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 1 Peter 4, let's begin reading at verse 7.

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 Peter writes,

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 Use it to serve one another as good stewards of God's varied grace.

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 Whoever speaks as one who speaks the oracles of God,

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 whoever serves as one who serves by the strength that God supplies,

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 in order that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ,

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 to him be glory and dominion forever and ever.

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 Amen.

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 When my brother Jonathan and I were of age,

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 mom and dad used to leave us at home by ourselves.

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 Do you remember that point in your life

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 when your parents finally trusted you to be at home alone

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 so that they could go away for a couple of nights?

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 I remember clearly the first time that mom and dad did that.

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 I can't remember exactly where they went.

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 Maybe it was a marriage retreat or something like that with the church.

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 But instead of sending us to stay at someone else's house,

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 they let us stay at home by ourselves.

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 And as you can imagine,

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 what would typically happen is those days would be filled with all kinds of indulgences

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 that maybe were ordinarily limited or otherwise restricted.

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 But mom and dad always made their expectations clear.

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 Their expectations as to how we were to handle ourselves while they were away.

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 And of course, their expectations about what condition the house should be in upon their return.

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 And it was funny, in the early parts of those time frames,

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 Jonathan and I didn't think much about that.

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 We just enjoyed ourselves.

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 All the things that you're not typically allowed to do.

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 Stay up as late as you want.

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 Eat whatever you want.

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 Don't clean it up.

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 Whatever you want to do, that's what we decided to do.

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 But as it got closer and closer to mom and dad coming back,

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 we grew more keen to prepare for their arrival.

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 Sometimes we were staying up late at night not because we wanted to anymore,

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 but because we'd made such a mess that we really had to kick it into high gear

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 to make sure that when the judgment came, we would be able to stand.

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 And you might say that our time at that point stopped being lived for what we wanted to do.

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 And it started being lived according to what mom and dad's expectations were.

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 The imminency of their return shaped the way that we behaved.

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 And that's similar to what Peter's on about in this particular part of chapter 4.

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 It's indicated by the very first phrase.

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 If you just want to set your eyes on it again.

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 He leads with, the end of all things is at hand, therefore,

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 and he continues on in a number of exhortations.

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 Now, all of the instructions that Peter gives here in this paragraph,

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 they're all flowing out of that opening phrase.

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 That because the end of all things is at hand,

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 because it's near, because it's here,

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 there is a particular way that he expects Christians will then live.

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 We are in the last days.

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 These days are leading to the return of Christ.

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 And the return of Christ means the final judgment.

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 And that reality is to shape the way that we are living now.

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 Before we jump into the specific exhortations, there's four of them.

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 We're going to go through two today,

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 and we'll go through the other two in a couple of weeks.

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 But before we jump right into those exhortations,

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 I think it would be good for us just to linger for a moment on this opening indicative,

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 this opening truth.

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 The end of all things is at hand.

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 And I want you to think about the way Peter is bookending this paragraph.

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 In verse 7, it's the end of all things.

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 But then in verse 11, it sounds very different than that, doesn't it?

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 In verse 11, we have this idea of glorifying God forever and ever.

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 Now, here's the question.

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 How can there be both an end and a forever?

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 The Bible speaks of human history in two stages.

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 We call it a two-stage structure of human history.

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 There is this age, and there is the age to come.

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 Now, there are many examples of this in the Scripture.

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 Let me give you two.

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 The first one is in Matthew 12, 32, if you want to write that reference down.

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 Matthew 12, 32.

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 Jesus says,

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 Whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven.

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 But whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.

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 And then he says,

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 Either in this age or in the age to come.

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 In other words, there's not only consequences for this sin now,

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 there are consequences for this sin in eternity, forever.

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 Let me give you another one.

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 Ephesians 1, verse 21.

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 Paul writes that God exalted Jesus far above all rule and authority and power and dominion

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 and above every name that is named.

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 And he says,

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 God has done that not only in this age, but also in the one to come.

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 There's many other places we could go to to point this out.

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 We have this two-stage structure.

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 There's this age and there is the next age.

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 Now, we've just spent some time praying for John Piper and desiring God.

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 So I want to use one of his resources for you now.

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 I'm going to borrow this from him.

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 It's just a helpful visual that I think will help us wrap our minds around this.

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 It's a series of them.

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 If you just put the first one up for us there, Ashlyn.

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 We need to see we have first this age,

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 and then just above it we've got the age that is to come.

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 Now, the question is, where does the transition happen?

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 At what point do we move from this age to the age to come?

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 That's where the next part of the chart comes in, Ashlyn, if you'll move to the next thing.

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 That happens when Jesus returns.

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 That's the official transition according to the Bible,

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 that right now we're in this age, the age of this world,

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 but notice that the transition from one to the next happens at the return of Christ,

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 and the return of Christ brings about the great resurrection.

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 That is not just the resurrection of believers,

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 but also the resurrection of unbelievers,

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 and we all stand in the final judgment.

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 We stand before the judgment seat of God,

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 and it's at that time that all of us will answer to God

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 for the way that we lived our lives.

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 Those who have trusted Christ, those who have followed him as Lord,

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 will then enter into his eternal glory.

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 The age to come for those who are God's people

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 is the kingdom of Christ, the kingdom of God.

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 But those who have not trusted Christ,

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 who have not followed him,

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 will enter into eternal judgment and hell.

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 So the age to come for them is not the glory of Christ,

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 it is separation from Christ, as Andy prayed just a moment ago.

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 So the return of Christ when Jesus comes back

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 is the consummation of the age to come,

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 or the consummation of the kingdom of God.

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 Now, there's still another piece of this that we need to understand.

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 Now, as Peter does here,

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 the Bible often speaks of the end of all things,

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 or the last days, or the final days,

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 or the coming judgment of God.

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 We see it over and over in the New Testament, right?

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 But what does it mean?

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 The end of what, right?

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 The last days of what?

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 It's the end of this age.

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 It's the last days of this age.

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 Put that one up, Ashlyn, if you don't mind.

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 All right, so here we are.

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 And this is where we are now.

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 So you have this present age.

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 That's Adam and Eve.

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 That's creation until Christ's return.

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 But then we've got the last days, the end, the final days.

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 That's where we are now.

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 The New Testament teaches that the end of all things

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 is not a point in the future,

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 but it's actually a span of human history

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 in which we now live.

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 And it's progressing.

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 There are things that are going to change and grow

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 and progress in that time,

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 and there will be an end of the end.

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 But when the Bible speaks of the end,

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 it really is speaking of this span of time.

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 Now here's another question.

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 When did this time begin?

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 Well, it began with Christ's first coming.

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 So we would say when Christ returns,

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 you can put the last one up, Ashlyn.

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 When Christ returns, that's kingdom consummated.

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 That's the age to come brought to completion.

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 But when Jesus came the first time,

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 that's the kingdom inaugurated.

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 It has come in the person of Jesus Christ.

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 This is what Jesus preached.

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 Remember Mark 1.

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 Jesus is baptized by John.

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 He goes to the wilderness temptations,

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 and then he comes back into the region of Galilee.

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 And what's the message that he's preaching?

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 He's preaching the kingdom of God is at hand.

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 It is here.

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 Remember, repent and believe the good news.

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 The kingdom has come in the king,

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 the presence of the king,

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 in his incarnation,

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 and then of course in his death,

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 in his resurrection,

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 in his ascension.

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 That's the inauguration of the kingdom.

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 And what is true is that

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 while his eternal kingdom

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 will be consummated when he returns,

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 it has indeed in some sense already come.

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 It has begun even now.

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 Now just look at chapter 1 of 1 Peter.

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 We've seen he's already pointed this out to us,

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 hasn't he?

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 Look at chapter 1 in verse 20.

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 Jesus was foreknown

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 before the foundations of the world.

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 He was chosen by the Father

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 to be our Redeemer

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 before he even created the world.

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 But he was made manifest when?

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 In the last times

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 for the sake of you.

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 Now the last times

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 in chapter 1 in verse 20

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 is the same span

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 as chapter 4 in verse 7,

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 the end of all things.

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 It's the same epoch

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 in which we live now.

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 And if the king has come

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 and he has inaugurated his kingdom,

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 the glory of the age to come

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 is breaking through

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 even now.

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 I want you to think about that.

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 We often think about the age to come

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 and we think about the glory of the kingdom.

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 But the Bible teaches us

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 that since the king has already come,

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 it is beginning to break through

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 into this age even now.

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 But in what way does it do that?

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 It breaks through

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 as God's chosen people,

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 his church,

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 whom he has called

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 and whom he has redeemed

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 with his precious blood of Christ,

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 it breaks through

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 as they live in this age

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 for the glory of God

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 that is to be on full display

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 and fully consummated

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 in the age to come.

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 Now I say all of that to say this.

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 That's what 1 Peter is ultimately about.

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 1 Peter is about this exile.

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 It's about living in the last days

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 and all the problems

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 that come with the last days

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 but belonging to the age to come.

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 Knowing that this age

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 is not what our life is for.

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 Knowing that this world

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 and this kingdom

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 is not really where we belong.

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 We belong to a different king

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 and to a different kingdom

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 and we are to represent

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 that king now

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 in this age.

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 And this is the context

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 in which Peter

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 is issuing the exhortations

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 of this text.

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 He's essentially saying,

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 church, remember,

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 the end of all things is here.

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 Jesus is about to return.

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 Therefore, it is essential

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 if we bring it together

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 with the previous paragraph.

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 It is essential

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 that you cease living

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 for human passions.

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 Stop living for what you want.

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 Stop living for this life

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 and begin living for God's will

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 and God's glory even now.

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 Just like Jonathan and I

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 preparing for our parents

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 to get home,

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 Jesus expects

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 that his people

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 will live in light of the end

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 even as they now wait.

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 And how is it that we are to do that?

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 What should mark us

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 as Christ people

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 in this age?

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 And Peter,

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 at least at this point,

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 gives us four things.

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 We're going to cover the first two.

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 Here's the first one that he gives.

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 One thing that should mark us

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 is sober prayer.

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 Sober prayer.

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 Look again at verse seven.

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 The end of all things is at hand.

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 Therefore,

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 be self-controlled

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 and sober-minded

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 for the sake

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 of your prayers.

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 Now we've seen

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 throughout this letter

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 that Peter is seriously concerned

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 concerned about what we might call

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 spiritual sobriety.

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 Spiritual sobriety.

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 A disciplined

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 and rightly focused mind

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 we've seen again and again

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 is essential

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 to thriving

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 in exile,

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 to living faithfully

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 as God's people

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 here in this age.

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 Now I want you to look at

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 two places

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 before we jump back to this one.

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 Flip back to chapter one,

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 verse 13.

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 We saw this word there.

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 Peter says,

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 therefore,

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 preparing your minds for action

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 and being,

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 here's the repetition,

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 and being sober-minded,

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 set your hope fully

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 on the grace

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 that will be brought to you

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 at the revelation

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 In other words,

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 in chapter one,

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 Peter says,

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 you need to be sober-minded

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 so that

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 your hope

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 will be fixed

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 and set

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 on the grace

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 of Jesus Christ

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 that will be brought

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 to completion

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 at his return.

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 Now we want you to look

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 at chapter five.

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 Chapter five

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 and verse eight.

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 You probably

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 have this verse memorized.

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 Notice what Peter says.

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 Be sober-minded.

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 There's the repetition.

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 Be watchful.

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 Why?

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 Because your adversary,

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 the devil,

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 prowls around

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 like a roaring lion

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 seeking someone

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 to devour.

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 Resist him,

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 Peter says,

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 firm in your faith,

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 knowing that

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 the same kinds

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 of sufferings

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 are being experienced

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 by your brothers

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 throughout the world.

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 Now what's that about?

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 Well, in 1.13,

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 Peter says,

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 be sober-minded

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 so that

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 your hope

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 is set

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 on the grace

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 of God.

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 And then in chapter five,

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 he says,

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 be sober-minded

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 so that you will

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 recognize

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 the work

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 of the devil

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 and you will

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 be able

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 to resist him

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 and to

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 flee

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 from the temptation.

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 Now those instructions

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 make a lot of sense

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 in this letter,

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 don't they?

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 These Christians

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 were suffering

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 and the suffering

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 they faced

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 was producing

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 spiritual anxiety

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 and sinful temptations

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 to compromise.

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 And without self-control

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 and sober-mindedness,

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 we learn that we are

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 in immediate danger,

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 immediate danger

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 of abandoning the faith

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 because we don't have

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 our minds set on hope

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 or in immediate danger

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 of falling

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 into sinful passions

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 that wage war

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 against our souls

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 because we're not

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 being sober-minded

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 in relationship

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 to our enemy.

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 But then when we get

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 to this verse,

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 self-control

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 and sober-mindedness

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 are for something different.

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 They are for the sake

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 of your prayers,

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 for the sake

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 of your prayers.

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 In each of these instances,

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 spiritual sobriety

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 is not the goal.

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 It is a means

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 to a greater goal.

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 Hope,

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 holiness,

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 prayer.

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 But what does that

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 actually mean?

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 How does sober-mindedness,

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 self-control

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 affect our prayers?

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 What does it mean

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 for the sake of our prayers?

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 Does that mean that

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 if we're not

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 self-controlled

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 and sober-minded

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 that God will refuse

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 to hear our prayers?

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 I don't think

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 that's exactly

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 what Peter means

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 to say here.

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 So what is this about?

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 What exactly

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 is the link

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 between these characteristics

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 in prayer?

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 And why is it necessary

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 that we give ourselves

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 to it

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 in light of

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 the fact that

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 we are at the end

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 of the age?

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 Well, it's pretty simple,

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 I think.

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 The one who lacks

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 self-control

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 will not give themselves

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 to prayer

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 in any meaningful way.

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 Okay.

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 A disciplined prayer life

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 takes discipline,

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 right?

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 And someone

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 who lacks

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 that discipline

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 and self-control

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 is not going

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 to give themselves

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 to prayer.

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 But the one

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 who lacks

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 sobriety,

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 if they pray at all,

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 will not pray

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 the right way.

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 And in either case,

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 genuine communion

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 with God

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 is absent

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 from their lives

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 and they stumble

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 through life

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 like a drunk

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 who cannot

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 reasonably function.

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 And in relationship

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 to the Christian life

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 and the suffering

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 that we're dealing

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 with in this letter,

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 we become filled

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 with

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 unnecessary anxiety.

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 What is it

00:18:47.919 --> 00:18:48.899
 that the hymn says?

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 Oh, what peace

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 we often forfeit.

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 Oh, what needless

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 pain we bear.

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 all because

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 we do not

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 carry

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 everything

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 to God

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 in prayer?

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 We begin

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 to be filled

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 with doubt

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 in our sufferings.

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 We become

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 overcome

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 by temptations.

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 And the primary

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 antidote

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 to these things,

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 the anxieties

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 and the doubts

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 and the temptations,

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 is prayer.

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 And so

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 when they say,

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 well,

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 we believe

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 that God

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 is sovereign,

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 right?

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 Well,

00:19:25.440 --> 00:19:25.759
 what really

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 is the point

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 of prayer

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 if God

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 is sovereign?

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 Well,

00:19:29.819 --> 00:19:30.299
 what if the

00:19:30.299 --> 00:19:31.039
 point of prayer

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 is not so much

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 to change

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 our circumstances?

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 What if the

00:19:36.579 --> 00:19:37.379
 point of prayer

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 is to fill

00:19:38.179 --> 00:19:39.460
 our greatest need?

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 Our need

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 for Him?

00:19:43.200 --> 00:19:43.819
 Our need

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 for God?

00:19:46.720 --> 00:19:47.399
 What is it

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 that happens?

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 I think there's

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 something supernatural

00:19:49.599 --> 00:19:50.779
 that takes place

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 in genuine

00:19:52.019 --> 00:19:53.079
 communion with God

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 in this way.

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 And you'll

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 understand what

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 I mean,

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 I think,

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 when I say that

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 and what I don't

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 mean when I say that.

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 I don't mean that

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 prayer is like a

00:20:00.399 --> 00:20:01.859
 magical incantation

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 that if you say

00:20:02.740 --> 00:20:03.480
 the right thing

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 the right way

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 the right number

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 of times

00:20:05.359 --> 00:20:06.079
 that suddenly

00:20:06.079 --> 00:20:07.159
 things will just

00:20:07.159 --> 00:20:07.639
 work out

00:20:07.639 --> 00:20:08.299
 and God will

00:20:08.299 --> 00:20:09.460
 finally do

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 what you're asking

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 but you just

00:20:10.559 --> 00:20:12.099
 gotta hit the button

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 just in the right

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 sequence to get there.

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 That's not

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 how we're to

00:20:15.839 --> 00:20:16.759
 understand prayer.

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 No,

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 I think there is

00:20:18.819 --> 00:20:19.720
 something supernatural

00:20:19.720 --> 00:20:20.679
 happening in prayer

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 in that

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 when I pray

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 with whatever

00:20:24.279 --> 00:20:25.620
 anxieties I have

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 the anxieties

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 themselves

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 and the situations

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 that are producing

00:20:29.140 --> 00:20:29.920
 the anxieties

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 don't change.

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 What changes?

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 I change.

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 The doubts

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 that I have

00:20:38.560 --> 00:20:38.940
 and that I'm

00:20:38.940 --> 00:20:39.660
 wrestling with

00:20:39.660 --> 00:20:40.299
 as I come to

00:20:40.299 --> 00:20:40.680
 the Lord

00:20:40.680 --> 00:20:41.240
 in prayer

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 the doubts

00:20:41.759 --> 00:20:42.500
 may not

00:20:42.500 --> 00:20:43.960
 ultimately go away

00:20:43.960 --> 00:20:44.640
 but do you know

00:20:44.640 --> 00:20:45.279
 what changes?

00:20:45.279 --> 00:20:46.960
 my confidence

00:20:46.960 --> 00:20:47.660
 in the Lord

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 my peace

00:20:49.220 --> 00:20:49.779
 and comfort

00:20:49.779 --> 00:20:50.559
 in the Lord

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 changes.

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 The temptations

00:20:54.480 --> 00:20:55.299
 that I face

00:20:55.299 --> 00:20:56.379
 I'm probably

00:20:56.379 --> 00:20:56.960
 gonna face them

00:20:56.960 --> 00:20:57.339
 again

00:20:57.339 --> 00:20:59.259
 but you know

00:20:59.259 --> 00:20:59.879
 what happens

00:20:59.879 --> 00:21:00.500
 in prayer?

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 The Lord

00:21:02.220 --> 00:21:03.139
 does a work

00:21:03.139 --> 00:21:03.899
 in me

00:21:03.899 --> 00:21:05.740
 that gives me

00:21:05.740 --> 00:21:06.639
 strength

00:21:06.639 --> 00:21:08.000
 to resist

00:21:08.000 --> 00:21:08.559
 the devil

00:21:08.559 --> 00:21:10.200
 and to flee

00:21:10.200 --> 00:21:11.319
 the temptations.

00:21:13.240 --> 00:21:13.480
 Prayer

00:21:13.480 --> 00:21:14.379
 is not so much

00:21:14.380 --> 00:21:15.480
 about what is

00:21:15.480 --> 00:21:16.280
 happening around

00:21:16.280 --> 00:21:16.600
 you

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 it's about

00:21:17.240 --> 00:21:17.720
 what God

00:21:17.720 --> 00:21:18.180
 is doing

00:21:18.180 --> 00:21:18.980
 in you

00:21:18.980 --> 00:21:20.660
 and Peter

00:21:20.660 --> 00:21:21.520
 knows that

00:21:21.520 --> 00:21:23.560
 and he knows

00:21:23.560 --> 00:21:24.380
 it's essential

00:21:24.380 --> 00:21:24.920
 that if we're

00:21:24.920 --> 00:21:25.540
 gonna thrive

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 and we're gonna

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 be faithful

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 to the Lord

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 in this time

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 of exile

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 and in our

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 times of suffering

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 he knows

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 it's gonna require

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 that we actually

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 have a genuine

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 prayer life

00:21:36.140 --> 00:21:37.940
 genuine communion

00:21:37.940 --> 00:21:38.500
 with God

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 on a regular

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 basis

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 because God

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 is not only

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 sovereign over

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 the things

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 that happen

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 he's sovereign

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 over the means

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 by which

00:21:47.919 --> 00:21:48.519
 those things

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 come about

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 and prayer

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 indeed is part

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 of God's

00:21:51.259 --> 00:21:51.699
 means

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 he does

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 hear us

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 and he does

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 answer us

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 according to

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 his will

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 and he beckons

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 us to pray

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 he commands it

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 but he also

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 invites it

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 and we need

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 to give ourselves

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 to that

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 Peter knows

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 it

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 but he knows

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 we can't do

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 it

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 if we're not

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 self-controlled

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 and we're

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 not sober

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 minded

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 now I think

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 the best

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 example of

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 this in the

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 scriptures

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 is in the

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 garden of

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 Gethsemane

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 just before

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 Jesus' arrest

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 what is he

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 doing

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 he transforms

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 the Passover

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 to the Lord's

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 Supper

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 they make their

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 way to the

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 Mount of Olives

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 and they go to

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 the garden of

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 Gethsemane

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 maybe a place

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 that he

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 frequented

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 for prayer

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 most of the

00:22:34.440 --> 00:22:35.000
 disciples he

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 leaves at the

00:22:35.519 --> 00:22:36.040
 entrance of the

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 garden he

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 takes a few

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 of them with

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 him a little

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 further in

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 and then he

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 goes a little

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 further than

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 that and he

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 begins to

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 pray

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 it's the

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 greatest moment

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 of struggle

00:22:44.620 --> 00:22:46.440
 that Jesus

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 the man had

00:22:47.480 --> 00:22:48.059
 in his earthly

00:22:48.059 --> 00:22:48.640
 ministry and

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 his earthly

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 life

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 it all came

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 to a head

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 at this point

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 and what is it

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 that he gave

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 himself to in

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 those moments

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 prayer

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 genuine communion

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 with the father

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 but do you know

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 what he told the

00:23:01.019 --> 00:23:01.980
 disciples to do

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 Mark chapter 14

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 verse 38

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 he tells the

00:23:05.320 --> 00:23:06.100
 disciples who went

00:23:06.100 --> 00:23:06.620
 with them into

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 the garden

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 he says watch

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 and pray

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 stay awake

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 be alert

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 keep an eye

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 out

00:23:14.980 --> 00:23:16.700
 and pray

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 why

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 Jesus says

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 so that you

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 will not enter

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 into temptation

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 and then he

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 adds this

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 the spirit is

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 willing

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 I know you

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 don't want to

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 be tempted

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 I know you

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 don't want to

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 give into

00:23:28.560 --> 00:23:28.980
 temptation

00:23:28.980 --> 00:23:29.340
 but your

00:23:29.340 --> 00:23:30.160
 flesh is weak

00:23:30.160 --> 00:23:31.340
 so stay awake

00:23:31.340 --> 00:23:32.240
 and pray

00:23:32.240 --> 00:23:33.940
 and then he

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 models it

00:23:34.619 --> 00:23:35.979
 he does

00:23:35.979 --> 00:23:36.899
 this is so

00:23:36.899 --> 00:23:37.379
 amazing

00:23:37.379 --> 00:23:37.839
 I want to go

00:23:37.839 --> 00:23:38.159
 preach that

00:23:38.159 --> 00:23:38.639
 passage now

00:23:38.639 --> 00:23:39.959
 it's so amazing

00:23:39.959 --> 00:23:40.459
 what Jesus

00:23:40.459 --> 00:23:40.959
 does

00:23:40.959 --> 00:23:42.259
 he tells the

00:23:42.259 --> 00:23:42.979
 disciples watch

00:23:42.979 --> 00:23:43.319
 and pray

00:23:43.319 --> 00:23:43.619
 and then what

00:23:43.619 --> 00:23:43.899
 does he do

00:23:43.899 --> 00:23:44.399
 he goes and

00:23:44.399 --> 00:23:44.739
 he watches

00:23:44.739 --> 00:23:45.339
 and prays

00:23:45.339 --> 00:23:46.239
 it's almost as

00:23:46.239 --> 00:23:46.799
 if he's saying

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 do what I

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 do

00:23:48.099 --> 00:23:49.419
 that's exactly

00:23:49.419 --> 00:23:49.839
 what he's

00:23:49.839 --> 00:23:50.179
 saying

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 and why is he

00:23:51.379 --> 00:23:52.000
 saying it

00:23:52.000 --> 00:23:53.099
 because it was

00:23:53.099 --> 00:23:53.799
 so necessary

00:23:53.799 --> 00:23:54.639
 in that moment

00:23:54.639 --> 00:23:55.439
 well what did

00:23:55.439 --> 00:23:55.959
 the disciples

00:23:55.959 --> 00:23:56.339
 do

00:23:56.339 --> 00:23:58.319
 they went

00:23:58.319 --> 00:23:58.779
 to sleep

00:23:58.779 --> 00:24:00.319
 they didn't

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 do what he

00:24:00.660 --> 00:24:01.000
 said

00:24:01.000 --> 00:24:03.259
 they lacked

00:24:03.259 --> 00:24:04.019
 self-control

00:24:04.019 --> 00:24:04.559
 in that they

00:24:04.559 --> 00:24:05.059
 kept falling

00:24:05.059 --> 00:24:05.440
 asleep

00:24:05.440 --> 00:24:08.139
 they showed

00:24:08.139 --> 00:24:08.480
 a lack

00:24:08.480 --> 00:24:09.339
 of sobriety

00:24:09.339 --> 00:24:09.740
 as they

00:24:09.740 --> 00:24:10.160
 could not

00:24:10.160 --> 00:24:10.680
 see the

00:24:10.680 --> 00:24:11.119
 urgency

00:24:11.119 --> 00:24:11.500
 of the

00:24:11.500 --> 00:24:11.779
 moment

00:24:11.779 --> 00:24:12.279
 they

00:24:12.279 --> 00:24:12.819
 couldn't

00:24:12.819 --> 00:24:13.339
 even see

00:24:13.339 --> 00:24:14.440
 in Jesus

00:24:14.440 --> 00:24:15.220
 the urgency

00:24:15.220 --> 00:24:15.639
 of that

00:24:15.639 --> 00:24:16.000
 moment

00:24:16.000 --> 00:24:16.440
 and hear

00:24:16.440 --> 00:24:17.139
 the urgency

00:24:17.139 --> 00:24:17.500
 and what

00:24:17.500 --> 00:24:17.759
 he's

00:24:17.759 --> 00:24:18.420
 commanding

00:24:18.420 --> 00:24:18.660
 and they're

00:24:18.660 --> 00:24:18.799
 not

00:24:18.799 --> 00:24:19.139
 they're not

00:24:19.139 --> 00:24:19.940
 sober-minded

00:24:19.940 --> 00:24:21.000
 they're not

00:24:21.000 --> 00:24:21.299
 thinking

00:24:21.299 --> 00:24:21.879
 clearly

00:24:21.879 --> 00:24:24.319
 and the

00:24:24.319 --> 00:24:25.119
 result is

00:24:25.119 --> 00:24:25.399
 that they

00:24:25.399 --> 00:24:25.839
 did not

00:24:25.839 --> 00:24:26.259
 pray

00:24:26.259 --> 00:24:27.379
 and when

00:24:27.379 --> 00:24:27.899
 the moment

00:24:27.899 --> 00:24:28.460
 of danger

00:24:28.460 --> 00:24:29.100
 and temptation

00:24:29.100 --> 00:24:29.539
 arrived

00:24:29.539 --> 00:24:29.860
 what did

00:24:29.860 --> 00:24:30.240
 they do

00:24:30.240 --> 00:24:31.600
 every one

00:24:31.600 --> 00:24:31.799
 of them

00:24:31.799 --> 00:24:32.140
 did the

00:24:32.140 --> 00:24:32.759
 same thing

00:24:32.759 --> 00:24:34.160
 they forsook

00:24:34.160 --> 00:24:34.579
 the Lord

00:24:34.579 --> 00:24:36.680
 they fell

00:24:36.680 --> 00:24:37.299
 in temptation

00:24:37.299 --> 00:24:38.400
 they left

00:24:38.400 --> 00:24:38.740
 him in his

00:24:38.740 --> 00:24:39.340
 most vulnerable

00:24:39.340 --> 00:24:39.840
 moment

00:24:39.840 --> 00:24:40.600
 and they

00:24:40.600 --> 00:24:41.140
 ran

00:24:41.140 --> 00:24:42.100
 why

00:24:42.100 --> 00:24:43.220
 because they

00:24:43.220 --> 00:24:43.759
 did not

00:24:43.759 --> 00:24:44.279
 watch and

00:24:44.279 --> 00:24:44.620
 pray

00:24:44.620 --> 00:24:46.340
 and here's

00:24:46.340 --> 00:24:46.640
 Peter

00:24:46.640 --> 00:24:47.460
 who was in

00:24:47.460 --> 00:24:47.960
 that group

00:24:47.960 --> 00:24:49.740
 who did

00:24:49.740 --> 00:24:50.079
 not only

00:24:50.079 --> 00:24:50.620
 forsake

00:24:50.620 --> 00:24:50.940
 the Lord

00:24:50.940 --> 00:24:51.240
 he took

00:24:51.240 --> 00:24:51.600
 it a step

00:24:51.600 --> 00:24:52.059
 further

00:24:52.059 --> 00:24:52.539
 and outright

00:24:52.539 --> 00:24:52.920
 denied

00:24:52.920 --> 00:24:53.380
 the Lord

00:24:53.380 --> 00:24:55.799
 now he's

00:24:55.799 --> 00:24:56.240
 writing to

00:24:56.240 --> 00:24:56.519
 a group

00:24:56.519 --> 00:24:56.980
 of Christians

00:24:56.980 --> 00:24:57.340
 who are

00:24:57.340 --> 00:24:57.759
 suffering

00:24:57.759 --> 00:24:58.500
 and the

00:24:58.500 --> 00:24:58.940
 temptation

00:24:58.940 --> 00:24:59.319
 is going

00:24:59.319 --> 00:24:59.720
 to be

00:24:59.720 --> 00:25:00.240
 it's

00:25:00.240 --> 00:25:00.759
 dangerous

00:25:00.759 --> 00:25:01.779
 there's

00:25:01.779 --> 00:25:02.299
 doubt

00:25:02.299 --> 00:25:02.759
 now

00:25:02.759 --> 00:25:03.339
 as a result

00:25:03.339 --> 00:25:03.799
 of this

00:25:03.799 --> 00:25:04.299
 the world

00:25:04.299 --> 00:25:04.920
 seems to

00:25:04.920 --> 00:25:05.400
 be against

00:25:05.400 --> 00:25:05.680
 me

00:25:05.680 --> 00:25:06.319
 I'm losing

00:25:06.319 --> 00:25:07.000
 my friends

00:25:07.000 --> 00:25:07.440
 and I'm losing

00:25:07.440 --> 00:25:08.079
 my job

00:25:08.079 --> 00:25:08.400
 and I'm

00:25:08.400 --> 00:25:09.259
 losing all

00:25:09.259 --> 00:25:09.519
 of these

00:25:09.519 --> 00:25:09.900
 things in

00:25:09.900 --> 00:25:10.339
 my life

00:25:10.339 --> 00:25:10.819
 because of

00:25:10.819 --> 00:25:11.379
 my faith

00:25:11.379 --> 00:25:12.160
 and the

00:25:12.160 --> 00:25:12.579
 temptation

00:25:12.579 --> 00:25:12.940
 is going

00:25:12.940 --> 00:25:13.140
 to be

00:25:13.140 --> 00:25:13.640
 to doubt

00:25:13.640 --> 00:25:13.980
 and it's

00:25:13.980 --> 00:25:14.259
 going to be

00:25:14.259 --> 00:25:14.839
 to be anxious

00:25:14.839 --> 00:25:15.400
 and it's

00:25:15.400 --> 00:25:15.680
 going to be

00:25:15.680 --> 00:25:15.980
 to give

00:25:15.980 --> 00:25:16.359
 in to the

00:25:16.359 --> 00:25:16.920
 temptations

00:25:16.920 --> 00:25:17.259
 and the

00:25:17.259 --> 00:25:18.019
 sins

00:25:18.019 --> 00:25:18.279
 and the

00:25:18.279 --> 00:25:18.500
 human

00:25:18.500 --> 00:25:18.940
 passions

00:25:18.940 --> 00:25:19.240
 and he

00:25:19.240 --> 00:25:19.460
 says

00:25:19.460 --> 00:25:19.900
 you need

00:25:19.900 --> 00:25:20.460
 to watch

00:25:20.460 --> 00:25:20.960
 and pray

00:25:20.960 --> 00:25:21.720
 Peter

00:25:21.720 --> 00:25:22.579
 Peter says

00:25:22.579 --> 00:25:23.420
 the end

00:25:23.420 --> 00:25:23.799
 is near

00:25:23.799 --> 00:25:24.480
 hang in

00:25:24.480 --> 00:25:24.680
 there

00:25:24.680 --> 00:25:25.480
 just watch

00:25:25.480 --> 00:25:26.460
 and pray

00:25:26.460 --> 00:25:29.400
 but do you

00:25:29.400 --> 00:25:29.740
 pray

00:25:29.740 --> 00:25:32.039
 we have to

00:25:32.039 --> 00:25:32.320
 ask that

00:25:32.320 --> 00:25:32.700
 question

00:25:32.700 --> 00:25:33.120
 now don't

00:25:33.120 --> 00:25:33.320
 we

00:25:33.320 --> 00:25:35.299
 do you

00:25:35.299 --> 00:25:35.680
 pray

00:25:35.680 --> 00:25:36.720
 do you

00:25:36.720 --> 00:25:37.360
 really

00:25:37.360 --> 00:25:39.100
 pray

00:25:39.100 --> 00:25:42.100
 not just

00:25:42.100 --> 00:25:42.900
 to express

00:25:42.900 --> 00:25:43.380
 gratitude

00:25:43.380 --> 00:25:43.940
 for your

00:25:43.940 --> 00:25:44.279
 meal

00:25:44.279 --> 00:25:44.980
 though you

00:25:44.980 --> 00:25:45.259
 need to

00:25:45.259 --> 00:25:45.519
 do that

00:25:45.519 --> 00:25:45.759
 Jesus

00:25:45.759 --> 00:25:46.259
 told us

00:25:46.259 --> 00:25:46.500
 to do

00:25:46.500 --> 00:25:46.759
 that

00:25:46.759 --> 00:25:49.900
 but do

00:25:49.900 --> 00:25:50.279
 you have

00:25:50.279 --> 00:25:50.599
 time

00:25:50.599 --> 00:25:50.940
 where you

00:25:50.940 --> 00:25:51.400
 pour your

00:25:51.400 --> 00:25:51.599
 heart

00:25:51.599 --> 00:25:51.920
 out to

00:25:51.920 --> 00:25:52.220
 God

00:25:52.220 --> 00:25:53.599
 when you're

00:25:53.599 --> 00:25:53.940
 tempted

00:25:53.940 --> 00:25:54.660
 what's

00:25:54.660 --> 00:25:55.279
 your reaction

00:25:55.279 --> 00:25:55.799
 typically

00:25:55.799 --> 00:25:57.379
 it should

00:25:57.379 --> 00:25:57.799
 be

00:25:57.799 --> 00:25:58.980
 prayer

00:25:58.980 --> 00:26:01.779
 do you

00:26:01.779 --> 00:26:02.240
 see the

00:26:02.240 --> 00:26:02.700
 urgency

00:26:02.700 --> 00:26:03.259
 of the

00:26:03.259 --> 00:26:03.599
 moment

00:26:03.599 --> 00:26:04.759
 in your

00:26:04.759 --> 00:26:05.240
 life

00:26:05.240 --> 00:26:06.259
 and with

00:26:06.259 --> 00:26:06.980
 your kids

00:26:06.980 --> 00:26:08.000
 and with

00:26:08.000 --> 00:26:08.140
 your

00:26:08.140 --> 00:26:08.940
 grandkids

00:26:08.940 --> 00:26:11.519
 or are

00:26:11.519 --> 00:26:11.799
 you're a

00:26:11.799 --> 00:26:12.019
 bit

00:26:12.019 --> 00:26:12.740
 spiritually

00:26:12.740 --> 00:26:13.779
 drunk

00:26:13.779 --> 00:26:16.740
 and

00:26:16.759 --> 00:26:16.980
 and you're

00:26:16.980 --> 00:26:17.180
 a little

00:26:17.180 --> 00:26:17.420
 more

00:26:17.420 --> 00:26:17.740
 focused

00:26:17.740 --> 00:26:18.180
 on this

00:26:18.180 --> 00:26:18.539
 life

00:26:18.539 --> 00:26:18.980
 than maybe

00:26:18.980 --> 00:26:19.299
 on the

00:26:19.299 --> 00:26:19.660
 age to

00:26:19.660 --> 00:26:19.960
 come

00:26:19.960 --> 00:26:21.440
 it'll

00:26:21.440 --> 00:26:21.740
 show

00:26:21.740 --> 00:26:22.000
 in the

00:26:22.000 --> 00:26:22.299
 way we

00:26:22.299 --> 00:26:22.619
 pray

00:26:22.619 --> 00:26:23.960
 so Peter

00:26:23.960 --> 00:26:24.640
 says look

00:26:24.640 --> 00:26:25.420
 the end

00:26:25.420 --> 00:26:25.839
 is coming

00:26:25.839 --> 00:26:26.619
 pray

00:26:26.619 --> 00:26:28.200
 second

00:26:28.200 --> 00:26:30.220
 sacrificial

00:26:30.220 --> 00:26:30.720
 love

00:26:30.720 --> 00:26:32.319
 first is

00:26:32.319 --> 00:26:32.559
 sober

00:26:32.559 --> 00:26:32.900
 prayer

00:26:32.900 --> 00:26:34.200
 and then

00:26:34.200 --> 00:26:34.440
 there's

00:26:34.440 --> 00:26:34.920
 sacrificial

00:26:34.920 --> 00:26:35.240
 love

00:26:35.240 --> 00:26:35.420
 and we

00:26:35.420 --> 00:26:35.700
 get this

00:26:35.700 --> 00:26:36.019
 in verse

00:26:36.019 --> 00:26:36.420
 eight

00:26:36.420 --> 00:26:37.900
 above all

00:26:37.900 --> 00:26:38.119
 Peter

00:26:38.119 --> 00:26:38.879
 says keep

00:26:38.879 --> 00:26:40.140
 loving one

00:26:40.140 --> 00:26:40.500
 another

00:26:40.500 --> 00:26:41.180
 earnestly

00:26:41.180 --> 00:26:41.200
!

00:26:42.420 --> 00:26:43.140
 since love

00:26:43.140 --> 00:26:43.720
 covers

00:26:43.720 --> 00:26:45.059
 a multitude

00:26:45.059 --> 00:26:46.599
 of sins

00:26:46.599 --> 00:26:48.199
 now you'll

00:26:48.199 --> 00:26:48.699
 notice in

00:26:48.699 --> 00:26:49.039
 the next

00:26:49.039 --> 00:26:49.259
 three

00:26:49.259 --> 00:26:50.000
 exhortations

00:26:50.000 --> 00:26:51.099
 each one

00:26:51.099 --> 00:26:51.399
 of them

00:26:51.399 --> 00:26:51.919
 is a

00:26:51.919 --> 00:26:52.579
 one another

00:26:52.579 --> 00:26:53.059
 command

00:26:53.059 --> 00:26:54.240
 we're told

00:26:54.240 --> 00:26:55.279
 to love

00:26:55.279 --> 00:26:55.959
 one another

00:26:55.959 --> 00:26:56.419
 earnestly

00:26:56.419 --> 00:26:56.839
 we're told

00:26:56.839 --> 00:26:57.179
 to show

00:26:57.179 --> 00:26:57.799
 hospitality

00:26:57.799 --> 00:26:58.279
 to one

00:26:58.279 --> 00:26:58.480
 another

00:26:58.480 --> 00:26:58.699
 and then

00:26:58.699 --> 00:26:59.039
 we're told

00:26:59.039 --> 00:26:59.659
 to use

00:26:59.659 --> 00:27:00.039
 our gifts

00:27:00.039 --> 00:27:00.359
 from the

00:27:00.359 --> 00:27:00.519
 Lord

00:27:00.519 --> 00:27:01.539
 to serve

00:27:01.539 --> 00:27:02.599
 one another

00:27:02.599 --> 00:27:03.179
 meaning

00:27:03.179 --> 00:27:04.000
 they

00:27:04.000 --> 00:27:04.799
 specifically

00:27:04.799 --> 00:27:05.500
 concern

00:27:05.500 --> 00:27:06.679
 how we

00:27:06.679 --> 00:27:07.000
 are to

00:27:07.000 --> 00:27:07.679
 live with

00:27:07.679 --> 00:27:08.319
 and treat

00:27:08.319 --> 00:27:08.639
 other

00:27:08.639 --> 00:27:09.139
 Christians

00:27:09.139 --> 00:27:10.299
 now it's

00:27:10.299 --> 00:27:10.539
 not that

00:27:10.539 --> 00:27:11.319
 we shouldn't

00:27:11.319 --> 00:27:11.659
 do all

00:27:11.659 --> 00:27:11.899
 of those

00:27:11.899 --> 00:27:12.279
 things for

00:27:12.279 --> 00:27:12.839
 non-Christians

00:27:12.839 --> 00:27:13.399
 we certainly

00:27:13.399 --> 00:27:13.819
 should

00:27:13.819 --> 00:27:14.439
 but Peter

00:27:14.439 --> 00:27:15.399
 is especially

00:27:15.400 --> 00:27:16.660
 concerned with

00:27:16.660 --> 00:27:17.820
 how we

00:27:17.820 --> 00:27:18.600
 live with

00:27:18.600 --> 00:27:19.080
 one another

00:27:19.080 --> 00:27:19.580
 and how we

00:27:19.580 --> 00:27:20.040
 treat one

00:27:20.040 --> 00:27:20.380
 another

00:27:20.380 --> 00:27:21.519
 remember in

00:27:21.519 --> 00:27:21.980
 the context

00:27:21.980 --> 00:27:22.380
 of this

00:27:22.380 --> 00:27:22.660
 letter

00:27:22.660 --> 00:27:23.820
 we represent

00:27:23.820 --> 00:27:24.300
 God and

00:27:24.300 --> 00:27:24.800
 his kingdom

00:27:24.800 --> 00:27:26.160
 not primarily

00:27:26.160 --> 00:27:26.980
 as individuals

00:27:26.980 --> 00:27:28.400
 but primarily

00:27:28.400 --> 00:27:29.120
 as the

00:27:29.120 --> 00:27:29.660
 church

00:27:29.660 --> 00:27:31.120
 as his

00:27:31.120 --> 00:27:31.640
 people

00:27:31.640 --> 00:27:32.160
 plural

00:27:32.160 --> 00:27:33.019
 in the

00:27:33.019 --> 00:27:33.320
 world

00:27:33.320 --> 00:27:34.080
 and how

00:27:34.080 --> 00:27:34.780
 we exist

00:27:34.780 --> 00:27:35.300
 together

00:27:35.300 --> 00:27:35.759
 is of

00:27:35.759 --> 00:27:36.200
 immense

00:27:36.200 --> 00:27:36.720
 importance

00:27:36.720 --> 00:27:37.540
 in the

00:27:37.540 --> 00:27:38.100
 New Testament

00:27:38.100 --> 00:27:39.440
 and Peter

00:27:39.440 --> 00:27:39.840
 of course

00:27:39.840 --> 00:27:40.560
 reminds us

00:27:40.560 --> 00:27:40.920
 that the

00:27:40.920 --> 00:27:41.840
 most necessary

00:27:41.840 --> 00:27:42.900
 mark of

00:27:42.900 --> 00:27:43.660
 our relationships

00:27:43.660 --> 00:27:44.940
 with other

00:27:44.940 --> 00:27:45.420
 believers

00:27:45.420 --> 00:27:46.900
 is earnest

00:27:46.900 --> 00:27:47.300
 love

00:27:47.300 --> 00:27:48.980
 he's already

00:27:48.980 --> 00:27:49.680
 explained it

00:27:49.680 --> 00:27:50.000
 in chapter

00:27:50.000 --> 00:27:50.420
 one

00:27:50.420 --> 00:27:51.080
 and he's

00:27:51.080 --> 00:27:51.460
 bringing it

00:27:51.460 --> 00:27:51.800
 up again

00:27:51.800 --> 00:27:52.000
 here

00:27:52.000 --> 00:27:52.400
 he said it

00:27:52.400 --> 00:27:52.680
 in chapter

00:27:52.680 --> 00:27:53.040
 two as

00:27:53.040 --> 00:27:53.220
 well

00:27:53.220 --> 00:27:53.820
 he's bringing

00:27:53.820 --> 00:27:54.100
 it up

00:27:54.100 --> 00:27:54.279
 again

00:27:54.279 --> 00:27:54.560
 here

00:27:54.560 --> 00:27:56.440
 earnest

00:27:56.440 --> 00:27:57.900
 love

00:27:57.900 --> 00:27:59.740
 and Peter's

00:27:59.740 --> 00:28:00.220
 taking his

00:28:00.220 --> 00:28:00.820
 cues directly

00:28:00.820 --> 00:28:01.400
 from Jesus

00:28:01.400 --> 00:28:02.920
 who said

00:28:02.920 --> 00:28:03.200
 that the

00:28:03.200 --> 00:28:03.640
 world will

00:28:03.640 --> 00:28:04.320
 know that

00:28:04.320 --> 00:28:04.840
 we are

00:28:04.840 --> 00:28:05.400
 following

00:28:05.400 --> 00:28:05.960
 him

00:28:05.960 --> 00:28:06.860
 specifically

00:28:06.860 --> 00:28:07.360
 by the

00:28:07.360 --> 00:28:07.740
 way we

00:28:07.740 --> 00:28:08.300
 love other

00:28:08.300 --> 00:28:08.820
 Christians

00:28:08.820 --> 00:28:11.019
 now it's

00:28:11.019 --> 00:28:11.600
 amazing that

00:28:11.600 --> 00:28:12.160
 Jesus said

00:28:12.160 --> 00:28:12.660
 that and it

00:28:12.660 --> 00:28:12.980
 must be

00:28:12.980 --> 00:28:13.539
 true because

00:28:13.539 --> 00:28:14.160
 Jesus said

00:28:14.160 --> 00:28:14.420
 it

00:28:14.420 --> 00:28:16.720
 why then

00:28:16.720 --> 00:28:17.700
 does it

00:28:17.700 --> 00:28:18.339
 seem like

00:28:18.339 --> 00:28:19.099
 the church

00:28:19.099 --> 00:28:19.720
 of all

00:28:19.720 --> 00:28:20.360
 places

00:28:20.360 --> 00:28:21.360
 is so

00:28:21.360 --> 00:28:21.880
 divided

00:28:21.880 --> 00:28:25.680
 we're so

00:28:25.680 --> 00:28:26.380
 against each

00:28:26.380 --> 00:28:26.740
 other

00:28:26.740 --> 00:28:29.940
 Jesus says

00:28:29.940 --> 00:28:30.559
 this earnest

00:28:30.559 --> 00:28:31.140
 love

00:28:31.140 --> 00:28:32.240
 that's going

00:28:32.240 --> 00:28:32.620
 to be the

00:28:32.620 --> 00:28:33.000
 supreme

00:28:33.000 --> 00:28:33.559
 mark

00:28:33.559 --> 00:28:34.819
 that you're

00:28:34.819 --> 00:28:35.460
 my people

00:28:35.460 --> 00:28:38.799
 in chapter

00:28:38.799 --> 00:28:39.240
 one

00:28:39.240 --> 00:28:40.140
 Peter wrote

00:28:40.140 --> 00:28:41.099
 that sincere

00:28:41.099 --> 00:28:41.620
 and earnest

00:28:41.620 --> 00:28:42.319
 love for other

00:28:42.319 --> 00:28:42.980
 believers is

00:28:42.980 --> 00:28:44.159
 the natural

00:28:44.159 --> 00:28:45.619
 fruit of the

00:28:45.619 --> 00:28:46.539
 Holy Spirit's

00:28:46.539 --> 00:28:47.720
 regenerating work

00:28:47.720 --> 00:28:48.379
 in our lives

00:28:48.379 --> 00:28:51.039
 which means

00:28:51.039 --> 00:28:53.639
 that if you

00:28:53.639 --> 00:28:54.519
 do not have a

00:28:54.519 --> 00:28:55.399
 trace of love

00:28:55.399 --> 00:28:55.859
 it's not that

00:28:55.859 --> 00:28:56.679
 you're perfect in

00:28:56.679 --> 00:28:57.599
 this but if you

00:28:57.599 --> 00:28:58.019
 don't have a

00:28:58.019 --> 00:28:59.019
 trace of love

00:28:59.019 --> 00:28:59.539
 for other

00:28:59.539 --> 00:29:00.000
 believers

00:29:00.000 --> 00:29:01.139
 specifically because

00:29:01.139 --> 00:29:01.599
 they're other

00:29:01.599 --> 00:29:02.000
 believers

00:29:02.000 --> 00:29:02.939
 then you're just

00:29:02.939 --> 00:29:03.659
 not a Christian

00:29:03.659 --> 00:29:05.339
 because this is

00:29:05.339 --> 00:29:06.159
 something that God

00:29:06.159 --> 00:29:07.399
 does in us

00:29:07.399 --> 00:29:08.619
 as his people

00:29:08.619 --> 00:29:09.439
 he begins it

00:29:09.440 --> 00:29:09.720
 and he

00:29:09.720 --> 00:29:10.500
 progressively

00:29:10.500 --> 00:29:12.400
 strengthens it

00:29:12.400 --> 00:29:13.360
 and perfects it

00:29:13.360 --> 00:29:14.400
 throughout our

00:29:14.400 --> 00:29:14.940
 lives we want to

00:29:14.940 --> 00:29:15.700
 see a trajectory

00:29:15.700 --> 00:29:16.580
 of this growing

00:29:16.580 --> 00:29:17.960
 but here Peter

00:29:17.960 --> 00:29:18.900
 grounds this

00:29:18.900 --> 00:29:19.860
 pursuit of love

00:29:19.860 --> 00:29:20.840
 in a very

00:29:20.840 --> 00:29:21.660
 specific thing

00:29:21.660 --> 00:29:21.920
 and it's

00:29:21.920 --> 00:29:22.519
 amazing

00:29:22.519 --> 00:29:25.420
 he says that

00:29:25.420 --> 00:29:26.019
 we are to

00:29:26.019 --> 00:29:26.680
 pursue this

00:29:26.680 --> 00:29:27.299
 love keep

00:29:27.299 --> 00:29:28.080
 pursuing it

00:29:28.080 --> 00:29:29.340
 because it

00:29:29.340 --> 00:29:29.960
 covers a

00:29:29.960 --> 00:29:30.580
 multitude of

00:29:30.580 --> 00:29:31.000
 sins

00:29:31.000 --> 00:29:32.860
 covers a

00:29:32.860 --> 00:29:33.279
 multitude of

00:29:33.279 --> 00:29:33.519
 sins what

00:29:33.519 --> 00:29:33.740
 does that

00:29:33.740 --> 00:29:34.039
 mean

00:29:34.039 --> 00:29:34.940
 well at least

00:29:34.940 --> 00:29:35.640
 four things

00:29:35.640 --> 00:29:38.059
 first earnest

00:29:38.059 --> 00:29:39.299
 love prevents

00:29:39.299 --> 00:29:40.660
 us from

00:29:40.660 --> 00:29:41.400
 sinning against

00:29:41.400 --> 00:29:42.080
 other people

00:29:42.080 --> 00:29:44.039
 earnest love

00:29:44.039 --> 00:29:44.640
 prevents us

00:29:44.640 --> 00:29:45.140
 from sinning

00:29:45.140 --> 00:29:45.759
 against others

00:29:45.759 --> 00:29:46.680
 that's why

00:29:46.680 --> 00:29:47.360
 Jesus said

00:29:47.360 --> 00:29:47.700
 that the

00:29:47.700 --> 00:29:48.299
 second most

00:29:48.299 --> 00:29:48.740
 important

00:29:48.740 --> 00:29:49.320
 commandment

00:29:49.320 --> 00:29:50.180
 is to love

00:29:50.180 --> 00:29:50.580
 your neighbor

00:29:50.580 --> 00:29:51.279
 as yourself

00:29:51.279 --> 00:29:52.920
 he said

00:29:52.920 --> 00:29:53.640
 all of the

00:29:53.640 --> 00:29:54.279
 law hangs

00:29:54.279 --> 00:29:54.900
 on those two

00:29:54.900 --> 00:29:55.320
 commandments

00:29:55.320 --> 00:29:56.019
 loving God

00:29:56.019 --> 00:29:56.820
 and loving

00:29:56.820 --> 00:29:57.440
 other people

00:29:57.440 --> 00:29:58.700
 because when

00:29:58.700 --> 00:29:59.200
 you really

00:29:59.200 --> 00:30:00.200
 love someone

00:30:00.200 --> 00:30:01.980
 you don't

00:30:01.980 --> 00:30:02.600
 want to steal

00:30:02.600 --> 00:30:03.080
 from them

00:30:03.079 --> 00:30:05.199
 when you

00:30:05.199 --> 00:30:06.039
 love someone

00:30:06.039 --> 00:30:07.720
 you don't

00:30:07.720 --> 00:30:08.099
 want to

00:30:08.099 --> 00:30:08.779
 abuse them

00:30:08.779 --> 00:30:10.079
 or cheat

00:30:10.079 --> 00:30:10.379
 them

00:30:10.379 --> 00:30:11.859
 or slander

00:30:11.859 --> 00:30:12.199
 them

00:30:12.199 --> 00:30:13.259
 or hurt

00:30:13.259 --> 00:30:13.599
 them

00:30:13.599 --> 00:30:14.699
 or see

00:30:14.699 --> 00:30:15.299
 them hurt

00:30:15.299 --> 00:30:17.019
 because what

00:30:17.019 --> 00:30:17.779
 you're pursuing

00:30:17.779 --> 00:30:18.480
 with them

00:30:18.480 --> 00:30:19.299
 is an

00:30:19.299 --> 00:30:19.679
 earnest

00:30:19.679 --> 00:30:20.819
 love

00:30:20.819 --> 00:30:22.179
 and this is

00:30:22.179 --> 00:30:22.539
 the kind

00:30:22.539 --> 00:30:22.960
 of love

00:30:22.960 --> 00:30:23.259
 that we

00:30:23.259 --> 00:30:24.000
 are to

00:30:24.000 --> 00:30:24.539
 pursue

00:30:24.539 --> 00:30:25.299
 in the

00:30:25.299 --> 00:30:25.619
 church

00:30:25.619 --> 00:30:26.339
 a love

00:30:26.339 --> 00:30:27.019
 that desires

00:30:27.019 --> 00:30:28.039
 to bless

00:30:28.039 --> 00:30:29.240
 and not

00:30:29.240 --> 00:30:29.960
 to harm

00:30:29.960 --> 00:30:31.139
 so Peter

00:30:31.139 --> 00:30:31.919
 says love

00:30:31.919 --> 00:30:32.539
 one another

00:30:32.539 --> 00:30:33.480
 because it

00:30:33.480 --> 00:30:33.940
 covers a

00:30:33.940 --> 00:30:34.240
 multitude

00:30:34.240 --> 00:30:34.720
 of sins

00:30:34.720 --> 00:30:35.200
 it's going

00:30:35.200 --> 00:30:35.579
 to prevent

00:30:35.579 --> 00:30:35.960
 you from

00:30:35.960 --> 00:30:36.319
 sinning

00:30:36.319 --> 00:30:36.799
 against one

00:30:36.799 --> 00:30:37.099
 another

00:30:37.099 --> 00:30:37.559
 if you

00:30:37.559 --> 00:30:37.920
 just love

00:30:37.920 --> 00:30:38.659
 each other

00:30:38.659 --> 00:30:39.940
 second

00:30:39.940 --> 00:30:41.339
 earnest

00:30:41.339 --> 00:30:41.899
 love

00:30:41.899 --> 00:30:43.299
 is willing

00:30:43.299 --> 00:30:43.879
 to let

00:30:43.879 --> 00:30:44.299
 petty

00:30:44.299 --> 00:30:44.779
 offenses

00:30:44.779 --> 00:30:45.359
 go

00:30:45.359 --> 00:30:47.519
 earnest

00:30:47.519 --> 00:30:48.139
 love

00:30:48.139 --> 00:30:49.180
 is willing

00:30:49.180 --> 00:30:49.639
 to let

00:30:49.639 --> 00:30:49.960
 petty

00:30:49.960 --> 00:30:50.379
 offenses

00:30:50.379 --> 00:30:50.779
 go

00:30:50.779 --> 00:30:52.779
 now we

00:30:52.779 --> 00:30:53.119
 have to be

00:30:53.119 --> 00:30:53.659
 honest here

00:30:53.659 --> 00:30:55.460
 there are

00:30:55.460 --> 00:30:57.119
 problems

00:30:57.119 --> 00:30:57.839
 that arise

00:30:57.839 --> 00:30:58.119
 in our

00:30:58.119 --> 00:30:58.740
 relationships

00:30:58.740 --> 00:30:59.220
 with other

00:30:59.220 --> 00:30:59.579
 Christians

00:30:59.579 --> 00:31:00.039
 sometimes

00:31:00.039 --> 00:31:00.779
 and they

00:31:00.779 --> 00:31:01.359
 stem

00:31:01.359 --> 00:31:03.039
 from serious

00:31:03.039 --> 00:31:03.399
 sins

00:31:03.399 --> 00:31:03.779
 that have

00:31:03.779 --> 00:31:04.059
 to be

00:31:04.059 --> 00:31:04.500
 confronted

00:31:04.500 --> 00:31:06.099
 if that

00:31:06.099 --> 00:31:06.420
 wasn't

00:31:06.420 --> 00:31:06.819
 true

00:31:06.819 --> 00:31:07.579
 Jesus

00:31:07.579 --> 00:31:08.119
 and the

00:31:08.119 --> 00:31:08.460
 apostles

00:31:08.460 --> 00:31:08.940
 would not

00:31:08.940 --> 00:31:09.279
 have taught

00:31:09.279 --> 00:31:09.639
 us about

00:31:09.639 --> 00:31:09.920
 church

00:31:09.920 --> 00:31:10.339
 discipline

00:31:10.339 --> 00:31:10.700
 would they

00:31:10.700 --> 00:31:12.460
 there are

00:31:12.460 --> 00:31:13.079
 some things

00:31:13.079 --> 00:31:13.619
 that can't

00:31:13.619 --> 00:31:13.980
 just be

00:31:13.980 --> 00:31:14.440
 let go

00:31:14.440 --> 00:31:15.740
 they have

00:31:15.740 --> 00:31:15.980
 to be

00:31:15.980 --> 00:31:16.200
 dealt

00:31:16.200 --> 00:31:16.659
 with

00:31:16.659 --> 00:31:17.420
 and as

00:31:17.420 --> 00:31:17.720
 we'll see

00:31:17.720 --> 00:31:18.099
 in just a

00:31:18.099 --> 00:31:18.279
 moment

00:31:18.279 --> 00:31:18.779
 that's part

00:31:18.779 --> 00:31:19.039
 of this

00:31:19.039 --> 00:31:19.460
 love

00:31:19.460 --> 00:31:20.799
 but at

00:31:20.799 --> 00:31:21.180
 this point

00:31:21.180 --> 00:31:21.500
 I think

00:31:21.500 --> 00:31:21.920
 it's worth

00:31:21.920 --> 00:31:22.519
 considering

00:31:22.519 --> 00:31:25.720
 that most

00:31:25.720 --> 00:31:26.039
 of the

00:31:26.039 --> 00:31:26.500
 time

00:31:26.500 --> 00:31:28.039
 that's

00:31:28.039 --> 00:31:28.400
 not where

00:31:28.400 --> 00:31:28.599
 our

00:31:28.599 --> 00:31:28.920
 offenses

00:31:28.920 --> 00:31:29.240
 come

00:31:29.240 --> 00:31:29.539
 from

00:31:29.539 --> 00:31:31.660
 most

00:31:31.660 --> 00:31:31.960
 of the

00:31:31.960 --> 00:31:32.400
 time

00:31:32.400 --> 00:31:34.259
 our

00:31:34.259 --> 00:31:34.839
 offenses

00:31:34.839 --> 00:31:35.640
 stem

00:31:35.640 --> 00:31:36.740
 from just

00:31:36.740 --> 00:31:37.200
 being

00:31:37.200 --> 00:31:38.240
 overly

00:31:38.240 --> 00:31:39.059
 sensitive

00:31:39.059 --> 00:31:40.160
 to being

00:31:40.160 --> 00:31:40.579
 offended

00:31:40.579 --> 00:31:43.000
 a short

00:31:43.000 --> 00:31:43.619
 fuse

00:31:43.619 --> 00:31:46.380
 thin

00:31:46.380 --> 00:31:46.940
 skin

00:31:46.940 --> 00:31:50.519
 it's

00:31:50.519 --> 00:31:51.119
 pride

00:31:51.119 --> 00:31:51.880
 that keeps

00:31:51.880 --> 00:31:52.279
 us from

00:31:52.279 --> 00:31:52.559
 letting

00:31:52.559 --> 00:31:52.940
 things

00:31:52.940 --> 00:31:53.319
 go

00:31:53.319 --> 00:31:55.019
 but

00:31:55.019 --> 00:31:55.539
 earnest

00:31:55.539 --> 00:31:56.220
 love

00:31:56.220 --> 00:31:57.100
 will

00:31:57.100 --> 00:31:57.519
 cause

00:31:57.519 --> 00:31:57.720
 us

00:31:57.720 --> 00:31:57.900
 to

00:31:57.900 --> 00:31:58.440
 assume

00:31:58.440 --> 00:31:58.640
 the

00:31:58.640 --> 00:31:58.900
 best

00:31:58.900 --> 00:31:59.059
 in

00:31:59.059 --> 00:31:59.460
 others

00:31:59.460 --> 00:32:00.700
 to

00:32:00.700 --> 00:32:01.079
 give

00:32:01.079 --> 00:32:01.380
 others

00:32:01.380 --> 00:32:01.600
 the

00:32:01.600 --> 00:32:01.940
 benefit

00:32:01.940 --> 00:32:02.120
 of

00:32:02.120 --> 00:32:02.240
 the

00:32:02.240 --> 00:32:02.600
 doubt

00:32:02.600 --> 00:32:04.160
 and

00:32:04.160 --> 00:32:04.299
 it

00:32:04.299 --> 00:32:04.600
 will

00:32:04.600 --> 00:32:05.420
 refuse

00:32:05.420 --> 00:32:06.819
 to

00:32:06.819 --> 00:32:07.079
 hold

00:32:07.079 --> 00:32:07.420
 petty

00:32:07.420 --> 00:32:07.960
 grudges

00:32:07.960 --> 00:32:08.940
 against

00:32:08.940 --> 00:32:09.319
 people

00:32:09.319 --> 00:32:10.140
 that's

00:32:10.140 --> 00:32:10.339
 what

00:32:10.339 --> 00:32:10.660
 love

00:32:10.660 --> 00:32:11.120
 does

00:32:11.120 --> 00:32:11.880
 now

00:32:11.880 --> 00:32:12.039
 if you

00:32:12.039 --> 00:32:12.160
 want

00:32:12.160 --> 00:32:12.259
 to

00:32:12.259 --> 00:32:12.480
 check

00:32:12.480 --> 00:32:12.640
 me

00:32:12.640 --> 00:32:12.819
 on

00:32:12.819 --> 00:32:13.000
 that

00:32:13.000 --> 00:32:13.160
 go

00:32:13.160 --> 00:32:13.299
 to

00:32:13.299 --> 00:32:13.539
 1st

00:32:13.539 --> 00:32:13.880
 Corinthians

00:32:13.880 --> 00:32:14.299
 13

00:32:14.299 --> 00:32:14.640
 Paul

00:32:14.640 --> 00:32:14.860
 gives

00:32:14.860 --> 00:32:14.980
 us

00:32:14.980 --> 00:32:15.079
 a

00:32:15.079 --> 00:32:15.220
 whole

00:32:15.220 --> 00:32:15.480
 chapter

00:32:15.480 --> 00:32:15.700
 on

00:32:15.700 --> 00:32:15.880
 it

00:32:15.880 --> 00:32:16.720
 that's

00:32:16.720 --> 00:32:16.839
 what

00:32:16.839 --> 00:32:16.960
 he

00:32:16.960 --> 00:32:17.220
 spells

00:32:17.220 --> 00:32:17.559
 out

00:32:17.559 --> 00:32:20.980
 love

00:32:20.980 --> 00:32:21.299
 knows

00:32:21.299 --> 00:32:21.640
 how

00:32:21.640 --> 00:32:22.019
 and when

00:32:22.019 --> 00:32:22.360
 to let

00:32:22.360 --> 00:32:22.640
 things

00:32:22.640 --> 00:32:22.900
 go

00:32:22.900 --> 00:32:23.259
 for the

00:32:23.259 --> 00:32:23.480
 sake

00:32:23.480 --> 00:32:23.660
 of

00:32:23.660 --> 00:32:24.000
 peace

00:32:24.000 --> 00:32:24.880
 and

00:32:24.880 --> 00:32:25.259
 unity

00:32:25.259 --> 00:32:26.599
 the

00:32:26.599 --> 00:32:26.859
 truth

00:32:26.859 --> 00:32:27.099
 is

00:32:27.099 --> 00:32:27.359
 God

00:32:27.359 --> 00:32:27.559
 is

00:32:27.559 --> 00:32:27.740
 too

00:32:27.740 --> 00:32:28.240
 good

00:32:28.240 --> 00:32:29.000
 and

00:32:29.000 --> 00:32:29.339
 life

00:32:29.339 --> 00:32:29.539
 is

00:32:29.539 --> 00:32:29.759
 too

00:32:29.759 --> 00:32:30.240
 short

00:32:30.240 --> 00:32:31.160
 to

00:32:31.160 --> 00:32:31.359
 be

00:32:31.359 --> 00:32:31.720
 offended

00:32:31.720 --> 00:32:32.019
 by

00:32:32.019 --> 00:32:32.480
 everyone

00:32:32.480 --> 00:32:33.180
 and

00:32:33.180 --> 00:32:33.299
 to

00:32:33.299 --> 00:32:33.460
 be

00:32:33.460 --> 00:32:33.779
 offended

00:32:33.779 --> 00:32:34.039
 by

00:32:34.039 --> 00:32:34.559
 everything

00:32:34.559 --> 00:32:36.500
 sometimes

00:32:36.500 --> 00:32:36.980
 we just

00:32:36.980 --> 00:32:37.279
 need to

00:32:37.279 --> 00:32:37.480
 learn

00:32:37.480 --> 00:32:37.900
 to let

00:32:37.900 --> 00:32:38.160
 things

00:32:38.160 --> 00:32:38.500
 go

00:32:38.500 --> 00:32:39.279
 go

00:32:39.279 --> 00:32:39.579
 it's

00:32:39.579 --> 00:32:39.900
 okay

00:32:39.900 --> 00:32:40.920
 not

00:32:40.920 --> 00:32:41.339
 everything

00:32:41.339 --> 00:32:41.660
 has

00:32:41.660 --> 00:32:41.779
 to

00:32:41.779 --> 00:32:41.880
 be

00:32:41.880 --> 00:32:42.339
 addressed

00:32:42.339 --> 00:32:43.660
 not

00:32:43.660 --> 00:32:44.119
 every

00:32:44.119 --> 00:32:44.599
 offense

00:32:44.599 --> 00:32:44.859
 even

00:32:44.859 --> 00:32:45.119
 has

00:32:45.119 --> 00:32:45.240
 to

00:32:45.240 --> 00:32:45.559
 be

00:32:45.559 --> 00:32:46.359
 spoken

00:32:46.359 --> 00:32:46.740
 of

00:32:46.740 --> 00:32:47.980
 most

00:32:47.980 --> 00:32:48.119
 of

00:32:48.119 --> 00:32:48.220
 the

00:32:48.220 --> 00:32:48.440
 time

00:32:48.440 --> 00:32:48.559
 you

00:32:48.559 --> 00:32:48.740
 need

00:32:48.740 --> 00:32:48.859
 to

00:32:48.859 --> 00:32:49.039
 let

00:32:49.039 --> 00:32:49.180
 it

00:32:49.180 --> 00:32:49.539
 roll

00:32:49.539 --> 00:32:51.339
 which

00:32:51.339 --> 00:32:51.539
 brings

00:32:51.539 --> 00:32:51.660
 us

00:32:51.660 --> 00:32:51.759
 to

00:32:51.759 --> 00:32:51.920
 the

00:32:51.920 --> 00:32:52.099
 third

00:32:52.099 --> 00:32:52.460
 thing

00:32:52.460 --> 00:32:54.339
 love

00:32:54.339 --> 00:32:54.779
 covers

00:32:54.779 --> 00:32:55.279
 a multitude

00:32:55.279 --> 00:32:55.539
 of

00:32:55.539 --> 00:32:55.900
 sins

00:32:55.900 --> 00:32:56.220
 in that

00:32:56.220 --> 00:32:56.400
 it

00:32:56.400 --> 00:32:56.740
 stands

00:32:56.740 --> 00:32:57.299
 ready

00:32:57.299 --> 00:32:58.339
 and

00:32:58.339 --> 00:32:58.819
 willing

00:32:58.819 --> 00:32:59.500
 to

00:32:59.500 --> 00:32:59.819
 forgive

00:32:59.819 --> 00:33:00.180
 others

00:33:00.180 --> 00:33:00.400
 when

00:33:00.400 --> 00:33:00.539
 they

00:33:00.539 --> 00:33:00.720
 do

00:33:00.720 --> 00:33:00.940
 sin

00:33:00.940 --> 00:33:01.259
 against

00:33:01.259 --> 00:33:01.660
 us

00:33:01.660 --> 00:33:03.460
 ready

00:33:03.460 --> 00:33:03.700
 and

00:33:03.700 --> 00:33:03.900
 willing

00:33:03.900 --> 00:33:04.140
 to

00:33:04.140 --> 00:33:04.420
 forgive

00:33:04.420 --> 00:33:04.420


00:33:08.500 --> 00:33:08.640
 having

00:33:08.640 --> 00:33:09.220
 a disposition

00:33:09.220 --> 00:33:09.480
 of

00:33:09.480 --> 00:33:09.799
 forgiveness

00:33:09.799 --> 00:33:10.119
 that

00:33:10.119 --> 00:33:10.400
 just

00:33:10.400 --> 00:33:11.099
 quickly

00:33:11.099 --> 00:33:11.700
 acknowledges

00:33:11.700 --> 00:33:11.980
 and

00:33:11.980 --> 00:33:12.460
 lets

00:33:12.460 --> 00:33:12.579
 it

00:33:12.579 --> 00:33:12.720
 go

00:33:12.720 --> 00:33:12.819
 and

00:33:12.819 --> 00:33:12.900
 you

00:33:12.900 --> 00:33:13.019
 don't

00:33:13.019 --> 00:33:13.140
 even

00:33:13.140 --> 00:33:13.279
 have

00:33:13.279 --> 00:33:13.380
 to

00:33:13.380 --> 00:33:13.680
 confront

00:33:13.680 --> 00:33:13.859
 it

00:33:13.859 --> 00:33:14.079
 right

00:33:14.079 --> 00:33:14.359
 that's

00:33:14.359 --> 00:33:14.559
 part

00:33:14.559 --> 00:33:14.680
 of

00:33:14.680 --> 00:33:14.839
 being

00:33:14.839 --> 00:33:14.960
 a

00:33:14.960 --> 00:33:15.240
 forgiving

00:33:15.240 --> 00:33:15.759
 person

00:33:15.759 --> 00:33:16.140
 a

00:33:16.140 --> 00:33:16.440
 merciful

00:33:16.440 --> 00:33:16.980
 person

00:33:16.980 --> 00:33:18.259
 but

00:33:18.259 --> 00:33:18.420
 there's

00:33:18.420 --> 00:33:18.599
 more

00:33:18.599 --> 00:33:18.740
 to

00:33:18.740 --> 00:33:18.920
 this

00:33:18.920 --> 00:33:19.140
 isn't

00:33:19.140 --> 00:33:19.380
 there

00:33:19.380 --> 00:33:20.140
 because

00:33:20.140 --> 00:33:20.599
 sometimes

00:33:20.599 --> 00:33:20.920
 people

00:33:20.920 --> 00:33:21.220
 really

00:33:21.220 --> 00:33:21.440
 do

00:33:21.440 --> 00:33:21.759
 sin

00:33:21.759 --> 00:33:22.339
 significantly

00:33:22.339 --> 00:33:22.759
 against

00:33:22.759 --> 00:33:23.000
 us

00:33:23.000 --> 00:33:23.380
 in

00:33:23.380 --> 00:33:23.500
 a

00:33:23.500 --> 00:33:23.619
 way

00:33:23.619 --> 00:33:23.779
 that

00:33:23.779 --> 00:33:23.900
 it

00:33:23.900 --> 00:33:24.059
 wouldn't

00:33:24.059 --> 00:33:24.200
 be

00:33:24.200 --> 00:33:24.460
 healthy

00:33:24.460 --> 00:33:24.680
 for

00:33:24.680 --> 00:33:24.880
 you

00:33:24.880 --> 00:33:25.140
 or

00:33:25.140 --> 00:33:25.319
 for

00:33:25.319 --> 00:33:25.500
 them

00:33:25.500 --> 00:33:25.640
 to

00:33:25.640 --> 00:33:25.819
 just

00:33:25.819 --> 00:33:26.000
 let

00:33:26.000 --> 00:33:26.119
 it

00:33:26.119 --> 00:33:26.460
 go

00:33:26.460 --> 00:33:27.660
 it

00:33:27.660 --> 00:33:27.680
!

00:33:27.680 --> 00:33:27.819
 has

00:33:27.819 --> 00:33:27.940
 to

00:33:27.940 --> 00:33:28.059
 be

00:33:28.059 --> 00:33:28.259
 dealt

00:33:28.259 --> 00:33:28.700
 with

00:33:28.700 --> 00:33:30.299
 and

00:33:30.299 --> 00:33:30.680
 unfortunately

00:33:30.680 --> 00:33:30.920
 that

00:33:30.920 --> 00:33:31.180
 happens

00:33:31.180 --> 00:33:31.420
 all

00:33:31.420 --> 00:33:31.559
 the

00:33:31.559 --> 00:33:31.980
 time

00:33:31.980 --> 00:33:32.660
 in

00:33:32.660 --> 00:33:32.799
 our

00:33:32.799 --> 00:33:33.220
 relationships

00:33:33.220 --> 00:33:33.480
 with

00:33:33.480 --> 00:33:33.680
 other

00:33:33.680 --> 00:33:34.019
 believers

00:33:34.019 --> 00:33:35.339
 what

00:33:35.339 --> 00:33:35.720
 love

00:33:35.720 --> 00:33:36.059
 does

00:33:36.059 --> 00:33:36.220
 is

00:33:36.220 --> 00:33:36.359
 it

00:33:36.359 --> 00:33:36.759
 pursues

00:33:36.759 --> 00:33:37.160
 mercy

00:33:37.160 --> 00:33:37.319
 and

00:33:37.319 --> 00:33:37.440
 it

00:33:37.440 --> 00:33:37.920
 pursues

00:33:37.920 --> 00:33:38.839
 forgiveness

00:33:38.839 --> 00:33:40.759
 now

00:33:40.759 --> 00:33:41.099
 understand

00:33:41.099 --> 00:33:41.500
 that

00:33:41.500 --> 00:33:42.279
 in

00:33:42.279 --> 00:33:42.519
 one

00:33:42.519 --> 00:33:42.720
 sense

00:33:42.720 --> 00:33:43.079
 forgiveness

00:33:43.079 --> 00:33:43.379
 is

00:33:43.379 --> 00:33:44.279
 transactional

00:33:44.279 --> 00:33:44.539
 isn't

00:33:44.539 --> 00:33:44.779
 it

00:33:44.779 --> 00:33:46.420
 that

00:33:46.420 --> 00:33:47.059
 though

00:33:47.059 --> 00:33:47.240
 we

00:33:47.240 --> 00:33:47.519
 stand

00:33:47.519 --> 00:33:47.779
 ready

00:33:47.779 --> 00:33:47.980
 to

00:33:47.980 --> 00:33:48.420
 forgive

00:33:48.420 --> 00:33:49.079
 forgiveness

00:33:49.079 --> 00:33:49.319
 the

00:33:49.319 --> 00:33:49.940
 transaction

00:33:49.940 --> 00:33:50.180
 of

00:33:50.180 --> 00:33:50.519
 forgiveness

00:33:50.519 --> 00:33:50.980
 isn't

00:33:50.980 --> 00:33:51.460
 brought

00:33:51.460 --> 00:33:51.660
 to

00:33:51.660 --> 00:33:52.180
 completion

00:33:52.180 --> 00:33:52.519
 until

00:33:52.519 --> 00:33:52.700
 the

00:33:52.700 --> 00:33:52.879
 one

00:33:52.879 --> 00:33:53.059
 who

00:33:53.059 --> 00:33:53.700
 sins

00:33:53.700 --> 00:33:54.519
 seeks

00:33:54.519 --> 00:33:54.539
!

00:33:54.539 --> 00:33:54.819
 it

00:33:54.819 --> 00:33:55.339
 right

00:33:55.339 --> 00:33:56.460
 just

00:33:56.460 --> 00:33:56.619
 think

00:33:56.619 --> 00:33:56.879
 about

00:33:56.879 --> 00:33:57.099
 the

00:33:57.099 --> 00:33:57.460
 gospel

00:33:57.460 --> 00:33:58.680
 Jesus

00:33:58.680 --> 00:33:59.079
 stands

00:33:59.079 --> 00:33:59.440
 ready

00:33:59.440 --> 00:33:59.680
 to

00:33:59.680 --> 00:33:59.960
 forgive

00:33:59.960 --> 00:34:00.640
 but

00:34:00.640 --> 00:34:00.720
 you

00:34:00.720 --> 00:34:00.840
 only

00:34:00.840 --> 00:34:01.220
 receive

00:34:01.220 --> 00:34:01.400
 that

00:34:01.400 --> 00:34:01.740
 forgiveness

00:34:01.740 --> 00:34:02.019
 when

00:34:02.019 --> 00:34:02.120
 you

00:34:02.120 --> 00:34:02.340
 come

00:34:02.340 --> 00:34:02.500
 to

00:34:02.500 --> 00:34:02.660
 him

00:34:02.660 --> 00:34:03.100
 for

00:34:03.100 --> 00:34:03.420
 it

00:34:03.420 --> 00:34:04.140
 and

00:34:04.140 --> 00:34:04.279
 our

00:34:04.279 --> 00:34:04.660
 personal

00:34:04.660 --> 00:34:05.240
 relationships

00:34:05.240 --> 00:34:05.600
 are the

00:34:05.600 --> 00:34:05.819
 same

00:34:05.819 --> 00:34:06.079
 way

00:34:06.079 --> 00:34:06.299
 aren't

00:34:06.299 --> 00:34:06.519
 they

00:34:06.519 --> 00:34:07.640
 it

00:34:07.640 --> 00:34:07.940
 can't

00:34:07.940 --> 00:34:08.099
 really

00:34:08.099 --> 00:34:08.539
 be

00:34:08.539 --> 00:34:08.800
 brought

00:34:08.800 --> 00:34:09.000
 to

00:34:09.000 --> 00:34:09.659
 a

00:34:09.659 --> 00:34:10.199
 final

00:34:10.199 --> 00:34:10.800
 conclusion

00:34:10.800 --> 00:34:11.220
 and put

00:34:11.220 --> 00:34:11.400
 to

00:34:11.400 --> 00:34:11.900
 death

00:34:11.900 --> 00:34:12.679
 until

00:34:12.679 --> 00:34:12.980
 that

00:34:12.980 --> 00:34:13.539
 transaction

00:34:13.539 --> 00:34:13.920
 takes

00:34:13.920 --> 00:34:14.240
 place

00:34:14.240 --> 00:34:14.820
 however

00:34:14.820 --> 00:34:15.360
 there

00:34:15.360 --> 00:34:15.539
 is

00:34:15.539 --> 00:34:15.720
 a

00:34:15.720 --> 00:34:16.139
 part

00:34:16.139 --> 00:34:16.619
 that

00:34:16.619 --> 00:34:16.840
 we

00:34:16.840 --> 00:34:17.220
 have

00:34:17.220 --> 00:34:17.400
 that

00:34:17.400 --> 00:34:17.559
 we

00:34:17.559 --> 00:34:17.800
 must

00:34:17.800 --> 00:34:18.059
 stand

00:34:18.059 --> 00:34:18.639
 ready

00:34:18.639 --> 00:34:19.300
 to

00:34:19.300 --> 00:34:19.780
 forgive

00:34:19.780 --> 00:34:19.800
!

00:34:27.460 --> 00:34:28.340
 and

00:34:28.340 --> 00:34:28.559
 Paul

00:34:28.559 --> 00:34:28.820
 helps

00:34:28.820 --> 00:34:28.940
 us

00:34:28.940 --> 00:34:29.079
 with

00:34:29.079 --> 00:34:29.360
 this

00:34:29.360 --> 00:34:29.639
 a

00:34:29.639 --> 00:34:29.800
 lot

00:34:29.800 --> 00:34:29.900
 of

00:34:29.900 --> 00:34:30.159
 places

00:34:30.159 --> 00:34:30.420
 help

00:34:30.420 --> 00:34:30.500
 it

00:34:30.500 --> 00:34:30.619
 with

00:34:30.619 --> 00:34:30.740
 this

00:34:30.740 --> 00:34:31.039
 Jesus

00:34:31.039 --> 00:34:31.500
 models

00:34:31.500 --> 00:34:31.740
 it

00:34:31.740 --> 00:34:32.380
 supremely

00:34:32.380 --> 00:34:32.539
 but

00:34:32.539 --> 00:34:32.800
 Paul

00:34:32.800 --> 00:34:33.000
 told

00:34:33.000 --> 00:34:33.139
 the

00:34:33.139 --> 00:34:34.639
 Ephesians

00:34:34.639 --> 00:34:35.179
 that

00:34:35.179 --> 00:34:35.519
 love

00:34:35.519 --> 00:34:36.019
 produces

00:34:36.019 --> 00:34:36.280
 the

00:34:36.280 --> 00:34:36.559
 kind

00:34:36.559 --> 00:34:36.720
 of

00:34:36.720 --> 00:34:37.159
 forgiveness

00:34:37.159 --> 00:34:37.559
 that's

00:34:37.559 --> 00:34:38.039
 modeled

00:34:38.039 --> 00:34:38.320
 after

00:34:38.320 --> 00:34:38.480
 the

00:34:38.480 --> 00:34:38.860
 forgiveness

00:34:38.860 --> 00:34:39.559
 that

00:34:39.559 --> 00:34:39.940
 we

00:34:39.940 --> 00:34:40.159
 have

00:34:40.159 --> 00:34:40.500
 received

00:34:40.500 --> 00:34:40.760
 from

00:34:40.760 --> 00:34:41.159
 God

00:34:41.159 --> 00:34:43.079
 which

00:34:43.079 --> 00:34:43.240
 is

00:34:43.240 --> 00:34:43.400
 to

00:34:43.400 --> 00:34:43.679
 say

00:34:43.679 --> 00:34:44.039
 there's

00:34:44.039 --> 00:34:44.579
 nothing

00:34:44.579 --> 00:34:44.840
 as

00:34:44.840 --> 00:34:45.000
 a

00:34:45.000 --> 00:34:45.360
 Christian

00:34:45.360 --> 00:34:46.059
 that

00:34:46.059 --> 00:34:46.320
 you

00:34:46.320 --> 00:34:46.800
 can't

00:34:46.800 --> 00:34:47.280
 forgive

00:34:47.280 --> 00:34:47.300
!

00:34:48.019 --> 00:34:48.340
 Nothing!

00:34:50.340 --> 00:34:51.000
 Because

00:34:51.000 --> 00:34:51.380
 there's

00:34:51.380 --> 00:34:51.980
 nothing

00:34:51.980 --> 00:34:52.900
 that

00:34:52.900 --> 00:34:53.300
 Jesus

00:34:53.300 --> 00:34:53.599
 is

00:34:53.599 --> 00:34:53.980
 unwilling

00:34:53.980 --> 00:34:55.079
 to

00:34:55.079 --> 00:34:55.619
 forgive

00:34:55.619 --> 00:34:57.460
 and

00:34:57.460 --> 00:34:57.739
 Paul

00:34:57.739 --> 00:34:58.059
 says

00:34:58.059 --> 00:34:58.179
 we

00:34:58.179 --> 00:34:58.259
 are

00:34:58.259 --> 00:34:58.319
 to

00:34:58.319 --> 00:34:58.460
 be

00:34:58.460 --> 00:34:58.759
 tender

00:34:58.759 --> 00:34:59.259
 hearted

00:34:59.259 --> 00:34:59.460
 toward

00:34:59.460 --> 00:34:59.679
 one

00:34:59.679 --> 00:35:00.019
 another

00:35:00.019 --> 00:35:00.920
 forgiving

00:35:00.920 --> 00:35:01.259
 one

00:35:01.259 --> 00:35:01.679
 another

00:35:01.679 --> 00:35:02.380
 even

00:35:02.380 --> 00:35:02.639
 as

00:35:02.639 --> 00:35:02.920
 God

00:35:02.920 --> 00:35:03.139
 for

00:35:03.139 --> 00:35:03.599
 Christ's

00:35:03.599 --> 00:35:03.839
 sake

00:35:03.839 --> 00:35:04.480
 has

00:35:04.480 --> 00:35:04.819
 forgiven

00:35:04.819 --> 00:35:05.259
 us

00:35:05.259 --> 00:35:06.839
 that's

00:35:06.839 --> 00:35:06.960
 what

00:35:06.960 --> 00:35:07.059
 it

00:35:07.059 --> 00:35:07.259
 means

00:35:07.259 --> 00:35:07.440
 to

00:35:07.440 --> 00:35:07.719
 love

00:35:07.719 --> 00:35:08.039
 that's

00:35:08.039 --> 00:35:08.259
 what

00:35:08.259 --> 00:35:08.359
 it

00:35:08.359 --> 00:35:08.559
 means

00:35:08.559 --> 00:35:08.719
 for

00:35:08.719 --> 00:35:08.980
 love

00:35:08.980 --> 00:35:09.139
 to

00:35:09.139 --> 00:35:09.359
 cover

00:35:09.359 --> 00:35:09.500
 a

00:35:09.500 --> 00:35:09.739
 multitude

00:35:09.739 --> 00:35:10.019
 of

00:35:10.019 --> 00:35:10.219
 sins

00:35:10.219 --> 00:35:10.539
 but

00:35:10.539 --> 00:35:10.699
 there's

00:35:10.699 --> 00:35:10.819
 a

00:35:10.819 --> 00:35:11.019
 fourth

00:35:11.019 --> 00:35:11.239
 one

00:35:11.239 --> 00:35:13.059
 fourth

00:35:13.059 --> 00:35:13.400
 love

00:35:13.400 --> 00:35:13.759
 covers

00:35:13.759 --> 00:35:13.900
 a

00:35:13.900 --> 00:35:14.179
 multitude

00:35:14.179 --> 00:35:14.480
 of

00:35:14.480 --> 00:35:14.779
 sins

00:35:14.779 --> 00:35:14.960
 and

00:35:14.960 --> 00:35:15.099
 that

00:35:15.099 --> 00:35:15.279
 it

00:35:15.279 --> 00:35:16.079
 pursues

00:35:16.079 --> 00:35:16.679
 the

00:35:16.679 --> 00:35:17.199
 wayward

00:35:17.199 --> 00:35:17.679
 sinner

00:35:17.679 --> 00:35:19.159
 to

00:35:19.159 --> 00:35:19.460
 bring

00:35:19.460 --> 00:35:19.679
 them

00:35:19.679 --> 00:35:19.980
 back

00:35:19.980 --> 00:35:20.179
 to

00:35:20.179 --> 00:35:20.579
 Christ

00:35:20.579 --> 00:35:22.900
 James

00:35:22.900 --> 00:35:23.159
 helps

00:35:23.159 --> 00:35:23.319
 us

00:35:23.319 --> 00:35:23.639
!

00:35:23.639 --> 00:35:23.799
 in

00:35:23.799 --> 00:35:23.980
 fact

00:35:23.980 --> 00:35:24.400
 if

00:35:24.400 --> 00:35:24.500
 you

00:35:24.500 --> 00:35:24.639
 just

00:35:24.639 --> 00:35:24.839
 flip

00:35:24.839 --> 00:35:25.139
 maybe

00:35:25.139 --> 00:35:25.579
 one

00:35:25.579 --> 00:35:25.699
 or

00:35:25.699 --> 00:35:25.859
 two

00:35:25.859 --> 00:35:26.219
 pages

00:35:26.219 --> 00:35:26.519
 over

00:35:26.519 --> 00:35:26.639
 in

00:35:26.639 --> 00:35:26.759
 your

00:35:26.759 --> 00:35:27.039
 Bible

00:35:27.039 --> 00:35:27.239
 to

00:35:27.239 --> 00:35:27.379
 the

00:35:27.379 --> 00:35:27.799
 left

00:35:27.799 --> 00:35:28.980
 James

00:35:28.980 --> 00:35:29.299
 chapter

00:35:29.299 --> 00:35:29.920
 five

00:35:29.920 --> 00:35:30.739
 verses

00:35:30.739 --> 00:35:31.179
 19

00:35:31.179 --> 00:35:31.339
 and

00:35:31.339 --> 00:35:31.659
 20

00:35:31.659 --> 00:35:33.980
 James

00:35:33.980 --> 00:35:34.199
 says

00:35:34.199 --> 00:35:34.339
 my

00:35:34.339 --> 00:35:34.659
 brothers

00:35:34.659 --> 00:35:34.859
 if

00:35:34.859 --> 00:35:35.119
 anyone

00:35:35.119 --> 00:35:35.460
 among

00:35:35.460 --> 00:35:35.639
 you

00:35:35.639 --> 00:35:36.000
 wonders

00:35:36.000 --> 00:35:36.239
 from

00:35:36.239 --> 00:35:36.400
 the

00:35:36.400 --> 00:35:36.779
 truth

00:35:36.779 --> 00:35:37.920
 and

00:35:37.920 --> 00:35:38.379
 someone

00:35:38.379 --> 00:35:38.839
 brings

00:35:38.839 --> 00:35:39.019
 him

00:35:39.019 --> 00:35:39.339
 back

00:35:39.339 --> 00:35:39.500
 to

00:35:39.500 --> 00:35:39.639
 the

00:35:39.639 --> 00:35:40.039
 truth

00:35:40.039 --> 00:35:41.519
 let

00:35:41.519 --> 00:35:41.739
 him

00:35:41.739 --> 00:35:41.960
 know

00:35:41.960 --> 00:35:42.159
 that

00:35:42.159 --> 00:35:42.319
 is

00:35:42.319 --> 00:35:42.460
 the

00:35:42.460 --> 00:35:42.719
 one

00:35:42.719 --> 00:35:42.920
 who

00:35:42.920 --> 00:35:43.279
 brings

00:35:43.279 --> 00:35:43.420
 him

00:35:43.420 --> 00:35:43.699
 back

00:35:43.699 --> 00:35:44.159
 let

00:35:44.159 --> 00:35:44.339
 him

00:35:44.339 --> 00:35:44.500
 know

00:35:44.500 --> 00:35:44.639
 that

00:35:44.639 --> 00:35:44.900
 whoever

00:35:44.900 --> 00:35:45.420
 brings

00:35:45.420 --> 00:35:45.679
 back

00:35:45.679 --> 00:35:45.879
 a

00:35:45.879 --> 00:35:46.079
 sinner

00:35:46.079 --> 00:35:46.379
 from

00:35:46.379 --> 00:35:46.539
 his

00:35:46.539 --> 00:35:46.920
 wondering

00:35:46.920 --> 00:35:46.940
!

00:35:46.940 --> 00:35:47.579
 will

00:35:47.579 --> 00:35:48.139
 save

00:35:48.139 --> 00:35:48.420
 his

00:35:48.420 --> 00:35:48.699
 soul

00:35:48.699 --> 00:35:49.000
 from

00:35:53.639 --> 00:35:53.960
 a

00:35:53.960 --> 00:35:54.420
 multitude

00:35:54.420 --> 00:35:55.659
 of

00:35:55.659 --> 00:35:56.119
 sins

00:35:56.119 --> 00:35:57.900
 same

00:35:57.900 --> 00:35:58.359
 phrase

00:35:58.359 --> 00:35:59.920
 now

00:35:59.920 --> 00:36:00.139
 what's

00:36:00.139 --> 00:36:00.279
 that

00:36:00.279 --> 00:36:00.440
 all

00:36:00.440 --> 00:36:00.839
 about

00:36:00.839 --> 00:36:01.960
 James

00:36:01.960 --> 00:36:02.099
 is

00:36:02.099 --> 00:36:02.279
 just

00:36:02.279 --> 00:36:02.619
 speaking

00:36:02.619 --> 00:36:03.000
 of

00:36:03.000 --> 00:36:03.719
 another

00:36:03.719 --> 00:36:04.339
 facet

00:36:04.339 --> 00:36:04.559
 of

00:36:04.559 --> 00:36:04.980
 Christian

00:36:04.980 --> 00:36:05.420
 love

00:36:05.420 --> 00:36:06.119
 Christian

00:36:06.119 --> 00:36:06.599
 love

00:36:06.599 --> 00:36:07.119
 like

00:36:07.119 --> 00:36:07.359
 the

00:36:07.359 --> 00:36:07.679
 shepherd

00:36:07.679 --> 00:36:08.019
 with

00:36:08.019 --> 00:36:08.159
 the

00:36:08.159 --> 00:36:08.420
 hundred

00:36:08.420 --> 00:36:08.900
 sheep

00:36:08.900 --> 00:36:11.019
 sees

00:36:11.019 --> 00:36:11.199
 the

00:36:11.199 --> 00:36:11.400
 one

00:36:11.400 --> 00:36:11.579
 who

00:36:11.579 --> 00:36:11.980
 wonders

00:36:11.980 --> 00:36:12.579
 and

00:36:12.579 --> 00:36:12.819
 is

00:36:12.819 --> 00:36:13.019
 not

00:36:13.019 --> 00:36:13.400
 content

00:36:13.400 --> 00:36:13.639
 for

00:36:13.639 --> 00:36:13.799
 them

00:36:13.799 --> 00:36:13.980
 to

00:36:13.980 --> 00:36:14.299
 wonder

00:36:14.299 --> 00:36:14.900
 out

00:36:14.900 --> 00:36:15.059
 of

00:36:15.059 --> 00:36:15.519
 love

00:36:15.519 --> 00:36:15.739
 they

00:36:15.739 --> 00:36:16.519
 pursue

00:36:16.519 --> 00:36:17.259
 the

00:36:17.259 --> 00:36:17.639
 wondering

00:36:17.639 --> 00:36:18.159
 sheep

00:36:18.159 --> 00:36:18.379
 they

00:36:18.379 --> 00:36:18.799
 call

00:36:18.799 --> 00:36:19.099
 them

00:36:19.099 --> 00:36:19.599
 to

00:36:19.599 --> 00:36:20.279
 respond

00:36:20.279 --> 00:36:20.599
 in

00:36:20.599 --> 00:36:21.079
 repentance

00:36:21.079 --> 00:36:21.679
 and

00:36:21.679 --> 00:36:21.819
 in

00:36:21.819 --> 00:36:21.980
 faith

00:36:21.980 --> 00:36:22.179
 to

00:36:22.179 --> 00:36:22.639
 return

00:36:22.639 --> 00:36:22.879
 to

00:36:22.879 --> 00:36:23.039
 the

00:36:23.039 --> 00:36:23.299
 Lord

00:36:23.299 --> 00:36:23.519
 and

00:36:23.519 --> 00:36:23.800
 to

00:36:23.800 --> 00:36:24.460
 repent

00:36:24.460 --> 00:36:24.860
 of

00:36:24.860 --> 00:36:25.039
 the

00:36:25.039 --> 00:36:25.340
 sin

00:36:25.340 --> 00:36:25.820
 that

00:36:25.820 --> 00:36:26.000
 they're

00:36:26.000 --> 00:36:26.239
 living

00:36:26.239 --> 00:36:26.440
 in

00:36:26.440 --> 00:36:26.940
 earnest

00:36:26.940 --> 00:36:27.420
 love

00:36:27.420 --> 00:36:27.579
 is

00:36:27.579 --> 00:36:27.880
 willing

00:36:27.880 --> 00:36:28.159
 to

00:36:28.159 --> 00:36:28.739
 humbly

00:36:28.739 --> 00:36:29.519
 confront

00:36:29.519 --> 00:36:29.800
 the

00:36:29.800 --> 00:36:29.960
 sin

00:36:29.960 --> 00:36:30.119
 of

00:36:30.119 --> 00:36:30.480
 others

00:36:30.480 --> 00:36:30.900
 in

00:36:30.900 --> 00:36:31.079
 order

00:36:31.079 --> 00:36:31.320
 to

00:36:31.320 --> 00:36:31.820
 encourage

00:36:31.820 --> 00:36:32.139
 their

00:36:32.139 --> 00:36:32.800
 repentance

00:36:32.800 --> 00:36:33.059
 and

00:36:33.059 --> 00:36:33.320
 faith

00:36:33.320 --> 00:36:33.920
 okay

00:36:33.920 --> 00:36:34.300
 well

00:36:34.300 --> 00:36:34.500
 why

00:36:34.500 --> 00:36:34.619
 did

00:36:34.619 --> 00:36:34.759
 we

00:36:34.759 --> 00:36:34.960
 call

00:36:34.960 --> 00:36:35.079
 it

00:36:35.079 --> 00:36:35.699
 sacrificial

00:36:35.699 --> 00:36:36.039
 then

00:36:36.039 --> 00:36:37.000
 why

00:36:37.000 --> 00:36:37.099
 didn't

00:36:37.099 --> 00:36:37.179
 we

00:36:37.179 --> 00:36:37.300
 just

00:36:37.300 --> 00:36:37.440
 call

00:36:37.440 --> 00:36:37.539
 it

00:36:37.539 --> 00:36:37.920
 sincere

00:36:37.920 --> 00:36:38.400
 love

00:36:38.400 --> 00:36:38.639
 or

00:36:38.639 --> 00:36:39.239
 whatever

00:36:39.239 --> 00:36:40.639
 well

00:36:40.639 --> 00:36:40.739
 the

00:36:40.739 --> 00:36:41.059
 reason

00:36:41.059 --> 00:36:42.000
 is

00:36:42.000 --> 00:36:42.519
 because

00:36:42.519 --> 00:36:43.559
 loving

00:36:43.559 --> 00:36:44.079
 someone

00:36:44.079 --> 00:36:44.340
 in

00:36:44.340 --> 00:36:44.619
 each

00:36:44.619 --> 00:36:44.739
 of

00:36:44.739 --> 00:36:44.920
 these

00:36:44.920 --> 00:36:45.460
 ways

00:36:45.460 --> 00:36:46.079
 comes

00:36:46.079 --> 00:36:46.300
 with

00:36:46.300 --> 00:36:46.460
 an

00:36:46.460 --> 00:36:46.840
 enormous

00:36:46.840 --> 00:36:47.579
 cost

00:36:47.579 --> 00:36:50.139
 love

00:36:50.139 --> 00:36:50.880
 is

00:36:50.880 --> 00:36:51.519
 costly

00:36:51.519 --> 00:36:55.639
 refusing

00:36:55.639 --> 00:36:56.559
 to sin

00:36:56.559 --> 00:36:56.880
 against

00:36:56.880 --> 00:36:57.179
 others

00:36:57.179 --> 00:36:57.480
 often

00:36:57.480 --> 00:36:57.980
 requires

00:36:57.980 --> 00:36:58.139
 a

00:36:58.139 --> 00:36:58.460
 denial

00:36:58.460 --> 00:36:58.699
 of

00:36:58.699 --> 00:36:58.940
 self

00:36:58.940 --> 00:36:59.239
 doesn't

00:36:59.239 --> 00:36:59.460
 it

00:36:59.460 --> 00:37:00.780
 because

00:37:00.780 --> 00:37:01.360
 typically

00:37:01.360 --> 00:37:01.719
 in our

00:37:01.719 --> 00:37:02.019
 flesh

00:37:02.019 --> 00:37:02.380
 what we

00:37:02.380 --> 00:37:02.599
 want

00:37:02.599 --> 00:37:02.719
 is

00:37:02.719 --> 00:37:02.880
 what

00:37:02.880 --> 00:37:03.019
 we

00:37:03.019 --> 00:37:03.400
 want

00:37:03.400 --> 00:37:06.340
 and a

00:37:06.340 --> 00:37:06.519
 sinner

00:37:06.519 --> 00:37:07.000
 will stop

00:37:07.000 --> 00:37:07.380
 at nothing

00:37:07.380 --> 00:37:07.699
 to get

00:37:07.699 --> 00:37:07.920
 what he

00:37:07.920 --> 00:37:08.400
 wants

00:37:08.400 --> 00:37:10.199
 which is

00:37:10.199 --> 00:37:10.539
 to love

00:37:10.539 --> 00:37:11.139
 the self

00:37:11.139 --> 00:37:11.960
 well it

00:37:11.960 --> 00:37:12.320
 takes a

00:37:12.320 --> 00:37:13.059
 great cost

00:37:13.059 --> 00:37:14.500
 to actually

00:37:14.500 --> 00:37:15.219
 love people

00:37:15.219 --> 00:37:16.039
 and not

00:37:16.039 --> 00:37:16.259
 sin

00:37:16.259 --> 00:37:16.599
 against

00:37:16.599 --> 00:37:16.840
 them

00:37:16.840 --> 00:37:19.079
 it

00:37:19.079 --> 00:37:19.519
 will cost

00:37:19.519 --> 00:37:19.640
 you

00:37:19.640 --> 00:37:19.820
 your

00:37:19.820 --> 00:37:20.200
 pride

00:37:20.200 --> 00:37:20.600
 to let

00:37:20.600 --> 00:37:20.920
 something

00:37:20.920 --> 00:37:21.380
 go

00:37:21.380 --> 00:37:24.280
 forgiveness

00:37:24.280 --> 00:37:25.260
 by definition

00:37:25.260 --> 00:37:26.840
 is a

00:37:26.840 --> 00:37:27.220
 willingness

00:37:27.220 --> 00:37:27.960
 to live

00:37:27.960 --> 00:37:28.320
 with the

00:37:28.320 --> 00:37:29.019
 consequences

00:37:29.019 --> 00:37:29.700
 of someone

00:37:29.700 --> 00:37:30.200
 else's

00:37:30.200 --> 00:37:30.620
 sin

00:37:30.620 --> 00:37:32.460
 without

00:37:32.460 --> 00:37:32.940
 holding

00:37:32.940 --> 00:37:33.300
 anything

00:37:33.300 --> 00:37:33.720
 against

00:37:33.720 --> 00:37:33.980
 them

00:37:33.980 --> 00:37:35.460
 Jesus

00:37:35.460 --> 00:37:35.800
 called

00:37:35.800 --> 00:37:36.100
 it a

00:37:36.100 --> 00:37:36.460
 debt

00:37:36.460 --> 00:37:38.340
 that to

00:37:38.340 --> 00:37:38.640
 forgive

00:37:38.640 --> 00:37:39.019
 is to

00:37:39.019 --> 00:37:39.420
 say the

00:37:39.420 --> 00:37:39.780
 debt

00:37:39.780 --> 00:37:40.579
 is

00:37:40.579 --> 00:37:41.140
 satisfied

00:37:41.140 --> 00:37:42.539
 and to

00:37:42.539 --> 00:37:42.840
 live

00:37:42.840 --> 00:37:43.200
 with the

00:37:43.200 --> 00:37:43.600
 loss

00:37:43.600 --> 00:37:44.860
 that's

00:37:44.860 --> 00:37:45.240
 forgiveness

00:37:45.239 --> 00:37:47.699
 that's

00:37:47.699 --> 00:37:48.159
 costly

00:37:48.159 --> 00:37:49.139
 to

00:37:49.139 --> 00:37:49.479
 pursue

00:37:49.479 --> 00:37:49.719
 the

00:37:49.719 --> 00:37:50.000
 sinner

00:37:50.000 --> 00:37:51.599
 will

00:37:51.599 --> 00:37:52.000
 probably

00:37:52.000 --> 00:37:52.379
 cost

00:37:52.379 --> 00:37:52.519
 you

00:37:52.519 --> 00:37:52.719
 more

00:37:52.719 --> 00:37:52.879
 than

00:37:52.879 --> 00:37:53.019
 you

00:37:53.019 --> 00:37:53.219
 ever

00:37:53.219 --> 00:37:53.679
 imagined

00:37:53.679 --> 00:37:57.159
 where

00:37:57.159 --> 00:37:57.359
 do we

00:37:57.359 --> 00:37:57.779
 see this

00:37:57.779 --> 00:37:58.139
 kind of

00:37:58.139 --> 00:37:58.419
 love

00:37:58.419 --> 00:37:59.000
 supremely

00:37:59.000 --> 00:37:59.399
 modeled

00:37:59.399 --> 00:38:00.059
 where do

00:38:00.059 --> 00:38:00.319
 we get

00:38:00.319 --> 00:38:00.559
 this

00:38:00.559 --> 00:38:00.899
 idea

00:38:00.899 --> 00:38:03.039
 we look

00:38:03.039 --> 00:38:03.279
 to the

00:38:03.279 --> 00:38:03.639
 cross

00:38:03.639 --> 00:38:03.879
 don't

00:38:03.879 --> 00:38:04.059
 we

00:38:04.059 --> 00:38:05.459
 it's

00:38:05.459 --> 00:38:05.679
 in the

00:38:05.679 --> 00:38:06.000
 gospel

00:38:06.000 --> 00:38:06.359
 that we

00:38:06.359 --> 00:38:06.759
 see this

00:38:06.759 --> 00:38:07.039
 modeled

00:38:07.039 --> 00:38:07.759
 for us

00:38:07.759 --> 00:38:09.779
 Jesus

00:38:09.779 --> 00:38:10.099
 the

00:38:10.099 --> 00:38:10.479
 righteous

00:38:10.479 --> 00:38:10.859
 one

00:38:10.859 --> 00:38:12.119
 lays

00:38:12.119 --> 00:38:12.339
 down

00:38:12.339 --> 00:38:12.519
 his

00:38:12.519 --> 00:38:13.039
 life

00:38:13.039 --> 00:38:14.159
 for the

00:38:14.159 --> 00:38:14.839
 unrighteous

00:38:14.840 --> 00:38:16.700
 so that

00:38:16.700 --> 00:38:16.980
 God

00:38:16.980 --> 00:38:17.420
 shows

00:38:17.420 --> 00:38:17.620
 his

00:38:17.620 --> 00:38:17.920
 love

00:38:17.920 --> 00:38:18.220
 toward

00:38:18.220 --> 00:38:18.440
 us

00:38:18.440 --> 00:38:18.660
 in

00:38:18.660 --> 00:38:19.000
 that

00:38:19.000 --> 00:38:20.160
 while

00:38:20.160 --> 00:38:20.420
 we

00:38:20.420 --> 00:38:20.600
 were

00:38:20.600 --> 00:38:21.260
 sinners

00:38:21.260 --> 00:38:22.079
 that

00:38:22.079 --> 00:38:22.460
 is

00:38:22.460 --> 00:38:23.220
 while

00:38:23.220 --> 00:38:23.460
 we

00:38:23.460 --> 00:38:23.640
 were

00:38:23.640 --> 00:38:24.240
 actually

00:38:24.240 --> 00:38:24.579
 his

00:38:24.579 --> 00:38:24.960
 enemy

00:38:24.960 --> 00:38:25.820
 actively

00:38:25.820 --> 00:38:26.280
 against

00:38:26.280 --> 00:38:26.539
 him

00:38:26.539 --> 00:38:26.860
 we

00:38:26.860 --> 00:38:27.079
 did

00:38:27.079 --> 00:38:27.280
 not

00:38:27.280 --> 00:38:27.660
 want

00:38:27.660 --> 00:38:28.059
 him

00:38:28.059 --> 00:38:28.539
 we

00:38:28.539 --> 00:38:28.700
 were

00:38:28.700 --> 00:38:28.860
 not

00:38:28.860 --> 00:38:29.300
 interested

00:38:29.300 --> 00:38:29.539
 in

00:38:29.539 --> 00:38:29.860
 him

00:38:29.860 --> 00:38:30.800
 he

00:38:30.800 --> 00:38:31.440
 still

00:38:31.440 --> 00:38:31.900
 loved

00:38:31.900 --> 00:38:32.079
 us

00:38:32.079 --> 00:38:32.320
 enough

00:38:32.320 --> 00:38:32.539
 to

00:38:32.539 --> 00:38:32.740
 send

00:38:32.740 --> 00:38:32.940
 his

00:38:32.940 --> 00:38:33.260
 son

00:38:33.260 --> 00:38:34.160
 to

00:38:34.160 --> 00:38:34.360
 pay

00:38:34.360 --> 00:38:34.559
 our

00:38:34.559 --> 00:38:34.880
 debt

00:38:34.880 --> 00:38:35.740
 and

00:38:35.740 --> 00:38:35.880
 to

00:38:35.880 --> 00:38:36.120
 forgive

00:38:36.120 --> 00:38:36.340
 our

00:38:36.340 --> 00:38:36.740
 sins

00:38:36.740 --> 00:38:37.539
 and

00:38:37.539 --> 00:38:37.780
 all

00:38:37.780 --> 00:38:37.880
 of

00:38:37.880 --> 00:38:38.000
 that

00:38:38.000 --> 00:38:38.140
 is

00:38:38.140 --> 00:38:38.420
 flowing

00:38:38.420 --> 00:38:38.640
 out

00:38:38.640 --> 00:38:38.760
 of

00:38:38.760 --> 00:38:39.079
 what

00:38:39.079 --> 00:38:40.220
 earnest

00:38:40.220 --> 00:38:41.440
 love

00:38:41.440 --> 00:38:42.400
 for

00:38:42.400 --> 00:38:42.660
 God

00:38:42.660 --> 00:38:43.120
 so

00:38:43.120 --> 00:38:43.519
 loved

00:38:43.519 --> 00:38:43.700
 the

00:38:43.700 --> 00:38:44.079
 world

00:38:44.079 --> 00:38:44.679
 that

00:38:44.679 --> 00:38:44.799
 he

00:38:44.799 --> 00:38:45.119
 gave

00:38:45.119 --> 00:38:45.259
 his

00:38:45.259 --> 00:38:45.519
 only

00:38:45.519 --> 00:38:45.980
 son

00:38:45.980 --> 00:38:47.000
 so

00:38:47.000 --> 00:38:47.179
 that

00:38:47.179 --> 00:38:47.480
 whoever

00:38:47.480 --> 00:38:47.739
 will

00:38:47.739 --> 00:38:48.019
 believe

00:38:48.019 --> 00:38:48.179
 in

00:38:48.179 --> 00:38:48.460
 him

00:38:48.460 --> 00:38:49.299
 will

00:38:49.299 --> 00:38:49.639
 not

00:38:49.639 --> 00:38:50.179
 perish

00:38:50.179 --> 00:38:51.559
 but

00:38:51.559 --> 00:38:51.719
 will

00:38:51.719 --> 00:38:51.900
 have

00:38:51.900 --> 00:38:52.360
 everlasting

00:38:52.360 --> 00:38:52.980
 life

00:38:52.980 --> 00:38:54.699
 the

00:38:54.699 --> 00:38:55.039
 model

00:38:55.039 --> 00:38:55.259
 for

00:38:55.259 --> 00:38:55.480
 this

00:38:55.480 --> 00:38:55.920
 love

00:38:55.920 --> 00:38:56.940
 is

00:38:56.940 --> 00:38:57.900
 hanging

00:38:57.900 --> 00:38:58.519
 on

00:38:58.519 --> 00:38:59.119
 Calvary's

00:38:59.119 --> 00:38:59.360
 tree

00:38:59.360 --> 00:39:00.360
 love

00:39:00.360 --> 00:39:01.360
 love

00:39:01.360 --> 00:39:01.740
 and

00:39:01.740 --> 00:39:01.880
 it

00:39:01.880 --> 00:39:02.000
 is

00:39:02.000 --> 00:39:02.120
 when

00:39:02.120 --> 00:39:02.280
 we

00:39:02.280 --> 00:39:02.579
 look

00:39:02.579 --> 00:39:02.840
 at

00:39:02.840 --> 00:39:03.019
 the

00:39:03.019 --> 00:39:03.480
 gospel

00:39:03.480 --> 00:39:04.220
 that

00:39:04.220 --> 00:39:04.340
 we

00:39:04.340 --> 00:39:04.660
 actually

00:39:04.660 --> 00:39:05.019
 learn

00:39:05.019 --> 00:39:05.200
 what

00:39:05.200 --> 00:39:05.340
 it

00:39:05.340 --> 00:39:05.760
 means

00:39:05.760 --> 00:39:06.240
 for

00:39:06.240 --> 00:39:06.480
 love

00:39:06.480 --> 00:39:06.660
 to

00:39:06.660 --> 00:39:06.900
 cover

00:39:06.900 --> 00:39:07.079
 a

00:39:07.079 --> 00:39:07.380
 multitude

00:39:07.380 --> 00:39:07.660
 of

00:39:07.660 --> 00:39:08.059
 sins

00:39:08.059 --> 00:39:09.320
 my

00:39:09.320 --> 00:39:09.620
 love

00:39:09.620 --> 00:39:09.820
 for

00:39:09.820 --> 00:39:10.180
 you

00:39:10.180 --> 00:39:10.840
 can

00:39:10.840 --> 00:39:11.180
 provide

00:39:11.180 --> 00:39:11.420
 no

00:39:11.420 --> 00:39:11.860
 atonement

00:39:11.860 --> 00:39:12.079
 for

00:39:12.079 --> 00:39:12.340
 you

00:39:12.340 --> 00:39:13.740
 his

00:39:13.740 --> 00:39:14.019
 love

00:39:14.019 --> 00:39:14.240
 for

00:39:14.240 --> 00:39:14.539
 you

00:39:14.539 --> 00:39:15.620
 provides

00:39:15.620 --> 00:39:16.200
 complete

00:39:16.200 --> 00:39:16.840
 atonement

00:39:16.840 --> 00:39:19.960
 surely

00:39:19.960 --> 00:39:20.380
 as

00:39:20.380 --> 00:39:20.559
 his

00:39:20.559 --> 00:39:20.940
 people

00:39:20.940 --> 00:39:22.260
 we

00:39:22.260 --> 00:39:22.420
 can

00:39:22.420 --> 00:39:22.620
 have

00:39:22.620 --> 00:39:22.780
 a

00:39:22.780 --> 00:39:23.039
 lesser

00:39:23.039 --> 00:39:23.059
!

00:39:23.059 --> 00:39:23.400
 love

00:39:23.400 --> 00:39:23.579
 than

00:39:23.579 --> 00:39:23.860
 that

00:39:23.860 --> 00:39:27.740
 the

00:39:27.740 --> 00:39:27.900
 end

00:39:27.900 --> 00:39:28.000
 of

00:39:28.000 --> 00:39:28.120
 all

00:39:28.120 --> 00:39:28.380
 things

00:39:28.380 --> 00:39:28.519
 is

00:39:28.519 --> 00:39:28.660
 at

00:39:28.660 --> 00:39:28.940
 hands

00:39:28.940 --> 00:39:29.200
 Peter

00:39:29.200 --> 00:39:29.640
 says

00:39:29.640 --> 00:39:31.140
 we're

00:39:31.140 --> 00:39:31.360
 living

00:39:31.360 --> 00:39:31.519
 in

00:39:31.519 --> 00:39:31.620
 the

00:39:31.620 --> 00:39:31.880
 last

00:39:31.880 --> 00:39:32.320
 days

00:39:32.320 --> 00:39:32.940
 we're

00:39:32.940 --> 00:39:33.079
 just

00:39:33.079 --> 00:39:33.380
 waiting

00:39:33.380 --> 00:39:33.579
 for

00:39:33.579 --> 00:39:33.820
 Jesus

00:39:33.820 --> 00:39:34.039
 to

00:39:34.039 --> 00:39:34.200
 come

00:39:34.200 --> 00:39:34.400
 back

00:39:34.400 --> 00:39:34.700
 now

00:39:34.700 --> 00:39:37.559
 that

00:39:37.559 --> 00:39:38.200
 reality

00:39:38.200 --> 00:39:39.059
 might

00:39:39.059 --> 00:39:39.440
 tempt

00:39:39.440 --> 00:39:39.760
 some

00:39:39.760 --> 00:39:39.920
 of

00:39:39.920 --> 00:39:40.120
 us

00:39:40.120 --> 00:39:40.260
 to

00:39:40.260 --> 00:39:40.420
 have

00:39:40.420 --> 00:39:40.620
 a

00:39:40.620 --> 00:39:40.860
 bucket

00:39:40.860 --> 00:39:41.200
 list

00:39:41.200 --> 00:39:41.519
 kind

00:39:41.519 --> 00:39:41.800
 of

00:39:41.800 --> 00:39:43.000
 way

00:39:43.000 --> 00:39:43.160
 of

00:39:43.160 --> 00:39:43.420
 living

00:39:43.420 --> 00:39:45.340
 that

00:39:45.340 --> 00:39:45.480
 we've

00:39:45.480 --> 00:39:45.579
 got

00:39:45.579 --> 00:39:45.780
 all

00:39:45.780 --> 00:39:45.880
 of

00:39:45.880 --> 00:39:46.039
 these

00:39:46.039 --> 00:39:46.280
 things

00:39:46.280 --> 00:39:46.440
 that

00:39:46.440 --> 00:39:46.579
 we

00:39:46.579 --> 00:39:46.740
 want

00:39:46.740 --> 00:39:46.860
 to

00:39:46.860 --> 00:39:47.039
 do

00:39:47.039 --> 00:39:47.200
 in

00:39:47.200 --> 00:39:47.380
 this

00:39:47.380 --> 00:39:47.680
 life

00:39:47.680 --> 00:39:47.800
 and

00:39:47.800 --> 00:39:48.220
 experience

00:39:48.220 --> 00:39:48.500
 in

00:39:48.500 --> 00:39:48.660
 this

00:39:48.660 --> 00:39:48.900
 life

00:39:48.900 --> 00:39:49.160
 before

00:39:49.160 --> 00:39:49.480
 Jesus

00:39:49.480 --> 00:39:49.780
 comes

00:39:49.780 --> 00:39:50.039
 back

00:39:50.039 --> 00:39:50.200
 and

00:39:50.200 --> 00:39:50.480
 robs

00:39:50.480 --> 00:39:50.620
 us

00:39:50.620 --> 00:39:50.740
 of

00:39:50.740 --> 00:39:50.860
 the

00:39:50.860 --> 00:39:51.420
 opportunity

00:39:51.420 --> 00:39:54.440
 remember

00:39:54.440 --> 00:39:54.780
 thinking

00:39:54.780 --> 00:39:55.159
 as a

00:39:55.159 --> 00:39:55.639
 teenager

00:39:55.639 --> 00:39:55.980
 you know

00:39:55.980 --> 00:39:56.159
 and you

00:39:56.159 --> 00:39:56.360
 really

00:39:56.360 --> 00:39:56.760
 start to

00:39:56.760 --> 00:39:56.900
 think

00:39:56.900 --> 00:39:57.159
 girls

00:39:57.159 --> 00:39:57.280
 are

00:39:57.280 --> 00:39:57.480
 pretty

00:39:57.480 --> 00:39:57.760
 now

00:39:57.760 --> 00:39:58.059
 and now

00:39:58.059 --> 00:39:58.180
 you

00:39:58.180 --> 00:39:58.420
 think

00:39:58.420 --> 00:39:58.760
 oh man

00:39:58.760 --> 00:39:58.980
 maybe

00:39:58.980 --> 00:39:59.340
 marriage

00:39:59.340 --> 00:39:59.579
 would be

00:39:59.579 --> 00:39:59.760
 kind

00:39:59.760 --> 00:39:59.840
 of

00:39:59.840 --> 00:40:00.099
 fun

00:40:00.099 --> 00:40:01.139
 you

00:40:01.139 --> 00:40:01.320
 think

00:40:01.320 --> 00:40:01.420
 you

00:40:01.420 --> 00:40:01.519
 know

00:40:01.519 --> 00:40:01.720
 Lord

00:40:01.720 --> 00:40:01.900
 if

00:40:01.900 --> 00:40:02.019
 you

00:40:02.019 --> 00:40:02.260
 just

00:40:02.260 --> 00:40:02.599
 wait

00:40:02.599 --> 00:40:02.780
 and

00:40:02.780 --> 00:40:02.980
 come

00:40:02.980 --> 00:40:03.460
 back

00:40:03.460 --> 00:40:04.099
 until

00:40:04.099 --> 00:40:04.220
 I

00:40:04.220 --> 00:40:04.320
 can

00:40:04.320 --> 00:40:04.420
 at

00:40:04.420 --> 00:40:04.519
 least

00:40:04.519 --> 00:40:04.659
 get

00:40:04.659 --> 00:40:04.880
 married

00:40:04.880 --> 00:40:05.180
 first

00:40:05.180 --> 00:40:05.300
 and

00:40:05.300 --> 00:40:05.700
 experience

00:40:05.700 --> 00:40:06.059
 that

00:40:06.059 --> 00:40:06.200
 and

00:40:06.200 --> 00:40:06.420
 have

00:40:06.420 --> 00:40:06.599
 some

00:40:06.599 --> 00:40:06.800
 fun

00:40:06.800 --> 00:40:06.980
 with

00:40:06.980 --> 00:40:07.280
 that

00:40:07.280 --> 00:40:09.159
 we

00:40:09.159 --> 00:40:09.460
 think

00:40:09.460 --> 00:40:09.700
 about

00:40:09.700 --> 00:40:10.059
 Christ's

00:40:10.059 --> 00:40:10.300
 return

00:40:10.300 --> 00:40:10.599
 that way

00:40:10.599 --> 00:40:10.940
 sometimes

00:40:10.940 --> 00:40:11.139
 don't

00:40:11.139 --> 00:40:11.320
 we

00:40:11.320 --> 00:40:12.099
 it's

00:40:12.099 --> 00:40:12.200
 a

00:40:12.200 --> 00:40:12.539
 completely

00:40:12.539 --> 00:40:12.980
 carnal

00:40:12.980 --> 00:40:13.180
 way

00:40:13.180 --> 00:40:13.320
 of

00:40:13.320 --> 00:40:13.579
 thinking

00:40:13.579 --> 00:40:15.860
 it

00:40:15.860 --> 00:40:16.180
 says

00:40:21.420 --> 00:40:21.539
 age

00:40:21.539 --> 00:40:21.680
 to

00:40:21.680 --> 00:40:21.840
 come

00:40:21.840 --> 00:40:22.000
 that

00:40:22.000 --> 00:40:22.180
 could

00:40:22.180 --> 00:40:22.579
 possibly

00:40:22.579 --> 00:40:23.019
 compare

00:40:23.019 --> 00:40:23.200
 to

00:40:23.200 --> 00:40:23.519
 what

00:40:23.519 --> 00:40:23.780
 I

00:40:23.780 --> 00:40:23.920
 could

00:40:23.920 --> 00:40:24.420
 experience

00:40:24.420 --> 00:40:24.960
 now

00:40:24.960 --> 00:40:26.200
 and

00:40:26.200 --> 00:40:26.320
 we

00:40:26.320 --> 00:40:26.559
 live

00:40:26.559 --> 00:40:26.740
 for

00:40:26.740 --> 00:40:26.960
 this

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 life

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 and

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 we

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 do

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 the

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 opposite

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 of

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 everything

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 Peter

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 is

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 saying

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 to

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 do

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 in

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 this

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 letter

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 but

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 what

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 God

00:40:33.800 --> 00:40:34.119
 calls

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 us

00:40:34.280 --> 00:40:34.519
 to

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 is

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 a

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 life

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 that's

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 focused

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 entirely

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 on

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 the

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 age

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 to

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 come

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 rather

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 than

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 living

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 for

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 what

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 we

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 can

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 get

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 out

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 of

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 this

00:40:43.360 --> 00:40:43.639
 life

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 we

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 are

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 to

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 live

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 for

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 the

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 glory

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 of

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 God

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 and

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 the

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 display

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 of

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 his

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 kingdom

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 on

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 earth

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 and

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 that

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 begins

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 with

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 sober

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 prayer

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 genuine

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 communion

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 with

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 God

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 that's

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 focused

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 on

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 his

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 will

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 and

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 his

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 word

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 as

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 we

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 endure

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 this

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 exile

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 but

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 it's

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 marked

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 supremely

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 above

00:41:02.579 --> 00:41:02.960
 all

00:41:02.960 --> 00:41:03.219
 Peter

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 says

00:41:03.699 --> 00:41:04.880
 by

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 a

00:41:05.059 --> 00:41:05.320
 love

00:41:05.320 --> 00:41:05.500
 that

00:41:05.500 --> 00:41:05.840
 covers

00:41:05.840 --> 00:41:06.000
 a

00:41:06.000 --> 00:41:06.320
 multitude

00:41:06.320 --> 00:41:06.619
 of

00:41:06.619 --> 00:41:06.980
 sins

00:41:06.980 --> 00:41:07.500
 because

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 it's

00:41:07.880 --> 00:41:08.159
 in

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 that

00:41:08.460 --> 00:41:08.800
 kind

00:41:08.800 --> 00:41:08.960
 of

00:41:08.960 --> 00:41:09.380
 love

00:41:09.380 --> 00:41:10.099
 that

00:41:10.099 --> 00:41:10.280
 we

00:41:10.280 --> 00:41:10.800
 most

00:41:10.800 --> 00:41:11.440
 display

00:41:11.440 --> 00:41:12.480
 what

00:41:12.480 --> 00:41:12.860
 Jesus

00:41:12.860 --> 00:41:13.159
 has

00:41:13.159 --> 00:41:13.420
 done

00:41:13.420 --> 00:41:13.639
 for

00:41:13.639 --> 00:41:13.820
 us

00:41:13.820 --> 00:41:13.960
 in

00:41:13.960 --> 00:41:14.079
 the

00:41:14.079 --> 00:41:14.460
 gospel

00:41:14.460 --> 00:41:16.900
 especially

00:41:16.900 --> 00:41:18.940
 in our

00:41:18.940 --> 00:41:19.460
 relationship

00:41:19.460 --> 00:41:19.940
 with other

00:41:19.940 --> 00:41:20.380
 Christians

00:41:20.380 --> 00:41:22.199
 it ought

00:41:22.199 --> 00:41:22.380
 to be

00:41:22.380 --> 00:41:22.559
 our

00:41:22.559 --> 00:41:23.139
 instinct

00:41:23.139 --> 00:41:23.519
 in our

00:41:23.519 --> 00:41:24.000
 relationships

00:41:24.000 --> 00:41:24.440
 with one

00:41:24.440 --> 00:41:24.760
 another

00:41:24.760 --> 00:41:25.980
 to love

00:41:25.980 --> 00:41:26.280
 in that

00:41:26.280 --> 00:41:26.579
 way

00:41:26.579 --> 00:41:27.840
 and the

00:41:27.840 --> 00:41:28.139
 model

00:41:28.139 --> 00:41:28.599
 for all

00:41:28.599 --> 00:41:28.920
 of it

00:41:28.920 --> 00:41:30.039
 is the

00:41:30.039 --> 00:41:30.240
 Lord

00:41:30.240 --> 00:41:30.539
 Jesus

00:41:30.539 --> 00:41:31.840
 who

00:41:31.840 --> 00:41:32.440
 persisted

00:41:32.440 --> 00:41:32.920
 in prayer

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 in the

00:41:33.420 --> 00:41:33.740
 garden

00:41:33.740 --> 00:41:35.340
 who

00:41:35.340 --> 00:41:35.559
 laid

00:41:35.559 --> 00:41:35.760
 down

00:41:35.760 --> 00:41:35.960
 his

00:41:35.960 --> 00:41:36.400
 life

00:41:36.400 --> 00:41:37.099
 for

00:41:37.099 --> 00:41:37.320
 our

00:41:37.320 --> 00:41:37.579
 sins

00:41:37.579 --> 00:41:37.720
 on

00:41:37.720 --> 00:41:37.860
 the

00:41:37.860 --> 00:41:38.300
 cross

00:41:38.300 --> 00:41:39.159
 out

00:41:39.159 --> 00:41:39.260
 of

00:41:39.260 --> 00:41:39.400
 his

00:41:39.400 --> 00:41:39.780
 eternal

00:41:39.780 --> 00:41:40.300
 infinite

00:41:40.300 --> 00:41:40.800
 love

00:41:40.800 --> 00:41:42.320
 so

00:41:42.320 --> 00:41:42.840
 thriving

00:41:42.840 --> 00:41:43.059
 in

00:41:43.059 --> 00:41:43.500
 exile

00:41:43.500 --> 00:41:43.880
 then

00:41:43.880 --> 00:41:45.260
 means

00:41:45.260 --> 00:41:45.500
 in

00:41:45.500 --> 00:41:45.700
 some

00:41:45.700 --> 00:41:46.099
 sense

00:41:46.099 --> 00:41:47.320
 living

00:41:47.320 --> 00:41:47.539
 in

00:41:47.539 --> 00:41:47.780
 light

00:41:47.780 --> 00:41:47.900
 of

00:41:47.900 --> 00:41:48.019
 the

00:41:48.019 --> 00:41:48.360
 end

00:41:48.360 --> 00:41:49.840
 and

00:41:49.840 --> 00:41:50.140
 seeking

00:41:50.140 --> 00:41:50.480
 to be

00:41:50.480 --> 00:41:50.740
 found

00:41:50.740 --> 00:41:51.220
 faithful

00:41:51.220 --> 00:41:52.300
 when

00:41:52.300 --> 00:41:52.440
 the

00:41:52.440 --> 00:41:52.579
 Lord

00:41:52.579 --> 00:41:52.840
 does

00:41:52.840 --> 00:41:53.200
 return

00:41:53.199 --> 00:41:54.199
!

00:41:54.199 --> 00:41:54.779
 to be

00:41:54.779 --> 00:41:55.639
 to be

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 to be

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 the