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 Chapter 2

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 But there are also false prophets amongst the people, just as there will be false teachers among you.

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 There will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the sovereign Lord who bought them, bringing swift destruction on them.

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 Many will follow their shameful ways and will bring the way of truth into disrepute.

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 In their greed, these teachers will exploit you with stories they have made up.

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 Their condemnation has been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping.

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 For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but sent them to hell, putting them in gloomy dungeons to be held for judgment,

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 if he did not spare the ancient world when he brought the flood on its ungodly people,

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 but protected Noah, a preacher of righteousness, and seven others,

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 if he condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah by burning them to ashes,

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 and made them an example of what is going to happen to the ungodly,

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 And if he rescued Lot, a righteous man who was distressed by the filthy lives of lawless men,

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 for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard.

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 If this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue godly men from trials,

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 to hold the unrighteous for the day of judgment, while continuing their punishment.

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 This is especially true of those who follow the corrupt desire of the sinful nature and despise authority.

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 Bold and arrogant, these men are not afraid to slander celestial beings.

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 Yet even angels, although they are stronger, more powerful,

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 do not bring slanderous accusations against such beings in the presence of the Lord.

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 But these men blaspheme in matters that they do not understand.

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 They are like brute beasts, creatures of instinct, born only to be caught and destroyed.

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 And like beasts, they too will perish.

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 Thank you, Maria, for reading.

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 Thank you, Nick, for leading so well this morning.

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 As we come to God's word, I'd just like to pray,

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 and again just ask for his help as we look to understand it.

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 Our Father, we thank you for the words of Scripture,

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 which are your clear light to us as we seek to follow you.

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 Lord, we thank you as well for the Holy Spirit who takes the word of God

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 and makes it real to us, convicting us of sin and showing us righteousness.

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 So I ask, Father, that your spirit would be at work among us this morning.

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 In Jesus' name, amen.

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 This morning we're starting into chapter 2 of 2 Peter.

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 Chapter 2 of 2 Peter.

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 And as we've already read, and as we'll see next week,

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 Alex is going to be preaching from the second half of the chapter.

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 It's a difficult chapter.

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 As you can see, it fits right into the middle of the book.

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 Second Peter is just three chapters long.

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 And chapter 2 is this difficult chapter right in the middle

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 that deals with the whole topic of false teachers.

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 We might not get a direct sense of it,

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 but I feel that in a way chapter 1 has been building up to chapter 2.

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 In a way, chapter 1 has laid groundwork for what we now see in chapter 2.

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 Because in chapter 1, Peter has been reminding us of what it means to follow Jesus.

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 To follow Jesus.

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 To be called by Jesus.

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 And to live a life of faith and obedience.

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 That, I believe, is essentially what chapter 1 is about.

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 So Peter shows them then how to follow Jesus,

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 how to grow in faith and love and all the things we read from verses 5 to 11

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 that we are to express through faith, all the characteristics.

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 And then Peter goes on to show the trustworthiness, his trustworthiness,

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 that we can trust him by telling his readers of his first-hand experience

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 on the mountain of seeing Jesus glorified.

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 And then Peter points them at the end of chapter 1

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 to the more sure word of scripture,

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 which is to be their ongoing, continuing light to guide them in their lives.

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 And as I said, in a sense, chapter 1 has been preparing us

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 for what we now read in chapter 2.

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 So Peter, in a sense, I think he's laid a good path, hasn't he?

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 He's laid the good path for us to follow so that we may reach eternal life.

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 Let's just read some verses from chapter 1 again, just to remind us.

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 Verse 10 and 11.

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 Therefore, my brothers, be all the more eager to make your calling and election sure.

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 For if you do these things, you will never fall,

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 and you will receive a rich welcome into the eternal kingdom

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 of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

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 So Peter has told us about the good path,

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 but now in chapter 2, he's telling us about another path.

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 And this is the false path, the crooked path, the path of destruction.

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 And in a sense, if the good path, the path that we take to eternal life,

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 is lit by the light of scripture,

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 then this false path is lit by the light of false teaching.

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 It's sad, isn't it, that not everyone who calls themselves a teacher is a teacher of truth.

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 That is clear from the label in verse 1.

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 They're called false teachers, those who teach lies.

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 Now, we may be shocked because that's very strong language, isn't it?

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 False teachers.

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 You may be shocked to think that there are Christian teachers,

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 people within the church who teach lies.

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 But Peter says, Peter says in verse 1,

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 don't be surprised.

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 You shouldn't be surprised at this.

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 For as long as there have been true prophets of God,

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 there have also been false prophets of God,

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 side by side with the true prophets of God in the Old Testament,

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 or false prophets.

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 There are many, many examples.

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 And as long as there has been the genuine article,

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 there has been the counterfeit.

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 But there were also false prophets, verse 1,

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 among the people,

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 just as there will be false teachers among you.

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 Do not be surprised.

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 This morning, I'm going to just try and focus in on a few things

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 to help us understand characteristics of these false teachers.

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 Four things from the first two verses.

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 I just have one slide.

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 They're up there so you know where I'm going.

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 Keep me straight as well.

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 And then we're going to look at the rest of the verses

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 that we've read down to roughly to about verse 10,

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 and just take them together and see what we are to learn.

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 Once we see the characteristics, just to understand these two paths.

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 So I'm just going to go through four things.

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 It's not going to be very long.

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 You'll be glad to know it will balance out my overshot last week

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 of going over 30 minutes.

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 So you can take the average of the two weeks

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 and then probably under 30 minutes for both, hopefully.

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 So the first thing we see from verse 1 is,

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 they are among you.

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 They are among you.

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 We can think of false teachers, can't we,

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 as being outside of the church.

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 We can think of many examples.

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 We can think of paganism.

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 We can think of atheism.

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 We can think of secularism.

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 We can think of all those other religions

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 and all the other outside religions as being false

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 or not teaching the truth of Jesus Christ.

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 But the emphasis here is on the false teachers that are among you.

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 They are part of the Christian church.

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 They call themselves Christians.

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 They use that title.

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 Jesus had warned, hadn't he previously?

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 Jesus had told us in Matthew 7, 15,

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 he said these words,

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 Watch out, be on the lookout for false prophets.

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 They come to you in sheep's clothing,

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 but inwardly they are ferocious wolves.

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 Imagine a wolf going around with a sheepskin.

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 And that's what it's like, deceptive.

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 You see, we are the sheep of Jesus' flock,

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 and he is the chief shepherd.

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 But among us, among the church,

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 are false teachers,

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 ferocious wolves in sheep's clothing.

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 There is no language mincing there.

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 There is no making that easier to hear.

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 And we need to be aware, yes,

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 of false teaching from outside the church,

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 but I believe more so,

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 we need to see the threats from within the Christian community.

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 So number one, they are among you.

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 Number two, they have a different message, don't they?

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 The second part of verse one,

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 they will secretly introduce destructive heresies,

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 even denying the sovereign Lord who bought them,

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 bringing swift destruction on themselves.

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 You see, the message,

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 the message that they bring is a different message.

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 And this is really the central part

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 to what makes them false teachers, isn't it?

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 The message is different.

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 They're bringing a different message,

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 but it says they're doing it secretly, aren't they?

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 They're secretly doing it.

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 They're not open about what those differences are.

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 They're not being clear what those differences are.

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 Now, they teach openly, of course.

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 They're speaking openly.

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 They're wanting to attract the crowd and the followers.

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 They don't teach in secret because, well, they're greedy

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 and they want many followers.

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 So they're going to teach openly,

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 but they do not openly tell people

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 that what they say is a destructive heresy.

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 That's a big word, heresy.

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 It's one we don't maybe mention very much now,

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 and it's one I think we have to tread carefully

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 because it's a very serious accusation within the church.

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 So what is heresy?

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 Well, I think it's any teaching or belief

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 that denies basic Christian teaching.

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 It denies the foundation of the gospel.

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 In this church, and I hope this reassures or helps,

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 and please come and chat afterwards if it's not clear or you have questions,

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 but in this church we sometimes have different teachers or preachers

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 come and speak from the front or minister within the church,

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 and there are different things that we encourage people to attend

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 in other churches or activities or books.

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 We'd recommend all of that.

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 So we've had people here speaking on a Sunday morning

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 who come from a different church denomination.

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 We've had people here that believe different things about baptism

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 and would even baptize infants.

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 We've had people here who, speaking here,

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 who believe and would practice sign gifts,

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 such as speaking in tongues.

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 Now, I believe these are differences within the family of God,

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 but all these people, I believe, are part of God's universal church.

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 They hold to the true teachings of Jesus, of the gospel message.

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 The one church, they're part of that,

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 all those who are saved and rescued by Jesus.

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 So these differences, I believe, that we have in the church community

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 between gospel believers are not heresies.

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 Heresies deny the plain message of Jesus Christ.

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 A heretic, a heresy, might deny that Jesus is God.

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 You can't get more fundamental than that in Christian understanding.

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 They might deny that God is a trinity,

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 that God is three persons in one.

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 Heretics will deny that the judgment is coming.

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 They deny the commands of our Lord to live a godly and upright life.

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 You know, heresy is that we deny that we are saved

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 only by the grace of God through faith in Jesus.

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 A heretic will, that's one of the things a heretic might deny.

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 These things, these things are heresies.

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 To deny the Lord as God,

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 to deny God in three persons,

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 to deny how we are saved by faith

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 through grace in Christ alone.

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 And we would never knowingly allow people

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 who hold to heresy to speak

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 or to teach within this church.

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 Their message is different, isn't it?

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 What we've read and it's sprinkled

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 throughout these verses.

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 It is one of shameful ways in verse 2.

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 Their message is one of greed.

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 You see that in verse 3?

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 Verse 3 says that they speak with stories they have made up.

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 Verse 10.

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 Start of verse 10.

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 They follow corrupt desires

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 and they despise authority.

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 Now we don't have time to go into it in detail,

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 but if you look back at chapter 1,

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 there's a contrast there, isn't it?

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 From the gospel way and the gospel message.

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 The gospel message in chapter 1

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 doesn't speak of shameful ways.

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 It speaks of godly ways.

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 Instead of greed,

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 we're encouraged to develop brotherly kindness,

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 to love and care for one another as brothers,

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 not to be greedy.

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 Peter in verse 16 in chapter 1

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 says that, you know,

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 I'm coming to you with true stories

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 instead of these made up stories.

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 In chapter 1,

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 we escape.

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 We escape from evil desires

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 while these false teachers

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 are full of corrupt desires.

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 Verse 19 in chapter 1.

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 We follow the authority of scripture

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 instead of the false teachers

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 in chapter 2, verse 10,

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 who despise authority.

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 Do you see the kind of contrasts?

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 Because I think chapter 2 is hard

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 to just stand on its own.

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 We have to look back at chapter 1,

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 the groundwork,

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 the path that's been laid for us

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 under the light of scripture

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 of how we should live.

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 And then we see the false teachers

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 so clearly, don't we?

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 Because it's a contrast.

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 It's a contrast.

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 They are complete opposites.

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 Number 3.

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 Number 3.

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 These false teachers

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 have many followers.

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 Verse 2.

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 Just the first part of it.

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 Many will follow

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 their shameful ways.

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 This saddens me

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 to read these words.

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 Instead of

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 instead of these false teachers

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 being on the fringe,

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 instead of these false teachers

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 being the minority,

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 these false teachers

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 seem to attract

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 many followers.

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 Their message promises

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 quick gain.

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 Quick gains.

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 Quick gains.

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 Quick gains.

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 Greed.

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 And many are led astray.

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 Whole churches

00:16:06.300 --> 00:16:08.399
 and congregations,

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 denominations,

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 will follow after

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 these men and women.

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 They plant,

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 they plant in the hearts

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 of people

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 false teachings

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 about Jesus.

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 And the result

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 is that many,

00:16:22.200 --> 00:16:22.780
 verse 2,

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 will follow

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 their shameful ways.

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 Do you know

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 that Christianity

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 is still the world's

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 largest religion

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 by followers?

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 The largest religion

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 by followers.

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 So if you look

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 at the statistics,

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 one in every

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 three people

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 in the world

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 carry the label

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 Christian.

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 One in every three.

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 That's 2.1 billion people

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 carry the label Christian.

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 In Ireland,

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 we have an even

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 higher ratio.

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 Nine out of every

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 ten people

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 in Ireland

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 have the label

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 Christian.

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 They say that they

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 follow Jesus Christ.

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 Think about that

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 for a minute.

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 One out of every

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 three people in the world

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 and nine out of

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 every ten in Ireland.

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 Now ask the question,

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 are one in every

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 three people

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 in the world

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 following

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 the path

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 of chapter 1?

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 Are they living

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 the words

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 of chapter 1?

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 Now I'm not talking

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 about struggling

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 in your Christian

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 life or struggling

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 with sin,

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 but is that their

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 heart's desire?

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 Are nine out of ten

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 people in Ireland

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 following the words

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 of chapter 1?

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 No,

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 they are not.

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 For many of that

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 2.1 billion people

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 in the world

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 are following

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 the shameful

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 ways

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 of false

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 teachers.

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 And that's

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 sad.

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 That is sad.

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 Teaching that

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 says things like,

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 you know,

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 you just need to

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 live as you like.

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 Try your best.

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 Do good

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 as far as you can.

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 In the end,

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 Jesus will forgive you.

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 No talk about

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 faith

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 or grace

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 or what it

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 cost the Father

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 to send the Son

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 to die for our sin.

00:18:04.799 --> 00:18:05.179
 Just

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 a false message.

00:18:07.419 --> 00:18:07.879
 There's teaching

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 that says that,

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 well,

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 Jesus just died

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 to give you

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 a victorious life

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 now.

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 You just need

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 to claim His

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 promise

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 for health

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 and wealth.

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 And they say

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 your best life

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 is now

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 and don't

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 understand

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 what it is

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 we are called

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 to and a reward

00:18:19.539 --> 00:18:20.019
 in heaven.

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 A false

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 message of hope

00:18:22.859 --> 00:18:23.279
 now.

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 You know,

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 when you put it

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 like that,

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 you can see

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 the appeal

00:18:28.179 --> 00:18:28.619
 of false

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 teaching.

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 It always

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 has been,

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 back in the Old

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 Testament,

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 in the New

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 Testament,

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 it always has

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 been,

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 always will be

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 just very,

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 very popular.

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 Many will

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 follow.

00:18:39.279 --> 00:18:40.099
 It's always

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 going to be

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 more popular

00:18:41.720 --> 00:18:42.400
 than saying,

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 take up

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 your cross

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 and follow

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 me.

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 It's always

00:18:48.839 --> 00:18:49.160
 going to be

00:18:49.160 --> 00:18:49.799
 more popular

00:18:49.799 --> 00:18:50.440
 than saying,

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 instead of

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 storing up

00:18:52.500 --> 00:18:52.980
 things on

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 earth,

00:18:53.579 --> 00:18:54.039
 Jesus says,

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 but store

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 up for

00:18:54.980 --> 00:18:55.299
 yourself

00:18:55.299 --> 00:18:55.920
 treasures

00:18:55.920 --> 00:18:57.079
 in heaven

00:18:57.079 --> 00:18:58.960
 where moths

00:18:58.960 --> 00:18:59.700
 and vermin

00:18:59.700 --> 00:19:00.379
 do not

00:19:00.379 --> 00:19:01.379
 destroy and

00:19:01.379 --> 00:19:02.039
 where thieves

00:19:02.039 --> 00:19:02.420
 do not

00:19:02.420 --> 00:19:03.019
 break in

00:19:03.019 --> 00:19:04.099
 and steal.

00:19:04.500 --> 00:19:05.000
 That's always

00:19:05.000 --> 00:19:05.279
 going to be

00:19:05.279 --> 00:19:05.539
 a harder

00:19:05.539 --> 00:19:06.039
 message.

00:19:06.500 --> 00:19:06.940
 It's always

00:19:06.940 --> 00:19:07.259
 going to be

00:19:07.259 --> 00:19:07.559
 a harder

00:19:07.559 --> 00:19:08.059
 message.

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 Number four,

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 false

00:19:11.759 --> 00:19:12.139
 teachers,

00:19:12.279 --> 00:19:12.839
 they bring

00:19:12.839 --> 00:19:13.359
 the way

00:19:13.359 --> 00:19:13.879
 of Jesus

00:19:13.879 --> 00:19:14.220
 into

00:19:14.220 --> 00:19:14.960
 disrepute.

00:19:15.599 --> 00:19:15.819
 Do you

00:19:15.819 --> 00:19:16.139
 see that

00:19:16.139 --> 00:19:16.279
 at the

00:19:16.279 --> 00:19:16.559
 end of

00:19:16.559 --> 00:19:17.039
 verse two?

00:19:18.559 --> 00:19:19.019
 Start of

00:19:19.019 --> 00:19:19.339
 verse two.

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 Many will

00:19:19.779 --> 00:19:20.319
 follow their

00:19:20.319 --> 00:19:21.039
 shameful ways

00:19:21.039 --> 00:19:21.279
 and will

00:19:21.279 --> 00:19:22.200
 bring the

00:19:22.200 --> 00:19:22.980
 way of

00:19:22.980 --> 00:19:23.559
 truth

00:19:23.559 --> 00:19:24.339
 into

00:19:24.339 --> 00:19:25.559
 disrepute.

00:19:27.000 --> 00:19:27.279
 Into

00:19:27.279 --> 00:19:28.000
 disrepute.

00:19:29.359 --> 00:19:30.039
 If you're

00:19:30.039 --> 00:19:30.539
 not a

00:19:30.539 --> 00:19:31.119
 follower of

00:19:31.119 --> 00:19:31.400
 Jesus

00:19:31.400 --> 00:19:32.619
 this morning,

00:19:32.779 --> 00:19:33.539
 then I am

00:19:33.539 --> 00:19:35.259
 sorry and

00:19:35.259 --> 00:19:35.879
 saddened for

00:19:35.879 --> 00:19:36.519
 this mess.

00:19:36.519 --> 00:19:38.279
 as you

00:19:38.279 --> 00:19:38.680
 look on

00:19:38.680 --> 00:19:39.139
 at churches

00:19:39.139 --> 00:19:39.680
 and as you

00:19:39.680 --> 00:19:39.980
 look on

00:19:39.980 --> 00:19:40.759
 at denominations

00:19:40.759 --> 00:19:41.319
 and even

00:19:41.319 --> 00:19:41.559
 as you

00:19:41.559 --> 00:19:42.819
 see individual

00:19:42.819 --> 00:19:43.559
 Christians as

00:19:43.559 --> 00:19:43.920
 they're featured

00:19:43.920 --> 00:19:44.480
 on the news

00:19:44.480 --> 00:19:44.859
 sometimes,

00:19:45.059 --> 00:19:46.220
 you're turned

00:19:46.220 --> 00:19:46.639
 off.

00:19:47.799 --> 00:19:48.400
 For Christians

00:19:48.400 --> 00:19:50.279
 appear to be

00:19:50.279 --> 00:19:51.039
 nothing more

00:19:51.039 --> 00:19:52.720
 than hypocritical

00:19:52.720 --> 00:19:54.000
 liars feasting

00:19:54.000 --> 00:19:55.160
 on the weak

00:19:55.160 --> 00:19:55.940
 and the

00:19:55.940 --> 00:19:56.299
 vulnerable.

00:19:58.779 --> 00:19:59.339
 Given what

00:19:59.339 --> 00:19:59.940
 we've read,

00:20:00.299 --> 00:20:00.819
 given what we

00:20:00.819 --> 00:20:01.200
 know and

00:20:01.200 --> 00:20:01.619
 given what we

00:20:01.619 --> 00:20:02.279
 see in the

00:20:02.279 --> 00:20:02.680
 news and

00:20:02.680 --> 00:20:03.000
 media,

00:20:03.000 --> 00:20:04.259
 you would

00:20:04.259 --> 00:20:04.960
 be right

00:20:04.960 --> 00:20:07.119
 to believe

00:20:07.119 --> 00:20:07.660
 that about

00:20:07.660 --> 00:20:08.519
 Christians

00:20:08.519 --> 00:20:10.500
 based on

00:20:10.500 --> 00:20:10.839
 what you

00:20:10.839 --> 00:20:11.220
 see.

00:20:12.839 --> 00:20:13.559
 For the

00:20:13.559 --> 00:20:13.920
 false

00:20:13.920 --> 00:20:14.400
 teachers

00:20:14.400 --> 00:20:15.619
 and those

00:20:15.619 --> 00:20:16.039
 that follow

00:20:16.039 --> 00:20:17.220
 them bring

00:20:17.220 --> 00:20:17.880
 the way of

00:20:17.880 --> 00:20:18.859
 truth into

00:20:18.859 --> 00:20:19.579
 disrepute.

00:20:19.680 --> 00:20:20.019
 They bring

00:20:20.019 --> 00:20:20.420
 it into

00:20:20.420 --> 00:20:21.099
 disrepute.

00:20:24.079 --> 00:20:24.839
 Because of

00:20:24.839 --> 00:20:25.460
 false teachers,

00:20:25.700 --> 00:20:26.039
 people,

00:20:26.299 --> 00:20:26.599
 others,

00:20:26.819 --> 00:20:27.319
 outsiders,

00:20:27.700 --> 00:20:28.119
 those that

00:20:28.119 --> 00:20:28.480
 know they

00:20:28.480 --> 00:20:28.680
 aren't

00:20:28.680 --> 00:20:29.019
 Christians,

00:20:29.160 --> 00:20:29.759
 they laugh

00:20:29.759 --> 00:20:30.259
 at and they

00:20:30.259 --> 00:20:30.980
 mock God.

00:20:31.180 --> 00:20:31.759
 They laugh

00:20:31.759 --> 00:20:32.160
 at him and

00:20:32.160 --> 00:20:32.559
 they mock

00:20:32.559 --> 00:20:32.759
 him.

00:20:33.000 --> 00:20:34.160
 They ridicule

00:20:34.160 --> 00:20:34.500
 us,

00:20:34.740 --> 00:20:35.559
 they ridicule

00:20:35.559 --> 00:20:36.099
 people that

00:20:36.099 --> 00:20:36.400
 are looking

00:20:36.400 --> 00:20:36.819
 to follow

00:20:36.819 --> 00:20:37.220
 Jesus.

00:20:37.599 --> 00:20:37.880
 What?

00:20:38.220 --> 00:20:38.660
 You're a

00:20:38.660 --> 00:20:39.019
 Christian?

00:20:39.180 --> 00:20:39.640
 You really

00:20:39.640 --> 00:20:40.079
 take that

00:20:40.079 --> 00:20:40.539
 seriously?

00:20:41.259 --> 00:20:41.920
 The news

00:20:41.920 --> 00:20:42.140
 and the

00:20:42.140 --> 00:20:42.519
 media are

00:20:42.519 --> 00:20:42.880
 always going

00:20:42.880 --> 00:20:43.240
 to highlight

00:20:43.240 --> 00:20:43.720
 the false

00:20:43.720 --> 00:20:44.180
 teachers,

00:20:44.539 --> 00:20:45.259
 the charlatans,

00:20:45.500 --> 00:20:45.960
 those that

00:20:45.960 --> 00:20:46.380
 make a

00:20:46.380 --> 00:20:47.000
 mockery of

00:20:47.000 --> 00:20:47.559
 the gospel

00:20:47.559 --> 00:20:48.180
 of Jesus.

00:20:48.460 --> 00:20:48.779
 So the

00:20:48.779 --> 00:20:49.140
 way of

00:20:49.140 --> 00:20:49.660
 Jesus is

00:20:49.660 --> 00:20:50.119
 going to

00:20:50.119 --> 00:20:51.220
 be mocked,

00:20:51.259 --> 00:20:51.500
 it's going

00:20:51.500 --> 00:20:51.759
 to be

00:20:51.759 --> 00:20:52.240
 maligned,

00:20:52.299 --> 00:20:52.539
 it's going

00:20:52.539 --> 00:20:52.740
 to be

00:20:52.740 --> 00:20:53.420
 brought into

00:20:53.420 --> 00:20:54.180
 disrepute.

00:20:56.599 --> 00:20:57.180
 But if

00:20:57.180 --> 00:20:57.519
 you're not

00:20:57.519 --> 00:20:57.859
 a follower

00:20:57.859 --> 00:20:58.359
 of Jesus,

00:20:59.359 --> 00:21:00.380
 do not

00:21:00.380 --> 00:21:00.759
 give up

00:21:00.759 --> 00:21:01.279
 because of

00:21:01.279 --> 00:21:01.539
 this.

00:21:01.900 --> 00:21:02.220
 Do not

00:21:02.220 --> 00:21:02.680
 give up.

00:21:03.319 --> 00:21:03.799
 Scottish

00:21:03.799 --> 00:21:04.240
 pastor

00:21:04.240 --> 00:21:04.680
 Colin

00:21:04.680 --> 00:21:05.759
 Smith put

00:21:05.759 --> 00:21:06.079
 it like

00:21:06.079 --> 00:21:06.319
 this,

00:21:06.400 --> 00:21:06.940
 commenting on

00:21:06.940 --> 00:21:08.160
 these verses.

00:21:08.380 --> 00:21:08.640
 He says,

00:21:08.839 --> 00:21:09.500
 one of the

00:21:09.500 --> 00:21:10.500
 strangest

00:21:10.500 --> 00:21:11.359
 reasons for

00:21:11.359 --> 00:21:12.200
 not following

00:21:12.200 --> 00:21:13.000
 Christ goes

00:21:13.000 --> 00:21:13.420
 like this,

00:21:13.460 --> 00:21:13.720
 and maybe

00:21:13.720 --> 00:21:14.099
 you've heard

00:21:14.099 --> 00:21:14.440
 this from

00:21:14.440 --> 00:21:14.740
 people.

00:21:15.539 --> 00:21:15.819
 You know,

00:21:15.859 --> 00:21:16.220
 I've seen

00:21:16.220 --> 00:21:16.720
 people in

00:21:16.720 --> 00:21:17.700
 church that

00:21:17.700 --> 00:21:18.420
 are hypocrites.

00:21:18.420 --> 00:21:19.180
 I'm not

00:21:19.180 --> 00:21:19.360
 going to

00:21:19.360 --> 00:21:19.880
 follow that.

00:21:20.880 --> 00:21:21.140
 So you

00:21:21.140 --> 00:21:21.440
 will not

00:21:21.440 --> 00:21:21.640
 follow

00:21:21.640 --> 00:21:22.320
 Christ

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 because

00:21:23.220 --> 00:21:23.720
 some

00:21:23.720 --> 00:21:24.120
 people

00:21:24.120 --> 00:21:24.279
 who

00:21:24.279 --> 00:21:24.600
 claim

00:21:24.600 --> 00:21:24.779
 to

00:21:24.779 --> 00:21:25.000
 do

00:21:25.000 --> 00:21:25.200
 so

00:21:25.200 --> 00:21:25.380
 are

00:21:25.380 --> 00:21:26.060
 hypocrites.

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 The existence

00:21:28.300 --> 00:21:28.779
 of the

00:21:28.779 --> 00:21:29.600
 counterfeit

00:21:29.600 --> 00:21:30.900
 is never

00:21:30.900 --> 00:21:31.340
 a good

00:21:31.340 --> 00:21:31.880
 reason for

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 rejecting the

00:21:32.680 --> 00:21:33.019
 genuine.

00:21:33.019 --> 00:21:33.099
 genuine.

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 Let me say

00:21:34.160 --> 00:21:34.519
 that again.

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 The existence

00:21:35.319 --> 00:21:35.740
 of a

00:21:35.740 --> 00:21:37.099
 counterfeit is

00:21:37.099 --> 00:21:37.900
 never a good

00:21:37.900 --> 00:21:38.539
 reason for

00:21:38.539 --> 00:21:39.279
 rejecting the

00:21:39.279 --> 00:21:39.720
 genuine.

00:21:40.379 --> 00:21:40.759
 And Peter

00:21:40.759 --> 00:21:41.599
 essentially tells

00:21:41.599 --> 00:21:42.859
 us, of course

00:21:42.859 --> 00:21:43.299
 there are

00:21:43.299 --> 00:21:43.859
 counterfeit

00:21:43.859 --> 00:21:44.279
 Christians.

00:21:44.279 --> 00:21:45.139
 Of course

00:21:45.139 --> 00:21:45.480
 there are

00:21:45.480 --> 00:21:46.859
 teachers who

00:21:46.859 --> 00:21:47.420
 do the

00:21:47.420 --> 00:21:48.259
 church more

00:21:48.259 --> 00:21:49.160
 harm than

00:21:49.160 --> 00:21:49.460
 good.

00:21:50.139 --> 00:21:50.660
 What else

00:21:50.660 --> 00:21:50.940
 would you

00:21:50.940 --> 00:21:51.660
 expect in a

00:21:51.660 --> 00:21:52.319
 fallen world?

00:21:53.079 --> 00:21:53.339
 He says,

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 grow up.

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 Don't be

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 naive.

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 Don't miss

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 what's

00:21:57.460 --> 00:21:58.000
 real.

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 Simply

00:21:59.280 --> 00:22:00.040
 because you've

00:22:00.040 --> 00:22:00.460
 seen the

00:22:00.460 --> 00:22:01.040
 counterfeit.

00:22:01.640 --> 00:22:01.980
 And there's a

00:22:01.980 --> 00:22:02.520
 challenge there

00:22:02.520 --> 00:22:02.840
 isn't there?

00:22:02.880 --> 00:22:03.880
 For us if

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 we're put

00:22:04.740 --> 00:22:05.300
 off by the

00:22:05.300 --> 00:22:05.880
 hypocrisy,

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 if we're put

00:22:06.360 --> 00:22:06.940
 off by what

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 we see from

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 other Christians,

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 yes there is

00:22:10.160 --> 00:22:10.840
 the counterfeit,

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 but don't be

00:22:12.100 --> 00:22:12.940
 put off from

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 the genuine

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 because of

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 that.

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 There are

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 four things

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 I think that

00:22:17.740 --> 00:22:18.360
 come out

00:22:18.360 --> 00:22:19.060
 in the first

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 couple of

00:22:20.040 --> 00:22:20.340
 verses.

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 Let's just

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 recap them.

00:22:23.860 --> 00:22:24.120
 False

00:22:24.120 --> 00:22:24.600
 teachers are

00:22:24.600 --> 00:22:25.200
 among us.

00:22:26.180 --> 00:22:26.580
 They're not

00:22:26.580 --> 00:22:26.940
 just from

00:22:26.940 --> 00:22:27.320
 outside,

00:22:27.420 --> 00:22:27.660
 but they

00:22:27.660 --> 00:22:28.000
 are among

00:22:28.000 --> 00:22:28.420
 us as

00:22:28.420 --> 00:22:28.779
 Christians.

00:22:29.160 --> 00:22:29.700
 They come

00:22:29.700 --> 00:22:29.980
 with a

00:22:29.980 --> 00:22:30.200
 different

00:22:30.200 --> 00:22:30.640
 message.

00:22:30.759 --> 00:22:31.299
 They speak

00:22:31.299 --> 00:22:32.420
 heresy.

00:22:33.539 --> 00:22:34.039
 They're going

00:22:34.039 --> 00:22:34.539
 to have many

00:22:34.539 --> 00:22:35.000
 followers,

00:22:36.000 --> 00:22:37.279
 and they

00:22:37.279 --> 00:22:37.720
 bring,

00:22:37.940 --> 00:22:38.500
 as a result,

00:22:38.900 --> 00:22:39.539
 the way of

00:22:39.539 --> 00:22:40.700
 Jesus into

00:22:40.700 --> 00:22:41.640
 disrepute.

00:22:44.059 --> 00:22:44.620
 Verses

00:22:44.620 --> 00:22:46.400
 3 to

00:22:46.400 --> 00:22:47.160
 10,

00:22:47.960 --> 00:22:48.580
 the latter

00:22:48.580 --> 00:22:48.980
 part of

00:22:48.980 --> 00:22:49.559
 verse 3 to

00:22:49.559 --> 00:22:49.960
 10,

00:22:50.180 --> 00:22:50.980
 there's a lot

00:22:50.980 --> 00:22:51.320
 in there,

00:22:51.500 --> 00:22:51.680
 and are

00:22:51.680 --> 00:22:52.039
 difficult

00:22:52.039 --> 00:22:52.460
 verses.

00:22:53.240 --> 00:22:53.580
 We're just

00:22:53.580 --> 00:22:53.960
 going to go

00:22:53.960 --> 00:22:54.900
 through a

00:22:54.900 --> 00:22:55.420
 brief overview.

00:22:55.519 --> 00:22:55.620
 If you have

00:22:55.620 --> 00:22:56.279
 any questions,

00:22:56.279 --> 00:22:57.519
 because I

00:22:57.519 --> 00:22:57.839
 realize there

00:22:57.839 --> 00:22:58.220
 is a lot

00:22:58.220 --> 00:22:58.539
 in there,

00:22:59.160 --> 00:22:59.819
 please do

00:22:59.819 --> 00:23:00.599
 come and

00:23:00.599 --> 00:23:00.839
 ask.

00:23:00.920 --> 00:23:01.160
 I'm very

00:23:01.160 --> 00:23:01.759
 happy to

00:23:01.759 --> 00:23:02.819
 explore it

00:23:02.819 --> 00:23:03.240
 a bit more

00:23:03.240 --> 00:23:03.500
 and to

00:23:03.500 --> 00:23:03.980
 understand it

00:23:03.980 --> 00:23:04.359
 a bit more.

00:23:05.639 --> 00:23:06.279
 But as we

00:23:06.279 --> 00:23:06.779
 read from

00:23:06.779 --> 00:23:07.740
 verse 3,

00:23:08.420 --> 00:23:08.759
 the second

00:23:08.759 --> 00:23:09.200
 half of it,

00:23:09.259 --> 00:23:09.379
 it says,

00:23:09.500 --> 00:23:09.599
 their

00:23:09.599 --> 00:23:10.399
 condemnation

00:23:10.399 --> 00:23:10.819
 has been

00:23:10.819 --> 00:23:11.559
 hanging over

00:23:11.559 --> 00:23:11.819
 them,

00:23:12.299 --> 00:23:12.740
 and their

00:23:12.740 --> 00:23:13.279
 destruction

00:23:13.279 --> 00:23:13.839
 has not

00:23:13.839 --> 00:23:14.059
 been

00:23:14.059 --> 00:23:14.480
 sleeping.

00:23:15.519 --> 00:23:15.879
 And Peter

00:23:15.879 --> 00:23:16.399
 takes that

00:23:16.399 --> 00:23:16.799
 little bit

00:23:16.799 --> 00:23:17.099
 at the end

00:23:17.099 --> 00:23:17.579
 of verse 3

00:23:17.579 --> 00:23:17.960
 and begins

00:23:17.960 --> 00:23:18.660
 to unpack it

00:23:18.660 --> 00:23:18.940
 through the

00:23:18.940 --> 00:23:19.559
 rest of

00:23:19.559 --> 00:23:20.879
 chapter 2.

00:23:20.880 --> 00:23:22.660
 So after

00:23:22.660 --> 00:23:23.420
 characterizing

00:23:23.420 --> 00:23:23.960
 what false

00:23:23.960 --> 00:23:24.480
 teachers are

00:23:24.480 --> 00:23:24.800
 like,

00:23:25.700 --> 00:23:26.040
 Peter is

00:23:26.040 --> 00:23:26.840
 moving to

00:23:26.840 --> 00:23:27.560
 their destiny.

00:23:29.120 --> 00:23:29.900
 He's moving

00:23:29.900 --> 00:23:30.400
 to what their

00:23:30.400 --> 00:23:30.880
 destiny is.

00:23:31.020 --> 00:23:31.940
 In chapter 1,

00:23:32.120 --> 00:23:32.780
 remember those

00:23:32.780 --> 00:23:33.380
 verses that we

00:23:33.380 --> 00:23:33.800
 looked at in

00:23:33.800 --> 00:23:34.600
 verse 10 and

00:23:34.600 --> 00:23:34.920
 11,

00:23:35.120 --> 00:23:36.120
 and to me

00:23:36.120 --> 00:23:36.440
 it's the

00:23:36.440 --> 00:23:37.220
 pinnacle of

00:23:37.220 --> 00:23:38.280
 chapter 1 in

00:23:38.280 --> 00:23:38.540
 a sense.

00:23:38.660 --> 00:23:39.300
 It's the pinnacle

00:23:39.300 --> 00:23:40.200
 of the gospel

00:23:40.200 --> 00:23:40.720
 message.

00:23:41.080 --> 00:23:41.880
 It's Peter saying,

00:23:42.360 --> 00:23:43.280
 live in faith

00:23:43.280 --> 00:23:44.040
 and keep growing

00:23:44.040 --> 00:23:44.580
 in your faith

00:23:44.580 --> 00:23:45.200
 and add these

00:23:45.200 --> 00:23:46.200
 characteristics of

00:23:46.200 --> 00:23:47.000
 godliness and

00:23:47.000 --> 00:23:47.920
 self-control and

00:23:47.920 --> 00:23:48.600
 brotherly kindness

00:23:48.599 --> 00:23:49.259
 and all these

00:23:49.259 --> 00:23:50.539
 wonderful things

00:23:50.539 --> 00:23:51.259
 and you're

00:23:51.259 --> 00:23:51.659
 going to get

00:23:51.659 --> 00:23:51.919
 there.

00:23:52.219 --> 00:23:52.799
 You will get

00:23:52.799 --> 00:23:52.959
 there.

00:23:53.079 --> 00:23:53.699
 Jesus is going

00:23:53.699 --> 00:23:54.639
 to call you

00:23:54.639 --> 00:23:54.939
 and he's

00:23:54.939 --> 00:23:55.619
 elected you

00:23:55.619 --> 00:23:56.019
 and you're

00:23:56.019 --> 00:23:56.419
 going to get

00:23:56.419 --> 00:23:56.599
 there.

00:23:56.679 --> 00:23:57.079
 Just stay

00:23:57.079 --> 00:23:57.699
 on the path.

00:23:59.399 --> 00:23:59.959
 That's our

00:23:59.959 --> 00:24:00.459
 destiny.

00:24:01.519 --> 00:24:02.259
 The destiny

00:24:02.259 --> 00:24:03.919
 of those that

00:24:03.919 --> 00:24:04.519
 are called on

00:24:04.519 --> 00:24:05.199
 the path of

00:24:05.199 --> 00:24:05.919
 the gospel is

00:24:05.919 --> 00:24:06.679
 eternal life

00:24:06.679 --> 00:24:07.219
 and a reward

00:24:07.219 --> 00:24:07.659
 in heaven.

00:24:08.659 --> 00:24:09.079
 Now in

00:24:09.079 --> 00:24:10.039
 chapter 2,

00:24:10.579 --> 00:24:11.519
 Peter turns to

00:24:11.519 --> 00:24:12.139
 what lies at

00:24:12.139 --> 00:24:12.559
 the end of

00:24:12.559 --> 00:24:13.179
 the path for

00:24:13.179 --> 00:24:13.619
 the false

00:24:13.619 --> 00:24:14.119
 teachers.

00:24:14.619 --> 00:24:14.879
 It's a

00:24:14.879 --> 00:24:15.500
 different path,

00:24:15.599 --> 00:24:15.839
 remember,

00:24:15.919 --> 00:24:16.319
 and it has a

00:24:16.319 --> 00:24:17.740
 different destination.

00:24:18.599 --> 00:24:19.500
 And he says

00:24:19.500 --> 00:24:20.179
 in verse 3,

00:24:20.339 --> 00:24:21.959
 it's condemnation

00:24:21.959 --> 00:24:23.259
 and destruction.

00:24:25.500 --> 00:24:26.000
 You know,

00:24:26.039 --> 00:24:26.939
 we're saddened,

00:24:27.019 --> 00:24:28.279
 I think,

00:24:28.319 --> 00:24:28.740
 when we read

00:24:28.740 --> 00:24:29.079
 through the

00:24:29.079 --> 00:24:29.799
 characteristics of

00:24:29.799 --> 00:24:30.139
 the false

00:24:30.139 --> 00:24:30.639
 teachers and

00:24:30.639 --> 00:24:30.980
 see the

00:24:30.980 --> 00:24:32.559
 destruction that

00:24:32.559 --> 00:24:33.399
 they wage on

00:24:33.399 --> 00:24:34.279
 people's lives

00:24:34.279 --> 00:24:34.759
 and on the

00:24:34.759 --> 00:24:35.159
 gospel.

00:24:36.299 --> 00:24:36.759
 And we're

00:24:36.759 --> 00:24:37.279
 saddened to

00:24:37.279 --> 00:24:37.579
 think that

00:24:37.579 --> 00:24:37.919
 people are

00:24:37.919 --> 00:24:38.619
 led astray

00:24:38.619 --> 00:24:39.279
 and people are

00:24:39.279 --> 00:24:40.980
 exploited by a

00:24:40.980 --> 00:24:41.439
 message of

00:24:41.439 --> 00:24:41.939
 greed.

00:24:43.319 --> 00:24:44.079
 And we ask,

00:24:44.159 --> 00:24:45.119
 where is God?

00:24:45.119 --> 00:24:47.119
 Why is God

00:24:47.119 --> 00:24:48.799
 allowing this

00:24:48.799 --> 00:24:49.779
 to happen?

00:24:49.879 --> 00:24:50.219
 Couldn't he

00:24:50.219 --> 00:24:50.859
 even protect

00:24:50.859 --> 00:24:51.359
 his own

00:24:51.359 --> 00:24:51.819
 message?

00:24:52.959 --> 00:24:53.759
 But Peter

00:24:53.759 --> 00:24:54.419
 tells us that

00:24:54.419 --> 00:24:55.939
 God is just.

00:24:56.679 --> 00:24:57.319
 He is not

00:24:57.319 --> 00:24:58.199
 sitting by

00:24:58.199 --> 00:24:59.179
 while false

00:24:59.179 --> 00:24:59.899
 teachers are

00:24:59.899 --> 00:25:01.099
 running amok.

00:25:02.699 --> 00:25:04.000
 In chapter 1,

00:25:04.099 --> 00:25:05.299
 God shows us

00:25:05.299 --> 00:25:06.119
 his love

00:25:06.119 --> 00:25:07.959
 in electing

00:25:07.959 --> 00:25:08.639
 and rescuing

00:25:08.639 --> 00:25:09.259
 his people

00:25:09.259 --> 00:25:10.759
 and bringing

00:25:10.759 --> 00:25:11.399
 them to their

00:25:11.399 --> 00:25:12.339
 eternal reward.

00:25:12.339 --> 00:25:14.539
 Now in

00:25:14.539 --> 00:25:15.119
 chapter 2,

00:25:15.179 --> 00:25:15.679
 I believe God

00:25:15.679 --> 00:25:16.199
 is showing us

00:25:16.199 --> 00:25:16.619
 his great

00:25:16.619 --> 00:25:18.599
 justice in

00:25:18.599 --> 00:25:19.419
 dealing with

00:25:19.419 --> 00:25:20.240
 false teachers

00:25:20.240 --> 00:25:21.480
 who ruin

00:25:21.480 --> 00:25:22.319
 the faith

00:25:22.319 --> 00:25:23.539
 of many.

00:25:25.819 --> 00:25:26.679
 Verse 4

00:25:26.679 --> 00:25:27.179
 to 8,

00:25:27.599 --> 00:25:28.539
 very dense,

00:25:29.019 --> 00:25:29.699
 there's a lot

00:25:29.699 --> 00:25:30.159
 in there,

00:25:31.319 --> 00:25:33.159
 but it gives

00:25:33.159 --> 00:25:34.079
 us three

00:25:34.079 --> 00:25:34.799
 examples from

00:25:34.799 --> 00:25:35.299
 the past,

00:25:35.399 --> 00:25:35.859
 from the Old

00:25:35.859 --> 00:25:36.199
 Testament,

00:25:37.379 --> 00:25:38.119
 showing how

00:25:38.119 --> 00:25:38.779
 God is able

00:25:38.779 --> 00:25:39.759
 to sift out

00:25:39.759 --> 00:25:41.359
 and to judge

00:25:41.359 --> 00:25:42.079
 the ungodly.

00:25:43.339 --> 00:25:43.839
 And the

00:25:43.839 --> 00:25:44.519
 first example

00:25:44.519 --> 00:25:44.939
 is how he

00:25:44.939 --> 00:25:45.539
 dealt with

00:25:45.539 --> 00:25:46.899
 rebellious angels.

00:25:47.119 --> 00:25:47.339
 And I think

00:25:47.339 --> 00:25:47.699
 we always get

00:25:47.699 --> 00:25:47.939
 a little bit

00:25:47.939 --> 00:25:48.559
 excited when

00:25:48.559 --> 00:25:48.980
 we're talking

00:25:48.980 --> 00:25:49.319
 about the

00:25:49.319 --> 00:25:49.899
 heavenly realms

00:25:49.899 --> 00:25:50.919
 because it's

00:25:50.919 --> 00:25:51.419
 something that's

00:25:51.419 --> 00:25:51.939
 unseen,

00:25:52.179 --> 00:25:53.039
 it's supernatural.

00:25:54.919 --> 00:25:55.619
 Now we don't

00:25:55.619 --> 00:25:56.119
 know everything

00:25:56.119 --> 00:25:56.799
 there is to

00:25:56.799 --> 00:25:57.399
 know about

00:25:57.399 --> 00:25:57.859
 the heavenly

00:25:57.859 --> 00:25:58.519
 realms and

00:25:58.519 --> 00:25:58.859
 angels.

00:25:59.859 --> 00:26:00.519
 God has

00:26:00.519 --> 00:26:00.939
 given us

00:26:00.939 --> 00:26:01.339
 what he has

00:26:01.339 --> 00:26:01.759
 given us

00:26:01.759 --> 00:26:02.159
 and we know

00:26:02.159 --> 00:26:03.139
 certain things.

00:26:03.679 --> 00:26:04.240
 So it's

00:26:04.240 --> 00:26:05.500
 hard to know

00:26:05.500 --> 00:26:05.919
 when this

00:26:05.919 --> 00:26:06.759
 rebellion took

00:26:06.759 --> 00:26:07.679
 place exactly

00:26:07.679 --> 00:26:08.720
 or what was

00:26:08.720 --> 00:26:09.319
 all involved.

00:26:09.579 --> 00:26:09.899
 But what we

00:26:09.899 --> 00:26:10.399
 do know from

00:26:10.399 --> 00:26:11.139
 these verses

00:26:11.139 --> 00:26:11.559
 is that in

00:26:11.559 --> 00:26:12.139
 the past,

00:26:12.339 --> 00:26:13.159
 that the

00:26:13.159 --> 00:26:13.659
 angels,

00:26:13.839 --> 00:26:14.220
 the heavenly

00:26:14.220 --> 00:26:15.099
 beings created

00:26:15.099 --> 00:26:15.720
 by God,

00:26:16.079 --> 00:26:16.859
 rebelled in

00:26:16.859 --> 00:26:17.619
 sin against

00:26:17.619 --> 00:26:18.359
 their creator.

00:26:19.759 --> 00:26:20.379
 And many

00:26:20.379 --> 00:26:21.179
 of those angels

00:26:21.179 --> 00:26:22.139
 are being

00:26:22.139 --> 00:26:23.240
 held,

00:26:23.839 --> 00:26:24.099
 it says,

00:26:24.179 --> 00:26:24.559
 in hell

00:26:24.559 --> 00:26:25.619
 awaiting their

00:26:25.619 --> 00:26:26.839
 final judgment.

00:26:26.839 --> 00:26:30.539
 God did

00:26:30.539 --> 00:26:30.720
 God did not

00:26:30.720 --> 00:26:31.259
 spare his

00:26:31.259 --> 00:26:31.899
 own angels

00:26:31.899 --> 00:26:33.240
 when it

00:26:33.240 --> 00:26:33.659
 came to

00:26:33.659 --> 00:26:34.000
 judgment.

00:26:34.000 --> 00:26:34.379
 When it

00:26:34.379 --> 00:26:34.759
 came to

00:26:34.759 --> 00:26:34.980
 judgment,

00:26:35.159 --> 00:26:36.079
 God did

00:26:36.079 --> 00:26:36.659
 not spare

00:26:36.659 --> 00:26:37.299
 his own

00:26:37.299 --> 00:26:38.139
 angels.

00:26:39.259 --> 00:26:39.659
 The second

00:26:39.659 --> 00:26:41.299
 example is

00:26:41.299 --> 00:26:41.799
 how he dealt

00:26:41.799 --> 00:26:42.099
 with the

00:26:42.099 --> 00:26:42.919
 ancient world.

00:26:44.659 --> 00:26:45.359
 I was just

00:26:45.359 --> 00:26:45.959
 looking actually

00:26:45.959 --> 00:26:46.379
 yesterday,

00:26:46.579 --> 00:26:46.720
 there's,

00:26:46.959 --> 00:26:47.740
 it'll be

00:26:47.740 --> 00:26:48.139
 interesting to

00:26:48.139 --> 00:26:48.399
 see how

00:26:48.399 --> 00:26:48.720
 they do it,

00:26:48.740 --> 00:26:48.919
 but in

00:26:48.919 --> 00:26:49.399
 2014,

00:26:49.659 --> 00:26:50.019
 there's a

00:26:50.019 --> 00:26:50.799
 Russell Crowe

00:26:50.799 --> 00:26:52.220
 film that's

00:26:52.220 --> 00:26:52.659
 coming out

00:26:52.659 --> 00:26:53.359
 called Noah.

00:26:53.359 --> 00:26:53.439
 Noah.

00:26:54.240 --> 00:26:54.639
 It'll be

00:26:54.639 --> 00:26:55.179
 very exciting,

00:26:55.279 --> 00:26:55.679
 especially for

00:26:55.679 --> 00:26:56.079
 our youngest,

00:26:56.279 --> 00:26:56.599
 because that's

00:26:56.599 --> 00:26:56.979
 his name,

00:26:57.159 --> 00:26:58.539
 but it'll be

00:26:58.539 --> 00:26:58.979
 interesting to

00:26:58.979 --> 00:26:59.439
 see how they

00:26:59.439 --> 00:27:00.000
 deal with it,

00:27:00.039 --> 00:27:01.500
 because in

00:27:01.500 --> 00:27:02.240
 the early days

00:27:02.240 --> 00:27:02.579
 of human

00:27:02.579 --> 00:27:02.959
 history,

00:27:03.399 --> 00:27:04.839
 God flooded

00:27:04.839 --> 00:27:05.279
 the whole

00:27:05.279 --> 00:27:05.599
 earth,

00:27:06.639 --> 00:27:07.019
 and only

00:27:07.019 --> 00:27:08.299
 eight people

00:27:08.299 --> 00:27:09.399
 survived.

00:27:10.159 --> 00:27:11.319
 God did

00:27:11.319 --> 00:27:12.179
 not spare

00:27:12.179 --> 00:27:12.879
 the ancient

00:27:12.879 --> 00:27:13.939
 world.

00:27:15.399 --> 00:27:15.859
 Judgment

00:27:15.859 --> 00:27:17.419
 came swiftly,

00:27:18.099 --> 00:27:18.699
 but it says

00:27:18.699 --> 00:27:20.019
 God knew

00:27:20.019 --> 00:27:21.240
 how to

00:27:21.240 --> 00:27:21.979
 rescue

00:27:21.979 --> 00:27:22.740
 Noah.

00:27:23.359 --> 00:27:24.219
 You see

00:27:24.219 --> 00:27:24.399
 that?

00:27:24.500 --> 00:27:25.000
 God knew

00:27:25.000 --> 00:27:25.339
 how to

00:27:25.339 --> 00:27:25.639
 rescue

00:27:25.639 --> 00:27:25.919
 Noah.

00:27:26.139 --> 00:27:27.399
 God gave

00:27:27.399 --> 00:27:28.379
 instructions,

00:27:28.539 --> 00:27:29.019
 didn't he,

00:27:29.839 --> 00:27:30.539
 to Noah to

00:27:30.539 --> 00:27:30.959
 build a

00:27:30.959 --> 00:27:31.339
 boat,

00:27:31.899 --> 00:27:32.379
 an ark,

00:27:32.519 --> 00:27:33.079
 to ensure

00:27:33.079 --> 00:27:33.500
 that when

00:27:33.500 --> 00:27:34.679
 judgment came

00:27:34.679 --> 00:27:35.079
 that they

00:27:35.079 --> 00:27:35.379
 would be

00:27:35.379 --> 00:27:35.779
 protected.

00:27:36.059 --> 00:27:36.359
 So even

00:27:36.359 --> 00:27:36.719
 in the

00:27:36.719 --> 00:27:37.159
 midst of

00:27:37.159 --> 00:27:37.839
 a flood,

00:27:38.339 --> 00:27:38.719
 even in

00:27:38.719 --> 00:27:39.079
 the midst

00:27:39.079 --> 00:27:40.059
 of worldwide

00:27:40.059 --> 00:27:40.619
 destruction,

00:27:41.000 --> 00:27:41.559
 God knew.

00:27:42.139 --> 00:27:42.979
 God knew

00:27:42.979 --> 00:27:43.639
 how to

00:27:43.639 --> 00:27:44.199
 rescue Noah.

00:27:45.139 --> 00:27:45.899
 The third

00:27:45.899 --> 00:27:46.319
 example,

00:27:46.479 --> 00:27:46.859
 the cities

00:27:46.859 --> 00:27:47.679
 of Sodom

00:27:47.679 --> 00:27:48.139
 and Gomorrah,

00:27:48.240 --> 00:27:48.419
 they were

00:27:48.419 --> 00:27:49.419
 cities that

00:27:49.419 --> 00:27:50.279
 were literally

00:27:50.279 --> 00:27:51.259
 thriving and

00:27:51.259 --> 00:27:52.359
 full of sin

00:27:52.359 --> 00:27:52.979
 and rebellion

00:27:52.980 --> 00:27:53.400
 and all

00:27:53.400 --> 00:27:54.059
 the chains

00:27:54.059 --> 00:27:54.559
 were off,

00:27:54.660 --> 00:27:54.940
 all the

00:27:54.940 --> 00:27:55.480
 restrictions

00:27:55.480 --> 00:27:56.079
 were off.

00:27:56.299 --> 00:27:56.599
 These were

00:27:56.599 --> 00:27:57.039
 people that

00:27:57.039 --> 00:27:57.400
 lived with

00:27:57.400 --> 00:27:58.039
 no reference

00:27:58.039 --> 00:27:58.559
 to God.

00:27:59.660 --> 00:28:00.360
 Everyone doing

00:28:00.360 --> 00:28:01.019
 what was right

00:28:01.019 --> 00:28:01.480
 in their own

00:28:01.480 --> 00:28:01.799
 eyes.

00:28:02.400 --> 00:28:03.079
 People turned

00:28:03.079 --> 00:28:03.539
 away from

00:28:03.539 --> 00:28:03.920
 God and

00:28:03.920 --> 00:28:05.220
 they involved

00:28:05.220 --> 00:28:05.740
 themselves in

00:28:05.740 --> 00:28:06.299
 whatever sin

00:28:06.299 --> 00:28:06.920
 they desired.

00:28:08.160 --> 00:28:08.779
 God knew

00:28:08.779 --> 00:28:09.519
 how to destroy

00:28:09.519 --> 00:28:10.160
 those cities

00:28:10.160 --> 00:28:11.819
 and at the

00:28:11.819 --> 00:28:12.299
 same time

00:28:12.299 --> 00:28:12.599
 he knew

00:28:12.599 --> 00:28:12.880
 how to

00:28:12.880 --> 00:28:13.200
 rescue

00:28:13.200 --> 00:28:13.480
 Lot.

00:28:14.720 --> 00:28:15.220
 Remember

00:28:15.220 --> 00:28:15.799
 God sent

00:28:15.799 --> 00:28:16.380
 his angels

00:28:16.380 --> 00:28:18.279
 to instruct

00:28:18.279 --> 00:28:18.839
 Lot and

00:28:18.839 --> 00:28:19.380
 his family

00:28:19.380 --> 00:28:20.000
 to flee

00:28:20.000 --> 00:28:21.019
 and they

00:28:21.019 --> 00:28:21.200
 had to

00:28:21.200 --> 00:28:21.680
 work really

00:28:21.680 --> 00:28:22.180
 hard to

00:28:22.180 --> 00:28:22.539
 get Lot

00:28:22.539 --> 00:28:23.019
 to flee.

00:28:23.119 --> 00:28:23.400
 He didn't

00:28:23.400 --> 00:28:23.799
 want to

00:28:23.799 --> 00:28:23.980
 flee.

00:28:24.119 --> 00:28:24.359
 He didn't

00:28:24.359 --> 00:28:25.000
 understand what

00:28:25.000 --> 00:28:25.380
 was happening.

00:28:25.759 --> 00:28:25.940
 But there

00:28:25.940 --> 00:28:26.240
 were very

00:28:26.240 --> 00:28:26.799
 specific,

00:28:26.960 --> 00:28:27.500
 very clear

00:28:27.500 --> 00:28:28.019
 instructions.

00:28:28.259 --> 00:28:28.759
 Keep going.

00:28:28.900 --> 00:28:29.279
 Don't look

00:28:29.279 --> 00:28:29.619
 back.

00:28:30.019 --> 00:28:30.480
 Go to the

00:28:30.480 --> 00:28:30.799
 hills.

00:28:30.920 --> 00:28:31.119
 Bit of

00:28:31.119 --> 00:28:31.700
 negotiation.

00:28:31.900 --> 00:28:32.140
 No, we'll

00:28:32.140 --> 00:28:32.700
 go to this

00:28:32.700 --> 00:28:33.460
 town instead.

00:28:33.579 --> 00:28:34.059
 Okay, but

00:28:34.059 --> 00:28:34.380
 don't look

00:28:34.380 --> 00:28:34.660
 back.

00:28:35.140 --> 00:28:35.619
 Keep going.

00:28:36.359 --> 00:28:37.000
 God knew

00:28:37.000 --> 00:28:38.440
 how to

00:28:38.440 --> 00:28:38.859
 save them

00:28:38.859 --> 00:28:39.259
 in the midst

00:28:39.259 --> 00:28:39.880
 of destruction.

00:28:42.039 --> 00:28:42.599
 And these

00:28:42.599 --> 00:28:43.119
 verses, these

00:28:43.119 --> 00:28:43.519
 are all the

00:28:43.519 --> 00:28:44.339
 past judgments

00:28:44.339 --> 00:28:44.859
 showing that

00:28:44.859 --> 00:28:45.420
 God takes

00:28:45.420 --> 00:28:46.519
 sin and

00:28:46.519 --> 00:28:47.059
 rebellion

00:28:47.059 --> 00:28:48.299
 seriously.

00:28:48.480 --> 00:28:48.940
 We think

00:28:48.940 --> 00:28:49.399
 that God

00:28:49.399 --> 00:28:50.440
 doesn't at

00:28:50.440 --> 00:28:51.059
 times, don't

00:28:51.059 --> 00:28:51.200
 we?

00:28:51.240 --> 00:28:51.679
 We don't

00:28:51.679 --> 00:28:52.919
 see his

00:28:52.919 --> 00:28:53.519
 judgments

00:28:53.519 --> 00:28:54.839
 being meted

00:28:54.839 --> 00:28:55.899
 out like

00:28:55.899 --> 00:28:56.639
 this all

00:28:56.639 --> 00:28:57.119
 the time.

00:28:58.240 --> 00:28:58.919
 But they

00:28:58.919 --> 00:28:59.419
 show as

00:28:59.419 --> 00:28:59.799
 well, don't

00:28:59.799 --> 00:29:00.079
 they, that

00:29:00.079 --> 00:29:01.179
 God knows

00:29:01.179 --> 00:29:01.539
 how to

00:29:01.539 --> 00:29:02.019
 keep his

00:29:02.019 --> 00:29:02.839
 people safe

00:29:02.839 --> 00:29:03.099
 in the

00:29:03.099 --> 00:29:03.460
 midst of

00:29:03.460 --> 00:29:03.839
 judgment.

00:29:05.099 --> 00:29:05.480
 God

00:29:05.480 --> 00:29:07.319
 showed his

00:29:07.319 --> 00:29:09.000
 people the

00:29:09.000 --> 00:29:09.960
 path to

00:29:09.960 --> 00:29:10.559
 safety, the

00:29:10.559 --> 00:29:11.639
 path to

00:29:11.639 --> 00:29:11.960
 eternal

00:29:11.960 --> 00:29:12.319
 life.

00:29:13.899 --> 00:29:14.200
 And then

00:29:14.200 --> 00:29:14.700
 we come

00:29:14.700 --> 00:29:16.539
 to verse

00:29:16.539 --> 00:29:16.919
 nine.

00:29:16.920 --> 00:29:17.660
 And verses

00:29:17.660 --> 00:29:18.279
 four to

00:29:18.279 --> 00:29:18.759
 eight are

00:29:18.759 --> 00:29:19.660
 giving examples

00:29:19.660 --> 00:29:20.000
 from the

00:29:20.000 --> 00:29:20.580
 past and

00:29:20.580 --> 00:29:21.440
 they're almost

00:29:21.440 --> 00:29:22.100
 the lesser

00:29:22.100 --> 00:29:22.720
 example.

00:29:22.920 --> 00:29:23.620
 Peter here is

00:29:23.620 --> 00:29:24.160
 arguing from

00:29:24.160 --> 00:29:24.680
 the less

00:29:24.680 --> 00:29:25.720
 these things

00:29:25.720 --> 00:29:26.259
 in the past

00:29:26.259 --> 00:29:27.200
 to the more.

00:29:27.440 --> 00:29:27.920
 Verse nine.

00:29:28.019 --> 00:29:28.360
 And this is

00:29:28.360 --> 00:29:29.140
 what he says.

00:29:29.900 --> 00:29:30.539
 If this is

00:29:30.539 --> 00:29:31.840
 so, these

00:29:31.840 --> 00:29:32.620
 three examples,

00:29:33.140 --> 00:29:33.500
 then the

00:29:33.500 --> 00:29:34.539
 Lord knows

00:29:34.539 --> 00:29:35.019
 how to

00:29:35.019 --> 00:29:35.840
 rescue godly

00:29:35.840 --> 00:29:36.220
 men from

00:29:36.220 --> 00:29:37.080
 trials and

00:29:37.080 --> 00:29:37.860
 to hold

00:29:37.860 --> 00:29:38.600
 the unrighteous

00:29:38.600 --> 00:29:39.100
 for the day

00:29:39.100 --> 00:29:39.560
 of judgment

00:29:39.560 --> 00:29:41.500
 while continuing

00:29:41.500 --> 00:29:42.680
 their punishment.

00:29:45.380 --> 00:29:45.900
 False

00:29:45.900 --> 00:29:46.340
 teachers

00:29:46.339 --> 00:29:47.839
 look like

00:29:47.839 --> 00:29:48.000
 they're

00:29:48.000 --> 00:29:48.539
 working in

00:29:48.539 --> 00:29:48.899
 the world

00:29:48.899 --> 00:29:49.619
 with impunity.

00:29:50.339 --> 00:29:51.279
 It looks

00:29:51.279 --> 00:29:51.779
 like they're

00:29:51.779 --> 00:29:52.740
 doing as

00:29:52.740 --> 00:29:53.720
 they wish

00:29:53.720 --> 00:29:54.399
 without any

00:29:54.399 --> 00:29:54.919
 fear.

00:29:56.019 --> 00:29:56.699
 But the

00:29:56.699 --> 00:29:57.619
 Lord tells

00:29:57.619 --> 00:29:58.059
 us,

00:29:58.500 --> 00:29:58.859
 doesn't he,

00:29:58.899 --> 00:29:59.220
 in verse

00:29:59.220 --> 00:29:59.519
 three,

00:29:59.599 --> 00:29:59.779
 and he

00:29:59.779 --> 00:30:00.539
 unpacks it

00:30:00.539 --> 00:30:00.939
 in those

00:30:00.939 --> 00:30:01.939
 other verses,

00:30:02.500 --> 00:30:03.039
 that their

00:30:03.039 --> 00:30:04.000
 condemnation is

00:30:04.000 --> 00:30:04.559
 hanging over

00:30:04.559 --> 00:30:04.859
 them.

00:30:07.459 --> 00:30:08.279
 It says it's

00:30:08.279 --> 00:30:08.599
 going to be

00:30:08.599 --> 00:30:09.000
 swift.

00:30:09.199 --> 00:30:09.480
 What does

00:30:09.480 --> 00:30:09.839
 that mean?

00:30:09.899 --> 00:30:11.279
 Because it's

00:30:11.279 --> 00:30:11.579
 not.

00:30:11.579 --> 00:30:12.699
 They carry

00:30:12.699 --> 00:30:13.619
 on destructive

00:30:13.619 --> 00:30:15.079
 teachings and

00:30:15.079 --> 00:30:15.699
 people are

00:30:15.699 --> 00:30:16.500
 led astray and

00:30:16.500 --> 00:30:17.559
 we think of

00:30:17.559 --> 00:30:18.599
 swift as

00:30:18.599 --> 00:30:19.579
 immediate,

00:30:20.699 --> 00:30:21.319
 but it's

00:30:21.319 --> 00:30:21.859
 not immediate,

00:30:22.039 --> 00:30:22.319
 is it?

00:30:22.859 --> 00:30:23.399
 Why is

00:30:23.399 --> 00:30:23.699
 that?

00:30:24.500 --> 00:30:24.859
 Well, I

00:30:24.859 --> 00:30:25.399
 believe it is

00:30:25.399 --> 00:30:26.240
 delayed now

00:30:26.240 --> 00:30:27.539
 so that they

00:30:27.539 --> 00:30:28.240
 would turn

00:30:28.240 --> 00:30:29.559
 even now

00:30:29.559 --> 00:30:30.500
 and repent.

00:30:31.559 --> 00:30:32.139
 Let's look,

00:30:32.359 --> 00:30:32.879
 just turn over

00:30:32.879 --> 00:30:33.500
 the page,

00:30:34.819 --> 00:30:35.599
 chapter three

00:30:35.599 --> 00:30:38.119
 and verse

00:30:38.119 --> 00:30:38.500
 nine.

00:30:38.619 --> 00:30:38.939
 And this is

00:30:38.939 --> 00:30:39.599
 Peter writing

00:30:39.599 --> 00:30:40.299
 in response

00:30:40.299 --> 00:30:41.139
 to the

00:30:41.139 --> 00:30:41.659
 scoffers,

00:30:41.759 --> 00:30:42.059
 the people

00:30:42.059 --> 00:30:42.319
 that say,

00:30:42.419 --> 00:30:42.740
 where is

00:30:42.740 --> 00:30:43.079
 God's

00:30:43.079 --> 00:30:43.359
 coming?

00:30:43.459 --> 00:30:43.879
 Where is

00:30:43.879 --> 00:30:44.299
 his judgment?

00:30:44.659 --> 00:30:45.159
 Everything's

00:30:45.159 --> 00:30:45.839
 going on as

00:30:45.839 --> 00:30:46.259
 it always

00:30:46.259 --> 00:30:46.539
 has.

00:30:46.799 --> 00:30:47.500
 God isn't

00:30:47.500 --> 00:30:48.099
 coming back.

00:30:48.139 --> 00:30:48.480
 He doesn't

00:30:48.480 --> 00:30:48.879
 care.

00:30:50.179 --> 00:30:50.699
 Why the

00:30:50.699 --> 00:30:51.059
 delay?

00:30:52.279 --> 00:30:52.679
 And Peter

00:30:52.679 --> 00:30:53.259
 says in

00:30:53.259 --> 00:30:53.899
 verse nine,

00:30:54.740 --> 00:30:55.199
 the Lord

00:30:55.199 --> 00:30:55.579
 is not

00:30:55.579 --> 00:30:56.480
 slow in

00:30:56.480 --> 00:30:57.000
 keeping his

00:30:57.000 --> 00:30:57.439
 promise,

00:30:57.639 --> 00:30:58.219
 as some

00:30:58.219 --> 00:30:58.939
 understand

00:30:58.939 --> 00:30:59.480
 slowness.

00:31:00.439 --> 00:31:00.859
 He is

00:31:00.859 --> 00:31:01.619
 patient with

00:31:01.619 --> 00:31:01.879
 you.

00:31:02.819 --> 00:31:03.319
 Read these

00:31:03.319 --> 00:31:03.579
 words.

00:31:04.119 --> 00:31:05.359
 Not wanting

00:31:05.359 --> 00:31:07.179
 anyone to

00:31:07.179 --> 00:31:07.599
 perish,

00:31:08.019 --> 00:31:09.039
 but everyone

00:31:09.039 --> 00:31:10.099
 to come

00:31:10.099 --> 00:31:11.419
 to repentance.

00:31:12.339 --> 00:31:12.699
 You see

00:31:12.699 --> 00:31:12.939
 that?

00:31:13.179 --> 00:31:13.619
 Everyone?

00:31:14.419 --> 00:31:15.059
 Everyone?

00:31:15.719 --> 00:31:16.279
 Including

00:31:16.279 --> 00:31:16.819
 those in

00:31:16.819 --> 00:31:17.359
 chapter two

00:31:17.359 --> 00:31:17.619
 that have

00:31:17.619 --> 00:31:18.099
 done so

00:31:18.099 --> 00:31:18.599
 much damage?

00:31:19.039 --> 00:31:19.339
 Yes,

00:31:19.479 --> 00:31:19.859
 everyone.

00:31:20.119 --> 00:31:20.579
 The Lord

00:31:20.579 --> 00:31:22.879
 in his

00:31:22.879 --> 00:31:23.319
 will of

00:31:23.319 --> 00:31:23.779
 desire,

00:31:24.059 --> 00:31:24.979
 desires that

00:31:24.979 --> 00:31:26.500
 all people

00:31:26.500 --> 00:31:28.119
 would repent

00:31:28.119 --> 00:31:28.599
 and come

00:31:28.599 --> 00:31:28.919
 to him.

00:31:30.399 --> 00:31:31.500
 His swift

00:31:31.500 --> 00:31:32.099
 judgment in

00:31:32.099 --> 00:31:32.519
 terms of the

00:31:32.519 --> 00:31:33.279
 immediacy of

00:31:33.279 --> 00:31:33.699
 it is being

00:31:33.699 --> 00:31:34.339
 held off.

00:31:34.339 --> 00:31:35.740
 It's being

00:31:35.740 --> 00:31:36.359
 held off.

00:31:36.759 --> 00:31:37.240
 But when it

00:31:37.240 --> 00:31:37.500
 comes,

00:31:37.559 --> 00:31:37.859
 it will be

00:31:37.859 --> 00:31:38.179
 swift.

00:31:38.859 --> 00:31:39.619
 When judgment

00:31:39.619 --> 00:31:40.319
 finally comes,

00:31:40.359 --> 00:31:40.619
 it's going to

00:31:40.619 --> 00:31:41.059
 be like the

00:31:41.059 --> 00:31:41.359
 flood.

00:31:41.859 --> 00:31:42.279
 When judgment

00:31:42.279 --> 00:31:43.039
 finally comes,

00:31:43.099 --> 00:31:43.419
 it's going to

00:31:43.419 --> 00:31:43.859
 be like that

00:31:43.859 --> 00:31:45.299
 hailstone storm

00:31:45.299 --> 00:31:45.980
 that fell from

00:31:45.980 --> 00:31:46.339
 heaven and

00:31:46.339 --> 00:31:46.839
 destroyed those

00:31:46.839 --> 00:31:47.039
 cities.

00:31:47.459 --> 00:31:47.959
 Judgment is

00:31:47.959 --> 00:31:48.639
 swift when it

00:31:48.639 --> 00:31:50.059
 comes, but

00:31:50.059 --> 00:31:50.619
 God in his

00:31:50.619 --> 00:31:52.139
 mercy, he's

00:31:52.139 --> 00:31:52.539
 holding it

00:31:52.539 --> 00:31:52.879
 back.

00:31:53.259 --> 00:31:53.939
 He's holding

00:31:53.939 --> 00:31:55.139
 it back until

00:31:55.139 --> 00:31:55.759
 that day.

00:31:56.480 --> 00:31:56.919
 And that's not

00:31:56.919 --> 00:31:57.519
 slowness.

00:31:58.319 --> 00:31:59.240
 That's not slowness.

00:31:59.319 --> 00:31:59.799
 That's God's

00:31:59.799 --> 00:32:00.119
 love.

00:32:00.799 --> 00:32:01.399
 That's God's

00:32:01.399 --> 00:32:01.939
 patience.

00:32:01.940 --> 00:32:03.340
 God knows

00:32:03.340 --> 00:32:03.940
 even with

00:32:03.940 --> 00:32:05.259
 people who

00:32:05.259 --> 00:32:06.720
 teach false

00:32:06.720 --> 00:32:07.680
 things.

00:32:12.100 --> 00:32:12.860
 So these

00:32:12.860 --> 00:32:14.299
 verses in

00:32:14.299 --> 00:32:14.740
 chapter 2,

00:32:14.799 --> 00:32:15.039
 even though

00:32:15.039 --> 00:32:15.580
 they're hard

00:32:15.580 --> 00:32:16.120
 and about the

00:32:16.120 --> 00:32:16.700
 false teachers,

00:32:17.039 --> 00:32:17.559
 I think they

00:32:17.559 --> 00:32:18.160
 help us to

00:32:18.160 --> 00:32:18.640
 know what

00:32:18.640 --> 00:32:19.740
 the path,

00:32:19.840 --> 00:32:20.460
 the gospel of

00:32:20.460 --> 00:32:21.200
 Jesus Christ

00:32:21.200 --> 00:32:21.740
 is like.

00:32:22.059 --> 00:32:22.720
 That that

00:32:22.720 --> 00:32:24.120
 path is the

00:32:24.120 --> 00:32:25.200
 safe path to

00:32:25.200 --> 00:32:25.539
 be on.

00:32:26.080 --> 00:32:26.580
 You see, it

00:32:26.580 --> 00:32:27.000
 says God

00:32:27.000 --> 00:32:27.660
 knows how to

00:32:27.660 --> 00:32:28.299
 rescue us.

00:32:28.700 --> 00:32:29.400
 Stay on this

00:32:29.400 --> 00:32:29.840
 path.

00:32:30.059 --> 00:32:30.640
 Stay on this

00:32:30.640 --> 00:32:30.860
 path.

00:32:30.859 --> 00:32:31.839
 God knows.

00:32:32.079 --> 00:32:33.059
 God knows how

00:32:33.059 --> 00:32:33.619
 to rescue

00:32:33.619 --> 00:32:33.939
 you.

00:32:34.599 --> 00:32:35.779
 Keep on that

00:32:35.779 --> 00:32:36.159
 path.

00:32:37.079 --> 00:32:37.679
 But these

00:32:37.679 --> 00:32:38.259
 verses also

00:32:38.259 --> 00:32:38.979
 serve as a

00:32:38.979 --> 00:32:39.519
 warning, don't

00:32:39.519 --> 00:32:39.740
 they?

00:32:41.559 --> 00:32:42.500
 They serve as

00:32:42.500 --> 00:32:42.799
 a warning.

00:32:43.139 --> 00:32:43.759
 And especially

00:32:43.759 --> 00:32:44.539
 to those of

00:32:44.539 --> 00:32:45.479
 us who teach

00:32:45.479 --> 00:32:46.799
 God's word.

00:32:47.219 --> 00:32:47.619
 And there are

00:32:47.619 --> 00:32:48.059
 many within

00:32:48.059 --> 00:32:48.599
 the life of

00:32:48.599 --> 00:32:49.219
 the church that

00:32:49.219 --> 00:32:50.059
 teach and

00:32:50.059 --> 00:32:50.740
 encourage and

00:32:50.740 --> 00:32:52.099
 pass on God's

00:32:52.099 --> 00:32:52.319
 word.

00:32:52.919 --> 00:32:53.559
 More so,

00:32:54.059 --> 00:32:55.339
 Johnny as our

00:32:55.339 --> 00:32:56.059
 pastor and as

00:32:56.059 --> 00:32:56.399
 our main

00:32:56.399 --> 00:32:57.079
 teacher and

00:32:57.079 --> 00:32:58.019
 others who

00:32:58.019 --> 00:32:59.559
 are up here

00:32:59.559 --> 00:33:00.179
 and preaching

00:33:00.179 --> 00:33:02.019
 from the

00:33:02.019 --> 00:33:02.339
 front.

00:33:03.259 --> 00:33:03.819
 He serve as

00:33:03.819 --> 00:33:04.139
 a warning.

00:33:06.039 --> 00:33:06.419
 And the

00:33:06.419 --> 00:33:06.859
 words of

00:33:06.859 --> 00:33:08.460
 James puts

00:33:08.460 --> 00:33:08.819
 it quite

00:33:08.819 --> 00:33:09.240
 simply.

00:33:10.240 --> 00:33:10.500
 He says,

00:33:10.619 --> 00:33:11.319
 not many of

00:33:11.319 --> 00:33:11.740
 you should

00:33:11.740 --> 00:33:12.399
 presume to

00:33:12.399 --> 00:33:13.139
 be teachers,

00:33:14.339 --> 00:33:14.940
 my brothers,

00:33:15.279 --> 00:33:16.659
 because you

00:33:16.659 --> 00:33:17.539
 know that we

00:33:17.539 --> 00:33:18.460
 who teach will

00:33:18.460 --> 00:33:19.039
 be judged

00:33:19.039 --> 00:33:20.980
 more strictly.

00:33:21.119 --> 00:33:22.379
 Now, I

00:33:22.379 --> 00:33:22.599
 don't think

00:33:22.599 --> 00:33:22.980
 that's intended

00:33:22.980 --> 00:33:23.700
 to put people

00:33:23.700 --> 00:33:24.319
 off from

00:33:24.319 --> 00:33:25.659
 pursuing the

00:33:25.659 --> 00:33:26.240
 ability to

00:33:26.240 --> 00:33:26.819
 teach and

00:33:26.819 --> 00:33:27.279
 the gifting

00:33:27.279 --> 00:33:27.700
 and to

00:33:27.700 --> 00:33:28.379
 explore that.

00:33:28.799 --> 00:33:29.359
 It's not to

00:33:29.359 --> 00:33:29.720
 put you off,

00:33:29.779 --> 00:33:30.259
 but it's

00:33:30.259 --> 00:33:31.660
 just a word

00:33:31.660 --> 00:33:32.099
 of warning.

00:33:33.359 --> 00:33:33.819
 Keep on

00:33:33.819 --> 00:33:34.460
 this path if

00:33:34.460 --> 00:33:34.720
 you're going

00:33:34.720 --> 00:33:35.200
 to teach.

00:33:35.660 --> 00:33:36.240
 Keep on

00:33:36.240 --> 00:33:36.980
 this path.

00:33:38.180 --> 00:33:38.519
 You see,

00:33:38.579 --> 00:33:39.000
 words of

00:33:39.000 --> 00:33:39.399
 teaching,

00:33:39.740 --> 00:33:40.220
 what we

00:33:40.220 --> 00:33:40.839
 say can

00:33:40.839 --> 00:33:41.879
 lead people

00:33:41.879 --> 00:33:42.200
 towards

00:33:42.200 --> 00:33:42.799
 righteousness

00:33:42.799 --> 00:33:43.240
 and it

00:33:43.240 --> 00:33:43.740
 can lead

00:33:43.740 --> 00:33:44.379
 people towards

00:33:44.379 --> 00:33:45.200
 eternal life

00:33:45.200 --> 00:33:46.940
 or they

00:33:46.940 --> 00:33:47.399
 can lead

00:33:47.399 --> 00:33:48.099
 people towards

00:33:48.099 --> 00:33:49.139
 rebellion and

00:33:49.139 --> 00:33:49.779
 it can lead

00:33:49.779 --> 00:33:51.299
 people towards

00:33:51.299 --> 00:33:52.099
 destruction.

00:33:52.259 --> 00:33:52.680
 There are two

00:33:52.680 --> 00:33:53.200
 paths.

00:33:53.799 --> 00:33:54.399
 There are two

00:33:54.399 --> 00:33:54.960
 paths to

00:33:54.960 --> 00:33:55.220
 follow.

00:33:55.220 --> 00:33:58.019
 we need

00:33:58.019 --> 00:33:58.799
 to recognize

00:33:58.799 --> 00:33:59.660
 the characteristics

00:33:59.660 --> 00:34:01.039
 that's why we

00:34:01.039 --> 00:34:01.539
 have chapter

00:34:01.539 --> 00:34:01.880
 two, isn't

00:34:01.880 --> 00:34:01.960
 it?

00:34:01.980 --> 00:34:02.339
 We need to

00:34:02.339 --> 00:34:03.059
 recognize the

00:34:03.059 --> 00:34:04.259
 characteristics of

00:34:04.259 --> 00:34:05.240
 false teachers

00:34:05.240 --> 00:34:06.360
 so that we

00:34:06.360 --> 00:34:07.000
 can make sure

00:34:07.000 --> 00:34:07.680
 that we're on

00:34:07.680 --> 00:34:08.720
 the right

00:34:08.720 --> 00:34:09.539
 path.

00:34:10.740 --> 00:34:11.159
 What's

00:34:11.159 --> 00:34:11.720
 interesting about

00:34:11.720 --> 00:34:12.320
 the paths

00:34:12.320 --> 00:34:13.039
 as they

00:34:13.039 --> 00:34:13.980
 meander,

00:34:14.199 --> 00:34:14.559
 one of them

00:34:14.559 --> 00:34:14.900
 is maybe a

00:34:14.900 --> 00:34:15.119
 little bit

00:34:15.119 --> 00:34:15.500
 narrower,

00:34:15.639 --> 00:34:15.940
 another one

00:34:15.940 --> 00:34:16.440
 is broader,

00:34:17.099 --> 00:34:18.639
 but they're

00:34:18.639 --> 00:34:18.840
 going to

00:34:18.840 --> 00:34:20.220
 intersect at

00:34:20.220 --> 00:34:21.500
 a point in

00:34:21.500 --> 00:34:22.159
 future history,

00:34:22.260 --> 00:34:22.619
 aren't they?

00:34:23.360 --> 00:34:23.940
 Those two

00:34:23.940 --> 00:34:24.320
 paths are

00:34:24.320 --> 00:34:24.800
 going to come

00:34:24.800 --> 00:34:25.160
 to the

00:34:25.160 --> 00:34:25.420
 judgment

00:34:25.420 --> 00:34:26.560
 seat of

00:34:26.560 --> 00:34:26.940
 Jesus.

00:34:28.340 --> 00:34:29.140
 And as we

00:34:29.140 --> 00:34:29.680
 reach that

00:34:29.680 --> 00:34:31.460
 point and

00:34:31.460 --> 00:34:32.100
 we're before

00:34:32.100 --> 00:34:33.880
 Jesus and

00:34:33.880 --> 00:34:34.280
 he is on

00:34:34.280 --> 00:34:34.720
 his judgment

00:34:34.720 --> 00:34:35.200
 seat to

00:34:35.200 --> 00:34:36.060
 just judge,

00:34:37.100 --> 00:34:38.039
 we'll await

00:34:38.039 --> 00:34:38.460
 a verdict.

00:34:39.220 --> 00:34:39.720
 We'll await

00:34:39.720 --> 00:34:40.100
 a verdict.

00:34:40.720 --> 00:34:41.360
 We've come

00:34:41.360 --> 00:34:42.500
 on our paths

00:34:42.500 --> 00:34:43.180
 to this point.

00:34:44.180 --> 00:34:44.840
 And for

00:34:44.840 --> 00:34:46.000
 some, for

00:34:46.000 --> 00:34:46.760
 some, there

00:34:46.760 --> 00:34:47.120
 will be the

00:34:47.120 --> 00:34:47.960
 simple words

00:34:47.960 --> 00:34:49.820
 like those of

00:34:49.820 --> 00:34:50.780
 Matthew 25

00:34:50.780 --> 00:34:51.460
 verse 23

00:34:51.460 --> 00:34:52.679
 and Jesus

00:34:52.679 --> 00:34:53.300
 says,

00:34:54.260 --> 00:34:54.780
 well done,

00:34:55.579 --> 00:34:56.220
 well done,

00:34:56.619 --> 00:34:57.880
 good and

00:34:57.880 --> 00:34:59.079
 faithful servant.

00:34:59.860 --> 00:35:00.280
 Come,

00:35:00.920 --> 00:35:02.519
 come and

00:35:02.519 --> 00:35:03.659
 share in

00:35:03.659 --> 00:35:04.579
 your master's

00:35:04.579 --> 00:35:05.280
 happiness.

00:35:06.599 --> 00:35:07.659
 Simple words,

00:35:08.420 --> 00:35:08.880
 a word of

00:35:08.880 --> 00:35:09.199
 welcome.

00:35:09.720 --> 00:35:10.860
 Oh, what a

00:35:10.860 --> 00:35:11.500
 joy it will

00:35:11.500 --> 00:35:12.300
 be to receive

00:35:12.300 --> 00:35:13.679
 a reward that

00:35:13.679 --> 00:35:14.099
 day, the

00:35:14.099 --> 00:35:14.760
 things that we've

00:35:14.760 --> 00:35:15.460
 stored up in

00:35:15.460 --> 00:35:16.320
 heaven, the

00:35:16.320 --> 00:35:16.900
 treasures,

00:35:16.900 --> 00:35:19.300
 and to

00:35:19.300 --> 00:35:19.940
 see Jesus,

00:35:20.380 --> 00:35:21.139
 our reward,

00:35:21.460 --> 00:35:22.000
 to enjoy

00:35:22.000 --> 00:35:22.660
 him, to

00:35:22.660 --> 00:35:23.039
 see his

00:35:23.039 --> 00:35:25.000
 face, to

00:35:25.000 --> 00:35:25.440
 know that

00:35:25.440 --> 00:35:25.920
 everything that's

00:35:25.920 --> 00:35:26.579
 wrong has

00:35:26.579 --> 00:35:27.200
 been undone

00:35:27.200 --> 00:35:27.559
 and everything

00:35:27.559 --> 00:35:27.940
 has been

00:35:27.940 --> 00:35:28.559
 made right.

00:35:29.460 --> 00:35:30.780
 Oh, to

00:35:30.780 --> 00:35:31.119
 see your

00:35:31.119 --> 00:35:31.700
 reward, to

00:35:31.700 --> 00:35:33.099
 hear those

00:35:33.099 --> 00:35:34.900
 words, well

00:35:34.900 --> 00:35:35.420
 done, from

00:35:35.420 --> 00:35:36.820
 the creator of

00:35:36.820 --> 00:35:37.340
 the universe,

00:35:37.660 --> 00:35:38.220
 well done,

00:35:38.519 --> 00:35:39.200
 well done,

00:35:39.760 --> 00:35:40.180
 good and

00:35:40.180 --> 00:35:40.940
 faithful servant.

00:35:42.000 --> 00:35:42.619
 But for

00:35:42.619 --> 00:35:44.119
 others, for

00:35:44.119 --> 00:35:44.480
 others there

00:35:44.480 --> 00:35:44.800
 will be no

00:35:44.800 --> 00:35:45.119
 welcome.

00:35:46.900 --> 00:35:48.660
 Instead, the

00:35:48.660 --> 00:35:50.139
 conversation at

00:35:50.139 --> 00:35:50.619
 the judgment

00:35:50.619 --> 00:35:53.320
 seat will be

00:35:53.320 --> 00:35:54.019
 more like that

00:35:54.019 --> 00:35:54.639
 of Matthew

00:35:54.639 --> 00:35:55.500
 chapter 7.

00:35:56.860 --> 00:35:57.360
 And Jesus

00:35:57.360 --> 00:35:58.079
 speaking and

00:35:58.079 --> 00:35:58.840
 warning and

00:35:58.840 --> 00:35:59.900
 letting us

00:35:59.900 --> 00:36:00.240
 know, he

00:36:00.240 --> 00:36:01.320
 says, not

00:36:01.320 --> 00:36:01.860
 everyone that

00:36:01.860 --> 00:36:02.480
 says to me on

00:36:02.480 --> 00:36:02.920
 that day,

00:36:03.500 --> 00:36:04.180
 Lord, Lord,

00:36:04.260 --> 00:36:04.880
 will enter the

00:36:04.880 --> 00:36:05.400
 kingdom of

00:36:05.400 --> 00:36:06.500
 heaven, but

00:36:06.500 --> 00:36:07.680
 only those who

00:36:07.680 --> 00:36:08.240
 does the will

00:36:08.240 --> 00:36:09.019
 of my Father

00:36:09.019 --> 00:36:09.559
 who is in

00:36:09.559 --> 00:36:09.840
 heaven.

00:36:10.820 --> 00:36:12.280
 Many, many

00:36:12.280 --> 00:36:13.119
 will say to

00:36:13.119 --> 00:36:13.519
 me on that

00:36:13.519 --> 00:36:14.599
 day, Lord,

00:36:14.800 --> 00:36:15.760
 Lord, didn't

00:36:15.760 --> 00:36:16.260
 we, didn't

00:36:16.260 --> 00:36:17.220
 we prophesy

00:36:17.220 --> 00:36:17.980
 in your

00:36:17.980 --> 00:36:18.700
 name?

00:36:19.080 --> 00:36:19.420
 Didn't we

00:36:19.420 --> 00:36:20.420
 say things

00:36:20.420 --> 00:36:20.860
 in your

00:36:20.860 --> 00:36:21.040
 name?

00:36:21.120 --> 00:36:21.380
 Didn't we

00:36:21.380 --> 00:36:22.280
 speak things

00:36:22.280 --> 00:36:22.780
 in your

00:36:22.780 --> 00:36:23.340
 name?

00:36:24.180 --> 00:36:24.480
 And in

00:36:24.480 --> 00:36:24.860
 your name,

00:36:24.940 --> 00:36:25.240
 didn't we

00:36:25.240 --> 00:36:26.180
 drive out

00:36:26.180 --> 00:36:26.620
 demons?

00:36:27.140 --> 00:36:27.460
 Didn't we

00:36:27.460 --> 00:36:28.020
 do that in

00:36:28.020 --> 00:36:28.520
 your name?

00:36:28.820 --> 00:36:29.120
 And in

00:36:29.120 --> 00:36:29.560
 your name,

00:36:29.620 --> 00:36:29.760
 did we

00:36:29.760 --> 00:36:30.560
 not perform

00:36:30.560 --> 00:36:31.780
 many

00:36:31.780 --> 00:36:32.340
 miracles?

00:36:35.180 --> 00:36:35.940
 Then Jesus

00:36:35.940 --> 00:36:36.500
 will say,

00:36:37.960 --> 00:36:38.480
 then Jesus

00:36:38.480 --> 00:36:38.960
 will tell

00:36:38.960 --> 00:36:39.660
 them plainly,

00:36:40.120 --> 00:36:41.340
 I never

00:36:41.340 --> 00:36:41.780
 knew you.

00:36:41.780 --> 00:36:44.820
 I never

00:36:44.820 --> 00:36:45.300
 knew you.

00:36:45.940 --> 00:36:46.660
 Away from

00:36:46.660 --> 00:36:47.140
 me, you

00:36:47.140 --> 00:36:48.120
 evildoers.

00:36:49.660 --> 00:36:50.320
 Well done,

00:36:51.140 --> 00:36:51.720
 away from

00:36:51.720 --> 00:36:51.920
 me.

00:36:52.519 --> 00:36:53.100
 Well done,

00:36:53.500 --> 00:36:54.000
 away from

00:36:54.000 --> 00:36:54.220
 me.

00:36:54.940 --> 00:36:55.360
 There can

00:36:55.360 --> 00:36:55.660
 be no

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 greater

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 contrast

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 between the

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 way and

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 the path

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 of the

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 gospel and

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 the way

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 of the

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 false

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 teachers.

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 So let

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 us take

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 up our

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 cross and

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 continue to

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 follow Jesus

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 to safety.

00:37:09.720 --> 00:37:10.180
 Amen.

00:37:10.180 --> 00:37:10.280
 Amen.

00:37:10.280 --> 00:37:10.340
 Amen.

00:37:10.340 --> 00:37:10.380
 Amen.

00:37:10.380 --> 00:37:10.400
 Amen.

00:37:10.400 --> 00:37:10.440
 Amen.

00:37:10.440 --> 00:37:10.460
 Amen.

00:37:10.460 --> 00:37:10.480
 Amen.

00:37:10.480 --> 00:37:10.500
 Amen.

00:37:10.500 --> 00:37:10.519
 Amen.

00:37:10.519 --> 00:37:10.540
 Amen.

00:37:10.540 --> 00:37:11.340
 Amen.

00:37:11.340 --> 00:37:12.340
 Amen.