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 2 verse 10.

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 1 Peter 1, 3, 3.

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 Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth,

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 for a sincere brotherly love,

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 love one another earnestly and with pure heart,

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 since you have been born again,

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 not of perishable seed, but of imperishable,

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 through the living and mighty word of God.

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 For all flesh is like grass,

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 and all its glory like the flower of grass.

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 The grass withers, and the flower falls,

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 but the word of the Lord remains forever.

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 And this word is the good news that is preached to you.

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 So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all surrender.

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 Like newborn infants, 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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 As you come to him, a living stone rejected by men,

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 but in the sight of God, chosen and precious,

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 view yourselves like living stones,

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 being built up as a spiritual house,

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 to be a holy priesthood,

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 to offer spiritual sacrifices,

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 acceptable to God and Jesus Christ.

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 For it stands in Scripture,

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 behold,

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 I am laying in Zion a stone,

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 a cornerstone,

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 chosen and precious.

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 Whoever believes in him will not be put to shame.

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 So the honor is for you who believe,

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 but for those who do not believe,

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 the stone that the builders rejected

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 has the wrongly chief cornerstone,

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 and a stone of stumbling,

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 and a rock of offense.

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 They stumble because they disobey the word,

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 as they were asked him to do.

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 But you are a chosen race,

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 a royal priesthood,

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 a holy nation,

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 a people for his own possession,

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 that you may proclaim the excellencies of him

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 who called you out of darkness

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 into his marvelous light.

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 Once you were not a people,

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 but now you are God's people.

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 Once you had not received mercy,

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 but now you have received mercy.

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 The word of the Lord.

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 Thanks be to God.

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 So please follow along with me.

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 I hope you found your place in the Bible

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 in 1 Peter 1-2,

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 starting in verse 22 of chapter 1.

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 So Peter just talked about what it means,

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 what it looks like to be in right relationship with God,

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 and now in this passage,

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 he addresses what it looks like

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 to be in right relationship with one another

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 in the church,

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 and also with relation to the world.

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 And as I was preparing this message

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 and meditating on 1 Peter 1-2,

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 I was reminded of what I read

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 in a book entitled

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 The Rise of Christianity,

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 which is a historical,

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 kind of sociological book

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 written by Rodney Stark,

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 who's a sociologist in Baylor University.

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 And he recounts the meteoric rise

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 of early Christianity,

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 how it went from being a fringe religion

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 among Jews

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 to becoming the majority religion

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 of the Roman Empire,

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 the most powerful empire in the world at the time,

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 in just a few centuries.

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 It's not longer than the time

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 the United States has been in existence.

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 And he attributes this to two major factors.

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 And the first is that

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 while birth control, abortion,

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 and infanticide,

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 especially of female babies,

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 were rampant throughout the Roman Empire,

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 the Christians refused to follow these practices.

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 For that reason,

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 because they kept their female babies

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 and they didn't have abortions,

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 they had a much more balanced gender distribution,

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 which allowed them to reproduce

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 at a much higher rate

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 than the rest of the population.

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 So that's one thing,

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 is that the Christians were growing

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 because of their treatment of babies.

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 And second,

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 he attributes this to

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 the way Christians behaved

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 and lived

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 in the midst of the two epidemics,

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 plagues of 165 AD

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 and 251 AD.

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 These plagues were so widespread,

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 they wiped out a third

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 of the entire Roman Empire

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 each time.

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 So each time this plague happened.

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 And so that's millions,

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 several millions of people

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 each time dying.

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 And at that time,

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 understandably so in some ways,

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 many people

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 in the Roman Empire

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 abandoned the cities

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 and left their friends and families

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 to spare themselves,

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 to preserve themselves

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 instead of being contaminated.

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 But during that time,

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 Christians stayed in the cities

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 and they cared for the sick.

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 And the result of that,

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 the reason was because

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 they had a tighter social bond

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 with one another

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 than the rest of the Roman population.

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 And the result was

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 that the Christians

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 had a smaller casualty rate

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 than the rest of the Roman Empire

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 when these plagues hit.

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 So those are kind of

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 the non-spiritual,

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 kind of sociological reasons

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 why this sociologist says

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 the church grew.

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 But as you think about that,

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 we see that there's a very simple

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 biblical explanation

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 for all of this as well.

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 And you see this in John 13, 35

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 where Jesus tells his disciples,

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 By this,

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 all people will know

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 that you are my disciples

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 if you have love for one another.

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 Really,

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 what the Christians were doing

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 was nothing creative

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 or different.

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 It was radical,

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 but it was simply

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 loving one another

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 better than everybody else

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 in the Roman Empire.

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 They loved the little ones

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 in their midst.

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 They loved the sick ones

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 in their midst.

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 And as they did so,

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 they made Christianity

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 look extremely attractive

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 to the Washington world.

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 And what accounts

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 for how the early Christians

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 loved one another this way?

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 And this passage

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 in 1 Peter,

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 chapter 1, verse 22,

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 chapter 2, verse 10,

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 gives us a glimpse

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 into what truth

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 creates this kind of community.

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 And he tells us

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 the main idea here

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 is that the household of God,

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 the family of God,

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 the household of God

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 should love one another

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 because they have been born

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 of the living word

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 through nursing

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 with the life-giving milk

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 and for rearing

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 on the living stone.

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 So,

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 three things.

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 So first is

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 the reason

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 why we should love one another.

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 Second is

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 the means

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 by which we love one another.

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 And the last

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 is the goal

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 of loving one another.

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 And the reason

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 is that we have been born

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 of the living word.

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 And the means

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 is the nursing

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 with the life-giving milk.

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 And the goal

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 is the rearing

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 or the building

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 on the living stone.

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 It's Christ.

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 So I'm going to follow

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 that basic outline.

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 First,

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 let's look at verses

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 22 to 25 of chapter 1

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 where Peter tells us

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 about the reason

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 why we should love

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 one another

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 that we have been born

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 of the living word of God.

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 He says in verses

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 22 to 23,

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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

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 you have been

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 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

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 word of God.

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 Note

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 the structure

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 of that first sentence.

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 He says

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 the very reason

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 for which we have

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 purified our souls

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 by obedience

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 to the truth

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 is to love

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 one another.

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 He says

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 having purified

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 your souls

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 by 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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 That's the reason

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 for which we

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 believe in the gospel

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 the good news

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 The reason

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 for which we

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 obey the truth

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 of the gospel

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 is so that we

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 may have sincere

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 brotherly love.

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 So becoming

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 a Christian

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 then is not

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 merely about

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 assenting

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 to a set

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 of propositional truths.

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 It's about

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 loving God

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 and one another.

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 And when we

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 believe in the gospel

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 of Jesus Christ

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 the good news

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 that Christ

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 the son of God

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 became a man

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 and then lived

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 a perfect life

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 and died

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 to pay for our sins

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 and rose again

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 to give us new life.

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 When you believe

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 this truth

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 we do not simply

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 get to know

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 about God

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 or hear about God

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 but we come

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 to love God

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 and from that

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 we come to love

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 one another.

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 So then the

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 touchstone

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 of our faith

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 then is love.

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 It's an earnest

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 love from a pure

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 heart as it says

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 in these verses.

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 It's not

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 theological aptitude

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 or spiritual

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 gifting even.

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 It's love

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 that we have

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 for God

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 and for one another.

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 And by love

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 I don't mean

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 this kind of

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 flimsy

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 weightless

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 kind of

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 empty

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 kind of love

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 that people

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 talk about

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 and it's better

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 to call that

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 kindness

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 than love

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 probably.

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 And C.S. Lewis

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 highlights this difference

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 in his book

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 The Problem of Pain.

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 He says

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 You guys follow that?

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 So the so-called

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 kindness

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 that says to people

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 do whatever

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 makes you happy

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 and that's fine

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 with me

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 is no love

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 at all

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 rather it's a cold

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 detached

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 and uninvested

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 kind of kindness.

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 Because with the people

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 that we care the most

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 about we risk rejection.

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 We speak the truth.

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 We get our hands dirty.

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 We tell them

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 we don't simply tell them

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 do whatever you want to do

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 whatever makes you happy.

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 We tell them

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 this is what is good for you.

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 This is what will make you happy.

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 We tell them

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 the truth.

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 We speak to them

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 into their lives.

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 That's what true love

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 looks like

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 because it's a love

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 that's rooted

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 in truth.

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 As it says

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 Having purified 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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 Sincere brotherly love

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 springs from

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 obedience to the truth.

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 They can't be divorced

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 from one another.

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 Moreover

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 it's important for us

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 to note that this is

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 brotherly love

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 and that includes

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 sisterly love.

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 It's the fact

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 that we have to love

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 one another

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 as siblings

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 as brothers and sisters

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 in Christ.

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 And I've mentioned

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 this to you before

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 but the reason for this

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 is that we have been

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 born again

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 into the family of God.

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 Now that we have God

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 as our father

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 we are by

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 nature of our relation

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 to father

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 related to one another

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 as brothers

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 and sisters.

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 And sibling love

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 is special

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 in many ways

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 but one way

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 in particular

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 because most other loves

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 we choose

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 and deliberately

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 enter into them.

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 So you choose

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 whom you're going

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 to date

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 or marry

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 and you choose

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 whom you're going

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 to have friends with

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 but you don't choose

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 who you get to have

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 as your brother

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 or sister.

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 You have them

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 as brother and sister

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 simply because

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 you have the same father

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 and the same mother.

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 And that's what it means

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 to love one another

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 as siblings

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 is that

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 it's not

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 that we gather

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 as a church

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 because

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 we have these

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 similar interests

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 or that we look

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 like each other

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 or that we

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 have similar personalities

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 and opinions.

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 But we gather

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 as a church

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 and we are united

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 as a church

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 as a family of God

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 because of our relation

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 to God the father.

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 So that's why

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 we bear with each other's quirks

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 each other's unusual habits

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 odd opinions

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 maybe

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 whatever it may be

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 whatever people outside

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 may say to us

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 about each other

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 we can still say

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 this is my brother

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 and this is my sister

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 because we have

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 the same father

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 in God.

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 And that's why

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 it concerns me

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 deeply when I hear people

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 say things

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 like

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 and leave the church

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 flippantly

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 saying things like

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 I don't like

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 so and so

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 personality

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 or

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 I don't

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 fit in here

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 at this church

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 or

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 I don't like

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 the style of music

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 here

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 or

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 my ethnicity

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 or age group

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 is not represented

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 in this church

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 because these are not

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 the kind of reasons

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 for which you'd leave

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 your family

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 because you wouldn't say

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 oh I just don't get along

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 with my brother

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 so I'm going to stop

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 being his brother

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 I mean

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 oh I don't really

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 like the things

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 that my sister does

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 so I'm going to stop

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 calling her my sister

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 right

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 a family sticks together

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 just because

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 it's a family

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 right

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 and that kind of

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 added to betrays

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 a lack of commitment

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 to the body

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 of Christ

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 because

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 that's not

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 the kind of attitude

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 that would stay

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 in the middle

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 of a plague

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 in the city

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 to care for the sick

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 right

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 we are the family

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 of God

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 we are part of

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 the same household

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 and families

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 are meant to

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 suffer together

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 stick it out together

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 and change together

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 even as necessary

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 right

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 so that's how

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 we are to love

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 one another

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 as a church

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 because

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 we have been

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 born again

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 into God's family

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 and not only that

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 we have to consider

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 also what

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 we have been

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 born

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 like

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 consider by what

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 we have been

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 born again

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 into God's family

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 look at verse 23

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 with me

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 of chapter 1

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 it says

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 since you have

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 been born again

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 not of perishable

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 seed

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 but of imperishable

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 through the living

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 and abiding

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 word of God

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 it says

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 we have been

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 born again

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 by the living

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 and abiding

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 word of God

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 so here

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 Peter is

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 contrasting

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 two worlds

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 he is

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 contrasting

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 the eternal

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 spiritual realm

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 with the temporal

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 physical realm

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 and he is

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 comparing the

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 heavenly realm

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 that we are part of

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 now

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 we are citizens of

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 with the earthly realm

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 that we are still

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 aliens in

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 even though we are

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 maybe citizens

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 of an earthly nation

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 and this is

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 insightful

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 and helpful for us

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 because

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 what we see around us

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 the culture around us

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 the politics

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 the pop culture

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 everything that we see

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 may seem very real

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 and tangible

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 and permanent

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 and alluring

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 and enduring

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 but all the desires

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 of the flesh

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 and all the accomplishments

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 of our world

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 that feel so compelling

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 and irresistible

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 is

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 as it says

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 in verses 24 to 25

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 all flesh

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 is like grass

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 and all its glory

00:14:43.220 --> 00:14:44.519
 like the 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

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 forever

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 now Peter

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 is quoting here

00:14:53.139 --> 00:14:54.059
 from Isaiah 40

00:14:54.059 --> 00:14:55.019
 verses 68

00:14:55.019 --> 00:14:56.000
 which God

00:14:56.000 --> 00:14:57.159
 reassures his people

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 of the hope

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 that they have

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 while they're in exile

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 in the Babylonian exile

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 so he's reminding them

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 of their hope

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 and future deliverance

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 which fits exactly

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 the context

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 in which Peter's writing

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 to the people

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 who are in spiritual exile

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 here on earth

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 during the Roman Empire

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 and if you consider

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 that context

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 actually

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 it's even more remarkable

00:15:15.779 --> 00:15:16.559
 what Peter is saying

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 because Peter is writing

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 at the height

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 the zenith

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 of the Roman Empire

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 and the Roman Empire

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 as you guys know

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 is one of the most glorious

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 and impressive civilizations

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 in human history

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 the empire

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 was some of the largest

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 sprawling throughout

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 Europe and Asia

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 the emperor

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 was the most powerful ruler

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 on earth

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 at the time

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 Rome was the largest city

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 in the world

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 at the time

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 their army

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 was the most powerful military

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 in the world

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 at the time

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 and all of this

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 Peter says

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 grass

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 all its glory

00:15:49.879 --> 00:15:51.319
 like the flower of grass

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 the grass withers

00:15:53.059 --> 00:15:54.039
 and the flower falls

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 but the word of the Lord

00:15:55.159 --> 00:15:56.240
 remains

00:15:56.240 --> 00:15:57.179
 forever

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 and I hope you really

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 believe this

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 because this is a

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 very liberating

00:16:03.479 --> 00:16:04.659
 and freeing

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 truth

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 if you really get this

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 because then we don't

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 have to live

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 in captivity to the world

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 because all the worldly

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 fame and recognition

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 what school you went to

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 where you work

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 how much you make

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 what your position is

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 how much you

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 you know

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 all of this

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 is but grass

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 all the worldly riches

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 that we might think of

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 or envy people of

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 the car you drive

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 the house you live in

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 clothes you wear

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 it's all grass

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 right

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 all the worldly accomplishments

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 the patents

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 you may win

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 the laws you may pass

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 the scientific breakthroughs

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 architectural monuments

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 all of that

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 is grass

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 and I'm not trying to say

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 that these work

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 this kind of work

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 is not valuable

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 because

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 these work

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 this kind of work

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 can have eternal significance

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 when they're done

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 out of love for God

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 and love for one another

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 for his glory

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 right

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 but in and of themselves

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 all of these human accomplishments

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 all the things

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 accomplished by the flesh

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 is grass

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 they will fade in memory

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 and corrode with time

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 but God's living word

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 abides

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 it says

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 it will remain forever

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 and since you have been born

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 of this imperishable

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 living and abiding word of God

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 then Peter is saying

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 this is his logic

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 because you've been born

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 of this abiding word of God

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 the living word of God

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 you should then live

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 with eternity in view

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 you should live

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 with the long view

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 long perspective on life

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 and this reminds us

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 of 1 Corinthians 13 13

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 where Apostle Paul says

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 now faith, hope, and love

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 abide

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 these three

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 but the greatest of these

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 is love

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 right

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 so what they're saying

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 basically is

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 love is the stuff of eternity

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 because

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 because the love

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 is the essence

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 God is love

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 and love is the essence

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 of the new eternal nature

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 that we have

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 now it's people

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 who are indwelled

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 by the spirit of God

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 and the love of God

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 right

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 so love is what's going to last

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 therefore

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 people as

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 people who have been

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 born again

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 by the living

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 and abiding word

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 the eternal word

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 we should live

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 with love

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 because love

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 is what lasts

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 what is eternal

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 so that's the reason

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 for which

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 reason of why

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 we have to live

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 love one another

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 the house of God

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 should love one another

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 because they have been born

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 of the living word

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 and even though

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 it could be hard

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 to remember

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 this truth as we live

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 you could kind of

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 think of it like

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 let's say you were

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 getting into

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 you have a really

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 really entrancing

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 video game

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 that you're getting into

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 or a TV show

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 or a movie

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 and you're watching

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 and

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 if it's a really good

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 game or movie

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 or film

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 or show

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 you kind of get

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 immersed in it

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 right

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 and you come to

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 identify with the

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 characters

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 and you feel

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 sad

00:18:50.060 --> 00:18:50.800
 when the characters

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 are sad

00:18:51.300 --> 00:18:52.259
 you feel their joy

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 you feel their

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 empowerment

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 as well as their

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 enfeeblement

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 you identify with that

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 but at the end of that

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 at the end of the show

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 or at the end of the game

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 you realize

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 that was just temporary

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 it was a virtual

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 world

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 it wasn't real

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 and you resume

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 your regular life

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 right

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 and it's not going

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 to be unlike that

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 at the end of time

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 right

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 that the life we live

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 the human accomplishments

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 the world of the flesh

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 is going to seem

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 that

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 chimeral

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 that

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 fleeting

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 in light of the reality

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 of God's love

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 and the eternity

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 that we get to share

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 with him

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 now so if that's the reason

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 why we must love

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 one another

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 Peter also tells us

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 the means by which

00:19:35.679 --> 00:19:36.519
 we love one another

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 it's in chapter 2

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 verses 1 to 3

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 and he says

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 let me read it out loud

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 so put away

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 all malice

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 and all deceit

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 and hypocrisy

00:19:48.459 --> 00:19:49.639
 and envy

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 and all slander

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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

00:19:59.919 --> 00:20:00.659
 into salvation

00:20:00.660 --> 00:20:02.220
 if indeed

00:20:02.220 --> 00:20:03.000
 you have tasted

00:20:03.000 --> 00:20:03.640
 that the Lord

00:20:03.640 --> 00:20:04.560
 is good

00:20:04.560 --> 00:20:07.900
 so what is the means

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 by which

00:20:08.519 --> 00:20:09.660
 we love one another

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 he says

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 it involves

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 putting away

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 all malice

00:20:14.040 --> 00:20:15.580
 and all deceit

00:20:15.580 --> 00:20:16.300
 and hypocrisy

00:20:16.300 --> 00:20:16.940
 and envy

00:20:16.940 --> 00:20:17.920
 and all slander

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 and if you notice

00:20:19.080 --> 00:20:20.900
 what category

00:20:20.900 --> 00:20:21.600
 these sins

00:20:21.600 --> 00:20:22.200
 fall into

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 all of these

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 are vices

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 that destroy

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 relationships

00:20:25.160 --> 00:20:25.840
 and community

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 and that's why

00:20:26.320 --> 00:20:27.120
 they're listed here

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 because instead

00:20:28.279 --> 00:20:28.920
 as Christians

00:20:28.920 --> 00:20:29.980
 of relating to one another

00:20:29.980 --> 00:20:30.800
 with malice

00:20:30.800 --> 00:20:31.539
 ill will

00:20:31.539 --> 00:20:32.600
 we have to have

00:20:32.600 --> 00:20:33.200
 good will

00:20:33.200 --> 00:20:33.900
 toward one another

00:20:33.900 --> 00:20:35.200
 instead of deceiving

00:20:35.200 --> 00:20:35.539
 one another

00:20:35.539 --> 00:20:36.400
 we have to be honest

00:20:36.400 --> 00:20:37.380
 and speak the truth

00:20:37.380 --> 00:20:38.480
 with one another

00:20:38.480 --> 00:20:39.560
 instead of being

00:20:39.560 --> 00:20:40.320
 hypocritical

00:20:40.320 --> 00:20:41.560
 we have to be sincere

00:20:41.560 --> 00:20:41.980
 right

00:20:41.980 --> 00:20:42.880
 just have sincere

00:20:42.880 --> 00:20:43.640
 brotherly love

00:20:43.640 --> 00:20:44.200
 for one another

00:20:44.200 --> 00:20:46.400
 and instead of

00:20:46.400 --> 00:20:47.779
 envying one another

00:20:47.779 --> 00:20:49.160
 or slandering one another

00:20:49.160 --> 00:20:50.360
 we have to seek

00:20:50.360 --> 00:20:51.340
 one another's good

00:20:51.340 --> 00:20:52.580
 and love one another

00:20:52.580 --> 00:20:53.440
 and consider others

00:20:53.440 --> 00:20:54.960
 better than ourselves

00:20:54.960 --> 00:20:55.360
 right

00:20:55.359 --> 00:20:57.059
 and this is not easy

00:20:57.059 --> 00:20:57.740
 because we have

00:20:57.740 --> 00:20:58.959
 a real spiritual enemy

00:20:58.959 --> 00:21:00.099
 and Satan is

00:21:00.099 --> 00:21:01.099
 actively seeking

00:21:01.099 --> 00:21:02.139
 to destroy us

00:21:02.139 --> 00:21:03.439
 to destroy the community

00:21:03.439 --> 00:21:04.279
 by inciting

00:21:04.279 --> 00:21:05.539
 precisely these things

00:21:05.539 --> 00:21:06.279
 malice

00:21:06.279 --> 00:21:06.699
 deceit

00:21:06.699 --> 00:21:07.319
 hypocrisy

00:21:07.319 --> 00:21:07.639
 envy

00:21:07.639 --> 00:21:08.240
 and slander

00:21:08.240 --> 00:21:09.799
 and we as a church

00:21:09.799 --> 00:21:10.679
 have to stake

00:21:10.679 --> 00:21:11.519
 our ground

00:21:11.519 --> 00:21:12.539
 our claim on the ground

00:21:12.539 --> 00:21:12.879
 and say

00:21:12.879 --> 00:21:13.799
 refuse to yield

00:21:13.799 --> 00:21:14.759
 and repent

00:21:14.759 --> 00:21:15.959
 each time we fail

00:21:15.959 --> 00:21:16.779
 in this regard

00:21:16.779 --> 00:21:17.419
 repent

00:21:17.419 --> 00:21:18.159
 and ask

00:21:18.159 --> 00:21:18.759
 forgiveness

00:21:18.759 --> 00:21:20.059
 of one another

00:21:20.059 --> 00:21:22.899
 and Peter goes on

00:21:22.899 --> 00:21:23.500
 in verse 2

00:21:23.500 --> 00:21:25.299
 like newborn infants

00:21:25.299 --> 00:21:26.839
 long for the pure

00:21:26.839 --> 00:21:27.700
 spiritual milk

00:21:27.700 --> 00:21:28.880
 that by it

00:21:28.880 --> 00:21:29.779
 you may grow up

00:21:29.779 --> 00:21:30.579
 into salvation

00:21:30.579 --> 00:21:31.740
 if indeed

00:21:31.740 --> 00:21:32.500
 you have tasted

00:21:32.500 --> 00:21:33.259
 that the Lord

00:21:33.259 --> 00:21:34.039
 is good

00:21:34.039 --> 00:21:35.319
 now he's

00:21:35.319 --> 00:21:36.619
 continuing the metaphor

00:21:36.619 --> 00:21:37.960
 of the birth

00:21:37.960 --> 00:21:38.859
 of the new birth

00:21:38.859 --> 00:21:40.160
 of Christians here

00:21:40.160 --> 00:21:41.480
 so since we have been

00:21:41.480 --> 00:21:42.019
 born again

00:21:42.019 --> 00:21:43.660
 now as newborn infants

00:21:43.660 --> 00:21:44.980
 we should crave

00:21:44.980 --> 00:21:46.480
 pure spiritual milk

00:21:46.480 --> 00:21:47.759
 and there's a

00:21:47.759 --> 00:21:48.759
 double word play

00:21:48.759 --> 00:21:49.259
 here going on

00:21:49.259 --> 00:21:50.180
 that's not apparent

00:21:50.180 --> 00:21:51.920
 in the English necessarily

00:21:51.920 --> 00:21:52.900
 but because the word

00:21:52.900 --> 00:21:53.620
 pure

00:21:53.620 --> 00:21:55.519
 literally means

00:21:55.519 --> 00:21:56.380
 deceitless

00:21:56.380 --> 00:21:57.780
 and now if you remember

00:21:57.780 --> 00:21:58.680
 he had just told us

00:21:58.680 --> 00:21:59.780
 to put away all deceit

00:21:59.780 --> 00:22:00.880
 and now he says

00:22:00.880 --> 00:22:01.440
 to crave

00:22:01.440 --> 00:22:02.860
 long for deceitless

00:22:02.860 --> 00:22:03.980
 milk

00:22:03.980 --> 00:22:04.640
 right

00:22:04.640 --> 00:22:05.660
 and then Peter also

00:22:05.660 --> 00:22:06.480
 tells us that

00:22:06.480 --> 00:22:07.700
 that we were born

00:22:07.700 --> 00:22:08.720
 of the word of God

00:22:08.720 --> 00:22:10.500
 and then he tells us

00:22:10.500 --> 00:22:11.100
 to long for

00:22:11.100 --> 00:22:11.980
 spiritual milk

00:22:11.980 --> 00:22:12.780
 the word

00:22:12.780 --> 00:22:13.500
 word

00:22:13.500 --> 00:22:14.320
 and spiritual

00:22:14.320 --> 00:22:15.480
 both come from

00:22:15.480 --> 00:22:16.600
 the same Greek root

00:22:16.600 --> 00:22:17.840
 if you're reading it

00:22:17.840 --> 00:22:18.080
 in Greek

00:22:18.080 --> 00:22:18.700
 they look almost

00:22:18.700 --> 00:22:19.160
 identical

00:22:19.160 --> 00:22:21.500
 and so he's

00:22:21.500 --> 00:22:21.940
 saying here

00:22:21.940 --> 00:22:22.480
 so the word

00:22:22.480 --> 00:22:23.160
 spiritual here

00:22:23.160 --> 00:22:24.640
 it's not the same

00:22:24.640 --> 00:22:25.240
 word that's used

00:22:25.240 --> 00:22:26.200
 later in the passage

00:22:26.200 --> 00:22:27.140
 if you look at

00:22:27.140 --> 00:22:28.080
 verse 5

00:22:28.080 --> 00:22:29.059
 it says that

00:22:29.059 --> 00:22:29.799
 the church is called

00:22:29.799 --> 00:22:30.840
 a spiritual house

00:22:30.840 --> 00:22:31.779
 that

00:22:31.779 --> 00:22:33.200
 and a holy priesthood

00:22:33.200 --> 00:22:33.920
 that offers

00:22:33.920 --> 00:22:35.200
 spiritual sacrifices

00:22:35.200 --> 00:22:36.500
 so it's a different

00:22:36.500 --> 00:22:36.759
 word

00:22:36.759 --> 00:22:37.299
 so it actually

00:22:37.299 --> 00:22:38.600
 as spiritual

00:22:38.600 --> 00:22:40.160
 it's translated

00:22:40.160 --> 00:22:40.720
 spiritual

00:22:40.720 --> 00:22:41.880
 but actually means

00:22:41.880 --> 00:22:42.960
 something more like

00:22:42.960 --> 00:22:44.100
 true to the nature

00:22:44.100 --> 00:22:44.600
 of

00:22:44.600 --> 00:22:45.980
 appropriate

00:22:45.980 --> 00:22:47.059
 or corresponding

00:22:47.059 --> 00:22:47.720
 to the nature

00:22:47.720 --> 00:22:48.080
 of

00:22:48.079 --> 00:22:48.779
 so

00:22:48.779 --> 00:22:49.779
 what that means

00:22:49.779 --> 00:22:50.359
 here then

00:22:50.359 --> 00:22:50.980
 is that

00:22:50.980 --> 00:22:51.799
 this milk

00:22:51.799 --> 00:22:52.619
 is true

00:22:52.619 --> 00:22:53.439
 to the nature

00:22:53.439 --> 00:22:54.240
 of our new

00:22:54.240 --> 00:22:54.759
 birth

00:22:54.759 --> 00:22:55.639
 by the word

00:22:55.639 --> 00:22:56.019
 of God

00:22:56.019 --> 00:22:56.859
 so he's saying

00:22:56.859 --> 00:22:58.019
 crave the milk

00:22:58.019 --> 00:22:58.539
 and milk

00:22:58.539 --> 00:22:59.799
 obviously symbolizes

00:22:59.799 --> 00:23:00.639
 nourishment

00:23:00.639 --> 00:23:02.000
 sustenance

00:23:02.000 --> 00:23:03.019
 so crave

00:23:03.019 --> 00:23:03.960
 that milk

00:23:03.960 --> 00:23:05.000
 that is true

00:23:05.000 --> 00:23:05.559
 to the nature

00:23:05.559 --> 00:23:06.179
 of your new

00:23:06.179 --> 00:23:06.659
 birth

00:23:06.659 --> 00:23:07.379
 in Christ

00:23:07.379 --> 00:23:08.859
 the deceitless

00:23:08.859 --> 00:23:09.799
 the one

00:23:09.799 --> 00:23:11.339
 something that is

00:23:11.339 --> 00:23:11.879
 deceitless

00:23:11.879 --> 00:23:12.359
 and true to

00:23:12.359 --> 00:23:12.899
 nature of your

00:23:12.899 --> 00:23:13.500
 birth

00:23:13.500 --> 00:23:14.119
 by the word

00:23:14.119 --> 00:23:14.500
 of God

00:23:14.500 --> 00:23:15.179
 that's what

00:23:15.180 --> 00:23:15.660
 he's referring

00:23:15.660 --> 00:23:16.420
 to

00:23:16.420 --> 00:23:17.640
 and the milk

00:23:17.640 --> 00:23:17.960
 here

00:23:17.960 --> 00:23:18.560
 even though

00:23:18.560 --> 00:23:19.299
 in other parts

00:23:19.299 --> 00:23:19.680
 of the Bible

00:23:19.680 --> 00:23:20.539
 the word

00:23:20.539 --> 00:23:20.779
 milk

00:23:20.779 --> 00:23:21.519
 is contrasted

00:23:21.519 --> 00:23:21.900
 with solid

00:23:21.900 --> 00:23:22.180
 food

00:23:22.180 --> 00:23:23.140
 to refer

00:23:23.140 --> 00:23:24.380
 to kind of

00:23:24.380 --> 00:23:25.279
 food for

00:23:25.279 --> 00:23:25.880
 immature

00:23:25.880 --> 00:23:26.400
 Christians

00:23:26.400 --> 00:23:27.240
 so he's saying

00:23:27.240 --> 00:23:27.700
 well mature

00:23:27.700 --> 00:23:28.080
 Christians

00:23:28.080 --> 00:23:28.480
 should eat

00:23:28.480 --> 00:23:29.060
 solid food

00:23:29.060 --> 00:23:29.700
 but milk

00:23:29.700 --> 00:23:30.180
 should be

00:23:30.180 --> 00:23:30.640
 reserved for

00:23:30.640 --> 00:23:31.019
 immature

00:23:31.019 --> 00:23:31.420
 Christians

00:23:31.420 --> 00:23:32.140
 but that's

00:23:32.140 --> 00:23:32.519
 not the

00:23:32.519 --> 00:23:32.940
 contrast

00:23:32.940 --> 00:23:33.320
 that Peter

00:23:33.320 --> 00:23:33.700
 is drawing

00:23:33.700 --> 00:23:34.000
 here

00:23:34.000 --> 00:23:34.620
 because this

00:23:34.620 --> 00:23:35.220
 is a milk

00:23:35.220 --> 00:23:35.720
 for all

00:23:35.720 --> 00:23:36.080
 of us

00:23:36.080 --> 00:23:36.660
 so he's

00:23:36.660 --> 00:23:36.880
 saying

00:23:36.880 --> 00:23:37.360
 this is

00:23:37.360 --> 00:23:37.940
 good milk

00:23:37.940 --> 00:23:38.360
 pure

00:23:38.360 --> 00:23:39.080
 milk

00:23:39.080 --> 00:23:39.500
 spiritual

00:23:39.500 --> 00:23:39.759
 milk

00:23:39.759 --> 00:23:40.440
 that every

00:23:40.440 --> 00:23:40.860
 believer

00:23:40.860 --> 00:23:41.500
 needs

00:23:41.500 --> 00:23:42.640
 every church

00:23:42.640 --> 00:23:43.460
 is fed

00:23:43.460 --> 00:23:43.660
 on

00:23:43.660 --> 00:23:44.380
 is grown

00:23:44.380 --> 00:23:44.700
 by

00:23:44.700 --> 00:23:45.920
 nurtured

00:23:45.920 --> 00:23:46.160
 by

00:23:46.160 --> 00:23:46.960
 so that's

00:23:46.960 --> 00:23:47.600
 the milk

00:23:47.600 --> 00:23:47.880
 that is

00:23:47.880 --> 00:23:48.240
 in view

00:23:48.240 --> 00:23:49.380
 so what

00:23:49.380 --> 00:23:50.080
 exactly

00:23:50.080 --> 00:23:50.539
 is this

00:23:50.539 --> 00:23:50.819
 milk

00:23:50.819 --> 00:23:51.920
 that's

00:23:51.920 --> 00:23:52.120
 probably

00:23:52.120 --> 00:23:52.559
 the question

00:23:52.559 --> 00:23:53.100
 you're

00:23:53.100 --> 00:23:53.420
 wondering

00:23:53.420 --> 00:23:54.920
 and some

00:23:54.920 --> 00:23:55.500
 people think

00:23:55.500 --> 00:23:56.000
 that the

00:23:56.000 --> 00:23:56.500
 milk here

00:23:56.500 --> 00:23:56.980
 refers to

00:23:56.980 --> 00:23:57.319
 the word

00:23:57.319 --> 00:23:57.740
 of God

00:23:57.740 --> 00:23:58.680
 and that's

00:23:58.680 --> 00:23:59.160
 possible

00:23:59.160 --> 00:24:00.779
 but I

00:24:00.779 --> 00:24:01.019
 think that

00:24:01.019 --> 00:24:01.420
 would be

00:24:01.420 --> 00:24:01.900
 a little bit

00:24:01.900 --> 00:24:02.360
 inconsistent

00:24:02.360 --> 00:24:02.980
 with the

00:24:02.980 --> 00:24:03.279
 metaphor

00:24:03.279 --> 00:24:03.700
 that Peter

00:24:03.700 --> 00:24:04.080
 is using

00:24:04.080 --> 00:24:04.559
 because he's

00:24:04.559 --> 00:24:04.860
 saying we

00:24:04.860 --> 00:24:05.420
 were born

00:24:05.420 --> 00:24:06.080
 by the word

00:24:06.080 --> 00:24:06.480
 of God

00:24:06.480 --> 00:24:07.160
 and now

00:24:07.160 --> 00:24:07.380
 we're

00:24:07.380 --> 00:24:08.039
 nursed

00:24:08.039 --> 00:24:08.799
 by the

00:24:08.799 --> 00:24:09.180
 spiritual

00:24:09.180 --> 00:24:09.620
 milk

00:24:09.620 --> 00:24:11.519
 so it's

00:24:11.519 --> 00:24:11.779
 not

00:24:11.779 --> 00:24:12.740
 consistent

00:24:12.740 --> 00:24:13.140
 if that's

00:24:13.140 --> 00:24:13.400
 what he's

00:24:13.400 --> 00:24:13.600
 doing

00:24:13.600 --> 00:24:13.880
 in terms

00:24:13.880 --> 00:24:14.019
 of

00:24:14.019 --> 00:24:14.259
 metaphor

00:24:14.259 --> 00:24:15.099
 and I

00:24:15.099 --> 00:24:15.379
 think the

00:24:15.379 --> 00:24:15.680
 key to

00:24:15.680 --> 00:24:16.099
 understanding

00:24:16.099 --> 00:24:16.700
 is in

00:24:16.700 --> 00:24:17.259
 the actual

00:24:17.259 --> 00:24:18.339
 Old Testament

00:24:18.339 --> 00:24:19.019
 verse that

00:24:19.019 --> 00:24:19.640
 Peter's quoting

00:24:19.640 --> 00:24:20.240
 which is

00:24:20.240 --> 00:24:21.059
 Psalm 34

00:24:21.059 --> 00:24:21.539
 8

00:24:21.539 --> 00:24:23.079
 and in

00:24:23.079 --> 00:24:23.740
 Psalm 34

00:24:23.740 --> 00:24:24.140
 8 which

00:24:24.140 --> 00:24:24.700
 was part of

00:24:24.700 --> 00:24:25.460
 our cult

00:24:25.460 --> 00:24:25.839
 worship

00:24:25.839 --> 00:24:26.960
 and in

00:24:26.960 --> 00:24:28.059
 the Greek

00:24:28.059 --> 00:24:28.920
 version of

00:24:28.920 --> 00:24:30.160
 the psalm

00:24:30.160 --> 00:24:30.879
 which Peter

00:24:30.879 --> 00:24:31.240
 would have been

00:24:31.240 --> 00:24:31.599
 using

00:24:31.599 --> 00:24:32.379
 it says

00:24:32.380 --> 00:24:33.500
 oh taste

00:24:33.500 --> 00:24:33.520
 oh taste

00:24:33.520 --> 00:24:34.200
 and see

00:24:34.200 --> 00:24:34.640
 that the

00:24:34.640 --> 00:24:34.820
 Lord

00:24:34.820 --> 00:24:35.300
 is good

00:24:35.300 --> 00:24:36.660
 blessed

00:24:36.660 --> 00:24:37.240
 is the

00:24:37.240 --> 00:24:37.600
 man

00:24:37.600 --> 00:24:38.200
 who

00:24:38.200 --> 00:24:38.920
 hopes

00:24:38.920 --> 00:24:39.260
 in

00:24:39.260 --> 00:24:39.600
 him

00:24:39.600 --> 00:24:42.020
 and

00:24:42.020 --> 00:24:44.340
 notice

00:24:44.340 --> 00:24:44.760
 the parallel

00:24:44.760 --> 00:24:45.280
 statements

00:24:45.280 --> 00:24:45.880
 between

00:24:45.880 --> 00:24:46.880
 tasting

00:24:46.880 --> 00:24:47.160
 and seeing

00:24:47.160 --> 00:24:47.400
 that the

00:24:47.400 --> 00:24:47.500
 Lord

00:24:47.500 --> 00:24:48.000
 is good

00:24:48.000 --> 00:24:49.020
 and setting

00:24:49.020 --> 00:24:49.640
 our hope

00:24:49.640 --> 00:24:50.060
 on him

00:24:50.060 --> 00:24:50.660
 those two

00:24:50.660 --> 00:24:51.040
 things are

00:24:51.040 --> 00:24:51.460
 parallel

00:24:51.460 --> 00:24:53.360
 and that

00:24:53.360 --> 00:24:53.560
 should

00:24:53.560 --> 00:24:54.040
 immediately

00:24:54.040 --> 00:24:54.620
 ring a bell

00:24:54.620 --> 00:24:55.020
 it should

00:24:55.020 --> 00:24:55.580
 sound familiar

00:24:55.580 --> 00:24:56.040
 because we

00:24:56.040 --> 00:24:56.620
 just learned

00:24:56.620 --> 00:24:56.980
 about in

00:24:56.980 --> 00:24:57.480
 chapter 1

00:24:57.480 --> 00:24:58.100
 verse 13

00:24:58.100 --> 00:24:58.640
 Peter was

00:24:58.640 --> 00:24:59.240
 exhorting us

00:24:59.240 --> 00:24:59.720
 to set

00:24:59.720 --> 00:25:00.640
 our hope

00:25:00.640 --> 00:25:01.480
 fully

00:25:01.480 --> 00:25:02.019
 on the

00:25:02.019 --> 00:25:02.640
 grace

00:25:02.640 --> 00:25:03.099
 that will

00:25:03.099 --> 00:25:03.500
 be brought

00:25:03.500 --> 00:25:03.880
 to us

00:25:03.880 --> 00:25:04.120
 at the

00:25:04.120 --> 00:25:04.500
 revelation

00:25:04.500 --> 00:25:04.859
 of Jesus

00:25:04.859 --> 00:25:05.299
 Christ

00:25:05.299 --> 00:25:07.240
 so that's

00:25:07.240 --> 00:25:07.680
 note the

00:25:07.680 --> 00:25:07.980
 logical

00:25:07.980 --> 00:25:08.579
 connection

00:25:08.579 --> 00:25:08.759
 there

00:25:08.759 --> 00:25:09.099
 so that

00:25:09.099 --> 00:25:09.640
 in verse

00:25:09.640 --> 00:25:10.000
 2 and

00:25:10.000 --> 00:25:10.380
 3 as

00:25:10.380 --> 00:25:10.519
 well

00:25:10.519 --> 00:25:11.180
 if indeed

00:25:11.180 --> 00:25:11.519
 you have

00:25:11.519 --> 00:25:11.859
 tasted

00:25:11.859 --> 00:25:12.160
 that the

00:25:12.160 --> 00:25:12.279
 Lord

00:25:12.279 --> 00:25:12.759
 is good

00:25:12.759 --> 00:25:13.799
 then long

00:25:13.799 --> 00:25:14.319
 for this

00:25:14.319 --> 00:25:14.720
 pure

00:25:14.720 --> 00:25:15.680
 spiritual

00:25:15.680 --> 00:25:16.279
 milk

00:25:16.279 --> 00:25:16.980
 so what

00:25:16.980 --> 00:25:17.220
 we have

00:25:17.220 --> 00:25:17.660
 tasted

00:25:17.660 --> 00:25:18.120
 is the

00:25:18.120 --> 00:25:18.380
 Lord

00:25:18.380 --> 00:25:18.880
 himself

00:25:18.880 --> 00:25:20.059
 so then

00:25:20.059 --> 00:25:20.420
 what we

00:25:20.420 --> 00:25:20.680
 ought to

00:25:20.680 --> 00:25:20.980
 long

00:25:20.980 --> 00:25:21.240
 for

00:25:21.240 --> 00:25:21.579
 the pure

00:25:21.579 --> 00:25:21.980
 spiritual

00:25:21.980 --> 00:25:22.339
 milk

00:25:22.339 --> 00:25:23.180
 also is

00:25:23.180 --> 00:25:23.440
 the

00:25:23.440 --> 00:25:23.740
 Lord

00:25:23.740 --> 00:25:24.319
 himself

00:25:24.319 --> 00:25:25.200
 it's

00:25:25.200 --> 00:25:25.680
 the grace

00:25:25.680 --> 00:25:26.099
 of God

00:25:26.099 --> 00:25:26.480
 it's the

00:25:26.480 --> 00:25:26.759
 grace

00:25:26.759 --> 00:25:27.019
 of our

00:25:27.019 --> 00:25:27.200
 Lord

00:25:27.200 --> 00:25:27.539
 that's

00:25:27.539 --> 00:25:27.839
 what we're

00:25:27.839 --> 00:25:28.039
 supposed

00:25:28.039 --> 00:25:28.359
 to set

00:25:28.359 --> 00:25:28.480
 our

00:25:28.480 --> 00:25:28.720
 hope

00:25:28.720 --> 00:25:28.940
 on

00:25:28.940 --> 00:25:29.359
 and

00:25:29.359 --> 00:25:29.659
 that's

00:25:29.659 --> 00:25:29.799
 what

00:25:29.799 --> 00:25:30.019
 we're

00:25:30.019 --> 00:25:30.240
 being

00:25:30.240 --> 00:25:30.559
 called

00:25:30.559 --> 00:25:30.759
 to

00:25:30.759 --> 00:25:31.019
 long

00:25:31.019 --> 00:25:31.319
 for

00:25:31.319 --> 00:25:31.519
 and

00:25:31.519 --> 00:25:32.039
 crave

00:25:32.039 --> 00:25:32.619
 the

00:25:32.619 --> 00:25:33.000
 milk

00:25:33.000 --> 00:25:33.240
 is

00:25:33.240 --> 00:25:33.839
 God

00:25:33.839 --> 00:25:34.180
 himself

00:25:34.180 --> 00:25:34.440
 his

00:25:34.440 --> 00:25:34.960
 grace

00:25:34.960 --> 00:25:36.220
 and

00:25:36.220 --> 00:25:36.480
 isn't

00:25:36.480 --> 00:25:36.859
 it's

00:25:36.859 --> 00:25:37.420
 cool how

00:25:37.420 --> 00:25:38.059
 Peter

00:25:38.059 --> 00:25:39.019
 leaves out

00:25:39.019 --> 00:25:39.259
 the

00:25:39.259 --> 00:25:39.480
 sea

00:25:39.480 --> 00:25:39.720
 part

00:25:39.720 --> 00:25:40.039
 but he

00:25:40.039 --> 00:25:40.460
 includes

00:25:40.460 --> 00:25:40.639
 the

00:25:40.639 --> 00:25:40.940
 taste

00:25:40.940 --> 00:25:41.200
 part

00:25:41.200 --> 00:25:41.559
 taste

00:25:41.559 --> 00:25:42.200
 if you

00:25:42.200 --> 00:25:42.299
 have

00:25:42.299 --> 00:25:42.519
 indeed

00:25:42.519 --> 00:25:42.920
 tasted

00:25:42.920 --> 00:25:43.119
 that

00:25:43.119 --> 00:25:43.259
 the

00:25:43.259 --> 00:25:43.399
 Lord

00:25:43.399 --> 00:25:43.579
 is

00:25:43.579 --> 00:25:43.839
 good

00:25:43.839 --> 00:25:44.339
 and

00:25:44.339 --> 00:25:44.519
 that's

00:25:44.519 --> 00:25:44.700
 such

00:25:44.700 --> 00:25:44.920
 an

00:25:44.920 --> 00:25:45.460
 intimate

00:25:45.460 --> 00:25:46.859
 metaphor

00:25:46.859 --> 00:25:47.299
 right

00:25:47.299 --> 00:25:47.559
 because

00:25:47.559 --> 00:25:47.819
 if you

00:25:47.819 --> 00:25:48.159
 think about

00:25:48.159 --> 00:25:48.559
 the five

00:25:48.559 --> 00:25:48.920
 senses

00:25:48.920 --> 00:25:49.240
 that we

00:25:49.240 --> 00:25:49.619
 have

00:25:49.619 --> 00:25:50.619
 seeing

00:25:50.619 --> 00:25:51.559
 hearing

00:25:51.559 --> 00:25:52.480
 smelling

00:25:52.480 --> 00:25:53.519
 and

00:25:53.519 --> 00:25:53.980
 touching

00:25:53.980 --> 00:25:55.259
 not all

00:25:55.259 --> 00:25:55.579
 of those

00:25:55.579 --> 00:25:55.839
 are

00:25:55.839 --> 00:25:56.519
 external

00:25:56.519 --> 00:25:56.799
 it's

00:25:56.799 --> 00:25:57.299
 outside

00:25:57.299 --> 00:25:57.459
 of

00:25:57.459 --> 00:25:57.859
 ourselves

00:25:57.859 --> 00:25:58.379
 but

00:25:58.379 --> 00:25:58.939
 tasting

00:25:58.939 --> 00:26:00.039
 involves

00:26:00.039 --> 00:26:00.799
 ingesting

00:26:00.799 --> 00:26:01.079
 right

00:26:01.079 --> 00:26:01.299
 it

00:26:01.299 --> 00:26:02.159
 becomes

00:26:02.159 --> 00:26:02.740
 a part

00:26:02.740 --> 00:26:03.199
 of us

00:26:03.199 --> 00:26:03.659
 when we

00:26:03.659 --> 00:26:03.919
 eat

00:26:03.919 --> 00:26:04.299
 something

00:26:04.299 --> 00:26:04.959
 so

00:26:04.959 --> 00:26:05.879
 it's

00:26:05.879 --> 00:26:06.139
 such

00:26:06.139 --> 00:26:06.439
 an

00:26:06.439 --> 00:26:06.859
 intimate

00:26:06.859 --> 00:26:07.119
 and

00:26:07.119 --> 00:26:07.539
 powerful

00:26:07.539 --> 00:26:08.059
 picture

00:26:08.059 --> 00:26:08.699
 of us

00:26:08.699 --> 00:26:10.059
 savoring

00:26:10.059 --> 00:26:10.980
 tasting

00:26:10.980 --> 00:26:11.279
 him

00:26:11.279 --> 00:26:11.679
 making

00:26:11.679 --> 00:26:12.079
 God

00:26:12.079 --> 00:26:12.559
 part

00:26:12.559 --> 00:26:12.839
 of us

00:26:12.839 --> 00:26:13.159
 becoming

00:26:13.159 --> 00:26:13.480
 a part

00:26:13.480 --> 00:26:13.619
 of

00:26:13.619 --> 00:26:13.980
 God

00:26:13.980 --> 00:26:15.199
 so

00:26:15.199 --> 00:26:15.379
 it's

00:26:15.379 --> 00:26:15.619
 not

00:26:15.619 --> 00:26:16.019
 enough

00:26:16.019 --> 00:26:16.240
 that we

00:26:16.240 --> 00:26:16.399
 just

00:26:16.399 --> 00:26:16.699
 hear

00:26:16.699 --> 00:26:16.919
 about

00:26:16.919 --> 00:26:17.059
 him

00:26:17.059 --> 00:26:17.199
 we

00:26:17.199 --> 00:26:17.319
 have

00:26:17.319 --> 00:26:17.459
 to

00:26:17.459 --> 00:26:17.839
 taste

00:26:17.839 --> 00:26:18.220
 him

00:26:18.220 --> 00:26:19.779
 and

00:26:19.779 --> 00:26:20.000
 those

00:26:20.000 --> 00:26:20.200
 that

00:26:20.200 --> 00:26:20.400
 have

00:26:20.400 --> 00:26:20.900
 partaken

00:26:20.900 --> 00:26:21.059
 of

00:26:21.059 --> 00:26:21.259
 God

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 through

00:26:21.440 --> 00:26:21.600
 his

00:26:21.600 --> 00:26:21.900
 spirit

00:26:21.900 --> 00:26:22.120
 will

00:26:22.120 --> 00:26:22.420
 continue

00:26:22.420 --> 00:26:22.620
 to

00:26:22.620 --> 00:26:22.960
 long

00:26:22.960 --> 00:26:23.180
 for

00:26:23.180 --> 00:26:23.440
 more

00:26:23.440 --> 00:26:23.600
 of

00:26:23.600 --> 00:26:23.779
 that

00:26:23.779 --> 00:26:24.120
 milk

00:26:24.120 --> 00:26:24.640
 more

00:26:24.640 --> 00:26:24.779
 of

00:26:24.779 --> 00:26:25.059
 God's

00:26:25.059 --> 00:26:25.380
 grace

00:26:25.380 --> 00:26:26.980
 and

00:26:26.980 --> 00:26:27.360
 John

00:26:27.360 --> 00:26:28.019
 Piper

00:26:28.019 --> 00:26:28.440
 who's

00:26:28.440 --> 00:26:29.480
 a pastor

00:26:29.480 --> 00:26:30.240
 a theologian

00:26:30.240 --> 00:26:30.759
 he writes

00:26:30.759 --> 00:26:31.620
 about this

00:26:31.620 --> 00:26:32.539
 truth

00:26:32.539 --> 00:26:32.880
 in his

00:26:32.880 --> 00:26:33.079
 book

00:26:33.079 --> 00:26:33.579
 Desiring

00:26:33.579 --> 00:26:34.019
 God

00:26:34.019 --> 00:26:35.100
 he writes

00:26:35.100 --> 00:26:36.100
 all the

00:26:36.100 --> 00:26:36.620
 evils in

00:26:36.620 --> 00:26:36.960
 the world

00:26:36.960 --> 00:26:37.480
 come

00:26:37.480 --> 00:26:38.660
 not because

00:26:38.660 --> 00:26:39.299
 our desires

00:26:39.299 --> 00:26:40.000
 for happiness

00:26:40.000 --> 00:26:40.400
 are too

00:26:40.400 --> 00:26:40.860
 strong

00:26:40.860 --> 00:26:42.319
 but because

00:26:42.319 --> 00:26:42.799
 they are so

00:26:42.799 --> 00:26:43.180
 weak

00:26:43.180 --> 00:26:43.700
 that we

00:26:43.700 --> 00:26:44.259
 settle for

00:26:44.259 --> 00:26:44.660
 fleeting

00:26:44.660 --> 00:26:45.079
 pleasures

00:26:45.079 --> 00:26:45.819
 that do

00:26:45.819 --> 00:26:46.700
 not satisfy

00:26:46.700 --> 00:26:47.360
 our deepest

00:26:47.360 --> 00:26:48.039
 souls

00:26:48.039 --> 00:26:49.619
 he continues

00:26:49.619 --> 00:26:50.039
 in another

00:26:50.039 --> 00:26:50.319
 part of

00:26:50.319 --> 00:26:50.559
 the book

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 he says

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 I know

00:26:51.659 --> 00:26:52.680
 of no

00:26:52.680 --> 00:26:53.240
 other way

00:26:53.240 --> 00:26:54.000
 to triumph

00:26:54.000 --> 00:26:54.659
 over sin

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 long term

00:26:55.519 --> 00:26:56.220
 than to

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 gain a

00:26:56.920 --> 00:26:57.539
 distaste

00:26:57.539 --> 00:26:58.019
 for it

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 because

00:26:58.700 --> 00:26:59.220
 of a

00:26:59.220 --> 00:26:59.740
 superior

00:26:59.740 --> 00:27:00.960
 satisfaction

00:27:00.960 --> 00:27:01.859
 in God

00:27:01.859 --> 00:27:05.899
 unless

00:27:05.899 --> 00:27:06.339
 we have

00:27:06.339 --> 00:27:06.879
 tasted

00:27:06.879 --> 00:27:07.259
 that the

00:27:07.259 --> 00:27:07.579
 Lord is

00:27:07.579 --> 00:27:07.839
 good

00:27:07.839 --> 00:27:08.200
 have

00:27:08.200 --> 00:27:08.720
 savored

00:27:08.720 --> 00:27:09.019
 him

00:27:09.019 --> 00:27:09.700
 and find

00:27:09.700 --> 00:27:10.500
 more joy

00:27:10.500 --> 00:27:11.240
 and satisfaction

00:27:11.240 --> 00:27:11.779
 in that

00:27:11.779 --> 00:27:12.399
 than anything

00:27:12.399 --> 00:27:12.819
 else

00:27:12.819 --> 00:27:14.500
 we will

00:27:14.500 --> 00:27:14.960
 not be

00:27:14.960 --> 00:27:15.519
 able to

00:27:15.519 --> 00:27:16.139
 overcome

00:27:16.139 --> 00:27:17.500
 sins

00:27:17.500 --> 00:27:18.059
 in our

00:27:18.059 --> 00:27:18.279
 lives

00:27:18.279 --> 00:27:18.900
 the temptations

00:27:18.900 --> 00:27:19.200
 that we

00:27:19.200 --> 00:27:19.519
 face

00:27:19.519 --> 00:27:19.880
 because

00:27:19.880 --> 00:27:20.660
 we won't

00:27:20.660 --> 00:27:21.240
 long for

00:27:21.240 --> 00:27:21.480
 God

00:27:21.480 --> 00:27:21.680
 that

00:27:21.680 --> 00:27:22.400
 spiritual

00:27:22.400 --> 00:27:22.799
 milk

00:27:22.799 --> 00:27:23.779
 more than

00:27:23.779 --> 00:27:24.059
 we long

00:27:24.059 --> 00:27:24.420
 for those

00:27:24.420 --> 00:27:24.759
 things

00:27:24.759 --> 00:27:26.140
 and that

00:27:26.140 --> 00:27:26.480
 of course

00:27:26.480 --> 00:27:26.960
 means that

00:27:26.960 --> 00:27:27.279
 we have to

00:27:27.279 --> 00:27:27.799
 make use

00:27:27.799 --> 00:27:28.079
 of the

00:27:28.079 --> 00:27:28.500
 means of

00:27:28.500 --> 00:27:28.740
 grace

00:27:28.740 --> 00:27:29.180
 that God

00:27:29.180 --> 00:27:29.680
 has given

00:27:29.680 --> 00:27:30.019
 us

00:27:30.019 --> 00:27:30.640
 spending

00:27:30.640 --> 00:27:31.059
 time in

00:27:31.059 --> 00:27:31.440
 prayer

00:27:31.440 --> 00:27:32.400
 being in

00:27:32.400 --> 00:27:32.720
 God's

00:27:32.720 --> 00:27:32.960
 word

00:27:32.960 --> 00:27:33.259
 where we

00:27:33.259 --> 00:27:33.380
 can

00:27:33.380 --> 00:27:33.779
 encounter

00:27:33.779 --> 00:27:34.059
 him

00:27:34.059 --> 00:27:34.579
 and God

00:27:34.579 --> 00:27:34.920
 speaks

00:27:34.920 --> 00:27:35.400
 to us

00:27:35.400 --> 00:27:36.940
 so that's

00:27:36.940 --> 00:27:37.480
 what is

00:27:37.480 --> 00:27:37.859
 in view

00:27:37.859 --> 00:27:38.180
 here

00:27:38.180 --> 00:27:38.759
 to say

00:27:38.759 --> 00:27:39.559
 so if

00:27:39.559 --> 00:27:40.960
 the reason

00:27:40.960 --> 00:27:42.039
 why we have

00:27:42.039 --> 00:27:42.319
 to love

00:27:42.319 --> 00:27:42.680
 one another

00:27:42.680 --> 00:27:43.039
 is because

00:27:43.039 --> 00:27:43.359
 we have been

00:27:43.359 --> 00:27:43.819
 born of

00:27:43.819 --> 00:27:44.140
 the living

00:27:44.140 --> 00:27:44.559
 word

00:27:44.559 --> 00:27:46.039
 the means

00:27:46.039 --> 00:27:46.519
 by which

00:27:46.519 --> 00:27:47.000
 we grow

00:27:47.000 --> 00:27:47.359
 in that

00:27:47.359 --> 00:27:47.779
 and love

00:27:47.779 --> 00:27:48.279
 one another

00:27:48.279 --> 00:27:49.559
 is by being

00:27:49.559 --> 00:27:50.319
 nursed

00:27:50.319 --> 00:27:51.619
 by this

00:27:51.619 --> 00:27:52.119
 milk

00:27:52.119 --> 00:27:52.740
 life-giving

00:27:52.740 --> 00:27:53.119
 milk

00:27:53.119 --> 00:27:54.059
 of God's

00:27:54.059 --> 00:27:54.379
 grace

00:27:54.379 --> 00:27:58.639
 and

00:27:58.639 --> 00:27:59.480
 finally

00:27:59.480 --> 00:28:00.500
 if you look

00:28:00.500 --> 00:28:00.859
 at verses

00:28:00.859 --> 00:28:01.799
 4 to

00:28:01.799 --> 00:28:02.200
 10

00:28:02.200 --> 00:28:05.799
 Peter tells

00:28:05.799 --> 00:28:06.079
 us

00:28:06.079 --> 00:28:07.079
 the purpose

00:28:07.079 --> 00:28:07.899
 the goal

00:28:07.899 --> 00:28:09.099
 of our love

00:28:09.099 --> 00:28:09.639
 for one another

00:28:09.640 --> 00:28:11.100
 and that

00:28:11.100 --> 00:28:11.480
 is that

00:28:11.480 --> 00:28:12.240
 we would

00:28:12.240 --> 00:28:12.540
 be

00:28:12.540 --> 00:28:13.180
 reared

00:28:13.180 --> 00:28:14.720
 that word

00:28:14.720 --> 00:28:15.300
 has two

00:28:15.300 --> 00:28:15.920
 different senses

00:28:15.920 --> 00:28:16.780
 of raising

00:28:16.780 --> 00:28:17.420
 or caring

00:28:17.420 --> 00:28:17.900
 for but

00:28:17.900 --> 00:28:18.500
 also of

00:28:18.500 --> 00:28:19.060
 building

00:28:19.060 --> 00:28:20.240
 and constructing

00:28:20.240 --> 00:28:21.259
 so that we

00:28:21.259 --> 00:28:21.780
 are to be

00:28:21.780 --> 00:28:22.300
 reared

00:28:22.300 --> 00:28:23.240
 on the

00:28:23.240 --> 00:28:23.480
 living

00:28:23.480 --> 00:28:24.000
 stone

00:28:24.000 --> 00:28:26.220
 it's been

00:28:26.220 --> 00:28:26.460
 a little

00:28:26.460 --> 00:28:26.900
 while so

00:28:26.900 --> 00:28:27.220
 let me

00:28:27.220 --> 00:28:27.580
 just

00:28:27.580 --> 00:28:28.540
 recap

00:28:28.540 --> 00:28:28.960
 by reading

00:28:28.960 --> 00:28:29.259
 verses

00:28:29.259 --> 00:28:29.700
 4 to

00:28:29.700 --> 00:28:29.920
 10

00:28:29.920 --> 00:28:30.700
 follow along

00:28:30.700 --> 00:28:31.000
 with me

00:28:31.000 --> 00:28:31.220
 there

00:28:31.220 --> 00:28:31.940
 it says

00:28:31.940 --> 00:28:32.360
 as you

00:28:32.360 --> 00:28:32.780
 come to

00:28:32.780 --> 00:28:33.000
 him

00:28:33.000 --> 00:28:34.580
 a living

00:28:34.580 --> 00:28:34.940
 stone

00:28:34.940 --> 00:28:35.400
 rejected

00:28:35.400 --> 00:28:35.960
 by men

00:28:35.960 --> 00:28:36.980
 but in

00:28:36.980 --> 00:28:37.300
 the sight

00:28:37.300 --> 00:28:37.660
 of God

00:28:37.660 --> 00:28:38.120
 chosen

00:28:38.120 --> 00:28:38.820
 and precious

00:28:38.819 --> 00:28:40.439
 you yourselves

00:28:40.439 --> 00:28:41.019
 like living

00:28:41.019 --> 00:28:41.419
 stones

00:28:41.419 --> 00:28:41.859
 are being

00:28:41.859 --> 00:28:42.539
 built up

00:28:42.539 --> 00:28:43.000
 as a

00:28:43.000 --> 00:28:43.359
 spiritual

00:28:43.359 --> 00:28:43.819
 house

00:28:43.819 --> 00:28:44.639
 to be

00:28:44.639 --> 00:28:45.059
 a holy

00:28:45.059 --> 00:28:45.639
 priesthood

00:28:45.639 --> 00:28:46.579
 to offer

00:28:46.579 --> 00:28:47.119
 spiritual

00:28:47.119 --> 00:28:47.799
 sacrifices

00:28:47.799 --> 00:28:48.339
 acceptable

00:28:48.339 --> 00:28:49.019
 to God

00:28:49.019 --> 00:28:49.299
 through

00:28:49.299 --> 00:28:49.639
 Jesus

00:28:49.639 --> 00:28:50.119
 Christ

00:28:50.119 --> 00:28:51.599
 for it

00:28:51.599 --> 00:28:51.939
 stands

00:28:51.939 --> 00:28:52.220
 in

00:28:52.220 --> 00:28:52.639
 scripture

00:28:52.639 --> 00:28:53.460
 behold

00:28:53.460 --> 00:28:53.960
 I am

00:28:53.960 --> 00:28:54.319
 laying

00:28:54.319 --> 00:28:54.740
 in Zion

00:28:54.740 --> 00:28:55.279
 a stone

00:28:55.279 --> 00:28:55.779
 a corner

00:28:55.779 --> 00:28:56.220
 stone

00:28:56.220 --> 00:28:56.919
 chosen

00:28:56.919 --> 00:28:57.179
 and

00:28:57.179 --> 00:28:57.519
 precious

00:28:57.519 --> 00:28:58.159
 and

00:28:58.159 --> 00:28:58.399
 whoever

00:28:58.399 --> 00:28:58.899
 believes

00:28:58.899 --> 00:28:59.200
 in him

00:28:59.200 --> 00:28:59.599
 will not

00:28:59.599 --> 00:28:59.939
 be put

00:28:59.939 --> 00:29:00.359
 to shame

00:29:00.359 --> 00:29:01.740
 so the

00:29:01.740 --> 00:29:02.019
 honor

00:29:02.019 --> 00:29:02.480
 is for

00:29:02.480 --> 00:29:02.700
 you

00:29:02.700 --> 00:29:02.879
 who

00:29:02.879 --> 00:29:03.319
 believe

00:29:03.319 --> 00:29:03.759
 but for

00:29:03.759 --> 00:29:03.960
 those

00:29:03.960 --> 00:29:04.240
 who do

00:29:04.240 --> 00:29:04.480
 not

00:29:04.480 --> 00:29:04.960
 believe

00:29:04.960 --> 00:29:05.960
 the stone

00:29:05.960 --> 00:29:06.399
 that the

00:29:06.399 --> 00:29:06.759
 builders

00:29:06.759 --> 00:29:07.299
 rejected

00:29:07.299 --> 00:29:08.039
 has

00:29:08.039 --> 00:29:08.659
 become

00:29:08.660 --> 00:29:08.940
 the

00:29:08.940 --> 00:29:09.200
 corner

00:29:09.200 --> 00:29:09.640
 stone

00:29:09.640 --> 00:29:10.700
 and a

00:29:10.700 --> 00:29:11.019
 stone

00:29:11.019 --> 00:29:11.220
 of

00:29:11.220 --> 00:29:11.720
 stumbling

00:29:11.720 --> 00:29:12.240
 and a

00:29:12.240 --> 00:29:12.560
 rock

00:29:12.560 --> 00:29:12.720
 of

00:29:12.720 --> 00:29:13.220
 offense

00:29:13.220 --> 00:29:14.759
 they stumble

00:29:14.759 --> 00:29:15.220
 because they

00:29:15.220 --> 00:29:15.900
 disobey the

00:29:15.900 --> 00:29:16.500
 word as

00:29:16.500 --> 00:29:16.779
 they were

00:29:16.779 --> 00:29:17.480
 destined to

00:29:17.480 --> 00:29:17.720
 do

00:29:17.720 --> 00:29:19.060
 but you

00:29:19.060 --> 00:29:20.040
 are a

00:29:20.040 --> 00:29:20.840
 chosen race

00:29:20.840 --> 00:29:21.800
 a royal

00:29:21.800 --> 00:29:22.380
 priesthood

00:29:22.380 --> 00:29:23.580
 a holy

00:29:23.580 --> 00:29:24.040
 nation

00:29:24.040 --> 00:29:25.259
 a people

00:29:25.259 --> 00:29:26.060
 for his

00:29:26.060 --> 00:29:26.460
 own

00:29:26.460 --> 00:29:26.940
 possession

00:29:26.940 --> 00:29:27.700
 that you

00:29:27.700 --> 00:29:28.380
 may proclaim

00:29:28.380 --> 00:29:29.080
 the excellencies

00:29:29.080 --> 00:29:29.560
 of him

00:29:29.560 --> 00:29:30.140
 who called

00:29:30.140 --> 00:29:30.460
 you out

00:29:30.460 --> 00:29:30.940
 of darkness

00:29:30.940 --> 00:29:31.420
 into his

00:29:31.420 --> 00:29:31.800
 marvelous

00:29:31.800 --> 00:29:32.240
 light

00:29:32.240 --> 00:29:35.060
 once you

00:29:35.060 --> 00:29:35.360
 were not

00:29:35.360 --> 00:29:35.779
 a people

00:29:35.779 --> 00:29:36.400
 but now

00:29:36.400 --> 00:29:36.860
 you are

00:29:36.860 --> 00:29:37.220
 God's

00:29:37.220 --> 00:29:37.519
 people

00:29:37.519 --> 00:29:38.240
 once

00:29:38.240 --> 00:29:38.440
 you

00:29:38.440 --> 00:29:38.599
 had

00:29:38.599 --> 00:29:38.859
 not

00:29:38.859 --> 00:29:39.240
 received

00:29:39.240 --> 00:29:39.660
 mercy

00:29:39.660 --> 00:29:40.139
 but now

00:29:40.139 --> 00:29:40.299
 you

00:29:40.299 --> 00:29:40.779
 have

00:29:40.779 --> 00:29:41.460
 received

00:29:41.460 --> 00:29:42.160
 mercy

00:29:42.160 --> 00:29:43.460
 I don't

00:29:43.460 --> 00:29:43.660
 know if

00:29:43.660 --> 00:29:43.779
 you're

00:29:43.779 --> 00:29:44.259
 noticing

00:29:44.259 --> 00:29:44.980
 or following

00:29:44.980 --> 00:29:45.339
 all the

00:29:45.339 --> 00:29:45.700
 parallels

00:29:45.700 --> 00:29:46.279
 here between

00:29:46.279 --> 00:29:46.980
 Christ and

00:29:46.980 --> 00:29:47.400
 his church

00:29:47.400 --> 00:29:48.440
 it says in

00:29:48.440 --> 00:29:49.059
 verse 4

00:29:49.059 --> 00:29:49.700
 that Christ

00:29:49.700 --> 00:29:50.180
 is a

00:29:50.180 --> 00:29:50.759
 living stone

00:29:50.759 --> 00:29:51.579
 and then in

00:29:51.579 --> 00:29:51.859
 the same

00:29:51.859 --> 00:29:52.240
 verse it

00:29:52.240 --> 00:29:52.559
 says that

00:29:52.559 --> 00:29:52.920
 Christians

00:29:52.920 --> 00:29:53.379
 likewise

00:29:53.379 --> 00:29:54.139
 are living

00:29:54.139 --> 00:29:54.700
 stones

00:29:54.700 --> 00:29:56.539
 in verse 6

00:29:56.539 --> 00:29:56.980
 says that

00:29:56.980 --> 00:29:57.759
 Christ is the

00:29:57.759 --> 00:29:58.440
 cornerstone

00:29:58.440 --> 00:29:59.519
 the cornerstone

00:29:59.519 --> 00:30:00.079
 of a house

00:30:00.079 --> 00:30:01.039
 and it says

00:30:01.039 --> 00:30:01.420
 that in

00:30:01.420 --> 00:30:02.379
 verse 5

00:30:02.379 --> 00:30:02.859
 that Christians

00:30:02.859 --> 00:30:03.500
 are that

00:30:03.500 --> 00:30:03.960
 house

00:30:03.960 --> 00:30:05.379
 which Christ

00:30:05.379 --> 00:30:05.599
 is the

00:30:05.599 --> 00:30:06.019
 cornerstone

00:30:06.019 --> 00:30:06.319
 of

00:30:06.319 --> 00:30:08.539
 it says

00:30:08.539 --> 00:30:09.319
 in verse 7

00:30:09.319 --> 00:30:09.960
 that

00:30:09.960 --> 00:30:13.180
 well it

00:30:13.180 --> 00:30:13.539
 says that

00:30:13.539 --> 00:30:14.220
 verse 7

00:30:14.220 --> 00:30:14.740
 that honor

00:30:14.740 --> 00:30:15.420
 is for you

00:30:15.420 --> 00:30:16.000
 who believe

00:30:16.000 --> 00:30:19.160
 and the word

00:30:19.160 --> 00:30:19.799
 that's translated

00:30:19.799 --> 00:30:20.740
 precious here

00:30:20.740 --> 00:30:21.279
 of Christ

00:30:21.279 --> 00:30:21.900
 Christ is the

00:30:21.900 --> 00:30:22.180
 precious

00:30:22.180 --> 00:30:22.759
 cornerstone

00:30:22.759 --> 00:30:23.799
 means honored

00:30:23.799 --> 00:30:24.299
 literally

00:30:24.299 --> 00:30:25.420
 so Christ

00:30:25.420 --> 00:30:25.819
 is the

00:30:25.819 --> 00:30:26.639
 honored stone

00:30:26.639 --> 00:30:27.480
 and we

00:30:27.480 --> 00:30:28.059
 likewise

00:30:28.059 --> 00:30:28.859
 are honored

00:30:28.859 --> 00:30:29.500
 right

00:30:29.500 --> 00:30:30.680
 and these

00:30:30.680 --> 00:30:31.559
 parallels exist

00:30:31.559 --> 00:30:32.139
 because we

00:30:32.139 --> 00:30:32.559
 are now

00:30:32.559 --> 00:30:33.220
 a part of

00:30:33.220 --> 00:30:33.539
 Christ

00:30:33.539 --> 00:30:33.859
 right

00:30:33.859 --> 00:30:34.200
 because we

00:30:34.200 --> 00:30:34.379
 have been

00:30:34.379 --> 00:30:34.799
 born again

00:30:34.799 --> 00:30:35.139
 into his

00:30:35.139 --> 00:30:35.539
 family

00:30:35.539 --> 00:30:36.240
 and we

00:30:36.240 --> 00:30:36.799
 are part

00:30:36.799 --> 00:30:37.359
 of the

00:30:37.359 --> 00:30:37.899
 construction

00:30:37.899 --> 00:30:38.740
 the building

00:30:38.740 --> 00:30:39.059
 work

00:30:39.059 --> 00:30:39.639
 that God

00:30:39.639 --> 00:30:40.319
 is

00:30:40.319 --> 00:30:42.079
 undertaking

00:30:42.079 --> 00:30:42.659
 right now

00:30:42.659 --> 00:30:43.919
 and it's

00:30:43.919 --> 00:30:44.359
 because our

00:30:44.359 --> 00:30:45.319
 nature derives

00:30:45.319 --> 00:30:45.680
 from the

00:30:45.680 --> 00:30:46.079
 resurrected

00:30:46.079 --> 00:30:46.639
 Christ

00:30:46.639 --> 00:30:47.480
 that we

00:30:47.480 --> 00:30:48.599
 are now

00:30:48.599 --> 00:30:50.039
 a spiritual

00:30:50.039 --> 00:30:50.379
 house

00:30:50.379 --> 00:30:51.220
 living stone

00:30:51.220 --> 00:30:52.000
 and honored

00:30:52.000 --> 00:30:52.500
 because of

00:30:52.500 --> 00:30:52.940
 what Christ

00:30:52.940 --> 00:30:53.259
 has done

00:30:53.259 --> 00:30:53.759
 for us

00:30:53.759 --> 00:30:55.119
 and this

00:30:55.119 --> 00:30:55.599
 is such a

00:30:55.599 --> 00:30:55.940
 powerful

00:30:55.940 --> 00:30:56.819
 truth

00:30:56.819 --> 00:30:57.379
 that emphasized

00:30:57.379 --> 00:30:57.919
 the unity

00:30:57.919 --> 00:30:58.220
 of the

00:30:58.220 --> 00:30:58.519
 church

00:30:58.519 --> 00:30:59.379
 because

00:30:59.380 --> 00:31:01.480
 our

00:31:01.480 --> 00:31:02.120
 bodies

00:31:02.120 --> 00:31:02.520
 who we

00:31:02.520 --> 00:31:02.640
 are

00:31:02.640 --> 00:31:03.340
 people

00:31:03.340 --> 00:31:03.840
 sometimes

00:31:03.840 --> 00:31:04.260
 talk about

00:31:04.260 --> 00:31:04.640
 we are

00:31:04.640 --> 00:31:05.020
 the temple

00:31:05.020 --> 00:31:05.460
 of Christ

00:31:05.460 --> 00:31:05.860
 like our

00:31:05.860 --> 00:31:06.200
 bodies

00:31:06.200 --> 00:31:06.420
 are the

00:31:06.420 --> 00:31:06.580
 temple

00:31:06.580 --> 00:31:06.880
 of Christ

00:31:06.880 --> 00:31:07.260
 and that's

00:31:07.260 --> 00:31:07.540
 a true

00:31:07.540 --> 00:31:07.880
 statement

00:31:07.880 --> 00:31:08.440
 that's also

00:31:08.440 --> 00:31:08.780
 a biblical

00:31:08.780 --> 00:31:09.200
 statement

00:31:09.200 --> 00:31:09.860
 we as

00:31:09.860 --> 00:31:10.360
 individuals

00:31:10.360 --> 00:31:11.100
 are also

00:31:11.100 --> 00:31:11.520
 the temple

00:31:11.520 --> 00:31:12.000
 of Christ

00:31:12.000 --> 00:31:12.780
 but

00:31:12.780 --> 00:31:14.340
 even more

00:31:14.340 --> 00:31:14.780
 importantly

00:31:14.780 --> 00:31:15.920
 we sometimes

00:31:15.920 --> 00:31:16.560
 neglect the

00:31:16.560 --> 00:31:17.400
 fact that

00:31:17.400 --> 00:31:18.040
 we as a

00:31:18.040 --> 00:31:18.340
 body

00:31:18.340 --> 00:31:18.680
 as a

00:31:18.680 --> 00:31:19.100
 church

00:31:19.100 --> 00:31:20.360
 is the

00:31:20.360 --> 00:31:20.600
 temple

00:31:20.600 --> 00:31:20.980
 of God

00:31:20.980 --> 00:31:21.820
 and that's

00:31:21.820 --> 00:31:22.060
 what it

00:31:22.060 --> 00:31:22.420
 is referring

00:31:22.420 --> 00:31:22.760
 to when he

00:31:22.760 --> 00:31:23.020
 says we're

00:31:23.020 --> 00:31:23.620
 a spiritual

00:31:23.620 --> 00:31:24.160
 house

00:31:24.160 --> 00:31:24.840
 we're a

00:31:24.840 --> 00:31:25.140
 house

00:31:25.140 --> 00:31:25.820
 of the

00:31:25.820 --> 00:31:26.160
 spirit

00:31:26.160 --> 00:31:26.400
 we're

00:31:26.400 --> 00:31:26.720
 supposed to

00:31:26.720 --> 00:31:27.040
 be indwelt

00:31:27.040 --> 00:31:27.540
 by the

00:31:27.540 --> 00:31:27.980
 spirit

00:31:27.980 --> 00:31:29.120
 and together

00:31:29.120 --> 00:31:29.759
 as a

00:31:29.759 --> 00:31:30.160
 church

00:31:30.160 --> 00:31:31.279
 we make

00:31:31.279 --> 00:31:31.579
 up that

00:31:31.579 --> 00:31:31.920
 house

00:31:31.920 --> 00:31:34.259
 and the

00:31:34.259 --> 00:31:35.000
 household

00:31:35.000 --> 00:31:36.819
 is why I

00:31:36.819 --> 00:31:37.400
 said household

00:31:37.400 --> 00:31:38.039
 earlier is

00:31:38.039 --> 00:31:38.440
 because this

00:31:38.440 --> 00:31:39.160
 word house

00:31:39.160 --> 00:31:40.019
 can mean the

00:31:40.019 --> 00:31:40.799
 literal construction

00:31:40.799 --> 00:31:41.240
 the building

00:31:41.240 --> 00:31:41.720
 of a house

00:31:41.720 --> 00:31:42.460
 but also

00:31:42.460 --> 00:31:43.559
 can refer

00:31:43.559 --> 00:31:44.720
 to a

00:31:44.720 --> 00:31:45.259
 household

00:31:45.259 --> 00:31:46.360
 and I

00:31:46.360 --> 00:31:46.860
 think Peter

00:31:46.860 --> 00:31:47.400
 has that

00:31:47.400 --> 00:31:47.960
 double meaning

00:31:47.960 --> 00:31:48.559
 in view

00:31:48.559 --> 00:31:50.039
 because that's

00:31:50.039 --> 00:31:50.680
 the context

00:31:50.680 --> 00:31:50.980
 of the

00:31:50.980 --> 00:31:51.279
 psalm

00:31:51.279 --> 00:31:51.880
 that he

00:31:51.880 --> 00:31:52.579
 is citing

00:31:52.579 --> 00:31:53.720
 but also

00:31:53.720 --> 00:31:54.299
 because he's

00:31:54.299 --> 00:31:55.420
 continuing that

00:31:55.420 --> 00:31:55.920
 metaphor of the

00:31:55.920 --> 00:31:56.220
 family

00:31:56.220 --> 00:31:56.640
 you've been

00:31:56.640 --> 00:31:57.259
 born again

00:31:57.259 --> 00:31:57.680
 now you've

00:31:57.680 --> 00:31:57.819
 been

00:31:57.819 --> 00:31:58.399
 nursed by

00:31:58.399 --> 00:31:58.559
 the

00:31:58.559 --> 00:31:58.799
 milk

00:31:58.799 --> 00:31:59.299
 and now

00:31:59.299 --> 00:31:59.559
 you are

00:31:59.559 --> 00:32:00.220
 being built

00:32:00.220 --> 00:32:00.720
 as a

00:32:00.720 --> 00:32:01.059
 family

00:32:01.059 --> 00:32:01.379
 as a

00:32:01.379 --> 00:32:01.819
 household

00:32:01.819 --> 00:32:02.559
 and you're

00:32:02.559 --> 00:32:03.039
 being built

00:32:03.039 --> 00:32:04.579
 as stones

00:32:04.579 --> 00:32:05.000
 as well

00:32:05.000 --> 00:32:05.579
 as a physical

00:32:05.579 --> 00:32:05.980
 house

00:32:05.980 --> 00:32:07.819
 and Charles

00:32:07.819 --> 00:32:08.819
 Spurgeon once

00:32:08.819 --> 00:32:09.639
 commented on this

00:32:09.639 --> 00:32:10.139
 in one of his

00:32:10.139 --> 00:32:10.460
 sermons

00:32:10.460 --> 00:32:12.159
 in his

00:32:12.159 --> 00:32:12.839
 characteristic

00:32:12.839 --> 00:32:13.200
 wit

00:32:13.200 --> 00:32:13.639
 he says

00:32:13.639 --> 00:32:14.460
 I know

00:32:14.460 --> 00:32:14.799
 there are

00:32:14.799 --> 00:32:15.279
 some who

00:32:15.279 --> 00:32:15.599
 say

00:32:15.599 --> 00:32:15.939
 well

00:32:15.939 --> 00:32:16.500
 I have

00:32:16.500 --> 00:32:16.700
 given

00:32:16.700 --> 00:32:17.079
 myself

00:32:17.079 --> 00:32:17.379
 to the

00:32:17.379 --> 00:32:17.599
 Lord

00:32:17.599 --> 00:32:18.139
 but I

00:32:18.139 --> 00:32:18.460
 do not

00:32:18.460 --> 00:32:18.819
 intend

00:32:18.819 --> 00:32:19.139
 to give

00:32:19.139 --> 00:32:19.559
 myself

00:32:19.559 --> 00:32:20.000
 to any

00:32:20.000 --> 00:32:20.399
 church

00:32:20.399 --> 00:32:21.779
 now why

00:32:21.779 --> 00:32:22.099
 not

00:32:22.099 --> 00:32:23.899
 because I

00:32:23.899 --> 00:32:24.279
 can be a

00:32:24.279 --> 00:32:24.500
 Christian

00:32:24.500 --> 00:32:25.519
 without it

00:32:25.519 --> 00:32:27.059
 and then

00:32:27.059 --> 00:32:27.299
 Spurgeon

00:32:27.299 --> 00:32:27.759
 continues

00:32:27.759 --> 00:32:28.240
 are you

00:32:28.240 --> 00:32:28.779
 quite clear

00:32:28.779 --> 00:32:29.279
 about that

00:32:29.279 --> 00:32:30.659
 you can be

00:32:30.659 --> 00:32:31.159
 as good

00:32:31.159 --> 00:32:31.680
 a Christian

00:32:31.680 --> 00:32:32.779
 by disobedience

00:32:32.779 --> 00:32:33.059
 to your

00:32:33.059 --> 00:32:33.399
 Lord's

00:32:33.399 --> 00:32:33.700
 commands

00:32:33.700 --> 00:32:34.039
 as by

00:32:34.039 --> 00:32:34.339
 being

00:32:34.339 --> 00:32:34.799
 obedient

00:32:34.799 --> 00:32:36.399
 there is

00:32:36.399 --> 00:32:36.779
 a brick

00:32:36.779 --> 00:32:38.220
 what is it

00:32:38.220 --> 00:32:38.700
 made for

00:32:38.700 --> 00:32:39.619
 to help

00:32:39.619 --> 00:32:40.139
 build a

00:32:40.139 --> 00:32:40.519
 house

00:32:40.519 --> 00:32:41.599
 it is of

00:32:41.599 --> 00:32:42.119
 no use

00:32:42.119 --> 00:32:42.419
 for that

00:32:42.419 --> 00:32:42.639
 brick

00:32:42.639 --> 00:32:43.119
 to tell you

00:32:43.119 --> 00:32:43.379
 that it

00:32:43.379 --> 00:32:43.759
 is just

00:32:43.759 --> 00:32:44.079
 as good

00:32:44.079 --> 00:32:44.440
 a brick

00:32:44.440 --> 00:32:44.759
 while it

00:32:44.759 --> 00:32:45.079
 is kicking

00:32:45.079 --> 00:32:45.579
 about on the

00:32:45.579 --> 00:32:45.859
 ground

00:32:45.859 --> 00:32:46.240
 as it would

00:32:46.240 --> 00:32:46.559
 be in the

00:32:46.559 --> 00:32:46.899
 house

00:32:46.899 --> 00:32:47.779
 it is a

00:32:47.779 --> 00:32:48.059
 good for

00:32:48.059 --> 00:32:48.700
 nothing brick

00:32:48.700 --> 00:32:49.720
 so you

00:32:49.720 --> 00:32:50.539
 rolling stone

00:32:50.539 --> 00:32:51.039
 Christians

00:32:51.039 --> 00:32:52.059
 I do

00:32:52.059 --> 00:32:52.639
 not believe

00:32:52.639 --> 00:32:52.879
 that you

00:32:52.879 --> 00:32:53.359
 are answering

00:32:53.359 --> 00:32:54.059
 your purpose

00:32:54.059 --> 00:32:54.779
 you are

00:32:54.779 --> 00:32:55.139
 living

00:32:55.139 --> 00:32:55.759
 contrary

00:32:55.759 --> 00:32:56.200
 to the

00:32:56.200 --> 00:32:56.599
 life

00:32:56.599 --> 00:32:57.139
 which

00:32:57.139 --> 00:32:57.599
 Christ

00:32:57.599 --> 00:32:57.819
 would

00:32:57.819 --> 00:32:58.079
 have

00:32:58.079 --> 00:32:58.240
 you

00:32:58.240 --> 00:32:58.720
 live

00:32:58.720 --> 00:32:59.480
 and you

00:32:59.480 --> 00:32:59.899
 are much

00:32:59.899 --> 00:33:00.500
 to blame

00:33:00.500 --> 00:33:01.159
 for the

00:33:01.159 --> 00:33:01.519
 injury

00:33:01.519 --> 00:33:02.180
 you do

00:33:02.180 --> 00:33:05.079
 being a

00:33:05.079 --> 00:33:05.460
 spiritual

00:33:05.460 --> 00:33:05.879
 house

00:33:05.879 --> 00:33:06.579
 is not

00:33:06.579 --> 00:33:07.379
 optional

00:33:07.379 --> 00:33:07.960
 for

00:33:07.960 --> 00:33:08.399
 believers

00:33:08.399 --> 00:33:09.960
 if you

00:33:09.960 --> 00:33:10.420
 are not

00:33:10.420 --> 00:33:11.099
 being reared

00:33:11.099 --> 00:33:11.480
 on the

00:33:11.480 --> 00:33:12.379
 living stone

00:33:12.379 --> 00:33:13.539
 being built

00:33:13.539 --> 00:33:13.960
 up as a

00:33:13.960 --> 00:33:14.319
 part of

00:33:14.319 --> 00:33:14.519
 this

00:33:14.519 --> 00:33:14.839
 spiritual

00:33:14.839 --> 00:33:15.139
 house

00:33:15.139 --> 00:33:15.500
 that God

00:33:15.500 --> 00:33:16.019
 is building

00:33:16.019 --> 00:33:16.639
 then you

00:33:16.639 --> 00:33:17.220
 are not

00:33:17.220 --> 00:33:17.799
 fulfilling

00:33:17.799 --> 00:33:18.759
 your very

00:33:18.759 --> 00:33:19.359
 purpose

00:33:19.359 --> 00:33:20.119
 as a

00:33:20.119 --> 00:33:20.439
 Christian

00:33:20.439 --> 00:33:21.599
 that's why

00:33:21.599 --> 00:33:22.000
 there's no

00:33:22.000 --> 00:33:22.679
 such thing

00:33:22.679 --> 00:33:23.059
 as an

00:33:23.059 --> 00:33:23.679
 independent

00:33:23.679 --> 00:33:24.199
 Christian

00:33:24.199 --> 00:33:24.899
 on my

00:33:24.899 --> 00:33:25.259
 own

00:33:25.259 --> 00:33:25.719
 Christian

00:33:25.719 --> 00:33:26.459
 there's no

00:33:26.459 --> 00:33:26.919
 such thing

00:33:26.919 --> 00:33:27.299
 as having

00:33:27.299 --> 00:33:27.759
 a relationship

00:33:27.759 --> 00:33:28.159
 with God

00:33:28.159 --> 00:33:28.419
 on your

00:33:28.419 --> 00:33:28.759
 own

00:33:28.759 --> 00:33:29.500
 because by

00:33:29.500 --> 00:33:30.139
 virtue of

00:33:30.139 --> 00:33:30.240
 your

00:33:30.240 --> 00:33:30.619
 relationship

00:33:30.619 --> 00:33:31.139
 with God

00:33:31.139 --> 00:33:31.479
 if you

00:33:31.479 --> 00:33:32.159
 really did

00:33:32.159 --> 00:33:32.439
 have a

00:33:32.439 --> 00:33:32.719
 relationship

00:33:32.719 --> 00:33:33.240
 with God

00:33:33.240 --> 00:33:34.039
 you by

00:33:34.039 --> 00:33:34.819
 necessity

00:33:34.819 --> 00:33:35.419
 have a

00:33:35.419 --> 00:33:35.879
 relationship

00:33:35.879 --> 00:33:36.639
 with his

00:33:36.639 --> 00:33:37.019
 people

00:33:37.019 --> 00:33:38.039
 his family

00:33:38.039 --> 00:33:39.119
 that's what

00:33:39.119 --> 00:33:39.339
 it means

00:33:39.339 --> 00:33:39.699
 to be in

00:33:39.699 --> 00:33:40.059
 the family

00:33:40.059 --> 00:33:40.319
 if you

00:33:40.319 --> 00:33:40.979
 know the

00:33:40.979 --> 00:33:41.259
 father

00:33:41.259 --> 00:33:41.519
 then you

00:33:41.519 --> 00:33:41.839
 know your

00:33:41.839 --> 00:33:42.079
 brothers

00:33:42.079 --> 00:33:42.619
 and sisters

00:33:42.619 --> 00:33:45.059
 you're

00:33:45.059 --> 00:33:45.399
 either a

00:33:45.399 --> 00:33:45.559
 brick

00:33:45.559 --> 00:33:45.799
 that is

00:33:45.799 --> 00:33:46.119
 part of

00:33:46.119 --> 00:33:46.479
 a house

00:33:46.479 --> 00:33:46.759
 or a

00:33:46.759 --> 00:33:47.039
 good for

00:33:47.039 --> 00:33:47.319
 nothing

00:33:47.319 --> 00:33:47.759
 brick

00:33:47.759 --> 00:33:48.519
 you're

00:33:48.519 --> 00:33:48.659
 either

00:33:48.659 --> 00:33:49.119
 believer

00:33:49.359 --> 00:33:49.699
 a member

00:33:49.699 --> 00:33:50.000
 of the

00:33:50.000 --> 00:33:50.240
 body

00:33:50.240 --> 00:33:50.679
 of Christ

00:33:50.679 --> 00:33:51.359
 the church

00:33:51.359 --> 00:33:51.979
 or you're

00:33:51.979 --> 00:33:52.539
 a detached

00:33:52.539 --> 00:33:53.039
 limb

00:33:53.039 --> 00:33:53.740
 that is

00:33:53.740 --> 00:33:54.240
 as good

00:33:54.240 --> 00:33:54.639
 as dead

00:33:54.639 --> 00:33:57.579
 and because

00:33:57.579 --> 00:33:57.939
 we are

00:33:57.939 --> 00:33:58.399
 reared on

00:33:58.399 --> 00:33:58.659
 the living

00:33:58.659 --> 00:33:59.059
 stone of

00:33:59.059 --> 00:33:59.379
 Christ

00:33:59.379 --> 00:34:00.779
 and this

00:34:00.779 --> 00:34:01.379
 is the

00:34:01.379 --> 00:34:01.719
 purpose

00:34:01.719 --> 00:34:02.559
 for which

00:34:02.559 --> 00:34:03.000
 we have

00:34:03.000 --> 00:34:03.299
 been born

00:34:03.299 --> 00:34:03.740
 again

00:34:03.740 --> 00:34:04.659
 this is

00:34:04.659 --> 00:34:05.039
 the reason

00:34:05.039 --> 00:34:05.279
 why

00:34:05.279 --> 00:34:05.599
 this is

00:34:05.599 --> 00:34:05.939
 the purpose

00:34:05.939 --> 00:34:06.399
 the goal

00:34:06.399 --> 00:34:06.779
 for which

00:34:06.779 --> 00:34:07.259
 we love

00:34:07.259 --> 00:34:07.740
 one another

00:34:07.740 --> 00:34:08.380
 is so that

00:34:08.380 --> 00:34:08.819
 we can be

00:34:08.819 --> 00:34:09.599
 built up

00:34:09.599 --> 00:34:10.599
 with this

00:34:10.599 --> 00:34:11.039
 stone

00:34:11.039 --> 00:34:11.539
 on this

00:34:11.539 --> 00:34:12.099
 living stone

00:34:12.099 --> 00:34:12.359
 that can

00:34:12.359 --> 00:34:12.940
 be reared

00:34:12.940 --> 00:34:13.400
 on this

00:34:13.400 --> 00:34:14.019
 living stone

00:34:14.019 --> 00:34:14.659
 and grow

00:34:14.659 --> 00:34:17.059
 and

00:34:17.059 --> 00:34:18.599
 this is a

00:34:18.599 --> 00:34:19.159
 really hard

00:34:19.159 --> 00:34:19.659
 constant to

00:34:19.659 --> 00:34:20.420
 grab a

00:34:20.420 --> 00:34:20.779
 grasp

00:34:20.779 --> 00:34:21.199
 I think

00:34:21.199 --> 00:34:21.659
 especially

00:34:21.659 --> 00:34:22.699
 for

00:34:22.699 --> 00:34:24.079
 evangelicals

00:34:24.079 --> 00:34:24.339
 and

00:34:24.339 --> 00:34:25.460
 because

00:34:25.460 --> 00:34:26.480
 you'd often

00:34:26.480 --> 00:34:26.960
 hear people

00:34:26.960 --> 00:34:27.359
 say

00:34:27.359 --> 00:34:28.239
 evangelicals

00:34:28.239 --> 00:34:29.000
 will say

00:34:29.000 --> 00:34:29.519
 things like

00:34:29.519 --> 00:34:29.799
 you know

00:34:29.799 --> 00:34:30.719
 but whether

00:34:30.719 --> 00:34:31.480
 you're a member

00:34:31.480 --> 00:34:31.899
 of a local

00:34:31.899 --> 00:34:32.259
 church or

00:34:32.259 --> 00:34:32.579
 not

00:34:32.579 --> 00:34:33.599
 every Christian

00:34:33.599 --> 00:34:34.119
 is part of

00:34:34.119 --> 00:34:34.559
 the universal

00:34:34.559 --> 00:34:35.079
 church

00:34:35.079 --> 00:34:35.659
 aren't they

00:34:35.659 --> 00:34:37.199
 and that's

00:34:37.199 --> 00:34:37.519
 true

00:34:37.519 --> 00:34:38.019
 right

00:34:38.019 --> 00:34:39.039
 we are part

00:34:39.039 --> 00:34:39.480
 of the universal

00:34:39.480 --> 00:34:39.920
 church

00:34:39.920 --> 00:34:40.440
 but if you

00:34:40.440 --> 00:34:41.000
 give no

00:34:41.000 --> 00:34:41.559
 evidence

00:34:41.559 --> 00:34:42.500
 of your

00:34:42.500 --> 00:34:42.879
 heavenly

00:34:42.879 --> 00:34:43.460
 membership

00:34:43.460 --> 00:34:44.679
 in that

00:34:44.679 --> 00:34:45.139
 universal

00:34:45.139 --> 00:34:45.719
 church

00:34:45.719 --> 00:34:46.919
 by having

00:34:46.919 --> 00:34:47.519
 an earthly

00:34:47.519 --> 00:34:48.019
 membership

00:34:48.019 --> 00:34:48.519
 in the

00:34:48.519 --> 00:34:48.839
 local

00:34:48.839 --> 00:34:49.339
 church

00:34:49.339 --> 00:34:50.519
 then you're

00:34:50.519 --> 00:34:51.000
 resting on

00:34:51.000 --> 00:34:51.359
 false

00:34:51.359 --> 00:34:51.899
 assurance

00:34:51.899 --> 00:34:52.359
 right

00:34:52.359 --> 00:34:53.980
 because you

00:34:53.980 --> 00:34:54.599
 can't separate

00:34:54.599 --> 00:34:55.099
 the two

00:34:55.099 --> 00:34:55.799
 in this

00:34:55.799 --> 00:34:56.239
 life

00:34:56.239 --> 00:34:56.639
 right

00:34:56.639 --> 00:34:57.739
 this is the

00:34:57.739 --> 00:34:58.119
 church that

00:34:58.119 --> 00:34:58.579
 God's given

00:34:58.579 --> 00:34:59.599
 and this is

00:34:59.599 --> 00:34:59.980
 the church

00:34:59.980 --> 00:35:00.379
 the local

00:35:00.379 --> 00:35:00.779
 church that

00:35:00.779 --> 00:35:01.219
 Peter is

00:35:01.219 --> 00:35:01.759
 writing to

00:35:01.759 --> 00:35:03.059
 and

00:35:03.059 --> 00:35:03.899
 Simon

00:35:03.899 --> 00:35:04.359
 Chan

00:35:04.359 --> 00:35:05.119
 a professor

00:35:05.119 --> 00:35:05.459
 at Bible

00:35:05.459 --> 00:35:06.019
 University

00:35:06.019 --> 00:35:06.559
 writes

00:35:06.559 --> 00:35:07.339
 this in

00:35:07.339 --> 00:35:07.699
 his book

00:35:07.699 --> 00:35:08.199
 Liturgical

00:35:08.199 --> 00:35:08.739
 Theology

00:35:08.739 --> 00:35:10.099
 this is a

00:35:10.099 --> 00:35:10.379
 little bit

00:35:10.379 --> 00:35:10.799
 dense but

00:35:10.799 --> 00:35:11.259
 I'll explain

00:35:11.259 --> 00:35:11.619
 in a second

00:35:11.619 --> 00:35:12.019
 to try to

00:35:12.019 --> 00:35:12.480
 follow along

00:35:12.480 --> 00:35:12.859
 with me

00:35:12.860 --> 00:35:13.700
 says the

00:35:13.700 --> 00:35:14.180
 evangelical

00:35:14.180 --> 00:35:15.079
 movement is

00:35:15.079 --> 00:35:15.800
 largely a

00:35:15.800 --> 00:35:16.420
 parachurch

00:35:16.420 --> 00:35:17.160
 rather than

00:35:17.160 --> 00:35:17.539
 a church

00:35:17.539 --> 00:35:17.940
 movement

00:35:17.940 --> 00:35:19.519
 the visible

00:35:19.519 --> 00:35:20.059
 form of

00:35:20.059 --> 00:35:20.880
 evangelicalism

00:35:20.880 --> 00:35:22.079
 is non

00:35:22.079 --> 00:35:22.900
 ecclesiology

00:35:22.900 --> 00:35:23.579
 it's the

00:35:23.579 --> 00:35:23.980
 voluntary

00:35:23.980 --> 00:35:24.640
 society

00:35:24.640 --> 00:35:25.660
 in which

00:35:25.660 --> 00:35:26.220
 the congregation

00:35:26.220 --> 00:35:26.800
 is the

00:35:26.800 --> 00:35:27.059
 ultimate

00:35:27.059 --> 00:35:27.539
 source of

00:35:27.539 --> 00:35:27.960
 authority

00:35:27.960 --> 00:35:29.300
 the born

00:35:29.300 --> 00:35:29.539
 again

00:35:29.539 --> 00:35:30.019
 experience

00:35:30.019 --> 00:35:30.660
 that unites

00:35:30.660 --> 00:35:31.579
 evangelicals

00:35:31.579 --> 00:35:32.120
 has tended

00:35:32.120 --> 00:35:32.760
 to highlight

00:35:32.760 --> 00:35:33.420
 the value

00:35:33.420 --> 00:35:34.460
 of trans

00:35:34.460 --> 00:35:35.140
 ecclesial

00:35:35.140 --> 00:35:35.539
 fellowship

00:35:35.539 --> 00:35:36.480
 rather than

00:35:36.480 --> 00:35:36.980
 ecclesial

00:35:36.980 --> 00:35:37.579
 structures

00:35:37.579 --> 00:35:39.260
 this means

00:35:39.260 --> 00:35:39.599
 that what

00:35:39.599 --> 00:35:40.140
 is really

00:35:40.140 --> 00:35:40.720
 important to

00:35:40.720 --> 00:35:41.440
 evangelicals

00:35:41.440 --> 00:35:41.900
 is the

00:35:41.900 --> 00:35:42.220
 fellowship

00:35:42.219 --> 00:35:42.659
 of all

00:35:42.659 --> 00:35:42.939
 genuine

00:35:42.939 --> 00:35:43.399
 believers

00:35:43.399 --> 00:35:44.159
 regardless

00:35:44.159 --> 00:35:44.699
 of which

00:35:44.699 --> 00:35:45.059
 visible

00:35:45.059 --> 00:35:45.379
 churches

00:35:45.379 --> 00:35:45.779
 they come

00:35:45.779 --> 00:35:46.079
 from

00:35:46.079 --> 00:35:47.000
 the

00:35:47.000 --> 00:35:47.339
 visible

00:35:47.339 --> 00:35:47.779
 church

00:35:47.779 --> 00:35:48.339
 thus

00:35:48.339 --> 00:35:48.980
 becomes

00:35:48.980 --> 00:35:51.059
 in terms

00:35:51.059 --> 00:35:51.339
 of the

00:35:51.339 --> 00:35:51.659
 salvation

00:35:51.659 --> 00:35:52.199
 history

00:35:52.199 --> 00:35:53.059
 irrelevant

00:35:53.059 --> 00:35:54.819
 in other

00:35:54.819 --> 00:35:55.099
 words

00:35:55.099 --> 00:35:55.339
 what

00:35:55.339 --> 00:35:56.019
 evangelicals

00:35:56.019 --> 00:35:56.319
 offer

00:35:56.319 --> 00:35:56.839
 is a

00:35:56.839 --> 00:35:57.419
 docetic

00:35:57.419 --> 00:35:58.259
 ecclesiology

00:35:58.259 --> 00:35:59.019
 where the

00:35:59.019 --> 00:35:59.699
 real church

00:35:59.699 --> 00:36:00.219
 is perceived

00:36:00.219 --> 00:36:00.879
 as spiritual

00:36:00.879 --> 00:36:01.359
 inward

00:36:01.359 --> 00:36:02.019
 and invisible

00:36:02.019 --> 00:36:03.000
 and has

00:36:03.000 --> 00:36:03.859
 no direct

00:36:03.859 --> 00:36:04.359
 correlation

00:36:04.359 --> 00:36:04.919
 with the

00:36:04.919 --> 00:36:05.219
 visible

00:36:05.219 --> 00:36:05.679
 church

00:36:05.679 --> 00:36:07.339
 but what

00:36:07.339 --> 00:36:08.039
 evangelicals

00:36:08.039 --> 00:36:08.319
 need

00:36:08.319 --> 00:36:09.279
 is a

00:36:09.279 --> 00:36:09.859
 theological

00:36:09.859 --> 00:36:10.859
 ecclesiology

00:36:10.859 --> 00:36:11.779
 that sees

00:36:11.780 --> 00:36:12.660
 ecclesial

00:36:12.660 --> 00:36:12.980
 life

00:36:12.980 --> 00:36:13.180
 in the

00:36:13.180 --> 00:36:13.380
 local

00:36:13.380 --> 00:36:13.860
 church

00:36:13.860 --> 00:36:14.980
 as coming

00:36:14.980 --> 00:36:15.460
 into

00:36:15.460 --> 00:36:15.920
 union

00:36:15.920 --> 00:36:16.660
 with the

00:36:16.660 --> 00:36:17.080
 triune

00:36:17.080 --> 00:36:17.460
 God

00:36:17.460 --> 00:36:17.960
 with the

00:36:17.960 --> 00:36:18.300
 father

00:36:18.300 --> 00:36:18.660
 son

00:36:18.660 --> 00:36:18.900
 and the

00:36:18.900 --> 00:36:19.080
 holy

00:36:19.080 --> 00:36:19.480
 spirit

00:36:19.480 --> 00:36:20.360
 and this

00:36:20.360 --> 00:36:20.680
 is what

00:36:20.680 --> 00:36:21.200
 gives the

00:36:21.200 --> 00:36:21.480
 true

00:36:21.480 --> 00:36:21.900
 church

00:36:21.900 --> 00:36:22.920
 its mark

00:36:22.920 --> 00:36:23.480
 as the

00:36:23.480 --> 00:36:23.640
 church

00:36:23.640 --> 00:36:23.980
 of jesus

00:36:23.980 --> 00:36:24.440
 christ

00:36:24.440 --> 00:36:27.700
 the church

00:36:27.700 --> 00:36:28.260
 is the

00:36:28.260 --> 00:36:28.619
 god

00:36:28.619 --> 00:36:29.220
 ordained

00:36:29.220 --> 00:36:29.760
 local

00:36:29.760 --> 00:36:30.240
 assembly

00:36:30.240 --> 00:36:30.440
 of

00:36:30.440 --> 00:36:30.800
 believers

00:36:30.800 --> 00:36:31.240
 that

00:36:31.240 --> 00:36:31.679
 gathers

00:36:31.679 --> 00:36:32.240
 regularly

00:36:32.240 --> 00:36:32.579
 that have

00:36:32.579 --> 00:36:32.920
 committed

00:36:32.920 --> 00:36:33.280
 to one

00:36:33.280 --> 00:36:33.559
 another

00:36:33.559 --> 00:36:33.800
 that

00:36:33.800 --> 00:36:34.119
 gathers

00:36:34.119 --> 00:36:34.539
 regularly

00:36:34.539 --> 00:36:34.900
 as the

00:36:34.900 --> 00:36:35.179
 family

00:36:35.179 --> 00:36:35.559
 of god

00:36:35.559 --> 00:36:36.420
 they teach

00:36:36.420 --> 00:36:36.720
 the word

00:36:36.720 --> 00:36:37.099
 of god

00:36:37.099 --> 00:36:38.099
 they baptize

00:36:38.099 --> 00:36:39.139
 and then

00:36:39.139 --> 00:36:40.559
 they share

00:36:40.559 --> 00:36:40.960
 in the body

00:36:40.960 --> 00:36:41.280
 of christ

00:36:41.280 --> 00:36:41.900
 through communion

00:36:41.900 --> 00:36:43.980
 and as you

00:36:43.980 --> 00:36:45.200
 eat and drink

00:36:45.200 --> 00:36:46.019
 for the body

00:36:46.019 --> 00:36:46.340
 and blood

00:36:46.340 --> 00:36:46.720
 of christ

00:36:46.720 --> 00:36:47.059
 we also

00:36:47.059 --> 00:36:47.340
 recognize

00:36:47.340 --> 00:36:47.559
 that we

00:36:47.559 --> 00:36:48.099
 are becoming

00:36:48.099 --> 00:36:48.940
 the body

00:36:48.940 --> 00:36:49.260
 of christ

00:36:49.260 --> 00:36:49.780
 we are the

00:36:49.780 --> 00:36:50.240
 body of christ

00:36:50.240 --> 00:36:50.519
 and we are

00:36:50.519 --> 00:36:50.940
 assured of

00:36:50.940 --> 00:36:51.420
 that fact

00:36:51.420 --> 00:36:53.159
 and the

00:36:53.159 --> 00:36:53.380
 church

00:36:53.380 --> 00:36:53.639
 also

00:36:53.639 --> 00:36:54.079
 practices

00:36:54.079 --> 00:36:54.460
 church

00:36:54.460 --> 00:36:55.039
 discipline

00:36:55.039 --> 00:36:56.440
 and establishes

00:36:56.440 --> 00:36:56.920
 a biblical

00:36:56.920 --> 00:36:57.420
 structure

00:36:57.420 --> 00:36:58.079
 of leadership

00:36:58.079 --> 00:36:59.460
 they live

00:36:59.460 --> 00:36:59.880
 together

00:36:59.880 --> 00:37:00.579
 they pray

00:37:00.579 --> 00:37:00.940
 together

00:37:00.940 --> 00:37:01.440
 they grow

00:37:01.440 --> 00:37:01.860
 together

00:37:01.860 --> 00:37:02.460
 and all

00:37:02.460 --> 00:37:02.800
 of these

00:37:02.800 --> 00:37:03.360
 things

00:37:03.360 --> 00:37:04.220
 none of

00:37:04.220 --> 00:37:04.400
 these

00:37:04.400 --> 00:37:05.000
 all of

00:37:05.000 --> 00:37:05.139
 these

00:37:05.139 --> 00:37:05.340
 things

00:37:05.340 --> 00:37:05.880
 are found

00:37:05.880 --> 00:37:06.260
 in a

00:37:06.260 --> 00:37:06.519
 church

00:37:06.519 --> 00:37:07.000
 but not

00:37:07.000 --> 00:37:07.400
 all of

00:37:07.400 --> 00:37:07.659
 them

00:37:07.659 --> 00:37:08.159
 can be

00:37:08.159 --> 00:37:08.500
 found

00:37:08.500 --> 00:37:09.099
 in any

00:37:09.099 --> 00:37:09.519
 single

00:37:09.519 --> 00:37:10.200
 parachurch

00:37:10.200 --> 00:37:10.760
 right

00:37:10.760 --> 00:37:12.380
 because

00:37:12.380 --> 00:37:12.960
 parachurch

00:37:12.960 --> 00:37:13.320
 by

00:37:13.320 --> 00:37:14.340
 definition

00:37:14.340 --> 00:37:14.980
 is

00:37:14.980 --> 00:37:16.139
 dealing

00:37:16.139 --> 00:37:16.559
 with the

00:37:16.559 --> 00:37:16.840
 narrower

00:37:16.840 --> 00:37:17.360
 slice

00:37:17.360 --> 00:37:17.920
 of the

00:37:17.920 --> 00:37:18.079
 body

00:37:18.079 --> 00:37:18.500
 of christ

00:37:18.500 --> 00:37:19.099
 either

00:37:19.099 --> 00:37:19.420
 they're

00:37:19.420 --> 00:37:20.340
 specializing

00:37:20.340 --> 00:37:20.980
 in college

00:37:20.980 --> 00:37:21.400
 students

00:37:21.400 --> 00:37:22.019
 or men

00:37:22.019 --> 00:37:22.620
 or women

00:37:22.620 --> 00:37:23.600
 or they

00:37:23.600 --> 00:37:23.940
 do not

00:37:23.940 --> 00:37:24.320
 have

00:37:24.320 --> 00:37:25.019
 biblically

00:37:25.019 --> 00:37:25.900
 sanctioned

00:37:25.900 --> 00:37:26.340
 leadership

00:37:26.340 --> 00:37:27.000
 structures

00:37:27.000 --> 00:37:27.940
 so therefore

00:37:27.940 --> 00:37:28.579
 they can't

00:37:28.579 --> 00:37:29.320
 then rightly

00:37:29.320 --> 00:37:30.019
 distribute

00:37:30.019 --> 00:37:30.460
 communion

00:37:30.460 --> 00:37:31.260
 or to

00:37:31.260 --> 00:37:31.539
 practice

00:37:31.539 --> 00:37:31.840
 church

00:37:31.840 --> 00:37:32.320
 discipline

00:37:32.320 --> 00:37:33.079
 and all

00:37:33.079 --> 00:37:33.280
 of it

00:37:33.280 --> 00:37:33.620
 because

00:37:33.620 --> 00:37:33.980
 there's

00:37:33.980 --> 00:37:34.539
 no such

00:37:34.539 --> 00:37:35.039
 structure

00:37:35.039 --> 00:37:36.000
 you can't

00:37:36.000 --> 00:37:36.300
 say

00:37:36.300 --> 00:37:36.820
 just because

00:37:36.820 --> 00:37:37.160
 you are

00:37:37.160 --> 00:37:38.600
 doing

00:37:38.600 --> 00:37:39.260
 bible study

00:37:39.260 --> 00:37:39.740
 with people

00:37:39.740 --> 00:37:40.079
 or you

00:37:40.079 --> 00:37:40.539
 have a

00:37:40.539 --> 00:37:40.860
 relationship

00:37:40.860 --> 00:37:41.260
 with other

00:37:41.260 --> 00:37:41.620
 believers

00:37:41.620 --> 00:37:42.519
 that you

00:37:42.519 --> 00:37:43.680
 are part

00:37:43.680 --> 00:37:43.940
 of the

00:37:43.940 --> 00:37:44.200
 spiritual

00:37:44.200 --> 00:37:44.480
 house

00:37:44.480 --> 00:37:44.720
 and you

00:37:44.720 --> 00:37:45.360
 are being

00:37:45.360 --> 00:37:46.100
 built up

00:37:46.100 --> 00:37:46.700
 as a

00:37:46.700 --> 00:37:46.980
 church

00:37:46.980 --> 00:37:48.559
 without your

00:37:48.559 --> 00:37:49.019
 membership

00:37:49.019 --> 00:37:49.539
 in

00:37:49.539 --> 00:37:50.539
 the

00:37:50.539 --> 00:37:50.820
 local

00:37:50.820 --> 00:37:51.199
 church

00:37:51.199 --> 00:37:51.619
 the

00:37:51.619 --> 00:37:51.940
 church

00:37:51.940 --> 00:37:52.300
 that

00:37:52.300 --> 00:37:53.199
 christ

00:37:53.199 --> 00:37:54.380
 promises

00:37:54.380 --> 00:37:57.400
 that even

00:37:57.400 --> 00:37:57.759
 the gates

00:37:57.759 --> 00:37:58.099
 of hades

00:37:58.099 --> 00:37:58.380
 will not

00:37:58.380 --> 00:37:58.679
 prevail

00:37:58.679 --> 00:37:59.139
 against

00:37:59.139 --> 00:38:00.840
 so then

00:38:00.840 --> 00:38:01.500
 if this

00:38:01.500 --> 00:38:01.759
 is how

00:38:01.759 --> 00:38:02.179
 important

00:38:02.179 --> 00:38:02.579
 this

00:38:02.579 --> 00:38:02.940
 church

00:38:02.940 --> 00:38:03.239
 is

00:38:03.239 --> 00:38:03.960
 if this

00:38:03.960 --> 00:38:04.219
 is the

00:38:04.219 --> 00:38:04.559
 goal

00:38:04.559 --> 00:38:05.039
 the purpose

00:38:05.039 --> 00:38:05.480
 for which

00:38:05.480 --> 00:38:05.759
 we have

00:38:05.759 --> 00:38:06.039
 been born

00:38:06.039 --> 00:38:06.360
 again

00:38:06.360 --> 00:38:06.779
 that we

00:38:06.779 --> 00:38:07.460
 why we

00:38:07.460 --> 00:38:07.679
 are to

00:38:07.679 --> 00:38:08.039
 love one

00:38:08.039 --> 00:38:08.300
 another

00:38:08.300 --> 00:38:08.659
 so that

00:38:08.659 --> 00:38:08.820
 we can

00:38:08.820 --> 00:38:09.199
 be built

00:38:09.199 --> 00:38:09.519
 up into

00:38:09.519 --> 00:38:09.719
 this

00:38:09.719 --> 00:38:09.980
 house

00:38:09.980 --> 00:38:10.639
 how do

00:38:10.639 --> 00:38:10.920
 you become

00:38:10.920 --> 00:38:11.340
 a part

00:38:11.340 --> 00:38:11.599
 of this

00:38:11.599 --> 00:38:11.860
 house

00:38:11.860 --> 00:38:13.279
 and the

00:38:13.279 --> 00:38:13.559
 answer

00:38:13.559 --> 00:38:13.880
 is in

00:38:13.880 --> 00:38:14.079
 verses

00:38:14.079 --> 00:38:14.579
 7 to

00:38:14.579 --> 00:38:14.759
 8

00:38:14.760 --> 00:38:17.120
 so the

00:38:17.120 --> 00:38:17.700
 honor is

00:38:17.700 --> 00:38:18.500
 for you

00:38:18.500 --> 00:38:19.280
 who believe

00:38:19.280 --> 00:38:19.800
 but for

00:38:19.800 --> 00:38:20.120
 those who

00:38:20.120 --> 00:38:20.480
 do not

00:38:20.480 --> 00:38:20.940
 believe

00:38:20.940 --> 00:38:21.600
 the stone

00:38:21.600 --> 00:38:21.960
 that the

00:38:21.960 --> 00:38:22.220
 builders

00:38:22.220 --> 00:38:22.680
 rejected

00:38:22.680 --> 00:38:23.420
 has become

00:38:23.420 --> 00:38:23.680
 the

00:38:23.680 --> 00:38:24.360
 cornerstone

00:38:24.360 --> 00:38:25.600
 and a

00:38:25.600 --> 00:38:25.980
 stone of

00:38:25.980 --> 00:38:26.400
 stumbling

00:38:26.400 --> 00:38:26.720
 and a

00:38:26.720 --> 00:38:27.140
 rock of

00:38:27.140 --> 00:38:27.620
 offense

00:38:27.620 --> 00:38:28.800
 they stumble

00:38:28.800 --> 00:38:29.400
 because they

00:38:29.400 --> 00:38:30.260
 disobey the

00:38:30.260 --> 00:38:31.080
 word as

00:38:31.080 --> 00:38:31.360
 they were

00:38:31.360 --> 00:38:32.140
 destined to

00:38:32.140 --> 00:38:32.440
 do

00:38:32.440 --> 00:38:34.100
 just as

00:38:34.100 --> 00:38:34.760
 christians are

00:38:34.760 --> 00:38:35.260
 those who

00:38:35.260 --> 00:38:35.860
 are born

00:38:35.860 --> 00:38:36.660
 of the

00:38:36.660 --> 00:38:36.880
 living

00:38:36.880 --> 00:38:37.260
 word

00:38:37.260 --> 00:38:38.580
 non-christians

00:38:38.580 --> 00:38:39.060
 by definition

00:38:39.060 --> 00:38:39.740
 are those

00:38:39.740 --> 00:38:40.540
 who disobey

00:38:40.540 --> 00:38:41.160
 the word

00:38:41.160 --> 00:38:41.900
 and what

00:38:41.900 --> 00:38:42.240
 is this

00:38:42.240 --> 00:38:42.680
 word is

00:38:42.680 --> 00:38:43.400
 told us

00:38:43.400 --> 00:38:43.700
 in chapter

00:38:43.700 --> 00:38:44.220
 1 verse

00:38:44.219 --> 00:38:44.899
 25

00:38:44.899 --> 00:38:46.099
 this word

00:38:46.099 --> 00:38:46.419
 is the

00:38:46.419 --> 00:38:47.079
 good news

00:38:47.079 --> 00:38:47.439
 that was

00:38:47.439 --> 00:38:47.959
 preached to

00:38:47.959 --> 00:38:48.219
 you

00:38:48.219 --> 00:38:49.099
 the word

00:38:49.099 --> 00:38:49.399
 is the

00:38:49.399 --> 00:38:49.919
 gospel of

00:38:49.919 --> 00:38:50.599
 jesus christ

00:38:50.599 --> 00:38:51.239
 the good

00:38:51.239 --> 00:38:51.859
 news that

00:38:51.859 --> 00:38:52.379
 the son of

00:38:52.379 --> 00:38:52.619
 man

00:38:52.619 --> 00:38:53.639
 that jesus

00:38:53.639 --> 00:38:54.099
 christ

00:38:54.099 --> 00:38:55.159
 came to

00:38:55.159 --> 00:38:55.859
 save us

00:38:55.859 --> 00:38:56.199
 sinners

00:38:56.199 --> 00:38:56.980
 came into

00:38:56.980 --> 00:38:57.259
 the world

00:38:57.259 --> 00:38:57.699
 to save

00:38:57.699 --> 00:38:58.039
 sinners

00:38:58.039 --> 00:38:58.679
 like us

00:38:58.679 --> 00:38:59.459
 that's the

00:38:59.459 --> 00:38:59.899
 good news

00:38:59.899 --> 00:39:00.539
 and that's

00:39:00.539 --> 00:39:01.419
 what separates

00:39:01.419 --> 00:39:02.419
 unbelievers

00:39:02.419 --> 00:39:03.399
 from believers

00:39:03.399 --> 00:39:03.959
 right

00:39:03.959 --> 00:39:06.159
 and this is

00:39:06.159 --> 00:39:07.000
 unavoidable

00:39:07.000 --> 00:39:07.819
 because you

00:39:07.819 --> 00:39:08.399
 have to make

00:39:08.399 --> 00:39:08.839
 a decision

00:39:08.839 --> 00:39:09.779
 on this

00:39:09.779 --> 00:39:10.079
 fact

00:39:10.079 --> 00:39:11.039
 christ is

00:39:11.039 --> 00:39:11.519
 on the

00:39:11.519 --> 00:39:11.799
 path

00:39:11.799 --> 00:39:12.259
 the christ

00:39:12.259 --> 00:39:12.739
 the living

00:39:12.739 --> 00:39:13.299
 stone is

00:39:13.299 --> 00:39:13.699
 on the

00:39:13.699 --> 00:39:14.039
 path

00:39:14.039 --> 00:39:14.639
 of every

00:39:14.639 --> 00:39:15.360
 human being

00:39:15.360 --> 00:39:16.099
 and you

00:39:16.099 --> 00:39:16.619
 have to

00:39:16.619 --> 00:39:17.300
 confront him

00:39:17.300 --> 00:39:17.800
 on your

00:39:17.800 --> 00:39:18.119
 journey

00:39:18.119 --> 00:39:19.119
 either you'll

00:39:19.119 --> 00:39:19.679
 confront him

00:39:19.679 --> 00:39:20.099
 and you will

00:39:20.099 --> 00:39:20.759
 stumble over

00:39:20.759 --> 00:39:21.039
 him

00:39:21.039 --> 00:39:21.480
 he will

00:39:21.480 --> 00:39:21.920
 become a

00:39:21.920 --> 00:39:22.279
 rock of

00:39:22.279 --> 00:39:22.719
 offense

00:39:22.719 --> 00:39:23.139
 and you

00:39:23.139 --> 00:39:23.619
 will reject

00:39:23.619 --> 00:39:23.880
 him

00:39:23.880 --> 00:39:24.699
 and disbelieve

00:39:24.699 --> 00:39:25.099
 in him

00:39:25.099 --> 00:39:26.300
 or you

00:39:26.300 --> 00:39:26.860
 will put

00:39:26.860 --> 00:39:27.480
 your faith

00:39:27.480 --> 00:39:27.759
 in him

00:39:27.759 --> 00:39:28.320
 believe in

00:39:28.320 --> 00:39:28.559
 him

00:39:28.559 --> 00:39:29.420
 and build

00:39:29.420 --> 00:39:30.019
 yourself

00:39:30.019 --> 00:39:30.579
 around

00:39:30.579 --> 00:39:31.239
 and on top

00:39:31.239 --> 00:39:31.699
 of that

00:39:31.699 --> 00:39:32.599
 living stone

00:39:32.599 --> 00:39:33.420
 there's two

00:39:33.420 --> 00:39:33.840
 choices

00:39:33.840 --> 00:39:34.579
 and it's

00:39:34.579 --> 00:39:35.139
 inevitable that

00:39:35.139 --> 00:39:35.480
 you go

00:39:35.480 --> 00:39:35.880
 through one

00:39:35.880 --> 00:39:36.119
 of those

00:39:36.119 --> 00:39:36.519
 things

00:39:36.519 --> 00:39:38.619
 and this

00:39:38.619 --> 00:39:38.920
 is the

00:39:38.920 --> 00:39:39.619
 good news

00:39:39.619 --> 00:39:41.280
 that

00:39:41.280 --> 00:39:42.360
 this is

00:39:42.360 --> 00:39:42.619
 the good

00:39:42.619 --> 00:39:42.840
 news

00:39:42.840 --> 00:39:43.159
 that we

00:39:43.159 --> 00:39:43.480
 should

00:39:43.480 --> 00:39:44.679
 that we

00:39:44.679 --> 00:39:45.259
 project

00:39:45.259 --> 00:39:45.840
 and that

00:39:45.840 --> 00:39:46.400
 we share

00:39:46.400 --> 00:39:47.179
 with all

00:39:47.179 --> 00:39:47.820
 around us

00:39:47.820 --> 00:39:48.280
 right

00:39:48.280 --> 00:39:49.440
 and this

00:39:49.440 --> 00:39:49.880
 happens

00:39:49.880 --> 00:39:50.300
 and this

00:39:50.300 --> 00:39:50.759
 is why

00:39:50.759 --> 00:39:51.400
 we are also

00:39:51.400 --> 00:39:52.059
 being built

00:39:52.059 --> 00:39:52.519
 up as a

00:39:52.519 --> 00:39:53.259
 spiritual house

00:39:53.259 --> 00:39:54.259
 so we may

00:39:54.259 --> 00:39:54.940
 proclaim the

00:39:54.940 --> 00:39:55.900
 excellencies of

00:39:55.900 --> 00:39:56.199
 god

00:39:56.199 --> 00:39:56.739
 right he says

00:39:56.739 --> 00:39:57.500
 that's the

00:39:57.500 --> 00:39:58.380
 ultimate purpose

00:39:58.380 --> 00:39:59.360
 the penultimate

00:39:59.360 --> 00:40:00.000
 purpose is that

00:40:00.000 --> 00:40:00.780
 we be built up

00:40:00.780 --> 00:40:01.300
 as a church

00:40:01.300 --> 00:40:02.239
 for the ultimate

00:40:02.239 --> 00:40:03.239
 purpose that god

00:40:03.239 --> 00:40:04.099
 would be glorified

00:40:04.099 --> 00:40:04.960
 his praise

00:40:04.960 --> 00:40:05.460
 would be

00:40:05.460 --> 00:40:06.159
 proclaimed

00:40:06.159 --> 00:40:06.839
 his excellency

00:40:06.839 --> 00:40:07.259
 would be

00:40:07.259 --> 00:40:07.659
 proclaimed

00:40:07.659 --> 00:40:08.239
 throughout the

00:40:08.239 --> 00:40:08.460
 world

00:40:08.460 --> 00:40:08.759
 right

00:40:08.759 --> 00:40:10.579
 and it's

00:40:10.579 --> 00:40:11.059
 by this

00:40:11.059 --> 00:40:11.619
 good news

00:40:11.619 --> 00:40:11.960
 that we

00:40:11.960 --> 00:40:12.519
 have become

00:40:12.519 --> 00:40:12.920
 as it says

00:40:12.920 --> 00:40:13.460
 in verse 9

00:40:13.460 --> 00:40:14.500
 a chosen race

00:40:14.500 --> 00:40:15.860
 a royal priesthood

00:40:15.860 --> 00:40:16.819
 a holy nation

00:40:16.819 --> 00:40:17.900
 a people for

00:40:17.900 --> 00:40:18.940
 his own

00:40:18.940 --> 00:40:19.460
 possession

00:40:19.460 --> 00:40:20.900
 now this is

00:40:20.900 --> 00:40:21.799
 such a radical

00:40:21.799 --> 00:40:22.239
 claim

00:40:22.239 --> 00:40:22.519
 right

00:40:22.519 --> 00:40:23.039
 because he's

00:40:23.039 --> 00:40:23.699
 writing here

00:40:23.699 --> 00:40:24.259
 he's saying

00:40:24.259 --> 00:40:25.019
 peter's saying

00:40:25.019 --> 00:40:26.019
 there's no

00:40:26.019 --> 00:40:26.380
 jew

00:40:26.380 --> 00:40:27.000
 gentile

00:40:27.000 --> 00:40:27.360
 greek

00:40:27.360 --> 00:40:27.940
 or roman

00:40:27.940 --> 00:40:28.639
 black

00:40:28.639 --> 00:40:29.199
 or white

00:40:29.199 --> 00:40:30.099
 or hispanic

00:40:30.099 --> 00:40:31.380
 or asian

00:40:31.380 --> 00:40:32.159
 right

00:40:32.159 --> 00:40:34.379
 among christians

00:40:34.379 --> 00:40:35.399
 we constitute

00:40:35.399 --> 00:40:36.099
 ourselves

00:40:36.099 --> 00:40:37.299
 a new race

00:40:37.299 --> 00:40:39.379
 as believers

00:40:39.379 --> 00:40:40.239
 we are a new

00:40:40.239 --> 00:40:40.699
 race

00:40:40.699 --> 00:40:41.139
 in christ

00:40:41.139 --> 00:40:41.559
 he says

00:40:41.559 --> 00:40:42.639
 of those

00:40:42.639 --> 00:40:42.960
 who have been

00:40:42.960 --> 00:40:43.559
 born again

00:40:43.559 --> 00:40:44.079
 into living

00:40:44.079 --> 00:40:44.339
 hope

00:40:44.339 --> 00:40:44.599
 through the

00:40:44.599 --> 00:40:44.980
 resurrection

00:40:44.980 --> 00:40:45.440
 of jesus

00:40:45.440 --> 00:40:45.839
 christ

00:40:45.839 --> 00:40:47.420
 we are also

00:40:47.420 --> 00:40:47.980
 a royal

00:40:47.980 --> 00:40:48.639
 priesthood

00:40:48.639 --> 00:40:50.299
 we are those

00:40:50.299 --> 00:40:50.899
 who people

00:40:50.899 --> 00:40:51.659
 on earth

00:40:51.659 --> 00:40:52.319
 who mediate

00:40:52.319 --> 00:40:53.079
 between god

00:40:53.079 --> 00:40:53.500
 and the rest

00:40:53.500 --> 00:40:53.980
 of the world

00:40:53.980 --> 00:40:55.879
 we are the

00:40:55.879 --> 00:40:56.319
 ones that

00:40:56.319 --> 00:40:57.039
 infuse this

00:40:57.039 --> 00:40:57.519
 world with

00:40:57.519 --> 00:40:57.960
 the kingdom

00:40:57.960 --> 00:40:58.519
 of god

00:40:58.519 --> 00:41:00.299
 we are a

00:41:00.299 --> 00:41:00.960
 holy nation

00:41:00.960 --> 00:41:01.639
 it tells us

00:41:01.639 --> 00:41:02.719
 we do not

00:41:02.719 --> 00:41:03.839
 belong merely

00:41:03.839 --> 00:41:05.099
 to the

00:41:05.099 --> 00:41:05.619
 united states

00:41:05.619 --> 00:41:06.299
 of america

00:41:06.299 --> 00:41:06.839
 or to

00:41:06.839 --> 00:41:07.539
 korea

00:41:07.539 --> 00:41:08.000
 or to

00:41:08.000 --> 00:41:08.460
 china

00:41:08.460 --> 00:41:09.099
 right

00:41:09.099 --> 00:41:10.239
 we belong

00:41:10.239 --> 00:41:10.859
 to the

00:41:10.859 --> 00:41:12.000
 holy nation

00:41:12.000 --> 00:41:13.619
 of christians

00:41:13.619 --> 00:41:14.699
 of believers

00:41:14.699 --> 00:41:15.359
 of the family

00:41:15.359 --> 00:41:15.779
 of god

00:41:15.779 --> 00:41:17.079
 and this

00:41:17.079 --> 00:41:17.659
 reality

00:41:17.659 --> 00:41:18.819
 not more

00:41:18.819 --> 00:41:19.420
 legislation

00:41:19.420 --> 00:41:20.099
 or simple

00:41:20.099 --> 00:41:20.519
 political

00:41:20.519 --> 00:41:21.159
 correctness

00:41:21.159 --> 00:41:21.960
 that's going

00:41:21.960 --> 00:41:22.839
 to fundamentally

00:41:22.839 --> 00:41:23.639
 solve

00:41:23.639 --> 00:41:24.440
 racism

00:41:24.440 --> 00:41:25.920
 and tribalism

00:41:25.920 --> 00:41:26.839
 and international

00:41:26.839 --> 00:41:27.879
 hatred

00:41:27.879 --> 00:41:28.519
 and enmity

00:41:28.519 --> 00:41:28.940
 right

00:41:28.940 --> 00:41:30.440
 and jonathan edwards

00:41:30.440 --> 00:41:31.239
 writes about this

00:41:31.239 --> 00:41:32.279
 in his book

00:41:32.279 --> 00:41:32.639
 the nature

00:41:32.639 --> 00:41:32.919
 of true

00:41:32.919 --> 00:41:33.459
 virtue

00:41:33.459 --> 00:41:34.419
 because if

00:41:34.419 --> 00:41:35.159
 our highest

00:41:35.159 --> 00:41:35.719
 good is our

00:41:35.719 --> 00:41:36.099
 family

00:41:36.099 --> 00:41:36.599
 then we are

00:41:36.599 --> 00:41:36.779
 going to

00:41:36.779 --> 00:41:37.879
 discriminate

00:41:37.879 --> 00:41:38.339
 against

00:41:38.339 --> 00:41:38.579
 other

00:41:38.579 --> 00:41:39.000
 families

00:41:39.000 --> 00:41:39.799
 if our

00:41:39.799 --> 00:41:40.099
 highest

00:41:40.099 --> 00:41:40.559
 good is

00:41:40.559 --> 00:41:41.119
 our gender

00:41:41.119 --> 00:41:41.759
 then we are

00:41:41.759 --> 00:41:41.879
 going to

00:41:41.879 --> 00:41:42.779
 become sexist

00:41:42.779 --> 00:41:43.519
 and discriminate

00:41:43.519 --> 00:41:44.099
 against other

00:41:44.099 --> 00:41:44.459
 genders

00:41:44.459 --> 00:41:45.699
 if our highest

00:41:45.699 --> 00:41:46.439
 good is our

00:41:46.439 --> 00:41:46.939
 country

00:41:46.939 --> 00:41:47.599
 then we are

00:41:47.599 --> 00:41:47.919
 going to be

00:41:47.919 --> 00:41:48.579
 patriotic

00:41:48.579 --> 00:41:49.339
 jingoistic

00:41:49.339 --> 00:41:49.719
 right

00:41:49.719 --> 00:41:50.939
 and discriminate

00:41:50.939 --> 00:41:51.599
 against other

00:41:51.599 --> 00:41:52.099
 countries

00:41:52.099 --> 00:41:52.799
 right

00:41:52.799 --> 00:41:54.500
 only if

00:41:54.500 --> 00:41:55.419
 god is our

00:41:55.419 --> 00:41:56.159
 highest good

00:41:56.159 --> 00:41:56.939
 supreme good

00:41:56.940 --> 00:42:00.820
 Can we truly be united as people?

00:42:01.420 --> 00:42:06.360
 And so this is the true solution for the problem that plagues our society now.

00:42:07.599 --> 00:42:12.760
 And Lindsey Brown, who was once the CEO of the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students,

00:42:13.240 --> 00:42:15.460
 wrote this in his book, Shining Like Stars.

00:42:15.539 --> 00:42:17.559
 He illustrates this fact in a powerful story.

00:42:18.179 --> 00:42:21.860
 Because during the Burundi genocide in the early 90s,

00:42:21.860 --> 00:42:27.340
 a number of Tutsis were killed in tribal fighting against the Hutus.

00:42:28.420 --> 00:42:33.140
 And this was on campus, a college, Bujumbura University.

00:42:33.980 --> 00:42:38.260
 And during this time, the Hutus, Hutus were the ones that killed the Tutsis,

00:42:38.680 --> 00:42:44.300
 Hutu Christians followed the Tutsi Christians into the cave that they were hiding in

00:42:44.300 --> 00:42:46.140
 to bring them food and clothing.

00:42:46.980 --> 00:42:50.019
 And as they did that, they became disowned by their own family.

00:42:50.019 --> 00:42:53.900
 Because they were saying that you're putting your Christian alliance and loyalty higher

00:42:53.900 --> 00:42:56.599
 than your allegiance to your tribe, your people, your family.

00:42:58.039 --> 00:43:02.019
 And because of this event, the non-Christian president of Bujumbura University

00:43:02.599 --> 00:43:04.219
 made this announcement.

00:43:04.659 --> 00:43:04.980
 He said,

00:43:05.960 --> 00:43:07.579
 Our culture is disintegrating.

00:43:08.559 --> 00:43:11.039
 On our campus, there are three groups of people.

00:43:11.679 --> 00:43:14.840
 Hutus, Tutsis, and Christians.

00:43:14.840 --> 00:43:20.760
 If our culture is to survive, we must follow the example of the Christians.

00:43:23.760 --> 00:43:26.000
 We are a holy nation.

00:43:26.960 --> 00:43:30.100
 A new race of God's people.

00:43:31.300 --> 00:43:32.180
 A priesthood.

00:43:32.380 --> 00:43:33.420
 A royal priesthood.

00:43:34.400 --> 00:43:40.200
 And all of this, as a result, not of our own works, of our own deserving,

00:43:40.199 --> 00:43:43.079
 but God's mercy, says in verse 10.

00:43:43.759 --> 00:43:47.779
 Once you were not a people, but now you are God's people.

00:43:48.279 --> 00:43:54.039
 Once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

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 We had been unfaithful to God.

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 We had left Him.

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 And so we had disowned Him.

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 We were not His people.

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 But by His grace and through His reproachment, through His Son, Jesus Christ,

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 we are now His people.

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 And we have now received mercy.

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 Imagine if every believer truly considered and understood

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 the importance of being a member of the household of God.

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 Imagine if we really loved one another

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 because we have been born of the living word,

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 because we have been nursed by the milk, the life-giving milk.

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 So that we can be built and reared on this living stone.

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 Now that would be a magnificent spiritual house indeed.

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 Fitting for the faithful Father and majestic King that we serve.

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 Fitting for the faithful Father and the Holy Spirit.

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 With that, let's...