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 So our sermon passage today is going to be 1 Peter chapter 1, mostly focused on verses 20 and 21.

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! But I like to read the broader passage because it's just glorious. It's wonderful.

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 So I read this trusting it's God's inspired, inerrant, infallible, clear, sufficient word.

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 Let me read the verses 20 and 21 first so you can get the focus.

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 He, indeed, Jesus Christ, was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you who through him believe in God,

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 who raised him from the dead and gave him glory so that your faith and hope are in God.

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 This will be our focus for today, but hear this glorious passage. Let's start at verse 1 through 21.

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 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the pilgrims of the dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,

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 elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ.

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 Grace to you and peace be multiplied.

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 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who, according to his abundant mercy,

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 has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

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 to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled, and that does not fade away, reserved in heaven for you,

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 who are kept by the power of God through faith for salvation, ready to be revealed in the last time.

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 In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved by various trials,

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 that the genuineness of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes,

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 though it is tested by fire, may be found to praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ,

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 whom, having not seen you love, though now you do not see him, yet believing you rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory,

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 receiving the end of your faith, the salvation of your souls.

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 Of this salvation, the prophets have inquired and searched carefully,

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 who prophesied of the grace that would come to you,

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 searching what or in what manner of time the Spirit of Christ, who was in them,

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 was indicating when he testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ and the glories that would follow.

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 To them it was revealed that not to themselves, but to us,

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 they were ministering the things which now have been reported to you,

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 through those who have preached the gospel to you,

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 by the Holy Spirit, sent from heaven,

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 things into which angels desire to look into.

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 Therefore, gird up the loins of your mind,

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 be sober, and rest your hope fully upon the grace

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 that is to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

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 As obedient children, not conforming yourselves to the former lusts,

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 as in your ignorance, but as he who called you is holy,

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 you also be holy in all your conduct, because it is written,

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 Be holy, for I am holy.

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 And if you call on the Father, who without partiality judges according to each one's work,

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 conduct yourselves through the time of your stay here in fear,

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 knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things like silver or gold

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 from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers,

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 but with the precious blood of Christ,

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 as a lamb without blemish or spot,

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 he indeed was foreordained before the foundation of the world,

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 but was manifest in these last times for you,

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 who through him believe in God,

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 who raised him from the dead and gave him glory

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 so that your faith and hope are in God.

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 The word of God for the people of God.

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 Thanks be to God.

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 Please be seated.

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 Lord, our minds are so limited.

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 We confess that you are the incomprehensible,

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 eternal, triune God,

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 Father, Son, and Holy Spirit that we worship

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 because you have manifested yourself through Jesus Christ.

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 Lord, we pray that by your spirit,

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 you will manifest yourself in Jesus Christ once more today to your people.

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 In power we ask, Lord, for your glory.

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 Amen.

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 There's only so much that we can care about.

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 Isn't that true?

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 You start to feel saturated,

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 and at some point it's just,

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 I can't care about that football team or this other thing

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 because there's only so much we as human beings can care about.

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 So if that's true,

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 and this is the time where it's the end of a year,

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 we're hearing like the best of 2025,

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 everybody's trying to evaluate this past year.

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 My encouragement to myself and maybe to you is this.

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 Life is too short for us to take our cues from the world

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 on what we should care about.

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 Best-selling books,

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 most-watched video links,

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 most-read blog posts.

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 Ultimately, we're listening to the world,

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 and the heart is deceitful above all things

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 and desperately wicked.

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 So to an extent,

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 who cares, right?

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 Who cares what people were watching or reading in 2025?

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 As fallen humans,

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 we'll always find voices

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 that will tickle our fallen, twisted, itching ears.

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 That's not where we want to take the cues from

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 on what we care about.

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 Let's consider a better perspective

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 about what you and I should care about.

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 Consider the perspective

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 of those heavenly beings that are immortal,

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 created by God.

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 I'm talking about angels.

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 These angels got to watch God

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 form the world with His voice.

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 They got to watch God destroy

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 that version of earth with the flood.

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 And they've observed our species

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 over every generation.

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 Can we take our cues from the angels

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 about what we should care about

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 and pay attention to?

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 Think about angels' minds.

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 They're not restricted

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 like our human minds are.

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 We are part of fallen flesh

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 and we're human beings.

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 So I imagine those angels,

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 if they even do this,

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 but I imagine if they were to listen

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 to what the latest tech genius

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 of 2025 has to say,

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 and they're spirits,

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 they don't have bodies

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 and they're tireless,

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 so they wouldn't actually do this.

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 But if they could,

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 they would yawn.

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 Angels could care less about that.

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 Think about the other things

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 that make the headlines.

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 You know, fighting over economics

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 or geopolitics.

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 It's like a boring rerun

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 from previous centuries.

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 But if you look at the angels'

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 response to what God does

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 in redemptive history,

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 this is where we get a glimpse

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 and the angels are singing

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 about the birth of Jesus.

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 And look at our passage today.

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 Look at verse 10.

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 The Old Testament prophets,

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 inspired by the Spirit of Christ,

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 they foretold something magnificent.

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 It was the suffering

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 and the glory of God the Son

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 in the flesh.

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 That's what got the attention

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 of the angels.

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 God revealed that His gospel

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 was being foretold

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 through the Scriptures

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 for our benefit

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 in these last times.

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 The church,

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 those of us who have Scripture,

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 what is it that captures

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 the attention of the angels?

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 It's the life and work

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 Look at verse 12.

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 This is what angels

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 desire to look into.

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 So for the month of December,

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 with God's help,

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 and if He'll allow us,

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 our focus will be to do just that.

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 To gaze at the person

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 The theme of this series

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 is the only mediator.

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 And our focus for today

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 is very narrow

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 on the person of Jesus.

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 For today,

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 I encourage you to take comfort

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 in your Savior's ordination.

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 Take comfort

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 in your Savior's ordination.

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 Look at verse 20

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 one more time.

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 1 Peter chapter 1, verse 20.

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 For He indeed,

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 Jesus Christ,

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 was foreknown

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 or foreordained

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 before the foundation

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 of the world.

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 That's our encouragement today.

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 We'll ask three questions

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 to try to appreciate

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 this glorious revelation

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 that God has given.

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 The first one is,

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 when?

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 When did God do this?

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 The second one is,

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 why?

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 Why did God do this?

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 And then finally,

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 for whom?

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 When, why, and for whom?

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 Let's begin with the first one.

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 When was Jesus Christ

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 ordained for His ministry

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 as our mediator

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 and Savior.

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 We're told that He was

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 foreordained in verse 20

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 before the foundation

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 of the world.

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 Peter uses this word

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 that you can break down

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 the roots in the prefix

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 to it would be pre-known.

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 Jesus Christ was pre-known

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 of God

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 before the foundation

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 of the world.

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 To know someone

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 in this sense

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 is to know them

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 as a person,

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 is to know them

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 in relation.

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 So the person

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 of Jesus Christ

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 was foreknown,

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 foreordained

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 in His office

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 by the triune God

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 before the foundation

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 of the world.

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 See, it's way more

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 than a mere prediction

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 of what God would do.

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 It's a prescription.

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 It means that

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 God has predetermined,

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 He has appointed Christ

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 beforehand.

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 We just read,

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 in the unity

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 of our triune God,

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 Father, Son,

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 and Holy Spirit,

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 our infinitely holy God,

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 triune Father, Son,

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 and Holy Spirit,

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 in His infinite wisdom

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 decreed that God the Son

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 would take on

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 to Himself

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 a body

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 in order to unite

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 a people to God.

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 What a glorious truth.

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 Thomas Watson commented,

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 God's counsel

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 is the cause

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 of all things.

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 The thoughts of a man

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 may be frustrated,

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 but the counsel of God

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 cannot.

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 He does not consult

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 with us.

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 God consults

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 with Himself.

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 This illustration

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 was helpful to me.

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 Maybe it would be

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 to you as well.

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 We see some of these

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 massive trees out here,

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 you know,

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 cottonwood trees,

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 or picture like

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 a massive oak

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 40 feet up into the air.

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 Before that tree

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 got to be so tall

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 and magnificent,

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 it started as

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 a small little acorn

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 or a seed.

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 The entire genetic code

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 of this magnificent tree,

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 its height,

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 the leaf shape,

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 the strength,

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 it's already written

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 into that tiny acorn.

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 The tree was foreordained

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 inside the seed,

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 you could say,

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 before it ever

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 breaks the soil.

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 Similarly,

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 the tree of our salvation,

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 the wonderful decree of God,

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 the plan of our salvation

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 by the cross

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 and the resurrection

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 of Jesus,

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 were in the mind of God

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 before creation itself

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 even began.

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 God chose Jesus Christ

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 to reveal His glory.

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 There's an old hymn

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 and it has this line

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 that Christ,

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 be my first elect,

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 God said,

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 then chose our souls

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 in Christ our head

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 before He gave

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 the mountains birth

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 or laid foundations

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 for the earth.

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 Brothers and sisters,

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 how in you can I,

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 how could we be cold

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 towards such a wise God?

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 Think about how

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 God's love to save us

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 has burned hotter

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 than the sun

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 since before God

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 even created the sun.

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 God has never had

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 a cold moment

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 toward you

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 in eternity.

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 This is an ancient love

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 found in God Himself,

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 His very essence.

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 Let His love for us

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 in ordaining Christ

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 for this work

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 be a great comfort.

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 Our confession of faith

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 affirms this.

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 God was pleased

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 in His eternal purpose

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 to choose

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 and ordain

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 the Lord Jesus,

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 His only begotten Son,

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 to be the mediator

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 between God

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 and man.

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 Ephesians 1, 4, and 5

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 says that God

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 chose us

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 in Jesus Christ

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 before the foundation

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 of the world

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 that we should be holy

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 and without blame

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 before Him.

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 In love He predestined us

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 for adoption

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 in His beloved

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 Jesus Christ.

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 The enemy wants

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 to accuse you and me

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 and one of the fears

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 that can creep up

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 in our minds

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 is that

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 when I sin

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 this is a surprise

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 to God

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 or that

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 my sin is too terrible

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 or too recent

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 for God to forgive.

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 Let's look

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 at Christ.

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 Remember how God

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 foreordained Christ

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 for you and me.

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 The remedy

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 for our sin

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 was prepared

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 before the world

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 even began.

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 God's grace

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 is eternal

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 for His people.

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 You and I

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 can't out-sin

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 God's decree

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 that predates

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 our own existence.

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 Revelation 13, 8

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 says that

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 Jesus Christ

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 is the Lamb

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 slain

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 from the foundation

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 of the world.

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 This is such great news.

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 It reveals to us

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 that the glorious truth

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 that our God

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 our Creator

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 our Savior

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 He is not reactionary.

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 The plan of salvation

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 is older

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 than the problem

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 of sin.

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 God didn't

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 discover

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 that you and I

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 are sinners

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 and we're lost

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 and then scrambled

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 to find a Savior.

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 That would contradict

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 what our passage

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 says very clearly today.

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 God appointed

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 Jesus Christ

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 as Savior

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 first.

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 He knew

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 that you and I

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 would be lost

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 and that would be

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 a great display

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 of His grace

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 to us

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 in Jesus Christ.

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 As someone put it,

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 before the first

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 star was kindled

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 or the first

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 mountain was raised,

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 the Father

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 had already

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 identified

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 His Son

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 as the Lamb.

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 Let this expand

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 our minds.

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 We receive the gospel

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 with a childlike faith

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 and yet our salvation

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 is not a fragile thing

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 held together

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 by our own

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 understanding even.

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 Certainly not

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 our daily performance.

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 It is anchored

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 in the bedrock

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 of God Himself

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 from all eternity.

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 Our salvation,

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 the eternal destiny

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 of our souls

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 was designed

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 by God.

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 He's the architect

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 of it all

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 from beginning

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 to end.

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 This is when

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 Jesus Christ

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 was ordained.

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 It's before

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 the foundation

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 of the world.

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 Second question,

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 why was Jesus

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 ordained?

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 Would you look

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 at verse 9?

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 we're told

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 that Jesus

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 was ordained

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 for the salvation

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 of our souls,

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 for the salvation

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 of His people.

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 This is the purpose

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 for which

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 He came

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 as God's servant.

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 Ordination

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 implies

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 an ordainer

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 and a person

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 being ordained.

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 And so this

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 points us

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 to the agreement

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 between

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 Father,

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 Son,

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 sealed by

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 the Holy Spirit.

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 Throughout church

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 history it's been

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 called the covenant

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 of redemption.

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 God's eternal decree

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 to make peace

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 with man

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 through Jesus,

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 God the Son,

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 who would become

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 the servant.

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 In Isaiah 42,

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 1,

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 we're given

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 a beautiful insight

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 into the why

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 behind our salvation.

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 It reads,

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 Behold,

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 from God's perspective,

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 my servant

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 whom I uphold,

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 my elect one

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 in whom

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 my soul

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 delights.

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 See,

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 God the Father

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 delights

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 in His Son

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 who will serve

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 as the servant,

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 the one to accomplish

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 this plan

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 of salvation.

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 God was

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 pleased

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 to save

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 through Jesus Christ

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 and Jesus was

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 pleased

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 to become

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 a servant

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 of God.

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 The Father

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 looked upon

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 the Son

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 and delighted

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 to appoint Him

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 as the captain

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 of our salvation.

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 salvation.

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 So the why

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 Jesus was ordained,

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 it was motivated

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 by God's pure,

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 unsurpressible,

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 overflowing,

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 divine love.

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 The very essence

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 of who God is.

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 God delights

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 in your salvation.

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 God is not stingy

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 with His mercy.

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 He is bound

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 by His own delight

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 and promised

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 to provide salvation

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 for all who will

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 come to Christ.

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 He wants to save you

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 more than you want

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 to be saved.

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 Take joy in the fact

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 that saving you

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 and saving me

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 was not a chore

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 for God.

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 It was His eternal

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 delight

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 in His Son.

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 It's God's pleasure

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 to save.

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 The beautiful thing

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 we see in this passage

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 is that God's

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 overflowing love

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 and joy

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 and delight,

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 He shares it

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 with His people.

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 It becomes our own.

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 The love of God

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 the Father

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 for God the Son

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 overflows

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 by God the Spirit

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 onto those

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 who God saves.

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 Look at 1 Peter

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 chapter 1

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 verses 8 and 9.

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 At the revelation

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 of Jesus Christ

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 whom,

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 having not seen,

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 so by faith

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 you love.

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 That's a work

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 that only the Spirit

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 can do.

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 Though now

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 you do not see Him

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 yet believing,

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 you rejoice

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 with joy

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 inexpressible

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 and full

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 of glory.

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 You know this joy

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 that God's promise

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 is true.

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 You truly

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 are saved

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 in Jesus Christ.

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 Watson pointed out,

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 Christ took

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 our flesh

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 upon Him

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 that He might

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 take our sins

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 upon Him.

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 That's why He did it.

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 The hymn captures

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 this as well.

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 Oh, the sweet

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 wonders of that cross

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 where God the Savior

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 loved and died.

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 Her noblest life

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 my spirit

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 draws

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 from His

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 dear wounds

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 and bleeding side.

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 God the Son

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 and our second

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 London Confession

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 chapter 8

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 paragraph 1

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 encourages us,

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 God was pleased

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 according to the

00:19:52.340 --> 00:19:53.360
 covenant made

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 between the

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 triune God

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 to set Christ

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 forth for us

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 as our mediator.

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 See, there's only

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 one possible

00:20:03.160 --> 00:20:04.000
 mediator between

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 God and man

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 and this is the

00:20:06.480 --> 00:20:07.280
 mediator that you

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 and I most need.

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 It's God the Son

00:20:09.400 --> 00:20:10.040
 Himself.

00:20:10.039 --> 00:20:12.440
 Why did God

00:20:12.440 --> 00:20:13.139
 send His Son

00:20:13.139 --> 00:20:13.899
 to save us?

00:20:14.379 --> 00:20:15.339
 Because of His

00:20:15.339 --> 00:20:17.319
 overflowing mercy.

00:20:17.659 --> 00:20:18.659
 Because He is

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 love.

00:20:21.299 --> 00:20:22.099
 In Revelation,

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 we get this glorious

00:20:23.119 --> 00:20:24.119
 picture of living

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 waters

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 flowing from

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 God and the Lamb,

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 flowing from

00:20:28.920 --> 00:20:30.339
 this gospel

00:20:30.339 --> 00:20:31.159
 revealed through

00:20:31.159 --> 00:20:31.960
 Jesus Christ.

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 And here in

00:20:33.759 --> 00:20:34.119
 Colorado,

00:20:34.299 --> 00:20:35.279
 if we drive to

00:20:35.279 --> 00:20:35.659
 the mountains

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 this time of year,

00:20:36.480 --> 00:20:36.920
 some of the

00:20:36.920 --> 00:20:37.539
 waterfalls are

00:20:37.539 --> 00:20:38.339
 starting to freeze

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 and they look

00:20:38.799 --> 00:20:39.200
 beautiful.

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 You can still

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 see some snow

00:20:40.920 --> 00:20:41.620
 melting as we

00:20:41.620 --> 00:20:42.220
 have those warm

00:20:42.220 --> 00:20:43.259
 days and it's

00:20:43.259 --> 00:20:44.000
 rushing down.

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 It can get to

00:20:44.940 --> 00:20:45.920
 the bottom of a

00:20:45.920 --> 00:20:46.539
 mountain and it

00:20:46.539 --> 00:20:47.360
 can be a mighty

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 white water rapids.

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 And those rivers

00:20:51.420 --> 00:20:52.480
 begin in a hidden

00:20:52.480 --> 00:20:53.799
 spring usually high

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 up in the mountains

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 where we can't even

00:20:55.420 --> 00:20:56.920
 see it or find

00:20:56.920 --> 00:20:57.500
 the source.

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 This is like the

00:20:59.059 --> 00:21:00.279
 eternal covenant

00:21:00.279 --> 00:21:01.140
 between Father,

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 Son,

00:21:01.660 --> 00:21:02.140
 and Spirit.

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 And the river

00:21:03.559 --> 00:21:04.580
 down below is the

00:21:04.580 --> 00:21:05.940
 visible result.

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 But the pressure

00:21:08.320 --> 00:21:09.820
 and the life

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 and the source

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 are high above,

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 unseen by those

00:21:14.420 --> 00:21:15.080
 of us down here

00:21:15.080 --> 00:21:15.600
 in the valley.

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 The water of life

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 flows to us

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 only because

00:21:19.860 --> 00:21:21.039
 of the love

00:21:21.039 --> 00:21:21.820
 between Father,

00:21:22.039 --> 00:21:22.320
 Son,

00:21:22.420 --> 00:21:23.259
 and Holy Spirit

00:21:23.259 --> 00:21:24.000
 covenanting

00:21:24.000 --> 00:21:25.360
 to save a people

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 through Jesus Christ,

00:21:26.920 --> 00:21:27.559
 the mediator,

00:21:27.860 --> 00:21:28.620
 in the heights

00:21:28.620 --> 00:21:29.480
 of heaven.

00:21:29.480 --> 00:21:32.360
 we look around

00:21:32.360 --> 00:21:33.319
 us and we know

00:21:33.319 --> 00:21:33.960
 this in our own

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 lives that many

00:21:35.400 --> 00:21:36.180
 are dying of

00:21:36.180 --> 00:21:37.099
 spiritual thirst.

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 And if we step

00:21:39.120 --> 00:21:40.259
 one half step

00:21:40.259 --> 00:21:41.059
 back away from

00:21:41.059 --> 00:21:41.360
 Christ,

00:21:41.440 --> 00:21:42.120
 from the source,

00:21:42.519 --> 00:21:43.279
 we feel that

00:21:43.279 --> 00:21:44.019
 spiritual thirst

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 and we need to

00:21:44.660 --> 00:21:45.420
 plunge back in,

00:21:45.460 --> 00:21:45.759
 don't we?

00:21:47.240 --> 00:21:48.500
 God's love flows

00:21:48.500 --> 00:21:49.920
 through the abundance

00:21:49.920 --> 00:21:51.579
 of the blood of

00:21:51.579 --> 00:21:51.940
 Jesus.

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 There's no limit.

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 It's more precious

00:21:54.700 --> 00:21:55.440
 than anything in

00:21:55.440 --> 00:21:55.980
 this world.

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 It's the precious

00:21:57.079 --> 00:21:58.079
 blood of the Lamb

00:21:58.079 --> 00:21:58.900
 that was slain

00:21:58.900 --> 00:21:59.900
 before the foundation

00:21:59.900 --> 00:22:01.080
 of the world.

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 It will never run out.

00:22:04.480 --> 00:22:05.300
 Jesus Christ

00:22:05.300 --> 00:22:06.380
 has been lifted up

00:22:06.380 --> 00:22:08.140
 and He's offered

00:22:08.140 --> 00:22:08.940
 freely.

00:22:10.060 --> 00:22:10.980
 Come and drink.

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 Don't let the enemy

00:22:14.360 --> 00:22:15.300
 trick us again.

00:22:16.960 --> 00:22:17.660
 The greatest

00:22:17.660 --> 00:22:19.780
 possible pleasures

00:22:19.780 --> 00:22:21.820
 for those of us

00:22:21.820 --> 00:22:22.420
 that God made

00:22:22.420 --> 00:22:23.040
 in His image

00:22:23.040 --> 00:22:24.740
 can only be found

00:22:24.740 --> 00:22:25.600
 in God's will.

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 Think of this thought.

00:22:27.720 --> 00:22:29.000
 we're told here

00:22:29.000 --> 00:22:29.880
 it's the delight

00:22:29.880 --> 00:22:30.420
 of God

00:22:30.420 --> 00:22:31.740
 to set forth Jesus.

00:22:32.620 --> 00:22:33.799
 Jesus is His beloved

00:22:33.799 --> 00:22:35.319
 in whom we are chosen.

00:22:36.960 --> 00:22:37.980
 If the Father

00:22:37.980 --> 00:22:39.079
 delights in the Son

00:22:39.079 --> 00:22:39.680
 that much,

00:22:40.819 --> 00:22:41.360
 you and I

00:22:41.360 --> 00:22:42.100
 can only

00:22:42.100 --> 00:22:43.880
 experience such joy

00:22:43.880 --> 00:22:45.120
 if we delight

00:22:45.120 --> 00:22:45.839
 in the Son

00:22:45.839 --> 00:22:46.319
 also.

00:22:47.000 --> 00:22:47.980
 This is God's will.

00:22:49.579 --> 00:22:50.839
 Delight in His Son.

00:22:52.220 --> 00:22:53.100
 There's no other

00:22:53.100 --> 00:22:53.960
 source of happiness.

00:22:53.960 --> 00:22:54.120
 forgiveness.

00:22:55.120 --> 00:22:56.319
 This is the why

00:22:56.319 --> 00:22:57.460
 Christ was ordained.

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 The third question,

00:23:00.400 --> 00:23:01.279
 which sinners

00:23:01.279 --> 00:23:03.180
 was Jesus Christ

00:23:03.180 --> 00:23:04.360
 foreordained

00:23:04.360 --> 00:23:05.100
 to save?

00:23:05.960 --> 00:23:07.079
 Which sinners

00:23:07.079 --> 00:23:08.240
 was Jesus Christ

00:23:08.240 --> 00:23:08.960
 foreordained

00:23:09.620 --> 00:23:10.319
 to save?

00:23:11.279 --> 00:23:12.180
 We get this

00:23:12.180 --> 00:23:13.000
 in our whole passage,

00:23:13.200 --> 00:23:14.120
 but let's begin

00:23:14.120 --> 00:23:14.799
 by looking at

00:23:14.799 --> 00:23:15.400
 verse 20.

00:23:16.559 --> 00:23:17.460
 We're told that

00:23:17.460 --> 00:23:18.840
 Jesus was manifest

00:23:18.840 --> 00:23:20.360
 in these last times

00:23:20.360 --> 00:23:21.140
 for you.

00:23:21.140 --> 00:23:22.480
 keep reading

00:23:22.480 --> 00:23:23.620
 into verse 21.

00:23:23.980 --> 00:23:24.480
 For you

00:23:24.480 --> 00:23:26.340
 who through Him

00:23:26.340 --> 00:23:28.540
 believed in God.

00:23:29.740 --> 00:23:30.440
 Which sinners

00:23:30.440 --> 00:23:31.520
 is Christ

00:23:31.520 --> 00:23:32.759
 ordained to save?

00:23:33.259 --> 00:23:34.460
 Those who believe

00:23:34.460 --> 00:23:35.440
 in Jesus.

00:23:36.820 --> 00:23:38.000
 He is manifest.

00:23:38.259 --> 00:23:38.700
 The Spirit

00:23:38.700 --> 00:23:39.640
 reveals Him

00:23:39.640 --> 00:23:40.900
 to you and me

00:23:40.900 --> 00:23:42.780
 who behold Him

00:23:42.780 --> 00:23:43.320
 by faith

00:23:43.320 --> 00:23:44.300
 and receive Christ

00:23:44.300 --> 00:23:44.700
 as God

00:23:44.700 --> 00:23:45.820
 has freely given Him.

00:23:46.960 --> 00:23:47.740
 And through Jesus

00:23:47.740 --> 00:23:48.500
 we believe

00:23:48.500 --> 00:23:49.360
 in this glorious

00:23:49.360 --> 00:23:49.900
 gospel

00:23:49.900 --> 00:23:51.100
 of God.

00:23:51.140 --> 00:23:54.020
 Isn't God

00:23:54.020 --> 00:23:54.680
 so kind?

00:23:54.920 --> 00:23:55.080
 See,

00:23:55.120 --> 00:23:55.680
 His secret

00:23:55.680 --> 00:23:56.200
 counsel

00:23:56.200 --> 00:23:57.259
 between Father,

00:23:57.400 --> 00:23:57.540
 Son,

00:23:57.580 --> 00:23:57.980
 and Spirit

00:23:57.980 --> 00:23:59.100
 did not stay

00:23:59.100 --> 00:23:59.920
 secret.

00:24:00.800 --> 00:24:01.300
 Peter says

00:24:01.300 --> 00:24:01.960
 in verse 20,

00:24:02.080 --> 00:24:03.040
 God was

00:24:03.040 --> 00:24:04.900
 pleased to manifest

00:24:04.900 --> 00:24:05.680
 Jesus.

00:24:06.980 --> 00:24:07.640
 To manifest

00:24:07.640 --> 00:24:08.600
 means to make

00:24:08.600 --> 00:24:09.280
 visible.

00:24:10.700 --> 00:24:11.380
 Our Lord Jesus

00:24:11.380 --> 00:24:12.200
 made Himself

00:24:12.200 --> 00:24:13.480
 not only visible

00:24:13.480 --> 00:24:14.340
 but touchable.

00:24:15.280 --> 00:24:16.100
 Put your hands,

00:24:16.620 --> 00:24:17.320
 put your fingers

00:24:17.320 --> 00:24:18.320
 in my hands

00:24:18.320 --> 00:24:18.980
 and the wounds.

00:24:18.980 --> 00:24:21.099
 His disciples

00:24:21.099 --> 00:24:22.120
 eyewitnesses

00:24:22.120 --> 00:24:22.599
 like Peter

00:24:22.599 --> 00:24:23.319
 could behold

00:24:23.319 --> 00:24:23.980
 Him bleeding

00:24:23.980 --> 00:24:25.440
 in His body

00:24:25.440 --> 00:24:26.900
 on the cross.

00:24:28.480 --> 00:24:29.640
 God the Son

00:24:29.640 --> 00:24:30.799
 truly took on

00:24:30.799 --> 00:24:31.640
 a body.

00:24:33.099 --> 00:24:33.620
 He truly

00:24:33.620 --> 00:24:35.180
 was incarnate.

00:24:37.519 --> 00:24:37.900
 Spurgeon

00:24:37.900 --> 00:24:38.579
 pointed out,

00:24:39.640 --> 00:24:40.480
 He that made

00:24:40.480 --> 00:24:41.000
 man

00:24:41.000 --> 00:24:42.319
 was made

00:24:42.319 --> 00:24:43.039
 man.

00:24:43.039 --> 00:24:45.680
 in the

00:24:45.680 --> 00:24:46.420
 Athanasian

00:24:46.420 --> 00:24:46.740
 creed

00:24:46.740 --> 00:24:46.980
 that we

00:24:46.980 --> 00:24:47.500
 just read.

00:24:47.579 --> 00:24:47.799
 It was

00:24:47.799 --> 00:24:49.059
 in God

00:24:49.059 --> 00:24:49.619
 and Trinity

00:24:49.619 --> 00:24:50.000
 and the

00:24:50.000 --> 00:24:50.319
 Trinity

00:24:50.319 --> 00:24:51.059
 and unity.

00:24:51.659 --> 00:24:51.899
 That's who

00:24:51.899 --> 00:24:52.480
 we worship.

00:24:53.299 --> 00:24:53.700
 And this is

00:24:53.700 --> 00:24:54.420
 possible because

00:24:54.420 --> 00:24:56.059
 Jesus manifested

00:24:56.059 --> 00:24:57.019
 the Trinity,

00:24:57.680 --> 00:24:58.619
 the full light

00:24:58.619 --> 00:24:59.480
 of God's glory.

00:24:59.480 --> 00:25:02.819
 a wonderful

00:25:02.819 --> 00:25:03.700
 analogy for us

00:25:03.700 --> 00:25:04.400
 is the sun.

00:25:04.640 --> 00:25:05.180
 We're part

00:25:05.180 --> 00:25:05.680
 of the solar

00:25:05.680 --> 00:25:06.460
 system so as

00:25:06.460 --> 00:25:06.819
 the earth

00:25:06.819 --> 00:25:07.900
 rotates around

00:25:07.900 --> 00:25:08.380
 the sun

00:25:08.380 --> 00:25:09.539
 we experience

00:25:09.539 --> 00:25:10.440
 life under

00:25:10.440 --> 00:25:10.900
 the sun.

00:25:12.460 --> 00:25:12.740
 And at

00:25:12.740 --> 00:25:13.500
 sunrise

00:25:13.500 --> 00:25:14.240
 something very

00:25:14.240 --> 00:25:15.120
 special happens.

00:25:15.279 --> 00:25:15.380
 See,

00:25:15.839 --> 00:25:16.779
 all night long

00:25:16.779 --> 00:25:17.420
 the sun was

00:25:17.420 --> 00:25:18.660
 there and

00:25:18.660 --> 00:25:19.200
 never went

00:25:19.200 --> 00:25:19.539
 away.

00:25:19.740 --> 00:25:20.220
 But in our

00:25:20.220 --> 00:25:20.579
 part of the

00:25:20.579 --> 00:25:20.960
 world it's

00:25:20.960 --> 00:25:21.279
 dark.

00:25:23.019 --> 00:25:23.700
 The sun

00:25:23.700 --> 00:25:24.160
 is real

00:25:24.160 --> 00:25:24.860
 and it's

00:25:24.860 --> 00:25:25.420
 burning with

00:25:25.420 --> 00:25:26.720
 immense heat

00:25:26.720 --> 00:25:27.640
 and light

00:25:27.640 --> 00:25:28.480
 just as God

00:25:28.480 --> 00:25:28.940
 is real.

00:25:29.480 --> 00:25:30.460
 And God

00:25:30.460 --> 00:25:31.500
 exists in

00:25:31.500 --> 00:25:32.180
 power and

00:25:32.180 --> 00:25:32.759
 glory and

00:25:32.759 --> 00:25:33.960
 burning light.

00:25:35.599 --> 00:25:36.460
 But over

00:25:36.460 --> 00:25:36.839
 the night

00:25:36.839 --> 00:25:37.960
 time on

00:25:37.960 --> 00:25:38.500
 this earth

00:25:38.500 --> 00:25:39.180
 the sun

00:25:39.180 --> 00:25:39.660
 is hidden

00:25:39.660 --> 00:25:40.360
 from our

00:25:40.360 --> 00:25:40.779
 side.

00:25:41.900 --> 00:25:42.440
 And then

00:25:42.440 --> 00:25:43.059
 at dawn

00:25:43.059 --> 00:25:44.779
 that sun

00:25:44.779 --> 00:25:45.079
 that was

00:25:45.079 --> 00:25:45.539
 there all

00:25:45.539 --> 00:25:45.900
 along

00:25:45.900 --> 00:25:46.380
 becomes

00:25:46.380 --> 00:25:47.299
 manifest.

00:25:48.339 --> 00:25:49.000
 The rays

00:25:49.000 --> 00:25:49.700
 reach us.

00:25:50.579 --> 00:25:50.839
 We can

00:25:50.839 --> 00:25:51.319
 feel the

00:25:51.319 --> 00:25:51.720
 warmth

00:25:51.720 --> 00:25:53.019
 and we can

00:25:53.019 --> 00:25:53.420
 start to

00:25:53.420 --> 00:25:54.000
 see again.

00:25:55.079 --> 00:25:55.620
 That's what

00:25:55.620 --> 00:25:56.319
 Jesus Christ

00:25:56.319 --> 00:25:56.860
 coming in

00:25:56.860 --> 00:25:57.440
 the flesh

00:25:57.440 --> 00:25:58.279
 did.

00:25:59.480 --> 00:26:00.000
 He is

00:26:00.000 --> 00:26:00.400
 the light

00:26:00.400 --> 00:26:00.900
 of God

00:26:00.900 --> 00:26:02.140
 breaking

00:26:02.140 --> 00:26:03.160
 over the

00:26:03.160 --> 00:26:03.680
 horizon

00:26:03.680 --> 00:26:05.160
 to warm

00:26:05.160 --> 00:26:05.620
 the earth.

00:26:06.900 --> 00:26:07.380
 And Christ

00:26:07.380 --> 00:26:08.559
 is God

00:26:08.559 --> 00:26:09.500
 triune God

00:26:09.500 --> 00:26:10.819
 eternal

00:26:10.819 --> 00:26:11.279
 sun.

00:26:12.339 --> 00:26:12.759
 And his

00:26:12.759 --> 00:26:13.180
 incarnation

00:26:13.180 --> 00:26:13.920
 was the

00:26:13.920 --> 00:26:14.460
 sunrise

00:26:14.460 --> 00:26:15.599
 that brought

00:26:15.599 --> 00:26:16.180
 the light

00:26:16.180 --> 00:26:16.559
 of the

00:26:16.559 --> 00:26:17.079
 eternal

00:26:17.079 --> 00:26:17.900
 triune

00:26:17.900 --> 00:26:18.440
 creator

00:26:18.440 --> 00:26:19.360
 into the

00:26:19.360 --> 00:26:19.740
 darkness

00:26:19.740 --> 00:26:20.700
 of world

00:26:20.700 --> 00:26:21.099
 history.

00:26:21.099 --> 00:26:23.980
 God

00:26:23.980 --> 00:26:24.279
 could have

00:26:24.279 --> 00:26:24.599
 done this

00:26:24.599 --> 00:26:24.980
 in a lot

00:26:24.980 --> 00:26:25.500
 of ways.

00:26:27.019 --> 00:26:27.819
 Think about

00:26:27.819 --> 00:26:28.179
 how to

00:26:28.179 --> 00:26:28.659
 behold

00:26:28.659 --> 00:26:29.159
 God

00:26:29.159 --> 00:26:30.740
 completely

00:26:30.740 --> 00:26:31.439
 unveiled

00:26:31.439 --> 00:26:32.119
 would kill

00:26:32.119 --> 00:26:32.419
 us.

00:26:33.319 --> 00:26:33.439
 We

00:26:33.439 --> 00:26:33.939
 physically

00:26:33.939 --> 00:26:34.480
 could not

00:26:34.480 --> 00:26:34.879
 handle

00:26:34.879 --> 00:26:36.019
 seeing God

00:26:36.019 --> 00:26:36.480
 in a

00:26:36.480 --> 00:26:37.039
 display of

00:26:37.039 --> 00:26:37.539
 his glory.

00:26:39.319 --> 00:26:40.039
 Those who

00:26:40.039 --> 00:26:40.359
 got a

00:26:40.359 --> 00:26:40.699
 glimpse

00:26:40.699 --> 00:26:41.119
 even of

00:26:41.119 --> 00:26:41.719
 an angel

00:26:41.719 --> 00:26:42.240
 would fall

00:26:42.240 --> 00:26:42.519
 on their

00:26:42.519 --> 00:26:42.899
 faces

00:26:42.899 --> 00:26:44.059
 and tremble

00:26:44.059 --> 00:26:44.539
 in fear.

00:26:46.119 --> 00:26:46.500
 A.W.

00:26:46.619 --> 00:26:46.919
 Tozer

00:26:46.919 --> 00:26:47.879
 commented

00:26:47.879 --> 00:26:48.459
 this about

00:26:48.459 --> 00:26:48.679
 the

00:26:48.679 --> 00:26:49.319
 incarnation.

00:26:49.319 --> 00:26:50.919
 the

00:26:50.919 --> 00:26:51.480
 awful

00:26:51.480 --> 00:26:52.500
 majesty

00:26:52.500 --> 00:26:53.480
 of the

00:26:53.480 --> 00:26:54.019
 Godhead

00:26:54.019 --> 00:26:55.119
 was

00:26:55.119 --> 00:26:56.319
 mercifully

00:26:56.319 --> 00:26:57.839
 sheathed

00:26:57.839 --> 00:26:58.379
 like you

00:26:58.379 --> 00:26:58.619
 would put

00:26:58.619 --> 00:26:59.399
 a sword

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 in a

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 leather

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 pouch

00:27:00.259 --> 00:27:02.039
 in the

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 soft

00:27:02.500 --> 00:27:03.019
 envelope

00:27:03.019 --> 00:27:04.139
 of human

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 nature

00:27:04.559 --> 00:27:05.579
 to protect

00:27:05.579 --> 00:27:06.179
 mankind.

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 That's

00:27:08.159 --> 00:27:08.559
 who Jesus

00:27:08.559 --> 00:27:09.220
 Christ is

00:27:09.220 --> 00:27:09.559
 as our

00:27:09.559 --> 00:27:10.039
 mediator.

00:27:12.559 --> 00:27:13.399
 The

00:27:13.399 --> 00:27:13.859
 evidence

00:27:13.859 --> 00:27:15.899
 of God's

00:27:15.899 --> 00:27:16.960
 magnificence

00:27:16.960 --> 00:27:18.500
 is Christ.

00:27:19.319 --> 00:27:19.799
 put before

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 us.

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 If you

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 continue to

00:27:23.480 --> 00:27:24.339
 say I

00:27:24.339 --> 00:27:25.039
 don't see

00:27:25.039 --> 00:27:25.500
 my need

00:27:25.500 --> 00:27:26.159
 for Christ.

00:27:26.819 --> 00:27:27.700
 If you're

00:27:27.700 --> 00:27:28.480
 unwilling to

00:27:28.480 --> 00:27:29.039
 close your

00:27:29.039 --> 00:27:31.119
 eyes to

00:27:31.119 --> 00:27:31.639
 this world

00:27:31.639 --> 00:27:32.200
 and let the

00:27:32.200 --> 00:27:32.720
 spirit open

00:27:32.720 --> 00:27:33.200
 your eyes

00:27:33.200 --> 00:27:34.200
 by faith

00:27:34.200 --> 00:27:35.119
 to Christ

00:27:35.119 --> 00:27:36.480
 to see

00:27:36.480 --> 00:27:37.059
 the sunrise

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 that he

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 has brought

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 that's to

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 ignore the

00:27:41.139 --> 00:27:42.139
 manifest one.

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 The one

00:27:43.379 --> 00:27:43.899
 that God

00:27:43.899 --> 00:27:44.339
 has put

00:27:44.339 --> 00:27:44.859
 forward and

00:27:44.859 --> 00:27:45.279
 said look

00:27:45.279 --> 00:27:45.700
 at him.

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 and that's

00:27:48.400 --> 00:27:48.860
 to embrace

00:27:48.860 --> 00:27:49.360
 darkness

00:27:49.360 --> 00:27:49.819
 forever.

00:27:52.039 --> 00:27:52.440
 So which

00:27:52.440 --> 00:27:53.200
 sinners was

00:27:53.200 --> 00:27:54.000
 Jesus Christ

00:27:54.000 --> 00:27:55.059
 foreordained

00:27:55.059 --> 00:27:56.019
 to save?

00:27:57.240 --> 00:27:57.940
 The target

00:27:57.940 --> 00:27:58.620
 audience in

00:27:58.620 --> 00:27:59.200
 verse 20

00:27:59.200 --> 00:28:00.500
 is for

00:28:00.500 --> 00:28:01.059
 you.

00:28:02.660 --> 00:28:03.420
 He was

00:28:03.420 --> 00:28:04.140
 foreordained

00:28:04.140 --> 00:28:05.120
 for you

00:28:05.120 --> 00:28:06.240
 who believe.

00:28:09.180 --> 00:28:09.759
 See this

00:28:09.759 --> 00:28:10.279
 church now

00:28:10.279 --> 00:28:10.580
 we look

00:28:10.580 --> 00:28:10.980
 back at

00:28:10.980 --> 00:28:11.519
 verse 2.

00:28:11.519 --> 00:28:13.480
 it's a

00:28:13.480 --> 00:28:13.799
 circular

00:28:13.799 --> 00:28:14.400
 letter given

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 to these

00:28:14.799 --> 00:28:15.420
 churches in

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 Pontus,

00:28:16.059 --> 00:28:16.440
 Galatia,

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 Cappadocia,

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 Asia,

00:28:17.799 --> 00:28:18.279
 Bithynia.

00:28:18.420 --> 00:28:18.700
 In other

00:28:18.700 --> 00:28:19.680
 words real

00:28:19.680 --> 00:28:20.119
 places,

00:28:20.799 --> 00:28:21.740
 real locations,

00:28:22.420 --> 00:28:23.519
 local congregations

00:28:23.519 --> 00:28:24.160
 like this one.

00:28:25.240 --> 00:28:25.599
 And in

00:28:25.599 --> 00:28:26.200
 verse 2 he

00:28:26.200 --> 00:28:27.400
 calls people

00:28:27.400 --> 00:28:27.879
 in those

00:28:27.879 --> 00:28:28.379
 churches

00:28:28.379 --> 00:28:29.440
 elect

00:28:29.440 --> 00:28:30.799
 according to

00:28:30.799 --> 00:28:31.839
 the foreknowledge

00:28:31.839 --> 00:28:32.420
 of God

00:28:32.420 --> 00:28:39.879
 and

00:28:41.519 --> 00:28:42.519
 God

00:28:42.519 --> 00:28:50.799
 if you

00:28:50.799 --> 00:28:51.299
 have

00:28:51.299 --> 00:28:51.720
 received

00:28:51.720 --> 00:28:52.279
 Christ

00:28:52.279 --> 00:28:53.240
 manifest

00:28:53.240 --> 00:28:55.259
 it's

00:28:55.259 --> 00:28:55.819
 because you

00:28:55.819 --> 00:28:56.099
 are

00:28:56.099 --> 00:28:56.859
 elect

00:28:56.859 --> 00:28:57.660
 according to

00:28:57.660 --> 00:28:58.440
 the foreknowledge

00:28:58.440 --> 00:28:58.819
 of God

00:28:58.819 --> 00:28:59.279
 the Father.

00:29:00.119 --> 00:29:00.539
 It's

00:29:00.539 --> 00:29:01.059
 because the

00:29:01.059 --> 00:29:01.599
 spirit has

00:29:01.599 --> 00:29:02.039
 set you

00:29:02.039 --> 00:29:02.460
 apart

00:29:02.460 --> 00:29:03.139
 has

00:29:03.139 --> 00:29:03.720
 sanctified

00:29:03.720 --> 00:29:03.940
 you

00:29:03.940 --> 00:29:04.259
 and is

00:29:04.259 --> 00:29:04.500
 in the

00:29:04.500 --> 00:29:04.859
 process

00:29:04.859 --> 00:29:05.160
 of

00:29:05.160 --> 00:29:06.139
 sanctifying

00:29:06.139 --> 00:29:06.420
 you.

00:29:07.519 --> 00:29:08.279
 And it's

00:29:08.279 --> 00:29:08.920
 for obedience

00:29:08.920 --> 00:29:10.079
 and sprinkling

00:29:10.079 --> 00:29:10.700
 in the

00:29:10.700 --> 00:29:11.440
 precious blood

00:29:11.440 --> 00:29:12.100
 of Jesus

00:29:12.100 --> 00:29:12.600
 Christ.

00:29:13.620 --> 00:29:14.080
 The second

00:29:14.080 --> 00:29:14.319
 London

00:29:14.319 --> 00:29:14.840
 confession

00:29:14.840 --> 00:29:15.279
 of faith

00:29:15.279 --> 00:29:15.980
 also says

00:29:15.980 --> 00:29:17.240
 from all

00:29:17.240 --> 00:29:17.660
 eternity

00:29:17.660 --> 00:29:18.279
 God gave

00:29:18.279 --> 00:29:18.700
 the Son

00:29:18.700 --> 00:29:19.880
 a people

00:29:19.880 --> 00:29:23.720
 to be

00:29:23.720 --> 00:29:23.960
 his

00:29:23.960 --> 00:29:24.340
 offspring

00:29:24.340 --> 00:29:25.519
 and in

00:29:25.519 --> 00:29:25.840
 time

00:29:25.840 --> 00:29:26.120
 these

00:29:26.120 --> 00:29:26.460
 people

00:29:26.460 --> 00:29:26.880
 would be

00:29:26.880 --> 00:29:27.460
 redeemed.

00:29:28.440 --> 00:29:29.039
 That means

00:29:29.039 --> 00:29:29.960
 in a moment

00:29:29.960 --> 00:29:30.440
 in history

00:29:30.440 --> 00:29:30.819
 Christ

00:29:30.819 --> 00:29:31.920
 would accomplish

00:29:31.920 --> 00:29:32.620
 that salvation

00:29:32.620 --> 00:29:33.019
 that he had

00:29:33.019 --> 00:29:33.620
 promised long

00:29:33.620 --> 00:29:33.920
 ago.

00:29:34.519 --> 00:29:35.080
 And in

00:29:35.080 --> 00:29:35.440
 time

00:29:35.440 --> 00:29:35.960
 each of

00:29:35.960 --> 00:29:36.240
 these

00:29:36.240 --> 00:29:37.019
 souls

00:29:37.019 --> 00:29:37.720
 that God

00:29:37.720 --> 00:29:38.080
 elect

00:29:38.080 --> 00:29:38.500
 would be

00:29:38.500 --> 00:29:39.080
 called.

00:29:39.680 --> 00:29:40.039
 That means

00:29:40.039 --> 00:29:40.379
 the Holy

00:29:40.379 --> 00:29:40.759
 Spirit

00:29:40.759 --> 00:29:41.180
 will take

00:29:41.180 --> 00:29:41.639
 the work

00:29:41.639 --> 00:29:42.119
 of Christ

00:29:42.119 --> 00:29:42.460
 Christ

00:29:42.460 --> 00:29:42.940
 manifest

00:29:42.940 --> 00:29:43.759
 and

00:29:43.759 --> 00:29:44.720
 effectually

00:29:44.720 --> 00:29:45.379
 draw you

00:29:45.379 --> 00:29:45.879
 to see

00:29:45.879 --> 00:29:46.339
 Christ.

00:29:47.379 --> 00:29:47.759
 And each

00:29:47.759 --> 00:29:48.059
 of those

00:29:48.059 --> 00:29:48.339
 souls

00:29:48.339 --> 00:29:48.799
 will be

00:29:48.799 --> 00:29:49.700
 justified.

00:29:50.359 --> 00:29:50.759
 A moment

00:29:50.759 --> 00:29:51.220
 in time

00:29:51.220 --> 00:29:51.539
 you will

00:29:51.539 --> 00:29:51.960
 pass from

00:29:51.960 --> 00:29:52.240
 being

00:29:52.240 --> 00:29:53.039
 condemned

00:29:53.039 --> 00:29:54.440
 by sin

00:29:54.440 --> 00:29:55.139
 under the

00:29:55.139 --> 00:29:55.379
 law

00:29:55.379 --> 00:29:56.119
 to being

00:29:56.119 --> 00:29:57.000
 saved

00:29:57.000 --> 00:29:57.859
 righteous

00:29:57.859 --> 00:29:58.440
 united

00:29:58.440 --> 00:29:59.019
 to Christ

00:29:59.019 --> 00:30:00.399
 and you

00:30:00.399 --> 00:30:00.700
 will be

00:30:00.700 --> 00:30:01.399
 sanctified

00:30:01.399 --> 00:30:02.539
 and glorified

00:30:02.539 --> 00:30:03.440
 in him.

00:30:04.819 --> 00:30:05.599
 He knew

00:30:05.599 --> 00:30:06.079
 this from

00:30:06.079 --> 00:30:06.460
 the very

00:30:06.460 --> 00:30:06.859
 beginning

00:30:06.859 --> 00:30:07.419
 and he

00:30:07.419 --> 00:30:07.559
 will

00:30:07.559 --> 00:30:07.839
 see

00:30:07.839 --> 00:30:08.019
 it

00:30:08.019 --> 00:30:08.219
 through

00:30:08.219 --> 00:30:08.559
 all

00:30:08.559 --> 00:30:08.699
 the

00:30:08.699 --> 00:30:08.899
 way

00:30:08.899 --> 00:30:09.139
 to

00:30:09.139 --> 00:30:10.099
 glorification

00:30:10.099 --> 00:30:11.039
 and the

00:30:11.039 --> 00:30:11.240
 life

00:30:11.240 --> 00:30:11.439
 to

00:30:11.439 --> 00:30:11.779
 come

00:30:11.779 --> 00:30:12.740
 because

00:30:12.740 --> 00:30:12.939
 of

00:30:12.939 --> 00:30:13.099
 your

00:30:13.099 --> 00:30:13.399
 union

00:30:13.399 --> 00:30:13.659
 to

00:30:13.659 --> 00:30:14.119
 Jesus.

00:30:15.579 --> 00:30:16.179
 The

00:30:16.179 --> 00:30:16.500
 eternal

00:30:16.500 --> 00:30:16.879
 son

00:30:16.879 --> 00:30:17.339
 stepped

00:30:17.339 --> 00:30:17.619
 into

00:30:17.619 --> 00:30:18.059
 time

00:30:18.059 --> 00:30:18.799
 took

00:30:18.799 --> 00:30:19.039
 on

00:30:19.039 --> 00:30:19.500
 flesh

00:30:19.500 --> 00:30:20.059
 he

00:30:20.059 --> 00:30:20.299
 went

00:30:20.299 --> 00:30:20.459
 to

00:30:20.459 --> 00:30:20.619
 the

00:30:20.619 --> 00:30:21.019
 cross

00:30:21.019 --> 00:30:21.599
 for

00:30:21.599 --> 00:30:21.819
 the

00:30:21.819 --> 00:30:22.079
 sake

00:30:22.079 --> 00:30:22.339
 of

00:30:22.339 --> 00:30:22.759
 his

00:30:22.759 --> 00:30:23.459
 people

00:30:23.459 --> 00:30:24.459
 those

00:30:24.459 --> 00:30:24.679
 who

00:30:24.679 --> 00:30:25.019
 believe

00:30:25.019 --> 00:30:25.219
 in

00:30:25.219 --> 00:30:25.519
 him

00:30:25.519 --> 00:30:26.059
 by

00:30:26.059 --> 00:30:26.519
 faith

00:30:26.519 --> 00:30:27.240
 those

00:30:27.240 --> 00:30:27.359
 are

00:30:27.359 --> 00:30:27.519
 the

00:30:27.519 --> 00:30:27.839
 sinners

00:30:27.839 --> 00:30:28.500
 he

00:30:28.500 --> 00:30:28.679
 was

00:30:28.679 --> 00:30:29.099
 ordained

00:30:29.099 --> 00:30:29.459
 to

00:30:29.459 --> 00:30:29.879
 save.

00:30:29.880 --> 00:30:33.360
 In

00:30:33.360 --> 00:30:33.860
 1 Peter

00:30:33.860 --> 00:30:34.200
 chapter

00:30:34.200 --> 00:30:34.580
 1

00:30:34.580 --> 00:30:36.040
 if you

00:30:36.040 --> 00:30:36.340
 look at

00:30:36.340 --> 00:30:36.560
 verse

00:30:36.560 --> 00:30:36.900
 8

00:30:36.900 --> 00:30:38.180
 we're

00:30:38.180 --> 00:30:38.680
 encouraged

00:30:38.680 --> 00:30:39.060
 about

00:30:39.060 --> 00:30:39.960
 this

00:30:39.960 --> 00:30:40.220
 work

00:30:40.220 --> 00:30:40.360
 of

00:30:40.360 --> 00:30:40.540
 the

00:30:40.540 --> 00:30:40.820
 spirit

00:30:40.820 --> 00:30:41.060
 to

00:30:41.060 --> 00:30:41.400
 cause

00:30:41.400 --> 00:30:41.580
 us

00:30:41.580 --> 00:30:41.760
 to

00:30:41.760 --> 00:30:42.140
 believe

00:30:42.140 --> 00:30:42.480
 though

00:30:42.480 --> 00:30:42.700
 you

00:30:42.700 --> 00:30:43.020
 do

00:30:43.020 --> 00:30:43.360
 not

00:30:43.360 --> 00:30:43.720
 see

00:30:43.720 --> 00:30:44.000
 him

00:30:44.000 --> 00:30:44.580
 yet

00:30:44.580 --> 00:30:45.220
 believing

00:30:45.220 --> 00:30:46.000
 you

00:30:46.000 --> 00:30:46.520
 rejoice

00:30:46.520 --> 00:30:47.380
 and

00:30:47.380 --> 00:30:47.500
 in

00:30:47.500 --> 00:30:47.680
 verse

00:30:47.680 --> 00:30:47.920
 9

00:30:47.920 --> 00:30:48.380
 receiving

00:30:48.380 --> 00:30:48.660
 the

00:30:48.660 --> 00:30:49.020
 end

00:30:49.020 --> 00:30:49.180
 of

00:30:49.180 --> 00:30:49.320
 your

00:30:49.320 --> 00:30:49.780
 faith

00:30:49.780 --> 00:30:50.340
 the

00:30:50.340 --> 00:30:50.800
 salvation

00:30:50.800 --> 00:30:51.080
 of

00:30:51.080 --> 00:30:51.240
 your

00:30:51.240 --> 00:30:51.700
 souls

00:30:51.700 --> 00:30:52.360
 he

00:30:52.360 --> 00:30:52.720
 causes

00:30:52.720 --> 00:30:52.960
 us

00:30:52.960 --> 00:30:53.140
 to

00:30:53.140 --> 00:30:53.400
 believe

00:30:53.400 --> 00:30:53.600
 by

00:30:53.600 --> 00:30:53.980
 faith

00:30:53.980 --> 00:30:54.440
 and

00:30:54.440 --> 00:30:54.620
 he

00:30:54.620 --> 00:30:55.140
 saves

00:30:55.140 --> 00:30:55.380
 our

00:30:55.380 --> 00:30:55.780
 souls

00:30:55.780 --> 00:30:56.620
 fully

00:30:56.620 --> 00:30:57.060
 and

00:30:57.060 --> 00:30:57.500
 finally

00:30:57.500 --> 00:30:57.840
 through

00:30:57.840 --> 00:30:58.200
 Jesus

00:30:58.200 --> 00:30:58.700
 Christ

00:30:58.700 --> 00:31:00.980
 Spurgeon

00:31:00.980 --> 00:31:01.500
 commented

00:31:01.500 --> 00:31:01.779
 on

00:31:01.779 --> 00:31:02.700
 the

00:31:02.700 --> 00:31:03.080
 sinners

00:31:03.080 --> 00:31:03.980
 that

00:31:03.980 --> 00:31:04.240
 Christ

00:31:04.240 --> 00:31:04.440
 was

00:31:04.440 --> 00:31:04.779
 ordained

00:31:04.779 --> 00:31:05.000
 to

00:31:05.000 --> 00:31:05.299
 save

00:31:05.299 --> 00:31:05.580
 with

00:31:05.580 --> 00:31:05.840
 this

00:31:05.840 --> 00:31:05.980
 he

00:31:05.980 --> 00:31:06.299
 said

00:31:06.299 --> 00:31:06.559
 it

00:31:06.559 --> 00:31:06.799
 was

00:31:06.799 --> 00:31:07.180
 not

00:31:07.180 --> 00:31:07.519
 a

00:31:07.519 --> 00:31:08.039
 necessity

00:31:08.039 --> 00:31:09.120
 that

00:31:09.120 --> 00:31:09.480
 Jesus

00:31:09.480 --> 00:31:10.279
 should

00:31:10.279 --> 00:31:10.779
 save

00:31:10.779 --> 00:31:11.220
 any

00:31:11.220 --> 00:31:12.259
 he

00:31:12.259 --> 00:31:12.720
 saved

00:31:12.720 --> 00:31:13.120
 some

00:31:13.120 --> 00:31:13.480
 because

00:31:13.480 --> 00:31:13.740
 he

00:31:13.740 --> 00:31:14.080
 would

00:31:14.080 --> 00:31:14.580
 have

00:31:14.580 --> 00:31:15.059
 mercy

00:31:15.059 --> 00:31:15.680
 on

00:31:15.680 --> 00:31:16.039
 whom

00:31:16.039 --> 00:31:16.519
 he

00:31:16.519 --> 00:31:16.740
 would

00:31:16.740 --> 00:31:16.960
 have

00:31:16.960 --> 00:31:17.400
 mercy

00:31:17.400 --> 00:31:17.900
 Romans

00:31:17.900 --> 00:31:18.220
 9

00:31:18.220 --> 00:31:18.680
 15

00:31:18.680 --> 00:31:19.720
 it

00:31:19.720 --> 00:31:19.900
 was

00:31:19.900 --> 00:31:20.080
 his

00:31:20.080 --> 00:31:20.279
 own

00:31:20.279 --> 00:31:20.660
 free

00:31:20.660 --> 00:31:20.940
 will

00:31:20.940 --> 00:31:21.180
 that

00:31:21.180 --> 00:31:21.559
 moved

00:31:21.559 --> 00:31:22.039
 God

00:31:22.039 --> 00:31:22.779
 to

00:31:22.779 --> 00:31:23.160
 our

00:31:23.160 --> 00:31:24.200
 salvation

00:31:24.200 --> 00:31:27.140
 so

00:31:27.140 --> 00:31:27.340
 maybe

00:31:27.340 --> 00:31:27.660
 you're

00:31:27.660 --> 00:31:28.400
 thinking

00:31:28.400 --> 00:31:28.740
 again

00:31:28.740 --> 00:31:29.100
 today

00:31:29.100 --> 00:31:30.279
 is

00:31:30.279 --> 00:31:30.680
 Christ

00:31:30.680 --> 00:31:31.100
 really

00:31:31.100 --> 00:31:31.600
 for

00:31:31.600 --> 00:31:31.900
 me

00:31:31.900 --> 00:31:33.759
 am

00:31:33.759 --> 00:31:33.940
 I

00:31:33.940 --> 00:31:34.300
 one

00:31:34.300 --> 00:31:35.480
 that

00:31:35.480 --> 00:31:35.640
 he

00:31:35.640 --> 00:31:35.940
 has

00:31:35.940 --> 00:31:37.200
 manifested

00:31:37.200 --> 00:31:37.759
 himself

00:31:37.759 --> 00:31:38.040
 to

00:31:38.040 --> 00:31:38.440
 save

00:31:38.440 --> 00:31:40.380
 look

00:31:40.380 --> 00:31:40.540
 at

00:31:40.540 --> 00:31:40.820
 verse

00:31:40.820 --> 00:31:41.540
 1

00:31:41.540 --> 00:31:42.100
 I'm

00:31:42.100 --> 00:31:42.279
 sorry

00:31:42.279 --> 00:31:42.720
 chapter

00:31:42.720 --> 00:31:43.000
 1

00:31:43.000 --> 00:31:43.240
 verse

00:31:43.240 --> 00:31:43.840
 21

00:31:43.840 --> 00:31:46.220
 he

00:31:46.220 --> 00:31:46.500
 says

00:31:46.500 --> 00:31:46.680
 it's

00:31:46.680 --> 00:31:46.920
 for

00:31:46.920 --> 00:31:47.300
 you

00:31:47.300 --> 00:31:47.900
 who

00:31:47.900 --> 00:31:48.180
 through

00:31:48.180 --> 00:31:48.580
 Jesus

00:31:48.580 --> 00:31:49.360
 believe

00:31:49.360 --> 00:31:49.600
 in

00:31:49.600 --> 00:31:49.940
 God

00:31:49.940 --> 00:31:51.120
 the

00:31:51.120 --> 00:31:51.420
 answer

00:31:51.420 --> 00:31:51.660
 is

00:31:51.660 --> 00:31:52.019
 yes

00:31:52.019 --> 00:31:52.900
 if

00:31:52.900 --> 00:31:53.040
 you

00:31:53.040 --> 00:31:53.279
 look

00:31:53.279 --> 00:31:53.440
 to

00:31:53.440 --> 00:31:53.820
 Christ

00:31:53.820 --> 00:31:54.519
 you

00:31:54.519 --> 00:31:54.800
 are

00:31:54.800 --> 00:31:55.300
 the

00:31:55.300 --> 00:31:55.560
 you

00:31:55.560 --> 00:31:55.720
 in

00:31:55.720 --> 00:31:55.920
 this

00:31:55.920 --> 00:31:56.259
 verse

00:31:56.259 --> 00:31:56.980
 God

00:31:56.980 --> 00:31:57.160
 the

00:31:57.160 --> 00:31:57.359
 son

00:31:57.359 --> 00:31:57.779
 didn't

00:31:57.779 --> 00:31:58.619
 manifest

00:31:58.619 --> 00:31:59.140
 himself

00:31:59.140 --> 00:31:59.400
 to

00:31:59.400 --> 00:31:59.779
 condemn

00:31:59.779 --> 00:32:00.039
 you

00:32:00.039 --> 00:32:00.680
 Jesus

00:32:00.680 --> 00:32:01.220
 Christ

00:32:01.220 --> 00:32:02.240
 manifested

00:32:02.240 --> 00:32:03.140
 by

00:32:03.140 --> 00:32:03.539
 God

00:32:03.539 --> 00:32:03.980
 to

00:32:03.980 --> 00:32:04.379
 save

00:32:04.379 --> 00:32:04.900
 you

00:32:04.900 --> 00:32:07.099
 Athanasius

00:32:07.099 --> 00:32:08.039
 pointed out

00:32:08.039 --> 00:32:08.559
 that Christ

00:32:08.559 --> 00:32:09.240
 became

00:32:09.240 --> 00:32:10.079
 what we

00:32:10.079 --> 00:32:10.500
 are

00:32:10.500 --> 00:32:11.259
 that he

00:32:11.259 --> 00:32:11.519
 might

00:32:11.519 --> 00:32:11.920
 make

00:32:11.920 --> 00:32:12.240
 us

00:32:12.240 --> 00:32:12.799
 what

00:32:12.799 --> 00:32:13.119
 he

00:32:13.119 --> 00:32:13.720
 is

00:32:13.720 --> 00:32:15.220
 if

00:32:15.220 --> 00:32:15.420
 God

00:32:15.420 --> 00:32:15.599
 is

00:32:15.599 --> 00:32:15.940
 drawing

00:32:15.940 --> 00:32:16.099
 you

00:32:16.099 --> 00:32:16.240
 to

00:32:16.240 --> 00:32:16.619
 himself

00:32:16.619 --> 00:32:17.119
 making

00:32:17.119 --> 00:32:17.480
 you

00:32:17.480 --> 00:32:18.059
 more

00:32:18.059 --> 00:32:18.240
 and

00:32:18.240 --> 00:32:18.440
 more

00:32:18.440 --> 00:32:18.700
 little

00:32:18.700 --> 00:32:18.920
 by

00:32:18.920 --> 00:32:19.160
 little

00:32:19.160 --> 00:32:19.980
 imperfectly

00:32:19.980 --> 00:32:20.339
 for a

00:32:20.339 --> 00:32:20.720
 lifetime

00:32:20.720 --> 00:32:22.000
 to

00:32:22.000 --> 00:32:22.299
 love

00:32:22.299 --> 00:32:22.579
 him

00:32:22.579 --> 00:32:23.420
 to

00:32:23.420 --> 00:32:23.579
 be

00:32:23.579 --> 00:32:23.779
 more

00:32:23.779 --> 00:32:24.039
 like

00:32:24.039 --> 00:32:24.440
 Christ

00:32:24.440 --> 00:32:25.519
 this

00:32:25.519 --> 00:32:25.680
 is

00:32:25.680 --> 00:32:25.840
 the

00:32:25.840 --> 00:32:26.080
 very

00:32:26.080 --> 00:32:26.519
 purpose

00:32:26.519 --> 00:32:26.740
 for

00:32:26.740 --> 00:32:26.960
 which

00:32:26.960 --> 00:32:27.120
 he

00:32:27.120 --> 00:32:27.400
 came

00:32:27.400 --> 00:32:28.779
 be

00:32:28.779 --> 00:32:29.360
 encouraged

00:32:29.360 --> 00:32:32.160
 Jesus

00:32:32.160 --> 00:32:32.480
 was

00:32:32.480 --> 00:32:33.120
 manifested

00:32:33.120 --> 00:32:34.080
 for

00:32:34.080 --> 00:32:34.440
 sinners

00:32:34.440 --> 00:32:34.740
 like

00:32:34.740 --> 00:32:34.900
 you

00:32:34.900 --> 00:32:35.039
 and

00:32:35.039 --> 00:32:35.200
 me

00:32:35.200 --> 00:32:36.460
 he

00:32:36.460 --> 00:32:36.720
 now

00:32:36.720 --> 00:32:37.299
 manifests

00:32:37.299 --> 00:32:37.820
 himself

00:32:37.820 --> 00:32:38.820
 to

00:32:38.820 --> 00:32:39.120
 others

00:32:39.120 --> 00:32:39.320
 in

00:32:39.320 --> 00:32:39.500
 this

00:32:39.500 --> 00:32:39.820
 world

00:32:39.820 --> 00:32:40.460
 through

00:32:40.460 --> 00:32:40.720
 you

00:32:40.720 --> 00:32:40.880
 and

00:32:40.880 --> 00:32:41.080
 me

00:32:41.080 --> 00:32:43.100
 his

00:32:43.100 --> 00:32:43.440
 light

00:32:43.440 --> 00:32:43.740
 now

00:32:43.740 --> 00:32:45.400
 reflects

00:32:45.400 --> 00:32:45.880
 the glory

00:32:45.880 --> 00:32:46.299
 in his

00:32:46.299 --> 00:32:46.620
 people

00:32:46.620 --> 00:32:46.799
 and

00:32:46.799 --> 00:32:47.120
 sometimes

00:32:47.120 --> 00:32:47.360
 we

00:32:47.360 --> 00:32:47.500
 don't

00:32:47.500 --> 00:32:47.720
 even

00:32:47.720 --> 00:32:47.920
 know

00:32:47.920 --> 00:32:48.059
 it

00:32:48.059 --> 00:32:48.299
 you

00:32:48.299 --> 00:32:48.460
 could

00:32:48.460 --> 00:32:48.600
 be

00:32:48.600 --> 00:32:48.799
 having

00:32:48.799 --> 00:32:49.100
 a

00:32:49.100 --> 00:32:49.559
 horrible

00:32:49.559 --> 00:32:49.900
 week

00:32:49.900 --> 00:32:50.059
 you

00:32:50.059 --> 00:32:50.259
 can

00:32:50.259 --> 00:32:50.799
 be

00:32:50.799 --> 00:32:51.019
 beating

00:32:51.019 --> 00:32:51.019


00:32:51.019 --> 00:32:51.420
 yourself

00:32:51.420 --> 00:32:51.720
 up

00:32:51.720 --> 00:32:51.980
 under

00:32:51.980 --> 00:32:52.180
 the

00:32:52.180 --> 00:32:52.519
 enemy's

00:32:52.519 --> 00:32:53.019
 accusations

00:32:53.019 --> 00:32:53.379
 and

00:32:53.379 --> 00:32:54.000
 you

00:32:54.000 --> 00:32:54.119
 have

00:32:54.119 --> 00:32:54.240
 had

00:32:54.240 --> 00:32:54.400
 this

00:32:54.400 --> 00:32:54.680
 happen

00:32:54.680 --> 00:32:55.000
 someone

00:32:55.000 --> 00:32:55.220
 will

00:32:55.220 --> 00:32:55.379
 just

00:32:55.379 --> 00:32:55.619
 tell

00:32:55.619 --> 00:32:55.740
 you

00:32:55.740 --> 00:32:55.879
 a

00:32:55.879 --> 00:32:56.180
 comment

00:32:56.180 --> 00:32:56.480
 there's

00:32:56.480 --> 00:32:56.819
 something

00:32:56.819 --> 00:32:57.220
 different

00:32:57.220 --> 00:32:57.480
 about

00:32:57.480 --> 00:32:57.740
 you

00:32:57.740 --> 00:32:58.000
 or

00:32:58.000 --> 00:32:58.139
 your

00:32:58.139 --> 00:32:58.539
 family

00:32:58.539 --> 00:32:59.440
 or

00:32:59.440 --> 00:32:59.940
 you

00:32:59.940 --> 00:33:00.139
 all

00:33:00.139 --> 00:33:00.299
 at

00:33:00.299 --> 00:33:00.500
 church

00:33:00.500 --> 00:33:00.759
 there's

00:33:00.759 --> 00:33:01.079
 something

00:33:01.079 --> 00:33:01.859
 different

00:33:01.859 --> 00:33:02.160
 about

00:33:02.160 --> 00:33:02.339
 the

00:33:02.339 --> 00:33:02.500
 way

00:33:02.500 --> 00:33:02.660
 you

00:33:02.660 --> 00:33:02.920
 are

00:33:02.920 --> 00:33:03.779
 and

00:33:03.779 --> 00:33:03.920
 we

00:33:03.920 --> 00:33:04.099
 have

00:33:04.099 --> 00:33:04.240
 to

00:33:04.240 --> 00:33:04.440
 say

00:33:04.440 --> 00:33:04.660
 it's

00:33:04.660 --> 00:33:04.940
 nothing

00:33:04.940 --> 00:33:05.139
 to

00:33:05.139 --> 00:33:05.259
 do

00:33:05.259 --> 00:33:05.440
 with

00:33:05.440 --> 00:33:05.759
 us

00:33:05.759 --> 00:33:06.639
 this

00:33:06.639 --> 00:33:06.799
 has

00:33:06.799 --> 00:33:06.940
 to

00:33:06.940 --> 00:33:07.079
 be

00:33:07.079 --> 00:33:07.420
 Christ

00:33:07.420 --> 00:33:07.720
 in

00:33:07.720 --> 00:33:07.940
 us

00:33:07.940 --> 00:33:08.099
 if

00:33:08.099 --> 00:33:08.259
 you

00:33:08.259 --> 00:33:08.440
 knew

00:33:08.440 --> 00:33:08.619
 who

00:33:08.619 --> 00:33:08.819
 I

00:33:08.819 --> 00:33:09.019
 am

00:33:09.019 --> 00:33:09.200
 for

00:33:09.200 --> 00:33:09.700
 myself

00:33:09.700 --> 00:33:10.240
 there

00:33:10.240 --> 00:33:10.400
 is

00:33:10.400 --> 00:33:10.900
 nothing

00:33:10.900 --> 00:33:11.859
 admirable

00:33:11.859 --> 00:33:12.139
 or

00:33:12.139 --> 00:33:12.759
 praiseworthy

00:33:12.759 --> 00:33:13.420
 but

00:33:13.420 --> 00:33:13.619
 by

00:33:13.619 --> 00:33:14.000
 God's

00:33:14.000 --> 00:33:14.240
 grace

00:33:14.240 --> 00:33:14.460
 this

00:33:14.460 --> 00:33:14.619
 is

00:33:23.019 --> 00:33:23.299
 our

00:33:23.299 --> 00:33:23.639
 lives

00:33:23.639 --> 00:33:24.000
 become

00:33:24.000 --> 00:33:24.200
 a

00:33:24.200 --> 00:33:24.500
 more

00:33:24.500 --> 00:33:24.639
 and

00:33:24.639 --> 00:33:24.799
 more

00:33:24.799 --> 00:33:25.279
 visible

00:33:25.279 --> 00:33:25.940
 display

00:33:25.940 --> 00:33:26.680
 of

00:33:26.680 --> 00:33:26.900
 his

00:33:26.900 --> 00:33:27.559
 invisible

00:33:27.559 --> 00:33:28.079
 grace

00:33:28.079 --> 00:33:29.400
 the

00:33:29.400 --> 00:33:29.639
 world

00:33:29.639 --> 00:33:29.839
 is

00:33:29.839 --> 00:33:30.200
 watching

00:33:30.200 --> 00:33:30.599
 us

00:33:30.599 --> 00:33:32.180
 let's

00:33:32.180 --> 00:33:32.579
 gaze

00:33:32.579 --> 00:33:32.879
 at

00:33:32.879 --> 00:33:33.279
 God's

00:33:33.279 --> 00:33:33.639
 love

00:33:33.639 --> 00:33:33.960
 in

00:33:33.960 --> 00:33:34.259
 Jesus

00:33:34.259 --> 00:33:34.799
 Christ

00:33:34.799 --> 00:33:35.960
 this

00:33:35.960 --> 00:33:36.099
 is

00:33:36.099 --> 00:33:36.259
 the

00:33:36.259 --> 00:33:36.480
 most

00:33:36.480 --> 00:33:37.019
 beautiful

00:33:37.019 --> 00:33:37.879
 sight

00:33:37.879 --> 00:33:38.639
 that

00:33:38.639 --> 00:33:38.759
 we

00:33:38.759 --> 00:33:38.920
 can

00:33:38.920 --> 00:33:39.420
 behold

00:33:39.420 --> 00:33:41.259
 let's

00:33:41.259 --> 00:33:41.660
 marvel

00:33:41.660 --> 00:33:42.200
 at

00:33:42.200 --> 00:33:42.379
 him

00:33:42.379 --> 00:33:42.839
 together

00:33:42.839 --> 00:33:44.259
 we

00:33:44.259 --> 00:33:44.619
 long

00:33:44.619 --> 00:33:44.879
 to

00:33:44.879 --> 00:33:45.180
 look

00:33:45.180 --> 00:33:45.619
 into

00:33:45.619 --> 00:33:46.079
 God

00:33:46.079 --> 00:33:47.279
 manifested

00:33:47.279 --> 00:33:47.879
 in

00:33:47.879 --> 00:33:48.019
 the

00:33:48.019 --> 00:33:48.319
 person

00:33:48.319 --> 00:33:48.519
 of

00:33:48.519 --> 00:33:48.759
 Jesus

00:33:48.759 --> 00:33:49.180
 Christ

00:33:49.180 --> 00:33:49.420
 like

00:33:49.420 --> 00:33:49.599
 the

00:33:49.599 --> 00:33:49.920
 angels

00:33:49.920 --> 00:33:50.200
 do

00:33:50.200 --> 00:33:51.539
 to

00:33:51.539 --> 00:33:51.920
 stare

00:33:51.920 --> 00:33:52.079
 at

00:33:52.079 --> 00:33:52.240
 him

00:33:52.240 --> 00:33:52.420
 with

00:33:52.420 --> 00:33:52.559
 the

00:33:52.559 --> 00:33:52.759
 eyes

00:33:52.759 --> 00:33:52.940
 of

00:33:52.940 --> 00:33:53.299
 faith

00:33:53.299 --> 00:33:54.259
 to

00:33:54.259 --> 00:33:54.660
 wonder

00:33:54.660 --> 00:33:55.140
 at

00:33:55.140 --> 00:33:55.480
 him

00:33:55.480 --> 00:33:57.279
 and

00:33:57.279 --> 00:33:57.400
 if

00:33:57.400 --> 00:33:57.580
 his

00:33:57.580 --> 00:33:57.880
 spirit

00:33:57.880 --> 00:33:58.120
 is

00:33:58.120 --> 00:33:58.460
 kind

00:33:58.460 --> 00:33:58.720
 even

00:33:58.720 --> 00:33:58.960
 to

00:33:58.960 --> 00:33:59.340
 weep

00:33:59.340 --> 00:33:59.660
 at

00:33:59.660 --> 00:33:59.840
 how

00:33:59.840 --> 00:34:00.120
 much

00:34:00.120 --> 00:34:00.480
 God

00:34:00.480 --> 00:34:01.100
 loves

00:34:01.100 --> 00:34:01.799
 you

00:34:01.799 --> 00:34:02.600
 and

00:34:02.600 --> 00:34:02.840
 me

00:34:02.840 --> 00:34:03.880
 not

00:34:03.880 --> 00:34:04.240
 because

00:34:04.240 --> 00:34:04.440
 of

00:34:04.440 --> 00:34:04.580
 who

00:34:04.580 --> 00:34:04.740
 we

00:34:04.740 --> 00:34:04.920
 are

00:34:04.920 --> 00:34:05.160
 but

00:34:05.160 --> 00:34:05.720
 despite

00:34:05.720 --> 00:34:06.080
 who

00:34:06.080 --> 00:34:06.240
 we

00:34:06.240 --> 00:34:06.500
 are

00:34:06.500 --> 00:34:06.980
 amen

00:34:06.980 --> 00:34:09.420
 he

00:34:09.420 --> 00:34:09.619
 was

00:34:09.619 --> 00:34:10.079
 manifest

00:34:10.079 --> 00:34:10.500
 in

00:34:10.500 --> 00:34:10.659
 these

00:34:10.659 --> 00:34:10.960
 last

00:34:10.960 --> 00:34:11.440
 times

00:34:11.440 --> 00:34:12.079
 for

00:34:12.079 --> 00:34:12.340
 you

00:34:12.340 --> 00:34:13.599
 take

00:34:13.599 --> 00:34:14.099
 comfort

00:34:14.099 --> 00:34:14.760
 in

00:34:14.760 --> 00:34:14.940
 your

00:34:14.940 --> 00:34:15.579
 savior's

00:34:15.579 --> 00:34:16.280
 ordination

00:34:16.280 --> 00:34:16.880
 Jesus

00:34:16.880 --> 00:34:17.320
 Christ

00:34:17.320 --> 00:34:17.639
 was

00:34:17.639 --> 00:34:18.159
 indeed

00:34:18.159 --> 00:34:19.599
 foreordained

00:34:19.599 --> 00:34:20.320
 before

00:34:20.320 --> 00:34:20.679
 the

00:34:20.679 --> 00:34:21.200
 foundation

00:34:21.200 --> 00:34:21.659
 of the

00:34:21.659 --> 00:34:21.920
 world

00:34:21.920 --> 00:34:22.619
 for

00:34:22.619 --> 00:34:22.800
 you

00:34:22.800 --> 00:34:22.920
 and

00:34:22.920 --> 00:34:23.099
 me

00:34:23.099 --> 00:34:24.180
 let's

00:34:24.180 --> 00:34:24.420
 thank

00:34:24.420 --> 00:34:24.619
 him

00:34:24.619 --> 00:34:26.059
 oh

00:34:26.059 --> 00:34:26.380
 lord

00:34:26.380 --> 00:34:26.700
 we

00:34:26.700 --> 00:34:27.039
 praise

00:34:27.039 --> 00:34:27.240
 you

00:34:27.240 --> 00:34:27.639
 for

00:34:27.639 --> 00:34:27.800
 the

00:34:27.800 --> 00:34:28.200
 gospel

00:34:28.200 --> 00:34:29.200
 that

00:34:29.200 --> 00:34:29.340
 you

00:34:29.340 --> 00:34:29.500
 have

00:34:29.500 --> 00:34:29.840
 revealed

00:34:29.840 --> 00:34:30.099
 through

00:34:30.099 --> 00:34:30.440
 jesus

00:34:30.440 --> 00:34:30.940
 christ

00:34:30.940 --> 00:34:31.820
 foretold

00:34:31.820 --> 00:34:32.579
 in all

00:34:32.579 --> 00:34:32.840
 of the

00:34:32.840 --> 00:34:33.019
 old

00:34:33.019 --> 00:34:33.420
 covenant

00:34:33.420 --> 00:34:35.300
 accomplished

00:34:35.300 --> 00:34:35.659
 by

00:34:35.659 --> 00:34:36.019
 jesus

00:34:36.019 --> 00:34:36.579
 christ

00:34:36.579 --> 00:34:37.639
 and

00:34:37.639 --> 00:34:37.940
 applied

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 to

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 lord

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 as you

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 yourself

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