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 Here, verse 4, 1-11, that's on page 1220.

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 Therefore, since Christ suffered in his body, arm yourself also with the same attitude.

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 Because he who has suffered in his body is done with sin.

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 As a result, he does not live the rest of his earthly life for evil human desires, but rather for the will of God.

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 For you have spent enough time in the past doing what pagans choose to do,

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 living in debauchery, lust, drunkness, orgy, carousing, and detestable adultery.

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 They think it's strange that you do not plunge with them into the same flood of dissipation,

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 and they keep abuse on you.

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 But they will have to give account to him who is ready to judge the living and the dead.

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 For this is the reason the gospel was preached, even to those who are now dead,

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 so that they might be judged according to men in regard to the body,

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 but live according to God in regard to the spirit.

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 The end of all things is near.

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 Therefore, be clear-minded and self-controlled so that you can pray.

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 Above all, love each other deeply,

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 because love can convert all multitude of sin.

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 Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling.

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 Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others,

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 faithfully administering God's grace in its various form.

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 If anyone speaks, he shall do it as one speaking the every word of God.

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 If anyone serves, he shall do it with the strength God provides,

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 so that in all things God may be praised through Jesus Christ.

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 To him be the glory and the power forever and ever.

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 Amen.

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 Thank you, Arvita.

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 Please keep your Bibles open to 1 Peter chapter 4.

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 And we'll pray.

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 Father, we ask that these words that I speak would be

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 as the very words of God,

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 words of truth about you,

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 about how we should live in this world.

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 Lord, we pray that these words would change us,

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 that they would transform us,

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 and show us how to live as we should.

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 Father, we pray this so that in all things

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 God may be praised through Jesus Christ,

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 for as to him be the glory and the power forever and ever.

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 Amen.

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 A very close friend recently told me a true story about himself.

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 He was about 16 at the time,

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 and they were away on a school geography trip.

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 When it came to their bedtime,

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 he got into his sleeping bag,

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 and with his torch,

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 and with his torch,

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 began to read his Bible.

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 For fear of being seen by his mates,

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 he pulled the bag up over the top of him

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 and snuggled away, way down.

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 Someone heard some rustling of pages

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 and shouted over,

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 what are you doing?

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 To which there was a muffled replied,

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 I'm eating sweets.

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 The conversation continued,

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 give us one.

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 I can't, it's my last one.

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 Sometimes it's easier to tell lies

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 than to tell the truth.

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 Now, if you're a Christian,

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 you will identify with that.

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 It's easier to conform to the world

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 than to live for Christ.

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 You see, if we do speak out for Christian truth,

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 if we stand up for Christian values,

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 you will struggle.

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 You will get hit.

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 So to avoid any kind of grief or hardship,

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 well, we behave like everyone else.

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 So rather than say no to another drink,

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 we have another one,

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 and then another one,

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 and then soon the whole evening

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 is out of control.

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 Instead of explaining our views

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 on marriage or abortion,

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 we politely excuse ourselves

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 from the conversation

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 before we're even asked.

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 Rather than speak against racist talk,

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 we keep quiet.

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 After all,

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 we don't want people making jokes of me.

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 Instead of making it clear

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 that I am a Christian,

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 we change the subject

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 and talk about the match last night.

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 We live like the world.

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 We conform.

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 We begin to blend in

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 so that we escape

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 any kind of suffering or struggle.

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 Now, if you've ever experienced that,

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 it's a normal temptation

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 for every Christian.

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 We all feel that pressure

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 to just blend in and fit in.

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 So how can we keep living for Christ

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 rather than conforming to the world?

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 How can we make sure

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 we still follow Jesus

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 rather than drift away?

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 Well, we must remember two realities.

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 One past and one future.

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 We're to live in the light

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 of Christ's death on the cross,

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 which is a past event,

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 and we are to live in the light

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 of Christ's return at the end,

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 which is a future event.

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 So first,

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 here's the encouragement

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 to live for Christ

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 instead of conforming to the world.

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 First, we live in the light

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 of Christ's death on the cross.

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 Looking back to the cross,

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 shapes and affects

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 how I live my life today.

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 First, we are done with sin.

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 Look at verse 1, chapter 4.

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 Therefore,

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 since Christ suffered in his body,

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 arm yourselves also

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 with the same attitude,

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 because he who has suffered

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 in the body is done with sin.

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 The suffering of Christ

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 takes us back to the cross of Christ.

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 And what happened when Christ died?

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 Well, have a look back

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 to chapter 3, verse 18.

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 We're told very clearly,

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 chapter 3, verse 18,

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 that when Christ suffered,

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 when Christ died,

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 he died for sins,

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 once for all,

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 the righteous for the unrighteous

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 to bring you to God.

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 When Christ died,

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 it was a death for us.

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 In other words,

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 he exchanged places with us.

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 He took on himself

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 all our unrighteousness.

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 That's all the things

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 I've ever said,

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 thought and done

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 that are wrong.

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 Christ took it all on himself

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 and suffered the punishment

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 that we deserve.

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 He suffered hell

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 for you and for me.

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 So when Christ suffered

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 on the cross,

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 he dealt with our sin.

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 Look at verse 18.

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 Once for all.

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 It's dealt with.

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 It's finished.

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 It's done.

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 Chapter 4, verse 1.

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 Therefore,

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 in the light of what Christ has done,

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 since Christ suffered

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 in his body,

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 arm yourselves also

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 with the same attitude.

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 In other words,

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 we now are to think about

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 our sin

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 in the same way

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 that Christ has treated

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 our sin.

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 That's important

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 that we make that connection.

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 We are to think about

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 our sin

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 in the same way

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 that Christ has treated

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 our sin.

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 So if Christ has dealt

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 with my sin,

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 I am to consider

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 that my sin

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 has been dealt with.

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 If Christ is judged

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 for my sin,

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 I am to consider

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 that my sin

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 is no longer

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 held against me.

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 If Christ has forgiven

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 my sin,

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 I am to consider

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 myself

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 and live

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 as a forgiven

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 child of God.

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 Why?

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 Look at the rest

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 of verse 1.

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 because he

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 who has suffered

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 in his body

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 is done

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 with sin.

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 Through faith,

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 through my trust,

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 I am united

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 to Christ.

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 So the work

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 that Jesus did

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 on the cross

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 is now applied

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 to me

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 in my life.

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 So if Christ

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 has suffered

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 and dealt

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 with my sin,

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 then I too

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 am done

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 with sin.

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 I am no longer

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 living the rest

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 of my life

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 trying to deal

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 with it

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 because it has

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 been dealt

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 with in the past

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 once and for all.

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 And that means

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 our life now

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 has been changed.

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 It changes

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 everything,

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 verse 2.

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 As a result,

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 as a result

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 of Christ's death

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 on the cross,

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 we do not live

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 the rest

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 of this earthly life

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 for evil

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 human desires,

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 but rather

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 for the will

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 of God.

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 which takes

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 us to the fact

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 that not only

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 is our sin

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 done with,

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 but our past

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 has been put

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 behind.

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 We no longer

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 have to go

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 back.

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 We've a new

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 way to live.

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 Look at verse 3.

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 For you have

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 spent enough

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 time in the past

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 doing what

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 pagans

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 choose to do,

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 living the way

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 people who are

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 not yet

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 Christians

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 do.

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 Living in

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 debauchery.

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 That is,

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 living without

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 any moral

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 boundary in

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 place.

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 Doing what

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 you like,

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 when you like,

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 with who you

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 like.

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 So just think

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 about the

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 culture of

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 sleeping with

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 multiple partners.

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 It's living

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 without any

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 moral boundaries.

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 or, as he

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 goes on,

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 lust,

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 which is being

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 driven by your

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 own desires.

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 So you want

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 something,

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 you buy it.

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 You get fed up

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 with what you

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 have,

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 you change it.

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 drunkenness.

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 Drinking

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 without restraint.

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 One is

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 never enough.

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 Orgies,

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 which is

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 wild living,

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 indulging in a

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 cocktail of

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 sex and drugs,

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 whatever it

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 takes, and

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 doing whatever

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 you like to

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 experience that

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 ultimate high.

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 Carousing,

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 which is

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 another word

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 for drinking

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 parties.

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 Drinking

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 copious amounts

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 at the

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 Christmas party

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 or the

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 nightclub

00:12:41.139 --> 00:12:41.940
 or wherever

00:12:41.940 --> 00:12:42.460
 you might

00:12:42.460 --> 00:12:43.100
 hang out.

00:12:45.379 --> 00:12:46.060
 Detestable

00:12:46.060 --> 00:12:46.899
 idolatry.

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 Replacing

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 God with

00:12:49.279 --> 00:12:50.259
 other things

00:12:50.259 --> 00:12:50.860
 and with

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 other people.

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 So making

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 sport or

00:12:53.480 --> 00:12:54.040
 your work

00:12:54.040 --> 00:12:54.340
 or your

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 family or

00:12:55.580 --> 00:12:56.320
 your girlfriend

00:12:56.320 --> 00:12:57.220
 or boyfriend

00:12:57.220 --> 00:12:58.540
 more important

00:12:58.540 --> 00:12:59.159
 to you

00:12:59.159 --> 00:13:00.440
 than God.

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 Now I

00:13:03.759 --> 00:13:04.540
 think that

00:13:04.540 --> 00:13:05.200
 verse 3

00:13:05.200 --> 00:13:06.279
 is a fairly

00:13:06.279 --> 00:13:07.899
 accurate picture

00:13:07.899 --> 00:13:09.360
 of how

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 people live.

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 And without

00:13:12.220 --> 00:13:13.379
 pointing fingers

00:13:13.379 --> 00:13:14.919
 I think we

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 can all see

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 ourselves in

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 there.

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 Because each

00:13:18.339 --> 00:13:18.959
 one of us

00:13:18.959 --> 00:13:19.699
 have pushed

00:13:19.699 --> 00:13:20.939
 the moral

00:13:20.939 --> 00:13:21.539
 boundaries.

00:13:22.659 --> 00:13:23.480
 We've all

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 replaced God

00:13:24.519 --> 00:13:25.459
 with other

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 things.

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 We've all

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 searched for

00:13:28.179 --> 00:13:29.139
 fulfilment and

00:13:29.139 --> 00:13:29.860
 satisfaction,

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 whether it's

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 through sex

00:13:31.500 --> 00:13:32.440
 or shopping.

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 But,

00:13:34.960 --> 00:13:35.399
 look at

00:13:35.399 --> 00:13:35.980
 verse 3,

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 you have

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 spent enough

00:13:38.480 --> 00:13:39.679
 time in

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 the past

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 living like

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 this.

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 In other

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 words,

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 it's now

00:13:44.779 --> 00:13:45.440
 time to

00:13:45.440 --> 00:13:46.080
 move on.

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 We no

00:13:46.919 --> 00:13:47.620
 longer have

00:13:47.620 --> 00:13:48.220
 to live

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 this way.

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 Because of

00:13:50.379 --> 00:13:51.220
 Christ's death

00:13:51.220 --> 00:13:51.879
 on the cross,

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 we are done

00:13:52.919 --> 00:13:53.440
 with sin.

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 A decisive

00:13:54.620 --> 00:13:55.480
 break has

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 been made

00:13:56.019 --> 00:13:56.779
 in our life.

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 The past

00:13:57.980 --> 00:13:58.440
 is put

00:13:58.440 --> 00:13:59.259
 behind us

00:13:59.259 --> 00:14:00.299
 and now

00:14:00.299 --> 00:14:01.000
 we are

00:14:01.000 --> 00:14:02.000
 living for

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 Christ.

00:14:05.279 --> 00:14:05.980
 So when

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 you get

00:14:06.299 --> 00:14:07.019
 invited out

00:14:07.019 --> 00:14:07.399
 to your

00:14:07.399 --> 00:14:08.240
 work Christmas

00:14:08.240 --> 00:14:08.980
 party or

00:14:08.980 --> 00:14:09.419
 round to

00:14:09.419 --> 00:14:09.919
 your neighbours,

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 when you're

00:14:12.059 --> 00:14:12.679
 walking down

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 Patrick Street

00:14:13.460 --> 00:14:13.980
 and you see

00:14:13.980 --> 00:14:14.399
 all the

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 things that

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 you want

00:14:15.200 --> 00:14:15.980
 for Christmas,

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 you don't

00:14:17.840 --> 00:14:18.340
 have to

00:14:18.340 --> 00:14:19.220
 indulge.

00:14:20.360 --> 00:14:20.799
 You don't

00:14:20.799 --> 00:14:21.259
 have to

00:14:21.259 --> 00:14:23.120
 conform to

00:14:23.120 --> 00:14:23.600
 the way of

00:14:23.600 --> 00:14:24.019
 the world.

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 Your past

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 has been

00:14:26.759 --> 00:14:27.580
 dealt with.

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 You've

00:14:28.620 --> 00:14:29.100
 now got

00:14:29.100 --> 00:14:29.679
 a new

00:14:29.679 --> 00:14:30.740
 way to

00:14:30.740 --> 00:14:31.600
 live for

00:14:31.600 --> 00:14:32.120
 Christ.

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 And of

00:14:35.080 --> 00:14:35.320
 course,

00:14:35.419 --> 00:14:35.720
 when we

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 put the

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 past behind

00:14:37.179 --> 00:14:38.100
 and now

00:14:38.100 --> 00:14:38.600
 live for

00:14:38.600 --> 00:14:38.980
 Christ,

00:14:39.100 --> 00:14:39.639
 it comes

00:14:39.639 --> 00:14:39.940
 at a

00:14:39.940 --> 00:14:40.220
 great

00:14:40.220 --> 00:14:40.759
 cost.

00:14:40.759 --> 00:14:41.419
 Look at

00:14:41.419 --> 00:14:42.080
 verse 4.

00:14:45.759 --> 00:14:46.759
 Verse 4.

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 They think

00:14:49.580 --> 00:14:50.580
 it's strange

00:14:50.580 --> 00:14:51.019
 that you

00:14:51.019 --> 00:14:51.480
 do not

00:14:51.480 --> 00:14:52.100
 plunge

00:14:52.100 --> 00:14:52.940
 with them

00:14:52.940 --> 00:14:53.899
 into the

00:14:53.899 --> 00:14:54.759
 same flood

00:14:54.759 --> 00:14:54.980
 of

00:14:54.980 --> 00:14:55.879
 dissipation

00:14:55.879 --> 00:14:56.620
 and they

00:14:56.620 --> 00:14:57.299
 heap abuse

00:14:57.299 --> 00:14:57.779
 on you.

00:14:57.779 --> 00:14:58.519
 Again,

00:14:58.639 --> 00:14:58.980
 it's a

00:14:58.980 --> 00:14:59.279
 very

00:14:59.279 --> 00:14:59.879
 graphic

00:14:59.879 --> 00:15:00.480
 picture.

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 Society

00:15:01.620 --> 00:15:02.120
 has

00:15:02.120 --> 00:15:03.199
 plunged

00:15:03.199 --> 00:15:04.220
 into a

00:15:04.220 --> 00:15:04.779
 flood of

00:15:04.779 --> 00:15:05.839
 dissipation.

00:15:07.319 --> 00:15:08.039
 Strange

00:15:08.039 --> 00:15:08.379
 word,

00:15:08.519 --> 00:15:08.939
 but it

00:15:08.939 --> 00:15:09.459
 basically

00:15:09.459 --> 00:15:10.079
 means that

00:15:10.079 --> 00:15:10.439
 we have

00:15:10.439 --> 00:15:11.699
 indulged,

00:15:11.879 --> 00:15:12.139
 we've

00:15:12.139 --> 00:15:12.959
 jumped into

00:15:12.959 --> 00:15:13.980
 a flood

00:15:13.980 --> 00:15:14.360
 of a

00:15:14.360 --> 00:15:14.879
 life of

00:15:14.879 --> 00:15:15.480
 excess.

00:15:16.899 --> 00:15:17.779
 We just

00:15:17.779 --> 00:15:18.500
 are never

00:15:18.500 --> 00:15:19.559
 ever satisfied.

00:15:19.919 --> 00:15:20.579
 We're always

00:15:20.579 --> 00:15:21.539
 wanting more.

00:15:21.879 --> 00:15:22.439
 We crave

00:15:22.439 --> 00:15:23.480
 more sex,

00:15:23.679 --> 00:15:24.299
 more drink,

00:15:24.620 --> 00:15:25.259
 more shopping,

00:15:25.259 --> 00:15:26.139
 bigger homes,

00:15:26.360 --> 00:15:27.159
 bigger salaries,

00:15:27.340 --> 00:15:27.980
 new cars,

00:15:28.379 --> 00:15:29.039
 new gadgets.

00:15:29.480 --> 00:15:29.899
 It's the

00:15:29.899 --> 00:15:30.419
 way in

00:15:30.419 --> 00:15:30.879
 which the

00:15:30.879 --> 00:15:31.779
 world thinks.

00:15:33.620 --> 00:15:34.279
 But as

00:15:34.279 --> 00:15:34.879
 Christians,

00:15:36.319 --> 00:15:36.840
 of those

00:15:36.840 --> 00:15:37.159
 who've

00:15:37.159 --> 00:15:38.220
 left the

00:15:38.220 --> 00:15:38.819
 past,

00:15:39.220 --> 00:15:39.899
 we no

00:15:39.899 --> 00:15:40.720
 longer need

00:15:40.720 --> 00:15:42.019
 to indulge

00:15:42.019 --> 00:15:42.840
 in

00:15:42.840 --> 00:15:43.960
 excesses.

00:15:46.460 --> 00:15:47.419
 So if we

00:15:47.419 --> 00:15:48.220
 find ourselves

00:15:48.220 --> 00:15:49.159
 in conversation,

00:15:49.379 --> 00:15:49.919
 talking with

00:15:49.919 --> 00:15:50.259
 people,

00:15:50.360 --> 00:15:51.039
 or simply by

00:15:51.039 --> 00:15:51.360
 the way

00:15:51.360 --> 00:15:51.679
 that we

00:15:51.679 --> 00:15:52.039
 live,

00:15:52.039 --> 00:15:52.839
 when we

00:15:52.839 --> 00:15:53.539
 say that,

00:15:53.719 --> 00:15:54.240
 well no,

00:15:54.379 --> 00:15:55.120
 sex is

00:15:55.120 --> 00:15:56.099
 confined to

00:15:56.099 --> 00:15:56.759
 the marriage

00:15:56.759 --> 00:15:57.360
 of one

00:15:57.360 --> 00:15:58.500
 man and

00:15:58.500 --> 00:15:59.179
 one woman,

00:16:00.179 --> 00:16:01.120
 if we

00:16:01.120 --> 00:16:01.779
 stop at

00:16:01.779 --> 00:16:02.639
 one drink

00:16:02.639 --> 00:16:04.019
 or at

00:16:04.019 --> 00:16:04.919
 no drink,

00:16:05.980 --> 00:16:06.500
 if we

00:16:06.500 --> 00:16:07.379
 make obedience

00:16:07.379 --> 00:16:08.259
 to Christ

00:16:08.259 --> 00:16:09.500
 more important

00:16:09.500 --> 00:16:10.399
 than favour

00:16:10.399 --> 00:16:11.299
 with friends,

00:16:12.360 --> 00:16:13.419
 you're going

00:16:13.419 --> 00:16:13.719
 to get

00:16:13.719 --> 00:16:14.179
 hurt,

00:16:14.439 --> 00:16:14.819
 you're going

00:16:14.819 --> 00:16:15.179
 to get

00:16:15.179 --> 00:16:16.019
 abuse,

00:16:16.279 --> 00:16:16.579
 you're going

00:16:16.579 --> 00:16:17.360
 to be mocked,

00:16:17.419 --> 00:16:17.659
 you're going

00:16:17.659 --> 00:16:18.319
 to be laughed

00:16:18.319 --> 00:16:18.759
 at.

00:16:19.500 --> 00:16:20.179
 There is

00:16:20.179 --> 00:16:20.799
 going to be

00:16:20.799 --> 00:16:21.479
 a cost

00:16:21.479 --> 00:16:22.639
 if we

00:16:22.639 --> 00:16:23.359
 leave the

00:16:23.359 --> 00:16:24.219
 past behind

00:16:24.219 --> 00:16:25.879
 and live

00:16:25.879 --> 00:16:26.939
 for Christ.

00:16:28.719 --> 00:16:29.620
 So because

00:16:29.620 --> 00:16:30.439
 of Christ's

00:16:30.439 --> 00:16:30.759
 death on

00:16:30.759 --> 00:16:31.139
 the cross,

00:16:31.299 --> 00:16:31.919
 we no

00:16:31.919 --> 00:16:32.579
 longer have

00:16:32.579 --> 00:16:33.699
 to conform

00:16:33.699 --> 00:16:34.120
 to the

00:16:34.120 --> 00:16:34.519
 world,

00:16:35.000 --> 00:16:35.819
 the past

00:16:35.819 --> 00:16:36.599
 is behind,

00:16:37.199 --> 00:16:38.139
 we now

00:16:38.139 --> 00:16:38.799
 have a new

00:16:38.799 --> 00:16:39.799
 way to

00:16:39.799 --> 00:16:40.199
 live.

00:16:42.500 --> 00:16:43.299
 So we're

00:16:43.299 --> 00:16:43.759
 done with

00:16:43.759 --> 00:16:44.099
 sin,

00:16:44.479 --> 00:16:45.199
 the past

00:16:45.199 --> 00:16:45.599
 is put

00:16:45.599 --> 00:16:46.120
 behind,

00:16:46.679 --> 00:16:47.459
 and we're

00:16:47.459 --> 00:16:48.319
 prepared for

00:16:48.319 --> 00:16:48.979
 the future,

00:16:48.980 --> 00:16:50.480
 all because

00:16:50.480 --> 00:16:51.000
 of what

00:16:51.000 --> 00:16:51.600
 Jesus has

00:16:51.600 --> 00:16:51.960
 done on

00:16:51.960 --> 00:16:52.500
 the cross.

00:16:52.820 --> 00:16:53.200
 Look at

00:16:53.200 --> 00:16:53.860
 verse 5.

00:16:56.279 --> 00:16:56.759
 They

00:16:56.759 --> 00:16:57.899
 will have

00:16:57.899 --> 00:16:58.259
 to give

00:16:58.259 --> 00:16:58.820
 an account

00:16:58.820 --> 00:17:00.300
 to him,

00:17:00.659 --> 00:17:01.279
 so all

00:17:01.279 --> 00:17:01.680
 those who

00:17:01.680 --> 00:17:03.279
 live a

00:17:03.279 --> 00:17:03.800
 life of

00:17:03.800 --> 00:17:04.360
 excess

00:17:04.360 --> 00:17:05.700
 and indulging

00:17:05.700 --> 00:17:06.680
 a life

00:17:06.680 --> 00:17:07.559
 without Christ

00:17:07.559 --> 00:17:08.019
 will have

00:17:08.019 --> 00:17:08.360
 to give

00:17:08.360 --> 00:17:08.920
 an account

00:17:08.920 --> 00:17:09.599
 to him

00:17:09.599 --> 00:17:10.660
 who is

00:17:10.660 --> 00:17:11.240
 ready to

00:17:11.240 --> 00:17:11.880
 judge the

00:17:11.880 --> 00:17:12.220
 living

00:17:12.220 --> 00:17:14.319
 and the

00:17:14.319 --> 00:17:14.759
 dead.

00:17:14.759 --> 00:17:14.799
 God.

00:17:16.619 --> 00:17:16.900
 Now I

00:17:16.900 --> 00:17:17.279
 don't think

00:17:17.279 --> 00:17:17.720
 it's saying

00:17:17.720 --> 00:17:18.099
 that we're

00:17:18.099 --> 00:17:19.119
 to exclude

00:17:19.119 --> 00:17:19.740
 ourselves.

00:17:21.759 --> 00:17:22.559
 You see,

00:17:22.799 --> 00:17:23.619
 judgment is

00:17:23.619 --> 00:17:24.700
 coming and

00:17:24.700 --> 00:17:25.759
 every one

00:17:25.759 --> 00:17:26.279
 of us

00:17:26.279 --> 00:17:27.039
 will have

00:17:27.039 --> 00:17:27.420
 to give

00:17:27.420 --> 00:17:27.980
 an account

00:17:27.980 --> 00:17:29.379
 before God

00:17:29.379 --> 00:17:30.680
 and everything

00:17:30.680 --> 00:17:31.400
 is going to

00:17:31.400 --> 00:17:32.019
 be laid out

00:17:32.019 --> 00:17:32.819
 before God.

00:17:33.160 --> 00:17:33.839
 No one is

00:17:33.839 --> 00:17:34.259
 going to

00:17:34.259 --> 00:17:34.759
 escape,

00:17:35.180 --> 00:17:35.900
 nothing is

00:17:35.900 --> 00:17:36.259
 going to

00:17:36.259 --> 00:17:37.039
 be excused,

00:17:37.279 --> 00:17:37.900
 our whole

00:17:37.900 --> 00:17:38.740
 life before

00:17:38.740 --> 00:17:39.279
 God will

00:17:39.279 --> 00:17:40.180
 be exposed,

00:17:40.700 --> 00:17:41.220
 shown up

00:17:41.220 --> 00:17:41.700
 for who

00:17:41.700 --> 00:17:42.079
 we are

00:17:42.079 --> 00:17:42.379
 and what

00:17:42.379 --> 00:17:42.640
 we've

00:17:42.640 --> 00:17:42.900
 done.

00:17:42.900 --> 00:17:45.500
 So when

00:17:45.500 --> 00:17:45.940
 I am

00:17:45.940 --> 00:17:46.440
 tempted

00:17:46.440 --> 00:17:47.259
 to conform

00:17:47.259 --> 00:17:47.660
 to the

00:17:47.660 --> 00:17:48.100
 world,

00:17:49.120 --> 00:17:49.780
 when I

00:17:49.780 --> 00:17:50.220
 start

00:17:50.220 --> 00:17:50.860
 considering

00:17:50.860 --> 00:17:51.480
 and thinking

00:17:51.480 --> 00:17:52.080
 of living

00:17:52.080 --> 00:17:52.880
 like everyone

00:17:52.880 --> 00:17:54.120
 else so

00:17:54.120 --> 00:17:54.480
 that I

00:17:54.480 --> 00:17:55.019
 fit in

00:17:55.019 --> 00:17:55.640
 and escape

00:17:55.640 --> 00:17:56.400
 being laughed

00:17:56.400 --> 00:17:56.780
 at,

00:17:57.259 --> 00:17:57.880
 remember

00:17:57.880 --> 00:18:00.620
 judgment

00:18:00.620 --> 00:18:01.380
 is coming.

00:18:01.640 --> 00:18:02.000
 I am

00:18:02.000 --> 00:18:02.440
 going to

00:18:02.440 --> 00:18:02.820
 have to

00:18:02.820 --> 00:18:03.120
 give an

00:18:03.120 --> 00:18:03.440
 account

00:18:03.440 --> 00:18:04.340
 before God.

00:18:06.240 --> 00:18:06.840
 But

00:18:06.840 --> 00:18:08.960
 if we

00:18:08.960 --> 00:18:09.620
 trust in

00:18:09.620 --> 00:18:10.080
 Christ,

00:18:10.220 --> 00:18:10.620
 if our

00:18:10.620 --> 00:18:11.040
 hope is

00:18:11.040 --> 00:18:11.480
 in him,

00:18:11.480 --> 00:18:12.740
 we are

00:18:12.740 --> 00:18:13.259
 not just

00:18:13.259 --> 00:18:13.559
 looking

00:18:13.559 --> 00:18:14.299
 forward to

00:18:14.299 --> 00:18:15.059
 judgment,

00:18:15.380 --> 00:18:15.599
 we are

00:18:15.599 --> 00:18:15.900
 looking

00:18:15.900 --> 00:18:16.579
 forward to

00:18:16.579 --> 00:18:17.099
 glory,

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 to something

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 better and

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 something

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 greater.

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 Yes,

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 we may

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 face

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 insults,

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 yes,

00:18:23.140 --> 00:18:23.680
 people may

00:18:23.680 --> 00:18:24.160
 laugh at

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 us because

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 we have

00:18:24.980 --> 00:18:25.559
 left the

00:18:25.559 --> 00:18:26.420
 past behind

00:18:26.420 --> 00:18:27.039
 and we are

00:18:27.039 --> 00:18:27.620
 now living

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 for Christ,

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 but the

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 best is

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 yet to

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 come.

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 Look at

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 verse 6.

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 verse 6.

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 For this

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 is the

00:18:37.880 --> 00:18:38.579
 reason the

00:18:38.579 --> 00:18:39.380
 gospel was

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 preached even

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 to those who

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 are now

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 dead.

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 So he's

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 saying,

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 look,

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 there are

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 people who

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 have died,

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 but before

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 they died,

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 they heard

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 the gospel,

00:18:54.460 --> 00:18:55.059
 they heard the

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 good news about

00:18:55.940 --> 00:18:57.099
 Jesus Christ and

00:18:57.099 --> 00:18:57.700
 his death on

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 the cross.

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 Verse 6.

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 So for this

00:19:00.740 --> 00:19:01.279
 reason the

00:19:01.279 --> 00:19:01.900
 gospel was

00:19:01.900 --> 00:19:02.940
 preached even

00:19:02.940 --> 00:19:03.600
 to those who

00:19:03.600 --> 00:19:03.980
 are now

00:19:03.980 --> 00:19:04.360
 dead,

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 so that

00:19:05.759 --> 00:19:06.700
 they might

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 be judged

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 according to

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 men in

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 regard to

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 the body.

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 In other

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 words,

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 they will

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 die because

00:19:13.500 --> 00:19:14.000
 of their

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 sin,

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 they will

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 physically

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 die,

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 all sin

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 leads to

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 death,

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 but,

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 look at the

00:19:20.500 --> 00:19:20.820
 end of

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 verse 6,

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 but they

00:19:22.360 --> 00:19:23.279
 will live

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 according to

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 God in

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 regard to

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 the spirit.

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 In other

00:19:28.519 --> 00:19:28.779
 words,

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 the gospel

00:19:29.420 --> 00:19:29.980
 is telling

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 me that

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 just as

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 Christ died

00:19:32.279 --> 00:19:33.059
 for my

00:19:33.059 --> 00:19:33.480
 sin,

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 but was

00:19:34.480 --> 00:19:35.420
 raised to

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 life in

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 the spirit,

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 so I

00:19:38.619 --> 00:19:39.299
 will die

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 because of

00:19:39.960 --> 00:19:40.660
 my sin,

00:19:41.019 --> 00:19:41.599
 but I

00:19:41.599 --> 00:19:41.980
 am going

00:19:41.980 --> 00:19:42.339
 to be

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 raised to

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 life.

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 All of

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 us will

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 die because

00:19:47.960 --> 00:19:48.740
 of sin

00:19:48.740 --> 00:19:49.440
 in our

00:19:49.440 --> 00:19:49.819
 life,

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 but because

00:19:50.879 --> 00:19:51.700
 Christ took

00:19:51.700 --> 00:19:52.259
 the judgment

00:19:52.259 --> 00:19:52.740
 on the

00:19:52.740 --> 00:19:53.039
 cross,

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 I will be

00:19:54.099 --> 00:19:54.660
 raised to

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 share his

00:19:55.859 --> 00:19:56.680
 glory.

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 Rather than

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 suffering hell

00:19:59.220 --> 00:19:59.920
 for eternity,

00:19:59.920 --> 00:20:00.860
 I will

00:20:00.860 --> 00:20:01.779
 enjoy heaven

00:20:01.779 --> 00:20:02.600
 for eternity.

00:20:02.960 --> 00:20:03.460
 So when

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 I am

00:20:03.820 --> 00:20:04.519
 tempted to

00:20:04.519 --> 00:20:05.240
 conform to

00:20:05.240 --> 00:20:05.779
 the world,

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 when I'm

00:20:07.220 --> 00:20:07.759
 tempted to

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 think that

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 all there

00:20:08.720 --> 00:20:09.140
 is is

00:20:09.140 --> 00:20:09.820
 this life

00:20:09.820 --> 00:20:10.519
 and just

00:20:10.519 --> 00:20:11.200
 fit in

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 for an

00:20:11.840 --> 00:20:12.740
 easier life

00:20:12.740 --> 00:20:13.360
 so I

00:20:13.360 --> 00:20:13.759
 don't get

00:20:13.759 --> 00:20:14.519
 laughed at,

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 so I

00:20:15.019 --> 00:20:15.440
 don't get

00:20:15.440 --> 00:20:16.140
 mocked,

00:20:16.700 --> 00:20:17.220
 when I

00:20:17.220 --> 00:20:17.860
 fit in

00:20:17.860 --> 00:20:18.259
 with this

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 kind of

00:20:18.680 --> 00:20:19.039
 life,

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 I need

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 to think

00:20:21.120 --> 00:20:21.640
 back to

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 the cross

00:20:22.140 --> 00:20:23.100
 and remember

00:20:23.100 --> 00:20:23.860
 that Christ

00:20:23.860 --> 00:20:24.680
 suffered for

00:20:24.680 --> 00:20:25.440
 my judgment.

00:20:26.140 --> 00:20:26.500
 He has

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 given me a

00:20:27.240 --> 00:20:28.060
 new inheritance

00:20:28.059 --> 00:20:28.919
 that I

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 might share

00:20:29.619 --> 00:20:30.460
 in his

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 glory.

00:20:31.299 --> 00:20:31.659
 I have

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 everything

00:20:32.480 --> 00:20:33.500
 to look

00:20:33.500 --> 00:20:34.079
 forward to

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 so I

00:20:34.500 --> 00:20:35.039
 don't have

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 to indulge

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 today

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 because I

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 have everything

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 to come.

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 So,

00:20:43.379 --> 00:20:44.460
 as we

00:20:44.460 --> 00:20:45.019
 seek to

00:20:45.019 --> 00:20:45.679
 live life

00:20:45.679 --> 00:20:46.679
 in this

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 world,

00:20:48.759 --> 00:20:49.720
 first,

00:20:50.039 --> 00:20:50.639
 we must

00:20:50.639 --> 00:20:51.079
 live in

00:20:51.079 --> 00:20:51.619
 the light

00:20:51.619 --> 00:20:53.139
 of Christ's

00:20:53.139 --> 00:20:54.099
 death on

00:20:54.099 --> 00:20:54.759
 the cross.

00:20:55.399 --> 00:20:56.000
 Remember

00:20:56.000 --> 00:20:56.440
 that our

00:20:56.440 --> 00:20:57.019
 sin is

00:20:57.019 --> 00:20:57.619
 done with

00:20:57.619 --> 00:20:58.599
 we have

00:20:58.599 --> 00:20:59.039
 put the

00:20:59.039 --> 00:20:59.559
 past

00:20:59.559 --> 00:21:00.139
 behind

00:21:00.139 --> 00:21:01.079
 and we

00:21:01.079 --> 00:21:01.579
 are looking

00:21:01.579 --> 00:21:02.159
 forward

00:21:02.159 --> 00:21:03.219
 to a

00:21:03.219 --> 00:21:03.459
 new

00:21:03.459 --> 00:21:03.959
 future.

00:21:05.299 --> 00:21:06.039
 But there's

00:21:06.039 --> 00:21:06.500
 a second

00:21:06.500 --> 00:21:07.339
 way in

00:21:07.339 --> 00:21:07.719
 which we

00:21:07.719 --> 00:21:08.039
 are to

00:21:08.039 --> 00:21:08.319
 live,

00:21:09.159 --> 00:21:09.559
 and that

00:21:09.559 --> 00:21:09.919
 is to

00:21:09.919 --> 00:21:10.219
 live in

00:21:10.219 --> 00:21:10.619
 the light

00:21:10.619 --> 00:21:11.339
 of Christ's

00:21:11.339 --> 00:21:12.659
 return at

00:21:12.659 --> 00:21:13.299
 the end,

00:21:13.779 --> 00:21:14.699
 which is a

00:21:14.699 --> 00:21:16.039
 future event.

00:21:16.739 --> 00:21:17.279
 Look at

00:21:17.279 --> 00:21:17.879
 verse 7.

00:21:20.559 --> 00:21:21.379
 The end

00:21:21.379 --> 00:21:22.379
 of all

00:21:22.379 --> 00:21:23.699
 things is

00:21:23.699 --> 00:21:24.059
 near.

00:21:24.799 --> 00:21:25.299
 It's a

00:21:25.299 --> 00:21:25.819
 short,

00:21:26.079 --> 00:21:26.379
 simple

00:21:26.379 --> 00:21:26.939
 statement

00:21:26.940 --> 00:21:28.080
 to remind

00:21:28.080 --> 00:21:28.680
 us that

00:21:28.680 --> 00:21:29.759
 Christ is

00:21:29.759 --> 00:21:30.380
 coming

00:21:30.380 --> 00:21:30.860
 again.

00:21:31.519 --> 00:21:32.120
 And when

00:21:32.120 --> 00:21:33.420
 Christ returns,

00:21:34.299 --> 00:21:34.840
 we will

00:21:34.840 --> 00:21:36.200
 experience our

00:21:36.200 --> 00:21:37.680
 glorious and

00:21:37.680 --> 00:21:38.360
 eternal

00:21:38.360 --> 00:21:39.519
 inheritance in

00:21:39.519 --> 00:21:40.080
 all its

00:21:40.080 --> 00:21:40.460
 fullness.

00:21:41.460 --> 00:21:42.200
 Let's remind

00:21:42.200 --> 00:21:42.900
 ourselves of

00:21:42.900 --> 00:21:43.299
 what that

00:21:43.299 --> 00:21:44.240
 inheritance is.

00:21:44.539 --> 00:21:45.200
 Go back to

00:21:45.200 --> 00:21:45.920
 chapter 1,

00:21:46.400 --> 00:21:47.279
 verse 4.

00:21:51.279 --> 00:21:52.640
 Because Christ

00:21:52.640 --> 00:21:53.380
 is going to

00:21:53.380 --> 00:21:53.920
 come again,

00:21:53.920 --> 00:21:54.900
 this is what we

00:21:54.900 --> 00:21:55.540
 have to look

00:21:55.540 --> 00:21:56.240
 forward to.

00:22:00.440 --> 00:22:01.580
 We have an

00:22:01.580 --> 00:22:02.100
 inheritance,

00:22:02.380 --> 00:22:02.920
 verse 4,

00:22:03.340 --> 00:22:04.460
 that can never

00:22:04.460 --> 00:22:05.220
 perish,

00:22:06.080 --> 00:22:06.820
 spoil,

00:22:07.200 --> 00:22:07.940
 or fade,

00:22:08.759 --> 00:22:09.720
 which is kept

00:22:09.720 --> 00:22:10.720
 in heaven

00:22:10.720 --> 00:22:11.920
 for you.

00:22:12.860 --> 00:22:13.580
 Down at

00:22:13.580 --> 00:22:14.200
 verse 9.

00:22:14.900 --> 00:22:15.600
 Because of

00:22:15.600 --> 00:22:16.280
 this, we are

00:22:16.280 --> 00:22:17.759
 receiving the

00:22:17.759 --> 00:22:18.840
 goal of our

00:22:18.840 --> 00:22:20.060
 faith, the

00:22:20.060 --> 00:22:20.800
 salvation

00:22:20.799 --> 00:22:22.000
 salvation of

00:22:22.000 --> 00:22:22.700
 our souls.

00:22:24.159 --> 00:22:25.259
 So we can

00:22:25.259 --> 00:22:26.019
 look forward

00:22:26.019 --> 00:22:27.500
 to Christ

00:22:27.500 --> 00:22:28.599
 coming, and

00:22:28.599 --> 00:22:28.980
 when he

00:22:28.980 --> 00:22:29.940
 comes, we

00:22:29.940 --> 00:22:30.559
 will receive

00:22:30.559 --> 00:22:31.319
 the goal of

00:22:31.319 --> 00:22:32.200
 our faith, the

00:22:32.200 --> 00:22:33.099
 salvation of

00:22:33.099 --> 00:22:33.639
 our souls.

00:22:33.940 --> 00:22:34.440
 We will

00:22:34.440 --> 00:22:35.480
 enter a world

00:22:35.480 --> 00:22:36.460
 untouched by

00:22:36.460 --> 00:22:37.879
 the pain and

00:22:37.879 --> 00:22:38.599
 heartache of

00:22:38.599 --> 00:22:38.940
 death.

00:22:38.940 --> 00:22:39.659
 We will

00:22:39.659 --> 00:22:40.759
 experience a

00:22:40.759 --> 00:22:42.619
 world unspoiled

00:22:42.619 --> 00:22:43.659
 by the selfish,

00:22:43.919 --> 00:22:44.980
 evil actions of

00:22:44.980 --> 00:22:45.339
 people.

00:22:45.659 --> 00:22:47.019
 We will enjoy a

00:22:47.019 --> 00:22:47.899
 world that is

00:22:47.899 --> 00:22:49.619
 unfading through

00:22:49.619 --> 00:22:50.359
 the course of

00:22:50.359 --> 00:22:51.500
 time and

00:22:51.500 --> 00:22:52.019
 seasons.

00:22:52.899 --> 00:22:53.699
 So as we

00:22:53.699 --> 00:22:54.699
 look forward to

00:22:54.699 --> 00:22:55.479
 Christ coming

00:22:55.479 --> 00:22:57.019
 again, it

00:22:57.019 --> 00:22:58.219
 will shape how

00:22:58.219 --> 00:22:59.519
 I live today.

00:22:59.939 --> 00:23:00.939
 In particular,

00:23:01.539 --> 00:23:02.799
 it shapes how

00:23:02.799 --> 00:23:03.619
 I serve and

00:23:03.619 --> 00:23:04.379
 support my

00:23:04.379 --> 00:23:05.339
 church family

00:23:05.339 --> 00:23:06.959
 as we seek to

00:23:06.959 --> 00:23:07.699
 live for Christ.

00:23:08.039 --> 00:23:09.039
 For Christ has

00:23:09.039 --> 00:23:10.379
 put us into a

00:23:10.379 --> 00:23:12.339
 church family as

00:23:12.339 --> 00:23:13.079
 people who are

00:23:13.079 --> 00:23:13.919
 going to help

00:23:13.919 --> 00:23:15.599
 us through this

00:23:15.599 --> 00:23:16.099
 life.

00:23:16.919 --> 00:23:18.559
 So, three

00:23:18.559 --> 00:23:19.359
 things that the

00:23:19.359 --> 00:23:20.659
 way Christ's

00:23:20.659 --> 00:23:22.019
 return will

00:23:22.019 --> 00:23:22.819
 shape us.

00:23:23.339 --> 00:23:23.979
 First, we

00:23:23.979 --> 00:23:25.379
 pray for the

00:23:25.379 --> 00:23:26.079
 church family.

00:23:26.219 --> 00:23:26.679
 Look at verse

00:23:26.679 --> 00:23:27.039
 seven.

00:23:28.139 --> 00:23:28.959
 The end of all

00:23:28.959 --> 00:23:29.779
 things is near.

00:23:30.159 --> 00:23:30.979
 Christ is coming

00:23:30.979 --> 00:23:31.459
 again.

00:23:32.539 --> 00:23:34.219
 Therefore, be

00:23:34.219 --> 00:23:36.199
 clear-minded and

00:23:36.199 --> 00:23:38.859
 self-controlled so

00:23:38.859 --> 00:23:39.919
 that you can pray.

00:23:40.740 --> 00:23:41.819
 So, instead of

00:23:41.819 --> 00:23:42.539
 thinking that

00:23:42.539 --> 00:23:43.479
 suffering as a

00:23:43.479 --> 00:23:44.159
 Christian in this

00:23:44.159 --> 00:23:45.099
 world is never

00:23:45.099 --> 00:23:45.679
 ever going to

00:23:45.679 --> 00:23:47.000
 end and that

00:23:47.000 --> 00:23:48.319
 there's no hope

00:23:48.319 --> 00:23:49.039
 beyond this

00:23:49.039 --> 00:23:50.319
 life, he

00:23:50.319 --> 00:23:50.919
 says we are

00:23:50.919 --> 00:23:51.359
 to wait

00:23:51.359 --> 00:23:52.659
 patiently to

00:23:52.659 --> 00:23:53.159
 look for

00:23:53.159 --> 00:23:54.059
 Christ's return

00:23:54.059 --> 00:23:55.079
 and as we

00:23:55.079 --> 00:23:55.839
 wait for his

00:23:55.839 --> 00:23:57.679
 return, we're

00:23:57.679 --> 00:23:58.460
 to pray.

00:23:59.460 --> 00:24:00.539
 We're to pray

00:24:00.539 --> 00:24:01.639
 for each other

00:24:01.639 --> 00:24:02.599
 so that we

00:24:02.599 --> 00:24:03.439
 will keep on

00:24:03.439 --> 00:24:04.079
 living for

00:24:04.079 --> 00:24:05.279
 Christ and

00:24:05.279 --> 00:24:06.799
 not conform to

00:24:06.799 --> 00:24:07.399
 this world.

00:24:08.220 --> 00:24:08.919
 Through our

00:24:08.919 --> 00:24:09.919
 prayers for each

00:24:09.919 --> 00:24:10.779
 other, our

00:24:10.779 --> 00:24:11.759
 prayers for the

00:24:11.759 --> 00:24:13.019
 church family, we

00:24:13.019 --> 00:24:14.039
 keep each other

00:24:14.039 --> 00:24:15.619
 strong until

00:24:15.619 --> 00:24:17.419
 Christ returns.

00:24:17.739 --> 00:24:18.759
 So, how am I

00:24:18.759 --> 00:24:19.439
 going to make

00:24:19.439 --> 00:24:20.059
 sure that I

00:24:20.059 --> 00:24:21.139
 reach eternity

00:24:21.139 --> 00:24:22.000
 and that I

00:24:22.000 --> 00:24:22.739
 reach that

00:24:22.739 --> 00:24:23.119
 goal?

00:24:24.379 --> 00:24:25.299
 It's going to

00:24:25.299 --> 00:24:26.019
 be through the

00:24:26.019 --> 00:24:26.859
 prayers of each

00:24:26.859 --> 00:24:27.159
 other.

00:24:28.179 --> 00:24:29.239
 So, I'm going to

00:24:29.239 --> 00:24:30.939
 ask you, will

00:24:30.939 --> 00:24:32.619
 you pray for

00:24:32.619 --> 00:24:32.899
 me?

00:24:33.979 --> 00:24:35.000
 Will you pray

00:24:35.000 --> 00:24:35.939
 for me that I

00:24:35.939 --> 00:24:36.959
 will remember the

00:24:36.959 --> 00:24:37.619
 promise that

00:24:37.619 --> 00:24:38.519
 Christ is coming

00:24:38.519 --> 00:24:38.979
 again?

00:24:40.419 --> 00:24:41.059
 That my

00:24:41.059 --> 00:24:42.199
 struggles are not

00:24:42.199 --> 00:24:43.099
 going to last

00:24:43.099 --> 00:24:43.859
 forever?

00:24:44.119 --> 00:24:45.119
 That I have an

00:24:45.119 --> 00:24:46.099
 inheritance that

00:24:46.099 --> 00:24:47.159
 can never perish,

00:24:47.619 --> 00:24:48.419
 spoil or fade?

00:24:48.719 --> 00:24:49.959
 Will you pray

00:24:49.959 --> 00:24:52.139
 for me that I

00:24:52.139 --> 00:24:53.079
 will keep living

00:24:53.079 --> 00:24:54.579
 for Christ and

00:24:54.579 --> 00:24:56.599
 not conform to

00:24:56.599 --> 00:24:57.079
 the world?

00:24:58.699 --> 00:25:00.159
 You see, I do

00:25:00.159 --> 00:25:01.199
 need you to pray

00:25:01.199 --> 00:25:01.679
 for me.

00:25:02.539 --> 00:25:03.559
 And we all

00:25:03.559 --> 00:25:05.319
 need to pray for

00:25:05.319 --> 00:25:06.579
 each other that

00:25:06.579 --> 00:25:07.339
 we will keep

00:25:07.339 --> 00:25:09.179
 faithful and keep

00:25:09.179 --> 00:25:10.439
 going to the

00:25:10.439 --> 00:25:10.859
 end.

00:25:11.359 --> 00:25:12.419
 That's why God

00:25:12.420 --> 00:25:13.200
 has placed you

00:25:13.200 --> 00:25:13.779
 into this

00:25:13.779 --> 00:25:15.060
 church family

00:25:15.060 --> 00:25:16.560
 so that you

00:25:16.560 --> 00:25:17.160
 can have the

00:25:17.160 --> 00:25:18.220
 support and

00:25:18.220 --> 00:25:19.660
 the prayers of

00:25:19.660 --> 00:25:20.600
 others as we

00:25:20.600 --> 00:25:21.840
 wait for Christ.

00:25:23.200 --> 00:25:24.400
 So, pray for

00:25:24.400 --> 00:25:24.900
 each other.

00:25:26.019 --> 00:25:27.620
 Second, love

00:25:27.620 --> 00:25:28.960
 each other.

00:25:29.980 --> 00:25:30.700
 Verse 8.

00:25:32.060 --> 00:25:32.920
 Above all,

00:25:33.380 --> 00:25:34.519
 love each other

00:25:34.519 --> 00:25:36.960
 deeply because

00:25:36.960 --> 00:25:38.120
 love covers

00:25:38.120 --> 00:25:39.200
 over a

00:25:39.200 --> 00:25:40.200
 multitude of

00:25:40.200 --> 00:25:40.660
 sins.

00:25:40.660 --> 00:25:42.400
 love each other

00:25:42.400 --> 00:25:42.660
 and grief.

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 Listen, we

00:25:43.680 --> 00:25:44.640
 all get enough

00:25:44.640 --> 00:25:45.620
 hassle and

00:25:45.620 --> 00:25:47.340
 grief from

00:25:47.340 --> 00:25:47.840
 being a

00:25:47.840 --> 00:25:48.360
 Christian in

00:25:48.360 --> 00:25:48.759
 the world.

00:25:48.960 --> 00:25:49.840
 We know it's

00:25:49.840 --> 00:25:50.900
 tough out

00:25:50.900 --> 00:25:51.360
 there.

00:25:52.259 --> 00:25:53.300
 So, let's

00:25:53.300 --> 00:25:54.240
 not be down

00:25:54.240 --> 00:25:55.080
 on each other

00:25:55.080 --> 00:25:56.180
 in the church

00:25:56.180 --> 00:25:56.680
 family.

00:25:57.519 --> 00:25:58.920
 We get enough

00:25:58.920 --> 00:26:00.960
 headaches from

00:26:00.960 --> 00:26:02.340
 people, so

00:26:02.340 --> 00:26:03.140
 why should we

00:26:03.140 --> 00:26:03.860
 come to the

00:26:03.860 --> 00:26:04.820
 gathering of

00:26:04.820 --> 00:26:05.640
 God's people

00:26:05.640 --> 00:26:07.100
 and get more

00:26:07.100 --> 00:26:07.480
 upset?

00:26:07.480 --> 00:26:07.740
 that.

00:26:09.400 --> 00:26:10.099
 Verse 8 tells

00:26:10.099 --> 00:26:10.700
 us we're to

00:26:10.700 --> 00:26:11.880
 love one

00:26:11.880 --> 00:26:13.700
 another, not

00:26:13.700 --> 00:26:14.839
 remind each

00:26:14.839 --> 00:26:15.880
 other of past

00:26:15.880 --> 00:26:16.500
 failures.

00:26:17.599 --> 00:26:18.660
 It's not saying

00:26:18.660 --> 00:26:19.240
 that we should

00:26:19.240 --> 00:26:21.180
 ignore sin, but

00:26:21.180 --> 00:26:22.120
 where sin has

00:26:22.120 --> 00:26:23.000
 been confronted

00:26:23.000 --> 00:26:24.460
 and confessed, we

00:26:24.460 --> 00:26:25.220
 move on.

00:26:26.019 --> 00:26:27.460
 Because, verse 8,

00:26:27.759 --> 00:26:29.259
 love covers over a

00:26:29.259 --> 00:26:30.079
 multitude of

00:26:30.079 --> 00:26:30.579
 sins.

00:26:31.440 --> 00:26:32.360
 So, you imagine

00:26:32.360 --> 00:26:33.299
 what this would

00:26:33.299 --> 00:26:33.680
 be like.

00:26:33.680 --> 00:26:34.200
 you've had a

00:26:34.200 --> 00:26:34.960
 really hard

00:26:34.960 --> 00:26:35.340
 week.

00:26:36.799 --> 00:26:37.580
 Your friends

00:26:37.580 --> 00:26:38.200
 have given you

00:26:38.200 --> 00:26:39.060
 a rough time

00:26:39.060 --> 00:26:39.920
 because you're a

00:26:39.920 --> 00:26:40.259
 Christian.

00:26:40.720 --> 00:26:41.940
 You feel pushed

00:26:41.940 --> 00:26:42.660
 out and a bit

00:26:42.660 --> 00:26:43.360
 isolated.

00:26:44.080 --> 00:26:44.720
 And then you

00:26:44.720 --> 00:26:45.940
 arrive into your

00:26:45.940 --> 00:26:46.920
 church gathering,

00:26:47.060 --> 00:26:47.500
 you're meeting

00:26:47.500 --> 00:26:48.240
 with your church

00:26:48.240 --> 00:26:49.580
 family, and

00:26:49.580 --> 00:26:51.320
 somebody reminds

00:26:51.320 --> 00:26:52.500
 you of something

00:26:52.500 --> 00:26:53.380
 you did and

00:26:53.380 --> 00:26:54.759
 criticizes you

00:26:54.759 --> 00:26:55.640
 over some

00:26:55.640 --> 00:26:56.539
 small thing.

00:26:58.039 --> 00:26:58.519
 And you go,

00:26:58.560 --> 00:26:59.120
 I thought I was

00:26:59.120 --> 00:26:59.920
 here for support.

00:26:59.920 --> 00:27:03.320
 Well, we are

00:27:03.320 --> 00:27:04.440
 here for support,

00:27:04.759 --> 00:27:05.980
 not to remind

00:27:05.980 --> 00:27:06.759
 each other of

00:27:06.759 --> 00:27:07.820
 past failure.

00:27:08.660 --> 00:27:09.360
 And one of the

00:27:09.360 --> 00:27:10.380
 ways to love

00:27:10.380 --> 00:27:11.100
 and support

00:27:11.100 --> 00:27:12.259
 each other is,

00:27:12.580 --> 00:27:13.300
 look at verse

00:27:13.300 --> 00:27:15.480
 9, offer

00:27:15.480 --> 00:27:16.800
 hospitality to

00:27:16.800 --> 00:27:17.320
 one another

00:27:17.320 --> 00:27:18.240
 without grumbling.

00:27:20.200 --> 00:27:20.800
 That was a

00:27:20.800 --> 00:27:21.460
 real and

00:27:21.460 --> 00:27:22.680
 practical help

00:27:22.680 --> 00:27:23.539
 when Peter

00:27:23.539 --> 00:27:24.140
 wrote this

00:27:24.140 --> 00:27:25.300
 letter, because

00:27:25.300 --> 00:27:26.200
 as he wrote,

00:27:26.320 --> 00:27:26.980
 there were many

00:27:26.980 --> 00:27:27.800
 Christians who

00:27:27.800 --> 00:27:28.340
 were literally

00:27:28.340 --> 00:27:29.480
 being shut out

00:27:29.480 --> 00:27:30.259
 of their homes.

00:27:30.579 --> 00:27:31.339
 Because they

00:27:31.339 --> 00:27:32.099
 had taken a

00:27:32.099 --> 00:27:32.680
 stand for

00:27:32.680 --> 00:27:33.420
 Christ in

00:27:33.420 --> 00:27:34.579
 society, they

00:27:34.579 --> 00:27:35.440
 no longer had

00:27:35.440 --> 00:27:35.839
 a home.

00:27:36.259 --> 00:27:36.740
 They didn't

00:27:36.740 --> 00:27:37.680
 have belongings.

00:27:38.640 --> 00:27:39.259
 Chapter 1,

00:27:39.319 --> 00:27:40.059
 verse 1 tells

00:27:40.059 --> 00:27:40.519
 us they had

00:27:40.519 --> 00:27:41.339
 been scattered.

00:27:42.099 --> 00:27:42.539
 They had been

00:27:42.539 --> 00:27:43.400
 sent away.

00:27:44.360 --> 00:27:45.099
 So other

00:27:45.099 --> 00:27:45.980
 Christians had

00:27:45.980 --> 00:27:46.519
 to give them

00:27:46.519 --> 00:27:47.120
 a bed and

00:27:47.120 --> 00:27:47.759
 welcome them

00:27:47.759 --> 00:27:48.599
 in and give

00:27:48.599 --> 00:27:49.039
 them some

00:27:49.039 --> 00:27:49.640
 food and

00:27:49.640 --> 00:27:50.599
 somewhere to

00:27:50.599 --> 00:27:51.000
 stay.

00:27:52.599 --> 00:27:53.339
 And that's

00:27:53.339 --> 00:27:53.940
 the kind of

00:27:53.940 --> 00:27:54.680
 support and

00:27:54.680 --> 00:27:55.319
 encouragement

00:27:55.319 --> 00:27:56.299
 we're to give

00:27:56.299 --> 00:27:57.019
 to each other.

00:27:59.480 --> 00:28:01.299
 I remember

00:28:01.299 --> 00:28:02.240
 my parents

00:28:02.240 --> 00:28:03.279
 offering that

00:28:03.279 --> 00:28:03.980
 kind of

00:28:03.980 --> 00:28:05.740
 hospitality to

00:28:05.740 --> 00:28:06.559
 young Christians

00:28:06.559 --> 00:28:07.940
 who were not

00:28:07.940 --> 00:28:08.519
 welcome in

00:28:08.519 --> 00:28:08.960
 their own

00:28:08.960 --> 00:28:09.440
 homes.

00:28:10.200 --> 00:28:11.039
 For some,

00:28:11.920 --> 00:28:12.819
 our home

00:28:12.819 --> 00:28:13.599
 became like

00:28:13.599 --> 00:28:14.500
 a refuge.

00:28:15.380 --> 00:28:15.860
 It was a

00:28:15.860 --> 00:28:16.500
 place you could

00:28:16.500 --> 00:28:17.460
 just turn up,

00:28:18.000 --> 00:28:18.960
 be encouraged,

00:28:19.579 --> 00:28:20.680
 be prayed for.

00:28:21.319 --> 00:28:22.000
 Yes, it was

00:28:22.000 --> 00:28:22.700
 costly, it

00:28:22.700 --> 00:28:23.440
 took time,

00:28:23.980 --> 00:28:25.000
 money, and

00:28:25.000 --> 00:28:25.500
 energy.

00:28:25.500 --> 00:28:27.319
 And as a

00:28:27.319 --> 00:28:27.819
 little kid

00:28:27.819 --> 00:28:28.599
 wandering around

00:28:28.599 --> 00:28:29.160
 the house I

00:28:29.160 --> 00:28:29.660
 used to give

00:28:29.660 --> 00:28:30.500
 off, why do

00:28:30.500 --> 00:28:30.940
 we have to

00:28:30.940 --> 00:28:31.420
 have all these

00:28:31.420 --> 00:28:32.140
 people coming

00:28:32.140 --> 00:28:32.779
 all the time?

00:28:34.420 --> 00:28:35.319
 Well, simply

00:28:35.319 --> 00:28:36.859
 because Christ

00:28:36.859 --> 00:28:38.000
 is coming,

00:28:38.660 --> 00:28:39.460
 because he

00:28:39.460 --> 00:28:40.380
 has an

00:28:40.380 --> 00:28:40.920
 eternal

00:28:40.920 --> 00:28:41.619
 inheritance

00:28:41.619 --> 00:28:42.680
 ready for

00:28:42.680 --> 00:28:44.140
 us, that

00:28:44.140 --> 00:28:44.680
 means we

00:28:44.680 --> 00:28:45.160
 can give

00:28:45.160 --> 00:28:46.339
 everything in

00:28:46.339 --> 00:28:46.920
 this life

00:28:46.920 --> 00:28:48.180
 now towards

00:28:48.180 --> 00:28:49.259
 other people.

00:28:49.900 --> 00:28:50.779
 We can

00:28:50.779 --> 00:28:51.619
 open up our

00:28:51.619 --> 00:28:52.519
 homes and

00:28:52.519 --> 00:28:53.039
 make it a

00:28:53.039 --> 00:28:53.440
 refuge.

00:28:53.440 --> 00:28:54.140
 we can

00:28:54.140 --> 00:28:54.580
 welcome

00:28:54.580 --> 00:28:55.500
 people in

00:28:55.500 --> 00:28:56.519
 because we

00:28:56.519 --> 00:28:56.900
 have an

00:28:56.900 --> 00:28:57.820
 eternal home

00:28:57.820 --> 00:28:58.620
 and Christ

00:28:58.620 --> 00:28:59.120
 is coming

00:28:59.120 --> 00:28:59.580
 again.

00:29:01.779 --> 00:29:02.740
 So as we

00:29:02.740 --> 00:29:03.400
 seek to

00:29:03.400 --> 00:29:04.160
 live life

00:29:04.160 --> 00:29:04.980
 in this

00:29:04.980 --> 00:29:06.140
 world, which

00:29:06.140 --> 00:29:06.840
 is tough

00:29:06.840 --> 00:29:07.759
 and hard,

00:29:08.100 --> 00:29:08.840
 let's not be

00:29:08.840 --> 00:29:09.940
 down on each

00:29:09.940 --> 00:29:12.080
 other, but

00:29:12.080 --> 00:29:12.759
 love each

00:29:12.759 --> 00:29:13.420
 other deeply,

00:29:13.640 --> 00:29:14.440
 support each

00:29:14.440 --> 00:29:15.400
 other, invite

00:29:15.400 --> 00:29:15.960
 each other

00:29:15.960 --> 00:29:16.840
 into your

00:29:16.840 --> 00:29:17.700
 homes to

00:29:17.700 --> 00:29:19.279
 encourage one

00:29:19.279 --> 00:29:19.640
 another.

00:29:19.640 --> 00:29:19.700
 other.

00:29:21.700 --> 00:29:22.500
 So we

00:29:22.500 --> 00:29:22.800
 are to

00:29:22.800 --> 00:29:23.400
 pray for

00:29:23.400 --> 00:29:23.860
 each other,

00:29:24.420 --> 00:29:25.180
 love each

00:29:25.180 --> 00:29:27.200
 other, and

00:29:27.200 --> 00:29:27.740
 we are to

00:29:27.740 --> 00:29:28.680
 give grace

00:29:28.680 --> 00:29:30.259
 to each

00:29:30.259 --> 00:29:30.580
 other.

00:29:31.720 --> 00:29:32.540
 The church

00:29:32.540 --> 00:29:34.020
 family is

00:29:34.020 --> 00:29:34.860
 an incredible

00:29:34.860 --> 00:29:35.660
 place of

00:29:35.660 --> 00:29:36.400
 encouragement

00:29:36.400 --> 00:29:37.940
 and support

00:29:37.940 --> 00:29:39.259
 when we

00:29:39.259 --> 00:29:39.720
 live in a

00:29:39.720 --> 00:29:40.860
 world that

00:29:40.860 --> 00:29:41.460
 is hostile

00:29:41.460 --> 00:29:42.960
 towards us.

00:29:43.240 --> 00:29:43.700
 Look at

00:29:43.700 --> 00:29:44.280
 verse 10.

00:29:44.279 --> 00:29:46.759
 each one

00:29:46.759 --> 00:29:47.899
 should use

00:29:47.899 --> 00:29:49.279
 whatever gift

00:29:49.279 --> 00:29:50.579
 they have

00:29:50.579 --> 00:29:52.099
 received to

00:29:52.099 --> 00:29:53.740
 serve others.

00:29:54.639 --> 00:29:55.480
 So that's an

00:29:55.480 --> 00:29:56.000
 encouragement,

00:29:56.279 --> 00:29:56.539
 isn't it?

00:29:56.579 --> 00:29:57.420
 We all have

00:29:57.420 --> 00:29:59.059
 a gift, or

00:29:59.059 --> 00:30:00.339
 gifts from

00:30:00.339 --> 00:30:02.039
 God, talents

00:30:02.039 --> 00:30:03.240
 and abilities

00:30:03.240 --> 00:30:05.119
 given to us

00:30:05.119 --> 00:30:06.759
 by God, and

00:30:06.759 --> 00:30:07.240
 how do we

00:30:07.240 --> 00:30:07.720
 use those

00:30:07.720 --> 00:30:08.019
 gifts?

00:30:08.160 --> 00:30:08.519
 Look at the

00:30:08.519 --> 00:30:08.859
 rest of

00:30:08.859 --> 00:30:09.399
 verse 10.

00:30:10.339 --> 00:30:11.619
 We faithfully

00:30:11.619 --> 00:30:13.819
 administer God's

00:30:13.819 --> 00:30:15.279
 grace in

00:30:15.279 --> 00:30:15.980
 its various

00:30:15.980 --> 00:30:16.859
 forms.

00:30:18.139 --> 00:30:19.000
 You see, it's

00:30:19.000 --> 00:30:19.899
 God's grace

00:30:19.899 --> 00:30:21.259
 that's going to

00:30:21.259 --> 00:30:22.299
 sustain us

00:30:22.299 --> 00:30:23.599
 and keep

00:30:23.599 --> 00:30:25.379
 us until

00:30:25.379 --> 00:30:26.839
 Christ returns.

00:30:27.899 --> 00:30:28.460
 Have a look

00:30:28.460 --> 00:30:28.859
 over at

00:30:28.859 --> 00:30:29.539
 chapter 5

00:30:29.539 --> 00:30:30.200
 verse 10.

00:30:32.259 --> 00:30:33.599
 Chapter 5

00:30:33.599 --> 00:30:34.700
 verse 10.

00:30:36.819 --> 00:30:38.419
 And the

00:30:38.419 --> 00:30:39.019
 God of

00:30:39.019 --> 00:30:40.179
 all grace

00:30:40.179 --> 00:30:42.319
 who called

00:30:42.319 --> 00:30:42.899
 you to

00:30:42.900 --> 00:30:43.860
 his eternal

00:30:43.860 --> 00:30:44.700
 glory in

00:30:44.700 --> 00:30:45.200
 Christ,

00:30:46.440 --> 00:30:47.259
 so God

00:30:47.259 --> 00:30:47.560
 in his

00:30:47.560 --> 00:30:48.060
 grace has

00:30:48.060 --> 00:30:48.480
 given us

00:30:48.480 --> 00:30:49.080
 a future

00:30:49.080 --> 00:30:49.519
 to look

00:30:49.519 --> 00:30:50.180
 forward to.

00:30:50.600 --> 00:30:51.420
 After you

00:30:51.420 --> 00:30:52.080
 have suffered

00:30:52.080 --> 00:30:52.700
 a little

00:30:52.700 --> 00:30:53.200
 while,

00:30:54.240 --> 00:30:54.860
 so as we

00:30:54.860 --> 00:30:55.320
 seek to

00:30:55.320 --> 00:30:55.660
 live for

00:30:55.660 --> 00:30:56.160
 Christ in

00:30:56.160 --> 00:30:56.600
 this world,

00:30:56.700 --> 00:30:57.000
 we will

00:30:57.000 --> 00:30:57.400
 suffer.

00:30:58.100 --> 00:30:58.900
 He will

00:30:58.900 --> 00:30:59.400
 himself

00:30:59.400 --> 00:31:00.600
 restore you

00:31:00.600 --> 00:31:01.400
 and make

00:31:01.400 --> 00:31:02.400
 you strong,

00:31:03.100 --> 00:31:03.500
 firm,

00:31:04.240 --> 00:31:05.380
 and steadfast.

00:31:07.120 --> 00:31:07.780
 God's

00:31:07.780 --> 00:31:08.880
 grace is

00:31:08.880 --> 00:31:09.500
 what's going

00:31:09.500 --> 00:31:10.220
 to keep

00:31:10.220 --> 00:31:11.740
 us until

00:31:11.740 --> 00:31:13.119
 the end.

00:31:13.539 --> 00:31:13.980
 God's

00:31:13.980 --> 00:31:14.460
 grace is

00:31:14.460 --> 00:31:14.740
 going to

00:31:14.740 --> 00:31:15.299
 keep us

00:31:15.299 --> 00:31:16.619
 going until

00:31:16.619 --> 00:31:17.680
 Christ returns.

00:31:18.680 --> 00:31:19.420
 But here's

00:31:19.420 --> 00:31:19.900
 the point.

00:31:20.259 --> 00:31:20.960
 How do we

00:31:20.960 --> 00:31:21.359
 get to

00:31:21.359 --> 00:31:22.339
 experience

00:31:22.339 --> 00:31:23.220
 God's

00:31:23.220 --> 00:31:23.619
 grace?

00:31:25.079 --> 00:31:26.380
 That grace

00:31:26.380 --> 00:31:27.420
 comes to

00:31:27.420 --> 00:31:28.559
 us from

00:31:28.559 --> 00:31:29.119
 God,

00:31:29.740 --> 00:31:30.579
 not just

00:31:30.579 --> 00:31:31.259
 straight to

00:31:31.259 --> 00:31:31.640
 us,

00:31:32.000 --> 00:31:32.900
 but God's

00:31:32.900 --> 00:31:33.700
 grace comes

00:31:33.700 --> 00:31:35.779
 through one

00:31:35.779 --> 00:31:36.160
 another.

00:31:36.899 --> 00:31:37.599
 The grace

00:31:37.599 --> 00:31:38.160
 of God

00:31:38.160 --> 00:31:39.180
 flows down

00:31:39.180 --> 00:31:40.460
 to God's

00:31:40.460 --> 00:31:40.899
 people,

00:31:41.500 --> 00:31:42.139
 and as it

00:31:42.139 --> 00:31:43.099
 flows into

00:31:43.099 --> 00:31:43.559
 God's

00:31:43.559 --> 00:31:43.940
 people,

00:31:44.220 --> 00:31:44.740
 so it

00:31:44.740 --> 00:31:45.740
 flows out

00:31:45.740 --> 00:31:46.480
 to each

00:31:46.480 --> 00:31:46.859
 one of

00:31:46.859 --> 00:31:47.740
 us through

00:31:47.740 --> 00:31:48.519
 the gifts

00:31:48.519 --> 00:31:49.519
 that he

00:31:49.519 --> 00:31:49.980
 has given

00:31:49.980 --> 00:31:50.399
 us.

00:31:51.039 --> 00:31:51.839
 So if we're

00:31:51.839 --> 00:31:52.759
 to experience

00:31:52.759 --> 00:31:53.279
 God's

00:31:53.279 --> 00:31:53.720
 grace,

00:31:54.639 --> 00:31:55.460
 it comes

00:31:55.460 --> 00:31:55.920
 through

00:31:55.920 --> 00:31:56.480
 people

00:31:56.480 --> 00:31:57.899
 to us.

00:31:58.660 --> 00:31:59.259
 And there's

00:31:59.259 --> 00:32:00.059
 two ways,

00:32:00.420 --> 00:32:00.940
 two main

00:32:00.940 --> 00:32:01.639
 ways we can

00:32:01.639 --> 00:32:02.420
 bring grace

00:32:02.420 --> 00:32:03.200
 to each

00:32:03.200 --> 00:32:04.000
 other as

00:32:04.000 --> 00:32:04.480
 we wait

00:32:04.480 --> 00:32:05.660
 for Christ's

00:32:05.660 --> 00:32:06.120
 return.

00:32:06.380 --> 00:32:06.759
 Look at

00:32:06.759 --> 00:32:07.360
 verse 11.

00:32:08.860 --> 00:32:09.400
 Here's the

00:32:09.400 --> 00:32:09.960
 first one.

00:32:10.380 --> 00:32:10.880
 If anyone

00:32:10.880 --> 00:32:11.900
 speaks,

00:32:12.759 --> 00:32:13.220
 he should

00:32:13.220 --> 00:32:13.759
 do it as

00:32:13.759 --> 00:32:14.519
 one speaking

00:32:14.519 --> 00:32:15.039
 the very

00:32:15.039 --> 00:32:16.259
 words of

00:32:16.259 --> 00:32:16.660
 God.

00:32:17.680 --> 00:32:18.339
 And here's

00:32:18.339 --> 00:32:18.759
 the second

00:32:18.759 --> 00:32:19.160
 one.

00:32:19.620 --> 00:32:20.039
 End of

00:32:20.039 --> 00:32:20.579
 verse 11.

00:32:20.839 --> 00:32:21.360
 If anyone

00:32:21.360 --> 00:32:22.319
 serves,

00:32:23.140 --> 00:32:23.579
 he should

00:32:23.579 --> 00:32:24.140
 do it with

00:32:24.140 --> 00:32:24.720
 the strength

00:32:24.720 --> 00:32:25.339
 that God

00:32:25.339 --> 00:32:26.539
 provides.

00:32:27.099 --> 00:32:27.819
 So two

00:32:27.819 --> 00:32:28.720
 major

00:32:28.720 --> 00:32:30.019
 gifts that

00:32:30.019 --> 00:32:30.819
 we all have

00:32:30.819 --> 00:32:31.599
 in some

00:32:31.599 --> 00:32:31.940
 way or

00:32:31.940 --> 00:32:32.200
 another.

00:32:32.319 --> 00:32:32.620
 We can

00:32:32.620 --> 00:32:33.440
 speak to

00:32:33.440 --> 00:32:33.900
 people,

00:32:33.900 --> 00:32:34.840
 and we

00:32:34.840 --> 00:32:35.620
 can serve

00:32:35.620 --> 00:32:36.140
 people,

00:32:36.620 --> 00:32:36.880
 and by

00:32:36.880 --> 00:32:37.640
 speaking and

00:32:37.640 --> 00:32:38.240
 by serving,

00:32:38.400 --> 00:32:38.800
 we bring

00:32:38.800 --> 00:32:39.360
 God's

00:32:39.360 --> 00:32:40.540
 grace into

00:32:40.540 --> 00:32:41.259
 each other's

00:32:41.259 --> 00:32:41.680
 life.

00:32:42.540 --> 00:32:43.220
 So let me

00:32:43.220 --> 00:32:43.640
 show you

00:32:43.640 --> 00:32:44.440
 what this

00:32:44.440 --> 00:32:45.120
 looks like.

00:32:46.900 --> 00:32:47.620
 Imagine

00:32:47.620 --> 00:32:48.160
 you're

00:32:48.160 --> 00:32:49.160
 struggling,

00:32:50.080 --> 00:32:50.640
 maybe you

00:32:50.640 --> 00:32:51.300
 are struggling,

00:32:51.660 --> 00:32:52.220
 to keep

00:32:52.220 --> 00:32:52.600
 going.

00:32:53.560 --> 00:32:54.340
 Your family

00:32:54.340 --> 00:32:55.120
 don't understand

00:32:55.120 --> 00:32:55.540
 you,

00:32:56.400 --> 00:32:57.080
 your friends

00:32:57.080 --> 00:32:57.759
 don't always

00:32:57.759 --> 00:32:58.519
 include you,

00:32:59.200 --> 00:32:59.880
 you've taken

00:32:59.880 --> 00:33:00.759
 a stand to

00:33:00.759 --> 00:33:01.580
 follow Christ,

00:33:01.700 --> 00:33:02.440
 to love him,

00:33:02.680 --> 00:33:03.519
 to walk with

00:33:03.519 --> 00:33:03.759
 him,

00:33:04.139 --> 00:33:04.839
 but you're

00:33:04.839 --> 00:33:06.180
 suffering for

00:33:06.180 --> 00:33:06.359
 it.

00:33:06.460 --> 00:33:07.139
 It's really,

00:33:07.299 --> 00:33:08.000
 really tough

00:33:08.000 --> 00:33:08.819
 to be a

00:33:08.819 --> 00:33:09.740
 Christian where

00:33:09.740 --> 00:33:10.259
 you are.

00:33:10.839 --> 00:33:11.240
 And you're

00:33:11.240 --> 00:33:11.799
 beginning to

00:33:11.799 --> 00:33:12.339
 think it's

00:33:12.339 --> 00:33:13.180
 not worth it,

00:33:13.279 --> 00:33:13.940
 I can't

00:33:13.940 --> 00:33:14.599
 keep going,

00:33:14.900 --> 00:33:15.420
 it's just

00:33:15.420 --> 00:33:16.019
 going to be

00:33:16.019 --> 00:33:16.779
 easier to

00:33:16.779 --> 00:33:17.379
 live like

00:33:17.379 --> 00:33:18.160
 everyone else,

00:33:18.420 --> 00:33:18.960
 just to

00:33:18.960 --> 00:33:19.839
 blend in,

00:33:20.460 --> 00:33:21.299
 keep quiet,

00:33:21.660 --> 00:33:22.440
 say nothing,

00:33:22.819 --> 00:33:23.500
 and escape

00:33:23.500 --> 00:33:24.139
 all the

00:33:24.139 --> 00:33:24.900
 hassle and

00:33:24.900 --> 00:33:25.539
 all the

00:33:25.539 --> 00:33:25.900
 grief.

00:33:25.900 --> 00:33:26.019
 love.

00:33:26.019 --> 00:33:30.820
 And then

00:33:30.820 --> 00:33:31.860
 God's grace

00:33:31.860 --> 00:33:33.259
 is poured

00:33:33.259 --> 00:33:34.780
 out into

00:33:34.780 --> 00:33:35.400
 your life.

00:33:35.740 --> 00:33:36.540
 God's grace

00:33:36.540 --> 00:33:38.580
 overflows into

00:33:38.580 --> 00:33:39.440
 your struggling

00:33:39.440 --> 00:33:40.000
 life.

00:33:40.220 --> 00:33:40.640
 How?

00:33:42.000 --> 00:33:43.180
 Someone comes

00:33:43.180 --> 00:33:44.000
 along to you

00:33:44.000 --> 00:33:45.519
 and speaks

00:33:45.519 --> 00:33:46.759
 to you a

00:33:46.759 --> 00:33:47.120
 word of

00:33:47.120 --> 00:33:47.720
 encouragement.

00:33:48.580 --> 00:33:49.320
 They get

00:33:49.320 --> 00:33:50.320
 alongside you

00:33:50.320 --> 00:33:51.220
 and they pray

00:33:51.220 --> 00:33:51.759
 for you.

00:33:51.759 --> 00:33:53.420
 they open

00:33:53.420 --> 00:33:53.839
 up the

00:33:53.839 --> 00:33:54.559
 Bible with

00:33:54.559 --> 00:33:55.140
 you and

00:33:55.140 --> 00:33:55.599
 they begin

00:33:55.599 --> 00:33:56.500
 to read a

00:33:56.500 --> 00:33:56.960
 little bit

00:33:56.960 --> 00:33:57.379
 from it,

00:33:57.660 --> 00:33:58.460
 reminding you,

00:33:58.839 --> 00:33:59.240
 Johnny,

00:33:59.640 --> 00:34:00.379
 Christ is

00:34:00.379 --> 00:34:01.119
 coming again,

00:34:01.420 --> 00:34:02.200
 your struggles

00:34:02.200 --> 00:34:03.059
 will end,

00:34:03.339 --> 00:34:03.980
 we're here

00:34:03.980 --> 00:34:04.539
 for you,

00:34:05.140 --> 00:34:05.740
 we're going

00:34:05.740 --> 00:34:06.420
 to support

00:34:06.420 --> 00:34:06.859
 you.

00:34:09.440 --> 00:34:10.079
 Another

00:34:10.079 --> 00:34:10.940
 person comes

00:34:10.940 --> 00:34:11.400
 along and

00:34:11.400 --> 00:34:12.119
 they serve

00:34:12.119 --> 00:34:12.460
 you,

00:34:12.780 --> 00:34:13.760
 they welcome

00:34:13.760 --> 00:34:14.260
 you into

00:34:14.260 --> 00:34:14.719
 your home

00:34:14.719 --> 00:34:15.300
 for dinner,

00:34:15.619 --> 00:34:16.039
 they give

00:34:16.039 --> 00:34:16.880
 you a secure

00:34:16.880 --> 00:34:17.480
 and safe

00:34:17.480 --> 00:34:18.039
 place where

00:34:18.039 --> 00:34:18.440
 you can

00:34:18.440 --> 00:34:20.199
 unload and

00:34:20.199 --> 00:34:20.940
 listen,

00:34:20.940 --> 00:34:21.720
 somebody can

00:34:21.720 --> 00:34:22.360
 listen to

00:34:22.360 --> 00:34:22.960
 all the

00:34:22.960 --> 00:34:23.619
 struggles that

00:34:23.619 --> 00:34:24.119
 you're going

00:34:24.119 --> 00:34:25.599
 through and

00:34:25.599 --> 00:34:26.420
 they go with

00:34:26.420 --> 00:34:26.900
 you and they

00:34:26.900 --> 00:34:27.400
 meet with

00:34:27.400 --> 00:34:28.000
 your friends

00:34:28.000 --> 00:34:29.000
 so that you're

00:34:29.000 --> 00:34:29.679
 not the only

00:34:29.679 --> 00:34:30.340
 Christian in

00:34:30.340 --> 00:34:30.820
 the group.

00:34:33.000 --> 00:34:34.039
 Through the

00:34:34.039 --> 00:34:35.200
 church family

00:34:35.200 --> 00:34:37.340
 we experience

00:34:37.340 --> 00:34:38.360
 God's

00:34:38.360 --> 00:34:39.280
 overflowing

00:34:39.280 --> 00:34:40.539
 grace into

00:34:40.539 --> 00:34:41.159
 our life,

00:34:41.500 --> 00:34:42.559
 sustaining us

00:34:42.559 --> 00:34:43.380
 and keeping

00:34:43.380 --> 00:34:44.360
 us as God's

00:34:44.360 --> 00:34:44.760
 people.

00:34:46.200 --> 00:34:46.900
 One of the

00:34:46.900 --> 00:34:47.720
 great ways to

00:34:47.720 --> 00:34:48.260
 do that is

00:34:48.260 --> 00:34:49.000
 just simply as

00:34:49.000 --> 00:34:49.460
 we're gathered

00:34:49.460 --> 00:34:49.880
 here.

00:34:49.880 --> 00:34:51.019
 when we

00:34:51.019 --> 00:34:51.460
 have tea

00:34:51.460 --> 00:34:52.039
 and coffee

00:34:52.039 --> 00:34:52.760
 how many

00:34:52.760 --> 00:34:53.380
 times do

00:34:53.380 --> 00:34:53.840
 we say

00:34:53.840 --> 00:34:55.880
 encourage

00:34:55.880 --> 00:34:56.660
 one another

00:34:56.660 --> 00:34:57.740
 and it's

00:34:57.740 --> 00:34:58.140
 for this

00:34:58.140 --> 00:34:58.860
 very reason

00:34:58.860 --> 00:34:59.180
 as you

00:34:59.180 --> 00:34:59.920
 speak to

00:34:59.920 --> 00:35:00.460
 one another

00:35:00.460 --> 00:35:01.160
 you are

00:35:01.160 --> 00:35:02.280
 speaking God's

00:35:02.280 --> 00:35:03.360
 grace to

00:35:03.360 --> 00:35:04.099
 each other's

00:35:04.099 --> 00:35:04.860
 lives.

00:35:05.599 --> 00:35:06.360
 That's why we

00:35:06.360 --> 00:35:07.440
 say come to

00:35:07.440 --> 00:35:08.240
 home groups.

00:35:09.119 --> 00:35:09.900
 It's not just

00:35:09.900 --> 00:35:11.099
 a meeting to

00:35:11.099 --> 00:35:11.840
 fill up your

00:35:11.840 --> 00:35:12.320
 week with,

00:35:12.480 --> 00:35:13.140
 it's not to

00:35:13.140 --> 00:35:13.760
 get God's

00:35:13.760 --> 00:35:14.480
 attention and

00:35:14.480 --> 00:35:15.260
 see how great

00:35:15.260 --> 00:35:15.619
 you are,

00:35:15.860 --> 00:35:16.700
 it's a place

00:35:16.700 --> 00:35:17.800
 to receive

00:35:17.800 --> 00:35:18.740
 God's grace

00:35:18.739 --> 00:35:19.519
 and it's a

00:35:19.519 --> 00:35:19.979
 place to

00:35:19.979 --> 00:35:20.979
 give God's

00:35:20.979 --> 00:35:23.059
 grace so

00:35:23.059 --> 00:35:23.699
 that we can

00:35:23.699 --> 00:35:24.259
 be built

00:35:24.259 --> 00:35:25.979
 up so

00:35:25.979 --> 00:35:26.500
 that we can

00:35:26.500 --> 00:35:27.319
 keep going

00:35:27.319 --> 00:35:28.679
 in the

00:35:28.679 --> 00:35:29.039
 faith.

00:35:31.000 --> 00:35:32.279
 The message

00:35:32.279 --> 00:35:34.059
 of 1 Peter

00:35:34.059 --> 00:35:35.539
 is so

00:35:35.539 --> 00:35:36.319
 clear.

00:35:36.599 --> 00:35:37.179
 The Christian

00:35:37.179 --> 00:35:38.159
 life is

00:35:38.159 --> 00:35:38.539
 tough,

00:35:38.719 --> 00:35:39.379
 it's hard

00:35:39.379 --> 00:35:41.119
 and it's

00:35:41.119 --> 00:35:41.859
 only going

00:35:41.859 --> 00:35:42.339
 to get

00:35:42.339 --> 00:35:43.139
 harder as

00:35:43.139 --> 00:35:43.839
 we go on.

00:35:43.840 --> 00:35:44.840
 God's

00:35:44.840 --> 00:35:45.660
 So how

00:35:45.660 --> 00:35:45.860
 are we

00:35:45.860 --> 00:35:46.260
 going to

00:35:46.260 --> 00:35:46.900
 face this

00:35:46.900 --> 00:35:47.340
 hostile

00:35:47.340 --> 00:35:48.680
 world in

00:35:48.680 --> 00:35:49.100
 which we

00:35:49.100 --> 00:35:49.440
 live?

00:35:50.320 --> 00:35:50.740
 Well

00:35:50.740 --> 00:35:52.180
 together we

00:35:52.180 --> 00:35:53.079
 look back to

00:35:53.079 --> 00:35:53.760
 Christ's death

00:35:53.760 --> 00:35:54.380
 on the cross.

00:35:54.740 --> 00:35:55.300
 We remember

00:35:55.300 --> 00:35:55.820
 that we are

00:35:55.820 --> 00:35:56.440
 done with

00:35:56.440 --> 00:35:57.280
 sin, the

00:35:57.280 --> 00:35:58.039
 past is

00:35:58.039 --> 00:35:58.800
 put behind,

00:35:59.200 --> 00:35:59.780
 we are to

00:35:59.780 --> 00:36:00.720
 consider our

00:36:00.720 --> 00:36:01.900
 sin treated,

00:36:02.180 --> 00:36:02.640
 dealt with,

00:36:02.780 --> 00:36:03.220
 done away

00:36:03.220 --> 00:36:03.980
 with and

00:36:03.980 --> 00:36:05.000
 looking forward

00:36:05.000 --> 00:36:06.380
 to what Christ

00:36:06.380 --> 00:36:07.039
 has prepared

00:36:07.039 --> 00:36:07.820
 for us.

00:36:08.380 --> 00:36:09.000
 So we look

00:36:09.000 --> 00:36:09.660
 back to his

00:36:09.660 --> 00:36:10.500
 death, we

00:36:10.500 --> 00:36:11.280
 look forward

00:36:11.280 --> 00:36:12.100
 to his return

00:36:12.099 --> 00:36:12.779
 at the end,

00:36:13.319 --> 00:36:14.019
 praying for

00:36:14.019 --> 00:36:14.519
 each other,

00:36:15.059 --> 00:36:15.759
 loving each

00:36:15.759 --> 00:36:16.940
 other and

00:36:16.940 --> 00:36:18.139
 pouring God's

00:36:18.139 --> 00:36:19.339
 grace as we

00:36:19.339 --> 00:36:20.500
 speak and

00:36:20.500 --> 00:36:21.380
 as we serve.

00:36:22.259 --> 00:36:22.880
 And as we

00:36:22.880 --> 00:36:23.599
 do this,

00:36:24.279 --> 00:36:24.960
 we will

00:36:24.960 --> 00:36:25.920
 continue to

00:36:25.920 --> 00:36:26.679
 live for

00:36:26.679 --> 00:36:28.759
 Christ and

00:36:28.759 --> 00:36:29.219
 we won't

00:36:29.219 --> 00:36:30.960
 conform to

00:36:30.960 --> 00:36:31.420
 the world.

00:36:32.659 --> 00:36:33.339
 God has

00:36:33.339 --> 00:36:34.099
 placed you

00:36:34.099 --> 00:36:35.819
 here with

00:36:35.819 --> 00:36:36.819
 your gift

00:36:36.819 --> 00:36:38.739
 so that we

00:36:38.739 --> 00:36:39.559
 can support

00:36:39.559 --> 00:36:41.139
 one another.

00:36:41.139 --> 00:36:43.099
 may God

00:36:43.099 --> 00:36:43.500
 give us

00:36:43.500 --> 00:36:44.019
 the help

00:36:44.019 --> 00:36:44.940
 that we

00:36:44.940 --> 00:36:45.359
 can do

00:36:45.359 --> 00:36:45.619
 it.

00:36:45.879 --> 00:36:46.239
 Let's

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 pray.

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 Amen.

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 In the

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 quietness,

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 let's just

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 think for a

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 moment.

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 of somebody

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 who we

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 can draw

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 alongside,

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 use the

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 gifts that

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 God has

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 given us

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 to bring

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 grace into

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 their life,

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 to help

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 them as

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 they seek

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 to live

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 for Christ.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

00:37:43.480 --> 00:37:44.379
 Noahe Mike

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 Father, thank you that Christ died for our sin,

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 has dealt with our past,

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 and given us a new way to live.

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 Thank you that you have given to us wonderful gifts,

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 and we pray that through us,

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 we would use those gifts to build one another up,

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 serve each other,

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 and speak your truth.

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 Father, help us to do that well,

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 so that we keep living for Christ,

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 and that we do not conform to the world.

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 We pray this in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.