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Welcome to today's program.
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My name is Rick Renner
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and I've been sitting here
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for the clock to strike.
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So the program will begin
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and we can spend this time together.
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And today we're gonna
begin a brand new series,
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which is called, You Are A Chosen Generation.
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What in the world does that mean?
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Well, you need to know what it means.
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And not only are you a chosen generation,
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but we're told in 1 Peter 2,
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that we are a holy priesthood
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and we're gonna really dive
into those terms this week.
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It's going to be illuminating
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and it's really going to be encouraging,
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but please order the whole series.
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It's 5-parts, You're A Chosen Generation.
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It comes with a study guide.
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And when you read the study guide,
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you can get all this teaching down deep
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inside you while you're hearing or seeing the whole series.
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And we're also offering
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Volume No.II of the RIV.
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And it's 1st & 2nd Peter and friends,
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it is loaded with treasures - it is just loaded.
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In fact, as I've been reviewing it to teach this series,
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I am amazed at what the Lord enabled me
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to compile in this book for you,
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and I really want you to have it.
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It is the Renner Interpretive Version,
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a Parallel Study Bible for people of faith.
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So if you're a person of faith,
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this is the study Bible you've been waiting for.
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It's a conceptual interpretation of the Greek New Testament
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with footnotes and commentary -
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1st & 2nd Peter. I already put out James and Jude,
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but now you can get 1st & 2nd Peter.
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And today we're going to be studying from 1 Peter 2
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about the fact that we are a holy priesthood
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and we are a chosen generation.
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But reach for your Bible
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and today we're going to begin in 1 Peter 2,
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but as you turn there, I want to tell you that we want
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to pray for you.
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And when we say that we will pray,
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we will really pray for you.
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That is the call on our lives.
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But open your Bible to 1 Peter 2,
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and I'm going to read to you
from the King James Version
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then we're gonna dive into the RIV.
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And in the King James Version, it says,
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Wherefore laying aside all malice and all guile
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and hypocrisies and envies and all evil speakings.
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Well, in chapter 1, he talked about the fact
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that these believers were really going through hard times.
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But now when you come to chapter 2:1, he says -
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laying aside all malice and all guile and hypocrisies
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and envies and evil speakings. These are things
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that can really hijack your spiritual life.
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And here we are commanded to lay them aside.
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Well, what does that mean?
Well, listen to the RIV.
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The RIV says it like this -
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In light of all of this,
it is essential for you
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to be continually taking off, laying down,
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and pushing away from you so far out of reach
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that you'll never pick up again
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all destructive, evil, foul, vile actions
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and malignant, malicious thoughts that are harmful, hurtful,
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and injurious, and that produced damage or ruin in your life
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or in others.
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That is amazing.
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Just how in the world
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of the King James Version?
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Well, I didn't get it outta
the King James Version,
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I got it out of the Greek text,
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and that's why I wrote the RIV.
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I want you to really see all
the nuances, all the flavors
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that are in the text,
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but the reason it is translated - it is essential for you
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to be continually taking off, laying down,
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pushing away from you
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so far out of reach
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that you'll never pick up again - is explained in footnote
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No.242 which says - This is a form
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of the Greek word apotithimi, which means -
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now listen to this,
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to lay something down
or to lay something down
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and push it beyond reach so
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It pictures a deliberate decision to make a permanent change
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of attitude and behavior.
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And it is exactly the same Greek word used
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to denote the removal of clothes
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that are no longer fitting or needed.
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And here Peter uses this word
to tell us where to put off,
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push away, and never pick up again,
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these foul ways of thinking.
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Now, it's interesting
that this word is used
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to describe the putting
off of a set of clothes
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because your clothes don't
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At the end of the day, you
decide to remove your clothes.
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It is a decision.
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It's not enough to recognize
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and you don't need those clothes.
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They're not gonna come off of you
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unless you get involved in removing them.
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And now we find that it's not enough
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to recognize you have bad attitudes. You have
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to get involved in removing them.
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And that is why the RIV translates it correctly -
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It is essential for you to
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laying down and pushing away
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that you'll never pick up again
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all destructive, evil, foul, vial actions
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and malignant malicious thoughts that are harmful, hurtful,
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and injurious, and that produce damage or ruin in your life
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or in others.
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And that particular interpretation is explained in footnote
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No.244, which says - The words, destructive, evil,
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foul, vile actions
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and malignant, malicious thoughts that are harmful, hurtful
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and injurious, and that produce damage or ruin in your life
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or in others are from a formula, Greek word kakia, a word
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that denotes that which is evil, destructive, foul,
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vile and wicked, and portrays actions
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or thoughts that are
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or actions that are done with evil intent
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that results in damage
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or in the life of another.
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It pictures ill will that is malicious
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and malignant. And my friends,
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these kinds of actions and attitudes
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and verbal abuse have no place in the life of a believer,
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but you're not gonna get rid of them
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by just recognizing you do them and that it's wrong.
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You've gotta make a decision to remove them.
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You've gotta get involved: just like taking your clothes off
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at the end of the day, you've gotta push the button
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through the buttonhole or the shirt's not gonna come off.
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And in the same way, you've got to repent
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and say - Lord, I'm not gonna involved myself
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and this kind of behavior any longer.
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I am going to remove this
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and the Holy Spirit will empower you
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to make this amazing change.
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But then it goes on to say,
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this includes - now here's the RIV:
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this includes all dishonesty, fraud, guile
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and manipulative behaviors.
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If you find yourself being dishonest,
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if you find yourself being
a little manipulative,
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there is no place for that in the life
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of a serious Christian.
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And this verse says - these things are to be removed.
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And the reason that it is translated dishonesty,
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fraud, guile
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and manipulative behaviors is explained in footnote No.
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246, which says - The words dishonesty, fraud,
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guile, and manipulative behaviors are interpreted from a
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form of the word dolos, which means - to use bait
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to entrap a fish
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or an animal: thus to ensnare or to hook.
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And it depicts exploited behavior that is marked
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with craftiness, manipulation or trickery.
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It is the root of dolios, which
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likewise depicts bait being
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and also carries the ideas of
cheating, craftiness, conning,
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dishonesty, fraud, or gile.
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Now stay with me. I want you to really hear this - Like a
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fisherman who carefully camouflages a hook with bait,
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this word similarly depicts those who use trickery
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to lure others to bite the bait being dangled before them.
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The idea portrayed is that once the hook is in the mouth,
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they pull the hook
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to ensnare victims into their web of deceit.
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And it must be noted that the word dolos,
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which carries the connotation of catching fish
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with exceptionally appealing
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and carefully worked bait,
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means the allure lies not
only in the bait itself,
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but in the skill of the
person manipulating the bait.
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Thus Peter uses this term to
tell us that there are those
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who manipulate others to bite the bait of
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what they're offering.
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Oh, this is just amazing.
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This word comes loaded with flattering words
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and throughout human history a nearly endless parade
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of manipulative people have placed flattery
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as bait on the hooks of deceit.
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All of that is in this word,
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but really describes manipulation
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or describes exploitive behavior.
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Now, you know, we're all made of flesh
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and we tend to do things that we shouldn't do,
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but we've seen in this verse that were
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to put aside destructive, evil, foul, vile actions
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and malignant, malicious thoughts that are harmful, hurtful,
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and injurious, and that produce damage
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or ruin in your life or in others.
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And it includes, are you ready for this, dishonesty, fraud,
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guile and manipulative behaviors.
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My friends, we are not to
be exploitive of others.
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That is just not what God
wants us to do with our lives.
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And if you tend to do
those things, if you tend
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to be a little manipulative,
it's time for you to repent
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of it and put it away
and put it away forever.
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And according to the RIV,
you gotta push it so far out
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of reach that you'll never
be able to pick it up again.
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This is a decision to make a
break with these behaviors.
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And the RIV goes on to say -
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And you must also forever put away pretending
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to be something other than what you are in order
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to win the applause or approval of others.
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Wow, that is explained in footnote No.247, which says -
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The words "pretending
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to be something other than you are in order
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to win the applause or approval of others"
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are interpreted from a form of the Greek word, hupokrisis
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the old word for a stage actor who donned a mask
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as he acted on stage.
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It speaks of that which is bogus, fake, phony, inauthentic,
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insincere or an actor
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or a pretender who projects an insincere image
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for the approval or applause of those that are watching.
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And here's what's totally amazing.
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Jesus used this same Greek word, hupokrisis,
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as I explained in this footnote, are you ready for this,
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over and over again throughout the gospels when he described
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the religious leaders of his day as being hypocrites.
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This word hupokrisis, is really the word for a hypocrite.
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And it was the equivalent of saying - here's
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what Jesus was literally saying to the hypocrites -
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You're like actors on the stage who will say
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and do anything for approval
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or for the applause of the crowd,
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but you are completely insincere and phony
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because it is nothing more
than a mask you wear for those
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who are watching.
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That's what a hypocrite is. It's a phony person.
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It's a person that's just performing
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because of people that are watching.
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And the verse says, we are
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put away pretending to be something other than
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what you are in order to win the applause
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or approval of others.
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This is more manipulation,
it's more exploitive behavior.
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And my friends, there's no room for
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that in the life of a Christian.
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Then it goes on in the RIV
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and says - Additionally, you must put away any feelings
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of envy because you resent that others got what you wanted
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or thought you deserved.
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Isn't the Bible amazing?
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And footnote No.248 explains: The words "feelings of envy
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because you resent the fact that others got what you wanted
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or you thought you deserved" are interpreted form
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of the Greek word phthonos, which depicts ill will
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or jealousy.
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of a hostile feeling one
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to an advantage, benefit
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or position that the other person has
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or deeply felt grudged due to
what someone else possesses
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that the begrudging person wishes was his own.
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what another person possesses to be covetous
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of another person's
belongings, accomplishments,
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relationships, or titles in life,
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or to resent another person's advantage
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and to try to find a way to seize it
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or take it away from the person in order
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to make it your own.
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All of this has to do with exploitive
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and manipulative behavior.
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And my friends over and over
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and over in this verse
we're told, put it away,
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put it away, put it away.
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Which means God wants us to take action
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and eliminate these attitudes
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and these behaviors from our life.
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There is no room for a holy priesthood
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or a chosen generation
to be behave like this.
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But then the RIV continues in verse 1 to say,
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And along with all of this -
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as if he's not already told us enough to do -
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and along with all of this, put away belittling,
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crushing, degrading, demeaning, denigrating, depreciating,
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discourteous, disdainful, insulting
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and rude forms of speech, which means in the life
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of a Christian, I'm talking
to you and I'm talking to me.
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I'm talking to everybody that's listening.
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There is no room for us ever to be - belittling.
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We should never be crushing of others.
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We should never denigrate, demeaned, denigrate, depreciate,
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be discourteous, disdainful, insulting,
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and employ rude forms of speech.
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In fact, this verse says, we
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We're to put it away. It is a decision.
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I'm not gonna talk to
people like this any longer.
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And the RRV continues to say, you must stop
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the business of talking down to others
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or speaking derogatorily to
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or about others
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as this is a completely inappropriate
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and unwholesome manner of speech.
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I know that you agree with that,
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but it's not just enough to agree with it.
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We've gotta take action.
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We have to eliminate this
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And footnote No.250 explains it like this:
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The words "belittling, crushing, degrading, demeaning,
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denigrating, depreciating, discourteous, disdainful,
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insulting and rude forms of speech."
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You must stop the business
of talking down to others
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or speaking derogatorily to
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or about others as this is
a completely inappropriate
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and unwholesome manner of speech.
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All of that is an expression
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that is interpreted from the Greek word katalalia,
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which is a compound of the word kata, which means down,
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and the word laleo, which means to speak.
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But when you compound this word together,
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the new word depicts - listen to this - an intentional
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or even unintentional speaking
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that is belittling, crushing, degrading, demeaning,
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denigrating, depreciating, discourtesy, disdainful,
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insulting and rude.
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And thus it is talking down to others
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or speaking derogatorily to or about someone,
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and is a type of unwholesome conversation
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that should be considered inappropriate, indecent,
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and unacceptable for a Christian who is indwelt
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by the Holy Spirit.
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So if you find yourself tempted to talk down to people,
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to denigrate people, my friends, there is no room for
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that in your mouth.
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The Holy Spirit lives in you,
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and the Holy Spirit does
not denigrate people.
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He doesn't talk down to people.
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The Holy Spirit encourages people,
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he helps people; even when he brings correction,
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he does it in a very encouraging way.
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And there's no room in your life: my friends, you are a part
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of a holy priesthood.
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You are part of a chosen generation,
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and this is not the way
that a holy priesthood
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and a chosen generation behaves.
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Wow. It is just amazing. So let's look at it again.
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The King James Version very simply says,
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1 Peter 2:1,
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Wherefore laying aside all malice and all guile
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and hypocrisies and envies and evil speaking.
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Well, that is wonderful.
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It's very easy to memorize
because it's short.
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But the RIV carries all the
flavor into the interpretation
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and the whole RIV of 1 Peter 2:
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1 says - In light of all of this, it is essential
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for you to be continually
taking off, laying down,
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and pushing away from
you so far out of reach
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that you'll never pick up again,
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all destructive, evil, foul, vile actions
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and malicious thoughts that
are harmful and hurtful
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and injurious and that produce damage
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or ruin in your life or in others.
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This includes all dishonesty, fraud, guile
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and manipulative behaviors.
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And you must also forever: the word forever, forever put off
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and put away pretending
to be something that other
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what you are just in
order to win the applause
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or the approval of others.
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Additionally, you must put
away any feelings of envy
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because you resent what
others got, that they got
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what you wanted or thought you deserved.
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And along with all of this, put away all belittling,
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crushing, degrading, demeaning, denigrating, depreciating,
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discourteous, disdainful, insulting
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and rude forms of speech.
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You must stop the business
of talking down to others
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or speaking derogatory to
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or about others as this is
a completely inappropriate
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and unwholesome manner of speech.
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That is amazing.
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All of that is verse 1,
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and that is all we have covered so far in today's program,
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but we're gonna pick up here
when we come back tomorrow in
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verse 2 and verse 2 is gonna be so encouraging.
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But today, we have received a lot
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of instruction from the Holy
Spirit about our actions,
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our speech, our behavior,
and that we're to take off
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and remove those things
that are manipulative
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and exploitive of others.
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My friends, there's just not any room for this in our lives.
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And so we've got to respond by repenting
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and saying, Lord, we're
gonna take that off
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and push that away so far away from us
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that we're never gonna retrieve that kind of behavior again.
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Wow! I'll be back in just a moment
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and I'm going to pray for you.
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Someone asked the question: How do I overcome fear, anxiety,
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and worry?
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Wow, that's a great question.
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When I was a young man,
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I worried about everything all the time,
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but eventually I just
got tired of worrying
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and figured out that worrying
doesn't help anything anyhow.
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And we're told in 1 Peter 5:7,
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that we are to cast our burdens on the Lord
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and my friends, if you will
just come right up alongside
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of Jesus and say, Lord,
this is too heavy for me
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to carry by myself.
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I'm tired of worrying and fretting
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and being anxiety over this.
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And if you'll just heave
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and roll it over onto
the shoulders of Jesus,
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he is standing right there waiting for you
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to transfer the weight from yourself over to him,
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and he'll walk alongside with you.
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He'll carry the weight,
he'll carry the burden,
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and you will walk freely.
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But in order for you to step
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you've gotta heave and by faith,
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roll it over onto the shoulders of Jesus.
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so we can release more
funds to taking the teaching
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of the Bible to the ends of the earth.
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We've already paid off 78%
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of our Ministry Expansion Project,
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but we'd like to finish it.
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And if you're not a part of
the Giving Team yet today,
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I want to ask you to join our Giving Team
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so we can pay off this facility
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and release all those funds
into taking the teaching
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of the Bible to the ends of the Earth.
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Well, friends, today we have
covered a lot of information
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and all we've done is look at 1 Peter
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2:1.
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But we're talking about the fact
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that we are a holy priesthood
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and we are a chosen generation,
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and that means our
behavior needs to come up
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and we have to put away those things
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that are just not acceptable
for a holy priesthood
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and a chosen generation.
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And that's what we've been looking at today.
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But please order this series, which comes
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with the study guide, and remember
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that we're also offering you the RIV of 1st
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& 2nd Peter.
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It is the Renner Interpretive Version.
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You can order all these
things by going online
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or by simply giving us a call.
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And when you reach out to
us, let us know how to pray
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because we really wanna pray for you.
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And if you would, put your hand on your heart,
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'cause I'm gonna pray for you right now.
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Father, I thank you in the name of Jesus
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that you have called us
to be a holy priesthood
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and a chosen generation.
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We ask you to forgive us when our behavior
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and our words far fall below
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who you've really called us to be.
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And help us to make a decision
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to intentionally put away those actions
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and behaviors that are
not worthy of who we are.
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In Jesus name - Amen.
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Well, tomorrow we're gonna pick up right here.
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It is really going to be good.
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We're gonna dive into verse 2,
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but until then, remember Ecclesiastes 8:4 says,
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"Where the word of a king is, there is power."
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If you've never received
Jesus as your Savior
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and Lord, now is the time for
you to experience a new life
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Jesus has to give you.
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Pray this prayer with me right now - Lord, I repent
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of my sin and receive you as my Savior
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and Lord. Wash away my sin
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and make me completely new.
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I thank you that my sin is removed
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and Satan no longer has any
right to lay claim on me.
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I faithfully promise that
I will serve you as my Lord
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for the rest of my life.
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Amen. If you just prayed the prayer of salvation
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with us, would you please let us know by going
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to renner.org/salvation - we would love to connect with you.
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This program was made possible by the giving
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of the God called partners of Renner Ministries.