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 Stone, rejected by humans, but chosen by God and precious to him, you also, like living stones,

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 are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices

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 acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. For in scripture it says, see, I lay a stone in Zion,

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 a chosen and precious cornerstone, and the one who trusts in him will never be put to shame.

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 Now to you who believe, this stone is precious, but to those who do not believe, the stone the

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 builders rejected has become the cornerstone, and a stone that causes people to stumble,

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 and a rock that makes them fall. They stumble because they disobey the message, which is also

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 what they were destined for. But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation,

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 God's special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness

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 into his wonderful light. Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God.

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 Once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy. Dear friends, I urge you,

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 as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from sinful desires which wage war against your soul. Live such

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 good lives among the pagans, that though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds

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 and glorify God on the day he visits us. Let's pray. Father, thank you for the privilege of approaching

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 your holy throne in worship and to bring to you our concerns and our cares. We ask that you would

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 help us to leave our troubles at the door this morning, Lord, and simply enter into your holy of

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 holies to elevate our worship to you. Be with us, Lord, as we look at your word. And may you be

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 speaking this morning through your Holy Spirit. We ask this in Jesus' name. Amen. I was reading during

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 the week about this church in California that decided to sell its building and open a brewery.

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 And the church's pastor was interviewed about this. And let me quote him just so I don't,

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 so I'm not unfair to the guy. I thought to myself, wouldn't it be great if a church could figure out

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 a way to make a product where they split the profits with local community groups? We love beer.

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 Why not do a brewery? I'm not making this up. I promise this is a real story. He went on to say,

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 my sermons get better after a few beers. You might need a few yourself when I'm done telling you about them.

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 They also do this thing called Faith on Tap, which I quote from the website,

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 is a discussion group for people of all religious, political, and social affiliations

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 to engage in respectful dialogue over craft beer and wine,

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 which is exactly what you want people drinking when they're talking about politics and religion,

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 beer and wine. By the way,

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 one of the local community groups that they split the profits with,

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 local abortion clinics,

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 one of which is on the floor above where the church meets.

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 And the church's name

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 is Greater Purpose Community Church.

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 Greater Purpose?

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 Really?

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 Making and selling beer

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 to fund abortion?

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 Is that really what Jesus had in mind

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 when he said,

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 I will build my church

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 and then died for his church?

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 You see,

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 guys like this so-called pastor

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 bow to the pressures of the world around them,

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 which tells them

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 the church has to look

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 like the culture.

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 The church needs to get with the times,

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 adapt,

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 integrate,

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 or else sit down

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 and shut up.

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 When Jesus entered Jerusalem on Palm Sunday,

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 it was a magnificent scene.

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 Throngs of adoring crowds

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 lining the roads and shouting,

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 Blessed is the King

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 who comes in the name of the Lord.

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 And the Pharisees

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 said to Jesus,

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 shut them up.

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 They're making too much of a racket.

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 But Jesus said,

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 I tell you,

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 if they stay quiet,

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 then the stones

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 will cry out.

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 Because God

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 will always

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 get the glory

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 that is due to him.

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 And that's the name

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 of our sermon this morning.

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 The stones cry out.

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 Because you see,

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 friends,

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 God's purpose for the church

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 is not to bow

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 to a world system

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 that tells it

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 to sit down

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 and be quiet.

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 Peter tells us this morning

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 that we are living stones.

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 And because we,

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 the church,

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 are alive,

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 we are living,

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 we have two great purposes.

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 Two main ways

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 in which we,

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 the living stones,

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 cry out

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 to the living God.

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 If you have one of the sheets

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 in front of you,

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 you'll see that the two ways

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 are vocal

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 and visible.

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 The church

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 needs to be vocal

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 and it needs to be visible.

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 So let's dive right in

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 verses four and five.

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 Let's have a look.

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 As you come to him,

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 the living stone,

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 that's Jesus,

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 rejected by humans,

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 but chosen by God

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 and precious to him,

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 you also,

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 that's the church,

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 like living stones,

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 are being built

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 into a spiritual house

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 to be a holy priesthood,

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 offering spiritual sacrifices

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 acceptable to God

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 through Jesus Christ.

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 My brother is a stone cutter.

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 He does monuments,

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 headstones,

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 that kind of thing.

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 And last year,

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 he designed and built

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 this World War I monument

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 in Middleton.

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 It's absolutely beautiful.

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 It's basically

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 an enormous limestone plaque,

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 thick,

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 several meters long,

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 engravings, poetry,

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 and it's got all the names

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 of the fallen soldiers

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 from the Middleton area on it.

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 And people flock

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 to see this thing.

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 It's stunning.

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 It's an example

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 of wonderful craftsmanship.

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 And people admire

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 the engravings

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 and the poetry

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 and reflect on the sacrifice

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 of the brave men

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 whose names are on the stone.

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 But at the end of the day,

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 impressive and all as it is,

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 it's just a lump of stone.

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 Because you see,

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 it's dead.

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 It's inanimate.

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 It doesn't have life.

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 It'll last for a time,

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 but then,

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 ultimately,

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 it will fade away.

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 But Jesus is the living stone,

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 Peter tells us.

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 You come to him

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 not to admire something

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 made by men,

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 not something

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 made out of rock.

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 You come to him,

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 the living stone,

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 the rock of ages,

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 because he is

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 the beautiful savior.

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 He is the secure,

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 immovable,

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 permanent,

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 rock of ages.

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 And back in the gospel accounts,

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 when Jesus asked Peter,

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 who do you say I am?

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 Peter said,

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 you're the Messiah.

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 You're the son

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 of the living God.

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 And Jesus told Peter

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 that this revelation,

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 this knowledge

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 that Jesus is

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 the Messiah,

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 is the son of God,

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 is the rock,

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 Jesus said,

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 on which

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 I will build

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 my church.

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 And look at verse 5.

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 Not only this,

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 but verse 5,

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 we,

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 the church,

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 are living stones

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 that are being built

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 on top of this rock

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 to form a house.

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 Now,

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 I don't know

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 if you've ever built

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 your own house.

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 My brother has,

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 with the help

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 of the other brother,

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 the stone cutter,

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 and it's a great exercise

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 in patience

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 and working together

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 and,

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 not my brother,

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 as you understand,

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 they're not patient

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 or anything like that,

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 but it's a great exercise

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 in patience.

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 That's what they tell me.

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 But this is not

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 a literal house

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 that is being built.

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 This is not a community center

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 in Carragalline.

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 This is a spiritual home,

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 one that is based

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 on the reality

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 that Jesus

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 is Lord.

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 That's what a church is.

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 Not a building.

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 Not an organization.

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 It's a group of sinners

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 saved by grace

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 being built

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 onto the rock

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 of ages.

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 Sinners

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 saved out of darkness,

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 Peter tells us,

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 to be a holy priesthood.

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 Now,

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 you remember

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 what holy means,

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 right?

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 Holy means

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 set apart

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 from sin.

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 Separated from sin.

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 Separated from the lusts

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 and desires

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 of this world.

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 And in the Old Testament,

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 God set aside

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 priests

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 for himself

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 who would make

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 sacrifices for the people.

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 Lambs,

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 goats,

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 turtle doves,

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 that kind of thing.

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 They would make

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 these sacrifices

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 and then atone

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 for the sins

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 of the people.

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 Most famously,

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 once a year,

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 on what the Jews

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 still call

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 Yom Kippur,

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 the Day of Atonement,

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 the high priest

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 would go into

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 the Holy of Holies

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 in the deepest part

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 of the temple

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 and make atonement

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 for the whole people.

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 Now,

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 these priests,

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 they were sinners

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 themselves.

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 Just like you and me.

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 All people are.

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 We know this.

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 So,

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 they didn't just need

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 to atone

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 for the sins

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 of the people.

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 They needed to atone

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 for their own sins

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 as well.

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 And in that sense,

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 those priests,

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 the Old Testament priests,

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 represented people

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 in front of God.

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 Before God.

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 But we live

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 on this side

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 of the cross.

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 We live on the side

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 of the cross

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 where Jesus became

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 the complete sacrifice

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 to appear for us

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 in God's presence

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 and atone completely

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 for our sins.

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 We don't need priests

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 to enter into

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 a building

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 made by men.

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 Because Jesus,

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 unlike those priests,

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 he didn't have any sins

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 of his own.

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 He didn't have to atone.

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 For his sins.

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 And because of this,

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 Peter tells us,

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 we are a priesthood

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 whose sins

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 have already

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 been forgiven.

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 So,

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 we don't make sacrifices

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 for other people.

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 We don't represent

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 other people

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 before God.

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 The reason

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 we're a priesthood,

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 friends,

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 is we represent

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 God

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 in front of

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 other people.

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 Not the other way around.

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 And so,

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 the sacrifices we make

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 are not animals.

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 You'll see this quote

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 if you have the notes

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 in front of you.

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 The writer to Hebrews

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 says this,

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 Jesus suffered

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 to make the people

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 holy

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 through his own blood.

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 Through Jesus,

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 therefore,

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 let us continually

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 offer to God

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 a sacrifice

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 of praise.

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 A sacrifice

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 of praise.

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 The fruit

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 of lips

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 that openly

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 profess his name.

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 See,

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 the purpose,

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 friends,

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 of the church

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 is to be

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 vocal

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 in its praise.

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 We,

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 the living stones,

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 we cry out

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 because the great

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 rock of ages

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 made us alive.

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 The purpose

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 of the church

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 is to be vocal

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 in its praise.

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 And this sacrifice

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 that Jesus

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 made

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 shows that

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 lambs don't belong

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 in altars.

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 They belong

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 in slow cookers.

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 Take a bit of garlic

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 and rosemary.

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 Try it sometime.

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 It's lovely.

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 Keep it away

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 from the altar.

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 We,

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 the living stones,

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 we cry out

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 in the praise

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 and worship,

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 the sacrifice

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 of praise

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 and worship,

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 the spiritual sacrifice.

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 And we continually

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 offer this sacrifice,

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 Peter says.

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 Now,

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 I don't know about you,

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 but I find that challenging.

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 Oftentimes,

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 frankly,

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 we just don't feel like it.

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 Whatever's going on

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 in your life.

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 Are there times

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 you don't feel like it?

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 There are times

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 I don't.

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 How about things like this?

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 You're late

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 getting out the door

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 on Sunday morning

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 because the kids

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 knocked over a vase.

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 Or the baby

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 needed a nappy change.

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 Or the dog

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 made a mess

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 on the carpet.

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 I don't have a dog.

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 I have a cat.

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 She looks after herself.

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 How about this?

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 You just had a fight

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 with somebody

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 in the car

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 on the way to church.

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 Your wife,

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 your kids,

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 whoever.

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 Or how about this?

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 When you don't like

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 the songs

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 the musicians pick,

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 or you don't like

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 the fact that we're

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 sitting over here now

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 and not over there.

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 None of you would ever

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 think that,

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 of course.

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 But friends,

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 this is not

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 about us.

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 This is not

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 about us.

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 This is about Jesus.

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 Look at verse 6.

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 Jesus is the cornerstone

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 set in Zion,

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 God's holy city.

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 Literally,

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 the hill

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 Jerusalem is built on.

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 Figuratively,

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 and to us,

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 the church.

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 Jesus is the cornerstone

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 of the church.

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 He is the foundation

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 of everything we do here.

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 Regardless of how we feel.

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 Regardless of what kind

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 of mourning we've had.

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 And on this foundation,

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 look at what Peter says,

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 we are being built

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 to sacrifice ourselves

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 in humble adoration

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 of what he has done for us.

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 Being built.

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 This is not once and done.

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 This is a lifelong pursuit.

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 This is not something

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 we're going to get right

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 straight away.

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 And that's why

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 we don't sing

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 about how perfect we are.

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 We sing about

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 how perfect Jesus is.

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 And not only that,

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 look at verse 9.

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 The church is a chosen people.

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 There's that word again.

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 Chosen.

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 Deliberate.

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 Not an accident.

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 Just like Jesus was chosen,

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 the church is chosen.

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 Just like Calvary

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 was God's plan,

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 the church is God's plan.

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 Not dependent on you and me

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 getting all of this right

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 all of the time.

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 Because,

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 man,

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 are there days

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 where we get this

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 dramatically wrong.

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 because we're all people.

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 I said to someone

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 at home group

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 the other night,

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 at some point

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 over the next six weeks,

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 if I haven't done so already,

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 I'm going to say something

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 that you're not going to like.

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 Or you're going to say something

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 I'm not going to like.

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 Because we're people.

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 And that's what we do.

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 We get upset with one another.

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 And it's why we don't sing

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 about ourselves.

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 It's why we sing songs

00:15:08.420 --> 00:15:09.280
 about Jesus

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 who came into this world.

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 So that regardless

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 of what way we are,

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 regardless of

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 how we're feeling

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 towards one another,

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 we know

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 that the church

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 is the chosen

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 people

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 of God.

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 And not just chosen.

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 Not just a priesthood.

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 But look at what Peter says.

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 We are

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 a royal

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 priesthood.

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 You know what that means?

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 Because Jesus

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 is the king

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 and we are

00:15:36.200 --> 00:15:36.960
 the holy priesthood

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 in service

00:15:38.440 --> 00:15:39.019
 of the king.

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 we share

00:15:40.699 --> 00:15:41.620
 in the inheritance

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 of the king.

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 We get to

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 experience

00:15:45.340 --> 00:15:46.899
 when we go to be with him

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 the same glory

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 that he has

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 with his father.

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 And despite all of the things

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 happening to us

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 in this day and age

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 where it can be

00:15:55.419 --> 00:15:56.059
 really difficult

00:15:56.059 --> 00:15:56.759
 to be a Christian

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 and sometimes

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 just really difficult

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 to be a human,

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 we can look forward

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 what we talked about

00:16:02.899 --> 00:16:03.559
 in week one

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 to this living hope

00:16:05.000 --> 00:16:06.539
 of the assurance

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 of sharing

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 in God's glory.

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 Peter says

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 we belong to God

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 as his special

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 possession.

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 And here's the reason

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 to declare

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 the praises

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 literally

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 the excellencies

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 the greatness

00:16:22.959 --> 00:16:24.099
 of the God

00:16:24.099 --> 00:16:24.860
 who called us

00:16:24.860 --> 00:16:25.719
 out of darkness

00:16:25.719 --> 00:16:27.899
 and into the light

00:16:27.899 --> 00:16:29.240
 of eternal life.

00:16:30.019 --> 00:16:31.500
 The purpose of the church

00:16:31.500 --> 00:16:32.279
 is to be vocal

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 yes

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 in our praise

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 but also vocal

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 in our witness

00:16:37.300 --> 00:16:38.879
 to other people.

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 The stones cry out

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 in worship

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 and they cry out

00:16:42.860 --> 00:16:43.759
 in declaring

00:16:43.759 --> 00:16:44.600
 the gospel

00:16:44.600 --> 00:16:45.720
 to talk it up

00:16:45.720 --> 00:16:46.980
 to actually

00:16:46.980 --> 00:16:48.240
 open our mouths

00:16:48.240 --> 00:16:49.659
 and tell people

00:16:49.659 --> 00:16:50.860
 about what Jesus

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 has done for us.

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 Now those of you

00:16:53.720 --> 00:16:55.259
 who are new enough

00:16:55.259 --> 00:16:57.060
 to this Christianity thing

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 maybe

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 in the last year

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 or something like that

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 why are you here?

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 Why are any of us here?

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 My guess is

00:17:07.920 --> 00:17:09.099
 that at some point

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 somebody

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 maybe you're sitting

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 next to

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 or somebody

00:17:13.740 --> 00:17:15.240
 else in this room

00:17:15.240 --> 00:17:16.900
 or somebody else

00:17:16.900 --> 00:17:17.759
 in a different church

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 that person

00:17:18.920 --> 00:17:19.779
 my guess is

00:17:19.779 --> 00:17:20.799
 told you

00:17:20.799 --> 00:17:21.980
 about

00:17:21.980 --> 00:17:23.079
 the gospel

00:17:23.079 --> 00:17:24.539
 told you

00:17:24.539 --> 00:17:25.220
 about why

00:17:25.220 --> 00:17:25.879
 they go to church

00:17:25.879 --> 00:17:26.400
 on Sundays

00:17:26.400 --> 00:17:28.420
 told you

00:17:28.420 --> 00:17:29.560
 about the nature

00:17:29.560 --> 00:17:30.120
 of sin

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 told you

00:17:31.580 --> 00:17:32.200
 about their own

00:17:32.200 --> 00:17:33.100
 struggles with sin

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 and then told you

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 that God

00:17:35.660 --> 00:17:36.500
 sent his son

00:17:36.500 --> 00:17:37.920
 into the world

00:17:37.920 --> 00:17:40.380
 so that those sins

00:17:40.380 --> 00:17:41.100
 are paid for

00:17:41.100 --> 00:17:43.320
 that if you simply

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 believe

00:17:44.360 --> 00:17:45.800
 on the Lord Jesus

00:17:45.800 --> 00:17:47.620
 that your sins

00:17:47.620 --> 00:17:48.180
 are forgiven

00:17:48.180 --> 00:17:50.019
 God called you

00:17:50.019 --> 00:17:50.960
 out of darkness

00:17:50.960 --> 00:17:51.700
 Peter says

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 by putting someone

00:17:52.700 --> 00:17:53.420
 in your life

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 who has declared

00:17:54.500 --> 00:17:55.259
 to you

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 his excellencies

00:17:56.420 --> 00:17:57.539
 and now as part

00:17:57.539 --> 00:17:58.240
 of the church

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 we

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 are to do

00:18:00.559 --> 00:18:01.259
 the same thing

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 that's our purpose

00:18:02.900 --> 00:18:03.319
 also

00:18:03.319 --> 00:18:04.980
 we're born again

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 because we heard

00:18:06.920 --> 00:18:07.660
 the good news

00:18:07.660 --> 00:18:09.500
 and our purpose

00:18:09.500 --> 00:18:10.500
 in being born again

00:18:10.500 --> 00:18:12.000
 is to spread

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 the good news

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 not just to show up

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 and be part of a club

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 or an organization

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 but to actually

00:18:21.339 --> 00:18:22.240
 declare

00:18:22.240 --> 00:18:23.299
 the excellencies

00:18:23.299 --> 00:18:23.799
 of the one

00:18:23.799 --> 00:18:24.460
 who called us

00:18:24.460 --> 00:18:25.200
 out of darkness

00:18:25.200 --> 00:18:26.859
 and into the light

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 do we do that

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 are we actively

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 engaged

00:18:32.099 --> 00:18:33.479
 in telling others

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 about their need

00:18:35.439 --> 00:18:36.240
 for Jesus

00:18:36.240 --> 00:18:37.679
 am I

00:18:37.679 --> 00:18:40.179
 are you

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 things like this

00:18:42.679 --> 00:18:43.759
 maybe you ask

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 how

00:18:44.039 --> 00:18:44.500
 well

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 when you take

00:18:45.979 --> 00:18:46.619
 a coffee break

00:18:46.619 --> 00:18:47.059
 at work

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 in fact when you

00:18:47.819 --> 00:18:48.539
 take your coffee break

00:18:48.539 --> 00:18:48.859
 tomorrow

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 I work at home

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 at the moment

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 so my coffee break

00:18:52.659 --> 00:18:53.500
 is by myself

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 but you might be

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 with other people

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 tomorrow

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 when you take

00:18:56.140 --> 00:18:56.740
 your coffee break

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 your go to

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 conversation

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 is it the results

00:19:01.299 --> 00:19:01.960
 of the world cup

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 final

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 or is it

00:19:04.900 --> 00:19:06.200
 last night's

00:19:06.200 --> 00:19:06.680
 prayer meeting

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 when you're

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 gathered around

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 the table

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 maybe you're a

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 student

00:19:11.339 --> 00:19:12.140
 in a student

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 center

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 UCC

00:19:13.279 --> 00:19:13.880
 CIT

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 wherever you are

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 and your friends

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 are all talking

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 about how

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 the planet

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 is going to be

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 dead soon

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 because of

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 single use

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 plastics

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 do you join

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 into that

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 or do you

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 tell them

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 you know

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 I was dead

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 once

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 and I came

00:19:29.099 --> 00:19:29.679
 back to life

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 because Jesus

00:19:31.500 --> 00:19:32.480
 made me alive

00:19:32.480 --> 00:19:34.960
 is your social

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 media platform

00:19:35.960 --> 00:19:36.939
 Facebook

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 Twitter

00:19:37.519 --> 00:19:38.460
 whatever the case

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 might be

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 is that something

00:19:39.679 --> 00:19:40.480
 you use just

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 to spread more

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 outrage

00:19:41.740 --> 00:19:43.140
 and more

00:19:43.140 --> 00:19:43.579
 gossip

00:19:43.579 --> 00:19:46.039
 or to debate

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 whether

00:19:46.440 --> 00:19:47.740
 Kanye West

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 is really a

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 Christian

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 or not

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 or do you

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 simply use

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 that platform

00:19:52.440 --> 00:19:53.960
 to point people

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 towards the tender

00:19:54.940 --> 00:19:55.779
 love of Jesus

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 every opportunity

00:19:58.579 --> 00:19:59.440
 you have friends

00:19:59.440 --> 00:20:00.420
 is an opportunity

00:20:00.420 --> 00:20:01.279
 to declare

00:20:01.279 --> 00:20:02.180
 the excellencies

00:20:02.180 --> 00:20:02.680
 of the one

00:20:02.680 --> 00:20:03.279
 who called you

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 out of darkness

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 because the stones

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 cry out

00:20:05.740 --> 00:20:06.960
 because we're

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 alive

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 just think of

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 that image

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 stones are

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 dead

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 inanimate

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 objects

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 that are

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 given life

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 by the rock

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 of ages

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 when Jesus

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 said that

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 if they stay

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 quiet

00:20:19.140 --> 00:20:19.940
 the stones

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 will cry

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 out

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 I don't

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 think that

00:20:21.680 --> 00:20:22.000
 was just

00:20:22.000 --> 00:20:22.620
 hyperbole

00:20:22.620 --> 00:20:23.440
 he really

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 meant

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 I will

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 get glory

00:20:25.820 --> 00:20:26.320
 no matter

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 what happens

00:20:27.200 --> 00:20:28.519
 the rest

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 of the world

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 friends

00:20:29.279 --> 00:20:29.680
 you see

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 it's dead

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 in its sin

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 and our

00:20:32.940 --> 00:20:33.539
 purpose

00:20:33.539 --> 00:20:34.660
 the church

00:20:34.660 --> 00:20:34.960
 is to

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 declare to

00:20:35.720 --> 00:20:36.320
 that world

00:20:36.320 --> 00:20:37.380
 the praises

00:20:37.380 --> 00:20:37.779
 of him

00:20:37.779 --> 00:20:38.539
 who gave

00:20:38.539 --> 00:20:39.140
 us life

00:20:39.140 --> 00:20:40.820
 we were

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 not God's

00:20:41.460 --> 00:20:41.840
 people

00:20:41.840 --> 00:20:42.620
 Peter says

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 and because

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 of God's

00:20:44.780 --> 00:20:45.280
 mercy

00:20:45.280 --> 00:20:46.700
 not anything

00:20:46.700 --> 00:20:47.320
 we've done

00:20:47.320 --> 00:20:48.780
 because of

00:20:48.780 --> 00:20:49.340
 his mercy

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 he made us

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 a chosen

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 people

00:20:52.560 --> 00:20:53.880
 for himself

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 we ought to

00:20:55.900 --> 00:20:56.340
 be vocal

00:20:56.340 --> 00:20:57.300
 in our praise

00:20:57.300 --> 00:20:58.600
 and vocal

00:20:58.600 --> 00:20:59.740
 in our witness

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 it's not just

00:21:01.420 --> 00:21:01.900
 about Sunday

00:21:01.900 --> 00:21:02.200
 morning

00:21:02.200 --> 00:21:03.820
 it's about

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 the rest

00:21:04.180 --> 00:21:04.620
 of our week

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 too

00:21:04.839 --> 00:21:06.740
 so

00:21:06.740 --> 00:21:07.839
 we are to

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 be vocal

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 and secondly

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 and finally

00:21:09.779 --> 00:21:10.720
 I only have

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 two points

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 today

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 normally I

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 have three

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 I don't

00:21:12.339 --> 00:21:12.539
 know what

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 to do

00:21:12.720 --> 00:21:13.139
 with myself

00:21:13.139 --> 00:21:14.740
 finally

00:21:14.740 --> 00:21:16.220
 the church's

00:21:16.220 --> 00:21:16.579
 purpose

00:21:16.579 --> 00:21:17.699
 is to be

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 visible

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 look at

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 verses 11

00:21:20.000 --> 00:21:20.519
 and 12

00:21:20.519 --> 00:21:22.799
 dear friends

00:21:22.799 --> 00:21:24.480
 I urge

00:21:24.480 --> 00:21:24.740
 you

00:21:24.740 --> 00:21:26.259
 as foreigners

00:21:26.259 --> 00:21:27.199
 and exiles

00:21:27.199 --> 00:21:28.579
 abstain

00:21:28.579 --> 00:21:29.259
 from sinful

00:21:29.259 --> 00:21:29.779
 desires

00:21:29.779 --> 00:21:30.779
 which wage

00:21:30.779 --> 00:21:31.579
 war against

00:21:31.579 --> 00:21:32.099
 your soul

00:21:32.099 --> 00:21:33.619
 live such

00:21:33.619 --> 00:21:34.379
 good lives

00:21:34.379 --> 00:21:34.819
 among the

00:21:34.819 --> 00:21:35.259
 pagans

00:21:35.259 --> 00:21:35.799
 that though

00:21:35.799 --> 00:21:36.379
 they accuse

00:21:36.379 --> 00:21:36.679
 you of

00:21:36.679 --> 00:21:37.279
 doing wrong

00:21:37.279 --> 00:21:38.519
 they may

00:21:38.519 --> 00:21:39.059
 see your

00:21:39.059 --> 00:21:39.699
 good deeds

00:21:39.699 --> 00:21:41.019
 and glorify

00:21:41.019 --> 00:21:41.500
 God

00:21:41.500 --> 00:21:42.480
 on the day

00:21:42.480 --> 00:21:43.639
 he visits

00:21:43.639 --> 00:21:44.039
 us

00:21:44.039 --> 00:21:45.740
 immigration is

00:21:45.740 --> 00:21:46.139
 in the news

00:21:46.139 --> 00:21:46.639
 a lot these

00:21:46.639 --> 00:21:47.279
 days isn't it

00:21:47.279 --> 00:21:48.659
 you know we

00:21:48.659 --> 00:21:49.019
 all know the

00:21:49.019 --> 00:21:50.019
 tragedy of the

00:21:50.019 --> 00:21:51.099
 lorry container

00:21:51.099 --> 00:21:51.959
 in Essex

00:21:51.959 --> 00:21:52.559
 with the people

00:21:52.559 --> 00:21:53.099
 from Vietnam

00:21:53.099 --> 00:21:54.859
 we saw

00:21:54.859 --> 00:21:55.699
 large protests

00:21:55.699 --> 00:21:56.379
 in Ucderard

00:21:56.379 --> 00:21:56.980
 and Galway

00:21:56.980 --> 00:21:57.859
 this summer

00:21:57.859 --> 00:21:58.779
 people protesting

00:21:58.779 --> 00:21:59.579
 against a direct

00:21:59.579 --> 00:22:00.419
 provision center

00:22:00.419 --> 00:22:01.799
 for asylum seekers

00:22:01.799 --> 00:22:02.599
 and I'm not

00:22:02.599 --> 00:22:02.899
 going to go

00:22:02.899 --> 00:22:03.319
 into it

00:22:03.319 --> 00:22:03.680
 but much

00:22:03.680 --> 00:22:04.059
 of what's

00:22:04.059 --> 00:22:04.379
 said and

00:22:04.379 --> 00:22:04.700
 reported

00:22:04.700 --> 00:22:05.099
 is just

00:22:05.099 --> 00:22:05.460
 ugly

00:22:05.460 --> 00:22:06.960
 it's just

00:22:06.960 --> 00:22:07.539
 not nice

00:22:07.539 --> 00:22:08.740
 there will

00:22:08.740 --> 00:22:09.259
 always be a

00:22:09.259 --> 00:22:10.019
 segment of

00:22:10.019 --> 00:22:10.579
 the population

00:22:10.579 --> 00:22:11.059
 in every

00:22:11.059 --> 00:22:11.419
 country

00:22:11.419 --> 00:22:12.079
 including this

00:22:12.079 --> 00:22:12.359
 one

00:22:12.359 --> 00:22:13.419
 that just

00:22:13.419 --> 00:22:13.859
 wants to

00:22:13.859 --> 00:22:14.119
 say

00:22:14.119 --> 00:22:14.940
 go home

00:22:14.940 --> 00:22:16.619
 you don't

00:22:16.619 --> 00:22:17.240
 belong here

00:22:17.240 --> 00:22:19.220
 this is our

00:22:19.220 --> 00:22:19.539
 home

00:22:19.539 --> 00:22:22.159
 that's how the

00:22:22.159 --> 00:22:22.619
 world views

00:22:22.619 --> 00:22:23.039
 Christians

00:22:23.039 --> 00:22:25.659
 you don't

00:22:25.659 --> 00:22:26.299
 fit in here

00:22:26.299 --> 00:22:28.579
 you need to

00:22:28.579 --> 00:22:29.059
 adapt

00:22:29.059 --> 00:22:30.159
 the world

00:22:30.159 --> 00:22:30.779
 is changing

00:22:30.779 --> 00:22:32.579
 you need to

00:22:32.579 --> 00:22:33.119
 integrate

00:22:33.119 --> 00:22:35.099
 keep your

00:22:35.099 --> 00:22:35.799
 religion to

00:22:35.799 --> 00:22:36.339
 yourself

00:22:36.339 --> 00:22:37.819
 recognize

00:22:37.819 --> 00:22:38.539
 you don't

00:22:38.539 --> 00:22:39.259
 belong here

00:22:39.259 --> 00:22:40.960
 and you know

00:22:40.960 --> 00:22:41.240
 what

00:22:41.240 --> 00:22:43.019
 in one sense

00:22:43.019 --> 00:22:43.680
 they're absolutely

00:22:43.680 --> 00:22:44.079
 right

00:22:44.079 --> 00:22:45.899
 we don't

00:22:45.899 --> 00:22:46.500
 belong here

00:22:46.500 --> 00:22:47.940
 and that's what

00:22:47.940 --> 00:22:48.599
 Peter is saying

00:22:48.599 --> 00:22:49.399
 this is actually

00:22:49.399 --> 00:22:50.160
 the third time

00:22:50.160 --> 00:22:51.079
 in the letter

00:22:51.079 --> 00:22:52.420
 so far

00:22:52.420 --> 00:22:53.240
 that Peter has

00:22:53.240 --> 00:22:53.700
 referred to

00:22:53.700 --> 00:22:54.579
 Christians as

00:22:54.579 --> 00:22:55.180
 foreigners

00:22:55.180 --> 00:22:56.759
 strangers

00:22:56.759 --> 00:22:57.940
 exiles

00:22:57.940 --> 00:22:58.559
 all means the

00:22:58.559 --> 00:22:59.039
 same thing

00:22:59.039 --> 00:23:00.240
 we don't belong

00:23:00.240 --> 00:23:00.579
 here

00:23:00.579 --> 00:23:02.179
 this is not

00:23:02.179 --> 00:23:02.799
 our home

00:23:02.799 --> 00:23:04.480
 we're just

00:23:04.480 --> 00:23:05.740
 passing through

00:23:05.740 --> 00:23:07.059
 on the way to

00:23:07.059 --> 00:23:07.759
 something greater

00:23:07.759 --> 00:23:09.179
 Paul put it

00:23:09.179 --> 00:23:09.720
 another way

00:23:09.720 --> 00:23:11.119
 we're not

00:23:11.119 --> 00:23:11.679
 citizens of

00:23:11.679 --> 00:23:12.000
 Greece

00:23:12.000 --> 00:23:13.299
 or Rome

00:23:13.299 --> 00:23:14.419
 or Ireland

00:23:14.419 --> 00:23:15.480
 or the UK

00:23:15.480 --> 00:23:16.599
 or the US

00:23:16.599 --> 00:23:18.019
 we are but not

00:23:18.019 --> 00:23:18.439
 really

00:23:18.439 --> 00:23:20.159
 Paul says

00:23:20.159 --> 00:23:21.659
 our citizenship

00:23:21.659 --> 00:23:23.619
 is in heaven

00:23:23.619 --> 00:23:26.259
 and so Peter

00:23:26.259 --> 00:23:26.619
 says

00:23:26.619 --> 00:23:27.519
 because we're

00:23:27.519 --> 00:23:28.059
 just passing

00:23:28.059 --> 00:23:28.399
 through

00:23:28.399 --> 00:23:30.059
 because this

00:23:30.059 --> 00:23:30.339
 is all

00:23:30.339 --> 00:23:30.859
 temporary

00:23:30.859 --> 00:23:32.559
 don't

00:23:32.559 --> 00:23:33.019
 integrate

00:23:33.019 --> 00:23:35.459
 don't adopt

00:23:35.459 --> 00:23:36.000
 the world's

00:23:36.000 --> 00:23:36.439
 customs

00:23:36.439 --> 00:23:37.599
 and practices

00:23:37.599 --> 00:23:38.819
 do stand

00:23:38.819 --> 00:23:39.179
 out

00:23:39.179 --> 00:23:40.919
 instead he

00:23:40.919 --> 00:23:41.239
 says

00:23:41.239 --> 00:23:42.439
 abstain

00:23:42.439 --> 00:23:43.199
 from sinful

00:23:43.199 --> 00:23:43.739
 desires

00:23:43.739 --> 00:23:44.919
 which wage

00:23:44.919 --> 00:23:45.399
 war

00:23:45.399 --> 00:23:46.479
 against your

00:23:46.479 --> 00:23:46.839
 soul

00:23:46.839 --> 00:23:48.979
 have you ever

00:23:48.979 --> 00:23:49.399
 done this

00:23:49.399 --> 00:23:50.019
 maybe you go

00:23:50.019 --> 00:23:50.379
 to another

00:23:50.379 --> 00:23:50.779
 country

00:23:50.779 --> 00:23:52.059
 and you're

00:23:52.059 --> 00:23:52.420
 going through

00:23:52.420 --> 00:23:52.879
 immigration

00:23:52.879 --> 00:23:53.660
 and the

00:23:53.660 --> 00:23:54.200
 border guard

00:23:54.200 --> 00:23:54.579
 says

00:23:54.579 --> 00:23:55.319
 what is the

00:23:55.319 --> 00:23:55.779
 purpose of

00:23:55.779 --> 00:23:56.180
 your visit

00:23:56.180 --> 00:23:57.279
 he normally

00:23:57.279 --> 00:23:57.960
 doesn't smile

00:23:57.960 --> 00:23:58.819
 when he says

00:23:58.819 --> 00:23:59.019
 it

00:23:59.019 --> 00:24:00.359
 and you say

00:24:00.359 --> 00:24:00.879
 travel

00:24:00.879 --> 00:24:02.139
 business

00:24:02.139 --> 00:24:03.319
 shopping

00:24:03.319 --> 00:24:04.759
 watching the

00:24:04.759 --> 00:24:05.220
 spring box

00:24:05.220 --> 00:24:05.799
 hammer England

00:24:05.799 --> 00:24:06.379
 whatever the

00:24:06.379 --> 00:24:07.000
 case might be

00:24:07.000 --> 00:24:08.440
 what they're

00:24:08.440 --> 00:24:09.059
 really asking

00:24:09.059 --> 00:24:09.599
 is this

00:24:09.599 --> 00:24:11.639
 if I let

00:24:11.639 --> 00:24:12.139
 you into

00:24:12.139 --> 00:24:12.799
 this country

00:24:12.799 --> 00:24:14.539
 are we

00:24:14.539 --> 00:24:14.779
 going to

00:24:14.779 --> 00:24:15.079
 have any

00:24:15.079 --> 00:24:15.339
 trouble

00:24:15.339 --> 00:24:17.519
 how are you

00:24:17.519 --> 00:24:17.779
 going to

00:24:17.779 --> 00:24:18.139
 conduct

00:24:18.139 --> 00:24:18.659
 yourself

00:24:18.659 --> 00:24:20.059
 if I let

00:24:20.059 --> 00:24:20.519
 you across

00:24:20.519 --> 00:24:21.059
 this border

00:24:21.059 --> 00:24:22.179
 basically

00:24:22.179 --> 00:24:22.899
 they want

00:24:22.899 --> 00:24:23.139
 you to

00:24:23.139 --> 00:24:23.619
 enjoy your

00:24:23.619 --> 00:24:23.899
 trip

00:24:23.899 --> 00:24:25.339
 and then

00:24:25.339 --> 00:24:25.839
 go home

00:24:25.839 --> 00:24:27.439
 preferably

00:24:27.439 --> 00:24:28.119
 after spending

00:24:28.119 --> 00:24:28.500
 lots of

00:24:28.500 --> 00:24:28.939
 money and

00:24:28.939 --> 00:24:29.459
 stimulating

00:24:29.459 --> 00:24:29.980
 the economy

00:24:29.980 --> 00:24:30.919
 in essence

00:24:30.919 --> 00:24:32.000
 they want

00:24:32.000 --> 00:24:32.399
 you to be

00:24:32.399 --> 00:24:32.839
 invisible

00:24:32.839 --> 00:24:34.259
 no trouble

00:24:34.259 --> 00:24:35.419
 keep

00:24:35.419 --> 00:24:35.899
 yourself

00:24:35.899 --> 00:24:37.599
 and that's

00:24:37.599 --> 00:24:37.819
 what the

00:24:37.819 --> 00:24:38.379
 world wants

00:24:38.379 --> 00:24:38.619
 to know

00:24:38.619 --> 00:24:39.019
 about us

00:24:39.019 --> 00:24:39.319
 friends

00:24:39.319 --> 00:24:41.220
 how are we

00:24:41.220 --> 00:24:41.519
 going to

00:24:41.519 --> 00:24:41.859
 act

00:24:41.859 --> 00:24:43.899
 you say

00:24:43.899 --> 00:24:44.220
 you're a

00:24:44.220 --> 00:24:44.519
 Christian

00:24:44.519 --> 00:24:44.859
 Dan

00:24:44.859 --> 00:24:46.079
 what does

00:24:46.079 --> 00:24:46.500
 that mean

00:24:46.500 --> 00:24:48.159
 what does

00:24:48.159 --> 00:24:48.480
 that look

00:24:48.480 --> 00:24:48.799
 like

00:24:48.799 --> 00:24:50.559
 and Peter's

00:24:50.559 --> 00:24:50.960
 answer

00:24:50.960 --> 00:24:52.579
 the Lord's

00:24:52.579 --> 00:24:52.960
 answer

00:24:52.960 --> 00:24:54.240
 is to live

00:24:54.240 --> 00:24:54.879
 such good

00:24:54.879 --> 00:24:55.399
 lives

00:24:55.399 --> 00:24:55.980
 among the

00:24:55.980 --> 00:24:56.539
 pagans

00:24:56.539 --> 00:24:57.759
 among those

00:24:57.759 --> 00:24:58.200
 who don't

00:24:58.200 --> 00:24:58.599
 believe

00:24:58.599 --> 00:24:59.740
 that they

00:24:59.740 --> 00:25:00.259
 actually

00:25:00.259 --> 00:25:01.419
 see

00:25:01.419 --> 00:25:02.439
 our good

00:25:02.439 --> 00:25:02.839
 deeds

00:25:02.839 --> 00:25:03.559
 they don't

00:25:03.559 --> 00:25:03.980
 just hear us

00:25:03.980 --> 00:25:04.759
 talk about

00:25:04.759 --> 00:25:05.000
 them

00:25:05.000 --> 00:25:06.139
 we don't

00:25:06.139 --> 00:25:06.919
 keep silent

00:25:06.919 --> 00:25:08.659
 but we

00:25:08.660 --> 00:25:09.080
 don't stay

00:25:09.080 --> 00:25:09.460
 invisible

00:25:09.460 --> 00:25:11.519
 we cry

00:25:11.519 --> 00:25:12.019
 out by

00:25:12.019 --> 00:25:12.620
 being vocal

00:25:12.620 --> 00:25:13.320
 and we

00:25:13.320 --> 00:25:13.860
 cry out

00:25:13.860 --> 00:25:14.279
 by being

00:25:14.279 --> 00:25:14.840
 seen

00:25:14.840 --> 00:25:15.940
 by being

00:25:15.940 --> 00:25:16.460
 visible

00:25:16.460 --> 00:25:17.160
 to other

00:25:17.160 --> 00:25:17.580
 people

00:25:17.580 --> 00:25:18.400
 now

00:25:18.400 --> 00:25:19.500
 we're not

00:25:19.500 --> 00:25:20.040
 necessarily

00:25:20.040 --> 00:25:20.920
 talking about

00:25:20.920 --> 00:25:22.140
 housing the

00:25:22.140 --> 00:25:22.519
 homeless

00:25:22.519 --> 00:25:23.720
 feeding the

00:25:23.720 --> 00:25:24.060
 hungry

00:25:24.060 --> 00:25:25.080
 clothing the

00:25:25.080 --> 00:25:25.440
 naked

00:25:25.440 --> 00:25:26.180
 although those

00:25:26.180 --> 00:25:26.700
 are all good

00:25:26.700 --> 00:25:27.540
 things and we

00:25:27.540 --> 00:25:28.720
 can and should

00:25:28.720 --> 00:25:29.940
 and must do

00:25:29.940 --> 00:25:30.460
 those things

00:25:30.460 --> 00:25:31.300
 but what Peter

00:25:31.300 --> 00:25:31.980
 means here

00:25:31.980 --> 00:25:33.019
 is our

00:25:33.019 --> 00:25:33.779
 conduct

00:25:33.779 --> 00:25:36.039
 our conduct

00:25:36.039 --> 00:25:36.700
 the way we

00:25:36.700 --> 00:25:37.119
 live our

00:25:37.119 --> 00:25:37.680
 lives

00:25:37.680 --> 00:25:38.680
 ought to be

00:25:38.680 --> 00:25:39.200
 done in

00:25:39.200 --> 00:25:39.759
 such a way

00:25:39.759 --> 00:25:40.480
 that people

00:25:40.480 --> 00:25:41.079
 can actually

00:25:41.079 --> 00:25:42.420
 see when

00:25:42.420 --> 00:25:42.779
 they look

00:25:42.779 --> 00:25:43.220
 at us

00:25:43.220 --> 00:25:44.399
 yes they

00:25:44.399 --> 00:25:45.139
 actually do

00:25:45.139 --> 00:25:45.759
 abstain

00:25:45.759 --> 00:25:46.759
 from the

00:25:46.759 --> 00:25:47.599
 sinful desires

00:25:47.599 --> 00:25:48.339
 of wage war

00:25:48.339 --> 00:25:48.859
 against their

00:25:48.859 --> 00:25:49.240
 souls

00:25:49.240 --> 00:25:50.740
 and literally

00:25:50.740 --> 00:25:51.460
 abstain

00:25:51.460 --> 00:25:52.359
 apeko in

00:25:52.359 --> 00:25:53.180
 Greek means

00:25:53.180 --> 00:25:54.119
 hold back

00:25:54.119 --> 00:25:54.519
 from

00:25:54.519 --> 00:25:55.940
 you might

00:25:55.940 --> 00:25:56.980
 say be

00:25:56.980 --> 00:25:57.500
 distant

00:25:57.500 --> 00:25:58.440
 from something

00:25:58.440 --> 00:26:00.059
 think of it

00:26:00.059 --> 00:26:00.639
 another way

00:26:00.639 --> 00:26:02.440
 fast

00:26:02.440 --> 00:26:03.539
 from something

00:26:03.539 --> 00:26:05.299
 just don't

00:26:05.299 --> 00:26:05.779
 eat it

00:26:05.779 --> 00:26:07.519
 just don't

00:26:07.519 --> 00:26:08.220
 ingest

00:26:08.220 --> 00:26:09.059
 the sinful

00:26:09.059 --> 00:26:09.740
 things the

00:26:09.740 --> 00:26:10.519
 world does

00:26:10.519 --> 00:26:11.519
 every day

00:26:11.519 --> 00:26:12.759
 and you say

00:26:12.759 --> 00:26:13.340
 okay fast

00:26:13.340 --> 00:26:13.820
 from what

00:26:13.820 --> 00:26:14.920
 well

00:26:14.920 --> 00:26:16.600
 have you ever

00:26:16.600 --> 00:26:16.940
 heard people

00:26:16.940 --> 00:26:17.700
 talk like this

00:26:17.700 --> 00:26:19.940
 and I apologize

00:26:19.940 --> 00:26:20.500
 if anyone

00:26:20.500 --> 00:26:21.400
 this is what

00:26:21.400 --> 00:26:21.940
 your name is

00:26:21.940 --> 00:26:22.480
 I'm not talking

00:26:22.480 --> 00:26:22.880
 about you

00:26:22.880 --> 00:26:23.380
 I just pluck

00:26:23.380 --> 00:26:23.799
 these out of

00:26:23.799 --> 00:26:24.059
 nowhere

00:26:24.059 --> 00:26:25.960
 did you hear

00:26:25.960 --> 00:26:26.480
 about Jane

00:26:26.480 --> 00:26:28.600
 she's married

00:26:28.600 --> 00:26:29.120
 to Pat

00:26:29.120 --> 00:26:31.220
 but I heard

00:26:31.220 --> 00:26:31.720
 she's carrying

00:26:31.720 --> 00:26:32.420
 Joe's baby

00:26:32.420 --> 00:26:35.680
 I don't

00:26:35.680 --> 00:26:35.960
 have any

00:26:35.960 --> 00:26:36.279
 holidays

00:26:36.279 --> 00:26:36.720
 left

00:26:36.720 --> 00:26:38.420
 so I'll

00:26:38.420 --> 00:26:38.640
 just get

00:26:38.640 --> 00:26:39.180
 a doctor's

00:26:39.180 --> 00:26:39.360
 note

00:26:39.360 --> 00:26:39.660
 and go

00:26:39.660 --> 00:26:40.120
 out sick

00:26:40.120 --> 00:26:42.360
 they won't

00:26:42.360 --> 00:26:42.640
 know

00:26:42.640 --> 00:26:44.240
 and I need

00:26:44.240 --> 00:26:44.560
 the time

00:26:44.560 --> 00:26:45.060
 off anyway

00:26:45.060 --> 00:26:47.200
 I'm not

00:26:47.200 --> 00:26:47.420
 going to

00:26:47.420 --> 00:26:47.840
 finish this

00:26:47.840 --> 00:26:48.220
 assignment

00:26:48.220 --> 00:26:48.600
 by the

00:26:48.600 --> 00:26:48.960
 deadline

00:26:48.960 --> 00:26:50.360
 so I'll

00:26:50.360 --> 00:26:50.779
 just make

00:26:50.779 --> 00:26:51.220
 up a sob

00:26:51.220 --> 00:26:51.740
 story for

00:26:51.740 --> 00:26:52.180
 the lecturer

00:26:52.180 --> 00:26:53.120
 and get

00:26:53.120 --> 00:26:53.580
 an extension

00:26:53.580 --> 00:26:54.180
 for a week

00:26:54.180 --> 00:26:57.820
 abstain

00:26:57.820 --> 00:26:59.360
 from such

00:26:59.360 --> 00:26:59.660
 things

00:26:59.660 --> 00:27:00.660
 don't

00:27:00.660 --> 00:27:01.360
 participate

00:27:01.359 --> 00:27:02.759
 in such

00:27:02.759 --> 00:27:03.059
 things

00:27:03.059 --> 00:27:03.500
 the things

00:27:03.500 --> 00:27:03.939
 the world

00:27:03.939 --> 00:27:04.339
 does

00:27:04.339 --> 00:27:04.819
 without even

00:27:04.819 --> 00:27:05.240
 thinking

00:27:05.240 --> 00:27:05.879
 about them

00:27:05.879 --> 00:27:07.259
 gossip

00:27:07.259 --> 00:27:08.939
 deceit

00:27:08.939 --> 00:27:10.099
 cheating

00:27:10.099 --> 00:27:11.339
 the world

00:27:11.339 --> 00:27:11.859
 has enough

00:27:11.859 --> 00:27:12.259
 to throw

00:27:12.259 --> 00:27:12.699
 at us

00:27:12.699 --> 00:27:14.079
 as it is

00:27:14.079 --> 00:27:14.619
 and boy

00:27:14.619 --> 00:27:15.740
 does it

00:27:15.740 --> 00:27:16.279
 throw stuff

00:27:16.279 --> 00:27:16.979
 at us

00:27:16.979 --> 00:27:18.500
 all you

00:27:18.500 --> 00:27:18.919
 Christians

00:27:18.919 --> 00:27:19.399
 you're just

00:27:19.399 --> 00:27:19.979
 ignorant

00:27:19.979 --> 00:27:21.819
 you're just

00:27:21.819 --> 00:27:22.819
 narrow minded

00:27:22.819 --> 00:27:25.399
 homophobic

00:27:25.400 --> 00:27:27.640
 they say

00:27:27.640 --> 00:27:27.900
 we're in

00:27:27.900 --> 00:27:28.400
 a cult

00:27:28.400 --> 00:27:30.140
 that we

00:27:30.140 --> 00:27:30.580
 only want

00:27:30.580 --> 00:27:31.060
 your money

00:27:31.060 --> 00:27:33.180
 they say

00:27:33.180 --> 00:27:33.640
 that we

00:27:33.640 --> 00:27:34.440
 talk

00:27:34.440 --> 00:27:34.940
 a big

00:27:34.940 --> 00:27:35.360
 game

00:27:35.360 --> 00:27:37.220
 that we

00:27:37.220 --> 00:27:37.900
 say we're

00:27:37.900 --> 00:27:38.340
 Christians

00:27:38.340 --> 00:27:40.160
 but they

00:27:40.160 --> 00:27:40.580
 look just

00:27:40.580 --> 00:27:41.100
 like us

00:27:41.100 --> 00:27:42.480
 there's

00:27:42.480 --> 00:27:42.680
 nothing

00:27:42.680 --> 00:27:43.060
 different

00:27:43.060 --> 00:27:43.620
 about them

00:27:43.620 --> 00:27:45.880
 so let's

00:27:45.880 --> 00:27:46.380
 look like

00:27:46.380 --> 00:27:46.580
 it

00:27:46.580 --> 00:27:48.340
 let's be

00:27:48.340 --> 00:27:49.060
 different

00:27:49.060 --> 00:27:50.720
 visibly

00:27:50.720 --> 00:27:51.560
 different

00:27:51.560 --> 00:27:52.400
 radically

00:27:52.400 --> 00:27:53.200
 different

00:27:53.200 --> 00:27:53.840
 from the

00:27:53.840 --> 00:27:54.080
 world

00:27:54.080 --> 00:27:54.779
 around us

00:27:54.779 --> 00:27:55.680
 let's cry

00:27:55.680 --> 00:27:55.980
 out

00:27:55.980 --> 00:27:56.559
 not just

00:27:56.559 --> 00:27:56.880
 in our

00:27:56.880 --> 00:27:57.380
 praise

00:27:57.380 --> 00:27:58.819
 not just

00:27:58.819 --> 00:27:59.120
 in our

00:27:59.120 --> 00:27:59.860
 evangelism

00:27:59.860 --> 00:28:00.840
 but by the

00:28:00.840 --> 00:28:01.559
 way we

00:28:01.559 --> 00:28:02.299
 live our

00:28:02.299 --> 00:28:03.100
 very lives

00:28:03.100 --> 00:28:04.000
 in our

00:28:04.000 --> 00:28:04.519
 homes

00:28:04.519 --> 00:28:05.640
 at university

00:28:05.640 --> 00:28:06.460
 at work

00:28:06.460 --> 00:28:07.000
 at the

00:28:07.000 --> 00:28:07.420
 shops

00:28:07.420 --> 00:28:08.039
 wherever we

00:28:08.039 --> 00:28:08.319
 go

00:28:08.319 --> 00:28:09.279
 live our

00:28:09.279 --> 00:28:09.740
 lives

00:28:09.740 --> 00:28:10.420
 in a way

00:28:10.420 --> 00:28:11.100
 that points

00:28:11.100 --> 00:28:11.580
 to God

00:28:11.580 --> 00:28:12.400
 honest

00:28:12.400 --> 00:28:13.960
 humble

00:28:13.960 --> 00:28:15.779
 respectful

00:28:15.779 --> 00:28:17.119
 because Peter

00:28:17.119 --> 00:28:17.599
 says

00:28:17.599 --> 00:28:18.559
 and take

00:28:18.559 --> 00:28:18.899
 a look

00:28:18.899 --> 00:28:19.799
 by seeing

00:28:19.799 --> 00:28:20.500
 our conduct

00:28:20.500 --> 00:28:21.819
 our good

00:28:21.819 --> 00:28:22.220
 deeds

00:28:22.220 --> 00:28:23.779
 the unbeliever

00:28:23.779 --> 00:28:24.740
 might glorify

00:28:24.740 --> 00:28:25.339
 God

00:28:25.339 --> 00:28:26.759
 on the day

00:28:26.759 --> 00:28:27.259
 he visits

00:28:27.259 --> 00:28:27.639
 us

00:28:27.639 --> 00:28:28.440
 that they

00:28:28.440 --> 00:28:28.920
 might say

00:28:28.920 --> 00:28:29.359
 you know

00:28:29.359 --> 00:28:29.639
 what

00:28:29.639 --> 00:28:31.240
 there actually

00:28:31.240 --> 00:28:31.859
 is something

00:28:31.859 --> 00:28:32.819
 visibly different

00:28:32.819 --> 00:28:33.859
 about these

00:28:33.859 --> 00:28:34.259
 people

00:28:34.259 --> 00:28:35.180
 that they

00:28:35.180 --> 00:28:35.639
 might see

00:28:35.639 --> 00:28:36.339
 these stones

00:28:36.339 --> 00:28:36.639
 that were

00:28:36.639 --> 00:28:37.440
 once dead

00:28:37.440 --> 00:28:38.559
 but are

00:28:38.559 --> 00:28:39.399
 now alive

00:28:39.399 --> 00:28:39.920
 and are

00:28:39.920 --> 00:28:40.859
 overflowing

00:28:40.859 --> 00:28:42.160
 in a

00:28:42.160 --> 00:28:42.660
 visible

00:28:42.660 --> 00:28:43.799
 crying out

00:28:43.799 --> 00:28:44.960
 of godly

00:28:44.960 --> 00:28:45.299
 living

00:28:45.299 --> 00:28:47.240
 and if we

00:28:47.240 --> 00:28:47.659
 do this

00:28:47.659 --> 00:28:48.000
 friends

00:28:48.000 --> 00:28:48.379
 it's not

00:28:48.379 --> 00:28:49.000
 just for

00:28:49.000 --> 00:28:49.359
 our own

00:28:49.359 --> 00:28:49.659
 sake

00:28:49.659 --> 00:28:50.740
 because here's

00:28:50.740 --> 00:28:51.240
 the point

00:28:51.240 --> 00:28:52.960
 if we do

00:28:52.960 --> 00:28:53.299
 this

00:28:53.299 --> 00:28:54.440
 if we

00:28:54.440 --> 00:28:55.139
 visibly

00:28:55.139 --> 00:28:56.139
 look different

00:28:56.139 --> 00:28:57.059
 from the

00:28:57.059 --> 00:28:57.599
 world around

00:28:57.599 --> 00:28:57.940
 us

00:28:57.940 --> 00:28:59.740
 we're pointing

00:28:59.740 --> 00:29:00.339
 to Christ

00:29:00.339 --> 00:29:01.799
 we echo

00:29:01.799 --> 00:29:02.500
 Christ

00:29:02.500 --> 00:29:03.859
 Christ

00:29:03.859 --> 00:29:04.200
 who came

00:29:04.200 --> 00:29:04.579
 into the

00:29:04.579 --> 00:29:04.879
 world

00:29:04.879 --> 00:29:06.440
 but didn't

00:29:06.440 --> 00:29:07.039
 look like

00:29:07.039 --> 00:29:07.480
 the world

00:29:07.480 --> 00:29:09.740
 we didn't

00:29:09.740 --> 00:29:10.139
 bow

00:29:10.139 --> 00:29:11.180
 to Satan's

00:29:11.180 --> 00:29:11.859
 temptations

00:29:11.859 --> 00:29:12.759
 bow to

00:29:12.759 --> 00:29:13.059
 me

00:29:13.059 --> 00:29:14.220
 I'll give

00:29:14.220 --> 00:29:14.519
 you all

00:29:14.519 --> 00:29:14.899
 the kingdoms

00:29:14.900 --> 00:29:15.160
 of the

00:29:15.160 --> 00:29:15.480
 world

00:29:15.480 --> 00:29:17.360
 throw

00:29:17.360 --> 00:29:17.720
 yourself

00:29:17.720 --> 00:29:18.140
 off this

00:29:18.140 --> 00:29:18.460
 ledge

00:29:18.460 --> 00:29:20.060
 if you're

00:29:20.060 --> 00:29:20.240
 really

00:29:20.240 --> 00:29:20.560
 God

00:29:20.560 --> 00:29:20.759
 he'll

00:29:20.759 --> 00:29:21.000
 save

00:29:21.000 --> 00:29:21.259
 you

00:29:21.259 --> 00:29:22.500
 if not

00:29:22.500 --> 00:29:22.820
 I'll

00:29:22.820 --> 00:29:23.060
 save

00:29:23.060 --> 00:29:23.600
 you

00:29:23.600 --> 00:29:25.960
 Jesus

00:29:25.960 --> 00:29:26.200
 didn't

00:29:26.200 --> 00:29:26.600
 do that

00:29:26.600 --> 00:29:28.460
 he followed

00:29:28.460 --> 00:29:28.800
 the will

00:29:28.800 --> 00:29:29.280
 of God

00:29:29.280 --> 00:29:31.140
 his very

00:29:31.140 --> 00:29:31.680
 life

00:29:31.680 --> 00:29:32.580
 and his

00:29:32.580 --> 00:29:33.019
 manner

00:29:33.019 --> 00:29:33.800
 of conduct

00:29:33.800 --> 00:29:34.180
 the way

00:29:34.180 --> 00:29:34.700
 he lived

00:29:34.700 --> 00:29:35.380
 that life

00:29:35.380 --> 00:29:36.180
 his brief

00:29:36.180 --> 00:29:36.660
 life on

00:29:36.660 --> 00:29:36.880
 earth

00:29:36.880 --> 00:29:38.019
 pointed

00:29:38.019 --> 00:29:39.360
 to God

00:29:39.360 --> 00:29:40.140
 pointed

00:29:40.140 --> 00:29:40.920
 to the

00:29:40.920 --> 00:29:41.220
 father

00:29:41.220 --> 00:29:42.180
 and we

00:29:42.180 --> 00:29:42.579
 ought to

00:29:42.579 --> 00:29:42.920
 mimic

00:29:42.920 --> 00:29:44.140
 and honor

00:29:44.140 --> 00:29:44.900
 that example

00:29:44.900 --> 00:29:45.559
 in how

00:29:45.559 --> 00:29:46.240
 we live

00:29:46.240 --> 00:29:46.759
 our lives

00:29:46.759 --> 00:29:48.039
 so that

00:29:48.039 --> 00:29:48.400
 even for

00:29:48.400 --> 00:29:48.799
 those who

00:29:48.799 --> 00:29:49.160
 hear our

00:29:49.160 --> 00:29:49.519
 message

00:29:49.519 --> 00:29:50.680
 and reject

00:29:50.680 --> 00:29:50.920
 it

00:29:50.920 --> 00:29:52.059
 and there

00:29:52.059 --> 00:29:52.680
 always will

00:29:52.680 --> 00:29:53.120
 be plenty

00:29:53.120 --> 00:29:53.640
 of those

00:29:53.640 --> 00:29:54.779
 even for

00:29:54.779 --> 00:29:55.319
 those people

00:29:55.319 --> 00:29:55.940
 who reject

00:29:55.940 --> 00:29:56.600
 our message

00:29:56.600 --> 00:29:57.259
 that on the

00:29:57.259 --> 00:29:57.539
 day of

00:29:57.539 --> 00:29:57.880
 judgment

00:29:57.880 --> 00:29:58.480
 they might

00:29:58.480 --> 00:29:58.940
 stand in

00:29:58.940 --> 00:29:59.240
 front of

00:29:59.240 --> 00:29:59.680
 the father

00:29:59.680 --> 00:30:00.140
 and be

00:30:00.140 --> 00:30:00.360
 without

00:30:00.360 --> 00:30:00.920
 excuse

00:30:00.920 --> 00:30:02.160
 that they

00:30:02.160 --> 00:30:02.460
 actually

00:30:02.460 --> 00:30:03.200
 really did

00:30:03.200 --> 00:30:04.000
 see us

00:30:04.000 --> 00:30:05.000
 pointing to

00:30:05.000 --> 00:30:05.420
 Christ

00:30:05.420 --> 00:30:06.640
 living out

00:30:06.640 --> 00:30:07.240
 this Christian

00:30:07.240 --> 00:30:07.640
 walk

00:30:07.640 --> 00:30:08.440
 with love

00:30:08.440 --> 00:30:09.480
 and honor

00:30:09.480 --> 00:30:11.200
 and sacrifice

00:30:11.200 --> 00:30:12.740
 that the

00:30:12.740 --> 00:30:13.200
 very way

00:30:13.200 --> 00:30:13.820
 we lived

00:30:13.820 --> 00:30:14.440
 our lives

00:30:14.440 --> 00:30:15.400
 pointed them

00:30:15.400 --> 00:30:15.900
 to the

00:30:15.900 --> 00:30:16.259
 rock

00:30:16.259 --> 00:30:17.060
 of ages

00:30:17.060 --> 00:30:18.120
 who made

00:30:18.120 --> 00:30:18.660
 us alive

00:30:18.660 --> 00:30:21.060
 so we're

00:30:21.060 --> 00:30:21.380
 the living

00:30:21.380 --> 00:30:21.840
 stones

00:30:21.840 --> 00:30:23.460
 who ought

00:30:23.460 --> 00:30:23.840
 to cry

00:30:23.840 --> 00:30:24.460
 out in

00:30:24.460 --> 00:30:24.960
 our praise

00:30:24.960 --> 00:30:26.460
 in our

00:30:26.460 --> 00:30:26.920
 witness

00:30:26.920 --> 00:30:28.560
 in the

00:30:28.560 --> 00:30:28.860
 way we

00:30:28.860 --> 00:30:29.380
 live our

00:30:29.380 --> 00:30:30.140
 very lives

00:30:30.140 --> 00:30:30.759
 in the

00:30:30.759 --> 00:30:31.360
 minutia

00:30:31.360 --> 00:30:32.259
 the details

00:30:32.259 --> 00:30:32.800
 of every

00:30:32.800 --> 00:30:33.140
 day

00:30:33.140 --> 00:30:35.300
 and we're

00:30:35.300 --> 00:30:35.500
 going to

00:30:35.500 --> 00:30:35.780
 finish

00:30:35.780 --> 00:30:36.640
 but let

00:30:36.640 --> 00:30:36.880
 me just

00:30:36.880 --> 00:30:37.220
 say this

00:30:37.220 --> 00:30:37.580
 first

00:30:37.580 --> 00:30:39.600
 in case

00:30:39.600 --> 00:30:39.900
 you didn't

00:30:39.900 --> 00:30:40.160
 already

00:30:40.160 --> 00:30:40.500
 know

00:30:40.500 --> 00:30:42.580
 most people

00:30:42.580 --> 00:30:43.240
 really don't

00:30:43.240 --> 00:30:43.640
 like this

00:30:43.640 --> 00:30:44.000
 message

00:30:44.000 --> 00:30:46.080
 just look

00:30:46.080 --> 00:30:46.440
 back at

00:30:46.440 --> 00:30:47.000
 verses 7

00:30:47.000 --> 00:30:47.300
 and 8

00:30:47.300 --> 00:30:47.580
 there's a

00:30:47.580 --> 00:30:47.940
 reason I

00:30:47.940 --> 00:30:48.160
 skipped

00:30:48.160 --> 00:30:48.480
 them

00:30:48.480 --> 00:30:50.080
 verses 7

00:30:50.080 --> 00:30:50.400
 and 8

00:30:50.400 --> 00:30:51.360
 Jesus

00:30:51.360 --> 00:30:52.580
 while he's

00:30:52.580 --> 00:30:52.900
 a precious

00:30:52.900 --> 00:30:53.420
 stone to

00:30:53.420 --> 00:30:53.800
 us

00:30:53.800 --> 00:30:55.300
 you might

00:30:55.300 --> 00:30:55.620
 say he's

00:30:55.620 --> 00:30:55.860
 like a

00:30:55.860 --> 00:30:56.440
 gemstone

00:30:56.440 --> 00:30:56.780
 he's like

00:30:56.780 --> 00:30:57.360
 a ruby

00:30:57.360 --> 00:30:58.240
 a sapphire

00:30:58.240 --> 00:30:59.860
 he's the

00:30:59.860 --> 00:31:00.480
 keystone

00:31:00.480 --> 00:31:01.780
 he's the

00:31:01.780 --> 00:31:02.480
 cornerstone

00:31:02.480 --> 00:31:02.840
 he's the

00:31:02.839 --> 00:31:03.439
 first stone

00:31:03.439 --> 00:31:03.859
 that's put

00:31:03.859 --> 00:31:04.259
 down

00:31:04.259 --> 00:31:04.759
 and then

00:31:04.759 --> 00:31:05.319
 everything else

00:31:05.319 --> 00:31:05.720
 is built

00:31:05.720 --> 00:31:06.119
 on top

00:31:06.119 --> 00:31:06.419
 of it

00:31:06.419 --> 00:31:07.559
 while we

00:31:07.559 --> 00:31:08.019
 see him

00:31:08.019 --> 00:31:08.480
 as that

00:31:08.480 --> 00:31:09.839
 Jesus

00:31:09.839 --> 00:31:11.639
 the stone

00:31:11.639 --> 00:31:12.000
 image

00:31:12.000 --> 00:31:13.179
 is rejected

00:31:13.179 --> 00:31:14.699
 by the

00:31:14.699 --> 00:31:15.099
 builders

00:31:15.099 --> 00:31:17.019
 rejected

00:31:17.019 --> 00:31:17.500
 by the

00:31:17.500 --> 00:31:17.879
 builders

00:31:17.879 --> 00:31:19.039
 now

00:31:19.039 --> 00:31:20.480
 who are

00:31:20.480 --> 00:31:20.659
 they

00:31:20.659 --> 00:31:21.079
 Jesus

00:31:21.079 --> 00:31:21.559
 meant the

00:31:21.559 --> 00:31:22.099
 Pharisees

00:31:22.099 --> 00:31:24.039
 in fact

00:31:24.039 --> 00:31:25.439
 Peter understood

00:31:25.439 --> 00:31:26.019
 this because

00:31:26.019 --> 00:31:26.519
 Peter was

00:31:26.519 --> 00:31:27.399
 standing next

00:31:27.399 --> 00:31:27.899
 to Jesus

00:31:27.899 --> 00:31:28.859
 when Jesus

00:31:28.859 --> 00:31:29.939
 called the

00:31:29.939 --> 00:31:30.480
 Pharisees

00:31:30.480 --> 00:31:31.139
 the builders

00:31:31.139 --> 00:31:31.759
 that rejected

00:31:31.759 --> 00:31:32.519
 the cornerstone

00:31:32.519 --> 00:31:34.200
 but it's

00:31:34.200 --> 00:31:34.720
 not just

00:31:34.720 --> 00:31:35.039
 them

00:31:35.039 --> 00:31:36.980
 it's not

00:31:36.980 --> 00:31:37.779
 just the

00:31:37.779 --> 00:31:38.519
 small group

00:31:38.519 --> 00:31:39.079
 of Jewish

00:31:39.079 --> 00:31:39.500
 leaders

00:31:39.500 --> 00:31:40.420
 in ancient

00:31:40.420 --> 00:31:40.980
 Palestine

00:31:40.980 --> 00:31:42.660
 who were

00:31:42.660 --> 00:31:43.319
 the Pharisees

00:31:43.319 --> 00:31:44.039
 they were

00:31:44.039 --> 00:31:44.559
 the ones

00:31:44.559 --> 00:31:45.119
 who said

00:31:45.119 --> 00:31:45.859
 we have

00:31:45.859 --> 00:31:46.359
 built the

00:31:46.359 --> 00:31:46.799
 way to

00:31:46.799 --> 00:31:47.160
 God

00:31:47.160 --> 00:31:49.079
 by our

00:31:49.079 --> 00:31:49.799
 own deeds

00:31:49.799 --> 00:31:51.259
 by our

00:31:51.259 --> 00:31:51.500
 own

00:31:51.500 --> 00:31:52.019
 righteousness

00:31:52.019 --> 00:31:54.180
 we have

00:31:54.180 --> 00:31:54.500
 a way

00:31:54.500 --> 00:31:54.920
 to get

00:31:54.920 --> 00:31:55.460
 to God

00:31:55.460 --> 00:31:56.240
 don't worry

00:31:56.240 --> 00:31:56.680
 about this

00:31:56.680 --> 00:31:57.440
 Jesus chap

00:31:57.440 --> 00:31:58.860
 you don't

00:31:58.860 --> 00:31:59.299
 need him

00:31:59.299 --> 00:31:59.660
 he's just

00:31:59.660 --> 00:32:00.340
 a troublemaker

00:32:00.340 --> 00:32:01.900
 who does

00:32:01.900 --> 00:32:02.180
 he think

00:32:02.180 --> 00:32:02.640
 he is

00:32:02.640 --> 00:32:04.019
 I am

00:32:04.019 --> 00:32:04.320
 the way

00:32:04.320 --> 00:32:04.740
 the truth

00:32:04.740 --> 00:32:04.960
 and the

00:32:04.960 --> 00:32:05.220
 life

00:32:05.220 --> 00:32:05.620
 no one

00:32:05.620 --> 00:32:05.960
 comes to

00:32:05.960 --> 00:32:06.299
 the father

00:32:06.299 --> 00:32:06.600
 except

00:32:06.600 --> 00:32:07.140
 through me

00:32:07.140 --> 00:32:07.940
 we are

00:32:07.940 --> 00:32:08.400
 the builders

00:32:08.400 --> 00:32:09.620
 we'll tell

00:32:09.620 --> 00:32:09.860
 you how

00:32:09.860 --> 00:32:10.080
 to get

00:32:10.080 --> 00:32:10.539
 to God

00:32:10.539 --> 00:32:12.660
 those are

00:32:12.660 --> 00:32:13.039
 the builders

00:32:13.039 --> 00:32:14.820
 anybody

00:32:14.820 --> 00:32:16.160
 who thinks

00:32:16.160 --> 00:32:17.480
 well I'm

00:32:17.480 --> 00:32:17.799
 okay

00:32:17.799 --> 00:32:20.220
 I'll be

00:32:20.220 --> 00:32:20.480
 able to

00:32:20.480 --> 00:32:20.759
 get to

00:32:20.759 --> 00:32:21.059
 God

00:32:21.059 --> 00:32:22.720
 I'm a

00:32:22.720 --> 00:32:23.120
 good enough

00:32:23.120 --> 00:32:23.500
 person

00:32:23.500 --> 00:32:24.640
 in my

00:32:24.640 --> 00:32:25.099
 own right

00:32:25.099 --> 00:32:26.740
 this stone

00:32:26.740 --> 00:32:28.319
 this Jesus

00:32:28.319 --> 00:32:29.460
 that causes

00:32:29.460 --> 00:32:29.819
 them to

00:32:29.819 --> 00:32:30.200
 stumble

00:32:30.200 --> 00:32:31.480
 Peter says

00:32:31.480 --> 00:32:32.160
 it's a rock

00:32:32.160 --> 00:32:32.720
 that they

00:32:32.720 --> 00:32:33.680
 fall over

00:32:33.680 --> 00:32:34.019
 that they

00:32:34.019 --> 00:32:34.819
 trip over

00:32:34.819 --> 00:32:36.900
 other

00:32:36.900 --> 00:32:37.460
 translations

00:32:37.460 --> 00:32:38.180
 say it's a

00:32:38.180 --> 00:32:38.519
 rock of

00:32:38.519 --> 00:32:39.119
 offense

00:32:39.119 --> 00:32:41.079
 the Greek

00:32:41.079 --> 00:32:41.680
 word is

00:32:41.680 --> 00:32:42.619
 skandalon

00:32:42.619 --> 00:32:44.400
 you can guess

00:32:44.400 --> 00:32:44.779
 the English

00:32:44.779 --> 00:32:45.200
 word that

00:32:45.200 --> 00:32:45.579
 comes from

00:32:45.579 --> 00:32:45.779
 that

00:32:45.779 --> 00:32:46.559
 it's

00:32:46.559 --> 00:32:47.460
 scandalous

00:32:47.460 --> 00:32:49.200
 this gospel

00:32:49.200 --> 00:32:50.559
 is scandalous

00:32:50.559 --> 00:32:51.420
 telling someone

00:32:51.420 --> 00:32:51.779
 that they're

00:32:51.779 --> 00:32:52.220
 a sinner

00:32:52.220 --> 00:32:54.339
 is scandalous

00:32:54.339 --> 00:32:55.940
 in an age

00:32:55.940 --> 00:32:57.000
 where we

00:32:57.000 --> 00:32:58.259
 just tell

00:32:58.259 --> 00:32:58.720
 everybody

00:32:58.720 --> 00:33:00.299
 follow your

00:33:00.299 --> 00:33:00.620
 heart

00:33:00.620 --> 00:33:01.960
 do what

00:33:01.960 --> 00:33:02.259
 makes you

00:33:02.259 --> 00:33:02.799
 feel good

00:33:02.799 --> 00:33:03.460
 do it

00:33:03.460 --> 00:33:03.920
 your way

00:33:03.920 --> 00:33:05.720
 and telling

00:33:05.720 --> 00:33:06.079
 them that

00:33:06.079 --> 00:33:06.660
 because they're

00:33:06.660 --> 00:33:07.000
 a sinner

00:33:07.000 --> 00:33:08.000
 they need a

00:33:08.000 --> 00:33:08.360
 savior

00:33:08.360 --> 00:33:10.100
 is scandalous

00:33:10.100 --> 00:33:11.920
 and telling

00:33:11.920 --> 00:33:12.339
 them that

00:33:12.339 --> 00:33:12.960
 you won't

00:33:12.960 --> 00:33:13.700
 find hope

00:33:13.700 --> 00:33:15.799
 in all of

00:33:15.799 --> 00:33:16.079
 the other

00:33:16.079 --> 00:33:16.680
 stuff that's

00:33:16.680 --> 00:33:17.240
 going on out

00:33:17.240 --> 00:33:17.579
 there at the

00:33:17.579 --> 00:33:17.880
 moment

00:33:17.880 --> 00:33:18.819
 I was at a

00:33:18.819 --> 00:33:19.259
 health food

00:33:19.259 --> 00:33:20.019
 shop recently

00:33:20.019 --> 00:33:20.759
 and there was

00:33:20.759 --> 00:33:21.319
 a little booth

00:33:21.319 --> 00:33:21.839
 outside

00:33:21.839 --> 00:33:22.659
 and they

00:33:22.659 --> 00:33:23.099
 were selling

00:33:23.099 --> 00:33:24.279
 angel tears

00:33:24.279 --> 00:33:26.500
 that's what

00:33:26.500 --> 00:33:26.819
 they call

00:33:26.819 --> 00:33:26.980
 them

00:33:26.980 --> 00:33:27.779
 angel tears

00:33:27.779 --> 00:33:28.319
 they say

00:33:28.319 --> 00:33:28.559
 they're the

00:33:28.559 --> 00:33:28.939
 tears of

00:33:28.939 --> 00:33:29.459
 angels that

00:33:29.459 --> 00:33:29.839
 fall to

00:33:29.839 --> 00:33:30.159
 earth and

00:33:30.159 --> 00:33:30.879
 become stones

00:33:30.879 --> 00:33:32.119
 and somehow

00:33:32.119 --> 00:33:32.439
 I don't

00:33:32.439 --> 00:33:32.919
 know I

00:33:32.919 --> 00:33:33.359
 don't understand

00:33:33.359 --> 00:33:33.819
 what it is

00:33:33.819 --> 00:33:34.339
 but anyway

00:33:34.339 --> 00:33:35.079
 they say

00:33:35.079 --> 00:33:36.039
 these things

00:33:36.039 --> 00:33:37.299
 point you

00:33:37.299 --> 00:33:37.980
 towards something

00:33:37.980 --> 00:33:38.379
 greater

00:33:38.379 --> 00:33:39.740
 if you have

00:33:39.740 --> 00:33:40.079
 this in your

00:33:40.079 --> 00:33:40.439
 life

00:33:40.439 --> 00:33:41.339
 you'll be

00:33:41.339 --> 00:33:41.659
 fine

00:33:41.659 --> 00:33:43.679
 or if you

00:33:43.679 --> 00:33:44.519
 have Buddha

00:33:44.519 --> 00:33:44.879
 in your

00:33:44.879 --> 00:33:45.220
 life

00:33:45.220 --> 00:33:46.539
 you'll be

00:33:46.539 --> 00:33:46.859
 fine

00:33:46.859 --> 00:33:48.819
 if you had

00:33:48.819 --> 00:33:49.199
 Mohammed

00:33:49.199 --> 00:33:49.619
 in your

00:33:49.619 --> 00:33:49.939
 life

00:33:49.940 --> 00:33:50.960
 you'll be

00:33:50.960 --> 00:33:51.259
 fine

00:33:51.259 --> 00:33:51.720
 or even

00:33:51.720 --> 00:33:51.900
 if you

00:33:51.900 --> 00:33:52.320
 have nothing

00:33:52.320 --> 00:33:52.600
 in your

00:33:52.600 --> 00:33:52.820
 life

00:33:52.820 --> 00:33:53.160
 you'll be

00:33:53.160 --> 00:33:53.480
 fine

00:33:53.480 --> 00:33:54.480
 because all

00:33:54.480 --> 00:33:55.440
 people are

00:33:55.440 --> 00:33:56.140
 basically good

00:33:56.140 --> 00:33:56.779
 and telling

00:33:56.779 --> 00:33:57.380
 people that

00:33:57.380 --> 00:33:57.940
 Jesus is

00:33:57.940 --> 00:33:58.400
 their only

00:33:58.400 --> 00:33:59.539
 hope for

00:33:59.539 --> 00:34:00.120
 being in a

00:34:00.120 --> 00:34:00.840
 right relationship

00:34:00.840 --> 00:34:01.460
 with God

00:34:01.460 --> 00:34:03.360
 is absolutely

00:34:03.360 --> 00:34:04.840
 100%

00:34:04.840 --> 00:34:06.059
 scandalous

00:34:06.059 --> 00:34:07.559
 and offensive

00:34:07.559 --> 00:34:09.780
 the gospel

00:34:09.780 --> 00:34:10.260
 message

00:34:10.260 --> 00:34:10.840
 friends

00:34:10.840 --> 00:34:12.039
 is scandalous

00:34:12.039 --> 00:34:12.760
 because it

00:34:12.760 --> 00:34:13.420
 tells people

00:34:13.420 --> 00:34:14.179
 that their

00:34:14.179 --> 00:34:14.960
 only hope

00:34:14.960 --> 00:34:16.400
 of life

00:34:16.400 --> 00:34:17.480
 after death

00:34:17.480 --> 00:34:18.539
 is in

00:34:18.539 --> 00:34:18.940
 Christ

00:34:18.940 --> 00:34:20.240
 and in

00:34:20.240 --> 00:34:20.539
 Christ

00:34:20.539 --> 00:34:20.940
 alone

00:34:20.940 --> 00:34:22.760
 he really

00:34:22.760 --> 00:34:23.220
 meant it

00:34:23.220 --> 00:34:24.880
 I am

00:34:24.880 --> 00:34:25.740
 the way

00:34:25.740 --> 00:34:27.119
 the truth

00:34:27.119 --> 00:34:28.360
 the life

00:34:28.360 --> 00:34:29.599
 no one

00:34:29.599 --> 00:34:30.460
 comes to

00:34:30.460 --> 00:34:30.920
 the father

00:34:30.920 --> 00:34:31.880
 except through

00:34:31.880 --> 00:34:32.139
 me

00:34:32.139 --> 00:34:33.539
 and that's

00:34:33.539 --> 00:34:34.019
 a rock

00:34:34.019 --> 00:34:35.360
 that causes

00:34:35.360 --> 00:34:35.840
 people to

00:34:35.840 --> 00:34:36.179
 stumble

00:34:36.179 --> 00:34:38.800
 is Jesus

00:34:38.800 --> 00:34:39.380
 tripping you

00:34:39.380 --> 00:34:39.639
 up

00:34:39.639 --> 00:34:41.940
 are you

00:34:41.940 --> 00:34:42.579
 trusting in

00:34:42.579 --> 00:34:42.940
 the work

00:34:42.940 --> 00:34:43.199
 of your

00:34:43.199 --> 00:34:43.760
 own hands

00:34:43.760 --> 00:34:45.740
 are you

00:34:45.740 --> 00:34:46.120
 sitting here

00:34:46.120 --> 00:34:46.700
 right now

00:34:46.700 --> 00:34:47.980
 and maybe

00:34:47.980 --> 00:34:48.440
 you've been

00:34:48.440 --> 00:34:48.780
 coming to

00:34:48.780 --> 00:34:49.200
 church for

00:34:49.200 --> 00:34:49.620
 years

00:34:49.620 --> 00:34:51.180
 maybe you

00:34:51.180 --> 00:34:51.920
 say I am

00:34:51.920 --> 00:34:52.380
 a Christian

00:34:52.380 --> 00:34:53.520
 but are you

00:34:53.520 --> 00:34:53.920
 sitting here

00:34:53.920 --> 00:34:54.440
 right now

00:34:54.440 --> 00:34:55.420
 confident that

00:34:55.420 --> 00:34:56.120
 you can stand

00:34:56.120 --> 00:34:56.700
 in front of

00:34:56.700 --> 00:34:57.040
 God

00:34:57.040 --> 00:34:58.680
 because of

00:34:58.680 --> 00:34:59.720
 the work

00:34:59.720 --> 00:34:59.960
 of your

00:34:59.960 --> 00:35:00.600
 own hands

00:35:00.600 --> 00:35:02.040
 stand in

00:35:02.040 --> 00:35:02.320
 front of

00:35:02.320 --> 00:35:02.940
 this judge

00:35:02.940 --> 00:35:04.240
 and the

00:35:04.240 --> 00:35:04.660
 judge will

00:35:04.660 --> 00:35:05.200
 declare you

00:35:05.200 --> 00:35:05.680
 righteous

00:35:05.680 --> 00:35:07.500
 do you

00:35:07.500 --> 00:35:08.420
 think God

00:35:08.420 --> 00:35:09.040
 will understand

00:35:09.040 --> 00:35:10.780
 I'm a good

00:35:10.780 --> 00:35:11.180
 person

00:35:11.180 --> 00:35:13.560
 if that is

00:35:13.559 --> 00:35:13.940
 you friend

00:35:13.940 --> 00:35:14.239
 I've got

00:35:14.239 --> 00:35:14.659
 news for

00:35:14.659 --> 00:35:14.840
 you

00:35:14.840 --> 00:35:17.239
 no person

00:35:17.239 --> 00:35:19.099
 is good

00:35:19.099 --> 00:35:19.719
 enough for

00:35:19.719 --> 00:35:20.039
 God

00:35:20.039 --> 00:35:21.380
 on their

00:35:21.380 --> 00:35:21.539
 own

00:35:21.539 --> 00:35:21.940
 strengths

00:35:21.940 --> 00:35:22.860
 you know

00:35:22.860 --> 00:35:23.159
 that old

00:35:23.159 --> 00:35:23.500
 saying

00:35:23.500 --> 00:35:23.960
 why do

00:35:23.960 --> 00:35:24.420
 good things

00:35:24.420 --> 00:35:24.820
 or bad

00:35:24.820 --> 00:35:25.259
 things happen

00:35:25.259 --> 00:35:25.579
 to good

00:35:25.579 --> 00:35:25.920
 people

00:35:25.920 --> 00:35:27.579
 the best

00:35:27.579 --> 00:35:28.099
 retort to

00:35:28.099 --> 00:35:28.460
 that I

00:35:28.460 --> 00:35:28.779
 heard was

00:35:28.779 --> 00:35:29.440
 a theologian

00:35:29.440 --> 00:35:30.019
 who said

00:35:30.019 --> 00:35:31.199
 that happened

00:35:31.199 --> 00:35:31.699
 once

00:35:31.699 --> 00:35:32.900
 and he

00:35:32.900 --> 00:35:33.400
 volunteered

00:35:33.400 --> 00:35:36.699
 when Jesus

00:35:36.699 --> 00:35:37.079
 came

00:35:37.079 --> 00:35:38.440
 the only one

00:35:38.440 --> 00:35:38.940
 good enough

00:35:38.940 --> 00:35:40.300
 to be

00:35:40.300 --> 00:35:41.159
 the rock

00:35:41.159 --> 00:35:42.559
 on whom

00:35:42.559 --> 00:35:43.659
 the church

00:35:43.659 --> 00:35:43.940
 could be

00:35:43.940 --> 00:35:44.240
 built

00:35:44.240 --> 00:35:46.280
 he was the

00:35:46.280 --> 00:35:46.659
 only one

00:35:46.659 --> 00:35:47.119
 good enough

00:35:47.119 --> 00:35:47.860
 your strengths

00:35:47.860 --> 00:35:48.380
 won't save

00:35:48.380 --> 00:35:48.659
 you

00:35:48.659 --> 00:35:50.760
 only Jesus

00:35:50.760 --> 00:35:51.119
 can

00:35:51.119 --> 00:35:53.079
 so do you

00:35:53.079 --> 00:35:53.519
 understand

00:35:53.519 --> 00:35:54.019
 the gospel

00:35:54.019 --> 00:35:56.200
 do you

00:35:56.200 --> 00:35:56.579
 understand

00:35:56.579 --> 00:35:57.039
 that Jesus

00:35:57.039 --> 00:35:57.480
 came

00:35:57.480 --> 00:35:58.760
 so that

00:35:58.760 --> 00:35:59.420
 regardless

00:35:59.420 --> 00:36:00.679
 of who you

00:36:00.679 --> 00:36:00.980
 are

00:36:00.980 --> 00:36:02.420
 what you've

00:36:02.420 --> 00:36:02.659
 done

00:36:02.659 --> 00:36:04.179
 how old

00:36:04.179 --> 00:36:04.579
 you are

00:36:04.579 --> 00:36:05.940
 it's never

00:36:05.940 --> 00:36:06.400
 too early

00:36:06.400 --> 00:36:07.440
 it's never

00:36:07.440 --> 00:36:07.920
 too late

00:36:07.920 --> 00:36:09.519
 do you

00:36:09.519 --> 00:36:09.840
 understand

00:36:09.840 --> 00:36:10.220
 that you

00:36:10.220 --> 00:36:10.579
 can have

00:36:10.579 --> 00:36:11.000
 your sins

00:36:11.000 --> 00:36:11.380
 forgiven

00:36:11.380 --> 00:36:11.960
 if you

00:36:11.960 --> 00:36:12.180
 just

00:36:12.180 --> 00:36:12.800
 come

00:36:12.800 --> 00:36:13.400
 to Jesus

00:36:13.400 --> 00:36:15.019
 and believe

00:36:15.019 --> 00:36:16.119
 because

00:36:16.119 --> 00:36:17.180
 Jesus said

00:36:17.180 --> 00:36:17.980
 anyone

00:36:17.980 --> 00:36:18.940
 who comes

00:36:18.940 --> 00:36:19.320
 to me

00:36:19.320 --> 00:36:20.139
 I will

00:36:20.139 --> 00:36:20.720
 not cast

00:36:20.720 --> 00:36:21.039
 out

00:36:21.039 --> 00:36:21.820
 this

00:36:21.820 --> 00:36:22.460
 doesn't

00:36:22.460 --> 00:36:22.780
 have to

00:36:22.780 --> 00:36:23.240
 be something

00:36:23.240 --> 00:36:23.700
 like you've

00:36:23.700 --> 00:36:23.960
 got it

00:36:23.960 --> 00:36:24.400
 all right

00:36:24.400 --> 00:36:25.019
 before you

00:36:25.019 --> 00:36:25.400
 come to

00:36:25.400 --> 00:36:25.700
 Jesus

00:36:25.700 --> 00:36:26.619
 you don't

00:36:26.619 --> 00:36:26.880
 have to

00:36:26.880 --> 00:36:27.119
 be from

00:36:27.119 --> 00:36:27.420
 the right

00:36:27.420 --> 00:36:27.880
 country

00:36:27.880 --> 00:36:28.700
 you don't

00:36:28.700 --> 00:36:28.920
 have to

00:36:28.920 --> 00:36:29.139
 be from

00:36:29.139 --> 00:36:29.420
 the right

00:36:29.420 --> 00:36:30.000
 background

00:36:30.000 --> 00:36:30.780
 you don't

00:36:30.780 --> 00:36:31.039
 have to

00:36:31.039 --> 00:36:31.340
 have all

00:36:31.340 --> 00:36:31.880
 the doctrine

00:36:31.880 --> 00:36:32.360
 together

00:36:32.360 --> 00:36:32.880
 and all

00:36:32.880 --> 00:36:33.099
 of this

00:36:33.099 --> 00:36:33.440
 kind of

00:36:33.440 --> 00:36:33.619
 thing

00:36:33.619 --> 00:36:34.280
 you simply

00:36:34.280 --> 00:36:34.700
 have to

00:36:34.700 --> 00:36:35.200
 come to

00:36:35.200 --> 00:36:35.700
 Jesus

00:36:35.699 --> 00:36:37.139
 and believe

00:36:37.139 --> 00:36:38.039
 that Jesus

00:36:38.039 --> 00:36:38.960
 is Lord

00:36:38.960 --> 00:36:40.879
 and on the

00:36:40.879 --> 00:36:41.259
 cross

00:36:41.259 --> 00:36:43.379
 he cried

00:36:43.379 --> 00:36:43.699
 out

00:36:43.699 --> 00:36:45.679
 it is

00:36:45.679 --> 00:36:46.079
 finished

00:36:46.079 --> 00:36:48.159
 my work

00:36:48.159 --> 00:36:48.559
 is done

00:36:48.559 --> 00:36:48.960
 he cried

00:36:48.960 --> 00:36:49.239
 out

00:36:49.239 --> 00:36:51.719
 in response

00:36:51.719 --> 00:36:53.519
 if you

00:36:53.519 --> 00:36:53.819
 haven't

00:36:53.819 --> 00:36:54.039
 already

00:36:54.039 --> 00:36:54.559
 done so

00:36:54.559 --> 00:36:56.480
 will you

00:36:56.480 --> 00:36:56.879
 cry out

00:36:56.879 --> 00:36:57.239
 to him

00:36:57.239 --> 00:36:58.919
 amen

00:36:58.919 --> 00:37:01.199
 I'm going

00:37:01.199 --> 00:37:01.439
 to call

00:37:01.439 --> 00:37:01.879
 the musicians

00:37:01.879 --> 00:37:02.519
 back up

00:37:02.519 --> 00:37:03.639
 as they're

00:37:03.639 --> 00:37:03.859
 on their

00:37:03.859 --> 00:37:04.179
 way

00:37:04.179 --> 00:37:05.139
 let's just

00:37:05.139 --> 00:37:05.379
 pray

00:37:05.380 --> 00:37:11.740
 gracious

00:37:11.740 --> 00:37:12.119
 father

00:37:12.119 --> 00:37:12.420
 we

00:37:12.420 --> 00:37:13.920
 thank you

00:37:13.920 --> 00:37:14.180
 that

00:37:14.180 --> 00:37:15.640
 we are

00:37:15.640 --> 00:37:16.220
 not a

00:37:16.220 --> 00:37:16.760
 passing

00:37:16.760 --> 00:37:17.420
 moment

00:37:17.420 --> 00:37:18.660
 in human

00:37:18.660 --> 00:37:19.119
 history

00:37:19.119 --> 00:37:20.220
 but that

00:37:20.220 --> 00:37:20.680
 we are

00:37:20.680 --> 00:37:21.579
 a chosen

00:37:21.579 --> 00:37:22.099
 people

00:37:22.099 --> 00:37:24.019
 a royal

00:37:24.019 --> 00:37:24.740
 priesthood

00:37:24.740 --> 00:37:27.019
 your special

00:37:27.019 --> 00:37:27.539
 possession

00:37:27.539 --> 00:37:28.579
 that you

00:37:28.579 --> 00:37:29.099
 have called

00:37:29.099 --> 00:37:29.440
 out of

00:37:29.440 --> 00:37:29.780
 darkness

00:37:29.780 --> 00:37:30.480
 into light

00:37:30.480 --> 00:37:32.440
 and help

00:37:32.440 --> 00:37:32.880
 us Lord

00:37:32.880 --> 00:37:33.260
 in those

00:37:33.260 --> 00:37:33.660
 moments

00:37:33.659 --> 00:37:34.199
 where we

00:37:34.199 --> 00:37:35.259
 simply

00:37:35.259 --> 00:37:35.799
 don't feel

00:37:35.799 --> 00:37:36.199
 like it

00:37:36.199 --> 00:37:36.599
 because of

00:37:36.599 --> 00:37:37.199
 the cares

00:37:37.199 --> 00:37:37.779
 and challenges

00:37:37.779 --> 00:37:38.079
 of this

00:37:38.079 --> 00:37:38.339
 world

00:37:38.339 --> 00:37:38.799
 help us

00:37:38.799 --> 00:37:39.279
 to cry

00:37:39.279 --> 00:37:39.639
 out

00:37:39.639 --> 00:37:40.920
 in worship

00:37:40.920 --> 00:37:41.719
 and praise

00:37:41.719 --> 00:37:42.079
 of you

00:37:42.079 --> 00:37:43.699
 for all the

00:37:43.699 --> 00:37:44.119
 things you've

00:37:44.119 --> 00:37:44.759
 done for us

00:37:44.759 --> 00:37:46.319
 and give us

00:37:46.319 --> 00:37:46.920
 boldness

00:37:46.920 --> 00:37:47.980
 to witness

00:37:47.980 --> 00:37:48.639
 this gospel

00:37:48.639 --> 00:37:49.079
 to other

00:37:49.079 --> 00:37:49.440
 people

00:37:49.440 --> 00:37:50.079
 through our

00:37:50.079 --> 00:37:50.519
 words

00:37:50.519 --> 00:37:51.440
 to the

00:37:51.440 --> 00:37:52.119
 people who

00:37:52.119 --> 00:37:52.739
 we see

00:37:52.739 --> 00:37:52.759
 we see

00:37:52.759 --> 00:37:53.339
 every day

00:37:53.339 --> 00:37:54.960
 but not

00:37:54.960 --> 00:37:55.440
 just our

00:37:55.440 --> 00:37:55.759
 words

00:37:55.759 --> 00:37:56.359
 by our

00:37:56.359 --> 00:37:56.719
 deeds

00:37:56.719 --> 00:37:57.179
 as well

00:37:57.179 --> 00:37:59.179
 help us

00:37:59.179 --> 00:37:59.599
 to be

00:37:59.599 --> 00:38:00.239
 living our

00:38:00.239 --> 00:38:00.699
 lives in

00:38:00.699 --> 00:38:01.219
 such a way

00:38:01.219 --> 00:38:01.719
 that they

00:38:01.719 --> 00:38:02.119
 actually

00:38:02.119 --> 00:38:02.980
 are an

00:38:02.980 --> 00:38:03.279
 echo

00:38:03.279 --> 00:38:03.920
 of the

00:38:03.920 --> 00:38:04.359
 life of

00:38:04.359 --> 00:38:04.759
 your son

00:38:04.759 --> 00:38:05.119
 Jesus

00:38:05.119 --> 00:38:05.679
 and point

00:38:05.679 --> 00:38:06.259
 people to

00:38:06.259 --> 00:38:06.539
 him

00:38:06.539 --> 00:38:08.940
 be patient

00:38:08.940 --> 00:38:09.299
 with us

00:38:09.299 --> 00:38:09.480
 Lord

00:38:09.480 --> 00:38:09.819
 when we

00:38:09.819 --> 00:38:10.119
 fail

00:38:10.119 --> 00:38:10.559
 because we

00:38:10.559 --> 00:38:11.119
 can do

00:38:11.119 --> 00:38:11.480
 and will

00:38:11.480 --> 00:38:11.819
 fail

00:38:12.480 --> 00:38:13.719
 but give us

00:38:13.719 --> 00:38:14.139
 the strength

00:38:14.139 --> 00:38:14.480
 to keep

00:38:14.480 --> 00:38:14.799
 going

00:38:14.800 --> 00:38:16.680
 and Lord

00:38:16.680 --> 00:38:17.120
 for those

00:38:17.120 --> 00:38:17.420
 who hear

00:38:17.420 --> 00:38:18.039
 this message

00:38:18.039 --> 00:38:19.620
 and they're

00:38:19.620 --> 00:38:20.140
 not sure

00:38:20.140 --> 00:38:20.480
 where they

00:38:20.480 --> 00:38:20.840
 stand

00:38:20.840 --> 00:38:22.060
 or they

00:38:22.060 --> 00:38:22.580
 don't know

00:38:22.580 --> 00:38:22.900
 you

00:38:22.900 --> 00:38:24.519
 if they're

00:38:24.519 --> 00:38:25.140
 listening right

00:38:25.140 --> 00:38:25.539
 now

00:38:25.539 --> 00:38:27.920
 please

00:38:27.920 --> 00:38:29.620
 please

00:38:29.620 --> 00:38:30.820
 be imminent

00:38:30.820 --> 00:38:31.460
 to them

00:38:31.460 --> 00:38:33.000
 because all

00:38:33.000 --> 00:38:33.320
 of this

00:38:33.320 --> 00:38:33.920
 is shifting

00:38:33.920 --> 00:38:34.440
 sand

00:38:34.440 --> 00:38:35.260
 if we're

00:38:35.260 --> 00:38:35.860
 not here

00:38:35.860 --> 00:38:37.240
 to declare

00:38:37.240 --> 00:38:38.460
 the excellencies

00:38:38.460 --> 00:38:38.940
 of you

00:38:38.940 --> 00:38:39.519
 who call us

00:38:39.519 --> 00:38:40.160
 out of darkness

00:38:40.160 --> 00:38:41.900
 and to be

00:38:41.900 --> 00:38:42.680
 the witnesses

00:38:42.680 --> 00:38:43.460
 of your gospel

00:38:43.460 --> 00:38:45.019
 so please

00:38:45.019 --> 00:38:46.099
 save those

00:38:46.099 --> 00:38:47.699
 who don't

00:38:47.699 --> 00:38:48.300
 yet believe

00:38:48.300 --> 00:38:50.860
 for those

00:38:50.860 --> 00:38:51.199
 who don't

00:38:51.199 --> 00:38:51.480
 believe

00:38:51.480 --> 00:38:51.760
 in our

00:38:51.760 --> 00:38:52.240
 families

00:38:52.240 --> 00:38:53.280
 in our

00:38:53.280 --> 00:38:53.940
 workplace

00:38:53.940 --> 00:38:54.599
 wherever we

00:38:54.599 --> 00:38:54.900
 go

00:38:54.900 --> 00:38:56.639
 please use

00:38:56.639 --> 00:38:57.039
 us as

00:38:57.039 --> 00:38:57.619
 imperfect

00:38:57.619 --> 00:38:58.199
 vessels

00:38:58.199 --> 00:38:59.840
 as we

00:38:59.840 --> 00:39:00.099
 are

00:39:00.099 --> 00:39:01.820
 to save

00:39:01.820 --> 00:39:02.179
 those

00:39:02.179 --> 00:39:02.599
 and bring

00:39:02.599 --> 00:39:02.900
 them

00:39:02.900 --> 00:39:03.860
 into your

00:39:03.860 --> 00:39:04.559
 perfect

00:39:04.559 --> 00:39:05.460
 Zion

00:39:05.460 --> 00:39:06.880
 your holy

00:39:06.880 --> 00:39:07.220
 city

00:39:07.220 --> 00:39:07.760
 built on

00:39:07.760 --> 00:39:08.119
 a hill

00:39:08.119 --> 00:39:10.000
 be with us

00:39:10.000 --> 00:39:10.220
 as we

00:39:10.220 --> 00:39:10.619
 finish

00:39:10.619 --> 00:39:11.820
 in songs

00:39:11.820 --> 00:39:12.420
 of praise

00:39:12.420 --> 00:39:14.579
 help us

00:39:14.579 --> 00:39:14.980
 to elevate

00:39:14.980 --> 00:39:15.500
 our worship

00:39:15.500 --> 00:39:16.119
 and declare

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 the glories

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 of who you

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 are

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 we ask

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 this in

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 Jesus name

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 amen

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 would you

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 please stand

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 and we'll

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 sing our

00:39:24.119 --> 00:39:24.760
 last song

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 oh lord

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 our god

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 how much

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 you