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 We can turn back to a reading in 2 Peter chapter 1.

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 I want us to read from verse 8 to verse 15 just now.

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! 2 Peter chapter 1 at verse 8.

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 For whoever lacks these qualities is so short-sighted that he is blind, having forgotten that he was cleansed from his former sins.

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 Therefore, brothers, be all the more diligent to make your calling and election sure.

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 For if you practice these qualities, you will never fall.

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 For in this way there will be richly provided for you an entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

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 Therefore, I intend always to remind you of these qualities.

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 Though you know them and are established in the truth that you have,

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 I think it is right that as long as I am in this body to stir you up by way of reminder,

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 since I know that the putting off of my body will be soon, as our Lord Jesus Christ made clear to me.

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 And I will make every effort so that after my departure, you may be able at any time to recall these things.

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 There's a phrase, as you're reading through verse 8 to verse 10,

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 a couple of words that come together very often there, and it's these things, these qualities.

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 It's Peter repeating that again and again in a very powerful way.

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 And he says there in verse 12,

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 Therefore I intend always to remind you of these qualities.

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 So he's saying there's something very important here for us to draw attention to,

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 and to think to ourselves, well, what are these things,

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 what are these qualities that he's talking about that are so important,

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 and why are they so important for us?

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 Who of us would want to be known as a failure in the Christian life?

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 Who of us would want to have that marred against us,

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 that this person failed in their Christian life?

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 It's a stupid question for us,

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 because none of us would say that we want to be known as failures in the Christian life.

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 Every one of us wants, I hope, to seek to be the best Christian that we can be by the grace of God.

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 But yet you have in Peter himself one who at one point was seen as having failed the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 When you look in his own life, a life that, as you read here, seems to be coming to an end.

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 He's in the latter stages of his life.

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 In verse 14 he makes that clear for us,

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 Since I know that the putting off of my body will be soon.

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 There's this knowledge he has that his life is drawing to a close.

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 But yet he has learned so much in his life.

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 And many would probably remember him as a failure in some ways.

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 And especially because the night that the Lord Jesus was crucified,

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 he denied him three times.

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 And yet Peter, impulsive Peter as he often was,

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 he learned so much through that experience.

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 And especially seeing the grace of the Lord Jesus in restoring him,

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 in speaking to him in a very powerful way

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 to remind him that he was still one who loved the Lord

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 and who served the Lord throughout the rest of his days as well.

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 So you could look at Peter's life and see there were failings in it.

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 But by the grace of God, he was restored and kept going from strength to strength.

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 But how did he do it?

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 We live in a world that offers so much advice.

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 And there are books upon books written about how to be a better person.

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 Some of them are even written from a Christian perspective.

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 And you see the titles of them and you think,

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 well, what is that really going to tell to me?

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 Titles such as Think Better, Live Better, Become a Better You,

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 You Can, You Will.

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 And so they go on.

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 There's these titles of books that try and catch your attention

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 and think, well, how can I be a better person?

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 And so many of them are focused on ourselves.

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 Self-help topics.

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 But the reality is we cannot help ourselves.

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 And that's when we see the greatest book ever written before us this evening,

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 the Word of God.

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 God has given us his Word.

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 As we read in this chapter, we are reminded that it is the Word of God.

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 In verse 21,

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 For no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man,

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 but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.

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 God gave us his Word.

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 The Old and the New Testament, the whole Word of God is our truth to live by.

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 It is where we find the help of God to live as we should.

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 And as you think back to the shorter catechism,

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 they were right when they wrote,

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 The Word of God, which is contained in the Scriptures of the Old and New Testament,

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 is the only rule to direct us how we may glorify him and enjoy him.

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 The Word of God is the only rule that we need to glorify and enjoy him.

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 And so we have this truth before us.

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 And it's this truth that helps us, that guards us as we go along.

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 And so, how can we apply this truth to ourselves?

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 Well, that is what Peter is doing here as he's writing to these Christians long ago.

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 He's writing to people who were believers,

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 who had trusted the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 But he's writing to them to encourage them,

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 reminding them of these things that are so important.

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 Peter here is giving us the secret to a godly life.

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 The way that we are to live.

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 And when you look at this chapter, there's so many things in it.

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 And you see in verse 10, there's like a hinge on everything there as well.

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 How it speaks about making your calling an election sure.

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 Therefore, brothers, be all the more diligent to make your calling an election sure.

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 For if you practice these qualities, you will never fall.

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 So we're reminded of just how important these qualities, these things are.

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 It's about our calling and our election.

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 That God is calling us.

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 And that God has chosen his people.

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 It's not saying that we can change God's mind in term of election.

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 We know that God has chosen a people.

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 But he's talking here about making or calling an election sure.

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 Not adding anything to that.

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 But living by faith in the whole counsel of God.

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 The whole word of God.

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 Living by faith, looking to the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 Because it's not just this passive attitude that we have to have.

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 Well, if we are elect, we are elect.

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 And there's nothing we can do about it.

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 That's not what Peter teaches here in light of making our calling an election sure.

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 Faith goes together with works.

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 Faith is always active.

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 Should always be active.

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 And we should always be seeking to grow in our faith.

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 To be growing in our knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 Knowledge is something that Peter mentions throughout this letter, the second Peter.

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 This knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 You see it there in verse 3 it is.

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 His divine power is granted to us.

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 All things are pertained to life and godliness through the knowledge of him who called us.

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 So we see there it is about growing in our faith.

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 In the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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 And so these things that he is speaking about, it's all about this growing in our knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 And so immediately we think, well, if Peter is writing these things,

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 if they are there to help us grow in our faith and in our knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ,

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 are we willing to listen to them?

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 Are we willing to receive them?

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 Are we willing to work on our faith in order to grow in this way,

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 in our knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ?

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 So we see Peter outlined here steps for us to help us to grow as Christians.

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 And as we go through these verses that we have before us,

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 and especially as we look,

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 secondly it's going to be at verse 5 and 6.

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 You see a list there of things that are these things.

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 That are these things that are so important.

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 But before we look at the list of these things,

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 I want us first to see what these things lead to.

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 So we're doing it a little back to front.

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 Verse 8 down to verse 15 makes clear what these things lead to.

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 And then secondly we will see what these things are.

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 And so there's four things that these things lead to.

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 Four things that these things lead to.

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 And so we're going to look at this first.

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 Four things.

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 Have you ever been somewhere

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 and you see things differently to somebody else?

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 You think about this time of year

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 when maybe you go round the shows.

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 The Point show's been on recently.

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 There'll be other shows coming up,

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 different parts of the island.

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 Many people go to all these different shows.

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 And things are put on display.

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 And prizes are handed out in different ways.

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 It may be for animals.

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 It may be sheep or cows or dogs.

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 These kinds of things.

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 You see other prizes being handed out for baking.

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 Other prizes handed out for crafts.

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 And you may be walking round with someone

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 who knows a lot more about, say, animals than you do.

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 And they're pointing out a sheep

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 and all the different qualities of the sheep in a pen.

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 And they could maybe pick out

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 that's the one that's likely to win.

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 Because they're seeing qualities in it

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 that the person who has no knowledge just can't see.

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 I would just see a sheep.

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 Not any qualities in that sheep, but just a sheep.

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 But the trained eye sees things differently.

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 And so it goes on in different ways.

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 When you look at crafts,

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 people will see the intricate details of crafts

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 that the unthrained eye just cannot see.

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 Or the baking, they'll taste something

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 that you just miss.

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 You don't have that trained palate

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 in order to see the difference in that.

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 We see things differently

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 in many different experiences.

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 We see that there are qualities there,

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 but we miss out

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 because we don't understand what they are.

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 But when you look at the qualities

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 that Peter is writing about here,

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 you see that there are qualities

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 that should mark out every Christian.

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 That you should be able to see

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 the qualities of faith in every Christian.

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 Now, we know that for some,

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 we look at it and we see it more clearly.

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 It's more evident.

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 And others will say the qualities

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 are hidden in different ways.

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 But everyone should have

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 or be seeking to be growing

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 in these qualities.

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 And that is the gift of faith

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 in the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 And when we look at the qualities

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 that we see here,

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 we're reminded of just how

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 they would help us

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 in our Christian walk.

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 So what these things lead to first,

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 we see in verse 8,

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 beginning there.

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 For if these qualities are yours

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 and are increasing,

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 they keep you from being ineffective

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 or unfruitful in the knowledge

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 of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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 So there's the first thing

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 that these qualities lead to.

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 Instead of being ineffective

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 or unfruitful in our knowledge

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 of Jesus Christ,

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 we will be growing in our knowledge

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 of the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 We all can have that sense

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 of being unfruitful,

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 but barren and bare in our hearts

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 and in our souls.

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 When we feel that there's

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 that distance with God,

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 when we're not right with God.

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 But these things,

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 these qualities,

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 are what can bring us closer

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 to God in that sense

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 of being fruitful,

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 of being fruitful

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 in growing in our knowledge

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 of the Lord Jesus Christ,

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 of being effective

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 in all of these things.

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 Because the more we know

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 the Lord Jesus Christ,

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 the more we are close

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 to the Lord Jesus Christ,

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 then the more we are going

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 to have that fruit

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 being born in our lives

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 and in our experiences.

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 And so who wouldn't want

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 to have this guarantee

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 of fruitfulness?

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 And that is what this word of God

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 is pointing,

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 is guiding us towards.

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 Being fruitful

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 and being discerning

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 as well as we see.

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 Secondly,

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 for whoever lacks

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 these qualities

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 is so short-sighted

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 that he is blind,

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 having forgotten

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 that he was cleansed

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 from his former sins.

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 So we see

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 there's this lack

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 of spiritual discernment

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 too if we don't have

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 these things,

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 these qualities,

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 we're spiritually blind.

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 Paul, the apostle,

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 he knew what it was

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 to be blind physically

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 but also spiritually.

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 I was so blind

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 to the love of God.

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 I was so blind

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 to the grace of God.

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 And yet when the Lord Jesus

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 came into his life,

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 when his eyes were opened,

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 he was amazed

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 that the love

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 that he would show

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 to a sinner such as him.

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 And these things

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 are what would have helped

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 Paul as well.

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 And so we see here

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 it is these gifts,

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 these things

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 that are able to help us

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 to discern

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 the love of God.

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 To see the love of God

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 in a more majestic way.

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 That second half

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 of verse 9 as well,

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 these things

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 remind us

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 of the guarantee

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 and the assurance

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 of salvation.

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 It says,

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 having forgotten

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 that he was cleansed

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 from his former sins.

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 How sin

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 attacks us

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 again and again

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 and when we're

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 forgetting these things,

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 it just weighs down

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 on us so heavily.

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 we lose that sense

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 of assurance

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 that comes through faith,

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 of the love of God,

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 that our sins

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 are forgiven

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 through him.

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 So we have this

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 lack of assurance

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 that can so easily

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 come into our hearts.

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 And then as you go

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 into verse 10,

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 you see the fourth thing there.

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 These things

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 give a guarantee

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 to us.

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 Therefore,

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 brothers,

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 be all the more diligent

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 to make your calling

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 and election sure.

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 For if you practice

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 these qualities,

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 you will never fall.

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 It sounds

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 quite a bold statement

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 to make

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 that you will

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 never fall.

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 There is always

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 that fear

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 of falling.

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 But what keeps us

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 from falling?

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 Practice

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 these things.

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 And that gives us

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 that assurance,

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 that guarantee

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 that we will not fall

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 from the love of God.

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 And so,

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 we have these four things

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 that this leads to.

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 That we will be fruitful,

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 that we will have

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 spiritual discernment,

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 that we will have

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 assurance in our salvation

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 that we will never fall

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 as a Christian.

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 So if you have

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 these four things

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 outlined to you,

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 who would not

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 want these things?

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 Who would not

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 want to have comfort

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 in all of these things?

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 And so we ask,

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 well,

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 how do we get that?

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 There must be

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 something quite

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 spectacular for us.

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 There must be

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 something

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 quite powerful.

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 Maybe it's hard

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 to get these things.

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 It will be out of the reach

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 of many of us.

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 Out of the reach

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 of the ordinary Christian.

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 Well,

00:17:36.720 --> 00:17:37.440
 the way Peter

00:17:37.440 --> 00:17:38.480
 is writing here,

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 he is reminding

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 that this is for all.

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 This is for everyone

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 who comes to faith

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 in the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 So if we want

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 to have

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 these assurances,

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 what are these things

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 that we need?

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 Well,

00:17:55.120 --> 00:17:55.920
 then we come back

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 to verse 5 and 6.

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 And here we are told

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 what these things are.

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 what these things are.

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 We've heard what they lead to,

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 but what are

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 these things?

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 Well,

00:18:10.399 --> 00:18:11.099
 it begins

00:18:11.099 --> 00:18:12.439
 with faith.

00:18:13.720 --> 00:18:15.299
 Faith is the foundation

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 of it all.

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 For this

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 very reason,

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 make every effort

00:18:21.099 --> 00:18:22.319
 to supplement

00:18:22.319 --> 00:18:23.500
 your faith.

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 So it begins

00:18:25.099 --> 00:18:26.220
 with faith,

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 but it doesn't

00:18:26.839 --> 00:18:27.619
 end

00:18:27.619 --> 00:18:28.740
 with faith.

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 faith.

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 Because faith alone,

00:18:31.579 --> 00:18:32.640
 in order to grow,

00:18:33.160 --> 00:18:34.480
 it needs to be worked.

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 Faith needs

00:18:36.160 --> 00:18:37.700
 to be exercised.

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 And so Peter

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 is here saying,

00:18:40.200 --> 00:18:40.640
 supplement,

00:18:41.059 --> 00:18:42.519
 add to your faith

00:18:42.519 --> 00:18:43.359
 in the sense

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 of growing

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 in your knowledge

00:18:45.259 --> 00:18:46.779
 of the Lord Jesus Christ

00:18:46.779 --> 00:18:48.440
 by practicing

00:18:48.440 --> 00:18:49.620
 these things.

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 So faith

00:18:50.440 --> 00:18:51.759
 is the foundation

00:18:51.759 --> 00:18:53.160
 of it all.

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 But then

00:18:54.400 --> 00:18:54.819
 what is

00:18:54.819 --> 00:18:55.819
 added

00:18:55.819 --> 00:18:57.159
 to faith?

00:18:58.659 --> 00:18:59.059
 Well,

00:18:59.159 --> 00:18:59.740
 we see

00:18:59.740 --> 00:19:00.559
 as we look

00:19:00.559 --> 00:19:01.859
 at verse 5,

00:19:02.740 --> 00:19:03.779
 for this very reason,

00:19:03.919 --> 00:19:04.599
 make every effort

00:19:04.599 --> 00:19:05.240
 to supplement

00:19:05.240 --> 00:19:05.980
 your faith

00:19:05.980 --> 00:19:07.379
 with virtue.

00:19:08.359 --> 00:19:09.059
 Virtue

00:19:09.059 --> 00:19:10.259
 is the first

00:19:10.259 --> 00:19:11.460
 of these things.

00:19:12.579 --> 00:19:13.500
 What is that?

00:19:13.579 --> 00:19:14.460
 What is virtue?

00:19:15.179 --> 00:19:16.139
 It's moral

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 uprightness.

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 It's holiness.

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 The word

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 literally means

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 excellent

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 living.

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 And that's

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 the way

00:19:25.000 --> 00:19:26.200
 that Peter

00:19:26.200 --> 00:19:26.880
 is writing

00:19:26.880 --> 00:19:27.799
 to us here.

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 And that's

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 the way

00:19:29.160 --> 00:19:29.620
 God

00:19:29.620 --> 00:19:30.519
 is writing

00:19:30.519 --> 00:19:31.160
 to us.

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 That we are

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 to look

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 for that

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 holiness

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 in our lives

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 at all times.

00:19:36.480 --> 00:19:37.099
 God said,

00:19:37.319 --> 00:19:37.980
 be holy,

00:19:38.460 --> 00:19:39.539
 for I am holy.

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 And we know

00:19:40.579 --> 00:19:41.079
 we can never

00:19:41.079 --> 00:19:42.019
 reach the holiness

00:19:42.019 --> 00:19:42.799
 of God.

00:19:43.339 --> 00:19:44.220
 He is holiness,

00:19:44.740 --> 00:19:45.500
 but we are

00:19:45.500 --> 00:19:46.299
 to seek

00:19:46.299 --> 00:19:47.019
 to live

00:19:47.019 --> 00:19:48.000
 in that way.

00:19:48.400 --> 00:19:48.900
 To know

00:19:48.900 --> 00:19:49.620
 the holiness

00:19:49.619 --> 00:19:50.979
 of God.

00:19:51.079 --> 00:19:51.359
 To know

00:19:51.359 --> 00:19:52.539
 that excellent

00:19:52.539 --> 00:19:53.459
 living.

00:19:55.199 --> 00:19:55.799
 And we all

00:19:55.799 --> 00:19:56.259
 know how

00:19:56.259 --> 00:19:56.959
 we fail

00:19:56.959 --> 00:19:57.959
 so often

00:19:57.959 --> 00:19:58.519
 in that.

00:19:59.119 --> 00:19:59.799
 When we are

00:19:59.799 --> 00:20:01.079
 falling in so

00:20:01.079 --> 00:20:01.759
 many different

00:20:01.759 --> 00:20:02.179
 ways.

00:20:02.739 --> 00:20:03.159
 But do we

00:20:03.159 --> 00:20:03.619
 let that

00:20:03.619 --> 00:20:04.459
 just grind

00:20:04.459 --> 00:20:05.119
 us down

00:20:05.119 --> 00:20:05.519
 or do we

00:20:05.519 --> 00:20:05.919
 let it

00:20:05.919 --> 00:20:07.000
 encourage us

00:20:07.000 --> 00:20:07.359
 again

00:20:07.359 --> 00:20:08.759
 to rise

00:20:08.759 --> 00:20:09.159
 up

00:20:09.159 --> 00:20:10.079
 and to

00:20:10.079 --> 00:20:10.639
 seek for

00:20:10.639 --> 00:20:11.479
 this holy

00:20:11.479 --> 00:20:12.339
 living?

00:20:13.759 --> 00:20:14.159
 We are

00:20:14.159 --> 00:20:14.659
 to live

00:20:14.659 --> 00:20:15.519
 by the

00:20:15.519 --> 00:20:15.979
 word

00:20:15.979 --> 00:20:17.259
 of God.

00:20:17.859 --> 00:20:18.319
 We are

00:20:18.319 --> 00:20:18.659
 to live

00:20:18.660 --> 00:20:19.080
 by the

00:20:19.080 --> 00:20:19.600
 promises

00:20:19.600 --> 00:20:20.019
 and the

00:20:20.019 --> 00:20:20.519
 truths

00:20:20.519 --> 00:20:21.300
 that we

00:20:21.300 --> 00:20:21.620
 have

00:20:21.620 --> 00:20:21.880
 in the

00:20:21.880 --> 00:20:22.200
 word

00:20:22.200 --> 00:20:22.720
 of God.

00:20:23.080 --> 00:20:23.380
 We are

00:20:23.380 --> 00:20:23.820
 to live

00:20:23.820 --> 00:20:24.120
 that

00:20:24.120 --> 00:20:24.640
 holy

00:20:24.640 --> 00:20:25.120
 life

00:20:25.120 --> 00:20:26.380
 depending

00:20:26.380 --> 00:20:27.120
 on God.

00:20:27.640 --> 00:20:28.060
 You think

00:20:28.060 --> 00:20:28.560
 of Psalm

00:20:28.560 --> 00:20:29.640
 25

00:20:29.640 --> 00:20:30.700
 and it's

00:20:30.700 --> 00:20:31.279
 really a

00:20:31.279 --> 00:20:31.700
 prayer.

00:20:32.720 --> 00:20:33.220
 Show me

00:20:33.220 --> 00:20:33.900
 thy ways

00:20:33.900 --> 00:20:34.340
 O Lord

00:20:34.340 --> 00:20:35.180
 thy paths

00:20:35.180 --> 00:20:36.160
 O teach

00:20:36.160 --> 00:20:36.660
 thou me.

00:20:37.100 --> 00:20:37.560
 There's

00:20:37.560 --> 00:20:38.420
 this longing

00:20:38.420 --> 00:20:39.380
 to live

00:20:39.380 --> 00:20:40.259
 this life

00:20:40.259 --> 00:20:41.000
 that is

00:20:41.000 --> 00:20:41.500
 right

00:20:41.500 --> 00:20:42.400
 with God.

00:20:43.120 --> 00:20:43.580
 So add

00:20:43.580 --> 00:20:44.240
 to your

00:20:44.240 --> 00:20:44.759
 faith

00:20:44.759 --> 00:20:45.740
 virtue.

00:20:47.040 --> 00:20:47.259
 It was

00:20:47.259 --> 00:20:47.620
 Dwight

00:20:47.620 --> 00:20:48.019
 Moody

00:20:48.019 --> 00:20:48.579
 who once

00:20:48.579 --> 00:20:48.839
 said

00:20:48.839 --> 00:20:49.759
 a holy

00:20:49.759 --> 00:20:50.119
 life

00:20:50.119 --> 00:20:50.539
 will make

00:20:50.539 --> 00:20:51.339
 the deepest

00:20:51.339 --> 00:20:52.279
 impression.

00:20:53.319 --> 00:20:54.039
 Lighthouses

00:20:54.039 --> 00:20:55.039
 blow no

00:20:55.039 --> 00:20:55.579
 horns.

00:20:56.379 --> 00:20:57.000
 They just

00:20:57.000 --> 00:20:57.819
 shine.

00:20:59.660 --> 00:20:59.980
 And so

00:20:59.980 --> 00:21:00.539
 there is

00:21:00.539 --> 00:21:01.119
 what we

00:21:01.119 --> 00:21:01.400
 are to

00:21:01.400 --> 00:21:01.859
 be as

00:21:01.859 --> 00:21:02.579
 Christians.

00:21:03.379 --> 00:21:03.839
 Holy

00:21:03.839 --> 00:21:04.559
 examples

00:21:04.559 --> 00:21:05.579
 to those

00:21:05.579 --> 00:21:06.400
 around us.

00:21:06.879 --> 00:21:07.240
 Adding

00:21:07.240 --> 00:21:08.059
 to our

00:21:08.059 --> 00:21:08.700
 faith

00:21:08.700 --> 00:21:09.559
 virtue.

00:21:11.059 --> 00:21:11.480
 And then

00:21:11.480 --> 00:21:11.799
 he goes

00:21:11.799 --> 00:21:12.180
 on.

00:21:13.299 --> 00:21:13.599
 Add

00:21:13.599 --> 00:21:14.059
 to your

00:21:14.059 --> 00:21:14.619
 faith

00:21:14.619 --> 00:21:15.779
 virtue

00:21:15.779 --> 00:21:16.679
 and

00:21:16.679 --> 00:21:17.819
 virtue

00:21:17.819 --> 00:21:18.659
 with

00:21:18.659 --> 00:21:19.299
 knowledge.

00:21:20.639 --> 00:21:21.059
 So the

00:21:21.059 --> 00:21:21.419
 second of

00:21:21.419 --> 00:21:21.619
 these

00:21:21.619 --> 00:21:22.019
 things

00:21:22.019 --> 00:21:23.139
 knowledge

00:21:23.139 --> 00:21:24.419
 and

00:21:24.419 --> 00:21:25.259
 understanding

00:21:25.259 --> 00:21:26.339
 of the

00:21:26.339 --> 00:21:26.839
 truth

00:21:26.839 --> 00:21:28.019
 and how

00:21:28.019 --> 00:21:28.559
 to live

00:21:28.559 --> 00:21:28.779
 it.

00:21:29.559 --> 00:21:30.000
 We can

00:21:30.000 --> 00:21:30.359
 all have

00:21:30.359 --> 00:21:30.500
 an

00:21:30.500 --> 00:21:31.299
 understanding

00:21:31.299 --> 00:21:32.419
 of truth

00:21:32.419 --> 00:21:33.000
 in some

00:21:33.000 --> 00:21:33.359
 way.

00:21:34.619 --> 00:21:34.919
 But

00:21:34.919 --> 00:21:36.299
 to have

00:21:36.299 --> 00:21:37.019
 knowledge

00:21:37.019 --> 00:21:37.859
 is to

00:21:37.859 --> 00:21:38.359
 add to

00:21:38.359 --> 00:21:39.059
 that virtue

00:21:39.059 --> 00:21:39.960
 of applying

00:21:39.960 --> 00:21:40.399
 it all

00:21:40.399 --> 00:21:40.839
 to our

00:21:40.839 --> 00:21:41.379
 lives.

00:21:42.579 --> 00:21:43.000
 How we

00:21:43.000 --> 00:21:43.740
 can live

00:21:43.740 --> 00:21:45.099
 with that

00:21:45.099 --> 00:21:45.720
 knowledge

00:21:45.720 --> 00:21:46.659
 of God

00:21:46.659 --> 00:21:47.599
 and seeking

00:21:47.599 --> 00:21:48.819
 to understand

00:21:48.819 --> 00:21:50.240
 his word

00:21:50.240 --> 00:21:51.839
 more and

00:21:51.839 --> 00:21:52.240
 more.

00:21:53.079 --> 00:21:53.579
 Where does

00:21:53.579 --> 00:21:54.019
 the knowledge

00:21:54.019 --> 00:21:54.639
 of God

00:21:54.639 --> 00:21:55.379
 come from?

00:21:56.339 --> 00:21:57.019
 It comes

00:21:57.019 --> 00:21:57.599
 from being

00:21:57.599 --> 00:21:57.940
 in his

00:21:57.940 --> 00:21:58.359
 word.

00:21:58.859 --> 00:21:59.500
 By seeking

00:21:59.500 --> 00:22:01.000
 to indulge

00:22:01.000 --> 00:22:01.259
 in his

00:22:01.259 --> 00:22:02.319
 word day

00:22:02.319 --> 00:22:02.899
 after day

00:22:02.899 --> 00:22:03.379
 to seek

00:22:03.379 --> 00:22:04.639
 that understanding

00:22:04.639 --> 00:22:05.039
 that we

00:22:05.039 --> 00:22:06.220
 find in

00:22:06.220 --> 00:22:06.960
 his word.

00:22:07.639 --> 00:22:08.259
 When you

00:22:08.259 --> 00:22:08.619
 go to

00:22:08.619 --> 00:22:09.960
 Psalm 119

00:22:09.960 --> 00:22:11.559
 that psalm

00:22:11.559 --> 00:22:11.879
 as a

00:22:11.879 --> 00:22:12.240
 whole

00:22:12.240 --> 00:22:12.720
 it speaks

00:22:12.720 --> 00:22:13.079
 about the

00:22:13.079 --> 00:22:13.700
 importance

00:22:13.700 --> 00:22:14.500
 of the

00:22:14.500 --> 00:22:15.079
 word of

00:22:15.079 --> 00:22:15.519
 God

00:22:15.519 --> 00:22:16.299
 in our

00:22:16.299 --> 00:22:16.879
 lives.

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 And at

00:22:17.819 --> 00:22:18.420
 one point

00:22:18.420 --> 00:22:18.759
 in that

00:22:18.759 --> 00:22:19.059
 psalm

00:22:19.059 --> 00:22:19.420
 in verse

00:22:19.420 --> 00:22:20.180
 67

00:22:20.180 --> 00:22:20.879
 the psalmist

00:22:20.879 --> 00:22:21.279
 says

00:22:21.279 --> 00:22:22.559
 before I

00:22:22.559 --> 00:22:23.579
 was afflicted

00:22:23.579 --> 00:22:24.420
 I went

00:22:24.420 --> 00:22:25.180
 astray

00:22:25.180 --> 00:22:26.279
 but now

00:22:26.279 --> 00:22:27.180
 I keep

00:22:27.180 --> 00:22:28.039
 your word.

00:22:29.379 --> 00:22:30.279
 So a

00:22:30.279 --> 00:22:30.879
 lack of

00:22:30.879 --> 00:22:32.759
 understanding

00:22:32.759 --> 00:22:33.180
 a lack of

00:22:33.180 --> 00:22:33.680
 knowledge

00:22:33.680 --> 00:22:34.000
 in the

00:22:34.000 --> 00:22:34.400
 word of

00:22:34.400 --> 00:22:34.640
 God

00:22:34.640 --> 00:22:35.140
 a falling

00:22:35.140 --> 00:22:35.720
 away from

00:22:35.720 --> 00:22:36.119
 the word

00:22:36.119 --> 00:22:36.599
 of God

00:22:36.599 --> 00:22:37.140
 leaves us

00:22:37.140 --> 00:22:37.660
 so often

00:22:37.660 --> 00:22:38.240
 afflicted.

00:22:38.259 --> 00:22:39.640
 But the

00:22:39.640 --> 00:22:39.859
 psalm

00:22:39.859 --> 00:22:40.480
 says no

00:22:40.480 --> 00:22:41.440
 now I

00:22:41.440 --> 00:22:42.099
 keep

00:22:42.099 --> 00:22:43.200
 your word.

00:22:43.859 --> 00:22:44.579
 Your word

00:22:44.579 --> 00:22:45.299
 is what

00:22:45.299 --> 00:22:46.019
 is guiding

00:22:46.019 --> 00:22:46.319
 me.

00:22:46.720 --> 00:22:47.079
 What is

00:22:47.079 --> 00:22:48.000
 helping me.

00:22:48.660 --> 00:22:48.940
 And so

00:22:48.940 --> 00:22:49.259
 we need

00:22:49.259 --> 00:22:50.099
 that knowledge

00:22:50.099 --> 00:22:50.980
 of the

00:22:50.980 --> 00:22:52.119
 word of

00:22:52.119 --> 00:22:52.420
 God.

00:22:52.519 --> 00:22:52.660
 Do you

00:22:52.660 --> 00:22:53.099
 have that

00:22:53.099 --> 00:22:53.579
 hunger

00:22:53.579 --> 00:22:54.920
 for God's

00:22:54.920 --> 00:22:55.240
 word?

00:22:55.440 --> 00:22:55.579
 Do you

00:22:55.579 --> 00:22:55.879
 have that

00:22:55.879 --> 00:22:56.720
 desire and

00:22:56.720 --> 00:22:57.059
 longing

00:22:57.059 --> 00:22:58.299
 for God's

00:22:58.299 --> 00:22:58.879
 word day

00:22:58.879 --> 00:22:59.339
 by day

00:22:59.339 --> 00:22:59.640
 that it

00:22:59.640 --> 00:22:59.960
 is the

00:22:59.960 --> 00:23:00.519
 word of

00:23:00.519 --> 00:23:00.980
 God

00:23:00.980 --> 00:23:02.059
 that teaches

00:23:02.059 --> 00:23:03.079
 us how

00:23:03.079 --> 00:23:03.940
 to glorify

00:23:03.940 --> 00:23:04.400
 and how

00:23:04.400 --> 00:23:05.339
 to enjoy

00:23:05.339 --> 00:23:06.119
 him

00:23:06.119 --> 00:23:06.980
 forever?

00:23:07.599 --> 00:23:08.419
 To seek

00:23:08.419 --> 00:23:09.459
 more of

00:23:09.459 --> 00:23:10.220
 that knowledge

00:23:10.220 --> 00:23:10.879
 of God

00:23:10.879 --> 00:23:11.740
 in his

00:23:11.740 --> 00:23:12.220
 word.

00:23:13.220 --> 00:23:13.639
 And then

00:23:13.639 --> 00:23:14.459
 to knowledge

00:23:14.459 --> 00:23:15.539
 is added

00:23:15.539 --> 00:23:17.779
 self-control.

00:23:17.779 --> 00:23:20.319
 And again

00:23:20.319 --> 00:23:20.819
 this is

00:23:20.819 --> 00:23:21.639
 something we

00:23:21.639 --> 00:23:22.160
 always have

00:23:22.160 --> 00:23:22.759
 to work

00:23:22.759 --> 00:23:23.539
 on in

00:23:23.539 --> 00:23:24.119
 our life

00:23:24.119 --> 00:23:24.839
 as well.

00:23:25.079 --> 00:23:26.000
 Faith is

00:23:26.000 --> 00:23:26.700
 the foundation

00:23:26.700 --> 00:23:27.619
 but again

00:23:27.619 --> 00:23:28.000
 and again

00:23:28.000 --> 00:23:28.359
 we are having

00:23:28.359 --> 00:23:29.200
 to exercise

00:23:29.200 --> 00:23:30.079
 our faith

00:23:30.079 --> 00:23:31.279
 in all of

00:23:31.279 --> 00:23:31.859
 these things.

00:23:32.000 --> 00:23:33.279
 Self-control.

00:23:34.160 --> 00:23:34.740
 So often

00:23:34.740 --> 00:23:35.259
 our lives

00:23:35.259 --> 00:23:36.200
 will go

00:23:36.200 --> 00:23:36.859
 the direction

00:23:36.859 --> 00:23:37.619
 of I'll

00:23:37.619 --> 00:23:38.500
 do as

00:23:38.500 --> 00:23:39.339
 I please.

00:23:40.339 --> 00:23:40.899
 But that

00:23:40.899 --> 00:23:41.279
 is going

00:23:41.279 --> 00:23:42.299
 away from

00:23:42.299 --> 00:23:42.720
 the word

00:23:42.720 --> 00:23:43.319
 of God.

00:23:43.319 --> 00:23:44.460
 Our lives

00:23:44.460 --> 00:23:44.700
 are not

00:23:44.700 --> 00:23:44.960
 to do

00:23:44.960 --> 00:23:45.480
 as we

00:23:45.480 --> 00:23:46.019
 please

00:23:46.019 --> 00:23:47.139
 but to

00:23:47.139 --> 00:23:47.599
 do as

00:23:47.599 --> 00:23:48.220
 God

00:23:48.220 --> 00:23:49.019
 wills.

00:23:50.179 --> 00:23:50.439
 Psalm

00:23:50.439 --> 00:23:51.220
 40

00:23:51.220 --> 00:23:52.000
 speaks of

00:23:52.000 --> 00:23:52.159
 it.

00:23:52.279 --> 00:23:52.559
 To do

00:23:52.559 --> 00:23:53.159
 thy will

00:23:53.159 --> 00:23:54.200
 I take

00:23:54.200 --> 00:23:54.659
 delight.

00:23:55.039 --> 00:23:55.419
 And it's

00:23:55.419 --> 00:23:56.119
 seeking that

00:23:56.119 --> 00:23:56.759
 delight

00:23:56.759 --> 00:23:57.879
 in God.

00:23:57.960 --> 00:23:58.299
 Otherwise

00:23:58.299 --> 00:23:58.799
 we are

00:23:58.799 --> 00:23:59.220
 seeking

00:23:59.220 --> 00:23:59.720
 delight

00:23:59.720 --> 00:23:59.919
 in

00:23:59.919 --> 00:24:00.539
 ourselves

00:24:00.539 --> 00:24:01.519
 that so

00:24:01.519 --> 00:24:01.839
 often

00:24:01.839 --> 00:24:02.639
 leads us

00:24:02.639 --> 00:24:03.419
 along

00:24:03.419 --> 00:24:04.019
 the wrong

00:24:04.019 --> 00:24:04.700
 path.

00:24:04.939 --> 00:24:06.179
 Self-control

00:24:06.179 --> 00:24:07.019
 is something

00:24:07.019 --> 00:24:08.179
 that we all

00:24:08.179 --> 00:24:08.740
 have to

00:24:08.740 --> 00:24:09.460
 work on.

00:24:09.899 --> 00:24:10.279
 And we

00:24:10.279 --> 00:24:10.579
 know it

00:24:10.579 --> 00:24:11.099
 only too

00:24:11.099 --> 00:24:11.639
 well how

00:24:11.639 --> 00:24:12.139
 often we

00:24:12.139 --> 00:24:12.539
 have to

00:24:12.539 --> 00:24:12.960
 do it.

00:24:13.319 --> 00:24:14.439
 One writer

00:24:14.439 --> 00:24:15.099
 puts it

00:24:15.099 --> 00:24:15.740
 like this.

00:24:16.259 --> 00:24:16.500
 We have

00:24:16.500 --> 00:24:16.859
 to show

00:24:16.859 --> 00:24:17.799
 self-control

00:24:17.799 --> 00:24:18.919
 on our

00:24:18.919 --> 00:24:19.480
 tongues,

00:24:19.799 --> 00:24:21.579
 our tempers

00:24:21.579 --> 00:24:22.399
 and our

00:24:22.399 --> 00:24:23.220
 temptations.

00:24:23.700 --> 00:24:24.659
 These three

00:24:24.659 --> 00:24:25.359
 areas of

00:24:25.359 --> 00:24:26.119
 life where

00:24:26.119 --> 00:24:26.519
 we have to

00:24:26.519 --> 00:24:27.899
 show self-control

00:24:27.899 --> 00:24:28.740
 our tongues,

00:24:29.259 --> 00:24:30.139
 our tempers

00:24:30.139 --> 00:24:30.980
 and our

00:24:30.980 --> 00:24:31.839
 temptations.

00:24:32.659 --> 00:24:33.000
 And we

00:24:33.000 --> 00:24:33.519
 know only

00:24:33.519 --> 00:24:34.159
 too well

00:24:34.159 --> 00:24:35.179
 how easy

00:24:35.179 --> 00:24:36.000
 it is to

00:24:36.000 --> 00:24:37.099
 lose control

00:24:37.099 --> 00:24:38.159
 in all of

00:24:38.159 --> 00:24:38.919
 these things.

00:24:39.659 --> 00:24:40.099
 In our

00:24:40.099 --> 00:24:40.720
 tongues

00:24:40.720 --> 00:24:41.980
 and how

00:24:41.980 --> 00:24:42.799
 we speak

00:24:42.799 --> 00:24:43.279
 to

00:24:43.279 --> 00:24:43.819
 others

00:24:43.819 --> 00:24:44.539
 or about

00:24:44.539 --> 00:24:45.139
 others

00:24:45.139 --> 00:24:46.180
 we have

00:24:46.180 --> 00:24:46.599
 to show

00:24:46.599 --> 00:24:47.639
 self-control.

00:24:48.279 --> 00:24:48.859
 In our

00:24:48.859 --> 00:24:49.680
 tempers

00:24:49.680 --> 00:24:50.899
 when we

00:24:50.899 --> 00:24:51.779
 start losing

00:24:51.779 --> 00:24:52.659
 control of

00:24:52.659 --> 00:24:53.259
 our temper

00:24:53.259 --> 00:24:53.680
 we have

00:24:53.680 --> 00:24:54.139
 to show

00:24:54.139 --> 00:24:55.440
 self-control

00:24:55.440 --> 00:24:56.539
 to come

00:24:56.539 --> 00:24:57.399
 back to

00:24:57.399 --> 00:24:57.899
 the word

00:24:57.899 --> 00:24:58.599
 of God.

00:24:59.099 --> 00:24:59.539
 In our

00:24:59.539 --> 00:25:00.399
 temptations

00:25:00.399 --> 00:25:01.559
 we know

00:25:01.559 --> 00:25:02.139
 the Lord's

00:25:02.139 --> 00:25:02.519
 prayer

00:25:02.519 --> 00:25:02.839
 how he

00:25:02.839 --> 00:25:03.059
 says

00:25:03.059 --> 00:25:03.500
 lead us

00:25:03.500 --> 00:25:04.019
 not into

00:25:04.019 --> 00:25:04.619
 temptation

00:25:04.619 --> 00:25:05.379
 but deliver

00:25:05.379 --> 00:25:06.319
 us from

00:25:06.319 --> 00:25:06.799
 evil.

00:25:07.180 --> 00:25:07.619
 We need

00:25:07.619 --> 00:25:08.099
 to show

00:25:08.099 --> 00:25:09.779
 self-control

00:25:09.779 --> 00:25:11.279
 and so

00:25:11.279 --> 00:25:12.039
 these things

00:25:12.039 --> 00:25:12.719
 they're all

00:25:12.719 --> 00:25:13.759
 building

00:25:13.759 --> 00:25:14.619
 together.

00:25:15.839 --> 00:25:16.559
 So we

00:25:16.559 --> 00:25:17.019
 have that

00:25:17.019 --> 00:25:17.959
 self-control

00:25:17.959 --> 00:25:18.339
 and then

00:25:18.339 --> 00:25:18.899
 add to

00:25:18.899 --> 00:25:20.079
 self-control

00:25:20.079 --> 00:25:22.059
 steadfastness.

00:25:22.839 --> 00:25:23.659
 Steadfastness

00:25:23.659 --> 00:25:24.299
 this means

00:25:24.299 --> 00:25:25.919
 endurance.

00:25:27.379 --> 00:25:28.079
 Endurance

00:25:28.079 --> 00:25:28.859
 a faith

00:25:28.859 --> 00:25:29.719
 that endures

00:25:29.719 --> 00:25:30.480
 no matter

00:25:30.480 --> 00:25:31.119
 what goes

00:25:31.119 --> 00:25:31.719
 on around

00:25:31.719 --> 00:25:32.139
 us

00:25:32.139 --> 00:25:32.959
 no matter

00:25:32.959 --> 00:25:33.539
 what we

00:25:33.539 --> 00:25:34.219
 hear that

00:25:34.219 --> 00:25:34.779
 will tempt

00:25:34.779 --> 00:25:35.319
 us away

00:25:35.319 --> 00:25:35.559
 from

00:25:35.559 --> 00:25:36.079
 believing

00:25:36.079 --> 00:25:36.980
 the word

00:25:36.980 --> 00:25:37.440
 of God

00:25:37.440 --> 00:25:38.299
 we endure

00:25:38.299 --> 00:25:39.379
 in all

00:25:39.379 --> 00:25:40.379
 situations

00:25:40.379 --> 00:25:42.639
 because we

00:25:42.639 --> 00:25:43.299
 hear so

00:25:43.299 --> 00:25:43.940
 often those

00:25:43.940 --> 00:25:44.259
 who will

00:25:44.259 --> 00:25:45.460
 cast away

00:25:45.460 --> 00:25:46.200
 God's word

00:25:46.200 --> 00:25:46.720
 how it's

00:25:46.720 --> 00:25:47.259
 false

00:25:47.259 --> 00:25:47.639
 how it's

00:25:47.639 --> 00:25:48.339
 not truth

00:25:48.339 --> 00:25:49.019
 how we

00:25:49.019 --> 00:25:49.579
 don't need

00:25:49.579 --> 00:25:49.920
 it

00:25:49.920 --> 00:25:51.279
 but yet

00:25:51.279 --> 00:25:51.519
 we are

00:25:51.519 --> 00:25:51.799
 to be

00:25:51.799 --> 00:25:52.660
 steadfast

00:25:52.660 --> 00:25:54.220
 even when

00:25:54.220 --> 00:25:54.740
 things are

00:25:54.740 --> 00:25:55.639
 going against

00:25:55.639 --> 00:25:56.740
 God's

00:25:56.740 --> 00:25:57.240
 cause

00:25:57.240 --> 00:25:57.960
 in so many

00:25:57.960 --> 00:25:58.399
 ways

00:25:58.399 --> 00:25:59.299
 we are not

00:25:59.299 --> 00:25:59.839
 to turn

00:25:59.839 --> 00:26:00.319
 and drift

00:26:00.319 --> 00:26:00.680
 with a

00:26:00.680 --> 00:26:01.099
 tide

00:26:01.099 --> 00:26:01.799
 we are

00:26:01.799 --> 00:26:02.240
 to swim

00:26:02.240 --> 00:26:02.920
 against it

00:26:02.920 --> 00:26:03.779
 to endure

00:26:03.779 --> 00:26:04.859
 to go

00:26:04.859 --> 00:26:05.619
 that direction

00:26:05.619 --> 00:26:05.960
 that the

00:26:05.960 --> 00:26:06.559
 Lord is

00:26:06.559 --> 00:26:07.039
 putting us

00:26:07.039 --> 00:26:08.500
 in and

00:26:08.500 --> 00:26:09.180
 to hold

00:26:09.180 --> 00:26:09.859
 fast

00:26:09.859 --> 00:26:10.680
 in the

00:26:10.680 --> 00:26:11.180
 faith

00:26:11.180 --> 00:26:12.980
 again

00:26:12.980 --> 00:26:13.359
 someone

00:26:13.359 --> 00:26:14.119
 describes

00:26:14.119 --> 00:26:14.440
 it as

00:26:14.440 --> 00:26:15.079
 the vine

00:26:15.079 --> 00:26:16.279
 that clings

00:26:16.279 --> 00:26:16.720
 to the

00:26:16.720 --> 00:26:17.099
 tree

00:26:17.099 --> 00:26:18.660
 when the

00:26:18.660 --> 00:26:19.039
 wind

00:26:19.039 --> 00:26:20.420
 is blowing

00:26:20.420 --> 00:26:21.079
 against

00:26:21.079 --> 00:26:21.619
 the vine

00:26:21.619 --> 00:26:22.079
 it's blowing

00:26:22.079 --> 00:26:22.619
 it against

00:26:22.619 --> 00:26:23.259
 the tree

00:26:23.259 --> 00:26:23.980
 so it's

00:26:23.980 --> 00:26:24.839
 held closely

00:26:24.839 --> 00:26:25.460
 to it

00:26:25.460 --> 00:26:26.599
 or when

00:26:26.599 --> 00:26:26.980
 the wind

00:26:26.980 --> 00:26:27.440
 is blowing

00:26:27.440 --> 00:26:27.940
 into its

00:26:27.940 --> 00:26:28.460
 face

00:26:28.460 --> 00:26:29.200
 it's

00:26:29.200 --> 00:26:29.859
 sheltering

00:26:29.859 --> 00:26:30.279
 behind

00:26:30.279 --> 00:26:30.759
 the tree

00:26:30.759 --> 00:26:31.180
 so the

00:26:31.180 --> 00:26:31.399
 wind

00:26:31.399 --> 00:26:31.700
 cannot

00:26:31.700 --> 00:26:32.259
 push it

00:26:32.259 --> 00:26:32.740
 away

00:26:32.740 --> 00:26:33.980
 and it's

00:26:33.980 --> 00:26:34.519
 that way

00:26:34.519 --> 00:26:34.839
 that we

00:26:34.839 --> 00:26:35.200
 are to

00:26:35.200 --> 00:26:35.779
 endure

00:26:35.779 --> 00:26:37.180
 by holding

00:26:37.180 --> 00:26:37.740
 fast

00:26:37.740 --> 00:26:38.279
 close

00:26:38.279 --> 00:26:38.700
 to the

00:26:38.700 --> 00:26:39.039
 Lord

00:26:39.039 --> 00:26:40.059
 when the

00:26:40.059 --> 00:26:40.440
 storm

00:26:40.440 --> 00:26:41.079
 is on

00:26:41.079 --> 00:26:41.640
 our back

00:26:41.640 --> 00:26:41.859
 we are

00:26:41.859 --> 00:26:42.380
 being pushed

00:26:42.380 --> 00:26:43.180
 closer to

00:26:43.180 --> 00:26:43.400
 him

00:26:43.400 --> 00:26:44.519
 when the

00:26:44.519 --> 00:26:44.940
 storm

00:26:44.940 --> 00:26:45.240
 is in

00:26:45.240 --> 00:26:45.880
 our face

00:26:45.880 --> 00:26:46.579
 we are

00:26:46.579 --> 00:26:47.240
 sheltering

00:26:47.240 --> 00:26:47.759
 behind

00:26:47.759 --> 00:26:48.140
 him

00:26:48.140 --> 00:26:48.940
 we are

00:26:48.940 --> 00:26:49.519
 there with

00:26:49.519 --> 00:26:49.740
 him

00:26:49.740 --> 00:26:50.579
 always

00:26:50.579 --> 00:26:50.980
 we are

00:26:50.980 --> 00:26:51.460
 showing

00:26:51.460 --> 00:26:52.660
 endurance

00:26:52.660 --> 00:26:53.579
 and remembering

00:26:53.579 --> 00:26:54.779
 the promises

00:26:54.779 --> 00:26:55.660
 of God's

00:26:55.660 --> 00:26:55.920
 word

00:26:55.920 --> 00:26:56.480
 promises

00:26:56.480 --> 00:26:56.960
 like he

00:26:56.960 --> 00:26:57.559
 says in

00:26:57.559 --> 00:26:58.259
 Hebrews

00:26:58.259 --> 00:26:58.880
 13

00:26:58.880 --> 00:26:59.400
 5

00:26:59.400 --> 00:27:00.360
 I will

00:27:00.360 --> 00:27:00.800
 never

00:27:00.800 --> 00:27:01.240
 leave

00:27:01.240 --> 00:27:01.440
 you

00:27:01.440 --> 00:27:02.400
 I will

00:27:02.400 --> 00:27:02.780
 never

00:27:02.780 --> 00:27:03.540
 forsake

00:27:03.540 --> 00:27:03.780
 you

00:27:03.780 --> 00:27:05.300
 we have

00:27:05.300 --> 00:27:05.940
 all these

00:27:05.940 --> 00:27:06.519
 promises

00:27:06.519 --> 00:27:07.180
 that help

00:27:07.180 --> 00:27:07.480
 us

00:27:07.480 --> 00:27:08.440
 to be

00:27:08.440 --> 00:27:09.340
 steadfast

00:27:09.340 --> 00:27:11.620
 and then

00:27:11.620 --> 00:27:12.019
 we add

00:27:12.019 --> 00:27:12.560
 to

00:27:12.560 --> 00:27:16.140
 steadfastness

00:27:16.140 --> 00:27:17.160
 godliness

00:27:17.160 --> 00:27:20.160
 again this

00:27:20.160 --> 00:27:20.900
 word means

00:27:20.900 --> 00:27:21.800
 just walking

00:27:21.800 --> 00:27:22.740
 in light

00:27:22.740 --> 00:27:23.120
 of the

00:27:23.120 --> 00:27:23.759
 greatness

00:27:23.759 --> 00:27:25.040
 of God

00:27:25.040 --> 00:27:26.720
 recognizing

00:27:26.720 --> 00:27:27.819
 who he

00:27:27.819 --> 00:27:28.059
 is

00:27:28.059 --> 00:27:29.100
 added on

00:27:29.100 --> 00:27:29.299
 to

00:27:29.299 --> 00:27:29.839
 holiness

00:27:29.839 --> 00:27:30.220
 as we

00:27:30.220 --> 00:27:30.660
 see the

00:27:30.660 --> 00:27:31.100
 holiness

00:27:31.100 --> 00:27:31.799
 of God

00:27:31.799 --> 00:27:32.660
 we see

00:27:32.660 --> 00:27:33.360
 godliness

00:27:33.360 --> 00:27:34.220
 we walk

00:27:34.220 --> 00:27:34.799
 in light

00:27:34.799 --> 00:27:35.860
 of his

00:27:35.860 --> 00:27:36.940
 greatness

00:27:36.940 --> 00:27:38.799
 everything

00:27:38.799 --> 00:27:39.220
 that we

00:27:39.220 --> 00:27:39.779
 are doing

00:27:39.779 --> 00:27:40.519
 we are to

00:27:40.519 --> 00:27:41.440
 do in

00:27:41.440 --> 00:27:42.039
 the fear

00:27:42.039 --> 00:27:42.339
 of the

00:27:42.339 --> 00:27:42.720
 Lord

00:27:42.720 --> 00:27:43.700
 and that

00:27:43.700 --> 00:27:44.519
 is wisdom

00:27:44.519 --> 00:27:45.460
 that is

00:27:45.460 --> 00:27:46.100
 wisdom's

00:27:46.100 --> 00:27:46.440
 beginning

00:27:46.440 --> 00:27:47.180
 the fear

00:27:47.180 --> 00:27:47.960
 of the

00:27:47.960 --> 00:27:48.319
 Lord

00:27:48.319 --> 00:27:49.039
 that we

00:27:49.039 --> 00:27:49.380
 are in

00:27:49.380 --> 00:27:49.860
 awe

00:27:49.860 --> 00:27:50.880
 of God

00:27:50.880 --> 00:27:51.779
 that we

00:27:51.779 --> 00:27:52.180
 are living

00:27:52.180 --> 00:27:52.700
 in light

00:27:52.700 --> 00:27:53.100
 of the

00:27:53.100 --> 00:27:53.680
 greatness

00:27:53.680 --> 00:27:55.100
 of God

00:27:55.100 --> 00:27:56.279
 so we

00:27:56.279 --> 00:27:56.539
 have

00:27:56.539 --> 00:27:57.839
 godliness

00:27:57.839 --> 00:28:00.119
 godliness

00:28:00.119 --> 00:28:00.619
 in the

00:28:00.619 --> 00:28:01.139
 sense of

00:28:01.139 --> 00:28:01.680
 everything

00:28:01.680 --> 00:28:02.079
 that we

00:28:02.079 --> 00:28:02.399
 do

00:28:02.399 --> 00:28:03.559
 is for

00:28:03.559 --> 00:28:04.160
 his

00:28:04.160 --> 00:28:05.139
 glory

00:28:05.139 --> 00:28:07.119
 and then

00:28:07.119 --> 00:28:07.759
 godliness

00:28:07.759 --> 00:28:08.759
 we add

00:28:08.759 --> 00:28:09.799
 brotherly

00:28:09.799 --> 00:28:10.859
 affection

00:28:10.859 --> 00:28:11.579
 brotherly

00:28:11.579 --> 00:28:11.960
 love

00:28:11.960 --> 00:28:14.740
 and again

00:28:14.740 --> 00:28:15.200
 we see

00:28:15.200 --> 00:28:15.680
 this how

00:28:15.680 --> 00:28:16.379
 it's closely

00:28:16.379 --> 00:28:16.839
 linked

00:28:16.839 --> 00:28:18.139
 to godliness

00:28:18.139 --> 00:28:18.920
 and holiness

00:28:18.920 --> 00:28:19.279
 when we

00:28:19.279 --> 00:28:19.819
 love the

00:28:19.819 --> 00:28:20.079
 Lord

00:28:20.079 --> 00:28:20.599
 with all

00:28:20.599 --> 00:28:21.180
 our heart

00:28:21.180 --> 00:28:22.220
 we love

00:28:22.220 --> 00:28:22.819
 our neighbor

00:28:22.819 --> 00:28:23.879
 as our

00:28:23.879 --> 00:28:24.480
 self

00:28:24.480 --> 00:28:25.579
 brotherly

00:28:25.579 --> 00:28:26.599
 affection

00:28:26.599 --> 00:28:27.240
 a love

00:28:27.240 --> 00:28:28.619
 for the

00:28:28.619 --> 00:28:29.220
 Lord's

00:28:29.220 --> 00:28:29.859
 people

00:28:29.859 --> 00:28:31.500
 and when

00:28:31.500 --> 00:28:32.000
 you think

00:28:32.000 --> 00:28:32.379
 of that

00:28:32.379 --> 00:28:33.139
 brotherly

00:28:33.139 --> 00:28:33.980
 affection

00:28:33.980 --> 00:28:35.980
 you think

00:28:35.980 --> 00:28:36.740
 of Peter

00:28:36.740 --> 00:28:38.439
 and how

00:28:38.439 --> 00:28:39.179
 much he

00:28:39.179 --> 00:28:39.579
 knew

00:28:39.579 --> 00:28:40.839
 of that

00:28:40.839 --> 00:28:41.379
 brotherly

00:28:41.379 --> 00:28:41.919
 affection

00:28:41.919 --> 00:28:44.139
 when he

00:28:44.139 --> 00:28:45.079
 had denied

00:28:45.079 --> 00:28:46.339
 the Lord

00:28:46.339 --> 00:28:47.480
 Jesus Christ

00:28:47.480 --> 00:28:49.339
 the Lord

00:28:49.339 --> 00:28:50.059
 didn't

00:28:50.059 --> 00:28:50.759
 reject him

00:28:50.759 --> 00:28:52.179
 he didn't

00:28:52.179 --> 00:28:52.579
 put him

00:28:52.579 --> 00:28:52.939
 away

00:28:52.940 --> 00:28:54.539
 but he

00:28:54.539 --> 00:28:55.000
 showed

00:28:55.000 --> 00:28:55.460
 that

00:28:55.460 --> 00:28:56.259
 brotherly

00:28:56.259 --> 00:28:57.120
 affection

00:28:57.120 --> 00:28:58.920
 in restoring

00:28:58.920 --> 00:29:00.200
 a brother

00:29:00.200 --> 00:29:01.840
 in his

00:29:01.840 --> 00:29:02.259
 faith

00:29:02.259 --> 00:29:03.779
 and bringing

00:29:03.779 --> 00:29:04.559
 him back

00:29:04.559 --> 00:29:05.880
 he had

00:29:05.880 --> 00:29:06.660
 denied him

00:29:06.660 --> 00:29:08.000
 three times

00:29:08.000 --> 00:29:09.360
 and yet he

00:29:09.360 --> 00:29:09.840
 asked him

00:29:09.840 --> 00:29:10.680
 that question

00:29:10.680 --> 00:29:11.680
 Simon

00:29:11.680 --> 00:29:12.220
 Peter

00:29:12.220 --> 00:29:13.600
 do you

00:29:13.600 --> 00:29:14.200
 love me

00:29:14.200 --> 00:29:15.720
 yes

00:29:15.720 --> 00:29:16.140
 Lord

00:29:16.140 --> 00:29:17.519
 you know

00:29:17.519 --> 00:29:18.420
 that I

00:29:18.420 --> 00:29:18.960
 love you

00:29:18.960 --> 00:29:19.900
 was Peter

00:29:19.900 --> 00:29:20.720
 response

00:29:20.720 --> 00:29:21.779
 Peter

00:29:21.779 --> 00:29:22.660
 here he

00:29:22.660 --> 00:29:23.160
 is in the

00:29:23.160 --> 00:29:23.980
 latter stages

00:29:23.980 --> 00:29:24.420
 of his

00:29:24.420 --> 00:29:24.819
 life

00:29:24.819 --> 00:29:25.640
 as he's

00:29:25.640 --> 00:29:26.220
 thinking of

00:29:26.220 --> 00:29:26.759
 brotherly

00:29:26.759 --> 00:29:27.319
 affection

00:29:27.319 --> 00:29:28.220
 you can

00:29:28.220 --> 00:29:28.840
 imagine him

00:29:28.840 --> 00:29:29.259
 almost

00:29:29.259 --> 00:29:30.000
 welling up

00:29:30.000 --> 00:29:30.660
 in tears

00:29:30.660 --> 00:29:32.039
 thinking of

00:29:32.039 --> 00:29:32.799
 the love

00:29:32.799 --> 00:29:33.460
 that Jesus

00:29:33.460 --> 00:29:34.140
 had shown

00:29:34.140 --> 00:29:35.160
 to him

00:29:35.160 --> 00:29:36.380
 and that's

00:29:36.380 --> 00:29:36.900
 the love

00:29:36.900 --> 00:29:37.740
 that he is

00:29:37.740 --> 00:29:38.279
 saying to

00:29:38.279 --> 00:29:39.380
 show to

00:29:39.380 --> 00:29:39.960
 others

00:29:39.960 --> 00:29:41.079
 to show

00:29:41.079 --> 00:29:41.779
 that love

00:29:41.779 --> 00:29:42.680
 to our

00:29:42.680 --> 00:29:43.039
 brothers

00:29:43.039 --> 00:29:44.200
 and sisters

00:29:44.200 --> 00:29:45.620
 in Christ

00:29:45.620 --> 00:29:45.940
 when you

00:29:45.940 --> 00:29:46.319
 know

00:29:46.319 --> 00:29:47.460
 the love

00:29:47.460 --> 00:29:48.259
 of Christ

00:29:48.259 --> 00:29:49.759
 it's a

00:29:49.759 --> 00:29:50.159
 wonderful

00:29:50.159 --> 00:29:50.679
 thing

00:29:50.679 --> 00:29:51.659
 to be able

00:29:51.659 --> 00:29:52.319
 to share

00:29:52.319 --> 00:29:53.119
 it with

00:29:53.119 --> 00:29:53.559
 others

00:29:53.559 --> 00:29:53.919
 so we

00:29:53.919 --> 00:29:54.079
 have

00:29:54.079 --> 00:29:54.819
 brotherly

00:29:54.819 --> 00:29:55.899
 affection

00:29:55.899 --> 00:29:57.379
 and then

00:29:57.379 --> 00:29:57.899
 brotherly

00:29:57.899 --> 00:29:58.460
 affection

00:29:58.460 --> 00:29:59.919
 you add

00:29:59.919 --> 00:30:00.619
 to that

00:30:00.619 --> 00:30:01.679
 love

00:30:01.679 --> 00:30:04.039
 now here

00:30:04.039 --> 00:30:04.519
 it's

00:30:04.519 --> 00:30:04.960
 slightly

00:30:04.960 --> 00:30:06.000
 different

00:30:06.000 --> 00:30:07.659
 he's talking

00:30:07.659 --> 00:30:08.039
 about

00:30:08.039 --> 00:30:08.740
 that

00:30:08.740 --> 00:30:09.399
 self

00:30:09.399 --> 00:30:10.539
 sacrificing

00:30:10.539 --> 00:30:11.159
 love

00:30:11.159 --> 00:30:11.899
 for the

00:30:11.899 --> 00:30:12.259
 Lord

00:30:12.259 --> 00:30:13.399
 that

00:30:13.399 --> 00:30:14.139
 never

00:30:14.139 --> 00:30:14.639
 ending

00:30:14.639 --> 00:30:15.700
 love

00:30:15.700 --> 00:30:16.840
 for God

00:30:16.840 --> 00:30:17.080
 that

00:30:17.080 --> 00:30:17.620
 exhibits

00:30:17.620 --> 00:30:18.259
 itself

00:30:18.259 --> 00:30:18.860
 in

00:30:18.860 --> 00:30:19.460
 everything

00:30:19.460 --> 00:30:20.539
 that we

00:30:20.539 --> 00:30:20.900
 do

00:30:20.900 --> 00:30:22.019
 the very

00:30:22.019 --> 00:30:22.380
 same

00:30:22.380 --> 00:30:22.799
 love

00:30:22.799 --> 00:30:23.860
 that God

00:30:23.860 --> 00:30:24.559
 has shown

00:30:24.559 --> 00:30:25.720
 to us

00:30:25.720 --> 00:30:27.140
 and when

00:30:27.140 --> 00:30:27.680
 it says

00:30:27.680 --> 00:30:28.299
 when God

00:30:28.299 --> 00:30:29.140
 so loved

00:30:29.140 --> 00:30:29.819
 the world

00:30:29.819 --> 00:30:30.740
 that he

00:30:30.740 --> 00:30:31.200
 gave

00:30:31.200 --> 00:30:32.220
 his only

00:30:32.220 --> 00:30:32.660
 son

00:30:32.660 --> 00:30:33.960
 when we

00:30:33.960 --> 00:30:34.340
 see the

00:30:34.340 --> 00:30:35.000
 sacrificial

00:30:35.000 --> 00:30:35.640
 love

00:30:35.640 --> 00:30:36.740
 of God

00:30:36.740 --> 00:30:37.920
 that is

00:30:37.920 --> 00:30:38.559
 what drives

00:30:38.559 --> 00:30:39.140
 us surely

00:30:39.140 --> 00:30:40.059
 then to

00:30:40.059 --> 00:30:40.519
 grow in

00:30:40.519 --> 00:30:41.279
 our knowledge

00:30:41.279 --> 00:30:42.299
 of him

00:30:42.299 --> 00:30:43.039
 who called

00:30:43.039 --> 00:30:43.519
 us from

00:30:43.519 --> 00:30:44.180
 his own

00:30:44.180 --> 00:30:44.640
 glory

00:30:44.640 --> 00:30:46.400
 who called

00:30:46.400 --> 00:30:46.880
 us to

00:30:46.880 --> 00:30:47.740
 his own

00:30:47.740 --> 00:30:48.120
 glory

00:30:48.120 --> 00:30:48.740
 and excellence

00:30:48.740 --> 00:30:49.259
 as it

00:30:49.259 --> 00:30:49.640
 says

00:30:49.640 --> 00:30:50.460
 there

00:30:50.460 --> 00:30:50.820
 earlier

00:30:50.820 --> 00:30:51.140
 on

00:30:51.140 --> 00:30:51.640
 in

00:30:51.640 --> 00:30:51.920
 verse

00:30:51.920 --> 00:30:52.380
 three

00:30:52.380 --> 00:30:53.180
 we are

00:30:53.180 --> 00:30:53.620
 looking to

00:30:53.620 --> 00:30:54.020
 grow

00:30:54.020 --> 00:30:54.780
 in our

00:30:54.780 --> 00:30:55.320
 knowledge

00:30:55.320 --> 00:30:56.060
 of him

00:30:56.060 --> 00:30:57.560
 of the

00:30:57.560 --> 00:30:57.920
 Lord

00:30:57.920 --> 00:30:58.620
 Jesus

00:30:58.620 --> 00:30:59.200
 Christ

00:30:59.200 --> 00:31:00.040
 by seeing

00:31:00.040 --> 00:31:00.980
 what he

00:31:00.980 --> 00:31:01.640
 has done

00:31:01.640 --> 00:31:02.920
 for us

00:31:02.920 --> 00:31:04.759
 the love

00:31:04.759 --> 00:31:05.340
 of God

00:31:05.340 --> 00:31:05.720
 that did

00:31:05.720 --> 00:31:06.620
 not spare

00:31:06.620 --> 00:31:07.800
 his own

00:31:07.800 --> 00:31:08.300
 son

00:31:08.300 --> 00:31:09.880
 how much

00:31:09.880 --> 00:31:11.140
 do you

00:31:11.140 --> 00:31:11.500
 love

00:31:11.500 --> 00:31:11.940
 the

00:31:11.940 --> 00:31:12.360
 Lord

00:31:12.360 --> 00:31:15.020
 these

00:31:15.020 --> 00:31:15.640
 things

00:31:15.640 --> 00:31:16.760
 are there

00:31:16.760 --> 00:31:17.600
 for us

00:31:17.600 --> 00:31:19.220
 they seem

00:31:19.220 --> 00:31:20.000
 like you

00:31:20.000 --> 00:31:20.440
 would think

00:31:20.440 --> 00:31:20.660
 they would

00:31:20.660 --> 00:31:21.400
 be very

00:31:21.400 --> 00:31:21.940
 difficult

00:31:21.940 --> 00:31:22.680
 things to

00:31:22.680 --> 00:31:23.160
 grasp

00:31:23.160 --> 00:31:24.020
 to attain

00:31:24.020 --> 00:31:24.440
 to

00:31:24.440 --> 00:31:26.260
 but really

00:31:26.260 --> 00:31:26.580
 when you

00:31:26.580 --> 00:31:27.020
 think of

00:31:27.020 --> 00:31:27.580
 faith

00:31:27.580 --> 00:31:29.000
 faith is

00:31:29.000 --> 00:31:29.320
 in many

00:31:29.320 --> 00:31:29.680
 ways

00:31:29.680 --> 00:31:30.520
 we can

00:31:30.520 --> 00:31:30.800
 over

00:31:30.800 --> 00:31:31.460
 complicate

00:31:31.460 --> 00:31:31.800
 it

00:31:31.800 --> 00:31:32.800
 it's a

00:31:32.800 --> 00:31:33.220
 simple

00:31:33.220 --> 00:31:33.640
 thing

00:31:33.640 --> 00:31:35.260
 to believe

00:31:35.260 --> 00:31:36.000
 in the

00:31:36.000 --> 00:31:36.260
 Lord

00:31:36.259 --> 00:31:36.720
 Jesus

00:31:36.720 --> 00:31:37.400
 Christ

00:31:37.400 --> 00:31:38.920
 but it's

00:31:38.920 --> 00:31:39.359
 a faith

00:31:39.359 --> 00:31:39.680
 that is

00:31:39.680 --> 00:31:40.599
 to grow

00:31:40.599 --> 00:31:42.079
 a faith

00:31:42.079 --> 00:31:42.379
 that is

00:31:42.379 --> 00:31:42.819
 to grow

00:31:42.819 --> 00:31:43.299
 through

00:31:43.299 --> 00:31:44.220
 these

00:31:44.220 --> 00:31:44.839
 things

00:31:44.839 --> 00:31:46.099
 through

00:31:46.099 --> 00:31:46.480
 these

00:31:46.480 --> 00:31:46.859
 things

00:31:46.859 --> 00:31:47.319
 that then

00:31:47.319 --> 00:31:47.859
 give us

00:31:47.859 --> 00:31:48.220
 these

00:31:48.220 --> 00:31:49.779
 comforts

00:31:49.779 --> 00:31:50.660
 and assurance

00:31:50.660 --> 00:31:51.220
 of being

00:31:51.220 --> 00:31:51.940
 fruitful

00:31:51.940 --> 00:31:53.420
 of being

00:31:53.420 --> 00:31:54.299
 discerning

00:31:54.299 --> 00:31:55.740
 of having

00:31:55.740 --> 00:31:56.500
 assurance

00:31:56.500 --> 00:31:57.960
 and of

00:31:57.960 --> 00:31:58.279
 never

00:31:58.279 --> 00:31:58.960
 falling

00:31:58.960 --> 00:32:00.039
 it is

00:32:00.039 --> 00:32:00.359
 these

00:32:00.359 --> 00:32:00.839
 things

00:32:00.839 --> 00:32:01.579
 this list

00:32:01.579 --> 00:32:01.980
 in verse

00:32:01.980 --> 00:32:02.579
 five and

00:32:02.579 --> 00:32:03.019
 six

00:32:03.019 --> 00:32:04.099
 that we

00:32:04.099 --> 00:32:04.400
 are to

00:32:04.400 --> 00:32:04.980
 put into

00:32:04.980 --> 00:32:05.740
 practice

00:32:05.740 --> 00:32:07.620
 are we

00:32:07.620 --> 00:32:07.980
 willing

00:32:07.980 --> 00:32:08.799
 to

00:32:08.799 --> 00:32:09.519
 exercise

00:32:09.519 --> 00:32:10.359
 our

00:32:10.359 --> 00:32:10.960
 faith

00:32:10.960 --> 00:32:12.200
 and how

00:32:12.200 --> 00:32:12.660
 much

00:32:12.660 --> 00:32:13.680
 do we

00:32:13.680 --> 00:32:14.079
 love

00:32:14.079 --> 00:32:14.380
 the

00:32:14.380 --> 00:32:14.740
 Lord

00:32:14.740 --> 00:32:15.720
 who

00:32:15.720 --> 00:32:16.059
 loved

00:32:16.059 --> 00:32:16.519
 us

00:32:16.519 --> 00:32:17.359
 and

00:32:17.359 --> 00:32:17.720
 gave

00:32:17.720 --> 00:32:18.259
 himself

00:32:18.259 --> 00:32:18.980
 for

00:32:18.980 --> 00:32:19.420
 us

00:32:19.420 --> 00:32:20.940
 it's

00:32:20.940 --> 00:32:21.099
 good

00:32:21.099 --> 00:32:21.579
 to see

00:32:21.579 --> 00:32:22.500
 so many

00:32:22.500 --> 00:32:22.819
 young

00:32:22.819 --> 00:32:23.240
 people

00:32:23.240 --> 00:32:23.500
 out

00:32:23.500 --> 00:32:23.819
 this

00:32:23.819 --> 00:32:24.160
 evening

00:32:24.160 --> 00:32:25.160
 I want

00:32:25.160 --> 00:32:25.339
 to tell

00:32:25.339 --> 00:32:25.480
 you a

00:32:25.480 --> 00:32:25.620
 little

00:32:25.620 --> 00:32:26.319
 story

00:32:26.319 --> 00:32:26.599
 about

00:32:26.599 --> 00:32:27.000
 a little

00:32:27.000 --> 00:32:27.440
 girl

00:32:27.440 --> 00:32:28.460
 and how

00:32:28.460 --> 00:32:28.759
 she was

00:32:28.759 --> 00:32:29.079
 put

00:32:29.079 --> 00:32:29.519
 to the

00:32:29.519 --> 00:32:29.980
 test

00:32:29.980 --> 00:32:30.420
 a story

00:32:30.420 --> 00:32:30.779
 for us

00:32:30.779 --> 00:32:31.120
 all

00:32:31.120 --> 00:32:31.660
 to

00:32:31.660 --> 00:32:32.120
 consider

00:32:32.120 --> 00:32:33.599
 a mother

00:32:33.599 --> 00:32:33.980
 wanted

00:32:33.980 --> 00:32:34.500
 to put

00:32:34.500 --> 00:32:35.039
 her

00:32:35.740 --> 00:32:35.980
 to the

00:32:35.980 --> 00:32:36.380
 test

00:32:36.380 --> 00:32:36.880
 to teach

00:32:36.880 --> 00:32:37.099
 her

00:32:37.099 --> 00:32:37.700
 a

00:32:37.700 --> 00:32:38.039
 lesson

00:32:38.039 --> 00:32:39.740
 and what

00:32:39.740 --> 00:32:40.160
 she did

00:32:40.160 --> 00:32:40.579
 was as

00:32:40.579 --> 00:32:40.799
 they were

00:32:40.799 --> 00:32:41.259
 going to

00:32:41.259 --> 00:32:41.680
 church

00:32:41.680 --> 00:32:42.000
 one

00:32:42.000 --> 00:32:42.380
 Sunday

00:32:42.380 --> 00:32:42.819
 morning

00:32:42.819 --> 00:32:44.259
 she gave

00:32:44.259 --> 00:32:45.059
 her daughter

00:32:45.059 --> 00:32:46.299
 a five

00:32:46.299 --> 00:32:47.079
 pound note

00:32:47.079 --> 00:32:48.059
 and a

00:32:48.059 --> 00:32:48.700
 one pound

00:32:48.700 --> 00:32:49.200
 coin

00:32:49.200 --> 00:32:51.059
 and she

00:32:51.059 --> 00:32:51.519
 said to

00:32:51.519 --> 00:32:51.980
 the daughter

00:32:51.980 --> 00:32:52.960
 put whichever

00:32:52.960 --> 00:32:53.460
 one you

00:32:53.460 --> 00:32:54.359
 want into

00:32:54.359 --> 00:32:55.000
 the collection

00:32:55.000 --> 00:32:55.819
 plate when

00:32:55.819 --> 00:32:56.240
 it comes

00:32:56.240 --> 00:32:56.620
 round

00:32:56.620 --> 00:32:58.220
 and keep

00:32:58.220 --> 00:32:58.519
 the other

00:32:58.519 --> 00:32:59.339
 one for

00:32:59.339 --> 00:32:59.900
 yourself

00:32:59.900 --> 00:33:01.359
 and she

00:33:01.359 --> 00:33:01.900
 left that

00:33:01.900 --> 00:33:02.240
 with her

00:33:02.240 --> 00:33:02.579
 daughter

00:33:02.579 --> 00:33:04.119
 and they

00:33:04.119 --> 00:33:04.539
 were sitting

00:33:04.539 --> 00:33:05.039
 in church

00:33:05.039 --> 00:33:05.299
 and the

00:33:05.299 --> 00:33:05.699
 collection

00:33:05.699 --> 00:33:06.079
 plate

00:33:06.079 --> 00:33:06.359
 as it

00:33:06.359 --> 00:33:06.579
 was

00:33:06.579 --> 00:33:06.899
 in that

00:33:06.899 --> 00:33:07.179
 church

00:33:07.179 --> 00:33:07.559
 it came

00:33:07.559 --> 00:33:08.159
 round

00:33:08.159 --> 00:33:08.799
 they passed

00:33:08.799 --> 00:33:09.339
 it round

00:33:09.339 --> 00:33:10.000
 and they

00:33:10.000 --> 00:33:10.419
 put into

00:33:10.419 --> 00:33:11.039
 the collection

00:33:11.039 --> 00:33:11.659
 the mother

00:33:11.659 --> 00:33:12.179
 didn't look

00:33:12.179 --> 00:33:12.559
 to see

00:33:12.559 --> 00:33:12.859
 what her

00:33:12.859 --> 00:33:13.179
 daughter

00:33:13.179 --> 00:33:13.539
 did

00:33:13.539 --> 00:33:14.759
 but after

00:33:14.759 --> 00:33:15.359
 the service

00:33:15.359 --> 00:33:16.000
 she asked

00:33:16.000 --> 00:33:16.159
 her

00:33:16.159 --> 00:33:16.720
 well what

00:33:16.720 --> 00:33:16.980
 did you

00:33:16.980 --> 00:33:17.339
 do

00:33:17.339 --> 00:33:18.139
 did you

00:33:18.139 --> 00:33:18.500
 give the

00:33:18.500 --> 00:33:19.119
 five pound

00:33:19.119 --> 00:33:20.039
 or did

00:33:20.039 --> 00:33:20.319
 you give

00:33:20.319 --> 00:33:20.740
 the one

00:33:20.740 --> 00:33:21.079
 pound

00:33:21.079 --> 00:33:22.379
 and the

00:33:22.379 --> 00:33:22.679
 daughter

00:33:22.679 --> 00:33:23.199
 replied

00:33:23.199 --> 00:33:23.519
 well

00:33:23.519 --> 00:33:24.899
 I was

00:33:24.899 --> 00:33:25.379
 going to

00:33:25.379 --> 00:33:25.639
 give

00:33:25.639 --> 00:33:26.259
 the five

00:33:26.259 --> 00:33:26.599
 pound

00:33:26.599 --> 00:33:27.980
 but then

00:33:27.980 --> 00:33:28.359
 the man

00:33:28.359 --> 00:33:28.619
 in the

00:33:28.619 --> 00:33:29.000
 pulpit

00:33:29.000 --> 00:33:29.480
 said

00:33:29.480 --> 00:33:30.379
 the Lord

00:33:30.379 --> 00:33:30.899
 loves

00:33:30.899 --> 00:33:31.699
 a cheerful

00:33:31.699 --> 00:33:32.119
 giver

00:33:32.119 --> 00:33:33.399
 and I

00:33:33.399 --> 00:33:33.919
 thought to

00:33:33.919 --> 00:33:34.359
 myself

00:33:34.359 --> 00:33:34.639
 will I

00:33:34.639 --> 00:33:35.079
 be much

00:33:35.079 --> 00:33:35.359
 more

00:33:35.359 --> 00:33:35.899
 cheerful

00:33:35.899 --> 00:33:36.719
 if I

00:33:36.719 --> 00:33:37.139
 gave the

00:33:37.139 --> 00:33:37.459
 pound

00:33:37.459 --> 00:33:37.939
 coin

00:33:37.939 --> 00:33:38.799
 and kept

00:33:38.799 --> 00:33:39.279
 the five

00:33:39.279 --> 00:33:39.639
 pound

00:33:39.639 --> 00:33:40.319
 for myself

00:33:40.319 --> 00:33:41.500
 and so

00:33:41.500 --> 00:33:41.959
 that's

00:33:41.959 --> 00:33:42.500
 what she

00:33:42.500 --> 00:33:42.859
 did

00:33:42.859 --> 00:33:44.459
 but what's

00:33:44.459 --> 00:33:45.039
 the lesson

00:33:45.039 --> 00:33:45.939
 to be learned

00:33:45.939 --> 00:33:46.379
 in that

00:33:46.379 --> 00:33:47.059
 for us

00:33:47.059 --> 00:33:48.539
 is life

00:33:48.539 --> 00:33:49.000
 about

00:33:49.000 --> 00:33:49.779
 getting

00:33:49.779 --> 00:33:51.119
 for ourselves

00:33:51.119 --> 00:33:51.559
 is the

00:33:51.559 --> 00:33:52.259
 Lord saying

00:33:52.259 --> 00:33:52.899
 that the

00:33:52.899 --> 00:33:53.539
 less we

00:33:53.539 --> 00:33:53.919
 give to

00:33:53.919 --> 00:33:54.219
 him

00:33:54.219 --> 00:33:55.019
 the more

00:33:55.019 --> 00:33:55.519
 we keep

00:33:55.519 --> 00:33:56.259
 for ourselves

00:33:56.259 --> 00:33:56.939
 the happier

00:33:56.939 --> 00:33:57.599
 we'll be

00:33:57.599 --> 00:33:58.699
 no

00:33:58.699 --> 00:34:00.419
 the Lord

00:34:00.419 --> 00:34:01.119
 is telling

00:34:01.119 --> 00:34:01.439
 us

00:34:01.440 --> 00:34:02.380
 that what's

00:34:02.380 --> 00:34:03.080
 important

00:34:03.080 --> 00:34:03.960
 in life

00:34:03.960 --> 00:34:05.080
 not just

00:34:05.080 --> 00:34:05.660
 for now

00:34:05.660 --> 00:34:06.720
 but for

00:34:06.720 --> 00:34:07.220
 all our

00:34:07.220 --> 00:34:07.660
 days

00:34:07.660 --> 00:34:08.380
 and for

00:34:08.380 --> 00:34:09.360
 all eternity

00:34:09.360 --> 00:34:10.639
 is to

00:34:10.639 --> 00:34:11.139
 recognize

00:34:11.139 --> 00:34:11.760
 that he

00:34:11.760 --> 00:34:12.280
 gave

00:34:12.280 --> 00:34:13.059
 everything

00:34:13.059 --> 00:34:13.940
 for us

00:34:13.940 --> 00:34:15.320
 and that

00:34:15.320 --> 00:34:15.740
 we are to

00:34:15.740 --> 00:34:16.420
 give all

00:34:16.420 --> 00:34:17.400
 for him

00:34:17.400 --> 00:34:19.539
 to find

00:34:19.539 --> 00:34:20.119
 out all

00:34:20.119 --> 00:34:20.400
 these

00:34:20.400 --> 00:34:21.360
 assurances

00:34:21.360 --> 00:34:22.380
 for ourselves

00:34:22.380 --> 00:34:23.900
 we are to

00:34:23.900 --> 00:34:24.519
 practice

00:34:24.519 --> 00:34:26.340
 these things

00:34:26.340 --> 00:34:28.119
 these things

00:34:28.119 --> 00:34:28.760
 that remind

00:34:28.760 --> 00:34:29.300
 us that

00:34:29.300 --> 00:34:29.720
 the most

00:34:29.719 --> 00:34:30.399
 important

00:34:30.399 --> 00:34:30.899
 thing

00:34:30.899 --> 00:34:31.839
 is to

00:34:31.839 --> 00:34:32.579
 believe

00:34:32.579 --> 00:34:33.059
 in the

00:34:33.059 --> 00:34:33.319
 Lord

00:34:33.319 --> 00:34:33.779
 Jesus

00:34:33.779 --> 00:34:34.439
 Christ

00:34:34.439 --> 00:34:35.639
 and to

00:34:35.639 --> 00:34:36.179
 seek to

00:34:36.179 --> 00:34:36.859
 have more

00:34:36.859 --> 00:34:37.719
 and more

00:34:37.719 --> 00:34:38.339
 knowledge

00:34:38.339 --> 00:34:39.019
 of him

00:34:39.019 --> 00:34:40.259
 and all

00:34:40.259 --> 00:34:41.339
 his promises

00:34:41.339 --> 00:34:42.679
 for this

00:34:42.679 --> 00:34:43.559
 very reason

00:34:43.559 --> 00:34:44.379
 Peter says

00:34:44.379 --> 00:34:45.339
 make every

00:34:45.339 --> 00:34:45.959
 effort

00:34:45.959 --> 00:34:47.500
 to supplement

00:34:47.500 --> 00:34:48.719
 your faith

00:34:48.719 --> 00:34:49.919
 to add

00:34:49.919 --> 00:34:51.480
 these things

00:34:51.480 --> 00:34:52.799
 they're all

00:34:52.799 --> 00:34:53.480
 important

00:34:53.480 --> 00:34:54.619
 it's not

00:34:54.619 --> 00:34:55.919
 faith first

00:34:55.919 --> 00:34:56.579
 and then

00:34:56.579 --> 00:34:57.539
 and then

00:34:57.539 --> 00:34:58.319
 and something

00:34:58.319 --> 00:34:58.759
 you're doing

00:34:58.759 --> 00:34:59.019
 as you're

00:34:59.019 --> 00:34:59.440
 going on

00:34:59.440 --> 00:34:59.940
 in life

00:34:59.940 --> 00:35:01.059
 but it's

00:35:01.059 --> 00:35:01.920
 all together

00:35:01.920 --> 00:35:03.319
 believe

00:35:03.319 --> 00:35:05.119
 and live

00:35:05.119 --> 00:35:06.519
 and work

00:35:06.519 --> 00:35:07.000
 on your

00:35:07.000 --> 00:35:07.559
 faith

00:35:07.559 --> 00:35:08.739
 make your

00:35:08.739 --> 00:35:09.319
 calling

00:35:09.319 --> 00:35:10.480
 an election

00:35:10.480 --> 00:35:11.239
 sure

00:35:11.239 --> 00:35:12.360
 for if you

00:35:12.360 --> 00:35:12.940
 practice

00:35:12.940 --> 00:35:14.440
 these qualities

00:35:14.440 --> 00:35:15.699
 you will

00:35:15.699 --> 00:35:16.579
 never fall

00:35:16.579 --> 00:35:18.119
 there's wonderful

00:35:18.119 --> 00:35:19.400
 promises for us

00:35:19.400 --> 00:35:20.619
 but there's

00:35:20.619 --> 00:35:21.219
 challenges

00:35:21.219 --> 00:35:22.759
 do you

00:35:22.759 --> 00:35:23.339
 believe

00:35:23.339 --> 00:35:24.899
 and are

00:35:24.899 --> 00:35:25.519
 you making

00:35:25.519 --> 00:35:26.959
 your calling

00:35:26.959 --> 00:35:28.159
 an election

00:35:28.159 --> 00:35:28.759
 sure

00:35:28.759 --> 00:35:29.759
 may the

00:35:29.759 --> 00:35:30.519
 Lord help

00:35:30.519 --> 00:35:31.459
 us to do

00:35:31.459 --> 00:35:32.039
 so let us

00:35:32.039 --> 00:35:32.339
 pray

00:35:32.339 --> 00:35:35.579
 Lord our

00:35:35.579 --> 00:35:36.559
 gracious God

00:35:36.559 --> 00:35:37.299
 we thank you

00:35:37.299 --> 00:35:38.179
 that you do

00:35:38.179 --> 00:35:39.199
 indeed exercise

00:35:39.199 --> 00:35:40.259
 our faith

00:35:40.259 --> 00:35:40.980
 and teach us

00:35:40.980 --> 00:35:41.719
 to exercise

00:35:41.719 --> 00:35:42.439
 it too

00:35:42.439 --> 00:35:43.659
 and we pray

00:35:43.659 --> 00:35:44.099
 that you will

00:35:44.099 --> 00:35:44.779
 help us

00:35:44.779 --> 00:35:45.399
 in all of

00:35:45.399 --> 00:35:46.159
 these things

00:35:46.159 --> 00:35:47.059
 that we'll

00:35:47.059 --> 00:35:47.339
 be able

00:35:47.339 --> 00:35:48.019
 to apply

00:35:48.019 --> 00:35:48.500
 them to

00:35:48.500 --> 00:35:48.879
 our own

00:35:48.879 --> 00:35:49.299
 lives

00:35:49.299 --> 00:35:49.639
 and to

00:35:49.639 --> 00:35:49.779
 our

00:35:49.779 --> 00:35:50.559
 experiences

00:35:50.559 --> 00:35:51.799
 help us

00:35:51.799 --> 00:35:52.059
 that we

00:35:52.059 --> 00:35:52.539
 would have

00:35:52.539 --> 00:35:53.199
 that desire

00:35:53.199 --> 00:35:53.859
 to grow

00:35:53.859 --> 00:35:54.739
 in our

00:35:54.739 --> 00:35:55.219
 knowledge

00:35:55.219 --> 00:35:55.659
 of the

00:35:55.659 --> 00:35:56.339
 Lord Jesus

00:35:56.339 --> 00:35:57.019
 Christ

00:35:57.019 --> 00:35:57.960
 the one

00:35:57.960 --> 00:35:58.519
 who gave

00:35:58.519 --> 00:35:59.119
 his all

00:35:59.119 --> 00:35:59.799
 for us

00:35:59.799 --> 00:36:01.119
 Lord help

00:36:01.119 --> 00:36:01.839
 us we pray

00:36:01.839 --> 00:36:02.619
 and guide us

00:36:02.619 --> 00:36:03.139
 in all of

00:36:03.139 --> 00:36:03.819
 these things

00:36:03.819 --> 00:36:04.819
 as we ask

00:36:04.819 --> 00:36:05.119
 it in

00:36:05.119 --> 00:36:05.899
 Jesus name

00:36:05.899 --> 00:36:06.799
 Amen

00:36:06.800 --> 00:36:11.840
 we're going

00:36:11.840 --> 00:36:12.720
 to conclude

00:36:12.720 --> 00:36:13.320
 by singing

00:36:13.320 --> 00:36:13.980
 to God's

00:36:13.980 --> 00:36:14.519
 praise in

00:36:14.519 --> 00:36:15.420
 Psalm 128

00:36:15.420 --> 00:36:16.880
 in the

00:36:16.880 --> 00:36:17.140
 Sing

00:36:17.140 --> 00:36:17.660
 Psalms

00:36:17.660 --> 00:36:18.140
 version

00:36:18.140 --> 00:36:19.200
 Psalm 128

00:36:19.200 --> 00:36:22.519
 page 172

00:36:22.519 --> 00:36:24.360
 we can

00:36:24.360 --> 00:36:24.820
 sing the

00:36:24.820 --> 00:36:25.240
 whole of

00:36:25.240 --> 00:36:25.460
 this

00:36:25.460 --> 00:36:25.820
 Psalm

00:36:25.820 --> 00:36:28.200
 Psalm 128

00:36:28.200 --> 00:36:29.120
 how blessed

00:36:29.120 --> 00:36:29.620
 are all

00:36:29.620 --> 00:36:30.200
 who fear

00:36:30.200 --> 00:36:30.700
 the Lord

00:36:30.700 --> 00:36:31.300
 who walk

00:36:31.300 --> 00:36:31.800
 the way

00:36:31.800 --> 00:36:32.560
 that he

00:36:32.560 --> 00:36:33.640
 has shown

00:36:33.640 --> 00:36:34.100
 success

00:36:34.100 --> 00:36:34.880
 and blessing

00:36:34.880 --> 00:36:35.420
 will be

00:36:35.420 --> 00:36:35.840
 yours

00:36:35.840 --> 00:36:36.340
 you'll eat

00:36:36.340 --> 00:36:36.780
 the fruit

00:36:36.780 --> 00:36:37.660
 that you

00:36:37.660 --> 00:36:38.260
 have grown

00:36:38.260 --> 00:36:39.480
 and so it

00:36:39.480 --> 00:36:39.900
 goes on

00:36:39.900 --> 00:36:40.220
 we'll sing

00:36:40.220 --> 00:36:40.640
 the whole

00:36:40.640 --> 00:36:41.000
 of this

00:36:41.000 --> 00:36:41.320
 Psalm

00:36:41.320 --> 00:36:42.280
 to God's

00:36:42.280 --> 00:36:42.740
 praise

00:36:42.740 --> 00:36:43.600
 Amen

00:36:43.600 --> 00:36:49.560
 How blessed

00:36:49.560 --> 00:36:51.280
 are all

00:36:51.280 --> 00:36:53.260
 who fear

00:36:53.260 --> 00:36:55.060
 the Lord

00:36:55.060 --> 00:36:57.340
 who walk

00:36:57.340 --> 00:36:59.320
 the way

00:36:59.320 --> 00:37:01.280
 that he

00:37:01.280 --> 00:37:03.180
 has shown

00:37:03.180 --> 00:37:04.540
 success

00:37:04.540 --> 00:37:06.320
 and blessing

00:37:06.320 --> 00:37:07.960
 blessing

00:37:07.960 --> 00:37:10.280
 will be

00:37:10.280 --> 00:37:12.700
 you'll eat

00:37:12.700 --> 00:37:14.700
 the fruit

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 that you

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 have grown

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 your wine

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 will be

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 a fruitful

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 wine

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 and

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 round

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 your table

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 will be

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 place

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 your children

00:37:40.360 --> 00:37:42.060
 like

00:37:42.060 --> 00:37:43.100
 young

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 olive

00:37:44.519 --> 00:37:46.040
 shoes

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 the sea

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 who fears

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 the Lord

00:37:52.160 --> 00:37:54.160
 is blessed

00:37:54.160 --> 00:37:58.160
 may you

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 be

00:37:59.159 --> 00:37:59.480
 behold

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 to behold

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 you

00:38:00.699 --> 00:38:00.159
 behold

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 Jesus

00:38:01.599 --> 00:38:02.539
 and

00:38:02.539 --> 00:38:04.539
 good

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 from Zion

00:38:07.199 --> 00:38:08.539
 make

00:38:08.539 --> 00:38:09.859
 God's

00:38:09.859 --> 00:38:10.599
 blessing

00:38:10.599 --> 00:38:11.539
 flow

00:38:11.539 --> 00:38:13.539
 your

00:38:13.539 --> 00:38:15.539
 children's

00:38:15.539 --> 00:38:16.539
 children

00:38:16.539 --> 00:38:18.539
 may

00:38:18.539 --> 00:38:20.539
 receive

00:38:20.539 --> 00:38:20.539


00:38:20.539 --> 00:38:22.539
 May

00:38:22.539 --> 00:38:23.539
 God

00:38:23.539 --> 00:38:23.980
 God

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 of Israel

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 peace

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 be

00:38:28.980 --> 00:38:29.920
 shown

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 after the

00:38:32.779 --> 00:38:33.199
 benediction

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 I'll go to the door

00:38:34.059 --> 00:38:34.639
 to my right

00:38:34.639 --> 00:38:35.259
 we'll close

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 with the benediction

00:38:35.920 --> 00:38:37.480
 now may grace

00:38:37.480 --> 00:38:38.759
 mercy and peace

00:38:38.759 --> 00:38:39.599
 from God

00:38:39.599 --> 00:38:40.219
 Father

00:38:40.219 --> 00:38:40.759
 Son

00:38:40.759 --> 00:38:41.360
 and Holy

00:38:41.360 --> 00:38:41.820
 Spirit

00:38:41.820 --> 00:38:43.079
 rest upon

00:38:43.079 --> 00:38:43.679
 and abide

00:38:43.679 --> 00:38:44.519
 with you all

00:38:44.519 --> 00:38:45.360
 now and forever

00:38:45.360 --> 00:38:45.779
 more

00:38:45.779 --> 00:38:46.699
 Amen

00:38:46.699 --> 00:39:16.699
 Amen

00:39:16.699 --> 00:39:46.679
 Thank you.