WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:09.839 Yesterday, I had a conversation with my oldest, Britton, and we were listening to a song on the way home on the radio and she asked if that was this Christian song. 00:00:09.839 --> 00:00:17.160 Which is a great question. It allowed me to kind of think about it and how do I want to answer this question. 00:00:17.339 --> 00:00:28.000 And I answered it by saying, let's not think about things in just Christian music or Christian books or Christian bookstore or Christian t-shirts or Christian clothing kind of idea. 00:00:28.140 --> 00:00:35.920 But let's think about the lyrics and do the lyrics move you to think of God or not. 00:00:35.920 --> 00:00:49.280 And in that case, I pushed my 8-year-old, soon to be 9-year-old, to think and use her brain a little bit and not just claim something to be Christian music or Christian TV or Christian movie or whatever. 00:00:49.460 --> 00:00:56.960 And so my question this morning kind of got me thinking was, is that the idea of holiness that we should believe? 00:00:57.460 --> 00:01:05.879 Where we have our Christian music that we listen to and we have our Christian school we go to and we have our Christian bookstore that we shop in. 00:01:05.920 --> 00:01:07.680 And we have our Christian t-shirts that we wear. 00:01:08.680 --> 00:01:12.060 And so we're set apart based on the definition of holiness. 00:01:12.219 --> 00:01:13.960 If you don't know, that's what holiness means. 00:01:14.299 --> 00:01:20.079 We're set apart and we kind of go down this road of this is where we're going to stay. 00:01:20.159 --> 00:01:23.820 We're going to stay within the boundaries of the Christian title. 00:01:24.640 --> 00:01:28.520 Is that the idea of holiness that we should believe? 00:01:31.140 --> 00:01:32.020 I don't think so. 00:01:32.019 --> 00:01:40.179 I don't think that that biblically that that lines up with how we should view holiness. 00:01:40.699 --> 00:01:43.759 How we should pursue a specific way of living. 00:01:44.539 --> 00:01:48.500 Imagine for a moment that we're up in an airplane really, really, really high. 00:01:48.500 --> 00:02:00.760 And we look down and we're so high that a forest doesn't look like little individual trees or you can't see the definition of the trees. 00:02:01.019 --> 00:02:04.960 It's just a green mass on the land below you. 00:02:05.980 --> 00:02:08.580 Now, one can assume, well, that's a forest. 00:02:08.580 --> 00:02:14.480 But you can also assume, well, it's green and kind of, well, that's a body of water. 00:02:15.080 --> 00:02:17.580 That could be water from this height. 00:02:17.680 --> 00:02:18.720 We're not really sure. 00:02:18.719 --> 00:02:28.719 And just to claim that it's water or claim that it's something without really knowing what it is, without viewing it on a map and saying, well, that's Cherokee Forest. 00:02:28.840 --> 00:02:31.180 That's the National Reserve or whatever. 00:02:32.180 --> 00:02:39.719 We cheapen and make a quick assumption by saying, well, that's just water. 00:02:40.439 --> 00:02:41.419 Yeah, it looks like water. 00:02:41.479 --> 00:02:41.879 That's water. 00:02:41.879 --> 00:02:50.400 And I think what we've done with holiness, if we believe that that's how we should pursue holiness is by separating ourselves completely, 00:02:50.900 --> 00:02:56.359 then we cheapen that idea and make an assumption that that's what holiness is. 00:02:57.900 --> 00:03:01.639 So this morning, I want to bring the plane in a little bit. 00:03:02.120 --> 00:03:05.060 I want to look at the forest and I want to see the trees. 00:03:05.539 --> 00:03:07.639 I want to see the animals crawling on the ground. 00:03:07.639 --> 00:03:13.579 I want to see the different types of trees and see what this holiness really does look like for you and I. 00:03:14.519 --> 00:03:22.279 Because when we read Scripture and we have familiar verses and we know just by being a Christian that, well, if God is holy, then we are to be holy. 00:03:22.759 --> 00:03:25.939 You guys and all of us in this room would believe, yes. 00:03:26.599 --> 00:03:27.459 But what does that mean? 00:03:27.539 --> 00:03:29.979 How does that affect the way we live? 00:03:30.060 --> 00:03:33.779 How does that affect how we walk out this life? 00:03:34.219 --> 00:03:36.560 Or is it just a cheap assumption? 00:03:36.879 --> 00:03:37.319 Yes. 00:03:37.639 --> 00:03:39.859 I believe that we should be holy. 00:03:40.739 --> 00:03:49.539 So that's my goal this morning, to bring that plane down a little bit for us so we can kind of see some details of the forest. 00:03:50.579 --> 00:03:58.359 So in 1 Peter 1, we're going to read four verses starting in verse 13. 00:03:58.359 --> 00:04:02.379 It says, 00:04:02.379 --> 00:04:03.599 Therefore, 00:04:03.599 --> 00:04:15.519 Therefore, preparing your minds for action and being sober-minded sets your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. 00:04:15.520 --> 00:04:21.660 As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance. 00:04:21.660 --> 00:04:28.079 But as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct. 00:04:28.079 --> 00:04:32.839 Since it is written, you shall be holy, for I am holy. 00:04:33.620 --> 00:04:34.519 Let's pray together. 00:04:34.519 --> 00:04:39.359 Father, I ask for your grace this morning to speak to us clearly. 00:04:41.159 --> 00:04:45.699 God, I ask that words that come from my mouth will be true words. 00:04:46.199 --> 00:04:50.079 And that all of us in here, including me, would hear from you this morning. 00:04:50.079 --> 00:05:04.439 God, I pray that you would help us in the hearing of your word, but also in the action to follow, in the obedience to follow whatever you have laid out for us to do. 00:05:05.300 --> 00:05:06.099 Help us. 00:05:06.379 --> 00:05:07.740 We cannot do it apart from you. 00:05:09.299 --> 00:05:12.319 We beg and we ask in Jesus' name. 00:05:13.319 --> 00:05:13.579 Amen. 00:05:13.579 --> 00:05:13.699 Amen. 00:05:14.599 --> 00:05:19.939 So, we're going to start from verse 16 and work our way back to verse 13. 00:05:20.079 --> 00:05:21.120 That's the plan. 00:05:21.719 --> 00:05:23.579 Verse 15 and 16 says, 00:05:24.439 --> 00:05:28.620 But as he who called you is holy, you will also be holy in all your conduct. 00:05:29.439 --> 00:05:32.779 Since it is written, you shall be holy, for I am holy. 00:05:34.019 --> 00:05:37.159 So what does God being holy mean? 00:05:37.259 --> 00:05:39.680 What does the holiness of God actually mean? 00:05:39.680 --> 00:05:44.300 Well, as I mentioned a few minutes ago, the definition is to be set apart. 00:05:44.900 --> 00:05:48.199 So how does God become set apart? 00:05:48.300 --> 00:05:49.800 How do we set God apart? 00:05:50.120 --> 00:05:51.220 Well, here's how. 00:05:51.860 --> 00:05:53.759 God is utterly unique. 00:05:54.800 --> 00:05:57.199 He is in a class all to himself. 00:05:57.780 --> 00:05:59.060 There is no one like him. 00:05:59.480 --> 00:06:00.620 No one compares. 00:06:00.840 --> 00:06:01.840 He is unequaled. 00:06:02.819 --> 00:06:05.220 He is without beginning and without end. 00:06:05.319 --> 00:06:06.960 And he has no need for improvement. 00:06:07.819 --> 00:06:09.019 He is perfect. 00:06:09.019 --> 00:06:15.859 He always is and always will be and always was perfect God. 00:06:16.939 --> 00:06:19.639 So, this is who God is. 00:06:19.740 --> 00:06:21.219 God is the source of holiness. 00:06:21.479 --> 00:06:22.740 God is the author of holiness. 00:06:22.979 --> 00:06:27.819 He is holy, perfect, sinless God. 00:06:29.399 --> 00:06:31.500 Now, let's think about this for a minute. 00:06:31.500 --> 00:06:39.319 One of the Christian terms that we read and we throw out there is the glory of God. 00:06:39.600 --> 00:06:41.680 What is the glory of God? 00:06:41.680 --> 00:06:46.019 Well, the glory of God is that outward expression of God's holiness. 00:06:46.860 --> 00:06:48.699 So, let me help you. 00:06:49.340 --> 00:06:53.620 You could say that the sun, the light is the glory of God. 00:06:53.680 --> 00:06:56.259 The light that we get from the sun is the glory of God. 00:06:56.800 --> 00:06:58.960 The fire is the holiness. 00:06:58.959 --> 00:07:03.399 It's the root of that source, of the source of light. 00:07:04.039 --> 00:07:06.739 So, just kind of give you a little bit of perspective there. 00:07:07.739 --> 00:07:09.219 So, this is who God is. 00:07:09.299 --> 00:07:10.500 He is without comparison. 00:07:11.240 --> 00:07:13.379 Perfect, holy, sinless. 00:07:13.819 --> 00:07:14.560 The source. 00:07:14.699 --> 00:07:18.519 He is the sun that our life should revolve around. 00:07:18.519 --> 00:07:22.919 So, in verse 15 and 16 in 1 Peter, we have, 00:07:23.079 --> 00:07:25.500 Be holy for I am holy. 00:07:26.180 --> 00:07:28.459 Now, a little bit of context here for 1 Peter. 00:07:28.579 --> 00:07:31.859 And we studied this a few summers ago or a couple years ago. 00:07:32.740 --> 00:07:36.159 1 Peter, Peter writes this letter to the churches in Asia Minor, 00:07:36.279 --> 00:07:38.500 which would be modern day Turkey. 00:07:39.399 --> 00:07:41.659 Ephesus would have been in this area. 00:07:42.939 --> 00:07:46.659 And he's writing to them and he's giving them kind of a warning, 00:07:46.660 --> 00:07:50.540 giving a heads up that persecution is headed their way. 00:07:51.620 --> 00:07:53.520 Peter is writing from Rome. 00:07:54.160 --> 00:07:56.480 He's getting a lot of persecution in Rome 00:07:56.480 --> 00:07:59.720 and he sees the Roman Empire moving that direction. 00:08:00.280 --> 00:08:02.520 And so, he's writing this to the Christians there, 00:08:02.600 --> 00:08:03.820 the churches in Asia Minor, 00:08:04.379 --> 00:08:07.879 telling them there's persecution coming 00:08:07.879 --> 00:08:10.960 and this is how you should stand firm in it. 00:08:11.020 --> 00:08:13.560 This is how you should live because of what's coming your way. 00:08:14.180 --> 00:08:15.520 And so, we read this. 00:08:16.660 --> 00:08:19.640 And we read our text this morning 00:08:19.640 --> 00:08:21.520 and we've got some practical things. 00:08:21.600 --> 00:08:22.660 We've got God being holy. 00:08:22.820 --> 00:08:25.660 So, I'm hoping to kind of pull all that in together for us, 00:08:25.980 --> 00:08:29.240 even with the context of who Peter is writing to. 00:08:30.280 --> 00:08:31.920 So, verse 15 and 16, 00:08:32.040 --> 00:08:33.460 Be holy for I am holy. 00:08:34.180 --> 00:08:36.379 Be holy because God is holy. 00:08:37.660 --> 00:08:39.720 We as Christians are to be holy. 00:08:40.040 --> 00:08:41.460 Everybody in here who is a Christian, 00:08:41.580 --> 00:08:42.840 who has read the Bible, 00:08:42.980 --> 00:08:44.120 would shake your head yes to that. 00:08:44.120 --> 00:08:44.480 Yes. 00:08:45.120 --> 00:08:46.700 So, how can we be holy? 00:08:47.340 --> 00:08:50.299 How is it that we can live and be set apart 00:08:50.299 --> 00:08:52.440 based on the definition of who God is? 00:08:52.879 --> 00:08:54.820 Well, one way, and the main way, 00:08:54.899 --> 00:08:57.279 is that we are imitators of God. 00:08:57.860 --> 00:08:59.679 We imitate God. 00:09:00.620 --> 00:09:02.460 Now, this shouldn't surprise any of you. 00:09:03.060 --> 00:09:04.080 If you're a Christian, 00:09:04.879 --> 00:09:07.120 your name claims that you're little Christ's. 00:09:07.120 --> 00:09:09.320 You are little Christ's. 00:09:09.379 --> 00:09:10.980 You're Christians. 00:09:11.679 --> 00:09:12.899 We bear His name. 00:09:13.580 --> 00:09:16.480 So, it should not surprise us that we are to be imitators. 00:09:17.159 --> 00:09:19.159 But what it does mean here 00:09:19.159 --> 00:09:24.200 is that our lives should revolve around God. 00:09:24.779 --> 00:09:26.600 As the earth revolves around the sun, 00:09:27.080 --> 00:09:29.340 our lives should revolve around God. 00:09:29.399 --> 00:09:32.560 Meaning, that our lives are consumed with God. 00:09:32.940 --> 00:09:34.720 Our lives are all about God. 00:09:34.720 --> 00:09:36.980 Our lives are formed by God. 00:09:37.060 --> 00:09:38.379 We are called by God, 00:09:38.420 --> 00:09:40.680 and we are set apart by God. 00:09:41.340 --> 00:09:43.440 We are to imitate God's holiness. 00:09:45.639 --> 00:09:46.800 The question is, how? 00:09:47.220 --> 00:09:48.320 How do we do that then? 00:09:48.360 --> 00:09:49.100 Where is the practical? 00:09:49.220 --> 00:09:51.740 So, let's bring this plane in a little bit more. 00:09:52.220 --> 00:09:52.660 So, how? 00:09:53.700 --> 00:09:55.300 Well, based on our text, 00:09:55.379 --> 00:09:56.540 the first thing we need to do 00:09:56.540 --> 00:09:58.019 is that we need to admit 00:09:58.019 --> 00:10:01.220 God has called us out of darkness into light. 00:10:01.220 --> 00:10:03.980 Look at verse 15. 00:10:04.860 --> 00:10:05.080 It says, 00:10:05.240 --> 00:10:07.500 But as He who called you is holy, 00:10:07.580 --> 00:10:09.620 you will also be holy in all your conduct. 00:10:10.600 --> 00:10:10.920 Now, 00:10:11.779 --> 00:10:13.720 I chose this verb, 00:10:13.860 --> 00:10:14.200 admit, 00:10:14.399 --> 00:10:15.100 on purpose. 00:10:15.200 --> 00:10:16.180 That we need to admit 00:10:16.180 --> 00:10:17.879 that God has called us out of darkness. 00:10:18.279 --> 00:10:19.500 We must admit 00:10:19.500 --> 00:10:22.220 that it was God's act on our lives. 00:10:22.860 --> 00:10:26.660 And nothing in us that caused God to call us, 00:10:26.840 --> 00:10:29.180 or that even we called on Him. 00:10:29.179 --> 00:10:31.459 Colossians 1, 00:10:31.559 --> 00:10:33.159 13 and 14 says that 00:10:33.159 --> 00:10:35.139 He has delivered us 00:10:35.139 --> 00:10:36.699 from the domain of darkness 00:10:36.699 --> 00:10:38.539 and transferred us 00:10:38.539 --> 00:10:40.120 to the kingdom of His beloved Son, 00:10:40.239 --> 00:10:41.339 in whom we have redemption, 00:10:41.939 --> 00:10:43.099 the forgiveness of sins. 00:10:43.479 --> 00:10:44.919 So, if you caught it there, 00:10:45.479 --> 00:10:46.879 He has, being God, 00:10:47.159 --> 00:10:48.799 delivered us from the domain of darkness. 00:10:48.919 --> 00:10:49.779 He has delivered us, 00:10:49.819 --> 00:10:50.739 He's pulled us out, 00:10:51.000 --> 00:10:52.559 and He has transferred us 00:10:52.559 --> 00:10:55.719 to the kingdom of His beloved Son. 00:10:55.720 --> 00:10:59.540 God's action on our lives. 00:11:00.139 --> 00:11:02.060 Basic gospel truth, 00:11:02.420 --> 00:11:03.560 but very important. 00:11:05.100 --> 00:11:05.860 Romans 3, 00:11:06.000 --> 00:11:06.980 Colossians 2, 00:11:07.160 --> 00:11:07.879 Colossians 1, 00:11:07.920 --> 00:11:08.740 what we just read, 00:11:09.120 --> 00:11:10.720 tells us that we are dead 00:11:10.720 --> 00:11:12.139 in our trespasses and sins. 00:11:12.379 --> 00:11:14.259 For the wages of sin is death. 00:11:14.879 --> 00:11:15.779 For all have sinned 00:11:15.779 --> 00:11:17.000 and fallen short of the glory of God. 00:11:17.379 --> 00:11:18.759 We have nothing in us 00:11:18.759 --> 00:11:21.420 that has deserved or earned God's favor. 00:11:21.519 --> 00:11:23.379 It is God's grace to us 00:11:23.379 --> 00:11:24.779 to bestow on us. 00:11:24.840 --> 00:11:27.840 God's favor to give us life 00:11:27.840 --> 00:11:30.639 and to pull us from darkness into light. 00:11:31.000 --> 00:11:33.980 So, when we admit this truth, 00:11:34.259 --> 00:11:36.600 when we admit that God has called us 00:11:36.600 --> 00:11:37.620 out of darkness into light, 00:11:38.019 --> 00:11:39.500 then we accept that truth. 00:11:40.120 --> 00:11:41.700 Then we acknowledge that truth. 00:11:42.340 --> 00:11:43.379 And when we accept, 00:11:43.480 --> 00:11:44.100 we are humbled. 00:11:44.539 --> 00:11:45.860 We are moved to humility 00:11:45.860 --> 00:11:47.440 because of that grace 00:11:47.440 --> 00:11:49.759 and that mercy that He has shown us. 00:11:49.759 --> 00:11:53.840 In James 4, verse 6, 00:11:53.899 --> 00:11:54.100 it says, 00:11:54.220 --> 00:11:56.240 God opposes the proud, 00:11:56.679 --> 00:11:58.279 but gives grace to the humble. 00:11:59.220 --> 00:12:00.799 Verse 10 of that same chapter 00:12:00.799 --> 00:12:01.759 in James 4, 00:12:02.279 --> 00:12:03.980 Humble yourself before the Lord 00:12:03.980 --> 00:12:06.039 and He will exalt you. 00:12:06.279 --> 00:12:08.200 Humility is important for the Christian. 00:12:10.700 --> 00:12:12.039 We must acknowledge 00:12:12.039 --> 00:12:13.559 the grace and the mercy 00:12:13.559 --> 00:12:14.519 that we have been shown. 00:12:14.980 --> 00:12:16.439 We live in light of that. 00:12:16.679 --> 00:12:17.899 We love other people 00:12:17.899 --> 00:12:18.620 in light of that. 00:12:18.620 --> 00:12:21.139 We make decisions in light of that. 00:12:21.799 --> 00:12:23.720 Not because we have earned it, 00:12:24.039 --> 00:12:25.340 but because He has shown us 00:12:25.340 --> 00:12:26.440 grace and favor. 00:12:27.539 --> 00:12:28.919 In Isaiah chapter 6, 00:12:30.159 --> 00:12:33.299 Isaiah writes and tells the story 00:12:33.299 --> 00:12:35.580 of being in the throne room of God. 00:12:36.620 --> 00:12:39.679 And Isaiah is face to face with God. 00:12:40.360 --> 00:12:42.799 Face to face in the same room 00:12:42.799 --> 00:12:45.399 with His holiness and His righteousness. 00:12:45.399 --> 00:12:49.000 God perfect without comparison. 00:12:49.779 --> 00:12:51.779 And what is Isaiah moved to? 00:12:52.720 --> 00:12:55.039 Immediately to his knees to worship. 00:12:55.220 --> 00:12:55.679 And he says, 00:12:55.819 --> 00:12:56.519 woe is me, 00:12:57.360 --> 00:12:58.179 for I am a sinner. 00:13:00.699 --> 00:13:03.459 Humility will and can lead 00:13:03.459 --> 00:13:05.039 to holiness for us 00:13:05.039 --> 00:13:07.620 when we acknowledge and we admit 00:13:07.620 --> 00:13:08.279 that God, 00:13:08.319 --> 00:13:09.659 it is God on our lives 00:13:09.659 --> 00:13:12.559 delivering us 00:13:12.559 --> 00:13:13.939 and as Colossians said, 00:13:14.019 --> 00:13:15.279 transferring us 00:13:15.279 --> 00:13:16.899 from darkness into light. 00:13:17.939 --> 00:13:19.179 So we've got to admit, 00:13:20.299 --> 00:13:21.740 we've got to admit 00:13:21.740 --> 00:13:23.980 that God has called us 00:13:23.980 --> 00:13:24.939 out of darkness into light. 00:13:25.000 --> 00:13:26.059 But we also have to admit 00:13:26.059 --> 00:13:27.159 as Christians 00:13:27.159 --> 00:13:28.719 that we are children of God. 00:13:29.500 --> 00:13:31.719 As we bear His name, 00:13:31.879 --> 00:13:32.579 little Christ, 00:13:33.100 --> 00:13:34.779 we are children of God. 00:13:34.839 --> 00:13:36.980 Look at verse 14 of 1 Peter. 00:13:36.980 --> 00:13:38.080 It says, 00:13:38.200 --> 00:13:39.460 as obedient children, 00:13:40.000 --> 00:13:41.120 do not be conformed 00:13:41.120 --> 00:13:41.800 to the passions 00:13:41.800 --> 00:13:43.360 of your former ignorance. 00:13:45.019 --> 00:13:45.480 Now, 00:13:45.680 --> 00:13:46.779 to understand 00:13:46.779 --> 00:13:48.360 that we are children of God 00:13:48.360 --> 00:13:48.940 is important. 00:13:49.200 --> 00:13:50.279 It's important because 00:13:50.279 --> 00:13:51.899 it shows that God 00:13:51.899 --> 00:13:53.680 has changed us 00:13:53.680 --> 00:13:55.460 from the inside out. 00:13:56.039 --> 00:13:56.259 Now, 00:13:56.320 --> 00:13:57.340 I have four kids 00:13:57.340 --> 00:13:58.720 and my four kids 00:13:58.720 --> 00:13:59.539 are always going to be 00:13:59.539 --> 00:14:00.519 my kids. 00:14:01.420 --> 00:14:03.080 I can't change the fact. 00:14:03.360 --> 00:14:03.500 Now, 00:14:03.560 --> 00:14:03.940 legally, 00:14:04.220 --> 00:14:04.399 sure, 00:14:04.480 --> 00:14:05.639 we can make an argument. 00:14:05.639 --> 00:14:07.240 But blood-wise, 00:14:07.319 --> 00:14:08.120 they're always going to have 00:14:08.120 --> 00:14:09.120 my blood in them. 00:14:09.519 --> 00:14:10.759 They're always going to be 00:14:10.759 --> 00:14:11.740 mine. 00:14:12.659 --> 00:14:13.799 I can't do anything 00:14:13.799 --> 00:14:14.460 about that. 00:14:14.720 --> 00:14:15.360 But God, 00:14:16.039 --> 00:14:17.899 God can change 00:14:17.899 --> 00:14:18.519 a heart 00:14:18.519 --> 00:14:19.799 and make it His. 00:14:20.059 --> 00:14:21.139 God can change 00:14:21.139 --> 00:14:23.059 a person 00:14:23.059 --> 00:14:24.840 and transfer them 00:14:24.840 --> 00:14:25.559 from darkness 00:14:25.559 --> 00:14:26.000 into light 00:14:26.000 --> 00:14:26.559 to make them 00:14:26.559 --> 00:14:28.460 a child of wrath, 00:14:28.679 --> 00:14:30.039 as Ephesians 2 says, 00:14:30.120 --> 00:14:30.860 to a child 00:14:30.860 --> 00:14:32.319 born 00:14:32.319 --> 00:14:34.700 son or daughter 00:14:34.700 --> 00:14:35.319 of the King. 00:14:35.639 --> 00:14:37.439 Turn to Ephesians 2, 00:14:37.840 --> 00:14:38.740 as I just kind of 00:14:38.740 --> 00:14:39.460 mentioned. 00:14:42.580 --> 00:14:43.559 Ephesians 2. 00:14:50.519 --> 00:14:52.539 If you love the Gospel, 00:14:52.679 --> 00:14:53.600 you believe the Gospel, 00:14:53.740 --> 00:14:54.559 then you are familiar 00:14:54.559 --> 00:14:55.620 with Ephesians 2, 00:14:55.720 --> 00:14:56.139 I hope. 00:15:00.639 --> 00:15:01.720 Ephesians 2. 00:15:01.720 --> 00:15:01.759 Ephesians 2. 00:15:03.039 --> 00:15:03.980 Starting in verse 1, 00:15:03.980 --> 00:15:04.300 it says, 00:15:04.300 --> 00:15:05.399 And you were dead 00:15:05.399 --> 00:15:06.620 in the trespasses 00:15:06.620 --> 00:15:07.200 and sins 00:15:07.200 --> 00:15:08.420 in which you once walked, 00:15:09.039 --> 00:15:10.000 following the course 00:15:10.000 --> 00:15:10.519 of this world, 00:15:10.720 --> 00:15:11.620 following the prince 00:15:11.620 --> 00:15:12.500 of the power of the air, 00:15:12.580 --> 00:15:13.159 the spirit 00:15:13.159 --> 00:15:14.840 that is now at work 00:15:14.840 --> 00:15:16.340 in the sons of disobedience, 00:15:16.720 --> 00:15:17.340 among whom 00:15:17.340 --> 00:15:18.480 we all once lived 00:15:18.480 --> 00:15:19.080 in the passions 00:15:19.080 --> 00:15:19.860 of our flesh, 00:15:20.360 --> 00:15:21.019 carrying out 00:15:21.019 --> 00:15:21.600 the desires 00:15:21.600 --> 00:15:22.200 of the body 00:15:22.200 --> 00:15:22.800 and the mind, 00:15:23.120 --> 00:15:24.320 and were by nature 00:15:24.320 --> 00:15:26.379 children of wrath 00:15:26.379 --> 00:15:27.220 like the rest 00:15:27.220 --> 00:15:27.879 of mankind. 00:15:28.580 --> 00:15:29.440 But God, 00:15:29.720 --> 00:15:30.580 being rich in mercy 00:15:30.580 --> 00:15:31.560 because of the great love 00:15:31.559 --> 00:15:32.579 with which he loved us, 00:15:33.059 --> 00:15:34.059 even when we were dead 00:15:34.059 --> 00:15:35.000 in our trespasses, 00:15:35.159 --> 00:15:35.939 made us alive 00:15:35.939 --> 00:15:37.059 together with Christ. 00:15:38.000 --> 00:15:38.559 By grace, 00:15:38.619 --> 00:15:39.479 you have been saved. 00:15:40.539 --> 00:15:41.719 And raised us up with him 00:15:41.719 --> 00:15:42.919 and seated us with him 00:15:42.919 --> 00:15:43.719 in the heavenly places 00:15:43.719 --> 00:15:44.539 in Christ Jesus, 00:15:45.019 --> 00:15:46.199 so that in the coming age 00:15:46.199 --> 00:15:46.879 he might show 00:15:46.879 --> 00:15:48.139 the immeasurable riches 00:15:48.139 --> 00:15:48.739 of his grace 00:15:48.739 --> 00:15:50.000 and kindness toward us 00:15:50.000 --> 00:15:51.159 in Christ Jesus. 00:15:52.059 --> 00:15:53.779 So not only has he taken us 00:15:53.779 --> 00:15:54.279 from darkness 00:15:54.279 --> 00:15:54.979 into light, 00:15:55.699 --> 00:15:56.579 we were dead 00:15:56.579 --> 00:15:57.839 and now alive, 00:15:58.299 --> 00:15:59.839 we were children of wrath 00:15:59.840 --> 00:16:00.460 and now we're children 00:16:00.460 --> 00:16:00.940 of the King. 00:16:02.019 --> 00:16:02.680 This is important 00:16:02.680 --> 00:16:03.639 because it is God 00:16:03.639 --> 00:16:05.560 who has made that change 00:16:05.560 --> 00:16:06.259 in us. 00:16:07.440 --> 00:16:08.700 We can't make that change. 00:16:09.460 --> 00:16:10.259 We can't do it. 00:16:14.320 --> 00:16:16.360 Jesus says 00:16:16.360 --> 00:16:17.600 in one of the Gospels, 00:16:17.700 --> 00:16:18.740 and I apologize 00:16:18.740 --> 00:16:19.920 because I could not find it 00:16:19.920 --> 00:16:20.280 this morning, 00:16:20.340 --> 00:16:20.740 but it's true, 00:16:20.800 --> 00:16:21.160 I promise. 00:16:23.759 --> 00:16:24.720 He talks about 00:16:24.720 --> 00:16:26.200 how an earthly father, 00:16:26.639 --> 00:16:27.960 when a son asks for bread, 00:16:28.019 --> 00:16:29.000 will not give him a stone. 00:16:29.840 --> 00:16:30.560 And he says, 00:16:30.660 --> 00:16:31.920 how much greater 00:16:31.920 --> 00:16:33.440 will your heavenly father 00:16:33.440 --> 00:16:35.080 then provide for you? 00:16:36.860 --> 00:16:38.480 I will provide for my kids 00:16:38.480 --> 00:16:40.180 as much to the end 00:16:40.180 --> 00:16:40.940 of my ability, 00:16:41.840 --> 00:16:43.300 but how much greater 00:16:43.300 --> 00:16:44.759 will that heavenly father, 00:16:45.320 --> 00:16:46.280 our heavenly father, 00:16:46.340 --> 00:16:47.000 as Christians, 00:16:47.420 --> 00:16:48.320 children of God, 00:16:49.639 --> 00:16:51.120 provide for us, 00:16:51.420 --> 00:16:52.220 care for us, 00:16:52.620 --> 00:16:53.379 love us, 00:16:53.780 --> 00:16:54.420 nurture us. 00:16:54.460 --> 00:16:55.120 This is who 00:16:55.120 --> 00:16:56.980 our heavenly father is. 00:16:57.460 --> 00:16:58.240 And we are children 00:16:58.240 --> 00:16:59.340 children of this king. 00:17:00.700 --> 00:17:02.080 So with a heart change 00:17:02.080 --> 00:17:02.399 then, 00:17:03.419 --> 00:17:06.259 we will not be conformed, 00:17:06.460 --> 00:17:08.960 back to 1 Peter 1, 00:17:09.120 --> 00:17:10.519 we will not be conformed 00:17:10.519 --> 00:17:12.720 to the passions 00:17:12.720 --> 00:17:14.759 of our former ignorance. 00:17:15.839 --> 00:17:16.700 A new heart 00:17:16.700 --> 00:17:19.019 means new passions 00:17:19.019 --> 00:17:19.859 and new desires. 00:17:19.859 --> 00:17:21.519 A new heart 00:17:21.519 --> 00:17:24.039 means that those passions 00:17:24.039 --> 00:17:24.919 and those desires 00:17:24.919 --> 00:17:25.899 lead to holiness, 00:17:26.179 --> 00:17:26.859 not to 00:17:26.859 --> 00:17:29.439 fill in the blank, 00:17:29.639 --> 00:17:29.939 sin. 00:17:31.519 --> 00:17:32.159 A new heart 00:17:32.159 --> 00:17:32.759 means that 00:17:32.759 --> 00:17:34.159 our want-tos 00:17:34.159 --> 00:17:34.919 change. 00:17:35.259 --> 00:17:36.199 We want to 00:17:36.199 --> 00:17:37.359 pursue holiness. 00:17:37.579 --> 00:17:38.419 We want to 00:17:38.419 --> 00:17:39.319 honor God. 00:17:39.419 --> 00:17:40.139 We want to 00:17:40.139 --> 00:17:40.919 love Jesus. 00:17:41.079 --> 00:17:42.000 We want to 00:17:42.000 --> 00:17:43.859 share the gospel. 00:17:44.019 --> 00:17:44.939 We want to live 00:17:44.939 --> 00:17:45.740 in such a way 00:17:45.740 --> 00:17:49.079 this passion, 00:17:49.240 --> 00:17:49.960 this desire, 00:17:51.359 --> 00:17:53.940 has no limits 00:17:53.940 --> 00:17:57.019 before Christ. 00:17:58.880 --> 00:17:59.460 Why do you think 00:17:59.460 --> 00:18:00.160 the commandment says 00:18:00.160 --> 00:18:00.700 do not covenant 00:18:00.700 --> 00:18:01.559 another man's wife? 00:18:01.640 --> 00:18:02.440 There are no limits 00:18:02.440 --> 00:18:03.660 to the passion 00:18:03.660 --> 00:18:04.400 and the desires. 00:18:05.039 --> 00:18:06.400 Somebody else's stuff. 00:18:07.200 --> 00:18:07.980 There are no limits 00:18:07.980 --> 00:18:08.279 to that. 00:18:08.359 --> 00:18:08.839 It's whatever 00:18:08.839 --> 00:18:10.420 fulfills that hunger 00:18:10.420 --> 00:18:11.140 in us. 00:18:12.019 --> 00:18:12.160 Well, 00:18:12.220 --> 00:18:12.779 when our heart 00:18:12.779 --> 00:18:13.440 is changed, 00:18:13.519 --> 00:18:14.000 when we become 00:18:14.000 --> 00:18:15.059 children of God, 00:18:15.740 --> 00:18:16.940 those desires 00:18:16.940 --> 00:18:17.700 change and those 00:18:17.700 --> 00:18:18.880 passions are 00:18:18.880 --> 00:18:19.980 fulfilled with 00:18:19.980 --> 00:18:21.039 only one thing 00:18:21.039 --> 00:18:21.779 and that is God. 00:18:22.460 --> 00:18:24.259 That is His holiness 00:18:24.259 --> 00:18:25.200 and that is Him 00:18:25.200 --> 00:18:26.380 Himself. 00:18:29.799 --> 00:18:31.319 When our hearts 00:18:31.319 --> 00:18:31.940 are changed, 00:18:32.500 --> 00:18:33.099 we will not 00:18:33.099 --> 00:18:34.299 desire the gift. 00:18:35.240 --> 00:18:36.720 We'll enjoy the gift, 00:18:37.279 --> 00:18:37.720 but we won't 00:18:37.720 --> 00:18:38.539 desire the gift. 00:18:38.620 --> 00:18:39.120 We will desire 00:18:39.120 --> 00:18:40.039 the giver of the gift 00:18:40.039 --> 00:18:41.359 who is God. 00:18:42.259 --> 00:18:43.019 We'll desire 00:18:43.019 --> 00:18:44.120 what He gives us 00:18:44.120 --> 00:18:45.160 and we'll look 00:18:45.160 --> 00:18:46.360 for opportunities 00:18:46.360 --> 00:18:48.460 and situations 00:18:48.460 --> 00:18:49.460 and things we can do 00:18:49.460 --> 00:18:50.380 with that item, 00:18:50.460 --> 00:18:51.180 with that gift 00:18:51.180 --> 00:18:52.279 that will bring honor 00:18:52.279 --> 00:18:53.320 and glory to Him 00:18:53.320 --> 00:18:54.200 and not 00:18:54.200 --> 00:18:56.360 fulfillment 00:18:56.360 --> 00:18:58.000 for us. 00:18:58.920 --> 00:19:00.259 That's an example 00:19:00.259 --> 00:19:01.140 of the change 00:19:01.140 --> 00:19:01.860 in us. 00:19:02.860 --> 00:19:03.620 A new heart 00:19:03.620 --> 00:19:04.340 changes. 00:19:05.300 --> 00:19:06.320 So our heart 00:19:06.320 --> 00:19:06.920 has changed. 00:19:07.000 --> 00:19:07.640 Our passion 00:19:07.640 --> 00:19:08.440 has changed. 00:19:09.140 --> 00:19:09.980 So our desires 00:19:09.980 --> 00:19:10.560 and passions 00:19:10.560 --> 00:19:11.700 now lead to 00:19:11.700 --> 00:19:12.360 holiness. 00:19:12.359 --> 00:19:14.379 Pursuing holiness. 00:19:16.079 --> 00:19:16.779 So thirdly, 00:19:16.839 --> 00:19:17.719 first, 00:19:17.899 --> 00:19:18.459 admit God 00:19:18.459 --> 00:19:19.099 has called us 00:19:19.099 --> 00:19:19.639 out of darkness 00:19:19.639 --> 00:19:20.259 into light. 00:19:21.119 --> 00:19:21.879 Admit that as 00:19:21.879 --> 00:19:22.619 Christians we are 00:19:22.619 --> 00:19:23.459 children of God, 00:19:23.539 --> 00:19:24.240 meaning that God 00:19:24.240 --> 00:19:25.379 has changed us, 00:19:25.839 --> 00:19:26.500 given us a new 00:19:26.500 --> 00:19:26.779 heart, 00:19:26.859 --> 00:19:27.939 now sons and 00:19:27.939 --> 00:19:28.759 daughters of the 00:19:28.759 --> 00:19:29.019 King. 00:19:31.279 --> 00:19:31.799 Thirdly, 00:19:32.019 --> 00:19:33.119 we place our hope 00:19:33.119 --> 00:19:33.859 in our future. 00:19:35.159 --> 00:19:36.479 We place our hope 00:19:36.479 --> 00:19:38.399 in our future. 00:19:39.039 --> 00:19:39.799 Verse 13, 00:19:39.799 --> 00:19:40.700 the second part 00:19:40.700 --> 00:19:41.919 of verse 13 00:19:41.919 --> 00:19:42.460 says, 00:19:43.139 --> 00:19:44.119 set your hope 00:19:44.119 --> 00:19:46.000 fully on the 00:19:46.000 --> 00:19:46.639 grace that will 00:19:46.639 --> 00:19:47.379 be brought to you 00:19:47.379 --> 00:19:48.200 at the revelation 00:19:48.200 --> 00:19:49.759 of Jesus Christ. 00:19:51.000 --> 00:19:51.559 Now, 00:19:51.639 --> 00:19:52.419 this does not 00:19:52.419 --> 00:19:53.539 mean or is 00:19:53.539 --> 00:19:54.799 suggesting a 00:19:54.799 --> 00:19:57.159 flight into 00:19:57.159 --> 00:19:58.139 dreamland 00:19:58.139 --> 00:19:59.379 thinking 00:19:59.379 --> 00:20:01.339 of future, 00:20:01.599 --> 00:20:02.359 hoping that 00:20:02.359 --> 00:20:03.220 maybe that 00:20:03.220 --> 00:20:04.099 thought of our 00:20:04.099 --> 00:20:04.740 future glory 00:20:04.740 --> 00:20:05.519 will dull 00:20:05.519 --> 00:20:07.980 the life 00:20:07.980 --> 00:20:08.279 here, 00:20:08.339 --> 00:20:08.940 what we're going 00:20:08.940 --> 00:20:09.200 through, 00:20:09.279 --> 00:20:10.039 the persecution 00:20:10.039 --> 00:20:10.980 or the struggle 00:20:10.980 --> 00:20:12.380 or the whatever. 00:20:12.559 --> 00:20:13.160 That's not what 00:20:13.160 --> 00:20:13.920 he's suggesting 00:20:13.920 --> 00:20:14.360 here. 00:20:15.600 --> 00:20:16.559 As if it's some 00:20:16.559 --> 00:20:17.940 sort of drug 00:20:17.940 --> 00:20:18.500 that just kind of 00:20:18.500 --> 00:20:19.400 numbs us and we 00:20:19.400 --> 00:20:20.000 just kind of keep 00:20:20.000 --> 00:20:20.779 going through and 00:20:20.779 --> 00:20:21.519 just ho-hum. 00:20:21.960 --> 00:20:22.980 That's not what 00:20:22.980 --> 00:20:23.680 he's suggesting. 00:20:23.779 --> 00:20:24.580 What he's suggesting 00:20:24.580 --> 00:20:28.519 is that instead 00:20:28.519 --> 00:20:29.539 of viewing the 00:20:29.539 --> 00:20:30.440 present circumstance, 00:20:31.180 --> 00:20:32.259 we view it in 00:20:32.259 --> 00:20:33.340 light of what's 00:20:33.340 --> 00:20:33.779 to come, 00:20:34.400 --> 00:20:35.279 the promises 00:20:35.279 --> 00:20:35.940 of God. 00:20:35.940 --> 00:20:37.720 we view the 00:20:37.720 --> 00:20:38.740 situation saying 00:20:38.740 --> 00:20:40.200 we can endure 00:20:40.200 --> 00:20:41.200 because of 00:20:41.200 --> 00:20:42.960 the promise 00:20:42.960 --> 00:20:43.400 of God 00:20:43.400 --> 00:20:44.600 that we will 00:20:44.600 --> 00:20:45.059 overcome, 00:20:45.500 --> 00:20:45.940 the promise 00:20:45.940 --> 00:20:46.360 of God 00:20:46.360 --> 00:20:47.620 that we will 00:20:47.620 --> 00:20:48.400 be perfected, 00:20:48.700 --> 00:20:49.220 that though my 00:20:49.220 --> 00:20:50.220 body breaks 00:20:50.220 --> 00:20:51.500 and I'm sick 00:20:51.500 --> 00:20:52.059 and I am 00:20:52.059 --> 00:20:53.460 suffering and I 00:20:53.460 --> 00:20:54.100 have cancer 00:20:54.100 --> 00:20:54.840 or whatever, 00:20:55.640 --> 00:20:57.180 my body will be 00:20:57.180 --> 00:20:58.220 perfected eventually 00:20:58.220 --> 00:20:59.500 and I'm okay 00:20:59.500 --> 00:21:00.259 with this situation 00:21:00.259 --> 00:21:01.120 now because 00:21:01.120 --> 00:21:03.360 hopefully in those 00:21:03.360 --> 00:21:04.720 situations I can 00:21:04.720 --> 00:21:05.559 bring glory to God 00:21:05.559 --> 00:21:06.500 and I can pursue 00:21:06.500 --> 00:21:07.380 holiness with a 00:21:07.380 --> 00:21:07.880 new heart. 00:21:10.059 --> 00:21:10.259 So, 00:21:10.860 --> 00:21:13.299 we endure 00:21:13.299 --> 00:21:15.220 because of what 00:21:15.220 --> 00:21:16.259 God will do, 00:21:17.579 --> 00:21:18.740 has done even. 00:21:21.259 --> 00:21:22.480 The church in 00:21:22.480 --> 00:21:23.400 Asia Minor, 00:21:23.519 --> 00:21:24.680 remember Peter is 00:21:24.680 --> 00:21:25.620 writing to them, 00:21:25.819 --> 00:21:26.620 warning them of 00:21:26.620 --> 00:21:27.259 what's to come. 00:21:27.799 --> 00:21:28.240 Guys, 00:21:28.500 --> 00:21:29.299 it's coming your 00:21:29.299 --> 00:21:29.579 way. 00:21:30.640 --> 00:21:31.319 Gather up, 00:21:31.680 --> 00:21:32.299 get together, 00:21:32.799 --> 00:21:33.259 understand, 00:21:33.759 --> 00:21:34.400 realize, 00:21:34.400 --> 00:21:35.500 look at chapter 00:21:35.500 --> 00:21:35.860 1, 00:21:35.940 --> 00:21:36.380 verse 3, 00:21:36.460 --> 00:21:36.640 it says, 00:21:36.720 --> 00:21:37.140 blessed be the 00:21:37.140 --> 00:21:37.720 God and Father 00:21:37.720 --> 00:21:38.100 of the Lord 00:21:38.100 --> 00:21:38.740 Jesus Christ, 00:21:39.080 --> 00:21:39.600 according to 00:21:39.600 --> 00:21:40.380 His great mercy, 00:21:40.759 --> 00:21:41.560 He has caused 00:21:41.560 --> 00:21:42.420 us to be born 00:21:42.420 --> 00:21:43.680 again to what? 00:21:43.880 --> 00:21:44.620 To a living 00:21:44.620 --> 00:21:45.100 hope. 00:21:45.900 --> 00:21:46.900 Third sentence, 00:21:47.040 --> 00:21:47.640 second sentence, 00:21:47.720 --> 00:21:48.400 whatever it is, 00:21:48.440 --> 00:21:49.060 He's already 00:21:49.060 --> 00:21:50.300 saying look ahead 00:21:50.300 --> 00:21:51.220 to what's to 00:21:51.220 --> 00:21:51.480 come. 00:21:51.860 --> 00:21:52.519 Look ahead to 00:21:52.519 --> 00:21:53.240 your future 00:21:53.240 --> 00:21:54.740 hope. 00:21:55.120 --> 00:21:55.580 And hope in 00:21:55.580 --> 00:21:57.480 that because of 00:21:57.480 --> 00:21:58.040 what's to come. 00:21:58.100 --> 00:21:58.840 Their persecution, 00:21:59.259 --> 00:21:59.900 heavy persecution. 00:22:02.320 --> 00:22:02.800 Kids, 00:22:02.799 --> 00:22:04.519 vegetables, 00:22:04.919 --> 00:22:05.940 don't usually 00:22:05.940 --> 00:22:06.519 go together. 00:22:07.899 --> 00:22:08.500 But you tell a 00:22:08.500 --> 00:22:08.799 child, 00:22:08.899 --> 00:22:09.159 you say, 00:22:09.220 --> 00:22:09.519 eat your 00:22:09.519 --> 00:22:10.059 vegetables and 00:22:10.059 --> 00:22:10.680 you can have 00:22:10.680 --> 00:22:12.119 cake. 00:22:13.259 --> 00:22:13.839 What are they 00:22:13.839 --> 00:22:14.259 going to do? 00:22:14.879 --> 00:22:15.339 They're going to 00:22:15.339 --> 00:22:15.579 eat their 00:22:15.579 --> 00:22:16.039 vegetables. 00:22:16.519 --> 00:22:17.099 You put that 00:22:17.099 --> 00:22:17.740 cake in front of 00:22:17.740 --> 00:22:17.899 them, 00:22:18.119 --> 00:22:18.859 those vegetables 00:22:18.859 --> 00:22:19.399 are gone. 00:22:21.000 --> 00:22:21.440 Likewise, 00:22:21.680 --> 00:22:22.139 for us, 00:22:22.259 --> 00:22:22.919 we endure, 00:22:23.119 --> 00:22:23.740 we go through 00:22:23.740 --> 00:22:24.220 struggles, 00:22:24.399 --> 00:22:25.180 we suffer here 00:22:25.180 --> 00:22:25.659 on earth, 00:22:26.019 --> 00:22:26.579 we have 00:22:26.579 --> 00:22:27.619 physical ailments, 00:22:27.619 --> 00:22:29.319 we live in 00:22:29.319 --> 00:22:29.739 such a way, 00:22:29.819 --> 00:22:30.199 we pursue 00:22:30.199 --> 00:22:30.579 holiness, 00:22:30.759 --> 00:22:31.559 even in 00:22:31.559 --> 00:22:33.259 those situations, 00:22:33.719 --> 00:22:34.799 looking ahead 00:22:34.799 --> 00:22:35.479 to what's to 00:22:35.479 --> 00:22:35.719 come. 00:22:36.359 --> 00:22:36.979 We're going to 00:22:36.979 --> 00:22:37.879 be perfected. 00:22:38.339 --> 00:22:38.799 God is going 00:22:38.799 --> 00:22:39.519 to receive glory 00:22:39.519 --> 00:22:40.000 through the way 00:22:40.000 --> 00:22:40.579 that I live 00:22:40.579 --> 00:22:41.279 this out. 00:22:43.679 --> 00:22:44.519 Our desert, 00:22:45.519 --> 00:22:45.979 I know 00:22:45.979 --> 00:22:46.879 illustrations fall 00:22:46.879 --> 00:22:47.239 short, 00:22:47.399 --> 00:22:48.299 but our 00:22:48.299 --> 00:22:50.000 desert is to 00:22:50.000 --> 00:22:50.279 come. 00:22:53.119 --> 00:22:53.599 Fourthly, 00:22:54.799 --> 00:22:55.139 this is where 00:22:55.139 --> 00:22:55.559 we'll spend a 00:22:55.559 --> 00:22:56.019 little bit more 00:22:56.019 --> 00:22:56.420 time. 00:22:57.599 --> 00:22:58.220 So not only 00:22:58.220 --> 00:22:58.619 do we admit 00:22:58.619 --> 00:22:59.139 that God has 00:22:59.139 --> 00:22:59.799 called us 00:22:59.799 --> 00:23:00.759 out of darkness 00:23:00.759 --> 00:23:01.460 into light, 00:23:02.339 --> 00:23:03.420 not only do we 00:23:03.420 --> 00:23:04.079 admit that as 00:23:04.079 --> 00:23:04.720 Christians we are 00:23:04.720 --> 00:23:05.440 children of God, 00:23:05.500 --> 00:23:06.019 meaning we have a 00:23:06.019 --> 00:23:06.660 new heart, 00:23:07.400 --> 00:23:07.859 that God has 00:23:07.859 --> 00:23:08.440 changed our 00:23:08.440 --> 00:23:09.000 heart from the 00:23:09.000 --> 00:23:09.960 inside out, 00:23:10.059 --> 00:23:10.839 we cannot do 00:23:10.839 --> 00:23:11.099 it. 00:23:12.960 --> 00:23:13.819 Not only do we 00:23:13.819 --> 00:23:14.619 place our hope 00:23:14.619 --> 00:23:15.259 in our future, 00:23:16.200 --> 00:23:17.039 but fourthly and 00:23:17.039 --> 00:23:17.400 finally, 00:23:18.059 --> 00:23:18.879 we prepare our 00:23:18.879 --> 00:23:20.000 minds for 00:23:20.000 --> 00:23:20.500 action. 00:23:21.619 --> 00:23:22.359 Verse 13, 00:23:23.180 --> 00:23:23.619 therefore, 00:23:24.559 --> 00:23:25.160 preparing your 00:23:25.160 --> 00:23:25.700 minds for 00:23:25.700 --> 00:23:26.539 action and 00:23:26.539 --> 00:23:27.120 being sober 00:23:27.120 --> 00:23:27.539 minded, 00:23:28.920 --> 00:23:29.460 set your 00:23:29.460 --> 00:23:30.240 hope fully 00:23:30.240 --> 00:23:31.480 on the grace 00:23:31.480 --> 00:23:31.860 that will be 00:23:31.860 --> 00:23:32.620 brought to you 00:23:32.620 --> 00:23:33.539 at the 00:23:33.539 --> 00:23:34.240 revelation of 00:23:34.240 --> 00:23:35.080 Jesus Christ. 00:23:36.880 --> 00:23:37.580 Preparing your 00:23:37.580 --> 00:23:38.180 minds for 00:23:38.180 --> 00:23:38.620 action. 00:23:38.779 --> 00:23:39.120 If you have 00:23:39.120 --> 00:23:39.860 an ESV 00:23:39.860 --> 00:23:40.740 Bible and 00:23:40.740 --> 00:23:41.120 you're reading 00:23:41.120 --> 00:23:41.360 in it, 00:23:41.400 --> 00:23:41.700 there's a 00:23:41.700 --> 00:23:42.080 footnote 00:23:42.080 --> 00:23:42.700 that says 00:23:42.700 --> 00:23:43.380 in the 00:23:43.380 --> 00:23:43.600 Greek, 00:23:43.720 --> 00:23:44.220 it's actually 00:23:44.220 --> 00:23:45.380 gird up the 00:23:45.380 --> 00:23:46.039 loins of 00:23:46.039 --> 00:23:46.660 your mind. 00:23:48.019 --> 00:23:48.539 Now this 00:23:48.539 --> 00:23:49.500 picture that 00:23:49.500 --> 00:23:50.000 Peter is 00:23:50.000 --> 00:23:50.660 painting for 00:23:50.660 --> 00:23:51.340 us is 00:23:51.339 --> 00:23:55.859 back in 00:23:55.859 --> 00:23:57.279 this time, 00:23:57.899 --> 00:23:58.199 they would 00:23:58.199 --> 00:23:58.959 wear long 00:23:58.959 --> 00:23:59.819 dress-like 00:23:59.819 --> 00:24:00.299 tunics. 00:24:00.919 --> 00:24:01.439 And if 00:24:01.439 --> 00:24:01.839 they're just 00:24:01.839 --> 00:24:02.519 talking in 00:24:02.519 --> 00:24:03.059 the marketplace, 00:24:03.439 --> 00:24:03.699 if they're 00:24:03.699 --> 00:24:04.899 just slowly 00:24:04.899 --> 00:24:05.599 meandering, 00:24:05.759 --> 00:24:06.019 if they're 00:24:06.019 --> 00:24:06.339 just hanging 00:24:06.339 --> 00:24:06.939 out at home, 00:24:07.299 --> 00:24:07.859 it's all the 00:24:07.859 --> 00:24:08.480 way down to 00:24:08.480 --> 00:24:08.959 their ankles 00:24:08.959 --> 00:24:09.659 or close to 00:24:09.659 --> 00:24:09.919 that. 00:24:10.319 --> 00:24:10.699 But when 00:24:10.699 --> 00:24:11.319 they're working, 00:24:11.919 --> 00:24:12.459 when they're 00:24:12.459 --> 00:24:13.319 getting ready to 00:24:13.319 --> 00:24:13.980 run or going 00:24:13.980 --> 00:24:14.619 into war or 00:24:14.619 --> 00:24:14.879 whatever, 00:24:15.000 --> 00:24:15.579 they pull that 00:24:15.579 --> 00:24:16.039 up and they 00:24:16.039 --> 00:24:16.599 tuck it into 00:24:16.599 --> 00:24:17.099 their belt. 00:24:17.220 --> 00:24:17.539 And that's 00:24:17.539 --> 00:24:18.220 called girding 00:24:18.220 --> 00:24:19.279 their loins. 00:24:19.420 --> 00:24:19.700 It's getting 00:24:19.700 --> 00:24:20.019 ready, 00:24:20.279 --> 00:24:21.420 freeing up 00:24:21.420 --> 00:24:22.019 their legs 00:24:22.019 --> 00:24:22.319 so that 00:24:22.319 --> 00:24:22.779 they can 00:24:22.779 --> 00:24:26.460 be men 00:24:26.460 --> 00:24:26.740 or women 00:24:26.740 --> 00:24:27.200 of action, 00:24:27.299 --> 00:24:27.539 men of 00:24:27.539 --> 00:24:27.940 action, 00:24:28.420 --> 00:24:28.620 so that 00:24:28.620 --> 00:24:28.960 they can 00:24:28.960 --> 00:24:29.620 run and 00:24:29.620 --> 00:24:29.839 they can 00:24:29.839 --> 00:24:30.220 fight and 00:24:30.220 --> 00:24:30.400 they can 00:24:30.400 --> 00:24:30.779 do these 00:24:30.779 --> 00:24:30.940 things, 00:24:31.000 --> 00:24:31.180 they can 00:24:31.180 --> 00:24:31.640 work in 00:24:31.640 --> 00:24:31.819 their 00:24:31.819 --> 00:24:32.360 garden or 00:24:32.360 --> 00:24:32.700 whatever, 00:24:33.400 --> 00:24:33.700 freely. 00:24:34.900 --> 00:24:35.519 This is the 00:24:35.519 --> 00:24:35.819 idea, 00:24:35.960 --> 00:24:37.319 preparing your 00:24:37.319 --> 00:24:38.440 minds for 00:24:38.440 --> 00:24:39.039 action and 00:24:39.039 --> 00:24:39.519 being sober 00:24:39.519 --> 00:24:39.860 minded. 00:24:40.000 --> 00:24:40.259 It's an 00:24:40.259 --> 00:24:40.880 act of 00:24:40.880 --> 00:24:41.519 preparation 00:24:41.519 --> 00:24:42.779 for active 00:24:42.779 --> 00:24:43.519 work. 00:24:44.779 --> 00:24:45.220 So, 00:24:45.819 --> 00:24:47.120 I love 00:24:47.120 --> 00:24:47.660 golf. 00:24:47.660 --> 00:24:48.380 I love 00:24:48.380 --> 00:24:48.680 playing 00:24:48.680 --> 00:24:49.060 golf. 00:24:49.240 --> 00:24:49.700 I'm not 00:24:49.700 --> 00:24:50.019 good at 00:24:50.019 --> 00:24:50.380 golf. 00:24:51.000 --> 00:24:51.960 I enjoy 00:24:51.960 --> 00:24:52.440 every bit 00:24:52.440 --> 00:24:52.700 of it. 00:24:53.220 --> 00:24:53.600 I enjoy 00:24:53.600 --> 00:24:54.140 buying new 00:24:54.140 --> 00:24:54.779 golf balls. 00:24:55.340 --> 00:24:55.840 That's 00:24:55.840 --> 00:24:56.080 silly, 00:24:56.180 --> 00:24:56.519 I know. 00:24:57.540 --> 00:24:58.060 I just 00:24:58.060 --> 00:24:59.200 love playing. 00:24:59.300 --> 00:24:59.500 I love 00:24:59.500 --> 00:25:00.080 being outside 00:25:00.080 --> 00:25:00.840 and walking. 00:25:00.980 --> 00:25:01.259 I like 00:25:01.259 --> 00:25:02.420 how manicured 00:25:02.420 --> 00:25:02.940 it is and 00:25:02.940 --> 00:25:04.080 just everything 00:25:04.080 --> 00:25:04.820 about golf, 00:25:05.200 --> 00:25:05.720 even if I 00:25:05.720 --> 00:25:06.140 hit a bad 00:25:06.140 --> 00:25:06.480 shot. 00:25:07.759 --> 00:25:08.019 Now, 00:25:08.300 --> 00:25:08.980 I am not 00:25:08.980 --> 00:25:09.420 going to get 00:25:09.420 --> 00:25:09.960 any better 00:25:09.960 --> 00:25:11.620 if I just 00:25:11.620 --> 00:25:12.200 play golf 00:25:12.200 --> 00:25:12.540 three or 00:25:12.540 --> 00:25:13.000 four times 00:25:13.000 --> 00:25:13.300 a year. 00:25:13.779 --> 00:25:14.259 I'm going 00:25:14.259 --> 00:25:14.800 to probably 00:25:14.800 --> 00:25:16.019 maybe get 00:25:16.019 --> 00:25:16.519 worse or 00:25:16.519 --> 00:25:16.840 just kind 00:25:16.840 --> 00:25:17.240 of stay 00:25:17.240 --> 00:25:18.220 right where 00:25:18.220 --> 00:25:18.519 I am. 00:25:18.579 --> 00:25:19.220 It's not 00:25:19.220 --> 00:25:19.460 going to 00:25:19.460 --> 00:25:19.740 happen. 00:25:20.019 --> 00:25:20.200 You've 00:25:20.200 --> 00:25:20.400 got to 00:25:20.400 --> 00:25:20.960 put time 00:25:20.960 --> 00:25:21.200 in. 00:25:21.259 --> 00:25:21.359 You've 00:25:21.359 --> 00:25:21.539 got to 00:25:21.539 --> 00:25:22.000 practice. 00:25:22.220 --> 00:25:22.319 You've 00:25:22.319 --> 00:25:22.599 got to 00:25:22.599 --> 00:25:23.819 make 00:25:23.819 --> 00:25:24.200 commitments 00:25:24.200 --> 00:25:25.140 to prepare 00:25:25.140 --> 00:25:26.579 for times 00:25:26.579 --> 00:25:27.000 and wanting 00:25:27.000 --> 00:25:27.279 to get 00:25:27.279 --> 00:25:28.160 better and 00:25:28.160 --> 00:25:28.980 putting in 00:25:28.980 --> 00:25:29.680 those hard 00:25:29.680 --> 00:25:29.960 work. 00:25:29.960 --> 00:25:31.359 All those 00:25:31.359 --> 00:25:32.160 phrases that 00:25:32.160 --> 00:25:32.740 you find on 00:25:32.740 --> 00:25:33.440 milk commercials 00:25:33.440 --> 00:25:34.019 and NFL 00:25:34.019 --> 00:25:34.480 commercials, 00:25:34.599 --> 00:25:35.059 all those, 00:25:35.480 --> 00:25:35.940 put in the 00:25:35.940 --> 00:25:36.559 hard work. 00:25:40.319 --> 00:25:40.900 Likewise, 00:25:41.319 --> 00:25:41.700 holiness 00:25:41.700 --> 00:25:43.019 takes practice 00:25:43.019 --> 00:25:43.420 and takes 00:25:43.420 --> 00:25:44.019 preparation, 00:25:44.019 --> 00:25:45.160 preparation, 00:25:45.160 --> 00:25:45.900 preparing our 00:25:45.900 --> 00:25:46.639 minds. 00:25:47.319 --> 00:25:47.559 Now see, 00:25:47.639 --> 00:25:48.460 unlike golf, 00:25:49.180 --> 00:25:49.940 where golf is 00:25:49.940 --> 00:25:50.559 just my 00:25:50.559 --> 00:25:51.079 ability, 00:25:51.559 --> 00:25:52.119 there's no 00:25:52.119 --> 00:25:53.200 supernatural power 00:25:53.200 --> 00:25:53.599 out on the 00:25:53.599 --> 00:25:54.240 golf course. 00:25:54.740 --> 00:25:54.920 I mean, 00:25:54.980 --> 00:25:55.220 maybe, 00:25:55.319 --> 00:25:55.759 if I hit it 00:25:55.759 --> 00:25:56.059 straight, 00:25:56.180 --> 00:25:56.660 possibly. 00:25:57.379 --> 00:25:57.980 But for the 00:25:57.980 --> 00:25:58.539 most part, 00:25:58.619 --> 00:25:59.139 it's just me 00:25:59.139 --> 00:25:59.579 and the golf 00:25:59.579 --> 00:26:00.019 ball and the 00:26:00.019 --> 00:26:00.480 golf club. 00:26:01.440 --> 00:26:02.559 But for us, 00:26:02.639 --> 00:26:02.960 holiness, 00:26:04.139 --> 00:26:04.819 it's God 00:26:04.819 --> 00:26:06.139 in us that 00:26:06.139 --> 00:26:06.879 can empower 00:26:06.879 --> 00:26:07.299 us and 00:26:07.299 --> 00:26:07.839 strengthen us 00:26:07.839 --> 00:26:08.299 and push 00:26:08.299 --> 00:26:10.900 us to do 00:26:10.900 --> 00:26:11.579 what He has 00:26:11.579 --> 00:26:12.139 commanded us 00:26:12.140 --> 00:26:12.540 to do. 00:26:13.580 --> 00:26:14.480 He can 00:26:14.480 --> 00:26:15.360 accomplish 00:26:15.360 --> 00:26:16.060 what He 00:26:16.060 --> 00:26:16.500 commands 00:26:16.500 --> 00:26:17.040 through us 00:26:17.040 --> 00:26:17.280 and through 00:26:17.280 --> 00:26:17.560 the Holy 00:26:17.560 --> 00:26:17.960 Spirit. 00:26:19.380 --> 00:26:20.220 So preparing 00:26:20.220 --> 00:26:20.820 our minds, 00:26:20.980 --> 00:26:21.440 girding up 00:26:21.440 --> 00:26:22.120 our loins. 00:26:23.740 --> 00:26:24.080 So, 00:26:24.400 --> 00:26:25.520 the next 00:26:25.520 --> 00:26:25.880 thing it 00:26:25.880 --> 00:26:26.800 says in 00:26:26.800 --> 00:26:27.380 this verse 00:26:27.380 --> 00:26:27.620 is, 00:26:27.780 --> 00:26:28.180 and being 00:26:28.180 --> 00:26:29.060 sober-minded. 00:26:30.400 --> 00:26:31.060 A definition 00:26:31.060 --> 00:26:31.759 of this is 00:26:31.759 --> 00:26:32.800 complete clarity 00:26:32.800 --> 00:26:33.500 of mind 00:26:33.500 --> 00:26:34.880 and it's 00:26:34.880 --> 00:26:36.000 resulting in 00:26:36.000 --> 00:26:36.700 good judgment. 00:26:37.840 --> 00:26:38.040 So, 00:26:38.940 --> 00:26:39.560 I know 00:26:39.560 --> 00:26:40.160 all of us 00:26:40.160 --> 00:26:40.520 in here have 00:26:40.520 --> 00:26:41.120 made really 00:26:41.120 --> 00:26:41.920 bad choices 00:26:41.920 --> 00:26:42.500 at some 00:26:42.500 --> 00:26:42.920 point in 00:26:42.920 --> 00:26:43.220 our life. 00:26:43.279 --> 00:26:43.480 We made 00:26:43.480 --> 00:26:43.779 a bad 00:26:43.779 --> 00:26:44.160 decision. 00:26:45.100 --> 00:26:45.220 We 00:26:45.220 --> 00:26:47.220 didn't have 00:26:47.220 --> 00:26:47.920 good judgment. 00:26:48.180 --> 00:26:48.500 We weren't 00:26:48.500 --> 00:26:49.200 sober-minded 00:26:49.200 --> 00:26:49.840 in that 00:26:49.840 --> 00:26:51.460 moment. 00:26:52.820 --> 00:26:53.240 Peter, 00:26:53.740 --> 00:26:54.259 when writing 00:26:54.259 --> 00:26:54.600 this, 00:26:54.700 --> 00:26:55.600 knew that 00:26:55.600 --> 00:26:56.279 this world, 00:26:57.039 --> 00:26:57.700 the cares 00:26:57.700 --> 00:26:58.160 of this 00:26:58.160 --> 00:26:58.440 world, 00:26:58.539 --> 00:26:59.320 the temptress 00:26:59.320 --> 00:27:00.620 of stuff, 00:27:01.160 --> 00:27:01.860 the difficulties 00:27:01.860 --> 00:27:02.640 and the 00:27:02.640 --> 00:27:03.300 persecutions, 00:27:03.420 --> 00:27:03.880 speaking to 00:27:03.880 --> 00:27:04.300 the church 00:27:04.300 --> 00:27:04.740 in Asia 00:27:04.740 --> 00:27:05.160 Minor, 00:27:05.500 --> 00:27:05.860 but even 00:27:05.860 --> 00:27:06.240 to us 00:27:06.240 --> 00:27:06.700 today, 00:27:07.500 --> 00:27:07.840 can 00:27:07.840 --> 00:27:08.700 intoxicate 00:27:08.700 --> 00:27:09.519 us as 00:27:09.519 --> 00:27:09.860 much as 00:27:09.860 --> 00:27:10.539 alcohol can. 00:27:11.920 --> 00:27:12.480 When we're 00:27:12.480 --> 00:27:13.180 intoxicated, 00:27:13.279 --> 00:27:13.500 we are 00:27:13.500 --> 00:27:15.019 controlled by 00:27:15.019 --> 00:27:15.759 that substance. 00:27:16.519 --> 00:27:17.160 We don't 00:27:17.160 --> 00:27:19.100 have much of a 00:27:19.100 --> 00:27:19.320 say. 00:27:19.420 --> 00:27:20.140 It's controlling 00:27:20.140 --> 00:27:21.519 us to a 00:27:21.519 --> 00:27:22.660 specific point. 00:27:23.940 --> 00:27:25.440 And the 00:27:25.440 --> 00:27:26.080 desires of 00:27:26.080 --> 00:27:26.680 this world, 00:27:28.480 --> 00:27:30.620 the things 00:27:30.620 --> 00:27:31.340 that we want, 00:27:31.440 --> 00:27:31.860 the things 00:27:31.860 --> 00:27:32.340 that we think 00:27:32.340 --> 00:27:32.880 we need, 00:27:33.800 --> 00:27:34.440 the boyfriend, 00:27:34.720 --> 00:27:35.220 the girlfriend, 00:27:35.440 --> 00:27:35.940 the husband, 00:27:36.160 --> 00:27:36.740 the wife, 00:27:36.840 --> 00:27:37.340 the car, 00:27:37.339 --> 00:27:38.019 the house, 00:27:38.919 --> 00:27:41.419 fill in the 00:27:41.419 --> 00:27:41.819 blank, 00:27:42.119 --> 00:27:42.819 the specific 00:27:42.819 --> 00:27:43.679 grade that 00:27:43.679 --> 00:27:44.059 you think 00:27:44.059 --> 00:27:44.599 you need, 00:27:45.439 --> 00:27:45.939 all of 00:27:45.939 --> 00:27:48.959 this can 00:27:48.959 --> 00:27:49.679 intoxicate 00:27:49.679 --> 00:27:50.039 us, 00:27:50.980 --> 00:27:52.220 can consume 00:27:52.220 --> 00:27:52.779 us. 00:27:54.019 --> 00:27:54.279 And so 00:27:54.279 --> 00:27:54.879 Peter is 00:27:54.879 --> 00:27:57.819 warning the 00:27:57.819 --> 00:27:58.299 churches in 00:27:58.299 --> 00:27:58.779 Asia Minor 00:27:58.779 --> 00:27:59.319 and warning 00:27:59.319 --> 00:28:00.000 us today, 00:28:00.439 --> 00:28:00.899 be sober 00:28:00.899 --> 00:28:01.299 minded, 00:28:02.299 --> 00:28:02.959 be of good 00:28:02.959 --> 00:28:03.419 judgment, 00:28:04.059 --> 00:28:05.339 complete clarity 00:28:05.339 --> 00:28:06.199 of mind, 00:28:07.279 --> 00:28:07.919 knowing what 00:28:07.919 --> 00:28:08.299 was headed 00:28:08.299 --> 00:28:08.879 their way, 00:28:09.000 --> 00:28:09.500 knowing what 00:28:09.500 --> 00:28:10.019 we deal 00:28:10.019 --> 00:28:10.559 with even 00:28:10.559 --> 00:28:11.119 today. 00:28:18.619 --> 00:28:19.259 Turn to 00:28:19.259 --> 00:28:19.740 Philippians 00:28:19.740 --> 00:28:20.399 chapter 4. 00:28:25.779 --> 00:28:26.679 So we need 00:28:26.679 --> 00:28:27.159 to have a 00:28:27.159 --> 00:28:27.879 clear mind 00:28:27.879 --> 00:28:29.699 so that we 00:28:29.699 --> 00:28:30.480 can think 00:28:30.480 --> 00:28:31.699 on godly 00:28:31.699 --> 00:28:32.039 things, 00:28:32.119 --> 00:28:32.439 that we can 00:28:32.439 --> 00:28:33.699 think on 00:28:33.699 --> 00:28:34.119 God and 00:28:34.119 --> 00:28:34.679 His holiness 00:28:34.680 --> 00:28:35.560 so that we 00:28:35.560 --> 00:28:36.799 can pursue 00:28:36.799 --> 00:28:37.620 Him and 00:28:37.620 --> 00:28:38.160 Him alone. 00:28:41.740 --> 00:28:42.259 In 00:28:42.259 --> 00:28:42.840 Philippians 00:28:42.840 --> 00:28:44.180 chapter 4, 00:28:47.920 --> 00:28:48.779 Paul is 00:28:48.779 --> 00:28:49.539 getting ready 00:28:49.539 --> 00:28:50.400 to close 00:28:50.400 --> 00:28:50.880 this letter 00:28:50.880 --> 00:28:51.160 to the 00:28:51.160 --> 00:28:51.580 church of 00:28:51.580 --> 00:28:52.039 Philippi 00:28:52.039 --> 00:28:52.320 and he 00:28:52.320 --> 00:28:52.680 says, 00:28:52.820 --> 00:28:53.200 finally 00:28:53.200 --> 00:28:53.779 brothers, 00:28:55.220 --> 00:28:55.840 whatever is 00:28:55.840 --> 00:28:56.220 true, 00:28:57.180 --> 00:28:57.799 whatever is 00:28:57.799 --> 00:28:58.240 honorable, 00:28:58.900 --> 00:28:59.519 whatever is 00:28:59.519 --> 00:29:00.060 just, 00:29:00.539 --> 00:29:01.120 whatever is 00:29:01.120 --> 00:29:01.500 pure, 00:29:01.880 --> 00:29:02.380 whatever is 00:29:02.380 --> 00:29:02.820 lovely, 00:29:03.200 --> 00:29:03.660 whatever is 00:29:03.660 --> 00:29:04.180 commendable, 00:29:04.180 --> 00:29:04.700 if there is 00:29:04.700 --> 00:29:05.500 any excellence, 00:29:05.640 --> 00:29:05.980 if there is 00:29:05.980 --> 00:29:06.820 anything worthy 00:29:06.820 --> 00:29:07.640 of praise, 00:29:08.299 --> 00:29:09.080 think about 00:29:09.080 --> 00:29:11.120 these things. 00:29:12.640 --> 00:29:13.220 Here's the 00:29:13.220 --> 00:29:13.820 kicker here, 00:29:14.560 --> 00:29:15.259 is God 00:29:15.259 --> 00:29:17.500 is these 00:29:17.500 --> 00:29:18.039 things. 00:29:18.820 --> 00:29:19.799 Who is 00:29:19.799 --> 00:29:20.480 honorable? 00:29:20.840 --> 00:29:21.380 Who is 00:29:21.380 --> 00:29:21.779 just? 00:29:21.960 --> 00:29:22.480 Who is 00:29:22.480 --> 00:29:22.779 pure? 00:29:23.019 --> 00:29:23.380 Who is 00:29:23.380 --> 00:29:23.720 lovely? 00:29:23.840 --> 00:29:24.120 Who is 00:29:24.120 --> 00:29:24.620 commendable? 00:29:24.620 --> 00:29:25.220 Who is 00:29:25.220 --> 00:29:25.720 excellent? 00:29:26.080 --> 00:29:26.480 Who is 00:29:26.480 --> 00:29:27.000 worthy of 00:29:27.000 --> 00:29:27.440 praise? 00:29:28.340 --> 00:29:28.820 Think of 00:29:28.820 --> 00:29:29.420 these things. 00:29:29.420 --> 00:29:31.240 God 00:29:31.240 --> 00:29:31.800 encompasses 00:29:31.800 --> 00:29:33.000 all of 00:29:33.000 --> 00:29:33.279 those 00:29:33.279 --> 00:29:33.600 things. 00:29:33.740 --> 00:29:34.259 He is 00:29:34.259 --> 00:29:34.940 all of 00:29:34.940 --> 00:29:35.220 those 00:29:35.220 --> 00:29:35.779 things. 00:29:37.060 --> 00:29:37.259 Now, 00:29:37.279 --> 00:29:37.420 there's 00:29:37.420 --> 00:29:37.700 other 00:29:37.700 --> 00:29:38.060 things 00:29:38.060 --> 00:29:38.300 that 00:29:38.300 --> 00:29:39.100 from 00:29:39.100 --> 00:29:39.460 God 00:29:39.460 --> 00:29:39.680 we 00:29:39.680 --> 00:29:40.000 can 00:29:40.000 --> 00:29:40.580 think 00:29:40.580 --> 00:29:40.880 on. 00:29:40.880 --> 00:29:41.400 Think 00:29:41.400 --> 00:29:41.759 on His 00:29:41.759 --> 00:29:42.200 word. 00:29:43.200 --> 00:29:43.779 Think 00:29:43.779 --> 00:29:44.960 on our 00:29:44.960 --> 00:29:45.539 brothers and 00:29:45.539 --> 00:29:46.420 sisters in need. 00:29:46.560 --> 00:29:46.720 Think 00:29:46.720 --> 00:29:47.519 on our 00:29:47.519 --> 00:29:47.940 brothers and 00:29:47.940 --> 00:29:48.360 sisters who 00:29:48.360 --> 00:29:49.039 are pursuing 00:29:49.039 --> 00:29:49.920 holiness. 00:29:50.880 --> 00:29:51.620 They are 00:29:51.620 --> 00:29:52.100 from Him 00:29:52.100 --> 00:29:52.420 and out 00:29:52.420 --> 00:29:52.920 of His 00:29:52.920 --> 00:29:53.720 work. 00:29:53.720 --> 00:29:56.720 So, 00:29:56.920 --> 00:29:57.700 in 1 Peter 00:29:57.700 --> 00:29:59.319 in verse 00:29:59.319 --> 00:29:59.839 13, 00:29:59.960 --> 00:30:00.259 it says, 00:30:00.620 --> 00:30:00.660 therefore, 00:30:00.960 --> 00:30:01.759 preparing your 00:30:01.759 --> 00:30:02.420 minds for 00:30:02.420 --> 00:30:02.920 action. 00:30:04.160 --> 00:30:04.460 Now, 00:30:04.500 --> 00:30:04.759 what we 00:30:04.759 --> 00:30:05.339 have here 00:30:05.339 --> 00:30:05.759 is a 00:30:05.759 --> 00:30:06.620 present tense. 00:30:07.200 --> 00:30:07.640 Preparing 00:30:07.640 --> 00:30:08.160 your minds. 00:30:08.339 --> 00:30:08.640 It doesn't 00:30:08.640 --> 00:30:08.960 say, 00:30:09.440 --> 00:30:10.039 prepare your 00:30:10.039 --> 00:30:10.400 minds. 00:30:10.480 --> 00:30:10.779 It doesn't 00:30:10.779 --> 00:30:11.019 say, 00:30:11.420 --> 00:30:11.839 since you 00:30:11.839 --> 00:30:12.660 have prepared 00:30:12.660 --> 00:30:13.240 your minds. 00:30:13.339 --> 00:30:13.579 It's just 00:30:13.579 --> 00:30:14.039 preparing. 00:30:15.039 --> 00:30:15.480 So, 00:30:15.539 --> 00:30:16.279 this is a 00:30:16.279 --> 00:30:16.819 continuous 00:30:16.819 --> 00:30:18.680 action by 00:30:18.680 --> 00:30:19.400 you and 00:30:19.400 --> 00:30:19.920 by me. 00:30:20.759 --> 00:30:21.279 Meaning, 00:30:21.559 --> 00:30:22.500 that if you 00:30:22.500 --> 00:30:23.420 are going to 00:30:23.420 --> 00:30:24.660 the movie, 00:30:25.380 --> 00:30:25.980 prepare your 00:30:25.980 --> 00:30:26.560 minds for 00:30:26.560 --> 00:30:26.880 what you 00:30:26.880 --> 00:30:27.420 may see 00:30:27.420 --> 00:30:28.000 or hear. 00:30:28.700 --> 00:30:29.080 If you 00:30:29.080 --> 00:30:29.480 are going 00:30:29.480 --> 00:30:30.240 to class, 00:30:30.560 --> 00:30:31.180 prepare your 00:30:31.180 --> 00:30:31.840 minds for 00:30:31.840 --> 00:30:32.620 the opportunity 00:30:32.620 --> 00:30:33.560 to share 00:30:33.560 --> 00:30:34.360 the gospel. 00:30:34.840 --> 00:30:35.320 Remember the 00:30:35.320 --> 00:30:36.360 definition of 00:30:36.360 --> 00:30:37.039 sober-minded, 00:30:37.460 --> 00:30:38.360 complete clarity 00:30:38.360 --> 00:30:39.660 of mind and 00:30:39.660 --> 00:30:40.300 its resulting 00:30:40.300 --> 00:30:41.060 good judgment. 00:30:42.759 --> 00:30:43.440 Sober-minded, 00:30:44.500 --> 00:30:45.120 preparing our 00:30:45.120 --> 00:30:45.640 minds for 00:30:45.640 --> 00:30:46.200 action, 00:30:48.200 --> 00:30:49.920 whenever, 00:30:50.420 --> 00:30:51.279 wherever we 00:30:51.279 --> 00:30:51.640 go, 00:30:52.019 --> 00:30:52.740 preparing our 00:30:52.740 --> 00:30:53.640 minds for 00:30:53.640 --> 00:30:55.339 that action. 00:30:57.099 --> 00:30:57.620 Your 00:30:57.620 --> 00:30:59.059 holiness and 00:30:59.059 --> 00:30:59.599 my holiness 00:30:59.599 --> 00:31:00.279 depends on 00:31:00.279 --> 00:31:00.440 it. 00:31:02.799 --> 00:31:03.319 Now, 00:31:03.359 --> 00:31:03.640 here's the 00:31:03.640 --> 00:31:04.019 beauty of 00:31:04.019 --> 00:31:04.500 the gospel. 00:31:05.380 --> 00:31:05.799 Here's the 00:31:05.799 --> 00:31:06.420 beauty of 00:31:06.420 --> 00:31:07.579 the gospel. 00:31:08.579 --> 00:31:09.259 God is 00:31:09.259 --> 00:31:10.720 holy and 00:31:10.720 --> 00:31:11.240 He is the 00:31:11.240 --> 00:31:12.019 source of 00:31:12.019 --> 00:31:12.339 holiness. 00:31:13.400 --> 00:31:13.859 And in 00:31:13.859 --> 00:31:14.400 Christ, 00:31:15.000 --> 00:31:15.519 if you are 00:31:15.519 --> 00:31:15.980 a Christian 00:31:15.980 --> 00:31:16.599 in this 00:31:16.599 --> 00:31:16.940 room, 00:31:18.740 --> 00:31:19.079 if you have 00:31:19.079 --> 00:31:19.799 confessed your 00:31:19.799 --> 00:31:20.299 sins and you 00:31:20.299 --> 00:31:22.700 believe that 00:31:22.700 --> 00:31:23.419 Jesus died for 00:31:23.419 --> 00:31:24.339 your sins and 00:31:24.339 --> 00:31:24.879 you are a 00:31:24.879 --> 00:31:25.339 Christian, 00:31:26.519 --> 00:31:27.180 then in 00:31:27.180 --> 00:31:27.940 Christ, 00:31:28.619 --> 00:31:29.419 you are 00:31:29.419 --> 00:31:30.519 holy before 00:31:30.519 --> 00:31:30.879 God. 00:31:31.379 --> 00:31:32.119 In Christ, 00:31:32.259 --> 00:31:33.099 you stand as 00:31:33.099 --> 00:31:33.859 if no sin 00:31:33.859 --> 00:31:34.339 had ever been 00:31:34.339 --> 00:31:34.659 committed. 00:31:35.059 --> 00:31:35.799 You stand 00:31:35.799 --> 00:31:36.799 set apart. 00:31:38.399 --> 00:31:39.379 Right now, 00:31:40.379 --> 00:31:42.779 here in 00:31:42.779 --> 00:31:43.319 this room, 00:31:43.819 --> 00:31:44.759 we get 00:31:44.759 --> 00:31:45.119 done, 00:31:45.539 --> 00:31:46.200 we pray, 00:31:46.519 --> 00:31:47.220 we leave, 00:31:47.279 --> 00:31:47.639 we drive 00:31:47.639 --> 00:31:48.000 down the 00:31:48.000 --> 00:31:48.359 road, 00:31:49.359 --> 00:31:50.480 we make a 00:31:50.480 --> 00:31:51.039 bad choice 00:31:51.039 --> 00:31:51.339 on the 00:31:51.339 --> 00:31:51.599 road, 00:31:52.079 --> 00:31:52.579 we say 00:31:52.579 --> 00:31:52.980 something we 00:31:52.980 --> 00:31:53.259 shouldn't 00:31:53.259 --> 00:31:53.599 have said, 00:31:54.500 --> 00:31:56.019 we struggle, 00:31:56.460 --> 00:31:57.000 we have 00:31:57.000 --> 00:31:58.460 difficulties here 00:31:58.460 --> 00:31:58.859 on earth, 00:31:59.259 --> 00:32:00.139 because sin 00:32:00.139 --> 00:32:01.099 still is in 00:32:01.099 --> 00:32:01.539 us. 00:32:02.420 --> 00:32:03.019 But here on 00:32:03.019 --> 00:32:03.359 earth, 00:32:03.519 --> 00:32:04.379 we have the 00:32:04.379 --> 00:32:05.599 power of 00:32:05.599 --> 00:32:06.019 Christ through 00:32:06.019 --> 00:32:06.259 the Holy 00:32:06.259 --> 00:32:06.779 Spirit in 00:32:06.779 --> 00:32:08.599 us to 00:32:08.599 --> 00:32:09.359 pursue holiness, 00:32:09.839 --> 00:32:11.379 to strive to 00:32:11.380 --> 00:32:11.740 be holy, 00:32:12.080 --> 00:32:12.800 to prepare 00:32:12.800 --> 00:32:13.600 our minds, 00:32:14.420 --> 00:32:14.820 to be 00:32:14.820 --> 00:32:15.580 sober-minded 00:32:15.580 --> 00:32:18.120 with God 00:32:18.120 --> 00:32:19.260 in us, 00:32:19.280 --> 00:32:19.640 and we can 00:32:19.640 --> 00:32:20.300 live in 00:32:20.300 --> 00:32:20.980 His power. 00:32:21.940 --> 00:32:22.360 So verse 00:32:22.360 --> 00:32:24.800 13 starts 00:32:24.800 --> 00:32:25.500 with 00:32:25.500 --> 00:32:26.060 therefore. 00:32:27.940 --> 00:32:28.660 Therefore, 00:32:29.060 --> 00:32:29.640 preparing your 00:32:29.640 --> 00:32:30.140 minds for 00:32:30.140 --> 00:32:30.580 action. 00:32:31.920 --> 00:32:32.220 Now, 00:32:33.160 --> 00:32:33.460 this 00:32:33.460 --> 00:32:34.560 therefore is 00:32:34.560 --> 00:32:36.060 there for 00:32:36.060 --> 00:32:36.560 a reason. 00:32:36.900 --> 00:32:37.760 In light of 00:32:37.760 --> 00:32:38.120 what I've 00:32:38.120 --> 00:32:38.800 just said, 00:32:40.800 --> 00:32:41.280 prepare 00:32:41.279 --> 00:32:41.740 your minds 00:32:41.740 --> 00:32:42.240 for action. 00:32:42.720 --> 00:32:42.899 Well, 00:32:42.920 --> 00:32:43.160 what has 00:32:43.160 --> 00:32:43.519 He just 00:32:43.519 --> 00:32:43.839 said? 00:32:44.539 --> 00:32:44.839 Let's 00:32:44.839 --> 00:32:45.420 start reading 00:32:45.420 --> 00:32:46.519 in 1 Peter 00:32:46.519 --> 00:32:47.240 chapter 1, 00:32:47.519 --> 00:32:48.319 verse 3. 00:32:49.420 --> 00:32:50.160 Blessed be 00:32:50.160 --> 00:32:50.579 the God 00:32:50.579 --> 00:32:51.059 and Father 00:32:51.059 --> 00:32:51.399 of our 00:32:51.399 --> 00:32:51.899 Lord Jesus 00:32:51.899 --> 00:32:52.420 Christ. 00:32:53.039 --> 00:32:53.420 According 00:32:53.420 --> 00:32:53.960 to His 00:32:53.960 --> 00:32:55.279 great mercy, 00:32:55.819 --> 00:32:56.339 He has 00:32:56.339 --> 00:32:56.980 caused us 00:32:56.980 --> 00:32:57.220 to be 00:32:57.220 --> 00:32:57.720 born again 00:32:57.720 --> 00:32:58.039 to a 00:32:58.039 --> 00:32:58.660 living hope 00:32:58.660 --> 00:32:59.279 to the 00:32:59.279 --> 00:32:59.759 resurrection 00:32:59.759 --> 00:33:00.220 of Jesus 00:33:00.220 --> 00:33:00.819 Christ from 00:33:00.819 --> 00:33:01.180 the dead, 00:33:01.579 --> 00:33:02.059 to an 00:33:02.059 --> 00:33:02.559 inheritance 00:33:02.559 --> 00:33:03.519 that is 00:33:03.519 --> 00:33:04.299 imperishable, 00:33:04.859 --> 00:33:05.440 undefiled, 00:33:05.619 --> 00:33:06.339 and unfading, 00:33:06.559 --> 00:33:06.960 kept in 00:33:06.960 --> 00:33:07.399 heaven for 00:33:07.399 --> 00:33:07.660 you, 00:33:08.160 --> 00:33:08.460 who by 00:33:08.460 --> 00:33:08.839 God's 00:33:08.839 --> 00:33:09.399 power are 00:33:09.399 --> 00:33:10.000 being guarded 00:33:10.000 --> 00:33:10.700 through faith 00:33:10.700 --> 00:33:11.080 for a 00:33:11.080 --> 00:33:11.660 salvation 00:33:11.660 --> 00:33:12.620 ready to 00:33:12.620 --> 00:33:13.200 be revealed 00:33:13.200 --> 00:33:13.559 in the 00:33:13.559 --> 00:33:14.220 last time. 00:33:15.140 --> 00:33:15.759 In this 00:33:15.759 --> 00:33:16.940 you rejoice, 00:33:17.220 --> 00:33:17.819 though now 00:33:17.819 --> 00:33:18.299 for a little 00:33:18.299 --> 00:33:18.680 while, 00:33:18.779 --> 00:33:19.580 if necessary, 00:33:19.980 --> 00:33:20.279 you have 00:33:20.279 --> 00:33:21.000 been grieved 00:33:21.000 --> 00:33:21.740 by various 00:33:21.740 --> 00:33:22.220 trials, 00:33:22.660 --> 00:33:23.319 so that the 00:33:23.319 --> 00:33:24.420 tested genuineness 00:33:24.420 --> 00:33:24.740 of your 00:33:24.740 --> 00:33:25.200 faith, 00:33:25.539 --> 00:33:26.240 more precious 00:33:26.240 --> 00:33:26.840 than gold 00:33:26.840 --> 00:33:27.600 that perishes, 00:33:28.100 --> 00:33:28.740 though it is 00:33:28.740 --> 00:33:29.539 tested by fire, 00:33:29.600 --> 00:33:30.120 may be found 00:33:30.120 --> 00:33:30.880 to result in 00:33:30.880 --> 00:33:32.000 praise and 00:33:32.000 --> 00:33:32.920 glory and 00:33:32.920 --> 00:33:33.960 honor at the 00:33:33.960 --> 00:33:34.640 revelation of 00:33:34.640 --> 00:33:35.380 Jesus Christ. 00:33:36.340 --> 00:33:37.080 Though you have 00:33:37.080 --> 00:33:37.779 not seen Him, 00:33:37.819 --> 00:33:38.380 you love Him. 00:33:38.779 --> 00:33:39.240 Though you do 00:33:39.240 --> 00:33:39.960 not now see 00:33:39.960 --> 00:33:40.099 Him, 00:33:40.140 --> 00:33:40.559 you believe 00:33:40.559 --> 00:33:40.859 in Him 00:33:40.859 --> 00:33:41.440 and rejoice 00:33:41.440 --> 00:33:42.039 with joy 00:33:42.039 --> 00:33:42.359 that is 00:33:42.359 --> 00:33:43.140 inexpressible 00:33:43.140 --> 00:33:43.759 and filled 00:33:43.759 --> 00:33:44.680 with glory, 00:33:45.220 --> 00:33:45.839 obtaining the 00:33:45.839 --> 00:33:46.299 outcome of 00:33:46.299 --> 00:33:46.839 your faith, 00:33:47.220 --> 00:33:47.940 the salvation 00:33:47.940 --> 00:33:49.019 of your 00:33:49.019 --> 00:33:49.480 souls. 00:33:50.900 --> 00:33:52.019 This salvation 00:33:52.019 --> 00:33:52.859 is through 00:33:52.859 --> 00:33:53.279 who? 00:33:53.660 --> 00:33:54.660 Jesus Christ. 00:33:55.200 --> 00:33:55.839 Blessed be the 00:33:55.839 --> 00:33:56.339 God and Father 00:33:56.339 --> 00:33:56.720 of our Lord 00:33:56.720 --> 00:33:57.460 Jesus Christ. 00:33:57.579 --> 00:33:58.220 To His great 00:33:58.220 --> 00:33:58.599 mercy, 00:33:59.099 --> 00:33:59.799 He has 00:33:59.799 --> 00:34:00.519 caused us 00:34:00.519 --> 00:34:00.940 to be born 00:34:00.940 --> 00:34:01.519 again to a 00:34:01.519 --> 00:34:02.000 living hope. 00:34:03.019 --> 00:34:03.579 It is God 00:34:03.579 --> 00:34:04.240 in us, 00:34:04.539 --> 00:34:05.200 through us, 00:34:05.819 --> 00:34:06.240 that we are 00:34:06.240 --> 00:34:07.500 able to pursue 00:34:07.500 --> 00:34:07.940 holiness, 00:34:08.239 --> 00:34:08.619 that we are 00:34:08.619 --> 00:34:09.099 able to do 00:34:09.099 --> 00:34:09.940 any of these 00:34:09.940 --> 00:34:10.480 things, 00:34:11.639 --> 00:34:11.920 that we are 00:34:11.920 --> 00:34:12.980 able to repent 00:34:12.980 --> 00:34:14.480 and confess 00:34:14.480 --> 00:34:17.320 and believe. 00:34:18.679 --> 00:34:19.639 It is by 00:34:19.639 --> 00:34:20.480 God's power, 00:34:20.679 --> 00:34:21.420 by this great 00:34:21.420 --> 00:34:22.460 salvation that we 00:34:22.460 --> 00:34:22.900 have, 00:34:23.300 --> 00:34:23.980 that the Holy 00:34:23.980 --> 00:34:24.719 Spirit in us, 00:34:24.780 --> 00:34:26.280 Jesus in us, 00:34:26.920 --> 00:34:27.340 that we can 00:34:27.340 --> 00:34:28.099 admit that God 00:34:28.099 --> 00:34:28.800 has called us 00:34:28.800 --> 00:34:29.659 out of darkness. 00:34:30.139 --> 00:34:31.019 We can admit it 00:34:31.019 --> 00:34:32.559 that God has 00:34:32.559 --> 00:34:33.719 called us out 00:34:33.719 --> 00:34:34.159 of darkness 00:34:34.159 --> 00:34:35.619 and into light. 00:34:35.619 --> 00:34:36.579 that we were 00:34:36.579 --> 00:34:37.500 enemies of God 00:34:37.500 --> 00:34:38.159 and now we 00:34:38.159 --> 00:34:39.400 are children 00:34:39.400 --> 00:34:40.380 of God. 00:34:40.579 --> 00:34:41.219 We have to 00:34:41.219 --> 00:34:42.500 admit that we 00:34:42.500 --> 00:34:43.000 are children 00:34:43.000 --> 00:34:43.599 of God, 00:34:43.859 --> 00:34:44.259 that He has 00:34:44.259 --> 00:34:44.900 changed the 00:34:44.900 --> 00:34:45.819 heart in us, 00:34:46.319 --> 00:34:47.500 made us sons 00:34:47.500 --> 00:34:48.079 and daughters 00:34:48.079 --> 00:34:48.659 of the King 00:34:48.659 --> 00:34:50.119 through Jesus 00:34:50.119 --> 00:34:50.699 Christ. 00:34:51.859 --> 00:34:52.859 We can place 00:34:52.859 --> 00:34:54.400 our hope in 00:34:54.400 --> 00:34:55.059 God and our 00:34:55.059 --> 00:34:56.539 future and His 00:34:56.539 --> 00:34:57.380 future plan, 00:34:58.659 --> 00:34:59.880 not our own. 00:35:00.739 --> 00:35:01.199 Some of you 00:35:01.199 --> 00:35:01.699 are college 00:35:01.699 --> 00:35:02.420 students in here 00:35:02.420 --> 00:35:02.839 and you have 00:35:02.839 --> 00:35:03.759 your ideas of 00:35:03.759 --> 00:35:04.239 what you're 00:35:04.239 --> 00:35:04.759 going to do 00:35:04.760 --> 00:35:05.740 and where 00:35:05.740 --> 00:35:06.060 you're going 00:35:06.060 --> 00:35:06.460 to go. 00:35:08.060 --> 00:35:08.960 You have no 00:35:08.960 --> 00:35:09.440 idea where 00:35:09.440 --> 00:35:09.680 you're going 00:35:09.680 --> 00:35:09.980 to go. 00:35:10.440 --> 00:35:10.940 You think 00:35:10.940 --> 00:35:11.380 you know. 00:35:12.080 --> 00:35:12.400 William, 00:35:12.460 --> 00:35:12.980 you can relate 00:35:12.980 --> 00:35:13.460 to this. 00:35:13.720 --> 00:35:14.200 You think 00:35:14.200 --> 00:35:14.480 you know 00:35:14.480 --> 00:35:14.780 where you're 00:35:14.780 --> 00:35:15.140 going. 00:35:16.520 --> 00:35:16.940 You really 00:35:16.940 --> 00:35:18.400 don't. 00:35:18.720 --> 00:35:19.140 But God 00:35:19.140 --> 00:35:19.520 does. 00:35:20.200 --> 00:35:20.980 God knows 00:35:20.980 --> 00:35:22.100 what you're 00:35:22.100 --> 00:35:22.520 going to 00:35:22.520 --> 00:35:22.960 encounter. 00:35:23.160 --> 00:35:23.920 God knows 00:35:23.920 --> 00:35:25.080 what struggles 00:35:25.080 --> 00:35:25.440 you're going 00:35:25.440 --> 00:35:25.900 to face. 00:35:26.020 --> 00:35:26.840 God knows 00:35:26.840 --> 00:35:28.720 what joys 00:35:28.720 --> 00:35:29.040 you're going 00:35:29.040 --> 00:35:29.420 to have. 00:35:29.520 --> 00:35:30.280 God knows 00:35:30.280 --> 00:35:32.480 what will 00:35:32.480 --> 00:35:34.680 become of 00:35:34.680 --> 00:35:34.940 you in 00:35:34.940 --> 00:35:35.380 your life. 00:35:35.940 --> 00:35:36.260 And that's 00:35:36.260 --> 00:35:36.600 okay. 00:35:36.860 --> 00:35:37.480 That's good. 00:35:38.420 --> 00:35:38.720 We can 00:35:38.720 --> 00:35:40.000 settle. 00:35:40.160 --> 00:35:40.400 We can 00:35:40.400 --> 00:35:41.560 be comforted 00:35:41.560 --> 00:35:41.940 in that. 00:35:45.140 --> 00:35:45.740 We can 00:35:45.740 --> 00:35:46.340 place our 00:35:46.340 --> 00:35:47.080 hope in 00:35:47.080 --> 00:35:47.440 God. 00:35:48.900 --> 00:35:49.280 And then 00:35:49.280 --> 00:35:49.660 finally, 00:35:49.800 --> 00:35:50.519 we can prepare 00:35:50.519 --> 00:35:51.260 our minds 00:35:51.260 --> 00:35:51.940 for action. 00:35:53.080 --> 00:35:53.740 We can be 00:35:53.740 --> 00:35:54.360 sober-minded. 00:35:54.480 --> 00:35:55.200 We can make 00:35:55.200 --> 00:35:56.580 right judgments. 00:35:56.860 --> 00:35:58.740 We can be 00:35:58.739 --> 00:35:59.239 in the right 00:35:59.239 --> 00:36:00.879 place in 00:36:00.879 --> 00:36:01.500 our minds 00:36:01.500 --> 00:36:02.599 to make 00:36:02.599 --> 00:36:03.319 good decisions, 00:36:03.779 --> 00:36:04.419 to pursue 00:36:04.419 --> 00:36:04.939 holiness, 00:36:05.439 --> 00:36:06.079 not be 00:36:06.079 --> 00:36:06.919 intoxicated 00:36:06.919 --> 00:36:07.379 by this 00:36:07.379 --> 00:36:07.719 world, 00:36:07.819 --> 00:36:08.279 not be 00:36:08.279 --> 00:36:09.519 wooed 00:36:09.519 --> 00:36:10.719 by what 00:36:10.719 --> 00:36:11.099 this world 00:36:11.099 --> 00:36:11.459 has to 00:36:11.459 --> 00:36:11.839 offer. 00:36:14.379 --> 00:36:15.899 A lot 00:36:15.899 --> 00:36:16.139 of this 00:36:16.139 --> 00:36:16.699 stuff here 00:36:16.699 --> 00:36:16.979 in this 00:36:16.979 --> 00:36:17.399 world is 00:36:17.399 --> 00:36:18.039 not bad. 00:36:18.159 --> 00:36:18.399 God 00:36:18.399 --> 00:36:19.199 created it. 00:36:20.139 --> 00:36:20.459 But the 00:36:20.459 --> 00:36:21.159 problem is 00:36:21.159 --> 00:36:22.319 what intoxicated 00:36:22.319 --> 00:36:24.159 us is when 00:36:24.159 --> 00:36:25.319 we think 00:36:25.319 --> 00:36:25.699 we need 00:36:25.699 --> 00:36:26.159 that over 00:36:26.159 --> 00:36:26.479 God. 00:36:26.899 --> 00:36:27.439 When we 00:36:27.439 --> 00:36:28.019 pursue 00:36:28.019 --> 00:36:28.519 that. 00:36:28.739 --> 00:36:29.619 over 00:36:29.619 --> 00:36:30.459 God. 00:36:31.219 --> 00:36:31.719 That's not 00:36:31.719 --> 00:36:32.000 holiness. 00:36:32.239 --> 00:36:32.759 That's sin. 00:36:34.519 --> 00:36:35.339 Little change. 00:36:36.219 --> 00:36:36.759 Change in 00:36:36.759 --> 00:36:37.239 our thinking. 00:36:37.579 --> 00:36:38.059 Our want 00:36:38.059 --> 00:36:38.779 to's change. 00:36:38.939 --> 00:36:39.500 Our desires 00:36:39.500 --> 00:36:40.099 and passions 00:36:40.099 --> 00:36:41.179 change because 00:36:41.179 --> 00:36:41.699 God has 00:36:41.699 --> 00:36:43.000 acted in 00:36:43.000 --> 00:36:43.239 us. 00:36:43.819 --> 00:36:44.299 So I 00:36:44.299 --> 00:36:45.819 pray for 00:36:45.819 --> 00:36:46.379 all of us 00:36:46.379 --> 00:36:46.739 in here that 00:36:46.739 --> 00:36:47.039 we would 00:36:47.039 --> 00:36:47.759 pursue holiness 00:36:47.759 --> 00:36:49.259 so that when 00:36:49.259 --> 00:36:49.879 we read 00:36:49.879 --> 00:36:50.659 Leviticus 00:36:50.659 --> 00:36:51.019 through our 00:36:51.019 --> 00:36:51.619 Bible reading 00:36:51.619 --> 00:36:52.579 plan or 00:36:52.579 --> 00:36:54.019 we read 00:36:54.019 --> 00:36:56.119 numbers or 00:36:56.119 --> 00:36:56.559 we read 00:36:56.559 --> 00:36:57.599 another hard 00:36:57.599 --> 00:36:58.179 book that 00:36:58.179 --> 00:36:59.359 gives us 00:36:59.359 --> 00:36:59.679 a bunch 00:36:59.679 --> 00:37:00.500 of laws 00:37:00.500 --> 00:37:01.940 shows what 00:37:01.940 --> 00:37:02.659 he required 00:37:02.659 --> 00:37:03.079 of Israel 00:37:03.079 --> 00:37:03.500 we read 00:37:03.500 --> 00:37:03.739 it and 00:37:03.739 --> 00:37:05.319 say yes 00:37:05.319 --> 00:37:06.779 God has 00:37:06.779 --> 00:37:07.199 made us 00:37:07.199 --> 00:37:08.059 holy as 00:37:08.059 --> 00:37:08.319 he is 00:37:08.319 --> 00:37:08.599 setting 00:37:08.599 --> 00:37:09.159 Israel 00:37:09.159 --> 00:37:09.739 apart in 00:37:09.739 --> 00:37:10.039 the Old 00:37:10.039 --> 00:37:10.440 Testament. 00:37:10.440 --> 00:37:11.039 He has 00:37:11.039 --> 00:37:11.539 set us 00:37:11.539 --> 00:37:12.579 apart and 00:37:12.579 --> 00:37:13.159 we celebrate 00:37:13.159 --> 00:37:13.519 in that and 00:37:13.519 --> 00:37:14.219 we pursue 00:37:14.219 --> 00:37:16.099 holiness. 00:37:16.659 --> 00:37:18.000 We desire 00:37:18.000 --> 00:37:18.460 holiness. 00:37:19.460 --> 00:37:20.480 We acknowledge 00:37:20.480 --> 00:37:21.199 and admit that 00:37:21.199 --> 00:37:22.059 we are his 00:37:22.059 --> 00:37:23.919 children and 00:37:23.919 --> 00:37:24.219 he has 00:37:24.219 --> 00:37:24.599 called us 00:37:24.599 --> 00:37:25.199 from darkness 00:37:25.199 --> 00:37:26.119 and delight. 00:37:26.480 --> 00:37:26.819 Let's pray 00:37:26.819 --> 00:37:27.099 together. 00:37:27.099 --> 00:37:26.819 Let's pray 00:37:26.819 --> 00:37:27.119 together.