WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:09.439 Well, at the start of every week, God calls us to come to worship him in the name of his Son and in the presence of God the Holy Spirit. 00:00:09.980 --> 00:00:14.439 And we are so thankful that we can respond to that invitation from God as we come together to worship. 00:00:14.880 --> 00:00:20.740 And we're going to begin by singing from Psalm 100 on page 362. 00:00:23.859 --> 00:00:27.400 Psalm 100, and we'll sing the first version of the psalm. 00:00:27.399 --> 00:00:40.019 And one of the things I love about this psalm is that it speaks about all the nations gathering to praise the name of God. 00:00:40.359 --> 00:00:46.039 And I think it's so exciting for us to start a new week together, knowing that it's not just us that are praising Jesus. 00:00:46.399 --> 00:00:49.719 There's people all across the world gathering to praise his name today. 00:00:49.780 --> 00:00:54.780 And we can add our voices to that great multitude as we sing these words together. 00:00:54.780 --> 00:00:58.740 All people that on earth to dwell, sing to the Lord with cheerful voice. 00:00:58.820 --> 00:00:59.820 Let's stand and sing together. 00:00:59.820 --> 00:01:21.900 O people that on earth to dwell, sing to the Lord with cheerful voice. 00:01:21.900 --> 00:01:51.880 And we'll sing with you, sing to the Lord with cheerful voice. 00:01:51.879 --> 00:01:53.879 O people that on earth to dwell, sing to the Lord with cheerful voice. 00:01:53.879 --> 00:01:54.879 And we'll sing with you, sing to the Lord with cheerful voice. 00:01:54.879 --> 00:01:56.879 And we'll sing with you, sing to the Lord with cheerful voice. 00:01:56.879 --> 00:02:00.879 And we'll sing with you, sing to the Lord with cheerful voice. 00:02:00.879 --> 00:02:01.879 And we'll sing with you, sing to the Lord with cheerful voice. 00:02:01.879 --> 00:02:04.399 walk he doth 00:02:04.399 --> 00:02:06.019 us 00:02:06.019 --> 00:02:07.439 be 00:02:07.439 --> 00:02:10.159 and for 00:02:10.159 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equipped to 00:09:25.440 --> 00:09:26.139 go on from here 00:09:26.139 --> 00:09:27.200 looking to Jesus 00:09:27.200 --> 00:09:28.299 serving you 00:09:28.299 --> 00:09:29.440 led by your spirit 00:09:29.440 --> 00:09:30.560 all to your glory 00:09:30.560 --> 00:09:31.720 we pray it in 00:09:31.720 --> 00:09:32.299 Jesus name 00:09:32.299 --> 00:09:33.200 Amen 00:09:33.200 --> 00:09:36.280 well boys and 00:09:36.280 --> 00:09:36.879 girls it's really 00:09:36.879 --> 00:09:37.580 nice to see you 00:09:37.580 --> 00:09:38.200 all here today 00:09:38.200 --> 00:09:38.840 I hope you're all 00:09:38.840 --> 00:09:39.720 well I hope you've 00:09:39.720 --> 00:09:40.300 all had a really 00:09:40.300 --> 00:09:41.160 good summer holiday 00:09:41.160 --> 00:09:42.040 so I'm going to 00:09:42.040 --> 00:09:42.580 need your help 00:09:42.580 --> 00:09:43.400 today I know 00:09:43.400 --> 00:09:43.800 you're a wee bit 00:09:43.800 --> 00:09:44.560 far away from me 00:09:44.560 --> 00:09:45.460 but I'm going to 00:09:45.460 --> 00:09:45.940 need your help 00:09:45.940 --> 00:09:46.360 and I'm actually 00:09:46.360 --> 00:09:47.200 I'm glad that 00:09:47.200 --> 00:09:47.740 you're far away 00:09:47.740 --> 00:09:48.560 from me because 00:09:48.560 --> 00:09:49.480 today we're going 00:09:49.480 --> 00:09:49.920 to play a wee 00:09:49.920 --> 00:09:51.720 game it's called 00:09:51.720 --> 00:09:52.800 hearing test 00:09:52.800 --> 00:09:54.700 so I'm going to 00:09:54.700 --> 00:09:55.600 test your hearing 00:09:55.600 --> 00:09:57.060 okay and so you 00:09:57.060 --> 00:09:57.640 have to listen 00:09:57.640 --> 00:09:58.800 very carefully to 00:09:58.800 --> 00:09:59.240 what I'm going to 00:09:59.240 --> 00:09:59.740 say so I'm going 00:09:59.740 --> 00:10:00.580 to say some words 00:10:00.580 --> 00:10:02.240 very quietly and 00:10:02.240 --> 00:10:03.039 you have to tell 00:10:03.039 --> 00:10:03.840 me if you can 00:10:03.840 --> 00:10:04.320 hear them now 00:10:04.320 --> 00:10:05.620 you guys are the 00:10:05.620 --> 00:10:06.539 only people who 00:10:06.539 --> 00:10:07.100 can play this 00:10:07.100 --> 00:10:07.980 game the old 00:10:07.980 --> 00:10:08.580 people in here 00:10:08.580 --> 00:10:09.039 they've got no 00:10:09.039 --> 00:10:09.980 chance they're not 00:10:09.980 --> 00:10:10.299 going to hear 00:10:10.299 --> 00:10:11.779 anything but you 00:10:11.779 --> 00:10:12.560 guys can hear the 00:10:12.560 --> 00:10:13.120 words and so you 00:10:13.120 --> 00:10:13.659 have to listen 00:10:13.659 --> 00:10:15.460 really carefully and 00:10:15.460 --> 00:10:16.039 if you hear the 00:10:16.039 --> 00:10:17.279 word you have to 00:10:17.279 --> 00:10:17.779 put your hand up 00:10:17.779 --> 00:10:18.220 and tell me what 00:10:18.220 --> 00:10:18.940 I'm saying okay so 00:10:18.940 --> 00:10:19.500 do you understand 00:10:19.500 --> 00:10:20.779 the game yeah you 00:10:20.779 --> 00:10:21.980 ready listen really 00:10:21.980 --> 00:10:22.840 carefully tell me if 00:10:22.840 --> 00:10:23.259 you can hear what 00:10:23.259 --> 00:10:23.740 I'm going to say 00:10:23.740 --> 00:10:24.360 it's going to get 00:10:24.360 --> 00:10:25.100 harder and harder 00:10:25.100 --> 00:10:25.779 so I'll start off 00:10:25.779 --> 00:10:26.340 with an easy one 00:10:26.340 --> 00:10:26.659 okay 00:10:26.659 --> 00:10:30.060 sausages 00:10:30.059 --> 00:10:33.559 did you hear what 00:10:33.559 --> 00:10:34.019 I said 00:10:34.019 --> 00:10:36.599 let's say it 00:10:36.599 --> 00:10:37.119 again did anyone 00:10:37.119 --> 00:10:37.759 hear what I said 00:10:37.759 --> 00:10:40.179 what was it 00:10:40.179 --> 00:10:41.979 well done 00:10:41.979 --> 00:10:44.719 that was very 00:10:44.719 --> 00:10:45.500 good how did you 00:10:45.500 --> 00:10:46.139 hear you're so 00:10:46.139 --> 00:10:46.819 far away 00:10:46.819 --> 00:10:48.579 okay right 00:10:48.579 --> 00:10:49.419 I'll have to step 00:10:49.419 --> 00:10:50.079 back a wee bit 00:10:50.079 --> 00:10:51.819 okay make it 00:10:51.819 --> 00:10:52.500 harder let's see if 00:10:52.500 --> 00:10:52.839 you can hear what 00:10:52.839 --> 00:10:53.599 I say this time 00:10:53.600 --> 00:10:57.340 bananas 00:10:57.340 --> 00:11:00.399 did you hear me 00:11:00.399 --> 00:11:01.320 again what did 00:11:01.320 --> 00:11:01.879 what did I say 00:11:01.879 --> 00:11:02.680 bananas 00:11:02.680 --> 00:11:04.680 I said bananas 00:11:04.680 --> 00:11:06.379 very good right 00:11:06.379 --> 00:11:06.700 I'm going to have 00:11:06.700 --> 00:11:07.139 to make this even 00:11:07.139 --> 00:11:08.139 harder right 00:11:08.139 --> 00:11:09.920 I'm going to I'm 00:11:09.920 --> 00:11:10.240 going to stand 00:11:10.240 --> 00:11:10.659 further back I'm 00:11:10.659 --> 00:11:11.019 going to put a 00:11:11.019 --> 00:11:11.659 book in front of 00:11:11.659 --> 00:11:12.180 me okay let's 00:11:12.180 --> 00:11:13.040 see you can hear 00:11:13.040 --> 00:11:13.659 me this time 00:11:13.659 --> 00:11:16.580 tomatoes 00:11:16.580 --> 00:11:18.740 tomatoes 00:11:18.740 --> 00:11:21.420 how did you hear 00:11:21.420 --> 00:11:23.240 that that's so 00:11:23.240 --> 00:11:24.120 good right last 00:11:24.120 --> 00:11:24.620 all right I'm 00:11:24.620 --> 00:11:24.840 going to make it 00:11:24.840 --> 00:11:25.460 really hard I'm 00:11:25.460 --> 00:11:25.840 going to go right 00:11:25.840 --> 00:11:27.120 back here stand 00:11:27.120 --> 00:11:27.799 right here see if 00:11:27.799 --> 00:11:28.080 you can hear me 00:11:28.080 --> 00:11:28.560 now okay 00:11:28.560 --> 00:11:31.860 fish and chips 00:11:31.860 --> 00:11:35.759 you're nearly 00:11:35.759 --> 00:11:37.180 right it was 00:11:37.180 --> 00:11:38.399 fish and chips 00:11:38.399 --> 00:11:39.740 very good oh 00:11:39.740 --> 00:11:40.120 well that was 00:11:40.120 --> 00:11:41.159 fantastic you guys 00:11:41.159 --> 00:11:41.840 have got really 00:11:41.840 --> 00:11:42.740 really good hearing 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00:12:22.459 don't open our 00:12:22.459 --> 00:12:24.559 mouths and speak 00:12:24.559 --> 00:12:25.360 quietly in our 00:12:25.360 --> 00:12:28.000 hearts he hears 00:12:28.000 --> 00:12:30.979 us and I want you 00:12:30.979 --> 00:12:32.199 all to remember 00:12:32.199 --> 00:12:33.240 that today and to 00:12:33.240 --> 00:12:34.579 never forget it 00:12:34.579 --> 00:12:35.959 because what it 00:12:35.959 --> 00:12:37.639 means is that 00:12:37.639 --> 00:12:39.219 every single time 00:12:39.219 --> 00:12:40.319 you talk to God 00:12:40.319 --> 00:12:42.679 he hears you 00:12:42.679 --> 00:12:45.079 he never misses 00:12:45.079 --> 00:12:45.819 anything 00:12:45.819 --> 00:12:46.979 never misses a 00:12:46.979 --> 00:12:47.299 prayer 00:12:47.299 --> 00:12:49.439 your voice 00:12:49.439 --> 00:12:50.319 never ever 00:12:50.319 --> 00:12:51.399 goes unheard 00:12:51.399 --> 00:12:53.159 and so every 00:12:53.159 --> 00:12:54.059 time you pray 00:12:54.059 --> 00:12:54.879 to God 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want you 00:13:15.400 --> 00:13:16.340 always to remember 00:13:16.340 --> 00:13:16.960 that because it 00:13:16.960 --> 00:13:18.160 means that if 00:13:18.160 --> 00:13:18.740 there's ever a 00:13:18.740 --> 00:13:19.660 time this week 00:13:19.660 --> 00:13:21.260 or in any time 00:13:21.260 --> 00:13:21.720 in your life 00:13:21.720 --> 00:13:22.220 when you are 00:13:22.220 --> 00:13:23.040 having you're 00:13:23.040 --> 00:13:23.740 finding it hard 00:13:23.740 --> 00:13:24.140 when you're 00:13:24.140 --> 00:13:24.600 worried about 00:13:24.600 --> 00:13:25.700 something or 00:13:25.700 --> 00:13:26.620 maybe something's 00:13:26.620 --> 00:13:27.040 happened at 00:13:27.040 --> 00:13:27.940 school that's 00:13:27.940 --> 00:13:28.640 upset you or 00:13:28.640 --> 00:13:29.000 maybe you're 00:13:29.000 --> 00:13:29.400 going to bed 00:13:29.400 --> 00:13:29.860 at night and 00:13:29.860 --> 00:13:30.300 you've got lots 00:13:30.300 --> 00:13:30.780 of worries 00:13:30.780 --> 00:13:33.260 God's always 00:13:33.260 --> 00:13:35.360 listening and 00:13:35.360 --> 00:13:36.720 you can pray to 00:13:36.720 --> 00:13:37.660 him and you can 00:13:37.660 --> 00:13:38.400 talk to him 00:13:38.400 --> 00:13:39.260 about it and he 00:13:39.260 --> 00:13:40.060 will always 00:13:40.060 --> 00:13:41.300 always hear you 00:13:41.299 --> 00:13:42.559 because his 00:13:42.559 --> 00:13:43.059 hearing is 00:13:43.059 --> 00:13:44.759 perfect so 00:13:44.759 --> 00:13:45.639 please remember 00:13:45.639 --> 00:13:46.620 that it's 00:13:46.620 --> 00:13:47.299 reminding us of 00:13:47.299 --> 00:13:47.819 what a wonderful 00:13:47.819 --> 00:13:48.559 privilege it is 00:13:48.559 --> 00:13:49.000 for us to be 00:13:49.000 --> 00:13:49.719 able to pray to 00:13:49.719 --> 00:13:50.819 God we can 00:13:50.819 --> 00:13:51.219 pray to him 00:13:51.219 --> 00:13:51.819 every day 00:13:51.819 --> 00:13:52.439 thanking him 00:13:52.439 --> 00:13:52.899 for the things 00:13:52.899 --> 00:13:53.500 that are good 00:13:53.500 --> 00:13:54.859 and telling him 00:13:54.859 --> 00:13:55.639 about all the 00:13:55.639 --> 00:13:56.139 things that are 00:13:56.139 --> 00:13:57.899 hard and he 00:13:57.899 --> 00:13:59.219 always always 00:13:59.219 --> 00:14:00.319 listens so 00:14:00.319 --> 00:14:01.000 please remember 00:14:01.000 --> 00:14:01.679 that this week 00:14:01.679 --> 00:14:02.299 and please 00:14:02.299 --> 00:14:02.879 remember it for 00:14:02.879 --> 00:14:03.299 the rest of 00:14:03.299 --> 00:14:04.359 your lives that 00:14:04.359 --> 00:14:05.179 God's hearing is 00:14:05.179 --> 00:14:06.719 perfect so you 00:14:06.719 --> 00:14:07.699 can always talk 00:14:07.699 --> 00:14:08.819 to him he'll 00:14:08.819 --> 00:14:10.279 always always 00:14:10.279 --> 00:14:12.720 listen and 00:14:12.720 --> 00:14:13.039 so we're 00:14:13.039 --> 00:14:13.399 going to pray 00:14:13.399 --> 00:14:13.939 to him just 00:14:13.939 --> 00:14:14.519 now together 00:14:14.519 --> 00:14:15.039 and we're 00:14:15.039 --> 00:14:15.360 going to pray 00:14:15.360 --> 00:14:15.959 the Lord's 00:14:15.959 --> 00:14:16.439 prayer that 00:14:16.439 --> 00:14:17.220 you'll find on 00:14:17.220 --> 00:14:17.639 the inside 00:14:17.639 --> 00:14:19.139 page of your 00:14:19.139 --> 00:14:20.399 bulletin and 00:14:20.399 --> 00:14:21.860 we'll pray this 00:14:21.860 --> 00:14:22.839 together and 00:14:22.839 --> 00:14:24.319 afterwards we'll 00:14:24.319 --> 00:14:24.899 let the boys and 00:14:24.899 --> 00:14:25.919 girls who are 00:14:25.919 --> 00:14:26.899 heading out make 00:14:26.899 --> 00:14:27.620 their way to 00:14:27.620 --> 00:14:28.059 the hall 00:14:28.059 --> 00:14:31.239 our father 00:14:31.239 --> 00:14:32.659 which art in 00:14:32.659 --> 00:14:33.000 heaven 00:14:33.000 --> 00:14:34.599 hallowed be 00:14:34.599 --> 00:14:35.279 thy name 00:14:35.279 --> 00:14:36.879 thy kingdom 00:14:36.879 --> 00:14:37.419 come 00:14:37.419 --> 00:14:38.919 thy will be 00:14:38.919 --> 00:14:39.579 done on 00:14:39.579 --> 00:14:40.679 earth as it 00:14:40.679 --> 00:14:41.399 is in heaven 00:14:41.399 --> 00:14:43.139 give us this 00:14:43.139 --> 00:14:44.179 day our daily 00:14:44.179 --> 00:14:45.419 bread and 00:14:45.419 --> 00:14:46.459 forgive us our 00:14:46.459 --> 00:14:47.879 debts as we 00:14:47.879 --> 00:14:48.839 forgive our 00:14:48.839 --> 00:14:50.299 debtors and 00:14:50.299 --> 00:14:51.379 lead us not 00:14:51.379 --> 00:14:52.359 into temptation 00:14:52.359 --> 00:14:54.099 but deliver us 00:14:54.099 --> 00:14:55.739 from evil for 00:14:55.740 --> 00:14:56.639 thine is the 00:14:56.639 --> 00:14:57.740 kingdom the 00:14:57.740 --> 00:14:58.799 power and the 00:14:58.799 --> 00:15:00.139 glory forever 00:15:00.139 --> 00:15:02.980 amen you see 00:15:02.980 --> 00:15:03.919 information on 00:15:03.919 --> 00:15:04.440 your bulletin 00:15:04.440 --> 00:15:05.740 sheet about the 00:15:05.740 --> 00:15:06.379 provision for 00:15:06.379 --> 00:15:07.180 children during the 00:15:07.180 --> 00:15:08.560 holidays so please 00:15:08.560 --> 00:15:09.159 feel free to make 00:15:09.159 --> 00:15:09.600 your way through the 00:15:09.600 --> 00:15:10.080 hall if you'd like 00:15:10.080 --> 00:15:10.700 to do so but 00:15:10.700 --> 00:15:12.039 also children are 00:15:12.039 --> 00:15:12.860 so welcome to stay 00:15:12.860 --> 00:15:13.500 in for the service 00:15:13.500 --> 00:15:14.799 as well if you'd 00:15:14.799 --> 00:15:16.320 rather remain here 00:15:16.320 --> 00:15:17.720 we're going to sing 00:15:17.720 --> 00:15:19.419 together again from 00:15:19.419 --> 00:15:21.960 psalm 57 and we're 00:15:21.960 --> 00:15:22.440 singing the sing 00:15:22.440 --> 00:15:23.220 psalms version which 00:15:23.220 --> 00:15:24.180 is on page 75 00:15:24.179 --> 00:15:34.699 psalm 57 singing 00:15:34.699 --> 00:15:36.019 from verse 7 00:15:36.019 --> 00:15:38.699 my heart is 00:15:38.699 --> 00:15:40.319 steadfast lord with 00:15:40.319 --> 00:15:41.620 music I will sing 00:15:41.620 --> 00:15:43.439 awake my soul wake 00:15:43.439 --> 00:15:44.439 harp and lyre my 00:15:44.439 --> 00:15:46.419 song the dawn will 00:15:46.419 --> 00:15:47.539 bring these words 00:15:47.539 --> 00:15:48.159 down to the end of 00:15:48.159 --> 00:15:48.759 the psalm just 00:15:48.759 --> 00:15:49.839 express our praise 00:15:49.839 --> 00:15:51.059 and thanksgiving to 00:15:51.059 --> 00:15:52.120 God recognizing that 00:15:52.120 --> 00:15:52.819 as we live out our 00:15:52.819 --> 00:15:53.500 lives among the 00:15:53.500 --> 00:15:54.220 nations of the world 00:15:54.220 --> 00:15:55.799 we want to honor and 00:15:55.799 --> 00:15:56.960 praise and glorify him 00:15:56.960 --> 00:15:58.539 at all times so we'll 00:15:58.539 --> 00:15:59.240 stand and sing these 00:15:59.240 --> 00:15:59.899 wonderful words 00:15:59.899 --> 00:16:00.399 together 00:16:00.399 --> 00:16:05.299 my heart is 00:16:05.299 --> 00:16:08.080 steadfast lord 00:16:08.080 --> 00:16:10.240 with music 00:16:10.240 --> 00:16:13.720 I will sing 00:16:13.720 --> 00:16:17.559 awake my soul 00:16:17.559 --> 00:16:19.299 wake our 00:16:19.299 --> 00:16:23.799 hello 00:16:23.799 --> 00:16:26.899 my 00:16:26.899 --> 00:16:41.819 know 00:16:41.819 --> 00:16:44.019 my 00:16:44.019 --> 00:16:51.159 The Lord of the earth, my songs of you I'll raise. 00:16:52.120 --> 00:17:03.460 Great is your steadfast love, which reaches through the sky. 00:17:03.460 --> 00:17:16.519 Your constant faithfulness, O Lord, extends to heaven high. 00:17:16.519 --> 00:17:28.519 Above the highest ends, O God, exalted thee. 00:17:28.519 --> 00:17:40.079 And over all the earth, O best way, your majesty. 00:17:47.759 --> 00:17:52.160 Our reading this morning is from 1 Peter chapter 2. 00:17:52.160 --> 00:17:59.400 1 Peter chapter 2, it's just nearly at the very end of the Bible. 00:17:59.519 --> 00:18:04.340 It's on page 1220 of the Bible I have, but it might be different page numbers in yours. 00:18:16.440 --> 00:18:21.000 1 Peter chapter 2, and we'll read the whole chapter together. 00:18:22.160 --> 00:18:27.160 1 Peter chapter 2, and we'll read the whole chapter. 00:18:27.160 --> 00:18:27.720 1 Peter chapter 2, and we'll read the whole chapter. 00:18:27.720 --> 00:18:32.420 So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander. 00:18:33.080 --> 00:18:39.000 Like newborn infants long for the pure spiritual milk that by it you may grow up to salvation, 00:18:39.580 --> 00:18:41.700 if indeed you've tasted that the Lord is good. 00:18:42.840 --> 00:18:48.580 As you come to him, a living stone rejected by men, but in the sight of God chosen and precious, 00:18:48.579 --> 00:18:55.079 you yourselves, like living stones, are being built up as a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, 00:18:55.299 --> 00:18:59.939 to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. 00:19:00.579 --> 00:19:01.980 For it stands in Scripture, 00:19:01.980 --> 00:19:14.460 So the honour is for you who believe, but for those who do not believe, 00:19:15.019 --> 00:19:18.559 the stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone, 00:19:19.200 --> 00:19:22.440 and a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence. 00:19:22.440 --> 00:19:27.080 They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do. 00:19:27.980 --> 00:19:31.600 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, 00:19:32.140 --> 00:19:33.620 a people for his own possession, 00:19:33.980 --> 00:19:39.480 that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvellous light. 00:19:40.360 --> 00:19:43.799 Once you were not a people, but now you are God's people. 00:19:44.480 --> 00:19:48.320 Once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy. 00:19:48.319 --> 00:19:52.599 Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and exiles, 00:19:52.960 --> 00:19:56.579 to abstain from the passions of the flesh which wage war against your soul. 00:19:57.519 --> 00:20:00.039 Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honourable, 00:20:00.439 --> 00:20:03.139 so that when they speak against you as evildoers, 00:20:03.599 --> 00:20:07.379 they may see your good deeds, and glorify God on the day of visitation. 00:20:08.059 --> 00:20:11.200 Be subject for the Lord's sake to every human institution, 00:20:11.379 --> 00:20:13.240 whether it be to the emperor as supreme, 00:20:13.720 --> 00:20:15.539 or to governors as sent by him, 00:20:15.539 --> 00:20:18.720 to punish those who do evil, and to praise those who do good. 00:20:19.220 --> 00:20:20.859 For this is the will of God, 00:20:21.319 --> 00:20:25.019 that by doing good you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish people. 00:20:26.119 --> 00:20:27.460 Live as people who are free, 00:20:28.200 --> 00:20:30.619 not using your freedom as a cover-up for evil, 00:20:31.180 --> 00:20:32.859 but living as servants of God. 00:20:33.740 --> 00:20:34.359 Honour everyone, 00:20:35.000 --> 00:20:35.799 love the brotherhood, 00:20:36.200 --> 00:20:36.799 fear God, 00:20:37.339 --> 00:20:37.940 honour the emperor. 00:20:39.299 --> 00:20:41.680 Servants, be subject to your masters with all respect, 00:20:41.779 --> 00:20:43.619 not only to the good and gentle, 00:20:43.619 --> 00:20:45.000 but also to the unjust. 00:20:45.699 --> 00:20:47.000 For this is a gracious thing, 00:20:47.099 --> 00:20:48.359 when, mindful of God, 00:20:48.519 --> 00:20:49.799 one endures sorrows, 00:20:50.199 --> 00:20:51.739 while suffering unjustly. 00:20:52.500 --> 00:20:53.779 For what credit is it, 00:20:53.839 --> 00:20:56.000 if when you sin and are beaten for it you endure? 00:20:56.579 --> 00:20:59.479 But if when you do good and suffer for it you endure, 00:20:59.619 --> 00:21:01.739 this is a gracious thing in the sight of God. 00:21:02.339 --> 00:21:03.819 For to this you have been called, 00:21:04.379 --> 00:21:06.379 because Christ also suffered for you, 00:21:06.859 --> 00:21:07.879 leaving you an example, 00:21:08.359 --> 00:21:09.959 so that you might follow in his steps. 00:21:09.960 --> 00:21:12.019 He committed no sin, 00:21:12.680 --> 00:21:14.460 neither was deceit found in his mouth. 00:21:14.920 --> 00:21:16.059 When he was reviled, 00:21:16.460 --> 00:21:18.000 he did not revile in return. 00:21:18.779 --> 00:21:19.519 When he suffered, 00:21:19.759 --> 00:21:20.640 he did not threaten, 00:21:21.140 --> 00:21:24.680 but continued entrusting himself to him who judges justly. 00:21:25.460 --> 00:21:28.140 He himself bore our sins on his body on the tree, 00:21:28.860 --> 00:21:31.720 that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. 00:21:32.539 --> 00:21:34.420 By his wounds you have been healed, 00:21:34.420 --> 00:21:36.519 for you were straying like sheep, 00:21:37.220 --> 00:21:41.900 but have now returned to the shepherd and overseer of your souls. 00:21:43.060 --> 00:21:43.500 Amen. 00:21:43.680 --> 00:21:44.680 This is God's word, 00:21:44.960 --> 00:21:47.080 and may he bless it to each one of us. 00:21:47.840 --> 00:21:49.160 Well, before we come back to the passage, 00:21:49.240 --> 00:21:50.060 we're going to sing again, 00:21:50.539 --> 00:21:52.380 this time in Psalm 61. 00:21:54.320 --> 00:21:57.539 And we're singing from the Scottish Psalter version on page 293. 00:21:57.539 --> 00:22:10.779 The first two Psalms that we sung have spoken so much of praising God, 00:22:10.920 --> 00:22:12.259 rejoicing in his goodness, 00:22:12.940 --> 00:22:17.299 and celebrating all the wonderful things that God has done for us. 00:22:17.359 --> 00:22:20.759 But we know that that is always just half of the Christian's experience. 00:22:21.299 --> 00:22:22.379 As we follow Jesus, 00:22:22.639 --> 00:22:26.559 life also brings many challenges and bruises and struggles. 00:22:26.559 --> 00:22:29.839 And the amazing thing about God is that as we come to him, 00:22:29.879 --> 00:22:31.960 we don't just come with our joys and thanksgivings, 00:22:32.039 --> 00:22:34.579 we also come with our sorrows and our struggles. 00:22:34.839 --> 00:22:38.079 And that's captured so powerfully in this Psalm. 00:22:38.419 --> 00:22:40.119 We're going to sing verses 1 to 4, 00:22:40.259 --> 00:22:44.559 and these are a great reminder that we can come to the Lord for shelter and protection 00:22:44.559 --> 00:22:48.220 in all the times when we feel like we are struggling. 00:22:48.379 --> 00:22:50.940 So for those of you who have had a tough week, 00:22:51.279 --> 00:22:55.419 and who are here feeling like your heart is overwhelmed, 00:22:55.420 --> 00:22:59.460 this Psalm is just a wonderful opportunity to pour all that out before the Lord, 00:22:59.940 --> 00:23:02.600 and to cast yourself into his loving care. 00:23:02.840 --> 00:23:04.860 So we'll stand and sing verses 1 to 4, 00:23:05.300 --> 00:23:06.820 Psalm 61, to God's praise. 00:23:06.819 --> 00:23:17.899 O God, give thee unto my cry, 00:23:18.240 --> 00:23:25.240 unto my prayer at end, 00:23:25.240 --> 00:23:33.700 from God's voice corner of the land, 00:23:34.039 --> 00:23:40.240 my guide to thee I'll say, 00:23:40.240 --> 00:23:50.059 What time my heart is overwhelmed, 00:23:50.059 --> 00:23:56.240 and in perplexity, 00:23:56.240 --> 00:24:05.799 who thou believe unto the Lord, 00:24:05.799 --> 00:24:13.120 that higher is the night. 00:24:13.120 --> 00:24:22.440 For thou hast for my refuge been, 00:24:22.440 --> 00:24:30.000 a shelter by thy power, 00:24:30.000 --> 00:24:38.720 and for defence against my foes, 00:24:38.720 --> 00:24:46.000 thou hast been a strong turn. 00:24:46.000 --> 00:24:55.240 within thy tabernacle I 00:24:55.240 --> 00:25:02.000 forever will abide, 00:25:02.000 --> 00:25:11.440 and under cover of thy wings, 00:25:11.440 --> 00:25:17.259 with confidence behind. 00:25:24.759 --> 00:25:27.160 As we turn back to 1 Peter, 00:25:27.220 --> 00:25:28.940 let's just pray together for a wee moment. 00:25:30.080 --> 00:25:33.680 Father, as we come to your word now, 00:25:33.799 --> 00:25:38.900 we pray that our ears and our minds and our hearts 00:25:38.900 --> 00:25:40.800 would be open to hear from you. 00:25:41.620 --> 00:25:44.940 We pray that you'd help us to understand your word, 00:25:45.480 --> 00:25:47.200 help us to apply it to our lives. 00:25:47.380 --> 00:25:48.920 May it be written on our hearts, 00:25:49.420 --> 00:25:52.900 and may it shape every part of our lives this week, 00:25:53.220 --> 00:25:54.519 and for the rest of our lives. 00:25:54.840 --> 00:25:55.960 We pray in Jesus' name. 00:25:56.560 --> 00:25:56.920 Amen. 00:26:02.980 --> 00:26:05.019 Well, we're going to turn back to this passage, 00:26:05.019 --> 00:26:07.339 and I'd like to read again a wee section in the middle, 00:26:07.680 --> 00:26:11.039 from verse 11 down to verse 16. 00:26:11.779 --> 00:26:12.400 Peter writes, 00:26:12.400 --> 00:26:14.940 Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and exiles 00:26:14.940 --> 00:26:17.279 to abstain from the passions of the flesh 00:26:17.279 --> 00:26:18.819 which wage war against your soul. 00:26:19.500 --> 00:26:21.720 Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honourable, 00:26:22.039 --> 00:26:24.200 so that when they speak against you as evildoers, 00:26:24.259 --> 00:26:25.379 they may see your good deeds 00:26:25.379 --> 00:26:27.359 and glorify God on the day of visitation. 00:26:28.200 --> 00:26:29.960 Be subject for the Lord's sake 00:26:29.960 --> 00:26:31.279 to every human institution, 00:26:31.279 --> 00:26:33.599 whether it be to the emperor as supreme, 00:26:34.019 --> 00:26:35.519 or to governors as sent by him 00:26:35.519 --> 00:26:36.720 to punish those who do evil, 00:26:36.879 --> 00:26:38.259 or to praise those who do good. 00:26:38.920 --> 00:26:40.180 For this is the will of God, 00:26:40.279 --> 00:26:41.139 that by doing good, 00:26:41.220 --> 00:26:42.099 you should put to silence 00:26:42.099 --> 00:26:43.500 the ignorance of foolish people. 00:26:44.319 --> 00:26:45.680 Live as people who are free, 00:26:46.220 --> 00:26:48.279 not using your freedom as a cover-up for evil, 00:26:48.740 --> 00:26:51.759 but living as servants of God. 00:26:53.460 --> 00:26:54.819 At this time of year, 00:26:54.980 --> 00:26:56.839 many of us are getting back 00:26:56.839 --> 00:26:59.200 into the routine of work and school. 00:26:59.200 --> 00:27:01.500 Summer is nearly over, 00:27:01.600 --> 00:27:02.420 although this year in Lewis, 00:27:02.500 --> 00:27:03.220 we're asking the question, 00:27:03.299 --> 00:27:04.180 did it ever even start? 00:27:04.900 --> 00:27:05.580 But certainly, 00:27:05.720 --> 00:27:06.519 according to the calendar, 00:27:06.720 --> 00:27:07.819 summer is nearly over. 00:27:08.580 --> 00:27:10.539 Most of us have had holidays, 00:27:10.779 --> 00:27:12.259 or those of you who still have holidays, 00:27:12.460 --> 00:27:14.080 they're going to be over soon. 00:27:14.880 --> 00:27:16.080 School has started. 00:27:17.299 --> 00:27:19.600 Many of us are back to work again. 00:27:20.340 --> 00:27:21.080 And for some of us, 00:27:21.120 --> 00:27:22.100 that might be exciting. 00:27:22.920 --> 00:27:23.819 For others, 00:27:24.460 --> 00:27:25.539 it might be depressing. 00:27:25.539 --> 00:27:27.259 For many of us, 00:27:27.299 --> 00:27:29.779 it's probably a mixture of both. 00:27:30.740 --> 00:27:31.000 Whatever, 00:27:31.759 --> 00:27:32.539 however you feel, 00:27:32.740 --> 00:27:34.319 getting back to routine, 00:27:34.960 --> 00:27:36.960 there's no denying that work and school 00:27:36.960 --> 00:27:39.980 are a massive part of our lives. 00:27:40.519 --> 00:27:41.819 It's always important to remember, 00:27:41.940 --> 00:27:44.200 we spend far more time at work or at school 00:27:44.200 --> 00:27:45.639 than we do at church. 00:27:46.420 --> 00:27:47.799 And apart from sleeping, 00:27:48.639 --> 00:27:50.440 it's the thing that you're probably going to spend 00:27:50.440 --> 00:27:51.779 the most time doing 00:27:51.779 --> 00:27:53.460 in the week ahead. 00:27:53.500 --> 00:27:54.819 And that's true even if you're not 00:27:54.819 --> 00:27:56.639 in paid employment, 00:27:57.160 --> 00:27:58.680 or if you're retired. 00:27:58.839 --> 00:28:01.099 You still have many, many duties 00:28:01.099 --> 00:28:03.180 that you have to attend to this week. 00:28:03.480 --> 00:28:05.500 Lots of responsibilities to carry. 00:28:05.599 --> 00:28:06.539 There's always going to be things 00:28:06.539 --> 00:28:07.180 that you need to do. 00:28:07.220 --> 00:28:08.720 And all of that still work. 00:28:09.839 --> 00:28:11.180 And for those of you who are retired, 00:28:11.279 --> 00:28:12.460 I remember speaking to a friend of mine 00:28:12.460 --> 00:28:14.279 who has had a very busy retirement. 00:28:14.420 --> 00:28:14.819 And I said, 00:28:15.160 --> 00:28:16.559 you seem to be as busy as ever. 00:28:16.619 --> 00:28:16.940 And he said, 00:28:16.940 --> 00:28:17.200 yes, 00:28:17.660 --> 00:28:19.680 the only difference is now I don't get paid 00:28:19.680 --> 00:28:20.460 and I don't get holidays. 00:28:20.460 --> 00:28:21.440 And so, 00:28:22.019 --> 00:28:22.840 everyone's busy. 00:28:23.400 --> 00:28:24.220 Everyone's working. 00:28:24.880 --> 00:28:25.759 It's all work. 00:28:26.799 --> 00:28:27.120 And so, 00:28:27.460 --> 00:28:29.019 the title for our sermon today 00:28:29.019 --> 00:28:30.259 is Back to Work. 00:28:30.980 --> 00:28:33.039 And we're going to use that title 00:28:33.039 --> 00:28:33.960 to think a little bit 00:28:33.960 --> 00:28:35.440 about what the Bible teaches 00:28:35.440 --> 00:28:36.900 about work. 00:28:37.259 --> 00:28:39.220 And I hope that that will help us all 00:28:39.220 --> 00:28:41.140 as we go into the week ahead 00:28:41.140 --> 00:28:43.420 and as we head back into routine. 00:28:44.240 --> 00:28:45.360 We've got two main headings, 00:28:45.360 --> 00:28:47.019 The Theology of Working, 00:28:47.940 --> 00:28:49.980 The Opportunity of Working. 00:28:50.940 --> 00:28:51.380 So, 00:28:51.460 --> 00:28:51.819 first of all, 00:28:51.860 --> 00:28:53.140 The Theology of Working. 00:28:54.299 --> 00:28:56.559 The biblical theology of work 00:28:56.559 --> 00:28:57.660 can be summed up 00:28:57.660 --> 00:28:59.299 in three short statements. 00:29:00.279 --> 00:29:01.200 Work is brilliant. 00:29:01.500 --> 00:29:02.460 Work is rubbish. 00:29:02.860 --> 00:29:03.900 Work is being renewed. 00:29:05.140 --> 00:29:06.019 Work is brilliant. 00:29:06.340 --> 00:29:07.079 Work is rubbish. 00:29:07.519 --> 00:29:08.700 Work is being renewed. 00:29:10.400 --> 00:29:10.960 And so, 00:29:11.039 --> 00:29:11.720 the first of these, 00:29:11.980 --> 00:29:13.120 the fact that work is brilliant, 00:29:13.259 --> 00:29:14.100 is something that we learn 00:29:14.100 --> 00:29:15.319 from the very start of the Bible. 00:29:15.319 --> 00:29:16.399 And in so many ways, 00:29:16.539 --> 00:29:18.119 work is a wonderful thing. 00:29:18.379 --> 00:29:19.879 It's an immense blessing 00:29:19.879 --> 00:29:21.339 to be employed, 00:29:21.700 --> 00:29:23.439 to be involved in our community, 00:29:23.980 --> 00:29:25.960 to have a home to look after, 00:29:26.179 --> 00:29:27.899 to be able to use the gifts 00:29:27.899 --> 00:29:29.299 and abilities that we have 00:29:29.299 --> 00:29:30.480 for a purpose. 00:29:30.879 --> 00:29:32.299 And we must never forget 00:29:32.299 --> 00:29:34.679 that that's always been part 00:29:34.679 --> 00:29:37.119 of what God has intended for us. 00:29:37.679 --> 00:29:39.019 When God placed Adam 00:29:39.019 --> 00:29:40.179 in the Garden of Eden, 00:29:40.180 --> 00:29:41.100 he placed him there 00:29:41.100 --> 00:29:41.920 to work it 00:29:41.920 --> 00:29:43.400 and to keep it. 00:29:43.600 --> 00:29:44.880 You see that in Genesis 2, 00:29:45.220 --> 00:29:46.120 chapter 15. 00:29:46.500 --> 00:29:46.779 And so, 00:29:46.820 --> 00:29:47.440 it's reminding us 00:29:47.440 --> 00:29:48.360 that we're all created 00:29:48.360 --> 00:29:49.420 to be workers. 00:29:50.279 --> 00:29:50.720 Paradise, 00:29:51.640 --> 00:29:52.259 in Eden, 00:29:53.060 --> 00:29:54.700 includes work. 00:29:55.420 --> 00:29:55.960 And of course, 00:29:56.039 --> 00:29:57.560 that makes perfect sense 00:29:57.560 --> 00:29:58.220 of the experience 00:29:58.220 --> 00:29:59.799 that so many people have 00:29:59.799 --> 00:30:00.600 and maybe some of you 00:30:00.600 --> 00:30:01.680 have had at times 00:30:01.680 --> 00:30:02.060 in your life 00:30:02.060 --> 00:30:03.519 when we are unemployed 00:30:03.519 --> 00:30:05.860 or we're incapacitated 00:30:05.860 --> 00:30:06.460 through illness 00:30:06.460 --> 00:30:08.140 or some other reason. 00:30:08.140 --> 00:30:09.700 And when we have 00:30:09.700 --> 00:30:10.680 those periods in life 00:30:10.680 --> 00:30:11.840 when we can't work, 00:30:12.259 --> 00:30:13.400 it's so hard. 00:30:14.120 --> 00:30:15.120 And for many people, 00:30:15.220 --> 00:30:16.100 that's debilitating, 00:30:16.759 --> 00:30:17.240 frustrating, 00:30:17.820 --> 00:30:18.520 and depressing. 00:30:19.180 --> 00:30:20.280 And all of that makes sense 00:30:20.280 --> 00:30:21.320 from a biblical point of view 00:30:21.320 --> 00:30:23.420 because work is part 00:30:23.420 --> 00:30:24.860 of what God has created us to do. 00:30:25.200 --> 00:30:25.480 In fact, 00:30:25.640 --> 00:30:27.480 working is part 00:30:27.480 --> 00:30:28.480 of how we bear 00:30:28.480 --> 00:30:29.700 the image of God. 00:30:30.259 --> 00:30:31.660 So if you think about God, 00:30:32.380 --> 00:30:33.860 God's always active. 00:30:34.740 --> 00:30:36.259 He's always utilising 00:30:36.259 --> 00:30:37.120 his attributes. 00:30:37.119 --> 00:30:39.379 He's always accomplishing 00:30:39.379 --> 00:30:40.419 his purposes. 00:30:40.979 --> 00:30:42.459 He's always fulfilling 00:30:42.459 --> 00:30:43.859 his responsibilities. 00:30:44.139 --> 00:30:45.099 God's never bored. 00:30:45.259 --> 00:30:47.219 God's never wandering aimlessly. 00:30:47.379 --> 00:30:48.059 God's never thinking, 00:30:48.659 --> 00:30:49.679 I don't have anything to do. 00:30:49.759 --> 00:30:50.279 I don't know what to do. 00:30:50.539 --> 00:30:52.359 God never experiences that. 00:30:52.439 --> 00:30:53.639 He's always active, 00:30:55.000 --> 00:30:55.919 always working. 00:30:56.379 --> 00:30:57.519 And as his image bearers, 00:30:57.599 --> 00:30:58.439 we're to do the same. 00:30:59.219 --> 00:31:00.479 And that's one of the 00:31:00.479 --> 00:31:01.559 extraordinary privileges 00:31:01.559 --> 00:31:03.019 we have as image bearers. 00:31:03.079 --> 00:31:05.019 He's given us capacities, 00:31:05.019 --> 00:31:06.259 abilities, 00:31:07.000 --> 00:31:07.379 gifts, 00:31:07.720 --> 00:31:08.720 to do that. 00:31:09.180 --> 00:31:09.359 And, 00:31:09.440 --> 00:31:10.579 you know, 00:31:10.619 --> 00:31:11.779 we can see that 00:31:11.779 --> 00:31:12.400 there have been 00:31:12.400 --> 00:31:14.359 so many amazing things 00:31:14.359 --> 00:31:15.119 achieved 00:31:15.119 --> 00:31:17.279 through humans 00:31:17.279 --> 00:31:19.279 getting up in the morning 00:31:19.279 --> 00:31:20.599 and working. 00:31:22.519 --> 00:31:22.779 And, 00:31:22.879 --> 00:31:23.559 likewise, 00:31:23.799 --> 00:31:24.859 school is the same. 00:31:25.539 --> 00:31:26.740 To have an education 00:31:26.740 --> 00:31:27.940 is brilliant. 00:31:28.160 --> 00:31:28.920 We have been created 00:31:28.920 --> 00:31:30.039 by God to learn 00:31:30.039 --> 00:31:30.759 and to grow 00:31:30.759 --> 00:31:31.740 and to understand. 00:31:31.740 --> 00:31:32.539 And so, 00:31:32.920 --> 00:31:34.460 I know that 00:31:34.460 --> 00:31:35.519 some aspects of school 00:31:35.519 --> 00:31:35.900 are rubbish. 00:31:36.079 --> 00:31:36.900 There was lots about school 00:31:36.900 --> 00:31:37.440 I didn't like. 00:31:37.700 --> 00:31:37.779 But, 00:31:38.000 --> 00:31:40.000 as a general principle, 00:31:40.660 --> 00:31:41.859 to be educated 00:31:41.859 --> 00:31:42.579 is such 00:31:42.579 --> 00:31:44.380 an extraordinary privilege. 00:31:44.759 --> 00:31:45.980 And it's really important 00:31:45.980 --> 00:31:46.960 for children, 00:31:47.120 --> 00:31:47.539 young people, 00:31:47.620 --> 00:31:48.059 to remember 00:31:48.059 --> 00:31:49.799 that throughout history 00:31:49.799 --> 00:31:51.559 and even still 00:31:51.559 --> 00:31:52.620 throughout the world today, 00:31:52.740 --> 00:31:53.900 there are so many people 00:31:53.900 --> 00:31:55.640 where their one dream 00:31:55.640 --> 00:31:56.440 in life 00:31:56.440 --> 00:31:58.440 is to get an education. 00:31:58.440 --> 00:31:58.559 education. 00:31:59.779 --> 00:32:00.880 And that's part 00:32:00.880 --> 00:32:01.860 of what we're made for 00:32:01.860 --> 00:32:03.019 because we're made 00:32:03.019 --> 00:32:03.940 to learn 00:32:03.940 --> 00:32:04.660 and grow. 00:32:05.039 --> 00:32:06.259 Education is an extraordinary 00:32:06.259 --> 00:32:06.799 privilege. 00:32:07.279 --> 00:32:08.600 Teachers and school staff 00:32:08.600 --> 00:32:09.740 are a precious, 00:32:10.000 --> 00:32:10.740 precious gift 00:32:10.740 --> 00:32:11.660 from God. 00:32:11.880 --> 00:32:12.920 There's so many ways 00:32:12.920 --> 00:32:14.279 in which work 00:32:14.279 --> 00:32:15.980 is brilliant. 00:32:18.180 --> 00:32:19.940 But work is also rubbish. 00:32:21.620 --> 00:32:22.860 And experience 00:32:22.860 --> 00:32:23.640 tells us 00:32:23.640 --> 00:32:25.059 that work 00:32:25.059 --> 00:32:25.820 and school 00:32:25.819 --> 00:32:27.720 can be really, 00:32:28.000 --> 00:32:28.759 really hard. 00:32:29.859 --> 00:32:30.559 And sometimes 00:32:30.559 --> 00:32:31.879 it's 00:32:31.879 --> 00:32:33.460 Monday to Friday 00:32:33.460 --> 00:32:33.859 that 00:32:33.859 --> 00:32:35.299 brings the most 00:32:35.299 --> 00:32:35.779 bruises 00:32:35.779 --> 00:32:36.639 and struggles 00:32:36.639 --> 00:32:38.019 in our lives. 00:32:38.799 --> 00:32:39.679 And again, 00:32:39.799 --> 00:32:41.079 the Bible gives us 00:32:41.079 --> 00:32:42.559 an explanation 00:32:42.559 --> 00:32:43.579 for this. 00:32:44.359 --> 00:32:45.000 Adam was given 00:32:45.000 --> 00:32:45.599 the mandate 00:32:45.599 --> 00:32:46.419 to work 00:32:46.419 --> 00:32:48.000 and the Garden of Eden 00:32:48.000 --> 00:32:48.779 is an environment 00:32:48.779 --> 00:32:49.720 of harmony 00:32:49.720 --> 00:32:50.700 and fulfillment 00:32:50.700 --> 00:32:51.659 and purpose. 00:32:51.659 --> 00:32:52.879 But sin 00:32:52.879 --> 00:32:54.099 has brought 00:32:54.099 --> 00:32:54.679 a curse. 00:32:54.680 --> 00:32:56.640 And as you come 00:32:56.640 --> 00:32:57.560 into Genesis 3, 00:32:58.420 --> 00:32:59.360 as Adam and Eve 00:32:59.360 --> 00:33:00.660 sin against God 00:33:00.660 --> 00:33:01.759 and bring 00:33:01.759 --> 00:33:02.560 a curse 00:33:02.560 --> 00:33:03.740 onto all of creation, 00:33:04.299 --> 00:33:05.320 part of that curse 00:33:05.320 --> 00:33:06.420 is to turn 00:33:06.420 --> 00:33:07.019 work 00:33:07.019 --> 00:33:08.039 into toil. 00:33:09.080 --> 00:33:09.620 Let me read 00:33:09.620 --> 00:33:10.920 from Genesis 3, 17. 00:33:11.279 --> 00:33:11.700 To Adam, 00:33:11.799 --> 00:33:12.180 God said, 00:33:12.299 --> 00:33:12.900 because you've listened 00:33:12.900 --> 00:33:13.860 to the voice of your wife 00:33:13.860 --> 00:33:14.320 and have eaten 00:33:14.320 --> 00:33:14.779 of the tree 00:33:14.779 --> 00:33:15.759 which I commanded you, 00:33:16.039 --> 00:33:17.000 you shall not eat of it. 00:33:17.200 --> 00:33:17.940 Cursed is the ground 00:33:17.940 --> 00:33:18.720 because of you. 00:33:18.720 --> 00:33:19.580 In pain, 00:33:19.720 --> 00:33:20.360 you shall eat of it 00:33:20.360 --> 00:33:21.320 all the days of your life. 00:33:21.680 --> 00:33:22.400 Thorns and thistles 00:33:22.400 --> 00:33:23.539 it shall bring forth for you 00:33:23.539 --> 00:33:24.339 and you shall eat 00:33:24.339 --> 00:33:25.559 the plants of the field. 00:33:25.879 --> 00:33:26.899 By the sweat of your face 00:33:26.899 --> 00:33:27.680 you shall eat bread 00:33:27.680 --> 00:33:29.039 till you return to the ground 00:33:29.039 --> 00:33:29.639 for out of it 00:33:29.639 --> 00:33:30.139 you're taken 00:33:30.139 --> 00:33:30.940 for your dust 00:33:30.940 --> 00:33:31.819 and to dust 00:33:31.819 --> 00:33:33.139 you shall return. 00:33:33.659 --> 00:33:34.559 And ever since then, 00:33:34.619 --> 00:33:35.500 ever since Genesis 3, 00:33:35.680 --> 00:33:37.619 sin has had a devastating effect 00:33:37.619 --> 00:33:38.579 on work. 00:33:39.420 --> 00:33:39.879 And so, 00:33:40.099 --> 00:33:42.319 we can work our socks off 00:33:42.319 --> 00:33:44.359 striving to accomplish something 00:33:44.359 --> 00:33:46.139 only for it to come to nothing. 00:33:46.140 --> 00:33:49.300 We can face hostility, 00:33:50.160 --> 00:33:50.640 criticism, 00:33:51.440 --> 00:33:52.140 and animosity 00:33:52.140 --> 00:33:53.240 from the colleagues 00:33:53.240 --> 00:33:54.020 that we work with 00:33:54.020 --> 00:33:55.140 or from the members 00:33:55.140 --> 00:33:55.800 of the public 00:33:55.800 --> 00:33:57.660 that we're trying to serve. 00:33:58.240 --> 00:33:59.660 We can go into a new day 00:33:59.660 --> 00:34:00.860 hoping to do our best 00:34:00.860 --> 00:34:01.660 only to be hit 00:34:01.660 --> 00:34:02.840 by disappointments 00:34:02.840 --> 00:34:03.860 and discouragements 00:34:03.860 --> 00:34:05.400 again and again. 00:34:05.860 --> 00:34:07.580 We can constantly be under 00:34:07.580 --> 00:34:08.900 the crushing pressure 00:34:08.900 --> 00:34:10.720 of expectation, 00:34:11.440 --> 00:34:11.880 stress, 00:34:12.000 --> 00:34:13.320 to make sure we achieve 00:34:13.320 --> 00:34:14.480 and do things at work 00:34:14.480 --> 00:34:15.320 even though 00:34:15.320 --> 00:34:16.640 all the time 00:34:16.640 --> 00:34:17.660 it's pushing us 00:34:17.660 --> 00:34:18.660 to breaking point. 00:34:19.400 --> 00:34:20.800 And at the opposite end 00:34:20.800 --> 00:34:21.760 of the spectrum 00:34:21.760 --> 00:34:22.920 some of us 00:34:22.920 --> 00:34:23.559 could go to work 00:34:23.559 --> 00:34:24.240 and really struggle 00:34:24.240 --> 00:34:25.100 with boredom 00:34:25.100 --> 00:34:26.920 and a lack of satisfaction 00:34:26.920 --> 00:34:27.420 feeling like 00:34:27.420 --> 00:34:28.100 we've never quite 00:34:28.100 --> 00:34:29.080 done the thing 00:34:29.080 --> 00:34:30.519 that we really longed 00:34:30.519 --> 00:34:31.420 to do. 00:34:32.480 --> 00:34:33.480 And for these 00:34:33.480 --> 00:34:35.519 and for many other reasons 00:34:35.519 --> 00:34:36.660 work can be 00:34:36.660 --> 00:34:37.960 really, really hard 00:34:37.960 --> 00:34:41.400 and going back to work 00:34:41.400 --> 00:34:42.400 or going back to school 00:34:42.400 --> 00:34:43.480 after the summer holidays 00:34:43.480 --> 00:34:44.400 can sometimes 00:34:44.400 --> 00:34:46.320 be a real thought. 00:34:47.860 --> 00:34:49.019 Sometimes it just puts 00:34:49.019 --> 00:34:50.880 that kind of tension 00:34:50.880 --> 00:34:51.980 down the back of your neck 00:34:51.980 --> 00:34:54.220 and it makes your heart sink. 00:34:55.119 --> 00:34:56.619 Everybody experiences that 00:34:56.619 --> 00:34:57.380 from time to time. 00:34:57.559 --> 00:34:58.320 If you're experiencing 00:34:58.320 --> 00:34:58.960 that this week 00:34:58.960 --> 00:34:59.800 or if you experienced it 00:34:59.800 --> 00:35:00.320 last week 00:35:00.320 --> 00:35:01.380 or whenever it is 00:35:01.380 --> 00:35:02.340 you return to work 00:35:02.340 --> 00:35:03.519 or school 00:35:03.519 --> 00:35:04.860 please remember, 00:35:05.059 --> 00:35:06.260 please remember 00:35:06.260 --> 00:35:08.000 that God knows that. 00:35:08.000 --> 00:35:11.679 please remember 00:35:11.679 --> 00:35:13.059 that Jesus cares 00:35:13.059 --> 00:35:14.699 for the burdened. 00:35:16.460 --> 00:35:17.340 And that's 00:35:17.340 --> 00:35:19.400 that's the amazing thing 00:35:19.400 --> 00:35:19.900 about Jesus. 00:35:20.099 --> 00:35:21.760 He never ever comes to us 00:35:21.760 --> 00:35:23.420 expecting us to be strong 00:35:23.420 --> 00:35:24.400 and capable 00:35:24.400 --> 00:35:25.059 and confident 00:35:25.059 --> 00:35:25.980 because he knows 00:35:25.980 --> 00:35:26.539 we're not. 00:35:27.340 --> 00:35:28.400 He expects us to come 00:35:28.400 --> 00:35:28.840 to him 00:35:28.840 --> 00:35:29.500 acknowledging 00:35:29.500 --> 00:35:30.840 the fact that 00:35:30.840 --> 00:35:31.579 oh man 00:35:31.579 --> 00:35:32.980 Monday morning's a thought. 00:35:33.860 --> 00:35:34.679 My email inbox 00:35:34.679 --> 00:35:35.420 is a nightmare. 00:35:35.420 --> 00:35:37.340 I don't want to go 00:35:37.340 --> 00:35:38.159 to school today. 00:35:39.340 --> 00:35:40.880 I am feeling crushed 00:35:40.880 --> 00:35:42.320 by the pressure 00:35:42.320 --> 00:35:42.920 I'm under. 00:35:43.139 --> 00:35:43.880 You can bring 00:35:43.880 --> 00:35:44.760 all of that 00:35:44.760 --> 00:35:45.420 to Jesus. 00:35:46.200 --> 00:35:46.880 Tomorrow morning 00:35:46.880 --> 00:35:47.760 and every day 00:35:47.760 --> 00:35:48.840 that is hard 00:35:48.840 --> 00:35:50.340 you can lean on him. 00:35:51.079 --> 00:35:51.800 He knows 00:35:51.800 --> 00:35:52.920 that work 00:35:52.920 --> 00:35:54.380 is now rubbish. 00:35:55.619 --> 00:35:56.960 But we also need 00:35:56.960 --> 00:35:57.360 to know 00:35:57.360 --> 00:35:57.960 and remember 00:35:57.960 --> 00:35:59.220 that work 00:35:59.220 --> 00:36:00.099 is being renewed. 00:36:00.539 --> 00:36:01.559 The Bible gives us 00:36:01.559 --> 00:36:03.119 a coherent explanation 00:36:03.119 --> 00:36:04.099 why we all 00:36:04.099 --> 00:36:05.019 have that desire 00:36:05.019 --> 00:36:05.719 to work 00:36:05.719 --> 00:36:06.380 and why it brings 00:36:06.380 --> 00:36:06.880 so much 00:36:06.880 --> 00:36:08.039 fulfilment to us. 00:36:08.279 --> 00:36:08.839 The Bible has 00:36:08.839 --> 00:36:09.779 the explanation 00:36:09.779 --> 00:36:10.299 for why 00:36:10.299 --> 00:36:11.179 at the same time 00:36:11.179 --> 00:36:11.699 going to work 00:36:11.699 --> 00:36:12.380 on a Monday morning 00:36:12.380 --> 00:36:13.059 or going to school 00:36:13.059 --> 00:36:14.480 is really hard. 00:36:14.960 --> 00:36:16.319 We must never forget 00:36:16.319 --> 00:36:16.539 though 00:36:16.539 --> 00:36:17.759 that the great goal 00:36:17.759 --> 00:36:18.440 of the gospel 00:36:18.440 --> 00:36:20.000 the great goal 00:36:20.000 --> 00:36:21.500 of God's redemptive plan 00:36:21.500 --> 00:36:23.059 is to put right 00:36:23.059 --> 00:36:23.920 what went wrong 00:36:23.920 --> 00:36:24.880 in Genesis 3. 00:36:25.440 --> 00:36:26.179 And so so much 00:36:26.179 --> 00:36:26.799 was broken 00:36:26.799 --> 00:36:27.940 in Genesis chapter 3 00:36:27.940 --> 00:36:29.119 work included 00:36:29.119 --> 00:36:30.719 and the gospel 00:36:30.719 --> 00:36:31.420 has come to 00:36:31.420 --> 00:36:32.339 restore 00:36:32.339 --> 00:36:33.159 and heal 00:36:33.159 --> 00:36:34.480 all of that. 00:36:35.000 --> 00:36:35.699 And so that means 00:36:35.699 --> 00:36:37.139 that God's 00:36:37.139 --> 00:36:38.239 redemptive plan 00:36:38.239 --> 00:36:39.119 and the goal 00:36:39.119 --> 00:36:39.619 of the gospel 00:36:39.619 --> 00:36:40.900 includes your job 00:36:40.900 --> 00:36:42.299 and your education 00:36:42.299 --> 00:36:43.659 that the renewal 00:36:43.659 --> 00:36:44.319 of the gospel 00:36:44.319 --> 00:36:44.980 should affect 00:36:44.980 --> 00:36:46.219 all of these things. 00:36:46.819 --> 00:36:47.880 And that applies 00:36:47.880 --> 00:36:48.440 now 00:36:48.440 --> 00:36:49.699 to our lives. 00:36:49.940 --> 00:36:50.759 So that means 00:36:50.759 --> 00:36:51.699 that following Jesus 00:36:51.699 --> 00:36:52.759 and living for him 00:36:52.759 --> 00:36:53.940 should make 00:36:53.940 --> 00:36:54.920 a massive difference 00:36:54.920 --> 00:36:55.880 to how we find 00:36:55.880 --> 00:36:56.719 work and school 00:36:56.719 --> 00:36:57.879 and the influence 00:36:57.879 --> 00:36:58.500 of the gospel 00:36:58.500 --> 00:36:59.239 should shape 00:36:59.239 --> 00:37:00.219 the way that we live 00:37:00.219 --> 00:37:00.659 and behave 00:37:00.659 --> 00:37:01.279 and approach 00:37:01.279 --> 00:37:02.359 all of these things. 00:37:02.739 --> 00:37:04.159 So going to work today 00:37:04.159 --> 00:37:05.659 going to work this week 00:37:05.659 --> 00:37:08.119 the gospel comes with us. 00:37:08.559 --> 00:37:09.639 We don't leave it 00:37:09.639 --> 00:37:10.539 at church on Sunday. 00:37:11.239 --> 00:37:12.239 It comes to us 00:37:12.239 --> 00:37:12.759 and should 00:37:12.759 --> 00:37:13.619 comes with us 00:37:13.619 --> 00:37:14.299 and should shape 00:37:14.299 --> 00:37:14.859 the way we live 00:37:14.859 --> 00:37:15.299 and behave 00:37:15.299 --> 00:37:16.779 in all the responsibilities 00:37:16.779 --> 00:37:17.459 and duties 00:37:17.459 --> 00:37:18.079 that we have 00:37:18.079 --> 00:37:19.219 in Monday to Friday. 00:37:19.339 --> 00:37:20.519 So it all applies now 00:37:20.519 --> 00:37:21.319 but like everything 00:37:21.319 --> 00:37:21.959 in the gospel 00:37:21.959 --> 00:37:22.799 there is a now 00:37:22.799 --> 00:37:24.000 and a not yet 00:37:24.000 --> 00:37:25.039 because the fulfillment 00:37:25.039 --> 00:37:26.339 of all of this restoration 00:37:26.340 --> 00:37:27.420 lies in the future 00:37:27.420 --> 00:37:28.840 in the new creation 00:37:28.840 --> 00:37:31.320 when once again 00:37:31.320 --> 00:37:34.600 work will be restored 00:37:34.600 --> 00:37:35.860 to being work 00:37:35.860 --> 00:37:36.840 without toil 00:37:36.840 --> 00:37:38.780 and the curse 00:37:38.780 --> 00:37:39.300 of the sin 00:37:39.300 --> 00:37:41.039 will be undone 00:37:41.039 --> 00:37:44.059 and as we serve Jesus 00:37:44.059 --> 00:37:45.280 in the new creation 00:37:45.280 --> 00:37:46.480 we will enjoy 00:37:46.480 --> 00:37:48.760 that incredible fulfillment 00:37:48.760 --> 00:37:49.920 of using the gifts 00:37:49.920 --> 00:37:50.980 that God has given us 00:37:50.980 --> 00:37:51.660 to serve him 00:37:51.660 --> 00:37:52.500 to work together 00:37:52.500 --> 00:37:53.180 to accomplish. 00:37:53.760 --> 00:37:54.680 I'm sure you've heard 00:37:54.680 --> 00:37:55.680 this many many times 00:37:55.679 --> 00:37:57.079 but we must never 00:37:57.079 --> 00:37:57.819 think of heaven 00:37:57.819 --> 00:37:58.799 as playing harps 00:37:58.799 --> 00:37:59.319 on clouds. 00:37:59.779 --> 00:38:00.819 It's a new creation 00:38:00.819 --> 00:38:01.859 a restored universe 00:38:01.859 --> 00:38:03.799 where we will 00:38:03.799 --> 00:38:05.259 live and serve 00:38:05.259 --> 00:38:05.799 together 00:38:05.799 --> 00:38:07.399 with purpose 00:38:07.399 --> 00:38:09.460 and with all 00:38:09.460 --> 00:38:09.940 the curse 00:38:09.940 --> 00:38:10.819 of sin 00:38:10.819 --> 00:38:12.919 gone forever. 00:38:14.179 --> 00:38:16.059 And all of this 00:38:16.059 --> 00:38:17.599 is reminding us 00:38:17.599 --> 00:38:18.419 that God's word 00:38:18.419 --> 00:38:19.339 is teaching us 00:38:19.340 --> 00:38:21.559 that work 00:38:21.559 --> 00:38:23.860 is a key part 00:38:23.860 --> 00:38:24.800 of the theology 00:38:24.800 --> 00:38:25.420 that the Bible 00:38:25.420 --> 00:38:26.519 presents to us 00:38:26.519 --> 00:38:28.340 and so we can go 00:38:28.340 --> 00:38:29.220 through the Bible 00:38:29.220 --> 00:38:30.180 and we can find 00:38:30.180 --> 00:38:30.820 explanations 00:38:30.820 --> 00:38:32.079 for all the experiences 00:38:32.079 --> 00:38:32.760 that we have 00:38:32.760 --> 00:38:33.640 in our jobs 00:38:33.640 --> 00:38:34.720 or in our school. 00:38:34.840 --> 00:38:36.100 The theology of work 00:38:36.100 --> 00:38:37.579 is incredibly important 00:38:37.579 --> 00:38:38.340 but one of the 00:38:38.340 --> 00:38:39.260 massive lessons 00:38:39.260 --> 00:38:41.700 that the theology 00:38:41.700 --> 00:38:42.519 of working 00:38:42.519 --> 00:38:43.360 in the Bible 00:38:43.360 --> 00:38:44.200 teaches us 00:38:44.200 --> 00:38:45.800 is that work 00:38:45.800 --> 00:38:46.800 gives us 00:38:46.800 --> 00:38:48.680 amazing opportunities 00:38:48.680 --> 00:38:50.800 and that means 00:38:50.800 --> 00:38:51.680 that for the Christian 00:38:51.680 --> 00:38:52.940 if you are a Christian 00:38:52.940 --> 00:38:53.640 or if you become 00:38:53.640 --> 00:38:54.100 a Christian 00:38:54.100 --> 00:38:54.820 that means that 00:38:54.820 --> 00:38:55.760 a biblical understanding 00:38:55.760 --> 00:38:56.180 of work 00:38:56.180 --> 00:38:57.460 makes Monday morning 00:38:57.460 --> 00:38:58.240 exciting 00:38:58.240 --> 00:39:00.380 and that's so important 00:39:00.380 --> 00:39:00.900 for anybody 00:39:00.900 --> 00:39:02.260 who is not yet a Christian. 00:39:02.800 --> 00:39:03.460 One of the mistakes 00:39:03.460 --> 00:39:04.220 that we can make 00:39:04.220 --> 00:39:06.400 this is 00:39:06.400 --> 00:39:07.960 probably easy 00:39:07.960 --> 00:39:08.519 to misunderstand 00:39:08.519 --> 00:39:10.440 so please don't get me 00:39:10.440 --> 00:39:11.060 wrong when I say this 00:39:11.060 --> 00:39:11.620 but one of the 00:39:11.620 --> 00:39:12.880 big, big, big mistakes 00:39:12.880 --> 00:39:14.039 that we can make 00:39:14.039 --> 00:39:14.519 when approaching 00:39:14.519 --> 00:39:15.000 the gospel 00:39:15.000 --> 00:39:15.559 is to think 00:39:15.559 --> 00:39:16.019 that it just 00:39:16.019 --> 00:39:16.900 fixes eternity. 00:39:18.500 --> 00:39:19.659 Now it does 00:39:19.659 --> 00:39:20.860 fix eternity 00:39:20.860 --> 00:39:23.199 and Jesus does mean 00:39:23.199 --> 00:39:24.480 trusting in Jesus 00:39:24.480 --> 00:39:25.500 does mean 00:39:25.500 --> 00:39:26.259 that we are going 00:39:26.259 --> 00:39:27.099 to be safe 00:39:27.099 --> 00:39:27.780 on the day 00:39:27.780 --> 00:39:28.400 that we die 00:39:28.400 --> 00:39:29.239 and he will take us 00:39:29.239 --> 00:39:29.860 to be with him 00:39:29.860 --> 00:39:31.440 and we will enjoy 00:39:31.440 --> 00:39:32.840 eternity with him 00:39:32.840 --> 00:39:33.900 in his new creation 00:39:33.900 --> 00:39:34.679 and with all our 00:39:34.679 --> 00:39:35.340 brothers and sisters 00:39:35.340 --> 00:39:36.980 and the eternity 00:39:36.980 --> 00:39:37.759 he has for us 00:39:37.759 --> 00:39:39.460 is absolutely amazing 00:39:39.460 --> 00:39:40.639 but that is not 00:39:40.639 --> 00:39:42.440 just what the gospel 00:39:42.440 --> 00:39:43.059 does. 00:39:43.059 --> 00:39:43.840 The gospel 00:39:43.840 --> 00:39:44.759 doesn't just 00:39:44.759 --> 00:39:45.639 fix eternity 00:39:45.639 --> 00:39:46.519 the gospel 00:39:46.519 --> 00:39:47.380 makes a massive 00:39:47.380 --> 00:39:48.539 difference now 00:39:48.539 --> 00:39:50.299 and there are 00:39:50.299 --> 00:39:51.420 many, many people 00:39:51.420 --> 00:39:52.099 who are Christians 00:39:52.099 --> 00:39:52.639 who think 00:39:52.639 --> 00:39:54.619 that life now 00:39:54.619 --> 00:39:55.380 is rubbish 00:39:55.380 --> 00:39:55.880 but at least 00:39:55.880 --> 00:39:56.400 I've got my ticket 00:39:56.400 --> 00:39:56.860 to heaven. 00:39:57.699 --> 00:39:59.239 That's a really, 00:39:59.440 --> 00:40:00.840 really truncated 00:40:00.840 --> 00:40:01.519 understanding 00:40:01.519 --> 00:40:02.039 of the gospel 00:40:02.039 --> 00:40:02.779 that's only half 00:40:02.779 --> 00:40:03.320 the gospel 00:40:03.320 --> 00:40:05.219 because following 00:40:05.219 --> 00:40:06.079 Jesus actually 00:40:06.079 --> 00:40:06.739 makes such 00:40:06.739 --> 00:40:07.940 a massive difference 00:40:07.940 --> 00:40:08.779 to our lives 00:40:08.779 --> 00:40:09.559 today 00:40:09.559 --> 00:40:11.239 and so 00:40:11.239 --> 00:40:12.099 as we go 00:40:12.099 --> 00:40:13.039 into a new week 00:40:13.039 --> 00:40:14.880 having our eyes 00:40:14.880 --> 00:40:15.420 on Jesus 00:40:15.420 --> 00:40:16.739 having our hearts 00:40:16.739 --> 00:40:18.059 filled with the 00:40:18.059 --> 00:40:18.960 truths of the gospel 00:40:18.960 --> 00:40:20.719 makes a massive 00:40:20.719 --> 00:40:21.860 difference. 00:40:23.019 --> 00:40:23.920 The theology 00:40:23.920 --> 00:40:24.739 of working 00:40:24.739 --> 00:40:25.340 in the Bible 00:40:25.340 --> 00:40:26.519 teaches us 00:40:26.519 --> 00:40:27.900 that work 00:40:27.900 --> 00:40:28.840 gives us 00:40:28.840 --> 00:40:30.799 amazing opportunities 00:40:30.800 --> 00:40:32.760 and so I want 00:40:32.760 --> 00:40:33.720 to unpack that 00:40:33.720 --> 00:40:34.680 a little bit more 00:40:34.680 --> 00:40:35.519 the opportunity 00:40:35.519 --> 00:40:36.860 of working 00:40:36.860 --> 00:40:37.880 and what I want 00:40:37.880 --> 00:40:38.460 us to see 00:40:38.460 --> 00:40:39.100 is that 00:40:39.100 --> 00:40:40.880 1 Peter chapter 2 00:40:40.880 --> 00:40:41.760 gives us 00:40:41.760 --> 00:40:43.640 two clear reasons 00:40:43.640 --> 00:40:44.780 why work 00:40:44.780 --> 00:40:46.060 and why the 00:40:46.060 --> 00:40:46.680 opportunity 00:40:46.680 --> 00:40:47.560 of working 00:40:47.560 --> 00:40:48.920 is so important. 00:40:49.700 --> 00:40:50.640 First of all 00:40:50.640 --> 00:40:52.320 your work 00:40:52.320 --> 00:40:52.800 and when 00:40:52.800 --> 00:40:53.600 keep reminding 00:40:53.600 --> 00:40:54.400 when I say work 00:40:54.400 --> 00:40:55.039 I don't just mean 00:40:55.039 --> 00:40:55.640 the thing you're paid 00:40:55.640 --> 00:40:55.920 for 00:40:55.920 --> 00:40:56.700 work 00:40:56.700 --> 00:40:57.619 employment 00:40:57.619 --> 00:40:58.639 school 00:40:58.639 --> 00:40:59.760 or whatever 00:40:59.760 --> 00:41:01.019 responsibilities you have 00:41:01.019 --> 00:41:01.659 in your home 00:41:01.659 --> 00:41:02.380 or your family 00:41:02.380 --> 00:41:03.460 or your community 00:41:03.460 --> 00:41:04.880 your work 00:41:04.880 --> 00:41:06.139 is an opportunity 00:41:06.139 --> 00:41:07.460 for Christian 00:41:07.460 --> 00:41:08.720 contact. 00:41:09.619 --> 00:41:10.800 It's an opportunity 00:41:10.800 --> 00:41:11.500 for Christian 00:41:11.500 --> 00:41:12.159 contact. 00:41:12.300 --> 00:41:12.720 Look again at 00:41:12.720 --> 00:41:13.619 verse 11 and 12 00:41:13.619 --> 00:41:14.360 Peter says 00:41:14.360 --> 00:41:15.599 Beloved I urge you 00:41:15.599 --> 00:41:16.480 as sojourners 00:41:16.480 --> 00:41:17.019 and exiles 00:41:17.019 --> 00:41:17.579 to abstain 00:41:17.579 --> 00:41:18.180 from the passions 00:41:18.180 --> 00:41:18.820 of the flesh 00:41:18.820 --> 00:41:19.980 which wage war 00:41:19.980 --> 00:41:20.680 against your soul 00:41:20.680 --> 00:41:21.840 keep your conduct 00:41:21.840 --> 00:41:23.200 among the Gentiles 00:41:23.200 --> 00:41:23.780 honourable 00:41:23.780 --> 00:41:24.720 so that when they 00:41:24.720 --> 00:41:25.619 speak against you 00:41:25.619 --> 00:41:26.279 as evildoers 00:41:26.279 --> 00:41:26.839 they may see 00:41:26.839 --> 00:41:27.480 your good deeds 00:41:27.480 --> 00:41:28.420 and glorify God 00:41:28.420 --> 00:41:28.900 on the day 00:41:28.900 --> 00:41:29.819 of visitation. 00:41:30.079 --> 00:41:30.639 I want you to notice 00:41:30.639 --> 00:41:31.699 three crucial words 00:41:31.699 --> 00:41:32.319 in that passage 00:41:32.319 --> 00:41:33.119 in verse 12 00:41:33.119 --> 00:41:35.359 among the Gentiles 00:41:35.359 --> 00:41:37.259 so Peter is writing 00:41:37.259 --> 00:41:37.960 to Christians 00:41:37.960 --> 00:41:39.039 who are spread 00:41:39.039 --> 00:41:40.359 all across Asia Minor 00:41:40.359 --> 00:41:41.000 which is what we would 00:41:41.000 --> 00:41:41.940 call Turkey today 00:41:41.940 --> 00:41:42.940 you see the place 00:41:42.940 --> 00:41:43.699 is listed at the very 00:41:43.699 --> 00:41:45.039 start of the letter 00:41:45.039 --> 00:41:46.359 and he describes 00:41:46.359 --> 00:41:47.179 the people he's writing 00:41:47.179 --> 00:41:48.639 to as the dispersion 00:41:48.639 --> 00:41:49.400 the Greek word there 00:41:49.400 --> 00:41:50.539 is the word diaspora 00:41:50.539 --> 00:41:52.559 it's describing people 00:41:52.559 --> 00:41:53.500 who are scattered 00:41:53.500 --> 00:41:55.440 across various 00:41:55.440 --> 00:41:56.059 locations 00:41:56.059 --> 00:41:57.900 in the ancient world 00:41:57.900 --> 00:41:59.599 and as the result 00:41:59.599 --> 00:42:01.019 of that dispersion 00:42:01.019 --> 00:42:02.400 these Christians 00:42:02.400 --> 00:42:04.099 are not living 00:42:04.099 --> 00:42:05.880 in a Christian nation 00:42:05.880 --> 00:42:07.960 or in a Christian community 00:42:07.960 --> 00:42:08.880 they are living 00:42:08.880 --> 00:42:09.840 in a predominantly 00:42:09.840 --> 00:42:11.700 non-Christian society 00:42:11.700 --> 00:42:13.139 and that of course 00:42:13.139 --> 00:42:14.079 explains why Peter 00:42:14.079 --> 00:42:14.780 describes them 00:42:14.780 --> 00:42:15.740 as sojourners 00:42:15.740 --> 00:42:16.840 and exiles 00:42:16.840 --> 00:42:17.480 they were living 00:42:17.480 --> 00:42:18.260 in a world 00:42:18.260 --> 00:42:20.119 that at first 00:42:20.119 --> 00:42:21.760 had no interest 00:42:21.760 --> 00:42:22.260 in Christianity 00:42:22.260 --> 00:42:22.380 Christianity 00:42:22.380 --> 00:42:23.560 but over time 00:42:23.560 --> 00:42:24.880 during the first century 00:42:24.880 --> 00:42:26.480 became more and more 00:42:26.480 --> 00:42:26.960 hostile 00:42:26.960 --> 00:42:28.620 to the Christian faith 00:42:28.620 --> 00:42:30.320 and in which Christians 00:42:30.320 --> 00:42:31.300 were not at home 00:42:31.300 --> 00:42:31.880 in other words 00:42:31.880 --> 00:42:32.620 it was a world 00:42:32.620 --> 00:42:33.600 where they did not 00:42:33.600 --> 00:42:34.220 fit in 00:42:34.220 --> 00:42:37.460 and as we think 00:42:37.460 --> 00:42:38.340 about that situation 00:42:38.340 --> 00:42:39.940 we would maybe 00:42:39.940 --> 00:42:40.780 expect Peter 00:42:40.780 --> 00:42:41.220 to say 00:42:41.220 --> 00:42:42.800 cut yourselves off 00:42:42.800 --> 00:42:44.880 keep away 00:42:44.880 --> 00:42:45.300 from 00:42:45.300 --> 00:42:46.320 there's a ton 00:42:46.320 --> 00:42:47.440 of terrible influences 00:42:47.440 --> 00:42:48.000 around you 00:42:48.000 --> 00:42:48.920 keep away 00:42:48.920 --> 00:42:49.500 from them 00:42:49.500 --> 00:42:50.659 flee 00:42:50.659 --> 00:42:52.400 from any interaction 00:42:52.400 --> 00:42:53.960 with that society 00:42:53.960 --> 00:42:55.039 so that you're 00:42:55.039 --> 00:42:56.360 not exposed 00:42:56.360 --> 00:42:57.820 to unhealthy 00:42:57.820 --> 00:42:59.239 influences 00:42:59.239 --> 00:43:00.559 and 00:43:00.559 --> 00:43:03.019 so many Christians 00:43:03.019 --> 00:43:03.639 throughout history 00:43:03.639 --> 00:43:04.440 have done that 00:43:04.440 --> 00:43:05.500 and 00:43:05.500 --> 00:43:06.559 if you read about 00:43:06.559 --> 00:43:07.739 the early church 00:43:07.739 --> 00:43:08.539 in like the second 00:43:08.539 --> 00:43:09.699 and third centuries 00:43:09.699 --> 00:43:10.659 one of the things 00:43:10.659 --> 00:43:11.300 that you'll often 00:43:11.300 --> 00:43:11.960 read about there 00:43:11.960 --> 00:43:12.539 is 00:43:12.539 --> 00:43:13.880 sometimes people 00:43:13.880 --> 00:43:14.920 who became hermits 00:43:14.920 --> 00:43:15.579 so went to live 00:43:15.579 --> 00:43:16.860 completely on their own 00:43:16.860 --> 00:43:18.340 others 00:43:18.340 --> 00:43:19.099 who would maybe 00:43:19.099 --> 00:43:20.340 form communities 00:43:20.340 --> 00:43:20.980 often 00:43:20.980 --> 00:43:22.180 as monks 00:43:22.180 --> 00:43:23.539 or as nuns 00:43:23.539 --> 00:43:24.200 communities 00:43:24.200 --> 00:43:24.840 that were kind of 00:43:24.840 --> 00:43:25.380 cut off 00:43:25.380 --> 00:43:26.300 isolated 00:43:26.300 --> 00:43:27.640 from all the negative 00:43:27.640 --> 00:43:28.220 influence 00:43:28.220 --> 00:43:29.320 in the world 00:43:29.320 --> 00:43:29.840 around them 00:43:29.840 --> 00:43:30.360 and that pattern 00:43:30.360 --> 00:43:30.940 has continued 00:43:30.940 --> 00:43:32.000 maybe not to the extremities 00:43:32.000 --> 00:43:32.440 that you see 00:43:32.440 --> 00:43:33.220 in the early church 00:43:33.220 --> 00:43:34.700 but even in our own 00:43:34.700 --> 00:43:35.519 island culture 00:43:35.519 --> 00:43:38.599 I think that it's 00:43:38.599 --> 00:43:39.240 true to say 00:43:39.240 --> 00:43:39.480 that 00:43:39.480 --> 00:43:41.660 we are often 00:43:41.660 --> 00:43:42.660 drawn to that mindset 00:43:42.660 --> 00:43:43.079 where we 00:43:43.079 --> 00:43:44.099 are conscious 00:43:44.099 --> 00:43:44.800 that the world 00:43:44.800 --> 00:43:45.300 around us 00:43:45.300 --> 00:43:45.820 is becoming 00:43:45.820 --> 00:43:46.880 less and less 00:43:46.880 --> 00:43:47.720 shaped by the bible 00:43:47.720 --> 00:43:48.380 and our instinct 00:43:48.380 --> 00:43:49.160 is to retreat 00:43:49.160 --> 00:43:51.100 and 00:43:51.100 --> 00:43:52.460 to keep away 00:43:52.460 --> 00:43:54.160 and to cut 00:43:54.160 --> 00:43:54.920 ourselves off 00:43:54.920 --> 00:43:56.660 from those 00:43:56.660 --> 00:43:57.240 who are 00:43:57.240 --> 00:43:58.220 around us 00:43:58.220 --> 00:43:58.400 and 00:43:58.400 --> 00:43:59.940 I understand 00:43:59.940 --> 00:44:00.580 why people feel 00:44:00.580 --> 00:44:00.960 like that 00:44:00.960 --> 00:44:01.820 and there is 00:44:01.820 --> 00:44:02.400 an aspect 00:44:02.400 --> 00:44:02.840 in which 00:44:02.840 --> 00:44:04.320 part of that 00:44:04.320 --> 00:44:05.100 can be helpful 00:44:05.100 --> 00:44:05.780 but 00:44:05.780 --> 00:44:07.200 it's 00:44:07.200 --> 00:44:08.539 dangerous 00:44:08.539 --> 00:44:10.700 because 00:44:10.700 --> 00:44:12.140 it can leave us 00:44:12.139 --> 00:44:14.339 with very little 00:44:14.339 --> 00:44:15.179 contact 00:44:15.179 --> 00:44:16.980 with the world 00:44:16.980 --> 00:44:17.659 around us 00:44:17.659 --> 00:44:18.739 and all the time 00:44:18.739 --> 00:44:19.219 Peter 00:44:19.219 --> 00:44:20.519 is saying to us 00:44:20.519 --> 00:44:21.199 Christians 00:44:21.199 --> 00:44:22.480 must be 00:44:22.480 --> 00:44:23.379 among 00:44:23.379 --> 00:44:24.799 the Gentiles 00:44:24.799 --> 00:44:25.859 indeed 00:44:25.859 --> 00:44:26.559 the whole of the 00:44:26.559 --> 00:44:26.980 second half 00:44:26.980 --> 00:44:27.480 of this chapter 00:44:27.480 --> 00:44:28.179 that we read 00:44:28.179 --> 00:44:29.440 is teaching us 00:44:29.440 --> 00:44:29.920 about the 00:44:29.920 --> 00:44:30.940 Christian's place 00:44:30.940 --> 00:44:32.299 in society 00:44:32.299 --> 00:44:33.319 we're to honour 00:44:33.319 --> 00:44:34.139 those who are 00:44:34.139 --> 00:44:34.699 in authority 00:44:34.699 --> 00:44:35.799 we're to be subject 00:44:35.799 --> 00:44:36.960 to human institutions 00:44:36.960 --> 00:44:38.119 we are to 00:44:38.119 --> 00:44:39.400 respectfully serve 00:44:39.400 --> 00:44:40.359 our employers 00:44:40.360 --> 00:44:40.780 and of course 00:44:40.780 --> 00:44:41.500 this is just 00:44:41.500 --> 00:44:42.360 emphasising what 00:44:42.360 --> 00:44:43.400 Jesus himself said 00:44:43.400 --> 00:44:43.660 we said 00:44:43.660 --> 00:44:44.340 render to Caesar 00:44:44.340 --> 00:44:44.720 the things 00:44:44.720 --> 00:44:45.420 that are Caesar's 00:44:45.420 --> 00:44:46.380 and to God 00:44:46.380 --> 00:44:46.900 the things 00:44:46.900 --> 00:44:47.900 that are God 00:44:47.900 --> 00:44:48.840 and the crucial 00:44:48.840 --> 00:44:49.539 point I want us 00:44:49.539 --> 00:44:50.039 to notice 00:44:50.039 --> 00:44:50.720 is that 00:44:50.720 --> 00:44:51.960 here and 00:44:51.960 --> 00:44:52.740 elsewhere 00:44:52.740 --> 00:44:53.280 in the New 00:44:53.280 --> 00:44:53.660 Testament 00:44:53.660 --> 00:44:55.079 we're seeing 00:44:55.079 --> 00:44:55.700 that God 00:44:55.700 --> 00:44:56.340 wants us 00:44:56.340 --> 00:44:57.280 among the 00:44:57.280 --> 00:44:57.880 Gentiles 00:44:57.880 --> 00:44:59.380 in other words 00:44:59.380 --> 00:45:00.320 God wants us 00:45:00.320 --> 00:45:01.079 among 00:45:01.079 --> 00:45:02.220 unbelievers 00:45:02.220 --> 00:45:03.539 among people 00:45:03.539 --> 00:45:04.400 who don't know 00:45:04.400 --> 00:45:04.980 anything about 00:45:04.980 --> 00:45:05.500 the Bible 00:45:05.500 --> 00:45:06.940 among people 00:45:06.940 --> 00:45:07.900 who don't 00:45:07.900 --> 00:45:08.760 really care 00:45:08.760 --> 00:45:09.079 what 00:45:09.079 --> 00:45:10.000 Christian 00:45:10.000 --> 00:45:10.440 ethics 00:45:10.440 --> 00:45:10.960 are 00:45:10.960 --> 00:45:11.880 among 00:45:11.880 --> 00:45:12.340 people 00:45:12.340 --> 00:45:13.480 who have 00:45:13.480 --> 00:45:13.980 got very 00:45:13.980 --> 00:45:14.980 little interest 00:45:14.980 --> 00:45:16.179 in honouring 00:45:16.179 --> 00:45:16.559 God 00:45:16.559 --> 00:45:17.739 in their lives 00:45:17.739 --> 00:45:18.860 God wants us 00:45:18.860 --> 00:45:19.460 among them 00:45:19.460 --> 00:45:19.900 and that's 00:45:19.900 --> 00:45:20.719 exactly what 00:45:20.719 --> 00:45:21.500 Jesus himself 00:45:21.500 --> 00:45:21.940 taught 00:45:21.940 --> 00:45:23.119 if you go back 00:45:23.119 --> 00:45:24.039 to the Sermon 00:45:24.039 --> 00:45:24.380 on the Mount 00:45:24.380 --> 00:45:25.000 let me read 00:45:25.000 --> 00:45:26.179 from Matthew 00:45:26.179 --> 00:45:26.800 5 00:45:26.800 --> 00:45:27.840 verse 13 00:45:27.840 --> 00:45:28.380 Jesus says 00:45:28.380 --> 00:45:29.039 you are the salt 00:45:29.039 --> 00:45:29.559 of the earth 00:45:29.559 --> 00:45:30.780 but if salt 00:45:30.780 --> 00:45:31.619 has lost its taste 00:45:31.619 --> 00:45:32.219 how shall its 00:45:32.219 --> 00:45:32.840 saltiness be 00:45:32.840 --> 00:45:33.360 restored 00:45:33.360 --> 00:45:34.119 it's no longer 00:45:34.119 --> 00:45:34.820 good for anything 00:45:34.820 --> 00:45:35.420 except to be 00:45:35.420 --> 00:45:35.860 thrown out 00:45:35.860 --> 00:45:36.320 and trampled 00:45:36.320 --> 00:45:36.960 under people's 00:45:36.960 --> 00:45:37.219 feet 00:45:37.219 --> 00:45:38.039 you are the 00:45:38.039 --> 00:45:38.519 light of the 00:45:38.519 --> 00:45:38.920 world 00:45:38.920 --> 00:45:40.119 a city set 00:45:40.119 --> 00:45:40.559 on a hill 00:45:40.559 --> 00:45:41.139 cannot be 00:45:41.139 --> 00:45:41.460 hidden 00:45:41.460 --> 00:45:42.480 nor do people 00:45:42.480 --> 00:45:43.180 light a lamp 00:45:43.180 --> 00:45:43.519 and put it 00:45:43.519 --> 00:45:44.220 under a basket 00:45:44.220 --> 00:45:45.280 but on a stand 00:45:45.280 --> 00:45:46.119 and it gives 00:45:46.119 --> 00:45:46.860 light to all 00:45:46.860 --> 00:45:47.260 the house 00:45:47.260 --> 00:45:48.139 in the same 00:45:48.139 --> 00:45:48.440 way 00:45:48.440 --> 00:45:49.680 let your light 00:45:49.680 --> 00:45:50.280 shine before 00:45:50.280 --> 00:45:50.700 others 00:45:50.700 --> 00:45:51.720 so that they 00:45:51.720 --> 00:45:52.400 may see 00:45:52.400 --> 00:45:53.039 your good 00:45:53.039 --> 00:45:53.460 works 00:45:53.460 --> 00:45:54.539 and give 00:45:54.539 --> 00:45:54.980 glory 00:45:54.980 --> 00:45:55.700 to your 00:45:55.700 --> 00:45:56.079 father 00:45:56.079 --> 00:45:57.079 in heaven 00:45:57.079 --> 00:45:58.860 and so 00:45:58.860 --> 00:46:00.240 our work 00:46:00.240 --> 00:46:01.220 what we do 00:46:01.220 --> 00:46:01.559 Monday to 00:46:01.559 --> 00:46:01.800 Friday 00:46:01.800 --> 00:46:02.139 is an 00:46:02.139 --> 00:46:02.599 opportunity 00:46:02.599 --> 00:46:03.440 for Christian 00:46:03.440 --> 00:46:03.940 contact 00:46:03.940 --> 00:46:04.300 and what's 00:46:04.300 --> 00:46:04.860 the purpose 00:46:04.860 --> 00:46:05.380 of that 00:46:05.380 --> 00:46:05.700 Christian 00:46:05.700 --> 00:46:06.079 contact 00:46:06.079 --> 00:46:06.340 well 00:46:06.340 --> 00:46:07.279 there's a 00:46:07.279 --> 00:46:08.239 key word 00:46:08.239 --> 00:46:09.139 that appears 00:46:09.139 --> 00:46:09.639 in both 00:46:09.639 --> 00:46:10.099 the Sermon 00:46:10.099 --> 00:46:10.480 on the Mount 00:46:10.480 --> 00:46:11.199 Matthew 5 00:46:11.199 --> 00:46:12.219 and in 00:46:12.219 --> 00:46:12.799 1 Peter 00:46:12.799 --> 00:46:13.900 chapter 2 00:46:13.900 --> 00:46:14.460 it appears 00:46:14.460 --> 00:46:15.460 in verse 16 00:46:15.460 --> 00:46:16.099 in Matthew 5 00:46:16.099 --> 00:46:16.599 it appears 00:46:16.599 --> 00:46:17.920 in verse 12 00:46:17.920 --> 00:46:19.539 in chapter 2 00:46:19.539 --> 00:46:20.619 chapter 2 00:46:20.619 --> 00:46:21.199 of 1 Peter 00:46:21.199 --> 00:46:22.480 it's the word 00:46:22.480 --> 00:46:23.319 see 00:46:23.319 --> 00:46:29.079 God wants 00:46:29.079 --> 00:46:29.880 you as a 00:46:29.880 --> 00:46:30.179 Christian 00:46:30.179 --> 00:46:31.239 to be seen 00:46:31.239 --> 00:46:32.199 in society 00:46:32.199 --> 00:46:33.400 not hidden 00:46:33.400 --> 00:46:36.079 seen 00:46:36.079 --> 00:46:38.860 and 00:46:38.860 --> 00:46:40.119 the most 00:46:40.119 --> 00:46:41.420 outstanding 00:46:41.420 --> 00:46:42.300 example 00:46:42.300 --> 00:46:42.860 of this 00:46:42.860 --> 00:46:44.639 is Jesus 00:46:44.639 --> 00:46:45.280 himself 00:46:45.280 --> 00:46:46.780 he worked 00:46:46.780 --> 00:46:47.320 with people 00:46:47.320 --> 00:46:47.900 he walked 00:46:47.900 --> 00:46:48.320 with people 00:46:48.320 --> 00:46:48.900 he spoke 00:46:48.900 --> 00:46:49.360 to people 00:46:49.360 --> 00:46:49.940 he went 00:46:49.940 --> 00:46:50.260 into the 00:46:50.260 --> 00:46:50.519 towns 00:46:50.519 --> 00:46:50.880 he went 00:46:50.880 --> 00:46:51.160 into the 00:46:51.160 --> 00:46:51.400 villages 00:46:51.400 --> 00:46:51.720 he went 00:46:51.720 --> 00:46:52.000 into the 00:46:52.000 --> 00:46:52.220 streets 00:46:52.220 --> 00:46:52.519 he went 00:46:52.519 --> 00:46:52.780 into the 00:46:52.780 --> 00:46:53.019 public 00:46:53.019 --> 00:46:53.300 areas 00:46:53.300 --> 00:46:53.840 he went 00:46:53.840 --> 00:46:54.160 into the 00:46:54.160 --> 00:46:54.500 temple 00:46:54.500 --> 00:46:54.900 oh he 00:46:54.900 --> 00:46:55.700 was seen 00:46:55.700 --> 00:46:58.519 he was 00:46:58.519 --> 00:46:59.240 constantly 00:46:59.240 --> 00:46:59.660 seen 00:46:59.660 --> 00:47:00.360 in the 00:47:00.360 --> 00:47:00.880 society 00:47:00.880 --> 00:47:01.920 in which 00:47:01.920 --> 00:47:02.460 he lived 00:47:02.460 --> 00:47:02.740 and it's 00:47:02.740 --> 00:47:03.480 all reminding 00:47:03.480 --> 00:47:03.840 us that 00:47:03.840 --> 00:47:04.659 your job 00:47:04.659 --> 00:47:05.699 or your 00:47:05.699 --> 00:47:06.220 school 00:47:06.220 --> 00:47:07.400 class 00:47:07.400 --> 00:47:08.000 or whatever 00:47:08.000 --> 00:47:08.300 you're going 00:47:08.300 --> 00:47:08.659 to be doing 00:47:08.659 --> 00:47:09.059 this week 00:47:09.059 --> 00:47:09.460 is an 00:47:09.460 --> 00:47:10.220 amazing 00:47:10.220 --> 00:47:10.900 opportunity 00:47:10.900 --> 00:47:11.720 for Christian 00:47:11.720 --> 00:47:12.380 contact 00:47:12.380 --> 00:47:13.440 with the 00:47:13.440 --> 00:47:13.940 society 00:47:13.940 --> 00:47:14.380 that we 00:47:14.380 --> 00:47:14.860 live in 00:47:14.860 --> 00:47:16.019 so whatever 00:47:16.019 --> 00:47:16.659 you are going 00:47:16.659 --> 00:47:17.039 to be doing 00:47:17.039 --> 00:47:17.480 this week 00:47:17.480 --> 00:47:18.139 you are going 00:47:18.139 --> 00:47:18.679 to be making 00:47:18.679 --> 00:47:19.360 contact 00:47:19.360 --> 00:47:20.920 with people 00:47:20.920 --> 00:47:21.940 who are not 00:47:21.940 --> 00:47:23.039 yet Christians 00:47:23.039 --> 00:47:24.619 and as you 00:47:24.619 --> 00:47:25.099 make that 00:47:25.099 --> 00:47:25.460 contact 00:47:25.460 --> 00:47:26.000 you are 00:47:26.000 --> 00:47:27.079 a key 00:47:27.079 --> 00:47:27.740 participant 00:47:27.740 --> 00:47:28.840 in God's 00:47:28.840 --> 00:47:29.500 purposes 00:47:29.500 --> 00:47:29.900 in fact 00:47:29.900 --> 00:47:30.800 we've always 00:47:30.800 --> 00:47:31.179 got to remember 00:47:31.179 --> 00:47:31.699 we believe 00:47:31.699 --> 00:47:31.980 in the 00:47:31.980 --> 00:47:32.299 sovereignty 00:47:32.299 --> 00:47:32.679 of God 00:47:32.679 --> 00:47:33.059 we believe 00:47:33.059 --> 00:47:33.359 in the 00:47:33.359 --> 00:47:33.879 providence 00:47:33.879 --> 00:47:34.259 of God 00:47:34.259 --> 00:47:34.639 we believe 00:47:34.639 --> 00:47:35.019 that wherever 00:47:35.019 --> 00:47:35.500 you are 00:47:35.500 --> 00:47:36.199 on Monday 00:47:36.199 --> 00:47:36.559 morning 00:47:36.559 --> 00:47:37.019 tomorrow 00:47:37.019 --> 00:47:37.699 is where 00:47:37.699 --> 00:47:38.239 God has 00:47:38.239 --> 00:47:38.699 placed you 00:47:38.699 --> 00:47:38.919 and why 00:47:38.919 --> 00:47:39.119 is he 00:47:39.119 --> 00:47:39.639 doing that 00:47:39.639 --> 00:47:40.960 it's because 00:47:40.960 --> 00:47:41.359 you can 00:47:41.359 --> 00:47:41.799 fulfill his 00:47:41.799 --> 00:47:42.239 purposes 00:47:42.239 --> 00:47:44.000 and he can 00:47:44.000 --> 00:47:44.779 work in 00:47:44.779 --> 00:47:45.460 and through 00:47:45.460 --> 00:47:45.899 you 00:47:45.899 --> 00:47:47.799 and by 00:47:47.799 --> 00:47:48.619 you being 00:47:48.619 --> 00:47:48.960 there 00:47:48.960 --> 00:47:49.739 you can 00:47:49.739 --> 00:47:50.179 connect 00:47:50.179 --> 00:47:51.000 with people 00:47:51.000 --> 00:47:52.279 who are 00:47:52.279 --> 00:47:53.339 not yet 00:47:53.339 --> 00:47:54.039 believers 00:47:54.039 --> 00:47:55.439 and this is 00:47:55.439 --> 00:47:55.980 where your 00:47:55.980 --> 00:47:56.819 role is so 00:47:56.819 --> 00:47:57.239 important 00:47:57.239 --> 00:47:57.839 because one 00:47:57.839 --> 00:47:58.339 thing I can 00:47:58.339 --> 00:47:59.179 absolutely say 00:47:59.179 --> 00:48:01.119 is that I 00:48:01.119 --> 00:48:01.500 used to be 00:48:01.500 --> 00:48:01.879 an engineer 00:48:01.879 --> 00:48:02.319 before I 00:48:02.319 --> 00:48:02.539 was a 00:48:02.539 --> 00:48:02.759 minister 00:48:02.759 --> 00:48:03.879 I had 00:48:03.879 --> 00:48:04.559 far more 00:48:04.559 --> 00:48:05.179 contact with 00:48:05.179 --> 00:48:05.619 unbelievers 00:48:05.619 --> 00:48:05.899 as an 00:48:05.899 --> 00:48:06.219 engineer 00:48:06.219 --> 00:48:06.639 than I do 00:48:06.639 --> 00:48:06.859 as a 00:48:06.859 --> 00:48:07.159 minister 00:48:07.159 --> 00:48:10.139 and in 00:48:10.139 --> 00:48:10.719 so many 00:48:10.719 --> 00:48:11.059 ways 00:48:11.059 --> 00:48:12.219 it's harder 00:48:12.219 --> 00:48:12.899 now to 00:48:12.899 --> 00:48:13.559 reach people 00:48:13.559 --> 00:48:16.000 because my 00:48:16.000 --> 00:48:17.059 work doesn't 00:48:17.059 --> 00:48:17.579 give me that 00:48:17.579 --> 00:48:18.219 immediate 00:48:18.219 --> 00:48:19.739 contact with 00:48:19.739 --> 00:48:20.139 those who 00:48:20.139 --> 00:48:20.639 aren't believers 00:48:20.639 --> 00:48:21.339 same with 00:48:21.339 --> 00:48:21.739 those of you 00:48:21.739 --> 00:48:22.139 who have to 00:48:22.139 --> 00:48:22.419 go to 00:48:22.419 --> 00:48:22.779 school 00:48:22.779 --> 00:48:23.859 those of you 00:48:23.859 --> 00:48:24.099 who are doing 00:48:24.099 --> 00:48:24.679 the school run 00:48:24.679 --> 00:48:25.379 tomorrow morning 00:48:25.379 --> 00:48:26.119 you're going to 00:48:26.119 --> 00:48:26.259 meet 00:48:26.260 --> 00:48:27.640 if you're 00:48:27.640 --> 00:48:27.820 going to 00:48:27.820 --> 00:48:28.060 start with 00:48:28.060 --> 00:48:28.340 primary 00:48:28.340 --> 00:48:28.600 you're going 00:48:28.600 --> 00:48:28.760 to see 00:48:28.760 --> 00:48:29.340 hundreds of 00:48:29.340 --> 00:48:29.780 parents 00:48:29.780 --> 00:48:31.000 who aren't 00:48:31.000 --> 00:48:31.580 yet believers 00:48:31.580 --> 00:48:33.900 by five past 00:48:33.900 --> 00:48:34.700 nine tomorrow 00:48:34.700 --> 00:48:35.500 morning you 00:48:35.500 --> 00:48:35.780 will have 00:48:35.780 --> 00:48:37.040 had contact 00:48:37.040 --> 00:48:37.740 with more 00:48:37.740 --> 00:48:38.240 unchristians 00:48:38.240 --> 00:48:38.560 than I'm 00:48:38.560 --> 00:48:38.740 going to 00:48:38.740 --> 00:48:39.140 have for 00:48:39.140 --> 00:48:39.720 the rest 00:48:39.720 --> 00:48:39.900 of the 00:48:39.900 --> 00:48:40.160 year 00:48:40.160 --> 00:48:42.200 and so 00:48:42.200 --> 00:48:42.460 it's an 00:48:42.460 --> 00:48:42.940 amazing 00:48:42.940 --> 00:48:43.580 opportunity 00:48:43.580 --> 00:48:46.040 for Christian 00:48:46.040 --> 00:48:46.780 contact 00:48:46.780 --> 00:48:47.880 and it's a 00:48:47.880 --> 00:48:48.520 vital reminder 00:48:48.520 --> 00:48:48.940 that whatever 00:48:48.940 --> 00:48:49.660 you're doing 00:48:49.660 --> 00:48:50.280 this week 00:48:50.280 --> 00:48:51.460 your role 00:48:51.460 --> 00:48:52.320 there as a 00:48:52.320 --> 00:48:52.740 Christian 00:48:52.740 --> 00:48:53.820 is of 00:48:53.820 --> 00:48:54.500 utmost 00:48:54.500 --> 00:48:55.160 importance 00:48:55.160 --> 00:48:56.140 because God 00:48:56.139 --> 00:48:56.980 wants you 00:48:56.980 --> 00:48:57.719 among the 00:48:57.719 --> 00:48:58.539 Gentiles 00:48:58.539 --> 00:49:00.159 and maybe 00:49:00.159 --> 00:49:00.500 you need to 00:49:00.500 --> 00:49:00.819 think about 00:49:00.819 --> 00:49:01.339 that a bit 00:49:01.339 --> 00:49:01.519 more 00:49:01.519 --> 00:49:01.779 have you 00:49:01.779 --> 00:49:02.480 ever thought 00:49:02.480 --> 00:49:03.219 about how 00:49:03.219 --> 00:49:04.099 much your 00:49:04.099 --> 00:49:04.819 colleagues 00:49:04.819 --> 00:49:05.639 and your 00:49:05.639 --> 00:49:06.299 community 00:49:06.299 --> 00:49:07.859 need you 00:49:07.859 --> 00:49:08.980 around them 00:49:08.980 --> 00:49:09.579 and among 00:49:09.579 --> 00:49:09.940 them 00:49:09.940 --> 00:49:11.679 we live in a 00:49:11.679 --> 00:49:12.339 world that 00:49:12.339 --> 00:49:13.379 is so full 00:49:13.379 --> 00:49:14.000 of greed 00:49:14.000 --> 00:49:14.519 where there's 00:49:14.519 --> 00:49:15.359 brutal 00:49:15.359 --> 00:49:16.339 selfishness 00:49:16.339 --> 00:49:17.000 where the 00:49:17.000 --> 00:49:17.639 workplace is 00:49:17.639 --> 00:49:18.159 so often 00:49:18.159 --> 00:49:19.059 competitive 00:49:19.059 --> 00:49:19.679 hostile 00:49:19.679 --> 00:49:20.319 dog eat 00:49:20.319 --> 00:49:20.639 dog 00:49:20.639 --> 00:49:21.059 we live in 00:49:21.059 --> 00:49:21.400 a world 00:49:21.400 --> 00:49:22.839 of market 00:49:22.839 --> 00:49:23.679 forces where 00:49:23.679 --> 00:49:24.699 businesses are 00:49:24.699 --> 00:49:25.359 competing against 00:49:25.359 --> 00:49:25.799 each other 00:49:25.800 --> 00:49:26.380 one person 00:49:26.380 --> 00:49:26.800 can only get 00:49:26.800 --> 00:49:27.180 stronger 00:49:27.180 --> 00:49:27.580 if someone 00:49:27.580 --> 00:49:27.900 else is 00:49:27.900 --> 00:49:28.539 getting weaker 00:49:28.539 --> 00:49:29.360 we live in 00:49:29.360 --> 00:49:29.740 a world 00:49:29.740 --> 00:49:30.860 saturated by 00:49:30.860 --> 00:49:31.960 blame culture 00:49:31.960 --> 00:49:32.920 everyone's 00:49:32.920 --> 00:49:33.700 constantly looking 00:49:33.700 --> 00:49:34.080 over their 00:49:34.080 --> 00:49:34.440 shoulder 00:49:34.440 --> 00:49:35.039 worried that 00:49:35.039 --> 00:49:35.300 they're the 00:49:35.300 --> 00:49:35.960 ones who 00:49:35.960 --> 00:49:36.120 are going 00:49:36.120 --> 00:49:36.300 to be 00:49:36.300 --> 00:49:36.800 singled out 00:49:36.800 --> 00:49:37.220 for things 00:49:37.220 --> 00:49:37.420 that are 00:49:37.420 --> 00:49:37.960 going wrong 00:49:37.960 --> 00:49:38.560 we live in 00:49:38.560 --> 00:49:38.880 a world 00:49:38.880 --> 00:49:39.180 where the 00:49:39.180 --> 00:49:39.620 workplace 00:49:39.620 --> 00:49:40.500 is so 00:49:40.500 --> 00:49:41.240 often full 00:49:41.240 --> 00:49:41.860 of malice 00:49:41.860 --> 00:49:42.400 deceit 00:49:42.400 --> 00:49:43.140 hypocrisy 00:49:43.140 --> 00:49:43.860 envy 00:49:43.860 --> 00:49:45.000 and slander 00:49:45.000 --> 00:49:46.039 and as 00:49:46.039 --> 00:49:46.940 your colleagues 00:49:46.940 --> 00:49:47.960 grind out 00:49:47.960 --> 00:49:48.780 their lives 00:49:48.780 --> 00:49:49.680 in that 00:49:49.680 --> 00:49:50.260 world 00:49:50.260 --> 00:49:52.560 they desperately 00:49:52.560 --> 00:49:53.460 need you 00:49:53.460 --> 00:49:54.320 among them 00:49:54.320 --> 00:49:56.619 our society 00:49:56.619 --> 00:49:57.400 needs Christians 00:49:57.400 --> 00:49:58.119 everywhere 00:49:58.119 --> 00:49:59.000 and that 00:49:59.000 --> 00:49:59.559 makes your 00:49:59.559 --> 00:50:00.099 job and 00:50:00.099 --> 00:50:00.619 your routine 00:50:00.619 --> 00:50:01.019 this week 00:50:01.019 --> 00:50:02.400 so exciting 00:50:02.400 --> 00:50:03.360 because as 00:50:03.360 --> 00:50:03.860 a Christian 00:50:03.860 --> 00:50:04.300 if you are 00:50:04.300 --> 00:50:04.800 a Christian 00:50:04.800 --> 00:50:06.059 or if you 00:50:06.059 --> 00:50:06.579 become a 00:50:06.579 --> 00:50:06.860 Christian 00:50:06.860 --> 00:50:07.820 you can be 00:50:07.820 --> 00:50:08.400 there as 00:50:08.400 --> 00:50:08.960 a Christian 00:50:08.960 --> 00:50:10.519 and that's 00:50:10.519 --> 00:50:11.480 a vital part 00:50:11.480 --> 00:50:11.940 of God's 00:50:11.940 --> 00:50:12.320 purposes 00:50:12.320 --> 00:50:12.920 it's an 00:50:12.920 --> 00:50:13.480 amazing 00:50:13.480 --> 00:50:14.139 opportunity 00:50:14.139 --> 00:50:15.119 to be in 00:50:15.119 --> 00:50:15.840 contact with 00:50:15.840 --> 00:50:16.280 a world 00:50:16.280 --> 00:50:17.260 that desperately 00:50:17.260 --> 00:50:17.940 needs the 00:50:17.940 --> 00:50:18.900 light that's 00:50:18.900 --> 00:50:19.800 within you 00:50:19.800 --> 00:50:22.420 our jobs 00:50:22.420 --> 00:50:23.140 our work 00:50:23.140 --> 00:50:23.720 whatever you're 00:50:23.720 --> 00:50:24.100 doing this 00:50:24.100 --> 00:50:24.340 week 00:50:24.340 --> 00:50:25.000 is an 00:50:25.000 --> 00:50:25.620 opportunity 00:50:25.620 --> 00:50:26.740 for Christian 00:50:26.740 --> 00:50:27.780 contact 00:50:27.780 --> 00:50:29.120 we must 00:50:29.120 --> 00:50:30.460 be among 00:50:30.460 --> 00:50:31.620 the Gentiles 00:50:31.620 --> 00:50:33.519 however 00:50:33.519 --> 00:50:36.420 being among 00:50:36.420 --> 00:50:37.340 the Gentiles 00:50:37.340 --> 00:50:38.640 does not 00:50:38.640 --> 00:50:39.240 mean 00:50:39.240 --> 00:50:40.800 being like 00:50:40.800 --> 00:50:41.080 them 00:50:41.080 --> 00:50:42.720 and that 00:50:42.720 --> 00:50:43.120 brings us 00:50:43.120 --> 00:50:43.420 to the 00:50:43.420 --> 00:50:44.200 second key 00:50:44.200 --> 00:50:44.660 point that 00:50:44.660 --> 00:50:45.380 Peter highlights 00:50:45.380 --> 00:50:46.539 your work 00:50:46.539 --> 00:50:47.220 is an 00:50:47.220 --> 00:50:47.680 opportunity 00:50:47.680 --> 00:50:48.500 for Christian 00:50:48.500 --> 00:50:49.460 conduct 00:50:49.460 --> 00:50:50.980 so we 00:50:50.980 --> 00:50:51.119 have 00:50:51.119 --> 00:50:51.500 Christian 00:50:51.500 --> 00:50:52.079 contact 00:50:52.079 --> 00:50:53.159 and we 00:50:53.159 --> 00:50:53.260 have 00:50:53.260 --> 00:50:53.360 the 00:50:53.360 --> 00:50:53.780 opportunity 00:50:53.780 --> 00:50:54.039 for 00:50:54.039 --> 00:50:54.440 Christian 00:50:54.440 --> 00:50:55.079 conduct 00:50:55.079 --> 00:50:55.500 go back 00:50:55.500 --> 00:50:55.780 again 00:50:55.780 --> 00:50:55.960 to 00:50:55.960 --> 00:50:56.559 11 and 00:50:56.559 --> 00:50:56.940 12 00:50:56.940 --> 00:50:57.820 beloved I 00:50:57.820 --> 00:50:58.300 urge you 00:50:58.300 --> 00:50:59.039 as sojourners 00:50:59.039 --> 00:50:59.639 and exiles 00:50:59.639 --> 00:51:00.220 to abstain 00:51:00.220 --> 00:51:00.500 from the 00:51:00.500 --> 00:51:00.920 passions of 00:51:00.920 --> 00:51:01.260 the flesh 00:51:01.260 --> 00:51:01.699 which wage 00:51:01.699 --> 00:51:02.240 war against 00:51:02.240 --> 00:51:02.820 your soul 00:51:02.820 --> 00:51:04.119 keep your 00:51:04.119 --> 00:51:04.480 conduct 00:51:04.480 --> 00:51:04.900 among the 00:51:04.900 --> 00:51:05.320 Gentiles 00:51:05.320 --> 00:51:05.920 honourable 00:51:05.920 --> 00:51:06.360 so that 00:51:06.360 --> 00:51:06.880 when they 00:51:06.880 --> 00:51:07.460 speak against 00:51:07.460 --> 00:51:07.699 you as 00:51:07.699 --> 00:51:08.159 evildoers 00:51:08.159 --> 00:51:08.440 they may 00:51:08.440 --> 00:51:08.880 see your 00:51:08.880 --> 00:51:09.420 good deeds 00:51:09.420 --> 00:51:10.300 and glorify 00:51:10.300 --> 00:51:10.740 God 00:51:10.740 --> 00:51:11.240 on the 00:51:11.240 --> 00:51:12.039 day of 00:51:12.039 --> 00:51:12.840 visitation 00:51:12.840 --> 00:51:14.119 Peter 00:51:14.119 --> 00:51:14.699 tells us 00:51:14.699 --> 00:51:15.220 that as 00:51:15.220 --> 00:51:15.519 we are 00:51:15.519 --> 00:51:15.940 among the 00:51:15.940 --> 00:51:16.440 Gentiles 00:51:16.440 --> 00:51:17.159 we are 00:51:17.159 --> 00:51:17.760 to keep 00:51:17.760 --> 00:51:18.000 our 00:51:18.000 --> 00:51:18.800 conduct 00:51:18.800 --> 00:51:19.820 honourable 00:51:19.820 --> 00:51:20.280 now the 00:51:20.280 --> 00:51:20.700 words here 00:51:20.700 --> 00:51:21.260 are fascinating 00:51:21.260 --> 00:51:21.620 the word 00:51:21.620 --> 00:51:22.100 conduct 00:51:22.100 --> 00:51:22.519 literally 00:51:22.519 --> 00:51:22.980 means 00:51:22.980 --> 00:51:23.580 you're 00:51:23.580 --> 00:51:24.180 turning 00:51:24.180 --> 00:51:24.700 about 00:51:24.700 --> 00:51:25.220 in a 00:51:25.220 --> 00:51:25.620 place 00:51:25.620 --> 00:51:27.080 and so 00:51:27.080 --> 00:51:27.860 it's 00:51:27.860 --> 00:51:29.060 conveying the 00:51:29.060 --> 00:51:29.780 idea of 00:51:29.780 --> 00:51:30.820 behaviour 00:51:30.820 --> 00:51:31.920 conduct 00:51:31.920 --> 00:51:32.400 way of 00:51:32.400 --> 00:51:32.680 life 00:51:32.680 --> 00:51:33.080 we would 00:51:33.080 --> 00:51:33.640 maybe say 00:51:33.640 --> 00:51:34.720 how you 00:51:34.720 --> 00:51:35.100 go about 00:51:35.100 --> 00:51:35.519 yourself 00:51:35.519 --> 00:51:38.160 and it's 00:51:38.160 --> 00:51:38.880 clearly a 00:51:38.880 --> 00:51:39.940 broad term 00:51:39.940 --> 00:51:41.440 and that's 00:51:41.440 --> 00:51:42.700 it means that 00:51:42.700 --> 00:51:44.019 it's encapsulating 00:51:44.019 --> 00:51:45.300 our whole 00:51:45.300 --> 00:51:46.240 behaviour as 00:51:46.239 --> 00:51:46.619 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00:52:06.839 --> 00:52:08.139 routine 00:52:08.139 --> 00:52:09.399 of life 00:52:09.399 --> 00:52:10.859 that means 00:52:10.859 --> 00:52:11.279 that for all 00:52:11.279 --> 00:52:11.639 of us as we 00:52:11.639 --> 00:52:12.179 go back to 00:52:12.179 --> 00:52:12.679 work back 00:52:12.679 --> 00:52:13.159 to school 00:52:13.159 --> 00:52:14.239 back into 00:52:14.239 --> 00:52:15.960 a normal 00:52:15.960 --> 00:52:16.480 week 00:52:16.480 --> 00:52:17.399 we are going 00:52:17.399 --> 00:52:18.879 back to 00:52:18.879 --> 00:52:19.379 day to day 00:52:19.379 --> 00:52:19.919 conduct 00:52:19.919 --> 00:52:20.339 to the 00:52:20.339 --> 00:52:20.799 behaviour 00:52:20.799 --> 00:52:22.359 that makes 00:52:22.359 --> 00:52:23.079 up a huge 00:52:23.079 --> 00:52:24.159 part of our 00:52:24.159 --> 00:52:24.899 weekly routine 00:52:24.899 --> 00:52:25.899 and God 00:52:25.899 --> 00:52:26.839 wants that 00:52:26.839 --> 00:52:28.119 day to day 00:52:28.119 --> 00:52:29.059 routine 00:52:29.059 --> 00:52:30.819 to be 00:52:30.819 --> 00:52:32.019 outstanding 00:52:32.019 --> 00:52:33.239 in its 00:52:33.239 --> 00:52:33.739 quality 00:52:33.739 --> 00:52:35.379 and that's 00:52:35.379 --> 00:52:36.219 what's 00:52:36.219 --> 00:52:36.839 highlighted by 00:52:36.839 --> 00:52:37.279 the word 00:52:37.279 --> 00:52:38.000 honourable 00:52:38.000 --> 00:52:38.739 again it's a 00:52:38.739 --> 00:52:39.299 broad term 00:52:39.299 --> 00:52:40.019 basically means 00:52:40.019 --> 00:52:40.480 good 00:52:40.480 --> 00:52:41.319 it's used 00:52:41.319 --> 00:52:42.299 in Galatians 00:52:42.300 --> 00:52:42.980 6-9 00:52:42.980 --> 00:52:43.560 let us 00:52:43.560 --> 00:52:44.019 not grow 00:52:44.019 --> 00:52:44.260 weary 00:52:44.260 --> 00:52:44.680 of doing 00:52:44.680 --> 00:52:45.100 good 00:52:45.100 --> 00:52:45.720 same word 00:52:45.720 --> 00:52:46.320 in other 00:52:46.320 --> 00:52:46.680 parts of 00:52:46.680 --> 00:52:46.860 the New 00:52:46.860 --> 00:52:47.140 Testament 00:52:47.140 --> 00:52:47.460 it's 00:52:47.460 --> 00:52:47.800 translated 00:52:47.800 --> 00:52:48.420 noble 00:52:48.420 --> 00:52:49.019 right 00:52:49.019 --> 00:52:49.900 excellent 00:52:49.900 --> 00:52:50.740 beautiful 00:52:50.740 --> 00:52:51.420 it's all 00:52:51.420 --> 00:52:51.800 telling us 00:52:51.800 --> 00:52:52.460 that God 00:52:52.460 --> 00:52:53.260 wants his 00:52:53.260 --> 00:52:53.539 people 00:52:53.539 --> 00:52:53.900 he wants 00:52:53.900 --> 00:52:54.420 you and 00:52:54.420 --> 00:52:54.760 me as 00:52:54.760 --> 00:52:55.080 Christians 00:52:55.080 --> 00:52:55.560 he wants 00:52:55.560 --> 00:52:56.120 our daily 00:52:56.120 --> 00:52:56.600 routine 00:52:56.600 --> 00:52:57.560 at work 00:52:57.560 --> 00:52:58.000 at school 00:52:58.000 --> 00:52:58.420 in life 00:52:58.420 --> 00:52:59.140 to be a 00:52:59.140 --> 00:52:59.680 model 00:52:59.680 --> 00:53:01.080 of excellent 00:53:01.080 --> 00:53:01.640 behaviour 00:53:01.640 --> 00:53:03.280 of beautiful 00:53:03.280 --> 00:53:03.980 conduct 00:53:03.980 --> 00:53:05.360 and that 00:53:05.360 --> 00:53:06.080 inevitably 00:53:06.080 --> 00:53:07.140 involves 00:53:07.140 --> 00:53:09.620 avoiding 00:53:09.620 --> 00:53:10.420 certain 00:53:10.420 --> 00:53:10.760 habits 00:53:10.760 --> 00:53:11.160 that's why 00:53:11.160 --> 00:53:11.519 people 00:53:11.519 --> 00:53:12.039 Peter 00:53:12.039 --> 00:53:12.739 can say 00:53:12.739 --> 00:53:14.460 abstain 00:53:14.460 --> 00:53:15.179 from the 00:53:15.179 --> 00:53:15.500 passions 00:53:15.500 --> 00:53:15.759 of the 00:53:15.759 --> 00:53:16.159 flesh 00:53:16.159 --> 00:53:17.460 which wage 00:53:17.460 --> 00:53:18.079 war 00:53:18.079 --> 00:53:18.840 against 00:53:18.840 --> 00:53:19.219 your 00:53:19.219 --> 00:53:19.579 soul 00:53:19.579 --> 00:53:20.519 so in 00:53:20.519 --> 00:53:21.039 order to 00:53:21.039 --> 00:53:21.639 have the 00:53:21.639 --> 00:53:22.039 conduct 00:53:22.039 --> 00:53:22.500 that Jesus 00:53:22.500 --> 00:53:23.079 wants us 00:53:23.079 --> 00:53:23.639 to have 00:53:23.639 --> 00:53:24.259 we need 00:53:24.259 --> 00:53:24.940 to avoid 00:53:24.940 --> 00:53:25.619 the behaviour 00:53:25.619 --> 00:53:26.019 that's going 00:53:26.019 --> 00:53:26.539 to arise 00:53:26.539 --> 00:53:26.960 from the 00:53:26.960 --> 00:53:27.420 passions 00:53:27.420 --> 00:53:28.440 that exist 00:53:28.440 --> 00:53:29.239 within us 00:53:29.239 --> 00:53:29.780 in other 00:53:29.780 --> 00:53:29.980 words 00:53:29.980 --> 00:53:30.519 what this 00:53:30.519 --> 00:53:30.739 means 00:53:30.739 --> 00:53:31.079 is that 00:53:31.079 --> 00:53:31.579 you have 00:53:31.579 --> 00:53:32.320 to fight 00:53:32.320 --> 00:53:33.219 really hard 00:53:33.219 --> 00:53:33.500 on the 00:53:33.500 --> 00:53:33.980 inside 00:53:33.980 --> 00:53:35.320 if you're 00:53:35.320 --> 00:53:35.519 going to 00:53:35.519 --> 00:53:36.079 behave 00:53:36.079 --> 00:53:36.820 with 00:53:36.820 --> 00:53:37.500 gentleness 00:53:37.500 --> 00:53:38.760 kindness 00:53:38.760 --> 00:53:40.159 and warmth 00:53:40.159 --> 00:53:40.840 on the 00:53:40.840 --> 00:53:41.380 outside 00:53:41.380 --> 00:53:42.920 a little 00:53:42.920 --> 00:53:43.300 later 00:53:43.300 --> 00:53:43.920 Peter 00:53:43.920 --> 00:53:44.579 gives more 00:53:44.579 --> 00:53:45.280 examples 00:53:45.280 --> 00:53:46.300 of what 00:53:46.300 --> 00:53:46.539 these 00:53:46.539 --> 00:53:46.940 passions 00:53:46.940 --> 00:53:47.219 of the 00:53:47.219 --> 00:53:47.539 flesh 00:53:47.539 --> 00:53:48.119 tend to 00:53:48.119 --> 00:53:48.420 involve 00:53:48.420 --> 00:53:48.699 you can 00:53:48.699 --> 00:53:48.960 see it 00:53:48.960 --> 00:53:49.159 at the 00:53:49.159 --> 00:53:49.400 start 00:53:49.400 --> 00:53:49.780 of chapter 00:53:49.780 --> 00:53:50.199 four 00:53:50.199 --> 00:53:50.639 I'll 00:53:50.639 --> 00:53:50.860 read it 00:53:50.860 --> 00:53:51.019 out 00:53:51.019 --> 00:53:51.219 from 00:53:51.219 --> 00:53:51.559 verse 00:53:51.559 --> 00:53:52.159 three 00:53:52.159 --> 00:53:53.480 for time 00:53:53.480 --> 00:53:53.960 is past 00:53:53.960 --> 00:53:55.280 that suffices 00:53:55.280 --> 00:53:57.059 for doing 00:53:57.059 --> 00:53:57.380 what the 00:53:57.380 --> 00:53:57.780 Gentiles 00:53:57.780 --> 00:53:58.139 want to 00:53:58.139 --> 00:53:58.280 do 00:53:58.280 --> 00:53:58.739 living in 00:53:58.739 --> 00:53:59.420 sensuality 00:53:59.420 --> 00:53:59.940 passions 00:53:59.940 --> 00:54:00.579 drunkenness 00:54:00.579 --> 00:54:01.059 orgies 00:54:01.059 --> 00:54:01.400 drinking 00:54:01.400 --> 00:54:01.880 parties 00:54:01.880 --> 00:54:02.739 and lawless 00:54:02.739 --> 00:54:03.300 idolatry 00:54:03.300 --> 00:54:03.820 with respect 00:54:03.820 --> 00:54:04.280 to this 00:54:04.280 --> 00:54:04.700 they're 00:54:04.700 --> 00:54:05.180 surprised 00:54:05.180 --> 00:54:05.540 when you 00:54:05.540 --> 00:54:05.860 do not 00:54:05.860 --> 00:54:06.180 join 00:54:06.180 --> 00:54:06.460 them 00:54:06.460 --> 00:54:07.040 in the 00:54:07.040 --> 00:54:07.320 same 00:54:07.320 --> 00:54:07.640 flood 00:54:07.640 --> 00:54:07.780 of 00:54:07.780 --> 00:54:08.460 debauchery 00:54:08.460 --> 00:54:09.200 and they 00:54:09.200 --> 00:54:09.900 malign you 00:54:09.900 --> 00:54:10.120 now 00:54:10.120 --> 00:54:11.080 these 00:54:11.080 --> 00:54:11.380 verses 00:54:11.380 --> 00:54:12.140 are so 00:54:12.140 --> 00:54:12.780 fascinating 00:54:12.780 --> 00:54:13.340 to read 00:54:13.340 --> 00:54:14.220 because you 00:54:14.220 --> 00:54:14.420 know you 00:54:14.420 --> 00:54:14.840 read those 00:54:14.840 --> 00:54:15.260 verses and 00:54:15.260 --> 00:54:15.440 you can 00:54:15.440 --> 00:54:15.660 easily 00:54:15.660 --> 00:54:16.160 think oh 00:54:16.160 --> 00:54:16.840 man how 00:54:16.840 --> 00:54:17.519 depraved 00:54:17.519 --> 00:54:17.940 were those 00:54:17.940 --> 00:54:18.940 people in 00:54:18.940 --> 00:54:19.740 Asia Minor 00:54:19.740 --> 00:54:23.400 but think 00:54:23.400 --> 00:54:23.800 about the 00:54:23.800 --> 00:54:24.460 workplaces 00:54:24.460 --> 00:54:25.360 that you 00:54:25.360 --> 00:54:25.900 all have to 00:54:25.900 --> 00:54:26.380 go into 00:54:26.380 --> 00:54:26.880 today 00:54:26.880 --> 00:54:29.680 think about 00:54:29.680 --> 00:54:30.160 the 00:54:30.160 --> 00:54:30.740 conversations 00:54:30.740 --> 00:54:31.620 in the 00:54:31.620 --> 00:54:31.980 playground 00:54:31.980 --> 00:54:33.580 at school 00:54:33.579 --> 00:54:36.259 how often 00:54:36.259 --> 00:54:36.659 will people 00:54:36.659 --> 00:54:37.279 talk about 00:54:37.279 --> 00:54:37.920 sex or 00:54:37.920 --> 00:54:38.599 take their 00:54:38.599 --> 00:54:38.940 phone out 00:54:38.940 --> 00:54:39.360 and show a 00:54:39.360 --> 00:54:39.860 picture or 00:54:39.860 --> 00:54:40.319 a video 00:54:40.319 --> 00:54:40.880 that's got 00:54:40.880 --> 00:54:41.619 no restraint 00:54:41.619 --> 00:54:43.719 that's 00:54:43.719 --> 00:54:44.619 sensuality 00:54:44.619 --> 00:54:45.099 that Peter 00:54:45.099 --> 00:54:45.699 refers to 00:54:45.699 --> 00:54:46.000 here 00:54:46.000 --> 00:54:47.779 how often 00:54:47.779 --> 00:54:48.019 do you 00:54:48.019 --> 00:54:48.319 look at 00:54:48.319 --> 00:54:48.739 people and 00:54:48.739 --> 00:54:49.039 they've just 00:54:49.039 --> 00:54:49.539 got such 00:54:49.539 --> 00:54:50.779 deep cravings 00:54:50.779 --> 00:54:51.380 for the 00:54:51.380 --> 00:54:51.900 stuff that 00:54:51.900 --> 00:54:52.239 the world 00:54:52.239 --> 00:54:52.579 offers 00:54:52.579 --> 00:54:53.299 whether it's 00:54:53.299 --> 00:54:54.059 money or 00:54:54.059 --> 00:54:54.699 status or 00:54:54.699 --> 00:54:55.360 power or 00:54:55.360 --> 00:54:55.719 possessions 00:54:55.719 --> 00:54:56.299 that's the 00:54:56.299 --> 00:54:56.940 passions that 00:54:56.940 --> 00:54:57.639 Peter is 00:54:57.639 --> 00:54:58.299 referring to 00:54:58.299 --> 00:54:59.619 how often 00:54:59.619 --> 00:55:00.599 do you 00:55:00.599 --> 00:55:01.360 see people 00:55:01.360 --> 00:55:02.059 and from 00:55:02.059 --> 00:55:02.460 Monday to 00:55:02.460 --> 00:55:02.699 Friday 00:55:02.699 --> 00:55:03.799 Friday 00:55:03.799 --> 00:55:04.119 they are 00:55:04.119 --> 00:55:04.879 just longing 00:55:04.879 --> 00:55:05.519 for the 00:55:05.519 --> 00:55:05.960 weekend 00:55:05.960 --> 00:55:06.699 so that 00:55:06.699 --> 00:55:06.980 they can 00:55:06.980 --> 00:55:07.579 go out 00:55:07.579 --> 00:55:08.500 drink to 00:55:08.500 --> 00:55:09.019 excess 00:55:09.019 --> 00:55:10.019 party without 00:55:10.019 --> 00:55:10.480 restraint 00:55:10.480 --> 00:55:10.899 that's what 00:55:10.899 --> 00:55:11.439 Peter's talking 00:55:11.439 --> 00:55:11.699 about 00:55:11.699 --> 00:55:12.139 he's talking 00:55:12.139 --> 00:55:12.919 about drunkenness 00:55:12.919 --> 00:55:13.339 orgies 00:55:13.339 --> 00:55:14.059 drinking parties 00:55:14.059 --> 00:55:14.779 exactly the 00:55:14.779 --> 00:55:15.159 same stuff 00:55:15.159 --> 00:55:15.539 that people 00:55:15.539 --> 00:55:16.099 today do 00:55:16.099 --> 00:55:17.059 all throughout 00:55:17.059 --> 00:55:17.899 the western 00:55:17.899 --> 00:55:18.399 world 00:55:18.399 --> 00:55:19.519 and how often 00:55:19.519 --> 00:55:20.000 do we come 00:55:20.000 --> 00:55:20.599 across people 00:55:20.599 --> 00:55:21.379 who've got no 00:55:21.379 --> 00:55:22.019 thought of God 00:55:22.019 --> 00:55:22.439 and instead 00:55:22.439 --> 00:55:22.899 they're living 00:55:22.899 --> 00:55:23.659 for idols 00:55:23.659 --> 00:55:26.599 and as Peter 00:55:26.599 --> 00:55:27.699 himself highlights 00:55:27.699 --> 00:55:28.539 it was exactly 00:55:28.539 --> 00:55:29.339 the same 00:55:29.339 --> 00:55:29.819 then 00:55:29.820 --> 00:55:30.680 and Peter 00:55:30.680 --> 00:55:31.240 uses a 00:55:31.240 --> 00:55:32.140 very very 00:55:32.140 --> 00:55:33.039 vivid phrase 00:55:33.039 --> 00:55:33.640 to describe 00:55:33.640 --> 00:55:33.920 this 00:55:33.920 --> 00:55:34.620 he calls 00:55:34.620 --> 00:55:35.240 it a 00:55:35.240 --> 00:55:35.860 flood 00:55:35.860 --> 00:55:36.180 of 00:55:36.180 --> 00:55:36.900 debauchery 00:55:36.900 --> 00:55:39.059 and that's 00:55:39.059 --> 00:55:39.400 a phrase 00:55:39.400 --> 00:55:39.740 that could 00:55:39.740 --> 00:55:40.600 describe many 00:55:40.600 --> 00:55:41.380 aspects of 00:55:41.380 --> 00:55:41.920 our society 00:55:41.920 --> 00:55:42.220 today 00:55:42.220 --> 00:55:42.700 that's a 00:55:42.700 --> 00:55:43.019 phrase that 00:55:43.019 --> 00:55:43.660 could describe 00:55:43.660 --> 00:55:45.200 the place 00:55:45.200 --> 00:55:45.460 where you 00:55:45.460 --> 00:55:45.720 have to 00:55:45.720 --> 00:55:46.160 work 00:55:46.160 --> 00:55:47.100 this week 00:55:47.100 --> 00:55:47.980 or the 00:55:47.980 --> 00:55:50.059 school environment 00:55:50.059 --> 00:55:50.580 that you have 00:55:50.580 --> 00:55:51.180 to grind your 00:55:51.180 --> 00:55:51.660 way through 00:55:51.660 --> 00:55:52.600 over the 00:55:52.600 --> 00:55:52.920 coming 00:55:52.920 --> 00:55:54.019 days 00:55:54.019 --> 00:55:55.800 and you 00:55:55.800 --> 00:55:56.059 look at 00:55:56.059 --> 00:55:56.659 our society 00:55:56.659 --> 00:55:57.119 today 00:55:57.119 --> 00:55:58.280 our newspapers 00:55:58.280 --> 00:55:58.860 our TV 00:55:58.860 --> 00:55:59.360 programmes 00:55:59.360 --> 00:56:00.079 our film 00:56:00.079 --> 00:56:01.139 industry 00:56:01.139 --> 00:56:04.320 that phrase 00:56:04.320 --> 00:56:04.679 captures 00:56:04.679 --> 00:56:05.159 well a 00:56:05.159 --> 00:56:05.480 flood of 00:56:05.480 --> 00:56:06.079 debauchery 00:56:06.079 --> 00:56:07.719 and that 00:56:07.719 --> 00:56:08.199 kind of way 00:56:08.199 --> 00:56:08.559 of life 00:56:08.559 --> 00:56:09.199 that mindset 00:56:09.199 --> 00:56:09.800 where people 00:56:09.800 --> 00:56:10.480 have abandoned 00:56:10.480 --> 00:56:10.960 themselves 00:56:10.960 --> 00:56:13.659 to what is 00:56:13.659 --> 00:56:14.519 often reckless 00:56:14.519 --> 00:56:15.480 immoral behaviour 00:56:15.480 --> 00:56:16.360 it's actually 00:56:16.360 --> 00:56:16.719 seen as 00:56:16.719 --> 00:56:17.239 impressive 00:56:17.239 --> 00:56:19.119 it's seen 00:56:19.119 --> 00:56:19.800 as cool 00:56:19.800 --> 00:56:21.860 and this is 00:56:21.860 --> 00:56:22.860 where Peter's 00:56:22.860 --> 00:56:23.679 language is so 00:56:23.679 --> 00:56:24.019 helpful 00:56:24.019 --> 00:56:24.599 he calls it 00:56:24.599 --> 00:56:25.339 a flood 00:56:25.339 --> 00:56:26.419 of debauchery 00:56:26.419 --> 00:56:27.159 what's the 00:56:27.159 --> 00:56:27.599 key thing 00:56:27.599 --> 00:56:27.960 about a 00:56:27.960 --> 00:56:28.299 flood 00:56:28.299 --> 00:56:31.299 a flood 00:56:31.299 --> 00:56:32.879 is very 00:56:32.879 --> 00:56:33.199 very 00:56:33.199 --> 00:56:33.739 very 00:56:33.739 --> 00:56:34.779 very easy 00:56:34.779 --> 00:56:35.480 to get 00:56:35.480 --> 00:56:36.119 swept up 00:56:36.119 --> 00:56:36.319 in 00:56:36.319 --> 00:56:38.779 and that's 00:56:38.779 --> 00:56:39.299 what happens 00:56:39.299 --> 00:56:39.859 isn't it 00:56:39.859 --> 00:56:40.519 it's happened 00:56:40.519 --> 00:56:41.119 to me at 00:56:41.119 --> 00:56:41.699 times in my 00:56:41.699 --> 00:56:42.219 Christian life 00:56:42.219 --> 00:56:42.539 I'm sure 00:56:42.539 --> 00:56:42.960 it's happened 00:56:42.960 --> 00:56:43.359 to you 00:56:43.359 --> 00:56:44.119 this kind 00:56:44.119 --> 00:56:44.719 of flood 00:56:44.719 --> 00:56:45.759 of whether 00:56:45.759 --> 00:56:46.419 it's language 00:56:46.419 --> 00:56:47.239 or conversations 00:56:47.239 --> 00:56:47.859 or whatever 00:56:47.859 --> 00:56:48.619 and it 00:56:48.619 --> 00:56:49.480 sweeps past 00:56:49.480 --> 00:56:49.699 you and 00:56:49.699 --> 00:56:50.039 before you 00:56:50.039 --> 00:56:50.279 know it 00:56:50.279 --> 00:56:50.679 you're in 00:56:50.679 --> 00:56:50.940 it 00:56:50.940 --> 00:56:52.799 getting swept 00:56:52.800 --> 00:56:54.000 along 00:56:54.000 --> 00:56:55.460 in fact 00:56:55.460 --> 00:56:56.019 people will 00:56:56.019 --> 00:56:56.280 think that 00:56:56.280 --> 00:56:56.780 you're crazy 00:56:56.780 --> 00:56:57.200 for not 00:56:57.200 --> 00:56:57.840 joining in 00:56:57.840 --> 00:56:58.580 Peter says 00:56:58.580 --> 00:56:59.000 that in 00:56:59.000 --> 00:56:59.840 verse 4 00:56:59.840 --> 00:57:00.539 of chapter 4 00:57:00.539 --> 00:57:00.780 he says 00:57:00.780 --> 00:57:01.240 people will 00:57:01.240 --> 00:57:01.840 be surprised 00:57:01.840 --> 00:57:02.160 when you 00:57:02.160 --> 00:57:02.800 join in 00:57:02.800 --> 00:57:03.120 they'll 00:57:03.120 --> 00:57:03.940 speak badly 00:57:03.940 --> 00:57:04.300 of you 00:57:04.300 --> 00:57:04.680 for not 00:57:04.680 --> 00:57:05.080 doing it 00:57:05.080 --> 00:57:05.620 and that's 00:57:05.620 --> 00:57:06.019 a very 00:57:06.019 --> 00:57:06.800 real problem 00:57:06.800 --> 00:57:07.840 that you 00:57:07.840 --> 00:57:08.360 may have 00:57:08.360 --> 00:57:08.780 faced 00:57:08.780 --> 00:57:09.780 in the 00:57:09.780 --> 00:57:10.160 past 00:57:10.160 --> 00:57:11.140 that you 00:57:11.140 --> 00:57:11.620 might face 00:57:11.620 --> 00:57:11.840 in the 00:57:11.840 --> 00:57:12.039 future 00:57:12.039 --> 00:57:12.360 you'll 00:57:12.360 --> 00:57:12.800 definitely 00:57:12.800 --> 00:57:13.300 face it 00:57:13.300 --> 00:57:13.800 in school 00:57:13.800 --> 00:57:15.280 those of 00:57:15.280 --> 00:57:15.500 you who 00:57:15.500 --> 00:57:15.800 are in 00:57:15.800 --> 00:57:16.120 school 00:57:16.120 --> 00:57:17.480 particularly 00:57:17.480 --> 00:57:17.960 high school 00:57:17.960 --> 00:57:18.240 you'll 00:57:18.240 --> 00:57:18.600 definitely 00:57:18.600 --> 00:57:19.240 face that 00:57:19.239 --> 00:57:19.819 people 00:57:19.819 --> 00:57:20.079 will be 00:57:20.079 --> 00:57:20.279 doing 00:57:20.279 --> 00:57:20.599 stuff 00:57:20.599 --> 00:57:21.119 you're 00:57:21.119 --> 00:57:21.959 like 00:57:21.959 --> 00:57:22.319 I don't 00:57:22.319 --> 00:57:22.539 want to 00:57:22.539 --> 00:57:22.899 join in 00:57:22.899 --> 00:57:23.199 with that 00:57:23.199 --> 00:57:23.519 and you 00:57:23.519 --> 00:57:23.919 get grief 00:57:23.919 --> 00:57:24.439 for it 00:57:24.439 --> 00:57:25.939 1 Peter 00:57:25.939 --> 00:57:27.039 knows exactly 00:57:27.039 --> 00:57:27.479 what that's 00:57:27.479 --> 00:57:27.799 like 00:57:27.799 --> 00:57:29.259 and it's 00:57:29.259 --> 00:57:29.559 the same 00:57:29.559 --> 00:57:29.939 challenge 00:57:29.939 --> 00:57:30.399 that Christians 00:57:30.399 --> 00:57:30.979 have faced 00:57:30.979 --> 00:57:32.659 for centuries 00:57:32.659 --> 00:57:34.559 all of that 00:57:34.559 --> 00:57:35.079 raises a really 00:57:35.079 --> 00:57:35.819 important question 00:57:35.819 --> 00:57:36.419 what do we do 00:57:36.419 --> 00:57:36.699 when we 00:57:36.699 --> 00:57:37.419 experience that 00:57:37.419 --> 00:57:38.479 what's the 00:57:38.479 --> 00:57:39.319 right response 00:57:39.319 --> 00:57:39.739 to this 00:57:39.739 --> 00:57:40.099 kind of 00:57:40.099 --> 00:57:40.439 behaviour 00:57:40.439 --> 00:57:40.919 what do we 00:57:40.919 --> 00:57:41.319 do when 00:57:41.319 --> 00:57:41.919 there's a 00:57:41.919 --> 00:57:42.299 flood of 00:57:42.299 --> 00:57:42.859 debauchery 00:57:42.859 --> 00:57:43.919 all around 00:57:43.919 --> 00:57:44.079 us 00:57:44.079 --> 00:57:44.479 well first 00:57:44.479 --> 00:57:44.879 and foremost 00:57:44.879 --> 00:57:45.619 we mustn't 00:57:45.619 --> 00:57:46.099 join in 00:57:46.099 --> 00:57:47.399 and I know 00:57:47.400 --> 00:57:48.260 you'll know 00:57:48.260 --> 00:57:48.500 that 00:57:48.500 --> 00:57:48.900 you know 00:57:48.900 --> 00:57:49.280 that anyway 00:57:49.280 --> 00:57:49.920 and I don't 00:57:49.920 --> 00:57:50.220 really need 00:57:50.220 --> 00:57:50.639 to explain 00:57:50.639 --> 00:57:50.940 that 00:57:50.940 --> 00:57:51.980 but so 00:57:51.980 --> 00:57:52.900 that's the 00:57:52.900 --> 00:57:53.139 negative 00:57:53.139 --> 00:57:53.619 don't do 00:57:53.619 --> 00:57:53.720 it 00:57:53.720 --> 00:57:54.019 but what 00:57:54.019 --> 00:57:54.500 should we 00:57:54.500 --> 00:57:54.800 do 00:57:54.800 --> 00:57:56.360 should we 00:57:56.360 --> 00:57:56.820 avoid 00:57:56.820 --> 00:57:57.579 these people 00:57:57.579 --> 00:57:59.059 so people 00:57:59.059 --> 00:57:59.400 might say 00:57:59.400 --> 00:57:59.619 that you 00:57:59.619 --> 00:58:00.240 just keep 00:58:00.240 --> 00:58:00.460 away 00:58:00.460 --> 00:58:00.880 have nothing 00:58:00.880 --> 00:58:01.180 to do 00:58:01.180 --> 00:58:01.599 with them 00:58:01.599 --> 00:58:02.420 but yet 00:58:02.420 --> 00:58:03.019 we've just 00:58:03.019 --> 00:58:03.500 been saying 00:58:03.500 --> 00:58:04.220 that Peter 00:58:04.220 --> 00:58:04.740 wants us 00:58:04.740 --> 00:58:05.139 among the 00:58:05.139 --> 00:58:05.820 Gentiles 00:58:05.820 --> 00:58:07.900 so cutting 00:58:07.900 --> 00:58:08.539 ourselves off 00:58:08.539 --> 00:58:08.920 isn't the 00:58:08.920 --> 00:58:09.260 answer 00:58:09.260 --> 00:58:10.660 is it 00:58:10.660 --> 00:58:11.820 to condemn 00:58:11.820 --> 00:58:12.539 these people 00:58:12.539 --> 00:58:14.139 and sometimes 00:58:14.139 --> 00:58:14.660 that can be 00:58:14.660 --> 00:58:15.220 a response 00:58:15.220 --> 00:58:15.480 you know 00:58:15.480 --> 00:58:16.139 we kind of 00:58:16.139 --> 00:58:17.240 are almost 00:58:17.239 --> 00:58:17.539 like 00:58:17.539 --> 00:58:18.919 we sometimes 00:58:18.919 --> 00:58:19.359 feel that we 00:58:19.359 --> 00:58:19.779 need to kind of 00:58:19.779 --> 00:58:20.319 be like a bit 00:58:20.319 --> 00:58:20.719 of a moral 00:58:20.719 --> 00:58:21.439 police force 00:58:21.439 --> 00:58:22.359 where we want 00:58:22.359 --> 00:58:22.639 to kind of 00:58:22.639 --> 00:58:23.159 draw attention 00:58:23.159 --> 00:58:23.619 to this 00:58:23.619 --> 00:58:24.419 this behaviour 00:58:24.419 --> 00:58:25.779 and we express 00:58:25.779 --> 00:58:26.500 a very firm 00:58:26.500 --> 00:58:27.179 judgement over it 00:58:27.179 --> 00:58:27.539 now there's 00:58:27.539 --> 00:58:28.319 an element 00:58:28.319 --> 00:58:28.879 in which that's 00:58:28.879 --> 00:58:29.319 important 00:58:29.319 --> 00:58:29.679 and too 00:58:29.679 --> 00:58:30.679 we do want 00:58:30.679 --> 00:58:30.939 to be able 00:58:30.939 --> 00:58:31.319 to speak 00:58:31.319 --> 00:58:31.559 out when 00:58:31.559 --> 00:58:31.719 there are 00:58:31.719 --> 00:58:32.039 things that 00:58:32.039 --> 00:58:32.339 are wrong 00:58:32.339 --> 00:58:32.939 but sometimes 00:58:32.939 --> 00:58:33.379 we do it 00:58:33.379 --> 00:58:33.659 in a way 00:58:33.659 --> 00:58:34.799 that actually 00:58:34.799 --> 00:58:36.239 very much 00:58:36.239 --> 00:58:38.500 creates hostility 00:58:38.500 --> 00:58:39.199 between us 00:58:39.199 --> 00:58:39.639 and those who 00:58:39.639 --> 00:58:40.359 think differently 00:58:40.359 --> 00:58:40.859 of us 00:58:40.859 --> 00:58:41.739 and we can 00:58:41.739 --> 00:58:43.159 I think we can 00:58:43.159 --> 00:58:43.579 all think of 00:58:43.579 --> 00:58:44.039 examples 00:58:44.039 --> 00:58:44.919 when Christians 00:58:44.919 --> 00:58:45.839 have used 00:58:45.839 --> 00:58:46.559 a tone 00:58:46.559 --> 00:58:47.079 that has been 00:58:47.079 --> 00:58:47.980 judgmental 00:58:47.980 --> 00:58:48.480 to a point 00:58:48.480 --> 00:58:48.860 where it's 00:58:48.860 --> 00:58:49.819 not been 00:58:49.819 --> 00:58:50.299 honouring 00:58:50.299 --> 00:58:51.019 to the Lord 00:58:51.019 --> 00:58:51.679 and it's 00:58:51.679 --> 00:58:52.819 not been 00:58:52.819 --> 00:58:53.360 helpful 00:58:53.360 --> 00:58:55.179 and the key 00:58:55.179 --> 00:58:55.539 thing we have 00:58:55.539 --> 00:58:55.980 to recognise 00:58:55.980 --> 00:58:56.420 is that 00:58:56.420 --> 00:58:57.460 avoiding people 00:58:57.460 --> 00:58:58.159 condemning people 00:58:58.159 --> 00:58:58.679 is not actually 00:58:58.679 --> 00:58:59.279 what the New 00:58:59.279 --> 00:58:59.920 Testament tells 00:58:59.920 --> 00:59:00.500 us to do 00:59:00.500 --> 00:59:02.400 so what does 00:59:02.400 --> 00:59:03.119 the New Testament 00:59:03.119 --> 00:59:04.679 tell us to do 00:59:04.679 --> 00:59:05.420 when you're going 00:59:05.420 --> 00:59:05.900 to work 00:59:05.900 --> 00:59:06.239 when you're 00:59:06.239 --> 00:59:06.840 surrounded by 00:59:06.840 --> 00:59:07.259 colleagues 00:59:07.259 --> 00:59:08.279 when you're 00:59:08.279 --> 00:59:09.940 facing a flood 00:59:09.940 --> 00:59:10.679 of debauchery 00:59:10.679 --> 00:59:11.340 what does the New 00:59:11.340 --> 00:59:12.039 Testament tell you 00:59:12.039 --> 00:59:12.380 to do 00:59:12.380 --> 00:59:12.940 the answer 00:59:12.940 --> 00:59:13.260 is actually 00:59:13.260 --> 00:59:13.940 very simple 00:59:13.940 --> 00:59:14.800 it says 00:59:14.800 --> 00:59:16.619 show your 00:59:16.619 --> 00:59:17.240 good works 00:59:17.240 --> 00:59:21.220 show your 00:59:21.220 --> 00:59:21.840 good works 00:59:21.840 --> 00:59:22.059 now 00:59:22.059 --> 00:59:23.119 what that 00:59:23.119 --> 00:59:23.500 means is 00:59:23.500 --> 00:59:25.400 just behave 00:59:25.400 --> 00:59:26.660 in a way 00:59:26.660 --> 00:59:28.220 that is 00:59:28.220 --> 00:59:28.760 good 00:59:28.760 --> 00:59:31.539 that is 00:59:31.539 --> 00:59:32.900 unmistakably 00:59:32.900 --> 00:59:33.519 good 00:59:33.519 --> 00:59:35.840 that's what 00:59:35.840 --> 00:59:36.340 Peter talks 00:59:36.340 --> 00:59:36.700 about 00:59:36.700 --> 00:59:37.720 in verse 00:59:37.720 --> 00:59:38.960 11 and 00:59:38.960 --> 00:59:39.280 12 00:59:39.280 --> 00:59:39.700 he wants 00:59:39.700 --> 00:59:39.980 us to 00:59:39.980 --> 00:59:40.220 keep 00:59:40.220 --> 00:59:40.440 our 00:59:40.440 --> 00:59:41.060 conduct 00:59:41.060 --> 00:59:42.360 honourable 00:59:42.360 --> 00:59:43.280 so that 00:59:43.280 --> 00:59:44.160 when people 00:59:44.160 --> 00:59:44.640 speak against 00:59:44.640 --> 00:59:44.800 us 00:59:44.800 --> 00:59:45.220 they actually 00:59:45.220 --> 00:59:45.920 see 00:59:45.920 --> 00:59:46.240 our 00:59:46.240 --> 00:59:46.519 good 00:59:46.519 --> 00:59:47.019 works 00:59:47.019 --> 00:59:48.160 and what 00:59:48.160 --> 00:59:48.340 do they 00:59:48.340 --> 00:59:48.700 do as a 00:59:48.700 --> 00:59:48.980 result 00:59:48.980 --> 00:59:49.700 they glorify 00:59:49.700 --> 00:59:50.280 God 00:59:50.280 --> 00:59:51.340 we are to 00:59:51.340 --> 00:59:51.880 respond 00:59:51.880 --> 00:59:52.660 to that 00:59:52.660 --> 00:59:52.940 kind of 00:59:52.940 --> 00:59:53.300 behaviour 00:59:53.300 --> 00:59:53.580 that we 00:59:53.580 --> 00:59:53.800 see in 00:59:53.800 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01:00:06.019 --> 01:00:06.420 be a 01:00:06.420 --> 01:00:06.860 wonderful 01:00:06.860 --> 01:00:07.480 influence 01:00:07.480 --> 01:00:08.240 for good 01:00:08.240 --> 01:00:08.960 within 01:00:09.280 --> 01:00:09.560 our 01:00:09.560 --> 01:00:10.280 workplaces 01:00:10.280 --> 01:00:10.900 and it's 01:00:10.900 --> 01:00:11.760 all reminding 01:00:11.760 --> 01:00:12.200 us that 01:00:12.200 --> 01:00:12.580 as you 01:00:12.580 --> 01:00:12.960 go back 01:00:12.960 --> 01:00:13.320 to work 01:00:13.320 --> 01:00:13.660 as you 01:00:13.660 --> 01:00:14.060 go back 01:00:14.060 --> 01:00:14.480 to school 01:00:14.480 --> 01:00:14.900 as you're 01:00:14.900 --> 01:00:15.360 faced with 01:00:15.360 --> 01:00:15.860 many of 01:00:15.860 --> 01:00:16.019 these 01:00:16.019 --> 01:00:16.420 attitudes 01:00:16.420 --> 01:00:16.860 that think 01:00:16.860 --> 01:00:17.500 so differently 01:00:17.500 --> 01:00:18.220 from the way 01:00:18.220 --> 01:00:19.019 Jesus thought 01:00:19.019 --> 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01:00:40.519 and so 01:00:40.519 --> 01:00:41.159 when people 01:00:41.159 --> 01:00:42.019 are depressed 01:00:42.019 --> 01:00:42.500 going back 01:00:42.500 --> 01:00:42.880 to work 01:00:42.880 --> 01:00:43.319 this week 01:00:43.319 --> 01:00:43.880 you can 01:00:43.880 --> 01:00:44.259 go in 01:00:44.259 --> 01:00:45.219 with joy 01:00:45.219 --> 01:00:46.599 and enthusiasm 01:00:46.599 --> 01:00:48.339 and positivity 01:00:48.339 --> 01:00:50.239 when people 01:00:50.239 --> 01:00:51.259 feel frustrated 01:00:51.259 --> 01:00:52.559 and are clearly 01:00:52.559 --> 01:00:53.119 having a bad 01:00:53.119 --> 01:00:53.559 day you can 01:00:53.559 --> 01:00:54.019 get alongside 01:00:54.019 --> 01:00:54.440 them and 01:00:54.440 --> 01:00:55.319 encourage them 01:00:55.319 --> 01:00:57.059 when customers 01:00:57.059 --> 01:00:57.900 are difficult 01:00:57.900 --> 01:00:58.960 you can be 01:00:58.960 --> 01:00:59.500 patient 01:00:59.500 --> 01:01:01.619 when colleagues 01:01:01.619 --> 01:01:02.339 are selfish 01:01:02.339 --> 01:01:02.940 or harsh 01:01:02.940 --> 01:01:04.079 you can be 01:01:04.079 --> 01:01:04.679 a model of 01:01:04.679 --> 01:01:05.099 kindness 01:01:05.099 --> 01:01:06.139 that stands 01:01:06.139 --> 01:01:07.000 out beautifully 01:01:07.000 --> 01:01:08.019 when other 01:01:08.019 --> 01:01:08.480 people are 01:01:08.480 --> 01:01:08.980 gossiping 01:01:08.980 --> 01:01:09.820 or criticizing 01:01:09.820 --> 01:01:11.119 or moaning 01:01:11.119 --> 01:01:12.340 you can be 01:01:12.340 --> 01:01:13.199 self-controlled 01:01:13.199 --> 01:01:15.320 and show a 01:01:15.320 --> 01:01:16.199 different example 01:01:16.199 --> 01:01:17.340 and the key 01:01:17.340 --> 01:01:17.780 point 01:01:17.780 --> 01:01:19.400 is that all 01:01:19.400 --> 01:01:19.980 of this is 01:01:19.980 --> 01:01:20.980 such a 01:01:20.980 --> 01:01:21.780 powerful 01:01:21.780 --> 01:01:22.639 witness 01:01:22.639 --> 01:01:25.420 and I know 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01:04:49.400 that might 01:04:49.400 --> 01:04:49.700 involve 01:04:49.700 --> 01:04:50.220 suffering 01:04:50.219 --> 01:04:52.059 and Peter 01:04:52.059 --> 01:04:52.719 captures that 01:04:52.719 --> 01:04:53.599 really powerfully 01:04:53.599 --> 01:04:54.619 in chapter 2 01:04:54.619 --> 01:04:55.539 from verse 19 01:04:55.539 --> 01:04:56.179 let me just read 01:04:56.179 --> 01:04:56.519 these words 01:04:56.519 --> 01:04:56.879 because Peter 01:04:56.879 --> 01:04:57.339 says it way 01:04:57.339 --> 01:04:57.799 better than I 01:04:57.799 --> 01:04:58.019 could 01:04:58.019 --> 01:04:59.879 this is a 01:04:59.879 --> 01:05:00.719 gracious thing 01:05:00.719 --> 01:05:01.759 when mindful 01:05:01.759 --> 01:05:02.339 of God 01:05:02.339 --> 01:05:03.399 one endures 01:05:03.399 --> 01:05:04.000 sorrow 01:05:04.000 --> 01:05:05.199 while suffering 01:05:05.199 --> 01:05:06.019 unjustly 01:05:06.019 --> 01:05:07.879 for what credit 01:05:07.879 --> 01:05:08.559 is it if when 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01:07:15.599 --> 01:07:16.199 an opportunity 01:07:16.199 --> 01:07:16.679 for Christian 01:07:16.679 --> 01:07:17.300 contact 01:07:17.300 --> 01:07:18.260 and it's an 01:07:18.260 --> 01:07:18.579 opportunity 01:07:18.579 --> 01:07:19.139 for Christian 01:07:19.139 --> 01:07:19.699 conduct 01:07:19.699 --> 01:07:21.099 and that's 01:07:21.099 --> 01:07:21.480 what lies 01:07:21.480 --> 01:07:22.199 at the heart 01:07:22.199 --> 01:07:23.179 of our 01:07:23.179 --> 01:07:23.579 witness 01:07:23.579 --> 01:07:24.360 and if anyone 01:07:24.360 --> 01:07:24.980 here is not 01:07:24.980 --> 01:07:25.579 yet a Christian 01:07:25.579 --> 01:07:26.360 or not sure 01:07:26.360 --> 01:07:26.840 or thinking 01:07:26.840 --> 01:07:27.260 about things 01:07:27.260 --> 01:07:28.099 I just want 01:07:28.099 --> 01:07:28.699 you to see 01:07:28.699 --> 01:07:29.800 what a massive 01:07:29.800 --> 01:07:31.059 difference it 01:07:31.059 --> 01:07:32.460 makes to know 01:07:32.460 --> 01:07:33.679 and 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