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00:35 >>GOOD MORNING, FRIENDS, WELCOME TO SABBATH SCHOOL STUDY 00:37 HOUR COMING TO YOU FROM THE GRANITE BAY SEVENTH-DAY 00:39 ADVENTIST CHURCH NEAR SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA. 00:42 I'D LIKE TO WARMLY WELCOME OUR ONLINE MEMBERS AND THOSE JOINING 00:45 US ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND AROUND THE WORLD. 00:48 I'D ALSO LIKE TO WELCOME THE MEMBERS AND THE VISITORS OF THE 00:51 GRANITE BAY CHURCH RIGHT HERE. WELCOME TO SABBATH 00:54 SCHOOL THIS MORNING. NOW, OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS, 00:56 WE'VE BEEN STUDYING OUR LESSON DEALING WITH THE FIRST AND 00:58 SECOND BOOKS OF PETER. TODAY WE FIND OURSELVES IN OUR 01:02 FINAL STUDY ON THIS THEME, LESSON #13 ENTITLED MAJOR 01:06 THEMES IN 1 AND 2 PETER . NOW, FOR OUR FRIENDS JOINING 01:09 US, IF YOU DON'T HAVE A COPY OF TODAY'S LESSON, YOU CAN JUST GO 01:13 TO THE AMAZING FACTS WEBSITE - AMAZINGFACTS.ORG - YOU CAN 01:17 DOWNLOAD LESSON #13 AND YOU CAN STUDY ALONG WITH US. 01:21 NEXT SABBATH, FOR THOSE OF US HERE, WE'LL BE BEGINNING A 01:24 BRAND-NEW SERIES OF STUDIES DEALING WITH THE BOOK OF 01:27 GALATIANS, AND I THINK WE'LL TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT 01:30 THAT LATER THIS MORNING. FOR OUR ONLINE VIEWERS, IF YOU 01:34 WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE A FREE COPY OF A BOOK THAT GOES ALONG 01:37 WITH OUR STUDY, IT IS ENTITLED THE POWER OF A POSITIVE 'NO' , 01:41 JUST GIVE US A CALL ON OUR RESOURCE PHONE NUMBER. 01:44 THAT NUMBER IS 866-788-3966 AND YOU CAN ASK FOR OFFER #159. 01:51 THAT NUMBER, AGAIN, IS 866-788-3966 - ASK FOR OFFER 01:56 #159 AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO SEND YOU THE BOOK. 02:00 WELL, BEFORE WE GET TO OUR STUDY THIS MORNING, WE'RE GOING TO 02:03 INVITE OUR SONG LEADERS TO COME UP AND THEY'LL BE LEADING US AS 02:06 WE LIFT OUR VOICES IN SONG. >>GOOD MORNING. 02:12 WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN OUR SINGING THIS MORNING WITH #367 IN YOUR 02:16 ADVENTIST HYMNAL. IT'S RESCUE THE PERISHING - 02:20 WE'LL SING ALL THREE VERSES. (PIANO MUSIC) 04:22 >>THANK YOU, SONG LEADERS. 04:24 WELL, FROM TIME TO TIME, DURING SABBATH SCHOOL STUDY HOUR, WE 04:27 LIKE TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE UPDATE ON SOME MISSION ACTIVITY THAT 04:29 CHURCH MEMBERS HERE AT GRANITE BAY WERE INVOLVED IN OR MAYBE 04:32 SOME ACTIVITY THAT AMAZING FACTS IS DOING. 04:34 SO, TODAY, WE HAVE A GROUP FROM THE GRANITE BAY CHURCH AND ALSO, 04:38 I THINK, FROM THE PLANT - THE LOOMIS CHURCH PLANT - AND THEY 04:42 DID SOME VERY CREATIVE OUTREACH JUST A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO AND WE 04:47 ASKED IF THEY WOULD SHARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY DID. 04:49 SO I'M GOING TO COME OFF TO THE SIDE HERE. NOW A FEW DAYS AGO - 04:52 A WEEK OR SO AGO - WE HAD MEMORIAL DAY AND THE LADIES HAD 04:56 AN IDEA AND SO, SHEMEKA, TELL US WHAT DID YOU FOLKS DO? 05:01 >>WELL, WE GOT TOGETHER A FEW WEEKS BEFORE AND WE STARTED TO 05:03 PRAY ABOUT WHAT WE COULD DO FOR OUTREACH FOR MEMORIAL DAY 05:06 BECAUSE WE KNEW WE'D ALL HAVE THE DAY OFF. 05:08 AND SO, AFTER PRAYING ABOUT IT, WE FELT IMPRESSED TO FIND A 05:11 LOCAL PARADE IN THE AREA AND TO GIVE OUT THE 05:14 HERO OF HACKSAW RIDGE BOOKS AT THE PARADE. 05:17 AND SO WE PURCHASED 300 BOOKS, WE FOUND A SMALL PARADE THAT WAS 05:21 CLOSE BY, AND WE WENT OUT AND WE STARTED TO GIVE OUT THE BOOKS. 05:25 AND WE WERE REALLY, LITERALLY, ALMOST BLOWN AWAY BY HOW 05:29 RECEPTIVE THE PEOPLE WERE TO GETTING THESE BOOKS. 05:32 LIKE DON SAID, IT WAS LIKE GIVING OUT CANDY. 05:34 WE WERE PROBABLY - WHEN WE GOT THERE - WE GOT THERE ABOUT 05:37 THIRTY MINUTES EARLY, WE BROKE INTO TWO TEAMS, AND WE KIND OF 05:40 WENT IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS ALONG THE PARADE. 05:43 AND WE JUST WENT UP TO PEOPLE AND SAID, 'HERE'S A GIFT FOR YOU 05:46 IN HONOR OF OUR VETS' AND PEOPLE JUST GOBBLED THEM UP. 05:49 THEY WERE ASKING US FOR THE BOOKS. WE WERE OUT IN PROBABLY, 05:53 I DON'T KNOW, TWENTY MINUTES OR SO AFTER WE STARTED AND WE WERE 05:56 JUST - WE WERE SO BLESSED TO SEE HOW HUNGRY PEOPLE WERE AND HOW 05:59 RECEPTIVE THEY WERE. OUT OF ALL THE PEOPLE THAT I, PERSONALLY, 06:03 GAVE THE BOOKS TO, ONLY MAYBE TWO DECLINED. BUT EVERYONE ELSE 06:07 TOOK THE BOOKS. >>ALRIGHT SHEMEKA, WELL YOU HAD 06:09 JUST ONE OR TWO EXPERIENCES, THAT I THINK SOMEBODY'S GOING 06:12 TO SHARE, ABOUT HANDING OUT THE BOOK. 06:15 >>YEAH, IT WAS REALLY A BLESSING. 06:17 WE GOT THERE AND WE THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE A SMALL PARADE, 06:20 BUT IT TURNED OUT TO BE VERY LARGE AND THERE WERE A LOT OF 06:22 PEOPLE THERE. SO WE HANDED OUT THE BOOKS VERY 06:26 FAST - I THINK WE ALL HAD PEOPLE ASKING FOR MORE. 06:30 AT THE END, ALL I HAD LEFT WAS SPANISH BOOKS AND SO WE WERE 06:36 TRYING TO PASS OUT OUR SPANISH BOOKS. 06:39 AND IN THE PARADE WE SAW A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT WERE SELLING ICE 06:43 CREAM AND THEY WERE ALL SPEAKING SPANISH - THEY WERE IN THE 06:47 PARADE SO I WAS LIKE, 'WELL, DO I RUN OUT IN THE PARADE AND HAND 06:51 OUT BOOKS?' AND THEY ACTUALLY KIND OF CAME 06:53 TO A STOP SO I RAN OUT THERE AND GAVE THEM MY BOOKS AND CAME BACK 06:58 AND I SAID I WASN'T BUYING ICE CREAM, I WAS GIVING OUT BOOKS. 07:03 SO, ANYWAY, IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE. 07:05 >>ALRIGHT, WELL, MEMORIAL DAY IS PASSED, SHEMEKA, BUT YOU GUYS 07:08 HAD AN IDEA FOR ANOTHER UPCOMING HOLIDAY, WHEN I THINK WE CAN, 07:12 AGAIN, SHARE THE BOOK. >>RIGHT. EXACTLY. WE WERE SO 07:16 BLESSED BY HOW RECEPTIVE THE PEOPLE WERE, THAT WE STARTED 07:19 TALKING ABOUT DOING THE SAME THING FOR THE FOURTH OF JULY. 07:22 SO WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE THOSE WHO ARE WATCHING TO GET YOUR 07:25 PATHFINDERS TOGETHER, YOUR YOUTH GROUPS, YOUR CHURCH, OR MAYBE 07:27 JUST A BUNCH OF FRIENDS OR NEIGHBORS, AND GET SOME BOOKS - 07:30 CONTACT AMAZING FACTS AS QUICKLY AS YOU CAN - GET AS MANY BOOKS 07:34 AS YOU CAN AND FIND A PARADE IN THE AREA AND JUST - JUST GO AND 07:38 DO IT AND LET'S BE ABOUT OUR FATHER'S BUSINESS, AMEN? 07:41 >>NOW WE HAVE AN INSPIRING QUOTE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE SHARING 07:43 WITH YOU ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF SHARING THESE KIND OF MINISTRY 07:47 TOOLS - THAT OF BOOKS AND LITERATURE. 07:49 SO WHY DON'T YOU SHARE THAT AT THIS TIME. 07:51 >>SURE, THIS QUOTE IS FROM EVANGELISM PAGES 35 AND 36 AND 07:56 IT READS, "I WAS GIVEN INSTRUCTION THAT AS WE APPROACH 07:59 THE END, THERE WILL BE LARGE GATHERINGS IN OUR CITIES AND 08:02 THAT PREPARATIONS MUST BE MADE TO PRESENT THE TRUTH AT THESE 08:05 GATHERINGS. WHEN CHRIST WAS UPON THIS EARTH, 08:08 HE TOOK ADVANTAGE OF SUCH OPPORTUNITIES. 08:11 AT ALL SUCH GATHERINGS, THERE SHOULD BE PRESENT MEN WHOM GOD 08:15 CAN USE. LEAFLETS CONTAINING THE LIGHT 08:18 OF PRESENT TRUTH SHOULD BE SCATTERED AMONG THE PEOPLE 08:20 LIKE THE LEAVES OF AUTUMN. TO MANY WHO ATTEND THESE 08:23 GATHERINGS, THESE LEAFLETS WOULD BE AS THE LEAVES OF THE TREE OF 08:26 LIFE, WHICH ARE FOR THE HEALING OF THE NATIONS." 08:29 >>AMEN, SO WE HAVE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO SHARE 08:33 WITH FOLKS AT THIS UPCOMING FOURTH OF JULY, SO LET'S 08:37 START THINKING AND PRAYING ABOUT WAYS WE CAN SHARE THE 08:39 WORD. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING 08:40 WITH US THIS MORNING. WELL, BEFORE WE GET TO OUR 08:44 STUDY, WE WANT TO BEGIN WITH A WORD OF PRAYER AND THEN WE'LL 08:46 TURN THE TIME OVER TO PASTOR DOUG. 08:49 DEAR FATHER IN HEAVEN, THANK YOU, ONCE AGAIN, FOR THE 08:51 OPPORTUNITY TO OPEN YOUR WORD AND STUDY THIS VERY IMPORTANT 08:53 BOOK - THE BOOKS OF 1 AND 2 PETER. 08:56 THERE ARE SO MANY IMPORTANT THEMES AND LESSONS APPLICABLE 08:59 FOR US TODAY, SO WE ASK YOUR BLESSING, GUIDE US BY YOUR 09:02 SPIRIT, FOR WE ASK THIS IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN. 09:06 OUR LESSON THIS MORNING IS GOING TO BE BROUGHT TO US BY PASTOR 09:08 DOUG. >>THANK YOU, PASTOR ROSS. 09:15 WELL, THAT'S AN INSPIRING TESTIMONY, AMEN? 09:19 AN EASY WAY TO SHARE YOUR FAITH - JUST TO GIVE OUT THOSE BOOKS - 09:22 PEOPLE ARE WIDE OPEN DURING A CELEBRATION, YOU KNOW, LIKE 09:25 MEMORIAL DAY OR THE FOURTH OF JULY. 09:27 AND SOMETHING - I DON'T KNOW IF THEY MENTIONED, IN THE BACK OF 09:30 ALL OF THOSE BOOKS - OF COURSE IT TELLS THAT DESMOND DOSS WAS A 09:32 SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST - AND IN THE BACK OF ALL THE BOOKS THEY 09:35 CAN SIGN UP FOR BIBLE STUDIES. SO, EVERY BOOK THAT YOU'RE 09:38 GIVING TO A PERSON IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO SIGN 09:41 UP, STUDY, AND COME TO CHRIST. AND SO, WE THOUGHT, 09:44 WOW, YOU KNOW? FOURTH OF JULY EVERYBODY'S GOING 09:46 TO BE VERY INTERESTED IN THE THINGS THAT TALK ABOUT HEROISM 09:51 AND SACRIFICE AND PATRIOTISM AND - BOY, WHAT A 09:54 PERFECT OPPORTUNITY. WE HOPE YOU'LL USE THAT. 09:56 WELL, YOU KNOW, I'M ALMOST SAD THAT WE'RE GETTING TO THE END, 10:01 NOW, OF OUR LESSON. WE'RE ON LESSON #13 NOW, IN THE 10:05 STUDY WE'VE BEEN DOING ON THE BOOKS OF 1 AND 2 PETER. 10:09 AND THIS STUDY TODAY IS PRETTY MUCH A SUMMARY OF WHAT WE'VE 10:13 BEEN GOING THROUGH OVER THE LAST THIRTEEN WEEKS TOGETHER. 10:17 AND SO, IT'S TALKING ABOUT THE MAJOR THEMES OF 1 AND 2 PETER. 10:21 AND WE HAVE A MEMORY VERSE - AND THE MEMORY VERSE IS FROM 1 PETER 10:25 CHAPTER 2, VERSE 24 - AND YOU CAN READ IT RIGHT OUT OF YOUR 10:30 LESSON WITH ME - 1 PETER 2, VERSE 24 - WOULD YOU JOIN ME? 10:34 "'HE HIMSELF BORE OUR SINS' IN HIS BODY ON THE CROSS, SO THAT 10:41 WE MIGHT DIE TO SINS AND LIVE FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS; 'BY HIS 10:45 WOUNDS YOU HAVE BEEN HEALED.'" AND WE KNOW THAT THAT'S A QUOTE, 10:49 THERE, FROM ISAIAH 53, 'WITH HIS STRIPES WE ARE HEALED'. 10:53 AND SO, LET'S GO AHEAD AND DELVE OFF INTO THESE MAJOR THEMES. 10:56 I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, I'LL TELL YOU JUST WHAT THEY ARE, AS WE 10:59 BEGIN. AND, AS WE GO THROUGH THE 11:01 LESSON, I'VE GOT A FEW PEOPLE HERE WHO ARE GOING TO HELP ME 11:03 READ SOME OF THE KEY SCRIPTURES. YOU HAVE 'THE SUFFERING OF JESUS 11:08 AND SALVATION' IS ONE OF THE THEMES YOU'LL FIND 11:10 PETER DWELLS ON. 'HOW SHALL WE LIVE? 11:14 GODLY LIVING AND SANCTIFICATION' - THAT'S A BIG SECTION - 'HOPE 11:18 IN THE SECOND COMING' AND 'A COMING JUDGMENT' IS ANOTHER 11:22 THEME THAT PETER TALKS ABOUT. AND THEN, 'ORDER IN 11:26 SOCIETY AND THE CHURCH'. FINALLY, 'THE PRIMACY 11:29 OF SCRIPTURE'. AND SO, WITH GOD'S HELP WE'RE 11:32 GOING TO GET THROUGH ALL OF THAT. 11:33 LET'S START BY LOOKING AT 1 PETER - WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE 11:36 SUFFERINGS OF JESUS AND SALVATION - 1 PETER 1, VERSE 2 - 11:41 AND A LOT OF THE VERSES, OF COURSE, ARE FROM THE BOOKS 1 AND 11:44 2 PETER, THIS TIME - 1 PETER 1:2, "ELECT ACCORDING TO THE 11:49 FOREKNOWLEDGE OF GOD THE FATHER, IN SANCTIFICATION OF THE SPIRIT, 11:54 FOR OBEDIENCE AND SPRINKLING OF THE BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST: GRACE 11:59 TO YOU AND PEACE BE MULTIPLIED." NOW PETER IS WRITING TO - MANY 12:05 OF THEM ARE JEWS WHO'VE COME TO BELIEVE IN JESUS AND SO HE'S 12:09 USING THE LANGUAGE OF SPRINKLING BECAUSE, DURING THE PASSOVER, 12:13 THEY WOULD SPRINKLE THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB. 12:16 SO HE'S MAKING SURE THEY UNDERSTAND THAT ALL THOSE OLD 12:19 TESTAMENT LAMBS POINTED TO JESUS WHO, JOHN THE BAPTIST SAID, IS 12:24 THE LAMB OF GOD THAT TAKES AWAY THE SIN OF THE WORLD. 12:27 AND SO, YOU CAN UNDERSTAND, FOR THE JEWISH NATION, WHOSE WHOLE 12:31 ECONOMY WAS ROOTED IN THE SACRIFICIAL SYSTEM, TO SAY THAT 12:35 ALL OF THAT THEN POINTED TO THE SPRINKLING OF JESUS, THE LAMB OF 12:39 GOD. AND SO IT TALKS A LOT 12:41 ABOUT THE BLOOD OF CHRIST. NOW, WAS THE BLOOD OF CHRIST 12:44 SUPPOSED TO BE LITERALLY SPRINKLED ON ANYTHING? 12:47 OR IS IT JUST USING THE OLD TESTAMENT SACRIFICIAL SYSTEM TO 12:51 SYMBOLIZE IT'S THROUGH HIS BLOOD WE ARE CLEANSED FROM SIN? 12:55 AND THEN HE GOES ON TO SAY, "IN SANCTIFICATION OF THE SPIRIT, 13:01 FOR OBEDIENCE" - NOW THIS IS ANOTHER MAJOR THEME YOU'RE GOING 13:05 TO FIND AND WE'LL GET TO IT MORE A LITTLE LATER, BUT THE WHOLE 13:09 PURPOSE OF THE PLAN OF SALVATION WAS, THROUGH FAITH IN CHRIST'S 13:13 BLOOD, WE CAN BE SANCTIFIED. WHAT'S 'SANCTIFIED' MEAN? 13:18 IT MEANS TO BE MADE HOLY - SAINTS WERE HOLY ONES AND 13:23 SANCTIFICATION IS THE PROCESS - WHENEVER YOU SAY 'ICATION' - 13:28 JUSTIF ICATION , GLOR IFICATION , SANCTIF ICATION - IT'S TALKING 13:31 ABOUT THE PROCESS OF SOMETHING THAT'S HAPPENING. 13:35 SO IT'S THE PROCESS OF HIM MAKING US INTO SAINTS. 13:39 AND THAT HAPPENS THROUGH THE BLOOD OF JESUS AND THEN HE SAYS 13:42 "GRACE TO YOU AND PEACE BE MULTIPLIED" - AND SO THIS IS THE 13:47 OPENING - OPENING BENEDICTION STATEMENT IN PETER'S LETTER. 13:53 HE'S TALKING ABOUT WHAT THE PURPOSE OF THESE LETTERS ARE ALL 13:56 ABOUT. AND THEN YOU GO DOWN TO - SAME 13:58 CHAPTER - VERSES 8 AND 9 - 1 PETER CHAPTER 1, VERSES 8 AND 9, 14:02 "WHOM HAVING NOT SEEN YOU LOVE." - LET'S JUST PAUSE 14:07 THERE FOR A MINUTE. WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING IN 14:12 OUR MESSAGE, LATER, ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF SEEING AND 14:15 HERE HE'S TALKING ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF LOVING 14:17 WITHOUT SEEING. WHAT DID JESUS SAY TO THOMAS 14:20 WHEN THOMAS SAID, 'I'M NOT GOING TO BELIEVE UNLESS I SEE THE 14:23 NAIL PRINT IN HIS HANDS'? CHRIST APPEARS TO THOMAS ABOUT 14:26 A WEEK LATER, WHAT DOES HE SAY? THOMAS FALLS DOWN, HE SAYS - 14:32 JESUS SAID TO HIM, 'LOOK AT MY HANDS. 14:34 THRUST YOUR HAND IN MY SIDE, HOLD MY SCARS' - AND THOMAS 14:39 FALLS DOWN AND SAYS, 'MY LORD AND MY GOD'. 14:43 AND WHAT DID JESUS SAY NEXT TO THOMAS? 14:46 'YOU BELIEVE BECAUSE YOU'VE SEEN. 14:49 BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO BELIEVE WITHOUT SEEING.' NOW WHO IS THE 14:53 LORD TALKING ABOUT? YEAH. AND HE SAID, 'BLESSED ARE THOSE 14:58 WHO BELIEVE - IF WE'VE GOT TO SEE EVERYTHING - IF WE CAN'T 15:01 HAVE FAITH IN HIS WORD OR HIS PROMISES, WE'RE IN TROUBLE. 15:04 HE SAYS, 'BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO BELIEVE WITHOUT SEEING.' AND 15:07 THIS IS WHAT PETER IS SAYING. BELIEVING IN HIM "THOUGH NOW YOU 15:11 DO NOT SEE HIM, YET BELIEVING, YOU REJOICE WITH JOY 15:15 INEXPRESSIBLE AND FULL OF GLORY," - HOW MANY OF YOU WOULD 15:19 LIKE TO HAVE THAT JOY THAT JUST - YOU CAN'T FIND EXPRESSION FOR? 15:23 JOY IN THE FAITH - "JOY INEXPRESSIBLE AND FULL OF GLORY, 15:28 RECEIVING THE END OF YOUR FAITH" - WHAT'S THE FINAL GOAL IN OUR 15:31 FAITH? - "THE SALVATION OF YOUR SOULS." 15:34 THROUGH FAITH, IN CHRIST'S SACRIFICE, WE HAVE JOY NOW 15:40 THAT'S INEXPRESSIBLE AND WE'LL REALIZE THE FINAL END OF OUR 15:44 FAITH, WHICH IS SALVATION. NOW, THERE IS A NOBLER 15:50 GOAL THAN YOUR SALVATION. IT'S RARE. 15:57 YOU WILL BE SAVED BY FAITH, BUT THERE'S A FAITH THAT'S EVEN 16:03 RICHER THAN THAT FAITH. YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS? 16:07 IT'S HAVING A FAITH THAT OTHERS WILL BE SAVED, WHETHER YOU'RE 16:11 SAVED OR NOT. NOW, I THINK THE HIGHEST 16:14 SPIRITUAL CRESCENDO THAT YOU CAN REACH AS A CHRISTIAN IS WHERE 16:21 YOU GET TO THE PLACE WHERE YOU NOT ONLY HAVE ENOUGH FAITH TO 16:25 BELIEVE THAT JESUS CAN SAVE YOU, BUT WHERE YOUR FAITH IS SO 16:27 STRONG YOU DON'T CARE IF YOU'RE SAVED, YOU WANT OTHERS TO BE 16:31 SAVED AND GOD TO BE GLORIFIED. THE GLORY OF GOD AND THE 16:34 SALVATION OF OTHERS IS MORE IMPORTANT TO YOU THAN 16:37 EVEN YOUR OWN SALVATION. WHAT ARE THE GREAT COMMANDMENTS? 16:42 NOW, BY THE WAY, I'M NOT CLAIMING TO HAVE ARRIVED THERE, 16:44 BUT I READ ABOUT IT IN THE BIBLE. 16:46 WHAT ARE THE GREAT COMMANDMENTS? LOVE THE LORD AND LOVE YOUR 16:50 NEIGHBOR AS YOU LOVE YOUR - WHAT'S THE PRIORITYT? 16:54 LORD, NEIGHBOR, SELF LAST. THE WORLD SPINS IT AROUND. 16:58 SELF COMES FIRST THEN, MAYBE YOUR NEIGHBOR, THEN THE LORD - 17:02 OR YOUR GOVERNMENT - PATRIOTISM - THERE'S ALL KINDS OF THINGS. 17:05 BUT MOSES GOT TO THE PLACE WHERE HE REACHED THAT ZENITH OF FAITH 17:12 WHERE HE LOVED GOD SO MUCH AND HE LOVED THE PEOPLE OF GOD SO 17:14 MUCH HE SAID, 'TAKE MY NAME OUT OF YOUR BOOK - BUT WHAT ABOUT 17:19 YOUR NAME? WHAT ABOUT YOUR PEOPLE?' RIGHT? 17:23 PAUL PRAYED, 'LORD, EVEN IF I AM LOST, IF ISRAEL MIGHT BE SAVED.' 17:30 MOST IMPORTANT THING WAS THE SALVATION OF OTHERS. 17:32 PAUL REACHED THAT ZENITH OF FAITH WHERE HE REALIZED EVEN THE 17:35 SALVATION OF MY OWN SOUL IS NOT AS IMPORTANT. IF I COULD ONLY 17:39 KNOW THAT OTHERS WOULD BE SAVED. AND, OF COURSE, THEY GET THAT 17:42 FROM JESUS, WHO - JESUS, WHEN HE WENT TO THE CROSS, HE COULD NOT 17:46 SEE BEYOND THE PORTALS OF THE GRAVE. 17:48 BECAUSE SIN WAS SO BAD WHEN HE WAS FINALLY BEARING THE WEIGHT 17:53 OF THE SINS OF THE WORLD, HE WAS WILLING TO EXPERIENCE ETERNAL 17:57 SEPARATION FROM THE FATHER THAT WE MIGHT BE SAVED. 18:00 THAT'S THE ULTIMATE LOVE - THE KIND OF LOVE WHERE YOU ARE 18:04 WILLING TO DENY EVERYTHING THAT OTHERS MIGHT BE SAVED. 18:08 BUT AT LEAST WE WOULD HOPE THAT OUR FAITH WOULD BRING US 18:11 SALVATION OF OUR SOULS. SOMEONE'S GOING TO READ FOR ME, 18:15 IN A MINUTE, 1 PETER 3:18 - AND YOU'LL HAVE THAT? OKAY. 18:20 I'M GOING TO READ 1 PETER - AGAIN, I'M IN CHAPTER 1 STILL, 18:24 VERSES 18 AND 19, TALKING ABOUT THIS THEME OF JESUS AND 18:27 SALVATION. "KNOWING THAT YOU WERE NOT 18:29 REDEEMED WITH CORRUPTIBLE THINGS, LIKE SILVER OR GOLD, 18:33 FROM YOUR AIMLESS CONDUCT RECEIVED BY TRADITION FROM YOUR 18:36 FATHERS, BUT WITH THE PRECIOUS BLOOD OF CHRIST, AS OF A LAMB 18:40 WITHOUT BLEMISH AND WITHOUT SPOT." 18:43 WE'LL TALK LATER ABOUT 'WITHOUT BLEMISH AND WITHOUT SPOT'. 18:47 YOU ARE NOT REDEEMED WITH CORRUPTIBLE THINGS LIKE SILVER 18:51 AND GOLD. DOES THE BIBLE SAY THAT 18:52 SILVER AND GOLD CAN CORRUPT? FIRST OF ALL, THE LOVE OF 18:58 MONEY IS THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL. PEOPLE CAN BE CORRUPTED BY 19:01 SILVER AND GOLD, BUT EVEN SILVER AND GOLD - ISAIAH TALKS ABOUT 19:06 YOUR SILVER AND GOLD HAS BECOME CORRUPTED. IT'S BECOME MOLDY. 19:09 NOW GOLD, NORMALLY, NEVER MOLDS. GOLD DOESN'T TARNISH, BUT IT 19:14 SAYS - EVERYTHING'S GOING TO BE DESTROYED WHEN THE LORD COMES, 19:17 EXCEPT PEOPLE WHO ARE SAVED. 19:19 JESUS SAID, 'DO NOT LAY UP FOR YOURSELF TREASURE ON EARTH WHERE 19:22 THIEVES BREAK THROUGH AND STEAL AND MOTH AND RUST DOTH CORRUPT. 19:27 BUT EVEN MORE THAN THAT, WERE THEY SELLING SALVATION IN JESUS' 19:32 DAY? YEAH, THEY DID. WAS MONEY CORRUPTING THEM? 19:39 DOES JESUS TALK ABOUT THE SCRIBES AND PHARISEES THAT WOULD 19:42 PRAY LONG PRAYERS TO COVER THE EXTORTION OF DEVOURING WIDOWS' 19:47 HOUSES? HAD THEY DEVELOPED ANOTHER LAW 19:50 THAT YOU COULD GIVE TO THE CHURCH AND YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO 19:53 TAKE CARE OF YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER IN THEIR OLD AGE BECAUSE 19:56 YOU DECLARED CORBAN OVER YOUR POSSESSIONS. 19:58 SO THEY HAD THESE LOOPHOLES. LOVE OF MONEY WAS CAUSING 20:02 PROBLEMS IN THE CHURCH BACK IN CHRIST'S DAY. 20:04 WHAT ABOUT DURING THE REFORMATION? 20:06 WHAT DID MARTIN LUTHER PROTEST AGAINST? 20:10 I HEARD SOMEONE SAY IT. INDULGENCES. WHAT WAS THAT? 20:14 THAT YOU COULD PAY MONEY TO THE CHURCH AND YOU COULD BUY A 20:16 LICENSE THAT COULD FORGIVE PAST SINS AND EVEN YOU COULD GET 20:19 ADVANCE PARDON - YOU COULD GET LIKE A COUPON FOR FUTURE SINS. 20:23 NOW, IF YOU THINK THAT ISN'T TRUE, I ACTUALLY HAVE AN OLD 20:26 BOOK - I COULD SHOW YOU IN THE BOOK WHERE THEY'VE GOT A PRICE 20:29 LIST FOR VARIOUS SINS. I KNOW, IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE. 20:34 BUT THIS REALLY ANGERED PETER - THAT PEOPLE THOUGHT THEY COULD 20:38 BUY THEIR SALVATION - BECAUSE HE SAW WHEN JESUS - HE SAW JESUS 20:42 BEING BEATEN. REMEMBER WHEN PETER DENIED CHRIST? 20:45 JESUS WAS IN THE JUDGMENT HALL - HE WAS BEING BEATEN - AND PETER 20:48 SAW JESUS ON THE CROSS. AND THE IDEA THAT SOMEONE 20:51 COULD OFFER MONEY FOR THAT WAS OUTRAGEOUS TO HIM. 20:54 HOW MANY OF YOU REMEMBER WHEN YOU READ IN ACTS CHAPTER 8 - I 20:57 THINK IT'S IN VERSE 18 - SIMON THE MAGICIAN - HE SAW THE 21:01 DISCIPLES WERE LAYING HANDS ON THE PEOPLE THERE IN SAMARIA AND 21:04 THEY WERE FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT AND HE SAID, 'HERE'S 21:06 MONEY - I'LL GIVE YOU MONEY IF YOU GIVE ME THIS GIFT SO I CAN 21:10 THEN - MAYBE I CAN BE, YOU KNOW, I CAN HAVE A FRANCHISE AND THEY 21:14 CAN PAY ME MONEY AND I'LL LAY HANDS ON THEM AND WE'LL SELL 21:16 IT.' ARE THERE STILL CHURCHES 21:20 TODAY THAT ACT LIKE SALVATION'S ALL ABOUT RAISING MONEY? 21:25 I NEED TO BE CAREFUL WHAT I SAY BECAUSE WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A 21:26 CAPITAL CAMPAIGN - BUT WE KNOW THAT, REALLY, SALVATION IS FREE. 21:32 JESUS SAID TO SIMON, 'YOUR MONEY PERISH WITH YOU'. 21:37 AND WHEN THEY WENT TO THE BEAUTIFUL GATE - ACTS - ACTS 21:40 CHAPTER 3 - JOHN AND PETER GO TO THE BEAUTIFUL GATE AND A 21:42 BEGGAR'S THERE WHO'S LAME, AND PETER AND JOHN SAY, 'SILVER AND 21:46 GOLD WE DO NOT HAVE, BUT WE'LL GIVE YOU SOMETHING BETTER. 21:49 WE'RE GOING TO TEACH YOU HOW TO WALK THROUGH THE POWER OF GOD.' 21:52 AND THAT'S WHAT SALVATION IS ABOUT - GOD GIVES US THE ABILITY 21:54 TO WALK A NEW WALK. RIGHT? AND SO, AGAIN, IT TALKS ABOUT IT 21:58 BEING A GIFT. NOW I - I SPOKE A LONG TIME HERE, BUT I WAS GOING 22:03 TO ASK YOU TO READ A VERSE FOR US. ARE YOU READY? GO AHEAD. 22:08 >>1 PETER CHAPTER 3, VERSE 18, "FOR CHRIST ALSO SUFFERED ONCE 22:13 FOR SINS, THE JUST FOR THE UNJUST, THAT HE MIGHT BRING US 22:17 TO GOD, BEING PUT TO DEATH IN THE FLESH BUT MADE ALIVE BY THE 22:21 SPIRIT". >>NOW ONE REASON PETER 22:24 EMPHASIZES JESUS SUFFERED ONCE FOR SINS - YOU KNOW, THERE'S A 22:29 STATEMENT WHERE IT TALKS, IN HEBREWS, ABOUT CRUCIFYING 22:31 THE SON OF GOD AFRESH. THAT DOESN'T MEAN JESUS 22:33 LITERALLY IS CRUCIFIED AGAIN, IT SIMPLY MEANS OUR SINS PAIN HIM 22:39 AND WE ARE REMINDED OF HIS SUFFERING. 22:44 BUT IN THE OLD TESTAMENT AND ALL THROUGH THE HEBREW ECONOMY, HOW 22:47 OFTEN DID THEY HAVE TO SACRIFICE LAMBS? 22:49 ONCE? OR ALMOST DAILY? THEY HAD DAILY SACRIFICES, THEY 22:54 HAD SPECIAL WEEKLY SACRIFICES FOR THE SABBATH, THEY HAD ANNUAL 22:57 SACRIFICES FOR THE FEASTS, AND THERE WAS A CONTINUAL 23:01 FLOW OF BLOOD. I WAS AT THE DOME OF THE ROCK - 23:08 THE PLACE WHERE THE OLD TEMPLE USED TO BE MANY YEARS AGO AND 23:11 - I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF YOU'RE ALLOWED TO GO IN THERE NOW, BUT 23:13 WE WENT IN AND IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS MOSQUE OF OMAR - THIS DOME 23:17 OF THE ROCK - THEY'VE GOT AN ALTAR. 23:20 YOU CAN SEE THE CARVINGS IN THE ROCK WHERE THERE USED TO BE AN 23:22 ALTAR AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A TUNNEL THAT IS DUG 23:25 FROM THERE THAT GOES OUT AND EXITS IN THE KIDRON VALLEY. 23:28 AND THAT'S BECAUSE, WHEN THEY SACRIFICED THESE LAMBS, THEY 23:31 ACTUALLY HAD A RIVER OF BLOOD THAT FLOWED FROM THE TEMPLE TO 23:34 THE KIDRON VALLEY THAT WAS ULTIMATELY CARRIED BY THE CREEK 23:38 DOWN TO THE DEAD SEA. AND SO THERE WAS - 23:41 IT WAS CONSTANTLY. BUT PETER WAS SAYING THAT THE 23:44 SACRIFICE OF JESUS WAS SO POWERFUL, HE HAS SUFFERED FOR 23:47 SINS ONCE - THAT'S ALL IT TOOK. SO WE, OF COURSE, ACCEPT THAT. 23:53 AND I WANT TO READ, AGAIN, 1 PETER CHAPTER 2 NOW, STILL 23:56 TALKING ABOUT THE SUFFERINGS OF JESUS, VERSE 22 THROUGH VERSE 25 24:01 - 1 PETER 2:22-25. YOU'VE GOT YOUR BIBLES YOU CAN 24:03 FOLLOW ALONG, "'WHO COMMITTED NO SIN, NOR WAS DECEIT FOUND IN HIS 24:08 MOUTH';" - NOW THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT PASSAGE THAT YOU FIND 24:11 PETER - WAS JESUS SINLESS? >>YES. 24:15 >>THERE'S ONLY A FEW PLACES IN THE BIBLE THAT MAKES IT CLEAR 24:17 CHRIST WAS SINLESS, AND THIS IS ONE OF THEM, SO YOU NEED TO 24:20 HIGHLIGHT THAT IN YOUR BIBLES. 24:23 "'WHO COMMITTED NO SIN, NOR WAS DECEIT FOUND IN HIS MOUTH'; WHO, 24:27 WHEN HE WAS REVILED," - THERE, WHEN HE WAS BEING, YOU KNOW, 24:30 TORTURED FOR HIS FAITH - "DID NOT REVILE IN RETURN; WHEN HE 24:36 SUFFERED, HE DID NOT THREATEN, BUT COMMITTED HIMSELF TO HIM WHO 24:40 JUDGES RIGHTEOUSLY; WHO HIMSELF BORE OUR SINS IN HIS OWN BODY" - 24:44 HE DIDN'T DIE FOR HIS SINS BECAUSE HE COMMITTED NO SIN - HE 24:46 "BORE OUR SINS IN HIS OWN BODY ON THE TREE," - 24:50 NOW, WHEN PETER SAYS 'OUR SINS' WHO DOES THAT INCLUDE? 24:55 >>EVERYBODY. >>ISN'T THAT GOOD TO KNOW THAT 24:57 JESUS COVERED YOUR SINS IN HIS OWN BODY ON THE TREE - ON THE 25:02 CROSS? - "BY HIS STRIPES YOU WERE HEALED." 25:06 - IT SAYS, "FOR YOU WERE LIKE SHEEP GOING ASTRAY," - AGAIN, 25:09 HE'S TALKING ABOUT ISAIAH CHAPTER 53 - "FOR YOU WERE LIKE 25:14 SHEEP GOING ASTRAY, BUT HAVE NOW RETURNED TO THE SHEPHERD AND 25:18 OVERSEER" - THE BISHOP - "OF YOUR SOULS." AND SO THIS IS A 25:23 BEAUTIFUL PASSAGE THAT COVERS SALVATION HERE. 25:26 NOW, UNDER THE NEXT SECTION, IT TALKS ABOUT - WE UNDERSTAND 25:29 JESUS DIED FOR OUR SINS, SO ONCE HE'S DIED FOR OUR SINS, HOW 25:33 SHOULD WE LIVE? HOW SHOULD WE LIVE? 25:38 THIS IS A VERY MISUNDERSTOOD TEACHING IN CHRISTIANITY. 25:44 THE WHOLE CONCEPT OF HOLINESS IS NOT TAUGHT VERY OFTEN. 25:50 I SCANNED THROUGH RELIGIOUS CHANNELS - I SOMETIMES LIKE TO 25:55 TUNE IN TO WHAT OTHER PASTORS ARE SAYING, BOTH ON THE RADIO 25:59 AND ON THE TV. I'LL WATCH OTHER SERVICES, 26:01 I'LL LISTEN TO OTHER SERMONS. VERY RARELY DO YOU HEAR PASTORS 26:07 PREACH ABOUT HOLINESS, PURITY, REPENTANCE, TURNING FROM SIN. 26:14 BUT, WHEN YOU READ IN THE BIBLE, YOU'LL FIND THAT THE WHOLE ISSUE 26:17 WAS 'WE'VE GOT A PROBLEM CALLED SIN - IT'S ALL BECAUSE OF OUR 26:20 SELFISHNESS AND OUR WICKEDNESS AND OUR FALLEN NATURE AND JESUS 26:24 CAME TO SAVE US FROM OUR SINS, NOT JUST FROM THE BAD RECORD, 26:31 BUT HE WANTS TO SAVE US FROM THE BEHAVIOR. 26:34 NOW, WHAT WILL YOU BE ACCUSED OF IF YOU'RE A PREACHER WHO TALKS 26:37 ABOUT BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION? YOU'LL BE CALLED 'WORKS 26:43 ORIENTED'. YOU'LL BE CALLED 'PHARISAICAL'. 26:46 YOU'LL BE CALLED 'LEGALIST'. BUT THE BIG QUESTION IS: IS 26:51 OBEDIENCE A BIBLICAL TEACHING? >>YES. 26:54 >>IS GOD CALLING US, IN THE BIBLE, TO CHANGE? 26:58 TO REPENT? IS IT JUST ACCEPTING THE SALVATION THAT WE'RE ALL 27:03 COVERED WITH THIS LOVELY GRACE? OR DOES GOD GIVE US GRACE, 27:09 WHICH IS A HOLY POWER TO LIVE A DIFFERENT KIND OF LIFE? 27:14 THE PURPOSE OF THAT GRACE IS HE'S INVESTING US - HE'S 27:18 INJECTING US WITH A POWER OF GRACE TO BE OVERCOMERS. 27:23 SO PETER TALKS ABOUT IT'S NOT JUST GRACE AS A COVER UP, IT'S 27:27 GRACE AS A DYNAMIC THAT HELPS US LIVE NEW, VICTORIOUS LIVES. 27:33 AND SO PETER SAYS QUITE A BIT ABOUT THAT AND WE'RE GOING TO 27:36 TALK ABOUT IT. 1 PETER 1:15-17, "BUT AS HE WHO CALLED YOU IS 27:43 HOLY, YOU ALSO BE HOLY IN" - SOME OF YOUR CONDUCT. 27:50 ANYONE READING ALONG WITH ME? (LAUGHTER) 27:52 YOU'VE GOT TO WATCH PREACHERS, THEY'RE SNEAKY. 27:54 THEY LEAVE OUT ONE WORD, IT CHANGES EVERYTHING. 27:56 YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN - I'VE BEEN IN SOME MEETINGS WHERE THEY'RE 28:00 TALKING ABOUT DIFFERENT CONSTITUTIONS AND BYLAWS AND 28:03 SOMEONE WANTS TO CHANGE ONE WORD - 'OH, IT'S JUST ONE WORD'. 28:05 WELL, THAT ONE WORD CHANGED EVERYTHING. 28:08 THE WORD 'ALL' CHANGES EVERYTHING. 28:12 HE SAYS, "BE HOLY IN ALL YOUR CONDUCT," - WHAT IF HE SAID 'BE 28:16 HOLY IN MOST OF YOUR CONDUCT'? HOW WOULD PEOPLE LIKE 28:20 TO INTERPRET THAT? MOST IS SORT OF A - IT'S 28:24 A VAGUE WORD, ISN'T IT? YOUR MOST IS DIFFERENT 28:26 FROM MY MOST. BUT WHEN HE SAYS 'BE HOLY IN 28:29 ALL YOUR CONDUCT', WHO CAN MISUNDERSTAND THAT? 28:33 THAT'S ALL-ENCOMPASSING. EVERY LAWYER WOULD KNOW THAT 28:35 THERE'S A BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BE HOLY IN SOME OF YOUR CONDUCT 28:39 AND BE HOLY IN ALL OF YOUR CONDUCT. 28:41 WHAT IS A CHRISTIAN? WHY ARE CHRISTIANS 28:44 CALLED CHRISTIANS? WHY ARE WE NOT CALLED BUDDHISTS? 28:49 BECAUSE WE DON'T FOLLOW THE TEACHINGS OF BUDDHA OR CONFUCIUS 28:52 - THOUGH THEY MAY HAVE SAID SOME IMPORTANT THINGS, WE FOLLOW THE 28:55 TEACHINGS OF JESUS, AND THAT MEANS WE DON'T JUST READ THEM, 28:59 WE TRY TO LIVE THEM OUT IN OUR LIVES. 29:01 A CHRISTIAN IS A FOLLOWER OF CHRIST, RIGHT? 29:04 SO THE BIBLE SAYS JESUS WAS HOLY; IT SAYS YOU BE HOLY IN ALL 29:08 OF YOUR CONDUCT. NOW, DID PASTOR DOUG SAY THAT? 29:12 IS PASTOR DOUG A LEGALIST OR IS PETER A LEGALIST? 29:14 LET'S JUST BLAME IT WHERE THE BLAME BELONGS. 29:17 LET'S FACE IT, PETER WAS A PHARISEE. 29:20 HE WAS A LEGALIST. I'M BEING A LITTLE 29:23 BIT FACETIOUS HERE. SORRY. LET ME READ SOME 29:26 MORE TO YOU ON THIS. JESUS SAID, 'BLESSED ARE THE 29:29 PURE IN HEART FOR THEY WILL SEE GOD.' SO, WHAT HAS TO CHANGE? 29:32 >>US. >>THE HEART. AND WHAT HEARTS 29:36 WILL SEE THE LORD? THE PURE IN HEART. 29:40 1 PETER 1:22, "SINCE YOU HAVE PURIFIED YOUR SOULS IN OBEYING 29:46 THE TRUTH" - THERE YOU HAVE IT AGAIN, HE'S BEING A LEGALIST. 29:49 OUR SOULS ARE PURIFIED THROUGH OBEYING THE TRUTH, NOT JUST 29:52 READING THE TRUTH. THROUGH THE SPIRIT - HOW DO WE OBEY? 29:55 - "THROUGH THE SPIRIT IN SINCERE LOVE OF THE BRETHREN, LOVE ONE 29:59 ANOTHER FERVENTLY WITH A PURE HEART," - THERE'S NO QUESTION 30:03 THAT PETER IS TALKING ABOUT US BEING TRANSFORMED - BEING 30:07 CREATURES THAT ARE DRIVING BY LOVE - LOVING GOD AND LOVING 30:10 EACH OTHER. GONNA KEEP READING 1 PETER 2, VERSES 1 THROUGH 3, 30:15 "THEREFORE, LAYING ASIDE" - MOST MALICE AND MOST DECEIT, 30:20 >>ALL. >>OH, YOU'RE WATCHING ME. 30:24 "LAYING ASIDE ALL MALICE" - THAT'S BAD FEELINGS - "ALL 30:28 DECEIT, HYPOCRISY, ENVY, AND ALL EVIL SPEAKING," - SHOULD 30:33 CHRISTIANS ONLY SPEAK A LITTLE EVIL? 30:35 OR IS OUR GOAL TO BE LIKE CHRIST? 30:39 NOW, WHENEVER YOU SAY THIS, PEOPLE GET NERVOUS. 30:48 WHO HERE WANTS TO BE JUST LIKE JESUS. 30:53 ALL HANDS GO UP, OKAY. WHO HERE WILL CLAIM THAT YOU 30:58 NOW ARE LIVING A PERFECTLY HOLY LIFE? WELL THEN, IT MUST BE 31:06 IMPOSSIBLE - THAT'S THE ARGUMENT THAT'S MADE. 31:10 YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S IMPOSSIBLE OR NOT - NOW I 31:13 BELIEVE ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE WITH GOD, BUT JUST FOR THE SAKE 31:15 OF ARGUMENT, WHETHER IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE OR NOT, NOBODY SHOULD 31:20 BE CONFUSED THAT EVERYBODY'S MISSION SHOULD BE AS MUCH LIKE 31:25 JESUS AS WE CAN BE - TO BE JUST LIKE CHRIST - SO THAT HE 31:29 REPRODUCES HIS LIFE IN OUR CHARACTER. 31:32 WE CAN'T BE CONFUSED ABOUT THAT. 31:34 HE GOES ON AND SAYS, ON THE CONTRARY, INSTEAD OF RETURNING 31:39 EVIL FOR EVIL, BUT YOU RETURN BLESSING, KNOWING THAT YOU ARE 31:45 CALLED TO THIS THAT YOU MIGHT INHERIT A BLESSING, WE DON'T 31:47 OVERCOME EVIL WITH EVIL, WE OVERCOME EVIL WITH GOOD. 31:51 AND YOU CAN READ HERE WHERE IT SAYS IN 1 PETER 4:7-11, "BUT THE 31:56 END OF ALL THINGS IS AT HAND;" - BOY, IF THAT WAS TRUE IN HIS 31:59 DAY, HOW MUCH MORE IN OURS? - "THEREFORE BE SERIOUS" - 32:03 BE SOBER - BE "WATCHFUL IN YOUR PRAYERS." 32:06 - WHAT ARE WE WATCHING AGAINST? TEMPTATION - PETER SAID THE 32:10 DEVIL IS GOING AROUND AS A ROARING LION - BE SOBER, BE 32:13 VIGILANT, BE "WATCHFUL IN YOUR PRAYERS. 32:19 AND" - HE SAYS THAT - "ABOVE ALL THINGS HAVE FERVENT LOVE FOR ONE 32:25 ANOTHER, FOR 'LOVE WILL COVER A MULTITUDE OF SINS.'" - YOU 32:29 NOTICE HOW HE EMPHASIZES 1 PETER 1:22 - LOVE ONE ANOTHER - 1 32:33 PETER 3:8 AND 9, 'LOVE HIS BROTHERS' - 1 PETER 4:7, "HAVE 32:37 FERVENT LOVE FOR ALL [ONE ANOTHER], FOR 'LOVE WILL COVER A 32:40 MULTITUDE OF SINS.'" YOU KNOW, WHEN I DO BUILDING, I'M NOT A 32:44 VERY GOOD FINISH CARPENTER, BUT I'VE DONE - I'VE BUILT SOME 32:47 HOUSES AND I'M VERY THANKFUL THAT YOU CAN GET PUTTY - YOU 32:55 KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE DOING SHEET ROCK WORK AND YOU BANG THE WALLS 32:59 AND YOU SCUFF THE WALLS AND YOU MAYBE DON'T GET YOUR JOINTS 33:01 STRAIGHT. I'VE BECOME AN ARTIST AND I'VE 33:04 LEARNED THAT SPACKLING WILL COVER A MULTITUDE OF SIN. 33:08 (LAUGHTER) AND, YOU KNOW, YOU GET YOUR - YOUR TAPING SOMETIMES 33:14 IS ROUGH - YOU SAND IT DOWN, YOU CAN SPACKLE - YOU CAN COVER 33:17 ALMOST ANYTHING. WELL, YOU KNOW, LOVE, FOR THE 33:21 CHRISTIAN, COVERS A MULTITUDE OF SINS. 33:24 IF WE JUST LOVE EACH OTHER MORE, WE'D ALL GET ALONG BETTER ONCE 33:26 WE KNOW WE DIDN'T HAVE MALICE AND WE REALLY LOVED EACH OTHER. 33:30 TALKING AGAIN ABOUT 'HOW SHALL WE LIVE?' 33:33 - HE SAYS, "BE HOSPITABLE TO ONE ANOTHER" - TO OPEN OUR HOMES - 33:37 INVITE PEOPLE OVER FOR LUNCH - "WITHOUT GRUMBLING." 33:40 - 'OH, THEY ATE ALL MY FOOD.' THAT'S WHAT THEY'D GRUMBLE ABOUT 33:46 - "AS EACH ONE HAS RECEIVED A GIFT, MINISTER IT TO ONE 33:49 ANOTHER, AS GOOD STEWARDS OF THE MANIFOLD GRACE OF GOD." 33:53 - GOD GIVES US GRACE IN SO MANY WAYS - MANIFOLD - SOME OF YOU'VE 33:57 GOT MANIFOLD ON YOUR CAR - IT MEANS IT'S TAKING FROM SEVERAL 34:00 EXHAUSTS - YOU'VE GOT AN 8-CYLINDER, YOUR MANIFOLD'S 34:03 GOT EIGHT PORTS - IT MEANS MANY - WE HAVE MANY 34:07 DIFFERENT WAYS THAT GOD GIVES US HIS GRACE. 34:09 WELL, IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS WE SHOULD BE FREELY SHARING THOSE 34:12 BLESSINGS. AS YOU'VE RECEIVED THE GIFT, 34:19 MINISTER TO ONE ANOTHER AS GOOD STEWARDS OF THE 34:21 MANIFOLD GRACE OF GOD. "IF ANYONE SPEAKS, LET HIM 34:24 SPEAK AS THE ORACLES OF GOD." - SPEAK FROM THE WORD OF GOD - 34:28 "IF ANYONE MINISTERS, LET HIM DO IT AS WITH THE ABILITY WHICH 34:30 GOD SUPPLIES, THAT IN ALL THINGS GOD MAY BE GLORIFIED THROUGH 34:34 JESUS CHRIST, TO WHOM BELONG THE GLORY AND THE DOMINION 34:37 FOREVER AND EVER. AMEN." 34:40 THEN YOU CAN READ IN 2 PETER 3:11, "THEREFORE, SINCE ALL 34:44 THESE THINGS WILL BE DISSOLVED," - TALKING ABOUT THE SECOND 34:46 COMING - "WHAT MANNER OF PERSONS OUGHT YOU TO BE IN HOLY CONDUCT 34:51 AND GODLINESS," - SINCE EVERYTHING IN THIS WORLD'S GOING 34:55 TO BURN UP, WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE SHOULD WE BE? 34:58 I MEAN, IF WE REALLY BELIEVE - IF YOU BELIEVED IT WAS ALL GOING 35:01 TO BE GONE TOMORROW, HOW WOULD YOU LIVE TODAY? 35:05 WOULD YOU BE MOTIVATED A LITTLE MORE IF YOU THOUGHT YOU HAD A 35:07 WEEK LEFT? OR A MONTH? 35:09 BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW AND WE THINK WE'VE GOT YEARS, WE BECOME 35:12 A LITTLE BIT SLOPPY - IT'S JUST HUMAN NATURE - AS YOU ALWAYS 35:16 TEND TO WAIT FOR TILL THE LAST MINUTE. 35:18 IF YOU KNOW COMPANY IS COMING TO YOUR HOUSE SOMEDAY, BUT YOU 35:23 DON'T KNOW WHEN, THEY MAY CATCH YOU BY SURPRISE. 35:28 BUT IF YOU KNOW THAT COMPANY - IT'S AMAZING, PEOPLE ALWAYS SAY, 35:30 'PASTOR, PLEASE CALL ME BEFORE YOU COME.' AND I FIND, YEAH, 35:36 WELL, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WE'VE GOT OUR REASONS FOR NOT WANTING 35:38 TO CALL BEFORE WE COME, BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE ALWAYS MAKE AN 35:42 EXCUSE FOR NOT LETTING US COME AT ALL. 35:45 SO A GOOD PASTOR, SOMETIMES, JUST SHOWS UP. 35:49 BUT PEOPLE SAY, 'OH, I DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO CLEAN.' AND - 35:54 BE READY, IN SUCH AN HOUR AS YOU THINK NOT - BUT JESUS - IF WE 36:00 KNOW THAT SOMEONE'S COMING AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHEN, YOU WANT TO 36:03 BE READY ALL THE TIME, RIGHT? 36:07 HE SAYS, "SINCE ALL THESE THINGS WILL BE DISSOLVED, WHAT MANNER 36:10 OF PERSONS OUGHT YOU TO BE IN HOLY CONDUCT AND GODLINESS,". 36:15 1 PETER 1:15-16, "BUT AS HE WHO CALLED YOU IS HOLY, YOU ALSO BE 36:22 HOLY IN ALL YOUR CONDUCT, BECAUSE IT IS WRITTEN, 'BE HOLY, 36:25 FOR I AM HOLY.'" NOW, HOLINESS - THAT'S TALKING ABOUT THE PURITY. 36:37 WE ALWAYS THINK ABOUT THIS - THIS AURA OF LIGHT AND PURITY 36:42 THAT SURROUNDS GOD AND WE ENVISION THAT AS HOLINESS. 36:46 BUT HOLINESS REALLY MEANS 'SET ASIDE FOR'. 36:51 THIS BOOK IS DIFFERENT FROM EVERY OTHER BOOK. 36:53 WHY IS IT DIFFERENT? IT'S RIGHT THERE ON THE 36:56 TITLE - WHAT'S IT SAY? THE WORD 'BIBLE' MEANS 'BIBLIOS' 37:00 - IT MEANS 'BOOKS' - NOTHING SPECIAL ABOUT THAT. 37:01 WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT IS THIS IS THE 'HOLY' COLLECTION OF 37:04 BOOKS OR THE COLLECTION OF HOLY BOOKS - HOLY BIBLE. 37:06 SPANISH - SANTA BIBLIA - YOU RECOGNIZE THE WORD 'SAINT'. 37:10 MARRIAGE IS CALLED 'HOLY MATRIMONY' - WHY IS IT CALLED 37:13 'HOLY MATRIMONY'? BECAUSE TWO PEOPLE BECOME, IN AN 37:18 EXCLUSIVE WAY, SET APART FOR A UNIQUE RELATIONSHIP OF LOVE. 37:23 WHEN WE ARE CALLED TO BE HOLY WITH GOD, WE ARE SET APART IN 37:27 THIS WORLD AS UNIQUE. WE BELONG TO GOD. 37:29 WE HAVE A RELATIONSHIP THAT IS HOLY WITH GOD AND WE LIVE IN A 37:34 WAY THAT SHOWS THAT WE ARE SET ASIDE IN A DIFFERENT WAY. 37:39 NOW, PETER, IS HE BEING LEGALISTIC OR IS PETER QUOTING 37:43 MOSES IN THE OLD TESTAMENT? LEVITICUS 11:44, "FOR I 37:49 AM THE LORD YOUR GOD. YOU SHALL THEREFORE CONSECRATE 37:54 YOURSELVES, AND YOU SHALL BE HOLY; FOR I AM HOLY. 37:59 NEITHER SHALL YOU DEFILE YOURSELVES WITH ANY CREEPING 38:02 THING THAT CREEPS ON THE EARTH." AFTER ALL, WE ARE 38:04 THE CHILDREN OF GOD. IF GOD SAYS, 'LOOK, I'M HOLY. 38:06 YOU'RE MY CHILDREN. I WANT YOU TO BE LIKE YOUR FATHER. 38:09 YOU BE HOLY IN ALL OF YOUR BEHAVIOR.' AND THEN HE GOES ON 38:14 AND HE TALKS ABOUT 'BE HOLY WITHOUT SPOT' - 38:17 NOW YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR - YOU'RE GOING TO SEE 38:18 'SPOTS' BY THE TIME I'M DONE WITH THIS SECTION. 38:22 SOMEONE'S GOING TO READ FOR ME, IN A MOMENT, EPHESIANS 5:27 - 38:26 NATHAN BATCHELOR THE YOUNGER WILL DO THAT IN JUST A MOMENT. 38:30 I'M GOING TO READ 2 PETER 3:14, "THEREFORE, BELOVED, LOOKING 38:35 FORWARD TO THESE THINGS, BE DILIGENT TO BE FOUND BY HIM IN 38:39 PEACE, WITHOUT SPOT AND BLAMELESS;" - I MEAN, WHO HERE 38:45 WILL CLAIM SPOTLESSNESS? BUT WHAT IS PETER SAYING? 38:50 BUT WITHOUT SPOT AND BLAMELESS - HOW? 38:52 BE DILIGENT TO BE FOUND OF HIM THAT WAY. 38:56 THE LORD IS CALLING US TO LIVES OF HOLINESS. 38:59 NOW, HE DOESN'T SAY YOU'VE NEVER HAD A SPOT; HE SAID BUT OUR JOB 39:03 IS TO TRY AND GET THE SPOTS OUT BEFORE JESUS COMES. 39:07 IF YOU HAVE A WEDDING DRESS AND YOU DISCOVER, BEFORE YOU GO IN 39:14 FOR THE WEDDING CEREMONY, THAT THERE'S A LITTLE SPOT ON THE 39:18 DRESS, BUT YOU'VE GOT A FRIEND THAT'S GOT SOME OF THE 39:21 HANDY-DANDY POCKET SPOT REMOVER - YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING 39:24 ABOUT? I SEE LADIES NODDING. THE MEN ARE GOING (LAUGHTER) - 39:30 WOULDN'T YOU WANT TO GET THE SPOT OUT BEFORE YOU WENT IN? 39:34 'IT'S JUST A LITTLE SPOT.' YOU SAY, 'BUT I WANT IT TO BE 39:36 SPOTLESS. THIS IS THE WEDDING DRESS. 39:39 IT REPRESENTS PURITY.' WELL, AREN'T WE SUPPOSED TO HAVE PURE 39:42 GARMENTS AS WE APPROACH THE LAST DAYS? 39:45 GO AHEAD, READ FOR US, NATHAN - NEXT ONE - EPHESIANS 5:27. 39:50 >>"THAT HE MIGHT PRESENT HER TO HIMSELF A GLORIOUS CHURCH, NOT 39:54 HAVING SPOT OR WRINKLE OR ANY SUCH THING, BUT THAT SHE SHOULD 39:58 BE HOLY AND WITHOUT BLEMISH." >>SO THE CHURCH IS MADE UP OF 40:01 WHAT? >>PEOPLE. 40:03 >>PEOPLE. YOU ARE THE BRIDE OF CHRIST - 40:05 ISN'T THAT WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS? HUSBANDS, LOVE YOUR WIVES 40:08 AS CHRIST LOVES THE CHURCH. WHAT KIND OF BRIDE DOES 40:11 HE WANT TO COME BACK FOR? SPOTLESS BRIDE. 40:15 AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALSO - THIS IS - THIS IS A REFERENCE - OR 40:19 HE'S ALLUDING TO THE FACT THAT THEY WOULD WANT TO BE MARRYING A 40:24 VIRGIN. THIS IS A BIBLE PRINCIPLE THAT'S SPOKEN OF. 40:27 AND SO, GOD WANTS US TO HAVE THAT PURITY. 40:29 AGAIN, 1 TIMOTHY 6:14, "THAT YOU KEEP THIS COMMANDMENT WITHOUT 40:36 SPOT, BLAMELESS UNTIL OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST'S APPEARING," - HOW 40:43 MUCH MORE - HOW MUCH MORE SHALL THE BLOOD OF CHRIST, WHO, 40:46 THROUGH THE ETERNAL SPIRIT, OFFERED HIMSELF WITHOUT SPOT TO 40:52 GOD, CLEANSE YOUR CONSCIENCE FROM DEAD WORKS TO SERVE THE 40:56 LIVING GOD? SO IT'S NOT JUST PETER, IT'S MOSES, IT'S PAUL, 41:00 WHO WROTE HEBREWS HERE - THEY'RE ALL SAYING GOD IS WANTING TO GET 41:04 THE SPOTS OUT. IS THAT CLEAR? THE BIBLE SAYS JESUS WAS 41:08 A LAMB WITHOUT BLEMISH. NOW, THE REASON YOU'RE FINDING 41:11 THIS WORD 'SPOT' APPEAR OVER AND OVER IS BECAUSE 'SPOT' IS 41:14 LARGELY THE GREEK EQUIVALENT FOR BLEMISH AND SO WE WOULD SAY 41:19 'WITHOUT BLEMISH' - YOU WOULD SAY 'SPOTLESS' - AND SO THE 41:22 LORD IS WANTING TO CLEANSE HIS PEOPLE. 41:24 NOW, THERE ARE THOSE OUT THERE THAT ARE LISTENING. 41:26 SOME ARE OUTRAGED, ACTUALLY, LISTENING TO THIS MESSAGE. 41:28 THEY'RE SAYING, 'DOUG, YOU'RE TEACHING LEGALISM.' IS IT ME? 41:32 OR ARE WE READING IT IN THE BIBLE THAT GOD IS CALLING US TO 41:36 PURITY AND OUR GOAL EVERY DAY SHOULD BE TO BE LIKE JESUS. 41:42 WHO CAN ARGUE WITH A CHRISTIAN WHO WANTS TO BE LIKE JESUS? 41:44 WAS JESUS WITHOUT SPOT? YEAH - BLAMELESS AND UNDEFILED. 41:49 AND THE MORE THAT WE FIX OUR EYES ON HIM, THE MORE WE BECOME 41:52 LIKE HIM. THAT'S ACTUALLY THE SUBJECT 41:54 OF MY MESSAGE TO COME. I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU ANOTHER 41:57 ONE - 1 PETER 1:19, "BUT WITH THE PRECIOUS BLOOD OF CHRIST, 42:05 AS A LAMB WITHOUT BLEMISH AND WITHOUT SPOT." 42:08 - SEE, PETER IS NOW REFERRING TO THE OLD TESTAMENT. 42:10 THEY WOULD BRING THEIR PASSOVER LAMB - MATTER OF FACT, I'M 42:13 GETTING TO THAT NOW - EXODUS 12:5, "YOUR LAMB SHALL BE 42:16 WITHOUT BLEMISH, A MALE OF THE FIRST YEAR." 42:19 WHY WAS THE LAMB TO BE SPOTLESS? BECAUSE IT WAS A TYPE OF CHRIST. 42:25 YOU COULDN'T BRING A FLAWED OR MAIMED LAMB IN THERE, IT NEEDED 42:28 TO BE A PURE ONE BECAUSE IT REPRESENTED THE PURE SINLESS SON 42:32 OF GOD AND WE'RE CALLED, THEN, TO BE BORN AGAIN TO LIVE NEW 42:36 LIVES - BE NEW CREATURES - AMEN? >>AMEN. 42:39 >>ALRIGHT, THAT WAS AN IMPORTANT POINT THAT'S OFTEN NEGLECTED SO 42:42 I WANTED TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON THAT. 42:43 NOW WE'RE GOING TO GO ONTO THE SECTION HOPE IN THE SECOND 42:46 COMING . PETER ALSO TALKS A LOT ABOUT THE 42:49 SECOND COMING AND HE TALKS ABOUT THE COMING JUDGMENT. 42:52 1 PETER 1, VERSE 4, WE ARE CALLED "TO AN INHERITANCE 42:57 INCORRUPTIBLE AND UNDEFILED AND THAT DOES NOT FADE AWAY, 43:02 RESERVED IN HEAVEN..." SO PETER SAYS, IN ALL OF YOUR 43:05 LIVING, REMEMBER, THIS IS NOT IT. 43:08 YOU KNOW, THE THINKING OF THE WORLD, AND EVEN THE MARKETING, 43:11 IS ALWAYS 'YOU ONLY GO AROUND ONCE IN LIFE' - 'YOU ONLY LIVE 43:13 ONCE' - YOU EVER HEARD THAT BEFORE? 43:15 'YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE' - IT'S NOT TRUE. 43:18 EVEN THE WICKED ARE GOING TO GET RESURRECTED AND THERE'LL - 43:22 THERE'LL BE A JUDGMENT. AND, FOR THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN 43:25 GOD THE IDEA THAT THIS IS IT - THEY BASICALLY SAY, 'WELL, YOU 43:29 KNOW, YOU'VE GOT 70, 80, 90 YEARS - IF BY THREESCORE AND 43:35 TEN YOU MIGHT LIVE LONGER.' IF YOU'RE A GOOD ADVENTIST YOU 43:38 MIGHT MAKE IT TO 100. I HAD A MEMBER UP IN GRASS VALLEY - 105 43:43 - GOT A PICTURE WITH HER - SHE WAS STILL UP AND AROUND. 43:47 BUT WHAT IS THAT COMPARED TO ETERNITY? 43:50 TO SAY, 'I'M ONLY GOING TO PLAN MY LIFE FOR WHAT I MIGHT ENJOY 43:53 HERE.' AND, YOU KNOW, AS YOU 43:56 GET A LITTLE OLDER, YOU START THINKING ABOUT RETIREMENT. 43:59 'WHAT AM I GOING TO DO DURING MY RETIREMENT?' 44:02 AND, I GUESS - MAYBE YOU'LL THINK I'M MORBID, BUT I GUESS 44:06 THE IDEA OF RETIREMENT IS, AS YOU'RE IN YOUR GOLDEN YEARS - 44:11 THAT'S A BEAUTIFUL WAY TO SAY IT - AND YOU'RE INCREASINGLY 44:14 BECOMING MORE INFIRM AND SLOWING DOWN, YOU WANT TO TRY TO 44:19 PLAN THINGS SO THAT YOU CAN ENJOY THINGS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE 44:21 UNTIL YOU GET TO THE POINT WHERE YOU CAN'T DO VERY MUCH AND THEN 44:24 YOU DIE. KIND OF SAD WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT THAT WAY. 44:29 I THINK THE BEST WAY TO PLAN RETIREMENT IS TO PLAN ONE WHERE 44:31 YOU'D HAVE PERFECT STRENGTH IN A NEW BODY THAT WILL LAST 44:34 FOREVER. >>AMEN. 44:37 >>THAT'S CALLED HEAVEN. BUT PEOPLE SPEND SO MUCH TIME, 44:41 ENERGY, AND MONEY ON TRYING TO BE COMFORTABLE BEFORE THEY 44:44 DIE AS THOUGH THAT'S IT. BUT REALLY, THAT'S JUST THE 44:49 LAUNCHING PAD FOR ETERNITY AND WE REALLY SHOULD BE THINKING 44:52 ABOUT THE LIFE THAT WILL NOT END. 44:54 IF WE'RE LIVING OUR LIFE LIKE, 'WELL, I REALLY WANT TO GET ALL 44:57 MY JOY NOW BECAUSE YOU ONLY GO AROUND ONCE IN LIFE' - A LOT OF 45:00 CHRISTIANS SAY, 'I BELIEVE IN HEAVEN' BUT THEY LIVE, THOUGH - 45:02 'THIS IS IT' AND 'BE IT UNTO YOU ACCORDING TO YOUR FAITH'. 45:08 IF YOU'RE LIVING LIKE THIS IS IT, THEN THIS'LL BE IT. 45:12 BUT IF YOU'RE LIVING LIKE ETERNITY IS YOUR GOAL, 'BE IT 45:17 UNTO YOU ACCORDING TO YOUR FAITH. AND IT ALSO TALKS ABOUT 45:20 HIM COMING AND YET, HE'S COMING AS A KING AND A JUDGE. 45:23 1 PETER 1:17, "AND IF YOU CALL ON THE FATHER, WHO WITHOUT 45:28 PARTIALITY JUDGES ACCORDING TO EACH ONE'S WORK, CONDUCT 45:32 YOURSELVES THROUGHOUT THE TIME OF YOUR STAY HERE IN FEAR." 45:36 NOW, ARE CHRISTIANS SUPPOSED TO LIVE IN FEAR, OR IS PETER SIMPLY 45:39 SAYING THERE SHOULD BE A HEALTHY AWARENESS? 45:43 BE AFRAID TO SIN BECAUSE ALL YOUR WORKS, THERE'S A JUDGMENT 45:49 DAY FOR. ISN'T THAT WHAT HE JUST SAID? 45:51 HE JUDGES ACCORDING TO EACH ONE'S WORK. 45:53 DOESN'T THE BIBLE SAY, 'BEHOLD, THE LORD COMES TO REWARD 45:55 EVERYONE ACCORDING TO HIS WORKS? WE'RE SAVED BY FAITH. 45:59 WE'RE SAVED BASED ON JESUS' WORKS. BUT IF WE'RE SAVED, OUR 46:03 WORKS WILL CHANGE. AND IF YOU'RE GENUINELY SAVED, THEN GOD IS 46:07 SAFE JUDGING YOU BY YOUR WORKS BECAUSE, IF YOU ARE GENUINELY 46:12 SAVED, THERE WILL BE A DIFFERENCE IN THE WORKS. THAT'S 46:15 WHY JESUS SAID YOU'LL KNOW THEM BY THEIR - PROFESSION OR THEIR 46:18 WORKS? YOU CAN KNOW IF A PERSON'S HEART IS CHANGED - 46:22 THEIR WORKS ARE GOING TO SHOW. 46:24 IS THIS GOOD THEOLOGY? >>YES. 46:27 >>I FIND IT'S WHAT THE WORD IS TEACHING, FRIENDS. 46:29 SOMEONE'S GOING TO READ FOR ME 1 PETER 4:17 IN JUST A MOMENT. 46:33 I'M GOING TO READ 1 PETER 4:5 AND 6, "THEY WILL GIVE AN 46:37 ACCOUNT TO HIM WHO IS READY TO JUDGE THE LIVING AND THE DEAD. 46:41 FOR THIS REASON THE GOSPEL WAS PREACHED ALSO THOSE WHO ARE 46:43 DEAD, THAT THEY MIGHT BE JUDGED ACCORDING TO MEN IN THE FLESH, 46:47 BUT LIVE ACCORDING TO GOD IN THE SPIRIT." 46:49 HERE HE'S TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE WHO ARE DEAD IN SIN. 46:51 THE GOSPEL WAS PREACHED TO THEM AND THEN HE GOES BACK AND SAYS 46:53 EVEN BACK IN THE DAYS OF NOAH, THROUGH THE POWER OF THE SPIRIT, 46:57 GOD PREACHED THROUGH NOAH TO THOSE WHO WERE SPIRITS DEAD IN 47:00 PRISON. PEOPLE HAVE TOTALLY MISUNDERSTOOD THAT VERSE. 47:03 READ FOR US, FIRST, 1 PETER 4:17, PLEASE. 47:06 >>1 PETER 4:17, "FOR THE TIME HAS COME FOR JUDGMENT TO BEGIN 47:10 AT THE HOUSE OF GOD; AND IF IT BEGINS WITH US FIRST, WHAT WILL 47:14 BE THE END OF THOSE WHO DO NOT OBEY THE GOSPEL OF GOD?" 47:18 >>WOW, HE'S SAYING, 'BE SOBER. JUDGMENT BEGINS AT THE HOUSE OF 47:22 GOD.' NOW, WHAT IS PETER TALKING ABOUT THERE? 47:26 JUDGMENT BEGINS AT THE HOUSE OF GOD? 47:27 FIRST OF ALL, THIS MAY BE A REFERENCE TO EZEKIEL 9. EZEKIEL 47:33 9 TALKS ABOUT A VISION WHERE THE ANCIENT MEN ARE IN THE HOUSE OF 47:37 THE LORD AND THEY ARE PRAYING AND HE SAYS, 'I WANT YOU TO PUT 47:41 A MARK ON THOSE WHO SIGH AND CRY FOR ALL THE ABOMINATIONS DONE IN 47:44 ISRAEL, AND BEGIN AT MY SANCTUARY.' AND THOSE WHO DO NOT 47:50 HAVE THE MARK OR THE SEAL OF GOD, DESTROY THEM. 47:54 EVERYBODY THAT DOESN'T HAVE THE RIGHT MARK IS DESTROYED. 47:57 HE SAYS, 'BEGIN AT MY SANCTUARY.' SO THERE'S A 47:58 JUDGMENT HERE IN EZEKIEL 9 THAT BEGINS AT THE HOUSE OF GOD. 48:02 I ALSO ALWAYS THOUGHT IT WAS INTERESTING WHEN THAT WOMAN 48:05 CAUGHT IN ADULTERY - MAYBE IT'S MARY MAGDALENE - BROUGHT INTO 48:08 THE TEMPLE - AND THEY WERE SAYING THAT SHE SHOULD BE JUDGED 48:12 AND EXECUTED BECAUSE SHE HAD BEEN CAUGHT IN THE ACT OF 48:14 ADULTERY AND JESUS SAID, 'HE THAT IS WITHOUT SIN, LET HIM 48:19 CAST THE FIRST STONE. AND CHRIST, THERE IN THE HOUSE 48:20 OF GOD, BEGAN TO WRITE OUT THEIR SINS - AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT MOST 48:23 BELIEVE - HE WAS WRITING EITHER THE LAW OR THEIR 48:25 BREAKING OF THOSE LAWS. WHEN JESUS WRITES SOMETHING IT'S 48:29 REALLY IMPORTANT - AND ONE BY ONE THEY WENT OUT - A 48:32 JUDGMENT IN THE HOUSE OF GOD. IT ALSO MEANS THAT THERE 48:36 IS A PRE-ADVENT JUDGMENT. THERE IS A JUDGMENT THAT TAKES 48:38 PLACE BEFORE JESUS COMES. FOLLOW ME. 48:42 IF THE LORD IS REWARDING EVERYBODY ACCORDING TO THEIR 48:44 WORKS WHEN HE COMES. DOES THE LORD KNOW WHO'S 48:47 SAVED WHEN HE COMES? DO THE DEAD IN CHRIST RISE? 48:51 SO THE LORD'S DETERMINED THOSE WHO ARE NOT IN CHRIST WHEN HE 48:53 COMES. SOME JUDGMENT TAKES 48:54 PLACE BEFORE HE COMES. IF THE DEAD IN CHRIST RISE 48:57 FIRST, IF THE CHRISTIANS ARE SAVED FIRST, THEN WHO 49:00 GETS JUDGED FIRST? CHRISTIANS. JUDGMENT BEGINS AT THE HOUSE OF 49:05 GOD. SO THIS INVESTIGATION THAT TAKES 49:07 PLACE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ANGELS AND THE UNFALLEN BEINGS 49:11 BEFORE THE COMING OF THE LORD, BEGINS WITH THE HOUSE OF GOD - 49:15 THOSE WHO HAVE TAKEN THE NAME OF CHRIST. 49:17 SOMETIMES IT'S CALLED 'THE PRE-ADVENT JUDGMENT'. 49:19 SO HE SAYS, "IF IT BEGINS WITH US FIRST, WHAT WILL BE THE END 49:22 OF THOSE WHO DO NOT OBEY THE GOSPEL OF GOD?" 49:25 WAIT A SECOND - I THOUGHT THE GOSPEL MEANT YOU DON'T HAVE TO 49:27 OBEY. PETER SAYS, 'OBEY THE GOSPEL'. 49:31 IF YOU BELIEVE THE GOOD NEWS, THERE'S OBEDIENCE IN DOING WHAT 49:34 JESUS SAID, AMEN? >>AMEN. 49:37 >>ALRIGHT, AND THEN HE GOES ON TALKING ABOUT THE SECOND COMING, 49:42 'BUT THE DAY OF THE LORD WILL COME AS A THIEF IN THE NIGHT IN 49:44 THE WHICH THE HEAVENS PASS AWAY WITH A GREAT NOISE AND THE 49:47 ELEMENTS WILL MELT WITH FERVENT HEAT AND THE EARTH AND THE 49:50 THINGS THAT ARE IN IT WILL BE BURNED UP' - AND IT GOES ON TO 49:53 SAY, 'SEEING THEN THAT ALL THESE THINGS WILL BE DISSOLVED' - 49:56 SEEING THAT THERE'S A JUDGMENT COMING - 'WHAT KIND OF PERSONS 49:59 OUGHT WE BE IN ALL HOLY CONVERSATION AND GODLINESS?' 50:03 ALRIGHT, NEXT SECTION: LIVING BEFORE THE WORLD: - ORDER IN 50:08 SOCIETY AND THE CHURCH - 1 PETER 1, VERSE 2 - I'M SORRY, 1 PETER 50:15 CHAPTER 2, VERSES 11-21, "BELOVED, I BEG YOU AS 50:21 SOJOURNERS AND PILGRIMS" - WHY DOES HE CALL THEM SOJOURNERS? 50:24 WHAT'S A SOJOURNER? WHEN YOU SOJOURN SOMEWHERE IT 50:28 MEANS YOU'RE TEMPORARILY HANGING OUT IN A STRANGE PLACE. 50:32 AND PILGRIMS - WHAT'S A PILGRIM? A PILGRIM IS A PERSON WHO'S 50:36 ON THEIR WAY TO SOMETHING. IF YOU'RE ON A HOLY PILGRIMAGE, 50:41 YOU'RE ON YOUR WAY TO A HOLY PLACE. 50:43 AND EVEN ABRAHAM WAS CALLED A SOJOURNER AND A PILGRIM BECAUSE 50:46 HE LOOKED FOR A CITY THAT HAD FOUNDATIONS. 50:49 THIS WORLD IS NOT OUR HOME, WE'RE JUST PASSING THROUGH - 50:51 WE'RE PILGRIMS. ANY OF YOU EVER SUNG THAT SONG? 50:55 WE DON'T SING IT VERY OFTEN BECAUSE I THINK IT'S 6-6-6 IN 50:57 THE HYMNAL AND PEOPLE THINK IT'S BAD LUCK. 51:00 IT SAYS 'I'M A PILGRIM AND I'M A STRANGER, I CAN TARRY I CAN 51:03 TARRY BUT A NIGHT' - ANY OF YOU KNOW THAT SONG? 51:05 IT'S A GREAT SONG. I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE 51:08 IT WAS THE OLD HYMNAL. SOMEONE CHECK FOR ME 51:10 - IS IT STILL 6-6-6? >>I'M CHECKING ON YOU. 51:12 >>IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE OLD HYMNAL, IT - 51:13 >>NO, IT'S NOT. >>IT'S NOT ANYMORE. 51:15 IT USED TO BE 6-6-6. YEAH, WE DON'T SING THAT ONE EITHER, DO 51:18 WE? (LAUGHTER) IT USED TO BE 6-6-6 IN THE OLD HYMNAL. 51:23 ALRIGHT, SO WE WANT TO BE HOLY IN THE WORLD - TO BE WITNESSES - 51:28 "HAVING YOUR CONDUCT HONORABLE AMONG THE GENTILES," - GENTILES, 51:32 MEANING ANYONE WHO WAS NOT A JEW - "THAT WHEN THEY SPEAK AGAINST 51:35 YOU AS EVILDOERS, THEY MAY, BY YOUR GOOD WORKS WHICH THEY 51:38 OBSERVE, GLORIFY GOD IN THE DAY OF VISITATION." 51:41 PEOPLE MIGHT MOCK YOU BECAUSE OF YOUR FAITH AND THEY MIGHT 51:43 FALSELY ACCUSE YOU, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO KNOW IN THEIR HEARTS, 51:45 IN THE DAY OF JUDGMENT, WHEN THINGS HAPPEN, THEY'RE GOING TO 51:48 TURN TO YOU AND SAY, 'TELL US ABOUT YOUR GOD'. 51:51 AND THEN IT TALKS ABOUT SUBMISSION TO GOVERNMENT. 51:54 PETER SAID, "THEREFORE SUBMIT YOURSELVES TO EVERY ORDINANCE OF 51:58 MAN FOR THE LORD'S SAKE," - CHRISTIANS OUGHT TO BE OBEYING 52:01 THE LAWS OF THE LAND - "WHETHER TO THE KING AS SUPREME, OR TO 52:06 GOVERNORS, AS TO THOSE WHO ARE SENT BY HIM FOR THE PUNISHMENT 52:08 OF EVILDOERS AND FOR THE PRAISE OF THOSE WHO DO GOOD. 52:12 FOR THIS IS THE WILL OF GOD, THAT BY DOING GOOD YOU MAY PUT 52:15 TO SILENCE THE IGNORANCE OF FOOLISH MEN - AS FREE, YET NOT 52:20 USING LIBERTY AS A CLOAK FOR VICE," - THIS IS WHAT SOME 52:22 PEOPLE HAVE DONE. WE ARE FREE IN CHRIST BUT WE 52:24 DON'T USE THAT LIBERTY AS AN EXCUSE FOR SIN - "BUT 52:27 AS BONDSERVANTS OF GOD. HONOR ALL PEOPLE. 52:31 LOVE THE BROTHERHOOD. FEAR GOD. HONOR THE KING." 52:35 CHRISTIANS OUGHT TO BE THE VERY BEST CITIZENS. 52:38 THE ONLY TIMES WE'RE NOT GOOD CITIZENS IS WHEN THERE'S A 52:41 GOVERNMENT LAW THAT FORCES US TO OBEY - OR DISOBEY THE LAW OF 52:45 GOD. IN EVERY OTHER WAY, CHRISTIANS 52:47 OUGHT TO BE MODEL CITIZENS. WE OUGHT TO BE 52:49 RESPECTFUL OF THE LAWS. WE OUGHT TO BE LIVING 52:52 WITHOUT REPROACH. AMEN? >>AMEN. 52:56 >>AND THEN HE TALKS ABOUT SUBMISSION TO MASTERS. 53:00 NOW A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE STRUGGLED WITH THIS SECTION 53:02 BECAUSE IT'S BASICALLY TALKING ABOUT SLAVES OBEYING THEIR SLAVE 53:06 OWNERS. DO YOU KNOW WHEN PETER WROTE THIS, AS MANY AS ONE IN 53:10 THREE PEOPLE IN ITALY WERE SLAVES AND ONE IN FIVE, ACROSS 53:14 THE ROMAN EMPIRE, WERE SLAVES. AND A LOT OF CHRISTIANS WERE 53:18 SLAVES AND THEY THOUGHT, 'WHAT SHOULD WE DO?' 53:21 SLAVERY WAS INHERENTLY WRONG, THEY BELIEVED AND - BUT, IF YOU 53:25 WERE A SLAVE, PETER DIDN'T SAY RUN AWAY, HE DIDN'T SAY REBEL, 53:28 HE DIDN'T SAY RISE UP WITH SPARTICUS, HE SAID, "SERVANTS, 53:32 BE SUBMISSIVE TO YOUR MASTERS WITH ALL FEAR, NOT ONLY TO THE 53:36 GOOD AND GENTLE, BUT ALSO TO THE HARSH." 53:39 NOW, IN OUR DAY AND AGE WE WOULD SAY, 'EMPLOYEES, WORK WELL FOR 53:46 YOUR EMPLOYER, EVEN IF - YOUR BOSS OR YOUR MANAGER OR YOUR 53:49 SUPERVISOR IS GOOD, THAT'S GREAT - BUT EVEN IF THEY'RE A 53:53 KNUCKLEHEAD - KNUCKLEHEAD IS GREEK FOR DIFFICULT (LAUGHTER) - 53:59 STILL BE CHEERFUL AND OBEDIENT AND COOPERATIVE, ISN'T THAT 54:05 RIGHT? AND EVERYBODY IS GOING TO 54:08 GET TESTED ON THIS POINT. HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE HAD TO WORK 54:10 WITH SOMEONE DIFFICULT BEFORE? IN THE MILITARY - ANY 54:13 OF YOU EVER BEEN IN THE MILITARY? 54:15 DID YOU HAVE TO TAKE ORDERS FROM SOMEBODY THAT YOU KNEW WAS AN 54:17 IMBECILE? THAT'S REALLY HARD, ISN'T IT? 54:22 AND YOU LEARN HUMILITY. BUT, AS CHRISTIANS, WE'VE GOT 54:26 TO LEARN THAT WE ARE MADE OF DIFFERENT STUFF. 54:30 AND THEN, FINALLY, IT SAYS, THE PRIMACY OF SCRIPTURE . 54:35 NOW I WANT TO JUMP DOWN - SOMEONE READ FOR ME 2 PETER 2 - 54:39 I'M SORRY - 2 PETER 3, VERSE 2 - WHO'S GOING TO HAVE THAT? 54:42 YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT, BILL? 54:43 2 PETER 3:2 - GO AHEAD, TURN UP BILL'S MICROPHONE. 54:46 >>"THAT YOU MIGHT BE MINDFUL OF THE WORDS WHICH WERE SPOKEN 54:50 BEFORE BY THE HOLY PROPHETS, AND OF THE COMMANDMENT OF US, THE 54:55 APOSTLES OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR." 54:58 >>AGAIN, HE'S PUTTING THE HOLY PROPHETS - THE WORDS OF GOD - IN 55:02 CONNECTION WITH THE WORDS OF THE APOSTLES. 55:05 THEY REALIZED THEY WERE BEING INSPIRED BY THE LORD TO WROTE 55:07 WHAT THEY WROTE - TO WRITE WHAT THEY WROTE. 55:10 THE LAST THING I WANT TO JUST TOUCH ON - 2 PETER 3:16 - AND 55:14 PETER GOES ON TO SAY - AND - LISTEN TO "...OUR BELOVED 55:18 BROTHER PAUL...AS ALSO IN ALL OF HIS EPISTLES, SPEAKING IN THEM 55:24 OF THESE THINGS, IN WHICH ARE SOME THINGS HARD TO UNDERSTAND," 55:30 - PAUL WAS THE MOST EDUCATED OF THE APOSTLES AND HE SAID SOME 55:33 THINGS THAT WERE DEEP AND PETER EVEN ACKNOWLEDGED, PAUL WRITES 55:37 SOME THINGS THAT CAN BE HARD TO UNDERSTAND - "WHICH UNTAUGHT AND 55:41 UNSTABLE PEOPLE TWIST TO THEIR OWN DESTRUCTION, AS THEY DO ALSO 55:46 THE REST OF THE SCRIPTURES." HE CALLED PAUL'S WRITING 55:49 SCRIPTURE, BUT PETER, ACTUALLY, SAYS SOMETHING I'M 55:52 VERY THANKFUL FOR. WHEN SOMEONE WANTS TO 55:54 MISCONSTRUE SALVATION BY GRACE - TO MAKE IT SOUND LIKE YOU DON'T 56:00 HAVE TO OBEY ANYMORE, WHO DO THEY QUOTE? 56:03 >>PAUL. >>THEY GO TO PAUL. 56:04 IF SOMEONE WANTS TO START TEACHING PREDESTINATION - THE 56:08 IDEA ONCE SAVED/ALWAYS SAVED - DO THEY EVER QUOTE FROM MATTHEW 56:11 OR JAMES OR PETER OR JUDE? WHO DO THEY 56:15 TYPICALLY QUOTE FROM? THEY QUOTE FROM PAUL. 56:18 AND SO, PAUL SAYS A LOT OF WONDERFUL, BEAUTIFUL THINGS. 56:21 MATTER OF FACT, IN OUR NEXT QUARTER, BEGINNING NEXT WEEK, 56:24 I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THE GOSPEL IN GALATIANS. 56:26 BUT EVEN IN GALATIANS YOU'LL FIND PEOPLE HAVE TAKEN SOME 56:29 THINGS THAT PAUL SAYS AND THEY'VE TWISTED THEM, SO THAT'S 56:32 WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT WE STUDY THESE THINGS. 56:34 ANYWAY, PETER CLOSES WITH THE PRIMACY OF SCRIPTURE AND I'VE 56:39 REALLY ENJOYED OUR QUARTER THAT WE'VE BEEN STUDYING PETER. 56:43 I CAN RELATE TO PETER. I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU FEEL, BUT 56:46 HE'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE BIBLE CHARACTERS. 56:48 BUT WE ARE OUT OF TIME AND WE'RE OUT OF LESSON FOR TODAY. 56:50 GOD BLESS YOU, FRIENDS, WE LOOK FORWARD TO STUDYING HIS WORD 56:53 TOGETHER AGAIN NEXT WEEK. >>LET'S FACE IT, IT'S NOT ALWAYS 56:57 EASY TO UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING YOU READ IN THE BIBLE. 57:00 WITH OVER 700,000 WORDS CONTAINED IN 66 BOOKS, THE BIBLE 57:04 CAN GENERATE A LOT OF QUESTIONS. 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