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 Last week we looked at Peter's opening greeting here in verses 1 and 2, which functions as a really helpful introduction to the material of the letter.

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! If you remember, he does something specific there that's helpful for us to remember as we work our way through the letter.

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 He characterizes these Christians as spiritual exiles.

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 Not meaning that they are being punished by God as exiles for something that they have done.

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 Not even necessarily meaning that they are physical exiles in the sense of being displaced from a particular community or a particular land.

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 They're spiritual exiles in the sense that they are strangers in this world.

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 That's who we are as believers.

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 We serve a different king.

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 We belong to a different kingdom.

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 A different country.

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 And our time here is purposeful.

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 It's intentional.

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 God's glory is to be displayed through us.

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 But this is never to feel like home.

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 We are exiles here.

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 Waiting for our king to return and to take us home.

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 And of course, such an existence is obviously full of hardships.

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 And Peter addresses many of those hardships throughout the letter.

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 But still, the purpose of his writing is not just to show these Christians that they can survive the exile.

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 It's more than that.

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 He's writing so that they might understand that they can actually thrive in it.

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 That you and I, as God's people, we don't have to struggle in the sense of just hoping to make it to the end.

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 Even though most days feel that way.

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 No, Peter writes to say, no, there's a way that despite the hardships and despite the temptations and despite the sufferings,

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 you can actually thrive in this time of exile, in this time as a stranger in the world.

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 And that's really the purpose of the letter.

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 By God's grace, that's what we will do.

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 We'll thrive.

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 Our text today in verse 3 begins the first major section of the letter which focuses on the call to salvation.

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 In order to thrive in exile, we must remember who we are in Christ and live our lives in light of that new identity.

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 And a focus on this gospel identity that's rooted in the person and the work of Jesus Christ will show itself supremely in sincere and joyful worship.

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 And that's precisely where Peter begins.

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 Look with me at verses 3 to 5.

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 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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 According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.

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 To an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading.

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 Kept in heaven for you who by God's power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

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 Now I want you to notice that Peter's first order of business was not to confront those who were conforming to the world in which they lived.

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 It wasn't to instruct those on how to handle their persecutors on how to exist in that kind of environment.

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 That's not the first order of business here.

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 Instead, Peter's first objective is to call us to worship.

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 blessed be the god and father of our lord jesus christ he opens the primary content of the letter

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 as a matter of first importance peter is recalibrating our focus he's reorienting our

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 hearts to a sincere and joyful burst of praise to god if you're new to christianity you're just

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 trying to sort things out there's there's something that you need to notice here in this opening praise

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 blessed be the god and father of our lord jesus christ he says he doesn't call us to worship some

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 generic god in the great unknown this is this is not the god of islam

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 this is not the god of orthodox judaism this is not a god of any other religion

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 don't let anybody ever tell you that we're all basically serving the same god we're just all

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 doing it in a different kind of way that's not true there's a specific thing that peter says here in this

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 praise that makes it distinctly christian he says that we are to bless our god and father the god

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 and father of our lord jesus christ in other words the way that we relate to god is through our lord

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 jesus christ we know him not only in his creation but supremely because he has been revealed in the son

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 jesus christ it is jesus who reveals the father to us it is jesus who gets us to the father through his

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 atoning sacrifice christianity fundamentally is us coming to god through the work

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 of the son and that's who peter calls on us to worship here now why is it so important for peter to start

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 this way just consider the nature of the condition of these people to whom he was writing he's already

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 characterized them as exiles that that word is loaded with significance in this letter

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 as you read through the letter you find that some of them are really facing intense suffering

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 not just the suffering that all of us face in a fallen world but suffering as specifically because

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 they are followers of jesus christ that's their circumstances their condition

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 some of them are battling through temptation at this point because they're they're getting to a point

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 it's getting really hard to live distinctly in this world it's getting increasingly more difficult for

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 them to represent their king in this exile they're struggling with sin some of them are struggling with

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 doubts many of them are just struggling why is it important that peter starts this way for struggling

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 christians for strangers for strangers in this world worship can very quickly grow cold can't it

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 the various difficulties that we endure as believers in this life they can overwhelm our joy

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 they can distract us from the hope that god has given us in christ jesus

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 and yet peter reminds us right here from the very beginning we were created to worship

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 that's our purpose

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 through sin we fall short of that purpose and yet through christ that purpose has been redeemed

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 god is calling out his people why in order that they might bring him glory

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 and peter starts right here from the very beginning and he says look i know you're struggling

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 so why don't we just start with a worship service peter says blessed be the god and father of our lord

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 jesus christ you know many times what we really need most is not necessarily for our problems to be fixed

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 or for our circumstances to be changed what we need is for someone

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 to simply remind us of the glories of the gospel

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 and call us back to a sincere and joyful praise of god

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 and we're to be thankful for peter in this in this instance

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 because many of us are struggling

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 all of us for different reasons

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 maybe it's a season of life maybe it's a particular hardship

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 and yet all of us

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 who are in christ

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 can lift this same praise that peter

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 calls on us to lift

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 peter helps us here

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 he lifts our heads he lifts our

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 hearts to the magnitude

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 of god's great salvation

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 now this call to worship it's it's going to run all the way through from verse 3 to verse 12

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 and it's focused entirely on god's grace and salvation

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 we are to praise god in other words for the salvation that god has brought us

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 through jesus christ

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 there's various ways that we speak about this salvation and they're represented in these

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 few verses that peter gives us here

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 sometimes we speak of salvation in the past tense that we

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 were saved or we have been saved what we mean by that is there was a time in our lives where we were converted

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 to the gospel of jesus christ to faith in the lord jesus christ the spirit bringing us to life and we trusted in him we say say we're saved past tense

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 sometimes we speak of our salvation in the present tense don't we

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 we think of the fact that we are being saved that is by god's gracious work he is sanctifying his people he's purifying us he's making us holy in this life presently

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 still there's other times we speak of salvation in the future tense one day we will be saved

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 there is a future dynamic to our salvation an eschatological dimension to our future salvation and that's what

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 peter has in mind here in verses 3 to 5

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 this future

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 this future eschatological reality of salvation and he speaks of it in unique terms he speaks of it here as an inheritance

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 so believers are to praise god for their future

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 inheritance peter says an inheritance that does not come in its fullness now an inheritance that is promised to us

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 and is waiting for us beyond this time of exile

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 and by doing that by being cognizant of living in light of the gospel by praising god for this future

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 inheritance

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 we start this journey

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 of not surviving the exile

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 thriving

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 in the exile

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 there's three dynamics of this

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 eternal inheritance that i think

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 should motivate

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 our sincere and joyful worship

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 number one notice

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 we are to praise god

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 for the right

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 to this future inheritance

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 we're to praise god for the right

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 to this future

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 inheritance

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 look again at verse 3

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 blessed be the god and father of our lord jesus christ

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 according to his great mercy

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 he has caused us to be born again

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 to a living hope

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 through the resurrection of jesus christ

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 from the dead

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 and what is it that we have been born again to

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 he tells us in verse 4

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 to an

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 inheritance

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 now

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 the concept of inheritance

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 it isn't foreign to us at all

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 an inheritance simply is the passing of something from one

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 generation to

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 another

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 sometimes we we speak of an inheritance as inheriting certain

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 physical characteristics or

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 personality traits

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 from our parents right

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 look around the room at the kids who are here

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 there's really no question which kids belong to

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 amy blevins

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 which kids belong to

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 jenny allen

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 which kids belong to

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 julie blankenship

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 right there's certain things about them

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 they inherit

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 through their parents right

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 but most of the time when we think of an inheritance

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 we're not so much thinking of

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 inheriting certain traits

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 we're thinking of inheriting possessions or

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 wealth

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 and the thing about an inheritance

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 is that it's not something you can just simply claim for yourself

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 an inheritance is something that is

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 given to you

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 not based on something that you do

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 not based on

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 a means of earning

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 or even something that you deserve

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 it's based on the virtue of who you are

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 a birthright

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 it is given to

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 sons

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 and daughters

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 and this is how Peter speaks of our salvation

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 in verse

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 three

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 it is an inheritance

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 to be received in full

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 after

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 our exile

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 but what gives us the right

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 to this eternal inheritance

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 well he says

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 it is given to us by virtue

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 of our birth

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 not a physical birth

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 a spiritual

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 birth

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 notice what he says

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 according to his great mercy

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 God has

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 caused us

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 to be born

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 again

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 the new birth

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 the spiritual birth

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 to an inheritance

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 we receive

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 the internal

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 inheritance

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 of eternal salvation

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 by virtue of the new

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 birth

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 and that new birth

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 comes

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 from God

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 to receive this salvation

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 to receive

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 this inheritance

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 in other words

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 you must

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 be born

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 again

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 let's just look a little closer

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 at how

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 Peter describes this

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 first

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 he

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 tells us

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 that the new birth

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 is

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 undeserved

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 and it is undeserved

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 because it is

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 according

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 to God's

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 great

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 mercy

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 do you see that

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 he says

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 it is according

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 to his great

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 mercy

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 that he has

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 caused us

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 to be born

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 again

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 now there is

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 a lot

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 of words

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 Peter could have

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 used here

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 he could have

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 said

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 that this

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 was according

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 to God's

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 great

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 kindness

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 he has

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 caused us

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 to be born

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 again

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 he could have

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 said

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 this is

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 according

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 to God's

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 great

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 love

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 that he

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 has caused

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 us to be

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 born

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 again

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 both of those

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 things would be

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 absolutely

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 true

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 but that is

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 not what

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 Peter says

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 why does

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 he use

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 mercy

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 I think

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 what Peter's

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 doing is

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 reminding us

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 that God

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 doesn't actually

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 owe us

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 anything

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 by nature

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 we are not

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 his children

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 by nature

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 we're his

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 enemies

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 fallen

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 in rebellion

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 dead

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 in our

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 trespasses

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 and sins

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 he doesn't

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 owe us

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 anything

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 Peter says

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 you are

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 born again

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 today

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 if you're

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 a Christian

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 you're born

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 again

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 first

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 because of

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 God's

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 mercy

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 it's not

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 because you

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 deserve it

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 it's because

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 he is a

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 merciful

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 God

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 remember

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 the Bible

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 tells us

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 that

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 apart from

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 the Lord

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 Jesus Christ

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 there is

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 not a person

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 on this

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 planet

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 who is

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 truly

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 righteous

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 that apart

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 from God's

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 gracious

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 work in

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 our lives

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 no one

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 even

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 really

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 seeks

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 for God

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 we talk

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 about

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 seekers

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 sometimes

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 in

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 Christianity

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 right

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 those who

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 seem to

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 be seeking

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 for something

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 more

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 seeking

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 for God

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 seeking

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 for

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 truth

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 certainly

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 we want

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 to have

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 a category

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 for that

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 but

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 Romans 3

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 it tells

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 us

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 plainly

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 that no

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 one

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 in and

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 of

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 themselves

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 really

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 even

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 wants

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 God

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 we're

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 his

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 enemies

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 by

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 nature

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 what

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 does it

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 take

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 in order

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 for us

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 to become

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 his

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 children

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 mercy

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 mercy

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 that's

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 what Shane

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 read to us

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 just a

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 moment ago

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 in David's

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 prayer

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 from Psalm

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 51

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 David

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 says

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 have

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 mercy

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 on me

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 oh

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 God

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 if

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 you're

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 a

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 Christian

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 you're

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 right

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 to this

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 future

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 inheritance

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 you need

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 to remember

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 it's

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 totally

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 of God's

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 great

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 mercy

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 and you

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 know

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 what

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 that

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 should

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 do

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 for you

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 it

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 should

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 cause

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 you

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 to

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 join

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 Peter

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 in

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 saying

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 blessed

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 to be

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 the

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 God

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 and

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 Father

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 of

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 our

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 Lord

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 Jesus

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 Christ

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 because

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 I

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 don't

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 deserve

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 anything

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 he's

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 given

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 me

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 but

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 he

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 is

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 a

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 merciful

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 God

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 second

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 Peter

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 tells

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 us

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 that

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 the

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 new

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 birth

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 is

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 unearned

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 it's

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 undeserved

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 because

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 it's

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 according

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 to

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 God's

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 great

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 mercy

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 it's

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 unearned

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 because

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 he

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 says

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 God

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 has

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 caused

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 us

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 to

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 be

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 born

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 again

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 of

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 course

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 we

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 understand

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 here

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 born

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 again

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 is

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 it's

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 not

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 a

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 spiritual

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 status

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 that

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 you

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 receive

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 after

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 completing

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 a

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 series

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 of

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 steps

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 along

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 a

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 religious

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 journey

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 it's

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 not

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 something

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 you

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 can

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 choose

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 it's

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 not

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 something

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 you

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 can

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 earn

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 in

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 any

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 sense

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 of

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 that

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 word

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 again

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 Ephesians

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 tells

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 us

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 we

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 are

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 dead

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 in

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 our

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 trespasses

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 and

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 sins

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 meaning

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 we

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 are

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 utterly

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 incapable

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 of

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 obtaining

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 spiritual

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 life

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 save

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 that

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 God

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 the

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 living

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 one

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 intervenes

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 and

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 invades

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 who

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 we

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 are

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 and

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 brings

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 us

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 to

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 life

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 again

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 this

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 new

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 birth

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 it

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 is

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 something

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 that

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 happens

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 to

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 you

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 by

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 God's

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 gracious

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 initiative

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 now

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 where

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 exactly

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 does

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 Peter

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 get

00:19:13.619 --> 00:19:13.899
 this

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 idea

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 is

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 he

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 just

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 making

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 this

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 up

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 is

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 this

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 just

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 something

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 that

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 he's

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 brought

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 to

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 mind

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 and

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 he

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 thinks

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 that

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 maybe

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 this

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 is

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 his

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 interpretation

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 on

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 things

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 related

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 to

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 the

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 gospel

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 and

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 the

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 way

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 that

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 God

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 works

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 so

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 he

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 decides

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 he's

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 going

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 to

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 throw

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 this

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 little

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 phrase

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 in

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 there

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 to

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 trip

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 us

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 up

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 no

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 you

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 know

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 he

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 gets

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 this

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 from

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 Jesus

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 doesn't

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 he

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 that

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 great

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 conversation

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 that we

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 read in

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 John chapter

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 three

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 of

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 Jesus

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 with

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 Nicodemus

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 Jesus

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 plainly

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 tells

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 Nicodemus

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 he says

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 unless

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 you're

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 born

00:19:43.360 --> 00:19:43.620
 again

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 you can't

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 see

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 the

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 kingdom

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 of

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 God

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 seeing

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 the

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 kingdom

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 of

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 God

00:19:47.180 --> 00:19:47.340
 in

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 Jesus

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 words

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 there

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 is

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 the

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 same

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 thing

00:19:48.900 --> 00:19:49.060
 that

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 Peter

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 is

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 saying

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 when

00:19:50.019 --> 00:19:50.120
 he

00:19:50.120 --> 00:19:50.400
 talks

00:19:50.400 --> 00:19:50.640
 about

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 an

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 eternal

00:19:51.180 --> 00:19:52.100
 inheritance

00:19:55.680 --> 00:19:55.900
 Jesus

00:19:55.900 --> 00:19:56.279
 speaking

00:19:56.279 --> 00:19:56.420
 of

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 the

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 kingdom

00:19:56.700 --> 00:19:57.240
 same

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 thing

00:19:57.600 --> 00:19:57.980
 he's

00:19:57.980 --> 00:19:58.120
 talking

00:19:58.120 --> 00:19:58.279
 about

00:19:58.279 --> 00:19:58.759
 salvation

00:19:58.759 --> 00:19:59.620
 he's

00:19:59.620 --> 00:19:59.740
 talking

00:19:59.740 --> 00:19:59.920
 about

00:19:59.920 --> 00:20:00.240
 eternal

00:20:00.240 --> 00:20:00.799
 life

00:20:00.799 --> 00:20:01.600
 and

00:20:01.600 --> 00:20:01.840
 Jesus

00:20:01.840 --> 00:20:02.140
 tells

00:20:02.140 --> 00:20:02.660
 Nicodemus

00:20:02.660 --> 00:20:02.880
 unless

00:20:02.880 --> 00:20:03.120
 you're

00:20:03.120 --> 00:20:03.279
 born

00:20:03.279 --> 00:20:03.660
 again

00:20:03.660 --> 00:20:04.500
 you

00:20:04.500 --> 00:20:04.820
 can't

00:20:04.820 --> 00:20:05.039
 have

00:20:05.039 --> 00:20:05.660
 salvation

00:20:05.660 --> 00:20:07.279
 and

00:20:07.279 --> 00:20:07.380
 do you

00:20:07.380 --> 00:20:07.620
 remember

00:20:07.620 --> 00:20:07.980
 what

00:20:07.980 --> 00:20:08.560
 Nicodemus

00:20:08.560 --> 00:20:09.019
 response

00:20:09.019 --> 00:20:09.440
 was

00:20:09.440 --> 00:20:10.160
 how

00:20:10.160 --> 00:20:10.320
 is

00:20:10.320 --> 00:20:10.420
 it

00:20:10.420 --> 00:20:10.900
 possible

00:20:10.900 --> 00:20:11.740
 do

00:20:11.740 --> 00:20:11.799
 I

00:20:11.799 --> 00:20:11.900
 have

00:20:11.900 --> 00:20:12.000
 to

00:20:12.000 --> 00:20:12.160
 go

00:20:12.160 --> 00:20:12.519
 back

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 into

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 my

00:20:12.920 --> 00:20:13.299
 mother's

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 womb

00:20:13.600 --> 00:20:14.240
 how

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 is

00:20:14.779 --> 00:20:14.880
 this

00:20:14.880 --> 00:20:15.120
 actually

00:20:15.120 --> 00:20:15.440
 possible

00:20:15.440 --> 00:20:15.840
 I

00:20:15.840 --> 00:20:16.019
 don't

00:20:16.019 --> 00:20:16.220
 think

00:20:16.220 --> 00:20:17.000
 Nicodemus

00:20:17.000 --> 00:20:17.200
 was

00:20:17.200 --> 00:20:18.080
 confused

00:20:18.080 --> 00:20:18.299
 about

00:20:18.299 --> 00:20:18.500
 what

00:20:18.500 --> 00:20:18.720
 Jesus

00:20:18.720 --> 00:20:18.960
 was

00:20:18.960 --> 00:20:19.360
 saying

00:20:19.360 --> 00:20:20.940
 he

00:20:20.940 --> 00:20:21.080
 was

00:20:21.080 --> 00:20:21.380
 a

00:20:21.380 --> 00:20:22.100
 rabbinical

00:20:22.100 --> 00:20:22.460
 teacher

00:20:22.460 --> 00:20:22.760
 I

00:20:22.760 --> 00:20:22.960
 think

00:20:22.960 --> 00:20:23.140
 this

00:20:23.140 --> 00:20:23.580
 probably

00:20:23.580 --> 00:20:23.900
 was

00:20:23.900 --> 00:20:24.520
 maybe

00:20:24.520 --> 00:20:24.660
 an

00:20:24.660 --> 00:20:25.440
 analogy

00:20:25.440 --> 00:20:26.020
 that

00:20:26.020 --> 00:20:26.320
 some

00:20:26.320 --> 00:20:26.740
 rabbis

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 would

00:20:26.900 --> 00:20:27.000
 have

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 used

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 for

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 different

00:20:27.840 --> 00:20:28.520
 spiritual

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 truths

00:20:28.900 --> 00:20:29.300
 I

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 don't

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 think

00:20:29.740 --> 00:20:30.580
 he's

00:20:30.580 --> 00:20:31.360
 that

00:20:31.360 --> 00:20:32.200
 disconnected

00:20:32.200 --> 00:20:32.840
 from

00:20:32.840 --> 00:20:33.340
 what

00:20:33.340 --> 00:20:33.620
 Jesus

00:20:33.620 --> 00:20:33.860
 is

00:20:33.860 --> 00:20:34.140
 saying

00:20:34.140 --> 00:20:34.380
 about

00:20:34.380 --> 00:20:34.540
 the

00:20:34.540 --> 00:20:34.700
 new

00:20:34.700 --> 00:20:34.920
 birth

00:20:34.920 --> 00:20:35.280
 I

00:20:35.280 --> 00:20:35.500
 think

00:20:35.500 --> 00:20:35.660
 his

00:20:35.660 --> 00:20:36.080
 question

00:20:36.080 --> 00:20:36.300
 is

00:20:36.300 --> 00:20:36.700
 actually

00:20:36.700 --> 00:20:36.940
 just

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 to

00:20:37.120 --> 00:20:37.440
 say

00:20:37.440 --> 00:20:38.920
 how

00:20:38.920 --> 00:20:39.180
 can

00:20:39.180 --> 00:20:39.320
 I

00:20:39.320 --> 00:20:39.560
 be

00:20:39.560 --> 00:20:39.840
 born

00:20:39.840 --> 00:20:40.200
 again

00:20:40.200 --> 00:20:42.680
 if

00:20:42.680 --> 00:20:42.820
 a

00:20:42.820 --> 00:20:43.000
 new

00:20:43.000 --> 00:20:43.300
 birth

00:20:43.300 --> 00:20:43.460
 is

00:20:43.460 --> 00:20:43.600
 what

00:20:43.600 --> 00:20:43.720
 I

00:20:43.720 --> 00:20:43.920
 need

00:20:43.920 --> 00:20:44.060
 to

00:20:44.060 --> 00:20:44.200
 see

00:20:44.200 --> 00:20:44.360
 the

00:20:44.360 --> 00:20:44.620
 kingdom

00:20:44.620 --> 00:20:45.020
 how

00:20:45.020 --> 00:20:45.440
 do

00:20:45.440 --> 00:20:45.540
 I

00:20:45.540 --> 00:20:45.880
 get

00:20:45.880 --> 00:20:46.140
 that

00:20:46.140 --> 00:20:46.260
 I

00:20:46.260 --> 00:20:46.500
 know

00:20:46.500 --> 00:20:46.680
 I

00:20:46.680 --> 00:20:46.900
 can't

00:20:46.900 --> 00:20:47.040
 go

00:20:51.380 --> 00:20:51.720
 Nicodemus

00:20:51.720 --> 00:20:51.920
 as

00:20:51.920 --> 00:20:52.300
 the

00:20:52.300 --> 00:20:52.440
 Lord

00:20:52.440 --> 00:20:52.600
 is

00:20:52.600 --> 00:20:52.960
 working

00:20:52.960 --> 00:20:53.140
 on

00:20:53.140 --> 00:20:53.300
 his

00:20:53.300 --> 00:20:53.560
 heart

00:20:53.560 --> 00:20:53.700
 as

00:20:53.700 --> 00:20:53.840
 the

00:20:53.840 --> 00:20:54.200
 spirit

00:20:54.200 --> 00:20:54.340
 is

00:20:54.340 --> 00:20:54.580
 working

00:20:54.580 --> 00:20:54.740
 on

00:20:54.740 --> 00:20:54.860
 his

00:20:54.860 --> 00:20:54.980
 heart

00:20:54.980 --> 00:20:55.080
 he

00:20:55.080 --> 00:20:55.560
 already

00:20:55.560 --> 00:20:55.840
 seems

00:20:55.840 --> 00:20:56.120
 to be

00:20:56.120 --> 00:20:56.620
 putting

00:20:56.620 --> 00:20:56.860
 some

00:20:56.860 --> 00:20:56.940
 of

00:20:56.940 --> 00:20:57.040
 the

00:20:57.040 --> 00:20:57.280
 pieces

00:20:57.280 --> 00:20:57.720
 together

00:20:57.720 --> 00:20:58.120
 I

00:20:58.120 --> 00:20:58.460
 can't

00:20:58.460 --> 00:20:58.600
 do

00:20:58.600 --> 00:20:58.780
 this

00:20:58.780 --> 00:20:58.940
 for

00:20:58.940 --> 00:20:59.700
 myself

00:20:59.700 --> 00:21:01.260
 and

00:21:01.260 --> 00:21:01.320
 you

00:21:01.320 --> 00:21:01.600
 remember

00:21:01.600 --> 00:21:01.780
 how

00:21:01.780 --> 00:21:02.080
 Jesus

00:21:02.080 --> 00:21:02.560
 responds

00:21:02.560 --> 00:21:02.720
 to

00:21:02.720 --> 00:21:03.060
 that

00:21:03.060 --> 00:21:05.260
 he

00:21:05.260 --> 00:21:05.440
 says

00:21:05.440 --> 00:21:05.560
 you

00:21:05.560 --> 00:21:05.740
 know

00:21:05.740 --> 00:21:06.540
 Nicodemus

00:21:06.540 --> 00:21:07.800
 that

00:21:07.800 --> 00:21:07.960
 which

00:21:07.960 --> 00:21:08.080
 is

00:21:08.080 --> 00:21:08.240
 born

00:21:08.240 --> 00:21:08.380
 of

00:21:08.380 --> 00:21:08.680
 flesh

00:21:08.680 --> 00:21:08.840
 is

00:21:08.840 --> 00:21:09.400
 flesh

00:21:09.400 --> 00:21:10.760
 and

00:21:10.760 --> 00:21:10.920
 that

00:21:10.920 --> 00:21:11.120
 which

00:21:11.120 --> 00:21:11.260
 is

00:21:11.260 --> 00:21:11.480
 born

00:21:11.480 --> 00:21:11.720
 that

00:21:11.720 --> 00:21:11.940
 way

00:21:11.940 --> 00:21:12.240
 doesn't

00:21:12.240 --> 00:21:12.560
 receive

00:21:12.560 --> 00:21:12.740
 the

00:21:12.740 --> 00:21:12.920
 kingdom

00:21:12.920 --> 00:21:13.100
 of

00:21:13.100 --> 00:21:13.240
 God

00:21:13.240 --> 00:21:13.380
 but

00:21:13.380 --> 00:21:13.560
 that

00:21:13.560 --> 00:21:13.720
 which

00:21:13.720 --> 00:21:13.860
 is

00:21:21.380 --> 00:21:21.480
 you

00:21:21.480 --> 00:21:21.640
 know

00:21:21.640 --> 00:21:22.160
 Nicodemus

00:21:22.160 --> 00:21:22.360
 the

00:21:22.360 --> 00:21:22.600
 spirit

00:21:22.600 --> 00:21:22.740
 is

00:21:22.740 --> 00:21:22.880
 like

00:21:22.880 --> 00:21:23.020
 the

00:21:23.020 --> 00:21:23.340
 wind

00:21:23.340 --> 00:21:25.640
 you

00:21:25.640 --> 00:21:25.840
 can't

00:21:25.840 --> 00:21:26.260
 control

00:21:26.260 --> 00:21:26.540
 him

00:21:26.540 --> 00:21:27.940
 and

00:21:27.940 --> 00:21:28.100
 you

00:21:28.100 --> 00:21:28.340
 can't

00:21:28.340 --> 00:21:28.720
 exactly

00:21:28.720 --> 00:21:29.140
 discern

00:21:29.140 --> 00:21:29.460
 everything

00:21:29.460 --> 00:21:29.680
 that

00:21:29.680 --> 00:21:29.860
 it's

00:21:29.860 --> 00:21:30.100
 doing

00:21:30.100 --> 00:21:30.280
 but

00:21:30.280 --> 00:21:30.460
 the

00:21:30.460 --> 00:21:30.760
 spirit

00:21:30.760 --> 00:21:31.060
 he

00:21:31.060 --> 00:21:31.360
 comes

00:21:31.360 --> 00:21:31.640
 in

00:21:31.640 --> 00:21:31.740
 and

00:21:31.740 --> 00:21:31.880
 he

00:21:31.880 --> 00:21:32.200
 he

00:21:32.200 --> 00:21:32.540
 blows

00:21:32.540 --> 00:21:32.740
 in

00:21:32.740 --> 00:21:32.900
 with

00:21:32.900 --> 00:21:33.340
 great

00:21:33.340 --> 00:21:33.940
 effect

00:21:33.940 --> 00:21:35.500
 and

00:21:35.500 --> 00:21:35.640
 what

00:21:35.640 --> 00:21:35.780
 is

00:21:35.780 --> 00:21:35.980
 that

00:21:35.980 --> 00:21:36.520
 effect

00:21:36.520 --> 00:21:38.140
 faith

00:21:38.140 --> 00:21:38.900
 in

00:21:38.900 --> 00:21:39.020
 the

00:21:39.020 --> 00:21:39.180
 Lord

00:21:39.180 --> 00:21:39.440
 Jesus

00:21:39.440 --> 00:21:39.960
 Christ

00:21:39.960 --> 00:21:41.300
 and

00:21:41.300 --> 00:21:41.460
 what

00:21:41.460 --> 00:21:41.580
 is

00:21:41.580 --> 00:21:41.680
 it

00:21:41.680 --> 00:21:41.980
 based

00:21:41.980 --> 00:21:42.280
 on

00:21:42.280 --> 00:21:43.480
 not

00:21:43.480 --> 00:21:43.760
 something

00:21:43.760 --> 00:21:43.940
 that

00:21:43.940 --> 00:21:44.520
 Nicodemus

00:21:44.520 --> 00:21:44.700
 could

00:21:44.700 --> 00:21:45.020
 do

00:21:45.020 --> 00:21:46.300
 not

00:21:46.300 --> 00:21:46.580
 something

00:21:46.580 --> 00:21:46.760
 that

00:21:46.760 --> 00:21:47.280
 Nicodemus

00:21:47.280 --> 00:21:48.060
 chose

00:21:48.060 --> 00:21:49.460
 but

00:21:49.460 --> 00:21:49.580
 on

00:21:49.580 --> 00:21:49.760
 the

00:21:49.760 --> 00:21:50.140
 saving

00:21:50.140 --> 00:21:50.620
 initiative

00:21:50.620 --> 00:21:50.840
 of

00:21:51.380 --> 00:21:51.520
 through

00:21:51.520 --> 00:21:51.700
 the

00:21:51.700 --> 00:21:51.920
 work

00:21:51.920 --> 00:21:52.040
 of

00:21:52.040 --> 00:21:52.140
 the

00:21:52.140 --> 00:21:52.320
 Holy

00:21:52.320 --> 00:21:52.700
 Spirit

00:21:52.700 --> 00:21:54.700
 this

00:21:54.700 --> 00:21:54.900
 new

00:21:54.900 --> 00:21:55.180
 birth

00:21:55.180 --> 00:21:55.500
 it's

00:21:55.500 --> 00:21:55.940
 it's

00:21:55.940 --> 00:21:56.400
 undeserved

00:21:56.400 --> 00:21:56.680
 it's

00:21:56.680 --> 00:21:56.940
 according

00:21:56.940 --> 00:21:57.140
 to

00:21:57.140 --> 00:21:57.440
 God's

00:21:57.440 --> 00:21:57.640
 great

00:21:57.640 --> 00:21:57.960
 mercy

00:21:57.960 --> 00:21:58.500
 it's

00:21:58.500 --> 00:21:59.120
 unearned

00:21:59.120 --> 00:21:59.320
 because

00:21:59.320 --> 00:21:59.700
 it is

00:21:59.700 --> 00:22:00.000
 God

00:22:00.000 --> 00:22:00.180
 who

00:22:00.180 --> 00:22:00.380
 has

00:22:00.380 --> 00:22:00.920
 caused

00:22:00.920 --> 00:22:01.440
 us

00:22:01.440 --> 00:22:02.060
 to

00:22:02.060 --> 00:22:02.320
 be

00:22:02.320 --> 00:22:02.680
 born

00:22:02.680 --> 00:22:03.260
 again

00:22:03.260 --> 00:22:03.440
 and

00:22:03.440 --> 00:22:03.860
 third

00:22:03.860 --> 00:22:04.140
 we

00:22:04.140 --> 00:22:04.480
 find

00:22:04.480 --> 00:22:04.640
 here

00:22:04.640 --> 00:22:04.860
 that

00:22:04.860 --> 00:22:05.260
 the

00:22:05.260 --> 00:22:05.480
 new

00:22:05.480 --> 00:22:05.740
 birth

00:22:05.740 --> 00:22:05.920
 is

00:22:05.920 --> 00:22:06.840
 unmistakable

00:22:06.840 --> 00:22:07.460
 when

00:22:07.460 --> 00:22:07.580
 it

00:22:07.580 --> 00:22:08.120
 happens

00:22:08.120 --> 00:22:09.300
 it

00:22:09.300 --> 00:22:09.520
 can't

00:22:09.520 --> 00:22:09.620
 be

00:22:09.620 --> 00:22:10.020
 denied

00:22:10.020 --> 00:22:11.060
 why

00:22:11.060 --> 00:22:12.840
 because

00:22:12.840 --> 00:22:13.040
 it

00:22:13.040 --> 00:22:13.900
 results

00:22:13.900 --> 00:22:14.980
 in a

00:22:14.980 --> 00:22:15.260
 living

00:22:15.260 --> 00:22:15.880
 hope

00:22:15.880 --> 00:22:16.620
 through

00:22:16.620 --> 00:22:16.940
 the

00:22:16.940 --> 00:22:17.520
 resurrection

00:22:17.520 --> 00:22:17.880
 of

00:22:17.880 --> 00:22:18.180
 Jesus

00:22:18.180 --> 00:22:18.780
 Christ

00:22:18.780 --> 00:22:19.900
 from

00:22:19.900 --> 00:22:20.040
 the

00:22:20.040 --> 00:22:20.340
 dead

00:22:20.339 --> 00:22:22.579
 now

00:22:22.579 --> 00:22:22.779
 how

00:22:22.779 --> 00:22:23.379
 exactly

00:22:23.379 --> 00:22:23.819
 does

00:22:23.819 --> 00:22:24.079
 God

00:22:24.079 --> 00:22:24.659
 accomplish

00:22:24.659 --> 00:22:25.220
 this

00:22:25.220 --> 00:22:26.259
 work

00:22:26.259 --> 00:22:26.639
 of

00:22:26.639 --> 00:22:27.119
 the

00:22:27.119 --> 00:22:27.319
 new

00:22:27.319 --> 00:22:27.759
 birth

00:22:27.759 --> 00:22:27.980
 how

00:22:27.980 --> 00:22:28.079
 do

00:22:28.079 --> 00:22:28.220
 we

00:22:28.220 --> 00:22:28.839
 experience

00:22:28.839 --> 00:22:29.359
 it

00:22:29.359 --> 00:22:30.039
 what

00:22:30.039 --> 00:22:30.259
 is

00:22:30.259 --> 00:22:30.500
 its

00:22:30.500 --> 00:22:31.339
 effect

00:22:31.339 --> 00:22:32.119
 we

00:22:32.119 --> 00:22:32.599
 understand

00:22:32.599 --> 00:22:33.279
 theologically

00:22:33.279 --> 00:22:33.599
 there's

00:22:33.599 --> 00:22:33.779
 these

00:22:33.779 --> 00:22:34.019
 things

00:22:34.019 --> 00:22:34.240
 that are

00:22:34.240 --> 00:22:34.559
 happening

00:22:34.559 --> 00:22:34.740
 but

00:22:34.740 --> 00:22:35.279
 what

00:22:35.279 --> 00:22:35.559
 does it

00:22:35.559 --> 00:22:35.899
 actually

00:22:35.899 --> 00:22:36.259
 look

00:22:36.259 --> 00:22:36.579
 like

00:22:36.579 --> 00:22:36.759
 how

00:22:36.759 --> 00:22:36.899
 do

00:22:36.899 --> 00:22:37.059
 we

00:22:37.059 --> 00:22:37.379
 actually

00:22:37.379 --> 00:22:37.740
 come

00:22:37.740 --> 00:22:37.959
 to

00:22:37.959 --> 00:22:38.179
 be

00:22:38.179 --> 00:22:38.459
 born

00:22:38.459 --> 00:22:39.079
 again

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 now

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 Peter

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 helps

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 us

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 a

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 little

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 bit

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 later

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 in

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 the

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 chapter

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 just

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 set

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 your

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 eyes

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 on

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 verse

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 23

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 he

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 uses

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 this

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 terminology

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 again

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 Peter

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 says

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 since

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 you

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 have

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 been

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 born

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 again

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 not

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 of

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 perishable

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 seed

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 but

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 of

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 imperishable

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 that

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 is

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 the

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 spiritual

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 birth

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 not

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 a

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 physical

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 birth

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 through

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 the

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 living

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 and

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 abiding

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 word

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 of

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 God

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 now

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 look

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 at

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 verse

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 25

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 and

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 this

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 word

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 is

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 the

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 good

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 news

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 that

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 was

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 preached

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 to

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 you

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 so

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 what

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 is

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 Peter

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 saying

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 there

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 he's

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 helping

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 us

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 to

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 understand

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 how

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 this

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 actually

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 happens

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 how

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 does

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 God

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 bring

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 about

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 the

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 new

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 birth

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 that

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 is

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 undeserved

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!

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 and

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 unearned

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 well

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 he

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 does

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 it

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 through

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 the

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 preaching

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 of

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 the

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 gospel

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 that

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 as

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 the

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 gospel

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 is

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 proclaimed

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 the

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 spirit

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 of

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 God

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 the

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 wind

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 blows

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 God's

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 spirit

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 comes

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 in

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 and

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 brings

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 us

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 to

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 life

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 and

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 that

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 results

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 in

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 faith

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 in

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 the

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 gospel

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 message

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 the

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 gospel

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 is

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 preached

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 the

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 spirit

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 regenerates

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 and brings

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 to

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 life

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 there's

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 new

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 birth

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 and

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 that

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 is

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 affecting

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 a

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 living

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 hope

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 a

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 saving

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 faith

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 rooted

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 in the

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 resurrection

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 of the

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 Lord

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 Jesus

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 Christ

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 from

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 the

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 dead

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 now

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 the

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 theological

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 progression

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 here

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 is

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 important

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 it

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 shouldn't

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 be

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 overlooked

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 it's

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 the

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 very

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 thing

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 that's

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 actually

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 driving

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 Peter's

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 call

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 to

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 worship

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 God's

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 mercy

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 comes

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 to

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 us

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 through

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 the

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 preaching

00:24:10.599 --> 00:24:10.759
 of

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 the

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 gospel

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 he

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 causes

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 us

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 to

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 be

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 born

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 again

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 by

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 the

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 spirit

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 and

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 the

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 result

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 of

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 that

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 new

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 birth

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 is

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 a

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 living

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 hope

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 and

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 faith

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 in

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 the

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 Lord

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 Jesus

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 Christ

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 so

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 what's

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 Peter's

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 main

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 point

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 then

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 his

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 point

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 is

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 that

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 Christians

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 are

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 to

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 praise

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 God

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 because

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 his

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 great

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 mercy

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 he's

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 caused

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 us

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 to

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 be

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 born

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 again

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 to

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 a

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 living

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 hope

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 so

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 that

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 we

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 might

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 have

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 the

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 right

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 to

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 this

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 future

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 inheritance

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 not

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 on the

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 basis

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 of

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 something

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 we've

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 done

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 but

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 on

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 the

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 basis

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 of

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 who

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 we

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 are

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 in

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 Christ

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 we

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 are

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 his

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 therefore

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 we

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 are

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 to

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 praise

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 God

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 even

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 in

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 the

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 hardest

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 parts

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 of

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 our

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 exile

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 number

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 two

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 we're

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 to

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 praise

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 God

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 for

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 the

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 right

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 to

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 the

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 future

00:24:58.500 --> 00:24:58.960
 inheritance

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 secondly

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 we're

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 to

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 praise

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 God

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 for

00:25:01.259 --> 00:25:01.440
 the

00:25:01.440 --> 00:25:02.039
 quality

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 of

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 the

00:25:03.039 --> 00:25:03.379
 future

00:25:03.379 --> 00:25:04.139
 inheritance

00:25:04.139 --> 00:25:04.960
 look at

00:25:04.960 --> 00:25:05.139
 verse

00:25:05.139 --> 00:25:05.519
 four

00:25:05.519 --> 00:25:06.599
 he has

00:25:06.599 --> 00:25:06.859
 caused

00:25:06.859 --> 00:25:07.139
 us to

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 be born

00:25:07.440 --> 00:25:07.779
 again

00:25:07.779 --> 00:25:08.579
 to

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 an

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 inheritance

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 and then

00:25:11.220 --> 00:25:11.839
 he describes

00:25:11.839 --> 00:25:12.039
 the

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 inheritance

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 that is

00:25:13.359 --> 00:25:14.539
 imperishable

00:25:14.539 --> 00:25:16.079
 undefiled

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 and

00:25:17.019 --> 00:25:17.759
 unfading

00:25:17.759 --> 00:25:18.900
 kept

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 in

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 heaven

00:25:19.440 --> 00:25:20.539
 for

00:25:20.539 --> 00:25:20.920
 you

00:25:20.920 --> 00:25:22.920
 now what

00:25:22.920 --> 00:25:23.599
 exactly is

00:25:23.599 --> 00:25:23.819
 this

00:25:23.819 --> 00:25:24.319
 inheritance

00:25:24.319 --> 00:25:24.900
 that's being

00:25:24.900 --> 00:25:25.160
 kept

00:25:25.160 --> 00:25:25.380
 for

00:25:25.380 --> 00:25:25.779
 us

00:25:25.779 --> 00:25:27.320
 that's

00:25:27.320 --> 00:25:27.640
 eternal

00:25:27.640 --> 00:25:28.320
 life

00:25:28.320 --> 00:25:30.440
 salvation

00:25:30.440 --> 00:25:32.180
 what was

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 it that

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 Jesus

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 said

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 he said

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 I have

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 come

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 that they

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 may

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 have

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 life

00:25:35.180 --> 00:25:35.320
 and

00:25:35.320 --> 00:25:35.460
 that

00:25:35.460 --> 00:25:35.660
 they

00:25:35.660 --> 00:25:35.840
 may

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 have

00:25:36.080 --> 00:25:36.420
 life

00:25:36.420 --> 00:25:37.180
 abundant

00:25:37.180 --> 00:25:40.799
 John

00:25:40.799 --> 00:25:41.019
 in

00:25:41.019 --> 00:25:41.700
 John

00:25:41.700 --> 00:25:41.980
 chapter

00:25:41.980 --> 00:25:42.360
 three

00:25:42.360 --> 00:25:42.779
 writes

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 whoever

00:25:43.060 --> 00:25:43.700
 believes

00:25:43.700 --> 00:25:44.039
 in him

00:25:44.039 --> 00:25:44.340
 shall

00:25:44.340 --> 00:25:44.560
 not

00:25:44.560 --> 00:25:44.880
 perish

00:25:44.880 --> 00:25:45.140
 but

00:25:45.140 --> 00:25:45.360
 have

00:25:45.360 --> 00:25:46.380
 everlasting

00:25:46.380 --> 00:25:47.120
 life

00:25:47.120 --> 00:25:47.480
 what is

00:25:47.480 --> 00:25:47.740
 this

00:25:47.740 --> 00:25:48.279
 future

00:25:48.279 --> 00:25:49.279
 inheritance

00:25:49.279 --> 00:25:49.279


00:25:49.279 --> 00:25:49.759
 It is

00:25:49.759 --> 00:25:49.880
 an

00:25:49.880 --> 00:25:50.560
 eternal

00:25:50.560 --> 00:25:51.240
 life

00:25:51.240 --> 00:25:53.320
 that

00:25:53.320 --> 00:25:53.480
 is

00:25:53.480 --> 00:25:53.640
 the

00:25:53.640 --> 00:25:53.860
 living

00:25:53.860 --> 00:25:54.220
 hope

00:25:54.220 --> 00:25:54.440
 that

00:25:54.440 --> 00:25:54.700
 is

00:25:54.700 --> 00:25:55.460
 found

00:25:55.460 --> 00:25:55.700
 in

00:25:55.700 --> 00:25:55.820
 the

00:25:55.820 --> 00:25:56.340
 resurrection

00:25:56.340 --> 00:25:56.620
 of

00:25:56.620 --> 00:25:56.900
 Jesus

00:25:56.900 --> 00:25:57.500
 Christ

00:25:57.500 --> 00:25:58.740
 it's

00:25:58.740 --> 00:25:58.980
 not

00:25:58.980 --> 00:25:59.200
 just

00:25:59.200 --> 00:25:59.360
 that

00:25:59.360 --> 00:25:59.560
 this

00:25:59.560 --> 00:25:59.700
 is

00:25:59.700 --> 00:25:59.960
 a

00:25:59.960 --> 00:26:00.900
 spiritual

00:26:00.900 --> 00:26:01.320
 life

00:26:01.320 --> 00:26:01.539
 it's

00:26:01.539 --> 00:26:02.080
 even

00:26:02.080 --> 00:26:02.259
 a

00:26:02.259 --> 00:26:02.759
 physical

00:26:02.759 --> 00:26:03.279
 life

00:26:03.279 --> 00:26:03.779
 because

00:26:03.779 --> 00:26:04.380
 he

00:26:04.380 --> 00:26:04.720
 rose

00:26:04.720 --> 00:26:04.920
 from

00:26:04.920 --> 00:26:05.060
 the

00:26:05.060 --> 00:26:05.279
 dead

00:26:05.279 --> 00:26:05.860
 so

00:26:05.860 --> 00:26:06.120
 will

00:26:06.120 --> 00:26:06.400
 all

00:26:06.400 --> 00:26:06.600
 who

00:26:06.600 --> 00:26:06.759
 are

00:26:06.759 --> 00:26:07.000
 in

00:26:07.000 --> 00:26:07.680
 him

00:26:07.680 --> 00:26:07.960
 by

00:26:07.960 --> 00:26:08.640
 faith

00:26:08.640 --> 00:26:09.519
 because

00:26:09.519 --> 00:26:09.879
 his

00:26:09.879 --> 00:26:10.460
 resurrection

00:26:10.460 --> 00:26:10.920
 was a

00:26:10.920 --> 00:26:11.180
 bodily

00:26:11.180 --> 00:26:11.799
 resurrection

00:26:11.799 --> 00:26:12.460
 so

00:26:12.460 --> 00:26:12.720
 will

00:26:12.720 --> 00:26:13.059
 our

00:26:13.059 --> 00:26:13.660
 resurrection

00:26:13.660 --> 00:26:14.059
 be

00:26:14.059 --> 00:26:14.539
 a

00:26:14.539 --> 00:26:14.799
 bodily

00:26:14.799 --> 00:26:15.259
 resurrection

00:26:15.259 --> 00:26:15.680
 that's

00:26:15.680 --> 00:26:15.900
 the

00:26:15.900 --> 00:26:16.440
 nature

00:26:16.440 --> 00:26:17.299
 of

00:26:17.299 --> 00:26:17.559
 this

00:26:17.559 --> 00:26:17.839
 life

00:26:17.839 --> 00:26:18.220
 but

00:26:18.220 --> 00:26:18.480
 what's

00:26:18.480 --> 00:26:18.640
 the

00:26:18.640 --> 00:26:19.119
 quality

00:26:19.119 --> 00:26:19.359
 of

00:26:19.359 --> 00:26:19.539
 it

00:26:19.539 --> 00:26:22.940
 it's

00:26:22.940 --> 00:26:23.180
 unlike

00:26:23.180 --> 00:26:23.539
 anything

00:26:23.539 --> 00:26:24.160
 that we

00:26:24.160 --> 00:26:24.819
 have

00:26:24.819 --> 00:26:25.900
 or ever

00:26:25.900 --> 00:26:26.379
 will

00:26:26.379 --> 00:26:27.440
 experience

00:26:27.440 --> 00:26:27.980
 here

00:26:27.980 --> 00:26:28.579
 in

00:26:28.579 --> 00:26:28.759
 this

00:26:28.759 --> 00:26:29.119
 life

00:26:29.119 --> 00:26:31.799
 I

00:26:31.799 --> 00:26:32.000
 think

00:26:32.000 --> 00:26:32.259
 it's

00:26:32.259 --> 00:26:32.599
 beyond

00:26:32.599 --> 00:26:33.119
 what we

00:26:33.119 --> 00:26:33.279
 can

00:26:33.279 --> 00:26:33.559
 really

00:26:33.559 --> 00:26:34.099
 comprehend

00:26:34.099 --> 00:26:34.359
 end

00:26:34.359 --> 00:26:36.459
 which

00:26:36.459 --> 00:26:36.559
 I

00:26:36.559 --> 00:26:36.759
 think

00:26:36.759 --> 00:26:36.899
 is

00:26:36.899 --> 00:26:37.059
 why

00:26:37.059 --> 00:26:37.339
 David

00:26:37.339 --> 00:26:37.699
 Helms

00:26:37.699 --> 00:26:38.059
 said

00:26:38.059 --> 00:26:39.099
 Peter

00:26:39.099 --> 00:26:39.519
 finds

00:26:39.519 --> 00:26:39.639
 it

00:26:39.639 --> 00:26:40.099
 difficult

00:26:40.099 --> 00:26:40.500
 to

00:26:40.500 --> 00:26:40.799
 find

00:26:40.799 --> 00:26:41.319
 words

00:26:41.319 --> 00:26:41.519
 to

00:26:41.519 --> 00:26:41.699
 do

00:26:41.699 --> 00:26:42.419
 justice

00:26:42.419 --> 00:26:43.219
 in

00:26:43.219 --> 00:26:43.819
 capturing

00:26:43.819 --> 00:26:44.119
 the

00:26:44.119 --> 00:26:44.480
 greatness

00:26:44.480 --> 00:26:44.779
 of

00:26:44.779 --> 00:26:44.959
 this

00:26:44.959 --> 00:26:45.319
 future

00:26:45.319 --> 00:26:45.799
 inheritance

00:26:45.799 --> 00:26:46.000
!

00:26:46.000 --> 00:26:47.240
 So

00:26:47.240 --> 00:26:47.439
 in

00:26:47.439 --> 00:26:48.059
 describing

00:26:48.059 --> 00:26:48.399
 it

00:26:48.399 --> 00:26:48.819
 he

00:26:48.819 --> 00:26:49.000
 can

00:26:49.000 --> 00:26:49.179
 do

00:26:49.179 --> 00:26:49.419
 no

00:26:49.419 --> 00:26:49.779
 better

00:26:49.779 --> 00:26:50.019
 than

00:26:50.019 --> 00:26:50.259
 use

00:26:50.259 --> 00:26:50.559
 three

00:26:50.559 --> 00:26:51.059
 words

00:26:51.059 --> 00:26:51.779
 that

00:26:51.779 --> 00:26:52.059
 tell

00:26:52.059 --> 00:26:52.240
 us

00:26:52.240 --> 00:26:52.459
 what

00:26:52.459 --> 00:26:52.699
 it's

00:26:52.699 --> 00:26:53.159
 not

00:26:53.159 --> 00:26:55.119
 it's

00:26:55.119 --> 00:26:55.259
 not

00:26:55.259 --> 00:26:55.379
 that

00:26:55.379 --> 00:26:55.480
 he

00:26:55.480 --> 00:26:55.679
 has

00:26:55.679 --> 00:26:55.879
 all

00:26:55.879 --> 00:26:55.980
 of

00:26:55.980 --> 00:26:56.139
 this

00:26:56.139 --> 00:26:56.719
 language

00:26:56.719 --> 00:26:56.959
 to

00:26:56.959 --> 00:26:57.139
 tell

00:26:57.139 --> 00:26:57.279
 us

00:26:57.279 --> 00:26:57.459
 what

00:26:57.459 --> 00:26:57.559
 it

00:26:57.559 --> 00:26:57.679
 will

00:26:57.679 --> 00:26:57.859
 be

00:26:57.859 --> 00:26:58.099
 like

00:26:58.099 --> 00:26:58.119
!

00:26:58.119 --> 00:26:58.299
 it's

00:26:58.299 --> 00:26:58.859
 but

00:26:58.859 --> 00:26:58.979
 he

00:26:58.979 --> 00:26:59.199
 can

00:26:59.199 --> 00:26:59.519
 certainly

00:26:59.519 --> 00:26:59.899
 point

00:26:59.899 --> 00:27:00.500
 to

00:27:00.500 --> 00:27:00.779
 a few

00:27:00.779 --> 00:27:01.079
 things

00:27:01.079 --> 00:27:01.219
 to

00:27:01.219 --> 00:27:01.379
 say

00:27:01.379 --> 00:27:01.579
 this

00:27:01.579 --> 00:27:01.719
 is

00:27:01.719 --> 00:27:01.879
 what

00:27:01.879 --> 00:27:02.039
 it

00:27:02.039 --> 00:27:02.739
 won't

00:27:02.739 --> 00:27:02.919
 be

00:27:02.919 --> 00:27:03.159
 like

00:27:03.159 --> 00:27:03.299
 he

00:27:03.299 --> 00:27:03.439
 gives

00:27:03.439 --> 00:27:03.599
 us

00:27:03.599 --> 00:27:03.919
 three

00:27:03.919 --> 00:27:04.599
 first

00:27:04.599 --> 00:27:04.779
 he

00:27:04.779 --> 00:27:04.979
 says

00:27:04.979 --> 00:27:05.219
 it's

00:27:05.219 --> 00:27:06.099
 imperishable

00:27:06.099 --> 00:27:06.739
 that

00:27:06.739 --> 00:27:06.939
 is

00:27:06.939 --> 00:27:07.500
 it's

00:27:07.500 --> 00:27:07.739
 not

00:27:07.739 --> 00:27:08.139
 able

00:27:08.139 --> 00:27:08.339
 to

00:27:08.339 --> 00:27:08.519
 be

00:27:08.519 --> 00:27:09.179
 destroyed

00:27:09.179 --> 00:27:12.219
 Christ

00:27:12.219 --> 00:27:12.559
 having

00:27:12.559 --> 00:27:12.979
 died

00:27:12.979 --> 00:27:13.539
 for

00:27:13.539 --> 00:27:13.839
 sin

00:27:13.839 --> 00:27:14.039
 will

00:27:14.039 --> 00:27:14.279
 never

00:27:14.279 --> 00:27:14.679
 die

00:27:14.679 --> 00:27:15.539
 again

00:27:15.539 --> 00:27:16.259
 and

00:27:16.259 --> 00:27:16.379
 if

00:27:16.379 --> 00:27:16.679
 our

00:27:16.679 --> 00:27:17.139
 life

00:27:17.139 --> 00:27:17.339
 is

00:27:17.339 --> 00:27:17.559
 hidden

00:27:17.559 --> 00:27:17.799
 in

00:27:17.799 --> 00:27:18.059
 Christ

00:27:18.059 --> 00:27:18.419
 Jesus

00:27:18.419 --> 00:27:18.679
 then

00:27:18.679 --> 00:27:18.899
 that

00:27:18.899 --> 00:27:19.239
 means

00:27:19.239 --> 00:27:19.639
 that

00:27:19.639 --> 00:27:19.739
 in

00:27:19.739 --> 00:27:19.859
 the

00:27:19.859 --> 00:27:20.059
 new

00:27:20.059 --> 00:27:20.379
 life

00:27:20.379 --> 00:27:20.919
 we

00:27:20.919 --> 00:27:21.139
 will

00:27:21.139 --> 00:27:21.379
 never

00:27:21.379 --> 00:27:21.679
 die

00:27:21.679 --> 00:27:22.019
 again

00:27:22.019 --> 00:27:22.179
 it

00:27:22.179 --> 00:27:22.399
 can't

00:27:22.399 --> 00:27:22.519
 be

00:27:22.519 --> 00:27:23.059
 destroyed

00:27:23.059 --> 00:27:23.679
 it's

00:27:28.119 --> 00:27:28.879
 it

00:27:28.879 --> 00:27:29.199
 means

00:27:29.199 --> 00:27:30.099
 it's

00:27:30.099 --> 00:27:30.379
 not

00:27:30.379 --> 00:27:31.199
 corrupted

00:27:31.199 --> 00:27:32.799
 it's

00:27:32.799 --> 00:27:32.979
 not

00:27:32.979 --> 00:27:33.679
 polluted

00:27:33.679 --> 00:27:35.779
 we're

00:27:35.779 --> 00:27:36.000
 thinking

00:27:36.000 --> 00:27:36.259
 about

00:27:36.259 --> 00:27:36.419
 our

00:27:36.419 --> 00:27:36.759
 sin

00:27:36.759 --> 00:27:37.099
 nature

00:27:37.099 --> 00:27:37.299
 at

00:27:37.299 --> 00:27:37.539
 this

00:27:37.539 --> 00:27:37.899
 point

00:27:37.899 --> 00:27:38.159
 and

00:27:38.159 --> 00:27:39.059
 original

00:27:39.059 --> 00:27:39.579
 sin

00:27:39.579 --> 00:27:39.739
 and

00:27:39.739 --> 00:27:39.919
 how

00:27:39.919 --> 00:27:40.319
 even

00:27:40.319 --> 00:27:40.559
 in

00:27:40.559 --> 00:27:41.059
 exile

00:27:41.059 --> 00:27:41.319
 as

00:27:41.319 --> 00:27:41.779
 believers

00:27:41.779 --> 00:27:42.039
 with

00:27:42.039 --> 00:27:42.339
 a new

00:27:42.339 --> 00:27:42.759
 identity

00:27:42.759 --> 00:27:43.000
 in

00:27:43.000 --> 00:27:43.299
 Christ

00:27:43.299 --> 00:27:43.479
 we

00:27:43.479 --> 00:27:43.759
 still

00:27:43.759 --> 00:27:44.599
 wrestle

00:27:44.599 --> 00:27:45.679
 with

00:27:45.679 --> 00:27:47.159
 our

00:27:47.159 --> 00:27:47.799
 flesh

00:27:47.799 --> 00:27:48.859
 and

00:27:48.859 --> 00:27:49.500
 temptation

00:27:49.500 --> 00:27:50.839
 and

00:27:50.839 --> 00:27:51.039
 Peter

00:27:51.039 --> 00:27:51.379
 says

00:27:51.379 --> 00:27:51.659
 this

00:27:51.659 --> 00:27:52.379
 new

00:27:52.379 --> 00:27:52.799
 life

00:27:52.799 --> 00:27:53.159
 I

00:27:53.159 --> 00:27:53.259
 don't

00:27:53.259 --> 00:27:53.379
 know

00:27:53.379 --> 00:27:53.719
 exactly

00:27:53.719 --> 00:27:53.939
 all

00:27:53.939 --> 00:27:54.099
 that

00:27:54.099 --> 00:27:54.239
 it's

00:27:54.239 --> 00:27:54.339
 going

00:27:54.339 --> 00:27:54.419
 to

00:27:54.419 --> 00:27:54.559
 be

00:27:54.559 --> 00:27:54.699
 but

00:27:54.699 --> 00:27:54.799
 I

00:27:54.799 --> 00:27:54.939
 can

00:27:54.939 --> 00:27:55.119
 tell

00:27:55.119 --> 00:27:55.219
 you

00:27:55.219 --> 00:27:55.339
 it

00:27:55.339 --> 00:27:55.459
 will

00:27:55.459 --> 00:27:55.619
 be

00:27:55.619 --> 00:27:56.339
 undefiled

00:27:56.339 --> 00:27:56.539
 it

00:27:56.539 --> 00:27:56.719
 will

00:27:56.719 --> 00:27:56.899
 not

00:27:56.899 --> 00:27:57.099
 be

00:27:57.099 --> 00:27:57.500
 corrupted

00:27:57.500 --> 00:27:57.779
 by

00:27:57.779 --> 00:27:58.119
 sin

00:27:58.119 --> 00:27:58.259
 it

00:27:58.259 --> 00:27:58.359
 will

00:27:58.359 --> 00:27:58.500
 not

00:27:58.500 --> 00:27:58.680
 be

00:27:58.680 --> 00:27:59.200
 polluted

00:27:59.200 --> 00:28:00.799
 by

00:28:00.799 --> 00:28:01.059
 a

00:28:01.059 --> 00:28:01.319
 sinful

00:28:01.319 --> 00:28:01.859
 nature

00:28:01.859 --> 00:28:03.160
 and

00:28:03.160 --> 00:28:03.299
 then

00:28:03.299 --> 00:28:03.519
 third

00:28:03.519 --> 00:28:03.660
 he

00:28:03.660 --> 00:28:03.859
 says

00:28:03.859 --> 00:28:04.039
 it's

00:28:04.039 --> 00:28:04.619
 unfading

00:28:04.619 --> 00:28:06.140
 meaning

00:28:06.140 --> 00:28:06.460
 it's

00:28:06.460 --> 00:28:06.900
 it's

00:28:06.900 --> 00:28:07.119
 not

00:28:07.119 --> 00:28:07.599
 subject

00:28:07.599 --> 00:28:07.880
 to

00:28:07.880 --> 00:28:08.400
 decay

00:28:08.400 --> 00:28:10.119
 it

00:28:10.119 --> 00:28:10.299
 won't

00:28:10.299 --> 00:28:10.559
 fade

00:28:10.559 --> 00:28:11.079
 away

00:28:11.079 --> 00:28:12.839
 this

00:28:12.839 --> 00:28:13.039
 may

00:28:13.039 --> 00:28:13.240
 just

00:28:13.240 --> 00:28:13.680
 sound

00:28:13.680 --> 00:28:13.859
 like

00:28:13.859 --> 00:28:14.059
 three

00:28:14.059 --> 00:28:14.440
 basic

00:28:14.440 --> 00:28:15.000
 synonyms

00:28:15.000 --> 00:28:15.279
 but I

00:28:15.279 --> 00:28:15.420
 think

00:28:15.420 --> 00:28:15.680
 Peter

00:28:15.680 --> 00:28:15.839
 is

00:28:15.839 --> 00:28:16.079
 doing

00:28:16.079 --> 00:28:16.460
 something

00:28:16.460 --> 00:28:17.059
 particular

00:28:17.059 --> 00:28:17.480
 here

00:28:17.480 --> 00:28:19.460
 by way

00:28:19.460 --> 00:28:19.619
 of

00:28:19.619 --> 00:28:20.559
 contrast

00:28:20.559 --> 00:28:21.980
 he's

00:28:21.980 --> 00:28:22.279
 helping

00:28:22.279 --> 00:28:22.500
 us

00:28:22.500 --> 00:28:22.700
 to

00:28:22.700 --> 00:28:23.160
 grasp

00:28:23.160 --> 00:28:23.440
 the

00:28:23.440 --> 00:28:23.920
 beauty

00:28:23.920 --> 00:28:24.480
 and

00:28:24.480 --> 00:28:24.640
 the

00:28:24.640 --> 00:28:25.180
 quality

00:28:25.180 --> 00:28:25.400
 of

00:28:25.400 --> 00:28:25.559
 the

00:28:25.559 --> 00:28:25.880
 life

00:28:25.880 --> 00:28:26.079
 that

00:28:26.079 --> 00:28:26.200
 is

00:28:26.200 --> 00:28:26.400
 being

00:28:26.400 --> 00:28:26.720
 kept

00:28:26.720 --> 00:28:26.960
 for

00:28:26.960 --> 00:28:27.119
 us

00:28:27.500 --> 00:28:27.680
 heaven

00:28:27.680 --> 00:28:29.160
 here

00:28:29.160 --> 00:28:29.339
 in

00:28:29.339 --> 00:28:29.799
 exile

00:28:29.799 --> 00:28:30.400
 our

00:28:30.400 --> 00:28:30.759
 lives

00:28:30.759 --> 00:28:30.960
 can

00:28:30.960 --> 00:28:31.119
 be

00:28:31.119 --> 00:28:31.680
 destroyed

00:28:31.680 --> 00:28:32.000
 through

00:28:32.000 --> 00:28:32.279
 great

00:28:32.279 --> 00:28:32.900
 suffering

00:28:32.900 --> 00:28:33.220
 and

00:28:33.220 --> 00:28:33.819
 persecution

00:28:33.819 --> 00:28:34.619
 but in

00:28:34.619 --> 00:28:34.880
 heaven

00:28:34.880 --> 00:28:35.799
 we will

00:28:35.799 --> 00:28:36.180
 inherit

00:28:36.180 --> 00:28:36.940
 a life

00:28:36.940 --> 00:28:37.619
 that cannot

00:28:37.619 --> 00:28:37.859
 be

00:28:37.859 --> 00:28:38.319
 destroyed

00:28:38.319 --> 00:28:39.900
 that's

00:28:39.900 --> 00:28:40.039
 our

00:28:40.039 --> 00:28:40.559
 inheritance

00:28:40.559 --> 00:28:42.379
 here

00:28:42.379 --> 00:28:42.379


00:28:42.379 --> 00:28:42.379


00:28:42.379 --> 00:28:42.379


00:28:42.379 --> 00:28:42.579
 in

00:28:42.579 --> 00:28:43.119
 exile

00:28:43.119 --> 00:28:43.599
 our

00:28:43.599 --> 00:28:44.000
 lives

00:28:44.000 --> 00:28:44.159
 are

00:28:44.159 --> 00:28:44.679
 corrupted

00:28:44.679 --> 00:28:44.960
 by

00:28:44.960 --> 00:28:45.419
 sin

00:28:45.419 --> 00:28:45.759
 as we

00:28:45.759 --> 00:28:46.139
 battle

00:28:46.139 --> 00:28:46.440
 against

00:28:46.440 --> 00:28:46.659
 the

00:28:46.659 --> 00:28:46.980
 flesh

00:28:46.980 --> 00:28:47.559
 but in

00:28:47.559 --> 00:28:47.859
 heaven

00:28:47.859 --> 00:28:48.339
 we will

00:28:48.339 --> 00:28:48.779
 not only

00:28:48.779 --> 00:28:49.319
 be free

00:28:49.319 --> 00:28:49.700
 from the

00:28:49.700 --> 00:28:50.079
 power

00:28:50.079 --> 00:28:50.679
 of sin

00:28:50.679 --> 00:28:51.740
 we will

00:28:51.740 --> 00:28:52.099
 be free

00:28:52.099 --> 00:28:52.539
 from the

00:28:52.539 --> 00:28:53.519
 presence

00:28:53.519 --> 00:28:54.639
 of sin

00:28:54.639 --> 00:28:55.480
 no longer

00:28:55.480 --> 00:28:56.059
 corrupted

00:28:56.059 --> 00:28:56.480
 by the

00:28:56.480 --> 00:28:56.859
 nature

00:28:56.859 --> 00:28:57.559
 we inherited

00:28:57.559 --> 00:28:57.919
 from

00:28:57.919 --> 00:28:58.299
 Adam

00:28:58.299 --> 00:28:59.779
 that's

00:28:59.779 --> 00:28:59.919
 our

00:28:59.919 --> 00:29:00.419
 inheritance

00:29:00.419 --> 00:29:02.159
 here

00:29:02.159 --> 00:29:02.440
 in

00:29:02.440 --> 00:29:03.299
 exile

00:29:03.299 --> 00:29:04.079
 our

00:29:04.079 --> 00:29:04.539
 bodies

00:29:04.539 --> 00:29:04.700
 are

00:29:04.700 --> 00:29:05.159
 subject

00:29:05.159 --> 00:29:05.460
 to

00:29:05.460 --> 00:29:05.899
 decay

00:29:05.899 --> 00:29:06.619
 fading

00:29:06.619 --> 00:29:08.059
 on and

00:29:08.059 --> 00:29:08.319
 on

00:29:08.319 --> 00:29:08.619
 as the

00:29:08.619 --> 00:29:08.839
 years

00:29:08.839 --> 00:29:09.059
 go

00:29:09.059 --> 00:29:09.519
 by

00:29:09.519 --> 00:29:12.819
 you

00:29:12.819 --> 00:29:13.079
 know

00:29:13.079 --> 00:29:13.199
 what

00:29:13.199 --> 00:29:13.339
 this

00:29:13.339 --> 00:29:13.479
 is

00:29:13.479 --> 00:29:13.959
 like

00:29:13.959 --> 00:29:14.879
 we

00:29:14.879 --> 00:29:14.979
 can

00:29:14.979 --> 00:29:15.119
 look

00:29:15.119 --> 00:29:15.299
 around

00:29:15.299 --> 00:29:15.459
 we're

00:29:15.459 --> 00:29:15.759
 praying

00:29:15.759 --> 00:29:16.000
 for

00:29:16.000 --> 00:29:16.479
 for

00:29:16.479 --> 00:29:16.739
 Bob

00:29:16.739 --> 00:29:16.879
 we're

00:29:16.879 --> 00:29:17.059
 praying

00:29:17.059 --> 00:29:17.259
 for

00:29:17.259 --> 00:29:17.579
 Marty

00:29:17.579 --> 00:29:17.759
 they

00:29:17.759 --> 00:29:18.019
 know

00:29:18.019 --> 00:29:18.599
 they

00:29:18.599 --> 00:29:18.779
 know

00:29:18.779 --> 00:29:19.459
 immediately

00:29:19.459 --> 00:29:20.139
 exactly

00:29:20.139 --> 00:29:20.500
 what

00:29:20.500 --> 00:29:21.259
 the

00:29:21.259 --> 00:29:21.599
 hope

00:29:21.599 --> 00:29:21.959
 is

00:29:21.959 --> 00:29:22.259
 that

00:29:22.259 --> 00:29:22.919
 Peter

00:29:22.919 --> 00:29:23.119
 is

00:29:23.119 --> 00:29:23.399
 giving

00:29:23.399 --> 00:29:23.599
 to

00:29:23.599 --> 00:29:23.959
 Christians

00:29:23.959 --> 00:29:24.159
 when

00:29:24.159 --> 00:29:24.299
 he

00:29:24.299 --> 00:29:24.519
 says

00:29:24.519 --> 00:29:24.739
 this

00:29:24.739 --> 00:29:24.979
 new

00:29:24.979 --> 00:29:25.239
 life

00:29:25.239 --> 00:29:25.359
 will

00:29:25.359 --> 00:29:25.479
 be

00:29:25.479 --> 00:29:26.079
 unfading

00:29:26.079 --> 00:29:26.259
 it

00:29:26.259 --> 00:29:26.439
 won't

00:29:26.439 --> 00:29:27.299
 decay

00:29:27.299 --> 00:29:31.099
 we'll

00:29:31.099 --> 00:29:31.339
 be in

00:29:31.339 --> 00:29:31.859
 a place

00:29:31.859 --> 00:29:32.159
 and we'll

00:29:32.159 --> 00:29:32.659
 experience

00:29:32.659 --> 00:29:33.239
 a life

00:29:33.239 --> 00:29:33.719
 an eternal

00:29:33.719 --> 00:29:34.139
 body

00:29:34.139 --> 00:29:34.479
 that will

00:29:34.479 --> 00:29:34.799
 never

00:29:34.799 --> 00:29:35.259
 again

00:29:35.259 --> 00:29:35.619
 endure

00:29:35.619 --> 00:29:36.479
 sickness

00:29:36.479 --> 00:29:37.279
 and cancer

00:29:37.279 --> 00:29:38.079
 and pain

00:29:38.079 --> 00:29:38.599
 or decay

00:29:38.599 --> 00:29:39.339
 of any

00:29:39.339 --> 00:29:39.579
 kind

00:29:39.579 --> 00:29:40.199
 that's

00:29:40.199 --> 00:29:40.739
 our

00:29:40.739 --> 00:29:41.339
 inheritance

00:29:41.339 --> 00:29:41.759
 Peter

00:29:41.759 --> 00:29:42.259
 says

00:29:42.259 --> 00:29:42.719
 it's

00:29:42.719 --> 00:29:43.619
 imperishable

00:29:43.619 --> 00:29:44.119
 it's

00:29:44.119 --> 00:29:44.919
 undefiled

00:29:44.919 --> 00:29:45.599
 it's

00:29:45.599 --> 00:29:46.239
 unfading

00:29:46.239 --> 00:29:47.399
 and God

00:29:47.399 --> 00:29:47.959
 is keeping

00:29:47.959 --> 00:29:48.319
 it

00:29:48.319 --> 00:29:49.839
 just as

00:29:49.839 --> 00:29:50.439
 it is

00:29:50.439 --> 00:29:51.799
 for you

00:29:51.799 --> 00:29:54.919
 what an

00:29:54.919 --> 00:29:55.299
 incredible

00:29:55.299 --> 00:29:55.919
 encouragement

00:29:55.919 --> 00:29:56.459
 this must

00:29:56.459 --> 00:29:56.859
 have been

00:29:56.859 --> 00:29:57.779
 to these

00:29:57.779 --> 00:29:58.259
 Christians

00:29:58.259 --> 00:29:58.639
 in

00:29:58.639 --> 00:29:59.779
 Asia

00:29:59.779 --> 00:30:02.159
 what a

00:30:02.159 --> 00:30:02.419
 joy

00:30:02.419 --> 00:30:02.779
 it must

00:30:02.779 --> 00:30:03.199
 have brought

00:30:03.199 --> 00:30:03.539
 to their

00:30:03.539 --> 00:30:03.879
 hearts

00:30:03.879 --> 00:30:04.259
 to think

00:30:04.259 --> 00:30:04.579
 about

00:30:04.579 --> 00:30:05.659
 what was

00:30:05.659 --> 00:30:06.079
 waiting

00:30:06.079 --> 00:30:06.720
 for them

00:30:06.720 --> 00:30:08.139
 beyond

00:30:08.139 --> 00:30:08.379
 their

00:30:08.379 --> 00:30:08.899
 exile

00:30:08.899 --> 00:30:10.159
 what a

00:30:10.159 --> 00:30:10.359
 joy

00:30:10.359 --> 00:30:11.079
 for us

00:30:11.079 --> 00:30:13.059
 Andrew

00:30:13.059 --> 00:30:13.379
 Wilson

00:30:13.379 --> 00:30:13.819
 published

00:30:13.819 --> 00:30:14.439
 an article

00:30:14.439 --> 00:30:15.179
 with the

00:30:15.179 --> 00:30:15.439
 gospel

00:30:15.439 --> 00:30:15.919
 coalition

00:30:15.919 --> 00:30:16.359
 this week

00:30:16.359 --> 00:30:16.579
 it was

00:30:16.579 --> 00:30:17.039
 so good

00:30:17.039 --> 00:30:17.319
 it was

00:30:17.319 --> 00:30:18.339
 basically

00:30:18.339 --> 00:30:18.740
 a book

00:30:18.740 --> 00:30:19.039
 review

00:30:19.039 --> 00:30:19.919
 of two

00:30:19.919 --> 00:30:20.839
 secular

00:30:20.839 --> 00:30:21.159
 books

00:30:21.159 --> 00:30:21.439
 that were

00:30:21.439 --> 00:30:21.819
 recently

00:30:21.819 --> 00:30:22.319
 written

00:30:22.319 --> 00:30:23.659
 that were

00:30:23.659 --> 00:30:23.899
 really

00:30:23.899 --> 00:30:24.199
 looking

00:30:24.199 --> 00:30:24.779
 back

00:30:24.779 --> 00:30:25.439
 on

00:30:25.439 --> 00:30:27.179
 sociologically

00:30:27.179 --> 00:30:27.779
 on the

00:30:27.779 --> 00:30:28.519
 nature

00:30:28.519 --> 00:30:28.919
 of what

00:30:28.919 --> 00:30:29.299
 we have

00:30:29.299 --> 00:30:30.000
 experienced

00:30:30.000 --> 00:30:31.000
 over

00:30:31.000 --> 00:30:31.500
 maybe the

00:30:31.500 --> 00:30:31.819
 last

00:30:31.819 --> 00:30:32.359
 15 to

00:30:32.359 --> 00:30:33.099
 20 years

00:30:33.099 --> 00:30:34.539
 one of

00:30:34.539 --> 00:30:34.699
 them

00:30:34.699 --> 00:30:35.179
 focuses

00:30:35.179 --> 00:30:35.879
 especially

00:30:35.879 --> 00:30:36.279
 on the

00:30:36.279 --> 00:30:36.539
 summer

00:30:36.539 --> 00:30:37.179
 of 2020

00:30:37.179 --> 00:30:37.699
 which is

00:30:37.699 --> 00:30:38.039
 a summer

00:30:38.039 --> 00:30:38.559
 that probably

00:30:38.559 --> 00:30:39.019
 all of us

00:30:39.019 --> 00:30:39.740
 would love

00:30:39.740 --> 00:30:40.179
 to forget

00:30:40.179 --> 00:30:40.579
 about

00:30:40.579 --> 00:30:43.119
 and he's

00:30:43.119 --> 00:30:43.379
 bringing

00:30:43.379 --> 00:30:44.259
 various events

00:30:44.259 --> 00:30:44.599
 to the

00:30:44.599 --> 00:30:45.019
 surface

00:30:45.019 --> 00:30:45.339
 right

00:30:45.339 --> 00:30:46.099
 global

00:30:46.099 --> 00:30:46.799
 pandemic

00:30:46.799 --> 00:30:48.139
 contentious

00:30:48.139 --> 00:30:48.579
 political

00:30:48.579 --> 00:30:49.240
 election

00:30:49.240 --> 00:30:50.979
 the death

00:30:50.979 --> 00:30:51.419
 of George

00:30:51.419 --> 00:30:51.959
 Floyd

00:30:51.959 --> 00:30:54.699
 so on

00:30:54.699 --> 00:30:55.019
 and so

00:30:55.019 --> 00:30:55.279
 forth

00:30:55.279 --> 00:30:55.819
 things just

00:30:55.819 --> 00:30:57.259
 are exacerbated

00:30:57.259 --> 00:30:57.579
 from there

00:30:57.579 --> 00:30:58.079
 it gets worse

00:30:58.079 --> 00:30:58.439
 and worse

00:30:58.440 --> 00:30:58.759
 and there's

00:30:58.759 --> 00:30:59.700
 all of this

00:30:59.700 --> 00:31:00.320
 carry over

00:31:00.320 --> 00:31:00.720
 from that

00:31:00.720 --> 00:31:01.559
 sociologically

00:31:01.559 --> 00:31:03.380
 in the

00:31:03.380 --> 00:31:03.740
 life that

00:31:03.740 --> 00:31:04.039
 we're living

00:31:04.039 --> 00:31:04.480
 today

00:31:04.480 --> 00:31:05.700
 the other

00:31:05.700 --> 00:31:06.340
 book is

00:31:06.340 --> 00:31:08.039
 it's called

00:31:08.039 --> 00:31:08.320
 We Were

00:31:08.320 --> 00:31:08.980
 Never Woke

00:31:08.980 --> 00:31:09.580
 and basically

00:31:09.580 --> 00:31:11.920
 it's not a

00:31:11.920 --> 00:31:12.400
 Christian book

00:31:12.400 --> 00:31:12.779
 it's not even

00:31:12.779 --> 00:31:13.160
 really a

00:31:13.160 --> 00:31:13.960
 conservative book

00:31:13.960 --> 00:31:14.779
 but it's

00:31:14.779 --> 00:31:15.660
 looking back

00:31:15.660 --> 00:31:16.140
 really going

00:31:16.140 --> 00:31:16.519
 all the way

00:31:16.519 --> 00:31:16.840
 back to

00:31:16.840 --> 00:31:17.380
 2008

00:31:17.380 --> 00:31:17.960
 and it's

00:31:17.960 --> 00:31:18.519
 examining

00:31:18.519 --> 00:31:19.059
 what has

00:31:19.059 --> 00:31:19.900
 led us

00:31:19.900 --> 00:31:20.259
 to this

00:31:20.259 --> 00:31:20.640
 moment

00:31:20.640 --> 00:31:21.660
 and it

00:31:21.660 --> 00:31:22.140
 talks about

00:31:22.140 --> 00:31:22.600
 social

00:31:22.600 --> 00:31:23.120
 capital

00:31:23.120 --> 00:31:24.759
 that really

00:31:24.759 --> 00:31:26.039
 the wokeness

00:31:26.039 --> 00:31:26.580
 that is being

00:31:26.580 --> 00:31:27.080
 portrayed

00:31:27.079 --> 00:31:28.019
 if that's the

00:31:28.019 --> 00:31:28.259
 word you

00:31:28.259 --> 00:31:28.500
 want to

00:31:28.500 --> 00:31:28.899
 use

00:31:28.899 --> 00:31:29.559
 it's not

00:31:29.559 --> 00:31:30.779
 legitimate

00:31:30.779 --> 00:31:32.339
 that if we

00:31:32.339 --> 00:31:33.039
 just look at

00:31:33.039 --> 00:31:33.439
 the data

00:31:33.439 --> 00:31:34.099
 what's behind

00:31:34.099 --> 00:31:34.679
 this is not

00:31:34.679 --> 00:31:35.019
 legitimate

00:31:35.019 --> 00:31:36.079
 and Andrew

00:31:36.079 --> 00:31:36.480
 Wilson he

00:31:36.480 --> 00:31:36.819
 writes and

00:31:36.819 --> 00:31:37.439
 he says

00:31:37.439 --> 00:31:37.759
 both of

00:31:37.759 --> 00:31:38.079
 these books

00:31:38.079 --> 00:31:38.379
 are worth

00:31:38.379 --> 00:31:38.759
 reading

00:31:38.759 --> 00:31:39.639
 and he

00:31:39.639 --> 00:31:40.000
 says the

00:31:40.000 --> 00:31:40.699
 glaring

00:31:40.699 --> 00:31:41.119
 weakness

00:31:41.119 --> 00:31:41.579
 in both

00:31:41.579 --> 00:31:41.879
 books

00:31:41.879 --> 00:31:42.159
 though

00:31:42.159 --> 00:31:43.659
 is that

00:31:43.659 --> 00:31:44.339
 for all

00:31:44.339 --> 00:31:44.879
 of the

00:31:44.879 --> 00:31:45.699
 devastation

00:31:45.699 --> 00:31:46.000
 that they

00:31:46.000 --> 00:31:46.399
 present

00:31:46.399 --> 00:31:47.359
 for all

00:31:47.359 --> 00:31:47.980
 of the

00:31:47.980 --> 00:31:50.419
 triggers

00:31:50.419 --> 00:31:50.980
 that they

00:31:50.980 --> 00:31:51.379
 present

00:31:51.379 --> 00:31:51.779
 probably

00:31:51.779 --> 00:31:52.279
 for some

00:31:52.279 --> 00:31:52.539
 of us

00:31:52.539 --> 00:31:52.839
 mentally

00:31:52.839 --> 00:31:53.500
 and emotionally

00:31:53.500 --> 00:31:55.639
 they don't

00:31:55.639 --> 00:31:56.539
 offer a

00:31:56.539 --> 00:31:56.919
 single

00:31:56.920 --> 00:31:57.400
 piece

00:31:57.400 --> 00:31:58.240
 of hope

00:31:58.240 --> 00:32:00.759
 no hope

00:32:00.759 --> 00:32:01.019
 for the

00:32:01.019 --> 00:32:01.400
 future

00:32:01.400 --> 00:32:03.180
 no hope

00:32:03.180 --> 00:32:03.620
 that things

00:32:03.620 --> 00:32:03.940
 will get

00:32:03.940 --> 00:32:04.300
 better

00:32:04.300 --> 00:32:06.140
 and everybody's

00:32:06.140 --> 00:32:06.620
 looking for

00:32:06.620 --> 00:32:07.000
 hope

00:32:07.000 --> 00:32:09.759
 and we'll

00:32:09.759 --> 00:32:10.400
 try to find

00:32:10.400 --> 00:32:10.759
 it anywhere

00:32:10.759 --> 00:32:11.380
 we can

00:32:11.380 --> 00:32:13.080
 we'll look

00:32:13.080 --> 00:32:13.560
 for it in

00:32:13.560 --> 00:32:14.019
 politics

00:32:14.019 --> 00:32:15.340
 we'll look

00:32:15.340 --> 00:32:15.759
 for it in

00:32:15.759 --> 00:32:16.340
 education

00:32:16.340 --> 00:32:17.640
 we'll look

00:32:17.640 --> 00:32:18.060
 for it in

00:32:18.060 --> 00:32:18.480
 wealth

00:32:18.480 --> 00:32:18.860
 or in our

00:32:18.860 --> 00:32:19.259
 careers

00:32:19.259 --> 00:32:19.720
 we'll look

00:32:19.720 --> 00:32:20.160
 for it in

00:32:20.160 --> 00:32:20.560
 friendships

00:32:20.560 --> 00:32:21.380
 and relationships

00:32:21.380 --> 00:32:22.480
 we'll look

00:32:22.480 --> 00:32:22.880
 for it in

00:32:22.880 --> 00:32:23.340
 family

00:32:23.340 --> 00:32:23.960
 we'll look

00:32:23.960 --> 00:32:24.259
 for it in

00:32:24.259 --> 00:32:24.519
 all these

00:32:24.519 --> 00:32:24.840
 places

00:32:24.840 --> 00:32:25.539
 and all of

00:32:25.539 --> 00:32:26.000
 those things

00:32:26.000 --> 00:32:26.600
 are empty

00:32:26.599 --> 00:32:27.000
 hopes

00:32:27.000 --> 00:32:27.359
 they're not

00:32:27.359 --> 00:32:27.659
 living

00:32:27.659 --> 00:32:28.139
 hopes

00:32:28.139 --> 00:32:29.939
 and then

00:32:29.939 --> 00:32:30.480
 Peter comes

00:32:30.480 --> 00:32:30.959
 alongside

00:32:30.959 --> 00:32:32.000
 those of

00:32:32.000 --> 00:32:32.279
 us who

00:32:32.279 --> 00:32:33.000
 have experienced

00:32:33.000 --> 00:32:33.719
 this in the

00:32:33.719 --> 00:32:34.159
 last few

00:32:34.159 --> 00:32:34.559
 years of our

00:32:34.559 --> 00:32:34.799
 life

00:32:34.799 --> 00:32:35.299
 all of us

00:32:35.299 --> 00:32:35.679
 together

00:32:35.679 --> 00:32:36.480
 just by

00:32:36.480 --> 00:32:36.939
 virtue of

00:32:36.939 --> 00:32:37.480
 existing

00:32:37.480 --> 00:32:38.099
 in the

00:32:38.099 --> 00:32:38.799
 United States

00:32:38.799 --> 00:32:39.219
 the last

00:32:39.219 --> 00:32:39.859
 five years

00:32:39.859 --> 00:32:41.480
 and we say

00:32:41.480 --> 00:32:41.839
 you know what

00:32:41.839 --> 00:32:42.279
 I don't have

00:32:42.279 --> 00:32:42.579
 a hope

00:32:42.579 --> 00:32:42.839
 here

00:32:42.839 --> 00:32:44.399
 but I do

00:32:44.399 --> 00:32:44.740
 have a

00:32:44.740 --> 00:32:45.399
 certain hope

00:32:45.399 --> 00:32:45.899
 ahead

00:32:45.899 --> 00:32:48.059
 and it

00:32:48.059 --> 00:32:48.500
 fills me

00:32:48.500 --> 00:32:49.219
 with joy

00:32:49.219 --> 00:32:52.119
 which should

00:32:52.119 --> 00:32:52.699
 lead us to

00:32:52.699 --> 00:32:53.259
 burst with

00:32:53.259 --> 00:32:53.859
 praise

00:32:53.859 --> 00:32:54.639
 why

00:32:54.639 --> 00:32:55.659
 because the

00:32:55.659 --> 00:32:56.139
 inheritance

00:32:56.139 --> 00:32:56.639
 that we

00:32:56.639 --> 00:32:57.079
 have

00:32:57.079 --> 00:32:57.719
 is of

00:32:57.719 --> 00:32:58.399
 a quality

00:32:58.399 --> 00:32:59.379
 that we

00:32:59.379 --> 00:33:00.099
 could never

00:33:00.099 --> 00:33:00.819
 even imagine

00:33:00.819 --> 00:33:02.639
 it's imperishable

00:33:02.639 --> 00:33:04.119
 it's undefiled

00:33:04.119 --> 00:33:05.459
 it's unfading

00:33:05.459 --> 00:33:06.819
 and God is

00:33:06.819 --> 00:33:07.479
 keeping it for

00:33:07.479 --> 00:33:07.699
 you

00:33:07.699 --> 00:33:08.859
 and it will

00:33:08.859 --> 00:33:09.539
 be yours

00:33:09.539 --> 00:33:11.639
 third

00:33:11.639 --> 00:33:13.240
 we're to

00:33:13.240 --> 00:33:14.099
 praise God

00:33:14.099 --> 00:33:15.299
 for the

00:33:15.299 --> 00:33:15.779
 certainty

00:33:15.779 --> 00:33:17.099
 of the

00:33:17.099 --> 00:33:17.420
 future

00:33:17.420 --> 00:33:18.099
 inheritance

00:33:18.099 --> 00:33:19.420
 so we're

00:33:19.420 --> 00:33:19.960
 praising God

00:33:19.960 --> 00:33:20.259
 for the

00:33:20.259 --> 00:33:20.720
 right to

00:33:20.720 --> 00:33:20.960
 it

00:33:20.960 --> 00:33:21.799
 he has

00:33:21.799 --> 00:33:22.099
 caused

00:33:22.099 --> 00:33:22.379
 us to

00:33:22.379 --> 00:33:22.680
 be born

00:33:22.680 --> 00:33:23.079
 again

00:33:23.079 --> 00:33:24.220
 we're

00:33:24.220 --> 00:33:24.519
 praising

00:33:24.519 --> 00:33:24.740
 God

00:33:24.740 --> 00:33:25.019
 for the

00:33:25.019 --> 00:33:25.460
 quality

00:33:25.460 --> 00:33:25.879
 of it

00:33:25.879 --> 00:33:27.139
 all of

00:33:27.139 --> 00:33:27.440
 the things

00:33:27.440 --> 00:33:27.819
 that Peter

00:33:27.819 --> 00:33:28.379
 just mentioned

00:33:28.379 --> 00:33:28.740
 in verse

00:33:28.740 --> 00:33:29.039
 four

00:33:29.039 --> 00:33:30.379
 and then we

00:33:30.379 --> 00:33:30.700
 get to the

00:33:30.700 --> 00:33:31.039
 end and we

00:33:31.039 --> 00:33:31.359
 say okay

00:33:31.359 --> 00:33:31.639
 we're to

00:33:31.639 --> 00:33:32.460
 praise God

00:33:32.460 --> 00:33:33.200
 for the

00:33:33.200 --> 00:33:33.700
 certainty

00:33:33.700 --> 00:33:34.700
 of it

00:33:34.700 --> 00:33:37.359
 the

00:33:37.359 --> 00:33:37.879
 difficulties

00:33:37.879 --> 00:33:38.319
 that we

00:33:38.319 --> 00:33:39.039
 experience

00:33:39.039 --> 00:33:40.200
 when thinking

00:33:40.200 --> 00:33:40.639
 about this

00:33:40.639 --> 00:33:41.079
 inheritance

00:33:41.079 --> 00:33:41.920
 as exiles

00:33:41.920 --> 00:33:42.259
 here

00:33:42.259 --> 00:33:43.680
 is coming

00:33:43.680 --> 00:33:44.139
 to terms

00:33:44.139 --> 00:33:44.480
 with the

00:33:44.480 --> 00:33:44.899
 fact that

00:33:44.899 --> 00:33:45.220
 it is

00:33:45.220 --> 00:33:45.619
 actually

00:33:45.619 --> 00:33:46.000
 indeed

00:33:46.000 --> 00:33:46.460
 future

00:33:46.460 --> 00:33:49.799
 it's

00:33:49.799 --> 00:33:50.299
 kept in

00:33:50.299 --> 00:33:50.639
 heaven

00:33:50.639 --> 00:33:51.460
 Peter

00:33:51.460 --> 00:33:51.879
 says in

00:33:51.879 --> 00:33:52.039
 verse

00:33:52.039 --> 00:33:52.299
 four

00:33:52.299 --> 00:33:52.579
 it's

00:33:52.579 --> 00:33:53.440
 a salvation

00:33:53.440 --> 00:33:54.180
 ready to

00:33:54.180 --> 00:33:54.839
 be revealed

00:33:54.839 --> 00:33:56.420
 not today

00:33:56.420 --> 00:33:58.559
 maybe not

00:33:58.559 --> 00:33:59.059
 tomorrow

00:33:59.059 --> 00:34:00.680
 but in the

00:34:00.680 --> 00:34:01.259
 last time

00:34:01.259 --> 00:34:01.839
 the return

00:34:01.839 --> 00:34:02.159
 of the

00:34:02.159 --> 00:34:02.559
 Lord Jesus

00:34:02.559 --> 00:34:03.019
 Christ

00:34:03.019 --> 00:34:03.980
 and that's

00:34:03.980 --> 00:34:04.420
 hard isn't

00:34:04.420 --> 00:34:04.859
 it

00:34:04.859 --> 00:34:06.980
 because life

00:34:06.980 --> 00:34:07.359
 hits pretty

00:34:07.359 --> 00:34:08.019
 hard now

00:34:08.019 --> 00:34:11.699
 this time

00:34:11.699 --> 00:34:12.239
 of exile

00:34:12.239 --> 00:34:12.840
 can be

00:34:12.840 --> 00:34:13.340
 seriously

00:34:13.340 --> 00:34:13.780
 difficult

00:34:13.780 --> 00:34:14.099
 and we

00:34:14.099 --> 00:34:14.440
 may begin

00:34:14.440 --> 00:34:14.940
 to wonder

00:34:14.940 --> 00:34:15.960
 about the

00:34:15.960 --> 00:34:16.340
 certainty

00:34:16.340 --> 00:34:16.699
 of what

00:34:16.699 --> 00:34:17.019
 God has

00:34:17.019 --> 00:34:17.420
 promised

00:34:17.420 --> 00:34:20.039
 we may

00:34:20.039 --> 00:34:20.579
 be plagued

00:34:20.579 --> 00:34:21.059
 with doubts

00:34:21.059 --> 00:34:21.539
 about whether

00:34:21.539 --> 00:34:22.000
 or not we

00:34:22.000 --> 00:34:22.340
 can even

00:34:22.340 --> 00:34:22.739
 make it

00:34:22.739 --> 00:34:23.039
 to the

00:34:23.039 --> 00:34:23.360
 end

00:34:23.360 --> 00:34:24.539
 still

00:34:24.539 --> 00:34:25.019
 believing

00:34:25.019 --> 00:34:27.139
 and it

00:34:27.139 --> 00:34:27.559
 is the

00:34:27.559 --> 00:34:28.039
 certainty

00:34:28.039 --> 00:34:29.639
 of those

00:34:29.639 --> 00:34:30.639
 that those

00:34:30.639 --> 00:34:31.139
 who are born

00:34:31.139 --> 00:34:31.639
 again will

00:34:31.639 --> 00:34:32.400
 receive this

00:34:32.400 --> 00:34:33.360
 eternal salvation

00:34:33.360 --> 00:34:34.280
 that Peter

00:34:34.280 --> 00:34:35.000
 takes up in

00:34:35.000 --> 00:34:35.440
 this final

00:34:35.440 --> 00:34:35.880
 statement

00:34:35.880 --> 00:34:36.860
 and once

00:34:36.860 --> 00:34:37.280
 again

00:34:37.280 --> 00:34:38.660
 he rested

00:34:38.660 --> 00:34:39.180
 all

00:34:39.180 --> 00:34:39.840
 ultimately

00:34:39.840 --> 00:34:40.880
 on the

00:34:40.880 --> 00:34:41.420
 power of

00:34:41.420 --> 00:34:41.780
 God

00:34:41.780 --> 00:34:42.619
 at work

00:34:42.619 --> 00:34:43.160
 in us

00:34:43.160 --> 00:34:44.539
 look again

00:34:44.539 --> 00:34:44.900
 at verse

00:34:44.900 --> 00:34:45.360
 five

00:34:45.360 --> 00:34:46.680
 it is

00:34:46.680 --> 00:34:47.160
 kept in

00:34:47.160 --> 00:34:47.340
 heaven

00:34:47.340 --> 00:34:48.000
 for you

00:34:48.000 --> 00:34:49.220
 who by

00:34:49.220 --> 00:34:49.619
 God's

00:34:49.619 --> 00:34:50.119
 power

00:34:50.119 --> 00:34:51.559
 are being

00:34:51.559 --> 00:34:52.059
 guarded

00:34:52.059 --> 00:34:52.460
 through

00:34:52.460 --> 00:34:53.180
 faith

00:34:53.180 --> 00:34:54.940
 for a

00:34:54.940 --> 00:34:55.480
 salvation

00:34:55.480 --> 00:34:56.059
 ready to

00:34:56.059 --> 00:34:56.619
 be revealed

00:34:56.619 --> 00:34:57.619
 in the

00:34:57.619 --> 00:34:58.260
 last time

00:34:58.260 --> 00:35:00.980
 how can

00:35:00.980 --> 00:35:01.360
 we be

00:35:01.360 --> 00:35:01.720
 sure

00:35:01.720 --> 00:35:03.440
 that this

00:35:03.440 --> 00:35:03.900
 inheritance

00:35:03.900 --> 00:35:04.539
 is ours

00:35:04.539 --> 00:35:06.820
 how can

00:35:06.820 --> 00:35:07.200
 we be

00:35:07.200 --> 00:35:07.579
 certain

00:35:07.579 --> 00:35:10.420
 that we

00:35:10.420 --> 00:35:11.019
 will truly

00:35:11.019 --> 00:35:11.700
 inherit this

00:35:11.700 --> 00:35:12.320
 kind of life

00:35:12.320 --> 00:35:12.900
 in eternity

00:35:12.900 --> 00:35:14.920
 well the

00:35:14.920 --> 00:35:15.380
 necessity

00:35:15.380 --> 00:35:16.059
 of faith

00:35:16.059 --> 00:35:17.820
 cannot be

00:35:17.820 --> 00:35:18.160
 overlooked

00:35:18.160 --> 00:35:18.619
 in this

00:35:18.619 --> 00:35:19.039
 verse

00:35:19.039 --> 00:35:21.059
 Peter makes

00:35:21.059 --> 00:35:21.519
 it clear

00:35:21.519 --> 00:35:22.380
 that we

00:35:22.380 --> 00:35:22.740
 are being

00:35:22.740 --> 00:35:23.119
 guarded

00:35:23.119 --> 00:35:24.380
 through

00:35:24.380 --> 00:35:26.039
 faith

00:35:26.039 --> 00:35:28.639
 faith

00:35:28.639 --> 00:35:29.340
 here is a

00:35:29.340 --> 00:35:30.180
 continuing

00:35:30.180 --> 00:35:30.940
 trust

00:35:30.940 --> 00:35:32.099
 in the

00:35:32.099 --> 00:35:32.760
 Lord Jesus

00:35:32.760 --> 00:35:32.980
 Jesus

00:35:32.980 --> 00:35:34.460
 Tom

00:35:34.460 --> 00:35:34.880
 Schreiner

00:35:34.880 --> 00:35:36.060
 said

00:35:36.060 --> 00:35:36.700
 Peter does

00:35:36.700 --> 00:35:37.600
 not conceive

00:35:37.600 --> 00:35:38.180
 of a

00:35:38.180 --> 00:35:38.740
 faith

00:35:38.740 --> 00:35:39.680
 of faith

00:35:39.680 --> 00:35:40.080
 as a

00:35:40.080 --> 00:35:40.620
 single

00:35:40.620 --> 00:35:41.380
 isolated

00:35:41.380 --> 00:35:42.140
 act

00:35:42.140 --> 00:35:43.860
 genuine

00:35:43.860 --> 00:35:44.400
 faith

00:35:44.400 --> 00:35:45.100
 persists

00:35:45.100 --> 00:35:45.640
 he says

00:35:45.640 --> 00:35:46.380
 until the

00:35:46.380 --> 00:35:46.660
 day of

00:35:46.660 --> 00:35:47.040
 redemption

00:35:47.040 --> 00:35:48.080
 there is

00:35:48.080 --> 00:35:49.080
 no salvation

00:35:49.080 --> 00:35:50.440
 apart from

00:35:50.440 --> 00:35:51.420
 continuing

00:35:51.420 --> 00:35:52.080
 faith

00:35:52.080 --> 00:35:52.920
 and thus

00:35:52.920 --> 00:35:53.760
 faith is a

00:35:53.760 --> 00:35:54.400
 condition

00:35:54.400 --> 00:35:55.920
 for obtaining

00:35:55.920 --> 00:35:57.120
 the eschatological

00:35:57.120 --> 00:35:57.900
 inheritance

00:35:57.900 --> 00:36:00.260
 but look back

00:36:00.260 --> 00:36:00.880
 at the verse

00:36:00.880 --> 00:36:02.000
 and Schreiner

00:36:02.000 --> 00:36:02.559
 is exactly

00:36:02.559 --> 00:36:03.059
 right

00:36:03.059 --> 00:36:04.619
 but look

00:36:04.619 --> 00:36:04.900
 back at

00:36:04.900 --> 00:36:05.400
 the verse

00:36:05.400 --> 00:36:06.800
 notice

00:36:06.800 --> 00:36:08.360
 who is

00:36:08.360 --> 00:36:08.800
 guarding

00:36:08.800 --> 00:36:10.200
 this faith

00:36:10.200 --> 00:36:13.480
 that you

00:36:13.480 --> 00:36:14.000
 are being

00:36:14.000 --> 00:36:14.780
 guarded by

00:36:14.780 --> 00:36:15.340
 God's

00:36:15.340 --> 00:36:15.880
 power

00:36:15.880 --> 00:36:17.660
 through

00:36:17.660 --> 00:36:18.140
 faith

00:36:18.140 --> 00:36:19.559
 which leads

00:36:19.559 --> 00:36:20.000
 Schreiner

00:36:20.000 --> 00:36:20.740
 to then say

00:36:20.740 --> 00:36:21.660
 1 Peter 1

00:36:21.660 --> 00:36:22.860
 5 contains

00:36:22.860 --> 00:36:23.500
 a remarkable

00:36:23.500 --> 00:36:24.240
 promise

00:36:24.240 --> 00:36:25.220
 God's

00:36:25.220 --> 00:36:25.800
 power

00:36:25.800 --> 00:36:26.940
 protects

00:36:26.940 --> 00:36:27.579
 us

00:36:27.579 --> 00:36:28.319
 because

00:36:28.319 --> 00:36:28.779
 his

00:36:28.779 --> 00:36:29.460
 power

00:36:29.460 --> 00:36:30.480
 is the

00:36:30.480 --> 00:36:31.199
 means

00:36:31.199 --> 00:36:32.360
 by which

00:36:32.360 --> 00:36:32.719
 our

00:36:32.719 --> 00:36:33.239
 faith

00:36:33.239 --> 00:36:34.000
 is

00:36:34.000 --> 00:36:34.819
 sustained

00:36:34.819 --> 00:36:38.599
 our

00:36:38.599 --> 00:36:39.340
 assurance

00:36:39.340 --> 00:36:39.659
 then

00:36:39.659 --> 00:36:40.019
 and our

00:36:40.019 --> 00:36:40.840
 certainty

00:36:40.840 --> 00:36:41.360
 then

00:36:41.360 --> 00:36:42.400
 it rest

00:36:42.400 --> 00:36:43.179
 ultimately

00:36:43.179 --> 00:36:44.279
 not on

00:36:44.279 --> 00:36:44.599
 who we

00:36:44.599 --> 00:36:44.880
 are

00:36:44.880 --> 00:36:45.319
 what we're

00:36:45.319 --> 00:36:45.779
 doing

00:36:45.779 --> 00:36:46.559
 it rest

00:36:46.559 --> 00:36:47.360
 ultimately

00:36:47.360 --> 00:36:48.279
 on the

00:36:48.279 --> 00:36:48.920
 power

00:36:48.920 --> 00:36:49.840
 of God

00:36:49.840 --> 00:36:51.019
 to guard

00:36:51.019 --> 00:36:51.519
 us

00:36:51.519 --> 00:36:52.460
 to the

00:36:52.460 --> 00:36:52.739
 very

00:36:52.739 --> 00:36:53.440
 end

00:36:53.440 --> 00:36:55.460
 we've

00:36:55.460 --> 00:36:55.720
 sung

00:36:55.720 --> 00:36:56.119
 about it

00:36:56.119 --> 00:36:56.420
 over

00:36:56.420 --> 00:36:57.000
 and over

00:36:57.000 --> 00:36:57.659
 this

00:36:57.659 --> 00:36:58.019
 morning

00:36:58.019 --> 00:36:58.280
 in the

00:36:58.280 --> 00:36:58.619
 various

00:36:58.619 --> 00:36:59.179
 songs

00:36:59.179 --> 00:36:59.720
 that

00:36:59.720 --> 00:36:59.980
 this

00:36:59.980 --> 00:37:00.559
 salvation

00:37:00.559 --> 00:37:01.099
 comes

00:37:01.099 --> 00:37:01.400
 from

00:37:01.400 --> 00:37:01.800
 God

00:37:01.800 --> 00:37:02.380
 it is

00:37:02.380 --> 00:37:02.700
 given

00:37:02.700 --> 00:37:03.119
 to us

00:37:03.119 --> 00:37:03.740
 by God

00:37:03.740 --> 00:37:04.500
 and we

00:37:04.500 --> 00:37:04.700
 are

00:37:04.700 --> 00:37:05.340
 kept

00:37:05.340 --> 00:37:06.800
 by God

00:37:06.800 --> 00:37:08.300
 for it

00:37:08.300 --> 00:37:12.400
 so what's

00:37:12.400 --> 00:37:12.820
 the point

00:37:12.820 --> 00:37:13.159
 here

00:37:13.159 --> 00:37:15.260
 what is

00:37:15.260 --> 00:37:15.480
 Peter

00:37:15.480 --> 00:37:16.139
 saying

00:37:16.139 --> 00:37:18.539
 well you

00:37:18.539 --> 00:37:18.980
 can take

00:37:18.980 --> 00:37:19.500
 courage

00:37:19.500 --> 00:37:19.800
 in the

00:37:19.800 --> 00:37:20.220
 certainty

00:37:20.220 --> 00:37:21.619
 that you

00:37:21.619 --> 00:37:22.260
 will receive

00:37:22.260 --> 00:37:22.559
 this

00:37:22.559 --> 00:37:23.099
 inheritance

00:37:23.099 --> 00:37:25.139
 because the

00:37:25.139 --> 00:37:25.860
 same God

00:37:25.860 --> 00:37:26.199
 who is

00:37:26.199 --> 00:37:26.799
 keeping it

00:37:26.799 --> 00:37:27.259
 in heaven

00:37:27.259 --> 00:37:29.059
 is keeping

00:37:29.059 --> 00:37:29.579
 you

00:37:29.579 --> 00:37:31.019
 until the

00:37:31.019 --> 00:37:31.400
 time

00:37:31.400 --> 00:37:32.099
 that he

00:37:32.099 --> 00:37:32.719
 sees fit

00:37:32.719 --> 00:37:33.860
 to reveal

00:37:33.860 --> 00:37:34.219
 it

00:37:34.219 --> 00:37:37.559
 salvation

00:37:37.559 --> 00:37:38.960
 is being

00:37:38.960 --> 00:37:39.360
 kept

00:37:39.360 --> 00:37:40.139
 for us

00:37:40.139 --> 00:37:42.339
 and we

00:37:42.339 --> 00:37:43.779
 are being

00:37:43.779 --> 00:37:44.460
 kept

00:37:44.460 --> 00:37:46.179
 for it

00:37:46.179 --> 00:37:49.699
 therefore

00:37:49.699 --> 00:37:53.000
 bless

00:37:53.000 --> 00:37:54.699
 be the

00:37:54.699 --> 00:37:55.019
 God

00:37:55.019 --> 00:37:55.619
 and father

00:37:55.619 --> 00:37:57.079
 of our

00:37:57.079 --> 00:37:57.380
 Lord

00:37:57.380 --> 00:37:57.699
 Jesus

00:37:57.699 --> 00:37:58.320
 Christ

00:37:58.320 --> 00:38:01.019
 because he

00:38:01.019 --> 00:38:01.679
 has caused

00:38:01.679 --> 00:38:02.159
 us to be

00:38:02.159 --> 00:38:02.699
 born again

00:38:02.699 --> 00:38:03.059
 to an

00:38:03.059 --> 00:38:03.559
 inheritance

00:38:03.559 --> 00:38:03.920
 that's

00:38:03.920 --> 00:38:04.800
 imperishable

00:38:04.800 --> 00:38:05.679
 and it's

00:38:05.679 --> 00:38:06.260
 kept in

00:38:06.260 --> 00:38:06.880
 heaven for

00:38:06.880 --> 00:38:07.340
 us

00:38:07.340 --> 00:38:08.380
 who by

00:38:08.380 --> 00:38:09.340
 his power

00:38:09.340 --> 00:38:10.400
 are being

00:38:10.400 --> 00:38:10.860
 guarded

00:38:10.860 --> 00:38:11.199
 through

00:38:11.199 --> 00:38:11.860
 faith

00:38:11.860 --> 00:38:13.619
 so that

00:38:13.619 --> 00:38:14.139
 we will

00:38:14.139 --> 00:38:14.599
 actually

00:38:14.599 --> 00:38:15.460
 receive

00:38:15.460 --> 00:38:16.340
 the

00:38:16.340 --> 00:38:16.820
 inheritance

00:38:16.820 --> 00:38:17.340
 that he

00:38:17.340 --> 00:38:17.519
 has

00:38:17.519 --> 00:38:17.980
 promised

00:38:17.980 --> 00:38:18.980
 lost

00:38:18.980 --> 00:38:20.079
 we sing

00:38:20.079 --> 00:38:20.360
 it from

00:38:20.360 --> 00:38:20.760
 time to

00:38:20.760 --> 00:38:21.039
 time

00:38:21.039 --> 00:38:21.659
 he'll not

00:38:21.659 --> 00:38:22.159
 let my

00:38:22.159 --> 00:38:22.740
 soul be

00:38:22.740 --> 00:38:23.280
 lost

00:38:23.280 --> 00:38:25.219
 his promises

00:38:25.219 --> 00:38:26.420
 shall last

00:38:26.420 --> 00:38:28.219
 bought by

00:38:28.219 --> 00:38:28.719
 him at

00:38:28.719 --> 00:38:29.159
 such a

00:38:29.159 --> 00:38:29.599
 cost

00:38:29.599 --> 00:38:31.099
 he

00:38:31.099 --> 00:38:32.679
 will hold

00:38:32.679 --> 00:38:33.320
 me

00:38:33.320 --> 00:38:35.400
 fast

00:38:35.400 --> 00:38:38.139
 I know

00:38:38.139 --> 00:38:38.699
 sometimes you

00:38:38.699 --> 00:38:39.360
 may feel as a

00:38:39.360 --> 00:38:39.719
 Christian

00:38:39.719 --> 00:38:40.820
 that all you

00:38:40.820 --> 00:38:41.340
 can do

00:38:41.340 --> 00:38:42.500
 is cling

00:38:42.500 --> 00:38:43.860
 barely

00:38:43.860 --> 00:38:45.640
 but you

00:38:45.640 --> 00:38:45.960
 know where

00:38:45.960 --> 00:38:46.559
 your assurance

00:38:46.559 --> 00:38:47.500
 really lies

00:38:47.500 --> 00:38:49.019
 it's not in

00:38:49.019 --> 00:38:49.599
 your ability

00:38:49.599 --> 00:38:50.780
 to hold on

00:38:50.780 --> 00:38:51.240
 to him

00:38:51.240 --> 00:38:53.000
 it's on his

00:38:53.000 --> 00:38:53.420
 power

00:38:53.420 --> 00:38:54.660
 to hold on

00:38:54.660 --> 00:38:55.200
 to you

00:38:55.200 --> 00:38:57.099
 therefore

00:38:57.099 --> 00:38:57.840
 praise God

00:38:57.840 --> 00:38:58.140
 in your

00:38:58.140 --> 00:38:58.579
 exile

00:38:58.579 --> 00:39:00.320
 for he is

00:39:00.320 --> 00:39:01.519
 keeping you

00:39:01.519 --> 00:39:03.760
 well thriving

00:39:03.760 --> 00:39:04.280
 in exile

00:39:04.280 --> 00:39:04.720
 it doesn't

00:39:04.720 --> 00:39:05.180
 begin with

00:39:05.180 --> 00:39:05.660
 fixing our

00:39:05.660 --> 00:39:06.200
 problems

00:39:06.200 --> 00:39:08.500
 it begins

00:39:08.500 --> 00:39:09.780
 with worshiping

00:39:09.780 --> 00:39:10.340
 the God of

00:39:10.340 --> 00:39:10.760
 our great

00:39:10.760 --> 00:39:11.380
 salvation

00:39:11.380 --> 00:39:14.619
 he's provided

00:39:14.619 --> 00:39:15.240
 an eternal

00:39:15.240 --> 00:39:15.940
 inheritance

00:39:15.940 --> 00:39:16.700
 the quality

00:39:16.700 --> 00:39:17.140
 of which

00:39:17.140 --> 00:39:17.900
 is unlike

00:39:17.900 --> 00:39:18.559
 anything we've

00:39:18.559 --> 00:39:19.240
 ever known

00:39:19.240 --> 00:39:20.980
 through his

00:39:20.980 --> 00:39:21.500
 mercy

00:39:21.500 --> 00:39:23.220
 he's given

00:39:23.220 --> 00:39:24.000
 us the right

00:39:24.000 --> 00:39:24.400
 to this

00:39:24.400 --> 00:39:24.820
 inheritance

00:39:24.820 --> 00:39:25.320
 through the

00:39:25.320 --> 00:39:25.880
 new birth

00:39:25.880 --> 00:39:26.300
 so that

00:39:26.300 --> 00:39:27.119
 all our

00:39:27.119 --> 00:39:27.680
 hope and

00:39:27.680 --> 00:39:28.539
 faith rest

00:39:28.539 --> 00:39:28.820
 in the

00:39:28.820 --> 00:39:29.320
 resurrection

00:39:29.320 --> 00:39:29.760
 of the

00:39:29.760 --> 00:39:30.300
 Lord Jesus

00:39:30.300 --> 00:39:30.740
 from the

00:39:30.740 --> 00:39:31.019
 dead

00:39:31.019 --> 00:39:32.780
 and while

00:39:32.780 --> 00:39:33.320
 he keeps

00:39:33.320 --> 00:39:33.539
 our

00:39:33.539 --> 00:39:34.039
 inheritance

00:39:34.039 --> 00:39:34.539
 secure

00:39:34.539 --> 00:39:34.980
 in heaven

00:39:34.980 --> 00:39:36.619
 he is

00:39:36.619 --> 00:39:36.920
 guarding

00:39:36.920 --> 00:39:37.460
 us by

00:39:37.460 --> 00:39:37.720
 his

00:39:37.720 --> 00:39:38.160
 power

00:39:38.160 --> 00:39:39.760
 so that

00:39:39.760 --> 00:39:40.240
 our faith

00:39:40.240 --> 00:39:40.780
 in Christ

00:39:40.780 --> 00:39:41.119
 is

00:39:41.119 --> 00:39:41.819
 sustained

00:39:41.819 --> 00:39:43.619
 until the

00:39:43.619 --> 00:39:44.319
 very end

00:39:44.319 --> 00:39:46.059
 why

00:39:46.059 --> 00:39:48.319
 because our

00:39:48.319 --> 00:39:49.319
 faith follows

00:39:49.319 --> 00:39:49.759
 the new

00:39:49.759 --> 00:39:50.199
 birth

00:39:50.199 --> 00:39:51.779
 and if it's

00:39:51.779 --> 00:39:52.299
 his power

00:39:52.299 --> 00:39:52.759
 that brings

00:39:52.759 --> 00:39:53.179
 about the

00:39:53.179 --> 00:39:53.719
 new birth

00:39:53.719 --> 00:39:55.000
 it's his

00:39:55.000 --> 00:39:55.420
 power

00:39:55.420 --> 00:39:56.259
 that will

00:39:56.259 --> 00:39:56.859
 keep us

00:39:56.859 --> 00:39:57.719
 to the

00:39:57.719 --> 00:39:58.079
 end

00:39:58.079 --> 00:39:59.480
 so for all

00:39:59.480 --> 00:39:59.799
 of this

00:39:59.799 --> 00:40:00.219
 and more

00:40:00.219 --> 00:40:01.339
 we can

00:40:01.339 --> 00:40:01.799
 join with

00:40:01.799 --> 00:40:02.139
 Peter

00:40:02.139 --> 00:40:03.659
 and exclaim

00:40:03.659 --> 00:40:04.799
 blessed be

00:40:04.799 --> 00:40:05.159
 the God

00:40:05.159 --> 00:40:05.619
 and Father

00:40:05.619 --> 00:40:06.719
 of our

00:40:06.719 --> 00:40:07.179
 Lord Jesus

00:40:07.179 --> 00:40:07.679
 Christ

00:40:07.679 --> 00:40:08.799
 let's pray

00:40:08.799 --> 00:40:09.119
 together

00:40:09.119 --> 00:40:18.219
 let'sย

00:40:18.219 --> 00:40:18.219


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