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 from 2 Peter chapter 3 verses 1 to 14. I don't have a page number from the church Bible.

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 Was it? 1, 2, 2, 3. Thank you. So 2 Peter chapter 3 verses 1 to 14.

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 Dear friends, this is now my second letter to you. I have written both of them as reminders to

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 stimulate you to wholesome thinking. I want you to recall the words spoken in the past by the holy

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 prophets and the command given by our Lord and Savior through your apostles. First of all, you

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 must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires.

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 They will say, where is this coming he promised? Ever since our fathers died, everything goes on as it

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 has since the beginning of creation. But they deliberately forget that long ago, by God's word,

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 the heavens existed and the earth was formed out of water and by water. By these waters also the world

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 of that time was deluged and destroyed. By the same word, the present heavens and earth are reserved

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 for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men. But do not forget this

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 one thing, dear friends. With the Lord, a day is like a thousand years and a thousand years are like a day.

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 The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. He is patient with you,

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 not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance. But the day of the Lord will come

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 like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar, the elements will be destroyed by fire,

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 and the earth and everything in it will be laid bare. Since everything will be destroyed in this way,

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 what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to live holy and godly lives as you look forward to

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 the day of God and speed is coming. That day will bring about the destruction of the heavens by fire,

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 and the elements will melt in the heat. But in keeping with his promise, we are looking forward

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 to a new heaven and a new earth, the home of righteousness. So then, dear friends, since you

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 are looking forward to this, make every effort to be found spotless, blameless, and at peace with him.

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 Thank you.

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 Good afternoon, everybody.

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 Good afternoon, everybody.

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 God's word and promises, particularly Jesus' promised return. But in direct contrast,

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 the believer must remember and hold fast to these promises, spending every day looking forward to

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 and getting ready for Jesus' return. So in the churches in Asia Minor, which is modern-day

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 western Turkey, these scoffers had been denying Jesus' return as a load of hype.

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 Peter firstly describes their thinking, secondly, their motivation, and thirdly, why they are so badly mistaken,

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 showing the basis for believing Jesus will return as he has promised.

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 Then, finally, he talks about what's going to happen on the day that Jesus returns.

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 And he instructs the believers as to how this day makes a difference every day of their lives.

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 So that's where God's word is taking us today.

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 And before we begin, let's just take a moment to pray.

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 We need God's help as we go forward.

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 Father God, we can't go any further without your help.

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 We need your spirit here to be speaking into our hearts through your word.

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 And Lord, we realize that we're in a battle today.

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 Your enemy, the devil, he does not like what's going on here.

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 He does not want your word to be planted deep in our hearts.

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 But, Jesus, we thank you that you're stronger.

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 We pray that by your spirit, through your word today, you would correct us, you'd rebuke us, instruct us,

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 and that we would not leave this service today without being changed.

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 Lord, be with us by your spirit and in your power today.

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 And make us open to you.

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 Amen.

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 So, RTE, that's the Irish National Broadcaster, has a YouTube channel

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 on which they post up the best and most popular moments of Irish television.

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 If I asked you what has been their most popular YouTube video over the last two years,

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 I wonder what you'd get.

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 Maybe Ireland being the All Blacks.

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 Maybe it would be Theresa Manion, Don't Make Unnecessary Journeys.

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 Would it be the Late Late Toy Show?

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 Well, this might surprise you.

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 But coming in at over 7 million views,

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 a two-minute snippet of an interview with Stephen Fry

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 from February 2015 is the most popular.

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 And maybe this rings a bell for some of you guys.

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 In this interview,

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 Gay Byrne asked the actor and comedian

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 about his beliefs in God,

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 to which he began to label God

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 as being utterly evil,

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 capricious,

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 selfish,

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 and monstrous,

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 if he even were to exist,

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 among many other things.

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 Now, I personally don't love

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 and serve

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 the God that he was talking about

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 in that interview,

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 and the God that

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 we know from the Bible.

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 However,

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 the video went viral,

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 and people from all over Ireland

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 were captivated

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 and intrigued

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 by this man's

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 tarad

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 on live television.

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 Now,

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 while we find

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 such comments

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 upsetting,

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 perhaps we shouldn't be surprised

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 that this video

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 was so popular.

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 When we think about

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 how many people

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 around us in Ireland today

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 actually think

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 the exact same.

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 maybe Stephen Fry

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 was just being a little bit

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 more bold and outward about it.

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 I mean,

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 and what do we do

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 with such comments?

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 Well,

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 we find the answer

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 in today's passage.

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 These comments

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 are perhaps

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 a more outward

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 and bold example

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 of what the Bible

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 calls scoffing.

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 So,

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 scoffers

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 mock,

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 ridicule,

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 and jeer

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 at the beliefs of another.

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 And Peter,

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 in our passage today,

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 tells us that they will jeer

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 at Christ's second coming

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 and they will deliberately

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 overlook

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 God's role

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 in creating the world.

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 They do this

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 in order to justify

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 their own sinful behavior.

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 So,

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 after spending

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 much of his letter

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 reminding the believers

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 of the reliability

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 of the gospel

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 and warning them

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 of false teachers,

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 Peter now turns

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 to warn God's elective scoffers

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 and the danger

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 of joining them

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 in their thinking.

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 So,

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 he exhorts them

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 always to remember

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 and live in the light

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 of God's commands

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 and coming judgment.

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 Today,

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 we're going to see

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 these two things

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 contrasted in our text

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 all the way through.

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 The choice of each person

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 to either deliberately

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 forget God's word

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 or deliberately remember

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 and live in the light

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 of it.

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 And it starts

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 in verse 1 and 2.

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 Have a look.

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 And I read from,

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 I read it now.

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 This is now

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 the second letter

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 that I am writing

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 to you, beloved.

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 In both of them,

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 I am stirring up

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 your sincere mind

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 by way of reminder

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 that you should remember

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 the predictions

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 of the holy prophets

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 and the commandment

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 of the Lord and Savior

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 through your apostles.

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 Okay,

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 so,

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 here we go.

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 Straight away,

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 Peter is trying to stir up

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 the believer's memory

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 of the prophecies

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 and commands

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 in God's word.

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 He does this

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 because the scoffers

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 in the community

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 are in many ways

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 doing the opposite.

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 They're questioning

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 what is being prophesied.

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 So these two verses,

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 they set up

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 the rest of the following section

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 in which Peter begins

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 to deal with scoffers

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 and,

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 number one,

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 their thinking.

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 Two,

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 their motivation

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 for thinking that way.

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 And then,

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 thirdly,

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 Peter's response

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 to their thinking.

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 So firstly,

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 Peter begins to show us

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 how scoffers think.

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 So let's pay attention here

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 so that we know

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 how to recognize it.

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 Looking at verse 3 and 4.

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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

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 and following

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 their own evil desires.

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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 our ancestors died,

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 everything goes on

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 as it always has

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 since the beginning

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 of creation.

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 Now,

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 I don't know about you,

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 but I find this

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 really interesting.

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 The rationale is,

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 well,

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 this world

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 has just

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 kept going on

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 as it always has.

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 No sign of stopping.

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 No reason to believe

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 it will stop.

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 You know,

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 I read this,

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 sorry,

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 I read this

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 and think

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 not much has changed

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 in the way

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 the people think

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 over 2,000 years.

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 This is common perception

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 in Ireland 2017,

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 is it not?

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 The majority of people

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 you know will say,

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 yeah,

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 I believe God exists.

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 But if you asked him,

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 do you believe

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 God

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 when he says

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 he's coming back

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 in judgment

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 on this world

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 and your life,

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 well,

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 they'll probably start

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 to get a little bit

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 uneasy at that stage

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 and say something

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 along these lines?

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 Well,

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 it doesn't really

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 look like he's coming,

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 does it?

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 I mean,

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 he said that,

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 what,

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 2,000 years ago

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 and it still

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 hasn't happened.

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 I mean,

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 it's taking forever.

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 So,

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 clearly he isn't coming

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 and I'm just

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 going to live my life

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 in the way

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 that I truly

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 think is best.

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 what's the key part

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 in that thought process?

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 It's taking forever,

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 so obviously

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 he's not coming.

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 Like two friends

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 who are standing

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 at the bus stop

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 down in Fountainstown

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 and after half an hour

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 of standing around,

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 one of them cries out

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 in desperation,

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 it's taking forever,

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 forget the bus,

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 it's not coming,

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 come on,

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 let's find another way

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 back to Kerrigaline.

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 You know,

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 that's exactly

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 what's going on here

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 with these scoffers.

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 Well,

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 Peter's response

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 to this kind of thinking

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 is swift

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 and he has a list

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 of reasons

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 as to why

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 that's no justification

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 whatsoever

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 for believing

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 he will not return.

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 Number one,

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 this is Peter's

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 number one response,

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 he says,

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 if God made the world,

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 then he's surely

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 able to end it.

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 And we find this

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 in verse five,

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 have a look.

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 But they deliberately

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 forget that long ago

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 by God's word,

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 the heavens came

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 into being

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 and the earth

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 was formed

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 out of water

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 and by water.

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 These scoffers,

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 they deliberately

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 overlook

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 or forget the fact

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 that the world

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 is made by God.

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 They don't want

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 to acknowledge

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 that it had

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 a start point

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 because if God

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 started this earth,

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 then he's well able

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 to end it.

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 And this is

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 Peter's point

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 in the next two verses

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 of Luke 6 and 7.

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 By these waters

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 also,

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 the world of that time

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 was deluged

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 and destroyed.

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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 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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 So Peter's saying,

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 look,

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 if God can make

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 the world,

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 and more than that,

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 if God can partially

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 destroy the world

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 by means of a flood,

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 then he can absolutely

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 fully destroy the world

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 when he calls

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 an end to it.

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 So scoffers

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 don't want to think

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 about how God made it.

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 They would rather

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 conveniently push

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 that out of their

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 day-to-day memory.

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 And in verse 3,

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 we find out

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 why

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 they want to push

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 that out of their memory.

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 Look at verse 3.

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 It says,

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 In the last days,

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 scoffers will come

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 scoffing and

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 following

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 their own evil desires.

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 The reason why

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 they're denying God

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 will come back

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 and judge this world

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 and their lives

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 as this.

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 They want to follow

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 their own evil desires.

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 Let me put it

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 another way.

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 They want to live

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 the way that's best

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 in their own eyes

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 and not God's.

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 And believing

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 that there's no judgment

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 allows them to do that.

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 Now,

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 can we just pause here

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 a second?

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 We can begin to say,

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 Oh,

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 those old scoffers

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 at it again.

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 Why can't they all

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 just be as good

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 and obedient

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 to God's word

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 as I am?

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 You know what?

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 Before you or I

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 begin to think that way,

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 think about this.

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 How many times

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 do we

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 even as self-professed

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 followers of Jesus

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 get up to the very

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 same thing?

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 We push the truths

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 of God conveniently

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 out of our minds

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 so that we can

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 continue to justify

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 different things

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 that we want to do.

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 Like that particular

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 hateful attitude

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 towards our work colleague.

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 Or that habit

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 of watching pornography.

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 Or those indulgent

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 shopping trips

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 that we know

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 we don't really need.

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 Scoffers

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 deliberately forget

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 God's word

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 and his promises.

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 And Peter says

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 in verse 1

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 and verse 2

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 believers must

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 deliberately remember them.

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 Let's not join

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 scoffers

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 in their

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 deliberate

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 forgetfulness.

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 Let us instead

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 hold fast

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 to God's word.

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 And here comes

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 the question.

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 Are you in it

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 every day?

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 How are you

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 getting God's word

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 into your life

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 every day?

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 You're responsible

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 for this.

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 As am I.

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 Not my parents.

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 Not my spouse.

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 It's me

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 that has to make sure

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 that I'm getting

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 God's word

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 into my life

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 every single day.

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 It's the same

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 for you.

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 And if you're not

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 getting God's word

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 you're going to

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 start living

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 like these scoffers

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 in a way that's

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 right in your own eyes

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 but not God's.

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 These days

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 we have multiple

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 means of feeding

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 ourselves regularly

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 with God's word.

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 We have Bible apps

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 audio Bibles

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 such an array

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 of translations.

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 Look

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 you and I

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 don't have any

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 excuse.

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 Especially when we

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 consider that in

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 many other countries

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 of this world

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 it's illegal

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 to even own a Bible.

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 You know

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 God blessed

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 Elena and I

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 with both the time

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 and the money

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 to carry Bibles

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 into Laos

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 and Vietnam

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 a couple of weeks ago.

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 Some of you guys

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 were following along

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 the emails.

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 Well back in February

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 when we made

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 the big decision

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 to buy those flights

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 and it was a good

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 bit of money

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 I can tell you.

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 When we committed

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 to it

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 it began to hit

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 home

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 but if we're

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 willing to pay

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 all this money

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 to travel

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 halfway across

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 the world

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 to transport

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 Bibles across

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 communist borders

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 then how do we

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 even value

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 the word of God

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 in our own lives

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 at home?

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 Well that was

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 a challenge.

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 You know

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 we have over

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 ten Bibles at home.

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 I actually went

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 around on Tuesday

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 counting them

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 and walked

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 around my house.

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 Honestly

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 we actually need

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 to offload a few

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 if anyone is interested.

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 We've got small ones

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 big ones

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 study ones

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 even a flowery

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 ones

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 not in content

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 in appearance.

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 We have it so easy

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 you and I.

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 We can definitely

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 take it for granted.

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 But it's God's word.

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 It's a fountain

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 of life.

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 It's a feast

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 of everything

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 that's good

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 and instructive

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 in our lives.

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 It's our guidebook

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 on how to live

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 God's perfect way

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 he intended for humanity.

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 Now how can we

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 miss out on such

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 an incredible gift

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 that's in our own

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 language?

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 So you need to

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 figure out

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 and I need to

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 figure out

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 what's the best

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 way for us

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 to feast on

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 God's word

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 each day

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 and have your fill.

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 Now I know

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 someone

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 who gets up

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 early

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 gets in their car

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 and drives

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 to work

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 extra early

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 in order to

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 beat the cork

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 traffic

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 and they sit

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 in their car

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 in the car park

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 and they've

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 half an hour

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 there

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 to read God's

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 word and spend

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 time with him.

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 That works

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 for them.

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 I actually have

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 another friend

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 who's a teacher

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 and he meets

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 the Lord

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 for a short

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 time in the

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 morning

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 but then

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 once school

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 is over

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 right

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 listen to this

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 he locks

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 himself

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 in the storeroom

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 of his

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 classroom

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 for ten minutes

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 straight after

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 school

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 and he has

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 another time

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 to just get

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 God's word

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 into his life.

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 He's being

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 strategic about

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 it and you

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 know what

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 we also need

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 to be strategic

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 about it.

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 What's the

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 best part

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 of our day

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 that we can

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 give to God

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 where we're

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 most alert

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 and we're

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 most able

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 to take in

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 his word?

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 Maybe

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 coming away

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 from today

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 you need to

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 think up a new

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 strategy in terms

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 of that.

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 It's vital.

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 So far

00:18:54.460 --> 00:18:55.139
 we've established

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 that scoffers

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 question Jesus

00:18:56.859 --> 00:18:57.279
 coming

00:18:57.279 --> 00:18:58.839
 and deliberately

00:18:58.839 --> 00:18:59.740
 forget God's

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 word in order

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 to justify

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 their own

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 lifestyle.

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 So after

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 Peter has

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 addressed their

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 theories by

00:19:05.619 --> 00:19:06.599
 saying well

00:19:06.599 --> 00:19:07.200
 if God can

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 make the

00:19:07.680 --> 00:19:08.619
 world he

00:19:08.619 --> 00:19:09.039
 can also

00:19:09.039 --> 00:19:09.599
 end it

00:19:09.599 --> 00:19:11.279
 he then

00:19:11.279 --> 00:19:11.759
 moves on

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 to confront

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 their theory

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 of it's

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 taking forever

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 so obviously

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 it's not

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 happening.

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 So let's

00:19:18.819 --> 00:19:19.359
 look at

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 verse 8

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 and 9

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 and see

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 Peter's

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 response to

00:19:22.539 --> 00:19:22.879
 this.

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 Verse 8

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 But do

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 not forget

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 this one

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 thing

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 dear friends

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 with the

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 Lord a

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 day is

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 like a

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 thousand

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 years

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 and a

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 thousand

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 years

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 are like

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 a day.

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 Now here

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 we get an

00:19:36.519 --> 00:19:36.860
 incredible

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 glimpse into

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 the grandeur

00:19:38.059 --> 00:19:38.420
 and majesty

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 of God.

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 Think about

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 it.

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 What is

00:19:41.180 --> 00:19:41.700
 two thousand

00:19:41.700 --> 00:19:42.099
 years to

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 God?

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 A snap

00:19:45.180 --> 00:19:45.360
 of the

00:19:45.360 --> 00:19:45.640
 fingers.

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 God is

00:19:47.819 --> 00:19:48.299
 not limited

00:19:48.299 --> 00:19:48.740
 within the

00:19:48.740 --> 00:19:49.279
 constraints of

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 time.

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 He's the

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 maker of

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 time.

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 He's beyond

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 it.

00:19:52.579 --> 00:19:54.839
 Peter

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 continues

00:19:55.240 --> 00:19:55.559
 in verse

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 9

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 The

00:19:57.659 --> 00:19:58.339
 Lord is

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 not slow

00:19:59.379 --> 00:20:00.000
 in keeping

00:20:00.000 --> 00:20:00.659
 his promise

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 as some

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 understand

00:20:02.659 --> 00:20:03.259
 slowness.

00:20:04.679 --> 00:20:04.980
 Instead

00:20:04.980 --> 00:20:05.980
 he is

00:20:05.980 --> 00:20:06.339
 patient

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 with you

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 not wanting

00:20:08.000 --> 00:20:08.559
 anyone to

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 perish

00:20:08.960 --> 00:20:10.480
 but everyone

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 to come

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 to repentance.

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 So

00:20:14.699 --> 00:20:15.259
 why is

00:20:15.259 --> 00:20:16.220
 it taking

00:20:16.220 --> 00:20:16.899
 forever

00:20:16.899 --> 00:20:18.319
 in our

00:20:18.319 --> 00:20:18.799
 minds for

00:20:18.799 --> 00:20:19.279
 Jesus to

00:20:19.279 --> 00:20:19.639
 return?

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 Well

00:20:21.079 --> 00:20:21.519
 here's the

00:20:21.519 --> 00:20:21.819
 reason.

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 the love

00:20:23.939 --> 00:20:25.220
 patience

00:20:25.220 --> 00:20:25.980
 kindness

00:20:25.980 --> 00:20:27.119
 and mercy

00:20:27.119 --> 00:20:27.679
 of God.

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 You know

00:20:28.799 --> 00:20:29.500
 how ironic

00:20:29.500 --> 00:20:30.379
 how ironic

00:20:30.379 --> 00:20:31.939
 that those

00:20:31.939 --> 00:20:32.740
 who scoff

00:20:32.740 --> 00:20:33.939
 at God's

00:20:33.939 --> 00:20:34.419
 so-called

00:20:34.419 --> 00:20:35.279
 delay in

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 fulfilling

00:20:35.659 --> 00:20:36.279
 his promise

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 are actually

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 scoffing

00:20:37.939 --> 00:20:39.279
 at God's

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 gracious

00:20:39.899 --> 00:20:40.460
 act of

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 mercy

00:20:40.980 --> 00:20:41.720
 towards them

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 and giving

00:20:42.159 --> 00:20:42.579
 them time

00:20:42.579 --> 00:20:43.119
 to repent.

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 But what

00:20:45.199 --> 00:20:45.579
 does this

00:20:45.579 --> 00:20:46.960
 verse mean

00:20:46.960 --> 00:20:47.919
 for those

00:20:47.919 --> 00:20:48.179
 who have

00:20:48.179 --> 00:20:48.679
 already come

00:20:48.679 --> 00:20:49.199
 to repentance?

00:20:50.039 --> 00:20:51.199
 And this

00:20:51.199 --> 00:20:51.899
 hit me hard

00:20:51.900 --> 00:20:52.259
 during the

00:20:52.259 --> 00:20:52.500
 week.

00:20:54.180 --> 00:20:54.500
 And this

00:20:54.500 --> 00:20:54.900
 is how I

00:20:54.900 --> 00:20:55.460
 was working

00:20:55.460 --> 00:20:55.759
 it out

00:20:55.759 --> 00:20:56.019
 in my

00:20:56.019 --> 00:20:56.220
 head.

00:20:56.540 --> 00:20:57.040
 If Jesus

00:20:57.040 --> 00:20:57.759
 comes later

00:20:57.759 --> 00:20:59.400
 today after

00:20:59.400 --> 00:20:59.900
 the fellowship

00:20:59.900 --> 00:21:01.380
 lunch to

00:21:01.380 --> 00:21:01.940
 take me

00:21:01.940 --> 00:21:02.720
 home, so

00:21:02.720 --> 00:21:03.040
 be it.

00:21:03.840 --> 00:21:04.440
 I will be

00:21:04.440 --> 00:21:04.920
 with him in

00:21:04.920 --> 00:21:05.220
 glory.

00:21:06.620 --> 00:21:07.220
 If he

00:21:07.220 --> 00:21:07.759
 doesn't come

00:21:07.759 --> 00:21:08.900
 today, then

00:21:08.900 --> 00:21:09.320
 that's one

00:21:09.320 --> 00:21:10.000
 more day I

00:21:10.000 --> 00:21:10.880
 get to

00:21:10.880 --> 00:21:11.400
 share his

00:21:11.400 --> 00:21:12.200
 saving gospel

00:21:12.200 --> 00:21:13.000
 with those

00:21:13.000 --> 00:21:13.400
 who haven't

00:21:13.400 --> 00:21:14.040
 yet believed

00:21:14.040 --> 00:21:14.820
 and stand

00:21:14.820 --> 00:21:15.300
 condemned

00:21:15.300 --> 00:21:15.880
 before a

00:21:15.880 --> 00:21:16.519
 holy God.

00:21:17.720 --> 00:21:18.240
 See, now we

00:21:18.240 --> 00:21:18.820
 see why Jesus

00:21:18.820 --> 00:21:19.519
 hasn't returned

00:21:19.519 --> 00:21:19.799
 yet.

00:21:20.480 --> 00:21:20.700
 There are

00:21:20.700 --> 00:21:21.160
 so many

00:21:21.160 --> 00:21:21.779
 more precious

00:21:21.779 --> 00:21:22.980
 souls he's

00:21:22.980 --> 00:21:23.779
 waiting for

00:21:23.779 --> 00:21:24.720
 to run

00:21:24.720 --> 00:21:25.299
 into his

00:21:25.299 --> 00:21:25.960
 forgiveness and

00:21:25.960 --> 00:21:26.700
 eternal life

00:21:26.700 --> 00:21:28.079
 before it's

00:21:28.079 --> 00:21:28.740
 too late and

00:21:28.740 --> 00:21:29.039
 they spend

00:21:29.039 --> 00:21:29.759
 eternity without

00:21:29.759 --> 00:21:30.119
 him in

00:21:30.119 --> 00:21:30.379
 hell.

00:21:33.339 --> 00:21:35.220
 So, now

00:21:35.220 --> 00:21:35.680
 that Peter

00:21:35.680 --> 00:21:36.359
 has shown up

00:21:36.359 --> 00:21:36.960
 the scoffer's

00:21:36.960 --> 00:21:37.680
 way of thinking

00:21:37.680 --> 00:21:38.400
 and motivation,

00:21:39.279 --> 00:21:40.059
 he now turns

00:21:40.059 --> 00:21:40.559
 his attention

00:21:40.559 --> 00:21:41.359
 to the day

00:21:41.359 --> 00:21:41.879
 of Jesus'

00:21:42.079 --> 00:21:43.559
 return, which

00:21:43.559 --> 00:21:44.180
 he calls the

00:21:44.180 --> 00:21:44.559
 day of the

00:21:44.559 --> 00:21:44.799
 Lord.

00:21:44.799 --> 00:21:47.440
 And he

00:21:47.440 --> 00:21:47.759
 gives us

00:21:47.759 --> 00:21:48.259
 some very

00:21:48.259 --> 00:21:48.700
 important

00:21:48.700 --> 00:21:50.000
 insights into

00:21:50.000 --> 00:21:50.700
 what is

00:21:50.700 --> 00:21:50.980
 going to

00:21:50.980 --> 00:21:51.440
 happen on

00:21:51.440 --> 00:21:51.859
 that day.

00:21:52.559 --> 00:21:53.119
 So, let's

00:21:53.119 --> 00:21:53.460
 pay big

00:21:53.460 --> 00:21:54.119
 attention here.

00:21:54.220 --> 00:21:54.399
 It's in

00:21:54.399 --> 00:21:55.299
 verse 10

00:21:55.299 --> 00:21:55.579
 we're going

00:21:55.579 --> 00:21:55.799
 to read

00:21:55.799 --> 00:21:56.139
 for now.

00:21:57.940 --> 00:21:58.539
 But the

00:21:58.539 --> 00:21:58.940
 day of

00:21:58.940 --> 00:21:59.359
 the Lord

00:21:59.359 --> 00:22:00.720
 will come

00:22:00.720 --> 00:22:01.119
 like a

00:22:01.119 --> 00:22:01.500
 thief.

00:22:02.740 --> 00:22:03.599
 The heavens

00:22:03.599 --> 00:22:04.599
 will disappear

00:22:04.599 --> 00:22:05.059
 with a

00:22:05.059 --> 00:22:05.319
 roar.

00:22:06.279 --> 00:22:06.980
 The elements

00:22:06.980 --> 00:22:07.259
 will be

00:22:07.259 --> 00:22:07.799
 destroyed by

00:22:07.799 --> 00:22:08.799
 fire and

00:22:08.799 --> 00:22:09.299
 the earth

00:22:09.299 --> 00:22:10.059
 and everything

00:22:10.059 --> 00:22:10.779
 done in

00:22:10.779 --> 00:22:12.079
 it will

00:22:12.079 --> 00:22:12.700
 be laid

00:22:12.700 --> 00:22:13.180
 bare.

00:22:14.799 --> 00:22:16.539
 So, firstly,

00:22:16.700 --> 00:22:17.019
 it's going

00:22:17.019 --> 00:22:17.419
 to be as

00:22:17.419 --> 00:22:19.379
 predictable as

00:22:19.379 --> 00:22:19.899
 a robber

00:22:19.899 --> 00:22:20.319
 coming to

00:22:20.319 --> 00:22:20.680
 steal from

00:22:20.680 --> 00:22:21.079
 your house.

00:22:22.480 --> 00:22:23.099
 Now, that

00:22:23.099 --> 00:22:23.700
 caught me by

00:22:23.700 --> 00:22:24.220
 surprise when

00:22:24.220 --> 00:22:24.599
 I was 10

00:22:24.599 --> 00:22:25.039
 years old.

00:22:27.099 --> 00:22:27.799
 Arriving back

00:22:27.799 --> 00:22:28.619
 to my house

00:22:28.619 --> 00:22:29.180
 with my

00:22:29.180 --> 00:22:29.740
 family on

00:22:29.740 --> 00:22:30.440
 St. Stephen's

00:22:30.440 --> 00:22:30.639
 Day.

00:22:32.519 --> 00:22:33.339
 Why is our

00:22:33.339 --> 00:22:33.839
 house so

00:22:33.839 --> 00:22:34.180
 cold?

00:22:35.680 --> 00:22:37.379
 Mum, why

00:22:37.379 --> 00:22:37.579
 is the

00:22:37.579 --> 00:22:38.720
 kitchen window

00:22:38.720 --> 00:22:39.419
 jarred open?

00:22:40.899 --> 00:22:42.659
 Dad, why

00:22:42.659 --> 00:22:43.180
 is my money

00:22:43.180 --> 00:22:44.000
 box empty in

00:22:44.000 --> 00:22:44.379
 my room?

00:22:44.799 --> 00:22:48.079
 That thief

00:22:48.079 --> 00:22:48.680
 took us

00:22:48.680 --> 00:22:49.319
 purely by

00:22:49.319 --> 00:22:50.259
 surprise on

00:22:50.259 --> 00:22:50.659
 that night.

00:22:53.539 --> 00:22:54.019
 Likewise,

00:22:54.659 --> 00:22:55.220
 no one will

00:22:55.220 --> 00:22:55.759
 see it coming

00:22:55.759 --> 00:22:56.299
 when Jesus

00:22:56.299 --> 00:22:57.259
 returns to

00:22:57.259 --> 00:22:57.599
 this earth.

00:22:59.419 --> 00:22:59.899
 And what

00:22:59.899 --> 00:23:00.339
 else do we

00:23:00.339 --> 00:23:00.819
 learn here?

00:23:03.099 --> 00:23:03.579
 Everything

00:23:03.579 --> 00:23:04.240
 will be

00:23:04.240 --> 00:23:04.700
 destroyed.

00:23:05.779 --> 00:23:06.460
 Not by

00:23:06.460 --> 00:23:07.079
 water this

00:23:07.079 --> 00:23:07.680
 time, by

00:23:07.680 --> 00:23:08.119
 fire.

00:23:08.879 --> 00:23:09.339
 The stars

00:23:09.339 --> 00:23:09.839
 and planets

00:23:09.839 --> 00:23:10.440
 will also be

00:23:10.440 --> 00:23:10.799
 no more.

00:23:12.440 --> 00:23:12.819
 But, you

00:23:12.819 --> 00:23:13.099
 know, that's

00:23:13.099 --> 00:23:13.579
 not where the

00:23:13.579 --> 00:23:14.379
 story ends.

00:23:14.799 --> 00:23:15.599
 Peter says

00:23:15.599 --> 00:23:15.960
 in verse

00:23:15.960 --> 00:23:16.500
 13,

00:23:17.259 --> 00:23:18.359
 but in

00:23:18.359 --> 00:23:18.899
 keeping with

00:23:18.899 --> 00:23:19.519
 this promise,

00:23:19.700 --> 00:23:20.159
 we are looking

00:23:20.159 --> 00:23:21.000
 forward to a

00:23:21.000 --> 00:23:21.639
 new heaven

00:23:21.639 --> 00:23:22.859
 and a new

00:23:22.859 --> 00:23:24.319
 earth where

00:23:24.319 --> 00:23:25.039
 righteousness

00:23:25.039 --> 00:23:25.819
 dwells.

00:23:27.059 --> 00:23:28.079
 Now, this is a

00:23:28.079 --> 00:23:28.659
 huge comfort

00:23:28.659 --> 00:23:29.279
 for us.

00:23:29.799 --> 00:23:30.359
 God doesn't

00:23:30.359 --> 00:23:31.119
 stop at

00:23:31.119 --> 00:23:31.819
 destroying the

00:23:31.819 --> 00:23:32.139
 world.

00:23:32.680 --> 00:23:33.319
 He promises a

00:23:33.319 --> 00:23:33.940
 new heaven and a

00:23:33.940 --> 00:23:34.659
 new earth, but

00:23:34.659 --> 00:23:35.180
 the last three

00:23:35.180 --> 00:23:35.700
 words here are the

00:23:35.700 --> 00:23:36.359
 most important.

00:23:36.359 --> 00:23:36.500
 world.

00:23:39.159 --> 00:23:40.079
 It says,

00:23:40.599 --> 00:23:41.519
 where righteousness

00:23:41.519 --> 00:23:42.539
 dwells.

00:23:43.919 --> 00:23:44.879
 All hurting,

00:23:45.339 --> 00:23:46.740
 pain, evil, and

00:23:46.740 --> 00:23:47.899
 sin will be no

00:23:47.899 --> 00:23:48.179
 more.

00:23:48.859 --> 00:23:49.859
 There is a hope

00:23:49.859 --> 00:23:50.500
 for a new

00:23:50.500 --> 00:23:51.719
 heaven and a

00:23:51.719 --> 00:23:52.639
 new earth without

00:23:52.639 --> 00:23:53.559
 the taint of

00:23:53.559 --> 00:23:53.839
 sin.

00:23:54.719 --> 00:23:55.259
 And what an

00:23:55.259 --> 00:23:56.459
 incredible reality

00:23:56.459 --> 00:23:59.259
 it is for us

00:23:59.259 --> 00:23:59.899
 to look forward

00:23:59.899 --> 00:24:00.199
 to.

00:24:00.200 --> 00:24:03.779
 So now we

00:24:03.779 --> 00:24:04.200
 come to the

00:24:04.200 --> 00:24:05.960
 last part of

00:24:05.960 --> 00:24:07.140
 this passage in

00:24:07.140 --> 00:24:07.660
 our message

00:24:07.660 --> 00:24:09.100
 today, in

00:24:09.100 --> 00:24:09.779
 which Peter

00:24:09.779 --> 00:24:10.279
 asks the

00:24:10.279 --> 00:24:10.700
 million dollar

00:24:10.700 --> 00:24:11.400
 question for

00:24:11.400 --> 00:24:11.880
 those of us

00:24:11.880 --> 00:24:12.380
 who claim to

00:24:12.380 --> 00:24:13.460
 be followers of

00:24:13.460 --> 00:24:13.819
 Jesus.

00:24:15.279 --> 00:24:16.160
 Look at it in

00:24:16.160 --> 00:24:16.720
 verse 11.

00:24:16.720 --> 00:24:19.799
 since everything

00:24:19.799 --> 00:24:20.660
 will be destroyed

00:24:20.660 --> 00:24:21.579
 in this way,

00:24:22.380 --> 00:24:23.180
 what kind of

00:24:23.180 --> 00:24:24.539
 people are you

00:24:24.539 --> 00:24:24.880
 to be?

00:24:26.039 --> 00:24:26.519
 There is the

00:24:26.519 --> 00:24:26.920
 question.

00:24:27.900 --> 00:24:28.759
 I think Peter

00:24:28.759 --> 00:24:29.860
 asks this question

00:24:29.860 --> 00:24:30.740
 right after verse

00:24:30.740 --> 00:24:31.440
 10 for a

00:24:31.440 --> 00:24:31.759
 purpose.

00:24:33.200 --> 00:24:34.140
 He just told

00:24:34.140 --> 00:24:35.279
 them, the

00:24:35.279 --> 00:24:35.839
 believers, that

00:24:35.839 --> 00:24:37.299
 everything in

00:24:37.299 --> 00:24:38.079
 this world is

00:24:38.079 --> 00:24:38.839
 going to burn,

00:24:39.339 --> 00:24:39.680
 literally.

00:24:42.779 --> 00:24:43.500
 It's like

00:24:43.500 --> 00:24:43.700
 this.

00:24:44.500 --> 00:24:45.079
 Think of that

00:24:45.079 --> 00:24:45.860
 house of yours

00:24:45.860 --> 00:24:46.600
 that you may

00:24:46.599 --> 00:24:46.959
 have been

00:24:46.959 --> 00:24:48.279
 working 30

00:24:48.279 --> 00:24:49.019
 years to pay

00:24:49.019 --> 00:24:49.259
 off.

00:24:50.279 --> 00:24:50.980
 If Jesus

00:24:50.980 --> 00:24:51.959
 returns tomorrow,

00:24:52.819 --> 00:24:53.359
 you'll be

00:24:53.359 --> 00:24:53.980
 standing before

00:24:53.980 --> 00:24:54.619
 your maker

00:24:54.619 --> 00:24:55.799
 and your

00:24:55.799 --> 00:24:56.359
 house will be

00:24:56.359 --> 00:24:56.699
 gone.

00:24:58.599 --> 00:24:59.359
 It's the same

00:24:59.359 --> 00:24:59.980
 with your car.

00:25:01.079 --> 00:25:01.519
 There's no

00:25:01.519 --> 00:25:01.980
 highway to

00:25:01.980 --> 00:25:02.219
 heaven.

00:25:02.779 --> 00:25:03.179
 There's not

00:25:03.179 --> 00:25:03.639
 even a highway

00:25:03.639 --> 00:25:04.019
 to hell.

00:25:05.679 --> 00:25:06.599
 You can't

00:25:06.599 --> 00:25:07.099
 bring it with

00:25:07.099 --> 00:25:07.339
 you.

00:25:10.359 --> 00:25:10.959
 You know,

00:25:11.059 --> 00:25:11.619
 coming back

00:25:11.619 --> 00:25:12.179
 from visiting

00:25:12.179 --> 00:25:13.359
 Asia, God

00:25:13.359 --> 00:25:13.899
 has challenged

00:25:13.899 --> 00:25:14.799
 me that I

00:25:14.799 --> 00:25:15.339
 need to watch

00:25:15.339 --> 00:25:15.839
 the importance

00:25:15.839 --> 00:25:16.539
 that I place

00:25:16.539 --> 00:25:17.119
 and things

00:25:17.119 --> 00:25:17.460
 that I

00:25:17.460 --> 00:25:17.720
 own.

00:25:19.180 --> 00:25:20.119
 As if they

00:25:20.119 --> 00:25:20.500
 are what

00:25:20.500 --> 00:25:20.839
 gives me

00:25:20.839 --> 00:25:21.599
 satisfaction

00:25:21.599 --> 00:25:22.740
 and life.

00:25:23.639 --> 00:25:23.879
 No.

00:25:24.559 --> 00:25:25.159
 God's word

00:25:25.159 --> 00:25:25.879
 tells us here

00:25:25.879 --> 00:25:26.399
 they don't

00:25:26.399 --> 00:25:26.960
 matter for

00:25:26.960 --> 00:25:27.480
 eternity.

00:25:28.619 --> 00:25:29.220
 Nothing here

00:25:29.220 --> 00:25:29.759
 is eternal

00:25:29.759 --> 00:25:31.899
 apart from

00:25:31.899 --> 00:25:32.480
 your soul

00:25:32.480 --> 00:25:33.559
 and the

00:25:33.559 --> 00:25:33.859
 soul of

00:25:33.859 --> 00:25:34.559
 every person

00:25:34.559 --> 00:25:34.899
 you see

00:25:34.899 --> 00:25:35.420
 around you.

00:25:36.460 --> 00:25:36.819
 And that's

00:25:36.819 --> 00:25:37.240
 why Jesus

00:25:37.240 --> 00:25:37.879
 says in

00:25:37.879 --> 00:25:38.159
 Matthew

00:25:38.159 --> 00:25:38.799
 chapter 6

00:25:38.799 --> 00:25:39.539
 verse 19,

00:25:40.319 --> 00:25:40.740
 you needn't

00:25:40.740 --> 00:25:41.119
 turn there,

00:25:41.119 --> 00:25:41.539
 I'll read

00:25:41.539 --> 00:25:41.899
 it for you.

00:25:43.699 --> 00:25:44.419
 Do not

00:25:44.419 --> 00:25:44.979
 store up

00:25:44.979 --> 00:25:45.619
 for yourselves

00:25:45.619 --> 00:25:46.319
 treasure

00:25:46.319 --> 00:25:46.819
 in earth

00:25:46.819 --> 00:25:47.939
 where moth

00:25:47.939 --> 00:25:48.359
 and rust

00:25:48.359 --> 00:25:48.899
 destroy

00:25:48.899 --> 00:25:49.699
 and where

00:25:49.699 --> 00:25:50.099
 thieves

00:25:50.099 --> 00:25:50.579
 break in

00:25:50.579 --> 00:25:50.959
 and steal.

00:25:52.079 --> 00:25:52.859
 But store

00:25:52.859 --> 00:25:53.159
 up for

00:25:53.159 --> 00:25:53.539
 yourselves

00:25:53.539 --> 00:25:54.119
 treasure in

00:25:54.119 --> 00:25:54.439
 heaven

00:25:54.439 --> 00:25:57.179
 where moth

00:25:57.179 --> 00:25:57.479
 and rust

00:25:57.479 --> 00:25:57.919
 do not

00:25:57.919 --> 00:25:58.339
 destroy

00:25:58.339 --> 00:25:58.639
 and where

00:25:58.639 --> 00:25:58.879
 thieves

00:25:58.879 --> 00:25:59.259
 do not

00:25:59.259 --> 00:25:59.619
 break in

00:25:59.619 --> 00:25:59.959
 and steal.

00:26:01.079 --> 00:26:01.479
 For where

00:26:01.479 --> 00:26:02.099
 your treasure

00:26:02.099 --> 00:26:02.559
 is,

00:26:03.279 --> 00:26:03.579
 they your

00:26:03.579 --> 00:26:03.939
 heart will

00:26:03.939 --> 00:26:04.419
 be also.

00:26:04.420 --> 00:26:07.700
 So what

00:26:07.700 --> 00:26:08.180
 treasure are

00:26:08.180 --> 00:26:08.539
 you and I

00:26:08.539 --> 00:26:09.019
 building up

00:26:09.019 --> 00:26:09.420
 in heaven?

00:26:10.440 --> 00:26:11.300
 The world

00:26:11.300 --> 00:26:11.940
 doesn't think

00:26:11.940 --> 00:26:12.259
 that it's

00:26:12.259 --> 00:26:12.600
 treasure.

00:26:14.779 --> 00:26:15.500
 Caring for

00:26:15.500 --> 00:26:15.900
 an older

00:26:15.900 --> 00:26:16.600
 relative who

00:26:16.600 --> 00:26:17.080
 may never

00:26:17.080 --> 00:26:17.560
 say thank

00:26:17.560 --> 00:26:17.779
 you.

00:26:18.820 --> 00:26:19.160
 Showing

00:26:19.160 --> 00:26:20.019
 patience to

00:26:20.019 --> 00:26:20.560
 a boss

00:26:20.560 --> 00:26:22.120
 who definitely

00:26:22.120 --> 00:26:22.640
 doesn't deserve

00:26:22.640 --> 00:26:22.920
 it.

00:26:24.300 --> 00:26:24.779
 Quietly

00:26:24.779 --> 00:26:25.300
 slipping your

00:26:25.300 --> 00:26:25.680
 brother in

00:26:25.680 --> 00:26:25.960
 need a

00:26:25.960 --> 00:26:26.860
 check when

00:26:26.860 --> 00:26:27.080
 you know

00:26:27.080 --> 00:26:27.340
 you could

00:26:27.340 --> 00:26:27.600
 have used

00:26:27.600 --> 00:26:27.980
 that money

00:26:27.980 --> 00:26:28.360
 for your

00:26:28.360 --> 00:26:28.519
 own

00:26:28.519 --> 00:26:28.880
 pleasure.

00:26:29.960 --> 00:26:30.279
 Laying

00:26:30.279 --> 00:26:30.580
 down your

00:26:30.580 --> 00:26:31.000
 life for

00:26:31.000 --> 00:26:31.539
 your spouse

00:26:31.539 --> 00:26:31.860
 and your

00:26:31.860 --> 00:26:33.660
 kids even

00:26:33.660 --> 00:26:34.039
 when you

00:26:34.039 --> 00:26:34.320
 think

00:26:34.319 --> 00:26:34.659
 no one's

00:26:34.659 --> 00:26:34.939
 looking.

00:26:36.919 --> 00:26:37.659
 But someone

00:26:37.659 --> 00:26:38.799
 is the

00:26:38.799 --> 00:26:39.559
 only person

00:26:39.559 --> 00:26:40.159
 that matters

00:26:40.159 --> 00:26:41.059
 your father

00:26:41.059 --> 00:26:41.500
 in heaven.

00:26:43.539 --> 00:26:44.319
 Brothers and

00:26:44.319 --> 00:26:44.720
 sisters,

00:26:45.279 --> 00:26:45.960
 keep building

00:26:45.960 --> 00:26:46.740
 up treasure

00:26:46.740 --> 00:26:48.079
 up there,

00:26:48.960 --> 00:26:49.559
 not here,

00:26:50.579 --> 00:26:52.220
 because

00:26:52.220 --> 00:26:52.939
 everything that

00:26:52.939 --> 00:26:53.539
 you see down

00:26:53.539 --> 00:26:53.859
 here,

00:26:54.619 --> 00:26:55.319
 it's all

00:26:55.319 --> 00:26:55.599
 going to be

00:26:55.599 --> 00:26:57.319
 burning if

00:26:57.319 --> 00:26:58.019
 Jesus returns

00:26:58.019 --> 00:26:59.519
 tomorrow and

00:26:59.519 --> 00:26:59.859
 you can't

00:26:59.859 --> 00:27:00.240
 take it with

00:27:00.240 --> 00:27:00.460
 you.

00:27:02.460 --> 00:27:03.159
 So let's

00:27:03.159 --> 00:27:03.639
 go back to

00:27:03.639 --> 00:27:04.039
 Peter's

00:27:04.039 --> 00:27:04.579
 answer to

00:27:04.579 --> 00:27:04.859
 his own

00:27:04.859 --> 00:27:05.220
 question.

00:27:05.980 --> 00:27:06.099
 In

00:27:06.099 --> 00:27:06.759
 verse 11,

00:27:07.539 --> 00:27:08.379
 since

00:27:08.379 --> 00:27:08.700
 everything

00:27:08.700 --> 00:27:09.019
 will be

00:27:09.019 --> 00:27:09.460
 destroyed

00:27:09.460 --> 00:27:09.799
 in this

00:27:09.799 --> 00:27:10.000
 way,

00:27:10.440 --> 00:27:10.799
 what kind

00:27:10.799 --> 00:27:11.159
 of people

00:27:11.159 --> 00:27:11.539
 ought you

00:27:11.539 --> 00:27:11.799
 to be?

00:27:13.799 --> 00:27:14.200
 You

00:27:14.200 --> 00:27:14.579
 ought to

00:27:14.579 --> 00:27:15.440
 live holy

00:27:15.440 --> 00:27:16.460
 and godly

00:27:16.460 --> 00:27:17.740
 lives as

00:27:17.740 --> 00:27:18.059
 you look

00:27:18.059 --> 00:27:18.720
 forward to

00:27:18.720 --> 00:27:19.039
 the day

00:27:19.039 --> 00:27:19.559
 of God

00:27:19.559 --> 00:27:20.859
 and speed

00:27:20.859 --> 00:27:21.539
 its coming.

00:27:23.279 --> 00:27:23.680
 So,

00:27:24.399 --> 00:27:24.980
 there are

00:27:24.980 --> 00:27:26.139
 two consequences

00:27:26.139 --> 00:27:27.159
 of Jesus'

00:27:27.319 --> 00:27:27.839
 return for

00:27:27.839 --> 00:27:28.319
 the life of

00:27:28.319 --> 00:27:28.980
 believer here.

00:27:29.200 --> 00:27:29.759
 Number one,

00:27:29.899 --> 00:27:30.319
 verse 12,

00:27:30.559 --> 00:27:31.000
 we need to

00:27:31.000 --> 00:27:31.639
 look forward

00:27:31.639 --> 00:27:32.079
 to Jesus'

00:27:32.079 --> 00:27:32.519
 return.

00:27:32.519 --> 00:27:33.139
 And number

00:27:33.139 --> 00:27:33.500
 two,

00:27:34.299 --> 00:27:34.819
 verse 11,

00:27:34.920 --> 00:27:35.220
 we need to

00:27:35.220 --> 00:27:35.839
 live holy

00:27:35.839 --> 00:27:36.420
 and godly

00:27:36.420 --> 00:27:36.960
 lives in

00:27:36.960 --> 00:27:37.819
 preparation for

00:27:37.819 --> 00:27:38.299
 his return.

00:27:38.960 --> 00:27:39.160
 Now,

00:27:39.200 --> 00:27:39.599
 to illustrate

00:27:39.599 --> 00:27:40.039
 these two

00:27:40.039 --> 00:27:40.460
 things more

00:27:40.460 --> 00:27:40.700
 clearly,

00:27:40.779 --> 00:27:41.119
 I'd like to

00:27:41.119 --> 00:27:41.420
 share with

00:27:41.420 --> 00:27:41.579
 you an

00:27:41.579 --> 00:27:42.000
 experience

00:27:42.000 --> 00:27:42.220
 from my

00:27:42.220 --> 00:27:42.519
 own life.

00:27:43.539 --> 00:27:43.859
 So,

00:27:44.079 --> 00:27:44.500
 my wife

00:27:44.500 --> 00:27:45.279
 went away

00:27:45.279 --> 00:27:45.639
 for a few

00:27:45.639 --> 00:27:46.059
 days this

00:27:46.059 --> 00:27:46.279
 week.

00:27:48.039 --> 00:27:48.579
 She went

00:27:48.579 --> 00:27:48.819
 with her

00:27:48.819 --> 00:27:49.079
 mom and

00:27:49.079 --> 00:27:49.319
 sister.

00:27:49.539 --> 00:27:49.759
 It has

00:27:49.759 --> 00:27:49.960
 kind of

00:27:49.960 --> 00:27:50.519
 become an

00:27:50.519 --> 00:27:50.740
 annual

00:27:50.740 --> 00:27:51.160
 tradition,

00:27:51.920 --> 00:27:52.259
 and as

00:27:52.259 --> 00:27:52.500
 long as

00:27:52.500 --> 00:27:52.680
 it doesn't

00:27:52.680 --> 00:27:53.079
 get too

00:27:53.079 --> 00:27:53.400
 wild,

00:27:53.559 --> 00:27:54.200
 I'm happy

00:27:54.200 --> 00:27:54.619
 for it to

00:27:54.619 --> 00:27:54.920
 continue.

00:27:56.599 --> 00:27:57.000
 So,

00:27:57.480 --> 00:27:58.119
 there I was,

00:27:58.259 --> 00:27:58.539
 I guess.

00:27:58.799 --> 00:27:59.119
 I was there

00:27:59.119 --> 00:28:00.119
 on my own for

00:28:00.119 --> 00:28:00.799
 three days

00:28:00.799 --> 00:28:01.179
 at home.

00:28:01.899 --> 00:28:02.299
 I was

00:28:02.299 --> 00:28:02.919
 preparing this

00:28:02.919 --> 00:28:03.179
 sermon,

00:28:03.799 --> 00:28:04.319
 doing some

00:28:04.319 --> 00:28:04.619
 jobs,

00:28:04.679 --> 00:28:05.039
 getting awfully

00:28:05.039 --> 00:28:05.459
 distracted.

00:28:06.559 --> 00:28:07.119
 I was eating

00:28:07.119 --> 00:28:07.679
 some quality

00:28:07.679 --> 00:28:08.339
 takeaways with

00:28:08.339 --> 00:28:08.939
 Rob and

00:28:08.939 --> 00:28:09.419
 the boys.

00:28:12.219 --> 00:28:12.699
 But,

00:28:13.779 --> 00:28:14.379
 Elena is a

00:28:14.379 --> 00:28:15.079
 wonderful wife,

00:28:15.339 --> 00:28:16.219
 and as you can

00:28:16.219 --> 00:28:16.939
 probably imagine,

00:28:17.639 --> 00:28:18.179
 as the days

00:28:18.179 --> 00:28:18.519
 went on,

00:28:18.559 --> 00:28:19.039
 I really began

00:28:19.039 --> 00:28:19.519
 to miss my

00:28:19.519 --> 00:28:20.039
 best friend.

00:28:20.899 --> 00:28:21.559
 I began to

00:28:21.559 --> 00:28:22.239
 look forward

00:28:22.240 --> 00:28:22.819
 to her

00:28:22.819 --> 00:28:23.319
 return.

00:28:26.000 --> 00:28:26.359
 Now,

00:28:27.319 --> 00:28:28.039
 men in the

00:28:28.039 --> 00:28:28.359
 room who

00:28:28.359 --> 00:28:28.839
 are married,

00:28:29.039 --> 00:28:29.440
 and even

00:28:29.440 --> 00:28:30.259
 children in

00:28:30.259 --> 00:28:30.700
 the room who

00:28:30.700 --> 00:28:31.220
 have mothers,

00:28:32.000 --> 00:28:32.359
 I have a

00:28:32.359 --> 00:28:32.819
 question for

00:28:32.819 --> 00:28:32.980
 you.

00:28:33.660 --> 00:28:34.480
 Your wife or

00:28:34.480 --> 00:28:35.259
 your mom is

00:28:35.259 --> 00:28:35.819
 away for a

00:28:35.819 --> 00:28:36.220
 few days.

00:28:36.680 --> 00:28:37.160
 What's the

00:28:37.160 --> 00:28:37.779
 number one

00:28:37.779 --> 00:28:39.460
 thing that

00:28:39.460 --> 00:28:39.940
 you have got

00:28:39.940 --> 00:28:40.500
 to do before

00:28:40.500 --> 00:28:41.079
 they come back

00:28:41.079 --> 00:28:41.519
 to the house?

00:28:42.660 --> 00:28:43.160
 You don't have

00:28:43.160 --> 00:28:43.640
 to be a genius

00:28:43.640 --> 00:28:44.039
 to figure this

00:28:44.039 --> 00:28:44.299
 one out.

00:28:46.140 --> 00:28:47.079
 You clean

00:28:47.079 --> 00:28:47.740
 it, of

00:28:47.740 --> 00:28:48.220
 course.

00:28:50.039 --> 00:28:50.500
 Even the

00:28:50.500 --> 00:28:50.920
 dogs in the

00:28:50.920 --> 00:28:51.259
 street know

00:28:51.259 --> 00:28:51.539
 that.

00:28:52.240 --> 00:28:54.420
 You have

00:28:54.420 --> 00:28:54.859
 to get

00:28:54.859 --> 00:28:55.480
 your house

00:28:55.480 --> 00:28:56.920
 ready for

00:28:56.920 --> 00:28:57.559
 her by the

00:28:57.559 --> 00:28:57.900
 time she

00:28:57.900 --> 00:28:58.400
 comes back,

00:28:58.519 --> 00:28:59.480
 or it

00:28:59.480 --> 00:28:59.880
 will mean

00:28:59.880 --> 00:29:00.720
 her distinct

00:29:00.720 --> 00:29:01.380
 disappointment

00:29:01.380 --> 00:29:02.500
 when she

00:29:02.500 --> 00:29:03.200
 arrives home

00:29:03.200 --> 00:29:03.640
 to three

00:29:03.640 --> 00:29:04.180
 days worth

00:29:04.180 --> 00:29:04.579
 of dishes

00:29:04.579 --> 00:29:05.160
 piled up

00:29:05.160 --> 00:29:05.720
 and socked

00:29:05.720 --> 00:29:06.079
 all over

00:29:06.079 --> 00:29:06.480
 the floor.

00:29:06.940 --> 00:29:07.259
 It just

00:29:07.259 --> 00:29:07.799
 makes sense.

00:29:07.920 --> 00:29:08.240
 Clean the

00:29:08.240 --> 00:29:08.519
 house.

00:29:10.480 --> 00:29:11.059
 So there's

00:29:11.059 --> 00:29:11.420
 two things

00:29:11.420 --> 00:29:11.839
 I did this

00:29:11.839 --> 00:29:12.059
 week.

00:29:13.039 --> 00:29:13.680
 Number one,

00:29:14.200 --> 00:29:14.859
 I was looking

00:29:14.859 --> 00:29:15.720
 forward to my

00:29:15.720 --> 00:29:16.319
 wife's return,

00:29:16.500 --> 00:29:16.779
 and number

00:29:16.779 --> 00:29:17.640
 two, I was

00:29:17.640 --> 00:29:18.200
 getting ready

00:29:18.200 --> 00:29:18.559
 for my

00:29:18.559 --> 00:29:19.079
 wife's return.

00:29:21.180 --> 00:29:21.339
 You know,

00:29:21.339 --> 00:29:21.699
 isn't that

00:29:21.699 --> 00:29:22.000
 kind of

00:29:22.000 --> 00:29:22.619
 the same

00:29:22.619 --> 00:29:24.759
 with Jesus

00:29:24.759 --> 00:29:25.519
 followers and

00:29:25.519 --> 00:29:26.119
 his return,

00:29:27.039 --> 00:29:27.639
 as we see

00:29:27.639 --> 00:29:27.919
 in this

00:29:27.919 --> 00:29:28.359
 passage?

00:29:29.059 --> 00:29:29.659
 Instead of

00:29:29.659 --> 00:29:30.339
 a wife or

00:29:30.339 --> 00:29:30.759
 a mother

00:29:30.759 --> 00:29:31.299
 returning,

00:29:31.439 --> 00:29:31.759
 it's our

00:29:31.759 --> 00:29:32.480
 Savior, our

00:29:32.480 --> 00:29:33.079
 King, Jesus

00:29:33.079 --> 00:29:33.579
 Christ.

00:29:34.539 --> 00:29:34.980
 He's the

00:29:34.980 --> 00:29:35.279
 one who's

00:29:35.279 --> 00:29:36.159
 ransomed us

00:29:36.159 --> 00:29:36.619
 and taken

00:29:36.619 --> 00:29:37.299
 the blame

00:29:37.299 --> 00:29:38.099
 for our

00:29:38.099 --> 00:29:38.659
 rebellion on

00:29:38.659 --> 00:29:39.220
 the cross.

00:29:39.759 --> 00:29:40.319
 He's our

00:29:40.319 --> 00:29:41.039
 closest friend,

00:29:41.240 --> 00:29:41.539
 and he

00:29:41.539 --> 00:29:42.299
 promises us,

00:29:42.799 --> 00:29:43.439
 I am

00:29:43.439 --> 00:29:44.220
 coming back.

00:29:46.279 --> 00:29:46.679
 Now,

00:29:46.720 --> 00:29:47.039
 what's your

00:29:47.039 --> 00:29:49.000
 attitude towards

00:29:49.000 --> 00:29:49.960
 your Savior's

00:29:49.960 --> 00:29:50.299
 return?

00:29:52.019 --> 00:29:52.920
 Scoppers will

00:29:52.920 --> 00:29:53.400
 bend over

00:29:53.400 --> 00:29:54.200
 backwards to

00:29:54.200 --> 00:29:54.599
 deny it.

00:29:55.599 --> 00:29:56.200
 A lot of

00:29:56.200 --> 00:29:56.559
 Christians,

00:29:56.680 --> 00:29:57.380
 including Sam

00:29:57.380 --> 00:29:58.500
 Ross, forget

00:29:58.500 --> 00:30:00.680
 about it, and

00:30:00.680 --> 00:30:01.240
 they don't think

00:30:01.240 --> 00:30:01.759
 of it from one

00:30:01.759 --> 00:30:02.119
 day to the

00:30:02.119 --> 00:30:02.420
 next.

00:30:04.039 --> 00:30:04.660
 Now, Peter

00:30:04.660 --> 00:30:06.519
 implores us to

00:30:06.519 --> 00:30:08.440
 remember that we

00:30:08.440 --> 00:30:09.619
 will stand before

00:30:09.619 --> 00:30:10.299
 Christ when he

00:30:10.299 --> 00:30:10.700
 returns.

00:30:11.079 --> 00:30:12.579
 In fact, three

00:30:12.579 --> 00:30:13.599
 times in three

00:30:13.599 --> 00:30:14.759
 verses, he tells

00:30:14.759 --> 00:30:15.559
 us to look

00:30:15.559 --> 00:30:16.440
 forward to it.

00:30:16.859 --> 00:30:18.079
 Verses 12, 13,

00:30:18.079 --> 00:30:18.500
 and 14.

00:30:18.839 --> 00:30:19.500
 So it has to

00:30:19.500 --> 00:30:20.059
 be important to

00:30:20.059 --> 00:30:20.500
 be said three

00:30:20.500 --> 00:30:21.039
 times, right?

00:30:22.059 --> 00:30:22.579
 Let's listen

00:30:22.579 --> 00:30:23.039
 up here.

00:30:26.439 --> 00:30:27.059
 But some

00:30:27.059 --> 00:30:27.720
 will ask,

00:30:29.079 --> 00:30:30.819
 some people in

00:30:30.819 --> 00:30:31.199
 this world will

00:30:31.199 --> 00:30:31.639
 ask, you know,

00:30:32.599 --> 00:30:33.279
 what difference

00:30:33.279 --> 00:30:33.960
 does it make in

00:30:33.960 --> 00:30:34.579
 the grand scheme

00:30:34.579 --> 00:30:35.879
 of things if

00:30:35.879 --> 00:30:37.220
 I'm not looking

00:30:37.220 --> 00:30:37.980
 forward to my

00:30:37.980 --> 00:30:38.639
 Savior coming

00:30:38.639 --> 00:30:38.960
 back?

00:30:40.659 --> 00:30:41.439
 What difference

00:30:41.439 --> 00:30:41.899
 does it even

00:30:41.899 --> 00:30:42.119
 make?

00:30:43.699 --> 00:30:44.439
 Let's go back

00:30:44.439 --> 00:30:44.679
 to that

00:30:44.679 --> 00:30:45.139
 illustration.

00:30:45.519 --> 00:30:46.240
 My heart of

00:30:46.240 --> 00:30:46.740
 longing and

00:30:46.740 --> 00:30:47.559
 anticipation for

00:30:47.559 --> 00:30:48.039
 my wife's

00:30:48.039 --> 00:30:48.759
 return demonstrates

00:30:48.759 --> 00:30:49.460
 my love for

00:30:49.460 --> 00:30:49.779
 her, right?

00:30:51.220 --> 00:30:52.259
 And so also, if

00:30:52.259 --> 00:30:52.779
 there's a desire

00:30:52.779 --> 00:30:53.379
 for Christ in

00:30:53.379 --> 00:30:54.859
 our lives, we

00:30:54.859 --> 00:30:55.440
 should be longing

00:30:55.440 --> 00:30:56.179
 for his return,

00:30:57.200 --> 00:30:58.000
 for him to put

00:30:58.000 --> 00:30:59.500
 right everything

00:30:59.500 --> 00:31:00.159
 that is wrong.

00:31:01.619 --> 00:31:02.559
 But even more

00:31:02.559 --> 00:31:03.179
 than that, just

00:31:03.179 --> 00:31:06.000
 have him, to be

00:31:06.000 --> 00:31:07.259
 with him physically

00:31:07.259 --> 00:31:09.200
 in all his glory

00:31:09.200 --> 00:31:09.740
 forever.

00:31:11.000 --> 00:31:11.679
 And this is why

00:31:11.679 --> 00:31:13.940
 Paul says in

00:31:13.940 --> 00:31:14.660
 Philippians chapter

00:31:14.660 --> 00:31:15.759
 1, verses 23

00:31:15.759 --> 00:31:17.820
 to 24, I am

00:31:17.820 --> 00:31:18.519
 torn between the

00:31:18.519 --> 00:31:18.740
 two.

00:31:19.740 --> 00:31:20.640
 I desire to be

00:31:20.640 --> 00:31:21.400
 with Christ, which

00:31:21.400 --> 00:31:22.340
 is far better

00:31:22.340 --> 00:31:23.880
 indeed, but it

00:31:23.880 --> 00:31:24.600
 is more necessary

00:31:24.600 --> 00:31:25.680
 for you that I

00:31:25.680 --> 00:31:26.160
 remain in the

00:31:26.160 --> 00:31:26.420
 body.

00:31:29.080 --> 00:31:29.740
 Did you hear

00:31:29.740 --> 00:31:30.120
 that there?

00:31:30.980 --> 00:31:32.000
 Paul just

00:31:32.000 --> 00:31:32.960
 wanted Christ.

00:31:33.799 --> 00:31:35.120
 For him, Christ

00:31:35.120 --> 00:31:36.100
 was the reward

00:31:36.100 --> 00:31:36.799
 of Christianity.

00:31:39.720 --> 00:31:40.380
 Now, is that

00:31:40.380 --> 00:31:41.180
 good enough for you

00:31:41.180 --> 00:31:41.660
 and for me?

00:31:45.340 --> 00:31:47.240
 Is it good

00:31:47.240 --> 00:31:47.799
 enough for us

00:31:47.799 --> 00:31:48.620
 to get Christ

00:31:48.620 --> 00:31:49.220
 on the last

00:31:49.220 --> 00:31:51.160
 day and for

00:31:51.160 --> 00:31:51.640
 eternity?

00:31:51.860 --> 00:31:52.779
 If not, then I

00:31:52.779 --> 00:31:53.259
 don't think we

00:31:53.259 --> 00:31:54.039
 understand what a

00:31:54.039 --> 00:31:54.940
 treasure God is.

00:31:56.320 --> 00:31:57.539
 If not, we

00:31:57.539 --> 00:31:58.120
 don't understand

00:31:58.120 --> 00:31:58.640
 that we are made

00:31:58.640 --> 00:31:59.440
 to love him and

00:31:59.440 --> 00:32:00.400
 enjoy him forever

00:32:00.400 --> 00:32:01.519
 and that nothing

00:32:01.519 --> 00:32:02.480
 could ever satisfy

00:32:02.480 --> 00:32:03.420
 us like he can

00:32:03.420 --> 00:32:04.019
 for eternity.

00:32:08.480 --> 00:32:09.279
 You know, there

00:32:09.279 --> 00:32:10.440
 are three words

00:32:10.440 --> 00:32:11.460
 in verse 12

00:32:11.460 --> 00:32:12.660
 that could easily

00:32:12.660 --> 00:32:13.559
 slip by without

00:32:13.559 --> 00:32:14.059
 notice.

00:32:14.200 --> 00:32:14.640
 I don't know if

00:32:14.640 --> 00:32:15.360
 you noticed them.

00:32:16.259 --> 00:32:16.700
 They can be a

00:32:16.700 --> 00:32:17.200
 little bit puzzling

00:32:17.200 --> 00:32:17.680
 to some people.

00:32:18.880 --> 00:32:19.259
 And we need to

00:32:19.259 --> 00:32:19.980
 just address them.

00:32:21.259 --> 00:32:21.700
 Have a look.

00:32:22.039 --> 00:32:22.380
 It says, you

00:32:22.380 --> 00:32:22.900
 ought to live

00:32:22.900 --> 00:32:23.940
 holy and godly

00:32:23.940 --> 00:32:25.019
 lives, verse 12,

00:32:25.960 --> 00:32:26.500
 as you look

00:32:26.500 --> 00:32:27.240
 forward to the

00:32:27.240 --> 00:32:27.880
 day of God

00:32:27.880 --> 00:32:29.940
 and speed its

00:32:29.940 --> 00:32:30.259
 coming.

00:32:32.240 --> 00:32:33.080
 Now, you might

00:32:33.080 --> 00:32:33.600
 be asking, how

00:32:33.600 --> 00:32:34.240
 could we possibly

00:32:34.240 --> 00:32:35.259
 speed Jesus

00:32:35.259 --> 00:32:35.559
 coming?

00:32:37.200 --> 00:32:37.940
 Here's my very

00:32:37.940 --> 00:32:38.640
 brief take on it.

00:32:38.640 --> 00:32:40.759
 God's heart is

00:32:40.759 --> 00:32:41.700
 that every nation

00:32:41.700 --> 00:32:42.860
 under the earth

00:32:42.860 --> 00:32:43.960
 will hear that

00:32:43.960 --> 00:32:44.780
 Jesus died to

00:32:44.780 --> 00:32:45.200
 make them right

00:32:45.200 --> 00:32:45.620
 with God.

00:32:45.920 --> 00:32:46.300
 Now, Jesus

00:32:46.300 --> 00:32:47.200
 said that himself

00:32:47.200 --> 00:32:48.840
 in Matthew 24,

00:32:48.980 --> 00:32:49.600
 verse 14.

00:32:50.620 --> 00:32:51.060
 And I could.

00:32:51.780 --> 00:32:52.580
 The gospel of the

00:32:52.580 --> 00:32:53.080
 kingdom will be

00:32:53.080 --> 00:32:53.660
 preached in the

00:32:53.660 --> 00:32:55.160
 whole world as a

00:32:55.160 --> 00:32:56.600
 testimony to all

00:32:56.600 --> 00:32:59.060
 nations and then

00:32:59.060 --> 00:32:59.800
 the end will come.

00:33:00.820 --> 00:33:01.000
 Okay?

00:33:01.160 --> 00:33:02.400
 So, Jesus

00:33:02.400 --> 00:33:03.200
 won't return.

00:33:03.460 --> 00:33:04.080
 He said this.

00:33:04.079 --> 00:33:04.899
 He won't return

00:33:04.899 --> 00:33:06.019
 until every people

00:33:06.019 --> 00:33:07.439
 group in the

00:33:07.439 --> 00:33:08.799
 world has a

00:33:08.799 --> 00:33:09.460
 witness for the

00:33:09.460 --> 00:33:10.259
 gospel speaking

00:33:10.259 --> 00:33:10.980
 and living among

00:33:10.980 --> 00:33:11.240
 them.

00:33:11.839 --> 00:33:13.039
 So, by fulfilling

00:33:13.039 --> 00:33:13.919
 Jesus' commission

00:33:13.919 --> 00:33:15.259
 to go into all

00:33:15.259 --> 00:33:15.799
 the world and

00:33:15.799 --> 00:33:16.480
 make disciples of

00:33:16.480 --> 00:33:17.259
 all nations,

00:33:17.659 --> 00:33:18.000
 you know what?

00:33:18.439 --> 00:33:18.980
 We are, in

00:33:18.980 --> 00:33:19.699
 effect, speeding

00:33:19.699 --> 00:33:20.139
 his coming.

00:33:22.240 --> 00:33:23.199
 So, we need to

00:33:23.199 --> 00:33:25.639
 really consider how

00:33:25.639 --> 00:33:26.639
 we each individually

00:33:26.639 --> 00:33:27.299
 and how our

00:33:27.299 --> 00:33:28.419
 church is fulfilling

00:33:28.419 --> 00:33:29.079
 our God-given

00:33:29.079 --> 00:33:29.759
 mission to bring

00:33:29.759 --> 00:33:30.659
 his gospel to

00:33:30.659 --> 00:33:31.519
 every people

00:33:31.519 --> 00:33:32.599
 group, both in

00:33:32.599 --> 00:33:34.819
 Ireland and

00:33:34.819 --> 00:33:35.240
 abroad.

00:33:38.059 --> 00:33:39.799
 So, Peter's

00:33:39.799 --> 00:33:40.679
 first instruction

00:33:40.679 --> 00:33:41.839
 was to look

00:33:41.839 --> 00:33:42.419
 forward to

00:33:42.419 --> 00:33:43.119
 Christ's return.

00:33:44.079 --> 00:33:44.639
 And secondly,

00:33:44.819 --> 00:33:45.279
 and this is my

00:33:45.279 --> 00:33:47.219
 last point, we

00:33:47.219 --> 00:33:48.039
 need to be ready

00:33:48.039 --> 00:33:48.439
 for him.

00:33:48.619 --> 00:33:49.219
 We need to get

00:33:49.219 --> 00:33:49.839
 ready for him.

00:33:51.539 --> 00:33:52.299
 And it's not

00:33:52.299 --> 00:33:52.959
 a house that we're

00:33:52.959 --> 00:33:53.579
 getting ready here,

00:33:53.639 --> 00:33:53.879
 guys.

00:33:53.959 --> 00:33:55.039
 It's our lives.

00:33:57.839 --> 00:33:59.139
 So, let's look at

00:33:59.139 --> 00:34:00.439
 Peter's instructions

00:34:00.439 --> 00:34:01.259
 as to how we can

00:34:01.259 --> 00:34:02.059
 get ourselves ready

00:34:02.059 --> 00:34:02.659
 for Christ's

00:34:02.659 --> 00:34:02.940
 return.

00:34:03.240 --> 00:34:03.539
 They're in

00:34:03.539 --> 00:34:04.440
 verses 11, 12,

00:34:04.519 --> 00:34:04.940
 and 14.

00:34:06.539 --> 00:34:07.319
 You ought to

00:34:07.319 --> 00:34:08.659
 live holy and

00:34:08.659 --> 00:34:10.400
 godly lives as

00:34:10.400 --> 00:34:10.880
 you look forward

00:34:10.880 --> 00:34:11.480
 to the day of

00:34:11.480 --> 00:34:12.299
 God and speed

00:34:12.299 --> 00:34:12.719
 its coming.

00:34:14.960 --> 00:34:15.559
 And then it's

00:34:15.559 --> 00:34:15.920
 14.

00:34:16.119 --> 00:34:16.259
 It says,

00:34:16.500 --> 00:34:17.179
 So then, dear

00:34:17.179 --> 00:34:17.840
 friends, since

00:34:17.840 --> 00:34:18.199
 you are looking

00:34:18.199 --> 00:34:18.820
 forward to this,

00:34:19.139 --> 00:34:20.340
 make every effort

00:34:20.340 --> 00:34:20.880
 to be found

00:34:20.880 --> 00:34:21.519
 spotless,

00:34:21.880 --> 00:34:22.279
 blameless,

00:34:22.400 --> 00:34:22.840
 and at peace

00:34:22.840 --> 00:34:23.199
 with him.

00:34:23.860 --> 00:34:25.019
 So, the

00:34:25.019 --> 00:34:26.239
 essence of both

00:34:26.239 --> 00:34:26.900
 these verses,

00:34:27.340 --> 00:34:27.980
 I think,

00:34:28.059 --> 00:34:28.659
 is this.

00:34:28.659 --> 00:34:31.599
 make every effort

00:34:31.599 --> 00:34:33.179
 to become more

00:34:33.179 --> 00:34:33.759
 like Christ.

00:34:36.759 --> 00:34:37.599
 He's the one

00:34:37.599 --> 00:34:38.159
 who lived the

00:34:38.159 --> 00:34:38.879
 perfect example

00:34:38.879 --> 00:34:39.599
 of a holy and

00:34:39.599 --> 00:34:40.259
 godly life,

00:34:40.319 --> 00:34:40.799
 as it speaks

00:34:40.799 --> 00:34:41.299
 about in this

00:34:41.299 --> 00:34:41.639
 verse.

00:34:42.319 --> 00:34:43.079
 He lived a

00:34:43.079 --> 00:34:43.579
 spotless,

00:34:44.199 --> 00:34:44.920
 blameless life

00:34:44.920 --> 00:34:45.399
 at peace with

00:34:45.399 --> 00:34:45.619
 God.

00:34:46.739 --> 00:34:48.539
 So, we also

00:34:48.539 --> 00:34:49.000
 need to remember

00:34:49.000 --> 00:34:50.099
 we can't,

00:34:50.500 --> 00:34:51.000
 and we won't

00:34:51.000 --> 00:34:52.059
 ever imitate him

00:34:52.059 --> 00:34:53.399
 perfectly this

00:34:53.399 --> 00:34:54.059
 side of heaven,

00:34:54.059 --> 00:34:56.480
 because our

00:34:56.480 --> 00:34:57.059
 sinful nature

00:34:57.059 --> 00:34:57.639
 still gets in

00:34:57.639 --> 00:34:58.059
 the way of

00:34:58.059 --> 00:34:58.279
 that.

00:34:59.400 --> 00:35:00.420
 But, we are

00:35:00.420 --> 00:35:01.480
 to still make

00:35:01.480 --> 00:35:02.299
 every effort.

00:35:02.460 --> 00:35:02.719
 We are to

00:35:02.719 --> 00:35:04.299
 still strive to

00:35:04.299 --> 00:35:04.860
 be like him,

00:35:05.000 --> 00:35:05.500
 Peter says.

00:35:07.219 --> 00:35:07.900
 And the only

00:35:07.900 --> 00:35:08.340
 way to become

00:35:08.340 --> 00:35:09.079
 more like Jesus

00:35:09.079 --> 00:35:10.840
 is to spend

00:35:10.840 --> 00:35:11.400
 time with him,

00:35:12.699 --> 00:35:13.360
 is to walk

00:35:13.360 --> 00:35:14.099
 in his spirit,

00:35:14.259 --> 00:35:15.219
 is to marvel

00:35:15.219 --> 00:35:16.380
 at him as

00:35:16.380 --> 00:35:17.039
 revealed in his

00:35:17.039 --> 00:35:17.579
 word and to

00:35:17.579 --> 00:35:17.980
 follow his

00:35:17.980 --> 00:35:18.299
 commands.

00:35:19.860 --> 00:35:20.460
 But you know

00:35:20.460 --> 00:35:20.799
 what, there's

00:35:20.799 --> 00:35:21.599
 just one caution

00:35:21.599 --> 00:35:21.860
 here.

00:35:22.320 --> 00:35:22.719
 We're not

00:35:22.719 --> 00:35:23.239
 striving,

00:35:24.059 --> 00:35:25.259
 to earn our

00:35:25.259 --> 00:35:25.719
 salvation.

00:35:26.840 --> 00:35:27.480
 We're not

00:35:27.480 --> 00:35:28.259
 obeying God

00:35:28.259 --> 00:35:28.960
 to make God

00:35:28.960 --> 00:35:30.119
 love us any

00:35:30.119 --> 00:35:30.440
 more than he

00:35:30.440 --> 00:35:31.019
 already does.

00:35:31.099 --> 00:35:31.360
 We have to be

00:35:31.360 --> 00:35:31.920
 careful here.

00:35:33.659 --> 00:35:34.519
 We're obeying

00:35:34.519 --> 00:35:34.980
 him because we

00:35:34.980 --> 00:35:35.440
 love him.

00:35:36.880 --> 00:35:37.699
 And because we

00:35:37.699 --> 00:35:38.340
 want to make him

00:35:38.340 --> 00:35:39.340
 proud when he

00:35:39.340 --> 00:35:39.759
 returns.

00:35:46.179 --> 00:35:47.059
 And we find

00:35:47.059 --> 00:35:47.699
 the basis for

00:35:47.699 --> 00:35:48.799
 this in Jesus'

00:35:49.000 --> 00:35:49.559
 parable of the

00:35:49.559 --> 00:35:50.320
 talents, which

00:35:50.320 --> 00:35:50.820
 you can find

00:35:50.820 --> 00:35:51.799
 later on in

00:35:51.799 --> 00:35:52.539
 Matthew 25.

00:35:52.739 --> 00:35:53.440
 But briefly,

00:35:53.559 --> 00:35:53.799
 it says,

00:35:54.059 --> 00:35:55.199
 the brief

00:35:55.199 --> 00:35:55.639
 gist of it

00:35:55.639 --> 00:35:56.199
 was that to

00:35:56.199 --> 00:35:57.440
 each servant,

00:35:57.719 --> 00:35:58.380
 the master

00:35:58.380 --> 00:35:59.039
 gave differing

00:35:59.039 --> 00:35:59.460
 amounts of

00:35:59.460 --> 00:35:59.920
 money before

00:35:59.920 --> 00:36:00.460
 leaving on a

00:36:00.460 --> 00:36:00.719
 journey.

00:36:01.239 --> 00:36:01.659
 And on his

00:36:01.659 --> 00:36:02.420
 return, he

00:36:02.420 --> 00:36:02.960
 found two

00:36:02.960 --> 00:36:03.659
 servants had

00:36:03.659 --> 00:36:04.259
 worked hard

00:36:04.259 --> 00:36:05.059
 and used the

00:36:05.059 --> 00:36:05.539
 money he gave

00:36:05.539 --> 00:36:06.019
 them wisely.

00:36:07.279 --> 00:36:07.980
 To those

00:36:07.980 --> 00:36:08.440
 servants he

00:36:08.440 --> 00:36:09.619
 said, well

00:36:09.619 --> 00:36:11.000
 done, good

00:36:11.000 --> 00:36:11.900
 and faithful

00:36:11.900 --> 00:36:12.559
 servants.

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 But to the

00:36:14.659 --> 00:36:15.259
 last servant,

00:36:15.699 --> 00:36:16.239
 who had

00:36:16.239 --> 00:36:16.779
 buried his

00:36:16.779 --> 00:36:18.719
 money, and

00:36:18.719 --> 00:36:19.059
 he had made

00:36:19.059 --> 00:36:20.460
 no effort to

00:36:20.460 --> 00:36:21.719
 use it for

00:36:21.719 --> 00:36:23.380
 good, the

00:36:23.380 --> 00:36:23.900
 master gave

00:36:23.900 --> 00:36:24.619
 him a

00:36:24.619 --> 00:36:25.099
 severe

00:36:25.099 --> 00:36:25.760
 rebuke.

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 You know

00:36:28.360 --> 00:36:28.619
 what, in

00:36:28.619 --> 00:36:29.000
 the same

00:36:29.000 --> 00:36:30.099
 way, Christ

00:36:30.099 --> 00:36:30.700
 has saved

00:36:30.700 --> 00:36:31.539
 me and

00:36:31.539 --> 00:36:31.940
 given me

00:36:31.940 --> 00:36:32.420
 everything that

00:36:32.420 --> 00:36:32.860
 I have in

00:36:32.860 --> 00:36:33.280
 this life.

00:36:33.500 --> 00:36:34.240
 He's blessed

00:36:34.240 --> 00:36:34.740
 me with my

00:36:34.740 --> 00:36:35.280
 freedom, my

00:36:35.280 --> 00:36:36.160
 family, my

00:36:36.160 --> 00:36:37.500
 money, etc.

00:36:37.500 --> 00:36:39.980
 But he's

00:36:39.980 --> 00:36:40.780
 also commanded

00:36:40.780 --> 00:36:41.480
 me to use

00:36:41.480 --> 00:36:41.920
 these things

00:36:41.920 --> 00:36:42.239
 for his

00:36:42.239 --> 00:36:43.280
 glory, to

00:36:43.280 --> 00:36:43.880
 follow him

00:36:43.880 --> 00:36:44.280
 and become

00:36:44.280 --> 00:36:44.820
 more like

00:36:44.820 --> 00:36:45.039
 him.

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 Now I

00:36:47.079 --> 00:36:47.440
 want my

00:36:47.440 --> 00:36:47.860
 life to be

00:36:47.860 --> 00:36:48.239
 ready for

00:36:48.239 --> 00:36:50.059
 Christ, my

00:36:50.059 --> 00:36:50.940
 master, when

00:36:50.940 --> 00:36:51.659
 he returns.

00:36:53.019 --> 00:36:54.019
 Every day we

00:36:54.019 --> 00:36:54.960
 need to bow

00:36:54.960 --> 00:36:55.760
 the knee to

00:36:55.760 --> 00:36:57.099
 our king, to

00:36:57.099 --> 00:36:58.519
 obey him, and

00:36:58.519 --> 00:36:59.320
 submit to his

00:36:59.320 --> 00:37:00.280
 loving rule over

00:37:00.280 --> 00:37:00.800
 our lives.

00:37:00.980 --> 00:37:02.860
 And yes, we

00:37:02.860 --> 00:37:03.420
 should want to

00:37:03.420 --> 00:37:03.900
 make our

00:37:03.900 --> 00:37:05.260
 master proud on

00:37:05.260 --> 00:37:05.800
 the day that he

00:37:05.800 --> 00:37:06.380
 meets us.

00:37:08.460 --> 00:37:09.420
 I pray that

00:37:09.420 --> 00:37:10.060
 all of us

00:37:10.060 --> 00:37:12.240
 here will be

00:37:12.240 --> 00:37:12.840
 able to hear

00:37:12.840 --> 00:37:13.420
 him say on

00:37:13.420 --> 00:37:14.060
 that last day,

00:37:14.760 --> 00:37:15.320
 well done,

00:37:16.000 --> 00:37:16.720
 good and

00:37:16.720 --> 00:37:18.320
 faithful servant.

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 To finish,

00:37:21.840 --> 00:37:22.260
 where does

00:37:22.260 --> 00:37:23.280
 this leave us

00:37:23.280 --> 00:37:23.580
 today?

00:37:24.940 --> 00:37:25.700
 Firstly, we

00:37:25.700 --> 00:37:26.539
 heard Peter's

00:37:26.539 --> 00:37:26.980
 call to

00:37:26.980 --> 00:37:28.580
 remember God's

00:37:28.580 --> 00:37:28.960
 words and

00:37:28.960 --> 00:37:29.900
 promises, not

00:37:29.900 --> 00:37:30.900
 conveniently forget

00:37:30.900 --> 00:37:31.560
 them like the

00:37:31.560 --> 00:37:32.000
 scoffers.

00:37:32.880 --> 00:37:33.360
 So are we

00:37:33.360 --> 00:37:33.900
 feasting at

00:37:33.900 --> 00:37:34.320
 God's word

00:37:34.320 --> 00:37:34.740
 every day?

00:37:34.739 --> 00:37:36.659
 Secondly, we

00:37:36.659 --> 00:37:37.279
 need to remember

00:37:37.279 --> 00:37:37.979
 the fate of

00:37:37.979 --> 00:37:38.539
 this world and

00:37:38.539 --> 00:37:38.939
 everything in

00:37:38.939 --> 00:37:39.099
 it.

00:37:40.779 --> 00:37:41.659
 We learn from

00:37:41.659 --> 00:37:42.259
 God's word that

00:37:42.259 --> 00:37:42.799
 it's all going to

00:37:42.799 --> 00:37:43.279
 burn on the

00:37:43.279 --> 00:37:43.779
 last day.

00:37:44.579 --> 00:37:46.059
 So, we

00:37:46.059 --> 00:37:46.599
 need to invest

00:37:46.599 --> 00:37:47.059
 our lives in

00:37:47.059 --> 00:37:47.559
 the things that

00:37:47.559 --> 00:37:47.919
 last for

00:37:47.919 --> 00:37:48.379
 eternity.

00:37:49.839 --> 00:37:50.679
 Loving God

00:37:50.679 --> 00:37:51.199
 and loving

00:37:51.199 --> 00:37:51.559
 others.

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 And lastly,

00:37:53.779 --> 00:37:55.539
 we need to

00:37:55.539 --> 00:37:56.599
 look forward to

00:37:56.599 --> 00:37:58.139
 and get ready

00:37:58.139 --> 00:37:58.859
 for Christ's

00:37:58.859 --> 00:37:59.239
 return.

00:38:00.419 --> 00:38:01.059
 Because he

00:38:01.059 --> 00:38:01.739
 has saved us

00:38:01.739 --> 00:38:02.259
 and now he

00:38:02.259 --> 00:38:02.719
 has commanded

00:38:02.719 --> 00:38:03.480
 us to live

00:38:03.480 --> 00:38:04.459
 holy and

00:38:04.459 --> 00:38:05.339
 godly lives.

00:38:06.819 --> 00:38:07.319
 And we

00:38:07.319 --> 00:38:07.679
 don't want to

00:38:07.679 --> 00:38:08.319
 be ashamed

00:38:08.319 --> 00:38:10.059
 on that day

00:38:10.059 --> 00:38:10.500
 when we

00:38:10.500 --> 00:38:11.000
 meet him

00:38:11.000 --> 00:38:12.519
 by the way

00:38:12.519 --> 00:38:13.359
 we have used

00:38:13.359 --> 00:38:13.959
 the lives

00:38:13.959 --> 00:38:14.599
 that he's

00:38:14.599 --> 00:38:15.139
 given us.

00:38:17.099 --> 00:38:17.719
 Let's commit

00:38:17.719 --> 00:38:18.099
 all this to

00:38:18.099 --> 00:38:18.399
 God in

00:38:18.400 --> 00:38:18.579
 prayer.

00:38:33.460 --> 00:38:34.180
 Jesus, we

00:38:34.180 --> 00:38:34.820
 thank you that

00:38:34.820 --> 00:38:35.440
 you're coming

00:38:35.440 --> 00:38:35.860
 again.

00:38:38.119 --> 00:38:38.760
 Thank you for

00:38:38.760 --> 00:38:39.280
 all the songs

00:38:39.280 --> 00:38:39.980
 we've sung today

00:38:39.980 --> 00:38:40.420
 which have

00:38:40.420 --> 00:38:41.260
 reminded us

00:38:41.260 --> 00:38:42.420
 of this.

00:38:45.460 --> 00:38:46.139
 You're coming

00:38:46.139 --> 00:38:46.720
 to put us

00:38:46.720 --> 00:38:47.500
 right everything

00:38:47.500 --> 00:38:47.920
 that's gone

00:38:47.920 --> 00:38:48.219
 wrong.

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 And Lord

00:38:51.300 --> 00:38:52.039
 Jesus, you

00:38:52.039 --> 00:38:52.760
 call us

00:38:52.760 --> 00:38:54.659
 to look

00:38:54.659 --> 00:38:55.280
 forward to

00:38:55.280 --> 00:38:55.920
 your return

00:38:55.920 --> 00:38:56.860
 and not

00:38:56.860 --> 00:38:57.380
 only that

00:38:57.380 --> 00:38:57.960
 but to be

00:38:57.960 --> 00:38:58.619
 ready for

00:38:58.619 --> 00:38:59.320
 your return.

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 And I

00:39:01.079 --> 00:39:01.400
 pray for

00:39:01.400 --> 00:39:02.179
 myself and

00:39:02.179 --> 00:39:02.820
 for each

00:39:02.820 --> 00:39:04.000
 person here

00:39:04.000 --> 00:39:06.420
 that we

00:39:06.420 --> 00:39:07.380
 would take

00:39:07.380 --> 00:39:08.059
 heed of

00:39:08.059 --> 00:39:08.880
 your word

00:39:08.880 --> 00:39:12.199
 and this

00:39:12.199 --> 00:39:13.860
 week that

00:39:13.860 --> 00:39:14.159
 we would

00:39:14.159 --> 00:39:15.199
 make steps

00:39:15.199 --> 00:39:18.379
 to look

00:39:18.379 --> 00:39:19.179
 forward to

00:39:19.179 --> 00:39:20.219
 and to

00:39:20.219 --> 00:39:20.759
 be ready

00:39:20.759 --> 00:39:21.559
 for you

00:39:21.559 --> 00:39:22.779
 on your

00:39:22.779 --> 00:39:23.219
 return.

00:39:24.779 --> 00:39:25.819
 We ask

00:39:25.819 --> 00:39:26.439
 your help

00:39:26.439 --> 00:39:26.899
 in this.

00:39:27.039 --> 00:39:27.379
 We need

00:39:27.379 --> 00:39:27.839
 your help.

00:39:28.500 --> 00:39:29.319
 In Jesus'

00:39:29.539 --> 00:39:29.739
 name.

00:39:30.399 --> 00:39:30.659
 Amen.

00:39:30.659 --> 00:39:33.839
 So just

00:39:33.839 --> 00:39:34.940
 bringing all

00:39:34.940 --> 00:39:35.420
 of this to

00:39:35.420 --> 00:39:35.859
 our minds,

00:39:35.940 --> 00:39:36.059
 I would

00:39:36.059 --> 00:39:36.379
 like us

00:39:36.379 --> 00:39:36.719
 to start

00:39:36.719 --> 00:39:37.119
 with this.

00:39:37.119 --> 00:39:37.440
 Let's

00:39:37.440 --> 00:39:37.719
 start with this.

00:39:37.719 --> 00:39:37.980
 Let's

00:39:37.980 --> 00:39:38.219
 start with this.