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which<00:10:31.860><c> the</c><00:10:32.100><c> apostle</c><00:10:32.399><c> Paul</c><00:10:32.679><c> ministered</c><00:10:33.139><c> in</c><00:10:33.220><c> his</c><00:10:33.340><c> active</c><00:10:33.639><c> years.</c>

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salvation,<00:10:43.220><c> even</c><00:10:43.779><c> as</c><00:10:44.539><c> our</c><00:10:44.759><c> beloved</c><00:10:45.299><c> brother</c><00:10:45.919><c> Paul</c><00:10:46.559><c> also,</c><00:10:48.179><c> according</c><00:10:48.580><c> to</c>

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the<00:10:48.960><c> wisdom</c><00:10:49.360><c> given</c><00:10:49.679><c> unto</c><00:10:49.980><c> him,</c>

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hath<00:10:51.399><c> written</c><00:10:51.879><c> unto</c><00:10:52.460><c> you,</c><00:10:53.720><c> as</c><00:10:54.120><c> also</c><00:10:54.440><c> in</c><00:10:54.659><c> all</c><00:10:54.899><c> his</c><00:10:55.120><c> epistles,</c>

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unlearned<00:11:03.179><c> and</c><00:11:03.340><c> unstable</c><00:11:03.899><c> rest,</c><00:11:04.940><c> as</c><00:11:05.159><c> they</c><00:11:05.340><c> do</c>

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also<00:11:05.860><c> the</c><00:11:06.139><c> other</c><00:11:06.399><c> scriptures</c><00:11:06.899><c> unto</c><00:11:07.840><c> their</c><00:11:08.059><c> own</c><00:11:08.299><c> destruction.</c>

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Therefore,<00:11:10.740><c> there's</c><00:11:10.980><c> a</c><00:11:11.179><c> pertinent</c><00:11:11.480><c> reference</c><00:11:11.919><c> to</c><00:11:12.100><c> the</c><00:11:12.259><c> apostle</c><00:11:12.620><c> Paul.</c>

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These<00:11:13.419><c> brothers</c><00:11:13.740><c> and</c><00:11:14.000><c> sisters</c><00:11:14.340><c> knew</c><00:11:14.700><c> Paul,</c><00:11:15.080><c> brothers</c><00:11:15.340><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:11:16.000><c> firsthand.</c>

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And<00:11:20.799><c> now</c><00:11:21.139><c> some</c><00:11:21.399><c> years</c><00:11:21.679><c> later,</c><00:11:22.480><c> another</c><00:11:22.759><c> apostle</c><00:11:23.379><c> is</c><00:11:24.379><c> tending</c>

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We<00:11:28.519><c> might</c><00:11:28.840><c> not</c><00:11:29.259><c> associate</c><00:11:29.919><c> that</c><00:11:30.299><c> reference</c><00:11:30.620><c> to</c><00:11:30.840><c> Paul</c><00:11:31.100><c> at</c><00:11:31.320><c> the</c>

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end<00:11:31.519><c> of</c><00:11:31.700><c> the</c><00:11:31.820><c> second</c><00:11:32.019><c> epistle</c><00:11:32.500><c> to</c><00:11:33.299><c> what</c><00:11:33.480><c> Peter</c><00:11:33.799><c> says</c>

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Most<00:11:40.720><c> importantly,</c><00:11:41.419><c> brothers</c><00:11:41.500><c> and</c><00:11:41.759><c> sisters,</c><00:11:42.480><c> we've</c><00:11:42.779><c> got</c><00:11:42.860><c> to</c>

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ask<00:11:43.240><c> ourselves</c><00:11:43.720><c> by</c><00:11:43.960><c> way</c><00:11:44.179><c> of</c><00:11:44.399><c> introduction,</c><00:11:45.899><c> why</c>

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did<00:11:46.740><c> Peter</c><00:11:47.120><c> pen</c><00:11:47.539><c> these</c><00:11:47.879><c> two</c><00:11:48.139><c> epistles?</c>

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Let's<00:11:49.639><c> return</c><00:11:49.940><c> to</c><00:11:50.100><c> the</c><00:11:50.240><c> first</c><00:11:50.460><c> epistle</c><00:11:50.779><c> again.</c>

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Again,<00:11:52.840><c> there</c><00:11:53.039><c> is</c><00:11:53.419><c> really</c><00:11:53.840><c> very</c><00:11:54.240><c> clear</c><00:11:54.539><c> evidence</c><00:11:55.039><c> as</c><00:11:56.059><c> to</c><00:11:56.240><c> the</c>

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objective<00:11:56.840><c> of</c><00:11:57.019><c> the</c><00:11:57.200><c> apostle's</c><00:11:57.759><c> writing.</c>

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First<00:11:59.620><c> of</c><00:11:59.799><c> Peter,</c><00:12:00.679><c> chapter</c><00:12:01.000><c> one,</c><00:12:04.620><c> verse</c><00:12:04.919><c> six,</c><00:12:09.100><c> wherein</c><00:12:09.399><c> ye</c><00:12:10.399><c> greatly</c><00:12:10.799><c> rejoice,</c><00:12:12.080><c> though</c><00:12:12.399><c> now</c><00:12:12.720><c> for</c><00:12:13.059><c> a</c>

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season,<00:12:13.639><c> if</c>

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need<00:12:14.080><c> be,</c><00:12:15.179><c> ye</c><00:12:15.340><c> are</c><00:12:15.720><c> in</c><00:12:16.019><c> heaviness</c><00:12:16.440><c> through</c><00:12:16.860><c> manifold</c><00:12:17.700><c> temptations.</c>

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perisheth,<00:12:30.639><c> though</c><00:12:30.799><c> it</c><00:12:30.919><c> be</c><00:12:31.059><c> tried</c><00:12:31.299><c> with</c><00:12:31.559><c> fire,</c><00:12:32.620><c> might</c><00:12:32.740><c> be</c><00:12:33.019><c> found</c><00:12:33.399><c> unto</c><00:12:33.620><c> praise</c><00:12:34.100><c> and</c>

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honor<00:12:34.620><c> and</c><00:12:34.899><c> glory</c><00:12:35.100><c> at</c>

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tested,<00:12:43.679><c> that</c><00:12:43.860><c> their</c><00:12:44.139><c> confidence</c><00:12:44.759><c> and</c>

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fidelity<00:12:45.539><c> to</c><00:12:45.779><c> the</c><00:12:46.059><c> truth</c><00:12:46.320><c> will</c><00:12:46.519><c> be</c><00:12:46.720><c> put</c><00:12:47.039><c> to</c><00:12:47.220><c> the</c><00:12:47.460><c> test</c><00:12:47.799><c> is</c>

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sisters<00:12:54.799><c> find</c><00:12:55.299><c> themselves</c><00:12:55.879><c> in</c>

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Empire,<00:13:21.779><c> starting</c><00:13:22.080><c> in</c><00:13:22.360><c> Rome</c><00:13:22.580><c> and</c><00:13:23.220><c> moving</c><00:13:23.460><c> out</c>

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disaffected<00:13:37.639><c> with</c><00:13:37.840><c> that</c><00:13:38.059><c> community,</c><00:13:38.559><c> they</c><00:13:38.779><c> became</c><00:13:39.039><c> disaffected</c><00:13:39.620><c> as</c><00:13:39.879><c> well</c>

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extant<00:13:52.019><c> through</c><00:13:52.159><c> the</c><00:13:52.279><c> Roman</c><00:13:52.460><c> Empire,</c><00:13:53.059><c> starting</c><00:13:53.779><c> at</c><00:13:54.080><c> about</c><00:13:54.379><c> this</c><00:13:54.679><c> time</c><00:13:54.899><c> in</c>

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So<00:13:56.820><c> the</c><00:13:57.019><c> mention</c><00:13:57.259><c> of</c><00:13:57.639><c> trials</c><00:13:58.039><c> is</c><00:13:59.299><c> historically</c><00:13:59.899><c> relevant.</c>

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Confirmation<00:14:01.820><c> outside</c><00:14:02.320><c> of</c><00:14:02.500><c> the</c><00:14:02.659><c> epistles</c><00:14:03.059><c> that,</c><00:14:03.600><c> indeed,</c>

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communities<00:14:06.539><c> were</c><00:14:06.860><c> facing</c><00:14:07.740><c> dire</c><00:14:08.379><c> persecution</c><00:14:09.120><c> from</c><00:14:09.340><c> the</c>

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sisters,<00:15:08.559><c> is</c><00:15:08.740><c> now</c><00:15:08.919><c> apparent</c><00:15:09.279><c> as</c><00:15:09.460><c> you</c>

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Now,<00:15:51.200><c> you</c><00:15:51.440><c> see,</c><00:15:51.559><c> in</c><00:15:51.639><c> the</c><00:15:51.919><c> second</c><00:15:52.159><c> epistle,</c><00:15:52.519><c> we've</c><00:15:52.820><c> got</c><00:15:52.899><c> to</c><00:15:53.059><c> make</c><00:15:53.159><c> a</c>

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apostle<00:16:20.539><c> is</c><00:16:20.980><c> now</c><00:16:21.320><c> warning</c><00:16:21.779><c> of</c>

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work<00:17:04.480><c> in</c><00:17:04.819><c> tandem.</c>

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stress,<00:17:20.880><c> many</c>

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our<00:17:30.680><c> early</c><00:17:30.920><c> studies</c><00:17:31.200><c> we're</c>

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epistle,<00:17:35.640><c> looking</c><00:17:35.880><c> at</c><00:17:36.079><c> the</c><00:17:36.279><c> kind</c><00:17:36.539><c> of</c>

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of<00:17:40.359><c> all,</c><00:17:40.779><c> from</c><00:17:41.099><c> without.</c>

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Brethren<00:17:53.559><c> who</c><00:17:53.759><c> were</c><00:17:53.960><c> to</c><00:17:54.059><c> see</c><00:17:54.220><c> themselves</c><00:17:54.859><c> as</c><00:17:55.319><c> the</c><00:17:55.500><c> dispersed,</c>

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aliens,<00:17:58.059><c> those</c><00:17:58.319><c> who</c><00:17:58.519><c> were</c><00:17:58.799><c> sojourners</c>

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Well<00:18:16.240><c> first,</c><00:18:17.240><c> in</c><00:18:17.240><c> the</c><00:18:17.619><c> first</c><00:18:17.920><c> epistle,</c><00:18:19.180><c> he</c><00:18:19.339><c> has</c><00:18:19.619><c> to</c><00:18:19.839><c> write</c><00:18:20.039><c> to</c>

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brothers<00:18:20.480><c> and</c><00:18:20.740><c> sisters</c><00:18:21.099><c> and</c><00:18:21.579><c> prepare</c>

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them<00:18:22.799><c> to</c><00:18:23.579><c> adequately</c><00:18:24.220><c> face,</c><00:18:26.079><c> to</c><00:18:26.420><c> victoriously</c><00:18:27.339><c> face,</c><00:18:28.680><c> these</c>

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challenges<00:18:29.299><c> that</c><00:18:29.539><c> would</c><00:18:29.779><c> come</c><00:18:29.980><c> upon</c><00:18:30.279><c> them,</c>

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first<00:18:31.059><c> of</c><00:18:31.259><c> all,</c><00:18:31.619><c> from</c><00:18:31.859><c> without.</c>

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Now<00:18:34.140><c> how</c><00:18:34.259><c> is</c><00:18:34.420><c> the</c><00:18:34.599><c> apostle</c><00:18:34.920><c> going</c><00:18:35.180><c> to</c><00:18:35.380><c> do</c><00:18:35.500><c> that,</c><00:18:35.759><c> brothers</c><00:18:35.920><c> and</c><00:18:36.180><c> sisters?</c>

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What<00:18:37.539><c> kind</c><00:18:37.960><c> of</c><00:18:38.339><c> questions</c><00:18:38.839><c> are</c><00:18:39.339><c> asked</c><00:18:39.680><c> by</c><00:18:40.000><c> brothers</c><00:18:40.299><c> and</c><00:18:40.579><c> sisters</c><00:18:40.920><c> when</c>

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they<00:18:41.480><c> face</c><00:18:41.940><c> stress,</c><00:18:43.400><c> when</c><00:18:43.599><c> they</c>

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face<00:18:45.799><c> faith,</c><00:18:46.140><c> first</c><00:18:46.380><c> of</c><00:18:46.579><c> all,</c><00:18:46.759><c> from</c><00:18:46.980><c> without?</c>

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How<00:18:48.559><c> do</c><00:18:48.819><c> you</c><00:18:49.039><c> exhort</c><00:18:49.619><c> brothers</c><00:18:50.000><c> and</c><00:18:50.299><c> sisters</c><00:18:50.599><c> and</c><00:18:51.019><c> prepare</c><00:18:51.539><c> them</c><00:18:51.799><c> to</c>

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be<00:18:52.200><c> victorious</c><00:18:52.940><c> in</c><00:18:53.559><c> meeting</c><00:18:53.779><c> those</c>

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trials?

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There's<00:18:55.380><c> the</c><00:18:55.640><c> task</c><00:18:56.000><c> before</c><00:18:56.440><c> the</c><00:18:56.700><c> apostle</c><00:18:57.099><c> in</c><00:18:57.720><c> the</c><00:18:57.960><c> first</c><00:18:58.220><c> epistle.</c>

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And<00:18:59.420><c> then</c><00:18:59.720><c> secondly,</c><00:19:01.059><c> at</c><00:19:01.180><c> the</c><00:19:01.380><c> second</c><00:19:01.640><c> epistle,</c><00:19:02.519><c> how</c><00:19:02.779><c> does</c>

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the<00:19:03.279><c> apostle</c><00:19:03.660><c> prepare</c><00:19:04.279><c> the</c><00:19:04.579><c> ecclesias</c>

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How<00:19:11.779><c> do</c><00:19:11.980><c> you</c><00:19:12.140><c> prepare</c><00:19:12.420><c> brothers</c><00:19:12.799><c> and</c><00:19:13.079><c> sisters</c><00:19:13.559><c> against</c><00:19:14.400><c> false</c><00:19:15.039><c> brethren?</c>

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How<00:19:16.640><c> do</c><00:19:16.839><c> you</c><00:19:17.039><c> warn</c><00:19:17.279><c> them</c><00:19:17.619><c> and</c><00:19:17.940><c> strengthen</c><00:19:18.339><c> them</c><00:19:18.700><c> and</c><00:19:18.980><c> sharpen</c>

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them<00:19:19.519><c> so</c><00:19:19.720><c> that</c><00:19:19.880><c> they,</c><00:19:20.339><c> too,</c><00:19:20.559><c> will</c><00:19:20.759><c> meet</c>

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victoriously<00:19:21.960><c> the</c><00:19:22.579><c> challenge</c><00:19:23.140><c> of</c><00:19:23.480><c> apostasy?</c>

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Two<00:19:25.640><c> aims,</c><00:19:26.960><c> two</c><00:19:27.279><c> problems,</c><00:19:28.059><c> but</c><00:19:28.359><c> not</c><00:19:28.859><c> entirely</c><00:19:29.440><c> separate.</c>

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Paul<00:19:31.700><c> in</c><00:19:31.920><c> 2</c><00:19:32.259><c> Corinthians</c><00:19:32.740><c> chapter</c><00:19:33.299><c> 7</c><00:19:33.640><c> uses</c><00:19:34.059><c> two</c><00:19:34.460><c> phrases</c><00:19:34.920><c> which</c><00:19:35.299><c> complement</c><00:19:35.900><c> what</c>

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we're<00:19:37.079><c> talking</c><00:19:37.380><c> about</c>

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here.

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In<00:19:39.000><c> 2</c><00:19:39.180><c> Corinthians</c><00:19:39.599><c> chapter</c><00:19:40.180><c> 7,</c><00:19:40.500><c> the</c><00:19:40.680><c> apostle</c><00:19:41.099><c> Paul,</c><00:19:42.380><c> I'm</c><00:19:42.500><c> not</c>

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going<00:19:42.859><c> to</c><00:19:43.019><c> turn</c><00:19:43.180><c> it</c><00:19:43.319><c> up,</c><00:19:43.460><c> but</c><00:19:43.579><c> you</c><00:19:43.759><c> perhaps</c>

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would<00:19:44.200><c> like</c><00:19:44.299><c> to</c><00:19:44.839><c> look</c><00:19:45.039><c> at</c><00:19:45.180><c> it</c><00:19:45.319><c> at</c><00:19:45.400><c> your</c><00:19:45.539><c> leisure,</c><00:19:46.019><c> uses</c><00:19:46.220><c> two</c><00:19:46.640><c> phrases.</c>

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He<00:19:48.240><c> speaks</c><00:19:48.579><c> about,</c><00:19:50.380><c> without</c><00:19:50.380><c> were</c><00:19:50.880><c> fightings</c><00:19:51.700><c> and</c><00:19:52.599><c> within</c>

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were<00:19:53.700><c> fears.</c>

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That's<00:19:55.640><c> what</c><00:19:55.759><c> we're</c><00:19:55.980><c> speaking</c><00:19:56.259><c> of</c><00:19:56.559><c> in</c><00:19:56.900><c> these</c><00:19:57.440><c> two</c><00:19:57.859><c> epistles.</c>

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And<00:19:58.960><c> that</c><00:19:59.519><c> phrasing</c><00:19:59.920><c> by</c><00:20:00.160><c> the</c><00:20:00.339><c> apostle</c><00:20:00.700><c> Paul</c><00:20:01.039><c> in</c><00:20:01.279><c> 2</c><00:20:01.500><c> Corinthians</c><00:20:01.960><c> 7</c><00:20:02.559><c> appropriately</c><00:20:03.640><c> summarizes</c><00:20:04.700><c> the</c>

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challenge.

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Without<00:20:06.819><c> were</c><00:20:07.119><c> fightings,</c><00:20:08.359><c> within</c><00:20:08.960><c> were</c><00:20:09.500><c> fears.</c>

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The<00:20:10.900><c> challenge</c><00:20:11.380><c> of</c><00:20:11.740><c> developing</c><00:20:12.259><c> apostasy</c><00:20:13.079><c> within,</c><00:20:14.519><c> the</c><00:20:14.660><c> challenge</c><00:20:15.039><c> of</c>

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false<00:20:15.680><c> doctrine</c><00:20:16.119><c> from</c><00:20:16.440><c> within</c>

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the<00:20:17.160><c> ecclesia,</c><00:20:18.259><c> and</c><00:20:18.380><c> of</c><00:20:18.559><c> course</c><00:20:18.720><c> the</c><00:20:19.019><c> trial</c><00:20:19.500><c> of</c><00:20:19.859><c> the</c><00:20:20.059><c> world</c><00:20:20.359><c> outside.</c>

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What<00:20:23.480><c> perspectives</c><00:20:24.099><c> then</c><00:20:24.339><c> were</c><00:20:24.559><c> needed?</c>

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If<00:20:25.579><c> we</c><00:20:25.759><c> look</c><00:20:25.900><c> at</c><00:20:26.039><c> the</c><00:20:26.220><c> first</c><00:20:26.420><c> epistle</c><00:20:26.940><c> for</c><00:20:27.839><c> the</c><00:20:27.980><c> purpose</c><00:20:28.440><c> of</c><00:20:28.920><c> trying</c><00:20:29.279><c> to</c>

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understand<00:20:30.460><c> how</c><00:20:31.200><c> the</c><00:20:31.500><c> apostle</c><00:20:31.980><c> addresses</c>

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says<00:20:36.940><c> what</c><00:20:37.099><c> he</c><00:20:37.240><c> does</c><00:20:37.519><c> and</c><00:20:37.720><c> why</c><00:20:37.900><c> he</c><00:20:38.119><c> develops</c>

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Now<00:20:42.579><c> rather</c><00:20:42.740><c> than</c><00:20:42.900><c> working</c><00:20:43.220><c> through</c><00:20:43.519><c> 1</c><00:20:43.759><c> Peter</c><00:20:44.059><c> and</c><00:20:44.319><c> 2</c><00:20:44.680><c> Peter</c>

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chapter<00:20:45.400><c> by</c><00:20:45.640><c> chapter,</c><00:20:46.819><c> we're</c><00:20:47.019><c> going</c><00:20:47.019><c> to</c>

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look<00:20:47.400><c> at</c><00:20:47.960><c> both</c><00:20:48.299><c> epistles</c><00:20:48.819><c> thematically,</c><00:20:50.339><c> which</c><00:20:50.480><c> will</c><00:20:50.680><c> mean</c>

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we'll<00:20:51.140><c> go</c><00:20:51.400><c> back</c><00:20:51.599><c> and</c><00:20:51.839><c> forth</c><00:20:52.059><c> over</c><00:20:52.319><c> the</c>

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the<00:20:57.380><c> theme</c><00:20:57.559><c> that</c><00:20:57.700><c> we're</c>

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Let's<00:20:59.980><c> go</c><00:21:00.220><c> back</c><00:21:00.400><c> again</c><00:21:00.799><c> to</c><00:21:01.460><c> 1</c><00:21:01.640><c> Peter</c><00:21:02.059><c> chapter</c><00:21:02.700><c> 1</c><00:21:03.539><c> and</c><00:21:05.700><c> put</c><00:21:05.900><c> together</c><00:21:06.240><c> the</c>

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clues<00:21:07.059><c> that</c><00:21:10.180><c> indicate</c><00:21:10.680><c> how</c><00:21:11.119><c> the</c>

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apostle<00:21:12.019><c> is</c><00:21:13.720><c> going</c><00:21:13.900><c> to</c><00:21:14.140><c> help</c><00:21:14.279><c> them</c><00:21:14.559><c> to</c><00:21:14.839><c> address</c><00:21:15.180><c> this</c><00:21:15.579><c> challenge</c><00:21:16.039><c> of</c><00:21:16.440><c> persecution</c><00:21:17.039><c> and</c>

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trial<00:21:17.900><c> and</c><00:21:18.279><c> stress</c>

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from<00:21:19.279><c> without,</c><00:21:19.640><c> first</c><00:21:19.940><c> of</c><00:21:20.140><c> all.</c>

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Well,<00:21:22.799><c> we</c><00:21:23.059><c> noticed</c><00:21:23.339><c> in</c><00:21:23.539><c> verse</c><00:21:23.819><c> 6,</c><00:21:24.440><c> as</c><00:21:24.619><c> we've</c><00:21:24.880><c> already</c><00:21:25.160><c> read,</c>

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the<00:21:26.440><c> reference</c><00:21:26.960><c> to</c><00:21:27.420><c> trial.</c>

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Whom<00:21:35.119><c> having</c><00:21:35.380><c> not</c><00:21:35.880><c> seen</c><00:21:36.200><c> ye</c><00:21:36.480><c> love,</c><00:21:37.039><c> in</c><00:21:37.339><c> whom,</c><00:21:38.440><c> though</c><00:21:38.599><c> now</c><00:21:38.859><c> ye</c>

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see<00:21:39.240><c> him</c><00:21:39.519><c> not,</c><00:21:39.880><c> yet</c><00:21:40.119><c> believing</c><00:21:40.460><c> ye</c><00:21:40.700><c> rejoice</c>

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with<00:21:41.440><c> joy</c><00:21:41.819><c> unspeakable</c><00:21:42.619><c> and</c><00:21:43.039><c> full</c><00:21:43.339><c> of</c><00:21:43.759><c> glory.</c>

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Verse<00:21:45.539><c> 11,</c><00:21:46.539><c> speaking</c><00:21:47.819><c> of</c><00:21:47.980><c> what</c><00:21:48.140><c> the</c><00:21:48.420><c> prophets</c><00:21:48.700><c> had</c><00:21:48.980><c> written</c>

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beforehand<00:21:49.859><c> that</c><00:21:50.099><c> was</c><00:21:50.359><c> relevant</c><00:21:50.759><c> to</c><00:21:50.920><c> their</c>

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case,<00:21:52.119><c> verse</c><00:21:52.240><c> 11,</c><00:21:53.480><c> searching</c><00:21:53.660><c> what</c><00:21:54.099><c> or</c><00:21:54.400><c> what</c><00:21:54.680><c> manner</c><00:21:54.900><c> of</c><00:21:55.220><c> time</c>

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them<00:21:57.900><c> did</c><00:21:58.519><c> signify</c><00:21:59.480><c> when</c><00:21:59.859><c> it</c><00:22:00.279><c> testified</c><00:22:00.819><c> beforehand</c><00:22:01.759><c> the</c><00:22:03.019><c> sufferings</c><00:22:03.420><c> of</c>

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Impending<00:22:10.240><c> trials,</c><00:22:11.900><c> stress</c><00:22:12.140><c> and</c><00:22:12.480><c> persecution</c><00:22:13.079><c> only</c><00:22:13.640><c> around</c>

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And<00:22:15.920><c> perhaps</c><00:22:16.119><c> they</c><00:22:16.299><c> were</c><00:22:16.559><c> already</c><00:22:16.880><c> beginning</c><00:22:17.200><c> to</c><00:22:17.579><c> taste</c><00:22:18.079><c> that</c><00:22:18.819><c> difficulty.</c>

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And<00:22:20.519><c> at</c><00:22:20.819><c> the</c><00:22:20.819><c> very</c><00:22:21.079><c> beginning</c><00:22:21.400><c> of</c><00:22:21.599><c> the</c><00:22:21.779><c> epistle,</c><00:22:22.740><c> two</c><00:22:23.259><c> key</c><00:22:23.619><c> thoughts</c><00:22:24.059><c> are</c>

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presented<00:22:24.980><c> which</c><00:22:25.740><c> work</c>

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together<00:22:26.539><c> through</c><00:22:26.740><c> these</c><00:22:27.039><c> epistles</c><00:22:27.579><c> in</c><00:22:28.339><c> combination.</c>

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Trial<00:22:30.619><c> and</c><00:22:31.200><c> testing</c><00:22:31.519><c> for</c><00:22:31.839><c> its</c><00:22:32.160><c> positive</c><00:22:32.779><c> benefits</c><00:22:33.319><c> of</c><00:22:34.240><c> purifying</c><00:22:34.920><c> faith.</c>

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And<00:22:37.019><c> secondly,</c><00:22:39.079><c> the</c><00:22:39.079><c> example</c><00:22:39.619><c> of</c><00:22:39.940><c> the</c><00:22:40.220><c> Lord's</c><00:22:41.180><c> suffering.</c>

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Suffering<00:22:43.440><c> and</c><00:22:44.019><c> trial,</c><00:22:45.019><c> the</c><00:22:45.279><c> benefits</c><00:22:45.680><c> of</c><00:22:46.140><c> test</c><00:22:46.519><c> to</c><00:22:47.019><c> one's</c><00:22:47.420><c> faith</c><00:22:47.759><c> and</c><00:22:48.539><c> the</c><00:22:48.799><c> model</c><00:22:49.180><c> of</c><00:22:49.839><c> suffering</c>

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on<00:22:51.380><c> the</c><00:22:51.579><c> pattern</c><00:22:51.859><c> of</c><00:22:52.079><c> the</c><00:22:52.220><c> Lord</c><00:22:52.420><c> Jesus</c><00:22:52.819><c> Christ.</c>

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And<00:22:54.740><c> in</c><00:22:54.880><c> the</c><00:22:54.960><c> midst</c><00:22:55.119><c> of</c><00:22:55.319><c> those</c><00:22:55.539><c> two</c><00:22:55.799><c> exhortations</c><00:22:56.380><c> or</c><00:22:56.599><c> those</c>

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two<00:22:57.079><c> models</c><00:22:57.420><c> or</c><00:22:57.740><c> thoughts,</c><00:22:58.759><c> there</c><00:22:58.980><c> is</c>

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to<00:23:00.140><c> us</c><00:23:00.960><c> the</c><00:23:01.619><c> hope</c><00:23:02.059><c> of</c><00:23:02.420><c> glory</c><00:23:02.799><c> mentioned</c><00:23:03.259><c> in</c><00:23:03.440><c> verse</c><00:23:03.700><c> 11,</c><00:23:04.660><c> which</c>

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we<00:23:05.140><c> developed</c><00:23:05.359><c> partly</c><00:23:05.680><c> yesterday</c><00:23:06.180><c> when</c>

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we<00:23:06.480><c> were</c><00:23:06.619><c> together</c><00:23:06.880><c> in</c><00:23:07.000><c> the</c><00:23:07.180><c> afternoon.</c>

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You<00:23:08.819><c> see</c><00:23:08.980><c> then</c><00:23:09.160><c> that</c><00:23:09.279><c> there</c><00:23:09.500><c> is</c><00:23:09.960><c> a</c><00:23:10.240><c> natural</c><00:23:10.660><c> flow</c><00:23:10.940><c> of</c><00:23:11.240><c> thought</c><00:23:11.359><c> here.</c>

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The<00:23:12.619><c> presentation</c><00:23:13.240><c> of</c><00:23:13.700><c> impending</c><00:23:14.240><c> trial</c><00:23:14.859><c> and</c><00:23:15.759><c> the</c><00:23:16.059><c> reminder</c>

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of<00:23:16.980><c> the</c><00:23:17.240><c> Lord's</c><00:23:18.059><c> suffering</c><00:23:18.440><c> going</c><00:23:18.960><c> hand</c>

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in<00:23:19.700><c> hand</c><00:23:20.039><c> with</c><00:23:20.339><c> that</c><00:23:21.160><c> problem,</c><00:23:21.819><c> with</c><00:23:22.019><c> that</c><00:23:22.299><c> challenge</c><00:23:22.779><c> and</c><00:23:24.220><c> extended</c><00:23:24.960><c> as</c>

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a<00:23:25.839><c> ray</c><00:23:25.960><c> of</c><00:23:26.279><c> hope</c><00:23:26.680><c> the</c><00:23:27.240><c> reminder</c>

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that<00:23:28.819><c> sufferings</c><00:23:30.099><c> precede</c><00:23:31.099><c> glory.</c>

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That<00:23:33.160><c> difficulties</c><00:23:33.940><c> must</c><00:23:34.359><c> come</c><00:23:34.720><c> before</c><00:23:35.400><c> the</c><00:23:35.880><c> reward</c><00:23:36.460><c> for</c>

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faithful<00:23:37.220><c> service.</c>

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That<00:23:39.160><c> faith</c><00:23:39.420><c> must</c><00:23:39.700><c> be</c><00:23:40.000><c> tested</c><00:23:40.339><c> first</c><00:23:41.119><c> before</c><00:23:41.819><c> the</c><00:23:42.140><c> crown</c><00:23:42.480><c> is</c><00:23:42.859><c> granted.</c>

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Now<00:23:44.319><c> the</c><00:23:44.480><c> apostle</c><00:23:44.920><c> brings</c><00:23:45.339><c> those</c><00:23:45.680><c> two</c><00:23:45.920><c> thoughts</c><00:23:46.160><c> immediately</c>

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to<00:23:47.059><c> our</c><00:23:47.240><c> attention,</c><00:23:47.599><c> brothers</c><00:23:47.740><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:23:48.619><c> and</c><00:23:48.859><c> we'll</c><00:23:48.980><c> see</c><00:23:49.099><c> as</c><00:23:49.279><c> we</c><00:23:49.480><c> proceed</c><00:23:49.799><c> through</c><00:23:50.079><c> the</c><00:23:50.279><c> epistle</c><00:23:50.720><c> how</c>

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he<00:23:51.579><c> develops</c><00:23:52.200><c> those</c><00:23:52.880><c> two</c><00:23:53.240><c> thoughts</c>

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in<00:23:53.900><c> combination.</c>

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Trial,<00:23:56.220><c> your</c><00:23:56.599><c> trials,</c><00:23:57.319><c> my</c><00:23:57.700><c> trials,</c><00:23:58.900><c> the</c><00:23:59.079><c> model</c><00:23:59.380><c> of</c><00:23:59.579><c> the</c><00:23:59.759><c> Lord's</c><00:24:00.400><c> suffering</c><00:24:00.920><c> with</c>

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that<00:24:01.720><c> in</c><00:24:01.880><c> the</c><00:24:02.059><c> background,</c>

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and<00:24:03.319><c> then</c><00:24:03.640><c> finally</c><00:24:03.940><c> the</c><00:24:04.380><c> hope</c><00:24:04.720><c> of</c><00:24:05.000><c> ultimate</c><00:24:05.339><c> reward</c><00:24:05.920><c> and</c><00:24:06.359><c> glory.</c>

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Let's<00:24:08.119><c> analyze</c><00:24:08.539><c> just</c><00:24:08.819><c> a</c><00:24:08.940><c> little</c><00:24:09.059><c> more</c><00:24:09.339><c> carefully.</c>

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First<00:24:11.720><c> of</c><00:24:11.839><c> Peter</c><00:24:12.079><c> chapter</c><00:24:12.460><c> one,</c><00:24:14.779><c> verse</c><00:24:15.019><c> two,</c><00:24:17.720><c> excuse</c><00:24:17.880><c> me,</c><00:24:18.220><c> verse</c><00:24:18.420><c> of</c>

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Peter<00:24:18.759><c> chapter</c><00:24:19.259><c> two</c><00:24:19.559><c> rather,</c><00:24:20.720><c> and</c>

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verse<00:24:21.440><c> five.</c>

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On<00:24:22.859><c> the</c><00:24:23.140><c> overhead</c><00:24:23.400><c> I'm</c><00:24:23.740><c> going</c><00:24:23.880><c> to</c><00:24:24.099><c> record</c><00:24:24.400><c> some</c><00:24:24.640><c> of</c><00:24:24.740><c> the</c><00:24:24.880><c> key</c>

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passages,<00:24:27.460><c> show</c><00:24:27.619><c> you</c><00:24:27.759><c> where</c><00:24:27.940><c> we're</c><00:24:28.140><c> going</c>

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if<00:24:28.440><c> that's</c><00:24:28.799><c> clear</c><00:24:28.980><c> enough</c><00:24:29.240><c> to</c><00:24:29.420><c> at</c><00:24:29.559><c> least</c><00:24:29.759><c> see</c><00:24:31.220><c> what's</c><00:24:34.779><c> emerging</c><00:24:35.079><c> in</c><00:24:35.279><c> the</c>

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apostle's<00:24:36.059><c> thoughts</c><00:24:36.259><c> and</c><00:24:36.420><c> what</c>

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passages<00:24:37.079><c> go</c><00:24:37.339><c> together</c><00:24:37.700><c> to</c><00:24:38.079><c> establish</c><00:24:38.619><c> the</c><00:24:39.319><c> main</c><00:24:39.539><c> thought.</c>

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First<00:24:41.920><c> of</c><00:24:42.059><c> Peter</c><00:24:42.240><c> then,</c><00:24:43.660><c> chapter</c><00:24:43.960><c> two,</c><00:24:45.480><c> and</c><00:24:45.779><c> we'll</c><00:24:45.940><c> look</c><00:24:46.180><c> first</c><00:24:46.480><c> of</c>

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all<00:24:47.220><c> at</c><00:24:48.079><c> verse</c><00:24:48.980><c> 15.</c>

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Verse<00:24:59.359><c> 15,</c><00:25:01.039><c> for</c><00:25:01.319><c> so</c><00:25:01.720><c> is</c><00:25:02.059><c> the</c><00:25:02.200><c> will</c><00:25:02.299><c> of</c><00:25:02.579><c> God</c><00:25:03.039><c> that</c><00:25:04.359><c> with</c><00:25:04.660><c> well</c><00:25:04.940><c> doing</c><00:25:05.200><c> ye</c>

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may<00:25:05.519><c> put</c><00:25:05.740><c> to</c><00:25:06.039><c> silence</c><00:25:06.400><c> the</c><00:25:06.799><c> ignorance</c>

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of<00:25:07.700><c> foolish</c><00:25:08.400><c> men.</c>

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The<00:25:11.240><c> challenge,</c><00:25:11.700><c> brothers</c><00:25:11.859><c> and</c><00:25:12.119><c> sisters,</c><00:25:13.240><c> from</c><00:25:13.480><c> without,</c><00:25:14.319><c> first</c><00:25:14.579><c> of</c>

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all,<00:25:15.960><c> foolish</c><00:25:16.359><c> men,</c><00:25:17.039><c> he</c><00:25:17.420><c> says,</c>

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will<00:25:18.799><c> challenge</c><00:25:19.279><c> them.</c>

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They<00:25:20.700><c> are</c><00:25:20.960><c> to</c><00:25:21.160><c> put</c><00:25:21.339><c> to</c><00:25:21.740><c> silence</c><00:25:22.200><c> that</c><00:25:22.799><c> challenge</c><00:25:23.380><c> in</c><00:25:24.019><c> some</c><00:25:24.299><c> way.</c>

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It<00:25:26.500><c> obviously</c><00:25:26.960><c> indicates</c><00:25:27.519><c> that</c><00:25:27.720><c> there</c><00:25:28.000><c> is</c><00:25:28.420><c> going</c><00:25:28.640><c> to</c><00:25:28.940><c> be</c><00:25:29.640><c> an</c>

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element<00:25:30.460><c> outside</c><00:25:31.039><c> of</c><00:25:31.220><c> themselves,</c><00:25:32.900><c> which</c>

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he<00:25:33.279><c> terms</c><00:25:33.539><c> as</c><00:25:34.000><c> foolish,</c><00:25:34.799><c> that</c><00:25:34.980><c> will</c><00:25:35.259><c> challenge</c><00:25:35.700><c> their</c><00:25:36.079><c> faith</c>

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and<00:25:36.599><c> they</c><00:25:36.819><c> must</c><00:25:37.180><c> come</c><00:25:37.640><c> through</c><00:25:37.940><c> it.</c>

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We<00:25:39.960><c> look</c><00:25:40.180><c> also,</c><00:25:40.839><c> brothers</c><00:25:40.960><c> and</c><00:25:41.220><c> sisters,</c><00:25:41.880><c> back</c><00:25:42.140><c> in</c><00:25:42.440><c> the</c><00:25:43.160><c> first</c>

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chapter,<00:25:47.200><c> other</c><00:25:47.539><c> references</c><00:25:48.119><c> that</c><00:25:48.640><c> suggest</c>

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that<00:25:49.779><c> they</c><00:25:49.900><c> are</c><00:25:50.019><c> to</c><00:25:50.220><c> come</c><00:25:50.380><c> through</c><00:25:50.599><c> a</c><00:25:50.779><c> period</c><00:25:51.059><c> of</c><00:25:51.359><c> trial</c><00:25:51.640><c> and</c><00:25:52.099><c> difficulty.</c>

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Chapter<00:25:54.539><c> one,</c><00:25:55.900><c> verse</c><00:25:56.319><c> 13,</c><00:25:59.819><c> wherefore,</c><00:26:00.740><c> gird</c><00:26:00.880><c> up</c><00:26:01.079><c> the</c><00:26:01.279><c> loins</c>

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of<00:26:01.700><c> your</c><00:26:01.960><c> mind,</c><00:26:02.539><c> be</c><00:26:02.940><c> so</c><00:26:02.980><c> that</c><00:26:02.980><c> you</c><00:26:02.980><c> may</c>

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sober<00:26:03.259><c> and</c><00:26:04.279><c> hope</c><00:26:04.660><c> to</c><00:26:04.900><c> the</c><00:26:05.160><c> end</c><00:26:05.619><c> for</c><00:26:06.160><c> the</c><00:26:06.420><c> grace</c><00:26:06.779><c> that</c><00:26:07.099><c> is</c><00:26:07.279><c> to</c><00:26:07.420><c> be</c>

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brought<00:26:07.819><c> unto</c><00:26:08.039><c> you</c><00:26:08.299><c> at</c><00:26:08.480><c> the</c><00:26:08.660><c> revelation</c>

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of<00:26:09.279><c> Jesus</c><00:26:09.700><c> Christ,</c><00:26:11.180><c> as</c><00:26:11.359><c> obedient</c><00:26:11.799><c> children,</c><00:26:12.440><c> not</c><00:26:12.740><c> fashioning</c>

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yourselves<00:26:13.700><c> according</c><00:26:14.099><c> to</c><00:26:14.319><c> the</c><00:26:14.500><c> former</c>

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lusts<00:26:15.259><c> in</c><00:26:15.380><c> your</c><00:26:15.579><c> ignorance,</c><00:26:17.019><c> but</c><00:26:17.220><c> as</c><00:26:17.480><c> he</c><00:26:17.700><c> which</c><00:26:17.880><c> hath</c><00:26:18.059><c> called</c>

00:26:18.380 --> 00:26:21.400
you<00:26:18.539><c> as</c><00:26:18.759><c> holy,</c><00:26:19.200><c> so</c><00:26:19.440><c> be</c><00:26:19.740><c> ye</c><00:26:20.000><c> holy</c><00:26:20.200><c> in</c><00:26:20.779><c> all</c><00:26:21.160><c> manner</c>

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of<00:26:21.700><c> conversation.</c>

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Now<00:26:24.059><c> here,</c><00:26:24.460><c> brothers</c><00:26:24.579><c> and</c><00:26:24.839><c> sisters,</c><00:26:25.420><c> the</c><00:26:25.680><c> language</c><00:26:26.339><c> has</c><00:26:27.140><c> a</c><00:26:27.420><c> very</c><00:26:27.880><c> definite</c><00:26:28.420><c> scriptural</c><00:26:29.200><c> echo</c><00:26:29.640><c> of</c><00:26:30.460><c> something</c>

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in<00:26:31.380><c> the</c><00:26:31.519><c> past</c><00:26:31.920><c> in</c><00:26:32.079><c> Israel's</c><00:26:32.720><c> history.</c>

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Notice<00:26:33.779><c> the</c><00:26:34.039><c> phrasing</c><00:26:34.359><c> again.</c>

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Gird<00:26:36.039><c> up</c><00:26:36.359><c> the</c><00:26:36.680><c> loins</c><00:26:37.119><c> of</c><00:26:37.359><c> your</c><00:26:37.619><c> mind.</c>

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Hope<00:26:39.539><c> to</c><00:26:39.759><c> the</c><00:26:40.059><c> end,</c><00:26:40.420><c> verse</c><00:26:40.680><c> 13,</c><00:26:41.319><c> for</c><00:26:41.460><c> the</c><00:26:41.700><c> grace</c><00:26:41.960><c> that</c><00:26:42.160><c> is</c><00:26:42.279><c> to</c>

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be<00:26:42.579><c> brought</c><00:26:42.720><c> unto</c><00:26:42.980><c> you.</c>

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Obedience<00:26:45.200><c> is</c><00:26:45.539><c> stressed</c><00:26:45.880><c> in</c><00:26:46.099><c> verse</c><00:26:46.380><c> 14.</c>

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And<00:26:48.200><c> then</c><00:26:48.359><c> the</c><00:26:48.619><c> exhortation</c><00:26:49.200><c> in</c><00:26:49.359><c> verse</c><00:26:49.579><c> 15,</c><00:26:50.599><c> to</c><00:26:50.720><c> be</c><00:26:50.940><c> holy</c><00:26:51.319><c> in</c>

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all<00:26:51.880><c> manner</c><00:26:52.140><c> of</c><00:26:52.460><c> conversation,</c><00:26:53.880><c> verse</c>

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16,<00:26:54.819><c> be</c><00:26:55.960><c> holy</c><00:26:56.460><c> for</c><00:26:56.960><c> I</c><00:26:57.660><c> am</c><00:26:58.279><c> holy,</c><00:27:00.099><c> which</c><00:27:00.279><c> then</c><00:27:00.640><c> follows</c><00:27:00.940><c> in</c><00:27:01.160><c> verse</c><00:27:01.319><c> 17,</c>

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and<00:27:03.000><c> if</c><00:27:03.279><c> ye</c><00:27:03.539><c> call</c><00:27:03.839><c> on</c><00:27:04.059><c> the</c><00:27:04.299><c> father</c>

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who<00:27:05.140><c> without</c><00:27:05.599><c> respect</c><00:27:06.160><c> of</c><00:27:06.359><c> persons</c><00:27:07.180><c> judgeth</c><00:27:08.180><c> according</c><00:27:08.480><c> to</c>

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every<00:27:09.000><c> man's</c><00:27:09.460><c> work,</c><00:27:10.640><c> pass</c><00:27:10.900><c> the</c><00:27:11.240><c> time</c><00:27:11.480><c> of</c><00:27:11.740><c> your</c>

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sojourning<00:27:13.319><c> here</c><00:27:13.880><c> in</c><00:27:15.039><c> fear.</c>

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Now<00:27:16.880><c> the</c><00:27:17.059><c> terms</c><00:27:17.400><c> of</c><00:27:17.720><c> reference,</c><00:27:18.279><c> brothers</c><00:27:18.420><c> and</c><00:27:18.720><c> sisters,</c><00:27:19.339><c> echo</c><00:27:19.559><c> back</c><00:27:20.059><c> to</c>

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the<00:27:20.599><c> time</c><00:27:20.859><c> of</c><00:27:21.079><c> the</c><00:27:21.279><c> Exodus.</c>

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That<00:27:23.579><c> is</c><00:27:23.819><c> an</c><00:27:24.200><c> important</c><00:27:24.700><c> backdrop</c><00:27:25.259><c> for</c><00:27:25.519><c> what</c><00:27:25.680><c> the</c><00:27:25.880><c> apostle</c><00:27:26.240><c> Paul</c><00:27:26.539><c> says</c><00:27:26.839><c> here</c><00:27:27.140><c> in</c>

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the<00:27:27.559><c> first</c><00:27:27.799><c> chapter.</c>

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Look<00:27:29.720><c> at</c><00:27:29.859><c> the</c><00:27:30.059><c> references,</c><00:27:30.660><c> brothers</c><00:27:30.759><c> and</c><00:27:31.000><c> sisters,</c><00:27:31.319><c> as</c><00:27:31.440><c> they</c>

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merge<00:27:31.920><c> together.</c>

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Gird<00:27:33.579><c> up</c><00:27:33.839><c> the</c><00:27:34.119><c> loins</c><00:27:34.420><c> of</c><00:27:34.619><c> your</c><00:27:34.880><c> mind.</c>

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Where<00:27:36.259><c> else</c><00:27:36.599><c> in</c><00:27:37.059><c> scripture</c><00:27:37.460><c> in</c><00:27:37.720><c> the</c><00:27:37.940><c> past</c><00:27:38.460><c> were</c><00:27:39.440><c> brothers</c><00:27:39.740><c> and</c>

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sisters<00:27:40.480><c> called</c><00:27:41.099><c> in</c><00:27:41.839><c> the</c><00:27:42.019><c> midst</c><00:27:42.200><c> of</c><00:27:42.519><c> persecution</c>

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from<00:27:43.440><c> without</c><00:27:43.859><c> to</c><00:27:44.619><c> gird</c><00:27:44.920><c> themselves</c><00:27:45.460><c> up</c><00:27:45.900><c> and</c><00:27:46.079><c> to</c><00:27:46.240><c> be</c><00:27:46.460><c> ready</c><00:27:46.799><c> and</c><00:27:47.160><c> to</c><00:27:47.380><c> move?</c>

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The<00:27:48.880><c> language</c><00:27:49.400><c> of</c><00:27:49.819><c> the</c><00:27:50.059><c> Exodus</c><00:27:50.480><c> on</c><00:27:50.920><c> the</c><00:27:51.200><c> eve</c><00:27:51.559><c> of</c><00:27:52.099><c> the</c><00:27:52.299><c> Passover.</c>

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The<00:27:54.759><c> stress</c><00:27:55.079><c> on</c><00:27:55.420><c> obedience</c><00:27:56.000><c> as</c><00:27:56.319><c> it</c><00:27:56.440><c> was</c><00:27:56.640><c> stressed</c><00:27:56.839><c> to</c><00:27:57.019><c> the</c><00:27:57.180><c> children</c><00:27:57.359><c> of</c>

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Israel<00:27:57.839><c> in</c><00:27:58.000><c> verse</c><00:27:58.220><c> 14.</c>

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Verse<00:28:00.000><c> 15</c><00:28:00.519><c> and</c><00:28:00.720><c> 16</c><00:28:01.220><c> and</c><00:28:01.440><c> 17,</c><00:28:02.619><c> the</c><00:28:02.920><c> call</c><00:28:03.420><c> to</c><00:28:03.880><c> holiness,</c><00:28:04.319><c> and</c><00:28:04.500><c> if</c>

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you<00:28:04.700><c> look</c><00:28:04.799><c> at</c><00:28:04.960><c> your</c><00:28:05.160><c> marginal</c><00:28:05.500><c> references</c>

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they'll<00:28:06.859><c> take</c><00:28:07.000><c> you</c><00:28:07.240><c> back</c><00:28:07.579><c> to</c><00:28:07.779><c> the</c><00:28:07.940><c> language</c><00:28:08.359><c> of</c><00:28:08.740><c> the</c><00:28:08.940><c> Exodus</c>

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and<00:28:09.920><c> to</c><00:28:10.039><c> the</c><00:28:10.220><c> exhortations</c><00:28:11.039><c> at</c><00:28:11.579><c> the</c><00:28:11.779><c> time</c>

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of<00:28:12.140><c> the</c><00:28:12.240><c> giving</c><00:28:12.380><c> of</c><00:28:12.559><c> the</c><00:28:12.779><c> covenant</c><00:28:13.039><c> at</c><00:28:13.359><c> Sinai.</c>

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References<00:28:14.859><c> such</c><00:28:15.180><c> as</c><00:28:15.339><c> Leviticus</c><00:28:15.779><c> chapter</c><00:28:16.200><c> 11</c><00:28:16.539><c> in</c><00:28:16.759><c> verse</c><00:28:17.000><c> 44</c>

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come<00:28:18.259><c> out</c><00:28:18.400><c> of</c><00:28:18.539><c> verse</c><00:28:18.859><c> 16.</c>

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Language<00:28:21.019><c> used</c><00:28:21.660><c> to</c><00:28:22.059><c> describe</c><00:28:22.700><c> the</c><00:28:23.380><c> exhortations</c><00:28:24.079><c> to</c><00:28:24.259><c> the</c><00:28:24.500><c> children</c><00:28:24.759><c> of</c>

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Israel<00:28:25.480><c> while</c><00:28:25.900><c> they</c><00:28:26.160><c> were</c>

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in<00:28:26.559><c> Egypt</c><00:28:27.039><c> and</c><00:28:27.799><c> when</c><00:28:27.960><c> they</c><00:28:28.220><c> came</c><00:28:28.359><c> out</c><00:28:28.660><c> and</c><00:28:28.799><c> made</c><00:28:28.960><c> a</c><00:28:29.240><c> covenant</c>

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with<00:28:29.680><c> God.</c>

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The<00:28:31.539><c> whole</c><00:28:31.900><c> backdrop</c><00:28:32.460><c> of</c><00:28:32.740><c> these</c><00:28:33.000><c> early</c><00:28:33.440><c> phrases</c><00:28:33.940><c> used</c><00:28:34.259><c> in</c><00:28:34.420><c> the</c>

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epistle<00:28:34.940><c> is</c><00:28:35.380><c> that</c><00:28:35.559><c> of</c><00:28:35.740><c> the</c><00:28:35.960><c> Exodus.</c>

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And<00:28:37.660><c> since</c><00:28:37.880><c> we've</c><00:28:38.220><c> noticed</c><00:28:38.460><c> that</c><00:28:38.619><c> there</c><00:28:38.759><c> are</c><00:28:38.980><c> details</c><00:28:39.440><c> in</c>

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this<00:28:39.960><c> first</c><00:28:40.200><c> epistle</c><00:28:40.960><c> that</c><00:28:41.460><c> talk</c><00:28:41.660><c> about</c><00:28:41.920><c> impending</c>

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persecution<00:28:43.200><c> from</c><00:28:43.480><c> without,</c><00:28:44.480><c> we</c><00:28:44.700><c> can</c><00:28:45.039><c> see</c><00:28:45.259><c> how</c><00:28:45.720><c> subtly</c><00:28:46.119><c> the</c>

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apostle<00:28:46.839><c> Paul</c><00:28:47.279><c> through</c><00:28:47.460><c> the</c><00:28:47.720><c> Spirit's</c><00:28:48.140><c> guidance</c>

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is<00:28:49.400><c> helping</c><00:28:49.880><c> the</c><00:28:50.140><c> brothers</c><00:28:50.359><c> and</c><00:28:50.660><c> sisters</c><00:28:51.079><c> to</c><00:28:51.519><c> present</c><00:28:52.339><c> a</c><00:28:52.880><c> background</c><00:28:54.180><c> historically</c><00:28:55.119><c> to</c><00:28:55.420><c> them.</c>

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They<00:28:56.720><c> are</c><00:28:56.940><c> to</c><00:28:57.200><c> see</c><00:28:57.500><c> the</c><00:28:57.880><c> context</c><00:28:58.440><c> in</c><00:28:58.619><c> which</c><00:28:58.779><c> they</c><00:28:59.079><c> found</c><00:28:59.319><c> themselves</c><00:29:00.019><c> in</c>

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the<00:29:00.440><c> first</c><00:29:00.640><c> century</c><00:29:01.299><c> against</c>

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the<00:29:02.519><c> backdrop</c><00:29:03.119><c> of</c><00:29:03.819><c> Israel</c><00:29:04.200><c> of</c><00:29:04.420><c> old.</c>

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They<00:29:05.680><c> were</c><00:29:05.819><c> to</c><00:29:06.079><c> interpret</c><00:29:06.759><c> the</c><00:29:07.299><c> persecutions</c><00:29:07.960><c> they</c><00:29:08.180><c> were</c><00:29:08.420><c> then</c><00:29:08.640><c> about</c><00:29:08.920><c> to</c>

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face<00:29:09.819><c> against</c><00:29:10.660><c> the</c><00:29:11.000><c> background</c>

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of<00:29:12.299><c> Israel</c><00:29:13.039><c> coming</c><00:29:13.480><c> out</c><00:29:13.960><c> of</c><00:29:14.220><c> Egypt.</c>

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With<00:29:15.380><c> all</c><00:29:15.700><c> the</c><00:29:16.000><c> difficulties</c><00:29:16.519><c> that</c><00:29:16.740><c> their</c><00:29:16.980><c> bondage</c><00:29:17.460><c> had</c><00:29:17.619><c> brought</c><00:29:17.779><c> upon</c>

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them,<00:29:18.740><c> with</c><00:29:18.920><c> all</c><00:29:19.119><c> the</c><00:29:19.460><c> trials</c>

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and<00:29:19.960><c> the</c><00:29:20.200><c> persecutions</c><00:29:20.839><c> and</c><00:29:21.019><c> the</c><00:29:21.279><c> lash</c><00:29:21.500><c> of</c><00:29:21.700><c> the</c><00:29:21.880><c> whip</c><00:29:22.000><c> that</c>

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they<00:29:22.259><c> had</c><00:29:22.519><c> faced</c><00:29:22.859><c> from</c><00:29:23.319><c> those</c><00:29:23.599><c> who</c><00:29:23.779><c> were</c><00:29:23.940><c> from</c>

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without,<00:29:25.420><c> and</c><00:29:25.660><c> against</c><00:29:25.960><c> that</c><00:29:26.299><c> historical</c><00:29:27.000><c> background</c><00:29:27.680><c> the</c>

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brothers<00:29:28.640><c> and</c><00:29:28.900><c> sisters</c><00:29:29.140><c> in</c><00:29:29.359><c> Asia</c><00:29:29.660><c> Minor</c><00:29:29.980><c> are</c>

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to<00:29:30.500><c> interpret</c><00:29:30.920><c> their</c><00:29:31.259><c> circumstances.</c>

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Look<00:29:33.640><c> brothers</c><00:29:33.880><c> and</c><00:29:34.140><c> sisters</c><00:29:34.299><c> at</c><00:29:34.440><c> some</c><00:29:34.599><c> of</c><00:29:34.740><c> the</c><00:29:34.819><c> other</c><00:29:35.059><c> details</c><00:29:35.440><c> which</c>

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suggest<00:29:36.180><c> the</c><00:29:36.519><c> Exodus</c><00:29:36.799><c> language.</c>

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Again<00:29:38.339><c> verse</c><00:29:38.559><c> 17,</c><00:29:40.319><c> the</c><00:29:40.460><c> mention</c><00:29:40.819><c> of</c><00:29:41.380><c> sojourneying,</c><00:29:43.180><c> now</c><00:29:43.259><c> that</c>

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could<00:29:43.619><c> have</c><00:29:43.859><c> referenced</c><00:29:44.279><c> to</c><00:29:44.519><c> the</c><00:29:44.640><c> time</c>

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of<00:29:44.960><c> the</c><00:29:45.200><c> patriarchs</c><00:29:45.759><c> who</c><00:29:45.839><c> were</c><00:29:46.079><c> sojourners.</c>

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But<00:29:48.079><c> it</c><00:29:48.299><c> fits</c><00:29:48.519><c> in</c><00:29:48.740><c> in</c><00:29:48.880><c> this</c><00:29:49.079><c> context</c><00:29:49.619><c> with</c><00:29:49.839><c> the</c><00:29:50.039><c> language</c><00:29:50.319><c> of</c><00:29:50.619><c> Exodus.</c>

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They<00:29:52.039><c> were</c><00:29:52.400><c> called</c><00:29:52.720><c> out</c><00:29:53.059><c> of</c><00:29:53.279><c> darkness</c><00:29:53.680><c> from</c><00:29:54.019><c> bondage</c><00:29:54.579><c> and</c><00:29:54.819><c> persecution</c><00:29:55.559><c> to</c>

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a<00:29:57.099><c> high</c><00:29:57.440><c> calling</c><00:29:57.920><c> to</c><00:29:58.920><c> which</c>

00:29:59.059 --> 00:30:02.019
they<00:29:59.240><c> were</c><00:29:59.440><c> taken</c><00:29:59.700><c> in</c><00:29:59.940><c> the</c><00:30:00.059><c> wilderness</c><00:30:00.440><c> at</c><00:30:00.779><c> Sinai</c><00:30:01.380><c> where</c><00:30:01.759><c> they</c>

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then<00:30:02.339><c> keenly</c><00:30:02.779><c> appreciated</c><00:30:03.299><c> the</c><00:30:03.660><c> highness</c>

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of<00:30:04.099><c> that</c><00:30:04.319><c> calling</c><00:30:04.720><c> and</c><00:30:05.240><c> the</c><00:30:05.599><c> holiness</c><00:30:05.920><c> of</c><00:30:06.099><c> their</c><00:30:06.279><c> vocation.</c>

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And<00:30:07.839><c> there</c><00:30:07.960><c> they</c><00:30:08.099><c> were</c><00:30:08.319><c> told</c><00:30:08.539><c> to</c><00:30:08.700><c> be</c><00:30:08.900><c> a</c><00:30:09.099><c> holy</c><00:30:09.319><c> people</c><00:30:09.880><c> and</c><00:30:10.779><c> there</c><00:30:10.980><c> they</c>

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were<00:30:11.319><c> told</c><00:30:11.500><c> that</c><00:30:11.640><c> their</c><00:30:11.880><c> conversation</c>

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or<00:30:12.740><c> their</c><00:30:12.940><c> behavior</c><00:30:13.519><c> was</c><00:30:14.039><c> to</c><00:30:14.160><c> be</c><00:30:14.359><c> holy</c><00:30:14.559><c> because</c><00:30:14.960><c> God</c><00:30:15.420><c> was</c><00:30:15.680><c> holy.</c>

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But<00:30:17.099><c> they</c><00:30:17.400><c> understood</c><00:30:17.859><c> those</c><00:30:18.180><c> terms</c><00:30:18.500><c> of</c><00:30:18.799><c> reference</c><00:30:19.160><c> in</c><00:30:20.180><c> terms</c>

00:30:20.500 --> 00:30:22.440
of<00:30:20.700><c> the</c><00:30:21.039><c> context</c><00:30:21.599><c> that</c><00:30:21.799><c> they</c><00:30:21.980><c> had</c><00:30:22.140><c> been</c>

00:30:22.440 --> 00:30:26.799
brought<00:30:22.660><c> out</c><00:30:23.119><c> from,</c><00:30:24.440><c> called</c><00:30:24.660><c> from</c><00:30:24.960><c> darkness</c><00:30:25.480><c> into</c><00:30:26.160><c> light,</c>

00:30:27.279 --> 00:30:29.779
called<00:30:27.480><c> from</c><00:30:27.859><c> ungodliness,</c><00:30:29.259><c> persecution</c>

00:30:29.779 --> 00:30:32.799
and<00:30:30.079><c> difficulties</c><00:30:30.700><c> to</c><00:30:31.039><c> a</c><00:30:31.140><c> more</c><00:30:31.460><c> glorious</c><00:30:31.799><c> hope.</c>

00:30:33.049 --> 00:30:37.900
It<00:30:33.299><c> didn't</c><00:30:33.700><c> in</c><00:30:33.960><c> one</c><00:30:34.180><c> way</c><00:30:35.119><c> mitigate</c><00:30:35.700><c> the</c><00:30:35.960><c> problem</c><00:30:36.279><c> of</c><00:30:36.559><c> persecution,</c><00:30:37.099><c> they</c><00:30:37.259><c> were</c><00:30:37.519><c> still</c><00:30:37.700><c> to</c>

00:30:37.900 --> 00:30:38.940
face<00:30:38.119><c> that.</c>

00:30:39.359 --> 00:30:42.500
As<00:30:39.539><c> we</c><00:30:39.700><c> know</c><00:30:39.920><c> from</c><00:30:40.119><c> the</c><00:30:40.319><c> context</c><00:30:40.819><c> of</c><00:30:41.180><c> the</c><00:30:41.299><c> whole</c><00:30:41.480><c> Exodus</c><00:30:41.920><c> when</c>

00:30:42.500 --> 00:30:44.599
they<00:30:42.680><c> came</c><00:30:42.920><c> to</c><00:30:43.140><c> Rephidim</c><00:30:43.559><c> they</c><00:30:44.000><c> were</c><00:30:44.240><c> confronted</c>

00:30:44.599 --> 00:30:46.359
with<00:30:44.779><c> the</c><00:30:44.900><c> Amalekites.</c>

00:30:46.380 --> 00:30:49.420
Persecutions<00:30:46.880><c> weren't</c><00:30:47.140><c> going</c><00:30:47.440><c> to</c><00:30:47.660><c> suddenly</c><00:30:47.980><c> disappear</c><00:30:48.660><c> because</c><00:30:49.240><c> they</c>

00:30:49.420 --> 00:30:51.380
were<00:30:49.660><c> called</c><00:30:49.859><c> out,</c><00:30:50.960><c> because</c><00:30:51.240><c> they</c>

00:30:51.380 --> 00:30:54.019
were<00:30:51.500><c> now</c><00:30:51.680><c> going</c><00:30:51.880><c> to</c><00:30:52.019><c> be</c><00:30:52.160><c> given</c><00:30:52.319><c> a</c><00:30:52.500><c> new</c><00:30:52.660><c> name,</c><00:30:53.579><c> because</c><00:30:53.859><c> they</c>

00:30:54.019 --> 00:30:55.640
were<00:30:54.160><c> coming</c><00:30:54.380><c> to</c><00:30:54.559><c> Mount</c><00:30:54.799><c> Sinai</c><00:30:55.259><c> and</c><00:30:55.420><c> being</c>

00:30:55.640 --> 00:30:58.299
called<00:30:55.920><c> a</c><00:30:56.119><c> holy</c><00:30:56.319><c> people</c><00:30:56.700><c> and</c><00:30:56.799><c> a</c><00:30:57.019><c> peculiar</c><00:30:57.319><c> nation.</c>

00:30:58.640 --> 00:31:00.380
Persecutions<00:30:59.140><c> would</c><00:30:59.400><c> continue.</c>

00:31:00.440 --> 00:31:02.119
A<00:31:00.779><c> battle</c><00:31:00.980><c> was</c><00:31:01.259><c> still</c><00:31:01.440><c> to</c><00:31:01.599><c> be</c><00:31:01.819><c> fought.</c>

00:31:02.619 --> 00:31:05.579
They<00:31:02.740><c> were</c><00:31:02.900><c> then</c><00:31:03.039><c> to</c><00:31:03.180><c> go</c><00:31:03.359><c> on</c><00:31:03.519><c> from</c><00:31:03.680><c> the</c><00:31:03.859><c> time</c><00:31:04.000><c> of</c><00:31:04.220><c> Moses</c><00:31:04.539><c> to</c><00:31:05.059><c> inherit</c><00:31:05.339><c> the</c>

00:31:05.579 --> 00:31:06.579
land<00:31:05.740><c> under</c><00:31:05.980><c> Joshua.</c>

00:31:07.079 --> 00:31:10.599
Still<00:31:07.579><c> a</c><00:31:07.819><c> period</c><00:31:08.059><c> of</c><00:31:08.319><c> battle,</c><00:31:09.259><c> a</c><00:31:09.440><c> time</c><00:31:09.680><c> when</c><00:31:09.880><c> victory</c><00:31:10.240><c> still</c>

00:31:10.599 --> 00:31:12.220
had<00:31:10.740><c> to</c><00:31:10.920><c> be</c><00:31:11.140><c> secured.</c>

00:31:14.619 --> 00:31:19.099
Being<00:31:15.079><c> told</c><00:31:15.460><c> by</c><00:31:15.799><c> God</c><00:31:15.980><c> at</c><00:31:16.259><c> Sinai</c><00:31:16.660><c> that</c><00:31:16.839><c> they</c><00:31:17.059><c> were</c><00:31:17.319><c> a</c><00:31:17.579><c> holy</c><00:31:17.940><c> people,</c><00:31:18.940><c> they</c>

00:31:19.099 --> 00:31:20.660
were<00:31:19.319><c> given</c><00:31:19.579><c> holy</c><00:31:20.160><c> commandments</c>

00:31:20.660 --> 00:31:24.339
on<00:31:21.019><c> the</c><00:31:21.319><c> holy</c><00:31:21.579><c> mount,</c><00:31:22.460><c> they</c><00:31:22.859><c> were</c><00:31:23.140><c> told</c><00:31:23.359><c> about</c><00:31:23.559><c> the</c><00:31:23.900><c> elevated</c>

00:31:24.339 --> 00:31:26.720
call<00:31:24.900><c> and</c><00:31:25.480><c> they</c><00:31:25.660><c> were</c><00:31:25.900><c> reminded</c><00:31:26.259><c> to</c><00:31:26.480><c> be</c>

00:31:26.720 --> 00:31:28.339
faithful<00:31:27.059><c> to</c><00:31:27.259><c> that</c><00:31:27.500><c> call.</c>

00:31:28.380 --> 00:31:32.900
And<00:31:28.660><c> here</c><00:31:28.940><c> brothers</c><00:31:29.200><c> and</c><00:31:29.460><c> sisters,</c><00:31:30.539><c> as</c><00:31:30.579><c> part</c><00:31:30.819><c> of</c><00:31:30.960><c> the</c><00:31:31.240><c> spirit's</c><00:31:31.740><c> psychology</c><00:31:32.319><c> as</c><00:31:32.640><c> it</c>

00:31:32.900 --> 00:31:34.640
were<00:31:33.119><c> to</c><00:31:34.200><c> minister</c>

00:31:34.640 --> 00:31:38.500
to<00:31:34.900><c> brothers</c><00:31:35.240><c> and</c><00:31:35.500><c> sisters</c><00:31:35.779><c> in</c><00:31:36.000><c> Asia</c><00:31:36.279><c> Minor</c><00:31:36.599><c> in</c><00:31:36.799><c> the</c><00:31:36.940><c> first</c><00:31:37.160><c> century,</c><00:31:38.359><c> it</c>

00:31:38.500 --> 00:31:40.039
is<00:31:38.759><c> appropriate</c><00:31:39.279><c> to</c><00:31:39.480><c> the</c><00:31:39.759><c> spirits</c>

00:31:40.039 --> 00:31:42.980
designed<00:31:40.599><c> to</c><00:31:40.900><c> remind</c><00:31:41.440><c> these</c><00:31:41.799><c> brothers</c><00:31:42.000><c> and</c><00:31:42.279><c> sisters</c><00:31:42.519><c> in</c><00:31:42.700><c> Asia</c>

00:31:42.980 --> 00:31:45.380
Minor<00:31:43.359><c> that</c><00:31:44.119><c> there</c><00:31:44.359><c> is</c><00:31:44.599><c> an</c><00:31:44.880><c> historical</c>

00:31:45.380 --> 00:31:46.420
pattern.

00:31:46.559 --> 00:31:49.799
They<00:31:46.799><c> are</c><00:31:46.960><c> to</c><00:31:47.200><c> see</c><00:31:47.400><c> the</c><00:31:47.680><c> context</c><00:31:48.200><c> in</c><00:31:48.339><c> which</c><00:31:48.480><c> they</c><00:31:48.759><c> found</c><00:31:48.960><c> themselves</c><00:31:49.500><c> under</c>

00:31:49.799 --> 00:31:50.819
the<00:31:49.980><c> Roman</c><00:31:50.160><c> persecution</c>

00:31:50.819 --> 00:31:55.220
in<00:31:51.119><c> Asia</c><00:31:51.400><c> Minor</c><00:31:51.859><c> against</c><00:31:52.740><c> the</c><00:31:53.160><c> background</c><00:31:53.740><c> of</c><00:31:54.099><c> the</c><00:31:54.359><c> Exodus.</c>

00:31:55.599 --> 00:31:59.940
Now<00:31:55.900><c> it's</c><00:31:56.200><c> to</c><00:31:56.359><c> prepare</c><00:31:56.700><c> their</c><00:31:57.019><c> minds</c><00:31:57.480><c> in</c><00:31:57.799><c> many,</c><00:31:58.380><c> many</c><00:31:58.380><c> ways</c><00:31:58.900><c> for</c><00:31:59.240><c> the</c><00:31:59.500><c> interpreting</c><00:31:59.740><c> of</c>

00:31:59.940 --> 00:32:00.839
their<00:32:00.200><c> circumstances</c>

00:32:00.839 --> 00:32:03.740
and<00:32:01.559><c> the</c><00:32:01.920><c> encouragement</c><00:32:02.339><c> of</c><00:32:02.599><c> their</c><00:32:02.859><c> faith.</c>

00:32:04.000 --> 00:32:05.319
Notice<00:32:04.160><c> how</c><00:32:04.380><c> the</c><00:32:04.619><c> thoughts</c><00:32:04.819><c> develop.</c>

00:32:05.759 --> 00:32:11.799
In<00:32:05.759><c> this</c><00:32:06.000><c> first</c><00:32:06.240><c> chapter,</c><00:32:09.039><c> verse</c><00:32:09.099><c> 18,</c><00:32:10.220><c> the</c><00:32:10.380><c> language</c><00:32:10.819><c> of</c><00:32:11.079><c> redemption</c><00:32:11.500><c> is</c>

00:32:11.799 --> 00:32:13.039
now<00:32:12.019><c> introduced.</c>

00:32:13.460 --> 00:32:16.079
For<00:32:13.599><c> as</c><00:32:13.839><c> much</c><00:32:14.059><c> as</c><00:32:14.200><c> ye</c><00:32:14.380><c> know</c><00:32:14.599><c> that</c><00:32:14.720><c> ye</c><00:32:14.920><c> were</c><00:32:15.119><c> not</c><00:32:15.359><c> redeemed</c><00:32:15.779><c> with</c>

00:32:16.079 --> 00:32:17.960
corruptible<00:32:16.579><c> things</c><00:32:16.839><c> as</c><00:32:17.079><c> silver</c><00:32:17.400><c> and</c><00:32:17.640><c> gold</c>

00:32:17.960 --> 00:32:21.339
from<00:32:18.140><c> your</c><00:32:18.359><c> vain</c><00:32:18.559><c> conversation,</c><00:32:20.160><c> received</c><00:32:20.579><c> by</c><00:32:20.859><c> tradition</c>

00:32:21.339 --> 00:32:24.640
from<00:32:21.579><c> your</c><00:32:21.819><c> fathers,</c><00:32:22.900><c> but</c><00:32:23.240><c> with</c><00:32:23.660><c> the</c><00:32:24.180><c> precious</c>

00:32:24.640 --> 00:32:29.720
blood<00:32:24.940><c> of</c><00:32:25.279><c> Christ,</c><00:32:26.480><c> as</c><00:32:26.700><c> a</c><00:32:27.000><c> lamb</c><00:32:27.200><c> without</c><00:32:27.539><c> blemish</c><00:32:28.079><c> and</c><00:32:28.339><c> without</c><00:32:28.700><c> spot,</c>

00:32:30.180 --> 00:32:31.880
the<00:32:30.440><c> language</c><00:32:30.980><c> of</c><00:32:31.259><c> the</c><00:32:31.559><c> Exodus</c>

00:32:31.880 --> 00:32:35.980
is<00:32:32.359><c> still</c><00:32:32.700><c> sustained</c><00:32:33.339><c> in</c><00:32:33.579><c> the</c><00:32:33.779><c> apostles'</c><00:32:34.799><c> developing</c><00:32:34.839><c> argument.</c>

00:32:36.380 --> 00:32:39.920
They<00:32:36.519><c> are</c><00:32:36.759><c> now</c><00:32:37.000><c> reminded</c><00:32:37.539><c> that</c><00:32:37.799><c> they</c><00:32:38.039><c> have</c><00:32:38.299><c> been</c><00:32:38.599><c> redeemed.</c>

00:32:40.299 --> 00:32:43.640
So<00:32:40.519><c> Israel</c><00:32:41.000><c> was</c><00:32:41.720><c> redeemed</c><00:32:42.299><c> on</c><00:32:42.480><c> the</c><00:32:42.640><c> night</c><00:32:42.779><c> of</c><00:32:42.980><c> the</c><00:32:43.200><c> Passover</c>

00:32:43.640 --> 00:32:46.500
and<00:32:44.779><c> all</c><00:32:45.039><c> through</c><00:32:45.200><c> the</c><00:32:45.460><c> sacrificial</c><00:32:46.000><c> arrangements</c>

00:32:46.500 --> 00:32:49.319
under<00:32:46.720><c> the</c><00:32:46.859><c> law</c><00:32:47.019><c> of</c><00:32:47.240><c> Moses,</c><00:32:47.559><c> they</c><00:32:47.720><c> were</c><00:32:48.039><c> constantly</c><00:32:48.660><c> reminded</c>

00:32:49.319 --> 00:32:51.259
that<00:32:49.859><c> they</c><00:32:50.059><c> were</c><00:32:50.339><c> a</c><00:32:50.480><c> purchased</c><00:32:50.859><c> people,</c>

00:32:51.299 --> 00:32:52.900
they<00:32:51.500><c> were</c><00:32:51.700><c> not</c><00:32:51.839><c> their</c><00:32:52.099><c> own.</c>

00:32:52.650 --> 00:32:56.759
They<00:32:53.019><c> had</c><00:32:53.259><c> been</c><00:32:53.559><c> redeemed</c><00:32:54.019><c> at</c><00:32:54.200><c> a</c><00:32:54.539><c> great</c><00:32:54.839><c> price</c><00:32:55.339><c> by</c><00:32:55.619><c> God's</c><00:32:56.099><c> grace</c><00:32:56.500><c> out</c>

00:32:56.759 --> 00:32:57.759
of<00:32:56.880><c> Egypt.</c>

00:32:57.920 --> 00:33:02.140
And<00:32:58.160><c> now</c><00:32:58.420><c> in</c><00:32:58.539><c> the</c><00:32:58.740><c> first</c><00:32:58.920><c> century,</c><00:33:00.039><c> another</c><00:33:00.339><c> group</c><00:33:00.599><c> of</c><00:33:00.920><c> believers</c><00:33:01.319><c> who</c>

00:33:02.140 --> 00:33:04.720
have<00:33:02.380><c> been</c><00:33:03.119><c> strangers</c><00:33:03.880><c> for</c><00:33:04.380><c> some</c>

00:33:04.720 --> 00:33:09.759
time,<00:33:05.240><c> dispersed,</c><00:33:06.619><c> who</c><00:33:06.799><c> are</c><00:33:07.319><c> sojourners</c><00:33:08.000><c> also,</c><00:33:08.819><c> aliens</c><00:33:09.339><c> from</c>

00:33:09.759 --> 00:33:12.539
their<00:33:10.039><c> homeland</c><00:33:10.619><c> in</c><00:33:11.119><c> Asia</c><00:33:11.500><c> Minor,</c>

00:33:13.299 --> 00:33:16.799
displaced<00:33:13.660><c> from</c><00:33:13.940><c> their</c><00:33:14.220><c> original</c><00:33:14.759><c> place</c><00:33:15.180><c> of</c><00:33:15.400><c> abiding,</c><00:33:16.680><c> are</c>

00:33:16.799 --> 00:33:19.160
to<00:33:17.000><c> see</c><00:33:17.140><c> themselves</c><00:33:17.579><c> like</c><00:33:17.900><c> Israel</c><00:33:18.380><c> of</c><00:33:18.579><c> old</c><00:33:18.819><c> who</c>

00:33:19.160 --> 00:33:22.420
were<00:33:19.220><c> displaced</c><00:33:20.019><c> out</c><00:33:20.339><c> of</c><00:33:20.480><c> Egypt,</c><00:33:21.440><c> brought</c><00:33:21.660><c> out</c><00:33:21.839><c> of</c><00:33:21.980><c> darkness</c>

00:33:22.420 --> 00:33:25.279
and<00:33:22.839><c> into</c><00:33:23.140><c> light,</c><00:33:24.200><c> reminded</c><00:33:24.579><c> at</c><00:33:24.920><c> Sinai</c>

00:33:25.279 --> 00:33:27.660
of<00:33:25.480><c> the</c><00:33:25.660><c> highness</c><00:33:25.900><c> of</c><00:33:26.119><c> their</c><00:33:26.420><c> calling</c><00:33:26.700><c> and</c><00:33:26.920><c> the</c><00:33:27.119><c> holiness</c><00:33:27.400><c> of</c>

00:33:27.660 --> 00:33:30.220
the<00:33:27.799><c> behavior</c><00:33:28.200><c> expected</c><00:33:28.740><c> from</c><00:33:28.980><c> them,</c><00:33:30.000><c> being</c>

00:33:30.220 --> 00:33:33.900
held<00:33:30.519><c> to</c><00:33:30.720><c> the</c><00:33:30.920><c> vows</c><00:33:31.240><c> which</c><00:33:31.440><c> they</c><00:33:31.579><c> had</c><00:33:31.799><c> taken</c><00:33:32.000><c> at</c><00:33:32.279><c> Sinai</c><00:33:32.599><c> before</c><00:33:32.940><c> God.</c>

00:33:34.160 --> 00:33:39.180
All<00:33:34.539><c> thou</c><00:33:34.799><c> hast</c><00:33:35.279><c> said,</c><00:33:35.980><c> we</c><00:33:36.500><c> will</c><00:33:37.000><c> do,</c><00:33:37.779><c> and</c><00:33:38.220><c> it</c><00:33:38.380><c> was</c><00:33:38.660><c> confirmed</c>

00:33:39.180 --> 00:33:40.799
by<00:33:39.400><c> the</c><00:33:39.559><c> blood</c><00:33:39.680><c> of</c><00:33:39.859><c> the</c><00:33:40.019><c> covenant.</c>

00:33:41.220 --> 00:33:44.400
And<00:33:41.460><c> now</c><00:33:41.660><c> these</c><00:33:41.880><c> brothers</c><00:33:42.119><c> and</c><00:33:42.359><c> sisters</c><00:33:42.700><c> are</c><00:33:43.220><c> reminded</c><00:33:43.799><c> of</c>

00:33:44.400 --> 00:33:46.640
their<00:33:44.680><c> redemption,</c><00:33:45.839><c> and</c><00:33:45.960><c> they're</c><00:33:46.240><c> reminded</c>

00:33:46.640 --> 00:33:53.339
in<00:33:47.279><c> verse</c><00:33:47.640><c> 19,</c><00:33:48.319><c> like</c><00:33:48.500><c> Israel</c><00:33:48.940><c> of</c><00:33:49.160><c> old,</c><00:33:50.119><c> that</c><00:33:50.180><c> they</c><00:33:50.359><c> were</c><00:33:50.619><c> redeemed</c><00:33:50.980><c> by</c><00:33:51.240><c> the</c><00:33:51.579><c> precious</c><00:33:52.059><c> blood</c><00:33:52.480><c> of</c><00:33:52.920><c> Jesus</c>

00:33:53.339 --> 00:33:56.640
Christ,<00:33:54.539><c> not</c><00:33:54.759><c> by</c><00:33:55.180><c> silver</c><00:33:55.480><c> and</c><00:33:55.740><c> gold.</c>

00:33:57.079 --> 00:34:00.480
References<00:33:57.700><c> to,</c><00:33:58.799><c> obviously,</c><00:33:59.299><c> those</c><00:33:59.519><c> things</c><00:33:59.839><c> under</c><00:34:00.160><c> the</c><00:34:00.279><c> law</c>

00:34:00.480 --> 00:34:02.519
of<00:34:00.660><c> Moses</c><00:34:01.000><c> which</c><00:34:01.440><c> showed</c><00:34:01.799><c> that</c><00:34:02.240><c> it</c><00:34:02.380><c> was</c>

00:34:02.519 --> 00:34:06.240
by<00:34:02.799><c> blood</c><00:34:03.240><c> that</c><00:34:03.599><c> they</c><00:34:03.720><c> were</c><00:34:03.960><c> ultimately</c><00:34:04.339><c> to</c><00:34:04.660><c> be</c><00:34:04.900><c> redeemed,</c><00:34:05.660><c> not</c><00:34:05.880><c> by</c>

00:34:06.240 --> 00:34:08.599
tangible<00:34:06.700><c> things,</c><00:34:07.660><c> not</c><00:34:07.839><c> by</c><00:34:08.119><c> things</c><00:34:08.300><c> that</c>

00:34:08.599 --> 00:34:12.880
man<00:34:08.860><c> had</c><00:34:09.119><c> made,</c><00:34:09.539><c> but</c><00:34:09.760><c> by</c><00:34:10.539><c> life</c><00:34:11.099><c> atonement</c><00:34:12.179><c> was</c><00:34:12.440><c> made.</c>

00:34:12.880 --> 00:34:16.400
By<00:34:13.320><c> the</c><00:34:13.559><c> giving</c><00:34:13.860><c> of</c><00:34:14.300><c> life,</c><00:34:14.940><c> atonement</c><00:34:15.300><c> was</c><00:34:15.539><c> made.</c>

00:34:16.539 --> 00:34:19.480
By<00:34:16.920><c> death,</c><00:34:18.139><c> atonement</c><00:34:18.739><c> was</c><00:34:19.019><c> made.</c>

00:34:19.900 --> 00:34:22.500
And<00:34:20.159><c> here</c><00:34:20.400><c> they're</c><00:34:20.719><c> reminded</c><00:34:21.139><c> that</c><00:34:21.380><c> they</c><00:34:21.599><c> have</c><00:34:21.820><c> been</c><00:34:22.059><c> atoned</c>

00:34:22.500 --> 00:34:26.119
for<00:34:23.019><c> by</c><00:34:23.500><c> the</c><00:34:23.880><c> precious</c><00:34:24.380><c> blood</c><00:34:24.900><c> of</c><00:34:25.179><c> Christ.</c>

00:34:26.460 --> 00:34:30.699
And<00:34:26.619><c> if</c><00:34:26.760><c> they</c><00:34:27.000><c> value</c><00:34:27.420><c> that</c><00:34:27.719><c> blood</c><00:34:28.059><c> as</c><00:34:28.699><c> indeed</c><00:34:29.239><c> precious</c><00:34:29.800><c> and</c>

00:34:30.699 --> 00:34:34.119
appreciate<00:34:31.380><c> keenly</c><00:34:32.159><c> the</c><00:34:32.500><c> cost</c><00:34:32.739><c> of</c><00:34:32.940><c> their</c><00:34:33.159><c> redemption,</c>

00:34:34.179 --> 00:34:37.920
they<00:34:34.559><c> will</c><00:34:35.159><c> successfully</c><00:34:36.139><c> meet</c><00:34:36.559><c> the</c><00:34:36.800><c> Roman</c><00:34:37.059><c> persecutions</c>

00:34:37.920 --> 00:34:39.239
from<00:34:38.400><c> without.</c>

00:34:39.679 --> 00:34:42.639
And<00:34:40.280><c> he</c><00:34:40.440><c> reminds</c><00:34:40.860><c> them,</c><00:34:41.199><c> brothers</c><00:34:41.280><c> and</c><00:34:41.539><c> sisters,</c><00:34:42.460><c> that</c><00:34:42.539><c> they</c>

00:34:42.639 --> 00:34:45.260
are<00:34:42.860><c> to</c><00:34:43.019><c> see</c><00:34:43.239><c> themselves</c><00:34:43.900><c> in</c><00:34:44.360><c> this</c><00:34:44.639><c> way</c>

00:34:45.260 --> 00:34:48.480
against<00:34:46.159><c> the</c><00:34:46.599><c> death</c><00:34:46.880><c> and</c><00:34:47.099><c> the</c><00:34:47.360><c> bondage</c><00:34:47.760><c> of</c><00:34:47.940><c> Egypt.</c>

00:34:48.940 --> 00:34:54.699
Verse<00:34:49.079><c> 24,</c><00:34:51.559><c> although</c><00:34:51.739><c> an</c><00:34:51.960><c> allusion</c><00:34:52.300><c> to</c><00:34:52.599><c> Isaiah,</c><00:34:53.280><c> it</c><00:34:53.420><c> has</c><00:34:53.719><c> relevance</c><00:34:54.139><c> again</c><00:34:54.500><c> to</c>

00:34:54.699 --> 00:34:56.320
the<00:34:54.880><c> Egyptian</c><00:34:55.219><c> background</c>

00:34:56.619 --> 00:34:59.920
of<00:34:57.219><c> Israel's</c><00:34:57.820><c> experience</c><00:34:58.239><c> for</c><00:34:58.559><c> all</c><00:34:59.000><c> flesh.</c>

00:35:00.639 --> 00:35:06.199
All<00:35:00.980><c> flesh</c><00:35:01.420><c> is</c><00:35:01.880><c> as</c><00:35:02.139><c> grass,</c><00:35:03.639><c> and</c><00:35:03.699><c> all</c><00:35:03.940><c> the</c><00:35:04.179><c> glory</c><00:35:04.400><c> of</c><00:35:04.639><c> man</c><00:35:04.800><c> is</c><00:35:04.960><c> the</c><00:35:05.239><c> flower</c><00:35:05.500><c> of</c><00:35:05.760><c> grass.</c>

00:35:06.199 --> 00:35:10.980
The<00:35:06.579><c> grass</c><00:35:06.980><c> withereth,</c><00:35:07.980><c> and</c><00:35:08.139><c> the</c><00:35:08.320><c> flower</c><00:35:08.559><c> thereof</c><00:35:09.280><c> falleth</c><00:35:09.880><c> away.</c>

00:35:11.119 --> 00:35:15.159
And<00:35:11.179><c> when</c><00:35:11.440><c> Egypt</c><00:35:11.940><c> had</c><00:35:12.860><c> persecuted</c><00:35:13.360><c> Israel</c><00:35:13.980><c> to</c><00:35:14.179><c> the</c><00:35:14.440><c> point</c><00:35:14.619><c> where</c><00:35:14.820><c> God</c>

00:35:15.159 --> 00:35:16.699
finally<00:35:15.639><c> took</c><00:35:15.840><c> his</c><00:35:16.119><c> people</c><00:35:16.460><c> and</c>

00:35:16.699 --> 00:35:20.559
brought<00:35:16.940><c> them</c><00:35:17.159><c> across</c><00:35:17.519><c> the</c><00:35:17.659><c> Red</c><00:35:17.980><c> Sea,</c><00:35:18.780><c> on</c><00:35:19.139><c> that</c><00:35:19.500><c> morning</c><00:35:19.840><c> after</c><00:35:20.280><c> the</c>

00:35:20.559 --> 00:35:22.679
night<00:35:20.760><c> had</c><00:35:21.099><c> passed,</c><00:35:21.880><c> Israel</c><00:35:22.300><c> turned</c>

00:35:22.679 --> 00:35:25.300
about<00:35:23.039><c> and</c><00:35:23.280><c> they</c><00:35:23.420><c> could</c><00:35:23.679><c> see</c><00:35:23.840><c> the</c><00:35:24.099><c> bodies</c><00:35:24.400><c> of</c><00:35:24.619><c> the</c><00:35:24.840><c> Egyptians</c>

00:35:25.300 --> 00:35:27.340
floating<00:35:26.039><c> on</c><00:35:26.340><c> the</c><00:35:26.500><c> beach.</c>

00:35:28.400 --> 00:35:33.260
There<00:35:28.760><c> was</c><00:35:29.000><c> a</c><00:35:29.179><c> reminder</c><00:35:29.539><c> to</c><00:35:29.760><c> Israel</c><00:35:30.239><c> of</c><00:35:30.559><c> what</c><00:35:30.739><c> verse</c><00:35:31.000><c> 24</c><00:35:31.440><c> is</c><00:35:31.760><c> telling</c><00:35:32.019><c> the</c><00:35:32.639><c> audience</c><00:35:33.079><c> to</c>

00:35:33.260 --> 00:35:33.860
whom<00:35:33.380><c> Peter</c><00:35:33.639><c> is</c>

00:35:33.860 --> 00:35:34.579
writing.

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There<00:35:35.219><c> they</c><00:35:35.519><c> saw</c><00:35:35.760><c> Pharaoh's</c><00:35:36.340><c> men</c><00:35:36.519><c> and</c><00:35:36.679><c> the</c><00:35:36.920><c> chariots</c><00:35:37.300><c> and</c><00:35:37.440><c> the</c>

00:35:37.599 --> 00:35:39.099
chunks<00:35:37.760><c> of</c><00:35:38.000><c> wood</c><00:35:38.119><c> and</c><00:35:38.260><c> the</c><00:35:38.420><c> broken</c><00:35:38.679><c> wheels.</c>

00:35:39.539 --> 00:35:42.559
There<00:35:39.960><c> was</c><00:35:40.320><c> the</c><00:35:40.679><c> flesh</c><00:35:40.940><c> that</c><00:35:41.199><c> opposed</c><00:35:41.579><c> God.</c>

00:35:42.820 --> 00:35:44.360
There<00:35:43.019><c> was</c><00:35:43.239><c> death.</c>

00:35:44.739 --> 00:35:49.960
There<00:35:45.000><c> was</c><00:35:45.199><c> the</c><00:35:45.440><c> price</c><00:35:45.619><c> of</c><00:35:45.800><c> their</c><00:35:45.980><c> redemption,</c><00:35:47.880><c> a</c><00:35:48.119><c> life</c><00:35:48.500><c> for</c><00:35:48.960><c> life.</c>

00:35:50.139 --> 00:35:52.320
And<00:35:50.400><c> there</c><00:35:50.599><c> they</c><00:35:50.900><c> saw</c><00:35:51.099><c> what</c><00:35:51.360><c> happens</c><00:35:51.739><c> to</c><00:35:52.000><c> Egypt.</c>

00:35:52.639 --> 00:35:56.920
There<00:35:52.920><c> they</c><00:35:53.239><c> saw</c><00:35:53.500><c> the</c><00:35:53.820><c> world's</c><00:35:54.500><c> demise</c><00:35:55.099><c> when</c><00:35:55.599><c> it</c><00:35:55.900><c> opposes</c><00:35:56.380><c> God</c>

00:35:56.920 --> 00:35:59.179
and<00:35:57.420><c> does</c><00:35:57.840><c> not</c><00:35:58.219><c> accept</c><00:35:58.599><c> the</c><00:35:58.900><c> holiness</c>

00:35:59.179 --> 00:36:00.579
of<00:35:59.380><c> God's</c><00:35:59.820><c> calling.</c>

00:36:00.639 --> 00:36:03.219
There,<00:36:01.059><c> as</c><00:36:01.239><c> they</c><00:36:01.440><c> looked</c><00:36:01.699><c> at</c><00:36:02.059><c> the</c><00:36:02.199><c> waters</c><00:36:02.480><c> of</c><00:36:02.639><c> the</c><00:36:02.739><c> Red</c><00:36:03.019><c> Sea</c>

00:36:03.219 --> 00:36:05.579
that<00:36:03.500><c> morning</c><00:36:03.820><c> when</c><00:36:04.139><c> the</c><00:36:04.539><c> sun</c><00:36:04.840><c> rose</c><00:36:05.340><c> and</c>

00:36:05.579 --> 00:36:08.659
the<00:36:05.739><c> mists</c><00:36:06.079><c> cleared,</c><00:36:07.199><c> they</c><00:36:07.420><c> saw</c><00:36:07.679><c> the</c><00:36:07.960><c> truth</c><00:36:08.139><c> of</c><00:36:08.260><c> what</c><00:36:08.440><c> Peter</c>

00:36:08.659 --> 00:36:10.340
is<00:36:08.920><c> telling</c><00:36:09.119><c> these</c><00:36:09.420><c> believers.</c>

00:36:10.400 --> 00:36:13.739
All<00:36:10.800><c> flesh</c><00:36:11.280><c> is</c><00:36:12.199><c> as</c><00:36:12.780><c> grass.</c>

00:36:14.019 --> 00:36:17.780
Flesh<00:36:14.380><c> that</c><00:36:14.579><c> does</c><00:36:14.840><c> not</c><00:36:15.099><c> conform</c><00:36:15.619><c> to</c><00:36:15.860><c> God's</c><00:36:16.380><c> plan</c><00:36:16.519><c> and</c><00:36:16.800><c> purpose,</c><00:36:17.619><c> does</c>

00:36:17.780 --> 00:36:19.000
not<00:36:18.000><c> accept</c><00:36:18.360><c> the</c><00:36:18.699><c> holiness</c>

00:36:19.000 --> 00:36:21.039
of<00:36:19.219><c> his</c><00:36:19.500><c> calling,</c><00:36:20.059><c> is</c><00:36:20.400><c> as</c><00:36:20.760><c> grass.</c>

00:36:21.119 --> 00:36:22.639
It<00:36:21.320><c> serves</c><00:36:21.460><c> no</c><00:36:21.679><c> purpose.</c>

00:36:23.199 --> 00:36:25.559
Man<00:36:23.400><c> doesn't</c><00:36:23.679><c> have</c><00:36:23.940><c> a</c><00:36:24.179><c> right</c><00:36:24.440><c> to</c><00:36:24.719><c> life.</c>

00:36:25.679 --> 00:36:26.599
It<00:36:25.800><c> is</c><00:36:26.019><c> a</c><00:36:26.239><c> privilege.</c>

00:36:26.599 --> 00:36:30.340
And<00:36:27.400><c> if</c><00:36:27.639><c> man</c><00:36:27.880><c> does</c><00:36:28.159><c> not</c><00:36:28.380><c> conform</c><00:36:28.940><c> his</c><00:36:29.280><c> life</c><00:36:29.599><c> to</c><00:36:29.780><c> the</c><00:36:30.019><c> standards</c>

00:36:30.340 --> 00:36:33.460
of<00:36:30.559><c> God's</c><00:36:31.000><c> calling,</c><00:36:32.019><c> he</c><00:36:32.159><c> is</c><00:36:32.340><c> as</c><00:36:32.559><c> grass.</c>

00:36:33.519 --> 00:36:35.260
There<00:36:33.699><c> is</c><00:36:33.920><c> no</c><00:36:34.119><c> value</c><00:36:34.539><c> to</c><00:36:34.760><c> his</c><00:36:34.940><c> life.</c>

00:36:35.519 --> 00:36:38.599
And<00:36:35.679><c> if</c><00:36:35.840><c> he</c><00:36:36.059><c> lives</c><00:36:36.340><c> a</c><00:36:36.519><c> life,</c><00:36:37.239><c> builds</c><00:36:37.500><c> a</c><00:36:37.679><c> house,</c><00:36:38.000><c> has</c><00:36:38.260><c> children,</c>

00:36:38.699 --> 00:36:40.159
and<00:36:38.860><c> enjoys</c><00:36:39.179><c> the</c><00:36:39.460><c> pleasures</c><00:36:39.760><c> of</c><00:36:39.960><c> this</c>

00:36:40.159 --> 00:36:42.539
life<00:36:40.360><c> for</c><00:36:40.599><c> a</c><00:36:40.719><c> season,</c><00:36:41.340><c> that</c><00:36:41.500><c> isn't</c><00:36:41.719><c> God's</c><00:36:42.239><c> grace.</c>

00:36:42.920 --> 00:36:45.400
Rain<00:36:43.179><c> falls</c><00:36:43.519><c> on</c><00:36:43.679><c> the</c><00:36:43.860><c> just</c><00:36:44.039><c> and</c><00:36:44.219><c> on</c><00:36:44.380><c> the</c><00:36:44.539><c> unjust.</c>

00:36:45.559 --> 00:36:47.139
But<00:36:45.739><c> man</c><00:36:45.900><c> doesn't</c><00:36:46.159><c> have</c><00:36:46.380><c> a</c><00:36:46.519><c> right</c><00:36:46.679><c> to</c><00:36:46.900><c> that.</c>

00:36:47.599 --> 00:36:50.059
His<00:36:47.840><c> life</c><00:36:48.079><c> is</c><00:36:48.260><c> like</c><00:36:48.420><c> the</c><00:36:48.699><c> grass</c><00:36:48.960><c> which</c><00:36:49.179><c> has</c><00:36:49.460><c> come</c><00:36:49.679><c> and</c><00:36:49.900><c> gone,</c>

00:36:50.099 --> 00:36:51.599
like<00:36:50.300><c> those</c><00:36:50.519><c> dead</c><00:36:50.780><c> bodies</c><00:36:51.079><c> on</c><00:36:51.280><c> the</c><00:36:51.460><c> shore</c>

00:36:51.599 --> 00:36:52.699
that<00:36:51.860><c> morning.</c>

00:36:52.699 --> 00:36:57.800
And<00:36:53.000><c> here,</c><00:36:53.820><c> brothers</c><00:36:53.860><c> and</c><00:36:54.079><c> sisters,</c><00:36:54.920><c> in</c><00:36:55.019><c> a</c><00:36:55.320><c> relevant</c><00:36:55.679><c> context,</c><00:36:56.980><c> brothers</c><00:36:57.099><c> and</c><00:36:57.340><c> sisters</c><00:36:57.619><c> in</c>

00:36:57.800 --> 00:36:58.460
Asia<00:36:58.059><c> Minor</c>

00:36:58.460 --> 00:37:01.579
are<00:36:59.019><c> being</c><00:36:59.380><c> reminded</c><00:37:00.239><c> of</c><00:37:00.659><c> an</c><00:37:01.000><c> exodus.</c>

00:37:02.019 --> 00:37:03.199
Yes,<00:37:02.199><c> they've</c><00:37:02.519><c> been</c><00:37:02.719><c> dispersed.</c>

00:37:03.260 --> 00:37:06.099
And<00:37:03.519><c> yes,</c><00:37:03.760><c> they</c><00:37:03.940><c> are</c><00:37:04.179><c> aliens</c><00:37:04.619><c> in</c><00:37:04.800><c> a</c><00:37:05.019><c> hostile</c><00:37:05.480><c> environment.</c>

00:37:06.519 --> 00:37:09.079
And<00:37:06.719><c> yes,</c><00:37:06.960><c> they</c><00:37:07.099><c> would</c><00:37:07.260><c> be</c><00:37:07.460><c> persecuted</c><00:37:07.920><c> by</c><00:37:08.139><c> the</c><00:37:08.340><c> Romans</c><00:37:08.659><c> and</c>

00:37:09.079 --> 00:37:11.019
by<00:37:09.380><c> others,</c><00:37:09.559><c> at</c><00:37:09.719><c> times</c><00:37:10.079><c> Jews.</c>

00:37:11.199 --> 00:37:14.539
But<00:37:11.679><c> it</c><00:37:12.360><c> has</c><00:37:12.679><c> happened</c><00:37:12.940><c> before,</c><00:37:13.559><c> he's</c><00:37:13.840><c> telling</c><00:37:14.119><c> them.</c>

00:37:14.920 --> 00:37:17.000
This<00:37:15.099><c> is</c><00:37:15.340><c> not</c><00:37:15.539><c> something</c><00:37:15.820><c> that</c><00:37:16.019><c> is</c><00:37:16.219><c> new.</c>

00:37:17.360 --> 00:37:20.880
They<00:37:17.539><c> are</c><00:37:17.780><c> to</c><00:37:18.099><c> see</c><00:37:18.380><c> the</c><00:37:18.719><c> world</c><00:37:19.159><c> as</c><00:37:19.800><c> Egypt.</c>

00:37:20.980 --> 00:37:24.659
And<00:37:21.519><c> brothers</c><00:37:21.719><c> and</c><00:37:21.980><c> sisters,</c><00:37:22.579><c> when</c><00:37:22.659><c> we</c><00:37:22.800><c> go</c><00:37:23.059><c> through</c><00:37:23.559><c> the</c><00:37:23.780><c> remainder</c><00:37:24.400><c> of</c>

00:37:24.659 --> 00:37:26.000
our<00:37:24.860><c> studies</c><00:37:25.159><c> this</c><00:37:25.480><c> week</c><00:37:25.739><c> in</c>

00:37:26.000 --> 00:37:30.400
Peter's<00:37:26.460><c> epistles,</c><00:37:27.360><c> we'll</c><00:37:27.699><c> see</c><00:37:27.960><c> how</c><00:37:28.559><c> the</c><00:37:28.880><c> apostle</c><00:37:29.539><c> portrays</c>

00:37:30.400 --> 00:37:31.619
the<00:37:30.699><c> world.</c>

00:37:31.820 --> 00:37:34.920
He<00:37:32.019><c> portrays</c><00:37:32.599><c> it</c><00:37:32.800><c> as</c><00:37:33.159><c> Egypt</c><00:37:33.639><c> of</c><00:37:34.019><c> old.</c>

00:37:35.199 --> 00:37:38.420
And<00:37:35.440><c> time</c><00:37:35.619><c> and</c><00:37:35.800><c> again,</c><00:37:36.059><c> there</c><00:37:36.239><c> are</c><00:37:36.559><c> direct</c><00:37:36.900><c> and</c><00:37:37.179><c> indirect</c><00:37:37.619><c> references</c><00:37:38.099><c> to</c>

00:37:38.420 --> 00:37:40.539
the<00:37:38.619><c> world</c><00:37:38.880><c> being</c><00:37:39.199><c> like</c><00:37:39.579><c> Egypt.</c>

00:37:41.119 --> 00:37:43.300
Just<00:37:41.380><c> as</c><00:37:41.559><c> a</c><00:37:41.719><c> case</c><00:37:41.940><c> in</c><00:37:42.179><c> point,</c><00:37:42.460><c> brothers</c><00:37:42.579><c> and</c><00:37:42.820><c> sisters,</c><00:37:43.099><c> turn</c>

00:37:43.300 --> 00:37:45.119
to<00:37:43.460><c> the</c><00:37:43.679><c> second</c><00:37:44.039><c> epistle.</c>

00:37:46.300 --> 00:37:50.300
See<00:37:46.960><c> the</c><00:37:47.139><c> language</c><00:37:47.500><c> of</c><00:37:47.820><c> exodus</c><00:37:48.199><c> once</c><00:37:48.539><c> again</c><00:37:49.039><c> to</c><00:37:49.599><c> the</c><00:37:49.840><c> believers</c><00:37:50.079><c> that</c>

00:37:50.300 --> 00:37:53.340
were<00:37:50.480><c> facing</c><00:37:50.840><c> apostasy,</c><00:37:52.539><c> just</c>

00:37:53.340 --> 00:37:55.820
to<00:37:53.599><c> complement</c><00:37:53.980><c> what</c><00:37:54.139><c> we've</c><00:37:54.440><c> seen</c><00:37:54.519><c> in</c><00:37:54.679><c> the</c><00:37:54.800><c> first</c><00:37:55.019><c> epistle.</c>

00:37:56.199 --> 00:38:06.340
Second<00:37:56.519><c> Peter,</c><00:37:57.099><c> chapter</c><00:37:57.480><c> 2,</c><00:38:01.539><c> verse</c><00:38:02.019><c> 17,</c><00:38:05.380><c> speaking</c><00:38:05.760><c> of</c><00:38:05.980><c> those</c>

00:38:06.340 --> 00:38:08.579
that<00:38:06.519><c> he</c><00:38:06.679><c> has</c><00:38:06.860><c> formally</c><00:38:07.179><c> listed</c><00:38:07.639><c> as</c><00:38:08.300><c> being</c>

00:38:08.579 --> 00:38:12.360
apostate<00:38:09.239><c> on</c><00:38:09.440><c> the</c><00:38:09.619><c> basis</c><00:38:09.980><c> of</c><00:38:10.599><c> those</c><00:38:10.880><c> who</c><00:38:11.039><c> were</c><00:38:11.219><c> similarly</c><00:38:11.679><c> apostate</c><00:38:12.239><c> in</c>

00:38:12.360 --> 00:38:14.159
the<00:38:12.460><c> Old</c><00:38:12.619><c> Testament,</c><00:38:13.599><c> he</c><00:38:13.860><c> says,</c>

00:38:14.159 --> 00:38:19.039
in<00:38:14.699><c> verse</c><00:38:14.920><c> 17,</c><00:38:17.039><c> these,</c><00:38:17.119><c> these</c><00:38:17.519><c> false</c><00:38:17.739><c> brethren,</c><00:38:18.360><c> are</c><00:38:18.559><c> wells</c>

00:38:19.039 --> 00:38:21.079
without<00:38:19.420><c> water,</c><00:38:20.300><c> clouds</c><00:38:20.679><c> that</c><00:38:20.900><c> are</c>

00:38:21.079 --> 00:38:23.400
carried<00:38:21.260><c> with</c><00:38:21.460><c> a</c><00:38:21.619><c> tempest</c><00:38:21.940><c> to</c><00:38:22.179><c> whom</c><00:38:22.360><c> the</c><00:38:22.599><c> mist</c><00:38:22.820><c> of</c><00:38:23.099><c> darkness</c>

00:38:23.400 --> 00:38:24.960
is<00:38:23.639><c> reserved</c><00:38:23.940><c> forever.</c>

00:38:25.500 --> 00:38:27.820
For<00:38:25.599><c> when</c><00:38:25.760><c> they</c><00:38:26.079><c> speak</c><00:38:26.280><c> great</c><00:38:26.659><c> swelling</c><00:38:26.960><c> words</c><00:38:27.280><c> of</c><00:38:27.539><c> vanity,</c>

00:38:28.039 --> 00:38:29.559
they<00:38:28.219><c> allure</c><00:38:28.719><c> through</c><00:38:28.980><c> the</c><00:38:29.179><c> lusts</c><00:38:29.500><c> of</c>

00:38:29.559 --> 00:38:34.460
the<00:38:29.760><c> flesh,</c><00:38:30.920><c> through</c><00:38:31.139><c> much</c><00:38:31.539><c> wantedness,</c><00:38:32.699><c> those,</c><00:38:33.619><c> now</c><00:38:33.800><c> the</c><00:38:33.920><c> language</c><00:38:34.219><c> of</c>

00:38:34.460 --> 00:38:36.380
exodus,<00:38:35.340><c> that</c><00:38:35.519><c> were</c><00:38:35.840><c> clean</c>

00:38:36.380 --> 00:38:40.179
escaped<00:38:37.320><c> from</c><00:38:38.579><c> them</c><00:38:38.840><c> who</c><00:38:39.059><c> live</c><00:38:39.179><c> in</c><00:38:39.400><c> error.</c>

00:38:40.500 --> 00:38:42.079
See<00:38:40.699><c> the</c><00:38:40.900><c> language,</c><00:38:41.280><c> brothers</c><00:38:41.460><c> and</c><00:38:41.719><c> sisters.</c>

00:38:42.079 --> 00:38:46.480
Those<00:38:43.019><c> who</c><00:38:43.340><c> were</c><00:38:43.679><c> clean</c><00:38:44.139><c> escaped</c><00:38:44.800><c> like</c><00:38:45.179><c> Israel</c><00:38:45.679><c> of</c><00:38:45.880><c> old,</c><00:38:46.159><c> having</c><00:38:46.260><c> come</c>

00:38:46.480 --> 00:38:47.699
out<00:38:46.599><c> of</c><00:38:46.699><c> the</c><00:38:46.900><c> bondage</c><00:38:47.239><c> of</c><00:38:47.400><c> Egypt</c>

00:38:47.699 --> 00:38:52.920
and<00:38:48.380><c> the</c><00:38:48.539><c> language</c><00:38:48.860><c> of</c><00:38:49.199><c> darkness</c><00:38:49.679><c> in</c><00:38:49.980><c> verse</c><00:38:50.239><c> 17,</c><00:38:51.179><c> again</c><00:38:51.679><c> reinforces</c><00:38:52.619><c> the</c>

00:38:52.920 --> 00:38:54.539
exodus<00:38:53.360><c> concept.</c>

00:38:55.019 --> 00:38:57.400
Call<00:38:55.039><c> out</c><00:38:55.199><c> of</c><00:38:55.420><c> darkness</c><00:38:55.820><c> into</c><00:38:56.239><c> light.</c>

00:38:57.619 --> 00:39:00.179
See<00:38:57.860><c> to</c><00:38:58.039><c> it,</c><00:38:58.139><c> he</c><00:38:58.400><c> says,</c><00:38:58.699><c> that</c><00:38:58.880><c> having</c><00:38:59.039><c> been</c><00:38:59.360><c> clean</c><00:38:59.659><c> escaped,</c>

00:39:00.199 --> 00:39:01.880
you<00:39:00.360><c> do</c><00:39:00.579><c> not</c><00:39:00.760><c> return.</c>

00:39:02.139 --> 00:39:05.039
See<00:39:02.340><c> how</c><00:39:02.500><c> he</c><00:39:02.739><c> describes</c><00:39:03.119><c> the</c><00:39:03.380><c> world,</c><00:39:03.719><c> brothers</c><00:39:03.860><c> and</c><00:39:04.119><c> sisters,</c>

00:39:05.679 --> 00:39:08.840
the<00:39:06.000><c> lusts</c><00:39:06.739><c> of</c><00:39:06.940><c> the</c><00:39:07.300><c> flesh,</c><00:39:08.539><c> the</c>

00:39:08.840 --> 00:39:13.639
wantonness<00:39:09.739><c> of</c><00:39:09.960><c> the</c><00:39:10.139><c> world,</c><00:39:10.599><c> verse</c><00:39:10.840><c> 18,</c><00:39:11.579><c> and</c><00:39:11.780><c> of</c><00:39:12.000><c> apostasy</c><00:39:13.320><c> of</c>

00:39:13.639 --> 00:39:15.360
whom<00:39:13.780><c> grip,</c><00:39:14.460><c> those</c><00:39:14.659><c> who</c><00:39:14.880><c> are</c><00:39:15.059><c> gripped</c>

00:39:15.360 --> 00:39:20.780
by<00:39:15.519><c> it,</c><00:39:16.019><c> verse</c><00:39:16.179><c> 19,</c><00:39:17.659><c> while</c><00:39:17.820><c> they</c><00:39:18.119><c> promise</c><00:39:18.460><c> them</c><00:39:18.739><c> liberty,</c><00:39:19.900><c> they</c><00:39:20.099><c> themselves</c><00:39:20.579><c> are</c>

00:39:20.780 --> 00:39:21.539
the<00:39:21.019><c> servants</c><00:39:21.239><c> of</c>

00:39:21.539 --> 00:39:25.920
corruption,<00:39:22.940><c> for</c><00:39:23.079><c> of</c><00:39:23.320><c> whom</c><00:39:23.400><c> a</c><00:39:23.619><c> man</c><00:39:23.739><c> is</c><00:39:24.000><c> overcome</c><00:39:24.420><c> of</c><00:39:24.719><c> the</c><00:39:24.980><c> same,</c><00:39:25.820><c> is</c>

00:39:25.920 --> 00:39:28.400
he<00:39:26.179><c> brought</c><00:39:26.460><c> into</c><00:39:26.960><c> bondage,</c><00:39:28.179><c> the</c>

00:39:28.400 --> 00:39:30.719
language<00:39:28.860><c> of</c><00:39:29.219><c> exodus</c><00:39:29.500><c> once</c><00:39:29.800><c> again.</c>

00:39:30.960 --> 00:39:34.980
Verse<00:39:31.119><c> 20,</c><00:39:32.139><c> for</c><00:39:32.340><c> if</c><00:39:32.659><c> after</c><00:39:33.039><c> they</c><00:39:33.239><c> have</c><00:39:33.380><c> escaped</c><00:39:33.840><c> the</c><00:39:34.199><c> pollutions</c><00:39:34.579><c> of</c><00:39:34.760><c> the</c>

00:39:34.980 --> 00:39:36.619
world,<00:39:36.239><c> through</c><00:39:36.340><c> the</c>

00:39:36.619 --> 00:39:41.280
Lord<00:39:37.199><c> and</c><00:39:37.460><c> Savior</c><00:39:37.719><c> Jesus</c><00:39:38.159><c> Christ,</c><00:39:39.039><c> they</c><00:39:39.199><c> are</c><00:39:39.460><c> again</c><00:39:39.820><c> entangled</c><00:39:40.559><c> therein</c>

00:39:41.280 --> 00:39:43.139
and<00:39:41.739><c> overcome,</c><00:39:42.679><c> the</c><00:39:42.960><c> latter</c>

00:39:43.139 --> 00:39:46.420
end<00:39:43.380><c> is</c><00:39:43.659><c> worse</c><00:39:43.980><c> with</c><00:39:44.239><c> them</c><00:39:44.880><c> than</c><00:39:45.380><c> the</c><00:39:45.619><c> beginning.</c>

00:39:47.059 --> 00:39:50.139
Once<00:39:47.280><c> again,</c><00:39:47.739><c> brothers</c><00:39:47.820><c> and</c><00:39:48.079><c> sisters,</c><00:39:48.980><c> the</c><00:39:49.179><c> picture</c><00:39:49.559><c> of</c><00:39:49.960><c> how</c>

00:39:50.139 --> 00:39:51.820
the<00:39:50.380><c> apostle,</c><00:39:50.940><c> through</c><00:39:51.139><c> the</c><00:39:51.420><c> Spirit's</c>

00:39:51.820 --> 00:39:53.719
guidance,<00:39:52.460><c> views</c><00:39:52.599><c> the</c><00:39:52.880><c> world.</c>

00:39:54.039 --> 00:39:56.619
Let<00:39:54.239><c> us</c><00:39:54.500><c> take</c><00:39:54.860><c> heart,</c><00:39:55.260><c> brothers</c><00:39:55.460><c> and</c><00:39:55.719><c> sisters,</c><00:39:56.039><c> as</c><00:39:56.219><c> we</c><00:39:56.380><c> just</c>

00:39:56.619 --> 00:39:59.320
take<00:39:57.019><c> our</c><00:39:57.440><c> first</c><00:39:57.800><c> cursory</c><00:39:58.199><c> glance</c><00:39:58.699><c> at</c>

00:39:59.320 --> 00:40:04.400
the<00:39:59.460><c> two</c><00:39:59.659><c> epistles,</c><00:40:01.500><c> that</c><00:40:01.639><c> in</c><00:40:01.920><c> the</c><00:40:02.079><c> midst</c><00:40:02.260><c> of</c><00:40:02.460><c> the</c><00:40:02.619><c> 20th</c><00:40:03.019><c> century,</c><00:40:04.260><c> when</c>

00:40:04.400 --> 00:40:05.820
we<00:40:04.579><c> look</c><00:40:04.699><c> at</c><00:40:04.860><c> the</c><00:40:05.159><c> stress</c><00:40:05.500><c> and</c>

00:40:05.820 --> 00:40:09.360
trials<00:40:06.440><c> that</c><00:40:06.619><c> will</c><00:40:06.800><c> be</c><00:40:07.039><c> facing</c><00:40:07.300><c> us</c><00:40:07.920><c> in</c><00:40:08.159><c> the</c><00:40:08.360><c> future</c><00:40:08.719><c> days</c><00:40:09.099><c> to</c>

00:40:09.360 --> 00:40:12.500
come<00:40:09.519><c> before</c><00:40:09.760><c> the</c><00:40:09.980><c> Master</c><00:40:10.239><c> returns,</c><00:40:12.199><c> to</c>

00:40:12.500 --> 00:40:16.480
remind<00:40:12.920><c> ourselves</c><00:40:13.599><c> of</c><00:40:13.980><c> the</c><00:40:14.260><c> highness</c><00:40:14.519><c> of</c><00:40:14.800><c> our</c><00:40:15.139><c> calling,</c><00:40:16.260><c> like</c>

00:40:16.480 --> 00:40:19.699
Israel<00:40:16.980><c> of</c><00:40:17.239><c> old,</c><00:40:18.440><c> is</c><00:40:18.579><c> to</c><00:40:18.840><c> remind</c><00:40:19.099><c> ourselves</c>

00:40:19.699 --> 00:40:22.820
the<00:40:20.000><c> extent</c><00:40:20.460><c> to</c><00:40:20.679><c> which</c><00:40:20.860><c> we</c><00:40:21.119><c> must</c><00:40:21.280><c> keep</c><00:40:21.500><c> ourselves</c><00:40:22.239><c> separate</c>

00:40:22.820 --> 00:40:24.159
from<00:40:23.119><c> the</c><00:40:23.340><c> world.</c>

00:40:24.619 --> 00:40:28.719
To<00:40:24.960><c> remind</c><00:40:25.340><c> ourselves</c><00:40:25.900><c> that</c><00:40:26.139><c> the</c><00:40:26.440><c> world</c><00:40:26.840><c> is</c><00:40:27.219><c> like</c><00:40:27.559><c> Egypt,</c><00:40:28.559><c> is</c>

00:40:28.719 --> 00:40:30.340
to<00:40:28.980><c> remind</c><00:40:29.239><c> ourselves</c><00:40:29.780><c> that</c><00:40:29.960><c> we</c><00:40:30.099><c> have</c>

00:40:30.340 --> 00:40:33.780
come<00:40:30.579><c> out</c><00:40:30.739><c> of</c><00:40:31.039><c> pollution,</c><00:40:32.059><c> out</c><00:40:32.199><c> of</c><00:40:32.579><c> wantedness</c><00:40:33.219><c> and</c><00:40:33.519><c> out</c><00:40:33.639><c> of</c>

00:40:33.780 --> 00:40:35.699
the<00:40:33.960><c> lusts</c><00:40:34.440><c> of</c><00:40:34.539><c> the</c><00:40:34.820><c> flesh.</c>

00:40:36.179 --> 00:40:41.460
And<00:40:36.440><c> when</c><00:40:36.559><c> we</c><00:40:36.860><c> are</c><00:40:37.300><c> tempted</c><00:40:37.739><c> to</c><00:40:38.219><c> tamper</c><00:40:38.619><c> with</c><00:40:38.820><c> the</c><00:40:39.159><c> glitter</c><00:40:39.420><c> that</c><00:40:39.619><c> the</c><00:40:39.860><c> world</c><00:40:40.039><c> offers,</c><00:40:41.159><c> we</c>

00:40:41.460 --> 00:40:42.320
have<00:40:41.739><c> a</c><00:40:42.059><c> stark</c>

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reminder<00:40:42.880><c> here</c><00:40:43.280><c> in</c><00:40:43.619><c> these</c><00:40:43.940><c> epistles</c><00:40:44.460><c> that</c><00:40:45.000><c> we</c><00:40:45.179><c> are</c><00:40:45.380><c> to</c><00:40:45.639><c> keep</c>

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ourselves<00:40:46.599><c> separate</c><00:40:47.300><c> from</c><00:40:47.760><c> it.</c>

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And<00:40:49.019><c> if</c><00:40:49.159><c> we</c><00:40:49.380><c> think</c><00:40:49.519><c> that</c><00:40:49.699><c> the</c><00:40:49.880><c> world's</c><00:40:50.179><c> got</c><00:40:50.320><c> something</c><00:40:50.739><c> that</c>

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is<00:40:51.460><c> worthwhile</c><00:40:52.059><c> and</c><00:40:52.519><c> lasting,</c><00:40:54.039><c> like</c><00:40:54.139><c> the</c>

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brothers<00:40:54.539><c> and</c><00:40:54.780><c> sisters</c><00:40:55.099><c> of</c><00:40:55.300><c> old,</c><00:40:55.559><c> let</c><00:40:55.659><c> us</c><00:40:55.860><c> remind</c><00:40:56.219><c> ourselves</c>

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of<00:40:56.920><c> that</c><00:40:57.199><c> scene</c><00:40:57.400><c> on</c><00:40:57.539><c> the</c><00:40:57.739><c> morning</c><00:40:58.179><c> after</c>

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the<00:40:59.300><c> exodus.</c>

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All<00:41:01.139><c> flesh</c><00:41:01.599><c> is</c><00:41:02.000><c> as</c><00:41:02.219><c> grass.</c>

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And<00:41:03.239><c> only</c><00:41:03.559><c> one</c><00:41:03.940><c> thing,</c><00:41:04.340><c> brothers</c><00:41:04.500><c> and</c><00:41:04.780><c> sisters,</c><00:41:05.619><c> endures</c><00:41:06.079><c> forever.</c>

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And<00:41:07.880><c> Peter</c><00:41:08.059><c> tells</c><00:41:08.360><c> us</c><00:41:08.880><c> it's</c><00:41:09.280><c> the</c><00:41:09.380><c> word</c><00:41:09.460><c> of</c><00:41:09.699><c> God.</c>