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 Good morning.

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 My name is Matthew Capone, and I'm the pastor here at Cheyenne Mountain Presbyterian Church,

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 and it's my joy to bring God's Word to you today.

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 If you're new or visiting with us, welcome.

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 We're glad that you're here.

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 And we're glad that you're here not because we're trying to fill seats,

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 but because we're following Jesus together as one community.

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 And as we follow Jesus together, we've become convinced that there's no one so good

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 that they don't need God's grace, and no one's so bad that they can't have it,

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 which means that God has something to say to every one of us in His Word,

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 which is why we keep coming back week after week.

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 If you've been with us, you know that we're in the book of 1 Peter,

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 and the book of 1 Peter is a letter.

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 It's a letter written by a man named Peter,

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 and he writes it in the first century to churches that are in modern-day Turkey,

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 and he writes it to do two things.

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 He writes it to encourage them and also to instruct them.

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 He wants to encourage them that Jesus is worth it,

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 Jesus is worth living for, He's worth loving for,

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 and that Jesus is worth suffering for, and He's worth dying for.

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 And he doesn't just write them to encourage them,

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 but he also writes them to instruct them,

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 that they would know how they should live as Christians in the world,

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 and that they would also know how to respond when they face opposition from the world.

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 That's the situation that they're in.

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 They're feeling out of place in the world,

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 facing opposition from the world,

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 and so that's why Peter writes to them,

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 to encourage them and instruct them in that situation.

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 Now, the last couple weeks, we've been heavy on encouragement.

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 Peter tells them in verses 1 and 2 that they're exiles,

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 but they're also chosen.

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 He helps them understand their identity.

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 They've been chosen by God, and they belong to God,

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 which means they also feel out of place in this world.

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 And then we looked last week at what it means that God is their Father.

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 It means that they have an inheritance,

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 and it also means that God is coming back for them.

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 And so all this is great encouragement,

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 and still, Peter's readers are in the situation of feeling out of place,

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 and facing what Peter's going to refer to as trials.

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 And so despite all this encouragement,

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 they're still in the same place they've been left in.

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 They're still facing these struggles.

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 And Peter's not unaware of that,

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 and so he's going to continue his encouragement this week,

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 and he's going to address how to find hope in suffering.

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 And so part of our question this morning is going to be,

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 how do we find hope in and through suffering?

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 And as we come to this,

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 it's important to give some clarity,

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 some definitions for suffering,

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 because when we talk about suffering as Christians,

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 we're often talking about all sorts of different things

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 that fall into different categories.

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 And I'm going to give you at least three different categories

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 for suffering that we find in the Bible.

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 First of all, category number one,

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 there's just general suffering.

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 This is suffering that we face

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 because we live in a world where sin and evil are present.

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 If you lose someone that you love dearly,

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 it's not necessarily your fault.

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 That's just the result of evil and destruction in this world.

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 If you face a debilitating illness,

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 that's general suffering.

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 Not necessarily your fault.

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 It's not necessarily something that you did,

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 but it's the result of sin in this world.

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 Second kind of suffering is suffering

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 that happens because of foolishness or sin on your part.

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 So if you go to Cripple Creek

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 and you put it all in black

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 and then you walk away

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 and you're $25,000 in debt,

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 that is a type of suffering.

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 That's suffering because of your foolishness.

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 That's suffering type number two.

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 And all of us experience at various times

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 and in various degrees

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 suffering of types one and type two,

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 whether we're Christians or not Christians,

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 because we live in this world

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 where people who make foolish decisions

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 and we're people who face the consequences of sin.

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 And then there's category number three,

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 the third and final category of suffering.

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 And this is suffering that happens

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 because we follow Jesus Christ.

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 And so this is not suffering that happens to all people,

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 both those inside the church and outside of the church,

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 but this is specifically suffering

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 that happens to people who love Jesus

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 and follow Jesus.

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 As we come to this passage this morning,

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 we are going to be talking about type number three.

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 And I don't mean to minimize one in two types of suffering,

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 but I want us to be clear

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 about what the Bible is talking about

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 in specific passages.

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 And so I don't want to make the right point to you

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 from the wrong passage.

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 And so just from the front,

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 we're talking about the kind of suffering that comes

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 because we love the name of Jesus Christ

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 and we follow him.

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 This is the kind of suffering

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 that the receivers of Peter's letter are facing.

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 They're facing social ostracization, probably.

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 People are talking bad about them.

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 They're slandering them,

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 Peter tells them at one point.

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 They're saying that they believe things,

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 perhaps, that they don't believe.

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 They're saying things about them that are not true.

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 Maybe they have the loss of job opportunities

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 or employment because of their faith in Christ.

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 That is the kind of suffering

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 that these believers are facing.

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 And so we're going to talk about

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 how do we find joy in suffering,

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 suffering specifically for the name of Jesus Christ.

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 The second thing we have to clear up

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 right from the front

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 is we talk about suffering

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 when American Christians,

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 Christians in North America,

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 think about suffering.

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 Often we think of

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 the place that we live

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 as a place of great struggle for Christians.

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 Now there's an organization called Open Doors

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 and they make a ranking

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 of the most difficult, challenging countries

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 where it is to be a Christian,

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 the places where Christians face

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 the most difficult persecution.

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 And they only rank the top 50 countries.

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 What number do you think the USA is

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 on the top 50 countries

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 of places where it's difficult to be a Christian?

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 We don't make the list.

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 We live in one of the easiest places

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 and times to be a Christian.

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 And so it's helpful and important

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 to keep that in mind

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 as we come to this passage.

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 We're not people with a victim complex

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 who are constantly talking about

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 how difficult and hard it is

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 for us to be Christians on the one hand.

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 On the other hand,

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 we're aware of the difficulty

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 of being a Christian around the world.

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 One in nine Christians right now

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 face intense persecution.

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 And we're also aware

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 that just because we live in a country

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 where it's very easy to be a Christian,

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 there are still times

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 where, like the readers of 1 Peter,

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 we feel out of place in this world.

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 And so on the one hand,

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 I don't want to minimize

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 what it is that we experience as Christians.

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 On the other hand,

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 I don't want to exaggerate it.

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 We face real struggle and suffering

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 in this world because we're Christians.

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 And if we lived in another country,

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 it would be a lot worse.

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 With that,

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 how do we find joy in suffering?

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 That's our question.

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 We're going to be in 1 Peter 1,

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 starting at verse 6.

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 And as we come to verse 6,

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 you can find it to read along

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 in your worship guide

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 or on your phone or in your Bible.

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 And remember that this is God's word.

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 And God tells us that his word

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 is more precious than gold,

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 even the finest gold.

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 And it's sweeter than honey,

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 even honey that comes

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 straight from the honeycomb.

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 And so that's why we're so intent

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 to learn from God in his word.

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 And so we're going to read now,

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 starting in verse 6.

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 In this you rejoice,

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 though now for a little while,

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 if necessary,

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 you have been grieved by various trials,

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 so that the tested genuineness of your faith,

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 more precious than gold that perishes,

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 though it is tested by fire,

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 may be found to result in praise

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 and glory and honor

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 at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

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 Verse 8.

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 Though you have not seen him,

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 you love him.

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 Though you do not now see him,

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 you believe in him

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 and rejoice with joy

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 that is inexpressible

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 and filled with glory,

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 obtaining the outcome of your faith,

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 the salvation of your souls.

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 I invite you to pray with me

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 as we come to this portion of God's word.

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 Father in heaven,

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 we thank you,

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 as we do every week,

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 for your word.

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 We have not seen Jesus,

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 but we love him.

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 And we don't see him,

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 but we believe in him.

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 And so we want to rejoice

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 with joy that's inexpressible.

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 We thank you that even though

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 we haven't seen Jesus,

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 you have given us your word.

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 And so we ask that you would use it

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 this morning to help us.

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 You'd use it to help us understand

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 how we can rejoice in our suffering,

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 how we can rejoice in you,

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 and ultimately that we would understand

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 your love for us

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 and that we would respond to it.

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 We ask these things

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 not because we have earned them from you

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 or we deserve them,

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 but because Jesus has earned them

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 and he deserves them.

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 And so we ask them in his name.

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 Amen.

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 Some of you know,

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 I recently purchased a home

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 really close to this church.

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 And of course I'm going through,

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 the house is about as old

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 as this church is,

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 almost 25 years.

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 And so there's all kinds

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 of deferred maintenance

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 and things going on.

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 And I've inherited a sprinkler system,

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 which I've never owned before.

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 And I went out one day

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 and I noticed that I was doing

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 an excellent job of watering

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 the sidewalk and the street.

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 And so I asked my neighbor,

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 I said,

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 is that my sprinkler head

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 or your sprinkler head?

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 And she said,

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 oh, that's absolutely

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 your sprinkler head.

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 So I turned off all the water

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 of those sprinklers

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 and I turned down the system

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 and I went out

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 and I bought one of those sprinklers

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 that you hook up to a hose,

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 you know,

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 the ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch.

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 So I'm out there in my front yard,

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 I'm setting up the sprinkler

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 and I'm trying to figure out

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 the right angle to get

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 so that I'm watering

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 as much grass as I can

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 and as little sidewalk as I can.

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 And of course,

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 I don't know what I'm doing,

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 so I'm just running around

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 trying all these different angles

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 and I'm imagining

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 it's kind of like high noon,

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 you know,

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 all the windows are flipping open

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 around the neighborhood

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 so that everyone can watch this kid

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 who doesn't know what he's doing.

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 And my neighbor Dan comes out

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 and Dan's helping me.

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 He says,

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 you know,

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 I'm sure, Matthew,

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 you know all these things.

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 I said,

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 Dan,

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 I don't.

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 So you just tell me

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 whatever wisdom you have.

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 So he helps me position

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 the sprinkler in the right place

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 and we figure it out

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 and probably the whole neighborhood

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 is still watching.

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 And as Dan and I finish,

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 Dan says,

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 Matthew,

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 I just,

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 one final question.

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 Do you like,

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 do you like football?

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 Do you watch football?

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 Is that something you follow?

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 Dan,

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 not,

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 I mean,

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 not really,

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 not really a sports guy.

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 I don't,

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 I don't really follow football

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 and I'm feeling bad,

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 right?

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 Because he's kind of asking me

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 if I want to be his friend.

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 And so Dan says,

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 well,

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 you know,

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 we like to watch the Broncos

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 and we're not,

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 we're not super into it

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 but what we really like to do

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 on a Sunday

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 is we,

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 we like to make some wings

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 and we like to make various dips

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 and put them out

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 and we just like to sit

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 and eat those things

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 and watch football.

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 And I said,

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 Dan,

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 I love football.

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 It is actually

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 my favorite sport.

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 Dan said,

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 that's great.

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 Sue and I will have you

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 over sometime.

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 The point is this.

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 Some people are just there

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 for the snacks,

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 right?

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 I'm just there

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 for the snacks.

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 If you invite me over

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 to watch the Super Bowl,

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 yeah,

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 I'm really about it.

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 I'm really concerned

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 about which team wins.

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 I won't be there

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 to watch the game

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 but I'm really concerned

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 about which team wins.

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 Because I'm just there

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 for the snacks.

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 And if you're there

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 for the snacks,

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 when the snacks disappear,

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 so will you.

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 In the church,

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 the same is true.

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 Some people are just there

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 for the snacks.

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 People come to church

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 for all sorts of reasons.

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 Some people come to church

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 because they know

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 it's a wonderful place

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 to find community

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 and fellowship

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 and friendship.

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 Maybe they feel isolated

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 and they think

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 this is going to be

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 the place

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 where I'm going

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 to get connected.

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 Some people come

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 to the church thinking

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 this will be the wonderful

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 place for me

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 to find a spouse.

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 Some people come

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 to the church thinking

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 I'm a good conservative person,

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 whatever that means,

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 and I think people in church

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 are good conservative people.

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 They care about

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 the same family values

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 that I do

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 so I want to hang out

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 with those types of people.

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 And then there are

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 other people who think

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 those people in the church,

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 they're good liberal people.

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 They care about the poor

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 in the way that I care

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 about the poor

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 and I want to go hang out

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 with them

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 and I want to be

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 with those kinds of people.

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 And then there are people

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 who come to the church

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 and they're in the church

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 because this is what

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 they've always done

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 and this is their tradition.

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 This is how

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 they've always operated,

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 this is how they're going

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 to continue to operate

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 and they just come to church

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 because they come to church.

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 But for whatever reason,

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 they're there,

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 they're there for the snacks.

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 Now some of those things

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 aren't necessarily bad,

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 it's not wrong

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 to come to church

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 for community, right?

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 That's part of what we believe,

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 that we're the body of Christ

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 and we're here to support each other

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 and love each other.

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 Not necessarily a bad reason

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 to come

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 because you've always done it.

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 Hopefully you're doing it

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 for more than that.

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 But we as a church,

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 we are not here

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 for the snacks.

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 We are here

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 because we live

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 in a world

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 that's filled with evil

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 because of our sin

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 and God has offered us

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 a way of redemption

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 through the judgment

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 of his son

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 who he poured out

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 the judgment

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 that we deserved

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 so that we could

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 experience salvation

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 and he's called us

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 to be a people

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 who witnesses that

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 to the world.

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 That is why

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 we are here.

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 And I am not here

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 for the snacks.

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 I did not move

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 from the East Coast

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 because I get really jazzed

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 about paying off mortgages

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 or because I get really jazzed

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 about what type of coffee

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 we have.

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 That is too small

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 a thing.

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 Now those things

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 aren't bad things,

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 they're not wrong things,

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 right?

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 But I'm here

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 because God longs

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 for his people

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 to know his word

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 and because God

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 has called a people

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 to himself

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 and he's given them

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 a mission.

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 He has commanded us

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 to be a light

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 to the nation

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 so that when people

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 look around

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 they could see

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 what it is

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 that happens

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 when God's people

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 walk in God's ways

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 and he's given us

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 a mission

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 that we would go

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 and make disciples

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 of all nations

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 baptizing them

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 in the name

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 of the Father

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 and the Son

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 and the Holy Spirit

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 teaching them

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 everything that Jesus

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 commanded

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 and that we would

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 live out

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 what Jesus called

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 so that we would

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 be in a world

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 that's filled

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 with God's love

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 and his mercy

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 and his goodness

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 and his justice.

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 We are not here

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 for the snacks.

00:14:08.759 --> 00:14:09.519
 We are here

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 because God

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 is calling a people

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 to himself

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 redeemed

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 through the blood

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 of his Son

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 who suffered

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 in our place.

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 You might be wondering

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 what does any of that

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 have to do

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 with joy

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 in suffering?

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 People come to church

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 and are part of the community

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 for many reasons.

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 Sometimes it's for God

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 and his mission

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 and sometimes it's not.

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 Peter writes to encourage

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 these people

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 in verses 6 and 7

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 In other words

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 when you suffer

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 for the name

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 of Jesus Christ

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 it demonstrates

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 and shows

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 to you

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 and to the world

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 that you are not here

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 for the snacks

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 because the snacks

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 have disappeared.

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 There is nothing

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 comfortable

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 or convenient

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 about being a Christian

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 for the recipients

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 of this letter

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 in modern day Turkey

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 in the first century.

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 They are facing

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 many trials

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 and yet

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 they have remained

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 faithful

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 to God.

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 He is telling them

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 your faith

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 it is genuine

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 and tested.

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 It has been proven

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 to be real faith.

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 Verse 7

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 You can now know

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 more than you've

00:15:55.179 --> 00:15:56.419
 ever known before

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 how much

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 God is your Father

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 and you belong to Him.

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 This is the proof

00:16:03.860 --> 00:16:04.899
 in the pudding

00:16:04.899 --> 00:16:05.720
 of your faith.

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 If you had any doubts

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 about it before

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 you can now know

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 how much

00:16:10.779 --> 00:16:11.940
 you belong to God.

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 How much

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 as we saw last week

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 that His power

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 is working through

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 your faith.

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 So why is it

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 that these people

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 find joy

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 in their sufferings?

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 It's because

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 Peter is telling them

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 you are suffering

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 because God

00:16:27.660 --> 00:16:28.200
 is your Father

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 and you can now

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 know more

00:16:31.920 --> 00:16:33.180
 than you did before

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 how much

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 you belong to Him.

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 You can now

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 know with more

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 confidence

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 than you had

00:16:41.640 --> 00:16:42.160
 in the past

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 that you

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 belong to God.

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 And so even

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 as you face

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 trials and sufferings

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 you can find joy

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 because it shows

00:16:51.420 --> 00:16:52.500
 how much

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 and how secure

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 your faith is.

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 Not that it rests

00:16:56.800 --> 00:16:57.420
 on your faith

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 but this confirms

00:16:58.399 --> 00:16:58.860
 your faith.

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 It shows to you

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 and everyone else.

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 It shows to the world

00:17:03.059 --> 00:17:04.059
 that you're not here

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 you're not a Christian

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 you're not in the church

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 because of the things

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 that you can get

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 or gain

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 but you're here

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 because of Jesus.

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 And so that's

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 what fills

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 Peter with joy

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 and it's what fills

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 these people

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 with joy

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 as well.

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 They can have confidence

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 that they belong

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 to God

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 more confidence

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 than they've had

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 in the past.

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 He tells them

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 that there

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 he gives his own

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 illustration here

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 in verse 7

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 so that the tested

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 genuineness of your faith

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 more precious than gold

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 that perishes

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 though it is tested

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 by fire.

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 He's using an image

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 here of gold.

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 Gold is something

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 you're being tested

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 right?

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 You're facing

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 opposition

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 for your faith.

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 Gold is also tested.

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 Gold is really valuable.

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 Guess what?

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 Your faith

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 is even more valuable.

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 Gold

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 can be tested

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 tested by fire

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 but gold

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 can also be destroyed

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 by fire

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 as well.

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 Think about

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 Frodo's ring

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 for example.

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 On the one hand

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 incredibly resilient

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 on the other hand

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 it can be destroyed.

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 Your faith

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 cannot

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 be destroyed.

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 You think about

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 gold being tested?

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 How much more

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 does this show

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 the value

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 of your faith?

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 How much

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 more hope

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 and confidence

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 and trust

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 can you have

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 since your faith

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 is even more

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 resilient

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 and valuable

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 than gold?

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 Even gold

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 that perishes

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 your faith

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 will not.

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 Instead

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 your faith

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 is going to be

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 found to result

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 in praise

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 and glory

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 and honor

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 at the revelation

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 And this image

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 here is probably

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 something like

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 you've been separated

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 from someone

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 for a long time

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 and both of you

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 have been on adventures

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 doing things

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 and you come together

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 and you're able

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 to share

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 and praise each other

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 for the things

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 that you've done well.

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 There's a sense

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 in which we hear

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 in Matthew 25

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 that God's going

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 to tell those

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 who are faithful

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 to him

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 well done

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 good and faithful servant.

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 That's the language

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 of verse 7 here.

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 It may be found

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 to result in

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 praise and glory

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 and honor

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 in other words

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 found to result

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 in God saying

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 to you

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 well done

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 good and faithful servant.

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 when?

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 At the coming

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 at the revelation

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 of Jesus Christ

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 in other words

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 at Jesus'

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 second coming.

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 These people

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 can find joy

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 in suffering

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 because it's suffering

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 that proves

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 that they belong

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 to God

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 and it's suffering

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 that proves

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 that their faith

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 in God

00:19:42.880 --> 00:19:43.519
 is real.

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 It doesn't make

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 their faith real.

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 We don't need

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 to be seeking

00:19:47.019 --> 00:19:47.700
 out suffering.

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 We don't need

00:19:48.079 --> 00:19:48.759
 to try to

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 find persecution

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 but when we face it

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 God uses it

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 to confirm

00:19:54.799 --> 00:19:55.400
 that we belong

00:19:55.400 --> 00:19:55.740
 to him.

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 He uses it

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 to assure us

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 and reassure us

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 that we are his

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 and so that's why

00:20:01.980 --> 00:20:02.440
 these people

00:20:02.440 --> 00:20:03.099
 in this letter

00:20:03.099 --> 00:20:03.960
 are able to find

00:20:03.960 --> 00:20:05.420
 joy in their suffering.

00:20:05.599 --> 00:20:06.200
 Peter by the way

00:20:06.200 --> 00:20:06.940
 found the same kind

00:20:06.940 --> 00:20:07.680
 of joy in his suffering.

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 We're told a story

00:20:08.420 --> 00:20:09.420
 in Acts chapter 5.

00:20:09.559 --> 00:20:10.879
 Peter after Jesus

00:20:10.879 --> 00:20:11.400
 has left

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 he's going around

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 and preaching

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 and teaching

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 he's in Jerusalem

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 healing people

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 and the high priests

00:20:16.599 --> 00:20:17.740
 arrest him

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 because they're not

00:20:18.380 --> 00:20:18.880
 thrilled with him

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 going and telling

00:20:19.500 --> 00:20:20.339
 people about Jesus

00:20:20.339 --> 00:20:21.259
 and healing in his name

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 and if you know

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 the story

00:20:23.019 --> 00:20:23.559
 Peter gets out

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 of prison

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 there's an angel

00:20:25.660 --> 00:20:26.440
 who lets them out

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 and they find him

00:20:28.559 --> 00:20:29.519
 again and they beat him.

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 This is in Acts chapter 5

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 and after they beat Peter

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 do you remember

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 what he does

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 and what they do

00:20:36.000 --> 00:20:36.599
 when they leave?

00:20:38.920 --> 00:20:40.039
 Peter and his friends

00:20:40.039 --> 00:20:41.980
 leave rejoicing.

00:20:43.240 --> 00:20:44.240
 Peter and his friends

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 because they were

00:20:44.880 --> 00:20:45.480
 counted worthy

00:20:45.480 --> 00:20:46.099
 to suffer

00:20:46.099 --> 00:20:47.099
 for the name

00:20:47.099 --> 00:20:47.940
 of Jesus Christ.

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 And so as I've been

00:20:51.000 --> 00:20:51.799
 emphasizing in the other

00:20:51.799 --> 00:20:52.460
 portions of Peter

00:20:52.460 --> 00:20:53.460
 Peter writes here

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 to people about

00:20:54.799 --> 00:20:55.359
 what he has

00:20:55.359 --> 00:20:56.599
 personally experienced

00:20:56.599 --> 00:20:57.359
 and knows.

00:20:58.259 --> 00:20:58.759
 Peter knows

00:20:58.759 --> 00:20:59.240
 what it's like

00:20:59.240 --> 00:20:59.920
 to find joy

00:20:59.920 --> 00:21:00.400
 in suffering.

00:21:01.859 --> 00:21:02.500
 He knows

00:21:02.500 --> 00:21:02.940
 what it's like

00:21:02.940 --> 00:21:03.680
 to understand

00:21:03.680 --> 00:21:04.180
 and see

00:21:04.180 --> 00:21:04.940
 how real

00:21:04.940 --> 00:21:05.799
 his faith is

00:21:05.799 --> 00:21:06.259
 to have it

00:21:06.259 --> 00:21:07.460
 confirmed to him

00:21:07.460 --> 00:21:08.859
 because of what he faces

00:21:08.859 --> 00:21:09.500
 for the name

00:21:09.500 --> 00:21:10.019
 of Jesus.

00:21:10.019 --> 00:21:15.259
 And so sufferings

00:21:15.259 --> 00:21:16.200
 in the present

00:21:16.200 --> 00:21:18.259
 bring joy

00:21:18.259 --> 00:21:19.259
 because they confirm

00:21:19.259 --> 00:21:20.460
 everything that we've seen

00:21:20.460 --> 00:21:21.740
 in the previous verses.

00:21:21.900 --> 00:21:22.480
 They confirm

00:21:22.480 --> 00:21:24.079
 what we have

00:21:24.079 --> 00:21:24.759
 in the future.

00:21:25.839 --> 00:21:26.500
 That the glory

00:21:26.500 --> 00:21:27.079
 of the future

00:21:27.079 --> 00:21:28.599
 belongs to us.

00:21:31.279 --> 00:21:32.180
 Praise and glory

00:21:32.180 --> 00:21:32.579
 and honor

00:21:32.579 --> 00:21:33.299
 at the revelation

00:21:33.299 --> 00:21:34.420
 of Jesus Christ

00:21:34.420 --> 00:21:35.400
 verse 7.

00:21:35.400 --> 00:21:39.140
 And so what Peter

00:21:39.140 --> 00:21:39.860
 has to tell us here

00:21:39.860 --> 00:21:40.420
 it's not

00:21:40.420 --> 00:21:41.320
 there's nothing

00:21:41.320 --> 00:21:42.540
 really complicated

00:21:42.540 --> 00:21:43.019
 about it

00:21:43.019 --> 00:21:43.480
 or sophisticated

00:21:43.480 --> 00:21:44.180
 about it.

00:21:46.720 --> 00:21:47.240
 It's really

00:21:47.240 --> 00:21:47.740
 that simple.

00:21:50.320 --> 00:21:50.840
 You're going to

00:21:50.840 --> 00:21:51.580
 suffer in this world.

00:21:51.680 --> 00:21:52.180
 You're going to suffer

00:21:52.180 --> 00:21:52.820
 because you've been

00:21:52.820 --> 00:21:53.580
 chosen by God

00:21:53.580 --> 00:21:54.100
 and because you've

00:21:54.100 --> 00:21:54.780
 been chosen by God

00:21:54.780 --> 00:21:55.400
 you're in exile.

00:21:57.280 --> 00:21:57.780
 You're going to be

00:21:57.780 --> 00:21:58.280
 out of place

00:21:58.280 --> 00:21:58.740
 in this world

00:21:58.740 --> 00:21:59.320
 and its customs

00:21:59.320 --> 00:21:59.880
 and its ways

00:21:59.880 --> 00:22:00.500
 and its traditions

00:22:00.500 --> 00:22:01.300
 and its beliefs.

00:22:02.420 --> 00:22:03.040
 And that's going

00:22:03.040 --> 00:22:03.780
 to lead to trials.

00:22:05.400 --> 00:22:06.220
 When you face

00:22:06.220 --> 00:22:06.860
 those trials

00:22:06.860 --> 00:22:08.620
 you're going to stand

00:22:08.620 --> 00:22:09.240
 and continue

00:22:09.240 --> 00:22:09.720
 to face them.

00:22:09.780 --> 00:22:10.060
 You're not going

00:22:10.060 --> 00:22:10.519
 to leave

00:22:10.519 --> 00:22:11.759
 because you weren't

00:22:11.759 --> 00:22:12.440
 there for the snacks.

00:22:13.240 --> 00:22:13.680
 You were there

00:22:13.680 --> 00:22:14.120
 for Jesus.

00:22:15.560 --> 00:22:16.440
 And as you walk

00:22:16.440 --> 00:22:16.840
 through them

00:22:16.840 --> 00:22:17.840
 it's going to confirm

00:22:17.840 --> 00:22:18.480
 your hope

00:22:18.480 --> 00:22:19.100
 and your trust

00:22:19.100 --> 00:22:19.580
 and your faith

00:22:19.580 --> 00:22:19.880
 in him

00:22:19.880 --> 00:22:20.200
 and you're going

00:22:20.200 --> 00:22:20.840
 to find joy

00:22:20.840 --> 00:22:21.280
 because you're

00:22:21.280 --> 00:22:21.780
 going to know

00:22:21.780 --> 00:22:22.640
 more than ever

00:22:22.640 --> 00:22:23.740
 before how much

00:22:23.740 --> 00:22:24.340
 he's your father

00:22:24.340 --> 00:22:24.840
 and how much

00:22:24.840 --> 00:22:25.560
 you belong to him.

00:22:29.920 --> 00:22:30.660
 And then Peter

00:22:30.660 --> 00:22:31.500
 piles on another

00:22:31.500 --> 00:22:32.360
 piece of encouragement.

00:22:32.540 --> 00:22:33.060
 Remember Peter's

00:22:33.060 --> 00:22:34.259
 encouraging and instructing

00:22:34.259 --> 00:22:34.700
 and his goal

00:22:34.700 --> 00:22:35.280
 here at the beginning

00:22:35.279 --> 00:22:36.180
 is just to lay

00:22:36.180 --> 00:22:36.920
 on encouragement

00:22:36.920 --> 00:22:37.799
 for these people

00:22:37.799 --> 00:22:38.700
 who are facing

00:22:38.700 --> 00:22:39.680
 suffering for Jesus.

00:22:40.859 --> 00:22:41.139
 Verse 8

00:22:41.139 --> 00:22:42.480
 Though you have not

00:22:42.480 --> 00:22:42.859
 seen him

00:22:42.859 --> 00:22:43.500
 you love him.

00:22:44.440 --> 00:22:45.059
 Though you do not

00:22:45.059 --> 00:22:45.680
 now see him

00:22:45.680 --> 00:22:46.399
 you believe in him

00:22:46.399 --> 00:22:47.440
 and rejoice with joy

00:22:47.440 --> 00:22:48.519
 that is inexpressible

00:22:48.519 --> 00:22:49.359
 and filled with glory

00:22:49.359 --> 00:22:50.339
 obtaining the outcome

00:22:50.339 --> 00:22:51.079
 of your faith

00:22:51.079 --> 00:22:52.079
 the salvation

00:22:52.079 --> 00:22:52.940
 of your souls.

00:22:54.660 --> 00:22:55.460
 And as Peter's

00:22:55.460 --> 00:22:55.879
 writing this

00:22:55.879 --> 00:22:56.899
 of course he's aware

00:22:56.899 --> 00:22:57.599
 of the story

00:22:57.599 --> 00:22:58.660
 of Thomas.

00:22:58.779 --> 00:22:59.019
 You remember

00:22:59.019 --> 00:22:59.819
 at the very end

00:22:59.819 --> 00:23:00.859
 of the Gospel of John

00:23:00.859 --> 00:23:03.519
 we have Thomas

00:23:03.519 --> 00:23:04.119
 who's a follower

00:23:04.119 --> 00:23:04.619
 of Jesus

00:23:04.619 --> 00:23:06.339
 and he hears

00:23:06.339 --> 00:23:06.779
 the word

00:23:06.779 --> 00:23:07.179
 that Jesus

00:23:07.179 --> 00:23:07.719
 has risen

00:23:07.719 --> 00:23:08.459
 from the dead

00:23:08.459 --> 00:23:10.079
 and he doesn't

00:23:10.079 --> 00:23:10.699
 want to believe it.

00:23:11.639 --> 00:23:11.939
 And I'm going to

00:23:11.939 --> 00:23:12.399
 read it to you

00:23:12.399 --> 00:23:13.000
 just a little bit

00:23:13.000 --> 00:23:14.159
 from John

00:23:14.159 --> 00:23:14.859
 chapter 20

00:23:14.859 --> 00:23:16.079
 verse 24

00:23:16.079 --> 00:23:16.419
 it says

00:23:16.420 --> 00:23:16.860
 Now Thomas

00:23:16.860 --> 00:23:17.580
 one of the twelve

00:23:17.580 --> 00:23:18.680
 was not with them

00:23:18.680 --> 00:23:19.420
 when Jesus came

00:23:19.420 --> 00:23:20.880
 so the other disciples

00:23:20.880 --> 00:23:21.320
 told him

00:23:21.320 --> 00:23:22.160
 we have seen the Lord

00:23:22.160 --> 00:23:23.700
 but he said to them

00:23:23.700 --> 00:23:25.240
 unless I see in his hands

00:23:25.240 --> 00:23:26.120
 the mark of the nails

00:23:26.120 --> 00:23:27.620
 and place my finger

00:23:27.620 --> 00:23:28.620
 into the mark of the nails

00:23:28.620 --> 00:23:29.460
 and place my hand

00:23:29.460 --> 00:23:30.120
 into his side

00:23:30.120 --> 00:23:31.200
 I will never believe.

00:23:32.580 --> 00:23:33.160
 Eight days later

00:23:33.160 --> 00:23:33.720
 his disciples

00:23:33.720 --> 00:23:34.820
 were inside again

00:23:34.820 --> 00:23:35.900
 and Thomas was with them

00:23:35.900 --> 00:23:37.120
 although the doors

00:23:37.120 --> 00:23:37.560
 were locked

00:23:37.560 --> 00:23:38.240
 Jesus came

00:23:38.240 --> 00:23:38.980
 and stood among them

00:23:38.980 --> 00:23:39.420
 and said

00:23:39.420 --> 00:23:40.360
 peace be with you.

00:23:41.360 --> 00:23:42.580
 Then he said to Thomas

00:23:42.580 --> 00:23:43.640
 put your finger here

00:23:43.640 --> 00:23:44.540
 and see my hands

00:23:44.540 --> 00:23:46.120
 and put out your hand

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 and place it in my side

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 do not disbelieve

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 but believe.

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 Thomas answered him

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 my Lord and my God

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 and Jesus said to him

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 have you believed

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 because you have seen me?

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 Blessed are those

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 who have not seen

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 and yet have believed.

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 Blessed are those

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 who have not seen

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 and yet have believed.

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 Peter knows

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 that unlike him

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 who walked with Jesus

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 and lived with Jesus

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 these people did not.

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 and yet their faithfulness

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 in suffering

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 proves that even though

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 they haven't seen Jesus

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 they love him.

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 The same faith

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 that's proved

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 by their suffering

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 is the faith

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 that they experience.

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 You believe in him

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 that's a faith word

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 and you rejoice

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 with joy

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 that is inexpressible

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 and filled with glory

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 obtaining the outcome

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 of your faith

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 the salvation

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 of your souls.

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 In other words

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 these people have joy

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 not just because

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 their faith is confirmed

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 but because of

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 what it confirms.

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 Not just that it confirms

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 that they belong to Jesus

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 but everything that comes to them

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 the inheritance

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 that we talked about

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 last week

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 that it's looking to that

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 in the future

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 as it's confirmed

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 in the present

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 that allows them

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 to rejoice

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 in their sufferings

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 rejoicing for their sufferings

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 for the name

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 If you follow the news

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 you know there was

00:25:14.579 --> 00:25:15.960
 an article that came out

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 in May

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 of this year

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 about a man named

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 Jordan Hubber

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 and

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 Jordan

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 did not know

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 who his father was

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 but he knew

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 an English aristocrat

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 who he suspected

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 was his father

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 and he tried

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 to prove this

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 for a long time

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 unsuccessfully

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 until this man died

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 and he decided

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 he was going to be able

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 to do a DNA test.

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 Now Jordan was working class

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 he was struggling

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 to make things work

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 from week to week

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 financially

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 he wasn't doing well

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 and this was his last shot

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 to be able to do

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 this DNA test

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 to figure out

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 whether or not

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 this man

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 who had just died

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 was his father

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 and it came back

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 and there was

00:26:00.259 --> 00:26:01.660
 100% positive proof

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 that this man

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 he believed

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 was his father

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 and so Jordan

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 got to move in

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 to this 1500 acre

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 estate in London

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 which was worth

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 over 50 million pounds

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 and then on top

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 of that

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 received an allowance

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 of I believe

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 1000 pounds a week.

00:26:24.279 --> 00:26:24.919
 Jordan

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 because this man

00:26:27.139 --> 00:26:28.039
 was his father

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 received the full

00:26:30.079 --> 00:26:30.599
 inheritance

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 and it was the DNA

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 test that he went

00:26:35.119 --> 00:26:36.079
 through that proved

00:26:36.079 --> 00:26:37.579
 that he was the son

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 who belonged

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 to this man.

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 Brothers and sisters

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 Peter is telling us

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 that when we suffer

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 for the name

00:26:47.980 --> 00:26:49.119
 of Jesus Christ

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 it is the DNA test

00:26:53.200 --> 00:26:54.700
 that proves

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 definitively

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 that we belong

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 to God

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 and so we rejoice

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 first

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 that we belong

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 to him

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 and then second

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 because that's true

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 the full

00:27:09.320 --> 00:27:10.259
 inheritance

00:27:10.259 --> 00:27:11.600
 is ours

00:27:11.600 --> 00:27:15.700
 and so that's why

00:27:15.700 --> 00:27:16.380
 we find joy

00:27:16.380 --> 00:27:16.900
 in our suffering

00:27:16.900 --> 00:27:17.360
 for the name

00:27:17.360 --> 00:27:17.759
 of Christ

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 because we experience

00:27:18.759 --> 00:27:19.640
 that salvation

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 now in part

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 and we will experience

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 it in full

00:27:23.360 --> 00:27:25.000
 verse 8

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 though you have not

00:27:25.880 --> 00:27:26.320
 seen him

00:27:26.320 --> 00:27:26.920
 you love him

00:27:26.920 --> 00:27:28.259
 though you do not

00:27:28.259 --> 00:27:28.900
 now see him

00:27:28.900 --> 00:27:29.720
 you believe in him

00:27:29.720 --> 00:27:30.279
 and rejoice

00:27:30.279 --> 00:27:31.000
 with joy

00:27:31.000 --> 00:27:32.200
 that is inexpressible

00:27:32.200 --> 00:27:33.160
 and filled with glory

00:27:33.160 --> 00:27:34.940
 obtaining the outcome

00:27:34.940 --> 00:27:35.740
 of your faith

00:27:35.740 --> 00:27:36.900
 the salvation

00:27:36.900 --> 00:27:38.160
 of your souls

00:27:38.160 --> 00:27:41.720
 please pray with me

00:27:41.720 --> 00:27:46.140
 Father in heaven

00:27:46.140 --> 00:27:47.440
 we thank you

00:27:47.440 --> 00:27:49.640
 that you've chosen us

00:27:49.640 --> 00:27:50.480
 and we belong to you

00:27:50.480 --> 00:27:52.720
 we thank you

00:27:52.720 --> 00:27:53.579
 that you have

00:27:53.579 --> 00:27:54.420
 a mission

00:27:54.420 --> 00:27:55.460
 for your church

00:27:55.460 --> 00:27:56.000
 and you want us

00:27:56.000 --> 00:27:56.720
 to be a part of it

00:27:56.720 --> 00:27:59.140
 and we confess

00:27:59.140 --> 00:27:59.600
 that that mission

00:27:59.600 --> 00:28:00.519
 involves trials

00:28:00.519 --> 00:28:01.339
 in this life

00:28:01.339 --> 00:28:02.059
 for your name

00:28:02.059 --> 00:28:02.740
 and we thank you

00:28:02.740 --> 00:28:03.720
 that you use that

00:28:03.720 --> 00:28:04.539
 to bring us joy

00:28:04.539 --> 00:28:05.400
 we ask that that

00:28:05.400 --> 00:28:06.220
 would become more

00:28:06.220 --> 00:28:06.799
 and more real

00:28:06.799 --> 00:28:07.420
 in our lives

00:28:07.420 --> 00:28:08.160
 that as we face

00:28:08.160 --> 00:28:08.720
 opposition

00:28:08.720 --> 00:28:09.740
 because of our faith

00:28:09.740 --> 00:28:10.339
 in you

00:28:10.339 --> 00:28:12.000
 that it would cause us

00:28:12.000 --> 00:28:12.559
 to rejoice

00:28:12.559 --> 00:28:13.779
 knowing even more

00:28:13.779 --> 00:28:14.720
 how much we belong

00:28:14.720 --> 00:28:15.180
 to you

00:28:15.180 --> 00:28:17.700
 and looking forward

00:28:17.700 --> 00:28:18.559
 to the inheritance

00:28:18.559 --> 00:28:19.480
 that is ours

00:28:19.480 --> 00:28:21.660
 we ask these things

00:28:21.660 --> 00:28:22.440
 not because

00:28:22.440 --> 00:28:23.420
 we have earned them

00:28:23.420 --> 00:28:24.140
 but because Jesus

00:28:24.140 --> 00:28:25.079
 is our older brother

00:28:25.079 --> 00:28:27.159
 and it's his inheritance

00:28:27.159 --> 00:28:28.079
 that comes to us

00:28:28.079 --> 00:28:29.119
 and so we ask it

00:28:29.119 --> 00:28:29.699
 in his name

00:28:29.699 --> 00:28:30.539
 amen