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 Go along, that's 1 Peter chapter 1, and that's on page 1217 of the Church Red Bibles.

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 Therefore, with minds that are alert and fully sober,

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 set your hope on the grace to be brought to you when Jesus Christ is revealed at his coming.

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 As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance.

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 But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do, for it is written,

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 Be holy, because I am holy.

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 Since you call on a father who judges each person's work impartially,

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 live out your time as foreigners here in reverent fear.

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 For you know that it is not with perishable things, such as silver or gold,

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 that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your ancestors,

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 but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect.

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 He was chosen before the creation of the world, but was revealed in these last times for your sake.

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 Through him you believe in God, who raised him from the dead and glorified him.

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 And so your faith and hope are in God.

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 Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth,

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 so that you have sincere love for each other,

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 love one another deeply from the heart.

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 For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable,

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 though or through the living and enduring word of God.

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 For all people are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field.

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 The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of the Lord endures forever.

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 And this is the word that was preached to you.

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 Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind.

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 Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk,

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 so that by it you may grow up in your salvation.

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 Now that you have tasted that the Lord is good.

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 Thank you, Dan.

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 Good morning, everyone.

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 Pleasure to be with you again this morning.

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 Before we begin, let's just go to the Lord in a word of prayer.

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 Our Father in heaven, we thank you for the freedom that we have to gather in your name without interruption,

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 without fear of harassment or persecution.

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 Help us not to take that freedom for granted, Lord,

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 but help us to use it in this very moment to lift our voices and lift our hearts and lift our minds

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 to be elevated in our worship.

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 Holy Spirit, we ask that you would continue to direct us in our worship,

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 and we ask that you would help me as I, as an imperfect vessel, bring your perfect word.

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 So whatever has to be said of you, Lord, may it be lifted up.

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 May my own words be forgotten, but may your words live forever.

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 We ask this in Jesus' name. Amen.

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 About ten years ago, Seneca and I were still dating,

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 and I took a trip with her and her family to visit her dad's relatives in Wisconsin,

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 in the middle part of the U.S., and we took a day trip to see Lake Michigan,

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 which is basically a large ocean in the middle of America.

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 And on the shore, Seneca's dad picks up a rock, and he turns to me and he says,

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 how many stones can you skip across the lake?

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 Now, unknown to me, Seneca's family had an in-joke,

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 that only men who could do a certain number of skips across the lake

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 would be worthy of marrying one of their daughters.

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 So naturally, I accepted the challenge, stone skipping, not marriage,

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 and based on nothing more than testosterone and male ego,

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 proceeded to do my worst.

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 And I really mean that.

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 Inconsequential as it was in the end,

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 I portrayed myself as being good at doing this particular thing

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 I'd been challenged to do, skipping stones.

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 I was not good.

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 It became obvious by my efforts that I was not good at doing this thing.

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 You see, I talked a big game, even for something so trivial,

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 but I couldn't back it up.

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 Thankfully, a few months later, Tim exercised a kind of mercy

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 and graciously allowed me to marry his daughter,

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 so at least that went in the right direction in the end.

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 But basically today, Peter is telling us,

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 let's not just talk a big game,

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 but let's walk the walk, let's back it up.

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 So last week, we learned that we were shielded,

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 that we're being kept,

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 that our inheritance is guaranteed,

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 that if you follow Jesus Christ and you submit to him,

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 you can call yourself a Christian.

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 This week, we're going to start looking at the way we ought to live

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 because we're Christians.

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 So we don't just talk the talk, we walk the walk.

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 And we're going to look at three things that we ought to see in our lives,

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 that we ought to model out for other people.

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 If you have one of the handouts, it's in front of you.

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 Otherwise, feel free to take notes.

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 Firstly, we're going to see that we ought to be holy.

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 Secondly, that we ought to be reverent.

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 And thirdly, that we ought to be loving.

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 So we ought to be holy, reverent, and loving.

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 Let's jump into the first one.

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 I actually want to start by looking at verses 15 and 16,

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 this idea of what it means to be holy.

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 So Peter writes,

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 Just as he who called you is holy,

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 so be holy in all you do.

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 For it is written, and he quotes the Old Testament,

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 Be holy, because I, the Lord, am holy.

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 Now that verse is the anchor of this whole section.

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 So underline it, draw a circle around it,

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 write something in the margin.

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 The first reason that we ought to live lives

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 that are good and righteous and God-honoring

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 is that God himself is holy.

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 Now, holy is a mysterious-sounding word.

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 For some reason, I always think of incense

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 when I hear the word holy.

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 It's probably just my background.

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 Maybe some of you think that too.

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 But it's not really a mysterious idea.

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 As we were just singing about,

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 holiness basically means being set apart from sin

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 or being set aside from sin.

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 So God is holy because God is perfectly without sin,

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 completely separated from sin.

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 He has nothing to do with sin

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 because of his very nature.

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 The prophet Isaiah, in his vision,

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 had a vision of God sitting on his throne

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 and angels hovering around him

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 and covering their eyes

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 because they couldn't look upon the holiness of God

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 and singing,

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 Holy, holy, holy is the Lord.

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 And like us, Isaiah knew he was a sinner.

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 And he knew that sinners cannot enter

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 into relationship with the holy God

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 unless that holy God reaches out

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 and does something.

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 Ultimately, he did that by sending his own son.

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 To pay the penalty for that sin.

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 Your sin, my sin,

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 and the sin of all who would follow him.

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 One writer puts it this way.

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 How hateful must sin be to God

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 for him to punish it

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 with the death of his own son.

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 And because that holy God reached out,

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 because that holiness led him to conquer sin

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 and bring us to him,

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 God tells us here,

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 through his servant Peter,

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 be holy,

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 for I am holy.

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 You call yourself my child?

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 Act like it.

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 God calls us to be different from the world

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 because he is different.

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 So how do we act like it?

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 Well, verse 13

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 tells us to have minds that are alert

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 and fully sober.

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 It doesn't necessarily come across

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 very clearly in the translation

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 we're using this morning,

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 but other translations say this,

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 prepare your mind for action.

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 Prepare your mind for action.

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 Get ready.

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 That's an interesting idea.

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 The phrase actually goes back

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 to this practice

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 when you were going on a long journey,

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 on camel or on horseback,

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 that you would actually tie up your robe

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 around your waist

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 so that it wouldn't dangle

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 and trip either you or the horse up,

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 which would end very badly

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 for both of you.

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 Basically,

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 it's like getting ready to run a race.

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 For instance,

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 Alex ran in the New York City Marathon.

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 Was it last year?

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 Yeah, last year.

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 And before he started the race,

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 he made sure he was dressed appropriately

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 to run in the race.

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 He didn't go to the starting line

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 and try and run 26 miles

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 wearing a full suit of medieval armor

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 and carrying a 50-pound bag of spuds.

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 That's an image for you, isn't it, Alex?

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 So we're to make sure

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 we have the right clothes on,

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 that we have those things on us

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 that means we can run this race.

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 We're to make our minds,

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 Peter says,

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 alert and sober,

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 free from intoxication,

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 free from anything

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 that's going to cloud you

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 and prevent you seeing the truth.

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 This hope,

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 this grace,

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 Peter says,

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 that will truly be ours

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 when we go to be with Jesus.

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 We have to make sure, friends,

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 we're not wearing anything

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 or carrying anything

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 that we shouldn't be.

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 Look at verse 14.

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 As obedient children,

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 do not be conformed

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 to the evil desires you had

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 when you lived in ignorance.

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 That word desires,

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 another way to put it

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 would be lusts.

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 Lusts.

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 What was it you lusted after

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 before you became a Christian?

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 For me, it was my career.

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 It was ambition.

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 And still something

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 I have to watch out for.

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 Just like we were singing

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 and just like Sam was talking about,

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 this isn't a once and done process.

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 These are things you must learn

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 to do throughout your life.

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 And one thing I've had to learn to do

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 is when I look at the next promotion

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 or the next competition for promotion,

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 I have to think carefully,

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 why do I want this?

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 Is it because I want more money?

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 Is it because I want more position?

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 Power?

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 Authority?

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 A better pension?

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 That last one is true,

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 but that's okay.

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 I have to think carefully.

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 Do I want to do this

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 because it glorifies God?

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 And I can do it in such a way

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 that actually points others

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 towards Jesus.

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 By being the best civil servant

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 I can be.

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 By being the best teacher,

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 the best mechanic,

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 the best student,

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 the best father,

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 the best mother,

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 whatever it is.

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 I've had to tie up that loose end

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 to keep watch on it

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 because it still might trip me up

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 if I don't watch it.

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 That was my former ignorance,

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 one translation puts it.

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 Before,

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 I didn't know any better.

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 I was lost,

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 dead in my sin,

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 Paul says.

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 But now,

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 God is my father.

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 I do know better.

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 Because I talk the talk,

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 I have to walk the walk.

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 So what is it that trips you up?

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 What is it that you tend to struggle with?

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 And I could mention lots of things here,

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 but here's just a few.

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 Just completely random thoughts.

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 Maybe they hit home,

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 maybe they don't.

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 Are you addicted to comfort

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 or entertainment?

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 In your spare time,

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 do you automatically glue yourself

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 to your iPhone

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 or Netflix?

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 Or do you open your Bible

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 and you read and listen

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 to what the Lord has to say?

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 How about this?

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 This happened to me this morning

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 when I was driving here.

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 When someone calls you out

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 on something bad

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 you've done or said.

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 In this case,

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 it was the driver

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 who came across the intersection.

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 Is your first reaction

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 to get your back up?

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 To get defensive?

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 Well, I did the right thing.

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 I don't know what that guy's problem is.

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 Or do you freely admit your fault?

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 Do you freely admit,

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 I can do better

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 and humble yourself?

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 How about this one?

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 I've seen a lot of this lately.

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 When you're on social media,

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 when you're on Facebook,

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 Twitter, whatever,

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 do you use that freedom of speech

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 that we were just praying about

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 to spread anger

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 and to spread outrage?

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 You know,

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 the roads in this country

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 are disgrace.

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 It's disgraceful

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 what the government is doing.

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 I swear,

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 disgraceful is the most popular word

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 in Irish people's lexicon.

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 Or do you use

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 that freedom of speech

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 to point others

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 towards the tender love of Jesus?

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 Do you use a platform

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 of speech

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 not to push an agenda

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 or grind an axe,

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 but to actually demonstrate

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 what it looks like

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 to be a Christian?

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 In other words, friend,

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 do you look any different

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 from the world around you?

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 Are you holy

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 in the things that you do?

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 Do you have a desire

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 to grow in this holiness?

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 And again,

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 you won't get this perfect

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 because we're all imperfect.

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 But what path are you on?

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 Do you blend into

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 the background

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 of self-absorption

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 that the rest of the world

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 seems to be mired in?

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 One writer put it this way,

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 if you were put on trial

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 for being holy,

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 would there be enough evidence

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 to convict you?

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 As with all things,

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 don't look to your own efforts.

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 Yet not I,

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 but Christ in me.

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 Look to Christ.

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 Look to Jesus

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 who set aside

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 his heavenly rights

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 and his heavenly dwelling

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 and he made himself nothing

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 to become the suffering servant

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 who would set you free.

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 Jesus didn't come into the world

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 so that we would look

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 like the rest of the world.

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 Jesus came into this world

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 that we would be set apart

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 from this world.

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 So don't just talk the talk.

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 Walk the walk as well.

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 So we ought to be holy.

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 Secondly,

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 we ought to be reverent.

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 Verse 17.

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 Since you call on a father

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 who judges each person's work impartially,

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 live out your time

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 as foreigners

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 here in reverent fear.

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 Have you ever said this?

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 You can't judge me.

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 Only God will judge me.

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 You're absolutely right.

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 He will.

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 He'll ask you,

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 first of all,

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 what did you say about my son?

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 Who did you say he is?

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 And if you call upon him

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 as Lord Jesus,

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 he'll ask you,

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 what did you do

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 in my son's name?

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 Jesus said that every person

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 will have to give an account,

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 friends,

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 for every idle word

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 and every idle thought

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 that they've ever uttered,

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 that they've ever thought.

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 You could nearly put it this way.

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 Because you're a Christian,

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 live your life

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 in such a way,

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 this reverent fear,

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 that you show the proper respect

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 and deference

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 towards God.

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 Because Peter says

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 he's an impartial judge.

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 He'll ask you to give an account

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 for being his servant.

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 And that's pretty much

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 what reverent fear means.

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 Having an appropriate sense

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 of who God is

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 versus who we are.

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 Not trembling,

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 not cowering in a corner

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 like you're terrified of,

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 I don't know,

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 spiders,

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 the dark,

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 heights,

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 whatever the case might be.

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 It's not that kind of fear.

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 It means

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 respecting the difference

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 between us

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 and God.

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 Honoring him

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 and living lives

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 that honour him.

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 I'll illustrate this

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 with a personal example.

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 My dad and I

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 were very close.

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 I loved him

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 and I respected him.

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 And he'd tell me

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 and illustrate to me

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 what to do

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 in order to show

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 that I actually was

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 part of this family,

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 that I would prove myself

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 to be part of this family.

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 And I respected that.

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 I respected his direction

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 and his advice

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 and his opinion.

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 And I remember once

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 when I was going through

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 a fairly long period

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 of unemployment,

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 I was naturally

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 pretty depressed.

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 If you've been unemployed,

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 you understand that feeling.

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 I was depressed

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 and discouraged

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 and I was sort of

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 venting this to dad

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 on the telephone.

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 And he said,

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 it's all right, Dan.

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 You're an Usthäzen.

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 You'll get there.

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 You're an Usthäzen.

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 You'll get there.

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 Now, he wasn't just telling me

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 to sit back

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 and let it happen.

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 He was saying

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 that he saw

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 certain qualities in me

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 that he saw in himself,

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 saw in his brothers,

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 saw in his father,

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 saw in his grandfather,

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 things like hard work

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 and perseverance

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 and determination.

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 What he was saying was,

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 keep going.

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 Keep going

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 towards the prize.

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 Remember that you're my son

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 and my son

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 ought to run the race

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 in such a way

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 that he'll cross

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 the finishing line.

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 That's basically

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 what Peter is saying.

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 You call yourself

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 God's child.

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 Do you run the race

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 in such a way

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 that you will cross

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 the finish line?

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 And this reverend fear,

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 like I said,

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 it's not because

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 we're terrified of God.

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 That's not what it's about.

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 It's because we know

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 what he's done for us.

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 Look at verses 18 to 19.

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 God redeemed us.

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 That means he ransomed us,

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 bought us,

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 not with currency,

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 not with euro

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 or pounds

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 or whatever's going to exist

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 after Brexit comes through,

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 not with silver

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 or gold,

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 Peter says.

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 You know the old saying,

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 you're worth your weight

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 in gold.

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 No, you're not.

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 You're worth

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 much more than that

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 to God

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 because the price

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 that had to be paid

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 for your sins

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 and for my sins

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 was the precious

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 blood of his son.

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 That was the only thing

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 that could clear the debt.

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 So high was that price.

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 And that's what Jesus meant

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 when he said

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 on the cross,

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 remember this,

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 he said it is finished.

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 Not it has begun,

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 not the down payment

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 has been made

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 and now you can enter

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 into a monthly variable

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 installment arrangement.

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 It is finished.

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 In Greek,

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 tetelestai,

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 it's what they used

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 to stamp

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 on the deed

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 of a house

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 or a mortgage

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 to show you

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 that the debt

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 had been paid

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 completely.

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 The debt is discharged,

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 paid in full,

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 nothing left

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 to be collected,

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 final payment made.

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 I lived my life

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 in a certain way

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 because I revered

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 and I respected

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 my dad.

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 And I wanted to honor him

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 by the way I lived.

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 So how much more

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 ought I honor a God

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 or live a life

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 that honors a God

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 who sent his son

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 and completely eradicated

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 my sinful debt?

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 Verses 20 and 21,

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 it is through God's own son

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 that we believe.

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 This son who was chosen,

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 the literal word there

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 is foreknown,

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 before the ages began.

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 If you were here last week,

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 you might remember

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 we talked about this idea

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 of being foreknown.

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 God's desire

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 to be intimate

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 with us

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 goes back to

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 before creation itself

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 and in the same way

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 the son

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 was foreknown

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 by the father.

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 So think about this.

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 Despite

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 our sin,

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 the father

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 was pleased

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 to crush

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 his son,

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 Isaiah tells us,

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 to bring us

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 into relationship

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 with him

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 based on

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 the same relationship

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 that the father

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 has

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 with his son.

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 And now you and I,

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 if we declare

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 that Jesus is Lord,

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 Paul tells us,

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 we

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 are children

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 of God

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 and fellow heirs

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 with Christ

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 in his kingdom.

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 And despite

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 the fact that

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 Jesus was perfectly

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 divine,

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 totally united

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 with the father,

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 he submitted

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 to the will

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 of the father.

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 He revered

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 and respected

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 the father

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 even though he was

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 and is fully divine

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 and deserved everything

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 with his divine

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 trappings and surroundings.

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 He deferred

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 to this plan

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 to save

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 lost people.

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 See,

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 being himself

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 God,

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 friends,

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 Jesus knew

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 the only way

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 that these people

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 can come into

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 relationship with God

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 is if God

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 reaches out.

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 And so in full

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 agreement with

00:20:47.059 --> 00:20:47.720
 this plan

00:20:47.720 --> 00:20:48.819
 that was set

00:20:48.819 --> 00:20:49.279
 in motion

00:20:49.279 --> 00:20:50.159
 before the ages

00:20:50.159 --> 00:20:50.579
 began,

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 he voluntarily

00:20:51.879 --> 00:20:53.399
 accepted this role.

00:20:54.619 --> 00:20:56.000
 Taking on human form,

00:20:56.099 --> 00:20:57.159
 he became like us.

00:20:57.500 --> 00:20:58.539
 He gave us the perfect

00:20:58.539 --> 00:20:59.879
 example of reverence

00:20:59.879 --> 00:21:01.240
 by submitting himself

00:21:01.240 --> 00:21:02.159
 completely

00:21:02.159 --> 00:21:03.200
 and totally

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 to the will

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 of the father.

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 And because of

00:21:06.319 --> 00:21:07.079
 his submission,

00:21:07.960 --> 00:21:08.559
 he was able

00:21:08.559 --> 00:21:09.179
 to declare,

00:21:09.819 --> 00:21:10.980
 it is

00:21:10.980 --> 00:21:11.940
 finished,

00:21:12.579 --> 00:21:13.220
 complete,

00:21:13.919 --> 00:21:14.379
 done.

00:21:14.380 --> 00:21:16.100
 friends,

00:21:16.180 --> 00:21:16.540
 we ought to

00:21:16.540 --> 00:21:17.180
 be reverent

00:21:17.180 --> 00:21:18.140
 by honoring

00:21:18.140 --> 00:21:18.880
 God's will

00:21:18.880 --> 00:21:20.260
 for our lives.

00:21:21.180 --> 00:21:21.880
 So we have to

00:21:21.880 --> 00:21:22.580
 ask ourselves,

00:21:23.420 --> 00:21:24.500
 does my life

00:21:24.500 --> 00:21:24.980
 honor God?

00:21:26.300 --> 00:21:27.080
 When I stand

00:21:27.080 --> 00:21:27.600
 before him

00:21:27.600 --> 00:21:28.180
 and he asks me

00:21:28.180 --> 00:21:28.720
 that question,

00:21:28.860 --> 00:21:29.060
 Dan,

00:21:29.160 --> 00:21:29.880
 what did you do

00:21:29.880 --> 00:21:30.460
 with your life?

00:21:31.160 --> 00:21:31.920
 What did you do

00:21:31.920 --> 00:21:32.560
 with this freedom

00:21:32.560 --> 00:21:33.300
 that I gave you?

00:21:34.480 --> 00:21:35.120
 What will I

00:21:35.120 --> 00:21:35.900
 submit as evidence?

00:21:37.940 --> 00:21:38.580
 Will I

00:21:38.580 --> 00:21:39.580
 say I did

00:21:39.580 --> 00:21:40.140
 things my own

00:21:40.140 --> 00:21:40.380
 way?

00:21:40.380 --> 00:21:42.040
 I looked

00:21:42.040 --> 00:21:42.440
 to my own

00:21:42.440 --> 00:21:42.800
 strength,

00:21:42.960 --> 00:21:43.120
 Lord.

00:21:43.640 --> 00:21:44.260
 I did the

00:21:44.260 --> 00:21:45.040
 best I could.

00:21:46.180 --> 00:21:46.940
 I spent all

00:21:46.940 --> 00:21:47.280
 my time

00:21:47.280 --> 00:21:47.900
 on my iPhone.

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 I had to

00:21:49.340 --> 00:21:49.800
 tell people

00:21:49.800 --> 00:21:50.120
 about what

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 was going

00:21:50.400 --> 00:21:50.700
 on with

00:21:50.700 --> 00:21:51.100
 the national

00:21:51.100 --> 00:21:51.440
 roads

00:21:51.440 --> 00:21:52.020
 infrastructure.

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 You know

00:21:52.680 --> 00:21:52.840
 me,

00:21:52.940 --> 00:21:53.080
 Lord.

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 Or will

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 I say,

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 Lord,

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 I honored

00:21:55.520 --> 00:21:57.360
 you because

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 I sacrificed

00:21:58.040 --> 00:22:00.040
 myself daily

00:22:00.040 --> 00:22:01.600
 like your

00:22:01.600 --> 00:22:02.100
 son did.

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 Will I

00:22:04.020 --> 00:22:04.340
 be able

00:22:04.340 --> 00:22:05.380
 to say I

00:22:05.380 --> 00:22:06.260
 walked the

00:22:06.260 --> 00:22:06.580
 walk?

00:22:08.080 --> 00:22:08.440
 You might

00:22:08.440 --> 00:22:08.920
 ask how do

00:22:08.920 --> 00:22:09.460
 we do that?

00:22:09.460 --> 00:22:09.759
 Well,

00:22:10.000 --> 00:22:10.559
 Peter tells

00:22:10.559 --> 00:22:10.779
 us,

00:22:10.960 --> 00:22:11.340
 our last

00:22:11.340 --> 00:22:11.660
 point.

00:22:12.420 --> 00:22:12.960
 Because we're

00:22:12.960 --> 00:22:13.420
 Christians,

00:22:14.120 --> 00:22:14.600
 we ought to

00:22:14.600 --> 00:22:15.140
 be loving.

00:22:15.840 --> 00:22:16.759
 Verses 22

00:22:16.759 --> 00:22:17.420
 and 23.

00:22:17.720 --> 00:22:18.539
 Now that we

00:22:18.539 --> 00:22:19.240
 have purified

00:22:19.240 --> 00:22:20.039
 ourselves by

00:22:20.039 --> 00:22:20.559
 obeying the

00:22:20.559 --> 00:22:20.880
 truth,

00:22:21.299 --> 00:22:21.960
 that means

00:22:21.960 --> 00:22:22.640
 now that we're

00:22:22.640 --> 00:22:23.019
 saved,

00:22:23.200 --> 00:22:23.660
 now that we're

00:22:23.660 --> 00:22:24.019
 believers,

00:22:24.720 --> 00:22:25.620
 so that we

00:22:25.620 --> 00:22:26.180
 have sincere

00:22:26.180 --> 00:22:26.940
 love for one

00:22:26.940 --> 00:22:27.259
 another,

00:22:27.860 --> 00:22:28.319
 that means

00:22:28.319 --> 00:22:28.799
 we're saved

00:22:28.799 --> 00:22:29.480
 into a

00:22:29.480 --> 00:22:30.319
 fellowship of

00:22:30.319 --> 00:22:30.700
 believers,

00:22:31.039 --> 00:22:31.660
 not just by

00:22:31.660 --> 00:22:32.100
 ourselves,

00:22:32.200 --> 00:22:32.519
 we're saved

00:22:32.519 --> 00:22:32.900
 into a

00:22:32.900 --> 00:22:33.279
 church.

00:22:34.200 --> 00:22:34.799
 Because of

00:22:34.799 --> 00:22:35.420
 these things,

00:22:35.920 --> 00:22:36.700
 we ought to

00:22:36.700 --> 00:22:37.519
 love one

00:22:37.519 --> 00:22:38.519
 another deeply

00:22:38.519 --> 00:22:39.579
 from the

00:22:39.579 --> 00:22:39.839
 heart.

00:22:40.460 --> 00:22:41.180
 We use that

00:22:41.180 --> 00:22:41.740
 word love

00:22:41.740 --> 00:22:42.680
 a lot.

00:22:43.039 --> 00:22:43.519
 We say it to

00:22:43.519 --> 00:22:44.039
 our spouses,

00:22:44.779 --> 00:22:45.119
 to our

00:22:45.119 --> 00:22:45.579
 parents.

00:22:46.200 --> 00:22:46.639
 The highlight

00:22:46.639 --> 00:22:47.200
 of my day

00:22:47.200 --> 00:22:47.940
 is when Jack

00:22:47.940 --> 00:22:48.279
 or Alice

00:22:48.279 --> 00:22:48.819
 comes up to

00:22:48.819 --> 00:22:49.160
 me and

00:22:49.160 --> 00:22:49.460
 says,

00:22:49.579 --> 00:22:50.000
 I love you

00:22:50.000 --> 00:22:50.259
 daddy.

00:22:50.839 --> 00:22:51.359
 I think that

00:22:51.359 --> 00:22:51.660
 puts a

00:22:51.660 --> 00:22:52.019
 smile on

00:22:52.019 --> 00:22:52.639
 every parent's

00:22:52.639 --> 00:22:52.920
 face.

00:22:53.859 --> 00:22:54.359
 Some of us

00:22:54.359 --> 00:22:54.680
 love our

00:22:54.680 --> 00:22:55.259
 wives cooking,

00:22:56.180 --> 00:22:56.779
 maybe a

00:22:56.779 --> 00:22:57.039
 little too

00:22:57.039 --> 00:22:57.319
 much,

00:22:57.599 --> 00:22:58.019
 speaking for

00:22:58.019 --> 00:22:58.359
 myself.

00:22:59.079 --> 00:22:59.700
 We can be

00:22:59.700 --> 00:23:00.400
 both meaningful

00:23:00.400 --> 00:23:01.559
 and casual

00:23:01.559 --> 00:23:02.759
 in the way

00:23:02.759 --> 00:23:03.420
 we use the

00:23:03.420 --> 00:23:03.940
 word love.

00:23:03.940 --> 00:23:03.980
 love.

00:23:04.799 --> 00:23:05.600
 But this

00:23:05.600 --> 00:23:05.960
 love,

00:23:06.759 --> 00:23:07.180
 that Peter

00:23:07.180 --> 00:23:07.880
 refers to,

00:23:08.519 --> 00:23:09.059
 is grounded

00:23:09.059 --> 00:23:09.920
 in nothing

00:23:09.920 --> 00:23:10.380
 casual,

00:23:11.340 --> 00:23:11.759
 in nothing

00:23:11.759 --> 00:23:12.220
 flippant.

00:23:12.820 --> 00:23:13.160
 It is

00:23:13.160 --> 00:23:13.779
 grounded in

00:23:13.779 --> 00:23:14.480
 the precious

00:23:14.480 --> 00:23:14.940
 love of

00:23:14.940 --> 00:23:15.220
 Jesus.

00:23:15.700 --> 00:23:16.059
 We should

00:23:16.059 --> 00:23:16.460
 love one

00:23:16.460 --> 00:23:17.100
 another deeply

00:23:17.100 --> 00:23:17.759
 because we

00:23:17.759 --> 00:23:18.039
 have been

00:23:18.039 --> 00:23:19.200
 born again.

00:23:20.000 --> 00:23:20.460
 We have

00:23:20.460 --> 00:23:21.380
 been resurrected

00:23:21.380 --> 00:23:22.180
 with Christ

00:23:22.180 --> 00:23:23.220
 into new

00:23:23.220 --> 00:23:23.539
 life.

00:23:24.180 --> 00:23:24.820
 We've heard

00:23:24.820 --> 00:23:25.140
 the good

00:23:25.140 --> 00:23:26.039
 news that

00:23:26.039 --> 00:23:26.680
 Christ came

00:23:26.680 --> 00:23:27.259
 into this

00:23:27.259 --> 00:23:27.779
 world to

00:23:27.779 --> 00:23:28.460
 save sinners

00:23:28.460 --> 00:23:29.700
 among whom

00:23:29.700 --> 00:23:30.380
 we are

00:23:30.380 --> 00:23:30.779
 chief.

00:23:31.380 --> 00:23:31.620
 And this

00:23:31.620 --> 00:23:32.259
 good news,

00:23:32.360 --> 00:23:32.920
 this word,

00:23:32.920 --> 00:23:34.259
 Peter says,

00:23:34.519 --> 00:23:35.700
 is imperishable

00:23:35.700 --> 00:23:36.120
 seed.

00:23:36.720 --> 00:23:37.519
 It doesn't

00:23:37.519 --> 00:23:37.880
 die.

00:23:38.360 --> 00:23:38.779
 It just

00:23:38.779 --> 00:23:39.180
 lives.

00:23:39.700 --> 00:23:39.900
 And you

00:23:39.900 --> 00:23:40.039
 see,

00:23:40.140 --> 00:23:40.320
 friends,

00:23:40.380 --> 00:23:40.779
 this is his

00:23:40.779 --> 00:23:41.060
 point.

00:23:41.380 --> 00:23:41.720
 Everything

00:23:41.720 --> 00:23:42.140
 in this

00:23:42.140 --> 00:23:43.519
 world is

00:23:43.519 --> 00:23:43.860
 eventually

00:23:43.860 --> 00:23:44.240
 going to

00:23:44.240 --> 00:23:44.740
 fade away.

00:23:45.620 --> 00:23:46.060
 Your

00:23:46.060 --> 00:23:46.440
 career,

00:23:47.240 --> 00:23:47.960
 my career,

00:23:48.160 --> 00:23:48.660
 my ambitions,

00:23:49.600 --> 00:23:50.100
 your bank

00:23:50.100 --> 00:23:50.500
 account,

00:23:51.820 --> 00:23:52.340
 your favorite

00:23:52.340 --> 00:23:53.200
 political party.

00:23:54.460 --> 00:23:55.100
 We're like

00:23:55.100 --> 00:23:55.580
 grass,

00:23:55.840 --> 00:23:56.440
 verse 24,

00:23:56.759 --> 00:23:57.440
 and all our

00:23:57.440 --> 00:23:58.420
 glory is like

00:23:58.420 --> 00:23:59.180
 the flowers of

00:23:59.180 --> 00:23:59.660
 the fields.

00:23:59.940 --> 00:24:00.360
 They look

00:24:00.360 --> 00:24:00.980
 good for a

00:24:00.980 --> 00:24:01.279
 season.

00:24:02.279 --> 00:24:02.700
 Maybe they

00:24:02.700 --> 00:24:03.299
 even yield

00:24:03.299 --> 00:24:03.740
 a little bit

00:24:03.740 --> 00:24:04.200
 of fruit

00:24:04.200 --> 00:24:04.860
 in their

00:24:04.860 --> 00:24:05.180
 season.

00:24:05.259 --> 00:24:05.799
 But eventually

00:24:05.799 --> 00:24:06.960
 they wither

00:24:06.960 --> 00:24:08.200
 and they

00:24:08.200 --> 00:24:08.620
 fall.

00:24:09.180 --> 00:24:09.580
 And none

00:24:09.580 --> 00:24:10.100
 of it lasts

00:24:10.100 --> 00:24:10.480
 forever.

00:24:10.799 --> 00:24:11.140
 The only

00:24:11.140 --> 00:24:11.500
 thing that

00:24:11.500 --> 00:24:11.880
 does,

00:24:12.000 --> 00:24:12.580
 Peter says,

00:24:13.180 --> 00:24:13.680
 is the

00:24:13.680 --> 00:24:14.120
 word of

00:24:14.120 --> 00:24:14.559
 the Lord,

00:24:14.880 --> 00:24:15.680
 the reality

00:24:15.680 --> 00:24:16.519
 that Jesus

00:24:16.519 --> 00:24:17.600
 conquered death

00:24:17.600 --> 00:24:18.220
 and sin

00:24:18.220 --> 00:24:19.319
 and opened

00:24:19.319 --> 00:24:20.120
 the gate so

00:24:20.120 --> 00:24:20.819
 that all who

00:24:20.819 --> 00:24:21.440
 call on the

00:24:21.440 --> 00:24:21.920
 name of the

00:24:21.920 --> 00:24:22.960
 Lord would

00:24:22.960 --> 00:24:23.559
 not die

00:24:23.559 --> 00:24:24.380
 but would

00:24:24.380 --> 00:24:25.019
 live forever.

00:24:25.539 --> 00:24:25.860
 And that's

00:24:25.860 --> 00:24:26.220
 the point,

00:24:26.360 --> 00:24:26.559
 friends.

00:24:26.620 --> 00:24:27.120
 You don't

00:24:27.120 --> 00:24:27.640
 have to have

00:24:27.640 --> 00:24:28.259
 it all figured

00:24:28.259 --> 00:24:29.140
 out before

00:24:29.140 --> 00:24:30.340
 you come to

00:24:30.340 --> 00:24:30.680
 Jesus.

00:24:30.680 --> 00:24:32.680
 Jesus came.

00:24:32.759 --> 00:24:33.080
 He didn't

00:24:33.080 --> 00:24:33.519
 go straight

00:24:33.519 --> 00:24:33.820
 to the

00:24:33.820 --> 00:24:34.700
 righteous or

00:24:34.700 --> 00:24:35.660
 the self-righteous

00:24:35.660 --> 00:24:36.480
 or the

00:24:36.480 --> 00:24:37.860
 religious or

00:24:37.860 --> 00:24:38.240
 people who

00:24:38.240 --> 00:24:38.460
 had their

00:24:38.460 --> 00:24:38.980
 lives all

00:24:38.980 --> 00:24:39.320
 together.

00:24:39.759 --> 00:24:40.259
 He went

00:24:40.259 --> 00:24:40.620
 into the

00:24:40.620 --> 00:24:41.080
 home of a

00:24:41.080 --> 00:24:41.700
 prostitute.

00:24:42.560 --> 00:24:43.240
 He went

00:24:43.240 --> 00:24:43.600
 and sat

00:24:43.600 --> 00:24:44.100
 with tax

00:24:44.100 --> 00:24:44.539
 collectors,

00:24:44.880 --> 00:24:45.240
 which is

00:24:45.240 --> 00:24:45.759
 obviously near

00:24:45.759 --> 00:24:46.200
 and dear to

00:24:46.200 --> 00:24:46.640
 my heart.

00:24:47.340 --> 00:24:48.140
 He went

00:24:48.140 --> 00:24:49.100
 and spent

00:24:49.100 --> 00:24:49.799
 time with

00:24:49.799 --> 00:24:50.279
 the most

00:24:50.279 --> 00:24:51.539
 lowly people

00:24:51.539 --> 00:24:52.560
 in society.

00:24:53.680 --> 00:24:54.360
 He didn't

00:24:54.360 --> 00:24:54.759
 go to the

00:24:54.759 --> 00:24:55.100
 people who

00:24:55.100 --> 00:24:55.299
 had it

00:24:55.299 --> 00:24:55.779
 figured out.

00:24:56.740 --> 00:24:57.400
 He went

00:24:57.400 --> 00:24:57.660
 to the

00:24:57.660 --> 00:24:58.400
 people who

00:24:58.400 --> 00:24:58.880
 needed a

00:24:58.880 --> 00:24:59.140
 savior,

00:24:59.140 --> 00:25:00.340
 people like

00:25:00.340 --> 00:25:00.620
 you and

00:25:00.620 --> 00:25:00.860
 me.

00:25:01.640 --> 00:25:01.900
 Now look

00:25:01.900 --> 00:25:02.080
 at the

00:25:02.080 --> 00:25:03.740
 first two

00:25:03.740 --> 00:25:04.220
 verses of

00:25:04.220 --> 00:25:04.740
 chapter 2

00:25:04.740 --> 00:25:05.880
 and then

00:25:05.880 --> 00:25:06.000
 we'll

00:25:06.000 --> 00:25:06.300
 finish.

00:25:07.140 --> 00:25:07.600
 This is

00:25:07.600 --> 00:25:08.200
 the application.

00:25:09.460 --> 00:25:10.060
 Verse 1,

00:25:10.300 --> 00:25:10.780
 therefore,

00:25:11.840 --> 00:25:12.420
 now that I've

00:25:12.420 --> 00:25:12.740
 told you

00:25:12.740 --> 00:25:13.020
 that,

00:25:13.940 --> 00:25:14.440
 here's what

00:25:14.440 --> 00:25:14.759
 you do.

00:25:15.800 --> 00:25:16.440
 Now that I've

00:25:16.440 --> 00:25:17.000
 told you all

00:25:17.000 --> 00:25:17.520
 these things,

00:25:17.700 --> 00:25:18.140
 this is how

00:25:18.140 --> 00:25:18.540
 you walk

00:25:18.540 --> 00:25:18.980
 the walk.

00:25:19.800 --> 00:25:20.460
 Peter says,

00:25:20.780 --> 00:25:21.580
 rid yourselves

00:25:21.580 --> 00:25:23.040
 of all malice

00:25:23.040 --> 00:25:24.259
 and all

00:25:24.259 --> 00:25:24.800
 deceit

00:25:24.800 --> 00:25:25.680
 and all

00:25:25.680 --> 00:25:26.460
 hypocrisy,

00:25:27.020 --> 00:25:27.860
 envy and

00:25:27.860 --> 00:25:28.860
 slander of

00:25:28.859 --> 00:25:29.599
 every kind.

00:25:30.119 --> 00:25:31.019
 Rid yourselves,

00:25:31.659 --> 00:25:32.259
 Peter says.

00:25:33.059 --> 00:25:33.679
 Pick it up,

00:25:34.919 --> 00:25:35.379
 bundle it

00:25:35.379 --> 00:25:35.599
 up,

00:25:36.519 --> 00:25:37.199
 and throw

00:25:37.199 --> 00:25:37.639
 it away,

00:25:38.419 --> 00:25:38.979
 as far as

00:25:38.979 --> 00:25:39.179
 you can

00:25:39.179 --> 00:25:39.579
 throw it.

00:25:40.279 --> 00:25:40.599
 And the

00:25:40.599 --> 00:25:40.959
 things he

00:25:40.959 --> 00:25:41.479
 says speak

00:25:41.479 --> 00:25:41.979
 for themselves,

00:25:42.199 --> 00:25:42.599
 so I won't

00:25:42.599 --> 00:25:43.199
 unpack each

00:25:43.199 --> 00:25:43.959
 one in

00:25:43.959 --> 00:25:44.339
 detail.

00:25:44.639 --> 00:25:44.879
 Instead,

00:25:45.259 --> 00:25:45.699
 think about

00:25:45.699 --> 00:25:46.199
 things like

00:25:46.199 --> 00:25:46.439
 this.

00:25:46.479 --> 00:25:46.719
 Again,

00:25:46.799 --> 00:25:47.079
 just some

00:25:47.079 --> 00:25:47.359
 random

00:25:47.359 --> 00:25:47.799
 thoughts.

00:25:48.279 --> 00:25:48.699
 Malice.

00:25:49.979 --> 00:25:50.719
 When someone

00:25:50.719 --> 00:25:51.439
 disagrees with

00:25:51.439 --> 00:25:51.639
 you,

00:25:52.919 --> 00:25:53.319
 or maybe

00:25:53.319 --> 00:25:53.779
 even gives

00:25:53.779 --> 00:25:55.119
 you feedback,

00:25:55.599 --> 00:25:56.259
 or constructive

00:25:56.259 --> 00:25:56.819
 criticism,

00:25:56.819 --> 00:25:56.939
 them,

00:25:57.899 --> 00:25:58.419
 when it

00:25:58.419 --> 00:25:58.819
 looks like

00:25:58.819 --> 00:25:59.099
 they're not

00:25:59.099 --> 00:25:59.359
 in your

00:25:59.359 --> 00:25:59.779
 sight,

00:26:01.039 --> 00:26:01.359
 do you

00:26:01.359 --> 00:26:01.919
 desire to

00:26:01.919 --> 00:26:02.279
 cut them

00:26:02.279 --> 00:26:02.539
 out of

00:26:02.539 --> 00:26:02.919
 your life?

00:26:04.679 --> 00:26:05.159
 How about

00:26:05.159 --> 00:26:05.679
 deceit?

00:26:06.220 --> 00:26:06.819
 When there's

00:26:06.819 --> 00:26:07.319
 something you

00:26:07.319 --> 00:26:07.819
 stand to

00:26:07.819 --> 00:26:08.200
 gain,

00:26:08.939 --> 00:26:09.700
 job,

00:26:09.899 --> 00:26:10.179
 money,

00:26:11.079 --> 00:26:11.419
 position,

00:26:11.559 --> 00:26:11.939
 whatever the

00:26:11.939 --> 00:26:12.359
 case might

00:26:12.359 --> 00:26:12.619
 be,

00:26:13.240 --> 00:26:13.619
 when you

00:26:13.619 --> 00:26:14.059
 stand to

00:26:14.059 --> 00:26:14.700
 gain something,

00:26:15.639 --> 00:26:15.980
 do you

00:26:15.980 --> 00:26:16.519
 tell people

00:26:16.519 --> 00:26:16.799
 what they

00:26:16.799 --> 00:26:17.159
 want to

00:26:17.159 --> 00:26:17.359
 hear,

00:26:18.359 --> 00:26:19.119
 so that

00:26:19.119 --> 00:26:19.419
 you get

00:26:19.419 --> 00:26:19.639
 it?

00:26:21.939 --> 00:26:22.379
 Hypocrisy.

00:26:22.380 --> 00:26:24.320
 Are you

00:26:24.320 --> 00:26:24.760
 sitting here

00:26:24.760 --> 00:26:25.300
 right now

00:26:25.300 --> 00:26:25.720
 thinking,

00:26:25.960 --> 00:26:26.620
 I really

00:26:26.620 --> 00:26:27.040
 hope so

00:26:27.040 --> 00:26:27.320
 and so

00:26:27.320 --> 00:26:27.620
 is paying

00:26:27.620 --> 00:26:28.000
 attention,

00:26:29.160 --> 00:26:30.060
 when there's

00:26:30.060 --> 00:26:30.560
 something God

00:26:30.560 --> 00:26:30.980
 is trying to

00:26:30.980 --> 00:26:31.460
 tell you?

00:26:33.260 --> 00:26:33.820
 How about

00:26:33.820 --> 00:26:34.160
 envy?

00:26:34.560 --> 00:26:35.180
 When somebody

00:26:35.180 --> 00:26:35.700
 else gets

00:26:35.700 --> 00:26:36.500
 recognized for

00:26:36.500 --> 00:26:37.040
 their gifts,

00:26:37.620 --> 00:26:38.080
 maybe even

00:26:38.080 --> 00:26:38.680
 in the church,

00:26:39.460 --> 00:26:39.920
 maybe even

00:26:39.920 --> 00:26:40.420
 gifts that you

00:26:40.420 --> 00:26:40.780
 have,

00:26:41.020 --> 00:26:41.380
 gifts of

00:26:41.380 --> 00:26:41.800
 teaching,

00:26:42.440 --> 00:26:42.880
 music,

00:26:43.240 --> 00:26:43.600
 leadership,

00:26:44.440 --> 00:26:44.960
 whatever the

00:26:44.960 --> 00:26:45.400
 case might

00:26:45.400 --> 00:26:45.680
 be,

00:26:46.620 --> 00:26:47.320
 when someone

00:26:47.320 --> 00:26:47.760
 else gets

00:26:47.760 --> 00:26:48.420
 recognized for

00:26:48.420 --> 00:26:49.020
 those things,

00:26:50.180 --> 00:26:50.640
 do you envy

00:26:50.640 --> 00:26:51.200
 them for it?

00:26:52.380 --> 00:26:52.920
 Do you resent

00:26:52.920 --> 00:26:53.560
 them for it?

00:26:54.740 --> 00:26:55.560
 Or slander?

00:26:56.940 --> 00:26:57.700
 If you have a

00:26:57.700 --> 00:26:58.220
 problem with

00:26:58.220 --> 00:26:58.580
 someone in

00:26:58.580 --> 00:26:59.080
 this church,

00:27:00.080 --> 00:27:01.020
 and because I

00:27:01.020 --> 00:27:01.560
 know people,

00:27:01.700 --> 00:27:02.260
 people always

00:27:02.260 --> 00:27:02.700
 have problems

00:27:02.700 --> 00:27:03.080
 with each

00:27:03.080 --> 00:27:03.280
 other,

00:27:03.920 --> 00:27:04.440
 if you have

00:27:04.440 --> 00:27:04.940
 a problem

00:27:04.940 --> 00:27:05.460
 with someone

00:27:05.460 --> 00:27:05.780
 in this

00:27:05.780 --> 00:27:06.140
 church,

00:27:06.920 --> 00:27:07.360
 do you go

00:27:07.360 --> 00:27:07.840
 and talk to

00:27:07.840 --> 00:27:08.160
 them about

00:27:08.160 --> 00:27:08.640
 it face to

00:27:08.640 --> 00:27:08.960
 face?

00:27:09.540 --> 00:27:09.860
 I've been

00:27:09.860 --> 00:27:10.240
 really meaning

00:27:10.240 --> 00:27:10.720
 to talk to

00:27:10.720 --> 00:27:10.940
 you about

00:27:10.940 --> 00:27:11.360
 something,

00:27:11.460 --> 00:27:11.900
 something in

00:27:11.900 --> 00:27:12.380
 my heart,

00:27:12.840 --> 00:27:13.260
 I need to

00:27:13.260 --> 00:27:13.580
 talk to

00:27:13.580 --> 00:27:13.920
 you about,

00:27:14.860 --> 00:27:15.340
 or do you

00:27:15.340 --> 00:27:15.780
 just gossip

00:27:15.780 --> 00:27:16.280
 behind their

00:27:16.280 --> 00:27:16.540
 back?

00:27:17.980 --> 00:27:18.440
 You see,

00:27:18.520 --> 00:27:18.840
 if I call

00:27:18.840 --> 00:27:19.300
 myself a

00:27:19.300 --> 00:27:19.620
 Christian,

00:27:19.780 --> 00:27:20.100
 friends,

00:27:20.300 --> 00:27:20.800
 Peter puts

00:27:20.800 --> 00:27:21.180
 these in

00:27:21.180 --> 00:27:21.560
 the negative,

00:27:21.559 --> 00:27:22.440
 if I call

00:27:22.440 --> 00:27:22.919
 myself a

00:27:22.919 --> 00:27:23.279
 Christian,

00:27:23.480 --> 00:27:23.859
 but my

00:27:23.859 --> 00:27:24.619
 behavior isn't

00:27:24.619 --> 00:27:24.940
 loving,

00:27:25.859 --> 00:27:26.220
 then,

00:27:26.460 --> 00:27:27.039
 frankly,

00:27:27.379 --> 00:27:28.220
 I'm not

00:27:28.220 --> 00:27:28.839
 acting like a

00:27:28.839 --> 00:27:29.119
 Christian.

00:27:30.119 --> 00:27:30.819
 I might be

00:27:30.819 --> 00:27:31.319
 talking the

00:27:31.319 --> 00:27:31.639
 talk,

00:27:32.179 --> 00:27:33.379
 but I'm not

00:27:33.379 --> 00:27:33.859
 walking the

00:27:33.859 --> 00:27:34.159
 walk.

00:27:34.299 --> 00:27:34.899
 I'm focused

00:27:34.899 --> 00:27:35.440
 on my own

00:27:35.440 --> 00:27:35.819
 glory,

00:27:36.599 --> 00:27:37.099
 and all the

00:27:37.099 --> 00:27:37.639
 glories of

00:27:37.639 --> 00:27:38.099
 this life,

00:27:38.179 --> 00:27:38.679
 my career,

00:27:38.839 --> 00:27:39.299
 my money,

00:27:39.559 --> 00:27:40.059
 my house,

00:27:40.119 --> 00:27:40.659
 everything like

00:27:40.659 --> 00:27:40.980
 that,

00:27:41.119 --> 00:27:41.740
 but ultimately,

00:27:42.419 --> 00:27:43.079
 they all fade

00:27:43.079 --> 00:27:43.399
 away,

00:27:43.960 --> 00:27:45.059
 they all fall

00:27:45.059 --> 00:27:45.819
 and die.

00:27:45.819 --> 00:27:48.259
 God's glory

00:27:48.259 --> 00:27:48.879
 is forever,

00:27:49.939 --> 00:27:50.480
 because you

00:27:50.480 --> 00:27:50.619
 see,

00:27:50.700 --> 00:27:51.539
 Jesus came

00:27:51.539 --> 00:27:51.819
 and there

00:27:51.819 --> 00:27:52.179
 was no

00:27:52.179 --> 00:27:52.899
 malice in

00:27:52.899 --> 00:27:53.099
 him.

00:27:53.639 --> 00:27:54.119
 He didn't

00:27:54.119 --> 00:27:54.539
 come and

00:27:54.539 --> 00:27:55.159
 condemn the

00:27:55.159 --> 00:27:55.480
 world.

00:27:56.240 --> 00:27:56.980
 He came to

00:27:56.980 --> 00:27:57.480
 save the

00:27:57.480 --> 00:27:57.759
 world.

00:27:58.460 --> 00:27:59.000
 He didn't

00:27:59.000 --> 00:27:59.379
 come and

00:27:59.379 --> 00:28:00.279
 spread deceit,

00:28:00.899 --> 00:28:01.720
 but he told

00:28:01.720 --> 00:28:02.259
 people the

00:28:02.259 --> 00:28:03.460
 truth about

00:28:03.460 --> 00:28:03.839
 God.

00:28:04.679 --> 00:28:05.339
 He wasn't

00:28:05.339 --> 00:28:05.980
 hypocritical,

00:28:06.079 --> 00:28:06.259
 but he

00:28:06.259 --> 00:28:07.700
 perfectly obeyed

00:28:07.700 --> 00:28:08.419
 the will of

00:28:08.419 --> 00:28:08.980
 his father

00:28:08.980 --> 00:28:09.919
 on the road

00:28:09.919 --> 00:28:10.559
 to Calvary.

00:28:10.559 --> 00:28:12.079
 He was

00:28:12.079 --> 00:28:13.200
 jealous for

00:28:13.200 --> 00:28:13.659
 nothing,

00:28:14.619 --> 00:28:15.759
 except his

00:28:15.759 --> 00:28:16.119
 sheep.

00:28:17.200 --> 00:28:18.339
 He slandered

00:28:18.339 --> 00:28:18.779
 nobody,

00:28:19.639 --> 00:28:20.599
 but spoke to

00:28:20.599 --> 00:28:21.059
 others in

00:28:21.059 --> 00:28:21.339
 love.

00:28:22.659 --> 00:28:23.279
 He didn't

00:28:23.279 --> 00:28:23.639
 seek to

00:28:23.639 --> 00:28:24.539
 glorify himself,

00:28:25.319 --> 00:28:26.279
 he sought to

00:28:26.279 --> 00:28:26.940
 glorify the

00:28:26.940 --> 00:28:27.240
 father.

00:28:28.019 --> 00:28:28.819
 And we look

00:28:28.819 --> 00:28:29.579
 to that example

00:28:29.579 --> 00:28:31.220
 of love as a

00:28:31.220 --> 00:28:32.119
 way to honor

00:28:32.119 --> 00:28:33.139
 God in our

00:28:33.139 --> 00:28:33.779
 lives, to put

00:28:33.779 --> 00:28:34.519
 other people

00:28:34.519 --> 00:28:35.639
 before ourselves.

00:28:36.799 --> 00:28:37.399
 The apostle

00:28:37.399 --> 00:28:38.119
 John puts it

00:28:38.119 --> 00:28:38.500
 this way,

00:28:39.339 --> 00:28:40.220
 we love,

00:28:40.559 --> 00:28:41.819
 because he

00:28:41.819 --> 00:28:43.319
 first loved

00:28:43.319 --> 00:28:44.000
 us.

00:28:45.379 --> 00:28:46.079
 It really is

00:28:46.079 --> 00:28:46.619
 that simple.

00:28:46.799 --> 00:28:47.259
 We love

00:28:47.259 --> 00:28:47.899
 because he

00:28:47.899 --> 00:28:48.679
 first loved

00:28:48.679 --> 00:28:49.019
 us.

00:28:49.579 --> 00:28:50.179
 This simple

00:28:50.179 --> 00:28:51.279
 idea, verse

00:28:51.279 --> 00:28:51.960
 2 calls it

00:28:51.960 --> 00:28:52.559
 the spiritual

00:28:52.559 --> 00:28:53.639
 milk, it's

00:28:53.639 --> 00:28:54.119
 pure.

00:28:55.000 --> 00:28:55.359
 It's just

00:28:55.359 --> 00:28:56.019
 like a baby

00:28:56.019 --> 00:28:57.559
 nursed by

00:28:57.559 --> 00:28:58.039
 his mother.

00:28:58.779 --> 00:28:59.519
 Depending on

00:28:59.519 --> 00:29:00.359
 that milk for

00:29:00.359 --> 00:29:01.440
 life, so

00:29:01.440 --> 00:29:02.240
 too our

00:29:02.240 --> 00:29:03.139
 spiritual life

00:29:03.139 --> 00:29:04.059
 depends on

00:29:04.059 --> 00:29:04.619
 this truth,

00:29:05.179 --> 00:29:05.779
 depends on

00:29:05.779 --> 00:29:06.419
 modeling out

00:29:06.419 --> 00:29:07.159
 this holy,

00:29:07.619 --> 00:29:08.119
 reverent,

00:29:08.500 --> 00:29:09.659
 loving nature

00:29:09.659 --> 00:29:10.279
 of Jesus

00:29:10.279 --> 00:29:10.779
 Christ.

00:29:10.960 --> 00:29:11.500
 Imperfect

00:29:11.500 --> 00:29:11.920
 as it will

00:29:11.920 --> 00:29:12.460
 be, because

00:29:12.460 --> 00:29:12.799
 we're not

00:29:12.799 --> 00:29:14.039
 perfect, we're

00:29:14.039 --> 00:29:14.599
 all fallen.

00:29:15.639 --> 00:29:16.160
 But because

00:29:16.160 --> 00:29:17.420
 he came, and

00:29:17.420 --> 00:29:17.819
 because he

00:29:17.819 --> 00:29:18.440
 first loved

00:29:18.440 --> 00:29:19.940
 us, we

00:29:19.940 --> 00:29:20.319
 ought to

00:29:20.319 --> 00:29:20.680
 love one

00:29:20.680 --> 00:29:20.980
 another.

00:29:21.559 --> 00:29:22.000
 It's the

00:29:22.000 --> 00:29:22.779
 entire reason

00:29:22.779 --> 00:29:23.460
 we're saved,

00:29:23.700 --> 00:29:24.420
 that love is

00:29:24.420 --> 00:29:24.779
 the great

00:29:24.779 --> 00:29:25.899
 truth of

00:29:25.899 --> 00:29:26.279
 God's

00:29:26.279 --> 00:29:26.639
 gospel.

00:29:27.460 --> 00:29:27.899
 You see, we

00:29:27.899 --> 00:29:28.319
 need to keep

00:29:28.319 --> 00:29:28.660
 our minds

00:29:28.660 --> 00:29:29.220
 focused,

00:29:29.480 --> 00:29:30.500
 friends, on

00:29:30.500 --> 00:29:31.119
 this simple

00:29:31.119 --> 00:29:31.920
 truth, and

00:29:31.920 --> 00:29:32.879
 meditate daily

00:29:32.879 --> 00:29:33.480
 on the word

00:29:33.480 --> 00:29:34.099
 of God, which

00:29:34.099 --> 00:29:35.460
 reminds us of

00:29:35.460 --> 00:29:36.059
 his love.

00:29:36.059 --> 00:29:36.119
 love.

00:29:37.059 --> 00:29:37.500
 That's why

00:29:37.500 --> 00:29:38.159
 Psalm 1

00:29:38.159 --> 00:29:39.539
 says that the

00:29:39.539 --> 00:29:40.419
 blessed person

00:29:40.419 --> 00:29:41.480
 who delights

00:29:41.480 --> 00:29:42.099
 in the law

00:29:42.099 --> 00:29:42.619
 of the Lord,

00:29:43.399 --> 00:29:44.399
 who delights

00:29:44.399 --> 00:29:45.339
 to know the

00:29:45.339 --> 00:29:45.740
 things of

00:29:45.740 --> 00:29:47.779
 God, reflects

00:29:47.779 --> 00:29:49.359
 on it day

00:29:49.359 --> 00:29:50.819
 and night, and

00:29:50.819 --> 00:29:51.579
 he or she is

00:29:51.579 --> 00:29:52.539
 like a tree

00:29:52.539 --> 00:29:54.240
 planted by

00:29:54.240 --> 00:29:55.259
 streams of

00:29:55.259 --> 00:29:56.039
 living water

00:29:56.039 --> 00:29:56.819
 which bear

00:29:56.819 --> 00:29:57.659
 fruit.

00:29:57.660 --> 00:29:59.860
 Peter writes,

00:30:00.180 --> 00:30:00.580
 this is how

00:30:00.580 --> 00:30:01.240
 we grow up

00:30:01.240 --> 00:30:02.660
 in our

00:30:02.660 --> 00:30:03.160
 salvation.

00:30:03.880 --> 00:30:04.279
 It's how we

00:30:04.279 --> 00:30:05.060
 mature as

00:30:05.060 --> 00:30:05.860
 believers, and

00:30:05.860 --> 00:30:06.160
 you're never

00:30:06.160 --> 00:30:06.880
 mature enough.

00:30:07.660 --> 00:30:07.980
 It doesn't

00:30:07.980 --> 00:30:08.400
 matter if you've

00:30:08.400 --> 00:30:08.840
 been a Christian

00:30:08.840 --> 00:30:09.660
 for 30 years,

00:30:10.400 --> 00:30:10.779
 it doesn't

00:30:10.779 --> 00:30:11.180
 matter if you

00:30:11.180 --> 00:30:11.640
 grew up in a

00:30:11.640 --> 00:30:12.340
 Christian family,

00:30:12.600 --> 00:30:13.080
 or you became

00:30:13.080 --> 00:30:13.580
 a Christian

00:30:13.580 --> 00:30:15.120
 last week,

00:30:15.279 --> 00:30:17.000
 there's always

00:30:17.000 --> 00:30:17.620
 room for us

00:30:17.620 --> 00:30:18.100
 to mature.

00:30:18.259 --> 00:30:18.800
 This process

00:30:18.800 --> 00:30:19.519
 is ongoing.

00:30:20.240 --> 00:30:20.880
 This process

00:30:20.880 --> 00:30:21.380
 will take the

00:30:21.380 --> 00:30:21.900
 rest of our

00:30:21.900 --> 00:30:22.640
 lives, and

00:30:22.640 --> 00:30:23.060
 we'll just get

00:30:23.060 --> 00:30:23.840
 a small glimpse

00:30:23.840 --> 00:30:24.200
 of what it

00:30:24.200 --> 00:30:24.700
 looks like,

00:30:25.580 --> 00:30:26.220
 until we go

00:30:26.220 --> 00:30:26.680
 and be with

00:30:26.680 --> 00:30:27.140
 him forever.

00:30:28.140 --> 00:30:28.540
 And think

00:30:28.540 --> 00:30:29.040
 about this,

00:30:29.740 --> 00:30:30.480
 every time you

00:30:30.480 --> 00:30:30.920
 have one of

00:30:30.920 --> 00:30:31.460
 these little

00:30:31.460 --> 00:30:32.940
 battles, these

00:30:32.940 --> 00:30:33.440
 things that

00:30:33.440 --> 00:30:34.019
 trip you up,

00:30:34.580 --> 00:30:35.120
 these things

00:30:35.120 --> 00:30:35.400
 that just

00:30:35.400 --> 00:30:35.900
 happen to

00:30:35.900 --> 00:30:36.420
 you in life,

00:30:36.940 --> 00:30:38.240
 these opportunities

00:30:38.240 --> 00:30:39.100
 to demonstrate

00:30:39.100 --> 00:30:41.380
 love, and

00:30:41.380 --> 00:30:42.600
 holiness, and

00:30:42.600 --> 00:30:43.720
 reverence, every

00:30:43.720 --> 00:30:44.279
 time you have

00:30:44.279 --> 00:30:44.680
 one of those

00:30:44.680 --> 00:30:46.320
 moments, and

00:30:46.320 --> 00:30:46.779
 you actually

00:30:46.779 --> 00:30:47.880
 choose the

00:30:47.880 --> 00:30:49.040
 right path, do

00:30:49.040 --> 00:30:49.400
 the God

00:30:49.400 --> 00:30:50.580
 honoring thing, do

00:30:50.580 --> 00:30:51.320
 the loving thing,

00:30:51.700 --> 00:30:52.240
 do the holy

00:30:52.240 --> 00:30:53.900
 thing, hang

00:30:53.900 --> 00:30:54.440
 on to those

00:30:54.440 --> 00:30:55.779
 moments, and

00:30:55.779 --> 00:30:56.779
 hang on to

00:30:56.779 --> 00:30:57.380
 how you think

00:30:57.380 --> 00:30:57.920
 can feel in

00:30:57.920 --> 00:30:58.560
 those moments,

00:30:58.560 --> 00:30:59.360
 because you're

00:30:59.360 --> 00:30:59.800
 going to feel

00:30:59.800 --> 00:31:01.160
 like that for

00:31:01.160 --> 00:31:02.000
 the rest of

00:31:02.000 --> 00:31:03.420
 eternity, when

00:31:03.420 --> 00:31:03.960
 you go to be

00:31:03.960 --> 00:31:04.420
 with God.

00:31:05.460 --> 00:31:06.040
 So be

00:31:06.040 --> 00:31:07.080
 encouraged, you

00:31:07.080 --> 00:31:09.180
 will fall, but

00:31:09.180 --> 00:31:10.740
 he who began a

00:31:10.740 --> 00:31:11.240
 good work in

00:31:11.240 --> 00:31:12.940
 us, will bring

00:31:12.940 --> 00:31:13.760
 it to completion

00:31:13.760 --> 00:31:14.920
 in the day of

00:31:14.920 --> 00:31:15.500
 Christ Jesus.

00:31:16.680 --> 00:31:17.660
 This love is how

00:31:17.660 --> 00:31:18.080
 we come to

00:31:18.080 --> 00:31:18.800
 understand and

00:31:18.800 --> 00:31:19.500
 appreciate the

00:31:19.500 --> 00:31:20.740
 depth and the

00:31:20.740 --> 00:31:21.700
 greatness of God

00:31:21.700 --> 00:31:21.980
 and his

00:31:21.980 --> 00:31:22.380
 character.

00:31:22.380 --> 00:31:22.480
 love.

00:31:22.920 --> 00:31:23.660
 We simply

00:31:23.660 --> 00:31:24.220
 have to love

00:31:24.220 --> 00:31:24.640
 one another.

00:31:25.520 --> 00:31:26.140
 And we do

00:31:26.140 --> 00:31:27.180
 this, verse

00:31:27.180 --> 00:31:28.840
 three, because

00:31:28.840 --> 00:31:29.600
 we have tasted

00:31:29.600 --> 00:31:30.660
 the sweetness

00:31:30.660 --> 00:31:31.720
 of the Lord's

00:31:31.720 --> 00:31:32.040
 goodness.

00:31:33.120 --> 00:31:33.540
 In other

00:31:33.540 --> 00:31:34.220
 words, because

00:31:34.220 --> 00:31:34.900
 we have come

00:31:34.900 --> 00:31:36.900
 to Christ, we

00:31:36.900 --> 00:31:37.520
 have seen the

00:31:37.520 --> 00:31:38.060
 goodness of

00:31:38.060 --> 00:31:39.300
 Christ, we

00:31:39.300 --> 00:31:39.880
 have seen his

00:31:39.880 --> 00:31:40.880
 love, seen

00:31:40.880 --> 00:31:42.280
 his holiness, seen

00:31:42.280 --> 00:31:42.980
 his reverence.

00:31:43.280 --> 00:31:44.080
 In love, God

00:31:44.080 --> 00:31:45.180
 reached down to

00:31:45.180 --> 00:31:46.780
 us, and in

00:31:46.780 --> 00:31:48.300
 love, we ought

00:31:48.300 --> 00:31:48.880
 to reach out to

00:31:48.880 --> 00:31:49.260
 each other.

00:31:50.840 --> 00:31:51.840
 Jesus said it

00:31:51.840 --> 00:31:53.380
 as usual, most

00:31:53.380 --> 00:31:54.000
 simply and most

00:31:54.000 --> 00:31:54.440
 profoundly.

00:31:55.300 --> 00:31:56.260
 A new commandment

00:31:56.260 --> 00:31:56.920
 I give to you,

00:31:57.980 --> 00:31:58.820
 love one another.

00:31:59.960 --> 00:32:00.860
 As I have

00:32:00.860 --> 00:32:02.600
 loved you, so

00:32:02.600 --> 00:32:03.860
 also are you

00:32:03.860 --> 00:32:04.620
 to love one

00:32:04.620 --> 00:32:04.920
 another.

00:32:05.360 --> 00:32:06.180
 And by this, all

00:32:06.180 --> 00:32:07.060
 people will know

00:32:07.060 --> 00:32:07.540
 you are my

00:32:07.540 --> 00:32:09.460
 disciples, if you

00:32:09.460 --> 00:32:10.380
 love one another.

00:32:11.660 --> 00:32:12.440
 Because of what

00:32:12.440 --> 00:32:13.120
 he's done for us,

00:32:13.200 --> 00:32:14.700
 friends, we ought

00:32:14.700 --> 00:32:15.580
 to mimic Christ.

00:32:16.400 --> 00:32:17.100
 Because he's

00:32:17.100 --> 00:32:18.540
 holy, set

00:32:18.539 --> 00:32:19.480
 apart from sin,

00:32:19.799 --> 00:32:20.500
 we ought to be

00:32:20.500 --> 00:32:20.740
 holy.

00:32:21.559 --> 00:32:22.299
 Because he was

00:32:22.299 --> 00:32:22.960
 reverent and

00:32:22.960 --> 00:32:23.519
 honoured the

00:32:23.519 --> 00:32:24.680
 Father, so

00:32:24.680 --> 00:32:25.960
 ought we do

00:32:25.960 --> 00:32:26.399
 the same.

00:32:27.139 --> 00:32:27.859
 And most of

00:32:27.859 --> 00:32:29.279
 all, because he

00:32:29.279 --> 00:32:30.180
 first loved us,

00:32:30.879 --> 00:32:31.680
 we ought to

00:32:31.680 --> 00:32:32.720
 love one

00:32:32.720 --> 00:32:33.000
 another.

00:32:34.200 --> 00:32:34.960
 Now after we

00:32:34.960 --> 00:32:35.899
 finish, we're

00:32:35.899 --> 00:32:36.460
 going to sing,

00:32:36.619 --> 00:32:36.960
 and we're going

00:32:36.960 --> 00:32:37.519
 to go to the

00:32:37.519 --> 00:32:38.000
 Lord's table

00:32:38.000 --> 00:32:38.420
 together.

00:32:39.220 --> 00:32:40.019
 And as we go

00:32:40.019 --> 00:32:40.619
 to the Lord's

00:32:40.619 --> 00:32:41.039
 table, we

00:32:41.039 --> 00:32:41.700
 remember the

00:32:41.700 --> 00:32:42.500
 sacrifice of

00:32:42.500 --> 00:32:42.740
 Jesus.

00:32:43.700 --> 00:32:44.680
 We remember

00:32:44.680 --> 00:32:45.759
 the Lamb

00:32:45.759 --> 00:32:46.879
 without blemish,

00:32:47.539 --> 00:32:48.159
 whose body

00:32:48.160 --> 00:32:49.000
 was broken

00:32:49.000 --> 00:32:49.800
 for us.

00:32:50.540 --> 00:32:51.259
 So when we

00:32:51.259 --> 00:32:51.640
 break the

00:32:51.640 --> 00:32:52.060
 bread, we

00:32:52.060 --> 00:32:53.140
 remember this

00:32:53.140 --> 00:32:54.200
 sacrifice where

00:32:54.200 --> 00:32:54.840
 Jesus was

00:32:54.840 --> 00:32:55.180
 broken.

00:32:56.440 --> 00:32:57.340
 When we take

00:32:57.340 --> 00:32:58.279
 the wine or

00:32:58.279 --> 00:32:59.300
 the juice, we

00:32:59.300 --> 00:33:00.320
 remember the

00:33:00.320 --> 00:33:01.200
 sinless Messiah

00:33:01.200 --> 00:33:02.279
 whose blood was

00:33:02.279 --> 00:33:03.200
 shed for us.

00:33:03.700 --> 00:33:04.340
 And we

00:33:04.340 --> 00:33:04.920
 remember the

00:33:04.920 --> 00:33:05.220
 one who

00:33:05.220 --> 00:33:05.700
 shows us

00:33:05.700 --> 00:33:06.140
 holiness,

00:33:07.220 --> 00:33:07.779
 reverence,

00:33:08.259 --> 00:33:08.920
 and love.

00:33:09.940 --> 00:33:10.660
 I don't know

00:33:10.660 --> 00:33:11.220
 your individual

00:33:11.220 --> 00:33:11.980
 circumstances,

00:33:12.720 --> 00:33:13.560
 but you do,

00:33:13.559 --> 00:33:15.319
 and the

00:33:15.319 --> 00:33:15.799
 Lord does.

00:33:17.119 --> 00:33:18.139
 So we'll

00:33:18.139 --> 00:33:18.839
 pray before we

00:33:18.839 --> 00:33:19.220
 break bread

00:33:19.220 --> 00:33:19.619
 together.

00:33:20.619 --> 00:33:21.319
 But ask

00:33:21.319 --> 00:33:22.960
 this, this is

00:33:22.960 --> 00:33:23.339
 what I'll be

00:33:23.339 --> 00:33:23.859
 asking him.

00:33:24.700 --> 00:33:26.740
 Lord, help

00:33:26.740 --> 00:33:27.099
 me to be

00:33:27.099 --> 00:33:27.319
 holy.

00:33:28.619 --> 00:33:29.359
 Help me to

00:33:29.359 --> 00:33:29.879
 be reverent.

00:33:31.000 --> 00:33:31.740
 Help me to

00:33:31.740 --> 00:33:32.460
 love the people

00:33:32.460 --> 00:33:33.159
 in this church

00:33:33.159 --> 00:33:34.299
 the way you

00:33:34.299 --> 00:33:34.799
 love them,

00:33:35.740 --> 00:33:36.159
 and the way

00:33:36.159 --> 00:33:36.679
 you love me.

00:33:37.759 --> 00:33:38.039
 Amen.

00:33:38.879 --> 00:33:39.440
 Let's pray.

00:33:39.440 --> 00:33:39.500
 Amen.

00:33:39.500 --> 00:33:39.559
 Amen.

00:33:39.559 --> 00:33:39.579
 Amen.

00:33:39.579 --> 00:33:39.639
 Amen.

00:33:39.639 --> 00:33:39.679
 Amen.

00:33:39.679 --> 00:33:39.700
 Amen.

00:33:39.700 --> 00:33:39.720
 Amen.

00:33:39.720 --> 00:33:41.639
 Amen.

00:33:41.639 --> 00:33:41.659
 Amen.

00:33:41.659 --> 00:33:43.539
 Amen.

00:33:43.539 --> 00:33:44.259
 Father, we

00:33:44.259 --> 00:33:44.680
 give you

00:33:44.680 --> 00:33:45.519
 all due

00:33:45.519 --> 00:33:46.480
 glory and

00:33:46.480 --> 00:33:47.700
 praise for

00:33:47.700 --> 00:33:48.019
 what you

00:33:48.019 --> 00:33:48.339
 have done

00:33:48.339 --> 00:33:48.859
 for us

00:33:48.859 --> 00:33:50.940
 by setting

00:33:50.940 --> 00:33:52.359
 aside your

00:33:52.359 --> 00:33:53.019
 heavenly

00:33:53.019 --> 00:33:54.180
 privileges and

00:33:54.180 --> 00:33:55.720
 becoming nothing

00:33:55.720 --> 00:33:56.539
 like us,

00:33:56.740 --> 00:33:57.839
 so that through

00:33:57.839 --> 00:33:58.500
 your death and

00:33:58.500 --> 00:33:59.319
 resurrection you

00:33:59.319 --> 00:33:59.579
 would be

00:33:59.579 --> 00:34:00.259
 ascended to

00:34:00.259 --> 00:34:00.680
 the highest

00:34:00.680 --> 00:34:01.119
 place.

00:34:02.480 --> 00:34:03.299
 We thank

00:34:03.299 --> 00:34:03.680
 you, Lord,

00:34:03.779 --> 00:34:04.659
 for giving

00:34:04.659 --> 00:34:05.019
 us your

00:34:05.019 --> 00:34:05.500
 word which

00:34:05.500 --> 00:34:06.180
 is so clear

00:34:06.180 --> 00:34:07.379
 and so

00:34:07.379 --> 00:34:07.839
 profound

00:34:07.839 --> 00:34:08.239
 and so

00:34:08.239 --> 00:34:08.619
 simple.

00:34:09.960 --> 00:34:10.779
 We ask

00:34:10.779 --> 00:34:11.460
 you, Lord,

00:34:11.579 --> 00:34:12.659
 to help

00:34:12.659 --> 00:34:13.179
 us in our

00:34:13.179 --> 00:34:13.879
 daily lives

00:34:13.879 --> 00:34:14.279
 with those

00:34:14.279 --> 00:34:14.799
 things that

00:34:14.799 --> 00:34:15.179
 can trip

00:34:15.179 --> 00:34:15.619
 us up.

00:34:15.960 --> 00:34:16.379
 Help us

00:34:16.379 --> 00:34:16.639
 to be

00:34:16.639 --> 00:34:17.099
 honest with

00:34:17.099 --> 00:34:17.539
 ourselves.

00:34:18.659 --> 00:34:19.139
 Help us

00:34:19.139 --> 00:34:19.460
 to see

00:34:19.460 --> 00:34:20.000
 those things

00:34:20.000 --> 00:34:20.500
 which don't

00:34:20.500 --> 00:34:21.019
 honor you,

00:34:22.019 --> 00:34:23.000
 those things

00:34:23.000 --> 00:34:23.419
 we have to

00:34:23.419 --> 00:34:23.759
 be putting

00:34:23.759 --> 00:34:24.219
 to death,

00:34:24.839 --> 00:34:26.239
 and help

00:34:26.239 --> 00:34:26.759
 us to

00:34:26.759 --> 00:34:27.960
 simply get

00:34:27.960 --> 00:34:28.239
 rid of

00:34:28.239 --> 00:34:28.399
 them,

00:34:29.399 --> 00:34:30.599
 to model

00:34:30.599 --> 00:34:31.119
 out instead

00:34:31.119 --> 00:34:31.619
 the holiness

00:34:31.619 --> 00:34:32.039
 that you

00:34:32.039 --> 00:34:32.539
 have, Lord,

00:34:32.619 --> 00:34:32.919
 that you

00:34:32.919 --> 00:34:33.519
 hate sin,

00:34:34.480 --> 00:34:34.799
 that you

00:34:34.799 --> 00:34:35.239
 are apart

00:34:35.239 --> 00:34:35.719
 from sin,

00:34:36.719 --> 00:34:37.659
 and help

00:34:37.659 --> 00:34:38.039
 us to do

00:34:38.039 --> 00:34:38.599
 that by

00:34:38.599 --> 00:34:39.559
 revering who

00:34:39.559 --> 00:34:40.000
 you are

00:34:40.000 --> 00:34:41.219
 and respecting

00:34:41.219 --> 00:34:41.659
 who you

00:34:41.659 --> 00:34:42.000
 are and

00:34:42.000 --> 00:34:42.320
 what you've

00:34:42.320 --> 00:34:42.699
 done for

00:34:42.699 --> 00:34:43.139
 us and

00:34:43.139 --> 00:34:44.159
 realizing that

00:34:44.159 --> 00:34:44.460
 our own

00:34:44.460 --> 00:34:45.059
 efforts count

00:34:45.059 --> 00:34:45.519
 for nothing

00:34:45.519 --> 00:34:46.739
 and that

00:34:46.739 --> 00:34:47.500
 ultimately it

00:34:47.500 --> 00:34:47.880
 was only

00:34:47.880 --> 00:34:48.360
 because of

00:34:48.360 --> 00:34:49.400
 the perfect

00:34:49.400 --> 00:34:50.559
 submission of

00:34:50.559 --> 00:34:52.039
 your son that

00:34:52.039 --> 00:34:52.679
 we are able to

00:34:52.679 --> 00:34:53.239
 come to you.

00:34:54.260 --> 00:34:55.019
 So help us to

00:34:55.019 --> 00:34:56.199
 be humble as

00:34:56.199 --> 00:34:56.679
 we live out

00:34:56.679 --> 00:34:57.440
 these lives and

00:34:57.440 --> 00:34:57.860
 try and be

00:34:57.860 --> 00:34:58.460
 holy and help

00:34:58.460 --> 00:34:59.000
 us most of

00:34:59.000 --> 00:34:59.340
 all, Lord,

00:34:59.380 --> 00:34:59.860
 to be loving

00:34:59.860 --> 00:35:01.460
 because we

00:35:01.460 --> 00:35:02.099
 know of faith,

00:35:02.199 --> 00:35:02.500
 hope, and

00:35:02.500 --> 00:35:02.840
 love, the

00:35:02.840 --> 00:35:03.420
 greatest of

00:35:03.420 --> 00:35:04.119
 these is love.

00:35:05.300 --> 00:35:05.780
 We pray,

00:35:05.920 --> 00:35:06.400
 Lord, that you

00:35:06.400 --> 00:35:06.960
 would really give

00:35:06.960 --> 00:35:07.440
 us a heart

00:35:07.440 --> 00:35:07.780
 for each

00:35:07.780 --> 00:35:09.079
 other, that

00:35:09.079 --> 00:35:09.300
 you would

00:35:09.300 --> 00:35:09.800
 melt our

00:35:09.800 --> 00:35:10.220
 hearts of

00:35:10.220 --> 00:35:12.000
 stone, that

00:35:12.000 --> 00:35:12.199
 you would

00:35:12.199 --> 00:35:12.740
 give us hearts

00:35:12.740 --> 00:35:13.500
 of flesh in

00:35:13.500 --> 00:35:14.360
 you, and

00:35:14.360 --> 00:35:14.940
 that day by

00:35:14.940 --> 00:35:15.740
 day you

00:35:15.740 --> 00:35:16.099
 would help

00:35:16.099 --> 00:35:16.720
 us to grow

00:35:16.720 --> 00:35:17.460
 in this pure

00:35:17.460 --> 00:35:18.519
 spiritual milk

00:35:18.519 --> 00:35:19.400
 that is the

00:35:19.400 --> 00:35:20.420
 word, that

00:35:20.420 --> 00:35:21.980
 you came for

00:35:21.980 --> 00:35:22.539
 people like

00:35:22.539 --> 00:35:23.240
 us, not for

00:35:23.240 --> 00:35:23.980
 perfect people,

00:35:24.579 --> 00:35:25.079
 but that you

00:35:25.079 --> 00:35:25.720
 reached down

00:35:25.720 --> 00:35:26.320
 into a world

00:35:26.320 --> 00:35:26.880
 of darkness,

00:35:27.500 --> 00:35:28.960
 and you came

00:35:28.960 --> 00:35:29.440
 to those who

00:35:29.440 --> 00:35:29.900
 needed you the

00:35:29.900 --> 00:35:30.800
 most, ourselves

00:35:30.800 --> 00:35:31.280
 included.

00:35:32.659 --> 00:35:33.619
 So as we

00:35:33.619 --> 00:35:34.820
 come together

00:35:34.820 --> 00:35:35.500
 around the

00:35:35.500 --> 00:35:36.099
 table, Lord,

00:35:36.159 --> 00:35:36.840
 we pray that

00:35:36.840 --> 00:35:37.260
 we would

00:35:37.260 --> 00:35:37.800
 remember these

00:35:37.800 --> 00:35:39.039
 truths, and

00:35:39.039 --> 00:35:39.640
 we pray that

00:35:39.640 --> 00:35:40.320
 you would give

00:35:40.320 --> 00:35:40.800
 us a real

00:35:40.800 --> 00:35:41.880
 sense of

00:35:41.880 --> 00:35:42.360
 your presence

00:35:42.360 --> 00:35:42.760
 here this

00:35:42.760 --> 00:35:44.880
 morning, and

00:35:44.880 --> 00:35:45.480
 that in all

00:35:45.480 --> 00:35:46.760
 things, we

00:35:46.760 --> 00:35:48.220
 pray we would

00:35:48.220 --> 00:35:48.920
 say and do

00:35:48.920 --> 00:35:49.440
 and think

00:35:49.440 --> 00:35:50.539
 everything for

00:35:50.539 --> 00:35:51.039
 your glory.

00:35:51.700 --> 00:35:52.120
 So be with

00:35:52.120 --> 00:35:52.700
 us for the

00:35:52.700 --> 00:35:53.100
 remainder of

00:35:53.100 --> 00:35:53.420
 our time

00:35:53.420 --> 00:35:53.760
 today.

00:35:54.420 --> 00:35:55.100
 We ask all

00:35:55.100 --> 00:35:55.400
 this in

00:35:55.400 --> 00:35:55.980
 Jesus' name.

00:35:56.579 --> 00:35:56.820
 Amen.

00:35:58.579 --> 00:35:59.240
 I'm going to

00:35:59.240 --> 00:35:59.539
 ask the

00:35:59.539 --> 00:36:00.100
 musicians to

00:36:00.100 --> 00:36:00.519
 come back

00:36:00.519 --> 00:36:01.620
 up, and

00:36:01.620 --> 00:36:02.000
 we're going

00:36:02.000 --> 00:36:02.460
 to sing

00:36:02.460 --> 00:36:02.960
 When I

00:36:02.960 --> 00:36:03.400
 Survey the

00:36:03.400 --> 00:36:03.720
 Wondrous

00:36:03.720 --> 00:36:05.120
 Cross, because

00:36:05.120 --> 00:36:05.480
 all that's

00:36:05.480 --> 00:36:06.000
 left to do,

00:36:06.000 --> 00:36:06.940
 when you

00:36:06.940 --> 00:36:07.280
 compare

00:36:07.280 --> 00:36:08.840
 yourself to

00:36:08.840 --> 00:36:09.159
 a holy

00:36:09.159 --> 00:36:10.380
 God, when

00:36:10.380 --> 00:36:10.800
 you compare

00:36:10.800 --> 00:36:11.420
 yourself to

00:36:11.420 --> 00:36:11.760
 what he's

00:36:11.760 --> 00:36:12.159
 done for

00:36:12.159 --> 00:36:13.380
 us, all

00:36:13.380 --> 00:36:13.719
 it's left

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 to do is

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 to look to

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 Christ and

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 to sing songs

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 of worship and

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 to give him

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 glory and

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 praise.

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 So let's

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 stand together

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 and sing.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

00:36:24.900 --> 00:36:27.119
 Amen.

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 Amen.

00:36:27.619 --> 00:36:28.099
 Amen.

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 Amen.