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 Sanctifying in this context means the Holy Spirit sets us apart.

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 He marks us out as those who will belong to God.

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 In fact, the Holy Spirit's work, his primary work,

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 is to make our belonging to God a reality in our lives.

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 A few years ago, Kirsty and I had to write a will.

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 And in that will it states that should anything ever happen to us,

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 all that we own, all our belongings, will go to our children.

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 Which means a mortgage, by the way.

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 They will receive ownership of all that we have.

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 Now for that to happen, we need a guarantor

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 who will enact what the will says to ensure that they receive

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 everything that has been willed to them.

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 Now in the same way, as we've just seen,

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 in eternity past, the Father has willed,

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 he has chosen us to be his children.

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 And the Holy Spirit acts as the guarantor.

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 He sets us apart, making sure that we will become God's children

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 and that we will belong to him.

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 He makes the will of God a reality in our lives.

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 You see, as a Christian,

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 we might be outsiders in this world.

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 We might feel alone and abandoned and that nobody understands.

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 We may experience a form of isolation.

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 But because of the Spirit's work in our lives,

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 we have been set apart by God

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 and called to be God's children.

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 We're not loners,

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 wandering around without purpose and without meaning.

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 We've been set apart,

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 marked out by the Holy Spirit

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 to live as God's people in this world.

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 Don't let the world

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 make your identity.

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 Let God shape your identity.

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 So we've been chosen by the Father,

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 set apart by the Spirit,

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 and now belong to Jesus.

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 Let's read again,

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 chapter 1, verse 1,

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 to God's elect.

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 Verse 2,

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 who've been chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father,

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 through the setting apart work of the Spirit,

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 for obedience to Jesus Christ,

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 and sprinkling by the blood of Jesus Christ.

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 Now, to help us understand this,

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 we need to go back to a very important occasion

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 in the Old Testament.

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 So keep your finger in 1 Peter.

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 Let's go back to Exodus, chapter 24.

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 Exodus, chapter 24.

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 And here we get an understanding

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 of what that little phrase,

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 for obedience to Jesus,

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 and sprinkling by the blood of Jesus,

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 what that means.

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 So in Exodus 24,

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 what's happened is,

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 the people of Israel,

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 remember,

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 were taken into slavery in Egypt,

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 and God comes,

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 and he rescues them from Egypt,

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 and he delivers them across,

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 and promises to bring them to a new land and a new place.

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 And towards that land,

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 on their journey,

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 God calls all the people together

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 at Mount Sinai.

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 And at this mountain,

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 God enters into relationship

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 with these people.

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 It's where God makes a covenant.

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 He makes a promise

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 to belong to these people.

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 And that's where we come to

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 in Exodus, chapter 24,

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 verse 7.

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 So here they are,

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 gathered at the mountain.

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 God is speaking

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 through Moses,

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 their leader.

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 Verse 7.

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 Then he,

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 that's Moses,

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 took the book of the covenant

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 and read it to the people.

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 And they responded,

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 we will do everything

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 the Lord has said.

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 We will obey.

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 So everything that God says,

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 we're going to do what God says.

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 We're going to obey him.

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 Verse 8.

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 Moses then took the blood

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 of an animal

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 that had been sacrificed

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 and sprinkled it on the people

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 and said,

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 this is the blood of the covenant

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 that the Lord has made with you

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 in accordance

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 with all these words.

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 So on the one side,

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 the people,

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 as they come into relationship

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 with God,

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 he says,

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 the people say,

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 we're going to obey God.

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 We promise to obey God.

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 And then God,

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 on the other side,

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 through the symbol

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 of the sprinkling of the blood,

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 promises to be committed

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 to these people.

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 It's God's way of saying,

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 you belong to me

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 and I belong to you.

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 I am going to be your God

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 and you're going to be my people.

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 But why would he start

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 sprinkling blood?

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 It sounds really gross,

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 doesn't it?

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 You could imagine

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 just blood being thrown around

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 all on top of you just now.

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 Why that?

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 Well, the blood underlined

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 the seriousness of this relationship,

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 this commitment,

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 one to each other.

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 In other words,

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 God is saying,

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 I will give my life for you.

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 I will be prepared

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 to shed my blood for you.

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 I will be ready to die for you

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 so that you belong to me.

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 Of course, as the story unfolds,

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 the problem is

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 the people keep on breaking

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 their side of the promise.

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 They continually disobey.

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 They continually walk away from God

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 and the relationship to God

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 is completely broken.

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 But now,

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 as we see in 1 Peter,

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 through Jesus,

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 our belonging to him

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 is now made permanent.

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 It can never be broken

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 because Jesus has come

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 and he has stepped in for us.

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 First of all,

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 Jesus gives us

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 his perfect obedience

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 so that we always stand

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 before God

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 as right

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 and as pure

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 and as blameless

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 because Jesus has clothed us

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 with his perfection.

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 But not only that,

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 second,

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 Jesus has taken the blame

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 for all of our disobedience.

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 And as Jesus died

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 on the cross,

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 all my disobedience

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 was placed on him.

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 He suffers the punishment

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 that I deserve.

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 He gives his life for me.

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 He sheds his blood for me.

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 He dies in place of me

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 so that I,

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 a rebel,

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 can belong to him

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 for all eternity.

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 By faith

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 in the death of Jesus,

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 it's just as if

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 we've been sprinkled

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 with the blood of Jesus,

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 a sign of God's

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 eternal commitment,

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 telling us time and time again,

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 saying,

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 I have died for you.

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 You belong to me

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 and I belong to you

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 and I am your God

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 and you will be my people.

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 We have been set apart

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 by the Spirit

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 for obedience to Jesus

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 and the sprinkling

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 of his blood.

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 You see,

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 if we are Christians,

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 we don't belong

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 in this world.

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 But the point is,

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 we do belong

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 to Jesus.

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 We cannot get better

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 or greater than that.

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 If God has chosen you

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 from before time began,

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 if he has set you apart

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 by his Holy Spirit,

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 if he sent his Son

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 to die for you,

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 then you do belong.

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 You are God's

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 chosen people

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 to live for him

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 in this world.

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 In a moment,

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 we are all going to

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 walk through

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 that door.

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 And if you are

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 a follower of Jesus,

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 you will walk out

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 through there

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 as an exile.

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 It is like we will be

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 scattered to different places.

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 We will go to our places

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 of work tomorrow morning.

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 We will go into college

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 or school.

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 We will be mixing

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 with our friends

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 in our neighbourhoods.

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 We will be going back

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 home to our families.

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 And it is not going

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 to be easy.

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 It will be hostile.

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 It will be difficult.

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 People will not always

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 want to be your friend.

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 They won't agree

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 with what you have to say.

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 They will shut you out

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 and push you out.

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 But our sense of identity

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 is not shaped

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 by this world.

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 It is shaped

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 by God.

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 Remember,

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 we are elect

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 exiles.

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 Yes,

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 we are strangers

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 in this world,

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 but chosen

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 by God

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 to live for him.

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 And as we go,

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 let us go

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 with this

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 great promise.

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 Look at the end

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 of verse 2.

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 Chapter 1,

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 verse 2.

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 Grace

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 and peace

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 be yours

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 in abundance.

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 As God's loved

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 and treasured

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 and chosen child,

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 he will not leave you

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 alone and isolated.

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 He is not about

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 to give up on you

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 and say,

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 just live this life

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 on your own

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 and get on with it.

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 God will give you

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 his peace

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 and his grace

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 in abundance.

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 It's going to be

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 like an overflowing

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 fountain

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 pouring down

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 upon you

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 on your life.

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 What you need

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 to live

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 as a stranger

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 in this world

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 will be much

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 more than you need.

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 All the resources

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 that you need

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 to live for God

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 will be poured

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 out upon your life.

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 In your weakness,

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 you will have

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 his grace.

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 When you struggle

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 to keep going

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 as a Christian

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 and the pressure

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 seems too much

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 and you just want

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 to give in

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 and give up

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 and conform

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 to everybody else,

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 his grace

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 will be sufficient

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 for you.

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 in fear,

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 you will have

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 his peace.

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 When you worry

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 about what people

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 think of you,

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 when what you believe

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 costs you

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 your friends,

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 his peace

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 will be your comfort.

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 He will fill you.

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 He will be with you.

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 Do not let the world

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 shape your identity.

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 Live

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 as the chosen

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 people of God,

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 loved by the Father

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 in eternity past,

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 set apart

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 by the Holy Spirit

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 to belong to him,

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 belonging to Jesus,

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 the one who died

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 for you

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 to give you meaning

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 and purpose.

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 So let's go

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 with confidence.

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 Let's go

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 as God's

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 elect

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 exiles

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 to serve him

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 and to live

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 for him

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 in this hostile

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 world.

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 Let's pray

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 together.

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 Let's pray

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 together.

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 Father,

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 we recognize

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 that at times

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 we do feel

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 alone

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 and we wonder

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 where home

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 actually is.

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 We struggle