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 So what is happening is that Christians are finding it harder and harder to talk about God,

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 talk about sex, talk about politics.

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 We can talk about what you do, mention Jesus, and it's a different subject altogether.

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 Let's just change that and talk about something else.

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 Don't want to talk about religion.

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 I've read, for instance, that Christian teachers are choosing not to wear crosses

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 because they know that their credibility would be thrown out if they were known to be Christians.

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 One student group, Christian student group, has decided not to speak about sex to its students on a university campus

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 for fear of losing its university affiliation.

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 Last year, new graduate employees at a major bank in Sydney were told on their first day that we don't do religion here.

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 Talk of faith wasn't welcome and would be considered a breach of corporate policy.

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 And just recently, you probably saw in the news or in newspapers this week,

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 the University of Sydney's Union stated that the Sydney University's Evangelical Union

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 must remove requirements for members to sign a faith-based declaration

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 and threaten them with deregistration of the clubs and societies program

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 if they do not comply by the end of this month.

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 In practice, that means that non-believers could not only just be members of the Evangelical Union,

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 but in fact could hold leadership positions in the executive committee.

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 On many fronts, there is pressure to be quiet, to withdraw, to retreat from public spaces.

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 Christians, not just Christians, in fact anyone who does not agree with the liberal left,

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 basically, but Christians are being silenced.

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 And yet God requires us, as his disciples, to be in this world

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 and to speak as messengers of the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 Jesus' own teaching in Luke chapter 24

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 shows that the nations need to hear and repent in order to be saved.

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 They need to hear the gospel, the good news of Christ,

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 and they need to repent in order to be saved.

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 And against the command to himself be quiet about the risen Lord Jesus,

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 Peter said the same thing in Acts chapter 4, verse 12.

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 Salvation is found in no one else,

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 for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which they must be saved.

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 And this itself was the great commission of the Lord Jesus

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 to his disciples and to us in Matthew 28.

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 All authority in heaven and earth has been given to me.

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 Therefore, go and make disciples of all nations,

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 baptizing them in the name of the Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit,

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 and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you.

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 I said in the first sermon in this series,

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 this is now the end of it, we're coming to the close of front lines.

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 In the first sermon in this series, seven weeks ago,

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 I said that understood in the correct way,

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 vocation, that is understood Christianly,

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 vocation is centered in a sovereign God

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 who calls us to embrace the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ

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 and to follow him in the power of the Holy Spirit.

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 That is a theology of vocation.

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 And so the first and the primary calling of all people

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 is to embrace the Lord Jesus as his disciples.

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 That is, we are called to someone, not something or somewhere.

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 The means by which God calls people to embrace their primary vocation

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 is his disciples speaking as messengers of the very gospel

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 that God calls people to embrace.

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 But under that primary calling,

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 we all have a secondary calling,

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 a secondary position in life

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 in which we live out our primary calling

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 with faithfulness and fruitfulness

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 to the God who has called us.

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 And so how do we work out our primary calling

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 to embrace Jesus,

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 to call other people to embrace Jesus

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 in a society that wants us to be quiet

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 about that primary calling,

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 especially in our places of our secondary calling.

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 And I think the temptation for us

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 is in fact to be quiet,

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 to keep our heads down

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 and in the end to propagate the secular sacred divide

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 which this whole series is against.

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 that is, to live two separate lives,

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 my private life and my public life.

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 Now let me say that

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 there is a lot at stake

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 for the people of our country at the moment.

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 There's a lot at stake.

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 There's a lot at stake for the people who want us to be quiet.

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 A number of Christians

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 are starting to speak up

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 about religious freedom in our country

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 and I think that's okay.

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 But,

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 I get a little concerned

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 if the motivation for speaking up

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 is for Christians

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 to be allowed to be Christians.

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 That is,

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 I'm concerned

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 if we are speaking up

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 just to protect

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 who we are

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 and what we are allowed to do.

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 Because that's not why

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 we've been called to speak up.

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 What's really at stake

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 is the hope

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 and the lives

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 and the souls

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 of millions of people

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 who don't have hope.

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 That's what's at stake.

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 As Dr. Ralph Winter,

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 he was a former

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 American missiologist,

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 scholar and pastor.

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 He was one time director

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 of the United States Center for World Mission.

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 He made a very significant point

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 about the task

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 that is before us as Christians.

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 He wrote this

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 in 1978.

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 We may do well

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 to recognize

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 what seems to be

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 the consistent thrust

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 of the whole Bible.

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 That unless

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 and until

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 in faith

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 the future

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 of the world

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 becomes

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 more important

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 than the future

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 of the church,

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 the church

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 has no future.

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 as Jesus

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 puts it,

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 the most dangerous

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 thing you can do

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 is seek

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 to save

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 your own life.

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 Or to turn it around

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 another way,

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 being messengers

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 of the gospel

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 to our society

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 is the only

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 future

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 of the church

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 and it's not

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 about protecting

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 the church.

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 Every church

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 in history

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 that has not

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 reached out

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 has in fact

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 gone down.

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 Every church

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 that has existed

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 to protect itself,

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 to protect

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 its rights,

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 has gone

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 down.

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 God will

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 always cause

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 his people

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 around the globe

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 to give up

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 their lives

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 for the sake

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 of

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 his

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 mission.

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 but we

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 have no

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 biblical

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 guarantee

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 that any

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 given

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 denomination

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 or local

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 church

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 or individual

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 will endure

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 to the end.

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 Denominations

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 have come

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 and gone.

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 Churches

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 have risen

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 up and

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 disappeared

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 and many

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 individuals

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 like seed

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 sown among

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 thorns

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 have confessed

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 faith in

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 Christ

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 but have been

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 choked by the

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 cares and riches

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 and pleasures

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 of this life.

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 Luke chapter

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 8.

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 And so the

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 future of the

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 Anglican

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 Diocese of

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 Sydney,

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 future of

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 St. Paul's

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 Chatswood,

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 future of

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 you and

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 me,

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 hangs on

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 whether we

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 lose our

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 lives as

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 messengers of

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 Christ and

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 the gospel

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 for the sake

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 of others,

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 not for

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 our sakes.

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 And so our

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 focus today

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 is our

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 personal

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 readiness to

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 be message of

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 the gospel

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 on our

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 front line.

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 This is

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 first base

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 stuff I

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 think for

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 us.

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 And so the

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 text which I've

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 chosen is

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 1 Peter 3

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 and especially

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 14 and

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 15 which

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 come along

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 with me on

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 this.

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 1 Peter 3

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 verses 14

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 and 15.

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 What does

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 it mean to

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 be ready

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 to make

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 a case

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 for your

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 hope?

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 And how

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 are we to

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 get ready

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 and to

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 stay ready?

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 A clue to

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 that is in

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 1 Peter 3

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 and you do

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 need your

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 Bibles open

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 because I

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 want you to

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 look at some

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 stuff here

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 fairly closely.

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 1 Peter 3

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 verse 15

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 is the clue.

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 It's the

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 relationship

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 between the

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 phrase be

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 ready and

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 what comes

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 just before

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 it in the

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 text.

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 Literally

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 and sorry

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 for getting

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 real technical

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 here there

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 is no

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 verb in

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 the phrase

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 be ready

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 or be

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 prepared.

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 Literally

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 Peter says

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 set apart

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 Christ as

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 Lord in

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 your hearts

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 ready always

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 to make a

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 case for

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 your hope.

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 That's what

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 he literally

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 says.

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 And this

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 suggests that

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 there is a

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 very close

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 connection

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 between

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 setting

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 apart

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 Christ as

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 Lord in

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 your heart

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 and

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 always being

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 ready to

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 make a

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 case for

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 your hope.

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 There's a

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 connection

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 there,

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 close

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 connection.

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 So one

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 key to

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 understand

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 what it

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 means to

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 set apart

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 Christ as

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 Lord in

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 your heart

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 is to

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 notice that

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 it is the

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 alternative to

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 fearing men.

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 Verse 14

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 is the

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 Lord.

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 But even if

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 you should

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 choose to

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 be afraid,

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 do not be

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 frightened,

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 but or

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 instead

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 in your

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 heart set

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 apart Christ

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 as Lord.

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 In other

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 words,

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 don't be

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 afraid of

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 the sort of

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 things that

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 men threaten

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 you with.

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 Instead,

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 greatly

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 revere

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 Christ in

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 your

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 hearts.

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 Setting

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 apart

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 Christ in

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 our

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 heart is

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 what you

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 do in

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 order to

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 not have

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 fear in

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 your heart

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 of what

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 men might

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 do or

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 say about

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 you.

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 That's what

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 you do.

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 So whatever

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 setting apart

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 Christ means,

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 it is the

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 opposite of

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 fearing men.

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 And it

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 is, in

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 fact, the

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 source of

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 your confidence

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 and your

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 hope.

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 In verses

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 14 and

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 15, Peter

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 is giving

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 a Christian

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 adaption to

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 the text of

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 Isaiah 8

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 verses 12

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 to 13.

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 And you

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 might want to

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 look at that

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 with me.

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 Isaiah 8

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 verses 12

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 and 13.

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 And it

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 gives us a

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 whole lot of

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 help in

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 deciding what

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 it means to

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 set apart

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 Christ as

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 Lord in

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 our hearts.

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 God gives

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 Isaiah a

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 warning in

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 these verses

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 about how

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 we should

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 feel, or

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 how he

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 should feel

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 about his

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 unbelieving

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 countrymen,

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 about the

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 Lord God.

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 And beginning

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 at verse

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 11, he

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 says,

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 the Lord

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 spoke to

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 me with

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 his

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 strong

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 hand upon

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 me,

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 warning me

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 not to

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 follow the

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 ways of

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 his people.

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 He said,

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 do not

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 call

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 conspiracy

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 everything that

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 they call

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 conspiracy.

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 Do not

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 fear what

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 they fear.

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 Do not

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 dread it.

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 The Lord

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 Almighty is

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 the one you

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 are to

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 regard as

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 holy.

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 He's the

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 one you

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 are to

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 fear.

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 He is the

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 one you

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 are to

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 dread.

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 And so

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 Peter takes

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 this word

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 of God

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 addressed to

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 Isaiah about

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 his adversaries

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 and he

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 applies it to

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 the Christians

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 in his own

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 day and

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 our day in

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 relation to

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 our

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 adversaries.

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 And he

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 says,

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 don't fear

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 what they

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 fear, but

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 regard the

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 Lord instead.

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 Isaiah 8,

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 14 makes

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 it clear

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 that the

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 way to

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 regard God

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 or to

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 treat him

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 as holy

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 is to

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 fear him

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 instead of

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 fearing what

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 men fear

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 or to

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 dread him

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 instead of

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 dreading what

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 they dread.

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 But God

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 doesn't mean

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 that we

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 are always

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 to be

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 gripped by

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 an emotional

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 fear when

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 God is

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 our Lord.

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 That would

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 seem to,

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 in my mind,

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 to be an

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 invitation to

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 misery, I

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 would think.

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 And I

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 don't think

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 that's what

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 he means

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 here.

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 One clue

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 that he

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 doesn't

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 mean that

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 is the

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 very next

00:14:30.300 --> 00:14:30.899
 phrase in

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 verse 14.

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 It's a

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 promise for

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 those who

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 fear him

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 as God.

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 It says,

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 God will

00:14:41.240 --> 00:14:42.840
 become a

00:14:42.840 --> 00:14:43.279
 sanctuary.

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 sanctuary.

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 A

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 sanctuary is

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 a place

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 where you

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 feel safe

00:14:48.659 --> 00:14:49.379
 and secure

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 and peaceful.

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 Now, it

00:14:52.659 --> 00:14:53.319
 seems on the

00:14:53.319 --> 00:14:53.980
 surface to be

00:14:53.980 --> 00:14:55.419
 somewhat paradoxical.

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 If God is

00:14:56.839 --> 00:14:57.480
 your dread,

00:14:58.919 --> 00:14:59.459
 how can he

00:14:59.459 --> 00:14:59.899
 be your

00:14:59.899 --> 00:15:01.000
 refuge and

00:15:01.000 --> 00:15:01.659
 your sanctuary?

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 But it's

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 not as

00:15:04.439 --> 00:15:06.699
 paradoxical if

00:15:06.699 --> 00:15:07.360
 we take the

00:15:07.360 --> 00:15:07.819
 words of

00:15:07.819 --> 00:15:08.519
 verse 14

00:15:08.519 --> 00:15:09.379
 to not

00:15:09.379 --> 00:15:11.720
 mean be

00:15:11.720 --> 00:15:12.340
 constantly

00:15:12.340 --> 00:15:12.879
 gripped by

00:15:12.879 --> 00:15:13.340
 the emotion

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 of fear,

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 but rather

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 or instead

00:15:19.179 --> 00:15:21.340
 always regard

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 the displeasure

00:15:22.379 --> 00:15:24.100
 of God as

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 more fearful

00:15:25.259 --> 00:15:26.279
 than the

00:15:26.279 --> 00:15:27.460
 displeasure of

00:15:27.460 --> 00:15:28.100
 man.

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 What God

00:15:31.240 --> 00:15:31.659
 wants here

00:15:31.659 --> 00:15:32.399
 from Isaiah

00:15:32.399 --> 00:15:33.720
 is for the

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 prospect of

00:15:34.600 --> 00:15:36.000
 offending God

00:15:36.000 --> 00:15:37.440
 to be much

00:15:37.440 --> 00:15:38.360
 more dreadful

00:15:38.360 --> 00:15:38.860
 thing to

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 him than

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 the prospect

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 of being

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 persecuted

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 by people.

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 And that's

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 the way

00:15:47.179 --> 00:15:48.139
 Isaiah

00:15:48.139 --> 00:15:49.419
 was to

00:15:49.419 --> 00:15:50.179
 revere the

00:15:50.179 --> 00:15:50.620
 Lord.

00:15:51.120 --> 00:15:51.700
 It's the way

00:15:51.700 --> 00:15:52.379
 that Isaiah

00:15:52.379 --> 00:15:53.340
 was to set

00:15:53.340 --> 00:15:54.559
 apart God

00:15:54.559 --> 00:15:55.120
 in his

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 heart.

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 The degree

00:15:57.519 --> 00:15:58.539
 to which God

00:15:58.539 --> 00:15:59.039
 was set

00:15:59.039 --> 00:15:59.740
 apart in

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 his heart

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 was the

00:16:01.360 --> 00:16:02.580
 same degree

00:16:02.580 --> 00:16:03.700
 of his

00:16:03.700 --> 00:16:04.679
 desire not

00:16:04.679 --> 00:16:05.419
 to displease

00:16:05.419 --> 00:16:05.879
 God.

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 And what

00:16:08.860 --> 00:16:09.559
 was it in

00:16:09.559 --> 00:16:10.240
 particular in

00:16:10.240 --> 00:16:10.860
 the context

00:16:10.860 --> 00:16:11.220
 that would

00:16:11.220 --> 00:16:11.799
 have displeased

00:16:11.799 --> 00:16:12.179
 God?

00:16:12.919 --> 00:16:13.740
 Verse 12,

00:16:15.000 --> 00:16:15.419
 do not

00:16:15.419 --> 00:16:16.779
 fear what

00:16:16.779 --> 00:16:17.740
 they fear

00:16:17.740 --> 00:16:19.100
 or be in

00:16:19.100 --> 00:16:19.440
 dread of

00:16:19.440 --> 00:16:19.779
 what they

00:16:19.779 --> 00:16:20.120
 dread.

00:16:21.399 --> 00:16:21.960
 God would

00:16:21.960 --> 00:16:22.340
 have been

00:16:22.340 --> 00:16:23.179
 displeased

00:16:23.179 --> 00:16:24.059
 if Isaiah,

00:16:25.500 --> 00:16:26.139
 he would

00:16:26.139 --> 00:16:26.379
 have been

00:16:26.379 --> 00:16:26.980
 displeased

00:16:26.980 --> 00:16:27.379
 with him

00:16:27.379 --> 00:16:28.480
 if he

00:16:28.480 --> 00:16:29.080
 had feared

00:16:29.080 --> 00:16:29.899
 the same

00:16:29.899 --> 00:16:31.200
 thing that

00:16:31.200 --> 00:16:32.259
 his unbelieving

00:16:32.259 --> 00:16:33.000
 countrymen

00:16:33.000 --> 00:16:33.899
 feared and

00:16:33.899 --> 00:16:34.639
 that is

00:16:34.639 --> 00:16:35.639
 the threats

00:16:35.639 --> 00:16:36.659
 of people.

00:16:39.500 --> 00:16:40.299
 And the

00:16:40.299 --> 00:16:41.000
 reason is

00:16:41.000 --> 00:16:41.679
 that God

00:16:41.679 --> 00:16:42.580
 had made

00:16:42.580 --> 00:16:43.740
 many promises

00:16:43.740 --> 00:16:44.319
 to his

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 people that

00:16:46.019 --> 00:16:47.059
 should in

00:16:47.059 --> 00:16:47.519
 fact have

00:16:47.519 --> 00:16:48.399
 taken away

00:16:48.399 --> 00:16:49.019
 the fear

00:16:49.019 --> 00:16:50.199
 and instead

00:16:50.199 --> 00:16:50.939
 filled them

00:16:50.939 --> 00:16:51.740
 with confidence

00:16:51.740 --> 00:16:52.740
 and hope.

00:16:54.179 --> 00:16:54.840
 And so if

00:16:54.840 --> 00:16:56.059
 Isaiah feared

00:16:56.059 --> 00:16:56.879
 man and

00:16:56.879 --> 00:16:57.899
 not God,

00:16:58.159 --> 00:16:58.759
 it would

00:16:58.759 --> 00:16:59.759
 show that he

00:16:59.759 --> 00:17:00.700
 doesn't trust

00:17:00.700 --> 00:17:01.320
 the promises

00:17:01.320 --> 00:17:02.080
 of God.

00:17:04.080 --> 00:17:04.819
 God had

00:17:04.819 --> 00:17:05.240
 said,

00:17:05.640 --> 00:17:06.539
 Isaiah 41

00:17:06.539 --> 00:17:07.140
 verse 10

00:17:07.140 --> 00:17:07.740
 and 13,

00:17:07.860 --> 00:17:08.160
 do not

00:17:08.160 --> 00:17:08.740
 fear for

00:17:08.740 --> 00:17:09.240
 I am with

00:17:09.240 --> 00:17:09.500
 you,

00:17:09.799 --> 00:17:10.220
 do not

00:17:10.220 --> 00:17:10.980
 be dismayed

00:17:10.980 --> 00:17:11.460
 for I am

00:17:11.460 --> 00:17:12.059
 your God,

00:17:12.140 --> 00:17:12.460
 I will

00:17:12.460 --> 00:17:13.059
 strengthen

00:17:13.059 --> 00:17:13.920
 you and

00:17:13.920 --> 00:17:14.559
 help you,

00:17:14.700 --> 00:17:14.980
 I will

00:17:14.980 --> 00:17:15.680
 uphold you

00:17:15.680 --> 00:17:16.080
 by my

00:17:16.080 --> 00:17:16.420
 righteous

00:17:16.420 --> 00:17:17.319
 hand for

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 I am

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 the Lord

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 your God

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 who takes

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 hold of

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 your right

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 hand and

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 says to

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 you,

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 do not

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 fear because

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 I will

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 help you.

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 God had

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 promised him

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 that already.

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 God

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 promised them

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 that already

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 and a

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 bunch of

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 other promises

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 and if

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 Isaiah feared

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 the threats

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 of God,

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 he cast

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 his vote

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 against

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 the

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 trustworthiness

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 of God

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 and does

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 not revere

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 the Lord

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 in his

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 heart.

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 But if

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 we do

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 not

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 fear

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 what

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 men

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 fear

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 but

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 instead

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 fear

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 to

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 displease

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 God

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 and so

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 trust in

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 his

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 promises

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 then

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 you

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 reverence

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 the Lord

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 in your

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 heart.

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 You set

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 apart

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 Christ

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 as Lord

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 in your

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 heart.

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 And so

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 what we see

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 from the Old

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 Testament

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 background

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 background

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 of Peter's

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 teaching here

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 in chapter

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 3

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 is that

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 setting

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 apart

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 Christ

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 as Lord

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 in your

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 heart

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 means

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 first of

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 all

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 feeling

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 that to

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 displease

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 Christ

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 is more

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 fearful

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 than the

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 threats

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 of any

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 human

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 being.

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 Firstly

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 and more

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 specifically

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 since what

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 displeases

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 Christ

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 most

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 is

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 unbelief

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 in his

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 promises

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 promises

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 then

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 setting

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 him

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 apart

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 in our

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 hearts

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 means

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 setting

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 your

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 mind

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 on his

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 promises

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 and

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 setting

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 your

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 heart

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 on

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 trusting

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 his

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 promises.

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 Promises

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 like 1

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 Peter 5

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 verse 7

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 cast all

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 your anxiety

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 on him

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 for he

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 cares for

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 you.

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 Promises

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 like 1

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 Peter 5

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 10

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 after you

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 have

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 suffered

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 a little

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 while

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 the God

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 of all

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 grace

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 who has

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 called you

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 to his

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 eternal glory

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 in Christ

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 will himself

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 restore

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 establish

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 and strengthen

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 you.

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 To set

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 apart

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 Christ as

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 Lord in

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 your

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 hearts

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 is to

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 set your

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 mind on

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 his

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 promises

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 to take

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 care of

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 you

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 and to

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 trust those

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 promises

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 with all

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 of your

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 heart.

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 And if

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 you do

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 in increasing

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 measure

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 the fear

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 of men

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 will

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 decrease

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 and instead

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 be turned

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 into hope.

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 And you

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 will have

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 a reason

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 to give

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 for the

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 hope that

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 is in

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 fact in

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 your

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 heart.

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 Now if

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 what Peter

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 has written

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 here seems

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 like a

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 tall order

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 let's not

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 forget

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 that Peter

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 discovered

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 this secret

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 of hope.

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 He

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 discovered the

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 secret of

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 boldness in

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 the face of

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 opposition

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 after a

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 massive

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 failure.

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 This is the

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 Peter who

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 declared that

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 he would

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 never forsake

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 Jesus

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 but waiting

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 in a

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 courtyard

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 at the

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 home of the

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 high priest

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 while Jesus

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 was being

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 questioned

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 he failed

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 miserably.

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 Three times

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 he denied

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 he was a

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 disciple of

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 Jesus.

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 He wasn't

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 with Jesus.

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 He did

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 not know

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 Jesus.

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 And in the

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 background in

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 the shadows

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 stood Jesus

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 and Jesus

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 turns and he

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 looks at

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 Peter and

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 as he

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 predicted the

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 crow the

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 cock crowed

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 the rooster

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 crowed the

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 bird whatever

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 it was crowed

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 three times

00:21:01.160 --> 00:21:04.680
 just as

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 Jesus said

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 it would.

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 And

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 contrast this

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 in that

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 moment in

00:21:10.740 --> 00:21:11.340
 that dark

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 night huddled

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 around that

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 fire and

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 the absolute

00:21:14.740 --> 00:21:15.680
 failure of

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 Peter running

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 out from

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 them bursting

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 into tears

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 failing Jesus

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 to because

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 he feared

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 man.

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 Contrast

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 that Peter

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 with the

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 Peter who

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 had seen

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 the risen

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 Jesus who

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 was filled

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 with the

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 Holy Spirit

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 he's no

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 longer huddled

00:21:33.920 --> 00:21:34.480
 around a

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 fire but he

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 stands as

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 the accused.

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 He who

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 had feared

00:21:41.800 --> 00:21:42.580
 to confront

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 a servant

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 girl now

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 confronts the

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 high court

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 and accuses

00:21:48.700 --> 00:21:49.560
 the high court

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 of crucifying

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 Jesus and

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 he refuses

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 to be silent

00:21:53.980 --> 00:21:54.780
 about the

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 resurrected

00:21:55.280 --> 00:21:55.840
 Jesus.

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 He says

00:21:57.000 --> 00:21:58.100
 we must

00:21:58.100 --> 00:21:59.280
 obey God

00:21:59.280 --> 00:22:00.480
 rather than

00:22:00.480 --> 00:22:01.000
 man.

00:22:01.140 --> 00:22:02.580
 in Acts

00:22:02.580 --> 00:22:03.080
 4 and

00:22:03.080 --> 00:22:03.520
 5.

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 You see

00:22:09.259 --> 00:22:10.040
 Peter shows

00:22:10.040 --> 00:22:10.720
 us that our

00:22:10.720 --> 00:22:11.620
 hope provides

00:22:11.620 --> 00:22:12.259
 both the

00:22:12.259 --> 00:22:13.520
 courage for

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 our frontline

00:22:14.140 --> 00:22:15.920
 witness and

00:22:15.920 --> 00:22:16.600
 in fact the

00:22:16.600 --> 00:22:17.880
 content of our

00:22:17.880 --> 00:22:18.280
 frontline

00:22:18.280 --> 00:22:18.960
 witness.

00:22:21.020 --> 00:22:22.540
 Our hope is

00:22:22.540 --> 00:22:23.320
 in the Lord

00:22:23.320 --> 00:22:24.340
 risen.

00:22:25.560 --> 00:22:26.400
 Our devotion

00:22:26.400 --> 00:22:27.200
 to Christ

00:22:27.200 --> 00:22:27.740
 makes us

00:22:27.740 --> 00:22:29.040
 ready not

00:22:29.039 --> 00:22:29.879
 only in

00:22:29.879 --> 00:22:30.480
 rationale

00:22:30.480 --> 00:22:32.200
 but in

00:22:32.200 --> 00:22:32.579
 attitude.

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 Notice it

00:22:33.279 --> 00:22:33.700
 says

00:22:33.700 --> 00:22:35.099
 give a reason

00:22:35.099 --> 00:22:35.440
 for the hope

00:22:35.440 --> 00:22:35.680
 you have

00:22:35.680 --> 00:22:37.259
 in gentleness.

00:22:38.480 --> 00:22:38.960
 Respect,

00:22:39.079 --> 00:22:39.700
 gentleness or

00:22:39.700 --> 00:22:40.539
 another word is

00:22:40.539 --> 00:22:41.799
 humility of

00:22:41.799 --> 00:22:43.059
 life is an

00:22:43.059 --> 00:22:43.759
 important,

00:22:43.899 --> 00:22:44.619
 is just as

00:22:44.619 --> 00:22:45.180
 important as

00:22:45.180 --> 00:22:45.720
 boldness with

00:22:45.720 --> 00:22:46.200
 the word.

00:22:46.879 --> 00:22:47.859
 Humility is

00:22:47.859 --> 00:22:49.420
 the other

00:22:49.420 --> 00:22:50.460
 result of

00:22:50.460 --> 00:22:51.359
 setting apart

00:22:51.359 --> 00:22:52.279
 Christ as

00:22:52.279 --> 00:22:53.099
 Lord in your

00:22:53.099 --> 00:22:53.639
 heart.

00:22:53.640 --> 00:22:55.460
 surely no

00:22:55.460 --> 00:22:56.600
 pride is

00:22:56.600 --> 00:22:57.700
 more offensive

00:22:57.700 --> 00:22:59.480
 than pride in

00:22:59.480 --> 00:23:00.600
 being trophies of

00:23:00.600 --> 00:23:01.340
 God's grace.

00:23:02.340 --> 00:23:03.080
 Is there

00:23:03.080 --> 00:23:03.860
 anything more

00:23:03.860 --> 00:23:05.380
 offensive than

00:23:05.380 --> 00:23:06.000
 that sort of

00:23:06.000 --> 00:23:06.400
 pride?

00:23:06.400 --> 00:23:06.460
 pride?

00:23:09.460 --> 00:23:10.320
 You see the

00:23:10.320 --> 00:23:11.040
 lack of fear

00:23:11.040 --> 00:23:11.880
 before man

00:23:11.880 --> 00:23:12.759
 doesn't lead to

00:23:12.759 --> 00:23:13.980
 pride or

00:23:13.980 --> 00:23:15.160
 smugness or

00:23:15.160 --> 00:23:16.220
 arrogance or

00:23:16.220 --> 00:23:17.180
 abrasiveness.

00:23:18.900 --> 00:23:20.019
 This humility

00:23:20.019 --> 00:23:22.019
 is far more

00:23:22.019 --> 00:23:22.940
 than politeness

00:23:22.940 --> 00:23:23.540
 and political

00:23:23.540 --> 00:23:24.340
 correctness.

00:23:25.040 --> 00:23:25.580
 It's an

00:23:25.580 --> 00:23:26.400
 attitude that

00:23:26.400 --> 00:23:27.300
 reflects the

00:23:27.300 --> 00:23:28.300
 fear of God

00:23:28.300 --> 00:23:29.080
 in your heart.

00:23:29.940 --> 00:23:31.000
 You don't want

00:23:31.000 --> 00:23:31.580
 to disappoint

00:23:31.580 --> 00:23:32.100
 Christ.

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 You want to

00:23:33.460 --> 00:23:33.940
 have the same

00:23:33.940 --> 00:23:34.800
 attitude of

00:23:34.800 --> 00:23:35.240
 Christ.

00:23:35.240 --> 00:23:35.319
 Christ.

00:23:38.380 --> 00:23:39.819
 And so I

00:23:39.819 --> 00:23:40.420
 wonder,

00:23:42.140 --> 00:23:42.700
 and just

00:23:42.700 --> 00:23:43.160
 wonder,

00:23:44.640 --> 00:23:45.240
 if the

00:23:45.240 --> 00:23:46.779
 reason we

00:23:46.779 --> 00:23:47.819
 aren't more

00:23:47.819 --> 00:23:49.200
 free and

00:23:49.200 --> 00:23:50.500
 natural in

00:23:50.500 --> 00:23:51.359
 testifying to

00:23:51.359 --> 00:23:52.299
 the reality of

00:23:52.299 --> 00:23:53.359
 our hope in

00:23:53.359 --> 00:23:54.700
 Christ, on

00:23:54.700 --> 00:23:56.019
 our front

00:23:56.019 --> 00:23:56.960
 lines or in

00:23:56.960 --> 00:23:57.799
 our society,

00:23:58.359 --> 00:24:00.099
 I just

00:24:00.099 --> 00:24:01.200
 wonder if

00:24:01.200 --> 00:24:03.279
 it's because

00:24:03.279 --> 00:24:04.180
 we don't feel

00:24:04.180 --> 00:24:05.000
 very hopeful

00:24:05.000 --> 00:24:07.960
 I wonder if

00:24:07.960 --> 00:24:09.140
 it's because

00:24:09.140 --> 00:24:09.839
 of lack of

00:24:09.839 --> 00:24:11.759
 hope that

00:24:11.759 --> 00:24:12.140
 we're not

00:24:12.140 --> 00:24:12.819
 free to

00:24:12.819 --> 00:24:13.559
 testify to

00:24:13.559 --> 00:24:14.039
 Christ.

00:24:15.579 --> 00:24:16.500
 And so the

00:24:16.500 --> 00:24:17.019
 fear of man

00:24:17.019 --> 00:24:17.740
 grips us.

00:24:19.500 --> 00:24:20.500
 I think that

00:24:20.500 --> 00:24:21.160
 if that's the

00:24:21.160 --> 00:24:22.480
 case, if we're

00:24:22.480 --> 00:24:23.240
 not hopeful,

00:24:23.640 --> 00:24:24.099
 when our

00:24:24.099 --> 00:24:24.700
 hearts are not

00:24:24.700 --> 00:24:25.440
 full of hope

00:24:25.440 --> 00:24:26.059
 in the promises

00:24:26.059 --> 00:24:26.779
 of Christ,

00:24:26.779 --> 00:24:28.440
 Christ, and

00:24:28.440 --> 00:24:28.779
 when the

00:24:28.779 --> 00:24:30.319
 occasion arises

00:24:30.319 --> 00:24:32.539
 at work or

00:24:32.539 --> 00:24:33.019
 at school,

00:24:33.139 --> 00:24:33.680
 university,

00:24:34.039 --> 00:24:34.980
 at a bar,

00:24:35.980 --> 00:24:38.460
 and the

00:24:38.460 --> 00:24:39.220
 opportunity is

00:24:39.220 --> 00:24:39.960
 there to make

00:24:39.960 --> 00:24:40.839
 a case for

00:24:40.839 --> 00:24:41.519
 our hope,

00:24:42.920 --> 00:24:46.039
 we sense it

00:24:46.039 --> 00:24:47.059
 in fact as a

00:24:47.059 --> 00:24:47.879
 duty to defend

00:24:47.879 --> 00:24:48.359
 doctrine.

00:24:48.359 --> 00:24:48.439
 doctrine.

00:24:49.559 --> 00:24:50.699
 If hope's not

00:24:50.699 --> 00:24:52.299
 there, it's

00:24:52.299 --> 00:24:53.299
 just a duty to

00:24:53.299 --> 00:24:54.099
 defend doctrine

00:24:54.099 --> 00:24:54.799
 instead of a

00:24:54.799 --> 00:24:55.559
 delight to tell

00:24:55.559 --> 00:24:57.119
 someone why we

00:24:57.119 --> 00:24:57.559
 have so much

00:24:57.559 --> 00:24:58.219
 hope in our

00:24:58.219 --> 00:24:58.740
 hearts.

00:25:03.199 --> 00:25:03.759
 Being

00:25:03.759 --> 00:25:04.379
 messengers of

00:25:04.379 --> 00:25:04.879
 the good news

00:25:04.879 --> 00:25:05.759
 of salvation in

00:25:05.759 --> 00:25:06.479
 Christ Jesus

00:25:06.479 --> 00:25:09.279
 will always be a

00:25:09.279 --> 00:25:10.339
 burdensome duty

00:25:10.339 --> 00:25:11.939
 to defend a

00:25:11.939 --> 00:25:13.179
 doctrine, as

00:25:13.179 --> 00:25:13.899
 long as

00:25:13.899 --> 00:25:14.399
 Christianity

00:25:14.399 --> 00:25:15.599
 means for us

00:25:15.599 --> 00:25:16.779
 simply accepting

00:25:16.779 --> 00:25:18.740
 certain doctrines

00:25:18.740 --> 00:25:20.599
 as truth and

00:25:20.599 --> 00:25:21.440
 keeping a

00:25:21.440 --> 00:25:22.279
 certain list of

00:25:22.279 --> 00:25:22.720
 do's and

00:25:22.720 --> 00:25:23.339
 don'ts.

00:25:25.599 --> 00:25:26.740
 That is, our

00:25:26.740 --> 00:25:27.480
 mission to the

00:25:27.480 --> 00:25:28.440
 world will

00:25:28.440 --> 00:25:29.839
 simply just be a

00:25:29.839 --> 00:25:30.420
 duty that we

00:25:30.420 --> 00:25:31.200
 have to do

00:25:31.200 --> 00:25:34.259
 if we don't

00:25:34.259 --> 00:25:34.759
 have hope in

00:25:34.759 --> 00:25:35.259
 our hearts.

00:25:37.680 --> 00:25:38.799
 Any concept

00:25:38.799 --> 00:25:39.200
 of being

00:25:39.200 --> 00:25:39.859
 messengers of

00:25:39.859 --> 00:25:41.019
 the gospel will

00:25:41.019 --> 00:25:42.200
 be a painful

00:25:42.200 --> 00:25:44.059
 duty to be

00:25:44.059 --> 00:25:45.720
 avoided if we

00:25:45.720 --> 00:25:46.639
 confess the

00:25:46.640 --> 00:25:47.280
 lordship of

00:25:47.280 --> 00:25:47.900
 Jesus with

00:25:47.900 --> 00:25:48.540
 little more

00:25:48.540 --> 00:25:49.160
 that are sent

00:25:49.160 --> 00:25:50.100
 in our minds.

00:25:54.380 --> 00:25:55.740
 If Jesus is

00:25:55.740 --> 00:25:56.360
 our treasure

00:25:56.360 --> 00:25:57.400
 and our

00:25:57.400 --> 00:25:57.840
 heart's

00:25:57.840 --> 00:25:58.300
 devotion,

00:25:59.100 --> 00:26:01.340
 then it is

00:26:01.340 --> 00:26:02.140
 a delight

00:26:02.140 --> 00:26:03.400
 to tell

00:26:03.400 --> 00:26:04.420
 someone why

00:26:04.420 --> 00:26:05.040
 we have

00:26:05.040 --> 00:26:05.460
 hope.

00:26:05.460 --> 00:26:09.680
 and I

00:26:09.680 --> 00:26:10.740
 fear that

00:26:10.740 --> 00:26:11.519
 too many

00:26:11.519 --> 00:26:12.680
 church

00:26:12.680 --> 00:26:14.059
 people have

00:26:14.059 --> 00:26:14.840
 simply

00:26:14.840 --> 00:26:16.140
 inherited the

00:26:16.140 --> 00:26:17.860
 motions of

00:26:17.860 --> 00:26:19.220
 church life

00:26:19.220 --> 00:26:21.600
 and outward

00:26:21.600 --> 00:26:23.460
 morality and

00:26:23.460 --> 00:26:24.120
 piety,

00:26:25.120 --> 00:26:26.039
 but the

00:26:26.039 --> 00:26:26.539
 heartfelt

00:26:26.539 --> 00:26:27.700
 reality of

00:26:27.700 --> 00:26:29.460
 Christ and

00:26:29.460 --> 00:26:30.700
 a joyful hope

00:26:30.700 --> 00:26:31.180
 in his

00:26:31.180 --> 00:26:31.920
 promises,

00:26:32.920 --> 00:26:34.039
 in spite of

00:26:34.039 --> 00:26:34.539
 opposition,

00:26:34.539 --> 00:26:36.700
 are foreign.

00:26:40.779 --> 00:26:41.779
 And so we

00:26:41.779 --> 00:26:42.139
 want to

00:26:42.139 --> 00:26:43.119
 defend our

00:26:43.119 --> 00:26:43.879
 way of

00:26:43.879 --> 00:26:44.559
 life,

00:26:45.359 --> 00:26:48.420
 not see

00:26:48.420 --> 00:26:48.960
 people wonder

00:26:48.960 --> 00:26:49.399
 Christ.

00:26:49.400 --> 00:26:49.440
 Christ.

00:26:53.280 --> 00:26:54.240
 And some

00:26:54.240 --> 00:26:54.940
 people who

00:26:54.940 --> 00:26:55.259
 are in

00:26:55.259 --> 00:26:55.820
 that position,

00:26:55.980 --> 00:26:56.280
 they can

00:26:56.280 --> 00:26:56.960
 defend a

00:26:56.960 --> 00:26:57.340
 doctrine,

00:26:58.340 --> 00:26:59.160
 but they

00:26:59.160 --> 00:27:00.040
 cannot make

00:27:00.040 --> 00:27:00.880
 a case for

00:27:00.880 --> 00:27:01.380
 the hope

00:27:01.380 --> 00:27:01.660
 that is

00:27:01.660 --> 00:27:02.460
 within them

00:27:02.460 --> 00:27:03.720
 because they

00:27:03.720 --> 00:27:04.759
 don't feel

00:27:04.759 --> 00:27:05.680
 hope brimming

00:27:05.680 --> 00:27:06.960
 up within

00:27:06.960 --> 00:27:07.820
 their hearts.

00:27:07.819 --> 00:27:07.919
 promise.

00:27:11.759 --> 00:27:12.179
 And so

00:27:12.179 --> 00:27:16.000
 the way

00:27:16.000 --> 00:27:17.639
 to get

00:27:17.639 --> 00:27:18.399
 ready

00:27:18.399 --> 00:27:20.019
 to be

00:27:20.019 --> 00:27:20.720
 messengers of

00:27:20.720 --> 00:27:21.379
 the gospel on

00:27:21.379 --> 00:27:21.859
 your front

00:27:21.859 --> 00:27:22.139
 line,

00:27:22.220 --> 00:27:22.740
 the way

00:27:22.740 --> 00:27:23.399
 to get

00:27:23.399 --> 00:27:24.019
 ready to

00:27:24.019 --> 00:27:24.519
 make a

00:27:24.519 --> 00:27:25.519
 case for

00:27:25.519 --> 00:27:26.079
 the hope

00:27:26.079 --> 00:27:26.460
 that you

00:27:26.460 --> 00:27:27.220
 have

00:27:27.220 --> 00:27:30.319
 is to

00:27:30.319 --> 00:27:30.819
 get hopeful.

00:27:32.980 --> 00:27:33.599
 Pretty

00:27:33.599 --> 00:27:34.000
 straightforward,

00:27:34.240 --> 00:27:34.439
 really.

00:27:34.440 --> 00:27:37.880
 it makes

00:27:37.880 --> 00:27:38.320
 the job

00:27:38.320 --> 00:27:39.500
 so simple.

00:27:40.559 --> 00:27:40.799
 It

00:27:40.799 --> 00:27:41.759
 simplifies it

00:27:41.759 --> 00:27:42.279
 for us.

00:27:42.759 --> 00:27:43.200
 Don't

00:27:43.200 --> 00:27:44.279
 start by

00:27:44.279 --> 00:27:45.400
 writing out

00:27:45.400 --> 00:27:46.519
 beforehand a

00:27:46.519 --> 00:27:47.519
 bunch of

00:27:47.519 --> 00:27:49.559
 answers to

00:27:49.559 --> 00:27:51.360
 someone else's

00:27:51.360 --> 00:27:51.920
 questions.

00:27:53.259 --> 00:27:54.299
 That's not

00:27:54.299 --> 00:27:54.580
 where you

00:27:54.580 --> 00:27:54.980
 start.

00:27:56.980 --> 00:27:57.580
 Apply

00:27:57.580 --> 00:27:58.980
 yourself to

00:27:58.980 --> 00:28:00.380
 settling the

00:28:00.380 --> 00:28:01.059
 questions of

00:28:01.059 --> 00:28:01.559
 your own

00:28:01.559 --> 00:28:01.920
 heart,

00:28:02.019 --> 00:28:02.440
 your own

00:28:02.440 --> 00:28:02.980
 mind.

00:28:02.980 --> 00:28:06.680
 do that

00:28:06.680 --> 00:28:07.220
 first.

00:28:08.599 --> 00:28:09.140
 That's

00:28:09.140 --> 00:28:09.519
 where hope

00:28:09.519 --> 00:28:10.120
 begins.

00:28:11.640 --> 00:28:12.039
 Settle

00:28:12.039 --> 00:28:12.599
 the questions

00:28:12.599 --> 00:28:12.900
 of your

00:28:12.900 --> 00:28:13.579
 own heart,

00:28:13.660 --> 00:28:14.039
 your own

00:28:14.039 --> 00:28:14.480
 mind.

00:28:15.740 --> 00:28:16.220
 We have

00:28:16.220 --> 00:28:16.680
 to find

00:28:16.680 --> 00:28:17.240
 for ourselves

00:28:17.240 --> 00:28:18.599
 reason enough

00:28:18.599 --> 00:28:19.500
 to get over

00:28:19.500 --> 00:28:20.539
 our fear of

00:28:20.539 --> 00:28:21.640
 men and to

00:28:21.640 --> 00:28:22.620
 live in

00:28:22.620 --> 00:28:23.099
 hope.

00:28:24.700 --> 00:28:25.620
 And if

00:28:25.620 --> 00:28:26.319
 our own

00:28:26.319 --> 00:28:26.880
 hope does

00:28:26.880 --> 00:28:27.759
 not spring

00:28:27.759 --> 00:28:28.700
 up from

00:28:28.700 --> 00:28:29.620
 something that

00:28:29.620 --> 00:28:30.660
 Christ did

00:28:30.660 --> 00:28:31.620
 or that

00:28:31.620 --> 00:28:32.200
 something that

00:28:32.200 --> 00:28:33.240
 Christ said,

00:28:34.120 --> 00:28:34.960
 then it

00:28:34.960 --> 00:28:35.700
 is a

00:28:35.700 --> 00:28:36.140
 mere

00:28:36.140 --> 00:28:37.539
 sham to

00:28:37.539 --> 00:28:38.059
 try and

00:28:38.059 --> 00:28:38.480
 make a

00:28:38.480 --> 00:28:39.039
 case for

00:28:39.039 --> 00:28:39.799
 someone else

00:28:39.799 --> 00:28:40.120
 to put

00:28:40.120 --> 00:28:40.539
 their hope

00:28:40.539 --> 00:28:41.100
 in Christ.

00:28:44.319 --> 00:28:45.180
 But if

00:28:45.180 --> 00:28:45.799
 we search

00:28:45.799 --> 00:28:46.180
 out the

00:28:46.180 --> 00:28:46.840
 promises of

00:28:46.840 --> 00:28:47.819
 Christ and

00:28:47.819 --> 00:28:48.580
 meditate on

00:28:48.580 --> 00:28:49.440
 his character

00:28:49.440 --> 00:28:51.160
 and work for

00:28:51.160 --> 00:28:51.860
 the sake of

00:28:51.860 --> 00:28:52.539
 banishing our

00:28:52.539 --> 00:28:54.319
 own fear and

00:28:54.319 --> 00:28:55.160
 kindling our

00:28:55.160 --> 00:28:56.019
 own hope,

00:28:56.700 --> 00:28:57.240
 then this

00:28:57.240 --> 00:28:58.120
 very act of

00:28:58.120 --> 00:28:58.900
 setting apart

00:28:58.900 --> 00:28:59.519
 Christ as

00:28:59.519 --> 00:28:59.900
 Lord in

00:28:59.900 --> 00:29:00.759
 our hearts

00:29:00.759 --> 00:29:01.759
 will be

00:29:01.759 --> 00:29:02.180
 the

00:29:02.180 --> 00:29:02.940
 preparation

00:29:02.940 --> 00:29:04.339
 for making

00:29:04.339 --> 00:29:05.500
 a case for

00:29:05.500 --> 00:29:06.119
 our hope to

00:29:06.119 --> 00:29:07.160
 others on

00:29:07.160 --> 00:29:07.559
 our front

00:29:07.559 --> 00:29:07.940
 lines.

00:29:12.359 --> 00:29:13.400
 And if it

00:29:13.400 --> 00:29:13.960
 is so,

00:29:14.539 --> 00:29:14.980
 then our

00:29:14.980 --> 00:29:16.220
 primary activity

00:29:16.220 --> 00:29:17.079
 in preparing

00:29:17.079 --> 00:29:17.879
 to witness

00:29:17.879 --> 00:29:20.220
 is to keep

00:29:20.220 --> 00:29:20.819
 our own

00:29:20.819 --> 00:29:22.119
 hearts happy

00:29:22.119 --> 00:29:22.839
 in Christ,

00:29:23.900 --> 00:29:24.759
 hopeful in

00:29:24.759 --> 00:29:25.180
 Christ.

00:29:25.559 --> 00:29:26.059
 And so that

00:29:26.059 --> 00:29:26.599
 means day

00:29:26.599 --> 00:29:27.279
 after day,

00:29:27.279 --> 00:29:28.299
 we go to

00:29:28.299 --> 00:29:28.899
 the scriptures

00:29:28.899 --> 00:29:32.139
 not anxiously

00:29:32.139 --> 00:29:32.799
 trying to

00:29:32.799 --> 00:29:33.539
 amass a

00:29:33.539 --> 00:29:33.920
 bunch of

00:29:33.920 --> 00:29:35.019
 arguments for

00:29:35.019 --> 00:29:36.660
 work colleagues

00:29:36.660 --> 00:29:37.519
 and university

00:29:37.519 --> 00:29:38.440
 students and

00:29:38.440 --> 00:29:39.220
 whatever else,

00:29:39.740 --> 00:29:40.299
 for every

00:29:40.299 --> 00:29:41.639
 possible rebuttal

00:29:41.639 --> 00:29:42.440
 that somebody

00:29:42.440 --> 00:29:43.539
 might have in

00:29:43.539 --> 00:29:44.059
 our secular

00:29:44.059 --> 00:29:44.619
 age.

00:29:45.619 --> 00:29:46.680
 We go there

00:29:46.680 --> 00:29:47.299
 day by day

00:29:47.299 --> 00:29:47.920
 because our

00:29:47.920 --> 00:29:48.440
 own hearts

00:29:48.440 --> 00:29:48.779
 are so

00:29:48.779 --> 00:29:49.399
 desperately

00:29:49.399 --> 00:29:50.000
 needy for

00:29:50.000 --> 00:29:50.359
 hope.

00:29:53.079 --> 00:29:54.019
 Because our

00:29:54.019 --> 00:29:54.839
 own hope

00:29:54.839 --> 00:29:55.740
 wanes.

00:29:57.279 --> 00:29:57.680
 Our own

00:29:57.680 --> 00:29:58.139
 trust in

00:29:58.139 --> 00:29:58.579
 the promises

00:29:58.579 --> 00:29:59.200
 of Christ

00:29:59.200 --> 00:29:59.819
 wanes.

00:30:01.019 --> 00:30:01.559
 We have

00:30:01.559 --> 00:30:02.259
 fears that

00:30:02.259 --> 00:30:02.720
 need to be

00:30:02.720 --> 00:30:03.460
 overcome by

00:30:03.460 --> 00:30:03.920
 the promises

00:30:03.920 --> 00:30:04.539
 of God.

00:30:04.779 --> 00:30:05.259
 We have

00:30:05.259 --> 00:30:05.859
 doubts that

00:30:05.859 --> 00:30:06.240
 need to be

00:30:06.240 --> 00:30:06.619
 answers.

00:30:07.119 --> 00:30:07.680
 The fight

00:30:07.680 --> 00:30:08.639
 of faith is

00:30:08.639 --> 00:30:09.399
 waged in

00:30:09.399 --> 00:30:09.799
 the word

00:30:09.799 --> 00:30:10.259
 of God

00:30:10.259 --> 00:30:10.980
 and prayer.

00:30:13.539 --> 00:30:14.019
 And when

00:30:14.019 --> 00:30:14.660
 we emerge

00:30:14.660 --> 00:30:15.019
 from that

00:30:15.019 --> 00:30:15.700
 encounter with

00:30:15.700 --> 00:30:16.139
 God,

00:30:17.480 --> 00:30:17.940
 with a

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 renewed and

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 lively hope

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 in his

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 promises,

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 we will be

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 ready to

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 make a case

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 for our

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 hope.

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 hope.

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 And in

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 making the

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 case for

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 our hope,

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 we have in

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 Christ with

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 gentleness and

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 respect, we

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 are praying that

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 God would make

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 us fruitful on

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 our front lines

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 for his glory

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 and the joy of

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 many people.

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 for our