:35:48.980 third century, 00:35:49.079 --> 00:35:50.639 Bishop St. Cyprian of Carthage, 00:35:50.760 --> 00:35:50.920 said, 00:35:51.039 --> 00:35:52.440 one cannot have God as father, 00:35:52.500 --> 00:35:53.519 without church as mother, 00:35:54.119 --> 00:35:54.820 the point is, 00:35:54.920 --> 00:35:55.260 you can't, 00:35:55.300 --> 00:35:57.800 you can't have this Christian life, 00:35:57.960 --> 00:35:58.720 authentically, 00:35:58.840 --> 00:35:59.820 without being connected, 00:35:59.980 --> 00:36:00.460 to a church, 00:36:01.340 --> 00:36:05.139 Peter reminds us, 00:36:05.420 --> 00:36:06.880 knowing that it's not easy, 00:36:06.960 --> 00:36:08.019 that we were born again, 00:36:08.619 --> 00:36:08.900 again, 00:36:08.900 --> 00:36:09.980 not by anything less, 00:36:09.980 --> 00:36:11.480 than the gospel of Christ, 00:36:11.980 --> 00:36:13.300 the gospel that is eternal, 00:36:13.440 --> 00:36:16.240 the gospel that will even outlive Rome, 00:36:17.240 --> 00:36:18.160 Peter is saying, 00:36:18.320 --> 00:36:19.579 what comes next, 00:36:19.800 --> 00:36:23.480 in light of the strength and power of Rome, 00:36:23.480 --> 00:36:25.400 the eternal empire, 00:36:25.400 --> 00:36:27.139 he says, 00:36:27.139 --> 00:36:29.000 all flesh is like grass, 00:36:29.139 --> 00:36:31.099 all its glory like the flower of grass, 00:36:31.219 --> 00:36:32.539 the grass withers, 00:36:32.940 --> 00:36:33.980 Rome will wither, 00:36:34.400 --> 00:36:36.440 Ottawa will wither, 00:36:37.059 --> 00:36:38.240 and the flower falls, 00:36:38.239 --> 00:36:40.299 but the word of the Lord remains forever, 00:36:40.299 --> 00:36:42.819 friends, 00:36:42.919 --> 00:36:43.099 are, 00:36:44.500 --> 00:36:47.500 do we have a foundation built on something that will last, 00:36:48.079 --> 00:36:50.759 something that will endure, 00:36:50.959 --> 00:36:52.319 something that will not wither, 00:36:52.419 --> 00:36:54.259 do we have an eternal perspective, 00:36:54.839 --> 00:36:56.859 are we building our life on God's word, 00:36:57.379 --> 00:36:57.779 together, 00:36:58.579 --> 00:37:01.219 in light of what he has already done for us, 00:37:01.219 --> 00:37:04.059 you see, 00:37:04.179 --> 00:37:04.739 Peter here, 00:37:04.739 --> 00:37:06.980 is commending his people, 00:37:07.379 --> 00:37:09.279 to love and love well, 00:37:09.500 --> 00:37:09.619 but, 00:37:10.399 --> 00:37:11.719 in light of the truth, 00:37:12.099 --> 00:37:12.839 of God's word, 00:37:12.919 --> 00:37:13.019 so, 00:37:13.419 --> 00:37:14.939 we see here that love and truth, 00:37:15.039 --> 00:37:16.339 are being bound together, 00:37:17.339 --> 00:37:18.480 the word of the Lord, 00:37:19.299 --> 00:37:20.399 and the love of God, 00:37:20.459 --> 00:37:21.279 that marks us, 00:37:21.280 --> 00:37:23.580 he continues on, 00:37:23.620 --> 00:37:24.780 verse 1 of chapter 2, 00:37:24.880 --> 00:37:26.019 so put away all malice, 00:37:26.080 --> 00:37:26.720 and all deceit, 00:37:27.060 --> 00:37:27.800 and hypocrisy, 00:37:27.900 --> 00:37:28.300 and envy, 00:37:28.400 --> 00:37:29.260 and all slander, 00:37:29.340 --> 00:37:30.660 the things that rip, 00:37:31.320 --> 00:37:32.360 communities apart, 00:37:33.080 --> 00:37:34.340 destroy relationships, 00:37:35.260 --> 00:37:35.500 but, 00:37:35.540 --> 00:37:36.460 what does he say then, 00:37:36.980 --> 00:37:37.320 he takes, 00:37:37.480 --> 00:37:37.900 he's saying, 00:37:38.220 --> 00:37:38.820 take it off, 00:37:38.900 --> 00:37:40.580 but also put something else on, 00:37:41.260 --> 00:37:42.420 like newborn infants, 00:37:42.660 --> 00:37:44.320 long for the pure spiritual milk, 00:37:44.400 --> 00:37:45.040 that by it, 00:37:45.340 --> 00:37:46.880 you may grow up into salvation, 00:37:46.880 --> 00:37:49.019 if indeed you have tasted, 00:37:49.220 --> 00:37:49.960 that the Lord is good, 00:37:50.000 --> 00:37:50.200 he's, 00:37:50.199 --> 00:37:51.859 he's saying just briefly, 00:37:52.679 --> 00:37:54.359 that like a child needs, 00:37:54.460 --> 00:37:55.239 its mother's milk, 00:37:55.339 --> 00:37:56.559 or else it will die, 00:37:56.699 --> 00:37:57.659 have that mentality, 00:37:57.899 --> 00:37:58.639 with God's word, 00:37:59.619 --> 00:38:01.859 and the work of the Holy Spirit, 00:38:01.980 --> 00:38:02.579 in your life, 00:38:03.679 --> 00:38:04.960 and conforming your life, 00:38:05.039 --> 00:38:06.799 to the things that God calls you to, 00:38:07.339 --> 00:38:08.899 and not the futile things, 00:38:09.000 --> 00:38:10.579 be sober minded, 00:38:11.599 --> 00:38:12.980 have the mind of Christ, 00:38:13.079 --> 00:38:14.839 keep your mind on the things to come, 00:38:16.439 --> 00:38:18.599 taste and see that the Lord is good, 00:38:18.599 --> 00:38:21.880 friends, 00:38:21.960 --> 00:38:22.239 remember, 00:38:23.119 --> 00:38:23.539 indicative, 00:38:24.739 --> 00:38:26.000 of the indicatives of God, 00:38:26.099 --> 00:38:27.299 precede the imperatives, 00:38:27.719 --> 00:38:29.440 we are ransomed, 00:38:29.559 --> 00:38:30.319 we are redeemed, 00:38:30.440 --> 00:38:31.579 we are given new life, 00:38:31.639 --> 00:38:32.619 as elect exiles, 00:38:32.719 --> 00:38:33.659 and in light of that, 00:38:34.380 --> 00:38:35.519 let us then obey, 00:38:35.860 --> 00:38:36.839 with God's strength, 00:38:37.299 --> 00:38:38.219 and for God's glory, 00:38:38.219 --> 00:38:39.559 we are going to eat now, 00:38:39.559 --> 00:38:40.559 as well, 00:38:40.919 --> 00:38:44.559 it's compassion, 00:38:44.559 --> 00:38:45.039 as you say, 00:38:45.119 --> 00:38:45.519 if this is the country, 00:38:45.559 --> 00:38:45.779 as you know, 00:38:45.899 --> 00:38:46.799 the moment is not how we are, 00:38:46.799 --> 00:38:47.159 in light of it, 00:38:47.219 --> 00:38:47.959 along the wheels, 00:38:48.319 --> 00:38:48.939 are in light of life, 00:38:49.039 --> 00:38:49.259 with God's Unfree, 00:38:49.379 --> 00:38:49.959 as we ever try, 00:38:50.219 --> 00:38:51.179 as like Jill Schroro, 00:38:51.179 --> 00:38:51.899 and similarly, 00:38:52.099 --> 00:38:52.959 as this is what happens, 00:38:53.039 --> 00:38:53.099 yeah, 00:38:53.099 --> 00:38:53.599 when we are denying, 00:38:53.619 --> 00:38:55.139 unless anything, 00:38:55.500 --> 00:38:55.859 and I will come into, 00:38:55.939 --> 00:38:56.279 you are trying to doubleitude, 00:38:56.399 --> 00:38:57.119 I'm getting to know, 00:38:57.119 --> 00:38:58.019 that have to emphasize, 00:38:58.019 --> 00:38:58.919 but we are trying, 00:38:59.579 --> 00:39:00.559 part as we are feeding, 00:39:00.559 --> 00:39:02.199 this is always true, 00:39:02.279 --> 00:39:02.619 all coming into, 00:39:03.199 --> 00:39:03.839 as we're telling, 00:39:03.839 --> 00:39:05.059 as we are earning,