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 Are you different?

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 Do you wish to stand out from the crowd?

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 Do you seek to blend in?

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 Or do you want to be distinct from everyone else?

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 I remember when I was a teenager in high school or anywhere else,

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 I would always try to blend in with the crowd.

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 Generally speaking, standing out for whatever reason was a bad thing.

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 It meant that you were either weird, had done something wrong,

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 and generally attention was a bad thing.

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 I generally used to hate it.

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 But I wonder how you found that.

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 I wonder how comfortable you felt with standing out from the crowd.

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 As we come to this portion of 1 Peter,

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 it could be said that it is all about being distinct

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 in light of what Peter previously wrote.

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 We find that we are called to what many of us might find uncomfortable.

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 In this passage, we see that as we press on in our journey to the new creation,

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 we are urged to live in light of the hope we have in Christ

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 by living in contrast to our former lives

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 and aspiring to Christ's likeness

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 by living in hope, holiness, and reverence to our God.

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 Peter calls Christians to three things in this section,

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 which is what we shall consider one by one.

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 In verse 13, he calls Christians to be a hopeful people.

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 Secondly, in verses 14 to 16, he calls them to be a holy people.

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 And finally, in verses 17 to 21, he calls them to be a reverent people.

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 So firstly, in verse 13, we are called to be a hopeful people.

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 Verse 13,

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 Therefore, with minds that are alert and fully sober,

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 set your hope on the grace to be brought to you

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 when Jesus Christ is revealed at his coming.

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 And at the beginning of this section, we read,

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 Therefore.

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 So it is important to understand what came before this section,

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 as this is Peter's conclusions based upon what he wrote previously.

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 Peter, at the start of his letter, begins with doxology and praise.

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 Verse 3,

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 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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 Why?

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 Because in him, we have been born again to an indestructible inheritance,

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 which, though we go through various trials here and now,

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 this inheritance is secure for us in heaven,

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 where our faith and hope will be completed when Jesus Christ comes again.

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 And it is on the note of this marvelous salvation,

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 which is secure for us,

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 and in which we can find joy that Peter picks up on in verse 13.

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 And this is what we see in our passage.

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 Verse 13,

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 We set our hope on what?

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 On the grace to be brought to you

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 when Jesus Christ is revealed at his coming.

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 We are commanded to hope in the salvation which is guaranteed for us

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 when Christ returns.

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 In verse 13, we also find the manner in which we are to hope.

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 Read verse 13,

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 With minds that are alert and fully sober.

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 With minds that are alert.

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 Commentators suggest this would be the equivalent to the modern phrase

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 of its time to roll up the sleeves.

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 Generally, when you're doing cleaning or gardening,

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 you don't just sit back and relax.

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 No, you roll up your sleeves and you get to work.

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 It is also thought that this is a subtle allusion to Exodus chapter 12, verse 11,

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 where before the Exodus,

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 the people of Israel were to show similar preparedness for the Exodus,

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 which would lead them to their own wilderness journey towards the promised land.

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 It was to be done in preparedness,

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 not in idleness.

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 As we embark upon our journey towards our heavenly inheritance,

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 as after being saved from slavery to sin,

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 it is important, we hope,

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 not in idleness,

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 but in readiness for action.

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 We also see in verse 13 that we are to hope with sober-mindedness.

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 We are to be focused on the hope that we have in Christ,

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 and we are not to allow ourselves to be distracted by this world.

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 Though we may not be able to pinpoint the exact historical circumstances

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 of the recipients of this letter,

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 we know that they faced persecutions and pressures from their culture around them.

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 They faced many threats to their hope

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 precisely because of the hope they had.

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 And the command here is to be focused on their hope,

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 despite all these pressures.

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 Thinking about today,

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 I wonder how many pressures we have

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 that would distract us from our hope.

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 We place our faith in Christ,

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 and we know that our hope in life and death is Him alone,

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 and in the final resurrection,

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 but this can so often be hard to hold to.

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 Amidst the world where there is so much evil,

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 suffering, trials, and affliction,

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 and instability and violence,

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 perhaps we face pressures from the world around us.

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 Maybe we face pressure from those who would trash on our hope,

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 and pressure us to live in such a way

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 that would make us conform and neglect our hope.

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 Whatever it is,

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 Peter exhorts us to stay focused.

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 We are to stay focused.

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 We are to be sober-minded.

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 In a world where our brains are fed

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 with that which is untrue,

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 not noble,

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 wrong,

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 impure,

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 disgusting,

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 and that which is worthy of condemnation,

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 we are called to stay focused on the hope

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 we have in Christ.

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 Christian,

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 you are not supposed to set your mind

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 on that which would distract from your hope.

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 You are not to focus your mind on that

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 which would take you away from this great hope.

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 If you allow your minds to be filled with spiritual junk,

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 then we should not be surprised

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 when your hope seems less tenable each day.

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 Instead,

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 you ought to fill your mind

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 with that which is true,

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 with that which is noble,

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 right,

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 pure,

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 lovely,

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 admirable,

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 and praiseworthy

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 as you anticipate the day

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 when Christ returns.

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 And as you stay focused on the hope

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 that you have in Christ,

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 you also ought to be careful

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 concerning other hopes.

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 As a culture,

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 we hope in many things.

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 We may hope in scientific advancement.

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 We may hope in certain political figures.

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 Or maybe we just hope

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 that things will eventually get better.

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 I wonder what you hope in this morning.

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 Maybe it's something that is a good thing,

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 or maybe it's something that we ought not

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 to get ourselves embroiled in.

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 Friends,

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 regarding our eternal salvation,

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 regarding our eternal salvation

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 and spiritual satisfaction,

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 we ought only to look to Christ

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 for salvation

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 and spiritual satisfaction.

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 Not all these other competitors

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 which would threaten

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 to rob us of hope.

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 And of course,

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 it is easy

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 being caught up in this world

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 to be distracted

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 and to set our hope

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 on worldly things,

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 but the message here

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 is that we ought to stay focused

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 on the eternal hope

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 which has stood the test of time,

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 which lifts our eyes

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 beyond the beckoning grave

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 to see the matchless beauty

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 of a day design.

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 In this verse,

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 we also see

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 that we are to have

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 an undivided hope.

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 The ESV brings this out

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 clearer than the NIV

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 where it says

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 that you are to set your hope

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 fully on the grace

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 that will be brought to you

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 at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

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 You see,

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 you cannot one day

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 hope in Christ

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 and then the next day

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 in a political figure.

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 You cannot hope

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 in eternal salvation

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 only when it suits you

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 and then hope in technology

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 for our satisfaction

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 and spiritual well-being.

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 Friends,

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 we are called here

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 to hope fully

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 on the grace

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 that is to come.

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 And let me ask you,

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 do you wait

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 with an undivided hope?

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 Or are you prone

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 to be distracted

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 by many other things?

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 At this point

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 in his letter,

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 Peter is about

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 to focus on many

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 of the ethical implications

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 of our salvation

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 and it is no accident

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 that he begins

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 here with hope.

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 before we live

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 our lives

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 to the Lord,

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 we must do so

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 in the context

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 of his grace.

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 It is why

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 it is important

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 as we continue

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 our journey

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 that we focus

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 on the hope

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 that we have

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 in him.

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 For many of us

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 at different times,

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 this may be a struggle.

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 But regardless

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 of how you feel,

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 you can have assurance

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 that your hope

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 is certain.

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 Let us not focus

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 on what would

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 overwhelm us.

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 No,

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 let Peter bring us

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 back to the gospel

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 where we see

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 that our salvation

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 is secure.

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 And how much

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 of a difference

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 this makes

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 to our lives.

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 I remember

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 at a family funeral

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 a few years ago.

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 The hope we had

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 in eternal life

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 struck many of those

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 who were there

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 who were not Christians.

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 It does make a difference.

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 People do

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 take notice.

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 Friends,

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 part of living

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 in light

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 of the hope

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 that we have

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 is by setting

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 our hearts

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 and our minds

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 upon it

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 and not losing sight

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 of what awaits us

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 in the end.

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 we are a hopeful

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 people.

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 And in verses 14

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 to 16,

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 we see that we

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 are to be

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 a holy people.

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 Verse 14,

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 as obedient children,

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 do not conform

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 to the evil desires

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 you had

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 when you lived

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 in ignorance.

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 But,

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 just as he

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 who has called you

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 is holy,

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 so be holy

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 in all you do.

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 before we see

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 the command

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 to be holy,

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 we see that we

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 are obedient

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 children.

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 We are those

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 who have been

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 born again

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 and who have been

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 made children

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 of God.

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 And it is important

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 to understand

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 that this

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 is the context

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 in which we strive

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 to be holy.

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 We do not

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 strive to be holy

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 in order to

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 become obedient

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 children,

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 but rather

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 we are already,

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 we have been

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 already been made

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 obedient children

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 that we strive

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 towards holiness.

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 For the believer,

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 our works

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 must stem

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 from the reality

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 of the gospel.

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 we are commanded

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 to be holy,

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 but before this

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 command,

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 we find that

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 this involves

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 a negative

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 as well as

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 a positive.

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 In verse 14,

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 we are told

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 do not conform

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 to the evil

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 desires you had

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 when you lived

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 in ignorance.

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 And in chapter 4,

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 verse 3,

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 Peter describes

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 what this may

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 have looked like.

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 In chapter 4,

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 verse 3,

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 he says,

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 for you have spent

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 enough time

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 in the past

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 doing what

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 pagans choose

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 to do,

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 living in

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 debauchery,

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 lust,

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 drunkenness,

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 orgies,

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 carousing,

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 and detestable

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 idolatry.

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 And it is

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 in this background,

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 which Peter

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 was writing to,

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 that they are

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 commanded

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 to be distinct

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 from all of this.

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 Peter calls them

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 to not be conformed

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 to this world's

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 way of thinking

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 and living.

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 Instead,

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 they are to be

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 holy.

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 They are to

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 strive to be

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 like the one

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 who called them.

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 Verse 15,

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 but just

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 as he

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 who called you

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 is holy,

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 so be

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 holy

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 in all

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 you do.

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 The call here

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 is one

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 to live

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 in a way

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 that is distinct

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 from their

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 surrounding culture,

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 something which

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 Peter often

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 calls his readers

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 to,

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 and instead

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 they are to

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 imitate

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 their God.

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 Perhaps

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 you have had

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 role models

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 in your life.

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 Perhaps

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 this is a parent,

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 maybe a teacher,

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 maybe it is

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 an older Christian,

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 or maybe it's

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 a celebrity.

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 I'm sure

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 whoever it is,

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 most of us

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 have had someone

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 who we have

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 looked up to,

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 admired,

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 and have

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 tried

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 to imitate.

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 And the command

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 here to be

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 holy

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 and imitate

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 God is similar

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 except that

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 God is far

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 greater

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 than anyone

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 that we

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 could look

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 up to.

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 He is

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 all-sufficient

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 in himself.

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 He is

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 perfect,

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 both in

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 power and

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 majesty

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 and in

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 his moral

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 purity.

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 And at this

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 point I would

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 like to ask,

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 how much

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 like God

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 are you?

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 we read

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 the Ten

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 Commandments

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 earlier,

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 which reflect

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 his character,

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 and I wonder

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 how much

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 of your life

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 matches up

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 to this

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 standard.

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 Do you

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 reflect

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 your maker?

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 Do you

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 strive to

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 be more

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 like him

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 every day?

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 And notice

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 that we are

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 to strive

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 to be like

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 him in all

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 aspects of

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 our life.

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 Verse 15,

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 so be holy,

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 in all

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 you do.

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 Holiness

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 is a whole

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 life deal.

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 We do

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 not get to

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 pick and

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 choose which

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 aspects of

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 our life

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 we are

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 holy.

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 You know,

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 I've had

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 people speak

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 to me and

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 tell me that

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 they follow

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 Christ,

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 but when it

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 comes to

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 particular areas

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 in their

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 life,

00:16:03.579 --> 00:16:03.899
 they're not

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 going to

00:16:04.100 --> 00:16:04.620
 follow Jesus

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 in those

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 bits.

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 I'm going

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 to follow

00:16:09.000 --> 00:16:09.520
 Christ in

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 all aspects

00:16:10.060 --> 00:16:10.400
 of my

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 life,

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 well,

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 maybe

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 except my

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 finances.

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 I'm going

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 to devote

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 my life

00:16:16.100 --> 00:16:16.760
 to God,

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 but I

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 think I'll

00:16:17.980 --> 00:16:18.860
 retain control

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 over how I

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 spend my

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 time.

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 And I

00:16:22.879 --> 00:16:23.060
 wonder,

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 are there

00:16:23.379 --> 00:16:24.160
 any areas

00:16:24.160 --> 00:16:24.820
 which you

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 are struggling

00:16:25.340 --> 00:16:26.320
 to devote

00:16:26.320 --> 00:16:27.120
 your life

00:16:27.120 --> 00:16:28.080
 to Christ

00:16:28.080 --> 00:16:28.259
 in?

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 Friends,

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 Peter leaves

00:16:32.440 --> 00:16:33.180
 no room

00:16:33.180 --> 00:16:34.139
 for this

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 kind of

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 attitude.

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 In all

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 you do,

00:16:37.700 --> 00:16:38.280
 he says,

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 this is what

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 you are

00:16:39.100 --> 00:16:39.560
 called to.

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 You are

00:16:40.139 --> 00:16:40.720
 to be like

00:16:40.720 --> 00:16:41.420
 him in

00:16:41.420 --> 00:16:42.800
 every area

00:16:42.800 --> 00:16:43.740
 of your

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 life.

00:16:47.379 --> 00:16:48.720
 Peter cites

00:16:48.720 --> 00:16:49.639
 Scripture in

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 order to

00:16:50.160 --> 00:16:50.560
 build his

00:16:50.560 --> 00:16:50.960
 point.

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 In verse

00:16:52.400 --> 00:16:52.940
 16,

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 for it is

00:16:53.620 --> 00:16:53.940
 written,

00:16:54.660 --> 00:16:55.300
 be holy,

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 because I

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 am holy.

00:16:59.660 --> 00:17:00.519
 It is

00:17:00.519 --> 00:17:01.420
 not entirely

00:17:01.420 --> 00:17:02.139
 certain what

00:17:02.139 --> 00:17:02.899
 text he

00:17:02.899 --> 00:17:03.480
 is quoting.

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 If you

00:17:03.759 --> 00:17:04.319
 have an

00:17:04.319 --> 00:17:04.779
 NIV,

00:17:05.039 --> 00:17:05.400
 it will

00:17:05.400 --> 00:17:06.340
 list in

00:17:06.340 --> 00:17:06.880
 the footnote

00:17:06.880 --> 00:17:07.880
 three potential

00:17:07.880 --> 00:17:09.140
 and possible

00:17:09.140 --> 00:17:09.779
 texts,

00:17:09.960 --> 00:17:10.259
 but in

00:17:10.259 --> 00:17:10.900
 either case,

00:17:11.220 --> 00:17:11.779
 what is being

00:17:11.779 --> 00:17:12.539
 referenced here

00:17:12.539 --> 00:17:12.940
 is the

00:17:12.940 --> 00:17:13.740
 holiness code

00:17:13.740 --> 00:17:14.720
 for Israel.

00:17:16.240 --> 00:17:16.900
 For the

00:17:16.900 --> 00:17:17.360
 Israelites,

00:17:17.559 --> 00:17:18.079
 they had

00:17:18.079 --> 00:17:18.819
 been redeemed

00:17:18.819 --> 00:17:19.519
 and set free

00:17:19.519 --> 00:17:20.079
 to worship

00:17:20.079 --> 00:17:20.579
 God as

00:17:20.579 --> 00:17:21.019
 his people,

00:17:21.340 --> 00:17:21.840
 and because

00:17:21.840 --> 00:17:22.340
 of this,

00:17:22.640 --> 00:17:23.380
 this meant

00:17:23.380 --> 00:17:24.079
 that they

00:17:24.079 --> 00:17:24.539
 had to be

00:17:24.539 --> 00:17:25.220
 different from

00:17:25.220 --> 00:17:25.700
 the surrounding

00:17:25.700 --> 00:17:26.240
 cultures.

00:17:27.839 --> 00:17:28.759
 This meant

00:17:28.759 --> 00:17:29.420
 they had

00:17:29.420 --> 00:17:30.360
 cleanliness laws,

00:17:30.480 --> 00:17:31.059
 food laws,

00:17:31.180 --> 00:17:31.579
 and other

00:17:31.579 --> 00:17:33.559
 civic moral

00:17:33.559 --> 00:17:34.200
 obligations.

00:17:35.759 --> 00:17:36.519
 And what

00:17:36.519 --> 00:17:37.259
 Peter is saying

00:17:37.259 --> 00:17:37.759
 here is,

00:17:38.000 --> 00:17:38.319
 while we may

00:17:38.319 --> 00:17:39.000
 not follow all

00:17:39.000 --> 00:17:39.240
 of the

00:17:39.240 --> 00:17:40.200
 ceremonial laws,

00:17:40.600 --> 00:17:41.160
 the same

00:17:41.160 --> 00:17:43.039
 principle applies.

00:17:45.079 --> 00:17:45.900
 The same

00:17:45.900 --> 00:17:46.720
 principle at

00:17:46.720 --> 00:17:47.039
 work.

00:17:47.220 --> 00:17:47.839
 As God's

00:17:47.839 --> 00:17:48.120
 people,

00:17:48.299 --> 00:17:49.319
 you are to

00:17:49.319 --> 00:17:50.140
 be distinct

00:17:50.140 --> 00:17:51.240
 to him.

00:17:52.180 --> 00:17:53.040
 This means

00:17:53.040 --> 00:17:53.460
 that your

00:17:53.460 --> 00:17:54.300
 lifestyle must

00:17:54.300 --> 00:17:55.000
 be different

00:17:55.000 --> 00:17:55.700
 to that of

00:17:55.700 --> 00:17:56.080
 your former

00:17:56.080 --> 00:17:56.560
 life.

00:17:58.200 --> 00:17:58.880
 And if

00:17:58.880 --> 00:17:59.140
 you've been

00:17:59.140 --> 00:17:59.560
 a Christian

00:17:59.560 --> 00:18:00.160
 for as long

00:18:00.160 --> 00:18:00.500
 as you can

00:18:00.500 --> 00:18:00.800
 remember,

00:18:00.880 --> 00:18:01.120
 then it

00:18:01.120 --> 00:18:01.980
 means that

00:18:01.980 --> 00:18:02.580
 your lifestyle

00:18:02.580 --> 00:18:03.120
 must be

00:18:03.120 --> 00:18:04.160
 different from

00:18:04.160 --> 00:18:05.140
 that of the

00:18:05.140 --> 00:18:05.560
 surrounding

00:18:05.560 --> 00:18:06.740
 culture.

00:18:09.120 --> 00:18:10.080
 Because as

00:18:10.080 --> 00:18:11.060
 obedient children,

00:18:11.280 --> 00:18:11.960
 you have been

00:18:11.960 --> 00:18:12.900
 made holy

00:18:12.900 --> 00:18:14.740
 in his sight.

00:18:15.840 --> 00:18:16.480
 In verse

00:18:16.480 --> 00:18:16.820
 two,

00:18:16.819 --> 00:18:17.639
 we see that

00:18:17.639 --> 00:18:17.960
 you have

00:18:17.960 --> 00:18:18.659
 been called

00:18:18.659 --> 00:18:19.819
 by the

00:18:19.819 --> 00:18:21.099
 one through

00:18:21.099 --> 00:18:22.759
 the sanctifying

00:18:22.759 --> 00:18:24.220
 work of

00:18:24.220 --> 00:18:24.759
 the Spirit.

00:18:28.179 --> 00:18:29.099
 Are you

00:18:29.099 --> 00:18:30.179
 distinct from

00:18:30.179 --> 00:18:30.799
 the culture

00:18:30.799 --> 00:18:31.939
 around you?

00:18:32.599 --> 00:18:33.279
 Is there a

00:18:33.279 --> 00:18:34.159
 noticeable difference

00:18:34.159 --> 00:18:34.799
 that knowing

00:18:34.799 --> 00:18:36.279
 Christ brings

00:18:36.279 --> 00:18:37.519
 to your life?

00:18:38.899 --> 00:18:39.939
 If you took

00:18:39.939 --> 00:18:40.500
 your daily

00:18:40.500 --> 00:18:40.919
 routines,

00:18:41.039 --> 00:18:41.559
 your words,

00:18:41.599 --> 00:18:41.859
 and your

00:18:41.859 --> 00:18:42.240
 thoughts,

00:18:42.559 --> 00:18:43.500
 I wonder how

00:18:43.500 --> 00:18:44.139
 different they

00:18:44.139 --> 00:18:45.240
 would be if

00:18:45.240 --> 00:18:45.599
 you were not

00:18:45.599 --> 00:18:46.079
 a Christian.

00:18:46.819 --> 00:18:49.399
 the reality

00:18:49.399 --> 00:18:50.319
 is that

00:18:50.319 --> 00:18:50.859
 reading these

00:18:50.859 --> 00:18:51.480
 verses may

00:18:51.480 --> 00:18:52.119
 prove difficult

00:18:52.119 --> 00:18:52.519
 for those

00:18:52.519 --> 00:18:52.939
 of us,

00:18:53.079 --> 00:18:53.500
 for many

00:18:53.500 --> 00:18:53.759
 of us,

00:18:53.799 --> 00:18:54.179
 including

00:18:54.179 --> 00:18:54.700
 myself.

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 It may be

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 said that

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 there are

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 many in

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 the church

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 who in

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 fact do

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 not look

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 very different

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 from the

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 non-believing

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 world around

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 us.

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 In fact,

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 even whole

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 denominations

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 would fit

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 this description.

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 Perhaps

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 you talk

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 in the

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 same ways.

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 Perhaps

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 you may

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 live very

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 similar lifestyles

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 and conduct

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 yourselves in

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 a similar

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 manner to

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 those who

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 do not

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 know Christ.

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 Now,

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 I'm not saying

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 that we must

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 remove ourselves

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 so far from

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 those who do

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 not know

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 Christ.

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 I am not

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 saying that we

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 must completely

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 withdraw from

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 anyone else,

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 that we cannot

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 relate to those

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 who are not

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 Christians.

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 But what I am

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 saying here is

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 that the

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 Christian is

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 called to live

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 a distinct

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 lifestyle,

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 not following

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 this world's

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 ways of

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 thinking and

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 living,

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 but imitating

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 God in

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 all that

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 we do.

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 We must be

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 like Him,

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 and we must

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 not be afraid

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 to be different

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 from those

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 who we live

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 our lives with

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 who do not

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 know the Lord.

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 we are to

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 be a hopeful

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 people,

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 we are to

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 be a holy

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 people,

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 and finally,

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 in verses 17

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 to 21,

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 we are to

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 be irreverent

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 people.

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 Notice

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 that in

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 verse 17,

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 Peter begins

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 in the same

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 place as he

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 does in

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 verse 14.

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 He refers

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 to his

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 readers again

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 as children

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 of God,

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 since you

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 call on a

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 father.

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 This is the

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 reality for

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 anyone who

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 has been

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 born again,

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 that God

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 is our

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 father.

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 This is how

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 our Lord

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 taught us

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 to pray,

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 our father

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 in heaven.

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 And it is

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 in this

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 identity that

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 we consider

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 this command

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 as the

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 children of

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 the almighty

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 judge of

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 heaven and

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 earth.

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 And in

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 verse 17,

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 we read

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 the next

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 command,

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 which is

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 to live

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 in reverent

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 fear.

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 Verse 17,

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 since you

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 call on a

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 father who

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 judges each

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 person's work

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 impartially,

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 live out

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 your time

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 as foreigners

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 here in

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 reverent

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 fear.

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 Not only do

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 we see who

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 we are in

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 these verses,

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 but we also

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 see that it

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 is important

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 to understand

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 who God

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 is.

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 He is the

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 impartial

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 judge.

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 This is

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 similar to

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 what our

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 Lord taught

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 us in

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 Matthew

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 chapter 12,

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 verse 36,

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 where he

00:21:36.940 --> 00:21:37.160
 says,

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 but I tell

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 you that

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 everyone will

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 have to

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 give an

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 account on

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 the day

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 of judgment

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 for every

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 empty word

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 they have

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 spoken.

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 For by

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 your words

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 you will

00:21:47.400 --> 00:21:47.900
 be acquitted,

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 and by

00:21:48.559 --> 00:21:49.279
 your words

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 you will

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 be condemned.

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 And throughout

00:21:53.319 --> 00:21:53.720
 the Old

00:21:53.720 --> 00:21:54.080
 Testament,

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 and even

00:21:54.840 --> 00:21:55.299
 the New,

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 we find

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 that God

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 makes it

00:21:57.400 --> 00:21:58.140
 abundantly

00:21:58.140 --> 00:21:58.700
 clear that

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 just because

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 his people

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 know him,

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 that does

00:22:02.620 --> 00:22:02.980
 not mean

00:22:02.980 --> 00:22:03.460
 they are

00:22:03.460 --> 00:22:04.259
 above him

00:22:04.259 --> 00:22:05.120
 or are

00:22:05.120 --> 00:22:06.579
 excused

00:22:06.579 --> 00:22:07.279
 from his

00:22:07.279 --> 00:22:08.480
 holy law.

00:22:11.680 --> 00:22:12.160
 So,

00:22:12.220 --> 00:22:12.579
 knowing that

00:22:12.579 --> 00:22:13.059
 God is the

00:22:13.059 --> 00:22:14.019
 impartial judge,

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 and that just

00:22:14.860 --> 00:22:15.440
 because we are

00:22:15.440 --> 00:22:15.819
 his people

00:22:15.819 --> 00:22:16.319
 does not mean

00:22:16.319 --> 00:22:16.740
 that we are

00:22:16.740 --> 00:22:17.240
 above his

00:22:17.240 --> 00:22:17.519
 law,

00:22:18.039 --> 00:22:18.400
 we are

00:22:18.400 --> 00:22:18.860
 commanded

00:22:18.860 --> 00:22:19.720
 to live

00:22:19.720 --> 00:22:21.180
 in reverent

00:22:21.180 --> 00:22:22.140
 fear.

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 As many

00:22:25.420 --> 00:22:26.000
 commentators

00:22:26.000 --> 00:22:26.500
 point out,

00:22:26.559 --> 00:22:27.059
 this is no

00:22:27.059 --> 00:22:28.299
 paralyzing

00:22:28.299 --> 00:22:28.740
 terror,

00:22:28.839 --> 00:22:29.180
 but rather

00:22:29.180 --> 00:22:30.140
 it is a

00:22:30.140 --> 00:22:31.380
 deep reverence,

00:22:31.440 --> 00:22:31.839
 a deep

00:22:31.839 --> 00:22:33.039
 respect,

00:22:33.400 --> 00:22:34.099
 which spurs

00:22:34.099 --> 00:22:34.920
 us on to

00:22:34.920 --> 00:22:35.940
 act like

00:22:35.940 --> 00:22:37.339
 who we are

00:22:37.339 --> 00:22:37.980
 under our

00:22:37.980 --> 00:22:38.700
 triune

00:22:38.700 --> 00:22:39.660
 God.

00:22:40.500 --> 00:22:40.880
 Thomas

00:22:40.880 --> 00:22:41.279
 Schreiner

00:22:41.279 --> 00:22:42.319
 puts it

00:22:42.319 --> 00:22:43.079
 rather helpfully.

00:22:43.200 --> 00:22:43.579
 He says,

00:22:43.660 --> 00:22:44.000
 there is a

00:22:44.000 --> 00:22:44.400
 kind of

00:22:44.400 --> 00:22:44.960
 terror that

00:22:44.960 --> 00:22:45.400
 does not

00:22:45.400 --> 00:22:45.839
 contradict

00:22:45.839 --> 00:22:46.579
 confidence.

00:22:47.460 --> 00:22:47.599
 A

00:22:47.599 --> 00:22:47.920
 confident

00:22:47.920 --> 00:22:49.059
 driver also

00:22:49.059 --> 00:22:49.839
 possesses a

00:22:49.839 --> 00:22:50.500
 healthy fear

00:22:50.500 --> 00:22:51.160
 of an

00:22:51.160 --> 00:22:51.960
 accident that

00:22:51.960 --> 00:22:52.680
 prevents him

00:22:52.680 --> 00:22:53.240
 or her

00:22:53.240 --> 00:22:54.140
 from doing

00:22:54.140 --> 00:22:54.759
 anything

00:22:54.759 --> 00:22:55.799
 foolish.

00:22:56.000 --> 00:22:58.680
 And what

00:22:58.680 --> 00:22:59.099
 is in view

00:22:59.099 --> 00:22:59.859
 here is as

00:22:59.859 --> 00:23:00.579
 we go on

00:23:00.579 --> 00:23:01.240
 our journey

00:23:01.240 --> 00:23:02.180
 as foreigners,

00:23:02.380 --> 00:23:03.839
 as we continue

00:23:03.839 --> 00:23:04.940
 our pilgrimage

00:23:04.940 --> 00:23:06.259
 traveling towards

00:23:06.259 --> 00:23:07.700
 our inheritance,

00:23:08.400 --> 00:23:09.200
 we cannot

00:23:09.200 --> 00:23:11.059
 abuse the

00:23:11.059 --> 00:23:12.079
 grace that

00:23:12.079 --> 00:23:12.460
 God has

00:23:12.460 --> 00:23:13.059
 given us.

00:23:14.380 --> 00:23:15.200
 This would be

00:23:15.200 --> 00:23:15.880
 to entirely

00:23:15.880 --> 00:23:16.539
 misunderstand

00:23:16.539 --> 00:23:17.839
 what God

00:23:17.839 --> 00:23:18.480
 has done

00:23:18.480 --> 00:23:18.980
 for us.

00:23:19.519 --> 00:23:20.059
 We must

00:23:20.059 --> 00:23:20.819
 live like we

00:23:20.819 --> 00:23:21.140
 have been

00:23:21.140 --> 00:23:21.440
 saved.

00:23:21.440 --> 00:23:21.779
 we must

00:23:21.779 --> 00:23:22.820
 live like

00:23:22.820 --> 00:23:23.200
 who we

00:23:23.200 --> 00:23:23.580
 are,

00:23:23.900 --> 00:23:24.200
 which is

00:23:24.200 --> 00:23:24.640
 obedient

00:23:24.640 --> 00:23:26.779
 children of

00:23:26.779 --> 00:23:27.340
 our Father

00:23:27.340 --> 00:23:28.559
 in heaven.

00:23:28.840 --> 00:23:29.299
 Living in

00:23:29.299 --> 00:23:29.860
 irreverence,

00:23:29.960 --> 00:23:30.340
 thinking that

00:23:30.340 --> 00:23:30.799
 we can now

00:23:30.799 --> 00:23:31.580
 sin as we

00:23:31.580 --> 00:23:32.120
 please,

00:23:32.480 --> 00:23:32.860
 would be,

00:23:33.000 --> 00:23:33.480
 as C.S.

00:23:33.539 --> 00:23:34.080
 Lewis puts

00:23:34.080 --> 00:23:34.340
 it,

00:23:34.720 --> 00:23:35.519
 to act as

00:23:35.519 --> 00:23:36.279
 children playing

00:23:36.279 --> 00:23:36.720
 with mud

00:23:36.720 --> 00:23:37.820
 pies while

00:23:37.820 --> 00:23:38.460
 holiday at

00:23:38.460 --> 00:23:39.480
 the sea is

00:23:39.480 --> 00:23:40.059
 offered to

00:23:40.059 --> 00:23:40.420
 us.

00:23:43.620 --> 00:23:44.180
 Friends,

00:23:44.840 --> 00:23:45.600
 knowing Jesus

00:23:45.600 --> 00:23:46.600
 gives you no

00:23:46.600 --> 00:23:48.080
 license to

00:23:48.080 --> 00:23:48.340
 sin.

00:23:48.339 --> 00:23:50.519
 when Paul

00:23:50.519 --> 00:23:51.319
 was confronted

00:23:51.319 --> 00:23:51.879
 with a

00:23:51.879 --> 00:23:52.720
 similar problem,

00:23:52.839 --> 00:23:53.159
 shall we

00:23:53.159 --> 00:23:53.579
 go on

00:23:53.579 --> 00:23:54.439
 sinning so

00:23:54.439 --> 00:23:55.139
 that grace

00:23:55.139 --> 00:23:55.980
 may increase?

00:23:56.059 --> 00:23:56.339
 What does

00:23:56.339 --> 00:23:56.699
 he say?

00:23:57.000 --> 00:23:58.359
 By no

00:23:58.359 --> 00:23:59.500
 means.

00:24:02.419 --> 00:24:02.959
 Instead,

00:24:03.179 --> 00:24:04.099
 we live

00:24:04.099 --> 00:24:05.259
 in view of

00:24:05.259 --> 00:24:05.859
 the final

00:24:05.859 --> 00:24:06.399
 judgment,

00:24:06.659 --> 00:24:08.019
 confident in

00:24:08.019 --> 00:24:08.720
 our salvation

00:24:08.720 --> 00:24:10.059
 because of

00:24:10.059 --> 00:24:10.439
 this we

00:24:10.439 --> 00:24:11.599
 strive to

00:24:11.599 --> 00:24:11.879
 live in

00:24:11.879 --> 00:24:12.679
 obedience to

00:24:12.679 --> 00:24:13.179
 our Father

00:24:13.179 --> 00:24:14.139
 in heaven.

00:24:14.279 --> 00:24:14.799
 We seek

00:24:14.799 --> 00:24:15.819
 to follow

00:24:15.819 --> 00:24:16.859
 His laws

00:24:16.859 --> 00:24:17.579
 and be

00:24:17.579 --> 00:24:17.980
 holy.

00:24:18.339 --> 00:24:19.099
 to Him.

00:24:22.359 --> 00:24:23.159
 And Peter

00:24:23.159 --> 00:24:24.179
 gives us a

00:24:24.179 --> 00:24:24.859
 reason to

00:24:24.859 --> 00:24:25.619
 live in

00:24:25.619 --> 00:24:25.939
 fear.

00:24:26.039 --> 00:24:26.299
 It is

00:24:26.299 --> 00:24:27.500
 because you

00:24:27.500 --> 00:24:28.119
 have been

00:24:28.119 --> 00:24:29.500
 redeemed to

00:24:29.500 --> 00:24:30.179
 a secure

00:24:30.179 --> 00:24:31.139
 salvation.

00:24:31.319 --> 00:24:31.939
 Verse 18,

00:24:32.339 --> 00:24:32.899
 for you know

00:24:32.899 --> 00:24:33.399
 that it was

00:24:33.399 --> 00:24:34.199
 not with

00:24:34.199 --> 00:24:34.759
 perishable

00:24:34.759 --> 00:24:35.559
 things such

00:24:35.559 --> 00:24:36.059
 as silver

00:24:36.059 --> 00:24:36.799
 or gold

00:24:36.799 --> 00:24:37.500
 that you

00:24:37.500 --> 00:24:38.079
 were redeemed

00:24:38.079 --> 00:24:38.579
 from the

00:24:38.579 --> 00:24:39.059
 empty way

00:24:39.059 --> 00:24:39.480
 of life

00:24:39.480 --> 00:24:40.039
 handed down

00:24:40.039 --> 00:24:40.459
 to you

00:24:40.459 --> 00:24:41.220
 from your

00:24:41.220 --> 00:24:41.679
 ancestors,

00:24:41.899 --> 00:24:43.119
 but with

00:24:43.119 --> 00:24:43.679
 the precious

00:24:43.679 --> 00:24:45.000
 blood of

00:24:45.000 --> 00:24:45.559
 Christ,

00:24:46.279 --> 00:24:46.759
 a Lamb

00:24:46.759 --> 00:24:47.519
 without

00:24:47.519 --> 00:24:48.200
 blemish

00:24:48.200 --> 00:24:48.879
 or

00:24:48.879 --> 00:24:49.460
 defect.

00:24:51.759 --> 00:24:52.400
 Christians,

00:24:53.180 --> 00:24:54.339
 you have

00:24:54.339 --> 00:24:54.759
 been

00:24:54.759 --> 00:24:55.740
 redeemed.

00:24:57.180 --> 00:24:58.000
 You have

00:24:58.000 --> 00:24:58.180
 been

00:24:58.180 --> 00:24:58.579
 redeemed,

00:24:58.859 --> 00:24:59.259
 and there

00:24:59.259 --> 00:24:59.559
 are two

00:24:59.559 --> 00:24:59.859
 images

00:24:59.859 --> 00:25:00.359
 generated

00:25:00.359 --> 00:25:00.680
 here.

00:25:01.379 --> 00:25:02.279
 First is

00:25:02.279 --> 00:25:02.720
 that in

00:25:02.720 --> 00:25:03.160
 the ancient

00:25:03.160 --> 00:25:05.000
 world where

00:25:05.000 --> 00:25:06.879
 slaves would

00:25:06.879 --> 00:25:07.460
 be set free

00:25:07.460 --> 00:25:07.839
 from their

00:25:07.839 --> 00:25:08.660
 masters after

00:25:08.660 --> 00:25:09.420
 money had

00:25:09.420 --> 00:25:09.960
 been paid

00:25:09.960 --> 00:25:10.779
 to secure

00:25:10.779 --> 00:25:11.420
 their release.

00:25:11.420 --> 00:25:12.420
 Exodus,

00:25:12.420 --> 00:25:13.320
 however,

00:25:13.460 --> 00:25:13.980
 perhaps the

00:25:13.980 --> 00:25:14.660
 more prominent

00:25:14.660 --> 00:25:15.640
 image here is

00:25:15.640 --> 00:25:16.660
 that of the

00:25:16.660 --> 00:25:17.039
 Exodus,

00:25:18.140 --> 00:25:19.240
 where God

00:25:19.240 --> 00:25:20.080
 redeemed Israel

00:25:20.080 --> 00:25:20.840
 from their

00:25:20.840 --> 00:25:22.240
 slavery in

00:25:22.240 --> 00:25:22.740
 Egypt,

00:25:23.000 --> 00:25:23.400
 and their

00:25:23.400 --> 00:25:23.960
 whole wilderness

00:25:23.960 --> 00:25:24.779
 journey is

00:25:24.779 --> 00:25:25.920
 set in this

00:25:25.920 --> 00:25:26.600
 context that

00:25:26.600 --> 00:25:27.320
 they have been

00:25:27.320 --> 00:25:28.920
 redeemed by

00:25:28.920 --> 00:25:29.560
 their God.

00:25:32.060 --> 00:25:32.600
 However,

00:25:32.660 --> 00:25:33.240
 the redemption

00:25:33.240 --> 00:25:34.740
 that is enjoyed

00:25:34.740 --> 00:25:35.660
 by Christians is

00:25:35.660 --> 00:25:36.360
 far greater

00:25:36.360 --> 00:25:37.660
 than all of

00:25:37.660 --> 00:25:38.000
 these.

00:25:38.000 --> 00:25:39.839
 no,

00:25:39.900 --> 00:25:40.359
 it was not

00:25:40.359 --> 00:25:41.299
 with perishable

00:25:41.299 --> 00:25:41.859
 things that

00:25:41.859 --> 00:25:42.160
 they were

00:25:42.160 --> 00:25:42.539
 redeemed.

00:25:42.880 --> 00:25:43.220
 No,

00:25:43.460 --> 00:25:44.039
 it was with

00:25:44.039 --> 00:25:45.000
 the precious

00:25:45.000 --> 00:25:46.900
 blood of

00:25:46.900 --> 00:25:47.599
 Christ,

00:25:47.799 --> 00:25:48.279
 a lamb

00:25:48.279 --> 00:25:49.380
 without blemish

00:25:49.380 --> 00:25:50.900
 or defect.

00:25:52.940 --> 00:25:53.940
 And this

00:25:53.940 --> 00:25:55.099
 generates to

00:25:55.099 --> 00:25:55.779
 us images

00:25:55.779 --> 00:25:57.440
 of Christ's

00:25:57.440 --> 00:25:58.099
 sufferings.

00:26:00.980 --> 00:26:01.900
 He who

00:26:01.900 --> 00:26:02.539
 was sinless

00:26:02.539 --> 00:26:03.740
 and spotless,

00:26:04.079 --> 00:26:04.880
 who died

00:26:04.880 --> 00:26:05.279
 for the

00:26:05.279 --> 00:26:06.240
 transgressions

00:26:06.240 --> 00:26:06.799
 of many,

00:26:06.799 --> 00:26:08.539
 he who

00:26:08.539 --> 00:26:09.359
 was marred

00:26:09.359 --> 00:26:10.180
 beyond human

00:26:10.180 --> 00:26:10.859
 likeness or

00:26:10.859 --> 00:26:11.259
 appearance,

00:26:11.480 --> 00:26:11.919
 and he was

00:26:11.919 --> 00:26:13.559
 despised and

00:26:13.559 --> 00:26:15.000
 rejected by

00:26:15.000 --> 00:26:15.379
 mankind.

00:26:17.279 --> 00:26:17.859
 Friends,

00:26:18.399 --> 00:26:19.639
 this was

00:26:19.639 --> 00:26:20.299
 for you.

00:26:22.039 --> 00:26:23.019
 He bore

00:26:23.019 --> 00:26:25.019
 pain more

00:26:25.019 --> 00:26:26.019
 imaginable than

00:26:26.019 --> 00:26:27.000
 anything we

00:26:27.000 --> 00:26:28.059
 could bear or

00:26:28.059 --> 00:26:28.559
 imagine,

00:26:28.740 --> 00:26:29.440
 and he did

00:26:29.440 --> 00:26:30.859
 so for you.

00:26:30.859 --> 00:26:34.959
 how great

00:26:34.959 --> 00:26:36.379
 a salvation

00:26:36.379 --> 00:26:36.859
 that we

00:26:36.859 --> 00:26:37.159
 have.

00:26:37.219 --> 00:26:37.479
 He did

00:26:37.479 --> 00:26:37.799
 this so

00:26:37.799 --> 00:26:38.119
 that you

00:26:38.119 --> 00:26:38.819
 may have

00:26:38.819 --> 00:26:39.740
 eternal

00:26:39.740 --> 00:26:40.839
 life.

00:26:41.059 --> 00:26:41.439
 And when

00:26:41.439 --> 00:26:42.039
 you consider

00:26:42.039 --> 00:26:42.899
 this great

00:26:42.899 --> 00:26:43.759
 redemption

00:26:43.759 --> 00:26:44.279
 that we

00:26:44.279 --> 00:26:44.779
 have,

00:26:45.299 --> 00:26:45.539
 aren't

00:26:45.539 --> 00:26:45.959
 you not

00:26:45.959 --> 00:26:47.039
 moved to

00:26:47.039 --> 00:26:47.779
 love your

00:26:47.779 --> 00:26:48.240
 God

00:26:48.240 --> 00:26:48.979
 more?

00:26:50.019 --> 00:26:50.319
 Don't

00:26:50.319 --> 00:26:50.579
 you not

00:26:50.579 --> 00:26:51.539
 want to

00:26:51.539 --> 00:26:52.439
 live in

00:26:52.439 --> 00:26:52.859
 obedience

00:26:52.859 --> 00:26:54.039
 to him?

00:26:56.279 --> 00:26:56.819
 Robert

00:26:56.819 --> 00:26:57.259
 Layton,

00:26:57.319 --> 00:26:57.759
 a Scottish

00:26:57.759 --> 00:26:58.399
 theologian,

00:26:58.479 --> 00:26:58.979
 once said,

00:26:58.980 --> 00:26:59.519
 the more

00:26:59.519 --> 00:27:00.059
 a Christian

00:27:00.059 --> 00:27:01.240
 believes and

00:27:01.240 --> 00:27:01.960
 loves and

00:27:01.960 --> 00:27:02.660
 rejoices in

00:27:02.660 --> 00:27:03.120
 the love of

00:27:03.120 --> 00:27:04.140
 God, the

00:27:04.140 --> 00:27:05.019
 more unwilling

00:27:05.019 --> 00:27:06.259
 surely he

00:27:06.259 --> 00:27:07.620
 is to

00:27:07.620 --> 00:27:08.160
 displease

00:27:08.160 --> 00:27:08.500
 him.

00:27:09.779 --> 00:27:10.140
 Don't

00:27:10.140 --> 00:27:10.740
 you want

00:27:10.740 --> 00:27:13.380
 to please

00:27:13.380 --> 00:27:14.440
 your God?

00:27:15.099 --> 00:27:15.319
 Does

00:27:15.319 --> 00:27:15.920
 considering

00:27:15.920 --> 00:27:16.440
 what he

00:27:16.440 --> 00:27:16.880
 has done

00:27:16.880 --> 00:27:17.220
 for you

00:27:17.220 --> 00:27:17.819
 not move

00:27:17.819 --> 00:27:18.640
 you to

00:27:18.640 --> 00:27:19.339
 love him

00:27:19.339 --> 00:27:20.660
 more and

00:27:20.660 --> 00:27:21.019
 more?

00:27:23.259 --> 00:27:23.779
 And not

00:27:23.779 --> 00:27:24.140
 only does

00:27:24.140 --> 00:27:24.700
 Peter point

00:27:24.700 --> 00:27:25.200
 us to the

00:27:25.200 --> 00:27:25.900
 reconciling

00:27:25.900 --> 00:27:26.480
 aspect of

00:27:26.480 --> 00:27:26.980
 our redemption,

00:27:27.120 --> 00:27:27.819
 but he also

00:27:27.819 --> 00:27:28.579
 points us

00:27:28.579 --> 00:27:29.279
 to the

00:27:29.279 --> 00:27:29.759
 ethical

00:27:29.759 --> 00:27:30.579
 dimensions

00:27:30.579 --> 00:27:31.079
 of it.

00:27:32.519 --> 00:27:33.240
 Not only

00:27:33.240 --> 00:27:33.539
 have we

00:27:33.539 --> 00:27:34.159
 been redeemed

00:27:34.159 --> 00:27:34.500
 with a

00:27:34.500 --> 00:27:35.259
 great price,

00:27:35.639 --> 00:27:36.019
 but we

00:27:36.019 --> 00:27:36.460
 have been

00:27:36.460 --> 00:27:36.839
 redeemed

00:27:36.839 --> 00:27:37.799
 from,

00:27:38.139 --> 00:27:38.859
 verse 18,

00:27:39.019 --> 00:27:39.599
 the empty

00:27:39.599 --> 00:27:40.019
 way of

00:27:40.019 --> 00:27:41.139
 life handed

00:27:41.139 --> 00:27:41.819
 down to

00:27:41.819 --> 00:27:42.240
 you from

00:27:42.240 --> 00:27:42.439
 your

00:27:42.439 --> 00:27:43.039
 ancestors.

00:27:45.879 --> 00:27:46.439
 Many

00:27:46.439 --> 00:27:47.839
 cultures in

00:27:47.839 --> 00:27:48.299
 the ancient

00:27:48.299 --> 00:27:48.899
 world would

00:27:48.899 --> 00:27:49.460
 have held to

00:27:49.460 --> 00:27:50.079
 their traditions

00:27:50.079 --> 00:27:50.519
 firmly.

00:27:51.599 --> 00:27:52.379
 They were

00:27:52.379 --> 00:27:53.220
 highly valued,

00:27:53.399 --> 00:27:53.799
 both their

00:27:53.799 --> 00:27:54.720
 religious and

00:27:54.720 --> 00:27:55.159
 ethical,

00:27:55.539 --> 00:27:56.059
 moral ways

00:27:56.059 --> 00:27:56.559
 of life.

00:27:56.559 --> 00:27:57.659
 And any

00:27:57.659 --> 00:27:58.159
 departure

00:27:58.159 --> 00:27:59.000
 from these

00:27:59.000 --> 00:27:59.359
 would have

00:27:59.359 --> 00:27:59.519
 been

00:27:59.519 --> 00:27:59.980
 considered

00:27:59.980 --> 00:28:00.539
 deeply

00:28:00.539 --> 00:28:01.579
 offensive.

00:28:03.200 --> 00:28:04.079
 But Peter

00:28:04.079 --> 00:28:04.639
 says that

00:28:04.639 --> 00:28:05.039
 they have

00:28:05.039 --> 00:28:05.220
 been

00:28:05.220 --> 00:28:05.879
 redeemed

00:28:05.879 --> 00:28:06.819
 from all

00:28:06.819 --> 00:28:07.059
 these

00:28:07.059 --> 00:28:07.539
 things.

00:28:08.799 --> 00:28:09.179
 That is,

00:28:09.299 --> 00:28:09.599
 they have

00:28:09.599 --> 00:28:10.179
 been brought

00:28:10.179 --> 00:28:11.059
 into a

00:28:11.059 --> 00:28:11.759
 new life

00:28:11.759 --> 00:28:13.159
 despite the

00:28:13.159 --> 00:28:13.700
 opposition

00:28:13.700 --> 00:28:14.980
 and persecutions

00:28:14.980 --> 00:28:15.599
 that they

00:28:15.599 --> 00:28:17.200
 may receive

00:28:17.200 --> 00:28:17.700
 from the

00:28:17.700 --> 00:28:18.039
 surrounding

00:28:18.039 --> 00:28:18.579
 culture.

00:28:18.579 --> 00:28:21.339
 And this

00:28:21.339 --> 00:28:21.659
 is what

00:28:21.659 --> 00:28:22.339
 the atonement

00:28:22.339 --> 00:28:22.799
 does.

00:28:23.279 --> 00:28:23.839
 It not only

00:28:23.839 --> 00:28:24.899
 reconciles us

00:28:24.899 --> 00:28:25.359
 to God,

00:28:25.619 --> 00:28:26.480
 but it also

00:28:26.480 --> 00:28:27.379
 brings to us

00:28:27.379 --> 00:28:27.960
 moral

00:28:27.960 --> 00:28:29.119
 transformation.

00:28:31.399 --> 00:28:31.859
 Another

00:28:31.859 --> 00:28:32.279
 Scot,

00:28:32.480 --> 00:28:32.919
 George

00:28:32.919 --> 00:28:33.359
 Smeaton,

00:28:33.919 --> 00:28:34.399
 wrote that

00:28:34.399 --> 00:28:35.399
 when Paul

00:28:35.399 --> 00:28:35.899
 was writing

00:28:35.899 --> 00:28:36.319
 about the

00:28:36.319 --> 00:28:36.659
 death of

00:28:36.659 --> 00:28:37.039
 Christ,

00:28:37.439 --> 00:28:37.960
 it was his

00:28:37.960 --> 00:28:38.939
 purpose to

00:28:38.939 --> 00:28:39.899
 unite the

00:28:39.899 --> 00:28:40.759
 atoning and

00:28:40.759 --> 00:28:41.419
 sanctifying

00:28:41.419 --> 00:28:42.839
 elements and

00:28:42.839 --> 00:28:43.359
 to rescue

00:28:43.359 --> 00:28:44.720
 believers from

00:28:44.720 --> 00:28:45.599
 their unholy

00:28:45.599 --> 00:28:46.679
 conduct.

00:28:46.680 --> 00:28:49.640
 In other

00:28:49.640 --> 00:28:49.820
 words,

00:28:49.900 --> 00:28:50.299
 Peter is

00:28:50.299 --> 00:28:50.680
 saying that

00:28:50.680 --> 00:28:51.140
 to live

00:28:51.140 --> 00:28:51.920
 in reverence

00:28:51.920 --> 00:28:52.519
 to God

00:28:52.519 --> 00:28:53.380
 and to

00:28:53.380 --> 00:28:54.019
 not follow

00:28:54.019 --> 00:28:54.660
 and obey

00:28:54.660 --> 00:28:55.539
 Him would

00:28:55.539 --> 00:28:56.220
 be to

00:28:56.220 --> 00:28:57.080
 entirely

00:28:57.080 --> 00:28:58.180
 misunderstand

00:28:58.180 --> 00:28:59.080
 our

00:28:59.080 --> 00:28:59.560
 redemption.

00:29:01.039 --> 00:29:01.880
 Because we

00:29:01.880 --> 00:29:02.160
 have been

00:29:02.160 --> 00:29:03.180
 saved from

00:29:03.180 --> 00:29:03.740
 this way

00:29:03.740 --> 00:29:04.480
 of life

00:29:04.480 --> 00:29:05.340
 to a new

00:29:05.340 --> 00:29:05.940
 way of life

00:29:05.940 --> 00:29:06.560
 that is

00:29:06.560 --> 00:29:07.759
 marked by

00:29:07.759 --> 00:29:08.740
 holiness and

00:29:08.740 --> 00:29:09.180
 obedience

00:29:09.180 --> 00:29:10.980
 to God.

00:29:14.600 --> 00:29:15.200
 Friends,

00:29:15.360 --> 00:29:16.039
 I do not

00:29:16.039 --> 00:29:16.399
 know how

00:29:16.399 --> 00:29:16.819
 you are

00:29:16.819 --> 00:29:17.339
 feeling this

00:29:17.339 --> 00:29:17.639
 morning.

00:29:19.099 --> 00:29:19.839
 You may

00:29:19.839 --> 00:29:20.720
 feel close

00:29:20.720 --> 00:29:21.240
 to God

00:29:21.240 --> 00:29:21.940
 or perhaps

00:29:21.940 --> 00:29:22.519
 you feel

00:29:22.519 --> 00:29:22.920
 you are

00:29:22.920 --> 00:29:23.379
 struggling

00:29:23.379 --> 00:29:24.279
 with sin.

00:29:26.579 --> 00:29:27.339
 We will

00:29:27.339 --> 00:29:28.119
 all struggle

00:29:28.119 --> 00:29:28.480
 with the

00:29:28.480 --> 00:29:29.159
 battle against

00:29:29.159 --> 00:29:29.579
 sin and

00:29:29.579 --> 00:29:30.839
 sin is

00:29:30.839 --> 00:29:31.359
 something that

00:29:31.359 --> 00:29:31.899
 we must

00:29:31.899 --> 00:29:32.819
 repent of.

00:29:33.440 --> 00:29:34.259
 But we see

00:29:34.259 --> 00:29:34.740
 here that not

00:29:34.740 --> 00:29:35.559
 only do we

00:29:35.559 --> 00:29:36.759
 start our

00:29:36.759 --> 00:29:37.720
 Christian faith

00:29:37.720 --> 00:29:38.399
 with the

00:29:38.399 --> 00:29:39.319
 hope of

00:29:39.319 --> 00:29:39.720
 glory,

00:29:39.799 --> 00:29:40.220
 but friends,

00:29:40.279 --> 00:29:41.019
 we must be

00:29:41.019 --> 00:29:41.539
 brought back

00:29:41.539 --> 00:29:42.799
 to it every

00:29:42.799 --> 00:29:44.240
 day on a

00:29:44.240 --> 00:29:45.000
 daily basis.

00:29:45.000 --> 00:29:46.400
 And friends,

00:29:46.700 --> 00:29:47.440
 it is on

00:29:47.440 --> 00:29:48.079
 this hope

00:29:48.079 --> 00:29:49.119
 that Peter

00:29:49.119 --> 00:29:50.339
 leaves us.

00:29:50.940 --> 00:29:51.599
 Verse 20

00:29:51.599 --> 00:29:52.180
 to 21,

00:29:52.279 --> 00:29:52.759
 we learn

00:29:52.759 --> 00:29:53.660
 that we

00:29:53.660 --> 00:29:53.940
 have been

00:29:53.940 --> 00:29:54.599
 redeemed and

00:29:54.599 --> 00:29:55.000
 that this

00:29:55.000 --> 00:29:56.099
 redemption is

00:29:56.099 --> 00:29:56.799
 eternally

00:29:56.799 --> 00:29:57.839
 secure.

00:29:58.240 --> 00:29:58.819
 Verse 20,

00:29:58.900 --> 00:29:59.500
 he was chosen

00:29:59.500 --> 00:30:00.019
 before the

00:30:00.019 --> 00:30:00.640
 creation of

00:30:00.640 --> 00:30:01.079
 the world,

00:30:01.559 --> 00:30:02.220
 but was

00:30:02.220 --> 00:30:03.000
 revealed in

00:30:03.000 --> 00:30:03.500
 these last

00:30:03.500 --> 00:30:04.299
 times for

00:30:04.299 --> 00:30:04.880
 your sake.

00:30:05.980 --> 00:30:06.559
 Through him

00:30:06.559 --> 00:30:07.500
 you believe

00:30:07.500 --> 00:30:08.039
 in God,

00:30:08.799 --> 00:30:09.559
 who raised

00:30:09.559 --> 00:30:09.980
 him from

00:30:09.980 --> 00:30:10.440
 the dead

00:30:10.440 --> 00:30:11.759
 and glorified

00:30:11.759 --> 00:30:12.080
 him,

00:30:12.160 --> 00:30:12.460
 and so

00:30:12.460 --> 00:30:13.120
 your faith

00:30:13.120 --> 00:30:14.080
 and hope

00:30:14.080 --> 00:30:15.259
 are in

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 God.

00:30:18.299 --> 00:30:19.019
 We are

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 a hopeful

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 people.

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 We are

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 a holy

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 people.

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 We are

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 a reverent

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 people,

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 but none

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 of this

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 can ever

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 be separated

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 from the

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 salvation

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 that we

00:30:28.320 --> 00:30:29.519
 have in

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 our Redeemer,

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 which has

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 been purposed

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 from before

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 creation

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 began,

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 where we

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 have been

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 brought to

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 know a

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 certain hope

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 in the

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 one who

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 was raised

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 from the

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 dead and

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 who was

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 glorified.

00:30:45.299 --> 00:30:46.159
 We end

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 this morning

00:30:46.700 --> 00:30:47.200
 in the same

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 place that

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 we begun,

00:30:49.519 --> 00:30:50.259
 in the hope

00:30:50.259 --> 00:30:51.200
 that our

00:30:51.200 --> 00:30:52.339
 Lord has

00:30:52.339 --> 00:30:53.399
 bought for

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 us.

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 Christians,

00:30:56.500 --> 00:30:56.740
 as we

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 continue in

00:30:58.180 --> 00:30:58.639
 our journey

00:30:58.639 --> 00:30:59.339
 towards our

00:30:59.339 --> 00:30:59.819
 inheritance,

00:31:00.119 --> 00:31:01.339
 as we strive

00:31:01.339 --> 00:31:02.619
 to be those

00:31:02.619 --> 00:31:03.779
 who live in

00:31:03.779 --> 00:31:04.680
 reverence and

00:31:04.680 --> 00:31:05.379
 obedience to

00:31:05.379 --> 00:31:05.899
 our God,

00:31:06.240 --> 00:31:06.799
 we can be

00:31:06.799 --> 00:31:07.259
 assured

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 that the

00:31:08.879 --> 00:31:09.519
 God who

00:31:09.519 --> 00:31:10.200
 eternally

00:31:10.200 --> 00:31:11.400
 purposed to

00:31:11.400 --> 00:31:11.900
 save us

00:31:11.900 --> 00:31:12.559
 will keep

00:31:12.559 --> 00:31:13.359
 us secure

00:31:13.359 --> 00:31:15.279
 until His

00:31:15.279 --> 00:31:16.500
 plan is

00:31:16.500 --> 00:31:16.980
 completed.

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 It is in

00:31:19.079 --> 00:31:19.779
 this hope,

00:31:20.180 --> 00:31:20.859
 in this hope

00:31:20.859 --> 00:31:21.220
 that we

00:31:21.220 --> 00:31:22.240
 journey on

00:31:22.240 --> 00:31:23.379
 until our

00:31:23.379 --> 00:31:24.359
 faith is

00:31:24.359 --> 00:31:24.799
 completed,

00:31:24.799 --> 00:31:25.379
 when our

00:31:25.379 --> 00:31:26.259
 Lord comes

00:31:26.259 --> 00:31:28.240
 again in

00:31:28.240 --> 00:31:28.680
 glory.

00:31:30.119 --> 00:31:30.519
 Amen.

00:31:30.700 --> 00:31:31.079
 Let us

00:31:31.079 --> 00:31:31.759
 pray.

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 We

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 use

00:31:53.039 --> 00:31:53.559
 Anybody