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 2 Peter 3, starting at verse 1.

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 This is now the second letter that I am writing to you, beloved.

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 In both of them I am stirring up your sincere mind by way of reminder

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 where is the promise of this coming?

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 For ever since the fathers fell asleep,

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 all things are continuing as they were from the beginning of creation.

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 They deliberately overlook this fact,

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 that the heavens existed long ago,

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 and the earth was formed out of water and through water by the word of God,

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 and that by means of these the world that then existed

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 was deluged with water and perished.

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 But by the same word, the heavens and earth,

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 that now exist are stored up for fire,

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 being kept until the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly.

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 Good morning, everyone.

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 I hope you sleep well.

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 Or if not, you might get some sleep in the next few minutes.

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 I've been up in Townsville for the last 12 years,

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 and if you don't know the place, it's quite humid up there.

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 And then I've been in Bathurst for the last 12 months,

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 and there's actually no humidity.

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 They took it.

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 They took it all and took it to North Queensland.

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 But there's humidity here,

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 and so I feel myself sweating for the first time in like a year.

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 This is not anything related to the passage or the talk.

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 I'm just noticing it.

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 Let's pray.

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 Heavenly Father, thank you that you speak to us in the Scriptures.

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 It's just so great to have your Word.

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 Lord, we pray that your Spirit might apply it to our hearts now as we read it.

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 Father, help us to understand just the reliability of everything you say to us

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 and what it means for our life to come and our life today.

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 And we pray this in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Well, North Queensland, it is great.

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 It's weird.

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 It's got a kind of pirate town vibe to it,

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 everywhere from Rockhampton North.

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 Wouldn't be surprised to see Captain Jack Black there.

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 But the thing that I didn't like about North Queensland

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 was the constant threat of cyclones.

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 If you were here last night, Matt spilled the beans a little bit.

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 We have cyclones in North Queensland.

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 In the year before we got there,

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 I was speaking to the Lucases about this last night,

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 there was a big cyclone called Cyclone Yasi,

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 and it was devastating.

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 It was very destructive,

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 and the locals were stinging from it.

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 Everybody had gone out and bought a generator

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 and got it wired to their house

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 because the worst thing about cyclones in North Queensland

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 is you have no air conditioning

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 for like a couple of weeks, maybe three weeks afterwards,

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 and that matters.

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 If you haven't been there, that really matters.

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 In a sense, you can get away with your health.

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 They're pretty good at building houses and stuff now

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 to protect people,

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 but the lack of power

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 and the humidity in the air

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 after monsoonal rain is phenomenal.

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 We've had people sleeping at our church

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 just to get air conditioning

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 because their area is out.

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 Anyway, because that happened just before we got there,

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 people in the community were stinging.

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 They were really cyclone aware,

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 and we moved up there,

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 and we were freaking out

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 because as you come into North Queensland,

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 once you get into the cyclone area,

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 they have these signs saying,

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 you know, be cyclone aware

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 when you're in North Queensland.

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 So we were.

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 We were vigilant.

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 We made sure we had no rubbish or debris in our yard.

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 We'd pull our trampoline, which was giant

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 because we had five kids down

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 every time there was any kind of warning of a cyclone.

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 You're meant to have a cyclone pack.

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 Our mayor, Mayor Jenny Hill,

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 used to warn us every year on radio and TV

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 that you have to have your cyclone pack ready.

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 What goes in a cyclone pack?

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 Tinned food,

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 enough water for four days,

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 and a torch,

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 and a transistor radio

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 so you can hear the communication.

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 So we got all that together.

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 But the thing was,

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 year after year,

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 there'd be cyclones out in the Coral Sea,

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 and they'd track close to Townsville,

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 but year after year,

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 they would never hit.

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 Only so many times you can pull

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 an eight-metre trampoline down

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 and then put it back together again.

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 We got a bit apathetic.

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 We started eating some of the food

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 in the cyclone pack.

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 We gave the torch to one of the kids for a camp.

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 Despite all the talk,

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 year after year,

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 a cyclone just never came.

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 And so, to be totally honest,

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 we stopped caring.

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 It seemed like the talk

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 would just never become reality.

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 Now, I don't know if you can tell

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 where I'm going with this.

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 As Peter writes his second letter

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 to the church here,

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 and we come in at chapter three,

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 he's not writing to get us prepared

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 for a cyclone,

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 but he's writing to make sure

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 we're prepared for the day of the Lord.

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 Now, the people that Peter's writing to,

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 they've come to faith in Jesus,

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 and they've become Christians,

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 and he just wants them to stay that way

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 until the day of the Lord's return.

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 A bit like what I asked you to pray

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 for my kids yesterday.

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 That's what Peter wants for these guys.

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 It's been a long time

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 since they came to Christ.

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 He knows apathy is a big risk.

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 He knows some people are saying

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 the day of the Lord will never come,

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 but it's a joke.

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 So he's writing this

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 to say,

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 I assure you that it's not.

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 God has always done what he says,

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 and he will continue to.

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 And I think the question for us

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 as we read this section is,

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 do you believe that to be the case?

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 Do you believe there'll be a day of judgment?

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 Does it seem real to you?

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 Or does it seem distant?

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 A joke?

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 Let's turn to verse 1 now

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 and remind ourselves that God always does

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 what he says he will do.

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 So I said last night,

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 look for the theme of the word in this passage.

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 I think as much as this passage

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 is about the day of the Lord,

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 it's about God doing what he says he will do.

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 So Peter wants to wake his readers up

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 with God's word.

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 I'm reading from the NIV 2011 version.

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 We have all kinds of versions at our church,

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 and for somebody who's a bit OCD like me,

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 it really kills me.

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 I've only been there for 12 months,

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 but I'm like,

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 come on guys,

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 let's get on the same.

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 Anyway, I'm going NIV.

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 Sorry about that.

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 I'm now that person.

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 Chapter,

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 Amen.

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 I'm speaking on,

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 at another camp later in the year,

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 on the doctrine of the word of God.

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 And I just want to assure you,

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 there is no perfect version.

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 So just calm down over there, right?

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 Anyway,

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 Matt's the one who asked me to speak,

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 in case you're wondering what I'm doing here.

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 Peter wants to wake his readers up with God's word.

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 Have a look from verse 1.

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 Dear friends,

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 this is now my second letter to you.

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 I've written both of them,

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 as reminders to stimulate you to wholesome thinking.

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 So we're coming in partway through a letter.

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 You guys have been looking at this in church.

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 It's chapter 3 of 3.

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 And Peter's just spent a bit of time warning his readers

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 about false teachers in the previous chapter.

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 But we're also,

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 we're coming in partway through a relationship,

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 just by starting this letter.

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 He calls them dear friends in my translation,

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 and he'll do that three times in this chapter.

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 But the version that we heard read,

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 it used the term beloved,

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 which I think is actually more accurate,

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 if I can give you that.

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 Because the people Peter's writing to,

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 they're beloved of him,

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 but they're also beloved of God.

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 They're believers.

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 He's writing to Christian brothers and sisters

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 that he's written to before,

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 and he cares about.

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 He has a relationship with these guys.

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 He's got money in the game, right?

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 He actually cares about them.

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 He wants their relationship with God to last.

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 And we find out his purpose in writing

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 is to stimulate them to wholesome thinking.

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 Or rather than stimulate,

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 the word means to wake fully or arouse.

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 You know, like,

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 I had my wisdom teeth out a few years ago,

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 all four at once,

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 and I had the twilight option.

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 Go the general option,

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 that's my advice to you.

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 But in order for me to come out of that daze,

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 I needed to be stimulated.

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 I needed to be awakened.

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 I needed to be fully aroused.

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 And that's what Peter's saying

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 that he's writing to them for.

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 They might become fully aroused.

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 He wants them to wake fully to wholesome thinking.

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 And by that, we find out in verse two,

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 he means he wants them to lock in

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 to the things God said,

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 to God's word,

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 to the scriptures.

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 So like a punch drunk boxer

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 is aroused with sniffing salts

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 when they've copped too many blows to the head.

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 Paul wants these guys in their malaise,

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 in their potential apathy,

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 to wave the sniffing salts of God's word

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 under their nose

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 so they might be aroused.

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 You get what he's wanting for them?

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 In this context,

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 the words that he's talking about

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 are the words spoken in the past

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 by the holy prophets.

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 In the context of this letter,

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 the words he's specifically talking about,

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 though, that the holy prophets have spoken,

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 are the words to do with the day of the Lord.

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 You guys would have heard the term

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 the day of the Lord before.

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 The day of the Lord terminology

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 has its origins in Amos,

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 who's a prophet in the Old Testament.

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 In chapter two, verse six or 16,

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 one of those two,

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 in the Old Testament,

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 Amos speaks about the day of the Lord.

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 800 years before this letter's written.

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 And then since Amos chapter two,

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 the prophets have spoken about it many times,

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 Malachi being the last,

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 who spoke about the great and terrible day of the Lord.

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 So this notion of the day of the Lord,

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 a day of final judgment,

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 it's big in the prophets.

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 Peter wants them to be aroused

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 from their spiritual apathy

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 by recalling that God's actually spoken

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 about the day of the Lord,

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 about returning to judge

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 for quite some time.

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 But he's not just waving

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 the prophets under their nose,

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 he's waving the words given

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 by the Lord Jesus

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 through the apostles

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 under their nose as well.

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 That's the command to live for him

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 in light of the coming

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 of the day of the Lord.

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 What I love about this,

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 as somebody who was quite cynical

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 of the Bible

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 when I first started

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 checking out Christianity,

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 is that,

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 notice in this verse,

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 the apostle Peter,

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 he's putting the words

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 of his peers,

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 the words of the other apostles,

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 on the same level of authority

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 as the prophets.

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 Did you notice that?

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 For him,

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 it's all God's word.

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 He's trying to be

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 fully awakening these people

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 with all of God's word.

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 He wants them to be stimulated

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 to understand the truth

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 that judgment is coming.

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 How do you wake yourself up

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 when you're feeling

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 a bit sleepy?

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 I'm working at home

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 quite often these days.

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 We don't have an office

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 where I work now.

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 So I find it easy

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 to get there.

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 There are a lot of sleep options

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 in my house.

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 We set it up that way.

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 But I can't afford to do that.

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 I have to actually be

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 at my desk concentrating writing.

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 So to wake myself up,

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 I'll get up

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 and I'll go for a walk.

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 I'll have coffee.

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 Probably eight out of ten times,

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 I'll go to the fridge

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 and eat something,

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 which is reflected

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 in my stature at the moment.

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 All those things,

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 I'm just trying to do

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 so that I kind of

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 snap out of it,

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 you know,

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 come and sit back

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 at my desk,

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 feel refreshed.

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 Peter's doing that

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 with the word of God.

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 He wants to stimulate them,

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 wake them from their sleep.

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 Now I want to ask you,

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 are you spiritually sleepy?

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 Or are you stimulated

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 like somebody

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 who's had sniffing salts

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 waved under their nose?

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 I mean,

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 let's be honest.

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 It's very hard

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 not to be spiritually sleepy

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 in our culture,

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 in our society.

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 Ninety percent

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 of our country

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 just gets on with life.

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 You know,

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 we work as though

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 this world

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 is all we'll ever experience.

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 There's no tangible

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 mention of God

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 in the experience

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 of most Australians

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 everyday life.

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 We focus a lot

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 on work,

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 on sport,

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 on the kids.

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 I mean,

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 family's such an

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 important thing,

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 isn't it?

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 It's very easy

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 to sleep

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 and to slumber.

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 It's very easy

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 to find yourself

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 thinking,

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 I'd be interested

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 in that

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 if I could be bothered,

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 but I couldn't

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 really be bothered

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 because I've got

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 so many other

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 more important things

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 going on in my life.

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 There's about,

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 I reckon,

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 two or three years

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 when you first come

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 to Christ

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 if you go through

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 that process,

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 if you haven't been

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 raised in a Christian family

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 where you might be

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 passionate,

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 where you might be

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 filled with zeal

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 like the psalmist

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 going to the temple

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 and then the malaise

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 sets in

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 and, you know,

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 sometimes you have kids,

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 sometimes you have sickness

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 and it's all like

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 little shots of anesthetic

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 and before you know it,

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 you can barely open

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 your eyes

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 to the reality

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 that the day

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 of the Lord

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 is coming.

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 Peter says here

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 the key

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 to that not happening,

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 the key to being

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 fully stimulated,

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 the key to being

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 fully awakened

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 is to recall

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 the things God said

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 in the scriptures,

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 especially

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 about

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 the day of judgment

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 and how to live

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 for him.

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 If we wave that

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 before our eyes,

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 it'll be like

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 a cold bath.

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 it'll be like a,

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 I guess if the world's

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 like a slow drip

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 anesthetic,

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 the word of God

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 will be like a slow drip

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 adrenaline,

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 just keeping our eyes

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 open to the truth

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 that the Lord

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 is coming back.

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 How do you go

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 at recalling things

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 God said

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 in his word

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 to keep yourself awake?

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 Do you engage

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 with it each day?

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 If I said to you,

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 what are you reading

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 in your Bible

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 at the moment

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 over morning tea?

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 I won't,

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 don't worry.

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 I know there's a lot

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 of pressure

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 associated with that,

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 but I'm giving you

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 time to think of something

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 just in case I do.

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 I've got five kids,

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 I ask them that question,

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 I can tell when they're lying.

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 They just say

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 what I'm not reading

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 just in case I ask them

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 about it.

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 Do you engage

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 with God's word?

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 Do you remind yourself

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 of the coming judgment?

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 Do you remind yourself

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 daily of how you ought

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 to live in light

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 of the reality

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 that the Lord

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 is in fact returning?

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 I can say

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 in my life

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 there are lots of things

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 I don't do

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 that I should do

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 as a Christian.

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 Matt mentioned last night

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 that I'm not

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 some mythical creature.

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 I don't know

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 if people were thinking that,

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 but I just want

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 to let you know

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 that there are lots

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 of ways in my life

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 that I fall short

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 in my faith

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 and there are lots

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 of frustrations

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 and there are lots

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 of things that I've

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 been battling with

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 since I became a Christian

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 that I feel like

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 I've made zero progress on.

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 But there is one thing

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 that I do do,

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 I'm not trying

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 to flex here,

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 but I try and read

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 the Bible each day.

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 Now I don't hit

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 100%, right?

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 Yesterday morning

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 I only read it

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 with the kids,

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 I didn't read my own,

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 that's my day off,

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 sometimes I get lax

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 on that day, right?

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 But I do generally

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 try and read

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 the Bible every day.

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 And I'll tell you what,

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 if I didn't,

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 I would be

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 passed out.

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 I would have

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 fallen away.

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 Because the world

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 is shooting me

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 with anaesthetic

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 every single day.

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 And without

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 the word of God

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 I would be asleep

00:16:33.279 --> 00:16:34.039
 to the reality

00:16:34.039 --> 00:16:34.620
 that the Lord

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 is in fact

00:16:35.200 --> 00:16:35.879
 going to return.

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 Every day

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 I wake up twice,

00:16:42.580 --> 00:16:43.879
 once with coffee,

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 with Kath.

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 So we've got this thing,

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 when we were

00:16:48.679 --> 00:16:49.480
 at Bible College,

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 Peter Jensen's wife

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 gave a talk

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 to the Women's Chapel

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 about how

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 Peter made a coffee

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 for her

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 so that they could

00:16:59.399 --> 00:16:59.779
 sit up and read

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 the Bible each morning.

00:17:01.080 --> 00:17:01.759
 And then Kath came

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 and said,

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 oh, Peter makes a coffee

00:17:02.899 --> 00:17:03.860
 for his wife every morning,

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 you should do that for me.

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 So we started doing that

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 and it was really helpful

00:17:07.980 --> 00:17:09.519
 until I realised

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 if I pretended

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 I was asleep,

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 Kath would get up

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 and make the coffee.

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 So that happens

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 more often than not now.

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 But we have the coffee

00:17:15.559 --> 00:17:16.240
 to wake up

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 and then we read

00:17:17.779 --> 00:17:18.180
 the Bible

00:17:18.180 --> 00:17:19.680
 and we wake up again

00:17:19.680 --> 00:17:22.799
 to the spiritual reality.

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 of the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 So I guess

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 if there's application

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 for the first point,

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 it's are you

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 waving the sniffing salts

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 of God's word

00:17:32.879 --> 00:17:34.180
 under your nose each day

00:17:34.180 --> 00:17:35.319
 to arouse you

00:17:35.319 --> 00:17:36.159
 from spiritual apathy?

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 If you are not,

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 wrestle yourself

00:17:40.440 --> 00:17:41.480
 back into that habit.

00:17:42.759 --> 00:17:43.599
 Pray to God

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 that he'd help you

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 to get back into it.

00:17:47.599 --> 00:17:48.779
 Peter wants his readers

00:17:48.779 --> 00:17:49.619
 to awaken

00:17:49.619 --> 00:17:51.079
 by recalling God's word.

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 But it's more than

00:17:53.019 --> 00:17:54.019
 just spiritual apathy

00:17:54.019 --> 00:17:54.899
 he's concerned about.

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 There's spiritual attack

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 as well

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 from verse 3.

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 There are people

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 who ridicule

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 what God says.

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 Have a look

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 from verse 3.

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 It says,

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 Above all,

00:18:04.659 --> 00:18:05.460
 you must understand

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 that in the last days

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 scoffers will come

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 scoffing

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 and following

00:18:09.619 --> 00:18:10.839
 their own evil desires.

00:18:11.939 --> 00:18:13.539
 To scoff at something

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 is to mock it,

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 to ridicule it.

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 Like last night

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 when Matt said

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 Jason's a Dragons fan,

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 I could hear the scoffing

00:18:19.460 --> 00:18:20.860
 permeate through the room.

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 In the last days,

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 that is the time

00:18:23.700 --> 00:18:24.480
 between Jesus'

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 first coming

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 and the day of judgment,

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 people will ridicule

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 God's word.

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 They'll ridicule

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 the idea

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 that there will ever

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 be a day of judgment.

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 They won't even

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 look into it.

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 They won't see

00:18:36.140 --> 00:18:36.720
 its history.

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 They'll just ridicule it.

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 Like none of you guys

00:18:40.079 --> 00:18:40.779
 here probably know,

00:18:40.840 --> 00:18:41.519
 the Dragons have won

00:18:41.519 --> 00:18:42.539
 11 premierships in a row

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 and they're quite a noble

00:18:43.259 --> 00:18:43.920
 team to support.

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 It's not a joke.

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 There's actually

00:18:46.420 --> 00:18:47.319
 a very reliable

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 and anchored history

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 to the scriptures.

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 The most robust document

00:18:52.139 --> 00:18:53.599
 that we have

00:18:53.599 --> 00:18:54.460
 from ancient history.

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 Yet people will mock it

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 without regard

00:18:57.500 --> 00:18:58.299
 for any truth

00:18:58.299 --> 00:18:59.799
 and their lives

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 won't be altered by it.

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 In fact,

00:19:01.379 --> 00:19:02.059
 they'll just follow

00:19:02.059 --> 00:19:03.159
 the end of verse 3 says

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 their own evil desires

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 and why wouldn't they?

00:19:05.720 --> 00:19:06.659
 Because they don't believe

00:19:06.659 --> 00:19:07.240
 there'll be a judgment

00:19:07.240 --> 00:19:07.779
 from God.

00:19:09.379 --> 00:19:10.539
 So why wouldn't they?

00:19:11.679 --> 00:19:12.559
 Look what they'll say

00:19:12.559 --> 00:19:13.419
 in verse 4.

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 Where is this coming

00:19:15.039 --> 00:19:15.720
 he promised?

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 So the question

00:19:18.900 --> 00:19:20.180
 isn't about the coming

00:19:20.180 --> 00:19:21.019
 the question is about

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 the reliability

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 of his promise,

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 isn't it?

00:19:23.680 --> 00:19:24.360
 Where is it?

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 He's not coming

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 is what they're saying.

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 There'll be no great

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 and dreadful day

00:19:30.360 --> 00:19:30.779
 of the Lord.

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 The Lord's not intervening.

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 He spoke about it

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 800 years ago

00:19:34.000 --> 00:19:34.700
 through Amos

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 and nothing has changed

00:19:35.860 --> 00:19:36.740
 since he first spoke

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 about it.

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 In fact,

00:19:39.140 --> 00:19:40.299
 they say in verse 4,

00:19:41.000 --> 00:19:42.420
 ever since our ancestors

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 died,

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 everything goes on

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 as it has since

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 the beginning of creation.

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 Have you seen any signs

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 of the Lord coming back?

00:19:50.759 --> 00:19:51.680
 Like how long

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 have you been

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 on this earth for?

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 Like 10 years?

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 20?

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 30?

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 100?

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 Has anything changed

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 they say?

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 God's not intervening.

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 He hasn't since

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 he made the world.

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 Which is interesting language

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 because it suggests

00:20:06.220 --> 00:20:06.799
 that people doing

00:20:06.799 --> 00:20:07.299
 this mocking,

00:20:07.680 --> 00:20:08.700
 they're not atheists,

00:20:08.980 --> 00:20:10.160
 they believe in

00:20:10.160 --> 00:20:11.160
 some kind of creator,

00:20:11.620 --> 00:20:12.779
 not an interventionist one,

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 but they're saying

00:20:14.839 --> 00:20:15.440
 since the creator

00:20:15.440 --> 00:20:16.059
 created the world,

00:20:16.139 --> 00:20:17.099
 nothing's changed.

00:20:18.819 --> 00:20:19.420
 According to them,

00:20:19.480 --> 00:20:20.220
 the idea of a great

00:20:20.220 --> 00:20:20.819
 and terrible day

00:20:20.819 --> 00:20:21.299
 of the Lord

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 is preposterous

00:20:22.259 --> 00:20:25.160
 and their reason is

00:20:25.160 --> 00:20:26.279
 because he's never

00:20:26.279 --> 00:20:27.220
 intervened before.

00:20:28.680 --> 00:20:29.559
 Why would we think

00:20:29.559 --> 00:20:30.359
 he would in the future?

00:20:32.420 --> 00:20:33.279
 Peter says to his readers,

00:20:33.359 --> 00:20:34.399
 this is what you're up against.

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 Not just your own apathy

00:20:36.920 --> 00:20:38.279
 but this external attack

00:20:38.279 --> 00:20:38.720
 as well.

00:20:38.720 --> 00:20:41.220
 People saying

00:20:41.220 --> 00:20:42.039
 God won't do

00:20:42.039 --> 00:20:43.039
 what he says he'll do.

00:20:43.920 --> 00:20:44.940
 A bit like the weatherman

00:20:44.940 --> 00:20:45.759
 in North Queensland

00:20:45.759 --> 00:20:48.500
 telling people in Townsville

00:20:48.500 --> 00:20:49.480
 a cyclone's coming.

00:20:50.940 --> 00:20:52.019
 What a joke, right?

00:20:53.259 --> 00:20:53.660
 Do you know what

00:20:53.660 --> 00:20:54.640
 the standard response

00:20:54.640 --> 00:20:56.319
 to people in Townsville

00:20:56.319 --> 00:20:57.559
 when a cyclone

00:20:57.559 --> 00:20:58.380
 is tracking in

00:20:58.380 --> 00:20:59.440
 in the Coral Sea is?

00:20:59.960 --> 00:21:00.980
 The standard response is

00:21:00.980 --> 00:21:02.740
 it'll probably drift south.

00:21:03.900 --> 00:21:04.960
 That's what we say.

00:21:05.579 --> 00:21:07.039
 Because it just never comes.

00:21:07.660 --> 00:21:08.600
 It's a joke, right?

00:21:08.720 --> 00:21:08.880
 So,

00:21:09.279 --> 00:21:12.140
 I've just been through

00:21:12.140 --> 00:21:14.279
 a basic course

00:21:14.279 --> 00:21:14.860
 in Christianity

00:21:14.860 --> 00:21:15.680
 back in Bathurst.

00:21:15.799 --> 00:21:16.059
 It's called

00:21:16.059 --> 00:21:17.100
 Christianity Explored.

00:21:17.200 --> 00:21:18.400
 If you haven't heard of it,

00:21:18.440 --> 00:21:19.279
 it's really good.

00:21:19.819 --> 00:21:20.640
 I've been doing it

00:21:20.640 --> 00:21:22.279
 for a long time now

00:21:22.279 --> 00:21:23.779
 and they're just about

00:21:23.779 --> 00:21:25.079
 to release an updated version

00:21:25.079 --> 00:21:26.860
 on March the 12th.

00:21:26.940 --> 00:21:27.120
 So,

00:21:27.559 --> 00:21:28.500
 this current course

00:21:28.500 --> 00:21:29.100
 that I'm doing

00:21:29.100 --> 00:21:30.220
 is the last time

00:21:30.220 --> 00:21:31.240
 I'll ever see Rico

00:21:31.240 --> 00:21:33.200
 in his kind of

00:21:33.200 --> 00:21:35.000
 early 2000s

00:21:35.000 --> 00:21:36.920
 dress attire anyway.

00:21:37.519 --> 00:21:38.500
 It's a great course.

00:21:38.500 --> 00:21:39.099
 I love it.

00:21:39.240 --> 00:21:39.920
 People have become

00:21:39.920 --> 00:21:40.740
 Christian through it.

00:21:41.480 --> 00:21:42.460
 Lots of people haven't

00:21:42.460 --> 00:21:43.859
 but it's actually really,

00:21:43.980 --> 00:21:44.880
 I found it really helpful

00:21:44.880 --> 00:21:45.640
 to explain the gospel.

00:21:46.359 --> 00:21:46.500
 Anyway,

00:21:46.539 --> 00:21:47.160
 one of the questions

00:21:47.160 --> 00:21:47.859
 we got to

00:21:47.859 --> 00:21:49.119
 last Tuesday night

00:21:49.119 --> 00:21:49.579
 was,

00:21:50.299 --> 00:21:51.319
 do you believe in hell?

00:21:53.519 --> 00:21:54.119
 Do you believe

00:21:54.119 --> 00:21:55.240
 in eternal consequences

00:21:55.240 --> 00:21:56.119
 for rejecting God?

00:21:57.240 --> 00:21:57.839
 This is non-Christian

00:21:57.839 --> 00:21:58.700
 people in the room.

00:21:59.779 --> 00:22:00.519
 Do you believe

00:22:00.519 --> 00:22:01.759
 there's a thing

00:22:01.759 --> 00:22:02.339
 called hell?

00:22:02.339 --> 00:22:04.899
 And,

00:22:05.039 --> 00:22:06.419
 a lot of people

00:22:06.419 --> 00:22:06.939
 don't.

00:22:08.379 --> 00:22:08.980
 They actually

00:22:08.980 --> 00:22:09.500
 genuinely

00:22:09.500 --> 00:22:10.480
 don't believe

00:22:10.480 --> 00:22:11.379
 that such a thing

00:22:11.379 --> 00:22:12.099
 could exist.

00:22:14.919 --> 00:22:15.599
 They've seen

00:22:15.599 --> 00:22:16.159
 nothing in their

00:22:16.159 --> 00:22:16.740
 day-to-day life

00:22:16.740 --> 00:22:17.179
 to suggest

00:22:17.179 --> 00:22:17.859
 there'll be judgement.

00:22:19.319 --> 00:22:19.959
 Some of them

00:22:19.959 --> 00:22:20.559
 will talk about

00:22:20.559 --> 00:22:21.039
 Little Nicky,

00:22:21.119 --> 00:22:22.099
 the Adam Sandler movie

00:22:22.099 --> 00:22:24.259
 which makes a mockery

00:22:24.259 --> 00:22:24.959
 of the whole thing.

00:22:25.599 --> 00:22:26.279
 For those of us

00:22:26.279 --> 00:22:26.899
 that are older,

00:22:27.079 --> 00:22:27.500
 we'd have the

00:22:27.500 --> 00:22:28.079
 Looney Tunes,

00:22:28.220 --> 00:22:28.439
 right?

00:22:29.240 --> 00:22:30.059
 That make a mockery

00:22:30.059 --> 00:22:30.379
 of it.

00:22:33.079 --> 00:22:33.700
 Do you think

00:22:33.700 --> 00:22:34.179
 hell's real?

00:22:35.799 --> 00:22:36.119
 Do you think

00:22:36.119 --> 00:22:36.659
 there are eternal

00:22:36.659 --> 00:22:37.319
 consequences

00:22:37.319 --> 00:22:38.259
 for rejecting God?

00:22:40.079 --> 00:22:41.119
 Even for Christians.

00:22:42.519 --> 00:22:42.799
 Have you,

00:22:42.960 --> 00:22:43.919
 and I've been up

00:22:43.919 --> 00:22:44.319
 in Queensland

00:22:44.319 --> 00:22:45.500
 for more than a decade

00:22:45.500 --> 00:22:46.839
 so I'm a bit warped

00:22:46.839 --> 00:22:47.579
 with my thinking.

00:22:48.720 --> 00:22:49.339
 No offence.

00:22:50.500 --> 00:22:50.960
 Your people

00:22:50.960 --> 00:22:51.559
 are really strange.

00:22:51.919 --> 00:22:52.740
 But there's a

00:22:52.740 --> 00:22:55.819
 guy in Townsville

00:22:55.819 --> 00:22:56.559
 who stands

00:22:56.559 --> 00:22:56.899
 opposite

00:22:56.899 --> 00:22:58.099
 Stockland

00:22:58.099 --> 00:22:59.519
 and he waves

00:22:59.519 --> 00:23:00.119
 a sign

00:23:00.119 --> 00:23:01.660
 Stockland's

00:23:01.660 --> 00:23:02.039
 the Myers

00:23:02.039 --> 00:23:03.240
 and it says

00:23:03.240 --> 00:23:03.900
 repent

00:23:03.900 --> 00:23:05.119
 and believe

00:23:05.119 --> 00:23:06.099
 for judgement

00:23:06.099 --> 00:23:06.619
 is coming.

00:23:08.079 --> 00:23:09.079
 And we talk

00:23:09.079 --> 00:23:09.859
 about it at church

00:23:09.859 --> 00:23:10.400
 and it's a bit

00:23:10.400 --> 00:23:10.900
 of a joke,

00:23:11.000 --> 00:23:11.220
 right?

00:23:11.660 --> 00:23:12.240
 And we kind

00:23:12.240 --> 00:23:12.720
 of feel sorry

00:23:12.720 --> 00:23:13.259
 for the guy.

00:23:13.960 --> 00:23:14.299
 You ever seen

00:23:14.299 --> 00:23:14.900
 that sort of thing?

00:23:16.019 --> 00:23:16.900
 Is it a joke though?

00:23:19.359 --> 00:23:19.900
 It's not,

00:23:19.980 --> 00:23:20.180
 is it?

00:23:22.180 --> 00:23:22.680
 According to

00:23:22.680 --> 00:23:23.519
 the word of God

00:23:23.519 --> 00:23:25.700
 the Lord

00:23:25.700 --> 00:23:26.259
 is coming back

00:23:26.259 --> 00:23:26.619
 to judge

00:23:26.619 --> 00:23:26.940
 the living

00:23:26.940 --> 00:23:27.440
 and the dead.

00:23:27.440 --> 00:23:29.840
 Peter says

00:23:29.840 --> 00:23:30.240
 to his readers

00:23:30.240 --> 00:23:30.740
 don't be,

00:23:31.700 --> 00:23:32.240
 don't get caught

00:23:32.240 --> 00:23:32.980
 up in the mockery

00:23:32.980 --> 00:23:35.940
 because he

00:23:35.940 --> 00:23:37.000
 ends this section

00:23:37.000 --> 00:23:37.720
 by saying

00:23:37.720 --> 00:23:39.200
 they haven't

00:23:39.200 --> 00:23:39.519
 remembered

00:23:39.519 --> 00:23:40.140
 that God

00:23:40.140 --> 00:23:41.740
 always does

00:23:41.740 --> 00:23:43.039
 what God

00:23:43.039 --> 00:23:43.740
 says he'll do.

00:23:45.320 --> 00:23:45.980
 Have a look

00:23:45.980 --> 00:23:46.759
 from verse 5.

00:23:46.759 --> 00:23:51.400
 But they

00:23:51.400 --> 00:23:52.039
 deliberately

00:23:52.039 --> 00:23:52.640
 forget

00:23:52.640 --> 00:23:55.240
 that long

00:23:55.240 --> 00:23:55.640
 ago

00:23:55.640 --> 00:23:56.400
 by God's

00:23:56.400 --> 00:23:56.779
 word

00:23:56.779 --> 00:23:58.000
 the heavens

00:23:58.000 --> 00:23:58.559
 came into

00:23:58.559 --> 00:23:58.940
 being

00:23:58.940 --> 00:24:00.220
 and the

00:24:00.220 --> 00:24:00.519
 earth

00:24:00.519 --> 00:24:01.160
 was formed

00:24:01.160 --> 00:24:01.779
 out of

00:24:01.779 --> 00:24:02.140
 water

00:24:02.140 --> 00:24:03.220
 and by

00:24:03.220 --> 00:24:03.599
 water.

00:24:05.599 --> 00:24:05.799
 You know

00:24:05.799 --> 00:24:06.440
 in this section

00:24:06.440 --> 00:24:06.960
 Peter's,

00:24:07.099 --> 00:24:07.539
 he's drawing

00:24:07.539 --> 00:24:08.099
 our attention

00:24:08.099 --> 00:24:09.000
 to the power

00:24:09.000 --> 00:24:09.480
 of God's

00:24:09.480 --> 00:24:09.779
 word.

00:24:11.359 --> 00:24:12.299
 The faithfulness

00:24:12.299 --> 00:24:12.799
 of God

00:24:12.799 --> 00:24:13.900
 to follow

00:24:13.900 --> 00:24:14.379
 through

00:24:14.380 --> 00:24:15.000
 on what

00:24:15.000 --> 00:24:15.620
 he says

00:24:15.620 --> 00:24:16.280
 is evident

00:24:16.280 --> 00:24:17.180
 everywhere

00:24:17.180 --> 00:24:18.240
 since the

00:24:18.240 --> 00:24:18.780
 history of

00:24:18.780 --> 00:24:19.300
 creation.

00:24:20.720 --> 00:24:21.880
 These mockers

00:24:21.880 --> 00:24:22.360
 who talk

00:24:22.360 --> 00:24:22.900
 about things

00:24:22.900 --> 00:24:23.520
 not changing

00:24:23.520 --> 00:24:23.900
 since the

00:24:23.900 --> 00:24:24.100
 beginning

00:24:24.100 --> 00:24:24.420
 of the

00:24:24.420 --> 00:24:24.900
 world

00:24:24.900 --> 00:24:26.380
 deliberately

00:24:26.380 --> 00:24:27.140
 forget

00:24:27.140 --> 00:24:28.740
 the very

00:24:28.740 --> 00:24:29.040
 thing that

00:24:29.040 --> 00:24:29.640
 they affirm

00:24:29.640 --> 00:24:30.100
 in mocking

00:24:30.100 --> 00:24:30.400
 it.

00:24:31.400 --> 00:24:32.120
 That God

00:24:32.120 --> 00:24:32.840
 created the

00:24:32.840 --> 00:24:33.200
 world.

00:24:34.300 --> 00:24:34.820
 He made

00:24:34.820 --> 00:24:35.160
 it by

00:24:35.160 --> 00:24:35.600
 speaking.

00:24:36.600 --> 00:24:37.160
 He spoke

00:24:37.160 --> 00:24:37.520
 and it

00:24:37.520 --> 00:24:37.820
 happened.

00:24:38.820 --> 00:24:39.620
 He separated

00:24:39.620 --> 00:24:40.020
 the waters

00:24:40.020 --> 00:24:41.120
 above from

00:24:41.120 --> 00:24:41.480
 the waters

00:24:41.480 --> 00:24:41.880
 below.

00:24:41.880 --> 00:24:47.400
 Peter's

00:24:47.400 --> 00:24:47.740
 reminding

00:24:47.740 --> 00:24:48.340
 his readers

00:24:48.340 --> 00:24:48.740
 that from

00:24:48.740 --> 00:24:49.020
 the very

00:24:49.020 --> 00:24:49.400
 beginning

00:24:49.400 --> 00:24:49.740
 God

00:24:49.740 --> 00:24:50.260
 speaks

00:24:50.260 --> 00:24:50.940
 and it

00:24:50.940 --> 00:24:51.180
 actually

00:24:51.180 --> 00:24:51.720
 happens.

00:24:52.800 --> 00:24:53.080
 In

00:24:53.080 --> 00:24:53.540
 verse 6

00:24:53.540 --> 00:24:54.000
 he reminds

00:24:54.000 --> 00:24:54.220
 them of

00:24:54.220 --> 00:24:54.620
 the great

00:24:54.620 --> 00:24:55.020
 flood

00:24:55.020 --> 00:24:55.420
 that we

00:24:55.420 --> 00:24:55.860
 associate

00:24:55.860 --> 00:24:56.180
 with

00:24:56.180 --> 00:24:56.520
 Noah.

00:24:56.940 --> 00:24:57.100
 God

00:24:57.100 --> 00:24:57.420
 spoke

00:24:57.420 --> 00:24:57.820
 back in

00:24:57.820 --> 00:24:58.100
 Genesis

00:24:58.100 --> 00:24:58.540
 6.

00:24:58.840 --> 00:24:58.960
 He

00:24:58.960 --> 00:24:59.500
 intervened

00:24:59.500 --> 00:24:59.620
 in

00:24:59.620 --> 00:25:00.060
 creation.

00:25:00.280 --> 00:25:00.500
 So this

00:25:00.500 --> 00:25:00.820
 is God

00:25:00.820 --> 00:25:01.200
 speaking

00:25:01.200 --> 00:25:01.640
 again.

00:25:01.960 --> 00:25:02.200
 But he

00:25:02.200 --> 00:25:02.520
 spoke

00:25:02.520 --> 00:25:03.080
 this time

00:25:03.080 --> 00:25:03.740
 to judge

00:25:03.740 --> 00:25:04.200
 and guess

00:25:04.200 --> 00:25:04.560
 what?

00:25:05.560 --> 00:25:06.040
 It

00:25:06.040 --> 00:25:06.440
 happened.

00:25:07.720 --> 00:25:08.280
 God

00:25:08.280 --> 00:25:08.680
 spoke

00:25:08.680 --> 00:25:09.300
 about coming

00:25:09.300 --> 00:25:09.700
 judgment

00:25:09.700 --> 00:25:10.380
 and it

00:25:10.380 --> 00:25:10.760
 happened.

00:25:11.880 --> 00:25:12.860
 What Peter's

00:25:12.860 --> 00:25:13.260
 saying is

00:25:13.260 --> 00:25:13.780
 not only

00:25:13.780 --> 00:25:14.220
 when God

00:25:14.220 --> 00:25:14.620
 speaks

00:25:14.620 --> 00:25:14.900
 does it

00:25:14.900 --> 00:25:15.180
 happen

00:25:15.180 --> 00:25:15.760
 but when

00:25:15.760 --> 00:25:15.960
 God

00:25:15.960 --> 00:25:16.240
 speaks

00:25:16.240 --> 00:25:16.520
 about

00:25:16.520 --> 00:25:16.980
 judgment

00:25:16.980 --> 00:25:17.860
 it

00:25:17.860 --> 00:25:18.420
 happens.

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 And he

00:25:21.720 --> 00:25:22.180
 will do

00:25:22.180 --> 00:25:22.820
 it again.

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 He says

00:25:24.360 --> 00:25:25.000
 in verse 7

00:25:25.000 --> 00:25:25.380
 by the

00:25:25.380 --> 00:25:25.840
 same

00:25:25.840 --> 00:25:26.420
 word

00:25:26.420 --> 00:25:27.120
 that

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 reliable

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 faithful

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 powerful

00:25:28.760 --> 00:25:29.080
 word

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 of God

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 the

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 present

00:25:30.340 --> 00:25:30.720
 heavens

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 and

00:25:30.920 --> 00:25:31.340
 earth

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 by which

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 he

00:25:32.120 --> 00:25:32.340
 means

00:25:32.340 --> 00:25:32.820
 all of

00:25:32.820 --> 00:25:33.380
 creation

00:25:33.380 --> 00:25:33.940
 are

00:25:33.940 --> 00:25:34.360
 reserved

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 for

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 fire

00:25:35.200 --> 00:25:37.220
 the

00:25:37.220 --> 00:25:37.960
 refiner's

00:25:37.960 --> 00:25:38.360
 fire

00:25:38.360 --> 00:25:40.340
 where the

00:25:40.340 --> 00:25:40.860
 ungodly

00:25:40.860 --> 00:25:41.140
 will be

00:25:41.140 --> 00:25:41.740
 destroyed.

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 Don't

00:25:44.599 --> 00:25:44.940
 listen to

00:25:44.940 --> 00:25:45.099
 the

00:25:45.099 --> 00:25:45.440
 mockers

00:25:45.440 --> 00:25:45.720
 Peter

00:25:45.720 --> 00:25:46.259
 says.

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 They

00:25:48.279 --> 00:25:48.799
 forget

00:25:48.799 --> 00:25:49.200
 the

00:25:49.200 --> 00:25:49.640
 power

00:25:49.640 --> 00:25:49.880
 of

00:25:49.880 --> 00:25:50.220
 God's

00:25:50.220 --> 00:25:50.559
 word.

00:25:51.900 --> 00:25:52.140
 They

00:25:52.140 --> 00:25:52.559
 forget

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 that

00:25:52.859 --> 00:25:53.099
 God

00:25:53.099 --> 00:25:53.620
 always

00:25:53.620 --> 00:25:53.880
 does

00:25:53.880 --> 00:25:54.079
 what

00:25:54.079 --> 00:25:54.200
 he

00:25:54.200 --> 00:25:54.640
 says.

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 That's

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 why

00:25:56.660 --> 00:25:56.900
 Peter

00:25:56.900 --> 00:25:57.120
 says

00:25:57.120 --> 00:25:57.220
 you

00:25:57.220 --> 00:25:57.359
 need

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 to

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 wake

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 up.

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 You

00:26:01.799 --> 00:26:01.940
 know

00:26:01.940 --> 00:26:02.099
 the

00:26:02.099 --> 00:26:02.640
 12

00:26:02.640 --> 00:26:02.920
 years

00:26:02.920 --> 00:26:03.099
 we

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 lived

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 in

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 Townsville

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 no

00:26:05.359 --> 00:26:06.059
 cyclones.

00:26:07.680 --> 00:26:08.220
 Such

00:26:08.220 --> 00:26:08.900
 a waste

00:26:08.900 --> 00:26:09.059
 of

00:26:09.059 --> 00:26:09.480
 time

00:26:09.480 --> 00:26:10.339
 pulling

00:26:10.339 --> 00:26:10.519
 the

00:26:10.519 --> 00:26:10.960
 trampoline

00:26:10.960 --> 00:26:11.240
 down.

00:26:11.600 --> 00:26:11.980
 Halfway

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 through

00:26:12.120 --> 00:26:12.259
 our

00:26:12.259 --> 00:26:12.500
 time

00:26:12.500 --> 00:26:12.660
 there

00:26:12.660 --> 00:26:12.840
 my

00:26:12.840 --> 00:26:13.200
 wife

00:26:13.200 --> 00:26:13.620
 put

00:26:13.620 --> 00:26:13.840
 a

00:26:13.840 --> 00:26:14.079
 chicken

00:26:14.079 --> 00:26:14.360
 coop

00:26:14.360 --> 00:26:14.640
 under

00:26:14.640 --> 00:26:14.819
 the

00:26:14.819 --> 00:26:15.299
 trampoline.

00:26:15.799 --> 00:26:16.000
 She

00:26:16.000 --> 00:26:16.200
 put

00:26:16.200 --> 00:26:16.600
 chicken

00:26:16.600 --> 00:26:16.940
 wire

00:26:16.940 --> 00:26:17.200
 around

00:26:17.200 --> 00:26:17.340
 the

00:26:17.340 --> 00:26:17.519
 edge

00:26:17.519 --> 00:26:17.680
 because

00:26:17.680 --> 00:26:17.740
 it's

00:26:17.740 --> 00:26:17.880
 8

00:26:17.880 --> 00:26:18.100
 meters

00:26:18.100 --> 00:26:18.420
 wide.

00:26:18.480 --> 00:26:18.559
 It's

00:26:18.559 --> 00:26:18.819
 quite a

00:26:18.819 --> 00:26:19.120
 clever

00:26:19.120 --> 00:26:19.360
 use

00:26:19.360 --> 00:26:19.900
 of

00:26:19.900 --> 00:26:20.259
 time.

00:26:20.340 --> 00:26:20.640
 Traumatic

00:26:20.640 --> 00:26:20.900
 for the

00:26:20.900 --> 00:26:21.120
 chickens

00:26:21.120 --> 00:26:21.400
 when the

00:26:21.400 --> 00:26:21.539
 kids

00:26:21.539 --> 00:26:21.620
 are

00:26:21.620 --> 00:26:21.680
 on

00:26:21.680 --> 00:26:21.779
 the

00:26:21.779 --> 00:26:22.279
 trampoline.

00:26:23.700 --> 00:26:24.259
 Pulling

00:26:24.259 --> 00:26:25.240
 the

00:26:25.240 --> 00:26:25.779
 trampoline

00:26:25.779 --> 00:26:26.259
 down

00:26:26.259 --> 00:26:27.460
 just

00:26:27.460 --> 00:26:27.779
 became

00:26:27.779 --> 00:26:27.940
 a

00:26:27.940 --> 00:26:28.180
 whole

00:26:28.180 --> 00:26:28.420
 lot

00:26:28.420 --> 00:26:28.819
 more

00:26:28.819 --> 00:26:29.500
 chaotic

00:26:29.500 --> 00:26:29.860
 so I

00:26:29.860 --> 00:26:30.120
 stopped

00:26:30.120 --> 00:26:30.500
 bothering.

00:26:33.180 --> 00:26:33.759
 12th

00:26:33.759 --> 00:26:34.120
 year

00:26:34.120 --> 00:26:36.700
 we

00:26:36.700 --> 00:26:37.220
 got

00:26:37.220 --> 00:26:37.539
 one.

00:26:37.539 --> 00:26:40.180
 fences

00:26:40.180 --> 00:26:40.460
 blew

00:26:40.460 --> 00:26:40.879
 down

00:26:40.879 --> 00:26:41.519
 trees

00:26:41.519 --> 00:26:41.759
 blew

00:26:41.759 --> 00:26:42.139
 down

00:26:42.139 --> 00:26:43.960
 trampolines

00:26:43.960 --> 00:26:44.500
 everywhere

00:26:44.500 --> 00:26:46.680
 loads

00:26:46.680 --> 00:26:46.859
 of

00:26:46.859 --> 00:26:47.180
 towns

00:26:47.180 --> 00:26:47.319
 will

00:26:47.319 --> 00:26:47.500
 have

00:26:47.500 --> 00:26:47.700
 no

00:26:47.700 --> 00:26:48.039
 power

00:26:48.039 --> 00:26:48.220
 for

00:26:48.220 --> 00:26:48.680
 days

00:26:48.680 --> 00:26:49.519
 in

00:26:49.519 --> 00:26:49.680
 the

00:26:49.680 --> 00:26:50.000
 humid

00:26:50.000 --> 00:26:50.299
 heat

00:26:50.299 --> 00:26:50.519
 of

00:26:50.519 --> 00:26:50.839
 summer

00:26:50.839 --> 00:26:53.019
 who

00:26:53.019 --> 00:26:53.220
 would

00:26:53.220 --> 00:26:53.359
 have

00:26:53.359 --> 00:26:53.919
 thought

00:26:53.919 --> 00:26:55.139
 weather

00:26:55.139 --> 00:26:55.539
 warnings

00:26:55.539 --> 00:26:55.699
 would

00:26:55.699 --> 00:26:55.859
 ever

00:26:55.859 --> 00:26:56.099
 come

00:26:56.099 --> 00:26:56.439
 true?

00:26:59.319 --> 00:26:59.879
 Well the

00:26:59.879 --> 00:27:00.319
 answer is

00:27:00.319 --> 00:27:00.639
 we all

00:27:00.639 --> 00:27:00.959
 should have

00:27:00.959 --> 00:27:01.220
 shouldn't

00:27:01.220 --> 00:27:01.439
 we?

00:27:02.720 --> 00:27:03.159
 Because

00:27:03.159 --> 00:27:03.500
 they have

00:27:03.500 --> 00:27:03.919
 before.

00:27:05.919 --> 00:27:06.480
 And if

00:27:06.480 --> 00:27:06.879
 we heed

00:27:06.879 --> 00:27:07.299
 the word

00:27:07.299 --> 00:27:07.579
 of the

00:27:07.579 --> 00:27:08.240
 weatherman

00:27:08.240 --> 00:27:09.579
 who we

00:27:09.579 --> 00:27:09.759
 all

00:27:09.759 --> 00:27:10.099
 acknowledge

00:27:10.099 --> 00:27:10.279
 is

00:27:10.279 --> 00:27:10.679
 fallible

00:27:10.679 --> 00:27:13.000
 how much

00:27:13.000 --> 00:27:13.579
 more ought

00:27:13.579 --> 00:27:14.059
 we heed

00:27:14.059 --> 00:27:14.480
 the word

00:27:14.480 --> 00:27:14.919
 of God

00:27:14.919 --> 00:27:17.119
 that is

00:27:17.119 --> 00:27:17.699
 infallible?

00:27:17.700 --> 00:27:20.559
 the

00:27:20.559 --> 00:27:20.779
 God

00:27:20.779 --> 00:27:20.940
 who

00:27:20.940 --> 00:27:21.559
 always

00:27:21.559 --> 00:27:21.900
 does

00:27:21.900 --> 00:27:22.100
 what

00:27:22.100 --> 00:27:22.259
 he

00:27:22.259 --> 00:27:22.580
 says

00:27:22.580 --> 00:27:22.900
 even

00:27:22.900 --> 00:27:23.120
 with

00:27:23.120 --> 00:27:23.519
 judgment.

00:27:26.900 --> 00:27:27.299
 How

00:27:27.299 --> 00:27:27.620
 foolish

00:27:27.620 --> 00:27:27.860
 not

00:27:27.860 --> 00:27:28.080
 to.

00:27:30.440 --> 00:27:30.840
 You

00:27:30.840 --> 00:27:30.920
 know

00:27:30.920 --> 00:27:31.080
 there's

00:27:31.080 --> 00:27:31.460
 a time

00:27:31.460 --> 00:27:31.660
 in the

00:27:31.660 --> 00:27:31.799
 book

00:27:31.799 --> 00:27:32.279
 of Acts

00:27:32.279 --> 00:27:32.680
 where

00:27:32.680 --> 00:27:32.840
 the

00:27:32.840 --> 00:27:33.120
 apostle

00:27:33.120 --> 00:27:33.580
 Paul

00:27:33.580 --> 00:27:33.900
 is

00:27:33.900 --> 00:27:34.220
 speaking

00:27:34.220 --> 00:27:34.400
 to

00:27:34.400 --> 00:27:34.519
 a

00:27:34.519 --> 00:27:34.720
 bunch

00:27:34.720 --> 00:27:34.860
 of

00:27:34.860 --> 00:27:35.059
 non

00:27:35.059 --> 00:27:35.400
 Christians

00:27:35.400 --> 00:27:35.920
 in

00:27:35.920 --> 00:27:36.039
 the

00:27:36.039 --> 00:27:36.279
 public

00:27:36.279 --> 00:27:36.620
 square

00:27:36.620 --> 00:27:36.779
 it's

00:27:36.779 --> 00:27:36.880
 in

00:27:36.880 --> 00:27:37.039
 Acts

00:27:37.039 --> 00:27:37.400
 17

00:27:37.400 --> 00:27:38.960
 and

00:27:38.960 --> 00:27:39.080
 he

00:27:39.080 --> 00:27:39.279
 says

00:27:39.279 --> 00:27:39.559
 this

00:27:39.559 --> 00:27:39.840
 bear

00:27:39.840 --> 00:27:40.039
 with

00:27:40.039 --> 00:27:40.180
 me

00:27:40.180 --> 00:27:40.340
 here

00:27:40.340 --> 00:27:40.440
 because

00:27:40.440 --> 00:27:40.539
 you'll

00:27:40.539 --> 00:27:40.600
 be

00:27:40.600 --> 00:27:40.779
 thinking

00:27:40.779 --> 00:27:41.039
 what's

00:27:41.039 --> 00:27:41.140
 this

00:27:41.140 --> 00:27:41.279
 all

00:27:41.279 --> 00:27:41.519
 about

00:27:41.519 --> 00:27:41.640
 I

00:27:41.640 --> 00:27:41.779
 thought

00:27:41.779 --> 00:27:41.960
 we're

00:27:41.960 --> 00:27:42.100
 just

00:27:42.100 --> 00:27:42.299
 about

00:27:42.299 --> 00:27:42.620
 finished

00:27:42.620 --> 00:27:43.039
 we are

00:27:43.039 --> 00:27:43.319
 don't

00:27:43.319 --> 00:27:43.580
 worry

00:27:43.580 --> 00:27:44.580
 this

00:27:44.580 --> 00:27:44.640
 is

00:27:44.640 --> 00:27:44.819
 Acts

00:27:47.700 --> 00:27:47.940
 Paul

00:27:47.940 --> 00:27:48.200
 says

00:27:48.200 --> 00:27:48.600
 this

00:27:48.600 --> 00:27:49.960
 now

00:27:49.960 --> 00:27:50.460
 God

00:27:50.460 --> 00:27:51.059
 commands

00:27:51.059 --> 00:27:51.380
 all

00:27:51.380 --> 00:27:51.720
 people

00:27:51.720 --> 00:27:52.299
 everywhere

00:27:52.299 --> 00:27:52.640
 to

00:27:52.640 --> 00:27:53.059
 repent

00:27:53.059 --> 00:27:54.740
 for

00:27:54.740 --> 00:27:54.860
 he

00:27:54.860 --> 00:27:55.059
 has

00:27:55.059 --> 00:27:55.279
 set

00:27:55.279 --> 00:27:55.420
 a

00:27:55.420 --> 00:27:55.680
 day

00:27:55.680 --> 00:27:55.940
 when

00:27:55.940 --> 00:27:56.080
 he

00:27:56.080 --> 00:27:56.259
 will

00:27:56.259 --> 00:27:56.600
 judge

00:27:56.600 --> 00:27:56.799
 the

00:27:56.799 --> 00:27:57.080
 world

00:27:57.080 --> 00:27:57.319
 with

00:27:57.319 --> 00:27:57.799
 justice

00:27:57.799 --> 00:27:58.080
 by

00:27:58.080 --> 00:27:58.240
 the

00:27:58.240 --> 00:27:58.519
 man

00:27:58.519 --> 00:27:58.680
 he

00:27:58.680 --> 00:27:58.860
 has

00:27:58.860 --> 00:27:59.240
 appointed

00:27:59.240 --> 00:28:00.759
 he's

00:28:00.759 --> 00:28:00.960
 given

00:28:00.960 --> 00:28:01.420
 proof

00:28:01.420 --> 00:28:01.600
 of

00:28:01.600 --> 00:28:01.980
 this

00:28:01.980 --> 00:28:02.460
 to

00:28:02.460 --> 00:28:03.039
 everyone

00:28:03.039 --> 00:28:04.100
 by

00:28:04.100 --> 00:28:04.559
 raising

00:28:04.559 --> 00:28:04.840
 him

00:28:04.840 --> 00:28:05.039
 from

00:28:05.039 --> 00:28:05.200
 the

00:28:05.200 --> 00:28:05.500
 dead

00:28:05.500 --> 00:28:07.940
 let's

00:28:07.940 --> 00:28:08.080
 just

00:28:08.080 --> 00:28:08.400
 unpack

00:28:08.400 --> 00:28:08.740
 what

00:28:08.740 --> 00:28:08.960
 that's

00:28:08.960 --> 00:28:09.259
 talking

00:28:09.259 --> 00:28:09.420
 about

00:28:09.420 --> 00:28:09.680
 that's

00:28:09.680 --> 00:28:09.880
 Acts

00:28:09.880 --> 00:28:10.380
 17

00:28:10.380 --> 00:28:10.840
 verse

00:28:10.840 --> 00:28:11.160
 30

00:28:11.160 --> 00:28:11.299
 and

00:28:11.299 --> 00:28:11.779
 31

00:28:11.779 --> 00:28:13.680
 you

00:28:13.680 --> 00:28:13.799
 know

00:28:13.799 --> 00:28:14.160
 Jesus

00:28:14.160 --> 00:28:14.680
 said

00:28:14.680 --> 00:28:15.019
 he'd

00:28:15.019 --> 00:28:15.160
 be

00:28:15.160 --> 00:28:15.680
 crucified

00:28:15.680 --> 00:28:16.220
 and

00:28:16.220 --> 00:28:16.580
 rise

00:28:16.580 --> 00:28:16.759
 from

00:28:16.759 --> 00:28:16.920
 the

00:28:16.920 --> 00:28:17.160
 dead

00:28:17.160 --> 00:28:17.440
 at

00:28:17.440 --> 00:28:17.880
 least

00:28:17.880 --> 00:28:18.180
 three

00:28:18.180 --> 00:28:18.820
 times

00:28:18.820 --> 00:28:19.539
 you

00:28:19.539 --> 00:28:19.660
 can

00:28:19.660 --> 00:28:19.840
 read

00:28:19.840 --> 00:28:19.940
 it

00:28:19.940 --> 00:28:20.059
 in

00:28:20.059 --> 00:28:20.340
 Mark's

00:28:20.340 --> 00:28:20.660
 gospel

00:28:20.660 --> 00:28:21.940
 and

00:28:21.940 --> 00:28:22.039
 you

00:28:22.039 --> 00:28:22.160
 know

00:28:22.160 --> 00:28:22.460
 what

00:28:22.460 --> 00:28:23.259
 he

00:28:23.259 --> 00:28:23.580
 was

00:28:23.580 --> 00:28:24.140
 crucified

00:28:24.140 --> 00:28:25.640
 he

00:28:25.640 --> 00:28:26.180
 died

00:28:26.180 --> 00:28:27.220
 Mark

00:28:27.220 --> 00:28:27.580
 tells us

00:28:27.580 --> 00:28:27.900
 he died

00:28:27.900 --> 00:28:28.180
 as a

00:28:28.180 --> 00:28:28.480
 ransom

00:28:28.480 --> 00:28:28.759
 for

00:28:28.759 --> 00:28:29.019
 many

00:28:29.019 --> 00:28:30.340
 he

00:28:30.340 --> 00:28:30.559
 died

00:28:30.559 --> 00:28:30.680
 to

00:28:30.680 --> 00:28:30.840
 make

00:28:30.840 --> 00:28:30.960
 it

00:28:30.960 --> 00:28:31.299
 possible

00:28:31.299 --> 00:28:31.720
 for

00:28:31.720 --> 00:28:32.240
 sinners

00:28:32.240 --> 00:28:32.559
 like

00:28:32.559 --> 00:28:32.860
 me

00:28:32.860 --> 00:28:33.019
 to

00:28:33.019 --> 00:28:33.120
 be

00:28:33.120 --> 00:28:33.660
 reconciled

00:28:33.660 --> 00:28:33.779
 to

00:28:33.779 --> 00:28:34.120
 God

00:28:34.120 --> 00:28:34.920
 he

00:28:34.920 --> 00:28:35.100
 took

00:28:35.100 --> 00:28:35.259
 the

00:28:35.259 --> 00:28:35.519
 penalty

00:28:35.519 --> 00:28:35.759
 of

00:28:35.759 --> 00:28:36.039
 sin

00:28:36.039 --> 00:28:36.220
 he

00:28:36.220 --> 00:28:36.380
 took

00:28:36.380 --> 00:28:36.740
 God's

00:28:36.740 --> 00:28:36.980
 wrath

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 on

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 himself

00:28:37.580 --> 00:28:37.860
 on

00:28:37.860 --> 00:28:38.000
 the

00:28:38.000 --> 00:28:38.420
 cross

00:28:38.420 --> 00:28:39.799
 wiping

00:28:39.799 --> 00:28:40.279
 me

00:28:40.279 --> 00:28:40.860
 completely

00:28:40.860 --> 00:28:41.460
 clean

00:28:41.460 --> 00:28:43.340
 paying

00:28:43.340 --> 00:28:43.580
 in

00:28:43.580 --> 00:28:43.860
 full

00:28:43.860 --> 00:28:44.660
 and

00:28:44.660 --> 00:28:45.059
 finally

00:28:45.059 --> 00:28:45.299
 for

00:28:45.299 --> 00:28:45.600
 sin

00:28:45.599 --> 00:28:48.419
 on the

00:28:48.419 --> 00:28:48.879
 cross

00:28:48.879 --> 00:28:51.500
 we see

00:28:51.500 --> 00:28:51.799
 God

00:28:51.799 --> 00:28:52.259
 following

00:28:52.259 --> 00:28:52.639
 through

00:28:52.639 --> 00:28:53.000
 on his

00:28:53.000 --> 00:28:53.319
 promise

00:28:53.319 --> 00:28:53.799
 to judge

00:28:53.799 --> 00:28:54.159
 sin

00:28:54.159 --> 00:28:55.679
 I don't

00:28:55.679 --> 00:28:55.779
 know if

00:28:55.779 --> 00:28:55.879
 you've

00:28:55.879 --> 00:28:56.159
 ever thought

00:28:56.159 --> 00:28:56.439
 about it

00:28:56.439 --> 00:28:56.719
 like that

00:28:56.719 --> 00:28:57.119
 before

00:28:57.119 --> 00:28:58.819
 but on the

00:28:58.819 --> 00:28:59.259
 cross we

00:28:59.259 --> 00:28:59.679
 see God

00:28:59.679 --> 00:29:00.039
 following

00:29:00.039 --> 00:29:00.679
 through on

00:29:00.679 --> 00:29:01.139
 his promise

00:29:01.139 --> 00:29:01.579
 to judge

00:29:01.579 --> 00:29:01.939
 sin

00:29:01.940 --> 00:29:03.640
 because

00:29:03.640 --> 00:29:03.880
 on the

00:29:03.880 --> 00:29:04.299
 cross

00:29:04.299 --> 00:29:05.860
 God's

00:29:05.860 --> 00:29:06.259
 judgment

00:29:06.259 --> 00:29:06.720
 fell

00:29:06.720 --> 00:29:07.220
 fully

00:29:07.220 --> 00:29:07.559
 and

00:29:07.559 --> 00:29:08.160
 finally

00:29:08.160 --> 00:29:08.620
 on the

00:29:08.620 --> 00:29:08.799
 sin

00:29:08.799 --> 00:29:09.160
 of his

00:29:09.160 --> 00:29:09.620
 people

00:29:09.620 --> 00:29:10.240
 for the

00:29:10.240 --> 00:29:10.360
 sin

00:29:10.360 --> 00:29:10.580
 of his

00:29:10.580 --> 00:29:10.920
 people

00:29:10.920 --> 00:29:11.360
 on his

00:29:11.360 --> 00:29:11.640
 son

00:29:11.640 --> 00:29:13.860
 God

00:29:13.860 --> 00:29:14.620
 intervened

00:29:14.620 --> 00:29:17.140
 in human

00:29:17.140 --> 00:29:17.539
 history

00:29:17.539 --> 00:29:18.160
 despite what

00:29:18.160 --> 00:29:18.620
 the mockers

00:29:18.620 --> 00:29:19.019
 say

00:29:19.019 --> 00:29:20.340
 to deal

00:29:20.340 --> 00:29:20.820
 with human

00:29:20.820 --> 00:29:21.220
 sin

00:29:21.220 --> 00:29:23.240
 God

00:29:23.240 --> 00:29:23.700
 said he

00:29:23.700 --> 00:29:24.019
 would do

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 it

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 and he

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 did it

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 but

00:29:26.900 --> 00:29:27.220
 Jesus

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 also

00:29:27.799 --> 00:29:28.200
 said

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 three

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 times

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 he

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 would

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 rise

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 and he

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 did

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 and according

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 to the

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 apostle

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 Paul

00:29:36.099 --> 00:29:37.720
 that is

00:29:37.720 --> 00:29:38.359
 proof

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 that people

00:29:39.980 --> 00:29:40.359
 can be

00:29:40.359 --> 00:29:40.859
 raised

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 it's

00:29:42.539 --> 00:29:42.919
 proof

00:29:42.919 --> 00:29:43.439
 that we'll

00:29:43.439 --> 00:29:43.899
 all be

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 raised

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 and it's

00:29:45.599 --> 00:29:45.919
 proof

00:29:45.919 --> 00:29:46.319
 that the

00:29:46.319 --> 00:29:47.019
 whole world

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 will be

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 judged

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 with justice

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 by the

00:29:48.659 --> 00:29:48.839
 Lord

00:29:48.839 --> 00:29:49.279
 Jesus

00:29:49.279 --> 00:29:51.019
 the

00:29:51.019 --> 00:29:51.399
 resurrection

00:29:51.399 --> 00:29:51.980
 of Jesus

00:29:51.980 --> 00:29:52.699
 is proof

00:29:52.699 --> 00:29:53.220
 that God

00:29:53.220 --> 00:29:53.859
 will do

00:29:53.859 --> 00:29:54.679
 and has

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 done

00:29:55.000 --> 00:29:55.359
 what he

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 said

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 he will

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 do

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 one day

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 the risen

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 Lord

00:29:58.419 --> 00:29:58.799
 Jesus

00:29:58.799 --> 00:29:59.319
 we will

00:29:59.319 --> 00:29:59.799
 all stand

00:29:59.799 --> 00:30:00.359
 before him

00:30:00.359 --> 00:30:00.940
 as judge

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 so

00:30:02.940 --> 00:30:03.839
 Paul

00:30:03.839 --> 00:30:04.339
 says here

00:30:04.339 --> 00:30:04.819
 in Acts

00:30:04.819 --> 00:30:05.680
 it's time

00:30:05.680 --> 00:30:06.200
 to repent

00:30:06.200 --> 00:30:08.059
 it's time

00:30:08.059 --> 00:30:08.460
 to wake

00:30:08.460 --> 00:30:08.740
 up

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 it's time

00:30:10.779 --> 00:30:11.079
 to stop

00:30:11.079 --> 00:30:11.440
 ignoring

00:30:11.440 --> 00:30:11.859
 God

00:30:11.859 --> 00:30:13.659
 it's time

00:30:13.659 --> 00:30:13.960
 to turn

00:30:13.960 --> 00:30:14.379
 back to

00:30:14.379 --> 00:30:14.539
 him

00:30:14.539 --> 00:30:14.839
 it's time

00:30:14.839 --> 00:30:15.240
 to accept

00:30:15.240 --> 00:30:15.599
 his offer

00:30:15.599 --> 00:30:16.119
 of forgiveness

00:30:16.119 --> 00:30:16.879
 to fall

00:30:16.879 --> 00:30:17.119
 on your

00:30:17.119 --> 00:30:17.339
 knees

00:30:17.339 --> 00:30:17.619
 and to

00:30:17.619 --> 00:30:17.779
 live

00:30:17.779 --> 00:30:18.059
 with him

00:30:18.059 --> 00:30:18.500
 as Lord

00:30:18.500 --> 00:30:20.460
 now having

00:30:20.460 --> 00:30:20.839
 proven

00:30:20.839 --> 00:30:21.220
 judgment

00:30:21.220 --> 00:30:21.700
 is coming

00:30:21.700 --> 00:30:22.039
 into the

00:30:22.039 --> 00:30:22.379
 world

00:30:22.379 --> 00:30:23.779
 the apostle

00:30:23.779 --> 00:30:24.259
 Paul says

00:30:24.259 --> 00:30:24.680
 it's time

00:30:24.680 --> 00:30:25.240
 to repent

00:30:25.240 --> 00:30:27.659
 and Peter's

00:30:27.659 --> 00:30:28.019
 readers

00:30:28.019 --> 00:30:28.539
 back in

00:30:28.539 --> 00:30:29.200
 2 Peter

00:30:29.200 --> 00:30:29.920
 chapter 3

00:30:29.920 --> 00:30:30.559
 you know

00:30:30.559 --> 00:30:30.859
 what's

00:30:30.859 --> 00:30:31.159
 great

00:30:31.159 --> 00:30:32.619
 they seem

00:30:32.619 --> 00:30:32.879
 to have

00:30:32.879 --> 00:30:33.059
 done

00:30:33.059 --> 00:30:33.319
 that

00:30:33.319 --> 00:30:36.180
 they are

00:30:36.180 --> 00:30:36.779
 his beloved

00:30:36.779 --> 00:30:38.000
 brothers and

00:30:38.000 --> 00:30:38.460
 sisters in

00:30:38.460 --> 00:30:38.899
 Christ

00:30:38.899 --> 00:30:42.000
 like many of you

00:30:42.000 --> 00:30:42.359
 here in this

00:30:42.359 --> 00:30:42.599
 room

00:30:42.599 --> 00:30:45.039
 but even

00:30:45.039 --> 00:30:45.339
 though they're

00:30:45.339 --> 00:30:46.200
 already saved

00:30:46.200 --> 00:30:47.539
 he says

00:30:47.539 --> 00:30:48.000
 I'm writing

00:30:48.000 --> 00:30:48.619
 to wake

00:30:48.619 --> 00:30:49.099
 you up

00:30:49.099 --> 00:30:52.440
 I want

00:30:52.440 --> 00:30:52.700
 you to

00:30:52.700 --> 00:30:53.339
 wake up

00:30:53.339 --> 00:30:54.920
 recall

00:30:54.920 --> 00:30:55.259
 God's

00:30:55.259 --> 00:30:55.660
 words

00:30:55.660 --> 00:30:57.380
 judgment

00:30:57.380 --> 00:30:57.940
 is coming

00:30:57.940 --> 00:30:59.300
 God

00:30:59.300 --> 00:30:59.860
 always

00:30:59.860 --> 00:31:00.300
 does

00:31:00.300 --> 00:31:00.539
 what

00:31:00.539 --> 00:31:00.740
 God

00:31:00.740 --> 00:31:00.960
 says

00:31:00.960 --> 00:31:01.080
 he

00:31:01.080 --> 00:31:01.220
 will

00:31:01.220 --> 00:31:01.539
 do

00:31:01.539 --> 00:31:05.960
 let's

00:31:05.960 --> 00:31:06.200
 pray

00:31:06.200 --> 00:31:11.259
 heavenly

00:31:11.259 --> 00:31:11.580
 father

00:31:11.580 --> 00:31:12.000
 we thank

00:31:12.000 --> 00:31:12.340
 you so

00:31:12.340 --> 00:31:12.660
 much

00:31:12.660 --> 00:31:13.100
 for

00:31:13.100 --> 00:31:13.740
 revealing

00:31:13.740 --> 00:31:14.440
 your

00:31:14.440 --> 00:31:14.940
 plan

00:31:14.940 --> 00:31:15.180
 for

00:31:15.180 --> 00:31:15.740
 salvation

00:31:15.740 --> 00:31:16.080
 through

00:31:16.080 --> 00:31:16.220
 the

00:31:16.220 --> 00:31:16.400
 Lord

00:31:16.400 --> 00:31:16.680
 Jesus

00:31:16.680 --> 00:31:17.120
 Christ

00:31:17.120 --> 00:31:17.380
 to

00:31:17.380 --> 00:31:17.620
 us

00:31:17.620 --> 00:31:17.800
 in

00:31:17.800 --> 00:31:17.960
 your

00:31:17.960 --> 00:31:18.320
 word

00:31:18.319 --> 00:31:21.299
 father

00:31:21.299 --> 00:31:21.759
 thank you

00:31:21.759 --> 00:31:22.119
 that you've

00:31:22.119 --> 00:31:22.299
 brought

00:31:22.299 --> 00:31:22.779
 many of us

00:31:22.779 --> 00:31:23.879
 here in

00:31:23.879 --> 00:31:24.319
 this room

00:31:24.319 --> 00:31:24.839
 to faith

00:31:24.839 --> 00:31:25.039
 in the

00:31:25.039 --> 00:31:25.220
 Lord

00:31:25.220 --> 00:31:25.559
 Jesus

00:31:25.559 --> 00:31:28.399
 thank you

00:31:28.399 --> 00:31:28.720
 for the

00:31:28.720 --> 00:31:29.019
 freedom

00:31:29.019 --> 00:31:29.480
 of knowing

00:31:29.480 --> 00:31:29.919
 our sin

00:31:29.919 --> 00:31:30.259
 has been

00:31:30.259 --> 00:31:30.859
 paid for

00:31:30.859 --> 00:31:31.240
 that we've

00:31:31.240 --> 00:31:31.419
 been

00:31:31.419 --> 00:31:31.879
 washed

00:31:31.879 --> 00:31:35.359
 father

00:31:35.359 --> 00:31:35.740
 thank you

00:31:35.740 --> 00:31:36.000
 for the

00:31:36.000 --> 00:31:36.159
 Lord

00:31:36.159 --> 00:31:36.439
 Jesus

00:31:36.439 --> 00:31:36.960
 Christ

00:31:36.960 --> 00:31:40.119
 but father

00:31:40.119 --> 00:31:40.619
 help us

00:31:40.619 --> 00:31:40.799
 to

00:31:40.799 --> 00:31:42.379
 to open

00:31:42.379 --> 00:31:42.939
 our eyes

00:31:42.939 --> 00:31:43.399
 to wake

00:31:43.399 --> 00:31:43.720
 up to

00:31:43.720 --> 00:31:43.839
 the

00:31:43.839 --> 00:31:44.240
 reality

00:31:44.240 --> 00:31:44.839
 that one

00:31:44.839 --> 00:31:45.179
 day

00:31:45.179 --> 00:31:47.119
 the

00:31:47.119 --> 00:31:47.299
 Lord

00:31:47.299 --> 00:31:47.579
 Jesus

00:31:47.579 --> 00:31:47.819
 will

00:31:47.819 --> 00:31:48.259
 return

00:31:48.259 --> 00:31:49.799
 and

00:31:49.799 --> 00:31:49.960
 will

00:31:49.960 --> 00:31:50.240
 stand

00:31:50.240 --> 00:31:50.640
 before

00:31:50.640 --> 00:31:50.940
 him

00:31:50.940 --> 00:31:51.099
 as

00:31:51.099 --> 00:31:51.519
 judge

00:31:51.519 --> 00:31:54.519
 father

00:31:54.519 --> 00:31:55.039
 help us

00:31:55.039 --> 00:31:55.319
 to

00:31:55.319 --> 00:31:55.539
 live

00:31:55.539 --> 00:31:55.680
 in

00:31:55.680 --> 00:31:55.920
 light

00:31:55.920 --> 00:31:56.059
 of

00:31:56.059 --> 00:31:56.220
 that

00:31:56.220 --> 00:31:56.559
 day

00:31:56.559 --> 00:31:58.900
 in

00:31:58.900 --> 00:31:59.019
 the

00:31:59.019 --> 00:31:59.259
 face

00:31:59.259 --> 00:31:59.400
 of

00:31:59.400 --> 00:31:59.579
 the

00:31:59.579 --> 00:32:00.079
 scoffing

00:32:00.079 --> 00:32:01.660
 in

00:32:01.660 --> 00:32:01.779
 the

00:32:01.779 --> 00:32:02.000
 face

00:32:02.000 --> 00:32:02.119
 of

00:32:02.119 --> 00:32:02.259
 our

00:32:02.259 --> 00:32:02.519
 own

00:32:02.519 --> 00:32:03.180
 slumber

00:32:03.180 --> 00:32:05.019
 father

00:32:05.019 --> 00:32:05.379
 help us

00:32:05.379 --> 00:32:05.519
 to

00:32:05.519 --> 00:32:05.740
 cling

00:32:05.740 --> 00:32:05.900
 to

00:32:05.900 --> 00:32:06.099
 your

00:32:06.099 --> 00:32:06.500
 word

00:32:06.500 --> 00:32:08.059
 that

00:32:08.059 --> 00:32:08.539
 always

00:32:08.539 --> 00:32:08.980
 comes

00:32:08.980 --> 00:32:09.400
 true

00:32:09.400 --> 00:32:11.299
 father

00:32:11.299 --> 00:32:11.940
 entrenching

00:32:11.940 --> 00:32:12.240
 us a

00:32:12.240 --> 00:32:12.559
 habit

00:32:12.559 --> 00:32:14.019
 to

00:32:14.019 --> 00:32:14.279
 drip

00:32:14.279 --> 00:32:14.539
 feed

00:32:14.539 --> 00:32:14.980
 ourselves

00:32:14.980 --> 00:32:15.180
 with

00:32:15.180 --> 00:32:15.279
 it

00:32:15.279 --> 00:32:15.559
 every

00:32:15.559 --> 00:32:15.920
 day

00:32:15.920 --> 00:32:17.640
 that

00:32:17.640 --> 00:32:17.759
 we

00:32:17.759 --> 00:32:17.960
 might

00:32:17.960 --> 00:32:18.259
 remember

00:32:18.259 --> 00:32:18.440
 the

00:32:18.440 --> 00:32:18.759
 truth

00:32:18.759 --> 00:32:18.920
 of

00:32:18.920 --> 00:32:19.040
 the

00:32:19.040 --> 00:32:19.280
 great

00:32:19.280 --> 00:32:19.480
 and

00:32:19.480 --> 00:32:19.740
 terrible

00:32:19.740 --> 00:32:20.040
 day

00:32:20.040 --> 00:32:20.160
 of

00:32:20.160 --> 00:32:20.280
 the

00:32:20.280 --> 00:32:20.520
 Lord

00:32:20.520 --> 00:32:22.020
 from

00:32:22.020 --> 00:32:22.200
 which

00:32:22.200 --> 00:32:22.400
 we've

00:32:22.400 --> 00:32:22.560
 been

00:32:22.560 --> 00:32:22.880
 spared

00:32:22.880 --> 00:32:23.080
 through

00:32:23.080 --> 00:32:23.220
 the

00:32:23.220 --> 00:32:23.400
 Lord

00:32:23.400 --> 00:32:23.680
 Jesus

00:32:23.680 --> 00:32:24.180
 Christ

00:32:24.180 --> 00:32:25.759
 we pray

00:32:25.759 --> 00:32:26.060
 this in

00:32:26.060 --> 00:32:26.580
 his name

00:32:26.580 --> 00:32:27.180
 Amen

00:32:27.620 --> 00:32:27.620


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