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 1 Peter chapter 3 verse 8 to 17 and the page is 1219.

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 1 Peter chapter 3 verse 8 to 17.

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 So the title over it is Suffering for Doing Good.

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 Finally, all of you be like-minded, be sympathetic, love one another, be compassionate and humble.

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 Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult.

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 On the contrary, repay evil with blessing, because to this you were called, so that you may inherit a blessing.

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 For whoever would love life and see good days must keep their tongue from evil and their lips from deceitful speech.

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 They must turn from evil and do good.

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 They must seek peace and pursue it.

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 For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears are attentive to their prayer.

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 But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.

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 Who is going to harm you if you are eager to do good?

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 But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed.

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 Do not fear their threats.

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 Do not be frightened.

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 But in your hearts, reverber Christ as Lord.

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 Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have.

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 But do this with gentleness and respect,

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 keeping a clear conscience,

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 so that those who speak maliciously against your good behavior in Christ may be ashamed of their slander.

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 For it is better, if it is God's will,

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 to suffer for doing good than for doing evil.

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 Amen.

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 Thanks, Mary.

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 Let's pray together.

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 Father, thank you for your word.

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 Thank you for its truth.

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 Thank you that we have it written down, recorded for us today in our own language,

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 so that we can read about you,

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 and by your Holy Spirit come to know you and love you.

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 And we pray that as we look at your word afresh today,

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 that it would give us a greater confidence in what we believe.

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 A greater confidence to share Christ with others.

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 A greater confidence as we face a world that does not want to know or want to listen.

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 Father, equip us and bless us, we ask.

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 In Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Well, according to the latest report on global persecution by the organization Open Doors,

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 one in every 12 Christians in the world lives in an area or in a culture in which Christianity is illegal, forbidden, or punished.

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 That's about 215 million people.

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 Each month, the report tells us that 322 Christians are killed for their faith.

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 214 churches and church properties are destroyed.

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 722 forms of violence are committed against Christians,

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 such as beatings, abductions, rapes, arrests, and forced marriage.

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 It actually reflects what it was like when Peter wrote this first letter.

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 If you were a Christian in the first century, well, then it was not a safe place to be.

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 And for many Christians living today, it's not an easy place to live.

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 And while we might not live in a country where following Jesus is illegal or forbidden or punished,

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 we are living in a society which is increasingly hostile towards those who would say they're Christians.

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 As we stand up for Christian values, as we speak out for Christian truth,

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 we will get reaction, we will get hit.

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 Peter reminds us of this right at the beginning of his letter.

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 Look at chapter 1, verse 6.

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 Chapter 1, verse 6.

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 In all this you greatly rejoice.

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 So he's been talking about some of the blessings we have.

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 Though now, for a little while,

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 while you may have had to suffer grief,

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 in all kinds of trials.

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 So as Christians, we will face all kinds of trials.

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 And some of these trials, if you jump to chapter 4, verse 12,

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 is the trial of suffering for being a Christian.

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 Chapter 4, verse 12.

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 Dear friends, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal that has come on you

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 to test you as though something strange were happening to you.

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 You see, as pressure continues in our society today

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 to repeal, for example, the Eighth Amendment,

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 so there is an increased intolerance towards any other view.

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 If you speak out for the rights of the unborn,

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 you will be slandered and isolated.

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 And as society rejects the claim that Jesus is the truth,

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 so there is greater hostility towards Christianity.

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 If you stand for what you believe,

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 you will be marginalised and pushed out.

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 And that's really the theme of chapter 3

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 and the reading we had.

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 Turn to chapter 3, verse 9.

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 Verse 9 is saying to us that if we are Christians,

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 you will suffer insult.

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 Or look at verse 14.

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 If we are Christians, you will face threats.

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 If you are a Christian, verse 16,

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 there will be those who speak maliciously against you.

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 You see, to stand up for Christian values,

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 to speak out the Christian truth,

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 it will be tough, it will be difficult.

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 So how do we live in a world that is hostile to Christ and his church?

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 And again, as Peter wrote this letter at the beginning of the first century,

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 for the first 250 years,

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 it was dangerous to be a Christian.

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 You were either removed from where you lived

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 and displaced somewhere else.

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 You could be locked up.

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 You could be fed to the lions.

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 You could be crucified.

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 So Peter is well placed

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 to tell us how he can help us

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 to be a faithful witness

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 in what can be a difficult situation.

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 So three things we're going to look at.

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 First,

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 do not fear those who threaten you.

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 Do not fear those who threaten you.

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 Look at verse 13.

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 Who is going to harm you

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 if you are eager to do good?

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 But even if you should suffer for what is right,

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 you are blessed.

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 Do not fear their threats.

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 Do not be frightened.

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 Now I get frightened all the time as a Christian.

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 I fear that if I speak out for Jesus,

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 if I stand for what the Bible teaches,

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 I fear that people will think I'm a little bit odd,

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 strange,

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 that I'll be talked about.

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 But the thing that I fear most of all

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 is that I will lose my friends

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 because I love my friends

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 and I want to keep them.

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 And you might fear that

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 if you associate with Christians,

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 you might be insulted or laughed at.

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 So for a more easier and more comfortable life,

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 well,

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 when we're in the company of our friends,

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 we just keep quiet.

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 Why rock the boat?

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 Why say something

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 that they might take as offensive?

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 But,

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 it tells us in verse 14,

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 do not fear their threats.

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 Don't be frightened.

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 Don't be frightened about what people might say.

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 Literally,

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 literally,

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 don't be intimidated.

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 Well, you say,

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 that's much easier said than done.

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 It's easier,

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 easy to read these sorts of things.

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 But,

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 we do fear what people think of us.

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 But,

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 there is no need to fear.

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 And the beginning of 14

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 gives us the reason why we don't need to fear.

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 But,

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 even if you should suffer for what is right,

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 you are blessed.

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 Peter wants us to know

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 that if we are Christians,

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 in the midst of facing threats,

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 we are really blessed.

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 And what's the blessing

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 that he's talking about?

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 Well,

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 go back to chapter 1,

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 verse 3.

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 We,

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 we read it at the beginning.

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 Let's read these verses again.

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 Chapter 1,

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 verse 3.

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 These are the blessings

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 that we have

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 if we are followers of the Lord Jesus.

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 Praise be to the God and Father

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 of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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 In his great mercy,

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 he has given us new birth

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 into a living hope

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 through the resurrection of Jesus Christ

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 from the dead

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 and into an inheritance

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 that can never perish,

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 spoil,

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 or fade.

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 This inheritance

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 is kept in heaven for you

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 who,

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 through faith,

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 are shielded by God's power

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 until the coming of the salvation

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 that is ready to be revealed

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 in the last time.

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 These are the blessings

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 that we have received.

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 we have new birth,

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 a new beginning,

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 a fresh start.

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 And that new birth

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 leads into a living hope.

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 Not a dead hope,

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 but a present

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 and an alive hope.

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 And that leads us

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 into an eternal inheritance.

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 And did you notice

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 what God has promised

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 to his people

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 about this inheritance?

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 Look at the end of verse 4.

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 This inheritance

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 is kept in heaven for you.

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 But not only that,

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 verse 5,

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 who through faith

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 are shielded by God's power.

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 So,

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 this inheritance

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 is kept for us by God

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 and we are kept

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 for this inheritance

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 by God.

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 He keeps the inheritance

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 for us

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 and He keeps us

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 for that inheritance.

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 Nothing

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 can take us

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 away from that inheritance

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 and no one

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 can take us away

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 from that inheritance.

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 God

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 keeps us

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 and He shields us

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 by our power.

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 So,

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 by His power.

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 So,

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 people can say

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 what they like,

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 they can think

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 what they like,

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 they can do

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 what they like

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 because

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 we are truly blessed.

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 This is what

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 keeps us

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 being faithful

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 in our witness

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 when we face

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 opposition

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 or face threats.

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 Open Doors,

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 what I mentioned

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 just now

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 in their report

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 at the beginning

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 of this year,

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 said that in North Korea

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 there are

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 an estimated

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 300,000 followers

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 of Jesus.

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 If discovered

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 as a Christian

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 not only

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 are you

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 imported

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 to labour camps

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 as a political

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 criminal

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 or even

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 killed on the spot,

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 your families

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 will share

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 in their same fate

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 as well.

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 Or in Yemen,

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 which just has

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 a few thousand

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 believers,

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 all Christians

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 in that country

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 experience

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 persecution

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 for their faith.

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 Believers

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 face detention

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 and interrogation

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 by authorities

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 and death threats

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 from their families

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 and radical

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 Islamic groups.

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 Or in Somalia,

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 in East Africa,

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 where there are

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 just a few hundred

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 Christians,

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 upon discovery,

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 if they find out

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 you are a believer,

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 you are very often

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 killed right on the spot

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 there and then.

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 Believers are also

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 persecuted by their

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 families and their

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 communities.

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 Now think about

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 a believer living

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 in one of these

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 countries.

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 What keeps these

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 Christians talking

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 about Jesus

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 when it's not

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 safe?

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 Well,

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 they've got an

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 inheritance

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 that nothing

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 and no one

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 can take from

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 them.

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 Yes,

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 they can be

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 imprisoned.

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 Yes,

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 their families

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 may turn their

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 backs on them.

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 At worst,

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 they will be

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 killed.

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 But even if

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 they should

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 lose their

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 life,

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 it will mean

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 they receive

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 their promised

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 inheritance.

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 So can you

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 see how we

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 do not need

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 to fear the

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 threats of

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 others?

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 Yes,

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 you may become

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 unpopular.

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 You mightn't be

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 liked by your

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 friends.

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 You might even

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 miss out on a

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 job opportunity.

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 You might even

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 be shunned by

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 your family.

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 But whatever

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 we may lose

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 in this life,

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 remember the

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 blessings that

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 we have.

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 We have new

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 birth, a

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 living hope,

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 into an

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 inheritance that

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 can never ever

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 perish, spoil

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 or fade.

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 And this

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 inheritance is

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 kept for us

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 and we are

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 kept for this

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 inheritance.

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 So when we

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 go to work

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 tomorrow,

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 when we head

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 off to college,

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 when we hang

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 out with our

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 friends, read

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 the words of

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 verse 14,

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 do not fear

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 their threats.

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 Do not be

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 frightened.

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 We have this

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 incredible blessing

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 from God.

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 So first,

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 do not fear

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 their threats.

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 Second,

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 speak hope

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 to those

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 who ask

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 you.

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 Speak hope

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 to those

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 who ask

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 you.

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 Verse 15,

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 but in

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 your hearts

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 revere

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 Christ

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 as Lord.

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 So,

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 verse 14,

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 don't fear

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 others.

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 Don't be

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 worried about

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 what they'll

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 say or what

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 they'll do.

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 Instead,

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 revere

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 Christ

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 as Lord.

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 Because of

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 the blessings

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 we have

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 received from

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 Christ,

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 we revere

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 him.

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 That is,

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 we honour

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 him.

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 We submit

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 to him.

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 What a

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 great and

00:17:27.000 --> 00:17:28.119
 glorious God

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 we have.

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 He is our

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 Lord.

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 He rules

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 over our

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 life.

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 He rose

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 again from

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 the grave.

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 He controls

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 our eternal

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 destiny.

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 How could we

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 not revere

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 him and

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 turn to

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 him?

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 So as we

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 revere

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 him, we

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 want to

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 live lives

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 that please

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 him.

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 In our

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 work, we

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 want to

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 live for

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 him with

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 our

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 friends.

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 We want

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 to speak

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 up for

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 him.

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 So the

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 rest of

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 verse 15,

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 as we

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 revere

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 Christ,

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 always be

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 prepared to

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 give an

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 answer to

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 everyone who

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 asks you to

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 give the

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 reason for

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 the hope

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 that you

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 have.

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 Now there's

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 three things

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 here in

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 verse 15

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 that we

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 want to

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 look at.

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 first,

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 always be

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 prepared to

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 give an

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 answer.

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 To give

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 an answer

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 is simply

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 to give

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 a reason

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 for why

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 we believe

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 what we

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 believe.

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 It's where

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 we get the

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 word apologetics

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 from.

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 It's about

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 making a

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 defense of

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 our faith,

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 an apology,

00:18:36.639 --> 00:18:38.099
 explaining the

00:18:38.099 --> 00:18:39.559
 reasonableness of

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 what we

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 believe,

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 that it's

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 true and

00:18:41.919 --> 00:18:42.200
 it's

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 dependable.

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 So let

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 me ask,

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 if you are

00:18:45.960 --> 00:18:46.539
 a Christian,

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 why do

00:18:48.559 --> 00:18:49.419
 you believe

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 what you

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 believe?

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 I wonder,

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 could you

00:18:53.440 --> 00:18:54.440
 explain it?

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 If somebody

00:18:56.599 --> 00:18:57.339
 challenged you,

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 could you

00:18:57.759 --> 00:18:58.700
 defend it?

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 What if

00:19:00.500 --> 00:19:01.119
 someone comes

00:19:01.119 --> 00:19:01.579
 up to you

00:19:01.579 --> 00:19:01.919
 and says,

00:19:01.980 --> 00:19:02.200
 you know,

00:19:02.240 --> 00:19:02.819
 this Bible,

00:19:03.599 --> 00:19:03.859
 well,

00:19:03.899 --> 00:19:04.220
 it's all

00:19:04.220 --> 00:19:04.720
 made up.

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 It's just

00:19:05.259 --> 00:19:05.839
 a collection

00:19:05.839 --> 00:19:06.759
 of stories

00:19:06.759 --> 00:19:08.279
 all about

00:19:08.279 --> 00:19:08.960
 this person

00:19:08.960 --> 00:19:09.720
 called Jesus

00:19:09.720 --> 00:19:10.980
 who never

00:19:10.980 --> 00:19:12.460
 really existed?

00:19:13.100 --> 00:19:13.720
 How would

00:19:13.720 --> 00:19:14.279
 you answer

00:19:14.279 --> 00:19:15.100
 somebody like

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 that?

00:19:17.360 --> 00:19:17.759
 Well,

00:19:18.559 --> 00:19:19.200
 we could

00:19:19.200 --> 00:19:19.960
 point to

00:19:19.960 --> 00:19:21.019
 2 Peter

00:19:21.019 --> 00:19:21.720
 chapter 1.

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 Have a look

00:19:22.180 --> 00:19:22.920
 at 2 Peter

00:19:22.920 --> 00:19:23.660
 chapter 1.

00:19:25.779 --> 00:19:26.539
 You see,

00:19:26.620 --> 00:19:27.039
 we mustn't

00:19:27.039 --> 00:19:27.680
 forget that

00:19:27.680 --> 00:19:28.640
 when these

00:19:28.640 --> 00:19:29.400
 letters were

00:19:29.400 --> 00:19:29.799
 written,

00:19:30.019 --> 00:19:30.299
 there were

00:19:30.299 --> 00:19:30.920
 lots of

00:19:30.920 --> 00:19:31.880
 skeptics and

00:19:31.880 --> 00:19:32.779
 doubters around

00:19:32.779 --> 00:19:33.539
 just like there

00:19:33.539 --> 00:19:34.440
 are today and

00:19:34.440 --> 00:19:34.900
 say, well,

00:19:35.039 --> 00:19:35.600
 how could you

00:19:35.600 --> 00:19:36.079
 believe any

00:19:36.079 --> 00:19:36.480
 of these

00:19:36.480 --> 00:19:36.920
 things?

00:19:36.920 --> 00:19:38.840
 And so

00:19:38.840 --> 00:19:39.560
 Peter would

00:19:39.560 --> 00:19:40.960
 give evidence

00:19:40.960 --> 00:19:42.140
 to show

00:19:42.140 --> 00:19:42.779
 that we

00:19:42.779 --> 00:19:43.640
 can believe.

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 So in

00:19:45.640 --> 00:19:46.140
 some ways

00:19:46.140 --> 00:19:47.019
 he's responding

00:19:47.019 --> 00:19:47.779
 to some of

00:19:47.779 --> 00:19:48.420
 the challenges

00:19:48.420 --> 00:19:49.100
 that may be

00:19:49.100 --> 00:19:49.980
 put to him.

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 So chapter 1

00:19:51.240 --> 00:19:52.039
 verse 16,

00:19:53.180 --> 00:19:53.860
 he says,

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 for we did

00:19:54.440 --> 00:19:55.080
 not follow

00:19:55.080 --> 00:19:56.600
 cleverly devised

00:19:56.600 --> 00:19:57.440
 stories when

00:19:57.440 --> 00:19:58.100
 we told you

00:19:58.100 --> 00:19:58.600
 about the

00:19:58.600 --> 00:19:59.080
 coming of

00:19:59.080 --> 00:19:59.519
 our Lord

00:19:59.519 --> 00:20:00.320
 Jesus Christ

00:20:00.320 --> 00:20:00.940
 in power,

00:20:01.740 --> 00:20:02.360
 but we

00:20:02.360 --> 00:20:03.840
 were eyewitnesses

00:20:03.839 --> 00:20:04.319
 of his

00:20:04.319 --> 00:20:04.980
 majesty.

00:20:06.699 --> 00:20:07.079
 Remember

00:20:07.079 --> 00:20:07.859
 Ralph read

00:20:07.859 --> 00:20:09.059
 from John's

00:20:09.059 --> 00:20:09.419
 gospel,

00:20:09.559 --> 00:20:09.859
 they were

00:20:09.859 --> 00:20:11.899
 also eyewitnesses.

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 Verse 17,

00:20:13.480 --> 00:20:14.099
 he received

00:20:14.099 --> 00:20:14.899
 honour and

00:20:14.899 --> 00:20:15.659
 glory from

00:20:15.659 --> 00:20:16.159
 God the

00:20:16.159 --> 00:20:17.000
 Father when

00:20:17.000 --> 00:20:17.539
 the voice

00:20:17.539 --> 00:20:18.079
 came to

00:20:18.079 --> 00:20:18.480
 him from

00:20:18.480 --> 00:20:19.119
 the majestic

00:20:19.119 --> 00:20:20.000
 glory saying,

00:20:20.500 --> 00:20:21.259
 this is my

00:20:21.259 --> 00:20:22.139
 son whom I

00:20:22.139 --> 00:20:22.399
 love,

00:20:22.439 --> 00:20:23.179
 with him I

00:20:23.179 --> 00:20:23.659
 am well

00:20:23.659 --> 00:20:24.139
 pleased.

00:20:25.480 --> 00:20:26.220
 So he's

00:20:26.220 --> 00:20:26.779
 talking there

00:20:26.779 --> 00:20:27.240
 about the

00:20:27.240 --> 00:20:28.299
 transfiguration

00:20:28.299 --> 00:20:29.319
 and Peter is

00:20:29.319 --> 00:20:29.579
 saying,

00:20:29.699 --> 00:20:30.199
 verse 18,

00:20:30.319 --> 00:20:30.959
 we ourselves

00:20:30.959 --> 00:20:32.240
 heard this

00:20:32.240 --> 00:20:32.939
 voice that

00:20:32.939 --> 00:20:33.480
 came from

00:20:33.480 --> 00:20:34.579
 heaven when

00:20:34.579 --> 00:20:34.980
 we were

00:20:34.980 --> 00:20:35.620
 with him

00:20:35.620 --> 00:20:36.180
 on the

00:20:36.180 --> 00:20:36.620
 sacred

00:20:36.620 --> 00:20:37.120
 mountain.

00:20:39.400 --> 00:20:40.099
 You see,

00:20:40.200 --> 00:20:40.819
 Peter was

00:20:40.819 --> 00:20:41.900
 there,

00:20:42.140 --> 00:20:43.279
 he saw,

00:20:43.480 --> 00:20:44.180
 he heard,

00:20:44.319 --> 00:20:45.559
 he touched

00:20:45.559 --> 00:20:47.000
 and he's

00:20:47.000 --> 00:20:47.779
 writing up

00:20:47.779 --> 00:20:48.579
 these accounts

00:20:48.579 --> 00:20:49.740
 for us and

00:20:49.740 --> 00:20:50.440
 people are

00:20:50.440 --> 00:20:50.599
 saying,

00:20:50.700 --> 00:20:51.059
 well how do

00:20:51.059 --> 00:20:51.400
 we know

00:20:51.400 --> 00:20:51.799
 it's true?

00:20:51.940 --> 00:20:52.599
 Well he's

00:20:52.599 --> 00:20:52.759
 saying,

00:20:52.900 --> 00:20:53.240
 go and

00:20:53.240 --> 00:20:53.700
 check out

00:20:53.700 --> 00:20:54.860
 the eyewitnesses,

00:20:54.920 --> 00:20:55.240
 go and

00:20:55.240 --> 00:20:56.000
 ask them

00:20:56.000 --> 00:20:56.900
 what they

00:20:56.900 --> 00:20:57.539
 thought and

00:20:57.539 --> 00:20:58.079
 what they

00:20:58.079 --> 00:20:58.460
 saw.

00:20:58.819 --> 00:20:59.140
 It was

00:20:59.140 --> 00:21:00.140
 all recorded.

00:21:01.259 --> 00:21:01.819
 Let me

00:21:01.819 --> 00:21:02.240
 read to

00:21:02.240 --> 00:21:02.480
 you.

00:21:03.480 --> 00:21:05.099
 something from

00:21:05.099 --> 00:21:05.360
 a little

00:21:05.360 --> 00:21:05.960
 book called

00:21:05.960 --> 00:21:07.420
 Truth Matters,

00:21:07.480 --> 00:21:08.839
 which is a

00:21:08.839 --> 00:21:09.519
 very helpful

00:21:09.519 --> 00:21:09.960
 book.

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 Richard

00:21:12.620 --> 00:21:13.539
 Bochum

00:21:13.539 --> 00:21:14.339
 wrote a

00:21:14.339 --> 00:21:14.920
 book called

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 Jesus and

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 the Eyewitnesses.

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 He argues,

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 for example,

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 that many of

00:21:23.180 --> 00:21:24.420
 the eyewitnesses

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 to Jesus'

00:21:25.319 --> 00:21:25.839
 life,

00:21:26.380 --> 00:21:27.160
 death and

00:21:27.160 --> 00:21:27.860
 resurrection

00:21:27.860 --> 00:21:29.319
 were still

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 in wide

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 active

00:21:30.539 --> 00:21:31.299
 circulation

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 and

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 the

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 first

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 years

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 and

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 were

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 able

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 to

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 function

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 as

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 trusted,

00:21:37.539 --> 00:21:38.319
 authoritative

00:21:38.319 --> 00:21:39.960
 sources and

00:21:39.960 --> 00:21:40.919
 guardians of

00:21:40.919 --> 00:21:41.559
 the tradition,

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 a commonly

00:21:43.139 --> 00:21:43.740
 revered

00:21:43.740 --> 00:21:44.519
 practice and

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 presence in

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 oral societies.

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 Even as

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 advancing age

00:21:49.819 --> 00:21:50.659
 took them away

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 from the

00:21:51.139 --> 00:21:52.039
 living community,

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 the wide range

00:21:53.740 --> 00:21:54.419
 of years in

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 which the

00:21:54.960 --> 00:21:55.720
 early church

00:21:55.720 --> 00:21:56.539
 was populated

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 with some

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 combination of

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 either first

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 hand observers

00:22:00.659 --> 00:22:01.460
 of Christ,

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 elders that

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 sat personally

00:22:04.180 --> 00:22:05.019
 at their feet,

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 and the

00:22:06.180 --> 00:22:07.159
 disciples of

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 those who

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 had heard

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 these accounts

00:22:09.059 --> 00:22:09.619
 of Jesus

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 from an

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 original source

00:22:11.960 --> 00:22:13.420
 stretches well

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 into the

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 second century.

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 So you see,

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 what we have

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 is not made

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 up.

00:22:18.779 --> 00:22:19.180
 They are

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 eyewitnesses

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 accounts that

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 could be checked

00:22:22.700 --> 00:22:23.519
 from people who

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 were there and

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 as they passed

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 it on one to

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 another, they

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 could investigate

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 for themselves.

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 So are you

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 able to

00:22:31.980 --> 00:22:34.139
 explain what

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 you believe and

00:22:34.819 --> 00:22:35.680
 why you believe

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 and have a

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 defence for

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 the truth?

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 And let me

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 encourage you at

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 this time as

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 well, why don't

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 you come?

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 In all seriousness,

00:22:45.519 --> 00:22:46.139
 come to

00:22:46.139 --> 00:22:47.419
 NBC this week.

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 The whole

00:22:48.119 --> 00:22:48.980
 theme is on

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 the topic of

00:22:49.659 --> 00:22:50.740
 apologetics.

00:22:52.059 --> 00:22:52.960
 Come for an

00:22:52.960 --> 00:22:54.220
 evening just to

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 find out maybe

00:22:55.019 --> 00:22:55.779
 you would stay

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 for more.

00:22:56.700 --> 00:22:57.299
 We must all

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 be prepared

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 to give

00:22:58.720 --> 00:22:59.960
 an answer.

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 Second,

00:23:02.619 --> 00:23:03.879
 always be

00:23:03.879 --> 00:23:04.440
 prepared to

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 give an

00:23:04.740 --> 00:23:05.299
 answer to

00:23:05.299 --> 00:23:06.240
 everyone who

00:23:06.240 --> 00:23:07.359
 asks you.

00:23:08.599 --> 00:23:09.079
 You see,

00:23:09.139 --> 00:23:09.559
 if somebody

00:23:09.559 --> 00:23:10.160
 is going to

00:23:10.160 --> 00:23:11.059
 ask you

00:23:11.059 --> 00:23:11.680
 about your

00:23:11.680 --> 00:23:12.259
 faith and

00:23:12.259 --> 00:23:12.619
 what you

00:23:12.619 --> 00:23:13.160
 believe,

00:23:13.779 --> 00:23:14.680
 it implies

00:23:14.680 --> 00:23:15.220
 that you

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 must be

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 living a

00:23:16.379 --> 00:23:17.200
 life that

00:23:17.200 --> 00:23:17.859
 is so

00:23:17.859 --> 00:23:18.460
 different

00:23:18.460 --> 00:23:20.099
 that people

00:23:20.099 --> 00:23:20.660
 are looking

00:23:20.660 --> 00:23:21.359
 at you and

00:23:21.359 --> 00:23:22.000
 watching you

00:23:22.000 --> 00:23:22.399
 and they're

00:23:22.399 --> 00:23:23.899
 intrigued about

00:23:23.900 --> 00:23:24.500
 the way you

00:23:24.500 --> 00:23:24.880
 live your

00:23:24.880 --> 00:23:25.360
 life.

00:23:26.360 --> 00:23:26.600
 And so

00:23:26.600 --> 00:23:27.019
 they begin

00:23:27.019 --> 00:23:27.660
 to ask

00:23:27.660 --> 00:23:27.860
 you

00:23:27.860 --> 00:23:28.660
 questions.

00:23:29.700 --> 00:23:30.140
 Go back

00:23:30.140 --> 00:23:31.000
 to 1 Peter

00:23:31.000 --> 00:23:32.480
 chapter 2

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 verse 11.

00:23:34.320 --> 00:23:35.100
 1 Peter

00:23:35.100 --> 00:23:35.780
 chapter 2

00:23:35.780 --> 00:23:36.460
 verse 11.

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 Dear friends,

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 I urge you

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 as foreigners

00:23:49.319 --> 00:23:50.840
 and exiles,

00:23:50.980 --> 00:23:52.079
 so strangers

00:23:52.079 --> 00:23:52.640
 who live in

00:23:52.640 --> 00:23:53.059
 the world,

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 to abstain

00:23:54.440 --> 00:23:55.440
 from sinful

00:23:55.440 --> 00:23:56.400
 desires which

00:23:56.400 --> 00:23:57.299
 war against

00:23:57.299 --> 00:23:57.940
 your soul.

00:23:59.140 --> 00:23:59.860
 Live such

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 good lives

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 among the

00:24:01.380 --> 00:24:02.000
 pagans,

00:24:02.380 --> 00:24:02.880
 among those

00:24:02.880 --> 00:24:03.559
 who do not

00:24:03.559 --> 00:24:04.100
 believe,

00:24:04.099 --> 00:24:05.139
 that though

00:24:05.139 --> 00:24:05.959
 they accuse

00:24:05.959 --> 00:24:06.339
 you of

00:24:06.339 --> 00:24:07.019
 doing wrong,

00:24:07.559 --> 00:24:08.059
 they may

00:24:08.059 --> 00:24:08.599
 see your

00:24:08.599 --> 00:24:09.379
 good deeds

00:24:09.379 --> 00:24:10.219
 and glorify

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 God on

00:24:11.339 --> 00:24:11.699
 the day

00:24:11.699 --> 00:24:12.359
 he visits

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 us.

00:24:14.419 --> 00:24:15.000
 You see,

00:24:15.179 --> 00:24:16.019
 our life

00:24:16.019 --> 00:24:17.819
 is in

00:24:17.819 --> 00:24:18.719
 itself to

00:24:18.719 --> 00:24:19.359
 be an

00:24:19.359 --> 00:24:20.519
 apologetic

00:24:20.519 --> 00:24:20.980
 for the

00:24:20.980 --> 00:24:21.399
 gospel.

00:24:22.459 --> 00:24:23.059
 People should

00:24:23.059 --> 00:24:23.679
 be able to

00:24:23.679 --> 00:24:24.379
 look at our

00:24:24.379 --> 00:24:25.079
 lives and

00:24:25.079 --> 00:24:26.219
 see a

00:24:26.219 --> 00:24:26.759
 difference,

00:24:27.079 --> 00:24:27.719
 a life that

00:24:27.719 --> 00:24:28.819
 backs up

00:24:28.819 --> 00:24:29.699
 the message

00:24:29.699 --> 00:24:30.159
 that we

00:24:30.159 --> 00:24:30.599
 seek to

00:24:30.599 --> 00:24:30.919
 tell.

00:24:31.799 --> 00:24:32.539
 And people

00:24:32.539 --> 00:24:33.000
 will begin

00:24:33.000 --> 00:24:33.940
 to ask

00:24:33.940 --> 00:24:34.859
 questions like,

00:24:35.259 --> 00:24:36.180
 well,

00:24:36.319 --> 00:24:37.000
 why do you

00:24:37.000 --> 00:24:37.680
 do good to

00:24:37.680 --> 00:24:38.420
 those who

00:24:38.420 --> 00:24:39.079
 hurt you?

00:24:40.380 --> 00:24:41.259
 Why is it

00:24:41.259 --> 00:24:41.619
 that you

00:24:41.619 --> 00:24:42.440
 never seem

00:24:42.440 --> 00:24:42.980
 to get

00:24:42.980 --> 00:24:43.640
 angry?

00:24:46.000 --> 00:24:46.940
 Why is it

00:24:46.940 --> 00:24:47.259
 that you

00:24:47.259 --> 00:24:48.140
 respond in

00:24:48.140 --> 00:24:49.500
 kindness even

00:24:49.500 --> 00:24:50.039
 when you've

00:24:50.039 --> 00:24:50.960
 been wronged?

00:24:52.700 --> 00:24:53.660
 Why do you

00:24:53.660 --> 00:24:54.460
 respect your

00:24:54.460 --> 00:24:56.740
 boss even

00:24:56.740 --> 00:24:57.500
 when he

00:24:57.500 --> 00:24:58.539
 disrespects

00:24:58.539 --> 00:24:59.599
 and mistreats

00:24:59.599 --> 00:24:59.880
 you?

00:24:59.880 --> 00:24:59.980
 you?

00:25:01.820 --> 00:25:02.800
 Why is it

00:25:02.800 --> 00:25:03.120
 that you

00:25:03.120 --> 00:25:03.740
 still love

00:25:03.740 --> 00:25:04.580
 your spouse

00:25:04.580 --> 00:25:06.460
 even when

00:25:06.460 --> 00:25:07.080
 they treat

00:25:07.080 --> 00:25:07.620
 you like

00:25:07.620 --> 00:25:08.020
 that?

00:25:10.940 --> 00:25:11.720
 Why do

00:25:11.720 --> 00:25:12.380
 you repay,

00:25:13.080 --> 00:25:13.640
 nor why do

00:25:13.640 --> 00:25:14.040
 you not

00:25:14.040 --> 00:25:14.520
 repay,

00:25:14.680 --> 00:25:15.260
 evil with

00:25:15.260 --> 00:25:15.800
 evil and

00:25:15.800 --> 00:25:16.640
 insult with

00:25:16.640 --> 00:25:16.980
 insult?

00:25:18.500 --> 00:25:19.360
 Why is it

00:25:19.360 --> 00:25:19.660
 that you

00:25:19.660 --> 00:25:20.320
 don't sleep

00:25:20.320 --> 00:25:20.700
 with your

00:25:20.700 --> 00:25:21.480
 boyfriend or

00:25:21.480 --> 00:25:22.080
 your girlfriend?

00:25:23.640 --> 00:25:24.040
 You see,

00:25:24.100 --> 00:25:24.460
 if we're

00:25:24.460 --> 00:25:25.260
 followers of

00:25:25.260 --> 00:25:25.660
 Jesus,

00:25:26.620 --> 00:25:27.220
 our lives

00:25:27.220 --> 00:25:27.880
 will be so

00:25:27.880 --> 00:25:29.380
 shaped by

00:25:29.380 --> 00:25:30.080
 the gospel,

00:25:30.820 --> 00:25:31.520
 our life

00:25:31.520 --> 00:25:32.800
 will be a

00:25:32.800 --> 00:25:34.540
 living example

00:25:34.540 --> 00:25:35.860
 and apologetic

00:25:35.860 --> 00:25:36.680
 for the gospel

00:25:36.680 --> 00:25:37.500
 and people

00:25:37.500 --> 00:25:38.440
 will see and

00:25:38.440 --> 00:25:39.320
 begin to ask,

00:25:39.740 --> 00:25:40.560
 why is it

00:25:40.560 --> 00:25:41.700
 that you're

00:25:41.700 --> 00:25:42.440
 like this?

00:25:44.040 --> 00:25:44.820
 Always be

00:25:44.820 --> 00:25:45.420
 prepared to

00:25:45.420 --> 00:25:45.700
 give an

00:25:45.700 --> 00:25:46.300
 answer to

00:25:46.300 --> 00:25:47.920
 everyone who

00:25:47.920 --> 00:25:49.360
 asks of

00:25:49.360 --> 00:25:49.640
 you.

00:25:51.340 --> 00:25:52.120
 And then

00:25:52.120 --> 00:25:52.640
 third,

00:25:53.720 --> 00:25:54.400
 always be

00:25:54.400 --> 00:25:54.920
 prepared to

00:25:54.920 --> 00:25:55.200
 give an

00:25:55.200 --> 00:25:55.720
 answer to

00:25:55.720 --> 00:25:56.420
 everyone who

00:25:56.420 --> 00:25:57.560
 asks you to

00:25:57.559 --> 00:25:57.980
 give the

00:25:57.980 --> 00:25:59.619
 reason for

00:25:59.619 --> 00:26:00.159
 the hope

00:26:00.159 --> 00:26:00.899
 you have.

00:26:02.059 --> 00:26:02.659
 But what is

00:26:02.659 --> 00:26:03.379
 this hope

00:26:03.379 --> 00:26:03.759
 that we

00:26:03.759 --> 00:26:04.000
 have?

00:26:04.079 --> 00:26:04.379
 What is

00:26:04.379 --> 00:26:05.220
 this hope

00:26:05.220 --> 00:26:06.000
 that causes

00:26:06.000 --> 00:26:06.480
 us to

00:26:06.480 --> 00:26:07.019
 live so

00:26:07.019 --> 00:26:07.519
 differently?

00:26:07.940 --> 00:26:08.119
 Well,

00:26:08.159 --> 00:26:08.779
 remember back

00:26:08.779 --> 00:26:09.159
 in chapter

00:26:09.159 --> 00:26:09.819
 1 verse

00:26:09.819 --> 00:26:10.200
 3,

00:26:11.099 --> 00:26:12.059
 it is this

00:26:12.059 --> 00:26:13.259
 living hope

00:26:13.259 --> 00:26:14.659
 through the

00:26:14.659 --> 00:26:15.819
 resurrection of

00:26:15.819 --> 00:26:16.679
 Jesus Christ

00:26:16.679 --> 00:26:17.119
 from the

00:26:17.119 --> 00:26:17.480
 dead.

00:26:18.039 --> 00:26:18.799
 This is not

00:26:18.799 --> 00:26:19.379
 a dead

00:26:19.379 --> 00:26:19.679
 hope,

00:26:19.799 --> 00:26:20.299
 this is an

00:26:20.299 --> 00:26:21.379
 alive hope,

00:26:21.679 --> 00:26:22.419
 a hope that

00:26:22.419 --> 00:26:23.399
 shapes how we

00:26:23.399 --> 00:26:24.099
 live our life

00:26:24.099 --> 00:26:24.779
 today and

00:26:24.779 --> 00:26:25.980
 shapes how we

00:26:25.980 --> 00:26:26.440
 view the

00:26:26.440 --> 00:26:26.859
 future.

00:26:26.859 --> 00:26:27.740
 hope in

00:26:27.740 --> 00:26:28.259
 the Bible

00:26:28.259 --> 00:26:28.819
 is not

00:26:28.819 --> 00:26:29.559
 wishful

00:26:29.559 --> 00:26:30.099
 thinking.

00:26:30.839 --> 00:26:31.279
 It is

00:26:31.279 --> 00:26:32.519
 rock solid,

00:26:33.039 --> 00:26:34.139
 unshakable and

00:26:34.139 --> 00:26:34.879
 dependable

00:26:34.879 --> 00:26:35.759
 certainty of

00:26:35.759 --> 00:26:36.299
 our future.

00:26:36.679 --> 00:26:37.059
 In other

00:26:37.059 --> 00:26:37.279
 words,

00:26:37.359 --> 00:26:38.119
 our hope is

00:26:38.119 --> 00:26:39.659
 guaranteed by

00:26:39.659 --> 00:26:40.639
 the historical

00:26:40.639 --> 00:26:41.439
 fact that

00:26:41.439 --> 00:26:42.379
 Jesus Christ

00:26:42.379 --> 00:26:43.479
 rose again

00:26:43.479 --> 00:26:43.879
 from the

00:26:43.879 --> 00:26:44.240
 dead.

00:26:45.679 --> 00:26:46.399
 And this

00:26:46.399 --> 00:26:47.419
 certain hope

00:26:47.419 --> 00:26:48.219
 shapes and

00:26:48.219 --> 00:26:49.039
 affects how

00:26:49.039 --> 00:26:49.559
 we live.

00:26:49.819 --> 00:26:50.279
 It gives

00:26:50.279 --> 00:26:51.119
 meaning to

00:26:51.119 --> 00:26:51.719
 our life as

00:26:51.719 --> 00:26:52.339
 we face

00:26:52.339 --> 00:26:53.299
 into difficulty,

00:26:53.719 --> 00:26:54.539
 as we face

00:26:54.539 --> 00:26:55.240
 death, as we

00:26:55.240 --> 00:26:56.139
 face hardships.

00:26:56.140 --> 00:26:57.400
 we've got

00:26:57.400 --> 00:26:58.360
 this hope.

00:27:00.360 --> 00:27:01.100
 And it

00:27:01.100 --> 00:27:01.600
 changes

00:27:01.600 --> 00:27:02.259
 everything.

00:27:04.500 --> 00:27:05.140
 Listen

00:27:05.140 --> 00:27:07.320
 again to

00:27:07.320 --> 00:27:07.800
 a quote

00:27:07.800 --> 00:27:10.040
 from the

00:27:10.040 --> 00:27:10.380
 book.

00:27:11.420 --> 00:27:12.240
 This is a

00:27:12.240 --> 00:27:13.100
 quote actually

00:27:13.100 --> 00:27:14.140
 from Tim

00:27:14.140 --> 00:27:14.740
 Keller and

00:27:14.740 --> 00:27:15.240
 he says

00:27:15.240 --> 00:27:15.560
 this,

00:27:15.960 --> 00:27:16.840
 each year

00:27:16.840 --> 00:27:17.720
 at Easter

00:27:17.720 --> 00:27:19.100
 I get to

00:27:19.100 --> 00:27:19.920
 preach on

00:27:19.920 --> 00:27:20.620
 the resurrection.

00:27:20.619 --> 00:27:20.699
 resurrection.

00:27:21.579 --> 00:27:22.299
 In my

00:27:22.299 --> 00:27:22.879
 sermon I

00:27:22.879 --> 00:27:23.639
 always say

00:27:23.639 --> 00:27:24.159
 to my

00:27:24.159 --> 00:27:25.259
 skeptical

00:27:25.259 --> 00:27:26.500
 and secular

00:27:26.500 --> 00:27:28.039
 friends that

00:27:28.039 --> 00:27:28.619
 even if they

00:27:28.619 --> 00:27:29.479
 can't believe

00:27:29.479 --> 00:27:29.819
 in the

00:27:29.819 --> 00:27:30.379
 resurrection,

00:27:31.579 --> 00:27:32.059
 they should

00:27:32.059 --> 00:27:32.839
 want it to

00:27:32.839 --> 00:27:33.339
 be true.

00:27:34.519 --> 00:27:35.299
 Most of

00:27:35.299 --> 00:27:35.779
 them care

00:27:35.779 --> 00:27:36.679
 deeply about

00:27:36.679 --> 00:27:37.439
 justice for

00:27:37.439 --> 00:27:37.959
 the poor,

00:27:38.639 --> 00:27:39.359
 alleviating

00:27:39.359 --> 00:27:40.159
 hunger and

00:27:40.159 --> 00:27:40.919
 disease and

00:27:40.919 --> 00:27:41.619
 caring for

00:27:41.619 --> 00:27:42.319
 the environment.

00:27:43.479 --> 00:27:44.179
 Yet many

00:27:44.179 --> 00:27:44.500
 of them

00:27:44.500 --> 00:27:45.179
 believe that

00:27:45.179 --> 00:27:45.939
 the material

00:27:45.939 --> 00:27:46.819
 world was

00:27:46.819 --> 00:27:47.419
 caused by

00:27:47.419 --> 00:27:48.219
 an accident

00:27:48.220 --> 00:27:49.500
 and that

00:27:49.500 --> 00:27:50.039
 the world

00:27:50.039 --> 00:27:50.600
 and everything

00:27:50.600 --> 00:27:51.160
 in it will

00:27:51.160 --> 00:27:51.640
 eventually

00:27:51.640 --> 00:27:52.740
 simply burn

00:27:52.740 --> 00:27:53.519
 up in the

00:27:53.519 --> 00:27:53.960
 death of

00:27:53.960 --> 00:27:54.420
 the sun.

00:27:55.759 --> 00:27:56.600
 They find it

00:27:56.600 --> 00:27:57.240
 discouraging

00:27:57.240 --> 00:27:58.079
 that so few

00:27:58.079 --> 00:27:58.880
 people care

00:27:58.880 --> 00:27:59.720
 about justice

00:27:59.720 --> 00:28:01.559
 without realizing

00:28:01.559 --> 00:28:02.140
 that their

00:28:02.140 --> 00:28:03.360
 own worldview

00:28:03.360 --> 00:28:04.720
 undermines

00:28:04.720 --> 00:28:06.279
 any motivation

00:28:06.279 --> 00:28:07.059
 to make the

00:28:07.059 --> 00:28:07.700
 world a better

00:28:07.700 --> 00:28:08.259
 place.

00:28:09.600 --> 00:28:11.019
 Why sacrifice

00:28:11.019 --> 00:28:12.019
 for the needs

00:28:12.019 --> 00:28:12.680
 of others

00:28:12.680 --> 00:28:14.319
 if in the

00:28:14.319 --> 00:28:15.160
 end nothing

00:28:15.160 --> 00:28:15.860
 we do

00:28:15.860 --> 00:28:17.059
 will make

00:28:17.059 --> 00:28:18.140
 any difference?

00:28:18.220 --> 00:28:19.860
 If the

00:28:19.860 --> 00:28:20.480
 resurrection

00:28:20.480 --> 00:28:21.100
 of Jesus

00:28:21.100 --> 00:28:21.779
 happened

00:28:21.779 --> 00:28:22.299
 however

00:28:22.299 --> 00:28:23.400
 that means

00:28:23.400 --> 00:28:23.839
 there is

00:28:23.839 --> 00:28:25.400
 infinite hope

00:28:25.400 --> 00:28:27.360
 and reason

00:28:27.360 --> 00:28:28.059
 to pour

00:28:28.059 --> 00:28:28.960
 ourselves out

00:28:28.960 --> 00:28:29.839
 for the

00:28:29.839 --> 00:28:30.279
 needs

00:28:30.279 --> 00:28:31.120
 of the

00:28:31.120 --> 00:28:31.440
 world.

00:28:32.980 --> 00:28:33.460
 You see

00:28:33.460 --> 00:28:34.180
 if the

00:28:34.180 --> 00:28:34.620
 resurrection

00:28:34.620 --> 00:28:35.799
 isn't

00:28:35.799 --> 00:28:36.259
 true

00:28:36.259 --> 00:28:38.140
 we have

00:28:38.140 --> 00:28:38.740
 come from

00:28:38.740 --> 00:28:39.160
 nowhere

00:28:39.160 --> 00:28:39.880
 we are

00:28:39.880 --> 00:28:40.480
 going

00:28:40.480 --> 00:28:41.000
 nowhere

00:28:41.000 --> 00:28:42.319
 and there is

00:28:42.319 --> 00:28:43.019
 no shape

00:28:43.019 --> 00:28:43.620
 or meaning

00:28:43.620 --> 00:28:44.259
 or purpose

00:28:44.259 --> 00:28:44.819
 to life

00:28:44.819 --> 00:28:45.319
 today

00:28:45.319 --> 00:28:46.980
 but because

00:28:46.980 --> 00:28:47.940
 we have a

00:28:47.940 --> 00:28:48.480
 resurrection

00:28:48.480 --> 00:28:49.100
 hope

00:28:49.100 --> 00:28:50.360
 we can

00:28:50.360 --> 00:28:51.100
 live our

00:28:51.100 --> 00:28:51.880
 lives in

00:28:51.880 --> 00:28:52.779
 service

00:28:52.779 --> 00:28:54.000
 towards others

00:28:54.000 --> 00:28:54.720
 and give

00:28:54.720 --> 00:28:55.240
 our life

00:28:55.240 --> 00:28:56.120
 to all kinds

00:28:56.120 --> 00:28:56.500
 of good

00:28:56.500 --> 00:28:57.039
 things

00:28:57.039 --> 00:28:58.240
 because it

00:28:58.240 --> 00:28:58.900
 counts

00:28:58.900 --> 00:29:01.140
 because Jesus

00:29:01.140 --> 00:29:02.019
 is risen

00:29:02.019 --> 00:29:03.039
 because Jesus

00:29:03.039 --> 00:29:04.120
 is alive

00:29:04.120 --> 00:29:05.299
 I have

00:29:05.299 --> 00:29:06.299
 hope

00:29:06.299 --> 00:29:08.200
 unshakable

00:29:08.200 --> 00:29:08.779
 hope for

00:29:08.779 --> 00:29:09.259
 today

00:29:09.259 --> 00:29:10.620
 and hope

00:29:10.620 --> 00:29:11.180
 for all

00:29:11.180 --> 00:29:11.759
 eternity

00:29:11.759 --> 00:29:14.759
 so first

00:29:14.759 --> 00:29:15.359
 do not

00:29:15.359 --> 00:29:16.039
 fear those

00:29:16.039 --> 00:29:16.660
 who threaten

00:29:16.660 --> 00:29:16.980
 you

00:29:16.980 --> 00:29:17.460
 second

00:29:17.460 --> 00:29:18.740
 speak

00:29:18.740 --> 00:29:19.140
 hope

00:29:19.140 --> 00:29:20.160
 to those

00:29:20.160 --> 00:29:21.099
 who ask

00:29:21.099 --> 00:29:21.420
 you

00:29:21.420 --> 00:29:22.859
 and then

00:29:22.859 --> 00:29:23.259
 third

00:29:23.259 --> 00:29:23.980
 respond

00:29:23.980 --> 00:29:25.299
 gently

00:29:25.299 --> 00:29:26.920
 to those

00:29:26.920 --> 00:29:27.500
 who are

00:29:27.500 --> 00:29:27.940
 against

00:29:27.940 --> 00:29:28.299
 you

00:29:28.299 --> 00:29:29.140
 look at the

00:29:29.140 --> 00:29:29.539
 rest of

00:29:29.539 --> 00:29:30.559
 verse 15

00:29:30.559 --> 00:29:31.140
 chapter

00:29:31.140 --> 00:29:32.359
 1 Peter

00:29:32.359 --> 00:29:33.200
 chapter 3

00:29:33.200 --> 00:29:34.599
 end of

00:29:34.599 --> 00:29:35.359
 verse 15

00:29:35.359 --> 00:29:37.519
 but do

00:29:37.519 --> 00:29:38.059
 this

00:29:38.059 --> 00:29:39.099
 with

00:29:39.099 --> 00:29:39.759
 gentleness

00:29:39.759 --> 00:29:40.579
 and respect

00:29:40.579 --> 00:29:41.299
 keeping a

00:29:41.299 --> 00:29:42.279
 clear conscience

00:29:42.279 --> 00:29:43.579
 so that

00:29:43.579 --> 00:29:44.059
 those who

00:29:44.059 --> 00:29:44.459
 speak

00:29:44.459 --> 00:29:45.379
 maliciously

00:29:45.379 --> 00:29:45.759
 against

00:29:45.759 --> 00:29:46.359
 your good

00:29:46.359 --> 00:29:46.839
 behaviour

00:29:46.839 --> 00:29:47.519
 in Christ

00:29:47.519 --> 00:29:48.639
 may be

00:29:48.639 --> 00:29:49.059
 ashamed

00:29:49.059 --> 00:29:49.479
 of their

00:29:49.479 --> 00:29:49.979
 slander

00:29:49.980 --> 00:29:51.599
 look if

00:29:51.599 --> 00:29:52.380
 we're going

00:29:52.380 --> 00:29:52.559
 to be

00:29:52.559 --> 00:29:52.980
 people

00:29:52.980 --> 00:29:53.799
 who want

00:29:53.799 --> 00:29:54.279
 to talk

00:29:54.279 --> 00:29:54.579
 about

00:29:54.579 --> 00:29:54.980
 Jesus

00:29:54.980 --> 00:29:56.839
 then our

00:29:56.839 --> 00:29:57.420
 words

00:29:57.420 --> 00:29:58.259
 and our

00:29:58.259 --> 00:29:58.779
 behaviour

00:29:58.779 --> 00:30:00.519
 must reflect

00:30:00.519 --> 00:30:01.120
 the Jesus

00:30:01.120 --> 00:30:01.660
 we want

00:30:01.660 --> 00:30:02.220
 people to

00:30:02.220 --> 00:30:02.480
 know

00:30:02.480 --> 00:30:04.380
 how can

00:30:04.380 --> 00:30:04.940
 we talk

00:30:04.940 --> 00:30:05.420
 to people

00:30:05.420 --> 00:30:05.740
 about

00:30:05.740 --> 00:30:06.319
 forgiveness

00:30:06.319 --> 00:30:08.200
 if I

00:30:08.200 --> 00:30:08.740
 hold a

00:30:08.740 --> 00:30:09.240
 grudge

00:30:09.240 --> 00:30:11.200
 how can

00:30:11.200 --> 00:30:12.099
 I talk

00:30:12.099 --> 00:30:12.440
 about

00:30:12.440 --> 00:30:13.079
 grace

00:30:13.079 --> 00:30:14.539
 if I

00:30:14.539 --> 00:30:15.779
 ostracise

00:30:15.779 --> 00:30:16.460
 those who

00:30:16.460 --> 00:30:17.099
 wrong me

00:30:17.099 --> 00:30:19.019
 how can

00:30:19.019 --> 00:30:19.480
 I talk

00:30:19.480 --> 00:30:19.759
 about

00:30:19.759 --> 00:30:20.299
 a loving

00:30:20.299 --> 00:30:20.819
 God

00:30:20.819 --> 00:30:22.420
 but never

00:30:22.420 --> 00:30:22.940
 invite

00:30:22.940 --> 00:30:23.440
 somebody

00:30:23.440 --> 00:30:24.000
 into my

00:30:24.000 --> 00:30:24.339
 home

00:30:24.339 --> 00:30:26.599
 you see

00:30:26.599 --> 00:30:27.079
 how we

00:30:27.079 --> 00:30:27.359
 live

00:30:27.359 --> 00:30:27.720
 and what

00:30:27.720 --> 00:30:28.400
 we say

00:30:28.400 --> 00:30:29.579
 really

00:30:29.579 --> 00:30:30.480
 matters

00:30:30.480 --> 00:30:31.900
 one author

00:30:31.900 --> 00:30:32.299
 put it

00:30:32.299 --> 00:30:32.799
 like this

00:30:32.799 --> 00:30:33.559
 Christians

00:30:33.559 --> 00:30:34.319
 need to

00:30:34.319 --> 00:30:35.240
 look like

00:30:35.240 --> 00:30:36.539
 what they're

00:30:36.539 --> 00:30:37.400
 talking about

00:30:37.400 --> 00:30:39.299
 what communicates

00:30:39.299 --> 00:30:39.819
 now is

00:30:39.819 --> 00:30:40.559
 personal

00:30:40.559 --> 00:30:41.779
 authenticity

00:30:41.779 --> 00:30:43.720
 the gospel

00:30:43.720 --> 00:30:44.500
 message must

00:30:44.500 --> 00:30:45.180
 not just be

00:30:45.180 --> 00:30:45.660
 heard

00:30:45.660 --> 00:30:46.680
 it must be

00:30:46.680 --> 00:30:47.420
 seen and

00:30:47.420 --> 00:30:48.319
 demonstrated

00:30:48.319 --> 00:30:48.980
 in the way

00:30:48.980 --> 00:30:49.319
 that we

00:30:49.319 --> 00:30:49.839
 live and

00:30:49.839 --> 00:30:50.379
 talk

00:30:50.379 --> 00:30:52.599
 look at the

00:30:52.599 --> 00:30:53.019
 end of verse

00:30:53.019 --> 00:30:53.700
 15 again

00:30:53.700 --> 00:30:54.259
 we are to

00:30:54.259 --> 00:30:54.740
 do this

00:30:54.740 --> 00:30:55.200
 we are to

00:30:55.200 --> 00:30:55.819
 speak

00:30:55.819 --> 00:30:56.579
 give a

00:30:56.579 --> 00:30:57.259
 reason for

00:30:57.259 --> 00:30:57.639
 the hope

00:30:57.639 --> 00:30:57.919
 that we

00:30:57.919 --> 00:30:58.240
 have

00:30:58.240 --> 00:30:58.960
 with

00:30:58.960 --> 00:30:59.799
 gentleness

00:30:59.799 --> 00:31:01.960
 and respect

00:31:01.960 --> 00:31:04.860
 that means

00:31:04.860 --> 00:31:05.440
 not being

00:31:05.440 --> 00:31:06.480
 insistent on

00:31:06.480 --> 00:31:07.220
 your rights

00:31:07.220 --> 00:31:08.779
 or demanding

00:31:08.779 --> 00:31:09.299
 your own

00:31:09.299 --> 00:31:09.779
 way or

00:31:09.779 --> 00:31:11.140
 having this

00:31:11.140 --> 00:31:11.700
 great

00:31:11.700 --> 00:31:12.860
 argument that

00:31:12.860 --> 00:31:13.200
 kind of

00:31:13.200 --> 00:31:13.740
 clatters

00:31:13.740 --> 00:31:14.779
 everybody else

00:31:14.779 --> 00:31:17.500
 essentially it's

00:31:17.500 --> 00:31:18.299
 actually calling

00:31:18.299 --> 00:31:18.960
 us to be

00:31:18.960 --> 00:31:19.920
 just like

00:31:19.920 --> 00:31:21.059
 Christ

00:31:21.059 --> 00:31:22.740
 have a look

00:31:22.740 --> 00:31:23.180
 back at

00:31:23.180 --> 00:31:24.019
 chapter 2

00:31:24.019 --> 00:31:25.579
 verse 20

00:31:25.579 --> 00:31:29.639
 here is the

00:31:29.639 --> 00:31:30.359
 example of

00:31:30.359 --> 00:31:30.899
 Jesus

00:31:30.899 --> 00:31:32.079
 chapter 2

00:31:32.079 --> 00:31:32.699
 verse 20

00:31:32.699 --> 00:31:33.639
 how is it

00:31:33.639 --> 00:31:33.960
 to your

00:31:33.960 --> 00:31:34.359
 credit

00:31:34.359 --> 00:31:35.759
 if you

00:31:35.759 --> 00:31:36.319
 receive a

00:31:36.319 --> 00:31:36.939
 beating for

00:31:36.939 --> 00:31:37.559
 doing wrong

00:31:37.559 --> 00:31:38.139
 and endure

00:31:38.139 --> 00:31:38.460
 it

00:31:38.460 --> 00:31:40.480
 but if you

00:31:40.480 --> 00:31:41.139
 suffer for

00:31:41.139 --> 00:31:41.939
 doing good

00:31:41.939 --> 00:31:42.319
 and you

00:31:42.319 --> 00:31:42.879
 endure it

00:31:42.879 --> 00:31:43.319
 this is

00:31:43.319 --> 00:31:43.899
 commendable

00:31:43.899 --> 00:31:44.740
 before God

00:31:44.740 --> 00:31:46.579
 to this

00:31:46.579 --> 00:31:46.980
 you were

00:31:46.980 --> 00:31:47.319
 called

00:31:47.319 --> 00:31:48.339
 because Christ

00:31:48.339 --> 00:31:49.240
 suffered for

00:31:49.240 --> 00:31:49.519
 you

00:31:49.519 --> 00:31:50.480
 leaving you

00:31:50.480 --> 00:31:51.139
 an example

00:31:51.139 --> 00:31:51.599
 that you

00:31:51.599 --> 00:31:52.159
 should follow

00:31:52.159 --> 00:31:52.599
 in his

00:31:52.599 --> 00:31:53.139
 footsteps

00:31:53.140 --> 00:31:54.880
 he committed

00:31:54.880 --> 00:31:55.460
 no sin

00:31:55.460 --> 00:31:57.280
 and no

00:31:57.280 --> 00:31:57.920
 deceit was

00:31:57.920 --> 00:31:58.420
 found in

00:31:58.420 --> 00:31:58.960
 his mouth

00:31:58.960 --> 00:32:00.520
 when they

00:32:00.520 --> 00:32:01.100
 hurled their

00:32:01.100 --> 00:32:01.920
 insults at

00:32:01.920 --> 00:32:02.140
 him

00:32:02.140 --> 00:32:03.680
 he didn't

00:32:03.680 --> 00:32:04.440
 retaliate

00:32:04.440 --> 00:32:06.060
 when he

00:32:06.060 --> 00:32:06.520
 suffered

00:32:06.520 --> 00:32:08.259
 he made

00:32:08.259 --> 00:32:09.020
 no threats

00:32:09.020 --> 00:32:10.900
 instead he

00:32:10.900 --> 00:32:11.520
 entrusted

00:32:11.520 --> 00:32:12.640
 himself to

00:32:12.640 --> 00:32:13.380
 him who

00:32:13.380 --> 00:32:13.900
 judges

00:32:13.900 --> 00:32:15.100
 justly

00:32:15.100 --> 00:32:16.880
 you see

00:32:16.880 --> 00:32:17.759
 if we're

00:32:17.759 --> 00:32:18.440
 insulted

00:32:18.440 --> 00:32:20.620
 well

00:32:20.620 --> 00:32:21.440
 I don't

00:32:21.440 --> 00:32:21.820
 need to

00:32:21.820 --> 00:32:22.560
 retaliate

00:32:22.559 --> 00:32:24.519
 if you

00:32:24.519 --> 00:32:25.159
 suffered

00:32:25.159 --> 00:32:26.019
 from

00:32:26.019 --> 00:32:26.519
 somebody

00:32:26.519 --> 00:32:27.759
 we don't

00:32:27.759 --> 00:32:28.119
 need to

00:32:28.119 --> 00:32:29.139
 make threats

00:32:29.139 --> 00:32:29.980
 in return

00:32:29.980 --> 00:32:30.899
 we don't

00:32:30.899 --> 00:32:31.279
 have to

00:32:31.279 --> 00:32:31.839
 get back

00:32:31.839 --> 00:32:32.399
 at people

00:32:32.399 --> 00:32:34.960
 we respond

00:32:34.960 --> 00:32:36.099
 with gentleness

00:32:36.099 --> 00:32:37.019
 and respect

00:32:37.019 --> 00:32:37.480
 why

00:32:37.480 --> 00:32:39.059
 because we

00:32:39.059 --> 00:32:39.980
 entrust our

00:32:39.980 --> 00:32:40.720
 life to

00:32:40.720 --> 00:32:41.500
 him who

00:32:41.500 --> 00:32:42.059
 judges

00:32:42.059 --> 00:32:42.740
 justly

00:32:42.740 --> 00:32:43.619
 I don't

00:32:43.619 --> 00:32:44.059
 have to

00:32:44.059 --> 00:32:44.440
 repay

00:32:44.440 --> 00:32:45.059
 insult

00:32:45.059 --> 00:32:45.679
 with insult

00:32:45.679 --> 00:32:46.119
 I don't

00:32:46.119 --> 00:32:46.579
 have to

00:32:46.579 --> 00:32:47.139
 get back

00:32:47.139 --> 00:32:47.700
 at others

00:32:47.700 --> 00:32:48.919
 God

00:32:48.919 --> 00:32:49.879
 is just

00:32:49.879 --> 00:32:51.179
 and he

00:32:51.179 --> 00:32:51.740
 will sort

00:32:51.740 --> 00:32:52.200
 everything

00:32:52.200 --> 00:32:52.440
 out

00:32:52.440 --> 00:32:52.759
 he will

00:32:52.759 --> 00:32:53.200
 hold me

00:32:53.200 --> 00:32:53.580
 account

00:32:53.580 --> 00:32:53.880
 and he

00:32:53.880 --> 00:32:54.240
 will hold

00:32:54.240 --> 00:32:54.779
 everybody

00:32:54.779 --> 00:32:55.320
 else to

00:32:55.320 --> 00:32:55.720
 account

00:32:55.720 --> 00:33:00.380
 so instead

00:33:00.380 --> 00:33:00.960
 I must

00:33:00.960 --> 00:33:01.900
 simply pray

00:33:01.900 --> 00:33:02.380
 that I

00:33:02.380 --> 00:33:02.980
 will become

00:33:02.980 --> 00:33:03.940
 more like

00:33:03.940 --> 00:33:04.600
 Christ

00:33:04.600 --> 00:33:06.279
 in my

00:33:06.279 --> 00:33:06.980
 behaviour

00:33:06.980 --> 00:33:08.340
 and in

00:33:08.340 --> 00:33:08.759
 the way

00:33:08.759 --> 00:33:09.160
 that I

00:33:09.160 --> 00:33:09.580
 speak

00:33:09.580 --> 00:33:10.420
 to others

00:33:10.420 --> 00:33:12.059
 you see

00:33:12.059 --> 00:33:12.559
 how we

00:33:12.559 --> 00:33:13.200
 respond

00:33:13.200 --> 00:33:14.900
 and how

00:33:14.900 --> 00:33:15.539
 we speak

00:33:15.539 --> 00:33:16.240
 really

00:33:16.240 --> 00:33:17.039
 matters

00:33:17.039 --> 00:33:17.900
 look at the

00:33:17.900 --> 00:33:18.460
 rest chapter

00:33:18.460 --> 00:33:18.920
 3

00:33:18.920 --> 00:33:20.240
 verse 16

00:33:20.240 --> 00:33:23.340
 keeping a

00:33:23.340 --> 00:33:24.480
 clear conscience

00:33:24.480 --> 00:33:25.900
 so that

00:33:25.900 --> 00:33:26.480
 those who

00:33:26.480 --> 00:33:26.980
 speak

00:33:26.980 --> 00:33:27.840
 maliciously

00:33:27.840 --> 00:33:28.600
 against your

00:33:28.600 --> 00:33:29.680
 good behaviour

00:33:29.680 --> 00:33:30.420
 in Christ

00:33:30.420 --> 00:33:32.240
 may be

00:33:32.240 --> 00:33:32.940
 ashamed of

00:33:32.940 --> 00:33:33.740
 their slander

00:33:33.740 --> 00:33:35.180
 in other words

00:33:35.180 --> 00:33:35.740
 as people

00:33:35.740 --> 00:33:36.880
 see your

00:33:36.880 --> 00:33:37.319
 life

00:33:37.319 --> 00:33:39.420
 as they

00:33:39.420 --> 00:33:40.240
 hear your

00:33:40.240 --> 00:33:40.779
 words

00:33:40.779 --> 00:33:42.600
 as they

00:33:42.600 --> 00:33:43.240
 watch how

00:33:43.240 --> 00:33:44.180
 you respond

00:33:44.180 --> 00:33:45.700
 they will

00:33:45.700 --> 00:33:46.600
 be convicted

00:33:46.600 --> 00:33:47.279
 of how

00:33:47.279 --> 00:33:48.100
 they treated

00:33:48.100 --> 00:33:48.500
 you

00:33:48.500 --> 00:33:50.380
 and it

00:33:50.380 --> 00:33:51.259
 may cause

00:33:51.259 --> 00:33:51.920
 them to

00:33:51.920 --> 00:33:52.519
 turn to

00:33:52.519 --> 00:33:53.000
 Christ

00:33:53.000 --> 00:33:56.640
 let me

00:33:56.640 --> 00:33:57.380
 illustrate this

00:33:57.380 --> 00:33:58.180
 with two

00:33:58.180 --> 00:33:58.820
 stories

00:33:58.820 --> 00:34:00.400
 one is a

00:34:00.400 --> 00:34:01.220
 bad example

00:34:01.220 --> 00:34:02.700
 the second

00:34:02.700 --> 00:34:03.259
 one is a

00:34:03.259 --> 00:34:04.019
 good example

00:34:04.019 --> 00:34:06.339
 you may

00:34:06.339 --> 00:34:06.839
 have heard

00:34:06.839 --> 00:34:07.279
 me say

00:34:07.279 --> 00:34:07.559
 this

00:34:07.559 --> 00:34:08.139
 before

00:34:08.139 --> 00:34:08.460
 but

00:34:08.460 --> 00:34:09.380
 in my

00:34:09.380 --> 00:34:09.820
 neighbourhood

00:34:09.820 --> 00:34:10.579
 where we

00:34:10.579 --> 00:34:10.900
 live in

00:34:10.900 --> 00:34:11.300
 our little

00:34:11.300 --> 00:34:12.199
 cul-de-sac

00:34:12.199 --> 00:34:15.559
 we got

00:34:15.559 --> 00:34:16.360
 something wrong

00:34:16.360 --> 00:34:16.840
 or rather

00:34:16.840 --> 00:34:17.280
 I got

00:34:17.280 --> 00:34:18.000
 something wrong

00:34:18.000 --> 00:34:18.800
 with one

00:34:18.800 --> 00:34:19.099
 of the

00:34:19.099 --> 00:34:19.420
 neighbours

00:34:19.420 --> 00:34:20.239
 and it

00:34:20.239 --> 00:34:20.860
 caused

00:34:20.860 --> 00:34:21.360
 offence

00:34:21.360 --> 00:34:21.759
 to them

00:34:21.759 --> 00:34:23.559
 it was

00:34:23.559 --> 00:34:24.239
 my fault

00:34:24.239 --> 00:34:26.759
 and I

00:34:26.759 --> 00:34:27.119
 went to

00:34:27.119 --> 00:34:27.420
 go and

00:34:27.420 --> 00:34:27.820
 see them

00:34:27.820 --> 00:34:28.300
 about

00:34:28.300 --> 00:34:28.860
 something

00:34:28.860 --> 00:34:29.179
 else

00:34:29.179 --> 00:34:29.460
 and

00:34:29.460 --> 00:34:30.259
 knocked

00:34:30.259 --> 00:34:30.619
 on the

00:34:30.619 --> 00:34:30.900
 door

00:34:30.900 --> 00:34:31.840
 and they

00:34:31.840 --> 00:34:32.259
 came to

00:34:32.259 --> 00:34:32.619
 the door

00:34:32.619 --> 00:34:32.900
 and they

00:34:32.900 --> 00:34:33.259
 were really

00:34:33.259 --> 00:34:33.599
 quite

00:34:33.599 --> 00:34:34.119
 cross

00:34:34.119 --> 00:34:35.539
 and this

00:34:35.539 --> 00:34:35.779
 is what

00:34:35.779 --> 00:34:36.219
 they said

00:34:36.219 --> 00:34:36.619
 and you

00:34:36.619 --> 00:34:37.119
 call

00:34:37.119 --> 00:34:37.699
 yourself

00:34:37.699 --> 00:34:38.000
 a

00:34:38.000 --> 00:34:38.539
 Christian

00:34:38.539 --> 00:34:39.699
 I'd

00:34:39.699 --> 00:34:39.839
 never

00:34:39.839 --> 00:34:40.339
 said to

00:34:40.339 --> 00:34:40.500
 them

00:34:40.500 --> 00:34:40.699
 I'm

00:34:40.699 --> 00:34:40.839
 a

00:34:40.839 --> 00:34:41.199
 Christian

00:34:41.199 --> 00:34:42.360
 but they

00:34:42.360 --> 00:34:42.880
 said you

00:34:42.880 --> 00:34:43.360
 call

00:34:43.360 --> 00:34:43.819
 yourself

00:34:43.819 --> 00:34:44.079
 a

00:34:44.079 --> 00:34:44.519
 Christian

00:34:44.519 --> 00:34:45.900
 and you

00:34:45.900 --> 00:34:46.099
 did

00:34:46.099 --> 00:34:46.519
 that

00:34:46.519 --> 00:34:49.279
 you see

00:34:49.279 --> 00:34:49.960
 how we

00:34:49.960 --> 00:34:50.639
 behave

00:34:50.639 --> 00:34:51.960
 and what

00:34:51.960 --> 00:34:52.679
 we say

00:34:52.679 --> 00:34:53.940
 really

00:34:53.940 --> 00:34:54.599
 matters

00:34:54.599 --> 00:34:55.679
 it

00:34:55.679 --> 00:34:56.239
 affects

00:34:56.239 --> 00:34:56.819
 people

00:34:56.819 --> 00:34:58.400
 that's

00:34:58.400 --> 00:34:58.839
 the bad

00:34:58.839 --> 00:34:59.339
 example

00:34:59.339 --> 00:34:59.679
 of

00:34:59.679 --> 00:35:00.339
 living

00:35:00.339 --> 00:35:00.860
 the wrong

00:35:00.860 --> 00:35:01.299
 kind of

00:35:01.299 --> 00:35:01.579
 life

00:35:01.579 --> 00:35:01.980
 and saying

00:35:01.980 --> 00:35:02.400
 the wrong

00:35:02.400 --> 00:35:02.900
 kind of

00:35:02.900 --> 00:35:03.179
 thing

00:35:03.179 --> 00:35:04.159
 here's

00:35:04.159 --> 00:35:04.440
 a good

00:35:04.440 --> 00:35:04.980
 example

00:35:04.980 --> 00:35:06.359
 I have

00:35:06.359 --> 00:35:06.839
 a friend

00:35:06.839 --> 00:35:08.519
 who grew

00:35:08.519 --> 00:35:08.739
 up

00:35:08.739 --> 00:35:09.460
 a pretty

00:35:09.460 --> 00:35:10.199
 rough

00:35:10.199 --> 00:35:10.679
 life

00:35:10.679 --> 00:35:12.079
 on one

00:35:12.079 --> 00:35:12.500
 occasion

00:35:12.500 --> 00:35:13.059
 he told

00:35:13.059 --> 00:35:13.239
 me

00:35:13.239 --> 00:35:13.480
 that

00:35:13.480 --> 00:35:13.819
 somebody

00:35:13.819 --> 00:35:14.139
 was

00:35:14.139 --> 00:35:14.599
 running

00:35:14.599 --> 00:35:14.960
 after

00:35:14.960 --> 00:35:15.119
 him

00:35:15.119 --> 00:35:15.399
 and he

00:35:15.399 --> 00:35:16.059
 threw

00:35:16.059 --> 00:35:16.539
 a gas

00:35:16.539 --> 00:35:16.960
 bottle

00:35:16.960 --> 00:35:17.559
 back down

00:35:17.559 --> 00:35:18.000
 on top

00:35:18.000 --> 00:35:18.259
 of them

00:35:18.259 --> 00:35:19.259
 and I

00:35:19.259 --> 00:35:19.579
 said

00:35:19.579 --> 00:35:20.339
 well what

00:35:20.339 --> 00:35:20.619
 happened

00:35:20.619 --> 00:35:20.879
 he said

00:35:20.879 --> 00:35:21.139
 I don't

00:35:21.139 --> 00:35:21.279
 know

00:35:21.279 --> 00:35:21.599
 he never

00:35:21.599 --> 00:35:22.099
 came back

00:35:22.099 --> 00:35:22.399
 again

00:35:22.399 --> 00:35:23.039
 so that

00:35:23.039 --> 00:35:23.259
 was the

00:35:23.259 --> 00:35:23.519
 kind of

00:35:23.519 --> 00:35:23.879
 character

00:35:23.879 --> 00:35:24.379
 he was

00:35:24.379 --> 00:35:25.419
 he didn't

00:35:25.419 --> 00:35:25.899
 have time

00:35:25.899 --> 00:35:26.119
 for

00:35:26.119 --> 00:35:26.599
 Christians

00:35:26.599 --> 00:35:27.339
 no time

00:35:27.339 --> 00:35:27.759
 at all

00:35:27.760 --> 00:35:28.780
 but he

00:35:28.780 --> 00:35:29.200
 ended up

00:35:29.200 --> 00:35:29.640
 working

00:35:29.640 --> 00:35:30.240
 for a

00:35:30.240 --> 00:35:30.620
 Christian

00:35:30.620 --> 00:35:32.700
 and

00:35:32.700 --> 00:35:34.040
 just

00:35:34.040 --> 00:35:34.620
 observed

00:35:34.620 --> 00:35:35.340
 the person

00:35:35.340 --> 00:35:35.840
 had talked

00:35:35.840 --> 00:35:36.200
 to them

00:35:36.200 --> 00:35:36.560
 about

00:35:36.560 --> 00:35:37.060
 Christ

00:35:37.060 --> 00:35:37.360
 but

00:35:37.360 --> 00:35:38.280
 for him

00:35:38.280 --> 00:35:39.200
 didn't

00:35:39.200 --> 00:35:39.480
 want to

00:35:39.480 --> 00:35:39.760
 know

00:35:39.760 --> 00:35:41.320
 but he

00:35:41.320 --> 00:35:42.020
 observed

00:35:42.020 --> 00:35:42.560
 something

00:35:42.560 --> 00:35:42.800
 that

00:35:42.800 --> 00:35:43.160
 happened

00:35:43.160 --> 00:35:43.540
 there was

00:35:43.540 --> 00:35:44.120
 an accident

00:35:44.120 --> 00:35:44.580
 in the

00:35:44.580 --> 00:35:44.960
 kitchen

00:35:44.960 --> 00:35:46.460
 there was

00:35:46.460 --> 00:35:46.800
 a big

00:35:46.800 --> 00:35:47.220
 mess

00:35:47.220 --> 00:35:47.900
 and the

00:35:47.900 --> 00:35:48.860
 person he

00:35:48.860 --> 00:35:49.240
 was working

00:35:49.240 --> 00:35:49.420
 for

00:35:49.420 --> 00:35:49.640
 they

00:35:49.640 --> 00:35:50.720
 didn't

00:35:50.720 --> 00:35:50.920
 say

00:35:50.920 --> 00:35:51.240
 anything

00:35:51.240 --> 00:35:51.520
 they were

00:35:51.520 --> 00:35:52.000
 completely

00:35:52.000 --> 00:35:52.440
 calm

00:35:52.440 --> 00:35:53.300
 they didn't

00:35:53.300 --> 00:35:54.120
 explode in

00:35:54.120 --> 00:35:54.460
 anger

00:35:54.460 --> 00:35:54.820
 or

00:35:54.820 --> 00:35:55.980
 expletives

00:35:55.980 --> 00:35:56.420
 or anything

00:35:56.420 --> 00:35:56.719
 else

00:35:56.719 --> 00:35:57.079
 like that

00:35:57.079 --> 00:35:58.019
 that

00:35:58.019 --> 00:35:59.159
 was the

00:35:59.159 --> 00:35:59.599
 actual

00:35:59.599 --> 00:36:00.139
 turning

00:36:00.139 --> 00:36:00.679
 point

00:36:00.679 --> 00:36:01.940
 for

00:36:01.940 --> 00:36:02.320
 Barry

00:36:02.320 --> 00:36:02.940
 becoming

00:36:02.940 --> 00:36:03.280
 a

00:36:03.280 --> 00:36:03.599
 Christian

00:36:03.599 --> 00:36:03.900
 Barry

00:36:03.900 --> 00:36:04.179
 now

00:36:04.179 --> 00:36:04.639
 works

00:36:04.639 --> 00:36:05.119
 in

00:36:05.119 --> 00:36:05.760
 Nicaragua

00:36:05.760 --> 00:36:06.659
 runs a

00:36:06.659 --> 00:36:06.960
 Christian

00:36:06.960 --> 00:36:07.460
 school

00:36:07.460 --> 00:36:08.119
 seeking to

00:36:08.119 --> 00:36:08.639
 reach out

00:36:08.639 --> 00:36:09.000
 to the

00:36:09.000 --> 00:36:09.460
 community

00:36:09.460 --> 00:36:09.840
 there

00:36:09.840 --> 00:36:11.240
 one

00:36:11.240 --> 00:36:12.139
 simple

00:36:12.139 --> 00:36:12.699
 tiny

00:36:12.699 --> 00:36:13.260
 act

00:36:13.260 --> 00:36:13.559
 in a

00:36:13.559 --> 00:36:13.940
 kitchen

00:36:13.940 --> 00:36:15.300
 used

00:36:15.300 --> 00:36:15.940
 by God

00:36:15.940 --> 00:36:16.539
 to begin

00:36:16.539 --> 00:36:17.199
 the process

00:36:17.199 --> 00:36:17.860
 of changing

00:36:17.860 --> 00:36:19.019
 somebody's

00:36:19.019 --> 00:36:19.440
 life

00:36:19.440 --> 00:36:21.159
 you see

00:36:21.159 --> 00:36:21.820
 what I

00:36:21.820 --> 00:36:22.260
 say

00:36:22.260 --> 00:36:23.780
 what you

00:36:23.780 --> 00:36:24.039
 say

00:36:24.039 --> 00:36:24.579
 how we

00:36:24.579 --> 00:36:24.960
 live

00:36:24.960 --> 00:36:25.920
 really

00:36:25.920 --> 00:36:27.119
 matters

00:36:27.119 --> 00:36:29.840
 it may

00:36:29.840 --> 00:36:30.300
 cause

00:36:30.300 --> 00:36:30.720
 people

00:36:30.720 --> 00:36:31.200
 to be

00:36:31.200 --> 00:36:31.880
 convicted

00:36:31.880 --> 00:36:32.340
 of how

00:36:32.340 --> 00:36:32.539
 they

00:36:32.539 --> 00:36:32.920
 treat

00:36:32.920 --> 00:36:33.280
 you

00:36:33.280 --> 00:36:34.780
 and it

00:36:34.780 --> 00:36:35.320
 may cause

00:36:35.320 --> 00:36:35.539
 them

00:36:35.539 --> 00:36:36.280
 to turn

00:36:36.280 --> 00:36:36.900
 to

00:36:36.900 --> 00:36:37.380
 Christ

00:36:37.380 --> 00:36:40.240
 so as

00:36:40.240 --> 00:36:40.500
 we

00:36:40.500 --> 00:36:41.480
 go into

00:36:41.480 --> 00:36:41.860
 a new

00:36:41.860 --> 00:36:42.180
 week

00:36:42.180 --> 00:36:42.700
 as we

00:36:42.700 --> 00:36:43.480
 will meet

00:36:43.480 --> 00:36:44.019
 again with

00:36:44.019 --> 00:36:44.460
 our work

00:36:44.460 --> 00:36:45.079
 colleagues

00:36:45.079 --> 00:36:46.420
 hang out

00:36:46.420 --> 00:36:46.780
 with our

00:36:46.780 --> 00:36:47.180
 friends

00:36:47.180 --> 00:36:47.639
 go to

00:36:47.639 --> 00:36:47.980
 school

00:36:47.980 --> 00:36:48.300
 wherever

00:36:48.300 --> 00:36:48.920
 we are

00:36:48.920 --> 00:36:50.460
 as we

00:36:50.460 --> 00:36:51.039
 think about

00:36:51.039 --> 00:36:51.659
 sharing

00:36:51.659 --> 00:36:52.280
 Christ

00:36:52.280 --> 00:36:54.760
 don't fear

00:36:54.760 --> 00:36:55.619
 their threats

00:36:55.619 --> 00:36:57.380
 don't be

00:36:57.380 --> 00:36:57.940
 afraid

00:36:57.940 --> 00:36:58.839
 we have

00:36:58.839 --> 00:36:59.420
 this wonderful

00:36:59.420 --> 00:36:59.920
 blessing

00:36:59.920 --> 00:37:00.519
 inheritance

00:37:00.519 --> 00:37:01.059
 that can

00:37:01.059 --> 00:37:01.819
 never perish

00:37:01.819 --> 00:37:02.420
 spoil or

00:37:02.420 --> 00:37:02.779
 fade

00:37:02.779 --> 00:37:03.539
 what can

00:37:03.539 --> 00:37:03.880
 they do

00:37:03.880 --> 00:37:04.359
 to you

00:37:04.359 --> 00:37:07.420
 speak

00:37:07.420 --> 00:37:07.880
 hope

00:37:07.880 --> 00:37:09.219
 to those

00:37:09.219 --> 00:37:09.699
 who ask

00:37:09.699 --> 00:37:10.099
 of you

00:37:10.099 --> 00:37:14.039
 and respond

00:37:14.039 --> 00:37:14.599
 gently

00:37:14.599 --> 00:37:16.079
 to those

00:37:16.079 --> 00:37:16.319
 who are

00:37:16.319 --> 00:37:16.779
 against you

00:37:16.779 --> 00:37:17.059
 live

00:37:17.059 --> 00:37:17.880
 credible

00:37:17.880 --> 00:37:18.699
 godly

00:37:18.699 --> 00:37:19.259
 Christ

00:37:19.259 --> 00:37:19.539
 like

00:37:19.539 --> 00:37:20.079
 lives

00:37:20.079 --> 00:37:22.139
 in the

00:37:22.139 --> 00:37:22.420
 world

00:37:22.420 --> 00:37:22.940
 in which

00:37:22.940 --> 00:37:23.199
 we

00:37:23.199 --> 00:37:23.559
 live

00:37:23.559 --> 00:37:25.179
 let's

00:37:25.179 --> 00:37:25.500
 pray

00:37:25.500 --> 00:37:26.719
 that god

00:37:26.719 --> 00:37:27.239
 will enable

00:37:27.239 --> 00:37:27.679
 us to

00:37:27.679 --> 00:37:28.039
 do that

00:37:28.039 --> 00:37:28.360
 well

00:37:28.360 --> 00:37:44.000
 father

00:37:44.000 --> 00:37:44.599
 thank you

00:37:44.599 --> 00:37:45.059
 for

00:37:45.059 --> 00:37:45.980
 your

00:37:45.980 --> 00:37:46.340
 word

00:37:46.340 --> 00:37:46.620
 for

00:37:46.620 --> 00:37:46.920
 its

00:37:46.920 --> 00:37:47.500
 truth

00:37:47.500 --> 00:37:49.860
 thank you

00:37:49.860 --> 00:37:50.240
 that it

00:37:50.240 --> 00:37:50.440
 is

00:37:50.440 --> 00:37:51.260
 dependable

00:37:51.260 --> 00:37:53.400
 thank you

00:37:53.400 --> 00:37:53.860
 that we

00:37:53.860 --> 00:37:54.300
 have

00:37:54.300 --> 00:37:54.539
 a

00:37:54.539 --> 00:37:55.120
 certain

00:37:55.120 --> 00:37:55.579
 hope

00:37:55.579 --> 00:37:55.819
 hope

00:37:55.819 --> 00:37:57.559
 the

00:37:57.559 --> 00:37:57.900
 hope

00:37:57.900 --> 00:37:58.219
 of the

00:37:58.219 --> 00:37:58.920
 resurrection

00:37:58.920 --> 00:37:59.480
 from the

00:37:59.480 --> 00:37:59.940
 grave

00:37:59.940 --> 00:38:01.099
 life

00:38:01.099 --> 00:38:01.539
 with you

00:38:01.539 --> 00:38:01.940
 today

00:38:01.940 --> 00:38:02.539
 and life

00:38:02.539 --> 00:38:03.059
 for all

00:38:03.059 --> 00:38:03.619
 eternity

00:38:03.619 --> 00:38:05.380
 father

00:38:05.380 --> 00:38:05.739
 would you

00:38:05.739 --> 00:38:06.239
 give to

00:38:06.239 --> 00:38:06.519
 each

00:38:06.519 --> 00:38:07.039
 person

00:38:07.039 --> 00:38:07.400
 here

00:38:07.400 --> 00:38:07.980
 today

00:38:07.980 --> 00:38:09.920
 opportunity

00:38:09.920 --> 00:38:11.680
 to be

00:38:11.680 --> 00:38:12.119
 able to

00:38:12.119 --> 00:38:12.659
 speak

00:38:12.659 --> 00:38:13.440
 of that

00:38:13.440 --> 00:38:13.880
 hope

00:38:13.880 --> 00:38:15.760
 to be

00:38:15.760 --> 00:38:16.200
 able to

00:38:16.200 --> 00:38:16.820
 bring that

00:38:16.820 --> 00:38:17.500
 hope into

00:38:17.500 --> 00:38:18.200
 the darkness

00:38:18.200 --> 00:38:21.039
 to be able

00:38:21.039 --> 00:38:21.639
 to speak

00:38:21.639 --> 00:38:22.539
 of jesus

00:38:22.539 --> 00:38:25.720
 father help

00:38:25.720 --> 00:38:26.380
 us that we

00:38:26.380 --> 00:38:26.780
 would not

00:38:26.780 --> 00:38:27.420
 fear what

00:38:27.420 --> 00:38:28.200
 people say

00:38:28.200 --> 00:38:30.700
 help us to

00:38:30.700 --> 00:38:31.360
 revere the

00:38:31.360 --> 00:38:31.720
 lord

00:38:31.720 --> 00:38:34.720
 change us

00:38:34.720 --> 00:38:35.420
 to be more

00:38:35.420 --> 00:38:36.220
 like christ

00:38:36.220 --> 00:38:38.480
 so that our

00:38:38.480 --> 00:38:39.260
 behavior and

00:38:39.260 --> 00:38:39.780
 our words

00:38:39.780 --> 00:38:40.660
 reflect him

00:38:40.660 --> 00:38:41.519
 in all that

00:38:41.519 --> 00:38:41.980
 we say

00:38:41.980 --> 00:38:42.420
 and do

00:38:42.420 --> 00:38:45.140
 and we

00:38:45.140 --> 00:38:45.720
 pray that you

00:38:45.720 --> 00:38:46.240
 would give us

00:38:46.240 --> 00:38:47.140
 confidence

00:38:47.140 --> 00:38:49.100
 and courage

00:38:49.100 --> 00:38:49.880
 to speak

00:38:49.880 --> 00:38:50.240
 up

00:38:50.240 --> 00:38:51.640
 and to

00:38:51.640 --> 00:38:52.280
 stand up

00:38:52.280 --> 00:38:52.640
 for the

00:38:52.640 --> 00:38:53.440
 lord jesus

00:38:53.440 --> 00:38:55.360
 and we

00:38:55.360 --> 00:38:56.019
 pray father

00:38:56.019 --> 00:38:56.580
 that through

00:38:56.580 --> 00:38:57.120
 our lives

00:38:57.120 --> 00:38:57.840
 as weak

00:38:57.840 --> 00:38:58.320
 and as

00:38:58.320 --> 00:38:59.600
 failing as

00:38:59.600 --> 00:39:00.160
 we so

00:39:00.160 --> 00:39:00.820
 often are

00:39:00.820 --> 00:39:02.540
 that by

00:39:02.540 --> 00:39:03.080
 your holy

00:39:03.080 --> 00:39:03.800
 spirit you

00:39:03.800 --> 00:39:04.300
 would be at

00:39:04.300 --> 00:39:04.920
 work within

00:39:04.920 --> 00:39:05.440
 us

00:39:05.440 --> 00:39:07.860
 leading more

00:39:07.860 --> 00:39:08.160
 and more

00:39:08.160 --> 00:39:09.100
 people to

00:39:09.099 --> 00:39:09.519
 the lord

00:39:09.519 --> 00:39:10.400
 jesus christ

00:39:10.400 --> 00:39:12.199
 help us

00:39:12.199 --> 00:39:12.659
 we pray

00:39:12.659 --> 00:39:13.219
 in jesus

00:39:13.219 --> 00:39:13.639
 name

00:39:13.639 --> 00:39:15.159
 amen

00:39:15.159 --> 00:39:20.379
 we're going

00:39:20.379 --> 00:39:20.799
 to sing

00:39:20.799 --> 00:39:22.599
 which is a

00:39:22.599 --> 00:39:24.399
 rallying cry

00:39:24.399 --> 00:39:24.799
 i guess