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>>GOOD MORNING, FRIENDS.
WELCOME, AGAIN, TO SABBATH
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SCHOOL STUDY HOUR COMING TO YOU
FROM THE GRANITE BAY SEVENTH-DAY
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ADVENTIST CHURCH NEAR
SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA.
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I'D LIKE TO WARMLY WELCOME OUR
ONLINE MEMBERS AND ALSO THOSE
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JOINING US ON THE VARIOUS
TELEVISION NETWORKS, TUNING IN
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TO STUDY GOD'S WORD.
ALSO, TO THE MEMBERS AND
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VISITORS RIGHT HERE IN GRANITE
BAY, A VERY WARM WELCOME TO YOU.
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IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE YOU WEEK
AFTER WEEK, COMING EARLY FOR
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SABBATH SCHOOL
TO STUDY GOD'S WORD.
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NOW, WE'VE BEEN STUDYING THROUGH
OUR LESSON QUARTERLY DEALING
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WITH THE FIRST AND THE SECOND
BOOKS OF PETER, IT'S ENTITLED
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FEED MY SHEEP AND
TODAY WE'RE ON LESSON #8.
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OUR LESSON IS CALLED JESUS
IN THE WRITINGS OF PETER , BUT
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BEFORE WE GET TO OUR LESSON, WE
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AMERICA. IF YOU'RE OUTSIDE
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WELL, WE HAVE A
SPECIAL TREAT THIS MORNING.
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WE HAVE THE SYLVAN CHORALE FROM
THE AUBURN ADVENTIST ACADEMY IN
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WASHINGTON THAT IS HERE WITH US
THIS MORNING AND THEY'RE GOING
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TO BE BRINGING US TWO NEW
MUSICAL NUMBERS FOR OUR SABBATH
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SCHOOL TODAY.
WELCOME, AND THANK YOU.
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>>(FEMALE VOICES) ALLELUIA,
ALLELUIA, ALLELUIA, ALLELUIA,
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ALLELUIA, ALLELUIA,
ALLELUIA - AL - LE - LU - IA -
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>>(MALE VOICES)
AL - LE - LU - IA -
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>>(FEMALE VOICES)
AL - LE- LU - IA -
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>>(MALE VOICES)
AL - LE - LU - IA -
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>>(ALL VOICES)
ALLELUIA - ALLELUIA - ALLELUIA -
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ALLELUIA - ALLELUIA
- ALLELUIA - ALLELUIA -
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ALLELUIA - ALLELUIA
- ALLELUIA - ALLELUIA -
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ALLELUIA - ALLELUIA
- ALLELUIA - ALLELUIA -
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ALLELUIA -
ALLELUIA - ALLELUIA >>AMEN.
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(PIANO MUSIC)
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>>THE TIMELESS THEME
EARTH AND HEAVEN WILL PASS AWAY.
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IT'S NOT A DREAM, GOD WILL
MAKE ALL THINGS NEW THAT DAY.
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GONE IS THE CURSE FROM
WHICH I STUMBLED AND FELL.
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EVIL IS
BANISHED TO ETERNAL HELL.
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NO MORE NIGHT, NO MORE PAIN,
NO MORE TEARS, NEVER CRYING
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AGAIN. PRAISES TO
THE GREAT, 'I AM' WE
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WILL LIVE IN THE
LIGHT OF THE RISEN LAMB.
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SEE ALL AROUND, NOW THE NATIONS
BOW DOWN TO SING THE ONLY SOUND
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IS THE PRAISES
TO CHRIST, OUR KING.
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SLOWLY THE NAMES
FROM THE BOOK ARE READ.
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I KNOW THE KING,
THERE'S NO NEED TO DREAD.
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NO MORE NIGHT, NO MORE PAIN, NO
MORE TEARS, NEVER CRYING AGAIN.
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PRAISES TO THE GREAT, 'I AM'
WE WILL LIVE IN THE LIGHT OF THE
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RISEN LAMB. SEE
OVER THERE, THERE'S A
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MANSION PREPARED FOR
ME. WHERE I WILL LIVE WITH
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MY SAVIOR ETERNALLY. NO
MORE NIGHT, NO MORE PAIN, NO
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MORE TEARS, NEVER CRYING AGAIN.
PRAISES TO THE GREAT, 'I AM' WE
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WILL LIVE IN THE
LIGHT OF THE RISEN LAMB.
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WE WILL LIVE IN THE
LIGHT OF THE RISEN LAMB.
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HALLELUJAH TO THE
RISEN LAMB. >>AMEN!
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>>THANK YOU, PASTOR ROSS AND
THANK YOU TO THE AUBURN ACADEMY.
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THAT WAS
BEAUTIFUL, WASN'T IT? >>AMEN.
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>>AMEN. WE SURE APPRECIATE THAT
AND - I PROMISED - PASTOR ROSS
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AND I WERE IN
HOUSTON, TEXAS LAST WEEK - AS
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OF THE TIME WE'RE RECORDING THIS
- AND THERE WERE ABOUT 8,000
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PEOPLE THAT CAME TO AN
EVANGELISM CELEBRATION FESTIVAL
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THERE AND A LOT OF THEM
SAY THEY WATCH SABBATH SCHOOL.
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I SAID, 'NEXT TIME
WE'RE ON WE'LL WAVE AT YOU.'
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SO JUST LET THEM KNOW THAT WE'RE
WATCHING WITH YOU AND WE'RE GLAD
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YOU'RE TUNING IN.
BECAUSE OF THE TIME DIFFERENCE,
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SOME OF THEM CAN WATCH
AFTER THEY GET HOME FROM CHURCH.
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AND SO, IT'S GOOD TO KNOW THAT
WE'VE GOT THE EXTENDED CLASS.
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I WANT TO WELCOME EVERYBODY
- BOTH HERE AND GRANITE BAY AND
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ABROAD - WE ARE CONTINUING OUR
STUDY ON THE FIRST AND SECOND
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BOOKS OF PETER. AND,
YOU KNOW, IT'S A BLESSING
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FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO DO
THIS, BECAUSE I LEARN AS
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I PREPARE FOR YOU. I
SAY, 'OH, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT.'
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I'M LEARNING THINGS ALL THE TIME
AND SO WE'RE LEARNING TOGETHER
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AND HOPEFULLY TODAY I WON'T
BE THE ONLY ONE THAT'S LEARNING.
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I'LL BE ABLE TO
SHARE SOMETHING WITH YOU.
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BUT WE'RE IN LESSON 8 DEALING
WITH JESUS IN THE WRITINGS OF
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PETER. NOW, YOU
MIGHT SAY THIS IS KIND
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OF UP MY ALLEY BECAUSE I
AM ALWAYS LOOKING FOR JESUS IN
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ALL THE STORIES OF THE BIBLE.
AS SOME OF YOU KNOW, I WROTE
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A BOOK AND DID A SERIES A FEW
YEARS AGO CALLED JESUS IN ALL
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THE BIBLE AND SO, WHEN I'M
STUDYING ABOUT JESUS IN THE
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WRITINGS OF PETER,
IT'S JUST WHAT I LOVE TO DO.
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YOU KNOW, YOU CAN SEE ANALOGIES
OF CHRIST THROUGHOUT THE OLD
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TESTAMENT. YOU
KNOW, JOSEPH IS A TYPE
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OF CHRIST AND DAVID, WE'RE
LEARNING, IS A TYPE OF CHRIST,
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AS IS MOSES AND GIDEON AND
SAMSON AND - YOU CAN FIND THE
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TYPOLOGY OF JESUS IN MANY OF THE
OLD TESTAMENT STORIES, BUT YOU
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CAN EVEN FIND TYPOLOGY OF JESUS
IN THE NEW TESTAMENT STORIES.
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FOR EXAMPLE, JESUS WAS FALSELY
TRIED, HE WAS BROUGHT OUTSIDE
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THE CITY, THEY TOOK AWAY HIS
CLOTHES - THEY HAD THE CLOTHES
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THERE AT THE FOOT OF THE CROSS -
HE WAS EXECUTED AFTER THREE AND
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A HALF YEARS OF MINISTRY, AND
HE PRAYED FOR THE FORGIVENESS OF
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THOSE THAT KILLED HIM.
THREE AND A HALF YEARS LATER,
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STEPHEN IS FALSELY TRIED, AFTER
MAKING A DEFENSE, HE'S TAKEN
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OUTSIDE THE CITY, THEY LAY
THE CLOTHES DOWN AT THE FEET OF
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SAUL, STEPHEN PRAYS FOR THE
FORGIVENESS OF THOSE THAT ARE
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ABOUT TO KILL HIM. AND
SO, EVEN IN STEPHEN, AND WHAT
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HE DOES THREE AND A HALF YEARS
AFTER CHRIST, YOU SEE TYPE.
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SO THERE'S EVEN THESE TYPES OF
CHRIST WITHIN THE NEW TESTAMENT
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- JOHN THE BAPTIST
IS ONE AND SO FORTH.
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BUT PETER, HE'S NOT REALLY
SPEAKING OF TYPOLOGY IN HIS
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LESSON, HE'S COMING RIGHT
OUT AND TALKING ABOUT JESUS.
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WE HAVE A MEMORY VERSE AND
THE MEMORY VERSE - I HOPE YOU'LL
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READ IT WITH ME - IT'S IN THE
NEW KING JAMES VERSION - IT'S 1
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PETER 2:24. I'LL
GIVE YOU A MINUTE TO FIND
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THAT SO I CAN HEAR YOU ALL SORT
OF ECHO IT WITH ME - 1 PETER
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2, VERSE 24 -
ARE YOU READY? >>YES.
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>>"WHO HIMSELF BORE OUR SINS IN
HIS OWN BODY ON THE TREE, THAT
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WE, HAVING DIED TO SINS, MIGHT
LIVE FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS - BY
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WHOSE STRIPES YOU
WERE HEALED." OKAY.
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NOW, WE'VE LEARNED, IN SOME
PREVIOUS LESSONS, THAT PETER IS
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TALKING TO BELIEVERS THAT
ARE FACING A GREAT DEAL OF
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PERSECUTION AND STRUGGLES AND
SUFFERING AND, IN THE MIDST OF
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THAT ALL, HE HOLDS UP JESUS, WHO
IS AN EXAMPLE FOR THEM - MATTER
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OF FACT, FROM THE BEGINNING TO
THE END OF PETER'S WRITINGS, HIS
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FOCUS IS JESUS, AS I'LL
TRY AND PROVE IN A MINUTE.
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YOU EVER MET SOMEBODY THAT
BECAME INFATUATED WITH SOME
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HERBAL REMEDY AND - SOMETIMES
THEY'RE CONNECTED WITH, YOU
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KNOW, IT'S MULTI-LEVEL
MARKETING? I'M NOT SAYING
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THERE'S NO GOOD HERBAL REMEDIES
OUT THERE, SO DON'T COME AFTER
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ME AFTER THE PROGRAM.
YOU'LL BE WASTING YOUR TIME.
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I KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME GOOD
HERBAL REMEDIES OUT THERE, BUT
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I'VE MET SOME PEOPLE - AND
WHEN THEY GET INTO A MULTI-LEVEL
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MARKETING SCHEME, THEY'LL
TELL YOU THAT THAT HERBAL REMEDY
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HEALS EVERYTHING AND, YOU KNOW,
I'VE - YOU KNOW, THEY SAY, 'OH
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YEAH, IT'S GOOD FOR THIS AND
IT'S GOOD FOR THAT AND IT'S GOOD
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FOR THIS AND IT'S GOOD FOR
THAT.' I WAS LOOKING ONLINE AND,
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JUST TO SEE IF IT'S STILL TRUE,
AND I SAW THIS THING ABOUT ROMAN
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CORIANDER - BLACK CARAWAY
SEED OR BLACK CUMIN - THESE TINY
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BLACK SEEDS HAVE BEEN CALLED THE
REMEDY FOR EVERYTHING BUT DEATH
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AND RESEARCHERS ARE STILL
UNRAVELING MORE USES FOR THEM
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AND BENEFITS, AS WE SPEAK:
HEART HEALTH, TYPE 2 DIABETES,
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EPILEPSY, ASTHMA, COLD AND FLU,
MUSCLE CRAMPS, SPASMS, RADIATION
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CONTROL, TOOTHACHES, PSORIASIS -
IT'LL TREAT AND PREVENT SEVERAL
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TYPES OF CANCER AND
GROW HAIR ON A CUE BALL.
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NO, I THREW THAT IN. (LAUGHTER)
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BUT I'VE RUN INTO THEM
BEFORE THAT THEY SAY THAT.
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IT'S THE ALL IN ALL.
WELL, THAT IS NOT TRUE OF HERBS.
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I HAVE FRIENDS WHO USED TO
BELIEVE THAT ABOUT GARLIC TOO -
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AND THEY LIVED BY IT, YOU KNOW,
YOU DIDN'T WANT TO GET TOO CLOSE
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WHEN YOU WERE
VISITING WITH THEM.
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BUT ANYONE MET THAT PERSON?
BUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE A
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BORN-AGAIN CHRISTIAN AND
YOU REALLY BECOME AWARE OF JESUS
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IN THE BIBLE, YOU HAVE
JESUS SIGHTINGS EVERYWHERE.
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YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE THAT
LOVED ELVIS HAD ELVIS SIGHTINGS.
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THEY JUST MISSED HIM SO
MUCH THEY MANAGED TO SEE HIM
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EVERYWHERE. BUT WHEN
YOU FALL IN LOVE WITH
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JESUS, YOU SEE JESUS ALL THROUGH
THE BIBLE AND PETER SEES CHRIST
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- HE IS THE BEGINNING AND
THE END, THE FIRST AND THE LAST.
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NOW, IN A MOMENT, SOMEONE IS
GOING TO LOOK UP FOR ME 2 PETER
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2 - NO, 2 PETER 3, VERSE 18
- AND YOU'LL HAVE THAT HAFDIS -
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IN JUST A MINUTE?
HOW DOES THE BIBLE BEGIN?
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WHOSE NAME BEGINS
THE NEW TESTAMENT?
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WELL, GOD'S NAME BEGINS THE OLD
TESTAMENT - 'IN THE BEGINNING
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GOD...' AND WHO
CREATED THE WORLD? JESUS.
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'ALL THINGS THAT WERE MADE, WERE
MADE BY HIM.' 'IN THE BEGINNING
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WAS THE WORD...' SO WHEN YOU
READ, IN THE FIRST VERSES OF THE
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OLD TESTAMENT, 'IN THE BEGINNING
GOD' - YOU CAN SAY 'JESUS' TOO,
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RIGHT? AND THEN
YOU START THE NEW
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TESTAMENT AND IT BEGINS
BY SAYING, 'THE BOOK OF THE
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GENEALOGY OF JESUS CHRIST.
SO HIS WORDS ARE THE BEGINNING
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OF THE NEW TESTAMENT. HOW
DOES THE NEW TESTAMENT END?
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'THE GRACE OF OUR LORD, JESUS
CHRIST, BE WITH YOU ALL, AMEN.'
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SO THE NEW TESTAMENT
BEGINS AND ENDS WITH JESUS.
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NOW, LOOK AT PETER'S WRITINGS
AND SEE IF YOU SEE A SIMILAR
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PATTERN HERE. 1 PETER
1:1, "PETER, AN APOSTLE
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OF JESUS CHRIST," -
THAT'S HIS INTRODUCTION.
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OF COURSE, A NUMBER OF THE
APOSTLES STARTED THAT WAY, BUT
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LOOK AT HOW HE ENDS - 1 PETER
5:14 - "GREET ONE ANOTHER WITH A
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KISS OF LOVE." - NOW, YOU KNOW,
I NEED TO DO A SERMON ON THAT
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ONE DAY WHILE WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT OUR 27 FUNDAMENTALS -
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>>TWENTY-EIGHT. >>28
FUNDAMENTALS, THANK YOU.
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(LAUGHTER) WE NEED
TO MAKE IT 29, HUH?
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WE'VE HEARD SERMONS ABOUT, YOU
KNOW, BAPTISM AND COMMUNION AND
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FOOT WASHING, BUT I HAVE NOT
HEARD THE SERMON ABOUT GREETING
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EACH OTHER WITH A
KISS OF LOVE - A HOLY KISS.
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ANYWAY, I WON'T
TAKE THAT TOO FAR.
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AND THEN HE GOES ON TO SAY,
"PEACE TO YOU ALL WHO ARE IN
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CHRIST JESUS. AMEN." HOW
DOES THE NEW TESTAMENT END?
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'JESUS CHRIST BE WITH YOU ALL,
AMEN.' HOW DOES PETER END HIS
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BOOK? 'CHRIST JESUS.
AMEN.' GO TO 2 PETER 1:1 - NOW,
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WE'VE LOOKED AT THE 1 PETER - HE
STARTS AND ENDS WITH JESUS. GO
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TO 2 PETER 1:1, "SIMON PETER, A
BONDSERVANT AND APOSTLE OF JESUS
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CHRIST, TO THOSE WHO HAVE
OBTAINED LIKE PRECIOUS FAITH
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WITH US BY THE RIGHTEOUSNESS
OF OUR GOD AND SAVIOR JESUS
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CHRIST:" - YOU CAN JUST TELL
THAT HE'S - HE'S IN LOVE WITH
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JESUS - JESUS IS
EVERYTHING TO HIM.
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GO AHEAD, HAFDIS,
READ THE NEXT PASSAGE.
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>>"BUT GROW IN THE GRACE AND
KNOWLEDGE OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR
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JESUS CHRIST. TO HIM BE
THE GLORY BOTH NOW AND FOREVER.
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AMEN." >>AND, OF
COURSE, THAT'S HOW HE
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ENDS 2 PETER AND
THAT'S CHAPTER 3, VERSE 18.
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SO IT'S SAFE TO SAY THAT
PETER WAS OBSESSED WITH JESUS.
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YOU KNOW, THAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU
FALL IN LOVE WITH SOMETHING - IS
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IT'S - YOU CAN'T STOP TALKING
ABOUT IT AND PETER WAS THAT WAY.
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WHY WAS PETER
OBSESSED WITH JESUS?
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WHY WAS JESUS
EVERYTHING TO PETER?
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WHAT MAKES A PERSON THE
FOCUS OF WHAT YOU TALK ABOUT?
00:18:10.19\00:18:14.29
THIS ISN'T A HARD ONE. COME ON,
GUYS. IT'S A FOUR-LETTER WORD.
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>>LOVE. >>LOVE.
MARK 16:7 - JESUS, WHEN
00:18:19.86\00:18:25.97
HE RISES FROM THE DEAD -
NOW PETER'S MADE A BIG MISTAKE.
00:18:26.00\00:18:29.47
HE HAS BETRAYED - HE'S DENIED
SOMEBODY THAT HE REALLY LOVED.
00:18:29.50\00:18:34.81
HE WAS SCARED AND HE WAS
TIRED AND HE WAS CONFUSED AND HE
00:18:34.84\00:18:38.68
DENIED JESUS. DID
CHRIST FORSAKE HIM?
00:18:38.71\00:18:43.72
WHEN JESUS WAS BEING BEATEN AND
TRIED AND PETER, THE THIRD TIME
00:18:43.75\00:18:46.99
HE DENIED JESUS THERE IN THE
COURTYARD AND HE WAS SWEARING
00:18:47.02\00:18:50.73
AND CURSING, HE SAID, 'I'M
TELLING YOU, I DON'T KNOW WHO HE
00:18:50.76\00:18:53.66
IS' AND THEN THE ROOSTER
CROWED FOR THE SECOND TIME -
00:18:53.70\00:18:57.10
AFTER PETER
DENIED HIM THREE TIMES.
00:18:57.13\00:18:59.73
JESUS TURNED AND LOOKED AT
HIM AND IT BROKE HIS HEART.
00:18:59.77\00:19:02.27
IT SAYS HE WENT OUT
AND HE WEPT BITTERLY.
00:19:02.30\00:19:05.21
PETER WENT THROUGH, I THINK, A
GENUINE CONVERSION AT THAT TIME.
00:19:05.24\00:19:08.88
SO, WHEN CHRIST RISES FROM THE
DEAD - YOU READ THIS IN THE BOOK
00:19:08.91\00:19:12.45
OF MARK - BY THE WAY, MARK
IS LARGELY THE GOSPEL OF PETER
00:19:12.48\00:19:16.45
DICTATED TO MARK. WHEN
CHRIST RISES HE TELLS THE
00:19:16.48\00:19:21.19
WOMEN, 'GO TELL HIS DISCIPLES
AND PETER' - WHY DID JESUS
00:19:21.22\00:19:25.73
SPECIFY - WHY DID THE ANGELS
SPECIFY 'GO TELL THE DISCIPLES'
00:19:25.76\00:19:29.03
- WHY DIDN'T HE
JUST SAY THE DISCIPLES?
00:19:29.06\00:19:30.60
AND WOULDN'T THAT
HAVE INCLUDED PETER?
00:19:30.63\00:19:33.17
WHY DID HE ALSO
MENTION PETER SPECIFICALLY?
00:19:33.20\00:19:37.67
HE WAS SPECIFICALLY DISCOURAGED.
IT SAYS THEY ALL FORSOOK HIM
00:19:37.71\00:19:41.28
AND FLED, BUT PETER
DID IT WITH ENTHUSIASM.
00:19:41.31\00:19:44.51
HE REALLY DENIED HIM AND SO
HE NEEDED SOME ENCOURAGEMENT.
00:19:44.55\00:19:49.95
NOW NOT ONLY - DID JESUS - LET'S
SEE - LET ME JUST - I'M NOT
00:19:49.98\00:19:54.39
GOING TO ANSWER
THAT, I'M GOING TO ASK YOU.
00:19:54.42\00:19:57.43
WHO DID JESUS APPEAR TO FIRST
WHEN HE AROSE FROM THE DEAD?
00:19:57.46\00:20:01.50
>>MARY. >>MARY MAGDALENE.
00:20:01.53\00:20:04.83
WHO DID HE APPEAR TO
NEXT? DISCIPLES, I'M HEARING,
00:20:04.87\00:20:12.01
IN THE UPPER ROOM.
MAYBE. >>AT EMMAUS.
00:20:12.04\00:20:17.05
>>ALRIGHT, LOOK - LOOK -
GO TO LUKE 24 REAL QUICK.
00:20:17.08\00:20:20.02
I WANT TO SHOW YOU SOMETHING.
THIS ALL FITS IN WITH WHAT WE'RE
00:20:20.05\00:20:21.58
TALKING ABOUT PETER, BECAUSE
I WANT YOU TO KNOW MORE ABOUT
00:20:21.62\00:20:23.32
WHERE HE'S COMING FROM
AND WHY HE LOVED JESUS SO.
00:20:23.35\00:20:28.59
AND IF YOU GO TO LUKE CHAPTER
24 AND - LET ME SEE HERE - GO TO
00:20:28.62\00:20:37.90
VERSE 33. NOW, ON
THE ROAD TO EMMAUS, WHAT
00:20:37.93\00:20:47.24
DAY OF THE WEEK DID
THIS HAPPEN? >>SUNDAY.
00:20:47.28\00:20:50.51
>>IT'S A SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
THEY'RE WALKING DOWN THE ROAD,
00:20:50.55\00:20:52.75
JESUS APPEARS TO THEM - IT'S
AFTER HE'S APPEARED TO MARY -
00:20:52.78\00:20:55.58
ARE YOU WITH ME?
AM I RIGHT SO FAR?
00:20:55.62\00:20:58.32
AND CHRIST REVEALS HIMSELF TO
THESE TWO DISCIPLES ON THE ROAD
00:20:58.35\00:21:01.72
TO EMMAUS AND THEY DON'T KNOW
WHO IT IS, THEY INVITE HIM IN TO
00:21:01.76\00:21:06.09
EAT, HE EATS WITH THEM,
AND WHILE THEY'RE BLESSING THE
00:21:06.13\00:21:08.16
BREAD, HE OPENS HIS HANDS, THEY
SEE THE SCARS - WHATEVER REASON,
00:21:08.20\00:21:10.93
HE OPENS THEIR
EYES AND THEY KNOW HIM.
00:21:10.97\00:21:13.03
THEN HE DISAPPEARS AND THEY ARE
SO EXCITED - VERSE 33 - I'M IN
00:21:13.07\00:21:17.37
LUKE 24:33, "SO THEY ROSE UP
THAT VERY HOUR" - IT'S DARK -
00:21:17.41\00:21:20.51
THEY'VE GOT TO GO BACK TO
JERUSALEM SEVEN MILES UPHILL,
00:21:20.54\00:21:22.94
TELL THE DISCIPLES HE'S ALIVE
- "SO THEY AROSE THAT VERY HOUR
00:21:22.98\00:21:25.91
AND RETURNED TO JERUSALEM, AND
FOUND THE ELEVEN AND THOSE WHO
00:21:25.95\00:21:29.32
WERE WITH THEM GATHERED
TOGETHER, SAYING, 'THE LORD IS
00:21:29.35\00:21:33.36
RISEN INDEED, AND
HAS APPEARED TO SIMON!'"
00:21:33.39\00:21:37.66
NOW WHO IS SIMON? >>PETER.
00:21:37.69\00:21:39.59
>>PETER. WHY ARE
THEY SAYING THAT?
00:21:39.63\00:21:43.77
BECAUSE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN THE
RESURRECTION, WHEN HE SAW MARY,
00:21:43.80\00:21:47.87
AND THE UPPER ROOM, AND
THE ROAD TO EMMAUS, HE HAD A
00:21:47.90\00:21:50.81
PERSONAL MEETING WITH PETER.
I BELIEVE - ISN'T THAT - WHAT
00:21:50.84\00:21:55.51
ELSE DO YOU READ FROM THIS?
HE MET WITH SEVERAL PEOPLE.
00:21:55.54\00:22:00.52
ANOTHER VERSE SAYS
HE MET WITH THE WOMEN.
00:22:00.55\00:22:02.98
REMEMBER, FIRST HE MET WITH MARY
MAGDALENE, BUT LATER THE ANGELS
00:22:03.02\00:22:07.06
TOLD THE WOMEN HE WAS ALIVE AND
THEN ON THEIR WAY TO TELL THE
00:22:07.09\00:22:09.32
MEN, HE MET WITH THE WOMEN AND -
BUT AT SOME POINT DURING THE DAY
00:22:09.36\00:22:12.53
HE SPECIFICALLY PERSONALLY
APPEARED, NOT ONLY TO MARY
00:22:12.56\00:22:15.33
MAGDALENE, HE APPEARED TO PETER
AND PETER SAID, 'I SAW HIM.
00:22:15.36\00:22:18.23
HE'S ALIVE.' THEY
SAID, 'NAH, YOU DIDN'T
00:22:18.27\00:22:20.30
REALLY SEE HIM.' AND
THE DISCIPLES COME TO THE
00:22:20.34\00:22:22.04
UPPER ROOM AND THEY SAID,
'YEAH, HE DID APPEAR TO PETER.'
00:22:22.07\00:22:24.47
AND SO JESUS
PERSONALLY APPEARED TO PETER.
00:22:24.51\00:22:28.71
NOW, AFTER PETER, JESUS MEETS
THE DISCIPLES OUT FISHING, IN
00:22:28.74\00:22:35.22
JOHN CHAPTER 20, AND THEY SEE
SOME STRANGER ON THE SHORE WITH
00:22:35.25\00:22:38.89
SOME COALS ON A FIRE AND HE -
THEY HAVEN'T CAUGHT ANYTHING AND
00:22:38.92\00:22:42.19
THIS STRANGER SAYS, 'CAST YOUR
NET TOWARDS ME' ON THE RIGHT
00:22:42.22\00:22:46.06
SIDE OF THE SHIP AND THEY SAID,
'OH, WE FISHED ALL NIGHT.' SO
00:22:46.09\00:22:49.36
THEY CAST THEIR NET ON THE RIGHT
SIDE OF THE NET AND IT'S FULL OF
00:22:49.40\00:22:51.73
FISH, AND THEN ONE OF THOSE
FISHERMEN SUDDENLY REALIZES WHO
00:22:51.77\00:22:54.77
THAT MAN IS. WHO
IS THAT? >>PETER.
00:22:54.80\00:22:57.84
>>PETER. AND SO DOES HE WAIT FOR
THE BOAT TO CALMLY LOAD UP THE
00:22:57.87\00:23:01.31
FISH AND PADDLE TO
SHORE? >>HE JUMPS IN.
00:23:01.34\00:23:03.95
>>HE DOESN'T EVEN WAIT FOR THEM
TO FINISH HAULING IN THE CATCH,
00:23:03.98\00:23:06.45
WHICH IS VERY
HARD FOR A FISHERMAN.
00:23:06.48\00:23:08.98
FOR A FISHERMAN TO LOVE
SOMETHING MORE THAN FISH,
00:23:09.02\00:23:10.85
HE REALLY MUST LOVE IT.
AND SO PETER EVEN LOVED JESUS
00:23:10.89\00:23:15.16
MORE THAN A GOOD CATCH.
AND SO, HE - HE TUCKED IN HIS
00:23:15.19\00:23:19.73
SWIMMING GEAR AND HE DOVE IN
THE WATER AND HE SWAM ASHORE.
00:23:19.76\00:23:22.80
AND THEN WHAT DOES JESUS ASK
PETER - AFTER THEY EAT TOGETHER
00:23:22.83\00:23:26.94
- THREE TIMES? >>DO YOU LOVE ME?
00:23:26.97\00:23:29.47
>>HE SAYS, 'DO YOU
LOVE ME? DO YOU LOVE ME?
00:23:29.50\00:23:32.47
DO YOU LOVE ME?' AND
HOW DOES PETER RESPOND?
00:23:32.51\00:23:36.01
>>YES. >>HE SAYS, 'LORD,
00:23:36.04\00:23:37.58
YOU KNOW I LOVE
YOU. YOU KNOW EVERYTHING.
00:23:37.61\00:23:39.58
YOU KNOW I LOVE
YOU. YOU KNOW MY HEART.
00:23:39.61\00:23:40.98
YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU.'
AND SO PETER LOVED JESUS.
00:23:41.02\00:23:44.79
AND SO THE CENTRAL CORE OF WHAT
PETER TALKS ABOUT - THAT WAS,
00:23:44.82\00:23:47.29
ACTUALLY, MY INTRODUCTION - WAS
- IS THAT CHRIST WAS IN AND ALL
00:23:47.32\00:23:54.20
AND EVERYTHING.
ALRIGHT, LET'S GO TO THE SECTION
00:23:54.23\00:23:57.03
UNDER WHERE IT SAYS JESUS OUR
SACRIFICE - AND THIS WAS A THEME
00:23:57.07\00:24:01.37
IN PETER'S WRITING
WAS JESUS OUR SACRIFICE .
00:24:01.40\00:24:04.61
SOMEONE, IN A MOMENT, IS
GOING TO READ ACTS 3:6 - OKAY?
00:24:04.64\00:24:08.64
1 PETER - I'LL READ - 1 PETER
1:18 AND 19, "KNOWING THAT YOU
00:24:08.68\00:24:13.15
WERE NOT REDEEMED WITH
CORRUPTIBLE THINGS, LIKE SILVER
00:24:13.18\00:24:16.58
OR GOLD, FROM YOUR AIMLESS
CONDUCT RECEIVED BY TRADITION
00:24:16.62\00:24:21.86
FROM YOUR FATHERS, BUT WITH THE
PRECIOUS BLOOD OF CHRIST, AS OF
00:24:21.89\00:24:24.83
A LAMB WITHOUT
BLEMISH AND WITHOUT SPOT."
00:24:24.86\00:24:26.90
WHY DOES PETER SAY 'YOU WERE NOT
REDEEMED WITH GOLD OR SILVER'?
00:24:26.93\00:24:32.00
WHY EVEN MAKE THAT CONTRAST?
DID ANYBODY BELIEVE THEY WERE
00:24:32.03\00:24:35.54
REDEEMED WITH GOLD
AND SILVER? >>INDULGENCES.
00:24:35.57\00:24:40.44
>>WELL, THAT WAS - THE
INDULGENCES, SHE SAID - YEAH,
00:24:40.48\00:24:43.14
THAT CAME LATER, BUT EVEN IN
CHRIST'S TIME DID THEY SOMEHOW
00:24:43.18\00:24:48.38
THINK THEY GOT
CREDIT FOR GIVING?
00:24:48.42\00:24:50.25
>>YES. >>DID JESUS
TEACH ABOUT WHEN YOU
00:24:50.29\00:24:53.86
GIVE, IF YOU WANT YOUR REWARD,
DON'T LET YOUR LEFT HAND KNOW
00:24:53.89\00:24:56.49
WHAT YOUR RIGHT HAND IS DOING?
DON'T BLOW THE TRUMPET BEFORE
00:24:56.52\00:24:58.63
YOU LIKE THE HYPOCRITES DO, BUT
DO IT SO YOUR FATHER IN HEAVEN
00:24:58.66\00:25:02.03
SEES. WHAT ABOUT WHEN
YOU READ IN MATTHEW 12?
00:25:02.06\00:25:07.97
KEEP IN MIND, PETER WAS A
WITNESS OF THESE THINGS - 'AND
00:25:08.00\00:25:11.11
JESUS ENTERED THE TEMPLE AND
HE DROVE OUT ALL THAT SOLD AND
00:25:11.14\00:25:14.98
BOUGHT IN THE TEMPLE AND
OVERTURNED THE TABLES OF THE
00:25:15.01\00:25:18.11
MONEY CHANGERS AND THE SEATS
OF THOSE WHO SOLD PIGEONS AND HE
00:25:18.15\00:25:21.72
SAID TO THEM, 'IT IS WRITTEN,
'MY HOUSE SHALL BE CALLED A
00:25:21.75\00:25:23.85
HOUSE OF PRAYER BUT YOU'VE
MADE IT A DEN OF THIEVES!'''
00:25:23.89\00:25:26.19
NOW THIS IS IN THE
TEMPLE. WHY DOES JESUS DRIVE
00:25:26.22\00:25:28.96
THEM OUT OF THE
TEMPLE? WHAT WERE THEY DOING
00:25:28.99\00:25:31.49
WITH THE GOOD
NEWS? >>SELLING IT.
00:25:31.53\00:25:34.50
>>YEAH, THEY WERE
MAKING MERCHANDISE OF IT.
00:25:34.56\00:25:36.43
HE SAID, 'YOU'VE MADE THE HOUSE
OF GOD - A PLACE THAT SHOULD BE
00:25:36.46\00:25:38.47
A HOUSE OF PRAYER - YOU'VE
MADE IT A DEN OF THIEVES.'
00:25:38.50\00:25:40.74
BUT THAT HAS NEVER
HAPPENED SINCE THEN, RIGHT?
00:25:40.77\00:25:45.14
DOES THAT STILL HAPPEN?
00:25:45.17\00:25:46.74
WELL, WE KNOW IT
HAPPENED DURING THE ARK AGES.
00:25:46.78\00:25:48.81
SUSAN SAID INDULGENCES,
CERTAINLY, THAT'S WHAT REALLY
00:25:48.84\00:25:51.51
WAS THE TRIGGER FOR THE
REFORMATION IS THAT A PRIEST
00:25:51.55\00:25:56.32
NAMED TETZEL WENT THROUGH
GERMANY AND HE WAS SELLING,
00:25:56.35\00:25:58.59
BASICALLY, LICENSES
FOR FORGIVENESS, FOR MONEY.
00:25:58.62\00:26:02.32
YOU COULD BUY YOUR
SALVATION AND BUY YOUR WAY OUT
00:26:02.36\00:26:05.33
OF PURGATORY IF
YOU HAD ENOUGH MONEY.
00:26:05.36\00:26:08.16
AND THERE ARE SOME THAT ARGUE
THAT IN NORTH AMERICA, THE LEGAL
00:26:08.20\00:26:10.87
SYSTEM'S BECOME CORRUPT - THAT
IF YOU HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO BUY
00:26:10.90\00:26:13.34
GOOD LAWYERS, YOU GET
A MUCH BETTER DEFENSE.
00:26:13.37\00:26:16.10
MORE LIKELY YOU'LL BE FOUND
INNOCENT THAN A POOR PERSON.
00:26:16.14\00:26:18.87
AND I THINK SOME HAVE
SHOWN THAT, STATISTICALLY.
00:26:18.91\00:26:23.31
BUT DO WE ALSO SEE, IN THE
RELIGIOUS WORLD, PEOPLE SELLING
00:26:23.35\00:26:30.42
SALVATION? YOU EVER FLIP
THROUGH THE CHANNELS AND SEEN A
00:26:30.45\00:26:36.26
TELEVANGELIST - NOT THIS ONE
(LAUGHTER) - THAT WERE SAYING -
00:26:36.29\00:26:40.96
THEY'RE WEARING THE, YOU KNOW,
THE GOLD ROLEX AND THE GAUDY
00:26:40.96\00:26:45.03
CLOTHES AND THE GAUDY STAGE
AND THEY'RE SAYING THAT IF YOU'D
00:26:45.07\00:26:49.10
SEND IN YOUR SEED FAITH, GOD
IS GOING TO BLESS YOU AND IF YOU
00:26:49.14\00:26:52.64
JUST HAVE ENOUGH FAITH YOU WILL
BE HEALTHY, WEALTHY, AND WISE.
00:26:52.67\00:26:55.51
AND THE WAY THAT YOU PROVE
YOU'VE GOT FAITH, YOU JUST WRITE
00:26:55.54\00:26:58.78
OUT A CHECK AND
MAIL IT TO THIS ADDRESS.
00:26:58.81\00:27:01.42
ANY OF YOU RUN
INTO THAT BEFORE? >>YES.
00:27:01.45\00:27:03.69
>>AND IT'S - I GUESS THE GENERIC
TERM FOR IT IS THEY CALL IT
00:27:03.72\00:27:07.89
'PROSPERITY PREACHING' - BUT
THEY'RE MAKING MERCHANDISE OF
00:27:07.92\00:27:10.66
THE GOSPEL. I'VE ALSO HEARD IT
CALLED THE 'BLAB IT AND GRAB IT
00:27:10.69\00:27:18.70
PREACHING'
(LAUGHTER) AND, YOU KNOW, THEY
00:27:18.73\00:27:23.37
CALL IT 'CLAIM IT THEOLOGY' BUT,
BASICALLY, WHAT THEY'RE DOING
00:27:23.41\00:27:28.61
IS THEY ARE - THEY'RE MAKING
MERCHANDISE AND TURNING THE
00:27:28.64\00:27:32.01
HOUSE OF GOD
INTO A DEN OF THIEVES.
00:27:32.05\00:27:34.58
IT'S ALL ABOUT MONEY, AND
YOU CAN'T SELL THE GOSPEL.
00:27:34.62\00:27:38.22
HOW MANY OF YOU REMEMBER -
MATTER OF FACT, I WANT YOU TO
00:27:38.25\00:27:40.89
READ THAT ONE - GO AHEAD,
READ YOUR VERSE NEXT, ALBERTO,
00:27:40.92\00:27:43.49
BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT.
00:27:43.53\00:27:45.49
>>ACTS 3:6, "THEN PETER SAID,
'SILVER AND GOLD I DO NOT HAVE,
00:27:45.53\00:27:50.33
BUT WHAT I DO HAVE I GIVE YOU:
IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST OF
00:27:50.37\00:27:54.70
NAZARETH, RISE UP AND WALK.'"
>>YOU REMEMBER WHEN PETER GOES
00:27:54.74\00:27:59.27
TO THE GOLDEN GATE - AND THIS
IS ACTS CHAPTER 3 - AND THERE'S
00:27:59.31\00:28:01.94
THIS MAN WHO'S BEGGING THERE
- AND YOU READ THE WHOLE STORY
00:28:01.98\00:28:05.88
FROM THE BOOK DESIRE OF
AGES AND HE HAD BEEN BROUGHT TO
00:28:05.91\00:28:08.95
JERUSALEM, HOPING
THAT JESUS WOULD HEAL HIM.
00:28:08.98\00:28:12.32
HE HAD COME
FROM A LONG DISTANCE.
00:28:12.35\00:28:13.46
BY THE TIME HE GOT THERE,
THOUGH, HE FOUND OUT THAT THE
00:28:13.49\00:28:16.06
ONE HE HAD BEEN HOPING FOR
HAD BEEN EXECUTED. AND SO, HE
00:28:16.09\00:28:19.46
THOUGHT ALL OF HIS HOPE WAS
GONE. SO HE'S AT THE GOLD GATE,
00:28:19.49\00:28:22.80
SOME PEOPLE HAD PITY ON HIM
AND THEY WOULD CARRY HIM TO THE
00:28:22.83\00:28:24.63
GOLDEN GATE AND HE
WOULD SIT THERE AND HE'D BEG.
00:28:24.67\00:28:26.47
AND HE SEES PETER AND JOHN GOING
INTO THE TEMPLE AND THEY PAUSE
00:28:26.50\00:28:32.17
AND LOOK AT HIM AND HE'S
THINKING, 'OH, I'LL' - YOU KNOW,
00:28:32.21\00:28:35.98
HALF THE BATTLE IS IF YOU CAN
GET THEIR ATTENTION WHEN YOU'RE
00:28:36.01\00:28:38.78
PANHANDLING - JUST TALK TO THEM.
TELL THEM WHAT YOUR NEEDS ARE.
00:28:38.81\00:28:41.22
YOU KNOW, IF YOU GET THE
SYMPATHY ENOUGH WHERE THEY'LL
00:28:41.25\00:28:42.88
SLOW DOWN, THEN
YOU'VE GOT A CHANCE.
00:28:42.92\00:28:46.09
SO WHEN PETER AND JOHN LOOK AT
HIM HE THINKS, 'OKAY, I'VE GOT A
00:28:46.12\00:28:48.89
CHANCE HERE.' AND THEN PETER
REALIZES 'HE MISUNDERSTANDS WHY
00:28:48.92\00:28:52.56
WE'RE STOPPING
AND LOOKING AT HIM.
00:28:52.59\00:28:54.30
HE'S THINKING WE'RE GOING TO
GIVE HIM SOME SPARE CHANGE.' I
00:28:54.30\00:28:58.90
USED TO PANHANDLE AND THAT'S
WHAT WE'D SAY, 'WOULD YOU HAVE
00:28:58.93\00:29:01.24
ANY SPARE CHANGE?' AND
A LITTLE TIP: IF YOU WANT
00:29:01.27\00:29:06.81
TO DO WELL PANHANDLING,
GET A PUPPY. (LAUGHTER)
00:29:06.84\00:29:10.61
BECAUSE I FOUND THAT IF I
SAID, 'COULD YOU PLEASE HELP?
00:29:10.65\00:29:14.42
I HAVE NO FOOD FOR MY PUPPY.'
00:29:14.45\00:29:16.55
>>AWW. >>PEOPLE
OFTEN CARED A LOT MORE
00:29:16.58\00:29:18.62
ABOUT THE PUPPY THAN
THE PERSON. IT'S TRUE.
00:29:18.65\00:29:22.79
AND SO WE HAD A PUPPY WHEN I
LIVED ON THE STREETS, THAT WE'D
00:29:22.82\00:29:24.93
PASS AROUND. ONE
PERSON WOULD PANHANDLE WITH
00:29:24.96\00:29:27.50
THE PUPPY AND SAY,
'COULD I BORROW THE PUPPY?'
00:29:27.50\00:29:29.60
THE OTHER PERSON'D
PANHANDLE WITH THE PUPPY.
00:29:29.63\00:29:33.57
BUT - SO, HE'S
EXPECTING SPARE CHANGE.
00:29:33.60\00:29:37.84
BUT WHY IS HE BEGGING? IS
HE BEGGING BECAUSE HE'S POOR
00:29:37.87\00:29:39.87
OR IS HE BEGGING
BECAUSE HE'S CRIPPLED?
00:29:39.91\00:29:42.01
SO IS HIS PROBLEM A LACK
OF MONEY OR IS HIS PROBLEM HIS
00:29:42.04\00:29:47.58
CRIPPLED LIMBS? AND
SO, WHEN PETER STOPS, HE'S
00:29:47.62\00:29:51.42
INTERESTED IN GETTING TO
THE HEART OF THE REAL PROBLEM.
00:29:51.45\00:29:53.89
IT'S NOT JUST TODAY'S PROBLEM,
IT'S A PROBLEM THAT'S GOING TO
00:29:53.92\00:29:57.53
BOTHER HIM FOR A LONG TIME.
SO OFTEN WHEN WE PRAY, WE ASK
00:29:57.56\00:30:01.10
FOR JUST OUR IMMEDIATE
NEEDS INSTEAD OF WHAT THE REAL
00:30:01.13\00:30:03.30
NEED IS, AND PETER SEES HE
MISUNDERSTANDS AND HE SAYS,
00:30:03.33\00:30:07.97
'SILVER AND GOLD I DON'T HAVE.'
NOW WHAT DO YOU THINK LOOKED -
00:30:08.00\00:30:09.87
WHAT DO YOU THINK HIS EXPRESSION
LOOKED LIKE WHEN HE SAID THAT?
00:30:09.90\00:30:13.78
OH YEAH. AND WHAT IF PETER HAD
SAID, 'LOOK, BUT I'M GOING TO
00:30:13.81\00:30:17.45
PREACH TO YOU'? I'VE STOPPED
BEFORE, WHERE I SAW PEOPLE WERE
00:30:17.48\00:30:24.79
PANHANDLING - I DIDN'T REALLY -
SOMETIMES ALL I HAD WAS A CREDIT
00:30:24.82\00:30:27.52
CARD - AND I SEEMED
- BUT I HAD A TRACT.
00:30:27.56\00:30:31.33
OR, YOU KNOW, I PICKED UP A
HITCHHIKER, SOMETHING LIKE THAT,
00:30:31.36\00:30:35.43
AND I SAID, 'HERE,
I'VE GOT SOMETHING FOR YOU'.
00:30:35.46\00:30:36.67
AND THEY GET ALL EXCITED AND SAY
- IT'S A BOOK - AND THEY LOOK
00:30:36.70\00:30:38.80
DISAPPOINTED - 'I
DON'T WANT A BOOK!'
00:30:38.83\00:30:43.47
- 'I'VE GOT SOMETHING FOR YOU.'
AND SO THE LAST THING THAT HE'S
00:30:43.51\00:30:47.98
EXPECTING IS A TRACT, BUT HE
SAID, "SILVER AND GOLD I DO NOT
00:30:48.01\00:30:52.28
HAVE, BUT WHAT I DO HAVE I GIVE
YOU: IN THE NAME OF JESUS...RISE
00:30:52.31\00:30:56.55
UP AND WALK." NOW,
DID IT WORK? >>AMEN.
00:30:56.58\00:30:59.89
>>WAS IT JUST BECAUSE PETER SAID
IT, OR DID THAT MAN HAVE FAITH?
00:30:59.92\00:31:04.09
>>HE HAD FAITH AND HE GOT UP AND
HE NOT ONLY WALKED, HE WALKED
00:31:04.13\00:31:07.23
AND HE JUMPED AND HE LEAPT AND
HE WAS SHOUTING AND HE WENT INTO
00:31:07.23\00:31:11.43
THE TEMPLE AND HE WAS PRAISING
GOD HE WAS SO EXCITED - AND
00:31:11.47\00:31:14.34
CREATED SUCH A RUCKUS IT DREW
A BIG CROWD AND EVENTUALLY PETER
00:31:14.37\00:31:18.17
AND JOHN WERE BROUGHT BEFORE
THE SANHEDRIN AS THOUGH THEY HAD
00:31:18.21\00:31:21.88
COMMITTED A CRIMINAL ACT,
BECAUSE THEY HAD HEALED THIS
00:31:21.91\00:31:25.51
MAN, IN JESUS' NAME. BUT
ANYWAY, SO WHEN PETER SAYS,
00:31:25.55\00:31:28.22
'YOU WERE NOT REDEEMED WITH
CORRUPTIBLE THINGS LIKE SILVER
00:31:28.25\00:31:30.59
AND GOLD', HE'S SAYING THE
POWER OF THE GOSPEL IS WORTH
00:31:30.62\00:31:34.09
MUCH MORE THAN THAT.
LOOK IN ACTS 8, CHAPTER 18 -
00:31:34.12\00:31:39.56
ACTS 8 - NO, SORRY,
ACTS CHAPTER 8, VERSE 18.
00:31:39.59\00:31:44.13
THIS IS ANOTHER FAMILIAR STORY
AND I DON'T WANT TO OVER DWELL
00:31:44.17\00:31:47.54
ON THIS, BUT IT IS
WORTHY OF OUR MENTION.
00:31:47.57\00:31:52.07
"AND WHEN SIMON" - REMEMBER,
SIMON IS THIS SORCERER WHO'S
00:31:52.11\00:31:55.48
BEEN CONVERTED - AT LEAST
OSTENSIBLY HE'S BEEN CONVERTED
00:31:55.51\00:31:57.95
BY THE PREACHING OF PETER AND
MAYBE PHILIP - "AND WHEN SIMON
00:31:57.98\00:32:01.95
SAW THAT THROUGH THE LAYING ON
OF THE APOSTLES' HANDS THE HOLY
00:32:01.98\00:32:06.49
SPIRIT WAS GIVEN, HE OFFERED
THEM MONEY, SAYING, 'GIVE ME
00:32:06.52\00:32:10.59
THIS POWER ALSO, THAT ANYONE ON
WHOM I LAY HANDS MAY RECEIVE THE
00:32:10.63\00:32:14.73
HOLY SPIRIT.'" WELL, BECAUSE
WHEN HE OPERATED AS A MAGICIAN
00:32:14.76\00:32:18.33
AND A SORCERER BEFORE, HE ALWAYS
SAID, 'LOOK, I CAN SELL THIS TO
00:32:18.37\00:32:21.67
YOU.' YOU COULD
MAKE A PROFIT ON THIS.
00:32:21.70\00:32:23.51
THAT'S HOW HE GOT HIS
INCOME. IT WAS NOT UNCOMMON, IN
00:32:23.54\00:32:26.74
BIBLE TIMES, FOR YOU TO PAY,
ESPECIALLY AMONG THE PAGANS.
00:32:26.78\00:32:31.51
IF YOU WANTED SOME MIRACLE, OR
IF YOU WANTED SOME PRAYER FROM
00:32:31.55\00:32:34.78
THE PRIEST, YOU
MADE AN OFFERING.
00:32:34.82\00:32:36.92
WHEN NAAMAN WENT TO ELISHA TO BE
HEALED, WHAT DID HE BRING WITH
00:32:36.95\00:32:40.09
HIM? A BAG OF
MONEY - SILVER, GOLD,
00:32:40.12\00:32:44.33
AND CLOTHES - WELL, I THINK IT
WAS MOSTLY SILVER AND CLOTHES,
00:32:44.36\00:32:47.56
BUT HE BROUGHT A LOT
OF MONEY TO PAY FOR IT.
00:32:47.60\00:32:50.93
IT WAS - AND ELISHA SAID
- HOW MUCH WOULD HE TAKE?
00:32:50.97\00:32:53.30
>>NOTHING. >>NONE.
00:32:53.34\00:32:54.84
THAT WAS PRETTY - THAT TOOK A
LOT OF SELF CONTROL BECAUSE HE
00:32:54.87\00:32:57.17
BROUGHT ABOUT 50 MILLION DOLLARS
TO PAY FOR HIS HEALING, BY
00:32:57.21\00:33:00.41
TODAY'S STANDARDS.
MAYBE NOT THAT MUCH, BUT
00:33:00.44\00:33:02.61
IT WAS A LOT OF MONEY.
AND - BUT HE WOULDN'T TAKE
00:33:02.64\00:33:06.75
ANYTHING BECAUSE IT WAS A SYMBOL
OF SALVATION, WHICH IS FREE.
00:33:06.78\00:33:10.25
AND SO SIMON, HE'S, YOU KNOW,
A SAMARITAN AND HE THINKS THAT,
00:33:10.29\00:33:15.29
'OH YEAH, THIS IS GREAT POWER SO
HERE, I'LL GIVE YOU MONEY - THIS
00:33:15.32\00:33:18.13
IS, YOU KNOW, HOW - IT'S A
LITTLE HONORARIUM THAT I'LL PAY
00:33:18.16\00:33:20.46
YOU IN ORDER TO GET THIS POWER
SO THAT I CAN LAY MY HANDS ON
00:33:20.50\00:33:22.96
PEOPLE TOO AND THEY'LL GIVE
ME OFFERINGS TO RECEIVE THE HOLY
00:33:23.00\00:33:26.30
SPIRIT.' AND WHAT
WAS PETER'S REACTION?
00:33:26.33\00:33:29.60
DID HE JUST GENTLY TELL HIM 'NO,
LET ME EXPLAIN THIS TO YOU'?
00:33:29.64\00:33:32.27
OR DID HE COME
OUT PRETTY STRONGLY?
00:33:32.31\00:33:35.88
HE SAYS IN PRETTY PLAIN TERMS
- "BUT PETER SAID TO HIM," - I'M
00:33:35.91\00:33:39.98
IN VERSE 20 - "YOUR MONEY PERISH
WITH YOU," - NOW SOME VERSIONS
00:33:40.02\00:33:44.09
TRANSLATE THAT IN A VERY STRONG
WAY - "BECAUSE YOU THOUGHT THAT
00:33:44.12\00:33:48.69
THE GIFT OF GOD COULD
BE PURCHASED WITH MONEY!"
00:33:48.72\00:33:52.86
- HOW MUCH MONEY WILL YOU
GIVE FOR THE LIFE OF CHRIST?
00:33:52.89\00:33:56.73
CAN IT BE BOUGHT WITH SILVER AND
GOLD? NO. COLOSSIANS 1:13 - IT
00:33:56.77\00:34:03.37
SAYS, "HE HAS DELIVERED US
FROM THE POWER OF DARKNESS AND
00:34:03.41\00:34:06.11
CONVEYED US INTO THE KINGDOM OF
THE SON OF HIS LOVE, IN WHOM WE
00:34:06.14\00:34:10.81
HAVE REDEMPTION THROUGH HIS
BLOOD, THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS."
00:34:10.85\00:34:15.75
AND SO, JESUS, OUR SACRIFICE,
IT'S THROUGH HIS BLOOD THAT WE
00:34:15.78\00:34:20.82
HAVE FORGIVENESS.
CHRIST IS OUR SUBSTITUTE.
00:34:20.86\00:34:24.86
AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN SOMEBODY, IF
THEY GIVE YOUR - THEIR CHILD -
00:34:24.89\00:34:29.40
YOU JUST CAN'T REALLY PUT
A MONETARY AMOUNT ON THAT.
00:34:29.43\00:34:33.50
AND THIS IS WHAT
PETER WAS TALKING ABOUT.
00:34:33.54\00:34:36.04
ALRIGHT - AND THEN THE
NEXT SECTION HE TALKS ABOUT THE
00:34:36.07\00:34:38.67
PASSION OF JESUS , AND
WE'VE GOT A COUPLE VERSES HERE.
00:34:38.71\00:34:41.74
SOMEONE IS GOING TO LOOK
UP, FOR ME, IN JUST A MOMENT,
00:34:41.78\00:34:43.68
ACTS 10:39. OKAY.
00:34:43.71\00:34:46.38
FIRST I'D LIKE TO READ 1 PETER
2:21 TO 25, "FOR TO THIS YOU
00:34:46.41\00:34:52.89
WERE CALLED, BECAUSE CHRIST ALSO
SUFFERED FOR US, LEAVING US AN
00:34:52.92\00:34:57.56
EXAMPLE, THAT YOU SHOULD FOLLOW
HIS STEPS: 'WHO COMMITTED NO
00:34:57.59\00:35:01.33
SIN,'" - NOW I WANT TO JUST STOP
THERE - THERE ARE A COUPLE OF
00:35:01.36\00:35:04.53
VERY IMPORTANT
POINTS PETER IS MAKING.
00:35:04.57\00:35:07.80
ONE IS, THERE'S
SUFFERING IN THE CHRISTIAN LIFE.
00:35:07.84\00:35:12.47
I REMEMBER VISITING WITH A
BROTHER WHO WAS A BELIEVER AND
00:35:12.51\00:35:21.02
INVOLVED IN MINISTRY - HAD
A TRAVELING MINISTRY - AND HIS
00:35:21.05\00:35:26.02
WIFE GOT ALZHEIMER'S AND IT
WAS YEARS OF HIM CARING FOR HER
00:35:26.05\00:35:33.09
UNDER VERY
DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES.
00:35:33.13\00:35:36.40
IT, BASICALLY, TOOK ALL OF HIS
TIME. AND THEN, ON TOP OF THAT,
00:35:36.43\00:35:41.34
HE GOT CANCER AND THEN HE
HAD SOME KIND OF SKIN DISEASE -
00:35:41.37\00:35:47.01
A TYPE OF VERY AGGRAVATED HIVES
OR PSORIASIS, SO HE WAS - POOR
00:35:47.04\00:35:51.71
GUY WAS SUFFERING AND -
JUST TERRIBLE STRUGGLES.
00:35:51.75\00:35:55.75
AND I REMEMBER TALKING TO HIM
AND HE SAID, 'YOU KNOW, I READ
00:35:55.78\00:35:59.62
IN THE BIBLE THAT CHRIST
SUFFERED AND IT'S A PRIVILEGE
00:35:59.65\00:36:03.09
FOR US TO SUFFER WITH HIM.'
AND HE SAID, 'IT IS THROUGH MUCH
00:36:03.12\00:36:06.86
TRIBULATION WE ENTER THE KINGDOM
OF GOD.' AND THAT 'IT IS VERY
00:36:06.90\00:36:11.03
FEW OF US WILL GET TO THE
KINGDOM WITHOUT TASTING SOME
00:36:11.07\00:36:13.77
SUFFERING.' WE'LL NEVER SUFFER
LIKE JESUS DID, BUT HE SAID, YOU
00:36:13.80\00:36:17.14
KNOW - WHAT DID JOB SAY WHEN
HE BEGAN TO SUFFER AND HIS WIFE
00:36:17.17\00:36:21.48
SAID, 'CURSE GOD AND
DIE'? HOW DID JOB RESPOND?
00:36:21.51\00:36:25.01
(INAUDIBLE) HE SAID, 'YOU'RE
SPEAKING LIKE ONE OF THE FOOLISH
00:36:25.05\00:36:27.98
WOMEN. SHALL WE
NOT RECEIVE GOOD FROM
00:36:28.02\00:36:30.05
THE HAND OF THE
LORD AND EVIL ALSO?'
00:36:30.09\00:36:31.89
- AND THE WORD 'EVIL'
MEANS THAT TRIALS WILL COME.
00:36:31.92\00:36:35.99
AND HE SAID, 'YOU CAN'T JUST
PRAISE GOD WHEN EVERYTHING IS
00:36:36.02\00:36:39.09
GOOD, YOU NEED TO PRAISE GOD
EVEN WHEN YOU'RE GOING THROUGH
00:36:39.13\00:36:42.33
TRIALS. WE ARE THE
BEST WITNESSES WHEN
00:36:42.36\00:36:45.13
WE CAN PRAISE GOD
THROUGH OUR TRIALS.
00:36:45.17\00:36:48.54
IT'S REALLY EASY TO PRAISE GOD
WHEN EVERYTHING'S GOING FINE,
00:36:48.57\00:36:51.04
BUT WHEN YOU CAN PRAISE GOD WHEN
YOU'RE GOING THROUGH A TRIAL -
00:36:51.07\00:36:54.44
AND THAT, SEE, I NEVER REALLY
FORGOT WHAT THAT BROTHER TOLD
00:36:54.48\00:36:57.08
ME. I'M NOT
GOING TO TELL YOU HIS
00:36:57.11\00:36:58.35
NAME BECAUSE MANY OF YOU
WOULD RECOGNIZE HIS NAME.
00:36:58.38\00:37:02.58
BUT I NEVER FORGOT WHAT HE SAID
BECAUSE I, PERSONALLY, KNEW HIM
00:37:02.62\00:37:05.79
- I KNEW HOW MUCH HE WAS
STRUGGLING AT HOME, PHYSICALLY -
00:37:05.82\00:37:09.96
HE ULTIMATELY DIED FROM
HIS ILLNESS, BUT HE NEVER
00:37:09.99\00:37:13.56
COMPLAINED. AND I
THOUGHT, 'WOW, IF I WAS
00:37:13.60\00:37:15.96
GOING THROUGH WHAT HE WENT
THROUGH, I WONDER IF I COULD
00:37:16.00\00:37:17.80
HAVE THE SAME POSITIVE ATTITUDE.
AND HERE PETER IS TRYING TO
00:37:17.83\00:37:21.84
ENCOURAGE THE BELIEVERS.
HE SAYS, 'REMEMBER, YOU WERE
00:37:21.87\00:37:25.14
CALLED TO THIS BECAUSE
CHRIST SUFFERED FOR US.'
00:37:25.17\00:37:29.28
NOW HOW MANY BELIEVE THAT
WE HAVE BEEN CALLED TO SUFFER?
00:37:29.31\00:37:36.15
CHRIST SAID, 'WHOEVER WOULD COME
AFTER ME, LET HIM TAKE UP HIS' -
00:37:36.18\00:37:38.39
WHAT? >>CROSS.
00:37:38.42\00:37:40.12
>>HIS VIBRATING LOUNGE CHAIR?
(LAUGHTER) NO. WHAT IS A CROSS?
00:37:40.16\00:37:45.63
IS A CROSS COMFORTABLE? A
CROSS INVOLVES SELF-DENIAL.
00:37:45.66\00:37:51.13
AND THE - YOU KNOW, TYPICALLY
- I DON'T WANT YOU TO THINK THAT
00:37:51.17\00:37:53.30
WHEN PETER TALKS ABOUT SUFFERING
- I THINK WE ADDRESSED THIS
00:37:53.34\00:37:56.14
BEFORE - THAT WE'RE ALWAYS
TALKING ABOUT SOME TYPE OF
00:37:56.17\00:37:58.57
PHYSICAL AGONY OR
SOME KIND OF SICKNESS.
00:37:58.61\00:38:03.04
THE WAY THAT A LOT OF US SUFFER
IS JUST THE TRIALS OF LIFE - THE
00:38:03.08\00:38:07.55
FIGHT AGAINST
EVIL. THERE'S A BATTLE.
00:38:07.58\00:38:10.29
MOST OF JESUS' LIFE - THE TRIALS
THAT HE SUFFERED - I MEAN, YOU
00:38:10.32\00:38:13.62
THINK ABOUT THE CROSS - THE
CROSS WAS A FEW HOURS AT THE
00:38:13.66\00:38:15.26
END. SIX HOURS OUT OF 33 YEARS.
00:38:15.29\00:38:20.00
BUT MOST OF THE SUFFERINGS OF
CHRIST'S LIFE WAS THE CONSTANT
00:38:20.03\00:38:23.16
BATTLE WITH THE DEVIL AND THAT'S
- WHEN YOU DECIDE TO FOLLOW
00:38:23.20\00:38:27.54
JESUS, YOU INVITE THE WRATH
OF THE PRINCE OF THIS WORLD.
00:38:27.57\00:38:32.97
ALRIGHT, ENOUGH ABOUT THAT.
I DON'T WANT TO DISCOURAGE YOU.
00:38:33.01\00:38:36.48
ISN'T THIS A
TERRIBLE MARKETING PROGRAM?
00:38:36.51\00:38:38.18
(LAUGHTER) COME
FOLLOW JESUS AND SUFFER.
00:38:38.21\00:38:42.92
YOU KNOW WHAT A LOT
OF PASTORS ARE DOING?
00:38:42.95\00:38:45.02
THEY'RE TRYING TO CHANGE
THE GOSPEL AND SAY, 'COME FOLLOW
00:38:45.05\00:38:48.72
JESUS. YOU'LL BE
HEALTHY, YOU'LL BE
00:38:48.76\00:38:50.43
WEALTHY, YOU'LL BE WISE, YOU'LL
BE BLESSED, YOU'LL BE HAPPY'
00:38:50.46\00:38:53.40
- AND THERE IS SOME OF THAT.
IT IS - THE GOSPEL IS GOOD NEWS,
00:38:53.43\00:38:57.97
BUT THEY TRY TO MAKE - YOU
KNOW, THEY PUT OUT SURVEYS AND
00:38:58.00\00:39:01.84
THEY FIND OUT 'WHAT
DOES THE COMMUNITY WANT?'
00:39:01.87\00:39:04.47
AND IT SAYS, 'WELL, THE
COMMUNITY, THEY DON'T WANT TO
00:39:04.51\00:39:06.78
DRESS UP WHEN
THEY COME TO CHURCH'.
00:39:06.81\00:39:08.01
AND THEY SAY, 'OH, DON'T DRESS
UP.' AND THE COMMUNITY, THEY'D
00:39:08.04\00:39:10.11
COME TO CHURCH, BUT THEY DON'T
HAVE TIME TO GET A BREAKFAST.
00:39:10.15\00:39:12.51
'YOU COME. WE'LL
GIVE YOU DONUTS AND
00:39:12.55\00:39:13.75
COFFEE.' AND THEY SAID, 'THEY'D
COME TO CHURCH BUT SOMETIMES
00:39:13.78\00:39:16.05
IT'S BORING.' 'WE WILL ENTERTAIN
YOU.' AND THEY SAID, 'WELL, YOU
00:39:16.08\00:39:19.72
KNOW, WE'D LIKE TO COME, BUT' -
AND SO, WHAT THEY'RE DOING IN A
00:39:19.75\00:39:22.29
LOT OF THE CHURCHES IS THEY'RE
BASICALLY JUST TRYING TO MAKE
00:39:22.32\00:39:25.46
THE CHURCH MAKE EVERYBODY
HAPPY, AND SO, THEY'RE -
00:39:25.49\00:39:30.47
BUT IS THAT THE GOSPEL? >>NO.
00:39:30.50\00:39:32.77
>>SO IT'S AMAZING THAT CHRIST
SAID, 'TAKE UP YOUR CROSS AND
00:39:32.80\00:39:36.40
FOLLOW ME' AND A MARKETING
SPECIALIST WOULD HAVE LOOKED AT
00:39:36.44\00:39:39.14
HIS PROGRAM AND SAID,
'THAT'S NEVER GOING TO FLY.'
00:39:39.17\00:39:44.75
SO WHY WAS IT SO SUCCESSFUL?
00:39:44.78\00:39:47.72
BECAUSE HE SAID, 'I LOVE YOU AND
I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU ETERNAL
00:39:47.75\00:39:53.66
LIFE AND YOU WILL HAVE ULTIMATE
SATISFACTION BECAUSE YOU WILL
00:39:53.69\00:39:58.16
LOVE GOD AND YOU'LL LOVE YOUR
NEIGHBOR.' AND HE REALLY GOT TO
00:39:58.19\00:40:00.90
THE CORE NEED OF
EVERY HUMAN SOUL.
00:40:00.93\00:40:03.20
IT WASN'T THE SUPERFICIAL
BUSINESS THAT A LOT OF CHURCHES
00:40:03.23\00:40:05.43
ARE DOING TODAY TO TRY
AND GET A GROUP TOGETHER.
00:40:05.47\00:40:08.87
YOU KNOW, WE COULD GREATLY
INCREASE OUR ATTENDANCE HERE -
00:40:08.90\00:40:14.34
BRING DONUTS, TURN UP THE
VOLUME, SHOW VIDEOS, AND GIVE
00:40:14.38\00:40:21.78
EVERYBODY THAT COMES A HUNDRED
DOLLARS EVERY DAY THAT THEY
00:40:21.82\00:40:25.19
COME, AND WE COULD
INCREASE ATTENDANCE.
00:40:25.22\00:40:27.69
DO YOU KNOW, IT'S A FACT
THAT YOU ALWAYS HAVE A BETTER
00:40:27.72\00:40:29.62
ATTENDANCE WHEN
THERE'S A CHURCH POTLUCK?
00:40:29.66\00:40:33.76
THERE ARE STILL SOME WHO COME
FOR THE LOAVES AND THE FISH.
00:40:33.80\00:40:39.50
I HOPE I DIDN'T OFFEND
ANYBODY BY SAYING THAT.
00:40:39.53\00:40:45.01
ALRIGHT, MOVING RIGHT ALONG
HERE - OH, LET ME KEEP READING.
00:40:45.04\00:40:49.24
"FOR TO THIS YOU WERE CALLED
BECAUSE CHRIST ALSO SUFFERED FOR
00:40:49.28\00:40:51.75
US, LEAVING US AN EXAMPLE, THAT
YOU SHOULD FOLLOW HIS STEPS:
00:40:51.78\00:40:55.48
'WHO COMMITTED NO SIN,'" -
THAT'S ANOTHER VERY IMPORTANT
00:40:55.52\00:40:58.15
POINT: IF YOU'VE EVER
WONDERED 'WAS CHRIST SINLESS?'
00:40:58.19\00:41:00.76
PETER'S PRETTY
CLEAR HERE, WASN'T HE? -
00:41:00.79\00:41:03.32
"'NOR WAS DECEIT FOUND IN HIS
MOUTH'; WHO WHEN HE WAS REVILED,
00:41:03.36\00:41:07.30
DID NOT REVILE IN
RETURN;" - NOW PETER IS SAYING
00:41:07.36\00:41:09.53
'THIS IS AN EXAMPLE
OF HOW WE SHOULD ACT'. -
00:41:09.56\00:41:11.67
"WHEN HE SUFFERED, HE DID
NOT THREATEN," - HE DID NOT
00:41:11.70\00:41:14.57
RETALIATE - BUT COMMITTED
HIMSELF TO HIM WHO JUDGES
00:41:14.60\00:41:17.47
RIGHTEOUSLY; WHO HIMSELF BORE
OUR SINS IN HIS OWN BODY ON THE
00:41:17.51\00:41:24.85
TREE," - HE BORE OUR SINS IN HIS
OWN BODY ON THE TREE - THIS IS
00:41:24.88\00:41:29.95
TALKING ABOUT THE
PASSION OF CHRIST.
00:41:29.98\00:41:34.36
SO, CAN YOU COMPREHEND THAT?
ALRIGHT, LET'S JUST SEE HERE:
00:41:34.39\00:41:40.70
IMAGINE THAT YOU HAD TO
SUFFER FOR ANOTHER PERSON.
00:41:40.73\00:41:46.80
WE COULD PROBABLY IMAGINE
A SCENARIO WHERE YOU'VE DONE
00:41:46.84\00:41:50.67
SOMETHING WRONG AND ANOTHER
PERSON SAYS, 'I'LL TAKE YOUR
00:41:50.71\00:41:52.41
PUNISHMENT' AND SO THEY TAKE
YOUR TEN LASHES OR YOUR FIVE
00:41:52.44\00:41:56.44
MONTHS IN JAIL
OR WHATEVER IT IS.
00:41:56.48\00:41:59.95
SUFFERING FOR TWO PEOPLE,
WELL THAT WOULD BE PRETTY HARD.
00:42:00.05\00:42:03.32
SUFFERING FOR A HUNDRED - THAT'S
HARD FOR US TO COMPREHEND.
00:42:03.35\00:42:09.36
SUFFERING FOR A MILLION PEOPLE
- OUR MINDS CAN'T REALLY WRAP
00:42:09.39\00:42:13.70
AROUND THAT.
SUFFERING FOR A BILLION PEOPLE -
00:42:13.73\00:42:18.30
NOW WE'RE JUST KIND OF OUT THERE
- AND HOW DO YOU CONCENTRATE ALL
00:42:18.33\00:42:23.44
OF THE SUFFERING THAT MIGHT BE
DESERVED BY A BILLION REBELS AND
00:42:23.47\00:42:28.94
SAY, 'I WILL TAKE ALL THAT
PAIN IN MY BODY ON THE CROSS'?
00:42:28.98\00:42:34.85
WE CAN'T COMPREHEND THAT.
BUT THE ONLY WAY A PERSON COULD
00:42:34.88\00:42:38.09
DO THAT IS THEY'D HAVE TO SUFFER
LIKE ONLY A GOD COULD SUFFER.
00:42:38.12\00:42:44.13
AND SO JESUS, HE DIDN'T JUST
SUFFER LIKE A MAN ON THE CROSS,
00:42:44.16\00:42:47.00
HE SUFFERED LIKE GOD BECAME A
MAN ON THE CROSS, "WHO BORE OUR
00:42:47.03\00:42:51.17
SINS IN HIS OWN BODY ON THE
TREE, THAT WE, HAVING DIED TO
00:42:51.20\00:42:56.07
SINS," - NOW PAUL TALKS
ABOUT THAT - "MIGHT LIVE FOR
00:42:56.10\00:42:59.87
RIGHTEOUSNESS" - NOW, IN CASE
THERE ARE SOME LISTENING WHO
00:42:59.91\00:43:05.91
BELIEVE THE NEW THEOLOGY THAT
JESUS DIDN'T SAVE US FROM OUR
00:43:05.95\00:43:08.88
SIN, HE JUST KIND OF GIVES US A
LICENSE OF FORGIVENESS SO WE CAN
00:43:08.92\00:43:12.32
CONTINUE IN SIN, PETER'S PRETTY
CLEAR HE TOOK OUR SINS IN HIS
00:43:12.35\00:43:16.83
OWN BODY SO THAT WE, WHO ARE
NOW DEAD TO SIN - PAUL SAYS IN
00:43:16.86\00:43:21.13
ROMANS 6, 'HE
THAT IS DEAD IS FREE'.
00:43:21.16\00:43:25.13
IF WE'RE DEAD TO
SIN WE'RE FREE FROM IT.
00:43:25.17\00:43:29.30
HE WANTS US TO LIVE AS THOUGH WE
ARE DEAD TO SIN, WHO WALKED NOT
00:43:29.34\00:43:32.87
AFTER THE FLESH BUT
AFTER RIGHTEOUSNESS - "BY WHOSE
00:43:32.91\00:43:36.88
STRIPES YOU WERE HEALED.
FOR YOU WERE LIKE SHEEP GOING
00:43:36.91\00:43:40.32
ASTRAY, BUT HAVE NOW RETURNED
TO THE SHEPHERD AND OVERSEER OF
00:43:40.35\00:43:43.65
YOUR SOULS."
PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST
00:43:43.69\00:43:45.85
POWERFUL PASSAGES IN THE BIBLE
THAT OUTLINES THE PASSION OF
00:43:45.89\00:43:51.76
CHRIST IS ACTUALLY
IN THE OLD TESTAMENT.
00:43:51.79\00:43:54.30
AND, IF YOU LOOK IN ISAIAH
CHAPTER 53, YOU KNOW WE'VE JUST
00:43:54.36\00:43:59.27
STARTED RECORDING, THIS WEEK,
A NEW DVD AND WE'VE GOT A WHOLE
00:43:59.30\00:44:05.07
SECTION IN THE DVD ABOUT
THIS. GO TO ISAIAH CHAPTER 53 -
00:44:05.11\00:44:10.45
"WHO HAS BELIEVED OUR
REPORT? AND TO WHOM HAS THE ARM
00:44:10.48\00:44:13.11
OF THE LORD BEEN REVEALED?
FOR HE SHALL GROW UP BEFORE HIM
00:44:13.15\00:44:16.62
AS A TENDER PLANT, AND AS A ROOT
OUT OF DRY GROUND. HE HAS NO
00:44:16.65\00:44:20.19
FORM OR COMELINESS; AND WHEN WE
SEE HIM, THERE IS NO BEAUTY THAT
00:44:20.22\00:44:23.49
WE SHOULD DESIRE HIM." - AND
HERE'S WHERE IT BEGINS - "HE IS
00:44:23.53\00:44:26.93
DESPISED AND REJECTED BY MEN,
A MAN OF SORROWS AND ACQUAINTED
00:44:26.96\00:44:31.17
WITH GRIEF. AND WE HID, AS IT
WERE, OUR FACES FROM HIM; HE WAS
00:44:31.20\00:44:35.87
DESPISED, AND WE
DID NOT ESTEEM HIM.
00:44:35.90\00:44:39.41
SURELY HE HAS BORN OUR GRIEFS
AND CARRIED OUR SORROWS; YET WE
00:44:39.44\00:44:43.31
ESTEEMED HIM STRICKEN,
SMITTEN BY GOD, AND AFFLICTED.
00:44:43.35\00:44:46.72
BUT HE WAS WOUNDED FOR OUR
TRANSGRESSION, HE WAS BRUISED
00:44:46.75\00:44:50.19
FOR OUR INIQUITIES; THE
CHASTISEMENT OF OUR PEACE WAS
00:44:50.22\00:44:53.79
UPON HIM, AND BY HIS
STRIPES WE ARE HEALED."
00:44:53.82\00:44:56.96
DIDN'T PETER JUST
REFER TO THAT? >>YES.
00:44:56.99\00:44:59.46
>>THROUGH WHOSE STRIPES WE ARE
HEALED - "ALL WE LIKE SHEEP HAVE
00:44:59.49\00:45:02.00
GONE ASTRAY; WE HAVE TURNED,
EVERY ONE, TO HIS OWN WAY; AND
00:45:02.03\00:45:05.77
THE LORD HAS LAID UPON
HIM THE INIQUITY OF US ALL."
00:45:05.80\00:45:08.70
THERE'S THE GOSPEL.
WE'VE ALL TURNED ASTRAY AND THE
00:45:08.74\00:45:12.91
LORD PUT ALL OF OUR INIQUITY
UPON HIM. THAT OUGHT TO TOUCH
00:45:12.94\00:45:16.88
YOUR HEART AND, OUT OF LOVE FOR
HIM, IMPRESS WITHIN YOU A DESIRE
00:45:16.91\00:45:21.25
TO FOLLOW HIM. WELL I - I'M
NOT GOING TO READ ALL OF THAT
00:45:21.28\00:45:24.15
BECAUSE WE WON'T HAVE
TIME. LET ME SEE HERE - I THINK
00:45:24.19\00:45:28.29
SOMEONE'S GOING TO READ, FOR
US, A VERSE IN - WHAT WAS IT?
00:45:28.32\00:45:31.23
ACTS 10:39. >>"AND
WE ARE WITNESSES OF ALL
00:45:31.26\00:45:35.76
THINGS WHICH HE DID BOTH
IN THE LAND OF THE JEWS AND IN
00:45:35.80\00:45:40.17
JERUSALEM, WHOM THEY
SLEW AND HANGED ON A TREE."
00:45:40.20\00:45:44.44
>>NOW, I WANT YOU TO NOTICE
SOMETHING ELSE ABOUT THIS: PETER
00:45:44.47\00:45:48.08
ESPECIALLY LOVES THE
TERM 'HANGED ON A TREE'.
00:45:48.11\00:45:53.11
YOU NOTICE THAT WE
JUST READ THAT HERE?
00:45:53.15\00:45:56.02
THAT YOU GO TO ACTS 5:30 - "THE
GOD OF OUR FATHERS RAISED UP
00:45:56.05\00:46:00.06
JESUS WHOM YOU
MURDERED BY HANGING ON A TREE."
00:46:00.09\00:46:03.59
AND, YEAH, I THINK THERE'S
ANOTHER PLACE - YEAH, THERE'S AT
00:46:03.63\00:46:08.83
LEAST THREE PLACES
WHERE PETER SAYS THAT.
00:46:08.86\00:46:12.50
ANY OF YOU EVER DONE A BIBLE
STUDY WITH JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES?
00:46:12.53\00:46:17.51
IF YOU LIVE IN A SUBURB, I'M
SURE THEY'VE BEEN AT YOUR DOOR.
00:46:17.54\00:46:20.48
ONE OF THE POINTS THAT THEY FEEL
VERY STRONGLY ABOUT IS JESUS DID
00:46:20.51\00:46:23.28
NOT DIE ON A CROSS, AND THEY
MAKE A BIG ARGUMENT THAT JESUS
00:46:23.31\00:46:27.58
DIED ON A TORTURE STAKE.
I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHAT THE
00:46:27.62\00:46:32.32
POINT IS OF ARGUING THAT,
BECAUSE HOW WOULD THAT CHANGE
00:46:32.35\00:46:37.66
THE PLAN OF SALVATION TO SAY
THAT YOU DIED WITH YOUR HANDS
00:46:37.69\00:46:41.30
LIKE THIS, AS
OPPOSED TO OVER YOUR HEAD?
00:46:41.33\00:46:44.60
THEY CAN MAKE AN ARGUMENT
THAT THERE WERE OCCASIONS WHERE
00:46:44.63\00:46:49.14
ROMANS CRUCIFIED PEOPLE ON A
STAKE, BUT THERE'S ALSO PLENTY
00:46:49.17\00:46:55.38
OF EVIDENCE, BOTH IN ANCIENT ART
AND ARCHAEOLOGY THAT THEY WERE
00:46:55.41\00:46:59.48
CRUCIFIED EITHER ON A T
OR THE TRADITIONAL CROSS.
00:46:59.51\00:47:03.45
THAT DOESN'T MATTER. WE
BELIEVE JESUS - IT WAS A
00:47:03.49\00:47:06.55
TRADITIONAL CROSS BECAUSE THEY
NAILED SOMETHING ABOVE HIS HEAD
00:47:06.59\00:47:10.29
AND CHRIST SAID TO PETER, 'WHEN
YOU'RE YOUNG YOU GIRD YOURSELF
00:47:10.33\00:47:14.23
AND YOU GO WHERE YOU
WANT' - THIS IS JOHN 20?
00:47:14.30\00:47:17.43
21 - 'BUT WHEN YOU'RE OLD
ANOTHER WILL GIRD YOU AND YOU
00:47:17.47\00:47:19.87
WILL STRETCH FORTH YOUR HANDS.'
NOW YOU MIGHT STRETCH FORTH YOUR
00:47:19.90\00:47:23.14
HANDS LIKE THAT AND YOU MIGHT
STRETCH FORTH YOUR HANDS LIKE
00:47:23.17\00:47:25.27
THAT, BUT YOU WOULD NOT
STRETCH FORTH YOUR HANDS UP.
00:47:25.31\00:47:28.74
AND SO, WE BELIEVE PETER
AND JESUS, THEY WERE CRUCIFIED.
00:47:28.78\00:47:31.91
BUT THEY MAKE A BIG DEAL ABOUT
THAT. BUT IT IS TRUE THAT JESUS
00:47:31.95\00:47:34.72
DIED, IT SAYS, ON A
TREE. WHY DOES PETER KEEP
00:47:34.75\00:47:37.12
EMPHASIZING THE TREE?
THREE TIMES, AT LEAST - THAT I
00:47:37.15\00:47:40.59
KNOW OF - HE SAYS
HE DIED ON A TREE.
00:47:40.62\00:47:43.19
IF YOU LOOK IN DEUTERONOMY - NOW
WE'RE STILL TALKING ABOUT THE
00:47:43.22\00:47:45.86
PASSION OF CHRIST - DEUTERONOMY
21 AND YOU LOOK IN VERSE -
00:47:45.89\00:47:50.10
SORRY, CHAPTER 21, VERSES 22 AND
23 - MOSES IS GOING THROUGH THE
00:47:50.13\00:47:54.40
LAWS, "IF A MAN HAS COMMITTED
A SIN DESERVING OF DEATH, AND HE
00:47:54.44\00:47:57.64
IS PUT TO DEATH, AND YOU HANG
HIM ON A TREE," - EVIDENTLY THEY
00:47:57.67\00:48:00.64
BELIEVED IN CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
BACK THEN - "HIS BODY SHALL NOT
00:48:00.68\00:48:04.18
REMAIN OVERNIGHT ON THE TREE,
BUT YOU SHALL SURELY BURY HIM
00:48:04.21\00:48:07.72
THAT DAY, SO THAT YOU DO NOT
DEFILE THE LAND WHICH THE LORD
00:48:07.75\00:48:11.12
YOUR GOD IS GIVING YOU AS
AN INHERITANCE; FOR HE WHO IS
00:48:11.15\00:48:14.49
HANGED IS ACCURSED OF GOD."
NOW, YOU REALIZE THAT THAT IS
00:48:14.52\00:48:19.56
QUOTED BY PAUL IN GALATIANS
AND REFERENCED BY PETER?
00:48:19.59\00:48:25.57
GALATIANS 3:13, "CHRIST HAS
REDEEMED US FROM THE CURSE OF
00:48:25.60\00:48:30.01
THE LAW, HAVING BECOME A
CURSE FOR US (FOR IT IS WRITTEN,
00:48:30.04\00:48:35.04
'CURSED IS EVERYONE WHO HANGS
ON A TREE')," - YOU SEE THE
00:48:35.08\00:48:40.08
CONNECTION HERE? SO
WHY IS PETER EMPHASIZING
00:48:40.12\00:48:43.05
JESUS DIED ON THE TREE?
HE WANTS TO MAKE SURE THAT
00:48:43.08\00:48:45.32
PEOPLE MAKE A CONNECTION
THAT HE TOOK THE CURSE FOR US.
00:48:45.35\00:48:49.72
THIS IS WHAT PAUL
IS EMPHASIZING HERE.
00:48:49.76\00:48:51.86
AND, YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS - JUST
A LITTLE PERSONAL THING - OFTEN
00:48:51.89\00:48:54.46
YOU SEE, IN THE FRONT OF
THESE CHURCHES, THEY'LL HAVE A
00:48:54.50\00:48:56.87
CROSS AND THE CROSS IS USUALLY
VERY NICE, YOU KNOW, PLANED 6X6
00:48:56.90\00:49:01.54
OR 8X8 LUMBER.
THE ROMANS NEVER USED
00:49:01.57\00:49:04.77
QUALITY MATERIAL LIKE THAT.
DO YOU KNOW HOW HARD IT WAS
00:49:04.81\00:49:07.14
TO MILL LUMBER BACK THEN?
THEY HAD TO SAW IT BY HAND.
00:49:07.18\00:49:09.94
THEY DID HAVE SAWN BOARDS BUT IT
WAS A - VERY LABOR INTENSIVE FOR
00:49:09.98\00:49:14.28
THEM TO SAW A BOARD.
THEY DID NOT USE THAT
00:49:14.32\00:49:16.79
ON THEIR CRIMINALS.
WHEN THEY CRUCIFIED PEOPLE,
00:49:16.82\00:49:20.02
THEY JUST CUT DOWN A TREE.
THEY MADE AN INTERSECTION IN THE
00:49:20.06\00:49:22.29
TREE - THERE MIGHT STILL BE BARK
ON IT - AND THEY'RE STRAPPED
00:49:22.32\00:49:25.86
TOGETHER AND THEN
THEY HUNG PEOPLE ON IT.
00:49:25.89\00:49:28.96
JOSEPHUS TALKS ABOUT WHEN
THE ROMANS DESTROYED JERUSALEM.
00:49:29.00\00:49:31.50
HE SAID, 'YOU COULDN'T FIND
A TREE ANYWHERE AROUND THE CITY
00:49:31.53\00:49:33.80
BECAUSE THEY HAD CRUCIFIED SO
MANY OF THE JEWS THAT REBELLED.
00:49:33.84\00:49:37.07
THEY DEFORESTED
THE AREA AROUND JUDAH.
00:49:37.11\00:49:40.54
THEY DID NOT MILL
ALL OF THAT LUMBER.
00:49:40.58\00:49:43.01
SO JESUS DIED ON A
PRETTY CRUDE PIECE OF TREE.
00:49:43.04\00:49:48.58
ANOTHER REASON I EMPHASIZE THAT
IS HOW WAS IT THAT ZACCHEUS SAW
00:49:48.62\00:49:52.62
JESUS? >>HE CLIMBED A TREE.
00:49:52.65\00:49:54.79
>>CLIMBED A TREE.
HOW DO WE SEE JESUS?
00:49:54.82\00:49:57.26
WE TAKE UP OUR
CROSS. WE CLIMB A TREE - AND
00:49:57.29\00:50:00.86
WE WILL SEE CHRIST. AND
SO, I'VE GOT MY OWN TREE
00:50:00.90\00:50:03.77
THEOLOGY I JUST
WANTED YOU TO KNOW ABOUT.
00:50:03.80\00:50:06.30
THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS .
00:50:06.33\00:50:10.84
"BLESSED BE THE GOD AND FATHER"
- THIS IS 1 PETER 1:3, "BLESSED
00:50:10.87\00:50:15.38
BE THE GOD AND FATHER OF OUR
LORD JESUS CHRIST, WHO ACCORDING
00:50:15.41\00:50:18.05
TO HIS ABUNDANT MERCY HAD
BEGOTTEN US AGAIN TO A LIVING
00:50:18.08\00:50:21.92
HOPE THROUGH THE RESURRECTION OF
JESUS CHRIST FROM THE DEAD, TO
00:50:21.95\00:50:25.72
AN INHERITANCE INCORRUPTIBLE AND
UNDEFILED AND THAT DOES NOT FADE
00:50:25.75\00:50:29.52
AWAY, RESERVED IN HEAVEN
FOR YOU," - HE TALKS ABOUT THIS
00:50:29.56\00:50:33.33
LIVING HOPE AND HE'S OFTEN
EMPHASIZING, YOU KNOW, 'THIS IS
00:50:33.36\00:50:37.17
REASON TO BE ENCOURAGED
BECAUSE WE HAVE A LIVING GOD.
00:50:37.20\00:50:40.24
AGAIN, 1 PETER 1:21, "WHO
THROUGH HIM BELIEVE IN GOD, WHO
00:50:40.27\00:50:48.44
RAISED HIM UP FROM THE DEAD
AND GAVE HIM GLORY, SO THAT YOUR
00:50:48.48\00:50:52.08
FAITH AND HOPE ARE IN GOD."
HOW CERTAIN WAS PETER THAT JESUS
00:50:52.11\00:50:57.09
LIVED AFTER THE
CRUCIFIXION? >>POSITIVE.
00:50:57.12\00:51:02.26
>>WHAT EVIDENCE - WHAT MORE
EVIDENCE COULD PETER HAVE ASKED
00:51:02.29\00:51:05.49
FOR THAT JESUS WAS ALIVE? FIRST
OF ALL, HE KNOWS HE WAS DEAD.
00:51:05.53\00:51:10.70
HE WAS AT THE
CROSS. HE WAS AT THE TOMB.
00:51:10.73\00:51:14.17
HE CAME TO THE
TOMB WHEN IT WAS EMPTY.
00:51:14.20\00:51:16.47
HE SAW JESUS PERSONALLY.
HE ATE WITH HIM BY THE SEA.
00:51:16.50\00:51:20.68
HE ATE WITH HIM
IN THE UPPER ROOM.
00:51:20.71\00:51:22.34
HE KNEW JESUS WAS ALIVE.
HE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH HIM.
00:51:22.38\00:51:25.45
HE WAS WITH HIM WHILE
OTHERS WERE TALKING WITH HIM.
00:51:25.48\00:51:27.62
I MEAN, WHAT EVIDENCE COULD YOU
ASK FOR THAT'S MORE - [PETER]
00:51:27.65\00:51:30.22
SAYING, 'I'M TELLING YOU
HE DIED AND HE ROSE AGAIN'?
00:51:30.25\00:51:33.82
SOMEONE'S GOING TO READ FOR
ME ACTS 10:40 - JUST A MOMENT.
00:51:33.86\00:51:37.33
I'M GOING TO READ ACTS 2:23 -
AND THIS IS, OF COURSE, PETER'S
00:51:37.36\00:51:40.43
PENTECOST SERMON AND HE SAID,
"HIM, BEING DELIVERED BY THE
00:51:40.46\00:51:44.77
DETERMINED PURPOSE AND
FOREKNOWLEDGE OF GOD, YOU HAVE
00:51:44.80\00:51:47.50
TAKEN BY LAWLESS HANDS, HAVE
CRUCIFIED, AND PUT TO DEATH;
00:51:47.54\00:51:50.94
WHOM GOD RAISED UP, HAVING
LOOSED THE PAINS OF DEATH,
00:51:50.97\00:51:54.44
BECAUSE IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE
THAT HE SHOULD BE HELD BY IT."
00:51:54.48\00:51:57.78
- AND PETER'S REFERRING TO THE
STATEMENT OF DAVID, 'YOU WILL
00:51:57.81\00:52:00.45
NOT LEAVE YOUR HOLY ONE IN
THE TOMB TO SUFFER CORRUPTION.'
00:52:00.48\00:52:04.75
ALRIGHT, GO AHEAD,
PLEASE READ ACTS 10:40.
00:52:04.79\00:52:07.82
>>"HIM GOD RAISED UP ON
THE THIRD DAY, AND SHOWED HIM
00:52:07.86\00:52:10.63
OPENLY, NOT TO ALL THE PEOPLE,
BUT TO WITNESSES CHOSEN BEFORE
00:52:10.66\00:52:14.73
BY GOD, EVEN TO US WHO ATE AND
DRANK WITH HIM AFTER HE AROSE
00:52:14.76\00:52:19.97
FROM THE DEAD." >>YEAH,
HE JUST IS PRETTY CLEAR.
00:52:20.00\00:52:23.57
MATTER OF FACT, IF YOU LOOK IN
ACTS CHAPTER 10, VERSE 37, YOU
00:52:23.61\00:52:29.01
CAN JUST SEE ALL THROUGH THE
WRITINGS OF PETER AND, YOU KNOW,
00:52:29.04\00:52:33.08
YOU FIND A NUMBER OF PETER'S
SERMONS ARE IN THE BOOK OF ACTS
00:52:33.11\00:52:36.08
- YOU DON'T REALLY HAVE
PETER PREACHING OTHER THAN THAT.
00:52:36.12\00:52:38.02
YOU HAVE HIM TALKING A LOT, BUT
HE'S NOT REALLY PREACHING UNTIL
00:52:38.05\00:52:39.72
YOU GET TO ACTS AND
YOU GET TO HIS BOOKS.
00:52:39.75\00:52:43.29
YOU LOOK IN ACTS CHAPTER 10:37,
"THAT WORD YOU KNOW, WHICH AS
00:52:43.32\00:52:47.66
PROCLAIMED THROUGHOUT ALL JUDEA,
AND BEGAN FROM GALILEE AFTER
00:52:47.73\00:52:51.27
THE BAPTISM WHICH JOHN
PREACHED:" - NOW PETER SAYS THAT
00:52:51.30\00:52:54.40
'WORD WHICH YOU KNOW' -
WHO'S HE TALKING TO IN ACTS
00:52:54.44\00:52:56.27
CHAPTER 10? A JEW OR A GENTILE?
00:52:56.30\00:52:59.47
>>GENTILES. >>JEW.
00:52:59.51\00:53:00.81
>>CORNELIUS - ACTS CHAPTER 10 -
HE'S TALKING TO A GENTILE AND HE
00:53:00.84\00:53:08.08
SAID, 'YOU KNOW' - 'THAT WORD
YOU KNOW' - IT WAS SUCH COMMON
00:53:08.12\00:53:12.12
KNOWLEDGE THAT - WHAT
HAD HAPPENED WITH CHRIST.
00:53:12.15\00:53:14.96
IT WAS THE HEADLINES.
EVERYBODY KNEW ABOUT IT.
00:53:14.99\00:53:18.79
HOW MANY OF YOU HEARD
THAT DONALD TRUMP WAS ELECTED?
00:53:18.83\00:53:23.26
NOW DO YOU THINK
THAT'S A SILLY QUESTION?
00:53:23.30\00:53:25.63
IN OUR CULTURE, WOULDN'T
YOU THINK THAT WOULD BE A SILLY
00:53:25.67\00:53:27.37
RESPONSE IF SOMEONE SAID, 'WHAT?
REALLY?' THAT'S NOT A POLITICAL
00:53:27.40\00:53:31.81
QUESTION, I'M JUST USING AN
ILLUSTRATION HERE, YOU REALIZE.
00:53:31.84\00:53:35.01
I'M SAYING IT
WAS COMMON KNOWLEDGE.
00:53:35.04\00:53:36.58
AND SO, PETER COULD EVEN
SAY TO A ROMAN, 'YOU KNOW WHAT
00:53:36.61\00:53:40.48
HAPPENED' - "WHICH WAS
PROCLAIMED THROUGHOUT ALL JUDEA,
00:53:40.52\00:53:43.85
AND BEGAN FROM GALILEE AFTER THE
BAPTISM WHICH JOHN PREACHED: HOW
00:53:43.89\00:53:47.32
GOD ANOINTED JESUS OF
NAZARETH WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT" -
00:53:47.36\00:53:51.09
NOW WHAT DOES THE
WORD 'MESSIAH' MEAN?
00:53:51.13\00:53:54.00
THE ANOINTED - "GOD ANOINTED
JESUS OF NAZARETH WITH THE HOLY
00:53:54.00\00:53:57.87
SPIRIT" - HE IS THE MESSIAH
- THE CHRIST - "WITH POWER, WHO
00:53:57.90\00:54:01.44
WENT ABOUT DOING GOOD AND
HEALING ALL WHO WERE OPPRESSED
00:54:01.47\00:54:05.14
BY THE DEVIL,
FOR GOD WAS WITH HIM.
00:54:05.17\00:54:07.84
AND WE ARE WITNESSES OF ALL
THINGS WHICH HE DID BOTH IN THE
00:54:07.88\00:54:11.01
LAND OF THE JEWS AND IN
JERUSALEM, WHOM THEY KILLED" -
00:54:11.05\00:54:14.35
HERE HE GOES AGAIN -
"BY HANGING ON A TREE."
00:54:14.38\00:54:17.05
- AND I TOLD YOU,
HE LIKES THAT PHRASE.
00:54:17.09\00:54:20.09
ALRIGHT, LET'S GO AHEAD AND LOOK
IN - WE'RE LOOKING - ABOUT JESUS
00:54:20.12\00:54:26.36
THE MESSIAH - OF COURSE WE JUST
TALKED ABOUT THAT ONE IN ACTS
00:54:26.39\00:54:29.33
CHAPTER 10 - PSALM 2, VERSES
2 AND 3, "THE KINGS OF THE EARTH
00:54:29.36\00:54:33.77
HAVE SET THEMSELVES, AND THE
RULERS TAKE COUNSEL TOGETHER,
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AGAINST THE LORD AND AGAINST HIS
ANOINTED, SAYING, 'LET US BREAK
00:54:37.07\00:54:40.98
THEIR BONDS IN PIECES AND
CAST AWAY THEIR CORDS FROM US.'"
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TAKING WAR AGAINST THE ANOINTED
- THIS IS WHAT THE NATIONS HAD
00:54:44.78\00:54:49.15
DONE. YOU GO TO PSALM 18:50,
"GREAT DELIVERANCE HE GIVES TO
00:54:49.18\00:54:54.26
HIS KING, AND SHOWS MERCY TO
HIS ANOINTED, TO DAVID AND HIS
00:54:54.29\00:54:58.43
DESCENDANTS FOREVERMORE."
THIS IS A STATEMENT THAT'S,
00:54:58.46\00:55:01.63
BASICALLY, A DUAL
PROPHECY ABOUT DAVID AND JESUS.
00:55:01.66\00:55:07.90
AND THEN YOU CAN LOOK IN
DANIEL 9:25, "THEREFORE, NO ONE
00:55:07.94\00:55:11.24
UNDERSTAND, THAT FROM THE GOING
FORTH OF THE COMMAND TO RESTORE
00:55:11.27\00:55:14.14
AND BUILD JERUSALEM UNTO MESSIAH
THE PRINCE, THERE WILL BE SEVEN
00:55:14.18\00:55:18.65
WEEKS AND THREE-SCORE AND
TWO WEEKS;" - THAT'S A PROPHECY,
00:55:18.68\00:55:21.68
AGAIN, ABOUT THE ANOINTED.
AND SO, THEY WERE ALL LOOKING
00:55:21.72\00:55:24.89
FOR THE MESSIAH TO COME
AND - AND I LOOK AT THE CLOCK
00:55:24.92\00:55:30.56
AND SEE I AM OUT OF TIME.
LET ME JUST CLOSE WITH THIS -
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TWO VERSES - REAL QUICK -
PETER SAYS HERE, "NOR IS THERE
00:55:34.66\00:55:38.77
SALVATION" - ACTS CHAPTER
4, VERSE 12 - "NOR IS THERE
00:55:38.80\00:55:42.37
SALVATION IN ANY OTHER, FOR
THERE IS NO OTHER NAME UNDER
00:55:42.40\00:55:46.78
HEAVEN GIVEN AMONG MEN
BY WHICH WE MUST BE SAVED."
00:55:46.81\00:55:50.25
CAN WE BE SAVED
THROUGH BUDDHA? >>NO.
00:55:50.28\00:55:53.45
>>CAN WE BE
SAVED THROUGH MOHAMMAD?
00:55:53.48\00:55:54.98
>>NO. >>OR KRISHNA?
00:55:55.02\00:55:56.05
>>NO. >>OR ANY
OTHER RELIGIOUS LEADER?
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THERE IS NO OTHER NAME GIVEN
AMONG MEN WHEREBY WE MUST BE
00:55:59.42\00:56:02.22
SAVED. IT IS
ONLY THROUGH HIS NAME.
00:56:02.26\00:56:04.16
ACTS 10:43, PAUL - PETER SAYS,
"TO HIM ALL THE PROPHETS WITNESS
00:56:04.19\00:56:10.17
THAT, THROUGH HIS NAME, WHOEVER
BELIEVES IN HIM WILL RECEIVE
00:56:10.20\00:56:14.64
REMISSION OF SINS." ISN'T THAT
GOOD NEWS? WHOEVER BELIEVES,
00:56:14.67\00:56:18.07
THROUGH HIS NAME, WE CAN
RECEIVE FORGIVENESS OF SINS.
00:56:18.11\00:56:21.41
WELL, I'M ENJOYING
STUDYING THE BOOK OF PETER.
00:56:21.44\00:56:23.55
I WANT TO REMIND THOSE THAT, IF
YOU MISSED IT AT THE BEGINNING,
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WE DO HAVE A
FREE OFFER FOR TODAY.
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IT'S CALLED THE
HIGH COST OF THE CROSS .
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IT'S FREE - THE NUMBER TO CALL
IS 866-788-3966 - ASK FOR THE
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HIGH COST OF THE
CROSS . GOD BLESS YOU.
00:56:36.06\00:56:38.29
WE'LL STUDY HIS WORD
TOGETHER AGAIN NEXT WEEK.
00:56:38.33\00:56:41.63
(MUSIC) >>FRIENDS, ONE OF THE
00:56:41.66\00:56:52.31
AMAZING THINGS THAT YOU'LL
OFTEN FIND IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC
00:56:52.34\00:56:55.08
ISLANDS, LIKE HERE ON FIJI, IS
THE VAIVAI PLANT. NOW, IN NORTH
00:56:55.11\00:56:59.18
AMERICA, IF YOU WANT TO BUILD
A FENCE YOU'VE GOT TO GET FENCE
00:56:59.21\00:57:01.45
POSTS AND THEN YOU PUT THE
WOODEN FENCE POSTS IN THE GROUND
00:57:01.48\00:57:04.22
AND THEN AFTER A FEW YEARS
THEY'RE GOING TO ROT AND BREAK
00:57:04.25\00:57:06.59
OFF, UNLESS THEY'RE SPECIALLY
TREATED. BUT HERE, THEY'VE GOT
00:57:06.62\00:57:09.82
THESE TREES - THE VAIVAI TREE
- THEY CAN CUT THEM RIGHT OUT OF
00:57:09.86\00:57:12.86
THE WOODS, THEY'LL TAKE A STICK,
THEY STICK IT IN THE GROUND, AND
00:57:12.89\00:57:16.16
BECAUSE THEY HAVE SO MUCH RAIN
AND PRECIPITATION, IT BEGINS TO
00:57:16.20\00:57:19.63
SPROUT AND TURNS
INTO A LIVING FENCE POST.
00:57:19.67\00:57:22.40
IT MAKES UP ITS MIND THAT IT'S
GOING TO FLOURISH WHEREVER YOU
00:57:22.44\00:57:24.47
STICK IT, WHICH IS A
GOOD LESSON FOR YOU AND ME.
00:57:24.51\00:57:27.74
SO YOU MIGHT WONDER SOMETIMES
IF YOU'VE GOT A PURPOSE IN LIFE.
00:57:27.78\00:57:30.68
YOU MIGHT FEEL LIKE YOU'RE
GROWING SORT OF SPORADICALLY IN
00:57:30.71\00:57:32.91
EVERY DIRECTION, AND THEN ALONG
COMES THIS PERSON WHO CUTS YOU
00:57:32.95\00:57:35.92
DOWN AND CARRIES YOU OFF, HE
STICKS YOU IN THE GROUND BUT YOU
00:57:35.95\00:57:40.29
LOOK BACK AND
SAY, 'THERE WAS A PLAN.
00:57:40.32\00:57:42.96
THERE WAS A PURPOSE.' GOD KNOWS
HOW TO TEACH US HOW TO PROSPER
00:57:42.99\00:57:46.93
WHERE HE PLANTS US. YOU
MIGHT WONDER WHY THE LORD
00:57:46.96\00:57:49.56
HAS PUT YOU WHERE HE HAS IN
LIFE, BUT YOU CAN PUT DOWN ROOTS
00:57:49.60\00:57:52.80
AND YOU CAN GROW AND YOU CAN
SERVE A GREAT PURPOSE FOR GOD.
00:57:52.83\00:57:55.50
YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE GOD SAYS IN
JEREMIAH CHAPTER 29, 'I KNOW THE
00:57:55.54\00:57:59.17
PLANS THAT I'VE GOT FOR YOU
TO GIVE YOU A FUTURE.' GOD HAS A
00:57:59.21\00:58:02.21
PURPOSE FOR YOUR LIFE, FRIENDS,
AND HE CAN HELP YOU TO PROSPER
00:58:02.24\00:58:05.35
AND GROW
WHEREVER YOU'RE PLANTED.
00:58:05.38\00:58:07.22
(MUSIC)
00:58:07.25\00:58:22.23