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 Thanks, Aaron and Danny and the band.

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 Before we turn to God's word,

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 please do have that passage open in front of you

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 as we walk through it,

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 but let us come to God in prayer.

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 Let's pray together.

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 Our Heavenly Father, we come before you this evening

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 and we thank you for the joy it is

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 to be able to open your word together.

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 And Father, we pray that you would bless

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 the words of my mouth

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 and the meditations of all of our hearts

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 and would it all be pleasing to you,

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 our rock and our Redeemer.

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 And it's in his name that we pray.

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 Amen.

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 Now, one of the things that you may

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 or may not know about me

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 is that I have a terrible memory

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 and it is unbelievably annoying.

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 So we all know that feeling, right?

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 You remember something as you're sitting on the couch,

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 probably on a Friday night.

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 You're really comfy, but you've remembered

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 and so you traipse upstairs to the room

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 or to the office and you open the door

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 and something magical happens

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 in a negative sense of the word.

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 You completely forget what you wanted to do.

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 You forget why you entered into the room

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 and you stand amazed that your brain

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 has just simply stopped working.

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 Or you leave the house with a shopping list

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 of one thing, a pint of milk.

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 You walk around the shop,

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 you get distracted by everything else on the shelves,

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 you pick up a few bargains here or there,

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 you remember a few things.

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 And then you get home to realize

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 the one thing you went for

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 is the thing you forgot to get.

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 Now, I know that that isn't just me.

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 People forget things all the time

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 and we know it,

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 which is why you get reminder letters

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 from the dent or texts

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 from dentists and doctors offices.

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 It's why there are tons of different apps

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 that ping you notifications on your phone

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 to remind you of deals or upcoming events

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 that may interest you.

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 And it's why we have strings on our glasses

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 because we know if we put them down,

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 we will never find them again.

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 We are a people who need to be reminded.

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 And as we turn to 2 Peter 3 this evening,

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 Peter gives us and his readers,

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 original readers, a reminder.

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 Peter says, remember that Jesus is coming back.

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 So live holy and godly lives.

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 Now, why did his first readers need this reminder?

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 Well, because there were false teachers,

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 as we've seen through this series,

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 who were saying, forget about Jesus.

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 He hasn't come back.

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 He isn't coming back.

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 So you can live as you please.

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 And so out of love for his fellow Christians,

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 Peter turns his attention

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 to the return of Jesus,

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 which he's already touched on before in the letter.

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 Remember chapter 1, verses 16 to 18.

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 Peter said that he was an eyewitness

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 of the majesty of Jesus at the transfiguration,

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 which points us to the future return

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 and glory of Jesus.

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 And in chapter 1, verses 19 to 20,

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 Peter told us that scripture teaches us

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 that Jesus will return.

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 And in chapter 2, verses 1 to 10,

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 he told us that there are real historical stories

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 that tell us of a time where God will judge the wicked

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 and save the righteous.

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 These have all been building blocks,

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 pointing us to this part of the letter

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 where Peter speaks about the return of Jesus

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 and why it is so important that we remember

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 Jesus is coming back.

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 So Peter says,

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 remember that Jesus is coming back

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 and so live holy and godly lives.

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 That's the main message for tonight

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 and that's the sentence that we'll use

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 to think about these verses.

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 So the first thing we see

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 is Peter's call to remember

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 in verses 1 to 7.

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 Remember.

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 Peter begins his reminder in verse 1.

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 Read it with me.

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 Dear friends,

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 this is now my second letter to you.

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 I have written both of them

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 as reminders to stimulate you

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 to wholesome thinking.

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 Now the NIV says,

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 Dear friends,

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 but a better translation of that word

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 is beloved.

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 Like a close friend or family member,

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 Peter calls his readers his loved ones,

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 which reminds them of both his love for them,

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 but also of God's love for them

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 shown in Christ Jesus.

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 And this is Peter's second letter to them.

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 We talked about that

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 in the first sermon in this series.

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 The first letter was either 1 Peter

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 or a lost letter that we no longer have.

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 I think it's probably 1 Peter.

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 And the good thing is

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 that Peter doesn't leave us guessing

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 why he has written to them.

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 The end of verse 1.

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 Both letters are reminders

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 to stimulate the readers

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 to wholesome thinking.

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 So Peter wants his readers

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 to think sincerely

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 and properly

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 about their faith

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 and to not have any

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 hidden motives or agendas

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 like the false teachers did.

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 Now how do we do this?

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 Well, we remember.

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 Peter says to remember

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 two things in verse 2.

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 Do you see them?

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 The words spoken in the past

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 by the holy prophets

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 and the command given

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 by our Lord and Saviour

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 through your apostles.

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 The words spoken

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 by the holy prophets

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 refers to the whole Old Testament

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 which points forward

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 to the coming of Jesus

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 and the forgiveness

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 and reconciliation with God

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 that is only to be found

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 through him.

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 Peter says that these words

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 continue to testify today.

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 serving believers

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 as they point us

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 to the good news

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 And the command given

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 by our Lord and Saviour

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 through the apostles

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 is most likely

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 a reference to the gospel.

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 Peter's reminding his readers

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 of Jesus' command

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 to repent

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 and follow him.

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 That same message

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 was passed down

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 from Jesus

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 to the apostles

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 and to all churches

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 ever since

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 through their testimony.

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 And it spread

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 as people became Christians.

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 As fallible human beings

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 we need reminders.

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 Peter isn't telling

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 these people

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 anything new right now

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 but he's saying

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 remember what you have been taught.

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 Remember

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 what Jesus said.

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 And then in verse 3

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 we see why it's so important

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 to have this reminder.

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 Now there are

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 degrees of importance

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 in reminders

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 aren't there?

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 For example

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 this past month

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 I've had two reminders.

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 One was to sign up

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 to the gym

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 and the other one

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 was to be a witness

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 in a court case.

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 Both reminders

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 but with varying degrees

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 of importance.

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 One is good

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 for my health

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 and my ever-expanding

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 waist.

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 but the other

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 is important

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 because

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 only if I show up there

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 will justice be served.

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 Both reminders

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 with very different degrees

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 of importance.

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 But I still needed

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 reminding of both things.

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 And so Peter helps

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 his readers

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 see why it's so important

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 for them to remember

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 the truth of the gospel

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 and to remember

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 that Jesus is coming back.

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 Read verse 3 with me.

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 Above all

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 you must understand

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 that in the last days

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 scoffers will come.

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 Scoffing and following

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 their own evil desires.

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 Now scoffers get a kick

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 out of mocking people

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 or ideas

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 and the dangerous thing

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 that these particular

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 scoffers were doing

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 is that they are

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 toying with

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 and mocking ideas

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 and promises

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 that Jesus Christ gave.

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 And by doing so

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 they are showing

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 their arrogance

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 and contempt

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 for the truth.

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 Peter says,

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 remember these people

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 will come

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 in verse 3

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 in the last days.

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 Now the last days

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 is a term

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 that the Bible

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 uses to describe

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 the time between

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 Jesus' birth

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 or the New Testament

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 uses to describe

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 the time between

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 Jesus' birth

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 and his second coming.

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 Which is a future date

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 when Jesus will come

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 and will judge

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 the wicked

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 and save those

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 who believe in him

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 as verse 13

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 tells us.

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 But following

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 their evil desires

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 as the end of verse

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 3 says,

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 what will these

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 scoffers say?

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 In verse 4

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 they will say,

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 where is this coming

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 he promised.

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 Ever since

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 our ancestors died

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 everything goes on

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 as it has

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 since the beginning

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 of creation.

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 Do you see

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 how flippantly

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 these scoffers

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 were responding

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 to promises

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 that Jesus said?

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 They're basically

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 calling Jesus

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 a liar.

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 Saying,

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 well,

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 if he said

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 he would come

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 where is he?

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 Also saying

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 that from the beginning

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 of time

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 things have just happened.

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 God has had no hand

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 in anything.

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 He hasn't intervened

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 at all in creation.

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 And so Peter sets them

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 right in verses

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 5 to 7

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 because these scoffers

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 are deliberately

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 forgetting.

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 They are deliberately

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 intentionally

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 ignoring the truth

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 that verse 5

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 God created

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 the world

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 by his word

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 in Genesis 1 and 2.

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 And they continue

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 to ignore the truth

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 that verse 6

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 God also judged

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 the world

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 by water

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 in the flood

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 in Genesis 6 to 8.

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 See,

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 these scoffers

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 are mocking

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 these truths

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 and deliberately

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 ignoring

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 the warnings

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 that the Bible

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 gives.

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 Both in the Old Testament

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 and in the teaching

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 of Jesus

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 that judgment

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 will fall

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 on all those

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 who reject him.

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 That's why Peter

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 says in verse 7

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 by the same word

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 the present heavens

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 and earth

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 are reserved

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 for fire

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 being kept

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 for the day

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 of judgment

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 and destruction

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 of the ungodly.

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 Do not be ignorant

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 of this fact

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 that scoffers

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 will come.

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 Do not be ignorant

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 that people

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 will mock the truth

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 and stand up

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 and say that judgment

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 doesn't exist.

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 And people

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 will say

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 that a loving

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 God

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 wouldn't judge

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 people

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 that hell

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 is just

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 a creation

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 of the church.

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 All of these

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 things are lies

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 that act like

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 a comfort blanket

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 to people

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 whilst they walk

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 on their path

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 to hell

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 and judgment.

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 Deliberately

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 forgetting

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 truths

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 that the Bible

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 makes abundantly

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 clear.

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 Friends,

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 if you're flirting

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 with these ideas,

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 if you're flirting

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 with preachers

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 and people

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 who promote

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 these ideas

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 in any form

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 whether that's

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 sermons,

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 books,

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 blog posts,

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 whatever,

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 be careful.

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 And remember

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 the truth of Scripture.

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 Remember the gospel

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 of Jesus Christ

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 and run a mile

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 from all teaching

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 that would seek

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 to distract you

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 from Him.

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 As Christians

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 we need to be able

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 to discern

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 the truth.

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 We need

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 to know the Bible

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 because doing that

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 we will remember

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 what we need to.

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 We need to get

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 into our Bibles

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 to know God's Word

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 well and that way

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 we can discern

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 what is true

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 and what is false.

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 So Peter says

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 remember.

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 And the second thing

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 we see Peter saying

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 is that Jesus

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 is coming back

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 in verses 8 to 10.

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 Jesus is

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 coming back.

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 See one of the things

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 that these false

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 teachers were using

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 as their so-called

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 evidence for Jesus

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 not coming back

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 is that it hadn't

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 happened yet.

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 But Peter was a witness

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 of Jesus' promises.

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 Peter saw the amazing

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 miracles that Jesus

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 did.

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 He was a witness

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 of all Jesus said

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 and did

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 through his time.

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 and Peter

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 saw some of the

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 things Jesus said

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 come true

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 in his life.

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 So Peter says

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 in verse 8

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 do not forget

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 this one thing

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 dear friends

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 with the Lord

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 a day is like

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 a thousand years

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 and a thousand years

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 are like a day.

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 The Lord is not

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 slow in keeping

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 his promise

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 as some understand

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 slowness.

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 Instead

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 he is

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 patient with you.

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 Not wanting

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 anyone to perish

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 but everyone to come

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 to repentance.

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 Peter says

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 don't be like

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 the false teachers

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 and the scoffers

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 who deliberately

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 forget in verse 5

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 but instead

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 remember

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 that God's timing

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 is not our own.

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 Timing has been

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 a distraction

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 for people

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 for thousands

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 of years.

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 In every generation

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 there is normally

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 at least one person

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 somewhere on the planet

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 who

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 says that they

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 have a specific date

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 that they know

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 Jesus will come back on.

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 The day comes

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 the day goes

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 and nothing happens.

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 That doesn't mean

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 we aren't waiting

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 eagerly for that day.

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 See realistically

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 I think many of us

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 would like Jesus

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 to return now

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 wouldn't we?

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 We turn on our news

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 and we see news

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 we see reports

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 of war in Ukraine

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 not to mention

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 the ongoing wars

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 in Syria

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 Yemen

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 Mozambique

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 war crimes

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 hatred

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 murder

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 bombing

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 school shootings

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 we see all of these events

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 and we think

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 Jesus

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 why have you not

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 come back yet?

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 And because of our

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 natural

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 good

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 God-given

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 desire for justice

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 we want to see

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 Jesus come

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 as judge

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 and because

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 people are eager

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 for Jesus'

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 return

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 when we read

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 verses like

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 verse 8

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 that with the

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 Lord a day

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 is like a thousand

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 years and a thousand

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 years are like a day

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 the temptation

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 is to read that

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 like a mathematical

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 formula

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 and to pin down

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 a day when we

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 think Jesus

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 will return

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 but that's not

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 what Peter's saying

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 remember he was

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 there

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 physically with

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 Jesus in act

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 1

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 where Jesus

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 said about his

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 second coming

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 it is not for you

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 to know the times

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 or dates

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 that the father

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 has set by his

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 own authority

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 Peter is saying

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 that God's

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 relationship

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 with time

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 goes beyond

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 what our finite

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 minds can imagine

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 because

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 God has always

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 existed

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 as Psalm 90

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 verse 4

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 tells us

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 which Peter's

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 alluding to

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 here

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 see the reason

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 Jesus hasn't

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 returned yet

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 is not because

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 he's slow

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 or reluctant

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 it's not because

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 he isn't planning

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 on coming through

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 on his promises

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 but Jesus

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 hasn't returned

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 yet because

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 God is merciful

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 God's patience

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 is evident

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 in verse 9

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 God is patient

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 with you

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 not wanting

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 anyone to

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 perish

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 but everyone

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 to come

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 to repentance

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 God's patience

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 is a common

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 theme throughout

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 the Bible

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 but God

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 isn't just

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 God isn't

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 being patient

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 because he

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 doesn't want

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 to come

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 and judge

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 God's

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 patience

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 is intended

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 to lead

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 people to

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 repentance

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 as Romans

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 chapter 2

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 verse 4

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 says

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 because whilst

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 God is

00:15:45.579 --> 00:15:46.299
 merciful and

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 wants people

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 to be saved

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 he is just

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 and his

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 sovereign

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 he is sovereign

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 over creation

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 and judgment

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 is coming

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 verse 10

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 but the day

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 of the Lord

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 will come

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 like a thief

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 the heavens

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 will disappear

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 with the roar

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 the elements

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 will be destroyed

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 by fire

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 and the earth

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 and everything

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 done in it

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 will be laid

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 bare

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 the day

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 of the Lord

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 is a term

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 used in the

00:16:13.740 --> 00:16:13.979
 Bible

00:16:13.979 --> 00:16:14.779
 to describe

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 that final

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 day of

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 judgment

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 that final

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 day when

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 all of

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 humanity

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 will stand

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 before God

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 and be

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 judged

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 and that day

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 will come

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 like a thief

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 meaning that it

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 will be sudden

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 but it won't

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 be a secret

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 it cannot

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 be missed

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 and it

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 cannot be

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 avoided

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 you don't

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 get a save

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 the date

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 card through

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 the post

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 and you

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 leave it

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 sitting on

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 the sides

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 do you

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 thinking

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 or questioning

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 whether the

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 day is going

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 to actually

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 happen

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 if you do

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 that you'll

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 probably miss

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 a party

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 or a wedding

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 or some

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 kind of

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 special event

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 no

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 if you're

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 told that

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 something's

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 coming up

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 you prepare

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 for it

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 don't you

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 you make

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 sure you're

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 free

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 you look

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 forward to

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 you plan

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 around it

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 well whilst

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 we do not

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 know the

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 date

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 we can be

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 certain

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 that a

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 day is

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 coming

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 where this

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 world will

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 be transformed

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 and everything

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 in it will

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 be laid

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 bare

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 verse 10

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 that means

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 that all of

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 humanity will

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 stand before

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 God and

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 give an

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 account of

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 their actions

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 in this

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 life and

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 how they

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 responded to

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 Jesus

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 so this

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 is your

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 save the

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 date card

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 that day

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 is coming

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 are you

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 ready for

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 it

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 the false

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 teachers

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 weren't

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 they mocked

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 God

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 they distorted

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 the truth

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 they lived

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 as they

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 pleased

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 deliberately

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 ignoring the

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 truth that

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 Jesus was

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 coming back

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 friends please

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 please do

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 not be like

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 them

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 do not go

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 through the

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 motions but

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 remember that

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 Jesus is

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 coming back

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 and let that

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 truth challenge

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 your heart

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 and how you

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 respond to

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 Jesus but

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 also make it

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 challenge your

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 heart as you

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 look out to a

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 world that is

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 dying without the

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 saving knowledge

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 of Jesus

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 do you love

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 this world

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 as God

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 does are you

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 actively sharing

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 the gospel or

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 are we simply

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 playing lip

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 service to a

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 belief system

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 without actually

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 caring about

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 people's eternal

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 state before

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 God

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 Jesus is

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 coming back

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 the day of

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 the Lord

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 the day of

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 judgment is

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 coming

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 what are we

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 doing about

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 it

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 and that's

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 what Peter

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 touches on in

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 the last section

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 of our passage

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 tonight he

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 says remember

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 that Jesus is

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 coming back

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 and so live

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 godly lives

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 in verses

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 11 to 13

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 live holy

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 and godly

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 lives

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 Peter is

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 saying to

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 these Christians

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 in light of

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 the knowledge

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 that one day

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 Jesus will

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 judge the

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 world that

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 all the actions

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 of people will

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 be laid bare

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 then we are

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 to live holy

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 lives

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 so the reality

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 of the day of

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 the Lord demands

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 us to live a

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 certain way

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 not because a

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 moral life makes

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 us right with

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 God but because

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 our salvation

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 through Jesus

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 and his death

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 and resurrection

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 should result

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 in us

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 wanting to

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 live the way

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 God created

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 us to live

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 and so Peter's

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 summary is

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 live holy

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 and godly

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 lives

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 we see the

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 same Peter

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 making the same

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 call in 1

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 Peter 1

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 verses 15

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 to 16

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 that Christians

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 should live

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 holy lives

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 why

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 because Christians

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 are called to

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 be holy

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 because God

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 is holy

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 1 Peter 1

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 15 to 16

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 because God

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 has made us

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 into a holy

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 priesthood

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 1 Peter 2

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 verse 5

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 and a holy

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 nation

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 1 Peter 2

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 verse 9

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 therefore the

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 life of every

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 Christian

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 the life of

00:19:58.580 --> 00:19:59.540
 every church

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 should be

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 different

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 set apart

00:20:03.000 --> 00:20:04.240
 for God

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 following his

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 will

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 following his

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 word

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 following his

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 plans

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 living this

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 kind of life

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 is necessary

00:20:12.900 --> 00:20:13.519
 for every

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 Christian

00:20:13.900 --> 00:20:14.740
 but it is

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 also the

00:20:15.279 --> 00:20:16.519
 fruit of

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 looking forward

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 to the day

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 of the

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 Lord

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 with eager

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 anticipation

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 so it is

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 looking forward

00:20:24.660 --> 00:20:25.120
 to the day

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 of the Lord

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 is waiting

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 but it isn't

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 passive

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 now we're all

00:20:30.080 --> 00:20:30.640
 used to waiting

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 for things

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 but it doesn't

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 mean that we

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 like it

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 but we know

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 what it means

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 to wait

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 maybe you're

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 like me

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 and you get

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 impatient

00:20:39.099 --> 00:20:40.159
 you're standing

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 at the bus

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 stop

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 you've got

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 the app

00:20:41.700 --> 00:20:42.099
 open

00:20:42.099 --> 00:20:42.440
 with the

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 live updates

00:20:43.099 --> 00:20:43.440
 on when

00:20:43.440 --> 00:20:43.819
 the bus

00:20:43.819 --> 00:20:44.399
 will arrive

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 constantly

00:20:45.200 --> 00:20:45.899
 checking the

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 app

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 refreshing

00:20:46.639 --> 00:20:47.299
 constantly

00:20:47.299 --> 00:20:48.500
 looking around

00:20:48.500 --> 00:20:49.039
 the corner

00:20:49.039 --> 00:20:50.240
 waiting

00:20:50.240 --> 00:20:52.700
 this happened

00:20:52.700 --> 00:20:53.179
 to Sabina

00:20:53.179 --> 00:20:53.519
 and I

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 this week

00:20:54.720 --> 00:20:54.940
 we were

00:20:54.940 --> 00:20:55.220
 standing

00:20:55.220 --> 00:20:55.559
 waiting

00:20:55.559 --> 00:20:55.940
 for the

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 bus

00:20:56.179 --> 00:20:56.559
 that just

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 decided

00:20:57.179 --> 00:20:57.679
 it wasn't

00:20:57.679 --> 00:20:57.919
 going to

00:20:57.919 --> 00:20:58.379
 show up

00:20:58.379 --> 00:20:59.659
 but we

00:20:59.659 --> 00:20:59.899
 kept

00:20:59.899 --> 00:21:00.399
 looking

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 waiting

00:21:01.339 --> 00:21:02.399
 doing a

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 little bit

00:21:02.720 --> 00:21:03.279
 of complaining

00:21:03.279 --> 00:21:03.700
 too

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 but apart

00:21:05.059 --> 00:21:05.359
 from that

00:21:05.359 --> 00:21:05.759
 we could do

00:21:05.759 --> 00:21:06.019
 nothing

00:21:06.019 --> 00:21:06.500
 else

00:21:06.500 --> 00:21:08.900
 all we

00:21:08.900 --> 00:21:09.200
 could do

00:21:09.200 --> 00:21:09.720
 was stand

00:21:09.720 --> 00:21:10.019
 there

00:21:10.019 --> 00:21:10.619
 we were

00:21:10.619 --> 00:21:11.079
 passive

00:21:11.079 --> 00:21:12.000
 in our

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 waiting

00:21:12.400 --> 00:21:14.339
 but Peter

00:21:14.339 --> 00:21:14.779
 says that

00:21:14.779 --> 00:21:15.480
 doesn't work

00:21:15.480 --> 00:21:15.779
 with the

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 Christian life

00:21:16.579 --> 00:21:18.579
 but it's a

00:21:18.579 --> 00:21:19.220
 whole life

00:21:19.220 --> 00:21:20.019
 orientation

00:21:20.019 --> 00:21:20.839
 Christians should

00:21:20.839 --> 00:21:21.379
 be living

00:21:21.379 --> 00:21:21.940
 for the

00:21:21.940 --> 00:21:22.480
 day of

00:21:22.480 --> 00:21:22.859
 the Lord

00:21:22.859 --> 00:21:23.500
 when judgment

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 will fall

00:21:24.079 --> 00:21:24.639
 as verse

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 12

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 reminds us

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 but also

00:21:28.019 --> 00:21:28.579
 the day

00:21:28.579 --> 00:21:29.480
 as verse

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 13 says

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 that in

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 keeping with

00:21:31.940 --> 00:21:32.559
 his promise

00:21:32.559 --> 00:21:33.200
 we are looking

00:21:33.200 --> 00:21:34.000
 forward to a

00:21:34.000 --> 00:21:34.599
 new heaven

00:21:34.599 --> 00:21:35.240
 and a new

00:21:35.240 --> 00:21:35.579
 earth

00:21:35.579 --> 00:21:36.159
 where

00:21:36.159 --> 00:21:36.839
 righteousness

00:21:36.839 --> 00:21:38.059
 dwells

00:21:38.059 --> 00:21:40.439
 see the

00:21:40.439 --> 00:21:40.720
 day of

00:21:40.720 --> 00:21:40.980
 the Lord

00:21:40.980 --> 00:21:41.399
 isn't only

00:21:41.399 --> 00:21:42.139
 about judgment

00:21:42.139 --> 00:21:43.539
 but it is

00:21:43.539 --> 00:21:44.220
 the day

00:21:44.220 --> 00:21:45.059
 where salvation

00:21:45.059 --> 00:21:46.099
 is complete

00:21:46.099 --> 00:21:46.460
 the day

00:21:46.460 --> 00:21:46.919
 where all

00:21:46.919 --> 00:21:47.319
 Christians

00:21:47.319 --> 00:21:47.799
 will be in

00:21:47.799 --> 00:21:48.059
 the new

00:21:48.059 --> 00:21:48.480
 heavens

00:21:48.480 --> 00:21:49.179
 and the

00:21:49.179 --> 00:21:49.679
 new earth

00:21:49.679 --> 00:21:50.319
 the place

00:21:50.319 --> 00:21:50.919
 where

00:21:50.919 --> 00:21:51.539
 righteousness

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 dwells

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 that righteousness

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 refers to

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 those who have

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 been made

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 righteous

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 who are

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 right with

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 God

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 through

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 Jesus

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 but the

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 new creation

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 will be a

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 place of

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 righteousness

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 the place

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 that righteousness

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 dwells because

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 ultimately

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 God is there

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 and he is the

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 very definition

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 of righteousness

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 so what would it

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 look like for us

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 to live holy

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 and godly

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 lives as we

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 eagerly look

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 forward to the

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 second coming

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 of Jesus

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 well it means

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 living a life of

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 holiness that the

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 Bible calls us to

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 it means standing

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 out for Jesus

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 it means relying

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 on him

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 as we live in a

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 broken world

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 in our broken

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 bodies

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 it means living a

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 God orientated

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 life

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 living for his

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 glory

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 it means taking

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 our faith

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 seriously

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 investing time

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 to know the

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 truth

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 it means having

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 our whole life

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 shaped by our

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 new identity

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 in Jesus

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 it means gathering

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 with your brothers

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 and sisters in

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 Christ

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 encouraging them

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 building one

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 another up in

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 the faith

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 worshipping God

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 as a local

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 church and it

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 means taking

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 the good news

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 of Jesus to a

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 world because a

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 day is coming

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 where the

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 opportunity to

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 repent and

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 believe will

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 no longer be

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 there

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 so Peter says

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 to his readers

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 and to us this

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 evening remember

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 that Jesus is

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 coming back

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 so live holy

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 and godly

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 lives

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 we're a people

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 who constantly

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 need reminding

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 of things

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 that's why we

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 have shopping

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 lists

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 doctors and

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 dentists

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 appointment

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 reminder text

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 to-do lists

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 and so on

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 but the most

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 important thing

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 that we can

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 and should

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 remember in this

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 life

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 is that as

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 Christians we

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 are not our

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 own

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 we live for

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 God and we

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 should be

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 constantly reminding

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 one another of

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 the truth that

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 Jesus is coming

00:23:50.980 --> 00:23:52.940
 back and

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 discipling one

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 another living the

00:23:54.799 --> 00:23:55.680
 Christian life

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 together in

00:23:57.380 --> 00:23:58.279
 eager anticipation

00:23:58.279 --> 00:23:59.920
 of the day when

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 we will meet

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 Jesus face to

00:24:02.320 --> 00:24:02.840
 face

00:24:02.839 --> 00:24:05.299
 brothers and

00:24:05.299 --> 00:24:06.199
 sisters remember

00:24:06.199 --> 00:24:07.599
 that Jesus is

00:24:07.599 --> 00:24:08.279
 coming back

00:24:08.279 --> 00:24:09.899
 and live holy

00:24:09.899 --> 00:24:11.019
 and godly

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 lives

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 let us pray

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 together

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 heavenly father

00:24:20.179 --> 00:24:20.779
 we come before

00:24:20.779 --> 00:24:21.480
 you and we

00:24:21.480 --> 00:24:22.399
 ask for forgiveness

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 for the times

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 where we coast

00:24:24.240 --> 00:24:24.759
 through the

00:24:24.759 --> 00:24:25.519
 Christian life

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 where we don't

00:24:28.539 --> 00:24:29.359
 think about the

00:24:29.359 --> 00:24:30.500
 second coming of

00:24:30.500 --> 00:24:31.200
 Jesus and we

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 go about our

00:24:31.859 --> 00:24:32.639
 day to day as

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 if it will

00:24:33.160 --> 00:24:33.879
 never happen

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 but by your

00:24:36.539 --> 00:24:37.319
 spirit I pray

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 that you would

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 give us the

00:24:38.339 --> 00:24:39.799
 strength and

00:24:39.799 --> 00:24:40.660
 the ability to

00:24:40.660 --> 00:24:42.019
 fix our eyes on

00:24:42.019 --> 00:24:42.339
 Jesus

00:24:42.339 --> 00:24:46.799
 to eagerly await

00:24:46.799 --> 00:24:47.460
 the day when he

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 will come

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 and would that

00:24:51.960 --> 00:24:53.620
 day change the

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 way we live

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 would it give us

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 a burden for

00:24:57.319 --> 00:24:58.099
 those around us

00:24:58.099 --> 00:24:58.799
 to come to know

00:24:58.799 --> 00:24:59.740
 Jesus Christ as

00:24:59.740 --> 00:25:00.519
 their own Lord and

00:25:00.519 --> 00:25:02.960
 Savior would it

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 give us a burden

00:25:03.819 --> 00:25:04.779
 for our own lives

00:25:04.779 --> 00:25:05.480
 that we would live

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 in a way that

00:25:06.059 --> 00:25:06.940
 glorifies him

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 and father we pray

00:25:10.200 --> 00:25:11.019
 for that day

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 and we look

00:25:12.740 --> 00:25:13.420
 forward to the

00:25:13.420 --> 00:25:15.500
 day where there

00:25:15.500 --> 00:25:16.079
 will be no more

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 tears no more

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 pain no more

00:25:19.400 --> 00:25:20.140
 suffering and no

00:25:20.140 --> 00:25:21.820
 more death and

00:25:21.820 --> 00:25:22.840
 that you will dwell

00:25:22.840 --> 00:25:23.560
 with your people

00:25:23.560 --> 00:25:24.700
 that glorious day

00:25:24.700 --> 00:25:25.539
 when we will meet

00:25:25.539 --> 00:25:26.560
 you face to face

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 help us to

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 eagerly expect

00:25:31.060 --> 00:25:32.740
 that day in

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 Jesus name we

00:25:33.460 --> 00:25:35.220
 pray amen