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 And grab your copy of God's Word.

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 1 Peter chapter 3 is where we're going to be this morning.

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 As Wes has already mentioned, this is one of those days where it doesn't go the way you had planned the night before.

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 Nathan is sick.

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 He called me this morning, so I give that to you as a...

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 If it's terrible, blame Nathan. If it's good, just talk to me, alright?

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 Let me know.

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 1 Peter chapter 3 is our text this morning.

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 We've got some things that are happening at Christ Family Church that we're really excited about.

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 And one of those is our community groups.

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 We've got three community groups right now.

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 We want to see them grow, expand, and multiply.

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 And in our community groups, we've been talking a lot about loving our neighbors and reaching our communities with the gospel.

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 And we've been praying for opportunities to join God in what He's already doing.

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 To be part of what He is working out.

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 Because God invites us to join in what He is already doing.

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 We don't have to do anything new.

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 Well, all of us here, I can say with boldness, we all live in the South.

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 We all live in the Bible Belt, although the Bible Belt might not exist much longer.

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 And one of the barriers that we as Christians in the South deal with is that people already have a preconceived notion of what a Christian looks like.

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 They already know.

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 They think they have the idea of what a Christian is supposed to look like and how they're going to or supposed to act.

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 Well, this barrier prohibits us from having deep conversations with people without first removing that barrier.

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 Without first proving to them who we really are.

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 Proving to them that we're real.

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 Proving to them that our life has been changed through the gospel.

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 The problem here in the South is there's a ton of people just like that.

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 Who have the preconceived notion of what a Christian looks like.

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 So this circumstance that we face, the people around us, people who know or think they know what a Christian is,

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 people who claim to be Christians and maybe aren't at all,

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 makes it vitally important that we live a specific way, a certain way through the gospel in our communities.

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 If we're going to reach those communities, we have to be real.

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 We have to live a specific way, a biblical way, not a denomination way or not a religious way.

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 So this morning I want to talk about for us evidences of a Christian life.

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 Evidences that are dead giveaways to people around us that we are Christians, that we are believers,

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 that we are followers of Christ, that we live the gospel out.

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 There's a saying in sports, the saying is the team looks good coming off the bus.

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 Meaning they've got their great uniforms on, they've got the physique, whether it's football or basketball or whatever.

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 They've got their confidence, they're strutting around with their headphones and they're dressed to the tee or whatever.

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 And you look at them and say, oh man, they look good coming off the bus.

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 But you guys know the reality is, is how do they play?

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 How do they act it out, out on the field or out on the court?

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 That's what speaks, not how they look coming off the bus.

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 The same is for us as Christians.

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 We may look good getting off the bus.

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 We may look good leaving the church building.

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 We may look good sitting in a room with a bunch of Christians singing songs.

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 But how are we when we're out in life?

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 How are we out on the field?

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 And that's what I want to talk about this morning.

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 So, 1 Peter chapter 3, we're looking at five verses.

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 We're going to start reading in verse 13 and kind of dig through them.

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 Starting in verse 13.

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 Now, who is there to harm you if you are zealous for what is good?

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 But even if you should suffer for righteousness' sake, you will be blessed.

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 Have no fear of them, nor be troubled.

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 But in your hearts, honor Christ the Lord as holy,

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 always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you.

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 Yet, do it with gentleness and respect,

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 having a good conscience so that when you are slandered,

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 those who revile your good behavior in Christ may be put to shame.

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 For it is better to suffer for doing good,

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 if that should be God's will,

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 than for doing evil.

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 Let's pray together.

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 Father, you know the circumstances of this day.

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 None of this has surprised you.

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 None of this has taken you,

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 thrown you off guard.

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 God, we trust in you this morning,

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 that you are at work here this morning.

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 And I ask, God, that you would speak through me,

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 that you would use me,

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 that what is spoken would not be my opinions,

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 that it would be your word to us this morning.

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 As nerve-wracking as this may be,

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 God, you have put me in this position,

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 so I pray, God, that you would use me to proclaim,

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 to build your kingdom this morning.

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 I pray for the hearers of your word,

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 that we would hear with our hearts,

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 and not with just our ears.

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 And when that happens,

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 we know that action is to follow.

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 When that happens,

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 we know that we leave this place different,

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 living different,

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 striving to be different,

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 because we have heard a word from you.

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 So, God, I plead and I beg,

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 speak to us this morning.

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 Use your word,

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 spirit move,

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 in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 So, just a little background here.

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 Peter is writing this letter to churches in Asia Minor,

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 and there's persecution happening in these churches.

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 These are churches in Asia Minor

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 who are tasting great persecution.

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 They are living it.

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 And they're dealing with the question,

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 is it worth it?

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 Is it worth it to struggle,

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 to deal with this type of persecution,

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 to suffer?

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 And Peter writes this letter,

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 and it's to affirm to them,

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 yes, it is.

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 That's why in chapter 1, verse 3,

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 it says we have a living hope

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 for the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

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 He, right off the bat,

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 tells them it is worth it

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 through Jesus Christ

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 and because of Jesus Christ.

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 So, he affirms to them

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 that this persecution is okay.

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 It's worth it.

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 So, now,

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 we come to chapter 3.

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 And in these five verses,

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 Peter gives us some evidences

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 of a Christian life.

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 And these evidences for you this morning

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 come in questions.

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 The first one is,

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 are you passionate for good?

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 Are you passionate for good?

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 The second one is,

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 Christ Lord of your life.

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 The third one,

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 do you have a readiness

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 to defend your faith?

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 Fourth,

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 do you live with a good conscience?

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 And fifth,

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 do you suffer for doing good?

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 And of course,

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 we'll run through those again.

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 First one,

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 first question for you,

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 first evidence.

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 Are you passionate for good?

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 And we see this in verse 13.

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 Now,

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 who is there to harm you

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 if you are zealous

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 for what is good?

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 Another word for good

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 is righteous.

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 You have a fervent pursuit

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 of good,

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 of righteousness.

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 In the face of danger

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 and suffering,

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 the churches in Asia Minor

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 were encouraged

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 to pursue righteousness

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 above everything else,

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 no matter what.

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 This word zealous

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 means an intensity

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 or an enthusiasm,

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 a passion.

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 In Jesus' time,

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 zealots were a group

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 that pledged

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 to free the Jews

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 no matter what

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 from all foreign rule.

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 And they would assassinate,

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 they would steal,

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 they would lie,

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 they would kill themselves

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 for the greater good.

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 That's the kind of passion

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 that Peter is talking about here.

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 That's the word he's using.

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 So much passion

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 that they'd even give up

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 their own lives for it.

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 Now,

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 there's an assumption here

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 in verse 13.

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 If we are zealous

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 for what is good,

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 then we're the opposite

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 towards what is bad.

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 See the assumption?

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 If we're zealous

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 for what is good,

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 if we're passionate

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 about what is good,

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 what is righteous,

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 then we're the opposite

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 towards what is bad,

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 which we know

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 is sin.

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 So the question for you

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 and for me

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 is are you zealous

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 for sin

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 or for what is good?

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 Is there a line

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 that you won't cross

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 in your life?

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 Do you have

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 boundaries set up?

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 Are you zealous enough?

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 Are you passionate enough

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 to care?

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 Or do you just go through

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 and whatever happens,

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 happens?

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 Do you take extreme measures

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 to avoid sin?

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 Guys,

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 do you watch TV shows

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 that lead to thoughts

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 in your minds?

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 Do you visit websites

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 that you wouldn't visit

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 in front of other people?

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 These are the questions

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 and the circumstances

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 that a passionate person

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 of good would not do.

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 Are you zealous

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 for what is good?

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 Do you pursue people

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 above God?

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 Do you pursue

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 the praise of people

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 instead of the praise

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 of God?

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 Again,

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 something that somebody

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 who is zealous

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 for good

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 would not do.

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 Another way to look at it

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 in Matthew 5,

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 verse 6

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 in the Beatitudes,

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 the beginning of the Sermon

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 on the Mount,

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 Jesus says,

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 Blessed are those

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 who hunger

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 and thirst

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 for righteousness

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 for they shall be

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 satisfied.

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 Hunger and thirst.

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 Two strong verbs.

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 And we all can relate

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 to these two verbs.

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 We all know the feeling

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 of being hungry.

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 We all know the feeling

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 of working outside

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 in the middle of summer

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 and being exhausted

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 and thirsty

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 and all you want

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 is some water.

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 And the only thing

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 that's going to quench

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 that thirst

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 is that water.

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 That's the idea here

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 is hungering

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 and thirsting

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 for righteousness.

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 Are we zealous?

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 Are we passionate

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 for good?

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 If you're a Christian,

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 the assumption

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 will be true

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 in your life.

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 You will oppose

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 the bad.

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 You will oppose sin.

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 And you will be

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 passionate and zealous

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 and you'll hunger

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 and thirst

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 for righteousness.

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 Is there a passion

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 in your life

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 for good things?

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 For godly things?

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 Do you want

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 to do good things?

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 So there's our first

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 piece of evidence

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 found in verse 13.

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 Passionate for good.

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 The next one is,

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 is Christ set apart

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 in your heart

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 as Lord?

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 And this is found

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 in verse 15.

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 Verse 15 reads,

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 but in your hearts

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 honor Christ the Lord

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 as holy.

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 Christ as Lord

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 is New Testament language.

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 In the Old Testament,

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 Lord was always used

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 as Yahweh or Jehovah.

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 So to say

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 that Christ is Lord

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 is saying

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 that Christ is God.

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 That Christ is God.

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 He is the same

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 as the God

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 of the Old Testament.

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 His deity

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 is being proclaimed

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 when it says

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 Christ as Lord.

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 So is Christ

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 set apart

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 as Lord

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 in your heart?

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 Is He holy?

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 Holy.

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 Now, of course,

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 Christ is holy,

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 but is He set apart?

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 Is He part of your life?

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 Has He changed your life?

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 So, so many times

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 in churches

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 we describe salvation

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 as a decision.

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 It is a decision

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 to be made.

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 Choose this day

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 to be saved.

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 Do you want to go to heaven

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 when you die?

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 There's that aspect

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 of biblical salvation.

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 I will not

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 shoot that down.

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 But it's not

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 the whole story.

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 See, the depravity

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 of all of us

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 is missed.

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 The depravity

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 of our sin

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 and our lack

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 of doing good

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 is missed.

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 The holiness

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 of God

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 is missed.

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 The atonement

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 for our depravity

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 of sin

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 or sin

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 is missed.

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 The judgment

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 of God

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 is missed

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 that we are guilty

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 of that sin.

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 The gospel

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 is missed

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 that we can't

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 do anything

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 good

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 apart from

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 Him.

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 When you and I

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 become Christians,

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 we receive

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 this gift

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 from God.

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 And when we

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 receive this gift,

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 we surrender

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 our lives

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 to Him.

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 Not because

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 it seems better

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 or feels better

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 or it beats hell,

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 but because God

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 has chosen you

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 and He knows

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 His children.

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 And we surrender

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 our lives

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 and we make Him

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 Lord of our lives.

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 See, we were sinners

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 with no hope.

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 Sinners

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 without a direction.

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 Sinners,

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 in fact,

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 our direction

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 was the opposite

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 of God Himself.

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 And we became

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 saints with hope

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 in eternity.

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 Jesus Christ

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 is not a decision.

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 He's a Savior.

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 He's not

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 an invitation.

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 He's a calling.

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 He's not a part

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 of your life.

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 He is

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 life.

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 So to acknowledge

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 Jesus Christ

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 as Savior

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 is to worship

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 Him as Lord.

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 He should be

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 the sole object

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 of our love,

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 our reverence,

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 our loyalty,

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 and our obedience.

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 So in so doing,

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 then,

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 our entire lives

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 will flow

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 from Him

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 being Lord

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 of our lives.

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 So all our actions

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 will be

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 different,

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 will be godly,

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 will be passionate

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 about good.

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 if Christ

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 is Lord

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 of our lives,

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 then we will

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 do three things.

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 First,

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 we'll do

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 is we'll

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 recognize

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 His perfection.

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 Turn to

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 Hebrews chapter 7

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 real quick.

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 Hebrews chapter 7

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 verse 26.

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 It reads,

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 For it was indeed

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 fitting that we

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 should have such

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 a high priest

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 holy,

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 innocent,

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 unstained,

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 separated from

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 sinners,

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 and exalted

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 above the heavens.

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 Verse 27.

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 He has no need

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 like those high

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 priests to offer

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 sacrifices daily,

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 first for His own

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 sins and then

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 for those of the

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 people.

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 So He did this

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 once for all

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 when He offered

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 up Himself.

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 Holy,

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 unstained,

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 set apart.

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 Jesus is the

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 only one who

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 is perfect

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 and worthy

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 to be praised.

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 It's not us,

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 not what we do,

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 but Jesus alone.

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 So if Christ

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 is Lord of our

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 lives,

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 we'll recognize

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 His perfection.

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 But not only

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 will we recognize

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 His perfection,

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 we will submit

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 ourselves to

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 His will.

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 We'll submit

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 ourselves to

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 His will

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 and not our

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 own.

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 Romans 12

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 verse 2

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 says,

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 do not be

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 conformed to

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 this world,

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 but be

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 transformed by

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 the renewal

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 of your mind,

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 that by testing

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 you may discern

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 what is the

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 will of God,

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 what is the

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 good and

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 acceptable and

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 perfect.

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 He knows

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 all and He

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 has what is

00:16:41.079 --> 00:16:42.139
 best for us.

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 So when

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 Christ is Lord,

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 we will submit

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 ourselves to

00:16:45.699 --> 00:16:46.319
 His will.

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 And thirdly,

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 we will make

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 His glory known

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 through our

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 lives.

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 So if we do

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 these things,

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 we hear repeat

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 often that we

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 were created to

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 do two things.

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 Logos question

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 number two,

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 to glorify Him

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 and enjoy Him

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 forever.

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 Well, if that's

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 our end,

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 how we get to

00:17:09.059 --> 00:17:10.099
 our end is by

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 Jesus Christ

00:17:11.120 --> 00:17:11.759
 being our

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 Lord.

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 In Revelation

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 chapter 1,

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 verse 12

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 through 18,

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 it reads,

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 then I

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 turned to see

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 the voice that

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 was speaking to

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 me.

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 And on

00:17:37.699 --> 00:17:38.179
 turning, I

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 saw seven

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 golden lampstands

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 and in the

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 midst of the

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 lampstands, one

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 like a son of

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 man, clothed

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 with a long

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 robe and with

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 a golden sash

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 around his

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 chest.

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 The hairs of

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 his head were

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 white, like

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 white wool,

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 like snow.

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 His eyes were

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 like a flame

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 of fire.

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 His feet were

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 like burnished

00:17:52.740 --> 00:17:54.100
 bronze, refined

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 in a furnace,

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 and his voice

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 was like the

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 roar of many

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 waters.

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 In his right

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 hand he held

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 seven stars.

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 From his mouth

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 came a sharp

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 two-edged sword,

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 and his face

00:18:03.740 --> 00:18:04.259
 was like the

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 sun shining in

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 full strength.

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 When I saw

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 him, I fell

00:18:08.220 --> 00:18:09.000
 at his feet

00:18:09.000 --> 00:18:10.580
 as though dead,

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 but he laid

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 his right hand

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 on me, saying,

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 fear not.

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 I am the

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 first and the

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 last and the

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 living one.

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 I died, and

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 behold, I am

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 living forevermore,

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 and I have the

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 keys of death

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 and Hades.

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 This is who

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 we worship.

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 This is Jesus.

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 He is in

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 heaven.

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 He is the

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 first and the

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 last.

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 He is the

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 living one and

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 alive forevermore.

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 We bring him

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 glory when he is

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 Lord of our

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 lives.

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 We will honor

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 his name, and

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 his name will be

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 above anything

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 else.

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 In other words,

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 back to

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 Matthew,

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 Sermon on the

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 Mount, chapter

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 6, the Lord's

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 prayer says,

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 Hallowed be

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 your name.

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 Holy, holy,

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 holy is your

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 name.

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 Your kingdom

00:19:01.740 --> 00:19:02.259
 come.

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 Your will be

00:19:03.420 --> 00:19:03.700
 done.

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 That will be the

00:19:04.960 --> 00:19:06.079
 outpouring of

00:19:06.079 --> 00:19:07.660
 Jesus as Lord of

00:19:07.660 --> 00:19:08.319
 our lives.

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 Holy, holy,

00:19:10.579 --> 00:19:11.619
 holy, your

00:19:11.619 --> 00:19:12.400
 kingdom come.

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 Your will be

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 done.

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 Earlier in

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 1 Peter, and

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 in all of

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 Scripture, when

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 it says, when it

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 talks about the

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 heart, the

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 origin of the

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 human behavior,

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 the seat in

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 which all

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 decisions and

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 actions come

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 from, it is

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 what makes us

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 who we are.

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 So to make

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 Jesus the Lord

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 of our hearts

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 automatically makes

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 an inner thing

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 into an

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 external thing.

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 So an internal

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 thing becomes

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 an external

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 thing.

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 So what we

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 do on the

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 inside then

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 turns into

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 actions as

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 we live.

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 It will be

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 evident.

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 Our entire

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 lives will

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 change for the

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 good.

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 Our desires

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 will be His

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 desires.

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 Not because He

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 changed, but

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 because He

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 changed us.

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 Our actions

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 will line up

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 with His

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 will.

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 And as

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 Romans 12

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 said, we

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 will be

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 transformed by

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 Jesus Christ

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 and His

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 Lordship.

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 So Christ

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 being Lord

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 is another

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 piece of

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 evidence to

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 prove a

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 godly life.

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 The third

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 evidence is

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 in a

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 question.

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 Do you

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 have a

00:20:27.180 --> 00:20:27.920
 readiness to

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 defend your

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 faith?

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 Back to

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 1 Peter 3

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 verse 15,

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 the second

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 part of

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 15.

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 Read the

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 first part.

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 But in

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 your

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 hearts,

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 honor Christ

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 the Lord

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 as holy,

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 always being

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 prepared to

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 make a

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 defense to

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 anyone who

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 asks you

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 for a

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 reason for

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 the hope

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 that is

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 in you.

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 Always be

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 prepared.

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 Yet do it

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 with gentleness

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 and respect.

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 The language

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 here paints a

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 picture of a

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 courtroom.

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 Make a

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 defense.

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 Defend your

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 case.

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 Make an

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 argument.

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 This, of

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 course, does

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 not mean that

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 we're going to

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 be in a

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 courtroom or

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 setting like

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 that to

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 defend our

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 faith.

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 But it

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 does mean

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 that since

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 the gospel

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 is a

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 public

00:21:14.419 --> 00:21:15.139
 lifestyle,

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 it is a

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 changed

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 lifestyle,

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 lived out

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 for people

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 to see,

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 people are

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 going to

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 ask.

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 And we're

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 going to

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 have to

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 make public

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 defenses,

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 public

00:21:28.359 --> 00:21:29.159
 arguments.

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 A

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 commentator

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 said,

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 it does

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 mean that

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 every

00:21:33.819 --> 00:21:34.299
 believer

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 should grasp

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 the

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 essentials

00:21:36.900 --> 00:21:37.280
 of the

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 faith and

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 should have

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 the ability

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 to explain

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 to others

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 why they

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 think the

00:21:42.360 --> 00:21:42.700
 Christian

00:21:42.700 --> 00:21:43.420
 faith is

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 true.

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 So do you

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 have a

00:21:46.020 --> 00:21:46.680
 readiness to

00:21:46.680 --> 00:21:47.240
 defend your

00:21:47.240 --> 00:21:47.660
 faith?

00:21:49.259 --> 00:21:49.759
 Do you

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 have this

00:21:50.360 --> 00:21:51.860
 yearning just

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 to know

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 why you

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 believe what

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 you believe?

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 See,

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 apathy is

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 not accepted.

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 In verse

00:22:02.960 --> 00:22:03.540
 15, it

00:22:03.540 --> 00:22:03.660
 says,

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 always being

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 prepared.

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 Now, I'll

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 be honest,

00:22:07.720 --> 00:22:08.200
 this morning

00:22:08.200 --> 00:22:08.800
 took me by

00:22:08.800 --> 00:22:09.440
 surprise.

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 I don't

00:22:10.320 --> 00:22:10.759
 know that I

00:22:10.759 --> 00:22:11.340
 was prepared

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 this morning

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 for the

00:22:12.600 --> 00:22:13.300
 phone call.

00:22:14.320 --> 00:22:14.820
 Needless to

00:22:14.820 --> 00:22:15.320
 say, I

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 had to be

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 prepared.

00:22:16.420 --> 00:22:16.759
 I had to

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 prepare myself.

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 But see,

00:22:20.820 --> 00:22:22.540
 apathy is

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 not allowed.

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 The idea

00:22:25.540 --> 00:22:27.620
 that we

00:22:27.620 --> 00:22:27.980
 can just

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 coast on

00:22:28.800 --> 00:22:29.519
 through and

00:22:29.519 --> 00:22:30.600
 not care,

00:22:30.820 --> 00:22:32.180
 just, you

00:22:32.180 --> 00:22:32.680
 know, I'm

00:22:32.680 --> 00:22:33.060
 Christian,

00:22:33.180 --> 00:22:33.440
 whatever,

00:22:33.700 --> 00:22:34.220
 whatever that

00:22:34.220 --> 00:22:34.539
 means.

00:22:34.900 --> 00:22:35.140
 I'm going to

00:22:35.140 --> 00:22:35.340
 go to

00:22:35.340 --> 00:22:35.539
 heaven.

00:22:35.660 --> 00:22:36.060
 It's cool.

00:22:36.840 --> 00:22:37.580
 It's not

00:22:37.580 --> 00:22:40.400
 a fruit of

00:22:40.400 --> 00:22:40.980
 the gospel

00:22:40.980 --> 00:22:41.600
 in your

00:22:41.600 --> 00:22:42.000
 life.

00:22:43.840 --> 00:22:44.500
 We should

00:22:44.500 --> 00:22:45.320
 always be

00:22:45.320 --> 00:22:46.060
 concerned about

00:22:46.060 --> 00:22:46.820
 the opportunity

00:22:46.820 --> 00:22:47.600
 to share.

00:22:48.380 --> 00:22:48.860
 It is a

00:22:48.860 --> 00:22:49.779
 proactive

00:22:49.779 --> 00:22:51.560
 attitude.

00:22:52.880 --> 00:22:53.500
 I'm afraid

00:22:53.500 --> 00:22:55.039
 that churches,

00:22:55.400 --> 00:22:55.920
 the American

00:22:55.920 --> 00:22:56.880
 church, is

00:22:56.880 --> 00:22:57.500
 filled with

00:22:57.500 --> 00:22:58.140
 apathetic

00:22:58.140 --> 00:22:58.820
 people who

00:22:58.820 --> 00:22:59.940
 can defend

00:22:59.940 --> 00:23:00.779
 their church.

00:23:00.779 --> 00:23:01.440
 they can

00:23:01.440 --> 00:23:02.119
 defend their

00:23:02.119 --> 00:23:02.519
 worship

00:23:02.519 --> 00:23:03.559
 experience,

00:23:03.819 --> 00:23:04.240
 but they

00:23:04.240 --> 00:23:04.859
 cannot defend

00:23:04.859 --> 00:23:05.259
 the hope

00:23:05.259 --> 00:23:05.539
 that they

00:23:05.539 --> 00:23:06.220
 have or

00:23:06.220 --> 00:23:06.660
 they say

00:23:06.660 --> 00:23:07.259
 they have

00:23:07.259 --> 00:23:08.039
 in Christ.

00:23:08.879 --> 00:23:09.200
 Now, think

00:23:09.200 --> 00:23:09.799
 about that.

00:23:10.779 --> 00:23:11.119
 They can

00:23:11.119 --> 00:23:12.220
 defend why

00:23:12.220 --> 00:23:12.920
 they go to

00:23:12.920 --> 00:23:13.480
 a specific

00:23:13.480 --> 00:23:14.559
 church, but

00:23:14.559 --> 00:23:15.059
 they can't

00:23:15.059 --> 00:23:16.440
 defend Jesus

00:23:16.440 --> 00:23:17.539
 of the church

00:23:17.539 --> 00:23:18.160
 they say

00:23:18.160 --> 00:23:18.859
 they go to.

00:23:20.660 --> 00:23:21.319
 Here's the

00:23:21.319 --> 00:23:21.940
 reason I

00:23:21.940 --> 00:23:22.960
 think, I

00:23:22.960 --> 00:23:23.480
 believe, is

00:23:23.480 --> 00:23:26.359
 because they

00:23:26.359 --> 00:23:26.839
 have been

00:23:26.839 --> 00:23:27.639
 emotionally

00:23:27.639 --> 00:23:28.299
 infected.

00:23:28.299 --> 00:23:32.819
 their need

00:23:32.819 --> 00:23:33.879
 to get

00:23:33.879 --> 00:23:34.879
 their feelings

00:23:34.879 --> 00:23:36.539
 stirred up

00:23:36.539 --> 00:23:38.119
 has been

00:23:38.119 --> 00:23:39.180
 met and

00:23:39.180 --> 00:23:39.559
 not their

00:23:39.559 --> 00:23:40.039
 spiritual

00:23:40.039 --> 00:23:40.440
 need.

00:23:42.619 --> 00:23:43.059
 So, when

00:23:43.059 --> 00:23:43.919
 you attack

00:23:43.919 --> 00:23:46.079
 a feeling

00:23:46.079 --> 00:23:46.659
 or attack

00:23:46.659 --> 00:23:47.079
 emotion,

00:23:47.200 --> 00:23:47.539
 the gloves

00:23:47.539 --> 00:23:48.220
 come off

00:23:48.220 --> 00:23:49.940
 and they're

00:23:49.940 --> 00:23:50.359
 able to

00:23:50.359 --> 00:23:50.859
 defend that,

00:23:50.899 --> 00:23:51.119
 but they're

00:23:51.119 --> 00:23:51.720
 not able to

00:23:51.720 --> 00:23:52.579
 defend the

00:23:52.579 --> 00:23:53.019
 Jesus.

00:23:54.220 --> 00:23:55.379
 And Peter

00:23:55.379 --> 00:23:55.839
 is not

00:23:55.839 --> 00:23:56.299
 saying,

00:23:56.299 --> 00:23:58.419
 now, defend

00:23:58.419 --> 00:23:59.019
 those churches

00:23:59.019 --> 00:23:59.579
 you're with.

00:23:59.980 --> 00:24:00.599
 Defend those

00:24:00.599 --> 00:24:01.099
 churches in

00:24:01.099 --> 00:24:01.680
 Asia Minor.

00:24:01.799 --> 00:24:02.299
 He's saying

00:24:02.299 --> 00:24:03.180
 be ready to

00:24:03.180 --> 00:24:03.419
 give an

00:24:03.419 --> 00:24:03.980
 answer for

00:24:03.980 --> 00:24:04.399
 what?

00:24:06.819 --> 00:24:07.980
 For the

00:24:07.980 --> 00:24:08.319
 hope.

00:24:09.899 --> 00:24:10.619
 Always being

00:24:10.619 --> 00:24:10.960
 prepared to

00:24:10.960 --> 00:24:11.180
 make a

00:24:11.180 --> 00:24:11.460
 defense.

00:24:11.559 --> 00:24:11.799
 Anyone

00:24:11.799 --> 00:24:12.240
 asks you

00:24:12.240 --> 00:24:12.480
 for a

00:24:12.480 --> 00:24:12.859
 reason for

00:24:12.859 --> 00:24:13.419
 the hope

00:24:13.419 --> 00:24:14.399
 that is

00:24:14.399 --> 00:24:14.799
 in you.

00:24:17.960 --> 00:24:18.839
 A living

00:24:18.839 --> 00:24:19.319
 hope, as

00:24:19.319 --> 00:24:20.039
 1 Peter 1

00:24:20.039 --> 00:24:20.960
 3 says,

00:24:21.200 --> 00:24:21.879
 we have a

00:24:21.879 --> 00:24:22.539
 living hope

00:24:22.539 --> 00:24:22.839
 for the

00:24:22.839 --> 00:24:23.319
 resurrection

00:24:23.319 --> 00:24:23.819
 of Jesus

00:24:23.819 --> 00:24:24.919
 Christ from

00:24:24.919 --> 00:24:25.440
 the dead.

00:24:26.299 --> 00:24:26.879
 Jesus

00:24:26.879 --> 00:24:27.680
 resurrecting

00:24:27.680 --> 00:24:28.139
 gives us

00:24:28.139 --> 00:24:28.440
 hope.

00:24:28.859 --> 00:24:29.200
 And because

00:24:29.200 --> 00:24:29.500
 of his

00:24:29.500 --> 00:24:30.159
 action, we

00:24:30.159 --> 00:24:30.819
 no longer

00:24:30.819 --> 00:24:32.119
 fear death.

00:24:32.240 --> 00:24:32.619
 Or we

00:24:32.619 --> 00:24:33.480
 should no

00:24:33.480 --> 00:24:34.180
 longer fear

00:24:34.180 --> 00:24:34.579
 death.

00:24:35.159 --> 00:24:35.779
 Now, I

00:24:35.779 --> 00:24:36.379
 can guarantee

00:24:36.379 --> 00:24:37.019
 that if I

00:24:37.019 --> 00:24:37.539
 surveyed

00:24:37.539 --> 00:24:38.159
 everybody in

00:24:38.159 --> 00:24:38.639
 this room

00:24:38.639 --> 00:24:39.180
 and I

00:24:39.180 --> 00:24:39.519
 said, what

00:24:39.519 --> 00:24:39.779
 is your

00:24:39.779 --> 00:24:40.500
 greatest fear?

00:24:41.019 --> 00:24:41.519
 Some of

00:24:41.519 --> 00:24:41.759
 you are

00:24:41.759 --> 00:24:41.960
 going to

00:24:41.960 --> 00:24:42.519
 say to

00:24:42.519 --> 00:24:42.839
 die.

00:24:44.059 --> 00:24:44.539
 Death.

00:24:45.039 --> 00:24:45.639
 And that's

00:24:45.639 --> 00:24:47.799
 reality.

00:24:48.200 --> 00:24:48.559
 Some will

00:24:48.559 --> 00:24:49.200
 say spiders.

00:24:49.460 --> 00:24:49.720
 Some will

00:24:49.720 --> 00:24:50.500
 say snakes.

00:24:50.659 --> 00:24:50.879
 Some will

00:24:50.879 --> 00:24:53.839
 say, I

00:24:53.839 --> 00:24:53.960
 don't

00:24:53.960 --> 00:24:54.200
 know.

00:24:54.200 --> 00:24:55.920
 some of

00:24:55.920 --> 00:24:56.180
 you will

00:24:56.180 --> 00:24:58.000
 say death

00:24:58.000 --> 00:24:58.920
 or dying.

00:25:00.660 --> 00:25:01.200
 Now, the

00:25:01.200 --> 00:25:01.860
 reason is

00:25:01.860 --> 00:25:02.259
 probably

00:25:02.259 --> 00:25:02.740
 something

00:25:02.740 --> 00:25:03.580
 related to

00:25:03.580 --> 00:25:04.720
 not being

00:25:04.720 --> 00:25:05.140
 able to

00:25:05.140 --> 00:25:05.700
 do or

00:25:05.700 --> 00:25:06.220
 accomplish

00:25:06.220 --> 00:25:06.779
 something

00:25:06.779 --> 00:25:07.519
 yet that

00:25:07.519 --> 00:25:07.900
 you want

00:25:07.900 --> 00:25:08.519
 to accomplish.

00:25:10.700 --> 00:25:11.360
 And I

00:25:11.360 --> 00:25:12.279
 can relate

00:25:12.279 --> 00:25:12.860
 to that a

00:25:12.860 --> 00:25:13.279
 little bit.

00:25:14.039 --> 00:25:15.740
 But Jesus

00:25:15.740 --> 00:25:17.559
 himself and

00:25:17.559 --> 00:25:18.580
 eternity with

00:25:18.580 --> 00:25:20.039
 Jesus is

00:25:20.039 --> 00:25:21.080
 far better

00:25:21.080 --> 00:25:22.680
 than anything

00:25:22.680 --> 00:25:23.299
 this world

00:25:23.299 --> 00:25:23.700
 has to

00:25:23.700 --> 00:25:24.080
 offer.

00:25:24.640 --> 00:25:25.120
 Anything.

00:25:25.480 --> 00:25:25.940
 Think of

00:25:25.940 --> 00:25:26.519
 the greatest

00:25:26.519 --> 00:25:27.059
 thing that

00:25:27.059 --> 00:25:27.420
 you could

00:25:27.420 --> 00:25:28.019
 accomplish.

00:25:28.900 --> 00:25:29.240
 And he

00:25:29.240 --> 00:25:29.759
 is far

00:25:29.759 --> 00:25:30.279
 better than

00:25:30.279 --> 00:25:30.620
 that.

00:25:32.039 --> 00:25:32.759
 When we

00:25:32.759 --> 00:25:33.380
 die, it's

00:25:33.380 --> 00:25:33.720
 going to be

00:25:33.720 --> 00:25:34.960
 like Apple

00:25:34.960 --> 00:25:35.600
 with their

00:25:35.600 --> 00:25:36.160
 new iPad

00:25:36.160 --> 00:25:36.680
 3.

00:25:37.319 --> 00:25:37.840
 Hang with

00:25:37.840 --> 00:25:38.100
 me.

00:25:38.480 --> 00:25:39.840
 Don't drop

00:25:39.840 --> 00:25:40.180
 off the

00:25:40.180 --> 00:25:40.460
 cliff.

00:25:40.539 --> 00:25:40.940
 Hold on.

00:25:43.740 --> 00:25:44.700
 The iPad

00:25:44.700 --> 00:25:45.740
 2 is a

00:25:45.740 --> 00:25:46.259
 remarkable

00:25:46.259 --> 00:25:46.980
 piece of

00:25:46.980 --> 00:25:47.600
 technology.

00:25:48.580 --> 00:25:49.140
 People in

00:25:49.140 --> 00:25:49.620
 here have

00:25:49.620 --> 00:25:49.940
 it right

00:25:49.940 --> 00:25:50.200
 now.

00:25:50.279 --> 00:25:50.440
 They're

00:25:50.440 --> 00:25:51.100
 studying.

00:25:51.299 --> 00:25:51.640
 They're

00:25:51.640 --> 00:25:52.460
 cross-referencing.

00:25:52.759 --> 00:25:53.380
 And I'm

00:25:53.380 --> 00:25:53.840
 okay with

00:25:53.839 --> 00:25:54.059
 that.

00:25:55.059 --> 00:25:55.500
 Remarkable

00:25:55.500 --> 00:25:55.859
 piece of

00:25:55.859 --> 00:25:56.379
 technology.

00:25:56.939 --> 00:25:57.259
 But when

00:25:57.259 --> 00:25:57.699
 the iPad

00:25:57.699 --> 00:25:58.359
 3 comes

00:25:58.359 --> 00:25:58.720
 in, what

00:25:58.720 --> 00:25:59.179
 does Apple

00:25:59.179 --> 00:25:59.480
 do?

00:26:00.299 --> 00:26:00.959
 They tell

00:26:00.959 --> 00:26:01.819
 you, you

00:26:01.819 --> 00:26:02.159
 don't want

00:26:02.159 --> 00:26:02.519
 the iPad

00:26:02.519 --> 00:26:02.839
 2.

00:26:02.919 --> 00:26:03.259
 It's a piece

00:26:03.259 --> 00:26:03.740
 of junk.

00:26:04.559 --> 00:26:04.919
 You want

00:26:04.919 --> 00:26:05.319
 the iPad

00:26:05.319 --> 00:26:05.720
 3.

00:26:05.859 --> 00:26:06.259
 Look at

00:26:06.259 --> 00:26:06.379
 it.

00:26:06.379 --> 00:26:06.740
 It's even

00:26:06.740 --> 00:26:07.199
 better.

00:26:07.200 --> 00:26:07.259
 better.

00:26:08.840 --> 00:26:09.360
 And they

00:26:09.360 --> 00:26:09.920
 do this so

00:26:09.920 --> 00:26:10.240
 that you'll

00:26:10.240 --> 00:26:10.779
 buy their

00:26:10.779 --> 00:26:11.360
 product.

00:26:12.600 --> 00:26:13.299
 Now, the

00:26:13.299 --> 00:26:14.319
 reality is

00:26:14.319 --> 00:26:15.220
 that when

00:26:15.220 --> 00:26:15.720
 we get to

00:26:15.720 --> 00:26:18.360
 heaven, it's

00:26:18.360 --> 00:26:19.080
 not going to

00:26:19.080 --> 00:26:19.580
 be like the

00:26:19.580 --> 00:26:20.420
 Apple iPad

00:26:20.420 --> 00:26:21.160
 2, which is

00:26:21.160 --> 00:26:22.180
 good, and the

00:26:22.180 --> 00:26:22.920
 iPad 3, which

00:26:22.920 --> 00:26:23.420
 is better.

00:26:23.880 --> 00:26:24.360
 It's going to

00:26:24.360 --> 00:26:24.920
 be Jesus'

00:26:25.220 --> 00:26:26.279
 best and

00:26:26.279 --> 00:26:26.880
 everything else

00:26:26.880 --> 00:26:27.440
 is garbage.

00:26:27.940 --> 00:26:28.319
 And we're not

00:26:28.319 --> 00:26:28.680
 even going to

00:26:28.680 --> 00:26:29.480
 want what's

00:26:29.480 --> 00:26:30.160
 behind us.

00:26:30.360 --> 00:26:30.700
 We're not

00:26:30.700 --> 00:26:30.980
 even going to

00:26:30.980 --> 00:26:31.600
 want what's

00:26:31.600 --> 00:26:31.779
 here.

00:26:31.819 --> 00:26:32.059
 We're going to

00:26:32.059 --> 00:26:32.660
 want Jesus.

00:26:33.220 --> 00:26:33.600
 We're going to

00:26:33.600 --> 00:26:34.120
 want to worship

00:26:34.119 --> 00:26:35.099
 Jesus alone.

00:26:36.539 --> 00:26:37.659
 So, we can

00:26:37.659 --> 00:26:38.419
 then say,

00:26:39.159 --> 00:26:41.099
 nothing is

00:26:41.099 --> 00:26:41.579
 better than

00:26:41.579 --> 00:26:43.099
 Jesus, here

00:26:43.099 --> 00:26:44.219
 or in

00:26:44.219 --> 00:26:44.619
 eternity.

00:26:46.539 --> 00:26:47.359
 And we can

00:26:47.359 --> 00:26:48.000
 no longer

00:26:48.000 --> 00:26:48.859
 fear death.

00:26:51.239 --> 00:26:52.399
 So then, if

00:26:52.399 --> 00:26:52.899
 we can no

00:26:52.899 --> 00:26:53.479
 longer fear

00:26:53.479 --> 00:26:55.019
 death, the

00:26:55.019 --> 00:26:55.699
 question in

00:26:55.699 --> 00:26:56.819
 verse 13 is

00:26:56.819 --> 00:26:57.539
 rhetorical.

00:26:59.019 --> 00:27:00.039
 Now, who is

00:27:00.039 --> 00:27:00.799
 there to harm

00:27:00.799 --> 00:27:02.119
 you if you

00:27:02.119 --> 00:27:02.659
 are zealous

00:27:02.659 --> 00:27:03.179
 for what is

00:27:03.179 --> 00:27:03.479
 good?

00:27:04.119 --> 00:27:04.679
 You're

00:27:04.679 --> 00:27:05.179
 zealous for

00:27:05.179 --> 00:27:05.479
 what is

00:27:05.479 --> 00:27:05.839
 good?

00:27:06.500 --> 00:27:06.879
 You're

00:27:06.879 --> 00:27:07.319
 zealous for

00:27:07.319 --> 00:27:07.779
 righteousness?

00:27:08.239 --> 00:27:08.959
 That desire

00:27:08.959 --> 00:27:09.399
 has been put

00:27:09.399 --> 00:27:09.919
 in you through

00:27:09.919 --> 00:27:10.359
 Jesus.

00:27:12.179 --> 00:27:13.079
 Jesus is our

00:27:13.079 --> 00:27:13.739
 living hope

00:27:13.739 --> 00:27:14.279
 through His

00:27:14.279 --> 00:27:14.879
 resurrection.

00:27:15.539 --> 00:27:16.019
 We have

00:27:16.019 --> 00:27:16.979
 eternal security.

00:27:18.000 --> 00:27:18.539
 He is far

00:27:18.539 --> 00:27:18.979
 better than

00:27:18.979 --> 00:27:19.559
 anything this

00:27:19.559 --> 00:27:20.019
 world has to

00:27:20.019 --> 00:27:20.379
 offer.

00:27:21.479 --> 00:27:21.979
 The answer

00:27:21.979 --> 00:27:22.539
 is simple.

00:27:23.239 --> 00:27:23.779
 No one.

00:27:25.000 --> 00:27:25.899
 We no longer

00:27:25.899 --> 00:27:26.479
 fear death.

00:27:26.559 --> 00:27:27.379
 Then no one

00:27:27.379 --> 00:27:30.139
 can intimidate

00:27:30.139 --> 00:27:30.419
 us.

00:27:31.219 --> 00:27:32.000
 No one can

00:27:32.000 --> 00:27:32.599
 change our

00:27:32.599 --> 00:27:33.000
 mind.

00:27:33.000 --> 00:27:34.799
 strongholds

00:27:34.799 --> 00:27:35.059
 that we

00:27:35.059 --> 00:27:36.099
 struggle with.

00:27:36.960 --> 00:27:37.299
 Strongholds

00:27:37.299 --> 00:27:37.559
 that just

00:27:37.559 --> 00:27:38.200
 grab us

00:27:38.200 --> 00:27:38.579
 and hold

00:27:38.579 --> 00:27:39.240
 on to us

00:27:39.240 --> 00:27:41.220
 really can

00:27:41.220 --> 00:27:41.839
 no longer

00:27:41.839 --> 00:27:42.700
 be strong.

00:27:46.500 --> 00:27:48.240
 So, let's

00:27:48.240 --> 00:27:48.839
 turn it a

00:27:48.839 --> 00:27:49.259
 little bit.

00:27:50.220 --> 00:27:50.700
 Are you

00:27:50.700 --> 00:27:51.599
 being asked

00:27:51.599 --> 00:27:52.240
 to make a

00:27:52.240 --> 00:27:52.740
 defense?

00:27:54.140 --> 00:27:54.859
 Are you

00:27:54.859 --> 00:27:55.640
 being asked

00:27:55.640 --> 00:27:56.480
 to defend

00:27:56.480 --> 00:27:57.680
 the hope

00:27:57.680 --> 00:27:58.240
 that you

00:27:58.240 --> 00:27:59.160
 have in

00:27:59.160 --> 00:27:59.440
 Jesus

00:27:59.440 --> 00:27:59.940
 Christ?

00:27:59.940 --> 00:28:00.039
 Christ?

00:28:01.440 --> 00:28:02.240
 Does your

00:28:02.240 --> 00:28:03.620
 lifestyle lead

00:28:03.620 --> 00:28:04.740
 to questions

00:28:04.740 --> 00:28:05.740
 of why you

00:28:05.740 --> 00:28:06.779
 act the

00:28:06.779 --> 00:28:07.240
 way that

00:28:07.240 --> 00:28:07.680
 you do?

00:28:11.000 --> 00:28:12.200
 A godly

00:28:12.200 --> 00:28:12.860
 life is a

00:28:12.860 --> 00:28:13.360
 life that

00:28:13.360 --> 00:28:14.000
 lives in

00:28:14.000 --> 00:28:14.960
 opposition or

00:28:14.960 --> 00:28:15.980
 opposite to

00:28:15.980 --> 00:28:16.460
 the world.

00:28:17.320 --> 00:28:17.900
 That is as

00:28:17.900 --> 00:28:18.440
 clear a

00:28:18.440 --> 00:28:18.940
 statement and

00:28:18.940 --> 00:28:19.380
 as simple

00:28:19.380 --> 00:28:19.980
 statement as I

00:28:19.980 --> 00:28:20.440
 can make.

00:28:21.059 --> 00:28:21.440
 It is

00:28:21.440 --> 00:28:22.799
 opposite of

00:28:22.799 --> 00:28:23.259
 the world.

00:28:23.559 --> 00:28:24.140
 See, the

00:28:24.140 --> 00:28:25.200
 world celebrates

00:28:25.200 --> 00:28:26.259
 individuality.

00:28:27.279 --> 00:28:27.860
 The gospel

00:28:27.860 --> 00:28:29.100
 promotes unity.

00:28:29.099 --> 00:28:29.159
 unity.

00:28:30.039 --> 00:28:30.659
 The world

00:28:30.659 --> 00:28:31.079
 preaches

00:28:31.079 --> 00:28:32.259
 self-preservation.

00:28:33.500 --> 00:28:34.099
 The gospel

00:28:34.099 --> 00:28:35.759
 promotes one.

00:28:36.899 --> 00:28:37.759
 The world

00:28:37.759 --> 00:28:38.359
 promotes the

00:28:38.359 --> 00:28:39.000
 idea that

00:28:39.000 --> 00:28:39.959
 beauty and

00:28:39.959 --> 00:28:40.779
 attractiveness

00:28:40.779 --> 00:28:41.459
 is all we

00:28:41.459 --> 00:28:41.779
 need.

00:28:42.759 --> 00:28:43.399
 The gospel

00:28:43.399 --> 00:28:44.899
 proclaims the

00:28:44.899 --> 00:28:45.319
 blood of

00:28:45.319 --> 00:28:46.139
 Christ is all

00:28:46.139 --> 00:28:46.599
 we need.

00:28:47.359 --> 00:28:47.980
 The world

00:28:47.980 --> 00:28:48.819
 promotes do.

00:28:49.399 --> 00:28:49.980
 Do, do,

00:28:50.059 --> 00:28:50.419
 got to do

00:28:50.419 --> 00:28:50.919
 this, got to

00:28:50.919 --> 00:28:51.219
 do that.

00:28:51.559 --> 00:28:52.219
 The gospel

00:28:52.219 --> 00:28:53.279
 proclaims done.

00:28:53.939 --> 00:28:54.439
 Jesus has

00:28:54.439 --> 00:28:54.959
 already done

00:28:54.959 --> 00:28:55.159
 it.

00:28:55.719 --> 00:28:56.459
 The world

00:28:56.459 --> 00:28:56.939
 leads to

00:28:56.939 --> 00:28:57.719
 death forever.

00:28:57.720 --> 00:28:57.799
 forever.

00:28:58.779 --> 00:28:59.440
 The gospel

00:28:59.440 --> 00:28:59.980
 leads to

00:28:59.980 --> 00:29:00.960
 life everlasting.

00:29:02.279 --> 00:29:02.720
 If we

00:29:02.720 --> 00:29:03.680
 live a

00:29:03.680 --> 00:29:04.480
 gospel-centered

00:29:04.480 --> 00:29:05.339
 life, people

00:29:05.339 --> 00:29:06.240
 will ask

00:29:06.240 --> 00:29:08.779
 for us to

00:29:08.779 --> 00:29:09.039
 make a

00:29:09.039 --> 00:29:09.880
 defense because

00:29:09.880 --> 00:29:11.279
 we will

00:29:11.279 --> 00:29:12.880
 be different.

00:29:14.019 --> 00:29:14.360
 Are you

00:29:14.360 --> 00:29:15.299
 being asked?

00:29:16.759 --> 00:29:17.220
 Are you

00:29:17.220 --> 00:29:17.900
 being asked?

00:29:18.880 --> 00:29:19.680
 The last

00:29:19.680 --> 00:29:20.079
 part of

00:29:20.079 --> 00:29:20.779
 verse 15

00:29:20.779 --> 00:29:21.319
 says,

00:29:22.279 --> 00:29:23.019
 yet do it

00:29:23.019 --> 00:29:24.059
 with gentleness

00:29:24.059 --> 00:29:25.200
 forgiveness and

00:29:25.200 --> 00:29:26.119
 respect?

00:29:27.679 --> 00:29:28.480
 Now, when you

00:29:28.480 --> 00:29:29.240
 encounter a

00:29:29.240 --> 00:29:30.480
 hostile challenge

00:29:30.480 --> 00:29:31.879
 to something

00:29:31.879 --> 00:29:32.619
 important to

00:29:32.619 --> 00:29:32.919
 you, no

00:29:32.919 --> 00:29:33.339
 matter what

00:29:33.339 --> 00:29:33.839
 it is,

00:29:34.339 --> 00:29:34.919
 what is your

00:29:34.919 --> 00:29:35.940
 response like?

00:29:36.559 --> 00:29:37.000
 Does it

00:29:37.000 --> 00:29:37.659
 tend to be

00:29:37.659 --> 00:29:38.539
 more emotional

00:29:38.539 --> 00:29:39.359
 and harsh

00:29:39.359 --> 00:29:39.779
 and more

00:29:39.779 --> 00:29:40.599
 right at

00:29:40.599 --> 00:29:40.759
 them?

00:29:42.799 --> 00:29:43.679
 If it is,

00:29:43.759 --> 00:29:44.579
 we're all in

00:29:44.579 --> 00:29:44.899
 the same

00:29:44.899 --> 00:29:45.359
 group.

00:29:45.579 --> 00:29:46.039
 We're all

00:29:46.039 --> 00:29:46.419
 together.

00:29:48.200 --> 00:29:49.019
 It's because

00:29:49.019 --> 00:29:50.460
 answering critics

00:29:50.460 --> 00:29:51.159
 in your own

00:29:51.159 --> 00:29:51.960
 power, with

00:29:51.960 --> 00:29:52.539
 your own

00:29:52.539 --> 00:29:53.079
 emotion,

00:29:53.460 --> 00:29:53.920
 that's going

00:29:53.920 --> 00:29:54.340
 to be the

00:29:54.340 --> 00:29:54.860
 reaction.

00:29:55.460 --> 00:29:55.840
 We're going

00:29:55.840 --> 00:29:56.559
 to go after

00:29:56.559 --> 00:29:56.819
 them.

00:29:56.900 --> 00:29:57.079
 We're going

00:29:57.079 --> 00:29:57.660
 to defend

00:29:57.660 --> 00:29:59.299
 with raw

00:29:59.299 --> 00:29:59.980
 emotion.

00:30:01.240 --> 00:30:01.600
 But see,

00:30:01.660 --> 00:30:02.299
 the gospel

00:30:02.299 --> 00:30:04.079
 enables us

00:30:04.079 --> 00:30:04.600
 to answer

00:30:04.600 --> 00:30:05.400
 with gentleness,

00:30:05.940 --> 00:30:07.180
 with respect.

00:30:09.039 --> 00:30:09.660
 Now, I know

00:30:09.660 --> 00:30:10.120
 what some of you

00:30:10.120 --> 00:30:10.600
 are thinking.

00:30:11.259 --> 00:30:12.059
 This doesn't

00:30:12.059 --> 00:30:12.579
 mean that we

00:30:12.579 --> 00:30:13.220
 fold like

00:30:13.220 --> 00:30:13.819
 lawn chairs.

00:30:15.039 --> 00:30:15.420
 We just,

00:30:15.500 --> 00:30:15.700
 you know,

00:30:15.700 --> 00:30:16.120
 take the

00:30:16.120 --> 00:30:16.779
 critics and

00:30:16.779 --> 00:30:17.640
 that's cool,

00:30:17.740 --> 00:30:17.900
 man.

00:30:18.460 --> 00:30:18.720
 Whatever.

00:30:19.620 --> 00:30:20.220
 Just tell

00:30:20.220 --> 00:30:20.440
 me.

00:30:21.240 --> 00:30:21.740
 Tell me

00:30:21.740 --> 00:30:22.160
 I suck.

00:30:22.220 --> 00:30:22.599
 It's cool.

00:30:24.180 --> 00:30:24.799
 Tell me

00:30:24.799 --> 00:30:25.220
 Jesus is

00:30:25.220 --> 00:30:25.539
 horrible.

00:30:26.220 --> 00:30:26.779
 That's cool.

00:30:27.640 --> 00:30:28.000
 No.

00:30:29.359 --> 00:30:29.680
 But we

00:30:29.680 --> 00:30:30.039
 can, the

00:30:30.039 --> 00:30:30.720
 gospel still

00:30:30.720 --> 00:30:31.400
 allows us to

00:30:31.400 --> 00:30:32.480
 correct with

00:30:32.480 --> 00:30:33.079
 gentleness,

00:30:33.440 --> 00:30:34.240
 with love,

00:30:34.339 --> 00:30:35.140
 with care and

00:30:35.140 --> 00:30:35.759
 concern for

00:30:35.759 --> 00:30:36.319
 their hearts

00:30:36.319 --> 00:30:36.620
 and their

00:30:36.620 --> 00:30:37.120
 souls.

00:30:37.980 --> 00:30:38.660
 We can

00:30:38.660 --> 00:30:39.539
 still be bold

00:30:39.539 --> 00:30:40.000
 and right

00:30:40.000 --> 00:30:40.460
 and not

00:30:40.460 --> 00:30:40.859
 sin.

00:30:45.099 --> 00:30:46.019
 The gospel

00:30:46.019 --> 00:30:46.839
 enables us

00:30:46.839 --> 00:30:47.480
 to answer

00:30:47.480 --> 00:30:48.779
 with gentleness

00:30:48.779 --> 00:30:49.880
 and respect.

00:30:50.839 --> 00:30:51.299
 See, this is

00:30:51.299 --> 00:30:52.059
 why Peter

00:30:52.059 --> 00:30:52.980
 tells us to

00:30:52.980 --> 00:30:53.379
 do this,

00:30:53.440 --> 00:30:53.779
 to do it

00:30:53.779 --> 00:30:54.299
 with gentleness

00:30:54.299 --> 00:30:54.700
 and respect.

00:30:55.039 --> 00:30:55.619
 He knows

00:30:55.619 --> 00:30:55.940
 that we're

00:30:55.940 --> 00:30:56.359
 human.

00:30:56.819 --> 00:30:57.339
 He knows

00:30:57.339 --> 00:30:57.639
 that the

00:30:57.639 --> 00:30:58.220
 readers of

00:30:58.220 --> 00:30:58.539
 this are

00:30:58.539 --> 00:30:58.759
 going to

00:30:58.759 --> 00:30:59.319
 be human

00:30:59.319 --> 00:31:00.379
 and we're

00:31:00.379 --> 00:31:00.559
 going to

00:31:00.559 --> 00:31:00.940
 have the

00:31:00.940 --> 00:31:01.879
 same sinful

00:31:01.879 --> 00:31:02.379
 nature,

00:31:03.680 --> 00:31:04.740
 the same

00:31:04.740 --> 00:31:05.519
 emotional

00:31:05.519 --> 00:31:06.899
 fortitude

00:31:06.899 --> 00:31:08.279
 and whatever.

00:31:09.720 --> 00:31:10.119
 We're going

00:31:10.119 --> 00:31:10.599
 to be made

00:31:10.599 --> 00:31:11.279
 the same.

00:31:12.279 --> 00:31:12.599
 And he

00:31:12.599 --> 00:31:13.119
 knows

00:31:13.119 --> 00:31:15.319
 through the

00:31:15.319 --> 00:31:15.720
 leading of

00:31:15.720 --> 00:31:15.980
 the Holy

00:31:15.980 --> 00:31:16.339
 Spirit,

00:31:16.339 --> 00:31:17.000
 of course.

00:31:19.619 --> 00:31:20.079
 Nevertheless,

00:31:21.220 --> 00:31:22.119
 our response

00:31:22.119 --> 00:31:22.779
 can be and

00:31:22.779 --> 00:31:23.579
 must be

00:31:23.579 --> 00:31:24.779
 gentleness

00:31:24.779 --> 00:31:25.839
 and respect.

00:31:26.919 --> 00:31:27.439
 Gentleness

00:31:27.439 --> 00:31:27.779
 to the

00:31:27.779 --> 00:31:28.519
 unbeliever,

00:31:29.559 --> 00:31:30.259
 concern for

00:31:30.259 --> 00:31:30.899
 their souls,

00:31:31.899 --> 00:31:32.579
 love for

00:31:32.579 --> 00:31:32.959
 them,

00:31:34.639 --> 00:31:35.240
 respect

00:31:35.240 --> 00:31:36.359
 towards God,

00:31:36.500 --> 00:31:37.419
 respect and

00:31:37.419 --> 00:31:38.240
 fear is

00:31:38.240 --> 00:31:38.839
 another word

00:31:38.839 --> 00:31:39.159
 here,

00:31:39.159 --> 00:31:40.159
 towards God.

00:31:40.160 --> 00:31:43.880
 which as

00:31:43.880 --> 00:31:44.420
 we know,

00:31:45.500 --> 00:31:46.580
 fear of

00:31:46.580 --> 00:31:47.000
 God,

00:31:47.400 --> 00:31:47.800
 everything

00:31:47.800 --> 00:31:48.279
 trickles

00:31:48.279 --> 00:31:48.860
 down from

00:31:48.860 --> 00:31:49.240
 that,

00:31:49.759 --> 00:31:50.240
 from our

00:31:50.240 --> 00:31:50.779
 reverence

00:31:50.779 --> 00:31:51.500
 to God,

00:31:52.420 --> 00:31:52.800
 everything

00:31:52.800 --> 00:31:53.200
 kind of

00:31:53.200 --> 00:31:53.560
 trickles

00:31:53.560 --> 00:31:54.200
 down from

00:31:54.200 --> 00:31:54.400
 that.

00:31:54.480 --> 00:31:54.580
 So,

00:31:54.740 --> 00:31:55.519
 we fear

00:31:55.519 --> 00:31:55.920
 God,

00:31:56.120 --> 00:31:56.720
 we're going

00:31:56.720 --> 00:31:56.940
 to be

00:31:56.940 --> 00:31:57.279
 humble.

00:31:58.100 --> 00:31:58.759
 We fear

00:31:58.759 --> 00:31:59.060
 God,

00:31:59.120 --> 00:31:59.300
 we're going

00:31:59.300 --> 00:31:59.519
 to put

00:31:59.519 --> 00:31:59.960
 others

00:31:59.960 --> 00:32:00.320
 before

00:32:00.320 --> 00:32:00.860
 ourselves.

00:32:01.360 --> 00:32:01.820
 We fear

00:32:01.820 --> 00:32:02.220
 God,

00:32:02.519 --> 00:32:02.960
 we will

00:32:02.960 --> 00:32:03.660
 respond to

00:32:03.660 --> 00:32:04.259
 our offenders

00:32:04.259 --> 00:32:05.060
 with love

00:32:05.060 --> 00:32:06.279
 and gentleness.

00:32:07.980 --> 00:32:08.560
 Here's what

00:32:08.560 --> 00:32:09.779
 Martin Luther

00:32:09.779 --> 00:32:10.879
 wrote about

00:32:10.879 --> 00:32:11.460
 speaking to

00:32:11.460 --> 00:32:11.920
 people about

00:32:11.920 --> 00:32:12.480
 the hope

00:32:12.480 --> 00:32:13.079
 that we

00:32:13.079 --> 00:32:13.500
 have.

00:32:14.879 --> 00:32:15.420
 He says,

00:32:15.559 --> 00:32:16.180
 do you know

00:32:16.180 --> 00:32:16.420
 what the

00:32:16.420 --> 00:32:17.019
 devil thinks

00:32:17.019 --> 00:32:17.319
 when he

00:32:17.319 --> 00:32:17.980
 sees men

00:32:17.980 --> 00:32:19.019
 use violence

00:32:19.019 --> 00:32:19.720
 to propagate

00:32:19.720 --> 00:32:20.420
 the gospel?

00:32:21.480 --> 00:32:22.160
 He sits

00:32:22.160 --> 00:32:22.740
 with folded

00:32:22.740 --> 00:32:23.559
 arms behind

00:32:23.559 --> 00:32:24.119
 the fire

00:32:24.119 --> 00:32:24.480
 of hell

00:32:24.480 --> 00:32:24.879
 and says

00:32:24.879 --> 00:32:25.680
 with malignant

00:32:25.680 --> 00:32:26.299
 looks and

00:32:26.299 --> 00:32:27.079
 frightful grin,

00:32:27.240 --> 00:32:27.619
 ah,

00:32:28.059 --> 00:32:28.980
 how wise

00:32:28.980 --> 00:32:29.779
 these madmen

00:32:29.779 --> 00:32:30.539
 are to play

00:32:30.539 --> 00:32:31.339
 my game.

00:32:32.039 --> 00:32:32.480
 Let them

00:32:32.480 --> 00:32:33.019
 go on.

00:32:33.319 --> 00:32:33.740
 I shall

00:32:33.740 --> 00:32:34.099
 reap the

00:32:34.099 --> 00:32:34.539
 benefit

00:32:34.539 --> 00:32:35.420
 and I

00:32:35.420 --> 00:32:36.059
 delight in

00:32:36.059 --> 00:32:36.240
 it.

00:32:37.420 --> 00:32:37.940
 But,

00:32:38.119 --> 00:32:38.660
 when he

00:32:38.660 --> 00:32:39.160
 sees the

00:32:39.160 --> 00:32:39.480
 word

00:32:39.480 --> 00:32:40.039
 running

00:32:40.039 --> 00:32:41.200
 and contending

00:32:41.200 --> 00:32:42.079
 alone on

00:32:42.079 --> 00:32:42.740
 the battlefield,

00:32:43.620 --> 00:32:44.339
 then he

00:32:44.339 --> 00:32:44.839
 shudders

00:32:44.839 --> 00:32:45.920
 and shakes

00:32:45.920 --> 00:32:46.860
 for fear.

00:32:48.160 --> 00:32:48.720
 We must

00:32:48.720 --> 00:32:49.099
 defend,

00:32:49.180 --> 00:32:49.599
 not with

00:32:49.599 --> 00:32:51.099
 our opinions,

00:32:51.440 --> 00:32:51.819
 not with

00:32:51.819 --> 00:32:52.900
 our thoughts,

00:32:53.000 --> 00:32:53.740
 we defend

00:32:53.740 --> 00:32:55.620
 with the

00:32:55.620 --> 00:32:55.920
 word.

00:32:56.480 --> 00:32:57.299
 We defend

00:32:57.299 --> 00:32:58.240
 with the

00:32:58.240 --> 00:32:58.539
 word,

00:32:58.660 --> 00:32:59.380
 the gospel

00:32:59.380 --> 00:33:00.200
 of Jesus

00:33:00.200 --> 00:33:00.740
 Christ.

00:33:02.000 --> 00:33:02.319
 Do you

00:33:02.319 --> 00:33:02.680
 know the

00:33:02.680 --> 00:33:02.980
 word?

00:33:03.740 --> 00:33:04.279
 Do you

00:33:04.279 --> 00:33:04.799
 know the

00:33:04.799 --> 00:33:05.160
 word of

00:33:05.160 --> 00:33:05.480
 God?

00:33:07.579 --> 00:33:08.079
 So,

00:33:08.279 --> 00:33:08.700
 not only do

00:33:08.700 --> 00:33:09.100
 we have a

00:33:09.100 --> 00:33:09.700
 readiness to

00:33:09.700 --> 00:33:10.259
 defend our

00:33:10.259 --> 00:33:10.720
 faith,

00:33:11.720 --> 00:33:12.380
 but another

00:33:12.380 --> 00:33:12.799
 piece of

00:33:12.799 --> 00:33:13.519
 evidence is,

00:33:13.960 --> 00:33:14.240
 do you

00:33:14.240 --> 00:33:14.940
 have a

00:33:14.940 --> 00:33:15.259
 good

00:33:15.259 --> 00:33:15.980
 conscience?

00:33:16.980 --> 00:33:17.120
 Verse

00:33:17.120 --> 00:33:17.640
 16.

00:33:20.039 --> 00:33:20.920
 Having a

00:33:20.920 --> 00:33:21.240
 good

00:33:21.240 --> 00:33:22.000
 conscience.

00:33:23.100 --> 00:33:23.980
 Having a

00:33:23.980 --> 00:33:24.620
 good conscience.

00:33:24.799 --> 00:33:24.880
 So,

00:33:24.920 --> 00:33:25.480
 be ready to

00:33:25.480 --> 00:33:26.059
 defend your

00:33:26.059 --> 00:33:26.500
 faith for

00:33:26.500 --> 00:33:26.799
 the hope

00:33:26.799 --> 00:33:27.039
 that you

00:33:27.039 --> 00:33:27.360
 have,

00:33:27.559 --> 00:33:27.840
 with

00:33:27.840 --> 00:33:28.220
 gentleness

00:33:28.220 --> 00:33:28.960
 and respect,

00:33:29.700 --> 00:33:30.880
 having a

00:33:30.880 --> 00:33:31.259
 good

00:33:31.259 --> 00:33:32.220
 conscience.

00:33:32.220 --> 00:33:36.579
 the rest

00:33:36.579 --> 00:33:36.920
 of that

00:33:36.920 --> 00:33:37.339
 verse,

00:33:38.059 --> 00:33:38.640
 so that

00:33:38.640 --> 00:33:38.900
 when you

00:33:38.900 --> 00:33:39.079
 are

00:33:39.079 --> 00:33:39.660
 slandered,

00:33:40.220 --> 00:33:40.819
 those who

00:33:40.819 --> 00:33:41.519
 revile your

00:33:41.519 --> 00:33:42.140
 good behavior

00:33:42.140 --> 00:33:42.759
 in Christ

00:33:42.759 --> 00:33:43.420
 may be put

00:33:43.420 --> 00:33:44.380
 to shame.

00:33:45.240 --> 00:33:45.700
 The key

00:33:45.700 --> 00:33:46.319
 word here,

00:33:47.400 --> 00:33:48.160
 key words

00:33:48.160 --> 00:33:49.019
 here are

00:33:49.019 --> 00:33:50.120
 in Christ.

00:33:51.360 --> 00:33:52.019
 Does your

00:33:52.019 --> 00:33:52.600
 reaction,

00:33:54.279 --> 00:33:54.920
 does your

00:33:54.920 --> 00:33:55.539
 defense,

00:33:55.660 --> 00:33:55.920
 does the

00:33:55.920 --> 00:33:56.240
 way you

00:33:56.240 --> 00:33:56.660
 live your

00:33:56.660 --> 00:33:57.380
 life fit

00:33:57.380 --> 00:33:57.860
 within the

00:33:57.860 --> 00:33:58.240
 statement

00:33:58.240 --> 00:33:59.839
 in Christ?

00:33:59.839 --> 00:34:01.599
 Are you

00:34:01.599 --> 00:34:02.159
 living in

00:34:02.159 --> 00:34:02.519
 Christ?

00:34:03.139 --> 00:34:03.619
 Does your

00:34:03.619 --> 00:34:04.779
 life lean

00:34:04.779 --> 00:34:05.659
 towards sin

00:34:05.659 --> 00:34:06.759
 or towards

00:34:06.759 --> 00:34:07.319
 righteousness?

00:34:08.739 --> 00:34:09.000
 Now,

00:34:09.139 --> 00:34:09.719
 Jamie and I

00:34:09.719 --> 00:34:10.139
 had the

00:34:10.139 --> 00:34:11.219
 great opportunity

00:34:11.219 --> 00:34:11.860
 to take our

00:34:11.860 --> 00:34:12.420
 kids to see

00:34:12.420 --> 00:34:12.940
 the Lorax

00:34:12.940 --> 00:34:13.599
 last night.

00:34:14.480 --> 00:34:14.900
 So,

00:34:14.960 --> 00:34:15.279
 if they all

00:34:15.279 --> 00:34:15.659
 were at the

00:34:15.659 --> 00:34:16.079
 wedding and

00:34:16.079 --> 00:34:16.299
 you didn't

00:34:16.299 --> 00:34:16.739
 see us at

00:34:16.739 --> 00:34:17.239
 the reception,

00:34:17.360 --> 00:34:17.619
 that's where

00:34:17.619 --> 00:34:17.940
 we were.

00:34:18.000 --> 00:34:18.360
 We were at

00:34:18.360 --> 00:34:19.420
 the movie

00:34:19.420 --> 00:34:19.699
 theater.

00:34:22.059 --> 00:34:22.599
 There's a

00:34:22.599 --> 00:34:23.199
 line in

00:34:23.199 --> 00:34:23.920
 the movie

00:34:23.920 --> 00:34:25.259
 that's very

00:34:25.259 --> 00:34:25.900
 applicable to

00:34:25.900 --> 00:34:26.179
 this.

00:34:26.659 --> 00:34:27.380
 The Lorax

00:34:27.380 --> 00:34:28.039
 asks the

00:34:28.039 --> 00:34:28.539
 once-ler,

00:34:28.639 --> 00:34:29.079
 he says,

00:34:29.079 --> 00:34:30.360
 which way

00:34:30.360 --> 00:34:30.699
 does a

00:34:30.699 --> 00:34:31.380
 tree fall?

00:34:32.619 --> 00:34:33.219
 And the

00:34:33.219 --> 00:34:34.039
 once-ler says,

00:34:34.840 --> 00:34:35.619
 I don't

00:34:35.619 --> 00:34:35.880
 know.

00:34:37.159 --> 00:34:37.599
 And the

00:34:37.599 --> 00:34:37.940
 Lorax

00:34:37.940 --> 00:34:38.619
 responds by

00:34:38.619 --> 00:34:39.000
 saying,

00:34:39.319 --> 00:34:40.019
 it falls

00:34:40.019 --> 00:34:40.779
 whichever way

00:34:40.779 --> 00:34:41.319
 it's leaning.

00:34:42.639 --> 00:34:43.639
 Be careful

00:34:43.639 --> 00:34:44.599
 which way

00:34:44.599 --> 00:34:45.519
 you lean.

00:34:47.340 --> 00:34:47.559
 So,

00:34:47.699 --> 00:34:48.619
 for you

00:34:48.619 --> 00:34:49.039
 and for

00:34:49.039 --> 00:34:49.259
 me,

00:34:49.340 --> 00:34:49.819
 which way

00:34:49.819 --> 00:34:50.199
 does your

00:34:50.199 --> 00:34:50.980
 life lean?

00:34:52.159 --> 00:34:52.619
 Sin

00:34:52.619 --> 00:34:53.860
 or

00:34:53.860 --> 00:34:54.319
 righteousness?

00:34:56.759 --> 00:34:57.019
 If a

00:34:57.019 --> 00:34:57.699
 life is in

00:34:57.699 --> 00:34:58.139
 Christ,

00:34:58.219 --> 00:34:58.599
 that means

00:34:58.599 --> 00:34:59.119
 your life

00:34:59.119 --> 00:34:59.619
 through the

00:34:59.619 --> 00:35:00.679
 gospel leans

00:35:00.679 --> 00:35:01.619
 towards

00:35:01.619 --> 00:35:02.420
 righteousness.

00:35:05.360 --> 00:35:06.179
 His term

00:35:06.179 --> 00:35:06.679
 in good

00:35:06.679 --> 00:35:07.239
 conscience

00:35:07.239 --> 00:35:08.319
 does not

00:35:08.319 --> 00:35:08.719
 mean that

00:35:08.719 --> 00:35:09.059
 you've got

00:35:09.059 --> 00:35:09.360
 a good

00:35:09.360 --> 00:35:10.139
 credit score.

00:35:10.279 --> 00:35:10.559
 It doesn't

00:35:10.559 --> 00:35:11.079
 mean that

00:35:11.079 --> 00:35:11.799
 you have

00:35:11.799 --> 00:35:12.019
 good

00:35:12.019 --> 00:35:12.619
 relationships

00:35:12.619 --> 00:35:13.019
 with your

00:35:13.019 --> 00:35:13.759
 co-workers

00:35:13.759 --> 00:35:14.239
 or you

00:35:14.239 --> 00:35:14.799
 can sleep

00:35:14.799 --> 00:35:15.299
 well at

00:35:15.299 --> 00:35:15.679
 night

00:35:15.679 --> 00:35:17.480
 or you

00:35:17.480 --> 00:35:17.799
 don't

00:35:17.799 --> 00:35:18.199
 believe in

00:35:18.199 --> 00:35:18.599
 the Easter

00:35:18.599 --> 00:35:19.019
 Bunny or

00:35:19.019 --> 00:35:19.920
 Santa Claus.

00:35:20.920 --> 00:35:21.579
 None of

00:35:21.579 --> 00:35:21.980
 that.

00:35:22.819 --> 00:35:23.360
 It has to

00:35:23.360 --> 00:35:23.759
 deal with

00:35:23.759 --> 00:35:23.960
 our

00:35:23.960 --> 00:35:24.739
 relationship

00:35:24.739 --> 00:35:25.419
 with God.

00:35:27.019 --> 00:35:27.799
 Because of

00:35:27.799 --> 00:35:28.319
 Christ and

00:35:28.319 --> 00:35:28.839
 His work

00:35:28.839 --> 00:35:29.139
 on the

00:35:29.139 --> 00:35:29.579
 cross,

00:35:30.059 --> 00:35:30.719
 we can

00:35:30.719 --> 00:35:31.039
 live in

00:35:31.039 --> 00:35:31.439
 God's

00:35:31.439 --> 00:35:31.899
 presence

00:35:31.899 --> 00:35:32.739
 clothed in

00:35:32.739 --> 00:35:33.039
 Christ,

00:35:33.179 --> 00:35:34.239
 clothed in

00:35:34.239 --> 00:35:34.500
 His

00:35:34.500 --> 00:35:35.179
 righteousness.

00:35:36.459 --> 00:35:37.379
 To have a

00:35:37.379 --> 00:35:37.919
 good conscience

00:35:37.919 --> 00:35:38.419
 means that

00:35:38.419 --> 00:35:39.319
 we stand

00:35:39.319 --> 00:35:40.279
 firm in

00:35:40.279 --> 00:35:41.059
 our knowledge

00:35:41.059 --> 00:35:41.759
 of Christ's

00:35:41.759 --> 00:35:42.179
 work for

00:35:42.179 --> 00:35:42.759
 us on the

00:35:42.759 --> 00:35:43.879
 cross and

00:35:43.879 --> 00:35:44.459
 our standing

00:35:44.459 --> 00:35:45.119
 with God.

00:35:46.699 --> 00:35:47.319
 What Paul

00:35:47.319 --> 00:35:48.399
 repeatedly says

00:35:48.399 --> 00:35:48.959
 to the church

00:35:48.960 --> 00:35:50.019
 in Corinth

00:35:50.019 --> 00:35:51.980
 talking about

00:35:51.980 --> 00:35:53.240
 their conscience,

00:35:53.460 --> 00:35:53.780
 where they

00:35:53.780 --> 00:35:54.720
 think they

00:35:54.720 --> 00:35:55.139
 are.

00:36:01.880 --> 00:36:03.059
 Our sins

00:36:03.059 --> 00:36:04.340
 all have

00:36:04.340 --> 00:36:04.860
 been forgiven.

00:36:06.679 --> 00:36:07.400
 We are

00:36:07.400 --> 00:36:08.159
 children of

00:36:08.159 --> 00:36:08.420
 God,

00:36:08.500 --> 00:36:09.179
 every single

00:36:09.179 --> 00:36:09.480
 one of

00:36:09.480 --> 00:36:09.579
 them.

00:36:09.659 --> 00:36:10.340
 We stand

00:36:10.340 --> 00:36:11.220
 as if none

00:36:11.220 --> 00:36:11.639
 have ever

00:36:11.639 --> 00:36:12.179
 been committed,

00:36:12.940 --> 00:36:13.659
 as if we

00:36:13.659 --> 00:36:14.400
 are perfect.

00:36:15.360 --> 00:36:15.679
 And in

00:36:15.679 --> 00:36:15.880
 fact,

00:36:15.940 --> 00:36:16.360
 we are

00:36:16.360 --> 00:36:16.840
 because of

00:36:16.840 --> 00:36:18.179
 Christ and

00:36:18.179 --> 00:36:18.519
 His

00:36:18.519 --> 00:36:19.059
 perfection

00:36:19.059 --> 00:36:19.519
 and His

00:36:19.519 --> 00:36:20.340
 righteousness.

00:36:23.099 --> 00:36:23.759
 There's a

00:36:23.759 --> 00:36:24.099
 saying,

00:36:24.300 --> 00:36:25.039
 and we've

00:36:25.039 --> 00:36:25.280
 got

00:36:25.280 --> 00:36:26.159
 presidential

00:36:26.159 --> 00:36:27.719
 campaign going

00:36:27.719 --> 00:36:28.320
 on this

00:36:28.320 --> 00:36:28.579
 year,

00:36:28.659 --> 00:36:28.860
 and there's

00:36:28.860 --> 00:36:29.280
 a saying

00:36:29.280 --> 00:36:29.820
 that says

00:36:29.820 --> 00:36:32.099
 we all

00:36:32.099 --> 00:36:32.400
 have

00:36:32.400 --> 00:36:32.920
 skeletons

00:36:32.920 --> 00:36:33.460
 in our

00:36:33.460 --> 00:36:33.840
 closet.

00:36:34.480 --> 00:36:34.840
 We all

00:36:34.840 --> 00:36:35.460
 have things

00:36:35.460 --> 00:36:35.900
 that are

00:36:35.900 --> 00:36:36.360
 in there

00:36:36.360 --> 00:36:36.659
 that we're

00:36:36.659 --> 00:36:37.239
 just ashamed

00:36:37.239 --> 00:36:37.579
 of,

00:36:37.679 --> 00:36:38.079
 things we've

00:36:38.079 --> 00:36:38.440
 done,

00:36:38.880 --> 00:36:39.340
 things we've

00:36:39.340 --> 00:36:39.719
 thought,

00:36:39.900 --> 00:36:40.320
 things we've

00:36:40.320 --> 00:36:40.659
 whatever.

00:36:42.659 --> 00:36:42.940
 Well,

00:36:43.019 --> 00:36:43.599
 politicians,

00:36:43.599 --> 00:36:44.480
 you'll notice,

00:36:44.659 --> 00:36:45.360
 ramping up

00:36:45.360 --> 00:36:45.699
 now,

00:36:45.800 --> 00:36:46.000
 and they've

00:36:46.000 --> 00:36:46.519
 already been

00:36:46.519 --> 00:36:47.139
 doing it,

00:36:47.139 --> 00:36:48.259
 they're

00:36:48.259 --> 00:36:48.739
 starting to

00:36:48.739 --> 00:36:49.019
 pull

00:36:49.019 --> 00:36:49.599
 skeletons

00:36:49.599 --> 00:36:50.239
 out of

00:36:50.239 --> 00:36:51.719
 the opposing

00:36:51.719 --> 00:36:52.339
 politicians'

00:36:52.599 --> 00:36:53.099
 closets.

00:36:53.759 --> 00:36:54.019
 Well,

00:36:54.079 --> 00:36:54.480
 this guy

00:36:54.480 --> 00:36:55.259
 had affairs,

00:36:55.579 --> 00:36:56.379
 and this

00:36:56.379 --> 00:36:56.839
 guy doesn't

00:36:56.839 --> 00:36:57.359
 do this,

00:36:57.420 --> 00:36:57.719
 or this

00:36:57.719 --> 00:36:57.960
 guy,

00:36:58.059 --> 00:36:58.359
 whatever,

00:36:58.719 --> 00:36:59.460
 and on

00:36:59.460 --> 00:36:59.759
 and on

00:36:59.759 --> 00:37:00.139
 and on.

00:37:01.179 --> 00:37:01.659
 They try

00:37:01.659 --> 00:37:02.259
 to sway

00:37:02.259 --> 00:37:02.859
 us as

00:37:02.859 --> 00:37:03.659
 voters to

00:37:03.659 --> 00:37:04.799
 vote for

00:37:04.799 --> 00:37:05.839
 who they

00:37:05.839 --> 00:37:06.239
 want us

00:37:06.239 --> 00:37:06.559
 to vote

00:37:06.559 --> 00:37:06.859
 for.

00:37:07.639 --> 00:37:08.159
 Well,

00:37:08.199 --> 00:37:08.679
 here's the

00:37:08.679 --> 00:37:09.199
 reality.

00:37:09.940 --> 00:37:10.400
 Sure,

00:37:10.579 --> 00:37:11.059
 we all

00:37:11.059 --> 00:37:11.779
 have skeletons

00:37:11.779 --> 00:37:12.199
 in our

00:37:12.199 --> 00:37:12.579
 closet.

00:37:12.679 --> 00:37:12.900
 We all

00:37:12.900 --> 00:37:13.099
 have

00:37:13.099 --> 00:37:13.559
 something

00:37:13.559 --> 00:37:13.960
 we've

00:37:13.960 --> 00:37:14.159
 done

00:37:14.159 --> 00:37:14.319
 that

00:37:14.319 --> 00:37:14.460
 we're

00:37:14.460 --> 00:37:14.920
 ashamed

00:37:14.920 --> 00:37:15.279
 of.

00:37:15.679 --> 00:37:15.920
 But

00:37:15.920 --> 00:37:16.519
 because of

00:37:16.519 --> 00:37:17.039
 Christ,

00:37:18.899 --> 00:37:19.420
 because of

00:37:19.420 --> 00:37:20.019
 what He's

00:37:20.019 --> 00:37:20.399
 done,

00:37:21.859 --> 00:37:22.119
 those

00:37:22.119 --> 00:37:22.480
 skeletons

00:37:22.480 --> 00:37:23.299
 don't exist.

00:37:24.219 --> 00:37:24.899
 Because He

00:37:24.899 --> 00:37:25.460
 has forgiven

00:37:25.460 --> 00:37:25.960
 us of

00:37:25.960 --> 00:37:27.000
 those sins.

00:37:29.500 --> 00:37:30.219
 He has

00:37:30.219 --> 00:37:31.599
 cleansed

00:37:31.599 --> 00:37:32.960
 us as if

00:37:32.960 --> 00:37:33.599
 we've never

00:37:33.599 --> 00:37:34.379
 committed

00:37:34.379 --> 00:37:35.279
 them.

00:37:36.079 --> 00:37:36.659
 So if we

00:37:36.659 --> 00:37:37.319
 live in good

00:37:37.319 --> 00:37:37.779
 conscience

00:37:37.779 --> 00:37:38.579
 with God,

00:37:40.199 --> 00:37:40.899
 those

00:37:40.899 --> 00:37:41.339
 skeletons

00:37:41.339 --> 00:37:43.259
 don't exist.

00:37:43.260 --> 00:37:44.380
 that's good

00:37:44.380 --> 00:37:44.780
 news.

00:37:46.020 --> 00:37:46.380
 There's

00:37:46.380 --> 00:37:47.160
 nothing to

00:37:47.160 --> 00:37:47.540
 fear.

00:37:48.440 --> 00:37:48.780
 Am I

00:37:48.780 --> 00:37:49.240
 saying go

00:37:49.240 --> 00:37:49.560
 and run

00:37:49.560 --> 00:37:50.480
 for politics?

00:37:50.860 --> 00:37:51.060
 No.

00:37:51.680 --> 00:37:52.020
 I'm not

00:37:52.020 --> 00:37:52.500
 saying that.

00:37:54.080 --> 00:37:54.560
 But I

00:37:54.560 --> 00:37:55.020
 am saying

00:37:55.020 --> 00:37:55.900
 even better,

00:37:57.080 --> 00:37:57.340
 you're

00:37:57.340 --> 00:37:57.720
 standing

00:37:57.720 --> 00:37:58.260
 before a

00:37:58.260 --> 00:37:58.680
 holy,

00:37:59.220 --> 00:37:59.920
 righteous

00:37:59.920 --> 00:38:01.460
 God is

00:38:01.460 --> 00:38:02.200
 right because

00:38:02.200 --> 00:38:02.860
 of Christ.

00:38:03.380 --> 00:38:04.640
 If you

00:38:04.640 --> 00:38:04.880
 are a

00:38:04.880 --> 00:38:05.600
 child of

00:38:05.600 --> 00:38:05.840
 God,

00:38:06.020 --> 00:38:07.100
 if you

00:38:07.100 --> 00:38:07.620
 know Jesus,

00:38:07.880 --> 00:38:08.440
 if you

00:38:08.440 --> 00:38:08.600
 have

00:38:08.600 --> 00:38:08.980
 surrendered

00:38:08.980 --> 00:38:09.620
 your life

00:38:09.620 --> 00:38:10.580
 to Him.

00:38:12.600 --> 00:38:12.960
 So see

00:38:12.960 --> 00:38:13.940
 what matters

00:38:13.940 --> 00:38:15.639
 is our

00:38:15.639 --> 00:38:16.179
 relationship

00:38:16.179 --> 00:38:16.820
 with God.

00:38:17.880 --> 00:38:18.519
 Not how

00:38:18.519 --> 00:38:19.139
 we live.

00:38:20.260 --> 00:38:21.500
 Not what

00:38:21.500 --> 00:38:22.019
 we think.

00:38:22.079 --> 00:38:22.720
 What matters

00:38:22.720 --> 00:38:23.019
 is our

00:38:23.019 --> 00:38:23.460
 relationship

00:38:23.460 --> 00:38:24.000
 with Him

00:38:24.000 --> 00:38:24.260
 and then

00:38:24.260 --> 00:38:24.559
 everything

00:38:24.559 --> 00:38:25.039
 else gets

00:38:25.039 --> 00:38:25.679
 affected by

00:38:25.679 --> 00:38:25.960
 that.

00:38:26.460 --> 00:38:26.820
 So if we

00:38:26.820 --> 00:38:27.420
 know Jesus

00:38:27.420 --> 00:38:28.659
 and the

00:38:28.659 --> 00:38:29.199
 gospel has

00:38:29.199 --> 00:38:29.900
 infected us,

00:38:30.000 --> 00:38:30.699
 our lives

00:38:30.699 --> 00:38:31.260
 will be

00:38:31.260 --> 00:38:31.639
 affected.

00:38:33.539 --> 00:38:34.240
 So we

00:38:34.240 --> 00:38:34.860
 can live

00:38:34.860 --> 00:38:35.679
 as fearless

00:38:35.679 --> 00:38:36.940
 and forgiven

00:38:36.940 --> 00:38:37.599
 children of

00:38:37.599 --> 00:38:37.960
 God.

00:38:37.960 --> 00:38:39.619
 and when

00:38:39.619 --> 00:38:40.079
 we do

00:38:40.079 --> 00:38:40.679
 our

00:38:40.679 --> 00:38:41.220
 reaction

00:38:41.220 --> 00:38:41.840
 to our

00:38:41.840 --> 00:38:43.159
 slanderers

00:38:43.159 --> 00:38:46.179
 can be

00:38:46.179 --> 00:38:48.079
 gentle,

00:38:48.980 --> 00:38:49.579
 respectful,

00:38:50.800 --> 00:38:51.420
 and godly

00:38:51.420 --> 00:38:51.780
 and good

00:38:51.780 --> 00:38:52.400
 conscience.

00:38:54.500 --> 00:38:55.699
 Verse 16,

00:38:55.820 --> 00:38:56.780
 there's two

00:38:56.780 --> 00:38:57.480
 words right in

00:38:57.480 --> 00:38:57.840
 the middle.

00:38:57.940 --> 00:38:58.199
 It says,

00:38:58.280 --> 00:38:58.900
 so that

00:38:58.900 --> 00:39:02.480
 having a

00:39:02.480 --> 00:39:03.159
 good conscience

00:39:03.159 --> 00:39:04.059
 so that

00:39:04.059 --> 00:39:05.440
 when you are

00:39:05.440 --> 00:39:06.019
 slandered,

00:39:06.220 --> 00:39:06.700
 those who

00:39:06.700 --> 00:39:07.280
 revile your

00:39:07.280 --> 00:39:07.780
 good behavior

00:39:07.780 --> 00:39:08.300
 in Christ

00:39:08.300 --> 00:39:08.679
 may be

00:39:08.679 --> 00:39:09.240
 put to

00:39:09.240 --> 00:39:09.639
 shame.

00:39:12.019 --> 00:39:12.639
 They'll be

00:39:12.639 --> 00:39:12.940
 put to

00:39:12.940 --> 00:39:13.480
 shame because

00:39:13.480 --> 00:39:14.079
 nothing they

00:39:14.079 --> 00:39:14.659
 say will be

00:39:14.659 --> 00:39:15.000
 true.

00:39:16.139 --> 00:39:16.679
 Nothing will

00:39:16.679 --> 00:39:17.079
 matter.

00:39:18.559 --> 00:39:19.099
 You have

00:39:19.099 --> 00:39:19.460
 lived the

00:39:19.460 --> 00:39:19.960
 life in

00:39:19.960 --> 00:39:20.559
 honor and

00:39:20.559 --> 00:39:21.599
 praise of

00:39:21.599 --> 00:39:22.039
 God.

00:39:24.860 --> 00:39:25.619
 In good

00:39:25.619 --> 00:39:26.079
 conscience

00:39:26.079 --> 00:39:26.639
 with Him,

00:39:26.860 --> 00:39:27.300
 therefore,

00:39:27.820 --> 00:39:29.220
 nothing matters.

00:39:29.320 --> 00:39:29.539
 And what

00:39:29.539 --> 00:39:30.480
 somebody says,

00:39:31.019 --> 00:39:31.460
 rumor,

00:39:31.960 --> 00:39:32.380
 slander,

00:39:32.820 --> 00:39:33.380
 will not

00:39:33.380 --> 00:39:34.559
 matter because

00:39:34.559 --> 00:39:35.299
 your standing

00:39:35.299 --> 00:39:36.420
 with God

00:39:36.420 --> 00:39:38.380
 is right.

00:39:39.699 --> 00:39:40.199
 Now,

00:39:41.239 --> 00:39:42.259
 the last

00:39:42.259 --> 00:39:43.719
 evidence,

00:39:44.759 --> 00:39:45.599
 the last

00:39:45.599 --> 00:39:46.279
 piece is,

00:39:46.360 --> 00:39:46.639
 do you

00:39:46.639 --> 00:39:48.000
 suffer for

00:39:48.000 --> 00:39:48.659
 doing good?

00:39:49.619 --> 00:39:50.179
 Do you

00:39:50.179 --> 00:39:50.960
 suffer for

00:39:50.960 --> 00:39:51.599
 doing good?

00:39:52.099 --> 00:39:52.699
 And this is

00:39:52.699 --> 00:39:53.139
 found in

00:39:53.139 --> 00:39:53.980
 verse 14

00:39:53.980 --> 00:39:54.519
 and verse

00:39:54.519 --> 00:39:55.000
 17.

00:39:57.500 --> 00:39:58.099
 Remember,

00:39:58.320 --> 00:39:58.719
 Peter's

00:39:58.719 --> 00:39:59.219
 writing to

00:39:59.219 --> 00:39:59.759
 the churches

00:39:59.759 --> 00:40:00.239
 in Asia

00:40:00.239 --> 00:40:00.759
 Minor who

00:40:00.759 --> 00:40:01.500
 are already

00:40:01.500 --> 00:40:02.039
 suffering,

00:40:02.179 --> 00:40:02.500
 and in

00:40:02.500 --> 00:40:02.980
 fact,

00:40:02.980 --> 00:40:04.920
 worse is

00:40:04.920 --> 00:40:05.480
 headed their

00:40:05.480 --> 00:40:05.860
 way.

00:40:06.780 --> 00:40:07.440
 Peter knows

00:40:07.440 --> 00:40:08.240
 that more

00:40:08.240 --> 00:40:08.880
 is coming.

00:40:09.719 --> 00:40:09.980
 So in

00:40:09.980 --> 00:40:10.699
 verse 14

00:40:10.699 --> 00:40:11.300
 he says,

00:40:11.980 --> 00:40:12.360
 but even

00:40:12.360 --> 00:40:12.719
 if you

00:40:12.719 --> 00:40:13.280
 should suffer

00:40:13.280 --> 00:40:14.000
 for righteousness

00:40:14.000 --> 00:40:14.559
 sake,

00:40:14.639 --> 00:40:14.960
 you will

00:40:14.960 --> 00:40:15.659
 be blessed.

00:40:16.139 --> 00:40:17.119
 Have no

00:40:17.119 --> 00:40:17.940
 fear of

00:40:17.940 --> 00:40:18.179
 them,

00:40:18.300 --> 00:40:18.940
 nor be

00:40:18.940 --> 00:40:19.500
 troubled.

00:40:20.179 --> 00:40:20.940
 Verse 17,

00:40:21.139 --> 00:40:21.559
 for it is

00:40:21.559 --> 00:40:22.099
 better to

00:40:22.099 --> 00:40:22.740
 suffer for

00:40:22.740 --> 00:40:23.360
 doing good

00:40:23.360 --> 00:40:24.420
 if that

00:40:24.420 --> 00:40:24.800
 should be

00:40:24.800 --> 00:40:25.199
 God's

00:40:25.199 --> 00:40:25.679
 will than

00:40:25.679 --> 00:40:26.240
 for doing

00:40:26.240 --> 00:40:27.240
 evil.

00:40:29.139 --> 00:40:29.440
 Now,

00:40:29.519 --> 00:40:30.000
 as Christians,

00:40:30.199 --> 00:40:31.019
 there's going

00:40:31.019 --> 00:40:31.699
 to be times

00:40:31.699 --> 00:40:32.379
 of suffering.

00:40:32.699 --> 00:40:33.019
 There's going

00:40:33.019 --> 00:40:33.259
 to be

00:40:33.259 --> 00:40:34.559
 situations

00:40:34.559 --> 00:40:35.460
 that we're

00:40:35.460 --> 00:40:35.879
 going to

00:40:35.879 --> 00:40:36.159
 suffer

00:40:36.159 --> 00:40:36.599
 through.

00:40:37.759 --> 00:40:38.079
 Some

00:40:38.079 --> 00:40:38.460
 may be

00:40:38.460 --> 00:40:39.099
 persecution.

00:40:41.359 --> 00:40:41.799
 There are

00:40:41.799 --> 00:40:42.500
 two statements

00:40:42.500 --> 00:40:43.239
 that I've

00:40:43.239 --> 00:40:44.000
 read recently.

00:40:44.179 --> 00:40:44.759
 One says,

00:40:45.139 --> 00:40:45.699
 suffering

00:40:45.699 --> 00:40:46.659
 stalks the

00:40:46.659 --> 00:40:47.159
 believer

00:40:47.159 --> 00:40:48.339
 until this

00:40:48.339 --> 00:40:49.059
 present evil

00:40:49.059 --> 00:40:49.799
 age comes

00:40:49.799 --> 00:40:50.500
 to an end.

00:40:52.039 --> 00:40:52.379
 Another

00:40:52.379 --> 00:40:52.739
 one is

00:40:52.739 --> 00:40:53.159
 suffering

00:40:53.159 --> 00:40:53.599
 is an

00:40:53.599 --> 00:40:54.219
 indication

00:40:54.219 --> 00:40:55.899
 of God's

00:40:55.899 --> 00:40:56.439
 blessing.

00:40:57.159 --> 00:40:57.759
 We see

00:40:57.759 --> 00:40:58.379
 that in

00:40:58.379 --> 00:40:59.239
 James 1.

00:40:59.919 --> 00:41:00.359
 You guys

00:41:00.360 --> 00:41:00.700
 know,

00:41:00.820 --> 00:41:01.740
 James 1.

00:41:02.079 --> 00:41:03.039
 2-4,

00:41:03.120 --> 00:41:03.300
 it says,

00:41:03.440 --> 00:41:03.820
 Count it

00:41:03.820 --> 00:41:04.579
 all joy,

00:41:04.680 --> 00:41:05.340
 my brothers,

00:41:06.120 --> 00:41:06.539
 when you

00:41:06.539 --> 00:41:07.240
 meet trials

00:41:07.240 --> 00:41:07.820
 of various

00:41:07.820 --> 00:41:08.380
 kinds,

00:41:08.480 --> 00:41:08.760
 for you

00:41:08.760 --> 00:41:10.000
 know that

00:41:10.000 --> 00:41:10.559
 the testing

00:41:10.559 --> 00:41:10.920
 of your

00:41:10.920 --> 00:41:11.720
 faith produces

00:41:11.720 --> 00:41:12.840
 steadfastness.

00:41:13.340 --> 00:41:13.640
 And let

00:41:13.640 --> 00:41:14.559
 steadfastness

00:41:14.559 --> 00:41:15.300
 hold its

00:41:15.300 --> 00:41:15.920
 full effect,

00:41:16.000 --> 00:41:16.200
 that you

00:41:16.200 --> 00:41:16.480
 may be

00:41:16.480 --> 00:41:17.180
 perfect and

00:41:17.180 --> 00:41:17.680
 complete,

00:41:18.420 --> 00:41:19.180
 lacking in

00:41:19.180 --> 00:41:19.519
 nothing.

00:41:20.099 --> 00:41:20.539
 Count it

00:41:20.539 --> 00:41:21.200
 all joy,

00:41:21.300 --> 00:41:21.820
 my brothers,

00:41:21.880 --> 00:41:22.140
 when you

00:41:22.140 --> 00:41:22.720
 meet trials

00:41:22.720 --> 00:41:23.240
 of various

00:41:23.240 --> 00:41:23.780
 kinds.

00:41:24.740 --> 00:41:25.160
 We are

00:41:25.160 --> 00:41:25.660
 going to

00:41:25.660 --> 00:41:26.019
 suffer.

00:41:27.599 --> 00:41:28.380
 The people

00:41:28.380 --> 00:41:28.760
 in Asia

00:41:28.760 --> 00:41:29.320
 minor are

00:41:29.320 --> 00:41:29.960
 suffering at

00:41:29.960 --> 00:41:30.500
 this time

00:41:30.500 --> 00:41:30.880
 that Peter

00:41:30.880 --> 00:41:31.380
 is writing

00:41:31.380 --> 00:41:31.820
 this.

00:41:32.800 --> 00:41:33.200
 There are

00:41:33.200 --> 00:41:33.880
 brothers and

00:41:33.880 --> 00:41:34.440
 sisters in

00:41:34.440 --> 00:41:35.180
 our time

00:41:35.180 --> 00:41:35.500
 who are

00:41:35.500 --> 00:41:36.059
 dying,

00:41:37.180 --> 00:41:37.800
 being murdered

00:41:37.800 --> 00:41:38.200
 for their

00:41:38.200 --> 00:41:38.700
 faith.

00:41:39.820 --> 00:41:39.960
 Now,

00:41:40.039 --> 00:41:40.500
 of course,

00:41:41.720 --> 00:41:42.500
 for most

00:41:42.500 --> 00:41:42.920
 of us in

00:41:42.920 --> 00:41:43.039
 here,

00:41:43.099 --> 00:41:43.420
 that's not

00:41:43.420 --> 00:41:43.820
 really a

00:41:43.820 --> 00:41:44.200
 reality.

00:41:44.400 --> 00:41:44.960
 We're kind

00:41:44.960 --> 00:41:45.559
 of sheltered

00:41:45.559 --> 00:41:45.680
 here.

00:41:45.740 --> 00:41:46.059
 We've got

00:41:46.059 --> 00:41:46.460
 freedom.

00:41:47.260 --> 00:41:47.840
 We've got

00:41:47.840 --> 00:41:49.480
 safety.

00:41:49.820 --> 00:41:50.200
 We've got

00:41:50.200 --> 00:41:50.700
 houses.

00:41:50.960 --> 00:41:52.039
 We've got a

00:41:52.039 --> 00:41:52.380
 lot of

00:41:52.380 --> 00:41:53.039
 things that

00:41:53.039 --> 00:41:54.380
 shelter us

00:41:54.380 --> 00:41:54.700
 here.

00:41:54.699 --> 00:41:56.679
 But it

00:41:56.679 --> 00:41:57.239
 doesn't mean

00:41:57.239 --> 00:41:57.779
 that sooner

00:41:57.779 --> 00:41:58.299
 or later

00:41:58.299 --> 00:41:58.960
 our faith

00:41:58.960 --> 00:41:59.239
 is going

00:41:59.239 --> 00:41:59.439
 to go

00:41:59.439 --> 00:42:00.500
 head on

00:42:00.500 --> 00:42:01.119
 against

00:42:01.119 --> 00:42:02.299
 someone or

00:42:02.299 --> 00:42:02.859
 something in

00:42:02.859 --> 00:42:03.419
 this world

00:42:03.419 --> 00:42:04.899
 that is

00:42:04.899 --> 00:42:05.559
 against what

00:42:05.559 --> 00:42:06.699
 we preach,

00:42:07.539 --> 00:42:08.460
 against what

00:42:08.460 --> 00:42:09.059
 we live.

00:42:11.000 --> 00:42:11.199
 See,

00:42:11.239 --> 00:42:11.639
 the reason

00:42:11.639 --> 00:42:11.919
 that we're

00:42:11.919 --> 00:42:12.199
 going to

00:42:12.199 --> 00:42:12.699
 suffer is

00:42:12.699 --> 00:42:13.439
 because Jesus

00:42:13.439 --> 00:42:14.599
 is the

00:42:14.599 --> 00:42:15.679
 antithesis to

00:42:15.679 --> 00:42:16.199
 the world.

00:42:16.819 --> 00:42:17.259
 He's the

00:42:17.259 --> 00:42:18.139
 opposite of

00:42:18.139 --> 00:42:18.639
 the world.

00:42:18.799 --> 00:42:19.379
 He preaches

00:42:19.379 --> 00:42:19.899
 life.

00:42:20.299 --> 00:42:20.879
 World is

00:42:20.879 --> 00:42:21.299
 death.

00:42:21.559 --> 00:42:21.919
 He is

00:42:21.919 --> 00:42:22.299
 light.

00:42:22.599 --> 00:42:23.179
 World is

00:42:23.179 --> 00:42:23.939
 dark.

00:42:24.699 --> 00:42:25.859
 And if

00:42:25.859 --> 00:42:26.319
 he's the

00:42:26.319 --> 00:42:26.859
 light and

00:42:26.859 --> 00:42:27.419
 he shines

00:42:27.419 --> 00:42:27.759
 the light

00:42:27.759 --> 00:42:28.039
 in the

00:42:28.039 --> 00:42:28.480
 dark,

00:42:29.539 --> 00:42:30.419
 you get

00:42:30.419 --> 00:42:30.679
 to see

00:42:30.679 --> 00:42:31.179
 all the

00:42:31.179 --> 00:42:31.699
 defects,

00:42:32.179 --> 00:42:32.739
 all the

00:42:32.739 --> 00:42:33.099
 warts,

00:42:33.219 --> 00:42:33.599
 all the

00:42:33.599 --> 00:42:34.019
 cracks,

00:42:34.139 --> 00:42:34.460
 all the

00:42:34.460 --> 00:42:34.799
 whatever.

00:42:36.299 --> 00:42:36.960
 Because

00:42:36.960 --> 00:42:37.359
 Jesus'

00:42:37.639 --> 00:42:38.099
 light has

00:42:38.099 --> 00:42:38.259
 been

00:42:38.259 --> 00:42:38.719
 shown.

00:42:40.299 --> 00:42:40.960
 The

00:42:40.960 --> 00:42:41.460
 defects

00:42:41.460 --> 00:42:41.719
 in

00:42:41.719 --> 00:42:42.399
 religion,

00:42:43.480 --> 00:42:43.799
 the

00:42:43.799 --> 00:42:44.239
 defects

00:42:44.239 --> 00:42:44.500
 in

00:42:44.500 --> 00:42:45.259
 philosophy,

00:42:46.239 --> 00:42:46.460
 the

00:42:46.460 --> 00:42:46.939
 defects

00:42:46.939 --> 00:42:47.219
 in

00:42:47.219 --> 00:42:47.679
 social

00:42:47.679 --> 00:42:48.399
 priorities,

00:42:49.359 --> 00:42:49.559
 the

00:42:49.559 --> 00:42:50.039
 defects

00:42:50.039 --> 00:42:50.299
 in

00:42:50.299 --> 00:42:51.179
 moralism,

00:42:52.239 --> 00:42:52.379
 the

00:42:52.379 --> 00:42:52.819
 defects

00:42:52.819 --> 00:42:53.079
 in

00:42:53.079 --> 00:42:53.839
 personal

00:42:53.839 --> 00:42:54.679
 responsibility.

00:42:54.699 --> 00:42:57.319
 Jesus is

00:42:57.319 --> 00:42:57.519
 the

00:42:57.519 --> 00:42:57.960
 light.

00:42:58.439 --> 00:42:58.619
 And if

00:42:58.619 --> 00:42:59.099
 we claim

00:42:59.099 --> 00:42:59.419
 to be

00:42:59.419 --> 00:42:59.859
 his,

00:43:00.339 --> 00:43:00.799
 then we

00:43:00.799 --> 00:43:01.119
 will

00:43:01.119 --> 00:43:01.519
 suffer

00:43:01.519 --> 00:43:01.759
 for

00:43:01.759 --> 00:43:02.000
 his

00:43:02.000 --> 00:43:02.319
 name.

00:43:02.519 --> 00:43:02.659
 There

00:43:02.659 --> 00:43:02.960
 will

00:43:02.960 --> 00:43:03.319
 be a

00:43:03.319 --> 00:43:03.639
 time.

00:43:07.859 --> 00:43:08.379
 The

00:43:08.379 --> 00:43:08.819
 fact

00:43:08.819 --> 00:43:10.219
 that we

00:43:10.219 --> 00:43:10.399
 are

00:43:10.399 --> 00:43:10.879
 Christians

00:43:10.879 --> 00:43:12.159
 and in

00:43:12.159 --> 00:43:12.599
 Romans

00:43:12.599 --> 00:43:13.219
 chapter 8,

00:43:13.279 --> 00:43:13.779
 if God

00:43:13.779 --> 00:43:14.299
 is for

00:43:14.299 --> 00:43:14.759
 us,

00:43:15.319 --> 00:43:15.779
 then who

00:43:15.779 --> 00:43:16.239
 is there

00:43:16.239 --> 00:43:16.799
 to fear?

00:43:18.839 --> 00:43:19.359
 In

00:43:19.359 --> 00:43:19.679
 Revelation

00:43:19.679 --> 00:43:20.579
 chapter 2

00:43:20.579 --> 00:43:21.179
 verse 10,

00:43:21.279 --> 00:43:21.899
 Jesus gives

00:43:21.899 --> 00:43:22.279
 us some

00:43:22.279 --> 00:43:22.839
 encouragement.

00:43:22.840 --> 00:43:24.820
 He says,

00:43:24.900 --> 00:43:25.260
 do not

00:43:25.260 --> 00:43:25.800
 fear what

00:43:25.800 --> 00:43:26.000
 you are

00:43:26.000 --> 00:43:26.460
 about to

00:43:26.460 --> 00:43:26.800
 suffer.

00:43:28.059 --> 00:43:28.500
 Behold,

00:43:28.720 --> 00:43:29.420
 the devil

00:43:29.420 --> 00:43:29.860
 is about

00:43:29.860 --> 00:43:30.260
 to throw

00:43:30.260 --> 00:43:30.640
 some of

00:43:30.640 --> 00:43:30.920
 you into

00:43:30.920 --> 00:43:31.340
 prison,

00:43:31.820 --> 00:43:32.100
 that you

00:43:32.100 --> 00:43:32.380
 may be

00:43:32.380 --> 00:43:32.760
 tested,

00:43:32.920 --> 00:43:33.140
 and for

00:43:33.140 --> 00:43:33.660
 ten days

00:43:33.660 --> 00:43:33.920
 you will

00:43:33.920 --> 00:43:34.019
 have

00:43:34.019 --> 00:43:34.640
 tribulation.

00:43:35.460 --> 00:43:35.680
 Be

00:43:35.680 --> 00:43:36.160
 faithful

00:43:36.160 --> 00:43:36.460
 unto

00:43:36.460 --> 00:43:36.840
 death,

00:43:36.940 --> 00:43:37.260
 and I

00:43:37.260 --> 00:43:37.539
 will give

00:43:37.539 --> 00:43:37.780
 you the

00:43:37.780 --> 00:43:38.180
 crown

00:43:38.180 --> 00:43:39.220
 of life.

00:43:39.780 --> 00:43:40.240
 That's to

00:43:40.240 --> 00:43:40.700
 the church

00:43:40.700 --> 00:43:41.579
 in Smyrna

00:43:41.579 --> 00:43:41.840
 that he

00:43:41.840 --> 00:43:42.400
 writes to.

00:43:45.720 --> 00:43:46.280
 We

00:43:46.280 --> 00:43:47.360
 should not

00:43:47.360 --> 00:43:47.800
 go through

00:43:47.800 --> 00:43:48.280
 suffering

00:43:48.280 --> 00:43:48.680
 with our

00:43:48.680 --> 00:43:49.160
 heads

00:43:49.160 --> 00:43:49.920
 hung

00:43:49.920 --> 00:43:50.260
 low,

00:43:50.260 --> 00:43:51.580
 with the

00:43:51.580 --> 00:43:52.200
 poor me

00:43:52.200 --> 00:43:52.780
 attitude,

00:43:53.140 --> 00:43:53.440
 or the

00:43:53.440 --> 00:43:55.160
 poor me

00:43:55.160 --> 00:43:55.980
 signs all

00:43:55.980 --> 00:43:56.760
 over us.

00:43:59.280 --> 00:43:59.920
 We

00:43:59.920 --> 00:44:00.280
 should go

00:44:00.280 --> 00:44:00.500
 through

00:44:00.500 --> 00:44:00.980
 suffering

00:44:00.980 --> 00:44:01.200
 with

00:44:01.200 --> 00:44:01.940
 courage,

00:44:02.840 --> 00:44:03.960
 with

00:44:03.960 --> 00:44:05.380
 courage

00:44:05.380 --> 00:44:06.880
 and fight.

00:44:08.720 --> 00:44:09.540
 Courage in

00:44:09.540 --> 00:44:10.120
 order to be

00:44:10.120 --> 00:44:10.600
 faithful.

00:44:11.900 --> 00:44:12.380
 We must

00:44:12.380 --> 00:44:13.220
 face all

00:44:13.220 --> 00:44:13.980
 circumstances

00:44:13.980 --> 00:44:14.680
 with courage.

00:44:14.880 --> 00:44:15.800
 As Joshua

00:44:15.800 --> 00:44:17.360
 says in

00:44:17.360 --> 00:44:17.720
 Joshua

00:44:17.720 --> 00:44:18.180
 chapter 1,

00:44:18.240 --> 00:44:18.720
 only be

00:44:18.720 --> 00:44:19.520
 strong and

00:44:19.519 --> 00:44:19.900
 very

00:44:19.900 --> 00:44:20.480
 courageous,

00:44:20.639 --> 00:44:20.840
 being

00:44:20.840 --> 00:44:21.579
 careful to

00:44:21.579 --> 00:44:21.759
 do

00:44:21.759 --> 00:44:22.280
 according

00:44:22.280 --> 00:44:23.019
 to all

00:44:23.019 --> 00:44:23.420
 the law

00:44:23.420 --> 00:44:23.619
 that

00:44:23.619 --> 00:44:23.900
 Moses

00:44:23.900 --> 00:44:24.199
 my

00:44:24.199 --> 00:44:24.559
 servant

00:44:24.559 --> 00:44:25.019
 commanded

00:44:25.019 --> 00:44:25.340
 you.

00:44:26.219 --> 00:44:26.860
 Verse 9,

00:44:26.960 --> 00:44:27.599
 he repeats,

00:44:27.880 --> 00:44:28.219
 Have I

00:44:28.219 --> 00:44:28.480
 not

00:44:28.480 --> 00:44:28.900
 commanded

00:44:28.900 --> 00:44:29.119
 you?

00:44:29.199 --> 00:44:29.320
 Be

00:44:29.320 --> 00:44:30.340
 strong and

00:44:30.340 --> 00:44:30.940
 courageous.

00:44:31.380 --> 00:44:31.699
 Do not

00:44:31.699 --> 00:44:32.239
 be frightened

00:44:32.239 --> 00:44:32.559
 and do

00:44:32.559 --> 00:44:32.900
 not be

00:44:32.900 --> 00:44:33.400
 dismayed.

00:44:33.420 --> 00:44:33.659
 For the

00:44:33.659 --> 00:44:33.940
 Lord,

00:44:34.239 --> 00:44:34.860
 your God

00:44:34.860 --> 00:44:35.380
 is with

00:44:35.380 --> 00:44:35.699
 you

00:44:35.699 --> 00:44:36.239
 wherever

00:44:36.239 --> 00:44:37.519
 you go.

00:44:40.739 --> 00:44:41.380
 We

00:44:41.380 --> 00:44:41.860
 suffer

00:44:41.860 --> 00:44:42.679
 with

00:44:42.679 --> 00:44:43.099
 courage

00:44:43.099 --> 00:44:43.420
 because

00:44:43.420 --> 00:44:43.619
 it's

00:44:43.619 --> 00:44:43.820
 an

00:44:43.820 --> 00:44:44.340
 indication

00:44:44.340 --> 00:44:44.619
 of

00:44:44.619 --> 00:44:44.960
 God's

00:44:44.960 --> 00:44:45.460
 blessing

00:44:45.460 --> 00:44:46.659
 on our

00:44:46.659 --> 00:44:47.139
 lives.

00:44:47.719 --> 00:44:48.139
 We're

00:44:48.139 --> 00:44:48.820
 okay with

00:44:48.820 --> 00:44:49.260
 it because

00:44:49.260 --> 00:44:49.780
 we know

00:44:49.780 --> 00:44:50.340
 the end.

00:44:52.420 --> 00:44:52.960
 We're

00:44:52.960 --> 00:44:53.640
 okay with

00:44:53.640 --> 00:44:54.019
 it because

00:44:54.019 --> 00:44:54.380
 we know

00:44:54.380 --> 00:44:54.920
 the Savior.

00:44:57.019 --> 00:44:57.640
 So does

00:44:57.640 --> 00:44:58.280
 your life

00:44:58.280 --> 00:44:59.580
 give evidence

00:44:59.580 --> 00:44:59.880
 of a

00:44:59.880 --> 00:45:00.260
 godly

00:45:00.260 --> 00:45:00.660
 life?

00:45:01.880 --> 00:45:02.320
 Or do

00:45:02.320 --> 00:45:02.780
 you just

00:45:02.780 --> 00:45:03.260
 look good

00:45:03.260 --> 00:45:03.820
 coming off

00:45:03.820 --> 00:45:04.320
 the bus?

00:45:07.460 --> 00:45:08.140
 Do you

00:45:08.140 --> 00:45:08.600
 look like

00:45:08.600 --> 00:45:09.240
 something that

00:45:09.240 --> 00:45:09.780
 you're not?

00:45:11.660 --> 00:45:12.380
 As our

00:45:12.380 --> 00:45:13.220
 community groups

00:45:13.220 --> 00:45:13.760
 gather,

00:45:14.720 --> 00:45:15.480
 as we pray

00:45:15.480 --> 00:45:15.860
 through

00:45:15.860 --> 00:45:16.940
 opportunities

00:45:16.940 --> 00:45:17.720
 to share,

00:45:17.900 --> 00:45:18.740
 to reach

00:45:18.740 --> 00:45:19.300
 our community

00:45:19.300 --> 00:45:19.940
 for Jesus?

00:45:22.420 --> 00:45:23.000
 Do we

00:45:23.000 --> 00:45:23.360
 just look

00:45:23.360 --> 00:45:23.760
 good coming

00:45:23.760 --> 00:45:24.099
 off the

00:45:24.099 --> 00:45:24.440
 bus?

00:45:24.900 --> 00:45:25.320
 Do we

00:45:25.320 --> 00:45:25.619
 just have

00:45:25.619 --> 00:45:25.840
 good

00:45:25.840 --> 00:45:26.280
 intentions?

00:45:28.760 --> 00:45:29.280
 Do we

00:45:29.280 --> 00:45:29.700
 just carry

00:45:29.700 --> 00:45:30.240
 our Bible

00:45:30.240 --> 00:45:30.519
 in our

00:45:30.519 --> 00:45:31.000
 left hand

00:45:31.000 --> 00:45:31.260
 and not

00:45:31.260 --> 00:45:31.619
 our right

00:45:31.619 --> 00:45:31.980
 hand?

00:45:33.079 --> 00:45:33.539
 Do we

00:45:33.539 --> 00:45:35.460
 preach

00:45:35.460 --> 00:45:36.300
 and say

00:45:36.300 --> 00:45:36.740
 certain

00:45:36.740 --> 00:45:37.260
 words?

00:45:40.679 --> 00:45:41.200
 Do we

00:45:41.200 --> 00:45:41.559
 look good

00:45:41.559 --> 00:45:42.000
 coming off

00:45:42.000 --> 00:45:42.420
 the bus

00:45:42.420 --> 00:45:42.880
 or do we

00:45:42.880 --> 00:45:43.480
 actually live

00:45:43.480 --> 00:45:43.820
 it out?

00:45:44.480 --> 00:45:44.880
 Has our

00:45:44.880 --> 00:45:45.880
 life been

00:45:45.880 --> 00:45:46.579
 changed?

00:45:46.940 --> 00:45:47.880
 by the

00:45:47.880 --> 00:45:48.300
 gospel.

00:45:49.559 --> 00:45:50.200
 I pray

00:45:50.200 --> 00:45:50.579
 that all

00:45:50.579 --> 00:45:50.900
 of us

00:45:50.900 --> 00:45:51.179
 have a

00:45:51.179 --> 00:45:51.659
 passion

00:45:51.659 --> 00:45:52.200
 for what

00:45:52.200 --> 00:45:52.659
 is good.

00:45:53.340 --> 00:45:53.760
 That we

00:45:53.760 --> 00:45:54.159
 are ready

00:45:54.159 --> 00:45:54.760
 to defend

00:45:54.760 --> 00:45:55.420
 the questions

00:45:55.420 --> 00:45:55.760
 of our

00:45:55.760 --> 00:45:56.200
 faith.

00:45:56.840 --> 00:45:57.599
 That Christ

00:45:57.599 --> 00:45:58.000
 is set

00:45:58.000 --> 00:45:58.599
 apart in

00:45:58.599 --> 00:45:59.159
 our hearts

00:45:59.159 --> 00:45:59.679
 as Lord.

00:46:00.380 --> 00:46:00.900
 That we

00:46:00.900 --> 00:46:01.539
 live with a

00:46:01.539 --> 00:46:02.200
 good conscience

00:46:02.200 --> 00:46:02.900
 and that all

00:46:02.900 --> 00:46:03.260
 of us

00:46:03.260 --> 00:46:03.860
 suffer with

00:46:03.860 --> 00:46:04.360
 courage

00:46:04.360 --> 00:46:05.440
 and fear

00:46:05.440 --> 00:46:06.360
 of God

00:46:06.360 --> 00:46:07.059
 alone.

00:46:07.380 --> 00:46:07.740
 Let's pray

00:46:07.740 --> 00:46:08.039
 together.

00:46:08.039 --> 00:46:08.119
 Amen.

00:46:08.119 --> 00:46:08.119


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