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 So 1 Peter 1, verse 3.

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 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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! According to his great mercy,

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 he has caused us to be born again to a living hope

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! through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

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 to an inheritance that is imperishable,

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 undefiled, and unfading,

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 kept in heaven for you

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 who by God's power are being guarded through faith

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 for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

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 In this you rejoice,

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 though now for a little while, if necessary,

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 you have been grieved by various trials,

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 so that the tested genuineness of your faith,

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 more precious than gold that perishes,

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 though it is tested by fire,

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 may be found to result in praise and glory and honor

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 at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

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 Though you have not seen him, you love him.

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 Though you do not now see him,

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 you believe in him

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 and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible

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 and filled with glory,

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 obtaining the outcome of your faith,

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 the salvation of your souls.

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 And concerning this salvation,

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 the prophets who prophesied about the grace that was to be yours

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 searched and inquired carefully,

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 inquiring what person or time

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 the Spirit of Christ in them was indicating

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 when he predicted the sufferings of Christ

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 and the subsequent glories.

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 It was revealed to them

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 that they were serving not themselves,

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 but you

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 in the things that have now been announced to you

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 through those who have preached the good news to you

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 by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven,

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 things into which angels long to look.

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 Amen.

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 Well, history tells us that

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 a little more than 3,000 years ago,

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 there was a group of people

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 who were enslaved and abused

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 by one of the world's great ancient powers.

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 But they experienced a dramatic

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 and supernatural deliverance from these captors,

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 and many of you would know their story.

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 This once mighty and flourishing world power and nation

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 was brought to its knees and nearly decimated

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 in a way that can only be explained

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 as God's divine judgment.

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 And it was through this judgment

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 that God freed these slaves

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 who were led by an unlikely man named Moses.

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 And still, the days after their freedom,

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 they were quite difficult, weren't they?

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 The children of Israel immediately thrust

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 into significant hardship.

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 Leaving Egypt didn't seem any easier

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 than actually being in captivity in Egypt.

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 And though they were freed from slavery

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 and assured of God's protection,

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 I mean, what more assurance would you need

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 than to stand and to witness the plagues

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 that God poured down on Egypt?

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 To hear the wails of the firstborn children

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 who had been taken,

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 the homes of those who didn't have the blood

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 on the doorframe.

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 To witness that night walking

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 through the midst of the Red Sea

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 on dry ground.

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 What more assurance do you need

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 that God is on your side?

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 And yet, almost immediately,

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 that comes into question for them.

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 It doesn't come into question

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 because they doubted what they saw.

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 It comes into question

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 because their experience

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 was really, really hard.

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 And their wanderings in the wilderness

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 in the days leaving Egypt

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 becomes a serious testing ground

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 for their faith,

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 a serious testing ground

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 for God's promises.

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 And as you can remember

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 in reading your Bibles

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 or hearing the stories told

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 in Sunday school growing up,

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 what was their great sin?

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 It became murmuring.

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 They're murmuring and complaining.

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 Now, my brother and my dad

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 and my mom and my sister-in-law,

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 they've been to Israel many times before.

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 And I remember the first time

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 that my sister-in-law, Kathleen,

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 went there

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 as they were out in a wilderness area

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 which would have been part

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 of the nation of Israel's wonderings

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 during that time.

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 Her first reaction was,

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 no wonder they complained so much.

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 It wasn't that life was good for them

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 and they just were taking

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 a lot of things for granted.

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 And Noah's life was really, really hard.

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 And they began to question

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 God's faithfulness.

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 They began to murmur and murmur.

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 And that murmuring developed

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 into a kind of rebellion.

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 Multiple times,

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 some of them come to Moses,

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 as you can remember,

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 and they say,

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 we would have been better off

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 to just stay in captivity.

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 We'd have been better off

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 to just stay in Egypt

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 than to suffer the way

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 that we're suffering now.

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 And what should have been

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 a time of joyful praise,

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 of grateful trust

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 in the promise of God,

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 produced actually hateful complaints

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 toward God

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 and rebellion against Him.

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 Now, we take that picture

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 and that understanding

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 of what they went through

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 and we come to 1 Peter now

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 and we understand

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 as Peter is writing

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 to these Christians

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 in the early years

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 of the church,

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 we understand that life

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 in exile

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 always brings the temptation

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 to murmur.

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 It always brings

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 the temptation

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 to forget our privileged place

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 as God's people.

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 It always brings

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 the temptation

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 to turn away

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 from God's promises

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 and question

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 whether or not

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 He really will be faithful.

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 and how many of us

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 have been like Israel of old

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 and we've at least wondered

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 would it just be easier

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 to be in captivity

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 to this world

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 than to be a child of God

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 in it?

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 Now, how are we

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 to withstand such temptations?

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 As Andy read in Hebrews 4,

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 how are we supposed

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 to persevere

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 when life gets really hard

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 and the questions

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 about God's faithfulness

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 really become

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 forefront in our minds?

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 And as we've said

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 a few times

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 as we've been studying

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 through 1 Peter already,

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 what we really need

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 most of the time

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 is not for someone

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 to come along

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 and just fix

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 all of our problems.

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 What we need

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 most of the time

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 is not for God

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 just to take

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 all of the hardship away

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 and all of the pain away

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 and all of the suffering away.

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 Really,

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 most of the time

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 what we need

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 is for someone

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 to remind us

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 of the glories

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 of the gospel.

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 Someone to remind us

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 of God's genuine care

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 and love for his people

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 and to call us back

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 to a sincere

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 and joyful praise

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 to God.

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 And that's exactly

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 what Peter's doing

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 here in these first few verses.

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 He's reminding us

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 before he deals

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 with our suffering

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 and how to respond

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 to certain things,

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 he's going to get

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 to all of that

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 and it's going to be

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 really helpful.

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 But before he gets there,

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 the first thing

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 that he does

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 is he reminds us

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 of the glories

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 of the gospel,

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 of who we are

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 in Christ,

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 that we belong to him

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 so that we might turn

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 and worship him

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 in response.

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 And in the text

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 that's before us

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 in verses 10 to 12

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 where we focus today,

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 what Peter's doing here

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 is he's drawing

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 our attention

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 to the reality

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 of our great gospel

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 privilege.

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 Our great gospel

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 privilege.

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 Now,

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 the irony in this today

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 is that the concept

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 of privilege

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 carries a more

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 pejorative connotation

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 these days

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 than maybe

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 in Peter's days.

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 Today,

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 privilege is

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 not something

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 you're supposed

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 to be grateful for.

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 It's something

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 you're supposed

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 to feel shame for.

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 Your social image

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 in our culture

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 can actually be marred

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 not because of the way

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 that you use opportunities

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 or the way that you use

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 the blessings

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 that God gives you,

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 but it can be marred

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 just simply for the fact

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 that you have

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 those blessings

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 to begin with.

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 Now,

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 if we're going to

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 understand what Peter's

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 saying here,

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 if we're going to

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 understand and respond

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 appropriately,

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 we're going to have

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 to take those modern

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 notions and cultural

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 notions of privilege.

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 We're going to have

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 to set those aside.

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 That's a godless way

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 to understand blessing.

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 We're going to have

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 to set those aside

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 and come to this text

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 and begin to understand

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 exactly what Peter

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 means to say.

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 For him,

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 our incredible gospel

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 privilege

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 is not something

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 to be embarrassed about.

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 It's something

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 that should drive us

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 to exuberant

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 and joyful praise

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 even in the midst

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 of great hardship.

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 And of course,

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 that's the point

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 of this entire section,

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 our worship.

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 Now,

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 to do this,

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 what Peter does here

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 in 10 to 12

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 is he contrasts

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 our experience

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 of salvation

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 today in the new covenant.

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 He contrasts that

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 with two different messengers

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 that God uses

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 throughout history

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 and that we read about

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 in the scriptures.

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 One is the prophets

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 of old,

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 the prophets

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 of the Old Testament.

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 The second is the angels

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 who are in heaven.

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 Now,

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 what's common

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 between these two groups

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 of messengers,

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 God's messengers

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 to us,

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 is that they both,

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 according to Peter,

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 longed to know

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 and to experience

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 the fullness

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 of grace

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 that is available

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 to us

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 in the gospel

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 Yet,

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 God used them,

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 we're told,

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 to serve us.

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 And what is it

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 that Peter's trying

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 to get across?

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 Well,

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 Peter's point

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 is to dispel

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 any notion

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 that the hardship

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 of exile

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 that we're all

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 going to experience

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 at some point.

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 He's dispelling

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 the notion

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 that the hardship

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 of exile

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 indicates

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 that God

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 somehow

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 doesn't actually

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 care for us

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 or doesn't care

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 for us

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 in the way

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 that the scriptures

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 tell us.

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 And Peter just

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 gives us

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 a really gentle

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 reminder

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 so that we might

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 properly praise

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 the Lord.

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 And we've got two

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 really main things here.

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 The first one is this.

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 Concerning this salvation,

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 we are more privileged

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 than the prophets

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 of old.

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 Concerning this salvation,

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 we are more privileged

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 than the prophets

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 of old.

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 Let's look at 10

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 to 12 again.

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 Peter sets the context

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 with the very first phrase,

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 doesn't he?

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 Concerning this salvation.

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 He's not talking

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 about more privilege

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 in every part of life

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 and every aspect of life.

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 He's talking about

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 the gospel

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 concerning this salvation

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 that he's been dealing

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 with in verses 3

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 down to 9.

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 The prophets

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 who prophesied

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 about the grace

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 that was to be yours

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 or we might read this,

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 the grace

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 that was to be ours,

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 they searched

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 and inquired carefully.

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 Inquiring what person

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 or time

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 the Spirit of Christ

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 in them was indicating

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 when he predicted

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 the sufferings of Christ

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 and the subsequent glories.

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 Now right off the bat,

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 we see that the salvation

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 Peter's been referring to

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 in this text

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 is not new.

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 It's not a novel idea,

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 is it?

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 No, the hope

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 of eternal salvation

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 through a Savior King,

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 a Messiah,

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 was anticipated

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 for centuries.

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 God progressively

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 over time

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 revealed more and more

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 of his saving plan

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 through the prophets

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 in the Old Testament

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 and we see that

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 ultimately revealed

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 in the gospel

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 and the person

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 and work of Jesus Christ.

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 The gospel of Jesus

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 that we know

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 and that we believe

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 and that we have experienced

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 today

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 was only shown

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 in part

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 to them

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 and yet

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 they intensely

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 longed

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 to see it fulfilled

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 in their day.

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 And Peter says

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 they searched

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 and they inquired

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 diligently,

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 they searched

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 and they inquired

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 carefully

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 what person

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 or time

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 the Spirit of Christ

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 in them

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 was indicating

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 these things.

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 And it's not that

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 they were concerned

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 merely with names

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 and dates

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 and you start

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 thinking about

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 anticipating

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 in time things today.

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 Everybody wants

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 to know a person,

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 everybody wants

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 to know a date.

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 Everybody wants

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 to be able

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 to put a name

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 to what these

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 future figures may be.

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 Everybody wants

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 to be able

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 to put a date

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 to when the end

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 will come.

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 That's not what

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 the prophets

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 of old were saying.

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 That's not what

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 Peter means to say

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 that they were

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 searching for.

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 No, they were

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 searching the scriptures.

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 They were searching

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 the Bible.

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 They were praying

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 and inquiring of God

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 not just to tell

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 them a name,

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 Jesus,

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 or a time,

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 first century.

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 No, they were

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 searching and inquiring

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 that all of these

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 things they were

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 foretelling would be

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 revealed in their

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 time, that they

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 would be fulfilled

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 in their time.

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 It was a great

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 longing that they

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 would see the glories

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 of the gospel

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 in its fullness.

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 And yet, they didn't

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 live in a time

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 of fulfillment.

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 It's a gracious

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 privilege that God

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 has allowed us

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 to live in the

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 time of fulfillment.

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 For it was

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 revealed to them,

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 as we read in

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 verse 12, it was

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 revealed to them

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 that they were

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 serving us as

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 they prophesied

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 God's word.

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 What has now been

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 made clear to us

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 in Jesus, they

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 only saw the

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 shadow.

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 Now, two things

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 stand out here

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 about this.

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 The first is this.

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 We see our great

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 gospel privilege is

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 that we have seen

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 the scriptures

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 fulfilled.

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 fulfilled.

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 We've seen the

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 scriptures fulfilled.

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 Again, this text is

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 really important to

00:14:08.100 --> 00:14:09.299
 our understanding of

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 the reliability and

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 credibility of the

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 Bible.

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 I want you to

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 notice Peter's very

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 careful language here.

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 Notice what he

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 says.

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 The prophets who

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 prophesied about the

00:14:21.500 --> 00:14:22.480
 grace that was to be

00:14:22.480 --> 00:14:24.819
 yours inquired what

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 person or time the

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 spirit in them was

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 indicating.

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 And then we see

00:14:30.759 --> 00:14:31.779
 again in verse 12,

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 it was revealed to

00:14:34.539 --> 00:14:36.060
 them that they were

00:14:36.060 --> 00:14:37.000
 not serving themselves

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 but you.

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 What is Peter saying

00:14:39.539 --> 00:14:39.680
 here?

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 He's being very

00:14:40.220 --> 00:14:40.919
 careful with his

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 language.

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 The point here is

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 that this wasn't

00:14:45.759 --> 00:14:46.680
 their ideas.

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 This wasn't their

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 best guesses at how

00:14:50.200 --> 00:14:51.440
 things would unfold.

00:14:51.539 --> 00:14:52.120
 That's not what we

00:14:52.120 --> 00:14:52.779
 have in the Old

00:14:52.779 --> 00:14:53.220
 Testament.

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 No, specific emphasis

00:14:56.019 --> 00:14:57.160
 is given to the work

00:14:57.160 --> 00:14:58.620
 of the Holy Spirit in

00:14:58.620 --> 00:14:59.800
 inspiring the scriptures

00:14:59.800 --> 00:15:00.720
 through the prophetic

00:15:00.720 --> 00:15:01.399
 word here.

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 Notice Peter's language

00:15:03.420 --> 00:15:03.840
 again.

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 They searched and

00:15:05.740 --> 00:15:06.720
 inquired carefully

00:15:06.720 --> 00:15:08.100
 inquiring what person

00:15:08.100 --> 00:15:09.740
 or time the spirit of

00:15:09.740 --> 00:15:11.980
 Christ in them was

00:15:11.980 --> 00:15:13.139
 indicating these things.

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 It wasn't their

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 message.

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 They were receiving it

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 and then conveying it.

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 It wasn't their best

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 guess.

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 It wasn't their unique

00:15:21.259 --> 00:15:22.320
 intuitions.

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 They were God's

00:15:24.840 --> 00:15:26.379
 direct revelation

00:15:26.379 --> 00:15:28.280
 given through the work

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 of the Spirit.

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 So then the prophets,

00:15:30.840 --> 00:15:31.920
 they didn't create the

00:15:31.920 --> 00:15:32.920
 message, they just

00:15:32.920 --> 00:15:33.640
 convey it.

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 Therefore, what they

00:15:35.100 --> 00:15:36.080
 prophesied, we

00:15:36.080 --> 00:15:37.320
 understand to be God's

00:15:37.320 --> 00:15:39.060
 perfect and inerrant

00:15:39.060 --> 00:15:39.500
 word.

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 Now, Jesus helps us

00:15:41.800 --> 00:15:42.379
 here, doesn't he?

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 Or, excuse me, Peter

00:15:44.000 --> 00:15:45.420
 helps us again here in

00:15:45.420 --> 00:15:46.080
 2 Peter.

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 Just flip over a page

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 in your Bibles to

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 2 Peter 1.

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 And look at verse

00:15:53.740 --> 00:15:55.080
 19.

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 2 Peter 1,

00:16:00.840 --> 00:16:02.280
 verse 19.

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 He says, we have the

00:16:05.760 --> 00:16:08.600
 prophetic word more

00:16:08.600 --> 00:16:10.540
 fully confirmed.

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 So what the prophet

00:16:12.420 --> 00:16:14.260
 said, we have it

00:16:14.260 --> 00:16:16.460
 confirmed in the person

00:16:16.460 --> 00:16:17.480
 of Jesus Christ is what

00:16:17.480 --> 00:16:18.260
 he means to say.

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 And he says, you will

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 do well to pay

00:16:20.639 --> 00:16:21.620
 attention to it as a

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 lamp shining in a

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 dark place until the

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 day dawns and the

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 morning star rises in

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 your hearts.

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 And then he brings

00:16:27.460 --> 00:16:29.120
 clarification to how

00:16:29.120 --> 00:16:30.600
 the prophets received

00:16:30.600 --> 00:16:31.340
 this message.

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 Knowing this, first of

00:16:33.939 --> 00:16:36.080
 all, no prophecy of the

00:16:36.080 --> 00:16:37.080
 scripture comes from

00:16:37.080 --> 00:16:37.919
 someone's own

00:16:37.919 --> 00:16:38.480
 interpretation.

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 Now, what does Peter

00:16:40.319 --> 00:16:40.639
 mean?

00:16:41.360 --> 00:16:42.620
 He means to say that the

00:16:42.620 --> 00:16:43.480
 prophets in the Old

00:16:43.480 --> 00:16:44.100
 Testament, they weren't

00:16:44.100 --> 00:16:44.939
 just sitting around

00:16:44.939 --> 00:16:46.539
 thinking deeply about how

00:16:46.539 --> 00:16:47.700
 things might turn out.

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 And they just decided

00:16:48.480 --> 00:16:50.120
 one day, this is my

00:16:50.120 --> 00:16:51.259
 interpretation of the

00:16:51.259 --> 00:16:51.600
 world.

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 This is my interpretation

00:16:53.379 --> 00:16:54.440
 of world events.

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 This is how I see things

00:16:56.259 --> 00:16:58.020
 might progress so that we

00:16:58.020 --> 00:16:59.520
 might actually achieve

00:16:59.520 --> 00:17:00.820
 salvation in some sense.

00:17:00.920 --> 00:17:01.700
 Peter says, no, that's

00:17:01.700 --> 00:17:02.620
 not how this happened.

00:17:02.740 --> 00:17:04.120
 That's not how this works.

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 And he continues on,

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 verse 21.

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 For no prophecy was ever

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 produced by the will of

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 man.

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 But men spoke from God

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 as they were carried

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 along by the Holy Spirit.

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 Now, he's just echoing

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 what he's saying here in

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 his first letter, which

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 is what?

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 These prophets, they

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 prophesied about something

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 that God was doing in

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 them, something that God

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 was saying to them, and

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 they were conveying this

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 truth so that we

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 understand when we read

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 our Bibles, what we're

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 reading is not man's

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 word.

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 We're reading God's word

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 given through men.

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 That's how Peter is

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 helping us to understand

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 it.

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 But the trouble for the

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 prophets in the Old

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 Testament was that the

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 message they were given

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 wasn't complete.

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 It was shadows.

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 In the law, through

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 Moses, we have pictures,

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 mostly.

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 We get into the Psalms

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 and the prophets and the

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 other letters, and we

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 start to have specific

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 statements and prophecies

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 given to specific groups

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 of people, and all of

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 them are coming from God,

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 but all of them are in

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 shadowy form.

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 And these men were

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 trying to put it all

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 together.

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 They're trying to

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 understand it.

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 They want to see it

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 fulfilled.

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 They searched and

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 inquired carefully, but

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 then the Spirit reveals

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 that theirs was not a time

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 of fulfillment.

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 That's not true for us.

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 And that's Peter's point.

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 They were serving us in

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 the things that have now

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 been announced.

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 They were serving us in

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 the things that have now

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 been revealed in the

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 gospel.

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 They had the shadow, but

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 we have the substance.

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 Now, how can we know that

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 the prophets of the Old

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 Testament were true

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 prophets?

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 How can we know that what

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 they said really did come

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 from God?

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 How can we know that it

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 can be trusted?

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 Because we live in the

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 time of fulfillment.

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 Because we live in the

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 time in which Jesus has

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 come, and Jesus has lived,

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 and Jesus has died, and

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 Jesus has raised, and he's

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 ascended.

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 We live in the time where

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 we can see the picture

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 becoming very, very clear

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 in a way that they

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 couldn't.

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 And that's a great

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 privilege.

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 And Peter writes to these

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 Christians who were

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 struggling, and he says,

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 remember the privilege you

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 have.

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 You could have been

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 suffering at the time of

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 the prophets.

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 the faith was still

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 required the same.

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 God was still the same.

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 His promises were still

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 the same, but the

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 revelation was different.

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 There wasn't as much to

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 piece together yet.

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 Jesus had not yet come.

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 It would have been much

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 harder to live in that

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 time.

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 Think about your

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 privilege, he says.

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 You live in the time of

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 fulfillment.

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 But that's not the only

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 thing he says.

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 That brings us to this

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 second thing here.

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 We not only see now that

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 the scriptures are

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 fulfilled, but we see that

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 the gospel is now

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 revealed.

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 It's revealed.

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 Paul's language for this

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 often is mystery.

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 When Paul uses the

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 language of mystery, what

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 he means is something

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 that was concealed in the

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 Old Testament, something

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 that was hard to

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 understand and comprehend

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 in its fullness in the

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 Old Testament, that

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 mystery now being

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 revealed in the person

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 of Jesus Christ and his

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 life and his death and

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 his resurrection.

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 And what we're reminded

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 here is that the central

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 focus of all the

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 scriptures, whether the

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 Old Testament or the

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 New, is the good news of

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 salvation through Jesus.

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 You say, how can we know

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 that Peter's on about

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 that?

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 Well, just look at the

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 verse.

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 What is it that they were

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 inquiring about?

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 In verse 11, they were

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 inquiring what person or

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 time the Spirit of Christ in

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 them was indicating when he

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 predicted what?

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 The sufferings of Christ and

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 the subsequent glories.

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 What does Peter mean to

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 tell us?

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 Well, he's echoing a truth

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 that we see over and over

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 in the New Testament, and

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 that is all the scriptures

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 have one giant message.

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 It is a message of

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 salvation.

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 It is a message of

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 salvation through God's

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 King, through God's

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 Savior, through Jesus

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 Christ.

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 All of it pointing us to

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 him and to his message.

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 And that salvation message

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 has always been one of

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 suffering that precedes

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 glory.

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 And sometimes we think

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 that this idea of a

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 suffering Messiah, that it

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 is a New Testament

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 construct.

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 That no one even thought

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 about that until Jesus

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 actually comes and they

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 were just a huge surprise

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 that he was crucified.

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 And that just isn't true.

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 The Jews of the first

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 century, they were

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 interested in a suffering

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 Messiah, but that was

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 because of the hardness

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 of their heart.

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 It wasn't because of some

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 silence in the scriptures.

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 And we talked about this

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 a lot this summer as we

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 were working through the

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 Psalms.

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 Think about the pictures

00:22:01.720 --> 00:22:02.799
 and the prophecies of the

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 Old Testament.

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 From the very beginning,

00:22:05.299 --> 00:22:06.759
 Genesis chapter 3, 15,

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 the very first prophecy of

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 a Messiah, God himself

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 gives to Adam.

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 And what is it that he

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 says?

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 Or he gives it to Eve.

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 What is it that he says?

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 I will bring forth a

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 seed from you.

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 And he will crush the

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 head of the serpent.

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 But the serpent will

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 crush his heel, bruise his

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 heel.

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 Even there, just in

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 shadowy form, we have

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 suffering, not just for us,

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 suffering for the Savior

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 before we get the glory

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 that the seed of the woman

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 is meant to bring and to

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 display.

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 And we see it in the law.

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 We see it in the pictures

00:22:47.140 --> 00:22:48.160
 of the sacrifices.

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 We see it maybe most

00:22:50.220 --> 00:22:51.420
 clearly in the person of

00:22:51.420 --> 00:22:53.440
 David, the Old Testament,

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 and his sufferings.

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 And the way he even

00:22:54.880 --> 00:22:55.580
 understood his own

00:22:55.580 --> 00:22:56.880
 sufferings as pointing to

00:22:56.880 --> 00:22:57.980
 the sufferings of Christ.

00:22:58.420 --> 00:22:59.940
 We get to Isaiah 53,

00:23:00.380 --> 00:23:01.940
 which basically just spells

00:23:01.940 --> 00:23:02.800
 it all out for us,

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 doesn't it?

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 So when we get to the

00:23:04.880 --> 00:23:06.340
 Gospels and we find that

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 the Christ is suffering,

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 it shouldn't be a surprise

00:23:10.759 --> 00:23:11.380
 to us.

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 It certainly wasn't a

00:23:12.800 --> 00:23:13.779
 surprise to the prophets

00:23:13.779 --> 00:23:14.759
 that Peter was writing

00:23:14.759 --> 00:23:15.100
 about.

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 Because that's exactly

00:23:16.699 --> 00:23:17.399
 the thing they were

00:23:17.399 --> 00:23:18.599
 inquiring of God about.

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 When would this Messiah

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 come and suffer so that

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 his sufferings would then

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 bring glories that would

00:23:27.519 --> 00:23:28.079
 follow?

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 And Jesus helps us,

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 doesn't he?

00:23:31.419 --> 00:23:32.199
 Luke 24.

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 This is the resurrection

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 night.

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 Jesus appears to his

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 disciples in the room in

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 Jerusalem.

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 And what is it that he

00:23:39.659 --> 00:23:40.059
 says?

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 These are my words I spoke

00:23:41.740 --> 00:23:42.599
 to you while I was still

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 with you.

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 That everything written

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 about me in the law of

00:23:46.179 --> 00:23:47.799
 Moses and the prophets

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 and the Psalms must be

00:23:49.319 --> 00:23:49.759
 fulfilled.

00:23:50.279 --> 00:23:51.740
 Now when Jesus says the

00:23:51.740 --> 00:23:53.619
 law of Moses, the prophets

00:23:53.619 --> 00:23:54.399
 and the Psalms, he's

00:23:54.399 --> 00:23:55.940
 speaking of the whole of

00:23:55.940 --> 00:23:56.879
 the Old Testament.

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 Those were the three

00:23:57.779 --> 00:23:59.460
 Hebrew divisions of the

00:23:59.460 --> 00:24:00.399
 Old Testament scriptures.

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 He's speaking of them

00:24:01.639 --> 00:24:01.940
 all.

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 And he says, this is what

00:24:03.119 --> 00:24:03.839
 I've been telling you.

00:24:04.039 --> 00:24:05.259
 That everything about me

00:24:05.259 --> 00:24:06.619
 in the scriptures must be

00:24:06.619 --> 00:24:07.019
 fulfilled.

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 And then he opened their

00:24:08.799 --> 00:24:10.339
 minds to understand the

00:24:10.339 --> 00:24:10.679
 scriptures.

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 And he said to them, thus

00:24:13.320 --> 00:24:15.340
 it is written that the

00:24:15.340 --> 00:24:17.180
 Christ should suffer.

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 But then he says their

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 subsequent glories.

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 And on the third day, rise

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 from the dead so that

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 repentance for the

00:24:28.000 --> 00:24:30.220
 forgiveness of sins may be

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 proclaimed in his name to

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 all nations beginning from

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 Jerusalem.

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 What a great privilege we

00:24:37.120 --> 00:24:37.360
 have.

00:24:37.359 --> 00:24:40.079
 We live in a time when the

00:24:40.079 --> 00:24:41.379
 scriptures are fulfilled and

00:24:41.379 --> 00:24:43.199
 we can see it and we can

00:24:43.199 --> 00:24:44.039
 believe it.

00:24:45.099 --> 00:24:46.799
 We also live in a time when

00:24:46.799 --> 00:24:48.379
 the gospel has been revealed.

00:24:49.740 --> 00:24:50.979
 What is this good news?

00:24:51.619 --> 00:24:52.559
 What's all about Jesus?

00:24:53.919 --> 00:24:55.240
 And the privilege of it comes

00:24:55.240 --> 00:24:56.759
 to the forefront in verse 12.

00:24:58.359 --> 00:24:59.879
 All of this has been revealed

00:24:59.879 --> 00:25:01.859
 to us in what?

00:25:02.799 --> 00:25:04.419
 The preaching of the good news.

00:25:05.000 --> 00:25:06.339
 The preaching of the gospel.

00:25:06.339 --> 00:25:09.599
 And again, the emphasis is

00:25:09.599 --> 00:25:10.699
 given to the work of the

00:25:10.699 --> 00:25:11.019
 spirit.

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 The same spirit that inspired

00:25:13.459 --> 00:25:15.480
 the prophets also speaks

00:25:15.480 --> 00:25:17.939
 authoritatively through the

00:25:17.939 --> 00:25:19.000
 gospel message.

00:25:20.599 --> 00:25:22.619
 All kinds of strange ideas

00:25:22.619 --> 00:25:23.859
 exist about the work of the

00:25:23.859 --> 00:25:24.099
 spirit.

00:25:24.539 --> 00:25:26.079
 Peter here reminds us that the

00:25:26.079 --> 00:25:27.379
 primary work of the Holy

00:25:27.379 --> 00:25:29.959
 Spirit is to call attention to

00:25:29.959 --> 00:25:30.939
 Jesus Christ.

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 That's his purpose.

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 That's what he does.

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 He points us to Christ in the

00:25:36.799 --> 00:25:39.259
 prophets and he calls us to

00:25:39.259 --> 00:25:41.140
 Christ in the preaching of the

00:25:41.140 --> 00:25:41.580
 gospel.

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 So that when the good news of the

00:25:44.100 --> 00:25:47.039
 gospel is proclaimed, the Holy

00:25:47.039 --> 00:25:49.660
 Spirit works to bring life to dead

00:25:49.660 --> 00:25:50.120
 sinners.

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 And it's our great privilege to

00:25:54.559 --> 00:25:57.080
 live in the time of fulfillment as

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 the spirit works to reveal Christ and

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 to bring us salvation.

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 This is what Paul said in 1 Corinthians

00:26:03.480 --> 00:26:03.980
 15.

00:26:04.160 --> 00:26:05.599
 That great resurrection passage.

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 Remember what he said.

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 This is the gospel that we've

00:26:08.660 --> 00:26:09.079
 proclaimed.

00:26:09.460 --> 00:26:11.620
 That Christ died for our sins

00:26:11.620 --> 00:26:13.380
 according to the scriptures.

00:26:13.740 --> 00:26:15.599
 That he was buried and that he rose

00:26:15.599 --> 00:26:17.839
 from the dead according to the

00:26:17.839 --> 00:26:19.400
 scriptures and has been seen by all

00:26:19.400 --> 00:26:19.839
 the witnesses.

00:26:20.220 --> 00:26:21.220
 And then he launches into that

00:26:21.220 --> 00:26:23.240
 amazing chapter on Christ's

00:26:23.720 --> 00:26:25.660
 resurrection which leads to our

00:26:25.660 --> 00:26:26.240
 future resurrection.

00:26:27.420 --> 00:26:28.400
 To eternal life.

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 All of it based in the scriptures.

00:26:31.140 --> 00:26:33.180
 All of it rooted in the work of the

00:26:33.180 --> 00:26:33.780
 Holy Spirit.

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 All of it provided so that you and I

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 might know Jesus and be saved.

00:26:41.140 --> 00:26:42.640
 What is his sufferings?

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 His sufferings is an atonement for

00:26:45.240 --> 00:26:45.740
 our sin.

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 What is his glories?

00:26:48.680 --> 00:26:50.560
 His resurrection to new life.

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 His ascension to the throne.

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 And eventually his future return.

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 But what's the point of all of it?

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 Why is Peter saying all of this?

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 He's telling us to take our eyes

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 off of our exile for a moment.

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 And before we begin to question

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 whether or not God really does love

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 us.

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 Before we begin to question whether

00:27:13.539 --> 00:27:15.759
 or not God really does care about us

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 even in our suffering.

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 He reminds us of all that God has

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 done so that we might have the

00:27:21.259 --> 00:27:22.579
 privilege and the clarity of the

00:27:22.579 --> 00:27:22.940
 gospel.

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 So that he might save us.

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 And Peter says

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 remember these things

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 and praise him.

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 So we see that we're more privileged

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 than the prophets of old.

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 There's just one more note to make.

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 We're also more privileged

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 concerning the salvation

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 than the angels in heaven.

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 And this is surprising isn't it?

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 We get to the end of this verse

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 and it kind of comes out of nowhere

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 doesn't it?

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 Who of us if you hadn't read

00:27:53.240 --> 00:27:54.059
 this passage before

00:27:54.059 --> 00:27:55.299
 would have ever expected

00:27:55.299 --> 00:27:56.600
 that suddenly Peter's going to say

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 you know what?

00:27:58.039 --> 00:27:59.059
 You're a little better off

00:27:59.059 --> 00:28:00.140
 than the angels too.

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 It's a surprise isn't it?

00:28:02.759 --> 00:28:04.160
 He doesn't explain very much.

00:28:04.680 --> 00:28:05.820
 We can get a little bit from it

00:28:05.820 --> 00:28:06.259
 doesn't we?

00:28:06.259 --> 00:28:06.600
 Can't we?

00:28:06.779 --> 00:28:07.900
 Just notice what he says.

00:28:08.779 --> 00:28:09.279
 Verse 12

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 It was revealed to them

00:28:10.220 --> 00:28:11.360
 they were serving not themselves

00:28:11.360 --> 00:28:12.539
 but you and the things

00:28:12.539 --> 00:28:13.820
 that have now been revealed

00:28:13.820 --> 00:28:15.240
 in the good news by the spirit.

00:28:15.240 --> 00:28:21.299
 things into which angels long to look.

00:28:23.539 --> 00:28:26.000
 Now we need to understand this rightly

00:28:26.000 --> 00:28:29.200
 by understanding what Peter isn't saying.

00:28:30.500 --> 00:28:32.319
 He didn't mean that exile

00:28:32.319 --> 00:28:33.380
 is better than heaven.

00:28:33.920 --> 00:28:34.079
 Right?

00:28:34.839 --> 00:28:36.019
 If the angels are in heaven

00:28:36.019 --> 00:28:38.480
 and we are in exile on earth

00:28:38.480 --> 00:28:39.140
 in this life

00:28:39.140 --> 00:28:39.920
 how in the world

00:28:39.920 --> 00:28:41.359
 are we more privileged than they?

00:28:41.980 --> 00:28:43.500
 Well that's not what Peter's talking about.

00:28:43.500 --> 00:28:46.420
 He certainly doesn't mean to say

00:28:46.420 --> 00:28:48.480
 that the angels are somehow disadvantaged

00:28:48.480 --> 00:28:51.200
 though they are in the very presence of God.

00:28:51.359 --> 00:28:52.299
 It's not a matter of

00:28:52.299 --> 00:28:54.180
 being advantaged or disadvantaged.

00:28:55.380 --> 00:28:56.960
 That would be a ludicrous idea.

00:28:58.660 --> 00:29:00.160
 This is why context matters

00:29:00.160 --> 00:29:01.519
 when we read our Bibles isn't it?

00:29:01.960 --> 00:29:03.279
 And what's the very first phrase

00:29:03.279 --> 00:29:04.920
 that Peter uses in verse 10

00:29:04.920 --> 00:29:06.140
 when he launches into this?

00:29:06.960 --> 00:29:08.640
 Concerning this salvation.

00:29:09.819 --> 00:29:11.119
 Concerning the fullness

00:29:11.119 --> 00:29:13.019
 of the experience

00:29:13.019 --> 00:29:14.879
 of the gospel of Jesus

00:29:14.879 --> 00:29:16.079
 that he told us

00:29:16.079 --> 00:29:17.479
 in verses 3 to 5

00:29:17.479 --> 00:29:19.579
 secures a future inheritance

00:29:19.579 --> 00:29:20.579
 that's imperishable

00:29:20.579 --> 00:29:22.059
 and undefiled and unfated.

00:29:22.199 --> 00:29:24.359
 That concerns a present joy

00:29:24.359 --> 00:29:25.739
 that we experience

00:29:25.739 --> 00:29:26.639
 even in the midst

00:29:26.639 --> 00:29:28.319
 of present grief.

00:29:28.559 --> 00:29:29.679
 That's what it's concerning.

00:29:30.899 --> 00:29:31.759
 He doesn't mean to say

00:29:31.759 --> 00:29:33.539
 that the angels are disadvantaged.

00:29:34.779 --> 00:29:36.439
 He's relating this specifically

00:29:36.439 --> 00:29:37.879
 to grace and salvation.

00:29:38.819 --> 00:29:40.299
 Now what the angels have in common

00:29:40.299 --> 00:29:41.000
 with the prophets

00:29:41.000 --> 00:29:43.859
 is that they too long to see

00:29:43.859 --> 00:29:44.619
 and understand

00:29:44.619 --> 00:29:45.819
 the fullness of the gospel

00:29:45.819 --> 00:29:47.579
 but in a different way.

00:29:49.220 --> 00:29:50.539
 The prophets longed

00:29:50.539 --> 00:29:51.680
 for greater knowledge

00:29:51.680 --> 00:29:53.419
 and for the fulfillment.

00:29:54.399 --> 00:29:55.299
 That's not the same

00:29:55.299 --> 00:29:55.839
 for the angels.

00:29:55.960 --> 00:29:56.700
 They have the knowledge.

00:29:56.819 --> 00:29:57.500
 They have the intellect.

00:29:57.619 --> 00:29:58.180
 They know it.

00:29:59.559 --> 00:30:00.819
 They've seen the fulfillment.

00:30:01.279 --> 00:30:02.180
 They don't need that part.

00:30:03.279 --> 00:30:04.480
 What is it that they lack?

00:30:04.480 --> 00:30:07.519
 They lack the experience

00:30:07.519 --> 00:30:09.539
 of the grace of God

00:30:09.539 --> 00:30:10.240
 and salvation.

00:30:11.039 --> 00:30:11.860
 That's the thing

00:30:11.860 --> 00:30:12.900
 that fascinates them.

00:30:14.819 --> 00:30:16.160
 They possess knowledge

00:30:16.160 --> 00:30:16.680
 of the gospel

00:30:16.680 --> 00:30:18.120
 but they cannot experience

00:30:18.120 --> 00:30:20.460
 God's saving action

00:30:20.460 --> 00:30:22.579
 as you and I can.

00:30:23.900 --> 00:30:25.019
 They haven't sinned

00:30:25.019 --> 00:30:26.319
 therefore they need no redemption.

00:30:26.319 --> 00:30:30.960
 They haven't been an enemy of God

00:30:30.960 --> 00:30:31.919
 therefore they don't need

00:30:31.919 --> 00:30:33.439
 to be made children of God

00:30:33.439 --> 00:30:35.119
 like happens in the new birth

00:30:35.119 --> 00:30:35.980
 that Peter talks about

00:30:35.980 --> 00:30:36.539
 in verse 3.

00:30:37.799 --> 00:30:38.919
 They don't experience

00:30:38.919 --> 00:30:39.700
 a present grief

00:30:39.700 --> 00:30:40.559
 as we experience

00:30:40.559 --> 00:30:41.259
 therefore there's

00:30:41.259 --> 00:30:42.299
 not really necessary

00:30:42.299 --> 00:30:43.399
 to bring to mind

00:30:43.399 --> 00:30:44.480
 their present joy.

00:30:44.599 --> 00:30:45.299
 They have nothing

00:30:45.299 --> 00:30:46.779
 for which to contrast with

00:30:46.779 --> 00:30:48.359
 in their very experience

00:30:48.359 --> 00:30:49.539
 and it's in this way

00:30:49.539 --> 00:30:50.399
 that Peter says

00:30:50.399 --> 00:30:51.639
 they're fascinated

00:30:51.639 --> 00:30:53.079
 by the gospel

00:30:53.079 --> 00:30:53.899
 and the saving

00:30:53.899 --> 00:30:55.059
 and redemptive effects

00:30:55.059 --> 00:30:55.980
 of God's love

00:30:55.980 --> 00:30:57.419
 in our lives.

00:30:59.819 --> 00:31:01.119
 And yet it's our

00:31:01.119 --> 00:31:02.720
 great gospel privilege

00:31:02.720 --> 00:31:05.000
 to not only understand

00:31:05.000 --> 00:31:05.659
 the message

00:31:05.659 --> 00:31:08.359
 but to truly experience

00:31:08.359 --> 00:31:09.720
 its saving power.

00:31:11.000 --> 00:31:12.480
 That's what Paul reminds us

00:31:12.480 --> 00:31:13.399
 of in Romans 1.

00:31:14.679 --> 00:31:15.399
 He's not ashamed

00:31:15.399 --> 00:31:16.039
 of the gospel

00:31:16.039 --> 00:31:18.119
 for it is the power

00:31:18.119 --> 00:31:19.339
 of God unto salvation.

00:31:20.960 --> 00:31:22.679
 We can see it revealed.

00:31:22.680 --> 00:31:23.940
 We can see it fulfilled

00:31:23.940 --> 00:31:25.660
 but we can also experience

00:31:25.660 --> 00:31:26.480
 the fullness

00:31:26.480 --> 00:31:28.180
 of its saving effects

00:31:28.180 --> 00:31:30.240
 because the same spirit

00:31:30.240 --> 00:31:31.220
 who worked to give

00:31:31.220 --> 00:31:32.380
 the message to the prophets

00:31:32.380 --> 00:31:33.960
 the same spirit

00:31:33.960 --> 00:31:35.340
 who sends the angels

00:31:35.340 --> 00:31:36.140
 on their way

00:31:36.140 --> 00:31:36.920
 in the New Testament

00:31:36.920 --> 00:31:38.180
 and in the Old Testament

00:31:38.180 --> 00:31:39.100
 to give their message

00:31:39.100 --> 00:31:39.720
 from God

00:31:39.720 --> 00:31:41.100
 is the same spirit

00:31:41.100 --> 00:31:42.400
 who works in the preaching

00:31:42.400 --> 00:31:43.060
 of the gospel

00:31:43.060 --> 00:31:44.160
 to bring you

00:31:44.160 --> 00:31:45.500
 from death to life.

00:31:47.060 --> 00:31:48.140
 To break up

00:31:48.140 --> 00:31:49.279
 the hardness of your heart

00:31:49.279 --> 00:31:50.279
 as Andy prayed earlier

00:31:50.279 --> 00:31:51.140
 to break up

00:31:51.140 --> 00:31:52.259
 the hardness of your heart

00:31:52.259 --> 00:31:53.240
 so that you might

00:31:53.240 --> 00:31:54.440
 believe the gospel

00:31:54.440 --> 00:31:56.359
 and be saved.

00:31:57.259 --> 00:31:58.279
 And Peter says

00:31:58.279 --> 00:32:00.480
 we ought to remember

00:32:00.480 --> 00:32:01.240
 this privilege.

00:32:03.379 --> 00:32:04.400
 But you can't remember

00:32:04.400 --> 00:32:05.559
 something you haven't experienced

00:32:05.559 --> 00:32:06.960
 and we have to at least

00:32:06.960 --> 00:32:07.740
 ask that question.

00:32:09.180 --> 00:32:10.359
 Have you experienced

00:32:10.359 --> 00:32:11.379
 the saving power

00:32:11.379 --> 00:32:11.839
 of God

00:32:11.839 --> 00:32:12.420
 in the gospel?

00:32:12.420 --> 00:32:15.360
 I don't mean

00:32:15.360 --> 00:32:16.140
 have you subscribed

00:32:16.140 --> 00:32:17.519
 to a kind of religion

00:32:17.519 --> 00:32:19.000
 or Christianity

00:32:19.000 --> 00:32:21.900
 certain kind of practice

00:32:21.900 --> 00:32:23.519
 or certain type

00:32:23.519 --> 00:32:24.320
 of denomination

00:32:24.320 --> 00:32:25.400
 whatever it may be

00:32:25.400 --> 00:32:27.720
 but have you been

00:32:27.720 --> 00:32:28.480
 born again?

00:32:31.160 --> 00:32:32.080
 Do you have

00:32:32.080 --> 00:32:33.060
 the present joy

00:32:33.060 --> 00:32:34.140
 that was spoken about

00:32:34.140 --> 00:32:35.680
 in verses 6 to 9

00:32:35.680 --> 00:32:36.360
 that can really

00:32:36.360 --> 00:32:36.980
 only come

00:32:36.980 --> 00:32:37.759
 because of something

00:32:37.759 --> 00:32:38.400
 God is doing

00:32:38.400 --> 00:32:39.060
 in you?

00:32:39.059 --> 00:32:43.200
 Have you experienced

00:32:43.200 --> 00:32:44.440
 the saving effects

00:32:44.440 --> 00:32:45.139
 so that you can

00:32:45.139 --> 00:32:47.019
 actually praise God?

00:32:47.899 --> 00:32:48.359
 Have you come

00:32:48.359 --> 00:32:49.319
 to faith in Christ?

00:32:52.039 --> 00:32:52.700
 As we close

00:32:52.700 --> 00:32:53.379
 this portion

00:32:53.379 --> 00:32:54.519
 of Peter's letter

00:32:54.519 --> 00:32:55.299
 we need to acknowledge

00:32:55.299 --> 00:32:56.659
 that if we're going

00:32:56.659 --> 00:32:57.720
 to thrive in exile

00:32:57.720 --> 00:32:58.740
 which is what this letter

00:32:58.740 --> 00:32:59.740
 is about I think

00:32:59.740 --> 00:33:01.899
 it's going to require

00:33:01.899 --> 00:33:02.940
 that we remember

00:33:02.940 --> 00:33:04.659
 the glorious grace

00:33:04.659 --> 00:33:05.139
 of God

00:33:05.139 --> 00:33:05.980
 in our salvation

00:33:05.980 --> 00:33:08.339
 and that we spend

00:33:08.339 --> 00:33:09.579
 our days of exile

00:33:09.579 --> 00:33:10.819
 in sincere

00:33:10.819 --> 00:33:11.839
 and joyful worship

00:33:11.839 --> 00:33:14.059
 and part of what

00:33:14.059 --> 00:33:15.220
 it means to do that

00:33:15.220 --> 00:33:16.180
 is to express

00:33:16.180 --> 00:33:17.740
 humble gratitude

00:33:17.740 --> 00:33:20.920
 at our great

00:33:20.920 --> 00:33:22.700
 gospel privilege

00:33:22.700 --> 00:33:24.660
 can you imagine

00:33:24.660 --> 00:33:26.039
 if Israel's response

00:33:26.039 --> 00:33:26.759
 was different

00:33:26.759 --> 00:33:27.799
 coming out of Egypt?

00:33:30.900 --> 00:33:32.180
 Their circumstances

00:33:32.180 --> 00:33:33.299
 would not have changed

00:33:33.299 --> 00:33:37.440
 had they come

00:33:37.440 --> 00:33:37.940
 out of Egypt

00:33:37.940 --> 00:33:38.919
 and just decided

00:33:38.919 --> 00:33:39.359
 you know what

00:33:39.359 --> 00:33:40.500
 this is really hard

00:33:40.500 --> 00:33:41.480
 but we trust the Lord

00:33:41.480 --> 00:33:41.859
 and we're going

00:33:41.859 --> 00:33:42.599
 to praise Him

00:33:42.599 --> 00:33:43.240
 because He has

00:33:43.240 --> 00:33:44.200
 made us His home

00:33:44.200 --> 00:33:45.680
 and He has redeemed

00:33:45.680 --> 00:33:46.220
 us with a

00:33:46.220 --> 00:33:47.980
 tremendous salvation

00:33:47.980 --> 00:33:49.379
 out of Egypt

00:33:49.379 --> 00:33:50.720
 you know that

00:33:50.720 --> 00:33:51.200
 wouldn't have changed

00:33:51.200 --> 00:33:51.839
 their circumstance

00:33:51.839 --> 00:33:53.980
 they still

00:33:53.980 --> 00:33:54.759
 would have had to

00:33:54.759 --> 00:33:55.899
 go through

00:33:55.899 --> 00:33:56.339
 the wilderness

00:33:56.339 --> 00:33:58.680
 they still

00:33:58.680 --> 00:33:59.039
 would have been

00:33:59.039 --> 00:33:59.819
 tested over

00:33:59.819 --> 00:34:00.399
 and over

00:34:00.399 --> 00:34:01.779
 at the waters

00:34:01.779 --> 00:34:02.500
 of Meribah

00:34:02.500 --> 00:34:04.140
 the various times

00:34:04.140 --> 00:34:04.660
 when they were

00:34:04.660 --> 00:34:06.299
 thirsting to death

00:34:06.299 --> 00:34:08.159
 and hungry

00:34:08.159 --> 00:34:11.460
 but they would have

00:34:11.460 --> 00:34:12.340
 entered the rest

00:34:12.340 --> 00:34:14.780
 that's Hebrews 4

00:34:14.780 --> 00:34:16.119
 what Andy read to us

00:34:16.119 --> 00:34:18.119
 but instead of

00:34:18.119 --> 00:34:18.940
 trusting God

00:34:18.940 --> 00:34:20.119
 they rebelled

00:34:20.119 --> 00:34:23.260
 we don't want to

00:34:23.260 --> 00:34:23.840
 live that way

00:34:23.840 --> 00:34:24.159
 right?

00:34:25.000 --> 00:34:25.880
 the temptation

00:34:25.880 --> 00:34:26.679
 that comes along

00:34:26.679 --> 00:34:27.280
 with exile

00:34:27.280 --> 00:34:28.320
 is to turn away

00:34:28.320 --> 00:34:29.719
 to give it up

00:34:29.719 --> 00:34:32.139
 to not believe

00:34:32.139 --> 00:34:35.379
 the gospel

00:34:35.379 --> 00:34:35.839
 of Jesus

00:34:35.839 --> 00:34:36.900
 is something

00:34:36.900 --> 00:34:37.500
 the prophets

00:34:37.500 --> 00:34:38.279
 long to better

00:34:38.279 --> 00:34:38.839
 understand

00:34:38.839 --> 00:34:39.339
 and to see

00:34:39.339 --> 00:34:40.000
 fulfilled in their

00:34:40.000 --> 00:34:40.379
 days

00:34:40.379 --> 00:34:40.859
 it's something

00:34:40.859 --> 00:34:41.779
 the angels

00:34:41.779 --> 00:34:42.259
 in heaven

00:34:42.259 --> 00:34:43.319
 long to know

00:34:43.319 --> 00:34:43.960
 by personal

00:34:43.960 --> 00:34:44.559
 experience

00:34:44.559 --> 00:34:45.759
 and then there's

00:34:45.759 --> 00:34:46.159
 us

00:34:46.159 --> 00:34:48.420
 by God's grace

00:34:48.420 --> 00:34:50.960
 we are privileged

00:34:50.960 --> 00:34:51.659
 to have both

00:34:51.659 --> 00:34:52.159
 the fullness

00:34:52.159 --> 00:34:52.960
 of revelation

00:34:52.960 --> 00:34:55.359
 and the experience

00:34:55.359 --> 00:34:56.119
 of salvation

00:34:56.119 --> 00:34:56.920
 so that we can

00:34:56.920 --> 00:34:57.619
 praise God

00:34:57.619 --> 00:34:58.159
 in a way

00:34:58.159 --> 00:34:59.279
 not possible

00:34:59.280 --> 00:34:59.820
 for them

00:34:59.820 --> 00:35:01.980
 and to

00:35:01.980 --> 00:35:03.180
 recognize this

00:35:03.180 --> 00:35:05.100
 should dispel

00:35:05.100 --> 00:35:05.960
 any thought

00:35:05.960 --> 00:35:06.900
 in the wilderness

00:35:06.900 --> 00:35:08.660
 that God

00:35:08.660 --> 00:35:09.460
 doesn't love you

00:35:09.460 --> 00:35:11.320
 that he doesn't

00:35:11.320 --> 00:35:12.120
 care about you

00:35:12.120 --> 00:35:13.460
 or that he's

00:35:13.460 --> 00:35:13.920
 not watching

00:35:13.920 --> 00:35:14.660
 over you

00:35:14.660 --> 00:35:15.800
 or that he

00:35:15.800 --> 00:35:16.220
 doesn't care

00:35:16.220 --> 00:35:16.519
 about your

00:35:16.519 --> 00:35:16.980
 suffering

00:35:16.980 --> 00:35:18.420
 of course he

00:35:18.420 --> 00:35:18.740
 does

00:35:18.740 --> 00:35:19.940
 and how do you

00:35:19.940 --> 00:35:20.220
 know

00:35:20.220 --> 00:35:22.320
 because of this

00:35:22.320 --> 00:35:23.260
 great salvation

00:35:23.260 --> 00:35:24.560
 that you have

00:35:24.560 --> 00:35:25.060
 been privileged

00:35:25.060 --> 00:35:25.600
 to know and

00:35:25.600 --> 00:35:26.380
 experience in your

00:35:26.380 --> 00:35:26.740
 life

00:35:26.739 --> 00:35:28.279
 so what do

00:35:28.279 --> 00:35:28.859
 we do then

00:35:28.859 --> 00:35:30.679
 we endure

00:35:30.679 --> 00:35:32.779
 and we

00:35:32.779 --> 00:35:33.479
 persevere

00:35:33.479 --> 00:35:35.579
 but if we're

00:35:35.579 --> 00:35:36.199
 going to do it

00:35:36.199 --> 00:35:37.119
 in a way that's

00:35:37.119 --> 00:35:38.099
 thriving rather

00:35:38.099 --> 00:35:38.579
 than merely

00:35:38.579 --> 00:35:39.199
 surviving

00:35:39.199 --> 00:35:40.000
 we're going to

00:35:40.000 --> 00:35:40.659
 have to worship

00:35:40.659 --> 00:35:42.519
 and worship

00:35:42.519 --> 00:35:43.459
 is always about

00:35:43.459 --> 00:35:43.819
 Jesus

00:35:43.819 --> 00:35:45.139
 and what he

00:35:45.139 --> 00:35:45.419
 has done

00:35:45.419 --> 00:35:46.000
 for us

00:35:46.000 --> 00:35:48.199
 and so we

00:35:48.199 --> 00:35:48.879
 bless our

00:35:48.879 --> 00:35:49.339
 God and

00:35:49.339 --> 00:35:49.699
 Father

00:35:49.699 --> 00:35:50.879
 of the Lord

00:35:50.879 --> 00:35:51.699
 Jesus Christ

00:35:51.699 --> 00:35:53.379
 for this great

00:35:53.379 --> 00:35:54.319
 salvation he's

00:35:54.319 --> 00:35:54.779
 provided

00:35:54.780 --> 00:35:56.720
 and

00:35:56.720 --> 00:35:57.519
 he's

00:35:57.519 --> 00:35:58.660
 going to

00:35:58.660 --> 00:35:59.240
 to

00:35:59.240 --> 00:35:59.820
 him

00:35:59.820 --> 00:36:00.460
 to

00:36:00.460 --> 00:36:00.740
 him

00:36:00.740 --> 00:36:01.320
 to

00:36:01.320 --> 00:36:01.320


00:36:01.320 --> 00:36:01.320


00:36:01.320 --> 00:36:01.840
 him

00:36:01.840 --> 00:36:02.320
 to

00:36:02.320 --> 00:36:02.800
 him

00:36:02.800 --> 00:36:03.320
 to

00:36:03.320 --> 00:36:03.840
 him

00:36:03.840 --> 00:36:03.840