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 So we are going to be in Matthew chapter 16.

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 It's going to be a lesson on priorities.

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 We'll start in verse 21.

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 It says,

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 Then said Jesus unto his disciples,

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 So our discussion today is going to be about priorities

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 and how it's an integral part of your everyday life.

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 Jesus set an example of placing the will of God first and foremost in his life.

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 And in this lesson, we'll see how his forceful rebuke of Peter's seemingly well-meaning attempt

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 to get him off track from his duty to God and fallen mankind.

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 So by the end of today, we should know a couple things.

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 First, we should understand that God has a fundamental purpose for every person's life.

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 Next, we should realize that self-denial is a requirement of following God's purpose.

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 And then lastly, we should choose to place God's will as the ultimate first priority in our own lives.

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 So you've probably heard it said before that to get things done, you need to organize, deputize, and supervise.

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 And while that's true, there's another word that should be included, and that's prioritize.

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 It's always important to get things done, but it's even more important to get them done in the right order.

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 In my classroom, I have printed off on big, bold letters.

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 I had to be kind of sneaky about it because it's a Bible verse, so I didn't include the reference.

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 But, so that's me being sneaky.

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 And it just says, we will do everything decently and in order.

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 And it's something I've been really pushing on my class because with eighth graders or, you know, how organized is a middle school classroom.

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 So, that's something that we say almost like a mantra every day.

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 We will do everything decently and in order.

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 What's most astounding to me about the moment in Peter's life that we're about to learn from,

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 which would include a sharp rebuke from the Lord, is that it came right after one of the boldest declarations from Peter,

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 saying, thou art the Christ, the son of the living God.

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 And, of course, Peter knew that Jesus was important, but evidently Peter still had more to learn.

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 The education of a disciple is never quite finished.

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 So, in this passage, we learn that to live by the best priorities requires denying ourselves as we seek to do God's will for our lives.

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 In John 4.34, it says,

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 Jesus saith unto them, my meat is to do the will of him that sent me and to finish his work,

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 telling them that even above the earthly need for food, the first priority is to complete God's will.

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 So, we see here, first, a devotion to duty.

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 In all aspects of life, Jesus is the paramount example for every believer.

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 The central theme of all that he did on earth was simply this, that he came to fulfill the will of his Father.

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 Even on the night before his crucifixion, we see him praying that exact thing, not my will, but thine be done.

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 At the age of 12, Jesus had told Mary and Joseph and Luke, and he said unto them,

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 How is it that you sought me? Wist ye not that I must be about my Father's business?

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 And he kept this priority in its proper place throughout his entire life here on earth.

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 In John 17.4, it says,

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 I have glorified thee on earth. I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.

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 So, we see that Jesus had to go.

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 In Matthew and Mark, Jesus taught his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem,

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 that he must suffer, and he must be rejected, and that he will die.

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 And we know that every detail, and we know that all the details of the excruciating path that laid before him.

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 Luke chapter 9, verse 51 actually adds a detail.

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 It says,

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 It came to pass, when the time was come that he should be received up,

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 he steadfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem.

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 This was literally his sacred duty,

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 and he walked towards it with, as the Bible says, a steadfast determination.

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 So, Christians must understand there are times when Christ calls us to go places

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 where we might have to go suffer or pay a price for our faith.

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 Though our human reaction is to look for an easy way out.

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 And we think of Jonah. You know, God told him to go to Nineveh.

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 And instead of going to Nineveh, where did he go?

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 Tarshish.

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 So, we must instead be willing to do the Lord's will, no matter what.

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 In the Christian life, there will be times of hardship and suffering.

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 Jesus actually promised that.

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 You know, there's lots of promises in the Bible.

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 People like to skip over that one quite a bit.

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 John chapter 16, verse 33 says,

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 Patriarchs, prophets, and apostles all went through times of intense hardship.

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 Severe and even deadly persecution carried on through the days of the early church,

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 the dark ages, through all the different reformations that were happening,

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 and into many countries even today.

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 You know, I think of what's happening in Nigeria over these last couple months,

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 where there's been really a mass, and there's no other way to describe it,

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 so forgive me for being a little crass,

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 but slaughter of Christians in their home and in their churches.

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 And for a while, it was so bad that if you got on Google Images,

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 and you just went over where churches were located in Nigeria,

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 where you could see the dirt stained red from the blood of believers

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 that were just slaughtered in the middle of their church services.

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 Because terrorist groups, mainly Islamic terrorist groups,

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 refused to allow them to worship the Lord.

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 However, in 2 Timothy chapter 3, verse 12,

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 it says,

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 Today, Christ is looking for faithful soldiers of the cross

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 who will go where he wants them to go.

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 When we follow the Lord's commands, we please our Savior.

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 Paul describes this in 2 Timothy chapter 2, verses 3 and 4,

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 writing to Timothy there,

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 He's telling them it's not going to get any easier.

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 The more you serve the Lord,

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 the more people are going to oppose you.

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 He says,

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 No man that woreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life,

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 that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.

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 This type of soldier will receive the ultimate praise of,

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 Well done, thou good and faithful servant.

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 You know, this year marks 25 years since September 11th.

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 Over 400 firefighters and law enforcement officers

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 died trying to save others in the World Trade Center in New York City.

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 The vast majority were not there in normal courses of their day

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 or responding to a crisis in the immediate call to duty.

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 Well, the Twin Towers inhabitants were fleeing.

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 These heroes were running past them into the burning building,

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 doing everything they could to save as many lives as possible,

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 carrying all of the rescue equipment that they could handle

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 as they ran up the stairs while others were rushing down.

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 They could not have explained why they didn't stop to think about it.

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 It was simply their job,

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 and they did it with full acceptance of the risks.

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 You know, following the Lord in the United States,

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 we kind of have it pretty good.

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 You know, we don't experience the things like they are in Nigeria

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 or other parts of the world.

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 But undoubtedly, you know, that time will come,

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 so we need to be prepared for it.

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 So, real quick, turn over to 1 Peter 4,

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 and we're going to see what it means to suffer for Christ's sake.

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 You know, the Bible talks a lot about suffering,

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 and Peter, you know, writing this

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 after he's experienced so much and learned so much from the Lord,

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 it's easy as you read through the Gospels

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 and then read Peter's own writings,

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 you can almost hear the growth that he had

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 from being, you know, quick to speak, slow to understand,

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 probably a little arrogant.

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 And when you read the two books that he wrote,

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 1 to 2 Peter,

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 you find someone who is really thoughtful,

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 slow to speak, understand.

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 He's lived some life, and it's pretty evident.

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 Starting in verse 12 in chapter 4,

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 the rest of this chapter,

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 it's kind of divided into two parts.

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 So, starting in verse 12,

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 and going down all the way through verse 19,

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 we're not going to read all of it,

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 but this is Peter's discussion here

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 about the Christian and suffering.

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 It says,

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 Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial,

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 which is to try you,

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 though as some strange thing happened to you.

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 But rejoice,

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 inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's suffering,

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 that when his glory shall be revealed,

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 ye may be glad with exceeding joy.

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 If ye be reproached for the name of Christ,

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 happy are ye,

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 for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you.

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 On their part,

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 he is evil spoken of,

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 but on your part,

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 he is glorified.

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 Now, he continues here,

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 because he has a contrast between suffering for Christ's sake,

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 which, that's a good thing.

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 We can glory in that.

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 And then he has a quick note in here,

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 one sentence,

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 where he talks about,

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 there is another kind of suffering,

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 because you want to be a dum-dum,

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 you don't glory in that kind of suffering.

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 It says,

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 But let none of you suffer as a murderer,

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 or as a thief,

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 or as an evildoer,

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 or as a busybody in other man's matters.

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 Yet, if any man suffer as a Christian,

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 let him not be ashamed,

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 but let him glorify God on this behalf.

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 So, you know,

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 there's a lot of times

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 when we give the devil

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 a little too much credit

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 for what's going on.

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 You know, we can,

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 in our own arrogance,

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 think we're doing what we're supposed to be doing,

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 and then suffer because of that,

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 when it was never part of God's plan.

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 And then we get all spiritual,

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 and you know,

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 we come to church,

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 well, you know,

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 it's been hard,

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 but we're praying through it.

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 Well, it probably wouldn't be hard

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 if you just listened to God in the first place.

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 So, don't give the devil more credit

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 than he's due.

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 Suffering for Christ's sake

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 is a good thing,

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 but suffering because

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 we want to do something stupid

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 is not anything to glory of.

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 So next we see

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 that Jesus had to die.

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 Throughout time,

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 God has required death

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 in order for there to be a life,

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 in order for there to be life.

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 Since Genesis chapter 3,

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 we saw God slay an innocent animal

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 to provide covering for Adam and Eve.

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 blood has always been

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 the only way of salvation.

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 We saw it in the,

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 when the Israelites

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 were going to leave Egypt,

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 you know,

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 for the Passover,

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 they had to slay an animal

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 and put blood on the doorposts.

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 In Hebrews chapter 9,

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 verse 22,

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 it says,

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 and almost all things

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 are by the law

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 purged with blood,

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 and without the shedding of blood

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 is no remission.

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 Jesus' mission on earth

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 was to die

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 and shed his pure,

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 innocent blood

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 for the sin of mankind.

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 Had he refused,

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 we couldn't be forgiven

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 of our sins

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 and we would die

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 without hope.

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 We see in Romans chapter 5,

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 but God commendeth his love

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 toward us

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 in that while

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 we were yet sinners,

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 Christ died for us.

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 Much more than being now

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 justified by his blood,

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 we shall be saved

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 from wrath through him.

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 For if,

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 when we were enemies,

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 we were reconciled to God

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 by the death of his son,

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 much more being reconciled,

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 we shall be saved

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 by his life.

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 Now,

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 it's a hard thing to remember,

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 especially,

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 you know,

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 it's easy

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 to care for someone

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 when it's easy

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 to care for someone.

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 When you hear on the news

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 about these people,

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 like the Lindsay Clancy trial,

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 you know,

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 it makes me so,

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 mad

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 to see people

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 celebrating what happened.

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 But we still got to remember,

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 Jesus died even for those people.

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 And that he loves them

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 just as much as he loves us

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 sitting here in a church service.

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 The people blaspheming

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 God on the street corner,

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 God still loves them

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 and he still died for them.

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 So that's something

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 we got to remember.

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 That

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 they don't hate us,

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 they hate God,

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 but God loves them

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 and we still need to share

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 the love of Christ with them.

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 Whether or not they accept it

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 is up to them.

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 That's not our job

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 to make them believe,

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 but it's our job

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 to tell them.

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 John chapter 12,

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 verses 23 and 24,

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 And Jesus answered them saying,

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 The hour has come

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 and the Son of Man

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 should be glorified.

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 Verily, verily,

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 I say unto you,

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 except a corn of wheat

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 fall to the ground and die,

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 it abideth alone.

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 But if it die,

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 it bringeth forth

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 much fruit.

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 Christ knew there could be

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 no salvation

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 without sacrifice.

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 In his song,

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 Ten Thousand Angels,

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 Ray Overholt

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 was scripturally correct

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 when he wrote that

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 Christ could have called

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 ten thousand angels

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 to free him,

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 but instead willingly went

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 to the cross

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 to suffer death.

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 See that in Matthew

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 chapter 26,

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 verses 53 and 54.

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 Thinkest thou that I cannot

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 now pray to my Father

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 and he shall presently give me

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 more than twelve legions

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 of angels?

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 But how then

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 shall the scripture

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 be fulfilled

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 that thus it must be?

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 Christ lived and died

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 fulfilling scripture.

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 This was one reason

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 he had to go to the cross.

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 You know,

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 Peter made a mistake

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 that the Pharisees made

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 just about every single time

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 they would talk to Jesus.

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 You know,

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 the Pharisees weren't dumb.

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 They were very smart people.

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 And if we got into

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 a biblical debate

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 just based on like

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 biblical knowledge,

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 they would probably smoke us

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 because they had

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 almost the entire

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 New Testament memorized.

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 Now,

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 did they apply it correctly?

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 No.

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 But if we had a sword

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 drill competition,

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 boom,

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 they'd have it right there.

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 And Jesus asked them

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 multiple questions

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 and it was usually

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 the same question.

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 So I need some volunteers here.

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 Let's see,

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 one,

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 two,

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 three.

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 I need four volunteers

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 to read a couple verses

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 if you get anyone.

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 Okay,

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 you're going to have

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 Matthew,

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 be ready

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 because I'm going

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 to yell at you.

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 Matthew 12,

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 three.

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 I need another one.

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 Okay,

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 Matthew 12,

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 five.

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 Matthew 19,

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 four.

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 So I went in

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 Joe,

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 Matthew 22,

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 31.

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 So the mistake

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 that Peter made

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 is that he knew

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 the Old Testament.

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 He knew,

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 you know,

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 every Jew being brought up,

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 it was tradition

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 that they would learn

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 these things

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 at a very young age.

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 So he knew

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 what the Old Testament said,

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 but yet,

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 he still

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 didn't apply it

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 properly.

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 So,

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 when he was talking

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 with Jesus,

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 saying,

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 Jesus,

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 come on,

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 you're not going

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 to die.

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 Well,

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 Jesus told him

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 multiple times,

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 yeah,

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 I am,

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 but Peter just

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 right over his head,

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 I guess.

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 So,

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 first,

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 we're going to hear,

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 and be ready

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 because I'm going

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 to yell at you,

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 Matthew 12,

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 three.

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 Okay,

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 stop,

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 stop,

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 stop,

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 stop,

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 stop,

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 sit down,

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 sit down.

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 Matthew 12,

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 five.

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 Stop,

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 stop,

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 stop,

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 sit down.

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 Matthew 19,

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 four.

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 Stop,

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 sit down.

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 You know what's coming,

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 Joe.

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 Matthew 22,

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 31.

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 I haven't even done

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 anything yet.

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 Matthew 22,

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 31.

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 Stop,

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 stop,

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 stop,

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 okay,

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 no,

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 I'm just kidding.

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 All right,

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 stop,

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 sit down.

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 What's the phrase,

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 everyone?

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 Have ye not read?

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 It wasn't a secret.

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 Jesus didn't sneak up

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 on the disciples

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 and be,

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 surprise,

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 I'm going to die.

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 Turn to Isaiah chapter 53.

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 I think you have it

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 in your handout.

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 Jesus can be seen

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 on every page

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 of the Old Testament,

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 but one of the most

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 vivid passages

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 depicting him

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 is in Isaiah chapter 53,

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 years and years

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 and years

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 before the cross.

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 The prophet Isaiah

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 wrote of this

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 Lamb of God

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 who would take away

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 our sins.

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 Now,

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 Peter knew

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 that Jesus was the Christ,

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 so he should have known

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 that this was talking

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 about Jesus.

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 Starting in verse 4,

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 surely he hath borne

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 our griefs

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 and carried our sorrows.

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 Yet,

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 we did esteem him

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 stricken,

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 smitten of God

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 and afflicted.

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 But he was wounded

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 for our transgressions,

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 he was bruised

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 for our iniquities,

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 the chastisement

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 of our peace

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 was upon him.

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 And with his stripes

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 we are healed.

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 All we like sheep

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 have gone astray,

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 we have turned

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 everyone to his own way,

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 and the Lord

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 hath laid on him

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 the iniquity

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 of us all.

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 He was oppressed

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 and he was afflicted,

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 yet he opened

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 not his mouth.

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 He is brought

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 as a lamb

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 to the slaughter

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 and a sheep

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 before her shearers

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 is dumb,

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 so he opened

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 not his mouth.

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 He was taken

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 from prison

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 and from judgment

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 and who shall

00:18:00.620 --> 00:18:01.559
 declare his generations?

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 For he was cut off

00:18:02.539 --> 00:18:03.079
 out of the land

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 of the living,

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 for the transgression

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 of my people

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 was he stricken.

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 And he made his grave

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 with the wicked

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 and with the rich

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 in his death

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 because he hath done

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 no violence.

00:18:13.740 --> 00:18:14.840
 Neither was any deceit

00:18:14.840 --> 00:18:15.380
 in his mouth,

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 yet it pleased

00:18:16.340 --> 00:18:17.120
 the Lord

00:18:17.120 --> 00:18:18.720
 to bruise him.

00:18:19.920 --> 00:18:20.700
 He hath put him

00:18:20.700 --> 00:18:21.299
 to grief

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 when thou shalt

00:18:22.220 --> 00:18:22.920
 make his soul

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 an offering for sin.

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 He shall see

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 his seed,

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 he shall prolong

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 his days,

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 and the pleasure

00:18:28.120 --> 00:18:28.660
 of the Lord

00:18:28.660 --> 00:18:29.500
 shall prosper

00:18:29.500 --> 00:18:30.680
 in his hands.

00:18:31.460 --> 00:18:32.440
 Jesus was the one

00:18:32.440 --> 00:18:33.519
 depicted in this passage

00:18:33.519 --> 00:18:34.660
 and he fulfilled

00:18:34.660 --> 00:18:35.360
 this prophecy

00:18:35.360 --> 00:18:36.759
 when he was crucified.

00:18:37.559 --> 00:18:38.200
 So Peter,

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 have ye not read?

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 And we make

00:18:40.500 --> 00:18:41.240
 the same mistake.

00:18:42.160 --> 00:18:42.440
 You know,

00:18:42.500 --> 00:18:44.360
 we can over-spiritualize

00:18:44.360 --> 00:18:44.920
 some issues,

00:18:45.120 --> 00:18:45.380
 praying,

00:18:45.500 --> 00:18:45.940
 asking God

00:18:45.940 --> 00:18:46.320
 if we're supposed

00:18:46.320 --> 00:18:46.820
 to do something

00:18:46.820 --> 00:18:47.420
 that we probably

00:18:47.420 --> 00:18:48.060
 know we should

00:18:48.060 --> 00:18:48.900
 or asking God

00:18:48.900 --> 00:18:49.340
 if we shouldn't

00:18:49.340 --> 00:18:49.720
 do something

00:18:49.720 --> 00:18:50.279
 that we know

00:18:50.279 --> 00:18:51.019
 we shouldn't.

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 And God is in heaven

00:18:53.620 --> 00:18:54.100
 saying,

00:18:54.220 --> 00:18:55.100
 have ye not read?

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 He gave you the answer.

00:18:57.120 --> 00:18:57.779
 The Lord was committed

00:18:57.779 --> 00:18:58.779
 to fulfilling his duty

00:18:58.779 --> 00:18:59.720
 to die on the cross,

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 but Satan was determined

00:19:01.039 --> 00:19:03.380
 to use any opportunity

00:19:03.380 --> 00:19:03.980
 he could

00:19:03.980 --> 00:19:05.539
 to deter the Lord

00:19:05.539 --> 00:19:06.060
 from going.

00:19:06.059 --> 00:19:07.720
 So we see

00:19:07.720 --> 00:19:08.480
 a distraction

00:19:08.480 --> 00:19:09.700
 from duty.

00:19:10.899 --> 00:19:11.460
 Satan will use

00:19:11.460 --> 00:19:12.539
 anything to dissuade

00:19:12.539 --> 00:19:13.200
 and distract us

00:19:13.200 --> 00:19:13.960
 from what we ought

00:19:13.960 --> 00:19:14.480
 to do.

00:19:14.839 --> 00:19:15.819
 If he can't get us

00:19:15.819 --> 00:19:16.599
 to go against God

00:19:16.599 --> 00:19:17.000
 totally,

00:19:17.440 --> 00:19:17.899
 he'll settle

00:19:17.899 --> 00:19:18.659
 for just getting us

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 off track

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 a little bit.

00:19:20.539 --> 00:19:20.720
 You know,

00:19:20.799 --> 00:19:24.099
 when a pilot

00:19:24.099 --> 00:19:24.819
 is flying,

00:19:25.599 --> 00:19:25.919
 they have to be

00:19:25.919 --> 00:19:26.559
 very intentional

00:19:26.559 --> 00:19:28.019
 on flying a specific path

00:19:28.019 --> 00:19:29.679
 because if they start off

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 even a few degrees

00:19:30.899 --> 00:19:31.399
 from where they're

00:19:31.399 --> 00:19:32.099
 intended to go,

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 by the time they reach

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 the end of their destination,

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 they're going to be

00:19:34.599 --> 00:19:35.919
 hundreds of miles

00:19:35.919 --> 00:19:36.799
 off the mark.

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 So Satan's goal

00:19:38.879 --> 00:19:39.500
 isn't necessarily

00:19:39.500 --> 00:19:40.000
 to make,

00:19:40.319 --> 00:19:40.500
 you know,

00:19:40.579 --> 00:19:41.259
 Christians stumble

00:19:41.259 --> 00:19:42.959
 into some overt sin

00:19:42.959 --> 00:19:44.799
 to, you know,

00:19:44.879 --> 00:19:45.699
 decry from the cause

00:19:45.699 --> 00:19:46.179
 of Christ,

00:19:46.339 --> 00:19:47.079
 but if he can just

00:19:47.079 --> 00:19:47.839
 get you distracted

00:19:47.839 --> 00:19:48.519
 a little bit,

00:19:49.559 --> 00:19:51.240
 time will do its thing

00:19:51.240 --> 00:19:52.699
 and by the end goal,

00:19:52.859 --> 00:19:53.259
 you're going to be

00:19:53.259 --> 00:19:55.000
 way off of your mark.

00:19:56.539 --> 00:19:57.459
 So sometimes

00:19:57.459 --> 00:19:58.379
 the distractions

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 are obvious

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 and easier to combat.

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 Other times

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 they're subtle

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 and sometimes

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 those distractions

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 can even come

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 from people

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 who are close

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 to us

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 or even genuinely

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 love us.

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 In his classic

00:20:09.420 --> 00:20:10.240
 devotional work,

00:20:10.539 --> 00:20:11.900
 My Upmost for His Highest,

00:20:12.279 --> 00:20:13.100
 Oswald Chambers

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 said the greatest enemy

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 of the life of faith

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 in God

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 is not sin,

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 but the good

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 which is not good enough.

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 The good

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 is always

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 the enemy

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 of the best.

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 Having discernment

00:20:26.660 --> 00:20:27.660
 in a Christian life

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 is not

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 to discern

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 between what is good

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 and what is bad.

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 That's easy.

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 Even little kids

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 know right from wrong.

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 Discernment

00:20:38.660 --> 00:20:39.559
 in the Christian life

00:20:39.559 --> 00:20:40.599
 is trying to figure out

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 what is good

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 and what is best.

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 The devil may not

00:20:45.660 --> 00:20:46.460
 try to ensnare us

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 with some major sin.

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 If he can just

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 distract us

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 from the Lord's will

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 for our life,

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 he has succeeded.

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 The scripture

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 makes clear

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 importance of

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 staying on course

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 in our own lives.

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 See this in Proverbs

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 chapter 4

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 verses 20-27.

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 My son,

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 attend to my words

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 and climb thy ear

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 into my sayings.

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 Let them not depart

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 from thine eyes.

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 Keep them in the midst

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 of thine heart.

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 For they are life

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 unto those that find them

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 and health

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 to all their flesh.

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 Keep thy heart

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 with all diligence

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 for out of it

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 are the issues of life.

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 Put away from thee

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 a froward mouth

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 and perverse lips

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 put far from thee.

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 Let thine eyes

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 look right on

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 and let thine eyelids

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 look straight before thee.

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 Ponder the path

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 of thy feet.

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 Let all thy ways

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 be established.

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 Turn not to the right hand

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 nor to the left.

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 Remove thy foot

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 from evil.

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 As Jesus prepared

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 to fulfill

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 the Father's will

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 at the cross,

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 the devil tried

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 to distract him

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 by using one

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 of his closest friends.

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 So we see Peter

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 gave a rebuke.

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 When the Lord

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 told his disciples

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 of the events

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 in the near future,

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 Peter couldn't

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 stay silent.

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 He said,

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 Be far from thee,

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 Lord.

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 He instead

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 or he insisted,

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 this shall not

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 be unto thee.

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 It's astounding

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 to think of Peter

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 trying to look God

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 in the face

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 and saying,

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 no, you're wrong

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 on this one.

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 We know what's up,

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 but no,

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 you're not doing

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 that one.

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 He meant well

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 and he truly

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 loved Jesus

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 and felt distressed

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 to hear Jesus

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 say that he would

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 be crucified.

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 And it's kind of strange.

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 Hadn't Peter

00:22:17.259 --> 00:22:17.900
 just confessed

00:22:17.900 --> 00:22:18.319
 that Jesus

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 was the Christ?

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 But when Jesus

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 told his disciples

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 directly of the events

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 that are about

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 to happen,

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 Peter became indignant

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 at the prospect

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 of losing his

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 dearest friend

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 and he refused

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 to let it happen.

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 Come what may,

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 at this time,

00:22:35.180 --> 00:22:35.680
 Peter attempted

00:22:35.680 --> 00:22:36.460
 to distract the Lord

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 from the direction

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 he needed to go.

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 The Strong's definition

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 of the word here

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 used in Matthew,

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 translated rebuke,

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 is to tax

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 with fault,

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 rate,

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 chide,

00:22:48.680 --> 00:22:49.140
 rebuke,

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 or reprove.

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 When addressing

00:22:52.359 --> 00:22:53.039
 the Lord himself,

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 this would seem

00:22:53.680 --> 00:22:54.779
 to be outright disrespect,

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 but we have seen

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 and will see again

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 Peter frequently spoke

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 before he thought.

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 Often in our human wisdom,

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 we think we know

00:23:03.579 --> 00:23:04.419
 better than the Lord,

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 while we might not

00:23:05.279 --> 00:23:05.879
 say it out loud,

00:23:05.940 --> 00:23:06.879
 our attitudes and actions

00:23:06.879 --> 00:23:07.659
 can betray us.

00:23:08.180 --> 00:23:08.940
 We know that Christ

00:23:08.940 --> 00:23:09.440
 has said,

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 we know what Christ

00:23:10.559 --> 00:23:10.879
 has said,

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 but somehow we're going

00:23:11.799 --> 00:23:12.799
 to justify

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 going in our own direction.

00:23:15.579 --> 00:23:15.720
 You know,

00:23:15.720 --> 00:23:16.639
 a popular piece today

00:23:16.639 --> 00:23:18.039
 is just follow your heart.

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 You know,

00:23:18.920 --> 00:23:20.139
 the heart wants

00:23:20.139 --> 00:23:21.099
 what it wants.

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 That's the dumbest thing

00:23:23.319 --> 00:23:24.119
 I've ever heard in my life,

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 and I tell my students

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 that all the time.

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 Like, that's stupid.

00:23:26.279 --> 00:23:27.379
 That's a stupid thing to say.

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 This, however,

00:23:29.079 --> 00:23:30.039
 being a bad idea,

00:23:31.059 --> 00:23:31.659
 Christians know

00:23:31.659 --> 00:23:32.579
 that we're to follow God

00:23:32.579 --> 00:23:34.779
 because our heart's feelings

00:23:34.779 --> 00:23:36.000
 can deceive us.

00:23:36.879 --> 00:23:37.839
 Feelings change

00:23:37.839 --> 00:23:38.599
 all the time.

00:23:39.559 --> 00:23:39.799
 You know,

00:23:39.879 --> 00:23:41.019
 that's why our salvation

00:23:41.019 --> 00:23:41.740
 is not grounded

00:23:41.740 --> 00:23:42.799
 in how we feel.

00:23:43.399 --> 00:23:44.440
 A very common

00:23:44.440 --> 00:23:46.659
 issue,

00:23:46.660 --> 00:23:48.019
 typically with younger children

00:23:48.019 --> 00:23:48.519
 or someone who hasn't

00:23:48.519 --> 00:23:49.360
 been saved a long time

00:23:49.360 --> 00:23:50.019
 when doubts come

00:23:50.019 --> 00:23:50.960
 if they were truly saved,

00:23:51.220 --> 00:23:52.040
 you'll hear the phrase,

00:23:52.160 --> 00:23:52.259
 well,

00:23:52.320 --> 00:23:55.060
 I just don't feel saved.

00:23:56.300 --> 00:23:56.500
 Well,

00:23:56.519 --> 00:23:57.240
 the problem there

00:23:57.240 --> 00:23:57.800
 is you're trusting

00:23:57.800 --> 00:23:58.759
 in your feelings

00:23:58.759 --> 00:23:59.880
 rather than what Jesus

00:23:59.880 --> 00:24:00.660
 did on the cross.

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 Here's a little

00:24:02.660 --> 00:24:05.200
 bit of wisdom for you.

00:24:05.759 --> 00:24:06.519
 Salvation has nothing

00:24:06.519 --> 00:24:07.120
 to do with you

00:24:07.120 --> 00:24:11.000
 because if it were about you,

00:24:11.340 --> 00:24:12.060
 you wouldn't be able

00:24:12.060 --> 00:24:12.560
 to keep it.

00:24:13.200 --> 00:24:14.220
 So if you're trusting

00:24:14.220 --> 00:24:15.279
 in anything else

00:24:15.279 --> 00:24:16.019
 but then what Jesus

00:24:16.019 --> 00:24:16.819
 did on the cross,

00:24:16.960 --> 00:24:18.119
 you're going to have doubts

00:24:18.119 --> 00:24:18.759
 and you're going

00:24:18.759 --> 00:24:19.240
 to struggle

00:24:19.240 --> 00:24:20.500
 and Satan's going

00:24:20.500 --> 00:24:20.660
 to be able

00:24:20.660 --> 00:24:21.460
 to throw you off track.

00:24:22.559 --> 00:24:23.940
 Only what Jesus did

00:24:23.940 --> 00:24:25.139
 is what matters.

00:24:25.579 --> 00:24:26.440
 So something that,

00:24:27.500 --> 00:24:27.779
 you know,

00:24:27.899 --> 00:24:28.559
 at camp,

00:24:29.039 --> 00:24:29.240
 you know,

00:24:29.259 --> 00:24:29.759
 we deal with kids,

00:24:29.859 --> 00:24:30.039
 well,

00:24:30.119 --> 00:24:30.759
 I just didn't say

00:24:30.759 --> 00:24:31.440
 the right things.

00:24:32.740 --> 00:24:33.079
 Okay?

00:24:33.259 --> 00:24:34.759
 What are the right things?

00:24:35.839 --> 00:24:36.599
 What does it mean

00:24:36.599 --> 00:24:37.779
 to pray the right prayer?

00:24:38.119 --> 00:24:38.980
 What does God look at?

00:24:39.019 --> 00:24:39.720
 The outward appearance

00:24:39.720 --> 00:24:40.519
 or the inward appearance?

00:24:40.980 --> 00:24:41.920
 He looks at your heart.

00:24:43.319 --> 00:24:43.440
 Well,

00:24:43.460 --> 00:24:44.579
 here's just a practical question.

00:24:44.579 --> 00:24:45.559
 What if someone can't talk?

00:24:47.240 --> 00:24:48.119
 How are they going to pray?

00:24:49.220 --> 00:24:50.299
 God looks at the heart.

00:24:52.059 --> 00:24:52.899
 Jeremiah 19,

00:24:53.099 --> 00:24:55.240
 chapter 7,

00:24:55.319 --> 00:24:55.779
 verse 9,

00:24:55.859 --> 00:24:56.720
 the heart is deceitful

00:24:56.720 --> 00:24:57.639
 above all things

00:24:57.639 --> 00:24:58.960
 and desperately wicked.

00:24:59.500 --> 00:25:00.299
 Who can know it?

00:25:01.299 --> 00:25:02.179
 Proverbs chapter 3,

00:25:02.259 --> 00:25:03.179
 verses 5 through 7,

00:25:03.279 --> 00:25:03.839
 trust in the Lord

00:25:03.839 --> 00:25:04.619
 with all thine heart

00:25:04.619 --> 00:25:05.500
 and lean not

00:25:05.500 --> 00:25:06.359
 on thine own understanding

00:25:06.359 --> 00:25:07.439
 and all thy ways

00:25:07.439 --> 00:25:08.079
 acknowledge him

00:25:08.079 --> 00:25:08.960
 and he shall direct

00:25:08.960 --> 00:25:09.779
 thy paths.

00:25:10.240 --> 00:25:10.779
 Be not wise

00:25:10.779 --> 00:25:11.500
 in thine own eyes,

00:25:11.659 --> 00:25:12.259
 fear the Lord

00:25:12.259 --> 00:25:13.639
 and depart from evil.

00:25:14.579 --> 00:25:15.500
 Throughout the Bible,

00:25:15.639 --> 00:25:16.199
 many have argued

00:25:16.199 --> 00:25:16.679
 to the Lord,

00:25:17.240 --> 00:25:18.279
 this is not the way

00:25:18.279 --> 00:25:18.859
 it's going to be.

00:25:19.539 --> 00:25:22.259
 They've always found out differently.

00:25:22.500 --> 00:25:23.339
 Cain brought an offering

00:25:23.339 --> 00:25:24.919
 representing his own works.

00:25:25.000 --> 00:25:26.039
 The Lord would not accept it.

00:25:26.379 --> 00:25:27.539
 Saul attempted to kill David,

00:25:27.639 --> 00:25:28.919
 his God-chosen successor.

00:25:29.599 --> 00:25:30.079
 In the end,

00:25:30.159 --> 00:25:31.019
 Saul was killed in battle

00:25:31.019 --> 00:25:32.220
 and David became king anyway.

00:25:32.839 --> 00:25:33.079
 Later,

00:25:33.199 --> 00:25:33.799
 David's son,

00:25:33.960 --> 00:25:34.379
 Absalom,

00:25:34.519 --> 00:25:35.299
 tried to take the kingdom

00:25:35.299 --> 00:25:36.139
 from his father

00:25:36.139 --> 00:25:36.659
 but failed.

00:25:37.599 --> 00:25:38.980
 Jeremiah wanted to quit preaching

00:25:38.980 --> 00:25:40.000
 but the Lord

00:25:40.000 --> 00:25:40.819
 wasn't finished yet.

00:25:40.819 --> 00:25:42.139
 Jonah tried to flee

00:25:42.139 --> 00:25:43.059
 from the presence of the Lord

00:25:43.059 --> 00:25:43.740
 but found himself

00:25:43.740 --> 00:25:44.659
 in the belly of a fish.

00:25:45.519 --> 00:25:46.039
 Now Peter

00:25:46.039 --> 00:25:47.399
 would find

00:25:47.399 --> 00:25:49.019
 the exact same thing

00:25:49.019 --> 00:25:50.240
 happening to him.

00:25:50.779 --> 00:25:51.659
 So now we see

00:25:51.659 --> 00:25:52.139
 Peter

00:25:52.139 --> 00:25:53.339
 getting a rebuke.

00:25:54.720 --> 00:25:56.059
 As the rest of the disciples

00:25:56.059 --> 00:25:56.720
 looked on,

00:25:57.319 --> 00:25:58.839
 Christ rebuked Peter.

00:25:59.119 --> 00:25:59.919
 Get thee behind me,

00:25:59.980 --> 00:26:00.179
 Satan.

00:26:00.740 --> 00:26:01.559
 Jesus told one of his

00:26:01.559 --> 00:26:02.579
 closest friends and disciples.

00:26:02.740 --> 00:26:02.980
 Now,

00:26:03.439 --> 00:26:04.639
 let's use some

00:26:04.639 --> 00:26:06.059
 divine imagination here.

00:26:06.980 --> 00:26:07.639
 How many of you,

00:26:08.279 --> 00:26:09.039
 when you were younger,

00:26:09.659 --> 00:26:10.419
 ever had

00:26:10.419 --> 00:26:11.539
 your parent

00:26:11.539 --> 00:26:12.079
 or guardian

00:26:12.079 --> 00:26:13.519
 call you

00:26:13.519 --> 00:26:14.419
 by your full

00:26:14.419 --> 00:26:15.480
 legal name?

00:26:16.720 --> 00:26:16.960
 Okay.

00:26:17.740 --> 00:26:18.819
 Now when that happens,

00:26:18.899 --> 00:26:19.759
 especially if you have siblings,

00:26:20.339 --> 00:26:21.159
 it's like the air

00:26:21.159 --> 00:26:22.240
 gets sucked out of the room

00:26:22.240 --> 00:26:23.440
 because you know

00:26:23.440 --> 00:26:26.079
 you're in trouble.

00:26:26.819 --> 00:26:27.599
 Sometimes I'll

00:26:27.599 --> 00:26:28.440
 memorize my students'

00:26:28.579 --> 00:26:29.000
 middle names

00:26:29.000 --> 00:26:29.839
 so when they're acting out

00:26:29.839 --> 00:26:30.599
 I can call them

00:26:30.599 --> 00:26:31.480
 their full legal name

00:26:31.480 --> 00:26:32.299
 in the middle of class

00:26:32.299 --> 00:26:33.480
 and undoubtedly

00:26:33.480 --> 00:26:34.099
 it's like

00:26:34.099 --> 00:26:35.619
 an instant mood change.

00:26:35.619 --> 00:26:36.639
 Everyone goes

00:26:36.639 --> 00:26:37.399
 completely silent.

00:26:37.939 --> 00:26:38.959
 So you can probably imagine

00:26:38.959 --> 00:26:40.000
 the other 11 disciples

00:26:40.000 --> 00:26:40.659
 standing there

00:26:40.659 --> 00:26:41.419
 as Jesus says,

00:26:41.979 --> 00:26:42.599
 get behind me,

00:26:42.679 --> 00:26:42.879
 Satan.

00:26:43.339 --> 00:26:44.059
 It probably went

00:26:44.059 --> 00:26:44.979
 dead silent.

00:26:45.679 --> 00:26:46.359
 And you can probably

00:26:46.359 --> 00:26:47.899
 imagine John

00:26:47.899 --> 00:26:48.759
 elbowing one of the

00:26:48.759 --> 00:26:49.219
 other disciples

00:26:49.219 --> 00:26:49.519
 like,

00:26:49.659 --> 00:26:50.959
 look at Peter now.

00:26:51.639 --> 00:26:52.839
 He really messed up.

00:26:54.579 --> 00:26:55.139
 So,

00:26:55.899 --> 00:26:56.759
 you can imagine

00:26:56.759 --> 00:26:57.699
 how much

00:26:57.699 --> 00:26:58.639
 this probably stung

00:26:58.639 --> 00:26:59.099
 for Peter.

00:27:00.219 --> 00:27:00.939
 What a way

00:27:00.939 --> 00:27:01.739
 to show gratitude,

00:27:02.179 --> 00:27:02.939
 Peter must have thought.

00:27:03.459 --> 00:27:04.339
 After all,

00:27:04.339 --> 00:27:05.379
 he had only spoken

00:27:05.379 --> 00:27:05.859
 out of love

00:27:05.859 --> 00:27:06.339
 and concern.

00:27:07.379 --> 00:27:08.220
 Or had he?

00:27:08.859 --> 00:27:09.519
 Think about it.

00:27:09.720 --> 00:27:10.439
 If we truly

00:27:10.439 --> 00:27:11.459
 love someone,

00:27:11.859 --> 00:27:12.599
 then we would want

00:27:12.599 --> 00:27:13.539
 exactly what

00:27:13.539 --> 00:27:14.480
 God wants

00:27:14.480 --> 00:27:15.399
 for that person.

00:27:15.740 --> 00:27:16.679
 Even if we don't

00:27:16.679 --> 00:27:17.359
 understand it.

00:27:18.059 --> 00:27:18.659
 Nothing more,

00:27:18.759 --> 00:27:19.359
 nothing less.

00:27:20.259 --> 00:27:21.179
 As we said before,

00:27:21.319 --> 00:27:21.859
 Satan's desire

00:27:21.859 --> 00:27:22.359
 is to get

00:27:22.359 --> 00:27:23.220
 God's people

00:27:23.220 --> 00:27:24.119
 off track.

00:27:24.339 --> 00:27:25.599
 Even if only

00:27:25.599 --> 00:27:26.779
 slightly.

00:27:28.079 --> 00:27:29.039
 Look back real quick

00:27:29.039 --> 00:27:30.000
 in 1 Peter

00:27:30.000 --> 00:27:31.420
 chapter 5

00:27:31.420 --> 00:27:33.460
 and then look

00:27:33.460 --> 00:27:34.079
 down in

00:27:34.079 --> 00:27:35.159
 verse 8.

00:27:37.399 --> 00:27:38.019
 1 Peter

00:27:38.019 --> 00:27:38.460
 chapter 5.

00:27:38.500 --> 00:27:38.899
 This one isn't

00:27:38.899 --> 00:27:39.399
 in your handout.

00:27:40.019 --> 00:27:40.639
 Peter is writing

00:27:40.639 --> 00:27:40.980
 here.

00:27:41.899 --> 00:27:42.460
 He's giving a

00:27:42.460 --> 00:27:42.779
 warning.

00:27:43.920 --> 00:27:44.119
 He says,

00:27:44.200 --> 00:27:44.659
 Be sober,

00:27:44.799 --> 00:27:45.319
 be vigilant,

00:27:45.559 --> 00:27:46.000
 because your

00:27:46.000 --> 00:27:46.819
 adversary of the

00:27:46.819 --> 00:27:47.059
 devil,

00:27:47.159 --> 00:27:47.659
 as a roaring

00:27:47.659 --> 00:27:48.039
 lion,

00:27:48.200 --> 00:27:49.119
 walketh about

00:27:49.119 --> 00:27:50.059
 seeking whom

00:27:50.059 --> 00:27:51.399
 he may

00:27:51.399 --> 00:27:52.359
 devour.

00:27:53.559 --> 00:27:54.180
 And a couple

00:27:54.180 --> 00:27:54.659
 years ago,

00:27:54.740 --> 00:27:55.259
 I was listening

00:27:55.259 --> 00:27:56.359
 to a preacher

00:27:56.359 --> 00:27:56.819
 who was going

00:27:56.819 --> 00:27:57.379
 through this verse

00:27:57.380 --> 00:27:57.780
 and he pointed

00:27:57.780 --> 00:27:58.140
 out something

00:27:58.140 --> 00:27:58.500
 that I never

00:27:58.500 --> 00:27:59.100
 really noticed

00:27:59.100 --> 00:27:59.520
 before.

00:28:00.560 --> 00:28:00.980
 The second

00:28:00.980 --> 00:28:01.820
 to last word

00:28:01.820 --> 00:28:02.980
 in this verse

00:28:02.980 --> 00:28:03.420
 is the word

00:28:03.420 --> 00:28:03.820
 may.

00:28:04.520 --> 00:28:05.060
 Some Bible

00:28:05.060 --> 00:28:05.640
 translations

00:28:05.640 --> 00:28:06.180
 incorrectly

00:28:06.180 --> 00:28:07.140
 translated to

00:28:07.140 --> 00:28:07.600
 can,

00:28:07.960 --> 00:28:08.220
 but it was

00:28:08.220 --> 00:28:08.980
 very intentional,

00:28:09.600 --> 00:28:10.000
 God was very

00:28:10.000 --> 00:28:10.820
 intentional using

00:28:10.820 --> 00:28:11.580
 this terminology,

00:28:12.220 --> 00:28:12.820
 because this is

00:28:12.820 --> 00:28:13.400
 a word for

00:28:13.400 --> 00:28:13.940
 permission.

00:28:14.880 --> 00:28:15.360
 Walketh about

00:28:15.360 --> 00:28:15.900
 seeking whom

00:28:15.900 --> 00:28:16.800
 he may

00:28:16.800 --> 00:28:17.900
 devour.

00:28:18.660 --> 00:28:19.260
 When you're

00:28:19.260 --> 00:28:20.380
 saved and you

00:28:20.380 --> 00:28:20.780
 have the Holy

00:28:20.780 --> 00:28:21.140
 Spirit,

00:28:21.360 --> 00:28:22.180
 sin has no

00:28:22.180 --> 00:28:22.860
 more power

00:28:22.860 --> 00:28:23.460
 over you.

00:28:24.100 --> 00:28:25.300
 You only fall

00:28:25.300 --> 00:28:26.080
 when you're

00:28:26.080 --> 00:28:26.640
 drawn away of

00:28:26.640 --> 00:28:27.320
 your own lust

00:28:27.319 --> 00:28:28.419
 and entice.

00:28:28.480 --> 00:28:28.679
 That doesn't

00:28:28.679 --> 00:28:29.139
 mean Satan's

00:28:29.139 --> 00:28:29.379
 not going

00:28:29.379 --> 00:28:29.700
 to tempt

00:28:29.700 --> 00:28:29.899
 you.

00:28:30.079 --> 00:28:30.179
 Oh,

00:28:30.200 --> 00:28:30.700
 that's most

00:28:30.700 --> 00:28:31.139
 certainly going

00:28:31.139 --> 00:28:31.480
 to happen.

00:28:32.659 --> 00:28:33.200
 But we see

00:28:33.200 --> 00:28:34.980
 here a word

00:28:34.980 --> 00:28:35.819
 picture that

00:28:35.819 --> 00:28:36.980
 Peter's using

00:28:36.980 --> 00:28:38.539
 of the devil

00:28:38.539 --> 00:28:39.240
 as a lion.

00:28:40.159 --> 00:28:41.039
 And lions

00:28:41.039 --> 00:28:44.200
 hunt sneakily.

00:28:44.799 --> 00:28:45.480
 They don't

00:28:45.480 --> 00:28:46.220
 jump out

00:28:46.220 --> 00:28:47.240
 before they

00:28:47.240 --> 00:28:47.740
 have to.

00:28:48.500 --> 00:28:49.220
 They sit

00:28:49.220 --> 00:28:49.740
 and they

00:28:49.740 --> 00:28:50.799
 wait for

00:28:50.799 --> 00:28:52.439
 one elk,

00:28:52.619 --> 00:28:52.919
 gazelle,

00:28:53.000 --> 00:28:53.599
 whatever it is,

00:28:53.659 --> 00:28:53.960
 zebra,

00:28:54.500 --> 00:28:54.799
 to get

00:28:54.799 --> 00:28:55.480
 slightly off

00:28:55.480 --> 00:28:55.839
 track,

00:28:55.839 --> 00:28:57.099
 to wander

00:28:57.099 --> 00:28:58.379
 off because

00:28:58.379 --> 00:28:59.639
 now they've

00:28:59.639 --> 00:29:00.099
 just given

00:29:00.099 --> 00:29:00.619
 permission.

00:29:01.139 --> 00:29:01.659
 The lion

00:29:01.659 --> 00:29:02.240
 can hunt you

00:29:02.240 --> 00:29:02.459
 now.

00:29:03.000 --> 00:29:03.359
 If they're

00:29:03.359 --> 00:29:03.879
 in the pack,

00:29:03.939 --> 00:29:04.159
 if they're

00:29:04.159 --> 00:29:04.539
 following where

00:29:04.539 --> 00:29:04.959
 they're supposed

00:29:04.959 --> 00:29:05.419
 to go,

00:29:05.720 --> 00:29:06.379
 that lion's

00:29:06.379 --> 00:29:06.939
 not going to

00:29:06.939 --> 00:29:07.720
 go into the

00:29:07.720 --> 00:29:08.099
 middle of a

00:29:08.099 --> 00:29:09.079
 herd of a

00:29:09.079 --> 00:29:09.639
 bunch of wild

00:29:09.639 --> 00:29:10.659
 buffalo because

00:29:10.659 --> 00:29:11.119
 it's going to

00:29:11.119 --> 00:29:11.659
 get beat up

00:29:11.659 --> 00:29:12.199
 pretty bad.

00:29:12.679 --> 00:29:13.559
 But when one

00:29:13.559 --> 00:29:14.980
 goes slightly

00:29:14.980 --> 00:29:15.559
 off trail,

00:29:16.179 --> 00:29:16.579
 whether it's

00:29:16.579 --> 00:29:17.139
 distracted,

00:29:17.879 --> 00:29:18.279
 sick,

00:29:18.359 --> 00:29:19.059
 whatever it is,

00:29:19.539 --> 00:29:20.720
 that lion is

00:29:20.720 --> 00:29:21.399
 going to wait

00:29:21.399 --> 00:29:22.000
 and wait and

00:29:22.000 --> 00:29:23.279
 wait until it

00:29:23.279 --> 00:29:23.759
 now has the

00:29:23.759 --> 00:29:24.900
 opportunity to

00:29:24.900 --> 00:29:25.220
 pounce.

00:29:26.539 --> 00:29:27.500
 So the devil

00:29:27.500 --> 00:29:28.779
 isn't sitting

00:29:28.779 --> 00:29:29.299
 there with a

00:29:29.299 --> 00:29:29.680
 sign on the

00:29:29.680 --> 00:29:30.140
 street corner

00:29:30.140 --> 00:29:30.420
 saying,

00:29:30.599 --> 00:29:30.779
 come over

00:29:30.779 --> 00:29:31.099
 here and

00:29:31.099 --> 00:29:31.440
 sin.

00:29:32.160 --> 00:29:32.559
 He's just

00:29:32.559 --> 00:29:33.740
 sitting and

00:29:33.740 --> 00:29:34.819
 waiting and

00:29:34.819 --> 00:29:35.720
 waiting and

00:29:35.720 --> 00:29:36.640
 waiting until

00:29:36.640 --> 00:29:37.440
 you get slightly

00:29:37.440 --> 00:29:39.059
 off track to

00:29:39.059 --> 00:29:40.000
 now because

00:29:40.000 --> 00:29:40.599
 you've let some

00:29:40.599 --> 00:29:41.140
 sin in,

00:29:41.859 --> 00:29:42.559
 he now has

00:29:42.559 --> 00:29:43.200
 that permission

00:29:43.200 --> 00:29:44.319
 to devour.

00:29:44.740 --> 00:29:45.200
 And I can't

00:29:45.200 --> 00:29:45.680
 help but think

00:29:45.680 --> 00:29:46.180
 Peter had

00:29:46.180 --> 00:29:47.339
 learned from

00:29:47.339 --> 00:29:47.920
 the rebuke he

00:29:47.920 --> 00:29:48.299
 got from

00:29:48.299 --> 00:29:49.339
 Jesus of

00:29:49.339 --> 00:29:49.879
 trying to get

00:29:49.879 --> 00:29:50.379
 someone just

00:29:50.379 --> 00:29:51.480
 slightly off

00:29:51.480 --> 00:29:51.920
 track.

00:29:51.920 --> 00:29:53.779
 See,

00:29:53.840 --> 00:29:54.120
 if Jesus

00:29:54.120 --> 00:29:54.539
 had listened

00:29:54.539 --> 00:29:54.880
 to Peter,

00:29:54.960 --> 00:29:55.300
 he wouldn't

00:29:55.300 --> 00:29:55.580
 have gone

00:29:55.580 --> 00:29:56.100
 to Jerusalem

00:29:56.100 --> 00:29:56.519
 and died

00:29:56.519 --> 00:29:56.720
 on the

00:29:56.720 --> 00:29:57.120
 cross for

00:29:57.120 --> 00:29:57.700
 mankind's

00:29:57.700 --> 00:29:57.880
 sin.

00:29:58.720 --> 00:29:59.259
 Had Peter

00:29:59.259 --> 00:29:59.840
 succeeded in

00:29:59.840 --> 00:30:00.560
 preventing this,

00:30:01.000 --> 00:30:01.360
 Satan would

00:30:01.360 --> 00:30:01.779
 have had a

00:30:01.779 --> 00:30:02.960
 great triumph.

00:30:03.600 --> 00:30:03.980
 So in a

00:30:03.980 --> 00:30:04.460
 real sense,

00:30:04.519 --> 00:30:04.880
 whatever his

00:30:04.880 --> 00:30:05.720
 intentions were,

00:30:06.220 --> 00:30:07.180
 Peter was

00:30:07.180 --> 00:30:07.519
 doing the

00:30:07.519 --> 00:30:07.840
 work of

00:30:07.840 --> 00:30:08.080
 Satan.

00:30:09.380 --> 00:30:09.759
 Therefore,

00:30:09.920 --> 00:30:10.800
 he deserved

00:30:10.800 --> 00:30:11.680
 the strongest

00:30:11.680 --> 00:30:12.820
 rebuke the

00:30:12.820 --> 00:30:13.180
 Lord could

00:30:13.180 --> 00:30:13.500
 give.

00:30:14.519 --> 00:30:15.039
 Remember how

00:30:15.039 --> 00:30:15.600
 Jesus had

00:30:15.600 --> 00:30:16.880
 directly encountered

00:30:16.880 --> 00:30:17.840
 Satan previously

00:30:17.840 --> 00:30:19.320
 in Matthew 4

00:30:19.320 --> 00:30:19.980
 and Luke 4?

00:30:20.500 --> 00:30:20.960
 We have the

00:30:20.960 --> 00:30:21.519
 story of Christ's

00:30:21.519 --> 00:30:22.019
 temptation in

00:30:22.019 --> 00:30:22.379
 the wilderness.

00:30:23.119 --> 00:30:23.420
 And I'm not

00:30:23.420 --> 00:30:23.740
 going to get

00:30:23.740 --> 00:30:24.779
 all into that

00:30:24.779 --> 00:30:25.400
 too much,

00:30:25.500 --> 00:30:26.000
 as Ethan

00:30:26.000 --> 00:30:26.480
 spoke about

00:30:26.480 --> 00:30:26.740
 it this

00:30:26.740 --> 00:30:27.000
 morning.

00:30:27.920 --> 00:30:28.480
 But Satan

00:30:28.480 --> 00:30:29.119
 was tempted.

00:30:29.720 --> 00:30:30.099
 He went

00:30:30.099 --> 00:30:30.400
 through it,

00:30:30.440 --> 00:30:31.000
 and we have

00:30:31.000 --> 00:30:31.539
 an example

00:30:31.539 --> 00:30:32.400
 to follow.

00:30:34.079 --> 00:30:34.859
 So Jesus

00:30:34.859 --> 00:30:35.599
 understood it

00:30:35.599 --> 00:30:36.799
 as for what

00:30:36.799 --> 00:30:37.079
 it was,

00:30:37.119 --> 00:30:37.579
 the voice of

00:30:37.579 --> 00:30:37.819
 Satan,

00:30:38.119 --> 00:30:38.519
 when he heard

00:30:38.519 --> 00:30:38.980
 Peter say,

00:30:39.059 --> 00:30:39.460
 Be it far

00:30:39.460 --> 00:30:39.859
 from thee,

00:30:39.879 --> 00:30:40.059
 Lord,

00:30:40.119 --> 00:30:40.420
 this shall

00:30:40.420 --> 00:30:40.779
 not be

00:30:40.779 --> 00:30:41.160
 unto thee.

00:30:41.619 --> 00:30:42.220
 And immediately

00:30:42.220 --> 00:30:43.279
 he rebuked

00:30:43.279 --> 00:30:43.680
 his greatest

00:30:43.680 --> 00:30:44.019
 enemy,

00:30:44.160 --> 00:30:44.619
 who was using

00:30:44.619 --> 00:30:45.579
 perhaps his

00:30:45.579 --> 00:30:46.299
 closest friend.

00:30:48.119 --> 00:30:48.440
 Jesus'

00:30:48.660 --> 00:30:49.240
 rebuke went

00:30:49.240 --> 00:30:50.019
 even further,

00:30:50.359 --> 00:30:50.799
 piercing to

00:30:50.799 --> 00:30:51.119
 Peter's

00:30:51.119 --> 00:30:51.379
 heart.

00:30:52.460 --> 00:30:52.759
 Saying,

00:30:52.859 --> 00:30:53.160
 Thou art

00:30:53.160 --> 00:30:53.639
 an offense

00:30:53.639 --> 00:30:54.059
 unto me,

00:30:54.599 --> 00:30:54.900
 for thou

00:30:54.900 --> 00:30:55.740
 savorest not

00:30:55.740 --> 00:30:56.440
 the things

00:30:56.440 --> 00:30:56.859
 that be of

00:30:56.859 --> 00:30:57.200
 God,

00:30:57.379 --> 00:30:58.160
 but those

00:30:58.160 --> 00:30:58.859
 that be of

00:30:58.859 --> 00:30:59.139
 men.

00:31:00.740 --> 00:31:01.240
 The Webster's

00:31:01.240 --> 00:31:02.119
 1828 dictionary

00:31:02.119 --> 00:31:02.859
 definition for

00:31:02.859 --> 00:31:03.139
 the word

00:31:03.139 --> 00:31:05.299
 savor is

00:31:05.299 --> 00:31:06.119
 to like,

00:31:06.480 --> 00:31:07.099
 to delight

00:31:07.099 --> 00:31:07.440
 in,

00:31:07.799 --> 00:31:08.519
 or to favor.

00:31:09.240 --> 00:31:09.740
 In essence,

00:31:09.940 --> 00:31:10.599
 Jesus was telling

00:31:10.599 --> 00:31:11.160
 Peter that he

00:31:11.160 --> 00:31:12.220
 did not like

00:31:12.220 --> 00:31:12.940
 or delight

00:31:12.940 --> 00:31:13.879
 in the things

00:31:13.879 --> 00:31:14.319
 of God.

00:31:14.319 --> 00:31:14.359
 God.

00:31:16.079 --> 00:31:16.919
 How often

00:31:16.919 --> 00:31:17.419
 did Peter

00:31:17.419 --> 00:31:17.919
 remember those

00:31:17.919 --> 00:31:18.359
 words in the

00:31:18.359 --> 00:31:18.899
 coming years?

00:31:19.339 --> 00:31:19.759
 I think it's

00:31:19.759 --> 00:31:20.079
 evident,

00:31:20.220 --> 00:31:20.659
 as you study

00:31:20.659 --> 00:31:21.179
 throughout his

00:31:21.179 --> 00:31:21.500
 life,

00:31:21.579 --> 00:31:22.179
 not everything

00:31:22.179 --> 00:31:22.939
 he did is

00:31:22.939 --> 00:31:23.359
 recorded in

00:31:23.359 --> 00:31:23.599
 scripture,

00:31:23.779 --> 00:31:24.279
 but we have

00:31:24.279 --> 00:31:25.240
 some historical

00:31:25.240 --> 00:31:25.779
 evidence on

00:31:25.779 --> 00:31:26.159
 how he

00:31:26.159 --> 00:31:26.439
 lived.

00:31:28.099 --> 00:31:28.740
 He took

00:31:28.740 --> 00:31:29.000
 this to

00:31:29.000 --> 00:31:29.220
 heart.

00:31:31.879 --> 00:31:32.599
 James 4,

00:31:32.779 --> 00:31:33.419
 7 says,

00:31:33.659 --> 00:31:33.740
 Submit

00:31:33.740 --> 00:31:34.119
 yourselves

00:31:34.119 --> 00:31:34.599
 therefore to

00:31:34.599 --> 00:31:34.839
 God,

00:31:34.939 --> 00:31:35.399
 resist the

00:31:35.399 --> 00:31:35.639
 devil,

00:31:35.859 --> 00:31:36.179
 and he

00:31:36.179 --> 00:31:36.579
 will flee

00:31:36.579 --> 00:31:37.000
 from you.

00:31:38.000 --> 00:31:38.619
 Ephesians 4,

00:31:38.659 --> 00:31:39.039
 27,

00:31:39.159 --> 00:31:39.480
 neither give

00:31:39.480 --> 00:31:39.980
 place to the

00:31:39.980 --> 00:31:40.179
 devil.

00:31:40.180 --> 00:31:41.100
 No one

00:31:41.100 --> 00:31:41.779
 enjoys being

00:31:41.779 --> 00:31:42.680
 rebuked because

00:31:42.680 --> 00:31:43.200
 we're naturally

00:31:43.200 --> 00:31:43.960
 full of pride,

00:31:44.279 --> 00:31:44.740
 and we hate

00:31:44.740 --> 00:31:45.480
 to admit it,

00:31:46.120 --> 00:31:47.140
 especially when

00:31:47.140 --> 00:31:47.560
 we're wrong.

00:31:48.539 --> 00:31:48.940
 Yet the

00:31:48.940 --> 00:31:49.360
 word of God

00:31:49.360 --> 00:31:49.820
 teaches us

00:31:49.820 --> 00:31:50.060
 how to

00:31:50.060 --> 00:31:50.840
 respond and

00:31:50.840 --> 00:31:51.380
 how not

00:31:51.380 --> 00:31:52.140
 to respond

00:31:52.140 --> 00:31:52.740
 when we

00:31:52.740 --> 00:31:53.539
 are rebuked.

00:31:54.420 --> 00:31:54.740
 Proverbs

00:31:54.740 --> 00:31:55.299
 chapter 9,

00:31:55.340 --> 00:31:55.779
 verses 8 and

00:31:55.779 --> 00:31:56.120
 9 says,

00:31:56.220 --> 00:31:57.039
 Reprove not a

00:31:57.039 --> 00:31:57.440
 scorner,

00:31:57.880 --> 00:31:58.240
 lest he

00:31:58.240 --> 00:31:58.680
 hate thee.

00:31:59.680 --> 00:32:00.140
 Rebuke a

00:32:00.140 --> 00:32:00.700
 wise man,

00:32:01.160 --> 00:32:01.420
 and he

00:32:01.420 --> 00:32:01.779
 will love

00:32:01.779 --> 00:32:01.940
 thee.

00:32:02.700 --> 00:32:02.940
 Give

00:32:02.940 --> 00:32:03.360
 instructions

00:32:03.360 --> 00:32:03.720
 to a

00:32:03.720 --> 00:32:04.140
 wise man,

00:32:04.160 --> 00:32:04.380
 and he

00:32:04.380 --> 00:32:04.840
 will yet

00:32:04.840 --> 00:32:05.620
 be wiser.

00:32:06.200 --> 00:32:06.660
 Teach a

00:32:06.660 --> 00:32:07.100
 just man,

00:32:07.180 --> 00:32:07.340
 and he

00:32:07.340 --> 00:32:08.100
 will increase

00:32:08.100 --> 00:32:09.080
 in learning.

00:32:09.680 --> 00:32:09.900
 You know,

00:32:09.900 --> 00:32:10.720
 it's really,

00:32:10.880 --> 00:32:12.840
 really easy

00:32:12.840 --> 00:32:15.280
 to argue

00:32:15.280 --> 00:32:16.440
 with a

00:32:16.440 --> 00:32:17.120
 smart person.

00:32:18.080 --> 00:32:18.920
 Really easy.

00:32:19.500 --> 00:32:20.460
 It's impossible

00:32:20.460 --> 00:32:21.620
 to argue

00:32:21.620 --> 00:32:21.920
 with a

00:32:21.920 --> 00:32:22.440
 dumb person

00:32:22.440 --> 00:32:23.580
 because they

00:32:23.580 --> 00:32:25.140
 refuse to

00:32:25.140 --> 00:32:26.480
 change no

00:32:26.480 --> 00:32:27.060
 matter what.

00:32:28.900 --> 00:32:29.180
 You know,

00:32:29.240 --> 00:32:29.640
 one thing

00:32:29.640 --> 00:32:30.340
 that I tell

00:32:30.340 --> 00:32:30.860
 my students,

00:32:31.540 --> 00:32:32.060
 and this is

00:32:32.060 --> 00:32:34.280
 a little humorous,

00:32:34.380 --> 00:32:34.740
 but it's,

00:32:35.100 --> 00:32:35.380
 I mean,

00:32:35.400 --> 00:32:36.080
 it still works.

00:32:36.920 --> 00:32:37.120
 This is,

00:32:37.160 --> 00:32:37.840
 in my classroom,

00:32:38.320 --> 00:32:38.680
 don't be

00:32:38.680 --> 00:32:39.060
 gross or

00:32:39.060 --> 00:32:39.280
 weird.

00:32:39.279 --> 00:32:41.039
 You know,

00:32:41.200 --> 00:32:41.599
 Peter,

00:32:41.960 --> 00:32:42.359
 in his

00:32:42.359 --> 00:32:42.759
 writings,

00:32:42.960 --> 00:32:43.299
 they can

00:32:43.299 --> 00:32:43.579
 kind of

00:32:43.579 --> 00:32:44.299
 be summarized

00:32:44.299 --> 00:32:44.619
 in just a

00:32:44.619 --> 00:32:45.240
 couple words,

00:32:45.539 --> 00:32:45.839
 which is

00:32:45.839 --> 00:32:46.220
 basically,

00:32:46.379 --> 00:32:46.639
 don't be

00:32:46.639 --> 00:32:47.019
 dumb.

00:32:48.859 --> 00:32:49.119
 Okay?

00:32:49.240 --> 00:32:49.579
 It's pretty

00:32:49.579 --> 00:32:49.920
 easy to

00:32:49.920 --> 00:32:50.139
 live the

00:32:50.139 --> 00:32:50.339
 Christian

00:32:50.339 --> 00:32:50.819
 life if

00:32:50.819 --> 00:32:51.099
 you just

00:32:51.099 --> 00:32:51.839
 don't be

00:32:51.839 --> 00:32:52.180
 dumb.

00:32:54.319 --> 00:32:54.680
 And Peter

00:32:54.680 --> 00:32:55.099
 knew that

00:32:55.099 --> 00:32:55.500
 more than

00:32:55.500 --> 00:32:56.119
 anyone else

00:32:56.119 --> 00:32:56.920
 because he

00:32:56.920 --> 00:32:57.579
 was the

00:32:57.579 --> 00:32:58.339
 perfect example

00:32:58.339 --> 00:32:59.279
 of ignorance

00:32:59.279 --> 00:33:00.139
 and stupidity

00:33:00.139 --> 00:33:00.579
 at times.

00:33:00.579 --> 00:33:02.579
 God

00:33:02.579 --> 00:33:02.939
 So,

00:33:03.099 --> 00:33:03.759
 because Peter

00:33:03.759 --> 00:33:04.220
 accepted the

00:33:04.220 --> 00:33:04.460
 Lord's

00:33:04.460 --> 00:33:04.899
 rebuke

00:33:04.899 --> 00:33:05.539
 and maintained

00:33:05.539 --> 00:33:06.099
 his love

00:33:06.099 --> 00:33:06.500
 and loyalty

00:33:06.500 --> 00:33:06.859
 for the

00:33:06.859 --> 00:33:07.079
 Savior,

00:33:07.240 --> 00:33:07.439
 he went

00:33:07.439 --> 00:33:07.779
 on to be

00:33:07.779 --> 00:33:08.460
 powerfully

00:33:08.460 --> 00:33:09.259
 used of

00:33:09.259 --> 00:33:09.599
 the Holy

00:33:09.599 --> 00:33:10.079
 Spirit

00:33:10.079 --> 00:33:11.039
 at Pentecost

00:33:11.039 --> 00:33:11.319
 through that

00:33:11.319 --> 00:33:11.699
 in Acts

00:33:11.699 --> 00:33:12.399
 chapter 2,

00:33:13.199 --> 00:33:14.139
 where God,

00:33:14.299 --> 00:33:14.879
 working through

00:33:14.879 --> 00:33:15.220
 Peter,

00:33:15.659 --> 00:33:16.679
 brings thousands

00:33:16.679 --> 00:33:17.579
 of souls

00:33:17.579 --> 00:33:18.359
 to the

00:33:18.359 --> 00:33:19.039
 knowledge of

00:33:19.039 --> 00:33:19.480
 salvation.

00:33:21.379 --> 00:33:21.679
 And then

00:33:21.679 --> 00:33:21.859
 Peter,

00:33:21.980 --> 00:33:22.199
 of course,

00:33:22.259 --> 00:33:22.799
 as we know,

00:33:23.259 --> 00:33:23.919
 went to

00:33:23.919 --> 00:33:24.859
 write various

00:33:24.859 --> 00:33:25.319
 books of the

00:33:25.319 --> 00:33:25.559
 Bible.

00:33:26.720 --> 00:33:27.319
 So instead

00:33:27.319 --> 00:33:27.879
 of naturally

00:33:27.879 --> 00:33:28.399
 being filled

00:33:28.399 --> 00:33:28.919
 with pride

00:33:28.920 --> 00:33:29.200
 and were

00:33:29.200 --> 00:33:29.680
 rebuked,

00:33:29.779 --> 00:33:30.140
 we must

00:33:30.140 --> 00:33:30.600
 learn to

00:33:30.600 --> 00:33:31.200
 accept it

00:33:31.200 --> 00:33:31.820
 and grow

00:33:31.820 --> 00:33:32.320
 from it

00:33:32.320 --> 00:33:32.940
 as Peter

00:33:32.940 --> 00:33:33.220
 did.

00:33:33.779 --> 00:33:34.039
 In the

00:33:34.039 --> 00:33:34.259
 verses

00:33:34.259 --> 00:33:34.740
 immediately

00:33:34.740 --> 00:33:35.279
 following

00:33:35.279 --> 00:33:35.740
 Peter's

00:33:35.740 --> 00:33:36.180
 rebuke,

00:33:36.519 --> 00:33:36.900
 the Lord

00:33:36.900 --> 00:33:37.660
 reiterates

00:33:37.660 --> 00:33:38.279
 the necessity

00:33:38.279 --> 00:33:39.180
 of complete

00:33:39.180 --> 00:33:40.560
 self-denial

00:33:40.560 --> 00:33:42.779
 to follow

00:33:42.779 --> 00:33:43.080
 him.

00:33:43.860 --> 00:33:44.320
 So next

00:33:44.320 --> 00:33:44.600
 we see

00:33:44.600 --> 00:33:45.160
 a denial

00:33:45.160 --> 00:33:46.340
 for duty.

00:33:46.779 --> 00:33:47.060
 It's easy

00:33:47.060 --> 00:33:47.340
 to take

00:33:47.340 --> 00:33:47.680
 the path

00:33:47.680 --> 00:33:47.960
 of least

00:33:47.960 --> 00:33:48.440
 resistance,

00:33:49.279 --> 00:33:50.380
 giving in

00:33:50.380 --> 00:33:50.560
 to the

00:33:50.560 --> 00:33:50.860
 pressure

00:33:50.860 --> 00:33:51.320
 and requests

00:33:51.320 --> 00:33:51.519
 of the

00:33:51.519 --> 00:33:51.720
 world,

00:33:51.820 --> 00:33:52.259
 but often

00:33:52.259 --> 00:33:52.680
 a believer

00:33:52.680 --> 00:33:53.259
 must firmly

00:33:53.259 --> 00:33:54.640
 say no.

00:33:55.420 --> 00:33:55.860
 The Bible

00:33:55.860 --> 00:33:56.340
 is filled

00:33:56.340 --> 00:33:56.900
 with examples

00:33:56.900 --> 00:33:57.300
 of standing

00:33:57.300 --> 00:33:58.039
 firm against

00:33:58.039 --> 00:33:58.380
 the pull

00:33:58.380 --> 00:33:58.900
 of temptation.

00:33:59.740 --> 00:34:00.560
 The Christ

00:34:00.560 --> 00:34:01.060
 being our

00:34:01.060 --> 00:34:02.800
 best example.

00:34:02.940 --> 00:34:03.259
 We can also

00:34:03.259 --> 00:34:03.840
 see things

00:34:03.840 --> 00:34:04.220
 like in

00:34:04.220 --> 00:34:04.600
 Shadrach,

00:34:04.700 --> 00:34:05.000
 Meshach,

00:34:05.080 --> 00:34:05.460
 and Abednego

00:34:05.460 --> 00:34:06.400
 where they

00:34:06.400 --> 00:34:06.800
 were faced

00:34:06.800 --> 00:34:07.360
 directly with

00:34:07.360 --> 00:34:08.200
 death and

00:34:08.200 --> 00:34:08.700
 they refused

00:34:08.700 --> 00:34:09.340
 to compromise

00:34:09.340 --> 00:34:10.579
 on anything.

00:34:12.320 --> 00:34:12.659
 Standing

00:34:12.659 --> 00:34:13.180
 against the

00:34:13.180 --> 00:34:13.480
 world's

00:34:13.480 --> 00:34:13.960
 pressure is

00:34:13.960 --> 00:34:14.519
 not easy.

00:34:15.340 --> 00:34:15.659
 Only through

00:34:15.659 --> 00:34:16.059
 a close

00:34:16.059 --> 00:34:16.500
 relationship

00:34:16.500 --> 00:34:16.880
 with the

00:34:16.880 --> 00:34:17.639
 Lord do

00:34:17.639 --> 00:34:17.940
 we have

00:34:17.940 --> 00:34:18.440
 the stability

00:34:18.440 --> 00:34:19.099
 and power

00:34:19.099 --> 00:34:20.079
 to remain

00:34:20.079 --> 00:34:21.059
 steadfast,

00:34:21.700 --> 00:34:22.000
 which is

00:34:22.000 --> 00:34:22.340
 why it's

00:34:22.340 --> 00:34:23.420
 so important

00:34:23.420 --> 00:34:24.079
 to not

00:34:24.079 --> 00:34:25.280
 get off

00:34:25.280 --> 00:34:25.820
 that trail

00:34:25.820 --> 00:34:26.579
 even slightly.

00:34:27.180 --> 00:34:27.639
 The devil's

00:34:27.639 --> 00:34:27.900
 waiting,

00:34:27.900 --> 00:34:30.200
 ready to

00:34:30.200 --> 00:34:30.559
 pounce.

00:34:32.160 --> 00:34:33.079
 Psalm 16,

00:34:33.200 --> 00:34:33.639
 8 says,

00:34:33.720 --> 00:34:34.079
 I have set

00:34:34.079 --> 00:34:34.440
 the Lord

00:34:34.440 --> 00:34:35.160
 always before

00:34:35.160 --> 00:34:35.920
 me because

00:34:35.920 --> 00:34:36.420
 he is at

00:34:36.420 --> 00:34:36.820
 my right

00:34:36.820 --> 00:34:37.160
 hand.

00:34:37.539 --> 00:34:37.980
 I shall

00:34:37.980 --> 00:34:38.820
 not be

00:34:38.820 --> 00:34:39.139
 moved.

00:34:40.160 --> 00:34:40.700
 The following

00:34:40.700 --> 00:34:42.480
 passages teach

00:34:42.480 --> 00:34:42.820
 one of the

00:34:42.820 --> 00:34:43.639
 greatest principles

00:34:43.639 --> 00:34:44.200
 any Christian

00:34:44.200 --> 00:34:44.720
 could learn.

00:34:45.220 --> 00:34:45.840
 Devotion to

00:34:45.840 --> 00:34:46.800
 duty requires

00:34:46.800 --> 00:34:47.720
 denial of

00:34:47.720 --> 00:34:48.019
 self.

00:34:48.860 --> 00:34:49.280
 Christ was

00:34:49.280 --> 00:34:49.720
 attempting to

00:34:49.720 --> 00:34:50.220
 teach Peter

00:34:50.220 --> 00:34:50.639
 and the other

00:34:50.639 --> 00:34:51.280
 disciples that

00:34:51.280 --> 00:34:51.619
 they must

00:34:51.619 --> 00:34:52.639
 always live

00:34:52.639 --> 00:34:53.279
 with a higher

00:34:53.279 --> 00:34:53.920
 calling in

00:34:53.920 --> 00:34:54.219
 mind.

00:34:54.819 --> 00:34:55.259
 We're not

00:34:55.259 --> 00:34:55.659
 left on

00:34:55.659 --> 00:34:56.159
 this earth

00:34:56.159 --> 00:34:56.940
 to indulge

00:34:56.940 --> 00:34:57.400
 ourselves

00:34:57.400 --> 00:34:58.239
 and to

00:34:58.239 --> 00:34:58.460
 eat,

00:34:58.599 --> 00:34:58.719
 drink,

00:34:58.759 --> 00:34:59.000
 and be

00:34:59.000 --> 00:34:59.299
 merry,

00:34:59.900 --> 00:35:00.319
 but rather

00:35:00.319 --> 00:35:01.079
 to serve

00:35:01.079 --> 00:35:01.819
 the Lord.

00:35:02.699 --> 00:35:03.019
 Paul,

00:35:03.119 --> 00:35:03.420
 writing in

00:35:03.420 --> 00:35:03.719
 Galatians,

00:35:03.779 --> 00:35:03.859
 said,

00:35:03.940 --> 00:35:04.119
 I am

00:35:04.119 --> 00:35:04.519
 crucified

00:35:04.519 --> 00:35:05.319
 with Christ.

00:35:05.799 --> 00:35:06.019
 Nevertheless,

00:35:06.339 --> 00:35:06.779
 I live

00:35:06.779 --> 00:35:09.219
 in the

00:35:09.219 --> 00:35:11.179
 life which

00:35:11.179 --> 00:35:11.819
 I now live

00:35:11.819 --> 00:35:12.400
 in the flesh.

00:35:12.519 --> 00:35:12.980
 I live by

00:35:12.980 --> 00:35:13.319
 the faith

00:35:13.319 --> 00:35:13.579
 of the Son

00:35:13.579 --> 00:35:13.900
 of God

00:35:13.900 --> 00:35:14.299
 who loved

00:35:14.299 --> 00:35:14.699
 me and

00:35:14.699 --> 00:35:15.000
 gave

00:35:15.000 --> 00:35:15.480
 himself

00:35:15.480 --> 00:35:16.679
 for me.

00:35:17.679 --> 00:35:18.359
 2 Corinthians

00:35:18.359 --> 00:35:18.980
 chapter 5

00:35:18.980 --> 00:35:20.019
 verses 14

00:35:20.019 --> 00:35:20.420
 and 15.

00:35:20.420 --> 00:35:20.700
 For the

00:35:20.700 --> 00:35:20.920
 love of

00:35:20.920 --> 00:35:21.180
 Christ

00:35:21.180 --> 00:35:22.579
 constraineth

00:35:22.579 --> 00:35:23.240
 us.

00:35:24.740 --> 00:35:25.280
 And it

00:35:25.280 --> 00:35:25.900
 continues on.

00:35:26.780 --> 00:35:27.099
 It is our

00:35:27.099 --> 00:35:27.720
 Christian duty

00:35:27.720 --> 00:35:28.460
 to deny

00:35:28.460 --> 00:35:29.400
 the flesh

00:35:29.400 --> 00:35:29.940
 with the

00:35:29.940 --> 00:35:30.460
 affections

00:35:30.460 --> 00:35:30.900
 and lust

00:35:30.900 --> 00:35:31.480
 to follow

00:35:31.480 --> 00:35:32.260
 and to

00:35:32.260 --> 00:35:32.820
 obey the

00:35:32.820 --> 00:35:33.099
 Lord

00:35:33.099 --> 00:35:33.900
 wholeheartedly.

00:35:35.680 --> 00:35:36.280
 So,

00:35:36.519 --> 00:35:37.700
 don't live

00:35:37.700 --> 00:35:38.579
 for today

00:35:38.579 --> 00:35:40.180
 because today

00:35:40.180 --> 00:35:41.019
 will soon

00:35:41.019 --> 00:35:41.340
 end.

00:35:42.420 --> 00:35:42.900
 The world

00:35:42.900 --> 00:35:43.280
 says eat,

00:35:43.380 --> 00:35:43.500
 drink,

00:35:43.539 --> 00:35:43.940
 and be merry

00:35:43.940 --> 00:35:44.480
 for tomorrow

00:35:44.480 --> 00:35:45.000
 we die.

00:35:45.480 --> 00:35:46.019
 Solomon wrote

00:35:46.019 --> 00:35:46.860
 that and

00:35:46.860 --> 00:35:47.200
 throughout the

00:35:47.200 --> 00:35:47.500
 book of

00:35:47.500 --> 00:35:47.860
 Solomon,

00:35:48.280 --> 00:35:48.800
 you see a

00:35:48.800 --> 00:35:49.360
 person who

00:35:49.360 --> 00:35:49.659
 is

00:35:49.659 --> 00:35:50.639
 just

00:35:50.639 --> 00:35:51.179
 complaining

00:35:51.179 --> 00:35:51.480
 about

00:35:51.480 --> 00:35:51.859
 life.

00:35:52.219 --> 00:35:52.460
 There's

00:35:52.460 --> 00:35:52.879
 no point

00:35:52.879 --> 00:35:53.279
 to anything

00:35:53.279 --> 00:35:53.699
 and only

00:35:53.699 --> 00:35:54.039
 at the

00:35:54.039 --> 00:35:54.339
 very

00:35:54.339 --> 00:35:54.839
 end

00:35:54.839 --> 00:35:55.519
 does he

00:35:55.519 --> 00:35:56.179
 get to

00:35:56.179 --> 00:35:57.879
 but

00:35:57.879 --> 00:35:58.879
 fear the

00:35:58.879 --> 00:35:59.199
 Lord and

00:35:59.199 --> 00:35:59.559
 keep his

00:35:59.559 --> 00:35:59.879
 commandments.

00:36:00.779 --> 00:36:01.239
 So,

00:36:01.299 --> 00:36:01.539
 we see

00:36:01.539 --> 00:36:01.859
 someone

00:36:01.859 --> 00:36:02.359
 wallowing

00:36:02.359 --> 00:36:02.699
 in their

00:36:02.699 --> 00:36:03.339
 self-pity

00:36:03.339 --> 00:36:05.500
 when even

00:36:05.500 --> 00:36:05.899
 though he

00:36:05.899 --> 00:36:06.719
 knows what

00:36:06.719 --> 00:36:07.179
 he's already

00:36:07.179 --> 00:36:07.719
 supposed to

00:36:07.719 --> 00:36:08.079
 be doing.

00:36:09.159 --> 00:36:09.779
 This was

00:36:09.779 --> 00:36:10.319
 the conclusion

00:36:10.319 --> 00:36:10.659
 of the

00:36:10.659 --> 00:36:11.099
 foolish

00:36:11.099 --> 00:36:12.019
 rich man

00:36:12.019 --> 00:36:12.299
 in one

00:36:12.299 --> 00:36:12.819
 of Christ's

00:36:12.819 --> 00:36:13.159
 parables.

00:36:14.599 --> 00:36:15.099
 He planned

00:36:15.099 --> 00:36:15.519
 to build

00:36:15.519 --> 00:36:16.219
 bigger barns

00:36:16.219 --> 00:36:16.460
 for his

00:36:16.460 --> 00:36:16.779
 abundance

00:36:16.779 --> 00:36:17.139
 and then

00:36:17.139 --> 00:36:18.039
 enjoy a

00:36:18.039 --> 00:36:18.539
 leisurely

00:36:18.539 --> 00:36:18.940
 future.

00:36:18.940 --> 00:36:19.599
 See this

00:36:19.599 --> 00:36:19.860
 in Luke

00:36:19.860 --> 00:36:20.420
 chapter 12

00:36:20.420 --> 00:36:21.000
 starting

00:36:21.000 --> 00:36:21.599
 verse 16

00:36:21.599 --> 00:36:21.800
 and he

00:36:21.800 --> 00:36:22.159
 spake a

00:36:22.159 --> 00:36:22.380
 parable

00:36:22.380 --> 00:36:22.700
 unto them

00:36:22.700 --> 00:36:23.039
 saying

00:36:23.039 --> 00:36:24.059
 the ground

00:36:24.059 --> 00:36:24.320
 of a

00:36:24.320 --> 00:36:24.519
 certain

00:36:24.519 --> 00:36:25.079
 rich man

00:36:25.079 --> 00:36:25.700
 brought forth

00:36:25.700 --> 00:36:26.240
 plentifully

00:36:26.240 --> 00:36:27.019
 and he

00:36:27.019 --> 00:36:27.460
 thought within

00:36:27.460 --> 00:36:27.760
 himself

00:36:27.760 --> 00:36:28.119
 saying

00:36:28.119 --> 00:36:28.639
 what shall

00:36:28.639 --> 00:36:29.000
 I do

00:36:29.000 --> 00:36:29.400
 because I

00:36:29.400 --> 00:36:29.840
 have no

00:36:29.840 --> 00:36:30.240
 room

00:36:30.240 --> 00:36:30.880
 where to

00:36:30.880 --> 00:36:31.280
 store

00:36:31.280 --> 00:36:31.840
 or where

00:36:31.840 --> 00:36:32.380
 to bestow

00:36:32.380 --> 00:36:32.639
 my

00:36:32.639 --> 00:36:33.099
 fruits

00:36:33.099 --> 00:36:33.840
 and he

00:36:33.840 --> 00:36:34.000
 said

00:36:34.000 --> 00:36:34.320
 this

00:36:34.320 --> 00:36:34.700
 will I

00:36:34.700 --> 00:36:34.920
 do

00:36:34.920 --> 00:36:35.280
 I

00:36:35.280 --> 00:36:35.440
 will

00:36:35.440 --> 00:36:35.860
 put down

00:36:35.860 --> 00:36:36.059
 my

00:36:36.059 --> 00:36:36.440
 barns

00:36:36.440 --> 00:36:36.720
 and build

00:36:36.720 --> 00:36:37.039
 greater

00:36:37.039 --> 00:36:38.019
 and there

00:36:38.019 --> 00:36:38.320
 will I

00:36:38.320 --> 00:36:38.740
 bestow

00:36:38.740 --> 00:36:39.500
 all my

00:36:39.500 --> 00:36:39.900
 fruits

00:36:39.900 --> 00:36:40.360
 and my

00:36:40.360 --> 00:36:40.659
 goods

00:36:40.659 --> 00:36:41.240
 and I

00:36:41.240 --> 00:36:41.559
 will say

00:36:41.559 --> 00:36:41.840
 to my

00:36:41.840 --> 00:36:42.139
 soul

00:36:42.139 --> 00:36:43.000
 soul

00:36:43.000 --> 00:36:43.840
 thou

00:36:43.840 --> 00:36:44.099
 hast

00:36:44.099 --> 00:36:44.420
 much

00:36:44.420 --> 00:36:44.980
 goods laid

00:36:44.980 --> 00:36:45.280
 up for

00:36:45.280 --> 00:36:45.440
 many

00:36:45.440 --> 00:36:45.820
 years

00:36:45.820 --> 00:36:46.519
 take

00:36:46.519 --> 00:36:46.780
 thine

00:36:46.780 --> 00:36:47.240
 ease

00:36:47.240 --> 00:36:47.640
 eat

00:36:47.640 --> 00:36:48.040
 drink

00:36:48.040 --> 00:36:48.340
 and be

00:36:48.340 --> 00:36:48.680
 merry

00:36:48.680 --> 00:36:49.640
 but God

00:36:49.640 --> 00:36:49.900
 said unto

00:36:49.900 --> 00:36:50.100
 him

00:36:50.100 --> 00:36:50.780
 thou fool

00:36:50.780 --> 00:36:51.980
 this night

00:36:51.980 --> 00:36:52.580
 thy soul

00:36:52.580 --> 00:36:52.960
 shall be

00:36:52.960 --> 00:36:53.360
 required

00:36:53.360 --> 00:36:53.740
 of thee

00:36:53.740 --> 00:36:54.820
 then

00:36:54.820 --> 00:36:55.320
 whose

00:36:55.320 --> 00:36:56.280
 shall

00:36:56.280 --> 00:36:56.600
 those

00:36:56.600 --> 00:36:57.080
 things

00:36:57.080 --> 00:36:57.720
 be

00:36:57.720 --> 00:36:58.400
 which

00:36:58.400 --> 00:36:58.600
 thou

00:36:58.600 --> 00:36:58.840
 hast

00:36:58.840 --> 00:36:59.300
 provided

00:36:59.300 --> 00:37:00.800
 so he

00:37:00.800 --> 00:37:01.460
 that layeth

00:37:01.460 --> 00:37:01.860
 up treasure

00:37:01.860 --> 00:37:02.519
 for himself

00:37:02.519 --> 00:37:03.700
 is not

00:37:03.700 --> 00:37:04.400
 rich

00:37:04.400 --> 00:37:04.700
 toward

00:37:04.700 --> 00:37:05.100
 God

00:37:05.100 --> 00:37:07.000
 in

00:37:07.000 --> 00:37:07.200
 neither

00:37:07.200 --> 00:37:07.660
 case

00:37:07.660 --> 00:37:08.320
 was

00:37:08.320 --> 00:37:08.540
 eat

00:37:08.540 --> 00:37:08.780
 drink

00:37:08.780 --> 00:37:09.060
 and be

00:37:09.060 --> 00:37:09.400
 merry

00:37:09.400 --> 00:37:09.940
 the way

00:37:09.940 --> 00:37:10.380
 of God

00:37:10.380 --> 00:37:11.300
 we're

00:37:11.300 --> 00:37:11.720
 not to

00:37:11.720 --> 00:37:11.900
 live

00:37:11.900 --> 00:37:12.280
 for today

00:37:12.280 --> 00:37:12.740
 only

00:37:12.740 --> 00:37:13.440
 in the

00:37:13.440 --> 00:37:13.660
 grand

00:37:13.660 --> 00:37:13.900
 scheme

00:37:13.900 --> 00:37:14.040
 of

00:37:14.040 --> 00:37:14.280
 things

00:37:14.280 --> 00:37:14.540
 today

00:37:14.540 --> 00:37:14.760
 is

00:37:14.760 --> 00:37:15.120
 short

00:37:15.119 --> 00:37:15.719
 in an

00:37:15.719 --> 00:37:16.259
 insignificant

00:37:16.259 --> 00:37:16.759
 period

00:37:16.759 --> 00:37:17.219
 of time

00:37:17.219 --> 00:37:18.119
 you're

00:37:18.119 --> 00:37:18.259
 going to

00:37:18.259 --> 00:37:18.380
 be

00:37:18.380 --> 00:37:18.619
 dead

00:37:18.619 --> 00:37:18.880
 for a

00:37:18.880 --> 00:37:19.000
 lot

00:37:19.000 --> 00:37:19.219
 longer

00:37:19.219 --> 00:37:19.319
 than

00:37:19.319 --> 00:37:19.420
 you're

00:37:19.420 --> 00:37:19.519
 going

00:37:19.519 --> 00:37:19.539
 to

00:37:19.539 --> 00:37:19.639
 be

00:37:19.639 --> 00:37:20.019
 alive

00:37:20.019 --> 00:37:20.960
 so

00:37:20.960 --> 00:37:21.139
 what

00:37:21.139 --> 00:37:21.500
 happens

00:37:21.500 --> 00:37:21.859
 then

00:37:21.859 --> 00:37:22.440
 and

00:37:22.440 --> 00:37:22.759
 preparing

00:37:22.759 --> 00:37:22.960
 for

00:37:22.960 --> 00:37:23.239
 then

00:37:23.239 --> 00:37:23.719
 is a

00:37:23.719 --> 00:37:23.920
 lot

00:37:23.920 --> 00:37:24.119
 more

00:37:24.119 --> 00:37:24.559
 important

00:37:24.559 --> 00:37:25.079
 than

00:37:25.079 --> 00:37:25.299
 living

00:37:25.299 --> 00:37:25.500
 for

00:37:25.500 --> 00:37:25.799
 now

00:37:25.799 --> 00:37:26.199
 the

00:37:26.199 --> 00:37:26.579
 disciples

00:37:26.579 --> 00:37:26.880
 were

00:37:26.880 --> 00:37:27.099
 now

00:37:27.099 --> 00:37:27.339
 aware

00:37:27.339 --> 00:37:27.539
 of the

00:37:27.539 --> 00:37:27.920
 details

00:37:27.920 --> 00:37:28.139
 of the

00:37:28.139 --> 00:37:28.339
 coming

00:37:28.339 --> 00:37:28.719
 days

00:37:28.719 --> 00:37:29.159
 and the

00:37:29.159 --> 00:37:29.359
 verses

00:37:29.359 --> 00:37:29.759
 immediately

00:37:29.759 --> 00:37:30.239
 following

00:37:30.239 --> 00:37:30.599
 surely

00:37:30.599 --> 00:37:31.039
 the thoughts

00:37:31.039 --> 00:37:31.259
 of their

00:37:31.259 --> 00:37:31.619
 saviors

00:37:31.619 --> 00:37:32.079
 impending

00:37:32.079 --> 00:37:32.960
 crucifixion

00:37:32.960 --> 00:37:33.739
 Peter's

00:37:33.739 --> 00:37:34.139
 rebuke

00:37:34.139 --> 00:37:34.460
 and their

00:37:34.460 --> 00:37:34.679
 own

00:37:34.679 --> 00:37:34.960
 commitment

00:37:34.960 --> 00:37:35.159
 to

00:37:35.159 --> 00:37:35.539
 Christ

00:37:35.539 --> 00:37:36.179
 were

00:37:36.179 --> 00:37:36.519
 pressing

00:37:36.519 --> 00:37:36.779
 in their

00:37:36.779 --> 00:37:37.139
 minds

00:37:37.139 --> 00:37:37.519
 as they

00:37:37.519 --> 00:37:37.920
 listened

00:37:45.119 --> 00:37:45.400
 of living

00:37:45.400 --> 00:37:45.599
 for

00:37:45.599 --> 00:37:45.980
 today

00:37:45.980 --> 00:37:46.719
 we

00:37:46.719 --> 00:37:46.900
 should

00:37:46.900 --> 00:37:47.339
 purpose

00:37:47.339 --> 00:37:47.799
 to

00:37:47.799 --> 00:37:48.000
 live

00:37:48.000 --> 00:37:48.139
 for

00:37:48.139 --> 00:37:48.659
 eternity

00:37:48.659 --> 00:37:50.400
 in

00:37:50.400 --> 00:37:50.900
 perspective

00:37:50.900 --> 00:37:51.699
 so

00:37:51.699 --> 00:37:52.199
 do

00:37:52.199 --> 00:37:52.759
 live

00:37:52.759 --> 00:37:52.940
 for

00:37:52.940 --> 00:37:53.420
 tomorrow

00:37:53.420 --> 00:37:55.579
 in the

00:37:55.579 --> 00:37:55.699
 light

00:37:55.699 --> 00:37:55.799
 of

00:37:55.799 --> 00:37:56.099
 eternity

00:37:56.099 --> 00:37:56.299
 our

00:37:56.299 --> 00:37:56.599
 lifespan

00:37:56.599 --> 00:37:56.799
 is

00:37:56.799 --> 00:37:57.139
 extremely

00:37:57.139 --> 00:37:57.579
 brief

00:37:57.579 --> 00:37:58.579
 you know

00:37:58.579 --> 00:37:58.839
 I have

00:37:58.839 --> 00:37:59.159
 friends

00:37:59.159 --> 00:37:59.500
 that

00:37:59.500 --> 00:38:00.099
 you know

00:38:00.099 --> 00:38:00.400
 the older

00:38:00.400 --> 00:38:00.779
 I get

00:38:00.779 --> 00:38:01.059
 now that

00:38:01.059 --> 00:38:01.219
 I have

00:38:01.219 --> 00:38:01.519
 kids

00:38:01.519 --> 00:38:01.799
 it seems

00:38:01.799 --> 00:38:02.139
 you find

00:38:02.139 --> 00:38:02.400
 yourself

00:38:02.400 --> 00:38:02.659
 thinking

00:38:02.659 --> 00:38:02.859
 about

00:38:02.859 --> 00:38:03.099
 heaven

00:38:03.099 --> 00:38:03.359
 quite

00:38:03.359 --> 00:38:03.880
 frequently

00:38:03.880 --> 00:38:04.519
 it would

00:38:04.519 --> 00:38:04.719
 be a

00:38:04.719 --> 00:38:04.819
 good

00:38:04.819 --> 00:38:05.000
 day

00:38:05.000 --> 00:38:05.139
 when

00:38:05.139 --> 00:38:05.219
 we

00:38:05.219 --> 00:38:05.339
 can

00:38:05.339 --> 00:38:05.500
 see

00:38:05.500 --> 00:38:05.679
 old

00:38:05.679 --> 00:38:05.920
 friends

00:38:05.920 --> 00:38:06.199
 again

00:38:06.199 --> 00:38:06.900
 our

00:38:06.900 --> 00:38:07.279
 emphasis

00:38:07.279 --> 00:38:08.099
 should

00:38:08.099 --> 00:38:08.239
 be

00:38:08.239 --> 00:38:08.420
 to

00:38:08.420 --> 00:38:08.880
 invest

00:38:08.880 --> 00:38:09.639
 in

00:38:09.639 --> 00:38:10.139
 lives

00:38:10.139 --> 00:38:10.940
 so

00:38:10.940 --> 00:38:11.059
 they

00:38:11.059 --> 00:38:11.239
 can

00:38:11.239 --> 00:38:11.639
 last

00:38:11.639 --> 00:38:11.839
 for

00:38:11.839 --> 00:38:12.319
 eternity

00:38:12.320 --> 00:38:31.840
 we

00:38:31.840 --> 00:38:32.019
 know

00:38:32.019 --> 00:38:32.200
 that

00:38:32.200 --> 00:38:32.559
 God

00:38:32.559 --> 00:38:32.960
 inhabits

00:38:32.960 --> 00:38:33.340
 eternity

00:38:33.340 --> 00:38:34.559
 and

00:38:34.559 --> 00:38:34.720
 is

00:38:34.720 --> 00:38:35.240
 himself

00:38:35.240 --> 00:38:35.700
 eternal

00:38:35.700 --> 00:38:36.360
 we've

00:38:36.360 --> 00:38:36.500
 learned

00:38:36.500 --> 00:38:36.660
 that

00:38:36.660 --> 00:38:37.000
 before

00:38:37.000 --> 00:38:37.280
 throughout

00:38:37.280 --> 00:38:37.380
 the

00:38:37.380 --> 00:38:37.500
 Sunday

00:38:37.500 --> 00:38:37.680
 School

00:38:37.680 --> 00:38:38.120
 series

00:38:38.120 --> 00:38:40.280
 therefore

00:38:40.280 --> 00:38:40.900
 what is

00:38:40.900 --> 00:38:41.260
 important

00:38:41.260 --> 00:38:41.400
 in

00:38:41.400 --> 00:38:41.760
 eternity

00:38:41.760 --> 00:38:42.200
 is

00:38:42.200 --> 00:38:42.520
 important

00:38:42.520 --> 00:38:42.700
 to

00:38:42.700 --> 00:38:43.020
 God

00:38:43.020 --> 00:38:43.420
 and

00:38:43.420 --> 00:38:43.800
 consequently

00:38:43.800 --> 00:38:44.100
 should

00:38:44.100 --> 00:38:44.200
 be

00:38:44.200 --> 00:38:44.500
 important

00:38:44.500 --> 00:38:44.680
 to

00:38:44.680 --> 00:38:45.040
 us

00:38:45.040 --> 00:38:45.800
 we

00:38:45.800 --> 00:38:46.000
 must

00:38:46.000 --> 00:38:46.380
 live

00:38:46.380 --> 00:38:46.640
 with

00:38:46.640 --> 00:38:47.160
 eternity

00:38:47.160 --> 00:38:47.780
 in

00:38:47.780 --> 00:38:48.020
 view

00:38:48.020 --> 00:38:50.120
 we

00:38:50.120 --> 00:38:50.300
 could

00:38:50.300 --> 00:38:50.480
 say

00:38:50.480 --> 00:38:50.620
 that

00:38:50.620 --> 00:38:50.920
 eternity

00:38:50.920 --> 00:38:51.340
 consists

00:38:51.340 --> 00:38:51.500
 of

00:38:51.500 --> 00:38:51.620
 all

00:38:51.620 --> 00:38:51.720
 the

00:38:51.720 --> 00:38:52.200
 tomorrows

00:38:52.200 --> 00:38:52.920
 that

00:38:52.920 --> 00:38:53.060
 there

00:38:53.060 --> 00:38:53.200
 will

00:38:53.200 --> 00:38:53.960
 ever

00:38:53.960 --> 00:38:54.240
 be

00:38:54.240 --> 00:38:54.860
 so

00:38:54.860 --> 00:38:55.040
 make

00:38:55.040 --> 00:38:55.260
 today

00:38:55.260 --> 00:38:55.660
 count

00:38:55.660 --> 00:38:56.280
 by

00:38:56.280 --> 00:38:56.700
 spending

00:38:56.700 --> 00:38:56.900
 it

00:38:56.900 --> 00:38:57.180
 for

00:38:57.180 --> 00:38:57.640
 tomorrow

00:38:57.640 --> 00:38:58.560
 so

00:38:58.560 --> 00:38:58.960
 today

00:38:58.960 --> 00:38:59.820
 are

00:38:59.820 --> 00:38:59.940
 you

00:38:59.940 --> 00:39:00.380
 wisely

00:39:00.380 --> 00:39:00.760
 investing

00:39:00.760 --> 00:39:00.920
 the

00:39:00.920 --> 00:39:01.180
 talents

00:39:01.180 --> 00:39:01.320
 and

00:39:01.320 --> 00:39:01.680
 resources

00:39:01.680 --> 00:39:01.880
 the

00:39:01.880 --> 00:39:02.000
 Lord

00:39:02.000 --> 00:39:02.180
 has

00:39:02.180 --> 00:39:02.380
 given

00:39:02.380 --> 00:39:02.620
 you

00:39:02.620 --> 00:39:03.720
 today

00:39:03.720 --> 00:39:03.940
 are

00:39:03.940 --> 00:39:04.060
 you

00:39:04.060 --> 00:39:04.340
 serving

00:39:04.340 --> 00:39:04.740
 others

00:39:04.740 --> 00:39:05.460
 in

00:39:05.460 --> 00:39:05.620
 heaven

00:39:05.620 --> 00:39:05.760
 it

00:39:05.760 --> 00:39:05.880
 won't

00:39:05.880 --> 00:39:06.100
 matter

00:39:06.100 --> 00:39:06.260
 how

00:39:06.260 --> 00:39:06.440
 much

00:39:06.440 --> 00:39:06.660
 fun

00:39:06.660 --> 00:39:06.780
 you

00:39:06.780 --> 00:39:07.020
 had

00:39:07.020 --> 00:39:07.160
 how

00:39:11.760 --> 00:39:41.740
 the

00:39:41.739 --> 00:39:42.039
 desire

00:39:42.039 --> 00:39:42.239
 was

00:39:42.239 --> 00:39:42.399
 to

00:39:42.399 --> 00:39:42.779
 submit

00:39:42.779 --> 00:39:42.979
 to

00:39:42.979 --> 00:39:43.139
 the

00:39:43.139 --> 00:39:43.339
 will

00:39:43.339 --> 00:39:43.519
 of

00:39:43.519 --> 00:39:43.779
 him

00:39:43.779 --> 00:39:44.859
 that

00:39:44.859 --> 00:39:45.179
 sent

00:39:45.179 --> 00:39:45.459
 him

00:39:45.459 --> 00:39:46.279
 to

00:39:46.279 --> 00:39:46.439
 die

00:39:46.439 --> 00:39:46.559
 on

00:39:46.559 --> 00:39:46.659
 the

00:39:46.659 --> 00:39:47.019
 cross

00:39:47.019 --> 00:39:47.899
 and

00:39:47.899 --> 00:39:48.000
 that

00:39:48.000 --> 00:39:48.119
 should

00:39:48.119 --> 00:39:48.219
 be

00:39:48.219 --> 00:39:48.399
 our

00:39:48.399 --> 00:39:48.819
 priority

00:39:48.819 --> 00:39:49.139
 too

00:39:49.139 --> 00:39:49.819
 is

00:39:49.819 --> 00:39:49.959
 to

00:39:49.959 --> 00:39:50.379
 follow

00:39:50.379 --> 00:39:50.659
 and

00:39:50.659 --> 00:39:50.959
 obey

00:39:50.959 --> 00:39:51.379
 God's

00:39:51.379 --> 00:39:51.679
 will

00:39:51.679 --> 00:39:52.739
 regardless

00:39:52.739 --> 00:39:53.619
 of

00:39:53.619 --> 00:39:53.739
 the

00:39:53.739 --> 00:39:54.279
 consequences

00:39:54.279 --> 00:39:55.059
 see that

00:39:55.059 --> 00:39:55.179
 in

00:39:55.179 --> 00:39:55.399
 John

00:39:55.399 --> 00:39:55.659
 chapter

00:39:55.659 --> 00:39:56.099
 6

00:39:56.099 --> 00:39:56.379
 verse

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 38

00:39:56.859 --> 00:39:58.679
 for

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 I

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 came

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 down

00:39:59.239 --> 00:39:59.439
 from

00:39:59.439 --> 00:39:59.699
 heaven

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 not

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 to

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 do

00:40:00.659 --> 00:40:00.879
 mine

00:40:00.879 --> 00:40:01.059
 own

00:40:01.059 --> 00:40:01.339
 will

00:40:01.339 --> 00:40:02.479
 but

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 the

00:40:02.639 --> 00:40:02.819
 will

00:40:02.819 --> 00:40:02.979
 of

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 him

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 that

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 sent

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 me

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 so

00:40:06.159 --> 00:40:06.619
 we

00:40:06.619 --> 00:40:06.719
 have

00:40:06.719 --> 00:40:06.899
 another

00:40:06.899 --> 00:40:07.239
 vital

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 part

00:40:07.559 --> 00:40:07.659
 of

00:40:07.659 --> 00:40:07.759
 the

00:40:07.759 --> 00:40:08.199
 education

00:40:08.199 --> 00:40:08.639
 of

00:40:08.639 --> 00:40:08.759
 a

00:40:08.760 --> 00:40:09.160
 disciple

00:40:09.160 --> 00:40:10.440
 as

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 the

00:40:10.600 --> 00:40:10.760
 Lord

00:40:10.760 --> 00:40:11.240
 described

00:40:11.240 --> 00:40:11.400
 the

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 details

00:40:11.780 --> 00:40:11.940
 of

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 his

00:40:12.040 --> 00:40:12.400
 impending

00:40:12.400 --> 00:40:12.740
 death

00:40:12.740 --> 00:40:13.760
 Peter's

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 mind

00:40:14.020 --> 00:40:14.300
 must

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 have

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 been

00:40:14.500 --> 00:40:14.840
 reeling

00:40:14.840 --> 00:40:15.500
 Peter

00:40:15.500 --> 00:40:15.640
 had

00:40:15.640 --> 00:40:15.800
 just

00:40:15.800 --> 00:40:16.200
 confessed

00:40:16.200 --> 00:40:16.400
 that

00:40:16.400 --> 00:40:16.600
 Jesus

00:40:16.600 --> 00:40:16.880
 was

00:40:16.880 --> 00:40:17.060
 the

00:40:17.060 --> 00:40:17.460
 Christ

00:40:17.460 --> 00:40:18.040
 and

00:40:18.040 --> 00:40:18.220
 now

00:40:18.220 --> 00:40:18.380
 he

00:40:18.380 --> 00:40:18.700
 thought

00:40:18.700 --> 00:40:21.400
 he

00:40:21.400 --> 00:40:21.580
 thought

00:40:21.580 --> 00:40:21.720
 he

00:40:21.720 --> 00:40:21.840
 was

00:40:21.840 --> 00:40:21.960
 to

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 accept

00:40:22.300 --> 00:40:24.500
 that

00:40:24.500 --> 00:40:24.620
 his

00:40:24.620 --> 00:40:24.820
 Lord

00:40:24.820 --> 00:40:24.960
 would

00:40:24.960 --> 00:40:25.240
 experience

00:40:25.240 --> 00:40:25.400
 such

00:40:25.400 --> 00:40:25.540
 a

00:40:25.540 --> 00:40:25.860
 gruesome

00:40:25.860 --> 00:40:26.180
 death

00:40:26.180 --> 00:40:27.520
 well

00:40:27.520 --> 00:40:28.160
 not

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 if

00:40:28.280 --> 00:40:28.440
 Peter

00:40:28.440 --> 00:40:28.600
 could

00:40:28.600 --> 00:40:28.780
 help

00:40:28.780 --> 00:40:29.020
 it

00:40:29.020 --> 00:40:30.620
 and

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 he

00:40:30.740 --> 00:40:31.000
 acted

00:40:31.000 --> 00:40:31.280
 without

00:40:31.280 --> 00:40:31.660
 thinking

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 and

00:40:32.140 --> 00:40:32.400
 began

00:40:32.400 --> 00:40:32.560
 to

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 correct

00:40:32.900 --> 00:40:34.040
 the

00:40:34.040 --> 00:40:34.360
 very

00:40:34.360 --> 00:40:34.820
 God

00:40:34.820 --> 00:40:34.960
 of

00:40:34.960 --> 00:40:35.060
 the

00:40:35.060 --> 00:40:35.480
 universe

00:40:35.480 --> 00:40:36.540
 who

00:40:36.540 --> 00:40:36.660
 when

00:40:36.660 --> 00:40:36.860
 Jesus

00:40:36.860 --> 00:40:37.300
 firmly

00:40:37.300 --> 00:40:37.320
!

00:40:37.320 --> 00:40:37.820
 rebuked

00:40:37.820 --> 00:40:37.960
 him

00:40:37.960 --> 00:40:38.380
 Peter

00:40:38.380 --> 00:40:38.620
 learned

00:40:38.620 --> 00:40:38.760
 a

00:40:38.760 --> 00:40:39.080
 lesson

00:40:39.080 --> 00:40:39.440
 in

00:40:39.440 --> 00:40:40.039
 priorities

00:40:40.039 --> 00:40:41.000
 while

00:40:41.000 --> 00:40:41.140
 the

00:40:41.140 --> 00:40:41.340
 Lord

00:40:41.340 --> 00:40:41.800
 knew

00:40:41.800 --> 00:40:43.600
 going

00:40:43.600 --> 00:40:43.740
 to

00:40:43.740 --> 00:40:43.860
 the

00:40:43.860 --> 00:40:44.180
 cross

00:40:44.180 --> 00:40:44.360
 would

00:40:44.360 --> 00:40:44.500
 not

00:40:44.500 --> 00:40:44.680
 be

00:40:44.680 --> 00:40:45.080
 easy

00:40:45.080 --> 00:40:45.880
 he

00:40:45.880 --> 00:40:46.019
 did

00:40:46.019 --> 00:40:46.140
 it

00:40:46.140 --> 00:40:46.460
 anyway

00:40:46.460 --> 00:40:48.019
 as

00:40:48.019 --> 00:40:48.140
 we

00:40:48.140 --> 00:40:48.340
 see

00:40:48.340 --> 00:40:48.720
 Peter

00:40:48.720 --> 00:40:49.360
 learning

00:40:49.360 --> 00:40:49.519
 what

00:40:49.519 --> 00:40:49.740
 his

00:40:49.740 --> 00:40:50.220
 priorities

00:40:50.220 --> 00:40:50.440
 would

00:40:50.440 --> 00:40:50.640
 be

00:40:50.640 --> 00:40:50.980
 we

00:40:50.980 --> 00:40:51.120
 should

00:40:51.120 --> 00:40:51.460
 realize

00:40:51.460 --> 00:40:51.640
 that

00:40:51.640 --> 00:40:51.780
 God

00:40:51.780 --> 00:40:51.900
 has

00:40:51.900 --> 00:40:52.000
 a

00:40:52.000 --> 00:40:52.220
 plan

00:40:52.220 --> 00:40:52.420
 for

00:40:52.420 --> 00:40:52.700
 every

00:40:52.700 --> 00:40:53.240
 believer

00:40:53.240 --> 00:40:54.000
 it

00:40:54.000 --> 00:40:54.100
 is

00:40:54.100 --> 00:40:54.280
 only

00:40:54.280 --> 00:40:54.460
 when

00:40:54.460 --> 00:40:54.600
 we

00:40:54.600 --> 00:40:55.180
 follow

00:40:55.180 --> 00:40:56.519
 that

00:40:56.519 --> 00:40:57.059
 we

00:40:57.059 --> 00:40:57.320
 find

00:40:57.320 --> 00:40:57.760
 commitment

00:40:57.760 --> 00:40:58.300
 in

00:40:58.300 --> 00:40:58.640
 fulfilling

00:40:58.640 --> 00:40:59.000
 God's

00:40:59.000 --> 00:40:59.260
 plan

00:40:59.260 --> 00:40:59.440
 for

00:40:59.440 --> 00:40:59.580
 our

00:40:59.580 --> 00:40:59.900
 life

00:40:59.900 --> 00:41:01.180
 for

00:41:01.180 --> 00:41:01.340
 a

00:41:01.340 --> 00:41:01.559
 Christian

00:41:01.559 --> 00:41:01.720
 to

00:41:01.720 --> 00:41:01.900
 seek

00:41:01.900 --> 00:41:02.320
 contentment

00:41:02.320 --> 00:41:02.580
 outside

00:41:02.580 --> 00:41:02.740
 of

00:41:02.740 --> 00:41:02.800
 the

00:41:02.800 --> 00:41:02.900
 will

00:41:02.900 --> 00:41:03.039
 of

00:41:03.039 --> 00:41:03.300
 God

00:41:03.300 --> 00:41:03.960
 is

00:41:03.960 --> 00:41:04.280
 useless

00:41:04.280 --> 00:41:04.539
 in

00:41:04.539 --> 00:41:04.780
 vain

00:41:04.780 --> 00:41:05.280
 it

00:41:05.280 --> 00:41:05.380
 will

00:41:05.380 --> 00:41:05.579
 never

00:41:05.579 --> 00:41:06.200
 satisfy

00:41:06.200 --> 00:41:07.059
 it

00:41:07.059 --> 00:41:07.139
 will

00:41:07.139 --> 00:41:07.300
 never

00:41:07.300 --> 00:41:07.519
 be

00:41:07.519 --> 00:41:07.920
 found

00:41:07.920 --> 00:41:08.639
 anywhere

00:41:08.639 --> 00:41:09.599
 but

00:41:09.599 --> 00:41:09.940
 God's

00:41:09.940 --> 00:41:10.160
 will

00:41:10.160 --> 00:41:11.260
 for

00:41:11.260 --> 00:41:11.400
 us

00:41:11.400 --> 00:41:11.500
 to

00:41:11.500 --> 00:41:11.619
 do

00:41:11.619 --> 00:41:11.760
 his

00:41:11.760 --> 00:41:11.940
 will

00:41:11.940 --> 00:41:12.059
 we

00:41:12.059 --> 00:41:12.240
 must

00:41:12.240 --> 00:41:12.480
 die

00:41:12.480 --> 00:41:12.680
 to

00:41:12.680 --> 00:41:13.079
 self

00:41:13.079 --> 00:41:13.480
 and

00:41:13.480 --> 00:41:13.880
 deliberately

00:41:13.880 --> 00:41:14.320
 choose

00:41:14.320 --> 00:41:14.500
 to

00:41:14.500 --> 00:41:14.760
 make

00:41:14.760 --> 00:41:15.240
 God's

00:41:15.240 --> 00:41:15.500
 will

00:41:15.500 --> 00:41:16.079
 the

00:41:16.079 --> 00:41:16.320
 number

00:41:16.320 --> 00:41:16.680
 one

00:41:16.680 --> 00:41:17.480
 priority

00:41:17.480 --> 00:41:18.300
 in

00:41:18.300 --> 00:41:18.420
 our

00:41:18.420 --> 00:41:18.800
 life

00:41:18.800 --> 00:41:20.900
 Joe

00:41:20.900 --> 00:41:21.160
 why don't

00:41:21.160 --> 00:41:21.420
 you close

00:41:21.420 --> 00:41:21.539
 us

00:41:21.539 --> 00:41:21.680
 out

00:41:21.680 --> 00:41:21.760
 in

00:41:21.760 --> 00:41:21.980
 prayer