WEBVTT 00:00:00.720 --> 00:00:07.020 1 Peter, verse 3 to 12, it's page 1217 in the Red Bible. 00:00:10.720 --> 00:00:12.000 1217 in the Red Bible. 00:00:13.519 --> 00:00:17.019 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. 00:00:17.339 --> 00:00:21.179 In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope 00:00:21.179 --> 00:00:23.960 through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead 00:00:23.960 --> 00:00:28.060 and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade. 00:00:28.059 --> 00:00:58.039 1317 in the Red Bible. 00:00:58.780 --> 00:01:01.060 Though you have not seen him, you love him. 00:01:01.640 --> 00:01:04.680 And even though you do not see him now, you believe in him 00:01:04.680 --> 00:01:07.859 and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, 00:01:08.299 --> 00:01:12.620 for you are receiving the goal of your faith, the salvation of your souls. 00:01:13.400 --> 00:01:18.020 Concerning this salvation, the prophets who spoke of the grace that was to come to you 00:01:18.020 --> 00:01:20.900 searched intently and with the greatest care, 00:01:21.340 --> 00:01:25.579 trying to find out the time and circumstances to which the Spirit of Christ 00:01:25.579 --> 00:01:29.719 in them was pointing when he predicted the sufferings of Christ 00:01:29.719 --> 00:01:31.219 and the glories that would follow. 00:01:31.879 --> 00:01:35.259 It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves but you 00:01:35.259 --> 00:01:38.780 when they spoke of the things that have now been told you 00:01:38.780 --> 00:01:40.980 by those who have preached the gospel 00:01:40.980 --> 00:01:44.160 to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. 00:01:44.159 --> 00:01:47.159 even angels long to look into these things. 00:01:47.159 --> 00:01:48.159 Thank you. 00:01:48.159 --> 00:01:49.159 Thank you. 00:01:49.159 --> 00:01:50.159 Thank you. 00:01:50.159 --> 00:01:51.159 Thank you. 00:01:51.159 --> 00:01:52.159 Thank you. 00:01:52.159 --> 00:01:53.159 Thank you. 00:01:53.159 --> 00:01:54.159 Thank you. 00:01:54.159 --> 00:01:55.159 Thank you. 00:01:55.159 --> 00:01:57.140 Thank you very much, Avril. 00:01:59.239 --> 00:02:04.420 There's pens and notes there if you'd like to take notes. 00:02:06.019 --> 00:02:12.139 And also just to remind people that if you haven't yet looked at our church website, 00:02:12.400 --> 00:02:15.300 carigolinebaptist.org, I encourage you to do that. 00:02:15.960 --> 00:02:17.300 And there's some helpful articles. 00:02:17.300 --> 00:02:22.300 And there you'll find the talks from the morning recorded. 00:02:23.200 --> 00:02:28.200 And you can catch up and follow along or listen back even if you wish. 00:02:47.300 --> 00:02:57.480 Well, let's ask God for his help as we look at his words together. 00:02:57.620 --> 00:02:58.100 Let's pray. 00:03:09.200 --> 00:03:15.060 Father, would you help us this morning to fix our eyes, 00:03:15.060 --> 00:03:18.939 not in what is unseen. 00:03:21.960 --> 00:03:25.420 For what is unseen is temporary. 00:03:27.259 --> 00:03:33.439 Father, help us to look at the future and what is to come. 00:03:35.500 --> 00:03:38.460 For we know that that is eternal. 00:03:40.780 --> 00:03:42.520 Lord, help us to trust you. 00:03:42.520 --> 00:03:45.700 And we ask for the help of your Holy Spirit 00:03:45.700 --> 00:03:49.160 as we read and look at your word together, 00:03:49.780 --> 00:03:54.320 that you would encourage us on in our life with you. 00:03:55.280 --> 00:03:56.719 In Jesus' name. 00:03:57.560 --> 00:03:57.939 Amen. 00:03:57.939 --> 00:04:04.319 Sleepless nights. 00:04:04.319 --> 00:04:05.120 Anxiety. 00:04:08.120 --> 00:04:10.079 Weeks of hard study 00:04:10.079 --> 00:04:13.960 is nothing compared to the delight 00:04:13.960 --> 00:04:17.759 when a student passes his exams and graduates. 00:04:17.759 --> 00:04:18.759 Backache. 00:04:18.759 --> 00:04:20.860 Backache. 00:04:22.019 --> 00:04:22.719 Discomfort. 00:04:23.740 --> 00:04:26.120 The cries of pain in the labour ward 00:04:26.120 --> 00:04:29.279 is nothing compared to the joy 00:04:29.279 --> 00:04:32.480 when a mum holds her newborn baby in her arms. 00:04:34.639 --> 00:04:36.120 Battling through injury. 00:04:36.779 --> 00:04:38.039 Training in isolation. 00:04:38.579 --> 00:04:39.599 Endless workouts. 00:04:40.159 --> 00:04:42.980 Is nothing compared to the glory 00:04:42.980 --> 00:04:44.920 of standing on the podium 00:04:44.920 --> 00:04:46.280 with a gold medal. 00:04:48.160 --> 00:04:49.620 Each one is a journey 00:04:49.620 --> 00:04:52.960 of agony to ecstasy. 00:04:53.480 --> 00:04:55.100 It starts with suffering 00:04:55.100 --> 00:04:58.819 but it ends in glory. 00:04:58.819 --> 00:05:01.699 Now that is the pattern 00:05:01.699 --> 00:05:04.339 also for the Christian life. 00:05:05.099 --> 00:05:06.199 Suffering now 00:05:06.199 --> 00:05:09.879 and glory later. 00:05:11.319 --> 00:05:13.579 Have a look at chapter 1 verse 10. 00:05:16.279 --> 00:05:18.180 Concerning this salvation, 00:05:19.039 --> 00:05:19.759 the prophets, 00:05:19.879 --> 00:05:22.060 that is the writers of the Old Testament, 00:05:22.699 --> 00:05:24.159 who spoke of the grace 00:05:24.159 --> 00:05:25.519 that was to come to you, 00:05:26.039 --> 00:05:27.199 searched intently 00:05:27.199 --> 00:05:28.579 and with the greatest care, 00:05:29.039 --> 00:05:30.399 trying to find out 00:05:30.399 --> 00:05:32.199 the time and circumstances 00:05:32.199 --> 00:05:34.479 to which the Spirit of Christ 00:05:34.479 --> 00:05:36.180 in them was pointing 00:05:36.180 --> 00:05:37.339 when he, 00:05:37.500 --> 00:05:38.539 that is the Spirit, 00:05:38.959 --> 00:05:41.599 predicted the sufferings of Christ 00:05:41.599 --> 00:05:43.839 and the glories 00:05:43.839 --> 00:05:45.439 that would follow. 00:05:46.459 --> 00:05:46.980 You see, 00:05:47.039 --> 00:05:48.699 the message of the Old Testament 00:05:48.699 --> 00:05:50.240 points to 00:05:50.240 --> 00:05:52.000 the coming of Christ. 00:05:52.300 --> 00:05:53.199 He is promised 00:05:53.199 --> 00:05:54.899 and they're looking forward 00:05:54.899 --> 00:05:56.539 to when Christ will come. 00:05:56.540 --> 00:05:58.460 And through their message, 00:05:58.960 --> 00:05:59.680 they predicted, 00:05:59.879 --> 00:06:01.080 look at the end of verse 11, 00:06:01.879 --> 00:06:02.640 they predicted 00:06:02.640 --> 00:06:04.760 the sufferings of Christ 00:06:04.760 --> 00:06:07.400 and the glories 00:06:07.400 --> 00:06:08.620 that would follow. 00:06:10.120 --> 00:06:11.920 And as Christ came, 00:06:13.020 --> 00:06:14.379 he did suffer. 00:06:15.140 --> 00:06:15.960 He suffered 00:06:15.960 --> 00:06:17.280 as he was betrayed 00:06:17.280 --> 00:06:18.180 and insulted 00:06:18.180 --> 00:06:18.860 and beaten 00:06:18.860 --> 00:06:19.540 and executed 00:06:20.120 --> 00:06:20.900 on a cross. 00:06:21.320 --> 00:06:22.540 But Jesus' glory 00:06:22.540 --> 00:06:23.300 came 00:06:23.300 --> 00:06:24.500 as he rose 00:06:24.500 --> 00:06:25.360 from the grave, 00:06:25.699 --> 00:06:26.759 defeated death 00:06:26.759 --> 00:06:28.500 and ascended into heaven 00:06:28.500 --> 00:06:29.139 to rule 00:06:29.139 --> 00:06:30.900 over all things. 00:06:32.520 --> 00:06:33.360 And the message 00:06:33.360 --> 00:06:34.800 through this text here 00:06:34.800 --> 00:06:35.540 is that 00:06:35.540 --> 00:06:37.180 just as Jesus suffered, 00:06:38.180 --> 00:06:39.720 so we will suffer. 00:06:40.300 --> 00:06:41.420 Because Jesus 00:06:41.420 --> 00:06:42.600 received glory, 00:06:43.639 --> 00:06:45.500 we will receive glory. 00:06:46.759 --> 00:06:47.180 You see, 00:06:47.300 --> 00:06:48.699 Jesus sets the pattern 00:06:48.699 --> 00:06:50.280 for the Christian life. 00:06:50.279 --> 00:06:51.399 his journey 00:06:51.399 --> 00:06:53.079 becomes 00:06:53.079 --> 00:06:54.339 our journey. 00:06:56.219 --> 00:06:56.899 Remember, 00:06:57.099 --> 00:06:57.939 Peter is writing, 00:06:58.059 --> 00:06:58.679 if you look back 00:06:58.679 --> 00:06:59.479 at verse 1, 00:07:00.359 --> 00:07:00.639 Peter, 00:07:00.759 --> 00:07:02.299 an apostle of Jesus Christ, 00:07:02.699 --> 00:07:04.199 to God's elect, 00:07:04.539 --> 00:07:04.919 that is, 00:07:04.979 --> 00:07:06.419 God's chosen people, 00:07:07.179 --> 00:07:07.879 strangers 00:07:07.879 --> 00:07:09.379 in the world, 00:07:10.339 --> 00:07:11.119 scattered. 00:07:12.279 --> 00:07:13.719 If we are followers 00:07:13.719 --> 00:07:14.959 of Jesus Christ, 00:07:15.279 --> 00:07:16.119 we are like 00:07:16.119 --> 00:07:16.979 refugees, 00:07:17.379 --> 00:07:18.059 we are living 00:07:18.060 --> 00:07:19.120 in exile, 00:07:19.500 --> 00:07:20.459 we are shut out, 00:07:20.780 --> 00:07:21.339 pushed out, 00:07:21.740 --> 00:07:22.379 misunderstood, 00:07:22.920 --> 00:07:23.519 opposed, 00:07:24.000 --> 00:07:24.639 persecuted. 00:07:25.899 --> 00:07:26.920 Living life 00:07:26.920 --> 00:07:27.639 in this world 00:07:27.639 --> 00:07:28.420 as a Christian 00:07:28.420 --> 00:07:30.000 will be hard. 00:07:30.899 --> 00:07:31.980 And to make sure 00:07:31.980 --> 00:07:32.620 we reach 00:07:32.620 --> 00:07:33.459 our goal, 00:07:34.279 --> 00:07:35.259 we need to keep 00:07:35.259 --> 00:07:36.899 three things 00:07:36.899 --> 00:07:38.060 in mind. 00:07:39.019 --> 00:07:39.879 The first 00:07:39.879 --> 00:07:40.500 is this. 00:07:42.180 --> 00:07:42.939 Focus 00:07:42.939 --> 00:07:44.519 on our 00:07:44.519 --> 00:07:45.480 future glory. 00:07:46.319 --> 00:07:46.840 Focus 00:07:46.839 --> 00:07:47.339 on our 00:07:47.339 --> 00:07:48.159 future glory. 00:07:49.079 --> 00:07:49.560 As we 00:07:49.560 --> 00:07:49.879 journey 00:07:49.879 --> 00:07:50.519 through life, 00:07:50.599 --> 00:07:50.899 we need 00:07:50.899 --> 00:07:51.279 to keep 00:07:51.279 --> 00:07:51.739 our eyes 00:07:51.739 --> 00:07:52.219 fixed 00:07:52.219 --> 00:07:53.459 on what 00:07:53.459 --> 00:07:54.119 is to come. 00:07:55.079 --> 00:07:55.679 Have a look 00:07:55.679 --> 00:07:56.459 at verse 3. 00:07:59.239 --> 00:07:59.799 Praise 00:07:59.799 --> 00:08:00.500 be to the 00:08:00.500 --> 00:08:01.039 God and 00:08:01.039 --> 00:08:01.620 Father of 00:08:01.620 --> 00:08:02.079 our Lord 00:08:02.079 --> 00:08:03.019 Jesus Christ. 00:08:03.399 --> 00:08:03.699 In 00:08:03.699 --> 00:08:04.419 his great 00:08:04.419 --> 00:08:05.019 mercy, 00:08:05.620 --> 00:08:05.979 he has 00:08:05.979 --> 00:08:06.699 given us 00:08:06.699 --> 00:08:08.079 new birth. 00:08:09.919 --> 00:08:10.399 Now, 00:08:10.620 --> 00:08:11.679 just as 00:08:11.679 --> 00:08:12.319 the physical 00:08:12.319 --> 00:08:12.939 seed 00:08:12.939 --> 00:08:13.899 from the 00:08:13.899 --> 00:08:14.319 Father 00:08:14.319 --> 00:08:15.060 is the 00:08:15.060 --> 00:08:15.680 means for 00:08:15.680 --> 00:08:16.199 starting 00:08:16.199 --> 00:08:16.980 a new 00:08:16.980 --> 00:08:17.360 life, 00:08:17.459 --> 00:08:18.019 the birth 00:08:18.019 --> 00:08:18.680 of a 00:08:18.680 --> 00:08:19.139 child, 00:08:20.000 --> 00:08:20.879 so God 00:08:20.879 --> 00:08:21.439 by the 00:08:21.439 --> 00:08:21.819 gospel, 00:08:21.959 --> 00:08:22.579 the gospel, 00:08:22.980 --> 00:08:23.360 the good 00:08:23.360 --> 00:08:23.920 news about 00:08:23.920 --> 00:08:24.339 Jesus, 00:08:24.339 --> 00:08:25.420 is like a 00:08:25.420 --> 00:08:26.480 seed in 00:08:26.480 --> 00:08:27.040 our life 00:08:27.040 --> 00:08:27.680 that brings 00:08:27.680 --> 00:08:28.219 a new 00:08:28.219 --> 00:08:28.680 beginning, 00:08:29.100 --> 00:08:29.699 a fresh 00:08:29.699 --> 00:08:30.439 start to 00:08:30.439 --> 00:08:31.519 life with 00:08:31.519 --> 00:08:32.439 Christ. 00:08:32.819 --> 00:08:33.360 Have a look 00:08:33.360 --> 00:08:33.799 at chapter 00:08:33.799 --> 00:08:34.299 1, 00:08:34.439 --> 00:08:35.559 verse 23. 00:08:36.919 --> 00:08:37.600 Chapter 00:08:37.600 --> 00:08:37.939 1, 00:08:38.000 --> 00:08:38.779 verse 23. 00:08:38.779 --> 00:08:42.819 For you 00:08:42.819 --> 00:08:43.419 have been 00:08:43.419 --> 00:08:44.179 born again. 00:08:44.279 --> 00:08:44.779 This is how 00:08:44.779 --> 00:08:45.360 the new 00:08:45.360 --> 00:08:46.600 birth starts. 00:08:46.740 --> 00:08:47.079 The new 00:08:47.079 --> 00:08:47.620 life from 00:08:47.620 --> 00:08:48.399 Christ begins 00:08:48.399 --> 00:08:48.819 in this 00:08:48.819 --> 00:08:49.100 way. 00:08:49.559 --> 00:08:50.039 You've been 00:08:50.039 --> 00:08:50.740 born again, 00:08:50.959 --> 00:08:51.459 not of 00:08:51.459 --> 00:08:52.120 perishable 00:08:52.120 --> 00:08:52.639 seed, 00:08:53.019 --> 00:08:53.459 so it 00:08:53.459 --> 00:08:53.679 isn't 00:08:53.679 --> 00:08:54.059 something 00:08:54.059 --> 00:08:54.659 physical, 00:08:55.720 --> 00:08:56.159 but of 00:08:56.159 --> 00:08:57.299 imperishable 00:08:57.299 --> 00:08:57.799 seed, 00:08:58.339 --> 00:08:59.059 through the 00:08:59.059 --> 00:09:00.159 living and 00:09:00.159 --> 00:09:00.860 enduring 00:09:00.860 --> 00:09:02.459 word of 00:09:02.459 --> 00:09:02.879 God. 00:09:03.480 --> 00:09:04.319 So as the 00:09:04.319 --> 00:09:04.860 good news 00:09:04.860 --> 00:09:05.439 of Jesus 00:09:05.439 --> 00:09:06.639 comes into 00:09:06.639 --> 00:09:07.199 our life, 00:09:07.200 --> 00:09:07.920 the Holy 00:09:07.920 --> 00:09:09.040 Spirit takes 00:09:09.040 --> 00:09:09.940 that and 00:09:09.940 --> 00:09:10.640 it's like a 00:09:10.640 --> 00:09:11.680 seed dropping 00:09:11.680 --> 00:09:12.280 into our 00:09:12.280 --> 00:09:13.100 life that 00:09:13.100 --> 00:09:14.860 explodes into 00:09:14.860 --> 00:09:15.460 life. 00:09:16.420 --> 00:09:17.320 And the 00:09:17.320 --> 00:09:18.220 life that 00:09:18.220 --> 00:09:18.879 God gives 00:09:18.879 --> 00:09:20.160 to us is 00:09:20.160 --> 00:09:21.840 a life that 00:09:21.840 --> 00:09:22.740 will last 00:09:22.740 --> 00:09:23.759 forever. 00:09:24.700 --> 00:09:25.480 Go back 00:09:25.480 --> 00:09:26.520 to verse 00:09:26.520 --> 00:09:26.900 3. 00:09:28.080 --> 00:09:28.700 Let's pick 00:09:28.700 --> 00:09:29.080 it up in 00:09:29.080 --> 00:09:29.540 verse 3. 00:09:29.660 --> 00:09:29.860 In his 00:09:29.860 --> 00:09:30.680 great mercy, 00:09:31.220 --> 00:09:31.520 he has 00:09:31.520 --> 00:09:32.040 given us 00:09:32.040 --> 00:09:32.800 new birth 00:09:32.800 --> 00:09:34.560 into a 00:09:34.560 --> 00:09:35.800 living hope 00:09:35.800 --> 00:09:37.160 through the 00:09:37.159 --> 00:09:37.759 resurrection 00:09:37.759 --> 00:09:38.419 of Jesus 00:09:38.419 --> 00:09:39.199 Christ from 00:09:39.199 --> 00:09:39.699 the dead. 00:09:40.500 --> 00:09:41.139 Just as 00:09:41.139 --> 00:09:42.480 Christ died 00:09:42.480 --> 00:09:43.519 and rose 00:09:43.519 --> 00:09:44.059 again from 00:09:44.059 --> 00:09:44.500 the dead, 00:09:44.620 --> 00:09:45.120 defeating 00:09:45.120 --> 00:09:45.699 death and 00:09:45.699 --> 00:09:46.179 destroying 00:09:46.179 --> 00:09:46.759 the grave, 00:09:47.120 --> 00:09:47.959 so all 00:09:47.959 --> 00:09:48.480 those who 00:09:48.480 --> 00:09:49.179 trust in 00:09:49.179 --> 00:09:50.120 Christ will 00:09:50.120 --> 00:09:50.899 also one 00:09:50.899 --> 00:09:51.620 day rise 00:09:51.620 --> 00:09:52.000 from the 00:09:52.000 --> 00:09:52.879 grave and 00:09:52.879 --> 00:09:53.299 will be 00:09:53.299 --> 00:09:54.100 with him 00:09:54.100 --> 00:09:54.899 forever. 00:09:55.319 --> 00:09:56.019 This new 00:09:56.019 --> 00:09:56.480 birth, 00:09:56.819 --> 00:09:57.559 this living 00:09:57.559 --> 00:09:58.199 hope that 00:09:58.199 --> 00:09:58.639 we have 00:09:58.639 --> 00:09:59.639 received is 00:09:59.639 --> 00:10:00.279 the beginning 00:10:00.279 --> 00:10:01.500 of something 00:10:01.500 --> 00:10:02.299 that is 00:10:02.299 --> 00:10:03.319 never ever 00:10:03.319 --> 00:10:04.319 going to 00:10:04.319 --> 00:10:04.779 end. 00:10:04.779 --> 00:10:06.899 so what 00:10:06.899 --> 00:10:07.360 will this 00:10:07.360 --> 00:10:07.959 glorious 00:10:07.959 --> 00:10:08.779 inheritance 00:10:08.779 --> 00:10:10.620 be like? 00:10:12.360 --> 00:10:12.720 Well, 00:10:12.759 --> 00:10:13.019 look at 00:10:13.019 --> 00:10:13.579 verse 4. 00:10:14.980 --> 00:10:15.620 We have 00:10:15.620 --> 00:10:16.179 this new 00:10:16.179 --> 00:10:17.679 birth into 00:10:17.679 --> 00:10:18.100 a living 00:10:18.100 --> 00:10:18.500 hope, 00:10:18.659 --> 00:10:19.159 verse 4, 00:10:19.519 --> 00:10:20.779 and into 00:10:20.779 --> 00:10:22.120 an inheritance 00:10:22.120 --> 00:10:23.439 that can 00:10:23.439 --> 00:10:25.039 never perish, 00:10:26.419 --> 00:10:27.019 spoil, 00:10:27.019 --> 00:10:29.379 or fade. 00:10:31.240 --> 00:10:31.840 Now you 00:10:31.840 --> 00:10:32.559 think about 00:10:32.559 --> 00:10:33.159 the world 00:10:33.159 --> 00:10:34.419 and life 00:10:34.419 --> 00:10:35.079 today. 00:10:36.539 --> 00:10:37.240 Everything 00:10:37.240 --> 00:10:38.639 perishes. 00:10:39.860 --> 00:10:40.340 Everything 00:10:40.340 --> 00:10:41.899 is spoiled 00:10:41.899 --> 00:10:43.039 by sin. 00:10:44.199 --> 00:10:44.819 Everything 00:10:44.819 --> 00:10:46.000 fades 00:10:46.000 --> 00:10:47.439 and breaks. 00:10:49.299 --> 00:10:49.899 Now can 00:10:49.899 --> 00:10:50.600 you imagine 00:10:50.600 --> 00:10:52.039 some place 00:10:52.039 --> 00:10:52.740 that will 00:10:52.740 --> 00:10:53.720 never perish, 00:10:54.220 --> 00:10:54.559 spoil, 00:10:54.939 --> 00:10:55.480 or fade? 00:10:55.480 --> 00:10:57.300 a world 00:10:57.300 --> 00:10:58.279 untouched 00:10:58.279 --> 00:11:00.060 by the 00:11:00.060 --> 00:11:00.639 pain and 00:11:00.639 --> 00:11:01.180 heartache 00:11:01.180 --> 00:11:01.779 of death, 00:11:02.399 --> 00:11:03.259 a world 00:11:03.259 --> 00:11:04.480 unspoiled 00:11:04.480 --> 00:11:05.639 by selfish, 00:11:06.080 --> 00:11:07.100 evil actions 00:11:07.100 --> 00:11:07.879 of people, 00:11:08.420 --> 00:11:09.240 a world 00:11:09.240 --> 00:11:10.519 that unfades 00:11:10.519 --> 00:11:11.019 through the 00:11:11.019 --> 00:11:11.519 course of 00:11:11.519 --> 00:11:12.600 time and 00:11:12.600 --> 00:11:13.180 seasons. 00:11:14.019 --> 00:11:15.159 This is 00:11:15.159 --> 00:11:15.920 our glorious 00:11:15.920 --> 00:11:16.639 inheritance. 00:11:17.220 --> 00:11:18.120 This is 00:11:18.120 --> 00:11:18.720 what we are 00:11:18.720 --> 00:11:19.220 to fix 00:11:19.220 --> 00:11:19.759 our eyes 00:11:19.759 --> 00:11:20.480 on as we 00:11:20.480 --> 00:11:20.879 journey 00:11:20.879 --> 00:11:21.560 through life. 00:11:22.019 --> 00:11:22.399 Death 00:11:22.399 --> 00:11:23.000 will be 00:11:23.000 --> 00:11:23.560 no more. 00:11:23.860 --> 00:11:24.340 There will 00:11:24.340 --> 00:11:25.060 be no more 00:11:25.059 --> 00:11:25.559 funerals, 00:11:25.639 --> 00:11:26.000 there will 00:11:26.000 --> 00:11:26.639 be no more 00:11:26.639 --> 00:11:27.319 goodbyes, 00:11:27.459 --> 00:11:28.139 and life 00:11:28.139 --> 00:11:28.839 will rule 00:11:28.839 --> 00:11:29.579 forever. 00:11:30.539 --> 00:11:31.019 Evil 00:11:31.019 --> 00:11:31.779 will be 00:11:31.779 --> 00:11:32.359 banished, 00:11:32.659 --> 00:11:33.099 there will 00:11:33.099 --> 00:11:33.779 be no more 00:11:33.779 --> 00:11:34.319 terror, 00:11:34.719 --> 00:11:35.239 and no more 00:11:35.239 --> 00:11:35.679 war, 00:11:36.039 --> 00:11:36.679 and sin 00:11:36.679 --> 00:11:37.459 will never 00:11:37.459 --> 00:11:38.059 return. 00:11:38.879 --> 00:11:39.579 Suffering 00:11:39.579 --> 00:11:40.299 will be 00:11:40.299 --> 00:11:40.879 removed, 00:11:41.139 --> 00:11:41.899 no pain, 00:11:42.219 --> 00:11:42.799 no hurts, 00:11:43.059 --> 00:11:43.679 and all 00:11:43.679 --> 00:11:44.179 sickness 00:11:44.179 --> 00:11:45.979 will be 00:11:45.979 --> 00:11:46.559 healed. 00:11:46.559 --> 00:11:47.559 will be 00:11:47.559 --> 00:11:49.559 healed. 00:11:49.559 --> 00:11:51.500 But this 00:11:51.500 --> 00:11:52.000 is more 00:11:52.000 --> 00:11:52.500 than just 00:11:52.500 --> 00:11:53.239 a glorious 00:11:53.239 --> 00:11:54.059 inheritance, 00:11:55.019 --> 00:11:56.439 some kind 00:11:56.439 --> 00:11:57.599 of wishful 00:11:57.599 --> 00:11:58.099 thinking. 00:11:59.139 --> 00:12:00.259 This is 00:12:00.259 --> 00:12:01.779 guaranteed 00:12:01.779 --> 00:12:02.939 inheritance. 00:12:03.939 --> 00:12:04.979 Look at 00:12:04.979 --> 00:12:05.599 verse 4. 00:12:06.459 --> 00:12:07.059 From this 00:12:07.059 --> 00:12:07.639 new birth 00:12:07.639 --> 00:12:08.079 into a 00:12:08.079 --> 00:12:08.579 living hope, 00:12:08.879 --> 00:12:09.559 an inheritance 00:12:09.559 --> 00:12:10.459 that can 00:12:10.459 --> 00:12:11.539 never perish, 00:12:12.000 --> 00:12:12.479 spoil, 00:12:12.719 --> 00:12:13.359 or fade, 00:12:13.360 --> 00:12:15.820 kept in 00:12:15.820 --> 00:12:17.600 heaven for 00:12:17.600 --> 00:12:17.899 you. 00:12:18.600 --> 00:12:19.100 This 00:12:19.100 --> 00:12:19.700 inheritance, 00:12:20.259 --> 00:12:20.879 marked by 00:12:20.879 --> 00:12:21.500 purity, 00:12:21.860 --> 00:12:22.639 and beauty, 00:12:23.080 --> 00:12:23.800 and wonder, 00:12:24.080 --> 00:12:24.800 and delight, 00:12:25.080 --> 00:12:25.779 is being 00:12:25.779 --> 00:12:27.259 kept for 00:12:27.259 --> 00:12:27.720 us. 00:12:28.200 --> 00:12:28.779 It's not 00:12:28.779 --> 00:12:30.019 ours now, 00:12:30.560 --> 00:12:31.259 it's not 00:12:31.259 --> 00:12:31.800 ours to 00:12:31.800 --> 00:12:32.500 experience 00:12:32.500 --> 00:12:33.440 today, 00:12:33.620 --> 00:12:34.639 it is yet 00:12:34.639 --> 00:12:35.440 to come, 00:12:35.680 --> 00:12:36.300 but it is 00:12:36.300 --> 00:12:36.899 guaranteed 00:12:36.899 --> 00:12:38.360 and assured. 00:12:38.360 --> 00:12:40.480 just as a 00:12:40.480 --> 00:12:41.419 child receives 00:12:41.419 --> 00:12:42.039 his allotted 00:12:42.039 --> 00:12:43.300 inheritance 00:12:43.300 --> 00:12:44.220 when he 00:12:44.220 --> 00:12:45.159 turns a 00:12:45.159 --> 00:12:45.899 certain age, 00:12:46.139 --> 00:12:46.639 so a 00:12:46.639 --> 00:12:47.120 day will 00:12:47.120 --> 00:12:47.980 come when 00:12:47.980 --> 00:12:49.180 Christ returns 00:12:49.180 --> 00:12:49.940 and we 00:12:49.940 --> 00:12:50.980 will experience 00:12:50.980 --> 00:12:51.639 our living 00:12:51.639 --> 00:12:52.560 hope in 00:12:52.560 --> 00:12:53.300 all its 00:12:53.300 --> 00:12:53.659 fullness. 00:12:55.139 --> 00:12:55.800 It is 00:12:55.800 --> 00:12:56.899 being kept 00:12:56.899 --> 00:12:57.899 for you, 00:12:59.000 --> 00:13:00.019 like treasure 00:13:00.019 --> 00:13:01.139 in a safe. 00:13:02.279 --> 00:13:02.720 It is 00:13:02.720 --> 00:13:03.240 yours. 00:13:05.600 --> 00:13:06.279 But there 00:13:06.279 --> 00:13:06.820 is something 00:13:06.820 --> 00:13:07.820 even more 00:13:07.820 --> 00:13:08.340 remarkable 00:13:08.340 --> 00:13:09.060 than that. 00:13:09.920 --> 00:13:10.660 Not only 00:13:10.660 --> 00:13:11.420 is our 00:13:11.420 --> 00:13:12.060 inheritance 00:13:12.060 --> 00:13:12.900 kept for 00:13:12.900 --> 00:13:13.500 us, 00:13:14.940 --> 00:13:16.120 we are 00:13:16.120 --> 00:13:17.220 kept for 00:13:17.220 --> 00:13:17.720 our 00:13:17.720 --> 00:13:18.620 inheritance. 00:13:19.520 --> 00:13:19.920 Let's 00:13:19.920 --> 00:13:20.400 read verse 00:13:20.400 --> 00:13:21.220 four and 00:13:21.220 --> 00:13:21.900 five again. 00:13:22.780 --> 00:13:23.420 We enter 00:13:23.420 --> 00:13:24.040 into an 00:13:24.040 --> 00:13:24.520 inheritance 00:13:24.520 --> 00:13:25.080 that can 00:13:25.080 --> 00:13:25.720 never perish, 00:13:25.860 --> 00:13:26.060 spoil, 00:13:26.140 --> 00:13:26.540 or fade. 00:13:27.360 --> 00:13:27.840 Here's the 00:13:27.840 --> 00:13:28.660 double assurance 00:13:28.660 --> 00:13:29.320 and guarantee. 00:13:29.740 --> 00:13:30.100 First, 00:13:30.320 --> 00:13:30.940 it's kept 00:13:30.940 --> 00:13:31.400 in heaven 00:13:31.400 --> 00:13:32.000 for you, 00:13:32.540 --> 00:13:33.320 and second, 00:13:33.700 --> 00:13:34.360 who through 00:13:34.360 --> 00:13:35.400 faith are 00:13:35.400 --> 00:13:36.940 shielded by 00:13:36.940 --> 00:13:37.480 God's 00:13:37.480 --> 00:13:37.940 power, 00:13:38.440 --> 00:13:39.220 until the 00:13:39.220 --> 00:13:39.760 coming of 00:13:39.760 --> 00:13:40.340 salvation 00:13:40.340 --> 00:13:41.140 that is 00:13:41.140 --> 00:13:41.800 ready to 00:13:41.800 --> 00:13:42.500 be revealed 00:13:42.500 --> 00:13:43.260 in the 00:13:43.260 --> 00:13:44.000 last time. 00:13:46.480 --> 00:13:47.240 I don't 00:13:47.240 --> 00:13:47.540 know if 00:13:47.540 --> 00:13:48.000 you're like 00:13:48.000 --> 00:13:48.300 me, 00:13:49.640 --> 00:13:50.820 but sometimes 00:13:50.820 --> 00:13:51.720 I wonder, 00:13:52.720 --> 00:13:53.980 am I 00:13:53.980 --> 00:13:54.660 ever going 00:13:54.660 --> 00:13:55.040 to make 00:13:55.040 --> 00:13:55.320 it? 00:13:56.400 --> 00:13:56.960 Will I 00:13:56.960 --> 00:13:57.900 receive that 00:13:57.900 --> 00:13:58.340 promised 00:13:58.340 --> 00:13:58.960 inheritance? 00:14:00.800 --> 00:14:01.400 Because 00:14:01.400 --> 00:14:02.760 sometimes I 00:14:02.760 --> 00:14:03.460 just find the 00:14:03.460 --> 00:14:04.120 Christian life 00:14:04.120 --> 00:14:04.780 too hard, 00:14:05.040 --> 00:14:05.700 it's too 00:14:05.700 --> 00:14:06.560 difficult. 00:14:08.259 --> 00:14:08.700 The 00:14:08.700 --> 00:14:09.320 pressures, 00:14:10.080 --> 00:14:10.420 the 00:14:10.420 --> 00:14:11.040 struggles, 00:14:11.360 --> 00:14:11.960 it's too 00:14:11.960 --> 00:14:12.360 much, 00:14:12.500 --> 00:14:12.840 and I 00:14:12.840 --> 00:14:13.160 want to 00:14:13.160 --> 00:14:13.720 give up. 00:14:15.259 --> 00:14:15.800 Sometimes 00:14:15.800 --> 00:14:16.560 I look at 00:14:16.560 --> 00:14:17.000 my own 00:14:17.000 --> 00:14:17.320 life, 00:14:17.500 --> 00:14:17.879 and I 00:14:17.879 --> 00:14:18.320 see the 00:14:18.320 --> 00:14:18.800 sin, 00:14:19.139 --> 00:14:19.379 and the 00:14:19.379 --> 00:14:19.759 mess of 00:14:19.759 --> 00:14:20.200 my own 00:14:20.200 --> 00:14:20.519 heart, 00:14:20.660 --> 00:14:20.879 and the 00:14:20.879 --> 00:14:21.460 times that 00:14:21.460 --> 00:14:22.000 I fail, 00:14:22.259 --> 00:14:22.540 and I 00:14:22.540 --> 00:14:22.820 wonder, 00:14:22.960 --> 00:14:23.500 can God 00:14:23.500 --> 00:14:24.220 possibly 00:14:24.220 --> 00:14:24.900 take me? 00:14:29.340 --> 00:14:29.860 Amazingly, 00:14:30.540 --> 00:14:31.500 incredibly, 00:14:32.100 --> 00:14:32.720 look at 00:14:32.720 --> 00:14:33.399 verse 5, 00:14:34.680 --> 00:14:35.220 we are 00:14:35.220 --> 00:14:36.360 shielded 00:14:36.360 --> 00:14:38.519 by God's 00:14:38.519 --> 00:14:39.139 power 00:14:39.139 --> 00:14:41.139 until the 00:14:41.139 --> 00:14:42.279 coming of 00:14:42.279 --> 00:14:43.000 the salvation 00:14:43.000 --> 00:14:43.519 that is 00:14:43.519 --> 00:14:44.000 ready to 00:14:44.000 --> 00:14:44.720 be revealed. 00:14:46.000 --> 00:14:46.720 Shielded 00:14:46.720 --> 00:14:47.899 by God's 00:14:47.899 --> 00:14:48.379 power. 00:14:49.440 --> 00:14:50.120 The picture 00:14:50.120 --> 00:14:50.940 is of this 00:14:50.940 --> 00:14:51.960 guard in 00:14:51.960 --> 00:14:52.480 all his 00:14:52.480 --> 00:14:52.840 armour, 00:14:53.259 --> 00:14:53.800 standing 00:14:53.800 --> 00:14:54.480 over a 00:14:54.480 --> 00:14:54.779 city, 00:14:55.200 --> 00:14:56.040 keeping all 00:14:56.040 --> 00:14:56.879 danger at 00:14:56.879 --> 00:14:57.160 bay, 00:14:57.519 --> 00:14:58.160 and protecting 00:14:58.160 --> 00:14:58.840 the people 00:14:58.840 --> 00:14:59.480 inside. 00:15:00.420 --> 00:15:01.160 And this 00:15:01.160 --> 00:15:01.879 is what 00:15:01.879 --> 00:15:02.740 God is 00:15:02.740 --> 00:15:03.840 doing for 00:15:03.840 --> 00:15:04.399 his 00:15:04.399 --> 00:15:05.120 people. 00:15:05.879 --> 00:15:06.960 By faith 00:15:06.960 --> 00:15:07.679 in the 00:15:07.679 --> 00:15:08.539 power of 00:15:08.539 --> 00:15:08.980 God, 00:15:09.259 --> 00:15:10.159 we are 00:15:10.159 --> 00:15:10.539 being 00:15:10.539 --> 00:15:11.220 kept. 00:15:12.659 --> 00:15:12.840 Our 00:15:12.840 --> 00:15:13.679 faith 00:15:13.679 --> 00:15:15.580 is being 00:15:15.580 --> 00:15:16.299 protected 00:15:16.299 --> 00:15:18.179 for our 00:15:18.179 --> 00:15:19.059 eternal 00:15:19.059 --> 00:15:19.939 inheritance. 00:15:22.340 --> 00:15:23.360 In fact, 00:15:23.439 --> 00:15:23.860 it's even 00:15:23.860 --> 00:15:24.860 stronger than 00:15:24.860 --> 00:15:25.200 that. 00:15:25.679 --> 00:15:26.240 It's not 00:15:26.240 --> 00:15:26.899 just we 00:15:26.899 --> 00:15:27.559 are kept. 00:15:28.159 --> 00:15:29.059 The implication 00:15:29.059 --> 00:15:29.579 of verse 00:15:29.579 --> 00:15:30.199 5 is, 00:15:30.439 --> 00:15:30.959 is that 00:15:30.959 --> 00:15:31.659 our very 00:15:31.659 --> 00:15:32.919 faith in 00:15:32.919 --> 00:15:34.479 Christ is 00:15:34.479 --> 00:15:35.239 shielded by 00:15:35.239 --> 00:15:35.679 God's 00:15:35.679 --> 00:15:36.039 power. 00:15:37.119 --> 00:15:37.779 So that 00:15:37.779 --> 00:15:38.459 means no 00:15:38.459 --> 00:15:38.979 matter how 00:15:38.979 --> 00:15:39.819 difficult the 00:15:39.819 --> 00:15:40.539 Christian life 00:15:40.539 --> 00:15:40.819 is, 00:15:41.039 --> 00:15:41.519 no matter 00:15:41.519 --> 00:15:42.500 what struggles 00:15:42.500 --> 00:15:43.299 I face, 00:15:43.619 --> 00:15:44.599 even when I 00:15:44.599 --> 00:15:45.239 fail and 00:15:45.239 --> 00:15:45.539 fall, 00:15:45.859 --> 00:15:47.139 even when I 00:15:47.139 --> 00:15:47.819 give in to 00:15:47.819 --> 00:15:49.199 temptation and 00:15:49.199 --> 00:15:49.919 give in to 00:15:49.919 --> 00:15:50.359 sin, 00:15:51.319 --> 00:15:52.279 God by 00:15:52.279 --> 00:15:53.179 his power 00:15:53.179 --> 00:15:54.500 will sustain 00:15:54.500 --> 00:15:55.579 the faith that 00:15:55.579 --> 00:15:56.279 he has given 00:15:56.279 --> 00:15:57.299 me so that 00:15:57.299 --> 00:15:58.379 I will keep 00:15:58.379 --> 00:15:59.500 faith in 00:15:59.500 --> 00:16:00.059 God. 00:16:02.100 --> 00:16:02.799 He will 00:16:02.799 --> 00:16:03.360 keep me 00:16:03.360 --> 00:16:04.759 and he 00:16:04.759 --> 00:16:05.259 will keep 00:16:05.259 --> 00:16:05.539 you. 00:16:06.740 --> 00:16:07.579 The God 00:16:07.579 --> 00:16:08.439 who chose 00:16:08.439 --> 00:16:08.720 you, 00:16:09.319 --> 00:16:09.799 the God 00:16:09.799 --> 00:16:10.480 who loved 00:16:10.480 --> 00:16:10.899 you from 00:16:10.899 --> 00:16:11.600 before the 00:16:11.600 --> 00:16:12.339 creation of 00:16:12.339 --> 00:16:12.819 the world 00:16:12.819 --> 00:16:13.740 is going 00:16:13.740 --> 00:16:14.279 to keep 00:16:14.279 --> 00:16:14.480 you. 00:16:14.740 --> 00:16:15.139 He will 00:16:15.139 --> 00:16:16.279 not let 00:16:16.279 --> 00:16:16.959 you go. 00:16:17.279 --> 00:16:17.659 He will 00:16:17.659 --> 00:16:18.419 bring you 00:16:18.419 --> 00:16:19.019 from this 00:16:19.019 --> 00:16:20.500 world to 00:16:20.500 --> 00:16:21.639 your glorious 00:16:21.639 --> 00:16:22.319 inheritance. 00:16:24.039 --> 00:16:25.299 So first, 00:16:25.299 --> 00:16:28.439 focus on 00:16:28.439 --> 00:16:29.000 our future 00:16:29.000 --> 00:16:29.500 glory. 00:16:33.979 --> 00:16:34.699 Second, 00:16:36.539 --> 00:16:38.879 prepare for 00:16:38.879 --> 00:16:39.519 our present 00:16:39.519 --> 00:16:40.319 sufferings. 00:16:41.740 --> 00:16:43.059 We have 00:16:43.059 --> 00:16:44.079 a glorious 00:16:44.079 --> 00:16:44.740 future, 00:16:45.359 --> 00:16:46.039 but the 00:16:46.039 --> 00:16:46.819 journey from 00:16:46.819 --> 00:16:47.439 here to 00:16:47.439 --> 00:16:48.399 there is 00:16:48.399 --> 00:16:48.819 going to be 00:16:48.819 --> 00:16:49.399 a tough 00:16:49.399 --> 00:16:50.719 one and 00:16:50.719 --> 00:16:51.139 a hard 00:16:51.139 --> 00:16:51.419 one. 00:16:52.620 --> 00:16:52.979 And I 00:16:52.979 --> 00:16:53.459 want us to 00:16:53.459 --> 00:16:54.000 hear this 00:16:54.000 --> 00:16:54.599 this morning. 00:16:55.299 --> 00:16:55.620 It's 00:16:55.620 --> 00:16:56.139 going to 00:16:56.139 --> 00:16:56.519 be 00:16:56.519 --> 00:16:57.379 hard. 00:16:58.779 --> 00:16:59.039 There 00:16:59.039 --> 00:16:59.719 will be 00:16:59.719 --> 00:17:00.819 suffering 00:17:00.819 --> 00:17:02.019 through 00:17:02.019 --> 00:17:02.539 trials. 00:17:03.439 --> 00:17:04.119 Look at 00:17:04.119 --> 00:17:04.799 verse 6. 00:17:06.759 --> 00:17:07.759 In this, 00:17:07.919 --> 00:17:08.659 speaking of 00:17:08.659 --> 00:17:09.399 the inheritance 00:17:09.399 --> 00:17:10.460 to come, 00:17:10.539 --> 00:17:11.119 in this you 00:17:11.119 --> 00:17:12.240 greatly rejoice, 00:17:13.039 --> 00:17:13.879 though now, 00:17:14.839 --> 00:17:15.519 today, 00:17:16.200 --> 00:17:16.799 for a little 00:17:16.799 --> 00:17:17.139 while, 00:17:17.220 --> 00:17:17.839 you may have 00:17:17.839 --> 00:17:18.259 had to 00:17:18.259 --> 00:17:19.059 suffer grief 00:17:19.059 --> 00:17:20.139 in all 00:17:20.139 --> 00:17:21.039 kinds 00:17:21.039 --> 00:17:22.099 of trials. 00:17:22.099 --> 00:17:22.259 trials. 00:17:22.839 --> 00:17:23.740 If you 00:17:23.740 --> 00:17:24.119 are a 00:17:24.119 --> 00:17:24.519 Christian, 00:17:24.639 --> 00:17:24.959 if you're 00:17:24.959 --> 00:17:25.379 a follower 00:17:25.379 --> 00:17:26.000 of Jesus, 00:17:26.379 --> 00:17:27.079 we will 00:17:27.079 --> 00:17:28.139 face all 00:17:28.139 --> 00:17:28.839 kinds of 00:17:28.839 --> 00:17:29.259 trials. 00:17:30.839 --> 00:17:31.199 And I 00:17:31.199 --> 00:17:31.539 think there 00:17:31.539 --> 00:17:32.099 are two 00:17:32.099 --> 00:17:32.699 particular 00:17:32.699 --> 00:17:33.799 trials we 00:17:33.799 --> 00:17:34.439 will face. 00:17:34.839 --> 00:17:35.379 First, 00:17:35.939 --> 00:17:36.339 there are 00:17:36.339 --> 00:17:37.000 the trials 00:17:37.000 --> 00:17:37.719 from this 00:17:37.719 --> 00:17:38.139 world, 00:17:38.259 --> 00:17:38.819 the world 00:17:38.819 --> 00:17:39.480 that is 00:17:39.480 --> 00:17:40.659 opposed to 00:17:40.659 --> 00:17:41.079 us. 00:17:41.839 --> 00:17:42.299 Have a look 00:17:42.299 --> 00:17:42.699 at chapter 00:17:42.699 --> 00:17:43.240 3, 00:17:43.500 --> 00:17:44.519 verse 13. 00:17:44.519 --> 00:17:47.379 So, 00:17:47.480 --> 00:17:48.759 speaking to 00:17:48.759 --> 00:17:49.319 Christians 00:17:49.319 --> 00:17:50.180 living in 00:17:50.180 --> 00:17:50.539 the world, 00:17:50.660 --> 00:17:51.319 chapter 3, 00:17:51.440 --> 00:17:52.119 verse 13. 00:17:53.319 --> 00:17:53.819 Who is 00:17:53.819 --> 00:17:54.160 going to 00:17:54.160 --> 00:17:54.839 harm you 00:17:54.839 --> 00:17:55.579 if you're 00:17:55.579 --> 00:17:56.039 eager to 00:17:56.039 --> 00:17:56.619 do good? 00:17:58.059 --> 00:17:59.160 But even 00:17:59.160 --> 00:17:59.819 if you 00:17:59.819 --> 00:18:00.700 should suffer 00:18:00.700 --> 00:18:01.279 for what 00:18:01.279 --> 00:18:01.960 is right, 00:18:03.039 --> 00:18:03.879 you are 00:18:03.879 --> 00:18:04.359 blessed. 00:18:05.879 --> 00:18:07.099 Verse 16. 00:18:08.539 --> 00:18:09.500 Keeping a 00:18:09.500 --> 00:18:10.579 clear conscience 00:18:10.579 --> 00:18:12.019 so that 00:18:12.019 --> 00:18:12.740 those who 00:18:12.740 --> 00:18:14.220 speak maliciously 00:18:14.220 --> 00:18:14.980 against your 00:18:14.980 --> 00:18:16.100 good behaviour 00:18:16.100 --> 00:18:16.880 in Christ 00:18:16.880 --> 00:18:18.339 may be 00:18:18.339 --> 00:18:18.940 ashamed of 00:18:18.940 --> 00:18:19.600 their slander. 00:18:20.600 --> 00:18:21.140 It is 00:18:21.140 --> 00:18:21.559 better, 00:18:22.000 --> 00:18:22.700 if it is 00:18:22.700 --> 00:18:23.140 God's 00:18:23.140 --> 00:18:23.380 will, 00:18:24.019 --> 00:18:25.059 to suffer 00:18:25.059 --> 00:18:25.700 for doing 00:18:25.700 --> 00:18:27.539 good than 00:18:27.539 --> 00:18:28.100 for doing 00:18:28.100 --> 00:18:28.600 evil. 00:18:29.880 --> 00:18:30.259 Or 00:18:30.259 --> 00:18:30.960 chapter 4, 00:18:31.039 --> 00:18:31.660 verse 12. 00:18:36.940 --> 00:18:37.700 Dear 00:18:37.700 --> 00:18:38.339 friends, 00:18:39.160 --> 00:18:39.839 do not 00:18:39.839 --> 00:18:40.720 be surprised 00:18:40.720 --> 00:18:41.319 at the 00:18:41.319 --> 00:18:41.799 painful 00:18:41.799 --> 00:18:43.000 trial you 00:18:43.000 --> 00:18:44.019 are suffering 00:18:44.019 --> 00:18:44.920 as though 00:18:44.920 --> 00:18:45.460 something 00:18:45.460 --> 00:18:46.480 strange 00:18:46.480 --> 00:18:47.579 were happening 00:18:47.579 --> 00:18:48.319 to you. 00:18:49.839 --> 00:18:50.920 Verse 19. 00:18:51.359 --> 00:18:51.819 So then 00:18:51.819 --> 00:18:52.420 those who 00:18:52.420 --> 00:18:53.059 suffer 00:18:53.059 --> 00:18:54.160 according to 00:18:54.160 --> 00:18:54.799 God's will 00:18:54.799 --> 00:18:55.480 should commit 00:18:55.480 --> 00:18:56.220 themselves to 00:18:56.220 --> 00:18:56.839 their faithful 00:18:56.839 --> 00:18:58.059 creator and 00:18:58.059 --> 00:18:58.900 continue to 00:18:58.900 --> 00:19:00.039 do good. 00:19:01.039 --> 00:19:01.839 Do we get 00:19:01.839 --> 00:19:02.379 the picture? 00:19:03.519 --> 00:19:04.099 This is 00:19:04.099 --> 00:19:04.619 normal 00:19:04.619 --> 00:19:05.180 Christian 00:19:05.180 --> 00:19:05.980 experience. 00:19:06.519 --> 00:19:07.119 As we 00:19:07.119 --> 00:19:07.579 live as 00:19:07.579 --> 00:19:08.019 God's 00:19:08.019 --> 00:19:08.599 people in 00:19:08.599 --> 00:19:09.799 this world, 00:19:09.920 --> 00:19:10.559 we will face 00:19:10.559 --> 00:19:11.119 opposition, 00:19:11.400 --> 00:19:11.879 people will 00:19:11.879 --> 00:19:12.779 speak against 00:19:12.779 --> 00:19:13.099 you, 00:19:13.359 --> 00:19:13.660 there will 00:19:13.660 --> 00:19:14.019 be all 00:19:14.019 --> 00:19:14.480 kinds of 00:19:14.480 --> 00:19:14.819 things, 00:19:14.940 --> 00:19:15.319 malicious 00:19:15.319 --> 00:19:16.259 talk against 00:19:16.259 --> 00:19:16.639 you, 00:19:17.000 --> 00:19:17.339 there will 00:19:17.339 --> 00:19:18.379 be injustices 00:19:18.379 --> 00:19:19.220 against you, 00:19:20.420 --> 00:19:21.279 people across 00:19:21.279 --> 00:19:22.019 the world will 00:19:22.019 --> 00:19:22.799 even lose 00:19:22.799 --> 00:19:23.619 their faith, 00:19:24.139 --> 00:19:24.720 or lose their 00:19:24.720 --> 00:19:25.660 life because 00:19:25.660 --> 00:19:26.519 they follow 00:19:26.519 --> 00:19:27.039 Christ. 00:19:28.039 --> 00:19:28.559 Listen to 00:19:28.559 --> 00:19:29.099 this quote 00:19:29.099 --> 00:19:29.759 from Open 00:19:29.759 --> 00:19:30.240 Doors, 00:19:30.539 --> 00:19:31.339 an organization 00:19:31.339 --> 00:19:32.200 seeking to 00:19:32.200 --> 00:19:32.960 help Christians 00:19:32.960 --> 00:19:33.680 who are 00:19:33.680 --> 00:19:34.139 suffering. 00:19:35.299 --> 00:19:36.079 This is what 00:19:36.079 --> 00:19:36.559 they say, 00:19:36.639 --> 00:19:37.259 the persecution 00:19:37.259 --> 00:19:38.139 of Christians 00:19:38.139 --> 00:19:39.099 has increased 00:19:39.099 --> 00:19:40.639 across every 00:19:40.639 --> 00:19:41.299 region in 00:19:41.299 --> 00:19:41.859 which Open 00:19:41.859 --> 00:19:42.639 Doors works 00:19:42.639 --> 00:19:44.259 by 50% 00:19:44.259 --> 00:19:46.559 since 2013. 00:19:47.240 --> 00:19:47.659 From 00:19:47.659 --> 00:19:48.500 imprisonment 00:19:48.500 --> 00:19:49.459 to torture 00:19:49.459 --> 00:19:50.799 to beheadings, 00:19:51.299 --> 00:19:52.619 100 million 00:19:52.619 --> 00:19:53.259 Christians 00:19:53.259 --> 00:19:54.799 worldwide live 00:19:54.799 --> 00:19:55.959 in fear of 00:19:55.959 --> 00:19:56.799 their lives 00:19:56.799 --> 00:19:57.639 more than 00:19:57.639 --> 00:19:58.419 at any other 00:19:58.419 --> 00:20:00.199 time in the 00:20:00.199 --> 00:20:00.919 modern era. 00:20:03.240 --> 00:20:04.139 There will be 00:20:04.139 --> 00:20:04.559 suffering. 00:20:04.559 --> 00:20:07.000 Now we 00:20:07.000 --> 00:20:07.559 might live 00:20:07.559 --> 00:20:08.039 in a part 00:20:08.039 --> 00:20:08.279 of the 00:20:08.279 --> 00:20:09.599 world where 00:20:09.599 --> 00:20:10.019 we don't 00:20:10.019 --> 00:20:10.639 fear our 00:20:10.639 --> 00:20:11.299 lives being 00:20:11.299 --> 00:20:11.740 taken, 00:20:13.119 --> 00:20:14.759 but what 00:20:14.759 --> 00:20:15.039 of the 00:20:15.039 --> 00:20:15.399 future? 00:20:16.700 --> 00:20:17.700 What kind 00:20:17.700 --> 00:20:18.119 of world 00:20:18.119 --> 00:20:18.599 are our 00:20:18.599 --> 00:20:19.220 children going 00:20:19.220 --> 00:20:19.639 to be living 00:20:19.639 --> 00:20:19.879 in? 00:20:21.819 --> 00:20:22.700 If God 00:20:22.700 --> 00:20:23.299 should call 00:20:23.299 --> 00:20:23.659 you to 00:20:23.659 --> 00:20:24.339 serve him 00:20:24.339 --> 00:20:25.480 overseas in 00:20:25.480 --> 00:20:25.839 another 00:20:25.839 --> 00:20:26.700 country, 00:20:27.700 --> 00:20:28.899 you may 00:20:28.899 --> 00:20:29.359 lose your 00:20:29.359 --> 00:20:30.599 life because 00:20:30.599 --> 00:20:31.119 you follow 00:20:31.119 --> 00:20:31.599 Christ. 00:20:34.559 --> 00:20:35.779 But as we 00:20:35.779 --> 00:20:36.279 live our 00:20:36.279 --> 00:20:37.019 lives here 00:20:37.019 --> 00:20:37.559 today, 00:20:37.819 --> 00:20:38.659 we will 00:20:38.659 --> 00:20:39.159 face 00:20:39.159 --> 00:20:40.039 discrimination 00:20:40.039 --> 00:20:41.299 and isolation. 00:20:42.299 --> 00:20:42.819 You will 00:20:42.819 --> 00:20:43.599 feel left 00:20:43.599 --> 00:20:43.960 out. 00:20:44.279 --> 00:20:44.659 You will 00:20:44.659 --> 00:20:45.960 be misunderstood. 00:20:47.379 --> 00:20:48.240 There are 00:20:48.240 --> 00:20:49.519 trials in 00:20:49.519 --> 00:20:50.139 this world 00:20:50.139 --> 00:20:51.139 and it 00:20:51.139 --> 00:20:51.559 will be 00:20:51.559 --> 00:20:51.919 tough. 00:20:53.759 --> 00:20:54.480 The second 00:20:54.480 --> 00:20:55.159 trials we 00:20:55.159 --> 00:20:55.599 face, 00:20:56.639 --> 00:20:57.319 have a look 00:20:57.319 --> 00:20:57.720 at chapter 00:20:57.720 --> 00:20:58.220 five, 00:21:00.099 --> 00:21:00.500 are the 00:21:00.500 --> 00:21:01.139 trials not 00:21:01.139 --> 00:21:01.559 just from 00:21:01.559 --> 00:21:02.019 the world 00:21:02.019 --> 00:21:02.679 but from 00:21:02.679 --> 00:21:03.159 the devil. 00:21:03.160 --> 00:21:06.259 he stands 00:21:06.259 --> 00:21:07.140 against us. 00:21:07.700 --> 00:21:08.080 Look at 00:21:08.080 --> 00:21:08.860 chapter five 00:21:08.860 --> 00:21:09.940 verse eight. 00:21:11.340 --> 00:21:12.700 Be self-controlled 00:21:12.700 --> 00:21:13.360 and alert. 00:21:14.300 --> 00:21:14.960 Your enemy, 00:21:15.140 --> 00:21:15.600 the devil, 00:21:16.279 --> 00:21:17.320 prowls around 00:21:17.320 --> 00:21:18.279 like a roaring 00:21:18.279 --> 00:21:19.120 lion looking 00:21:19.120 --> 00:21:19.759 for someone 00:21:19.759 --> 00:21:20.580 to devour. 00:21:22.000 --> 00:21:22.740 Resist him, 00:21:23.500 --> 00:21:24.380 standing firm 00:21:24.380 --> 00:21:25.279 in the faith 00:21:25.279 --> 00:21:26.720 because you 00:21:26.720 --> 00:21:27.620 know that your 00:21:27.620 --> 00:21:28.360 brothers and 00:21:28.360 --> 00:21:29.120 sisters throughout 00:21:29.120 --> 00:21:30.600 the world are 00:21:30.600 --> 00:21:31.480 undergoing the 00:21:31.480 --> 00:21:32.360 same kind of 00:21:32.360 --> 00:21:33.000 sufferings. 00:21:33.160 --> 00:21:35.460 he's not a 00:21:35.460 --> 00:21:36.080 pussycat. 00:21:37.019 --> 00:21:38.080 He is a 00:21:38.080 --> 00:21:39.420 roaring lion 00:21:39.420 --> 00:21:41.080 who stands 00:21:41.080 --> 00:21:41.759 in fierce 00:21:41.759 --> 00:21:43.200 opposition to 00:21:43.200 --> 00:21:44.060 believers, 00:21:44.340 --> 00:21:45.440 ready to 00:21:45.440 --> 00:21:46.100 attack, 00:21:47.320 --> 00:21:47.740 mocking, 00:21:48.600 --> 00:21:49.160 accusing, 00:21:50.019 --> 00:21:50.519 tempting, 00:21:51.940 --> 00:21:53.300 laughing when 00:21:53.300 --> 00:21:53.900 you fail, 00:21:54.720 --> 00:21:55.500 telling you to 00:21:55.500 --> 00:21:56.240 give up and 00:21:56.240 --> 00:21:56.779 that it's not 00:21:56.779 --> 00:21:57.400 worth it. 00:21:57.400 --> 00:21:59.500 so let me 00:21:59.500 --> 00:22:00.080 warn you, 00:22:00.759 --> 00:22:02.720 if you are 00:22:02.720 --> 00:22:03.240 a believer 00:22:03.240 --> 00:22:03.780 today, 00:22:04.259 --> 00:22:05.120 if you are 00:22:05.120 --> 00:22:05.980 engaging in 00:22:05.980 --> 00:22:06.920 Christian witness, 00:22:07.500 --> 00:22:08.500 if you teach 00:22:08.500 --> 00:22:09.040 in Sunday 00:22:09.040 --> 00:22:09.480 school, 00:22:09.820 --> 00:22:10.259 if you're 00:22:10.259 --> 00:22:10.920 helping out 00:22:10.920 --> 00:22:11.519 in the rock 00:22:11.519 --> 00:22:12.440 or in polo, 00:22:13.259 --> 00:22:14.120 you will 00:22:14.120 --> 00:22:15.220 suffer. 00:22:16.820 --> 00:22:17.740 If you 00:22:17.740 --> 00:22:18.700 seek to 00:22:18.700 --> 00:22:19.340 stand for 00:22:19.340 --> 00:22:19.980 Christ in 00:22:19.980 --> 00:22:20.780 your workplace 00:22:20.780 --> 00:22:21.640 or in your 00:22:21.640 --> 00:22:22.580 family or 00:22:22.580 --> 00:22:23.340 amongst your 00:22:23.340 --> 00:22:23.860 friends, 00:22:23.859 --> 00:22:26.479 you will 00:22:26.479 --> 00:22:27.559 suffer. 00:22:30.839 --> 00:22:31.679 But while 00:22:31.679 --> 00:22:32.299 we suffer, 00:22:33.579 --> 00:22:34.459 let's 00:22:34.459 --> 00:22:34.919 remember 00:22:34.919 --> 00:22:36.339 that God 00:22:36.339 --> 00:22:36.839 is using 00:22:36.839 --> 00:22:38.559 it for 00:22:38.559 --> 00:22:39.059 our good. 00:22:40.059 --> 00:22:40.799 We suffer 00:22:40.799 --> 00:22:41.519 through trials, 00:22:41.659 --> 00:22:42.039 but we are 00:22:42.039 --> 00:22:43.000 also saved 00:22:43.000 --> 00:22:43.899 through trials. 00:22:43.900 --> 00:22:44.300 Look at 00:22:44.300 --> 00:22:45.500 chapter 1, 00:22:45.580 --> 00:22:46.080 verse 7. 00:22:53.860 --> 00:22:54.660 Chapter 1, 00:22:54.740 --> 00:22:55.180 verse 7. 00:22:55.180 --> 00:22:55.800 These have 00:22:55.800 --> 00:22:56.120 come, 00:22:56.240 --> 00:22:57.120 these trials 00:22:57.120 --> 00:22:57.960 have come, 00:22:58.960 --> 00:22:59.900 so that 00:22:59.900 --> 00:23:00.820 your faith 00:23:00.820 --> 00:23:03.600 of greater 00:23:03.600 --> 00:23:04.160 worth than 00:23:04.160 --> 00:23:04.500 gold, 00:23:04.600 --> 00:23:05.300 which perishes 00:23:05.300 --> 00:23:05.860 even though 00:23:05.860 --> 00:23:06.560 refined by 00:23:06.560 --> 00:23:06.940 fire, 00:23:07.360 --> 00:23:07.820 may be 00:23:07.820 --> 00:23:08.259 proved 00:23:08.259 --> 00:23:08.940 genuine 00:23:08.940 --> 00:23:10.220 and may 00:23:10.220 --> 00:23:10.900 result in 00:23:10.900 --> 00:23:11.420 praise, 00:23:11.660 --> 00:23:12.080 glory, 00:23:12.240 --> 00:23:12.759 and honour 00:23:12.759 --> 00:23:13.400 when Jesus 00:23:13.400 --> 00:23:14.380 Christ is 00:23:14.380 --> 00:23:14.840 revealed. 00:23:15.880 --> 00:23:16.820 The trials 00:23:16.820 --> 00:23:17.160 that we 00:23:17.160 --> 00:23:17.740 face from 00:23:17.740 --> 00:23:18.259 the world 00:23:18.259 --> 00:23:18.780 and from 00:23:18.780 --> 00:23:19.300 the devil 00:23:19.300 --> 00:23:21.100 are not 00:23:21.100 --> 00:23:22.259 just accidents, 00:23:23.400 --> 00:23:23.800 are not 00:23:23.800 --> 00:23:24.940 just coincidences 00:23:24.940 --> 00:23:25.600 that happen 00:23:25.600 --> 00:23:26.200 in our life, 00:23:26.440 --> 00:23:26.860 they are 00:23:26.860 --> 00:23:27.860 used and 00:23:27.860 --> 00:23:28.860 controlled by 00:23:28.860 --> 00:23:29.860 God to 00:23:29.860 --> 00:23:30.560 prove to 00:23:30.560 --> 00:23:31.560 us and 00:23:31.560 --> 00:23:32.280 to others 00:23:32.280 --> 00:23:33.080 that our 00:23:33.080 --> 00:23:33.780 faith is 00:23:33.780 --> 00:23:34.780 real and 00:23:34.780 --> 00:23:35.400 genuine. 00:23:37.680 --> 00:23:38.480 We're given 00:23:38.480 --> 00:23:39.160 an example 00:23:39.160 --> 00:23:39.840 to help us 00:23:39.840 --> 00:23:40.280 think this 00:23:40.280 --> 00:23:40.620 through. 00:23:41.220 --> 00:23:41.900 The example 00:23:41.900 --> 00:23:42.620 of gold 00:23:42.619 --> 00:23:43.619 is gold 00:23:43.619 --> 00:23:55.399 in a 00:23:55.399 --> 00:23:55.879 furnace. 00:23:55.879 --> 00:23:55.919 It must 00:23:55.919 --> 00:23:56.479 first be 00:23:56.479 --> 00:23:57.019 put in 00:23:57.019 --> 00:23:57.500 the furnace. 00:23:58.379 --> 00:23:59.359 The raging 00:23:59.359 --> 00:24:00.439 temperatures of 00:24:00.439 --> 00:24:01.159 the furnace 00:24:01.159 --> 00:24:02.219 burn off 00:24:02.219 --> 00:24:03.119 everything that 00:24:03.119 --> 00:24:03.799 is worthless 00:24:03.799 --> 00:24:04.639 and impure 00:24:04.639 --> 00:24:06.159 and what's 00:24:06.159 --> 00:24:06.719 left is 00:24:06.719 --> 00:24:07.339 pure, 00:24:07.919 --> 00:24:08.379 genuine 00:24:08.380 --> 00:24:09.320 gold. 00:24:11.320 --> 00:24:12.160 Now here's 00:24:12.160 --> 00:24:12.600 the point 00:24:12.600 --> 00:24:13.000 of verse 00:24:13.000 --> 00:24:13.340 7. 00:24:14.600 --> 00:24:15.380 At the 00:24:15.380 --> 00:24:15.880 end of 00:24:15.880 --> 00:24:16.520 time when 00:24:16.520 --> 00:24:17.300 Christ comes 00:24:17.300 --> 00:24:17.760 again, 00:24:18.380 --> 00:24:19.360 even pure 00:24:19.360 --> 00:24:19.900 gold, 00:24:19.980 --> 00:24:20.340 look at what 00:24:20.340 --> 00:24:20.840 it says in 00:24:20.840 --> 00:24:21.440 verse 7, 00:24:22.440 --> 00:24:23.740 will perish 00:24:23.740 --> 00:24:25.200 even though 00:24:25.200 --> 00:24:25.780 refined by 00:24:25.780 --> 00:24:26.020 fire. 00:24:26.160 --> 00:24:26.580 It's not 00:24:26.580 --> 00:24:26.840 going to 00:24:26.840 --> 00:24:27.260 last. 00:24:27.259 --> 00:24:27.440 last. 00:24:30.079 --> 00:24:31.379 But not 00:24:31.379 --> 00:24:32.539 our faith 00:24:32.539 --> 00:24:33.180 in Christ. 00:24:34.420 --> 00:24:35.519 Our faith 00:24:35.519 --> 00:24:36.099 in Christ 00:24:36.099 --> 00:24:37.839 will last. 00:24:38.759 --> 00:24:39.700 Because our 00:24:39.700 --> 00:24:40.160 faith, 00:24:40.680 --> 00:24:41.559 look what it 00:24:41.559 --> 00:24:41.920 says, 00:24:42.379 --> 00:24:42.920 is of 00:24:42.920 --> 00:24:44.059 greater value 00:24:44.059 --> 00:24:45.740 and is 00:24:45.740 --> 00:24:46.799 more precious 00:24:46.799 --> 00:24:48.259 than gold. 00:24:49.000 --> 00:24:49.839 So when 00:24:49.839 --> 00:24:50.920 our faith, 00:24:51.079 --> 00:24:51.640 when our 00:24:51.640 --> 00:24:52.400 life goes 00:24:52.400 --> 00:24:53.059 through the 00:24:53.059 --> 00:24:54.059 fiery trials 00:24:54.059 --> 00:24:54.660 of life, 00:24:54.660 --> 00:24:55.680 when we 00:24:55.680 --> 00:24:56.240 come under 00:24:56.240 --> 00:24:56.920 the testing 00:24:56.920 --> 00:24:57.300 of the 00:24:57.300 --> 00:24:58.160 world and 00:24:58.160 --> 00:24:58.759 the attacks 00:24:58.759 --> 00:24:59.380 of Satan, 00:24:59.820 --> 00:25:00.440 when we 00:25:00.440 --> 00:25:01.540 face hostility 00:25:01.540 --> 00:25:02.180 from people 00:25:02.180 --> 00:25:02.580 at work, 00:25:02.820 --> 00:25:03.300 when you 00:25:03.300 --> 00:25:04.240 struggle under 00:25:04.240 --> 00:25:04.700 the weight 00:25:04.700 --> 00:25:05.500 of temptation, 00:25:06.140 --> 00:25:07.080 our faith 00:25:07.080 --> 00:25:08.420 in Christ, 00:25:10.360 --> 00:25:10.759 end of 00:25:10.759 --> 00:25:11.340 verse 7, 00:25:12.259 --> 00:25:12.779 may be 00:25:12.779 --> 00:25:13.360 proved 00:25:13.360 --> 00:25:14.160 genuine 00:25:14.160 --> 00:25:15.920 and will 00:25:15.920 --> 00:25:17.060 result in 00:25:17.060 --> 00:25:17.600 praise, 00:25:18.040 --> 00:25:19.120 glory and 00:25:19.120 --> 00:25:19.960 honour when 00:25:19.960 --> 00:25:20.920 Jesus Christ 00:25:20.920 --> 00:25:22.160 comes again. 00:25:24.660 --> 00:25:25.900 I remember 00:25:25.900 --> 00:25:26.680 as a child 00:25:26.680 --> 00:25:29.100 getting stuck, 00:25:30.120 --> 00:25:30.920 wedged between 00:25:30.920 --> 00:25:31.500 a wall, 00:25:31.779 --> 00:25:32.340 a concrete 00:25:32.340 --> 00:25:33.620 wall and 00:25:33.620 --> 00:25:34.220 a trailer 00:25:34.220 --> 00:25:35.680 and I 00:25:35.680 --> 00:25:36.380 sensed the 00:25:36.380 --> 00:25:36.820 danger 00:25:36.820 --> 00:25:38.380 and I was 00:25:38.380 --> 00:25:38.960 in absolute 00:25:38.960 --> 00:25:39.720 panic and 00:25:39.720 --> 00:25:40.400 in that panic 00:25:40.400 --> 00:25:41.040 all I could 00:25:41.040 --> 00:25:41.640 do was just 00:25:41.640 --> 00:25:42.500 cry out, 00:25:42.640 --> 00:25:43.279 roar out for 00:25:43.279 --> 00:25:44.060 help and I 00:25:44.060 --> 00:25:44.720 shouted out 00:25:44.720 --> 00:25:45.380 Dad! 00:25:45.380 --> 00:25:49.300 the trial 00:25:49.300 --> 00:25:50.700 caused me 00:25:50.700 --> 00:25:53.160 to shout 00:25:53.160 --> 00:25:54.760 out to 00:25:54.760 --> 00:25:55.480 my father. 00:25:56.760 --> 00:25:57.720 The trial 00:25:57.720 --> 00:25:59.040 proved to 00:25:59.040 --> 00:26:00.980 me who 00:26:00.980 --> 00:26:01.700 I trusted 00:26:01.700 --> 00:26:03.840 and who 00:26:03.840 --> 00:26:04.500 could help. 00:26:05.900 --> 00:26:06.300 You see, 00:26:06.400 --> 00:26:07.100 the trials 00:26:07.100 --> 00:26:07.480 that we 00:26:07.480 --> 00:26:08.580 face in 00:26:08.580 --> 00:26:10.040 life sometimes 00:26:10.040 --> 00:26:11.400 crush us, 00:26:11.820 --> 00:26:12.380 but they 00:26:12.380 --> 00:26:12.940 are used 00:26:12.940 --> 00:26:13.600 by God 00:26:13.600 --> 00:26:14.440 and allowed 00:26:14.440 --> 00:26:15.039 by God 00:26:15.039 --> 00:26:15.779 to cause 00:26:15.779 --> 00:26:16.039 us, 00:26:16.259 --> 00:26:16.900 his children, 00:26:17.299 --> 00:26:18.180 to call 00:26:18.180 --> 00:26:18.620 out to 00:26:18.620 --> 00:26:18.900 him, 00:26:19.140 --> 00:26:19.920 to run 00:26:19.920 --> 00:26:20.420 to him 00:26:20.420 --> 00:26:21.080 in faith. 00:26:21.360 --> 00:26:22.460 It proves 00:26:22.460 --> 00:26:23.140 that our 00:26:23.140 --> 00:26:23.640 faith in 00:26:23.640 --> 00:26:24.680 Christ is 00:26:24.680 --> 00:26:25.080 genuine. 00:26:28.120 --> 00:26:29.200 The trials 00:26:29.200 --> 00:26:29.680 will not 00:26:29.680 --> 00:26:30.299 kill our 00:26:30.299 --> 00:26:30.680 faith. 00:26:32.220 --> 00:26:32.640 They will 00:26:32.640 --> 00:26:33.860 prove that 00:26:33.860 --> 00:26:34.259 we are 00:26:34.259 --> 00:26:35.019 followers of 00:26:35.019 --> 00:26:35.299 him. 00:26:37.299 --> 00:26:38.240 So second, 00:26:39.799 --> 00:26:40.880 prepare for 00:26:40.880 --> 00:26:42.519 our present 00:26:42.519 --> 00:26:43.700 sufferings. 00:26:44.440 --> 00:26:44.900 glory. 00:26:45.900 --> 00:26:47.140 And third, 00:26:48.200 --> 00:26:49.140 journey with 00:26:49.140 --> 00:26:50.779 joy in 00:26:50.779 --> 00:26:51.440 our hearts. 00:26:52.720 --> 00:26:53.440 The journey 00:26:53.440 --> 00:26:54.160 to glory 00:26:54.160 --> 00:26:55.980 is going to 00:26:55.980 --> 00:26:56.420 involve 00:26:56.420 --> 00:26:57.080 suffering. 00:26:58.700 --> 00:26:59.420 But because 00:26:59.420 --> 00:27:00.259 we know 00:27:00.259 --> 00:27:00.920 what is going 00:27:00.920 --> 00:27:01.500 to happen, 00:27:01.640 --> 00:27:02.100 because we 00:27:02.100 --> 00:27:02.920 know glory 00:27:02.920 --> 00:27:03.360 is to 00:27:03.360 --> 00:27:03.779 come, 00:27:04.600 --> 00:27:05.240 we can 00:27:05.240 --> 00:27:05.940 rejoice 00:27:05.940 --> 00:27:07.480 today. 00:27:08.860 --> 00:27:09.799 We can 00:27:09.799 --> 00:27:10.360 rejoice 00:27:10.360 --> 00:27:11.200 today. 00:27:12.160 --> 00:27:12.799 Look at 00:27:12.799 --> 00:27:13.420 verse 6. 00:27:13.420 --> 00:27:16.820 in this 00:27:16.820 --> 00:27:18.560 you 00:27:18.560 --> 00:27:19.240 greatly 00:27:19.240 --> 00:27:20.700 rejoice. 00:27:23.019 --> 00:27:24.039 We don't 00:27:24.039 --> 00:27:24.800 rejoice in 00:27:24.800 --> 00:27:25.360 the suffering 00:27:25.360 --> 00:27:25.960 itself. 00:27:27.000 --> 00:27:27.560 We're not 00:27:27.560 --> 00:27:28.259 jumping up 00:27:28.259 --> 00:27:28.700 and down 00:27:28.700 --> 00:27:29.060 at the 00:27:29.060 --> 00:27:29.860 trials that 00:27:29.860 --> 00:27:30.340 come our 00:27:30.340 --> 00:27:30.680 way. 00:27:31.900 --> 00:27:32.380 Suffering 00:27:32.380 --> 00:27:33.380 is hard 00:27:33.380 --> 00:27:34.300 and difficult 00:27:34.300 --> 00:27:35.000 and it 00:27:35.000 --> 00:27:35.860 brings pain 00:27:35.860 --> 00:27:36.660 and struggles 00:27:36.660 --> 00:27:37.500 into our 00:27:37.500 --> 00:27:38.000 lives. 00:27:38.000 --> 00:27:40.160 but what 00:27:40.160 --> 00:27:40.579 we are 00:27:40.579 --> 00:27:41.079 to do 00:27:41.079 --> 00:27:41.539 is to 00:27:41.539 --> 00:27:42.140 rejoice 00:27:42.140 --> 00:27:43.579 in the 00:27:43.579 --> 00:27:44.319 security 00:27:44.319 --> 00:27:45.279 of our 00:27:45.279 --> 00:27:45.880 salvation. 00:27:47.220 --> 00:27:48.480 In this 00:27:48.480 --> 00:27:49.680 you greatly 00:27:49.680 --> 00:27:50.339 rejoice. 00:27:50.599 --> 00:27:51.119 In the 00:27:51.119 --> 00:27:51.740 salvation 00:27:51.740 --> 00:27:52.519 that God 00:27:52.519 --> 00:27:53.220 has prepared 00:27:53.220 --> 00:27:53.859 for you. 00:27:54.400 --> 00:27:54.700 Our 00:27:54.700 --> 00:27:55.259 inheritance 00:27:55.259 --> 00:27:56.039 is kept 00:27:56.039 --> 00:27:56.579 for us 00:27:56.579 --> 00:27:57.299 and we 00:27:57.299 --> 00:27:57.900 are kept 00:27:57.900 --> 00:27:58.539 for our 00:27:58.539 --> 00:27:59.220 inheritance. 00:27:59.880 --> 00:28:00.680 That means 00:28:00.680 --> 00:28:01.700 whatever we 00:28:01.700 --> 00:28:02.539 face today, 00:28:03.039 --> 00:28:03.980 nothing will 00:28:03.980 --> 00:28:04.700 be able to 00:28:04.700 --> 00:28:05.539 rob us of 00:28:05.539 --> 00:28:06.079 what is to 00:28:06.079 --> 00:28:06.359 come. 00:28:06.720 --> 00:28:07.460 No trial, 00:28:07.819 --> 00:28:08.500 no suffering 00:28:08.500 --> 00:28:09.079 will take 00:28:09.079 --> 00:28:09.679 from us 00:28:09.679 --> 00:28:10.519 what God 00:28:10.519 --> 00:28:11.259 has given 00:28:11.259 --> 00:28:12.439 to us. 00:28:13.299 --> 00:28:13.899 In fact, 00:28:13.960 --> 00:28:14.299 as we've 00:28:14.299 --> 00:28:14.899 just seen, 00:28:15.240 --> 00:28:15.960 God uses 00:28:15.960 --> 00:28:16.779 it all to 00:28:16.779 --> 00:28:17.299 bring us 00:28:17.299 --> 00:28:18.579 to glory. 00:28:19.679 --> 00:28:20.139 So in 00:28:20.139 --> 00:28:20.679 the midst 00:28:20.679 --> 00:28:21.379 of your 00:28:21.379 --> 00:28:21.899 suffering 00:28:21.899 --> 00:28:22.619 and in 00:28:22.619 --> 00:28:23.059 the midst 00:28:23.059 --> 00:28:23.679 of your 00:28:23.679 --> 00:28:24.139 trial, 00:28:25.460 --> 00:28:25.939 rejoice. 00:28:27.319 --> 00:28:28.059 Rejoice 00:28:28.059 --> 00:28:28.699 today. 00:28:29.819 --> 00:28:30.240 Joy 00:28:30.240 --> 00:28:30.919 is to 00:28:30.919 --> 00:28:31.579 be our 00:28:31.579 --> 00:28:32.179 present 00:28:32.179 --> 00:28:33.439 experience. 00:28:34.439 --> 00:28:34.879 Look at 00:28:34.879 --> 00:28:35.339 verse 6 00:28:35.339 --> 00:28:35.659 again. 00:28:35.660 --> 00:28:36.519 In this 00:28:36.519 --> 00:28:37.220 you greatly 00:28:37.220 --> 00:28:38.000 rejoice, 00:28:38.380 --> 00:28:39.019 though now 00:28:39.019 --> 00:28:40.080 for a 00:28:40.080 --> 00:28:40.380 little 00:28:40.380 --> 00:28:40.900 while 00:28:40.900 --> 00:28:43.420 you've 00:28:43.420 --> 00:28:43.800 had to 00:28:43.800 --> 00:28:44.140 suffer 00:28:44.140 --> 00:28:45.519 grief 00:28:45.519 --> 00:28:46.019 in all 00:28:46.019 --> 00:28:46.420 kinds 00:28:46.420 --> 00:28:46.600 of 00:28:46.600 --> 00:28:47.000 trials. 00:28:48.000 --> 00:28:48.820 For a 00:28:48.820 --> 00:28:49.019 little 00:28:49.019 --> 00:28:49.460 while. 00:28:50.279 --> 00:28:50.840 The 00:28:50.840 --> 00:28:51.300 world 00:28:51.300 --> 00:28:51.779 in which 00:28:51.779 --> 00:28:52.240 we live 00:28:52.240 --> 00:28:52.500 in, 00:28:53.019 --> 00:28:53.240 the 00:28:53.240 --> 00:28:53.700 struggles 00:28:53.700 --> 00:28:54.080 that we 00:28:54.080 --> 00:28:54.480 face 00:28:54.480 --> 00:28:54.980 today 00:28:54.980 --> 00:28:55.860 are 00:28:55.860 --> 00:28:56.519 temporary. 00:28:58.160 --> 00:28:58.460 It'll 00:28:58.460 --> 00:28:58.940 be like 00:28:58.940 --> 00:28:59.620 a blip 00:28:59.620 --> 00:28:59.960 on the 00:28:59.960 --> 00:29:00.420 line of 00:29:00.420 --> 00:29:01.060 eternity. 00:29:01.900 --> 00:29:02.100 One 00:29:02.100 --> 00:29:02.660 day these 00:29:02.660 --> 00:29:03.240 trials 00:29:03.240 --> 00:29:04.140 are all 00:29:04.140 --> 00:29:04.680 going to 00:29:04.680 --> 00:29:05.000 end. 00:29:05.000 --> 00:29:05.660 one 00:29:05.660 --> 00:29:06.259 day our 00:29:06.259 --> 00:29:06.680 journey 00:29:06.680 --> 00:29:07.240 from here 00:29:07.240 --> 00:29:07.859 to glory 00:29:07.859 --> 00:29:08.400 will be 00:29:08.400 --> 00:29:09.299 over and 00:29:09.299 --> 00:29:09.859 we will 00:29:09.859 --> 00:29:10.460 reach our 00:29:10.460 --> 00:29:10.920 glorious 00:29:10.920 --> 00:29:11.700 destination. 00:29:12.279 --> 00:29:13.279 So rejoice 00:29:13.279 --> 00:29:15.460 in what 00:29:15.460 --> 00:29:15.859 is to 00:29:15.859 --> 00:29:16.200 come. 00:29:17.819 --> 00:29:18.319 Have your 00:29:18.319 --> 00:29:19.279 hearts filled 00:29:19.279 --> 00:29:19.980 with joy 00:29:19.980 --> 00:29:20.619 today. 00:29:23.339 --> 00:29:24.240 But our 00:29:24.240 --> 00:29:25.099 joy is not 00:29:25.099 --> 00:29:25.819 just in what 00:29:25.819 --> 00:29:26.140 is to 00:29:26.140 --> 00:29:26.519 come. 00:29:28.220 --> 00:29:28.900 Our 00:29:28.900 --> 00:29:30.079 joy is 00:29:30.079 --> 00:29:30.419 to be 00:29:30.419 --> 00:29:30.899 rooted 00:29:30.899 --> 00:29:33.319 in 00:29:33.319 --> 00:29:33.839 Christ. 00:29:34.839 --> 00:29:35.460 Our 00:29:35.460 --> 00:29:36.000 joy is 00:29:36.000 --> 00:29:36.319 to be 00:29:36.319 --> 00:29:36.619 rooted 00:29:36.619 --> 00:29:37.119 in 00:29:37.119 --> 00:29:37.559 Christ. 00:29:38.019 --> 00:29:38.460 Look at 00:29:38.460 --> 00:29:39.039 verse 8. 00:29:44.419 --> 00:29:45.439 Though you 00:29:45.439 --> 00:29:46.059 have not 00:29:46.059 --> 00:29:46.699 seen him, 00:29:46.779 --> 00:29:47.099 though you 00:29:47.099 --> 00:29:47.539 have not 00:29:47.539 --> 00:29:47.980 seen 00:29:47.980 --> 00:29:48.539 Christ, 00:29:49.819 --> 00:29:50.839 you love 00:29:50.839 --> 00:29:51.139 him. 00:29:52.839 --> 00:29:53.799 And even 00:29:53.799 --> 00:29:54.639 though you do 00:29:54.639 --> 00:29:55.419 not see him 00:29:55.419 --> 00:29:55.839 now, 00:29:57.139 --> 00:29:58.039 you believe 00:29:58.039 --> 00:29:59.879 in him and 00:29:59.879 --> 00:30:00.559 are filled 00:30:00.559 --> 00:30:01.220 with an 00:30:01.220 --> 00:30:02.379 inexpressible 00:30:02.379 --> 00:30:03.539 and glorious 00:30:03.539 --> 00:30:04.859 joy, for 00:30:04.859 --> 00:30:05.759 you are 00:30:05.759 --> 00:30:06.680 receiving the 00:30:06.680 --> 00:30:07.420 goal of your 00:30:07.420 --> 00:30:08.379 faith, the 00:30:08.379 --> 00:30:09.740 salvation of 00:30:09.740 --> 00:30:10.460 your souls. 00:30:10.460 --> 00:30:10.600 Jesus. 00:30:12.480 --> 00:30:13.340 You see, we 00:30:13.340 --> 00:30:13.960 may never 00:30:13.960 --> 00:30:14.539 have seen 00:30:14.539 --> 00:30:15.319 Christ like 00:30:15.319 --> 00:30:15.920 Peter did. 00:30:16.039 --> 00:30:16.660 Peter was an 00:30:16.660 --> 00:30:17.160 eyewitness. 00:30:17.680 --> 00:30:18.299 He saw 00:30:18.299 --> 00:30:18.680 Jesus. 00:30:18.799 --> 00:30:19.259 He touched 00:30:19.259 --> 00:30:19.660 Jesus. 00:30:19.900 --> 00:30:20.360 He ate 00:30:20.360 --> 00:30:20.680 with him. 00:30:20.720 --> 00:30:21.180 He drank 00:30:21.180 --> 00:30:21.579 with him. 00:30:21.660 --> 00:30:22.160 He talked 00:30:22.160 --> 00:30:22.579 with him. 00:30:23.559 --> 00:30:24.200 We have 00:30:24.200 --> 00:30:25.019 the eyewitness 00:30:25.019 --> 00:30:25.700 account, the 00:30:25.700 --> 00:30:26.519 testimony of 00:30:26.519 --> 00:30:26.779 Jesus. 00:30:27.100 --> 00:30:27.640 We have the 00:30:27.640 --> 00:30:28.220 work of the 00:30:28.220 --> 00:30:28.840 Holy Spirit 00:30:28.840 --> 00:30:29.460 in our life 00:30:29.460 --> 00:30:30.500 to convince 00:30:30.500 --> 00:30:31.220 us that this 00:30:31.220 --> 00:30:31.740 is true. 00:30:32.100 --> 00:30:32.700 And so we 00:30:32.700 --> 00:30:33.720 love Jesus 00:30:33.720 --> 00:30:34.460 and we 00:30:34.460 --> 00:30:35.220 trust in 00:30:35.220 --> 00:30:35.799 him today. 00:30:38.380 --> 00:30:39.059 And we 00:30:39.059 --> 00:30:39.779 love him and 00:30:39.779 --> 00:30:40.559 we trust him 00:30:40.559 --> 00:30:42.839 because it 00:30:42.839 --> 00:30:43.720 is Christ 00:30:43.720 --> 00:30:45.079 who has 00:30:45.079 --> 00:30:45.799 given us new 00:30:45.799 --> 00:30:46.579 birth into a 00:30:46.579 --> 00:30:47.200 living hope. 00:30:48.000 --> 00:30:49.180 It is Christ 00:30:49.180 --> 00:30:50.000 who has died 00:30:50.000 --> 00:30:50.740 on the cross 00:30:50.740 --> 00:30:51.299 for us, 00:30:51.740 --> 00:30:52.740 suffering the 00:30:52.740 --> 00:30:53.460 judgment of 00:30:53.460 --> 00:30:54.399 God for us. 00:30:54.879 --> 00:30:56.119 It is Christ 00:30:56.119 --> 00:30:56.980 who rose from 00:30:56.980 --> 00:30:57.480 the grave, 00:30:57.619 --> 00:30:58.379 securing our 00:30:58.379 --> 00:30:59.220 life with 00:30:59.220 --> 00:30:59.480 him. 00:30:59.859 --> 00:31:00.920 It is Christ 00:31:00.920 --> 00:31:01.980 who is guarding 00:31:01.980 --> 00:31:03.000 our inheritance. 00:31:03.440 --> 00:31:04.299 It is Christ 00:31:04.299 --> 00:31:05.039 who is keeping 00:31:05.039 --> 00:31:05.839 and sustaining 00:31:05.839 --> 00:31:07.019 our faith so 00:31:07.019 --> 00:31:07.579 that we will 00:31:07.579 --> 00:31:08.240 reach glory. 00:31:08.519 --> 00:31:09.480 It is Christ 00:31:09.480 --> 00:31:10.259 who is using 00:31:10.259 --> 00:31:11.299 every trial 00:31:11.299 --> 00:31:12.099 and suffering 00:31:12.099 --> 00:31:12.779 for our 00:31:12.779 --> 00:31:13.099 good. 00:31:13.380 --> 00:31:14.400 It is Christ 00:31:14.400 --> 00:31:15.140 who is our 00:31:15.140 --> 00:31:15.700 salvation. 00:31:16.140 --> 00:31:17.019 It is Christ 00:31:17.019 --> 00:31:17.700 who is the 00:31:17.700 --> 00:31:19.240 foundation of 00:31:19.240 --> 00:31:20.599 our joy. 00:31:21.180 --> 00:31:22.140 And so we 00:31:22.140 --> 00:31:22.839 are filled 00:31:22.839 --> 00:31:23.420 with an 00:31:23.420 --> 00:31:24.420 inexpressible 00:31:24.420 --> 00:31:25.180 and glorious 00:31:25.180 --> 00:31:26.460 joy for we 00:31:26.460 --> 00:31:27.400 are receiving 00:31:27.400 --> 00:31:28.019 the goal of 00:31:28.019 --> 00:31:28.759 our salvation. 00:31:32.759 --> 00:31:33.640 Trials will 00:31:33.640 --> 00:31:34.220 come in our 00:31:34.220 --> 00:31:34.620 life. 00:31:34.619 --> 00:31:36.839 Christ is 00:31:36.839 --> 00:31:37.819 but Christ 00:31:37.819 --> 00:31:38.239 is our 00:31:38.239 --> 00:31:38.859 foundation. 00:31:40.379 --> 00:31:41.579 Christ is 00:31:41.579 --> 00:31:42.539 sufficient 00:31:42.539 --> 00:31:44.099 as we 00:31:44.099 --> 00:31:44.819 journey from 00:31:44.819 --> 00:31:45.719 here to 00:31:45.719 --> 00:31:46.039 there. 00:31:48.079 --> 00:31:49.039 You may 00:31:49.039 --> 00:31:50.059 lose your 00:31:50.059 --> 00:31:51.699 friends because 00:31:51.699 --> 00:31:52.139 you are a 00:31:52.139 --> 00:31:52.500 Christian 00:31:52.500 --> 00:31:55.019 but you will 00:31:55.019 --> 00:31:55.519 not lose 00:31:55.519 --> 00:31:56.039 Christ. 00:31:57.119 --> 00:31:57.459 He is 00:31:57.459 --> 00:31:57.839 enough. 00:31:59.319 --> 00:32:00.239 You may be 00:32:00.239 --> 00:32:01.319 misunderstood and 00:32:01.319 --> 00:32:02.519 isolated at work 00:32:02.519 --> 00:32:04.680 but Christ 00:32:04.680 --> 00:32:05.099 does not 00:32:05.099 --> 00:32:06.099 misunderstand your 00:32:06.099 --> 00:32:07.839 pain and 00:32:07.839 --> 00:32:08.480 Christ is 00:32:08.480 --> 00:32:08.839 enough. 00:32:10.240 --> 00:32:10.839 You may 00:32:10.839 --> 00:32:11.839 suffer injustice 00:32:11.839 --> 00:32:12.759 and abuse at 00:32:12.759 --> 00:32:13.440 the hands of 00:32:13.440 --> 00:32:14.139 evil people 00:32:14.139 --> 00:32:15.379 but Christ 00:32:15.379 --> 00:32:15.779 took the 00:32:15.779 --> 00:32:16.660 greatest suffering 00:32:16.660 --> 00:32:17.259 for you on 00:32:17.259 --> 00:32:17.799 the cross 00:32:17.799 --> 00:32:19.379 so Christ 00:32:19.379 --> 00:32:20.460 is enough. 00:32:21.460 --> 00:32:22.599 You may live 00:32:22.599 --> 00:32:23.299 with ongoing 00:32:23.299 --> 00:32:24.460 pain or develop 00:32:24.460 --> 00:32:26.680 cancer but 00:32:26.680 --> 00:32:27.379 Christ will be 00:32:27.379 --> 00:32:27.879 with you. 00:32:28.460 --> 00:32:29.420 He is 00:32:29.420 --> 00:32:30.059 enough. 00:32:30.059 --> 00:32:31.700 You may 00:32:31.700 --> 00:32:32.419 have to bury 00:32:32.419 --> 00:32:33.200 your spouse 00:32:33.200 --> 00:32:33.960 or a loved 00:32:33.960 --> 00:32:35.440 one but 00:32:35.440 --> 00:32:36.500 Christ defeated 00:32:36.500 --> 00:32:37.119 the grave 00:32:37.119 --> 00:32:38.399 and Christ 00:32:38.399 --> 00:32:40.019 is enough. 00:32:41.099 --> 00:32:41.980 You may be 00:32:41.980 --> 00:32:42.679 persecuted. 00:32:43.440 --> 00:32:44.079 You may be 00:32:44.079 --> 00:32:44.940 killed because 00:32:44.940 --> 00:32:45.740 of your faith 00:32:45.740 --> 00:32:48.279 but Christ 00:32:48.279 --> 00:32:50.240 is enough. 00:32:52.119 --> 00:32:53.039 Where is our 00:32:53.039 --> 00:32:53.679 hope today? 00:32:55.500 --> 00:32:56.480 What do you 00:32:56.480 --> 00:32:58.099 turn to when 00:32:58.099 --> 00:32:58.980 struggles and 00:32:58.980 --> 00:32:59.940 difficulties come? 00:33:01.519 --> 00:33:02.700 Where do you 00:33:02.700 --> 00:33:04.940 run when 00:33:04.940 --> 00:33:05.900 life is tough? 00:33:06.440 --> 00:33:07.039 Where you 00:33:07.039 --> 00:33:08.259 feel crushed 00:33:08.259 --> 00:33:09.519 and shattered 00:33:09.519 --> 00:33:11.660 because of the 00:33:11.660 --> 00:33:12.299 journey we are 00:33:12.299 --> 00:33:12.559 on? 00:33:15.200 --> 00:33:15.900 Look at 00:33:15.900 --> 00:33:16.460 verse 8. 00:33:19.759 --> 00:33:20.559 Though we 00:33:20.559 --> 00:33:21.259 have not seen 00:33:21.259 --> 00:33:23.440 him, we 00:33:23.440 --> 00:33:23.980 love him. 00:33:26.059 --> 00:33:26.819 Though we 00:33:26.819 --> 00:33:27.500 do not see 00:33:27.500 --> 00:33:28.039 him now, 00:33:28.980 --> 00:33:30.200 we believe 00:33:30.200 --> 00:33:30.640 in him 00:33:30.640 --> 00:33:32.160 and we 00:33:32.160 --> 00:33:32.779 are filled 00:33:32.779 --> 00:33:33.339 with an 00:33:33.339 --> 00:33:34.220 inexpressible 00:33:34.220 --> 00:33:34.880 and glorious 00:33:34.880 --> 00:33:35.360 joy. 00:33:36.360 --> 00:33:37.160 For we 00:33:37.160 --> 00:33:37.799 are receiving 00:33:37.799 --> 00:33:38.319 the goal 00:33:38.319 --> 00:33:38.660 of our 00:33:38.660 --> 00:33:39.059 faith, 00:33:40.120 --> 00:33:40.779 the salvation 00:33:40.779 --> 00:33:42.319 of our 00:33:42.319 --> 00:33:42.720 souls. 00:33:44.019 --> 00:33:44.559 Christ 00:33:44.559 --> 00:33:46.079 is the 00:33:46.079 --> 00:33:46.860 foundation of 00:33:46.860 --> 00:33:47.339 your joy. 00:33:48.480 --> 00:33:49.059 Love him, 00:33:50.200 --> 00:33:50.980 believe him 00:33:50.980 --> 00:33:53.059 and rejoice 00:33:53.059 --> 00:33:54.200 in him. 00:33:55.440 --> 00:33:56.519 Let's pray. 00:33:56.519 --> 00:33:58.799 our 00:33:58.799 --> 00:34:17.360 father God, 00:34:18.360 --> 00:34:21.000 you have 00:34:21.000 --> 00:34:22.460 brought us 00:34:22.460 --> 00:34:23.099 face to 00:34:23.099 --> 00:34:23.559 face 00:34:23.559 --> 00:34:25.579 with the 00:34:25.579 --> 00:34:26.139 realities 00:34:26.139 --> 00:34:27.119 of life 00:34:27.119 --> 00:34:27.619 itself 00:34:27.619 --> 00:34:28.139 today. 00:34:30.139 --> 00:34:30.860 The 00:34:30.860 --> 00:34:31.480 hardships, 00:34:31.679 --> 00:34:31.799 the 00:34:31.799 --> 00:34:32.360 struggles, 00:34:33.319 --> 00:34:34.079 the 00:34:34.079 --> 00:34:34.639 sufferings 00:34:34.639 --> 00:34:35.139 that will 00:34:35.139 --> 00:34:35.519 come 00:34:35.519 --> 00:34:37.460 and that 00:34:37.460 --> 00:34:38.179 we are 00:34:38.179 --> 00:34:39.079 going through 00:34:39.079 --> 00:34:39.559 today. 00:34:42.960 --> 00:34:43.860 And yet 00:34:43.860 --> 00:34:44.319 you have 00:34:44.319 --> 00:34:44.860 overcome 00:34:44.860 --> 00:34:47.940 and you 00:34:47.940 --> 00:34:48.620 have provided 00:34:48.620 --> 00:34:49.099 a way 00:34:49.099 --> 00:34:51.000 that we 00:34:51.000 --> 00:34:51.400 would not 00:34:51.400 --> 00:34:52.120 only share 00:34:52.120 --> 00:34:52.480 in your 00:34:52.480 --> 00:34:53.140 sufferings, 00:34:54.140 --> 00:34:55.340 but we 00:34:55.340 --> 00:34:55.900 will also 00:34:55.900 --> 00:34:56.420 share 00:34:56.420 --> 00:34:57.740 in your 00:34:57.740 --> 00:34:58.140 glory. 00:35:00.140 --> 00:35:00.780 Father, 00:35:00.880 --> 00:35:01.160 would you 00:35:01.160 --> 00:35:01.900 please help 00:35:01.900 --> 00:35:02.599 us to keep 00:35:02.599 --> 00:35:03.240 our eyes 00:35:03.240 --> 00:35:04.280 fixed firmly 00:35:04.280 --> 00:35:04.920 on what is 00:35:04.920 --> 00:35:05.360 to come? 00:35:06.640 --> 00:35:07.280 Would you 00:35:07.280 --> 00:35:08.039 fill us with 00:35:08.039 --> 00:35:08.760 the power of 00:35:08.760 --> 00:35:09.240 your Holy 00:35:09.240 --> 00:35:10.760 Spirit that 00:35:10.760 --> 00:35:11.200 we may 00:35:11.200 --> 00:35:12.660 stand strong 00:35:12.659 --> 00:35:13.819 in trials, 00:35:14.819 --> 00:35:15.440 in the 00:35:15.440 --> 00:35:16.059 knowledge that 00:35:16.059 --> 00:35:16.420 you will 00:35:16.420 --> 00:35:17.559 keep our 00:35:17.559 --> 00:35:18.739 faith and 00:35:18.739 --> 00:35:19.079 you will 00:35:19.079 --> 00:35:19.799 use those 00:35:19.799 --> 00:35:20.679 trials to 00:35:20.679 --> 00:35:21.359 bring us 00:35:21.359 --> 00:35:21.980 to glory? 00:35:23.980 --> 00:35:24.879 And will 00:35:24.879 --> 00:35:25.339 you keep 00:35:25.339 --> 00:35:26.940 us loving 00:35:26.940 --> 00:35:27.519 Christ, 00:35:28.500 --> 00:35:29.019 trusting 00:35:29.019 --> 00:35:29.679 Christ, 00:35:30.579 --> 00:35:31.199 fill our 00:35:31.199 --> 00:35:32.059 hearts today 00:35:32.059 --> 00:35:32.639 with that 00:35:32.639 --> 00:35:33.819 inexpressible 00:35:33.819 --> 00:35:34.539 and glorious 00:35:34.539 --> 00:35:35.639 joy that 00:35:35.639 --> 00:35:36.440 even in the 00:35:36.440 --> 00:35:37.420 midst of tears 00:35:37.420 --> 00:35:38.220 and heartache. 00:35:39.880 --> 00:35:40.700 We can 00:35:40.700 --> 00:35:41.579 rejoice in 00:35:41.579 --> 00:35:43.700 Christ for 00:35:43.700 --> 00:35:44.260 what is to 00:35:44.260 --> 00:35:46.079 come and 00:35:46.079 --> 00:35:46.460 what we 00:35:46.460 --> 00:35:46.800 have. 00:35:47.659 --> 00:35:48.519 We praise 00:35:48.519 --> 00:35:48.980 you and we 00:35:48.980 --> 00:35:49.500 thank you. 00:35:50.200 --> 00:35:50.940 In Jesus' 00:35:51.200 --> 00:35:51.400 name, 00:35:52.760 --> 00:35:53.079 Amen. 00:36:00.400 --> 00:36:01.180 We're going 00:36:01.180 --> 00:36:01.720 to sing 00:36:01.720 --> 00:36:04.180 the invitation, 00:36:05.159 --> 00:36:05.900 come people 00:36:05.900 --> 00:36:06.400 of the risen 00:36:06.400 --> 00:36:06.680 king. 00:36:06.679 --> 00:36:07.059 We do 00:36:07.059 --> 00:36:07.779 not serve 00:36:07.779 --> 00:36:08.739 a dead 00:36:08.739 --> 00:36:09.299 saviour, 00:36:09.419 --> 00:36:10.199 we serve 00:36:10.199 --> 00:36:10.899 a risen 00:36:10.899 --> 00:36:11.500 saviour. 00:36:12.159 --> 00:36:12.819 Just look 00:36:12.819 --> 00:36:13.199 at this, 00:36:13.319 --> 00:36:13.739 the second 00:36:13.739 --> 00:36:14.179 verse. 00:36:15.419 --> 00:36:16.379 Come those 00:36:16.379 --> 00:36:17.279 whose joy 00:36:17.279 --> 00:36:18.039 is morning 00:36:18.039 --> 00:36:18.500 sun, 00:36:19.399 --> 00:36:20.199 and those 00:36:20.199 --> 00:36:20.699 weeping 00:36:20.699 --> 00:36:21.159 through the 00:36:21.159 --> 00:36:21.440 night. 00:36:21.579 --> 00:36:22.199 Come those 00:36:22.199 --> 00:36:22.779 who tell 00:36:22.779 --> 00:36:23.339 of battles 00:36:23.339 --> 00:36:23.679 won, 00:36:23.940 --> 00:36:24.559 and those 00:36:24.559 --> 00:36:24.879 who are 00:36:24.879 --> 00:36:25.440 struggling 00:36:25.440 --> 00:36:25.879 in the 00:36:25.879 --> 00:36:26.179 fight, 00:36:26.440 --> 00:36:26.940 for his 00:36:26.940 --> 00:36:27.539 perfect 00:36:27.539 --> 00:36:28.099 love will 00:36:28.099 --> 00:36:28.440 never 00:36:28.440 --> 00:36:29.000 change, 00:36:29.299 --> 00:36:29.559 his 00:36:29.559 --> 00:36:30.279 mercies 00:36:30.279 --> 00:36:30.699 never 00:36:30.699 --> 00:36:31.199 cease, 00:36:32.079 --> 00:36:32.879 but they 00:36:32.879 --> 00:36:33.579 follow us 00:36:33.579 --> 00:36:34.299 through all 00:36:34.299 --> 00:36:34.879 our days 00:36:34.879 --> 00:36:36.219 with the 00:36:36.219 --> 00:36:36.639 certain 00:36:36.639 --> 00:36:37.919 hope of 00:36:37.919 --> 00:36:38.259 peace. 00:36:38.439 --> 00:36:39.119 Rejoice, 00:36:39.779 --> 00:36:40.239 rejoice, 00:36:40.579 --> 00:36:41.259 let every 00:36:41.259 --> 00:36:41.679 tongue 00:36:41.679 --> 00:36:42.959 rejoice. 00:36:43.279 --> 00:36:43.819 Let's stand 00:36:43.819 --> 00:36:44.539 together and 00:36:44.539 --> 00:36:45.000 give our 00:36:45.000 --> 00:36:46.319 praise to 00:36:46.319 --> 00:36:46.759 our great 00:36:46.759 --> 00:36:47.099 God. 00:36:47.099 --> 00:36:47.519 Amen. 00:36:47.519 --> 00:36:47.739 Amen. 00:36:47.739 --> 00:36:48.099 Amen. 00:36:48.099 --> 00:36:48.439 Amen. 00:36:48.439 --> 00:36:48.599 Amen. 00:36:48.599 --> 00:36:49.000 Amen. 00:36:49.000 --> 00:36:49.059 Amen. 00:36:49.059 --> 00:36:49.500 Amen. 00:36:49.500 --> 00:36:49.559 Amen. 00:36:49.559 --> 00:36:50.000 Amen. 00:36:50.000 --> 00:36:50.059 Amen. 00:36:50.059 --> 00:36:50.139 Amen. 00:36:50.139 --> 00:36:50.559 Amen. 00:36:50.559 --> 00:36:51.000 Amen. 00:36:51.000 --> 00:36:51.139 Amen. 00:36:51.139 --> 00:36:51.599 Amen.