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 For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you might follow in his steps.

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! He committed no sin, neither was deceit found in his mouth.

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 When he was reviled, he did not revile in return.

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 When he suffered, he did not threaten, but continued entrusting himself to him who judges justly.

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 He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness.

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 By his wounds you have been healed, for you were straying like sheep, but have now returned to the shepherd and overseer of your souls.

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 Amen.

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 We know that any form of Christianity that does not have the atoning work of Jesus Christ at the very center of its faith and of its practice is no Christianity at all.

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 But let's personalize that in a more direct way.

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 We would have to also acknowledge, if that's true, that any professing Christian who does not hold the atoning work of Jesus Christ and all its implications as the sole foundation for salvation is no Christian at all.

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 The good news that Jesus Christ has satisfied the wrath of God against sinners, reconciling them to God through the forgiveness of their sins, that is the essence of the one true gospel.

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 And Christians are gospel people.

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 We are gospel people.

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 We believe that that gospel is the power of God unto salvation for everyone who believes.

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 So the gospel of Jesus centers our fellowship.

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 It fills our songs as we have sung this morning.

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 It marks our preaching.

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 We are a gospel people.

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 And this gospel permeation that we know and that we experience and should be faithful to is evident throughout Peter's letter.

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 And we've seen it again and again and again and again.

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 From the very beginning of chapter 1, verse 1, we have seen this gospel continually coming to the surface.

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 Jesus and his atoning work are at the very heart of all that Peter has to say to these Christians in Asia Minor.

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 In fact, it's on account of their faith in Christ that he is able to call their experience an exile and describe it as an exile.

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 Through the gospel, God called them, as we read earlier in chapter 2, out of darkness and into his marvelous light,

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 making them a chosen people, representing God in this fallen world.

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 But exile isn't easy, is it?

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 And many of them are struggling.

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 Many of them are suffering on account of their faith.

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 So what did Peter do to address their suffering?

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 He wrote again here of the glorious gospel of Jesus Christ who suffered for us.

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 Why?

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 What good is that?

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 What help is it to the Christian slaves to whom Peter is addressing directly at this point in the letter?

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 What help is the suffering of Christ to their suffering?

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 Because we're gospel people and because the work of Jesus Christ anchors our faith,

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 it comforts our souls,

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 it offers us true and lasting hope,

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 and it instructs us on how to endure to the end.

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 That's why Peter returns to it once again here.

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 He said,

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 it would have been just more helpful if he would have just maybe commiserated with them for a little while,

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 showed maybe a little more empathy than what he seems to show here.

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 No, the best thing for them,

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 the best thing for us in the midst of suffering,

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 is not to dwell on our sorrows,

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 it is to look at our Savior.

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 It is only in our Savior

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 that we find hope and comfort

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 and endurance.

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 But we need to keep the immediate context in mind, don't we?

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 Remember in this section of the letter,

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 Peter is instructing us on

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 how to submit to authorities,

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 human authorities that are over us,

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 but to do so in the fear of God.

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 In other words,

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 human authority is not absolute.

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 And whenever earthly authorities contradict God's commands,

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 our duty as his people

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 is to joyfully submit to God,

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 even over and above,

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 as we've seen in one passage,

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 civil government,

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 and then in the most direct passage that we're at now,

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 to those,

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 in Peter's case,

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 who were slaves,

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 serving unjust masters.

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 That means that Christians

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 are going to inevitably face suffering

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 for their obedience to the Lord.

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 And using the circumstances of Christian slaves

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 suffering under unjust masters,

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 Peter instructs all believers,

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 this isn't just an application for them,

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 he's using them as a springboard

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 to address all Christians.

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 He instructs all believers

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 on how to faithfully endure suffering

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 for the glory of God.

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 And what does he do?

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 He points us to the perfect model

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 of faithful endurance

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 when suffering for good.

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 Our Lord and Savior,

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 Jesus Christ.

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 And here again,

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 even in his address to these slaves,

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 what is it that comes to the surface?

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 What is it that takes center stage?

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 It's the gospel.

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 So then the larger point of the text,

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 we have to keep that in mind,

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 we don't want to escape it too quickly,

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 but the larger point of the text

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 is that believers are to follow Christ

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 in his suffering.

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 And last week,

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 we considered Jesus' example

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 of suffering as a model

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 for how to suffer well

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 and how to suffer faithfully.

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 But Peter also acknowledges

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 in the text that we're now settling into,

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 he acknowledges that our suffering

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 is not fully comparable

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 to Christ's suffering.

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 It's not exactly the same.

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 We follow him in it,

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 certainly.

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 We endure as he endured

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 with the spirit that he endured,

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 but we ought not to think

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 that his and ours

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 is exactly the same.

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 Christ's suffering was unique.

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 His suffering was atoning.

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 His suffering provides the basis

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 for salvation.

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 So it's good for us to linger

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 just a bit longer on these verses.

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 Meditate on the unique nature

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 of Christ's sufferings

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 as an atonement for our sins

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 and how the benefits

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 of that atonement are applied.

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 In other words,

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 if this is what Christ's suffering accomplished,

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 how can I ensure

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 that it was accomplished for me?

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 If on the cross,

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 Jesus provides salvation,

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 how can I receive the salvation

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 that he has provided?

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 And I think what we find here

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 in these verses

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 is what we might call

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 the gospel according to Peter.

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 The gospel according to Peter.

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 Three main points of emphasis

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 that I want to point out to you

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 that Peter gives us here.

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 First is this.

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 I want you to see Christ's perfections.

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 Christ's perfections.

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 We get this in verses 22 and 23.

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 Now last week we examined Christ's example.

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 We're picking back up on that here.

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 We're returning to it

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 so that we might see

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 that there is a deeper truth at play

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 in what Peter is saying here

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 than merely to say

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 that Christ's suffering

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 was only to give us an example.

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 Certainly it is that.

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 It is not merely that.

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 There's more that Peter

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 is affirming here.

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 Jesus isn't just a model

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 for how to suffer.

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 He is the model.

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 And undergirding his application

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 to suffering for good,

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 particularly for the slaves,

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 is the truth of Christ's perfections.

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 That's undergirding

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 everything that Peter is saying

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 in 22 and 23.

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 Jesus' faithfulness in suffering

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 owes to his divine, sinless nature.

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 And it is his divine person

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 that Jesus is God himself in flesh

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 that makes everything we believe

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 about the atonement,

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 that makes everything that Peter says

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 about the atonement possible.

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 And that's what Peter's emphasizing here.

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 And there's two key areas

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 of Christ's perfections

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 that Peter brings into view.

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 His fulfillment of both these areas

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 of perfections are what qualify him

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 to actually be our Savior.

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 If either one of these fail,

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 he is not a Savior for anyone.

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 But if they both stand,

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 he is indeed the Savior

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 for all who will believe.

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 The first category is this,

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 perfect obedience.

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 Perfect obedience.

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 Look back at verse 22.

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 He committed no sin,

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 neither was deceit found in his mouth.

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 He committed no sin,

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 neither was deceit found in his mouth.

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 Now in all four of these verses here,

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 Peter is leaning heavily on Isaiah 53.

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 And if you know Isaiah 53 well,

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 you know that it foretells

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 that the servant of the Lord,

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 that coming Messiah,

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 will be a suffering servant.

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 And that in regard to his suffering,

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 he will provide salvation.

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 That through that suffering,

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 he will provide salvation

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 for God's chosen people.

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 The New Testament repeatedly affirms,

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 even Jesus himself,

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 multiple times acknowledging

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 that he is the fulfillment

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 of that suffering servant

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 in Isaiah 53.

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 And here, Peter directly quotes

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 Isaiah 53 in verse 9,

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 which reads,

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 and they made his grave with the wicked.

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 So his suffering is not just hardship,

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 it's death.

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 They made his grave with the wicked,

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 with the rich man in his death,

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 although he had done no violence,

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 and there was no deceit in his mouth.

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 Direct quote from Peter here

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 of Isaiah 53, 9.

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 Now why does he do that?

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 Now his point in quoting this verse

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 is to emphasize that not only

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 was Jesus sinless in his suffering,

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 that he did not sin as he suffered.

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 Of course that's true,

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 that's an application that we make,

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 but that's not all that Peter is saying.

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 He's quoting Isaiah 53

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 in order that he might say

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 that Jesus was sinless altogether.

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 Sinless.

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 Whereas Adam and all of Adam's descendants

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 fail to love and obey God,

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 Jesus perfectly obeyed in every way.

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 And think about how the scriptures

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 begin to piece this together for us.

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 John 1 says that Jesus exists

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 in eternity as God,

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 but in history he took on humanity

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 in order that he might bring us salvation.

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 We call this the incarnation.

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 God has taken on flesh.

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 He doesn't become less God.

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 He maintains his deity fully,

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 but he adds to that humanity,

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 true humanity,

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 as the scriptures teach us.

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 Given that this incarnation

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 comes through the supernatural conception

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 and birth of a virgin,

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 Jesus did not inherit Adam's corruption

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 as you and I have inherited Adam's corruption.

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 Yet, he's truly human.

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 As we read earlier in Philippians 2,

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 he was in the form of God.

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 That is his very essence

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 and his nature is divine.

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 And then he emptied himself,

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 not of his divinity,

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 but of his divine rights and prerogatives

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 in order that he might take on flesh.

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 Whereas as the divine,

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 he is worthy of all worship,

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 he humbles himself

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 and becomes the man of sorrows.

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 Whereas in his divinity,

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 he is worthy of worship and exaltation,

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 he condescends in his humanity

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 in order that he might die,

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 becoming obedient to death.

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 Consider also the multifaceted temptations

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 Jesus endured.

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 You can read about these in Matthew 4.

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 Just after Jesus' baptism,

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 we read that the Spirit of God

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 leads him into the wilderness

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 for the purpose of being tempted.

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 For 40 days,

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 he fasts in the wilderness.

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 For 40 days,

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 he endures temptation from Satan.

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 That temptation, I believe,

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 continuing throughout his life

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 until the day of his death

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 and resurrection.

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 And what is that all about?

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 It was necessary

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 that he be tempted

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 in every way,

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 yet to prove victorious

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 over that temptation

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 to have never sinned.

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 And that's exactly what Jesus did.

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 He succeeded

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 where you and I have failed.

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 Thus the writer of Hebrews says,

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 Since then,

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 we have a great high priest

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 who has passed through the heavens.

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 That was,

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 he was divine,

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 and he passed through the heavens

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 in order to become a man.

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 Jesus, the Son of God,

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 let us hold fast our confession.

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 For we do not have a high priest

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 who is unable to sympathize

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 with our weaknesses,

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 but one who in every respect

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 has been tempted as we are,

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 yet without sin.

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 And it is only because of that

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 that the writer of Hebrews then says,

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 Now let us with confidence

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 draw near to his throne of grace

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 that we may receive mercy

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 and find grace

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 to help in our time of need.

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 That's Peter's emphasis here.

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 It's not just that Jesus didn't sin

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 as he suffered on the cross.

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 It's that he was sinless altogether.

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 Yes, he's lifting up Jesus

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 as our example,

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 but he also means for us to see

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 that Jesus' example

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 owes to his sinless perfection.

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 We are to follow him in suffering,

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 but we need to acknowledge

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 that his obedience is unique

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 and distinct from ours

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 because he is indeed

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 the sinless Son of God.

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 So we find here in verse 22

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 Christ's perfect obedience,

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 but it's not just perfect obedience

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 that Peter emphasizes for us here.

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 We get to verse 23

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 and we find perfect faith.

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 Perfect faith.

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 Verse 23.

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 When he was reviled,

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 he did not revile in return.

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 When he suffered,

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 he did not threaten,

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 and here's his faith.

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 He did not follow him,

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 but continued entrusting himself

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 to him who judges justly.

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 Now, to obey God's moral law is important.

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 It's not the only thing.

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 There is a positive side

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 to Jesus' perfections

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 that is just as important

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 as his restraint.

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 The negative emphasis

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 is that he restrains himself

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 from temptation and from sin.

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 The positive emphasis

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 is that he not only demonstrated

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 perfect obedience,

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 but perfect faith.

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 Both essential

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 if he is to qualify

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 to be our Savior.

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 Now, again,

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 here in 23,

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 Peter is alluding

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 to Isaiah 53

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 and verse 7,

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 writing about Jesus' silence

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 in his suffering.

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 As he suffered

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 at the hands

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 of the unjust,

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 he neither reviled

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 in return,

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 neither did he threaten

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 to retaliate.

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 Instead,

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 we're told

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 that Jesus

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 continued entrusting himself

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 to him

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 who judges justly.

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 What is that?

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 What is that about?

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 Jesus demonstrates

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 perfect faith

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 as he endures the cross,

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 trusting that the Father

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 will vindicate his righteousness

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 and will judge his enemies.

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 And how does that vindication come?

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 It comes through resurrection.

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 In the resurrection

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 of Jesus Christ from the dead,

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 his true righteousness

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 is vindicated.

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 He is risen

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 because he's sinless.

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 And when will God judge his enemies?

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 At the final judgment.

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 All wrongs will be made right.

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 All righteousness will be vindicated.

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 All wickedness

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 will then be judged.

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 And Jesus,

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 the perfect son of God,

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 fully,

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 in every way,

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 and at every moment,

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 demonstrates perfect faith.

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 not only in his suffering,

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 but his suffering

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 demonstrates

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 a faith

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 that permeated

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 all of his life.

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 In every way,

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 Jesus perfectly loved

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 and trusted

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 the Father.

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 Now,

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 why are these

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 perfections important?

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 Why would Peter

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 bother to emphasize these?

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 Why would he bring in

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 Isaiah 53

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 in order

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 to provide

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 the support

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 for what he's trying

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 to get across?

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 And it's this.

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 If Jesus is not

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 the sinless son of God,

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 then we are all

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 hopelessly

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 lost

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 in our sin.

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 If Jesus is not

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 the sinless son of God,

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 if he did not have

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 perfect obedience,

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 if he did not

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 have perfect faith,

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 then his death

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 was no atonement

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 at all.

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 And that leaves

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 the wrath of God

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 to be poured out

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 on us.

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 The only way

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 for his wrath

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 to be satisfied

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 then

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 is for us

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 to spend

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 an eternity

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 in hell.

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 The stakes

00:20:00.160 --> 00:20:00.700
 are high.

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 But because

00:20:03.700 --> 00:20:04.380
 of Christ's

00:20:04.380 --> 00:20:05.420
 divine perfection,

00:20:06.040 --> 00:20:07.040
 as our new

00:20:07.040 --> 00:20:07.960
 confession of faith

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 reads,

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 he is

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 every way

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 qualified

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 to be a

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 suitable,

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 compassionate,

00:20:16.500 --> 00:20:17.860
 and all-sufficient

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 Savior.

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 That's who he is.

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 He's not just

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 a man.

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 He is truly

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 the God-man

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 who did what

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 Adam was meant

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 to do,

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 love and obey God.

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 And these

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 perfections

00:20:36.120 --> 00:20:37.340
 qualify Jesus

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 and Jesus

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 alone

00:20:38.540 --> 00:20:39.500
 to bring us

00:20:39.500 --> 00:20:40.060
 salvation.

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 But how

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 exactly

00:20:41.540 --> 00:20:42.860
 does he bring

00:20:42.860 --> 00:20:43.580
 that salvation?

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 That's where

00:20:44.700 --> 00:20:45.360
 Peter moves to

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 next.

00:20:46.380 --> 00:20:47.060
 So we not only

00:20:47.060 --> 00:20:47.760
 see Christ's

00:20:47.760 --> 00:20:48.540
 perfections,

00:20:48.920 --> 00:20:49.820
 we now look

00:20:49.820 --> 00:20:50.760
 to Christ's

00:20:50.760 --> 00:20:51.320
 atonement.

00:20:52.100 --> 00:20:52.940
 Christ's atonement,

00:20:53.040 --> 00:20:53.640
 verse 24.

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 He himself

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 bore our sins

00:20:57.840 --> 00:20:58.580
 in his body

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 on the tree

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 that we might

00:21:00.980 --> 00:21:01.920
 die to sin

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 and live

00:21:03.340 --> 00:21:04.100
 to righteousness.

00:21:05.519 --> 00:21:06.180
 By his

00:21:06.180 --> 00:21:06.779
 wounds

00:21:06.779 --> 00:21:08.019
 you have

00:21:08.019 --> 00:21:08.440
 been

00:21:08.440 --> 00:21:09.300
 healed.

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 Now let's

00:21:11.180 --> 00:21:11.660
 define

00:21:11.660 --> 00:21:12.240
 atonement.

00:21:13.360 --> 00:21:14.140
 We use that

00:21:14.140 --> 00:21:14.759
 word a lot.

00:21:15.039 --> 00:21:15.519
 Let's make sure

00:21:15.519 --> 00:21:15.980
 we understand

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 what it means.

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 It's a simple

00:21:17.060 --> 00:21:17.800
 definition really.

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 Atonement,

00:21:18.380 --> 00:21:18.980
 it just simply

00:21:18.980 --> 00:21:19.740
 means a payment

00:21:19.740 --> 00:21:20.340
 for sin.

00:21:21.039 --> 00:21:21.460
 A payment

00:21:21.460 --> 00:21:22.019
 for sin.

00:21:23.779 --> 00:21:24.460
 Peter here

00:21:24.460 --> 00:21:25.360
 focuses on

00:21:25.360 --> 00:21:26.039
 the payment

00:21:26.039 --> 00:21:27.700
 that Christ

00:21:27.700 --> 00:21:28.420
 made

00:21:28.420 --> 00:21:29.800
 for the sins

00:21:29.800 --> 00:21:30.420
 of those

00:21:30.420 --> 00:21:31.460
 who follow

00:21:31.460 --> 00:21:31.820
 him.

00:21:33.180 --> 00:21:33.620
 Through the

00:21:33.620 --> 00:21:33.960
 centuries,

00:21:34.100 --> 00:21:34.660
 for 2,000

00:21:34.660 --> 00:21:34.940
 years,

00:21:35.080 --> 00:21:36.160
 many theories

00:21:36.160 --> 00:21:37.100
 or models

00:21:37.100 --> 00:21:38.380
 explaining

00:21:38.380 --> 00:21:39.019
 the nature

00:21:39.019 --> 00:21:39.700
 or at least

00:21:39.700 --> 00:21:40.400
 attempting to

00:21:40.400 --> 00:21:41.000
 explain the

00:21:41.000 --> 00:21:41.519
 nature of

00:21:41.519 --> 00:21:41.860
 Christ's

00:21:41.860 --> 00:21:42.240
 atonement

00:21:42.240 --> 00:21:42.960
 have been

00:21:42.960 --> 00:21:43.840
 suggested.

00:21:44.220 --> 00:21:44.480
 Some of

00:21:44.480 --> 00:21:44.680
 them are

00:21:44.680 --> 00:21:45.100
 helpful.

00:21:45.700 --> 00:21:46.039
 Some of

00:21:46.039 --> 00:21:46.580
 them are

00:21:46.580 --> 00:21:47.480
 not helpful

00:21:47.480 --> 00:21:47.960
 at all.

00:21:48.920 --> 00:21:49.500
 What Peter

00:21:49.500 --> 00:21:50.039
 writes about

00:21:50.039 --> 00:21:51.320
 here is not

00:21:51.320 --> 00:21:51.980
 a theory

00:21:51.980 --> 00:21:52.400
 of the

00:21:52.400 --> 00:21:52.820
 atonement.

00:21:53.600 --> 00:21:54.360
 It's not

00:21:54.360 --> 00:21:54.960
 a model

00:21:54.960 --> 00:21:55.779
 of the

00:21:55.779 --> 00:21:56.259
 atonement.

00:21:56.259 --> 00:21:58.019
 It is

00:21:58.019 --> 00:21:58.640
 the true

00:21:58.640 --> 00:21:59.339
 essence

00:21:59.339 --> 00:22:00.599
 of Christ's

00:22:00.599 --> 00:22:01.039
 atonement.

00:22:01.660 --> 00:22:02.079
 It's the

00:22:02.079 --> 00:22:02.440
 heart of

00:22:02.440 --> 00:22:02.640
 it.

00:22:04.180 --> 00:22:05.119
 Every other

00:22:05.119 --> 00:22:05.700
 model,

00:22:05.980 --> 00:22:06.660
 every other

00:22:06.660 --> 00:22:07.299
 explanation

00:22:07.299 --> 00:22:08.119
 you might

00:22:08.119 --> 00:22:08.640
 add to

00:22:08.640 --> 00:22:09.039
 this

00:22:09.039 --> 00:22:09.599
 cannot

00:22:09.599 --> 00:22:10.339
 possibly

00:22:10.339 --> 00:22:10.980
 stand

00:22:10.980 --> 00:22:11.779
 unless

00:22:11.779 --> 00:22:12.480
 what Peter

00:22:12.480 --> 00:22:13.160
 is emphasizing

00:22:13.160 --> 00:22:14.359
 here is

00:22:14.359 --> 00:22:14.619
 at the

00:22:14.619 --> 00:22:14.940
 heart of

00:22:14.940 --> 00:22:15.140
 it.

00:22:15.660 --> 00:22:16.000
 It's not

00:22:16.000 --> 00:22:16.460
 a theory.

00:22:17.339 --> 00:22:17.920
 It's what

00:22:17.920 --> 00:22:18.500
 it is.

00:22:19.599 --> 00:22:19.920
 And what

00:22:19.920 --> 00:22:20.259
 does Peter

00:22:20.259 --> 00:22:20.539
 do?

00:22:21.480 --> 00:22:21.700
 Well,

00:22:21.759 --> 00:22:21.960
 again,

00:22:22.039 --> 00:22:22.480
 he leans

00:22:22.480 --> 00:22:23.559
 on Isaiah

00:22:23.559 --> 00:22:24.220
 53.

00:22:25.359 --> 00:22:26.240
 He writes

00:22:26.240 --> 00:22:26.680
 that,

00:22:26.980 --> 00:22:27.319
 quoting

00:22:27.319 --> 00:22:27.839
 Isaiah

00:22:27.839 --> 00:22:28.420
 53,

00:22:29.160 --> 00:22:29.460
 Jesus

00:22:29.460 --> 00:22:30.539
 bore

00:22:30.539 --> 00:22:31.740
 our sins

00:22:31.740 --> 00:22:32.880
 in his

00:22:32.880 --> 00:22:33.420
 body on

00:22:33.420 --> 00:22:33.960
 the tree.

00:22:35.000 --> 00:22:35.680
 By his

00:22:35.680 --> 00:22:36.279
 wounds

00:22:36.279 --> 00:22:37.480
 you have

00:22:37.480 --> 00:22:37.920
 been

00:22:37.920 --> 00:22:38.880
 healed.

00:22:40.380 --> 00:22:40.900
 Let me

00:22:40.900 --> 00:22:41.120
 give you

00:22:41.120 --> 00:22:41.440
 just a

00:22:41.440 --> 00:22:41.880
 couple of

00:22:41.880 --> 00:22:42.420
 important

00:22:42.420 --> 00:22:42.940
 theological

00:22:42.940 --> 00:22:43.519
 words and

00:22:43.519 --> 00:22:43.680
 we're going

00:22:43.680 --> 00:22:43.900
 to move

00:22:43.900 --> 00:22:44.220
 on from

00:22:44.220 --> 00:22:44.559
 that.

00:22:45.420 --> 00:22:45.799
 But these

00:22:45.799 --> 00:22:46.019
 will be

00:22:46.019 --> 00:22:46.319
 good for

00:22:46.319 --> 00:22:46.539
 you to

00:22:46.539 --> 00:22:46.700
 know.

00:22:46.799 --> 00:22:47.019
 I would

00:22:47.019 --> 00:22:47.299
 encourage

00:22:47.299 --> 00:22:47.579
 you to

00:22:47.579 --> 00:22:47.900
 write them

00:22:47.900 --> 00:22:48.339
 down if

00:22:48.339 --> 00:22:48.559
 you don't

00:22:48.559 --> 00:22:48.859
 know them

00:22:48.859 --> 00:22:49.220
 already.

00:22:50.359 --> 00:22:50.620
 Jesus'

00:22:51.000 --> 00:22:51.660
 death

00:22:51.660 --> 00:22:52.059
 on the

00:22:52.059 --> 00:22:52.559
 cross

00:22:52.559 --> 00:22:53.140
 was,

00:22:53.259 --> 00:22:53.319
 number

00:22:53.319 --> 00:22:53.880
 one,

00:22:54.819 --> 00:22:55.839
 substitutionary.

00:22:55.839 --> 00:22:56.359
 It was

00:22:56.359 --> 00:22:56.539
 a

00:22:56.539 --> 00:22:56.939
 substitution.

00:22:58.319 --> 00:22:59.399
 He took

00:22:59.399 --> 00:23:00.359
 our

00:23:00.359 --> 00:23:01.059
 place.

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 He didn't

00:23:03.299 --> 00:23:04.059
 suffer merely

00:23:04.059 --> 00:23:04.439
 as an

00:23:04.439 --> 00:23:04.899
 example.

00:23:05.799 --> 00:23:06.439
 He suffered

00:23:06.439 --> 00:23:06.759
 in the

00:23:06.759 --> 00:23:07.399
 place of

00:23:07.399 --> 00:23:08.659
 those who

00:23:08.659 --> 00:23:09.419
 were worthy

00:23:09.419 --> 00:23:10.119
 of that

00:23:10.119 --> 00:23:10.559
 judgment.

00:23:12.139 --> 00:23:12.419
 Isn't that

00:23:12.419 --> 00:23:12.759
 what Peter

00:23:12.759 --> 00:23:13.259
 says?

00:23:14.359 --> 00:23:15.039
 He bore

00:23:15.039 --> 00:23:16.299
 our sins

00:23:16.299 --> 00:23:17.199
 in his

00:23:17.199 --> 00:23:18.259
 body on

00:23:18.259 --> 00:23:18.579
 the tree.

00:23:18.659 --> 00:23:18.959
 It was a

00:23:18.959 --> 00:23:19.519
 substitution.

00:23:20.419 --> 00:23:20.720
 Second,

00:23:22.019 --> 00:23:22.459
 it's a

00:23:22.459 --> 00:23:23.419
 propitiation.

00:23:23.420 --> 00:23:25.279
 propitiation.

00:23:25.980 --> 00:23:26.320
 It's a

00:23:26.320 --> 00:23:26.980
 biblical term.

00:23:27.120 --> 00:23:27.700
 We read it in

00:23:27.700 --> 00:23:28.259
 Romans and a

00:23:28.259 --> 00:23:28.539
 couple of

00:23:28.539 --> 00:23:29.100
 other places.

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 It just

00:23:29.680 --> 00:23:30.240
 simply means

00:23:30.240 --> 00:23:30.720
 that on

00:23:30.720 --> 00:23:31.380
 the cross,

00:23:32.240 --> 00:23:33.259
 Jesus fully

00:23:33.259 --> 00:23:35.060
 satisfied the

00:23:35.060 --> 00:23:35.480
 wrath of

00:23:35.480 --> 00:23:35.840
 God.

00:23:37.080 --> 00:23:37.600
 Full

00:23:37.600 --> 00:23:38.460
 satisfaction.

00:23:39.340 --> 00:23:40.019
 God's wrath

00:23:40.019 --> 00:23:40.740
 against sinners.

00:23:41.740 --> 00:23:42.779
 Jesus stands

00:23:42.779 --> 00:23:43.860
 in between the

00:23:43.860 --> 00:23:44.820
 father and those

00:23:44.820 --> 00:23:45.100
 sinners,

00:23:45.380 --> 00:23:46.500
 interposes his

00:23:46.500 --> 00:23:47.340
 precious blood as

00:23:47.340 --> 00:23:48.100
 we sing in

00:23:48.100 --> 00:23:48.720
 another song.

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 And what does

00:23:49.200 --> 00:23:49.800
 that accomplish?

00:23:49.800 --> 00:23:50.920
 It fully

00:23:50.920 --> 00:23:52.500
 assuages the

00:23:52.500 --> 00:23:53.279
 wrath of God.

00:23:53.440 --> 00:23:54.079
 It turns it

00:23:54.079 --> 00:23:54.380
 away.

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 It satisfies

00:23:55.220 --> 00:23:55.640
 it.

00:23:55.980 --> 00:23:56.440
 It is a

00:23:56.440 --> 00:23:56.940
 true

00:23:56.940 --> 00:23:58.440
 propitiation.

00:23:59.039 --> 00:23:59.339
 Third,

00:24:00.539 --> 00:24:01.319
 it was an

00:24:01.319 --> 00:24:02.160
 imputation.

00:24:03.220 --> 00:24:04.480
 An imputation

00:24:04.480 --> 00:24:04.960
 or an

00:24:04.960 --> 00:24:05.759
 expiation.

00:24:06.940 --> 00:24:08.460
 It removes

00:24:08.460 --> 00:24:10.440
 our guilt.

00:24:11.380 --> 00:24:12.079
 But how

00:24:12.079 --> 00:24:12.519
 does it do

00:24:12.519 --> 00:24:12.819
 that?

00:24:14.140 --> 00:24:15.099
 The removal

00:24:15.099 --> 00:24:15.619
 of the guilt

00:24:15.619 --> 00:24:16.420
 is the term

00:24:16.420 --> 00:24:16.859
 we would say

00:24:16.859 --> 00:24:17.900
 is expiation.

00:24:18.039 --> 00:24:18.640
 But how does

00:24:18.640 --> 00:24:19.119
 it actually do

00:24:19.119 --> 00:24:19.299
 that?

00:24:19.420 --> 00:24:20.039
 It does that

00:24:20.039 --> 00:24:20.940
 through imputation.

00:24:20.940 --> 00:24:21.320
 In other

00:24:21.320 --> 00:24:22.539
 words, our

00:24:22.539 --> 00:24:24.279
 sin is

00:24:24.279 --> 00:24:25.700
 credited to

00:24:25.700 --> 00:24:26.420
 Jesus on

00:24:26.420 --> 00:24:26.980
 the cross.

00:24:28.960 --> 00:24:29.799
 And his

00:24:29.799 --> 00:24:30.940
 righteousness is

00:24:30.940 --> 00:24:31.600
 in return

00:24:31.600 --> 00:24:33.559
 credited to

00:24:33.559 --> 00:24:33.960
 us.

00:24:36.220 --> 00:24:36.940
 We just

00:24:36.940 --> 00:24:38.160
 sang before

00:24:38.160 --> 00:24:38.620
 the throne

00:24:38.620 --> 00:24:38.980
 of God

00:24:38.980 --> 00:24:39.380
 above.

00:24:40.460 --> 00:24:41.200
 What is the

00:24:41.200 --> 00:24:41.660
 whole point of

00:24:41.660 --> 00:24:41.799
 that?

00:24:41.840 --> 00:24:42.120
 It's a

00:24:42.120 --> 00:24:42.420
 courtroom,

00:24:42.559 --> 00:24:42.880
 isn't it?

00:24:43.519 --> 00:24:44.160
 The whole

00:24:44.160 --> 00:24:44.620
 point of the

00:24:44.620 --> 00:24:45.259
 song is that

00:24:45.259 --> 00:24:45.900
 we stand

00:24:45.900 --> 00:24:46.620
 before God,

00:24:46.680 --> 00:24:47.120
 the righteous

00:24:47.120 --> 00:24:48.340
 judge, and

00:24:48.340 --> 00:24:49.200
 we stand

00:24:49.200 --> 00:24:50.279
 righteously

00:24:50.279 --> 00:24:50.940
 before him.

00:24:51.279 --> 00:24:51.720
 But it is

00:24:51.720 --> 00:24:52.619
 not a true

00:24:52.619 --> 00:24:53.139
 righteousness.

00:24:53.519 --> 00:24:54.000
 It is an

00:24:54.000 --> 00:24:55.000
 alien righteousness

00:24:55.000 --> 00:24:55.960
 that is credited

00:24:55.960 --> 00:24:56.539
 to our

00:24:56.539 --> 00:24:56.980
 account.

00:24:57.420 --> 00:24:57.779
 On the

00:24:57.779 --> 00:24:59.099
 cross, Jesus

00:24:59.099 --> 00:25:00.379
 took on

00:25:00.379 --> 00:25:01.440
 our sin.

00:25:01.720 --> 00:25:01.980
 He has

00:25:01.980 --> 00:25:02.480
 made him

00:25:02.480 --> 00:25:03.079
 to be sin

00:25:03.079 --> 00:25:03.539
 who knew

00:25:03.539 --> 00:25:04.099
 no sin

00:25:04.099 --> 00:25:04.559
 so that

00:25:04.559 --> 00:25:05.279
 in him

00:25:05.279 --> 00:25:06.299
 we might

00:25:06.299 --> 00:25:06.839
 become the

00:25:06.839 --> 00:25:07.200
 righteousness

00:25:07.200 --> 00:25:07.779
 of God.

00:25:07.920 --> 00:25:08.319
 A great

00:25:08.319 --> 00:25:08.819
 exchange

00:25:08.819 --> 00:25:09.379
 takes place

00:25:09.379 --> 00:25:09.700
 there.

00:25:10.839 --> 00:25:11.279
 Imputation.

00:25:12.500 --> 00:25:13.259
 That's the

00:25:13.259 --> 00:25:13.599
 essence.

00:25:13.779 --> 00:25:14.139
 That's the

00:25:14.139 --> 00:25:15.039
 nature of

00:25:15.039 --> 00:25:15.460
 Christ's

00:25:15.460 --> 00:25:15.700
 atonement.

00:25:15.799 --> 00:25:16.339
 That's what's

00:25:16.339 --> 00:25:16.740
 happening.

00:25:16.879 --> 00:25:17.399
 All three

00:25:17.399 --> 00:25:17.740
 of these

00:25:17.740 --> 00:25:18.299
 truths of

00:25:18.299 --> 00:25:18.619
 Christ's

00:25:18.619 --> 00:25:18.920
 atonement,

00:25:18.920 --> 00:25:20.120
 they're

00:25:20.120 --> 00:25:20.920
 implicitly

00:25:20.920 --> 00:25:21.759
 at least

00:25:21.759 --> 00:25:22.420
 expressed

00:25:22.420 --> 00:25:23.120
 here in

00:25:23.120 --> 00:25:23.519
 what Peter

00:25:23.519 --> 00:25:24.000
 is saying.

00:25:24.259 --> 00:25:24.420
 But I

00:25:24.420 --> 00:25:24.600
 want you

00:25:24.600 --> 00:25:25.100
 to notice

00:25:25.100 --> 00:25:26.259
 three benefits

00:25:26.259 --> 00:25:26.880
 of this

00:25:26.880 --> 00:25:27.380
 atonement.

00:25:27.960 --> 00:25:28.860
 Three benefits

00:25:28.860 --> 00:25:30.140
 of this

00:25:30.140 --> 00:25:31.259
 substitution

00:25:31.259 --> 00:25:32.940
 and propitiation

00:25:32.940 --> 00:25:33.740
 and imputation.

00:25:34.420 --> 00:25:35.080
 Number one,

00:25:36.259 --> 00:25:36.759
 Christ's

00:25:36.759 --> 00:25:37.500
 atonement is

00:25:37.500 --> 00:25:38.440
 a substitution

00:25:38.440 --> 00:25:41.080
 that reconciles

00:25:41.080 --> 00:25:41.900
 sinners to

00:25:41.900 --> 00:25:42.279
 God.

00:25:43.620 --> 00:25:44.759
 It reconciles

00:25:44.759 --> 00:25:45.300
 sinners to

00:25:45.300 --> 00:25:45.440
 God.

00:25:45.500 --> 00:25:45.779
 Now you know

00:25:45.779 --> 00:25:46.460
 what reconciliation

00:25:46.460 --> 00:25:47.180
 is.

00:25:47.180 --> 00:25:48.019
 You are

00:25:48.019 --> 00:25:49.220
 enemies and

00:25:49.220 --> 00:25:49.880
 now enemies

00:25:49.880 --> 00:25:50.960
 are reconciled.

00:25:51.360 --> 00:25:51.720
 They're made

00:25:51.720 --> 00:25:52.039
 to be

00:25:52.039 --> 00:25:52.519
 friends.

00:25:53.960 --> 00:25:54.680
 If you

00:25:54.680 --> 00:25:55.019
 made your

00:25:55.019 --> 00:25:55.519
 wife mad

00:25:55.519 --> 00:25:56.039
 this week,

00:25:56.140 --> 00:25:56.660
 you didn't

00:25:56.660 --> 00:25:56.900
 do what

00:25:56.900 --> 00:25:57.080
 you were

00:25:57.080 --> 00:25:57.620
 supposed to

00:25:57.620 --> 00:25:57.960
 do,

00:25:58.400 --> 00:25:59.259
 perhaps for

00:25:59.259 --> 00:25:59.799
 a season,

00:26:00.440 --> 00:26:01.019
 you were

00:26:01.019 --> 00:26:02.600
 enemies and

00:26:02.600 --> 00:26:03.000
 at some

00:26:03.000 --> 00:26:04.500
 point you

00:26:04.500 --> 00:26:05.700
 humbly and

00:26:05.700 --> 00:26:08.039
 contritely come

00:26:08.039 --> 00:26:08.779
 in and say,

00:26:08.880 --> 00:26:09.279
 sweetheart,

00:26:09.820 --> 00:26:10.980
 I'm sorry.

00:26:11.640 --> 00:26:12.620
 I was wrong.

00:26:13.420 --> 00:26:13.700
 Will you

00:26:13.700 --> 00:26:14.279
 forgive me?

00:26:14.279 --> 00:26:16.119
 And a

00:26:16.119 --> 00:26:16.639
 reconciliation

00:26:16.639 --> 00:26:17.420
 is made,

00:26:17.480 --> 00:26:17.680
 right?

00:26:18.680 --> 00:26:19.379
 What are

00:26:19.379 --> 00:26:19.619
 we?

00:26:20.539 --> 00:26:20.899
 We're

00:26:20.899 --> 00:26:21.420
 enemies of

00:26:21.420 --> 00:26:22.079
 God by

00:26:22.079 --> 00:26:23.660
 nature because

00:26:23.660 --> 00:26:24.299
 of our sin.

00:26:25.599 --> 00:26:26.299
 What does

00:26:26.299 --> 00:26:26.859
 Christ's

00:26:26.859 --> 00:26:27.660
 substitution on

00:26:27.660 --> 00:26:28.420
 the cross do?

00:26:29.500 --> 00:26:30.660
 It reconciles

00:26:30.660 --> 00:26:31.000
 enemies.

00:26:31.240 --> 00:26:31.819
 It makes them

00:26:31.819 --> 00:26:32.299
 friends.

00:26:32.420 --> 00:26:32.879
 It brings

00:26:32.879 --> 00:26:34.240
 together sinful

00:26:34.240 --> 00:26:35.539
 men and a

00:26:35.539 --> 00:26:36.980
 holy God and

00:26:36.980 --> 00:26:38.259
 reconciles them in

00:26:38.259 --> 00:26:38.899
 peace with one

00:26:38.899 --> 00:26:39.200
 another.

00:26:39.539 --> 00:26:40.160
 Now it's

00:26:40.160 --> 00:26:41.139
 implicit here.

00:26:41.140 --> 00:26:42.420
 It's

00:26:42.420 --> 00:26:43.520
 explicit in

00:26:43.520 --> 00:26:43.840
 the next

00:26:43.840 --> 00:26:44.320
 chapter over

00:26:44.320 --> 00:26:44.560
 and I want

00:26:44.560 --> 00:26:44.880
 you to see

00:26:44.880 --> 00:26:45.080
 it in

00:26:45.080 --> 00:26:45.580
 chapter 3

00:26:45.580 --> 00:26:45.900
 and verse

00:26:45.900 --> 00:26:46.320
 18.

00:26:46.820 --> 00:26:47.259
 Notice what

00:26:47.259 --> 00:26:47.840
 Peter says

00:26:47.840 --> 00:26:48.180
 there.

00:26:49.460 --> 00:26:50.540
 Christ also

00:26:50.540 --> 00:26:51.660
 suffered once

00:26:51.660 --> 00:26:52.540
 for sins,

00:26:53.940 --> 00:26:54.860
 the righteous

00:26:54.860 --> 00:26:56.040
 for the

00:26:56.040 --> 00:26:56.680
 unrighteous,

00:26:56.780 --> 00:26:57.240
 that's the

00:26:57.240 --> 00:26:57.860
 substitution.

00:26:59.220 --> 00:26:59.620
 Why?

00:26:59.620 --> 00:27:01.780
 That he

00:27:01.780 --> 00:27:02.780
 might bring

00:27:02.780 --> 00:27:03.740
 us to

00:27:03.740 --> 00:27:05.020
 God

00:27:05.020 --> 00:27:06.340
 being put

00:27:06.340 --> 00:27:06.840
 to death

00:27:06.840 --> 00:27:07.100
 in the

00:27:07.100 --> 00:27:07.580
 flesh.

00:27:08.220 --> 00:27:08.560
 What is

00:27:08.560 --> 00:27:09.300
 the great

00:27:09.300 --> 00:27:10.460
 benefit of

00:27:10.460 --> 00:27:11.240
 the atonement?

00:27:11.980 --> 00:27:12.720
 That on

00:27:12.720 --> 00:27:13.519
 the cross

00:27:13.519 --> 00:27:15.000
 Christ brings

00:27:15.000 --> 00:27:15.900
 sinners to

00:27:15.900 --> 00:27:16.960
 God and

00:27:16.960 --> 00:27:18.240
 he reconciles

00:27:18.240 --> 00:27:18.640
 us to

00:27:18.640 --> 00:27:19.279
 God in

00:27:19.279 --> 00:27:19.860
 peace.

00:27:21.140 --> 00:27:21.480
 Second,

00:27:22.559 --> 00:27:23.079
 it's a

00:27:23.079 --> 00:27:23.600
 substitution

00:27:23.600 --> 00:27:25.720
 that frees

00:27:25.720 --> 00:27:26.600
 sinners

00:27:26.600 --> 00:27:27.960
 from the

00:27:27.960 --> 00:27:28.559
 bondage of

00:27:28.559 --> 00:27:28.940
 sin.

00:27:29.740 --> 00:27:30.539
 It is a

00:27:30.539 --> 00:27:31.100
 substitution

00:27:31.100 --> 00:27:32.340
 that frees

00:27:32.340 --> 00:27:33.039
 sinners from

00:27:33.039 --> 00:27:33.680
 the bondage

00:27:33.680 --> 00:27:34.579
 of sin.

00:27:34.680 --> 00:27:35.059
 Back in

00:27:35.059 --> 00:27:35.559
 chapter 2

00:27:35.559 --> 00:27:35.880
 and verse

00:27:35.880 --> 00:27:36.440
 24,

00:27:36.920 --> 00:27:38.019
 he himself

00:27:38.019 --> 00:27:39.200
 bore our

00:27:39.200 --> 00:27:39.759
 sins in

00:27:39.759 --> 00:27:40.180
 his body

00:27:40.180 --> 00:27:40.519
 on the

00:27:40.519 --> 00:27:40.740
 tree.

00:27:41.079 --> 00:27:41.400
 Why?

00:27:41.720 --> 00:27:42.319
 Peter says

00:27:42.319 --> 00:27:42.519
 it,

00:27:42.799 --> 00:27:43.700
 so that

00:27:43.700 --> 00:27:44.980
 we might

00:27:44.980 --> 00:27:45.839
 die to

00:27:45.839 --> 00:27:46.220
 sin.

00:27:46.640 --> 00:27:47.259
 Sin might

00:27:47.259 --> 00:27:47.940
 be put

00:27:47.940 --> 00:27:48.759
 to death

00:27:48.759 --> 00:27:49.879
 in us

00:27:49.879 --> 00:27:51.019
 so that

00:27:51.019 --> 00:27:51.619
 we might

00:27:51.619 --> 00:27:52.599
 then live

00:27:52.599 --> 00:27:54.019
 in righteousness.

00:27:54.779 --> 00:27:55.160
 What is

00:27:55.160 --> 00:27:55.660
 this?

00:27:57.660 --> 00:27:58.759
 The effect

00:27:58.759 --> 00:27:59.519
 of Christ's

00:27:59.519 --> 00:28:00.779
 sin bearing

00:28:00.779 --> 00:28:01.640
 atonement is

00:28:01.640 --> 00:28:02.680
 that it breaks

00:28:02.680 --> 00:28:03.539
 the power of

00:28:03.539 --> 00:28:04.859
 sin in the

00:28:04.859 --> 00:28:05.480
 lives of his

00:28:05.480 --> 00:28:05.920
 people.

00:28:05.920 --> 00:28:06.059
 Well,

00:28:06.059 --> 00:28:10.639
 fully

00:28:10.639 --> 00:28:14.039
 through his

00:28:14.039 --> 00:28:14.940
 sacrifice,

00:28:16.440 --> 00:28:18.419
 Jesus put

00:28:18.419 --> 00:28:19.159
 your sin

00:28:19.159 --> 00:28:19.919
 to death

00:28:19.919 --> 00:28:22.740
 so that

00:28:22.740 --> 00:28:23.359
 if you are

00:28:23.359 --> 00:28:24.039
 in him,

00:28:25.079 --> 00:28:25.879
 you are

00:28:25.879 --> 00:28:26.819
 now truly

00:28:26.819 --> 00:28:27.740
 free

00:28:27.740 --> 00:28:29.500
 to live

00:28:29.500 --> 00:28:30.159
 in righteousness.

00:28:31.779 --> 00:28:32.659
 Prior to

00:28:32.659 --> 00:28:33.159
 coming to

00:28:33.159 --> 00:28:33.419
 Christ,

00:28:33.539 --> 00:28:34.259
 we only think

00:28:34.259 --> 00:28:35.079
 ourselves free,

00:28:35.200 --> 00:28:35.680
 but we are

00:28:35.680 --> 00:28:36.299
 not free.

00:28:36.480 --> 00:28:37.000
 We are in

00:28:37.000 --> 00:28:38.480
 bondage to

00:28:38.480 --> 00:28:39.240
 our sin,

00:28:39.519 --> 00:28:40.019
 to our

00:28:40.019 --> 00:28:40.579
 nature.

00:28:42.099 --> 00:28:42.819
 But when

00:28:42.819 --> 00:28:43.480
 Christ's

00:28:43.480 --> 00:28:44.140
 atonement is

00:28:44.140 --> 00:28:44.700
 applied,

00:28:45.339 --> 00:28:46.299
 he sets us

00:28:46.299 --> 00:28:46.940
 free,

00:28:47.440 --> 00:28:48.059
 having put

00:28:48.059 --> 00:28:48.599
 to death

00:28:48.599 --> 00:28:49.700
 our sin

00:28:49.700 --> 00:28:50.839
 on the

00:28:50.839 --> 00:28:51.420
 cross,

00:28:51.420 --> 00:28:52.460
 so that

00:28:52.460 --> 00:28:54.160
 now we

00:28:54.160 --> 00:28:55.140
 can truly

00:28:55.140 --> 00:28:56.000
 be righteous

00:28:56.000 --> 00:28:57.319
 and live

00:28:57.319 --> 00:28:58.099
 righteously,

00:28:58.599 --> 00:28:59.559
 and we must

00:28:59.559 --> 00:29:00.319
 pursue

00:29:00.319 --> 00:29:01.539
 that

00:29:01.539 --> 00:29:02.139
 righteousness.

00:29:03.579 --> 00:29:04.159
 In fact,

00:29:05.319 --> 00:29:06.039
 persistent

00:29:06.039 --> 00:29:06.619
 repentance

00:29:06.619 --> 00:29:07.460
 from sin

00:29:07.460 --> 00:29:08.339
 and pursuit

00:29:08.339 --> 00:29:09.539
 of righteousness

00:29:09.539 --> 00:29:11.119
 are the

00:29:11.119 --> 00:29:11.759
 fruits

00:29:11.759 --> 00:29:13.460
 of Christ's

00:29:13.460 --> 00:29:14.099
 atonement

00:29:14.099 --> 00:29:15.139
 having been

00:29:15.139 --> 00:29:15.960
 applied to

00:29:15.960 --> 00:29:16.519
 you

00:29:16.519 --> 00:29:18.200
 at salvation

00:29:18.200 --> 00:29:19.500
 in the

00:29:19.500 --> 00:29:20.179
 new birth.

00:29:22.539 --> 00:29:23.059
 Christ

00:29:23.059 --> 00:29:24.339
 works

00:29:24.339 --> 00:29:24.759
 his

00:29:24.759 --> 00:29:25.519
 righteousness

00:29:25.519 --> 00:29:27.119
 into those

00:29:27.119 --> 00:29:27.480
 who have

00:29:27.480 --> 00:29:28.099
 been truly

00:29:28.099 --> 00:29:28.740
 born again

00:29:28.740 --> 00:29:29.319
 of God

00:29:29.319 --> 00:29:30.480
 through faith

00:29:30.480 --> 00:29:30.900
 in him.

00:29:31.359 --> 00:29:32.019
 I just want

00:29:32.019 --> 00:29:32.480
 you to let

00:29:32.480 --> 00:29:33.220
 that settle

00:29:33.220 --> 00:29:33.620
 on your

00:29:33.620 --> 00:29:34.120
 mind for

00:29:34.120 --> 00:29:34.539
 just a

00:29:34.539 --> 00:29:34.779
 second.

00:29:36.380 --> 00:29:36.920
 He

00:29:36.920 --> 00:29:37.640
 accomplished

00:29:37.640 --> 00:29:38.079
 that,

00:29:38.839 --> 00:29:39.420
 finished,

00:29:40.359 --> 00:29:41.099
 on the

00:29:41.099 --> 00:29:41.599
 cross.

00:29:43.519 --> 00:29:44.420
 You are

00:29:44.420 --> 00:29:45.059
 free.

00:29:46.839 --> 00:29:47.519
 We sang it

00:29:47.519 --> 00:29:47.880
 last week,

00:29:47.940 --> 00:29:48.160
 it was the

00:29:48.160 --> 00:29:48.680
 last song we

00:29:48.680 --> 00:29:49.200
 sang last

00:29:49.200 --> 00:29:49.539
 Sunday,

00:29:51.980 --> 00:29:53.720
 not I,

00:29:53.799 --> 00:29:54.039
 but through

00:29:54.039 --> 00:29:54.539
 Christ in

00:29:54.539 --> 00:29:54.720
 me.

00:29:54.720 --> 00:29:56.519
 I can

00:29:56.519 --> 00:29:57.039
 sing.

00:29:57.700 --> 00:29:58.380
 I am

00:29:58.380 --> 00:29:58.819
 free,

00:29:59.319 --> 00:30:00.100
 not because

00:30:00.100 --> 00:30:00.539
 of me,

00:30:01.220 --> 00:30:01.579
 but because

00:30:01.579 --> 00:30:02.339
 Christ has

00:30:02.339 --> 00:30:02.819
 set me

00:30:02.819 --> 00:30:03.160
 free.

00:30:03.620 --> 00:30:04.079
 How did

00:30:04.079 --> 00:30:04.440
 he set

00:30:04.440 --> 00:30:04.980
 you free?

00:30:05.519 --> 00:30:06.220
 By putting

00:30:06.220 --> 00:30:06.759
 your sins

00:30:06.759 --> 00:30:07.200
 to death

00:30:07.200 --> 00:30:07.460
 on the

00:30:07.460 --> 00:30:07.819
 cross.

00:30:08.259 --> 00:30:08.640
 He wasn't

00:30:08.640 --> 00:30:09.140
 putting his

00:30:09.140 --> 00:30:09.539
 sins to

00:30:09.539 --> 00:30:09.860
 death on

00:30:09.860 --> 00:30:10.240
 the cross.

00:30:10.500 --> 00:30:10.980
 He had

00:30:10.980 --> 00:30:11.620
 no sin.

00:30:12.559 --> 00:30:12.779
 Whose

00:30:12.779 --> 00:30:13.200
 sins was

00:30:13.200 --> 00:30:13.500
 he putting

00:30:13.500 --> 00:30:14.000
 to death?

00:30:14.839 --> 00:30:15.519
 Your sin,

00:30:16.759 --> 00:30:17.680
 my sin.

00:30:18.539 --> 00:30:19.039
 Now,

00:30:19.600 --> 00:30:19.940
 you are

00:30:19.940 --> 00:30:20.339
 free to

00:30:20.339 --> 00:30:20.660
 live,

00:30:21.319 --> 00:30:21.640
 truly.

00:30:21.640 --> 00:30:23.720
 Third,

00:30:24.900 --> 00:30:25.440
 it's a

00:30:25.440 --> 00:30:25.920
 substitution

00:30:25.920 --> 00:30:26.900
 that brings

00:30:26.900 --> 00:30:28.300
 healing to

00:30:28.300 --> 00:30:28.920
 the soul.

00:30:30.100 --> 00:30:30.600
 It's a

00:30:30.600 --> 00:30:31.020
 substitution

00:30:31.020 --> 00:30:31.700
 that brings

00:30:31.700 --> 00:30:32.820
 healing to

00:30:32.820 --> 00:30:33.440
 the soul.

00:30:33.940 --> 00:30:34.180
 Again,

00:30:34.340 --> 00:30:34.740
 this is a

00:30:34.740 --> 00:30:35.500
 direct quote

00:30:35.500 --> 00:30:36.060
 from Isaiah

00:30:36.060 --> 00:30:37.000
 53 and

00:30:37.000 --> 00:30:38.160
 verse 5.

00:30:39.400 --> 00:30:39.700
 Jesus'

00:30:40.020 --> 00:30:40.460
 wounds,

00:30:40.640 --> 00:30:40.880
 his

00:30:40.880 --> 00:30:42.400
 substitutionary

00:30:42.400 --> 00:30:42.780
 death on

00:30:42.780 --> 00:30:43.140
 the cross

00:30:43.140 --> 00:30:43.780
 bring us

00:30:43.780 --> 00:30:44.420
 healing.

00:30:46.120 --> 00:30:46.259
 Now,

00:30:46.320 --> 00:30:46.440
 I want you

00:30:46.440 --> 00:30:46.740
 to think

00:30:46.740 --> 00:30:47.380
 about the

00:30:47.380 --> 00:30:48.220
 illustrative

00:30:48.220 --> 00:30:49.160
 material Peter

00:30:49.160 --> 00:30:49.620
 is using

00:30:49.620 --> 00:30:49.880
 here.

00:30:50.759 --> 00:30:51.280
 Who is he

00:30:51.279 --> 00:30:51.720
 addressing

00:30:51.720 --> 00:30:52.460
 directly at

00:30:52.460 --> 00:30:52.859
 this point

00:30:52.859 --> 00:30:53.079
 in the

00:30:53.079 --> 00:30:53.379
 letter?

00:30:54.379 --> 00:30:54.839
 Slaves.

00:30:56.559 --> 00:30:57.160
 Slaves

00:30:57.160 --> 00:30:57.980
 serving unjust

00:30:57.980 --> 00:30:58.500
 masters

00:30:58.500 --> 00:31:00.420
 who are

00:31:00.420 --> 00:31:01.240
 being beaten

00:31:01.240 --> 00:31:02.859
 for doing

00:31:02.859 --> 00:31:03.319
 good.

00:31:05.879 --> 00:31:06.660
 As they

00:31:06.660 --> 00:31:07.559
 gather on

00:31:07.559 --> 00:31:08.019
 the Lord's

00:31:08.019 --> 00:31:08.720
 day for

00:31:08.720 --> 00:31:10.200
 worship with

00:31:10.200 --> 00:31:11.420
 fresh wounds

00:31:11.420 --> 00:31:12.960
 suffering for

00:31:12.960 --> 00:31:13.420
 good,

00:31:14.240 --> 00:31:14.980
 Peter says,

00:31:15.139 --> 00:31:15.599
 by his

00:31:15.599 --> 00:31:16.240
 wounds you've

00:31:16.240 --> 00:31:16.720
 been healed,

00:31:16.960 --> 00:31:17.399
 not the

00:31:17.399 --> 00:31:17.779
 wounds in

00:31:17.779 --> 00:31:18.279
 your body,

00:31:19.619 --> 00:31:20.720
 but as a

00:31:20.720 --> 00:31:21.180
 healing of

00:31:21.180 --> 00:31:21.779
 the soul,

00:31:24.019 --> 00:31:24.720
 far greater

00:31:24.720 --> 00:31:25.120
 healing.

00:31:27.880 --> 00:31:28.279
 Given

00:31:28.279 --> 00:31:28.799
 Peter's

00:31:28.799 --> 00:31:29.400
 focus on

00:31:29.400 --> 00:31:29.940
 the atonement

00:31:29.940 --> 00:31:30.319
 in this

00:31:30.319 --> 00:31:30.700
 text,

00:31:30.799 --> 00:31:31.259
 we gather

00:31:31.259 --> 00:31:31.819
 and understand

00:31:31.819 --> 00:31:32.720
 that this

00:31:32.720 --> 00:31:34.120
 healing is

00:31:34.120 --> 00:31:34.779
 the forgiveness

00:31:34.779 --> 00:31:36.819
 of sin and

00:31:36.819 --> 00:31:37.360
 the fruit of

00:31:37.360 --> 00:31:38.059
 righteousness that

00:31:38.059 --> 00:31:38.400
 he's just

00:31:38.400 --> 00:31:38.960
 spoke of,

00:31:39.680 --> 00:31:40.100
 putting to

00:31:40.100 --> 00:31:40.460
 death our

00:31:40.460 --> 00:31:41.120
 sin so that

00:31:41.120 --> 00:31:41.600
 we might live

00:31:41.600 --> 00:31:42.140
 to righteousness.

00:31:42.140 --> 00:31:42.839
 That's the

00:31:42.839 --> 00:31:43.200
 healing.

00:31:44.460 --> 00:31:45.380
 Healing for

00:31:45.380 --> 00:31:45.900
 the soul.

00:31:46.960 --> 00:31:47.440
 Forgiveness.

00:31:48.779 --> 00:31:49.420
 Righteousness.

00:31:49.420 --> 00:31:52.740
 man of

00:31:52.740 --> 00:31:53.360
 sorrows.

00:31:54.580 --> 00:31:55.039
 What a

00:31:55.039 --> 00:31:55.400
 name.

00:31:56.580 --> 00:31:57.360
 For the

00:31:57.360 --> 00:31:57.740
 son of

00:31:57.740 --> 00:31:58.240
 God who

00:31:58.240 --> 00:31:58.660
 came.

00:32:00.600 --> 00:32:00.980
 Ruined

00:32:00.980 --> 00:32:02.920
 sinners to

00:32:02.920 --> 00:32:03.460
 reclaim.

00:32:04.580 --> 00:32:04.980
 What's the

00:32:04.980 --> 00:32:05.440
 next line?

00:32:06.800 --> 00:32:07.259
 Hallelujah.

00:32:08.660 --> 00:32:09.039
 What a

00:32:09.039 --> 00:32:09.300
 savior.

00:32:12.000 --> 00:32:12.519
 Bearing

00:32:12.519 --> 00:32:14.120
 shame and

00:32:14.120 --> 00:32:15.120
 scoffing rude.

00:32:16.259 --> 00:32:17.140
 In my

00:32:17.140 --> 00:32:17.759
 place,

00:32:17.759 --> 00:32:19.579
 condemned he

00:32:19.579 --> 00:32:20.019
 stood.

00:32:22.500 --> 00:32:22.980
 Sealed

00:32:22.980 --> 00:32:24.599
 my pardon

00:32:24.599 --> 00:32:26.660
 with his

00:32:26.660 --> 00:32:27.099
 blood.

00:32:29.240 --> 00:32:29.660
 Hallelujah.

00:32:30.879 --> 00:32:31.240
 What a

00:32:31.240 --> 00:32:31.559
 savior.

00:32:33.660 --> 00:32:34.259
 Guilty,

00:32:35.460 --> 00:32:35.940
 vile,

00:32:36.799 --> 00:32:37.140
 helpless

00:32:37.140 --> 00:32:37.599
 we.

00:32:39.599 --> 00:32:40.339
 Spotless

00:32:40.339 --> 00:32:40.819
 lamb of

00:32:40.819 --> 00:32:41.400
 God was

00:32:41.400 --> 00:32:41.700
 he.

00:32:43.500 --> 00:32:45.019
 Full atonement

00:32:45.019 --> 00:32:47.180
 can it be?

00:32:47.180 --> 00:32:49.140
 Hallelujah.

00:32:49.140 --> 00:32:49.180
 Hallelujah.

00:32:50.380 --> 00:32:51.000
 What a

00:32:51.000 --> 00:32:51.279
 savior.

00:32:52.960 --> 00:32:53.840
 And lifted

00:32:53.840 --> 00:32:54.519
 up was he

00:32:54.519 --> 00:32:55.039
 to die.

00:32:56.060 --> 00:32:56.580
 It is

00:32:56.580 --> 00:32:58.340
 finished was

00:32:58.340 --> 00:32:58.900
 his cry.

00:33:00.279 --> 00:33:01.180
 Now in

00:33:01.180 --> 00:33:02.680
 heaven he's

00:33:02.680 --> 00:33:03.140
 exalted

00:33:03.140 --> 00:33:03.600
 high.

00:33:05.120 --> 00:33:05.560
 Hallelujah.

00:33:06.759 --> 00:33:07.120
 What a

00:33:07.120 --> 00:33:07.400
 savior.

00:33:09.880 --> 00:33:10.560
 Christ's

00:33:10.560 --> 00:33:11.299
 perfections

00:33:11.299 --> 00:33:12.320
 qualify him

00:33:12.320 --> 00:33:12.860
 to be our

00:33:12.860 --> 00:33:13.799
 suitable and

00:33:13.799 --> 00:33:14.240
 sufficient

00:33:14.240 --> 00:33:14.759
 savior.

00:33:14.759 --> 00:33:14.859
 savior.

00:33:16.420 --> 00:33:16.700
 His

00:33:16.700 --> 00:33:17.819
 substitutionary

00:33:17.819 --> 00:33:18.400
 death on

00:33:18.400 --> 00:33:19.059
 the cross

00:33:19.059 --> 00:33:19.879
 is the

00:33:19.879 --> 00:33:20.740
 means by

00:33:20.740 --> 00:33:21.240
 which he

00:33:21.240 --> 00:33:21.839
 paid for

00:33:21.839 --> 00:33:22.779
 sin and

00:33:22.779 --> 00:33:24.059
 satisfied God's

00:33:24.059 --> 00:33:24.740
 wrath against

00:33:24.740 --> 00:33:25.119
 sinners.

00:33:26.180 --> 00:33:27.000
 But there's

00:33:27.000 --> 00:33:27.420
 one more

00:33:27.420 --> 00:33:28.059
 place that

00:33:28.059 --> 00:33:28.740
 Peter takes

00:33:28.740 --> 00:33:29.019
 us.

00:33:31.240 --> 00:33:32.160
 How is it

00:33:32.160 --> 00:33:32.619
 that the

00:33:32.619 --> 00:33:33.440
 benefits of

00:33:33.440 --> 00:33:34.220
 this atonement

00:33:34.220 --> 00:33:34.779
 are then

00:33:34.779 --> 00:33:35.900
 applied to

00:33:35.900 --> 00:33:36.200
 sinners?

00:33:38.500 --> 00:33:39.440
 How can I

00:33:39.440 --> 00:33:40.319
 receive this

00:33:40.319 --> 00:33:41.619
 salvation provided

00:33:41.619 --> 00:33:42.740
 in the death

00:33:42.740 --> 00:33:43.359
 and resurrection

00:33:43.359 --> 00:33:43.879
 of Jesus

00:33:43.880 --> 00:33:44.400
 Christ?

00:33:45.220 --> 00:33:46.700
 Third, we

00:33:46.700 --> 00:33:47.420
 see Christ

00:33:47.420 --> 00:33:48.240
 invitation.

00:33:49.460 --> 00:33:49.820
 Christ

00:33:49.820 --> 00:33:50.480
 invitation.

00:33:51.680 --> 00:33:52.060
 We're going to

00:33:52.060 --> 00:33:52.580
 bring the

00:33:52.580 --> 00:33:53.280
 first verse of

00:33:53.280 --> 00:33:53.800
 this section

00:33:53.800 --> 00:33:54.360
 and the last

00:33:54.360 --> 00:33:54.700
 verse of

00:33:54.700 --> 00:33:55.180
 this section

00:33:55.180 --> 00:33:55.700
 together.

00:33:56.380 --> 00:33:57.000
 Verse 21

00:33:57.000 --> 00:33:57.340
 and verse

00:33:57.340 --> 00:33:57.940
 25.

00:33:59.540 --> 00:34:00.640
 For to this

00:34:00.640 --> 00:34:01.260
 you have been

00:34:01.260 --> 00:34:03.360
 called because

00:34:03.360 --> 00:34:04.560
 Christ also

00:34:04.560 --> 00:34:05.360
 suffered for

00:34:05.360 --> 00:34:07.040
 you, leaving

00:34:07.040 --> 00:34:07.820
 you an example

00:34:07.820 --> 00:34:08.539
 so that you

00:34:08.539 --> 00:34:09.460
 might follow in

00:34:09.460 --> 00:34:10.280
 his steps.

00:34:10.900 --> 00:34:11.460
 25.

00:34:11.460 --> 00:34:13.659
 for you

00:34:13.659 --> 00:34:14.500
 were straying

00:34:14.500 --> 00:34:15.280
 like sheep

00:34:15.280 --> 00:34:17.300
 but have

00:34:17.300 --> 00:34:18.159
 now returned

00:34:18.159 --> 00:34:19.119
 to the

00:34:19.119 --> 00:34:20.460
 shepherd and

00:34:20.460 --> 00:34:21.820
 overseer of

00:34:21.820 --> 00:34:22.400
 your souls.

00:34:23.260 --> 00:34:23.780
 Now we put

00:34:23.780 --> 00:34:24.199
 these two

00:34:24.199 --> 00:34:25.019
 verses together

00:34:25.019 --> 00:34:25.720
 it's forming

00:34:25.720 --> 00:34:26.400
 somewhat of an

00:34:26.400 --> 00:34:27.300
 inclusio if you

00:34:27.300 --> 00:34:27.900
 understand that

00:34:27.900 --> 00:34:28.699
 language and

00:34:28.699 --> 00:34:29.659
 into this little

00:34:29.659 --> 00:34:31.480
 section of the

00:34:31.480 --> 00:34:32.400
 gospel that Peter

00:34:32.400 --> 00:34:33.119
 is expressing

00:34:33.119 --> 00:34:33.500
 here.

00:34:34.599 --> 00:34:35.619
 We see how

00:34:35.619 --> 00:34:36.659
 one receives the

00:34:36.659 --> 00:34:37.740
 salvation provided

00:34:37.740 --> 00:34:38.340
 in Christ's

00:34:38.340 --> 00:34:38.840
 atonement in

00:34:38.840 --> 00:34:39.139
 these two

00:34:39.139 --> 00:34:39.480
 verses.

00:34:39.480 --> 00:34:41.280
 First there's

00:34:41.280 --> 00:34:41.920
 a call to

00:34:41.920 --> 00:34:42.880
 follow in

00:34:42.880 --> 00:34:43.500
 his steps.

00:34:44.420 --> 00:34:44.920
 I said this

00:34:44.920 --> 00:34:45.519
 last week

00:34:45.519 --> 00:34:46.500
 calling in the

00:34:46.500 --> 00:34:47.019
 New Testament

00:34:47.019 --> 00:34:47.800
 is never

00:34:47.800 --> 00:34:49.400
 about a

00:34:49.400 --> 00:34:50.079
 vocation.

00:34:50.679 --> 00:34:51.240
 It's never

00:34:51.240 --> 00:34:51.800
 about a

00:34:51.800 --> 00:34:52.119
 gifting.

00:34:53.360 --> 00:34:54.000
 The New

00:34:54.000 --> 00:34:54.500
 Testament never

00:34:54.500 --> 00:34:55.260
 uses that word

00:34:55.260 --> 00:34:55.699
 that way.

00:34:55.880 --> 00:34:56.699
 We use it

00:34:56.699 --> 00:34:56.980
 that way.

00:34:57.039 --> 00:34:57.519
 It's not wrong

00:34:57.519 --> 00:34:57.920
 to use it

00:34:57.920 --> 00:34:58.360
 that way but

00:34:58.360 --> 00:34:58.740
 it's not how

00:34:58.740 --> 00:34:59.099
 the Bible

00:34:59.099 --> 00:34:59.599
 uses the

00:34:59.599 --> 00:34:59.900
 term.

00:35:00.539 --> 00:35:01.000
 Calling in

00:35:01.000 --> 00:35:01.260
 the New

00:35:01.260 --> 00:35:01.900
 Testament is

00:35:01.900 --> 00:35:03.420
 always the

00:35:03.420 --> 00:35:04.599
 effectual call

00:35:04.599 --> 00:35:05.320
 of God to

00:35:05.320 --> 00:35:05.880
 salvation.

00:35:07.500 --> 00:35:07.860
 And here

00:35:07.860 --> 00:35:08.760
 Peter uses it

00:35:08.760 --> 00:35:09.099
 again.

00:35:09.480 --> 00:35:11.360
 this call

00:35:11.360 --> 00:35:11.920
 that comes

00:35:11.920 --> 00:35:12.400
 by the

00:35:12.400 --> 00:35:12.699
 work of

00:35:12.699 --> 00:35:13.159
 the Spirit

00:35:13.159 --> 00:35:15.320
 through the

00:35:15.320 --> 00:35:15.900
 preaching of

00:35:15.900 --> 00:35:16.340
 the gospel

00:35:16.340 --> 00:35:16.860
 message.

00:35:18.159 --> 00:35:18.420
 So the

00:35:18.420 --> 00:35:19.019
 gospel goes

00:35:19.019 --> 00:35:19.360
 out.

00:35:19.559 --> 00:35:20.019
 That's the

00:35:20.019 --> 00:35:20.400
 call.

00:35:21.780 --> 00:35:22.219
 The Spirit

00:35:22.219 --> 00:35:22.539
 of God

00:35:22.539 --> 00:35:23.480
 energizes

00:35:23.480 --> 00:35:24.460
 that call

00:35:24.460 --> 00:35:25.420
 so that it

00:35:25.420 --> 00:35:26.400
 takes effect

00:35:26.400 --> 00:35:27.619
 in the heart

00:35:27.619 --> 00:35:28.000
 of the

00:35:28.000 --> 00:35:28.300
 sinner.

00:35:29.800 --> 00:35:30.480
 And what

00:35:30.480 --> 00:35:30.780
 is the

00:35:30.780 --> 00:35:31.199
 nature of

00:35:31.199 --> 00:35:31.639
 the call?

00:35:32.260 --> 00:35:32.639
 It's an

00:35:32.639 --> 00:35:33.260
 invitation.

00:35:33.260 --> 00:35:33.320
 invitation.

00:35:34.580 --> 00:35:35.080
 It's

00:35:35.080 --> 00:35:35.480
 Jesus'

00:35:35.480 --> 00:35:37.320
 invitation to

00:35:37.320 --> 00:35:38.520
 say I

00:35:38.520 --> 00:35:39.300
 have paid

00:35:39.300 --> 00:35:40.000
 the debt.

00:35:41.460 --> 00:35:42.520
 Now turn

00:35:42.520 --> 00:35:43.740
 and come

00:35:43.740 --> 00:35:44.220
 to me.

00:35:45.560 --> 00:35:46.320
 Come to

00:35:46.320 --> 00:35:46.720
 me.

00:35:47.760 --> 00:35:48.260
 Trust in

00:35:48.260 --> 00:35:48.680
 me.

00:35:49.600 --> 00:35:50.040
 Turn from

00:35:50.040 --> 00:35:50.600
 the sin.

00:35:50.820 --> 00:35:51.140
 Turn from

00:35:51.140 --> 00:35:51.540
 the path

00:35:51.540 --> 00:35:51.940
 you're on.

00:35:52.340 --> 00:35:52.760
 Come to

00:35:52.760 --> 00:35:53.100
 me and

00:35:53.100 --> 00:35:54.620
 receive what

00:35:54.620 --> 00:35:54.980
 I have

00:35:54.980 --> 00:35:56.660
 done on

00:35:56.660 --> 00:35:57.360
 your behalf.

00:35:57.360 --> 00:35:57.440
 faith.

00:35:58.559 --> 00:35:58.820
 It's

00:35:58.820 --> 00:36:00.300
 trusting in

00:36:00.300 --> 00:36:00.740
 Christ's

00:36:00.740 --> 00:36:01.059
 death and

00:36:01.059 --> 00:36:01.599
 resurrection.

00:36:01.880 --> 00:36:02.059
 It's an

00:36:02.059 --> 00:36:02.860
 invitation to

00:36:02.860 --> 00:36:03.579
 follow him

00:36:03.579 --> 00:36:04.220
 not only as

00:36:04.220 --> 00:36:04.680
 Savior but

00:36:04.680 --> 00:36:05.340
 as a Lord.

00:36:06.099 --> 00:36:06.360
 It's an

00:36:06.360 --> 00:36:06.820
 invitation.

00:36:08.539 --> 00:36:08.920
 And then in

00:36:08.920 --> 00:36:09.820
 verse 25 we

00:36:09.820 --> 00:36:10.620
 see the

00:36:10.620 --> 00:36:11.320
 elements of

00:36:11.320 --> 00:36:11.840
 genuine

00:36:11.840 --> 00:36:12.500
 conversion.

00:36:12.820 --> 00:36:12.960
 Don't we?

00:36:14.480 --> 00:36:15.400
 One hears

00:36:15.400 --> 00:36:15.980
 the call of

00:36:15.980 --> 00:36:16.460
 God in the

00:36:16.460 --> 00:36:17.180
 gospel and

00:36:17.180 --> 00:36:18.720
 responds with

00:36:18.720 --> 00:36:19.700
 repentance and

00:36:19.700 --> 00:36:20.059
 faith.

00:36:20.400 --> 00:36:20.860
 And again

00:36:20.860 --> 00:36:21.599
 wouldn't you

00:36:21.599 --> 00:36:22.700
 guess it Peter

00:36:22.700 --> 00:36:23.800
 quotes Isaiah

00:36:23.800 --> 00:36:24.360
 53.

00:36:25.120 --> 00:36:26.039
 This time it's

00:36:26.039 --> 00:36:26.740
 verse 6.

00:36:27.360 --> 00:36:29.400
 In our

00:36:29.400 --> 00:36:30.320
 sinful condition

00:36:30.320 --> 00:36:31.099
 we are like

00:36:31.099 --> 00:36:32.320
 sheep who

00:36:32.320 --> 00:36:33.180
 have strayed

00:36:33.180 --> 00:36:33.680
 away from

00:36:33.680 --> 00:36:34.300
 their shepherd.

00:36:35.400 --> 00:36:35.720
 I just want

00:36:35.720 --> 00:36:36.940
 you to grasp

00:36:36.940 --> 00:36:37.599
 the illustration

00:36:37.599 --> 00:36:38.260
 here from

00:36:38.260 --> 00:36:38.800
 Isaiah and

00:36:38.800 --> 00:36:39.059
 Peter.

00:36:39.920 --> 00:36:40.480
 We're like

00:36:40.480 --> 00:36:40.980
 sheep who

00:36:40.980 --> 00:36:41.400
 have wandered

00:36:41.400 --> 00:36:41.740
 away.

00:36:41.860 --> 00:36:42.160
 We're out of

00:36:42.160 --> 00:36:42.640
 the fold.

00:36:42.780 --> 00:36:43.140
 We've left

00:36:43.140 --> 00:36:43.680
 the shepherd.

00:36:44.440 --> 00:36:45.099
 We've followed

00:36:45.099 --> 00:36:45.740
 this world.

00:36:45.880 --> 00:36:46.320
 We've followed

00:36:46.320 --> 00:36:46.940
 its sin.

00:36:47.059 --> 00:36:47.519
 We've followed

00:36:47.519 --> 00:36:48.519
 its philosophies.

00:36:48.640 --> 00:36:49.300
 We've followed

00:36:49.300 --> 00:36:49.920
 everything that it

00:36:49.920 --> 00:36:50.200
 offers.

00:36:50.920 --> 00:36:51.340
 We've wandered

00:36:51.340 --> 00:36:51.800
 away.

00:36:53.599 --> 00:36:54.280
 And through

00:36:54.280 --> 00:36:55.019
 the gospel of

00:36:55.019 --> 00:36:55.800
 the cross the

00:36:55.800 --> 00:36:56.680
 great shepherd

00:36:56.679 --> 00:36:57.759
 Jesus Christ

00:36:57.759 --> 00:36:59.319
 calls out for

00:36:59.319 --> 00:36:59.739
 us.

00:36:59.739 --> 00:37:00.759
 His wandering

00:37:00.759 --> 00:37:01.319
 sheep.

00:37:03.639 --> 00:37:04.639
 I've taken

00:37:04.639 --> 00:37:05.299
 care of it.

00:37:05.379 --> 00:37:06.099
 Come back.

00:37:06.839 --> 00:37:07.599
 He cries out

00:37:07.599 --> 00:37:08.379
 from the cross.

00:37:08.699 --> 00:37:09.599
 It's finished.

00:37:10.359 --> 00:37:11.299
 He cries.

00:37:12.639 --> 00:37:13.819
 And those who

00:37:13.819 --> 00:37:14.719
 hear his call

00:37:14.719 --> 00:37:15.519
 what do they do

00:37:15.519 --> 00:37:16.319
 in verse 25?

00:37:17.440 --> 00:37:18.559
 They return.

00:37:20.399 --> 00:37:21.179
 What is this

00:37:21.179 --> 00:37:21.639
 returning?

00:37:23.179 --> 00:37:23.819
 It's repentance.

00:37:23.820 --> 00:37:24.019
 repentance.

00:37:24.920 --> 00:37:25.860
 Literally means

00:37:25.860 --> 00:37:26.660
 to turn.

00:37:28.140 --> 00:37:29.039
 And faith.

00:37:30.120 --> 00:37:30.640
 They hear the

00:37:30.640 --> 00:37:30.960
 call.

00:37:31.860 --> 00:37:32.440
 They abandon

00:37:32.440 --> 00:37:32.960
 sin.

00:37:33.320 --> 00:37:33.740
 Everything that

00:37:33.740 --> 00:37:34.100
 it offers.

00:37:34.880 --> 00:37:35.400
 In order that

00:37:35.400 --> 00:37:36.400
 they might follow

00:37:36.400 --> 00:37:37.620
 their shepherd.

00:37:38.500 --> 00:37:39.640
 The overseer of

00:37:39.640 --> 00:37:40.300
 their souls.

00:37:41.300 --> 00:37:41.740
 They turn away

00:37:41.740 --> 00:37:42.220
 from sin.

00:37:42.320 --> 00:37:42.840
 They trust in

00:37:42.840 --> 00:37:43.480
 Christ alone.

00:37:43.600 --> 00:37:44.320
 They obey him

00:37:44.320 --> 00:37:44.840
 as Lord.

00:37:46.280 --> 00:37:46.980
 Because the

00:37:46.980 --> 00:37:47.580
 shepherd has

00:37:47.580 --> 00:37:48.180
 laid down his

00:37:48.180 --> 00:37:48.800
 life for his

00:37:48.800 --> 00:37:49.160
 sheep.

00:37:50.160 --> 00:37:50.620
 And he now

00:37:50.620 --> 00:37:51.340
 calls for them

00:37:51.340 --> 00:37:52.000
 to submit.

00:37:53.000 --> 00:37:53.320
 And to

00:37:53.320 --> 00:37:54.000
 follow him.

00:37:54.900 --> 00:37:55.440
 Follow him

00:37:55.440 --> 00:37:55.640
 where?

00:37:56.620 --> 00:37:57.140
 To heaven.

00:37:59.240 --> 00:38:00.079
 On the path

00:38:00.079 --> 00:38:00.579
 of suffering.

00:38:03.420 --> 00:38:04.320
 So how is it

00:38:04.320 --> 00:38:04.720
 that Christ

00:38:04.720 --> 00:38:05.320
 atonement is

00:38:05.320 --> 00:38:05.720
 applied?

00:38:06.120 --> 00:38:06.780
 How can you

00:38:06.780 --> 00:38:07.559
 be saved?

00:38:09.559 --> 00:38:10.000
 Well having

00:38:10.000 --> 00:38:10.519
 heard this

00:38:10.519 --> 00:38:10.920
 gospel.

00:38:11.920 --> 00:38:12.720
 It's time that

00:38:12.720 --> 00:38:13.220
 you turn.

00:38:14.300 --> 00:38:14.820
 And follow.

00:38:17.220 --> 00:38:18.019
 Not to put

00:38:18.019 --> 00:38:18.900
 Jesus on the

00:38:18.900 --> 00:38:19.780
 shelf alongside

00:38:19.780 --> 00:38:20.500
 of your own

00:38:20.500 --> 00:38:21.239
 ideas and

00:38:21.239 --> 00:38:21.900
 alongside of

00:38:21.900 --> 00:38:22.340
 all the other

00:38:22.340 --> 00:38:22.940
 things that you

00:38:22.940 --> 00:38:23.460
 want to try to

00:38:23.460 --> 00:38:24.039
 hang on to in

00:38:24.039 --> 00:38:24.400
 this life.

00:38:24.480 --> 00:38:24.599
 No.

00:38:24.820 --> 00:38:25.500
 It is a full

00:38:25.500 --> 00:38:25.920
 turn.

00:38:27.480 --> 00:38:28.380
 Full faith.

00:38:30.019 --> 00:38:30.940
 Him and

00:38:30.940 --> 00:38:31.460
 him alone.

00:38:33.300 --> 00:38:33.860
 Shepherd and

00:38:33.860 --> 00:38:34.559
 overseer in this

00:38:34.559 --> 00:38:34.699
 case.

00:38:34.820 --> 00:38:35.380
 We think about

00:38:35.380 --> 00:38:35.960
 this illustration

00:38:35.960 --> 00:38:37.280
 we often first

00:38:37.280 --> 00:38:38.519
 imagine the

00:38:38.519 --> 00:38:39.019
 notions of

00:38:39.019 --> 00:38:39.519
 tenderness.

00:38:39.980 --> 00:38:40.800
 That is not

00:38:40.800 --> 00:38:41.380
 the way that

00:38:41.380 --> 00:38:42.039
 Peter is using

00:38:42.039 --> 00:38:42.619
 the illustration

00:38:42.619 --> 00:38:43.199
 of a shepherd

00:38:43.199 --> 00:38:43.480
 here.

00:38:43.980 --> 00:38:44.300
 Think about

00:38:44.300 --> 00:38:44.940
 the context.

00:38:45.360 --> 00:38:45.820
 It's not about

00:38:45.820 --> 00:38:46.159
 tenderness.

00:38:46.320 --> 00:38:46.599
 It's about

00:38:46.599 --> 00:38:47.239
 authority.

00:38:49.079 --> 00:38:49.400
 What does it

00:38:49.400 --> 00:38:49.980
 mean?

00:38:49.980 --> 00:38:51.059
 To come to

00:38:51.059 --> 00:38:51.519
 Christ in

00:38:51.519 --> 00:38:52.139
 repentance and

00:38:52.139 --> 00:38:52.460
 faith.

00:38:52.840 --> 00:38:53.559
 It means to

00:38:53.559 --> 00:38:54.219
 acknowledge him

00:38:54.219 --> 00:38:54.760
 as Lord.

00:38:55.780 --> 00:38:56.659
 And to follow

00:38:56.659 --> 00:38:57.659
 his authority

00:38:57.659 --> 00:38:58.679
 as the shepherd

00:38:58.679 --> 00:38:59.539
 and overseer of

00:38:59.539 --> 00:39:00.019
 your soul.

00:39:00.199 --> 00:39:01.300
 Which means that

00:39:01.300 --> 00:39:02.099
 you can't just

00:39:02.099 --> 00:39:02.840
 do away with

00:39:02.840 --> 00:39:03.219
 this.

00:39:04.820 --> 00:39:05.820
 You can't take

00:39:05.820 --> 00:39:06.320
 the things that

00:39:06.320 --> 00:39:06.960
 you like and

00:39:06.960 --> 00:39:07.500
 take out the

00:39:07.500 --> 00:39:08.000
 things that you

00:39:08.000 --> 00:39:08.539
 don't like.

00:39:08.599 --> 00:39:09.280
 No you submit

00:39:09.280 --> 00:39:10.400
 to him in all

00:39:10.400 --> 00:39:10.639
 things.

00:39:10.719 --> 00:39:11.240
 You submit to

00:39:11.240 --> 00:39:12.119
 his word in

00:39:12.119 --> 00:39:12.559
 all things.

00:39:12.659 --> 00:39:13.139
 That's what it

00:39:13.139 --> 00:39:13.980
 means to return.

00:39:14.320 --> 00:39:14.860
 That's what it

00:39:14.860 --> 00:39:15.480
 means to come.

00:39:15.719 --> 00:39:16.219
 And here's the

00:39:16.219 --> 00:39:16.760
 good news of it

00:39:16.760 --> 00:39:17.000
 all.

00:39:17.000 --> 00:39:19.599
 He's paid the

00:39:19.599 --> 00:39:20.079
 debt of your

00:39:20.079 --> 00:39:20.420
 sin.

00:39:20.780 --> 00:39:21.260
 Doesn't matter

00:39:21.260 --> 00:39:21.599
 what you've

00:39:21.599 --> 00:39:22.059
 done or how

00:39:22.059 --> 00:39:22.519
 many times

00:39:22.519 --> 00:39:22.880
 you've done

00:39:22.880 --> 00:39:23.099
 it.

00:39:24.460 --> 00:39:25.400
 His sacrifice

00:39:25.400 --> 00:39:26.099
 is sufficient.

00:39:27.659 --> 00:39:28.139
 And now he

00:39:28.139 --> 00:39:29.880
 invites you to

00:39:29.880 --> 00:39:30.900
 freely receive

00:39:30.900 --> 00:39:31.780
 this salvation

00:39:31.780 --> 00:39:33.420
 by coming to

00:39:33.420 --> 00:39:34.800
 him in faith.

00:39:36.659 --> 00:39:37.519
 So return.

00:39:38.059 --> 00:39:38.699
 You want to be

00:39:38.699 --> 00:39:39.139
 saved.

00:39:40.659 --> 00:39:41.260
 Come to

00:39:41.260 --> 00:39:41.659
 Christ.

00:39:43.119 --> 00:39:44.019
 Turn to him.

00:39:44.019 --> 00:39:45.800
 There's nothing

00:39:45.800 --> 00:39:46.480
 left for you to

00:39:46.480 --> 00:39:46.759
 do.

00:39:47.639 --> 00:39:48.280
 There's nothing

00:39:48.280 --> 00:39:48.800
 for you to

00:39:48.800 --> 00:39:49.119
 pay.

00:39:50.039 --> 00:39:50.800
 He paid it

00:39:50.800 --> 00:39:51.059
 all.

00:39:52.320 --> 00:39:52.820
 There's nothing

00:39:52.820 --> 00:39:53.320
 for you to

00:39:53.320 --> 00:39:53.619
 do.

00:39:55.059 --> 00:39:55.880
 What needs to

00:39:55.880 --> 00:39:56.440
 be done is

00:39:56.440 --> 00:39:56.800
 done.

00:39:57.800 --> 00:39:58.199
 Fully

00:39:58.199 --> 00:39:58.780
 satisfied.

00:40:00.199 --> 00:40:00.699
 So believe

00:40:00.699 --> 00:40:00.920
 him.

00:40:02.000 --> 00:40:02.980
 Trust him.

00:40:03.759 --> 00:40:04.400
 And follow

00:40:04.400 --> 00:40:04.679
 him.

00:40:06.759 --> 00:40:07.539
 Because if you

00:40:07.539 --> 00:40:08.159
 confess with

00:40:08.159 --> 00:40:08.860
 your mouth that

00:40:08.860 --> 00:40:09.820
 Jesus is Lord

00:40:09.820 --> 00:40:11.559
 and believe in

00:40:11.559 --> 00:40:12.219
 your heart that

00:40:12.219 --> 00:40:12.920
 God raised him

00:40:12.920 --> 00:40:13.579
 from the dead,

00:40:14.019 --> 00:40:15.059
 you will be

00:40:15.059 --> 00:40:15.559
 saved.

00:40:17.059 --> 00:40:17.840
 For with the

00:40:17.840 --> 00:40:18.320
 heart one

00:40:18.320 --> 00:40:19.599
 believes and

00:40:19.599 --> 00:40:20.259
 is justified.

00:40:20.579 --> 00:40:20.940
 And with the

00:40:20.940 --> 00:40:21.480
 mouth one

00:40:21.480 --> 00:40:22.920
 confesses and

00:40:22.920 --> 00:40:23.519
 is saved.

00:40:24.599 --> 00:40:25.219
 For the

00:40:25.219 --> 00:40:26.000
 scripture says

00:40:26.000 --> 00:40:26.739
 everyone who

00:40:26.739 --> 00:40:27.360
 believes in

00:40:27.360 --> 00:40:28.320
 him will not

00:40:28.320 --> 00:40:28.840
 be put to

00:40:28.840 --> 00:40:29.259
 shame.

00:40:30.380 --> 00:40:31.139
 For there's no

00:40:31.139 --> 00:40:32.039
 distinction between

00:40:32.039 --> 00:40:33.139
 Jew and

00:40:33.139 --> 00:40:33.440
 Greek.

00:40:33.539 --> 00:40:34.059
 For the same

00:40:34.059 --> 00:40:34.679
 Lord is Lord

00:40:34.679 --> 00:40:35.099
 of all,

00:40:35.519 --> 00:40:36.179
 bestowing his

00:40:36.179 --> 00:40:37.059
 riches on all

00:40:37.059 --> 00:40:37.679
 who call on

00:40:37.679 --> 00:40:37.920
 him.

00:40:38.759 --> 00:40:39.599
 For everyone

00:40:39.599 --> 00:40:40.980
 who calls on

00:40:40.980 --> 00:40:43.539
 him will be

00:40:43.539 --> 00:40:44.679
 saved.

00:40:46.800 --> 00:40:48.000
 Christians are

00:40:48.000 --> 00:40:49.599
 gospel people.

00:40:51.639 --> 00:40:52.199
 And Christ's

00:40:52.199 --> 00:40:53.000
 atonement on

00:40:53.000 --> 00:40:53.739
 the cross and

00:40:53.739 --> 00:40:54.400
 his subsequent

00:40:54.400 --> 00:40:55.940
 resurrection from

00:40:55.940 --> 00:40:57.599
 the dead are the

00:40:57.599 --> 00:40:59.179
 essence of the

00:40:59.179 --> 00:41:00.019
 gospel message.

00:41:00.239 --> 00:41:00.820
 That's what it

00:41:00.820 --> 00:41:01.199
 is.

00:41:03.800 --> 00:41:05.219
 It is to center

00:41:05.219 --> 00:41:06.159
 not only our

00:41:06.159 --> 00:41:06.699
 conversion,

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 but every facet of

00:41:10.480 --> 00:41:11.079
 our lives.

00:41:11.079 --> 00:41:11.759
 God's

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 which is why

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 Peter keeps

00:41:13.119 --> 00:41:14.039
 bringing it up.

00:41:15.039 --> 00:41:15.860
 He's now in the

00:41:15.860 --> 00:41:16.719
 practical part of

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 the letter where

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 he's instructing us

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 on how to live.

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 And what's at the

00:41:21.340 --> 00:41:22.079
 center of that

00:41:22.079 --> 00:41:22.639
 instruction?

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 The gospel is at

00:41:25.759 --> 00:41:26.199
 the center.

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 It gives us hope

00:41:29.000 --> 00:41:29.860
 in our exile.

00:41:30.819 --> 00:41:32.299
 It guides us on how

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 to faithfully live as

00:41:33.539 --> 00:41:34.719
 Christ's people in

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 the world.

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 And that's Peter's

00:41:36.840 --> 00:41:37.340
 whole point.

00:41:37.340 --> 00:41:39.820
 In our

00:41:39.820 --> 00:41:41.320
 suffering, we

00:41:41.320 --> 00:41:42.620
 take our cues from

00:41:42.620 --> 00:41:43.780
 Jesus who

00:41:43.780 --> 00:41:45.260
 suffered for us.

00:41:46.140 --> 00:41:47.160
 But as we look to

00:41:47.160 --> 00:41:47.860
 him, we must

00:41:47.860 --> 00:41:49.180
 remember that his

00:41:49.180 --> 00:41:50.360
 suffering was unique

00:41:50.360 --> 00:41:51.780
 and atoning.

00:41:52.640 --> 00:41:54.079
 It is the basis of

00:41:54.079 --> 00:41:55.300
 salvation for all who

00:41:55.300 --> 00:41:56.019
 will believe and

00:41:56.019 --> 00:41:56.700
 follow him.

00:41:57.800 --> 00:41:59.460
 Therefore, we

00:41:59.460 --> 00:42:00.400
 rejoice in our

00:42:00.400 --> 00:42:02.500
 sufferings, knowing

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 that as we suffer for

00:42:04.600 --> 00:42:05.500
 the gospel and for

00:42:05.500 --> 00:42:06.519
 good, we are

00:42:06.519 --> 00:42:07.519
 following in the

00:42:07.519 --> 00:42:08.219
 steps of our

00:42:08.219 --> 00:42:09.400
 Savior as we

00:42:09.400 --> 00:42:10.900
 await his return,

00:42:11.360 --> 00:42:13.400
 at which time we

00:42:13.400 --> 00:42:14.619
 will receive the

00:42:14.619 --> 00:42:16.219
 fullness of our

00:42:16.219 --> 00:42:17.440
 inheritance that Peter

00:42:17.440 --> 00:42:19.559
 has already said is

00:42:19.559 --> 00:42:21.559
 imperishable and

00:42:21.559 --> 00:42:23.340
 undefiled and

00:42:23.340 --> 00:42:25.480
 unfading, kept in

00:42:25.480 --> 00:42:27.260
 heaven for you who

00:42:27.260 --> 00:42:28.500
 by God's grace are

00:42:28.500 --> 00:42:29.860
 being guarded through

00:42:29.860 --> 00:42:31.280
 faith for a

00:42:31.280 --> 00:42:32.780
 salvation that is

00:42:32.780 --> 00:42:33.800
 ready to be

00:42:33.800 --> 00:42:34.539
 revealed.

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