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 Peter writes, if you call on him as father who judges impartially according to each one's deeds,

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! Conduct yourselves with fear throughout the time of your exile, knowing that you were ransomed from the feudal ways inherited from your forefathers,

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 not with perishable things such as silver and gold, but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot.

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 He was foreknown before the foundation of the world, but was made manifest in the last times for the sake of you,

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 who through him are believers in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God. Amen.

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 Robert Burns was a famous 18th century poet, widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland.

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 And even if you don't know his name, or even if you can't think of any of his works off the top of your head,

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 there is no doubt that you will be familiar with some of his work.

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 If you've ever gathered with friends and family, or just turned on the TV to see Times Square on New Year's Eve,

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 and the clock strikes midnight and you begin to sing that familiar tune, old, laying, sing, sign, however you say it,

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 then you have interacted with Burns' probably most famous work.

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 But there's another one that perhaps you would be familiar with, at least a statement within it that is quite helpful.

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 In 1785, Robert Burns was running his plow in Scotland,

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 and he accidentally ran over a nest of a mouse who was preparing its place for the winter months as they were approaching.

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 And immediately understanding the tragedy of what this meant for that mouse,

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 Burns was inspired to write another famous poem, which is creatively called To a Mouse.

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 And of course, what the poem does, it wrestles and explores with the struggle of planning and building

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 and working towards something that can all be destroyed in a moment

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 by things that are totally outside of our control.

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 The most famous stanza goes this way.

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 Now, if that doesn't lift you up in the Christmas season, I don't know what will.

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 But you know what he's saying.

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 He's looking at this mouse that he has just destroyed potentially its entire life.

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 And he thinks, you know what, my life is a lot like that.

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 Working and planning and building towards something,

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 and then something that is completely out of my control comes in,

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 and it ruins everything that I've been planning.

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 Ruins everything that I've been preparing for.

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 And all it leaves me with is grief and pain for what was promised joy.

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 In my plan, there was going to be great celebration at the completion of this thing.

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 But because of forces outside of my control, I'm left with just grief and pain.

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 Now, we're in the heart of the busiest season of the year for many of us,

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 and with enormous amounts of parties to go to and family gatherings,

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 gift shopping, gift wrapping, special concerts, church plays, outreach events,

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 all kinds of things that are happening right now,

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 this particular season can be more overwhelming than it can be jolly.

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 And can we just take a moment and just reflect on how great all our mothers are

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 who do so much to actually make these seasons work, right?

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 But even the best and most organized of us know that as we're working hard this time of year,

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 the most well-planned goal is still going to have something go wrong, right?

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 One of your kids is going to get sick at the worst possible time for them to get sick.

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 That one gift that you've been watching, the tracking,

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 Amazon said it was going to be here in 24 hours, and that's turned into seven days,

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 and you're not sure if it's actually going to make it on time,

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 and now you're not sure exactly what to do.

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 That's probably going to happen at some point.

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 Cousin Eddie is going to show up unannounced to your Christmas celebration.

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 Your brother is going to bring something up at Christmas,

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 at the Christmas family gathering that you know is just going to cause a fight with everybody else.

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 You're going to have all these plans, all these things you're trying to work out.

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 Something's going to go wrong.

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 The best laid plans of mice and men often go awry.

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 At the end of this second section of Peter's letter,

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 the apostle is drawing our attention to an infinitely glorious plan

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 that actually cannot be thwarted by anything.

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 It's neither the plan of a mouse nor the plan of a man.

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 It's the eternal plan of God through Christ to save us from sin and death.

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 And these two verses, 20 and 21,

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 they're tied directly to the command for Christians in verse 17

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 to conduct their lives in the fear of God throughout the time of exile.

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 So that recognizing that we have been ransomed from the futile ways of the world

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 with the precious, sinless blood of Jesus Christ,

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 we are to fear living in such a way as to treat that sacrifice

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 as if it were garbage to demean it in any way.

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 And these verses continue Peter's discussion of the atonement of Christ

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 that has now rescued us.

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 And in them, he insists that our redemption through Christ's blood

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 was no afterthought.

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 All of it, to the smallest detail,

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 has come according to the definite plan of God.

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 And it's all exactly according to plan.

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 I want you to notice first with me the scope of God's plan in Christ.

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 The scope of God's plan in Christ.

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 Verse 20,

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 He, Christ,

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 was foreknown before the foundation of the world,

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 but was made manifest in the last times.

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 Peter here gives us the scope with these first two phrases.

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 He's contrasting for us the design and the execution

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 of God's redemption plan through Jesus Christ.

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 Our redemption was designed by God the Father in eternity past,

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 before the foundation of the world,

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 Peter says,

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 and it was executed by God the Son in history.

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 That is, in the last times.

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 And again, the emphasis is on the fact that our eternal salvation,

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 this redemption through the blood of Christ,

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 is God's plan.

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 And that He has set His love on us before He even created the world.

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 And of course, the agent of this plan is His own Son,

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 the promised Christ,

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 foreknown in eternity past

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 and revealed in time and space

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 through Jesus of Nazareth.

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 Now, we dealt with this concept of God's foreknowledge

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 all the way back in verse 2,

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 where Peter affirms that believers are elect

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 according to the foreknowledge of God the Father.

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 Just set your eyes on it again.

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 Maybe it will stir your memory.

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 At the end of verse 1,

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 we see that Peter's writing to those who are elect exiles,

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 verse 2,

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 according to the foreknowledge of God the Father.

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 And here again,

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 we see that it isn't information that God foreknows.

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 It is individuals that God foreknows.

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 He, Jesus Christ,

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 was foreknown before the foundation of the world.

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 Peter doesn't mean that God the Father

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 looked into the future down the portals of time

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 and decided that Jesus of Nazareth

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 would be a suitable Messiah for His plan.

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 That's not how this works.

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 It's not how it has happened.

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 That's not what Peter means to say.

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 He means that God chose

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 and foreordained to send His Son to be our Savior

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 and has so orchestrated all the events of the world

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 in time and space

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 so that His plan would be accomplished

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 and executed to perfection.

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 That's what Peter means.

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 That Jesus came and shed His precious blood

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 as a satisfying, propitiatory atonement for our sins

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 was always God's plan.

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 Always.

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 And it is God who saw it through

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 from beginning to end.

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 He designed it in eternity past.

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 Christ was foreknown to be this Messiah in eternity past.

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 And God has orchestrated the events of time and space

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 in history

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 so that His plan would be accomplished

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 to absolute perfection.

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 We might understand this then,

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 His plan,

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 as a divine mission.

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 Before He even creates us,

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 He has His mission laid out

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 and He will execute it

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 absolutely and definitively for His purposes.

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 Now it was planned

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 before the foundation of the world

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 but it was executed in history,

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 Peter tells us.

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 He says that

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 Christ was foreknown before the foundation of the world

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 but was made manifest in the last times.

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 This manifestation of the Christ,

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 it refers to His incarnation

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 through the saving work of Jesus

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 through the cross and His resurrection.

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 Last times here is not a reference to the day of the Lord.

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 It's not a reference to,

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 as Peter has said earlier in the chapter,

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 at the day of the Lord

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 or at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

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 That's pointing toward an end times event.

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 That's not what He's referring to here.

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 When He says the last times here,

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 He's referring to the fulfillment of salvation history.

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 Meaning,

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 the coming of Jesus fulfills

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 everything that was promised and pictured

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 and foretold in the law and prophets.

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 That's what He means.

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 Now imagine you're a Jew

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 in the first century.

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 You're aware of all of those things in the Old Testament,

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 all of the pictures and the prophecies.

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 This Messiah is coming.

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 And now Peter comes and he says,

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 He has come.

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 This is now the last times.

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 Everything that was promised has been fulfilled.

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 It has been fulfilled in Jesus.

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 I want you to track with me here.

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 God set a plan in eternity past.

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 And in His kindness,

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 He progressively revealed that plan

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 through His word.

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 Sometimes it's pictures.

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 A lamb sacrificed at the tabernacle.

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 Sometimes it's prophecy.

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 Isaiah.

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 For unto us a child is born.

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 Unto us a son is given.

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 Sometimes it's through types like King David

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 in his struggle.

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 Or King David in his role as champion of Israel and king.

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 But God has revealed His plan progressively in His word.

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 And then at the appointed time,

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 the appointed time that He set

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 according to His eternal plan in eternity past,

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 He fulfilled that plan in Jesus,

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 which inaugurated for us the last times.

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 We're there.

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 We're in them.

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 And salvation history is fulfilled in Him.

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 And this one, loved ones,

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 this is what Advent and Christmas is actually about.

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 All of those things fulfilled in God the Son.

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 Remember Galatians 4, 4 through 7.

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 When the fullness of time had come.

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 Just another way of Paul saying,

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 at the exact time that God had planned it.

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 When the fullness of time had come.

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 God sent forth His Son.

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 Born of woman.

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 Born under the law.

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 To redeem those who were under the law.

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 So that we might receive adoption as sons.

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 And because you are sons,

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 God has sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts.

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 Crying, Abba, Father.

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 So you are no longer a slave, but a son.

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 And if you are a son, then you are an heir through God.

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 Now we need to think about that

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 with everything we've been covering in chapter 1 of 1 Peter.

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 What have we been seeing here?

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 We've been seeing the plan of God.

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 We've been seeing the agent of that plan.

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 Jesus Christ the Son preexistent,

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 but brought into time and space

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 to give His life as a ransom for us.

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 Why?

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 So that we, God's enemies,

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 might become God's children.

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 By His grace.

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 And what comes along with us being His children?

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 Well, exactly what Peter told us earlier in the chapter.

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 An inheritance that's imperishable.

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 And undefiled.

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 And unfading.

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 It's all about this.

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 It's all according to plan.

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 And the scope of that plan is eternal.

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 God designed it in eternity past,

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 and He's executed it in time and space,

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 in real history.

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 But then we must ask the next question,

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 which is to what end?

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 What is the benefit of this plan?

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 So I want you to see the beneficiaries

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 of God's plan in Christ.

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 We've seen the scope.

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 I want you to see the beneficiaries.

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 Let's think about Christmas again.

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 Some of you are working hard

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 to keep just a few things in order

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 for these next two weeks, right?

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 If you can just keep a handful of things in order

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 over the next couple of weeks,

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 Christmas will go smoothly.

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 And even that we understand

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 to be something of an exercise in futility

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 because something is inevitably going to go wrong.

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 And that's just with a few things.

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 What did it take for God

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 to fulfill this eternal plan?

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 The magnitude of His power.

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 The magnitude of His sovereignty.

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 To work everything out

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 so that everything fell right into place

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 exactly as He intended

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 so that we could be redeemed.

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 It's amazing.

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 But who exactly benefits?

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 Peter says,

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 It is for the sake of you

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 who through Him are believers in God

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 who raised Him from the dead

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 and gave Him glory.

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 Christ was foreknown

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 before the foundation of the world.

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 He was made manifest

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 in these last times

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 for the sake of you,

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 he says.

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 This is gloriously profound.

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 God has designed and executed

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 a plan of redemption

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 through Jesus Christ

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 for your sake.

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 According to His great mercy,

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 as we have read,

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 and overflowing from His eternal love

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 for us,

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 God made a ray

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 to rescue sinners,

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 enemies,

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 through the precious blood

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 of His own Son.

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 We are the beneficiaries

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 of God's plan.

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 Thou who art God

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 beyond all praising,

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 all for love's sake,

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 became as men,

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 stooping so low,

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 but sinners raising

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 heavenward by Thine eternal plan.

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 Thou who art God

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 beyond all praising,

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 all for love's sake,

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 became as men.

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 Who are the beneficiaries?

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 Sinners are the beneficiaries.

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 What could possibly explain that

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 other than divine love?

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 It's the only way to explain it.

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 But then Peter includes here

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 an essential exclusivity clause,

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 and we can't miss it.

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 Mustn't miss it.

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 Contrary to so many cultural assumptions

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 around Christmas in our society,

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 not everyone is a beneficiary

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 of God's plan.

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 Peace on earth doesn't mean

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 that we are all finally at peace with God

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 because Jesus has come.

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 That's not what it means.

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 It means that the one through whom

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 peace is accomplished

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 has finally come.

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 And Jesus accomplished that peace

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 by making an atonement for our sin

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 on the cross.

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 And we receive this peace

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 only through faith in his work.

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 It's not for everyone.

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 Peter says it's for those

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 who believe.

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 Just look at it.

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 He says it plainly.

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 It was made manifest

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 in the last times

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 for the sake of you

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 who through him

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 are believers in God.

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 We become believers in God

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 through Christ

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 only when we trust

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 in his atoning sacrifice

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 on the cross.

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 His resurrection

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 from the dead.

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 His glorification

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 as Lord.

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 God's plan is glorious

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 and the benefits of it

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 are forgiveness of sin

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 and eternal life

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 as his children.

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 But you will not receive

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 those benefits

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 apart from exclusive faith

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 in the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 this is the call

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 of the gospel

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 and it is open

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 to you today.

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 Jesus himself says

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 come to me

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 all who labor

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 and are heavy laden

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 and I will give you rest.

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 Take my yoke upon you

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 and learn of me

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 for I am meek and lowly

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 and you will find rest

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 for your soul.

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 What does he mean?

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 What does he mean by labor

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 and work?

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 Jesus speaking

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 in the context

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 of a group

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 that were literally

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 laboring

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 hoping to gain favor

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 with God

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 so that they could

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 eventually find rest.

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 Jesus says

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 if that's you

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 you're laboring

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 trying to do your best

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 and working your hardest

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 you need to leave that

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 behind and just come to me

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 because it's only in me

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 that you will find rest

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 for your soul.

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 The ex-exclusivity

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 of faith

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 in Jesus

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 is what Peter

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 is calling us to here.

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 You may believe in God

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 but unless it's

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 through the Son

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 unless your belief

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 in God

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 comes by virtue

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 of trusting

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 in the atonement

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 of Christ

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 and trusting

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 in the resurrection

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 of Christ

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 and bowing

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 before him

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 as Lord

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 as we read

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 in Philippians 2

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 you are not a Christian

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 and these benefits

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 do not belong to you.

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 the beneficiaries

00:20:00.480 --> 00:20:01.819
 are only those

00:20:01.819 --> 00:20:03.039
 who come to

00:20:03.039 --> 00:20:04.419
 faith in God

00:20:04.419 --> 00:20:06.220
 through Christ.

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 And what an amazing

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 assurance

00:20:08.559 --> 00:20:10.019
 this is

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 for those of us

00:20:11.519 --> 00:20:12.359
 who are believers

00:20:12.359 --> 00:20:13.019
 in God

00:20:13.019 --> 00:20:14.379
 through Christ.

00:20:18.379 --> 00:20:19.379
 God's plan

00:20:19.379 --> 00:20:19.939
 of redemption

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 is definite.

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 It's not potential.

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 God didn't set

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 this plan

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 in motion

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 in eternity past

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 just hoping

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 that someone

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 would come

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 to follow it.

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 No,

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 it's not a potential plan.

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 It's a definite

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 plan.

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 It doesn't make

00:20:44.160 --> 00:20:44.900
 our salvation

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 possible.

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 It makes

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 our salvation

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 certain.

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 it isn't

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 for all people.

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 It is

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 for those

00:20:56.359 --> 00:20:57.000
 who believe

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 who will

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 trust in Christ.

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 And this

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 definite

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 nature

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 of God's

00:21:04.159 --> 00:21:04.559
 plan

00:21:04.559 --> 00:21:06.579
 is exactly

00:21:06.579 --> 00:21:07.599
 what we need

00:21:07.599 --> 00:21:08.719
 to understand

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 in this time

00:21:09.699 --> 00:21:10.219
 of exile,

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 isn't it?

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 Isn't that

00:21:12.019 --> 00:21:12.459
 the larger

00:21:12.459 --> 00:21:13.019
 context

00:21:13.019 --> 00:21:13.699
 of why Peter

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 is even

00:21:14.059 --> 00:21:14.579
 writing this

00:21:14.579 --> 00:21:14.839
 letter?

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 If you're

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 trusting in

00:21:18.219 --> 00:21:18.639
 Christ

00:21:18.639 --> 00:21:20.219
 you are

00:21:20.220 --> 00:21:20.660
 God's

00:21:20.660 --> 00:21:20.980
 plan.

00:21:21.799 --> 00:21:22.120
 Do you

00:21:22.120 --> 00:21:22.660
 see that?

00:21:25.140 --> 00:21:25.420
 Can you

00:21:25.420 --> 00:21:25.900
 just let that

00:21:25.900 --> 00:21:26.640
 marinate for a

00:21:26.640 --> 00:21:27.180
 second on your

00:21:27.180 --> 00:21:27.559
 heart?

00:21:28.620 --> 00:21:29.420
 This whole

00:21:29.420 --> 00:21:31.120
 grand scheme,

00:21:31.279 --> 00:21:31.720
 this plan

00:21:31.720 --> 00:21:32.039
 that God

00:21:32.039 --> 00:21:32.339
 has set

00:21:32.339 --> 00:21:32.880
 in motion,

00:21:33.799 --> 00:21:34.360
 you are

00:21:34.360 --> 00:21:34.640
 at the

00:21:34.640 --> 00:21:34.960
 heart of

00:21:34.960 --> 00:21:35.960
 it if

00:21:35.960 --> 00:21:36.400
 you believe.

00:21:40.120 --> 00:21:40.759
 Not only

00:21:40.759 --> 00:21:41.480
 was Christ

00:21:41.480 --> 00:21:42.059
 foreknown

00:21:42.059 --> 00:21:42.559
 before the

00:21:42.559 --> 00:21:43.140
 foundation of

00:21:43.140 --> 00:21:43.400
 the world,

00:21:43.480 --> 00:21:43.980
 as we read

00:21:43.980 --> 00:21:44.660
 in verse

00:21:44.660 --> 00:21:45.240
 2 of

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 chapter 1,

00:21:46.519 --> 00:21:47.140
 so were

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 you.

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 Do you

00:21:53.079 --> 00:21:53.379
 understand

00:21:53.379 --> 00:21:53.700
 what that

00:21:53.700 --> 00:21:54.279
 means?

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 That before

00:21:55.519 --> 00:21:55.859
 you were

00:21:55.859 --> 00:21:56.279
 ever even

00:21:56.279 --> 00:21:56.799
 created,

00:21:57.119 --> 00:21:57.680
 before God

00:21:57.680 --> 00:21:58.379
 created this

00:21:58.379 --> 00:21:58.759
 world,

00:21:58.980 --> 00:21:59.639
 he set

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 his saving,

00:22:01.220 --> 00:22:01.799
 undying

00:22:01.799 --> 00:22:03.139
 love on

00:22:03.139 --> 00:22:03.559
 you.

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 And he

00:22:04.440 --> 00:22:05.160
 worked a

00:22:05.160 --> 00:22:06.139
 definite plan

00:22:06.139 --> 00:22:06.940
 that cannot

00:22:06.940 --> 00:22:07.799
 be thwarted

00:22:07.799 --> 00:22:09.059
 so that you

00:22:09.059 --> 00:22:09.980
 might be

00:22:09.980 --> 00:22:10.500
 saved,

00:22:10.720 --> 00:22:11.559
 so that your

00:22:11.559 --> 00:22:12.599
 sins might

00:22:12.599 --> 00:22:13.160
 be forgiven,

00:22:13.559 --> 00:22:14.559
 so that you

00:22:14.559 --> 00:22:15.599
 can receive

00:22:15.599 --> 00:22:16.819
 eternal life,

00:22:16.939 --> 00:22:17.939
 so that you

00:22:17.939 --> 00:22:18.819
 might have

00:22:18.819 --> 00:22:19.579
 this future

00:22:19.579 --> 00:22:20.559
 inheritance that

00:22:20.559 --> 00:22:21.559
 is undefiled,

00:22:22.419 --> 00:22:23.439
 that's unfading,

00:22:23.619 --> 00:22:24.599
 that's imperishable,

00:22:24.919 --> 00:22:25.839
 that he is

00:22:25.839 --> 00:22:26.459
 keeping in

00:22:26.459 --> 00:22:26.959
 heaven for

00:22:26.959 --> 00:22:28.019
 you as he

00:22:28.019 --> 00:22:28.799
 guards you

00:22:28.799 --> 00:22:29.379
 through faith.

00:22:29.439 --> 00:22:29.639
 Now,

00:22:29.859 --> 00:22:30.500
 do you see the

00:22:30.500 --> 00:22:31.399
 wonder of this

00:22:31.399 --> 00:22:32.259
 in chapter 1?

00:22:32.899 --> 00:22:33.579
 This is all

00:22:33.579 --> 00:22:34.240
 God's plan,

00:22:34.439 --> 00:22:35.119
 and he's working

00:22:35.119 --> 00:22:35.699
 it all out

00:22:35.699 --> 00:22:36.299
 according to

00:22:36.299 --> 00:22:36.639
 plan,

00:22:36.819 --> 00:22:37.240
 and he's

00:22:37.240 --> 00:22:37.980
 executing it

00:22:37.980 --> 00:22:38.679
 to perfection,

00:22:38.959 --> 00:22:39.559
 and at the

00:22:39.559 --> 00:22:40.079
 heart of it

00:22:40.079 --> 00:22:40.939
 is you,

00:22:41.319 --> 00:22:41.939
 the ones that

00:22:41.939 --> 00:22:42.539
 he loves,

00:22:42.819 --> 00:22:43.439
 the ones that

00:22:43.439 --> 00:22:44.019
 he has done

00:22:44.019 --> 00:22:44.679
 all of this

00:22:44.680 --> 00:22:45.440
 in order that

00:22:45.440 --> 00:22:46.080
 he might

00:22:46.080 --> 00:22:47.640
 save them.

00:22:50.539 --> 00:22:51.460
 Exile is a

00:22:51.460 --> 00:22:51.900
 struggle.

00:22:53.660 --> 00:22:54.500
 Take courage.

00:22:55.960 --> 00:22:57.160
 Take courage.

00:22:57.860 --> 00:22:58.640
 You are his.

00:23:00.820 --> 00:23:01.880
 If you're in

00:23:01.880 --> 00:23:02.400
 Christ,

00:23:03.019 --> 00:23:03.759
 you belong to

00:23:03.759 --> 00:23:04.120
 him,

00:23:05.039 --> 00:23:05.920
 and his plan

00:23:05.920 --> 00:23:06.460
 for you

00:23:06.460 --> 00:23:07.820
 will not be

00:23:07.820 --> 00:23:08.299
 thwarted.

00:23:09.360 --> 00:23:09.779
 It cannot

00:23:09.779 --> 00:23:10.160
 be.

00:23:11.560 --> 00:23:11.940
 So we see

00:23:11.940 --> 00:23:12.539
 the scope

00:23:12.539 --> 00:23:13.060
 of God's

00:23:13.060 --> 00:23:13.480
 plan in

00:23:13.480 --> 00:23:13.920
 Christ.

00:23:13.920 --> 00:23:14.759
 We see

00:23:14.759 --> 00:23:15.500
 the beneficiaries

00:23:15.500 --> 00:23:16.360
 of God's

00:23:16.360 --> 00:23:16.740
 plan in

00:23:16.740 --> 00:23:17.120
 Christ.

00:23:17.820 --> 00:23:18.180
 Finally,

00:23:18.279 --> 00:23:18.480
 I want you

00:23:18.480 --> 00:23:18.880
 to see

00:23:18.880 --> 00:23:20.080
 the intent

00:23:20.080 --> 00:23:21.240
 of God's

00:23:21.240 --> 00:23:21.700
 plan in

00:23:21.700 --> 00:23:22.060
 Christ.

00:23:23.220 --> 00:23:24.100
 The intent.

00:23:26.580 --> 00:23:27.320
 What is

00:23:27.320 --> 00:23:28.000
 the Father's

00:23:28.000 --> 00:23:28.460
 ultimate

00:23:28.460 --> 00:23:29.420
 intent in

00:23:29.420 --> 00:23:29.740
 all of

00:23:29.740 --> 00:23:30.080
 this?

00:23:31.360 --> 00:23:32.460
 He designed

00:23:32.460 --> 00:23:33.300
 and executed

00:23:33.300 --> 00:23:34.240
 this plan.

00:23:34.940 --> 00:23:35.340
 Look at the

00:23:35.340 --> 00:23:35.759
 end of verse

00:23:35.759 --> 00:23:36.259
 21.

00:23:37.080 --> 00:23:37.880
 So that

00:23:37.880 --> 00:23:38.640
 indicates a

00:23:38.640 --> 00:23:39.259
 purpose statement,

00:23:39.360 --> 00:23:39.759
 doesn't it?

00:23:40.259 --> 00:23:40.680
 What's the

00:23:40.680 --> 00:23:40.980
 goal?

00:23:40.980 --> 00:23:42.640
 So that

00:23:42.640 --> 00:23:44.519
 your faith

00:23:44.519 --> 00:23:46.140
 and hope

00:23:46.140 --> 00:23:48.019
 are in

00:23:48.019 --> 00:23:48.339
 God.

00:23:50.259 --> 00:23:51.480
 As with

00:23:51.480 --> 00:23:52.200
 all things,

00:23:53.120 --> 00:23:53.799
 the ultimate

00:23:53.799 --> 00:23:55.880
 end is

00:23:55.880 --> 00:23:56.700
 God's glory.

00:23:57.920 --> 00:23:59.339
 The ultimate

00:23:59.339 --> 00:24:00.079
 end is God's

00:24:00.079 --> 00:24:00.420
 glory.

00:24:01.799 --> 00:24:02.599
 And as

00:24:02.599 --> 00:24:03.279
 beneficiaries

00:24:03.279 --> 00:24:04.360
 of his

00:24:04.360 --> 00:24:05.299
 divine plan,

00:24:05.759 --> 00:24:06.599
 his glory

00:24:06.599 --> 00:24:08.259
 glory is

00:24:08.259 --> 00:24:09.279
 our good.

00:24:11.279 --> 00:24:11.980
 It's not

00:24:11.980 --> 00:24:12.759
 just good.

00:24:13.240 --> 00:24:14.259
 It is our

00:24:14.259 --> 00:24:15.219
 ultimate

00:24:15.219 --> 00:24:16.879
 good.

00:24:16.880 --> 00:24:18.880
 God's

00:24:18.880 --> 00:24:18.940
 good.

00:24:18.940 --> 00:24:19.060
 In a

00:24:19.060 --> 00:24:19.860
 broad sense,

00:24:20.160 --> 00:24:20.540
 we need to

00:24:20.540 --> 00:24:21.380
 understand this

00:24:21.380 --> 00:24:22.260
 faith and hope

00:24:22.260 --> 00:24:23.080
 in verse 21

00:24:23.080 --> 00:24:24.380
 thematically.

00:24:25.180 --> 00:24:25.560
 Peter has

00:24:25.560 --> 00:24:26.280
 repeated these

00:24:26.280 --> 00:24:26.940
 words over and

00:24:26.940 --> 00:24:27.500
 over in chapter

00:24:27.500 --> 00:24:27.780
 1.

00:24:28.000 --> 00:24:28.180
 We need to

00:24:28.180 --> 00:24:28.740
 understand how

00:24:28.740 --> 00:24:29.340
 they're functioning

00:24:29.340 --> 00:24:29.800
 here in his

00:24:29.800 --> 00:24:30.060
 letter.

00:24:30.940 --> 00:24:31.420
 Think about

00:24:31.420 --> 00:24:31.640
 it.

00:24:32.320 --> 00:24:33.040
 The people to

00:24:33.040 --> 00:24:33.500
 whom Peter

00:24:33.500 --> 00:24:33.880
 wrote,

00:24:34.200 --> 00:24:34.420
 they were

00:24:34.420 --> 00:24:34.940
 struggling.

00:24:36.100 --> 00:24:36.680
 They were

00:24:36.680 --> 00:24:37.360
 struggling in

00:24:37.360 --> 00:24:38.220
 what Peter

00:24:38.220 --> 00:24:38.700
 called an

00:24:38.700 --> 00:24:39.180
 exile.

00:24:39.320 --> 00:24:39.500
 They were

00:24:39.500 --> 00:24:40.420
 strangers here

00:24:40.420 --> 00:24:41.260
 and they were

00:24:41.260 --> 00:24:42.360
 suffering here

00:24:42.360 --> 00:24:43.360
 because of

00:24:43.360 --> 00:24:43.620
 that.

00:24:43.619 --> 00:24:46.000
 They needed

00:24:46.000 --> 00:24:46.579
 constant

00:24:46.579 --> 00:24:47.839
 reminders that

00:24:47.839 --> 00:24:48.379
 they actually

00:24:48.379 --> 00:24:49.219
 do have

00:24:49.219 --> 00:24:51.099
 true hope

00:24:51.099 --> 00:24:52.479
 and that

00:24:52.479 --> 00:24:53.279
 true hope

00:24:53.279 --> 00:24:54.259
 is found in

00:24:54.259 --> 00:24:54.739
 the gospel

00:24:54.739 --> 00:24:55.079
 that they

00:24:55.079 --> 00:24:55.659
 have believed.

00:24:57.379 --> 00:24:57.599
 God

00:24:57.599 --> 00:24:58.239
 awakened

00:24:58.239 --> 00:24:59.919
 them by

00:24:59.919 --> 00:25:01.579
 faith to

00:25:01.579 --> 00:25:02.339
 a living

00:25:02.339 --> 00:25:03.899
 hope in

00:25:03.899 --> 00:25:04.519
 verse 3

00:25:04.519 --> 00:25:05.859
 through the

00:25:05.859 --> 00:25:06.719
 resurrection of

00:25:06.719 --> 00:25:07.299
 Jesus Christ

00:25:07.299 --> 00:25:07.859
 from the dead.

00:25:09.299 --> 00:25:09.639
 And here

00:25:09.639 --> 00:25:10.279
 again he tells

00:25:10.279 --> 00:25:10.659
 us,

00:25:11.739 --> 00:25:12.339
 God raised

00:25:12.339 --> 00:25:12.819
 him from the

00:25:12.819 --> 00:25:13.119
 dead and

00:25:13.119 --> 00:25:13.419
 gave him

00:25:13.420 --> 00:25:14.180
 glory so

00:25:14.180 --> 00:25:14.860
 that your

00:25:14.860 --> 00:25:15.500
 hope would

00:25:15.500 --> 00:25:15.720
 be in

00:25:15.720 --> 00:25:16.080
 him.

00:25:17.960 --> 00:25:18.539
 This hope

00:25:18.539 --> 00:25:19.080
 is set on

00:25:19.080 --> 00:25:19.460
 a future

00:25:19.460 --> 00:25:20.720
 inheritance or

00:25:20.720 --> 00:25:22.259
 salvation as

00:25:22.259 --> 00:25:23.000
 those God has

00:25:23.000 --> 00:25:23.560
 called to be

00:25:23.560 --> 00:25:24.220
 born again as

00:25:24.220 --> 00:25:24.720
 his children.

00:25:25.440 --> 00:25:25.860
 And that's the

00:25:25.860 --> 00:25:26.620
 reality they

00:25:26.620 --> 00:25:27.019
 needed to

00:25:27.019 --> 00:25:27.620
 remember in

00:25:27.620 --> 00:25:28.039
 exile.

00:25:28.519 --> 00:25:29.000
 So Peter's

00:25:29.000 --> 00:25:29.759
 first imperative

00:25:29.759 --> 00:25:30.320
 when we got

00:25:30.320 --> 00:25:31.019
 to verse 13

00:25:31.019 --> 00:25:31.539
 was what?

00:25:32.060 --> 00:25:32.860
 Set your

00:25:32.860 --> 00:25:33.880
 hope fully

00:25:33.880 --> 00:25:34.539
 on this

00:25:34.539 --> 00:25:34.920
 grace.

00:25:35.060 --> 00:25:35.400
 There it is

00:25:35.400 --> 00:25:35.740
 again,

00:25:35.880 --> 00:25:36.240
 hope.

00:25:37.100 --> 00:25:37.519
 Set your

00:25:37.519 --> 00:25:38.180
 mind fully

00:25:38.180 --> 00:25:38.560
 on it.

00:25:40.360 --> 00:25:40.720
 And here

00:25:40.720 --> 00:25:41.279
 at the end

00:25:41.279 --> 00:25:42.140
 we read that

00:25:42.140 --> 00:25:42.820
 true hope

00:25:42.819 --> 00:25:43.639
 through faith

00:25:43.639 --> 00:25:45.099
 is central

00:25:45.099 --> 00:25:45.679
 to God's

00:25:45.679 --> 00:25:46.399
 eternal plan

00:25:46.399 --> 00:25:47.659
 in Christ.

00:25:48.539 --> 00:25:48.859
 Why did

00:25:48.859 --> 00:25:49.279
 he do all

00:25:49.279 --> 00:25:49.659
 of this?

00:25:50.659 --> 00:25:51.419
 So that you

00:25:51.419 --> 00:25:51.859
 would know

00:25:51.859 --> 00:25:52.319
 hope

00:25:52.319 --> 00:25:54.419
 through faith.

00:25:55.259 --> 00:25:56.019
 But there's a

00:25:56.019 --> 00:25:56.559
 more narrow

00:25:56.559 --> 00:25:57.319
 sense in which

00:25:57.319 --> 00:25:57.700
 we need to

00:25:57.700 --> 00:25:58.359
 understand these

00:25:58.359 --> 00:25:59.000
 words here.

00:25:59.839 --> 00:26:00.299
 We need to

00:26:00.299 --> 00:26:01.099
 understand them

00:26:01.099 --> 00:26:01.659
 in light of

00:26:01.659 --> 00:26:02.399
 the futile

00:26:02.399 --> 00:26:04.799
 ways from

00:26:04.799 --> 00:26:05.359
 which the

00:26:05.359 --> 00:26:06.619
 precious blood

00:26:06.619 --> 00:26:07.220
 of Christ

00:26:07.220 --> 00:26:09.019
 has ransomed

00:26:09.019 --> 00:26:09.299
 us.

00:26:09.480 --> 00:26:10.099
 Look again

00:26:10.099 --> 00:26:10.420
 at verse

00:26:10.420 --> 00:26:11.059
 17.

00:26:12.200 --> 00:26:12.539
 Remember

00:26:12.539 --> 00:26:13.759
 in 21

00:26:13.759 --> 00:26:14.200
 they're not

00:26:14.200 --> 00:26:14.879
 disconnected

00:26:14.879 --> 00:26:15.440
 from that

00:26:15.440 --> 00:26:15.900
 they're tied

00:26:15.900 --> 00:26:16.460
 into it.

00:26:16.759 --> 00:26:17.059
 We've just

00:26:17.059 --> 00:26:17.680
 broken it up

00:26:17.680 --> 00:26:18.619
 in our own

00:26:18.619 --> 00:26:19.019
 study.

00:26:19.379 --> 00:26:19.940
 Verse 17

00:26:19.940 --> 00:26:20.519
 if you call

00:26:20.519 --> 00:26:21.019
 on him as

00:26:21.019 --> 00:26:21.639
 father who

00:26:21.639 --> 00:26:22.680
 judges impartially

00:26:22.680 --> 00:26:22.680


00:26:22.680 --> 00:26:23.180
 According to

00:26:23.180 --> 00:26:23.680
 each one's

00:26:23.680 --> 00:26:24.079
 deeds!

00:26:24.579 --> 00:26:24.920
 Conduct

00:26:24.920 --> 00:26:25.319
 yourselves

00:26:25.319 --> 00:26:25.900
 with fear

00:26:25.900 --> 00:26:26.180
 throughout

00:26:26.180 --> 00:26:26.599
 the time

00:26:26.599 --> 00:26:26.879
 of your

00:26:26.879 --> 00:26:27.299
 exile!

00:26:27.740 --> 00:26:28.139
 Knowing

00:26:28.139 --> 00:26:28.660
 that you

00:26:28.660 --> 00:26:29.220
 were ransomed

00:26:29.220 --> 00:26:29.879
 from what?

00:26:30.980 --> 00:26:31.180
 The

00:26:31.180 --> 00:26:31.680
 futile

00:26:31.680 --> 00:26:32.299
 ways

00:26:32.299 --> 00:26:33.379
 inherited

00:26:33.379 --> 00:26:34.660
 by your

00:26:34.660 --> 00:26:35.299
 forefathers!

00:26:35.299 --> 00:26:35.980
 We need

00:26:35.980 --> 00:26:36.579
 to understand

00:26:36.579 --> 00:26:37.339
 this final

00:26:37.339 --> 00:26:37.839
 goal,

00:26:37.980 --> 00:26:38.700
 this intent

00:26:38.700 --> 00:26:39.639
 in light

00:26:39.639 --> 00:26:40.000
 of what

00:26:40.000 --> 00:26:40.399
 Peter has

00:26:40.399 --> 00:26:40.859
 just said

00:26:40.859 --> 00:26:41.180
 there.

00:26:41.619 --> 00:26:42.099
 The goal

00:26:42.099 --> 00:26:42.500
 of this

00:26:42.500 --> 00:26:42.980
 plan

00:26:42.980 --> 00:26:43.779
 is so

00:26:43.779 --> 00:26:44.240
 that you

00:26:44.240 --> 00:26:45.059
 would stop

00:26:45.059 --> 00:26:45.659
 following

00:26:45.659 --> 00:26:46.139
 futile

00:26:46.139 --> 00:26:46.680
 ways

00:26:46.680 --> 00:26:47.720
 and instead

00:26:47.720 --> 00:26:48.879
 trust in

00:26:48.879 --> 00:26:49.359
 the true

00:26:49.359 --> 00:26:49.740
 way.

00:26:50.119 --> 00:26:50.599
 Trust in

00:26:50.599 --> 00:26:51.019
 him.

00:26:51.579 --> 00:26:52.059
 Trust in

00:26:52.059 --> 00:26:52.399
 God

00:26:52.399 --> 00:26:52.700
 through

00:26:52.700 --> 00:26:53.240
 Christ.

00:26:55.519 --> 00:26:56.200
 Before

00:26:56.200 --> 00:26:56.759
 Christ

00:26:56.759 --> 00:26:58.419
 all our

00:26:58.419 --> 00:26:59.139
 hope of

00:26:59.139 --> 00:26:59.700
 life and

00:26:59.700 --> 00:27:00.200
 salvation

00:27:00.200 --> 00:27:01.319
 is empty.

00:27:01.519 --> 00:27:01.599
 It's

00:27:01.599 --> 00:27:02.159
 vain.

00:27:03.319 --> 00:27:04.139
 And we're

00:27:04.139 --> 00:27:04.779
 blind to that

00:27:04.779 --> 00:27:05.639
 reality until

00:27:05.639 --> 00:27:06.440
 someone preaches

00:27:06.440 --> 00:27:07.059
 the gospel

00:27:07.059 --> 00:27:07.879
 and the

00:27:07.879 --> 00:27:08.279
 spirit of

00:27:08.279 --> 00:27:08.799
 God comes

00:27:08.799 --> 00:27:09.299
 in and

00:27:09.299 --> 00:27:10.019
 awakens

00:27:10.019 --> 00:27:10.399
 us through

00:27:10.399 --> 00:27:10.899
 that preaching

00:27:10.899 --> 00:27:11.160
 of the

00:27:11.160 --> 00:27:11.519
 gospel.

00:27:11.759 --> 00:27:12.139
 But it's

00:27:12.139 --> 00:27:12.440
 empty.

00:27:12.559 --> 00:27:12.940
 That's the

00:27:12.940 --> 00:27:13.680
 futile ways

00:27:13.680 --> 00:27:14.799
 that Peter's

00:27:14.799 --> 00:27:15.519
 talking about.

00:27:16.839 --> 00:27:17.480
 Every

00:27:17.480 --> 00:27:18.180
 philosophy,

00:27:19.220 --> 00:27:19.680
 every

00:27:19.680 --> 00:27:20.240
 religion,

00:27:21.160 --> 00:27:21.480
 every

00:27:21.480 --> 00:27:22.440
 tradition we

00:27:22.440 --> 00:27:23.139
 followed was

00:27:23.139 --> 00:27:25.240
 ineffective and

00:27:25.240 --> 00:27:25.799
 it was taking

00:27:25.799 --> 00:27:26.480
 us nowhere

00:27:26.480 --> 00:27:27.759
 but to

00:27:27.759 --> 00:27:28.160
 eternal

00:27:28.160 --> 00:27:28.599
 hell.

00:27:30.079 --> 00:27:31.000
 We see

00:27:31.000 --> 00:27:31.799
 and we

00:27:31.799 --> 00:27:32.180
 come to

00:27:32.180 --> 00:27:32.619
 Christ

00:27:32.619 --> 00:27:34.059
 that true

00:27:34.059 --> 00:27:34.619
 hope

00:27:34.619 --> 00:27:35.519
 can only

00:27:35.519 --> 00:27:36.259
 be found

00:27:36.259 --> 00:27:37.139
 in the

00:27:37.139 --> 00:27:37.459
 true

00:27:37.459 --> 00:27:38.079
 God.

00:27:39.299 --> 00:27:39.859
 So God

00:27:39.859 --> 00:27:40.539
 designed

00:27:40.539 --> 00:27:41.879
 and executed

00:27:41.879 --> 00:27:42.539
 a perfect

00:27:42.539 --> 00:27:43.019
 plan of

00:27:43.019 --> 00:27:43.419
 redemption

00:27:43.419 --> 00:27:44.359
 through Jesus

00:27:44.359 --> 00:27:45.579
 Christ so

00:27:45.579 --> 00:27:46.059
 that we

00:27:46.059 --> 00:27:46.939
 might have

00:27:46.939 --> 00:27:47.839
 and know

00:27:47.839 --> 00:27:49.059
 hope.

00:27:51.159 --> 00:27:52.119
 Through the

00:27:52.119 --> 00:27:52.659
 preaching of

00:27:52.659 --> 00:27:53.699
 the crucifixion

00:27:53.699 --> 00:27:55.139
 and resurrection

00:27:55.139 --> 00:27:55.859
 and lordship

00:27:55.859 --> 00:27:56.259
 of Jesus

00:27:56.259 --> 00:27:56.819
 Christ,

00:27:57.919 --> 00:27:58.439
 God the

00:27:58.439 --> 00:27:59.899
 spirit awakens

00:27:59.899 --> 00:28:00.479
 our hearts

00:28:00.479 --> 00:28:01.219
 to this living

00:28:01.219 --> 00:28:02.299
 hope so that

00:28:02.299 --> 00:28:03.139
 our faith and

00:28:03.140 --> 00:28:03.600
 hope are

00:28:03.600 --> 00:28:04.840
 in God

00:28:04.840 --> 00:28:07.080
 and it's

00:28:07.080 --> 00:28:07.440
 all for

00:28:07.440 --> 00:28:08.060
 his glory

00:28:08.060 --> 00:28:10.100
 which is

00:28:10.100 --> 00:28:10.780
 our good.

00:28:13.820 --> 00:28:14.140
 As someone

00:28:14.140 --> 00:28:14.580
 may look at

00:28:14.580 --> 00:28:14.940
 this and

00:28:14.940 --> 00:28:15.860
 perhaps you've

00:28:15.860 --> 00:28:16.600
 had conversations

00:28:16.600 --> 00:28:17.660
 as I have

00:28:17.660 --> 00:28:18.520
 with skeptics

00:28:18.520 --> 00:28:19.300
 and agnostics

00:28:19.300 --> 00:28:19.620
 that would

00:28:19.620 --> 00:28:20.460
 say this is

00:28:20.460 --> 00:28:20.920
 just another

00:28:20.920 --> 00:28:22.080
 example that

00:28:22.080 --> 00:28:23.180
 God is just

00:28:23.180 --> 00:28:23.980
 full of ego.

00:28:25.160 --> 00:28:25.500
 This is a

00:28:25.500 --> 00:28:26.180
 divine ego

00:28:26.180 --> 00:28:28.440
 that everything

00:28:28.440 --> 00:28:29.080
 that he does

00:28:29.080 --> 00:28:29.940
 even supposedly

00:28:29.940 --> 00:28:30.759
 for us is

00:28:30.759 --> 00:28:31.420
 ultimately for

00:28:31.420 --> 00:28:32.480
 his own

00:28:32.480 --> 00:28:32.940
 glory.

00:28:33.279 --> 00:28:33.500
 Of course

00:28:33.500 --> 00:28:33.820
 we say

00:28:33.820 --> 00:28:34.500
 this is not

00:28:34.500 --> 00:28:35.360
 ego,

00:28:35.700 --> 00:28:36.039
 this is

00:28:36.039 --> 00:28:36.620
 truth.

00:28:40.080 --> 00:28:41.000
 He leads

00:28:41.000 --> 00:28:41.300
 us to

00:28:41.300 --> 00:28:41.840
 himself

00:28:41.840 --> 00:28:42.720
 because he

00:28:42.720 --> 00:28:43.660
 is our

00:28:43.660 --> 00:28:44.140
 ultimate

00:28:44.140 --> 00:28:45.120
 good.

00:28:47.240 --> 00:28:47.920
 You wouldn't

00:28:47.920 --> 00:28:48.360
 let your

00:28:48.360 --> 00:28:49.800
 kids continue

00:28:49.800 --> 00:28:50.680
 in a lie

00:28:50.680 --> 00:28:53.840
 just to

00:28:53.840 --> 00:28:54.160
 give them

00:28:54.160 --> 00:28:54.779
 space.

00:28:57.519 --> 00:28:58.120
 You wouldn't

00:28:58.120 --> 00:28:58.460
 let your

00:28:58.460 --> 00:29:00.200
 kids walk

00:29:00.200 --> 00:29:00.660
 themselves

00:29:00.660 --> 00:29:00.960
 toward

00:29:00.960 --> 00:29:01.720
 destruction

00:29:01.720 --> 00:29:05.340
 just

00:29:05.340 --> 00:29:05.779
 because

00:29:05.779 --> 00:29:06.160
 pointing

00:29:06.160 --> 00:29:06.740
 them to

00:29:06.740 --> 00:29:07.700
 what is

00:29:07.700 --> 00:29:08.700
 their best

00:29:08.700 --> 00:29:09.480
 which you

00:29:09.480 --> 00:29:10.059
 know and

00:29:10.059 --> 00:29:10.380
 they don't

00:29:10.380 --> 00:29:12.360
 see would

00:29:12.360 --> 00:29:12.640
 be an

00:29:12.640 --> 00:29:13.500
 invasion of

00:29:13.500 --> 00:29:14.059
 their own

00:29:14.059 --> 00:29:15.380
 freedoms.

00:29:16.380 --> 00:29:16.600
 No.

00:29:19.100 --> 00:29:20.200
 God leads

00:29:20.200 --> 00:29:20.460
 us to

00:29:20.460 --> 00:29:21.380
 himself because

00:29:21.380 --> 00:29:22.220
 anything less

00:29:22.220 --> 00:29:22.819
 than him

00:29:22.819 --> 00:29:24.180
 is futile.

00:29:25.519 --> 00:29:26.160
 Anything less

00:29:26.160 --> 00:29:26.740
 than him

00:29:26.740 --> 00:29:27.779
 is vain.

00:29:28.680 --> 00:29:29.319
 Anything less

00:29:29.319 --> 00:29:29.900
 than him

00:29:29.900 --> 00:29:31.059
 is destruction.

00:29:32.480 --> 00:29:32.700
 No,

00:29:32.759 --> 00:29:33.380
 his glory

00:29:33.380 --> 00:29:34.960
 is our

00:29:34.960 --> 00:29:35.799
 great good.

00:29:37.799 --> 00:29:38.620
 And the

00:29:38.620 --> 00:29:39.500
 culture wars

00:29:39.500 --> 00:29:41.400
 about whether

00:29:41.400 --> 00:29:41.960
 or not you're

00:29:41.960 --> 00:29:42.359
 going to say

00:29:42.359 --> 00:29:43.099
 Merry Christmas

00:29:43.099 --> 00:29:43.940
 at the register

00:29:43.940 --> 00:29:44.640
 or happy

00:29:44.640 --> 00:29:45.120
 holidays.

00:29:46.359 --> 00:29:47.220
 Let's be

00:29:47.220 --> 00:29:47.500
 honest,

00:29:47.660 --> 00:29:48.359
 they don't

00:29:48.359 --> 00:29:48.960
 matter.

00:29:50.120 --> 00:29:51.579
 Who cares?

00:29:53.279 --> 00:29:54.039
 Who cares?

00:29:54.039 --> 00:29:57.119
 But the

00:29:57.119 --> 00:29:58.139
 exclusivity

00:29:58.139 --> 00:29:59.019
 of faith

00:29:59.019 --> 00:29:59.879
 in God

00:29:59.879 --> 00:30:01.240
 through the

00:30:01.240 --> 00:30:02.039
 crucifixion,

00:30:02.240 --> 00:30:02.740
 resurrection,

00:30:03.259 --> 00:30:03.839
 and lordship

00:30:03.839 --> 00:30:04.259
 of Jesus

00:30:04.259 --> 00:30:04.819
 Christ

00:30:04.819 --> 00:30:05.980
 is the

00:30:05.980 --> 00:30:06.399
 difference

00:30:06.399 --> 00:30:06.779
 between

00:30:06.779 --> 00:30:07.319
 heaven and

00:30:07.319 --> 00:30:07.599
 hell.

00:30:09.339 --> 00:30:10.039
 That's what

00:30:10.039 --> 00:30:10.539
 ultimately

00:30:10.539 --> 00:30:11.240
 matters in

00:30:11.240 --> 00:30:11.519
 this.

00:30:11.920 --> 00:30:12.440
 That's the

00:30:12.440 --> 00:30:13.059
 end goal.

00:30:14.859 --> 00:30:15.680
 Not that we

00:30:15.680 --> 00:30:16.339
 would influence

00:30:16.339 --> 00:30:17.000
 our culture

00:30:17.000 --> 00:30:17.799
 to acquiesce

00:30:17.799 --> 00:30:18.240
 to the

00:30:18.240 --> 00:30:18.859
 terminology

00:30:18.859 --> 00:30:19.240
 that we

00:30:19.240 --> 00:30:19.700
 prefer to

00:30:19.700 --> 00:30:20.159
 use and

00:30:20.159 --> 00:30:20.819
 all the

00:30:20.819 --> 00:30:21.000
 things,

00:30:21.119 --> 00:30:21.359
 but that

00:30:21.359 --> 00:30:21.899
 they would

00:30:21.899 --> 00:30:22.440
 actually know

00:30:22.440 --> 00:30:23.000
 that apart

00:30:23.000 --> 00:30:23.740
 from God,

00:30:24.039 --> 00:30:24.680
 they're

00:30:24.680 --> 00:30:25.220
 lost,

00:30:26.139 --> 00:30:26.759
 that apart

00:30:26.759 --> 00:30:27.420
 from him

00:30:27.420 --> 00:30:28.740
 and his

00:30:28.740 --> 00:30:29.279
 glory,

00:30:30.220 --> 00:30:30.799
 through the

00:30:30.799 --> 00:30:31.559
 sacrifice of

00:30:31.559 --> 00:30:32.039
 Christ,

00:30:32.720 --> 00:30:33.359
 they're going

00:30:33.359 --> 00:30:33.859
 to hell.

00:30:33.980 --> 00:30:34.379
 That's the

00:30:34.379 --> 00:30:35.079
 difference here.

00:30:35.879 --> 00:30:36.259
 What is

00:30:36.259 --> 00:30:36.960
 God's intent?

00:30:37.720 --> 00:30:38.480
 That we

00:30:38.480 --> 00:30:39.240
 might understand

00:30:39.240 --> 00:30:39.779
 the futile

00:30:39.779 --> 00:30:40.420
 ways of this

00:30:40.420 --> 00:30:40.960
 world are

00:30:40.960 --> 00:30:41.940
 actually futile,

00:30:42.740 --> 00:30:43.399
 and that we

00:30:43.399 --> 00:30:43.980
 might put all

00:30:43.980 --> 00:30:44.519
 of our faith

00:30:44.519 --> 00:30:45.059
 and hope in

00:30:45.059 --> 00:30:46.240
 him because

00:30:46.240 --> 00:30:47.359
 he is our

00:30:47.359 --> 00:30:48.519
 great good.

00:30:49.379 --> 00:30:50.139
 That's the

00:30:50.139 --> 00:30:50.460
 intent.

00:30:51.779 --> 00:30:52.440
 Our ransom

00:30:52.440 --> 00:30:53.019
 from futile

00:30:53.019 --> 00:30:53.960
 ways was not

00:30:53.960 --> 00:30:54.840
 an afterthought.

00:30:55.720 --> 00:30:56.420
 It wasn't

00:30:56.420 --> 00:30:56.900
 a happy

00:30:56.900 --> 00:30:57.420
 accident.

00:30:58.920 --> 00:30:59.579
 It was

00:30:59.579 --> 00:30:59.940
 God's

00:30:59.940 --> 00:31:00.319
 mission,

00:31:01.319 --> 00:31:02.539
 planned by

00:31:02.539 --> 00:31:03.079
 the Father

00:31:03.079 --> 00:31:03.600
 in eternity

00:31:03.600 --> 00:31:04.220
 past,

00:31:04.640 --> 00:31:05.460
 executed by

00:31:05.460 --> 00:31:06.000
 the Son

00:31:06.000 --> 00:31:06.500
 in time

00:31:06.500 --> 00:31:07.180
 and space,

00:31:08.180 --> 00:31:09.319
 and recognizing

00:31:09.319 --> 00:31:10.220
 this glorious

00:31:10.220 --> 00:31:10.680
 plan,

00:31:10.759 --> 00:31:11.100
 what does it

00:31:11.100 --> 00:31:11.340
 do?

00:31:11.779 --> 00:31:12.740
 It assures

00:31:12.740 --> 00:31:13.660
 our hearts

00:31:13.660 --> 00:31:15.019
 of our future

00:31:15.019 --> 00:31:15.880
 inheritance that

00:31:15.880 --> 00:31:16.900
 his plan will

00:31:16.900 --> 00:31:17.240
 not be

00:31:17.240 --> 00:31:17.779
 thwarted.

00:31:19.259 --> 00:31:19.920
 And what

00:31:19.920 --> 00:31:20.380
 else is it

00:31:20.380 --> 00:31:20.880
 doing here?

00:31:20.880 --> 00:31:22.560
 Peter says

00:31:22.560 --> 00:31:22.920
 it ought to

00:31:22.920 --> 00:31:23.720
 be motivating

00:31:23.720 --> 00:31:24.940
 your perseverance

00:31:24.940 --> 00:31:25.820
 of faith.

00:31:26.760 --> 00:31:27.360
 It ought to

00:31:27.360 --> 00:31:28.100
 be motivating

00:31:28.100 --> 00:31:29.160
 your holiness

00:31:29.160 --> 00:31:29.960
 of life

00:31:29.960 --> 00:31:31.340
 in this time

00:31:31.340 --> 00:31:31.960
 of exile.

00:31:33.640 --> 00:31:34.460
 Because look

00:31:34.460 --> 00:31:34.900
 at what he

00:31:34.900 --> 00:31:35.260
 has done

00:31:35.260 --> 00:31:35.760
 to make you

00:31:35.760 --> 00:31:36.200
 his own.

00:31:38.440 --> 00:31:39.240
 If you're a

00:31:39.240 --> 00:31:40.060
 believer in God

00:31:40.060 --> 00:31:40.900
 through Christ,

00:31:41.420 --> 00:31:42.220
 you were the

00:31:42.220 --> 00:31:43.260
 object of God's

00:31:43.260 --> 00:31:44.180
 undying love

00:31:44.180 --> 00:31:45.280
 before the world

00:31:45.280 --> 00:31:45.700
 began.

00:31:46.820 --> 00:31:47.680
 He's rescued

00:31:47.680 --> 00:31:48.620
 you from sin

00:31:48.620 --> 00:31:50.120
 with the

00:31:50.120 --> 00:31:50.840
 sinless blood

00:31:50.840 --> 00:31:51.259
 of Jesus

00:31:51.259 --> 00:31:51.820
 Christ.

00:31:52.900 --> 00:31:53.660
 And he has

00:31:53.660 --> 00:31:54.380
 awakened you

00:31:54.380 --> 00:31:54.759
 to this

00:31:54.759 --> 00:31:55.420
 living hope

00:31:55.420 --> 00:31:55.880
 through the

00:31:55.880 --> 00:31:56.680
 spirit-empowered

00:31:56.680 --> 00:31:57.240
 preaching of

00:31:57.240 --> 00:31:57.660
 the gospel.

00:31:59.980 --> 00:32:00.860
 And all of

00:32:00.860 --> 00:32:01.200
 this was

00:32:01.200 --> 00:32:02.100
 exactly according

00:32:02.100 --> 00:32:02.519
 to his

00:32:02.519 --> 00:32:03.279
 divine plan.

00:32:04.039 --> 00:32:04.420
 And what's

00:32:04.420 --> 00:32:05.039
 Peter saying

00:32:05.039 --> 00:32:05.660
 about this?

00:32:06.220 --> 00:32:06.740
 Therefore,

00:32:07.740 --> 00:32:09.000
 set your

00:32:09.000 --> 00:32:09.700
 hope fully

00:32:09.700 --> 00:32:10.360
 on grace.

00:32:12.259 --> 00:32:12.900
 Therefore,

00:32:14.140 --> 00:32:14.940
 pursue holiness

00:32:14.940 --> 00:32:16.000
 in this life.

00:32:16.000 --> 00:32:17.000
 He has set

00:32:17.000 --> 00:32:17.500
 you apart,

00:32:17.819 --> 00:32:18.319
 so live up

00:32:18.319 --> 00:32:18.559
 to your

00:32:18.559 --> 00:32:19.200
 family name.

00:32:20.680 --> 00:32:21.039
 Therefore,

00:32:22.119 --> 00:32:22.980
 conduct yourself

00:32:22.980 --> 00:32:24.000
 in the fear

00:32:24.000 --> 00:32:24.539
 of God.

00:32:25.880 --> 00:32:26.259
 In other

00:32:26.259 --> 00:32:26.619
 words,

00:32:27.299 --> 00:32:27.859
 practically,

00:32:28.119 --> 00:32:28.460
 in the way

00:32:28.460 --> 00:32:28.859
 you live

00:32:28.859 --> 00:32:29.579
 in this exile,

00:32:30.720 --> 00:32:31.519
 embrace

00:32:31.519 --> 00:32:33.220
 your identity

00:32:33.220 --> 00:32:34.819
 as a child

00:32:34.819 --> 00:32:35.299
 of God.

00:32:37.759 --> 00:32:38.339
 Someone

00:32:38.339 --> 00:32:38.759
 who's going

00:32:38.759 --> 00:32:39.160
 to stick

00:32:39.160 --> 00:32:39.440
 out.

00:32:41.319 --> 00:32:41.920
 Someone

00:32:41.920 --> 00:32:42.359
 who will

00:32:42.359 --> 00:32:42.799
 inevitably

00:32:42.799 --> 00:32:43.619
 be misunderstood.

00:32:46.000 --> 00:32:46.480
 Someone

00:32:46.480 --> 00:32:47.000
 who may

00:32:47.000 --> 00:32:47.539
 suffer,

00:32:48.539 --> 00:32:49.440
 not because

00:32:49.440 --> 00:32:49.980
 you deserve

00:32:49.980 --> 00:32:50.319
 it,

00:32:51.119 --> 00:32:52.339
 but simply

00:32:52.339 --> 00:32:52.940
 because you

00:32:52.940 --> 00:32:53.420
 don't belong

00:32:53.420 --> 00:32:53.720
 here.

00:32:55.920 --> 00:32:56.759
 Peter says

00:32:56.759 --> 00:32:57.480
 embrace that

00:32:57.480 --> 00:32:59.180
 because look

00:32:59.180 --> 00:32:59.680
 at what God

00:32:59.680 --> 00:33:00.119
 has done.

00:33:01.259 --> 00:33:01.779
 You belong

00:33:01.779 --> 00:33:02.220
 to him.

00:33:03.299 --> 00:33:03.619
 So take

00:33:03.619 --> 00:33:04.039
 courage.

00:33:05.400 --> 00:33:06.059
 Your inheritance

00:33:06.059 --> 00:33:06.759
 isn't here.

00:33:08.160 --> 00:33:08.900
 Your fulfillment,

00:33:09.079 --> 00:33:09.359
 you're not going

00:33:09.359 --> 00:33:09.839
 to find it in

00:33:09.839 --> 00:33:10.299
 this life.

00:33:10.720 --> 00:33:11.059
 So stop

00:33:11.059 --> 00:33:11.400
 trying.

00:33:13.079 --> 00:33:13.859
 Live for him.

00:33:15.079 --> 00:33:15.740
 Worship him.

00:33:16.940 --> 00:33:17.299
 Live in

00:33:17.299 --> 00:33:17.660
 holiness.

00:33:18.599 --> 00:33:18.920
 Conduct

00:33:18.920 --> 00:33:19.519
 yourselves in

00:33:19.519 --> 00:33:19.779
 fear.

00:33:20.700 --> 00:33:21.119
 Be afraid

00:33:21.119 --> 00:33:21.940
 of ever

00:33:21.940 --> 00:33:22.559
 demeaning

00:33:22.559 --> 00:33:23.099
 his name

00:33:23.099 --> 00:33:24.019
 or tarnishing

00:33:24.019 --> 00:33:25.279
 the significance

00:33:25.279 --> 00:33:26.079
 of the sacrifice

00:33:26.079 --> 00:33:26.759
 of Christ

00:33:26.759 --> 00:33:28.339
 because he

00:33:28.339 --> 00:33:28.859
 has done so

00:33:28.859 --> 00:33:29.539
 much to save

00:33:29.539 --> 00:33:29.740
 you.

00:33:30.519 --> 00:33:31.259
 So rest

00:33:31.259 --> 00:33:32.640
 and live

00:33:32.640 --> 00:33:33.019
 in fear.

00:33:33.019 --> 00:33:34.019
 God

00:33:34.019 --> 00:33:34.579
 will

00:33:34.579 --> 00:33:35.019
 be

00:33:35.019 --> 00:33:36.019
 to

00:33:36.019 --> 00:33:36.019


00:33:36.019 --> 00:33:36.420
 He

00:33:36.420 --> 00:33:36.420


00:33:36.420 --> 00:33:36.920
 be

00:33:36.920 --> 00:33:36.960
 to

00:33:36.960 --> 00:33:37.519
 him.

00:33:37.519 --> 00:33:38.019
!