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 The first reading for this morning is taken from the first letter of Peter, chapter 2, verses 1-12.

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 As you come to him, a living stone rejected by men in the sight of God, chosen and precious, you yourselves, like living stones, are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ, for it stands in Scripture.

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 Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone, a cornerstone, chosen and precious, and whoever believes in him will not be put to shame.

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 So the honor is for you who believe, but for those who do not believe, the stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone, and a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense.

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 They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do.

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 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

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 Once you were not a people, but now you are God's people.

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 Once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

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 Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh, which wage war against your soul.

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 Keep your conduct amongst the Gentiles honorable, so that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day of visitation.

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 So as we all know, or most of you know, the Olympics are going on right now.

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 They happen every four years.

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 And they're going on, and you see them on TV.

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 You see them in the newspapers.

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 There's ads for it everywhere.

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 I don't know if they still do it.

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 I didn't check.

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 But Olympians go into cereal boxes.

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 They're all over the place.

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 And what the Olympics is, is that there's these athletes who represent the countries from around the world, and they come and they meet.

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 The best athletes in sporting competition come together, and they meet.

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 And they represent the countries.

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 They represent the people of the countries as well, because we are compelled to get behind them,

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 to lift them up so they can come, and they can compete on a world stage.

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 The text that we're looking at today talks about representatives.

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 This may seem, this idea of having people represent us may seem like a foreign notion,

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 but it's very present within our culture, and it's been present within all cultures through the ages.

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 And the letter that we're looking at today is 1 Peter.

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 And here we see Peter, who is one of the 12 disciples.

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 He is one of the people who traveled with Jesus,

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 who had the great privilege to learn from Jesus,

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 who had the great, not, I wouldn't know about privilege, but he witnessed Jesus die.

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 He witnessed his torture and his execution on the cross.

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 He witnessed Jesus' resurrection, and he witnessed Jesus' ascension.

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 He witnessed Jesus' resurrection.

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 We see in the writing that he is writing to Christians who are dispersed.

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 You may remember from a couple weeks ago, I preached on the letter of James,

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 and he is also writing to dispersed Christians.

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 And Peter, in his letter, in the opening verse, in chapter 1, he says who he's writing to.

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 And he's writing to Christians who are dispersed.

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 You can see, if you look on a map of the Middle East of that time, you can see it.

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 You can see all the places that he's writing to.

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 And he's writing to Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, Bithynia.

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 And if you look on the map, you can see that they're all side by side.

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 They're all side by side.

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 So there would have been a letter runner who would have gone from each area,

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 from each church as they go through.

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 And in chapter 5, verse 12, it ends with saying that Silvanus helped write this letter.

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 And it would have most likely been him who would have done this,

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 who would have traveled around sharing this letter.

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 So Peter is writing to them because the Christians are facing, again, just like in James,

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 suffering and persecution.

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 The main theme of Peter's two letters, especially 1 Peter,

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 is that those who persevere in the faith while suffering from persecution

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 should be full of hope,

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 for they will certainly enjoy salvation,

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 since they are already enjoying God's saving promises here and now,

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 through the death and resurrection of Christ.

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 Now at the time of this letter being written,

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 the decree out of Rome hadn't been written yet,

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 banning Christianity.

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 So they most likely would have been facing verbal persecution,

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 verbal abuse.

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 They also would have been facing discrimination.

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 And we all know that verbal abuse leads to physical abuse.

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 You just look at history and you can see it happen.

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 So that is what's going on in this letter,

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 when Peter writes it,

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 because we're just jumping into chapter 2.

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 We're just hanging out in chapter 2 for this one Sunday.

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 So we need to know kind of what happens,

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 what the theme of the letter is,

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 what's going on,

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 what the Christians that Peter's writing to are doing.

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 So with this in mind,

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 let's take a look.

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 So if you haven't already,

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 turn to 1 Peter chapter 2,

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 and we're going to look at verses 1 to 12.

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 And it would make more sense now,

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 because we just went over this.

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 So let's look at it,

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 and we're going to look at it in three ways,

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 because this part of the letter

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 has three main themes going through it.

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 The first thing we're going to look at

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 is the nourishment through the word.

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 Second thing we're going to look at

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 is abide in Christ as the new temple.

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 And the third thing we're going to look at

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 is gospel life brings glory to God.

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 I'll say it again.

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 Nourishment through the word is point one.

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 Abide in Christ as the new temple, point two.

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 And gospel life brings glory to God, point three.

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 So let's look, verses 1 to 3.

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 So put away all malice, and all deceit,

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 and hypocrisy, and envy, and all slander.

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 Like newborn infants,

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 long for the pure spiritual milk,

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 that by it you may grow up into salvation,

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 if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good.

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 Notice in verse 1 of chapter 2,

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 it starts with so.

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 It could also be translated as therefore.

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 So that means it's linking an argument from chapter 1.

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 Peter's continuing an earlier argument in this section

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 where he gives the command,

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 and it's in verse 22.

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 And what he says in chapter 1, verse 22,

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 is to love one another earnestly from a pure heart.

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 It was very helpful, Daniel,

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 mentioning before we read the colic,

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 about true Christianity,

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 is one out of love.

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 It's not one done out of have to.

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 It's done out of love.

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 Everything is done out of love.

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 So verse 1 is giving the example

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 of how to do this, of chapter 2.

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 How to truly love and treat someone

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 is to put away all malice,

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 all deceit,

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 and hypocrisy, and envy, and all slander.

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 So let's break this down.

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 What does put away mean?

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 What does he mean when he says

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 to put away these things?

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 The idea that he's getting at here

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 is to give up.

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 It's to get rid of.

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 To take off the clothing of this.

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 He's using illustration.

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 So the idea of these things

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 is that they cling to us.

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 It's like when you have soaked clothing on.

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 When you try to take the shirt off,

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 it clings to your body.

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 It's really hard to get off.

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 And that's what he's getting at.

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 So malice.

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 We're just going to rip through

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 these examples really quick.

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 So malice is evil or wickedness.

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 If you get to know me,

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 I'm a big fan of The Lord of the Rings,

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 of J.R. Token's writings.

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 My favorite book of his writings

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 is The Cimmerillion,

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 which is the prequel

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 to The Lord of the Rings trilogy.

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 And in The Cimmerillion,

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 there's this character.

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 The character represents the devil

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 within this.

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 And this character,

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 he describes him as,

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 he's all bent on malice.

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 He's full of malice.

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 Every part of him

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 is completely full of malice.

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 The character is bent

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 on destroying all

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 that the God figure

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 has created and sustains.

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 That's the idea of what malice is.

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 Then deceitfulness

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 is harming others

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 through lying and falsehood.

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 Hypocrisy

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 is masking an inward evil

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 by an outward show of righteousness.

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 Envy

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 is the opposite

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 of thankfulness

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 for good that comes to others.

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 And slander

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 is speech

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 that harms others

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 or intended

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 to harm the person's status.

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 But here,

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 we have to remember,

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 Peter is ascribing this letter.

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 He's writing it to Christians

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 who are dispersed

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 and facing persecution.

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 So what he's getting at here

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 is that

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 even though

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 you're a Christian,

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 is that you still have

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 these inclinations

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 in our hearts.

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 Peter knows this

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 and you would think

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 he would be saying,

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 saying don't be like

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 the non-Christians

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 that you're surrounded with

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 because you know

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 you have the spirit within you.

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 But that's not

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 what he's getting at here.

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 What he's getting at

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 is because

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 everyone

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 struggles

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 with these things.

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 Everyone.

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 And we will all

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 struggle with them

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 until Christ returns

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 or we go to be with Christ.

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 And the thing

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 that he wants to show

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 is that if they run

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 rampant within a person,

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 it consumes the person.

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 They become bent on it.

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 Or it destroys a church

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 that's built on that.

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 But how does one do this?

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 How does one put them off

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 as he says here,

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 as he commands here,

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 the do?

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 Well, let's look again

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 at verses 2 and 3.

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 Like newborn infants,

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 long for the pure

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 spiritual milk

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 that by it

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 you may grow up

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 into salvation

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 if indeed

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 you have tasted

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 that the Lord is good.

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 See, there's this

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 common belief

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 that we all fall prey to

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 from time to time

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 is that we've made it.

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 That we can pat ourselves

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 on the shoulder

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 that we've done a good job.

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 I have my faith.

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 I come to church.

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 I've checked off

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 all my daily

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 Bible readings

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 and I've said some prayers.

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 I don't need to do

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 anything else.

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 I can get on

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 with my day.

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 But the language

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 that Peter is using here

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 is one of earnestness.

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 And the illustration

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 that he uses

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 is perfect.

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 The longing

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 to be like a newborn baby.

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 To be like an infant.

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 That's longing

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 for the pure

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 spiritual milk.

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 Peter was married.

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 It never says

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 if he had children.

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 But within his culture,

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 the idea of

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 it takes the village

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 is lived out

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 within the culture.

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 You see it in a lot

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 of eastern cultures

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 as well.

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 That this idea

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 that the family,

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 the community

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 comes together

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 and helps raise

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 the children.

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 So he would be

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 very familiar

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 with newborn babies.

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 And what is

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 a newborn baby like?

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 They're completely,

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 utterly helpless.

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 They're completely

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 dependent on the parent,

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 the parents,

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 or the caregiver.

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 And they like

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 to drink a lot of milk.

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 Newborns,

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 when they're hungry,

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 if you're not familiar

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 with a newborn,

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 is that when it's time

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 to feed,

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 they will give you

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 the signals.

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 And when you go through,

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 they go through

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 a certain amount

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 of signals.

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 And once they hit

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 that end,

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 they let you know

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 that you have missed

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 the signals.

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 They lose their minds.

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 They become desperate

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 for the milk.

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 It almost seems like

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 that if they don't

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 get that milk right,

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 then they're done.

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 Like they're,

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 they're gonna die.

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 It's quite dramatic.

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 And that's what's

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 going on here.

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 And then there's

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 also the time

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 when babies are

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 growing up,

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 when newborns are

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 growing,

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 that they go through

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 these seasons

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 of cluster feeding.

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 And cluster feeding

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 is when they're growing,

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 they feed even more.

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 And sometimes it can be

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 two to four times

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 within that hour,

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 and normally it's

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 at night.

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 So the idea

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 that Peter is trying

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 to show here,

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 he's trying to,

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 these readers,

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 and for us,

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 because we're

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 readers of this

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 letter as well,

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 is to put,

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 the way you put

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 these things off

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 is to become

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 like newborns,

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 babies,

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 and long

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 for spiritual milk.

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 And when you're

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 growing spiritually,

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 it's normally

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 through a hard season.

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 The seasons where

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 you don't feel like

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 you should come to church.

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 The seasons where

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 you feel cold,

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 your heart feels cold.

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 You are to cluster feed

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 on the pure spiritual milk.

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 To have an intense

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 personal desire.

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 But what is

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 the pure spiritual milk?

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 Well, we have to remember

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 this is a letter,

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 and Peter is continuing

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 his argument,

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 his writing

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 through the letter.

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 So we have to look

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 at verse one.

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 And verse one,

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 what he's saying

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 is that the pure

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 spiritual milk,

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 we have to go back

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 to it,

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 is the word of God.

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 It's scripture.

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 It's pure,

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 unadulterated.

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 God's word is

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 infallible,

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 inerrant,

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 and contains

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 all things

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 necessary to salvation.

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 Look what he says

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 if you have your Bible.

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 It's very helpful

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 because then you can

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 jump around

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 and see

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 the main thrust

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 of the argument

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 or the thought pattern.

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 He says this

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 in verse one,

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 chapter 22

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 and onwards.

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 Having purified

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 your souls

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 by your obedience

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 to the truth

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 for a sincere

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 brotherly love,

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 love one another

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 earnestly

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 from a pure heart

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 since you have

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 been born again,

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 not of perishable seed,

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 but of imperishable,

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 through the living

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 and abiding word of God.

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 For all flesh

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 is like grass

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 and all its glory

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 like a flower of grass.

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 The grass withers

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 and the flower falls,

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 but the word of the Lord

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 remains forever.

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 And this word

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 is the good news

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 that was preached to you.

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 So he's reminding them

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 of what this

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 pure spiritual milk is.

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 And that is the word of God,

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 the living word of God.

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 And if you notice,

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 we're jumping back now

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 into chapter two,

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 that he says

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 to grow up

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 into salvation.

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 What he's talking about

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 is a life

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 of sanctification.

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 When you come to faith,

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 it doesn't just end there,

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 it continues on.

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 It is a life

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 of continual growth,

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 of growing.

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 And the way you grow

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 is to intensely

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 desire the word of God.

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 To read,

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 to mark,

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 to inwardly digest it.

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 It nourishes you

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 through all seasons

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 of life.

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 The same way milk

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 nourishes a baby.

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 And as they grow up

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 strong and healthy.

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 Some of you

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 might be thinking,

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 and I've gone through

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 seasons of this as well,

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 is how can you

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 trust the Bible?

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 How do you know

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 it's inerrant?

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 How do you know

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 it's truly

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 the word of God?

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 If we just take a moment,

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 just a little

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 sidetrack here,

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 and we just talk

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 about the New Testament

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 itself.

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 The books of the

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 New Testament

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 have a staggering

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 amount of original

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 manuscripts.

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 They were copied

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 and copied

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 and copied

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 perfectly.

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 Some focus

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 on certain areas,

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 some focus

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 on other areas.

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 But there's a

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 continuation

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 of many

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 manuscripts.

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 Atheistic

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 historians,

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 non-atheistic

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 historians and

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 archaeologists

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 all agree

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 that there is

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 a staggering

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 amount

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 of manuscripts

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 of the New

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 Testament.

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 And it's

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 interesting

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 because some

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 of the famous

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 battles

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 that you learn

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 about in

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 school,

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 of the Roman

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 battles and

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 the Greek

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 battles,

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 they only have,

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 some of them

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 only have two

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 manuscripts

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 written about

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 them.

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 And they're

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 written over

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 100 years

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 later.

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 And we take

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 them as

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 gospel.

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 But the

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 New Testament

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 manuscripts

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 were written

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 a couple

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 years after

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 or within

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 the same

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 period.

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 It's staggering

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 how many

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 manuscripts

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 there actually

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 are if you

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 look into

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 it later

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 on.

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 It's quite

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 impressive.

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 And we can

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 rest in that.

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 We can rest

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 that what we

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 read here,

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 what we read

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 daily at home,

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 is truly,

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 in fact,

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 what was

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 written so

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 many years

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 ago when

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 the apostles

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 and the

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 disciples wrote

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 the New

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 Testament.

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 So what

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 does it

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 mean in

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 verse 3

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 when it

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 says,

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 to take

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 the word

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 daily into

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 our hearts,

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 to taste,

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 to allow

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 us, to

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 taste and

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 see that

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 the Lord

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 is good.

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 That is

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 to take

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 the word

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 into our

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 hearts

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 daily.

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 But the

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 word that

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 is described

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 here is the

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 same word

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 that John

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 in his

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 gospel at

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 the beginning

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 describes.

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 The word

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 was made

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 flesh.

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 And that

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 is Jesus.

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 That is,

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 Jesus is the

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 living word

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 of God.

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 In the

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 beginning of

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 John's gospel,

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 he describes

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 it.

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 As

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 Christians,

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 you gain

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 nourishment

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 through the

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 word of

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 God.

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 The word

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 does not

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 lead one

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 astray.

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 Other things

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 claim to

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 give nourishment

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 but require

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 you to

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 die for

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 them.

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 But God's

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 word,

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 the word

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 made flesh,

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 died for

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 you and

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 died for

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 me.

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 So now

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 as we go

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 into the

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 next part

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 of Peter's

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 letter in

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 this section,

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 let's keep

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 that in

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 mind.

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 That the

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 word of

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 God is

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 the one

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 who

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 nourishes.

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 It's

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 through

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 Christ

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 that you

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 gain

00:18:48.599 --> 00:18:49.119
 nourishment

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 and through

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 God's

00:18:50.099 --> 00:18:50.479
 word you

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 gain

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 nourishment.

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 The next

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 section that

00:18:53.559 --> 00:18:53.839
 we're going

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 to look at,

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 the next

00:18:54.779 --> 00:18:55.500
 verse uses

00:18:55.500 --> 00:18:56.879
 Old Testament

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 imagery

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 extensively.

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 So I'm

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 going to

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 give a

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 little

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 background

00:19:01.119 --> 00:19:01.639
 for it

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 to make

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 sense.

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 Bear with

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 me here

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 because I

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 have to

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 give some

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 background.

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 There are

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 two main

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 images that

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 are used

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 in the

00:19:08.919 --> 00:19:09.159
 next

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 section.

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 And it's

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 the temple

00:19:10.899 --> 00:19:12.779
 stones and

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 it's the

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 priesthood.

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 The temple

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 stones,

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 the idea

00:19:15.819 --> 00:19:16.420
 is coming

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 out of

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 1 Kings

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 when the

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 son of

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 David,

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 Samuel,

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 builds the

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 temple.

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 Or Solomon,

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 sorry.

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 And then the

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 second image

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 is the

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 priesthood,

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 which comes

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 out of

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 Exodus from

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 Mount Sinai

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 when the

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 law is

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 given.

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 In Exodus,

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 God calls

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 Moses to

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 lead the

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 people of

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 Israel out

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 of Egypt,

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 where they

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 have been

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 slaves for

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 400 years.

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 This is the

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 account where

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 you read about

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 the famous

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 ten plagues

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 and Moses

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 and Aaron

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 pleading with

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 Pharaoh to

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 let the

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 people go.

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 And eventually

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 they are let

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 go.

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 And they

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 cross the

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 Red Sea.

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 And Pharaoh

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 and his

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 army are

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 swept away

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 when the

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 waters return

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 after the

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 people of

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 Israel

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 have crossed.

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 Moses and

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 the people of

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 Israel are

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 led by God

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 to the base

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 of Mount

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 Sinai.

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 And Moses

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 goes to the

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 top to

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 represent the

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 people and

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 commune with

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 God.

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 This is where

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 the ten

00:20:08.640 --> 00:20:09.299
 commandments and

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 other laws are

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 given.

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 And this

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 is where

00:20:11.339 --> 00:20:11.980
 the command

00:20:11.980 --> 00:20:12.480
 for the

00:20:12.480 --> 00:20:13.640
 priesthood is

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 given.

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 The

00:20:14.680 --> 00:20:16.480
 priesthood was

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 only for a

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 select family

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 line, the

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 line of Aaron.

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 And no one

00:20:20.019 --> 00:20:20.519
 else could be

00:20:20.519 --> 00:20:21.279
 a priest except

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 for those born

00:20:22.259 --> 00:20:23.299
 in that blood

00:20:23.299 --> 00:20:23.620
 line.

00:20:25.319 --> 00:20:26.279
 In 1 Kings,

00:20:26.740 --> 00:20:27.420
 Solomon, the

00:20:27.420 --> 00:20:27.980
 son of David,

00:20:28.099 --> 00:20:28.579
 builds the

00:20:28.579 --> 00:20:28.900
 temple.

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 And it's

00:20:29.480 --> 00:20:30.059
 beautiful.

00:20:30.319 --> 00:20:30.859
 It's beautifully

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 built.

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 And this is

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 another thing

00:20:32.319 --> 00:20:32.680
 that's worth

00:20:32.680 --> 00:20:33.400
 looking up later

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 on.

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 A lot of

00:20:34.799 --> 00:20:35.519
 Bibles have

00:20:35.519 --> 00:20:36.319
 pictures of

00:20:36.319 --> 00:20:36.720
 the temple.

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 It is a

00:20:37.240 --> 00:20:38.000
 beautiful building.

00:20:38.359 --> 00:20:38.980
 It is well

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 crafted.

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 And the

00:20:40.480 --> 00:20:42.000
 temple symbolizes

00:20:42.000 --> 00:20:42.660
 where God

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 meets his

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 people.

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 There were

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 two courts

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 where one

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 court had

00:20:47.600 --> 00:20:48.519
 everyday worship,

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 everyday

00:20:48.960 --> 00:20:49.799
 sacrifices.

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 This is where

00:20:51.160 --> 00:20:51.680
 people would

00:20:51.680 --> 00:20:51.980
 gather.

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 And then the

00:20:53.220 --> 00:20:53.920
 inner court

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 had the

00:20:54.400 --> 00:20:55.100
 inner chamber,

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 the Holy of

00:20:56.340 --> 00:20:56.840
 Holies.

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 And only the

00:20:57.900 --> 00:20:58.539
 high priest

00:20:58.539 --> 00:20:58.960
 would come

00:20:58.960 --> 00:20:59.840
 once a year

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 to offer

00:21:00.900 --> 00:21:01.960
 the sacrifice

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 of atonement

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 for his sins

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 and for the

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 people's sins.

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 So let's

00:21:06.720 --> 00:21:07.200
 take a look

00:21:07.200 --> 00:21:07.840
 now at

00:21:07.840 --> 00:21:08.400
 verse 4.

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 As you

00:21:09.920 --> 00:21:10.360
 come to

00:21:10.360 --> 00:21:11.620
 him, a

00:21:11.620 --> 00:21:12.340
 living stone

00:21:12.340 --> 00:21:13.140
 rejected by

00:21:13.140 --> 00:21:14.259
 men, but

00:21:14.259 --> 00:21:14.700
 in the sight

00:21:14.700 --> 00:21:15.180
 of God

00:21:15.180 --> 00:21:16.080
 chosen and

00:21:16.080 --> 00:21:16.460
 precious.

00:21:17.420 --> 00:21:18.300
 The stones

00:21:18.300 --> 00:21:18.640
 of the

00:21:18.640 --> 00:21:19.259
 Old Testament,

00:21:19.580 --> 00:21:20.240
 regardless of

00:21:20.240 --> 00:21:20.720
 how beautiful

00:21:20.720 --> 00:21:21.300
 they were,

00:21:22.160 --> 00:21:22.620
 no matter

00:21:22.620 --> 00:21:23.360
 how much

00:21:23.360 --> 00:21:23.640
 skilled

00:21:23.640 --> 00:21:24.000
 mainstream

00:21:24.000 --> 00:21:24.560
 work they

00:21:24.560 --> 00:21:25.920
 put into

00:21:25.920 --> 00:21:27.280
 it, they're

00:21:27.280 --> 00:21:27.960
 dead stones.

00:21:28.100 --> 00:21:28.460
 They're just

00:21:28.460 --> 00:21:28.940
 stones.

00:21:29.980 --> 00:21:30.360
 It's like

00:21:30.360 --> 00:21:30.600
 when you

00:21:30.600 --> 00:21:31.140
 walk into

00:21:31.140 --> 00:21:31.680
 a beautiful

00:21:31.680 --> 00:21:32.560
 old church.

00:21:33.259 --> 00:21:33.680
 It makes

00:21:33.680 --> 00:21:34.160
 you feel

00:21:34.160 --> 00:21:35.120
 moved by

00:21:35.120 --> 00:21:35.740
 how grand

00:21:35.740 --> 00:21:36.180
 it is,

00:21:36.180 --> 00:21:36.640
 by the

00:21:36.640 --> 00:21:37.200
 skilled

00:21:37.200 --> 00:21:37.940
 work that's

00:21:37.940 --> 00:21:38.420
 gone into

00:21:38.420 --> 00:21:38.700
 it.

00:21:38.700 --> 00:21:39.279
 But it's

00:21:39.279 --> 00:21:39.900
 made up of

00:21:39.900 --> 00:21:40.700
 dead material.

00:21:41.799 --> 00:21:42.299
 But here,

00:21:42.420 --> 00:21:42.860
 Peter is

00:21:42.860 --> 00:21:43.480
 describing

00:21:43.480 --> 00:21:44.640
 Jesus as

00:21:44.640 --> 00:21:45.220
 the living

00:21:45.220 --> 00:21:46.779
 stone, as

00:21:46.779 --> 00:21:47.440
 the chosen

00:21:47.440 --> 00:21:48.700
 and precious.

00:21:50.700 --> 00:21:51.560
 Well, what does

00:21:51.560 --> 00:21:52.160
 he say next?

00:21:52.240 --> 00:21:52.779
 What is he

00:21:52.779 --> 00:21:53.460
 talking about

00:21:53.460 --> 00:21:53.680
 here?

00:21:53.720 --> 00:21:53.940
 What does

00:21:53.940 --> 00:21:54.320
 he mean?

00:21:55.680 --> 00:21:56.440
 In verse

00:21:56.440 --> 00:21:57.240
 5, he says

00:21:57.240 --> 00:21:57.700
 this,

00:21:58.220 --> 00:21:59.279
 you yourselves,

00:21:59.400 --> 00:21:59.840
 like living

00:21:59.840 --> 00:22:00.580
 stones, are

00:22:00.580 --> 00:22:01.120
 being built

00:22:01.120 --> 00:22:02.500
 up as

00:22:02.500 --> 00:22:03.320
 spiritual houses

00:22:03.319 --> 00:22:03.960
 to be a

00:22:03.960 --> 00:22:04.919
 holy priesthood,

00:22:05.099 --> 00:22:05.779
 to offer

00:22:05.779 --> 00:22:06.339
 spiritual

00:22:06.339 --> 00:22:07.139
 sacrifices

00:22:07.139 --> 00:22:08.039
 accepted to

00:22:08.039 --> 00:22:09.159
 God through

00:22:09.159 --> 00:22:10.039
 Jesus Christ.

00:22:10.579 --> 00:22:11.079
 Two things

00:22:11.079 --> 00:22:11.720
 are going on

00:22:11.720 --> 00:22:12.000
 here.

00:22:12.899 --> 00:22:13.419
 Christians are

00:22:13.419 --> 00:22:14.279
 living stones

00:22:14.279 --> 00:22:15.319
 being built

00:22:15.319 --> 00:22:16.220
 up as

00:22:16.220 --> 00:22:16.559
 spiritual

00:22:16.559 --> 00:22:18.079
 houses, and

00:22:18.079 --> 00:22:18.559
 Christians are

00:22:18.559 --> 00:22:20.240
 holy priesthood

00:22:20.240 --> 00:22:21.039
 who offer

00:22:21.039 --> 00:22:22.500
 sacrifices to

00:22:22.500 --> 00:22:23.200
 Jesus, through

00:22:23.200 --> 00:22:23.559
 spiritual

00:22:23.559 --> 00:22:24.439
 sacrifices to

00:22:24.439 --> 00:22:25.399
 Jesus, or

00:22:25.399 --> 00:22:25.960
 through Jesus,

00:22:26.039 --> 00:22:26.240
 sorry.

00:22:27.319 --> 00:22:27.879
 When I first

00:22:27.879 --> 00:22:28.579
 read this, I

00:22:28.579 --> 00:22:29.299
 struggled with

00:22:29.299 --> 00:22:29.779
 how I would

00:22:29.779 --> 00:22:30.539
 explain this.

00:22:30.919 --> 00:22:31.379
 But luckily,

00:22:31.559 --> 00:22:31.960
 when I first

00:22:31.960 --> 00:22:32.960
 read it, I

00:22:32.960 --> 00:22:33.500
 struggled.

00:22:33.740 --> 00:22:33.940
 I didn't

00:22:33.940 --> 00:22:34.799
 know what I

00:22:34.799 --> 00:22:35.200
 would say.

00:22:35.819 --> 00:22:36.279
 But Peter

00:22:36.279 --> 00:22:36.940
 does it for

00:22:36.940 --> 00:22:38.059
 me, which

00:22:38.059 --> 00:22:38.440
 is very

00:22:38.440 --> 00:22:38.880
 helpful.

00:22:39.279 --> 00:22:39.799
 In the next

00:22:39.799 --> 00:22:40.559
 verses, we're

00:22:40.559 --> 00:22:40.819
 just going to

00:22:40.819 --> 00:22:41.220
 look at them

00:22:41.220 --> 00:22:41.740
 right now.

00:22:42.500 --> 00:22:42.960
 For it

00:22:42.960 --> 00:22:43.700
 stands in

00:22:43.700 --> 00:22:44.100
 scripture,

00:22:45.360 --> 00:22:46.299
 behold, this

00:22:46.299 --> 00:22:47.400
 is Isaiah, I

00:22:47.400 --> 00:22:48.160
 am laying in

00:22:48.160 --> 00:22:49.240
 Zion, Zion's

00:22:49.240 --> 00:22:50.000
 Jerusalem, a

00:22:50.000 --> 00:22:51.140
 stone, a

00:22:51.140 --> 00:22:52.460
 cornerstone, chosen

00:22:52.460 --> 00:22:53.980
 and precious, and

00:22:53.980 --> 00:22:54.620
 whoever believes

00:22:54.620 --> 00:22:55.600
 in him will not

00:22:55.600 --> 00:22:56.059
 be put to

00:22:56.059 --> 00:22:56.400
 shame.

00:22:57.200 --> 00:22:57.779
 So the

00:22:57.779 --> 00:22:58.420
 honor is for

00:22:58.420 --> 00:22:58.940
 you who

00:22:58.940 --> 00:22:59.700
 believe, but

00:22:59.700 --> 00:23:00.259
 for those who

00:23:00.259 --> 00:23:01.120
 do not believe,

00:23:01.680 --> 00:23:02.660
 the stone that

00:23:02.660 --> 00:23:03.180
 the builders

00:23:03.180 --> 00:23:04.720
 rejected has

00:23:04.720 --> 00:23:05.240
 become the

00:23:05.240 --> 00:23:05.940
 cornerstone.

00:23:06.640 --> 00:23:07.259
 And a stone

00:23:07.259 --> 00:23:07.880
 is stumbling

00:23:07.880 --> 00:23:08.560
 and a rock

00:23:08.560 --> 00:23:09.220
 of offense.

00:23:09.620 --> 00:23:10.400
 They stumble

00:23:10.400 --> 00:23:11.060
 because they

00:23:11.060 --> 00:23:11.640
 disobey the

00:23:11.640 --> 00:23:13.019
 word, as

00:23:13.019 --> 00:23:13.340
 they were

00:23:13.340 --> 00:23:14.000
 destined to

00:23:14.000 --> 00:23:14.259
 do.

00:23:15.380 --> 00:23:16.060
 So this

00:23:16.060 --> 00:23:17.080
 idea only

00:23:17.080 --> 00:23:17.840
 makes sense

00:23:17.840 --> 00:23:18.860
 through the

00:23:18.860 --> 00:23:19.300
 gospel.

00:23:20.300 --> 00:23:21.040
 When Jesus

00:23:21.040 --> 00:23:21.620
 went to the

00:23:21.620 --> 00:23:22.279
 cross to

00:23:22.279 --> 00:23:22.880
 bear our

00:23:22.880 --> 00:23:24.060
 sins, to

00:23:24.060 --> 00:23:24.600
 die the

00:23:24.600 --> 00:23:25.120
 death that

00:23:25.120 --> 00:23:26.040
 we deserved,

00:23:26.620 --> 00:23:27.360
 and rose from

00:23:27.360 --> 00:23:28.340
 the dead, this

00:23:28.340 --> 00:23:29.080
 did away with

00:23:29.080 --> 00:23:29.920
 all the Old

00:23:29.920 --> 00:23:30.320
 Testament

00:23:30.320 --> 00:23:32.580
 sacrificial and

00:23:32.580 --> 00:23:33.740
 ceremonial laws.

00:23:34.480 --> 00:23:35.080
 The old

00:23:35.080 --> 00:23:36.000
 stone was

00:23:36.000 --> 00:23:37.279
 the law, and

00:23:37.279 --> 00:23:38.200
 everyone was

00:23:38.200 --> 00:23:39.140
 crushed by it.

00:23:40.000 --> 00:23:40.700
 The new

00:23:40.700 --> 00:23:41.860
 stone is a

00:23:41.860 --> 00:23:42.620
 living stone,

00:23:42.800 --> 00:23:43.560
 chosen and

00:23:43.560 --> 00:23:43.920
 precious.

00:23:44.240 --> 00:23:44.539
 It's a

00:23:44.539 --> 00:23:45.440
 cornerstone, as

00:23:45.440 --> 00:23:46.240
 described here.

00:23:46.740 --> 00:23:47.900
 It frees those

00:23:47.900 --> 00:23:48.660
 who trust in

00:23:48.660 --> 00:23:49.500
 it, who

00:23:49.500 --> 00:23:50.440
 build on it.

00:23:51.100 --> 00:23:51.720
 But those

00:23:51.720 --> 00:23:52.519
 who reject the

00:23:52.519 --> 00:23:53.279
 stone, as it

00:23:53.279 --> 00:23:54.060
 says here, they

00:23:54.060 --> 00:23:56.140
 stumble, and

00:23:56.140 --> 00:23:56.440
 they are

00:23:56.440 --> 00:23:57.420
 offended by it.

00:23:57.420 --> 00:23:59.120
 houses that

00:23:59.120 --> 00:24:00.120
 are built of

00:24:00.120 --> 00:24:01.840
 stone, obviously

00:24:01.840 --> 00:24:02.600
 new houses are

00:24:02.600 --> 00:24:02.960
 built with

00:24:02.960 --> 00:24:04.039
 wood, but old

00:24:04.039 --> 00:24:04.480
 houses were

00:24:04.480 --> 00:24:05.200
 built of stone.

00:24:05.320 --> 00:24:05.820
 Old buildings

00:24:05.820 --> 00:24:06.380
 were built of

00:24:06.380 --> 00:24:06.700
 stone.

00:24:07.840 --> 00:24:08.759
 And the way

00:24:08.759 --> 00:24:09.580
 these are built

00:24:09.580 --> 00:24:10.380
 is that it has

00:24:10.380 --> 00:24:10.740
 to have a

00:24:10.740 --> 00:24:12.400
 cornerstone, that

00:24:12.400 --> 00:24:13.080
 you dig down

00:24:13.080 --> 00:24:13.759
 and you lay a

00:24:13.759 --> 00:24:14.539
 cornerstone.

00:24:14.640 --> 00:24:15.420
 And this stone,

00:24:16.160 --> 00:24:16.779
 everything is

00:24:16.779 --> 00:24:17.500
 built off of

00:24:17.500 --> 00:24:17.640
 it.

00:24:17.680 --> 00:24:18.039
 It is the

00:24:18.039 --> 00:24:18.560
 foundational

00:24:18.560 --> 00:24:19.360
 stone that

00:24:19.360 --> 00:24:20.200
 everything else

00:24:20.200 --> 00:24:20.900
 rests on.

00:24:21.460 --> 00:24:22.740
 Without it, the

00:24:22.740 --> 00:24:23.320
 house will not

00:24:23.320 --> 00:24:23.940
 be structurally

00:24:23.940 --> 00:24:25.220
 sound, the

00:24:25.220 --> 00:24:25.759
 building will

00:24:25.759 --> 00:24:26.039
 not be

00:24:26.039 --> 00:24:26.360
 structurally

00:24:26.360 --> 00:24:27.160
 sound, and

00:24:27.160 --> 00:24:28.220
 eventually the

00:24:28.220 --> 00:24:29.759
 ground will

00:24:29.759 --> 00:24:30.480
 move and the

00:24:30.480 --> 00:24:31.040
 house will

00:24:31.040 --> 00:24:31.860
 start to fall

00:24:31.860 --> 00:24:32.560
 and collapse.

00:24:33.720 --> 00:24:34.420
 No longer

00:24:34.420 --> 00:24:35.360
 are those who

00:24:35.360 --> 00:24:36.040
 trust in the

00:24:36.040 --> 00:24:36.640
 living God

00:24:36.640 --> 00:24:37.279
 required to

00:24:37.279 --> 00:24:37.740
 go to the

00:24:37.740 --> 00:24:39.019
 temple to

00:24:39.019 --> 00:24:39.400
 make a

00:24:39.400 --> 00:24:40.279
 sacrifice, to

00:24:40.279 --> 00:24:40.940
 give to the

00:24:40.940 --> 00:24:41.400
 priest to

00:24:41.400 --> 00:24:41.779
 make the

00:24:41.779 --> 00:24:42.519
 sacrifice for

00:24:42.519 --> 00:24:42.779
 them.

00:24:43.140 --> 00:24:43.940
 They simply

00:24:43.940 --> 00:24:45.100
 have to trust

00:24:45.100 --> 00:24:45.440
 in this

00:24:45.440 --> 00:24:46.420
 cornerstone, in

00:24:46.420 --> 00:24:47.640
 Christ, and

00:24:47.640 --> 00:24:48.019
 build their

00:24:48.019 --> 00:24:48.900
 lives on him.

00:24:49.540 --> 00:24:50.180
 No longer

00:24:50.180 --> 00:24:50.540
 is the

00:24:50.540 --> 00:24:50.980
 temple in

00:24:50.980 --> 00:24:51.680
 one place.

00:24:52.259 --> 00:24:52.700
 Those who

00:24:52.700 --> 00:24:53.220
 trust in

00:24:53.220 --> 00:24:53.960
 Jesus are the

00:24:53.960 --> 00:24:54.740
 new stones,

00:24:55.180 --> 00:24:55.800
 which make up

00:24:55.800 --> 00:24:56.140
 the new

00:24:56.140 --> 00:24:56.840
 temple, the

00:24:56.839 --> 00:24:57.240
 church.

00:24:57.859 --> 00:24:58.259
 As we

00:24:58.259 --> 00:24:59.220
 gather here, we

00:24:59.220 --> 00:25:00.159
 are stones

00:25:00.159 --> 00:25:01.779
 built of the

00:25:01.779 --> 00:25:03.259
 church, and

00:25:03.259 --> 00:25:04.480
 this is built

00:25:04.480 --> 00:25:04.799
 on the

00:25:04.799 --> 00:25:05.480
 foundation of

00:25:05.480 --> 00:25:05.899
 Christ.

00:25:06.679 --> 00:25:07.240
 We are the

00:25:07.240 --> 00:25:07.799
 church built

00:25:07.799 --> 00:25:08.059
 on the

00:25:08.059 --> 00:25:08.740
 sure foundation

00:25:08.740 --> 00:25:09.199
 of Jesus

00:25:09.199 --> 00:25:09.639
 and the

00:25:09.639 --> 00:25:09.959
 word of

00:25:09.959 --> 00:25:10.299
 God.

00:25:10.659 --> 00:25:11.179
 But those

00:25:11.179 --> 00:25:11.579
 who don't

00:25:11.579 --> 00:25:11.919
 build their

00:25:11.919 --> 00:25:12.359
 lives on

00:25:12.359 --> 00:25:12.819
 Jesus will

00:25:12.819 --> 00:25:13.179
 eventually

00:25:13.179 --> 00:25:13.980
 collapse, just

00:25:13.980 --> 00:25:14.259
 like a

00:25:14.259 --> 00:25:14.480
 building

00:25:14.480 --> 00:25:14.959
 collapses.

00:25:15.480 --> 00:25:16.339
 No church

00:25:16.339 --> 00:25:17.439
 can stand

00:25:17.439 --> 00:25:18.179
 without him

00:25:18.179 --> 00:25:19.279
 or replace

00:25:19.279 --> 00:25:19.559
 him.

00:25:20.559 --> 00:25:21.259
 So what's

00:25:21.259 --> 00:25:22.000
 the priesthood

00:25:22.000 --> 00:25:22.659
 that Peter's

00:25:22.659 --> 00:25:23.299
 talking about

00:25:23.299 --> 00:25:23.599
 here?

00:25:24.720 --> 00:25:25.460
 Let's look

00:25:25.460 --> 00:25:25.879
 at verses

00:25:25.879 --> 00:25:26.579
 9 and

00:25:26.579 --> 00:25:26.919
 10.

00:25:28.240 --> 00:25:28.819
 But you

00:25:28.819 --> 00:25:29.180
 are a

00:25:29.180 --> 00:25:30.079
 chosen race,

00:25:30.500 --> 00:25:30.980
 a royal

00:25:30.980 --> 00:25:31.799
 priesthood, a

00:25:31.799 --> 00:25:33.259
 holy nation, a

00:25:33.259 --> 00:25:34.019
 people for his

00:25:34.019 --> 00:25:34.919
 own possession,

00:25:35.819 --> 00:25:36.379
 that you may

00:25:36.379 --> 00:25:37.259
 proclaim the

00:25:37.259 --> 00:25:38.619
 excellencies of

00:25:38.619 --> 00:25:39.299
 him who called

00:25:39.299 --> 00:25:39.819
 you out of

00:25:39.819 --> 00:25:41.059
 darkness into

00:25:41.059 --> 00:25:41.639
 his marvelous

00:25:41.639 --> 00:25:42.099
 light.

00:25:43.000 --> 00:25:43.460
 Once you

00:25:43.460 --> 00:25:44.079
 were not a

00:25:44.079 --> 00:25:45.460
 people, but

00:25:45.460 --> 00:25:45.940
 now you're

00:25:45.940 --> 00:25:46.839
 God's people.

00:25:47.460 --> 00:25:48.119
 Once you

00:25:48.119 --> 00:25:48.559
 have not

00:25:48.559 --> 00:25:49.319
 received mercy,

00:25:49.319 --> 00:25:50.220
 but now you

00:25:50.220 --> 00:25:50.899
 have received

00:25:50.900 --> 00:25:51.620
 mercy.

00:25:52.820 --> 00:25:53.240
 The

00:25:53.240 --> 00:25:54.140
 priesthood was,

00:25:54.280 --> 00:25:54.700
 as I said,

00:25:54.740 --> 00:25:55.340
 only for a

00:25:55.340 --> 00:25:56.019
 select family

00:25:56.019 --> 00:25:56.519
 line.

00:25:57.100 --> 00:25:57.500
 And these

00:25:57.500 --> 00:25:57.980
 people would

00:25:57.980 --> 00:25:59.420
 represent the

00:25:59.420 --> 00:26:00.120
 people of

00:26:00.120 --> 00:26:00.519
 Israel.

00:26:01.259 --> 00:26:01.780
 They would

00:26:01.780 --> 00:26:02.300
 be the ones

00:26:02.300 --> 00:26:02.680
 who come

00:26:02.680 --> 00:26:03.340
 before God

00:26:03.340 --> 00:26:03.880
 to offer

00:26:03.880 --> 00:26:04.560
 the people's

00:26:04.560 --> 00:26:05.600
 sacrifices on

00:26:05.600 --> 00:26:06.519
 behalf of

00:26:06.519 --> 00:26:06.780
 them.

00:26:07.140 --> 00:26:07.680
 But no

00:26:07.680 --> 00:26:08.380
 longer is

00:26:08.380 --> 00:26:08.759
 this the

00:26:08.759 --> 00:26:09.460
 case, as

00:26:09.460 --> 00:26:10.060
 Peter says

00:26:10.060 --> 00:26:10.420
 here.

00:26:11.000 --> 00:26:11.640
 Not only

00:26:11.640 --> 00:26:12.800
 are we the

00:26:12.800 --> 00:26:13.280
 stones of

00:26:13.280 --> 00:26:13.740
 the church,

00:26:14.380 --> 00:26:15.200
 we are also

00:26:15.200 --> 00:26:15.820
 the priests

00:26:15.820 --> 00:26:16.300
 of the

00:26:16.300 --> 00:26:16.680
 church.

00:26:17.240 --> 00:26:17.780
 No longer

00:26:17.780 --> 00:26:18.300
 do we need

00:26:18.300 --> 00:26:18.860
 someone to

00:26:18.860 --> 00:26:19.200
 be the

00:26:19.200 --> 00:26:19.759
 middleman.

00:26:19.759 --> 00:26:21.160
 between us

00:26:21.160 --> 00:26:21.680
 and God

00:26:21.680 --> 00:26:22.619
 and enter

00:26:22.619 --> 00:26:23.039
 the holy

00:26:23.039 --> 00:26:23.599
 room for

00:26:23.599 --> 00:26:24.059
 us once

00:26:24.059 --> 00:26:24.480
 a year.

00:26:25.240 --> 00:26:25.720
 We have

00:26:25.720 --> 00:26:26.680
 direct access

00:26:26.680 --> 00:26:27.379
 to God

00:26:27.379 --> 00:26:28.240
 through Christ,

00:26:28.720 --> 00:26:29.119
 through his

00:26:29.119 --> 00:26:29.680
 work on the

00:26:29.680 --> 00:26:30.099
 cross.

00:26:30.539 --> 00:26:31.079
 That is the

00:26:31.079 --> 00:26:31.839
 glorious thing

00:26:31.839 --> 00:26:32.079
 of the

00:26:32.079 --> 00:26:32.480
 cross.

00:26:33.319 --> 00:26:34.000
 That through

00:26:34.000 --> 00:26:34.920
 Christ's work,

00:26:35.140 --> 00:26:35.700
 the finished

00:26:35.700 --> 00:26:36.839
 work, we

00:26:36.839 --> 00:26:37.279
 are given

00:26:37.279 --> 00:26:38.140
 access to

00:26:38.140 --> 00:26:38.519
 God.

00:26:38.940 --> 00:26:39.379
 And it's

00:26:39.379 --> 00:26:39.940
 only through

00:26:39.940 --> 00:26:40.539
 faith that

00:26:40.539 --> 00:26:41.099
 happens.

00:26:41.799 --> 00:26:42.299
 Do I still

00:26:42.299 --> 00:26:42.779
 need to make

00:26:42.779 --> 00:26:43.299
 these animal

00:26:43.299 --> 00:26:43.859
 sacrifices?

00:26:44.160 --> 00:26:44.559
 No.

00:26:45.079 --> 00:26:45.500
 We are

00:26:45.500 --> 00:26:46.039
 required,

00:26:46.220 --> 00:26:46.559
 though, to

00:26:46.559 --> 00:26:47.200
 make spiritual

00:26:47.200 --> 00:26:48.019
 sacrifices,

00:26:48.460 --> 00:26:49.200
 not out of

00:26:49.200 --> 00:26:49.779
 duty, but

00:26:49.779 --> 00:26:50.180
 of a

00:26:50.180 --> 00:26:50.759
 willing love

00:26:50.759 --> 00:26:51.340
 for Jesus,

00:26:51.900 --> 00:26:52.559
 the precious

00:26:52.559 --> 00:26:54.120
 stone, the

00:26:54.120 --> 00:26:54.980
 cornerstone,

00:26:55.140 --> 00:26:55.840
 freely given

00:26:55.840 --> 00:26:56.539
 to us.

00:26:57.240 --> 00:26:57.660
 And it's

00:26:57.660 --> 00:26:58.299
 through prayer,

00:26:58.440 --> 00:26:58.720
 it's through

00:26:58.720 --> 00:26:59.400
 worship, it's

00:26:59.400 --> 00:27:00.000
 through scripture,

00:27:00.319 --> 00:27:00.600
 it's through

00:27:00.600 --> 00:27:01.500
 attending church,

00:27:02.059 --> 00:27:02.460
 it's through

00:27:02.460 --> 00:27:03.059
 giving up our

00:27:03.059 --> 00:27:03.700
 time and

00:27:03.700 --> 00:27:04.220
 possessions,

00:27:04.880 --> 00:27:05.440
 helping the

00:27:05.440 --> 00:27:06.019
 poor, and

00:27:06.019 --> 00:27:06.600
 sharing the

00:27:06.600 --> 00:27:08.440
 gospel as it

00:27:08.440 --> 00:27:08.980
 says here.

00:27:09.980 --> 00:27:10.600
 See, why is

00:27:10.600 --> 00:27:11.160
 church so

00:27:11.160 --> 00:27:11.640
 important?

00:27:12.759 --> 00:27:14.240
 Church is

00:27:14.240 --> 00:27:14.920
 so important

00:27:14.920 --> 00:27:15.519
 because it

00:27:15.519 --> 00:27:16.380
 edifies us.

00:27:16.480 --> 00:27:16.779
 We get to

00:27:16.779 --> 00:27:17.240
 come and

00:27:17.240 --> 00:27:17.940
 encourage one

00:27:17.940 --> 00:27:18.880
 another, we

00:27:18.880 --> 00:27:19.120
 get to

00:27:19.120 --> 00:27:19.880
 worship God

00:27:19.880 --> 00:27:20.380
 together.

00:27:21.420 --> 00:27:22.340
 It's like, it

00:27:22.340 --> 00:27:23.059
 describes here

00:27:23.059 --> 00:27:23.600
 stones.

00:27:24.240 --> 00:27:25.539
 A stone, when

00:27:25.539 --> 00:27:26.600
 you look in a

00:27:26.600 --> 00:27:27.559
 farmer's field or

00:27:27.559 --> 00:27:28.380
 in a field, it's

00:27:28.380 --> 00:27:29.120
 just a stone on

00:27:29.120 --> 00:27:29.539
 its own.

00:27:29.860 --> 00:27:30.380
 It's useless.

00:27:31.620 --> 00:27:32.559
 But when stones

00:27:32.559 --> 00:27:34.240
 come together, it

00:27:34.240 --> 00:27:35.100
 builds the church

00:27:35.100 --> 00:27:35.660
 and it is a

00:27:35.660 --> 00:27:36.460
 beautiful thing.

00:27:37.059 --> 00:27:37.960
 Everyone's lives

00:27:37.960 --> 00:27:39.460
 here makes up a

00:27:39.460 --> 00:27:40.200
 beautiful artwork

00:27:40.200 --> 00:27:41.620
 of the church.

00:27:42.620 --> 00:27:43.299
 And we are the

00:27:43.299 --> 00:27:44.900
 church through

00:27:44.900 --> 00:27:45.440
 Christ.

00:27:47.140 --> 00:27:48.180
 Because God has

00:27:48.180 --> 00:27:48.780
 made us his

00:27:48.780 --> 00:27:49.640
 royal priesthood,

00:27:49.980 --> 00:27:51.000
 his holy nation,

00:27:51.160 --> 00:27:51.560
 his own

00:27:51.560 --> 00:27:52.019
 possession.

00:27:52.519 --> 00:27:53.280
 He called us

00:27:53.280 --> 00:27:54.060
 out of darkness.

00:27:54.680 --> 00:27:55.500
 He is merciful,

00:27:55.780 --> 00:27:56.300
 loving, and

00:27:56.300 --> 00:27:56.759
 steadfast.

00:27:57.320 --> 00:27:57.900
 He has given

00:27:57.900 --> 00:27:58.580
 us the great

00:27:58.580 --> 00:28:00.019
 privilege to be

00:28:00.019 --> 00:28:00.660
 his people.

00:28:01.140 --> 00:28:01.700
 He has given

00:28:01.700 --> 00:28:02.360
 us the great

00:28:02.360 --> 00:28:03.600
 honor to be

00:28:03.600 --> 00:28:04.200
 his people

00:28:04.200 --> 00:28:05.000
 through his

00:28:05.000 --> 00:28:05.340
 son.

00:28:06.840 --> 00:28:07.500
 So the

00:28:07.500 --> 00:28:09.460
 gospel gives

00:28:09.460 --> 00:28:10.000
 nourishment.

00:28:10.259 --> 00:28:10.740
 God's word

00:28:10.740 --> 00:28:11.960
 gives nourishment.

00:28:11.960 --> 00:28:14.500
 we abide in

00:28:14.500 --> 00:28:15.620
 Christ as

00:28:15.620 --> 00:28:16.779
 new temple.

00:28:17.519 --> 00:28:18.840
 And here we

00:28:18.840 --> 00:28:19.660
 see the gospel

00:28:19.660 --> 00:28:20.380
 life brings

00:28:20.380 --> 00:28:21.319
 glory to God.

00:28:22.259 --> 00:28:23.600
 Look at it

00:28:23.600 --> 00:28:24.519
 verses 11 to

00:28:24.519 --> 00:28:25.600
 12 with me.

00:28:25.980 --> 00:28:26.720
 Beloved, I

00:28:26.720 --> 00:28:28.100
 urge you as

00:28:28.100 --> 00:28:29.240
 sojourners and

00:28:29.240 --> 00:28:30.200
 exiles to

00:28:30.200 --> 00:28:31.240
 abstain from the

00:28:31.240 --> 00:28:31.980
 passions of the

00:28:31.980 --> 00:28:33.400
 flesh, which

00:28:33.400 --> 00:28:34.340
 wage war against

00:28:34.340 --> 00:28:34.940
 your soul.

00:28:35.640 --> 00:28:36.079
 Keep your

00:28:36.079 --> 00:28:37.180
 conduct among

00:28:37.180 --> 00:28:37.980
 the Gentiles

00:28:37.980 --> 00:28:39.440
 honorable, so

00:28:39.440 --> 00:28:39.840
 that when you

00:28:39.840 --> 00:28:40.700
 speak against,

00:28:40.700 --> 00:28:41.759
 when they

00:28:41.759 --> 00:28:42.299
 speak against

00:28:42.299 --> 00:28:42.620
 you as

00:28:42.620 --> 00:28:43.340
 evildovers,

00:28:43.740 --> 00:28:44.740
 they may see

00:28:44.740 --> 00:28:45.180
 your good

00:28:45.180 --> 00:28:45.840
 deeds and

00:28:45.840 --> 00:28:46.840
 glorify God

00:28:46.840 --> 00:28:47.500
 on the day

00:28:47.500 --> 00:28:48.420
 of visitation.

00:28:50.240 --> 00:28:51.080
 A very

00:28:51.080 --> 00:28:51.900
 well-known

00:28:51.900 --> 00:28:53.059
 apologist now,

00:28:53.200 --> 00:28:53.519
 Canadian

00:28:53.519 --> 00:28:53.980
 apologist,

00:28:54.400 --> 00:28:54.960
 is Wes

00:28:54.960 --> 00:28:55.279
 Huff.

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 And I was

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 listening to

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 a talk he

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 gave to a

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 church, and

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 it was called

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 How to

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 Look, How to

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 Not Look Like

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 an Idiot

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 While Sharing

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 the Gospel.

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 And he

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 gives this

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 talk, and he

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 gives this

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 illustration that

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 I'm going to

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 take right now,

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 because I

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 think it's

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 really good.

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 He says

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 this, there's

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 actually, in

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 your Bible,

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 there's four

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 Gospels, but

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 there's actually

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 five Gospels.

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 There's Matthew,

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 Mark, Luke,

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 and John in

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 your Bible, but

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 then the other

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 Gospel is you.

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 It's the spirit

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 within you.

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 And he's

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 given this talk

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 about how to

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 give good

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 arguments, and

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 he says this

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 because he

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 says people may

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 never listen to

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 your argument or

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 be persuaded by

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 them.

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 But the way we

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 live out our

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 lives amongst

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 those who don't

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 call themselves

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 Christians, who

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 are hostile towards

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 Christianity, speaks

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 louder and is more

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 persuasive.

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 They may not be

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 listening, but they

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 are watching.

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 How are we living

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 out our lives?

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 In light of being

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 part of the new

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 temple, in light of

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 being God's holy

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 priesthood, how are

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 we living out our

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 lives?

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 Can people see the

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 Gospel through us?

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 Are we isolated or

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 are we living in

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 community?

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 Gospel living builds

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 up the temple.

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 Ungospel living destroys

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 the temple.

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 And if you continue in

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 1 Peter, he gives

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 examples more and

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 more on how this

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 looks like to live it

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 out in a society that

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 is very anti-Christian.

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 He gives more

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 examples.

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 But I need to wrap

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 up here.

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 Friends, brothers,

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 sisters in Christ, we

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 have been given a

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 great gift.

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 Jesus is the chosen

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 and precious

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 cornerstone laid for

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 us.

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 Build your life on

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 him.

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 Long for him as the

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 pure word of God.

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 Offer spiritual

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 sacrifices through

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 him.

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 You have been chosen

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 and been made God's

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 possession of love

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 through his son,

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 Jesus.

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종 of God.

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