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Get ready for a teaching
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We keep it simple,
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but dive deep revealing a
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a love that emboldens,
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and a mission that touches the world.
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Let's join Rick Renner.
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Welcome to today's program.
My name is Rick Renner.
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Can you believe it is the end of the week?
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It seems like time has just gone like this
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as we've been studying 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 today is the last day this week,
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which we're offering the 5-part series,
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which is called, You Are A Chosen Generation.
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It comes in all kinds of formats
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and it comes with a study
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with everything in the series
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so you can read it while you're seen or hearing the series
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and really get this teaching
down deep inside you.
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And today is the last day this week
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that we're offering the book,
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which is called, RIV - Renner Interpretive Version
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of 1st & 2nd Peter.
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It's the Green volume, Vol.II.
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Maybe you already ordered James and Jude.
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Well now you can order 1st & 2nd
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Peter, my friends, you will love it.
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And I've been teaching from it this week.
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But you can order all these
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please let us know how to pray for you.
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We're praying for you anyway,
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but when you let us know
how to pray for you,
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we're gonna do a better job of praying.
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to pray for you.
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And if you're a partner, I want to say thank you, thank you,
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thank you for being a partner with this ministry.
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We're able to do what we do
because you do what you do.
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And when we call you a
partner, we really use
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that term intentionally
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because you're really a
partner in what we do.
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And I wanna say thank you.
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And if you're not a partner yet,
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would you please become a
partner with our ministry?
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We need you. And with your help
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and the help of others,
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we're gonna take the trusted
teaching of the Bible
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to people all over the earth.
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But today I want you to open your Bibles
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to 1 Peter 2,
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and we're going to begin in verse 9.
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And we're gonna see
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that we really are a Chosen Generation.
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Now, we saw in the previous program
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that we're also a holy priesthood.
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We are. We are a holy priesthood.
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And I want to give you the RIV of 1 Peter 2:
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5, one more time.
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The King James Version says - You also
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as lively stones are built
up a spiritual house,
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a holy priesthood
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to offer up spiritual
sacrifices acceptable to God
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by Jesus Christ.
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That's powerful.
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But the RIV brings all the
flavor, all the nuances
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of the Greek text into the
verse and says it like this -
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You also are like vibrantly living stones
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that are being used as building materials
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to construct a spiritual
house that is a temple
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for a consecrated, holy,
separated sacred priesthood
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with priestly duties and functions.
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I'm talking about those who
regularly offer up sacrifices
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of a spiritual nature that
are pleasing, pleasurable,
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and acceptable to God by
and through Jesus Christ.
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And in that verse, we remarkably discover
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that we are living stones.
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We're not like the dead
stones that were used
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to build the Old Testament temple.
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Those were lifeless stones.
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But today God is building a new house,
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he's building a new temple,
and it is the church
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and the building materials
he is using are human beings
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that are born again, it's me, it's you
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and the others you know in
your church that are saved.
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God is building a house.
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And I told you in the previous episode
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that in the New Testament there are three
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metaphors for the church.
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The one that most people think
of is the body of Christ.
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And that is a very important
metaphor for the church.
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But secondly, the church
is likened to a vineyard.
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But thirdly, and this is
the one used more than any,
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the church is called a
temple or the house of God.
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Paul uses that expression
and Peter over and over
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and over and over.
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And that's why I wanna recommend
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that you get my book called
Apostles and Prophets.
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Chapter 1 is called Where are We Headed
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as the Church: chapter 2 is called, Building the
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Temple of God.
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Those 2 chapters are worth this entire book,
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and this would really increase
your understanding about
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who the church is and what
is your role in the church.
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But you should just embrace yourself
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and say, I'm a living stone.
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I'm important, and my role
in the church is important.
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I'm a part of the new temple of God,
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and not only am I a living stone
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and part of the building
materials God is using
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to build his house, I am a
priest in the holy priesthood
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inside the church.
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That's what the Bible declares about you.
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But then we're gonna go to 1 Peter 2:9
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and continue where the King James Version says,
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But you are a chosen generation.
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Say amen. That's who you
are. But what does that mean?
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You're about to find out: But
you are a chosen generation,
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a royal priesthood, a holy nation,
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a peculiar people.
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So, so now we find out
several more things about you.
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You're a chosen generation,
you're a royal priesthood,
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you're a holy nation, you
are a peculiar people.
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And the King James Version goes on to say
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that you should show forth the praises
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of him who's called you out
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of darkness into his marvelous light.
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But let's look at the
RIV and the RIV says,
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However, you are a people called out,
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highly honored, prestigiously and especially chosen
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and selected.
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That is powerful. We just stopped right there.
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Listen to who you are.
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You are highly honored, prestigiously, and specially chosen
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and selected.
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But then it goes on the
RIV to say, to be a regal
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and royal priesthood: a people
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who are consecrated
distinctly different sacred
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and in a category separate
from everyone else.
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That's what the Bible says about every
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born again child of God.
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But let's take this apart.
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Let's go to the RIV in footnote No.321,
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which says the word people
is an interpretation
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of the Greek word genos,
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which the King James Version translates
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as the word generation: your're chosen generation.
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It's actually the Greek word genos. The Greek word depicts -
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are you ready for this - a particular and distinct race
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or a specific species.
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I'm gonna say that again.
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A particular and distinct
race or specific species.
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And the use of this word
means that Christ has created,
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he has created a new race of holy priests,
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a brand new species of individuals
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that never existed before.
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A holy offspring that is a divine family
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of royal priests.
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We are a new species. We
are not like other people.
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We are a brand new category
that Christ has created
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to be a regal and royal priesthood.
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But let's continue. The RIV goes on
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to say you're a people
called out, highly honored,
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prestigious, and especially
chosen and selected.
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You should just say that to yourself: I am highly honored -
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You are - I'm prestigiously
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and specially chosen and selected.
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You should declare that about yourself
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because that's what the
Bible says about you if
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you're a child of God.
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And footnote No.322 explains - The words
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"called out" highly honored, prestigious,
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and specially chosen
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and selected are an
interpretation of a formula,
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the Greek word eklegomai,
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which is derived from the word egalite.
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And I'm gonna explain
this to you, stay with me.
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I don't want to overwhelm you with Greek,
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but I want you to know what this verse is
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really saying about you.
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It is a compound of the word ek and the word lego.
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The word ek means out,
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and the word lego means I say, but compounded,
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it becomes the word eklektose in this verse which pictures
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one who calls out - are you listening to me -
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one who calls out selects, elects,
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or personally chooses someone
for an assignment position
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or task, for example:
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it could depict an instance when a person
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or group of people are being selected for a specific purpose
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or assignment.
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It was used historically to
picture the selection of men
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for military service,
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but it also denoted special
soldiers who were chosen out
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of the entire military to
go on a special mission
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or to do a special task.
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It was also used to depict politicians
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who were chosen or selected
to hold a public position
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or to execute a special job
on behalf of the community.
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And every place where this word is used,
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it portrays the election
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or the selection of individuals
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and conveys the great privilege and honor of being chosen
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and the responsibility placed
on those who are chosen
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to walk, act, and live in
a way that is honorable
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to their calling.
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It carries the connotation
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of being called out from one's
current common situation into
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something special and speaks
of a personal invitation
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to come up higher.
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Christ followers have
found a majesty in the fact
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that he has called them out of
darkness into marvelous light
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to be a regal
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and royal priesthood. My friends, you've been called.
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The RIV says - highly honored, prestigious, especially
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chosen and elected.
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That's who you are. So
quit putting yourself down
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and recognize who you are.
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If this is what God thinks of you, this is
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what you should think of yourself.
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You are a chosen generation.
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We've already seen the word people.
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The Greek word genos means you're a part
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of a brand new species that
never even previously existed.
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Now we have seen that God was
so involved in calling you
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that you're called out,
highly honored, prestigious,
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specially chosen and selected.
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Then it goes on to say in the RIV to be a regal
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and royal priesthood: regal and royal.
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What does that mean? Well,
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footnote No.323 says, The words "regal
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and royal" are interpreted from a form of basileios,
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a word which always denotes
those that are kingly, regal,
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royal, and chosen to reign and rule.
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It is closely connected with the word basileus, a word
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that describes commanders,
kings, lords, princes, rulers,
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and even royal palaces are all concepts
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that are uniquely connected
to the idea of royalty.
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And it means my friends, you
really are regal and royal.
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You have been called to rule.
You've been called to reign.
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God sees you as a
commander, a king, a lord,
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a prince, a ruler.
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That is how God sees you
and that is your calling.
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But it goes on to say, to be
a regal and royal priesthood.
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And we saw this word priesthood in a previous program,
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but we need to review it again.
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It is translated from a word
that denotes a priesthood
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with all of its priestly functions.
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But this word priesthood
was used by Peter here
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to depict an entire royal kingdom
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of priests in which every single member
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of the kingdom is a priest
with priestly functions
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and priestly responsibilities.
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And Peter plainly states
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that God's kingdom is a kingdom in which every single
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believer is a God called priest.
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Indeed, the church is a priesthood in which every redeemed
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member has become a God called priest
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to be engaged in offering up spiritual sacrifices to God.
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And this explains why Revelation 1:6 says
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that Christ has called us to
be kings and priests unto God.
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Now, if we stopped right
here, we've already seen
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that we're a part of a brand new species
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that never previously existed.
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Secondly, we've seen that we're called out highly honored,
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prestigiously, especially chosen
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and selected. What privilege we have
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to be called the sons of God.
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Next, we see that we're
called to be regal and royal.
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God has called us to be commanders, kings, lords, princes,
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rulers were regal and royal
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and everything connected with royalty.
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Our priesthood, not just one or two
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or three of us being a priesthood,
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but in the body of Christ,
in the house of God
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that he is constructing every
single member of the house
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is a priest.
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And it goes on to say, a people
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who are consecrated distinctly
different sacred separate
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category from everyone else.
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That's amazing. The words consecrated
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distinctly different, sacred
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and in a separate category from everyone else are explained
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in footnote No.326, which says
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do you see why I want you to have the RIV?
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Footnote No.326 says,
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the words consecrated
distinctly different sacred
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and in a separate category
from everyone else are
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translation of the word hagios,
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a word which in scripture always describes anything
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that has been separated,
consecrated, made,
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holy and made sacred.
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The person, place
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or thing that has been
declared holy may have been
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common or regular in the past.
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In the past, before you were
saved, you were just common.
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You're a regular person
like everybody else.
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But this word hagios means once declared holy
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once the blood of Jesus touched you
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and you were born again - once declared holy,
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that person is never to be regarded
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or used in a common way ever again.
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You are not who you used
to be. Once made holy,
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that person is separated into a special category
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and is to be viewed and treated as sacred forevermore.
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You should view yourself as being sacred.
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You are a part of the temple of God.
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Thus God's holy people
have been removed from a
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commonplace status
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and placed into a sacred category
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that is separate from all others;
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which means you may look like other people,
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but you are not like other people.
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You are hagios,
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God has touched you, he's cleansed you,
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he has separated you.
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You're in such a separate category that you're actually part
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of a brand new species
that never before existed.
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My friends, we are a kingdom a priests.
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We are a chosen generation.
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Do you find this as amazing as I do?
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Do you see why I love the scriptures?
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We need to understand
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what the Bible says
about us and who we are.
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And we've already seen in this verse
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that we are a new species.
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We're called out highly
honored, prestigious,
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and especially chosen and selected.
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We've seen that God has
called us to be regal
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and royal, to be a priesthood,
a brand new people.
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We've seen that we're
not who we used to be,
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but now we are consecrated
distinctly different sacred
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and a separate category
from everyone else.
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And we're still not done
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because the RIV goes on to
say - You are a purchased,
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acquired, specially made people.
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This is just amazing.
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You are a purchased, acquired
and specially made people.
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What in the world does that
mean? Well, we're gonna see.
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Footnote No.327 says - The
words purchased, acquired
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and specially made are from a very unique,
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very rarely used Greek word, the word, peripoiesis,
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which is a compound of the preposition peri,
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and the word poieo.
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The word peri means a round like a circumference.
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And the word poieo means to create, to make,
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to manufacture, to produce, to create.
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For example, just like
a writer would poieo,
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he would create a work of literature
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or a worker in wood poieo.
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He would make something out of
wood, out of his own making.
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But when you compound
the two words together,
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the word poiesis means -
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to put forth one's best effort and energy
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and talents to create, make, manufacture,
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or produce, especially
made object of some kind.
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But here's what's important.
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The prefix, the word peri, is very important
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here because of pictures
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the creator surrounding the object.
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The word peri describes a circle or a circumference,
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and it pictures the creator
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surrounding the object
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and working on its fine details from every
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single side.
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This means that when we were
created in Christ Jesus,
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God worked on us from every
single direction; he put forth
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poieo, his very best efforts to make us, to create us,
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to manufacture us.
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We're not who we used to
be - peri - from every side,
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God worked on us.
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But this word,
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peripoiesis was additionally used to picture an object
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so precious - do you see who you are -
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you're precious - an object so precious
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that a purchaser was willing
to pay any price to acquire it
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and to make it his own possession.
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And in this, we see God was willing
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to pay the ultimate price of Jesus blood
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to acquire a people, especially produced by the work
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of his blood and his spirit.
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That's what this means.
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Well, when you read this in the King James Version, it says,
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you're a chosen generation,
a royal priesthood,
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a holy nation, a peculiar people.
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Those words, peculiar people, here are translated purchased,
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acquired, and specially made people.
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And it goes on to say that you
should announce, celebrate,
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declare an effusively, proclaim the excellencies, wonders
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and virtues of him who has called you
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to make a permanent exit from darkness:
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a permanent exit.
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Those words, permanent exit,
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are explained in footnote No.332.
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And the footnote No.332 says - The words
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"to make a permanent exit from" are a translation
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of the preposition, ek: it's
where you get the word exit
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and it means that's where
we get the word exit.
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And Peter thus declared,
God has called us out
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of one realm into another realm.
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His call
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to us constituted a permanent
exit from a past place
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as well as a glorious
transition into a new place.
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You say, well, no new place
that we've been called into.
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It says now
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and continually from this point,
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evermore into his astonishing,
awe, inspiring, awe, evoking,
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marvelous, stunning, wonderful, glorious,
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transforming light.
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That's what you're
supposed to be living in.
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So let me give you the whole RIV,
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of 1 Peter 2: 9 - hold onto your seat.
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Here it is. Your people called out,
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highly honored, prestigiously and especially chosen
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and selected to be a regal
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and royal priesthood, a people
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who consecrated distinctly
different sacred
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and in a category from everyone else.
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You are a purchased, acquired
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and specially made people that
should announce, celebrate,
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declare effusively, proclaim the excellencies, wonders
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and virtues of him who called you
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to make a permanent exit from darkness now
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and continually from now on
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and into his astonishing
awe inspiring, awe evoking,
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marvelous, stunning, wonderful, glorious,
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transforming light.
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That's amazing - my friends, you are a new species.
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You are part of a chosen generation.
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Amazing. 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,
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what should I do if I've become insensitive to the Lord?
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Well, if you become insensitive to the Lord,
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it tells me you've been ignoring what he's told you to do
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because when you disobey the voice of the Lord over and over
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and over, it begins to
numb your conscience
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so you don't hear the voice
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of the Lord like you previously did.
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So here's what you need to do.
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You need to go to the Lord and
repent for being disobedient
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and ask the Holy Spirit
to give you a soft heart.
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You need to spend time especially in the Book of Psalms
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because the Book of Psalms has such a way
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of touching the heart
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and melting our heart to make it soft again.
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And then when the Holy
Spirit speaks to you,
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you need to obey.
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But remember, the word
of God is like fuel.
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And when you put the word
of God into your heart,
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it causes your heart to burn
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and it will help you to be more sensitive
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to the voice of the Holy Spirit.
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Well, today we have covered
a lot of material about
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what it means to be a chosen generation.
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You ought to just pat yourself on the back
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or just hug yourself
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and say, wow, God has done so much in me.
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I need to appreciate who I am.
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You're not who you used to be.
You are a chosen generation.
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You are regal and you are royal.
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That's what the Bible says about you,
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and that's why I want you
to have the whole series,
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which is called, You Are A Chosen Generation.
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It is a 5-part series, comes in all kinds of formats,
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and it comes with a study guide.
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And today is the last day
this week that we're offering
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that, and also the last day this week
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that we're offering the RIV, that's the Green version
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of the RIV Vol.II of 1st & 2nd Peter.
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It is a parallel study
Bible for people of faith,
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and the footnotes and
commentary are just loaded
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with insights that are going
to enrich your spiritual life
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and help you grow.
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That's why I want you to have it.
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But you can order all these
things by going online
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or by calling us, and I always tell you,
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and I mean it, let us know how to pray
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for you when you reach out to us,
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and if you don't order anything
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but you need prayer, call us anyhow
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because we're here to pray for you.
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But I'm gonna pray for you now.
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Father, I thank you for
who you have made us to be.
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We're not who we used to be.
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You've called us out, you've chosen us.
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You've made us a part
of a brand new species.
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Help us to understand
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and embrace who you've called us to be.
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In Jesus' name, Amen.
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Well see you in the next program,
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but until then, never forget,
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Ecclesiastes 8:4 says, "Where the word of a king is,
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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,
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I repent 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 with us,
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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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through every available media avenue
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to the uttermost parts of the earth.
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Discover the many ways you can
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We invite you to partner with
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and rescuing lives for the glory of God.
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Together we can make a difference
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that will last throughout eternity.