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 Great. Thank you, guys. Welcome. My name is Chris. I'm, again, one of the elders here at Watermark.

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 If you have your booklet open, I encourage you to follow along in the Scripture passage.

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 Keep this with you. If you've got a pen, write notes in it, because we're going to be going on this journey

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 in 1 Peter over the next few weeks. And I'm excited about this book that we're going to go through together.

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 We were in Thailand a couple of years ago, and Fiona and I were going out kayaking in the sea.

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 And as we'd gone out a little way, we capsized. The boat overturned, and we realized we couldn't turn

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 the boat back over. And then I had this strange feeling, but we were being dragged out by the

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 current out into the sea. It was a frightening moment. And at that point, both of us realized

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 we had to fight with all of our strength to swim with the boat to get back to shore, because

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 our lives were at stake. But I don't know whether you have ever felt, if you were a Christian,

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 like you're this small minority swimming against the current of society, a society which seems

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 at times to have very different values, to have very different ways of thinking, to live

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 for very different things than the gospel calls us to. And sometimes it feels like it's easier

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 to go with the flow. And so as we saw from the video, we see how people are thinking in

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 the world around us. And yet, as we come through this series, and we want to look in this series

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 at 1 Peter, we want to see that actually God has called us to be a countercultural, a swimming

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 against the tide community.

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 And that's really what the book of 1 Peter is about. Because the book of 1 Peter is set

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 in Turkey. Now, you can see on the screen, Turkey, we went there this year with a few of us, a couple

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 of us from Watermark. And what happened is after Pentecost, when God's Spirit came upon God's

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 people, there were Jews from all around the area, including places like Cappadocia, and Asia,

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 and Pontus. And what you see is 30 years later, the gospel and the church has started to spread.

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 The gospel has started spreading. It's reached into Turkey, and small little house churches

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 have started springing up in the midst of the Roman Empire, people who are trusting in Jesus

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 as their savior. And we visited a couple of these places last year. Cappadocia, it's an amazing place

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 if you ever get to go there. Asia is where Ephesus and where a lot of the New Testament is written into.

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 And the apostle Peter is writing from Rome. And he's writing to these small minority groups in Rome

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 of people who feel like they're just swimming against the current of a Roman Empire,

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 which seems to stand against them. You know, this is just a couple of years before the Roman Emperor

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 Nero burnt the city of Rome to try and get planning permission to rebuild a great palace for himself.

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 And he blamed it on the Christians. And hundreds of Christians, including the apostle Peter,

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 were executed during that time. This is just a couple of years written before that time.

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 And it's a time where everyone around thought they were really tolerant.

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 You see, they had hundreds of gods. If you ever go to Turkey, you'll see temples everywhere.

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 And they'll accept any gods, except you can't be too exclusive.

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 If you say there's only one god, and you say there's only one way to god, well, that's intolerance.

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 And they also called Christians atheists. Because if you went to the company dinner,

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 you were expected to bow down and put some incense to the goddess of fertility, Artemis,

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 or the god of wine, Bacchus. But Christians wouldn't do that.

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 You know, we go to the cinema and watch people killing each other on the screen.

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 They would go to the amphitheater and watch gladiators killing each other in the flesh.

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 But the Christians wouldn't go.

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 Men would go to the baths and pick up prostitutes down there to play around with.

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 But Christians wouldn't.

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 And so Christians began to get called also haters of humanity.

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 You're so intolerant. You're no fun.

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 They will be mocked. You're narrow-minded.

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 You know, here is, this is one of the earliest graffitis about Christians.

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 What it is, it's a, instead of Christ on the cross, they placed a donkey there.

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 And it actually says, Alexamonus worships his god.

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 They would mock Christians for their beliefs.

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 This was the culture that one Peter is set in.

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 And it's not so different from many of our cultures.

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 And Peter is writing this letter to say to them,

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 keep swimming against the tide, guys.

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 Keep swimming against the tide.

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 Remember four things.

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 And here's the four things we're going to look at today.

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 Remember, you're a different people.

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 You have a different hope.

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 You have a different view of trials and suffering.

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 And you have a different joy.

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 Okay?

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 Are you with me?

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 Good.

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 Well, let's go and look into this passage together.

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 We're different people.

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 He starts off, verse 1 and 2, he says,

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 As elect exiles, to those who are elect exiles,

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 or it could be foreigners or sojourners, is another word.

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 Peter is using an Old Testament term described for the people of Israel

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 when they were in Egypt and then they wandered in the wilderness after the Exodus.

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 They were a people who were away from home, surrounded by a pagan people.

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 And he says,

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 Of the dispersion.

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 And the Jews during that time had been,

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 a couple of times had been sent away in exile,

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 scattered around to different countries, different nations.

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 And Peter is saying to these groups of Christians,

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 You are like the people of Israel in the past.

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 You are like God's people.

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 You're scattered.

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 You're not at home.

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 You're refugees in this world.

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 The values of the world conflict with the values of Christ and his kingdom.

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 And you may feel like you're a foreigner here.

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 You know, in England, if you walk into a village pub,

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 it's really interesting.

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 If you're not from there,

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 it's fascinating because everyone's having conversations.

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 And then you walk into the room and suddenly everyone stops and stares at you.

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 As if you're like some kind of extinct animal from outer space.

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 Because you're not from there.

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 You speak differently.

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 You think differently.

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 You don't belong.

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 And it's a weird feeling because we desperately want to belong.

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 Isn't that one of the reasons why if we're Christians,

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 sometimes we struggle to share our faith?

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 Because we want to belong.

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 We don't want to feel like a strange animal in society.

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 And Peter is saying,

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 If you're accepted around, that's amazing.

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 But don't be surprised if you're not.

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 If people don't get all your choices to follow Jesus.

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 Because this isn't your home.

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 You're a foreigner.

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 You're an exile here.

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 You know, some people think that the church should be right at the center of society.

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 You know, and they become very complaining that, you know,

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 society is no longer holding on to Christian values.

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 And they think everything is going wrong.

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 Well, Peter, actually, he would say,

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 No, in fact, it's normal Christianity when church is on the margins.

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 Because you're in exile.

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 Here's not your home.

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 Do you know, the last year,

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 the leader of the third biggest political party in the UK

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 had to resign because of his Christian beliefs

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 about things like abortion and sexuality.

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 And he wasn't allowed to stay as leader.

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 When I was at university,

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 they tried to shut down our Christian group on campus

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 because we refused to say that all religions led to God.

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 We were told we were intolerant.

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 And Peter says,

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 Don't be surprised.

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 That's normal Christianity

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 because we're exiles.

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 We're foreigners.

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 And yet, he says,

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 We're elect exiles.

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 And elect means chosen.

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 Notice he says,

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 By the foreknowledge of the Father,

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 the sanctification of the Spirit

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 for obedience to Jesus.

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 He's saying,

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 The whole of the Trinity

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 has his eye on you,

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 has chosen you,

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 and being on the margins is not an accident

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 because God has you.

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 You're his.

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 You may feel like a foreigner around here,

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 but you're not a foreigner to God,

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 the living God who rules over this world.

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 He says,

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 You're secure.

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 And as a bride is set apart for her husband

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 to please him,

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 even if everyone else looks down

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 and laughs at her,

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 if she sees the delight of her husband,

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 then everything's okay.

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 That's what Peter's saying to the church here.

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 If you know you're set apart for God

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 and his delight,

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 you are his treasure,

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 you're for his eyes only,

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 then even though you may feel like you're foreigners,

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 you're secure and you're held by him.

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 That's the kind of people,

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 a different kind of people that we are.

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 So we're not just a different people.

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 We also have a different hope.

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 Verse 3,

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 he says,

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 He has caused you,

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 according to his great mercy,

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 he has caused you

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 to be born again

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 to a living hope.

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 You know when you were born,

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 you became alive in a physical world,

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 right?

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 When you are born again,

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 you become alive in a spiritual world,

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 in a relationship with a living God

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 through trusting in Jesus' death

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 and resurrection.

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 And he says,

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 Salvation,

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 it's not just about

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 what happened to you in the past,

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 it's also about

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 where God's taking you in the future.

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 And he says,

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 you have a living hope.

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 And that could mean a couple of things.

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 It could mean either

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 it's not a dead hope.

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 You know,

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 if England are playing football

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 and you have hope for them,

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 that is a dead hope.

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 But this is a living hope,

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 a hope which doesn't disappoint you.

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 I know that too well.

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 But it's a hope

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 that doesn't disappoint you.

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 Your future is not uncertain

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 if you trust in Christ.

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 Did you know that?

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 Your future,

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 you may feel it's uncertain,

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 but scripture says

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 it is not uncertain.

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 It is 100% guaranteed.

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 Because Jesus rose from the dead

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 and you will rise with him

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 if you have trusted in him.

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 It's a living hope.

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 But it's not just a living hope.

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 It also can be translated

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 a hope of life.

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 Because

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 through the resurrection of Jesus,

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 where he overcame death

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 and sin

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 and sickness

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 and pain,

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 all the things which haunt us

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 in this world,

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 the things which they shared

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 on the video,

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 which we don't like,

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 which we feel are wrong

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 in the world.

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 Well, he says

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 there's going to be

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 a new creation

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 with a new body

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 and a new earth

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 that God will recreate,

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 which will be teeming with life.

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 That's the hope

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 that he's called us to.

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 But he's spelled it out.

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 He says

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 it's a living hope

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 and to an inheritance,

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 okay,

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 an inheritance

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 that is imperishable.

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 It can't perish

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 like to your family

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 and my loved ones can.

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 It is undefiled.

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 That means it can't spoil

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 like chocolate cake

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 can spoil.

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 And it can't fade

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 like my iPhone battery

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 fades.

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 You know,

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 in our world,

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 they say,

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 scientists say

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 there's something called entropy,

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 which basically means

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 the world

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 tends towards chaos

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 and decay

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 and disorder.

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 And the way

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 this current world is,

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 it's a bit like

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 when I used to,

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 when I was young,

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 we went on holiday,

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 we used to go to the beach

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 and I would build sandcastles

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 and I'd make amazing sandcastles.

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 Sandcastles,

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 you could put balls in

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 and run around.

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 It was incredible.

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 And I'd make sure

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 that they were secure

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 from the tide coming in.

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 I'd build a moat around them

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 and things like that.

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 But then,

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 if you stayed for a few hours,

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 do you know what you'd see?

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 The tide would start coming in

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 and would very slowly

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 just start to wash away

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 the beautiful creation

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 that I had built

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 until eventually

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 there was nothing left.

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 You see,

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 that's something

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 that's perishable,

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 can spoil,

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 and can fade.

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 And our culture

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 tells us

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 that through adverts,

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 through all kinds

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 of different things,

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 that we are to place

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 our hope

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 in sandcastles.

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 They mentioned a couple

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 on the video,

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 planning.

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 I'd never thought of planning

00:14:24.879 --> 00:14:25.579
 as being a hope,

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 but anyway.

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 Great food,

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 a holiday,

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 a new wardrobe,

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 friends,

00:14:31.840 --> 00:14:32.540
 good grades,

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 job opportunities,

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 health,

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 a listening husband,

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 whatever it is

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 that you put your hope in

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 and you desire

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 because you think

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 it's going to make you happy

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 right now.

00:14:45.379 --> 00:14:46.320
 Peter would say,

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 that's like a sandcastle

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 that's perishable.

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 Because just think

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 about a vacation,

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 you know,

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 some of you come back

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 from vacations

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 and you spent a long time

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 planning your vacation

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 with hope that it was going

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 to be an amazing time

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 and maybe it was an amazing time

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 but you come back

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 and then suddenly

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 what do you want to do?

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 You want to go on

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 another vacation again.

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 Right?

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 Because does that hope last?

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 Does it fully satisfy?

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 C.S. Lewis once said this,

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 he said,

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 there have been times

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 when I think

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 we do not desire heaven,

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 a living hope,

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 but more often

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 I find myself wondering

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 whether in our heart of hearts

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 we have ever desired

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 anything else.

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 You see,

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 our greatest desires

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 are sandcastles

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 which are a fading glimpse

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 of a world

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 that is unfading,

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 of an imperishable inheritance

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 that God has for you.

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 Now,

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 sandcastles are great.

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 You know,

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 if you could take your kids

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 to the beach,

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 don't tell them,

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 don't build a sandcastle

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 because it's going to get

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 washed away in a few hours.

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 You don't do that.

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 You enjoy it in the moment

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 but you don't put your hope

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 in any of these things

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 which are sandcastles

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 because Peter says

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 you are made

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 for a living hope,

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 one that will not fade,

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 one that will not get washed away.

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 He says for a salvation

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 that will be revealed

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 in the last time

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 and he says

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 that salvation

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 will be at the revelation,

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 the revealing of Jesus

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 when he comes back again.

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 Do you know,

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 I've just been thinking about this,

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 even this week,

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 the whole of the New Testament,

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 almost every book

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 shouts for us

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 to live in the light

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 of Jesus' return.

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 You know,

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 in Acts it says

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 when Jesus is taken up

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 and he says

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 the angels come

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 to the disciples

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 and says

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 he's going to come back

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 in the same way

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 that he left.

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 And then you see

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 in Corinthians it says

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 listen,

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 I'm giving you

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 every spiritual gift now

00:16:46.440 --> 00:16:47.800
 while you wait

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 for the revealing of Jesus.

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 Paul also prays,

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 he says,

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 Maranatha,

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 Lord come back.

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 You know the Lord's prayer,

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 part of it says

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 your kingdom come,

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 your will be done

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 on earth

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 as it is in heaven.

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 That is ultimately

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 a prayer for God

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 to come back

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 and restore

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 and renew everything.

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 And so as I've been

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 thinking about it,

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 the question that's come to me

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 is

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 when did I last

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 pray for Jesus to return?

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 When did you last

00:17:17.079 --> 00:17:18.500
 pray for Jesus to return?

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 When did we actually

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 last think about

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 the fact

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 that there is

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 something more

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 than the little hopes

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 that I live my life for?

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 Do we spend our time

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 thinking more

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 about a living hope

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 or more

00:17:36.140 --> 00:17:37.660
 about a fading hope

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 in our lives?

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 Because the rest

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 of our culture

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 tells us

00:17:43.460 --> 00:17:44.660
 to chase after

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 fading sandcastles.

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 and I've just thought

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 why is it

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 that there is this gap

00:17:51.360 --> 00:17:52.480
 in my life

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 and this gap

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 which I think

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 in many of our lives

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 between what

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 first century

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 biblical Christianity is

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 and the way

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 that we live right now

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 in terms of

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 what we're hoping in?

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 And I,

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 there's many reasons

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 but I thought of

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 a couple of reasons.

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 One reason

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 is I think

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 we swim

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 in a culture

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 that promotes

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 comfort to us.

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 Do you know

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 like

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 150 years ago

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 every single one

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 of us

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 would probably

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 have had

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 half of our

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 family members die.

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 You know

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 a quarter of the women

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 would have died

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 in childbirth.

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 There was no air con

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 not much medication

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 there were no iPhones

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 and food

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 was your dream.

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 Just getting enough food

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 man

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 that was all

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 you lived for.

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 Life was tough

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 and in many places

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 in the world

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 it still is tough

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 right?

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 You see that on the news.

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 But now we have

00:18:47.279 --> 00:18:48.879
 this incredible technology

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 which has changed

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 our experience

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 of the world.

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 It's amazing.

00:18:52.839 --> 00:18:53.799
 Our greatest problems

00:18:53.799 --> 00:18:54.279
 are no longer

00:18:54.279 --> 00:18:55.720
 where do I get my food from

00:18:55.720 --> 00:18:57.460
 but which restaurant

00:18:57.460 --> 00:18:58.500
 shall I choose today?

00:18:59.960 --> 00:19:01.220
 We have air con

00:19:01.220 --> 00:19:02.099
 life expectancy

00:19:02.099 --> 00:19:02.740
 is longer

00:19:02.740 --> 00:19:03.839
 and it's amazing

00:19:03.839 --> 00:19:04.879
 but it deludes us

00:19:04.879 --> 00:19:05.779
 into feeling

00:19:05.779 --> 00:19:07.920
 like we can have

00:19:07.920 --> 00:19:09.000
 heaven on earth

00:19:09.000 --> 00:19:09.720
 right now.

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 You know

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 and this feeling

00:19:13.600 --> 00:19:15.039
 infects even the church.

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 If you go to

00:19:16.059 --> 00:19:17.200
 Elin bookstore

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 or one of the bookstores

00:19:18.480 --> 00:19:19.039
 you just see

00:19:19.039 --> 00:19:19.880
 how many books

00:19:19.880 --> 00:19:20.920
 there are telling you

00:19:20.920 --> 00:19:21.839
 that you can have

00:19:21.839 --> 00:19:22.940
 your best life now.

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 Just God wants you

00:19:24.460 --> 00:19:25.059
 to have all

00:19:25.059 --> 00:19:26.579
 full prosperity now.

00:19:26.680 --> 00:19:27.059
 He wants you

00:19:27.059 --> 00:19:28.079
 to have heaven now.

00:19:29.779 --> 00:19:30.360
 You know

00:19:30.360 --> 00:19:31.420
 yesterday lunchtime

00:19:31.420 --> 00:19:33.839
 I was cooking lunch

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 I was trying to put

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 washing in the washer

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 a lot of things on

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 and then the washing machine

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 died.

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 And do you know

00:19:43.019 --> 00:19:44.359
 what my first thought was?

00:19:45.200 --> 00:19:46.539
 I can't believe

00:19:46.539 --> 00:19:47.240
 this is happening

00:19:47.240 --> 00:19:48.299
 to me right now.

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 There are so many

00:19:49.259 --> 00:19:50.279
 other things I've got on.

00:19:50.500 --> 00:19:51.259
 Why me?

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 Why right now?

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 Because

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 I feel entitled

00:19:57.559 --> 00:19:58.259
 for life

00:19:58.259 --> 00:19:58.940
 to work out

00:19:58.940 --> 00:19:59.519
 my way

00:19:59.519 --> 00:20:00.099
 right now.

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 I think

00:20:02.279 --> 00:20:03.519
 that I'm so used

00:20:03.519 --> 00:20:04.319
 to comfort

00:20:04.319 --> 00:20:05.779
 that any discomfort

00:20:05.779 --> 00:20:06.759
 that interrupts

00:20:06.759 --> 00:20:07.439
 the way I think

00:20:07.439 --> 00:20:08.500
 washing should be

00:20:08.500 --> 00:20:10.039
 I just think

00:20:10.039 --> 00:20:10.439
 it's somehow

00:20:10.439 --> 00:20:11.139
 out of order.

00:20:13.299 --> 00:20:13.919
 But Pluto

00:20:13.919 --> 00:20:15.119
 is telling us

00:20:15.119 --> 00:20:16.259
 that actually

00:20:16.259 --> 00:20:17.039
 maybe I'm more

00:20:17.039 --> 00:20:18.279
 like a spoiled child

00:20:18.279 --> 00:20:19.379
 who hasn't realized

00:20:19.379 --> 00:20:20.199
 that my hope

00:20:20.199 --> 00:20:21.559
 is not in a heavenly

00:20:21.559 --> 00:20:22.539
 kingdom now.

00:20:22.779 --> 00:20:23.959
 It's in a living hope

00:20:23.959 --> 00:20:25.319
 that when Jesus returns

00:20:25.319 --> 00:20:26.359
 he will bring back.

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 We live in a culture

00:20:29.240 --> 00:20:29.779
 of comfort.

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 I want to give

00:20:30.380 --> 00:20:31.140
 one more reason

00:20:31.140 --> 00:20:32.980
 why we don't often feel

00:20:32.980 --> 00:20:34.440
 we fix our eyes

00:20:34.440 --> 00:20:35.620
 on Jesus' return.

00:20:36.380 --> 00:20:37.099
 Because sometimes

00:20:37.099 --> 00:20:38.099
 it just feels

00:20:38.099 --> 00:20:39.200
 a little bit distant

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 and a little bit intangible.

00:20:41.319 --> 00:20:42.240
 Does anyone feel like that?

00:20:43.319 --> 00:20:44.120
 You know in verse 8

00:20:44.120 --> 00:20:45.460
 even Peter admits

00:20:45.460 --> 00:20:45.940
 he says

00:20:45.940 --> 00:20:48.160
 you don't see him now.

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 And you know

00:20:49.339 --> 00:20:50.559
 I know Jesus

00:20:50.559 --> 00:20:51.299
 is coming back

00:20:51.299 --> 00:20:52.059
 in my head

00:20:52.059 --> 00:20:53.779
 but it doesn't feel

00:20:53.779 --> 00:20:54.480
 quite so real.

00:20:54.559 --> 00:20:55.039
 It's been a couple

00:20:55.039 --> 00:20:55.980
 of thousand years

00:20:55.980 --> 00:20:57.339
 since he came last time.

00:20:58.420 --> 00:20:58.859
 And you know

00:20:58.859 --> 00:20:59.799
 the sand castles

00:20:59.799 --> 00:21:00.559
 that I live for

00:21:00.559 --> 00:21:01.699
 the hopes that I live for

00:21:01.699 --> 00:21:02.959
 seem so much more immediate.

00:21:03.719 --> 00:21:04.819
 The urgent overtakes

00:21:04.819 --> 00:21:05.379
 the important.

00:21:05.939 --> 00:21:06.119
 Right?

00:21:07.500 --> 00:21:09.119
 But even in the first century

00:21:09.119 --> 00:21:09.839
 people were thinking

00:21:09.839 --> 00:21:10.359
 the same.

00:21:10.979 --> 00:21:11.219
 You know

00:21:11.219 --> 00:21:12.219
 the next book

00:21:12.219 --> 00:21:13.019
 to Peter

00:21:13.019 --> 00:21:14.759
 people are saying

00:21:14.759 --> 00:21:15.479
 yeah where's Jesus

00:21:15.479 --> 00:21:16.039
 come up?

00:21:16.240 --> 00:21:17.399
 And Peter says to them

00:21:17.399 --> 00:21:17.879
 listen

00:21:17.879 --> 00:21:19.359
 God's not slow

00:21:19.359 --> 00:21:21.179
 as you think

00:21:21.179 --> 00:21:21.879
 he is slow

00:21:21.879 --> 00:21:22.740
 in coming

00:21:22.740 --> 00:21:24.199
 but he's patient

00:21:24.199 --> 00:21:25.619
 with you.

00:21:25.799 --> 00:21:26.519
 He's not wanting

00:21:26.519 --> 00:21:27.900
 anyone to perish

00:21:27.900 --> 00:21:28.879
 but all to come

00:21:28.879 --> 00:21:29.519
 to repentance.

00:21:29.960 --> 00:21:30.420
 In other words

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 he's saying

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 now is a season

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 where the gospel

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 is to go out

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 into people's lives.

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 And he will go out

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 until he returns

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 and all the people

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 have come in

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 that he wants

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 to come in.

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 But you know what?

00:21:42.779 --> 00:21:43.700
 We chase after

00:21:43.700 --> 00:21:44.680
 our illusions

00:21:44.680 --> 00:21:47.059
 like financial security

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 which no matter

00:21:48.359 --> 00:21:48.920
 how much money

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 you have

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 you never have enough.

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 If you're young

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 you believe

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 you're invincible.

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 If you're getting older

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 you put on

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 anti-wrinkle cream

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 so you don't see

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 that the tide of death

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 is washing away.

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 Right?

00:22:04.080 --> 00:22:05.180
 Culture tells us

00:22:05.180 --> 00:22:05.940
 these are real

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 but the reality is

00:22:08.279 --> 00:22:09.880
 death and decay

00:22:09.880 --> 00:22:10.740
 will come to

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 every single one

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 of us in this room.

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 You know

00:22:15.620 --> 00:22:16.860
 you go into

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 the doctor's office

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 and they say

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 it's cancer.

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 And you know

00:22:23.319 --> 00:22:24.339
 the people I meet

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 so often

00:22:25.059 --> 00:22:25.479
 who've lived

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 so long

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 with no regard

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 for God

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 and then they're

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 facing the death

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 of a loved one

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 and they say to me

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 oh God will let them

00:22:32.599 --> 00:22:33.099
 into heaven

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 won't he?

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 Because right at that

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 moment it's not

00:22:37.159 --> 00:22:37.839
 intangible

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 it's not distant

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 it's very real.

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 But if your hope

00:22:44.139 --> 00:22:45.639
 is only in a sandcastle

00:22:45.639 --> 00:22:47.519
 man

00:22:47.519 --> 00:22:50.000
 when you're facing death

00:22:50.000 --> 00:22:50.799
 everything gets

00:22:50.799 --> 00:22:51.559
 washed away

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 and all you're

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 left with

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 is an empty beach

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 but if Christ

00:22:55.579 --> 00:22:56.279
 is the hope

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 of your heart

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 everything

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 every little comfort

00:22:59.899 --> 00:23:00.700
 that God gives you

00:23:00.700 --> 00:23:01.460
 every blessing

00:23:01.460 --> 00:23:02.539
 you get right now

00:23:02.539 --> 00:23:03.819
 is just a glimpse

00:23:03.819 --> 00:23:05.599
 of that heavenly host

00:23:05.599 --> 00:23:06.740
 that heavenly home

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 that he'll give you

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 that imperishable castle

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 because there's one thing

00:23:10.899 --> 00:23:11.339
 that death

00:23:11.339 --> 00:23:12.319
 cannot take away

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 from you.

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 One thing

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 that lasts

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 and that's a resurrected

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 savior

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 who has defeated death

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 he has risen again

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 and he's the guarantee

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 if we turn

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 and repent

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 and place our hopes

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 not in his little things

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 of our lives

00:23:27.939 --> 00:23:28.500
 that we're trying

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 to chase after

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 the holidays

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 the work

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 the opportunities

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 but if we trust

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 and hope in him

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 we will experience

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 that living hope.

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 that's why we pray

00:23:41.339 --> 00:23:42.179
 Maranatha

00:23:42.179 --> 00:23:43.599
 Lord come back

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 we want you

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 because we want you

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 to restore things.

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 We're a different

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 kind of people

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 we have a different

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 kind of hope

00:23:51.059 --> 00:23:51.919
 from the society

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 around us.

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 Third thing

00:23:53.759 --> 00:23:55.299
 we have a different

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 view of trials

00:23:56.440 --> 00:23:57.039
 and suffering.

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 You see

00:24:01.819 --> 00:24:03.359
 between the time

00:24:03.359 --> 00:24:04.079
 when we have been

00:24:04.079 --> 00:24:04.639
 born again

00:24:04.639 --> 00:24:05.639
 to this new life

00:24:05.639 --> 00:24:06.859
 and we see

00:24:06.859 --> 00:24:08.079
 that final day

00:24:08.079 --> 00:24:08.579
 when Jesus

00:24:08.579 --> 00:24:09.199
 comes back

00:24:09.199 --> 00:24:09.740
 and restores

00:24:09.740 --> 00:24:10.379
 everything

00:24:10.379 --> 00:24:12.219
 there's this kind

00:24:12.219 --> 00:24:13.219
 of in between period

00:24:13.219 --> 00:24:13.799
 the now

00:24:13.799 --> 00:24:14.500
 and not yet

00:24:14.500 --> 00:24:15.039
 where we have

00:24:15.039 --> 00:24:15.599
 the blessings

00:24:15.599 --> 00:24:16.259
 of life

00:24:16.259 --> 00:24:16.759
 and yet we're

00:24:16.759 --> 00:24:17.519
 waiting for God

00:24:17.519 --> 00:24:18.179
 to change

00:24:18.179 --> 00:24:19.379
 and bring everything

00:24:19.379 --> 00:24:21.119
 new into our lives

00:24:21.119 --> 00:24:22.219
 and he says

00:24:22.219 --> 00:24:23.319
 in Peter

00:24:23.319 --> 00:24:24.139
 he says this

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 in this you rejoice

00:24:25.399 --> 00:24:26.359
 though now

00:24:26.359 --> 00:24:27.479
 for a little while

00:24:27.479 --> 00:24:28.639
 he calls this time

00:24:28.639 --> 00:24:29.599
 a little while

00:24:29.599 --> 00:24:32.199
 if necessary

00:24:32.199 --> 00:24:33.179
 you have been

00:24:33.179 --> 00:24:34.199
 grieved

00:24:34.200 --> 00:24:35.580
 by various trials

00:24:35.580 --> 00:24:36.759
 he says

00:24:36.759 --> 00:24:38.120
 a little while

00:24:38.120 --> 00:24:38.940
 for now

00:24:38.940 --> 00:24:39.819
 for a little while

00:24:39.819 --> 00:24:40.519
 you have trials

00:24:40.519 --> 00:24:40.900
 and you know

00:24:40.900 --> 00:24:41.480
 if some of you

00:24:41.480 --> 00:24:42.400
 are going through trials

00:24:42.400 --> 00:24:43.420
 does it feel like

00:24:43.420 --> 00:24:44.140
 a little while

00:24:44.140 --> 00:24:46.220
 oh they sometimes

00:24:46.220 --> 00:24:46.880
 feel like it's

00:24:46.880 --> 00:24:47.940
 such a long time

00:24:47.940 --> 00:24:48.759
 that you go

00:24:48.759 --> 00:24:49.660
 through trials

00:24:49.660 --> 00:24:51.420
 Paul calls them

00:24:51.420 --> 00:24:52.539
 light and momentary

00:24:52.539 --> 00:24:53.559
 and we don't feel that

00:24:53.559 --> 00:24:54.080
 but actually

00:24:54.080 --> 00:24:55.200
 in the light of eternity

00:24:55.200 --> 00:24:55.940
 they are

00:24:55.940 --> 00:24:57.019
 just minuscule

00:24:57.019 --> 00:24:58.120
 compared to

00:24:58.120 --> 00:24:59.000
 forever

00:24:59.000 --> 00:24:59.840
 that is coming

00:24:59.840 --> 00:25:01.799
 and he says

00:25:01.799 --> 00:25:02.680
 if necessary

00:25:02.680 --> 00:25:03.380
 so that means

00:25:03.380 --> 00:25:04.600
 it's not all the time

00:25:04.600 --> 00:25:05.820
 that there are trials

00:25:05.820 --> 00:25:06.799
 there are periods

00:25:06.799 --> 00:25:07.900
 where we enjoy blessing

00:25:07.900 --> 00:25:09.039
 but he says

00:25:09.039 --> 00:25:10.279
 you've been grieved

00:25:10.279 --> 00:25:12.360
 you know

00:25:12.360 --> 00:25:12.660
 he says

00:25:12.660 --> 00:25:13.640
 there is a reality

00:25:13.640 --> 00:25:14.620
 of the pain

00:25:14.620 --> 00:25:15.759
 some of you

00:25:15.759 --> 00:25:16.240
 right now

00:25:16.240 --> 00:25:17.160
 are experiencing

00:25:17.160 --> 00:25:18.039
 the grief

00:25:18.039 --> 00:25:19.700
 in your families

00:25:19.700 --> 00:25:20.620
 the grief

00:25:20.620 --> 00:25:21.480
 in your

00:25:21.480 --> 00:25:23.600
 in just the circumstances

00:25:23.600 --> 00:25:24.340
 of life

00:25:24.340 --> 00:25:25.580
 you know

00:25:25.580 --> 00:25:26.420
 that pain

00:25:26.420 --> 00:25:28.779
 and he says

00:25:28.779 --> 00:25:30.460
 there are various trials

00:25:30.460 --> 00:25:31.940
 and you know

00:25:31.940 --> 00:25:32.559
 various

00:25:32.559 --> 00:25:34.140
 the word can be translated

00:25:34.140 --> 00:25:35.640
 multi-colored trials

00:25:35.640 --> 00:25:37.140
 there's not just one kind of trial

00:25:37.140 --> 00:25:37.840
 you know

00:25:37.840 --> 00:25:38.120
 it's like

00:25:38.120 --> 00:25:38.819
 amber rain

00:25:38.819 --> 00:25:39.819
 to black rain

00:25:39.819 --> 00:25:40.400
 you know

00:25:40.400 --> 00:25:41.860
 T1 to T10

00:25:41.860 --> 00:25:42.500
 okay

00:25:42.500 --> 00:25:44.019
 there's a whole spectrum

00:25:44.019 --> 00:25:44.759
 of trials

00:25:44.759 --> 00:25:47.180
 and what is a trial

00:25:47.180 --> 00:25:48.740
 in Peter's mind

00:25:48.740 --> 00:25:50.240
 he's thinking of the persecution

00:25:50.240 --> 00:25:51.759
 that comes upon Christians

00:25:51.759 --> 00:25:53.440
 living in a pagan world

00:25:53.440 --> 00:25:54.160
 the challenges

00:25:54.160 --> 00:25:55.000
 of holding firm

00:25:55.000 --> 00:25:55.579
 to Christ

00:25:55.579 --> 00:25:57.159
 but

00:25:57.159 --> 00:25:59.759
 he also knows

00:25:59.759 --> 00:26:00.500
 that as God's

00:26:00.500 --> 00:26:01.539
 different people

00:26:01.539 --> 00:26:02.960
 anything

00:26:02.960 --> 00:26:03.879
 which

00:26:03.879 --> 00:26:04.819
 which we have

00:26:04.819 --> 00:26:05.659
 which tests

00:26:05.659 --> 00:26:06.519
 our faith

00:26:06.519 --> 00:26:07.439
 in Christ

00:26:07.439 --> 00:26:08.539
 because he calls

00:26:08.539 --> 00:26:09.639
 that we are set apart

00:26:09.639 --> 00:26:10.339
 for obedience

00:26:10.339 --> 00:26:11.099
 to Jesus

00:26:11.099 --> 00:26:13.059
 anything that tests

00:26:13.059 --> 00:26:13.759
 your faith

00:26:13.759 --> 00:26:14.439
 and your trust

00:26:14.439 --> 00:26:14.879
 in Jesus

00:26:14.879 --> 00:26:15.619
 is a trial

00:26:15.619 --> 00:26:17.439
 are you struggling

00:26:17.439 --> 00:26:18.059
 with health

00:26:18.059 --> 00:26:18.720
 right now

00:26:18.720 --> 00:26:19.859
 that's a trial

00:26:19.859 --> 00:26:21.079
 are you wrestling

00:26:21.079 --> 00:26:21.960
 with your kids

00:26:21.960 --> 00:26:23.199
 that's a trial

00:26:23.199 --> 00:26:24.919
 are you just

00:26:24.920 --> 00:26:25.900
 so frustrated

00:26:25.900 --> 00:26:26.640
 out of your mind

00:26:26.640 --> 00:26:27.800
 because Expedia

00:26:27.800 --> 00:26:29.160
 have failed to set

00:26:29.160 --> 00:26:30.380
 to a refund matter

00:26:30.380 --> 00:26:31.340
 which has been going on

00:26:31.340 --> 00:26:32.440
 for over four months

00:26:32.440 --> 00:26:33.220
 like me

00:26:33.220 --> 00:26:34.680
 that's a trial

00:26:34.680 --> 00:26:36.880
 are you staying single

00:26:36.880 --> 00:26:37.539
 and struggling

00:26:37.539 --> 00:26:38.580
 that's a trial

00:26:38.580 --> 00:26:39.820
 are you trying to find

00:26:39.820 --> 00:26:40.360
 your identity

00:26:40.360 --> 00:26:40.940
 in Jesus

00:26:40.940 --> 00:26:42.120
 but all around you

00:26:42.120 --> 00:26:42.740
 everyone's just

00:26:42.740 --> 00:26:43.840
 performance oriented

00:26:43.840 --> 00:26:44.660
 and you're trying

00:26:44.660 --> 00:26:45.560
 to hold on to him

00:26:45.560 --> 00:26:46.759
 that's a trial

00:26:46.759 --> 00:26:50.279
 why does God

00:26:50.279 --> 00:26:51.400
 give us trials

00:26:51.400 --> 00:26:53.960
 sometimes we think

00:26:53.960 --> 00:26:54.900
 it's God's punishing

00:26:54.900 --> 00:26:55.360
 us

00:26:55.360 --> 00:26:56.740
 but our culture

00:26:56.740 --> 00:26:57.420
 tells us

00:26:57.420 --> 00:26:58.540
 well if God

00:26:58.540 --> 00:26:59.280
 really loves us

00:26:59.280 --> 00:27:00.340
 he'd fix everything

00:27:00.340 --> 00:27:01.160
 right now

00:27:01.160 --> 00:27:02.460
 when God has said

00:27:02.460 --> 00:27:03.519
 right now

00:27:03.519 --> 00:27:04.140
 is not where

00:27:04.140 --> 00:27:05.259
 I'm fixing everything

00:27:05.259 --> 00:27:06.560
 your exiles

00:27:06.560 --> 00:27:07.340
 your foreigners

00:27:07.340 --> 00:27:08.600
 I will return

00:27:08.600 --> 00:27:09.820
 and I'll fix things

00:27:09.820 --> 00:27:11.740
 but he says

00:27:11.740 --> 00:27:12.680
 why do I give it

00:27:12.680 --> 00:27:13.300
 to you so that

00:27:13.300 --> 00:27:13.960
 the tested

00:27:13.960 --> 00:27:14.780
 genuineness

00:27:14.780 --> 00:27:15.600
 of your faith

00:27:15.600 --> 00:27:17.100
 more precious

00:27:17.100 --> 00:27:17.940
 than gold

00:27:17.940 --> 00:27:19.240
 that perishes

00:27:19.240 --> 00:27:20.100
 though it is

00:27:20.100 --> 00:27:21.240
 tested by fire

00:27:21.240 --> 00:27:22.200
 may be found

00:27:22.200 --> 00:27:22.900
 to result

00:27:22.900 --> 00:27:23.900
 in praise

00:27:23.900 --> 00:27:24.680
 glory

00:27:24.680 --> 00:27:25.620
 and honor

00:27:25.620 --> 00:27:26.600
 at the revelation

00:27:26.600 --> 00:27:27.220
 of Jesus

00:27:27.220 --> 00:27:29.280
 what he's saying

00:27:29.280 --> 00:27:30.340
 is whatever trial

00:27:30.340 --> 00:27:30.960
 you're going through

00:27:30.960 --> 00:27:32.140
 right in your life

00:27:32.140 --> 00:27:32.740
 right now

00:27:32.740 --> 00:27:34.280
 one reason God's

00:27:34.280 --> 00:27:34.920
 bringing it

00:27:34.920 --> 00:27:37.400
 is so that you

00:27:37.400 --> 00:27:38.720
 will long

00:27:38.720 --> 00:27:39.580
 for Jesus

00:27:39.580 --> 00:27:40.360
 to return

00:27:40.360 --> 00:27:42.740
 is so that you'll

00:27:42.740 --> 00:27:43.660
 realize that now

00:27:43.660 --> 00:27:44.420
 is not

00:27:44.420 --> 00:27:46.160
 that new creation

00:27:46.160 --> 00:27:47.160
 salvation

00:27:47.160 --> 00:27:48.400
 because he wants

00:27:48.400 --> 00:27:49.420
 to show you

00:27:49.420 --> 00:27:50.500
 that trials

00:27:50.500 --> 00:27:51.680
 are God's gift

00:27:51.680 --> 00:27:52.680
 to you

00:27:52.680 --> 00:27:54.060
 to wake you up

00:27:54.060 --> 00:27:54.740
 from chasing

00:27:54.740 --> 00:27:55.860
 after sandcastles

00:27:55.860 --> 00:27:56.340
 which are going

00:27:56.340 --> 00:27:57.320
 to just fade away

00:27:57.320 --> 00:27:58.759
 so that you'll see

00:27:58.759 --> 00:28:00.019
 that your hope

00:28:00.019 --> 00:28:00.800
 is not placed

00:28:00.800 --> 00:28:02.019
 in just the praise

00:28:02.019 --> 00:28:02.620
 and the glory

00:28:02.620 --> 00:28:03.700
 and honor of people

00:28:03.700 --> 00:28:04.560
 right now

00:28:04.560 --> 00:28:06.740
 but you long

00:28:06.740 --> 00:28:08.160
 for that time

00:28:08.160 --> 00:28:09.080
 when he will be

00:28:09.080 --> 00:28:09.380
 honored

00:28:09.380 --> 00:28:10.200
 and he will be

00:28:10.200 --> 00:28:10.740
 glorified

00:28:10.740 --> 00:28:11.500
 and he will be

00:28:11.500 --> 00:28:12.000
 praised

00:28:12.000 --> 00:28:13.000
 and you will

00:28:13.000 --> 00:28:14.099
 bask in the light

00:28:14.099 --> 00:28:14.599
 of that

00:28:14.599 --> 00:28:17.079
 because you will

00:28:17.079 --> 00:28:17.579
 hear Jesus

00:28:17.579 --> 00:28:18.240
 say to you

00:28:18.240 --> 00:28:18.779
 well done

00:28:18.779 --> 00:28:19.740
 good and faithful

00:28:19.740 --> 00:28:20.299
 servant

00:28:20.299 --> 00:28:21.299
 his praise

00:28:21.299 --> 00:28:22.200
 will be to you

00:28:22.200 --> 00:28:23.119
 before all

00:28:23.119 --> 00:28:24.039
 of the angels

00:28:24.039 --> 00:28:26.220
 C.S. Lewis

00:28:26.220 --> 00:28:27.619
 said

00:28:27.619 --> 00:28:28.700
 pain

00:28:28.700 --> 00:28:30.160
 insists upon

00:28:30.160 --> 00:28:31.180
 being attended to

00:28:31.180 --> 00:28:32.500
 God whispers

00:28:32.500 --> 00:28:33.039
 to us

00:28:33.039 --> 00:28:33.779
 in our pleasures

00:28:33.779 --> 00:28:35.200
 speaks in our

00:28:35.200 --> 00:28:35.759
 conscience

00:28:35.759 --> 00:28:36.859
 but shouts

00:28:36.859 --> 00:28:37.680
 in our pain

00:28:37.680 --> 00:28:39.220
 it is his megaphone

00:28:39.220 --> 00:28:40.000
 to rouse

00:28:40.000 --> 00:28:40.680
 a deaf

00:28:40.680 --> 00:28:41.759
 world

00:28:41.759 --> 00:28:43.039
 have you ever

00:28:43.039 --> 00:28:43.519
 thought about

00:28:43.519 --> 00:28:44.079
 your trials

00:28:44.079 --> 00:28:44.599
 like that

00:28:44.599 --> 00:28:45.859
 that God

00:28:45.859 --> 00:28:46.319
 may be trying

00:28:46.319 --> 00:28:46.879
 to wake you

00:28:46.879 --> 00:28:47.500
 up to long

00:28:47.500 --> 00:28:48.059
 for him

00:28:48.059 --> 00:28:50.059
 and it's not

00:28:50.059 --> 00:28:50.599
 just he's

00:28:50.599 --> 00:28:50.859
 longing

00:28:50.859 --> 00:28:51.579
 bringing to

00:28:51.579 --> 00:28:52.180
 long for him

00:28:52.180 --> 00:28:52.799
 he's also

00:28:52.799 --> 00:28:53.740
 trials

00:28:53.740 --> 00:28:54.440
 are like

00:28:54.440 --> 00:28:55.000
 fire

00:28:55.000 --> 00:28:55.900
 to strengthen

00:28:55.900 --> 00:28:56.779
 your faith

00:28:56.779 --> 00:28:57.900
 and to burn

00:28:57.900 --> 00:28:58.819
 the impurities

00:28:58.819 --> 00:29:00.039
 of our lives

00:29:00.039 --> 00:29:00.460
 away

00:29:00.460 --> 00:29:01.519
 he's trying

00:29:01.519 --> 00:29:02.079
 to strip

00:29:02.079 --> 00:29:02.740
 away

00:29:02.740 --> 00:29:03.640
 the sand

00:29:03.640 --> 00:29:04.119
 castles

00:29:04.119 --> 00:29:04.720
 in your life

00:29:04.720 --> 00:29:05.240
 so that you

00:29:05.240 --> 00:29:05.920
 see that the

00:29:05.920 --> 00:29:06.539
 only thing

00:29:06.539 --> 00:29:07.339
 that is really

00:29:07.339 --> 00:29:08.039
 precious

00:29:08.039 --> 00:29:09.740
 and lasting

00:29:09.740 --> 00:29:11.259
 is Christ

00:29:11.259 --> 00:29:13.759
 because you

00:29:13.759 --> 00:29:14.299
 know even a

00:29:14.299 --> 00:29:15.000
 gold sand

00:29:15.000 --> 00:29:15.480
 castle

00:29:15.480 --> 00:29:15.879
 will get

00:29:15.879 --> 00:29:16.160
 washed

00:29:16.160 --> 00:29:16.579
 away

00:29:16.579 --> 00:29:18.500
 but your

00:29:18.500 --> 00:29:19.059
 faith

00:29:19.059 --> 00:29:19.519
 looking to

00:29:19.519 --> 00:29:20.119
 your savior

00:29:20.119 --> 00:29:20.660
 to be your

00:29:20.660 --> 00:29:21.579
 holy hope

00:29:21.579 --> 00:29:23.140
 he will stand

00:29:23.140 --> 00:29:23.740
 because he

00:29:23.740 --> 00:29:24.640
 rules over

00:29:24.640 --> 00:29:25.240
 everything

00:29:25.240 --> 00:29:27.579
 do you know

00:29:27.579 --> 00:29:32.180
 if you want

00:29:32.180 --> 00:29:32.819
 to increase

00:29:32.819 --> 00:29:33.619
 your muscles

00:29:33.619 --> 00:29:37.559
 do you

00:29:37.559 --> 00:29:38.019
 increase

00:29:38.019 --> 00:29:38.199
 them

00:29:38.199 --> 00:29:38.659
 by sitting

00:29:38.659 --> 00:29:38.959
 on the

00:29:38.959 --> 00:29:39.279
 sofa

00:29:39.279 --> 00:29:42.039
 what do

00:29:42.039 --> 00:29:42.579
 you need

00:29:42.579 --> 00:29:44.459
 you need

00:29:44.459 --> 00:29:45.039
 weights

00:29:45.039 --> 00:29:46.699
 every

00:29:46.699 --> 00:29:47.119
 Wednesday

00:29:47.119 --> 00:29:47.539
 morning

00:29:47.539 --> 00:29:48.319
 at 7am

00:29:48.319 --> 00:29:49.000
 I joined

00:29:49.000 --> 00:29:49.619
 30 to

00:29:49.619 --> 00:29:50.519
 60 people

00:29:50.519 --> 00:29:51.479
 who put

00:29:51.479 --> 00:29:52.039
 their body

00:29:52.039 --> 00:29:52.479
 through

00:29:52.479 --> 00:29:53.119
 suffering

00:29:53.119 --> 00:29:53.559
 of a

00:29:53.559 --> 00:29:53.799
 HIIT

00:29:53.799 --> 00:29:54.259
 workout

00:29:54.259 --> 00:29:55.219
 for the

00:29:55.219 --> 00:29:55.919
 prize

00:29:55.919 --> 00:29:56.659
 of fit

00:29:56.659 --> 00:29:57.159
 healthy

00:29:57.159 --> 00:29:57.699
 bodies

00:29:57.699 --> 00:29:59.819
 that's

00:29:59.819 --> 00:30:00.079
 their

00:30:00.079 --> 00:30:00.419
 sand

00:30:00.419 --> 00:30:00.799
 castle

00:30:00.799 --> 00:30:01.279
 and they're

00:30:01.279 --> 00:30:01.619
 willing

00:30:01.619 --> 00:30:02.159
 to suffer

00:30:02.160 --> 00:30:02.820
 for it

00:30:02.820 --> 00:30:05.140
 but you

00:30:05.140 --> 00:30:05.720
 see if

00:30:05.720 --> 00:30:06.140
 Jesus

00:30:06.140 --> 00:30:06.620
 is our

00:30:06.620 --> 00:30:07.340
 prize

00:30:07.340 --> 00:30:08.160
 and wanting

00:30:08.160 --> 00:30:08.940
 him more

00:30:08.940 --> 00:30:09.460
 than anything

00:30:09.460 --> 00:30:09.740
 else

00:30:09.740 --> 00:30:10.060
 then the

00:30:10.060 --> 00:30:10.700
 trials of

00:30:10.700 --> 00:30:11.080
 life are

00:30:11.080 --> 00:30:11.900
 an opportunity

00:30:11.900 --> 00:30:13.320
 for us to be

00:30:13.320 --> 00:30:14.259
 strengthened in

00:30:14.259 --> 00:30:15.120
 our faith

00:30:15.120 --> 00:30:16.060
 so that we

00:30:16.060 --> 00:30:16.940
 see him

00:30:16.940 --> 00:30:17.440
 and are

00:30:17.440 --> 00:30:18.400
 refined by

00:30:18.400 --> 00:30:19.380
 him so that

00:30:19.380 --> 00:30:19.940
 he becomes

00:30:19.940 --> 00:30:20.660
 more precious

00:30:20.660 --> 00:30:21.220
 than all the

00:30:21.220 --> 00:30:21.940
 other things

00:30:21.940 --> 00:30:25.240
 because everything

00:30:25.240 --> 00:30:25.800
 else can be

00:30:25.800 --> 00:30:26.140
 fading

00:30:26.140 --> 00:30:27.320
 but Jesus

00:30:27.320 --> 00:30:27.759
 will never

00:30:27.759 --> 00:30:28.300
 fade

00:30:28.299 --> 00:30:30.000
 and what

00:30:30.000 --> 00:30:30.500
 that doesn't

00:30:30.500 --> 00:30:30.940
 mean is

00:30:30.940 --> 00:30:31.659
 that if

00:30:31.659 --> 00:30:32.079
 anyone's

00:30:32.079 --> 00:30:33.359
 going through

00:30:33.359 --> 00:30:33.859
 suffering

00:30:33.859 --> 00:30:34.240
 we just

00:30:34.240 --> 00:30:34.539
 go to

00:30:34.539 --> 00:30:34.680
 them

00:30:34.680 --> 00:30:35.019
 hey

00:30:35.019 --> 00:30:36.259
 trials are

00:30:36.259 --> 00:30:36.460
 good

00:30:36.460 --> 00:30:36.919
 suck it

00:30:36.919 --> 00:30:37.200
 up

00:30:37.200 --> 00:30:37.940
 that's

00:30:37.940 --> 00:30:39.579
 not what

00:30:39.579 --> 00:30:40.119
 he's saying

00:30:40.119 --> 00:30:41.119
 it's not

00:30:41.119 --> 00:30:41.680
 the trial

00:30:41.680 --> 00:30:42.200
 in itself

00:30:42.200 --> 00:30:42.619
 but it's

00:30:42.619 --> 00:30:42.899
 what God

00:30:42.899 --> 00:30:43.299
 is doing

00:30:43.299 --> 00:30:43.940
 through the

00:30:43.940 --> 00:30:44.519
 trial

00:30:44.519 --> 00:30:45.559
 that is

00:30:45.559 --> 00:30:46.099
 the beautiful

00:30:46.099 --> 00:30:46.659
 thing

00:30:46.659 --> 00:30:48.940
 you know

00:30:48.940 --> 00:30:53.919
 Jesus

00:30:53.919 --> 00:30:54.639
 wants

00:30:54.640 --> 00:30:56.820
 for us

00:30:56.820 --> 00:30:57.520
 to see

00:30:57.520 --> 00:30:59.140
 that there

00:30:59.140 --> 00:30:59.740
 is nothing

00:30:59.740 --> 00:31:00.620
 more precious

00:31:00.620 --> 00:31:02.400
 than himself

00:31:02.400 --> 00:31:04.600
 so many

00:31:04.600 --> 00:31:05.040
 other things

00:31:05.040 --> 00:31:05.640
 blind us

00:31:05.640 --> 00:31:06.160
 to that

00:31:06.160 --> 00:31:07.920
 and what

00:31:07.920 --> 00:31:08.300
 we need

00:31:08.300 --> 00:31:08.720
 to see

00:31:08.720 --> 00:31:09.060
 is that

00:31:09.060 --> 00:31:09.500
 the real

00:31:09.500 --> 00:31:09.920
 deal

00:31:09.920 --> 00:31:10.660
 is coming

00:31:10.660 --> 00:31:11.820
 but today

00:31:11.820 --> 00:31:12.200
 we only

00:31:12.200 --> 00:31:12.960
 get a glimpse

00:31:12.960 --> 00:31:13.320
 in the

00:31:13.320 --> 00:31:13.680
 blessings

00:31:13.680 --> 00:31:14.460
 we see

00:31:14.460 --> 00:31:15.480
 of what

00:31:15.480 --> 00:31:16.060
 he's calling

00:31:16.060 --> 00:31:16.620
 us to

00:31:16.620 --> 00:31:18.300
 you know

00:31:18.300 --> 00:31:18.740
 if you're

00:31:18.740 --> 00:31:19.300
 sick

00:31:19.300 --> 00:31:19.900
 today

00:31:19.900 --> 00:31:21.040
 let me

00:31:21.040 --> 00:31:21.320
 just kind

00:31:21.320 --> 00:31:21.759
 of apply

00:31:21.759 --> 00:31:22.200
 this into

00:31:22.200 --> 00:31:22.700
 sickness

00:31:22.700 --> 00:31:24.400
 if you're

00:31:24.400 --> 00:31:24.700
 sick

00:31:24.700 --> 00:31:25.200
 today

00:31:25.200 --> 00:31:25.980
 I believe

00:31:25.980 --> 00:31:26.480
 God wants

00:31:26.480 --> 00:31:27.059
 to bring

00:31:27.059 --> 00:31:27.539
 healing

00:31:27.539 --> 00:31:28.299
 into your

00:31:28.299 --> 00:31:28.720
 life

00:31:28.720 --> 00:31:30.039
 we want

00:31:30.039 --> 00:31:30.580
 to pray

00:31:30.580 --> 00:31:31.240
 for healing

00:31:31.240 --> 00:31:31.900
 for you

00:31:31.900 --> 00:31:32.519
 you know

00:31:32.519 --> 00:31:32.900
 I heard

00:31:32.900 --> 00:31:33.660
 just last

00:31:33.660 --> 00:31:34.019
 week

00:31:34.019 --> 00:31:34.660
 one of the

00:31:34.660 --> 00:31:35.080
 congregation

00:31:35.080 --> 00:31:35.620
 was telling

00:31:35.620 --> 00:31:35.759
 me

00:31:35.759 --> 00:31:36.580
 last year

00:31:36.580 --> 00:31:37.480
 someone

00:31:37.480 --> 00:31:38.480
 they'd been

00:31:38.480 --> 00:31:38.940
 struggling

00:31:38.940 --> 00:31:39.559
 for gout

00:31:39.559 --> 00:31:40.080
 for a long

00:31:40.080 --> 00:31:40.460
 time

00:31:40.460 --> 00:31:40.920
 and then

00:31:40.920 --> 00:31:41.100
 someone

00:31:41.100 --> 00:31:41.720
 just prayed

00:31:41.720 --> 00:31:42.299
 for them

00:31:42.299 --> 00:31:43.600
 and it

00:31:43.600 --> 00:31:43.759
 just

00:31:43.759 --> 00:31:44.460
 disappeared

00:31:44.460 --> 00:31:45.420
 went

00:31:45.420 --> 00:31:46.080
 gone

00:31:46.080 --> 00:31:46.559
 it's never

00:31:46.559 --> 00:31:47.120
 come back

00:31:47.120 --> 00:31:47.580
 in the last

00:31:47.580 --> 00:31:47.880
 year

00:31:47.880 --> 00:31:49.299
 God has

00:31:49.299 --> 00:31:49.940
 the power

00:31:49.940 --> 00:31:50.519
 to give

00:31:50.519 --> 00:31:51.299
 you a glimpse

00:31:51.299 --> 00:31:52.180
 of the new

00:31:52.180 --> 00:31:52.799
 creation

00:31:52.799 --> 00:31:53.180
 that he's

00:31:53.180 --> 00:31:53.680
 bringing in

00:31:53.680 --> 00:31:54.320
 right now

00:31:54.320 --> 00:31:54.920
 right today

00:31:54.920 --> 00:31:55.380
 in healing

00:31:55.380 --> 00:31:56.740
 and so

00:31:56.740 --> 00:31:57.120
 we want

00:31:57.120 --> 00:31:57.560
 to pray

00:31:57.560 --> 00:31:58.080
 for you

00:31:58.080 --> 00:31:58.480
 today

00:31:58.480 --> 00:31:59.039
 that God

00:31:59.039 --> 00:31:59.620
 would do

00:31:59.620 --> 00:32:00.200
 that in

00:32:00.200 --> 00:32:00.840
 your life

00:32:00.840 --> 00:32:03.400
 but

00:32:03.400 --> 00:32:05.820
 if God

00:32:05.820 --> 00:32:06.320
 heals you

00:32:06.320 --> 00:32:06.759
 today

00:32:06.759 --> 00:32:09.039
 you're still

00:32:09.039 --> 00:32:09.320
 going to

00:32:09.320 --> 00:32:09.640
 die

00:32:09.640 --> 00:32:11.660
 I'm sorry

00:32:11.660 --> 00:32:12.000
 that's the

00:32:12.000 --> 00:32:12.420
 truth

00:32:12.420 --> 00:32:14.000
 right

00:32:14.000 --> 00:32:14.920
 you're still

00:32:14.920 --> 00:32:15.220
 going to

00:32:15.220 --> 00:32:15.580
 die

00:32:15.580 --> 00:32:16.779
 and so

00:32:16.779 --> 00:32:17.360
 your healing

00:32:17.360 --> 00:32:18.039
 now is a

00:32:18.039 --> 00:32:18.820
 secondary hope

00:32:18.820 --> 00:32:19.279
 it's not an

00:32:19.279 --> 00:32:20.120
 ultimate hope

00:32:20.119 --> 00:32:21.500
 so you

00:32:21.500 --> 00:32:22.000
 hold your

00:32:22.000 --> 00:32:22.299
 healing

00:32:22.299 --> 00:32:22.859
 with open

00:32:22.859 --> 00:32:23.239
 hands

00:32:23.239 --> 00:32:23.419
 saying

00:32:23.419 --> 00:32:23.599
 God

00:32:23.599 --> 00:32:23.899
 I just

00:32:23.899 --> 00:32:24.239
 trust

00:32:24.239 --> 00:32:24.599
 you

00:32:24.599 --> 00:32:26.519
 and you

00:32:26.519 --> 00:32:26.759
 see

00:32:26.759 --> 00:32:27.419
 if he

00:32:27.419 --> 00:32:27.699
 doesn't

00:32:27.699 --> 00:32:28.039
 heal

00:32:28.039 --> 00:32:28.179
 you

00:32:28.179 --> 00:32:28.619
 today

00:32:28.619 --> 00:32:29.199
 then his

00:32:29.199 --> 00:32:29.659
 guarantee

00:32:29.659 --> 00:32:30.599
 is he

00:32:30.599 --> 00:32:30.979
 will

00:32:30.979 --> 00:32:31.579
 heal you

00:32:31.579 --> 00:32:31.879
 maybe

00:32:31.879 --> 00:32:32.379
 tomorrow

00:32:32.379 --> 00:32:33.199
 or maybe

00:32:33.199 --> 00:32:33.599
 when he

00:32:33.599 --> 00:32:34.099
 returns

00:32:34.099 --> 00:32:34.839
 but until

00:32:34.839 --> 00:32:35.259
 then

00:32:35.259 --> 00:32:36.419
 we wait

00:32:36.419 --> 00:32:37.199
 longing

00:32:37.199 --> 00:32:38.000
 for him

00:32:38.000 --> 00:32:39.619
 more

00:32:39.619 --> 00:32:40.399
 than even

00:32:40.399 --> 00:32:40.859
 I want

00:32:40.859 --> 00:32:41.559
 my healing

00:32:41.559 --> 00:32:43.619
 because what

00:32:43.619 --> 00:32:43.959
 he's trying

00:32:43.959 --> 00:32:44.419
 to do

00:32:44.420 --> 00:32:45.360
 is he's

00:32:45.360 --> 00:32:45.640
 trying to

00:32:45.640 --> 00:32:46.380
 change us

00:32:46.380 --> 00:32:47.680
 to be a

00:32:47.680 --> 00:32:48.220
 different kind

00:32:48.220 --> 00:32:48.740
 of people

00:32:48.740 --> 00:32:49.560
 who have a

00:32:49.560 --> 00:32:50.140
 different kind

00:32:50.140 --> 00:32:50.640
 of hope

00:32:50.640 --> 00:32:51.500
 who see

00:32:51.500 --> 00:32:51.880
 that through

00:32:51.880 --> 00:32:52.440
 the trials

00:32:52.440 --> 00:32:52.779
 God is

00:32:52.779 --> 00:32:53.340
 refining

00:32:53.340 --> 00:32:54.019
 and changing

00:32:54.019 --> 00:32:54.420
 us

00:32:54.420 --> 00:32:55.500
 last thing

00:32:55.500 --> 00:32:56.500
 to give us

00:32:56.500 --> 00:32:56.900
 a different

00:32:56.900 --> 00:32:57.400
 joy

00:32:57.400 --> 00:33:00.039
 he says

00:33:00.039 --> 00:33:01.800
 though you

00:33:01.800 --> 00:33:02.220
 have not

00:33:02.220 --> 00:33:02.820
 seen him

00:33:02.820 --> 00:33:03.440
 you love

00:33:03.440 --> 00:33:03.800
 him

00:33:03.800 --> 00:33:04.880
 though you

00:33:04.880 --> 00:33:05.160
 do not

00:33:05.160 --> 00:33:05.600
 see him

00:33:05.600 --> 00:33:05.940
 now

00:33:05.940 --> 00:33:06.600
 you believe

00:33:06.600 --> 00:33:07.060
 in him

00:33:07.060 --> 00:33:08.100
 and rejoice

00:33:08.100 --> 00:33:08.820
 with joy

00:33:08.820 --> 00:33:09.160
 that is

00:33:09.160 --> 00:33:10.120
 inexpressible

00:33:10.120 --> 00:33:10.640
 and filled

00:33:10.640 --> 00:33:11.320
 with glory

00:33:11.320 --> 00:33:12.220
 obtaining

00:33:12.220 --> 00:33:12.779
 the outcome

00:33:12.779 --> 00:33:13.140
 of your

00:33:13.140 --> 00:33:13.580
 faith

00:33:13.579 --> 00:33:14.619
 the salvation

00:33:14.619 --> 00:33:15.039
 of your

00:33:15.039 --> 00:33:15.480
 souls

00:33:15.480 --> 00:33:17.939
 our culture

00:33:17.939 --> 00:33:18.879
 tells us

00:33:18.879 --> 00:33:20.599
 do what

00:33:20.599 --> 00:33:20.980
 makes you

00:33:20.980 --> 00:33:21.439
 happy

00:33:21.439 --> 00:33:23.519
 chase after

00:33:23.519 --> 00:33:23.779
 it

00:33:23.779 --> 00:33:24.839
 in whatever

00:33:24.839 --> 00:33:25.740
 number of

00:33:25.740 --> 00:33:26.139
 ways you

00:33:26.139 --> 00:33:26.419
 can

00:33:26.419 --> 00:33:27.099
 in relationships

00:33:27.099 --> 00:33:27.839
 in sex

00:33:27.839 --> 00:33:29.439
 in so many

00:33:29.439 --> 00:33:29.799
 ways

00:33:29.799 --> 00:33:30.179
 and then you

00:33:30.179 --> 00:33:30.839
 look at all

00:33:30.839 --> 00:33:31.159
 the number

00:33:31.159 --> 00:33:31.720
 of depressing

00:33:31.720 --> 00:33:32.399
 songs we

00:33:32.399 --> 00:33:32.799
 have about

00:33:32.799 --> 00:33:33.299
 relationship

00:33:33.299 --> 00:33:33.779
 breakup

00:33:33.779 --> 00:33:34.139
 and you

00:33:34.139 --> 00:33:34.759
 just wonder

00:33:34.759 --> 00:33:36.839
 is that

00:33:36.839 --> 00:33:37.339
 where joy

00:33:37.339 --> 00:33:37.960
 is found

00:33:37.960 --> 00:33:40.399
 but if you

00:33:40.399 --> 00:33:40.980
 want to be

00:33:40.980 --> 00:33:41.779
 truly joyful

00:33:41.779 --> 00:33:42.299
 you've got to

00:33:42.299 --> 00:33:42.659
 look to

00:33:42.659 --> 00:33:43.179
 something

00:33:43.180 --> 00:33:44.180
 or someone

00:33:44.180 --> 00:33:45.120
 outside of

00:33:45.120 --> 00:33:45.299
 this

00:33:45.299 --> 00:33:45.860
 perishable

00:33:45.860 --> 00:33:46.180
 world

00:33:46.180 --> 00:33:46.660
 for true

00:33:46.660 --> 00:33:47.100
 joy

00:33:47.100 --> 00:33:47.740
 that no

00:33:47.740 --> 00:33:48.140
 matter what

00:33:48.140 --> 00:33:48.539
 you're going

00:33:48.539 --> 00:33:48.900
 through

00:33:48.900 --> 00:33:49.820
 nothing can

00:33:49.820 --> 00:33:50.500
 take away

00:33:50.500 --> 00:33:52.700
 Peter says

00:33:52.700 --> 00:33:54.480
 gospel hope

00:33:54.480 --> 00:33:55.880
 changes today

00:33:55.880 --> 00:33:56.880
 because in the

00:33:56.880 --> 00:33:57.500
 midst of your

00:33:57.500 --> 00:33:58.039
 trials

00:33:58.039 --> 00:33:59.100
 it can bring

00:33:59.100 --> 00:34:00.259
 you a deep

00:34:00.259 --> 00:34:01.620
 love and joy

00:34:01.620 --> 00:34:02.240
 in Jesus

00:34:02.240 --> 00:34:03.240
 and many of us

00:34:03.240 --> 00:34:04.080
 if you've been

00:34:04.080 --> 00:34:04.720
 through trials

00:34:04.720 --> 00:34:05.340
 you know

00:34:05.340 --> 00:34:06.160
 it has brought

00:34:06.160 --> 00:34:06.880
 you so much

00:34:06.880 --> 00:34:07.799
 closer to Jesus

00:34:07.799 --> 00:34:09.599
 and by joy

00:34:09.599 --> 00:34:10.119
 he doesn't mean

00:34:10.119 --> 00:34:10.840
 just feeling

00:34:10.840 --> 00:34:11.480
 happy because

00:34:11.480 --> 00:34:11.940
 that kind of

00:34:11.940 --> 00:34:12.400
 comes and

00:34:12.400 --> 00:34:12.840
 goes

00:34:12.840 --> 00:34:13.619
 because some

00:34:13.619 --> 00:34:13.840
 of you

00:34:13.840 --> 00:34:14.300
 know the

00:34:14.300 --> 00:34:14.820
 real sense

00:34:14.820 --> 00:34:15.440
 of grief

00:34:15.440 --> 00:34:16.159
 there is

00:34:16.159 --> 00:34:16.920
 but he

00:34:16.920 --> 00:34:17.280
 means a

00:34:17.280 --> 00:34:17.659
 deep

00:34:17.659 --> 00:34:18.380
 seated

00:34:18.380 --> 00:34:19.200
 confident

00:34:19.200 --> 00:34:20.019
 peace

00:34:20.019 --> 00:34:21.280
 regardless

00:34:21.280 --> 00:34:21.740
 of what

00:34:21.740 --> 00:34:22.240
 turmoil

00:34:22.240 --> 00:34:22.780
 or blessings

00:34:22.780 --> 00:34:23.220
 you're going

00:34:23.220 --> 00:34:23.659
 through right

00:34:23.659 --> 00:34:24.019
 now

00:34:24.019 --> 00:34:25.380
 do you

00:34:25.380 --> 00:34:25.940
 have that

00:34:25.940 --> 00:34:27.059
 do you

00:34:27.059 --> 00:34:27.679
 have that

00:34:27.679 --> 00:34:28.400
 confidence

00:34:28.400 --> 00:34:29.280
 right now

00:34:29.280 --> 00:34:29.679
 in him

00:34:29.679 --> 00:34:31.300
 because that

00:34:31.300 --> 00:34:32.139
 joy comes

00:34:32.139 --> 00:34:32.980
 from tasting

00:34:32.980 --> 00:34:33.940
 the goodness

00:34:33.940 --> 00:34:35.079
 and mercy

00:34:35.079 --> 00:34:36.280
 of Jesus

00:34:36.280 --> 00:34:38.100
 verse 3

00:34:38.100 --> 00:34:38.640
 to 12

00:34:38.640 --> 00:34:39.160
 says

00:34:39.160 --> 00:34:40.920
 in fact

00:34:40.920 --> 00:34:41.380
 verse 3

00:34:41.380 --> 00:34:41.780
 to 12

00:34:41.780 --> 00:34:42.240
 are all

00:34:42.240 --> 00:34:43.220
 one sentence

00:34:43.220 --> 00:34:44.760
 about hope

00:34:44.760 --> 00:34:45.560
 and suffering

00:34:45.560 --> 00:34:46.420
 but they're a

00:34:46.420 --> 00:34:47.560
 song of praise

00:34:47.560 --> 00:34:49.300
 because he says

00:34:49.300 --> 00:34:50.280
 blessed be the

00:34:50.280 --> 00:34:50.620
 God

00:34:50.620 --> 00:34:51.340
 of father

00:34:51.340 --> 00:34:51.680
 of our

00:34:51.680 --> 00:34:52.200
 Lord Jesus

00:34:52.200 --> 00:34:52.580
 Christ

00:34:52.580 --> 00:34:53.120
 according to

00:34:53.120 --> 00:34:53.740
 his mercy

00:34:53.740 --> 00:34:54.940
 he has caused

00:34:54.940 --> 00:34:55.920
 you if you're

00:34:55.920 --> 00:34:56.360
 a believer

00:34:56.360 --> 00:34:56.980
 to be born

00:34:56.980 --> 00:34:57.400
 again

00:34:57.400 --> 00:34:58.540
 and you know

00:34:58.540 --> 00:34:59.019
 Peter

00:34:59.019 --> 00:35:00.980
 knows all

00:35:00.980 --> 00:35:01.740
 about this

00:35:01.740 --> 00:35:02.660
 mercy

00:35:02.659 --> 00:35:03.460
 of God

00:35:03.460 --> 00:35:05.079
 because you

00:35:05.079 --> 00:35:05.379
 know

00:35:05.379 --> 00:35:06.179
 he was

00:35:06.179 --> 00:35:06.779
 grieved

00:35:06.779 --> 00:35:07.879
 by his

00:35:07.879 --> 00:35:08.579
 own sin

00:35:08.579 --> 00:35:10.559
 his trial

00:35:10.559 --> 00:35:11.339
 before

00:35:11.339 --> 00:35:12.420
 before the

00:35:12.420 --> 00:35:12.659
 girl

00:35:12.659 --> 00:35:13.039
 and when he

00:35:13.039 --> 00:35:14.019
 denies Jesus

00:35:14.019 --> 00:35:14.759
 he failed

00:35:14.759 --> 00:35:15.339
 the trial

00:35:15.339 --> 00:35:16.000
 God gave him

00:35:16.000 --> 00:35:16.279
 where his

00:35:16.279 --> 00:35:16.779
 faith was

00:35:16.779 --> 00:35:17.239
 tested

00:35:17.239 --> 00:35:18.899
 and in

00:35:18.899 --> 00:35:19.179
 bitterness

00:35:19.179 --> 00:35:20.199
 he repents

00:35:20.199 --> 00:35:20.699
 before

00:35:20.699 --> 00:35:22.059
 he repents

00:35:22.059 --> 00:35:22.359
 of what

00:35:22.359 --> 00:35:22.859
 he's done

00:35:22.859 --> 00:35:24.279
 and when

00:35:24.279 --> 00:35:25.000
 Jesus rose

00:35:25.000 --> 00:35:25.359
 again

00:35:25.359 --> 00:35:25.599
 and they

00:35:25.599 --> 00:35:26.079
 were having

00:35:26.079 --> 00:35:27.000
 and Jesus

00:35:27.000 --> 00:35:28.059
 appears to

00:35:28.059 --> 00:35:28.319
 them by

00:35:28.319 --> 00:35:28.819
 the lake

00:35:28.819 --> 00:35:29.299
 do you

00:35:29.299 --> 00:35:29.619
 know what

00:35:29.619 --> 00:35:30.000
 do you

00:35:30.000 --> 00:35:30.199
 know who

00:35:30.199 --> 00:35:30.759
 the first

00:35:30.759 --> 00:35:31.440
 person who

00:35:31.440 --> 00:35:31.839
 wants to

00:35:31.839 --> 00:35:32.219
 run and

00:35:32.219 --> 00:35:32.519
 meet you

00:35:32.519 --> 00:35:32.860
 Jesus

00:35:32.860 --> 00:35:33.259
 is

00:35:33.259 --> 00:35:34.960
 it's

00:35:34.960 --> 00:35:35.400
 Peter

00:35:35.400 --> 00:35:37.059
 because

00:35:37.059 --> 00:35:37.579
 Peter

00:35:37.579 --> 00:35:38.639
 knows

00:35:38.639 --> 00:35:38.880
 the

00:35:38.880 --> 00:35:39.340
 forgiveness

00:35:39.340 --> 00:35:40.119
 and mercy

00:35:40.119 --> 00:35:40.820
 of Jesus

00:35:40.820 --> 00:35:44.759
 if you

00:35:44.759 --> 00:35:45.259
 know

00:35:45.259 --> 00:35:47.259
 and let

00:35:47.259 --> 00:35:47.639
 me just

00:35:47.639 --> 00:35:48.679
 just want

00:35:48.679 --> 00:35:49.079
 to close

00:35:49.079 --> 00:35:49.599
 with this

00:35:49.599 --> 00:35:52.019
 I used

00:35:52.019 --> 00:35:52.219
 to have

00:35:52.219 --> 00:35:52.519
 a really

00:35:52.519 --> 00:35:53.300
 sweet tooth

00:35:53.300 --> 00:35:55.679
 after being

00:35:55.679 --> 00:35:56.079
 in Hong

00:35:56.079 --> 00:35:56.440
 Kong

00:35:56.440 --> 00:35:57.659
 I stopped

00:35:57.659 --> 00:35:58.179
 eating

00:35:58.179 --> 00:35:59.219
 sweet things

00:35:59.219 --> 00:35:59.679
 so much

00:35:59.679 --> 00:35:59.960
 and my

00:35:59.960 --> 00:36:00.500
 taste buds

00:36:00.500 --> 00:36:01.239
 have changed

00:36:01.239 --> 00:36:02.559
 if I

00:36:02.559 --> 00:36:03.159
 eat sweet

00:36:03.159 --> 00:36:03.539
 things

00:36:03.539 --> 00:36:03.939
 I no

00:36:03.939 --> 00:36:04.399
 longer

00:36:04.399 --> 00:36:05.299
 they're

00:36:05.299 --> 00:36:06.119
 too sweet

00:36:06.119 --> 00:36:06.619
 for me

00:36:06.619 --> 00:36:08.659
 when I

00:36:08.659 --> 00:36:09.079
 heard

00:36:09.079 --> 00:36:10.559
 John Piper

00:36:10.559 --> 00:36:11.219
 talking about

00:36:11.219 --> 00:36:11.639
 the return

00:36:11.639 --> 00:36:12.099
 of Jesus

00:36:12.099 --> 00:36:12.479
 and he

00:36:12.479 --> 00:36:13.219
 once said

00:36:13.219 --> 00:36:14.719
 sinlessness

00:36:14.719 --> 00:36:16.459
 I can

00:36:16.459 --> 00:36:16.480
 I can

00:36:16.480 --> 00:36:17.000
 almost

00:36:17.000 --> 00:36:17.939
 taste it

00:36:17.939 --> 00:36:19.799
 and I

00:36:19.799 --> 00:36:20.099
 went

00:36:20.099 --> 00:36:20.619
 wow

00:36:20.619 --> 00:36:21.899
 that's a

00:36:21.899 --> 00:36:22.319
 man

00:36:22.319 --> 00:36:23.099
 who's had

00:36:23.099 --> 00:36:23.759
 a diet

00:36:23.759 --> 00:36:24.980
 so filled

00:36:24.980 --> 00:36:25.299
 of the

00:36:25.299 --> 00:36:25.919
 gospel of

00:36:25.919 --> 00:36:26.239
 Jesus

00:36:26.239 --> 00:36:26.779
 that his

00:36:26.779 --> 00:36:27.599
 taste buds

00:36:27.599 --> 00:36:28.779
 have been

00:36:28.779 --> 00:36:29.719
 changed to be

00:36:29.719 --> 00:36:30.339
 like him

00:36:30.339 --> 00:36:31.480
 to want and

00:36:31.480 --> 00:36:32.439
 desire him

00:36:32.439 --> 00:36:33.379
 and to want to

00:36:33.379 --> 00:36:34.419
 live fully honoring

00:36:34.419 --> 00:36:35.219
 to him in his

00:36:35.219 --> 00:36:35.679
 life

00:36:35.679 --> 00:36:38.179
 and my taste buds

00:36:38.179 --> 00:36:39.019
 are filled with

00:36:39.019 --> 00:36:40.679
 that holiday

00:36:40.679 --> 00:36:41.419
 I can

00:36:41.419 --> 00:36:41.759
 almost

00:36:41.759 --> 00:36:42.559
 taste it

00:36:42.559 --> 00:36:43.719
 financial

00:36:43.719 --> 00:36:44.619
 security

00:36:44.619 --> 00:36:45.119
 I can

00:36:45.119 --> 00:36:45.559
 almost

00:36:45.559 --> 00:36:46.519
 taste it

00:36:46.519 --> 00:36:48.119
 comfortable

00:36:48.119 --> 00:36:48.719
 life

00:36:48.719 --> 00:36:49.119
 I can

00:36:49.119 --> 00:36:49.480
 almost

00:36:49.480 --> 00:36:50.279
 taste it

00:36:50.279 --> 00:36:52.559
 because the

00:36:52.559 --> 00:36:53.279
 diet of our

00:36:53.279 --> 00:36:54.000
 thoughts are so

00:36:54.000 --> 00:36:55.199
 focused on

00:36:55.199 --> 00:36:56.199
 me and on

00:36:56.199 --> 00:36:57.000
 getting comfort

00:36:57.000 --> 00:36:57.919
 on getting just

00:36:57.919 --> 00:36:58.579
 the things that I

00:36:58.579 --> 00:36:59.039
 want

00:36:59.039 --> 00:37:00.099
 anyone like me

00:37:00.099 --> 00:37:05.579
 I think as a

00:37:05.579 --> 00:37:06.139
 church

00:37:06.139 --> 00:37:07.619
 Peter is calling

00:37:07.619 --> 00:37:08.139
 us

00:37:08.139 --> 00:37:09.379
 he wants us

00:37:09.379 --> 00:37:09.879
 to get a

00:37:09.879 --> 00:37:10.400
 taste

00:37:10.400 --> 00:37:12.559
 of Jesus

00:37:12.559 --> 00:37:13.319
 and how

00:37:13.319 --> 00:37:14.059
 precious he

00:37:14.059 --> 00:37:14.539
 is and even

00:37:14.539 --> 00:37:15.059
 if you're going

00:37:15.059 --> 00:37:15.420
 through the

00:37:15.420 --> 00:37:15.940
 trials

00:37:15.940 --> 00:37:17.639
 he wants you

00:37:17.639 --> 00:37:18.259
 to see that

00:37:18.259 --> 00:37:19.299
 tasting Jesus

00:37:19.299 --> 00:37:20.000
 is better than

00:37:20.000 --> 00:37:20.679
 anything else

00:37:20.679 --> 00:37:21.119
 you want to

00:37:21.119 --> 00:37:21.539
 taste

00:37:21.539 --> 00:37:23.400
 that's why we

00:37:23.400 --> 00:37:24.119
 read scripture

00:37:24.119 --> 00:37:25.099
 that's why we

00:37:25.099 --> 00:37:25.539
 sing

00:37:25.539 --> 00:37:26.440
 that's why we

00:37:26.440 --> 00:37:26.900
 repent

00:37:26.900 --> 00:37:27.719
 that's why we

00:37:27.719 --> 00:37:28.400
 have CGs

00:37:28.400 --> 00:37:29.139
 to encourage

00:37:29.139 --> 00:37:29.759
 each other

00:37:29.759 --> 00:37:31.819
 because it's

00:37:31.819 --> 00:37:32.400
 all for our

00:37:32.400 --> 00:37:33.219
 joy right

00:37:33.219 --> 00:37:33.679
 now

00:37:33.679 --> 00:37:36.099
 have you ever

00:37:36.099 --> 00:37:36.799
 thought that the

00:37:36.799 --> 00:37:37.699
 trials God may

00:37:37.699 --> 00:37:38.319
 be bringing to

00:37:38.319 --> 00:37:39.079
 you right now

00:37:39.079 --> 00:37:39.639
 are God's

00:37:39.639 --> 00:37:40.799
 mercy to you

00:37:40.799 --> 00:37:43.199
 to show you

00:37:43.199 --> 00:37:44.419
 that he is

00:37:44.419 --> 00:37:45.079
 more precious

00:37:45.079 --> 00:37:46.299
 than anything

00:37:46.299 --> 00:37:46.899
 else that may

00:37:46.899 --> 00:37:47.439
 be fading

00:37:47.439 --> 00:37:50.139
 anything else

00:37:50.139 --> 00:37:50.579
 that you may

00:37:50.579 --> 00:37:51.019
 be chasing

00:37:51.019 --> 00:37:51.699
 after right

00:37:51.699 --> 00:37:52.079
 now

00:37:52.079 --> 00:37:54.119
 let's pray

00:37:54.119 --> 00:38:04.380
 I want you

00:38:04.380 --> 00:38:04.980
 just to stop

00:38:04.980 --> 00:38:05.420
 and think

00:38:05.420 --> 00:38:05.739
 about

00:38:05.739 --> 00:38:07.019
 what is it

00:38:07.019 --> 00:38:07.619
 in your life

00:38:07.619 --> 00:38:08.099
 right now

00:38:08.099 --> 00:38:08.500
 that you

00:38:08.500 --> 00:38:10.219
 you're actually

00:38:10.219 --> 00:38:10.719
 putting your

00:38:10.719 --> 00:38:11.179
 hope in

00:38:11.179 --> 00:38:17.000
 what are your

00:38:17.000 --> 00:38:17.599
 taste buds

00:38:17.599 --> 00:38:18.339
 filled with

00:38:18.339 --> 00:38:20.039
 what are your

00:38:20.039 --> 00:38:20.659
 thought life

00:38:20.659 --> 00:38:21.339
 filled with

00:38:21.340 --> 00:38:22.660
 what are your

00:38:22.660 --> 00:38:23.680
 plans filled

00:38:23.680 --> 00:38:24.100
 with

00:38:24.100 --> 00:38:27.480
 how much

00:38:27.480 --> 00:38:28.100
 you filled

00:38:28.100 --> 00:38:28.539
 with the

00:38:28.539 --> 00:38:29.260
 beauty of a

00:38:29.260 --> 00:38:29.620
 savior

00:38:29.620 --> 00:38:30.940
 who even

00:38:30.940 --> 00:38:31.620
 though we

00:38:31.620 --> 00:38:32.059
 live in a

00:38:32.059 --> 00:38:32.960
 broken world

00:38:32.960 --> 00:38:34.220
 where we

00:38:34.220 --> 00:38:35.240
 chase after

00:38:35.240 --> 00:38:35.660
 our own

00:38:35.660 --> 00:38:36.680
 comforts

00:38:36.680 --> 00:38:37.220
 and the

00:38:37.220 --> 00:38:37.620
 things of

00:38:37.620 --> 00:38:38.079
 this life

00:38:38.079 --> 00:38:38.320
 and we

00:38:38.320 --> 00:38:39.019
 neglect so

00:38:39.019 --> 00:38:39.340
 many other

00:38:39.340 --> 00:38:39.920
 people and

00:38:39.920 --> 00:38:40.240
 so many

00:38:40.240 --> 00:38:40.780
 other things

00:38:40.780 --> 00:38:41.300
 and yet God

00:38:41.300 --> 00:38:42.180
 comes to us

00:38:42.180 --> 00:38:42.680
 and says

00:38:42.680 --> 00:38:44.320
 I want to

00:38:44.320 --> 00:38:44.579
 bring you

00:38:44.579 --> 00:38:45.160
 my mercy

00:38:45.159 --> 00:38:46.579
 I want to

00:38:46.579 --> 00:38:46.879
 bring you

00:38:46.879 --> 00:38:47.559
 my forgiveness

00:38:47.559 --> 00:38:48.839
 I want to

00:38:48.839 --> 00:38:49.259
 show you

00:38:49.259 --> 00:38:50.199
 mercy right

00:38:50.199 --> 00:38:51.159
 now

00:38:51.159 --> 00:38:52.379
 that it's

00:38:52.379 --> 00:38:53.279
 mercy that

00:38:53.279 --> 00:38:53.799
 you have a

00:38:53.799 --> 00:38:54.179
 hope

00:38:54.179 --> 00:38:55.940
 that at the

00:38:55.940 --> 00:38:56.500
 end of your

00:38:56.500 --> 00:38:57.139
 life you will

00:38:57.139 --> 00:38:57.839
 have something

00:38:57.839 --> 00:38:58.480
 worth living

00:38:58.480 --> 00:38:59.159
 for if you

00:38:59.159 --> 00:39:00.239
 trust in

00:39:00.239 --> 00:39:00.599
 Jesus

00:39:00.599 --> 00:39:01.500
 that there will

00:39:01.500 --> 00:39:02.000
 be something

00:39:02.000 --> 00:39:02.739
 that lasts

00:39:02.739 --> 00:39:03.500
 if you trust

00:39:03.500 --> 00:39:04.059
 in Jesus

00:39:04.059 --> 00:39:05.359
 and it's only

00:39:05.359 --> 00:39:06.139
 the mercy of

00:39:06.139 --> 00:39:06.539
 God that

00:39:06.539 --> 00:39:07.159
 brings it

00:39:07.159 --> 00:39:12.179
 Father we

00:39:12.179 --> 00:39:12.839
 just pray

00:39:12.839 --> 00:39:14.219
 that as a

00:39:14.219 --> 00:39:14.819
 church you'd

00:39:14.820 --> 00:39:15.360
 help us not

00:39:15.360 --> 00:39:15.960
 to make here

00:39:15.960 --> 00:39:16.460
 our home

00:39:16.460 --> 00:39:18.519
 let us enjoy

00:39:18.519 --> 00:39:19.300
 the good things

00:39:19.300 --> 00:39:19.860
 you give us

00:39:19.860 --> 00:39:20.519
 but only as a

00:39:20.519 --> 00:39:20.960
 glimpse

00:39:20.960 --> 00:39:23.000
 that when our

00:39:23.000 --> 00:39:23.760
 washing machines

00:39:23.760 --> 00:39:24.320
 break

00:39:24.320 --> 00:39:25.900
 when we face

00:39:25.900 --> 00:39:26.820
 sickness and

00:39:26.820 --> 00:39:27.360
 trials

00:39:27.360 --> 00:39:28.480
 when we

00:39:28.480 --> 00:39:29.000
 struggle

00:39:29.000 --> 00:39:31.019
 that you are

00:39:31.019 --> 00:39:31.460
 giving us

00:39:31.460 --> 00:39:32.620
 mercy to want

00:39:32.620 --> 00:39:33.340
 us to fix

00:39:33.340 --> 00:39:34.039
 our eyes on

00:39:34.039 --> 00:39:34.559
 you and to

00:39:34.559 --> 00:39:35.140
 place our

00:39:35.140 --> 00:39:35.900
 hope in you

00:39:35.900 --> 00:39:37.920
 strengthen our

00:39:37.920 --> 00:39:38.400
 faith

00:39:38.400 --> 00:39:39.980
 open our eyes

00:39:39.980 --> 00:39:40.500
 to see how

00:39:40.500 --> 00:39:41.160
 beautiful you

00:39:41.160 --> 00:39:41.539
 are

00:39:41.539 --> 00:39:42.660
 in Jesus

00:39:42.660 --> 00:39:43.120
 name

00:39:43.120 --> 00:39:44.400
 Amen

00:39:44.820 --> 00:39:45.760
 Jesus

00:39:45.760 --> 00:39:50.019
 and

00:39:50.019 --> 00:39:50.300
 can

00:39:50.300 --> 00:39:50.820
 earn

00:39:50.820 --> 00:39:51.059
 who

00:39:51.059 --> 00:39:52.140
 can

00:39:52.140 --> 00:39:53.620
 help

00:39:53.620 --> 00:39:54.000
 her

00:39:54.000 --> 00:39:54.559
 Christ

00:39:54.559 --> 00:39:55.160
 Lord

00:39:55.160 --> 00:39:58.820
 look at

00:39:58.820 --> 00:39:59.420
 some

00:39:59.420 --> 00:39:59.440
 feet

00:39:59.440 --> 00:40:00.780
 in the

00:40:00.780 --> 00:40:01.059
 Defense

00:40:01.059 --> 00:40:01.600
 of the

00:40:01.600 --> 00:40:02.280
atable

00:40:02.280 --> 00:40:02.500
 how

00:40:02.500 --> 00:40:03.080
 life

00:40:03.080 --> 00:40:03.100
 do

00:40:03.100 --> 00:40:04.180
 Gina

00:40:04.180 --> 00:40:05.240
 behold

00:40:05.240 --> 00:40:05.600
 can

00:40:05.600 --> 00:40:06.080
 hug

00:40:06.080 --> 00:40:06.559
 what

00:40:06.559 --> 00:40:07.519
 afternoon