WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.060 Well, we begin our worship this morning by singing to God's praise in Psalm 96 in the Scottish Psalter. 00:00:06.860 --> 00:00:13.580 Psalm 96, we're going to sing from verse 4 to verse 9, the tune of St. Magnus. 00:00:14.460 --> 00:00:17.900 For great's the Lord, and greatly he is to be magnified, 00:00:18.420 --> 00:00:22.900 yea, worthy to be feared is he above all gods beside. 00:00:23.019 --> 00:00:26.400 We'll sing from verse 4 to 9 to God's praise. 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:41.600 For great's the Lord, and greatly he is to be magnified, 00:00:41.600 --> 00:00:55.659 yea, worthy to be feared is he above all gods beside. 00:00:55.659 --> 00:01:10.060 For all the gods are idols come, which blinded nations fear. 00:01:10.060 --> 00:01:24.060 But our God is the Lord by whom the heavens created were. 00:01:24.060 --> 00:01:39.060 Good honor is before this face, and majesty divine. 00:01:39.060 --> 00:01:55.060 Strength is within this holy place, and there does beauty shine. 00:01:55.060 --> 00:02:25.039 Glory to you, O Lord, and mighty power has died. 00:02:25.039 --> 00:02:40.419 And we'll give thee the glory to the Lord, that to this name is true. 00:02:40.419 --> 00:02:54.419 And we'll give thee to this Lord, standing, and offering with you. 00:02:54.419 --> 00:03:09.419 In beauty of his holiness, O do the Lord adore. 00:03:09.419 --> 00:03:24.060 Like wise that all the earth through our tremble as days before. 00:03:30.060 --> 00:03:31.919 Let's come to God in prayer. 00:03:32.019 --> 00:03:32.719 Let us pray. 00:03:32.719 --> 00:03:39.780 Our Father in heaven, as we come before you to this day, 00:03:39.860 --> 00:03:43.379 we thank you that there is a beauty that shines from you, 00:03:43.400 --> 00:03:47.979 and that we are to come and adore you as our Lord and as our God, 00:03:48.479 --> 00:03:51.159 and that your beauty may shine upon us, 00:03:51.659 --> 00:03:55.500 that we might see your beauty through the person of Jesus Christ, 00:03:56.039 --> 00:04:00.020 that we would might know more of your beauty through your word to us. 00:04:00.020 --> 00:04:02.420 May it speak to all our hearts today. 00:04:03.060 --> 00:04:07.420 May it help us to see and to know how great a God you are. 00:04:07.840 --> 00:04:11.500 You are the Lord, and greatly to be magnified, the psalmist says. 00:04:11.640 --> 00:04:15.400 And we do pray that as we come to worship you this day, 00:04:15.960 --> 00:04:18.579 that that will be our longing and our desire, 00:04:19.379 --> 00:04:24.400 that we would see you as so great and ourselves as so small. 00:04:24.399 --> 00:04:28.179 But yet remember how you have remembered us, 00:04:28.719 --> 00:04:30.579 and how you have given us all that we need, 00:04:31.259 --> 00:04:36.139 how you have given us a way to salvation through your own Son, Jesus Christ, 00:04:36.859 --> 00:04:38.979 how you have done all things that we could not. 00:04:39.719 --> 00:04:42.399 And we thank you for the commands of your word. 00:04:43.139 --> 00:04:45.779 We thank you for every instruction they give to us. 00:04:45.779 --> 00:04:50.599 And we pray that we would not see them as just something that is a burden to us, 00:04:51.259 --> 00:04:56.019 or something that is there to spoil our fun or to hinder us in any way, 00:04:56.619 --> 00:05:02.339 but that we would see all your laws and your commands as there for our good and for your glory. 00:05:02.979 --> 00:05:08.519 We thank you that the young ones just now are learning through your word about the Ten Commandments. 00:05:08.519 --> 00:05:15.899 And may we all come to remember them and to see them as so wonderful for us as a people and as a world. 00:05:16.479 --> 00:05:21.819 As we learn all about your truth, Lord, may they instruct us and guide us in our way. 00:05:22.680 --> 00:05:26.060 But may we see that it's more than just trying to keep your commands. 00:05:26.839 --> 00:05:31.579 But the greatest command of all that we are to keep is to love the Lord with all our heart, 00:05:32.039 --> 00:05:33.519 and to love our neighbor as ourself. 00:05:34.479 --> 00:05:37.359 And we thank you that that is what these commands guide us to. 00:05:37.360 --> 00:05:41.660 So we pray, Lord, your blessing on your word to us, young and old today, 00:05:42.259 --> 00:05:45.540 that we would hear your commands, that we would be obedient to them, 00:05:46.080 --> 00:05:47.780 and that you would bless us through them. 00:05:48.460 --> 00:05:51.780 Remember us in our homes and in our families and all our different needs. 00:05:52.340 --> 00:05:55.780 We thank you that you are a God who loves us and cares for us. 00:05:56.319 --> 00:06:01.240 And we pray that every burden that we have, every care and concern that we carry, 00:06:01.819 --> 00:06:04.160 that we will be able to bring them to you in prayer, 00:06:04.160 --> 00:06:07.780 knowing that you are able to help us in all our different needs. 00:06:08.360 --> 00:06:10.500 So hear our prayers even at this time. 00:06:11.020 --> 00:06:12.760 And continue with us through this day. 00:06:13.420 --> 00:06:18.500 May you guide us and bless us as we ask all things for the forgiveness of our sins. 00:06:18.820 --> 00:06:21.120 We ask it for your glory and for your sake. 00:06:21.820 --> 00:06:22.260 Amen. 00:06:22.259 --> 00:06:27.180 It's good to see you all again. 00:06:27.259 --> 00:06:29.639 It's good to have the children here today as well, 00:06:29.740 --> 00:06:33.639 and especially I'm sure you're all delighted to be back in school this last week. 00:06:34.180 --> 00:06:36.680 All delighted to see your teachers again, 00:06:36.800 --> 00:06:39.560 to hear your parents shouting at you in the morning, 00:06:39.620 --> 00:06:42.259 to hurry up and get ready to get to school. 00:06:42.839 --> 00:06:45.539 But do you like being told what to do? 00:06:45.540 --> 00:06:48.740 Do you like it when people say to you, 00:06:48.840 --> 00:06:50.460 do this and do that? 00:06:51.120 --> 00:06:54.879 Or do you find it sort of just spoils your fun a little bit? 00:06:55.500 --> 00:06:59.100 Maybe it depends who's saying it to you, does it? 00:06:59.780 --> 00:07:02.920 Maybe it depends if it's a brother or a sister telling you 00:07:02.920 --> 00:07:06.620 to go and get my shoes or go and get my jacket. 00:07:06.759 --> 00:07:08.600 You're saying to yourself, go and do it yourself. 00:07:09.300 --> 00:07:10.520 I'm not your slave. 00:07:11.500 --> 00:07:13.660 I'm not here just to do what you tell me to do. 00:07:13.660 --> 00:07:17.660 But then maybe if it's your mum or dad who are telling you to go and do these things, 00:07:17.740 --> 00:07:18.800 do you say the same to them? 00:07:19.720 --> 00:07:20.400 I hope not. 00:07:20.460 --> 00:07:23.040 I hope you don't even say it to your little brothers or sisters either. 00:07:23.439 --> 00:07:25.840 It's not the way we're to speak to people at all. 00:07:26.640 --> 00:07:28.740 How about when you go to school or Sunday school 00:07:28.740 --> 00:07:30.960 and your teachers are telling you what to do? 00:07:31.020 --> 00:07:31.760 Do you listen to them? 00:07:32.560 --> 00:07:34.160 Do you do as you're told with them? 00:07:34.960 --> 00:07:36.820 Do you always, if they say, do your homework, 00:07:37.560 --> 00:07:39.920 do you always do it, hand it in on time? 00:07:40.720 --> 00:07:41.720 Maybe we don't always, 00:07:41.720 --> 00:07:45.160 but we should seek to try and do what they're telling us. 00:07:45.860 --> 00:07:49.520 But who's the most important person that we're to listen to? 00:07:49.960 --> 00:07:52.560 Who do you think is the most important person that you're to listen to 00:07:52.560 --> 00:07:54.460 who's telling you what to do? 00:07:54.920 --> 00:07:55.860 Do you think it's your mum? 00:07:56.640 --> 00:07:57.600 Do you think it's your dad? 00:07:58.940 --> 00:07:59.460 Grandparents? 00:08:00.140 --> 00:08:01.180 Brothers or sisters? 00:08:01.520 --> 00:08:01.880 Friends? 00:08:02.020 --> 00:08:04.200 Do you think that's the most important people to listen to? 00:08:05.240 --> 00:08:08.720 No, the most important person we're to listen to is God. 00:08:08.720 --> 00:08:11.920 Because God tells us what we're to do. 00:08:12.420 --> 00:08:14.180 Again and again through his word, 00:08:14.260 --> 00:08:15.940 he reminds us what we are to do. 00:08:16.120 --> 00:08:17.400 And like I was praying there, 00:08:17.460 --> 00:08:20.360 you're learning about the Ten Commandments in Sunday school. 00:08:21.220 --> 00:08:23.000 You're learning about the things that we're to do 00:08:23.000 --> 00:08:24.320 and the things that we're not to do. 00:08:24.720 --> 00:08:26.340 And it's important to listen to that 00:08:26.340 --> 00:08:27.880 because God is telling you, 00:08:28.320 --> 00:08:30.000 this is how we're to live our lives. 00:08:30.060 --> 00:08:32.779 That goes for everybody here, myself included. 00:08:32.779 --> 00:08:35.220 God tells us what we are to do. 00:08:35.299 --> 00:08:39.019 Imagine if there was no laws and no rules. 00:08:39.120 --> 00:08:40.480 What would the world be like? 00:08:41.419 --> 00:08:42.360 Everybody would think, 00:08:42.480 --> 00:08:44.759 oh, it'd be so good if there was no rules. 00:08:44.899 --> 00:08:46.259 Just do as we want. 00:08:47.019 --> 00:08:49.919 Imagine if there was no rules for driving on the road. 00:08:50.919 --> 00:08:52.199 Imagine some people, 00:08:52.639 --> 00:08:54.379 how fast they would drive. 00:08:55.139 --> 00:08:57.139 I mean, there's speed limits in place today, 00:08:57.279 --> 00:08:59.399 but yet people don't always listen to them. 00:08:59.919 --> 00:09:01.839 They go faster than the speed limit says. 00:09:01.840 --> 00:09:03.460 But imagine if there was no rules, 00:09:03.920 --> 00:09:05.860 how crazy people would be on the roads. 00:09:06.820 --> 00:09:09.240 What about in school if there was no rules? 00:09:10.000 --> 00:09:11.280 You have rules in place, 00:09:11.440 --> 00:09:13.000 like times you have to start, 00:09:13.480 --> 00:09:14.500 times you finish. 00:09:15.000 --> 00:09:16.340 What do you just decide for yourself? 00:09:16.480 --> 00:09:18.379 I'll go into school at two in the afternoon 00:09:18.379 --> 00:09:20.420 for half an hour and that's it. 00:09:21.019 --> 00:09:21.740 Would you learn? 00:09:22.780 --> 00:09:23.100 No. 00:09:23.620 --> 00:09:25.440 You'd be missing out on so much. 00:09:26.019 --> 00:09:28.800 So there's all kinds of rules in place for us 00:09:28.800 --> 00:09:30.900 because they're good for us. 00:09:30.899 --> 00:09:33.279 But the greatest rules of all 00:09:33.279 --> 00:09:35.980 are how we are to live and to love God. 00:09:36.500 --> 00:09:37.899 And that's really what's at the heart 00:09:37.899 --> 00:09:39.759 of the Ten Commandments. 00:09:40.279 --> 00:09:42.240 God giving us great instructions, 00:09:42.899 --> 00:09:44.279 how we are to live for Him 00:09:44.279 --> 00:09:45.980 and love Him with all our hearts 00:09:45.980 --> 00:09:47.299 and serve Him, 00:09:47.939 --> 00:09:50.639 but also how we are to love others around us 00:09:50.639 --> 00:09:53.199 and to be obedient to all the rules 00:09:53.199 --> 00:09:55.279 that He has given to us. 00:09:55.279 --> 00:09:58.120 Today in the service in 1 Peter, 00:09:58.199 --> 00:09:59.399 we're looking at a command, 00:09:59.899 --> 00:10:02.279 an instruction that God gives to His people. 00:10:02.379 --> 00:10:02.819 He says, 00:10:03.339 --> 00:10:04.259 Be holy. 00:10:05.539 --> 00:10:07.699 And what does it mean to be holy? 00:10:08.199 --> 00:10:11.039 Sometimes we think of being holy as being good, 00:10:11.620 --> 00:10:13.539 but it's more than being good. 00:10:14.139 --> 00:10:16.919 It's about loving God with all our heart 00:10:16.919 --> 00:10:19.719 and doing everything that He instructs us 00:10:19.719 --> 00:10:21.199 and commands us 00:10:21.199 --> 00:10:23.439 because that's for our good 00:10:23.439 --> 00:10:25.319 and for His glory. 00:10:25.919 --> 00:10:28.199 So when you're told to do things, 00:10:28.799 --> 00:10:31.620 don't see it always as just burdensome 00:10:31.620 --> 00:10:33.679 or there to spoil your fun, 00:10:34.219 --> 00:10:35.399 but see it as for your good 00:10:35.399 --> 00:10:36.919 and especially the instructions 00:10:36.919 --> 00:10:40.139 that God gives to us through His Word. 00:10:40.299 --> 00:10:42.219 See that as for your good, 00:10:42.299 --> 00:10:43.719 for all our good together, 00:10:43.720 --> 00:10:45.740 that we would live for Him 00:10:45.740 --> 00:10:48.860 and love Him with all our hearts. 00:10:49.460 --> 00:10:51.600 So let's come to God in prayer just now 00:10:51.600 --> 00:10:54.160 and share the Lord's Prayer together. 00:10:54.259 --> 00:10:55.540 Let's say the Lord's Prayer. 00:10:56.220 --> 00:10:58.560 Our Father which art in heaven, 00:10:59.019 --> 00:11:00.540 hallowed be Thy name. 00:11:01.240 --> 00:11:02.540 Thy kingdom come. 00:11:03.240 --> 00:11:04.680 Thy will be done on earth 00:11:04.680 --> 00:11:06.080 as it is in heaven. 00:11:06.800 --> 00:11:08.899 Give us this day our daily bread 00:11:08.899 --> 00:11:11.080 and forgive us our debts 00:11:11.080 --> 00:11:13.180 as we forgive our debtors. 00:11:13.179 --> 00:11:15.659 And lead us not into temptation, 00:11:16.219 --> 00:11:17.719 but deliver us from evil. 00:11:18.299 --> 00:11:19.719 For Thine is the kingdom, 00:11:20.219 --> 00:11:22.179 the power and the glory forever. 00:11:22.879 --> 00:11:23.299 Amen. 00:11:24.839 --> 00:11:27.819 We again sing to God's praise 00:11:27.819 --> 00:11:29.479 just now in Psalm 103. 00:11:30.299 --> 00:11:32.859 Again, this is in the Scottish Psalter version, 00:11:33.159 --> 00:11:34.359 Psalm 103. 00:11:35.039 --> 00:11:37.959 We're singing verse 1 to verse 5. 00:11:38.559 --> 00:11:40.179 And the tune is Martyrdom. 00:11:40.179 --> 00:11:42.339 O thou my soul, 00:11:42.659 --> 00:11:43.839 bless God the Lord, 00:11:43.919 --> 00:11:45.359 and all that in me is, 00:11:45.839 --> 00:11:47.779 bested up His holy name 00:11:47.779 --> 00:11:49.919 to magnify and bless. 00:11:50.019 --> 00:11:51.979 We'll sing from verse 1 to 5 00:11:51.979 --> 00:11:53.659 to God's praise. 00:11:53.659 --> 00:12:02.199 O thou my soul, 00:12:02.199 --> 00:12:03.000 O thou my soul, 00:12:03.000 --> 00:12:07.480 best of the Lord, 00:12:07.480 --> 00:12:15.039 and all that in me is, 00:12:15.039 --> 00:12:24.860 He's stead of His holy name, 00:12:24.860 --> 00:12:33.259 to magnify and bless. 00:12:33.259 --> 00:12:38.799 O thou my soul, 00:12:38.799 --> 00:12:39.799 O thou my soul, 00:12:39.799 --> 00:12:44.080 the Lord my God, 00:12:44.080 --> 00:12:52.080 I'll not forget to be, 00:12:52.080 --> 00:13:01.820 of all His gracious benefits, 00:13:01.820 --> 00:13:09.900 He hath be stoned on me. 00:13:09.899 --> 00:13:16.779 O night and air, 00:13:16.779 --> 00:13:25.000 when Jesus to the most gracious 00:13:25.000 --> 00:13:30.100 be for Him, 00:13:30.100 --> 00:13:39.019 will do kidding on me. 00:13:39.220 --> 00:13:39.700 If you will see more than us, 00:13:39.700 --> 00:13:42.220 I will have indeed to amp 장 please. 00:13:42.220 --> 00:13:45.080 O thou thy soul, 00:13:45.100 --> 00:13:46.379 O Lord, 00:13:46.399 --> 00:13:46.800 who's t colleague and Mark, 00:13:46.800 --> 00:13:48.360 O wondering the best 00:13:48.360 --> 00:13:50.159 of all things. 00:13:50.240 --> 00:13:52.639 Who do-do ... 00:13:52.639 --> 00:13:53.899 redeem 00:13:53.899 --> 00:13:57.679 my life 00:13:57.679 --> 00:13:59.899 not down 00:13:59.899 --> 00:14:02.899 to death 00:14:02.899 --> 00:14:03.759 may 00:14:03.759 --> 00:14:07.899 not go down 00:14:07.899 --> 00:14:09.559 who 00:14:09.559 --> 00:14:12.039 be with 00:14:12.039 --> 00:14:13.679 all 00:14:13.679 --> 00:14:14.460 in 00:14:14.460 --> 00:14:16.399 kindness 00:14:16.399 --> 00:14:18.480 God 00:14:18.480 --> 00:14:19.799 and 00:14:19.799 --> 00:14:21.519 tender 00:14:21.519 --> 00:14:23.960 as 00:14:23.960 --> 00:14:24.299 He Wisconsin 00:14:24.299 --> 00:14:26.259 the 00:14:26.679 --> 00:14:28.259 øve 00:14:28.259 --> 00:14:29.919 with 00:14:30.779 --> 00:14:31.740 the 00:14:31.740 --> 00:14:33.639 bond 00:14:33.639 --> 00:14:34.059 and 00:14:34.059 --> 00:14:35.720 song 00:14:35.720 --> 00:14:36.699 good 00:14:36.699 --> 00:14:38.179 does 00:14:39.199 --> 00:14:42.179 satisfy 00:14:43.019 --> 00:14:44.299 thy 00:14:44.299 --> 00:14:46.019 part 00:14:46.019 --> 00:14:47.179 so 00:14:47.179 --> 00:14:48.480 that 00:14:48.480 --> 00:15:04.500 Out in our devil's head, renew it is I am. 00:15:12.639 --> 00:15:17.420 Well, can we turn to reading God's word as we come back to our study in 1 Peter? 00:15:17.419 --> 00:15:25.799 We'll read in 1 Peter the first chapter, the whole chapter, just to remind ourselves where we are with it. 00:15:26.339 --> 00:15:30.659 1 Peter chapter 1, we read the whole of the chapter together. 00:15:33.659 --> 00:15:44.579 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who are elect exiles of the dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, 00:15:44.580 --> 00:15:50.720 according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in the sanctification of the Spirit, 00:15:51.280 --> 00:15:56.139 for obedience to Jesus Christ, and for the sprinkling with his blood. 00:15:56.879 --> 00:16:00.420 May grace and peace be multiplied to you. 00:16:01.460 --> 00:16:04.720 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. 00:16:04.720 --> 00:16:10.820 According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope, 00:16:11.300 --> 00:16:14.220 through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 00:16:14.940 --> 00:16:19.360 to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, 00:16:20.019 --> 00:16:21.700 kept in heaven for you, 00:16:22.360 --> 00:16:26.019 who by God's power are being guarded through faith, 00:16:26.600 --> 00:16:29.840 for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. 00:16:29.840 --> 00:16:34.399 In this you rejoice, though now, for a little while, 00:16:34.899 --> 00:16:38.379 if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials, 00:16:39.120 --> 00:16:42.019 so the tested genuineness of your faith, 00:16:42.580 --> 00:16:45.120 more precious than gold that perishes, 00:16:45.680 --> 00:16:47.240 though it is tested by fire, 00:16:47.899 --> 00:16:51.780 may be found to result in praise and glory and honour 00:16:51.780 --> 00:16:54.379 at the revelation of Jesus Christ. 00:16:55.379 --> 00:16:57.920 Though you have not seen him, you love him. 00:16:57.919 --> 00:17:01.159 Though you do not now see him, you believe in him, 00:17:01.539 --> 00:17:05.819 and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory, 00:17:06.420 --> 00:17:08.440 obtaining the outcome of your faith, 00:17:09.000 --> 00:17:10.819 the salvation of your souls. 00:17:11.920 --> 00:17:13.480 Concerning this salvation, 00:17:14.099 --> 00:17:18.059 the prophets who prophesied about the grace that was to be yours 00:17:18.059 --> 00:17:20.599 searched and inquired carefully, 00:17:21.279 --> 00:17:23.200 inquiring what person or time 00:17:23.200 --> 00:17:26.259 the Spirit of Christ in them was indicating. 00:17:26.259 --> 00:17:29.460 when he predicted the sufferings of Christ 00:17:29.460 --> 00:17:31.619 and the subsequent glories, 00:17:32.559 --> 00:17:34.019 it was revealed to them 00:17:34.019 --> 00:17:36.500 that they were serving not themselves, 00:17:36.859 --> 00:17:37.480 but you, 00:17:38.099 --> 00:17:40.519 in the things that have now been announced to you 00:17:40.519 --> 00:17:43.420 through those who preached the good news to you 00:17:43.420 --> 00:17:46.440 by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven, 00:17:47.180 --> 00:17:50.640 things into which angels longed to look. 00:17:50.640 --> 00:17:52.360 Therefore, 00:17:53.040 --> 00:17:54.740 preparing your minds for action 00:17:54.740 --> 00:17:56.680 and being sober-minded, 00:17:57.420 --> 00:17:59.380 set your hope fully on the grace 00:17:59.380 --> 00:18:00.860 that will be brought to you 00:18:00.860 --> 00:18:03.500 at the revelation of Jesus Christ. 00:18:04.220 --> 00:18:05.720 As obedient children, 00:18:06.380 --> 00:18:08.360 do not be conformed to the passions 00:18:08.360 --> 00:18:09.920 of your former ignorance, 00:18:10.600 --> 00:18:12.700 but as he who called you is holy, 00:18:13.259 --> 00:18:16.080 you also be holy in all your conduct. 00:18:16.079 --> 00:18:17.559 Since it is written, 00:18:18.299 --> 00:18:19.379 you shall be holy, 00:18:19.859 --> 00:18:20.859 for I am holy. 00:18:21.819 --> 00:18:23.939 And if you call on him as Father 00:18:23.939 --> 00:18:27.839 who judges impartially according to each one's deeds, 00:18:28.460 --> 00:18:31.059 conduct yourselves with fear 00:18:31.059 --> 00:18:32.960 throughout the time of your exile, 00:18:33.819 --> 00:18:35.799 knowing that you were ransomed 00:18:35.799 --> 00:18:37.159 from the futile ways 00:18:37.159 --> 00:18:39.019 inherited from your forefathers, 00:18:39.579 --> 00:18:41.419 not with perishable things 00:18:41.420 --> 00:18:43.160 such as silver or gold, 00:18:43.980 --> 00:18:46.380 but with the precious blood of Christ, 00:18:47.000 --> 00:18:48.200 like that of a lamb 00:18:48.200 --> 00:18:50.380 without blemish or spot. 00:18:51.240 --> 00:18:52.519 He was foreknown 00:18:52.519 --> 00:18:54.500 before the foundation of the world, 00:18:55.120 --> 00:18:56.320 but was made manifest 00:18:56.320 --> 00:18:58.960 in the last times for your sake, 00:18:59.640 --> 00:19:00.440 who through him 00:19:00.440 --> 00:19:02.500 are believers in God, 00:19:03.080 --> 00:19:04.580 who raised him from the dead 00:19:04.580 --> 00:19:06.180 and gave him glory 00:19:06.180 --> 00:19:07.960 so that your faith and hope 00:19:07.960 --> 00:19:09.279 are in God. 00:19:09.279 --> 00:19:12.279 Having purified your souls 00:19:12.279 --> 00:19:14.559 by your obedience to the truth 00:19:14.559 --> 00:19:17.039 for a sincere brotherly love, 00:19:17.579 --> 00:19:19.460 love one another earnestly 00:19:19.460 --> 00:19:21.200 from a pure heart, 00:19:21.700 --> 00:19:23.180 since you have been born again 00:19:23.180 --> 00:19:25.079 not of perishable seed, 00:19:25.420 --> 00:19:26.619 but of imperishable 00:19:26.619 --> 00:19:29.420 through the living and abiding word of God. 00:19:30.139 --> 00:19:33.519 For all flesh is like grass 00:19:33.519 --> 00:19:36.480 and its glory like the flower of grass. 00:19:36.480 --> 00:19:38.339 The grass withers 00:19:38.339 --> 00:19:40.200 and the flower falls, 00:19:40.460 --> 00:19:42.059 but the word of the Lord 00:19:42.059 --> 00:19:43.500 remains forever. 00:19:44.500 --> 00:19:45.500 And this word 00:19:45.500 --> 00:19:47.299 is the good news 00:19:47.299 --> 00:19:49.579 that was preached to you. 00:19:50.839 --> 00:19:51.339 And so on, 00:19:51.380 --> 00:19:52.759 and may God bless that reading 00:19:52.759 --> 00:19:53.920 from his word. 00:19:54.000 --> 00:19:55.259 We'll again come to God 00:19:55.259 --> 00:19:56.220 in prayer. 00:19:56.299 --> 00:19:57.079 Let us pray. 00:19:57.079 --> 00:20:02.059 Lord God, 00:20:02.099 --> 00:20:04.179 as we continue in worship, 00:20:04.339 --> 00:20:06.559 we continue in our dependence upon you 00:20:06.559 --> 00:20:08.279 for all things. 00:20:09.019 --> 00:20:10.559 For you know our weaknesses, 00:20:11.439 --> 00:20:13.500 you know how easily we are distracted, 00:20:13.720 --> 00:20:14.819 you know how easily 00:20:14.819 --> 00:20:16.939 we can be led astray. 00:20:17.740 --> 00:20:19.639 And as we think of these words 00:20:19.639 --> 00:20:20.339 in Peter, 00:20:21.000 --> 00:20:23.659 and as we come to study them today, 00:20:23.660 --> 00:20:26.340 we are reminded of the great challenge 00:20:26.340 --> 00:20:27.800 that is put before us 00:20:27.800 --> 00:20:29.480 to be a holy people, 00:20:30.160 --> 00:20:32.820 a people who are set apart for you, 00:20:33.440 --> 00:20:35.519 a people who live for you 00:20:35.519 --> 00:20:37.759 in the way that we love you 00:20:37.759 --> 00:20:38.740 with all our heart, 00:20:38.820 --> 00:20:39.960 but also as we read, 00:20:40.519 --> 00:20:42.360 in the way we conduct ourselves, 00:20:42.900 --> 00:20:45.660 conduct ourselves among one another here, 00:20:46.060 --> 00:20:48.360 but also in our conduct in the world 00:20:48.360 --> 00:20:49.800 on a day-to-day basis. 00:20:49.799 --> 00:20:52.839 For our worship and our praise of you 00:20:52.839 --> 00:20:55.139 is not just for a short time 00:20:55.139 --> 00:20:56.440 on this day. 00:20:56.940 --> 00:20:57.919 It's not just for the hour 00:20:57.919 --> 00:20:59.319 that we are together in worship, 00:21:00.039 --> 00:21:00.839 but our worship, 00:21:00.980 --> 00:21:02.159 our praise of you 00:21:02.159 --> 00:21:04.000 is something that we are to be 00:21:04.000 --> 00:21:07.240 a people involved in 24-7. 00:21:07.980 --> 00:21:09.319 So whatever we are doing, 00:21:09.779 --> 00:21:11.480 we do it for your glory. 00:21:12.519 --> 00:21:13.879 And we recognize, Lord, 00:21:13.940 --> 00:21:15.359 our failings in that. 00:21:15.359 --> 00:21:17.799 We recognize so often 00:21:17.799 --> 00:21:20.939 in our attempt at holiness 00:21:20.939 --> 00:21:22.839 and our seeking after holiness 00:21:22.839 --> 00:21:25.479 how far short we fall. 00:21:26.339 --> 00:21:28.399 So often maybe we don't even consider 00:21:28.399 --> 00:21:30.819 ourselves holy at all, 00:21:30.939 --> 00:21:33.619 but as your word reminds us, 00:21:33.919 --> 00:21:36.779 you have chosen a people for yourself. 00:21:37.399 --> 00:21:40.779 You are calling a people to yourself today, 00:21:41.419 --> 00:21:43.019 and that means a people 00:21:43.019 --> 00:21:44.599 who will be set apart, 00:21:45.200 --> 00:21:46.660 a people who will be different. 00:21:47.400 --> 00:21:49.700 And so we pray that you will help us, Lord, 00:21:50.160 --> 00:21:51.859 to live as those people, 00:21:52.579 --> 00:21:54.980 and to seek to be those people for you, 00:21:55.539 --> 00:21:57.200 to seek to conduct ourselves 00:21:57.200 --> 00:21:59.180 in a manner worthy of the gospel 00:21:59.180 --> 00:21:59.900 that we hear, 00:22:00.400 --> 00:22:02.779 the good news that is preached to us. 00:22:03.599 --> 00:22:04.920 And so help us, Lord, 00:22:05.039 --> 00:22:07.240 to confess our sins before you. 00:22:07.859 --> 00:22:09.319 Help us to acknowledge them 00:22:09.319 --> 00:22:11.339 and to know that with you 00:22:11.339 --> 00:22:12.559 there is forgiveness. 00:22:13.460 --> 00:22:14.399 And we pray, Lord, 00:22:14.460 --> 00:22:15.599 that you will help us 00:22:15.599 --> 00:22:17.299 to bow the knee before you, 00:22:17.359 --> 00:22:19.539 to confess from our hearts 00:22:19.539 --> 00:22:21.139 that we have sinned against you 00:22:21.139 --> 00:22:22.240 and against you only 00:22:22.240 --> 00:22:24.599 in thoughts, word, and deed. 00:22:25.259 --> 00:22:27.439 We are guilty to all ends. 00:22:28.299 --> 00:22:29.539 But, Lord, help us 00:22:29.539 --> 00:22:32.879 that you may lift us up too, 00:22:33.579 --> 00:22:34.939 that you will place our feet 00:22:34.939 --> 00:22:37.000 on the rock that is Jesus Christ, 00:22:37.000 --> 00:22:38.700 and that through him 00:22:38.700 --> 00:22:40.500 we will be able to live 00:22:40.500 --> 00:22:42.779 as those who are your redeemed people 00:22:42.779 --> 00:22:44.559 and are called people. 00:22:45.019 --> 00:22:46.839 Help us to go into the world, 00:22:47.440 --> 00:22:50.140 to go into the week ahead of us, Lord, 00:22:50.220 --> 00:22:51.019 to be a people 00:22:51.019 --> 00:22:52.880 who will conduct ourselves 00:22:52.880 --> 00:22:55.519 in the right manner of your calling. 00:22:56.119 --> 00:22:57.420 Help us to love our neighbor. 00:22:58.380 --> 00:23:00.579 Help us to live for those around us. 00:23:00.680 --> 00:23:01.680 Help us to share 00:23:01.680 --> 00:23:04.500 the good news of the gospel with others. 00:23:04.839 --> 00:23:06.579 Help us that in all that we would do, 00:23:07.000 --> 00:23:09.880 we would seek not our own building up, 00:23:10.180 --> 00:23:12.400 but that your name would be praise. 00:23:13.339 --> 00:23:15.500 So, Lord, humble us in your presence 00:23:15.500 --> 00:23:17.779 and under your holy arm today. 00:23:18.579 --> 00:23:20.279 Humble us under your word 00:23:20.279 --> 00:23:21.220 and your truth, 00:23:21.759 --> 00:23:23.160 that they may build us up. 00:23:23.900 --> 00:23:25.160 We thank you too, Lord, 00:23:25.240 --> 00:23:26.200 that as we come, 00:23:26.700 --> 00:23:27.920 we come as those 00:23:27.920 --> 00:23:30.240 who are fully dependent upon you 00:23:30.240 --> 00:23:31.200 in all things, 00:23:31.339 --> 00:23:32.680 but thankful too 00:23:32.680 --> 00:23:34.259 that you hear our prayers, 00:23:34.259 --> 00:23:35.579 that you know 00:23:35.579 --> 00:23:37.720 every thought of our heart, 00:23:38.220 --> 00:23:39.259 you know every burden 00:23:39.259 --> 00:23:40.099 that we carry, 00:23:40.599 --> 00:23:41.980 be it for ourselves, 00:23:42.279 --> 00:23:43.359 be it for our families, 00:23:44.000 --> 00:23:45.539 be it for those around us 00:23:45.539 --> 00:23:46.339 in our communities, 00:23:46.579 --> 00:23:47.180 in our homes, 00:23:47.299 --> 00:23:48.279 in our own families, 00:23:49.000 --> 00:23:50.039 be it for our nation 00:23:50.039 --> 00:23:51.579 or the nations of the world. 00:23:51.579 --> 00:23:52.980 Lord, we thank you 00:23:52.980 --> 00:23:55.339 that we do not carry everything alone 00:23:55.339 --> 00:23:57.099 for it is impossible for us, 00:23:57.720 --> 00:24:00.079 but we come to bring our burdens to you. 00:24:00.859 --> 00:24:02.099 And so we ask, Lord, 00:24:02.159 --> 00:24:04.639 that you will deal graciously with us 00:24:04.639 --> 00:24:06.619 and those we love and care for, 00:24:07.319 --> 00:24:08.980 be gracious towards those 00:24:08.980 --> 00:24:10.559 who struggle in different ways 00:24:10.559 --> 00:24:11.439 at this time, 00:24:12.099 --> 00:24:13.240 those who are weighed down 00:24:13.240 --> 00:24:14.679 with sorrow and sadness 00:24:14.679 --> 00:24:15.619 in their hearts, 00:24:16.339 --> 00:24:17.539 those who mourn 00:24:17.539 --> 00:24:19.599 the passing of loved ones 00:24:19.599 --> 00:24:20.460 even in this week 00:24:20.460 --> 00:24:21.700 and the last few weeks, 00:24:21.879 --> 00:24:22.039 Lord, 00:24:22.139 --> 00:24:24.539 as there has been grief and loss 00:24:24.539 --> 00:24:26.899 in the midst of our people here. 00:24:27.579 --> 00:24:28.659 We thank you, Lord, 00:24:28.779 --> 00:24:30.740 that you are a God of comfort. 00:24:31.500 --> 00:24:33.019 And when things come upon us, 00:24:33.059 --> 00:24:35.680 when our lives are changed so quickly 00:24:35.680 --> 00:24:37.180 in the midst of these things, 00:24:37.859 --> 00:24:39.839 we thank you that we are known to you, 00:24:40.420 --> 00:24:41.779 that you are a good shepherd 00:24:41.779 --> 00:24:43.480 who cares for his sheep. 00:24:44.000 --> 00:24:44.619 You are the one 00:24:44.619 --> 00:24:45.779 who so often will come 00:24:45.779 --> 00:24:48.079 and carry us and uphold us 00:24:48.079 --> 00:24:50.319 in our times of great need. 00:24:51.019 --> 00:24:52.099 And so we pray, Lord, 00:24:52.180 --> 00:24:53.980 for your comfort and your blessing 00:24:53.980 --> 00:24:57.019 to those who are heavy in heart today, 00:24:57.599 --> 00:24:59.339 for those who mourn and grieve, 00:24:59.819 --> 00:25:01.000 for those who are anxious 00:25:01.000 --> 00:25:02.119 over loved ones, 00:25:02.740 --> 00:25:03.839 for those who are anxious 00:25:03.839 --> 00:25:04.740 of themselves. 00:25:05.500 --> 00:25:06.720 Lord, we pray that you will 00:25:06.720 --> 00:25:07.660 draw near to them. 00:25:08.379 --> 00:25:09.940 We give you thanks too, Lord, 00:25:10.000 --> 00:25:10.740 that you are a God 00:25:10.740 --> 00:25:12.799 of great blessings as well, 00:25:13.500 --> 00:25:14.980 that you are the giver of life. 00:25:14.980 --> 00:25:17.420 We thank you for a new life 00:25:17.420 --> 00:25:19.299 in our midst as a people as well. 00:25:19.380 --> 00:25:20.799 And we pray and thank you, Lord, 00:25:20.920 --> 00:25:22.700 for the good news 00:25:22.700 --> 00:25:24.799 of a new birth in our midst. 00:25:25.480 --> 00:25:26.480 We pray your blessing 00:25:26.480 --> 00:25:27.640 over families, 00:25:28.440 --> 00:25:31.500 upon children born into this world 00:25:31.500 --> 00:25:33.900 and born to families 00:25:33.900 --> 00:25:34.700 who will love them 00:25:34.700 --> 00:25:35.779 and care for them. 00:25:35.880 --> 00:25:36.620 Lord, we pray 00:25:36.620 --> 00:25:38.259 for all our young ones, 00:25:38.319 --> 00:25:39.440 that you will look after them, 00:25:39.980 --> 00:25:40.799 that you will bless them, 00:25:40.839 --> 00:25:41.880 that you will keep them. 00:25:41.880 --> 00:25:43.800 We see the great challenges 00:25:43.800 --> 00:25:45.960 around them in these days. 00:25:46.100 --> 00:25:47.060 And we thank you, Lord, 00:25:47.160 --> 00:25:47.860 for your word 00:25:47.860 --> 00:25:49.660 and how it instructs a people 00:25:49.660 --> 00:25:51.760 from a very young age 00:25:51.760 --> 00:25:53.560 into old age. 00:25:53.820 --> 00:25:54.800 We hear your word 00:25:54.800 --> 00:25:56.680 and your truth speaking to us. 00:25:57.280 --> 00:25:58.240 And so we pray, Lord, 00:25:58.320 --> 00:25:59.160 for our children, 00:25:59.320 --> 00:26:00.300 that they will grow up 00:26:00.300 --> 00:26:01.100 in this world, 00:26:01.680 --> 00:26:02.800 knowing your great love 00:26:02.800 --> 00:26:03.660 and compassion, 00:26:04.560 --> 00:26:05.980 knowing your great concern 00:26:05.980 --> 00:26:06.660 for them. 00:26:06.660 --> 00:26:08.320 And we pray for those 00:26:08.320 --> 00:26:10.440 who seek to instruct them 00:26:10.440 --> 00:26:11.800 and guide them in day school 00:26:11.800 --> 00:26:13.340 and also in Sunday school 00:26:13.340 --> 00:26:14.860 and also the clubs 00:26:14.860 --> 00:26:16.560 and events that go on 00:26:16.560 --> 00:26:17.660 through the week as well. 00:26:17.740 --> 00:26:18.920 We thank you for the resumption 00:26:18.920 --> 00:26:20.300 of the Explorers group 00:26:20.300 --> 00:26:21.380 in this past week. 00:26:21.840 --> 00:26:22.360 Thank you for all 00:26:22.360 --> 00:26:23.360 who came to that 00:26:23.360 --> 00:26:24.240 and pray you continue 00:26:24.240 --> 00:26:26.100 to bless and to watch 00:26:26.100 --> 00:26:26.900 over them there. 00:26:27.540 --> 00:26:29.019 We thank you for the toddler group 00:26:29.019 --> 00:26:29.960 that meets on a Monday 00:26:29.960 --> 00:26:31.420 and for all parents 00:26:31.420 --> 00:26:33.000 and children who attend there. 00:26:33.140 --> 00:26:34.380 We pray your blessing 00:26:34.380 --> 00:26:35.640 over them as well. 00:26:35.640 --> 00:26:36.800 So we thank you 00:26:36.800 --> 00:26:38.040 for the conference 00:26:38.040 --> 00:26:39.000 over this weekend, 00:26:39.160 --> 00:26:39.960 for young people 00:26:39.960 --> 00:26:41.080 and for the big YF 00:26:41.080 --> 00:26:41.740 this evening. 00:26:42.340 --> 00:26:43.160 We pray that it will be 00:26:43.160 --> 00:26:44.140 a blessed time 00:26:44.140 --> 00:26:45.900 of guidance and instruction 00:26:45.900 --> 00:26:48.759 for young but also old alike. 00:26:49.360 --> 00:26:50.060 That we would learn 00:26:50.060 --> 00:26:50.840 from the challenges 00:26:50.840 --> 00:26:52.560 that we face in these days. 00:26:52.920 --> 00:26:54.360 Learn how to approach them 00:26:54.360 --> 00:26:55.380 in a godly manner 00:26:55.380 --> 00:26:57.160 and seeking your wisdom 00:26:57.160 --> 00:26:58.700 and your guidance in them. 00:26:59.460 --> 00:27:01.500 Remember our land as well, Lord, 00:27:01.560 --> 00:27:03.220 and the nation of the world 00:27:03.220 --> 00:27:04.900 as we hear of the tragedy 00:27:04.900 --> 00:27:07.759 in South Korea yesterday, Lord. 00:27:08.440 --> 00:27:09.880 So many lives lost, 00:27:09.940 --> 00:27:11.680 so many young lives lost there. 00:27:11.780 --> 00:27:13.620 We do pray for comfort, 00:27:14.160 --> 00:27:15.680 for mercy upon all 00:27:15.680 --> 00:27:17.320 who need you at this time there. 00:27:18.019 --> 00:27:18.620 You know, too, 00:27:18.680 --> 00:27:19.640 the many difficulties 00:27:19.640 --> 00:27:20.800 throughout our world. 00:27:21.560 --> 00:27:23.440 Wars and conflicts going on, 00:27:23.640 --> 00:27:25.360 famine and natural disasters 00:27:25.360 --> 00:27:26.460 all around us. 00:27:27.160 --> 00:27:28.460 We see it so often. 00:27:28.580 --> 00:27:29.880 We hear it in the Philippines. 00:27:30.500 --> 00:27:31.560 We've seen it in America. 00:27:31.559 --> 00:27:34.500 We see it on every continent, Lord, 00:27:34.599 --> 00:27:36.019 how there is disaster 00:27:36.019 --> 00:27:37.259 after disaster. 00:27:38.099 --> 00:27:39.139 And we just pray, Lord, 00:27:39.220 --> 00:27:40.500 have mercy upon us. 00:27:40.659 --> 00:27:42.740 Come with your healing power. 00:27:42.940 --> 00:27:43.659 Come with the power 00:27:43.659 --> 00:27:44.919 of your Holy Spirit. 00:27:45.579 --> 00:27:47.039 Come and draw near to us 00:27:47.039 --> 00:27:47.839 as a people 00:27:47.839 --> 00:27:50.139 and help us in all things. 00:27:50.859 --> 00:27:52.639 We ask your blessing on us now 00:27:52.639 --> 00:27:53.960 as we continue in our worship, 00:27:54.039 --> 00:27:56.000 as we turn to your word 00:27:56.000 --> 00:27:58.259 and we continue to sing your praise. 00:27:58.259 --> 00:27:59.779 May we sing from our hearts, 00:27:59.900 --> 00:28:02.460 rejoicing in the hope of the gospel, 00:28:03.180 --> 00:28:04.440 thankful for the redemption 00:28:04.440 --> 00:28:06.559 that is ours through Jesus Christ, 00:28:06.680 --> 00:28:08.319 the one who has paid 00:28:08.319 --> 00:28:09.700 the ultimate price. 00:28:10.420 --> 00:28:11.879 We thank you that in all things 00:28:11.879 --> 00:28:13.019 we can look to him, 00:28:13.680 --> 00:28:14.819 that we can trust him 00:28:14.819 --> 00:28:16.259 and that we have hope in him 00:28:16.259 --> 00:28:17.599 through faith. 00:28:18.259 --> 00:28:19.160 And so we pray, Lord, 00:28:19.200 --> 00:28:20.740 that you will give us that faith 00:28:20.740 --> 00:28:22.680 and dependence upon him. 00:28:23.180 --> 00:28:24.420 So hear our prayers 00:28:24.420 --> 00:28:25.559 and go before us. 00:28:26.039 --> 00:28:27.059 We ask all things 00:28:27.059 --> 00:28:28.619 for the forgiveness of our sins 00:28:28.619 --> 00:28:30.059 and for your glory alone. 00:28:30.619 --> 00:28:32.039 We ask in Jesus' name. 00:28:32.500 --> 00:28:32.859 Amen. 00:28:36.220 --> 00:28:37.599 We're going to sing 00:28:37.599 --> 00:28:38.619 to God's praise 00:28:38.619 --> 00:28:39.440 before we turn back 00:28:39.440 --> 00:28:41.359 to that first letter of Peter, 00:28:41.500 --> 00:28:43.460 singing in Psalm 49, 00:28:44.659 --> 00:28:46.960 page 64 of the psalm books. 00:28:49.339 --> 00:28:50.720 Psalm 49, 00:28:50.919 --> 00:28:53.799 singing from verse 1 to verse 10. 00:28:53.799 --> 00:28:56.019 Listen to me, 00:28:56.240 --> 00:28:57.299 all you peoples, 00:28:57.460 --> 00:28:59.559 all who in the whole world dwell, 00:28:59.680 --> 00:29:00.339 low and high, 00:29:00.899 --> 00:29:02.039 both rich and needy, 00:29:02.119 --> 00:29:03.159 hear the message 00:29:03.159 --> 00:29:04.720 I will tell. 00:29:04.799 --> 00:29:05.619 Then at verse 8, 00:29:05.700 --> 00:29:06.220 it says, 00:29:06.799 --> 00:29:07.419 to redeem, 00:29:08.000 --> 00:29:09.399 a life is costly, 00:29:09.539 --> 00:29:10.319 none sufficient, 00:29:10.879 --> 00:29:12.099 price can pay, 00:29:12.200 --> 00:29:13.460 so that one should live 00:29:13.460 --> 00:29:14.440 immortal, 00:29:14.700 --> 00:29:15.319 free forever 00:29:15.319 --> 00:29:16.659 from decay. 00:29:16.799 --> 00:29:18.059 But it's a reminder to us 00:29:18.059 --> 00:29:19.639 that there is forgiveness 00:29:19.639 --> 00:29:20.539 and redemption 00:29:20.539 --> 00:29:21.799 in Jesus Christ. 00:29:21.799 --> 00:29:24.279 Let's sing from Psalm 49, 00:29:24.480 --> 00:29:25.559 verse 1 to 10 00:29:25.559 --> 00:29:26.859 to God's praise. 00:29:26.859 --> 00:29:32.619 Psalm 49, 00:29:32.619 --> 00:29:37.959 verses 1 to 10 00:29:37.959 --> 00:29:37.979 And this is part of it 00:29:37.979 --> 00:29:40.179 to Jesus Christ. 00:29:40.179 --> 00:29:41.139 And this is part of it 00:29:41.139 --> 00:29:42.259 of the psalm commemorative 00:29:42.259 --> 00:29:43.259 and Michael's chosen 00:29:43.259 --> 00:29:43.579 against Jesus. 00:29:43.579 --> 00:29:44.099 This is part of it 00:29:44.099 --> 00:29:46.559 and this is part of it 00:29:47.299 --> 00:29:53.979 avoir ads klass cheyed 00:29:53.980 --> 00:30:07.839 I will speak with understanding, wisdom from the heart I'll preach. 00:30:08.220 --> 00:30:21.720 I will listen to a proverb, speak as with the harp I'll teach. 00:30:21.720 --> 00:30:34.980 What should I fear, days of evil, when the wicked end be in? 00:30:35.380 --> 00:30:48.400 Those who boast of their possessions, by their trust and wealth they save. 00:30:48.400 --> 00:31:02.060 There is no one who is able to redeem a soul from death. 00:31:02.460 --> 00:31:15.400 Man can pay to God their ransom to prolong another's bread. 00:31:15.400 --> 00:31:29.200 To redeem a life this costly, none sufficient price can pay. 00:31:29.200 --> 00:31:41.200 So that one should live the mortal free forever from decay. 00:31:41.200 --> 00:31:55.200 For we all can see life ending, wise and foolish all will die. 00:31:55.200 --> 00:32:03.019 They must leave their wealth to others. 00:32:03.340 --> 00:32:10.080 God, God is demand defied. 00:32:10.079 --> 00:32:20.379 Can we turn back to 1 Peter chapter 1? 00:32:21.179 --> 00:32:22.980 We can read again at verse 14. 00:32:24.639 --> 00:32:26.740 Let's continue our study in this letter. 00:32:26.740 --> 00:32:32.099 As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance. 00:32:32.779 --> 00:32:38.099 But as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct. 00:32:38.660 --> 00:32:43.660 Since it is written, you shall be holy, for I am holy. 00:32:45.620 --> 00:32:48.720 As we pick up our study in this letter once again, 00:32:48.799 --> 00:32:52.220 we've seen in the introduction to it in these opening verses, 00:32:52.220 --> 00:32:56.460 from verse 1 to 12, where Peter is writing to a people, 00:32:57.059 --> 00:33:01.720 God's people who are in a situation where they've been scattered far and wide, 00:33:02.700 --> 00:33:06.700 a people who are suffering and struggling and with many different things. 00:33:07.380 --> 00:33:12.339 And at the same time, a people who are being reminded that they are precious to God. 00:33:13.059 --> 00:33:13.220 That's Paul's. 00:33:14.160 --> 00:33:18.980 Peter's reason for writing to them is to remind them of whose people they are 00:33:18.980 --> 00:33:23.700 and the great hope that is theirs through Jesus Christ. 00:33:24.579 --> 00:33:29.039 To that end, he's reminding of the many different precious truths that they have. 00:33:29.559 --> 00:33:31.579 That there is this eternal hope. 00:33:32.140 --> 00:33:34.579 That there is an inheritance for his people. 00:33:35.140 --> 00:33:37.759 An inheritance that will never fade or perish. 00:33:38.360 --> 00:33:42.799 A reminder that a day is coming when Christ will return. 00:33:42.900 --> 00:33:46.200 And a day that they are to be prepared and ready for. 00:33:46.200 --> 00:33:50.120 And that through faith in Jesus Christ, 00:33:50.299 --> 00:33:53.360 they have that outcome of their faith, 00:33:53.440 --> 00:33:58.340 the salvation of their souls, as it says in verse 9. 00:33:58.420 --> 00:34:01.279 So there's many great promises and many great truths 00:34:01.279 --> 00:34:07.120 that they are to hold on to in the midst of all the challenges that they are facing. 00:34:08.199 --> 00:34:10.480 But as we've been going through in this introduction, 00:34:10.639 --> 00:34:14.179 the question that they might have as we move into the body of the letter, 00:34:14.179 --> 00:34:16.639 the thought that might be theirs is, 00:34:16.779 --> 00:34:22.099 how is all of this going to help me now, here in my need? 00:34:22.799 --> 00:34:26.239 The people may have been thinking that in Peter's day in the same way 00:34:26.239 --> 00:34:29.559 that many of us may be thinking that today as well. 00:34:29.659 --> 00:34:31.739 How is all of these truths, 00:34:31.819 --> 00:34:35.199 how are they going to help me on a day-to-day basis? 00:34:35.359 --> 00:34:39.639 What difference do they make to my life in the here and now? 00:34:39.639 --> 00:34:45.500 How does or how can it make a difference to my life just now? 00:34:46.500 --> 00:34:50.059 Well, from verse 13 and through the rest of the letter, 00:34:50.139 --> 00:34:53.019 he is going to show the difference that this makes. 00:34:53.119 --> 00:34:57.039 He's going to show us just how, in a practical way, 00:34:57.579 --> 00:35:03.219 the outworking of all of these truths affect our lives on a day-to-day basis. 00:35:03.219 --> 00:35:07.039 And the great difference that they make to us, 00:35:07.619 --> 00:35:11.659 not just how we are to live in this world, 00:35:12.079 --> 00:35:15.419 as our people who are very individualistic, 00:35:15.519 --> 00:35:18.339 or how we are to live in this world just for ourselves, 00:35:19.019 --> 00:35:21.819 but more how we are to live for one another. 00:35:22.619 --> 00:35:26.059 And above all, how we are to live for God. 00:35:26.759 --> 00:35:30.219 Knowing that even in the midst of everything that we go through, 00:35:30.219 --> 00:35:32.299 and as the people here in Peter's day, 00:35:32.759 --> 00:35:34.579 we're going through all these different trials, 00:35:34.679 --> 00:35:36.059 and perhaps feeling, you know, 00:35:36.119 --> 00:35:37.980 where is God in the midst of all this? 00:35:38.039 --> 00:35:39.079 Has he left us? 00:35:39.339 --> 00:35:40.699 Has he abandoned us? 00:35:41.399 --> 00:35:44.139 That God is not far away. 00:35:45.480 --> 00:35:47.939 And we are to remember that for ourselves too. 00:35:48.599 --> 00:35:49.699 God is with us. 00:35:50.239 --> 00:35:52.879 God is near and near to help. 00:35:53.359 --> 00:35:55.319 Remember, he's writing here, 00:35:55.379 --> 00:35:58.519 not just to help them to survive in this world, 00:35:58.519 --> 00:36:00.239 and to get by in this world. 00:36:00.639 --> 00:36:04.320 He's writing to help them to thrive in this world. 00:36:05.079 --> 00:36:07.300 And that's what we want for ourselves too, 00:36:07.420 --> 00:36:07.880 isn't it not? 00:36:08.380 --> 00:36:12.019 That we will be a people who thrive for God 00:36:12.019 --> 00:36:14.759 and for his kingdom in this world 00:36:14.759 --> 00:36:16.639 through knowing him. 00:36:17.920 --> 00:36:20.300 And what is at the heart of this life 00:36:20.300 --> 00:36:21.259 that they are to live, 00:36:21.639 --> 00:36:23.059 and the way that they are to live, 00:36:23.119 --> 00:36:26.159 is really these verses that I've just read to you. 00:36:26.159 --> 00:36:28.619 That we are to be a people 00:36:28.619 --> 00:36:33.259 who are called and who live a holy life. 00:36:33.579 --> 00:36:36.139 It revolves, it hinges on these verses. 00:36:36.799 --> 00:36:38.379 Verse 15 and 16, 00:36:38.539 --> 00:36:40.659 as he who called you is holy, 00:36:41.179 --> 00:36:43.619 you also be holy in all your conduct. 00:36:44.159 --> 00:36:45.179 Since it is written, 00:36:45.779 --> 00:36:46.839 you shall be holy, 00:36:47.440 --> 00:36:49.440 for I am holy. 00:36:50.339 --> 00:36:53.519 This is not something new to the people. 00:36:53.519 --> 00:36:56.099 It's not a new command to the people. 00:36:56.199 --> 00:36:59.639 It's a command founded in the Old Testament 00:36:59.639 --> 00:37:01.019 in the book of Leviticus, 00:37:01.300 --> 00:37:03.219 where this is quoted from. 00:37:03.739 --> 00:37:04.619 As it says there, 00:37:05.019 --> 00:37:06.019 since it is written, 00:37:06.840 --> 00:37:07.920 you shall be holy, 00:37:08.340 --> 00:37:09.280 for I am holy. 00:37:09.820 --> 00:37:12.780 He's quoting there in Leviticus chapter 11, 00:37:12.940 --> 00:37:14.000 verse 44, 00:37:14.659 --> 00:37:17.699 a command that God gave to the children of Israel 00:37:17.699 --> 00:37:18.719 as they were coming out 00:37:18.719 --> 00:37:21.259 from being under the bondage of Egypt. 00:37:21.260 --> 00:37:22.780 He told them, 00:37:23.220 --> 00:37:25.760 you be a people who are holy, 00:37:26.280 --> 00:37:28.540 for I am holy. 00:37:29.660 --> 00:37:32.260 But what does it mean to be holy? 00:37:32.880 --> 00:37:35.260 That's perhaps the key question here. 00:37:35.820 --> 00:37:37.240 Maybe you think of holiness 00:37:37.240 --> 00:37:39.200 as something for others, 00:37:40.280 --> 00:37:43.460 something for the elite of God's people, 00:37:43.940 --> 00:37:45.260 something I could never achieve, 00:37:45.260 --> 00:37:47.360 something that is a standard 00:37:47.360 --> 00:37:50.720 that is too high for me to attain. 00:37:51.980 --> 00:37:54.500 Well, the word holy at its root 00:37:54.500 --> 00:37:56.480 has the idea of a people 00:37:56.480 --> 00:37:59.220 or a being set apart. 00:38:00.300 --> 00:38:01.680 And in particular, 00:38:01.840 --> 00:38:04.539 being set apart for God. 00:38:05.599 --> 00:38:07.780 A people who love him 00:38:07.780 --> 00:38:10.260 and live for him. 00:38:11.120 --> 00:38:13.039 That's what he is calling us to be 00:38:13.039 --> 00:38:14.240 as a people. 00:38:14.239 --> 00:38:16.819 A people set apart for him. 00:38:17.500 --> 00:38:19.059 Living for him. 00:38:19.719 --> 00:38:20.599 And that's what we see 00:38:20.599 --> 00:38:22.159 in this section 00:38:22.159 --> 00:38:24.739 is about being obedient to God. 00:38:25.500 --> 00:38:27.259 Not being pulled back 00:38:27.259 --> 00:38:28.779 into our former ways 00:38:28.779 --> 00:38:31.259 or the past ways of our life. 00:38:32.599 --> 00:38:35.419 Losing hope of faith in God. 00:38:35.839 --> 00:38:37.119 Thinking that he's left us 00:38:37.119 --> 00:38:38.699 but instead striving 00:38:38.699 --> 00:38:40.219 more and more 00:38:40.219 --> 00:38:41.639 for this holiness, 00:38:41.919 --> 00:38:43.699 this living for him. 00:38:44.239 --> 00:38:46.259 It's what Peter called 00:38:46.259 --> 00:38:47.579 the people to then. 00:38:47.699 --> 00:38:48.859 It's what he's calling us 00:38:48.859 --> 00:38:50.699 to now as well. 00:38:51.599 --> 00:38:52.599 It is something 00:38:52.599 --> 00:38:55.119 that we are to strive for. 00:38:55.879 --> 00:38:57.599 Something that every one of us 00:38:57.599 --> 00:38:58.779 should pursue 00:38:58.779 --> 00:39:00.459 with all our heart, 00:39:00.559 --> 00:39:01.519 with all our being. 00:39:02.079 --> 00:39:03.579 To be a holy people. 00:39:04.139 --> 00:39:05.619 A people set apart 00:39:05.619 --> 00:39:07.879 and living for God. 00:39:08.859 --> 00:39:10.079 But in all honesty, 00:39:10.259 --> 00:39:12.679 who of us feel holy today? 00:39:13.539 --> 00:39:14.199 There's so much 00:39:14.199 --> 00:39:15.500 that goes on around us 00:39:15.500 --> 00:39:16.899 in that our holiness 00:39:16.899 --> 00:39:17.960 seems that's something 00:39:17.960 --> 00:39:20.460 that cannot be attained. 00:39:21.599 --> 00:39:22.099 There's a book 00:39:22.099 --> 00:39:24.179 written by Kevin DeYoung. 00:39:24.739 --> 00:39:25.219 It's called 00:39:25.219 --> 00:39:27.859 The Hole in Our Holiness. 00:39:28.639 --> 00:39:29.779 And in the first chapter, 00:39:29.859 --> 00:39:30.319 he says 00:39:30.319 --> 00:39:32.319 that the hole in our holiness 00:39:32.319 --> 00:39:33.779 is that we don't care 00:39:33.779 --> 00:39:35.759 much about it 00:39:35.760 --> 00:39:37.780 and seldom pursue 00:39:37.780 --> 00:39:39.660 after it. 00:39:40.440 --> 00:39:41.240 He says 00:39:41.240 --> 00:39:42.240 the sadness is 00:39:42.240 --> 00:39:43.140 that we can focus 00:39:43.140 --> 00:39:44.600 on what Christ 00:39:44.600 --> 00:39:46.160 has saved us from, 00:39:46.420 --> 00:39:47.740 which is great, 00:39:48.420 --> 00:39:50.120 but we have lost sight 00:39:50.120 --> 00:39:51.760 of what Christ 00:39:51.760 --> 00:39:53.560 has saved us to. 00:39:54.560 --> 00:39:55.540 A pursuit 00:39:55.540 --> 00:39:57.460 of a holy life. 00:39:58.760 --> 00:40:00.180 And that's what we're called to. 00:40:00.179 --> 00:40:02.399 Not just to recognize 00:40:02.399 --> 00:40:03.460 the wonder 00:40:03.460 --> 00:40:04.259 of what Christ 00:40:04.259 --> 00:40:05.739 has saved us from, 00:40:06.819 --> 00:40:07.679 but more so 00:40:07.679 --> 00:40:08.559 as we go on, 00:40:09.019 --> 00:40:11.239 what he has saved us to 00:40:11.239 --> 00:40:13.039 in our way 00:40:13.039 --> 00:40:13.699 that we live. 00:40:13.759 --> 00:40:14.579 And you see here 00:40:14.579 --> 00:40:15.719 how holiness 00:40:15.719 --> 00:40:16.619 is linked 00:40:16.619 --> 00:40:18.199 to our conduct 00:40:18.199 --> 00:40:19.239 in verse 15. 00:40:19.639 --> 00:40:20.559 He has called you 00:40:20.559 --> 00:40:21.239 to holiness. 00:40:22.179 --> 00:40:23.379 He who called you 00:40:23.379 --> 00:40:23.859 is holy. 00:40:24.319 --> 00:40:25.440 You also be holy 00:40:25.440 --> 00:40:27.839 in all your conduct, 00:40:27.840 --> 00:40:29.920 in everything 00:40:29.920 --> 00:40:31.440 that you do. 00:40:32.100 --> 00:40:33.079 This impacts 00:40:33.079 --> 00:40:34.200 everything 00:40:34.200 --> 00:40:35.900 in your life. 00:40:37.180 --> 00:40:37.640 And so, 00:40:37.800 --> 00:40:39.140 from verse 13 00:40:39.140 --> 00:40:40.160 through really 00:40:40.160 --> 00:40:41.280 the rest 00:40:41.280 --> 00:40:42.180 of the letter, 00:40:42.740 --> 00:40:43.440 he gives us 00:40:43.440 --> 00:40:44.840 practical ways 00:40:44.840 --> 00:40:45.920 to live 00:40:45.920 --> 00:40:47.240 this holy life. 00:40:48.180 --> 00:40:48.860 Set apart 00:40:48.860 --> 00:40:49.640 for God 00:40:49.640 --> 00:40:50.720 and living 00:40:50.720 --> 00:40:51.539 for Him. 00:40:52.059 --> 00:40:53.240 And there's three things 00:40:53.240 --> 00:40:54.019 that we're going 00:40:54.019 --> 00:40:54.620 to think about 00:40:54.620 --> 00:40:55.400 as we start 00:40:55.400 --> 00:40:57.079 this next section 00:40:57.079 --> 00:40:57.600 today. 00:40:58.360 --> 00:40:59.039 One is 00:40:59.039 --> 00:41:00.480 being ready. 00:41:00.700 --> 00:41:01.340 What we are to be. 00:41:01.420 --> 00:41:01.920 The first thing, 00:41:02.019 --> 00:41:02.700 being ready. 00:41:03.420 --> 00:41:04.320 The second thing 00:41:04.320 --> 00:41:05.940 is being responsive. 00:41:06.940 --> 00:41:07.900 And the third thing 00:41:07.900 --> 00:41:08.539 is remember 00:41:08.539 --> 00:41:10.079 we are being redeemed. 00:41:11.200 --> 00:41:12.100 We are being redeemed 00:41:12.100 --> 00:41:13.700 at a great price. 00:41:13.800 --> 00:41:14.680 And it's 00:41:14.680 --> 00:41:15.160 grounded 00:41:15.160 --> 00:41:16.140 in what is said 00:41:16.140 --> 00:41:17.460 in the opening 00:41:17.460 --> 00:41:18.300 of this letter 00:41:18.300 --> 00:41:19.900 up to verse 12. 00:41:20.320 --> 00:41:21.140 Because you notice 00:41:21.140 --> 00:41:22.059 in verse 13 00:41:22.059 --> 00:41:23.039 the first word 00:41:23.039 --> 00:41:23.559 there is 00:41:23.559 --> 00:41:24.480 therefore. 00:41:25.840 --> 00:41:26.700 So in other words, 00:41:26.699 --> 00:41:28.059 in light of everything 00:41:28.059 --> 00:41:28.779 that we'd said 00:41:28.779 --> 00:41:30.039 up to this point, 00:41:30.919 --> 00:41:31.379 therefore, 00:41:32.159 --> 00:41:32.839 this is how 00:41:32.839 --> 00:41:33.679 you are to live. 00:41:33.839 --> 00:41:34.199 Therefore, 00:41:34.819 --> 00:41:35.639 this is what 00:41:35.639 --> 00:41:36.379 you are to do. 00:41:37.279 --> 00:41:38.099 So he's reminded 00:41:38.099 --> 00:41:38.579 of them 00:41:38.579 --> 00:41:39.599 of the hope. 00:41:40.059 --> 00:41:40.719 He's reminded them 00:41:40.719 --> 00:41:41.659 of the inheritance. 00:41:42.339 --> 00:41:42.839 He reminded them 00:41:42.839 --> 00:41:43.480 of all these 00:41:43.480 --> 00:41:44.659 wonderful promises, 00:41:44.839 --> 00:41:45.279 the outcome 00:41:45.279 --> 00:41:46.119 of their faith, 00:41:46.179 --> 00:41:46.819 the salvation 00:41:46.819 --> 00:41:48.319 of their souls. 00:41:48.719 --> 00:41:49.119 He's saying 00:41:49.119 --> 00:41:49.719 these are not 00:41:49.719 --> 00:41:50.239 just things 00:41:50.239 --> 00:41:50.559 that are 00:41:50.559 --> 00:41:51.599 at a distance 00:41:51.599 --> 00:41:52.319 from you. 00:41:53.360 --> 00:41:54.319 These are things 00:41:54.319 --> 00:41:55.420 that you take 00:41:55.420 --> 00:41:56.059 with you 00:41:56.059 --> 00:41:57.339 every day 00:41:57.339 --> 00:41:58.719 of your life 00:41:58.719 --> 00:41:59.920 and everywhere 00:41:59.920 --> 00:42:01.360 that you go. 00:42:02.099 --> 00:42:02.519 Therefore, 00:42:02.699 --> 00:42:03.460 he says, 00:42:04.239 --> 00:42:04.960 hold on 00:42:04.960 --> 00:42:05.880 to these truths 00:42:05.880 --> 00:42:06.659 and take them 00:42:06.659 --> 00:42:08.500 into every aspect 00:42:08.500 --> 00:42:09.940 of your conduct 00:42:09.940 --> 00:42:11.380 in this world 00:42:11.380 --> 00:42:12.460 because they affect 00:42:12.460 --> 00:42:13.920 everything 00:42:13.920 --> 00:42:15.339 about you. 00:42:16.119 --> 00:42:17.259 And the first thing 00:42:17.259 --> 00:42:18.059 he says here 00:42:18.059 --> 00:42:18.279 is, 00:42:18.860 --> 00:42:19.279 therefore, 00:42:20.199 --> 00:42:21.659 be ready. 00:42:22.900 --> 00:42:24.400 Be ready. 00:42:26.719 --> 00:42:27.539 A preacher 00:42:27.539 --> 00:42:28.340 once told 00:42:28.340 --> 00:42:29.219 his congregation 00:42:29.219 --> 00:42:30.380 a story. 00:42:31.480 --> 00:42:32.400 He said to them, 00:42:32.900 --> 00:42:34.239 I'm not a connoisseur 00:42:34.239 --> 00:42:35.219 of great art, 00:42:35.840 --> 00:42:36.779 but from time 00:42:36.779 --> 00:42:37.320 to time, 00:42:37.400 --> 00:42:37.639 he said, 00:42:37.679 --> 00:42:38.440 I like to go in 00:42:38.440 --> 00:42:39.000 and see 00:42:39.000 --> 00:42:40.739 in museums 00:42:40.739 --> 00:42:41.679 and different places, 00:42:41.860 --> 00:42:42.219 galleries, 00:42:42.900 --> 00:42:43.420 paintings 00:42:43.420 --> 00:42:45.500 and paintings 00:42:45.500 --> 00:42:46.099 that give 00:42:46.099 --> 00:42:47.779 a clear picture 00:42:47.780 --> 00:42:48.880 of something 00:42:48.880 --> 00:42:49.320 that really 00:42:49.320 --> 00:42:49.980 speak 00:42:49.980 --> 00:42:51.400 a powerful, 00:42:51.580 --> 00:42:52.560 a strong message 00:42:52.560 --> 00:42:53.080 to me. 00:42:53.900 --> 00:42:54.360 And he said, 00:42:54.420 --> 00:42:55.200 some time ago 00:42:55.200 --> 00:42:56.200 I saw a picture 00:42:56.200 --> 00:42:57.380 and it was a picture 00:42:57.380 --> 00:42:58.080 of an old 00:42:58.080 --> 00:42:58.940 burnt out 00:42:58.940 --> 00:43:00.260 mountain shack. 00:43:01.320 --> 00:43:02.180 A place 00:43:02.180 --> 00:43:02.519 that was 00:43:02.519 --> 00:43:04.120 a people's home. 00:43:05.080 --> 00:43:06.140 But all that remained 00:43:06.140 --> 00:43:06.560 of it 00:43:06.560 --> 00:43:07.460 was the chimney 00:43:07.460 --> 00:43:08.540 and there was 00:43:08.540 --> 00:43:09.200 charred, 00:43:09.300 --> 00:43:10.240 burnt out debris 00:43:10.240 --> 00:43:11.480 all around. 00:43:12.660 --> 00:43:13.760 But in the picture 00:43:13.760 --> 00:43:14.700 there were 00:43:14.700 --> 00:43:15.580 two people. 00:43:15.579 --> 00:43:17.179 one was 00:43:17.179 --> 00:43:18.099 a man 00:43:18.099 --> 00:43:18.619 who looked 00:43:18.619 --> 00:43:19.539 quite old, 00:43:20.360 --> 00:43:21.259 dressed just 00:43:21.259 --> 00:43:22.039 in very little 00:43:22.039 --> 00:43:22.699 clothes, 00:43:22.840 --> 00:43:23.819 dirty clothes, 00:43:24.380 --> 00:43:25.480 worn out clothes. 00:43:26.319 --> 00:43:27.079 And beside him 00:43:27.079 --> 00:43:27.960 was a little boy 00:43:27.960 --> 00:43:28.679 clutching 00:43:28.679 --> 00:43:29.759 what looked like 00:43:29.759 --> 00:43:30.739 a patched up 00:43:30.739 --> 00:43:32.400 pair of overalls. 00:43:33.279 --> 00:43:34.079 And the child 00:43:34.079 --> 00:43:35.440 was crying. 00:43:37.000 --> 00:43:37.460 And beneath 00:43:37.460 --> 00:43:38.079 the picture 00:43:38.079 --> 00:43:38.480 there was 00:43:38.480 --> 00:43:39.299 the words 00:43:39.299 --> 00:43:40.159 which the artist 00:43:40.159 --> 00:43:40.739 felt 00:43:40.739 --> 00:43:42.299 spoke of what 00:43:42.299 --> 00:43:43.119 this picture 00:43:43.119 --> 00:43:44.179 illustrated. 00:43:44.679 --> 00:43:45.619 Simple words 00:43:45.619 --> 00:43:46.559 the preacher said 00:43:46.559 --> 00:43:47.880 that presented 00:43:47.880 --> 00:43:49.159 profound theology 00:43:49.159 --> 00:43:49.880 and philosophy 00:43:49.880 --> 00:43:50.619 for life. 00:43:51.759 --> 00:43:52.299 And the words 00:43:52.299 --> 00:43:53.039 were this 00:43:53.039 --> 00:43:54.460 hush 00:43:54.460 --> 00:43:55.239 child 00:43:55.239 --> 00:43:57.000 God's 00:43:57.000 --> 00:43:57.579 not 00:43:57.579 --> 00:43:58.159 dead. 00:43:59.960 --> 00:44:00.960 And the preacher 00:44:00.960 --> 00:44:01.799 took it in this way 00:44:01.799 --> 00:44:02.579 as a reminder 00:44:02.579 --> 00:44:03.819 that so much 00:44:03.819 --> 00:44:04.579 in life 00:44:04.579 --> 00:44:05.299 just seems 00:44:05.299 --> 00:44:06.219 like a burnt 00:44:06.219 --> 00:44:06.920 out ruin. 00:44:07.759 --> 00:44:08.579 A picture 00:44:08.579 --> 00:44:10.420 of despair 00:44:10.420 --> 00:44:12.539 and of hopelessness. 00:44:13.920 --> 00:44:14.440 And yet 00:44:14.440 --> 00:44:15.659 there is still 00:44:15.659 --> 00:44:17.000 that great truth. 00:44:17.860 --> 00:44:18.500 God's 00:44:18.500 --> 00:44:19.240 not 00:44:19.240 --> 00:44:19.880 dead. 00:44:21.320 --> 00:44:21.880 And as 00:44:21.880 --> 00:44:23.099 Peter is writing 00:44:23.099 --> 00:44:24.099 to his people 00:44:24.099 --> 00:44:24.659 here 00:44:24.659 --> 00:44:25.840 and as he writes 00:44:25.840 --> 00:44:26.480 to ourselves 00:44:26.480 --> 00:44:26.940 today 00:44:26.940 --> 00:44:28.200 our impression 00:44:28.200 --> 00:44:29.099 in this world 00:44:29.099 --> 00:44:29.760 can be one 00:44:29.760 --> 00:44:30.860 that's full of 00:44:30.860 --> 00:44:31.380 chaos. 00:44:32.659 --> 00:44:33.280 But we need 00:44:33.280 --> 00:44:34.079 to be reminded 00:44:34.079 --> 00:44:34.680 too 00:44:34.680 --> 00:44:36.059 God's 00:44:36.059 --> 00:44:36.680 not 00:44:36.680 --> 00:44:37.099 dead. 00:44:38.400 --> 00:44:39.019 In fact 00:44:39.019 --> 00:44:40.139 God is 00:44:40.139 --> 00:44:40.659 reigning. 00:44:41.920 --> 00:44:42.239 He is 00:44:42.239 --> 00:44:42.900 alive 00:44:42.900 --> 00:44:44.380 and he is 00:44:44.380 --> 00:44:45.239 in control 00:44:45.239 --> 00:44:46.659 of this 00:44:46.659 --> 00:44:47.119 world. 00:44:48.820 --> 00:44:49.280 And as we 00:44:49.280 --> 00:44:49.860 think of 00:44:49.860 --> 00:44:50.900 the challenges 00:44:50.900 --> 00:44:51.599 that people 00:44:51.599 --> 00:44:52.300 faced in 00:44:52.300 --> 00:44:53.159 Peter's day 00:44:53.159 --> 00:44:54.179 and the 00:44:54.179 --> 00:44:55.000 many challenges 00:44:55.000 --> 00:44:56.460 that we face 00:44:56.460 --> 00:44:57.059 ourselves 00:44:57.059 --> 00:44:57.599 you could look 00:44:57.599 --> 00:44:58.440 at Peter's day 00:44:58.440 --> 00:44:58.840 and say 00:44:58.840 --> 00:44:59.739 it would be 00:44:59.739 --> 00:45:00.380 easy for them 00:45:00.380 --> 00:45:01.059 to give up 00:45:01.059 --> 00:45:02.579 and to say 00:45:02.579 --> 00:45:03.400 what's the 00:45:03.400 --> 00:45:03.920 point 00:45:03.920 --> 00:45:05.860 to throw 00:45:05.860 --> 00:45:06.460 in the towel 00:45:06.460 --> 00:45:06.920 and say 00:45:06.920 --> 00:45:07.980 yes I have 00:45:07.980 --> 00:45:08.780 my faith 00:45:08.780 --> 00:45:10.180 but I may 00:45:10.180 --> 00:45:10.640 as well 00:45:10.640 --> 00:45:11.560 just hide 00:45:11.560 --> 00:45:12.019 away 00:45:12.019 --> 00:45:13.300 and avoid 00:45:13.300 --> 00:45:13.760 all the 00:45:13.760 --> 00:45:14.160 hassle 00:45:14.160 --> 00:45:14.800 of this 00:45:14.800 --> 00:45:15.140 world 00:45:15.140 --> 00:45:15.900 if all 00:45:15.900 --> 00:45:16.220 that my 00:45:16.220 --> 00:45:16.560 faith 00:45:16.560 --> 00:45:17.000 brings 00:45:17.000 --> 00:45:17.480 to me 00:45:17.480 --> 00:45:17.660 is 00:45:17.660 --> 00:45:18.280 persecution 00:45:18.280 --> 00:45:18.820 and 00:45:18.820 --> 00:45:19.320 suffering. 00:45:20.900 --> 00:45:21.720 I can 00:45:21.720 --> 00:45:22.260 do my 00:45:22.260 --> 00:45:22.760 duty 00:45:22.760 --> 00:45:24.280 and that's 00:45:24.280 --> 00:45:24.700 it. 00:45:26.060 --> 00:45:26.440 And it 00:45:26.440 --> 00:45:26.860 may be 00:45:26.860 --> 00:45:27.300 the kind 00:45:27.300 --> 00:45:27.940 of impression 00:45:27.940 --> 00:45:28.860 that we 00:45:28.860 --> 00:45:29.300 have in 00:45:29.300 --> 00:45:29.820 this world 00:45:29.820 --> 00:45:30.120 that we 00:45:30.120 --> 00:45:30.600 live in 00:45:30.600 --> 00:45:31.000 today. 00:45:31.540 --> 00:45:31.920 What's 00:45:31.920 --> 00:45:32.560 the point? 00:45:34.440 --> 00:45:34.860 Even if 00:45:34.860 --> 00:45:35.220 I have 00:45:35.220 --> 00:45:35.780 faith 00:45:35.780 --> 00:45:36.880 what difference 00:45:36.880 --> 00:45:37.280 does it 00:45:37.280 --> 00:45:37.500 make? 00:45:37.500 --> 00:45:38.239 What impact 00:45:38.239 --> 00:45:39.039 can it 00:45:39.039 --> 00:45:39.400 make 00:45:39.400 --> 00:45:40.239 in this 00:45:40.239 --> 00:45:40.659 world? 00:45:42.380 --> 00:45:42.840 Well Peter 00:45:42.840 --> 00:45:43.360 is writing 00:45:43.360 --> 00:45:43.980 to remind 00:45:43.980 --> 00:45:44.460 them and 00:45:44.460 --> 00:45:45.639 us of 00:45:45.639 --> 00:45:46.059 the great 00:45:46.059 --> 00:45:46.539 difference 00:45:46.539 --> 00:45:46.880 that it 00:45:46.880 --> 00:45:47.360 makes to 00:45:47.360 --> 00:45:47.659 be a 00:45:47.659 --> 00:45:48.420 people who 00:45:48.420 --> 00:45:49.059 are holy. 00:45:49.719 --> 00:45:50.179 A people 00:45:50.179 --> 00:45:50.920 who are set 00:45:50.920 --> 00:45:51.739 apart for 00:45:51.739 --> 00:45:52.179 God. 00:45:52.239 --> 00:45:52.679 Who can be 00:45:52.679 --> 00:45:54.139 used by 00:45:54.139 --> 00:45:54.679 God. 00:45:55.679 --> 00:45:56.159 And so the 00:45:56.159 --> 00:45:56.619 first thing 00:45:56.619 --> 00:45:57.179 he says is 00:45:57.179 --> 00:45:57.820 be ready. 00:45:58.659 --> 00:45:58.980 In verse 00:45:58.980 --> 00:45:59.440 13, 00:45:59.599 --> 00:46:00.460 preparing your 00:46:00.460 --> 00:46:01.260 minds for 00:46:01.260 --> 00:46:02.340 action and 00:46:02.340 --> 00:46:03.019 being sober 00:46:03.019 --> 00:46:03.400 minded, 00:46:03.760 --> 00:46:04.360 set your 00:46:04.360 --> 00:46:05.440 hope fully 00:46:05.440 --> 00:46:06.360 on the 00:46:06.360 --> 00:46:06.940 grace that 00:46:06.940 --> 00:46:07.559 will be 00:46:07.559 --> 00:46:08.260 brought to 00:46:08.260 --> 00:46:09.059 you at 00:46:09.059 --> 00:46:09.240 the 00:46:09.240 --> 00:46:09.880 revelation 00:46:09.880 --> 00:46:10.639 of Jesus 00:46:10.639 --> 00:46:11.320 Christ. 00:46:12.260 --> 00:46:12.720 So one of 00:46:12.720 --> 00:46:13.260 the truths 00:46:13.260 --> 00:46:13.559 that he's 00:46:13.559 --> 00:46:14.280 already told 00:46:14.280 --> 00:46:14.700 them of in 00:46:14.700 --> 00:46:15.380 the introduction, 00:46:16.119 --> 00:46:16.920 the revelation 00:46:16.920 --> 00:46:18.139 of Jesus 00:46:18.139 --> 00:46:18.900 Christ, 00:46:19.740 --> 00:46:20.420 that speaks 00:46:20.420 --> 00:46:20.840 of in 00:46:20.840 --> 00:46:21.579 verse 5, 00:46:22.099 --> 00:46:22.700 you who by 00:46:22.700 --> 00:46:23.460 God's power 00:46:23.460 --> 00:46:23.860 are being 00:46:23.860 --> 00:46:24.720 guarded through 00:46:24.720 --> 00:46:25.800 faith for 00:46:25.800 --> 00:46:26.500 our salvation, 00:46:26.700 --> 00:46:27.260 ready to be 00:46:27.260 --> 00:46:28.400 revealed in 00:46:28.400 --> 00:46:28.900 the last 00:46:28.900 --> 00:46:29.440 time. 00:46:30.360 --> 00:46:30.700 And he 00:46:30.700 --> 00:46:31.159 speaks about 00:46:31.159 --> 00:46:31.400 it there 00:46:31.400 --> 00:46:31.840 again in 00:46:31.840 --> 00:46:32.940 verse 7, 00:46:32.940 --> 00:46:34.700 the glory 00:46:34.700 --> 00:46:35.099 and honour 00:46:35.099 --> 00:46:35.420 at the 00:46:35.420 --> 00:46:36.039 revelation 00:46:36.039 --> 00:46:37.320 of Jesus 00:46:37.320 --> 00:46:38.019 Christ. 00:46:38.920 --> 00:46:39.579 So now he's 00:46:39.579 --> 00:46:40.579 saying you 00:46:40.579 --> 00:46:41.200 take this 00:46:41.200 --> 00:46:41.720 into your 00:46:41.720 --> 00:46:43.059 life on a 00:46:43.059 --> 00:46:43.579 day to day 00:46:43.579 --> 00:46:44.119 basis, 00:46:44.700 --> 00:46:46.179 preparing your 00:46:46.179 --> 00:46:46.860 minds, 00:46:48.059 --> 00:46:48.880 girding up the 00:46:48.880 --> 00:46:50.000 loins of 00:46:50.000 --> 00:46:50.659 your mind, 00:46:50.800 --> 00:46:51.420 it says in 00:46:51.420 --> 00:46:51.840 the AV, 00:46:52.440 --> 00:46:52.820 and in the 00:46:52.820 --> 00:46:53.400 footnote at 00:46:53.400 --> 00:46:53.780 the bottom 00:46:53.780 --> 00:46:54.820 of the ESV. 00:46:55.260 --> 00:46:55.599 And the 00:46:55.599 --> 00:46:56.159 people in 00:46:56.159 --> 00:46:56.579 that day 00:46:56.579 --> 00:46:56.840 would have 00:46:56.840 --> 00:46:57.599 been familiar 00:46:57.599 --> 00:46:58.360 with this 00:46:58.360 --> 00:46:59.380 phrase, 00:47:00.260 --> 00:47:00.980 gird up the 00:47:00.980 --> 00:47:02.300 loins of 00:47:02.300 --> 00:47:03.000 your mind. 00:47:04.100 --> 00:47:04.600 The kind 00:47:04.600 --> 00:47:05.420 of clothes 00:47:05.420 --> 00:47:06.580 that they 00:47:06.580 --> 00:47:07.039 wore in 00:47:07.039 --> 00:47:07.560 those days 00:47:07.560 --> 00:47:08.320 were long 00:47:08.320 --> 00:47:09.620 tunics and 00:47:09.620 --> 00:47:10.200 gowns that 00:47:10.200 --> 00:47:10.620 went right 00:47:10.620 --> 00:47:11.120 down to 00:47:11.120 --> 00:47:11.840 their feet. 00:47:12.760 --> 00:47:13.180 And if 00:47:13.180 --> 00:47:13.400 they were 00:47:13.400 --> 00:47:14.320 called to 00:47:14.320 --> 00:47:14.720 action, 00:47:14.780 --> 00:47:15.060 if they were 00:47:15.060 --> 00:47:15.539 called to 00:47:15.539 --> 00:47:16.140 work or 00:47:16.140 --> 00:47:16.880 to war or 00:47:16.880 --> 00:47:17.460 to battle, 00:47:17.900 --> 00:47:18.240 any of 00:47:18.240 --> 00:47:18.800 these things, 00:47:18.880 --> 00:47:19.360 they had to 00:47:19.360 --> 00:47:19.940 prepare. 00:47:20.840 --> 00:47:21.240 And they 00:47:21.240 --> 00:47:22.120 prepared by 00:47:22.120 --> 00:47:23.140 rolling up 00:47:23.140 --> 00:47:24.120 their gowns, 00:47:24.160 --> 00:47:24.640 their tunics, 00:47:24.740 --> 00:47:25.200 and tucking 00:47:25.200 --> 00:47:25.600 them into 00:47:25.600 --> 00:47:26.260 their belt. 00:47:27.300 --> 00:47:27.900 That is what 00:47:27.900 --> 00:47:28.640 is meant by 00:47:28.640 --> 00:47:30.440 gird up your 00:47:30.440 --> 00:47:31.519 loins for 00:47:31.519 --> 00:47:32.060 action. 00:47:33.060 --> 00:47:33.700 So here 00:47:33.700 --> 00:47:34.220 he is saying 00:47:34.220 --> 00:47:34.920 prepare your 00:47:34.920 --> 00:47:35.200 minds, 00:47:35.320 --> 00:47:35.900 gird up the 00:47:35.900 --> 00:47:36.400 loins of 00:47:36.400 --> 00:47:37.260 your minds 00:47:37.260 --> 00:47:38.340 for action. 00:47:39.260 --> 00:47:39.800 He's saying 00:47:39.800 --> 00:47:40.500 be ready 00:47:40.500 --> 00:47:41.700 for action. 00:47:42.660 --> 00:47:43.400 This is how 00:47:43.400 --> 00:47:44.420 you are to 00:47:44.420 --> 00:47:44.780 live, 00:47:45.039 --> 00:47:46.440 prepared and 00:47:46.440 --> 00:47:47.080 ready for 00:47:47.080 --> 00:47:47.700 anything that's 00:47:47.700 --> 00:47:48.440 going to come 00:47:48.440 --> 00:47:49.060 your way. 00:47:50.060 --> 00:47:50.920 Be ready. 00:47:52.060 --> 00:47:52.720 He is saying 00:47:52.720 --> 00:47:53.140 that there 00:47:53.140 --> 00:47:53.900 will be and 00:47:53.900 --> 00:47:54.320 there have 00:47:54.320 --> 00:47:55.140 been challenges 00:47:55.140 --> 00:47:56.060 in your 00:47:56.060 --> 00:47:56.519 life, 00:47:57.160 --> 00:47:58.060 but prepare 00:47:58.060 --> 00:47:59.200 yourselves. 00:47:59.199 --> 00:48:01.799 when we 00:48:01.799 --> 00:48:02.759 ask ourselves 00:48:02.759 --> 00:48:03.279 is that 00:48:03.279 --> 00:48:04.079 how we 00:48:04.079 --> 00:48:04.559 live? 00:48:05.559 --> 00:48:06.019 Is that 00:48:06.019 --> 00:48:06.419 how you 00:48:06.419 --> 00:48:07.159 live today? 00:48:07.259 --> 00:48:07.500 Do you 00:48:07.500 --> 00:48:08.719 prepare for 00:48:08.719 --> 00:48:09.299 the battles 00:48:09.299 --> 00:48:09.739 of this 00:48:09.739 --> 00:48:10.219 world on 00:48:10.219 --> 00:48:10.679 a daily 00:48:10.679 --> 00:48:11.159 basis? 00:48:11.159 --> 00:48:12.859 Did you 00:48:12.859 --> 00:48:14.079 prepare yourself 00:48:14.079 --> 00:48:14.980 for coming to 00:48:14.980 --> 00:48:15.779 church today? 00:48:16.139 --> 00:48:16.739 Or did you 00:48:16.739 --> 00:48:17.659 just rush into 00:48:17.659 --> 00:48:18.119 the day? 00:48:18.980 --> 00:48:19.480 We're all 00:48:19.480 --> 00:48:20.359 guilty of it, 00:48:20.419 --> 00:48:20.839 aren't we? 00:48:21.159 --> 00:48:22.000 Just rushing 00:48:22.000 --> 00:48:22.659 on with the 00:48:22.659 --> 00:48:23.079 day where we 00:48:23.079 --> 00:48:23.939 don't prepare 00:48:23.939 --> 00:48:25.139 ourselves by 00:48:25.139 --> 00:48:25.759 coming to 00:48:25.760 --> 00:48:26.220 God, 00:48:26.720 --> 00:48:27.460 preparing our 00:48:27.460 --> 00:48:28.140 minds for 00:48:28.140 --> 00:48:28.660 action by 00:48:28.660 --> 00:48:29.780 being sober 00:48:29.780 --> 00:48:30.340 minded, 00:48:30.640 --> 00:48:31.240 setting our 00:48:31.240 --> 00:48:32.200 hope fully 00:48:32.200 --> 00:48:32.960 on the 00:48:32.960 --> 00:48:33.520 grace that 00:48:33.520 --> 00:48:33.780 will be 00:48:33.780 --> 00:48:34.320 brought to 00:48:34.320 --> 00:48:34.720 us at the 00:48:34.720 --> 00:48:35.640 revelation of 00:48:35.640 --> 00:48:36.640 Jesus Christ. 00:48:37.620 --> 00:48:37.960 What a 00:48:37.960 --> 00:48:38.580 difference it 00:48:38.580 --> 00:48:39.100 would make 00:48:39.100 --> 00:48:39.520 if that's 00:48:39.520 --> 00:48:39.780 how we 00:48:39.780 --> 00:48:40.460 started our 00:48:40.460 --> 00:48:40.700 day. 00:48:41.840 --> 00:48:42.120 Yes, 00:48:42.140 --> 00:48:42.440 we're going 00:48:42.440 --> 00:48:42.920 to go into 00:48:42.920 --> 00:48:43.640 the challenges 00:48:43.640 --> 00:48:44.180 of this 00:48:44.180 --> 00:48:44.520 world. 00:48:45.000 --> 00:48:45.340 We're going 00:48:45.340 --> 00:48:45.900 to go into 00:48:45.900 --> 00:48:47.080 worship and 00:48:47.080 --> 00:48:47.760 fellowship with 00:48:47.760 --> 00:48:48.400 God's people, 00:48:48.500 --> 00:48:48.720 which is 00:48:48.720 --> 00:48:49.160 wonderful, 00:48:49.280 --> 00:48:49.980 but then on 00:48:49.980 --> 00:48:50.500 the Monday 00:48:50.500 --> 00:48:50.780 and the 00:48:50.780 --> 00:48:51.280 Tuesday and 00:48:51.280 --> 00:48:51.740 the Wednesday 00:48:51.740 --> 00:48:52.360 we go into 00:48:52.360 --> 00:48:53.560 each day with 00:48:53.560 --> 00:48:54.180 the challenges 00:48:54.180 --> 00:48:54.900 that it brings, 00:48:54.900 --> 00:48:55.340 but do we 00:48:55.340 --> 00:48:55.900 go into 00:48:55.900 --> 00:48:57.300 it prepared, 00:48:59.000 --> 00:48:59.619 setting our 00:48:59.619 --> 00:49:01.380 hope fully on 00:49:01.380 --> 00:49:02.240 the revelation 00:49:02.240 --> 00:49:03.260 of Jesus 00:49:03.260 --> 00:49:05.380 Christ, that 00:49:05.380 --> 00:49:06.599 great hope 00:49:06.599 --> 00:49:08.000 that we have. 00:49:09.480 --> 00:49:10.599 Don't live in 00:49:10.599 --> 00:49:11.300 your former 00:49:11.300 --> 00:49:12.059 ways, don't 00:49:12.059 --> 00:49:13.119 slip back into 00:49:13.119 --> 00:49:14.000 them, put 00:49:14.000 --> 00:49:14.980 them away 00:49:14.980 --> 00:49:17.380 and instead 00:49:17.380 --> 00:49:19.420 prepare yourselves 00:49:19.420 --> 00:49:20.500 with the 00:49:20.500 --> 00:49:21.380 holiness of 00:49:21.380 --> 00:49:21.840 God. 00:49:23.079 --> 00:49:23.920 Like Paul 00:49:23.920 --> 00:49:24.579 says in 00:49:24.579 --> 00:49:25.240 Ephesians 00:49:25.240 --> 00:49:26.440 6, we 00:49:26.440 --> 00:49:27.119 prepare by 00:49:27.119 --> 00:49:27.740 putting on 00:49:27.740 --> 00:49:28.760 the whole 00:49:28.760 --> 00:49:30.079 armor of 00:49:30.079 --> 00:49:30.599 God. 00:49:32.119 --> 00:49:33.139 So are 00:49:33.139 --> 00:49:33.740 we ready? 00:49:35.240 --> 00:49:35.820 The danger 00:49:35.820 --> 00:49:36.139 for the 00:49:36.139 --> 00:49:36.780 people then 00:49:36.780 --> 00:49:37.700 was they 00:49:37.700 --> 00:49:38.300 just sat 00:49:38.300 --> 00:49:39.519 back idly. 00:49:40.180 --> 00:49:40.900 What's the 00:49:40.900 --> 00:49:41.400 point? 00:49:42.599 --> 00:49:43.079 The danger 00:49:43.079 --> 00:49:43.840 for ourselves 00:49:43.840 --> 00:49:44.760 today is to 00:49:44.760 --> 00:49:45.440 have that 00:49:45.440 --> 00:49:46.099 same kind 00:49:46.099 --> 00:49:46.619 of attitude. 00:49:47.280 --> 00:49:48.019 What's the 00:49:48.019 --> 00:49:48.420 point? 00:49:49.780 --> 00:49:50.579 Well, hope 00:49:50.579 --> 00:49:51.659 in Jesus 00:49:51.659 --> 00:49:52.599 Christ gives 00:49:52.599 --> 00:49:53.139 us that 00:49:53.139 --> 00:49:53.719 point. 00:49:54.799 --> 00:49:55.079 Martin 00:49:55.079 --> 00:49:55.779 Luther once 00:49:55.779 --> 00:49:56.239 said that 00:49:56.239 --> 00:49:57.519 through living 00:49:57.519 --> 00:49:58.219 faith which 00:49:58.219 --> 00:49:58.699 the Holy 00:49:58.699 --> 00:49:59.859 Spirit instills 00:49:59.859 --> 00:50:00.319 into the 00:50:00.319 --> 00:50:01.679 heart simply 00:50:01.679 --> 00:50:03.019 cannot be 00:50:03.019 --> 00:50:03.460 idle. 00:50:05.059 --> 00:50:05.739 It's a 00:50:05.739 --> 00:50:06.940 living, it's 00:50:06.940 --> 00:50:07.500 an active 00:50:07.500 --> 00:50:09.279 faith and 00:50:09.279 --> 00:50:09.819 that's the 00:50:09.819 --> 00:50:10.940 way that we 00:50:10.940 --> 00:50:11.719 are to live. 00:50:12.559 --> 00:50:13.019 Kevin de 00:50:13.019 --> 00:50:13.579 Young in his 00:50:13.579 --> 00:50:14.179 book says 00:50:14.179 --> 00:50:14.759 the best 00:50:14.759 --> 00:50:15.639 looking Christian 00:50:15.639 --> 00:50:16.779 is the one 00:50:16.779 --> 00:50:17.699 growing by the 00:50:17.699 --> 00:50:18.839 Spirit into 00:50:18.839 --> 00:50:19.859 the likeness of 00:50:19.860 --> 00:50:20.420 Christ. 00:50:21.480 --> 00:50:22.039 That is what 00:50:22.039 --> 00:50:22.440 we are to 00:50:22.440 --> 00:50:23.380 strive for 00:50:23.380 --> 00:50:23.840 by being 00:50:23.840 --> 00:50:24.920 ready, by 00:50:24.920 --> 00:50:25.720 preparing our 00:50:25.720 --> 00:50:26.720 minds for 00:50:26.720 --> 00:50:28.780 action, to 00:50:28.780 --> 00:50:29.840 strive after 00:50:29.840 --> 00:50:30.820 holiness. 00:50:32.320 --> 00:50:33.200 The second 00:50:33.200 --> 00:50:33.840 thing we see 00:50:33.840 --> 00:50:34.519 here is that 00:50:34.519 --> 00:50:34.900 we are to be 00:50:34.900 --> 00:50:35.980 a people who 00:50:35.980 --> 00:50:36.920 are responsive. 00:50:37.960 --> 00:50:38.700 In verse 14 00:50:38.700 --> 00:50:39.300 it says, 00:50:39.700 --> 00:50:40.360 as obedient 00:50:40.360 --> 00:50:42.200 children do 00:50:42.200 --> 00:50:42.519 not be 00:50:42.519 --> 00:50:43.160 conformed to 00:50:43.160 --> 00:50:43.740 the passions 00:50:43.740 --> 00:50:44.620 of your 00:50:44.620 --> 00:50:45.000 former 00:50:45.000 --> 00:50:45.680 ignorance but 00:50:45.680 --> 00:50:47.059 as he who 00:50:47.059 --> 00:50:47.680 called you 00:50:47.680 --> 00:50:48.180 is holy, 00:50:48.179 --> 00:50:49.539 you also 00:50:49.539 --> 00:50:50.899 be holy 00:50:50.899 --> 00:50:52.239 in all 00:50:52.239 --> 00:50:53.259 your conduct. 00:50:54.679 --> 00:50:55.000 We are to 00:50:55.000 --> 00:50:55.819 be a people 00:50:55.819 --> 00:50:56.719 who are 00:50:56.719 --> 00:50:57.480 obedient, 00:50:58.500 --> 00:50:58.719 who are 00:50:58.719 --> 00:50:59.519 responsive. 00:51:00.639 --> 00:51:01.159 How are you 00:51:01.159 --> 00:51:01.819 when it comes 00:51:01.819 --> 00:51:02.199 to being 00:51:02.199 --> 00:51:03.519 told what 00:51:03.519 --> 00:51:04.119 to do? 00:51:05.899 --> 00:51:06.519 What's your 00:51:06.519 --> 00:51:07.599 response like 00:51:07.599 --> 00:51:07.980 when it 00:51:07.980 --> 00:51:08.679 happens? 00:51:10.059 --> 00:51:10.739 Just like we 00:51:10.739 --> 00:51:11.139 were thinking 00:51:11.139 --> 00:51:11.559 with the 00:51:11.559 --> 00:51:12.199 children, if 00:51:12.199 --> 00:51:12.899 someone tells 00:51:12.899 --> 00:51:13.500 you to do 00:51:13.500 --> 00:51:14.519 something, do 00:51:14.519 --> 00:51:14.919 you go and 00:51:14.919 --> 00:51:15.199 do it 00:51:15.199 --> 00:51:15.819 immediately or 00:51:15.819 --> 00:51:16.139 does it 00:51:16.139 --> 00:51:17.460 depend on 00:51:17.460 --> 00:51:18.260 who says 00:51:18.260 --> 00:51:18.720 it to 00:51:18.720 --> 00:51:19.039 you? 00:51:20.220 --> 00:51:20.460 It 00:51:20.460 --> 00:51:20.820 sometimes 00:51:20.820 --> 00:51:22.320 does depend 00:51:22.320 --> 00:51:22.760 on who 00:51:22.760 --> 00:51:23.699 tells us. 00:51:24.519 --> 00:51:24.900 If we 00:51:24.900 --> 00:51:25.679 know that 00:51:25.679 --> 00:51:26.099 person, if 00:51:26.099 --> 00:51:26.519 we love 00:51:26.519 --> 00:51:27.199 that person, 00:51:27.579 --> 00:51:28.039 want to do 00:51:28.039 --> 00:51:28.480 good for 00:51:28.480 --> 00:51:29.039 that person, 00:51:29.139 --> 00:51:29.880 we respond 00:51:29.880 --> 00:51:30.539 immediately 00:51:30.539 --> 00:51:31.139 perhaps. 00:51:32.619 --> 00:51:32.940 But if 00:51:32.940 --> 00:51:33.480 that person 00:51:33.480 --> 00:51:34.000 hasn't been 00:51:34.000 --> 00:51:34.440 good to 00:51:34.440 --> 00:51:34.960 us, if 00:51:34.960 --> 00:51:35.500 that person 00:51:35.500 --> 00:51:36.240 has mistreated 00:51:36.240 --> 00:51:37.400 us, do 00:51:37.400 --> 00:51:38.019 we respond 00:51:38.019 --> 00:51:38.659 in the same 00:51:38.659 --> 00:51:39.019 way? 00:51:40.619 --> 00:51:41.039 Are we 00:51:41.039 --> 00:51:42.659 obedient to 00:51:42.659 --> 00:51:43.139 God? 00:51:44.420 --> 00:51:45.039 If we 00:51:45.039 --> 00:51:45.400 say, well 00:51:45.400 --> 00:51:46.000 God hasn't 00:51:46.000 --> 00:51:46.780 remembered me, 00:51:46.780 --> 00:51:47.360 God hasn't 00:51:47.360 --> 00:51:47.960 loved me, 00:51:48.519 --> 00:51:48.940 why should 00:51:48.940 --> 00:51:49.660 I respond 00:51:49.660 --> 00:51:50.220 to him? 00:51:52.740 --> 00:51:53.340 Because of 00:51:53.340 --> 00:51:53.820 all that he 00:51:53.820 --> 00:51:54.320 has done 00:51:54.320 --> 00:51:55.160 for us, 00:51:56.120 --> 00:51:56.760 which we'll 00:51:56.760 --> 00:51:57.240 see in a 00:51:57.240 --> 00:51:57.620 moment. 00:51:59.300 --> 00:51:59.820 But we 00:51:59.820 --> 00:52:00.260 are to be a 00:52:00.260 --> 00:52:00.700 people who 00:52:00.700 --> 00:52:01.240 are obedient 00:52:01.240 --> 00:52:02.720 to God. 00:52:03.720 --> 00:52:04.360 God gives 00:52:04.360 --> 00:52:05.080 us a call 00:52:05.080 --> 00:52:06.140 here to 00:52:06.140 --> 00:52:06.740 holiness, 00:52:07.880 --> 00:52:08.360 and it's a 00:52:08.360 --> 00:52:08.740 call that 00:52:08.740 --> 00:52:09.519 demands an 00:52:09.519 --> 00:52:10.860 instant response. 00:52:12.120 --> 00:52:12.720 In all our 00:52:12.720 --> 00:52:13.980 conduct, this 00:52:13.980 --> 00:52:14.480 is how we 00:52:14.480 --> 00:52:15.200 are to live. 00:52:15.199 --> 00:52:17.519 Thomas 00:52:17.519 --> 00:52:18.419 Kempis 00:52:18.419 --> 00:52:19.379 once said, 00:52:20.439 --> 00:52:20.980 instant 00:52:20.980 --> 00:52:21.759 obedience 00:52:21.759 --> 00:52:22.899 is the 00:52:22.899 --> 00:52:23.719 only kind 00:52:23.719 --> 00:52:24.500 of obedience 00:52:24.500 --> 00:52:25.219 that is. 00:52:26.419 --> 00:52:26.859 Delayed 00:52:26.859 --> 00:52:27.480 obedience 00:52:27.480 --> 00:52:28.099 is 00:52:28.099 --> 00:52:29.279 disobedience. 00:52:30.480 --> 00:52:30.839 Whoever 00:52:30.839 --> 00:52:31.779 strives to 00:52:31.779 --> 00:52:32.500 withdraw from 00:52:32.500 --> 00:52:33.099 obedience 00:52:33.099 --> 00:52:34.659 withdraws 00:52:34.659 --> 00:52:35.399 from grace. 00:52:36.759 --> 00:52:37.259 Again, we 00:52:37.259 --> 00:52:37.819 think of the 00:52:37.819 --> 00:52:39.079 command and 00:52:39.079 --> 00:52:39.819 the situation 00:52:39.819 --> 00:52:40.159 of the 00:52:40.159 --> 00:52:41.000 people here. 00:52:41.419 --> 00:52:41.699 They were 00:52:41.699 --> 00:52:42.359 experiencing 00:52:42.359 --> 00:52:43.339 hard times, 00:52:43.439 --> 00:52:43.939 perhaps even 00:52:43.940 --> 00:52:45.300 questioning what 00:52:45.300 --> 00:52:45.880 God was 00:52:45.880 --> 00:52:46.659 doing for 00:52:46.659 --> 00:52:46.960 them and 00:52:46.960 --> 00:52:47.420 where he 00:52:47.420 --> 00:52:48.019 was. 00:52:49.639 --> 00:52:50.159 Why should 00:52:50.159 --> 00:52:50.460 I do 00:52:50.460 --> 00:52:51.159 something for 00:52:51.159 --> 00:52:51.460 him? 00:52:52.760 --> 00:52:53.579 Their focus 00:52:53.579 --> 00:52:54.220 was gone. 00:52:54.480 --> 00:52:54.679 It seemed 00:52:54.679 --> 00:52:55.320 their hope 00:52:55.320 --> 00:52:55.960 was gone. 00:52:58.039 --> 00:52:58.639 But yet 00:52:58.639 --> 00:52:59.619 God calls 00:52:59.619 --> 00:53:00.599 them to 00:53:00.599 --> 00:53:01.159 holiness. 00:53:01.480 --> 00:53:02.179 Be holy 00:53:02.179 --> 00:53:03.720 because I 00:53:03.720 --> 00:53:05.220 am holy. 00:53:06.519 --> 00:53:07.460 Is that the 00:53:07.460 --> 00:53:08.179 case for you 00:53:08.179 --> 00:53:08.440 today? 00:53:08.519 --> 00:53:08.720 Are you 00:53:08.720 --> 00:53:09.139 saying, 00:53:09.380 --> 00:53:10.240 how dare 00:53:10.240 --> 00:53:11.260 God make 00:53:11.260 --> 00:53:12.580 demands of 00:53:12.580 --> 00:53:12.960 me? 00:53:14.480 --> 00:53:15.040 The devil 00:53:15.040 --> 00:53:15.300 will put 00:53:15.300 --> 00:53:15.760 into your 00:53:15.760 --> 00:53:16.840 head the 00:53:16.840 --> 00:53:17.460 same doubts 00:53:17.460 --> 00:53:18.080 and fears 00:53:18.080 --> 00:53:18.760 and concerns 00:53:18.760 --> 00:53:19.100 that the 00:53:19.100 --> 00:53:19.760 people had 00:53:19.760 --> 00:53:20.700 in Peter's 00:53:20.700 --> 00:53:20.980 day. 00:53:21.380 --> 00:53:22.020 Where is 00:53:22.020 --> 00:53:22.500 God? 00:53:24.120 --> 00:53:24.440 You can 00:53:24.440 --> 00:53:25.260 become blind 00:53:25.260 --> 00:53:25.700 to the 00:53:25.700 --> 00:53:26.780 fact that 00:53:26.780 --> 00:53:27.260 he is 00:53:27.260 --> 00:53:27.660 there. 00:53:28.260 --> 00:53:28.680 What's 00:53:28.680 --> 00:53:29.100 happened? 00:53:30.840 --> 00:53:31.380 Paul, 00:53:31.500 --> 00:53:31.900 writing to 00:53:31.900 --> 00:53:32.360 the church 00:53:32.360 --> 00:53:32.860 in Corinth, 00:53:32.940 --> 00:53:33.420 he tells 00:53:33.420 --> 00:53:33.900 us what's 00:53:33.900 --> 00:53:34.280 happened. 00:53:35.140 --> 00:53:35.560 He says 00:53:35.560 --> 00:53:35.820 that in 00:53:35.820 --> 00:53:36.780 their case, 00:53:36.880 --> 00:53:37.220 the God 00:53:37.220 --> 00:53:37.540 of this 00:53:37.540 --> 00:53:38.060 world has 00:53:38.060 --> 00:53:38.940 blinded the 00:53:38.940 --> 00:53:40.000 minds of 00:53:40.000 --> 00:53:40.900 unbelievers 00:53:40.900 --> 00:53:42.099 to keep 00:53:42.099 --> 00:53:42.400 them from 00:53:42.400 --> 00:53:43.079 seeing the 00:53:43.079 --> 00:53:43.420 light of 00:53:43.420 --> 00:53:44.000 the gospel 00:53:44.000 --> 00:53:44.880 in the 00:53:44.880 --> 00:53:45.460 glory of 00:53:45.460 --> 00:53:45.980 Christ, 00:53:46.599 --> 00:53:46.880 who is 00:53:46.880 --> 00:53:47.480 the image 00:53:47.480 --> 00:53:48.699 of God. 00:53:49.980 --> 00:53:50.480 There is 00:53:50.480 --> 00:53:51.079 another one 00:53:51.079 --> 00:53:51.539 at work 00:53:51.539 --> 00:53:52.500 who blinds 00:53:52.500 --> 00:53:52.860 us to 00:53:52.860 --> 00:53:53.780 seeing this. 00:53:55.000 --> 00:53:55.380 And in 00:53:55.380 --> 00:53:56.219 our blindness 00:53:56.219 --> 00:53:56.880 we lose 00:53:56.880 --> 00:53:57.380 hope. 00:53:58.239 --> 00:53:58.760 But as we 00:53:58.760 --> 00:53:59.119 looked at 00:53:59.119 --> 00:53:59.719 last time, 00:53:59.780 --> 00:54:00.039 we are to 00:54:00.039 --> 00:54:00.800 have eyes 00:54:00.800 --> 00:54:02.119 of faith. 00:54:03.099 --> 00:54:03.480 We are to 00:54:03.480 --> 00:54:04.119 fix our 00:54:04.119 --> 00:54:05.380 eyes on 00:54:05.380 --> 00:54:05.780 God. 00:54:06.119 --> 00:54:06.400 And in 00:54:06.400 --> 00:54:06.980 the previous 00:54:06.980 --> 00:54:07.760 chapter in 00:54:07.760 --> 00:54:08.679 2 Corinthians, 00:54:08.860 --> 00:54:09.380 in chapter 00:54:09.380 --> 00:54:09.900 3, 00:54:10.000 --> 00:54:11.340 Paul speaks 00:54:11.340 --> 00:54:11.619 to them 00:54:11.619 --> 00:54:12.039 there of 00:54:12.039 --> 00:54:12.800 the one 00:54:12.800 --> 00:54:13.599 who opens 00:54:13.599 --> 00:54:14.360 their eyes. 00:54:15.460 --> 00:54:15.960 He says 00:54:15.960 --> 00:54:16.400 in chapter 00:54:16.400 --> 00:54:16.780 3, 00:54:16.840 --> 00:54:17.599 verse 16, 00:54:18.360 --> 00:54:18.780 but when 00:54:18.780 --> 00:54:19.579 one turns 00:54:19.579 --> 00:54:20.059 to the 00:54:20.059 --> 00:54:20.420 Lord, 00:54:20.980 --> 00:54:21.559 the veil 00:54:21.559 --> 00:54:22.340 is removed. 00:54:23.219 --> 00:54:23.639 He was 00:54:23.639 --> 00:54:24.300 talking about 00:54:24.300 --> 00:54:25.019 Moses and 00:54:25.019 --> 00:54:25.559 the veiled 00:54:25.559 --> 00:54:26.280 glory of 00:54:26.280 --> 00:54:26.699 God. 00:54:27.480 --> 00:54:27.800 But when 00:54:27.800 --> 00:54:28.239 we turn 00:54:28.239 --> 00:54:28.699 to God 00:54:28.699 --> 00:54:29.239 in faith, 00:54:29.340 --> 00:54:29.800 this veil 00:54:29.800 --> 00:54:30.360 is removed 00:54:30.360 --> 00:54:30.739 and we 00:54:30.739 --> 00:54:31.679 all with 00:54:31.679 --> 00:54:32.380 unveiled 00:54:32.380 --> 00:54:33.960 face behold 00:54:33.960 --> 00:54:34.619 the glory 00:54:34.619 --> 00:54:34.920 of the 00:54:34.920 --> 00:54:36.000 Lord as 00:54:36.000 --> 00:54:36.239 being 00:54:36.239 --> 00:54:36.820 transformed 00:54:36.820 --> 00:54:37.519 into the 00:54:37.519 --> 00:54:38.239 same image 00:54:38.239 --> 00:54:38.860 from one 00:54:38.860 --> 00:54:39.400 degree of 00:54:39.400 --> 00:54:39.860 glory. 00:54:40.000 --> 00:54:40.820 to 00:54:40.820 --> 00:54:41.179 another. 00:54:42.340 --> 00:54:42.820 So the 00:54:42.820 --> 00:54:43.199 more we 00:54:43.199 --> 00:54:44.000 fix our 00:54:44.000 --> 00:54:45.219 eyes on 00:54:45.219 --> 00:54:45.719 the Lord, 00:54:46.579 --> 00:54:47.519 the more 00:54:47.519 --> 00:54:47.840 we are 00:54:47.840 --> 00:54:48.559 transformed 00:54:48.559 --> 00:54:49.239 by Him. 00:54:50.760 --> 00:54:51.900 We are 00:54:51.900 --> 00:54:52.579 transformed 00:54:52.579 --> 00:54:53.119 into the 00:54:53.119 --> 00:54:54.159 same image, 00:54:54.699 --> 00:54:55.559 one degree 00:54:55.559 --> 00:54:56.320 of glory 00:54:56.320 --> 00:54:57.380 to another, 00:54:57.539 --> 00:54:58.300 bit by 00:54:58.300 --> 00:54:58.780 bit. 00:55:00.000 --> 00:55:00.360 And that 00:55:00.360 --> 00:55:01.420 is the way 00:55:01.420 --> 00:55:02.079 our holiness 00:55:02.079 --> 00:55:02.920 develops. 00:55:04.420 --> 00:55:05.480 Seeing God, 00:55:06.320 --> 00:55:07.340 seeing Jesus. 00:55:07.340 --> 00:55:07.920 Kevin 00:55:07.920 --> 00:55:08.680 again in 00:55:08.680 --> 00:55:09.140 his book, 00:55:09.200 --> 00:55:09.620 he says, 00:55:09.620 --> 00:55:10.360 it may 00:55:10.360 --> 00:55:11.260 sound boring 00:55:11.260 --> 00:55:11.680 and out 00:55:11.680 --> 00:55:12.260 of date, 00:55:13.360 --> 00:55:14.180 but it 00:55:14.180 --> 00:55:15.260 just happens 00:55:15.260 --> 00:55:15.559 to be 00:55:15.559 --> 00:55:15.800 true. 00:55:15.920 --> 00:55:16.300 The way 00:55:16.300 --> 00:55:16.900 to grow 00:55:16.900 --> 00:55:17.220 in your 00:55:17.220 --> 00:55:17.780 relationship 00:55:17.780 --> 00:55:19.120 with Jesus 00:55:19.120 --> 00:55:20.559 is to 00:55:20.559 --> 00:55:21.120 pray, 00:55:22.160 --> 00:55:22.800 read your 00:55:22.800 --> 00:55:23.260 Bible, 00:55:23.940 --> 00:55:24.519 go to 00:55:24.519 --> 00:55:25.140 church, 00:55:25.680 --> 00:55:27.220 all of 00:55:27.220 --> 00:55:28.100 these things, 00:55:28.680 --> 00:55:29.160 things that 00:55:29.160 --> 00:55:29.640 people will 00:55:29.640 --> 00:55:30.220 say we do 00:55:30.220 --> 00:55:30.880 not need, 00:55:31.559 --> 00:55:32.280 we do, 00:55:32.280 --> 00:55:34.140 to see 00:55:34.140 --> 00:55:34.800 the glory 00:55:34.800 --> 00:55:35.540 of God 00:55:35.540 --> 00:55:36.400 and to 00:55:36.400 --> 00:55:37.060 fix our 00:55:37.060 --> 00:55:37.820 eyes on 00:55:37.820 --> 00:55:38.100 Him. 00:55:38.560 --> 00:55:39.080 So are 00:55:39.080 --> 00:55:39.800 we fixing 00:55:39.800 --> 00:55:41.040 our eyes 00:55:41.040 --> 00:55:41.800 on Jesus? 00:55:42.980 --> 00:55:43.519 Is our 00:55:43.519 --> 00:55:44.440 hope of 00:55:44.440 --> 00:55:45.080 salvation 00:55:45.080 --> 00:55:46.340 in Him, 00:55:47.180 --> 00:55:47.580 are we 00:55:47.580 --> 00:55:48.860 coming to 00:55:48.860 --> 00:55:49.460 the foot 00:55:49.460 --> 00:55:49.900 of the 00:55:49.900 --> 00:55:50.400 cross? 00:55:51.480 --> 00:55:52.380 Because when 00:55:52.380 --> 00:55:52.940 we do, 00:55:53.560 --> 00:55:54.340 we behold 00:55:54.340 --> 00:55:55.740 His glory 00:55:55.740 --> 00:55:57.080 more and 00:55:57.080 --> 00:55:57.280 more. 00:55:57.340 --> 00:55:57.640 And that's 00:55:57.640 --> 00:55:58.820 what Peter 00:55:58.820 --> 00:55:59.340 thoroughly 00:55:59.340 --> 00:56:00.040 goes on to 00:56:00.040 --> 00:56:00.560 show us 00:56:00.560 --> 00:56:00.980 here. 00:56:00.980 --> 00:56:02.280 the wonder 00:56:02.280 --> 00:56:02.800 of our 00:56:02.800 --> 00:56:03.440 salvation 00:56:03.440 --> 00:56:03.800 and the 00:56:03.800 --> 00:56:04.179 way that 00:56:04.179 --> 00:56:04.460 we have 00:56:04.460 --> 00:56:04.639 been 00:56:04.639 --> 00:56:05.340 purchased. 00:56:06.000 --> 00:56:06.139 In 00:56:06.139 --> 00:56:06.860 verse 18, 00:56:07.380 --> 00:56:07.940 knowing that 00:56:07.940 --> 00:56:08.219 you were 00:56:08.219 --> 00:56:08.900 ransomed 00:56:08.900 --> 00:56:09.400 from the 00:56:09.400 --> 00:56:10.400 futile ways 00:56:10.400 --> 00:56:11.380 inherited 00:56:11.380 --> 00:56:12.000 from your 00:56:12.000 --> 00:56:13.139 forefathers, 00:56:13.619 --> 00:56:14.079 not with 00:56:14.079 --> 00:56:14.760 perishable 00:56:14.760 --> 00:56:15.539 things such 00:56:15.539 --> 00:56:16.059 as silver 00:56:16.059 --> 00:56:16.679 and gold, 00:56:17.179 --> 00:56:17.760 but with 00:56:17.760 --> 00:56:18.380 the precious 00:56:18.380 --> 00:56:19.820 blood of 00:56:19.820 --> 00:56:20.420 Christ. 00:56:21.940 --> 00:56:22.780 We are 00:56:22.780 --> 00:56:24.360 being ransomed. 00:56:25.639 --> 00:56:26.000 What are 00:56:26.000 --> 00:56:26.460 we looking 00:56:26.460 --> 00:56:26.820 to? 00:56:26.900 --> 00:56:27.079 Are we 00:56:27.079 --> 00:56:27.579 looking to 00:56:27.579 --> 00:56:28.380 the cross? 00:56:29.480 --> 00:56:30.099 That hymn 00:56:30.099 --> 00:56:30.759 that when 00:56:30.759 --> 00:56:31.440 I survey 00:56:31.440 --> 00:56:32.279 the wondrous 00:56:32.279 --> 00:56:32.900 cross on 00:56:32.900 --> 00:56:33.360 which the 00:56:33.360 --> 00:56:34.440 prince of 00:56:34.440 --> 00:56:35.339 glory died, 00:56:35.420 --> 00:56:36.000 my riches 00:56:36.000 --> 00:56:36.699 gain I 00:56:36.699 --> 00:56:37.360 count but 00:56:37.360 --> 00:56:38.599 loss and 00:56:38.599 --> 00:56:39.659 poor contempt 00:56:39.659 --> 00:56:40.920 on all 00:56:40.920 --> 00:56:41.880 my pride. 00:56:42.920 --> 00:56:43.440 Closing 00:56:43.440 --> 00:56:44.139 words of 00:56:44.139 --> 00:56:44.519 that hymn 00:56:44.519 --> 00:56:44.639 are, 00:56:45.039 --> 00:56:45.880 love so 00:56:45.880 --> 00:56:46.500 amazing, 00:56:46.739 --> 00:56:47.599 so divine, 00:56:48.179 --> 00:56:49.119 demands my 00:56:49.119 --> 00:56:49.719 soul, 00:56:50.299 --> 00:56:51.119 my life, 00:56:51.719 --> 00:56:52.559 my all. 00:56:53.480 --> 00:56:54.000 What does 00:56:54.000 --> 00:56:54.380 it mean 00:56:54.380 --> 00:56:55.139 today for 00:56:55.139 --> 00:56:56.099 you to 00:56:56.099 --> 00:56:56.960 be ransomed? 00:56:56.960 --> 00:56:58.740 are you 00:56:58.740 --> 00:56:59.360 redeemed? 00:57:00.820 --> 00:57:01.480 Perhaps you 00:57:01.480 --> 00:57:01.820 say, 00:57:01.960 --> 00:57:02.340 well what 00:57:02.340 --> 00:57:03.300 need do 00:57:03.300 --> 00:57:03.900 I have 00:57:03.900 --> 00:57:04.340 of being 00:57:04.340 --> 00:57:04.920 ransomed? 00:57:06.079 --> 00:57:06.740 A ransom 00:57:06.740 --> 00:57:07.400 is something 00:57:07.400 --> 00:57:08.059 that happens 00:57:08.059 --> 00:57:08.720 to people 00:57:08.720 --> 00:57:09.519 who are 00:57:09.519 --> 00:57:10.280 taken hostage 00:57:10.280 --> 00:57:11.099 or kidnapped, 00:57:11.960 --> 00:57:12.280 but you 00:57:12.280 --> 00:57:12.440 say, 00:57:12.519 --> 00:57:12.800 I am 00:57:12.800 --> 00:57:13.320 free. 00:57:14.679 --> 00:57:15.539 But are 00:57:15.539 --> 00:57:15.780 you? 00:57:17.340 --> 00:57:17.840 That is a 00:57:17.840 --> 00:57:18.559 big question 00:57:18.559 --> 00:57:19.019 for our 00:57:19.019 --> 00:57:19.840 world today. 00:57:20.460 --> 00:57:20.980 Are we 00:57:20.980 --> 00:57:21.500 free? 00:57:22.300 --> 00:57:23.059 Are we 00:57:23.059 --> 00:57:24.159 free from 00:57:24.159 --> 00:57:24.880 every law 00:57:24.880 --> 00:57:25.579 and demand 00:57:25.579 --> 00:57:26.000 of this 00:57:26.000 --> 00:57:26.440 world to 00:57:26.440 --> 00:57:26.940 just do 00:57:26.940 --> 00:57:27.380 as we 00:57:27.380 --> 00:57:27.980 please? 00:57:29.280 --> 00:57:29.660 Well the 00:57:29.660 --> 00:57:30.579 Bible speaks 00:57:30.579 --> 00:57:31.260 to us about 00:57:31.260 --> 00:57:32.440 being slaves, 00:57:33.700 --> 00:57:35.039 enslaved to 00:57:35.039 --> 00:57:35.539 sin, 00:57:36.660 --> 00:57:37.700 held hostage 00:57:37.700 --> 00:57:38.579 by it, 00:57:39.579 --> 00:57:40.599 but it also 00:57:40.599 --> 00:57:41.340 speaks at the 00:57:41.340 --> 00:57:41.900 same time 00:57:41.900 --> 00:57:42.300 about the 00:57:42.300 --> 00:57:43.700 cost of 00:57:43.700 --> 00:57:44.480 being set 00:57:44.480 --> 00:57:44.900 free. 00:57:46.300 --> 00:57:47.119 Romans 6 00:57:47.119 --> 00:57:47.420 is a 00:57:47.420 --> 00:57:47.840 wonderful 00:57:47.840 --> 00:57:48.660 passage on 00:57:48.660 --> 00:57:48.860 this. 00:57:48.940 --> 00:57:49.019 I am 00:57:49.019 --> 00:57:49.260 just going 00:57:49.260 --> 00:57:49.539 to read 00:57:49.539 --> 00:57:50.420 a few 00:57:50.420 --> 00:57:51.240 verses from 00:57:51.240 --> 00:57:51.420 it. 00:57:51.900 --> 00:57:52.220 When you 00:57:52.220 --> 00:57:52.900 were slaves 00:57:52.900 --> 00:57:53.440 of sin, 00:57:53.500 --> 00:57:53.740 you were 00:57:53.740 --> 00:57:54.260 free in 00:57:54.260 --> 00:57:55.020 regard to 00:57:55.020 --> 00:57:55.720 righteousness. 00:57:55.900 --> 00:57:56.140 In other 00:57:56.140 --> 00:57:56.360 words, 00:57:56.620 --> 00:57:57.100 it meant 00:57:57.100 --> 00:57:57.840 nothing to 00:57:57.840 --> 00:57:58.120 you. 00:57:58.580 --> 00:57:59.120 But what 00:57:59.120 --> 00:57:59.700 fruit were 00:57:59.700 --> 00:58:00.220 you getting 00:58:00.220 --> 00:58:00.640 at that 00:58:00.640 --> 00:58:01.240 time from 00:58:01.240 --> 00:58:01.800 the things 00:58:01.800 --> 00:58:02.200 of which 00:58:02.200 --> 00:58:02.460 you are 00:58:02.460 --> 00:58:03.260 now ashamed? 00:58:04.140 --> 00:58:04.480 For the 00:58:04.480 --> 00:58:04.880 end of 00:58:04.880 --> 00:58:05.560 those things 00:58:05.560 --> 00:58:06.380 is death. 00:58:07.720 --> 00:58:08.220 But now 00:58:08.220 --> 00:58:08.500 that you 00:58:08.500 --> 00:58:08.740 have been 00:58:08.740 --> 00:58:09.560 set free 00:58:09.560 --> 00:58:10.260 from sin 00:58:10.260 --> 00:58:10.900 and have 00:58:10.900 --> 00:58:11.160 become 00:58:11.160 --> 00:58:11.940 slaves of 00:58:11.940 --> 00:58:12.360 God, 00:58:12.920 --> 00:58:13.520 the fruit 00:58:13.520 --> 00:58:14.260 you get 00:58:14.260 --> 00:58:14.920 leads to 00:58:14.920 --> 00:58:15.900 sanctification 00:58:15.900 --> 00:58:17.000 and its 00:58:17.000 --> 00:58:17.600 end, 00:58:17.900 --> 00:58:18.480 eternal 00:58:18.480 --> 00:58:19.140 life. 00:58:20.180 --> 00:58:20.560 For the 00:58:20.560 --> 00:58:21.160 wages of 00:58:21.160 --> 00:58:21.840 sin is 00:58:21.840 --> 00:58:22.260 death, 00:58:22.660 --> 00:58:23.160 but the 00:58:23.160 --> 00:58:23.820 free gift 00:58:23.820 --> 00:58:24.480 of God 00:58:24.480 --> 00:58:25.180 is eternal 00:58:25.180 --> 00:58:25.900 life in 00:58:25.900 --> 00:58:26.300 Christ 00:58:26.300 --> 00:58:26.960 Jesus, 00:58:27.460 --> 00:58:28.220 our Lord. 00:58:29.400 --> 00:58:30.140 So do 00:58:30.140 --> 00:58:30.580 you know 00:58:30.580 --> 00:58:31.480 this 00:58:31.480 --> 00:58:32.160 freedom? 00:58:33.340 --> 00:58:33.800 That is 00:58:33.800 --> 00:58:34.400 what Peter 00:58:34.400 --> 00:58:34.980 is pointing 00:58:34.980 --> 00:58:35.400 us to 00:58:35.400 --> 00:58:35.820 here, 00:58:36.240 --> 00:58:36.760 knowing that 00:58:36.760 --> 00:58:37.019 you were 00:58:37.019 --> 00:58:37.580 ransomed 00:58:37.580 --> 00:58:37.980 from the 00:58:37.980 --> 00:58:38.480 futile 00:58:38.480 --> 00:58:39.100 wastes, 00:58:39.820 --> 00:58:40.420 not with 00:58:40.420 --> 00:58:41.019 perishable 00:58:41.019 --> 00:58:41.640 things such 00:58:41.640 --> 00:58:42.180 as silver 00:58:42.180 --> 00:58:42.860 or gold. 00:58:43.400 --> 00:58:43.800 Just like 00:58:43.800 --> 00:58:44.500 that psalm 00:58:44.500 --> 00:58:44.960 we sang, 00:58:45.080 --> 00:58:45.840 Psalm 49, 00:58:46.660 --> 00:58:47.180 to redeem 00:58:47.180 --> 00:58:47.760 my life 00:58:47.760 --> 00:58:48.600 is costly, 00:58:48.960 --> 00:58:49.240 none 00:58:49.240 --> 00:58:50.380 sufficient 00:58:50.380 --> 00:58:51.240 price can 00:58:51.240 --> 00:58:51.600 pay. 00:58:51.599 --> 00:58:53.000 none 00:58:53.000 --> 00:58:53.299 of us 00:58:53.299 --> 00:58:53.500 can 00:58:53.500 --> 00:58:53.960 pay 00:58:53.960 --> 00:58:54.819 for our 00:58:54.819 --> 00:58:55.480 salvation, 00:58:56.000 --> 00:58:56.619 and we 00:58:56.619 --> 00:58:57.539 are slaves 00:58:57.539 --> 00:58:58.219 to sin, 00:58:58.420 --> 00:58:58.679 we are 00:58:58.679 --> 00:58:59.539 held ransom 00:58:59.539 --> 00:59:00.159 and hostage 00:59:00.159 --> 00:59:00.960 by sin. 00:59:01.339 --> 00:59:01.920 How can 00:59:01.920 --> 00:59:02.659 we possibly 00:59:02.659 --> 00:59:03.319 be free? 00:59:04.319 --> 00:59:05.039 Because we 00:59:05.039 --> 00:59:05.839 are ransomed, 00:59:06.139 --> 00:59:07.139 not by silver 00:59:07.139 --> 00:59:07.779 or gold, 00:59:08.139 --> 00:59:08.980 but with the 00:59:08.980 --> 00:59:09.960 precious blood 00:59:09.960 --> 00:59:11.219 of Christ. 00:59:13.179 --> 00:59:13.920 And that 00:59:13.920 --> 00:59:14.420 is what we 00:59:14.420 --> 00:59:15.039 are to hold 00:59:15.039 --> 00:59:15.539 on to, 00:59:16.279 --> 00:59:17.159 what a price 00:59:17.159 --> 00:59:17.559 has been 00:59:17.559 --> 00:59:18.739 paid for 00:59:18.739 --> 00:59:19.519 our freedom. 00:59:19.519 --> 00:59:21.099 as we 00:59:21.099 --> 00:59:21.639 approach 00:59:21.639 --> 00:59:22.539 the time 00:59:22.539 --> 00:59:22.980 of year 00:59:22.980 --> 00:59:23.300 when we 00:59:23.300 --> 00:59:23.820 remember 00:59:23.820 --> 00:59:24.360 the many 00:59:24.360 --> 00:59:24.840 who gave 00:59:24.840 --> 00:59:25.440 their lives 00:59:25.440 --> 00:59:26.219 in conflict, 00:59:27.019 --> 00:59:27.500 when we 00:59:27.500 --> 00:59:28.019 think of 00:59:28.019 --> 00:59:28.480 the great 00:59:28.480 --> 00:59:29.679 cost of 00:59:29.679 --> 00:59:30.460 our freedom 00:59:30.460 --> 00:59:31.380 through war 00:59:31.380 --> 00:59:31.699 and the 00:59:31.699 --> 00:59:32.259 shedding of 00:59:32.259 --> 00:59:32.780 blood of 00:59:32.780 --> 00:59:33.099 many, 00:59:34.360 --> 00:59:34.840 here we 00:59:34.840 --> 00:59:35.480 are reminded 00:59:35.480 --> 00:59:36.480 of the 00:59:36.480 --> 00:59:37.000 cost of 00:59:37.000 --> 00:59:37.619 our freedom 00:59:37.619 --> 00:59:38.360 from sin, 00:59:39.719 --> 00:59:40.460 a price 00:59:40.460 --> 00:59:41.480 none of 00:59:41.480 --> 00:59:42.019 us could 00:59:42.019 --> 00:59:42.440 pay, 00:59:43.259 --> 00:59:43.739 but a 00:59:43.739 --> 00:59:44.900 price that 00:59:44.900 --> 00:59:45.219 has been 00:59:45.219 --> 00:59:46.599 paid for 00:59:46.599 --> 00:59:47.000 us. 00:59:47.000 --> 00:59:49.059 And this 00:59:49.059 --> 00:59:49.619 is how 00:59:49.619 --> 00:59:49.960 we are 00:59:49.960 --> 00:59:50.659 to live. 00:59:52.320 --> 00:59:52.800 As verse 00:59:52.800 --> 00:59:53.719 21 says, 00:59:53.820 --> 00:59:54.219 who through 00:59:54.219 --> 00:59:55.179 him are 00:59:55.179 --> 00:59:55.960 believers in 00:59:55.960 --> 00:59:56.420 God who 00:59:56.420 --> 00:59:56.940 raised him 00:59:56.940 --> 00:59:57.219 from the 00:59:57.219 --> 00:59:57.599 dead and 00:59:57.599 --> 00:59:58.039 gave him 00:59:58.039 --> 00:59:59.239 glory so 00:59:59.239 --> 00:59:59.579 that your 00:59:59.579 --> 01:00:00.900 faith and 01:00:00.900 --> 01:00:02.300 hope are 01:00:02.300 --> 01:00:03.000 in God. 01:00:03.820 --> 01:00:04.480 Is that 01:00:04.480 --> 01:00:05.840 true for 01:00:05.840 --> 01:00:06.519 you today? 01:00:07.980 --> 01:00:09.179 He says 01:00:09.179 --> 01:00:10.519 to be 01:00:10.519 --> 01:00:10.980 holy. 01:00:11.760 --> 01:00:12.360 He goes 01:00:12.360 --> 01:00:12.920 on, as 01:00:12.920 --> 01:00:13.519 we'll see, 01:00:14.159 --> 01:00:15.539 to outwork 01:00:15.539 --> 01:00:15.920 this in 01:00:15.920 --> 01:00:16.759 every aspect 01:00:16.759 --> 01:00:17.179 of our 01:00:17.179 --> 01:00:17.739 life and 01:00:17.739 --> 01:00:18.639 our conduct, 01:00:19.519 --> 01:00:19.840 but it 01:00:19.840 --> 01:00:20.659 begins with 01:00:20.659 --> 01:00:21.460 this hope 01:00:21.460 --> 01:00:22.219 that is 01:00:22.219 --> 01:00:23.599 found in 01:00:23.599 --> 01:00:24.199 Christ. 01:00:25.239 --> 01:00:25.820 It is not 01:00:25.820 --> 01:00:27.059 something that 01:00:27.059 --> 01:00:27.599 is just a 01:00:27.599 --> 01:00:28.360 theology that 01:00:28.360 --> 01:00:29.059 is taught, 01:00:29.179 --> 01:00:29.460 something that 01:00:29.460 --> 01:00:30.360 we can read 01:00:30.360 --> 01:00:30.980 in a book. 01:00:32.199 --> 01:00:32.980 It's something 01:00:32.980 --> 01:00:33.400 that is in 01:00:33.400 --> 01:00:34.079 our heart 01:00:34.079 --> 01:00:35.079 and goes 01:00:35.079 --> 01:00:35.579 with us 01:00:35.579 --> 01:00:36.219 every day 01:00:36.219 --> 01:00:36.739 of our 01:00:36.739 --> 01:00:37.300 life. 01:00:38.380 --> 01:00:38.880 We are to 01:00:38.880 --> 01:00:39.199 take it 01:00:39.199 --> 01:00:39.619 with us 01:00:39.619 --> 01:00:40.279 from here 01:00:40.279 --> 01:00:40.820 today, 01:00:41.519 --> 01:00:42.079 to tomorrow, 01:00:42.179 --> 01:00:42.699 into every 01:00:42.699 --> 01:00:43.820 day that 01:00:43.820 --> 01:00:44.619 lies ahead 01:00:44.619 --> 01:00:44.980 as a 01:00:44.980 --> 01:00:45.519 command. 01:00:46.519 --> 01:00:47.199 Be holy, 01:00:47.799 --> 01:00:48.359 for I am 01:00:48.359 --> 01:00:48.880 holy. 01:00:49.839 --> 01:00:50.440 Be set 01:00:50.440 --> 01:00:51.000 apart. 01:00:52.219 --> 01:00:52.699 It's not 01:00:52.699 --> 01:00:53.420 something we 01:00:53.420 --> 01:00:54.179 cannot be. 01:00:55.219 --> 01:00:55.619 It is 01:00:55.619 --> 01:00:56.699 something we 01:00:56.699 --> 01:00:57.039 are to 01:00:57.039 --> 01:00:58.339 strive for. 01:00:59.179 --> 01:00:59.539 So may 01:00:59.539 --> 01:01:00.319 God enable 01:01:00.319 --> 01:01:01.539 us and 01:01:01.539 --> 01:01:02.380 help us to 01:01:02.380 --> 01:01:03.759 see what 01:01:03.759 --> 01:01:04.099 has been 01:01:04.099 --> 01:01:05.019 done for 01:01:05.019 --> 01:01:06.639 us, but 01:01:06.639 --> 01:01:07.179 we have been 01:01:07.179 --> 01:01:08.380 saved to. 01:01:09.239 --> 01:01:09.679 The more 01:01:09.679 --> 01:01:10.339 we see the 01:01:10.339 --> 01:01:10.940 beauty of 01:01:10.940 --> 01:01:12.819 Christ, the 01:01:12.819 --> 01:01:13.539 more we see 01:01:13.539 --> 01:01:14.380 our need to 01:01:14.380 --> 01:01:15.800 live for 01:01:15.800 --> 01:01:16.900 him and 01:01:16.900 --> 01:01:17.640 love him 01:01:17.640 --> 01:01:18.340 who gave 01:01:18.340 --> 01:01:19.440 himself for 01:01:19.440 --> 01:01:20.760 us through 01:01:20.760 --> 01:01:21.420 the precious 01:01:21.420 --> 01:01:22.579 blood of 01:01:22.579 --> 01:01:23.200 Christ that 01:01:23.200 --> 01:01:24.059 has redeemed 01:01:24.059 --> 01:01:25.960 us, that 01:01:25.960 --> 01:01:26.240 we would 01:01:26.240 --> 01:01:27.460 live through 01:01:27.460 --> 01:01:28.340 faith and 01:01:28.340 --> 01:01:29.860 hope in 01:01:29.860 --> 01:01:30.380 God. 01:01:30.920 --> 01:01:31.500 Let us 01:01:31.500 --> 01:01:31.800 pray. 01:01:32.900 --> 01:01:33.660 Our 01:01:33.660 --> 01:01:34.619 Father in 01:01:34.619 --> 01:01:35.200 heaven, may 01:01:35.200 --> 01:01:36.019 you instruct 01:01:36.019 --> 01:01:36.820 us and guide 01:01:36.820 --> 01:01:37.260 us through 01:01:37.260 --> 01:01:38.099 these words 01:01:38.099 --> 01:01:39.160 to be a 01:01:39.160 --> 01:01:39.840 people who 01:01:39.840 --> 01:01:41.019 strive after 01:01:41.019 --> 01:01:42.519 holiness, to 01:01:42.519 --> 01:01:43.400 live for you 01:01:43.400 --> 01:01:43.720 and to 01:01:43.720 --> 01:01:45.599 recognize, yes 01:01:45.599 --> 01:01:46.220 we fall 01:01:46.220 --> 01:01:47.700 short, but 01:01:47.700 --> 01:01:48.680 yes too, you 01:01:48.680 --> 01:01:50.280 lift us up and 01:01:50.280 --> 01:01:51.280 you help us, you 01:01:51.280 --> 01:01:52.200 strengthen us to 01:01:52.200 --> 01:01:52.639 go on. 01:01:52.760 --> 01:01:53.420 So may you do 01:01:53.420 --> 01:01:54.139 that for each 01:01:54.139 --> 01:01:55.300 of us, we 01:01:55.300 --> 01:01:56.519 ask in Jesus' 01:01:56.900 --> 01:01:57.700 precious name. 01:01:58.340 --> 01:01:58.680 Amen. 01:01:58.679 --> 01:02:05.139 our closing item 01:02:05.139 --> 01:02:06.139 of praise is 01:02:06.139 --> 01:02:07.619 Psalm 16 in the 01:02:07.619 --> 01:02:08.619 Sing Psalms. 01:02:11.539 --> 01:02:13.659 Psalm 16 at 01:02:13.659 --> 01:02:14.539 verse 8. 01:02:15.379 --> 01:02:15.879 Again, just 01:02:15.879 --> 01:02:17.019 reminds us where 01:02:17.019 --> 01:02:18.139 our focus is to 01:02:18.139 --> 01:02:18.339 be. 01:02:18.419 --> 01:02:19.019 Before me 01:02:19.019 --> 01:02:20.519 constantly, I 01:02:20.519 --> 01:02:21.599 set the Lord 01:02:21.599 --> 01:02:22.859 alone, because 01:02:22.859 --> 01:02:24.139 he is at my 01:02:24.139 --> 01:02:24.940 right hand. 01:02:24.940 --> 01:02:26.380 I'll not be 01:02:26.380 --> 01:02:27.179 overthrown. 01:02:27.240 --> 01:02:27.800 We'll sing from 01:02:27.800 --> 01:02:28.539 verse 8 to 01:02:28.539 --> 01:02:30.039 11 to God's 01:02:30.039 --> 01:02:30.500 praise. 01:02:30.500 --> 01:03:00.480 Thank you. 01:03:00.500 --> 01:03:30.480 Thank you. 01:03:30.500 --> 01:03:32.500 Thank you. 01:04:00.500 --> 01:04:02.500 Thank you. 01:04:30.500 --> 01:04:32.500 Thank you. 01:05:00.500 --> 01:05:02.500 Amen. 01:05:02.500 --> 01:05:04.500 Amen. 01:05:04.500 --> 01:05:06.500 Amen. 01:05:06.500 --> 01:05:08.500 Amen. 01:05:08.500 --> 01:05:10.500 Amen. 01:05:10.500 --> 01:05:12.500 Amen. 01:05:12.500 --> 01:05:18.500 Amen. 01:05:18.500 --> 01:05:19.500 Amen. 01:05:19.500 --> 01:05:20.500 Amen. 01:05:20.500 --> 01:05:22.500 Amen. 01:05:22.500 --> 01:05:24.500 Amen. 01:05:24.500 --> 01:05:26.500 Amen. 01:05:26.500 --> 01:05:28.500 Amen. 01:05:28.500 --> 01:05:30.500 Amen. 01:05:30.500 --> 01:05:32.500 Amen.