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 So we have been going through 1 Peter. We have been looking at different things in 1 Peter.

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 Last week we had interesting conversations. We talked about how God developed these relationships in our lives and in our world.

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 That we fit underneath those. We said there are institutions, our relationships.

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 We said there's our relationship with God, our relationship with our government, our king, our relationship with our family, our relationship with our church, and our relationship with work.

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 And all these things. Some people are kind of said they're like umbrellas that are underneath us or above us that protect us.

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 And we said with each one of these structures there's an authority set up in it.

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 And this authority structure is for the good of the people in it.

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 And so what we've talked about was that there are some people who have authority and some people are under authority.

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 And remember the idea of authority was always to protect and to respect and to bless and to serve those under the authority.

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 The people who had authority were always supposed to protect, bless, and serve those under the authority.

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 Because of the fall then we see people who have authority abusing the authority.

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 But that is not the way God meant for it to be.

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 We talked about the S word which people didn't want to talk about.

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 We talked about submission.

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 And what did that look like?

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 And we said that submission was an attitude of our heart.

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 And it was something that we had to deal with in our heart.

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 And it wasn't something we forced upon another person.

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 But it was something that they did within themselves.

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 And scripture continually pointed out that the person who submitted wasn't the inferior person.

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 That to submit was actually a position of power and of strength.

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 And we talked a lot about the women last week.

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 And so a lot of men were thanking my wife and all these things.

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 But I wanted to really briefly talk about the men because I want to come back to the men because it's so important.

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 Along this idea of authority and structure because we're going to move into it today.

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 Because the structures are going to get broken.

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 And bad things are going to happen today in the passage.

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 And we're going to talk about suffering.

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 But the passage last week said in verse 7 that the husbands in the same way are to live with their wives in an understanding way.

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 It meant according to knowledge.

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 According to study.

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 It means that as a man you're to study your wife.

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 To be a learner of her.

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 To know what she likes.

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 What she doesn't like.

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 To know how to encourage her.

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 You're to study her and to live with her as a weaker vessel.

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 It doesn't mean worse or inferior.

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 But it means delicate like a piece of china.

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 It's something that's very valuable.

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 And it says because she's a woman.

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 In Hebrew the word actually means.

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 One of the variations means she's your rescuer.

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 The man is a servant leader.

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 The woman is a servant follower.

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 But it actually in Hebrew when I do weddings sometimes I say that the word actually means that the woman is the rescuer of the man.

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 The man needed rescuing.

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 And God created the woman.

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 And so the guy is to take care of her.

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 And then he says this very interesting thing.

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 He says at the end of it he says or your prayers will be hindered.

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 And what he's actually saying there is that as our relationship with our wife goes guys.

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 So our relationship with God goes.

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 Did you hear that?

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 What Peter says and what Paul says and what the Bible says and what Jesus says is that.

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 As our relationship with our wife goes.

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 So our relationship with God goes.

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 Peter in Ephesians says that just as Christ loved the church so you men should love your wives.

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 And sacrifice for her.

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 And die for her.

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 And give yourself for her.

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 You should love your wife as you love yourself.

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 There shouldn't be a difference.

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 You're on the same team.

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 You're both wearing the same jerseys.

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 So I can't say to myself when a buddy asks me how are you doing?

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 And I'm saying I'm doing really good spiritually.

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 I'm going to BSF.

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 And I'm in Bible studies.

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 And I'm in accountability groups.

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 And I'm studying God's word every day.

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 And everything looks good.

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 I'm just really deep in God's word.

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 And then he goes well how's your marriage doing?

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 And you go well my wife and I aren't doing too good.

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 We just can't connect.

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 That's a total disconnect in the structure and in the authority.

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 A guy can't be doing good spiritually with the Lord and be in Bible studies and studying and memorizing and having accountability.

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 And then not being good with his wife.

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 Because if he is, the passage says that we read last week that that is a brokenness.

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 And his prayers are hindered.

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 And he can't even talk to God because he can't get his relationship right with his wife first.

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 Does that make sense?

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 And I'm very passionate about this because I struggle with this.

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 And when we do marriage counseling I'm usually pretty hard on the guy.

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 Because the scripture passage says because of this institution, this structure that when men get to heaven,

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 God's going to look at you and he's going to ask you what did you do with your family?

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 Did you protect it?

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 Did you bring it to a place of nourishment?

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 Did you allow your wife and your kids to flourish?

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 Did you take care of people?

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 Because you're the leader.

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 You're the servant leader.

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 You're the authority.

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 And that's your job.

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 God's not going to ask your wives that.

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 He's going to ask the men that.

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 He's going to say did you serve yourself in your marriage?

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 Sexually, physically, your needs, whatever.

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 Did you serve yourself or did you serve your wife?

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 Because as the authority figure, you're to serve yourself.

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 And I talk to guys often.

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 I talk to myself.

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 You know, we have a way of kind of deceiving ourselves.

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 And we can say sometimes, yeah, I'm doing it all for my wife.

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 I'm doing it all for my kiddos.

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 I'm working hard.

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 I'm doing all these things.

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 In reality, if we're honest, what we're saying really is that we're doing it for ourselves.

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 And we're doing it for our egos.

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 And Peter says that's not good.

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 And that's not right.

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 And your relationship with God is broken.

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 Your relationship with your wife is broken.

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 So that's why we're promoting the love and respect class.

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 Because we want to encourage you guys to be a part of that.

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 Because we all need help.

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 Love yourself.

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 Love your wife as yourself.

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 Love your wife as Christ loved the church.

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 As your relationship with your wife goes, so goes your relationship with God.

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 Hopefully that's enough for us guys to think about.

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 And ladies, you can thank me later.

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 I hope.

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 You know, we're talking to this passage today.

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 And sometimes when I get to this passage today, it drives me crazy.

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 There are certain passages in the Bible that drive me crazy.

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 I don't think I've actually heard this passage ever preached again.

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 Just like last week.

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 There are certain passages you want to skip over.

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 You don't want to go to them because they make you struggle.

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 This passage today is on suffering.

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 Because it's what we've been following about.

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 That these structures are broken.

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 And we're struggling against our community.

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 We're struggling against our government.

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 We're struggling against God.

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 We're struggling against our marriage.

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 And in the midst of these things, suffering comes.

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 And you know, to be honest, I don't think people like talking about suffering.

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 I mean, people don't talk about it in the church hardly at all, do we?

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 I mean, we talk about, well, if you're suffering, come to Jesus.

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 And he's going to make everything okay.

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 We talk about that all the time.

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 And that's how most people come to church.

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 Is that, well, God's going to make my life perfect.

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 And I'm not going to make more suffering.

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 And it's going to be okay.

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 But that's not what he's talking about here, is he?

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 He's talking about we're suffering because we are Christians.

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 And we're walking with the Lord.

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 And that's scary for people.

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 Because we want to think, well, I come to Christ and everything's going to be okay.

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 And I'm never going to have troubles.

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 And nothing's ever going to be difficult again.

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 But Jesus, when he talks about these things, he says, that should be our current reality.

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 That if we're a Christian and we're in the world, we're a minority.

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 And this world is going to hate us.

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 Did you know that?

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 We talked about it the last couple weeks.

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 We've said, and I've tried to say it different ways and different focuses.

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 And let me try one more way.

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 I don't know if this will work.

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 But what he says, I've said that when we become Christians, God's spirit comes inside of us.

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 And it changes us.

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 And we begin to think differently.

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 And we begin to talk differently.

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 We begin to act differently.

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 We begin to spend our money differently.

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 We begin to treat our wives differently.

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 And Peter says that whole same thing again.

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 And he says it in his passage.

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 And he says that when we come to Christ, it's like this baptism.

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 We enter into Christ.

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 And we enter into his life.

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 And that's why we baptize people.

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 And what we see is that when you get baptized, that all of your life is changed.

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 The God's spirit has come in and he begins to change you.

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 And now, instead of being white, you're blue.

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 The spirit has come inside of you and he's changed.

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 I could have used any color.

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 It's the only one I found that maybe everybody could see here.

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 You know, another reason I don't like to talk about sufferings, especially as Christians,

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 is I don't think that I've ever really experienced it.

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 I mean, not the way that some of my friends have.

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 I mean, I've seen some friends.

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 When I first went to Asia, Graham and his two sons, Philip and Timothy, 11 and 6,

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 were ministering in a local village.

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 And they had set up a camp there.

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 And they went back every week to share the gospel to the people.

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 And one night as they were there, they were grabbed by an angry mob of people

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 who didn't like what they were sharing.

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 And they put them in their car.

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 And they burned them alive.

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 Because they were teaching God's word.

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 The next day they came and they found the bodies.

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 And Graham had his arms surrounding his son.

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 Because they were preaching God's word.

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 When I read passages like today, I'm like, wow, I've never suffered like that.

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 I've never struggled like that.

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 But Peter is writing to all of us, whether we have done that or not,

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 or will we do someday or some other way.

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 He's writing to all of us.

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 And he's saying, if we're changed, if God's spirit has come into us,

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 then we're going to have troubles.

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 We're going to have struggles.

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 And the passage says, these are things that we want to do.

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 These are things we have to do.

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 Not things that you shouldn't do.

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 When scripture tells us to do things, it's not saying, well, if you do this,

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 if you like it.

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 But what God is saying, in the current reality of the world,

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 this is the best thing for you.

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 And if you don't do it, then you're not doing the best thing.

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 And so I want to talk really briefly just about suffering as Christians.

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 I want to talk about the passage that says there's two things that we need to be careful of.

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 There's two things we don't do, we should not do.

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 There's several things we need to do.

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 And then I want to talk about how we do it.

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 How do we have the power to do it?

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 How do we do it in the midst of suffering?

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 What does it look like for us?

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 Two things we don't do.

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 What we should be doing in suffering.

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 And then how do we do it?

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 What's the power of it?

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 What gives us the strength to live out our life after we've come into Christ?

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 And I don't know what your suffering is looking like today.

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 If it's like most people, it's probably taking place either in your home or your workplace.

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 I mean, it might not be like Graham's,

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 but the passage says that if you are a Christian,

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 if you're, play with me here,

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 if you're blue and you're living in a white world where everybody else is white,

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 you're going to look different.

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 You're going to cause people to be uncomfortable and things are going to happen.

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 I mean, maybe at work, maybe you refuse to gossip and stab others in the back.

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 Maybe you don't want to talk against people.

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 You don't want to climb over people.

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 You don't want to move up the order.

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 You have information on people that you could dish it out and they could be fired

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 or you could move above them.

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 But because of your faith, you've chosen not to.

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 You've chosen the Lord to be in charge of that relationship

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 and you've taken the hit.

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 In your character, maybe in your payroll, maybe in your position,

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 you've chosen not to do those things because as a new creation,

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 as a blue person living in the world that's not blue,

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 you want to honor the Lord.

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 I mean, some of us, we're going to suffer in work

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 because we're going to refuse to change the numbers.

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 Our boss is going to come to us and want us to cook the numbers

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 or change the numbers and we're going to say,

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 you know, I used to be able to do that, but now I just can't.

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 Because it's not what God has called me to do.

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 Some of us are going to suffer because we're going to be told and asked to sell product

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 or stuff that's junk.

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 I know that never happens in Hong Kong, but it happens in the rest of the world,

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 in the markets that you're going to be asked to sell junk and crap

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 and it's going to be worthless and you're going to know it's worthless.

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 And if you don't sell it in the bank or wherever you're at,

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 you're going to get in trouble.

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 And you're going to feel pressure and tension and suffering because of your faith.

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 And Peter talks about that.

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 Some of us are going to suffer and I know for sure several friends who have suffered

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 because they refuse to take clients to places that the world wants to go.

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 Their clients want them to take them to all these places

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 and they've decided in their life, that's just not who I am.

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 God's changed me and I'm different than that.

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 And they've suffered because they don't get the high paying clients anymore

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 because they don't want to go to the strip clubs.

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 And they've suffered for the gospel and for what it means to walk with the Lord.

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 You know, some of us singles in here, some of you singles in here,

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 you are suffering right now.

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 You're compromising.

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 I mean, you're suffering because you don't compromise.

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 You've refused to get into the dating scene.

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 You refuse to just marry somebody because now you have these different standards

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 and you have these values and you don't do the things that you used to do

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 in Leng Kui Fung or wherever you go to hang out.

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 And your peers and your friends think you're odd.

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 And they mock you.

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 Because you're waiting for someone who's like-minded,

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 who has the same values and the same heart.

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 Can I share something really important with you?

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 There's a lot worse things than not getting married.

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 I mean, the worst thing is when you marry the wrong person.

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 That's so much worse than getting married, not getting married.

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 And some of you singles in here, man, you're facing it.

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 And we talk and you just feel the pressure and you feel mocked.

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 And Peter's talking about that in the passage.

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 Some of you married, you're going to suffer.

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 You're married to your spouse whose only God is themself.

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 Some of us in here are married to spouses whose only God is themself.

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 And you're blue and you're walking with the Lord.

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 And it pains your heart to figure out,

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 how can I walk with the Lord and also love my spouse?

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 And we've talked about that last week a little.

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 You know, some of you students, you're going to suffer.

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 I mean, you're going to be in this academic situation

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 and your peers and your teachers are going to say,

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 study, study, study.

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 Don't take any breaks.

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 Grades are the most important.

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 And you're going to say, you know, I'm different now.

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 I've changed.

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 And I realize that I have this relationship with God

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 and I'm trying to honor Him and I'm trying to love Him.

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 And I can't skip church.

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 And I don't want to skip the community.

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 And I don't want to skip the fellowship.

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 And I don't want to skip reading God's Word.

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 And all of your friends and all your relatives

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 and all the people in your classes are going to say,

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 you're a fool.

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 Because you love God more than academics.

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 And that's what Peter's talking about.

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 When we walk with the Lord, we're going to be mocked

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 because we're different.

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 Our friends are going to call us religious.

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 And the passage gives us some warnings here.

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 It says, if we walk with the Lord,

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 if we're walking in a world that's broken

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 and not baptized in God's Spirit,

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 if we are, there's a high probability

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 that a couple things are going to happen.

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 And he says, be careful of these things.

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 There are warnings.

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 Because on this faith journey,

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 you and I are going to have it happen to us.

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 And we're going to make mistakes.

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 I'm not saying be perfect.

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 I'm just saying be careful.

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 Because I make these mistakes.

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 And that's why I'm sharing these things.

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 Because I make these mistakes all the time.

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 Verse 14 says,

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 when we suffer as a Christian,

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 we will be tempted to fear men

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 more than we fear God.

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 We're going to be tempted to be in awe

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 of status and power

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 and wealth and influence.

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 We're going to be tempted to see the things

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 that we can see with our eyes.

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 And we're going to be tempted to fear those things

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 more than we fear in awe of God.

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 The passage is a quote from Isaiah 8.

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 And it's an amazing passage.

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 It's a very relevant passage for today.

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 Isaiah 8,

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 the people of God are not in good shape.

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 I mean, it's bad.

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 The leaders are all corrupt.

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 There's this massive army from the north.

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 And they're about to invade.

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 I mean, it's bad news.

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 The Assyrians for hundreds of years

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 have taken over cities.

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 And every time they take over a city,

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 they chop everybody's heads off

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 and they just leave them at the front gate

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 and said,

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 if you defy us,

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 this is what's going to happen to you.

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 So everything in the people of God's eyes,

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 they look around and they say,

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 terrible, terrible, terrible,

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 no hope, impossible.

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 What are we going to do?

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 I mean, they don't even pray

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 because it's so bad.

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 And then the king, Ahaz,

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 who is totally corrupt

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 and his authority structure is about him,

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 he says, well, let's do this.

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 Let's go to Egypt in the south

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 and make an alliance with Egypt

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 and maybe Egypt can come up

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 and they can help us defeat our enemy.

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 And God is watching all this

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 and he says, no.

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 And he sends Elijah to him.

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 He sends Isaiah to him.

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 And Isaiah goes to him and says,

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 hey, guys.

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 He doesn't say, hey, guys.

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 But in Hebrew,

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 he says the equivalent of,

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 hey, guys.

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 Don't do it.

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 God is with you.

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 No matter what you're doing,

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 no matter how you're suffering,

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 God is before you.

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 Don't fear what you see with your eyes.

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 Fear and awe God

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 who you know with your heart.

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 God even tells Isaiah,

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 hey, you guys can ask for a sign.

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 Ask for any sign.

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 I'll do it.

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 I want to show you that I'm there.

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 I'm your God.

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 I'm going to do it.

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 And the people are so distraught.

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 They're so fearful.

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 They don't even ask for a sign.

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 And God says, okay, I'll give you a sign.

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 There's going to be a child, a virgin.

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 She's going to be born with a child.

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 His name's going to be Emmanuel.

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 It's God with us.

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 We read a passage every Christmas.

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 The passage is about God's people

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 who are in terrible trouble

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 because they're suffering

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 because they're Christians.

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 And they're wondering,

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 is God there?

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 Does he hear me?

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 Does he know?

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 Is he listening to me?

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 And the passage in Peter says,

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 yes, he is.

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 And yes, he does.

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 And he's already gone before you.

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 And don't give in to the fear.

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 Don't give in to the suffering

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 because God is there

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 and he's working in your life.

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 He's working in your marriage.

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 He's working in your work.

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 He's working in your families.

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 He's working in your classrooms.

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 He's working with your professors.

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 God's already in control

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 of all those things.

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 Are you going to trust him with that?

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 Are we going to release it

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 and pray to him

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 and be blue in the world

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 that isn't like blue people?

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 Or are we going to fear?

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 Verse 15 says,

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 don't fear.

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 It actually says,

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 sanctify the Lord.

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 The word there means

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 to hold Christ up,

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 to set him apart,

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 to trust him.

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 It means to remember

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 all that Christ has done before you.

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 Chapter 4, verses 1,

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 it says, arm yourself.

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 The idea is to put on armor,

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 but what it means is

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 to remember all that Christ has done.

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 When you're in the pain,

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 when you're in the suffering,

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 when you're fearful,

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 when things look out of control,

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 when it looks like there's no hope,

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 arm yourself.

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 Remember what Christ has said.

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 Remember what Christ has done.

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 Remember what he's been for you.

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 Cling to those things.

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 Remember those things.

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 Hold him tight.

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 Trust him in your journey,

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 especially when you start to suffer.

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 A question for us might be,

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 what do we suffer?

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 What do we trust when we suffer?

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 When suffering happens in our life,

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 what do we run to?

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 What do we cling to and say,

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 well, I just have enough of this.

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 I can maintain it.

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 Is it enough salary?

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 Or enough drugs?

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 Or enough connections in the business world?

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 Or enough better grades?

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 What is that?

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 And here, Peter is saying,

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 sanctify Christ.

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 Remember in his heart what he's done.

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 Put him on as your honor.

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 Trust in him in your faith journey.

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 Remember that he's working through those things.

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 Verse 15 goes one step further,

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 and he says,

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 hey, and as you're doing that,

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 be ready to share

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 what's going on in your life.

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 He says,

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 be ready to share the hope

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 of Christ in your suffering.

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 As you're struggling,

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 and as these things are hitting you,

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 the word's actually there.

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 It doesn't say you.

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 It says you all.

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 So it's a southern Hebrew person writing

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 in our southern Greek person.

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 But he says,

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 as a community,

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 when there's suffering all around us,

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 all of us be ready to apologia,

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 to make an excuse,

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 to present the hope,

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 to apologetics,

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 to share why we're blue.

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 And what does it mean to us?

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 Be ready to do that,

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 because people around us

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 need to hear hope,

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 especially in difficult times.

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 They need to see what's going on.

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 And it happens all the time, right?

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 It happens in our homes.

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 It happens at work, doesn't it?

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 I mean, my kid comes home,

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 and they say,

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 well, you know,

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 my teacher says it's stupid

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 for me to believe in God,

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 and that if I do,

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 I'll never get past the MIT

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 or Harvard interviewer.

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 That a belief in God

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 and academics is inconsistent,

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 and I'll never get into that school

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 you want me to get into,

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 so what do I do?

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 What do we say to the kid?

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 Maybe you should listen to your teacher.

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 Well, that's just how we live.

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 Peter says that we should be prepared

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 to share that hope with our kids

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 and to talk to them

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 about why we're changed

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 and what it means in our lives.

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 I mean, in work,

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 you're going to get made redundant.

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 You've been playing by all the rules.

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 You've been the model person

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 and Christian employer,

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 employee in the office,

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 and all of a sudden,

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 the note comes down,

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 and you're made redundant,

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 and you've gotten fired,

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 and people above you

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 who are not nice,

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 people who don't play that by the rules,

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 who cheat,

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 who stab you in the back,

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 they're still there,

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 and they're still moving.

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 How do you react to that?

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 When one of your friends

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 comes up to you and asks you,

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 well, how are you doing

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 from the office?

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 What do you say?

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 You say, well, you know,

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 stuff happens.

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 Or, yeah, I don't know.

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 But what Peter says is no.

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 You use this suffering

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 to come into people's worlds

00:24:17.419 --> 00:24:18.220
 and you share with them

00:24:18.220 --> 00:24:19.599
 the hope that you have

00:24:19.599 --> 00:24:20.619
 why you entered into

00:24:20.619 --> 00:24:21.519
 a relationship with Christ.

00:24:21.919 --> 00:24:23.299
 What does it mean in your life?

00:24:24.740 --> 00:24:25.819
 And why you do it?

00:24:27.139 --> 00:24:27.659
 You know, I've seen

00:24:27.659 --> 00:24:29.139
 so many people's lives

00:24:29.139 --> 00:24:31.419
 changed by people in the church

00:24:31.419 --> 00:24:33.079
 who've had terrible things

00:24:33.079 --> 00:24:34.000
 happening in their work,

00:24:34.000 --> 00:24:35.640
 and they've refused

00:24:35.640 --> 00:24:36.759
 to go after the people.

00:24:37.440 --> 00:24:38.279
 They've refused

00:24:38.279 --> 00:24:39.960
 to bury the people.

00:24:40.519 --> 00:24:41.039
 And some of them

00:24:41.039 --> 00:24:42.140
 have been fired

00:24:42.140 --> 00:24:43.000
 and they went to other jobs.

00:24:43.380 --> 00:24:44.240
 And I've seen people

00:24:44.240 --> 00:24:45.880
 actually seek them out

00:24:45.880 --> 00:24:46.799
 in their new job,

00:24:47.539 --> 00:24:48.140
 especially when

00:24:48.140 --> 00:24:49.000
 the people's lives

00:24:49.000 --> 00:24:49.920
 got difficult

00:24:49.920 --> 00:24:50.579
 and trouble

00:24:50.579 --> 00:24:51.579
 and suffering were happening.

00:24:51.779 --> 00:24:52.660
 And they sought them out

00:24:52.660 --> 00:24:52.819
 and said,

00:24:53.140 --> 00:24:54.039
 dude, when you did that,

00:24:54.119 --> 00:24:54.960
 that was amazing.

00:24:55.819 --> 00:24:56.960
 I knew you believed

00:24:56.960 --> 00:24:57.660
 in this God thing.

00:24:57.720 --> 00:24:58.980
 Can you tell me more about that?

00:24:59.779 --> 00:25:00.740
 What does that look like?

00:25:01.420 --> 00:25:02.240
 I need that.

00:25:03.259 --> 00:25:04.200
 I need that hope

00:25:04.200 --> 00:25:05.180
 because right now

00:25:05.180 --> 00:25:06.059
 I don't have any hope.

00:25:07.680 --> 00:25:08.519
 Now, if these things

00:25:08.519 --> 00:25:09.180
 that I'm sharing with you,

00:25:09.240 --> 00:25:09.680
 they seem like,

00:25:09.799 --> 00:25:10.880
 well, that's the right thing to do,

00:25:10.940 --> 00:25:11.759
 but I just can't do it.

00:25:11.980 --> 00:25:12.240
 Well, you know,

00:25:12.299 --> 00:25:13.160
 we're having classes

00:25:13.160 --> 00:25:14.200
 starting in two weeks

00:25:14.200 --> 00:25:16.380
 about how to do that.

00:25:16.519 --> 00:25:17.279
 Chris is gonna be teaching

00:25:17.279 --> 00:25:18.720
 about how we live out our life

00:25:18.720 --> 00:25:20.039
 and how we understand God's word

00:25:20.039 --> 00:25:21.279
 and what does it look like

00:25:21.279 --> 00:25:22.140
 to present the hope

00:25:22.140 --> 00:25:23.220
 in our workplace

00:25:23.220 --> 00:25:24.140
 and how do we respond

00:25:24.140 --> 00:25:24.740
 to our kids

00:25:24.740 --> 00:25:25.400
 and how do we respond

00:25:25.400 --> 00:25:26.059
 to our friends

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 if you're still struggling

00:25:27.220 --> 00:25:27.599
 with that

00:25:27.599 --> 00:25:28.599
 because I think we all do

00:25:28.599 --> 00:25:29.920
 at some stage in our life

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 because we just do.

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 Come join the classes

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 and be a part of that

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 because that will help you

00:25:36.840 --> 00:25:38.279
 on your journey.

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 Verse 16 says,

00:25:41.560 --> 00:25:42.600
 keep a good conscience.

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 As you're suffering

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 and as these things are happening,

00:25:46.420 --> 00:25:47.539
 the conscience was this window

00:25:47.539 --> 00:25:48.200
 to the soul

00:25:48.200 --> 00:25:49.019
 in Hebrew culture.

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 It was where the filter,

00:25:50.920 --> 00:25:52.680
 where God's light came through

00:25:52.680 --> 00:25:53.940
 and it touched our heart

00:25:53.940 --> 00:25:55.039
 and where God's light

00:25:55.039 --> 00:25:55.779
 came out of our heart

00:25:55.779 --> 00:25:57.440
 and touched the world around us

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 and sometimes our consciences

00:25:58.700 --> 00:26:00.279
 are dirty.

00:26:02.100 --> 00:26:02.880
 It's the filter

00:26:02.880 --> 00:26:03.600
 before which we turn

00:26:03.600 --> 00:26:04.740
 right and wrong

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 and sometimes in our brokenness,

00:26:06.620 --> 00:26:08.400
 we've made so many wrong choices

00:26:08.400 --> 00:26:09.440
 that we've never just realized

00:26:10.200 --> 00:26:11.440
 that we don't understand

00:26:11.440 --> 00:26:12.740
 what right is anymore.

00:26:12.740 --> 00:26:18.120
 and sometimes the things

00:26:18.120 --> 00:26:19.019
 we think are right

00:26:19.019 --> 00:26:20.000
 are wrong

00:26:20.000 --> 00:26:22.680
 and Peter's warning us

00:26:22.680 --> 00:26:22.960
 and he's saying,

00:26:23.039 --> 00:26:23.579
 hey, be careful

00:26:23.579 --> 00:26:24.700
 and repent

00:26:24.700 --> 00:26:26.380
 and clean up your conscience

00:26:26.380 --> 00:26:27.900
 and make choices

00:26:27.900 --> 00:26:28.740
 with each other

00:26:28.740 --> 00:26:29.660
 within community

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 and don't allow your conscience

00:26:31.980 --> 00:26:32.839
 to become dirty

00:26:32.839 --> 00:26:35.279
 because then when you suffer,

00:26:35.420 --> 00:26:36.359
 it's because you're

00:26:36.359 --> 00:26:37.980
 suffering as a jerk

00:26:37.980 --> 00:26:39.740
 or you're suffering

00:26:39.740 --> 00:26:40.599
 because you're lazy

00:26:40.599 --> 00:26:42.480
 or you're suffering

00:26:42.480 --> 00:26:43.779
 because you are backbiting.

00:26:46.000 --> 00:26:47.159
 But what Peter says

00:26:47.159 --> 00:26:48.079
 is we want to suffer

00:26:48.079 --> 00:26:49.879
 because we're walking

00:26:49.879 --> 00:26:51.179
 with the Lord.

00:26:55.099 --> 00:26:55.759
 He says,

00:26:55.859 --> 00:26:57.799
 just as Jesus suffered physically

00:26:57.799 --> 00:27:01.899
 and he triumphed spiritually,

00:27:02.799 --> 00:27:05.179
 so will his people.

00:27:07.819 --> 00:27:09.399
 I don't know how it works, guys.

00:27:10.599 --> 00:27:11.299
 But there's just something

00:27:11.299 --> 00:27:12.179
 about God's spirit

00:27:12.179 --> 00:27:13.199
 that when it enters into us

00:27:13.199 --> 00:27:13.859
 as his people,

00:27:15.139 --> 00:27:16.719
 sometimes it just thrives

00:27:16.719 --> 00:27:19.319
 on holy suffering.

00:27:21.159 --> 00:27:22.019
 And you see it

00:27:22.019 --> 00:27:22.939
 in people's lives, man.

00:27:22.959 --> 00:27:24.179
 I've seen it in pastors in China

00:27:24.179 --> 00:27:24.779
 who've been in prison

00:27:24.779 --> 00:27:25.459
 for 30 years

00:27:25.459 --> 00:27:26.039
 and they come out

00:27:26.039 --> 00:27:27.319
 and there's just a difference

00:27:27.319 --> 00:27:28.099
 in their life.

00:27:30.339 --> 00:27:31.659
 I've seen it in holy marriages

00:27:31.659 --> 00:27:32.819
 where women have been suffering

00:27:32.819 --> 00:27:33.699
 for years and years

00:27:33.699 --> 00:27:34.039
 and all of a sudden

00:27:34.039 --> 00:27:35.019
 the guy comes to Christ

00:27:35.019 --> 00:27:36.079
 and there's just a difference.

00:27:37.699 --> 00:27:39.379
 I've seen it in holy workplaces

00:27:39.380 --> 00:27:40.420
 where people have been suffering

00:27:40.420 --> 00:27:41.280
 and suffering

00:27:41.280 --> 00:27:42.260
 and doing the right thing

00:27:42.260 --> 00:27:43.340
 and God has been meeting them

00:27:43.340 --> 00:27:45.060
 and they change

00:27:45.060 --> 00:27:45.640
 and there's something

00:27:45.640 --> 00:27:46.440
 that God uses

00:27:46.440 --> 00:27:47.880
 in the midst of physical suffering

00:27:47.880 --> 00:27:48.500
 as Christians

00:27:48.500 --> 00:27:50.340
 that changes us

00:27:50.340 --> 00:27:54.160
 if we allow him to do that.

00:28:00.160 --> 00:28:01.700
 Peter warns us one more time.

00:28:01.780 --> 00:28:01.980
 He says,

00:28:02.060 --> 00:28:02.880
 in the midst of the suffering

00:28:02.880 --> 00:28:04.340
 in verses chapter 4,

00:28:04.420 --> 00:28:05.160
 verses 2 through 4,

00:28:05.220 --> 00:28:06.240
 in the midst of the suffering,

00:28:06.340 --> 00:28:07.820
 in the midst of all these things

00:28:07.819 --> 00:28:08.200
 going on,

00:28:08.279 --> 00:28:09.119
 we are going to be tempted

00:28:09.119 --> 00:28:10.359
 to go back to our old life.

00:28:12.480 --> 00:28:13.379
 We're going to be tempted

00:28:13.379 --> 00:28:15.220
 to identify with our old life.

00:28:15.339 --> 00:28:17.059
 We're going to want to indulge

00:28:17.059 --> 00:28:18.179
 in the things of the world.

00:28:18.279 --> 00:28:19.419
 We're going to want to do

00:28:19.419 --> 00:28:20.000
 all these things

00:28:20.000 --> 00:28:20.679
 that we didn't do

00:28:20.679 --> 00:28:21.639
 before we were baptized.

00:28:22.179 --> 00:28:23.519
 We're going to want to do that

00:28:23.519 --> 00:28:24.319
 because it's going to be,

00:28:24.720 --> 00:28:25.480
 the draw is going to be

00:28:25.480 --> 00:28:28.339
 so passionate and so hard

00:28:28.339 --> 00:28:29.000
 and he says,

00:28:29.139 --> 00:28:29.700
 don't do that.

00:28:32.179 --> 00:28:33.000
 It's one of the reasons

00:28:33.000 --> 00:28:33.899
 we stay in community

00:28:33.899 --> 00:28:34.399
 in a church

00:28:34.399 --> 00:28:35.000
 because we realize

00:28:35.000 --> 00:28:35.559
 in a community

00:28:35.559 --> 00:28:37.720
 it's harder for us

00:28:37.720 --> 00:28:38.399
 to get broken.

00:28:40.519 --> 00:28:41.759
 And what Peter says here

00:28:41.759 --> 00:28:42.359
 in his passage

00:28:42.359 --> 00:28:43.200
 is that you just look

00:28:43.200 --> 00:28:44.399
 at a person's actions

00:28:44.399 --> 00:28:46.740
 in the midst of suffering

00:28:46.740 --> 00:28:48.720
 and our actions

00:28:48.720 --> 00:28:49.659
 are always going to point

00:28:49.659 --> 00:28:51.159
 towards what our hope is.

00:28:53.379 --> 00:28:54.619
 And he uses an example

00:28:54.619 --> 00:28:55.059
 of Noah.

00:28:57.440 --> 00:28:58.539
 And you know the story.

00:28:59.519 --> 00:29:00.480
 He tells the story

00:29:00.480 --> 00:29:01.619
 in verse 20.

00:29:02.039 --> 00:29:02.519
 He says that

00:29:02.519 --> 00:29:03.940
 in the book of Noah,

00:29:03.940 --> 00:29:05.920
 God looks at the world

00:29:05.920 --> 00:29:06.440
 and the world's

00:29:06.440 --> 00:29:07.019
 out of control.

00:29:08.519 --> 00:29:09.220
 There's no one

00:29:09.220 --> 00:29:10.380
 whose heart is after the Lord.

00:29:11.460 --> 00:29:11.799
 And it says

00:29:11.799 --> 00:29:12.460
 a very interesting thing.

00:29:12.539 --> 00:29:13.740
 It says God found favor

00:29:13.740 --> 00:29:14.259
 on Noah.

00:29:14.940 --> 00:29:15.720
 Not because Noah

00:29:15.720 --> 00:29:16.480
 was a great man.

00:29:16.559 --> 00:29:17.080
 Not because Noah

00:29:17.080 --> 00:29:17.820
 was doing everything good.

00:29:17.960 --> 00:29:18.840
 We're told later

00:29:18.840 --> 00:29:20.160
 that Noah is a pagan.

00:29:21.039 --> 00:29:21.860
 But for some reason

00:29:21.860 --> 00:29:23.160
 God finds favor in him

00:29:23.160 --> 00:29:23.840
 and through mercy

00:29:23.840 --> 00:29:24.259
 and grace

00:29:24.259 --> 00:29:25.480
 he comes into Noah's life

00:29:25.480 --> 00:29:26.500
 and he gives Noah

00:29:26.500 --> 00:29:28.000
 a plan and a purpose

00:29:28.000 --> 00:29:28.759
 and he says,

00:29:28.860 --> 00:29:29.860
 I want you to build an ark

00:29:29.860 --> 00:29:31.920
 because I'm going to do

00:29:31.920 --> 00:29:32.620
 something amazing.

00:29:32.619 --> 00:29:35.739
 And as you build this ark

00:29:35.739 --> 00:29:36.859
 it's going to be a testimony

00:29:36.859 --> 00:29:38.399
 to all the people around you.

00:29:39.479 --> 00:29:40.319
 I mean all the people

00:29:40.319 --> 00:29:41.419
 around you are against me.

00:29:41.519 --> 00:29:42.059
 They hate me.

00:29:42.419 --> 00:29:43.319
 They don't want to have

00:29:43.319 --> 00:29:44.459
 anything to do with God.

00:29:44.539 --> 00:29:45.579
 They want to be the God.

00:29:45.819 --> 00:29:46.739
 But I want you to build

00:29:46.739 --> 00:29:47.279
 this ark

00:29:47.279 --> 00:29:48.799
 as a testimony

00:29:48.799 --> 00:29:50.879
 and an obedience.

00:29:54.439 --> 00:29:55.719
 And so Noah starts to build

00:29:55.720 --> 00:30:00.339
 and 120 years later

00:30:00.339 --> 00:30:02.860
 he finishes it.

00:30:05.819 --> 00:30:08.019
 120 years later.

00:30:10.059 --> 00:30:11.100
 Can you imagine

00:30:11.100 --> 00:30:12.640
 120 years of mocking

00:30:12.640 --> 00:30:14.220
 in the workplace?

00:30:17.220 --> 00:30:18.160
 I mean some of us

00:30:18.160 --> 00:30:18.680
 don't want to stay

00:30:18.680 --> 00:30:19.779
 for six weeks of mocking

00:30:19.779 --> 00:30:20.579
 in the workplace

00:30:20.579 --> 00:30:22.559
 or in a family

00:30:22.559 --> 00:30:24.359
 or in a marriage.

00:30:26.220 --> 00:30:27.839
 But for 120 years

00:30:27.839 --> 00:30:29.339
 Noah is faithfully

00:30:29.339 --> 00:30:29.879
 carrying out

00:30:29.879 --> 00:30:30.839
 what God's called him to do.

00:30:31.220 --> 00:30:32.339
 He's suffering.

00:30:32.559 --> 00:30:33.379
 He's being persecuted.

00:30:33.779 --> 00:30:34.779
 He's building an ark.

00:30:35.299 --> 00:30:36.319
 Everybody's hostile to him.

00:30:36.599 --> 00:30:37.460
 And what verse 4 says

00:30:37.460 --> 00:30:38.019
 in chapter 4

00:30:38.019 --> 00:30:38.519
 is that if you

00:30:38.519 --> 00:30:40.319
 don't run to the people

00:30:40.319 --> 00:30:42.659
 everyone's going to mock you.

00:30:42.660 --> 00:30:48.140
 I always thought

00:30:48.140 --> 00:30:49.140
 that was so interesting to me.

00:30:49.360 --> 00:30:50.259
 This happened to me

00:30:50.259 --> 00:30:51.600
 as my junior year in college.

00:30:52.300 --> 00:30:53.900
 I came out of my room one day

00:30:53.900 --> 00:30:54.800
 and we just had

00:30:54.800 --> 00:30:55.940
 this crazy party.

00:30:56.140 --> 00:30:57.240
 I don't want to say too much

00:30:57.240 --> 00:30:57.740
 because kids were

00:30:57.740 --> 00:30:58.759
 but they were just

00:30:58.759 --> 00:30:59.320
 it was just

00:30:59.320 --> 00:30:59.980
 it was just

00:30:59.980 --> 00:31:01.800
 Sodom and Gomorrah

00:31:01.800 --> 00:31:02.880
 would have loved our party.

00:31:04.120 --> 00:31:05.620
 There were naked bodies everywhere

00:31:05.620 --> 00:31:06.759
 and people had vomited

00:31:06.759 --> 00:31:07.540
 all over the apartment.

00:31:07.720 --> 00:31:09.019
 My roommate was still drunk

00:31:09.019 --> 00:31:09.779
 and he's trying to clean up

00:31:09.779 --> 00:31:10.180
 the vomit

00:31:10.180 --> 00:31:11.400
 and it was so bad

00:31:11.400 --> 00:31:11.820
 that instead of

00:31:11.820 --> 00:31:12.600
 cleaning the vomit up

00:31:12.599 --> 00:31:13.059
 he just took out

00:31:13.059 --> 00:31:13.559
 a pair of scissors

00:31:13.559 --> 00:31:15.119
 and he started cutting holes

00:31:15.119 --> 00:31:15.859
 around the carpet

00:31:15.859 --> 00:31:16.859
 and he'd take the carpet

00:31:16.859 --> 00:31:17.740
 and just throw it out.

00:31:19.399 --> 00:31:20.279
 And so the next two months

00:31:20.279 --> 00:31:21.219
 you walk into our house

00:31:21.219 --> 00:31:22.000
 and there's just holes

00:31:22.000 --> 00:31:22.819
 all over the carpet.

00:31:24.339 --> 00:31:25.959
 And I walked out of this

00:31:25.959 --> 00:31:26.500
 into my room

00:31:26.500 --> 00:31:26.919
 and I'm like

00:31:26.919 --> 00:31:28.419
 what am I doing here?

00:31:30.639 --> 00:31:31.879
 And when am I going to grow up?

00:31:33.799 --> 00:31:34.799
 When am I going to start living

00:31:34.799 --> 00:31:35.439
 like the person

00:31:35.439 --> 00:31:36.519
 God has called me to be?

00:31:38.639 --> 00:31:39.839
 When am I going to be different?

00:31:41.679 --> 00:31:42.480
 When am I going to take care

00:31:42.480 --> 00:31:43.019
 of myself?

00:31:44.940 --> 00:31:46.599
 And I stopped doing those things.

00:31:47.680 --> 00:31:48.279
 And you know what?

00:31:49.539 --> 00:31:51.039
 My friends got angry at me.

00:31:53.039 --> 00:31:53.960
 They mocked me.

00:31:55.360 --> 00:31:56.319
 They said I was stupid

00:31:56.319 --> 00:31:57.140
 for not doing drugs

00:31:57.140 --> 00:31:57.519
 and drinking

00:31:57.519 --> 00:31:58.440
 and getting out of control

00:31:58.440 --> 00:31:59.980
 trying to take care of my body.

00:32:00.079 --> 00:32:01.039
 They thought that was terrible.

00:32:02.980 --> 00:32:03.940
 They were angry.

00:32:05.039 --> 00:32:06.319
 I mean they were angry

00:32:06.319 --> 00:32:10.259
 because I wanted to walk

00:32:10.259 --> 00:32:10.779
 with the Lord

00:32:10.779 --> 00:32:11.559
 and be different.

00:32:14.419 --> 00:32:15.619
 And the passage says

00:32:15.619 --> 00:32:16.759
 the same thing happened to Noah

00:32:16.759 --> 00:32:17.720
 and the same thing

00:32:17.720 --> 00:32:19.000
 is going to happen to you

00:32:19.000 --> 00:32:20.599
 and to I.

00:32:23.259 --> 00:32:24.480
 The ark was this

00:32:24.480 --> 00:32:25.720
 physical evidence

00:32:25.720 --> 00:32:27.119
 of Noah's faith to God

00:32:27.119 --> 00:32:27.759
 and this ark

00:32:27.759 --> 00:32:28.919
 showed everyone

00:32:28.919 --> 00:32:30.859
 that Noah was serving

00:32:30.859 --> 00:32:32.579
 something different.

00:32:32.579 --> 00:32:33.419
 and every time

00:32:33.419 --> 00:32:34.960
 people saw the ark

00:32:34.960 --> 00:32:36.299
 they had to make a choice.

00:32:37.099 --> 00:32:38.000
 They had to say

00:32:38.000 --> 00:32:38.859
 am I going to go

00:32:38.859 --> 00:32:39.480
 this direction

00:32:39.480 --> 00:32:40.220
 or am I going to go

00:32:40.220 --> 00:32:40.980
 that direction?

00:32:42.319 --> 00:32:43.159
 Every time

00:32:43.159 --> 00:32:44.460
 for 120 years.

00:32:45.819 --> 00:32:46.679
 And people got angry

00:32:46.679 --> 00:32:47.079
 at that

00:32:47.079 --> 00:32:47.720
 and probably Noah

00:32:47.720 --> 00:32:48.619
 didn't even have to say anything.

00:32:48.619 --> 00:32:49.379
 and they just saw an ark

00:32:49.379 --> 00:32:50.079
 and they got angry

00:32:50.079 --> 00:32:50.619
 at that.

00:32:52.299 --> 00:32:52.939
 But what we see

00:32:52.939 --> 00:32:53.539
 in this passage

00:32:53.539 --> 00:32:55.319
 is that Noah's

00:32:55.319 --> 00:32:57.979
 what he did today

00:32:57.979 --> 00:33:00.459
 wasn't just focused

00:33:00.459 --> 00:33:00.939
 on today

00:33:00.939 --> 00:33:01.599
 but it was focused

00:33:01.599 --> 00:33:02.799
 on a future event.

00:33:05.479 --> 00:33:06.579
 That he wasn't just living

00:33:06.579 --> 00:33:07.219
 for today

00:33:07.219 --> 00:33:08.239
 or next week

00:33:08.239 --> 00:33:09.259
 but his hope

00:33:09.259 --> 00:33:09.799
 was focused

00:33:09.799 --> 00:33:10.500
 on a future.

00:33:13.259 --> 00:33:14.179
 What Peter says

00:33:14.179 --> 00:33:14.839
 is if we live

00:33:14.839 --> 00:33:16.579
 like we're supposed to

00:33:16.579 --> 00:33:18.819
 you and I

00:33:18.819 --> 00:33:19.259
 are going to look

00:33:19.259 --> 00:33:20.339
 just like Noah

00:33:20.339 --> 00:33:21.939
 in our workplace.

00:33:24.559 --> 00:33:25.159
 You and I

00:33:25.159 --> 00:33:25.480
 are going to look

00:33:25.480 --> 00:33:26.179
 just like Noah

00:33:26.179 --> 00:33:27.779
 on the university campus.

00:33:30.240 --> 00:33:30.819
 You and I

00:33:30.819 --> 00:33:31.159
 are going to look

00:33:31.159 --> 00:33:31.859
 just like Noah

00:33:31.859 --> 00:33:32.559
 in our marriages

00:33:32.559 --> 00:33:33.519
 and in our families

00:33:33.519 --> 00:33:34.460
 and our family reunions.

00:33:34.659 --> 00:33:35.619
 We're going to look different

00:33:35.619 --> 00:33:36.099
 and people are going

00:33:36.099 --> 00:33:36.639
 to be angry

00:33:36.639 --> 00:33:41.639
 and we're going to suffer.

00:33:44.539 --> 00:33:45.159
 And the passage

00:33:45.159 --> 00:33:46.359
 said God uses that

00:33:46.359 --> 00:33:49.399
 he's going to change you.

00:33:51.679 --> 00:33:52.379
 He's going to change

00:33:52.379 --> 00:33:53.299
 the people around you.

00:33:55.699 --> 00:33:56.339
 So the question

00:33:56.339 --> 00:33:57.119
 I want to end up with

00:33:57.119 --> 00:33:57.740
 the question I just

00:33:57.740 --> 00:33:58.299
 want to ask us

00:33:58.299 --> 00:33:59.059
 before we finish

00:33:59.059 --> 00:34:00.019
 this time here is

00:34:00.019 --> 00:34:03.639
 what does the ark

00:34:03.639 --> 00:34:04.059
 look like

00:34:04.059 --> 00:34:04.559
 that you're building

00:34:04.559 --> 00:34:05.240
 with your life?

00:34:09.539 --> 00:34:10.259
 If you're a child

00:34:10.259 --> 00:34:10.599
 of God

00:34:10.599 --> 00:34:11.420
 and God has come to you

00:34:11.420 --> 00:34:11.960
 and he's given you

00:34:11.960 --> 00:34:12.319
 his spirit

00:34:12.319 --> 00:34:12.819
 and he's asked you

00:34:12.819 --> 00:34:13.299
 to change

00:34:13.299 --> 00:34:13.839
 and do stuff

00:34:13.839 --> 00:34:14.519
 and be different

00:34:14.519 --> 00:34:18.900
 what is the present

00:34:18.900 --> 00:34:19.400
 thing that you're

00:34:19.400 --> 00:34:20.219
 building with your life

00:34:20.219 --> 00:34:21.119
 that is a focus

00:34:21.119 --> 00:34:22.079
 on the future hope

00:34:22.079 --> 00:34:22.780
 of reality?

00:34:26.179 --> 00:34:27.019
 If people were to look

00:34:27.019 --> 00:34:27.599
 at your marriage

00:34:27.599 --> 00:34:28.179
 and your life

00:34:28.179 --> 00:34:28.780
 and to see how you're

00:34:28.780 --> 00:34:29.480
 living what does that

00:34:29.480 --> 00:34:30.539
 ark look like?

00:34:30.619 --> 00:34:31.579
 What is that hope

00:34:31.579 --> 00:34:32.780
 pointing towards?

00:34:34.460 --> 00:34:35.300
 What is it pointing

00:34:35.300 --> 00:34:35.719
 towards?

00:34:35.719 --> 00:34:43.339
 The question

00:34:43.339 --> 00:34:43.699
 that Peter

00:34:43.699 --> 00:34:44.259
 asks us

00:34:44.259 --> 00:34:44.659
 and the Bible

00:34:44.659 --> 00:34:45.079
 asks us

00:34:45.079 --> 00:34:45.480
 is if

00:34:45.480 --> 00:34:46.579
 it's pointing

00:34:46.579 --> 00:34:47.139
 towards something

00:34:47.139 --> 00:34:48.000
 besides the ark

00:34:48.000 --> 00:34:48.500
 if it's pointing

00:34:48.500 --> 00:34:49.000
 towards something

00:34:49.000 --> 00:34:49.959
 besides Christ

00:34:49.959 --> 00:34:52.539
 is that really

00:34:52.539 --> 00:34:53.239
 going to be enough?

00:34:57.459 --> 00:34:58.059
 Is that really

00:34:58.059 --> 00:34:58.459
 going to be enough

00:34:58.459 --> 00:34:59.099
 to save you?

00:34:59.199 --> 00:34:59.539
 Is that really

00:34:59.539 --> 00:34:59.939
 going to be enough

00:34:59.939 --> 00:35:00.379
 when the difficult

00:35:00.379 --> 00:35:01.000
 times hit?

00:35:01.059 --> 00:35:01.459
 Is that really

00:35:01.459 --> 00:35:02.599
 going to be enough

00:35:02.599 --> 00:35:03.639
 to sustain you?

00:35:03.639 --> 00:35:08.379
 What do our

00:35:08.379 --> 00:35:09.239
 present actions

00:35:09.239 --> 00:35:10.639
 point to

00:35:10.639 --> 00:35:11.699
 as our future hope?

00:35:13.839 --> 00:35:14.239
 How?

00:35:14.739 --> 00:35:15.559
 How do we do this?

00:35:15.579 --> 00:35:15.960
 How do we get the

00:35:15.960 --> 00:35:16.579
 power to do this?

00:35:18.359 --> 00:35:19.480
 I love war movies.

00:35:20.179 --> 00:35:21.099
 I haven't seen a good

00:35:21.099 --> 00:35:21.980
 war movie in a long

00:35:21.980 --> 00:35:22.219
 time.

00:35:22.319 --> 00:35:23.420
 The last good war movie

00:35:23.420 --> 00:35:23.960
 I saw was

00:35:23.960 --> 00:35:24.579
 Saving Private

00:35:24.579 --> 00:35:26.139
 was Band of Brothers

00:35:26.139 --> 00:35:26.819
 and I watched it

00:35:26.819 --> 00:35:27.219
 with Kip

00:35:27.219 --> 00:35:28.079
 and we talked about it.

00:35:29.279 --> 00:35:30.079
 But there's one

00:35:30.079 --> 00:35:31.039
 that sticks out

00:35:31.039 --> 00:35:31.579
 in my mind

00:35:31.579 --> 00:35:31.940
 because there's

00:35:31.940 --> 00:35:32.619
 certain scenes

00:35:32.619 --> 00:35:33.380
 that I kind of

00:35:33.380 --> 00:35:34.159
 burned into my

00:35:34.159 --> 00:35:34.579
 head

00:35:34.579 --> 00:35:36.380
 and it's

00:35:36.380 --> 00:35:36.860
 Saving Private

00:35:36.860 --> 00:35:37.240
 Ryan.

00:35:38.880 --> 00:35:39.519
 Actually I don't

00:35:39.519 --> 00:35:40.260
 watch it very much

00:35:40.260 --> 00:35:41.119
 because it's so

00:35:41.119 --> 00:35:41.619
 intense.

00:35:41.740 --> 00:35:42.300
 Some of the scenes

00:35:42.300 --> 00:35:43.139
 are so intense

00:35:43.139 --> 00:35:44.099
 I just can't

00:35:44.099 --> 00:35:44.559
 handle it.

00:35:44.579 --> 00:35:44.920
 I just keep

00:35:44.920 --> 00:35:45.260
 thinking about

00:35:45.260 --> 00:35:45.800
 my son

00:35:45.800 --> 00:35:47.000
 and would I

00:35:47.000 --> 00:35:47.200
 have him

00:35:47.200 --> 00:35:47.679
 fight in a war?

00:35:47.960 --> 00:35:48.820
 I just can't

00:35:48.820 --> 00:35:49.380
 handle it.

00:35:50.500 --> 00:35:51.280
 But the most

00:35:51.280 --> 00:35:51.920
 intense scene

00:35:51.920 --> 00:35:52.579
 in Saving Private

00:35:52.579 --> 00:35:52.940
 Ryan

00:35:52.940 --> 00:35:53.980
 is the first

00:35:53.980 --> 00:35:54.320
 scene.

00:35:55.860 --> 00:35:56.800
 And it begins

00:35:56.800 --> 00:35:57.519
 on a beach

00:35:57.519 --> 00:35:58.059
 in Normandy

00:35:58.059 --> 00:36:00.380
 in modern day.

00:36:01.940 --> 00:36:02.480
 And this little

00:36:02.480 --> 00:36:03.000
 old man

00:36:03.000 --> 00:36:03.519
 is walking

00:36:03.519 --> 00:36:04.059
 up to the

00:36:04.059 --> 00:36:04.639
 graveyards

00:36:04.639 --> 00:36:06.300
 and his wife

00:36:06.300 --> 00:36:06.920
 is behind him

00:36:06.920 --> 00:36:07.500
 beside him

00:36:07.500 --> 00:36:08.539
 all his grandkids

00:36:08.539 --> 00:36:08.920
 and his kids

00:36:08.920 --> 00:36:09.460
 behind him.

00:36:10.119 --> 00:36:10.400
 And he's

00:36:10.400 --> 00:36:10.900
 walking through

00:36:10.900 --> 00:36:12.119
 this cemetery

00:36:12.119 --> 00:36:12.860
 and he sees

00:36:12.860 --> 00:36:14.840
 Star of David

00:36:14.840 --> 00:36:16.559
 something else

00:36:16.559 --> 00:36:17.440
 a cross

00:36:17.440 --> 00:36:18.599
 and he stops

00:36:18.599 --> 00:36:19.139
 at the grave

00:36:19.139 --> 00:36:19.720
 where the person

00:36:19.720 --> 00:36:20.320
 who saved his

00:36:20.320 --> 00:36:20.500
 life

00:36:20.500 --> 00:36:21.019
 because the story

00:36:21.019 --> 00:36:21.340
 is about

00:36:21.340 --> 00:36:22.159
 this one guy

00:36:22.159 --> 00:36:22.380
 who gets

00:36:22.380 --> 00:36:23.019
 parachuted behind

00:36:23.019 --> 00:36:23.519
 lines

00:36:23.519 --> 00:36:24.579
 he gets lost

00:36:24.579 --> 00:36:24.860
 he has

00:36:24.860 --> 00:36:25.920
 three brothers

00:36:25.920 --> 00:36:27.240
 and all three

00:36:27.240 --> 00:36:27.820
 of them die

00:36:27.820 --> 00:36:28.420
 and so the military

00:36:28.420 --> 00:36:28.900
 says you've got

00:36:28.900 --> 00:36:29.539
 to find his kid

00:36:29.539 --> 00:36:30.019
 because we're not

00:36:30.019 --> 00:36:30.700
 letting four boys

00:36:30.700 --> 00:36:31.280
 die on the same

00:36:31.280 --> 00:36:31.600
 day.

00:36:32.060 --> 00:36:32.420
 So they send

00:36:32.420 --> 00:36:33.000
 all these guys

00:36:33.000 --> 00:36:33.400
 to save

00:36:33.400 --> 00:36:34.260
 Private Ryan

00:36:34.260 --> 00:36:35.560
 and in the end

00:36:35.560 --> 00:36:36.000
 they all get

00:36:36.000 --> 00:36:36.400
 killed.

00:36:38.240 --> 00:36:38.900
 And in the last

00:36:38.900 --> 00:36:39.640
 scene of the show

00:36:39.640 --> 00:36:40.580
 the guy's looking

00:36:40.580 --> 00:36:40.940
 at him

00:36:40.940 --> 00:36:41.880
 and it's Tom Hanks

00:36:41.880 --> 00:36:42.620
 he's about to die

00:36:42.620 --> 00:36:43.019
 and he says

00:36:43.019 --> 00:36:44.560
 to Matt Damon

00:36:44.560 --> 00:36:45.080
 Private Ryan

00:36:45.080 --> 00:36:45.360
 he says

00:36:45.360 --> 00:36:47.240
 don't waste this

00:36:47.240 --> 00:36:49.280
 do something

00:36:49.280 --> 00:36:49.780
 incredible

00:36:49.780 --> 00:36:50.519
 with your life.

00:36:53.019 --> 00:36:53.880
 And I watched

00:36:53.880 --> 00:36:54.680
 that first scene

00:36:54.680 --> 00:36:55.100
 and he looks

00:36:55.100 --> 00:36:55.900
 around and he

00:36:55.900 --> 00:36:56.519
 looks at his wife

00:36:56.519 --> 00:36:56.940
 and he goes

00:36:56.940 --> 00:36:59.540
 was I good?

00:37:01.280 --> 00:37:03.560
 Is that worth

00:37:03.560 --> 00:37:03.820
 it?

00:37:06.240 --> 00:37:06.900
 Did I make

00:37:06.900 --> 00:37:07.440
 a difference?

00:37:08.720 --> 00:37:09.040
 I mean that

00:37:09.040 --> 00:37:09.500
 to me

00:37:09.500 --> 00:37:10.220
 that's the whole

00:37:10.220 --> 00:37:10.960
 movie right there.

00:37:13.640 --> 00:37:14.160
 And you know

00:37:14.160 --> 00:37:14.580
 what the passage

00:37:14.580 --> 00:37:15.000
 says?

00:37:17.880 --> 00:37:18.820
 You and I

00:37:18.820 --> 00:37:21.120
 come to a cross

00:37:21.120 --> 00:37:24.000
 where it says

00:37:24.000 --> 00:37:24.600
 the just

00:37:24.600 --> 00:37:26.600
 died for the

00:37:26.600 --> 00:37:27.080
 unjust

00:37:27.079 --> 00:37:29.079
 so that we

00:37:29.079 --> 00:37:30.000
 might go

00:37:30.000 --> 00:37:31.219
 to God.

00:37:32.819 --> 00:37:33.559
 The passage

00:37:33.559 --> 00:37:34.219
 says that

00:37:34.219 --> 00:37:34.960
 any other

00:37:34.960 --> 00:37:35.319
 arc

00:37:35.319 --> 00:37:36.440
 that you're

00:37:36.440 --> 00:37:36.880
 building your

00:37:36.880 --> 00:37:37.299
 life on

00:37:37.299 --> 00:37:37.880
 right now

00:37:37.880 --> 00:37:39.319
 success,

00:37:39.739 --> 00:37:40.099
 fame,

00:37:40.219 --> 00:37:40.679
 relationships,

00:37:40.940 --> 00:37:41.239
 marriage,

00:37:41.539 --> 00:37:41.920
 kids,

00:37:42.599 --> 00:37:43.119
 schools,

00:37:43.299 --> 00:37:43.659
 academic,

00:37:43.880 --> 00:37:44.380
 whatever that

00:37:44.380 --> 00:37:44.940
 arc is

00:37:44.940 --> 00:37:45.400
 you're building

00:37:45.400 --> 00:37:46.039
 and you're

00:37:46.039 --> 00:37:46.380
 saying this

00:37:46.380 --> 00:37:46.679
 is going to

00:37:46.679 --> 00:37:46.920
 get me

00:37:46.920 --> 00:37:47.199
 through the

00:37:47.199 --> 00:37:47.460
 flood,

00:37:47.539 --> 00:37:47.880
 this is going

00:37:47.880 --> 00:37:48.099
 to help

00:37:48.099 --> 00:37:48.360
 me through

00:37:48.360 --> 00:37:48.679
 life,

00:37:48.980 --> 00:37:49.360
 I'm going

00:37:49.360 --> 00:37:49.840
 to survive,

00:37:50.019 --> 00:37:50.299
 this is going

00:37:50.299 --> 00:37:50.659
 to be great.

00:37:50.920 --> 00:37:51.340
 The passage

00:37:51.340 --> 00:37:51.579
 is saying

00:37:51.579 --> 00:37:52.159
 that every

00:37:52.159 --> 00:37:52.799
 other arc

00:37:52.799 --> 00:37:53.059
 that you're

00:37:53.059 --> 00:37:53.460
 building on

00:37:53.460 --> 00:37:53.699
 if it's

00:37:53.699 --> 00:37:54.259
 not on

00:37:54.259 --> 00:37:54.719
 Christ,

00:37:54.719 --> 00:37:57.039
 you're

00:37:57.039 --> 00:37:57.379
 doomed.

00:38:00.819 --> 00:38:01.319
 And

00:38:01.319 --> 00:38:01.639
 everybody

00:38:01.639 --> 00:38:02.199
 looking at

00:38:02.199 --> 00:38:02.939
 your life

00:38:02.939 --> 00:38:05.359
 and if

00:38:05.359 --> 00:38:05.719
 your kids

00:38:05.719 --> 00:38:06.519
 follow that

00:38:06.519 --> 00:38:07.259
 same building

00:38:07.259 --> 00:38:07.759
 plan,

00:38:08.679 --> 00:38:09.980
 they're

00:38:09.980 --> 00:38:10.339
 doomed.

00:38:17.339 --> 00:38:17.939
 But we

00:38:17.939 --> 00:38:18.339
 have an

00:38:18.339 --> 00:38:18.699
 arc

00:38:18.699 --> 00:38:21.019
 that we

00:38:21.019 --> 00:38:21.419
 can cling

00:38:21.419 --> 00:38:21.719
 to.

00:38:21.719 --> 00:38:24.679
 His name

00:38:24.679 --> 00:38:25.179
 is Jesus.

00:38:27.199 --> 00:38:27.859
 No matter

00:38:27.859 --> 00:38:28.399
 what you're

00:38:28.399 --> 00:38:28.799
 suffering,

00:38:30.139 --> 00:38:30.719
 no matter

00:38:30.719 --> 00:38:31.459
 how difficult

00:38:31.459 --> 00:38:31.959
 your life

00:38:31.959 --> 00:38:32.299
 is,

00:38:33.079 --> 00:38:33.559
 no matter

00:38:33.559 --> 00:38:33.899
 what the

00:38:33.899 --> 00:38:34.539
 pain and

00:38:34.539 --> 00:38:35.039
 the sorrow

00:38:35.039 --> 00:38:35.379
 and the

00:38:35.379 --> 00:38:35.839
 frustration

00:38:35.839 --> 00:38:36.259
 and the

00:38:36.259 --> 00:38:36.559
 anger

00:38:36.559 --> 00:38:37.239
 and just

00:38:37.239 --> 00:38:37.959
 the humiliation

00:38:37.959 --> 00:38:38.379
 and the

00:38:38.379 --> 00:38:38.819
 stupidness

00:38:38.819 --> 00:38:39.159
 you feel,

00:38:39.319 --> 00:38:39.719
 no matter

00:38:39.719 --> 00:38:40.219
 what that

00:38:40.219 --> 00:38:40.659
 is,

00:38:41.599 --> 00:38:42.219
 the Bible

00:38:42.219 --> 00:38:42.619
 says that

00:38:42.619 --> 00:38:43.079
 Christ has

00:38:43.079 --> 00:38:43.339
 already

00:38:43.339 --> 00:38:44.279
 experienced

00:38:44.279 --> 00:38:44.679
 those things,

00:38:44.759 --> 00:38:45.039
 he's already

00:38:45.039 --> 00:38:45.679
 felt those

00:38:45.679 --> 00:38:45.819
 things,

00:38:45.899 --> 00:38:46.179
 he's already

00:38:46.179 --> 00:38:46.639
 gone through

00:38:46.639 --> 00:38:47.159
 those things.

00:38:47.159 --> 00:38:50.799
 he's waiting

00:38:50.799 --> 00:38:54.339
 to take you

00:38:54.339 --> 00:38:54.799
 through those

00:38:54.799 --> 00:38:55.159
 things.

00:39:00.879 --> 00:39:01.500
 He's the

00:39:01.500 --> 00:39:01.960
 only arc

00:39:01.960 --> 00:39:03.899
 that can

00:39:03.899 --> 00:39:04.420
 save us.

00:39:09.480 --> 00:39:10.239
 Which arc

00:39:10.239 --> 00:39:10.500
 are you

00:39:10.500 --> 00:39:10.940
 trusting in

00:39:10.940 --> 00:39:11.219
 today?

00:39:11.219 --> 00:39:11.299
 Today?

00:39:11.300 --> 00:39:16.280
 How you

00:39:16.280 --> 00:39:16.820
 react to

00:39:16.820 --> 00:39:17.240
 suffering

00:39:17.240 --> 00:39:18.340
 points to

00:39:18.340 --> 00:39:18.560
 it.

00:39:21.100 --> 00:39:21.740
 If you

00:39:21.740 --> 00:39:22.140
 go back

00:39:22.140 --> 00:39:22.400
 to your

00:39:22.400 --> 00:39:22.940
 old ways

00:39:22.940 --> 00:39:23.440
 when suffering

00:39:23.440 --> 00:39:23.860
 hits,

00:39:24.580 --> 00:39:25.080
 it points

00:39:25.080 --> 00:39:25.500
 to it.

00:39:27.200 --> 00:39:28.060
 My prayer

00:39:28.060 --> 00:39:28.480
 is that

00:39:28.480 --> 00:39:28.980
 all of us

00:39:28.980 --> 00:39:29.400
 in here

00:39:29.400 --> 00:39:31.539
 would consider

00:39:31.539 --> 00:39:32.060
 Christ

00:39:32.060 --> 00:39:34.640
 and realize

00:39:34.640 --> 00:39:34.980
 that he

00:39:34.980 --> 00:39:35.340
 is the

00:39:35.340 --> 00:39:36.000
 only thing

00:39:36.000 --> 00:39:38.240
 that will

00:39:38.240 --> 00:39:38.840
 sustain us.

00:39:41.300 --> 00:39:41.960
 That's a

00:39:41.960 --> 00:39:42.420
 message

00:39:42.420 --> 00:39:44.240
 that everyone

00:39:44.240 --> 00:39:44.940
 around you

00:39:44.940 --> 00:39:46.460
 needs to

00:39:46.460 --> 00:39:46.700
 hear.

00:39:48.380 --> 00:39:49.000
 And they're

00:39:49.000 --> 00:39:49.360
 going to hear

00:39:49.360 --> 00:39:49.940
 that message

00:39:49.940 --> 00:39:50.420
 and see

00:39:50.420 --> 00:39:51.060
 that message

00:39:51.060 --> 00:39:52.220
 not just

00:39:52.220 --> 00:39:52.539
 by your

00:39:52.539 --> 00:39:52.960
 words,

00:39:54.300 --> 00:39:54.760
 but by the

00:39:54.760 --> 00:39:55.580
 arc that

00:39:55.580 --> 00:39:56.019
 you build

00:39:56.019 --> 00:39:56.560
 with your

00:39:56.560 --> 00:39:57.000
 life.

00:39:58.620 --> 00:39:59.100
 You're

00:39:59.100 --> 00:39:59.300
 going to

00:39:59.300 --> 00:40:00.160
 know what

00:40:00.160 --> 00:40:00.580
 you hope

00:40:00.580 --> 00:40:02.840
 in and

00:40:02.840 --> 00:40:03.100
 what you're

00:40:03.100 --> 00:40:03.700
 focused on.

00:40:06.920 --> 00:40:07.400
 Okay?

00:40:09.720 --> 00:40:10.180
 Father,

00:40:10.260 --> 00:40:10.500
 we just

00:40:10.500 --> 00:40:10.740
 thank you

00:40:10.739 --> 00:40:11.039
 for this

00:40:11.039 --> 00:40:11.319
 day.

00:40:11.719 --> 00:40:12.139
 We thank

00:40:12.139 --> 00:40:12.399
 you for

00:40:12.399 --> 00:40:12.879
 your mercy

00:40:12.879 --> 00:40:13.319
 and your

00:40:13.319 --> 00:40:13.779
 grace.

00:40:14.699 --> 00:40:15.339
 We are

00:40:15.339 --> 00:40:16.079
 so humbled

00:40:16.079 --> 00:40:16.439
 that we

00:40:16.439 --> 00:40:16.819
 have a

00:40:16.819 --> 00:40:17.519
 God who's

00:40:17.519 --> 00:40:18.099
 gone before

00:40:18.099 --> 00:40:18.579
 us.

00:40:19.559 --> 00:40:20.419
 We have

00:40:20.419 --> 00:40:20.879
 a God

00:40:20.879 --> 00:40:21.299
 who's

00:40:21.299 --> 00:40:21.719
 submitted.

00:40:21.899 --> 00:40:22.179
 We have

00:40:22.179 --> 00:40:22.579
 a God

00:40:22.579 --> 00:40:22.899
 who's

00:40:22.899 --> 00:40:23.239
 humbled.

00:40:23.739 --> 00:40:24.319
 We have

00:40:24.319 --> 00:40:24.759
 a God

00:40:24.759 --> 00:40:25.079
 who's

00:40:25.079 --> 00:40:25.519
 gone to

00:40:25.519 --> 00:40:26.159
 the cross

00:40:26.159 --> 00:40:27.439
 so that

00:40:27.439 --> 00:40:28.199
 we as

00:40:28.199 --> 00:40:28.979
 broken,

00:40:29.859 --> 00:40:30.159
 selfish

00:40:30.159 --> 00:40:31.639
 people

00:40:31.639 --> 00:40:35.099
 might be

00:40:35.099 --> 00:40:35.459
 saved.

00:40:37.619 --> 00:40:38.159
 Lord,

00:40:38.199 --> 00:40:38.399
 I know

00:40:38.399 --> 00:40:38.719
 that there's

00:40:38.719 --> 00:40:39.119
 some of us

00:40:39.119 --> 00:40:39.359
 in here

00:40:39.359 --> 00:40:39.859
 right now

00:40:39.860 --> 00:40:40.480
 who are

00:40:40.480 --> 00:40:40.840
 building

00:40:40.840 --> 00:40:41.460
 arcs

00:40:41.460 --> 00:40:42.900
 that are

00:40:42.900 --> 00:40:43.260
 not of

00:40:43.260 --> 00:40:43.519
 you.

00:40:45.340 --> 00:40:45.660
 There are

00:40:45.660 --> 00:40:46.079
 arcs of

00:40:46.079 --> 00:40:46.740
 their career,

00:40:47.079 --> 00:40:47.820
 their ability,

00:40:48.900 --> 00:40:49.559
 themselves.

00:40:50.900 --> 00:40:51.579
 Sometimes we

00:40:51.579 --> 00:40:52.039
 just do it

00:40:52.039 --> 00:40:52.440
 because that's

00:40:52.440 --> 00:40:52.800
 what we saw

00:40:52.800 --> 00:40:53.260
 our parents

00:40:53.260 --> 00:40:53.519
 do.

00:40:54.599 --> 00:40:55.120
 And that's

00:40:55.120 --> 00:40:55.519
 what they saw

00:40:55.519 --> 00:40:56.039
 their parents

00:40:56.039 --> 00:40:56.300
 do.

00:40:57.980 --> 00:40:58.519
 Sometimes we

00:40:58.519 --> 00:40:58.880
 do it because

00:40:58.880 --> 00:40:59.280
 that's what our

00:40:59.280 --> 00:40:59.840
 peers do and

00:40:59.840 --> 00:41:00.280
 the people that

00:41:00.280 --> 00:41:00.860
 we look up to,

00:41:00.940 --> 00:41:01.360
 that's what they

00:41:01.360 --> 00:41:01.559
 do.

00:41:01.620 --> 00:41:01.860
 And so we

00:41:01.860 --> 00:41:02.280
 figure if they

00:41:02.280 --> 00:41:02.519
 do it,

00:41:02.539 --> 00:41:02.900
 it must be

00:41:02.900 --> 00:41:03.320
 right.

00:41:05.019 --> 00:41:05.420
 But when I

00:41:05.420 --> 00:41:06.059
 pray for them,

00:41:06.059 --> 00:41:06.699
 I pray for

00:41:06.699 --> 00:41:07.639
 them who

00:41:07.639 --> 00:41:08.099
 are building

00:41:08.099 --> 00:41:08.639
 an ark

00:41:08.639 --> 00:41:09.239
 and a hope

00:41:09.239 --> 00:41:10.500
 on something

00:41:10.500 --> 00:41:10.940
 different,

00:41:12.019 --> 00:41:12.460
 that they

00:41:12.460 --> 00:41:12.900
 would consider

00:41:12.900 --> 00:41:13.400
 the claims

00:41:13.400 --> 00:41:14.039
 of Christ,

00:41:15.440 --> 00:41:15.960
 they would

00:41:15.960 --> 00:41:16.420
 realize that

00:41:16.420 --> 00:41:16.759
 they have a

00:41:16.759 --> 00:41:17.340
 God who

00:41:17.340 --> 00:41:17.960
 came to

00:41:17.960 --> 00:41:18.279
 them,

00:41:18.440 --> 00:41:19.099
 for them,

00:41:19.159 --> 00:41:19.599
 to die

00:41:19.599 --> 00:41:20.259
 for them,

00:41:20.759 --> 00:41:21.920
 who suffered

00:41:21.920 --> 00:41:22.719
 everything

00:41:22.719 --> 00:41:24.579
 and was

00:41:24.579 --> 00:41:25.320
 exalted to

00:41:25.320 --> 00:41:25.840
 the right hand

00:41:25.840 --> 00:41:26.320
 of God the

00:41:26.320 --> 00:41:26.779
 Father in

00:41:26.779 --> 00:41:27.039
 heaven.

00:41:28.340 --> 00:41:29.279
 He crumbled

00:41:29.279 --> 00:41:30.279
 physically and

00:41:30.279 --> 00:41:30.579
 on this

00:41:30.579 --> 00:41:33.279
 world so

00:41:33.280 --> 00:41:33.560
 that we

00:41:33.560 --> 00:41:33.980
 might be

00:41:33.980 --> 00:41:34.480
 exalted

00:41:34.480 --> 00:41:36.040
 spiritually

00:41:36.040 --> 00:41:37.560
 with the

00:41:37.560 --> 00:41:37.860
 Father.

00:41:39.360 --> 00:41:39.960
 I pray,

00:41:40.120 --> 00:41:40.200
 Lord,

00:41:40.260 --> 00:41:40.640
 that they

00:41:40.640 --> 00:41:41.600
 who are

00:41:41.600 --> 00:41:42.060
 building an

00:41:42.060 --> 00:41:42.380
 ark on

00:41:42.380 --> 00:41:42.960
 something else

00:41:42.960 --> 00:41:43.820
 will not

00:41:43.820 --> 00:41:45.480
 leave here

00:41:45.480 --> 00:41:46.300
 this day or

00:41:46.300 --> 00:41:46.760
 this week

00:41:46.760 --> 00:41:47.560
 without considering

00:41:47.560 --> 00:41:48.040
 what they're

00:41:48.040 --> 00:41:48.620
 doing and

00:41:48.620 --> 00:41:49.240
 is it true

00:41:49.240 --> 00:41:49.780
 and worthy

00:41:49.780 --> 00:41:51.180
 and will

00:41:51.180 --> 00:41:51.480
 it really

00:41:51.480 --> 00:41:52.100
 save them.

00:41:53.580 --> 00:41:54.060
 Lord,

00:41:54.080 --> 00:41:54.420
 I pray for

00:41:54.420 --> 00:41:54.920
 those of us

00:41:54.920 --> 00:41:56.180
 who've been

00:41:56.180 --> 00:41:56.720
 baptized,

00:41:57.540 --> 00:41:58.240
 we've been

00:41:58.240 --> 00:41:58.880
 washed with

00:41:58.880 --> 00:41:59.420
 your spirit,

00:41:59.540 --> 00:41:59.840
 we've been

00:41:59.840 --> 00:42:00.500
 cleansed,

00:42:01.140 --> 00:42:01.640
 we're being

00:42:01.640 --> 00:42:02.260
 changed and

00:42:02.260 --> 00:42:02.500
 we're being

00:42:02.500 --> 00:42:03.100
 made different

00:42:03.099 --> 00:42:03.799
 but sometimes

00:42:03.799 --> 00:42:05.000
 we suffer

00:42:05.000 --> 00:42:05.519
 because of

00:42:05.519 --> 00:42:05.860
 this in

00:42:05.860 --> 00:42:06.380
 our workplace

00:42:06.380 --> 00:42:06.759
 and in

00:42:06.759 --> 00:42:07.219
 our homes

00:42:07.219 --> 00:42:07.599
 and wherever

00:42:07.599 --> 00:42:08.079
 you have

00:42:08.079 --> 00:42:08.400
 us and

00:42:08.400 --> 00:42:10.860
 we fear,

00:42:11.659 --> 00:42:12.279
 we wonder,

00:42:12.400 --> 00:42:13.000
 are you good

00:42:13.000 --> 00:42:13.960
 and will you

00:42:13.960 --> 00:42:14.480
 take care of

00:42:14.480 --> 00:42:15.000
 me tomorrow

00:42:15.000 --> 00:42:15.599
 and will you

00:42:15.599 --> 00:42:16.339
 take care of

00:42:16.339 --> 00:42:18.079
 me next week?

00:42:18.500 --> 00:42:18.659
 Yeah,

00:42:18.679 --> 00:42:19.039
 I know you're

00:42:19.039 --> 00:42:19.279
 going to take

00:42:19.279 --> 00:42:19.559
 care of me

00:42:19.559 --> 00:42:20.039
 for eternity

00:42:20.039 --> 00:42:20.860
 but what about

00:42:20.860 --> 00:42:21.460
 next week?

00:42:24.099 --> 00:42:24.819
 We fear

00:42:24.819 --> 00:42:25.380
 your goodness

00:42:25.380 --> 00:42:26.239
 as we look

00:42:26.239 --> 00:42:26.819
 at men

00:42:26.819 --> 00:42:28.980
 around us

00:42:28.980 --> 00:42:29.880
 in their lives

00:42:29.880 --> 00:42:30.380
 and I just

00:42:30.380 --> 00:42:30.940
 pray for us,

00:42:31.039 --> 00:42:31.119
 Lord,

00:42:31.179 --> 00:42:31.739
 I pray that we

00:42:31.739 --> 00:42:32.539
 would remember

00:42:32.539 --> 00:42:33.119
 the lessons

00:42:33.119 --> 00:42:33.639
 of Noah

00:42:33.639 --> 00:42:36.400
 who continually

00:42:36.400 --> 00:42:37.139
 focused on

00:42:37.139 --> 00:42:40.159
 you and

00:42:40.159 --> 00:42:40.519
 what you've

00:42:40.519 --> 00:42:41.019
 already done.

00:42:42.699 --> 00:42:43.599
 I pray for us

00:42:43.599 --> 00:42:44.039
 as a church,

00:42:44.159 --> 00:42:45.820
 I need people

00:42:45.820 --> 00:42:46.480
 around me,

00:42:46.679 --> 00:42:47.239
 especially when

00:42:47.239 --> 00:42:48.039
 suffering happens

00:42:48.039 --> 00:42:48.840
 and difficult times

00:42:48.840 --> 00:42:49.059
 hit,

00:42:49.139 --> 00:42:49.779
 I need people

00:42:49.779 --> 00:42:50.880
 who continually

00:42:50.880 --> 00:42:52.900
 remind me of

00:42:52.900 --> 00:42:53.360
 the hope that

00:42:53.360 --> 00:42:54.039
 we cling to.

00:42:55.340 --> 00:42:56.199
 I hope that we

00:42:56.199 --> 00:42:56.980
 all have people

00:42:56.980 --> 00:42:58.860
 who remind us

00:42:58.860 --> 00:42:59.619
 and show us

00:42:59.619 --> 00:43:00.159
 and help us

00:43:00.159 --> 00:43:01.059
 cling to Jesus

00:43:01.059 --> 00:43:02.559
 in the difficult

00:43:02.559 --> 00:43:03.420
 times and in

00:43:03.420 --> 00:43:04.139
 the hard times

00:43:04.139 --> 00:43:04.679
 and in times

00:43:04.679 --> 00:43:05.179
 of suffering,

00:43:05.279 --> 00:43:05.819
 especially as we

00:43:05.819 --> 00:43:06.339
 suffer as

00:43:06.339 --> 00:43:07.579
 his followers.

00:43:09.679 --> 00:43:10.079
 Lord,

00:43:10.119 --> 00:43:10.559
 may we be a

00:43:10.559 --> 00:43:11.139
 people who

00:43:11.139 --> 00:43:12.219
 confess and

00:43:12.219 --> 00:43:13.839
 repent and

00:43:13.839 --> 00:43:14.460
 turn away from

00:43:14.460 --> 00:43:15.219
 our old life

00:43:15.219 --> 00:43:15.960
 of debauchery

00:43:15.960 --> 00:43:16.579
 and things that

00:43:16.579 --> 00:43:17.059
 you've already

00:43:17.059 --> 00:43:17.359
 said,

00:43:17.420 --> 00:43:18.079
 the time is up,

00:43:18.219 --> 00:43:19.059
 it's time for you

00:43:19.059 --> 00:43:19.639
 to grow up,

00:43:19.719 --> 00:43:20.460
 you've done that

00:43:20.460 --> 00:43:20.880
 enough,

00:43:21.559 --> 00:43:22.219
 now walk with

00:43:22.219 --> 00:43:22.579
 me.

00:43:22.579 --> 00:43:25.380
 you've feared

00:43:25.380 --> 00:43:26.019
 this person

00:43:26.019 --> 00:43:27.299
 and you're in

00:43:27.299 --> 00:43:27.840
 awe of what

00:43:27.840 --> 00:43:28.360
 they have

00:43:28.360 --> 00:43:28.739
 and what they

00:43:28.739 --> 00:43:29.239
 can do

00:43:29.239 --> 00:43:29.819
 and how they

00:43:29.819 --> 00:43:30.259
 do it,

00:43:31.360 --> 00:43:32.119
 but that time

00:43:32.119 --> 00:43:32.779
 is up now,

00:43:33.079 --> 00:43:33.619
 be in awe of

00:43:33.619 --> 00:43:34.059
 God.

00:43:36.039 --> 00:43:36.400
 Lord,

00:43:36.460 --> 00:43:37.119
 help us to be

00:43:37.119 --> 00:43:37.799
 in awe of you

00:43:37.799 --> 00:43:39.819
 and to walk

00:43:39.819 --> 00:43:40.199
 with you as

00:43:40.199 --> 00:43:40.659
 your people.

00:43:42.639 --> 00:43:42.840
 Lord,

00:43:42.900 --> 00:43:43.420
 let's pray for us

00:43:43.420 --> 00:43:44.019
 as a church

00:43:44.019 --> 00:43:44.480
 that we would

00:43:44.480 --> 00:43:44.960
 be a different

00:43:44.960 --> 00:43:45.500
 church,

00:43:46.699 --> 00:43:47.000
 that in the

00:43:47.000 --> 00:43:47.400
 midst of

00:43:47.400 --> 00:43:48.039
 suffering in

00:43:48.039 --> 00:43:48.599
 Hong Kong

00:43:48.599 --> 00:43:49.299
 and the pain

00:43:49.299 --> 00:43:50.739
 and the

00:43:50.739 --> 00:43:51.259
 brokenness

00:43:51.259 --> 00:43:51.819
 that we see,

00:43:51.920 --> 00:43:52.299
 that we would

00:43:52.300 --> 00:43:52.780
 be able to

00:43:52.780 --> 00:43:53.519
 speak a message

00:43:53.519 --> 00:43:54.039
 that's different

00:43:54.039 --> 00:43:54.500
 than all the

00:43:54.500 --> 00:43:55.080
 other messages.

00:43:56.740 --> 00:43:57.420
 It's not a

00:43:57.420 --> 00:43:57.840
 message of

00:43:57.840 --> 00:43:58.440
 education

00:43:58.440 --> 00:44:01.120
 or structure

00:44:01.120 --> 00:44:03.539
 or new

00:44:03.539 --> 00:44:04.140
 governments,

00:44:04.860 --> 00:44:06.960
 but it's a

00:44:06.960 --> 00:44:07.320
 message of

00:44:07.320 --> 00:44:07.660
 your son,

00:44:07.760 --> 00:44:08.060
 Jesus,

00:44:08.780 --> 00:44:11.200
 who's come

00:44:11.200 --> 00:44:11.700
 to heal

00:44:11.700 --> 00:44:12.660
 our brokenness

00:44:12.660 --> 00:44:14.539
 and to fix

00:44:14.539 --> 00:44:14.960
 all those

00:44:14.960 --> 00:44:15.960
 broken things.

00:44:18.460 --> 00:44:19.260
 May we lean

00:44:19.260 --> 00:44:19.760
 on him

00:44:19.760 --> 00:44:20.240
 and trust

00:44:20.240 --> 00:44:20.660
 him and

00:44:20.660 --> 00:44:21.280
 point people

00:44:21.280 --> 00:44:21.800
 around us

00:44:21.800 --> 00:44:22.360
 to him

00:44:22.360 --> 00:44:24.360
 because we're

00:44:24.360 --> 00:44:24.680
 not just

00:44:24.680 --> 00:44:25.100
 building an

00:44:25.100 --> 00:44:25.500
 ark for

00:44:25.500 --> 00:44:26.160
 today or

00:44:26.160 --> 00:44:26.660
 tomorrow,

00:44:26.820 --> 00:44:27.039
 but we're

00:44:27.039 --> 00:44:27.480
 building an

00:44:27.480 --> 00:44:27.920
 ark for

00:44:27.920 --> 00:44:28.539
 eternity

00:44:28.539 --> 00:44:31.760
 and it has

00:44:31.760 --> 00:44:32.100
 to be able

00:44:32.100 --> 00:44:32.500
 to get us

00:44:32.500 --> 00:44:32.760
 there.

00:44:35.500 --> 00:44:35.900
 Lord,

00:44:35.960 --> 00:44:36.300
 we love

00:44:36.300 --> 00:44:38.500
 you and

00:44:38.500 --> 00:44:39.039
 we desperately,

00:44:39.260 --> 00:44:39.760
 desperately need

00:44:39.760 --> 00:44:40.000
 you.

00:44:41.880 --> 00:44:42.640
 We pray these

00:44:42.640 --> 00:44:43.019
 things in your

00:44:43.019 --> 00:44:43.200
 son,

00:44:43.260 --> 00:44:43.400
 Jesus'

00:44:43.560 --> 00:44:44.060
 holy name.

00:44:44.060 --> 00:44:45.019
 Amen.

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