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 For our sermon this evening, we are going to begin at the end.

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 That is, at the end of 1 Peter.

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 So we're going to look at the very last few verses that come out of 1 Peter.

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 And what we're going to see here is we're going to be looking at the valediction,

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 the signing off here of 1 Peter.

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 Now as I was thinking about this idea of signing off,

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 that at the end of a letter we write our valediction some way,

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 of something kind of, to end the letter appropriately,

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 that still makes sense to the people.

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 So this is actually something I've kind of struggled with on an email.

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 Like, what is the exact right way to sign off on an email?

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 And I've got a few things that I go to.

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 But as I was thinking about this, like how do we sign off on an email?

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 I looked up and I came across some suggestions for us.

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 You are welcome to use any of these suggestions as you sign off on an email.

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 Or you may not want to use them.

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 You can decide.

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 One of my favorite ones that I noticed.

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 Confusion to your enemies.

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 Comma, Terran.

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 Later, Vader.

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 Here's one that we all might want to use,

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 but I'm not necessarily sure it's the right thing to use.

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 It's this.

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 In my humble but accurate opinion.

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 Comma, Terran.

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 You can send that one to your boss.

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 Next one.

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 This message will self-destruct.

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 And the last little suggestion.

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 You can use these if you want.

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 Once again, no compulsion there.

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 Viva la revolution.

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 All right.

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 Long live the revolution.

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 There we go.

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 As we look here at 1 Peter, we're going to find his closing remarks.

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 We're going to find that he did a far more effective job of closing out his letter

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 than I do in my emails.

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 And that some of these suggestions most certainly would do for it.

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 And what we're going to find is that Peter, in his farewell,

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 he brings in some subtle but punchy remarks.

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 And he also does here in this very last few verses,

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 is he does a reframing of the concept of grace.

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 So as we go through the sermon today,

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 what we're going to find is that there's three aspects that come out of this passage.

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 And we're going to follow a little H alliteration.

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 So there will be some H words that we're going to put together.

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 And then finally, we're going to look at the idea of true grace,

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 which is something that's mentioned here.

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 And the thing that I want you to get out of this,

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 at the end, as you're looking back and saying,

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 what did I get out of this message?

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 Here's the point that I want you to hear out of this message,

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 is that true grace is the lifeline for Christian exiles.

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 Once again, true grace is the lifeline for Christian exiles.

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 Now as we go through this, I'll be referencing other parts of the scriptures

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 and reading a few other verses that are not found in 1 Peter.

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 Usually I'd like to keep things kind of tight within the passage that we're looking at,

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 but just for the help of looking at this passage this evening,

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 I'm going to bring in a number of other verses.

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 So my suggestion to you is actually just keep your Bible right there at 1 Peter.

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 I'll read the verses.

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 If you're wondering about where those are located,

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 you're certainly welcome to check with me afterwards.

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 But I suggest just keep right there in 1 Peter looking at that.

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 And as I come across those verses, you can just hear them as I say them.

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 First thing I want to look at is the idea of help.

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 So the first thing we'll look at is help.

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 This is going to come out of the first part of verse 12.

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 So verse 12 starts,

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 By Silvanus, a faithful brother as I regard him, I have written briefly to you.

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 So the question we have for us is, who is Silvanus?

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 So Peter is saying that by Silvanus, he has written this letter.

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 So the question is for us, who is Silvanus?

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 And what we're going to find is that Silvanus is actually mentioned in a couple of other books.

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 He's mentioned in 2 Corinthians, both of the Thessalonians.

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 And Silvanus most likely is the same person as Silas.

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 Silas is in the Greek form, while Silvanus is in the Latin form of the word.

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 And so it's most likely the very same Silas that we found mentioned in Acts 15 through 17.

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 What would also seem to be the case with Silvanus is that he is known to the people who are receiving the letters.

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 So when Peter says, By Silvanus, they're like, Oh, Silvi, yeah, we know Silas, our friend.

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 So when we come to this idea, By Silvanus, I have written briefly to you,

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 there's kind of two possible meanings from this.

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 First, Silvanus maybe was the scribe.

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 Maybe he wrote the letter, Peter dictated it, and Silvanus was the one who wrote it.

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 Another possible idea is that Silvanus was the courier.

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 And so Peter writes the letter, gives it to Silvanus, and says,

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 Hey, why don't you carry this around to some people so that they can see it?

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 You know, at the end, what's really going to matter, what I really want us to see with Silvanus,

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 is that he's been helpful to Peter in providing this information to the people who need to hear it.

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 Whether Peter needed help in someone writing it,

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 or Peter needed help in someone delivering it,

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 Silvanus was someone who helped him.

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 And that's one of the things I want you to see from the beginning,

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 is that this idea of helping others within the Christian community.

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 And this idea of needing people to help,

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 and needing others to assist in things,

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 is certainly a pattern that we see through the course of scriptures,

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 is that people who are doing God's work,

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 people who are serving God,

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 often need help.

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 It's expected that we need help.

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 We're not expected to do things by ourselves,

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 we're expected to be part of a community.

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 A church is a community.

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 Within a community, we're going to help each other.

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 But just think of some of these biblical patterns of people who needed help.

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 From the very first guy God made,

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 Adam,

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 it came,

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 God's like,

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 Hey, Adam,

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 you need someone to help?

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 And Adam's like,

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 Yeah, I do.

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 Here's Eve.

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 Woo, that's good.

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 That's good.

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 Moses.

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 Moses needed a little help.

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 And Moses was someone who said,

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 Hey, God, I need a little help.

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 God got a little frustrated over it,

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 but said,

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 Hey, here's your brother Aaron.

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 He can help you with this.

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 You even look at Elijah,

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 a great prophet,

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 Elijah.

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 Elijah was feeling lonely,

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 kind of like he's the only one.

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 And Elijah gets a mentee,

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 Elisha,

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 who comes alongside Elijah and helps him.

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 And even we see Jesus on the cross who needs help.

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 He needs help for his mom.

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 And so that's where we find Jesus on the cross,

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 worrying about his mom and who's going to take care of his mom.

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 He's like,

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 I need someone to help me.

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 And so he turns to one of the disciples and he says,

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 Take care of her.

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 This is now your mom.

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 And mom,

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 he's now your son.

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 He's going to take care of you.

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 So even Jesus on the cross needed help.

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 As we think into our own context,

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 is that we're going to need to help each other a lot to make this church go forward.

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 So for the vision of this church to be fulfilled,

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 for people to be reached through this church,

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 it's going to require the help of lots of people.

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 And as I'm looking out at you now,

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 you know what I see?

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 I see lots of people helping.

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 Many of us in here have a role.

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 Many of us in here are helping in some ways.

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 And so it's great.

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 We have many people helping.

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 One of the things that I would come and say to you,

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 if you're one of those people who are helping here,

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 who are helping provide and make things move forward,

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 if you come to the point that you get overwhelmed,

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 and we've all been there,

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 if you volunteer for something,

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 if you ever took on the word volunteer in whatever organization,

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 at some point in time,

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 most likely in this volunteer role,

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 you're like,

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 I'm feeling a little overwhelmed.

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 And at that moment,

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 you're thinking,

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 I wish I had never volunteered for this.

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 And you're like,

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 what do I do?

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 What do I do?

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 So if you're in that point,

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 and you get,

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 and you feel overwhelmed,

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 let the right person know.

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 That's what we do in that community.

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 That's what we do in a church.

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 We're going to let the right person know.

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 And we're not going to let the wrong person know.

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 The wrong person,

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 we know who that is.

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 That's someone who's not going to help your situation.

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 The right person is someone who will help your situation.

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 So if you're in this point where you're helping here,

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 and you get overwhelmed,

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 let somebody know.

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 Let the right person to know.

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 One of the other things too,

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 as we think of helpers,

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 is that we have people in this church

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 who are not yet here,

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 who are going to serve important roles

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 in leading and helping this church.

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 And we don't know who those people are yet

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 because they're not here.

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 But we trust that God's going to send people in.

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 And these people that God sends us

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 are going to be people who can help.

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 People who can take up leadership roles.

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 People who can make ministries go forward.

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 And the temptation that can arise

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 for people who've been here a long time

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 is a bit of resentment towards these people.

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 So some of you, many of you,

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 have been here a lot longer than I've been here.

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 And so you're like,

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 whoa, we've been doing this for a long time.

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 And I'm like,

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 oh, I've been doing this for maybe a few weeks,

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 maybe a little bit more than that.

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 But we see the discrepancy that's there.

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 But even as we go and move forward

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 out of this place

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 and into a public launch,

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 we're going to be having new helpers come in.

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 We're going to have people who join the church.

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 We're going to be like,

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 this is going to be a good person.

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 That's good for us.

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 And what we all need to do is embrace that.

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 Even though they weren't there in the hard part,

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 they weren't there meeting in the apartment.

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 They weren't there where everyone had

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 not three roles, but ten roles

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 to make things move forward.

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 But when these people come,

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 we want to receive them well

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 and allow them to take roles

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 and leadership that would be needed

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 to help this church.

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 Second thing I want us to look at

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 is the idea of home.

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 So the first thing we looked at was health.

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 The second thing we're going to look at

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 is the idea of home.

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 And that's going to come out of verse 13.

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 Let me read that for you.

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 She who is at Babylon,

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 who is likewise chosen,

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 sends you greetings,

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 and so does Mark, my son.

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 So the phrasing she who is in Babylon

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 is a bit of an odd phrase.

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 So when you first hear that,

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 you may, hmm, what are they talking about?

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 What's Babylon got to do

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 with what Peter is mentioning here?

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 Well, let's just take a look at Babylon

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 and see what Babylon is.

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 First thing we need to know

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 is that Babylon is an Old Testament reference.

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 And in Babylon,

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 in the Old Testament story,

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 the nation of Israel

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 had been formed and established

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 for a long period of time.

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 And they felt like God

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 would never abandon them,

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 never leave them.

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 And God's been sending prophets of warning,

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 saying,

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 you need to do the right thing.

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 You need to turn and follow me.

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 And as we follow the people of Israel

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 in the Old Testament,

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 sometimes they follow God well.

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 Many times they do not.

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 And finally,

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 as a final form of judgment upon them,

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 God allows Babylon to come

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 and overtake Jerusalem,

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 the city they thought

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 would never fall to its enemies.

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 And the people are then sent

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 and forced out of Jerusalem,

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 out of their home,

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 and forced into a new home,

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 into exile,

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 into the land of Babylon.

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 And so,

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 this idea of exile

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 is a reminder of the people

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 who were forced out of Jerusalem

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 and now are being

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 forcefully relocated

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 into the land of Babylon.

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 One of the interesting things

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 that we have

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 is that Peter,

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 like those people in the Old Testament,

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 like those people in Jerusalem

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 who were forced to leave,

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 Peter also

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 was forced to leave Jerusalem.

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 We see in the story of Acts,

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 actually comes out of Acts 12,

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 is that

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 there was a great persecution

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 upon the church.

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 And Peter was sent

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 into prison

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 as part of this persecution.

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 And then he is

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 miraculously escapes

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 out of prison.

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 And he comes,

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 he lets the people know

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 there's people praying for him

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 and Peter's like,

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 your prayers have been answered.

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 And it's kind of a funny story

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 by the way.

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 If you're not familiar with it,

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 Acts 12,

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 read it.

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 It's a good,

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 interesting read.

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 It's a nice story.

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 So Peter is miraculously

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 freed from prison.

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 And we find that

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 there in Acts 12

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 it says that

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 Peter departed

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 and went to another place.

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 He had to leave.

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 He had to leave.

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 He had to go into Babylon.

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 He had to go into

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 his place of exile,

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 away from where

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 he wanted to be.

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 This idea of Babylon

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 and a place of exile,

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 the place from where

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 Peter writes down,

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 he's like,

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 Peter is saying to these people,

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 I am writing to you

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 from exile.

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 I am writing to you

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 from my Babylon.

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 But this idea is

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 similar to things

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 that we find

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 throughout the book of Peter.

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 In fact,

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 Peter 1.1,

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 the very first chapter

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 as Peter is greeting

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 his hearers

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 of this message,

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 the first thing Peter says

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 is,

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 to the elect exiles

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 of the dispersion.

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 To the elect exiles.

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 And so Peter is picking up

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 on this idea

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 that you have been sent out.

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 These people who are receiving

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 this letter

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 have been sent out.

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 You face persecution.

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 And now you have been

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 sent away.

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 You are now exiles as well.

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 And we have this idea

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 that Peter is saying,

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 you are exiles.

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 Just like Peter is saying,

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 I am an exile.

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 I am also in Babylon.

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 And why are they exiles?

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 Because of their faith.

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 Because they've chosen

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 to follow Jesus Christ.

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 And in following Jesus Christ,

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 they've been sent out.

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 They face persecution

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 and been sent out to waste

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 for their own safety.

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 This phrasing of exile,

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 referring to the people of exile,

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 actually occurs twice more

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 in 1 Peter.

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 And it's interesting

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 as we were to look

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 at the word exile

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 and how it's used

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 in the other parts

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 of the New Testament.

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 The only other times

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 it's referenced

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 is referenced

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 three other times

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 in the New Testament.

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 And all three of those times

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 that it's referenced

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 actually are reflecting

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 upon the Old Testament story.

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 So they're telling

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 the Old Testament story.

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 So the only time

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 that these Christians

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 who have been sent out

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 as a result of persecution

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 or referred to as exiles

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 come out of 1 Peter.

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 And so this is an idea

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 that's developed

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 here in this book.

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 And as we look

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 in Peter

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 in this passage

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 here in verse 13

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 says,

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 she who is

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 she who is at Babylon.

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 The she

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 that I was referring there

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 is most likely

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 a group of people.

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 So it's referencing

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 the church.

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 So when we say

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 she who is in Babylon

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 we think of the church.

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 That it's the church

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 that has been sent

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 into exile.

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 Notice that

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 Peter as he writes

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 to the recipients

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 of this letter

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 he writes from

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 in essence

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 the same place

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 in which they are.

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 And that place

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 is not home.

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 Whatever their home is

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 they're not there.

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 And as a result

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 they are sojourners.

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 They are people

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 who don't have

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 that calmness

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 that comes

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 with a place

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 you call home.

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 Whatever their homeland is

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 they're not in it.

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 They have been forced

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 to live away

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 from their home

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 for the sake

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 of the gospel.

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 And as you were

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 to look through

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 the book of 1 Peter

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 if we were just

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 to walk through

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 and we've been

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 walking through this

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 as a sermon series

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 over the last few months

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 but if we were to look

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 just briefly back

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 through 1 Peter

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 we're going to find

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 that there's some

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 challenges

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 with being

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 an exile

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 for the gospel.

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 There are some

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 challenges

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 in being forced

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 to live

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 in Babylon.

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 We see

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 out of just

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 the first chapter

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 of 1 Peter

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 that they're told

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 that they're going

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 to be grieved

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 by trials

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 and tested

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 by fire.

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 And then they're

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 also encouraged

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 in the first chapter

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 to be holy

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 as God is holy.

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 It's a pretty

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 high standard, right?

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 Not only be holy

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 remember God's holy

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 be like God.

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 They're told

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 in chapter 2

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 to abstain

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 from the passions

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 of the flesh

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 and further

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 to be subject

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 to every human

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 institution.

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 Chapter 3

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 bless those

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 who are evil

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 towards you.

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 You want to be

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 an exile

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 for the gospel?

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 Peter says

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 you're going to need

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 to bless those

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 who are evil

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 towards you.

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 You're going to need

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 to suffer

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 in the flesh

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 to cease from sinning.

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 Suffer

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 in the flesh

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 in order to

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 cease from sinning.

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 chapter 4

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 they're told

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 to rejoice

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 in your fiery trial.

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 Chapter 5

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 people are instructed

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 to humble themselves.

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 The exile

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 will need to face

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 difficulty

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 and face challenges

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 but they're to

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 respond to these

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 with a Christ-like manner.

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 Whether it means

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 they need to

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 kill off

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 the sinning

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 that is within them

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 or whether they

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 need to humble

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 themselves

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 or they need

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 to rejoice

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 in fiery trials.

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 These people

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 need to respond

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 to these challenges

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 in the same way

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 that Jesus Christ

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 would.

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 As we come

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 and we think

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 about this

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 in our modern

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 context

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 we remind

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 that as Christians

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 as followers

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 of Christ

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 that we should

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 be exiles.

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 We should

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 be exiles.

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 In pursuing God

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 we should feel

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 different

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 from the people

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 around us.

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 this world

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 is a sinful

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 world

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 and if we

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 are pursuing

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 God in this

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 world

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 we shouldn't

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 feel at home

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 in it.

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 We should feel

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 like this isn't

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 my home

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 that my home

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 is a place

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 that God

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 has set aside

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 a place

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 without sin

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 a place

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 with righteousness

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 abounds.

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 We should

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 look upon

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 this world

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 that we're in

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 and have a

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 certain unsettled

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 feeling

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 that unsettled

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 feeling that you

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 have when you're

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 just not home

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 it's not your

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 place.

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 We are sojourners

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 through this world.

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 We are sojourners

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 because of our

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 commitment

00:18:02.320 --> 00:18:03.540
 to following

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 Jesus Christ.

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 So the question

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 I have for you

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 is that do you

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 feel like an exile?

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 Do you feel

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 like an exile

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 as a result

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 of the gospel's

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 effect upon

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 your life?

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 And are you

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 living a life

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 that sets you

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 apart from others?

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 So the question

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 would be

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 do the people

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 who know you

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 do the non-Christian

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 people who know you

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 would they look

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 upon you and say

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 there's something

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 different about you?

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 And perhaps

00:18:38.439 --> 00:18:39.000
 look upon you

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 and not quite

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 know exactly

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 what that is.

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 Not be able

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 to quite explain it.

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 But they look

00:18:44.500 --> 00:18:44.899
 upon you and say

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 there's something

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 different.

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 You're different

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 than the rest of us.

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 What about the

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 people you work

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 with?

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 Do they see

00:18:54.259 --> 00:18:54.779
 something different

00:18:54.779 --> 00:18:55.119
 in you?

00:18:56.899 --> 00:18:57.339
 What?

00:18:57.479 --> 00:18:57.819
 If you have

00:18:57.819 --> 00:18:59.179
 housemates

00:18:59.179 --> 00:19:00.639
 and neighbors

00:19:00.639 --> 00:19:02.379
 do they see

00:19:02.379 --> 00:19:02.919
 something different

00:19:02.919 --> 00:19:03.259
 in you?

00:19:04.299 --> 00:19:05.039
 What about the

00:19:05.039 --> 00:19:05.799
 people who follow

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 you on social

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 media?

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 When they look

00:19:08.739 --> 00:19:09.519
 at your posts

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 and your pictures

00:19:10.279 --> 00:19:11.599
 do they see

00:19:11.599 --> 00:19:12.319
 something different

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 about you?

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 We would hope

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 so.

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 We would hope

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 so.

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 Because that is

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 the lack to

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 which God

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 has called

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 us.

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 A life

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 which we

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 are minded.

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 This place

00:19:22.180 --> 00:19:22.960
 that we live

00:19:22.960 --> 00:19:24.500
 is not our

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 home.

00:19:26.720 --> 00:19:27.480
 Our home

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 is a place

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 without sin.

00:19:29.620 --> 00:19:30.180
 Our home

00:19:30.180 --> 00:19:30.759
 is a place

00:19:30.759 --> 00:19:31.560
 where righteousness

00:19:31.560 --> 00:19:33.019
 is known.

00:19:33.279 --> 00:19:33.779
 Our home

00:19:33.779 --> 00:19:34.240
 is a place

00:19:34.240 --> 00:19:34.779
 where Jesus

00:19:34.779 --> 00:19:35.320
 is king

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 and Jesus

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 is reigning.

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 That is our

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 home.

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 As we continue

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 looking at this

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 passage the

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 third thing

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 we're going to

00:19:43.480 --> 00:19:43.880
 look at is

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 the idea of

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 harmony.

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 So the third

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 thing will be

00:19:46.560 --> 00:19:46.940
 harmony.

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 And there

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 in verse

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 14 the

00:19:48.840 --> 00:19:49.460
 passage reads

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 greet one

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 another with

00:19:51.039 --> 00:19:51.559
 a kiss

00:19:51.559 --> 00:19:52.299
 of love.

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 Peace to

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 all of you

00:19:54.420 --> 00:19:54.840
 who are

00:19:54.840 --> 00:19:55.559
 in Christ.

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 So we are

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 told to greet

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 one another

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 with affection.

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 So what is

00:20:00.900 --> 00:20:01.519
 greeting one

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 another with

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 affection?

00:20:02.360 --> 00:20:02.759
 I was thinking

00:20:02.759 --> 00:20:03.440
 of the

00:20:03.440 --> 00:20:04.400
 contemporary

00:20:04.400 --> 00:20:06.160
 greeting that

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 shows your

00:20:06.700 --> 00:20:07.140
 affection.

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 So if I

00:20:08.779 --> 00:20:09.720
 greet someone

00:20:09.720 --> 00:20:10.900
 in a professional

00:20:10.900 --> 00:20:11.539
 setting I don't

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 know them well

00:20:12.180 --> 00:20:12.880
 we might have

00:20:12.880 --> 00:20:13.400
 the handshake.

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 If I greet

00:20:16.040 --> 00:20:16.700
 a friend that

00:20:16.700 --> 00:20:17.560
 I know well

00:20:17.560 --> 00:20:19.740
 you get the

00:20:19.740 --> 00:20:20.420
 bro hug.

00:20:20.620 --> 00:20:21.380
 You get the

00:20:21.380 --> 00:20:22.600
 handshake and

00:20:22.600 --> 00:20:22.940
 then you get

00:20:22.940 --> 00:20:23.640
 the pull in

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 and a couple

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 of I don't

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 know if they're

00:20:25.519 --> 00:20:26.240
 pats or like

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 smacks on the

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 back a little

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 bit.

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 You know kind

00:20:28.300 --> 00:20:28.640
 of a little

00:20:28.640 --> 00:20:29.420
 bump of the

00:20:29.420 --> 00:20:29.980
 chest kind

00:20:29.980 --> 00:20:30.360
 of thing

00:20:30.360 --> 00:20:30.960
 going there.

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 So it's the

00:20:31.759 --> 00:20:32.180
 bro hug.

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 It's the

00:20:32.460 --> 00:20:33.140
 affectionate

00:20:33.140 --> 00:20:33.440
 greeting.

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 And what

00:20:33.940 --> 00:20:34.560
 Peter is saying

00:20:34.560 --> 00:20:34.800
 to these

00:20:34.800 --> 00:20:35.200
 people is

00:20:35.200 --> 00:20:35.680
 greet one

00:20:35.680 --> 00:20:36.780
 another affectionately.

00:20:36.920 --> 00:20:37.400
 What is that

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 going to look

00:20:37.820 --> 00:20:38.140
 like?

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 It's going

00:20:39.600 --> 00:20:39.960
 to look like

00:20:39.960 --> 00:20:40.420
 the bro hug.

00:20:41.180 --> 00:20:41.780
 Peter says

00:20:41.780 --> 00:20:42.080
 to greet

00:20:42.080 --> 00:20:42.520
 another one

00:20:42.520 --> 00:20:42.759
 with the

00:20:42.759 --> 00:20:43.100
 kiss of

00:20:43.100 --> 00:20:43.480
 love.

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 I'm not

00:20:44.960 --> 00:20:45.320
 sure if

00:20:45.320 --> 00:20:45.520
 that's

00:20:45.520 --> 00:20:45.960
 necessarily

00:20:45.960 --> 00:20:46.860
 maybe not

00:20:46.860 --> 00:20:47.460
 the literal

00:20:47.460 --> 00:20:47.980
 kind of

00:20:47.980 --> 00:20:48.280
 kiss.

00:20:48.620 --> 00:20:48.780
 You know

00:20:48.780 --> 00:20:49.120
 like we

00:20:49.120 --> 00:20:49.340
 don't

00:20:49.340 --> 00:20:50.120
 necessarily

00:20:50.120 --> 00:20:50.520
 need to

00:20:50.520 --> 00:20:50.740
 literally

00:20:50.740 --> 00:20:51.160
 greet another

00:20:51.160 --> 00:20:51.360
 one with

00:20:51.360 --> 00:20:51.540
 kiss.

00:20:51.620 --> 00:20:51.780
 If you

00:20:51.780 --> 00:20:52.080
 want to

00:20:52.080 --> 00:20:52.259
 that's

00:20:52.259 --> 00:20:52.720
 fine.

00:20:53.100 --> 00:20:54.340
 That works

00:20:54.340 --> 00:20:54.780
 for you.

00:20:54.980 --> 00:20:55.500
 That's okay.

00:20:55.660 --> 00:20:55.980
 Some people

00:20:55.980 --> 00:20:56.480
 might take it

00:20:56.480 --> 00:20:56.780
 wrong.

00:20:57.040 --> 00:20:57.360
 But think

00:20:57.360 --> 00:20:58.020
 bro hug.

00:20:58.640 --> 00:20:59.200
 Maybe you

00:20:59.200 --> 00:20:59.640
 get that.

00:20:59.720 --> 00:21:00.060
 That makes

00:21:00.060 --> 00:21:00.280
 a little

00:21:00.280 --> 00:21:00.560
 bit more

00:21:00.560 --> 00:21:00.880
 sense.

00:21:02.120 --> 00:21:02.340
 But do

00:21:02.340 --> 00:21:02.500
 what we

00:21:02.500 --> 00:21:02.780
 want to

00:21:02.780 --> 00:21:03.460
 see is

00:21:03.460 --> 00:21:04.140
 that when

00:21:04.140 --> 00:21:04.280
 he's

00:21:04.280 --> 00:21:04.900
 talking about

00:21:04.900 --> 00:21:05.400
 through

00:21:05.400 --> 00:21:05.960
 this church.

00:21:05.960 --> 00:21:06.720
 churches to

00:21:06.720 --> 00:21:07.019
 whom he

00:21:07.019 --> 00:21:07.380
 is writing.

00:21:08.240 --> 00:21:08.519
 He says

00:21:08.519 --> 00:21:09.059
 I want you

00:21:09.059 --> 00:21:09.420
 to greet

00:21:09.420 --> 00:21:09.900
 one another

00:21:09.900 --> 00:21:10.640
 affectionately.

00:21:11.000 --> 00:21:11.440
 I want you

00:21:11.440 --> 00:21:11.740
 to greet

00:21:11.740 --> 00:21:12.380
 one another

00:21:12.380 --> 00:21:13.140
 like your

00:21:13.140 --> 00:21:13.559
 family.

00:21:14.340 --> 00:21:14.960
 In reality

00:21:14.960 --> 00:21:15.400
 we are

00:21:15.400 --> 00:21:15.799
 family.

00:21:16.500 --> 00:21:16.920
 In fact

00:21:16.920 --> 00:21:17.380
 even if we

00:21:17.380 --> 00:21:17.700
 look at

00:21:17.700 --> 00:21:18.140
 this passage

00:21:18.140 --> 00:21:18.420
 we can

00:21:18.420 --> 00:21:19.279
 see the

00:21:19.279 --> 00:21:19.779
 nature of

00:21:19.779 --> 00:21:20.559
 family within

00:21:20.559 --> 00:21:21.319
 the church

00:21:21.319 --> 00:21:22.259
 as Peter

00:21:22.259 --> 00:21:22.640
 is writing.

00:21:22.860 --> 00:21:23.039
 As he

00:21:23.039 --> 00:21:23.620
 refers to

00:21:23.620 --> 00:21:24.240
 Silvanus

00:21:24.240 --> 00:21:24.740
 his brother

00:21:24.740 --> 00:21:25.240
 and Mark

00:21:25.240 --> 00:21:25.660
 his son.

00:21:27.539 --> 00:21:28.100
 It's

00:21:28.100 --> 00:21:28.500
 his brother

00:21:28.500 --> 00:21:29.120
 in Christ.

00:21:29.779 --> 00:21:30.039
 It's

00:21:30.039 --> 00:21:30.920
 his son

00:21:30.920 --> 00:21:31.480
 in Christ.

00:21:33.640 --> 00:21:34.519
 The church

00:21:34.519 --> 00:21:35.120
 is much

00:21:35.120 --> 00:21:35.460
 like a

00:21:35.460 --> 00:21:35.720
 family.

00:21:35.960 --> 00:21:38.240
 And the

00:21:38.240 --> 00:21:38.759
 reality is

00:21:38.759 --> 00:21:39.700
 that churches

00:21:39.700 --> 00:21:42.039
 and families

00:21:42.039 --> 00:21:43.759
 are much

00:21:43.759 --> 00:21:44.180
 better

00:21:44.180 --> 00:21:45.380
 when there

00:21:45.380 --> 00:21:45.880
 is harmony.

00:21:46.620 --> 00:21:47.340
 When there

00:21:47.340 --> 00:21:48.019
 is peace

00:21:48.019 --> 00:21:48.640
 within the

00:21:48.640 --> 00:21:48.920
 home,

00:21:49.640 --> 00:21:50.079
 when there

00:21:50.079 --> 00:21:50.819
 is peace

00:21:50.819 --> 00:21:51.299
 within the

00:21:51.299 --> 00:21:51.640
 household,

00:21:52.019 --> 00:21:52.360
 when there

00:21:52.360 --> 00:21:52.980
 is peace

00:21:52.980 --> 00:21:53.440
 within the

00:21:53.440 --> 00:21:53.620
 church

00:21:53.620 --> 00:21:54.120
 community,

00:21:55.160 --> 00:21:55.460
 when there

00:21:55.460 --> 00:21:56.059
 is harmony,

00:21:56.980 --> 00:21:58.180
 the message

00:21:58.180 --> 00:21:58.460
 of the

00:21:58.460 --> 00:21:59.019
 gospel can

00:21:59.019 --> 00:21:59.600
 go forward.

00:22:02.180 --> 00:22:02.819
 Something you

00:22:02.819 --> 00:22:03.240
 already know

00:22:03.240 --> 00:22:04.100
 is this,

00:22:04.140 --> 00:22:04.680
 that conflicts

00:22:04.680 --> 00:22:05.180
 do happen

00:22:05.180 --> 00:22:05.579
 in church.

00:22:05.960 --> 00:22:07.220
 just like

00:22:07.220 --> 00:22:07.480
 in your

00:22:07.480 --> 00:22:07.880
 family,

00:22:08.279 --> 00:22:08.579
 conflicts

00:22:08.579 --> 00:22:09.279
 will arise,

00:22:09.700 --> 00:22:10.200
 the church

00:22:10.200 --> 00:22:10.880
 is like a

00:22:10.880 --> 00:22:11.200
 family,

00:22:11.500 --> 00:22:11.680
 and guess

00:22:11.680 --> 00:22:11.900
 what?

00:22:12.420 --> 00:22:13.039
 Conflicts

00:22:13.039 --> 00:22:13.700
 will arise.

00:22:15.039 --> 00:22:15.400
 There will

00:22:15.400 --> 00:22:16.220
 be disagreements,

00:22:16.740 --> 00:22:17.140
 there will

00:22:17.140 --> 00:22:17.600
 be hurt

00:22:17.600 --> 00:22:18.279
 feelings,

00:22:18.279 --> 00:22:20.299
 and this is

00:22:20.299 --> 00:22:20.940
 part of

00:22:20.940 --> 00:22:22.039
 doing life

00:22:22.039 --> 00:22:22.620
 together.

00:22:23.420 --> 00:22:24.100
 A church

00:22:24.100 --> 00:22:24.799
 does life

00:22:24.799 --> 00:22:25.340
 together,

00:22:25.840 --> 00:22:27.579
 and conflict

00:22:27.579 --> 00:22:28.500
 is simply

00:22:28.500 --> 00:22:29.180
 a part

00:22:29.180 --> 00:22:30.500
 of that

00:22:30.500 --> 00:22:31.120
 life.

00:22:31.119 --> 00:22:33.500
 But as

00:22:33.500 --> 00:22:34.359
 these conflicts

00:22:34.359 --> 00:22:34.879
 arise,

00:22:35.479 --> 00:22:35.959
 we're given

00:22:35.959 --> 00:22:36.699
 a little bit

00:22:36.699 --> 00:22:37.219
 of a hint

00:22:37.219 --> 00:22:38.399
 of something

00:22:38.399 --> 00:22:38.719
 that we

00:22:38.719 --> 00:22:39.059
 can do,

00:22:39.819 --> 00:22:40.459
 and that's

00:22:40.459 --> 00:22:41.079
 to greet

00:22:41.079 --> 00:22:42.019
 one another.

00:22:42.859 --> 00:22:43.199
 So that's

00:22:43.199 --> 00:22:43.439
 what the

00:22:43.439 --> 00:22:43.959
 kiss of love

00:22:43.959 --> 00:22:44.339
 wants to give.

00:22:44.399 --> 00:22:44.899
 Think affection.

00:22:45.219 --> 00:22:45.839
 Greet one

00:22:45.839 --> 00:22:46.359
 another with

00:22:46.359 --> 00:22:46.819
 affection.

00:22:48.199 --> 00:22:48.619
 And what

00:22:48.619 --> 00:22:50.659
 so often

00:22:50.659 --> 00:22:51.379
 happens is

00:22:51.379 --> 00:22:52.139
 that amidst

00:22:52.139 --> 00:22:52.879
 conflict,

00:22:53.519 --> 00:22:54.799
 one of the

00:22:54.799 --> 00:22:55.379
 first steps

00:22:55.379 --> 00:22:55.859
 that we take

00:22:55.859 --> 00:22:56.719
 is to avoid

00:22:56.720 --> 00:22:57.240
 the other

00:22:57.240 --> 00:22:57.759
 person.

00:22:58.940 --> 00:22:59.579
 You've been

00:22:59.579 --> 00:23:00.059
 there,

00:23:00.240 --> 00:23:01.039
 maybe it's

00:23:01.039 --> 00:23:01.380
 just me,

00:23:01.519 --> 00:23:02.240
 maybe I know

00:23:02.240 --> 00:23:02.500
 it when you

00:23:02.500 --> 00:23:02.720
 study it,

00:23:02.839 --> 00:23:03.279
 but there's

00:23:03.279 --> 00:23:03.880
 some sort

00:23:03.880 --> 00:23:04.480
 of conflict

00:23:04.480 --> 00:23:05.519
 with a

00:23:05.519 --> 00:23:05.839
 person.

00:23:06.180 --> 00:23:06.559
 Maybe it's

00:23:06.559 --> 00:23:06.819
 in your

00:23:06.819 --> 00:23:07.240
 workplace,

00:23:07.779 --> 00:23:08.220
 maybe it's

00:23:08.220 --> 00:23:08.519
 with one

00:23:08.519 --> 00:23:08.779
 of your

00:23:08.779 --> 00:23:09.180
 neighbors,

00:23:10.019 --> 00:23:10.400
 maybe it's

00:23:10.400 --> 00:23:10.759
 with someone

00:23:10.759 --> 00:23:11.360
 in your

00:23:11.360 --> 00:23:12.019
 natural

00:23:12.019 --> 00:23:12.559
 family.

00:23:14.039 --> 00:23:14.380
 So what

00:23:14.380 --> 00:23:14.860
 happens when

00:23:14.860 --> 00:23:15.299
 this conflict

00:23:15.299 --> 00:23:15.579
 arrives?

00:23:15.620 --> 00:23:16.059
 You're like,

00:23:16.380 --> 00:23:17.339
 don't look

00:23:17.339 --> 00:23:17.640
 at them,

00:23:17.940 --> 00:23:18.360
 don't make

00:23:18.360 --> 00:23:18.940
 eye contact,

00:23:19.740 --> 00:23:20.140
 we don't

00:23:20.140 --> 00:23:21.079
 have to

00:23:21.079 --> 00:23:21.400
 communicate

00:23:21.400 --> 00:23:22.140
 if we don't

00:23:22.140 --> 00:23:22.680
 see each

00:23:22.680 --> 00:23:22.900
 other,

00:23:23.019 --> 00:23:23.480
 so you

00:23:23.480 --> 00:23:24.380
 avoid them.

00:23:25.460 --> 00:23:26.259
 And in a

00:23:26.259 --> 00:23:26.759
 church sometimes

00:23:26.759 --> 00:23:27.339
 it's easy

00:23:27.339 --> 00:23:27.940
 to avoid

00:23:27.940 --> 00:23:28.240
 people,

00:23:28.319 --> 00:23:28.799
 there's lots

00:23:28.799 --> 00:23:29.140
 of people

00:23:29.140 --> 00:23:29.619
 here,

00:23:30.099 --> 00:23:30.539
 you can say

00:23:30.539 --> 00:23:30.819
 I'm just

00:23:30.819 --> 00:23:31.059
 going to

00:23:31.059 --> 00:23:31.500
 pretend like

00:23:31.500 --> 00:23:31.799
 he's not

00:23:31.799 --> 00:23:31.980
 there.

00:23:32.119 --> 00:23:32.599
 This doesn't

00:23:32.599 --> 00:23:32.980
 solve the

00:23:32.980 --> 00:23:33.279
 problem,

00:23:34.059 --> 00:23:34.579
 this doesn't

00:23:34.579 --> 00:23:34.960
 bring about

00:23:34.960 --> 00:23:35.319
 harmony,

00:23:36.119 --> 00:23:36.539
 greet one

00:23:36.539 --> 00:23:36.859
 another.

00:23:37.619 --> 00:23:38.519
 Greet one

00:23:38.519 --> 00:23:39.539
 another with

00:23:39.539 --> 00:23:40.039
 affection.

00:23:42.519 --> 00:23:43.299
 Because that

00:23:43.299 --> 00:23:44.039
 will go about

00:23:44.039 --> 00:23:44.879
 creating harmony

00:23:44.879 --> 00:23:45.319
 within the

00:23:45.319 --> 00:23:45.539
 church.

00:23:46.119 --> 00:23:46.759
 And personally

00:23:46.759 --> 00:23:47.480
 here's what I've

00:23:47.480 --> 00:23:47.879
 experienced,

00:23:48.420 --> 00:23:48.960
 and maybe this

00:23:48.960 --> 00:23:49.339
 will be the

00:23:49.339 --> 00:23:49.920
 same for you,

00:23:50.480 --> 00:23:51.039
 is that at

00:23:51.039 --> 00:23:51.640
 times I've

00:23:51.640 --> 00:23:52.299
 felt frustrated

00:23:52.299 --> 00:23:52.839
 with people.

00:23:54.160 --> 00:23:54.599
 There's at

00:23:54.599 --> 00:23:54.879
 times,

00:23:55.379 --> 00:23:56.140
 no one here

00:23:56.140 --> 00:23:56.540
 by the way,

00:23:56.640 --> 00:23:56.940
 no one here,

00:23:57.160 --> 00:23:59.120
 but theoretical

00:23:59.120 --> 00:23:59.580
 people,

00:23:59.660 --> 00:23:59.759
 no,

00:23:59.840 --> 00:23:59.900
 no,

00:23:59.940 --> 00:24:00.340
 actually real

00:24:00.340 --> 00:24:00.520
 people,

00:24:00.580 --> 00:24:00.800
 but I don't

00:24:00.800 --> 00:24:01.140
 remember who

00:24:01.140 --> 00:24:01.440
 they are.

00:24:01.660 --> 00:24:02.360
 But at times I

00:24:02.360 --> 00:24:02.780
 know I felt

00:24:02.780 --> 00:24:03.360
 frustrated with

00:24:03.360 --> 00:24:03.620
 people,

00:24:04.160 --> 00:24:05.500
 but when I

00:24:05.500 --> 00:24:06.080
 looked them in

00:24:06.080 --> 00:24:06.700
 the face,

00:24:07.340 --> 00:24:07.960
 and I said

00:24:07.960 --> 00:24:08.460
 hello,

00:24:09.740 --> 00:24:10.620
 I'm thinking,

00:24:11.259 --> 00:24:11.660
 what was I

00:24:11.660 --> 00:24:12.320
 feel frustrated

00:24:12.320 --> 00:24:12.640
 about?

00:24:12.759 --> 00:24:12.960
 I don't

00:24:12.960 --> 00:24:13.380
 remember.

00:24:14.820 --> 00:24:15.220
 I think that

00:24:15.220 --> 00:24:15.940
 was being silly.

00:24:17.040 --> 00:24:17.759
 Because I

00:24:17.759 --> 00:24:18.080
 looked at them

00:24:18.080 --> 00:24:18.400
 and I was like,

00:24:18.560 --> 00:24:18.720
 you know,

00:24:18.780 --> 00:24:19.240
 whatever that

00:24:19.240 --> 00:24:19.860
 thing in my

00:24:19.860 --> 00:24:20.320
 mind that I

00:24:20.320 --> 00:24:20.620
 was thinking

00:24:20.620 --> 00:24:21.360
 they were doing

00:24:21.360 --> 00:24:21.980
 terribly or

00:24:21.980 --> 00:24:22.259
 wrong.

00:24:22.600 --> 00:24:23.120
 Now I've

00:24:23.120 --> 00:24:23.460
 looked at

00:24:23.460 --> 00:24:24.060
 their smiling

00:24:24.060 --> 00:24:24.580
 face,

00:24:24.579 --> 00:24:25.919
 and they're

00:24:25.919 --> 00:24:26.779
 looking nicely

00:24:26.779 --> 00:24:27.379
 at me,

00:24:28.980 --> 00:24:29.419
 like,

00:24:29.939 --> 00:24:32.059
 don't do

00:24:32.059 --> 00:24:32.279
 that,

00:24:32.319 --> 00:24:32.500
 right?

00:24:32.779 --> 00:24:33.439
 So greet

00:24:33.439 --> 00:24:33.819
 one another

00:24:33.819 --> 00:24:34.299
 with affection.

00:24:34.460 --> 00:24:34.839
 Even if

00:24:34.839 --> 00:24:35.079
 you're not

00:24:35.079 --> 00:24:35.480
 feeling so

00:24:35.480 --> 00:24:35.899
 happy with

00:24:35.899 --> 00:24:36.000
 them,

00:24:36.279 --> 00:24:36.619
 greet them

00:24:36.619 --> 00:24:37.199
 with affection.

00:24:38.099 --> 00:24:38.399
 And the

00:24:38.399 --> 00:24:38.899
 reason that

00:24:38.899 --> 00:24:39.619
 we do is

00:24:39.619 --> 00:24:40.339
 because we

00:24:40.339 --> 00:24:41.019
 want harmony

00:24:41.019 --> 00:24:42.000
 to be part

00:24:42.000 --> 00:24:42.399
 of our

00:24:42.399 --> 00:24:42.720
 church.

00:24:42.720 --> 00:24:42.759
 church.

00:24:44.920 --> 00:24:46.000
 The reality

00:24:46.000 --> 00:24:47.200
 is this,

00:24:48.120 --> 00:24:48.860
 is that

00:24:48.860 --> 00:24:50.200
 churches

00:24:50.200 --> 00:24:51.559
 demise

00:24:51.559 --> 00:24:53.860
 because of

00:24:53.860 --> 00:24:54.460
 conflict

00:24:54.460 --> 00:24:54.900
 within.

00:24:56.700 --> 00:24:57.299
 Churches

00:24:57.299 --> 00:24:57.779
 implode.

00:24:58.279 --> 00:24:58.700
 That's how

00:24:58.700 --> 00:24:59.360
 churches stop

00:24:59.360 --> 00:25:00.079
 functioning and

00:25:00.079 --> 00:25:00.519
 stop doing

00:25:00.519 --> 00:25:00.920
 well and

00:25:00.920 --> 00:25:01.500
 stop growing

00:25:01.500 --> 00:25:02.039
 and people

00:25:02.039 --> 00:25:02.559
 stop coming

00:25:02.559 --> 00:25:03.720
 because of

00:25:03.720 --> 00:25:04.180
 problems

00:25:04.180 --> 00:25:04.839
 internally

00:25:04.839 --> 00:25:05.400
 within the

00:25:05.400 --> 00:25:05.660
 church.

00:25:07.240 --> 00:25:07.960
 And the

00:25:07.960 --> 00:25:09.000
 thing that we

00:25:09.000 --> 00:25:09.500
 have that we

00:25:09.500 --> 00:25:10.100
 want to always

00:25:10.100 --> 00:25:11.559
 protect is the

00:25:11.559 --> 00:25:12.579
 harmony, the

00:25:12.579 --> 00:25:13.619
 peace within

00:25:13.619 --> 00:25:14.000
 Trinity

00:25:14.000 --> 00:25:14.440
 Cambridge.

00:25:15.619 --> 00:25:16.500
 Because if we

00:25:16.500 --> 00:25:17.419
 have peace and

00:25:17.419 --> 00:25:18.220
 harmony within

00:25:18.220 --> 00:25:19.759
 the church, the

00:25:19.759 --> 00:25:20.339
 church can go

00:25:20.339 --> 00:25:21.159
 forward in its

00:25:21.159 --> 00:25:21.460
 mission.

00:25:22.639 --> 00:25:23.500
 If there is

00:25:23.500 --> 00:25:24.659
 disharmony within

00:25:24.659 --> 00:25:26.779
 the church, then

00:25:26.779 --> 00:25:27.299
 the church won't

00:25:27.299 --> 00:25:27.879
 be able to go

00:25:27.879 --> 00:25:28.440
 forward with

00:25:28.440 --> 00:25:29.079
 reaching people.

00:25:30.419 --> 00:25:31.399
 As this church

00:25:31.399 --> 00:25:32.139
 tries to reach

00:25:32.139 --> 00:25:32.879
 people, the

00:25:32.879 --> 00:25:33.299
 thing that we

00:25:33.299 --> 00:25:34.220
 rely upon is the

00:25:34.220 --> 00:25:34.740
 movement of the

00:25:34.740 --> 00:25:35.019
 Spirit.

00:25:36.059 --> 00:25:37.319
 We need God to

00:25:37.319 --> 00:25:38.119
 send people to

00:25:38.119 --> 00:25:39.359
 our church, and

00:25:39.359 --> 00:25:39.799
 there's obviously

00:25:39.799 --> 00:25:40.519
 things that we

00:25:40.519 --> 00:25:41.079
 can do to help

00:25:41.079 --> 00:25:41.480
 facilitate

00:25:41.480 --> 00:25:41.839
 that, but

00:25:41.839 --> 00:25:42.700
 ultimately we

00:25:42.700 --> 00:25:43.180
 look upon it

00:25:43.180 --> 00:25:43.759
 as a work of

00:25:43.759 --> 00:25:44.259
 the Spirit, that

00:25:44.259 --> 00:25:44.960
 God will send

00:25:44.960 --> 00:25:45.740
 people to this

00:25:45.740 --> 00:25:46.079
 church.

00:25:47.000 --> 00:25:47.640
 And most

00:25:47.640 --> 00:25:48.000
 certainly we

00:25:48.000 --> 00:25:48.680
 look upon it as

00:25:48.680 --> 00:25:49.200
 a work of the

00:25:49.200 --> 00:25:49.799
 Spirit, that

00:25:49.799 --> 00:25:50.460
 God will bring

00:25:50.460 --> 00:25:51.500
 people to the

00:25:51.500 --> 00:25:52.279
 salvation that

00:25:52.279 --> 00:25:53.000
 they need through

00:25:53.000 --> 00:25:53.620
 this church.

00:25:55.220 --> 00:25:56.019
 And we look and

00:25:56.019 --> 00:25:56.599
 we say, God, we

00:25:56.599 --> 00:25:57.259
 also want you to

00:25:57.259 --> 00:25:58.360
 send believers into

00:25:58.360 --> 00:25:59.000
 this church who

00:25:59.000 --> 00:25:59.880
 can grow in

00:25:59.880 --> 00:26:00.460
 their faith.

00:26:02.539 --> 00:26:03.519
 But why would

00:26:03.519 --> 00:26:04.400
 God use His

00:26:04.400 --> 00:26:05.059
 Spirit and send

00:26:05.059 --> 00:26:05.940
 people into an

00:26:05.940 --> 00:26:06.579
 unhealthy,

00:26:08.500 --> 00:26:09.500
 disharmonious,

00:26:09.500 --> 00:26:11.359
 anger in

00:26:11.359 --> 00:26:11.960
 filled church?

00:26:13.000 --> 00:26:13.519
 It's just

00:26:13.519 --> 00:26:14.059
 simply not going

00:26:14.059 --> 00:26:14.380
 to happen.

00:26:15.039 --> 00:26:15.539
 Because it

00:26:15.539 --> 00:26:16.160
 would not be

00:26:16.160 --> 00:26:16.819
 good for people

00:26:16.819 --> 00:26:17.200
 to be in

00:26:17.200 --> 00:26:17.420
 that.

00:26:19.019 --> 00:26:19.660
 So as we

00:26:19.660 --> 00:26:20.079
 come and look

00:26:20.079 --> 00:26:20.640
 at this idea

00:26:20.640 --> 00:26:21.259
 of harmony, it's

00:26:21.259 --> 00:26:21.859
 vital.

00:26:21.940 --> 00:26:22.660
 It's vital to

00:26:22.660 --> 00:26:23.539
 the success of

00:26:23.539 --> 00:26:23.960
 this church.

00:26:24.519 --> 00:26:25.000
 And we can

00:26:25.000 --> 00:26:25.940
 talk much more

00:26:25.940 --> 00:26:26.440
 about it.

00:26:26.579 --> 00:26:27.740
 But here at the

00:26:27.740 --> 00:26:28.420
 end of 1 Peter

00:26:28.420 --> 00:26:29.000
 we're given just

00:26:29.000 --> 00:26:29.680
 one little hint.

00:26:30.359 --> 00:26:30.759
 Greet one

00:26:30.759 --> 00:26:31.339
 another with

00:26:31.339 --> 00:26:31.779
 affection.

00:26:32.779 --> 00:26:33.160
 Greet one

00:26:33.160 --> 00:26:33.680
 another with

00:26:33.680 --> 00:26:34.019
 affection.

00:26:34.019 --> 00:26:37.079
 Finally we

00:26:37.079 --> 00:26:37.480
 will look at

00:26:37.480 --> 00:26:38.180
 the idea of

00:26:38.180 --> 00:26:39.160
 true grace.

00:26:39.660 --> 00:26:41.920
 True grace is

00:26:41.920 --> 00:26:42.539
 something that

00:26:42.539 --> 00:26:43.039
 comes out of

00:26:43.039 --> 00:26:43.920
 verse 12.

00:26:44.139 --> 00:26:44.619
 So the second

00:26:44.619 --> 00:26:45.279
 part of verse

00:26:45.279 --> 00:26:45.619
 12.

00:26:47.180 --> 00:26:48.180
 And the

00:26:48.180 --> 00:26:49.900
 passage reads,

00:26:50.039 --> 00:26:50.660
 This is the

00:26:50.660 --> 00:26:51.759
 true grace of

00:26:51.759 --> 00:26:52.139
 God.

00:26:52.519 --> 00:26:54.759
 Stand firm in

00:26:54.759 --> 00:26:54.980
 it.

00:26:56.240 --> 00:26:57.200
 So there in

00:26:57.200 --> 00:26:58.119
 verse 12 it

00:26:58.119 --> 00:26:59.240
 says this.

00:26:59.559 --> 00:27:00.799
 So what is

00:27:00.799 --> 00:27:01.440
 this?

00:27:01.779 --> 00:27:02.480
 Well this is

00:27:02.480 --> 00:27:03.480
 the entire of

00:27:03.480 --> 00:27:03.779
 the writing.

00:27:03.779 --> 00:27:04.720
 So this isn't

00:27:04.720 --> 00:27:05.839
 just the passage

00:27:05.839 --> 00:27:06.139
 that we're

00:27:06.139 --> 00:27:06.500
 talking about

00:27:06.500 --> 00:27:06.859
 this evening.

00:27:07.119 --> 00:27:07.980
 This is Peter

00:27:07.980 --> 00:27:09.000
 concluding his

00:27:09.000 --> 00:27:09.799
 message to the

00:27:09.799 --> 00:27:10.240
 people, his

00:27:10.240 --> 00:27:10.980
 letter to the

00:27:10.980 --> 00:27:11.259
 people.

00:27:11.700 --> 00:27:12.740
 And this is

00:27:12.740 --> 00:27:13.759
 everything I've

00:27:13.759 --> 00:27:14.160
 written you.

00:27:15.480 --> 00:27:16.119
 And he says

00:27:16.119 --> 00:27:16.839
 everything I've

00:27:16.839 --> 00:27:17.220
 written you

00:27:17.220 --> 00:27:18.460
 stand firm in

00:27:18.460 --> 00:27:18.660
 it.

00:27:20.299 --> 00:27:21.299
 So what he

00:27:21.299 --> 00:27:21.660
 means by

00:27:21.660 --> 00:27:22.180
 standing firm

00:27:22.180 --> 00:27:23.059
 is that this

00:27:23.059 --> 00:27:23.480
 is something

00:27:23.480 --> 00:27:24.319
 that I want

00:27:24.319 --> 00:27:24.680
 you to

00:27:24.680 --> 00:27:25.200
 maintain.

00:27:25.819 --> 00:27:26.599
 But also

00:27:26.599 --> 00:27:27.259
 understands the

00:27:27.259 --> 00:27:27.819
 reason that he's

00:27:27.819 --> 00:27:28.279
 telling us to

00:27:28.279 --> 00:27:29.119
 stand firm in

00:27:29.119 --> 00:27:30.220
 it is because at

00:27:30.220 --> 00:27:30.839
 some point it's

00:27:30.839 --> 00:27:31.279
 going to be

00:27:31.279 --> 00:27:32.240
 difficult to

00:27:32.240 --> 00:27:32.700
 maintain.

00:27:32.700 --> 00:27:34.000
 At some

00:27:34.000 --> 00:27:34.319
 point we're

00:27:34.319 --> 00:27:34.440
 going to

00:27:34.440 --> 00:27:34.779
 say I

00:27:34.779 --> 00:27:35.500
 don't want

00:27:35.500 --> 00:27:36.720
 this, all

00:27:36.720 --> 00:27:37.019
 that you're

00:27:37.019 --> 00:27:37.400
 giving me

00:27:37.400 --> 00:27:38.200
 Peter, I

00:27:38.200 --> 00:27:38.519
 want to get

00:27:38.519 --> 00:27:39.000
 rid of it.

00:27:39.660 --> 00:27:39.880
 But Peter

00:27:39.880 --> 00:27:40.259
 is saying no.

00:27:40.600 --> 00:27:41.000
 Stay with

00:27:41.000 --> 00:27:41.140
 it.

00:27:41.299 --> 00:27:42.160
 Stand firm

00:27:42.160 --> 00:27:42.340
 in it.

00:27:42.819 --> 00:27:43.539
 So what

00:27:43.539 --> 00:27:44.640
 exactly is

00:27:44.640 --> 00:27:45.059
 this?

00:27:45.779 --> 00:27:47.640
 Well this, as

00:27:47.640 --> 00:27:48.140
 it's explained

00:27:48.140 --> 00:27:48.660
 here in verse

00:27:48.660 --> 00:27:50.000
 12, this is

00:27:50.000 --> 00:27:51.900
 the true grace

00:27:51.900 --> 00:27:52.580
 of God.

00:27:52.579 --> 00:27:54.439
 true grace.

00:27:54.439 --> 00:27:55.759
 This idea, this

00:27:55.759 --> 00:27:56.839
 pairing of true

00:27:56.839 --> 00:27:57.460
 and grace to

00:27:57.460 --> 00:27:58.639
 create this term

00:27:58.639 --> 00:27:59.980
 true grace, it's

00:27:59.980 --> 00:28:00.419
 actually found

00:28:00.419 --> 00:28:01.099
 nowhere else in

00:28:01.099 --> 00:28:01.379
 scripture.

00:28:02.339 --> 00:28:02.839
 So the

00:28:02.839 --> 00:28:03.619
 phrasing true

00:28:03.619 --> 00:28:04.559
 grace is

00:28:04.559 --> 00:28:05.079
 something that

00:28:05.079 --> 00:28:06.699
 only comes in

00:28:06.699 --> 00:28:07.399
 this passage.

00:28:07.819 --> 00:28:08.839
 So this hair at

00:28:08.839 --> 00:28:09.099
 the end of

00:28:09.099 --> 00:28:09.460
 first period is

00:28:09.460 --> 00:28:09.919
 the only time

00:28:09.919 --> 00:28:10.919
 we'll see those

00:28:10.919 --> 00:28:11.839
 two words put

00:28:11.839 --> 00:28:12.439
 together to make

00:28:12.439 --> 00:28:13.220
 this notion of

00:28:13.220 --> 00:28:14.619
 true grace.

00:28:15.619 --> 00:28:16.899
 So what is

00:28:16.899 --> 00:28:17.319
 true grace?

00:28:17.359 --> 00:28:17.980
 That's something

00:28:17.980 --> 00:28:19.619
 we need to know.

00:28:19.619 --> 00:28:21.519
 So we're going

00:28:21.519 --> 00:28:22.179
 to begin with

00:28:22.179 --> 00:28:23.099
 our understanding

00:28:23.099 --> 00:28:23.699
 of grace.

00:28:24.739 --> 00:28:26.659
 So grace, what

00:28:26.659 --> 00:28:27.199
 is grace?

00:28:27.779 --> 00:28:28.239
 Grace is

00:28:28.239 --> 00:28:29.159
 unmerited favor.

00:28:30.119 --> 00:28:30.819
 So grace is

00:28:30.819 --> 00:28:31.799
 simply unmerited

00:28:31.799 --> 00:28:32.139
 favor.

00:28:32.799 --> 00:28:34.119
 And the result

00:28:34.119 --> 00:28:35.519
 is that God

00:28:35.519 --> 00:28:36.500
 has much grace

00:28:36.500 --> 00:28:36.979
 towards us.

00:28:37.059 --> 00:28:37.939
 God has much

00:28:37.939 --> 00:28:39.139
 unmerited favor

00:28:39.139 --> 00:28:39.879
 towards us.

00:28:40.119 --> 00:28:40.759
 And when we

00:28:40.759 --> 00:28:41.519
 think of God's

00:28:41.519 --> 00:28:42.000
 grace, we often

00:28:42.000 --> 00:28:43.119
 think of God's

00:28:43.119 --> 00:28:44.239
 grace as providing

00:28:44.239 --> 00:28:45.179
 good things,

00:28:45.259 --> 00:28:45.819
 things that we

00:28:45.819 --> 00:28:46.179
 want.

00:28:46.979 --> 00:28:47.959
 So we're told

00:28:47.959 --> 00:28:48.619
 in Titus chapter

00:28:48.619 --> 00:28:49.599
 2 that grace

00:28:49.599 --> 00:28:51.299
 brings salvation.

00:28:51.959 --> 00:28:52.459
 That's a good

00:28:52.459 --> 00:28:52.740
 thing.

00:28:53.199 --> 00:28:53.579
 We're told

00:28:53.579 --> 00:28:54.439
 that it's

00:28:54.439 --> 00:28:55.199
 Titus 2.9,

00:28:55.519 --> 00:28:56.119
 the grace of

00:28:56.119 --> 00:28:56.939
 God appears

00:28:56.939 --> 00:28:58.199
 bringing salvation

00:28:58.199 --> 00:28:59.699
 to all people.

00:29:00.119 --> 00:29:01.039
 So grace is

00:29:01.039 --> 00:29:01.639
 that unmerited

00:29:01.639 --> 00:29:02.059
 favor that

00:29:02.059 --> 00:29:02.539
 brings a good

00:29:02.539 --> 00:29:02.759
 thing.

00:29:03.500 --> 00:29:04.019
 We also see

00:29:04.019 --> 00:29:04.480
 that grace

00:29:04.480 --> 00:29:05.319
 brings redemption

00:29:05.319 --> 00:29:05.959
 and forgiveness.

00:29:06.599 --> 00:29:07.679
 Ephesians 1

00:29:07.679 --> 00:29:08.279
 chapter 7

00:29:08.279 --> 00:29:09.000
 reads, we

00:29:09.000 --> 00:29:09.819
 have redemption

00:29:09.819 --> 00:29:10.279
 through his

00:29:10.279 --> 00:29:10.639
 blood, the

00:29:10.639 --> 00:29:11.339
 forgiveness of

00:29:11.339 --> 00:29:11.959
 our trespasses

00:29:11.959 --> 00:29:12.819
 according to

00:29:12.819 --> 00:29:13.859
 the riches of

00:29:13.859 --> 00:29:14.399
 his grace.

00:29:16.500 --> 00:29:17.879
 We see that

00:29:17.879 --> 00:29:18.539
 first Peter

00:29:18.539 --> 00:29:19.299
 brings in this

00:29:19.299 --> 00:29:20.279
 idea of

00:29:20.279 --> 00:29:21.039
 true grace.

00:29:21.039 --> 00:29:21.579
 So we've

00:29:21.579 --> 00:29:22.379
 seen grace as

00:29:22.379 --> 00:29:23.159
 this unmerited

00:29:23.159 --> 00:29:24.019
 favor, these

00:29:24.019 --> 00:29:24.919
 things that we

00:29:24.919 --> 00:29:26.119
 want, these

00:29:26.119 --> 00:29:26.759
 things that we

00:29:26.759 --> 00:29:27.599
 need, but Peter

00:29:27.599 --> 00:29:28.159
 comes and says,

00:29:28.460 --> 00:29:28.919
 I want you to

00:29:28.919 --> 00:29:29.440
 think about this

00:29:29.440 --> 00:29:30.220
 as the idea

00:29:30.220 --> 00:29:32.399
 of true grace.

00:29:33.059 --> 00:29:33.720
 And in this

00:29:33.720 --> 00:29:34.539
 idea of true

00:29:34.539 --> 00:29:35.659
 grace, it moves

00:29:35.659 --> 00:29:36.319
 grace from

00:29:36.319 --> 00:29:37.099
 simply the

00:29:37.099 --> 00:29:38.200
 unmerited favor

00:29:38.200 --> 00:29:39.700
 that we receive,

00:29:40.700 --> 00:29:41.779
 but it moves it

00:29:41.779 --> 00:29:42.599
 towards this

00:29:42.599 --> 00:29:43.960
 favor that we

00:29:43.960 --> 00:29:45.180
 show towards

00:29:45.180 --> 00:29:45.659
 others.

00:29:45.660 --> 00:29:45.759
 grace.

00:29:46.600 --> 00:29:47.540
 And so the

00:29:47.540 --> 00:29:48.519
 idea of true

00:29:48.519 --> 00:29:49.440
 grace is not

00:29:49.440 --> 00:29:50.240
 only receiving

00:29:50.240 --> 00:29:50.700
 what God

00:29:50.700 --> 00:29:52.259
 offers, but

00:29:52.259 --> 00:29:53.560
 then bestowing

00:29:53.560 --> 00:29:54.500
 that towards

00:29:54.500 --> 00:29:55.259
 people around

00:29:55.259 --> 00:29:55.580
 us.

00:29:56.900 --> 00:29:58.060
 And when we

00:29:58.060 --> 00:30:00.160
 bestow what we

00:30:00.160 --> 00:30:00.700
 have received

00:30:00.700 --> 00:30:01.880
 from God, it

00:30:01.880 --> 00:30:02.540
 creates a loop.

00:30:02.720 --> 00:30:03.660
 It creates a

00:30:03.660 --> 00:30:04.800
 loop of increase.

00:30:05.480 --> 00:30:05.920
 And what that

00:30:05.920 --> 00:30:06.740
 means is that as

00:30:06.740 --> 00:30:07.720
 we receive grace

00:30:07.720 --> 00:30:09.140
 from God, and

00:30:09.140 --> 00:30:10.460
 then we turn and

00:30:10.460 --> 00:30:12.040
 bestow that grace

00:30:12.040 --> 00:30:13.840
 towards others, we

00:30:13.839 --> 00:30:14.559
 have an ability

00:30:14.559 --> 00:30:15.959
 to better receive

00:30:15.959 --> 00:30:16.740
 God's grace.

00:30:16.839 --> 00:30:17.519
 We have a deeper

00:30:17.519 --> 00:30:18.359
 understanding of

00:30:18.359 --> 00:30:19.720
 God's grace, which

00:30:19.720 --> 00:30:20.579
 we then bestow

00:30:20.579 --> 00:30:22.019
 grace out, which

00:30:22.019 --> 00:30:22.819
 then gives us an

00:30:22.819 --> 00:30:23.419
 even deeper

00:30:23.419 --> 00:30:24.240
 understanding of

00:30:24.240 --> 00:30:25.179
 grace, which gives

00:30:25.179 --> 00:30:26.059
 us a better ability

00:30:26.059 --> 00:30:27.000
 to bestow upon

00:30:27.000 --> 00:30:27.279
 others.

00:30:27.519 --> 00:30:29.240
 So as we receive

00:30:29.240 --> 00:30:30.279
 grace, bestow

00:30:30.279 --> 00:30:30.959
 grace, as we

00:30:30.959 --> 00:30:31.539
 continue through

00:30:31.539 --> 00:30:32.639
 that process, we're

00:30:32.639 --> 00:30:33.199
 actually going to

00:30:33.199 --> 00:30:34.259
 deepen the grace

00:30:34.259 --> 00:30:35.879
 and our understanding

00:30:35.879 --> 00:30:36.480
 of grace.

00:30:37.879 --> 00:30:39.480
 And this idea of

00:30:39.480 --> 00:30:41.500
 we must receive

00:30:41.500 --> 00:30:42.319
 something and then

00:30:42.319 --> 00:30:43.279
 give it, this

00:30:43.279 --> 00:30:44.279
 pattern, is

00:30:44.279 --> 00:30:44.740
 something that

00:30:44.740 --> 00:30:45.700
 occurs in the

00:30:45.700 --> 00:30:45.879
 Bible.

00:30:45.960 --> 00:30:46.500
 So it's not an

00:30:46.500 --> 00:30:47.759
 idea, here as we

00:30:47.759 --> 00:30:48.420
 look at this idea

00:30:48.420 --> 00:30:49.599
 of true grace, it's

00:30:49.599 --> 00:30:51.000
 one of the things I

00:30:51.000 --> 00:30:51.700
 think to see

00:30:51.700 --> 00:30:52.500
 important is that I'm

00:30:52.500 --> 00:30:53.079
 not telling you

00:30:53.079 --> 00:30:53.539
 there's some like

00:30:53.539 --> 00:30:55.000
 secret hidden idea

00:30:55.000 --> 00:30:55.819
 that's coming out of

00:30:55.819 --> 00:30:56.619
 1 Peter of this

00:30:56.619 --> 00:30:57.500
 idea of true grace.

00:30:57.779 --> 00:30:58.700
 This idea that we

00:30:58.700 --> 00:30:59.680
 receive grace and

00:30:59.680 --> 00:31:00.480
 then bestow it

00:31:00.480 --> 00:31:02.599
 towards others, that's

00:31:02.599 --> 00:31:03.420
 a pattern that we

00:31:03.420 --> 00:31:04.099
 would see marked

00:31:04.099 --> 00:31:04.680
 throughout the

00:31:04.680 --> 00:31:05.000
 scriptures.

00:31:05.899 --> 00:31:07.099
 And this idea that

00:31:07.099 --> 00:31:07.960
 God says, hey, I've

00:31:07.960 --> 00:31:08.519
 given you something

00:31:08.519 --> 00:31:09.319
 good, but I want you

00:31:09.319 --> 00:31:10.420
 to turn around and

00:31:10.420 --> 00:31:12.139
 give it to others, is

00:31:12.139 --> 00:31:12.960
 a pattern that we

00:31:12.960 --> 00:31:13.779
 also see in the

00:31:13.779 --> 00:31:13.960
 scriptures.

00:31:14.220 --> 00:31:15.779
 Even as we look at

00:31:15.779 --> 00:31:17.600
 the model prayer, as

00:31:17.600 --> 00:31:18.880
 Jesus, he teaches his

00:31:18.880 --> 00:31:19.819
 disciples to pray.

00:31:20.039 --> 00:31:20.519
 And one of the

00:31:20.519 --> 00:31:21.680
 things that Jesus

00:31:21.680 --> 00:31:23.059
 teaches us to say in

00:31:23.059 --> 00:31:23.779
 this model prayer, he

00:31:23.779 --> 00:31:24.940
 teaches us to pray, is

00:31:24.940 --> 00:31:26.100
 that we ask God for

00:31:26.100 --> 00:31:26.579
 forgiveness.

00:31:27.620 --> 00:31:28.279
 So we're to pray to

00:31:28.279 --> 00:31:29.120
 God, forgive us.

00:31:29.460 --> 00:31:30.360
 But it's a conditional

00:31:30.360 --> 00:31:30.860
 forgiveness.

00:31:31.600 --> 00:31:32.779
 Forgive us as we have

00:31:32.779 --> 00:31:33.640
 forgiven others.

00:31:34.519 --> 00:31:35.660
 It's that loop, it's

00:31:35.660 --> 00:31:36.180
 that pattern.

00:31:36.380 --> 00:31:37.299
 If we want to receive

00:31:37.299 --> 00:31:38.420
 God's true forgiveness,

00:31:38.420 --> 00:31:39.220
 we're going to need to

00:31:39.220 --> 00:31:40.100
 pass that forgiveness

00:31:40.100 --> 00:31:40.759
 on to others.

00:31:40.759 --> 00:31:41.839
 In the same way with

00:31:41.839 --> 00:31:42.779
 grace, we do receive

00:31:42.779 --> 00:31:43.960
 God's unmerited favor.

00:31:44.359 --> 00:31:45.279
 We absolutely can

00:31:45.279 --> 00:31:45.660
 receive it.

00:31:45.799 --> 00:31:46.539
 God says, now give it

00:31:46.539 --> 00:31:46.759
 away.

00:31:47.079 --> 00:31:48.119
 And that's what Peter's

00:31:48.119 --> 00:31:49.339
 plan for these people

00:31:49.339 --> 00:31:50.519
 here is to give that

00:31:50.519 --> 00:31:51.339
 grace away.

00:31:52.079 --> 00:31:53.619
 To bestow that grace

00:31:53.619 --> 00:31:54.200
 upon others.

00:31:54.599 --> 00:31:57.379
 True grace is something

00:31:57.379 --> 00:31:59.299
 that we receive and then

00:31:59.299 --> 00:31:59.740
 bestow.

00:32:00.879 --> 00:32:02.420
 And the reality is that

00:32:02.420 --> 00:32:03.160
 both can be an

00:32:03.160 --> 00:32:03.519
 obstacle.

00:32:04.640 --> 00:32:05.779
 Receiving that unmerited

00:32:05.779 --> 00:32:07.000
 favor from God, it's an

00:32:07.000 --> 00:32:07.799
 obstacle for people.

00:32:08.779 --> 00:32:09.819
 Bestowing that favor

00:32:09.819 --> 00:32:10.559
 towards the people

00:32:10.559 --> 00:32:12.099
 around us also can be

00:32:12.099 --> 00:32:12.700
 an obstacle.

00:32:13.859 --> 00:32:15.019
 As we look at this idea

00:32:15.019 --> 00:32:15.899
 of true grace, what I

00:32:15.899 --> 00:32:16.740
 want us to do is we're

00:32:16.740 --> 00:32:17.779
 going to work that idea

00:32:17.779 --> 00:32:18.899
 back through some of the

00:32:18.899 --> 00:32:19.680
 concepts that we've

00:32:19.680 --> 00:32:20.619
 talked about here in this

00:32:20.619 --> 00:32:20.940
 passage.

00:32:21.220 --> 00:32:22.159
 We're going to link this

00:32:22.159 --> 00:32:23.079
 idea of true grace

00:32:23.079 --> 00:32:24.240
 through and just to see

00:32:24.240 --> 00:32:26.579
 how it pertains into

00:32:26.579 --> 00:32:27.579
 some of these ideas.

00:32:27.659 --> 00:32:28.279
 So the first thing that

00:32:28.279 --> 00:32:29.039
 we looked at was the

00:32:29.039 --> 00:32:29.799
 idea of help.

00:32:30.399 --> 00:32:31.579
 Is that we need to help

00:32:31.579 --> 00:32:32.259
 one another.

00:32:32.259 --> 00:32:35.140
 So what we have with

00:32:35.140 --> 00:32:36.279
 the idea of help is that

00:32:36.279 --> 00:32:37.819
 we have received help

00:32:37.819 --> 00:32:38.279
 from God.

00:32:38.700 --> 00:32:39.799
 In the form of salvation

00:32:39.799 --> 00:32:40.920
 we have received it.

00:32:41.079 --> 00:32:41.799
 We're also going to need

00:32:41.799 --> 00:32:42.559
 to bestow it.

00:32:43.759 --> 00:32:45.819
 In 1 Peter chapter 2

00:32:45.819 --> 00:32:47.859
 verse 9 we see that we

00:32:47.859 --> 00:32:49.440
 have received help.

00:32:50.180 --> 00:32:51.759
 You are a chosen race,

00:32:51.859 --> 00:32:52.980
 a royal priesthood,

00:32:53.220 --> 00:32:54.920
 holy nation, a people

00:32:54.920 --> 00:32:56.160
 for his own possession.

00:32:56.299 --> 00:32:57.259
 So we have received

00:32:57.259 --> 00:32:58.039
 these things from God.

00:32:58.240 --> 00:32:59.319
 He says, I chose you.

00:32:59.319 --> 00:33:01.339
 And the passage

00:33:01.339 --> 00:33:01.839
 continues.

00:33:01.939 --> 00:33:02.500
 We're not going to need

00:33:02.500 --> 00:33:03.279
 to give something out.

00:33:03.500 --> 00:33:04.000
 And the passage

00:33:04.000 --> 00:33:04.599
 continues.

00:33:04.859 --> 00:33:05.599
 You have received

00:33:05.599 --> 00:33:06.179
 these things and now

00:33:06.179 --> 00:33:07.480
 the passage goes in

00:33:07.480 --> 00:33:08.960
 chapter 2 verse 9

00:33:08.960 --> 00:33:10.379
 that you will proclaim

00:33:10.379 --> 00:33:11.839
 the excellencies of him

00:33:11.839 --> 00:33:12.939
 who called you out of

00:33:12.939 --> 00:33:14.279
 the darkness into his

00:33:14.279 --> 00:33:15.099
 marvelous light.

00:33:15.859 --> 00:33:17.319
 You are a chosen race

00:33:17.319 --> 00:33:19.019
 that you may proclaim

00:33:19.019 --> 00:33:19.839
 his excellencies.

00:33:20.899 --> 00:33:22.019
 You've received the

00:33:22.019 --> 00:33:23.439
 grace of being chosen

00:33:23.439 --> 00:33:25.700
 and now you're going to

00:33:25.700 --> 00:33:28.460
 bestow that grace by

00:33:28.460 --> 00:33:29.559
 proclaiming the

00:33:29.559 --> 00:33:30.559
 excellencies of God.

00:33:31.240 --> 00:33:32.840
 True grace, we're going

00:33:32.840 --> 00:33:34.340
 to proclaim Christ.

00:33:35.299 --> 00:33:36.299
 We're not just going to

00:33:36.299 --> 00:33:37.160
 receive but we are

00:33:37.160 --> 00:33:37.799
 going to proclaim.

00:33:38.440 --> 00:33:39.400
 We also looked at the

00:33:39.400 --> 00:33:40.079
 idea of home.

00:33:40.940 --> 00:33:42.279
 That we are exiles.

00:33:42.460 --> 00:33:44.180
 We are in this world

00:33:44.180 --> 00:33:45.240
 and it doesn't quite fit

00:33:45.240 --> 00:33:45.340
 in.

00:33:45.400 --> 00:33:46.400
 It's not quite our home

00:33:46.400 --> 00:33:47.440
 because we stand out

00:33:47.440 --> 00:33:48.259
 because of our faith.

00:33:49.559 --> 00:33:50.819
 But as a result of the

00:33:50.819 --> 00:33:51.579
 grace that we have

00:33:51.579 --> 00:33:52.200
 received with God,

00:33:52.279 --> 00:33:53.880
 we're told in 1 Peter

00:33:53.880 --> 00:33:55.500
 chapter 2 verses 16 and

00:33:55.500 --> 00:33:57.680
 17, the first told that

00:33:57.680 --> 00:33:59.039
 we can live as people

00:33:59.039 --> 00:33:59.640
 who are free.

00:33:59.840 --> 00:34:01.140
 We have received that

00:34:01.140 --> 00:34:01.640
 from God.

00:34:02.120 --> 00:34:03.279
 The ability to live as

00:34:03.279 --> 00:34:04.120
 people who are free.

00:34:04.740 --> 00:34:05.799
 But now we have this

00:34:05.799 --> 00:34:07.120
 grace that we can bestow

00:34:07.120 --> 00:34:07.740
 towards others.

00:34:08.000 --> 00:34:08.840
 The passage continues.

00:34:09.300 --> 00:34:10.740
 Not using your freedom

00:34:10.740 --> 00:34:12.180
 as a cover up for evil

00:34:12.180 --> 00:34:13.900
 but living as servants

00:34:13.900 --> 00:34:14.440
 of God.

00:34:15.180 --> 00:34:15.880
 Honor everyone.

00:34:16.099 --> 00:34:16.900
 Love the brotherhood.

00:34:17.059 --> 00:34:17.760
 Fear God.

00:34:17.960 --> 00:34:18.680
 Honor the emperor.

00:34:20.460 --> 00:34:21.659
 Through grace we can

00:34:21.659 --> 00:34:22.320
 live as free.

00:34:22.320 --> 00:34:25.480
 God says now I want you

00:34:25.480 --> 00:34:28.539
 to bestow that towards

00:34:28.539 --> 00:34:28.980
 others.

00:34:29.820 --> 00:34:32.340
 And in true grace we are

00:34:32.340 --> 00:34:33.760
 called to submission to

00:34:33.760 --> 00:34:34.940
 earthly authorities.

00:34:36.160 --> 00:34:37.760
 We are called to submit to

00:34:37.760 --> 00:34:38.860
 society at large.

00:34:39.019 --> 00:34:39.940
 We are called to submit to

00:34:39.940 --> 00:34:40.500
 our governments.

00:34:41.260 --> 00:34:42.900
 We need to submit in our

00:34:42.900 --> 00:34:43.620
 workplaces.

00:34:44.160 --> 00:34:45.400
 In our classrooms.

00:34:46.300 --> 00:34:47.780
 We need to submit within

00:34:47.780 --> 00:34:48.680
 our church community.

00:34:49.120 --> 00:34:50.260
 We need to submit within

00:34:50.260 --> 00:34:51.519
 our roles within the family.

00:34:52.320 --> 00:34:54.260
 We have received grace.

00:34:54.340 --> 00:34:55.360
 We can live as free people.

00:34:55.580 --> 00:34:56.460
 But we are going to use

00:34:56.460 --> 00:34:57.019
 that freedom.

00:34:57.480 --> 00:34:59.620
 So that we can live in

00:34:59.620 --> 00:35:01.200
 submission to the people

00:35:01.200 --> 00:35:01.680
 around us.

00:35:04.440 --> 00:35:05.420
 Finally we looked at the

00:35:05.420 --> 00:35:06.320
 idea of harmony.

00:35:07.360 --> 00:35:08.440
 And the idea of maintaining

00:35:08.440 --> 00:35:10.620
 peace within our community.

00:35:11.960 --> 00:35:12.860
 And certainly we have

00:35:12.860 --> 00:35:13.940
 peace with God.

00:35:14.300 --> 00:35:16.019
 Despite our sinful nature

00:35:16.019 --> 00:35:17.760
 we have peace with God.

00:35:17.760 --> 00:35:20.380
 We are told in 1 Peter 3.18

00:35:20.380 --> 00:35:24.220
 For Christ suffered once for

00:35:24.220 --> 00:35:24.579
 sins.

00:35:24.920 --> 00:35:25.980
 The righteous for the

00:35:25.980 --> 00:35:27.059
 unrighteous.

00:35:27.260 --> 00:35:29.340
 That he might bring us to

00:35:29.340 --> 00:35:29.619
 God.

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 God has come.

00:35:33.640 --> 00:35:34.480
 Jesus has come.

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 And suffered for our sins.

00:35:38.820 --> 00:35:40.500
 So that we might be brought

00:35:40.500 --> 00:35:40.940
 to God.

00:35:41.660 --> 00:35:43.700
 That we might have peace with

00:35:43.700 --> 00:35:43.980
 God.

00:35:44.400 --> 00:35:45.579
 We would never have that

00:35:45.579 --> 00:35:47.220
 peace with God without the

00:35:47.220 --> 00:35:48.640
 work of Jesus coming and

00:35:48.639 --> 00:35:50.500
 suffering and dying for us.

00:35:51.920 --> 00:35:53.739
 That is the harmony that we

00:35:53.739 --> 00:35:54.940
 have received from God.

00:35:55.480 --> 00:35:56.319
 And now we are going to

00:35:56.319 --> 00:35:57.259
 take that harmony that we

00:35:57.259 --> 00:35:58.559
 have received and we are

00:35:58.559 --> 00:36:00.059
 going to bestow that

00:36:00.059 --> 00:36:00.759
 towards others.

00:36:01.699 --> 00:36:03.539
 1 Peter 4.8 we are told

00:36:03.539 --> 00:36:05.500
 Above all, keep loving one

00:36:05.500 --> 00:36:07.739
 another earnestly since love

00:36:07.739 --> 00:36:09.639
 covers a multitude of sin.

00:36:09.920 --> 00:36:11.259
 The passage continues and we are

00:36:11.259 --> 00:36:13.460
 told to show hospitality and

00:36:13.460 --> 00:36:15.659
 use our gifts to serve others.

00:36:15.659 --> 00:36:20.199
 In true harmony, we are going

00:36:20.199 --> 00:36:21.480
 to seek peace with other

00:36:21.480 --> 00:36:21.819
 people.

00:36:22.199 --> 00:36:24.119
 We are going to love, welcome,

00:36:24.480 --> 00:36:25.619
 and serve them.

00:36:26.719 --> 00:36:28.359
 We have been given harmony,

00:36:28.699 --> 00:36:30.279
 peace with Christ, peace

00:36:30.279 --> 00:36:31.879
 through Christ towards God.

00:36:32.480 --> 00:36:33.699
 And from that peace that we

00:36:33.699 --> 00:36:35.219
 have received, we are now going

00:36:35.219 --> 00:36:37.500
 to bestow that peace into our

00:36:37.500 --> 00:36:38.059
 community.

00:36:38.059 --> 00:36:42.099
 So as we have looked at this

00:36:42.099 --> 00:36:44.299
 idea of true grace, what I want

00:36:44.299 --> 00:36:47.239
 you to see is that true grace is

00:36:47.239 --> 00:36:48.840
 the lifeline for Christian

00:36:48.840 --> 00:36:49.259
 exiles.

00:36:49.820 --> 00:36:52.139
 Once again, true grace is the

00:36:52.139 --> 00:36:53.699
 lifeline for Christian exiles.

00:36:54.599 --> 00:36:56.699
 As we come and close out, I want

00:36:56.699 --> 00:36:57.719
 you to think of a few things.

00:36:58.099 --> 00:36:59.299
 A few questions I have for you.

00:37:00.360 --> 00:37:01.360
 Are you a Christian?

00:37:02.019 --> 00:37:02.759
 That is where we begin.

00:37:03.079 --> 00:37:04.079
 Are you a Christian?

00:37:04.079 --> 00:37:07.440
 Do you have peace with God?

00:37:08.980 --> 00:37:10.659
 And even as we just looked at

00:37:10.659 --> 00:37:12.199
 the passage, that Christ came

00:37:12.199 --> 00:37:13.679
 that we might have peace with

00:37:13.679 --> 00:37:14.000
 God.

00:37:14.940 --> 00:37:16.880
 Jesus suffered on our behalf to

00:37:16.880 --> 00:37:18.079
 bring us peace with God.

00:37:18.799 --> 00:37:20.380
 So that's not a decision that

00:37:20.380 --> 00:37:21.900
 you've pursued in your life.

00:37:22.380 --> 00:37:23.400
 I would put that before you.

00:37:24.019 --> 00:37:25.340
 Find peace with God.

00:37:25.619 --> 00:37:26.819
 There is only one way to find

00:37:26.819 --> 00:37:27.739
 peace with God, and that is

00:37:27.739 --> 00:37:28.719
 through Jesus Christ.

00:37:29.440 --> 00:37:30.559
 The whole question is, are you a

00:37:30.559 --> 00:37:30.779
 Christian?

00:37:32.099 --> 00:37:33.860
 Second question I have for you.

00:37:34.079 --> 00:37:35.759
 Is, are you in exile?

00:37:37.319 --> 00:37:38.860
 Do you fit into the world?

00:37:39.119 --> 00:37:40.639
 Does this world feel like home

00:37:40.639 --> 00:37:41.000
 to you?

00:37:42.139 --> 00:37:43.599
 If you're a follower of a

00:37:43.599 --> 00:37:45.960
 Christ, this world shouldn't

00:37:45.960 --> 00:37:47.039
 quite feel like home.

00:37:48.619 --> 00:37:50.179
 This world we shouldn't quite

00:37:50.179 --> 00:37:50.579
 fit in.

00:37:50.900 --> 00:37:52.539
 We shouldn't be quite like

00:37:52.539 --> 00:37:53.699
 everyone around us.

00:37:53.900 --> 00:37:54.920
 There should be something about

00:37:54.920 --> 00:37:55.119
 us.

00:37:55.460 --> 00:37:56.519
 We should have a bit of a

00:37:56.519 --> 00:37:56.840
 success.

00:37:57.219 --> 00:37:58.360
 I feel like a sojourner.

00:37:59.179 --> 00:38:00.259
 I feel like an exile.

00:38:01.759 --> 00:38:03.400
 Finally, a question for you.

00:38:04.079 --> 00:38:06.000
 Is, are you living in true

00:38:06.000 --> 00:38:06.380
 grace?

00:38:08.219 --> 00:38:10.599
 Are you bestowing what you

00:38:10.599 --> 00:38:11.299
 have received?

00:38:12.299 --> 00:38:13.900
 What you have received from

00:38:13.900 --> 00:38:15.000
 Jesus?

00:38:15.739 --> 00:38:17.480
 That unmerited favor that you

00:38:17.480 --> 00:38:18.059
 have received?

00:38:18.500 --> 00:38:19.940
 Are you now living that out

00:38:19.940 --> 00:38:20.579
 towards others?

00:38:20.920 --> 00:38:22.239
 And the many facets of your

00:38:22.239 --> 00:38:23.440
 life of what you are able to?

00:38:24.099 --> 00:38:26.960
 Are you living out that true

00:38:26.960 --> 00:38:29.159
 grace in proclaiming Christ?

00:38:29.619 --> 00:38:30.880
 Are you living out that true

00:38:30.880 --> 00:38:31.980
 grace in submission to

00:38:31.980 --> 00:38:32.420
 authorities?

00:38:33.139 --> 00:38:34.740
 Are you living out that true

00:38:34.740 --> 00:38:36.539
 grace by pursuing peace with

00:38:36.539 --> 00:38:36.900
 others?

00:38:37.760 --> 00:38:39.099
 Are you living in the true

00:38:39.099 --> 00:38:39.420
 grace?

00:38:41.360 --> 00:38:43.740
 As I started today, I said that

00:38:43.740 --> 00:38:46.280
 we were going to begin at the

00:38:46.280 --> 00:38:46.519
 end.

00:38:47.179 --> 00:38:49.199
 And now that we are going to, at

00:38:49.199 --> 00:38:51.980
 the end, we are going to end at

00:38:51.980 --> 00:38:52.340
 the beginning.

00:38:53.380 --> 00:38:54.619
 And the beginning is this.

00:38:56.019 --> 00:38:57.159
 Someone just gave me the look

00:38:57.159 --> 00:38:58.500
 like, you're just starting over.

00:38:58.659 --> 00:38:58.819
 No.

00:38:59.460 --> 00:38:59.859
 No.

00:39:00.079 --> 00:39:00.799
 Not that.

00:39:01.179 --> 00:39:01.500
 No.

00:39:01.639 --> 00:39:03.259
 We are going to begin at the

00:39:03.259 --> 00:39:03.500
 end.

00:39:04.799 --> 00:39:06.779
 So we are, as we, as we go out,

00:39:07.159 --> 00:39:08.440
 what is going to be different

00:39:08.440 --> 00:39:09.059
 about you?

00:39:10.579 --> 00:39:12.119
 So as you take this message,

00:39:12.920 --> 00:39:14.139
 and you, you have heard it and

00:39:14.139 --> 00:39:15.980
 you have received it, what, what

00:39:15.980 --> 00:39:16.420
 about it?

00:39:16.519 --> 00:39:17.500
 You say, that is something I can

00:39:17.500 --> 00:39:17.699
 use.

00:39:17.879 --> 00:39:19.259
 That is information I can use.

00:39:19.799 --> 00:39:21.119
 That is something about me that

00:39:21.119 --> 00:39:21.739
 can be different.

00:39:22.500 --> 00:39:24.139
 Because if the, if we take the

00:39:24.139 --> 00:39:25.639
 message and we just end it here,

00:39:26.379 --> 00:39:27.619
 it really doesn't do us much

00:39:27.619 --> 00:39:27.799
 good.

00:39:28.319 --> 00:39:29.919
 It doesn't change things.

00:39:30.459 --> 00:39:31.799
 But if we, if we take the

00:39:31.799 --> 00:39:32.879
 message and we say, I'm going to

00:39:32.879 --> 00:39:34.359
 begin something coming out of

00:39:34.359 --> 00:39:34.899
 this message.

00:39:35.759 --> 00:39:37.659
 What for you is that thing that

00:39:37.659 --> 00:39:38.299
 you want to begin?

00:39:38.959 --> 00:39:40.419
 What for you will be different?

00:39:41.259 --> 00:39:43.339
 What can you do different this

00:39:43.339 --> 00:39:45.619
 week that you didn't do last

00:39:45.619 --> 00:39:45.859
 week?

00:39:46.959 --> 00:39:49.159
 And as I say, that's why I say

00:39:49.159 --> 00:39:51.579
 as it comes, that we're going to

00:39:51.579 --> 00:39:52.420
 end at the beginning.

00:39:52.699 --> 00:39:54.139
 The beginning is, what will be

00:39:54.139 --> 00:39:56.319
 different for you in this coming

00:39:56.319 --> 00:39:58.539
 week than it was in the previous

00:39:58.539 --> 00:39:58.900
 week?

00:39:59.460 --> 00:40:00.559
 Let me close this in prayer.

00:40:04.679 --> 00:40:06.579
 God, we come before you recognizing

00:40:06.579 --> 00:40:09.139
 the great work that you have done

00:40:09.139 --> 00:40:09.940
 in our life.

00:40:10.819 --> 00:40:13.079
 The great love that you have for us.

00:40:13.840 --> 00:40:15.579
 And the great salvation that you

00:40:15.579 --> 00:40:17.039
 have provided through Jesus Christ.

00:40:17.960 --> 00:40:20.440
 God, we pray we would be people who

00:40:20.440 --> 00:40:23.559
 earnestly follow you in all aspects

00:40:23.559 --> 00:40:24.240
 of our life.

00:40:24.820 --> 00:40:25.019
 Amen.

00:40:25.019 --> 00:40:55.000
 Thank you.