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Welcome to today's program.
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My name is Rick Renner
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I'm teaching my brand new series called, You Are A
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Chosen Generation.
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We're actually saying that we're a holy priesthood
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and we are a chosen generation.
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And because of that,
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But this comes with a wonderful study guide that is filled
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it really causes the revelation to take root inside you.
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And I really believe with all
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But today, if you have your Bible,
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and I hope you do, by the way,
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of the Bible in the church, we
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I've devoted my life
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to studying the scriptures and my friends
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it has transformed my life.
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And you're going to see today
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that the scriptures have the ability
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to ignite the full reality
of salvation in your life.
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But we're gonna pick up
and very quickly review
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what we covered yesterday.
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So open your Bible to 1st Peter 2:1.
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And I'm gonna be using the
King James and also the RIV.
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And the King James Version says this in 1 Peter
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2:1, Wherefore laying aside all malice
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and all guile, and hypocrisies and envies
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and all evil speaking.
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Well, in one sense I really love that
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because it's very succinct,
it's very easy to read,
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it's very easy to memorize.
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Here it is again - Wherefore laying aside all malice
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and all guile, anti hypocrisies and envy
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and all evil speakings.
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But it is so succinct
that it misses much of
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what is in the original text.
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Now the RIV actually reaches into the text
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and it pulls out all the flavor,
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all the nuances into a broader interpretation.
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Not a translation,
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but an interpretation to
really give you the full punch
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of what's being said in this verse.
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And what I'm sharing with
you today is a result
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of me studying and studying
and studying and studying,
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but I want it to be a benefit to you.
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So here is the RIV of 1 Peter 2:1.
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Hold onto your seat because this is quite amazing.
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In light of all 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 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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I explained all of that
in yesterday's program -
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and you must also forever -
are you getting this;
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this is very powerful friends - forever put away pretending
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to be something other than
what you are just in order
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to win the applause or approval of others.
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Additionally, you must put
away any feelings of envy
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because you resent that
others got what you wanted
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or thought you deserved.
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And along with all of this, put away all,
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all belittling, crushing,
degrading, demeaning,
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depreciating, discourteous, disdainful, insulting
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and rudes 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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Now that is amazing,
especially when you consider
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that the King James Version simply says,
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laying aside all malice and
all gile and hypocrisies
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and envies and all evil speakings.
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But what I just gave you
in the RIV is a very good
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interpretation of all the flavor
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and all the nuances in
the original Greek text.
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Now you have to remember that
Peter was speaking to the body
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of Christ, he was speaking to saved people; people
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that were part of a holy priesthood, a part
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of a chosen generation.
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And my friends, as God's holy priesthood
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and a chosen generation, we have
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to demonstrate a higher ethic in our life.
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We cannot denigrate
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and disintegrate into these
low levels of behavior
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that are simply not worthy of who we are.
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Throw your shoulders back,
hold your head up high
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and recognize you are
part of a holy priesthood.
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You are a chosen generation
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and this kind of behavior should not be permitted in your
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life or in your mouth.
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This simply is unwholesome
speech for a person
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that is in dwelt by the Holy Spirit.
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And then Peter continues in 1 Peter 2:2
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and says, in the King James Version - As newborn babes,
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desire the sincere milk of the word that you may grow
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thereby. I love that. I cut my teeth on that verse
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and my friends, we are
commanded in this verse
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to desire the sincere
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milk of the word that you may grow thereby,
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but what does the Greek text additionally say?
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There's a lot of flavor in this Greek text,
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so let's see what we can find.
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The RIV says it like this -
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And just like newborn nursing babies,
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you must crave, long, pine for the unadulterated,
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pure and sincere, nourishing
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and sustaining milk of the word.
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Because by your being in the word
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and consuming it,
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you'll exponentially grow
further into every aspect
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of your salvation, which
includes deliverance,
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healing, preservation, prosperity, safety,
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and wholeness.
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Now you may ask, how did
you get all of that out
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of verse 2, which the King James Version simply says,
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as newborn babes desire milk of the word
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that you may grow thereby.
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Well, I'm gonna show you how we got that.
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So the RIV says - and just like newborn nursing babes.
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What we read in footnote No.253,
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that the words nursing babes are interpreted from the plural
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form of brephos, a word that speaks of a nursing child
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who is still carried it in his mother's arms
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or an infant unable to care for himself
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and who thus utterly depends
on the loving care of parents.
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After already speaking to us
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and telling us that we're a newborn child,
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Peter now uses this word brephos, to picture the dependence
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of a newborn upon a loving parent for care, nourishment
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and protection.
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And it doesn't matter how old
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to see yourself as one
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that is completely dependent upon the care
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and the protection of our heavenly Father. My friends,
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that's how we're to see ourselves.
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And Peter says, as newborn babes or the RIV says,
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and just like newborn nursing babies,
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you must crave, long,
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and pine for the unadulterated pure and sincere nourishing
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and sustaining milk of the word.
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But the RIV says, you must crave long
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and pine for.
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And in footnote No.254,
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we see why it's interpreted like this.
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Footnote No.254 says - The words "crave long
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and pine for" are from a form of the word epipotheo.
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Now friends, this is really, really powerful.
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Listen to this. It is a compound of the word epi,
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which means over,
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and it is used as an
intensifier in this word.
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The 2nd part of the word is potheo, which means to crave
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or to desire;
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but compounded, this word epipotheo, portrays an
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ache, an ache.
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It's an ache for the word.
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It portrays a craving for the word.
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It portrays a hunger for the word
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or an intense desire for the word.
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It is a desire so intense
that it causes one to long
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and pine after something.
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And Peter used this word
to picture a newborn baby
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who craves desires
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and earnestly yearns for
his mother's nourishing
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and sustaining milk.
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And this word epipotheo, which
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here in the King James version describes desire
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Here it also pictures a passion so fervent
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that it almost becomes an obsession.
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You know when a little
baby stomach is empty,
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that baby knows it needs to
be replenished; it cries,
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it desires, it craves, it aches
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for its mother's milk.
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And now Peter says, it doesn't matter
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how old you are in the
Lord, it doesn't matter
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what your status is, you should crave,
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you should ache for the word of God.
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And I want to ask you, do you have an ache
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for the word of God in your life?
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This verse says, we should.
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In fact, the RIV says
in just like newborn,
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nourishing babes. I don't know if you've ever had a baby,
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but when babies get hungry,
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they let you know they're hungry.
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They let you know they want to be fed.
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And now this verse says,
in just like newborn,
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nourishing babes, you must crave long
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and pine for - pine for what - the unadulterated,
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pure and sincere, nourishing
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and sustaining milk of the word.
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And the words, unadulterated, pure,
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and sincere are explained in footnote No.255.
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Now, this is a long
footnote, but it's important.
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So I want you to stay with me
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and I want you to understand
why this is called the sincere
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milk of the word or
the unadulterated, pure
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and sincere milk of the word.
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pure, and sincere" are interpreted from a form of adolos.
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Did you hear that - adolos,
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which is the word, dolos with an 'a' affixed to the front
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of it, which indicates a canceling force.
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to entrap a fish or an animal.
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and it describes exploitive behavior
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that is marked with trickery,
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It is the root of the word dolios,
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which depicts bait being
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but also carries the ideas of
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dishonesty, fraud or a guile
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and like a fisherman who carefully camouflage
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as a hook with bait,
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the word dolos depicts those who use trickery to lure others
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to bite the bait being dangled before them.
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these baiters pull the hook
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to ensnare others into
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of the word dolos, it becomes
a dolos, which is the word,
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which is in this verse: which depicts that which is free
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of craftiness, free of dishonesty, free
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of exploitation, free of manipulation, free of trickery.
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And Peter uses this word
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of the teaching of God's word as being free
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of fraudulent motives.
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Hence, it is a Bible teaching
that is pure, sincere,
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and unadulterated.
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Wow. And my friends, the real teaching
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of the Bible has no hidden agendas
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or as the RIV says, it is the unadulterated, pure,
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and sincere, nourishing
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and sustaining milk of the word - nourishing
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and sustaining milk.
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It nourishes you, it sustains you.
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and sustaining milk, are translation of gala.
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The word gala is the word for a mother's nourishing
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and sustaining milk
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that an infant receives from her breasts.
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is not only the milk,
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but also the nearness of
the child to the mother
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that's required for the child
to receive that nourishing
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and sustaining milk.
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And my friends, when you
draw near to the word of God,
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you are drawn near to
the breast of God himself
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and my friends in that position,
he's going to feed you,
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he's going to nourish you,
he's going to sustain you.
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And there is nothing exploitive
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or manipulative in that position.
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And it goes on to say in the RIV,
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because by your being in the word
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and consuming it,
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you will exponentially grow
further into every aspect
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of your salvation, which
includes deliverance, healing,
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preservation, prosperity,
safety, and a wholeness.
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But notice it says because
by your being in the word
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and consuming it. And here we
find that we're in the word
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and you're consuming it,
it's going to cause you
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to exponentially grow further.
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And these words, by your being in the word
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and consuming it, are explained in footnote No.259,
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which says - The words "by your being in the word
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and consuming it" really mean that by being in the word
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of God, growth is produced
in the life of a believer.
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The word of God is the
most important instrument
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for producing change and growth in the life of a Christian.
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And that growing as a Christian,
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apart from the regular intake
of God's word, would be
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as impossible as it would be for a newborn baby
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to grow without regular ingesting a mother's nourishing
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and sustaining milk. You have got to be in the word
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of God regularly if you intend to grow as a Christian.
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That is why I begin every day of my life
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with reading the Bible.
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In fact, I've got a rule in my life - no Bible,
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no food - it's just a rule.
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It's not a Bible rule. It's my rule
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because I understand I'm not
gonna grow as a Christian
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unless I'm ingesting the word of God.
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And that's what this verse says,
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because by your being in the word
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and consuming it, now
here's the rest of it.
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In the RIV, you will
exponentially grow further.
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What does that mean? Exponentially grow further, is a
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form of the Greek word, auxano.
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And that is explained in footnote N0.260,
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which says, You will exponentially grow further are from a
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form of the word exano, which denotes something
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that is amplified, augmented, enlarged, or enhanced.
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And even care is the idea of something that escalates
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and multiplies as it grows larger and larger.
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Which means when you are
regularly in the word of God
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and you're being fed the
unadulterated word of God,
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it causes you to exponentially grow further
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into every aspect of your salvation.
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And then the RIV says, which includes deliverance,
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healing, preservation, prosperity, safety
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and wholeness.
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And footnote No.262, gloriously says -
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The words "every aspect of your salvation,
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which includes deliverance, healing, preservation,
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prosperity, safety,
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and wholeness" are interpreted from a form
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of the word soteria, which is the word for salvation
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in the New Testament.
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You know, when I was growing up,
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I thought salvation just meant
I wasn't gonna go to hell,
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and it guaranteed that I
was going to go to heaven,
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but I did not understand that word soteria,
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which is a form of the Greek word sodzo, maybe you've heard
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that word sodzo. That word sodzo, is a package.
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And you know in the Jewish world, they understood this,
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they understood that it was
more than eternal salvation.
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They understood that it was a package
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that contained many elements.
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And now we find this word sodzo,
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really describes deliverance.
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There's deliverance in your salvation: healing.
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There's healing in your salvation - preservation.
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God's power will preserve you.
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Prosperity: you're supposed to have prosperity in your soul,
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prosperity in your life, safety and a wholeness.
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All of those words are in the word soteria,
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which is a derivative of the word sodzo.
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Now my friends, that is
totally amazing to me.
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And if you get in the word
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and you ingest the word, it will cause you
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to exponentially grow in salvation
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and all that it entails.
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It's not enough for you just
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to know you're gonna go to heaven,
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God wants you to experience every single
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element of salvation.
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And according to what Peter says in 1 Peter 2:
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1, as you begin to ingest the unadulterated, pure
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and sincere, nourishing
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and sustaining milk of the
word by being in the word,
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it causes you to exponentially
grow in your salvation.
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But here's the King James Version one more time:
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1 Peter 2:2; As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk
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of the word that you may grow thereby.
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But here is the full RIV,
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which says the same thing
just in a much broader way,
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carrying all the flavor into the verse.
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And just like newborn nourishing babes, you must crave, long
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and pine for the unadulterated, pure and sincere
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and nourishing and sustaining milk of the word.
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Because by your being in the word
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and consuming it,
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you will exponentially grow
further into every aspect
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of your salvation, which
includes deliverance, healing,
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preservation, prosperity,
safety, and a wholeness.
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My friends, God wants you
to enter into the fullness
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of your salvation
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and according to 1 Peter 2:2,
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by being in the word and consuming it, salvation
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and all of these glorious elements are ignited in your life.
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Wow! That's the power of reading
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and studying the word of God.
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By being in it and consuming
it, you exponentially grow
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and you begin to experience every aspect of your salvation.
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I'm so sorry, we're outta
time because this is good,
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but we're gonna be back here tomorrow,
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but 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 - My husband and I go to church,
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but sometimes my husband smokes
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and drinks. What should I do?
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Well, it's amazing how
we identify certain sins
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and not others.
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For example, some people
smoke, some people may drink
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and none of that is good
and all of it is wrong,
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but other people overeat or they gossip.
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Those are sins as well.
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And it doesn't matter what
is the category of sin,
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all of us need to draw near to the Lord.
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We need to read the word, we
need to deal with our flesh.
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And you can only do that by
the power of the Holy Spirit.
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And I encourage you today
to pray for your husband,
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but don't just pray for him.
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Pray for yourself because
there's areas of your life
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that need correction as well.
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So let's all go to the Lord,
let's come to the altar,
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lay ourselves on that altar every day
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as we're commanded in Romans 12:1,
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and surrender ourselves
to be living sacrifices.
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And as we do that, God's
spirit will fill us
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and we'll begin to drop these things
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that are displeasing to the Lord.
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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, today we have really dove deep into 1st Peter
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2:2.
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It has just been so rich
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and we're gonna pick up here tomorrow,
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we're gonna move into verse 3,
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and then we're gonna move on.
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It's really going to be good,
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so please be sure to join me tomorrow.
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But we're offering you the
series called, You're a Chosen
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Generation, and it comes with a study guide,
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and we're offering you the RIV, that's the Green volume
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of the RIV, which is Vo.II.
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It is 1st & 2nd Peter.
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The RIV is the Renner Interpreted Version.
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It's a parallel study
Bible for people of faith,
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and I believe it is the study
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So please go online to
order all these things,
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or you can just give us a call.
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And my friends, I really mean it when I
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say we want to pray for you.
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So when you reach out
to us by writing to us
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or calling us, be sure
to say, Hey, by the way,
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I've got a prayer need.
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And if you don't order anything,
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but you just want prayer, call us.
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We are here to pray for you,
and we want to pray for you,
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and we believe Jesus will
do what needs to be done.
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But put your hand on your heart,
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and I'm gonna pray for you right now.
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Father, I pray in Jesus' name
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that you would ignite in us
an ache, a hunger, a craving
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for the word of God,
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and that by us nourishing
ourselves on the Word of God,
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that we would exponentially
grow in every dimension
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of our salvation.
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In Jesus' name - Amen.
Hasn't this been good?
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We'll be back tomorrow, but until then,
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remember Ecclesiastes 8:4 says, "Where the word
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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?
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We would love to connect with you.
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Renner Ministries is proclaiming the gospel of Jesus Christ
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Discover the many ways you can
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We invite you to partner with
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