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[2516.66 --> 2517.66] We're going to start at verse 11. |
[2517.66 --> 2525.66] So if you'd like you can grab a Bible or turn your phone Bible app on and get that ready to go. |
[2525.66 --> 2527.66] We will read that together shortly. |
[2527.66 --> 2530.66] It will also be on the screen behind me. |
[2531.66 --> 2534.66] For what it's worth, this is a bit of an aside. |
[2534.66 --> 2547.66] I really do think it's best, I think the best way to engage in the preaching and that opportunity is to have a Bible. |
[2547.66 --> 2549.66] Whether it's on your phone or in your hands. |
[2549.66 --> 2552.66] Because we will refer back and go around and jump around. |
[2552.66 --> 2559.66] And it seems to me that there's just something helpful about having that concretely in your hands. |
[2559.66 --> 2565.66] And so maybe even the best way to do that is to bring your own personal Bible from home. |
[2565.66 --> 2567.66] Your devotional Bible. |
[2567.66 --> 2572.66] And then you can write all over it and highlight all over it and color code it and make it look all beautiful and the like. |
[2572.66 --> 2577.66] And then when I get boring, because inevitably that will happen, you have a place where you can draw a picture. |
[2577.66 --> 2583.66] And continue at least looking like you're participating in that way. |
[2583.66 --> 2586.66] Forgive me for that. |
[2586.66 --> 2597.66] Some of you know, but when I was a kid, I grew up in a great Christian home with really loving parents. |
[2597.66 --> 2599.66] And I say that not just because my parents are here. |
[2599.66 --> 2601.66] Hi, Mom and Dad. |
[2601.66 --> 2604.66] I say that because it's true. |
[2604.66 --> 2610.66] We were part of a church that, and some of you understand this, right? |
[2610.66 --> 2611.66] You get this. |
[2611.66 --> 2613.66] That had two services. |
[2613.66 --> 2628.66] And we went every week to morning church and afternoon church at 4 o'clock in the winters and then 6 o'clock or 7 o'clock or whatever o'clock in the summertime. |
[2628.66 --> 2632.66] Because part of our church was in a farming community, and so you know what it is. |
[2632.66 --> 2637.66] You adjust for milking schedules and make hay when the sun shines and all of that. |
[2637.66 --> 2643.66] Anyway, I grew up in a pretty traditional and conservative church community. |
[2643.66 --> 2650.66] What that meant was we went to church twice on Sunday and nothing got in the way of that. |
[2650.66 --> 2657.66] I didn't understand what that meant as a kid until I brushed up to a conflict. |
[2657.66 --> 2660.66] And so, when I was younger, I played baseball. |
[2660.66 --> 2665.66] And I played a lot of baseball, and I really enjoyed it, and it was fun. |
[2665.66 --> 2676.66] And one year, I was 12 or 13 or something, and I managed to make the city travel team for baseball. |
[2676.66 --> 2679.66] And I was super excited. |
[2679.66 --> 2686.66] Not the least of which because when I went to the tryouts, the final tryout, I rode my bike there, and I was running late, so I was going too fast. |
[2686.66 --> 2691.66] And I crashed my bike, and I skidded across the ground, and I had road rash on my hands and knees. |
[2691.66 --> 2694.66] But still, I showed up and I made that team. |
[2694.66 --> 2697.66] I was proud of my effort and the ability. |
[2697.66 --> 2705.66] And so, a couple days later, the coach calls, and he says, Chris, I want you to know you've made the team. |
[2705.66 --> 2706.66] We want you to join us. |
[2706.66 --> 2709.66] Our first practice is Sunday morning. |
[2709.66 --> 2714.66] I said, Coach, you're going to have to wait a second. |
[2714.66 --> 2716.66] Mom? |
[2716.66 --> 2719.66] Can we talk? |
[2719.66 --> 2727.66] Well, it turns out I couldn't play on that team because we had to prioritize going to church. |
[2727.66 --> 2732.66] Now, as a 12 or 13-year-old, I didn't get that at all. |
[2732.66 --> 2738.66] And I know that there are some of you here this morning who make different decisions than that for your family. |
[2738.66 --> 2741.66] In our family, that was the decision that was made. |
[2741.66 --> 2747.66] Now, I would note that after I was a teenager and moved out of the house, my parents stopped going to the second service. |
[2747.66 --> 2751.66] So, interesting. |
[2754.66 --> 2758.66] I had to talk to the coach and tell him that I couldn't play. |
[2758.66 --> 2763.66] And that we went to church on Sunday mornings. |
[2763.66 --> 2776.66] And whether or not this was actually the case or if this was just what I heard because I was receiving and processing this information through my own lens of lack of understanding, |
[2776.66 --> 2783.66] but I heard in my coach's voice disappointment because he didn't get it. |
[2783.66 --> 2784.66] What do you mean you have church? |
[2784.66 --> 2786.66] You can go next week. |
[2786.66 --> 2788.66] Or in my family, you could go in the afternoon. |
[2788.66 --> 2790.66] You could still come in the morning. |
[2794.66 --> 2804.66] It was, for me, but for people on the outside looking in, weird that we made those kinds of decisions as Christians. |
[2808.66 --> 2813.66] Now, we don't need to have a big conversation about Sabbatarianism and legalism and things like that. |
[2813.66 --> 2825.66] But what I want you to hear as we come into this text from 1 Peter is what does it mean to be weird as Christians to the world around us? |
[2825.66 --> 2840.66] What does it mean for the types of things that we do, the sorts of decisions we make, the things that we participate in to look strange and foreign and alien, people who just can't get it? |
[2840.66 --> 2843.66] With that in mind, let's look at this text. |
[2843.66 --> 2849.66] 1 Peter 2, starting at verse 11. |
[2849.66 --> 2863.66] Dear friends, I urge you as foreigners and exiles to abstain from sinful desires which wage war against your soul. |
[2863.66 --> 2875.66] Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day he visits us. |
[2875.66 --> 2891.66] Submit yourselves for the Lord's sake to every human authority, whether to the emperor as the supreme authority, or to governors who are sent by him to punish those who do wrong and to commend those who do right. |
[2891.66 --> 2898.66] For it is God's will that by doing good you should silence the ignorant talk of foolish people. |
[2898.66 --> 2902.66] Live as free people. |
[2902.66 --> 2906.66] But do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil. |
[2906.66 --> 2910.66] Live as God's slaves. |
[2910.66 --> 2913.66] Show proper respect to everyone. |
[2913.66 --> 2915.66] Love the family of believers. |
[2915.66 --> 2916.66] Fear God. |
[2916.66 --> 2918.66] Honor the emperor. |
[2918.66 --> 2919.66] The emperor. |
[2919.66 --> 2921.66] This is the word of the Lord. |
[2921.66 --> 2947.66] Now, for those of you who have been following along in this series, either here in person or online, you will recall that we have available for you and for your personal study or your care group study, a bit of a Bible study that doesn't necessarily parallel this work because you can move through... |
[2947.66 --> 2954.66] And so, if you haven't heard about that, or if you would like a copy of this, you can talk to me after and we'll get that situated. |
[2954.66 --> 2964.66] Now, Peter starts this section of his letter by saying, dear friends. |
[2964.66 --> 2989.66] And now, while it is likely true that the recipients of this letter are dear friends of Peter or that he considers them as such, what I want you to hear first and foremost is that the word that's used there, this letter was originally written in Greek, and the Greek word that is used there is aga... |
[2989.66 --> 2990.66] Beloved. |
[2991.56 --> 2992.20] Beloved. |
[2992.62 --> 2999.58] And so, this is more than Friends of Peter, this is ultimately about being beloved. |
[3000.26 --> 3001.76] But beloved by whom? |
[3003.58 --> 3008.20] Because ultimately, this is about being beloved or loved of God. |
[3009.18 --> 3015.42] And Peter has been spending time reminding us that we are chosen by God and precious to Him. |
[3015.42 --> 3020.50] Pastor Kevin looked at this last week for us, that we are his special possession. |
[3021.64 --> 3024.28] This is the ground of our identity. |
[3024.86 --> 3032.62] This is the firm foundation of which Jesus is the cornerstone for your life and for yourself. |
[3033.46 --> 3039.66] As a chosen people, by grace through faith, you are loved of God. |
[3039.66 --> 3049.22] Or, to put it another way, you are loved of God, and so, by grace through faith, he has chosen you. |
[3050.10 --> 3056.18] He has made you for his own, adopted you as heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ. |
[3056.34 --> 3064.04] You are lavishly loved of the Father, and he has called you a son or a daughter. |
[3064.04 --> 3068.72] And you have received this from him. |
[3069.66 --> 3078.14] And because you are beloved of him, you also become more in him. |
[3079.96 --> 3087.10] Peter writes, beloved, I urge you as foreigners and exiles. |
[3088.10 --> 3090.98] This is all identity language, right? |
[3091.12 --> 3094.68] Beloved, foreigners, and exiles. |
[3094.68 --> 3107.02] Now, the older translation of the NIV that maybe you have or that you read from, the older one than the one we are currently using anyway, there says strangers and aliens. |
[3108.10 --> 3110.06] Now, you might read the ESV. |
[3110.20 --> 3111.64] That's another translation that I like. |
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