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 It's from Mark's Gospel, Chapter 9. I haven't got a page number. Mark's Gospel, Chapter 9.

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 It's on page 1012. 1012 if you're using a red-covered Bible.

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 So this first reading is an introduction to something that is picked up in 2 Peter.

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 So we're going to read Mark's Gospel, Chapter 9, which is on page 1012, and starting at verse 2.

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 Mark 9, starting at verse 2.

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 It is good for us to be here. Let us put up three shelters, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.

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 He didn't know what to say. They were just so frightened.

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 Then a cloud appeared and enveloped them, and a voice came from the cloud.

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 This is my Son, whom I love. Listen to him.

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 Suddenly, when they looked around, they no longer saw anyone with them except Jesus.

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 As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus gave them orders not to tell anyone what they had seen,

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 until the Son of Man had been raised from the dead.

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 They kept the matter to themselves, discussing what rising from the dead meant.

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 Now turn with me to 2 Peter, which is on page 1222.

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 1, 2, 2, 2.

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 2 Peter, Chapter 1.

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 It's on page 1222.

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 2 Peter, Chapter 1, starting at verse 12.

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 So I will always remind you of these things, even though you know them and are firmly established in the truth you now have.

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 I think it is right to refresh your memory as long as I live in the tent of this body,

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 because I know that I will soon put it aside as our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me.

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 And I will make every effort to see that after my departure, you will always be able to remember these things.

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 We did not follow cleverly invented stories when we told you about the power and coming of the Lord Jesus Christ,

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 but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.

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 For he received honour and glory from God the Father when the voice came to him from the majestic glory,

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 saying,

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 This is my Son, whom I love, with him I am well pleased.

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 We ourselves heard this voice that came from heaven when we were with him on the sacred mountain.

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 And we have the word of the prophets made more certain,

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 and you will do well to pay attention to it as to a light shining in a dark place until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.

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 Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of scripture came about by the prophet's own interpretation.

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 For prophecy never had its origin in the will of man,

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 but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.

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 Well, I'm going to ask Ralph to come up.

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 I'm going to pray for Ralph.

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 He can sort himself out then, and then I'm going to give out some pens if anybody wants to take notes.

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 So, let's pray for Ralph.

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 Father God, we thank you again for your word.

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 We thank you for this letter of 2 Peter.

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 Thank you that your word speaks to us today.

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 Thank you that we have the privilege and the freedom to have your word in our language.

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 And we thank you for people like Ralph, for his gifts, for his ability to teach and explain.

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 And we pray that you would fill him and you would fill us with the power of your spirit,

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 so that the words we hear change us and transform us.

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 That the words we hear are not just Ralph's ideas,

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 but the very words of God speaking into our lives.

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 Bless him and encourage us,

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 and may our church be built up as a result of what we do together now.

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 In Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Over the summer, we're going through the book of 2 Peter,

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 a number of different people speaking.

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 So I'm continuing this morning from where Simon brought us the last couple of weeks.

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 He's brought us through to verse 11 in chapter 2.

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 So we're picking up as we've read from verse 12.

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 One of the world's leading lights is fading.

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 This person is known as the father of his nation,

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 and he's so well-loved in his country that he's often just referred to by the name Mediba,

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 which simply means father.

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 And in this part of the world, we know this person more commonly,

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 not as Mediba, but as Nelson Mandela.

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 Nelson Mandela became South Africa's first black president in 1994.

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 I'm sure some of us can remember that time, remember the time that he was released from prison.

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 It's actually one of my memories when I was younger of him being released and the big occasion that was.

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 He's led his nation through massive changes,

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 social upheaval, bringing an end to racial segregation and racial oppression

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 within the country of South Africa.

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 But would you believe Nelson Mandela is now 95 years of age?

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 His remaining time is indeed very short.

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 And you've maybe seen it recently, the last few weeks,

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 his worsening health situation has always, it's been in the news almost constantly.

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 And even though he's been out of politics for quite a while,

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 it's still a struggle, isn't it, to imagine a South Africa

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 and even a world without someone like Nelson Mandela, Mediba.

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 And so many people are asking right now,

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 how will the message, his message, continue without him?

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 Without this leading light, how will the message continue?

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 And as we come to 2 Peter, it's actually a very similar situation in a lot of ways for the early Christian church.

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 The church was just beginning at this stage to lose some of its leading lights.

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 The Apostle Peter was one of those, and he had emerged after Jesus had gone.

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 Peter had emerged as a leader within the church.

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 And his role was to pass on and to remind people of the light of the gospel,

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 the good news about Jesus, to tell others and then to keep reminding them.

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 And he writes in 2 Peter then, and the people he's writing to then are Christians,

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 because he wants to remind them.

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 Verse 1, this is how he describes the people that he's writing to.

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 To those who through the righteousness of our God and Saviour, Jesus Christ,

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 have received a faith as precious as our own.

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 They have the same faith as he does.

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 And his main concern in writing is that they would continue to follow Jesus,

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 as they already have done.

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 He knows that his time is short, that his light is fading.

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 So his opportunity to lead by example, to lead by what he says, to lead by his writings,

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 that opportunity is passing.

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 And he's just so concerned that they stay with Jesus.

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 For us sometimes thinking about our death or life after death is a theoretical concern.

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 It just seems so far away.

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 But it wasn't for Peter.

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 He's facing that prospect right now.

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 He's going to fold up and put away the tent of his body.

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 And Jesus has made it very clear to him.

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 Peter is being called home.

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 And when the master calls, the servant must answer.

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 When the master calls, the servant must answer.

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 Look at verses 13 and 14 from chapter 1.

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 I think it's right to refresh your memory.

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 As long as I live in the tent of this body,

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 because I know that I will soon put it aside

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 as our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me.

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 Death can bring a real focus.

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 And for Peter, his impending death is just really honing

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 what exactly it is that he has to say to these Christians.

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 What are his final words?

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 What words does he bring them now with this letter,

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 with this last opportunity?

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 Well, just go back one verse.

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 And this is what he says.

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 So I will always remind you of these things,

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 even though you know them

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 and are firmly established in the truth you now have.

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 He's writing.

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 He's taking this last opportunity

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 to remind them of what they already know

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 and they already believe.

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 He's not taking the opportunity

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 to come up with some new words

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 or some new message

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 or to build them and push them in a new direction.

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 As his light is fading,

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 Peter just simply wants to remind them

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 of the things he's already taught them.

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 The phrase in verse 12,

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 these things,

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 it's actually come up before.

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 If we look back,

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 it's the qualities, isn't it,

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 that Simon spoke to us of from verse 5.

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 The things that should come with faith

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 that should be added,

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 goodness, knowledge, self-control,

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 perseverance, godliness,

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 all that great list.

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 And Peter, he says in verse 10,

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 for if you do these things,

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 the end of verse 10,

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 if you do these things,

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 the things he's listed,

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 you will never fall

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 and you will receive a rich welcome

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 into the eternal kingdom

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 of our Lord and Saviour,

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 Jesus Christ.

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 it's growing in the practice of these things,

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 the practice of their faith,

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 that they will know that they're reaching their goal,

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 eternal life and a rich welcome,

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 which is so real for Peter now

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 because he's reaching the end of his race,

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 the end of his story.

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 Keep doing these things

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 and you will reach your goal.

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 He wants them to just continue on the same path,

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 the one that's lit by the good news of Jesus Christ.

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 We're all called to a living faith,

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 a living trust in Jesus,

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 which, as it says here,

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 is going to light the way to heaven for us

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 if we continue in these things.

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 It's a message they already know.

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 It's a message they're already following.

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 But Peter isn't making any apologies

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 for covering old ground.

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 He isn't tempted to try and spruce things up

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 with a new message

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 or to add something in

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 or to reveal a little nugget

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 to just get them over the finishing line.

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 No, he's going back to the same message.

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 Do you know, we get bored easily.

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 And you're probably very conscious of that

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 during a 30-minute sermon.

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 Our brains, they crave novelty.

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 They crave new things.

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 They want an insight,

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 a new word in order for our brains to cling on to.

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 And it's always much easier to get excited,

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 isn't it, about new things

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 than what is happening in the new

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 rather than trying to hold on to the old ground.

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 And it's something that's always happening.

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 I think with each generation,

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 each group of people,

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 as we come along,

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 you need to make your stamp, don't you?

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 Young people are always,

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 that's the encouragement, isn't it?

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 It's your generation.

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 It's your country.

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 It's your government.

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 You need to make a stamp.

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 And politicians take this

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 and they routinely declare that

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 this issue or that issue

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 is the civil rights issue of our generation.

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 And why do they do that?

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 Because they know that people are bored.

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 They know that it's hard to hold the old ground.

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 So they want to get people on board their cause.

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 Of course, they have their own motive in doing that.

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 But they want to get us excited about something new,

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 something we can push,

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 something we can develop.

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 So the person with the new message,

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 the person with the new approach

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 is often the one that gets our attention, isn't it?

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 It's not the same old message

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 that can get us excited, isn't it?

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 So as we're listening this morning,

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 we're probably just even a bit bored

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 that we're still at verse 12

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 and we have to get to verse 21.

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 So let's move on.

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 Sadly, Peter doesn't let us, does he?

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 As we read 13 and 14 and he's not budging,

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 I think it is right to refresh your memory

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 as long as I live in the tent of this body

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 because I know that I will soon put it aside

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 as our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me.

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 He's not one for budging, Peter, is he?

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 What a boring writer he is.

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 But let's give him a fair hearing first.

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 Peter says that this constant reminding

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 that he's doing,

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 just look, I've talked to you about

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 what it means to stay on the path

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 and I'm going to take a few verses

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 just to remind you again

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 of why I'm sticking to that.

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 I'm going to keep refreshing your memory

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 as long as I have the tent of this body.

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 I want to keep your mind on these qualities.

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 Remember this,

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 you have a rich welcome

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 awaiting for you in the kingdom of God.

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 Keep growing in that direction.

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 keep adding to your faith

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 and growing in that direction.

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 I don't have long left.

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 But the times I do have,

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 the precious time,

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 the days,

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 the months,

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 the hours,

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 I'm going to keep reminding you

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 of the light that you need

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 to follow on the path.

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 You see,

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 Peter wants them to arrive

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 safely at their destination.

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 Okay,

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 we've had three verses now

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 of reminding,

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 refreshing,

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 reflection.

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 We get it,

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 Peter.

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 Can we move on now?

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 Well,

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 he's not finished yet,

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 is he?

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 We need,

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 we do need one more verse.

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 He's reminded them.

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 He's promised to always remind them

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 as long as he lives.

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 Now he's going to go that one step further.

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 He's going to make sure

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 that they can remember these things

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 even after he's dead.

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 Verse 15.

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 And,

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 I will make every effort to see

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 that after my departure,

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 what a wonderful way

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 to speak about death

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 for the Christian.

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 And,

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 I will make every effort

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 to see that after my departure,

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 you will always be able

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 to remember these things.

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 That's a bold claim.

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 How will the light of the gospel,

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 how will this message

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 that Peter is champion,

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 survive his death?

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 Memories are short.

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 The new is always there.

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 What will keep us

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 on the right message?

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 And,

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 what's going to light the way

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 for us as we want to stay

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 on this path?

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 Because we want to get

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 to our goal of eternal life.

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 Now Peter's concerned

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 that to remember the message,

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 it does feel a little bit

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 over the top to us,

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 this constant reminder.

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 But make no mistake,

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 Peter and the message

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 that he had,

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 how to put it,

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 were in a competitive environment.

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 And he knew it.

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 There were many other voices

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 making all kinds of claims

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 and promises.

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 And not just from outside the church,

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 but within the church.

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 So,

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 believers were there

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 in their churches

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 and they were saying,

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 why listen to this

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 old message,

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 the message that Peter

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 has come with,

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 the one about Jesus

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 and the old stories

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 about Jesus,

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 when there's other messages

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 on offer.

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 They were starting

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 to look for a new light,

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 one for their generation

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 and for their concerns

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 and for their issues,

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 one that they could own.

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 And there were any number

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 of other Christian teachers

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 and Christian teachings

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 for them to listen to.

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 Even in the early days

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 of the church,

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 we think the kind of splits

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 and the diversity

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 and the different thoughts

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 are something new,

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 but they were all there

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 back then.

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 You know,

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 we're going to hear

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 lots and lots

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 about these competing voices

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 from next Sunday.

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 If you look,

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 chapter two

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 is all about those voices.

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 There's a whole chapter.

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 People,

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 they were known

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 as Christians,

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 but the reality

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 is that they exploited

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 believers

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 with made-up stories

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 and half-baked truths.

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 Voices that,

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 as I said,

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 still exist in the church

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 today.

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 That's a bit hard to say.

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 Maybe I'm being,

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 you could say,

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 I'm being alarmist.

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 Maybe I'm not being

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 generous or kind enough

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 or being too judgmental.

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 to say that there are people

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 within the church

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 that are making things up

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 or that there are people

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 that are misunderstanding things

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 and bringing us half-stories.

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 And there is a danger

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 of wrongly passing judgment

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 or to wrongly pass comment

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 on someone else's experience.

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 But to not examine

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 when someone tells us

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 this is what the Lord says,

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 to not examine that

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 is to ignore the words

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 of the Bible.

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 And because this is where

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 Peter is heading,

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 I think it's good

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 to look a little bit

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 into chapter 2.

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 Not too much.

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 I don't want to preach

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 next week's sermon.

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 But if you look at

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 verse 2 in chapter 2,

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 this is what it says

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 about those people.

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 Many will follow

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 their shameful ways

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 and will bring the way

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 of truth into disrepute.

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 In their greed,

00:20:01.660 --> 00:20:02.440
 these teachers

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 will exploit you

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 with stories

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 they have made up.

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 good-sounding stories.

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 Stories all about God,

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 but not true ones

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 that come from Him.

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 They come with

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 heavenly stories.

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 They talk about angels.

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 They talk about demons.

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 But they really don't know

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 what they're talking about.

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 They're actually

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 slandering celestial beings.

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 The latter half of verse 10.

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 Bold and arrogant,

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 these men are not afraid

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 to slander celestial beings.

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 Start at verse 12.

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 But these men

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 blaspheme in matters

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 they do not understand.

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 You see,

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 they're essentially ignorant.

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 But even though they're ignorant,

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 they don't really know

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 what they're talking about.

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 They feel bold enough

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 to confidently come

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 and tell us about

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 what's happening

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 in the heavenly realms.

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 They're looking up to heaven

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 and they're talking about angels

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 and demons.

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 But they're just guessing.

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 They're guessing

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 about what God's will.

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 The hidden ways of God.

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 Things that aren't known to us.

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 And in doing so,

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 in trying to bring

00:21:01.480 --> 00:21:02.460
 these things to us,

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 they're destroying

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 the walk of many.

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 That's the competitive environment

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 that Peter is in.

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 That is what he's trying

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 to protect

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 the flock from.

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 So as we read

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 through chapter 2,

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 we read that these people,

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 they offer all kinds of things.

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 They offer revelry,

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 feasts, wealth, boasting,

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 and they come with enticing words.

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 And they promise freedom.

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 And who doesn't want freedom?

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 And much of what they say

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 sounds good.

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 And it's much more interesting,

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 isn't it?

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 And you could have

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 a much more entertaining sermon

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 with all that kind of stuff

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 than just having to go back

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 and list the qualities

00:21:34.840 --> 00:21:35.820
 in chapter 1

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 from verse 5

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 to verses 11.

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 Tempting is it not?

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 Tempting is it not

00:21:46.119 --> 00:21:47.179
 for us,

00:21:47.279 --> 00:21:48.159
 for me to listen

00:21:48.159 --> 00:21:49.339
 to other stories,

00:21:49.479 --> 00:21:50.500
 to listen to other voices,

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 to lend our ears

00:21:51.539 --> 00:21:53.119
 to other kinds of teaching.

00:21:53.979 --> 00:21:56.179
 Words that sound good,

00:21:56.799 --> 00:21:58.839
 but really in the end

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 they're just empty boastings.

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 They're not true.

00:22:04.819 --> 00:22:05.859
 Now I recognize

00:22:05.859 --> 00:22:06.959
 there is much,

00:22:07.159 --> 00:22:08.879
 much, much difficulty here

00:22:08.879 --> 00:22:10.000
 for the believer,

00:22:10.159 --> 00:22:10.719
 for the Christian,

00:22:10.899 --> 00:22:11.219
 for me,

00:22:11.339 --> 00:22:11.719
 for you.

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 How do we react

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 and deal with people

00:22:15.360 --> 00:22:16.380
 that make those

00:22:16.380 --> 00:22:17.579
 impossible to verify

00:22:17.579 --> 00:22:19.160
 claims about God's will

00:22:19.160 --> 00:22:20.480
 and hearing his voice?

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 It is difficult.

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 And if I'm honest,

00:22:26.000 --> 00:22:27.120
 my reaction,

00:22:27.860 --> 00:22:28.980
 the cowardly reaction

00:22:28.980 --> 00:22:29.720
 sometimes is just

00:22:29.720 --> 00:22:31.279
 to try and stay clear

00:22:31.279 --> 00:22:32.440
 of commenting

00:22:32.440 --> 00:22:33.180
 where possible.

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 So when these things

00:22:34.660 --> 00:22:35.000
 come up,

00:22:35.100 --> 00:22:36.559
 you just talk around it

00:22:36.559 --> 00:22:37.360
 or away from it.

00:22:37.640 --> 00:22:38.559
 You just try and avoid.

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 But let me encourage you.

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 You should hold,

00:22:43.000 --> 00:22:44.079
 we must hold

00:22:44.079 --> 00:22:44.639
 to the message

00:22:44.639 --> 00:22:45.259
 we've heard,

00:22:45.700 --> 00:22:48.240
 the gospel of Jesus Christ.

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 And we must continue

00:22:51.379 --> 00:22:53.179
 to remind one another,

00:22:53.279 --> 00:22:54.099
 as Peter is doing here,

00:22:54.200 --> 00:22:55.179
 remind each other

00:22:55.179 --> 00:22:55.980
 of that gospel.

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 So I would ask,

00:22:58.799 --> 00:22:59.679
 what new message

00:22:59.679 --> 00:23:01.220
 do we need

00:23:01.220 --> 00:23:02.679
 than the one

00:23:02.679 --> 00:23:03.940
 already given

00:23:03.940 --> 00:23:04.960
 through Jesus?

00:23:05.099 --> 00:23:05.839
 What new message

00:23:05.839 --> 00:23:06.679
 do we need

00:23:06.680 --> 00:23:08.080
 besides the one

00:23:08.080 --> 00:23:08.779
 that we've already

00:23:08.779 --> 00:23:10.120
 received through Jesus?

00:23:11.799 --> 00:23:12.920
 And so in those situations,

00:23:12.920 --> 00:23:13.779
 I think we can show

00:23:13.779 --> 00:23:14.680
 in our words

00:23:14.680 --> 00:23:16.860
 and in our actions

00:23:16.860 --> 00:23:17.759
 what we say,

00:23:17.920 --> 00:23:18.580
 a commitment

00:23:18.580 --> 00:23:20.140
 to the old

00:23:20.140 --> 00:23:20.940
 and reliable

00:23:20.940 --> 00:23:22.220
 good news about Jesus.

00:23:22.600 --> 00:23:23.460
 It is difficult,

00:23:23.820 --> 00:23:24.380
 you know,

00:23:24.400 --> 00:23:25.140
 and even with our own

00:23:25.140 --> 00:23:25.720
 experiences

00:23:25.720 --> 00:23:26.440
 and the experience

00:23:26.440 --> 00:23:26.860
 of others,

00:23:27.340 --> 00:23:28.580
 to walk that path,

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 to work it out.

00:23:30.820 --> 00:23:31.340
 And sometimes

00:23:31.340 --> 00:23:32.100
 we do avoid,

00:23:32.860 --> 00:23:34.140
 but hold to the truth

00:23:34.140 --> 00:23:35.100
 yourself,

00:23:35.360 --> 00:23:36.360
 remind one another,

00:23:36.680 --> 00:23:37.480
 and help people

00:23:37.480 --> 00:23:38.920
 to see the worth

00:23:38.920 --> 00:23:39.880
 of the gospel

00:23:39.880 --> 00:23:40.779
 of Jesus Christ.

00:23:42.279 --> 00:23:43.120
 Now Peter has

00:23:43.120 --> 00:23:43.980
 a greater challenge

00:23:43.980 --> 00:23:44.600
 than any of us

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 will ever have

00:23:45.240 --> 00:23:45.759
 in that area.

00:23:46.240 --> 00:23:47.560
 Peter must show

00:23:47.560 --> 00:23:48.680
 that his message,

00:23:49.060 --> 00:23:49.960
 the one that he keeps

00:23:49.960 --> 00:23:50.860
 reminding them of,

00:23:50.880 --> 00:23:51.759
 is the true light

00:23:51.759 --> 00:23:52.360
 of the good news

00:23:52.360 --> 00:23:52.940
 about Jesus.

00:23:53.360 --> 00:23:53.560
 You see,

00:23:53.620 --> 00:23:54.380
 Peter is an apostle,

00:23:54.740 --> 00:23:55.900
 he's someone who knew Jesus

00:23:55.900 --> 00:23:56.720
 and he was chosen

00:23:56.720 --> 00:23:58.200
 by Jesus to lead the church.

00:23:58.640 --> 00:24:00.039
 And he had that special role

00:24:00.039 --> 00:24:01.620
 of establishing the message

00:24:01.620 --> 00:24:04.000
 and continuing it

00:24:04.000 --> 00:24:04.900
 in the early church

00:24:04.900 --> 00:24:05.700
 and ensuring

00:24:05.700 --> 00:24:06.560
 that that scripture

00:24:06.560 --> 00:24:07.180
 came about.

00:24:08.300 --> 00:24:08.980
 So Peter

00:24:08.980 --> 00:24:10.200
 isn't coming

00:24:10.200 --> 00:24:11.360
 with a second-hand story

00:24:11.360 --> 00:24:12.259
 that he's made up.

00:24:12.759 --> 00:24:13.180
 No.

00:24:13.560 --> 00:24:14.960
 What Peter says

00:24:14.960 --> 00:24:17.200
 comes from God.

00:24:17.540 --> 00:24:18.140
 Verse 16.

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 We did not follow

00:24:19.740 --> 00:24:20.860
 cleverly invented stories

00:24:20.860 --> 00:24:21.580
 when we told you

00:24:21.580 --> 00:24:22.280
 about the power

00:24:22.280 --> 00:24:22.700
 and coming

00:24:22.700 --> 00:24:23.700
 of our Lord Jesus Christ,

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 but we were eyewitnesses

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 of his majesty.

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 For he received honour

00:24:28.899 --> 00:24:29.439
 and glory

00:24:29.439 --> 00:24:30.379
 from God the Father

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 when the voice

00:24:31.019 --> 00:24:31.740
 came to him

00:24:31.740 --> 00:24:33.119
 from the majestic glory

00:24:33.119 --> 00:24:33.439
 saying,

00:24:34.099 --> 00:24:34.879
 This is my son

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 whom I love.

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 With him I am well pleased.

00:24:38.240 --> 00:24:39.079
 We ourselves

00:24:39.079 --> 00:24:40.399
 heard this voice

00:24:40.399 --> 00:24:42.259
 that came from heaven

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 and we were with him

00:24:43.919 --> 00:24:45.699
 on the sacred mountain.

00:24:47.299 --> 00:24:48.399
 I was there,

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 says Peter.

00:24:49.460 --> 00:24:50.379
 I was there

00:24:50.379 --> 00:24:51.419
 on the sacred mountain.

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 And I can picture

00:24:54.539 --> 00:24:55.759
 his face lighting up

00:24:55.759 --> 00:24:57.100
 as he recounts

00:24:57.100 --> 00:24:57.620
 this story.

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 The day that Jesus

00:24:58.900 --> 00:25:00.340
 took three of them

00:25:00.340 --> 00:25:00.900
 on a trek

00:25:00.900 --> 00:25:01.759
 and marched them

00:25:01.759 --> 00:25:02.360
 up the mountain.

00:25:02.519 --> 00:25:03.800
 Peter, James and John.

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 And as they walk

00:25:05.940 --> 00:25:06.539
 up the mountain

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 I feel that they

00:25:08.240 --> 00:25:08.720
 should know

00:25:08.720 --> 00:25:09.840
 that something sacred

00:25:09.840 --> 00:25:10.580
 is going to happen.

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 They should know

00:25:11.539 --> 00:25:12.500
 that something heavenly

00:25:12.500 --> 00:25:14.060
 is going to take place

00:25:14.060 --> 00:25:15.340
 because if you ever

00:25:15.340 --> 00:25:16.039
 read your Bible

00:25:16.039 --> 00:25:16.779
 you know that lots

00:25:16.779 --> 00:25:17.600
 of really cool

00:25:17.600 --> 00:25:19.060
 and exciting things

00:25:19.060 --> 00:25:20.519
 happen on mountaintops

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 and mountain places.

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 And then it happens.

00:25:24.440 --> 00:25:25.960
 Before their eyes

00:25:25.960 --> 00:25:28.000
 Jesus is glorified.

00:25:29.160 --> 00:25:30.960
 This normal looking guy

00:25:30.960 --> 00:25:32.420
 this average looking guy

00:25:32.420 --> 00:25:33.759
 he starts to glow

00:25:33.759 --> 00:25:34.500
 with the brightness

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 of the sun.

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 Imagine.

00:25:37.279 --> 00:25:37.779
 Imagine that.

00:25:37.879 --> 00:25:38.420
 Imagine taking

00:25:38.420 --> 00:25:39.500
 a very light piece

00:25:39.500 --> 00:25:39.879
 of cotton

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 and the sun

00:25:40.400 --> 00:25:41.660
 we don't have it today

00:25:41.660 --> 00:25:42.500
 but the one we've enjoyed

00:25:42.500 --> 00:25:43.119
 for the last few weeks.

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 Taking the cotton

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 and just putting it up

00:25:45.480 --> 00:25:46.240
 over the sun

00:25:46.240 --> 00:25:47.180
 and trying to look

00:25:47.180 --> 00:25:47.839
 at the sun

00:25:47.839 --> 00:25:49.420
 through that light

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 piece of cotton

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 that is what it was like.

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 The sun of God

00:25:53.519 --> 00:25:54.659
 was shining

00:25:54.659 --> 00:25:56.379
 the brilliance of Jesus

00:25:56.379 --> 00:25:58.079
 trying to look through

00:25:58.079 --> 00:25:58.679
 that cotton

00:25:58.679 --> 00:25:59.179
 at the sun

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 that's what it was like

00:25:59.919 --> 00:26:01.359
 and Peter sees all of this

00:26:01.359 --> 00:26:02.539
 right before his eyes

00:26:02.539 --> 00:26:03.539
 and then he hears

00:26:03.539 --> 00:26:04.960
 the voice from heaven

00:26:04.960 --> 00:26:05.639
 and he says

00:26:05.639 --> 00:26:06.299
 that voice is

00:26:06.299 --> 00:26:08.119
 the majestic glory

00:26:08.119 --> 00:26:09.139
 and it's God

00:26:09.139 --> 00:26:10.159
 the Father speaking

00:26:10.159 --> 00:26:11.299
 and the voice says

00:26:11.299 --> 00:26:12.559
 this is my son

00:26:12.559 --> 00:26:13.480
 whom I love

00:26:13.480 --> 00:26:13.919
 with him

00:26:13.919 --> 00:26:15.099
 I am well pleased.

00:26:16.259 --> 00:26:16.839
 It's as if

00:26:16.839 --> 00:26:17.639
 the whole of heaven

00:26:17.639 --> 00:26:18.460
 has opened up

00:26:18.460 --> 00:26:19.519
 and it touches

00:26:19.519 --> 00:26:20.299
 the mountain

00:26:20.299 --> 00:26:21.059
 that day

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 and it makes

00:26:22.019 --> 00:26:23.279
 the mountain sacred

00:26:23.279 --> 00:26:24.180
 Peter says

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 it's the meeting place

00:26:25.579 --> 00:26:26.220
 of heaven

00:26:26.220 --> 00:26:27.120
 and earth

00:26:27.120 --> 00:26:28.220
 right at that point

00:26:28.220 --> 00:26:29.279
 and for that instance

00:26:29.279 --> 00:26:31.880
 what an experience

00:26:31.880 --> 00:26:33.200
 what a story

00:26:33.200 --> 00:26:34.299
 imagine being there

00:26:34.299 --> 00:26:34.940
 of seeing

00:26:34.940 --> 00:26:36.200
 with our own eyes

00:26:36.200 --> 00:26:37.660
 the glorified Jesus

00:26:37.660 --> 00:26:38.640
 of hearing

00:26:38.640 --> 00:26:40.039
 the audible voice

00:26:40.039 --> 00:26:40.660
 of God

00:26:40.660 --> 00:26:41.360
 coming down

00:26:41.360 --> 00:26:42.240
 from the sky

00:26:42.240 --> 00:26:44.380
 oh the sights

00:26:44.380 --> 00:26:45.420
 and the sounds

00:26:45.420 --> 00:26:46.440
 and the brilliance

00:26:46.440 --> 00:26:47.180
 of the feeling

00:26:47.180 --> 00:26:47.940
 of the glory

00:26:47.940 --> 00:26:48.620
 of God

00:26:48.620 --> 00:26:49.720
 on our very skin

00:26:49.720 --> 00:26:53.859
 and this is

00:26:53.859 --> 00:26:56.099
 the true story

00:26:56.099 --> 00:26:57.039
 that Peter comes

00:26:57.039 --> 00:26:57.880
 to share with us

00:26:57.880 --> 00:26:59.079
 the light

00:26:59.079 --> 00:26:59.940
 of Jesus

00:26:59.940 --> 00:27:00.819
 the reliable

00:27:00.819 --> 00:27:02.279
 first hand truth

00:27:02.279 --> 00:27:03.079
 about Jesus

00:27:03.079 --> 00:27:04.319
 that he's God's

00:27:04.319 --> 00:27:04.819
 blessed son

00:27:04.819 --> 00:27:05.500
 equal

00:27:05.500 --> 00:27:07.099
 equal with the divine

00:27:07.099 --> 00:27:07.640
 father

00:27:07.640 --> 00:27:08.539
 that's why that voice

00:27:08.539 --> 00:27:08.859
 came

00:27:08.859 --> 00:27:09.980
 so Peter can say

00:27:09.980 --> 00:27:10.759
 among all the other

00:27:10.759 --> 00:27:11.620
 competing voices

00:27:11.619 --> 00:27:12.259
 that are out there

00:27:12.259 --> 00:27:12.979
 all the things

00:27:12.979 --> 00:27:13.639
 that would look

00:27:13.639 --> 00:27:14.279
 for attention

00:27:14.279 --> 00:27:16.019
 listen to me

00:27:16.019 --> 00:27:18.459
 for I have seen

00:27:18.459 --> 00:27:19.179
 the light

00:27:19.179 --> 00:27:20.259
 of Jesus

00:27:20.259 --> 00:27:24.219
 but still the other

00:27:24.219 --> 00:27:24.639
 voices

00:27:24.639 --> 00:27:25.719
 and still they continue

00:27:25.719 --> 00:27:27.279
 yes Peter's

00:27:27.279 --> 00:27:28.159
 was amazing

00:27:28.159 --> 00:27:28.819
 his voice

00:27:28.819 --> 00:27:29.399
 and his story

00:27:29.399 --> 00:27:30.099
 and his experience

00:27:30.099 --> 00:27:31.879
 but others

00:27:31.879 --> 00:27:33.539
 say they have

00:27:33.539 --> 00:27:34.639
 similarly amazing

00:27:34.639 --> 00:27:35.199
 encounters

00:27:35.199 --> 00:27:36.879
 people today claim

00:27:36.879 --> 00:27:38.379
 people still say

00:27:38.379 --> 00:27:39.299
 and people do

00:27:39.299 --> 00:27:40.719
 have visions of Jesus

00:27:40.719 --> 00:27:41.599
 and continue to hear

00:27:41.599 --> 00:27:42.500
 voices from heaven

00:27:42.500 --> 00:27:44.859
 but how do we know

00:27:44.859 --> 00:27:45.619
 if these stories

00:27:45.619 --> 00:27:46.139
 are true

00:27:46.139 --> 00:27:47.519
 or how do we make

00:27:47.519 --> 00:27:48.279
 sense of our own

00:27:48.279 --> 00:27:49.219
 experience of God

00:27:49.219 --> 00:27:50.379
 if that's true for us

00:27:50.379 --> 00:27:52.240
 maybe we believe

00:27:52.240 --> 00:27:53.259
 that we've heard

00:27:53.259 --> 00:27:54.139
 the voice of God

00:27:54.139 --> 00:27:55.259
 or we've had a vision

00:27:55.259 --> 00:27:55.779
 of Jesus

00:27:55.779 --> 00:27:57.519
 and so the

00:27:57.519 --> 00:27:58.740
 2000 year old

00:27:58.740 --> 00:27:59.559
 problem that was

00:27:59.559 --> 00:28:00.480
 there for Peter

00:28:00.480 --> 00:28:01.799
 how to distinguish

00:28:01.799 --> 00:28:02.879
 his message

00:28:02.879 --> 00:28:03.599
 and the truth

00:28:03.599 --> 00:28:04.000
 of it

00:28:04.000 --> 00:28:05.799
 is a problem

00:28:05.799 --> 00:28:06.919
 that still remains

00:28:06.919 --> 00:28:07.579
 for us

00:28:07.579 --> 00:28:09.339
 which light

00:28:09.339 --> 00:28:10.119
 will we follow

00:28:10.119 --> 00:28:10.819
 which voice

00:28:10.819 --> 00:28:11.359
 will we listen

00:28:11.359 --> 00:28:11.639
 to

00:28:11.639 --> 00:28:14.699
 and I think

00:28:14.699 --> 00:28:15.399
 we have two

00:28:15.399 --> 00:28:16.879
 basic views

00:28:16.879 --> 00:28:17.739
 that come out

00:28:17.739 --> 00:28:18.559
 or two different

00:28:18.559 --> 00:28:19.079
 reactions

00:28:19.079 --> 00:28:19.779
 we can react

00:28:19.779 --> 00:28:20.799
 by either dismissing

00:28:20.799 --> 00:28:21.639
 completely

00:28:21.639 --> 00:28:23.619
 personal experience

00:28:23.619 --> 00:28:24.519
 and that whole area

00:28:24.519 --> 00:28:25.619
 or we can react

00:28:25.619 --> 00:28:26.679
 by trying to chase

00:28:26.679 --> 00:28:27.359
 after our own

00:28:27.359 --> 00:28:28.119
 words from God

00:28:28.119 --> 00:28:29.559
 and wanting it

00:28:29.559 --> 00:28:31.559
 but Peter

00:28:31.559 --> 00:28:33.579
 offers his readers

00:28:33.579 --> 00:28:34.619
 including us today

00:28:34.619 --> 00:28:36.159
 a better alternative

00:28:36.160 --> 00:28:37.740
 a better alternative

00:28:37.740 --> 00:28:38.420
 to feel like

00:28:38.420 --> 00:28:38.960
 that we're missing

00:28:38.960 --> 00:28:39.580
 out somehow

00:28:39.580 --> 00:28:40.800
 on God's

00:28:40.800 --> 00:28:41.420
 experiences

00:28:41.420 --> 00:28:44.300
 or that we

00:28:44.300 --> 00:28:44.900
 have to somehow

00:28:44.900 --> 00:28:45.880
 chase after them

00:28:45.880 --> 00:28:46.380
 and get them

00:28:46.380 --> 00:28:47.779
 and Peter

00:28:47.779 --> 00:28:48.640
 is going to tell

00:28:48.640 --> 00:28:48.960
 them

00:28:48.960 --> 00:28:49.940
 how they can

00:28:49.940 --> 00:28:50.920
 take his

00:28:50.920 --> 00:28:52.080
 real experience

00:28:52.080 --> 00:28:53.720
 and have a more

00:28:53.720 --> 00:28:55.000
 sure version

00:28:55.000 --> 00:28:55.440
 of it

00:28:55.440 --> 00:28:57.720
 you see

00:28:57.720 --> 00:28:58.820
 his experience

00:28:58.820 --> 00:28:59.920
 on the mountain

00:28:59.920 --> 00:29:00.640
 wasn't meant

00:29:00.640 --> 00:29:01.040
 to be just

00:29:01.040 --> 00:29:02.080
 a personal encounter

00:29:02.079 --> 00:29:04.319
 Jesus had told them

00:29:04.319 --> 00:29:05.240
 after

00:29:05.240 --> 00:29:07.099
 told Peter

00:29:07.099 --> 00:29:08.199
 and James

00:29:08.199 --> 00:29:08.599
 and John

00:29:08.599 --> 00:29:09.379
 to tell others

00:29:09.379 --> 00:29:10.619
 after the resurrection

00:29:10.619 --> 00:29:11.319
 all about it

00:29:11.319 --> 00:29:11.960
 it wasn't to be

00:29:11.960 --> 00:29:13.019
 a personal experience

00:29:13.019 --> 00:29:14.139
 the light of Jesus

00:29:14.139 --> 00:29:14.899
 on the mountain

00:29:14.899 --> 00:29:17.119
 when Jesus was there

00:29:17.119 --> 00:29:18.379
 was meant to point

00:29:18.379 --> 00:29:19.740
 to a more

00:29:19.740 --> 00:29:21.439
 sure light

00:29:21.439 --> 00:29:24.039
 verse 19

00:29:24.039 --> 00:29:25.960
 and we have

00:29:25.960 --> 00:29:27.419
 the word of the prophets

00:29:27.419 --> 00:29:28.299
 made

00:29:28.299 --> 00:29:29.519
 more certain

00:29:29.519 --> 00:29:31.940
 and you will do

00:29:31.940 --> 00:29:32.579
 well to pay

00:29:32.579 --> 00:29:33.400
 attention to it

00:29:33.400 --> 00:29:34.420
 as

00:29:34.420 --> 00:29:35.759
 to a light

00:29:35.759 --> 00:29:36.879
 shining

00:29:36.879 --> 00:29:38.379
 in a dark

00:29:38.379 --> 00:29:39.000
 place

00:29:39.000 --> 00:29:41.920
 this Bible

00:29:41.920 --> 00:29:42.400
 is the more

00:29:42.400 --> 00:29:43.119
 certain light

00:29:43.119 --> 00:29:44.460
 Peter's

00:29:44.460 --> 00:29:45.379
 reminder

00:29:45.379 --> 00:29:46.180
 after death

00:29:46.180 --> 00:29:46.720
 remember he was

00:29:46.720 --> 00:29:47.139
 looking

00:29:47.139 --> 00:29:48.079
 in verse 15

00:29:48.079 --> 00:29:48.720
 to somehow

00:29:48.720 --> 00:29:49.519
 remind them

00:29:49.519 --> 00:29:50.379
 after his death

00:29:50.379 --> 00:29:51.319
 of these things

00:29:51.319 --> 00:29:52.579
 is this sure

00:29:52.579 --> 00:29:53.000
 light

00:29:53.000 --> 00:29:54.339
 and we would do

00:29:54.339 --> 00:29:55.000
 well to pay

00:29:55.000 --> 00:29:55.839
 attention to it

00:29:55.839 --> 00:29:56.420
 he says

00:29:56.420 --> 00:29:58.000
 see how it's

00:29:58.000 --> 00:29:58.619
 described

00:29:58.619 --> 00:30:00.079
 it is the light

00:30:00.079 --> 00:30:00.919
 shining in the

00:30:00.919 --> 00:30:01.679
 dark place

00:30:01.679 --> 00:30:04.759
 and the Bible

00:30:04.759 --> 00:30:05.399
 the scriptures

00:30:05.399 --> 00:30:06.559
 the word of the prophets

00:30:06.559 --> 00:30:08.359
 is a more

00:30:08.359 --> 00:30:09.159
 sure light

00:30:09.159 --> 00:30:10.679
 than the light

00:30:10.679 --> 00:30:11.779
 of divine

00:30:11.779 --> 00:30:12.619
 experience

00:30:12.619 --> 00:30:14.479
 the Bible

00:30:14.479 --> 00:30:16.479
 is a more

00:30:16.479 --> 00:30:17.459
 sure light

00:30:17.459 --> 00:30:18.579
 than the light

00:30:18.579 --> 00:30:20.059
 of divine

00:30:20.059 --> 00:30:20.839
 experience

00:30:20.839 --> 00:30:24.419
 I wasn't sure

00:30:24.419 --> 00:30:24.979
 about writing

00:30:24.979 --> 00:30:25.279
 that

00:30:25.279 --> 00:30:27.319
 of thinking

00:30:27.319 --> 00:30:27.879
 like that

00:30:27.879 --> 00:30:29.159
 and it's hard

00:30:29.159 --> 00:30:29.700
 to agree

00:30:29.700 --> 00:30:30.220
 sometimes

00:30:30.220 --> 00:30:30.799
 with statements

00:30:30.799 --> 00:30:31.359
 like that

00:30:31.359 --> 00:30:31.740
 I mean

00:30:31.740 --> 00:30:32.839
 how can the

00:30:32.839 --> 00:30:33.519
 words

00:30:33.519 --> 00:30:35.159
 the words

00:30:35.159 --> 00:30:35.859
 on a page

00:30:35.859 --> 00:30:36.220
 be more

00:30:36.220 --> 00:30:36.619
 certain

00:30:36.619 --> 00:30:37.839
 than actual

00:30:37.839 --> 00:30:38.659
 experiences

00:30:38.659 --> 00:30:40.339
 does that not

00:30:40.339 --> 00:30:40.879
 bother you

00:30:40.879 --> 00:30:41.859
 it bothers me

00:30:41.859 --> 00:30:42.980
 we place such a

00:30:42.980 --> 00:30:43.559
 high value

00:30:43.559 --> 00:30:44.220
 on experience

00:30:44.220 --> 00:30:45.439
 seeing and

00:30:45.439 --> 00:30:46.399
 hearing something

00:30:46.399 --> 00:30:47.179
 first hand

00:30:47.179 --> 00:30:48.059
 is so much

00:30:48.059 --> 00:30:48.899
 better in our

00:30:48.899 --> 00:30:49.379
 estimation

00:30:49.379 --> 00:30:50.019
 or understanding

00:30:50.019 --> 00:30:50.359
 and getting

00:30:50.359 --> 00:30:51.079
 information from

00:30:51.079 --> 00:30:51.539
 a book

00:30:51.539 --> 00:30:52.139
 isn't it

00:30:52.139 --> 00:30:52.779
 isn't always

00:30:52.779 --> 00:30:53.240
 better to

00:30:53.240 --> 00:30:53.819
 experience

00:30:53.819 --> 00:30:54.559
 than to read

00:30:54.559 --> 00:30:55.639
 so given

00:30:55.639 --> 00:30:56.079
 the option

00:30:56.079 --> 00:30:56.559
 of reading

00:30:56.559 --> 00:30:56.940
 how we

00:30:56.940 --> 00:30:57.579
 should live

00:30:57.579 --> 00:30:58.000
 as Christians

00:30:58.000 --> 00:30:58.339
 from the

00:30:58.339 --> 00:30:58.659
 Bible

00:30:58.659 --> 00:31:00.500
 or finding

00:31:00.500 --> 00:31:01.119
 God's will

00:31:01.119 --> 00:31:01.500
 from some

00:31:01.500 --> 00:31:01.980
 amazing

00:31:01.980 --> 00:31:02.679
 happenings

00:31:02.679 --> 00:31:04.039
 well we're

00:31:04.039 --> 00:31:04.659
 going to tend

00:31:04.659 --> 00:31:05.019
 in that

00:31:05.019 --> 00:31:05.379
 direction

00:31:05.379 --> 00:31:05.659
 aren't we

00:31:05.659 --> 00:31:05.899
 we're going

00:31:05.899 --> 00:31:06.240
 to want

00:31:06.240 --> 00:31:06.779
 that more

00:31:06.779 --> 00:31:07.299
 than this

00:31:07.299 --> 00:31:09.720
 but Peter

00:31:09.720 --> 00:31:10.759
 and the

00:31:10.759 --> 00:31:11.359
 holy scriptures

00:31:11.359 --> 00:31:12.119
 would disagree

00:31:12.119 --> 00:31:14.139
 what these

00:31:14.139 --> 00:31:15.220
 verses say

00:31:15.220 --> 00:31:16.000
 is that

00:31:16.000 --> 00:31:16.519
 scripture

00:31:16.519 --> 00:31:17.559
 is a more

00:31:17.559 --> 00:31:18.099
 certain

00:31:18.099 --> 00:31:18.679
 guide

00:31:18.679 --> 00:31:19.460
 than

00:31:19.460 --> 00:31:20.700
 experience

00:31:20.700 --> 00:31:22.220
 even

00:31:22.220 --> 00:31:23.420
 undeniable

00:31:23.420 --> 00:31:24.240
 experiences

00:31:24.240 --> 00:31:24.880
 like

00:31:24.880 --> 00:31:25.819
 Peter's

00:31:25.819 --> 00:31:26.600
 where

00:31:26.600 --> 00:31:27.160
 Jesus

00:31:27.160 --> 00:31:27.740
 is in

00:31:27.740 --> 00:31:28.180
 front of

00:31:28.180 --> 00:31:28.319
 us

00:31:28.319 --> 00:31:28.740
 and an

00:31:28.740 --> 00:31:29.080
 audible

00:31:29.080 --> 00:31:29.700
 voice

00:31:29.700 --> 00:31:30.200
 is coming

00:31:30.200 --> 00:31:30.880
 from heaven

00:31:30.880 --> 00:31:32.880
 more

00:31:32.880 --> 00:31:33.279
 certain

00:31:33.279 --> 00:31:33.819
 than that

00:31:33.819 --> 00:31:35.460
 and that

00:31:35.460 --> 00:31:35.900
 by the way

00:31:35.900 --> 00:31:36.059
 is

00:31:36.059 --> 00:31:36.819
 Peter's

00:31:36.819 --> 00:31:37.140
 experience

00:31:37.140 --> 00:31:37.779
 is far

00:31:37.779 --> 00:31:38.360
 far beyond

00:31:38.360 --> 00:31:38.819
 what often

00:31:38.819 --> 00:31:39.180
 passes

00:31:39.180 --> 00:31:39.580
 today

00:31:39.580 --> 00:31:40.019
 for God

00:31:40.019 --> 00:31:40.420
 speaking

00:31:40.420 --> 00:31:43.059
 how can

00:31:43.059 --> 00:31:43.500
 we trust

00:31:43.500 --> 00:31:44.019
 the Bible

00:31:44.019 --> 00:31:45.600
 more than

00:31:45.600 --> 00:31:45.900
 our own

00:31:45.900 --> 00:31:46.600
 experience

00:31:46.600 --> 00:31:49.039
 well I think

00:31:49.039 --> 00:31:49.440
 we continue

00:31:49.440 --> 00:31:49.799
 to trust

00:31:49.799 --> 00:31:50.220
 the Bible

00:31:50.220 --> 00:31:50.680
 because we

00:31:50.680 --> 00:31:51.039
 will always

00:31:51.039 --> 00:31:51.600
 have doubts

00:31:51.600 --> 00:31:52.539
 about experiences

00:31:52.539 --> 00:31:53.920
 when something

00:31:53.920 --> 00:31:54.680
 happens

00:31:54.680 --> 00:31:57.039
 we have to

00:31:57.039 --> 00:31:57.500
 take it in

00:31:57.500 --> 00:31:57.720
 don't we

00:31:57.720 --> 00:31:58.059
 through our

00:31:58.059 --> 00:31:58.339
 senses

00:31:58.339 --> 00:31:59.120
 what we see

00:31:59.120 --> 00:31:59.920
 what we feel

00:31:59.920 --> 00:32:00.539
 what we touch

00:32:00.539 --> 00:32:01.240
 what we hear

00:32:01.240 --> 00:32:02.319
 and we take it in

00:32:02.319 --> 00:32:02.759
 and we have to

00:32:02.759 --> 00:32:03.160
 interpret

00:32:03.160 --> 00:32:04.039
 and so as we

00:32:04.039 --> 00:32:05.000
 experience things

00:32:05.000 --> 00:32:05.500
 we have to

00:32:05.500 --> 00:32:06.299
 sift those things

00:32:06.299 --> 00:32:07.220
 through our minds

00:32:07.220 --> 00:32:07.759
 and through our

00:32:07.759 --> 00:32:08.180
 hearts

00:32:08.180 --> 00:32:09.120
 and we have to

00:32:09.120 --> 00:32:09.759
 make sense

00:32:09.759 --> 00:32:10.319
 about what they

00:32:10.319 --> 00:32:10.620
 mean

00:32:10.620 --> 00:32:11.220
 what's happening

00:32:11.220 --> 00:32:11.779
 what is God

00:32:11.779 --> 00:32:12.500
 saying here

00:32:12.500 --> 00:32:14.059
 and then we're

00:32:14.059 --> 00:32:14.680
 somewhat vulnerable

00:32:14.680 --> 00:32:15.000
 aren't we

00:32:15.000 --> 00:32:15.700
 to all kinds

00:32:15.700 --> 00:32:16.400
 of thoughts

00:32:16.400 --> 00:32:17.039
 and all kinds

00:32:17.039 --> 00:32:17.559
 of motives

00:32:17.559 --> 00:32:19.339
 do you know

00:32:19.339 --> 00:32:20.000
 what's reassuring

00:32:20.000 --> 00:32:20.640
 even Peter

00:32:20.640 --> 00:32:21.200
 didn't get it

00:32:21.200 --> 00:32:21.500
 right

00:32:21.500 --> 00:32:22.140
 he didn't

00:32:22.140 --> 00:32:22.660
 always get it

00:32:22.660 --> 00:32:23.000
 right when it

00:32:23.000 --> 00:32:23.440
 came to his

00:32:23.440 --> 00:32:23.900
 experiences

00:32:23.900 --> 00:32:24.920
 and in fact

00:32:24.920 --> 00:32:25.420
 he didn't even

00:32:25.420 --> 00:32:25.940
 get it right

00:32:25.940 --> 00:32:26.940
 to this experience

00:32:26.940 --> 00:32:29.099
 it's an alarming

00:32:29.099 --> 00:32:29.859
 thing to say

00:32:29.859 --> 00:32:31.119
 about an apostle

00:32:31.119 --> 00:32:32.319
 about a writer

00:32:32.319 --> 00:32:33.200
 of the New Testament

00:32:33.200 --> 00:32:34.180
 to say that he

00:32:34.180 --> 00:32:34.700
 didn't get it

00:32:34.700 --> 00:32:35.059
 right

00:32:35.059 --> 00:32:36.839
 so stay with me

00:32:36.839 --> 00:32:37.539
 as I try to

00:32:37.539 --> 00:32:37.940
 explain

00:32:37.940 --> 00:32:38.980
 don't be alarmed

00:32:38.980 --> 00:32:39.700
 just yet

00:32:39.700 --> 00:32:41.819
 look back again

00:32:41.819 --> 00:32:42.599
 at Mark chapter

00:32:42.599 --> 00:32:43.319
 9 will you

00:32:43.319 --> 00:32:44.460
 Mark chapter

00:32:44.460 --> 00:32:44.819
 9

00:32:44.819 --> 00:32:48.720
 now Mark

00:32:48.720 --> 00:32:49.200
 chapter 9

00:32:49.200 --> 00:32:49.740
 is Peter's

00:32:49.740 --> 00:32:50.220
 own account

00:32:50.220 --> 00:32:50.559
 from the

00:32:50.559 --> 00:32:51.200
 gospels

00:32:51.200 --> 00:32:52.399
 of what he

00:32:52.399 --> 00:32:52.819
 thought was

00:32:52.819 --> 00:32:53.399
 happening at

00:32:53.399 --> 00:32:53.799
 the time

00:32:53.799 --> 00:32:54.099
 of the

00:32:54.099 --> 00:32:55.200
 transfiguration

00:32:55.200 --> 00:32:56.619
 Mark is the

00:32:56.619 --> 00:32:57.759
 author of the

00:32:57.759 --> 00:32:58.659
 gospel of Mark

00:32:58.659 --> 00:32:59.659
 but it's believed

00:32:59.659 --> 00:33:00.399
 that Peter was

00:33:00.399 --> 00:33:00.980
 the source

00:33:00.980 --> 00:33:01.399
 material

00:33:01.399 --> 00:33:01.960
 the person

00:33:01.960 --> 00:33:02.539
 that passed

00:33:02.539 --> 00:33:03.619
 on the

00:33:03.619 --> 00:33:04.200
 stories and

00:33:04.200 --> 00:33:04.759
 the information

00:33:04.759 --> 00:33:05.399
 that allows

00:33:05.399 --> 00:33:06.179
 the gospel

00:33:06.179 --> 00:33:06.700
 to be written

00:33:06.700 --> 00:33:10.100
 so back

00:33:10.100 --> 00:33:10.860
 Mark chapter

00:33:10.860 --> 00:33:11.360
 9

00:33:11.360 --> 00:33:12.640
 and just

00:33:12.640 --> 00:33:13.160
 two of the

00:33:13.160 --> 00:33:13.440
 verses

00:33:13.440 --> 00:33:14.759
 5 and 6

00:33:14.759 --> 00:33:15.640
 Peter said

00:33:15.640 --> 00:33:15.980
 to Jesus

00:33:15.980 --> 00:33:16.539
 Rabbi

00:33:16.539 --> 00:33:17.980
 it's good

00:33:17.980 --> 00:33:18.299
 for us

00:33:18.299 --> 00:33:18.819
 to be here

00:33:18.819 --> 00:33:19.720
 let us

00:33:19.720 --> 00:33:19.980
 put up

00:33:19.980 --> 00:33:20.559
 three shelters

00:33:20.559 --> 00:33:21.140
 one for you

00:33:21.140 --> 00:33:21.799
 one for Moses

00:33:21.799 --> 00:33:22.759
 and one for

00:33:22.759 --> 00:33:23.120
 Elijah

00:33:23.120 --> 00:33:24.740
 and then look

00:33:24.740 --> 00:33:25.019
 at it a little

00:33:25.019 --> 00:33:25.660
 bit in brackets

00:33:25.660 --> 00:33:27.140
 he did not

00:33:27.140 --> 00:33:27.940
 know what

00:33:27.940 --> 00:33:28.420
 to say

00:33:28.420 --> 00:33:29.740
 they were so

00:33:29.740 --> 00:33:30.340
 frightened

00:33:30.340 --> 00:33:32.779
 Peter's

00:33:32.779 --> 00:33:33.259
 telling this

00:33:33.259 --> 00:33:33.880
 all to Mark

00:33:33.880 --> 00:33:34.740
 he's telling

00:33:34.740 --> 00:33:35.160
 the story

00:33:35.160 --> 00:33:35.759
 as he's writing

00:33:35.759 --> 00:33:36.180
 the gospel

00:33:36.180 --> 00:33:37.080
 and he's

00:33:37.080 --> 00:33:37.600
 being truthful

00:33:37.600 --> 00:33:37.940
 he's being

00:33:37.940 --> 00:33:38.220
 honest

00:33:38.220 --> 00:33:38.500
 he says

00:33:38.500 --> 00:33:39.180
 you know

00:33:39.180 --> 00:33:39.860
 I saw

00:33:39.860 --> 00:33:40.120
 all that

00:33:40.120 --> 00:33:40.500
 happened

00:33:40.500 --> 00:33:41.259
 and I was

00:33:41.259 --> 00:33:41.840
 frightened

00:33:41.840 --> 00:33:42.460
 out of my

00:33:42.460 --> 00:33:43.080
 wits

00:33:43.080 --> 00:33:44.860
 at the time

00:33:44.860 --> 00:33:46.080
 I had no

00:33:46.080 --> 00:33:47.000
 clue what

00:33:47.000 --> 00:33:47.700
 this was about

00:33:47.700 --> 00:33:48.380
 I had no

00:33:48.380 --> 00:33:48.900
 idea what

00:33:48.900 --> 00:33:49.539
 was happening

00:33:49.539 --> 00:33:50.960
 look at

00:33:50.960 --> 00:33:51.600
 verse 9

00:33:51.600 --> 00:33:52.380
 and as they

00:33:52.380 --> 00:33:52.700
 were coming

00:33:52.700 --> 00:33:53.160
 down the

00:33:53.160 --> 00:33:53.500
 mountain

00:33:53.500 --> 00:33:54.820
 Jesus had

00:33:54.820 --> 00:33:55.039
 to give

00:33:55.039 --> 00:33:55.519
 them orders

00:33:55.519 --> 00:33:56.080
 not to tell

00:33:56.080 --> 00:33:56.640
 anyone what

00:33:56.640 --> 00:33:56.900
 they had

00:33:56.900 --> 00:33:57.460
 seen until

00:33:57.460 --> 00:33:57.759
 the son

00:33:57.759 --> 00:33:58.160
 of man

00:33:58.160 --> 00:33:58.440
 had risen

00:33:58.440 --> 00:33:58.820
 from the

00:33:58.820 --> 00:33:59.120
 dead

00:33:59.120 --> 00:34:01.140
 they kept

00:34:01.140 --> 00:34:01.660
 the matter

00:34:01.660 --> 00:34:02.200
 to themselves

00:34:02.200 --> 00:34:02.600
 discussing

00:34:02.600 --> 00:34:03.580
 what rising

00:34:03.580 --> 00:34:04.120
 from the

00:34:04.120 --> 00:34:04.440
 dead

00:34:04.440 --> 00:34:04.799
 meant

00:34:04.799 --> 00:34:07.339
 Jesus

00:34:07.339 --> 00:34:08.380
 Jesus had

00:34:08.380 --> 00:34:08.800
 to tell

00:34:08.800 --> 00:34:09.139
 them to

00:34:09.139 --> 00:34:09.440
 keep it

00:34:09.440 --> 00:34:09.920
 to themselves

00:34:09.920 --> 00:34:10.599
 until after

00:34:10.599 --> 00:34:11.300
 the resurrection

00:34:11.300 --> 00:34:13.900
 why was that

00:34:13.900 --> 00:34:14.440
 because Peter

00:34:14.440 --> 00:34:15.239
 didn't understand

00:34:15.239 --> 00:34:16.099
 the experience

00:34:16.099 --> 00:34:16.759
 even though he

00:34:16.759 --> 00:34:17.360
 had seen it

00:34:17.360 --> 00:34:17.920
 and heard it

00:34:17.920 --> 00:34:18.599
 and felt it

00:34:18.599 --> 00:34:19.539
 he didn't

00:34:19.539 --> 00:34:20.199
 understand

00:34:20.199 --> 00:34:21.739
 and what it

00:34:21.739 --> 00:34:22.039
 took

00:34:22.039 --> 00:34:23.480
 was Jesus

00:34:23.480 --> 00:34:24.239
 to rise

00:34:24.239 --> 00:34:24.599
 from the

00:34:24.599 --> 00:34:24.920
 dead

00:34:24.920 --> 00:34:25.539
 and Peter

00:34:25.539 --> 00:34:26.119
 to understand

00:34:26.119 --> 00:34:26.400
 that

00:34:26.400 --> 00:34:26.759
 but then

00:34:26.759 --> 00:34:27.119
 Jesus

00:34:27.119 --> 00:34:27.719
 after he

00:34:27.719 --> 00:34:28.059
 rose from

00:34:28.059 --> 00:34:28.400
 the dead

00:34:28.400 --> 00:34:28.900
 he came

00:34:28.900 --> 00:34:29.099
 and he

00:34:29.099 --> 00:34:29.300
 spent

00:34:29.300 --> 00:34:30.039
 I think

00:34:30.039 --> 00:34:30.279
 a period

00:34:30.279 --> 00:34:30.779
 of 40

00:34:30.779 --> 00:34:31.460
 days

00:34:31.460 --> 00:34:32.079
 before he

00:34:32.079 --> 00:34:32.360
 ascended

00:34:32.360 --> 00:34:32.740
 to heaven

00:34:32.740 --> 00:34:33.340
 and you

00:34:33.340 --> 00:34:33.539
 know what

00:34:33.539 --> 00:34:33.880
 it says

00:34:33.880 --> 00:34:34.160
 he did

00:34:34.160 --> 00:34:34.500
 during that

00:34:34.500 --> 00:34:34.820
 time

00:34:34.820 --> 00:34:35.760
 he opened

00:34:35.760 --> 00:34:36.059
 up the

00:34:36.059 --> 00:34:36.360
 scriptures

00:34:36.360 --> 00:34:37.380
 he opened

00:34:37.380 --> 00:34:37.680
 up the

00:34:37.680 --> 00:34:37.880
 old

00:34:37.880 --> 00:34:38.260
 testament

00:34:38.260 --> 00:34:38.720
 and said

00:34:38.720 --> 00:34:39.539
 look here

00:34:39.539 --> 00:34:39.960
 this is

00:34:39.960 --> 00:34:40.380
 about me

00:34:40.380 --> 00:34:40.980
 look here

00:34:40.980 --> 00:34:41.840
 you don't

00:34:41.840 --> 00:34:42.160
 understand

00:34:42.160 --> 00:34:42.599
 the resurrection

00:34:42.599 --> 00:34:43.120
 but look

00:34:43.120 --> 00:34:43.599
 there's a

00:34:43.599 --> 00:34:44.019
 hint of it

00:34:44.019 --> 00:34:44.539
 back here

00:34:44.539 --> 00:34:45.039
 and I'm

00:34:45.039 --> 00:34:45.200
 going to

00:34:45.200 --> 00:34:45.740
 explain that

00:34:45.740 --> 00:34:45.920
 to you

00:34:45.920 --> 00:34:46.740
 all the

00:34:46.740 --> 00:34:47.019
 scriptures

00:34:47.019 --> 00:34:47.579
 are pointing

00:34:47.579 --> 00:34:48.579
 towards me

00:34:48.579 --> 00:34:50.039
 and so

00:34:50.039 --> 00:34:51.300
 Jesus knew

00:34:51.300 --> 00:34:51.780
 that and he

00:34:51.780 --> 00:34:52.200
 said to

00:34:52.200 --> 00:34:52.660
 Peter and

00:34:52.660 --> 00:34:53.000
 James and

00:34:53.000 --> 00:34:53.140
 John

00:34:53.140 --> 00:34:53.900
 don't tell

00:34:53.900 --> 00:34:54.340
 anyone about

00:34:54.340 --> 00:34:54.660
 this because

00:34:54.660 --> 00:34:54.960
 you don't

00:34:54.960 --> 00:34:55.440
 understand

00:34:55.440 --> 00:34:56.420
 you're not

00:34:56.420 --> 00:34:56.599
 going to

00:34:56.599 --> 00:34:56.980
 understand it

00:34:56.980 --> 00:34:57.320
 until after

00:34:57.320 --> 00:34:57.860
 the resurrection

00:34:57.860 --> 00:34:58.840
 until after

00:34:58.840 --> 00:34:59.460
 I've risen

00:34:59.460 --> 00:35:00.079
 and come

00:35:00.079 --> 00:35:00.720
 and explained

00:35:00.719 --> 00:35:01.959
 it all to

00:35:01.959 --> 00:35:02.299
 you

00:35:02.299 --> 00:35:05.079
 it was only

00:35:05.079 --> 00:35:05.639
 the light

00:35:05.639 --> 00:35:05.959
 of the

00:35:05.959 --> 00:35:06.319
 scriptures

00:35:06.319 --> 00:35:07.619
 that made

00:35:07.619 --> 00:35:08.279
 any sense

00:35:08.279 --> 00:35:09.019
 of what

00:35:09.019 --> 00:35:09.539
 happened on

00:35:09.539 --> 00:35:09.879
 the mountain

00:35:09.879 --> 00:35:10.239
 it was only

00:35:10.239 --> 00:35:10.579
 the light

00:35:10.579 --> 00:35:11.059
 of scriptures

00:35:11.059 --> 00:35:11.719
 that made

00:35:11.719 --> 00:35:12.319
 any sense

00:35:12.319 --> 00:35:12.819
 of Peter's

00:35:12.819 --> 00:35:13.359
 experience

00:35:13.359 --> 00:35:13.819
 for him

00:35:13.819 --> 00:35:15.779
 and so

00:35:15.779 --> 00:35:16.699
 the key

00:35:16.699 --> 00:35:17.279
 thing to

00:35:17.279 --> 00:35:17.859
 understand

00:35:17.859 --> 00:35:19.279
 is this

00:35:19.279 --> 00:35:19.980
 that scripture

00:35:19.980 --> 00:35:20.559
 didn't come

00:35:20.559 --> 00:35:21.159
 about by the

00:35:21.159 --> 00:35:21.739
 author's own

00:35:21.739 --> 00:35:22.299
 attempts at

00:35:22.299 --> 00:35:23.000
 interpretation

00:35:23.000 --> 00:35:25.219
 no scripture

00:35:25.219 --> 00:35:26.319
 has its

00:35:26.319 --> 00:35:27.399
 origin in

00:35:27.399 --> 00:35:27.779
 the will

00:35:27.779 --> 00:35:28.359
 of God

00:35:28.359 --> 00:35:29.599
 who carries

00:35:29.599 --> 00:35:30.679
 the author's

00:35:30.679 --> 00:35:31.619
 along by

00:35:31.619 --> 00:35:32.239
 the holy

00:35:32.239 --> 00:35:32.960
 spirit

00:35:32.960 --> 00:35:34.359
 and we

00:35:34.359 --> 00:35:34.519
 need to

00:35:34.519 --> 00:35:34.839
 come back

00:35:34.839 --> 00:35:35.179
 now to

00:35:35.179 --> 00:35:35.739
 2nd Peter

00:35:35.739 --> 00:35:36.859
 and chapter

00:35:36.859 --> 00:35:37.159
 1

00:35:37.159 --> 00:35:37.779
 2nd Peter

00:35:37.779 --> 00:35:38.559
 chapter 1

00:35:38.559 --> 00:35:40.039
 and verse

00:35:40.039 --> 00:35:40.419
 20

00:35:40.419 --> 00:35:42.119
 above all

00:35:42.119 --> 00:35:43.379
 you must

00:35:43.379 --> 00:35:43.960
 understand

00:35:43.960 --> 00:35:44.440
 that no

00:35:44.440 --> 00:35:45.159
 prophecy of

00:35:45.159 --> 00:35:45.480
 scripture

00:35:45.480 --> 00:35:46.079
 came about

00:35:46.079 --> 00:35:46.440
 by the

00:35:46.440 --> 00:35:46.960
 prophet's

00:35:46.960 --> 00:35:47.519
 own

00:35:47.519 --> 00:35:48.219
 interpretation

00:35:48.219 --> 00:35:49.779
 for

00:35:49.779 --> 00:35:50.139
 prophecy

00:35:50.139 --> 00:35:50.699
 never had

00:35:50.699 --> 00:35:51.219
 its origin

00:35:51.219 --> 00:35:51.500
 in the

00:35:51.500 --> 00:35:51.739
 will of

00:35:51.739 --> 00:35:52.039
 man

00:35:52.039 --> 00:35:52.719
 but men

00:35:52.719 --> 00:35:53.239
 spoke

00:35:53.239 --> 00:35:53.839
 from God

00:35:53.839 --> 00:35:54.079
 as they

00:35:54.079 --> 00:35:54.619
 were carried

00:35:54.619 --> 00:35:55.119
 along

00:35:55.119 --> 00:35:55.980
 by the

00:35:55.980 --> 00:35:56.359
 holy

00:35:56.359 --> 00:35:57.339
 spirit

00:35:57.340 --> 00:36:00.640
 it's a

00:36:00.640 --> 00:36:01.120
 big area

00:36:01.120 --> 00:36:01.400
 isn't it

00:36:01.400 --> 00:36:01.720
 how the

00:36:01.720 --> 00:36:02.019
 bible

00:36:02.019 --> 00:36:02.579
 came to

00:36:02.579 --> 00:36:02.740
 us

00:36:02.740 --> 00:36:03.200
 what's

00:36:03.200 --> 00:36:03.519
 in there

00:36:03.519 --> 00:36:04.360
 the stories

00:36:04.360 --> 00:36:04.800
 and the

00:36:04.800 --> 00:36:04.980
 holy

00:36:04.980 --> 00:36:05.440
 spirit

00:36:05.440 --> 00:36:05.920
 and how

00:36:05.920 --> 00:36:06.240
 does all

00:36:06.240 --> 00:36:06.720
 that work

00:36:06.720 --> 00:36:09.039
 and I

00:36:09.039 --> 00:36:09.600
 can't describe

00:36:09.600 --> 00:36:10.059
 all of that

00:36:10.059 --> 00:36:10.559
 this morning

00:36:10.559 --> 00:36:10.980
 and I don't

00:36:10.980 --> 00:36:11.440
 know all of

00:36:11.440 --> 00:36:11.820
 it but

00:36:11.820 --> 00:36:12.880
 I think what

00:36:12.880 --> 00:36:13.400
 we can say

00:36:13.400 --> 00:36:13.740
 is that the

00:36:13.740 --> 00:36:14.320
 events

00:36:14.320 --> 00:36:15.640
 that are in

00:36:15.640 --> 00:36:16.180
 scripture are

00:36:16.180 --> 00:36:17.519
 accurately recorded

00:36:17.519 --> 00:36:18.380
 by the

00:36:18.380 --> 00:36:18.900
 authors of

00:36:18.900 --> 00:36:19.200
 scripture

00:36:19.200 --> 00:36:20.660
 and we can

00:36:20.660 --> 00:36:21.200
 see that

00:36:21.200 --> 00:36:21.600
 you know

00:36:21.600 --> 00:36:21.900
 when people

00:36:21.900 --> 00:36:22.420
 talk about

00:36:22.420 --> 00:36:22.920
 the bible

00:36:22.920 --> 00:36:23.340
 being a

00:36:23.340 --> 00:36:23.620
 religious

00:36:23.620 --> 00:36:24.180
 document

00:36:24.179 --> 00:36:25.119
 and fabricated

00:36:25.119 --> 00:36:26.500
 but look

00:36:26.500 --> 00:36:26.960
 back at

00:36:26.960 --> 00:36:27.779
 the account

00:36:27.779 --> 00:36:28.440
 in Mark

00:36:28.440 --> 00:36:29.379
 and the

00:36:29.379 --> 00:36:30.079
 honesty of

00:36:30.079 --> 00:36:30.179
 it

00:36:30.179 --> 00:36:30.480
 of what

00:36:30.480 --> 00:36:30.859
 Peter's

00:36:30.859 --> 00:36:31.119
 saying

00:36:31.119 --> 00:36:31.639
 it's not

00:36:31.639 --> 00:36:32.440
 airbrushed

00:36:32.440 --> 00:36:33.199
 or spun

00:36:33.199 --> 00:36:34.879
 or there's

00:36:34.879 --> 00:36:37.000
 no extra

00:36:37.000 --> 00:36:38.059
 bits added

00:36:38.059 --> 00:36:38.619
 in to try

00:36:38.619 --> 00:36:39.059
 and explain

00:36:39.059 --> 00:36:39.460
 it away

00:36:39.460 --> 00:36:40.399
 Peter doesn't

00:36:40.399 --> 00:36:40.879
 come across

00:36:40.879 --> 00:36:41.319
 particularly

00:36:41.319 --> 00:36:41.719
 well

00:36:41.719 --> 00:36:43.059
 he's frightened

00:36:43.059 --> 00:36:43.359
 he doesn't

00:36:43.359 --> 00:36:43.839
 know what's

00:36:43.839 --> 00:36:44.159
 happening

00:36:44.159 --> 00:36:46.599
 the account

00:36:46.599 --> 00:36:47.179
 is honest

00:36:47.179 --> 00:36:48.039
 and the

00:36:48.039 --> 00:36:48.500
 holy spirit

00:36:48.500 --> 00:36:49.179
 works and he

00:36:49.179 --> 00:36:50.039
 takes these

00:36:50.039 --> 00:36:50.719
 experiences

00:36:50.719 --> 00:36:51.219
 the things

00:36:51.219 --> 00:36:51.559
 they didn't

00:36:51.559 --> 00:36:52.159
 understand

00:36:52.159 --> 00:36:53.279
 and he

00:36:53.279 --> 00:36:54.019
 ensures that

00:36:54.019 --> 00:36:54.980
 the words

00:36:54.980 --> 00:36:56.159
 of scripture

00:36:56.159 --> 00:36:57.699
 are not

00:36:57.699 --> 00:36:58.119
 just the

00:36:58.119 --> 00:36:58.539
 author's

00:36:58.539 --> 00:36:59.300
 own ideas

00:36:59.300 --> 00:36:59.679
 about what

00:36:59.679 --> 00:37:00.059
 happened

00:37:00.059 --> 00:37:00.739
 but are

00:37:00.739 --> 00:37:01.320
 the very

00:37:01.320 --> 00:37:02.259
 words of

00:37:02.259 --> 00:37:02.480
 God

00:37:02.480 --> 00:37:03.139
 the choice

00:37:03.139 --> 00:37:03.679
 of the

00:37:03.679 --> 00:37:04.199
 stories

00:37:04.199 --> 00:37:05.599
 the way

00:37:05.599 --> 00:37:06.659
 they fit

00:37:06.659 --> 00:37:07.099
 together

00:37:07.099 --> 00:37:07.579
 to make

00:37:07.579 --> 00:37:08.039
 a story

00:37:08.039 --> 00:37:08.340
 the way

00:37:08.340 --> 00:37:08.679
 that the

00:37:08.679 --> 00:37:09.019
 whole

00:37:09.019 --> 00:37:09.500
 scripture

00:37:09.500 --> 00:37:09.900
 from

00:37:09.900 --> 00:37:10.320
 Genesis

00:37:10.320 --> 00:37:10.639
 to

00:37:10.639 --> 00:37:11.179
 Revelation

00:37:11.179 --> 00:37:12.000
 fits

00:37:12.000 --> 00:37:12.480
 together

00:37:12.480 --> 00:37:13.239
 is all

00:37:13.239 --> 00:37:14.480
 of God's

00:37:14.480 --> 00:37:14.900
 work

00:37:14.900 --> 00:37:15.559
 yes God

00:37:15.559 --> 00:37:16.139
 is involved

00:37:16.139 --> 00:37:16.440
 in the

00:37:16.440 --> 00:37:16.719
 divine

00:37:16.719 --> 00:37:17.420
 experiences

00:37:17.420 --> 00:37:18.179
 but he

00:37:18.179 --> 00:37:18.539
 is also

00:37:18.539 --> 00:37:18.980
 involved

00:37:18.980 --> 00:37:19.360
 in the

00:37:19.360 --> 00:37:20.079
 capturing

00:37:20.079 --> 00:37:20.820
 of those

00:37:20.820 --> 00:37:21.480
 experiences

00:37:21.480 --> 00:37:22.400
 those events

00:37:22.400 --> 00:37:23.300
 onto the

00:37:23.300 --> 00:37:23.700
 pages

00:37:23.700 --> 00:37:24.660
 of scripture

00:37:24.660 --> 00:37:25.300
 to ensure

00:37:25.300 --> 00:37:26.140
 that yes

00:37:26.140 --> 00:37:26.580
 the Bible

00:37:26.580 --> 00:37:27.100
 has many

00:37:27.100 --> 00:37:27.519
 authors

00:37:27.519 --> 00:37:28.420
 maybe 40

00:37:28.420 --> 00:37:29.880
 40 human

00:37:29.880 --> 00:37:30.260
 authors

00:37:30.260 --> 00:37:31.300
 but there

00:37:31.300 --> 00:37:31.560
 is only

00:37:31.560 --> 00:37:32.360
 one divine

00:37:32.360 --> 00:37:32.920
 author

00:37:32.920 --> 00:37:34.039
 over it

00:37:34.039 --> 00:37:34.320
 all

00:37:34.320 --> 00:37:36.600
 that is

00:37:36.600 --> 00:37:36.880
 why

00:37:36.880 --> 00:37:37.280
 Psalm

00:37:37.280 --> 00:37:37.960
 119

00:37:37.960 --> 00:37:38.519
 says

00:37:38.519 --> 00:37:39.940
 your word

00:37:39.940 --> 00:37:40.920
 is a lamp

00:37:40.920 --> 00:37:41.420
 unto my

00:37:41.420 --> 00:37:41.800
 feet

00:37:41.800 --> 00:37:42.500
 and a

00:37:42.500 --> 00:37:42.800
 light

00:37:42.800 --> 00:37:43.400
 unto my

00:37:43.400 --> 00:37:43.880
 path

00:37:43.880 --> 00:37:45.320
 you see

00:37:45.320 --> 00:37:45.700
 it is the

00:37:45.700 --> 00:37:46.180
 true and

00:37:46.180 --> 00:37:46.600
 reliable

00:37:46.600 --> 00:37:46.960
 light

00:37:46.960 --> 00:37:47.940
 it guides

00:37:47.940 --> 00:37:48.280
 us as

00:37:48.280 --> 00:37:49.140
 to how

00:37:49.140 --> 00:37:49.920
 we live

00:37:49.920 --> 00:37:50.620
 and how

00:37:50.620 --> 00:37:50.980
 we're to

00:37:50.980 --> 00:37:51.500
 go each

00:37:51.500 --> 00:37:52.100
 step along

00:37:52.099 --> 00:37:52.500
 the way

00:37:52.500 --> 00:37:53.599
 so we

00:37:53.599 --> 00:37:54.059
 can look

00:37:54.059 --> 00:37:54.819
 back over

00:37:54.819 --> 00:37:56.599
 verses 5

00:37:56.599 --> 00:37:57.139
 and 11

00:37:57.139 --> 00:37:57.839
 the things

00:37:57.839 --> 00:37:58.920
 that Peter

00:37:58.920 --> 00:37:59.380
 is wanting

00:37:59.380 --> 00:37:59.980
 to remind

00:37:59.980 --> 00:38:00.400
 them of

00:38:00.400 --> 00:38:00.639
 and we

00:38:00.639 --> 00:38:01.139
 can see

00:38:01.139 --> 00:38:01.719
 how those

00:38:01.719 --> 00:38:02.099
 words

00:38:02.099 --> 00:38:02.920
 guide us

00:38:02.920 --> 00:38:03.279
 and help

00:38:03.279 --> 00:38:03.779
 us along

00:38:03.779 --> 00:38:04.319
 the way

00:38:04.319 --> 00:38:05.299
 it says

00:38:05.299 --> 00:38:05.739
 how we

00:38:05.739 --> 00:38:06.039
 are to

00:38:06.039 --> 00:38:06.319
 live

00:38:06.319 --> 00:38:07.219
 as believers

00:38:07.219 --> 00:38:08.019
 what it

00:38:08.019 --> 00:38:08.480
 means to

00:38:08.480 --> 00:38:08.719
 be a

00:38:08.719 --> 00:38:09.239
 person of

00:38:09.239 --> 00:38:09.639
 faith

00:38:09.639 --> 00:38:10.199
 it means

00:38:10.199 --> 00:38:10.480
 that all

00:38:10.480 --> 00:38:10.880
 these other

00:38:10.880 --> 00:38:11.719
 qualities

00:38:11.719 --> 00:38:12.779
 and characteristics

00:38:12.779 --> 00:38:13.719
 will emerge

00:38:13.719 --> 00:38:14.360
 and grow

00:38:14.360 --> 00:38:15.119
 and be added

00:38:15.119 --> 00:38:16.179
 to our

00:38:16.179 --> 00:38:17.119
 gift of

00:38:17.119 --> 00:38:17.619
 faith that

00:38:17.619 --> 00:38:17.960
 we have

00:38:17.960 --> 00:38:18.699
 from God

00:38:18.699 --> 00:38:19.500
 so that

00:38:19.500 --> 00:38:19.920
 one day

00:38:19.920 --> 00:38:20.199
 we're going

00:38:20.199 --> 00:38:20.659
 to get to

00:38:20.659 --> 00:38:20.980
 the end

00:38:20.980 --> 00:38:21.260
 of that

00:38:21.260 --> 00:38:21.639
 path

00:38:21.639 --> 00:38:22.119
 and reach

00:38:22.119 --> 00:38:22.300
 our

00:38:22.300 --> 00:38:22.599
 heavenly

00:38:22.599 --> 00:38:23.059
 home

00:38:23.059 --> 00:38:24.860
 scripture

00:38:24.860 --> 00:38:25.960
 the bible

00:38:25.960 --> 00:38:26.360
 is the

00:38:26.360 --> 00:38:27.380
 bright light

00:38:27.380 --> 00:38:28.240
 to guide

00:38:28.240 --> 00:38:28.579
 us on

00:38:28.579 --> 00:38:29.199
 that path

00:38:29.199 --> 00:38:30.420
 it's

00:38:30.420 --> 00:38:31.159
 it's really

00:38:31.159 --> 00:38:31.639
 how we

00:38:31.639 --> 00:38:32.340
 can today

00:38:32.340 --> 00:38:33.019
 think about

00:38:33.019 --> 00:38:33.159
 it

00:38:33.159 --> 00:38:34.000
 2000 years

00:38:34.000 --> 00:38:34.260
 later

00:38:34.260 --> 00:38:35.019
 in Ireland

00:38:35.019 --> 00:38:36.659
 see

00:38:36.659 --> 00:38:37.840
 Jesus

00:38:37.840 --> 00:38:39.619
 see Jesus

00:38:39.619 --> 00:38:40.380
 standing on

00:38:40.380 --> 00:38:41.500
 that mountaintop

00:38:41.500 --> 00:38:42.099
 a Judean

00:38:42.099 --> 00:38:42.679
 mountaintop

00:38:42.679 --> 00:38:43.480
 2000 years

00:38:43.480 --> 00:38:43.800
 ago

00:38:43.800 --> 00:38:45.019
 it is through

00:38:45.019 --> 00:38:45.539
 the pages

00:38:45.539 --> 00:38:46.059
 of scripture

00:38:46.059 --> 00:38:48.360
 so given

00:38:48.360 --> 00:38:48.699
 what we

00:38:48.699 --> 00:38:49.259
 have

00:38:49.259 --> 00:38:50.099
 in scripture

00:38:50.099 --> 00:38:51.759
 the reliable

00:38:51.759 --> 00:38:53.239
 first hand

00:38:53.239 --> 00:38:54.019
 accounts

00:38:54.019 --> 00:38:55.279
 of God's

00:38:55.279 --> 00:38:55.659
 dealings

00:38:55.659 --> 00:38:56.360
 with people

00:38:56.360 --> 00:38:57.519
 all of

00:38:57.519 --> 00:38:57.960
 which are

00:38:57.960 --> 00:38:58.519
 interpreted

00:38:58.519 --> 00:38:59.320
 by God

00:38:59.320 --> 00:39:01.900
 I guess

00:39:01.900 --> 00:39:02.299
 the question

00:39:02.299 --> 00:39:02.699
 is why

00:39:02.699 --> 00:39:03.219
 would we

00:39:03.219 --> 00:39:04.360
 chase after

00:39:04.360 --> 00:39:05.340
 other stories

00:39:05.340 --> 00:39:06.900
 or our

00:39:06.900 --> 00:39:07.219
 own

00:39:07.219 --> 00:39:08.019
 interpretation

00:39:08.019 --> 00:39:09.099
 or our

00:39:09.099 --> 00:39:09.259
 own

00:39:09.259 --> 00:39:10.159
 experiences

00:39:10.159 --> 00:39:11.179
 of the

00:39:11.179 --> 00:39:11.559
 word of

00:39:11.559 --> 00:39:12.079
 God

00:39:12.079 --> 00:39:13.320
 that often

00:39:13.320 --> 00:39:13.840
 prove to be

00:39:13.840 --> 00:39:14.400
 unreliable

00:39:14.400 --> 00:39:15.800
 why

00:39:15.800 --> 00:39:17.660
 leave

00:39:17.660 --> 00:39:18.240
 the certain

00:39:18.240 --> 00:39:18.780
 light of

00:39:18.780 --> 00:39:19.059
 scripture

00:39:19.059 --> 00:39:20.400
 for an

00:39:20.400 --> 00:39:20.760
 uncertain

00:39:20.760 --> 00:39:21.220
 guide

00:39:21.220 --> 00:39:24.059
 that's why

00:39:24.059 --> 00:39:24.880
 Peter starts

00:39:24.880 --> 00:39:26.059
 or says

00:39:26.059 --> 00:39:26.700
 in verse 12

00:39:26.700 --> 00:39:27.160
 remember

00:39:27.160 --> 00:39:28.740
 remember

00:39:28.740 --> 00:39:29.440
 Peter says

00:39:29.440 --> 00:39:29.880
 remember

00:39:29.880 --> 00:39:30.800
 these things

00:39:30.800 --> 00:39:32.960
 and then he

00:39:32.960 --> 00:39:33.300
 says you

00:39:33.300 --> 00:39:33.599
 will do

00:39:33.599 --> 00:39:33.940
 well

00:39:33.940 --> 00:39:35.039
 you will

00:39:35.039 --> 00:39:35.500
 do well

00:39:35.500 --> 00:39:35.860
 to pay

00:39:35.860 --> 00:39:36.280
 attention

00:39:36.280 --> 00:39:36.760
 to the

00:39:36.760 --> 00:39:37.099
 scriptures

00:39:37.099 --> 00:39:40.380
 maybe you're

00:39:40.380 --> 00:39:40.559
 a bit

00:39:40.559 --> 00:39:41.059
 disappointed

00:39:41.059 --> 00:39:41.639
 this morning

00:39:41.639 --> 00:39:42.400
 that we

00:39:42.400 --> 00:39:42.980
 can't

00:39:42.980 --> 00:39:44.360
 in a sense

00:39:44.360 --> 00:39:44.960
 repeat the

00:39:44.960 --> 00:39:45.440
 wonderful

00:39:45.440 --> 00:39:46.120
 mountaintop

00:39:46.120 --> 00:39:46.620
 experience

00:39:46.620 --> 00:39:47.039
 of Peter

00:39:47.039 --> 00:39:47.579
 I wish

00:39:47.579 --> 00:39:48.240
 I wish

00:39:48.240 --> 00:39:48.519
 that was

00:39:48.519 --> 00:39:48.940
 the new

00:39:48.940 --> 00:39:49.420
 message

00:39:49.420 --> 00:39:50.160
 in some

00:39:50.160 --> 00:39:50.700
 ways that I

00:39:50.700 --> 00:39:51.079
 could bring

00:39:51.079 --> 00:39:51.340
 to you

00:39:51.340 --> 00:39:51.620
 but it's

00:39:51.620 --> 00:39:51.900
 not

00:39:51.900 --> 00:39:52.640
 Jesus

00:39:52.640 --> 00:39:54.019
 Jesus has

00:39:54.019 --> 00:39:54.400
 come and

00:39:54.400 --> 00:39:54.660
 gone

00:39:54.660 --> 00:39:55.559
 the

00:39:55.559 --> 00:39:56.640
 transfiguration

00:39:56.640 --> 00:39:57.160
 that that

00:39:57.160 --> 00:39:58.079
 glorification

00:39:58.079 --> 00:39:58.559
 of Jesus

00:39:58.559 --> 00:39:59.099
 was just

00:39:59.099 --> 00:39:59.960
 a passing

00:39:59.960 --> 00:40:00.900
 glimpse

00:40:00.900 --> 00:40:02.180
 it was over

00:40:02.180 --> 00:40:02.780
 so quickly

00:40:02.780 --> 00:40:04.019
 a passing

00:40:04.019 --> 00:40:04.720
 taste of

00:40:04.720 --> 00:40:05.059
 the risen

00:40:05.059 --> 00:40:05.460
 Jesus

00:40:05.460 --> 00:40:06.420
 and it

00:40:06.420 --> 00:40:07.120
 was Peter's

00:40:07.120 --> 00:40:07.740
 experience

00:40:07.740 --> 00:40:08.860
 thankfully

00:40:08.860 --> 00:40:09.720
 recorded for

00:40:09.720 --> 00:40:10.680
 us in the

00:40:10.680 --> 00:40:10.940
 scripture

00:40:10.940 --> 00:40:11.700
 so today

00:40:11.700 --> 00:40:12.820
 today we can

00:40:12.820 --> 00:40:13.519
 be guided by

00:40:13.519 --> 00:40:13.980
 that sure

00:40:13.980 --> 00:40:14.340
 word

00:40:14.340 --> 00:40:16.240
 and this

00:40:16.240 --> 00:40:16.500
 is why

00:40:16.500 --> 00:40:17.100
 Peter tells

00:40:17.100 --> 00:40:17.360
 them

00:40:17.360 --> 00:40:18.700
 of the

00:40:18.700 --> 00:40:19.019
 need to

00:40:19.019 --> 00:40:19.320
 always

00:40:19.320 --> 00:40:19.800
 remember

00:40:19.800 --> 00:40:20.059
 the

00:40:20.059 --> 00:40:20.559
 message

00:40:20.559 --> 00:40:20.880
 the

00:40:20.880 --> 00:40:21.360
 qualities

00:40:21.360 --> 00:40:21.820
 these

00:40:21.820 --> 00:40:22.300
 things

00:40:22.300 --> 00:40:22.980
 that's

00:40:22.980 --> 00:40:23.340
 why he

00:40:23.340 --> 00:40:23.980
 tells them

00:40:23.980 --> 00:40:24.240
 of the

00:40:24.240 --> 00:40:24.620
 light of

00:40:24.620 --> 00:40:24.880
 his own

00:40:24.880 --> 00:40:25.440
 experience

00:40:25.440 --> 00:40:26.200
 that's why

00:40:26.200 --> 00:40:26.860
 he tells

00:40:26.860 --> 00:40:27.320
 them of the

00:40:27.320 --> 00:40:28.300
 more certain

00:40:28.300 --> 00:40:28.720
 light of

00:40:28.720 --> 00:40:29.000
 scripture

00:40:29.000 --> 00:40:30.019
 as a

00:40:30.019 --> 00:40:30.620
 guide

00:40:30.620 --> 00:40:35.000
 maybe I do

00:40:35.000 --> 00:40:35.640
 something new

00:40:35.640 --> 00:40:37.260
 there's one

00:40:37.260 --> 00:40:37.940
 more light

00:40:37.940 --> 00:40:38.700
 left

00:40:38.700 --> 00:40:39.760
 there is one

00:40:39.760 --> 00:40:40.420
 more light

00:40:40.420 --> 00:40:41.240
 left

00:40:41.239 --> 00:40:42.559
 for us

00:40:42.559 --> 00:40:45.500
 and this

00:40:45.500 --> 00:40:45.859
 is one

00:40:45.859 --> 00:40:46.179
 that we're

00:40:46.179 --> 00:40:46.659
 all going

00:40:46.659 --> 00:40:47.059
 to see

00:40:47.059 --> 00:40:48.919
 just in

00:40:48.919 --> 00:40:49.579
 case we

00:40:49.579 --> 00:40:50.479
 feel we're

00:40:50.479 --> 00:40:50.919
 missing out

00:40:50.919 --> 00:40:51.159
 on our

00:40:51.159 --> 00:40:51.699
 mountaintop

00:40:51.699 --> 00:40:52.259
 experience

00:40:52.259 --> 00:40:53.099
 there is

00:40:53.099 --> 00:40:53.639
 one light

00:40:53.639 --> 00:40:54.619
 there's a

00:40:54.619 --> 00:40:55.119
 wonderful

00:40:55.119 --> 00:40:57.179
 message

00:40:57.179 --> 00:40:57.959
 and it's

00:40:57.959 --> 00:40:58.579
 tucked away

00:40:58.579 --> 00:40:59.019
 it's tucked

00:40:59.019 --> 00:40:59.459
 away in

00:40:59.459 --> 00:41:00.219
 verse 19

00:41:00.219 --> 00:41:01.119
 we skipped

00:41:01.119 --> 00:41:01.759
 over it

00:41:01.759 --> 00:41:03.500
 verse 19

00:41:03.500 --> 00:41:04.579
 and we

00:41:04.579 --> 00:41:04.900
 have the

00:41:04.900 --> 00:41:05.199
 word of

00:41:05.199 --> 00:41:05.320
 the

00:41:05.320 --> 00:41:05.639
 prophets

00:41:05.639 --> 00:41:06.159
 made more

00:41:06.159 --> 00:41:06.500
 certain

00:41:06.500 --> 00:41:07.079
 and you

00:41:07.079 --> 00:41:07.320
 will do

00:41:07.320 --> 00:41:07.699
 well to

00:41:07.699 --> 00:41:08.199
 pay attention

00:41:08.199 --> 00:41:08.639
 to it

00:41:08.639 --> 00:41:09.400
 as to a

00:41:09.400 --> 00:41:10.019
 light shining

00:41:10.019 --> 00:41:10.539
 in a dark

00:41:10.539 --> 00:41:11.019
 place

00:41:11.019 --> 00:41:12.519
 until the

00:41:12.519 --> 00:41:13.539
 day dawns

00:41:13.539 --> 00:41:14.519
 and the

00:41:14.519 --> 00:41:15.260
 morning star

00:41:15.260 --> 00:41:16.679
 rises in

00:41:16.679 --> 00:41:17.420
 your hearts

00:41:17.420 --> 00:41:19.119
 you see

00:41:19.119 --> 00:41:19.500
 there's a

00:41:19.500 --> 00:41:20.199
 wonderful

00:41:20.199 --> 00:41:21.480
 time limit

00:41:21.480 --> 00:41:21.860
 on the

00:41:21.860 --> 00:41:22.239
 light of

00:41:22.239 --> 00:41:22.579
 scripture

00:41:22.579 --> 00:41:24.119
 peter says

00:41:24.119 --> 00:41:24.599
 yes it

00:41:24.599 --> 00:41:24.940
 will be

00:41:24.940 --> 00:41:25.400
 our light

00:41:25.400 --> 00:41:26.119
 shining

00:41:26.119 --> 00:41:26.860
 in a

00:41:26.860 --> 00:41:27.199
 dark

00:41:27.199 --> 00:41:27.860
 place

00:41:27.860 --> 00:41:29.380
 but only

00:41:29.380 --> 00:41:30.380
 until

00:41:30.380 --> 00:41:31.740
 until

00:41:31.740 --> 00:41:32.680
 the day

00:41:32.680 --> 00:41:33.460
 dawns

00:41:33.460 --> 00:41:34.099
 and the

00:41:34.099 --> 00:41:34.880
 morning star

00:41:34.880 --> 00:41:35.480
 rises in

00:41:35.480 --> 00:41:36.099
 your hearts

00:41:36.099 --> 00:41:38.160
 did you

00:41:38.160 --> 00:41:38.599
 forget

00:41:38.599 --> 00:41:39.599
 that you

00:41:39.599 --> 00:41:40.039
 only need

00:41:40.039 --> 00:41:40.559
 a light

00:41:40.559 --> 00:41:41.440
 as long

00:41:41.440 --> 00:41:41.800
 as it's

00:41:41.800 --> 00:41:42.160
 dark

00:41:42.160 --> 00:41:43.000
 did you

00:41:43.000 --> 00:41:43.260
 forget

00:41:43.260 --> 00:41:43.579
 that

00:41:43.579 --> 00:41:44.260
 the bible

00:41:44.260 --> 00:41:44.740
 tells us

00:41:44.740 --> 00:41:45.079
 that we're

00:41:45.079 --> 00:41:45.860
 walking

00:41:45.860 --> 00:41:46.820
 yes it's

00:41:46.820 --> 00:41:47.720
 dark days

00:41:47.720 --> 00:41:48.780
 we don't

00:41:48.780 --> 00:41:49.280
 see Jesus

00:41:49.280 --> 00:41:49.640
 we don't

00:41:49.640 --> 00:41:49.980
 see his

00:41:49.980 --> 00:41:50.280
 rule

00:41:50.280 --> 00:41:51.019
 we're living

00:41:51.019 --> 00:41:51.579
 in a

00:41:51.579 --> 00:41:51.860
 dark

00:41:51.860 --> 00:41:52.220
 day

00:41:52.220 --> 00:41:53.519
 but one

00:41:53.519 --> 00:41:54.140
 day soon

00:41:54.140 --> 00:41:55.360
 a new

00:41:55.360 --> 00:41:56.140
 day

00:41:56.140 --> 00:41:56.900
 is going

00:41:56.900 --> 00:41:57.380
 to dawn

00:41:57.380 --> 00:41:58.519
 and when

00:41:58.519 --> 00:41:59.079
 the dawn

00:41:59.079 --> 00:41:59.579
 comes

00:41:59.579 --> 00:42:00.320
 the lamp

00:42:00.320 --> 00:42:00.620
 and the

00:42:00.620 --> 00:42:00.940
 light

00:42:00.940 --> 00:42:01.880
 it's no

00:42:01.880 --> 00:42:02.180
 longer

00:42:02.180 --> 00:42:02.519
 needed

00:42:02.519 --> 00:42:03.019
 to guide

00:42:03.019 --> 00:42:03.180
 our

00:42:03.180 --> 00:42:03.580
 path

00:42:03.580 --> 00:42:04.860
 on that

00:42:04.860 --> 00:42:05.300
 day

00:42:05.300 --> 00:42:06.120
 Christ

00:42:06.120 --> 00:42:06.460
 in his

00:42:06.460 --> 00:42:07.080
 brilliant

00:42:07.080 --> 00:42:07.880
 radiance

00:42:07.880 --> 00:42:08.140
 is going

00:42:08.140 --> 00:42:08.440
 to come

00:42:08.440 --> 00:42:08.840
 again

00:42:08.840 --> 00:42:09.980
 and on

00:42:09.980 --> 00:42:10.440
 that day

00:42:10.440 --> 00:42:11.200
 Jesus

00:42:11.200 --> 00:42:11.900
 is the

00:42:11.900 --> 00:42:13.019
 morning star

00:42:13.019 --> 00:42:13.680
 rising in

00:42:13.680 --> 00:42:14.160
 our hearts

00:42:14.160 --> 00:42:15.660
 we weren't

00:42:15.660 --> 00:42:16.140
 there for his

00:42:16.140 --> 00:42:16.720
 first coming

00:42:16.720 --> 00:42:17.080
 we weren't

00:42:17.080 --> 00:42:17.460
 there for the

00:42:17.460 --> 00:42:18.100
 transfiguration

00:42:18.100 --> 00:42:19.460
 but we're

00:42:19.460 --> 00:42:19.780
 going to have

00:42:19.780 --> 00:42:20.660
 front row seats

00:42:20.660 --> 00:42:21.000
 for his

00:42:21.000 --> 00:42:21.580
 second coming

00:42:21.580 --> 00:42:23.300
 on that

00:42:23.300 --> 00:42:23.660
 day

00:42:23.660 --> 00:42:25.160
 we will

00:42:25.160 --> 00:42:26.000
 all have

00:42:26.000 --> 00:42:26.519
 our

00:42:26.519 --> 00:42:27.240
 mountaintop

00:42:27.240 --> 00:42:27.860
 experience

00:42:27.860 --> 00:42:28.940
 one that's

00:42:28.940 --> 00:42:29.539
 already been

00:42:29.539 --> 00:42:30.080
 written about

00:42:30.079 --> 00:42:30.900
 in the

00:42:30.900 --> 00:42:31.420
 reliable

00:42:31.420 --> 00:42:32.159
 words of

00:42:32.159 --> 00:42:32.599
 the bible

00:42:32.599 --> 00:42:33.759
 you just

00:42:33.759 --> 00:42:34.059
 need to

00:42:34.059 --> 00:42:34.400
 look at

00:42:34.400 --> 00:42:35.279
 you don't

00:42:35.279 --> 00:42:35.500
 need to

00:42:35.500 --> 00:42:35.739
 turn

00:42:35.739 --> 00:42:36.059
 first

00:42:36.059 --> 00:42:36.719
 thessalonians

00:42:36.719 --> 00:42:37.440
 chapter 4

00:42:37.440 --> 00:42:38.699
 verse 15

00:42:38.699 --> 00:42:39.199
 onwards and

00:42:39.199 --> 00:42:39.619
 this is what

00:42:39.619 --> 00:42:40.099
 it says

00:42:40.099 --> 00:42:41.000
 this will be

00:42:41.000 --> 00:42:41.599
 our experience

00:42:41.599 --> 00:42:42.739
 on that

00:42:42.739 --> 00:42:43.219
 day the

00:42:43.219 --> 00:42:43.659
 lord will

00:42:43.659 --> 00:42:44.000
 descend

00:42:44.000 --> 00:42:44.559
 from heaven

00:42:44.559 --> 00:42:45.159
 with a

00:42:45.159 --> 00:42:45.840
 loud command

00:42:45.840 --> 00:42:46.400
 and he'll

00:42:46.400 --> 00:42:46.659
 have the

00:42:46.659 --> 00:42:47.119
 voice of

00:42:47.119 --> 00:42:47.759
 the archangel

00:42:47.759 --> 00:42:48.219
 and there'll

00:42:48.219 --> 00:42:48.500
 be the

00:42:48.500 --> 00:42:49.179
 trumpet call

00:42:49.179 --> 00:42:49.699
 of god

00:42:49.699 --> 00:42:50.799
 and this

00:42:50.799 --> 00:42:51.159
 time we

00:42:51.159 --> 00:42:51.460
 won't be

00:42:51.460 --> 00:42:51.779
 standing

00:42:51.779 --> 00:42:52.239
 around in

00:42:52.239 --> 00:42:52.619
 confused

00:42:52.619 --> 00:42:53.059
 fear

00:42:53.059 --> 00:42:53.400
 wondering

00:42:53.400 --> 00:42:53.719
 what's

00:42:53.719 --> 00:42:54.059
 happening

00:42:54.059 --> 00:42:55.099
 no this

00:42:55.099 --> 00:42:55.519
 time the

00:42:55.519 --> 00:42:56.239
 brightness of

00:42:56.239 --> 00:42:57.219
 the glorified

00:42:57.219 --> 00:42:57.879
 jesus

00:42:57.879 --> 00:42:59.439
 looking at

00:42:59.439 --> 00:42:59.939
 that sun

00:42:59.939 --> 00:43:00.279
 through the

00:43:00.279 --> 00:43:00.619
 cotton

00:43:00.619 --> 00:43:01.039
 sheet

00:43:01.039 --> 00:43:01.819
 it won't

00:43:01.819 --> 00:43:02.459
 switch off

00:43:02.459 --> 00:43:02.779
 it won't

00:43:02.779 --> 00:43:03.319
 be temporary

00:43:03.319 --> 00:43:03.919
 and this

00:43:03.919 --> 00:43:04.339
 time there's

00:43:04.339 --> 00:43:04.539
 going to be

00:43:04.539 --> 00:43:04.919
 more than

00:43:04.919 --> 00:43:05.480
 three people

00:43:05.480 --> 00:43:05.759
 on a

00:43:05.759 --> 00:43:06.319
 mountaintop

00:43:06.319 --> 00:43:06.619
 that's going

00:43:06.619 --> 00:43:06.919
 to hear

00:43:06.919 --> 00:43:07.379
 this voice

00:43:07.379 --> 00:43:07.819
 from heaven

00:43:07.819 --> 00:43:09.079
 for everyone

00:43:09.079 --> 00:43:10.559
 everyone who

00:43:10.559 --> 00:43:11.459
 ever died

00:43:11.459 --> 00:43:12.139
 trusting in

00:43:12.139 --> 00:43:12.679
 the gospel

00:43:12.679 --> 00:43:13.519
 trusting in

00:43:13.519 --> 00:43:14.480
 jesus is

00:43:14.480 --> 00:43:14.779
 going to

00:43:14.779 --> 00:43:15.319
 hear that

00:43:15.319 --> 00:43:15.879
 call

00:43:15.879 --> 00:43:17.579
 and they're

00:43:17.579 --> 00:43:18.699
 all discarded

00:43:18.699 --> 00:43:19.419
 tents

00:43:19.419 --> 00:43:20.699
 the all

00:43:20.699 --> 00:43:21.559
 discarded tents

00:43:21.559 --> 00:43:21.959
 are going to

00:43:21.959 --> 00:43:22.339
 rise

00:43:22.339 --> 00:43:23.459
 and we who

00:43:23.459 --> 00:43:24.199
 are still alive

00:43:24.199 --> 00:43:24.519
 are going to

00:43:24.519 --> 00:43:25.079
 hear the voice

00:43:25.079 --> 00:43:25.480
 from heaven

00:43:25.480 --> 00:43:25.920
 and we're

00:43:25.920 --> 00:43:26.139
 going to

00:43:26.139 --> 00:43:27.079
 see the

00:43:27.079 --> 00:43:27.679
 illuminated

00:43:27.679 --> 00:43:28.460
 and glorified

00:43:28.460 --> 00:43:29.159
 jesus the

00:43:29.159 --> 00:43:30.099
 conquering king

00:43:30.099 --> 00:43:30.639
 as he comes

00:43:30.639 --> 00:43:31.780
 down then my

00:43:31.780 --> 00:43:32.460
 friends we're

00:43:32.460 --> 00:43:32.820
 not going to

00:43:32.820 --> 00:43:33.340
 have to hike

00:43:33.340 --> 00:43:33.960
 up a mountain

00:43:33.960 --> 00:43:35.179
 no jesus

00:43:35.179 --> 00:43:35.760
 himself is

00:43:35.760 --> 00:43:36.000
 going to

00:43:36.000 --> 00:43:36.760
 pull us

00:43:36.760 --> 00:43:37.599
 and pull us

00:43:37.599 --> 00:43:38.179
 up from the

00:43:38.179 --> 00:43:38.719
 earth to

00:43:38.719 --> 00:43:39.340
 meet him in

00:43:39.340 --> 00:43:40.059
 the sky as

00:43:40.059 --> 00:43:40.599
 he comes we're

00:43:40.599 --> 00:43:40.860
 going to be

00:43:40.860 --> 00:43:41.440
 caught up

00:43:41.440 --> 00:43:43.360
 side by side

00:43:43.360 --> 00:43:43.820
 we will be

00:43:43.820 --> 00:43:44.340
 with the king

00:43:44.340 --> 00:43:45.139
 of heaven as

00:43:45.139 --> 00:43:45.760
 he finally

00:43:45.760 --> 00:43:46.519
 comes down

00:43:46.519 --> 00:43:47.320
 as heaven

00:43:47.320 --> 00:43:48.559
 finally comes

00:43:48.559 --> 00:43:49.159
 and rests

00:43:49.159 --> 00:43:50.099
 upon the earth

00:43:50.099 --> 00:43:51.280
 you see the

00:43:51.280 --> 00:43:52.099
 transfiguration was

00:43:52.099 --> 00:43:52.880
 but a glimpse

00:43:52.880 --> 00:43:54.139
 but on that

00:43:54.139 --> 00:43:54.880
 day our eyes

00:43:54.880 --> 00:43:55.219
 are going to

00:43:55.219 --> 00:43:55.879
 fully see

00:43:55.879 --> 00:43:57.379
 on that day

00:43:57.379 --> 00:43:57.839
 our eyes

00:43:57.839 --> 00:43:58.159
 are going to

00:43:58.159 --> 00:43:58.539
 be a

00:43:58.539 --> 00:43:59.339
 transfiguration

00:43:59.339 --> 00:43:59.839
 forever

00:43:59.839 --> 00:44:02.359
 so why do

00:44:02.359 --> 00:44:02.859
 we abandon

00:44:02.859 --> 00:44:03.559
 the sure word

00:44:03.559 --> 00:44:04.059
 of god

00:44:04.059 --> 00:44:04.839
 the light

00:44:04.839 --> 00:44:05.359
 of scripture

00:44:05.359 --> 00:44:06.759
 to chase

00:44:06.759 --> 00:44:07.419
 after made

00:44:07.419 --> 00:44:08.000
 up stories

00:44:08.000 --> 00:44:08.559
 of others

00:44:08.559 --> 00:44:10.319
 stay the

00:44:10.319 --> 00:44:10.719
 course

00:44:10.719 --> 00:44:12.179
 be reminded

00:44:12.179 --> 00:44:13.000
 of the truth

00:44:13.000 --> 00:44:13.659
 of the gospel

00:44:13.659 --> 00:44:14.439
 that you know

00:44:14.439 --> 00:44:15.319
 and you believe

00:44:15.319 --> 00:44:15.879
 and are sure

00:44:15.879 --> 00:44:17.159
 of for our

00:44:17.159 --> 00:44:18.500
 promised and

00:44:18.500 --> 00:44:19.679
 sure experience

00:44:19.679 --> 00:44:20.519
 of the glory

00:44:20.519 --> 00:44:21.919
 and the voice

00:44:21.919 --> 00:44:22.759
 of god

00:44:22.759 --> 00:44:23.519
 is going to

00:44:23.519 --> 00:44:24.019
 be ours

00:44:24.019 --> 00:44:24.539
 one day

00:44:24.539 --> 00:44:26.320
 amen

00:44:26.320 --> 00:44:31.120
 thank you

00:44:31.120 --> 00:44:32.880
 to

00:44:32.880 --> 00:44:33.740
 try and

00:44:33.740 --> 00:44:34.200
 thank you

00:44:34.200 --> 00:44:34.900
 go