{"id":1009,"date":"2023-09-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-04T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/259-christian-russell-exhortation-four-ways-to-be-strengthened\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T02:46:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T02:46:17","slug":"259-christian-russell-exhortation-four-ways-to-be-strengthened","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/259-christian-russell-exhortation-four-ways-to-be-strengthened\/","title":{"rendered":"259: Christian Russell – Exhortation: Four Ways to be Strengthened"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week we are listening to an exhortation by Brother Christian Russell that was given at the Verdugo Hills Ecclesia titled “Four Ways to be Strengthened” in August 6th of this year, 2023<\/p>\n

We hope this strengthens your Faith and brightens your day!<\/p>\n

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\nWelcome to good Chris Elfian
\ntalks. <\/p>\n

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\nI’m Levi.
\nAnd I’m Chris. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd I’m Brian.
\nThank you for joining us this <\/p>\n

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\nweek on this podcast.
\nWe select one talk a week to <\/p>\n

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\nhelp us get the Bible in our
\nDaily News feed. <\/p>\n

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\nWe post a new episode at the
\nstart of each week. <\/p>\n

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\nWith a short intro beforehand to
\nkind of set the stage for the <\/p>\n

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\ntalk you’re about to listen to.
\nAnd now let’s talk more about <\/p>\n

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\nthis week’s talk.
\nThis week’s talk is an <\/p>\n

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\nexpectation by brother Christian
\nRussell that he gave on August <\/p>\n

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\n6th at Verdugo Hills.
\nIt was suggested by member <\/p>\n

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\nVerdugo Hills Ecclesia here in
\nCalifornia that is not Chris. <\/p>\n

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\nThat would.
\nI feel like it’s worth noting we<\/p>\n

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\ndon’t just give each other
\nsuggestions, but this was a <\/p>\n

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\nhesitation that was sent from a
\ndifferent brother for Duke Hills<\/p>\n

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\nand Chris said he wasn’t
\nactually in attendance, he was <\/p>\n

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\nat a different meeting.
\nSo Christian does a fantastic <\/p>\n

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\njob in this very encouraging
\nhesitation. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s kind of broad ranging,
\ntouching in Mark and then also <\/p>\n

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\nin Peter talking about Peter and
\nhow you know how he was <\/p>\n

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\nencouraged.
\nBut really it is I think over <\/p>\n

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\nand over on the theme of
\nreliance on the Lord and letting<\/p>\n

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\nhim remove our cares, knowing
\nthat our father will never let <\/p>\n

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\nus fall.
\nIt’s a very, very encouraging <\/p>\n

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\nstation.
\nI was really, really excited to <\/p>\n

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\nshare it.
\nSo here is Christian Russell, <\/p>\n

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\nFour Ways to be Encouraged.
\nThank you, Brother David, and <\/p>\n

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\ngood morning, my dear loved ones
\nin the Lord Jesus Christ. <\/p>\n

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\nTo those who are here, and to
\nthose who are on Zoom, the <\/p>\n

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\npurpose of an excitation is to
\nstrengthen and to encourage. <\/p>\n

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\nSo before I begin, I have a
\nquestion for you to think about.<\/p>\n

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\nWhat are four ways in which you
\ncan feel strengthened and <\/p>\n

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\nencouraged?
\nWhat are four ways that you can <\/p>\n

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\nfeel strengthened and
\nencouraged? <\/p>\n

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\nThere’s no right or wrong answer
\nhere. <\/p>\n

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\nIf you’re analytical, you might
\nthink about it one way. <\/p>\n

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\nIf you’re emotional, you might
\nthink about it in a completely <\/p>\n

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\ndifferent way.
\nBut are you yourself aware? <\/p>\n

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\nAre you self aware, I suppose.
\nAre you aware of what you <\/p>\n

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\nyourself actually need to feel
\nstrengthened in your faith, to <\/p>\n

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\nbe encouraged in your faith
\njourney? <\/p>\n

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\nBut while you ponder that, in my
\nwork I get to analyze a lot of <\/p>\n

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\nclaim data.
\nAbout leaves of absence and <\/p>\n

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\ndisabilities in the workplace.
\nAnd then I can consult back with<\/p>\n

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\nmy clients about what’s going on
\nand we try to find ways to help <\/p>\n

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\nthem.
\nAnd if there’s one growing trend<\/p>\n

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\nthat’s out there that we’ve been
\nobserving actually for the past <\/p>\n

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\nfive years now, it’s that
\nanxiety and depression are on <\/p>\n

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\nthe rise in the workplace, not
\nthat that comes as any kind of <\/p>\n

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\nsurprise to you.
\nPeople speculate why though, and<\/p>\n

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\nthis is when it gets
\ninteresting. <\/p>\n

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\nIs it the pace of the modern
\nworkplace with 300 emails a day?<\/p>\n

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\nThat’s about what I get.
\nMaybe. <\/p>\n

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\nIs it the expectation for
\nimmediate service to each one of<\/p>\n

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\nthose 300 emails?
\nIs it the expectation for <\/p>\n

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\nimmediate service or immediate
\nresponse? <\/p>\n

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\nMaybe that puts me on edge.
\nIs it because customers are <\/p>\n

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\ngrowing increasingly entitled?
\nOh yes, maybe definitely. <\/p>\n

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\nIs it an issue of generational
\nresilience, which is one that <\/p>\n

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\ncomes up again?
\nMaybe. <\/p>\n

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\nBut I see pretty equal data from
\nboth genders and all age groups.<\/p>\n

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\nNow, I want to share with you
\nthat in, I suppose, Full <\/p>\n

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\ndisclosure, some of you know
\nI’ve suffered from a generalized<\/p>\n

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\nanxiety since I was a child.
\nIt is a horrible feeling. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s like nothing is stable,
\nnothing is reliable. <\/p>\n

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\nIt can feel like you’re hanging
\nover the edge of a Cliff, about <\/p>\n

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\nto go over the edge.
\nAnd it can quickly take over and<\/p>\n

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\nconsume you.
\nAnd in my experience, one of the<\/p>\n

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\nbiggest causes of my anxiety has
\nbeen insecurity, insecurity and.<\/p>\n

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\nAnd as somebody who is more
\nacutely aware of this, it does <\/p>\n

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\nseem that a blatant strategy by
\nadvertisers today is to <\/p>\n

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\ncapitalize on my insecurities in
\norder to promote all kinds of <\/p>\n

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\nproducts and services to fill my
\nhead with doubts. <\/p>\n

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\nAbout my health or my finances
\nor my safety? <\/p>\n

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\nNothing out there, it seems, is
\nsecure. <\/p>\n

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\nBut at the end of the day,
\nthere’s one aspect of our lives,<\/p>\n

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\nof our spiritual security, I
\nsuppose, or 11 aspect of our <\/p>\n

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\nlives.
\nOur security, which is generally<\/p>\n

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\ntreated as an afterthought, is
\nour spiritual security. <\/p>\n

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\nWind the clock back to the 1st
\ncentury to the people who this <\/p>\n

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\nletter was written to.
\nTo the brothers and sisters to <\/p>\n

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\nwhom the gospel was preached and
\nthe Epistles were written, what <\/p>\n

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\ndo you think we would find?
\nBecause I think we would find <\/p>\n

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\nsimilar insecurities as we find
\ntoday. <\/p>\n

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\nThey had similar needs.
\nThey had jobs they wanted to <\/p>\n

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\nkeep because they needed to
\nprovide for their families. <\/p>\n

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\nFood they wanted to put on the
\ntable. <\/p>\n

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\nKitchens which needed fixing,
\nbathrooms that probably needed <\/p>\n

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\nremodeling, roofs that needed
\npatching, Chariots that needed <\/p>\n

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\nservicing.
\nAnd yet our brothers and sisters<\/p>\n

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\nin the 1st century had more to
\nworry about, didn’t they? <\/p>\n

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\nFor they were surrounded by a
\nvery real threat of persecution <\/p>\n

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\nand even death.
\nWhich is why they would have <\/p>\n

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\nprobably had so many questions
\nfor the apostles about why God <\/p>\n

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\nwould let them go through so
\nmuch suffering, so much <\/p>\n

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\ntribulation on their way to the
\nway to God’s fulfillment of his <\/p>\n

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\npromises towards them.
\nAnd so the matter of an eternal <\/p>\n

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\nsecurity, a spiritual security,
\nwas more vitally important to <\/p>\n

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\nthem day by day than it is
\nprobably in our society. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd So what we find when we read
\nthe epistles, including Peter, <\/p>\n

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\nwhat we find when we read them,
\nis not letters of advice on how <\/p>\n

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\nto secure a satisfying job, or
\nhow to earn lots of money, or <\/p>\n

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\nhow to secure your retirement,
\nbut the writers of the New <\/p>\n

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\nTestament.
\nSurrounded by haters and <\/p>\n

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\npersecuted as they were, and
\nafter having personally <\/p>\n

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\nexperienced the Lord Jesus
\nChrist, they felt compelled, <\/p>\n

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\ncompelled to address the
\nbelievers spiritual security and<\/p>\n

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\ntheir spiritual strength, their
\nspiritual stability in the face <\/p>\n

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\nof these very present challenges
\nand so. <\/p>\n

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\nTheir letters are filled with
\nguidance about how to secure <\/p>\n

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\ntheir salvation, how to find a
\nlasting stability for their <\/p>\n

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\nfaith, and how to find a
\nsecurity which is eternal. <\/p>\n

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\nPeter in particular addresses
\nthis issue in his first epistle.<\/p>\n

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\nSo if you’ve got your Bible
\nstill open, turn to chapter one <\/p>\n

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\nbefore, because before we get to
\nthe excitation which is found in<\/p>\n

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\nin chapter 5.
\nWe need to understand the <\/p>\n

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\ncontext of Peter’s epistle.
\nAnd really what I’d like is for <\/p>\n

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\nPeter to provide us with the
\nexcitation this morning about <\/p>\n

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\nhow God strengthens us, how God
\nencourages us, and from where <\/p>\n

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\nthat source of strength comes,
\nhow God strengthens us, and <\/p>\n

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\nwhere that source of strength
\ncomes. <\/p>\n

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\nSo let’s look at the context of
\nPeter’s epistle to see how these<\/p>\n

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\npieces come together.
\nOtherwise it might be a little <\/p>\n

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\nconfusing.
\nSo turn to chapter one. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd just look at the way Peter
\nstarts, because he starts by <\/p>\n

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\naddressing this topic that was
\nat top of mind, not just for <\/p>\n

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\nhimself, but for all of those
\nwho were enduring persecution <\/p>\n

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\nfor Christ, the insecurities
\nthat they were facing, the <\/p>\n

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\ndifficulties, the challenges,
\nthe trials. <\/p>\n

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\nHe gets right to it.
\nIn verse six he says. <\/p>\n

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\nIn this you greatly rejoice,
\nthough now for a little while if<\/p>\n

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\nneed be, you have been grieved
\nby various trials. <\/p>\n

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\nBut the genuineness of your
\nfaith, being much more precious <\/p>\n

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\nthan gold that perishes though
\nit is tested by fire, may be <\/p>\n

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\nfound to praise, honor, and
\nglory at the revelation of Jesus<\/p>\n

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\nChrist, others, and sisters.
\nPeter isn’t sugarcoating it. <\/p>\n

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\nPeter isn’t sugarcoating it.
\nHe says suffering and the <\/p>\n

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\ninsecurities or the grieving as
\nthey would. <\/p>\n

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\nThat he uses the insecurities
\nwhich accompany it, is part of <\/p>\n

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\nthe Christian’s life.
\nBut. <\/p>\n

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\nHe goes on.
\nThere is profit from walking <\/p>\n

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\nthat path of faith.
\nJust look at the words he uses. <\/p>\n

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\nAgain, the genuineness of your
\nfaith being much more precious <\/p>\n

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\nthan gold that perishes, though
\nit is tested by fire, may be <\/p>\n

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\nfound to praise, to honor, to
\nglory. <\/p>\n

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\nWhen we see words like genuine,
\nprecious praise, honor, and <\/p>\n

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\nglory, they’re powerful words,
\naren’t they? <\/p>\n

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\nAnd words, says Peter that come.
\nOut of a place of testing. <\/p>\n

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\nBut ultimately what Peter does
\nin his epistle just to stand <\/p>\n

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\nback is to try and take the
\nfocus of the believer away from <\/p>\n

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\nthose trials and the suffering
\nand the difficulties and the <\/p>\n

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\nchallenges.
\nTo take your focus away from <\/p>\n

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\nthat and point you instead point
\nus instead towards a glory which<\/p>\n

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\nis coming.
\nAnd this is a theme which we see<\/p>\n

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\nthroughout his epistle to take
\nus and point our focus away from<\/p>\n

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\nour trials and sufferings.
\nTowards a glory which is coming,<\/p>\n

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\na glory which will be revealed.
\nAnd we see that in verse six of <\/p>\n

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\nchapter one, that though your
\nfaith is tested by fire and may <\/p>\n

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\nbe found to praise, to honor and
\nglory when at the revelation of <\/p>\n

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\nJesus Christ.
\nAnd this is, in a nutshell, the <\/p>\n

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\nepistle of Peter, that while
\nencouraging us to live <\/p>\n

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\ncourageously for Christ, he
\nwants us to remember to reflect <\/p>\n

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\nthe character of Christ even in
\nthe face of our trials. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd so when we get to 1st Peter,
\nchapter 4, which Brother James <\/p>\n

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\nread verse 12, we have a better
\nunderstanding of what he means <\/p>\n

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\nwhen he says do not think.
\nIt’s strange concerning the <\/p>\n

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\nfiery trial, which is to try you
\nas though some strange thing <\/p>\n

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\nhappened to you, but rejoice as
\npartakers of the suffering of <\/p>\n

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\nChrist.
\nNow, if we do stand back from <\/p>\n

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\nthe epistle, we find an intense
\npracticality of what Peter, what<\/p>\n

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\nPeter is saying in regards to
\nsecurity and where to find it, <\/p>\n

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\nin regards to adversity and how
\nto deal with it, how to endure <\/p>\n

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\nit and in regards to anxiety and
\nhow to deal with it. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd the only way Peter says.
\nThe only way to overcome the <\/p>\n

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\nchallenges, the trials, that the
\nsufferings that we encounter is <\/p>\n

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\nto focus our attention on the
\nonly means by which our eternal <\/p>\n

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\nsecurity can be found.
\nBut, says Peter, there’s a <\/p>\n

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\ncatch.
\nTo do any of this, you first <\/p>\n

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\nmust understand what it means to
\nsubmit to submit. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd, and this might seem upside
\ndown to us in our thinking, To <\/p>\n

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\nthose of us who are perhaps
\nthink that the way to overcome <\/p>\n

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\nanything or who have been raised
\nto think that the way to <\/p>\n

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\novercome anything or live in a
\nculture which teaches you to <\/p>\n

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\nthink that the way to overcome
\nanything is to fight to submit, <\/p>\n

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\nis what he says, we must first
\nsubmit. <\/p>\n

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\nYou see what Peter is saying?
\nIs this how can we understand <\/p>\n

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\nour own suffering unless we
\nfirst understand how he suffered<\/p>\n

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\nthe Lord Jesus Christ and that
\nwhen He suffered he submitted to<\/p>\n

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\nHis Father’s will?
\nAnd so a key theme of Peter’s <\/p>\n

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\nepistle is submission.
\nWe see it until we learn to <\/p>\n

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\nsubmit.
\nHow can we never? <\/p>\n

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\nWe can never truly understand
\nwhat it means to suffer for <\/p>\n

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\nChrist until we learn to submit.
\nAnd so this is a challenging <\/p>\n

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\nlesson from the beginning of his
\nepistle to the end. <\/p>\n

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\nServants to masters, he says,
\nSubmit. <\/p>\n

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\nWives to husbands.
\nSubmit. <\/p>\n

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\nHusbands to wives, Submit
\nsubmission to one another, he <\/p>\n

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\nsays.
\nSo with all of that in mind, we <\/p>\n

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\ncome to Chapter 5 where the
\nexitation is is contained. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd so it is in chapter 5 that
\nPeter now reveals what our <\/p>\n

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\nspiritual focus should be upon,
\nwhat our spiritual gaze should <\/p>\n

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\nbe upon.
\nWhat is the confidence of our of<\/p>\n

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\nour hope?
\nWhat is it? <\/p>\n

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\nThe center at the core of our
\neternal security? <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s right here in chapter 5 and
\nhow we get it now. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s a beautiful little chapter,
\nso let’s read it again. <\/p>\n

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\nFirst, Peter, Chapter 5, The
\nElders, Who are among you. <\/p>\n

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\nI exhort I, who I’m a fellow
\nelder and a witness of the <\/p>\n

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\nsufferings of Christ.
\nAnd also a partaker of the glory<\/p>\n

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\nthat will be revealed, Shepherd,
\nthe flock of God, which is among<\/p>\n

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\nyou, serving as overseers, not
\nby compulsion, but willingly, <\/p>\n

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\nnot for dishonest gain, but
\neagerly, not as being Lords over<\/p>\n

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\nthose entrusted to you, but
\nbeing examples to the flock. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd when the Chief Shepherd
\nappears, you will receive the <\/p>\n

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\ncrown of glory that does not
\nfade away. <\/p>\n

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\nLikewise, you younger people,
\nsubmit yourselves to your <\/p>\n

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\nelders.
\nYes, all of you be submissive to<\/p>\n

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\none another and be clothed with
\nhumility. <\/p>\n

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\nFor God resists the proud, but
\ngives grace to the humble. <\/p>\n

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\nTherefore humble yourselves
\nunder the mighty hand of God, <\/p>\n

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\nthat he may exalt you in due
\ntime, casting all your care upon<\/p>\n

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\nhim, For He cares for you.
\nBe sober. <\/p>\n

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\nBe vigilant.
\nBecause your adversary, the <\/p>\n

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\ndevil, walks around like a
\nroaring lion, seeking whom he <\/p>\n

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\nmay devour, resist him steadfast
\nin the faith, knowing that the <\/p>\n

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\nsame sufferings are experienced
\nby your brotherhood in the <\/p>\n

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\nworld.
\nBut may the God of all grace, <\/p>\n

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\nwho called us to His eternal
\nglory by Christ Jesus after you,<\/p>\n

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\nhave suffered a while, perfect,
\nestablish, strengthen, and <\/p>\n

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\nsettle you to him be the glory
\nand the dominion forever and <\/p>\n

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\never.
\nAmen. <\/p>\n

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\nOK, So what I want to do is just
\nfirst of all make 4 observations<\/p>\n

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\nabout Peter’s opening statement
\nhere. <\/p>\n

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\nMost of them are in verse one,
\nPeter’s opening statement, SO4 <\/p>\n

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\nobservations.
\nAnd then I’m going to look at 4 <\/p>\n

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\nverbs that Peter uses to exhort
\nus, 4 verbs that he uses to <\/p>\n

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\nexhort us.
\nSo the first observation is <\/p>\n

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\nreally quick.
\nPeter isn’t giving an excitation<\/p>\n

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\nwhich he himself is exempt from.
\nPeter isn’t giving an excitation<\/p>\n

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\nwhich he himself is exempt from.
\nWhen Peter tells us that we <\/p>\n

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\nshould submit to one another, he
\nincludes himself, and he <\/p>\n

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\ndemonstrates that in verse one
\nbecause he doesn’t say, you know<\/p>\n

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\nyou need to stop and you need to
\nlisten to me because I’m Peter. <\/p>\n

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\nHe doesn’t say that.
\nHe doesn’t say you guys need to <\/p>\n

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\nlisten to my excitation because
\nI’m Peter because I was the <\/p>\n

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\nfirst to leap off the boat.
\nI was the first to race into the<\/p>\n

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\nempty tomb.
\nHe doesn’t say any of that. <\/p>\n

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\nHe says.
\nThe elders who are among you, I <\/p>\n

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\nexhort I, who am a fellow elder.
\nI am am a fellow elder, a Greek <\/p>\n

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\npreposition which implies a
\nunion. <\/p>\n

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\nA union, something that the
\nlexicon tells us means closer <\/p>\n

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\nthan just being physically among
\nor nearby, but implies it says a<\/p>\n

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\nproximity of companionship, even
\ncompleteness. <\/p>\n

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\nLet me say that again.
\nImplies A proximity of <\/p>\n

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\ncompanionship, even
\ncompleteness. <\/p>\n

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\nBrother Sisters, I I love that
\nbecause it articulates the joy <\/p>\n

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\nof true fellowship, doesn’t it?
\nIt is literally what we are <\/p>\n

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\nexperiencing right now, both
\nhere and on Zoom. <\/p>\n

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\nWe are experiencing A proximity.
\nSure, we’re physically close to <\/p>\n

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\none another, but what we’re
\nexperiencing is more than just <\/p>\n

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\nbeing next to or nearby.
\nOne another, there is a joy of <\/p>\n

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\ncompanionship, a joy of
\nfellowship, something we share <\/p>\n

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\nin common.
\nSecond, I want you to notice <\/p>\n

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\nthat the only credential that
\nPeter uses about himself is that<\/p>\n

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\nhe was witness to the suffering
\nof Christ. <\/p>\n

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\nNot the victories, not the
\nvictories, but the suffering of.<\/p>\n

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\nOf Christ the Christ had to
\nsuffer. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd I think that this is more
\nthan just a continuation of the <\/p>\n

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\ntheme from chapter 4, which we
\nhad just looked at earlier when <\/p>\n

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\nhe says rejoice as partakers of
\nthe suffering of Christ. <\/p>\n

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\nI think it’s more than that,
\nbecause I think that this was <\/p>\n

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\nalso an acknowledgement by Peter
\nof a lesson he had learned, a <\/p>\n

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\nlesson he had learned the hard
\nway. <\/p>\n

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\nWhy do I say that?
\nWell, do you remember when Jesus<\/p>\n

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\nhimself told the disciples that
\nvery same thing? <\/p>\n

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\nThat he had to suffer?
\nWhat was Peter’s response to <\/p>\n

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\nthat?
\nDo you remember? <\/p>\n

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\nWe’re told in Mark Eight that
\nPeter rebuked Jesus, a word that<\/p>\n

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\nimplies that he almost
\nphysically took him aside, and <\/p>\n

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\nhe might have said no, no, no,
\nLord, don’t say that. <\/p>\n

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\nWe won’t let that happen to you.
\nWhatever he said, he rebuked <\/p>\n

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\nJesus.
\nThat’s what Mark’s account says.<\/p>\n

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\nAnd then we’re told in Mark
\neight that Jesus rebuked Peter. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd the comment is specific, It
\nsays in front of all the <\/p>\n

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\ndisciples, Jesus rebuked Peter
\nand he said, get behind me <\/p>\n

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\nadversary, for you are not
\nmindful of the things of God, <\/p>\n

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\nbut of the things of men.
\nAnd the word rebuke is a strong <\/p>\n

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\nword.
\nUsed here by in Mark, eight of <\/p>\n

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\nJesus, and it’s only the Gospel
\nof Mark that uses it. <\/p>\n

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\nWhich is interesting to me
\nbecause Mark is considered to be<\/p>\n

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\nPeter’s gospel.
\nPeter’s observation, perhaps the<\/p>\n

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\nfirst gospel that was written,
\nPeter’s observation, Peter’s own<\/p>\n

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\nperspective.
\nIt’s as if Peter doesn’t want <\/p>\n

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\nMark to put lipstick on what
\nhappened. <\/p>\n

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\nHe wants everyone to know what
\nreally happened, that he was <\/p>\n

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\nwrong to take the Lord aside.
\nAnd Jesus was right to rebuke <\/p>\n

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\nhim, because the lesson Peter
\nhad learned, brothers and <\/p>\n

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\nsisters, was that the ministry
\nof Jesus, the ministry of Jesus <\/p>\n

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\nwasn’t about all the good bits,
\nthe lessons that he taught, the <\/p>\n

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\nmiracles he performed, the
\npeople he healed. <\/p>\n

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\nAlthough it was that too.
\nWhat Peter is saying is that he <\/p>\n

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\nhad been witness to the price
\nthat Jesus paid, the cost that <\/p>\n

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\nJesus paid for our salvation.
\nAnd that he was witness to his <\/p>\n

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\nsufferings.
\nBut it’s the rebuke of Jesus <\/p>\n

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\nwhich is also revealing.
\nFor it’s from this that I think <\/p>\n

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\nPeter actually learns another
\nlesson that he shares with us. <\/p>\n

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\nBecause Jesus reveals a critical
\ntruth about suffering and his <\/p>\n

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\ncomment and his rebuke to Jesus.
\nConsider what he says. <\/p>\n

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\nAgain, I’ll just read it to you.
\nGet behind me, for you are <\/p>\n

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\nmindful not of the things of
\nGod, but of the things of man. <\/p>\n

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\nLike us, you see, Peter’s
\nconcerns were in the present, <\/p>\n

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\nbut Jesus’s response was that
\nour concerns over present things<\/p>\n

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\nare just temporal.
\nThey last but a moment on the <\/p>\n

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\ndivine timeline, and as such
\nthey’re just things of men. <\/p>\n

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\nBut in comparison, says Jesus,
\nthe things of God now they last <\/p>\n

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\nforever, so worry about them.
\nAnd so in First Peter 5, Peter <\/p>\n

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\ndeclares that it is.
\nThe sufferings of Christ. <\/p>\n

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\nThat is central to the gospel
\nmessage that Jesus suffered for <\/p>\n

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\nour sakes and Peter was witness
\nto his sufferings. <\/p>\n

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\nThe third thing to notice is,
\nwell, observation. <\/p>\n

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\nThe third thing to notice is
\nwhat he says next Take a look at<\/p>\n

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\nverse one of chapter 5.
\nAgain I who am first a fellow <\/p>\n

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\nelder, second a witness of the
\nsufferings of Christ, and now he<\/p>\n

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\nis third, a partaker of the
\nglory that will be revealed. <\/p>\n

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\nAgain, I think that this was one
\nof Peter’s goals, to turn the <\/p>\n

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\nbeliever from those present
\ncircumstances and worries the <\/p>\n

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\nthings of men, and turn them
\ninstead to look at what is <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:07,900 –> 00:21:13,620
\neternal, the things of God, as
\nPeter says here to the glory of <\/p>\n

329
\n00:21:13,620 –> 00:21:17,700
\nGod, which is coming.
\nIt’s a beautiful picture to see <\/p>\n

330
\n00:21:18,340 –> 00:21:20,220
\nthat this is what Peter is
\ntrying to do. <\/p>\n

331
\n00:21:20,880 –> 00:21:24,400
\nHe’s acknowledging that we face
\nsuffering, that we have anxiety,<\/p>\n

332
\n00:21:24,400 –> 00:21:26,280
\nthat we have difficulties in
\ntrials. <\/p>\n

333
\n00:21:26,840 –> 00:21:30,040
\nBut he’s saying turn your gaze
\nfrom those things, which are the<\/p>\n

334
\n00:21:30,040 –> 00:21:32,280
\nthings of men.
\nThey last just a moment on the <\/p>\n

335
\n00:21:32,280 –> 00:21:37,200
\ndivine timeline and turn your
\nfocus instead to the things that<\/p>\n

336
\n00:21:37,200 –> 00:21:38,520
\nare eternal.
\nLet me just read to you. <\/p>\n

337
\n00:21:38,520 –> 00:21:40,800
\nI’m going to try this rather
\nthan you’re looking at it. <\/p>\n

338
\n00:21:40,800 –> 00:21:43,800
\nI’m just going to read this to
\nyou from first Peter One. <\/p>\n

339
\n00:21:43,800 –> 00:21:48,300
\nLet me What do you hear?
\nLet’s be the God and Father of <\/p>\n

340
\n00:21:48,300 –> 00:21:50,980
\nour Lord Jesus Christ, who,
\naccording to his abundant mercy,<\/p>\n

341
\n00:21:50,980 –> 00:21:55,900
\nhas begotten us again to a
\nliving hope through the <\/p>\n

342
\n00:21:55,900 –> 00:22:00,020
\nresurrection of Jesus Christ
\nfrom the dead to an inheritance,<\/p>\n

343
\n00:22:00,100 –> 00:22:05,120
\nincorruptible and undefiled,
\nthat does not fade away, <\/p>\n

344
\n00:22:05,480 –> 00:22:09,720
\nreserved in heaven for you who
\nare kept by the power of God <\/p>\n

345
\n00:22:09,720 –> 00:22:13,680
\nthrough faith of salvation,
\nready to be revealed in the last<\/p>\n

346
\n00:22:13,680 –> 00:22:17,160
\ntime.
\nIn this you greatly rejoice, <\/p>\n

347
\n00:22:17,160 –> 00:22:20,080
\nthough now for a little while if
\nneed be, you have been grieved <\/p>\n

348
\n00:22:20,080 –> 00:22:23,840
\nby various trials that the
\ngenuineness of your faith, being<\/p>\n

349
\n00:22:23,840 –> 00:22:26,480
\nmuch more precious than gold
\nthat perishes, though it is <\/p>\n

350
\n00:22:26,480 –> 00:22:31,080
\ntested by fire, may be found to
\npraise and honor and glory at <\/p>\n

351
\n00:22:31,080 –> 00:22:36,210
\nthe revelation of Jesus Christ,
\nwho, having not seen you love, <\/p>\n

352
\n00:22:36,890 –> 00:22:41,690
\nthough now you do not see him
\nyet believing you rejoice with <\/p>\n

353
\n00:22:41,690 –> 00:22:46,370
\njoy and expressible and full of
\nglory, receiving the end of your<\/p>\n

354
\n00:22:46,370 –> 00:22:49,770
\nfaith, the salvation of your
\nsouls. <\/p>\n

355
\n00:22:49,770 –> 00:22:53,690
\nDo you hear it?
\nWe hear in these opening words <\/p>\n

356
\n00:22:53,690 –> 00:22:57,650
\nof this letter, this epistle of
\nPeter, Peter trying to turn from<\/p>\n

357
\n00:22:57,650 –> 00:23:01,890
\nthe very opening versus turn our
\nattention away from the things <\/p>\n

358
\n00:23:01,890 –> 00:23:05,500
\nthat consumers turn our
\nattention from our present <\/p>\n

359
\n00:23:05,500 –> 00:23:11,660
\ncircumstances to a glorious
\nfuture that will be revealed, a <\/p>\n

360
\n00:23:11,660 –> 00:23:16,140
\nfuture which is promised, a
\nfuture which will come to pass. <\/p>\n

361
\n00:23:16,820 –> 00:23:19,620
\nAnd so at the end of his
\nepistle. <\/p>\n

362
\n00:23:19,620 –> 00:23:21,980
\nSo if that’s the beginning at
\nthe end of his epistle, This is <\/p>\n

363
\n00:23:21,980 –> 00:23:26,220
\nwhy Peter says I am a partaker
\nof the glory that will be <\/p>\n

364
\n00:23:26,220 –> 00:23:30,510
\nrevealed.
\nSo this then is the context and <\/p>\n

365
\n00:23:30,510 –> 00:23:32,750
\nthe framework for his excitation
\nor the excitation. <\/p>\n

366
\n00:23:32,750 –> 00:23:38,470
\nToday, no matter what we face
\nnow, there is an eternal glory <\/p>\n

367
\n00:23:38,470 –> 00:23:43,630
\nwhich is coming, The blessing of
\nGod’s eternal presence in the <\/p>\n

368
\n00:23:43,630 –> 00:23:46,710
\nKingdom.
\nAnd that regardless of what we <\/p>\n

369
\n00:23:46,710 –> 00:23:50,190
\nhave now or possessed now there
\nis an inheritance which will <\/p>\n

370
\n00:23:50,190 –> 00:23:54,070
\nnever fade away, never spoil,
\nnever perish. <\/p>\n

371
\n00:23:54,270 –> 00:23:57,150
\nA blessing which is guaranteed.
\nA blessing which will never <\/p>\n

372
\n00:23:57,150 –> 00:24:00,100
\nevaporate out of our hands.
\nUnlike everything from the <\/p>\n

373
\n00:24:00,100 –> 00:24:03,460
\nworld, it will never evaporate
\nout of your hands. <\/p>\n

374
\n00:24:03,980 –> 00:24:06,180
\nA blessing which will never lose
\nvalue. <\/p>\n

375
\n00:24:06,620 –> 00:24:13,380
\nIt is absolutely secure.
\nJust notice quickly before I <\/p>\n

376
\n00:24:13,380 –> 00:24:16,820
\nmove on.
\nIf you would notice the tenses <\/p>\n

377
\n00:24:16,820 –> 00:24:20,100
\nin that verse in verse one,
\nbecause we might see something <\/p>\n

378
\n00:24:20,100 –> 00:24:22,140
\nelse.
\nWhat does Peter say? <\/p>\n

379
\n00:24:22,140 –> 00:24:26,340
\nAgain, I was a witness to the
\nsufferings of Christ. <\/p>\n

380
\n00:24:27,360 –> 00:24:33,760
\nI am a fellow elder with you in
\nChrist, and I will be a partaker<\/p>\n

381
\n00:24:34,240 –> 00:24:37,920
\nof the coming glory of Christ.
\nIt’s as if Peter counts his <\/p>\n

382
\n00:24:37,920 –> 00:24:41,360
\nexperience with Christ as the
\nbeginning, the middle, and the <\/p>\n

383
\n00:24:41,480 –> 00:24:45,240
\nend of his discipleship.
\nThat Jesus is his past, Jesus is<\/p>\n

384
\n00:24:45,240 –> 00:24:47,760
\nhis present, and Jesus is his
\nfuture. <\/p>\n

385
\n00:24:48,320 –> 00:24:52,880
\nEverything he claims to now be.
\nEverything he claims to have <\/p>\n

386
\n00:24:52,880 –> 00:24:55,040
\nbeen in the past.
\nEverything he claims to have in <\/p>\n

387
\n00:24:55,040 –> 00:25:00,660
\nthe future is in Christ, and
\neverything about himself is then<\/p>\n

388
\n00:25:00,660 –> 00:25:02,420
\npushed aside, brothers and
\nsisters. <\/p>\n

389
\n00:25:02,420 –> 00:25:05,340
\nIf that isn’t submission to
\nChrist, I don’t know what is. <\/p>\n

390
\n00:25:07,300 –> 00:25:11,940
\nEverything he claims to now be,
\neverything he claims to to to <\/p>\n

391
\n00:25:11,940 –> 00:25:15,020
\nhave had, and everything he
\nclaims that he will have is in <\/p>\n

392
\n00:25:15,020 –> 00:25:18,740
\nChrist.
\nJesus is his past, his present <\/p>\n

393
\n00:25:19,300 –> 00:25:21,460
\nand his future.
\nCan we say that about ourselves?<\/p>\n

394
\n00:25:23,230 –> 00:25:27,750
\nCan I say that my life before I
\nknew Christ was nothing, that my<\/p>\n

395
\n00:25:27,750 –> 00:25:30,270
\nlife only really truly began
\nwhen I heard the gospel of <\/p>\n

396
\n00:25:30,270 –> 00:25:33,070
\nChrist and understood that he
\nsuffered from my sins? <\/p>\n

397
\n00:25:33,070 –> 00:25:36,270
\nCan I say that?
\nCan I say that the only thing <\/p>\n

398
\n00:25:36,270 –> 00:25:39,950
\nthat counts now is true
\nfellowship in Christ with him, <\/p>\n

399
\n00:25:39,950 –> 00:25:46,790
\nwith you, with the Lord, is the
\none thing I value most on life’s<\/p>\n

400
\n00:25:46,790 –> 00:25:50,150
\njourney to see the glory of
\nChrist in the Kingdom? <\/p>\n

401
\n00:25:52,210 –> 00:25:57,450
\nBecause if I can’t say no to
\nmyself and yes to Christ and <\/p>\n

402
\n00:25:57,450 –> 00:26:00,210
\neach aspect of my life, past,
\npresent, and future. <\/p>\n

403
\n00:26:01,250 –> 00:26:04,370
\nIf I’m more proud of my
\ncredentials than my past <\/p>\n

404
\n00:26:04,370 –> 00:26:06,730
\naccomplishment and my past
\naccomplishments, than in the <\/p>\n

405
\n00:26:06,730 –> 00:26:10,890
\naccomplishments of Christ.
\nIf I am more proud of my current<\/p>\n

406
\n00:26:10,890 –> 00:26:16,330
\nstatus or position or job or
\ntitle, my income, my reputation,<\/p>\n

407
\n00:26:16,530 –> 00:26:20,820
\nthan my fellowship in Christ, if
\nI am thinking more about my <\/p>\n

408
\n00:26:20,820 –> 00:26:25,300
\nlegacy or what I want for me or
\nmy family than what I can do for<\/p>\n

409
\n00:26:25,300 –> 00:26:29,940
\nChrist, then perhaps I need to
\ngo away and reflect a little bit<\/p>\n

410
\n00:26:29,940 –> 00:26:32,020
\nmore deeply upon the sufferings
\nof Christ. <\/p>\n

411
\n00:26:36,540 –> 00:26:39,660
\nNow, the 4th observation is not
\nin verse one, and it’s perhaps <\/p>\n

412
\n00:26:39,660 –> 00:26:43,380
\nmore of a speculation.
\nIt’s about the inspiration for <\/p>\n

413
\n00:26:43,380 –> 00:26:47,400
\nthis epistle or some of the
\ncontents of what Peter says, the<\/p>\n

414
\n00:26:47,400 –> 00:26:50,000
\ninspiration for Peter because
\nthere’s a phrase Peter used <\/p>\n

415
\n00:26:50,000 –> 00:26:52,040
\nwhich kind of jumped out when I
\nwas looking at it. <\/p>\n

416
\n00:26:52,400 –> 00:26:55,240
\nAnd it’s a phrase which links
\nPeter back to one man in <\/p>\n

417
\n00:26:55,240 –> 00:26:58,760
\nparticular and one book in
\nparticular. <\/p>\n

418
\n00:26:59,760 –> 00:27:02,480
\nAnd I think it’s the background
\nto that book which gives some <\/p>\n

419
\n00:27:02,480 –> 00:27:05,400
\nparallel, some insight into what
\nPeter may have been thinking <\/p>\n

420
\n00:27:05,400 –> 00:27:07,000
\nabout as he was writing his
\nepistle. <\/p>\n

421
\n00:27:07,280 –> 00:27:09,640
\nAnd the phrase is found in verse
\nsix of chapter five. <\/p>\n

422
\n00:27:10,000 –> 00:27:14,680
\nHe says, therefore humble
\nyourselves under the mighty hand<\/p>\n

423
\n00:27:14,680 –> 00:27:18,920
\nof God.
\nNow there’s 15 places where the <\/p>\n

424
\n00:27:18,920 –> 00:27:22,880
\nmighty hand of God appears.
\nAll of them are in the Old <\/p>\n

425
\n00:27:22,880 –> 00:27:28,600
\nTestament. 12 of them describe
\none and the same thing, and nine<\/p>\n

426
\n00:27:28,600 –> 00:27:32,920
\nof them are found in one book.
\nSo what is the book? <\/p>\n

427
\n00:27:34,560 –> 00:27:37,800
\nIt’s Deuteronomy.
\nAnd so if it’s Deuteronomy, then<\/p>\n

428
\n00:27:37,800 –> 00:27:40,520
\nwho is the person?
\nIt’s Moses. <\/p>\n

429
\n00:27:41,760 –> 00:27:43,920
\nAnd So what are the
\ncircumstances of Deuteronomy <\/p>\n

430
\n00:27:44,120 –> 00:27:46,720
\nthat might be a parallel to what
\nPeter is dealing with? <\/p>\n

431
\n00:27:47,320 –> 00:27:49,880
\nWell, we discover that
\nDeuteronomy is a testimony, if <\/p>\n

432
\n00:27:49,880 –> 00:27:55,720
\nyou like, of Moses before he
\ndies, you, if you want to turn <\/p>\n

433
\n00:27:55,720 –> 00:27:58,840
\nto Deuteronomy chapter 3, do so.
\nDeuteronomy chapter 3. <\/p>\n

434
\n00:27:58,840 –> 00:28:00,720
\nWe’re going to look at verse 23
\nand 25. <\/p>\n

435
\n00:28:00,720 –> 00:28:03,680
\nBut you know, Moses at this
\npoint, at the beginning of <\/p>\n

436
\n00:28:03,680 –> 00:28:06,000
\nDeuteronomy, he already knows
\nthat he’s not going to enter <\/p>\n

437
\n00:28:06,000 –> 00:28:08,840
\nthem to the land, the promised
\nLand, at the very beginning of <\/p>\n

438
\n00:28:08,840 –> 00:28:11,830
\nDeuteronomy.
\nHe already knows this, so he’s <\/p>\n

439
\n00:28:11,830 –> 00:28:17,430
\nreflecting, he’s looking back
\nand and the reason why he’s not <\/p>\n

440
\n00:28:17,430 –> 00:28:19,870
\nentering the Promised Land is
\nbecause he’d been rebuked by the<\/p>\n

441
\n00:28:19,870 –> 00:28:22,310
\nLord for striking the rock,
\nhadn’t he? <\/p>\n

442
\n00:28:22,350 –> 00:28:26,510
\nSo Deuteronomy begins with Moses
\npleading to God, please let me <\/p>\n

443
\n00:28:26,510 –> 00:28:30,190
\ncross the river Jordan into the
\nPromised Land, verse 23 to 25 of<\/p>\n

444
\n00:28:30,190 –> 00:28:32,350
\nchapter 3.
\nThen I pleaded with the Lord at <\/p>\n

445
\n00:28:32,350 –> 00:28:35,830
\nthat time, saying, oh, Lord God,
\nyou have begun to show your <\/p>\n

446
\n00:28:35,830 –> 00:28:38,910
\nservant your greatness and your
\nmighty hand. <\/p>\n

447
\n00:28:39,920 –> 00:28:43,080
\nBut what God is there in heaven
\nor on earth, who can do anything<\/p>\n

448
\n00:28:43,080 –> 00:28:45,000
\nlike your works and your mighty
\ndeeds? <\/p>\n

449
\n00:28:45,400 –> 00:28:48,760
\nI pray, let me cross over and
\nsee the good land beyond the <\/p>\n

450
\n00:28:48,760 –> 00:28:51,560
\nJordan, those pleasant mountains
\nin Lebanon. <\/p>\n

451
\n00:28:52,000 –> 00:28:54,520
\nHe’s pleading with God, Let me
\npass over the river. <\/p>\n

452
\n00:28:56,520 –> 00:28:59,440
\nAnd so here in Deuteronomy 3 is
\nthe first occurrence of this <\/p>\n

453
\n00:28:59,440 –> 00:29:04,960
\nphrase, the mighty hand of God.
\nAnd and after this, it appears <\/p>\n

454
\n00:29:05,000 –> 00:29:11,630
\neight more times in Deuteronomy
\nby Moses, eight more references <\/p>\n

455
\n00:29:11,630 –> 00:29:14,910
\nto the mighty hand of God.
\nAnd they’re all about the same <\/p>\n

456
\n00:29:14,910 –> 00:29:17,350
\nthing.
\nAnd they’re all along the lines <\/p>\n

457
\n00:29:17,350 –> 00:29:20,630
\nof this.
\nThe Lord brought us out of Egypt<\/p>\n

458
\n00:29:21,070 –> 00:29:24,110
\nwith a mighty hand and an
\noutstretched arm. <\/p>\n

459
\n00:29:24,110 –> 00:29:27,590
\nIn other words, the context of
\nthis phrase, this statement, the<\/p>\n

460
\n00:29:27,590 –> 00:29:31,470
\nmighty hand of God.
\nThe context is that God is our <\/p>\n

461
\n00:29:31,470 –> 00:29:34,790
\ndeliverer.
\nWith a mighty hand and an <\/p>\n

462
\n00:29:34,790 –> 00:29:36,950
\noutstretched arm, he delivered
\nus. <\/p>\n

463
\n00:29:38,820 –> 00:29:41,620
\nGod is our deliverer.
\nWell, So what? <\/p>\n

464
\n00:29:42,820 –> 00:29:44,300
\nNice little Bible study.
\nSo what? <\/p>\n

465
\n00:29:44,300 –> 00:29:45,820
\nWhat does that have to do with
\nPeter? <\/p>\n

466
\n00:29:46,460 –> 00:29:49,980
\nWell, what better example or
\nparallel could there be for <\/p>\n

467
\n00:29:49,980 –> 00:29:53,260
\nPeter at the end of his journey
\nthan Moses at the end of his? <\/p>\n

468
\n00:29:54,460 –> 00:29:58,740
\nBoth were divinely appointed
\nleaders of the children of God. <\/p>\n

469
\n00:29:58,740 –> 00:30:01,780
\nMoses was shepherding the flock
\nof the new nation out of Egypt, <\/p>\n

470
\n00:30:02,060 –> 00:30:05,620
\nappointed by God himself,
\ndealing with the challenges of <\/p>\n

471
\n00:30:05,620 –> 00:30:09,340
\npersecution from without and
\nchallenges from within, yet all <\/p>\n

472
\n00:30:09,340 –> 00:30:13,660
\nthe time believing that the Lord
\nwould deliver His people with a <\/p>\n

473
\n00:30:13,660 –> 00:30:15,420
\nmighty hand and an outstretched
\narm. <\/p>\n

474
\n00:30:15,420 –> 00:30:17,380
\nAnd and we have in the New
\nTestament, we have Peter <\/p>\n

475
\n00:30:18,180 –> 00:30:21,540
\nshepherding the flock of the new
\nchurch, appointed by Jesus <\/p>\n

476
\n00:30:21,540 –> 00:30:27,300
\nChrist himself to tend the sheep
\nand feed His lambs, dealing with<\/p>\n

477
\n00:30:27,300 –> 00:30:30,820
\nthe challenges of persecution
\nfrom without and challenges from<\/p>\n

478
\n00:30:30,820 –> 00:30:34,540
\nwithin, yet all the time
\nbelieving that the Lord would <\/p>\n

479
\n00:30:34,540 –> 00:30:38,700
\ndeliver His people.
\nAnd So what we have here is <\/p>\n

480
\n00:30:38,700 –> 00:30:41,940
\nPeter at the end of his journey,
\nnow writing to encourage all of <\/p>\n

481
\n00:30:41,940 –> 00:30:45,340
\nus, all of the believers on
\ntheir journey with this <\/p>\n

482
\n00:30:45,340 –> 00:30:49,060
\nexcitation, that there is this
\nfuture glory that is coming when<\/p>\n

483
\n00:30:49,060 –> 00:30:52,620
\nthe Lord will deliver His people
\nwith a mighty hand and an <\/p>\n

484
\n00:30:52,620 –> 00:30:56,900
\noutstretched arm.
\nAnd so the lesson from Peter, <\/p>\n

485
\n00:30:56,900 –> 00:30:58,580
\nand perhaps from Moses 2 is
\nthis. <\/p>\n

486
\n00:30:58,860 –> 00:31:08,340
\nIf you want God to deliver you,
\nyou must submit under God’s <\/p>\n

487
\n00:31:08,860 –> 00:31:15,380
\nmighty hand.
\nAnd submit means losing sight of<\/p>\n

488
\n00:31:15,380 –> 00:31:21,420
\neverything about ourselves and
\nfocus instead upon him, upon the<\/p>\n

489
\n00:31:21,420 –> 00:31:27,430
\nfulfillment of his plan, his
\npurpose, just as the Lord Jesus <\/p>\n

490
\n00:31:27,430 –> 00:31:31,550
\ndid.
\nNow this is all great. <\/p>\n

491
\n00:31:32,030 –> 00:31:34,630
\nThis is the theme of Peter’s
\nexcitation. <\/p>\n

492
\n00:31:35,270 –> 00:31:37,230
\nBut we still actually haven’t
\nreached the core of it. <\/p>\n

493
\n00:31:37,430 –> 00:31:40,790
\nWe haven’t reached the center of
\nour Christian security. <\/p>\n

494
\n00:31:40,790 –> 00:31:43,510
\nBecause doing those things, what
\nI mean by doing those things, <\/p>\n

495
\n00:31:43,790 –> 00:31:46,550
\nsubmitting yourself, humbling
\nyourself, these are all actually<\/p>\n

496
\n00:31:46,550 –> 00:31:50,630
\njust actions on our part.
\nThey don’t of themselves. <\/p>\n

497
\n00:31:50,630 –> 00:31:53,550
\nThey can’t actually of
\nthemselves save us, can they? <\/p>\n

498
\n00:31:54,780 –> 00:32:01,340
\nBut Peter does tell us what can
\nand what does save us, and when <\/p>\n

499
\n00:32:01,340 –> 00:32:03,780
\nwe see it, we realize He’s
\nmentioned it in chapter one, <\/p>\n

500
\n00:32:03,780 –> 00:32:07,900
\nchapter three, chapter 4, and
\nnow in chapter 5, Peter says in <\/p>\n

501
\n00:32:07,900 –> 00:32:14,700
\nverse 5 for God gives grace to
\nthe humble. <\/p>\n

502
\n00:32:15,460 –> 00:32:19,540
\nIn other words, despite all of
\nthe things that we can try to do<\/p>\n

503
\n00:32:19,540 –> 00:32:24,310
\nfor ourselves to make ourselves
\nsecure, buying it, working it, <\/p>\n

504
\n00:32:24,310 –> 00:32:27,230
\nwhatever it is to try to make
\nourselves secure, it is <\/p>\n

505
\n00:32:27,230 –> 00:32:31,270
\nultimately what we cannot do,
\nthat we so desperately need <\/p>\n

506
\n00:32:32,390 –> 00:32:34,190
\nsomething.
\nWe need God to come in and <\/p>\n

507
\n00:32:34,190 –> 00:32:40,350
\nprovide for us His grace, for it
\nis God’s grace which is at the <\/p>\n

508
\n00:32:40,350 –> 00:32:43,030
\nvery core and center of our
\nspiritual security. <\/p>\n

509
\n00:32:43,030 –> 00:32:48,360
\nIt is grace which flows from the
\nvery character, the very center <\/p>\n

510
\n00:32:48,360 –> 00:32:50,160
\nof the character of our Heavenly
\nFather. <\/p>\n

511
\n00:32:50,360 –> 00:32:55,320
\nIt emerges like if you will, it
\nemerges out from who He is. <\/p>\n

512
\n00:32:56,200 –> 00:33:00,040
\nGrace when out of His loving
\nkindness, He grants to us what <\/p>\n

513
\n00:33:00,040 –> 00:33:02,960
\nwe do not deserve.
\nWhen we deserve judgment, He <\/p>\n

514
\n00:33:02,960 –> 00:33:05,680
\ngrants us mercy.
\nWhen we deserve condemnation, He<\/p>\n

515
\n00:33:05,680 –> 00:33:09,800
\ngrants us forgiveness.
\nWhen we deserve death, he grants<\/p>\n

516
\n00:33:09,800 –> 00:33:15,530
\nto us life.
\nThe center, the core of our <\/p>\n

517
\n00:33:15,530 –> 00:33:19,730
\neternal security is grace, the
\ngrace of God. <\/p>\n

518
\n00:33:21,130 –> 00:33:23,370
\nPeter himself has been touched
\nby grace, hasn’t he? <\/p>\n

519
\n00:33:24,050 –> 00:33:25,730
\nHe’s seen it in the Lord Jesus
\nChrist. <\/p>\n

520
\n00:33:25,730 –> 00:33:28,250
\nHe’s experienced it, He’s seen
\nit, He’s felt it, He’s known it.<\/p>\n

521
\n00:33:29,850 –> 00:33:33,050
\nAnd now he has an excitation for
\nus about what the God of all <\/p>\n

522
\n00:33:33,050 –> 00:33:36,010
\ngrace can do in verse 10.
\nThe excitation. <\/p>\n

523
\n00:33:36,010 –> 00:33:39,730
\nWhat the about what the God of
\nall grace can do in the life of <\/p>\n

524
\n00:33:39,810 –> 00:33:42,770
\nall believers, everywhere in the
\nlife of any believer, anywhere, <\/p>\n

525
\n00:33:42,770 –> 00:33:48,320
\nactually, even if that believer
\nis enduring trials and <\/p>\n

526
\n00:33:48,320 –> 00:33:55,000
\nsuffering, perhaps in spite of,
\nor perhaps especially for the <\/p>\n

527
\n00:33:55,000 –> 00:33:57,320
\nbeliever who is enduring trials
\nand suffering. <\/p>\n

528
\n00:33:58,120 –> 00:34:00,160
\nSo we come to verse 10 of
\nchapter 5. <\/p>\n

529
\n00:34:01,640 –> 00:34:05,280
\nBut may the God of all grace who
\ncalled us to his eternal glory <\/p>\n

530
\n00:34:05,280 –> 00:34:09,880
\nby Christ Jesus, after you have
\nsuffered a while, perfect. <\/p>\n

531
\n00:34:10,440 –> 00:34:15,150
\nEstablish, strengthen, and
\nsettle you to him. <\/p>\n

532
\n00:34:15,150 –> 00:34:17,270
\nBe the glory and dominion
\nforever and ever. <\/p>\n

533
\n00:34:18,030 –> 00:34:21,110
\nAmen.
\nIn other words, Peter is saying,<\/p>\n

534
\n00:34:22,510 –> 00:34:25,270
\nsubmit yourself under the mighty
\nhand of God. <\/p>\n

535
\n00:34:25,270 –> 00:34:29,550
\nMove aside, get out the way,
\nsubmit yourself under the mighty<\/p>\n

536
\n00:34:29,550 –> 00:34:35,710
\nhand of God, and let the God of
\nall grace step in, for he cares <\/p>\n

537
\n00:34:35,710 –> 00:34:38,550
\nfor you.
\nSo what is it? <\/p>\n

538
\n00:34:38,550 –> 00:34:41,710
\nWhat are the four verbs that
\nPeter says the God of all grace <\/p>\n

539
\n00:34:41,710 –> 00:34:45,270
\ncan do?
\nWell, I hope that these four <\/p>\n

540
\n00:34:45,270 –> 00:34:49,190
\nthings will exhort and encourage
\nyou today, verse 10. <\/p>\n

541
\n00:34:49,190 –> 00:34:52,310
\nAgain new King James.
\nBut may the God of all grace who<\/p>\n

542
\n00:34:52,310 –> 00:34:54,870
\ncalled you all called us to his
\neternal glory. <\/p>\n

543
\n00:34:55,870 –> 00:34:58,430
\nBy Jesus Christ, after you have
\nsuffered a while, perfect <\/p>\n

544
\n00:34:58,670 –> 00:35:00,750
\nestablish, strengthen, and
\nsettle you. <\/p>\n

545
\n00:35:00,750 –> 00:35:04,310
\nIf you’re reading it in the NIV
\nit will say God will himself <\/p>\n

546
\n00:35:04,630 –> 00:35:10,510
\nrestore you, make you strong,
\nfirm and steadfast. <\/p>\n

547
\n00:35:11,850 –> 00:35:15,250
\nSo first then Peter says the God
\nof all grace will perfect you. <\/p>\n

548
\n00:35:15,850 –> 00:35:20,490
\nOr in the NIV restore and in the
\nGreek this is 2 words combined <\/p>\n

549
\n00:35:20,490 –> 00:35:24,570
\ntogether, cata, tizzo, cata
\nwhich means to join and arteos <\/p>\n

550
\n00:35:24,570 –> 00:35:27,890
\nwhich means fresh, in other
\nwords to join afresh, to rejoin,<\/p>\n

551
\n00:35:28,610 –> 00:35:32,570
\nto join afresh, to refresh by by
\nby implication to complete. <\/p>\n

552
\n00:35:33,850 –> 00:35:36,970
\nIt’s a word that’s used about
\ntaking something that’s broken <\/p>\n

553
\n00:35:38,010 –> 00:35:42,250
\nand making it whole.
\nFor example, in Mark Four, it’s <\/p>\n

554
\n00:35:42,250 –> 00:35:46,970
\nused to describe the disciples
\nwho were mending the Nets. <\/p>\n

555
\n00:35:47,730 –> 00:35:50,050
\nThey were mending their Nets,
\nthey were taking the Nets, which<\/p>\n

556
\n00:35:50,050 –> 00:35:53,730
\nwere tangled and broken, and
\nthey were fixing them so that <\/p>\n

557
\n00:35:53,730 –> 00:35:59,090
\nthey could catch fish again.
\nIt’s a word that would be used <\/p>\n

558
\n00:35:59,090 –> 00:36:05,290
\nif a doctor was to reset a
\nbroken bone with care just and <\/p>\n

559
\n00:36:05,290 –> 00:36:08,350
\njust consider that definition
\nfor those of us who are in <\/p>\n

560
\n00:36:08,470 –> 00:36:11,270
\npositions where we sometimes
\ncome across these situations. <\/p>\n

561
\n00:36:11,270 –> 00:36:14,510
\nIn Galatians 6 verse one, the
\ncontext is somebody who’s <\/p>\n

562
\n00:36:14,510 –> 00:36:16,910
\novertaken by sin.
\nListen to the words that he <\/p>\n

563
\n00:36:16,910 –> 00:36:19,710
\nuses.
\nBrethren, if a man is overtaken <\/p>\n

564
\n00:36:19,710 –> 00:36:24,030
\nin any trespass, you who are
\nspiritual and here’s the word <\/p>\n

565
\n00:36:24,590 –> 00:36:29,910
\nrestore, such an one in a spirit
\nof gentleness. <\/p>\n

566
\n00:36:31,350 –> 00:36:36,160
\nRestore, reset, repair with
\ncare, with gentleness, the bone <\/p>\n

567
\n00:36:36,160 –> 00:36:38,000
\nthat is broken, the one who is
\nsinned. <\/p>\n

568
\n00:36:38,840 –> 00:36:42,480
\nAnd it’s also a word that’s used
\nto describe a ship damaged by <\/p>\n

569
\n00:36:42,480 –> 00:36:45,280
\nthe rough seas and the wind
\nbeing brought back to harbor, <\/p>\n

570
\n00:36:45,800 –> 00:36:48,520
\nthat it might be repaired.
\nBrothers and sisters, which of <\/p>\n

571
\n00:36:48,520 –> 00:36:53,240
\nus does not feel the need to be
\nrepaired or restored? <\/p>\n

572
\n00:36:54,080 –> 00:36:56,920
\nThat we might set sail on the
\nrough seas of life again? <\/p>\n

573
\n00:36:58,520 –> 00:37:02,330
\nAnd I want you to notice as
\nwell, especially in the NIV, it <\/p>\n

574
\n00:37:02,330 –> 00:37:07,050
\nsays, Peter says that the God of
\nall grace will himself do it. <\/p>\n

575
\n00:37:07,050 –> 00:37:09,890
\nIn other words, the person who
\ncomes to God, damaged and broken<\/p>\n

576
\n00:37:09,890 –> 00:37:13,170
\nand in need of restoration and
\nrepair, will not be repaired by <\/p>\n

577
\n00:37:13,330 –> 00:37:19,130
\nanyone other than by the tender
\ncare of the Creator himself. <\/p>\n

578
\n00:37:21,570 –> 00:37:24,690
\nAnd so the excitation that Peter
\nhas for us is that the God of <\/p>\n

579
\n00:37:24,690 –> 00:37:28,370
\nall, grace, is in the business
\nof putting you back together <\/p>\n

580
\n00:37:28,370 –> 00:37:33,880
\nagain.
\nThe 2nd verb Peter uses is the <\/p>\n

581
\n00:37:33,880 –> 00:37:37,160
\nword establish.
\nAgain, two Greek words combined,<\/p>\n

582
\n00:37:37,160 –> 00:37:40,840
\none which means to stand and the
\nother which means stable. <\/p>\n

583
\n00:37:40,840 –> 00:37:45,520
\nTo stand stable, the lexicon
\nactually says it’s to set fast, <\/p>\n

584
\n00:37:45,520 –> 00:37:48,120
\nto fasten, to fix, which they
\nwould usually do with like a <\/p>\n

585
\n00:37:48,120 –> 00:37:51,400
\nnail or something or a prop.
\nIt’s the picture of nailing <\/p>\n

586
\n00:37:51,400 –> 00:37:54,920
\nsomething in place so that it
\ndoesn’t fall over or props or <\/p>\n

587
\n00:37:54,920 –> 00:37:57,480
\nsupports to stop something from
\ntipping over. <\/p>\n

588
\n00:37:58,560 –> 00:38:03,680
\nIn other words, Peter is saying
\nthat God himself can establish <\/p>\n

589
\n00:38:03,680 –> 00:38:07,560
\nus, set us, make us strong, the
\nNIV, so that we don’t fall over.<\/p>\n

590
\n00:38:08,720 –> 00:38:11,160
\nIt’s not about you, It’s not
\nabout what other people can do. <\/p>\n

591
\n00:38:11,160 –> 00:38:13,840
\nIt’s not about all of those
\nsupport services around you. <\/p>\n

592
\n00:38:13,840 –> 00:38:18,560
\nGod will be the one who can help
\nyou so you don’t fall over. <\/p>\n

593
\n00:38:19,560 –> 00:38:24,000
\nSo if you’ve ever felt like your
\nfaith was toppling, then this <\/p>\n

594
\n00:38:24,000 –> 00:38:26,840
\nword, this verb, should be of
\ngreat encouragement to you. <\/p>\n

595
\n00:38:26,840 –> 00:38:32,160
\nFor you can have the confidence
\nthat your weakness is more than <\/p>\n

596
\n00:38:32,160 –> 00:38:37,400
\ncompensated for by his strength.
\nAnd notice again here, Peter <\/p>\n

597
\n00:38:37,400 –> 00:38:39,960
\ndoesn’t say he’s the God of some
\ngrace. <\/p>\n

598
\n00:38:41,320 –> 00:38:44,360
\nHe says he’s the God of all
\ngrace. <\/p>\n

599
\n00:38:46,120 –> 00:38:50,800
\nIn other words, all aspects of
\nyour life, all aspects of human <\/p>\n

600
\n00:38:50,800 –> 00:38:54,120
\nneed, are more than solved by
\nthe grace of God. <\/p>\n

601
\n00:38:54,120 –> 00:38:57,520
\nThere’s not one of us who has a
\nburden which is too heavy for <\/p>\n

602
\n00:38:57,520 –> 00:38:59,640
\nthe Lord to carry.
\nThere’s not one of us who has a <\/p>\n

603
\n00:38:59,640 –> 00:39:02,440
\nneed which is too great for the
\nLord to be able to solve. <\/p>\n

604
\n00:39:02,640 –> 00:39:04,320
\nHe can prevail in every
\nsituation. <\/p>\n

605
\n00:39:04,320 –> 00:39:08,680
\nHe can meet every need.
\nThere is no extent of suffering <\/p>\n

606
\n00:39:08,680 –> 00:39:12,080
\nthat can exhaust His supply.
\nYes, there’s God of all grace <\/p>\n

607
\n00:39:12,800 –> 00:39:15,600
\nwho has called you to be his,
\neven though in the midst of <\/p>\n

608
\n00:39:15,600 –> 00:39:19,400
\nsuffering you may find yourself
\nfalling. <\/p>\n

609
\n00:39:21,040 –> 00:39:24,080
\nHe is the one who can make you
\nstrong. <\/p>\n

610
\n00:39:26,400 –> 00:39:28,720
\nAnd it’s a word that Peter was
\nintimately familiar with, too, <\/p>\n

611
\n00:39:28,720 –> 00:39:32,200
\nbecause Jesus actually uses it
\nto Peter about a job you wanted <\/p>\n

612
\n00:39:32,200 –> 00:39:36,120
\nPeter to do.
\nHe says Simon, Simon, I have <\/p>\n

613
\n00:39:36,120 –> 00:39:38,160
\nprayed for you that your faith
\nshould not fail. <\/p>\n

614
\n00:39:38,160 –> 00:39:42,680
\nAnd when you have returned to me
\nis the word strengthen your <\/p>\n

615
\n00:39:42,680 –> 00:39:44,080
\nbrethren.
\nThat’s this word. <\/p>\n

616
\n00:39:44,480 –> 00:39:46,240
\nStrengthen your brethren.
\nProp them up. <\/p>\n

617
\n00:39:47,310 –> 00:39:50,550
\nPerhaps some insight that what
\nJesus saw in Peter was this <\/p>\n

618
\n00:39:50,550 –> 00:39:53,270
\nability to come alongside and
\nsupport. <\/p>\n

619
\n00:39:53,870 –> 00:39:56,790
\nProp somebody up so that they
\nwouldn’t fall over. <\/p>\n

620
\n00:39:57,150 –> 00:40:00,550
\nProp them up from time to time
\nand at the end of the day that <\/p>\n

621
\n00:40:00,550 –> 00:40:04,350
\nthough Peter wants all believers
\neverywhere to know that while we<\/p>\n

622
\n00:40:04,350 –> 00:40:07,310
\nmay be able to do that for one
\nanother from time to time, <\/p>\n

623
\n00:40:07,310 –> 00:40:10,590
\ncoming in and propping one
\nanother up at the end of the <\/p>\n

624
\n00:40:10,590 –> 00:40:16,110
\nday, it is ultimately the God of
\nall, grace himself. <\/p>\n

625
\n00:40:17,340 –> 00:40:20,740
\nWho can truly do this in your
\nlife and in mine? <\/p>\n

626
\n00:40:23,860 –> 00:40:28,740
\nThe third verb is to strengthen.
\nThis word is different from the <\/p>\n

627
\n00:40:28,740 –> 00:40:31,300
\nother one we just looked at,
\nwhich was also to strengthen. <\/p>\n

628
\n00:40:31,300 –> 00:40:33,580
\nThink about that other one as
\nbeing strengthening from the <\/p>\n

629
\n00:40:33,620 –> 00:40:36,260
\noutside.
\nThis one is an inner strength, <\/p>\n

630
\n00:40:36,260 –> 00:40:39,580
\nthe strength that prevents you
\nfrom collapsing as a result of a<\/p>\n

631
\n00:40:39,580 –> 00:40:43,300
\nweakness from with inside.
\nAnd so maybe think here of your <\/p>\n

632
\n00:40:43,300 –> 00:40:46,570
\ncore muscles.
\nIn fact, the lexicon does you <\/p>\n

633
\n00:40:46,570 –> 00:40:50,450
\nthe use the words it says.
\nThe words imply bodily vigor. <\/p>\n

634
\n00:40:52,810 –> 00:40:56,330
\nPeter is saying not only are we
\nstabilized externally by God, <\/p>\n

635
\n00:40:57,330 –> 00:41:03,130
\nbut God can also strengthen us
\ninwardly too, to prevent us from<\/p>\n

636
\n00:41:03,130 –> 00:41:06,730
\ncollapsing.
\nIn other words, those of us who <\/p>\n

637
\n00:41:06,730 –> 00:41:10,090
\nare feeling weak, or when we
\nfeel weak because we all feel <\/p>\n

638
\n00:41:10,090 –> 00:41:12,780
\nweak from time to time for
\nwhatever reason, whether it’s <\/p>\n

639
\n00:41:12,780 –> 00:41:16,540
\ntrials or tribulation or health
\nor age or poverty or <\/p>\n

640
\n00:41:16,540 –> 00:41:20,020
\ncircumstance, whatever reason,
\nwe are feeling weak internally. <\/p>\n

641
\n00:41:20,340 –> 00:41:26,260
\nThe Lord God, the God of all,
\ngrace himself, can strengthen <\/p>\n

642
\n00:41:26,260 –> 00:41:30,740
\nyou.
\nSo the God of all grace is the <\/p>\n

643
\n00:41:30,740 –> 00:41:34,060
\nGod who will restore us.
\nHe is the God who will make us <\/p>\n

644
\n00:41:34,060 –> 00:41:40,790
\nstrong, and here he is the God
\nwho will make us firm, and <\/p>\n

645
\n00:41:40,790 –> 00:41:42,750
\nlastly, he will make you
\nsteadfast. <\/p>\n

646
\n00:41:43,630 –> 00:41:48,030
\nThis is a verb that means to
\nsettle, to make stable, to lay a<\/p>\n

647
\n00:41:48,030 –> 00:41:50,430
\nfoundation for.
\nSo, brothers and sisters. <\/p>\n

648
\n00:41:50,430 –> 00:41:53,990
\nThe emphasis here is upon laying
\na foundation is upon <\/p>\n

649
\n00:41:53,990 –> 00:41:56,350
\nfoundations.
\nThat God is the stabilizing <\/p>\n

650
\n00:41:56,350 –> 00:41:59,790
\nfoundation in your life.
\nWe’re all very familiar with the<\/p>\n

651
\n00:41:59,790 –> 00:42:02,630
\nparable, aren’t we, of the
\nfoolish man who built his house <\/p>\n

652
\n00:42:02,630 –> 00:42:05,030
\nupon the sand.
\nAnd and if this isn’t a <\/p>\n

653
\n00:42:05,030 –> 00:42:07,190
\ndescription of what anxiety
\nfeels like, I don’t know what <\/p>\n

654
\n00:42:07,190 –> 00:42:09,930
\nis.
\nBut everything says Jesus came <\/p>\n

655
\n00:42:09,930 –> 00:42:16,770
\ncrashing down at a moment.
\nEverything can come crashing <\/p>\n

656
\n00:42:16,770 –> 00:42:19,090
\ndown.
\nHow can we prevent that from <\/p>\n

657
\n00:42:19,090 –> 00:42:20,330
\nhappening?
\nSays Jesus. <\/p>\n

658
\n00:42:21,290 –> 00:42:22,850
\nJesus gives you the answer in
\nLuke. <\/p>\n

659
\n00:42:23,010 –> 00:42:27,770
\nWhoever comes to me, and here’s
\nmy sayings and does them, Jesus <\/p>\n

660
\n00:42:27,770 –> 00:42:32,410
\nsays, is like a man building a
\nhouse who dug deep and laid the <\/p>\n

661
\n00:42:32,410 –> 00:42:36,170
\nfoundation upon the rock.
\nAnd when the flood rose and the <\/p>\n

662
\n00:42:36,170 –> 00:42:39,930
\nstream beat against that house
\nand could not shake it, for it <\/p>\n

663
\n00:42:39,930 –> 00:42:44,210
\nwas and here’s the word, it was
\nfounded on the rock. <\/p>\n

664
\n00:42:46,330 –> 00:42:48,330
\nIs there anything else, brothers
\nand sisters, which gives us a <\/p>\n

665
\n00:42:48,330 –> 00:42:51,250
\nfirm foundation on which to we
\non which we can stand? <\/p>\n

666
\n00:42:52,250 –> 00:42:54,890
\nHow about Ephesians 3.
\nLet me read these verses to you.<\/p>\n

667
\n00:42:54,890 –> 00:42:59,010
\nDon’t turn it up, Ephesians 3.
\nWhich we’re told it is the agape<\/p>\n

668
\n00:42:59,010 –> 00:43:02,530
\nlove of Christ which grounds us.
\nThat’s the word that you’ll use <\/p>\n

669
\n00:43:03,090 –> 00:43:04,730
\nwhich settles us and establishes
\nus. <\/p>\n

670
\n00:43:05,050 –> 00:43:09,210
\nI bow my knees to the Father of
\nour Lord Jesus Christ, That he <\/p>\n

671
\n00:43:09,210 –> 00:43:12,170
\nwould grant you, according to
\nthe riches of his glory, to be <\/p>\n

672
\n00:43:12,170 –> 00:43:15,090
\nstrengthened with might through
\nhis spirit in the inner man. <\/p>\n

673
\n00:43:15,850 –> 00:43:18,570
\nThat Christ may dwell in your
\nhearts through faith. <\/p>\n

674
\n00:43:19,170 –> 00:43:25,290
\nThat you being here, it is
\nrooted and grounded in agape. <\/p>\n

675
\n00:43:25,290 –> 00:43:29,910
\nLove in agape may be able to
\ncomprehend with all the Saints <\/p>\n

676
\n00:43:29,910 –> 00:43:33,950
\nwhat is the width and the length
\nand the depth and the height to <\/p>\n

677
\n00:43:33,950 –> 00:43:39,550
\nknow the agape of Christ, which
\npasses knowledge that you may be<\/p>\n

678
\n00:43:39,550 –> 00:43:41,750
\nfilled with all the fullness of
\nGod. <\/p>\n

679
\n00:43:41,750 –> 00:43:44,350
\nYes, brothers and sisters, we
\nfind ourselves on a firm <\/p>\n

680
\n00:43:44,350 –> 00:43:46,790
\nfoundation when we know the
\nagape love of Christ. <\/p>\n

681
\n00:43:48,910 –> 00:43:51,670
\nAnd so, as we come to the
\nmemorial table, as we come to <\/p>\n

682
\n00:43:51,670 –> 00:43:53,950
\nthe table to remember the
\nsacrifice of our Savior, we are <\/p>\n

683
\n00:43:53,950 –> 00:43:58,650
\ndoing just that, having an
\nencounter with the agape love of<\/p>\n

684
\n00:43:58,650 –> 00:44:01,370
\nthe Lord Jesus Christ.
\nAren’t we who died that we might<\/p>\n

685
\n00:44:01,370 –> 00:44:04,050
\nfind our eternal strength and
\nsecurity in Him? <\/p>\n

686
\n00:44:04,410 –> 00:44:06,450
\nJust listen to Jesus’s own words
\nhere. <\/p>\n

687
\n00:44:06,650 –> 00:44:08,930
\nHe says this about our eternal
\nsecurity. <\/p>\n

688
\n00:44:09,250 –> 00:44:13,410
\nMy sheep hear my voice and I
\nknow them and they follow me, <\/p>\n

689
\n00:44:13,970 –> 00:44:18,250
\nand I give them eternal life,
\nand they shall never perish. <\/p>\n

690
\n00:44:18,730 –> 00:44:21,850
\nNeither shall anyone snatch them
\nout of my hand. <\/p>\n

691
\n00:44:23,100 –> 00:44:26,460
\nMy Father, who has given them to
\nme, is greater than all, and no <\/p>\n

692
\n00:44:26,460 –> 00:44:30,260
\none is able to snatch them out
\nof my father’s hand. <\/p>\n

693
\n00:44:30,500 –> 00:44:35,540
\nWhat a picture from the Lord
\nJesus of our eternal security. <\/p>\n

694
\n00:44:35,820 –> 00:44:38,700
\nNothing.
\nNo one will snatch us out of his<\/p>\n

695
\n00:44:38,700 –> 00:44:41,820
\nhand.
\nSo as we come to the emblems, <\/p>\n

696
\n00:44:41,820 –> 00:44:46,740
\nthen brothers and sisters, may
\nwe set aside our own trials and <\/p>\n

697
\n00:44:46,740 –> 00:44:52,730
\nsuffering, which last for just a
\nshort time, and they pale in <\/p>\n

698
\n00:44:52,730 –> 00:44:55,290
\ninsignificance compared to the
\nsufferings of the Lord Jesus <\/p>\n

699
\n00:44:55,290 –> 00:45:01,010
\nChrist.
\nAnd may we submit under the <\/p>\n

700
\n00:45:01,010 –> 00:45:05,170
\nmighty hand of God, and may we
\nlet the God of all grace <\/p>\n

701
\n00:45:05,170 –> 00:45:09,530
\nhimself, step in and go to work
\nin our lives. <\/p>\n

702
\n00:45:09,530 –> 00:45:14,170
\nFor God says, bring me your
\nbrokenness, bring me your <\/p>\n

703
\n00:45:14,170 –> 00:45:19,490
\nemptiness, bring me your
\nloneliness, and I can put you <\/p>\n

704
\n00:45:19,490 –> 00:45:23,310
\nback together again.
\nFor He restores us brothers and <\/p>\n

705
\n00:45:23,310 –> 00:45:26,990
\nsisters.
\nHe provides us with the support <\/p>\n

706
\n00:45:26,990 –> 00:45:30,470
\nso that we won’t fall over.
\nHe gives us the inner strength <\/p>\n

707
\n00:45:30,470 –> 00:45:34,350
\nso that we won’t collapse.
\nAnd He provides us with a firm <\/p>\n

708
\n00:45:34,350 –> 00:45:39,150
\nfoundation on which we can stand
\nso that we won’t be blown away. <\/p>\n

709
\n00:45:40,550 –> 00:45:44,310
\nIt is no wonder that Peter
\nculminates as a pistol with <\/p>\n

710
\n00:45:44,310 –> 00:45:46,630
\nwords of praise.
\nAt the very end of chapter five,<\/p>\n

711
\n00:45:46,630 –> 00:45:50,400
\nhe says in verse 11, to him be
\nthe glory and the dominion <\/p>\n

712
\n00:45:50,400 –> 00:45:53,440
\nforever and ever.
\nAmen. <\/p>\n

713
\n00:45:54,760 –> 00:45:58,640
\nAnd that’s when we notice one
\nmore thing, that this is not <\/p>\n

714
\n00:45:58,640 –> 00:46:04,320
\njust an excitation by Peter,
\nthis is also a prayer by Peter <\/p>\n

715
\n00:46:04,880 –> 00:46:07,600
\nfor all of those in Christ
\neverywhere. <\/p>\n

716
\n00:46:08,600 –> 00:46:11,360
\nAmen.
\nSo be it. <\/p>\n

717
\n00:46:12,240 –> 00:46:17,600
\nBut if you look in the lexicon,
\nit says trustworthy, surely. <\/p>\n

718
\n00:46:19,440 –> 00:46:20,720
\nAmen.
\nIndeed. <\/p>\n

719
\n00:46:21,280 –> 00:46:26,160
\nWhat confidence, what strength,
\nwhat security is this, brothers <\/p>\n

720
\n00:46:26,160 –> 00:46:30,080
\nand sisters, that the Lord God,
\nthe God of all grace, cares for <\/p>\n

721
\n00:46:30,080 –> 00:46:35,480
\nyou and he cares for me so much
\nso that he gave his only Son. <\/p>\n

722
\n00:46:37,080 –> 00:46:40,720
\nAnd who himself can do these
\ngreat things in my life and in <\/p>\n

723
\n00:46:40,720 –> 00:46:43,440
\nyours?
\nWhen we stop and think about <\/p>\n

724
\n00:46:43,440 –> 00:46:47,090
\nwhat Peter is telling us, we’re
\nreally left in a state of <\/p>\n

725
\n00:46:47,090 –> 00:46:50,690
\nprofound wonder.
\nThat our God is a God of all <\/p>\n

726
\n00:46:50,690 –> 00:46:56,250
\ngrace, and that he and his Son,
\nthe Lord Jesus Christ, love us <\/p>\n

727
\n00:46:57,250 –> 00:47:02,730
\nand care for us so completely,
\nso securely. <\/p>\n

728
\n00:47:04,370 –> 00:47:22,090
\nAmen indeed.
\nThank you for listening to the <\/p>\n

729
\n00:47:22,090 –> 00:47:23,810
\ngood Christadelphian Talks
\nPodcast. <\/p>\n

730
\n00:47:24,610 –> 00:47:26,530
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\nyour walk. <\/p>\n

731
\n00:47:27,050 –> 00:47:29,410
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732
\n00:47:29,410 –> 00:47:32,290
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733
\n00:47:32,290 –> 00:47:34,930
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734
\n00:47:34,930 –> 00:47:37,690
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735
\n00:47:37,690 –> 00:47:40,210
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736
\n00:47:40,210 –> 00:47:42,930
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737
\n00:47:42,930 –> 00:47:47,370
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738
\n00:47:47,370 –> 00:47:49,770
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739
\n00:47:50,990 –> 00:47:53,350
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740
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741
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742
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743
\n00:48:04,270 –> 00:48:07,310
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744
\n00:48:07,310 –> 00:48:10,430
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745
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746
\n00:48:12,990 –> 00:48:15,230
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747
\n00:48:16,150 –> 00:48:18,950
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748
\n00:48:18,950 –> 00:48:19,230
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259: Christian Russell – Exhortation: Four Ways to be Strengthened<\/a><\/blockquote>