Class 5 from this series was used in GCT Episode 333.<\/p>\n
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\nOur speaker for this first
\nsession is Brother Everett Munis<\/p>\n
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\nfrom Paris Ave.
\nOhio. <\/p>\n
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\nHis theme this week is Be Holy,
\nthe high calling of God in <\/p>\n
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\nChrist Jesus.
\nThis is his first class and the <\/p>\n
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\nsubject for his class is Be
\nHoly. <\/p>\n
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\nOur reading was taken from First
\nPeter Chapter 1. <\/p>\n
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\nBrother Ever.
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\ncentered, but it was going to <\/p>\n
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\nbother me if I didn’t change it.
\nSo I figured I may as well go <\/p>\n
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\nahead and do that one, one last
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\nwe go along.
\nWell, it’s lovely again to be <\/p>\n
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\nwith all of you.
\nAnd I don’t think I mentioned <\/p>\n
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\nthat many faces here are new to
\nme and sister Amanda and I look <\/p>\n
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\nforward to getting to know you.
\nAnd we are, we’re looking <\/p>\n
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\nforward particularly I think to
\nthis study and to going through <\/p>\n
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\nsome of the things that we’ve
\nbeen learning and to learning <\/p>\n
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\nmore about these things with and
\nfrom you. <\/p>\n
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\nThere is, AI think, a caricature
\nof the concept of holiness. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd I’ve certainly been taken in
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\nAnd certainly the younger I was,
\nthe more so I think I was taken <\/p>\n
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\nin by it that it is a
\nrestrictive, constraining thing <\/p>\n
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\nin essence.
\nIt has a kind of negative <\/p>\n
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\nconnotation to those who maybe
\ndon’t understand it as well. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd I’ve certainly been in that
\nposition for a a big part of my <\/p>\n
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\nlife, I think.
\nBut in reality, there is <\/p>\n
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\nsomething expansive, freeing,
\ncomforting, encouraging about <\/p>\n
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\nthe concept and the principles
\nassociated with holiness. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s an incredible thing that
\nour Heavenly Father has <\/p>\n
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\ncondescended to be our God and
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\nhim.
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\nour time together this week, I
\nhope that you’re left with the <\/p>\n
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\nsense of wonder and comfort at
\nthis remarkable calling that <\/p>\n
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\neach of us has received.
\nWe are we’re going to go along <\/p>\n
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\nin this session through through
\nthese sort of mainly four or <\/p>\n
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\nfive sections throughout the
\nweek. <\/p>\n
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\nThe last section is always just
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\nThis has a few benefits.
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\nyou a sense of of the flow of
\nthought through all of the the <\/p>\n
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\nseries.
\nSo we’re going to begin this <\/p>\n
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\nmorning by setting the stage.
\nWe’re going to look at how to <\/p>\n
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\nrecognize the concept of
\nholiness or at least a few <\/p>\n
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\npointers on how to recognize
\nthat concept, as well as what we<\/p>\n
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\nmight sort of take away or one
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\nconcordance definition.
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\nconcordance is useful in that
\nregard. <\/p>\n
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\nBut for me, I find that a
\ncontextual definition is always <\/p>\n
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\nmuch more moving, much more
\nhelpful, much more robust. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd so we’ll move on to that in,
\nin the the next section, we’re <\/p>\n
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\ngoing to look at a contextual
\nmodel for the pursuit of <\/p>\n
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\nholiness.
\nBecause it’s all good and fine <\/p>\n
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\nto say that God has called us to
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\nBut I instantly I’m the kind of
\nperson who wants to understand <\/p>\n
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\nNow, I’m not always motivated <\/p>\n
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\nenough to to understand all the
\nmechanics, but I want to <\/p>\n
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\nHow do we begin?
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\nparticular scripture that we <\/p>\n
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\ncouple of of classes.
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\nus about where else to go to dig
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\njust a few general details about
\nthis concept of holiness. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd we say this about so many <\/p>\n
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\nthings, and it’s certainly true,
\nbut this is one of those <\/p>\n
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\nconcepts that truly does run
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\nholiness in Genesis chapter 2,
\nverse 3, and you can find it <\/p>\n
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\nagain in Revelation 22, verse
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\nAlmost from the very first
\nchapter of the Bible through to <\/p>\n
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\nThis is, as it were, a holiness
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\nchapter 2 and verse 3, we see <\/p>\n
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\nnarrative of God dividing and in
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\nHoliness is, is absolutely <\/p>\n
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\nessential to acceptable prayer.
\nOur Father who art in heaven, <\/p>\n
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\nhallowed be thy name, right?
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\nsecond Corinthians, Paul goes on
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\nBut in this case, we’ve got <\/p>\n
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\nother ideas. <\/p>\n
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\nSo with that kind of context put
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\nbriefly at some thoughts about
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\nholiness as well as a definition
\nbased on the concordance. <\/p>\n
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\nNow, there are a lot of ways
\nthat holiness surfaces in our <\/p>\n
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\nA different English words that <\/p>\n
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\nare used to translate the
\noriginal Hebrew and Greek words.<\/p>\n
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\nAnd again, this is just looking
\nspecifically at the words and <\/p>\n
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\ncontextual approach as well. <\/p>\n
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\nBut the sizing of the of the
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\ntheir frequency or the frequency
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\nSo sanctuary Saints in the New
\nTestament particularly that’s <\/p>\n
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\ntrue in the Old Testament, less
\nso hallow, holy one, sanctify, <\/p>\n
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\nconsecrate. <\/p>\n
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\nThese are all ways that this
\nconcept surfaces in a very <\/p>\n
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\nexplicit sense in terms of the
\nGreek and the Hebrew words that <\/p>\n
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\nare used to to represent this
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\nSo as we’re doing the daily
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\nconnect them to the concept of <\/p>\n
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\nholiness.
\nAnd, and we can make a note <\/p>\n
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\nmaybe over the course of a year.
\nI know families who have done <\/p>\n
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\nThey’ve said this is our theme <\/p>\n
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\nfor the year and this is what
\nwe’re going to look for over the<\/p>\n
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\ncourse of this year in our daily
\nBible readings. <\/p>\n
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\nsomething really interesting. <\/p>\n
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\n00:22:07,920 –> 00:22:09,680
\nAt least it has been interesting
\nto me. <\/p>\n
338
\n00:22:10,480 –> 00:22:14,200
\nThis passage really offers
\nanother aspect to the argument <\/p>\n
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\nfor holiness.
\nIsrael was to be holy because of<\/p>\n
340
\n00:22:16,880 –> 00:22:24,040
\nGod’s holiness and because God
\nthe creator of heaven and earth.<\/p>\n
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\n00:22:24,840 –> 00:22:33,960
\nGod had had involved himself in
\ntheir national existence, and He<\/p>\n
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\n00:22:33,960 –> 00:22:39,760
\nhad severed them from other
\npeople that they should be His. <\/p>\n
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\n00:22:43,520 –> 00:22:47,360
\nNow if we follow this word
\nsevered back to its earliest <\/p>\n
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\n00:22:47,360 –> 00:22:52,800
\nusage, we arrive here in Genesis
\nchapter 1. <\/p>\n
345
\n00:22:54,880 –> 00:22:58,200
\nIt turns out that the same word
\nused to describe God’s work with<\/p>\n
346
\n00:22:58,200 –> 00:23:02,640
\nIsrael and their calling to
\nholiness is used in connection <\/p>\n
347
\n00:23:02,640 –> 00:23:05,560
\nwith the first act of the
\nnatural creation. <\/p>\n
348
\n00:23:06,720 –> 00:23:10,800
\nIn fact, the concept of division
\nseems to be a bit of of a theme <\/p>\n
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\n00:23:10,840 –> 00:23:14,560
\nhere in Genesis chapter one.
\nThis same Hebrew word occurs <\/p>\n
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\n00:23:14,560 –> 00:23:20,200
\nagain in verse 6, in verse 7 and
\nverse 14, and in verse 18. <\/p>\n
351
\n00:23:21,400 –> 00:23:28,080
\nSo the natural creation was, as
\nit were, a work of division that<\/p>\n
352
\n00:23:28,080 –> 00:23:33,040
\nbegan with the division of light
\nfrom darkness. <\/p>\n
353
\n00:23:38,360 –> 00:23:44,880
\nAnd this by itself was was
\ninspiring to me, but then it <\/p>\n
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\n00:23:44,880 –> 00:23:49,440
\nbecame even more so when I saw
\nthat this same language that is <\/p>\n
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\n00:23:49,440 –> 00:23:54,400
\nused of the natural creation is
\nthen lifted up by the apostle <\/p>\n
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\n00:23:54,400 –> 00:23:58,680
\nPaul and it’s applied to God’s
\nwork in you and I, as he tells <\/p>\n
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\n00:23:58,680 –> 00:24:02,720
\nus in First Corinthians 15, that
\nwas not first which is <\/p>\n
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\n00:24:02,720 –> 00:24:06,560
\nspiritual, but that which is
\nnatural, and afterward that <\/p>\n
359
\n00:24:06,800 –> 00:24:09,200
\nwhich is spiritual.
\nAnd here in 2nd Corinthians 4, <\/p>\n
360
\n00:24:09,200 –> 00:24:14,280
\nPaul uses the events of the
\nnatural creation as a metaphor <\/p>\n
361
\n00:24:14,840 –> 00:24:25,400
\nfor God’s work in us to begin
\nand to perfect his spiritual <\/p>\n
362
\n00:24:25,400 –> 00:24:28,160
\ncreation.
\nFor God who commanded the light <\/p>\n
363
\n00:24:28,160 –> 00:24:31,960
\nto shine out of darkness, hath
\nshined in our hearts to give the<\/p>\n
364
\n00:24:31,960 –> 00:24:35,680
\nlight of the knowledge of the
\nglory of God in the face of <\/p>\n
365
\n00:24:35,760 –> 00:24:38,920
\nJesus Christ.
\nAnd of course we know that the <\/p>\n
366
\n00:24:38,920 –> 00:24:42,520
\nLord seems to to allude to the
\nsame metaphor in John chapter 3 <\/p>\n
367
\n00:24:42,520 –> 00:24:46,520
\nwhen he tells Nicodemus that God
\nsent light in the form of His <\/p>\n
368
\n00:24:46,520 –> 00:24:51,000
\nSon into the world where men
\nloved darkness. <\/p>\n
369
\n00:24:51,880 –> 00:24:54,840
\nAnd later in John chapter 8,
\nverse 12, and in John Chapter 9 <\/p>\n
370
\n00:24:54,840 –> 00:24:59,320
\nverse 5, Jesus returns to that
\ntheme when He describes Himself <\/p>\n
371
\n00:24:59,320 –> 00:25:09,680
\nas the light of the world.
\nGod’s work to affect our <\/p>\n
372
\n00:25:09,680 –> 00:25:16,040
\nholiness is an extension of the
\nsame creative work recorded in <\/p>\n
373
\n00:25:16,040 –> 00:25:19,800
\nGenesis chapter 1.
\nHe takes a personal interest in <\/p>\n
374
\n00:25:19,800 –> 00:25:23,560
\neach one of us.
\nWe are, as it were, his <\/p>\n
375
\n00:25:23,880 –> 00:25:27,360
\nworkmanship, part of his
\nspiritual creation. <\/p>\n
376
\n00:25:28,000 –> 00:25:33,400
\nThe same genius and power that
\nproduced the wonder of the <\/p>\n
377
\n00:25:33,400 –> 00:25:42,760
\nnatural world is at work in us,
\nin you, and in me to affect our <\/p>\n
378
\n00:25:42,760 –> 00:25:47,080
\ntransformation from spiritual
\ndarkness to light. <\/p>\n
379
\n00:25:49,120 –> 00:25:54,120
\nHowever, the completion of the
\nwork requires our willing and <\/p>\n
380
\n00:25:54,200 –> 00:25:59,680
\nactive participation.
\nWe have to walk, as Paul says in<\/p>\n
381
\n00:25:59,680 –> 00:26:04,200
\nEphesians, as children of light.
\nWe have to show forth the <\/p>\n
382
\n00:26:04,200 –> 00:26:08,920
\npraises of that creative agency
\nthat is at work in US. <\/p>\n
383
\n00:26:10,040 –> 00:26:12,560
\nAnd provided we actively
\ncooperate with his efforts, <\/p>\n
384
\n00:26:12,560 –> 00:26:17,720
\nthere is no power in existence
\nthat can prevent him from <\/p>\n
385
\n00:26:17,720 –> 00:26:22,320
\ncompleting this work.
\nHe that hath begun a good work <\/p>\n
386
\n00:26:22,640 –> 00:26:28,520
\nin US will perform it.
\nThat said, one of the lessons <\/p>\n
387
\n00:26:28,520 –> 00:26:31,520
\nthat we can draw from the fact
\nthat light and darkness are <\/p>\n
388
\n00:26:31,640 –> 00:26:34,280
\nopposites, right?
\nIt’s not as if darkness is a <\/p>\n
389
\n00:26:34,280 –> 00:26:38,960
\nshade of light.
\nFrom that we take away the <\/p>\n
390
\n00:26:38,960 –> 00:26:43,600
\nlesson that holiness is really
\nthe pursuit of a fundamental <\/p>\n
391
\n00:26:43,920 –> 00:26:49,200
\ntransformation, a fundamental
\ntransformation drawn out of <\/p>\n
392
\n00:26:49,200 –> 00:26:59,340
\ndarkness into the light and in
\nperfect representation of of <\/p>\n
393
\n00:26:59,340 –> 00:27:03,940
\nGod’s call to holiness.
\nGod’s call to the light is a <\/p>\n
394
\n00:27:03,940 –> 00:27:08,300
\ncall to be like him.
\nIn Peter and Leviticus, God <\/p>\n
395
\n00:27:08,300 –> 00:27:11,620
\ncalls his children to be holy
\nbecause he is holy. <\/p>\n
396
\n00:27:11,620 –> 00:27:15,700
\nAnd likewise, God has shined in
\nour, in the darkness of our <\/p>\n
397
\n00:27:15,700 –> 00:27:19,460
\nhearts to bring us into the
\nlight and make us light because <\/p>\n
398
\n00:27:20,420 –> 00:27:26,760
\nhe is light dwelling in light
\nand the Father of lights. <\/p>\n
399
\n00:27:29,320 –> 00:27:35,120
\nSo before we we endeavour to sum
\nthis up in a contextual <\/p>\n
400
\n00:27:35,120 –> 00:27:40,320
\ndefinition of holiness, there’s
\none last lesson that we’ll touch<\/p>\n
401
\n00:27:40,320 –> 00:27:44,680
\non related to the connection
\nbetween God’s work of spiritual <\/p>\n
402
\n00:27:44,800 –> 00:27:47,600
\ncreation in US and his work of
\nnatural creation. <\/p>\n
403
\n00:27:47,600 –> 00:27:49,160
\nAnd the lesson is really simply
\nthis. <\/p>\n
404
\n00:27:50,040 –> 00:27:55,840
\nOur pursuit of holiness is first
\nand foremost an act of God. <\/p>\n
405
\n00:27:58,520 –> 00:28:03,480
\nOur pursuit of holiness is first
\nand foremost an act of Almighty <\/p>\n
406
\n00:28:03,480 –> 00:28:06,520
\nGod.
\nAs Paul says in Romans 9 in a <\/p>\n
407
\n00:28:06,520 –> 00:28:10,480
\nrelated context, Our Calling is
\nnot of him that willeth, nor of <\/p>\n
408
\n00:28:10,480 –> 00:28:13,960
\nhim that runneth, but of God
\nthat showeth mercy. <\/p>\n
409
\n00:28:15,080 –> 00:28:20,000
\nThough He absolutely requires
\nour cooperation, He alone can <\/p>\n
410
\n00:28:20,120 –> 00:28:25,120
\nbegin and can complete the
\nworking of holiness in us. <\/p>\n
411
\n00:28:26,160 –> 00:28:29,560
\nWithout His intervention, our
\npursuit of holiness could never <\/p>\n
412
\n00:28:29,560 –> 00:28:34,600
\nbegin in the first place, and
\nwithout His continued presence, <\/p>\n
413
\n00:28:34,600 –> 00:28:37,360
\nwe would never reach the end of
\nour journey. <\/p>\n
414
\n00:28:38,040 –> 00:28:42,080
\nExcept the Lord build the house,
\nwe labor in vain. <\/p>\n
415
\n00:28:46,080 –> 00:28:50,600
\nSo based on what we’ve we’ve
\nlooked at in this section, one <\/p>\n
416
\n00:28:50,600 –> 00:28:53,800
\nway to to frame a contextual
\ndefinition of holiness might be <\/p>\n
417
\n00:28:53,800 –> 00:28:58,080
\nlike this, a state of separation
\naffected by the inherent <\/p>\n
418
\n00:28:58,200 –> 00:29:02,280
\npossession of God’s character.
\nHe himself is holy as an <\/p>\n
419
\n00:29:02,280 –> 00:29:06,560
\noutworking simply of who he is.
\nBut along with that it is the <\/p>\n
420
\n00:29:06,560 –> 00:29:12,040
\ndevelopment of that character,
\nGod’s direct action or faithful <\/p>\n
421
\n00:29:12,040 –> 00:29:14,560
\nobedience to his will.
\nAnd then of course, the the <\/p>\n
422
\n00:29:15,440 –> 00:29:18,400
\nnotion of sanctification is
\nclosely related to the ideas. <\/p>\n
423
\n00:29:19,200 –> 00:29:23,760
\nGod need not be sanctified.
\nGod is so by his very nature. <\/p>\n
424
\n00:29:24,160 –> 00:29:27,800
\nBut certainly we are sanctified
\nby the development of God’s <\/p>\n
425
\n00:29:27,800 –> 00:29:32,000
\ncharacter, God’s direct action
\nor faithful obedience to his <\/p>\n
426
\n00:29:32,000 –> 00:29:36,240
\nwill.
\nGod’s separateness is the direct<\/p>\n
427
\n00:29:36,320 –> 00:29:39,440
\noutworking, as we’ve said, of
\nhis character and his nature. <\/p>\n
428
\n00:29:39,880 –> 00:29:41,840
\nHe does not need to be made
\nseparate. <\/p>\n
429
\n00:29:41,840 –> 00:29:46,040
\nHe simply is separate because of
\nwho he is. <\/p>\n
430
\n00:29:47,280 –> 00:29:51,160
\nBut the genius, the brilliance,
\nthe wonder, brothers and sisters<\/p>\n
431
\n00:29:51,600 –> 00:29:56,840
\nand young people, is that we
\nhave been invited to participate<\/p>\n
432
\n00:29:57,320 –> 00:30:05,120
\nin that separation, to
\nparticipate in His Holiness, if <\/p>\n
433
\n00:30:05,440 –> 00:30:09,640
\nwe are willing to respond to
\nhim, to his calling by <\/p>\n
434
\n00:30:09,640 –> 00:30:12,680
\nsubmitting to his will in faith
\nand working to be like Him. <\/p>\n
435
\n00:30:13,680 –> 00:30:16,640
\nAnd to put it simply, holiness
\nis the result. <\/p>\n
436
\n00:30:16,640 –> 00:30:20,360
\nIt is the effect, the outworking
\nof the principles associated <\/p>\n
437
\n00:30:20,640 –> 00:30:26,680
\nwith God manifestation.
\nSo we’ve seen then that God has <\/p>\n
438
\n00:30:26,680 –> 00:30:29,720
\ncalled us to the pursuit of
\nholiness. <\/p>\n
439
\n00:30:30,680 –> 00:30:34,480
\nWe’d like to spend just a few
\nminutes then looking at a <\/p>\n
440
\n00:30:34,480 –> 00:30:40,160
\nstrategy that could serve as a
\nmodel for our efforts to pursue <\/p>\n
441
\n00:30:40,160 –> 00:30:45,520
\nholiness.
\nNow, we’ve described our pursuit<\/p>\n
442
\n00:30:45,520 –> 00:30:49,560
\nof holiness as a journey, and
\nthat’s largely informed for me <\/p>\n
443
\n00:30:50,280 –> 00:30:52,000
\nby the imagery that God has
\ngiven us. <\/p>\n
444
\n00:30:52,320 –> 00:30:56,640
\nI think one of the most powerful
\nexamples of this journey motif <\/p>\n
445
\n00:30:56,640 –> 00:31:00,280
\nin relation to holiness is
\nIsaiah chapter 35. <\/p>\n
446
\n00:31:00,840 –> 00:31:04,920
\nAnd in this moving description
\nof the Kingdom, there is a way <\/p>\n
447
\n00:31:05,720 –> 00:31:10,360
\nof holiness on which the
\nredeemed walk, coming to Zion <\/p>\n
448
\n00:31:10,360 –> 00:31:16,080
\nwith songs and everlasting joy.
\nBrothers and sisters and young <\/p>\n
449
\n00:31:16,080 –> 00:31:20,600
\npeople, God has set our feet on
\nthis very way. <\/p>\n
450
\n00:31:27,560 –> 00:31:32,480
\nImagine after a long trip
\nthrough much difficulty seeing <\/p>\n
451
\n00:31:32,480 –> 00:31:36,280
\nyour destination come into view.
\nWe’ve all just driven here <\/p>\n
452
\n00:31:36,280 –> 00:31:39,720
\nyesterday, and those of us who
\nhad children in the vehicle <\/p>\n
453
\n00:31:39,760 –> 00:31:42,600
\nmight have felt this to some
\nextent as we saw the Best <\/p>\n
454
\n00:31:42,600 –> 00:31:46,640
\nWestern on the horizon.
\nThis this sense of incredible <\/p>\n
455
\n00:31:46,920 –> 00:31:51,240
\nanticipation for finally being
\nat the end of the journey. <\/p>\n
456
\n00:31:51,240 –> 00:31:57,880
\nOur destination is insight,
\nknowing that its challenges are <\/p>\n
457
\n00:31:57,880 –> 00:32:02,280
\nover and done.
\nBy the grace of God, we have <\/p>\n
458
\n00:32:02,520 –> 00:32:06,080
\narrived.
\nCan you just imagine the joyful <\/p>\n
459
\n00:32:06,080 –> 00:32:10,720
\nrelief and anticipation of the
\nmoment that’s described here in <\/p>\n
460
\n00:32:10,720 –> 00:32:15,240
\nIsaiah?
\nIf this is something that we <\/p>\n
461
\n00:32:15,240 –> 00:32:19,720
\nwant to be a part of, then we
\nhave to give careful and <\/p>\n
462
\n00:32:19,720 –> 00:32:23,040
\nprayerful attention to the
\njourney today. <\/p>\n
463
\n00:32:24,040 –> 00:32:25,960
\nHoliness is not a task for
\ntomorrow. <\/p>\n
464
\n00:32:25,960 –> 00:32:29,200
\nIt’s not a task for the
\ncompletion of some goal that we <\/p>\n
465
\n00:32:29,200 –> 00:32:31,440
\nhave at work.
\nIt’s not a pursuit that can be <\/p>\n
466
\n00:32:31,440 –> 00:32:35,120
\nput off until we finish some
\ndegree of schooling, until some <\/p>\n
467
\n00:32:35,240 –> 00:32:41,280
\nfamily goal has been met.
\nHoliness, our pursuit thereof, <\/p>\n
468
\n00:32:41,280 –> 00:32:47,360
\nhas to be the focus of our lives
\ntoday if we hope to be among <\/p>\n
469
\n00:32:47,360 –> 00:32:52,800
\nthose who come to Zion with joy
\nand gladness. <\/p>\n
470
\n00:32:56,880 –> 00:33:00,160
\nAnd of course, our Heavenly
\nFather, being good and wanting, <\/p>\n
471
\n00:33:00,280 –> 00:33:03,480
\nbeing willing to give good gifts
\nto those that ask him, has not <\/p>\n
472
\n00:33:03,480 –> 00:33:08,560
\nleft us without strategies that
\ncan serve as a model for our <\/p>\n
473
\n00:33:08,640 –> 00:33:13,640
\nsuccessful pursuit of holiness.
\nAnd so I invite you to come with<\/p>\n
474
\n00:33:13,640 –> 00:33:19,760
\nme to Philippians Chapter 3,
\nbecause it seems that we may <\/p>\n
475
\n00:33:19,760 –> 00:33:22,440
\nhave just such a strategy
\nexpressed here. <\/p>\n
476
\n00:33:37,670 –> 00:33:41,150
\nAnd we’ll just begin by by
\nnoting a few of the examples of <\/p>\n
477
\n00:33:41,190 –> 00:33:45,190
\njourney language in Philippians
\nchapter 3. <\/p>\n
478
\n00:33:45,550 –> 00:33:50,550
\nPaul says, I follow after and he
\ntalks about apprehending in <\/p>\n
479
\n00:33:50,550 –> 00:33:53,270
\nverse 12.
\nIn verse 13, he talks about <\/p>\n
480
\n00:33:53,270 –> 00:33:55,990
\nforgetting those things which
\nare behind. <\/p>\n
481
\n00:33:56,640 –> 00:33:58,720
\nSo this is the language of a
\njourney. <\/p>\n
482
\n00:33:59,040 –> 00:34:02,040
\nIt continues.
\nHe’s reaching forth unto things <\/p>\n
483
\n00:34:02,040 –> 00:34:05,240
\nwhich are before.
\nHe describes in verse 14 <\/p>\n
484
\n00:34:05,360 –> 00:34:11,000
\npressing toward the mark.
\nAnd in verses 16 and 17 we see <\/p>\n
485
\n00:34:11,239 –> 00:34:15,239
\nthe language of of walking.
\nLet us walk by the same rule. <\/p>\n
486
\n00:34:15,480 –> 00:34:18,920
\nMark them which walk.
\nSo so there’s a certain kind of <\/p>\n
487
\n00:34:19,120 –> 00:34:23,280
\njourney idea that Paul is using
\nhere that the the spirit is <\/p>\n
488
\n00:34:23,280 –> 00:34:26,560
\nusing through Paul to express
\nwhat seems to be a very <\/p>\n
489
\n00:34:26,560 –> 00:34:31,120
\nimportant notion and it it
\nreally is in verses 13 and 14, <\/p>\n
490
\n00:34:32,840 –> 00:34:39,320
\nPaul says this one thing I do.
\nHe’s, he’s engaged in the <\/p>\n
491
\n00:34:39,320 –> 00:34:42,360
\npursuit of something and he
\ndescribes that pursuit in a <\/p>\n
492
\n00:34:42,360 –> 00:34:45,320
\nparticular way.
\nAnd these, these next two <\/p>\n
493
\n00:34:45,440 –> 00:34:49,080
\nphrases are really about how he
\ndoes the one thing because those<\/p>\n
494
\n00:34:49,080 –> 00:34:50,560
\nare two things.
\nThat’s not one thing, right? <\/p>\n
495
\n00:34:51,080 –> 00:34:55,280
\nThe one thing that he does is
\nthat he presses toward the mark <\/p>\n
496
\n00:34:55,760 –> 00:34:59,800
\nfor the prize of the high
\ncalling of God in Christ Jesus. <\/p>\n
497
\n00:35:01,200 –> 00:35:05,480
\nThe strategy that we’re looking
\nfor, for our pursuit of holiness<\/p>\n
498
\n00:35:05,480 –> 00:35:11,000
\nseems to be beautifully captured
\nhere in verses 13 of and 14 of <\/p>\n
499
\n00:35:11,960 –> 00:35:17,560
\nPhilippians chapter 3.
\nSo what is the mark that Paul is<\/p>\n
500
\n00:35:18,360 –> 00:35:23,040
\nso diligently moving toward,
\npressing toward, as he says <\/p>\n
501
\n00:35:23,040 –> 00:35:25,040
\nhere?
\nWell, if we go back a few <\/p>\n
502
\n00:35:25,560 –> 00:35:33,440
\nverses, he says that I may know
\nhim, Jesus and the power of his <\/p>\n
503
\n00:35:33,480 –> 00:35:36,920
\nresurrection and the fellowship
\nof his sufferings being made <\/p>\n
504
\n00:35:36,920 –> 00:35:43,720
\nconformable unto his death.
\nWell, the mark that Paul is <\/p>\n
505
\n00:35:43,720 –> 00:35:48,000
\npressing toward is none other
\nthan our Lord Jesus Christ. <\/p>\n
506
\n00:35:48,160 –> 00:35:50,360
\nNot surprising in the least, is
\nit? <\/p>\n
507
\n00:35:51,520 –> 00:35:56,320
\nIn fact, we come to Philippians
\nrather Romans chapter 8 verse 29<\/p>\n
508
\n00:35:56,600 –> 00:36:01,560
\nwhere Paul has this to say for
\nwhom he that is God did <\/p>\n
509
\n00:36:01,560 –> 00:36:06,800
\nforeknow, he also did
\npredestinate to be conformed to <\/p>\n
510
\n00:36:06,800 –> 00:36:11,960
\nthe image of his son.
\nAnd so this mark to which Paul <\/p>\n
511
\n00:36:11,960 –> 00:36:15,680
\nis pressing is the Lord Jesus
\nChrist. <\/p>\n
512
\n00:36:15,920 –> 00:36:21,280
\nIt’s interesting, isn’t it, that
\nhe is called the Holy one, is he<\/p>\n
513
\n00:36:21,280 –> 00:36:24,120
\nnot?
\nPsalm 16 you will not leave your<\/p>\n
514
\n00:36:24,120 –> 00:36:28,400
\nholy one in the grave to see
\ncorruption and an idea that’s <\/p>\n
515
\n00:36:28,400 –> 00:36:34,680
\npicked up at at least twice in
\nin the Acts and and in Hebrews <\/p>\n
516
\n00:36:34,680 –> 00:36:37,440
\nas well in reference to the
\nLord’s high priesthood. <\/p>\n
517
\n00:36:38,560 –> 00:36:41,000
\nSo what about this idea of the
\nprize? <\/p>\n
518
\n00:36:44,000 –> 00:36:47,280
\nWell, we we notice what it says
\nin Philippians chapter 3 verse <\/p>\n
519
\n00:36:47,280 –> 00:36:50,840
\n20 and 21.
\nWe look for the Savior, the Lord<\/p>\n
520
\n00:36:50,840 –> 00:36:55,120
\nJesus Christ who shall change
\nour vile body, that it mean be <\/p>\n
521
\n00:36:55,120 –> 00:36:58,800
\nfashioned like unto his glorious
\nbody. <\/p>\n
522
\n00:37:00,000 –> 00:37:05,640
\nThis is the prize of our high
\ncalling, to be set free, to <\/p>\n
523
\n00:37:05,680 –> 00:37:14,040
\nfinally be holy as He is holy,
\nwhich we cannot be this side of <\/p>\n
524
\n00:37:14,040 –> 00:37:17,440
\nthe Kingdom.
\nWe can be in pursuit of those <\/p>\n
525
\n00:37:17,440 –> 00:37:21,760
\nthings, we must be in pursuit of
\nthose things, but we cannot be <\/p>\n
526
\n00:37:21,760 –> 00:37:24,480
\nholy as He is holy.
\nBut if those are the things <\/p>\n
527
\n00:37:24,480 –> 00:37:27,960
\nwhich we are pursuing, is it not
\na prize? <\/p>\n
528
\n00:37:29,520 –> 00:37:34,680
\nIs it not a prize to receive
\nfinally, by the grace and mercy <\/p>\n
529
\n00:37:34,680 –> 00:37:41,000
\nof our Heavenly Father, a
\nchanged body, the opportunity to<\/p>\n
530
\n00:37:41,000 –> 00:37:45,280
\nbe holy as He is holy?
\nBut there are two things that we<\/p>\n
531
\n00:37:45,280 –> 00:37:48,480
\nglossed over earlier that I
\nthink for me, again, this is one<\/p>\n
532
\n00:37:48,480 –> 00:37:52,160
\nof those occasions in the study
\nwhere where it was very <\/p>\n
533
\n00:37:52,160 –> 00:37:56,280
\nvulnerable for me because God
\nhad touched on something in me <\/p>\n
534
\n00:37:56,440 –> 00:37:58,440
\nthat desperately needed to be
\nspoken to. <\/p>\n
535
\n00:37:59,320 –> 00:38:03,040
\nThere are two things that that
\nPaul describes in the context of<\/p>\n
536
\n00:38:03,040 –> 00:38:05,880
\nhis effort to press toward the
\nmark for the prize of our high <\/p>\n
537
\n00:38:05,880 –> 00:38:08,040
\ncalling.
\nAnd he describes those two <\/p>\n
538
\n00:38:08,040 –> 00:38:13,760
\nthings this way.
\nHe says that he forgets what’s <\/p>\n
539
\n00:38:13,760 –> 00:38:16,320
\nbehind.
\nSo that’s one piece of it. <\/p>\n
540
\n00:38:17,160 –> 00:38:22,880
\nHe forgets what’s behind, and he
\npresses toward the mark by <\/p>\n
541
\n00:38:22,960 –> 00:38:26,080
\nreaching forward.
\nAnd that seems to be his <\/p>\n
542
\n00:38:26,080 –> 00:38:29,800
\ndescription of what it means
\nthen to press toward the mark <\/p>\n
543
\n00:38:30,120 –> 00:38:32,200
\nfor the prize of our high
\ncalling. <\/p>\n
544
\n00:38:33,080 –> 00:38:35,640
\nAnd I can’t speak to your
\nexperience, but I can speak to <\/p>\n
545
\n00:38:35,640 –> 00:38:40,840
\nmy own and say that I have spent
\nfar too much of my life dwelling<\/p>\n
546
\n00:38:40,840 –> 00:38:45,240
\nupon failures of the past or
\nlooking back longingly to Egypt,<\/p>\n
547
\n00:38:46,800 –> 00:38:51,840
\nor, you know, worried and
\nanxious about the future, trying<\/p>\n
548
\n00:38:51,840 –> 00:38:55,280
\nto plan for some, you know,
\nhorrible eventuality that could <\/p>\n
549
\n00:38:55,280 –> 00:38:57,560
\npossibly happen if, you know,
\nthings don’t go right. <\/p>\n
550
\n00:38:58,560 –> 00:39:02,200
\nThis is a different vision.
\nThis is a different way of <\/p>\n
551
\n00:39:02,200 –> 00:39:05,520
\nbeing.
\nWe forget those things which are<\/p>\n
552
\n00:39:05,680 –> 00:39:08,960
\nbehind.
\nWe recognize God’s presence in <\/p>\n
553
\n00:39:08,960 –> 00:39:12,720
\nthe experience that has brought
\nus to this place, and we reach <\/p>\n
554
\n00:39:12,760 –> 00:39:17,680
\nforth to the mark.
\nWe keep our eyes, as it were, on<\/p>\n
555
\n00:39:17,680 –> 00:39:23,840
\nthe prize of our high calling.
\nAnd so this has been very, very <\/p>\n
556
\n00:39:23,840 –> 00:39:27,360
\nhelpful to me.
\nI feel a novice at this effort <\/p>\n
557
\n00:39:27,560 –> 00:39:31,840
\ntoday, but it’s something that
\nhas been moving and helpful to <\/p>\n
558
\n00:39:31,840 –> 00:39:34,640
\nmy own experience, to my own
\njourney toward holiness, to <\/p>\n
559
\n00:39:34,640 –> 00:39:41,200
\nrealize that this must describe
\nmy pursuit of holiness if I am <\/p>\n
560
\n00:39:41,200 –> 00:39:45,960
\nto be successful.
\nOur greatest opportunity to to <\/p>\n
561
\n00:39:46,080 –> 00:39:50,840
\naffect our progress, to
\ncooperate with God in his <\/p>\n
562
\n00:39:50,840 –> 00:39:54,400
\nefforts to transform us right
\nnow. <\/p>\n
563
\n00:39:54,960 –> 00:40:01,240
\nThis is the moment over which we
\nhave the most control, if we <\/p>\n
564
\n00:40:01,240 –> 00:40:03,680
\nhave control at all.
\nIt is the moment over which we <\/p>\n
565
\n00:40:03,680 –> 00:40:07,560
\nhave the most control over our
\nthoughts, over our speech, over <\/p>\n
566
\n00:40:07,560 –> 00:40:09,840
\nour actions.
\nAnd so it’s so essential in our <\/p>\n
567
\n00:40:09,840 –> 00:40:14,200
\npursuit of holiness to be in
\nthis moment, to be here and and <\/p>\n
568
\n00:40:14,520 –> 00:40:18,200
\naware of our Heavenly Father’s
\npresence now and working to <\/p>\n
569
\n00:40:18,200 –> 00:40:24,000
\npattern our lives after him.
\nNow you’ll recall that in terms <\/p>\n
570
\n00:40:24,000 –> 00:40:27,200
\nof just a structure for our
\ninvestigation as we as we bring <\/p>\n
571
\n00:40:27,200 –> 00:40:31,280
\nthings to a close, you’ll recall
\nthat we began our investigation <\/p>\n
572
\n00:40:31,280 –> 00:40:35,080
\nof a contextual definition for
\nholiness in first Peter chapter <\/p>\n
573
\n00:40:35,080 –> 00:40:38,920
\n1 verses 14 to 16.
\nAnd it turns out that the first <\/p>\n
574
\n00:40:38,920 –> 00:40:42,400
\ntwo chapters of Peter have a
\ngood bit to say about holiness. <\/p>\n
575
\n00:40:42,400 –> 00:40:45,640
\nAnd you may have noticed it as
\nwe read through, even more <\/p>\n
576
\n00:40:45,640 –> 00:40:50,200
\nvaluable for our purposes, they
\nseem to suggest where we ought <\/p>\n
577
\n00:40:50,200 –> 00:40:53,480
\nto go to investigate this
\nsubject further. <\/p>\n
578
\n00:40:53,480 –> 00:40:57,000
\nSo we’ll just take a moment and
\npoint out a few of those <\/p>\n
579
\n00:40:57,000 –> 00:41:01,720
\nexamples where the theme of
\nholiness sort of presents <\/p>\n
580
\n00:41:01,720 –> 00:41:04,440
\nitself.
\nSo you’ve got verse two of first<\/p>\n
581
\n00:41:04,440 –> 00:41:07,320
\nPeter chapter 1, sanctification
\nof the Spirit. <\/p>\n
582
\n00:41:07,320 –> 00:41:09,720
\nWe said earlier that
\nsanctification is one of those <\/p>\n
583
\n00:41:09,720 –> 00:41:13,680
\nother English words that’s used
\nto to translate the the Greek <\/p>\n
584
\n00:41:13,680 –> 00:41:15,440
\nand Hebrew words associated with
\nholiness. <\/p>\n
585
\n00:41:15,760 –> 00:41:20,440
\nObviously verses 15 and 16,
\nwhich we been to a few times <\/p>\n
586
\n00:41:20,440 –> 00:41:24,440
\nthis morning, verse 22, the word
\npurified is a, is a related <\/p>\n
587
\n00:41:24,440 –> 00:41:25,640
\nword.
\nIt’s one of those words, if you <\/p>\n
588
\n00:41:25,640 –> 00:41:28,640
\nlook in the Strong’s
\nConcordance, it says from that <\/p>\n
589
\n00:41:28,640 –> 00:41:30,960
\nword that’s that’s typically
\ntranslated holiness. <\/p>\n
590
\n00:41:32,880 –> 00:41:37,360
\nVerse 5 describes this idea of a
\nholy priesthood and we have <\/p>\n
591
\n00:41:37,480 –> 00:41:43,720
\nholiness again in relation to
\nbeing a royal priesthood and and<\/p>\n
592
\n00:41:43,960 –> 00:41:47,040
\na nation in verse 9 of chapter
\n2. <\/p>\n
593
\n00:41:47,160 –> 00:41:50,600
\nAnd we’ll come back to those two
\nideas in a good bit more detail <\/p>\n
594
\n00:41:50,600 –> 00:41:55,040
\nin in class 3.
\nSo this is just sort of evidence<\/p>\n
595
\n00:41:55,080 –> 00:41:59,200
\nof the theme in first Peter
\nchapter 1 and 2. <\/p>\n
596
\n00:41:59,800 –> 00:42:03,800
\nNow, interestingly, if we begin
\nto then sort of look at, well, <\/p>\n
597
\n00:42:03,800 –> 00:42:07,720
\nwhere what is the, what is the
\nbasis for much of the, the <\/p>\n
598
\n00:42:07,720 –> 00:42:09,800
\nthought process that Peter seems
\nto be using? <\/p>\n
599
\n00:42:09,800 –> 00:42:11,240
\nWe’ve really already had the
\nhint, haven’t we? <\/p>\n
600
\n00:42:11,560 –> 00:42:15,720
\nBecause verses 15 and 16 seem to
\nbe taken from the language of <\/p>\n
601
\n00:42:15,720 –> 00:42:18,200
\nLeviticus.
\nAnd in fact, as we begin to look<\/p>\n
602
\n00:42:18,200 –> 00:42:22,400
\nthrough the, the concepts that
\nare presented, our minds are <\/p>\n
603
\n00:42:22,400 –> 00:42:24,600
\ndrawn back to the period of the
\nExodus. <\/p>\n
604
\n00:42:24,960 –> 00:42:28,720
\nWe are in a sense, transported
\nback to Israel’s experience. <\/p>\n
605
\n00:42:28,960 –> 00:42:30,880
\nWe have this notion of being
\nelect. <\/p>\n
606
\n00:42:31,400 –> 00:42:35,520
\nIt’s an idea that means chosen.
\nAnd Israel was chosen of God, <\/p>\n
607
\n00:42:35,520 –> 00:42:37,320
\nwere they not?
\nThey were his chosen. <\/p>\n
608
\n00:42:37,320 –> 00:42:40,520
\nAnd in Deuteronomy Chapter 7,
\nGod says I did not choose you <\/p>\n
609
\n00:42:40,520 –> 00:42:42,320
\nbecause you were more numerous
\nthan other people. <\/p>\n
610
\n00:42:42,320 –> 00:42:45,560
\nI chose you, you know, because I
\nlove you and because I would <\/p>\n
611
\n00:42:45,560 –> 00:42:47,880
\nkeep the promises that I made to
\nthe Fathers. <\/p>\n
612
\n00:42:48,040 –> 00:42:49,800
\nSo we have this idea of being
\nchosen. <\/p>\n
613
\n00:42:49,800 –> 00:42:54,560
\nWell, how was Israel chosen?
\nWhat kind of process was <\/p>\n
614
\n00:42:54,560 –> 00:42:57,080
\ninvolved in their consecration?
\nAnd this is something that we’ll<\/p>\n
615
\n00:42:57,080 –> 00:42:59,760
\nlook at in their, their
\ninstallment, if you will, as a <\/p>\n
616
\n00:42:59,760 –> 00:43:04,600
\nnation, something that we’ll
\nlook at in Class 3 as well, that<\/p>\n
617
\n00:43:05,160 –> 00:43:07,640
\nit’s described here as
\nsanctification of the Spirit <\/p>\n
618
\n00:43:08,160 –> 00:43:12,600
\nunto obedience and sprinkling of
\nthe blood of Jesus Christ. <\/p>\n
619
\n00:43:12,600 –> 00:43:16,080
\nAnd if we, if we go back to
\nExodus chapter 20 to 23 and then<\/p>\n
620
\n00:43:16,080 –> 00:43:20,720
\nwe look at the language of the
\n1st 8 verses of Exodus 24, we <\/p>\n
621
\n00:43:20,720 –> 00:43:27,160
\nsee this exact progression of
\nexperience, this exact <\/p>\n
622
\n00:43:27,160 –> 00:43:30,720
\nprogression of experience,
\nIsrael as it were sanctified by <\/p>\n
623
\n00:43:30,720 –> 00:43:34,280
\nthe Spirit Word of God coming
\ninto covenant relationship with <\/p>\n
624
\n00:43:34,280 –> 00:43:36,760
\nhim.
\nAnd when Moses comes and he <\/p>\n
625
\n00:43:36,760 –> 00:43:40,800
\nreads them, he conveys to them
\nverbally what God has has told <\/p>\n
626
\n00:43:40,800 –> 00:43:43,160
\nhim in in Exodus chapter 20 to
\n23. <\/p>\n
627
\n00:43:43,400 –> 00:43:45,480
\nAnd then all the peoples, what
\ndo they say? <\/p>\n
628
\n00:43:46,760 –> 00:43:49,000
\nAll that the Lord has said we
\nwill do, right? <\/p>\n
629
\n00:43:49,360 –> 00:43:51,480
\nAnd then he goes and I, I just
\nlove the progression because it <\/p>\n
630
\n00:43:51,480 –> 00:43:54,160
\nhas this sense for me of like a
\ndeposition and it has a very, <\/p>\n
631
\n00:43:54,840 –> 00:43:57,960
\nvery legal feel as if Israel
\ncannot possibly get get away <\/p>\n
632
\n00:43:57,960 –> 00:43:59,040
\nwith saying, well, we didn’t get
\nit. <\/p>\n
633
\n00:43:59,120 –> 00:44:02,280
\nWe didn’t understand.
\nGod goes to great pains, not <\/p>\n
634
\n00:44:02,280 –> 00:44:05,120
\nbecause he wants to wag his
\nfinger at them, but because <\/p>\n
635
\n00:44:05,440 –> 00:44:08,240
\nthrough Moses he’s making
\nutterly sure that they <\/p>\n
636
\n00:44:08,240 –> 00:44:11,520
\nunderstand the nature of that
\nwhich he has called them to, <\/p>\n
637
\n00:44:11,560 –> 00:44:13,840
\nright?
\nIt’s his desire to see them <\/p>\n
638
\n00:44:13,840 –> 00:44:16,920
\nsucceed, not his hope that he
\ncan wag his finger at them when <\/p>\n
639
\n00:44:16,920 –> 00:44:20,200
\nthey fail.
\nMoses goes, he writes it down, <\/p>\n
640
\n00:44:20,200 –> 00:44:21,480
\nhe brings it back and he reads
\nit to them. <\/p>\n
641
\n00:44:21,480 –> 00:44:23,040
\nAnd what happens?
\nThey say all that the Lord has <\/p>\n
642
\n00:44:23,040 –> 00:44:25,240
\nsaid we will do.
\nAnd then almost as if they’re <\/p>\n
643
\n00:44:25,240 –> 00:44:26,840
\nlike, OK, and maybe he needs to
\nhear more. <\/p>\n
644
\n00:44:26,880 –> 00:44:29,720
\nAnd he says, and be obedient,
\nright? <\/p>\n
645
\n00:44:30,480 –> 00:44:33,680
\nAnd then what does Moses do?
\nHe sprinkles the blood of the <\/p>\n
646
\n00:44:33,680 –> 00:44:36,400
\nofferings that had been made on
\nthe people and on the book. <\/p>\n
647
\n00:44:36,400 –> 00:44:39,480
\nAnd he says, this is the book of
\nthe covenant that God has made <\/p>\n
648
\n00:44:39,480 –> 00:44:42,680
\nwith you here.
\nSo this language, just a quick <\/p>\n
649
\n00:44:42,680 –> 00:44:45,120
\nlittle turn of phrase at the
\nvery beginning of first Peter <\/p>\n
650
\n00:44:45,280 –> 00:44:49,200
\nchapter 1, evocative of so much
\nin the experience of Israel’s <\/p>\n
651
\n00:44:49,200 –> 00:44:52,240
\nhistory.
\nOf course, we already looked at <\/p>\n
652
\n00:44:52,560 –> 00:44:57,920
\nverses 15 and 16 and they’re
\nthey’re links back to Leviticus <\/p>\n
653
\n00:44:58,440 –> 00:45:01,280
\nof the Pentateuch of the those
\nfirst five books of the Bible. <\/p>\n
654
\n00:45:03,280 –> 00:45:05,160
\nI can’t remember the exact
\nnumbers off the top of my head, <\/p>\n
655
\n00:45:05,160 –> 00:45:06,480
\nbut I think we’ll touch on it
\nlater. <\/p>\n
656
\n00:45:06,920 –> 00:45:09,320
\nBut more so than any other book,
\nas you might imagine, Leviticus <\/p>\n
657
\n00:45:09,320 –> 00:45:12,640
\ndeals with the principle and the
\nconcept surrounding holiness, <\/p>\n
658
\n00:45:12,640 –> 00:45:15,920
\nhow Israel was to be holy at
\nthat time in their national <\/p>\n
659
\n00:45:15,920 –> 00:45:20,640
\nlife.
\nAnd then verses 18 and 19, we <\/p>\n
660
\n00:45:20,640 –> 00:45:22,840
\nwere not redeemed with
\ncorruptible things, but with the<\/p>\n
661
\n00:45:22,840 –> 00:45:26,240
\nprecious blood of Christ as of a
\nlamb without spot, without <\/p>\n
662
\n00:45:26,240 –> 00:45:28,840
\nblemish, and without spot.
\nAnd of course, we can’t help but<\/p>\n
663
\n00:45:28,840 –> 00:45:32,520
\nbe drawn back to the Passover in
\nthis language and the, the, the <\/p>\n
664
\n00:45:32,520 –> 00:45:35,800
\nPassover sort of description of
\nthe Lord Jesus Christ and the <\/p>\n
665
\n00:45:35,800 –> 00:45:39,080
\nredemption that we have through
\nhis blood. <\/p>\n
666
\n00:45:42,960 –> 00:45:49,400
\nAnd finally, then in in chapter
\n2, verse 5, this idea of being <\/p>\n
667
\n00:45:49,400 –> 00:45:53,120
\nlively stones built up into a
\nspiritual house and a holy <\/p>\n
668
\n00:45:53,120 –> 00:45:55,480
\npriesthood.
\nAnd, and in Exodus chapter 25, <\/p>\n
669
\n00:45:55,480 –> 00:45:58,600
\nverse 8, which we’ll look at
\nmore in in our session tomorrow,<\/p>\n
670
\n00:46:00,040 –> 00:46:04,080
\nwe will a touch on God’s desire
\nthat Israel should make him a <\/p>\n
671
\n00:46:04,640 –> 00:46:10,160
\nsanctuary, a holy place that he
\nmight dwell among them. <\/p>\n
672
\n00:46:10,720 –> 00:46:14,280
\nGod wants to dwell among his
\npeople, but he requires a holy <\/p>\n
673
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\nplace.
\nAnd that’s why we have Exodus 25<\/p>\n
674
\n00:46:17,880 –> 00:46:20,960
\nand verse 8 listed there.
\nAnd then finally, one of <\/p>\n
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\n00:46:20,960 –> 00:46:24,800
\nprobably the most sort of leap
\noff the page examples is Exodus <\/p>\n
676
\n00:46:24,800 –> 00:46:28,920
\n19, verses 5 and 6 in relation
\nto first Peter chapter 2 and <\/p>\n
677
\n00:46:28,920 –> 00:46:32,400
\nverse 9, where where Peter says
\nye are a chosen generation, a <\/p>\n
678
\n00:46:32,400 –> 00:46:36,320
\nroyal priesthood, a holy nation.
\nAnd that can’t I, I, you know, I<\/p>\n
679
\n00:46:36,440 –> 00:46:39,680
\nexpect many of us are that we
\ncan’t help but go back to, to <\/p>\n
680
\n00:46:39,680 –> 00:46:43,640
\nwhat God through Moses conveys
\nto the children of Israel there <\/p>\n
681
\n00:46:43,640 –> 00:46:45,320
\nat the, at the foot of Mount
\nSinai. <\/p>\n
682
\n00:46:46,200 –> 00:46:50,160
\nSo with this in mind, on the
\nbasis of these links, we will <\/p>\n
683
\n00:46:50,160 –> 00:46:55,320
\nsort of be beginning our study
\ntomorrow back in the Exodus, <\/p>\n
684
\n00:46:55,480 –> 00:46:59,600
\nlooking first of all at the
\nbeginning of the way of <\/p>\n
685
\n00:46:59,600 –> 00:47:03,280
\nholiness, which which cannot be
\nother than our redemption. <\/p>\n
686
\n00:47:04,040 –> 00:47:07,680
\nAs we said, our holiness is
\nfirst and foremost an act of <\/p>\n
687
\n00:47:07,680 –> 00:47:10,040
\nGod.
\nWe’ll look at the end of the way<\/p>\n
688
\n00:47:10,040 –> 00:47:14,560
\nof holiness.
\nWell, a holy place for God to <\/p>\n
689
\n00:47:14,560 –> 00:47:19,080
\ndwell and we’ll look at the idea
\nof, of a holy place for God to <\/p>\n
690
\n00:47:19,080 –> 00:47:24,040
\ndwell and the Sabbath.
\nSo with that, we’ll bring this <\/p>\n
691
\n00:47:24,120 –> 00:47:26,760
\nfirst session to a close.
\nAnd I’ll, I’ll say thank you <\/p>\n
692
\n00:47:26,760 –> 00:47:29,440
\nvery much for your kind
\nattention and your, your smiles <\/p>\n
693
\n00:47:29,440 –> 00:47:32,240
\nand your eye contact.
\nAnd we’ll begin again tomorrow. <\/p>\n
694
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\nThank you.\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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