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 How you guys doing?

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 Oh, come on.

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 I mean, I literally have, you know, I've tried not to say that for like a year now because

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 my wife is getting on me because I said that every time I got up to preach and she's not

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 here right now.

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 So I figured I could get away with it at least one time.

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 And then that's the response.

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 That's not very good at all.

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 How you guys doing?

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 Okay, that's good.

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 When she comes back next week, don't tell her I said any of that, okay?

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 Because that's just not good.

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 But, you know, it's great to be back in Hong Kong with Watermark and we had a great summer.

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 And you guys, the staff did better without me here than when I'm here, which is a great

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 sign, right?

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 It means it's not dependent on one person or things like that.

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 And so we were back in the summer and I just got to tell you, for me, oh, by the way, if

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 you've been here for four weeks, my name is Tobin.

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 I'm one of the staff here.

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 So, yeah, so welcome to Watermark.

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 We're glad you're here on this journey with us because it's a journey and we're learning

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 and God is teaching us so many things.

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 And for me, I just continue to learn how much I need.

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 I'm just thinking of that song when you're saying, Lord, I need you, Lord, I need you,

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 you know, I need you.

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 And I'm just wondering, what do we think when we sing that song?

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 What comes to your mind when you say, God, I need you?

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 Lord, I need you.

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 You know, I said that a lot this summer, parenting and learning how to parent four kids that brings

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 a level of chaos into our house.

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 And it never fails.

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 You know, right when you're about to go off on this long trip and you have eight people

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 packed because you have grandparents packed in the minivan and you're about to go and

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 you're going to drive for five hours on one of the dangerous, terrible roads in Texas from

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 Dallas to Austin.

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 It should take you two and a half hours, but it ends up taking about six hours because of

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 construction.

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 And you're on the road in about 30 minutes.

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 You're the littlest one.

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 And they ask that question that all parents dread.

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 You know that question.

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 You know what I'm talking about, right?

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 What is the question they ask?

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 Are we there?

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 No, they ask you, when are we going to get there?

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 And I'm like, oh, it's going to be about four and a half hours.

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 And she goes, I hope we get there in an hour.

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 And I'm sitting there.

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 And for the next four and a half hours, I hear, when are we going to get there?

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 And I hope we're going to get there in an hour.

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 And I started hoping a lot of other things, which I probably can't share because I'm a

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 pastor.

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 You're not supposed to share bad things.

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 But I did.

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 But this summer was a summer of hope.

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 I learned a lot.

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 I continue to realize how much we need God in every area of our life.

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 And if we ever get to a place where we don't need him, we're lost.

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 Because what that means is we can do it on our own.

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 I watched TV this summer like I've never watched before because my in-laws watch it and watch

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 the news over and over.

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 And the theme that kept coming up over and over was this theme of need.

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 It was amazing to watch the radio and watch the news and listen to the radio and hear people

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 talk about just the hopelessness in the world around us, the need people have for somebody

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 to come in and to fix their lives, to make things right.

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 It seems like everywhere we look, people were without hope.

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 They're without hope on a mountaintop running for their lives with no food.

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 They're without hope within the borders.

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 They're out without hope with the political system.

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 They're without hope in the judicial system.

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 People have given hope in the governments.

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 People are giving up hope in themselves.

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 And everywhere, and all of a sudden this guy on the TV, he says this thing that I'm like,

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 yes, yes.

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 He goes, now, you know, we used to be the now generation.

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 But it seems like we're turning into the hopeless generation.

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 And I watched it, and I almost wanted to turn it off because I was just so depressed with

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 the hopelessness that we see around us in the world.

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 And Scripture talks so much into that.

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 It speaks so clearly to that.

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 It gives us a hope that transcends everything.

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 It gives us a hope beyond our own understanding.

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 It gives us a hope beyond ourselves.

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 It gives us the hope in a man, God, named Jesus Christ, who came to make all things right,

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 who came to fix all things.

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 And I watched these stories, and I just felt this incredible sense of hopelessness until

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 I remembered who I was in the hope that God has given us through his son, Jesus.

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 Have you ever felt that way?

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 We talked about it last week in 1 Peter 1, verses 1 through 12.

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 And in it, we came down to this realization that we all, if we are God's children, no matter

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 what's going on, because it's very interesting, because 1 Peter's happening amongst his

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 persecution, the Christians have gone out, things are getting really tough in the Roman

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 Empire.

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 I mean, you know, we think our lives are hard and difficult because we've lost our job

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 and other things, and those things are hard.

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 But these people, they're like the people on the mountaintop.

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 They have no food.

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 They're running for their lives, and the people behind them, they're killing them.

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 And that's what's going on here, and that's what Peter's speaking into.

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 And he's saying, this is what it means to be without hope, but this is where hope comes

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 from, and hope comes from God who cares, even amidst the craziness.

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 And he reminded us that if our hope is just here and now, if we just hope in what's going

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 on around us, we're going to be lost.

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 Because the here and now is not our home.

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 The here and now is just a temporary resting place for us.

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 But eventually, we're going to get to a true home.

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 And Peter reminds the Christians, and he reminds us over and over that we need to remember

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 where our true home is.

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 We need to remember who our true Father is.

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 We need to remember who we are.

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 And the moment we forget that, we lose hope.

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 We lose purpose.

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 We lose meaning.

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 Today, we're going to look at the next step of that.

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 And the next step is this, and it's going to be one of these topics that pastors sometimes

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 hate to talk about, because every time we talk about it, people roll their eyes.

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 And my greatest fear is when I talk about it, you go, well, he must have his act together,

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 or he's not that all together.

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 And let me tell you, I don't have my act together, and I'm not all that together.

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 And I'm probably the most broken person in this room, and I continue to learn God's mercy

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 and his grace.

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 And what Peter says in 1 Peter 13 and 16, and we're just going to look at the first three

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 verses, because what he's done up until this point is saying, this is what God's done for

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 you.

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 This is what God's done for you.

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 This is what God's done for you.

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 Now, this is what we need to do as God's people.

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 Now, if you're here right now, and you're not God's people, you're listening, you're exploring,

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 these words aren't for you.

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 I mean, our hope and our prayer is that one day they will be for you.

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 Don't take these words and put them on people in your office and say, this is what you need

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 to be doing, because if they're not in the family of God, it means nothing to them.

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 It doesn't belong to them, and it has no power over their lives.

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 But if you're here today, and you say, I'm a Christian.

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 I've invited Jesus Christ into my life.

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 I've repented of my sins.

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 I turn daily and just ask for God's forgiveness.

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 I sing that song, Lord, I need you, and I understand what it means.

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 Then this passage is specifically for you.

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 This passage is specifically for Watermark.

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 And the passage is going to talk about holiness.

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 What does it mean for us as a people of God to be holy?

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 To be honest with you guys, I didn't even know if I was going to be able to get up here today.

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 I've had food poisoning all night.

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 I was sick all night.

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 At about 3 o'clock in the morning, my gosh, this is the bad thing about not having a wife

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 who cooks your food, right?

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 Ladies, if you go away, please cook your husband some casseroles or something that's safe.

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 But so God is just, so I'm praying for this time that God would speak to us as a church

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 despite me communicating in the feeble way.

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 Probably I'm going to make up some words, which I usually do when I'm getting sick.

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 Just write them down, and we'll clarify those words later.

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 But we're talking about holiness.

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 And what I want to look at in this passage is I want to look at or try to look at three things.

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 I want to look at just this idea of what is holiness?

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 What does it really mean?

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 Why should we be holy?

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 And how do we grow in our holiness?

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 What is holiness?

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 What does it really mean?

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 And why should we grow?

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 Or how do we grow in our holiness?

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 And so the first thing we just want to look at is what is the idea of holy?

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 And I realize that often when we talk about holiness, people just roll their eyes,

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 and they just kind of, okay, here's one of these talks again.

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 We're going to talk about all these things, and I just want to give up because it's too hard.

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 This is what C.S. Lewis said.

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 He said, holiness is the great myth.

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 He says that we think to be holy is a bad thing.

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 We think that if we're holy, it will ruin our life.

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 We think that if we're holy, it will take away our fun.

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 It will take away our joy.

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 But Lewis says, in fact, that whenever we see holiness, there's nothing more captivating to us.

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 There's nothing that enamors us more than holiness.

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 And when we meet a holy person, a tender person, a gentle person, a loving person, we're drawn towards them.

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 I struggled with this when I was a young Christian, right?

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 And when I heard people talk about holiness, what I thought it meant is, okay, forget everything.

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 You're going to marry an ugly wife, and you're going to move to Africa.

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 Now, that's just what I thought, okay?

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 So it tells you, I was a young Christian, 16 years old, and guys were talking about being holy and walking with the Lord.

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 And my view of holiness was, you marry an ugly wife, and you move to Africa.

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 And that's just what holy people did, because that's all I experienced.

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 And so I know that's not true right now, right?

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 I married a beautiful wife, and we moved to Asia, right?

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 But in those days, you know, help me get out of this.

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 I don't know.

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 But we struggle with the idea of what does it mean to be holy, and we look at these things,

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 and we don't realize that it's something so far beyond what we talk about.

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 What the Bible says is this.

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 When you come to faith, God puts his spirit inside of you.

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 That Holy Spirit enters into your life, and that Holy Spirit begins to change you.

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 It changes how you talk.

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 It changes how you think.

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 It changes how you live.

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 It changes how you view your money.

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 It changes what you do with your time.

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 It changes how compassionate you are, and how gentle you are, and how loving you are, and how kind you are.

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 It changes all of those things in us.

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 It makes us different.

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 The Bible says that as Christians, we should be very different than the people who don't have God's spirit inside of us.

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 The problem is that as I talk to people in Hong Kong about Christianity,

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 one of the main reasons they reject Christianity is because the people that they know as Christians

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 act, talk, think, use their money, vacation, and live just like they do.

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 And so when we talk about Christianity and Christianity being different, they look at the people around them,

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 and they think, why would I want this to happen?

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 Because those people are no different than myself.

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 They have the same values that I do.

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 But what the Bible says is that when you come to Christ and God's spirit enters into you,

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 you begin to become holy.

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 You begin to change.

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 You take steps towards the Lord,

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 and as you take steps towards him,

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 his spirit inside of you

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 changes you,

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 and you're different.

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 Has that happened to you?

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 Are you different?

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 Are you more loving?

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 Are you more kind?

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 Are you more gentle?

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 The Bible says if God's spirit's inside of us,

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 then we start to change,

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 and that change is defined as holiness.

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 In verse 16, it says,

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 you shall be holy,

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 for I am holy.

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 There's two focuses there.

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 The first focus is on God,

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 and when it says God is holy,

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 what it means is he's pure.

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 He's true.

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 He's loving.

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 He's untainted.

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 He's beyond.

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 He's transcendent.

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 He's beyond our imagination.

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 Holy is the adjective that describes God in everything.

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 He's holy love.

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 He's holy compassion.

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 He's holy gentleness.

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 He's holy wrath.

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 He's holy judgment.

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 It just supersedes every one of his characteristics.

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 It tells us that he is so far different than we are.

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 It tells us, it should tell us,

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 that he's so far different than we are

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 that we can trust him

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 because he will always remain true.

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 He will always remain faithful.

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 He will always remain loving.

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 No matter how hard you feel things are going,

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 no matter how much you feel disappointed in him,

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 God is always there.

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 His holiness demands it,

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 and he's there.

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 When it says you shall be holy,

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 it's a little different focus.

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 It's the same focus of we're a mirror.

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 We reflect God.

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 We're doing everything that God does,

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 and we grow.

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 We don't become there right away.

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 We're never going to get there right away.

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 We're growing in that holiness.

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 It's a step that we take baby steps towards him,

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 and we're learning,

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 and as we do things to prevent our old life

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 from coming back in,

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 God's spirit, that seed, the Holy Spirit,

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 grows and changes and transforms us

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 into something amazing.

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 But for me, the easiest way to understand this

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 is basically this.

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 When it says you are holy,

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 you are holy if you are God's people,

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 all of it means is that you belong to God.

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 Do you know that?

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 What does holiness mean for you?

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 What does holiness mean for the Christians at Watermark?

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 It means that you belong to God.

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 When you walk in that office on Monday,

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 you belong to God.

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 God has placed you there.

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 It's not an accident.

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 When you walk into that marriage relationship

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 that's incredibly difficult

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 because both of you are so self-centered and selfish,

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 and there's been so many scars,

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 God has called you to be holy.

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 You belong to him.

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 You allow that spirit living inside of you

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 to change you

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 and to make you different.

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 We, as God's people,

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 have to be different

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 than the people who are not God's people.

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 How are you different?

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 How are you different in your classrooms?

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 How are you different at work?

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 How are you different in your families?

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 What does it mean for you to live a holy life

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 where God has placed you?

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 I'm not going to tell you this is what it means

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 because you need to find that out on your own.

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 I can give you some guidelines

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 because the spirit's working inside of you.

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 You're reading God's word.

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 You're experiencing your past.

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 I don't know your past.

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 You know your past.

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 So some of you,

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 it means to get rid of these things.

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 And for some of you,

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 it means to embrace these things.

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 And for some of you,

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 it means just keep walking day by day

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 and taking little steps

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 and just trusting the Lord

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 and knowing that He's going to take care of you

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 and you don't need to worry so much.

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 But if you're the child of God,

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 the scripture says that you are holy

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 positionally,

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 in front of heaven,

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 progressively,

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 you're walking every day

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 trying to become more holy.

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 And then one day

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 when you meet Christ

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 face to face,

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 perfectly,

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 you're going to look just like Him.

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 The question is,

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 are we different?

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 Why are we called to be holy?

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 Well, the first reason

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 we're called to be holy

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 is because God commands it.

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 And whenever God commands something,

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 it's a good idea for us to obey it.

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 Right?

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 Whenever God says,

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 don't do this or do this,

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 it's a really good idea

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 for you to obey that.

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 I think the problem I have sometimes

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 is God didn't ever ask me

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 before He did the law.

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 And I wish God had asked me

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 before He said,

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 don't do this

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 or only keep this amount

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 or act this way

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 because I really wish He,

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 He needs my input,

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 but God didn't ask me

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 because He knows what we need

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 and He's God.

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 So the first reason

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 that we are holy

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 or that we pursue holiness

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 is because God commands it

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 in our life.

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 How are we doing

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 obeying that command?

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 And there's a ten reasons

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 I could give you

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 why we should be holy,

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 why we should be living in the mouth.

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 Some of them are self-serving

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 because we just know

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 that to be holy

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 is just the best thing

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 causes the least problem.

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 There's a lot of people

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 who aren't Christians,

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 but they know,

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 hey, if I don't do this

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 and I don't do this

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 and I read these things

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 and I'm just a better person

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 and those are some things

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 that happen with holiness.

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 But the thing I want to share

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 with us for Watermark today

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 is one of the reasons

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 that God has called us

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 to be holy as His people.

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 I was in a funeral yesterday.

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 About 450, 500 people there.

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 Young lady killed in a car wreck,

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 Taiwan.

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 Three incredibly beautiful kids.

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 They live right next to us

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 in our apartment complex.

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 And I sat there

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 and I thought about

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 what kind of testimony

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 had they had

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 from the body of faith.

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 Think about this.

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 In the Old Testament,

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 all the other nations,

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 all the other tribes,

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 all the other religions,

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 they had gold idols,

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 they had wood carvings,

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 they had rocks,

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 they had different things,

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 and all these things

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 represented their God,

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 they represented their deity.

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 And so when you were in Babylon

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 and you wanted to see God,

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 you went to the temple

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 and you saw Dagon right there.

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 Or when you were in Assyria

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 and you wanted to see Kamesh,

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 you'd go right there

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 and you'd see them sacrificing

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 little kids in front of it

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 and we said,

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 show us our God

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 and they said,

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 your God's right there.

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 But the people of God

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 didn't have those things.

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 The people of God

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 didn't have idols.

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 They were successfully

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 forbidden to do idols

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 because God was so infinite.

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 God is so great.

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 God is so totally other.

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 There's no way you can capture him

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 within those pieces of wood or gold.

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 And so what instead God did

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 in Leviticus was

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 he placed his imprint inside of us.

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 When you think about it,

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 the three books of the Bible,

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 the first three, right?

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 Exodus is God choosing a people.

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 I mean, Genesis,

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 God choosing a people.

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 Exodus,

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 God taking a people

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 and giving them out of bondage

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 and freeing them.

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 Leviticus,

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 God gives his people

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 relationships within a law.

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 So now there's these rules

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 about what it means to be holy.

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 And it's just not actions.

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 It's just, you know,

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 don't do this or do this.

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 But there were certain things

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 that were holy.

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 There was a pen that was holy.

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 There was a day that was holy.

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 There was certain land that was holy.

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 There was certain land that was unholy.

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 Holy land would be like Texas.

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 Unholy land would be like

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 someplace else.

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 I'm not going to say anything.

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 But clothes were holy.

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 So clothes didn't have to do anything

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 with their actions

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 or anything like that.

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 Food was holy.

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 Food was unholy.

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 God's people

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 were holy.

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 So that when the people

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 of the world looked

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 and they said they wanted

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 to see God,

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 what did God do?

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 He said,

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 well, look at my people

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 because my imprint's on them

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 as you see them love,

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 as you see them care,

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 as you see them do justice,

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 as you see them show compassion,

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 as you see them give mercy,

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 as you see my people

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 do these things

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 which are my character,

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 you see me.

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 watermark.

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 We're the imprint

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 of the God of the universe.

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 His characteristics

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 and his qualities

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 have been put inside your life.

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 And his spirit

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 is growing those things

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 and changing you.

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 So the question is,

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 when we go out

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 into this community

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 of Hong Kong

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 on the western side,

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 the central side,

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 the eastern side,

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 Kowloon,

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 what do people see of God

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 through our lives?

00:22:36.879 --> 00:22:37.879
 What's their takeaway

00:22:37.879 --> 00:22:38.639
 of God

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 through us

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 as a community?

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 All the other nations

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 could go,

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 oh, here's the gold idol.

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 Here's the wood.

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 Here's the stones.

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 Here's the mountain.

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 But God's people said,

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 here's the community.

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 Within that community,

00:23:03.480 --> 00:23:04.559
 you see God.

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 How are we doing

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 as a community?

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 Are we giving the hope

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 that the world around us needs?

00:23:16.000 --> 00:23:17.319
 Are they seeing God

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 live out through us?

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 Are they seeing God's love

00:23:20.799 --> 00:23:21.539
 and compassion?

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 That's what it means

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 for us to be his people.

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 That's what it means

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 for us to be holy.

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 Does that make sense?

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 Everybody's really quiet.

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 That's an incredibly

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 challenging thing for me.

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 It's an incredibly

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 challenging thing for me

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 to know that every day

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 I walk into a place

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 and I represent God.

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 It's an incredibly

00:23:48.819 --> 00:23:49.579
 challenging thing

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 for me to think about

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 and just pray through

00:23:51.720 --> 00:23:52.940
 because I make mistakes

00:23:52.940 --> 00:23:53.680
 over and over.

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 And again,

00:23:53.980 --> 00:23:54.700
 we're not talking about

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 we're getting there,

00:23:55.660 --> 00:23:56.759
 but we're taking little steps

00:23:56.759 --> 00:23:58.220
 to move towards holiness.

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 What does it look like

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 when people look at me?

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 They see me impatient

00:24:04.440 --> 00:24:05.279
 with my kids.

00:24:05.279 --> 00:24:10.339
 I realize more and more

00:24:10.339 --> 00:24:11.799
 how much I need grace

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 and God's mercy

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 in our life.

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 And my prayer for us,

00:24:17.279 --> 00:24:18.299
 each one of us in here

00:24:18.299 --> 00:24:19.639
 is we would realize that.

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 That we need to be

00:24:22.960 --> 00:24:23.940
 focused on Christ

00:24:23.940 --> 00:24:26.559
 over and over and over.

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 So what is holiness?

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 It means we belong to God.

00:24:29.779 --> 00:24:30.700
 Why should we be holy?

00:24:30.839 --> 00:24:32.119
 Well, God commands it.

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 We need to obey him.

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 And we're the community.

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 And if we're not holy

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 as a community,

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 then everything we teach

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 means nothing.

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 If we're not loving

00:24:39.659 --> 00:24:40.199
 as a community,

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 if we're not reaching out

00:24:41.000 --> 00:24:41.399
 as a community,

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 if we're not caring

00:24:42.459 --> 00:24:42.959
 as a community,

00:24:43.059 --> 00:24:43.639
 if we're not helping

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 as a community,

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 if we're not giving hope

00:24:45.019 --> 00:24:45.519
 as a community,

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 if we're not being good friends

00:24:46.919 --> 00:24:47.459
 as a community,

00:24:47.779 --> 00:24:48.779
 then everything else,

00:24:49.279 --> 00:24:50.139
 our representation

00:24:50.139 --> 00:24:51.219
 of a holy God

00:24:51.219 --> 00:24:51.879
 means nothing

00:24:51.879 --> 00:24:52.500
 to a world

00:24:52.500 --> 00:24:53.819
 that needs hope.

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 And finally,

00:24:58.459 --> 00:25:00.099
 how do we develop

00:25:00.099 --> 00:25:01.079
 that hope in us?

00:25:01.079 --> 00:25:03.399
 Because there's a two-part

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 section here.

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 I think often when we teach,

00:25:05.759 --> 00:25:06.159
 we just say,

00:25:06.240 --> 00:25:07.319
 well, God's giving you hope

00:25:07.319 --> 00:25:08.699
 and you just trust him

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 and that's it.

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 Take care.

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 Let go and let God.

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 And you'll get more holy.

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 Trust me, you'll work.

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 That's not what Peter says here.

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 Is that what Peter says here?

00:25:21.439 --> 00:25:22.079
 Peter says,

00:25:22.319 --> 00:25:22.960
 if you are holy,

00:25:23.079 --> 00:25:24.139
 if you're walking with me,

00:25:24.379 --> 00:25:25.480
 here's what I need you to do.

00:25:25.559 --> 00:25:26.659
 Look at your verse 13.

00:25:27.019 --> 00:25:27.679
 He says this,

00:25:28.399 --> 00:25:30.159
 prepare your minds for action.

00:25:31.079 --> 00:25:32.899
 Keep sober in spirit.

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 Guard,

00:25:35.500 --> 00:25:36.839
 keep sober in spirit.

00:25:37.079 --> 00:25:37.679
 Fix your hope

00:25:37.679 --> 00:25:38.639
 completely on the grace

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 we brought to you

00:25:39.319 --> 00:25:40.759
 as a revelation of Jesus Christ.

00:25:42.039 --> 00:25:43.319
 That's kind of a command.

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 Why do we need that command?

00:25:44.939 --> 00:25:45.619
 Verse 14,

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 it's the reason why.

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 Because as obedient children,

00:25:48.099 --> 00:25:50.099
 we tend to be conformed

00:25:50.099 --> 00:25:50.960
 to our former lust.

00:25:51.039 --> 00:25:51.839
 We tend to go back

00:25:51.839 --> 00:25:52.960
 to our old ways.

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 Here's an example.

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 Don't do that.

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 The Holy One.

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 Look at Him.

00:25:57.439 --> 00:25:58.039
 Follow Him.

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 Watch Him.

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 And in Him,

00:26:02.620 --> 00:26:03.900
 you'll be like Him.

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 So how do we become more holy?

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 I just want to look at it

00:26:07.740 --> 00:26:08.180
 really quickly

00:26:08.180 --> 00:26:09.400
 and we'll finish up here.

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 Verse 13.

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 The first thing that Peter

00:26:12.460 --> 00:26:13.240
 says to us to do

00:26:13.240 --> 00:26:13.920
 is we need to prepare

00:26:13.920 --> 00:26:14.960
 our minds for action.

00:26:15.840 --> 00:26:17.600
 It's a very powerful word here.

00:26:17.680 --> 00:26:18.360
 It actually comes

00:26:18.360 --> 00:26:19.059
 from the Passover.

00:26:19.559 --> 00:26:20.279
 Usually when we did

00:26:20.279 --> 00:26:21.340
 a communion or Passover,

00:26:21.539 --> 00:26:22.039
 the Jewish people

00:26:22.039 --> 00:26:22.680
 would lay down

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 and they would sit down

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 and they'd just relax

00:26:24.480 --> 00:26:25.000
 and have fun.

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 But this comes from Leviticus

00:26:26.440 --> 00:26:26.940
 and in Exodus

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 and it's right before

00:26:28.180 --> 00:26:28.720
 the people are about

00:26:28.720 --> 00:26:29.420
 to leave Egypt.

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 And when he says

00:26:31.160 --> 00:26:32.220
 prepare your mind for action,

00:26:32.299 --> 00:26:32.840
 it actually means

00:26:32.840 --> 00:26:33.779
 gird your loins.

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 So in Jesus' day

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 and long before that,

00:26:37.080 --> 00:26:39.039
 men wore long shirts

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 all the way down here

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 and then they wore a belt.

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 And usually they wore

00:26:42.840 --> 00:26:43.820
 a mantle over that shirt

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 but they just wore

00:26:44.200 --> 00:26:45.000
 these long shirts

00:26:45.000 --> 00:26:45.740
 half cut off,

00:26:45.759 --> 00:26:46.420
 they still do today,

00:26:46.559 --> 00:26:47.600
 all the way down here.

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 And whenever a guy

00:26:49.160 --> 00:26:49.660
 did work,

00:26:49.740 --> 00:26:51.160
 he had to come down here,

00:26:51.279 --> 00:26:52.140
 grab his shirt,

00:26:52.660 --> 00:26:53.360
 tuck it up,

00:26:53.360 --> 00:26:54.080
 and then stick it

00:26:54.080 --> 00:26:54.580
 in the belt.

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 It's called girding.

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 And so most guys

00:26:58.159 --> 00:26:58.899
 would never do that

00:26:58.899 --> 00:26:59.919
 unless they were in a battle

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 or they had to run

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 or they had to do work

00:27:02.199 --> 00:27:03.379
 because it was undignified.

00:27:03.480 --> 00:27:04.079
 But in a battle

00:27:04.079 --> 00:27:05.039
 and running and working

00:27:05.039 --> 00:27:05.619
 it was okay

00:27:05.619 --> 00:27:06.879
 and so they left

00:27:06.879 --> 00:27:07.539
 their things down here.

00:27:07.619 --> 00:27:08.679
 But what Peter says is

00:27:08.679 --> 00:27:09.919
 now that you are Christians,

00:27:10.339 --> 00:27:11.299
 you need to prepare

00:27:11.299 --> 00:27:12.759
 your minds for action.

00:27:13.460 --> 00:27:15.179
 You need to gird your loins

00:27:15.179 --> 00:27:16.159
 and the idea is

00:27:16.159 --> 00:27:17.579
 we need to get ready for work.

00:27:18.539 --> 00:27:19.619
 We need to think about

00:27:19.619 --> 00:27:20.099
 what it means

00:27:20.099 --> 00:27:21.019
 to be God's people.

00:27:21.779 --> 00:27:22.720
 We need to understand

00:27:22.720 --> 00:27:23.359
 what it means

00:27:23.359 --> 00:27:24.619
 to read God's word

00:27:24.619 --> 00:27:26.099
 and allow it to affect us

00:27:26.099 --> 00:27:26.859
 and change us.

00:27:27.319 --> 00:27:28.179
 We need to think about

00:27:28.179 --> 00:27:28.919
 what it means for us

00:27:28.919 --> 00:27:29.539
 to be a Christian

00:27:29.539 --> 00:27:30.139
 in the workplace.

00:27:31.279 --> 00:27:32.179
 It's amazing to me

00:27:32.179 --> 00:27:33.839
 how often people take jobs

00:27:33.839 --> 00:27:35.299
 and they never think about

00:27:35.299 --> 00:27:36.199
 so what will this mean

00:27:36.199 --> 00:27:37.279
 for me as a Christian here?

00:27:39.500 --> 00:27:40.979
 So often people take jobs

00:27:40.979 --> 00:27:41.500
 and just realize

00:27:41.500 --> 00:27:42.519
 well I just need a job,

00:27:42.579 --> 00:27:43.379
 I'm going to take any job

00:27:43.379 --> 00:27:44.039
 or so people move

00:27:44.039 --> 00:27:44.599
 to a different area

00:27:44.599 --> 00:27:45.759
 but they never think about

00:27:45.759 --> 00:27:46.839
 how that's going to impact

00:27:46.839 --> 00:27:48.299
 their Christian life

00:27:48.299 --> 00:27:49.019
 or their family.

00:27:49.019 --> 00:27:51.980
 Can I be a good

00:27:51.980 --> 00:27:52.839
 Christian witness here?

00:27:54.480 --> 00:27:55.339
 Maybe it's an environment

00:27:55.339 --> 00:27:56.440
 where it's almost impossible

00:27:56.440 --> 00:27:57.940
 to be a good Christian

00:27:57.940 --> 00:27:58.579
 witness here.

00:27:59.519 --> 00:28:00.519
 I still need to do it

00:28:00.519 --> 00:28:01.279
 if God's called me

00:28:01.279 --> 00:28:01.599
 to do that

00:28:01.599 --> 00:28:02.279
 but what does it mean

00:28:02.279 --> 00:28:03.680
 for me to do it well?

00:28:04.559 --> 00:28:05.539
 Well that's what Peter says.

00:28:05.579 --> 00:28:06.039
 He says you need

00:28:06.039 --> 00:28:06.879
 to prepare your minds,

00:28:06.980 --> 00:28:07.980
 you need to gird up your loins,

00:28:08.319 --> 00:28:09.119
 you need to think about,

00:28:09.220 --> 00:28:09.920
 you need to get your mind

00:28:09.920 --> 00:28:10.240
 in order,

00:28:10.359 --> 00:28:11.599
 you need to think about

00:28:11.599 --> 00:28:12.200
 what does it mean

00:28:12.200 --> 00:28:13.339
 for us as God's people

00:28:13.339 --> 00:28:14.859
 to live out a holy life

00:28:14.859 --> 00:28:15.920
 wherever God puts us.

00:28:15.920 --> 00:28:18.900
 The second thing he says

00:28:18.900 --> 00:28:19.920
 is you've got to keep sober

00:28:19.920 --> 00:28:21.039
 and again these are

00:28:21.039 --> 00:28:22.060
 all choices guys,

00:28:22.120 --> 00:28:22.980
 these are all choices.

00:28:24.420 --> 00:28:25.080
 If you're here

00:28:25.080 --> 00:28:25.700
 and you're a Christian

00:28:25.700 --> 00:28:26.940
 and God's put his spirit

00:28:26.940 --> 00:28:27.300
 in you,

00:28:27.700 --> 00:28:28.680
 the spirit's there

00:28:28.680 --> 00:28:29.779
 but I think so often

00:28:29.779 --> 00:28:30.259
 most of us

00:28:30.259 --> 00:28:31.160
 we don't even read

00:28:31.160 --> 00:28:31.779
 God's word,

00:28:31.900 --> 00:28:32.519
 we don't pray,

00:28:32.680 --> 00:28:33.680
 we're not in a community

00:28:33.680 --> 00:28:34.800
 and we just think

00:28:34.800 --> 00:28:35.460
 well God's going

00:28:35.460 --> 00:28:36.220
 to take care of me

00:28:36.220 --> 00:28:37.800
 because he promised

00:28:37.800 --> 00:28:38.480
 to take care of me

00:28:38.480 --> 00:28:39.120
 and I don't really need

00:28:39.120 --> 00:28:39.660
 to do anything

00:28:39.660 --> 00:28:40.660
 and it's kind of like

00:28:40.660 --> 00:28:41.759
 this socket right here,

00:28:41.800 --> 00:28:42.680
 it's like this power source,

00:28:42.740 --> 00:28:43.340
 I'm going to get in trouble,

00:28:43.440 --> 00:28:43.700
 I know.

00:28:44.600 --> 00:28:45.539
 But this is kind of like

00:28:45.539 --> 00:28:46.100
 God's word

00:28:46.100 --> 00:28:46.819
 and the Holy Spirit,

00:28:46.920 --> 00:28:47.100
 right?

00:28:47.220 --> 00:28:48.700
 And we're plugged in here

00:28:48.700 --> 00:28:49.840
 and we're receiving

00:28:49.840 --> 00:28:50.440
 God's word,

00:28:50.500 --> 00:28:51.000
 I don't want to unplug

00:28:51.000 --> 00:28:51.500
 my sound.

00:28:53.039 --> 00:28:53.819
 But most of us

00:28:53.819 --> 00:28:54.660
 don't even plug ourselves

00:28:54.660 --> 00:28:55.620
 into God's spirit

00:28:55.620 --> 00:28:57.860
 and power source.

00:28:59.880 --> 00:29:00.519
 Most of us

00:29:00.519 --> 00:29:01.120
 don't even read

00:29:01.120 --> 00:29:01.779
 God's word,

00:29:01.900 --> 00:29:02.360
 most of us

00:29:02.360 --> 00:29:03.519
 don't even attend

00:29:03.519 --> 00:29:04.220
 community,

00:29:04.420 --> 00:29:05.000
 most of us

00:29:05.000 --> 00:29:07.180
 don't think of God

00:29:07.180 --> 00:29:09.360
 and there's this

00:29:09.360 --> 00:29:10.299
 power source here

00:29:10.299 --> 00:29:10.740
 and we wonder

00:29:10.740 --> 00:29:11.560
 why our lives

00:29:11.560 --> 00:29:12.279
 are a mess

00:29:12.279 --> 00:29:13.860
 and why things

00:29:13.860 --> 00:29:14.820
 are out of control.

00:29:16.420 --> 00:29:17.220
 The word there

00:29:17.220 --> 00:29:17.840
 actually means

00:29:17.840 --> 00:29:18.440
 to be sober,

00:29:18.600 --> 00:29:19.600
 don't to be drunk,

00:29:19.900 --> 00:29:20.980
 to keep focused.

00:29:24.980 --> 00:29:25.799
 Peter says

00:29:25.799 --> 00:29:26.580
 as Christians

00:29:26.580 --> 00:29:27.220
 one of our

00:29:27.220 --> 00:29:27.980
 responsibilities

00:29:27.980 --> 00:29:29.860
 to this Holy Spirit

00:29:29.860 --> 00:29:30.740
 and God in us

00:29:30.740 --> 00:29:31.240
 to grow

00:29:31.240 --> 00:29:32.240
 and to change

00:29:32.240 --> 00:29:33.200
 is to be sober,

00:29:34.080 --> 00:29:35.420
 to keep a clear head,

00:29:35.420 --> 00:29:36.519
 to think well,

00:29:36.759 --> 00:29:37.620
 to stay focused,

00:29:37.740 --> 00:29:38.440
 to understand

00:29:38.440 --> 00:29:39.940
 what God's word says.

00:29:40.220 --> 00:29:41.400
 What does the Bible say?

00:29:41.580 --> 00:29:42.600
 To be able to reject

00:29:42.600 --> 00:29:43.539
 false teaching

00:29:43.539 --> 00:29:44.640
 and to follow

00:29:44.640 --> 00:29:45.560
 true words.

00:29:47.440 --> 00:29:48.600
 It's amazing to me

00:29:48.600 --> 00:29:49.400
 whenever a new movie

00:29:49.400 --> 00:29:50.160
 comes out like

00:29:50.160 --> 00:29:51.019
 The Da Vinci Code

00:29:51.019 --> 00:29:51.980
 or other things like that

00:29:51.980 --> 00:29:52.860
 and they had this slant

00:29:52.860 --> 00:29:53.720
 about Christianity

00:29:53.720 --> 00:29:54.380
 or the Bible,

00:29:54.720 --> 00:29:55.820
 how often the church

00:29:55.820 --> 00:29:57.820
 just freaks out.

00:30:00.400 --> 00:30:01.519
 And the reason is

00:30:01.519 --> 00:30:02.400
 is that most of us

00:30:02.400 --> 00:30:03.279
 are pretty shallow

00:30:03.279 --> 00:30:05.819
 in our understanding

00:30:05.819 --> 00:30:06.420
 of God.

00:30:08.500 --> 00:30:08.960
 I mean,

00:30:09.000 --> 00:30:09.559
 most of us,

00:30:09.639 --> 00:30:11.579
 if we did the research

00:30:11.579 --> 00:30:13.079
 that we've done

00:30:13.079 --> 00:30:13.539
 since we've been

00:30:13.539 --> 00:30:14.099
 a Christian

00:30:14.099 --> 00:30:15.859
 at our workplace

00:30:15.859 --> 00:30:17.740
 for our new job,

00:30:18.259 --> 00:30:19.500
 we probably would have

00:30:19.500 --> 00:30:20.019
 been fired

00:30:20.019 --> 00:30:20.859
 a long time ago

00:30:20.859 --> 00:30:22.619
 because we wouldn't

00:30:22.619 --> 00:30:22.960
 even have known

00:30:22.960 --> 00:30:23.399
 how to turn on

00:30:23.399 --> 00:30:24.160
 the copy machine.

00:30:25.899 --> 00:30:26.879
 But for some reason

00:30:26.879 --> 00:30:27.460
 as Christians,

00:30:27.460 --> 00:30:28.619
 we think that's okay.

00:30:28.619 --> 00:30:32.479
 And so we treat

00:30:32.479 --> 00:30:33.139
 God's Word

00:30:33.139 --> 00:30:33.899
 really small.

00:30:35.599 --> 00:30:37.139
 And we treat God

00:30:37.139 --> 00:30:38.019
 really small.

00:30:39.279 --> 00:30:40.399
 And we wonder

00:30:40.399 --> 00:30:41.539
 why our lives

00:30:41.539 --> 00:30:42.139
 become

00:30:42.139 --> 00:30:44.319
 really small.

00:30:46.219 --> 00:30:47.059
 And Peter says,

00:30:47.839 --> 00:30:48.819
 be sober.

00:30:50.899 --> 00:30:52.119
 Think clearly.

00:30:54.239 --> 00:30:55.539
 Understand God's Word.

00:30:55.539 --> 00:30:58.220
 understand the implications

00:30:58.220 --> 00:30:59.379
 of it in your life.

00:31:00.819 --> 00:31:02.079
 Be in a Bible study.

00:31:02.220 --> 00:31:03.359
 Be in a community group.

00:31:03.559 --> 00:31:04.279
 Gather with people

00:31:04.279 --> 00:31:05.139
 who study the Word.

00:31:05.720 --> 00:31:06.859
 Meditate on God's Word.

00:31:07.139 --> 00:31:08.119
 Memorize God's Word.

00:31:08.440 --> 00:31:09.559
 Allow it to understand it.

00:31:09.779 --> 00:31:10.720
 Allow it to be barriers

00:31:10.720 --> 00:31:11.240
 in your life.

00:31:11.460 --> 00:31:12.119
 So the next time

00:31:12.119 --> 00:31:12.960
 you hear something

00:31:12.960 --> 00:31:13.899
 in your life

00:31:13.899 --> 00:31:16.420
 and it causes you

00:31:16.420 --> 00:31:17.159
 an incredible amount

00:31:17.159 --> 00:31:18.200
 of tension and trouble,

00:31:19.379 --> 00:31:19.759
 you can say,

00:31:19.759 --> 00:31:20.779
 well, what does God's Word say?

00:31:21.680 --> 00:31:22.200
 Nope.

00:31:23.180 --> 00:31:23.579
 Next.

00:31:25.779 --> 00:31:26.619
 But most of us

00:31:26.619 --> 00:31:27.259
 hold it up

00:31:27.259 --> 00:31:27.579
 and they go,

00:31:27.700 --> 00:31:27.960
 well, Pastor,

00:31:28.039 --> 00:31:29.440
 what does God's Word say?

00:31:30.399 --> 00:31:30.920
 And I'm like,

00:31:31.299 --> 00:31:33.379
 you can look that up.

00:31:35.680 --> 00:31:36.440
 What do you think

00:31:36.440 --> 00:31:37.299
 God's Word says?

00:31:38.180 --> 00:31:39.200
 I'll give you the verses.

00:31:39.579 --> 00:31:40.139
 Let's read it.

00:31:43.539 --> 00:31:44.460
 Verse 14,

00:31:44.559 --> 00:31:44.940
 he says,

00:31:45.019 --> 00:31:45.960
 as obedient children,

00:31:46.079 --> 00:31:47.200
 do not be conformed

00:31:47.200 --> 00:31:47.980
 to the former lust

00:31:47.980 --> 00:31:48.680
 which were yours

00:31:48.680 --> 00:31:49.519
 in your ignorance.

00:31:49.960 --> 00:31:50.659
 And that idea

00:31:50.659 --> 00:31:51.940
 is like a jello mold.

00:31:52.659 --> 00:31:53.460
 Jello mold.

00:31:53.460 --> 00:31:55.940
 That so many of us,

00:31:56.000 --> 00:31:56.799
 we've gone off

00:31:56.799 --> 00:31:57.460
 as Christians

00:31:57.460 --> 00:31:58.880
 and now we're new Christians

00:31:58.880 --> 00:31:59.940
 but we don't know

00:31:59.940 --> 00:32:00.920
 what the boundaries are.

00:32:01.019 --> 00:32:02.120
 We haven't read God's Word.

00:32:02.220 --> 00:32:02.900
 We're not sober.

00:32:03.039 --> 00:32:03.700
 We're not focused.

00:32:04.140 --> 00:32:05.019
 And our old nature

00:32:05.019 --> 00:32:05.880
 is like this magnet

00:32:05.880 --> 00:32:06.960
 and our old sin nature

00:32:06.960 --> 00:32:07.480
 comes in

00:32:07.480 --> 00:32:08.559
 and it grabs us

00:32:08.559 --> 00:32:10.039
 and it tries to squeeze us

00:32:10.039 --> 00:32:10.960
 into this mold.

00:32:15.799 --> 00:32:16.420
 Peter says,

00:32:16.500 --> 00:32:16.980
 be careful

00:32:16.980 --> 00:32:18.240
 when it does that to you

00:32:18.240 --> 00:32:20.400
 because it's going

00:32:20.400 --> 00:32:21.559
 to destroy your life.

00:32:23.460 --> 00:32:26.460
 I'm going to be

00:32:26.460 --> 00:32:27.059
 in trouble here

00:32:27.059 --> 00:32:29.740
 but I think this is

00:32:29.740 --> 00:32:30.380
 why Christianity

00:32:30.380 --> 00:32:31.200
 is so shallow

00:32:31.200 --> 00:32:33.559
 in Hong Kong

00:32:33.559 --> 00:32:36.100
 and America

00:32:36.100 --> 00:32:39.279
 and the rest of the world.

00:32:41.480 --> 00:32:42.039
 Because I think

00:32:42.039 --> 00:32:43.279
 most of us come to Christ

00:32:43.279 --> 00:32:44.220
 and we say a prayer

00:32:44.220 --> 00:32:46.579
 but we really don't

00:32:46.579 --> 00:32:47.539
 understand what that means.

00:32:50.140 --> 00:32:50.880
 Most of us

00:32:50.880 --> 00:32:51.600
 haven't repented

00:32:51.600 --> 00:32:52.319
 of the sins

00:32:52.319 --> 00:32:53.139
 that we used to do.

00:32:54.939 --> 00:32:55.639
 Many of us

00:32:55.639 --> 00:32:56.619
 still do the same sins

00:32:56.619 --> 00:32:57.259
 we did before.

00:32:59.579 --> 00:33:00.279
 Many of us

00:33:00.279 --> 00:33:00.879
 still act

00:33:00.879 --> 00:33:01.339
 the same way

00:33:01.339 --> 00:33:02.139
 we acted before.

00:33:05.099 --> 00:33:05.939
 And our Christianity

00:33:05.939 --> 00:33:06.939
 is like that deep.

00:33:08.639 --> 00:33:09.519
 And the sad thing

00:33:09.519 --> 00:33:10.240
 is the only person

00:33:10.240 --> 00:33:10.740
 we're fooling

00:33:10.740 --> 00:33:11.579
 is ourself.

00:33:13.579 --> 00:33:14.279
 Because everybody

00:33:14.279 --> 00:33:15.359
 else around us

00:33:15.359 --> 00:33:16.960
 especially non-Christians

00:33:16.960 --> 00:33:19.879
 see that our Christianity

00:33:19.880 --> 00:33:21.740
 is that deep.

00:33:24.600 --> 00:33:25.760
 We came to Christ

00:33:25.760 --> 00:33:27.340
 I said the prayer

00:33:27.340 --> 00:33:30.140
 but

00:33:30.140 --> 00:33:31.720
 and I'm speaking

00:33:31.720 --> 00:33:32.460
 to myself

00:33:32.460 --> 00:33:34.720
 many of us

00:33:34.720 --> 00:33:35.720
 did it selfishly

00:33:35.720 --> 00:33:39.280
 so that we don't

00:33:39.280 --> 00:33:39.800
 have to be selfish

00:33:39.800 --> 00:33:40.160
 on our own

00:33:40.160 --> 00:33:40.660
 we let Jesus

00:33:40.660 --> 00:33:41.660
 be selfish for us

00:33:41.660 --> 00:33:41.920
 right?

00:33:42.020 --> 00:33:42.380
 Jesus is going

00:33:42.380 --> 00:33:42.820
 to be selfish

00:33:42.820 --> 00:33:43.300
 Jesus is going

00:33:43.300 --> 00:33:43.580
 to get us

00:33:43.580 --> 00:33:43.920
 the Rolex

00:33:43.920 --> 00:33:44.280
 he's going

00:33:44.280 --> 00:33:44.480
 to get us

00:33:44.480 --> 00:33:44.740
 all those

00:33:44.740 --> 00:33:45.200
 really cool

00:33:45.200 --> 00:33:45.940
 things that we want

00:33:45.940 --> 00:33:46.740
 Jesus is going

00:33:46.740 --> 00:33:46.920
 to do it

00:33:46.920 --> 00:33:47.200
 now we're just

00:33:47.200 --> 00:33:47.480
 going to pray

00:33:47.480 --> 00:33:47.760
 and Jesus

00:33:47.760 --> 00:33:47.940
 is going

00:33:47.940 --> 00:33:48.260
 to do it.

00:33:48.259 --> 00:33:50.279
 We never repented

00:33:50.279 --> 00:33:50.940
 we never said

00:33:50.940 --> 00:33:51.599
 that's wrong

00:33:51.599 --> 00:33:52.279
 we never said

00:33:52.279 --> 00:33:53.180
 sin is bad

00:33:53.180 --> 00:33:54.180
 we just said

00:33:54.180 --> 00:33:56.079
 so I was in a church

00:33:56.079 --> 00:33:56.619
 this summer

00:33:56.619 --> 00:33:57.900
 and I'm really thankful

00:33:57.900 --> 00:33:58.640
 it wasn't our church

00:33:58.640 --> 00:33:59.279
 and we would check out

00:33:59.279 --> 00:33:59.680
 some churches

00:33:59.680 --> 00:34:00.839
 and they had a testimony

00:34:00.839 --> 00:34:01.720
 and we probably need

00:34:01.720 --> 00:34:02.400
 to cut this off

00:34:02.400 --> 00:34:03.579
 and in the testimony

00:34:03.579 --> 00:34:04.440
 several people

00:34:04.440 --> 00:34:05.119
 came to be baptized

00:34:05.119 --> 00:34:06.279
 and the first person

00:34:06.279 --> 00:34:06.640
 came up

00:34:06.640 --> 00:34:07.379
 and they said

00:34:07.379 --> 00:34:07.740
 you know

00:34:07.740 --> 00:34:09.059
 I needed a job

00:34:09.059 --> 00:34:11.239
 and I really wanted

00:34:11.239 --> 00:34:12.179
 this type of car

00:34:12.179 --> 00:34:15.119
 and I prayed about it

00:34:15.119 --> 00:34:16.579
 and you know what

00:34:16.579 --> 00:34:17.360
 I got this job

00:34:17.360 --> 00:34:17.880
 with this company

00:34:17.880 --> 00:34:18.460
 and they gave me

00:34:18.460 --> 00:34:19.480
 that exact car

00:34:19.480 --> 00:34:21.099
 God must be real

00:34:21.099 --> 00:34:22.380
 I'm here to get

00:34:22.380 --> 00:34:23.099
 baptized today

00:34:23.099 --> 00:34:28.380
 no repentance

00:34:28.380 --> 00:34:28.940
 of sin

00:34:28.940 --> 00:34:31.300
 no confessing

00:34:31.300 --> 00:34:32.160
 their need for God

00:34:32.160 --> 00:34:34.320
 no talking about

00:34:34.320 --> 00:34:35.280
 their brokenness

00:34:35.280 --> 00:34:38.079
 next person got up

00:34:38.079 --> 00:34:39.019
 you know

00:34:39.019 --> 00:34:39.539
 I've been single

00:34:39.539 --> 00:34:40.539
 for a long time

00:34:40.539 --> 00:34:42.680
 and I've been praying

00:34:42.680 --> 00:34:43.559
 that God would give me

00:34:43.559 --> 00:34:44.200
 this guy

00:34:44.200 --> 00:34:45.480
 that was this tall

00:34:45.480 --> 00:34:46.559
 he had this color

00:34:46.559 --> 00:34:47.019
 of hair

00:34:47.019 --> 00:34:48.119
 he had this kind

00:34:48.119 --> 00:34:48.599
 of job

00:34:48.599 --> 00:34:49.619
 he made this amount

00:34:49.619 --> 00:34:49.960
 of money

00:34:49.960 --> 00:34:50.539
 and he drove

00:34:50.539 --> 00:34:51.300
 this type of car

00:34:51.300 --> 00:34:52.340
 and he was fun

00:34:52.340 --> 00:34:54.139
 and you know what

00:34:54.139 --> 00:34:56.240
 that guy came

00:34:56.240 --> 00:34:57.000
 into my life

00:34:57.000 --> 00:34:59.219
 praise the Lord

00:34:59.219 --> 00:35:00.340
 God must be real

00:35:00.340 --> 00:35:01.480
 so that's why

00:35:01.480 --> 00:35:01.980
 I became a Christian

00:35:01.980 --> 00:35:02.340
 today

00:35:02.340 --> 00:35:06.219
 no mention of sin

00:35:06.219 --> 00:35:08.980
 no mention of need

00:35:08.980 --> 00:35:12.199
 no mention of God's

00:35:12.199 --> 00:35:12.639
 holiness

00:35:12.639 --> 00:35:15.219
 and not ours

00:35:15.219 --> 00:35:19.519
 and I wonder why

00:35:19.519 --> 00:35:20.079
 Christianity

00:35:20.079 --> 00:35:21.659
 in Hong Kong

00:35:21.659 --> 00:35:24.840
 is so shallow

00:35:24.840 --> 00:35:38.300
 no wonder we have

00:35:38.300 --> 00:35:38.780
 a hard time

00:35:38.780 --> 00:35:39.579
 forgiving each other

00:35:39.579 --> 00:35:40.140
 and being nice

00:35:40.140 --> 00:35:40.620
 to each other

00:35:40.620 --> 00:35:41.500
 and loving each other

00:35:41.500 --> 00:35:42.600
 because we never

00:35:42.600 --> 00:35:43.160
 understood that

00:35:43.160 --> 00:35:43.620
 that's what God

00:35:43.620 --> 00:35:44.320
 did for us

00:35:44.320 --> 00:35:46.000
 we just think

00:35:46.000 --> 00:35:46.539
 God gave us

00:35:46.539 --> 00:35:47.160
 a nice car

00:35:47.160 --> 00:35:47.940
 and a good boyfriend

00:35:47.940 --> 00:35:48.539
 or a girlfriend

00:35:48.539 --> 00:35:54.980
 Peter says

00:35:54.980 --> 00:35:55.539
 be careful

00:35:55.539 --> 00:35:57.800
 because your old

00:35:57.800 --> 00:35:58.179
 nature

00:35:58.179 --> 00:35:59.039
 your old ways

00:35:59.039 --> 00:35:59.599
 is going to try

00:35:59.599 --> 00:36:00.639
 to drag you back

00:36:00.639 --> 00:36:02.039
 it's going to try

00:36:02.039 --> 00:36:02.739
 to consume you

00:36:02.739 --> 00:36:03.159
 it's going to try

00:36:03.159 --> 00:36:03.639
 to stick you

00:36:03.639 --> 00:36:04.559
 in this jello mold

00:36:04.559 --> 00:36:05.320
 it's going to try

00:36:05.320 --> 00:36:06.000
 to make you act

00:36:06.000 --> 00:36:06.579
 the same way

00:36:06.579 --> 00:36:07.239
 that you've always

00:36:07.239 --> 00:36:07.639
 acted

00:36:07.639 --> 00:36:09.599
 and probably

00:36:09.599 --> 00:36:10.440
 for many of us

00:36:10.440 --> 00:36:10.739
 here

00:36:10.739 --> 00:36:13.039
 we say

00:36:13.039 --> 00:36:15.139
 that's already

00:36:15.139 --> 00:36:15.599
 happened

00:36:15.599 --> 00:36:19.500
 I don't need

00:36:19.500 --> 00:36:20.299
 to worry about that

00:36:20.299 --> 00:36:25.019
 and finally

00:36:25.019 --> 00:36:27.480
 verse 13

00:36:27.480 --> 00:36:30.299
 Peter says

00:36:30.299 --> 00:36:31.779
 God has done

00:36:31.779 --> 00:36:32.739
 all these things

00:36:32.739 --> 00:36:33.480
 now this is what

00:36:33.480 --> 00:36:34.179
 you need to do

00:36:34.179 --> 00:36:35.299
 to continue to grow

00:36:35.299 --> 00:36:35.880
 in holiness

00:36:35.880 --> 00:36:36.799
 and be the people

00:36:36.799 --> 00:36:37.819
 of God

00:36:37.819 --> 00:36:38.599
 and be the people

00:36:38.599 --> 00:36:39.599
 that a lost world

00:36:39.599 --> 00:36:40.420
 a hopeless world

00:36:40.420 --> 00:36:41.099
 needs to see

00:36:41.099 --> 00:36:42.139
 this is what you need

00:36:42.139 --> 00:36:42.500
 to do

00:36:42.500 --> 00:36:43.819
 is fix your hope

00:36:43.820 --> 00:36:46.360
 completely on the grace

00:36:46.360 --> 00:36:48.360
 to be brought to you

00:36:48.360 --> 00:36:48.980
 at the revelation

00:36:48.980 --> 00:36:49.820
 of Jesus Christ

00:36:49.820 --> 00:36:51.980
 actually if you read it

00:36:51.980 --> 00:36:52.600
 in Greek

00:36:52.600 --> 00:36:54.720
 that sentence says this

00:36:54.720 --> 00:36:55.539
 because that's the only

00:36:55.539 --> 00:36:56.400
 command in this sentence

00:36:56.400 --> 00:36:57.320
 what that sentence says

00:36:57.320 --> 00:36:58.620
 is fixing your hopes

00:36:58.620 --> 00:36:59.580
 completely on the grace

00:36:59.580 --> 00:37:00.160
 to be brought to you

00:37:00.160 --> 00:37:00.660
 at the resurrection

00:37:00.660 --> 00:37:01.480
 of Jesus Christ

00:37:01.480 --> 00:37:02.800
 preparing your minds

00:37:02.800 --> 00:37:03.260
 for action

00:37:03.260 --> 00:37:04.320
 keeping sober in spirit

00:37:04.320 --> 00:37:06.000
 so the main focus

00:37:06.000 --> 00:37:07.440
 is we fix our hopes

00:37:07.440 --> 00:37:09.000
 completely on what

00:37:09.000 --> 00:37:13.880
 grace

00:37:13.880 --> 00:37:15.960
 and when he uses

00:37:15.960 --> 00:37:16.340
 that word

00:37:16.340 --> 00:37:16.880
 what he means

00:37:16.880 --> 00:37:17.860
 is it's the

00:37:17.860 --> 00:37:20.059
 totality of everything

00:37:20.059 --> 00:37:20.860
 that God has done

00:37:20.860 --> 00:37:21.280
 for you

00:37:21.280 --> 00:37:23.260
 it's the totality

00:37:23.260 --> 00:37:24.280
 of God's mercy

00:37:24.280 --> 00:37:24.980
 his goodness

00:37:24.980 --> 00:37:25.960
 his blessings

00:37:25.960 --> 00:37:26.739
 his grace

00:37:26.739 --> 00:37:28.579
 it's what Peter says

00:37:28.579 --> 00:37:29.440
 if you want to walk

00:37:29.440 --> 00:37:29.980
 with the Lord

00:37:29.980 --> 00:37:30.820
 if you want to grow

00:37:30.820 --> 00:37:31.300
 in holiness

00:37:31.300 --> 00:37:32.320
 if you want to be

00:37:32.320 --> 00:37:32.940
 God's people

00:37:32.940 --> 00:37:33.619
 if you want to be

00:37:33.619 --> 00:37:34.400
 a reflection of what

00:37:34.400 --> 00:37:35.000
 it means to be

00:37:35.000 --> 00:37:35.699
 the church

00:37:35.699 --> 00:37:36.840
 this is what you do

00:37:36.840 --> 00:37:38.059
 you fix your hope

00:37:38.059 --> 00:37:39.840
 solely and completely

00:37:39.840 --> 00:37:40.920
 on all that Jesus

00:37:40.920 --> 00:37:41.700
 has done for you

00:37:41.700 --> 00:37:42.900
 you think about it

00:37:42.900 --> 00:37:43.440
 every day

00:37:43.440 --> 00:37:44.579
 you ponder it

00:37:44.579 --> 00:37:45.900
 you wonder about it

00:37:45.900 --> 00:37:46.600
 when you get into

00:37:46.600 --> 00:37:47.440
 difficult times

00:37:47.440 --> 00:37:48.460
 you bring that up

00:37:48.460 --> 00:37:49.140
 and you say yes

00:37:49.140 --> 00:37:49.820
 but you know what

00:37:49.820 --> 00:37:50.620
 Christ has done

00:37:50.620 --> 00:37:51.880
 it is so far greater

00:37:51.880 --> 00:37:52.780
 than what I'm experiencing

00:37:52.780 --> 00:37:53.260
 right now

00:37:53.260 --> 00:37:54.440
 I can trust him

00:37:54.440 --> 00:37:55.280
 because he's good

00:37:55.280 --> 00:38:00.900
 how are we doing

00:38:00.900 --> 00:38:01.640
 fixing our hope

00:38:01.639 --> 00:38:11.079
 what are we fixing

00:38:11.079 --> 00:38:12.019
 our hope in today

00:38:12.019 --> 00:38:17.879
 what are the things

00:38:17.879 --> 00:38:18.480
 that go through

00:38:18.480 --> 00:38:19.099
 our mind

00:38:19.099 --> 00:38:19.960
 what are the things

00:38:19.960 --> 00:38:21.619
 that it capture

00:38:21.619 --> 00:38:22.679
 and enamor us

00:38:22.679 --> 00:38:23.799
 what are those things

00:38:23.799 --> 00:38:29.639
 the passage

00:38:29.639 --> 00:38:29.799
 the passage

00:38:29.799 --> 00:38:30.759
 says

00:38:30.759 --> 00:38:32.359
 an amazing thing

00:38:32.359 --> 00:38:34.359
 it says

00:38:34.359 --> 00:38:34.940
 you and I

00:38:34.940 --> 00:38:35.519
 were lost

00:38:35.519 --> 00:38:39.279
 and the thing

00:38:39.279 --> 00:38:39.639
 about is

00:38:39.639 --> 00:38:40.059
 we didn't even

00:38:40.059 --> 00:38:40.819
 know we were lost

00:38:40.819 --> 00:38:43.000
 and God

00:38:43.000 --> 00:38:43.539
 the creator

00:38:43.539 --> 00:38:44.259
 of the universe

00:38:44.259 --> 00:38:45.900
 sends his son

00:38:45.900 --> 00:38:48.559
 he sends a lamb

00:38:48.559 --> 00:38:52.319
 and that lamb's blood

00:38:52.319 --> 00:38:54.299
 was shed

00:38:54.299 --> 00:38:56.400
 and that lamb's blood

00:38:56.400 --> 00:38:57.679
 is so much more precious

00:38:57.679 --> 00:38:58.679
 than anything

00:38:58.679 --> 00:38:59.179
 you're going to

00:38:59.179 --> 00:39:00.099
 collect here on earth

00:39:00.099 --> 00:39:01.619
 it's more precious

00:39:01.619 --> 00:39:02.279
 than your cars

00:39:02.279 --> 00:39:02.699
 more precious

00:39:02.699 --> 00:39:03.319
 than your house

00:39:03.319 --> 00:39:03.759
 more precious

00:39:03.759 --> 00:39:04.500
 than your MPF

00:39:04.500 --> 00:39:05.079
 more precious

00:39:05.079 --> 00:39:05.500
 than anything

00:39:05.500 --> 00:39:05.940
 that you have

00:39:05.940 --> 00:39:07.279
 that lamb's blood

00:39:07.279 --> 00:39:08.279
 is so much more

00:39:08.279 --> 00:39:08.579
 precious

00:39:08.579 --> 00:39:09.279
 and what it means

00:39:09.279 --> 00:39:10.099
 to you

00:39:10.099 --> 00:39:10.699
 and to the people

00:39:10.699 --> 00:39:11.279
 who see you

00:39:11.279 --> 00:39:12.319
 is so much more

00:39:12.319 --> 00:39:12.659
 greater

00:39:12.659 --> 00:39:14.379
 than anything else

00:39:14.379 --> 00:39:15.059
 that you can bring

00:39:15.059 --> 00:39:15.519
 and collect

00:39:15.519 --> 00:39:16.179
 in your life

00:39:16.179 --> 00:39:22.339
 and the passage

00:39:22.339 --> 00:39:22.719
 ends

00:39:22.719 --> 00:39:23.319
 and the question

00:39:23.319 --> 00:39:23.679
 is

00:39:23.679 --> 00:39:25.119
 how do we

00:39:25.119 --> 00:39:25.899
 respond to that

00:39:25.900 --> 00:39:30.660
 that's God's people

00:39:30.660 --> 00:39:31.680
 what's our response

00:39:31.680 --> 00:39:36.180
 how do we spend time

00:39:36.180 --> 00:39:36.700
 with the Lord

00:39:36.700 --> 00:39:37.539
 after all that

00:39:37.539 --> 00:39:41.059
 God has done

00:39:41.059 --> 00:39:41.680
 all these things

00:39:41.680 --> 00:39:42.280
 for us

00:39:42.280 --> 00:39:44.639
 this is now

00:39:44.639 --> 00:39:45.380
 what we're to be

00:39:45.380 --> 00:39:46.260
 as his people

00:39:46.260 --> 00:39:47.320
 this is how we're

00:39:47.320 --> 00:39:47.740
 to act

00:39:47.740 --> 00:39:48.340
 this is how we're

00:39:48.340 --> 00:39:48.800
 to love

00:39:48.800 --> 00:39:49.480
 this is how we're

00:39:49.480 --> 00:39:50.539
 to grow

00:39:50.539 --> 00:39:51.380
 in our holiness

00:39:51.380 --> 00:39:55.820
 the question is

00:39:55.820 --> 00:39:56.200
 will we

00:39:56.200 --> 00:39:58.000
 will we

00:39:58.000 --> 00:40:00.039
 let's pray

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 father we thank you

00:40:01.940 --> 00:40:02.519
 for this day

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 I realize right now

00:40:05.599 --> 00:40:07.099
 that even as we speak

00:40:07.099 --> 00:40:07.880
 in the midst

00:40:07.880 --> 00:40:08.960
 of my words

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 which

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 I just pray

00:40:10.500 --> 00:40:10.980
 that you would

00:40:10.980 --> 00:40:11.800
 make them forget

00:40:11.800 --> 00:40:12.599
 anything that wasn't

00:40:12.599 --> 00:40:13.099
 of you

00:40:13.099 --> 00:40:15.440
 and you would not

00:40:15.440 --> 00:40:16.000
 let them forget

00:40:16.000 --> 00:40:16.720
 what is of you

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 I realize

00:40:18.840 --> 00:40:19.160
 that there are

00:40:19.160 --> 00:40:19.539
 some people

00:40:19.539 --> 00:40:20.240
 in here right now

00:40:20.239 --> 00:40:21.399
 who've been living lives

00:40:21.399 --> 00:40:22.359
 that are far

00:40:22.359 --> 00:40:23.299
 far away from you

00:40:23.299 --> 00:40:24.119
 they've been living lives

00:40:24.119 --> 00:40:24.919
 that are self-centered

00:40:24.919 --> 00:40:26.819
 and self-focused

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 and you've been

00:40:28.659 --> 00:40:29.159
 continually

00:40:29.159 --> 00:40:31.000
 touching their heart

00:40:31.000 --> 00:40:31.759
 you've been continually

00:40:31.759 --> 00:40:32.719
 touching their mind

00:40:32.719 --> 00:40:33.399
 you've been continually

00:40:33.399 --> 00:40:34.319
 opening their eyes

00:40:34.319 --> 00:40:35.719
 the fact that they're here

00:40:35.719 --> 00:40:36.500
 and they're not Christians

00:40:36.500 --> 00:40:37.219
 is not

00:40:37.219 --> 00:40:38.479
 in a mistake

00:40:38.479 --> 00:40:39.919
 it's because your spirit

00:40:39.919 --> 00:40:40.759
 is moving in them

00:40:40.759 --> 00:40:41.839
 and I pray for them

00:40:41.839 --> 00:40:42.019
 Lord

00:40:42.019 --> 00:40:42.579
 I pray that

00:40:42.579 --> 00:40:43.979
 you would open their eyes

00:40:43.979 --> 00:40:44.699
 to your son

00:40:44.699 --> 00:40:46.099
 and that they would

00:40:46.099 --> 00:40:46.979
 enter into the family

00:40:46.979 --> 00:40:47.399
 they would

00:40:47.399 --> 00:40:48.559
 choose him

00:40:48.559 --> 00:40:50.599
 they would find

00:40:50.599 --> 00:40:51.179
 their hope

00:40:51.179 --> 00:40:53.039
 in Christ alone

00:40:53.039 --> 00:40:54.380
 and realize

00:40:54.380 --> 00:40:55.880
 that all that

00:40:55.880 --> 00:40:56.380
 you've given

00:40:56.380 --> 00:40:57.239
 is so much more

00:40:57.239 --> 00:40:57.659
 precious

00:40:57.659 --> 00:40:59.699
 than what they're

00:40:59.699 --> 00:41:00.299
 striving for

00:41:00.299 --> 00:41:00.900
 right now

00:41:00.900 --> 00:41:03.159
 Lord I know

00:41:03.159 --> 00:41:03.659
 that there are

00:41:03.659 --> 00:41:04.159
 some of us

00:41:04.159 --> 00:41:04.719
 in here

00:41:04.719 --> 00:41:05.799
 who are just

00:41:05.799 --> 00:41:06.579
 faking it

00:41:06.579 --> 00:41:09.500
 we're faking it

00:41:09.500 --> 00:41:11.259
 outwardly

00:41:11.259 --> 00:41:11.980
 we're one way

00:41:11.980 --> 00:41:12.559
 inwardly

00:41:12.559 --> 00:41:13.219
 we're another way

00:41:13.219 --> 00:41:13.719
 one way

00:41:13.719 --> 00:41:14.159
 at church

00:41:14.159 --> 00:41:14.759
 we're this way

00:41:14.759 --> 00:41:15.340
 outwardly

00:41:15.340 --> 00:41:15.719
 at work

00:41:15.719 --> 00:41:16.539
 we're a different way

00:41:16.539 --> 00:41:18.239
 and maybe vice versa

00:41:18.239 --> 00:41:19.579
 and when we look

00:41:19.579 --> 00:41:20.300
 at consistency

00:41:20.300 --> 00:41:21.159
 and reality

00:41:21.159 --> 00:41:22.119
 and holiness

00:41:22.119 --> 00:41:23.920
 we realize

00:41:23.920 --> 00:41:24.440
 that you haven't

00:41:24.440 --> 00:41:24.860
 called us

00:41:24.860 --> 00:41:25.759
 to be half holy

00:41:25.759 --> 00:41:26.759
 or partially holy

00:41:26.759 --> 00:41:27.500
 that you've called us

00:41:27.500 --> 00:41:28.460
 to be all holy

00:41:28.460 --> 00:41:30.119
 every part of us

00:41:30.119 --> 00:41:30.420
 and we know

00:41:30.420 --> 00:41:30.920
 that that's

00:41:30.920 --> 00:41:32.519
 steps that we take

00:41:32.519 --> 00:41:33.320
 towards you

00:41:33.320 --> 00:41:35.340
 Lord I pray

00:41:35.340 --> 00:41:35.900
 for my brothers

00:41:35.900 --> 00:41:36.360
 and sisters

00:41:36.360 --> 00:41:37.340
 who are faking it

00:41:37.340 --> 00:41:39.960
 that they would stop

00:41:39.960 --> 00:41:43.340
 life is too

00:41:43.340 --> 00:41:44.119
 precious

00:41:44.119 --> 00:41:47.199
 funerals

00:41:47.199 --> 00:41:47.219
 funerals

00:41:47.219 --> 00:41:47.659
 happen

00:41:47.659 --> 00:41:48.859
 too often

00:41:48.859 --> 00:41:51.739
 and if the life

00:41:51.739 --> 00:41:52.359
 that we're living

00:41:52.359 --> 00:41:53.500
 isn't a beacon

00:41:53.500 --> 00:41:54.440
 and a reflection

00:41:54.440 --> 00:41:55.079
 of your mercy

00:41:55.079 --> 00:41:55.719
 and grace

00:41:55.719 --> 00:41:57.980
 I pray that we

00:41:57.980 --> 00:41:58.599
 would stop

00:41:58.599 --> 00:42:00.559
 I pray that you

00:42:00.559 --> 00:42:01.039
 would make us

00:42:01.039 --> 00:42:01.400
 stop

00:42:01.400 --> 00:42:03.199
 take us out

00:42:03.199 --> 00:42:03.739
 of the picture

00:42:03.739 --> 00:42:06.239
 because your grace

00:42:06.239 --> 00:42:06.940
 and your mercy

00:42:06.940 --> 00:42:07.739
 and your word

00:42:07.739 --> 00:42:08.380
 and your name

00:42:08.380 --> 00:42:09.239
 is too holy

00:42:09.239 --> 00:42:11.819
 to be profaned

00:42:11.819 --> 00:42:12.460
 by us

00:42:12.460 --> 00:42:15.159
 Lord I pray

00:42:15.159 --> 00:42:15.780
 for all of us

00:42:15.780 --> 00:42:16.039
 here

00:42:16.039 --> 00:42:19.300
 we all need

00:42:19.300 --> 00:42:19.960
 you desperately

00:42:19.960 --> 00:42:22.559
 we'll never

00:42:22.559 --> 00:42:23.119
 get to a point

00:42:23.119 --> 00:42:23.539
 where we say

00:42:23.539 --> 00:42:24.220
 okay I'm okay

00:42:24.220 --> 00:42:24.579
 now

00:42:24.579 --> 00:42:26.079
 everything's good

00:42:26.079 --> 00:42:28.000
 but as Peter

00:42:28.000 --> 00:42:28.599
 says that we

00:42:28.599 --> 00:42:29.360
 continually fix

00:42:29.360 --> 00:42:29.960
 our hope

00:42:29.960 --> 00:42:31.539
 on the grace

00:42:31.539 --> 00:42:31.960
 and mercy

00:42:31.960 --> 00:42:32.539
 to be brought

00:42:32.539 --> 00:42:33.220
 to us

00:42:33.220 --> 00:42:34.159
 through your

00:42:34.159 --> 00:42:34.639
 son Jesus

00:42:34.639 --> 00:42:35.260
 Christ

00:42:35.260 --> 00:42:37.260
 Lord I pray

00:42:37.260 --> 00:42:37.579
 for us

00:42:37.579 --> 00:42:38.320
 as a church

00:42:38.320 --> 00:42:40.699
 help us

00:42:40.699 --> 00:42:41.360
 to be a church

00:42:41.360 --> 00:42:42.079
 that's different

00:42:42.079 --> 00:42:44.099
 help us

00:42:44.099 --> 00:42:44.759
 to be a people

00:42:44.759 --> 00:42:45.480
 that's different

00:42:45.480 --> 00:42:47.980
 Lord I pray

00:42:47.980 --> 00:42:48.259
 for us

00:42:48.259 --> 00:42:48.719
 as men

00:42:48.719 --> 00:42:50.239
 help us

00:42:50.239 --> 00:42:50.639
 be men

00:42:50.639 --> 00:42:50.860
 that are

00:42:50.860 --> 00:42:51.099
 different

00:42:51.099 --> 00:42:51.559
 because we're

00:42:51.559 --> 00:42:52.059
 Christians

00:42:52.059 --> 00:42:54.699
 Lord help us

00:42:54.699 --> 00:42:55.599
 to be wives

00:42:55.599 --> 00:42:56.059
 that are

00:42:56.059 --> 00:42:56.400
 different

00:42:56.400 --> 00:42:57.239
 because we

00:42:57.239 --> 00:42:57.819
 love you

00:42:57.819 --> 00:43:00.119
 help our

00:43:00.119 --> 00:43:00.500
 families

00:43:00.500 --> 00:43:00.880
 to be

00:43:00.880 --> 00:43:01.299
 different

00:43:01.299 --> 00:43:02.440
 as we

00:43:02.440 --> 00:43:02.739
 walk

00:43:02.739 --> 00:43:03.099
 amidst

00:43:03.099 --> 00:43:03.739
 the darkness

00:43:03.739 --> 00:43:05.079
 the people

00:43:05.079 --> 00:43:05.579
 desperately

00:43:05.579 --> 00:43:06.000
 need to

00:43:06.000 --> 00:43:06.319
 see your

00:43:06.319 --> 00:43:07.039
 son Jesus

00:43:07.039 --> 00:43:09.219
 Lord we

00:43:09.219 --> 00:43:09.860
 just help

00:43:09.860 --> 00:43:10.579
 us to repent

00:43:10.579 --> 00:43:12.019
 to confess

00:43:12.019 --> 00:43:13.119
 our wrongdoing

00:43:13.119 --> 00:43:14.900
 to confess

00:43:14.900 --> 00:43:15.759
 our brokenness

00:43:15.759 --> 00:43:16.400
 and our sin

00:43:16.400 --> 00:43:16.860
 Lord I pray

00:43:16.860 --> 00:43:17.340
 that we would

00:43:17.340 --> 00:43:18.440
 turn away

00:43:18.440 --> 00:43:18.980
 from those

00:43:18.980 --> 00:43:19.480
 things

00:43:19.480 --> 00:43:21.519
 and follow

00:43:21.519 --> 00:43:22.019
 you

00:43:22.019 --> 00:43:24.659
 Lord we

00:43:24.659 --> 00:43:24.980
 know you're

00:43:24.980 --> 00:43:25.719
 not asking us

00:43:25.719 --> 00:43:26.340
 to be perfect

00:43:26.340 --> 00:43:26.719
 but you're

00:43:26.719 --> 00:43:27.119
 asking us

00:43:27.119 --> 00:43:27.539
 to be a

00:43:27.539 --> 00:43:28.119
 people who

00:43:28.119 --> 00:43:29.699
 are yours

00:43:29.699 --> 00:43:31.960
 that belong

00:43:31.960 --> 00:43:32.519
 to you

00:43:32.519 --> 00:43:34.559
 may that be

00:43:34.559 --> 00:43:35.079
 true of all

00:43:35.079 --> 00:43:35.500
 of us in

00:43:35.500 --> 00:43:35.799
 here

00:43:35.800 --> 00:43:37.640
 may you

00:43:37.640 --> 00:43:38.860
 use those

00:43:38.860 --> 00:43:39.360
 things to

00:43:39.360 --> 00:43:39.740
 change

00:43:39.740 --> 00:43:40.220
 Hong Kong

00:43:40.220 --> 00:43:40.800
 and beyond

00:43:40.800 --> 00:43:42.360
 Father we

00:43:42.360 --> 00:43:42.800
 love you

00:43:42.800 --> 00:43:43.539
 and we

00:43:43.539 --> 00:43:43.880
 pray these

00:43:43.880 --> 00:43:44.140
 things in

00:43:44.140 --> 00:43:44.380
 your son

00:43:44.380 --> 00:43:44.640
 Jesus

00:43:44.640 --> 00:43:45.320
 holy name

00:43:45.320 --> 00:43:46.180
 amen

00:43:46.179 --> 00:43:46.679
 you