WEBVTT 00:00:00.180 --> 00:00:03.940 What a privilege it is to share God's Word with you today, brothers and sisters. 00:00:04.719 --> 00:00:07.419 I want to start with a personal story. 00:00:08.199 --> 00:00:13.040 It happened when I was about 16, so that would be about five years ago. 00:00:14.900 --> 00:00:18.480 Or something like that. I'm not good with numbers, so bear with me. 00:00:18.580 --> 00:00:19.960 It was back in my home country. 00:00:20.660 --> 00:00:24.160 And I live in a mountainous town, but I've never been up the mountain itself. 00:00:24.900 --> 00:00:27.760 And back then we had no equipment, nothing. 00:00:27.760 --> 00:00:32.960 We even had some old shoes, and a friend of mine and I decided to go to the top of the mountain. 00:00:34.140 --> 00:00:39.120 And we didn't know what we could expect, but we were told that once you reach the top, 00:00:39.179 --> 00:00:43.840 you could actually see the sea of another town in the horizon. 00:00:44.340 --> 00:00:48.460 Now we'd never been to the sea either before, so it would have been a grand sight. 00:00:49.620 --> 00:00:52.060 Of course, we had no one to guide us. 00:00:52.600 --> 00:00:54.200 We had no idea how to get there. 00:00:54.200 --> 00:00:59.620 So, after a few arduous hours, we made it to the top. 00:00:59.680 --> 00:01:00.500 It was so difficult. 00:01:01.400 --> 00:01:02.560 And then what did we see? 00:01:05.140 --> 00:01:07.560 Another top in the horizon. 00:01:08.659 --> 00:01:12.620 And by that time, we hadn't calculated how long it would take us, 00:01:12.700 --> 00:01:15.800 but we hadn't calculated more than like two hours or so. 00:01:15.799 --> 00:01:18.719 And so we were in trouble. 00:01:18.819 --> 00:01:19.620 What should we do now? 00:01:20.519 --> 00:01:26.459 So we made it down below to another valley and up the second top of the mountain. 00:01:28.019 --> 00:01:29.140 And there it was. 00:01:30.159 --> 00:01:30.979 Another top. 00:01:32.439 --> 00:01:34.280 It seemed like they would never end. 00:01:34.959 --> 00:01:39.500 And as I was thinking about the sermon today, I was reminded of this story, 00:01:39.500 --> 00:01:46.840 because little did I know at that time that our life is like that in terms of suffering. 00:01:47.859 --> 00:01:48.939 It's like a top. 00:01:49.099 --> 00:01:50.519 You don't see what's behind it. 00:01:50.620 --> 00:01:53.799 And you think, well, if I reach up there, I'm going to be happy. 00:01:54.040 --> 00:01:54.760 And you do. 00:01:54.879 --> 00:01:55.859 You feel exhilarated. 00:01:55.960 --> 00:02:00.180 But then you see another top, another top, and another top. 00:02:00.180 --> 00:02:06.520 Now, when Peter was writing this letter, it takes only 10 minutes to read. 00:02:07.040 --> 00:02:08.379 It's fun reading it. 00:02:09.080 --> 00:02:11.280 Go through it if you have time afterwards. 00:02:12.219 --> 00:02:17.500 When he was writing this letter, he wrote to different churches scattered around Turkey, 00:02:18.360 --> 00:02:19.939 back then Asia Minor. 00:02:20.840 --> 00:02:22.379 And they were not rich. 00:02:23.020 --> 00:02:25.020 Most of them were poor, slaves. 00:02:25.020 --> 00:02:31.939 They had difficulties, economic, political, because now they represented a small sect that 00:02:31.939 --> 00:02:33.800 stood against the cult of Caesar. 00:02:34.760 --> 00:02:37.960 It made exclusive claims about truth. 00:02:39.140 --> 00:02:41.320 And these people had no power, basically. 00:02:42.120 --> 00:02:46.980 They could be easily cancelled, not out of Twitter or Facebook for having the wrong opinion. 00:02:47.520 --> 00:02:51.780 But much worse than that, they would lose their jobs, their livelihoods, and sometimes their lives. 00:02:51.780 --> 00:02:59.360 And Peter wrote this letter to encourage them on this path of suffering that they were going through. 00:03:00.000 --> 00:03:04.580 And the reason that that letter still exists to this day is because it is still valid. 00:03:05.879 --> 00:03:11.719 Because we, in every age, as Christians, face suffering of different kinds. 00:03:13.300 --> 00:03:20.300 And we always need encouragement on our path to the time when Jesus returns. 00:03:20.300 --> 00:03:24.360 And puts an end to all suffering. 00:03:25.100 --> 00:03:26.900 Until then, we need encouragement. 00:03:27.120 --> 00:03:28.640 And that's what Peter is doing today. 00:03:28.760 --> 00:03:31.340 We shall focus on only two of those verses. 00:03:31.480 --> 00:03:33.080 Verses 6 and 7. 00:03:35.660 --> 00:03:41.240 And I want us to basically look at this through a basic title. 00:03:41.920 --> 00:03:43.240 An antidote to suffering. 00:03:44.400 --> 00:03:46.060 There are four parts of this. 00:03:47.200 --> 00:03:47.760 Antidote. 00:03:47.759 --> 00:03:50.699 First, we shall look at what it is. 00:03:51.239 --> 00:03:53.019 Secondly, what it does. 00:03:53.739 --> 00:03:56.340 Third, what it consists of. 00:03:56.959 --> 00:03:59.079 And finally, why it works. 00:04:00.659 --> 00:04:04.039 First, what it is. 00:04:04.379 --> 00:04:05.599 What is this antidote? 00:04:05.959 --> 00:04:10.000 The antidote to suffering that Peter mentions is humility. 00:04:10.659 --> 00:04:12.159 Humble yourselves, therefore. 00:04:12.159 --> 00:04:18.699 Now, if you look at it in the Greek, it's a passive term. 00:04:18.699 --> 00:04:23.519 Which means it's easily understood that it is not something that you do. 00:04:23.639 --> 00:04:26.120 It's something that you accept in your life. 00:04:26.920 --> 00:04:30.659 It can also be active, like Peter does earlier in his letter. 00:04:30.779 --> 00:04:34.620 But here particularly, he's saying, accept your humble status. 00:04:34.620 --> 00:04:43.120 Now, they were already, as Christians, facing so many difficulties because of who they were at that time. 00:04:43.560 --> 00:04:47.540 Because they were, like I said, they were not just poor and without political connections. 00:04:48.100 --> 00:04:54.399 But they represented a sect that stood against everything around them. 00:04:54.399 --> 00:04:59.439 Making the exclusive claim of truth and also of power. 00:04:59.939 --> 00:05:03.519 That there is another person and not Caesar, who is the Lord. 00:05:06.060 --> 00:05:10.099 Now, Peter is saying, I know that you're suffering. 00:05:10.399 --> 00:05:11.679 I know what you're going through. 00:05:12.339 --> 00:05:14.219 Because I'm going through the same thing. 00:05:14.220 --> 00:05:16.780 But you know what? 00:05:17.700 --> 00:05:19.980 You have to accept your humble status. 00:05:20.200 --> 00:05:23.620 Now, back then, you know about Stoicism. 00:05:24.240 --> 00:05:29.620 There were the Stoics who would say, look, if you cannot change the situation, you have to accept it. 00:05:30.080 --> 00:05:33.300 And sometimes don't even mind it too much, because that too shall pass. 00:05:34.140 --> 00:05:34.920 So, man up. 00:05:36.220 --> 00:05:37.900 Pull yourself off your bootstraps. 00:05:38.560 --> 00:05:39.980 Do something about it. 00:05:41.220 --> 00:05:41.980 Don't cry. 00:05:42.300 --> 00:05:42.820 Don't weep. 00:05:42.819 --> 00:05:44.519 Accept reality as it is. 00:05:45.099 --> 00:05:50.579 And in the face of reality, be strong, indifferent, and you will make it. 00:05:51.060 --> 00:05:51.699 Be a hero. 00:05:53.879 --> 00:05:55.360 That's not what Peter is saying. 00:05:55.759 --> 00:05:58.019 When he says, accept your humble status. 00:05:59.420 --> 00:06:04.120 And he's not even saying, well, just resign to the hand of fate. 00:06:04.740 --> 00:06:06.680 There is nothing you can do about it. 00:06:07.600 --> 00:06:11.120 No, what he's saying is, humble yourselves. 00:06:12.819 --> 00:06:19.879 Because humility is the first path towards something great. 00:06:19.879 --> 00:06:23.759 And that's point two. 00:06:23.759 --> 00:06:25.639 What it does. 00:06:25.639 --> 00:06:33.459 What it does is, humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God that he may lift you up in due time. 00:06:33.459 --> 00:06:44.019 So, Peter could have also said, humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, and he will do this. 00:06:44.419 --> 00:06:45.799 Which would have been completely true. 00:06:45.800 --> 00:06:55.900 But he wants to be clear that by adding in order that we understand that exaltation is not simply the result of humility. 00:06:56.360 --> 00:06:58.000 It is actually its purpose. 00:06:58.000 --> 00:07:01.620 God is not weak. 00:07:02.220 --> 00:07:06.860 The reason we are suffering sometimes is not understood by any of us. 00:07:07.139 --> 00:07:08.879 Sometimes we'll never understand it. 00:07:09.560 --> 00:07:11.959 Except to say that we live in a fallen world. 00:07:13.160 --> 00:07:21.360 We live by making some wrong choices sometimes, or we live because of other people's wrong choices in difficult circumstances. 00:07:21.360 --> 00:07:30.740 But he's saying, there is no path, other path to exaltation except through suffering. 00:07:31.500 --> 00:07:37.699 And it is something that is not just said or valid for people at church. 00:07:37.840 --> 00:07:39.439 It's valid for everyone, actually. 00:07:39.540 --> 00:07:45.319 Even for those who are unbelievers, they know that if they want to get somewhere, there is no pain without gain. 00:07:45.319 --> 00:07:56.459 But this is much more important and much more true for us because what Peter is saying is that exaltation will certainly happen, but not because of your efforts. 00:07:56.560 --> 00:08:03.319 Because if it were up to us, we know how many times we failed and would have failed and failed time and time again. 00:08:04.620 --> 00:08:05.879 God is not powerless. 00:08:06.180 --> 00:08:06.740 He is what? 00:08:06.860 --> 00:08:07.539 He is powerful. 00:08:08.420 --> 00:08:10.659 Humble yourselves under his mighty hand. 00:08:11.219 --> 00:08:13.680 You know how many times that's used in the New Testament? 00:08:13.680 --> 00:08:15.379 Just once, right here. 00:08:15.840 --> 00:08:17.579 You know how many times it's used in the Old? 00:08:17.800 --> 00:08:18.579 Quite often. 00:08:20.180 --> 00:08:22.019 And you know in what kind of context? 00:08:22.439 --> 00:08:23.740 In the context of Exodus. 00:08:25.300 --> 00:08:30.120 The letter of Peter is written to those who are foreigners, who are exiles. 00:08:30.220 --> 00:08:31.460 That's how Peter calls us. 00:08:32.460 --> 00:08:37.899 He calls us like as if we were Jewish people living in the diaspora. 00:08:37.899 --> 00:08:42.379 People who were scattered because of the exile and never returned back to Israel. 00:08:42.379 --> 00:08:45.960 But who were looking forward to the second exodus. 00:08:46.200 --> 00:08:49.700 To that exodus that was going to happen when the Messiah was going to return. 00:08:50.740 --> 00:08:52.519 It hadn't yet happened for them. 00:08:53.340 --> 00:08:55.539 But they were expecting him to return. 00:08:56.159 --> 00:08:58.860 They had no idea that Jesus had arrived. 00:09:00.200 --> 00:09:03.500 And Peter is saying, we, you are exiles. 00:09:03.759 --> 00:09:07.899 You are living in your own country, but perhaps you feel like foreigners. 00:09:08.419 --> 00:09:09.600 You feel like exiles. 00:09:09.600 --> 00:09:11.540 And that's natural. 00:09:13.259 --> 00:09:18.519 The moment you become a Christian, you realize certain things about life that you didn't before. 00:09:20.600 --> 00:09:25.820 And you realize that in a certain sense when you make the choice to follow Christ, 00:09:26.360 --> 00:09:28.659 you become part of a family of people. 00:09:28.659 --> 00:09:34.399 But also, you're treated as foreigners by those who are maybe your own family. 00:09:36.799 --> 00:09:41.100 And you feel like a foreigner in your own place of work. 00:09:41.559 --> 00:09:42.699 At your own school. 00:09:43.879 --> 00:09:50.079 There is something that now makes you understand that this place is wonderful, but it is not my home. 00:09:50.080 --> 00:09:56.660 So what do I do when suffering knocks on the door? 00:09:57.720 --> 00:09:58.980 I want to do something. 00:09:59.080 --> 00:10:00.000 I need to do something. 00:10:00.120 --> 00:10:01.139 And Peter is saying, no. 00:10:01.840 --> 00:10:06.120 At this moment, when you suffer because you're a Christian. 00:10:07.180 --> 00:10:09.920 And I would venture to say, when you suffer as a Christian. 00:10:10.460 --> 00:10:12.060 Because the principle is the same. 00:10:12.740 --> 00:10:16.960 Whenever we suffer, we realize that we need something more that we don't have. 00:10:16.960 --> 00:10:21.400 And the moment we suffer, we feel like we need to do something about it. 00:10:21.840 --> 00:10:24.000 It is our job to do something about it. 00:10:24.860 --> 00:10:29.060 But in so doing sometimes, that suffering takes us away from God rather than to Him. 00:10:29.759 --> 00:10:33.580 And Peter is saying, just humble yourself under God's mighty hand. 00:10:34.220 --> 00:10:36.500 Like Israel did. 00:10:37.300 --> 00:10:38.280 Back when. 00:10:38.759 --> 00:10:39.759 In the desert. 00:10:40.200 --> 00:10:41.139 For 40 years. 00:10:41.519 --> 00:10:43.500 They didn't know exactly where they were going. 00:10:43.780 --> 00:10:45.460 They didn't know when they would be arriving. 00:10:45.460 --> 00:10:48.540 And neither did Moses, who was leading them. 00:10:48.900 --> 00:10:51.420 But God fed them daily. 00:10:52.240 --> 00:10:53.000 Took care of them. 00:10:54.580 --> 00:10:56.100 Through many sufferings. 00:10:56.620 --> 00:10:59.480 As foreigners in different lands, He took them home. 00:11:00.980 --> 00:11:04.440 Peter doesn't use his words unintentionally. 00:11:05.800 --> 00:11:08.500 He reminds us that now that Jesus has arrived, 00:11:08.500 --> 00:11:15.379 We are exiles on a trip, on a long journey home. 00:11:16.879 --> 00:11:21.120 If we lower ourselves before Him, He's going to bring us home. 00:11:23.980 --> 00:11:25.259 So what does it do? 00:11:25.340 --> 00:11:26.320 What does humility do? 00:11:26.419 --> 00:11:27.820 It's exaltation. 00:11:29.659 --> 00:11:30.620 In due time. 00:11:30.620 --> 00:11:35.759 Now, there are some manuscripts, and that's my area to study. 00:11:36.399 --> 00:11:42.500 That, because they don't understand what is the specification of the term time here, 00:11:42.860 --> 00:11:46.740 They add something that they've taken from Peter 2.12, I think. 00:11:47.440 --> 00:11:49.379 The time of God's visitation. 00:11:49.379 --> 00:11:55.259 Basically, what they wanted is to make clear to the readers of those manuscripts of the Bible, 00:11:55.820 --> 00:11:59.779 That the time that Peter is talking about is the end time. 00:12:00.379 --> 00:12:02.259 That's when our exaltation will happen. 00:12:02.399 --> 00:12:04.840 And that is certainly true in this context. 00:12:04.840 --> 00:12:08.860 But that's not what this verse is saying. 00:12:09.399 --> 00:12:11.040 It just says, in due time. 00:12:12.240 --> 00:12:18.399 Because it is certainly true that at the end He will liberate us. 00:12:18.759 --> 00:12:20.019 He will exalt us. 00:12:20.480 --> 00:12:22.820 But on our path there, what do we need? 00:12:22.879 --> 00:12:23.780 We need encouragement. 00:12:24.399 --> 00:12:26.920 And that's what He does in all of our life situations. 00:12:27.240 --> 00:12:28.780 As we can all attest to that. 00:12:30.460 --> 00:12:34.700 Sometimes when there is a situation that doesn't seem to have any kind of resolution, 00:12:35.639 --> 00:12:36.360 We despair. 00:12:37.220 --> 00:12:42.660 Sometimes when we feel betrayed and don't know what to do about the situation, 00:12:43.019 --> 00:12:44.519 We still despair. 00:12:45.740 --> 00:12:50.200 There are many life situations that make us hopeless. 00:12:51.700 --> 00:12:54.259 And going back to this, to what Peter is saying, 00:12:55.139 --> 00:12:56.320 Is a great encouragement. 00:12:56.320 --> 00:13:00.220 Because if God took together a people, a nation of a few million, 00:13:00.720 --> 00:13:02.800 Through the desert, against all odds, 00:13:02.799 --> 00:13:05.639 He put them in a land that didn't belong to them. 00:13:06.519 --> 00:13:08.519 And to this day they still survive. 00:13:08.939 --> 00:13:11.500 And out of that stock came the Savior of this world. 00:13:13.079 --> 00:13:15.539 God is not powerless in your situation. 00:13:17.259 --> 00:13:18.240 God is not powerless. 00:13:18.240 --> 00:13:21.139 In due time, you don't know when. 00:13:22.060 --> 00:13:22.919 I don't know when. 00:13:23.519 --> 00:13:24.460 He will exalt you. 00:13:25.080 --> 00:13:28.460 Exaltation in the Old Testament, if you read through the book of Psalms, 00:13:28.840 --> 00:13:30.919 Is I think at least of three kinds. 00:13:32.039 --> 00:13:34.659 The term lift up, exaltation. 00:13:35.240 --> 00:13:38.720 God does that to you in terms of vindication. 00:13:39.360 --> 00:13:41.320 When your enemies are rising against you. 00:13:41.320 --> 00:13:46.340 Or, when He gives you relief. 00:13:46.660 --> 00:13:47.720 When you're sick. 00:13:48.520 --> 00:13:51.040 When you're between a rock and a hard place. 00:13:51.600 --> 00:13:53.060 When you're in a desperate situation. 00:13:53.660 --> 00:13:55.860 And it doesn't seem to go anywhere. 00:13:56.420 --> 00:13:57.440 He vindicates you. 00:13:57.800 --> 00:13:58.740 And gives you relief. 00:14:00.040 --> 00:14:01.740 And thirdly, He honors you. 00:14:01.820 --> 00:14:03.120 That's the term exaltation. 00:14:03.360 --> 00:14:06.560 You, Lord, honor me against my enemies, says the psalmist. 00:14:07.100 --> 00:14:09.400 That's what the psalmist was always looking after. 00:14:09.399 --> 00:14:13.100 God takes you out of a situation where everyone can see you. 00:14:13.419 --> 00:14:14.240 Lying down. 00:14:14.500 --> 00:14:15.259 Almost defeated. 00:14:15.480 --> 00:14:16.299 And He takes you up. 00:14:16.779 --> 00:14:18.259 And puts you somewhere visible. 00:14:18.600 --> 00:14:20.059 Where all people can see. 00:14:20.639 --> 00:14:22.480 That God is with you. 00:14:23.500 --> 00:14:26.120 And God is going to do all that in our lives. 00:14:26.379 --> 00:14:27.220 In our sufferings. 00:14:28.459 --> 00:14:30.419 But for exaltation to happen. 00:14:30.720 --> 00:14:32.039 We have to go through sufferings. 00:14:32.679 --> 00:14:34.480 I remember at one point during that trek. 00:14:35.799 --> 00:14:38.740 It was stupid of us when you think about it. 00:14:38.740 --> 00:14:42.120 But there was one path which was very precarious. 00:14:42.240 --> 00:14:43.180 And we walked on it. 00:14:44.299 --> 00:14:45.440 Because of adrenaline. 00:14:46.259 --> 00:14:47.700 Now, when we passed that. 00:14:48.180 --> 00:14:51.000 We realized we had quite a ways to go. 00:14:51.600 --> 00:14:53.019 But we couldn't go back now. 00:14:54.200 --> 00:14:56.860 We had already gone through the difficult patch. 00:14:57.060 --> 00:14:58.120 The most difficult patch. 00:14:59.100 --> 00:15:00.360 Now, without that patch. 00:15:00.600 --> 00:15:02.919 I could not have gone forward there. 00:15:03.279 --> 00:15:04.759 And that's suffering for us today. 00:15:04.879 --> 00:15:06.560 That's something that I teach my kids. 00:15:06.559 --> 00:15:08.119 And I'm sure that you teach your kids. 00:15:08.459 --> 00:15:09.879 And those of you who don't have kids. 00:15:09.979 --> 00:15:11.139 Teach yourselves. 00:15:13.439 --> 00:15:14.399 Without suffering. 00:15:15.199 --> 00:15:16.779 There is no exaltation. 00:15:17.219 --> 00:15:18.919 We don't give the Lord the opportunity. 00:15:18.919 --> 00:15:20.279 To take us somewhere. 00:15:22.779 --> 00:15:24.559 So, what it is. 00:15:25.459 --> 00:15:26.459 This antidote. 00:15:26.460 --> 00:15:26.900 First. 00:15:26.900 --> 00:15:27.019 First. 00:15:27.019 --> 00:15:27.460 First. 00:15:27.460 --> 00:15:28.580 Is humility. 00:15:29.139 --> 00:15:30.600 It's not something that you do. 00:15:31.259 --> 00:15:32.700 It's something that you accept. 00:15:34.300 --> 00:15:35.000 And it's. 00:15:35.200 --> 00:15:35.800 What it does. 00:15:35.860 --> 00:15:37.220 Is that it gives exaltation. 00:15:38.780 --> 00:15:39.480 And third. 00:15:39.600 --> 00:15:40.680 What it consists of. 00:15:40.840 --> 00:15:41.060 Now. 00:15:41.500 --> 00:15:42.660 The final two points. 00:15:42.920 --> 00:15:44.440 Have always shocked me personally. 00:15:44.660 --> 00:15:45.360 I know it's. 00:15:46.019 --> 00:15:47.560 It's easy to say that. 00:15:47.680 --> 00:15:48.040 Because. 00:15:48.280 --> 00:15:49.519 When you get to read the scriptures. 00:15:49.700 --> 00:15:50.740 So many different times. 00:15:50.840 --> 00:15:51.180 Of course. 00:15:51.240 --> 00:15:51.879 You know the story. 00:15:52.019 --> 00:15:52.800 You know the letters. 00:15:53.600 --> 00:15:55.139 You know how it ends. 00:15:55.139 --> 00:15:56.120 But. 00:15:57.039 --> 00:15:57.960 The word of God. 00:15:58.039 --> 00:15:59.360 Still manages to shock us. 00:15:59.439 --> 00:15:59.799 Because. 00:16:00.419 --> 00:16:02.000 It's so counterintuitive. 00:16:03.159 --> 00:16:04.439 Compared to what we expect. 00:16:06.319 --> 00:16:07.779 Because no matter what we do. 00:16:08.960 --> 00:16:10.100 We're never actually. 00:16:10.799 --> 00:16:11.379 Up there. 00:16:12.259 --> 00:16:13.699 Completely in tune with God's word. 00:16:13.799 --> 00:16:14.319 In our life. 00:16:15.000 --> 00:16:15.360 And so. 00:16:15.740 --> 00:16:16.819 The final two points. 00:16:17.480 --> 00:16:18.559 Seem counterintuitive. 00:16:19.879 --> 00:16:20.240 They're. 00:16:20.439 --> 00:16:21.639 They kind of shock us. 00:16:21.759 --> 00:16:22.200 And it's good. 00:16:22.279 --> 00:16:23.659 Because they also awake us. 00:16:24.179 --> 00:16:24.939 So the third is. 00:16:25.139 --> 00:16:26.279 What does. 00:16:27.039 --> 00:16:27.960 Humility do. 00:16:28.679 --> 00:16:29.240 Exaltation. 00:16:29.620 --> 00:16:29.899 But. 00:16:30.100 --> 00:16:31.220 What does it consist of. 00:16:31.299 --> 00:16:32.860 What does it look like. 00:16:34.360 --> 00:16:35.679 And it looks like. 00:16:36.340 --> 00:16:37.639 Not what we expect. 00:16:37.919 --> 00:16:38.220 Because. 00:16:38.779 --> 00:16:39.139 When. 00:16:40.000 --> 00:16:41.259 We're talking about. 00:16:42.620 --> 00:16:44.100 The result of humility. 00:16:45.159 --> 00:16:45.720 Exaltation. 00:16:46.159 --> 00:16:47.419 We'll next expect. 00:16:47.759 --> 00:16:48.639 Something in. 00:16:49.879 --> 00:16:51.039 In the line of. 00:16:51.759 --> 00:16:52.980 Humble yourself therefore. 00:16:52.980 --> 00:16:53.980 God will. 00:16:53.980 --> 00:16:54.000 God will. 00:16:54.000 --> 00:16:54.659 Exalt you. 00:16:55.440 --> 00:16:56.560 And he will put you. 00:16:56.639 --> 00:16:57.340 In the high place. 00:16:57.460 --> 00:16:58.259 He's your fortress. 00:16:58.399 --> 00:16:59.080 He's your strength. 00:16:59.379 --> 00:17:00.580 He will never abandon you. 00:17:02.519 --> 00:17:03.820 What I don't expect. 00:17:03.980 --> 00:17:04.640 Is to be told. 00:17:04.880 --> 00:17:04.940 That. 00:17:05.440 --> 00:17:06.059 Being humble. 00:17:07.360 --> 00:17:08.259 Is actually. 00:17:09.200 --> 00:17:09.759 One of. 00:17:10.140 --> 00:17:11.360 The aspects of being humble. 00:17:11.460 --> 00:17:11.720 Is. 00:17:12.380 --> 00:17:12.720 Not. 00:17:12.900 --> 00:17:13.279 To worry. 00:17:15.319 --> 00:17:15.799 Cast. 00:17:15.920 --> 00:17:16.180 All. 00:17:16.319 --> 00:17:17.079 Your anxiety. 00:17:17.519 --> 00:17:18.099 On him. 00:17:18.099 --> 00:17:22.279 Again. 00:17:22.500 --> 00:17:22.819 The word. 00:17:22.919 --> 00:17:23.259 Cast. 00:17:23.439 --> 00:17:23.759 Is. 00:17:24.099 --> 00:17:24.459 Easily. 00:17:24.639 --> 00:17:25.000 Understood. 00:17:25.179 --> 00:17:25.579 It's what. 00:17:25.859 --> 00:17:26.439 The disciples. 00:17:26.759 --> 00:17:26.980 Did. 00:17:27.139 --> 00:17:27.379 When. 00:17:27.839 --> 00:17:28.240 Jesus. 00:17:28.459 --> 00:17:28.699 Was. 00:17:29.159 --> 00:17:29.519 Walking. 00:17:29.639 --> 00:17:29.879 Towards. 00:17:29.980 --> 00:17:30.379 Jerusalem. 00:17:30.619 --> 00:17:31.259 They put him. 00:17:31.459 --> 00:17:32.079 On the donkey. 00:17:32.079 --> 00:17:32.619 On the donkey. 00:17:32.699 --> 00:17:33.659 But before doing so. 00:17:33.819 --> 00:17:34.359 They threw. 00:17:34.719 --> 00:17:35.259 They cast. 00:17:35.519 --> 00:17:36.039 That's the. 00:17:36.039 --> 00:17:36.659 The word. 00:17:36.759 --> 00:17:37.219 They cast. 00:17:37.319 --> 00:17:38.159 All of their cloaks. 00:17:38.419 --> 00:17:39.000 On the donkey. 00:17:39.099 --> 00:17:39.579 So Jesus. 00:17:39.699 --> 00:17:40.459 Would ride it. 00:17:41.079 --> 00:17:41.480 Triumphantly. 00:17:41.639 --> 00:17:42.199 Into Jerusalem. 00:17:43.199 --> 00:17:44.559 And that's what we need to do. 00:17:44.639 --> 00:17:45.579 With our anxiety. 00:17:46.219 --> 00:17:47.159 Just throw it. 00:17:47.279 --> 00:17:47.599 On him. 00:17:48.259 --> 00:17:49.319 And at first sight. 00:17:49.719 --> 00:17:49.959 I mean. 00:17:50.019 --> 00:17:50.740 We have to admit. 00:17:50.859 --> 00:17:51.079 Although. 00:17:51.259 --> 00:17:52.219 You know where I'm going. 00:17:52.699 --> 00:17:53.480 We have to admit. 00:17:53.480 --> 00:17:54.459 That at first sight. 00:17:54.699 --> 00:17:55.240 It's not. 00:17:56.259 --> 00:17:57.319 Easy to understand. 00:17:57.459 --> 00:17:57.639 How. 00:17:57.879 --> 00:17:58.399 Anxiety. 00:17:59.139 --> 00:17:59.199 Is. 00:17:59.599 --> 00:18:00.079 Related. 00:18:00.179 --> 00:18:00.679 To humility. 00:18:02.559 --> 00:18:04.119 But when you think about it. 00:18:05.059 --> 00:18:05.539 Anxiety. 00:18:06.099 --> 00:18:06.539 Is. 00:18:06.539 --> 00:18:06.939 A product. 00:18:07.119 --> 00:18:07.559 Of worry. 00:18:08.299 --> 00:18:08.879 And worry. 00:18:09.299 --> 00:18:09.959 Is natural. 00:18:10.219 --> 00:18:11.119 We all feel it. 00:18:14.199 --> 00:18:14.679 But. 00:18:14.899 --> 00:18:15.859 As natural as it is. 00:18:15.959 --> 00:18:16.699 It is also. 00:18:16.700 --> 00:18:17.960 A sign. 00:18:18.420 --> 00:18:18.940 Of pride. 00:18:21.900 --> 00:18:23.120 Just think through your life. 00:18:23.200 --> 00:18:24.080 For a moment. 00:18:30.740 --> 00:18:31.799 When you're worried. 00:18:33.080 --> 00:18:34.019 You expect. 00:18:34.740 --> 00:18:35.700 To do something. 00:18:37.039 --> 00:18:37.940 That's what we taught. 00:18:38.080 --> 00:18:38.960 Ever since we're kids. 00:18:39.059 --> 00:18:39.519 And in fact. 00:18:39.680 --> 00:18:40.920 It's not wrong to do things. 00:18:41.680 --> 00:18:43.039 When something worries you. 00:18:43.039 --> 00:18:44.559 You have to do something about it. 00:18:44.619 --> 00:18:45.899 There are different kinds of situations. 00:18:45.899 --> 00:18:48.059 That certainly require your action. 00:18:48.700 --> 00:18:49.059 Right. 00:18:49.460 --> 00:18:50.440 We've all been there. 00:18:51.180 --> 00:18:52.759 But there are other kinds of situations. 00:18:53.259 --> 00:18:54.079 Especially when. 00:18:56.579 --> 00:18:57.879 You can't do anything. 00:18:59.639 --> 00:19:01.579 That we should just humble ourselves. 00:19:01.659 --> 00:19:02.839 Rather than keep on worrying. 00:19:03.420 --> 00:19:03.659 It's like. 00:19:03.720 --> 00:19:04.480 But I need to worry. 00:19:04.539 --> 00:19:05.519 Because if I worry. 00:19:05.519 --> 00:19:05.759 Maybe. 00:19:06.639 --> 00:19:08.539 Maybe the situation is not going to get better. 00:19:08.639 --> 00:19:10.359 But I'll feel less guilty about it. 00:19:10.480 --> 00:19:12.079 Because I'm actually doing something. 00:19:12.160 --> 00:19:13.539 That's what you keep telling yourself. 00:19:15.059 --> 00:19:15.720 And instead. 00:19:15.980 --> 00:19:17.819 Of actually solving your situation. 00:19:18.420 --> 00:19:19.819 Your blood pressure. 00:19:20.039 --> 00:19:21.220 Just keeps rising. 00:19:22.019 --> 00:19:23.319 And the people around you. 00:19:23.319 --> 00:19:23.660 Suffer. 00:19:23.720 --> 00:19:25.000 Because of your. 00:19:25.500 --> 00:19:26.160 Feats of. 00:19:26.859 --> 00:19:27.220 Anger. 00:19:28.400 --> 00:19:30.119 And the situation is not solved. 00:19:31.200 --> 00:19:32.000 And that's why worry. 00:19:32.339 --> 00:19:33.339 Is a sign of pride. 00:19:33.339 --> 00:19:34.799 Because we refuse. 00:19:35.500 --> 00:19:36.279 To surrender. 00:19:37.159 --> 00:19:38.379 That particular worry. 00:19:40.039 --> 00:19:41.220 To the feet of God. 00:19:42.279 --> 00:19:43.519 And I don't say this. 00:19:43.579 --> 00:19:44.799 Because I've learned this lesson. 00:19:45.859 --> 00:19:47.079 I'm not somebody who's. 00:19:47.559 --> 00:19:49.199 Preaching to you from Mount Olympus. 00:19:51.480 --> 00:19:52.859 But it is true though. 00:19:52.859 --> 00:19:54.559 It is absolutely true. 00:19:55.779 --> 00:19:56.000 That. 00:19:56.399 --> 00:19:57.839 When we keep worrying. 00:19:58.019 --> 00:19:59.319 We know that at some point. 00:20:00.039 --> 00:20:01.279 That natural feeling. 00:20:01.459 --> 00:20:02.480 Of anxiety. 00:20:03.339 --> 00:20:05.059 Becomes something. 00:20:05.939 --> 00:20:06.379 That. 00:20:07.839 --> 00:20:09.279 Shows lack of faith. 00:20:10.500 --> 00:20:11.539 Now the word that. 00:20:11.959 --> 00:20:12.699 Peter uses. 00:20:17.899 --> 00:20:19.339 Cast all your anxiety. 00:20:19.339 --> 00:20:19.980 On him. 00:20:21.879 --> 00:20:22.740 The words. 00:20:23.000 --> 00:20:24.439 These words that he uses. 00:20:24.699 --> 00:20:25.519 Come from. 00:20:25.619 --> 00:20:26.480 The book of. 00:20:26.980 --> 00:20:27.299 Psalms. 00:20:27.879 --> 00:20:28.359 In particular. 00:20:28.519 --> 00:20:29.759 Psalm 55. 00:20:30.119 --> 00:20:30.899 Verse 22. 00:20:30.900 --> 00:20:34.900 And it's not. 00:20:35.120 --> 00:20:36.560 The result that we expect. 00:20:36.759 --> 00:20:37.180 He says. 00:20:37.340 --> 00:20:38.560 Cast all your anxiety on him. 00:20:38.759 --> 00:20:40.100 Because he cares for you. 00:20:40.300 --> 00:20:40.960 There's a second. 00:20:41.500 --> 00:20:41.980 Counterintuitive. 00:20:43.120 --> 00:20:43.680 Result. 00:20:44.540 --> 00:20:45.220 The fourth point. 00:20:45.340 --> 00:20:45.920 Which I mentioned. 00:20:46.880 --> 00:20:47.580 What does. 00:20:47.900 --> 00:20:48.759 This antidote. 00:20:49.360 --> 00:20:49.840 Do. 00:20:50.220 --> 00:20:50.860 What it is. 00:20:50.940 --> 00:20:51.680 What it does. 00:20:52.060 --> 00:20:53.100 What it consists of. 00:20:54.240 --> 00:20:55.540 And why it works. 00:20:55.539 --> 00:20:57.240 Now. 00:20:57.240 --> 00:20:58.539 If we cast all our anxiety. 00:20:58.539 --> 00:20:59.000 On him. 00:20:59.500 --> 00:21:00.899 We know something will happen. 00:21:01.339 --> 00:21:01.839 Says Peter. 00:21:02.240 --> 00:21:02.559 Now. 00:21:02.659 --> 00:21:03.339 The book of Psalms. 00:21:03.440 --> 00:21:03.940 Is different. 00:21:04.759 --> 00:21:05.099 When you. 00:21:05.159 --> 00:21:06.019 When you read that verse. 00:21:06.119 --> 00:21:06.480 In Psalms. 00:21:06.519 --> 00:21:06.779 It says. 00:21:06.899 --> 00:21:07.599 Cast your. 00:21:08.259 --> 00:21:08.740 Anxiety. 00:21:09.519 --> 00:21:10.359 Your burden. 00:21:10.359 --> 00:21:10.799 On him. 00:21:11.319 --> 00:21:12.159 And he. 00:21:13.259 --> 00:21:13.700 Will. 00:21:14.359 --> 00:21:15.019 Sustain you. 00:21:15.659 --> 00:21:16.619 He will not let. 00:21:17.099 --> 00:21:18.139 His holy ones. 00:21:19.579 --> 00:21:20.480 Go wanting. 00:21:20.720 --> 00:21:20.859 Be. 00:21:21.259 --> 00:21:21.779 But rather. 00:21:21.920 --> 00:21:22.559 Shall be firm. 00:21:22.680 --> 00:21:23.839 Something along those lines. 00:21:24.480 --> 00:21:24.679 So. 00:21:25.099 --> 00:21:26.119 Peter is not doing that. 00:21:26.179 --> 00:21:27.000 He still stops. 00:21:27.240 --> 00:21:27.959 His quotation. 00:21:28.359 --> 00:21:29.299 Of the word of God. 00:21:29.379 --> 00:21:29.899 In the middle. 00:21:30.139 --> 00:21:31.359 To tell us something different. 00:21:34.779 --> 00:21:35.480 When we. 00:21:35.859 --> 00:21:36.919 Give all of our worries. 00:21:36.919 --> 00:21:37.419 To him. 00:21:39.059 --> 00:21:40.240 We know something good. 00:21:40.240 --> 00:21:40.759 Will happen. 00:21:41.419 --> 00:21:42.899 Because he cares for you. 00:21:43.759 --> 00:21:44.099 Now. 00:21:44.339 --> 00:21:44.919 At first sight. 00:21:45.019 --> 00:21:45.199 Again. 00:21:45.359 --> 00:21:45.699 Why is. 00:21:46.000 --> 00:21:46.779 Why am I kind of. 00:21:47.799 --> 00:21:48.179 Not. 00:21:48.359 --> 00:21:49.079 If not shocked. 00:21:49.159 --> 00:21:49.559 At least. 00:21:50.159 --> 00:21:50.480 Kind of. 00:21:50.599 --> 00:21:51.019 Underwhelmed. 00:21:51.059 --> 00:21:52.119 When I first read. 00:21:52.299 --> 00:21:52.359 This. 00:21:52.959 --> 00:21:53.720 Particular part. 00:21:53.720 --> 00:21:54.200 Of the verse. 00:21:54.400 --> 00:21:55.019 Because I expect. 00:21:55.019 --> 00:21:55.759 Something bigger. 00:21:55.860 --> 00:21:56.279 Myself. 00:21:56.819 --> 00:21:57.299 I expect. 00:21:57.799 --> 00:21:58.819 Cast all your anxiety. 00:21:58.819 --> 00:21:59.160 On him. 00:21:59.480 --> 00:22:00.579 He will sustain you. 00:22:00.920 --> 00:22:01.720 As the psalm goes. 00:22:02.480 --> 00:22:03.519 Cast all your anxiety. 00:22:03.519 --> 00:22:04.019 On him. 00:22:04.559 --> 00:22:05.920 And he will make you firm. 00:22:06.440 --> 00:22:06.839 Unmovable. 00:22:07.160 --> 00:22:08.240 Like a fortress. 00:22:08.900 --> 00:22:09.620 No enemy. 00:22:09.620 --> 00:22:10.720 Shall stand against you. 00:22:10.779 --> 00:22:11.299 A thousand. 00:22:12.039 --> 00:22:12.600 Shall fall. 00:22:12.720 --> 00:22:13.500 On your left side. 00:22:13.579 --> 00:22:14.079 A thousand. 00:22:14.539 --> 00:22:14.900 Shall fall. 00:22:14.960 --> 00:22:15.559 On your right side. 00:22:15.620 --> 00:22:16.180 But you. 00:22:16.360 --> 00:22:17.079 Will stand. 00:22:17.299 --> 00:22:18.279 Because God is with you. 00:22:18.839 --> 00:22:19.819 This is all true. 00:22:19.900 --> 00:22:20.100 Right? 00:22:21.460 --> 00:22:22.500 That's what I expected. 00:22:22.500 --> 00:22:23.279 But Peter says. 00:22:23.359 --> 00:22:24.500 Because he cares for you. 00:22:25.420 --> 00:22:25.839 And when. 00:22:25.920 --> 00:22:26.839 When I first read this. 00:22:26.880 --> 00:22:27.099 I thought. 00:22:27.180 --> 00:22:28.259 I've heard this somewhere. 00:22:28.779 --> 00:22:29.539 This complaint. 00:22:30.339 --> 00:22:31.460 That God doesn't care. 00:22:32.660 --> 00:22:33.920 So I went back to. 00:22:34.180 --> 00:22:35.599 To the book of Mark. 00:22:36.460 --> 00:22:38.000 This situation is mentioned. 00:22:38.099 --> 00:22:38.440 In three. 00:22:38.839 --> 00:22:39.720 Different gospels. 00:22:39.720 --> 00:22:40.940 But only in Mark. 00:22:41.720 --> 00:22:42.799 Written by Mark. 00:22:43.059 --> 00:22:43.839 After hearing. 00:22:44.359 --> 00:22:44.960 Peter's. 00:22:45.240 --> 00:22:46.119 Peter's stories. 00:22:46.240 --> 00:22:46.799 About Jesus. 00:22:47.319 --> 00:22:48.099 That's what. 00:22:48.099 --> 00:22:49.659 The church history. 00:22:49.779 --> 00:22:50.539 Tells us anyway. 00:22:51.519 --> 00:22:52.839 This particular verse. 00:22:52.919 --> 00:22:53.399 Comes up. 00:22:53.579 --> 00:22:53.839 When. 00:22:54.259 --> 00:22:54.779 The disciples. 00:22:55.000 --> 00:22:55.859 Are about to drown. 00:22:57.399 --> 00:22:58.779 And they go to Jesus. 00:22:58.899 --> 00:23:00.119 Who is actually sleeping. 00:23:01.719 --> 00:23:02.719 Quite peacefully. 00:23:03.259 --> 00:23:04.299 In the midst of. 00:23:04.779 --> 00:23:05.819 This calamity. 00:23:05.939 --> 00:23:07.119 That was about to occur. 00:23:07.279 --> 00:23:07.899 They were about. 00:23:08.039 --> 00:23:08.299 You know. 00:23:08.379 --> 00:23:09.480 To go down. 00:23:09.699 --> 00:23:09.980 Sink. 00:23:10.139 --> 00:23:10.579 And die. 00:23:11.659 --> 00:23:12.839 And they came to Jesus. 00:23:12.959 --> 00:23:13.119 And. 00:23:13.439 --> 00:23:14.559 It doesn't say it's Peter. 00:23:14.559 --> 00:23:14.819 But. 00:23:15.139 --> 00:23:16.000 It says the disciples. 00:23:16.319 --> 00:23:16.339 So. 00:23:16.519 --> 00:23:17.799 Peter was no exception there. 00:23:17.799 --> 00:23:18.559 And we know. 00:23:18.799 --> 00:23:19.759 He could not have been. 00:23:19.819 --> 00:23:20.240 An exception. 00:23:20.240 --> 00:23:20.980 Because we know. 00:23:21.119 --> 00:23:22.399 He had the foot in mouth disease. 00:23:23.019 --> 00:23:24.240 And used it more than once. 00:23:24.700 --> 00:23:25.740 And Peter goes and says. 00:23:26.639 --> 00:23:27.680 Together with disciples. 00:23:28.579 --> 00:23:29.019 Lord. 00:23:29.480 --> 00:23:30.379 The other gospels say. 00:23:30.480 --> 00:23:30.720 Lord. 00:23:31.919 --> 00:23:32.639 Help us. 00:23:32.839 --> 00:23:33.359 We are drowning. 00:23:34.039 --> 00:23:34.819 You know what Mark. 00:23:35.019 --> 00:23:35.619 Also adds. 00:23:35.779 --> 00:23:36.599 Because of Peter's. 00:23:36.879 --> 00:23:37.440 Great memory. 00:23:37.619 --> 00:23:38.220 And humility. 00:23:39.720 --> 00:23:40.159 Lord. 00:23:40.440 --> 00:23:41.399 Don't you care. 00:23:41.960 --> 00:23:42.819 That we are drowning. 00:23:43.000 --> 00:23:43.659 It's the same. 00:23:44.039 --> 00:23:44.819 Word in Greek. 00:23:45.019 --> 00:23:45.879 That's used here. 00:23:46.440 --> 00:23:47.460 Did Peter do this. 00:23:47.460 --> 00:23:48.240 Consciously. 00:23:48.360 --> 00:23:49.140 I have no idea. 00:23:49.259 --> 00:23:50.000 But I know this. 00:23:51.200 --> 00:23:52.140 When we go through. 00:23:52.220 --> 00:23:53.079 A difficult situation. 00:23:53.200 --> 00:23:53.819 That's exactly. 00:23:54.039 --> 00:23:54.880 What we feel. 00:23:55.640 --> 00:23:56.180 Two things. 00:23:57.299 --> 00:23:58.180 When the suffering. 00:23:58.380 --> 00:23:58.759 Gets great. 00:23:58.840 --> 00:23:59.220 We think. 00:23:59.340 --> 00:24:00.539 Is God in control. 00:24:00.640 --> 00:24:01.380 Is he powerful. 00:24:01.380 --> 00:24:02.720 Does he have a mighty hand. 00:24:03.420 --> 00:24:03.500 Or. 00:24:03.740 --> 00:24:03.920 B. 00:24:05.799 --> 00:24:06.559 Is he. 00:24:07.519 --> 00:24:07.840 Caring. 00:24:08.039 --> 00:24:09.079 Or is he simply indifferent. 00:24:10.100 --> 00:24:10.360 Now. 00:24:10.480 --> 00:24:10.700 I know. 00:24:10.799 --> 00:24:12.200 We might not say this out loud. 00:24:12.299 --> 00:24:13.079 But that's exactly. 00:24:13.259 --> 00:24:13.940 What we feel. 00:24:14.440 --> 00:24:14.720 It's. 00:24:14.720 --> 00:24:15.680 And again. 00:24:16.180 --> 00:24:16.900 It's natural. 00:24:17.460 --> 00:24:18.700 As wrong as it is. 00:24:18.779 --> 00:24:19.579 It is natural. 00:24:20.079 --> 00:24:20.740 And that's why. 00:24:21.000 --> 00:24:21.339 Peter. 00:24:21.620 --> 00:24:22.519 Surprises me. 00:24:22.640 --> 00:24:23.440 And all of us. 00:24:23.759 --> 00:24:24.740 By taking out. 00:24:24.799 --> 00:24:25.940 The second part of the psalm. 00:24:26.100 --> 00:24:27.220 And just putting this. 00:24:27.579 --> 00:24:28.620 He cares for you. 00:24:28.940 --> 00:24:29.720 And he's written. 00:24:29.880 --> 00:24:30.539 An entire letter. 00:24:30.660 --> 00:24:30.779 Where. 00:24:31.019 --> 00:24:32.079 He basically says. 00:24:32.279 --> 00:24:32.980 You know what. 00:24:33.140 --> 00:24:33.720 You're doing. 00:24:33.960 --> 00:24:34.539 Nothing new. 00:24:34.960 --> 00:24:35.920 What's happening to you. 00:24:35.980 --> 00:24:37.539 Is absolutely horrendous. 00:24:37.539 --> 00:24:39.319 Is absolutely unjust. 00:24:40.099 --> 00:24:41.279 It's something that shouldn't happen. 00:24:41.279 --> 00:24:42.919 To any human being at all. 00:24:43.000 --> 00:24:43.539 To suffer. 00:24:43.740 --> 00:24:44.679 For being a Christian. 00:24:45.039 --> 00:24:45.619 You know what. 00:24:45.879 --> 00:24:46.279 Christ. 00:24:46.439 --> 00:24:47.179 Did the same. 00:24:47.599 --> 00:24:48.319 And he died. 00:24:48.399 --> 00:24:48.659 He says. 00:24:48.720 --> 00:24:49.539 To give an example. 00:24:49.539 --> 00:24:50.419 For you to follow. 00:24:51.419 --> 00:24:52.619 And he was exalted. 00:24:52.619 --> 00:24:53.599 Because he went through. 00:24:53.779 --> 00:24:55.019 This path of suffering. 00:24:56.480 --> 00:24:56.919 And. 00:24:57.200 --> 00:24:58.299 The same is going to happen. 00:24:58.299 --> 00:24:58.819 To you. 00:24:59.899 --> 00:25:00.500 But you know. 00:25:00.980 --> 00:25:02.299 God cares for you. 00:25:03.139 --> 00:25:03.480 Well. 00:25:04.119 --> 00:25:05.399 Does he really care Peter? 00:25:07.399 --> 00:25:08.159 He does. 00:25:08.160 --> 00:25:09.220 How about. 00:25:13.440 --> 00:25:14.380 God himself. 00:25:15.880 --> 00:25:17.000 Living everything. 00:25:17.779 --> 00:25:18.500 Coming down. 00:25:18.800 --> 00:25:19.560 Becoming weak. 00:25:19.640 --> 00:25:20.440 Like all of us. 00:25:22.019 --> 00:25:23.400 Living like a poor. 00:25:24.300 --> 00:25:24.740 Teacher. 00:25:26.060 --> 00:25:26.980 Very pathetic teacher. 00:25:27.120 --> 00:25:28.500 Who had no house of his own. 00:25:29.320 --> 00:25:30.240 Being misunderstood. 00:25:30.240 --> 00:25:31.240 By everybody. 00:25:32.140 --> 00:25:32.980 Being abandoned. 00:25:33.180 --> 00:25:34.340 At the very end of his life. 00:25:34.400 --> 00:25:35.519 By all of his friends. 00:25:36.300 --> 00:25:37.279 Being crucified. 00:25:37.279 --> 00:25:38.000 For a crime. 00:25:38.059 --> 00:25:39.059 That he did not commit. 00:25:40.119 --> 00:25:41.139 Suffering on the cross. 00:25:42.059 --> 00:25:43.039 Bearing a shame. 00:25:43.539 --> 00:25:44.399 The most shameful. 00:25:45.839 --> 00:25:47.019 Manner of execution. 00:25:47.839 --> 00:25:48.920 In the known world. 00:25:49.000 --> 00:25:49.500 Of the time. 00:25:50.700 --> 00:25:51.839 Dying like a criminal. 00:25:52.720 --> 00:25:53.220 For you. 00:25:55.000 --> 00:25:56.000 Does he care? 00:25:56.000 --> 00:25:56.099 Yeah. 00:25:56.099 --> 00:25:56.160 Yeah. 00:25:56.160 --> 00:25:56.940 Peter. 00:25:56.940 --> 00:25:57.940 Peter. 00:25:57.940 --> 00:25:58.080 Peter. 00:25:58.080 --> 00:25:58.160 Peter. 00:26:06.160 --> 00:26:07.259 Wrote this letter. 00:26:07.480 --> 00:26:08.540 And when we read it. 00:26:08.620 --> 00:26:09.580 And when I say it to you. 00:26:09.640 --> 00:26:10.980 I know that you feel ashamed. 00:26:11.340 --> 00:26:12.279 I know I do. 00:26:13.160 --> 00:26:13.779 I do. 00:26:14.420 --> 00:26:15.540 Even as I'm talking to you. 00:26:15.600 --> 00:26:16.240 I feel ashamed. 00:26:16.240 --> 00:26:16.580 Because. 00:26:17.019 --> 00:26:18.920 I know that I haven't done so. 00:26:19.080 --> 00:26:19.220 I. 00:26:19.259 --> 00:26:19.380 I. 00:26:19.480 --> 00:26:20.000 I've not. 00:26:20.680 --> 00:26:21.160 Consistently. 00:26:21.600 --> 00:26:22.680 In all my worries. 00:26:22.940 --> 00:26:24.100 Consistently gone to him. 00:26:24.099 --> 00:26:25.519 And surrendered them to him. 00:26:25.879 --> 00:26:27.039 Or even when that's happened. 00:26:27.099 --> 00:26:28.059 When I've reached that top. 00:26:28.099 --> 00:26:28.779 Of one's suffering. 00:26:29.199 --> 00:26:30.459 I seem to have forgotten it. 00:26:30.579 --> 00:26:31.279 Straight away. 00:26:31.339 --> 00:26:32.599 As I look at the other top. 00:26:32.639 --> 00:26:33.159 Of the mountain. 00:26:36.379 --> 00:26:36.779 Peter. 00:26:36.879 --> 00:26:37.559 Wasn't perfect. 00:26:37.619 --> 00:26:38.139 Either though. 00:26:39.019 --> 00:26:39.459 You know. 00:26:39.659 --> 00:26:40.679 You know the story. 00:26:41.740 --> 00:26:42.759 They were in the storm. 00:26:42.759 --> 00:26:43.759 And he said. 00:26:43.879 --> 00:26:44.660 Don't you care. 00:26:44.819 --> 00:26:45.359 That we're drowning. 00:26:46.480 --> 00:26:47.460 At another time. 00:26:47.519 --> 00:26:47.799 Lord. 00:26:47.980 --> 00:26:49.599 Let me walk with you on water. 00:26:49.960 --> 00:26:51.299 He's invited to do so. 00:26:51.359 --> 00:26:52.339 He looks at the wave. 00:26:53.119 --> 00:26:53.879 Gets scared. 00:26:54.879 --> 00:26:55.720 Sinks down. 00:26:57.359 --> 00:26:57.759 Fails. 00:26:58.180 --> 00:26:59.700 Because of what he sees around him. 00:26:59.980 --> 00:27:00.700 Rather than Jesus. 00:27:01.099 --> 00:27:02.240 And then at the very end. 00:27:02.400 --> 00:27:03.220 Another story is. 00:27:03.500 --> 00:27:04.200 As you remember. 00:27:04.299 --> 00:27:05.099 He says to Jesus. 00:27:05.440 --> 00:27:05.619 You know. 00:27:05.640 --> 00:27:06.480 What's going to happen now. 00:27:06.680 --> 00:27:07.599 I'm going to serve you. 00:27:07.680 --> 00:27:08.559 With all my life. 00:27:08.960 --> 00:27:10.140 I'll do great things for you. 00:27:10.140 --> 00:27:11.220 When he's basically told. 00:27:12.160 --> 00:27:12.980 You know what. 00:27:13.280 --> 00:27:14.080 Yes you will. 00:27:14.200 --> 00:27:15.040 But at the end. 00:27:15.160 --> 00:27:16.020 You'll go somewhere. 00:27:16.180 --> 00:27:17.700 Where you have not expected to go. 00:27:17.800 --> 00:27:18.820 Someone will tie you. 00:27:19.060 --> 00:27:19.800 And take you. 00:27:19.920 --> 00:27:20.600 To the place. 00:27:20.920 --> 00:27:22.040 Basically of execution. 00:27:22.600 --> 00:27:24.160 That's how your life will end. 00:27:24.240 --> 00:27:24.580 For me. 00:27:25.259 --> 00:27:26.460 30 years have passed. 00:27:26.600 --> 00:27:27.000 About. 00:27:27.420 --> 00:27:28.160 From that time. 00:27:28.840 --> 00:27:29.380 Till the period. 00:27:29.460 --> 00:27:30.780 Where he is writing this letter. 00:27:31.360 --> 00:27:32.140 30 years. 00:27:32.560 --> 00:27:34.020 And he still made other mistakes. 00:27:34.380 --> 00:27:35.080 If you remember. 00:27:35.580 --> 00:27:36.160 With Paul. 00:27:36.500 --> 00:27:37.259 Peter was. 00:27:37.500 --> 00:27:39.240 Eating with all of the Gentiles. 00:27:39.360 --> 00:27:40.100 And then somebody comes. 00:27:40.140 --> 00:27:40.680 From Jerusalem. 00:27:41.020 --> 00:27:41.840 And Peter is thinking. 00:27:41.840 --> 00:27:42.960 Of all of the political. 00:27:43.540 --> 00:27:43.900 Repercussions. 00:27:44.120 --> 00:27:44.940 And he doesn't want. 00:27:45.020 --> 00:27:46.080 To create problems. 00:27:46.080 --> 00:27:47.200 With the church in Jerusalem. 00:27:47.460 --> 00:27:48.240 He has a name. 00:27:48.320 --> 00:27:48.820 To maintain. 00:27:48.920 --> 00:27:49.560 And he doesn't want. 00:27:49.560 --> 00:27:50.280 To offend the Jews. 00:27:50.460 --> 00:27:51.580 And he actually breaks. 00:27:51.580 --> 00:27:52.860 Fellowship with the Gentiles. 00:27:53.040 --> 00:27:53.520 With us. 00:27:54.880 --> 00:27:55.980 Shies away from them. 00:27:56.720 --> 00:27:57.500 He's afraid. 00:27:58.380 --> 00:27:59.680 Peter is a human being. 00:27:59.680 --> 00:28:00.560 To the very end. 00:28:00.560 --> 00:28:01.120 Of his life. 00:28:01.500 --> 00:28:02.300 And I don't know. 00:28:02.380 --> 00:28:03.360 The manner of execution. 00:28:03.580 --> 00:28:03.940 He said. 00:28:04.140 --> 00:28:04.259 It's. 00:28:04.460 --> 00:28:04.800 I mean. 00:28:04.860 --> 00:28:06.020 Church history tells us. 00:28:06.020 --> 00:28:07.060 That he wanted. 00:28:07.420 --> 00:28:08.380 And preferred to be. 00:28:09.360 --> 00:28:09.800 Executed. 00:28:09.960 --> 00:28:10.440 By being. 00:28:10.640 --> 00:28:11.560 Hung upside down. 00:28:11.980 --> 00:28:12.920 So that he would not. 00:28:12.980 --> 00:28:13.980 Imitate his Lord. 00:28:14.820 --> 00:28:15.600 We don't know. 00:28:15.680 --> 00:28:16.520 But that's the kind of. 00:28:16.600 --> 00:28:17.160 Stoic story. 00:28:17.260 --> 00:28:18.560 But we know that human beings. 00:28:18.560 --> 00:28:19.120 Have fears. 00:28:19.200 --> 00:28:20.580 And I'm sure that at the very end. 00:28:20.640 --> 00:28:21.160 He had a fear. 00:28:21.540 --> 00:28:22.620 But he also knew. 00:28:22.840 --> 00:28:23.660 That the path. 00:28:23.760 --> 00:28:24.500 He had chosen. 00:28:25.040 --> 00:28:26.160 Was going to be followed. 00:28:26.280 --> 00:28:27.100 By exaltation. 00:28:27.640 --> 00:28:28.660 He was not perfect. 00:28:29.120 --> 00:28:30.120 But he had gone through. 00:28:30.200 --> 00:28:30.920 Suffering himself. 00:28:30.920 --> 00:28:31.920 And he had seen Jesus. 00:28:31.920 --> 00:28:33.340 And he was not perfect. 00:28:33.660 --> 00:28:35.240 But he had seen what Jesus did. 00:28:35.880 --> 00:28:37.060 What happened to Jesus. 00:28:38.180 --> 00:28:40.060 He saw Jesus when he was alive. 00:28:40.180 --> 00:28:41.240 When he went up. 00:28:41.420 --> 00:28:42.120 And was exalted. 00:28:43.519 --> 00:28:44.940 And that's why he's writing. 00:28:45.240 --> 00:28:45.620 To us. 00:28:45.680 --> 00:28:46.440 To encourage us. 00:28:46.820 --> 00:28:47.960 Just as he did back then. 00:28:48.000 --> 00:28:49.019 Two thousand years ago. 00:28:49.600 --> 00:28:50.340 This ends. 00:28:51.100 --> 00:28:51.700 In victory. 00:28:53.019 --> 00:28:54.039 This ends in victory. 00:28:54.480 --> 00:28:54.779 Now. 00:28:55.039 --> 00:28:55.980 Since you insist to know. 00:28:56.340 --> 00:28:57.720 What happened to us was. 00:28:58.500 --> 00:28:59.320 As you can guess. 00:28:59.319 --> 00:29:01.159 First top. 00:29:01.279 --> 00:29:02.220 Second mountain top. 00:29:02.379 --> 00:29:03.259 Third mountain top. 00:29:03.740 --> 00:29:04.939 We actually made it. 00:29:05.039 --> 00:29:05.899 I know it's unbelievable. 00:29:06.139 --> 00:29:06.720 But we did. 00:29:07.700 --> 00:29:08.079 And then. 00:29:08.299 --> 00:29:09.339 We actually saw the sea. 00:29:09.519 --> 00:29:09.720 Now. 00:29:10.319 --> 00:29:11.480 That was just a story. 00:29:11.599 --> 00:29:12.700 But it happened to be true. 00:29:12.859 --> 00:29:13.039 And. 00:29:14.619 --> 00:29:15.700 I've never had a. 00:29:15.919 --> 00:29:16.659 Greater feeling. 00:29:17.059 --> 00:29:18.439 Of exhilaration. 00:29:19.319 --> 00:29:20.000 And happiness. 00:29:21.659 --> 00:29:23.119 More than I felt at that time. 00:29:23.240 --> 00:29:23.899 Until that time. 00:29:24.000 --> 00:29:24.899 Because then I got married. 00:29:25.000 --> 00:29:25.339 Of course. 00:29:25.460 --> 00:29:25.759 That's a. 00:29:26.439 --> 00:29:28.379 That's a much better experience. 00:29:29.380 --> 00:29:29.620 But. 00:29:31.180 --> 00:29:31.800 After that. 00:29:31.900 --> 00:29:32.980 We got back home. 00:29:34.540 --> 00:29:34.920 Now. 00:29:38.800 --> 00:29:40.120 At the end of our story. 00:29:41.160 --> 00:29:42.280 We're going home too. 00:29:43.040 --> 00:29:45.040 We're going to find that place of exaltation. 00:29:45.140 --> 00:29:45.580 Which I had. 00:29:45.780 --> 00:29:47.060 That mountain top experience. 00:29:47.660 --> 00:29:49.200 But we're not going back home. 00:29:49.780 --> 00:29:51.160 We are going to be home. 00:29:52.860 --> 00:29:54.000 We're going to be home. 00:29:55.620 --> 00:29:56.240 Until then. 00:29:56.340 --> 00:29:57.180 We have an antidote. 00:29:57.620 --> 00:29:58.180 To suffering. 00:29:58.380 --> 00:30:00.960 And it's so simple. 00:30:01.660 --> 00:30:02.260 And it's so. 00:30:03.220 --> 00:30:03.620 Counterintuitive. 00:30:03.780 --> 00:30:04.880 But it is so effective. 00:30:05.860 --> 00:30:07.120 And it's basically four things. 00:30:07.660 --> 00:30:08.400 That antidote. 00:30:08.560 --> 00:30:09.160 Is humility. 00:30:09.760 --> 00:30:10.460 Before God. 00:30:12.360 --> 00:30:13.180 Surrendering yourself. 00:30:13.340 --> 00:30:14.340 And your situation to him. 00:30:14.400 --> 00:30:14.680 And saying. 00:30:14.760 --> 00:30:15.000 God. 00:30:15.080 --> 00:30:16.400 I don't know where this is going. 00:30:16.480 --> 00:30:17.380 I have no idea. 00:30:18.000 --> 00:30:19.160 And I feel so hopeless. 00:30:20.620 --> 00:30:21.220 But I. 00:30:21.280 --> 00:30:22.280 I give it up to you. 00:30:22.280 --> 00:30:25.240 And that will be followed. 00:30:25.380 --> 00:30:25.720 Eventually. 00:30:25.720 --> 00:30:26.680 By exaltation. 00:30:28.120 --> 00:30:29.140 That's what it does. 00:30:29.460 --> 00:30:30.579 And it consists of. 00:30:31.120 --> 00:30:33.079 Just casting all of your worries to him. 00:30:33.240 --> 00:30:35.039 No matter what that worry is. 00:30:35.240 --> 00:30:36.259 How big or small. 00:30:36.640 --> 00:30:37.339 If it creates. 00:30:37.700 --> 00:30:38.799 A barrier before you. 00:30:38.860 --> 00:30:39.120 And God. 00:30:39.339 --> 00:30:40.160 You know what to do. 00:30:40.460 --> 00:30:42.059 Just keep giving it to him. 00:30:42.240 --> 00:30:43.140 Just keep giving it. 00:30:43.440 --> 00:30:43.860 Suffer. 00:30:44.180 --> 00:30:44.500 Cry. 00:30:44.880 --> 00:30:45.240 Weep. 00:30:46.240 --> 00:30:47.100 Feel powerless. 00:30:47.099 --> 00:30:47.179 Because. 00:30:47.799 --> 00:30:48.500 But remember this. 00:30:48.919 --> 00:30:50.179 God is neither powerless. 00:30:50.500 --> 00:30:52.279 And is neither indifferent. 00:30:53.980 --> 00:30:54.899 He cares. 00:30:55.859 --> 00:30:56.939 He cares enough. 00:30:57.059 --> 00:30:58.419 To have Christ die for us. 00:30:59.240 --> 00:31:00.639 And he cares enough. 00:31:01.079 --> 00:31:01.899 For me and you. 00:31:02.099 --> 00:31:03.839 Because we are part of a bigger story. 00:31:04.500 --> 00:31:05.819 Than our own life. 00:31:06.839 --> 00:31:07.740 We are part. 00:31:07.980 --> 00:31:08.719 Of the story. 00:31:08.839 --> 00:31:10.119 Of a kingdom of people. 00:31:11.119 --> 00:31:12.139 Who have been chosen. 00:31:12.459 --> 00:31:13.639 To show the whole world. 00:31:14.439 --> 00:31:15.679 Not that we are better. 00:31:15.680 --> 00:31:16.580 Because we are not. 00:31:16.880 --> 00:31:18.100 But to show the whole world. 00:31:18.380 --> 00:31:19.600 That we can actually get. 00:31:20.420 --> 00:31:20.779 Somewhere. 00:31:21.140 --> 00:31:22.360 Where no political system. 00:31:22.480 --> 00:31:23.120 Can take us. 00:31:24.320 --> 00:31:25.600 And that's because of God. 00:31:26.960 --> 00:31:28.620 Our God is the end of the journey. 00:31:31.160 --> 00:31:33.019 His pleasant and glorious domain. 00:31:34.400 --> 00:31:35.960 For there are the children of mercy. 00:31:36.700 --> 00:31:38.279 Thanking him for Calvary Spain. 00:31:39.400 --> 00:31:40.380 We can make it. 00:31:41.000 --> 00:31:42.100 We will make it. 00:31:42.799 --> 00:31:43.560 I don't know when. 00:31:43.720 --> 00:31:44.400 I don't know how. 00:31:44.400 --> 00:31:45.740 But we know. 00:31:46.100 --> 00:31:46.980 What God will do. 00:31:47.980 --> 00:31:49.200 And let's encourage each other. 00:31:49.240 --> 00:31:49.940 Until that point. 00:31:50.019 --> 00:31:50.880 Just like Peter did. 00:31:50.960 --> 00:31:51.480 In his letter. 00:31:51.960 --> 00:31:53.519 Because it gets so lonely. 00:31:54.240 --> 00:31:54.900 When you suffer. 00:31:55.460 --> 00:31:56.460 It gets so painful. 00:31:57.240 --> 00:31:58.560 And if we remind each other. 00:31:58.680 --> 00:31:59.519 From time to time. 00:31:59.960 --> 00:32:00.340 Brother. 00:32:00.500 --> 00:32:00.780 Sister. 00:32:01.180 --> 00:32:02.220 You're on the right path. 00:32:02.820 --> 00:32:03.680 That does. 00:32:04.160 --> 00:32:05.980 A lot more than any kind of medicine. 00:32:06.140 --> 00:32:07.340 In this entire world. 00:32:08.440 --> 00:32:09.300 Let us pray. 00:32:10.000 --> 00:32:10.400 Lord. 00:32:10.400 --> 00:32:10.480 Lord. 00:32:10.480 --> 00:32:11.220 I just thank you. 00:32:11.620 --> 00:32:12.920 For your wonderful word. 00:32:13.620 --> 00:32:16.080 To which we can not do any justice. 00:32:16.080 --> 00:32:17.019 When we preach it. 00:32:18.240 --> 00:32:18.620 Lord. 00:32:18.940 --> 00:32:20.140 We come before you. 00:32:20.280 --> 00:32:20.500 And. 00:32:20.740 --> 00:32:21.620 We ask. 00:32:22.240 --> 00:32:23.200 That this antidote. 00:32:23.320 --> 00:32:24.160 Works in our life. 00:32:24.640 --> 00:32:25.740 Humility before you. 00:32:27.820 --> 00:32:29.500 Casting all of our anxieties. 00:32:29.740 --> 00:32:30.920 Before your feet. 00:32:32.380 --> 00:32:32.900 Lord. 00:32:32.900 --> 00:32:33.700 We come to you. 00:32:33.860 --> 00:32:34.420 Powerless. 00:32:34.860 --> 00:32:36.100 Knowing that you're powerful. 00:32:37.960 --> 00:32:39.640 And while we are often indifferent. 00:32:39.640 --> 00:32:40.920 To other people's. 00:32:41.340 --> 00:32:41.640 Plight. 00:32:41.860 --> 00:32:42.600 And problems. 00:32:43.200 --> 00:32:44.240 You are not indifferent. 00:32:44.840 --> 00:32:45.940 You cared enough for us. 00:32:45.980 --> 00:32:47.160 To give your only son. 00:32:47.660 --> 00:32:48.780 To the whole world. 00:32:49.120 --> 00:32:49.920 That all of us. 00:32:49.980 --> 00:32:50.540 Who believe. 00:32:51.320 --> 00:32:53.160 May not have just eternal life. 00:32:53.540 --> 00:32:55.220 But actually look forward to it. 00:32:55.519 --> 00:32:56.220 And live. 00:32:56.500 --> 00:32:56.820 Knowing. 00:32:57.259 --> 00:32:57.980 That one day. 00:32:58.980 --> 00:32:59.920 All of this suffering. 00:33:00.060 --> 00:33:00.400 Will lead. 00:33:01.120 --> 00:33:01.880 To ultimate. 00:33:01.880 --> 00:33:02.880 Exaltation. 00:33:04.040 --> 00:33:04.360 Amen.