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>>GOOD MORNING, FRIENDS,
WELCOME TO SABBATH SCHOOL STUDY
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HOUR COMING TO YOU HERE
FROM THE GRANITE BAY SEVENTH-DAY
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ADVENTIST CHURCH NEAR
SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA.
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A VERY WARM WELCOME TO
THOSE JOINING US ON THE VARIOUS
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STUDY TOGETHER - A
VERY WARM WELCOME TO YOU.
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AND, OF COURSE, A WARM
WELCOME TO OUR REGULAR CHURCH
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MEMBERS HERE AND
THOSE WHO ARE VISITING.
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WE ARE DELIGHTED THAT YOU'RE
HERE AND YOU CAME EARLY ENOUGH
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TO BE PART OF OUR SABBATH
SCHOOL STUDY THIS MORNING.
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WELL, BEFORE WE GET TO OUR
STUDY, WE ALWAYS LIKE TO BEGIN
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WITH A MOMENT OF SINGING -
RAISING OUR VOICES IN SONG, SO
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I'D LIKE TO INVITE OUR SONG
LEADERS TO COME AND JOIN ME HERE
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ON STAGE. (PIANO MUSIC)
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>>HAPPY - HAPPY SABBATH, CHURCH
FAMILY, BOTH FAR AND NEAR.
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WE INVITE YOU TO SING WITH US
SOME HYMNS, AND THE FIRST ONE IS
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GOING TO BE MY
FAITH LOOKS UP TO THEE .
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AND HOW WONDERFUL IT IS THAT WE
CAN HAVE THE FAITH IN OUR LORD
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JESUS CHRIST AND ALL THE
PROMISES HE HAS GIVEN US IN THE
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BIBLE. THIS SONG
IS A PRAYER THAT WE
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MAY BE WHOLLY DEDICATED TO HIM
AND NEVER STRAY FROM HIS SIDE.
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WE WILL SING ALL
THREE VERSES. (PIANO MUSIC)
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>>OUR NEXT SONG IS ALSO A PRAYER
- FATHER LEAD ME DAY BY DAY -
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AND I BELIEVE THAT IS
WHOLEHEARTEDLY THE PRAYER OF
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ALL OF US. THE SONG
SAYS 'KEEP ME SAFE BY
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THY DEAR SIDE, LET ME IN THY
LOVE ABIDE, THEN, AT LAST, GO
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HOME WITH THEE,
EVERMORE THY CHILD TO BE'.
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ISN'T THAT THE
PRAYER OF ALL OF US?
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WE WILL SING ALL
FOUR VERSES. (PIANO MUSIC)
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>>WELL, BEFORE WE GET
TO OUR LESSON STUDY, FROM
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TIME TO TIME HERE AT THE GRANITE
BAY CHURCH, WE LIKE TO DO A
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MISSION SPOTLIGHT - SORT OF AN
UPDATE ON SOME MISSION ACTIVITY
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THAT SOME OF OUR CHURCH
MEMBERS ARE INVOLVED IN.
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ONE OF OUR CHURCH MEMBERS IS
OSTAP AND HE IS INVOLVED IN A
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MINISTRY TRAVELING AROUND, DOING
MISSION WORK ALL AROUND THE
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WORLD. I KNOW THERE ARE
SOME MEMBERS RIGHT HERE AT THE
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GRANITE BAY CHURCH WHO ARE
ALSO INVOLVED IN SOME OF THE
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PROJECTS, SO WE ARE JUST
DELIGHTED, OSTAP, THAT YOU ARE
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HERE. AND YOU'RE GOING TO KIND
OF GIVE US A LITTLE UPDATE ON
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SOME EXCITING PROJECTS YOU HAVE
BEEN WORKING ON AND SOME OF THE
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THINGS COMING ALONG.
>>YES, THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING
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CHURCH FAMILY. IT'S A BLESSING
TO BE HERE WITH YOU THIS
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MORNING. I'D LIKE TO SHARE ON
A PROJECT THAT WE JUST CAME BACK
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FROM, IN CAMBODIA, AND WE
HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN WITH
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VOLUNTEERS FROM THE UNITED
STATES, FROM CANADA, AND OTHER
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PARTS OF THE WORLD TO COME
TOGETHER FOR A TIME OF BUILDING.
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WE HAD A BUILDING PROJECT THAT
WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS DEAR AND
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NEAR TO OUR HEARTS AND IT
WAS A BRAND-NEW SCHOOL FOR THE
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CHILDREN THERE IN CAMBODIA
AND YOU'LL SEE ON THE SLIDE HERE
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SOME PICTURES THAT WE
WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU.
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THIS IS A YOUNG GROUP OF KIDS
THAT ARE STUDYING, FOR THE VERY
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FIRST TIME, IN AN ADVENTIST
CHRISTIAN ENVIRONMENT RIGHT
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THERE IN THEIR OWN
VILLAGE IN CAMBODIA.
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AND, WHAT WAS NICE, IS THAT WE
WERE ABLE TO NOT ONLY SPEND TIME
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BUILDING, BUT WE ALSO HAD SOME
TIME TO SPEND WITH THE CHILDREN
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- TO DO A VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL
FOR THEM, TO ORGANIZE A PROGRAM
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THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR THEM
TO LEARN SOMETHING NEW, TO SEE
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SOMETHING NEW, TO HEAR NEW BIBLE
STORIES, AND EVERYBODY WAS SO
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EXCITED, THEY WERE
COMING OUT WITH THEIR PARENTS.
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MOST OF THE FOLKS THERE ARE
USING SCOOTERS AS TRANSPORTATION
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AND SO, YOU'D SEE EITHER A
FATHER OR MOTHER TRAVELING DOWN
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THE ROAD WITH A WHOLE BUNCH
OF KIDS ATTACHED TO THE BACK AND
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THEY'RE JUST ALL HOLDING ONTO
ONE ANOTHER. AND SOMETIMES YOU'D
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SEE THREE PEOPLE ON A SCOOTER,
SOMETIMES YOU'D SEE FOUR OR
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FIVE, AND SO, EACH AND EVERY
ONE OF THEM WAS COMING OUT.
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HERE YOU'LL SEE ON THE PICTURE
SOME OF THE BUILDING PROGRESS -
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THIS IS THE - THE
SKELETON FOR THE SCHOOL.
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WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FILLING
IN FOR THE WALLS AS WELL AND
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GETTING THE ROOF PUT ON, AND SO,
IN AUGUST, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE
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THE GRAND OPENING FOR
THIS BRAND-NEW SCHOOL.
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NOW, SOME OF YOU ARE MAYBE
WONDERING, 'WELL, HOW IS THIS
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PROJECT GOING TO
IMPACT THE COMMUNITY?'
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YOU SEE, IN THAT REGION,
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT THE
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GOVERNMENT HAS ALLOWED FOR US TO
BUILD A CHRISTIAN SCHOOL AND SO
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WE BELIEVE THAT THE CHILDREN
THAT ARE GOING TO BE COMING AND
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STUDYING AND LEARNING AT THE
SCHOOL WILL HAVE A REALLY BRIGHT
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FUTURE AND IT'LL BE A FIRST FOR
THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT ONLY
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STUDYING, THEY'RE ALSO LEARNING
ENGLISH, THEY'RE ALSO LEARNING
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FROM THE BIBLE, AND THEY'RE
SHARING THAT WITH THEIR FAMILY
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MEMBERS. THEY'RE
SHARING THAT WITH THEIR
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SIBLINGS, AND SO, WE BELIEVE
IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT IMPACT
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FOR THIS COMMUNITY IN CAMBODIA.
THERE WILL BE ANOTHER FAMILY
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THAT'S GOING TO BE TRAVELING
DOWN IN MAY TO STAY THERE AND TO
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RUN THE SCHOOL, AND SO, WE'RE
EXCITED THAT THE LORD HAS GIVEN
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US THIS OPPORTUNITY
TO MINISTER IN CAMBODIA.
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WE ALSO HAVE A PROJECT THAT'S
GOING TO BE COMING UP FOR THE
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MONTH OF APRIL AND WE'RE
PLANNING ON LEAVING APRIL 9TH TO
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HERMOSILLO, MEXICO, WHERE WE CAN
BUILD ANOTHER CHURCH BUILDING
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THERE. THERE'S A
CONGREGATION THERE
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THAT'S MEETING RIGHT NOW IN
A RENTED FACILITY, AND SO, WE
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WANTED TO HELP THEM TO JOIN
WITH THEM - AND SO, YOU'LL SEE
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ON THE SCREEN HERE SOME PICTURES
OF THE BUILDING PROGRESS.
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THEY'VE BEEN ABLE
TO PURCHASE THE LAND.
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THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO
FINISH THE FOUNDATION.
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AND THEY'VE STARTED
ON BUILDING THE WALLS.
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AND SO, ON APRIL 9TH, SOME
OF THE CHURCH MEMBERS HERE AT
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GRANITE BAY - ALSO, A FEW
FAMILIES FROM ARIZONA AND OTHER
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PARTS OF THE WORLD - ARE GOING
TO BE COMING TOGETHER FOR A WEEK
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OF BUILDING. WE'RE
HOPING THAT THE LORD'S
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GOING TO LEAD AND TO GUIDE
ALONG AS WE ALL TRAVEL IN OUR
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VEHICLES DOWN TO MEXICO - IT'S
ABOUT A 15-HOUR DRIVE - AND OUR
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GOAL IS TO FINISH THE WINDOWS,
FINISH THE ROOF ON THE CHURCH,
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ALSO DO THE FLOOR INSIDE
THE CHURCH, AND GET AS MUCH WORK
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AS WE CAN FINISHED, THAT THIS
COMMUNITY WILL HAVE THEIR OWN
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CHURCH BUILDING TO MEET
AND TO WORSHIP TOGETHER.
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AND SO, IT'S OUR DESIRE TO HAVE
AS MANY VOLUNTEERS AS POSSIBLE
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COME WITH US, TO BUILD, TO
EXPERIENCE THIS PROJECT FOR
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THEMSELVES, AS WELL, AND
I WANTED TO THANK THE CHURCH
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FAMILY. MANY OF
YOU HAVE BEEN PRAYING
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WITH US AND PRAYING FOR US
FOR THE EFFORTS THERE IN MEXICO.
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MANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN SPONSORING
OUR PROJECTS AS WELL AND WE
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THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND
SO, THIS MORNING I GIVE YOU
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A SHORT - SHORT GLIMPSE - A
SHORT UPDATE ON THE PROJECTS
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THAT ARE GOING TO BE HAPPENING
AND WE THANK YOU, AGAIN, FOR
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YOUR SUPPORT - FOR YOUR PRAYERS
AND WE KNOW THAT THE LORD IS
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GOING TO LEAD AND TO GUIDE
AND LEAD US IN THIS WORK THAT WE
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HAVE, YOU KNOW, ENCOUNTERED WITH
MEXICO, AND ALSO WITH THE FUTURE
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PROJECTS THAT ARE
COMING UP. THANK YOU.
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>>AMEN. >>THANK YOU, OSTAP.
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IT'S EXCITING TO SEE THE
THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING.
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THAT WAS A BIG SCHOOL THAT THEY
FINISHED BUILDING IN CAMBODIA,
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DID YOU NOTICE THAT?
USUALLY ON THESE MISSION
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PROJECTS THEY'RE A LITTLE
STEEL-FRAME BUILDING, BUT THAT
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WAS A BIG SCHOOL
WITH SOLID CONCRETE BEAMS.
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I WAS IMPRESSED. SO,
AGAIN, KEEP THE WHOLE
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MINISTRY IN YOUR PRAYERS
AS THEY MOVE FORWARD WITH THE
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PROJECTS IN MEXICO.
TODAY OUR LESSON IS GOING TO
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CONTINUE IN OUR STUDY OF
THE BOOKS OF 1 AND 2 PETER.
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TODAY WE FIND OURSELVES
ON LESSON #4 ENTITLED SOCIAL
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RELATIONSHIPS AND DR. DEROSE
IS GOING TO BE BRINGING US OUR
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LESSON THIS MORNING BUT, BEFORE
HE COMES FORWARD, LET'S JUST BOW
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OUR HEADS FOR A WORD OF PRAYER.
DEAR FATHER, ONCE AGAIN WE ARE
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GRATEFUL THAT WE CAN GATHER
TOGETHER HERE IN YOUR HOUSE ON
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SABBATH TO OPEN UP YOUR WORD AND
STUDY THESE IMPORTANT LESSONS
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GIVEN SO LONG AGO AND, YET, ARE
SO IMPORTANT AND PERTINENT TO
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THE TIME IN WHICH WE LIVE.
SO, BLESS OUR TIME TOGETHER AS
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WE ASK THIS ALL
IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN.
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THANK YOU, DR. DEROSE.
>>WELL, IT'S GOOD TO BE
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WITH YOU THIS
MORNING. HOW'RE WE DOING?
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IT'S GOOD TO BE WITH YOU
THIS MORNING AND IT'S GOOD TO BE
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CONTINUING OUR
JOURNEY IN 1 AND 2 PETER.
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WE'RE ON LESSON #4, AS PASTOR
JËAN INTRODUCED IT, DEALING
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WITH SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS .
AND, I DON'T KNOW, AS YOU LOOK,
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SOMETIMES, AT THESE LESSONS,
I AM SO THANKFUL THAT WE'RE IN A
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CHURCH THAT IS
PREACHING THROUGH THE BIBLE.
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IF YOU'RE FINDING YOURSELF,
AS YOU'RE TUNING IN TODAY, AT A
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CHURCH THAT'S NOT PREACHING
THROUGH THE BIBLE, I'LL TELL
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YOU, YOU'RE
MISSING SOMETHING. >>AMEN.
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>>BECAUSE IT IS SO EASY - I CAN
TELL YOU - AS A PREACHER AND AS
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A TEACHER, IT'S SO EASY TO PICK
WHAT I WANT TO TEACH ABOUT IF
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I'M GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY
TO SPEAK AT A CHURCH.
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BUT HERE AT GRANITE BAY, WE'RE
PREACHING THROUGH SEQUENTIALLY,
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AS THE ADVENTIST WORLD
CHURCH IS, BOOKS OF THE BIBLE.
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NOW, I TELL YOU THAT BACKGROUND,
BECAUSE IF SOMEONE WERE ASKING
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ME A TOPIC TO PREACH ON, I
PROBABLY WOULD NOT CHOOSE THE
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ONE WE'RE ABOUT TO STUDY.
THIS REALLY - REALLY, THIS IS A
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DIFFICULT PASSAGE, AT LEAST
FOR ME, AND I THINK IT SHOULD BE
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FOR ALL OF US
BECAUSE IT'S CHALLENGING US.
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IT'S MUCH EASIER TO SPEAK ABOUT
WHAT JESUS IS DOING FOR US -
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WHAT HE'S DOING IN OUR LIVES
- WHAT HE'S DONE - THAN IT IS TO
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SPEAK ABOUT OUR
PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY.
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HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT
THIS? SO LET'S JUST STEP BACK
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AND GET THE CONTEXT. I
KNOW WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR
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THREE WEEKS, BUT WE CANNOT - I
DO NOT FEEL WE CAN DO JUSTICE TO
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TODAY'S LESSON JUST BY JUMPING
RIGHT IN TO 1 PETER 2, VERSE 13.
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WE HAVE TO LOOK
AT WHERE WE'VE BEEN.
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I DON'T WANT TO SPEND TOO MUCH
TIME DOING THIS, BUT IF WE DON'T
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DO THAT, WE WILL TOTALLY
MISUNDERSTAND WHERE PETER'S
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COMING FROM. LOOK AT THE
VERY BEGINNING OF 1 PETER.
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WE'RE GOING TO GIVE A QUICK
REVIEW OF THE LAST THREE LESSONS
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THAT WE'VE BEEN
SPENDING TOGETHER.
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1 PETER CHAPTER 1, HE BEGINS BY
ADDRESSING, AS WE'VE FOUND, THE
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DIASPORA - THE JEWS
WHO'VE BEEN SCATTERED.
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AND WHETHER THAT'S METAPHORICAL
OR WHETHER IT'S LITERAL, PASTOR
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DOUG GAVE A NICE BACKGROUND
ON THAT A FEW WEEKS AGO.
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BUT THE POINT IS, PETER IS
EXPRESSLY SPEAKING TO PEOPLE WHO
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CONNECT THEMSELVES WITH GOD'S
REVELATION TO THE JEWISH NATION.
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SO THAT'S THE CONTEXT.
THAT'S WHO PETER IS WRITING TO.
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HE'S WRITING A GENERAL EPISTLE,
NOT JUST TO A SPECIFIC CHURCH,
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BUT TO CHRISTIANS WHO HAVE
BEEN SCATTERED ABROAD IN THE
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NEW TESTAMENT
WORLD, IF YOU WILL.
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BUT WHAT'S INTERESTING, AS YOU
READ THE VERY FIRST TWO VERSES
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IN PETER - 1 PETER - AS HE'S
GIVING THIS INTRODUCTION, LISTEN
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TO WHAT HE SAYS - VERSE
2, "ELECT ACCORDING TO THE
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FOREKNOWLEDGE OF GOD THE FATHER,
IN SANCTIFICATION OF THE SPIRIT,
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FOR OBEDIENCE AND SPRINKLING OF
THE BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST:" THAT
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SINGLE VERSE, INTRODUCING US TO
THE TRINITY, ALSO INTRODUCES US
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TO A GREAT THEME IN 1 PETER THAT
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH OUR LESSON
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TODAY, AND IT'S AN INTERPLAY
BETWEEN TWO THINGS: WHAT JESUS
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HAS DONE FOR US, AND WHAT WE
ARE CALLED TO BE AS CHRISTIANS -
00:15:52.81\00:15:59.45
WHAT CHRIST HAS DONE FOR US
AND, THEN, HOW WE ARE TO LIVE.
00:15:59.45\00:16:03.73
DO YOU SEE IT
THERE IN THOSE VERSES?
00:16:03.73\00:16:05.43
IT'S SPEAKING BOTH OF THE BLOOD
OF JESUS - HIS CLEANSING BLOOD
00:16:05.43\00:16:09.46
THAT WE - IN WHICH WE STAND
TODAY AS BELIEVERS, BUT IT ALSO
00:16:09.46\00:16:14.90
SAYS WE ARE CALLED TO OBEDIENCE.
DO YOU CATCH IT THERE?
00:16:14.90\00:16:20.48
THE VERY FIRST TWO VERSES,
AS THIS BOOK IS INTRODUCED.
00:16:20.48\00:16:25.11
AND THEN, AS YOU READ THROUGH
THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN
00:16:25.11\00:16:27.35
STUDYING TOGETHER THE LAST FEW
WEEKS, YOU SEE - LOOK IN VERSES
00:16:27.35\00:16:31.62
3 THROUGH 5 - IT'S SPEAKING
- LISTEN TO PETER'S PRAISE,
00:16:31.62\00:16:37.16
"BLESSED BE THE GOD AND FATHER
OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, WHO
00:16:37.16\00:16:40.60
ACCORDING TO HIS ABUNDANT
MERCY HAS BEGOTTEN US AGAIN TO A
00:16:40.60\00:16:44.67
LIVING HOPE THROUGH THE
RESURRECTION OF JESUS CHRIST
00:16:44.67\00:16:47.67
FROM THE DEAD," - REJOICING IN
WHAT JESUS HAS DONE FOR US - BUT
00:16:47.67\00:16:52.01
THEN WHAT
HAPPENS RIGHT AFTER THAT?
00:16:52.01\00:16:54.18
IN VERSES 6 AND ON WE'RE CALLED
TO BE FAITHFUL IN THE MIDST OF
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TRIAL. ARE YOU
CATCHING THIS INTERPLAY
00:16:58.41\00:17:01.18
- GOING BACK AND FORTH - WHAT
JESUS HAS DONE FOR US AND THEN
00:17:01.18\00:17:05.45
HOW WE ARE CALLED TO LIVE?
LET'S PICK THAT UP - WE'RE GOING
00:17:05.45\00:17:08.86
TO READ FROM - SOMEONE'S
GOT A BIBLE VERSE FOR US.
00:17:08.86\00:17:13.70
WE'RE GOING TO GO, IN JUST A
MOMENT, TO A SECTION IN 1 PETER
00:17:13.70\00:17:18.27
THAT WE'VE BEEN STUDYING ALREADY
TOGETHER AND IT'S GOING TO BE 1
00:17:18.27\00:17:23.87
PETER CHAPTER 1, VERSES 18
THROUGH 21 BUT, BEFORE WE GO
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THERE, JUST - JUST PICK UP A
LITTLE BIT MORE OF THIS STREAM
00:17:28.88\00:17:32.21
IN CHAPTER 1 - SO THIS CALL TO
LOOK AT WHAT JESUS HAS DONE FOR
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US - STANDING IN HIS BLOOD
- STANDING IN FAITH IN HIM AND
00:17:36.28\00:17:40.09
THEN OUR CALL. NOW LOOK AT
VERSES 10 - IN CHAPTER 1 - 10
00:17:40.09\00:17:44.33
THROUGH 12 - SPEAKING ABOUT
GOD'S REVELATION THROUGH THE
00:17:44.33\00:17:47.00
PROPHETS - HOW ANGELS
LONG TO FATHOM THE MYSTERIES OF
00:17:47.00\00:17:52.50
REDEMPTION. BUT THEN
LOOK AT VERSE 13 IN CHAPTER 1,
00:17:52.50\00:17:56.60
"THEREFORE GIRD UP THE
LOINS OF YOUR MIND, BE SOBER..."
00:17:56.60\00:18:00.98
- VERSE 14, "AS
OBEDIENT CHILDREN..."
00:18:00.98\00:18:03.81
- VERSE 15, "...BE
HOLY...FOR I AM HOLY."
00:18:03.81\00:18:08.55
NOW LET'S GO TO OUR SCRIPTURE
THERE IN 1 PETER CHAPTER 1,
00:18:08.55\00:18:12.75
VERSES 18 THROUGH 21.
WE HAVE A READER HERE.
00:18:12.75\00:18:16.79
>>1 PETER 1, VERSES 18 THROUGH
21, "KNOWING THAT YOU WERE NOT
00:18:16.79\00:18:23.06
REDEEMED WITH CORRUPTIBLE
THINGS, LIKE SILVER OR GOLD,
00:18:23.06\00:18:27.04
FROM YOUR AIMLESS CONDUCT
RECEIVED BY TRADITION FROM YOUR
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FATHERS, BUT WITH THE PRECIOUS
BLOOD OF CHRIST, AS OF A LAMB
00:18:30.14\00:18:34.61
WITHOUT BLEMISH
AND WITHOUT SPOT.
00:18:34.61\00:18:36.88
HE INDEED WAS FOREORDAINED
BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THE
00:18:36.88\00:18:40.18
WORLD, BUT WAS MANIFEST IN THESE
LAST TIMES FOR YOU WHO THROUGH
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HIM BELIEVE IN GOD, WHO RAISED
HIM FROM THE DEAD AND GAVE HIM
00:18:45.55\00:18:49.46
GLORY, SO THAT YOUR
FAITH AND HOPE ARE IN GOD."
00:18:49.46\00:18:53.83
>>HEAVENLY REALITIES WERE BOUGHT
WITH THE PRECIOUS BLOOD OF
00:18:53.83\00:18:57.87
CHRIST AND, VERY INTERESTING,
BECAUSE THIS THEME IS GOING TO
00:18:57.87\00:19:00.70
COME UP SEVERAL TIMES AND
WE'RE GOING TO PICK IT UP IN OUR
00:19:00.70\00:19:03.34
SECTION FOR TODAY. IT
COMPARES JESUS' SACRIFICE TO
00:19:03.34\00:19:08.41
THE PRECIOUS GOLD - THE
PRECIOUS - DO YOU SEE IT THERE?
00:19:08.41\00:19:13.52
PRECIOUS GOLD AND WHAT ELSE?
WHAT ELSE DO YOU SEE THERE?
00:19:13.52\00:19:16.65
PRECIOUS SILVER. IS
GOLD AND SILVER PRECIOUS?
00:19:16.65\00:19:22.52
YES, BUT THAT IS NOTHING,
REALLY, IN COMPARISON TO THE
00:19:22.52\00:19:27.60
PRECIOUS BLOOD OF
JESUS. DO YOU CATCH IT THERE?
00:19:27.60\00:19:32.80
AND SO, AGAIN, THIS PICTURE
OF HEAVENLY REALITIES - AND THEN
00:19:32.80\00:19:35.94
LOOK AT THE VERY NEXT VERSE
- VERSE 22 - "SINCE YOU HAVE
00:19:35.94\00:19:40.14
PURIFIED YOUR SOULS IN OBEYING
THE TRUTH THROUGH THE SPIRIT IN
00:19:40.14\00:19:46.98
SINCERE LOVE OF THE BRETHREN,
LOVE ONE ANOTHER FERVENTLY WITH
00:19:46.98\00:19:50.99
A PURE HEART," - DO
YOU SEE THIS INTERPLAY?
00:19:50.99\00:19:53.19
SO, AS PETER IS WRITING THIS
LETTER, AND - WE'RE GOING IN
00:19:53.19\00:19:57.33
THIS LESSON TODAY - WE HAVE TO
UNDERSTAND THE STRUCTURE - THE
00:19:57.33\00:20:00.96
CONTEXT - IN
WHICH PETER'S WRITING.
00:20:00.96\00:20:02.90
HE'S FOCUSING US ON THESE
HEAVENLY REALITIES AND THEN HE'S
00:20:02.90\00:20:05.67
SAYING, 'BUT HERE'S HOW
YOU'RE TO LIVE' - WE'RE TO LIVE
00:20:05.67\00:20:08.00
OBEDIENT LIVES - WE'RE
TO LIVE LIVES OF FAITH.
00:20:08.00\00:20:10.84
ARE YOU CATCHING THAT - THAT
SENSE THAT AS WE'RE REVIEWING
00:20:10.84\00:20:13.51
WHAT WE'VE BEEN STUDYING SO FAR?
00:20:13.51\00:20:16.08
AND THAT CONTINUED WITH
WHAT WE STUDIED LAST WEEK.
00:20:16.08\00:20:19.58
AGAIN, THERE'S THIS AMAZING
THEME THAT COMES UP BECAUSE
00:20:19.58\00:20:23.45
THERE'S A COMPARISON THAT'S
PLAYING OUT HERE AND IT'S A
00:20:23.45\00:20:26.65
COMPARISON BETWEEN EARTHLY
RICHES - BETWEEN THE RICHES OF
00:20:26.65\00:20:31.53
EARTH AND THE RICHES OF HEAVEN
AND THE CALLING THAT WE HAVE.
00:20:31.53\00:20:36.30
THIS, TO ME, IS SO FASCINATING
BECAUSE IT'S COMING TO US FROM
00:20:36.30\00:20:40.37
THE WORDS OF PETER - AND WE
STUDIED PETER'S LIFE EARLIER IN
00:20:40.37\00:20:44.87
THIS LESSON. WHAT
DID PETER HAVE A GREAT
00:20:44.87\00:20:47.04
PROBLEM WITH IN HIS OWN LIFE? IN
MATTHEW 16 WE LOOKED AT ONE OF
00:20:47.04\00:20:53.21
PETER'S TRYING MOMENTS. HE
HAD JUST - JUST REVEALED - HE
00:20:53.21\00:20:57.99
HAD CONFESSED JESUS' MESSIAHSHIP
AND, RIGHT AFTER THAT, JESUS
00:20:57.99\00:21:03.86
TRIES TO DIRECT THE ATTENTION
OF THE DISCIPLES TO THE CROSS.
00:21:03.86\00:21:10.10
AND HOW DID
PETER RESPOND TO THAT?
00:21:10.10\00:21:11.90
>>DON'T TALK LIKE
THAT. >>DON'T TALK LIKE THAT.
00:21:11.90\00:21:14.94
HE REBUKED JESUS, RIGHT?
AND JESUS HAD TO REBUKE HIM.
00:21:14.94\00:21:22.81
SO PETER HAD A PROBLEM
WITH THE CROSS, IN MATTHEW 16.
00:21:22.81\00:21:27.95
IN MATTHEW 26 HE HAD A PROBLEM
WITH JESUS' WORD, REMEMBER?
00:21:27.95\00:21:33.86
JESUS SAID, 'BEFORE THE COCK
CROWS YOU WILL DENY ME THREE
00:21:33.86\00:21:39.79
TIMES' - REMEMBER THAT?
HOW DID PETER RESPOND TO THAT?
00:21:39.79\00:21:43.77
>>NO, NOT ME. >>NO,
IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.
00:21:43.77\00:21:46.47
THAT'S RIGHT. HE HAD A
PROBLEM ACCEPTING JESUS' WORD.
00:21:46.47\00:21:50.27
SO WHAT'S
HAPPENING HERE IN 1 PETER?
00:21:50.27\00:21:52.54
AS WE'RE READING THROUGH THIS,
THE FOCUS IS ON THE POWER OF THE
00:21:52.54\00:21:55.21
WORD AND ON THE POWER OF THE
CROSS - THE TWO VERY THINGS THAT
00:21:55.21\00:22:00.32
PETER TRIPPED UP OVER.
AND SO, HE'S LAYING THIS
00:22:00.32\00:22:03.82
BACKGROUND AND HE'S SAYING, 'IN
LIGHT OF THIS' - IN LIGHT OF THE
00:22:03.82\00:22:06.72
PROPHETIC WORD - IN LIGHT OF THE
SACRIFICE OF JESUS - IN LIGHT OF
00:22:06.72\00:22:11.89
THE CROSS - 'HOW
THEN ARE WE TO LIVE?'
00:22:11.89\00:22:15.53
AND THAT'S THE BACKGROUND
FOR THESE SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS.
00:22:15.53\00:22:18.93
AND, IF WE MISS THAT, WE
ACTUALLY CAN TAKE A GOSPEL OF
00:22:18.93\00:22:24.04
GOOD NEWS AND A CALL TO BE LIKE
OUR SAVIOR, AND WE CAN TWIST IT
00:22:24.04\00:22:29.54
INTO A MESSAGE OF LEGALISM.
REALLY, IT'S A DANGER THAT WE
00:22:29.54\00:22:34.95
STRUGGLE WITH IN THE CHRISTIAN
WORLD TODAY. WELL, WITH THAT
00:22:34.95\00:22:39.49
BACKGROUND, LET'S LAUNCH
IN TO WHERE WE NEED TO GO.
00:22:39.49\00:22:44.86
AND, MAYBE BEFORE WE DO, WE
HAVE TO PICK UP THIS ONE OTHER
00:22:44.86\00:22:48.13
POWERFUL ILLUSTRATION, BECAUSE
IF YOU DON'T CONNECT ALL THE
00:22:48.13\00:22:51.07
DOTS, I DON'T THINK WE FULLY SEE
WHERE THE HOLY SPIRIT LED PETER.
00:22:51.07\00:22:55.17
NOW, SOME OF YOU MIGHT SAY,
'WELL, DR. DEROSE, YOU'RE GIVING
00:22:55.17\00:22:57.44
US A LOT OF REVIEW. YOU
KNOW, OUR - OUR - THE CLOCK IS
00:22:57.44\00:22:59.64
TICKING. BUT, JUST
BY WAY OF DEFENSE, YOU
00:22:59.64\00:23:04.85
DO KNOW I AM A PHYSICIAN
AND MY SPECIALITIES ARE INTERNAL
00:23:04.85\00:23:08.75
MEDICINE AND
PREVENTIVE MEDICINE.
00:23:08.75\00:23:11.32
AND SO, IN THOSE SPECIALITIES,
WE HAVE TO SEE THE BIG PICTURE.
00:23:11.32\00:23:15.99
SO, I'M NOT INTO GIVING PEOPLE
RULES ABOUT HOW THEY SHOULD TAKE
00:23:15.99\00:23:19.59
CARE OF THEIR HEALTH.
NOW, I KNOW SOME PEOPLE WANT
00:23:19.59\00:23:21.36
THAT, BUT I FIND THAT PEOPLE ARE
MUCH MORE MOTIVATED BY SEEING
00:23:21.36\00:23:25.30
THE BIG PICTURE - ARE
YOU FOLLOWING ALONG WITH ME?
00:23:25.30\00:23:28.24
SO HERE'S WHY
WE DO THESE THINGS.
00:23:28.24\00:23:30.44
SO I'M VERY INTERESTED IN
THE CONTEXT OF HEALTH, AS A
00:23:30.44\00:23:34.34
PHYSICIAN. I'M
VERY INTERESTED IN
00:23:34.34\00:23:36.41
PHYSIOLOGY - HOW THE
BODY WORKS - HOW WE COOPERATE
00:23:36.41\00:23:40.42
WITH THE BODY. SO,
AS A BIBLE STUDENT, WHEN
00:23:40.42\00:23:43.12
I COME TO THE BIBLE, I'M VERY
INTERESTED IN THE STRUCTURE.
00:23:43.12\00:23:46.52
WHAT IS THE - AND THEN - WHAT IS
THE LOGIC OF THE BIBLE WRITER?
00:23:46.52\00:23:49.82
WHAT IS THE HOLY SPIRIT
INSPIRING THE BIBLE WRITER TO
00:23:49.82\00:23:53.70
WRITE? WHY DOES
THIS FIT TOGETHER?
00:23:53.70\00:23:56.90
AND, IF WE DON'T SEE THAT,
I THINK WE MISS THE POWER OF
00:23:56.90\00:24:00.77
WHAT'S GOING ON.
AND, IN FACT, THIS
00:24:00.77\00:24:02.80
LESSON DOES THAT FOR US.
SO LET'S DO SOMETHING BECAUSE
00:24:02.80\00:24:06.27
THIS LESSON ACTUALLY TRIES TO
GIVE US SOME VERY GOOD CONTEXT.
00:24:06.27\00:24:09.94
I THINK IT
ACTUALLY DID A GOOD JOB.
00:24:09.94\00:24:11.71
AND MY MIND WANTS TO JUMP A
LITTLE BIT AS WE'RE LOOKING AT
00:24:11.71\00:24:17.62
THE CONTEXT, BECAUSE THE CONTEXT
LAST WEEK WAS STUDYING ABOUT
00:24:17.62\00:24:22.79
THIS CALL TO BE
PRIESTS. LET'S JUST LOOK AT
00:24:22.79\00:24:25.79
THAT FOR A MOMENT.
REFRESH OUR MEMORY AND IT REALLY
00:24:25.79\00:24:29.63
LEADS US RIGHT INTO
THE HEART OF CHAPTER 2.
00:24:29.63\00:24:34.04
YOU SEE, PETER HAS BEEN CALLING
US TO LIVE HOLY LIVES AND IT
00:24:34.04\00:24:37.67
STARTS AGAIN THAT WAY IN CHAPTER
2, VERSE 1, "...LAYING ASIDE ALL
00:24:37.67\00:24:42.31
MALICE, ALL DECEIT, HYPOCRISY,
ENVY, AND ALL EVIL SPEAKING," -
00:24:42.31\00:24:47.18
AND THEN, IN VERSE 4 IT GIVES US
A GLIMPSE, AGAIN, OF HEAVEN RE -
00:24:47.18\00:24:50.75
HEAVENLY REALITIES: "COMING
TO HIM" - TO JESUS - "AS TO A
00:24:50.75\00:24:54.69
LIVING STONE," - WE STUDIED THIS
IN DETAIL LAST WEEK AS PASTOR
00:24:54.69\00:24:58.66
MARSHALL WALKED US THROUGH SOME
OF THIS AMAZING PASSAGE WHERE
00:24:58.66\00:25:03.53
WE'RE CALLED TO BE A HOLY
PRIESTHOOD - A HOLY PRIESTHOOD.
00:25:03.53\00:25:09.10
AS WE READ THIS INTERPLAY, IT'S
AN INTERPLAY THAT SPEAKS TO US
00:25:09.10\00:25:13.07
TODAY. AND, IN
MALACHI CHAPTER 3 IT
00:25:13.07\00:25:16.44
GIVES US A WONDERFUL GLIMPSE OF
WHAT IS HAPPENING IN HEAVEN AND
00:25:16.44\00:25:21.02
HEAVENLY REALITIES
AND HEAVENLY TRUTH.
00:25:21.02\00:25:23.55
IN MALACHI 3 - I'M BEGINNING
WITH VERSE 16 - MALACHI 3, VERSE
00:25:23.55\00:25:28.39
16, "THEN THOSE WHO FEARED THE
LORD SPOKE TO ONE ANOTHER, AND
00:25:28.39\00:25:34.40
THE LORD LISTENED AND HEARD
THEM; SO A BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE
00:25:34.40\00:25:38.53
WAS WRITTEN BEFORE HIM FOR
THOSE WHO FEAR THE LORD AND WHO
00:25:38.53\00:25:41.57
MEDITATE ON HIS NAME." -
VERSE 17 - "'THEY SHALL BE
00:25:41.57\00:25:47.01
MINE,' SAYS THE LORD OF HOSTS,
'ON THE DAY THAT I MAKE THEM
00:25:47.01\00:25:52.25
MY JEWELS.'" - I MAKE THEM
MY SPECIAL TREASURE - I MAKE
00:25:52.25\00:25:57.52
THEM MY PRECIOUS JEWELS.
ARE YOU PICKING UP ON THIS?
00:25:57.52\00:26:03.16
THIS IS FASCINATING BECAUSE
GOD IS SAYING, 'I AM INVESTED IN
00:26:03.16\00:26:07.30
YOU, PERSONALLY.' AND PETER IS
PICKING UP ON THIS GREAT THEME
00:26:07.30\00:26:11.57
THROUGHOUT THE
BIBLE, THAT WE ARE PRECIOUS.
00:26:11.57\00:26:13.90
TODAY, AS YOU SIT HERE, YOU
ARE REDEEMED WITH THE BLOOD OF
00:26:13.90\00:26:17.37
JESUS. TODAY, AS
YOU TUNE IN, YOU ARE
00:26:17.37\00:26:20.48
JESUS' PRECIOUS CHILD AND WE
CAN REJOICE IN THAT REDEMPTION.
00:26:20.48\00:26:26.18
BUT IT DOESN'T
STOP WITH REJOICING.
00:26:26.18\00:26:29.32
JUST AS IT WAS IN THE OLD
TESTAMENT, GOD SAYS, 'YOU'RE MY
00:26:29.32\00:26:32.15
REDEEMED PEOPLE. I'VE SAVED
YOU. YOU'RE PRECIOUS TO ME.
00:26:32.15\00:26:35.26
NOW, HERE'S HOW TO
LIVE.' AND SO IT IS WITH PETER.
00:26:35.26\00:26:40.00
AND SO WE FIND OURSELVES
WITH THAT BACKGROUND IN 1 PETER
00:26:40.00\00:26:44.33
CHAPTER 2 BEGINNING WITH VERSE
13, WHICH IS THE FOCUS FOR OUR
00:26:44.33\00:26:50.37
LESSON TODAY. LET'S
LOOK AT 1 PETER CHAPTER 2
00:26:50.37\00:26:54.58
AS WE TRY TO UNDERSTAND, WHAT
I THINK ARE, SOME - ACTUALLY
00:26:54.58\00:26:58.41
DIFFICULT COUNSEL, IF
WE'RE GOING TO BE HONEST.
00:26:58.41\00:27:01.62
AND I'M BEING HONEST,
IT'S DIFFICULT COUNSEL FOR ME.
00:27:01.62\00:27:05.55
1 PETER CHAPTER 2 BEGINNING
WITH VERSE 13, "THEREFORE SUBMIT
00:27:05.55\00:27:11.83
YOURSELVES TO EVERY ORDINANCE
OF MAN FOR THE LORD'S SAKE,
00:27:11.83\00:27:18.37
WHETHER TO THE KING AS SUPREME,
OR TO GOVERNORS, AS TO THOSE WHO
00:27:18.37\00:27:22.10
ARE SENT BY HIM FOR THE
PUNISHMENT OF EVILDOERS AND FOR
00:27:22.10\00:27:24.94
THE PRAISE OF THOSE WHO DO GOOD.
00:27:24.94\00:27:26.88
FOR THIS IS THE WILL OF GOD,
THAT BY DOING GOOD YOU MAY PUT
00:27:26.88\00:27:32.91
TO SILENCE THE IGNORANCE OF
FOOLISH MEN - AS FREE, YET NOT
00:27:32.91\00:27:37.85
USING LIBERTY AS A CLOAK
FOR VICE, BUT AS BONDSERVANTS OF
00:27:37.85\00:27:41.12
GOD. HONOR ALL PEOPLE.
LOVE THE BROTHERHOOD. FEAR GOD.
00:27:41.12\00:27:46.16
HONOR THE KING." - OR HONOR THE
EMPEROR. WHO WAS THE EMPEROR?
00:27:46.16\00:27:52.67
WHO WERE SOME OF THE EMPERORS
IN THE DAYS OF THE EARLY CHURCH?
00:27:52.67\00:27:56.17
>>NERO. >>NERO WAS ONE OF THEM.
00:27:56.17\00:27:59.24
THE EMPERORS
ACTUALLY KILLED CHRISTIANS.
00:27:59.24\00:28:03.35
AND SO, PETER, HERE, IS CALLING
FOR RADICAL OBEDIENCE, I WOULD
00:28:03.35\00:28:08.75
SAY - RADICAL
OBEDIENCE TO THE POWERS THAT BE.
00:28:08.75\00:28:12.25
HE'S ANSWERING THIS QUESTION,
'HOW THEN SHALL WE LIVE AS
00:28:12.25\00:28:16.79
BELIEVERS IN A WORLD THAT
SEEMS UNDER SIEGE, EVEN WHEN
00:28:16.79\00:28:23.26
GOVERNMENT
AGENCIES ARE ENACTING LAWS?'
00:28:23.26\00:28:30.61
>>CALIGULA.
>>CALIGULA, YES. DOMITIAN, YES.
00:28:30.61\00:28:34.91
I MEAN, WE'VE GOT ALL KINDS OF
THESE ROMAN EMPERORS THAT WERE
00:28:34.91\00:28:37.85
NOT MODEL CITIZENS.
NOW, I'M GLAD THAT THE LESSON
00:28:37.85\00:28:43.32
GIVES US SOME BALANCE BECAUSE
THE APOSTLES THEMSELVES GAVE US
00:28:43.32\00:28:46.92
BALANCE AND, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT
YOU, BUT IN AMERICA, THE TERM
00:28:46.92\00:28:51.39
'SUBMISSION' DOES NOT USUALLY
RESONATE WITH MOST OF US.
00:28:51.39\00:28:56.30
IN SOME CULTURES THERE
IS A GREATER VALUE PLACED ON
00:28:56.30\00:29:00.27
SUBMITTING THAN THERE IS IN
AMERICA. AMERICA, WE SEEM TO
00:29:00.27\00:29:04.34
VALUE THOSE WHO ARE BOLD,
DON'T WE? OR IS THAT JUST ME?
00:29:04.34\00:29:09.81
I MEAN, HOW - THE LESSON DOESN'T
STOP WITH PETER'S WORDS, IT ALSO
00:29:09.81\00:29:15.88
TALKS ABOUT PETER'S EXAMPLE.
AND WE ARE GOING TO JUMP AHEAD A
00:29:15.88\00:29:19.59
BIT, AS WE'RE TRYING TO GET THIS
BROAD CONTEXT, BECAUSE WE WANT
00:29:19.59\00:29:23.16
TO GET THE
HISTORICAL CONTEXT AS WELL.
00:29:23.16\00:29:25.56
AND THURSDAY'S LESSON, ACTUALLY,
SPEAKS ABOUT THE HISTORICAL
00:29:25.56\00:29:29.60
CONTEXT IN WHICH PETER IS
WRITING, UNLESS WE MISUNDERSTAND
00:29:29.60\00:29:33.17
WHAT PETER IS SAYING, BECAUSE IN
ACTS CHAPTER 4 AND 5, PETER IS
00:29:33.17\00:29:39.61
ONE OF THE CENTRAL FIGURES -
ACTS CHAPTER 4 AND ACTS CHAPTER
00:29:39.61\00:29:43.31
5 - AND THAT'S WHERE
I'M GOING IN MY BIBLE.
00:29:43.31\00:29:45.21
WE'RE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THIS
CONCEPT OF SUBMISSION TO THE
00:29:45.21\00:29:48.75
POWERS THAT BE AND WE'RE GOING
TO LOOK AT SOME VIGNETTES IN
00:29:48.75\00:29:52.59
PETER'S LIFE AND
ALSO IN THE LIFE OF JESUS.
00:29:52.59\00:29:56.09
SO, IN ACTS CHAPTER 4, WE HAVE
THIS VERY INTERESTING BACKGROUND
00:29:56.09\00:30:01.30
BECAUSE, IN ACTS 3, YOU MIGHT
REMEMBER, PETER AND JOHN HAVE
00:30:01.30\00:30:06.47
BEEN USED BY THE HOLY
SPIRIT TO DO A MIRACULOUS WORK.
00:30:06.47\00:30:11.31
IF YOU'RE FOLLOWING ALONG IN THE
BOOK OF ACTS - IN ACTS CHAPTER
00:30:11.31\00:30:14.24
3, VERSE 1, PETER AND JOHN FIND
THEMSELVES AT THE TEMPLE - THERE
00:30:14.24\00:30:19.18
IS A LAME MAN THERE WHO GOD
WORKS THROUGH THE TWO APOSTLES
00:30:19.18\00:30:24.45
TO HEAL THIS MAN. THIS
SETS OFF A CHAIN REACTION,
00:30:24.45\00:30:28.82
IF YOU WILL, ON THE LEADERS
AND, BY THE TIME WE COME TO
00:30:28.82\00:30:31.86
CHAPTER 4, PETER AND
JOHN FIND THEMSELVES ARRESTED.
00:30:31.86\00:30:36.50
AND IT'S INTERESTING, AS WE'RE
LISTENING TO THE DIALOGUE IT
00:30:36.50\00:30:41.57
SAYS, IN VERSE 13 OF ACTS
4, THE RELIGIOUS LEADERS - THE
00:30:41.57\00:30:46.41
DESIGNATED RELIGIOUS LEADERS
- THE JEWISH LEADERS - THEY
00:30:46.41\00:30:50.78
OBSERVE SOMETHING - ACTS 4,
VERSE 13, IT SAYS, "NOW WHEN
00:30:50.78\00:30:55.25
THEY SAW THE" - WHAT? -
"THE BOLDNESS OF PETER AND
00:30:55.25\00:30:59.32
JOHN, AND PERCEIVED THAT THEY
WERE UNEDUCATED AND UNTRAINED
00:30:59.32\00:31:02.39
MEN, THEY MARVELED.
AND THEY REALIZED THAT
00:31:02.39\00:31:06.53
THEY HAD BEEN WITH
JESUS." YOU KNOW WHAT?
00:31:06.53\00:31:12.13
AS WE SPEND TIME WITH
JESUS, WHAT HAPPENS TO US?
00:31:12.13\00:31:15.54
>>WE CHANGE. >>THAT'S
RIGHT, WE ARE CHANGED.
00:31:15.54\00:31:18.04
WE ARE EMBOLDENED TO
SPEAK THE TRUTH WITH LOVE.
00:31:18.04\00:31:22.68
AND THAT'S WHAT
THEY SAW IN THESE MEN.
00:31:22.68\00:31:24.78
AND LOOK WHAT HAPPENS IN VERSE
18: THE RELIGIOUS LEADERS - IT
00:31:24.78\00:31:29.08
SAYS IN VERSE 18, "SO THEY
CALLED THEM AND COMMANDED THEM
00:31:29.08\00:31:32.49
NOT TO SPEAK AT ALL NOR
TEACH IN THE NAME OF JESUS."
00:31:32.49\00:31:38.26
OKAY, SO THIS IS THE SAME PETER,
NOW, WHO'S WRITING IN 1 PETER
00:31:38.26\00:31:43.47
AND HE'S TELLING US WE NEED TO
BE SUBJECT TO THE POWERS THAT BE
00:31:43.47\00:31:46.70
- THOSE ARE PAUL'S WORDS,
ACTUALLY, VERY SIMILAR, THERE IN
00:31:46.70\00:31:49.37
ROMANS 13 AND OTHER PLACES
THAT THE LESSON POINTS US TO.
00:31:49.37\00:31:53.04
THIS IS NOT JUST PETER, THIS IS
THE HOLY SPIRIT TEACHING US TO
00:31:53.04\00:31:56.44
LIVE IN HARMONY
WITH WORLDLY AUTHORITIES.
00:31:56.44\00:31:59.18
AND NOW HERE HE IS, PETER AND
JOHN, THEY'RE TOLD THEY CANNOT
00:31:59.18\00:32:03.55
SPEAK OR TEACH IN
THE NAME OF JESUS.
00:32:03.55\00:32:06.76
NOW, BY THE WAY, HAD SOMEONE
ELSE TOLD PETER AND JOHN AND THE
00:32:06.76\00:32:12.43
DISCIPLES AND, BY EXTENSION,
ALL OF US, THAT WE SHOULD DO
00:32:12.43\00:32:16.63
SOMETHING WITH RESPECT TO THE
NAME OF JESUS, ARE WE TOLD THAT
00:32:16.63\00:32:20.97
WE SHOULD HAVE ANY
RELATION TO THE NAME OF JESUS?
00:32:20.97\00:32:25.61
I KNOW SOMETIMES I ASK QUESTIONS
THAT ARE KIND OF OBTUSE.
00:32:25.61\00:32:28.48
I MUST HAVE REALLY SUCCEEDED
BECAUSE YOU'RE ALL LOOKING QUITE
00:32:28.48\00:32:30.78
BEWILDERED AT WHERE
I'M GOING WITH THIS.
00:32:30.78\00:32:32.95
I'M REFERRING TO THE GREAT
COMMISSION, AMONG OTHER THINGS.
00:32:32.95\00:32:36.82
>>GO AND TEACH.
>>THAT'S RIGHT, WE'RE TO GO AND
00:32:36.82\00:32:38.69
TEACH EVERYTHING THAT
THE LORD COMMANDED, RIGHT?
00:32:38.69\00:32:42.82
SO WE WERE TO
TEACH IN JESUS' NAME.
00:32:42.82\00:32:45.83
AND SO PETER AND JOHN HAVE A
COMMISSION FROM JESUS AND NOW
00:32:45.83\00:32:50.07
THE WORLDLY AUTHORITIES,
WHO WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE IN
00:32:50.07\00:32:52.47
SUBJECTION TO, ARE SAYING NOT
TO TEACH IN THE NAME OF JESUS.
00:32:52.47\00:32:57.41
SO THIS IS WHAT
WE CALL A CASE STUDY.
00:32:57.41\00:32:59.51
WHAT IS THE APOSTLE GOING TO DO?
OKAY? BECAUSE HE'S TELLING US
00:32:59.51\00:33:03.41
THAT WE SHOULD OBEY
THE WORLDLY AUTHORITIES.
00:33:03.41\00:33:06.21
BUT NOW THE WORLDLY AUTHORITIES
ARE BASICALLY SAYING YOU SHOULD
00:33:06.21\00:33:08.95
NOT OBEY WHAT
JESUS ASKED YOU TO DO.
00:33:08.95\00:33:11.45
AND LET'S LOOK AT
HOW THEY RESPONDED.
00:33:11.45\00:33:13.49
IN VERSE 19 PETER AND JOHN
ANSWERED AND SAID TO THEM - THIS
00:33:13.49\00:33:17.26
IS, BY THE WAY, A VERY
RESPECTFUL ANSWER - "WHETHER IT
00:33:17.26\00:33:21.60
IS RIGHT IN THE SIGHT OF GOD TO
LISTEN TO YOU MORE THAN TO GOD,
00:33:21.60\00:33:27.27
YOU JUDGE." WASN'T THAT
RESPECTFUL? VERSE 20, "FOR WE
00:33:27.27\00:33:34.34
CANNOT BUT SPEAK THE THINGS
WHICH WE HAVE SEEN AND HEARD."
00:33:34.34\00:33:39.81
AND SO THEY
FURTHER THREATENED THEM.
00:33:39.81\00:33:41.75
THEY LET THEM GO, FINDING NO WAY
OF PUNISHING THEM BECAUSE OF THE
00:33:41.75\00:33:44.85
PEOPLE, SINCE THEY ALL GLORIFIED
GOD FOR WHAT HAD BEEN DONE.
00:33:44.85\00:33:50.23
WE'VE GOT ANOTHER
SCRIPTURE THAT RELATES TO THIS.
00:33:50.23\00:33:53.03
IT COMES UP IN ACTS 5 AND IT'S
QUOTED, ACTUALLY, IN THURSDAY'S
00:33:53.03\00:33:57.63
LESSON. SO
SOMEONE HAS - THAT'S GOING
00:33:57.63\00:33:59.50
TO READ FOR US RIGHT NOW FROM
ACTS 5, VERSES 27 THROUGH 29.
00:33:59.50\00:34:04.91
NOW, BY THE WAY, IT'S THE SAME
CONTEXT - IT'S PETER AND JOHN,
00:34:04.91\00:34:08.94
THIS - THIS REALLY - COMMOTION
THAT HAS BEEN STIRRED UP IN
00:34:08.94\00:34:12.75
JERUSALEM OVER THEIR HEALING AND
THERE IS STILL THIS CONFLICT NOW
00:34:12.75\00:34:17.75
WITH THE POWERS THAT BE AND
PETER AND JOHN AND LET'S LOOK AT
00:34:17.75\00:34:22.62
WHAT HAPPENS NOW IN ACTS
CHAPTER 5, VERSES 27 TO 29.
00:34:22.62\00:34:28.86
>>"AND WHEN THEY HAD BROUGHT
THEM, THEY SET THEM BEFORE THE
00:34:28.86\00:34:31.60
COUNCIL. AND THE HIGH PRIEST
ASKED THEM, SAYING, 'DID WE NOT
00:34:31.60\00:34:36.57
STRICTLY COMMAND YOU
NOT TO TEACH IN THIS NAME?
00:34:36.57\00:34:40.84
AND LOOK, YOU HAVE FILLED
JERUSALEM WITH YOUR DOCTRINE,
00:34:40.84\00:34:44.18
AND INTEND TO BRING
THIS MAN'S BLOOD ON US!'
00:34:44.18\00:34:47.68
BUT PETER AND THE OTHER APOSTLES
ANSWERED AND SAID: 'WE OUGHT TO
00:34:47.68\00:34:51.69
OBEY GOD RATHER THAN MEN.'"
>>"WE OUGHT TO OBEY GOD RATHER
00:34:51.69\00:34:56.93
THAN MEN." DO YOU SEE
WHAT'S PLAYING OUT HERE?
00:34:56.93\00:35:00.16
PETER IS CALLING US, IN HIS
LETTER, TO HONOR THE POWERS THAT
00:35:00.16\00:35:05.07
BE, BUT THE POWERS THAT BE
CANNOT USURP THE AUTHORITY OF
00:35:05.07\00:35:10.94
GOD, HIMSELF. SO, IF
GOD HAS GIVEN US A CALL,
00:35:10.94\00:35:15.21
WE CANNOT SURRENDER THAT CALLING
BECAUSE OF EARTHLY LAWS, BUT
00:35:15.21\00:35:21.08
WE'RE TO DO ALL IN OUR POWER -
WE'RE TO DO ALL IN OUR POWER TO
00:35:21.08\00:35:24.52
BE IN HARMONY WITH
THE POWERS THAT BE.
00:35:24.52\00:35:28.62
NOW, I KNOW THIS MAY SOUND LIKE
A DIFFICULT LINE TO WALK, AND I
00:35:28.62\00:35:32.43
WOULD BE THE FIRST TO ADMIT
IT IS, AND, IN FACT, IF YOU'RE
00:35:32.43\00:35:37.83
WANTING TO SEE HOW MY
MIND WORKS, MY MIND GOES TO
00:35:37.83\00:35:40.27
WEDNESDAY'S LESSON RIGHT
NOW BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY BEEN
00:35:40.27\00:35:43.91
ALLUDING TO IT.
THIS IS NOT A UNIQUE CALL
00:35:43.91\00:35:47.54
THAT PETER GAVE NEW
TESTAMENT BELIEVERS.
00:35:47.54\00:35:50.41
PAUL ALSO ECHOED THE NEED TO BE
SUBJECT TO THE POWERS THAT BE.
00:35:50.41\00:35:56.79
I'M TURNING IN MY BIBLE
TO ROMANS CHAPTER 13 - ROMANS
00:35:56.79\00:36:01.22
CHAPTER 13 - AND THIS IS
THE LANGUAGE THAT I'VE BEEN
00:36:01.22\00:36:06.19
BORROWING AS WE'VE BEEN
PARAPHRASING PETER'S COUNSEL IN
00:36:06.19\00:36:10.93
1 PETER CHAPTER 2, OKAY?
00:36:10.93\00:36:14.60
ROMANS CHAPTER 13, BEGINNING
WITH VERSE 1 - THIS IS NOW PAUL
00:36:14.60\00:36:19.91
WRITING, SO IT'S NOT PETER,
IT'S PAUL - "LET EVERY SOUL BE
00:36:19.91\00:36:25.38
SUBJECT TO THE
GOVERNING AUTHORITIES.
00:36:25.38\00:36:29.35
FOR THERE IS NO AUTHORITY EXCEPT
FROM GOD, AND THE AUTHORITIES
00:36:29.35\00:36:32.25
THAT EXIST ARE
APPOINTED BY GOD."
00:36:32.25\00:36:35.26
NOW, HERE'S WHY IT'S SO
DIFFICULT: FIRST OF ALL, THERE'S
00:36:35.26\00:36:37.96
THIS CONFLICT, RIGHT? BETWEEN
'WHAT IS GOD CALLING US TO DO?'
00:36:37.96\00:36:42.03
AND 'WHAT ARE HUMAN
ORGANIZATIONS' - HUMAN
00:36:42.03\00:36:45.00
GOVERNMENTS - HUMAN REGULATIONS
- 'CALLING US TO DO?'
00:36:45.00\00:36:48.87
AND WHY IT'S SO DIFFICULT IS
BECAUSE IT IS SO EASY FOR US TO
00:36:48.87\00:36:53.91
EXCUSE OUR OWN WEAKNESSES UNDER
THE UMBRELLA OF FOLLOWING GOD.
00:36:53.91\00:37:01.18
LET ME GIVE YOU A PRACTICAL
EXAMPLE - WE'LL LOOK AT JESUS'
00:37:01.18\00:37:03.75
OWN EXAMPLE. I INVITE YOU
TO TURN TO MATTHEW CHAPTER 22.
00:37:03.75\00:37:09.49
I JUST HAVE TO TELL YOU, I LOVE
THESE STORIES IN THE GOSPELS
00:37:09.49\00:37:13.40
WHERE PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO NAIL
JESUS - THEY'RE TRYING TO PUT
00:37:13.40\00:37:16.63
JESUS IN A CORNER, OKAY?
AND WHAT HAPPENS EVERY TIME THEY
00:37:16.63\00:37:20.57
TRY TO PUT JESUS IN A
CORNER? THAT'S RIGHT, THEY LOSE.
00:37:20.57\00:37:26.07
YOU CAN'T - YOU CAN'T TRIP JESUS
UP BECAUSE HE IS SO CONSISTENT
00:37:26.07\00:37:32.31
AND HE'S SO RIGHT. JESUS IS THE
TRUTH. SO LOOK HERE - AND THIS
00:37:32.31\00:37:37.45
IS SO INTERESTING - IN -
SPEAKING OF JESUS BEING THE
00:37:37.45\00:37:41.46
TRUTH - MATTHEW CHAPTER 22
- I'M BEGINNING WITH VERSE 15.
00:37:41.46\00:37:46.59
IT SAYS, "THEN THE PHARISEES"
- BY THE WAY, THE RELIGIOUS
00:37:46.59\00:37:48.90
LEADERS WENT AND PLOTTED HOW
THEY MIGHT ENTANGLE HIM - JESUS
00:37:48.90\00:37:54.07
- IN HIS TALK - "AND THEY SENT
TO HIM THEIR DISCIPLES WITH THE
00:37:54.07\00:37:58.31
HERODIANS, SAYING, 'TEACHER,
WE KNOW THAT YOU ARE TRUE, AND
00:37:58.31\00:38:02.08
TEACH THE WAY OF GOD IN TRUTH;
NOR DO YOU CARE ABOUT ANYONE,
00:38:02.08\00:38:05.75
FOR YOU DO NOT
REGARD THE PERSON OF MEN.
00:38:05.75\00:38:08.18
TELL US,
THEREFORE, WHAT DO YOU THINK?
00:38:08.18\00:38:10.95
IS IT LAWFUL TO PAY
TAXES TO CAESAR, OR NOT?'"
00:38:10.95\00:38:15.29
AND, YOU KNOW, THEY THOUGHT
THEY HAD THE PERFECT TRAP FOR
00:38:15.29\00:38:17.53
JESUS, RIGHT? BECAUSE
IF HE SAID, 'YEAH, PAY
00:38:17.53\00:38:21.23
TAXES TO CAESAR, THEY'D SAY,
'WELL, HE'S, YOU KNOW, SAID IT.
00:38:21.23\00:38:23.90
HE'S DEFERRING TO THE
ROMAN POWER, YOU KNOW?'
00:38:23.90\00:38:27.14
AND IF HE SAID, 'NO, DON'T
PAY TAXES,' THEN THEY'D SAY HE'S
00:38:27.14\00:38:33.68
INCITING SEDITION AGAINST
ROME. JESUS DOES JUST WHAT PETER
00:38:33.68\00:38:40.42
AND PAUL CALL US TO
DO. HE HONORS THE SECULAR
00:38:40.42\00:38:45.09
AUTHORITIES AND HE DID IT, YOU
KNOW, IN A VERY COMPELLING WAY.
00:38:45.09\00:38:49.62
IT SAYS IN VERSE 18, HE
PERCEIVED THEIR WICKEDNESS -
00:38:49.62\00:38:53.46
THEIR LACK OF INTEGRITY. "'WHY
DO YOU TEST ME, YOU HYPOCRITES?
00:38:53.46\00:38:58.83
SHOW ME THE TAX MONEY.' SO
THEY BROUGHT HIM A DENARIUS.
00:38:58.83\00:39:04.97
AND HE SAID TO THEM, 'WHOSE
IMAGE AND INSCRIPTION IS THIS?'
00:39:04.97\00:39:09.54
THEY SAID TO HIM, CAESAR'S.'
AND HE SAID TO THEM, 'RENDER
00:39:09.54\00:39:13.68
THEREFORE TO CAESAR THE THINGS
THAT ARE CAESAR'S, AND TO GOD
00:39:13.68\00:39:17.12
THE THINGS THAT ARE GOD'S.' WHEN
THEY HEARD THESE WORDS, THEY" -
00:39:17.12\00:39:20.42
DID WHAT? >>MARVELED.
00:39:20.42\00:39:21.99
>>"THEY MARVELED, AND
LEFT HIM AND WENT THEIR WAY."
00:39:21.99\00:39:25.49
YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE IN A
SITUATION RIGHT NOW IN YOUR OWN
00:39:25.49\00:39:29.96
LIFE, WHERE YOU FEEL THAT YOU'RE
IN A CORNER AND MAYBE THERE ARE
00:39:29.96\00:39:34.27
PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT FRIENDS OF
JESUS IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD OR IN
00:39:34.27\00:39:39.17
YOUR WORKPLACE OR, DARE I
SAY IT, MAYBE EVEN IN YOUR OWN
00:39:39.17\00:39:43.08
FAMILY, AND IT SEEMS LIKE
THEY'RE TRYING TO PUT YOU IN A
00:39:43.08\00:39:46.78
CORNER, LET ME ENCOURAGE YOU
BECAUSE, IF YOU PRESS CLOSE TO
00:39:46.78\00:39:51.19
JESUS, HE WILL
SHOW YOU THE WAY OUT.
00:39:51.19\00:39:56.36
NOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT
THAT WAY OUT LOOKS LIKE.
00:39:56.36\00:39:58.56
THE WAY OUT MAY BE INTO
PRISON LIKE JOHN THE BAPTIST.
00:39:58.56\00:40:03.00
OR IT MAY BE A WAY OUT LIKE
PETER WHEN HE WAS IN PRISON WHEN
00:40:03.00\00:40:07.14
THE CHAINS FELL OFF HIM AND
THE ANGELS LED HIM OUT OF THE
00:40:07.14\00:40:10.14
PRISON. WE DON'T
ALWAYS KNOW THE END OF
00:40:10.14\00:40:12.57
THE STORY, BUT WE KNOW
THAT WE CAN TRUST JESUS TO BE
00:40:12.57\00:40:15.78
FAITHFUL, DON'T WE? SO
HERE WE SEE JESUS HONORING
00:40:15.78\00:40:23.02
THE SECULAR
AUTHORITY OF HIS TIME.
00:40:23.02\00:40:26.09
AND AGAIN, THERE'S ANOTHER STORY
YOU MAY REMEMBER IT: PETER,
00:40:26.09\00:40:29.22
MISTAKENLY, SAID THAT HE AND
JESUS WOULD PAY THE TEMPLE TAX.
00:40:29.22\00:40:33.80
DO YOU REMEMBER THIS?
AND THE TEMPLE TAX WAS NOT
00:40:33.80\00:40:37.70
TO BE PAID BY THE
PRIESTS SO, BASICALLY, PETER'S
00:40:37.70\00:40:41.00
ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF
PAYING THIS TAX WAS BASICALLY
00:40:41.00\00:40:44.54
SAYING THAT JESUS WAS
NOT A PRIEST. SO JESUS DIDN'T
00:40:44.54\00:40:47.74
SAY, 'DON'T PAY THE TAX'.
HE SAID, 'PETER, GO FISHING.
00:40:47.74\00:40:51.71
AND WHEN YOU PULL UP
THAT FISH' WHAT WILL YOU FIND?
00:40:51.71\00:40:54.22
THAT'S RIGHT, IN THE MOUTH OF
THAT FISH YOU'LL FIND THE EXACT
00:40:54.22\00:40:57.35
AMOUNT YOU NEED TO PAY
THE TAX FOR THE TWO OF US.'
00:40:57.35\00:41:00.69
SO JESUS, AGAIN, SHOWING US TO
LIVE IN SUBJECTION TO THE POWERS
00:41:00.69\00:41:05.33
THAT BE. BUT
HERE'S THE DANGER, RIGHT?
00:41:05.33\00:41:07.23
AREN'T YOU STEWARDS OF
JESUS? YEAH, WE'RE STEWARDS.
00:41:07.23\00:41:12.90
SO COULD WE REASON, 'WELL, I'M
GOD'S STEWARD OF MY RESOURCES; I
00:41:12.90\00:41:16.91
SHOULD NOT GIVE ANY MONEY TO THE
GOVERNMENT IN TAXES BECAUSE IT'S
00:41:16.91\00:41:20.34
GOD'S MONEY.'
COULD WE REASON THAT WAY?
00:41:20.34\00:41:22.94
>>YES. >>WE COULD
REASON THAT WAY, BUT
00:41:22.94\00:41:25.68
THIS WOULD NOT BE A
BIBLICAL WAY OF REASONING.
00:41:25.68\00:41:28.95
BY THE WAY, IT COULD, ALSO, LAND
YOU UP IN SOME SERIOUS PROBLEMS.
00:41:28.95\00:41:33.72
I KNOW OF SOMEONE WHO ACTUALLY
HAD THIS PHILOSOPHY THAT HE WAS
00:41:33.72\00:41:38.83
GOD'S STEWARD; THE GOVERNMENT
DIDN'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO HIS
00:41:38.83\00:41:40.96
MONEY, AND HE WASN'T
GOING TO PAY HIS TAXES.
00:41:40.96\00:41:43.80
GUESS WHAT HE ENDED UP
HAVING THE PRIVILEGE OF DOING?
00:41:43.80\00:41:47.10
>>JAIL TIME. >>THAT'S RIGHT -
00:41:47.10\00:41:49.07
PRISON MINISTRY.
(LAUGHTER) THAT'S RIGHT.
00:41:49.07\00:41:51.61
THAT'S TRUE - THIS IS
REALLY TRUE - TRUE STORY.
00:41:51.61\00:41:55.21
SO IT IS - GOD IS ASKING US
TO BE MODEL CITIZENS AND I DON'T
00:41:55.21\00:42:00.52
KNOW HOW FAR I WANT TO GO WITH
THESE ILLUSTRATIONS BECAUSE MY
00:42:00.52\00:42:04.65
WIFE MAY START TALKING WITH
ME ABOUT THE RULES OF THE ROAD.
00:42:04.65\00:42:09.19
NO, I'M SERIOUS - I'M
SERIOUS. ARE WE EXEMPLARY
00:42:09.19\00:42:16.46
CITIZENS IN EVERY WAY? ARE
WE? I MEAN, THESE ARE SOBERING
00:42:16.46\00:42:20.44
THINGS TO THINK ABOUT.
AND SO, SPEAKING ABOUT SOCIAL
00:42:20.44\00:42:23.64
RELATIONSHIPS ARE SOBERING, BUT
WE COME TO, PERHAPS, THE MOST
00:42:23.64\00:42:28.48
SOBERING OF THE DISCUSSION AS WE
MOVE INTO TALKING ABOUT MASTERS
00:42:28.48\00:42:34.55
AND SLAVES AND
THEN HUSBANDS AND WIVES.
00:42:34.55\00:42:37.72
NOW, YOU SAY, MASTERS AND
SLAVES, THAT SOUNDS PRETTY FAR
00:42:37.72\00:42:40.49
DISTANT TO MANY OF US TODAY,
BUT LET'S GO TO 1 PETER AGAIN AS
00:42:40.49\00:42:46.80
WE'RE TRYING TO PICK
UP THIS LOGIC OF PETER.
00:42:46.80\00:42:50.83
THIS IS A FASCINATING EXAMPLE,
AGAIN, OF THIS COUNTER PLAY
00:42:50.83\00:42:55.14
BETWEEN WHAT JESUS HAS DONE FOR
US AND THEN HOW WE ARE TO LIVE.
00:42:55.14\00:42:59.61
SO, IN 1 PETER CHAPTER 2,
BEGINNING WITH VERSE 18 IT SAYS
00:42:59.61\00:43:03.98
THIS: "SERVANTS, BE SUBMISSIVE
TO YOUR MASTERS WITH ALL FEAR,
00:43:03.98\00:43:09.05
NOT ONLY TO THE GOOD AND
GENTLE, BUT ALSO TO THE HARSH.
00:43:09.05\00:43:13.42
FOR THIS IS COMMENDABLE, IF
BECAUSE OF CONSCIENCE TOWARD GOD
00:43:13.42\00:43:16.52
ONE ENDURES GRIEF,
SUFFERING WRONGFULLY.
00:43:16.52\00:43:19.46
FOR WHAT CREDIT IS IT IF, WHEN
YOU ARE BEATEN FOR YOUR FAULTS,
00:43:19.46\00:43:24.03
YOU TAKE IT PATIENTLY? BUT
WHEN YOU DO GOOD AND SUFFER,
00:43:24.03\00:43:26.80
IF YOU TAKE IT PATIENTLY,
THIS IS COMMENDABLE BEFORE GOD."
00:43:26.80\00:43:31.17
NOW LOOK AT - WE'VE BEEN TALKING
ABOUT, AGAIN, THIS CALL TO HOLY
00:43:31.17\00:43:34.48
LIVING, AND THEN LOOK WHAT
PETER DOES RIGHT IN THIS CONTEXT
00:43:34.48\00:43:39.38
BECAUSE HE, AGAIN, GIVES US THIS
GLIMPSE OF HEAVENLY REALITIES,
00:43:39.38\00:43:42.52
LEST WE MISS THE WHOLE
FOCUS OF PETER'S LETTER.
00:43:42.52\00:43:47.92
LOOK AT IT - VERSE 21 - "FOR TO
THIS YOU WERE CALLED, BECAUSE" -
00:43:47.92\00:43:53.60
BECAUSE CHRIST THE MESSIAH
- "ALSO SUFFERED FOR US," - HE
00:43:53.60\00:44:00.17
SUFFERED FOR ME - HE SUFFERED
FOR YOU - "LEAVING US AN
00:44:00.17\00:44:04.07
EXAMPLE, THAT YOU SHOULD FOLLOW
HIS STEPS: 'WHO COMMITTED NO
00:44:04.07\00:44:09.08
SIN, NOR WAS DECEIT FOUND
IN HIS MOUTH'; WHO, WHEN HE WAS
00:44:09.08\00:44:12.61
REVILED, DID NOT REVILE IN
RETURN; WHEN HE SUFFERED, HE DID
00:44:12.61\00:44:15.68
NOT THREATEN, BUT COMMITTED
HIMSELF TO HIM WHO JUDGES
00:44:15.68\00:44:18.99
RIGHTEOUSLY; WHO HIMSELF BORE
OUR SINS IN HIS OWN BODY ON THE
00:44:18.99\00:44:25.16
TREE, THAT WE, HAVING
DIED TO SINS, MIGHT LIVE FOR
00:44:25.16\00:44:30.17
RIGHTEOUSNESS - BY
WHOSE STRIPES YOU WERE HEALED.
00:44:30.17\00:44:35.30
FOR YOU WERE LIKE SHEEP GOING
ASTRAY, BUT HAVE NOT RETURNED TO
00:44:35.30\00:44:37.61
THE SHEPHERD AND
OVERSEER OF YOUR SOULS."
00:44:37.61\00:44:42.84
SO PETER, GOING BACK AND FORTH
BETWEEN THESE HEAVENLY REALITIES
00:44:42.84\00:44:47.28
- WHAT JESUS HAS DONE FOR
US AND THEN HOW WE SHOULD LIVE.
00:44:47.28\00:44:51.09
DO YOU SEE HOW THIS
IS GOING BACK AND FORTH?
00:44:51.09\00:44:53.56
AND IF WE JUST FOCUS ON HOW TO
LIVE, EXCLUSIVE OF HOW JESUS HAS
00:44:53.56\00:44:58.16
LIVED AND WHAT HE'S DONE FOR
US, WE END UP WITH A LEGALISTIC
00:44:58.16\00:45:01.50
FOCUS. AND SOME PEOPLE THROW OUT
GOD'S COUNSEL BECAUSE THEY SAY
00:45:01.50\00:45:06.90
ALL YOU TALK ABOUT ARE RULES.
BUT PETER AND PAUL, WHEN THEY
00:45:06.90\00:45:11.11
WROTE THEIR LETTERS, WROTE THEM
IN THE CONTEXT OF JESUS' LOVE,
00:45:11.11\00:45:18.11
HIS COMMITMENT,
HIS SACRIFICE TO US.
00:45:18.11\00:45:20.32
THE LESSON IS, IT'S DRAWING
THESE PARALLELS IN WEDNESDAY'S
00:45:20.32\00:45:23.62
LESSON - ATTRACTED OUR ATTENTION
- DIRECTED OUR ATTENTION, NOT
00:45:23.62\00:45:28.52
ONLY TO ROMANS 13, BUT ALSO
TO THE BOOK OF EPHESIANS, AND I
00:45:28.52\00:45:32.26
INVITE YOU TO TURN THERE REALLY
QUICKLY BECAUSE THESE VERY SAME
00:45:32.26\00:45:35.76
THEMES ARE FOUND IN PAUL'S
LETTER TO THE CHURCH OF EPHESUS
00:45:35.76\00:45:40.57
THAT WOULD BE THERE IN TURKEY
TODAY - ONE OF THOSE SEVEN
00:45:40.57\00:45:43.61
CHURCHES ACTUALLY MENTIONED
IN THE BOOK OF REVELATION.
00:45:43.61\00:45:47.18
SO I'M TURNING TO EPHESIANS
- GALATIANS, EPHESIANS,
00:45:47.18\00:45:49.94
PHILIPPIANS, AND COLOSSIANS.
THEY'RE IN SEQUENCE, THESE
00:45:49.94\00:45:54.12
LETTERS THAT PAUL
WROTE TO SPECIFIC CHURCHES.
00:45:54.12\00:45:57.19
AND, AS YOU BEGIN THE BOOK
OF EPHESIANS, AGAIN, I JUST WANT
00:45:57.19\00:45:59.79
YOU TO CATCH THIS THEME - IT'S
NOT JUST PETER, IT'S PAUL - THE
00:45:59.79\00:46:03.43
HOLY SPIRIT IMPRESSING THE BIBLE
WRITERS AS YOU BEGIN THE BOOK OF
00:46:03.43\00:46:07.13
EPHESIANS. NOW, BY THE WAY,
EPHESIANS IS WRITTEN ESPECIALLY
00:46:07.13\00:46:10.63
TO GENTILE BELIEVERS. AND THE
THEME IN EPHESIANS IS YOU READ
00:46:10.63\00:46:15.27
THE EARLY CHAPTERS - LOOK AT,
WITH ME, VERSE 3 OF EPHESIANS 1,
00:46:15.27\00:46:20.71
"BLESSED BE THE GOD AND FATHER
OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, WHO
00:46:20.71\00:46:24.25
HAS BLESSED US WITH
EVERY SPIRITUAL BLESSING IN THE
00:46:24.25\00:46:27.28
HEAVENLY PLACES IN CHRIST," -
VERSE 7, "...WE HAVE REDEMPTION
00:46:27.28\00:46:30.75
THROUGH HIS BLOOD, THE
FORGIVENESS OF SINS," - AND AS
00:46:30.75\00:46:33.46
YOU READ THROUGH THIS YOU
ACTUALLY HAVE THE VERY SAME
00:46:33.46\00:46:37.46
PATTERN THAT PETER SHARES WITH
US BECAUSE HE GIVES US THESE
00:46:37.46\00:46:42.60
GREAT TRUTHS - THESE HEAVENLY
TRUTHS OF REDEMPTION AND THEN
00:46:42.60\00:46:45.83
CALLS US HOW WE
THEN SHOULD LIVE.
00:46:45.83\00:46:49.54
JUMP WITH ME, IF YOU WILL -
IF YOU WILL, TO CHAPTER 4 IN
00:46:49.54\00:46:55.48
EPHESIANS, "I, THEREFORE, THE
PRISONER OF THE LORD, BESEECH
00:46:55.48\00:47:01.88
YOU TO WALK WORTHY OF THE
CALLING WITH WHICH YOU WERE
00:47:01.88\00:47:05.55
CALLED, WITH ALL LOWLINESS AND
GENTLENESS, WITH LONGSUFFERING,
00:47:05.55\00:47:10.53
BEARING WITH ONE ANOTHER IN
LOVE, ENDEAVORING TO KEEP THE
00:47:10.53\00:47:13.43
UNITY OF THE SPIRIT
IN THE BOND OF PEACE."
00:47:13.43\00:47:15.60
HE IS WRITING, NOW, TO BELIEVERS
- TO GENTILE BELIEVERS - SAYING
00:47:15.60\00:47:19.43
THAT 'YOU ARE PART OF
GOD'S FAMILY, WITH THE JEWISH
00:47:19.43\00:47:22.30
BELIEVERS.' AND HE'S
SAYING WE ARE TO LIVE IN UNITY.
00:47:22.30\00:47:25.47
AND, AS YOU READ THROUGH THIS
LETTER, ESPECIALLY APPEALING TO
00:47:25.47\00:47:27.98
THE CHURCH, YOU COME TO CHAPTER
5 AND IN CHAPTER 5 WHAT ARE YOU
00:47:27.98\00:47:32.78
GOING TO READ
ABOUT? YOU'RE GOING TO
00:47:32.78\00:47:34.48
READ ABOUT MARRIAGE.
YOU'RE GOING TO READ ABOUT
00:47:34.48\00:47:36.69
CHILDREN AND PARENTS.
YOU'RE GOING TO READ, IN
00:47:36.69\00:47:38.32
EPHESIANS 6, VERSE 5
ABOUT BONDSERVANTS AND MASTERS.
00:47:38.32\00:47:43.93
SO THE VERY SAME COUNSEL
THAT PETER GIVES IS GIVEN IN A
00:47:43.93\00:47:47.56
DIFFERENT CONTEXT BY PAUL IN THE
BOOK OF EPHESIANS AND IN ROMANS
00:47:47.56\00:47:52.00
AND IN OTHER PLACES. NOW
WHY IS THIS SO IMPORTANT?
00:47:52.00\00:47:55.10
WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT IS BECAUSE
WE'RE IN DANGER, AGAIN, OF
00:47:55.10\00:47:59.07
MISSING SOME OF THE
MOST POWERFUL COUNSEL.
00:47:59.07\00:48:02.14
WE'RE GOING, NOW, TO TUESDAY'S
LESSON HUSBANDS AND WIVES .
00:48:02.14\00:48:05.05
PERHAPS THE MOST DIFFICULT
PASSAGE IN THIS LESSON, AND
00:48:05.05\00:48:09.15
WE'VE WAITED TO HEAR -
TO SEE THIS STRUCTURE -
00:48:09.15\00:48:11.92
BECAUSE THIS
STRUCTURE IS SO IMPORTANT.
00:48:11.92\00:48:13.59
GOD IS NOT JUST GIVING RULES,
BUT HE'S GOING TO SPEAK VERY
00:48:13.59\00:48:16.22
SPECIFICALLY ABOUT CHRISTIAN
LIFESTYLE - CHRISTIAN LIFESTYLE.
00:48:16.22\00:48:22.33
LET'S LOOK AT IT VERY CLOSELY
BECAUSE I'M GOING BACK TO PETER
00:48:22.33\00:48:26.70
- I COULD JUST AS WELL STAYED
IN EPHESIANS 5, BECAUSE THERE IT
00:48:26.70\00:48:30.27
SPEAKS ABOUT -
WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT?
00:48:30.27\00:48:32.51
SINCE I HAVEN'T TURNED ALL
THE WAY OVER, MAYBE SOME OF YOU
00:48:32.51\00:48:35.08
HAVE, BUT I'VE GOT TO READ
TO YOU EPHESIANS 5, VERSE 21 -
00:48:35.08\00:48:39.78
BEFORE HE GIVES ANY OF
THE COUNSEL, PAUL, THAT IS, IN
00:48:39.78\00:48:42.88
EPHESIANS, HE
GIVES THIS PRINCIPLE:
00:48:42.88\00:48:45.72
"SUBMITTING TO ONE
ANOTHER IN THE FEAR OF GOD."
00:48:45.72\00:48:50.26
HE'S SPEAKING OF MUTUAL
SUBMISSION - MUTUAL SUBMISSION
00:48:50.26\00:48:55.66
AND ONE OTHER VERSE IN EPHESIANS
5 - AND, BY THE WAY, SOME OF
00:48:55.66\00:49:00.20
YOU, AS WE'RE GOING TO BE
LOOKING AT THIS NEXT PASSAGE,
00:49:00.20\00:49:02.50
IT'S GOING TO BE
SPEAKING ABOUT ATTIRE.
00:49:02.50\00:49:06.81
WE DO HAVE A SPECIAL OFFER -
WE'LL MENTION IT AGAIN - ALONE
00:49:06.81\00:49:09.41
IN THE CROWD BY JOE CREWS
- WE'LL MENTION IT BEFORE WE
00:49:09.41\00:49:11.71
FINISH, BUT SOME OF YOU MAY
ALSO KNOW THE FOUNDER OF AMAZING
00:49:11.71\00:49:15.08
FACTS WROTE A BOOK ABOUT
COLORFUL COSMETICS AND JEWELRY
00:49:15.08\00:49:19.85
THAT LOOKS AT THIS TOPIC IN
DETAIL - AND HE HIGHLIGHTS THIS
00:49:19.85\00:49:23.83
VERSE - PASTOR CREWS DID
- EPHESIANS 5, VERSE 10 - MY
00:49:23.83\00:49:29.26
VERSION SAYS, "FINDING OUT
WHAT IS ACCEPTABLE TO THE LORD."
00:49:29.26\00:49:34.14
OTHER TRANSLATIONS READ THINGS
LIKE, 'ALWAYS SEEKING TO DO WHAT
00:49:34.14\00:49:39.14
BEST PLEASES THE
LORD.' IS THAT OUR FOCUS?
00:49:39.14\00:49:43.14
THAT'S WHAT THE CALL IS THAT
PAUL IS GIVING - AND WHAT PETER
00:49:43.14\00:49:46.08
IS GIVING. SO
QUICKLY, NOW, BACK TO PETER
00:49:46.08\00:49:49.18
- I'M BACK IN 1 PETER AND
WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS COUNSEL
00:49:49.18\00:49:52.02
TO HUSBANDS AND WIVES.
NOW, AS PETER IS WRITING, HE'S
00:49:52.02\00:49:55.39
WRITING ESPECIALLY ABOUT
WITNESS TO NON-BELIEVERS.
00:49:55.39\00:49:58.03
THE LESSON DOES POINT THAT
OUT, BUT PAUL IS ESPECIALLY, IN
00:49:58.03\00:50:02.16
EPHESIANS, WRITING TO THE CHURCH
AND GETTING ALONG BETWEEN JEWS
00:50:02.16\00:50:07.37
AND GENTILES IN THE CHURCH.
SO WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL THAT WE
00:50:07.37\00:50:10.47
DON'T MINIMIZE THE COUNSEL THAT
WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT RIGHT NOW
00:50:10.47\00:50:13.48
AND SAYING IT JUST APPLIES
TO WOMEN WHO ARE MARRIED TO
00:50:13.48\00:50:15.84
UNBELIEVERS, EVEN
THOUGH THAT IS THE IMMEDIATE
00:50:15.84\00:50:17.98
CONTEXT IN 1 PETER.
LET'S LOOK AT IT TOGETHER.
00:50:17.98\00:50:22.52
I'M IN 1 PETER NOW, CHAPTER
3, VERSE 1, "WIVES, LIKEWISE, BE
00:50:22.52\00:50:27.39
SUBMISSIVE TO YOUR OWN HUSBANDS,
THAT EVEN IF SOME DO NOT OBEY
00:50:27.39\00:50:31.79
THE WORD, THEY, WITHOUT A WORD,
MAY BE WON BY THE CONDUCT OF
00:50:31.79\00:50:35.76
THEIR WIVES, WHEN THEY OBSERVE
YOUR CHASTE CONDUCT ACCOMPANIED
00:50:35.76\00:50:39.60
BY FEAR. DO NOT
LET YOUR ADORNMENT BE
00:50:39.60\00:50:42.07
MERELY OUTWARD - ARRANGING THE
HAIR, WEARING GOLD, OR PUTTING
00:50:42.07\00:50:45.84
ON FINE APPAREL - RATHER LET
IT BE THE HIDDEN PERSON OF THE
00:50:45.84\00:50:50.18
HEART, WITH THE INCORRUPTIBLE
BEAUTY OF A GENTLE AND QUIET
00:50:50.18\00:50:54.25
SPIRIT, WHICH IS VERY
PRECIOUS IN THE SIGHT OF GOD."
00:50:54.25\00:50:58.69
NOW, WE WOULD MAKE A GREAT
MISTAKE TO SAY THAT THIS IS JUST
00:50:58.69\00:51:01.66
COUNSEL FOR WOMEN WHO ARE
MARRIED TO UNBELIEVING HUSBANDS.
00:51:01.66\00:51:07.00
CONTEXTUALLY, THAT IS WHAT'S
BEING TALKED ABOUT, BUT YOU KNOW
00:51:07.00\00:51:10.60
IT'S NOT JUST SPEAKING OF THAT,
BECAUSE LOOK AT THE EXAMPLE THAT
00:51:10.60\00:51:13.67
NEXT FOLLOWS: "FOR" - BECAUSE
- "IN THIS MANNER," - I'M IN 1
00:51:13.67\00:51:18.87
PETER 3, VERSE 5, "FOR IN THIS
MANNER, IN FORMER TIMES, THE
00:51:18.87\00:51:22.61
HOLY WOMEN WHO TRUSTED IN GOD
ALSO ADORNED THEMSELVES, BEING
00:51:22.61\00:51:26.41
SUBMISSIVE TO THEIR OWN
HUSBANDS, AS SARAH OBEYED
00:51:26.41\00:51:29.58
ABRAHAM, CALLING HIM LORD, WHOSE
DAUGHTERS YOU ARE IF YOU DO GOOD
00:51:29.58\00:51:34.26
AND ARE NOT
AFRAID WITH ANY TERROR."
00:51:34.26\00:51:39.16
DO YOU REALIZE THE STRUCTURE
THAT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT?
00:51:39.16\00:51:43.87
DID YOU CATCH - DID YOU CATCH
EXODUS 19 - THE CONTEXT OF BEING
00:51:43.87\00:51:49.00
CALLED KINGS AND PRIESTS, WHICH
IS THE IMMEDIATE CONTEXT OF
00:51:49.00\00:51:53.24
THESE PASSAGES?
WE ARE GOD'S JEWELS -
00:51:53.24\00:51:57.35
WE'RE HIS HOLY PEOPLE.
HE DOES NOT WANT US TO BE
00:51:57.35\00:51:59.61
ARRAYED WITH JEWELS, HE
WANTS US TO BE HIS JEWELS.
00:51:59.61\00:52:07.09
MANY YEARS AGO WHEN I WAS
WORKING IN HOSPITAL MEDICINE,
00:52:07.09\00:52:10.39
NOW I JUST DO OUTPATIENT WORK,
I WAS IN THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT
00:52:10.39\00:52:15.40
AND I HEARD A SCREAM GO OUT FROM
ONE OF THE OTHER ROOMS IN THE
00:52:15.40\00:52:19.53
ICU. NOW, OF COURSE, I RUSHED
OVER THERE BECAUSE I WASN'T
00:52:19.53\00:52:23.77
DOING SOMETHING THAT
URGENT. WHAT WAS GOING ON?
00:52:23.77\00:52:27.48
AND I SAW A NURSE RUSHING OUT
OF ONE OF THE PATIENT'S ROOMS.
00:52:27.48\00:52:32.65
I LEARNED WHAT HAD HAPPENED: THE
PATIENT IN THAT ROOM, THAT THE
00:52:32.65\00:52:39.32
NURSE WAS CARING FOR, WAS QUITE
ILL AND HE HAD VOMITED ALL OVER
00:52:39.32\00:52:45.96
THE NURSE. THE
SCREAM WAS NOT FROM THE
00:52:45.96\00:52:49.93
PATIENT BUT FROM THE
NURSE. AND WE DIDN'T SEE THAT
00:52:49.93\00:52:54.60
NURSE FOR THE LONGEST
TIME. SHE JUST VANISHED.
00:52:54.60\00:52:58.37
AND, AS I THOUGHT ABOUT IT,
I REALIZED SOMETHING ABOUT THAT
00:52:58.37\00:53:01.08
NURSE. SHE ALWAYS
HAD, IN HER MIND, I
00:53:01.08\00:53:05.18
GUESS, THE PERFECT MAKE UP
AND JEWELRY AND EVERYTHING - SHE
00:53:05.18\00:53:08.42
JUST LOOKED SO GOOD, SHE
THOUGHT, I MEAN, I'D NEVER BEEN
00:53:08.42\00:53:11.59
STRUCK BY THAT BEFORE,
BUT THAT WAS HER MINDSET.
00:53:11.59\00:53:16.29
AND SO HERE SHE WAS IN A
POSITION OF MINISTERING TO
00:53:16.29\00:53:19.49
SOMEONE WHO WAS SICK
AND, INSTEAD OF COMFORTING THE
00:53:19.49\00:53:23.20
PERSON, WHAT DID SHE DO? SHE
ADDED TO THEIR MISERY, RIGHT?
00:53:23.20\00:53:28.74
THE PERSON PROBABLY FELT BAD
THAT THEY VOMITED ON THE NURSE.
00:53:28.74\00:53:33.31
NOW WHY DO I
TELL YOU THAT STORY?
00:53:33.31\00:53:36.71
YOU KNOW, SEVENTH-DAY
ADVENTISTS, HISTORICALLY, HAVE
00:53:36.71\00:53:39.98
UNDERSTOOD THESE BIBLE
STATEMENTS IN 1 PETER 3 AND IN 1
00:53:39.98\00:53:45.05
TIMOTHY 2 IN THE CONTEXT OF THIS
CALL TO BE A HOLY PEOPLE - A
00:53:45.05\00:53:50.59
SET-APART PEOPLE THAT GOD WANTS
TO ADORN WITH HIS CHARACTER, NOT
00:53:50.59\00:53:55.60
WITH EARTHLY
JEWELRY AND THE LIKE.
00:53:55.60\00:54:00.87
ARE YOU FOLLOWING ALONG WITH ME?
NOW, BY THE WAY, THIS IS NOT TO
00:54:00.87\00:54:03.04
MAKE ANYONE FEEL UNEASY AND
NO ONE DEFERRED THIS TOPIC TO ME
00:54:03.04\00:54:07.78
BECAUSE THEY
DIDN'T WANT TO PREACH IT.
00:54:07.78\00:54:09.44
IT JUST HAPPENED BY THE LUCK OF
THE DRAW THAT I HAPPENED TO BE
00:54:09.44\00:54:12.28
AVAILABLE WHEN SOME OF THE
OTHERS WERE TRAVELING, LIKE
00:54:12.28\00:54:14.78
PASTOR DOUG. BUT
HERE'S THE INTERESTING
00:54:14.78\00:54:18.15
THING: THE INTERESTING THING IS
WE MAKE EXCUSES ABOUT WHY THIS
00:54:18.15\00:54:24.63
COUNSEL NO LONGER APPLIES,
WHEN WE'RE MISSING A GREAT
00:54:24.63\00:54:30.03
TRUTH IN SCRIPTURE.
GOD IS CALLING FOR US TO BE
00:54:30.03\00:54:34.84
FOCUSED ON HOLY
SURRENDER TO HIM.
00:54:34.84\00:54:38.67
AND, YOU KNOW, THESE THINGS THAT
WE SOMETIMES CLING TO, WHETHER
00:54:38.67\00:54:44.41
IT'S OUR MONEY - NOT WANTING
TO GIVE IT TO THE GOVERNMENT -
00:54:44.41\00:54:48.08
WHETHER IT'S OUR AUTHORITY, WHEN
WE'RE WORKING IN A PLACE WHERE
00:54:48.08\00:54:51.62
WE NEED TO BE SUBMISSIVE TO
THOSE WHO WE'RE WORKING UNDER,
00:54:51.62\00:54:55.49
WHETHER IT'S IN THE HOME, GOD
IS CALLING FOR HUSBANDS TO BE
00:54:55.49\00:55:00.33
SUBMISSIVE TO THE NEEDS OF THEIR
WIVES AND WIVES TO BE SUBMISSIVE
00:55:00.33\00:55:04.73
TO THEIR HUSBANDS AND TO TAKE
OFF THE OUTWARD ADORNINGS AND
00:55:04.73\00:55:10.07
FOCUS ON THE INNER
PERSON OF THE HEART.
00:55:10.07\00:55:13.71
YOU WANT TO EXPLORE THIS MORE?
THAT IS THE THEME OF OUR FREE
00:55:13.71\00:55:17.25
OFFER: ALONE IN THE CROWD .
YOU CAN READ IT ONLINE OR YOU
00:55:17.25\00:55:21.15
CAN REQUEST IT, IF YOU'RE
IN NORTH AMERICA, BY CALLING
00:55:21.15\00:55:24.55
866-STUDY-MORE -
THAT'S 866-788-3966.
00:55:24.55\00:55:33.16
OUR TIME HAS SLIPPED AWAY,
BUT HOPEFULLY WE'VE LEFT WITH A
00:55:33.16\00:55:36.46
CLEARER GLIMPSE OF HOW
JESUS LOVES US - HOW HE'S GIVEN
00:55:36.46\00:55:40.44
EVERYTHING FOR US AND HE
ASKS US TO DO THE SAME FOR HIM.
00:55:40.44\00:55:45.67
WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO STUDYING
AGAIN TOGETHER NEXT WEEK AS WE
00:55:45.67\00:55:49.44
TAKE ON LESSON 5 IN 1
AND 2 PETER - FEED MY SHEEP .
00:55:49.44\00:55:55.75
JOIN US THEN. (MUSIC)
00:55:55.75\00:56:07.96
>>ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS
SCIENTISTS HAVE DEMONSTRATED
00:56:07.96\00:56:10.47
THAT PEOPLE, AND EVEN CREATURES,
CAN STRUGGLE WITH DEPRESSION
00:56:10.47\00:56:14.30
WHEN EXPOSED TO
CONTINUAL DARKNESS.
00:56:14.30\00:56:16.81
THIS CAN BE SEEN EVERY YEAR IN
THE WINTER MONTHS IN THE ARCTIC
00:56:16.81\00:56:19.74
REGIONS. THE
BEAUTIFUL VILLAGE OF RJUKAN,
00:56:19.74\00:56:23.48
NORWAY IS SITUATED IN A DEEP
VALLEY WHERE MOUNTAINS BLOCK THE
00:56:23.48\00:56:27.02
SUN'S RAYS FOR ABOUT
SIX MONTHS EVERY YEAR.
00:56:27.02\00:56:29.82
THIS, OF COURSE, KEEPS THE 3,400
RESIDENTS IN A STATE OF SHADE
00:56:29.82\00:56:33.82
AND, SOMETIMES, DEPRESSING
DARKNESS THROUGHOUT THE WINTER.
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THEN THE TOWN LEADERS GOT A
BRIGHT IDEA TO HELP ILLUMINATE
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THEIR VILLAGE DURING THE MURKY
MONTHS. IN OCTOBER 2013 RJUKAN
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INSTALLED AN ARRAY OF THREE
GIGANTIC 550-SQUARE-FOOT MIRRORS
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ON A NEARBY MOUNTAIN
1,000 FEET ABOVE THE TOWN.
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THE COMPUTER-CONTROLLED AND
SOLAR-POWERED MIRRORS TRACK THE
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SUN THROUGH THE WINTER MONTHS
AND REFLECT A GIANT BEAM OF
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SUNSHINE DOWN TO THE TOWN
SQUARE, BRIGHTENING THEIR LIVES.
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IF YOU VISIT RJUKAN IN THE
WINTER MONTHS TODAY, YOU CAN
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OFTEN SEE THE PEOPLE GATHERED
OR SITTING ON BENCHES AROUND THE
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TOWN SQUARE, BATHING
IN THE REFLECTED SUNSHINE.
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LIKE THOSE MIRRORS ON THE
MOUNTAIN, THE BIBLE SAYS THAT
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CHRISTIANS ARE TO REFLECT THE
LIGHT OF JESUS, WHO IS THE LIGHT
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OF THE WORLD,
INTO THIS DARK PLANET.
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MATTHEW 5:14 SAYS, "YOU
ARE THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD.
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A CITY THAT IS SET ON
A HILL CANNOT BE HIDDEN.
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NOR DO THEY LIGHT A LAMP AND
PUT IT UNDER A BASKET, BUT ON A
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LAMPSTAND, AND IT GIVES LIGHT
TO ALL WHO ARE IN THE HOUSE.
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LET YOUR LIGHT SO SHINE BEFORE
MEN, THAT THEY MAY SEE YOUR GOOD
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WORKS AND GLORIFY
YOUR FATHER IN HEAVEN."
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