WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.719 Well, good evening. Last year I saw a video. I've got a clip from it coming up. 00:00:08.679 --> 00:00:11.000 And it started actually with a blank screen. 00:00:12.720 --> 00:00:23.059 There was text that said, we created a fake job and advertised it online and in the newspapers. 00:00:23.059 --> 00:00:32.259 Then we held real interviews. And the man in the suit is interviewing different applicants. 00:00:33.280 --> 00:00:40.820 He tells them at the start, he says, it's probably the most important job, director of operations. 00:00:41.920 --> 00:00:50.780 And he reads this list of requirements. First, mobility, constantly working on your feet, exerting yourself, high stamina. 00:00:50.780 --> 00:00:57.560 And they say, OK. Some of them ask, well, are there breaks? Surely there are breaks. 00:00:58.000 --> 00:01:01.260 No breaks. You can only have lunch when the associate does. 00:01:02.100 --> 00:01:07.640 You have to constantly follow the associate and even stay up late when the associate does. 00:01:09.020 --> 00:01:12.579 And so some of them want to know, OK, well, there must be holidays. 00:01:13.240 --> 00:01:18.280 No holidays. In fact, the workload intensifies over these periods. 00:01:18.280 --> 00:01:22.280 If you had a life, we'd ask you to basically give that up. 00:01:23.739 --> 00:01:26.239 And some of them start questioning, is this legal? 00:01:27.240 --> 00:01:29.460 Is this three, six, five days a year? 00:01:30.120 --> 00:01:31.099 Yes, the guy says. 00:01:32.460 --> 00:01:35.200 That's really cruel. That's just too much. 00:01:36.340 --> 00:01:43.260 The connections you make and the feeling you get from really helping your associate are immeasurable. 00:01:43.260 --> 00:01:48.080 And crickets chirp and eyes shift. 00:01:48.700 --> 00:01:50.460 And then he says, let's cover salary. 00:01:51.520 --> 00:01:54.380 We'd be asking you to work pro bono, so absolutely nothing. 00:01:55.180 --> 00:01:59.480 And then they laugh and some of them just shout out, nobody is going to do that. 00:02:00.500 --> 00:02:03.760 And then soft classical music fades into the video. 00:02:03.760 --> 00:02:11.920 And the interviewer says, what if I told you there was someone holding the position right now? 00:02:12.759 --> 00:02:13.960 Billions of people. 00:02:14.740 --> 00:02:15.180 Who? 00:02:17.120 --> 00:02:17.680 Moms. 00:02:19.360 --> 00:02:21.480 And they both laugh. 00:02:21.540 --> 00:02:22.240 The jig is up. 00:02:22.240 --> 00:02:29.840 And as they're smiling in relief to know that nobody's going to have to take the post, 00:02:31.379 --> 00:02:34.000 they go back through the requirements. 00:02:34.219 --> 00:02:39.379 And listing them, they realize that their moms, their mothers meet those requirements. 00:02:39.560 --> 00:02:40.780 They've always been on their feet. 00:02:41.240 --> 00:02:42.180 There's no pay. 00:02:42.400 --> 00:02:43.560 And it's every day. 00:02:43.560 --> 00:02:48.900 And the sense of gratitude when the applicants start holding all of that together, 00:02:49.140 --> 00:02:51.140 it's overwhelming for some of them. 00:02:52.060 --> 00:02:58.400 And they just tell short stories about how amazing their mothers have been. 00:02:58.979 --> 00:03:01.099 And they really express full gratitude. 00:03:02.980 --> 00:03:07.060 It's a fantastic Mother's Day video. 00:03:07.740 --> 00:03:09.219 And we'll come back to this story. 00:03:09.219 --> 00:03:13.439 My title today is Always Show Them Christ. 00:03:14.039 --> 00:03:18.180 So we're three weeks into a series on 1 Peter. 00:03:18.979 --> 00:03:21.520 And just a little bit of context first. 00:03:22.199 --> 00:03:23.840 The author is Peter. 00:03:24.680 --> 00:03:30.159 It's such an encouragement that it's him because Peter was the bombastic one. 00:03:30.300 --> 00:03:32.759 Sometimes he got things spectacularly right. 00:03:33.379 --> 00:03:37.439 When Jesus asks his disciples, who do you say I am? 00:03:37.439 --> 00:03:42.740 And Peter says, you are the Messiah, son of the living God. 00:03:43.560 --> 00:03:47.719 And Jesus says, God the Father gave you those words. 00:03:49.840 --> 00:03:50.400 Fantastic. 00:03:51.360 --> 00:03:55.920 Then there were times when Peter got things wrong. 00:03:55.919 --> 00:04:03.979 When Jesus describes the events of his death that are to come and his resurrection, 00:04:04.679 --> 00:04:07.819 Peter's the one who blurts out, no, surely, no, no, no. 00:04:08.079 --> 00:04:08.979 Not you, Jesus. 00:04:09.099 --> 00:04:11.899 These terrible things, they don't have to happen to you. 00:04:12.719 --> 00:04:18.060 And he gets a rebuke from Jesus who says, get behind me, Satan. 00:04:18.060 --> 00:04:23.079 Then you have in mind the things of men and not the things of God. 00:04:23.079 --> 00:04:29.319 Well, Peter moves past those failures. 00:04:29.459 --> 00:04:30.959 We can see that in his letter. 00:04:30.959 --> 00:04:31.039 Peter. 00:04:31.779 --> 00:04:40.719 And in his perseverance, in the powerful example of Jesus Christ that he was so close to, 00:04:42.060 --> 00:04:46.439 Peter's now in a position where he's actually leading others through their trials. 00:04:47.099 --> 00:04:51.060 In a letter like this, he can prevent them from making his mistakes. 00:04:51.060 --> 00:04:57.060 And it's so encouraging to us to see Peter's transformation, hold it here in this letter, 00:04:58.199 --> 00:05:02.980 and think, you know, even people like us who get bogged down in our failures, 00:05:03.480 --> 00:05:05.720 knowing Christ can be transformed. 00:05:05.720 --> 00:05:16.600 In his opening sentence to this section, 2 verse 11, Peter does some more context work for us 00:05:16.600 --> 00:05:18.720 because he harks back to the previous chapters. 00:05:20.160 --> 00:05:21.060 He says, 00:05:21.860 --> 00:05:29.100 Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh, 00:05:29.660 --> 00:05:33.080 which wage war against your soul. 00:05:33.079 --> 00:05:36.919 Beloved, he says. 00:05:37.079 --> 00:05:40.120 He's writing to the Hebrew church under Roman rule, 00:05:40.639 --> 00:05:46.279 and he knows they are suffering, not just suffering, but they are persecuted. 00:05:46.839 --> 00:05:51.060 But he also knows who they are in Christ. 00:05:52.620 --> 00:05:54.519 He knows they follow Christ. 00:05:54.860 --> 00:05:58.319 He spent the beginning of the letter telling them how wonderful that is, 00:05:58.419 --> 00:06:00.899 encouraging them that they are God's elect, 00:06:00.899 --> 00:06:06.139 shown in everlasting mercy through Christ's death and resurrection. 00:06:06.939 --> 00:06:11.039 There are those who love Christ, even though they haven't seen him. 00:06:11.259 --> 00:06:16.219 He reminds them they're going through trials, but these will serve a purpose, 00:06:16.899 --> 00:06:20.039 proving their faith and glorifying God. 00:06:20.040 --> 00:06:24.720 They're a people of inexpressible joy. 00:06:26.400 --> 00:06:32.840 Inexpressible joy because God's mercy has surpassed understanding. 00:06:33.840 --> 00:06:40.640 God has used his awesome power to love them into an identity and a future 00:06:40.640 --> 00:06:43.780 they could have never earned. 00:06:43.779 --> 00:06:45.779 God has used them. 00:06:45.779 --> 00:06:51.159 And we are dearly beloved with them. 00:06:52.259 --> 00:06:54.279 He calls them exiles. 00:06:56.819 --> 00:07:00.279 Ruled by another nation and away from home, perhaps. 00:07:00.679 --> 00:07:06.599 But their deepest sense of exile comes from knowing that they're just passing through this earth 00:07:06.599 --> 00:07:08.959 to a home in heaven. 00:07:08.959 --> 00:07:18.560 It comes from the joy of being truly loved by God in a world that rejects God. 00:07:19.839 --> 00:07:22.539 And we are exiles with them. 00:07:24.579 --> 00:07:28.299 And he writes about war. 00:07:28.799 --> 00:07:33.279 In this sentence, this is a painting by Joseph Gray, 00:07:34.319 --> 00:07:37.859 a man from Dundee who fought in World War I. 00:07:37.860 --> 00:07:45.740 It's a man telling us from experience about the danger of war and about staying vigilant in war. 00:07:47.060 --> 00:07:49.439 Peter is like this painter. 00:07:49.780 --> 00:07:55.439 In his letter, he's warning us of the danger of our own evil desires. 00:07:56.500 --> 00:07:58.460 And Peter has been there. 00:07:59.480 --> 00:08:01.460 He knows how bad it can get. 00:08:02.080 --> 00:08:07.139 In the passion of pride, he told Jesus he wouldn't have to suffer. 00:08:07.139 --> 00:08:14.000 In the passion of self-pity, he denied knowing Jesus three times so that he wouldn't be arrested. 00:08:14.360 --> 00:08:15.319 He was rebuked. 00:08:15.699 --> 00:08:18.339 And he wept bitterly because of these things. 00:08:18.919 --> 00:08:24.279 He's urging the church away from pain that he knows. 00:08:24.599 --> 00:08:27.219 From losses that he's taken. 00:08:27.419 --> 00:08:30.139 And his words are sharpened in love. 00:08:30.979 --> 00:08:34.819 Sharper than we might expect because he's a veteran. 00:08:34.820 --> 00:08:43.700 So he writes, Christ gave you a new identity and it is glorious. 00:08:44.920 --> 00:08:48.080 Now your very desires are against you. 00:08:49.540 --> 00:08:54.379 So we'll look at three real examples of this in the rest of the text. 00:08:54.379 --> 00:09:02.259 The first answers the question, how should Christians respond to a non-Christian government? 00:09:05.259 --> 00:09:07.299 He writes, submit to government. 00:09:08.279 --> 00:09:15.139 Jesus submitted to his so that you could be sure that's how you show your government Christ. 00:09:15.139 --> 00:09:19.419 And that's how we should think about this submission. 00:09:21.360 --> 00:09:26.759 Nero's government would appall anyone reading about it today. 00:09:27.159 --> 00:09:29.720 He enjoyed persecuting Christians. 00:09:30.000 --> 00:09:31.500 They called him the Antichrist. 00:09:33.080 --> 00:09:35.679 Peter never questions Nero's leadership. 00:09:35.679 --> 00:09:40.139 But he never forgets God's sovereignty. 00:09:41.219 --> 00:09:45.919 So he says, submit to the emperor and his officers. 00:09:47.379 --> 00:09:50.659 Did his listeners struggle to hear this? 00:09:51.559 --> 00:09:52.679 Almost certainly. 00:09:53.779 --> 00:09:58.779 Do we struggle to do what Christ tells us today? 00:09:58.779 --> 00:09:59.779 Yes. 00:09:59.779 --> 00:10:00.779 Yes. 00:10:01.600 --> 00:10:09.279 But in the heat of that struggle, our job is to make God visible through perseverance, 00:10:10.279 --> 00:10:12.819 through returning good for every evil. 00:10:14.659 --> 00:10:20.059 And showing Christ to your accusers, as 2 verse 12 says, 00:10:20.059 --> 00:10:28.159 Those who speak ill of you may see God in your actions and glorify God with you. 00:10:30.979 --> 00:10:36.779 Do we disagree with our government when they take the other stance on something 00:10:36.779 --> 00:10:40.659 and essentially say we're getting in the way of their progress? 00:10:41.619 --> 00:10:43.079 Yes, we disagree with them. 00:10:43.399 --> 00:10:45.179 But let's not chew them out for it. 00:10:45.179 --> 00:10:46.179 Let's not get in the way of their progress. 00:10:46.179 --> 00:10:47.179 Let's not get in the way of their progress. 00:10:47.179 --> 00:10:51.439 Returning good for evil, let's maintain respect. 00:10:52.379 --> 00:11:00.319 Because our hope is that even someone like Nero would, seeing Christ, 00:11:01.399 --> 00:11:06.339 come to know him and glorify God on the day he visits us. 00:11:08.179 --> 00:11:13.859 As Jesus said, when someone slaps you, turn the other cheek. 00:11:13.860 --> 00:11:18.919 When someone sues you for your shirt, give them your coat also. 00:11:22.440 --> 00:11:23.860 Who's troubling you? 00:11:25.879 --> 00:11:29.600 Who's stirring your passion to turn anger into vengeance? 00:11:31.300 --> 00:11:34.100 How can you turn the other cheek to them? 00:11:38.159 --> 00:11:43.000 Peter develops this practice of showing Christ with a second example. 00:11:43.860 --> 00:11:47.080 Show your boss Christ. 00:11:47.919 --> 00:11:51.860 This goes for good bosses and terrible bosses. 00:11:52.480 --> 00:11:56.759 This holds when the innocent are wrongly punished at work. 00:11:58.519 --> 00:12:01.840 Have the humility to bear unjust punishment, 00:12:02.759 --> 00:12:05.320 and God will celebrate you. 00:12:05.320 --> 00:12:14.000 Verse 20 says, keeping God in mind, submit to that kind of boss. 00:12:14.200 --> 00:12:14.600 Why? 00:12:15.820 --> 00:12:19.920 Verse 21 says, to this you were called, 00:12:20.960 --> 00:12:23.820 because Christ suffered for you, 00:12:25.200 --> 00:12:29.080 leaving you an example that you should follow in his steps. 00:12:29.080 --> 00:12:31.180 He's saying, wait a minute. 00:12:32.620 --> 00:12:36.200 We're the benefactors of this kind of submission. 00:12:37.160 --> 00:12:38.780 This is how we were saved. 00:12:38.960 --> 00:12:43.040 He says, the example is there, set by Christ. 00:12:43.759 --> 00:12:45.680 Will we not follow it? 00:12:45.679 --> 00:12:50.639 Peter spells out that example. 00:12:52.359 --> 00:12:58.219 The abused Christ, who was insulted, but did not return the abuse. 00:12:59.500 --> 00:13:03.519 He trusted the one who judges justly. 00:13:03.519 --> 00:13:07.120 Maybe you don't like your boss. 00:13:08.819 --> 00:13:12.179 Maybe your coworkers have humiliated you. 00:13:12.840 --> 00:13:16.100 Cruel jokes, treating you like an outsider. 00:13:16.519 --> 00:13:17.919 Maybe they're slightly rude. 00:13:19.500 --> 00:13:22.319 And maybe your attempts to fix it seem meaningless. 00:13:23.699 --> 00:13:25.679 Is it time for self-pity? 00:13:25.679 --> 00:13:31.779 Or is this an opportunity to show Christ-like endurance? 00:13:33.279 --> 00:13:38.519 When you are conscious of God, abuse isn't about you. 00:13:39.339 --> 00:13:45.019 It's about what the Holy Spirit can do in your relationship to the abuser. 00:13:47.659 --> 00:13:50.959 I'll tell you a quick story where my friend works. 00:13:50.960 --> 00:13:57.340 Some of her colleagues used to go well out of their way to insult her, 00:13:57.960 --> 00:14:02.440 things about her age, trying to give the impression that she's less competent than them, 00:14:03.240 --> 00:14:05.560 just making her life miserable. 00:14:06.080 --> 00:14:09.840 And it took years for these deeply insecure people to stop. 00:14:11.680 --> 00:14:15.180 Now they call her aside in the office, 00:14:15.180 --> 00:14:20.480 and they get into long conversations over the phone to confide in her. 00:14:20.960 --> 00:14:23.759 They say sorry, 00:14:24.340 --> 00:14:29.920 and they talk about the tragic ways they were abused in the past. 00:14:30.820 --> 00:14:36.080 They ask for her advice and prayers on things they're currently struggling with, 00:14:36.860 --> 00:14:38.960 crises that they blame others for. 00:14:39.720 --> 00:14:42.639 But my friend can see their past, 00:14:43.240 --> 00:14:45.620 evils there, their insecurities, 00:14:45.900 --> 00:14:47.960 their own evil desires echoing. 00:14:47.960 --> 00:14:52.540 They trust her when she gives that advice, 00:14:52.759 --> 00:14:53.840 when she talks with them, 00:14:53.920 --> 00:14:58.340 because she showed the depth that Christ shows. 00:15:00.280 --> 00:15:03.560 And more than saying she puts God first, 00:15:04.320 --> 00:15:06.680 she lived it for years. 00:15:06.679 --> 00:15:12.079 I think about her, 00:15:12.079 --> 00:15:15.459 and I'm blown away by Jesus' command, 00:15:15.699 --> 00:15:17.000 the understanding in it, 00:15:17.000 --> 00:15:17.699 when he says, 00:15:18.359 --> 00:15:19.839 love your enemies, 00:15:20.399 --> 00:15:23.279 and pray for those who persecute you. 00:15:23.279 --> 00:15:27.879 If you're going to work tomorrow, 00:15:28.379 --> 00:15:29.559 I hope it goes well. 00:15:30.559 --> 00:15:32.139 But if things go bad, 00:15:32.519 --> 00:15:33.459 and it's unfair, 00:15:35.199 --> 00:15:36.059 will you self-pity, 00:15:36.559 --> 00:15:38.459 or will you trust God? 00:15:40.659 --> 00:15:43.659 Because this is how we live out the gospel. 00:15:43.659 --> 00:15:50.939 And this is how those who know that they're God's beloveds act. 00:15:52.559 --> 00:15:54.879 So when things get difficult at work, 00:15:55.519 --> 00:15:59.399 don't get in a rage about your rights and your dignity. 00:16:01.059 --> 00:16:06.139 Look at it as the answer to your prayers for God to use you. 00:16:06.139 --> 00:16:15.980 And we may all ask God that if one more person can come to know Christ because of it, 00:16:16.679 --> 00:16:18.939 that he disgrace us at work. 00:16:23.500 --> 00:16:26.919 In the third example, Peter gets personal. 00:16:27.819 --> 00:16:29.480 Show your spouse Christ. 00:16:29.480 --> 00:16:37.080 He starts his address to men and women with the same words. 00:16:37.800 --> 00:16:39.379 He says, in the same way. 00:16:40.120 --> 00:16:41.259 He's applying it again. 00:16:42.120 --> 00:16:43.940 Show them Christ. 00:16:44.100 --> 00:16:50.159 Some of the women were trapped in the idea of getting all the attention they could 00:16:50.159 --> 00:16:54.379 by decorating themselves and maybe influencing men. 00:16:55.180 --> 00:16:58.740 Some of the men had to be reminded to be considerate, 00:16:58.740 --> 00:17:00.240 to not be harsh. 00:17:01.919 --> 00:17:04.059 Another kind of power play. 00:17:04.279 --> 00:17:09.700 But Christ doesn't tempt us into doing what he wants, 00:17:09.799 --> 00:17:11.319 and he won't force us. 00:17:12.700 --> 00:17:16.740 So Peter encourages the gentle and quiet behavior 00:17:16.740 --> 00:17:19.460 that has always pleased God. 00:17:21.099 --> 00:17:22.319 And he says, 00:17:22.539 --> 00:17:27.200 this can show people the God they've always wanted to know. 00:17:28.740 --> 00:17:33.720 This can bring people to Christ without a spoken word. 00:17:35.279 --> 00:17:37.460 Let this be our evangelism. 00:17:40.299 --> 00:17:43.279 But we so often don't choose that, 00:17:43.420 --> 00:17:46.140 and Peter knows that he was like that too. 00:17:46.140 --> 00:17:50.680 Jesus wouldn't tolerate movements of self-pity, 00:17:51.100 --> 00:17:56.960 but when Jesus was being arrested wrongly in the Garden of Gethsemane, 00:17:57.360 --> 00:18:00.740 Peter shows that he's willing to fight for Christ, 00:18:00.900 --> 00:18:02.000 and he draws his sword, 00:18:02.140 --> 00:18:06.360 and he cuts off the ear of one of the arresting soldiers. 00:18:07.960 --> 00:18:10.180 Well, Jesus not only rejects this option, 00:18:10.180 --> 00:18:11.900 but he reverses it, 00:18:12.779 --> 00:18:16.000 showing that fighting for Christ 00:18:16.000 --> 00:18:19.680 is not showing them Christ. 00:18:20.980 --> 00:18:24.460 He heals the ear of the wounded soldier. 00:18:25.580 --> 00:18:27.019 It's no coincidence that 00:18:27.019 --> 00:18:31.460 the transformative power of loving your enemies 00:18:31.460 --> 00:18:34.560 brought this guy's hearing back up to speed. 00:18:34.559 --> 00:18:42.119 The fact that Jesus had to undo his followers' damage 00:18:42.119 --> 00:18:44.940 shows us how important it is 00:18:44.940 --> 00:18:47.779 to know the Christ we show. 00:18:48.859 --> 00:18:51.819 So we'll look at him in these verses. 00:18:52.879 --> 00:18:53.599 Verse 22, 00:18:55.099 --> 00:18:56.879 he committed no sin 00:18:56.879 --> 00:19:00.240 and no deceit was found in his mouth. 00:19:00.240 --> 00:19:03.039 When Jesus was wrongly arrested, 00:19:04.480 --> 00:19:06.339 he was silent. 00:19:08.160 --> 00:19:11.180 When they hurdled their insults at him, 00:19:12.579 --> 00:19:14.359 he did not retaliate, 00:19:14.620 --> 00:19:15.839 it says in verse 23. 00:19:16.339 --> 00:19:18.900 When he suffered, he made no threats. 00:19:19.700 --> 00:19:21.700 Instead, he entrusted himself 00:19:21.700 --> 00:19:25.279 to him who judges justly. 00:19:26.900 --> 00:19:28.200 Jesus was sure. 00:19:30.240 --> 00:19:33.839 He himself bore our sins 00:19:33.839 --> 00:19:35.579 in his body on the tree 00:19:35.579 --> 00:19:39.140 so that we might die to sins 00:19:39.140 --> 00:19:42.160 and live for righteousness. 00:19:42.599 --> 00:19:43.880 By his wounds, 00:19:44.880 --> 00:19:46.440 you have been healed. 00:19:48.339 --> 00:19:50.900 Jesus was servant and salve. 00:19:51.240 --> 00:19:53.299 He's the source of our healing. 00:19:54.480 --> 00:19:55.440 And it says, 00:19:55.440 --> 00:19:58.819 for you were going astray like sheep. 00:20:00.240 --> 00:20:02.480 But now you have returned 00:20:02.480 --> 00:20:04.900 to the shepherd and guardian 00:20:04.900 --> 00:20:06.779 of your souls. 00:20:08.380 --> 00:20:09.940 Jesus is our shepherd. 00:20:12.420 --> 00:20:15.259 And he wants us to look after each other 00:20:15.259 --> 00:20:18.799 even by submitting to each other. 00:20:20.200 --> 00:20:21.759 He was all of this 00:20:21.759 --> 00:20:25.000 in his darkest moments 00:20:25.000 --> 00:20:27.880 so that he could be the light in ours. 00:20:27.880 --> 00:20:31.320 So that when things go wrong, 00:20:31.800 --> 00:20:33.880 we have someone to look to 00:20:33.880 --> 00:20:36.300 and we know what to do. 00:20:38.800 --> 00:20:41.320 When Jesus' soul was overwhelmed 00:20:41.320 --> 00:20:42.160 with pain, 00:20:42.520 --> 00:20:44.060 praying in that garden, 00:20:44.660 --> 00:20:46.080 when he sweat blood 00:20:46.080 --> 00:20:47.960 and collapsed 00:20:47.960 --> 00:20:49.640 in the dirt, 00:20:50.040 --> 00:20:51.120 praying to his father, 00:20:51.119 --> 00:20:53.699 he held firm 00:20:53.699 --> 00:20:55.759 to his trust in God. 00:20:56.879 --> 00:20:57.819 When they beat him 00:20:57.819 --> 00:20:58.839 at his false trial 00:20:58.839 --> 00:20:59.659 just after that, 00:20:59.899 --> 00:21:01.199 he showed more submission. 00:21:01.979 --> 00:21:03.139 And when he was flogged 00:21:03.139 --> 00:21:04.439 and beaten again 00:21:04.439 --> 00:21:05.539 and then crucified, 00:21:06.539 --> 00:21:07.759 he prayed 00:21:07.759 --> 00:21:09.839 for his murderers. 00:21:11.479 --> 00:21:12.079 Father, 00:21:12.739 --> 00:21:13.539 forgive them. 00:21:13.539 --> 00:21:17.659 And standing at the epicenter 00:21:17.659 --> 00:21:20.500 of this much concentrated integrity 00:21:20.500 --> 00:21:23.859 and love, 00:21:25.460 --> 00:21:27.920 one of his murderers changed. 00:21:29.259 --> 00:21:30.339 A Roman soldier 00:21:30.339 --> 00:21:32.519 looks up at the naked 00:21:32.519 --> 00:21:33.779 and crying, 00:21:34.500 --> 00:21:35.940 red wreck of Christ, 00:21:36.180 --> 00:21:36.680 crucified, 00:21:36.940 --> 00:21:38.460 and his words are unforgettable. 00:21:39.960 --> 00:21:40.480 Surely, 00:21:41.480 --> 00:21:42.819 he was the Son of God. 00:21:42.819 --> 00:21:48.079 Are we ashamed 00:21:48.079 --> 00:21:49.119 of the brutalized 00:21:49.119 --> 00:21:50.700 Jesus Christ, 00:21:51.059 --> 00:21:51.779 humiliated 00:21:51.779 --> 00:21:52.919 in his torture 00:21:52.919 --> 00:21:53.559 and death? 00:21:54.339 --> 00:21:55.839 Or are we proud 00:21:55.839 --> 00:21:57.500 that he chose 00:21:57.500 --> 00:21:58.200 to endure 00:21:58.200 --> 00:21:59.579 for us? 00:22:00.119 --> 00:22:01.679 If we're proud of him, 00:22:02.679 --> 00:22:03.700 will we choose 00:22:03.700 --> 00:22:05.319 to endure like him? 00:22:08.079 --> 00:22:09.799 That's how we will know him. 00:22:09.799 --> 00:22:14.379 So three times, 00:22:14.859 --> 00:22:16.539 Peter describes this pattern, 00:22:16.680 --> 00:22:17.839 this arc of someone 00:22:17.839 --> 00:22:19.460 pushing us down. 00:22:19.980 --> 00:22:20.599 We submit. 00:22:20.960 --> 00:22:22.079 We're showing Christ. 00:22:22.240 --> 00:22:23.740 We're praying for the suppressor. 00:22:24.740 --> 00:22:27.059 And our trust in God 00:22:27.059 --> 00:22:29.259 is recognized by him. 00:22:30.139 --> 00:22:33.639 It's seen as only Christ's behavior. 00:22:33.640 --> 00:22:36.259 And God raises us up 00:22:36.259 --> 00:22:38.920 and others with us. 00:22:39.040 --> 00:22:41.180 And we all glorify him, 00:22:42.120 --> 00:22:44.160 even those who were once lost 00:22:44.160 --> 00:22:45.440 in their evil desires, 00:22:46.540 --> 00:22:48.820 transformed by powerful love. 00:22:49.900 --> 00:22:52.900 This is the love Christ showed us. 00:22:53.980 --> 00:22:56.420 Peter commends it to us always, 00:22:56.420 --> 00:22:59.380 at the most public level, 00:23:00.380 --> 00:23:01.259 government, 00:23:01.560 --> 00:23:03.100 the relationship to government. 00:23:03.900 --> 00:23:06.420 At the most private level, 00:23:07.420 --> 00:23:09.620 the marriage relationship. 00:23:10.360 --> 00:23:12.480 And at an intermediate level, 00:23:13.160 --> 00:23:15.340 the most common set of relationships 00:23:15.340 --> 00:23:17.300 going to work. 00:23:17.299 --> 00:23:21.059 His words are backed 00:23:21.059 --> 00:23:22.519 by Christ's example 00:23:22.519 --> 00:23:24.579 and so many of Christ's words. 00:23:25.440 --> 00:23:26.480 Love your enemies 00:23:26.480 --> 00:23:27.779 and pray for those 00:23:27.779 --> 00:23:29.059 who persecute you 00:23:29.059 --> 00:23:30.819 when someone slaps you. 00:23:31.619 --> 00:23:32.579 Turn the other cheek 00:23:32.579 --> 00:23:33.940 when they sue you 00:23:33.940 --> 00:23:34.639 for your shirt. 00:23:35.319 --> 00:23:37.559 Give them your coat also. 00:23:37.779 --> 00:23:38.619 And the Beatitudes, 00:23:38.879 --> 00:23:39.379 which say, 00:23:40.519 --> 00:23:42.259 when you're persecuted 00:23:42.259 --> 00:23:44.619 and reviled for his sake, 00:23:45.379 --> 00:23:46.079 blessed are you. 00:23:46.279 --> 00:23:46.779 Rejoice. 00:23:48.019 --> 00:23:49.399 Great is your reward in heaven. 00:23:49.960 --> 00:23:50.879 This is what happened 00:23:50.879 --> 00:23:51.559 to the prophets. 00:23:53.460 --> 00:23:55.339 So it's not just for these 00:23:55.339 --> 00:23:57.220 three contexts, 00:23:57.779 --> 00:23:59.039 but it's a universal, 00:23:59.419 --> 00:24:00.519 God-like example 00:24:00.519 --> 00:24:02.319 to follow. 00:24:05.059 --> 00:24:07.399 Well, while preparing this sermon, 00:24:07.399 --> 00:24:09.399 I talked to people 00:24:09.399 --> 00:24:10.399 about this submission 00:24:11.039 --> 00:24:12.940 and this always show them Christ. 00:24:14.079 --> 00:24:15.339 There were two responses. 00:24:15.339 --> 00:24:18.379 shocked acceptance 00:24:18.379 --> 00:24:20.919 and shocking rejection. 00:24:20.919 --> 00:24:23.159 The acceptors admitted 00:24:23.159 --> 00:24:25.359 it's a difficult call, 00:24:25.819 --> 00:24:28.019 but they acknowledged 00:24:28.019 --> 00:24:29.879 that it's God calling 00:24:29.879 --> 00:24:32.099 and with his help, 00:24:32.599 --> 00:24:33.899 we can do this. 00:24:35.500 --> 00:24:38.579 The rejectors tried to run scenarios 00:24:38.579 --> 00:24:40.279 where this wouldn't fit, 00:24:40.279 --> 00:24:43.119 where the moral thing to do 00:24:43.119 --> 00:24:45.759 would fit what they wanted to do, 00:24:46.279 --> 00:24:48.000 what they feel entitled to do. 00:24:48.899 --> 00:24:50.420 Please don't make this slide 00:24:50.420 --> 00:24:52.759 about finding a way 00:24:52.759 --> 00:24:55.019 to avoid living like this. 00:24:56.059 --> 00:24:56.720 Peter says, 00:24:56.720 --> 00:24:57.759 God is pleased 00:24:57.759 --> 00:25:00.240 when our trust in him 00:25:00.240 --> 00:25:01.819 overcomes the fear 00:25:01.819 --> 00:25:04.579 even of unfair punishment. 00:25:05.940 --> 00:25:07.440 It is to this trust 00:25:07.440 --> 00:25:08.640 and this example 00:25:08.640 --> 00:25:10.400 that you were called 00:25:10.400 --> 00:25:12.180 and Christ died 00:25:12.180 --> 00:25:14.240 so that we could follow it. 00:25:14.240 --> 00:25:18.120 my question is, 00:25:19.160 --> 00:25:20.259 are you sure you want 00:25:20.259 --> 00:25:22.480 to avoid this at all? 00:25:22.559 --> 00:25:23.759 If you dig into it, 00:25:24.279 --> 00:25:25.920 the most fulfilling parts 00:25:25.920 --> 00:25:26.779 of our lives 00:25:26.779 --> 00:25:28.220 are good precisely 00:25:28.220 --> 00:25:30.059 because of this principle 00:25:30.059 --> 00:25:31.339 at work. 00:25:31.620 --> 00:25:32.539 If we think back 00:25:32.539 --> 00:25:33.299 to the example 00:25:33.299 --> 00:25:34.779 of parenthood 00:25:34.779 --> 00:25:36.500 that I started with, 00:25:37.180 --> 00:25:38.640 the mother goes 00:25:38.640 --> 00:25:39.680 through intense pain, 00:25:39.819 --> 00:25:40.759 there are many moments 00:25:40.759 --> 00:25:42.240 of putting herself last 00:25:42.240 --> 00:25:43.200 and repeatedly 00:25:43.200 --> 00:25:45.480 having to hold her temper. 00:25:46.920 --> 00:25:47.920 Does she regret 00:25:47.920 --> 00:25:48.640 those times 00:25:48.640 --> 00:25:49.279 with the child? 00:25:52.579 --> 00:25:53.660 What if you're training 00:25:53.660 --> 00:25:54.400 for a marathon 00:25:54.400 --> 00:25:56.680 and you push yourself 00:25:56.680 --> 00:25:57.519 through pain, 00:25:57.819 --> 00:25:59.079 maybe you're getting up early, 00:25:59.960 --> 00:26:02.400 it's a difficult regime 00:26:02.400 --> 00:26:03.299 and eventually 00:26:03.299 --> 00:26:04.819 you're running well 00:26:04.819 --> 00:26:06.039 and when you cross 00:26:06.039 --> 00:26:06.879 the finish line 00:26:06.879 --> 00:26:07.779 and you throw your hands 00:26:07.779 --> 00:26:08.339 in the air, 00:26:09.379 --> 00:26:10.279 there's no sense 00:26:10.279 --> 00:26:11.920 of I wish I put 00:26:11.920 --> 00:26:12.859 that weight back on. 00:26:17.039 --> 00:26:18.660 When you go through 00:26:18.660 --> 00:26:19.460 tough times 00:26:19.460 --> 00:26:20.379 with good friends 00:26:20.379 --> 00:26:21.700 who encourage you 00:26:21.700 --> 00:26:23.980 and you bear it 00:26:23.980 --> 00:26:24.680 all together 00:26:24.680 --> 00:26:26.240 and you get through 00:26:26.240 --> 00:26:28.139 and you talk to them 00:26:28.139 --> 00:26:29.279 about it afterwards, 00:26:30.680 --> 00:26:32.139 do they tell you 00:26:32.139 --> 00:26:34.460 I regret helping you 00:26:34.460 --> 00:26:34.940 through that, 00:26:35.019 --> 00:26:36.240 I regret going through 00:26:36.240 --> 00:26:36.720 all of that 00:26:36.720 --> 00:26:37.500 for your sake? 00:26:38.079 --> 00:26:39.099 There's no regret. 00:26:40.279 --> 00:26:40.779 In fact, 00:26:40.879 --> 00:26:41.779 so often the regret 00:26:41.779 --> 00:26:43.539 comes if we 00:26:43.539 --> 00:26:45.139 avoid those opportunities 00:26:45.139 --> 00:26:46.779 and we don't follow 00:26:46.779 --> 00:26:47.480 this principle 00:26:47.480 --> 00:26:49.480 through to fulfillment. 00:26:50.599 --> 00:26:51.859 The truth is, 00:26:52.220 --> 00:26:53.559 however bad this looks 00:26:53.559 --> 00:26:54.279 and feels, 00:26:54.920 --> 00:26:56.059 and it does, 00:26:57.059 --> 00:26:58.480 it doesn't end there. 00:26:59.460 --> 00:27:00.619 Always showing them 00:27:00.619 --> 00:27:02.519 Christ has a sequel, 00:27:02.660 --> 00:27:03.799 as Paul put it, 00:27:03.799 --> 00:27:05.079 if we are united 00:27:05.079 --> 00:27:06.079 to him 00:27:06.079 --> 00:27:07.099 in a death 00:27:07.099 --> 00:27:07.839 like his, 00:27:08.779 --> 00:27:09.599 we will certainly 00:27:09.599 --> 00:27:11.000 be united 00:27:11.000 --> 00:27:11.599 to him 00:27:11.599 --> 00:27:12.919 in a resurrection 00:27:12.919 --> 00:27:14.619 like his. 00:27:15.440 --> 00:27:16.779 This is a picture 00:27:16.779 --> 00:27:18.440 of Christ's 00:27:18.440 --> 00:27:20.039 resurrected body 00:27:20.039 --> 00:27:21.059 and he's getting 00:27:21.059 --> 00:27:22.220 Thomas to probe 00:27:22.220 --> 00:27:23.279 his wound. 00:27:23.740 --> 00:27:24.559 It's striking 00:27:24.559 --> 00:27:26.519 because of Christ's 00:27:26.519 --> 00:27:26.799 death 00:27:26.799 --> 00:27:27.659 and his suffering. 00:27:27.660 --> 00:27:29.980 And so this is 00:27:29.980 --> 00:27:31.340 the upward movement 00:27:31.340 --> 00:27:32.740 in this arc. 00:27:32.860 --> 00:27:33.620 It's described 00:27:33.620 --> 00:27:34.519 each time 00:27:34.519 --> 00:27:37.060 in each of the examples. 00:27:37.540 --> 00:27:38.440 In the most public, 00:27:38.900 --> 00:27:39.500 Peter finishes 00:27:39.500 --> 00:27:40.360 by saying 00:27:40.360 --> 00:27:42.000 that they may glorify 00:27:42.000 --> 00:27:42.660 God 00:27:42.660 --> 00:27:43.340 on the day 00:27:43.340 --> 00:27:44.060 he comes 00:27:44.060 --> 00:27:45.060 to judge. 00:27:45.880 --> 00:27:46.360 They, 00:27:47.160 --> 00:27:48.259 the ones 00:27:48.259 --> 00:27:49.000 who clearly 00:27:49.000 --> 00:27:50.380 hated you, 00:27:51.019 --> 00:27:51.840 who spoke 00:27:51.840 --> 00:27:52.880 all kinds of evil 00:27:52.880 --> 00:27:53.720 about you, 00:27:54.460 --> 00:27:55.860 they will glorify 00:27:55.860 --> 00:27:56.759 God with you. 00:27:56.759 --> 00:28:00.680 that is a goal 00:28:00.680 --> 00:28:01.660 that will break 00:28:01.660 --> 00:28:04.099 each of our own 00:28:04.099 --> 00:28:05.359 evil desires. 00:28:07.359 --> 00:28:08.619 In the most 00:28:08.619 --> 00:28:09.619 private 00:28:09.619 --> 00:28:10.879 arc, 00:28:11.039 --> 00:28:11.680 he says 00:28:11.680 --> 00:28:13.680 that they may be 00:28:13.680 --> 00:28:15.160 one without a word 00:28:15.160 --> 00:28:18.879 by nothing 00:28:18.879 --> 00:28:19.740 but the force 00:28:19.740 --> 00:28:20.940 of God's character 00:28:20.940 --> 00:28:22.819 displayed in your life 00:28:22.819 --> 00:28:24.119 as you patiently 00:28:24.119 --> 00:28:25.339 and persistently 00:28:25.339 --> 00:28:26.740 gently 00:28:26.740 --> 00:28:27.740 and quietly 00:28:27.740 --> 00:28:28.859 return 00:28:28.859 --> 00:28:29.680 good 00:28:29.680 --> 00:28:30.559 for evil. 00:28:32.220 --> 00:28:33.079 And then 00:28:33.079 --> 00:28:33.640 in the most 00:28:33.640 --> 00:28:34.200 common 00:28:34.200 --> 00:28:34.880 arc, 00:28:35.059 --> 00:28:35.640 he says 00:28:35.640 --> 00:28:37.519 by his wounds 00:28:37.519 --> 00:28:38.339 we are healed. 00:28:40.140 --> 00:28:41.460 Wounds are physical 00:28:41.460 --> 00:28:43.000 and psychological 00:28:43.000 --> 00:28:44.019 and I know 00:28:44.019 --> 00:28:45.380 in my struggles 00:28:45.380 --> 00:28:46.140 almost nothing 00:28:46.140 --> 00:28:47.420 has been so sweet 00:28:47.420 --> 00:28:48.680 and effective 00:28:48.680 --> 00:28:49.500 a cure 00:28:49.500 --> 00:28:50.180 as 00:28:50.180 --> 00:28:51.180 the words 00:28:51.180 --> 00:28:51.779 of someone 00:28:51.779 --> 00:28:53.079 who knows 00:28:53.079 --> 00:28:53.920 the same pain 00:28:53.920 --> 00:28:55.120 who has come 00:28:55.120 --> 00:28:55.700 through it 00:28:55.700 --> 00:28:57.200 and encouraged 00:28:57.200 --> 00:28:57.580 me 00:28:57.580 --> 00:28:59.200 with authority 00:28:59.200 --> 00:29:00.800 from their personal 00:29:00.800 --> 00:29:01.240 experience 00:29:01.240 --> 00:29:02.140 saying I 00:29:02.140 --> 00:29:03.560 can get through it, 00:29:03.620 --> 00:29:04.140 I will 00:29:04.140 --> 00:29:05.200 get through it. 00:29:08.800 --> 00:29:09.320 Wounds 00:29:09.320 --> 00:29:11.240 are the rule 00:29:11.240 --> 00:29:12.360 not the exception. 00:29:13.360 --> 00:29:14.000 There are lots 00:29:14.000 --> 00:29:15.160 of wounded people 00:29:15.160 --> 00:29:15.900 kicking around. 00:29:16.320 --> 00:29:17.320 We have our own 00:29:17.320 --> 00:29:17.800 wounds. 00:29:17.799 --> 00:29:17.899 wounds. 00:29:18.799 --> 00:29:20.639 The question is 00:29:20.639 --> 00:29:21.759 can I live 00:29:21.759 --> 00:29:22.539 in such a way 00:29:22.539 --> 00:29:23.779 that my wounds 00:29:23.779 --> 00:29:26.039 like Christ's 00:29:26.039 --> 00:29:27.619 become God's 00:29:27.619 --> 00:29:28.319 resource 00:29:28.319 --> 00:29:29.799 in the lives 00:29:29.799 --> 00:29:30.759 of hurting people? 00:29:32.339 --> 00:29:33.579 Always show them 00:29:33.579 --> 00:29:34.000 Christ 00:29:34.000 --> 00:29:34.720 and on the other 00:29:34.720 --> 00:29:35.480 side of the 00:29:35.480 --> 00:29:36.019 difficulty 00:29:36.019 --> 00:29:37.919 you will have 00:29:37.919 --> 00:29:39.200 a powerful 00:29:39.200 --> 00:29:39.919 compassion, 00:29:40.879 --> 00:29:41.759 the character 00:29:41.759 --> 00:29:42.720 and the authority 00:29:42.720 --> 00:29:43.339 to heal 00:29:43.339 --> 00:29:45.159 like Christ. 00:29:45.160 --> 00:29:45.279 Christ. 00:29:46.700 --> 00:29:47.660 So I hope 00:29:47.660 --> 00:29:48.200 you will. 00:29:49.720 --> 00:29:50.540 I hope 00:29:50.540 --> 00:29:50.860 you'll look 00:29:50.860 --> 00:29:51.480 again at what 00:29:51.480 --> 00:29:52.259 Peter says 00:29:52.259 --> 00:29:54.440 in chapter 1 00:29:54.440 --> 00:29:55.460 talking about 00:29:55.460 --> 00:29:56.240 who we are 00:29:56.240 --> 00:29:57.920 and in this 00:29:57.920 --> 00:29:58.360 text 00:29:58.360 --> 00:29:59.480 talking about 00:29:59.480 --> 00:30:00.080 what we must 00:30:00.080 --> 00:30:01.120 do in 00:30:01.120 --> 00:30:02.100 difficult times. 00:30:03.519 --> 00:30:04.200 And when I 00:30:04.200 --> 00:30:04.660 think through 00:30:04.660 --> 00:30:05.420 these things 00:30:05.420 --> 00:30:06.700 and maybe 00:30:06.700 --> 00:30:07.720 reactions to 00:30:07.720 --> 00:30:08.019 them 00:30:08.019 --> 00:30:10.320 the question 00:30:10.320 --> 00:30:10.800 that it all 00:30:10.800 --> 00:30:11.500 comes down 00:30:11.500 --> 00:30:12.380 to is 00:30:12.380 --> 00:30:14.000 which Christ 00:30:14.000 --> 00:30:15.299 do I want 00:30:15.299 --> 00:30:15.779 to know? 00:30:18.500 --> 00:30:19.799 Miracle worker, 00:30:20.640 --> 00:30:22.140 the one who 00:30:22.140 --> 00:30:22.700 suffered and 00:30:22.700 --> 00:30:23.160 died, 00:30:24.960 --> 00:30:25.579 the resurrected 00:30:25.579 --> 00:30:26.240 Christ, 00:30:26.839 --> 00:30:29.039 they're all 00:30:29.039 --> 00:30:29.539 the same. 00:30:32.480 --> 00:30:33.299 Let me 00:30:33.299 --> 00:30:33.779 close in 00:30:33.779 --> 00:30:34.200 prayer. 00:30:37.680 --> 00:30:38.420 Our 00:30:38.420 --> 00:30:38.819 Father, 00:30:39.160 --> 00:30:39.759 only you 00:30:39.759 --> 00:30:40.220 can help 00:30:40.220 --> 00:30:40.900 us to 00:30:40.900 --> 00:30:42.119 follow the 00:30:42.119 --> 00:30:43.039 perfect example 00:30:43.039 --> 00:30:43.480 of your 00:30:43.480 --> 00:30:43.759 Son, 00:30:43.879 --> 00:30:44.659 Jesus Christ. 00:30:46.839 --> 00:30:47.559 He so 00:30:47.559 --> 00:30:48.099 faithfully 00:30:48.099 --> 00:30:49.000 held to 00:30:49.000 --> 00:30:49.579 the toughest 00:30:49.579 --> 00:30:50.420 of what 00:30:50.420 --> 00:30:51.279 you called 00:30:51.279 --> 00:30:51.579 him to 00:30:51.579 --> 00:30:51.899 do, 00:30:53.099 --> 00:30:54.279 and only 00:30:54.279 --> 00:30:54.680 he so 00:30:54.680 --> 00:30:54.980 fully 00:30:54.980 --> 00:30:55.839 enjoys the 00:30:55.839 --> 00:30:56.599 freedom of 00:30:56.599 --> 00:30:57.220 adhering to 00:30:57.220 --> 00:30:57.619 your good 00:30:57.619 --> 00:30:57.920 will. 00:31:00.720 --> 00:31:01.279 We're 00:31:01.279 --> 00:31:01.619 easily 00:31:01.619 --> 00:31:02.440 confused. 00:31:05.500 --> 00:31:06.319 Help us 00:31:06.319 --> 00:31:06.759 to 00:31:06.759 --> 00:31:07.659 appreciate 00:31:07.659 --> 00:31:09.079 what Christ 00:31:09.079 --> 00:31:09.720 has done 00:31:09.720 --> 00:31:11.500 and to 00:31:11.500 --> 00:31:11.920 be more 00:31:11.920 --> 00:31:12.440 shocked 00:31:12.440 --> 00:31:13.940 by our 00:31:13.940 --> 00:31:14.740 desire to 00:31:14.740 --> 00:31:15.400 make an 00:31:15.400 --> 00:31:15.940 example 00:31:15.940 --> 00:31:17.819 than we 00:31:17.819 --> 00:31:18.200 are by 00:31:18.200 --> 00:31:18.799 your call 00:31:18.799 --> 00:31:19.360 to follow 00:31:19.360 --> 00:31:20.740 Christ's 00:31:20.740 --> 00:31:21.339 difficult 00:31:21.339 --> 00:31:21.920 example. 00:31:25.039 --> 00:31:25.680 Thank you 00:31:25.680 --> 00:31:26.059 that our 00:31:26.059 --> 00:31:26.880 pain isn't 00:31:26.880 --> 00:31:27.360 comparable 00:31:27.360 --> 00:31:28.059 to his, 00:31:29.360 --> 00:31:30.039 that you 00:31:30.039 --> 00:31:30.559 never give 00:31:30.559 --> 00:31:31.059 us more 00:31:31.059 --> 00:31:31.400 than we 00:31:31.400 --> 00:31:31.980 can bear, 00:31:33.400 --> 00:31:34.120 but that 00:31:34.120 --> 00:31:34.740 even still 00:31:34.740 --> 00:31:35.380 our joy 00:31:35.380 --> 00:31:35.940 in knowing 00:31:35.940 --> 00:31:36.880 him will 00:31:36.880 --> 00:31:37.160 lack 00:31:37.160 --> 00:31:37.539 nothing. 00:31:37.539 --> 00:31:40.440 So, 00:31:41.279 --> 00:31:43.099 forgive us 00:31:43.099 --> 00:31:43.839 as we 00:31:43.839 --> 00:31:44.139 forgive 00:31:44.139 --> 00:31:44.619 others, 00:31:45.579 --> 00:31:46.379 and let 00:31:46.379 --> 00:31:46.839 your kingdom 00:31:46.839 --> 00:31:47.619 come to 00:31:47.619 --> 00:31:47.859 earth. 00:31:48.579 --> 00:31:48.980 Thank you 00:31:48.980 --> 00:31:49.460 for showing 00:31:49.460 --> 00:31:50.899 us where 00:31:50.899 --> 00:31:52.319 our current 00:31:52.319 --> 00:31:53.240 culture fails 00:31:53.240 --> 00:31:54.519 and where 00:31:54.519 --> 00:31:55.059 we need to 00:31:55.059 --> 00:31:55.839 show Christ. 00:31:57.519 --> 00:31:58.399 Because we 00:31:58.399 --> 00:31:58.759 want to 00:31:58.759 --> 00:31:59.299 honor you, 00:31:59.539 --> 00:32:00.200 not just 00:32:00.200 --> 00:32:01.299 being nice 00:32:01.299 --> 00:32:02.379 people like 00:32:02.379 --> 00:32:03.039 the culture 00:32:03.039 --> 00:32:03.700 dictates, 00:32:03.839 --> 00:32:04.519 but celebrating 00:32:04.519 --> 00:32:05.299 the God 00:32:05.299 --> 00:32:06.220 who brings 00:32:06.220 --> 00:32:06.980 joy through 00:32:06.980 --> 00:32:07.460 healing, 00:32:07.539 --> 00:32:08.879 who is 00:32:08.879 --> 00:32:09.420 the only 00:32:09.420 --> 00:32:10.059 just 00:32:10.059 --> 00:32:10.639 judge, 00:32:11.379 --> 00:32:12.039 and the 00:32:12.039 --> 00:32:12.740 lover of 00:32:12.740 --> 00:32:13.480 our souls. 00:32:14.420 --> 00:32:14.899 In the 00:32:14.899 --> 00:32:15.799 eternal name 00:32:15.799 --> 00:32:16.799 of Christ. 00:32:17.639 --> 00:32:18.119 Amen.