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 okay um when i come back up on the screen again well even if i don't come back on here i go here

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 i go uh i'm going to read the bible now and then we'll we'll spend a few minutes just um thinking

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 about one peter chapter one and i just can't help thinking that at this time it's just lovely to

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 hear about jesus total commitment to us and our salvation secure there's nothing else much secure

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 in this world at least it feels like nothing else much secure in the world this week but our

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 salvation is just as secure as it was last week last year last century and we can never hear enough

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 of that especially that time so this time so thanks alex now i'm going to read from one peter chapter

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 one uh the first nine verses and then we'll spend a few minutes just uh thinking through some of those

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 things so hopefully um you've got your bibles open uh maybe you can they said yesterday there might be

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 some complication with having um electronic devices and zoom open so you might have to go back and use

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 an old-fashioned uh word bible like like i do anyway here we go so verse one of chapter one of one peter

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 peter an apostle of jesus christ to those who are elect exiles of the dispersion in pontus galatia

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 capadocca peter anna cappadocia asia and bithynia according to the foreknowledge of god the father

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 in the sanctification of the spirit for obedience to jesus christ and for sprinkling with his blood

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 may grace and peace be multiplied to you

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 blessed be the god and father of our lord jesus christ according to his great mercy he has caused us

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 to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of jesus christ from the dead to an

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 inheritance that is imperishable undefiled unfading kept in heaven for you who by god's power are being

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 guarded through faith for salvation ready to be revealed in the last time in this you rejoice

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 though now for a little while if necessary you have been grieved by various trials so the tested

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 genuineness of your faith more precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire

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 may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of jesus christ

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 though you have not seen him you love him though you do not see him now you believe him and rejoice

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 with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory obtaining the outcome of your faith the salvation of

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 your souls well rob's already said uh summed it all up hasn't he what a week what a week it's been

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 just imagine something as microscopically small as a virus totally disrupting interrupting our life

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 if not changing it forever that great thing that we've all talked about over the years that australian

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 way of life that socially we've moved from being party central as a nation to being a nation in nervous

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 isolation economic talk of economic growth has moved to talk of economic recession and even depression

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 pretty bleak our health system that a week ago most of us would have thought would have been able to

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 deal with any eventuality is now threatened with being overwhelmed the aussie spirit so-called aussie

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 spirit of looking after your mate well that's fast becoming a look after yourself type attitude isn't it

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 hoarding panic buying and then as rob's already mentioned our church family now for the first time ever

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 being forced to meet online trying to be together while being separate now it's already been mentioned

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 a few times that as always change creates fear we've heard a few of them this morning and it's fear of the

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 unfamiliar fear of loss of relationships and growing aloneness fear of losing your job fear of ability to

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 provide for your family fear of losing your retirement nest egg as you see the stock market collapse

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 fears even of contracting covered 19 fear of death i mean the fears the list of fears goes on and on and on

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 but you know what my biggest fear has been this week doing what i'm doing now speaking online i'm not so much

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 worried about covered 19 i thought actually come friday night that might have been a really good option

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 rather than preaching online but here i am so fears they're very real fears they'll be very specific

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 to each of us but regardless of what they are each of them impacts on our faith in the present

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 and impact on our hope for the future and you see that one up in the the quotation up in the screen

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 uh so one i saw this week if we view ourselves as besieged victims who need to go into hiding

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 then we will cultivate fear and hoarding if we view ourselves as a community working hard to protect

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 the most vulnerable among us then that will have its own outcome so our hope mindset really impacts the

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 way we act and think everybody needs some sort of hope for the future we're shaped by our hopes mindset

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 which drives us to list the things we believe we need to be secure and that happens from when we wake

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 in the morning we express our hopes mindsets so let me ask you there's a hopes mindset up on the screen

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 happy new year that's a that's a form of hope let me ask you this morning what was the first thing you

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 hoped for when you woke up this morning now perhaps like me you just hoped that all this would go away

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 and we'd get back to life as normal as as life as we know it or perhaps it was that my me and my loved

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 ones would be healthy that my home and possessions and wealth might survive that i might still be able to

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 get that lifestyle that i've worked for all my life and which now seems to be perhaps slipping away

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 our hopes mindset will shape the way we speak and it will shape the what we invest our time and energy

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 and resources in put simply we throw ourselves into doing things that we believe will make our hope a

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 reality and coming up in the script at the moment there's a couple of more quotations about that

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 we're hearing these sort of hopes on the tv news every day at one extreme there's a form of despair

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 hopelessness driving panic pushing people to get what they want regardless of others

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 at the other extreme then there's the bland optimism of positive thinking

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 we've heard it so many times you know we will get through this crisis we will come out the other

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 side stronger and better than ever and there are numerous options in between those two extremes

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 but whatever option you go for we need hope wherever you sit on that spectrum we need hope

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 and here's the really important thing the object of our hope is the thing that's really critical

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 if the person or thing we invest our hopes into fails to deliver then we're going to crash and burn

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 big time we'll be consumed with fear we'll be consumed with disappointment we'll be consumed with

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 frustration because our hopes are tantalizing they're there but we can't quite get a hold of them

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 we can't make them secure so let's turn to peter's letter and say

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 that real hope is inseparably tied to relationship with jesus so i'm going to read the first few

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 verses when they come up on the screen here here we go peter an apostle of jesus christ to those who

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 are elect exiles of the dispersion in pontus calesia cappadocia asia and bithynia according to the

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 foreknowledge of god the father in the sanctification of the spirit for obedience to jesus christ and

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 for sprinkling with his blood may grace and peace be multiplied to you now that's the context in

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 which peter's going to tell us about our living hope and it's a really important context to remember

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 he's writing to christians that are scattered all over the roman empire they're living like refugees or

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 exiles in days of severe persecution incredible insecurity for them these are christians who have

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 been marginalized isolated or even cut off from their families and cut off from local village life

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 simply because they've become christians we can feel their fear fear for themselves fear for their

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 families we can feel their sense of isolation their sense of dislocation their pain their suffering

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 they become refugees in their own land things look familiar and yet they're so unfamiliar

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 not unlike i think i've been feeling this week

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 everything that's comfortable and familiar is there but it's not there

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 we sense their longing longing like refugees to know that somebody cares that they're valued as people

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 they want to have a home they want to have security they want to know that a better life is ahead

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 given the awfulness of their current predicament

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 it's that context that peter reminds the christians that we have a living hope

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 not just wishful thinking

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 not just positive thinking

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 it's a hope which is ours by right of birth it is our inheritance

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 it cannot be stripped away from us

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 as as alex said in his children's talks as christians we're united with christ

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 not only in his death but in his resurrection because he is raised to a new secure life

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 with the father in heaven we can be absolutely certain that we also

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 will be raised to this secure life in heaven we haven't actually got there to experience it in

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 in its fullness yet but we are tied into it now by virtue of being tied into christ

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 because christ is living we have living hope it's that simple

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 in and through relationship with him now peter goes on then to spell out the twin truths

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 that underpin that that real living hope that security for the future

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 the first is in verse 4

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 so we'll get that up on the screen in a sec

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 our inheritance is kept in heaven for us

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 blessed be the god and father of our lord jesus christ

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 according to his great mercy he has caused us to be born again

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 to a living hope through the resurrection of jesus christ from the dead

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 to an inheritance that is imperishable undefiled unfading and

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 kept in heaven for you

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 now i've used this illustration before but children

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 when children leave home parents often present them things that they've collected over the years

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 things that the parents have kept because they know jolly well if they give them to the kids

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 uh they would have been lost they would have mutilated

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 so the parents keep them

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 the kids can't get their hands on them and so they're there to be presented at the right moment

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 well in the same way our heavenly father

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 has our security

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 our salvation our future stored up in heaven for us

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 we can't get our hands on it

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 therefore we can't mess it up

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 and that's surely what we'd do if it was down to us

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 but it's kept for us ready to go

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 and able to do everything that christ promised

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 it's tamper proof

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 the second truth then is

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 we are kept by the father so you see the twin truth

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 our salvation is kept for us

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 and then the other side of the coin is we are kept by the father

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 so that we will might eventually enjoy our inheritance

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 verse 5

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 continuing on the sentence

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 who by god's power are being guarded through

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 for a salvation ready to be revealed

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 thank you

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 in the last time

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 why can i be confident

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 why can you be confident as a christian

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 you will persevere and you will ultimately make it home to heaven

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 answer

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 because god preserves you

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 god will preserve you

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 he's promised to preserve you

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 for the inheritance that he's already set aside for you

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 he's already storing for you

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 and he's going to bring the two of them together

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 in at some point in time in the future

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 we can't see the full security we have now

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 and so we sometimes doubt it

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 we can't see the the beauty of what we have in its fullness

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 and so we sometimes doubt it

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 but one day

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 jesus will come back

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 he will take us to be with him in heaven

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 where we will experience in full

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 what he has stored up for us

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 and which we can only now appreciate through faith

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 now friends

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 that means our hopes mindset

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 as christians

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 is not in how we can mold our lives

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 by our own resources

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 it is not wishful thinking

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 it is not bland optimism of positive thinking

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 our confidence now and into the future

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 is based on christ's death

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 and resurrection in the past

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 there's not a chance

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 we will miss out

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 on what god intends us to have

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 because both sides

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 are in god's hands

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 however

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 there's another wonderful truth

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 that's that's brilliant

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 so far

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 but there's another wonderful truth

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 in these verses

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 and that is

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 living hope

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 massively transformed

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 our perspective on suffering

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 now

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 peter doesn't just present this truth

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 the twin truths

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 of hope

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 in a vacuum

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 he means us to connect them into real life

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 and here's the connection into real life

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 that these twin truths

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 massively transformed

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 our perspective on suffering

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 let me just read these verses again to you

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 they're up in your screen now

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 in this you rejoice

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 that is in this truth

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 twin truths of salvation

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 though now for a little while

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 if necessary

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 you have been grieved by various trials

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 so the tested genuineness of your faith

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 more precious than gold

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 that perishes though is tested by fire

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 may be found to result in praise

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 and glory and honor

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 at the revelation of jesus christ

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 though you have not seen him

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 you love him

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 though you do not see him now

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 you believe in him

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 and rejoice with joy

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 that is inexpressible

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 and filled with glory

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 obtaining the outcome of your faith

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 the salvation of your souls

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 notice that in verse 6

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 it is in living

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 in this living hope

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 you rejoice

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 the same thing again

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 in verse 8

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 you rejoice

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 get this

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 you rejoice with inexpressible joy

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 filled with glory

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 now what does that mean

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 well

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 it's

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 I think it's probably too big

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 for me to actually

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 completely expand

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 and exhaust

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 but let me

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 let me just try this on you

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 because I think this is

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 this is really helpful

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 what it means is this

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 when I live confidently

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 in the light of those

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 twin truths

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 that my salvation

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 is kept for me

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 and I'm kept for my salvation

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 when I live confidently

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 in light of this

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 then I reflect

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 Christ's glory

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 how do I do that?

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 both as I display

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 how Christ himself

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 has changed me

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 from the inside out

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 it's not normal

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 to hope

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 in somebody outside yourself

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 but also

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 as I happily walk

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 the path of suffering

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 which Jesus also walked

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 those two things

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 are a form of inexpressible joy

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 I know

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 in whatever situation

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 the Lord makes me walk into

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 and leads me into

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 the truth

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 of my salvation

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 remains unshaken

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 and as I walk

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 into the path of suffering

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 to my ultimate glory

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 in heaven

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 then I'm simply following

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 the path that Jesus

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 has walked before me

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 and as his disciple

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 has asked me to follow

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 there's the source

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 of inexpressible joy

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 things might be falling apart

00:17:24.259 --> 00:17:25.060
 all around us

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 there might be

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 incredible

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 physical taxation

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 but that pathway

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 cannot be broken

00:17:33.620 --> 00:17:34.960
 we will not slip off

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 the pathway

00:17:35.480 --> 00:17:37.240
 we will not be barged

00:17:37.240 --> 00:17:38.100
 off the pathway

00:17:38.100 --> 00:17:40.000
 we will be led home

00:17:40.000 --> 00:17:42.059
 to that inexpressible

00:17:42.059 --> 00:17:43.660
 joy and beauty

00:17:43.660 --> 00:17:45.220
 of being with Jesus forever

00:17:45.220 --> 00:17:51.680
 so suffering therefore

00:17:51.680 --> 00:17:53.079
 moves from something

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 that we need to fear

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 as the text tells us

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 to something

00:17:56.900 --> 00:17:58.259
 which is an opportunity

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 for us

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 imagine that

00:18:00.360 --> 00:18:02.140
 that's a big call

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 to say that suffering

00:18:03.119 --> 00:18:04.079
 is an opportunity

00:18:04.079 --> 00:18:05.199
 for God's people

00:18:05.199 --> 00:18:07.539
 what's it the opportunity

00:18:07.539 --> 00:18:07.779
 for?

00:18:08.000 --> 00:18:08.879
 it's an opportunity

00:18:08.879 --> 00:18:10.799
 to trust Jesus more

00:18:10.799 --> 00:18:15.059
 to grow more like him

00:18:15.059 --> 00:18:16.679
 to be more joyful

00:18:16.679 --> 00:18:17.679
 to be more thankful

00:18:17.679 --> 00:18:18.539
 to the Lord

00:18:18.539 --> 00:18:19.519
 for his goodness

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 to us and Jesus

00:18:20.339 --> 00:18:22.500
 now this is a really

00:18:22.500 --> 00:18:23.279
 really important one

00:18:23.279 --> 00:18:23.759
 to think through

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 especially where we are

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 at the minute

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 as a church

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 and where we are

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 as a society

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 where we are globally

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 see most people

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 including many

00:18:32.160 --> 00:18:32.800
 many Christians

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 think that suffering

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 in and of itself

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 is bad

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 and that it should

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 be avoided

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 they would say

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 things like

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 suffering

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 and happiness

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 or joy

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 are incompatible

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 and that God

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 wants us to be happy

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 therefore we should

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 minimize

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 or do everything

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 we can to avoid

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 any sort of suffering

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 others have a more

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 stoic

00:19:00.259 --> 00:19:02.259
 a stiff upper lip

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 mentality towards

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 suffering

00:19:03.660 --> 00:19:04.879
 they think suffering

00:19:04.879 --> 00:19:05.920
 is just an opportunity

00:19:05.920 --> 00:19:06.839
 for the likes of me

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 to prove my mettle

00:19:08.099 --> 00:19:09.240
 to prove my character

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 to show people

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 what I'm made of

00:19:13.200 --> 00:19:13.759
 and so

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 the idea there

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 is that you just

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 tough it out

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 you have a stiff upper lip

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 and you just put your head

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 down and shoulder it

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 and you just say

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 well okay

00:19:22.019 --> 00:19:22.660
 people will see

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 what I'm made of

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 I'll come out

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 on the side of this

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 you know

00:19:25.819 --> 00:19:26.680
 that thing I said

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 about Australians

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 we will get through this

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 we will come out

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 the other side

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 we'll be better for it

00:19:32.259 --> 00:19:34.640
 well that's a form

00:19:34.640 --> 00:19:35.900
 of approach

00:19:35.900 --> 00:19:36.400
 to suffering

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 but it's not a gospel

00:19:37.360 --> 00:19:38.160
 shaped approach

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 to suffering

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 the hope there

00:19:41.980 --> 00:19:42.920
 is in strength

00:19:42.920 --> 00:19:44.400
 of my own character

00:19:44.400 --> 00:19:45.759
 to deal with

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 whatever life

00:19:46.500 --> 00:19:47.259
 throws at me

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 it might be

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 a real hope

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 but it's not

00:19:52.060 --> 00:19:52.980
 a gospel hope

00:19:52.980 --> 00:19:54.400
 Peter speaks

00:19:54.400 --> 00:19:55.360
 of the reality

00:19:55.360 --> 00:19:55.900
 of suffering

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 in a very positive way

00:19:57.380 --> 00:19:59.760
 which trusts

00:19:59.760 --> 00:20:00.940
 increasingly

00:20:00.940 --> 00:20:02.700
 in who we are

00:20:02.700 --> 00:20:04.600
 and what we can do

00:20:04.600 --> 00:20:05.100
 in Jesus

00:20:05.100 --> 00:20:06.860
 and not

00:20:06.860 --> 00:20:08.060
 who we are

00:20:08.060 --> 00:20:08.740
 and what we can do

00:20:08.740 --> 00:20:09.260
 in ourselves

00:20:09.260 --> 00:20:13.000
 rejoice

00:20:13.000 --> 00:20:14.000
 with joy

00:20:14.000 --> 00:20:15.000
 inexpressible

00:20:15.000 --> 00:20:15.780
 filled with glory

00:20:15.780 --> 00:20:17.240
 means moving

00:20:17.240 --> 00:20:17.900
 into

00:20:17.900 --> 00:20:18.620
 and through

00:20:18.620 --> 00:20:19.320
 our suffering

00:20:19.320 --> 00:20:20.840
 knowing that

00:20:20.840 --> 00:20:22.160
 Jesus is ahead of us

00:20:22.160 --> 00:20:23.960
 shaping us through

00:20:23.960 --> 00:20:25.660
 and leading us home

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 so my friends

00:20:28.740 --> 00:20:29.940
 this inheritance

00:20:29.940 --> 00:20:31.259
 this new and living hope

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 is not just a theory

00:20:32.860 --> 00:20:34.420
 to live by

00:20:34.420 --> 00:20:36.560
 I would say to you

00:20:36.560 --> 00:20:37.340
 it's a truth

00:20:37.340 --> 00:20:39.000
 to die by

00:20:39.000 --> 00:20:42.960
 if that becomes necessary

00:20:42.960 --> 00:20:45.940
 over the last few years

00:20:45.940 --> 00:20:47.000
 I myself have been

00:20:47.000 --> 00:20:48.420
 trying to

00:20:48.420 --> 00:20:50.060
 learn to crave

00:20:50.060 --> 00:20:50.480
 this

00:20:50.480 --> 00:20:52.180
 inexpressible joy

00:20:52.180 --> 00:20:52.720
 suffering

00:20:52.720 --> 00:20:54.580
 by trying

00:20:54.580 --> 00:20:55.180
 to find

00:20:55.180 --> 00:20:56.200
 a gospel place

00:20:56.200 --> 00:20:57.460
 in suffering

00:20:57.460 --> 00:21:00.460
 that is

00:21:00.460 --> 00:21:01.860
 by a gospel place

00:21:01.860 --> 00:21:02.140
 I mean

00:21:02.140 --> 00:21:03.000
 recognizing

00:21:03.000 --> 00:21:03.740
 in whatever

00:21:03.740 --> 00:21:04.360
 suffering

00:21:04.360 --> 00:21:05.860
 I'm experiencing

00:21:05.860 --> 00:21:06.539
 at that moment

00:21:06.539 --> 00:21:07.580
 that I can say

00:21:07.580 --> 00:21:07.940
 to myself

00:21:07.940 --> 00:21:09.460
 this is where

00:21:09.460 --> 00:21:10.500
 Jesus wants me

00:21:10.500 --> 00:21:10.880
 to be

00:21:10.880 --> 00:21:12.140
 this is the best

00:21:12.140 --> 00:21:12.980
 place for me

00:21:12.980 --> 00:21:13.960
 to develop

00:21:13.960 --> 00:21:14.620
 my trust

00:21:14.620 --> 00:21:15.240
 in Jesus

00:21:15.240 --> 00:21:17.019
 to be exposed

00:21:17.019 --> 00:21:17.539
 to my own

00:21:17.539 --> 00:21:18.759
 sinful life trust

00:21:18.759 --> 00:21:22.000
 and therefore

00:21:22.000 --> 00:21:22.920
 this is the place

00:21:22.920 --> 00:21:23.819
 where I can be

00:21:23.819 --> 00:21:25.379
 even in the midst

00:21:25.379 --> 00:21:25.940
 of suffering

00:21:25.940 --> 00:21:26.779
 free

00:21:26.779 --> 00:21:28.539
 to learn

00:21:28.539 --> 00:21:29.119
 the lessons

00:21:29.119 --> 00:21:29.720
 he wants me

00:21:29.720 --> 00:21:30.240
 to learn

00:21:30.240 --> 00:21:31.420
 and free

00:21:31.420 --> 00:21:32.720
 still to have

00:21:32.720 --> 00:21:33.140
 a mind

00:21:33.140 --> 00:21:33.819
 to others

00:21:33.819 --> 00:21:36.019
 before myself

00:21:36.019 --> 00:21:38.720
 so here's

00:21:38.720 --> 00:21:39.259
 the big question

00:21:39.259 --> 00:21:40.079
 that I wrap up

00:21:40.079 --> 00:21:40.500
 this morning

00:21:40.500 --> 00:21:41.500
 the big question

00:21:41.500 --> 00:21:41.799
 is

00:21:41.799 --> 00:21:43.420
 do we

00:21:43.420 --> 00:21:44.220
 do you

00:21:44.220 --> 00:21:45.319
 have a living

00:21:45.319 --> 00:21:45.740
 hope

00:21:45.740 --> 00:21:47.079
 in the face

00:21:47.079 --> 00:21:47.980
 of COVID-19

00:21:47.980 --> 00:21:52.759
 because

00:21:52.759 --> 00:21:53.240
 if your

00:21:53.240 --> 00:21:53.660
 living hope

00:21:53.660 --> 00:21:54.519
 doesn't

00:21:54.519 --> 00:21:54.960
 help you

00:21:54.960 --> 00:21:55.339
 address

00:21:55.339 --> 00:21:56.140
 COVID-19

00:21:56.140 --> 00:21:57.660
 with confidence

00:21:57.660 --> 00:21:59.420
 I'm not talking

00:21:59.420 --> 00:21:59.740
 about being

00:21:59.740 --> 00:22:00.380
 foolhardy

00:22:00.380 --> 00:22:01.120
 I'm talking

00:22:01.120 --> 00:22:01.460
 about being

00:22:01.460 --> 00:22:01.940
 confident

00:22:01.940 --> 00:22:03.799
 then you

00:22:03.799 --> 00:22:04.380
 don't have

00:22:04.380 --> 00:22:04.779
 the living

00:22:04.779 --> 00:22:05.200
 hope

00:22:05.200 --> 00:22:05.920
 that is

00:22:05.920 --> 00:22:06.500
 rightfully

00:22:06.500 --> 00:22:06.880
 yours

00:22:06.880 --> 00:22:07.180
 to be

00:22:07.180 --> 00:22:07.640
 understood

00:22:07.640 --> 00:22:08.319
 and lived

00:22:08.319 --> 00:22:09.259
 out

00:22:09.259 --> 00:22:09.980
 as a

00:22:09.980 --> 00:22:10.319
 Christian

00:22:10.319 --> 00:22:13.019
 and the

00:22:13.019 --> 00:22:13.380
 answer

00:22:13.380 --> 00:22:13.980
 to your

00:22:13.980 --> 00:22:14.360
 question

00:22:14.360 --> 00:22:15.000
 as you

00:22:15.000 --> 00:22:15.539
 answer me

00:22:15.539 --> 00:22:16.599
 do you

00:22:16.599 --> 00:22:17.019
 have a

00:22:17.019 --> 00:22:17.279
 hope

00:22:17.279 --> 00:22:17.720
 a living

00:22:17.720 --> 00:22:17.960
 hope

00:22:17.960 --> 00:22:18.740
 for COVID-19

00:22:18.740 --> 00:22:19.559
 the answer

00:22:19.559 --> 00:22:19.900
 whether it's

00:22:19.900 --> 00:22:20.240
 yes or

00:22:20.240 --> 00:22:20.579
 no

00:22:20.579 --> 00:22:21.840
 will be

00:22:21.840 --> 00:22:22.519
 very clear

00:22:22.519 --> 00:22:23.039
 and obvious

00:22:23.039 --> 00:22:24.920
 as you

00:22:24.920 --> 00:22:25.500
 daily

00:22:25.500 --> 00:22:26.240
 express

00:22:26.240 --> 00:22:26.500
 your

00:22:26.500 --> 00:22:27.039
 hope's

00:22:27.039 --> 00:22:27.579
 mindset

00:22:27.579 --> 00:22:29.539
 so here's

00:22:29.539 --> 00:22:29.799
 how it

00:22:29.799 --> 00:22:30.079
 works

00:22:30.079 --> 00:22:31.460
 if all

00:22:31.460 --> 00:22:31.980
 we have

00:22:31.980 --> 00:22:32.319
 is this

00:22:32.319 --> 00:22:32.799
 world

00:22:32.799 --> 00:22:35.480
 and the

00:22:35.480 --> 00:22:35.900
 things of

00:22:35.900 --> 00:22:36.440
 this world

00:22:36.440 --> 00:22:38.039
 health

00:22:38.039 --> 00:22:38.860
 wealth

00:22:38.860 --> 00:22:39.500
 comfort

00:22:39.500 --> 00:22:41.240
 then

00:22:41.240 --> 00:22:42.539
 there's no

00:22:42.539 --> 00:22:42.920
 alternative

00:22:42.920 --> 00:22:43.299
 you will

00:22:43.299 --> 00:22:43.700
 become

00:22:43.700 --> 00:22:44.519
 increasingly

00:22:44.519 --> 00:22:45.079
 fearful

00:22:45.079 --> 00:22:46.859
 you'll

00:22:46.859 --> 00:22:47.179
 become

00:22:47.179 --> 00:22:47.960
 increasingly

00:22:47.960 --> 00:22:48.439
 self

00:22:48.439 --> 00:22:48.919
 interested

00:22:48.919 --> 00:22:50.460
 and

00:22:50.460 --> 00:22:50.740
 self

00:22:50.740 --> 00:22:51.299
 protective

00:22:51.299 --> 00:22:52.939
 you'll

00:22:52.939 --> 00:22:53.220
 become

00:22:53.220 --> 00:22:53.839
 increasingly

00:22:53.839 --> 00:22:54.319
 angry

00:22:54.319 --> 00:22:54.899
 frustrated

00:22:54.899 --> 00:22:56.220
 that the

00:22:56.220 --> 00:22:56.480
 good

00:22:56.480 --> 00:22:56.980
 things

00:22:56.980 --> 00:22:57.519
 of this

00:22:57.519 --> 00:22:57.879
 life

00:22:57.879 --> 00:22:58.159
 that you

00:22:58.159 --> 00:22:58.500
 worked

00:22:58.500 --> 00:22:59.039
 so hard

00:22:59.039 --> 00:22:59.339
 for

00:22:59.339 --> 00:23:00.859
 are now

00:23:00.859 --> 00:23:01.099
 being

00:23:01.099 --> 00:23:01.480
 stripped

00:23:01.480 --> 00:23:01.980
 away by

00:23:01.980 --> 00:23:02.299
 some

00:23:02.299 --> 00:23:02.919
 microscopic

00:23:02.919 --> 00:23:03.679
 virus

00:23:03.679 --> 00:23:04.519
 that's

00:23:04.519 --> 00:23:04.899
 random

00:23:04.900 --> 00:23:08.780
 but if

00:23:08.780 --> 00:23:08.960
 on the

00:23:08.960 --> 00:23:09.120
 other

00:23:09.120 --> 00:23:09.380
 hand

00:23:09.380 --> 00:23:09.600
 our

00:23:09.600 --> 00:23:10.700
 real

00:23:10.700 --> 00:23:11.000
 hope

00:23:11.000 --> 00:23:11.240
 our

00:23:11.240 --> 00:23:11.580
 real

00:23:11.580 --> 00:23:12.280
 security

00:23:12.280 --> 00:23:13.280
 our

00:23:13.280 --> 00:23:13.660
 real

00:23:13.660 --> 00:23:14.160
 home

00:23:14.160 --> 00:23:15.259
 is in

00:23:15.259 --> 00:23:15.519
 heaven

00:23:15.519 --> 00:23:16.920
 and if

00:23:16.920 --> 00:23:17.600
 our joy

00:23:17.600 --> 00:23:17.880
 is to

00:23:17.880 --> 00:23:18.200
 be like

00:23:18.200 --> 00:23:18.660
 Jesus

00:23:18.660 --> 00:23:19.540
 and follow

00:23:19.540 --> 00:23:20.300
 his pathway

00:23:20.300 --> 00:23:20.840
 of suffering

00:23:20.840 --> 00:23:22.259
 to heaven

00:23:22.259 --> 00:23:24.600
 then we

00:23:24.600 --> 00:23:25.360
 like him

00:23:25.360 --> 00:23:25.740
 will be

00:23:25.740 --> 00:23:26.160
 free to

00:23:26.160 --> 00:23:26.940
 be selfless

00:23:26.940 --> 00:23:28.519
 in times

00:23:28.519 --> 00:23:28.980
 of danger

00:23:28.980 --> 00:23:29.460
 and will

00:23:29.460 --> 00:23:30.180
 actually grow

00:23:30.180 --> 00:23:31.320
 in this

00:23:31.320 --> 00:23:31.980
 time of

00:23:31.980 --> 00:23:32.560
 uncertainty

00:23:32.560 --> 00:23:33.759
 and fear

00:23:33.759 --> 00:23:35.140
 will

00:23:35.140 --> 00:23:35.339
 actually

00:23:35.339 --> 00:23:35.900
 mature

00:23:35.900 --> 00:23:37.259
 in this

00:23:37.259 --> 00:23:37.519
 tough

00:23:37.519 --> 00:23:37.940
 time

00:23:37.940 --> 00:23:38.480
 whether it

00:23:38.480 --> 00:23:38.819
 be three

00:23:38.819 --> 00:23:39.160
 weeks

00:23:39.160 --> 00:23:39.980
 three months

00:23:39.980 --> 00:23:40.579
 or indeed

00:23:40.579 --> 00:23:41.359
 three years

00:23:41.359 --> 00:23:44.019
 and you

00:23:44.019 --> 00:23:44.440
 know what

00:23:44.440 --> 00:23:45.839
 throughout

00:23:45.839 --> 00:23:46.500
 history

00:23:46.500 --> 00:23:47.759
 that's what

00:23:47.759 --> 00:23:48.480
 Christians have

00:23:48.480 --> 00:23:48.940
 been known

00:23:48.940 --> 00:23:49.200
 for

00:23:49.200 --> 00:23:51.240
 they've had

00:23:51.240 --> 00:23:51.859
 such a

00:23:51.859 --> 00:23:52.220
 hope

00:23:52.220 --> 00:23:52.859
 a living

00:23:52.859 --> 00:23:53.339
 hope in

00:23:53.339 --> 00:23:53.740
 Christ

00:23:53.740 --> 00:23:55.319
 that they've

00:23:55.319 --> 00:23:55.619
 been the

00:23:55.619 --> 00:23:56.220
 ones who've

00:23:56.220 --> 00:23:56.819
 run into

00:23:56.819 --> 00:23:57.339
 danger

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 to care

00:23:59.480 --> 00:23:59.879
 for other

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 people

00:24:00.200 --> 00:24:01.539
 even to the

00:24:01.539 --> 00:24:01.879
 point of

00:24:01.879 --> 00:24:02.480
 sacrificing

00:24:02.480 --> 00:24:02.920
 their own

00:24:02.920 --> 00:24:03.240
 lives

00:24:03.240 --> 00:24:04.099
 and countless

00:24:04.099 --> 00:24:04.740
 thousands

00:24:04.740 --> 00:24:05.099
 have done

00:24:05.099 --> 00:24:05.359
 that

00:24:05.359 --> 00:24:06.900
 wouldn't it

00:24:06.900 --> 00:24:07.519
 be great

00:24:07.519 --> 00:24:08.620
 no matter

00:24:08.620 --> 00:24:09.339
 what happens

00:24:09.339 --> 00:24:09.620
 here in

00:24:09.620 --> 00:24:10.160
 Newcastle

00:24:10.160 --> 00:24:11.259
 if we

00:24:11.259 --> 00:24:12.160
 as believers

00:24:12.160 --> 00:24:13.039
 of this

00:24:13.039 --> 00:24:13.480
 church

00:24:13.480 --> 00:24:15.120
 became known

00:24:15.120 --> 00:24:15.559
 as people

00:24:15.559 --> 00:24:15.839
 who were

00:24:15.839 --> 00:24:16.460
 running into

00:24:16.460 --> 00:24:16.920
 danger

00:24:16.920 --> 00:24:18.380
 keen to

00:24:18.380 --> 00:24:18.980
 help others

00:24:18.980 --> 00:24:19.900
 not foolhardy

00:24:19.900 --> 00:24:21.079
 not ignoring

00:24:21.079 --> 00:24:21.839
 those basic

00:24:21.839 --> 00:24:22.339
 things of

00:24:22.339 --> 00:24:22.940
 hygiene that we

00:24:22.940 --> 00:24:23.380
 can do to

00:24:23.380 --> 00:24:23.940
 protect ourselves

00:24:23.940 --> 00:24:24.920
 but nevertheless

00:24:24.920 --> 00:24:25.740
 not being

00:24:25.740 --> 00:24:26.299
 driven by

00:24:26.299 --> 00:24:26.799
 fear

00:24:26.799 --> 00:24:27.460
 not being

00:24:27.460 --> 00:24:27.880
 driven by

00:24:27.880 --> 00:24:28.779
 self-protection

00:24:28.779 --> 00:24:29.240
 not being

00:24:29.240 --> 00:24:29.700
 driven by

00:24:29.700 --> 00:24:30.400
 self-interest

00:24:30.400 --> 00:24:32.220
 but moving

00:24:32.220 --> 00:24:32.940
 towards people

00:24:32.940 --> 00:24:33.900
 and showing

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 people

00:24:34.280 --> 00:24:35.759
 in practical

00:24:35.759 --> 00:24:36.220
 ways that we

00:24:36.220 --> 00:24:36.780
 have a hope

00:24:36.780 --> 00:24:38.160
 that's far

00:24:38.160 --> 00:24:39.580
 beyond health

00:24:39.580 --> 00:24:40.180
 and wealth

00:24:40.180 --> 00:24:40.920
 and prosperity

00:24:40.920 --> 00:24:41.560
 in this life

00:24:41.560 --> 00:24:43.320
 but there's

00:24:43.320 --> 00:24:43.759
 another line

00:24:43.759 --> 00:24:43.960
 and I'll

00:24:43.960 --> 00:24:44.360
 finish on

00:24:44.360 --> 00:24:44.720
 this then

00:24:44.720 --> 00:24:46.380
 we can also

00:24:46.380 --> 00:24:47.120
 perhaps begin

00:24:47.120 --> 00:24:47.500
 to think

00:24:47.500 --> 00:24:48.060
 this morning

00:24:48.060 --> 00:24:48.540
 that this

00:24:48.540 --> 00:24:49.220
 pandemic

00:24:49.220 --> 00:24:50.880
 is already

00:24:50.880 --> 00:24:51.820
 starting to

00:24:51.820 --> 00:24:52.640
 expose the

00:24:52.640 --> 00:24:53.080
 roots

00:24:53.080 --> 00:24:54.540
 we find

00:24:54.540 --> 00:24:55.940
 so easy

00:24:55.940 --> 00:24:56.600
 to put down

00:24:56.600 --> 00:24:57.200
 into this

00:24:57.200 --> 00:24:57.500
 world

00:24:57.500 --> 00:24:58.079
 when there's

00:24:58.079 --> 00:24:58.599
 nothing to

00:24:58.599 --> 00:24:59.240
 challenge us

00:24:59.240 --> 00:24:59.859
 when there's

00:24:59.859 --> 00:25:00.500
 nothing to

00:25:00.500 --> 00:25:01.160
 expose our

00:25:01.160 --> 00:25:01.940
 true securities

00:25:01.940 --> 00:25:03.099
 and that

00:25:03.099 --> 00:25:03.519
 happens

00:25:03.519 --> 00:25:03.960
 it happens

00:25:03.960 --> 00:25:04.519
 to us all

00:25:04.519 --> 00:25:05.319
 every day

00:25:05.319 --> 00:25:06.359
 those roots

00:25:06.359 --> 00:25:07.359
 go deeper

00:25:07.359 --> 00:25:07.940
 and deeper

00:25:07.940 --> 00:25:08.259
 and deeper

00:25:08.259 --> 00:25:08.720
 and sometimes

00:25:08.720 --> 00:25:09.319
 we're not even

00:25:09.319 --> 00:25:10.059
 aware of them

00:25:10.059 --> 00:25:11.160
 until they're

00:25:11.160 --> 00:25:11.819
 exposed and

00:25:11.819 --> 00:25:12.259
 challenged

00:25:12.259 --> 00:25:12.960
 you see

00:25:12.960 --> 00:25:13.299
 that's what

00:25:13.299 --> 00:25:14.019
 Satan's job

00:25:14.019 --> 00:25:14.359
 is

00:25:14.359 --> 00:25:16.240
 he'll trick

00:25:16.240 --> 00:25:16.759
 us into

00:25:16.759 --> 00:25:17.299
 believing

00:25:17.299 --> 00:25:18.480
 that we

00:25:18.480 --> 00:25:19.299
 have here

00:25:19.299 --> 00:25:19.619
 in this

00:25:19.619 --> 00:25:20.119
 that what

00:25:20.119 --> 00:25:20.519
 we have

00:25:20.519 --> 00:25:20.759
 here in

00:25:20.759 --> 00:25:21.240
 this world

00:25:21.240 --> 00:25:22.519
 is better

00:25:22.519 --> 00:25:23.099
 than having

00:25:23.099 --> 00:25:23.460
 God

00:25:23.460 --> 00:25:25.960
 and so the

00:25:25.960 --> 00:25:26.460
 roots go

00:25:26.460 --> 00:25:26.859
 down

00:25:27.500 --> 00:25:28.799
 and he'll

00:25:28.799 --> 00:25:29.259
 show us

00:25:29.259 --> 00:25:29.559
 all the

00:25:29.559 --> 00:25:30.299
 shiny things

00:25:30.299 --> 00:25:30.680
 the world

00:25:30.680 --> 00:25:31.059
 offers

00:25:31.059 --> 00:25:32.259
 for security

00:25:32.259 --> 00:25:33.339
 and as we

00:25:33.339 --> 00:25:34.119
 salivate over

00:25:34.119 --> 00:25:34.299
 them

00:25:34.299 --> 00:25:35.079
 the roots

00:25:35.079 --> 00:25:35.640
 get deeper

00:25:35.640 --> 00:25:40.079
 we choose

00:25:40.079 --> 00:25:40.420
 the bigger

00:25:40.420 --> 00:25:40.839
 house

00:25:40.839 --> 00:25:42.920
 the luxury

00:25:42.920 --> 00:25:43.359
 holiday

00:25:43.359 --> 00:25:44.799
 the career

00:25:44.799 --> 00:25:46.119
 getting married

00:25:46.119 --> 00:25:47.079
 having children

00:25:47.079 --> 00:25:48.700
 pursuing my

00:25:48.700 --> 00:25:49.119
 dream and

00:25:49.119 --> 00:25:49.819
 whatever form

00:25:49.819 --> 00:25:50.420
 that comes

00:25:50.420 --> 00:25:50.859
 in and it

00:25:50.859 --> 00:25:51.279
 comes in

00:25:51.279 --> 00:25:52.140
 myriad forms

00:25:52.140 --> 00:25:53.940
 and the roots

00:25:53.940 --> 00:25:54.539
 get deeper

00:25:54.539 --> 00:25:55.180
 and deeper

00:25:55.180 --> 00:25:57.799
 my friends

00:25:57.799 --> 00:25:59.000
 as we

00:25:59.000 --> 00:25:59.720
 start this

00:25:59.720 --> 00:26:01.140
 stage of

00:26:01.140 --> 00:26:01.680
 our church

00:26:01.680 --> 00:26:02.080
 life

00:26:02.080 --> 00:26:03.180
 online

00:26:03.180 --> 00:26:04.840
 can I

00:26:04.840 --> 00:26:05.799
 encourage you

00:26:05.799 --> 00:26:06.380
 can I

00:26:06.380 --> 00:26:07.200
 encourage you

00:26:07.200 --> 00:26:07.700
 to encourage

00:26:07.700 --> 00:26:08.279
 one another

00:26:08.279 --> 00:26:10.279
 not to put

00:26:10.279 --> 00:26:11.060
 down roots

00:26:11.060 --> 00:26:13.799
 not to

00:26:13.799 --> 00:26:14.140
 accept

00:26:14.140 --> 00:26:14.940
 substitute

00:26:14.940 --> 00:26:15.720
 hope in

00:26:15.720 --> 00:26:16.220
 this world

00:26:16.220 --> 00:26:18.340
 because if

00:26:18.340 --> 00:26:18.880
 you invest

00:26:18.880 --> 00:26:19.240
 your hope

00:26:19.240 --> 00:26:19.799
 in this world

00:26:19.799 --> 00:26:20.960
 you'll be

00:26:20.960 --> 00:26:21.580
 mightily

00:26:21.580 --> 00:26:22.060
 disappointed

00:26:22.059 --> 00:26:25.460
 let's help

00:26:25.460 --> 00:26:26.039
 one another

00:26:26.039 --> 00:26:27.940
 expose these

00:26:27.940 --> 00:26:28.480
 roots where

00:26:28.480 --> 00:26:29.019
 they exist

00:26:29.019 --> 00:26:30.759
 this past

00:26:30.759 --> 00:26:31.059
 week

00:26:31.059 --> 00:26:31.539
 Alice and

00:26:31.539 --> 00:26:31.799
 I have

00:26:31.799 --> 00:26:32.059
 just been

00:26:32.059 --> 00:26:32.579
 talking about

00:26:32.579 --> 00:26:33.819
 the impact

00:26:33.819 --> 00:26:34.240
 of the

00:26:34.240 --> 00:26:34.899
 stock market

00:26:34.899 --> 00:26:35.359
 collapse

00:26:35.359 --> 00:26:36.019
 on our

00:26:36.019 --> 00:26:37.619
 superannuation

00:26:37.619 --> 00:26:38.980
 now as we

00:26:38.980 --> 00:26:39.599
 come towards

00:26:39.599 --> 00:26:40.399
 the age of

00:26:40.399 --> 00:26:41.799
 retirement

00:26:41.799 --> 00:26:42.299
 I don't like

00:26:42.299 --> 00:26:42.579
 the word

00:26:42.579 --> 00:26:42.919
 and I'm

00:26:42.919 --> 00:26:43.200
 going to

00:26:43.200 --> 00:26:43.659
 redeploy

00:26:43.659 --> 00:26:44.339
 but nevertheless

00:26:44.339 --> 00:26:44.960
 you understand

00:26:44.960 --> 00:26:45.200
 what I'm

00:26:45.200 --> 00:26:45.359
 saying

00:26:45.359 --> 00:26:46.779
 and it's

00:26:46.779 --> 00:26:47.359
 really been a

00:26:47.359 --> 00:26:47.919
 challenge to

00:26:47.919 --> 00:26:48.259
 us to say

00:26:48.259 --> 00:26:48.679
 well where

00:26:48.679 --> 00:26:49.079
 is our

00:26:49.079 --> 00:26:49.539
 security

00:26:49.539 --> 00:26:51.379
 what impact

00:26:51.379 --> 00:26:51.700
 is it going

00:26:51.700 --> 00:26:52.119
 to have

00:26:52.119 --> 00:26:52.559
 to read

00:26:52.559 --> 00:26:53.079
 those figures

00:26:53.079 --> 00:26:53.480
 and say

00:26:53.480 --> 00:26:54.259
 upwards of

00:26:54.259 --> 00:26:55.079
 40% of

00:26:55.079 --> 00:26:55.339
 our

00:26:55.339 --> 00:26:56.420
 superannuation

00:26:56.420 --> 00:26:56.720
 that we

00:26:56.720 --> 00:26:57.200
 were looking

00:26:57.200 --> 00:26:57.740
 forward to

00:26:57.740 --> 00:26:58.159
 enjoying

00:26:58.159 --> 00:26:58.960
 last week

00:26:58.960 --> 00:27:00.539
 40% of

00:27:00.539 --> 00:27:00.819
 it's now

00:27:00.819 --> 00:27:01.180
 gone

00:27:01.180 --> 00:27:02.019
 and perhaps

00:27:02.019 --> 00:27:02.460
 more to

00:27:02.460 --> 00:27:02.700
 go

00:27:02.700 --> 00:27:04.480
 with no

00:27:04.480 --> 00:27:05.059
 perspective

00:27:05.059 --> 00:27:05.299
 of it

00:27:05.299 --> 00:27:05.859
 coming back

00:27:05.859 --> 00:27:06.319
 in less

00:27:06.319 --> 00:27:06.779
 than 8,

00:27:06.859 --> 00:27:07.039
 10,

00:27:07.119 --> 00:27:07.740
 12 years

00:27:07.740 --> 00:27:09.579
 these sort

00:27:09.579 --> 00:27:10.059
 of thoughts

00:27:10.059 --> 00:27:10.859
 expose our

00:27:10.859 --> 00:27:11.339
 securities

00:27:11.339 --> 00:27:11.819
 don't they

00:27:11.819 --> 00:27:13.539
 expose the

00:27:13.539 --> 00:27:13.899
 roots that

00:27:13.899 --> 00:27:14.539
 we need to

00:27:14.539 --> 00:27:15.079
 dig up

00:27:15.079 --> 00:27:16.039
 and we need

00:27:16.039 --> 00:27:16.460
 to cut

00:27:16.460 --> 00:27:16.819
 off

00:27:16.819 --> 00:27:18.299
 so our

00:27:18.299 --> 00:27:18.839
 connection

00:27:18.839 --> 00:27:19.439
 to Jesus

00:27:19.439 --> 00:27:20.299
 might be

00:27:20.299 --> 00:27:20.879
 the true

00:27:20.879 --> 00:27:21.240
 root

00:27:21.240 --> 00:27:22.519
 the true

00:27:22.519 --> 00:27:22.980
 sense of

00:27:22.980 --> 00:27:23.339
 abiding

00:27:23.339 --> 00:27:25.359
 that takes

00:27:25.359 --> 00:27:25.819
 us forward

00:27:25.819 --> 00:27:28.199
 well this

00:27:28.199 --> 00:27:28.579
 has been a

00:27:28.579 --> 00:27:28.939
 big thing

00:27:28.939 --> 00:27:29.339
 for me

00:27:29.339 --> 00:27:29.779
 I'm only

00:27:29.779 --> 00:27:30.240
 starting to

00:27:30.240 --> 00:27:30.699
 relax a

00:27:30.699 --> 00:27:30.980
 little bit

00:27:30.980 --> 00:27:31.899
 now if

00:27:31.899 --> 00:27:32.339
 it's been a

00:27:32.339 --> 00:27:32.799
 bit wooden

00:27:32.799 --> 00:27:33.759
 and artificial

00:27:33.759 --> 00:27:34.939
 I will try

00:27:34.939 --> 00:27:35.319
 and improve

00:27:35.319 --> 00:27:35.839
 over the

00:27:35.839 --> 00:27:36.079
 weeks

00:27:36.079 --> 00:27:36.779
 thank you

00:27:36.779 --> 00:27:37.159
 very much

00:27:37.159 --> 00:27:37.639
 for listening

00:27:37.639 --> 00:27:39.159
 and may

00:27:39.159 --> 00:27:39.519
 God go

00:27:39.519 --> 00:27:39.819
 with you

00:27:39.819 --> 00:27:40.179
 this week