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 This is a reading from the first letter of Peter.

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 1 Peter 1.1 and 1.13-2.3

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 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ to God's elect,

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 exiles scattered throughout the provinces of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia.

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 Therefore, with minds that are alert and fully sober,

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 set your hope on the grace to be brought to you when Jesus Christ is revealed at his coming.

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 As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance.

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 But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do.

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 For it is written, be holy because I am holy.

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 Since you call on a father who judges each person's work impartially,

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 live out your time as foreigners here in reverent fear.

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 For you know that it was not with perishable things, such as silver or gold,

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 that you are redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your ancestors,

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 but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect.

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 He was chosen before the creation of the world, but was revealed in these last times for your sake.

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 Through him you believe in God who raised him from the dead and glorified him.

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 And so your faith and hope are in God.

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 Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth,

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 so that you have sincere love for each other, love one another deeply from the heart.

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 For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable,

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 through the living and enduring word of God.

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 For all people are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field.

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 The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of the Lord endures forever.

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 And this is the word that was preached to you.

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 Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind.

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 Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk,

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 so that by it you may grow up in your salvation,

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 now that you have tasted that the Lord is good.

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 This is the word of the Lord.

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 Good morning, Christ Church.

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 Honestly, I don't know what I'm doing up here after Lindsay.

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 I think we could just be done.

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 Good job.

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 Thank you.

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 We are in this letter of 1 Peter,

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 and if you've been here the past few weeks,

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 you know that it opens with this glorious doxology.

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 Peter's just praising God for the mercy that he's had on us in Jesus Christ.

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 And really at this point,

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 having celebrated the wonders of God's salvation by grace in Jesus,

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 Peter now turns his attention,

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 and he turns our attention,

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 to describing the appropriate response

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 in the lives of those who received God's grace.

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 He's describing what it means to live consistently

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 with who we've been made in Jesus Christ.

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 And so I want to focus your attention today on an unpopular topic.

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 We're going to talk today about a topic that very few Christians and churches

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 tend to spend much time focusing on,

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 and that is the topic of holiness.

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 Personal, individual holiness,

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 collective, communal holiness.

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 Peter quotes this Old Testament book of Leviticus

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 when he says,

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 Be holy.

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 The Lord is saying there,

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 Be holy because I am holy.

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 What in the world does that mean?

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 Well, that's what we're going to explore,

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 and because I have a lot to say,

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 we're just going to dive right in.

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 Here's the thread I want to follow,

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 is that the gospel creates holy lives,

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 revering our God and craving His grace.

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 That's what the gospel creates.

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 The gospel creates holy lives of revering our God

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 and craving His grace.

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 So first of all, the gospel creates holy lives.

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 Just follow with me in verse 13.

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 Therefore, with minds that are alert and fully sober,

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 set your hope on the grace to be brought to you

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 when Jesus Christ is revealed at His coming.

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 As obedient children,

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 do not conform to the evil desires you had

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 when you lived in ignorance.

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 Peter's saying that if you're confident

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 in Jesus' return,

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 when He comes again in glory,

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 and if you're confident in the hope

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 that there and then,

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 you're going to experience the fullness

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 of God's grace that you already have

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 here and now,

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 then here are all the implications

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 of God's grace for your life.

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 And he describes in verse 14,

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 he says that when you were ignorant

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 of the reality of Jesus Christ,

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 before you came to know Christ,

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 you were full of all these evil desires,

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 full of all these self-centered desires

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 that were in fact driving your life.

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 But now, he says,

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 this God of grace is coming in

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 and He's given you a new birth

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 into a living hope.

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 We talked about that in chapter 1, verse 3.

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 He's brought you into this new reality.

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 He's made you a new creation.

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 He's given you a new life in Jesus Christ.

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 So, Peter says,

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 you've got to abandon your conformity

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 to all of those old self-centered desires.

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 And now, because of this new life,

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 you've got to give yourself

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 to that new life

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 in conformity to the grace of God.

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 Now, what does that mean?

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 Well, Peter says in verse 14,

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 it means this,

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 be obedient children.

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 Live as obedient children of your Father.

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 If God has given you this new birth,

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 if you've been born again

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 through the imperishable seed of the gospel,

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 as it says in verse 23,

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 if you've been brought into this new relationship

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 as a child of God the Father,

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 then Peter says,

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 the only proper thing to do

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 is to obey your Father

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 who's newly begotten you.

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 And what does it mean to obey

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 our good and gracious Father?

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 Well, to obey means this,

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 like Father, like Son.

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 Like Father, like Daughter.

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 That the character of the children

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 is to reflect the character of their Father.

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 And what is the Father like?

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 Well, when Jesus prays in John 17,

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 that great high priestly prayer,

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 He calls God, He says,

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 Holy Father.

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 That's how Jesus prays.

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 Holy Father.

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 And that's what Peter's picking up on here in verse 15.

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 But just as He who called you is holy,

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 so be holy in all you do.

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 For it is written,

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 be holy because I am holy.

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 The Holy Father who called you and me to Himself,

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 He is the pattern

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 to which our character is to conform.

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 Now, what does it mean when God says,

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 I am holy?

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 What does that mean when He says,

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 I am holy?

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 Well, the word holy means set apart.

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 So God is saying there,

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 I am separate.

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 I am distinct.

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 I am different.

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 I'm in a category of my own

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 in terms of moral beauty

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 and excellence of character.

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 And just to try to illustrate this,

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 when you go to the center point

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 and the high point of the Torah,

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 which is the first five books of the Bible,

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 basic Bible,

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 you find there this amazing moment

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 where the people of God,

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 they've just made the golden calf.

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 And Moses,

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 the leader of the people of God,

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 he's interceding for God to forgive them.

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 And he says to them,

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 to God,

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 in his intercession to God,

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 he says,

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 God,

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 show me your glory.

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 And God says,

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 well, that's great, Moses,

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 but you can't handle my glory.

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 And so he says,

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 I will hide you in this rock

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 and I'll cover you with my hand

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 and I will show you

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 the backside of my glory.

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 I'll show you the afterglow

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 of my goodness and my glory.

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 And here's what happens in Exodus 34.

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 This is what Moses hears.

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 He hears,

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 I am the Lord, the Lord,

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 compassionate and gracious God,

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 slow to anger,

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 abounding in loving kindness

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 and faithfulness,

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 maintaining love to thousands,

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 forgiving wickedness,

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 rebellion and sin.

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 Yet I do not leave the guilty unpunished,

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 but I punish the children

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 for the sins of the parents

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 to the third and fourth generations,

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 which means I'm just

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 and I'm righteous

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 and I'm holy.

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 Now there's a reason

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 that that is the most quoted verse

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 in the whole Bible.

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 It's repeated over and over

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 in the Old Testament

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 because it definitively reveals

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 our Father's moral beauty

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 and his excellence of character.

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 It reveals his holiness.

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 This is the God,

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 the Holy One of Israel

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 who dwells in the midst

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 of his people.

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 And so why does Peter now quote

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 Leviticus 19 here in this passage,

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 be holy because I am holy?

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 What does that mean?

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 Well, God is saying to us,

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 you are my people.

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 You have been set apart by me

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 and for me.

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 You belong to me.

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 And so because of that,

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 you've got to live

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 no longer for yourselves,

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 no longer for your desires,

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 but you're to live for me

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 and for my desires.

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 And this is what Exodus 34,

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 Leviticus 19,

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 the whole of the Torah

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 is really all about.

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 It's to direct Israel

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 in a way of life

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 that's completely other than

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 the way that all the people

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 around them are living.

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 The people in whose midst

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 they dwell,

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 Israel,

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 the people of God,

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 are to have a decisively

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 alternative way of life

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 that's set apart

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 from all of those other cultures.

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 And so when God says,

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 be holy because I'm holy,

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 he's saying,

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 just as Abraham and his family

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 were set apart

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 from all the cultures

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 of Mesopotamia

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 and just as Moses and Israel

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 were set apart

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 from the culture of Egypt

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 and the culture of Canaan,

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 just as Isaiah and Jeremiah

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 and Ezekiel and Daniel

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 and that whole generation

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 were set apart

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 from the culture of Babylon,

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 I am telling you,

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 Christian exile

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 scattered throughout

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 these five provinces

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 of central and northern Turkey

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 that you are to be set apart.

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 You're to be set apart

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 from the culture

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 of the Greco-Roman Empire.

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 That it's within

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 this cultural environment

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 that is ignorant

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 of the reality

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 of Jesus Christ,

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 this cultural environment

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 that's full of evil

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 and self-centered desires.

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 This is the place

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 where you are to be holy

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 because I am holy.

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 The Lord says to his church,

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 I've set you apart

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 from this culture

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 for lives that conform

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 to my moral beauty

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 and my excellence

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 of character.

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 Now what might it mean

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 to live this set apart,

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 distinctive, holy life

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 in a practical way?

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 Well, I want you to think

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 about these Christian exiles

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 that Peter's writing to.

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 Think about all the people

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 in central and northern Turkey

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 in the Greco-Roman Empire there

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 and think about

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 what people there believed.

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 Think about how people there

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 were living with respect

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 to the gods of the empire.

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 People all around the church

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 were saying,

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 okay, mammon,

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 mammon, the money god,

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 is divine.

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 And mammon rules our pockets

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 so that making a profit

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 trumps everything else

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 that we could possibly value

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 or be about.

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 And then they said,

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 not only mammon,

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 but Aphrodite.

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 Aphrodite, the goddess

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 of sex and love,

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 she is divine.

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 divine.

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 And she rules our loins.

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 And so any hint

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 that we should resist her

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 just feels like it infringes

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 upon our rights.

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 Why would we ever say no

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 to our appetites

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 and to getting more pleasure

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 for ourselves?

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 And the people said,

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 not only mammon

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 and Aphrodite are divine,

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 but they also said Mars.

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 Mars, the god of power,

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 the god of war,

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 is divine.

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 And he rules our relationships.

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 And so the way we engage our lives,

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 the way we go about our relationships

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 is through merciless competition

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 and conflict.

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 And ruling over all these cultural gods

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 of mammon and Aphrodite and Mars

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 was Caesar,

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 who they also thought was divine.

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 And they said, you know,

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 in his empire,

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 money, sex, and power

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 just reign unchecked and unchallenged.

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 And so when Leviticus 19,

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 be holy because I am holy,

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 is spoken to these Christian exiles,

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 what in the world does that mean

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 in this cultural environment?

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 Well, these Christian exiles

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 whom God had set apart,

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 they refused to give allegiance

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 to all these prevailing gods.

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 They said, we refuse to be conformed

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 to all the desires

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 and all the customs

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 and all the practices

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 that are accepted as normal

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 by our society.

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 And they were holding fast

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 to their risen and exalted Lord Jesus,

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 at whose name they believed

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 every knee would bow,

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 including the knee of Aphrodite

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 and Mammon

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 and Mars

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 and Caesar

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 and all the other gods.

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 These Christian exiles

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 had embraced a holy way of life

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 that made them instantly suspect

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 by the people around them

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 because they were living

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 by different beliefs,

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 different values,

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 different priorities

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 that were at odds

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 with their cultural surroundings.

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 And that's why,

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 as it says in verse 6 of chapter 1,

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 they're suffering grief

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 in all kinds of trials.

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 It's why it says in verse 7

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 that they were going through

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 a fiery furnace

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 that was testing their faith

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 because our Holy Father

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 had called them

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 and our Holy Father

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 calls us to this

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 set-apart,

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 distinctive,

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 alternative,

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 non-conformist,

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 counter-cultural

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 way of life,

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 which is a life

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 as obedient children

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 who are becoming

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 more and more like

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 our Holy Father.

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 You with me so far?

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 Trying to give you

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 some practical examples

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 of holiness.

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 holiness.

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 If we are bending

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 our knees to mammon

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 and money as God,

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 if we're bending

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 our knees to Aphrodite

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 and sex as God,

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 if we're bending

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 our knees to Mars

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 and power as God,

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 if we're bending

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 our knees to Caesar

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 and politics as God,

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 if we're bending

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 our knees to anything

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 other than the true

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 and living God,

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 then we're not being

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 holy as the one

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 who called us

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 is holy.

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 None of these many gods,

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 none of these

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 deified ultimates

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 of our culture

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 have any claims

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 on the life

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 of the people of God.

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 We have one Lord

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 and we've been set apart

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 by Him

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 and for Him

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 and He's separated us out

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 to this different

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 and distinctive life

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 so that we,

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 as I said before,

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 we're no longer living

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 for ourselves

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 and for our desires.

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 We're living for Him

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 and for His desires.

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 The Christian life,

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 if it's about anything,

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 it's about deliverance

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 from sin.

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 Jesus died for our sins

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 so that sin

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 might be overcome,

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 it might be resisted,

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 it might be nullified

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 as an influence

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 in our lives.

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 And the Christian life

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 means orienting

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 our entire lives

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 around this Holy Father

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 and allowing the beauty

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 of His image

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 and the excellence

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 of His likeness

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 to be reflected

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 by us

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 and through us

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 into the world

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 so that when people

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 are looking at

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 the character

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 of the church,

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 when people are looking

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 at the character

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 of our lives,

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 what are they seeing?

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 They're seeing the character

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 of our glorious God.

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 So I have to leave this point

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 because I have other things

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 to say,

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 but I'm going to leave you

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 with, first of all,

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 with a quote

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 and that is from

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 G.K. Chesterton

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 and he said,

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 the Christian ideal

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 has not been tried

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 and found wanting,

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 it has been found difficult

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 and left untried.

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 The Christian ideal

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 has not been tried

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 and found wanting,

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 it's been found difficult

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 and left untried.

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 And this apostle of Jesus,

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 Peter, is saying,

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 go ahead, try it,

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 try to be holy.

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 But don't try it

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 without this prayer

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 and it's a prayer

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 that I've given you before

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 from Robert Murray McShane

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 and it goes like this,

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 Lord, make me as holy

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 as it's possible

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 for a saved sinner to be.

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 Lord, make me as holy

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 as it's possible

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 for a saved sinner to be.

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 And if you want

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 to follow up on this,

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 I encourage you to

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 go home this afternoon

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 and Google the word holiness

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 and then you can Google

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 the name J.I. Packer

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 and then you can watch

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 the first video

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 that pops up for you there

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 and that'll be helpful,

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 I think,

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 in terms of applying

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 the meaning of this text.

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 But the gospel

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 creates holy lives.

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 It creates a holy people.

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 And one of the ways

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 that that holiness

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 gets expressed

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 is through reverence.

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 The gospel creates

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 holy lives of reverence,

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 of revering our God.

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 And so Peter continues on

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 in verse 17.

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 He says,

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 since you call on a father

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 who judges each person's work

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 impartially,

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 live out your time

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 as foreigners

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 here in reverent fear.

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 Again,

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 that word foreigners,

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 he says,

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 you're exiles,

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 you're following

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 the way of Jesus

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 and that means

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 that you're a counterculture

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 within the dominant culture.

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 And he says,

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 as exiles,

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 I want you to live out

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 your time,

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 I want you to conduct

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 yourselves

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 in reverent fear,

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 reverent awe.

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 And he contrasts this

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 in verse 18

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 with what he calls

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 an empty

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 or a futile way

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 of life

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 handed down

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 from our fathers.

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 What Peter's saying

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 is that your holy

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 and gracious Father

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 who's caused you

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 to be born again

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 by this imperishable seed

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 of the gospel,

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 verse 23,

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 your Father in heaven

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 has handed down to you

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 a very different way

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 of life

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 than the empty

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 and futile way

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 of life

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 that you receive

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 from your fathers.

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 It's a new life.

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 It's a new way

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 of life

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 that's marked

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 by reverent fear

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 and reverent awe.

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 And Peter's point

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 is that to live

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 or to conduct

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 ourselves

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 in any other way

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 without this reverence,

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 without this awe

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 of our holy Father

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 is to cheapen

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 his grace.

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 To continue

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 to live

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 in any of the

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 empty

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 or useless ways

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 of idolatry

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 and immorality

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 that were handed

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 down to us

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 and that's being

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 practiced

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 all around us,

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 Peter says

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 that's to implicitly

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 deny the value

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 of what our Father

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 has done

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 for us.

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 And here's what he says

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 in verse 18,

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 he says,

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 for you know

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 that it was not

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 with perishable things

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 such as silver

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 or gold

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 that you were

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 redeemed

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 from the empty

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 way of life

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 handed down

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 to you

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 from your ancestors

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 but with the

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 precious blood

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 of Christ

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 a lamb

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 without blemish

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 or defect.

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 See,

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 in the first century

00:21:12.399 --> 00:21:13.460
 everybody who heard

00:21:13.460 --> 00:21:14.079
 that word

00:21:14.079 --> 00:21:15.419
 redeemed,

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 they would have

00:21:17.180 --> 00:21:18.220
 had a very specific

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 image come to their mind.

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 If you were

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 a Greco-Roman pagan

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 you would have

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 this image

00:21:23.060 --> 00:21:23.820
 of slaves

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 or prisoners

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 of war

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 who in order

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 to be freed

00:21:29.140 --> 00:21:29.600
 had to have

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 a ransom price

00:21:30.779 --> 00:21:31.660
 paid for their

00:21:31.660 --> 00:21:32.060
 redemption.

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 Or if you were

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 Jewish

00:21:34.500 --> 00:21:34.980
 and you heard

00:21:34.980 --> 00:21:35.360
 this word

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 redeemed

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 you would think

00:21:36.420 --> 00:21:37.259
 about your

00:21:37.259 --> 00:21:38.240
 people's bondage

00:21:38.240 --> 00:21:38.840
 and slavery

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 in Egypt

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 and how

00:21:39.960 --> 00:21:41.220
 the Lord God

00:21:41.220 --> 00:21:42.019
 himself had to

00:21:42.019 --> 00:21:42.560
 move heaven

00:21:42.560 --> 00:21:43.200
 and earth

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 to deliver

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 his people

00:21:45.460 --> 00:21:46.279
 and Peter's

00:21:46.279 --> 00:21:46.560
 saying

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 I want you

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 to think

00:21:48.220 --> 00:21:48.579
 about

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 what God

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 the Father

00:21:50.379 --> 00:21:50.960
 was willing

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 to do

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 when you

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 were slaves

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 in sin.

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 When you

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 were in

00:21:56.440 --> 00:21:56.960
 bondage

00:21:56.960 --> 00:21:57.519
 to death

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 when you

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 were prisoners

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 of dark

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 spiritual

00:22:00.980 --> 00:22:02.159
 powers

00:22:02.159 --> 00:22:02.899
 what was

00:22:02.899 --> 00:22:03.639
 the price

00:22:03.639 --> 00:22:05.179
 that God

00:22:05.179 --> 00:22:05.579
 was willing

00:22:05.579 --> 00:22:06.099
 to pay

00:22:06.099 --> 00:22:06.819
 for your

00:22:06.819 --> 00:22:07.159
 freedom?

00:22:08.779 --> 00:22:09.419
 Did the

00:22:09.419 --> 00:22:09.700
 Father

00:22:09.700 --> 00:22:10.519
 give something

00:22:10.519 --> 00:22:11.259
 perishable

00:22:11.259 --> 00:22:12.619
 to get you

00:22:12.619 --> 00:22:13.099
 out of that

00:22:13.099 --> 00:22:13.599
 old

00:22:13.599 --> 00:22:14.099
 empty

00:22:14.099 --> 00:22:14.619
 useless

00:22:14.619 --> 00:22:15.099
 way

00:22:15.099 --> 00:22:15.720
 of life?

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 Did he

00:22:17.319 --> 00:22:17.619
 give a

00:22:17.619 --> 00:22:17.980
 large

00:22:17.980 --> 00:22:18.419
 sum

00:22:18.419 --> 00:22:19.119
 of silver

00:22:19.119 --> 00:22:20.079
 and gold

00:22:20.079 --> 00:22:20.940
 for your

00:22:20.940 --> 00:22:21.299
 freedom?

00:22:21.399 --> 00:22:21.619
 Did he

00:22:21.619 --> 00:22:22.119
 pay a

00:22:22.119 --> 00:22:22.480
 price

00:22:22.480 --> 00:22:23.059
 of relative

00:22:23.059 --> 00:22:23.619
 value

00:22:23.619 --> 00:22:24.220
 for your

00:22:24.220 --> 00:22:24.899
 redemption?

00:22:26.599 --> 00:22:27.220
 Peter's

00:22:27.220 --> 00:22:27.799
 talking about

00:22:27.799 --> 00:22:28.559
 money because

00:22:28.559 --> 00:22:28.980
 he wants

00:22:28.980 --> 00:22:29.639
 us to see

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 that none

00:22:30.579 --> 00:22:30.940
 of us

00:22:30.940 --> 00:22:31.759
 if we

00:22:31.759 --> 00:22:32.500
 even wanted

00:22:32.500 --> 00:22:32.839
 to

00:22:32.839 --> 00:22:33.700
 could redeem

00:22:33.700 --> 00:22:34.679
 ourselves.

00:22:35.079 --> 00:22:35.259
 I mean

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 at our

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 best

00:22:36.379 --> 00:22:37.799
 if we

00:22:37.799 --> 00:22:38.480
 tried to

00:22:38.480 --> 00:22:38.779
 redeem

00:22:38.779 --> 00:22:39.399
 ourselves

00:22:39.399 --> 00:22:39.899
 all that

00:22:39.899 --> 00:22:40.200
 we could

00:22:40.200 --> 00:22:40.679
 offer

00:22:40.679 --> 00:22:41.639
 is just

00:22:41.639 --> 00:22:42.259
 perishable

00:22:42.259 --> 00:22:42.919
 things like

00:22:42.919 --> 00:22:43.579
 gold and

00:22:43.579 --> 00:22:43.960
 silver.

00:22:43.960 --> 00:22:44.000
 silver.

00:22:44.880 --> 00:22:45.160
 Right?

00:22:45.200 --> 00:22:45.420
 And how

00:22:45.420 --> 00:22:45.759
 much of

00:22:45.759 --> 00:22:46.100
 that do

00:22:46.100 --> 00:22:46.460
 we even

00:22:46.460 --> 00:22:47.279
 really have?

00:22:48.819 --> 00:22:49.100
 You know

00:22:49.100 --> 00:22:49.480
 if we

00:22:49.480 --> 00:22:49.840
 took all

00:22:49.840 --> 00:22:50.039
 of our

00:22:50.039 --> 00:22:50.279
 bank

00:22:50.279 --> 00:22:50.740
 accounts

00:22:50.740 --> 00:22:51.200
 and mutual

00:22:51.200 --> 00:22:51.660
 funds

00:22:51.660 --> 00:22:52.600
 and 401ks

00:22:52.600 --> 00:22:53.039
 and we

00:22:53.039 --> 00:22:53.700
 pulled all

00:22:53.700 --> 00:22:54.360
 that together

00:22:54.360 --> 00:22:54.880
 this morning

00:22:54.880 --> 00:22:55.400
 could we

00:22:55.400 --> 00:22:55.960
 redeem

00:22:55.960 --> 00:22:57.279
 one

00:22:57.279 --> 00:22:57.680
 eternal

00:22:57.680 --> 00:22:58.180
 soul?

00:23:00.019 --> 00:23:00.400
 No.

00:23:00.579 --> 00:23:00.900
 Peter's

00:23:00.900 --> 00:23:01.319
 saying look

00:23:01.319 --> 00:23:02.140
 your money

00:23:02.140 --> 00:23:03.160
 is useless

00:23:03.160 --> 00:23:03.740
 in this

00:23:03.740 --> 00:23:04.500
 realm of

00:23:04.500 --> 00:23:04.880
 redemption.

00:23:06.019 --> 00:23:06.779
 It's not

00:23:06.779 --> 00:23:07.700
 enough

00:23:07.700 --> 00:23:08.500
 to ransom

00:23:08.500 --> 00:23:09.140
 a single

00:23:09.140 --> 00:23:09.559
 soul.

00:23:09.559 --> 00:23:12.519
 what had

00:23:12.519 --> 00:23:12.759
 to be

00:23:12.759 --> 00:23:12.980
 given

00:23:12.980 --> 00:23:13.399
 was not

00:23:13.399 --> 00:23:13.799
 silver

00:23:13.799 --> 00:23:14.179
 and gold

00:23:14.179 --> 00:23:14.559
 what had

00:23:14.559 --> 00:23:14.799
 to be

00:23:14.799 --> 00:23:15.079
 given

00:23:15.079 --> 00:23:15.700
 was a

00:23:15.700 --> 00:23:16.059
 life.

00:23:17.539 --> 00:23:18.399
 What had

00:23:18.399 --> 00:23:18.659
 to be

00:23:18.659 --> 00:23:18.919
 given

00:23:18.919 --> 00:23:19.639
 to liberate

00:23:19.639 --> 00:23:19.980
 us from

00:23:19.980 --> 00:23:20.159
 our

00:23:20.159 --> 00:23:20.679
 captivity

00:23:20.679 --> 00:23:22.099
 to sin

00:23:22.099 --> 00:23:22.679
 and death

00:23:22.679 --> 00:23:23.139
 and the

00:23:23.139 --> 00:23:23.480
 devil

00:23:23.480 --> 00:23:24.460
 was a

00:23:24.460 --> 00:23:24.919
 life.

00:23:25.179 --> 00:23:25.579
 And here's

00:23:25.579 --> 00:23:25.980
 the most

00:23:25.980 --> 00:23:26.659
 wonderful

00:23:26.659 --> 00:23:27.139
 thing that

00:23:27.139 --> 00:23:27.480
 the world

00:23:27.480 --> 00:23:27.879
 has ever

00:23:27.879 --> 00:23:28.319
 heard is

00:23:28.319 --> 00:23:28.879
 that God

00:23:28.879 --> 00:23:29.720
 gave that

00:23:29.720 --> 00:23:30.240
 life.

00:23:31.319 --> 00:23:31.779
 God

00:23:31.779 --> 00:23:32.299
 gave that

00:23:32.299 --> 00:23:32.899
 life that

00:23:32.899 --> 00:23:33.279
 was most

00:23:33.279 --> 00:23:33.759
 precious

00:23:33.759 --> 00:23:34.940
 and most

00:23:34.940 --> 00:23:35.960
 infinitely

00:23:35.960 --> 00:23:37.019
 valuable.

00:23:37.200 --> 00:23:37.480
 God

00:23:37.480 --> 00:23:37.700
 our

00:23:37.700 --> 00:23:38.059
 Father

00:23:38.059 --> 00:23:38.279
 our

00:23:38.279 --> 00:23:38.679
 gracious

00:23:38.679 --> 00:23:39.200
 Father

00:23:39.200 --> 00:23:39.819
 gave

00:23:39.819 --> 00:23:40.000
 his

00:23:40.000 --> 00:23:40.259
 only

00:23:40.259 --> 00:23:40.640
 son

00:23:40.640 --> 00:23:41.319
 Jesus.

00:23:42.900 --> 00:23:43.360
 And God

00:23:43.360 --> 00:23:43.779
 the son

00:23:43.779 --> 00:23:44.240
 gave the

00:23:44.240 --> 00:23:44.740
 highest

00:23:44.740 --> 00:23:45.059
 and the

00:23:45.059 --> 00:23:45.279
 best

00:23:45.279 --> 00:23:45.539
 that he

00:23:45.539 --> 00:23:45.700
 could

00:23:45.700 --> 00:23:45.880
 give.

00:23:45.940 --> 00:23:46.360
 He says

00:23:46.360 --> 00:23:47.580
 in Mark

00:23:47.580 --> 00:23:48.160
 chapter 10

00:23:48.160 --> 00:23:48.819
 verse 45

00:23:48.819 --> 00:23:49.200
 I've not

00:23:49.200 --> 00:23:50.059
 come to

00:23:50.059 --> 00:23:51.019
 be served

00:23:51.019 --> 00:23:51.400
 but to

00:23:51.400 --> 00:23:51.799
 serve

00:23:51.799 --> 00:23:52.580
 and to

00:23:52.580 --> 00:23:52.960
 give my

00:23:52.960 --> 00:23:53.480
 life as

00:23:53.480 --> 00:23:54.080
 a ransom

00:23:54.080 --> 00:23:56.200
 for many.

00:23:57.580 --> 00:23:58.259
 He laid

00:23:58.259 --> 00:23:58.640
 down his

00:23:58.640 --> 00:23:59.140
 life for

00:23:59.140 --> 00:23:59.340
 us.

00:23:59.460 --> 00:23:59.779
 He paid

00:23:59.779 --> 00:24:00.200
 the ultimate

00:24:00.200 --> 00:24:01.080
 price to

00:24:01.080 --> 00:24:02.440
 redeem us.

00:24:03.600 --> 00:24:03.940
 And again

00:24:03.940 --> 00:24:04.779
 in verse 19

00:24:04.779 --> 00:24:05.420
 Peter says

00:24:05.420 --> 00:24:05.880
 it's with

00:24:05.880 --> 00:24:06.420
 the precious

00:24:06.420 --> 00:24:07.100
 blood of

00:24:07.100 --> 00:24:07.640
 Christ

00:24:07.640 --> 00:24:09.120
 the lamb

00:24:09.120 --> 00:24:09.440
 without

00:24:09.440 --> 00:24:10.000
 blemish

00:24:10.000 --> 00:24:10.620
 or defect

00:24:10.620 --> 00:24:11.360
 that you

00:24:11.360 --> 00:24:11.680
 were

00:24:11.680 --> 00:24:12.900
 redeemed.

00:24:14.520 --> 00:24:15.180
 He's saying

00:24:15.180 --> 00:24:15.600
 here think

00:24:15.600 --> 00:24:16.100
 about all

00:24:16.100 --> 00:24:16.300
 those

00:24:16.300 --> 00:24:16.860
 sacrificial

00:24:16.860 --> 00:24:17.520
 lambs

00:24:17.520 --> 00:24:18.160
 in the

00:24:18.160 --> 00:24:18.360
 temple

00:24:18.360 --> 00:24:18.820
 of God.

00:24:18.940 --> 00:24:19.080
 Think

00:24:19.080 --> 00:24:20.040
 about how

00:24:20.040 --> 00:24:20.280
 they're

00:24:20.280 --> 00:24:21.280
 offered on

00:24:21.280 --> 00:24:22.240
 behalf of

00:24:22.240 --> 00:24:22.520
 sinners

00:24:22.520 --> 00:24:23.259
 every morning

00:24:23.259 --> 00:24:24.340
 and every

00:24:24.340 --> 00:24:24.660
 night

00:24:24.660 --> 00:24:25.320
 day by

00:24:25.320 --> 00:24:25.680
 day

00:24:25.680 --> 00:24:26.360
 week by

00:24:26.360 --> 00:24:26.720
 week

00:24:26.720 --> 00:24:27.600
 slaughtered

00:24:27.600 --> 00:24:28.400
 in the

00:24:28.400 --> 00:24:28.940
 place of

00:24:28.940 --> 00:24:29.259
 sinners

00:24:29.259 --> 00:24:29.800
 as a

00:24:29.800 --> 00:24:30.259
 substitute

00:24:30.259 --> 00:24:32.380
 to atone

00:24:32.380 --> 00:24:32.759
 for their

00:24:32.759 --> 00:24:33.400
 evil and

00:24:33.400 --> 00:24:34.000
 self-centered

00:24:34.000 --> 00:24:35.000
 desires.

00:24:35.000 --> 00:24:36.099
 Peter says

00:24:36.099 --> 00:24:37.259
 that's what

00:24:37.259 --> 00:24:38.460
 Jesus came

00:24:38.460 --> 00:24:39.319
 to be

00:24:39.319 --> 00:24:40.039
 for you.

00:24:40.119 --> 00:24:40.400
 That's what

00:24:40.400 --> 00:24:40.980
 the eternal

00:24:40.980 --> 00:24:41.839
 Son of

00:24:41.839 --> 00:24:42.599
 God is

00:24:42.599 --> 00:24:43.599
 for you.

00:24:43.740 --> 00:24:44.180
 All of

00:24:44.180 --> 00:24:45.019
 our sins

00:24:45.019 --> 00:24:45.400
 have been

00:24:45.400 --> 00:24:46.079
 laid upon

00:24:46.079 --> 00:24:46.900
 this pure

00:24:46.900 --> 00:24:47.980
 and perfect

00:24:47.980 --> 00:24:48.400
 one

00:24:48.400 --> 00:24:49.259
 Jesus

00:24:49.259 --> 00:24:50.839
 who is

00:24:50.839 --> 00:24:51.200
 the Lamb

00:24:51.200 --> 00:24:51.619
 of God

00:24:51.619 --> 00:24:52.059
 who takes

00:24:52.059 --> 00:24:52.460
 away

00:24:52.460 --> 00:24:53.559
 the sin

00:24:53.559 --> 00:24:53.779
 of the

00:24:53.779 --> 00:24:54.079
 world.

00:24:55.440 --> 00:24:55.779
 And Peter

00:24:55.779 --> 00:24:56.140
 is telling

00:24:56.140 --> 00:24:56.480
 us that

00:24:56.480 --> 00:24:58.059
 you can't

00:24:58.059 --> 00:24:58.640
 measure the

00:24:58.640 --> 00:24:59.220
 value of

00:24:59.220 --> 00:24:59.539
 this.

00:25:00.640 --> 00:25:01.140
 It's

00:25:01.140 --> 00:25:01.559
 beyond

00:25:01.559 --> 00:25:02.940
 silver

00:25:02.940 --> 00:25:03.819
 and gold.

00:25:03.980 --> 00:25:04.059
 It's

00:25:04.059 --> 00:25:04.519
 beyond the

00:25:04.519 --> 00:25:04.940
 highest

00:25:04.940 --> 00:25:05.480
 standards

00:25:05.480 --> 00:25:06.519
 known to

00:25:06.519 --> 00:25:06.839
 human

00:25:06.839 --> 00:25:07.200
 beings.

00:25:07.359 --> 00:25:08.039
 Think about

00:25:08.039 --> 00:25:08.920
 what it

00:25:08.920 --> 00:25:10.619
 took for

00:25:10.619 --> 00:25:10.940
 you to

00:25:10.940 --> 00:25:12.180
 be redeemed,

00:25:12.299 --> 00:25:12.599
 for you to

00:25:12.599 --> 00:25:13.279
 be ransomed

00:25:13.279 --> 00:25:13.779
 and set

00:25:13.779 --> 00:25:14.099
 free,

00:25:14.220 --> 00:25:14.799
 Peter says.

00:25:16.079 --> 00:25:16.779
 It was the

00:25:16.779 --> 00:25:17.519
 precious blood

00:25:17.519 --> 00:25:18.119
 of Jesus.

00:25:18.279 --> 00:25:18.740
 That's the

00:25:18.740 --> 00:25:20.220
 measure of

00:25:20.220 --> 00:25:20.700
 the love

00:25:20.700 --> 00:25:21.119
 that God

00:25:21.119 --> 00:25:21.519
 the Father

00:25:21.519 --> 00:25:22.119
 has for

00:25:22.119 --> 00:25:22.359
 you.

00:25:23.660 --> 00:25:24.160
 And here's

00:25:24.160 --> 00:25:24.680
 his point.

00:25:26.059 --> 00:25:27.119
 To live

00:25:27.119 --> 00:25:28.160
 in a way

00:25:28.160 --> 00:25:29.519
 and to

00:25:29.519 --> 00:25:29.879
 conduct

00:25:29.879 --> 00:25:30.480
 yourself in

00:25:30.480 --> 00:25:30.920
 a way

00:25:30.920 --> 00:25:32.359
 that's

00:25:32.359 --> 00:25:33.099
 inconsistent

00:25:33.099 --> 00:25:34.919
 with the

00:25:34.919 --> 00:25:35.419
 gravity

00:25:35.419 --> 00:25:36.980
 of this

00:25:36.980 --> 00:25:37.500
 cosmic

00:25:37.500 --> 00:25:38.519
 reality

00:25:38.519 --> 00:25:39.819
 of the

00:25:39.819 --> 00:25:40.139
 ransom

00:25:40.139 --> 00:25:40.819
 price that

00:25:40.819 --> 00:25:41.619
 God paid

00:25:41.619 --> 00:25:42.740
 for your

00:25:42.740 --> 00:25:43.139
 redemption

00:25:43.139 --> 00:25:43.599
 is to

00:25:43.599 --> 00:25:44.139
 presume

00:25:44.139 --> 00:25:45.519
 upon God's

00:25:45.519 --> 00:25:45.919
 grace,

00:25:47.099 --> 00:25:47.399
 is to

00:25:47.399 --> 00:25:47.819
 cheapen

00:25:47.819 --> 00:25:48.480
 his grace,

00:25:49.480 --> 00:25:49.859
 is to

00:25:49.859 --> 00:25:50.439
 deny the

00:25:50.439 --> 00:25:51.199
 value of

00:25:51.199 --> 00:25:51.459
 what your

00:25:51.459 --> 00:25:51.799
 gracious

00:25:51.799 --> 00:25:52.959
 Father has

00:25:52.959 --> 00:25:53.399
 done for

00:25:53.399 --> 00:25:53.659
 you.

00:25:54.779 --> 00:25:55.519
 If your

00:25:55.519 --> 00:25:56.119
 new life

00:25:56.119 --> 00:25:56.779
 was secured

00:25:56.779 --> 00:25:57.339
 by nothing

00:25:57.339 --> 00:25:57.899
 less than

00:25:57.899 --> 00:25:58.379
 the precious

00:25:58.379 --> 00:25:59.539
 blood of

00:25:59.539 --> 00:25:59.839
 Jesus,

00:25:59.980 --> 00:26:00.379
 which is

00:26:00.379 --> 00:26:01.319
 of infinitely

00:26:01.319 --> 00:26:02.359
 greater value

00:26:02.359 --> 00:26:03.000
 than anything

00:26:03.000 --> 00:26:03.559
 that can be

00:26:03.559 --> 00:26:04.539
 secured with

00:26:04.539 --> 00:26:05.480
 silver or

00:26:05.480 --> 00:26:05.839
 gold,

00:26:07.039 --> 00:26:07.539
 then each

00:26:07.539 --> 00:26:07.839
 and every

00:26:07.839 --> 00:26:08.299
 one of us

00:26:08.299 --> 00:26:08.779
 is called

00:26:08.779 --> 00:26:09.539
 to recognize

00:26:09.539 --> 00:26:10.879
 the value

00:26:10.879 --> 00:26:12.099
 of our

00:26:12.099 --> 00:26:12.720
 new status

00:26:12.720 --> 00:26:13.299
 by living

00:26:13.299 --> 00:26:13.859
 our lives,

00:26:14.000 --> 00:26:14.399
 conducting

00:26:14.399 --> 00:26:15.220
 ourselves

00:26:15.220 --> 00:26:16.720
 with what

00:26:16.720 --> 00:26:17.279
 Peter calls

00:26:17.279 --> 00:26:18.539
 reverent fear,

00:26:19.599 --> 00:26:21.220
 reverent awe.

00:26:23.379 --> 00:26:24.000
 The Apostle

00:26:24.000 --> 00:26:24.559
 Paul is making

00:26:24.559 --> 00:26:25.019
 a similar

00:26:25.019 --> 00:26:25.720
 point in

00:26:25.720 --> 00:26:26.659
 1 Corinthians 6

00:26:26.659 --> 00:26:27.279
 when he says

00:26:27.279 --> 00:26:28.779
 you are not

00:26:28.779 --> 00:26:29.299
 your own,

00:26:30.119 --> 00:26:30.480
 you were

00:26:30.480 --> 00:26:30.839
 bought at

00:26:30.839 --> 00:26:31.379
 a price,

00:26:32.399 --> 00:26:33.099
 therefore honor

00:26:33.099 --> 00:26:33.839
 God with

00:26:33.839 --> 00:26:34.660
 your bodies.

00:26:36.619 --> 00:26:37.420
 What these

00:26:37.420 --> 00:26:37.960
 apostles are

00:26:37.960 --> 00:26:38.599
 saying is how

00:26:38.599 --> 00:26:39.019
 could we

00:26:39.019 --> 00:26:40.399
 live carelessly?

00:26:41.720 --> 00:26:42.519
 How could

00:26:42.519 --> 00:26:43.119
 we live

00:26:43.119 --> 00:26:44.539
 self-indulgently?

00:26:45.700 --> 00:26:46.420
 How could

00:26:46.420 --> 00:26:47.059
 we give

00:26:47.059 --> 00:26:48.160
 free reign

00:26:48.160 --> 00:26:49.339
 to our

00:26:49.339 --> 00:26:50.019
 self-centered

00:26:50.019 --> 00:26:51.000
 desires?

00:26:52.160 --> 00:26:52.779
 How could

00:26:52.779 --> 00:26:53.240
 we allow

00:26:53.240 --> 00:26:53.779
 money

00:26:53.779 --> 00:26:55.299
 or sex

00:26:55.299 --> 00:26:56.619
 or power

00:26:56.619 --> 00:26:57.659
 or any

00:26:57.659 --> 00:26:57.879
 of the

00:26:57.879 --> 00:26:58.079
 other

00:26:58.079 --> 00:26:58.659
 gods

00:26:58.659 --> 00:26:59.219
 that are

00:26:59.219 --> 00:26:59.839
 out there

00:26:59.839 --> 00:27:00.899
 to rule

00:27:00.899 --> 00:27:01.599
 over us

00:27:01.599 --> 00:27:02.239
 as if we

00:27:02.239 --> 00:27:02.859
 were our

00:27:02.859 --> 00:27:03.159
 own,

00:27:04.059 --> 00:27:04.739
 as if we

00:27:04.739 --> 00:27:05.559
 did belong

00:27:05.559 --> 00:27:06.239
 to ourselves,

00:27:06.359 --> 00:27:07.239
 as if we

00:27:07.239 --> 00:27:08.059
 had not been

00:27:08.059 --> 00:27:08.699
 bought with

00:27:08.699 --> 00:27:09.599
 this great

00:27:09.599 --> 00:27:10.259
 price,

00:27:10.359 --> 00:27:10.839
 as if we

00:27:10.839 --> 00:27:11.399
 were not

00:27:11.399 --> 00:27:11.919
 in fact

00:27:11.919 --> 00:27:13.039
 accountable

00:27:13.039 --> 00:27:14.639
 to our

00:27:14.639 --> 00:27:15.319
 Father who

00:27:15.319 --> 00:27:16.059
 Peter says

00:27:16.059 --> 00:27:16.319
 is going

00:27:16.319 --> 00:27:16.899
 to judge

00:27:16.899 --> 00:27:17.799
 all of our

00:27:17.799 --> 00:27:18.199
 works

00:27:18.199 --> 00:27:19.500
 impartially?

00:27:21.559 --> 00:27:21.779
 See,

00:27:21.839 --> 00:27:22.299
 becoming

00:27:22.299 --> 00:27:23.299
 obedient children

00:27:23.299 --> 00:27:23.679
 of our

00:27:23.679 --> 00:27:24.399
 Holy Father

00:27:24.400 --> 00:27:26.100
 means that

00:27:26.100 --> 00:27:26.580
 we leave

00:27:26.580 --> 00:27:27.680
 behind the

00:27:27.680 --> 00:27:29.100
 empty way

00:27:29.100 --> 00:27:29.480
 of life

00:27:29.480 --> 00:27:29.759
 that was

00:27:29.759 --> 00:27:30.560
 handed down

00:27:30.560 --> 00:27:30.900
 to us

00:27:30.900 --> 00:27:31.259
 from our

00:27:31.259 --> 00:27:31.840
 unholy

00:27:31.840 --> 00:27:32.280
 fathers.

00:27:34.519 --> 00:27:35.360
 And having

00:27:35.360 --> 00:27:36.040
 Jesus as

00:27:36.040 --> 00:27:36.800
 our Redeemer

00:27:36.800 --> 00:27:38.480
 means living

00:27:38.480 --> 00:27:38.980
 in ways that

00:27:38.980 --> 00:27:39.580
 are appropriate

00:27:39.580 --> 00:27:40.100
 to the

00:27:40.100 --> 00:27:41.019
 precious and

00:27:41.019 --> 00:27:42.060
 measureless price

00:27:42.060 --> 00:27:43.019
 of our

00:27:43.019 --> 00:27:43.360
 redemption.

00:27:44.820 --> 00:27:45.240
 We've seen

00:27:45.240 --> 00:27:45.660
 that great

00:27:45.660 --> 00:27:46.000
 hymn,

00:27:46.680 --> 00:27:47.200
 love so

00:27:47.200 --> 00:27:47.640
 amazing,

00:27:47.800 --> 00:27:48.460
 so divine,

00:27:48.600 --> 00:27:49.200
 demands my

00:27:49.200 --> 00:27:49.700
 soul,

00:27:49.840 --> 00:27:50.460
 my life,

00:27:50.940 --> 00:27:51.580
 my all.

00:27:51.579 --> 00:27:53.980
 It's the

00:27:53.980 --> 00:27:55.179
 degree to

00:27:55.179 --> 00:27:56.559
 which you

00:27:56.559 --> 00:27:57.199
 see how

00:27:57.199 --> 00:27:57.980
 Jesus gave

00:27:57.980 --> 00:27:59.359
 himself for

00:27:59.359 --> 00:27:59.740
 you,

00:28:00.439 --> 00:28:01.460
 and that is

00:28:01.460 --> 00:28:02.220
 the degree to

00:28:02.220 --> 00:28:03.500
 which you

00:28:03.500 --> 00:28:04.500
 will be

00:28:04.500 --> 00:28:04.879
 willing to

00:28:04.879 --> 00:28:05.480
 give yourself

00:28:05.480 --> 00:28:06.279
 for him.

00:28:07.639 --> 00:28:08.579
 The degree to

00:28:08.579 --> 00:28:08.960
 which you

00:28:08.960 --> 00:28:09.619
 value the

00:28:09.619 --> 00:28:10.359
 price that he

00:28:10.359 --> 00:28:10.960
 paid for

00:28:10.960 --> 00:28:11.639
 you is the

00:28:11.639 --> 00:28:12.279
 degree to

00:28:12.279 --> 00:28:13.559
 which you

00:28:13.559 --> 00:28:14.119
 will live as

00:28:14.119 --> 00:28:15.240
 if no price

00:28:15.240 --> 00:28:16.119
 is too high,

00:28:16.220 --> 00:28:17.039
 no cost is

00:28:17.039 --> 00:28:18.179
 too great to

00:28:18.179 --> 00:28:18.799
 honor him.

00:28:18.799 --> 00:28:22.079
 reverent fear,

00:28:23.399 --> 00:28:24.720
 reverent awe.

00:28:26.500 --> 00:28:27.180
 Peter's asking

00:28:27.180 --> 00:28:27.740
 us, is that

00:28:27.740 --> 00:28:28.980
 the attitude,

00:28:29.180 --> 00:28:29.519
 is that the

00:28:29.519 --> 00:28:31.180
 posture that

00:28:31.180 --> 00:28:31.899
 we have before

00:28:31.899 --> 00:28:32.339
 our God?

00:28:32.399 --> 00:28:32.779
 Is that the

00:28:32.779 --> 00:28:33.319
 way that we're

00:28:33.319 --> 00:28:33.759
 living our

00:28:33.759 --> 00:28:35.759
 lives and

00:28:35.759 --> 00:28:36.159
 conducting

00:28:36.159 --> 00:28:36.759
 ourselves?

00:28:41.079 --> 00:28:41.799
 The gospel

00:28:41.799 --> 00:28:43.079
 creates holy

00:28:43.079 --> 00:28:43.859
 lives of

00:28:43.859 --> 00:28:44.680
 revering our

00:28:44.680 --> 00:28:46.859
 God and

00:28:46.859 --> 00:28:47.680
 craving his

00:28:47.680 --> 00:28:47.960
 grace.

00:28:47.960 --> 00:28:48.340
 And I just

00:28:48.340 --> 00:28:48.579
 want to

00:28:48.579 --> 00:28:49.480
 close briefly

00:28:49.480 --> 00:28:50.079
 with this.

00:28:51.440 --> 00:28:52.100
 The gospel

00:28:52.100 --> 00:28:52.720
 creates holy

00:28:52.720 --> 00:28:53.240
 lives of

00:28:53.240 --> 00:28:53.920
 revering our

00:28:53.920 --> 00:28:54.460
 God and

00:28:54.460 --> 00:28:55.319
 craving his

00:28:55.319 --> 00:28:55.680
 grace.

00:28:56.000 --> 00:28:56.380
 There's so

00:28:56.380 --> 00:28:56.720
 much in

00:28:56.720 --> 00:28:57.319
 this passage

00:28:57.319 --> 00:28:59.079
 and a

00:28:59.079 --> 00:28:59.620
 lot to

00:28:59.620 --> 00:28:59.920
 leave on

00:28:59.920 --> 00:29:00.360
 the table.

00:29:01.720 --> 00:29:02.440
 But I do

00:29:02.440 --> 00:29:02.620
 want to

00:29:02.620 --> 00:29:03.059
 close with

00:29:03.059 --> 00:29:03.819
 Peter's final

00:29:03.819 --> 00:29:06.460
 imperative to

00:29:06.460 --> 00:29:06.940
 these Christian

00:29:06.940 --> 00:29:07.440
 exiles.

00:29:08.500 --> 00:29:09.200
 He says in

00:29:09.200 --> 00:29:09.720
 chapter 2,

00:29:09.779 --> 00:29:10.240
 verse 2,

00:29:10.240 --> 00:29:12.519
 like newborn

00:29:12.519 --> 00:29:14.519
 babies crave

00:29:14.519 --> 00:29:15.680
 pure spiritual

00:29:15.680 --> 00:29:17.039
 milk so

00:29:17.039 --> 00:29:17.539
 that by it

00:29:17.539 --> 00:29:17.799
 you may

00:29:17.799 --> 00:29:18.460
 grow up in

00:29:18.460 --> 00:29:19.099
 your salvation

00:29:19.099 --> 00:29:20.259
 now that

00:29:20.259 --> 00:29:20.799
 you've tasted

00:29:20.799 --> 00:29:21.180
 that the

00:29:21.180 --> 00:29:22.339
 Lord is

00:29:22.339 --> 00:29:22.640
 good.

00:29:24.000 --> 00:29:24.500
 Now this

00:29:24.500 --> 00:29:24.720
 is a

00:29:24.720 --> 00:29:27.400
 lovely text

00:29:27.400 --> 00:29:28.339
 because we

00:29:28.339 --> 00:29:28.880
 have so many

00:29:28.880 --> 00:29:29.620
 newborns in

00:29:29.620 --> 00:29:30.140
 this church.

00:29:31.240 --> 00:29:31.759
 And so we

00:29:31.759 --> 00:29:32.059
 don't have to

00:29:32.059 --> 00:29:32.819
 look very far

00:29:32.819 --> 00:29:33.680
 to think about

00:29:33.680 --> 00:29:34.640
 what this

00:29:34.640 --> 00:29:35.059
 means.

00:29:35.059 --> 00:29:36.019
 to think

00:29:36.019 --> 00:29:36.599
 about the

00:29:36.599 --> 00:29:37.940
 single-mindedness

00:29:37.940 --> 00:29:39.579
 with which

00:29:39.579 --> 00:29:40.480
 those newborns

00:29:40.480 --> 00:29:41.299
 yearn for the

00:29:41.299 --> 00:29:41.879
 milk that

00:29:41.879 --> 00:29:42.740
 alone will

00:29:42.740 --> 00:29:44.039
 nourish them.

00:29:45.259 --> 00:29:46.519
 That milk is

00:29:46.519 --> 00:29:47.440
 the very

00:29:47.440 --> 00:29:48.299
 sustenance of

00:29:48.299 --> 00:29:48.940
 their lives.

00:29:50.460 --> 00:29:51.039
 And as some

00:29:51.039 --> 00:29:51.559
 of you parents

00:29:51.559 --> 00:29:52.339
 know painfully

00:29:52.339 --> 00:29:53.119
 well, any

00:29:53.119 --> 00:29:54.119
 delay at

00:29:54.119 --> 00:29:54.839
 feeding time

00:29:54.839 --> 00:29:56.720
 creates this

00:29:56.720 --> 00:29:57.859
 powerful reaction

00:29:57.859 --> 00:29:58.399
 from this

00:29:58.399 --> 00:29:59.139
 tiny little

00:29:59.139 --> 00:29:59.539
 person.

00:30:01.279 --> 00:30:01.899
 For the

00:30:01.899 --> 00:30:02.299
 infant,

00:30:02.579 --> 00:30:03.339
 milk is

00:30:03.339 --> 00:30:04.399
 not a fringe

00:30:04.399 --> 00:30:04.859
 benefit.

00:30:04.859 --> 00:30:05.219
 It's not

00:30:05.219 --> 00:30:05.639
 just like a

00:30:05.639 --> 00:30:06.079
 nice to

00:30:06.079 --> 00:30:06.539
 have.

00:30:07.179 --> 00:30:07.619
 It's a

00:30:07.619 --> 00:30:08.519
 need to

00:30:08.519 --> 00:30:08.899
 have.

00:30:10.359 --> 00:30:10.859
 And Peter

00:30:10.859 --> 00:30:12.119
 is urging

00:30:12.119 --> 00:30:13.240
 these Christian

00:30:13.240 --> 00:30:13.959
 exiles, he's

00:30:13.959 --> 00:30:14.519
 urging the

00:30:14.519 --> 00:30:16.339
 church to

00:30:16.339 --> 00:30:16.679
 have an

00:30:16.679 --> 00:30:17.339
 infant's

00:30:17.339 --> 00:30:17.959
 desperate

00:30:17.959 --> 00:30:19.539
 desire for

00:30:19.539 --> 00:30:20.240
 their appropriate

00:30:20.240 --> 00:30:20.979
 nourishment.

00:30:22.359 --> 00:30:22.759
 And he's

00:30:22.759 --> 00:30:23.439
 saying as

00:30:23.439 --> 00:30:24.779
 babies crave

00:30:24.779 --> 00:30:26.259
 milk, so

00:30:26.259 --> 00:30:27.079
 you must crave

00:30:27.079 --> 00:30:27.639
 the goodness

00:30:27.639 --> 00:30:28.439
 and the grace

00:30:28.439 --> 00:30:29.479
 of God that

00:30:29.479 --> 00:30:29.959
 alone will

00:30:29.959 --> 00:30:31.939
 sustain the

00:30:31.939 --> 00:30:32.759
 vitality of

00:30:32.759 --> 00:30:33.299
 the new life

00:30:33.299 --> 00:30:33.639
 you've been

00:30:33.639 --> 00:30:34.039
 given in

00:30:34.039 --> 00:30:34.719
 Jesus Christ.

00:30:34.859 --> 00:30:35.639
 God

00:30:35.639 --> 00:30:36.240
 is

00:30:36.240 --> 00:30:36.799
 going to

00:30:36.799 --> 00:30:36.859
 do it.

00:30:36.859 --> 00:30:37.199
 And so Peter's

00:30:37.199 --> 00:30:37.740
 saying you've

00:30:37.740 --> 00:30:38.319
 got to put

00:30:38.319 --> 00:30:38.740
 off.

00:30:39.919 --> 00:30:40.459
 You've got to

00:30:40.459 --> 00:30:41.319
 put behind you,

00:30:41.379 --> 00:30:41.740
 you've got to

00:30:41.740 --> 00:30:42.759
 abandon all of

00:30:42.759 --> 00:30:43.679
 those old

00:30:43.679 --> 00:30:46.099
 desires, all of

00:30:46.099 --> 00:30:46.740
 those old

00:30:46.740 --> 00:30:47.839
 cravings of your

00:30:47.839 --> 00:30:48.639
 former life.

00:30:50.019 --> 00:30:51.119
 And because of

00:30:51.119 --> 00:30:51.919
 this new life you

00:30:51.919 --> 00:30:52.599
 need to begin

00:30:52.599 --> 00:30:54.359
 instinctively desiring

00:30:54.359 --> 00:30:57.179
 new things, eagerly

00:30:57.179 --> 00:30:58.059
 and incessantly

00:30:58.059 --> 00:31:00.240
 craving God and

00:31:00.240 --> 00:31:01.579
 the grace of God.

00:31:01.579 --> 00:31:03.259
 God, like a

00:31:03.259 --> 00:31:04.839
 sensible baby, do

00:31:04.839 --> 00:31:05.819
 not be satisfied

00:31:05.819 --> 00:31:06.839
 with anything less

00:31:06.839 --> 00:31:07.419
 than this.

00:31:08.960 --> 00:31:09.899
 Cry out for it and

00:31:09.899 --> 00:31:10.579
 if you don't get it,

00:31:10.799 --> 00:31:11.819
 cry more.

00:31:14.319 --> 00:31:16.439
 Let your desire for

00:31:16.439 --> 00:31:18.139
 God, let your desire

00:31:18.139 --> 00:31:19.480
 for the grace of the

00:31:19.480 --> 00:31:20.740
 gospel, Peter says, to

00:31:20.740 --> 00:31:23.500
 be as fervent and as

00:31:23.500 --> 00:31:25.179
 constant and as

00:31:25.179 --> 00:31:26.960
 unrelenting and as

00:31:26.960 --> 00:31:28.860
 tenacious as a

00:31:28.860 --> 00:31:30.539
 hungry newborn.

00:31:31.980 --> 00:31:33.900
 If you make God's

00:31:33.900 --> 00:31:37.720
 regenerative word and

00:31:37.720 --> 00:31:39.079
 His satisfying grace

00:31:39.079 --> 00:31:39.980
 and His life-giving

00:31:39.980 --> 00:31:41.559
 presence your

00:31:41.559 --> 00:31:44.940
 desperate desire, then

00:31:44.940 --> 00:31:46.240
 this is the spiritual

00:31:46.240 --> 00:31:48.740
 nourishment that will

00:31:48.740 --> 00:31:50.500
 enable us to grow up

00:31:50.500 --> 00:31:52.460
 in the salvation that

00:31:52.460 --> 00:31:53.579
 we've been given.

00:31:53.759 --> 00:31:54.740
 This is the thing that

00:31:54.740 --> 00:31:55.880
 will enable us and

00:31:55.880 --> 00:31:56.600
 nourish us and

00:31:56.599 --> 00:31:57.559
 strengthen us to be

00:31:57.559 --> 00:31:59.379
 able to be the

00:31:59.379 --> 00:32:00.839
 obedient children God's

00:32:00.839 --> 00:32:03.099
 calling us to be, to

00:32:03.099 --> 00:32:05.279
 be the holy children

00:32:05.279 --> 00:32:06.319
 God's calling us to

00:32:06.319 --> 00:32:06.959
 be, to be the

00:32:06.959 --> 00:32:09.559
 reverent children our

00:32:09.559 --> 00:32:11.299
 Holy Father has made

00:32:11.299 --> 00:32:13.179
 us and called us to

00:32:13.179 --> 00:32:13.480
 be.

00:32:15.559 --> 00:32:16.740
 So as we prepare to

00:32:16.740 --> 00:32:18.819
 come to this table of

00:32:18.819 --> 00:32:21.000
 grace, my question for

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 us is, how hungry are

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 you?

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 How thirsty are you for

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 our holy God?

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 What are you desiring?

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 What are you craving?

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 It is your deepest

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 desire to know more and

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 more of the goodness and

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 the grace of the God, the

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 holy God who's called us to

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 be holy as He's holy.

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 In the name of the Father,

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 Son, and Holy Spirit,

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.