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This program is made
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of the God called partners
of Renner Ministries.
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Get ready for a teaching
that feeds your spirit
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and your mind, where the word is the anchor in
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uncertain times,
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and doctrine doesn't bend to culture.
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We keep it simple,
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but dive deep revealing a
truth that strengthens us,
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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 friend.
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Today we're wrapping up the series called Easter, The Rest
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of the Story and today's program is called Copy Every Stroke
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of the Master and Walk in
the Footsteps of Jesus.
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And you see on the screen
behind me the image
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of a teacher who's teaching
a boy how to write,
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and the student is copying
every stroke of the master.
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You'll understand why we have
this illustration in just a
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moment, but in this amazing series we
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began in the Garden of Gethsemane.
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We saw all the events that
occurred to Jesus there
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and the amazing amounts
of power that flowed
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through Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane.
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We saw Jesus trial before
religious leaders in Pilate
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and how he was shipped over
to Herod, then shipped back
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to Pilate, how Jesus was scourged, how he was crucified,
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how he was buried.
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He was sealed, but on the
third day, he really came out
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of the tomb, say Amen.
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And now we've seen yesterday
that for the last 2000 years,
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Jesus has been really busy.
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He's been seated at the
right hand of the Father
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as our great high priest where
he lives to intercede for you
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and for me, which means
according to Hebrews four 16,
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if we will come to him
boldly with our needs,
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he will swing into action
as a mighty warrior
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to put us back on our feet
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and to deliver us from
anything that has tried
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to come against us.
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Wow, that is amazing.
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But we're gonna learn what
it means to copy every stroke
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of the master and to walk
in the footprints of Jesus.
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It is just going to be amazing.
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So please stay with me
all the way to the end
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of today's program.
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But remember that if you need
prayer, we're here for you.
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We are people of prayer.
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I've already prayed for you today,
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but we're praying for
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I believe it. And the
word of God guarantees
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that if we pray in faith
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and pray according to
his will, he hears us
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and we will have the petitions
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Now we're gonna get
right into the teaching.
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But first, watch this,
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Do you know the story of
Easter, the resurrection
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of Jesus, the empty tomb
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and the appearances to the disciples?
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But did you know that's
only part of the story?
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In Rick Renner's book Easter?
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The Rest of the Story,
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Rick delves into the lesser known details
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of the Easter story that
are often overlooked.
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Details like who was Pontius Pilate,
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what really happened to
the garden of Gethsemane?
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What happened to the
temple when Jesus died?
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What exactly did the disciples witness on
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that miraculous morning?
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Why Easter is the absolute
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Today we're wrapping up
my series called Easter,
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The Rest of the Story.
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And for 15 programs, we've
been studying all the events
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that Jesus went through in
the final hours of his life.
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And during those final hours,
Jesus was treated unfairly.
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Jesus was treated unjustly,
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but he committed himself
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to the Father believing
the Father was in charge.
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And I want to tell you that
if you experience things
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that are unfair or you
think they're unjust,
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and sometimes that really
happens in life, you need
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to commit yourself to the Father
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and declare that Jesus is Lord
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and Jesus is gonna work it all out.
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But when we come to 1 Peter 2:21,
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Peter writes to believers who are also suffering a lot
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of unjust, unfair things.
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They were suffering at the
hands of the Roman government.
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And to them, he said, for
even here unto were you called
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because Christ suffered for
us, leaving us an example
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that you should follow in his steps.
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That is not an invitation to suffer.
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But in this verse, we find
that if we are suffering,
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Jesus left us an example
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and we should follow in his steps.
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He was writing to believers
who had no recourse,
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they were suffering at the
hands of the government,
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and their government was
really treating them unfairly
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and unjustly.
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It was horrible what the
government was doing to them.
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Many of them were being
killed for their faith.
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And yet God's word commanded them
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to respect governmental
leaders, to pray for them,
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to submit to them.
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And yet the governmental
leaders they were submit to
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and to respect and to pray
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for were the very ones killing them.
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And these believers were really facing a lot of unfair,
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unjust treatment.
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And they needed to know what do we do?
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How do we respond when
we have no recourse?
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Now if you have a legal recourse, that's wonderful,
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but what if you have no legal recourse?
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What do you do? Well,
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the answer is found again in 1 Peter 2:
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21, which says -
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For even here unto were you called - now listen
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because Christ suffered for us,
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leaving us an example
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that ye should follow in his steps.
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If you have your pen or
your pencil, underline
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that word suffering in this verse.
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This word suffered means to suffer,
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but it was used to depict the passion
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or the suffering that Jesus experienced in his final hours.
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But this same word, suffered, is used all over the New
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Testament and it carries the idea of suffering,
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undergoing hardship, being ill-treated,
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experiencing adversity.
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And we know that Jesus experienced all
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of those things in his final hours
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and not just in his final hours,
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but Jesus dealt with adversity his entire life.
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When he was a child, his family suffered
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as they fled from the murderous plots
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of King Herod the Great.
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We know that later Jesus
suffered at the hands
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of religious leaders who hated him
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and were continually leveling
false accusations against him.
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We know that Jesus suffered
when he constantly was putting
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up with the immature
behavior of his disciples,
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but he continued to love
them and taught them
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and set an example for them.
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We know that Jesus suffered
betrayal at the hands
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of Judas Iscariot, who was one
of his closest associates.
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And we know that in the Garden
of Gethsemane, Jesus suffered
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to the point that his
sweat was as great drops
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of blood falling down to the ground.
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And at the very end, Jesus suffered when he was physically
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scourged and when he died a horrific death on the cross.
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Yet through all these different types
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and levels of suffering,
Jesus lived above the fray
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and he loved those who
treated him unjustly.
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That is just amazing.
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But at the time that Peter
was writing his epistle,
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the people that he was
writing to needed to know how
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to respond to unjust unfair situations
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that they could not change.
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Now we live in a day and age
when the law is available,
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and sometimes the law provides
for you a legal recourse.
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But what if it's your family
that's causing problems?
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What if it's a friend
that's causing problems?
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What if you're in a situation
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where there's no legal recourse?
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What do you do?
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So Peter told his readers,
and Peter told me,
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and you in 1 Peter 2;21, Christ suffered
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for us leaving us an example.
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What does the word example mean? All right, listen to this.
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It pictures a school child
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who carefully watches his teacher write the letters
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of the alphabet,
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and then that child painstakingly copies each letter
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matching it as closely as possible
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to the original letters written by his teacher.
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Well, I can relate to that
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because when I was a child in 1st grade, I had
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to learn how to write just like you.
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Maybe you can remember when you were in the 1st grade
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and you were learning to write
the letters of the alphabet.
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And I would watch my teacher
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as she would beautifully write the letters
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of the alphabet on the blackboard with her white chalk.
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I can hear, still hear
the blackboard screeching
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that she would write those letters.
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And in front of me on my little desk,
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I had a Big Chief Indian tablet.
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Did you use a Big Chief Indian tablet?
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That's what we used in Oklahoma.
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And I had my pencil in hand
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and I would watch my teacher
as she would, for example,
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write the letter 'A'.
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I would watch her make the circle,
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bring down the leg and
curl it up on the end
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and would watch her do it
again and again and again.
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Then I would take my pencil with my Big Chief Indian pad
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and I would try to copy exactly
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what I had seen my teacher do: then the letter 'B',
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then the letter 'C', and
all the way to the end
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of the alphabet, day after day
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after day, painstakingly
trying to copy the letters
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of my teacher.
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Every stroke that she made I tried to make
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until finally I replicated the letters
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of the alphabet on the pad in front of me.
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And in order for me to do it,
I had to fill page after page,
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after page after page.
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It took many attempts day after day
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after day, copying every
stroke of the teacher.
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Maybe you can remember doing that as well.
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That is exactly what the word example means in 1 Peter
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2:21.
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Peter has that very image in
mind when he tells his readers
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that you and me, when we're
in a hard situation, we need
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to follow the example of Jesus.
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We need to copy every
single stroke of the master,
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which means Jesus, who is our teacher
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and is our master, is also our blackboard.
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And we need to study exactly
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what he did in every
single situation he was in,
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including when he was treated
unfairly and unjustly.
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And we need to learn to painstakenly,
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replicate his example in our own lives.
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That's what Peter means: which means we have to learn
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how Jesus dealt with unfair criticism
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so we can respond like he did when he was
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unfairly criticized.
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that were waged against
him so we can learn how
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to respond when attacks are
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to people when they betrayed
him or when they failed him.
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when people betray or fail us.
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We need to learn how Jesus
carried himself with grace
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and dignity, even in the
midst of unspeakable abuse.
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in a difficult situation
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and we feel like we're being
mistreated, we'll know how
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to respond like Jesus.
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We need to see how he forgave his accusers
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so we'll understand how we
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All of that is in the word example.
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And the truth is sometimes
we really do face unpleasant
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situations for which
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and we feel mistreated, we feel abused,
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we feel discriminated against.
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And the truth is, as long
as we live in a world
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where evil exists
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and where people live, those kinds
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of things are going to happen.
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situation that seems unfair
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or we're put into a situation
that seems unjust, we have
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to learn to ask ourself
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how did Jesus respond in such a situation
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and how does God expect me to respond?
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Now let me give you some examples.
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If your employer treats you
badly for no obvious reason
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and the situation goes
on for a long, long time,
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what should you do?
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If you go find another job
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and you find out it's
replicated again, again,
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you're in another unjust
situation, what should you do?
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How should you respond
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to a foul treatment you are
receiving from your superior?
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are out to hurt you,
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they're out to undercut you,
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or they're out to see you demoted.
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What course of action should you take?
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steps to befriend them,
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but nothing seems to
improve your situation.
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How should you respond
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to unfair treatment from the
fellow employees around you?
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Or maybe you feel persecuted
by fellow students
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who don't share your faith in Christ
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and who really don't
like your convictions.
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You know, you can't quit school,
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you're in school, you're a student.
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So what should you do? Exactly
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how does God expect you to respond?
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Or maybe you've got family
members who don't like
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what you're doing or the
course of action you're taking
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with your life, but you can't swap 'em
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out for another family.
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They are your family.
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to your loved ones when you
feel they misunderstand you
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or they're mistreating you?
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It's very important that
you understand how to deal
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with your family because
your family is your family.
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You cannot swap them
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But when you look at all of this, you find
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that in moments like this, we
need to go to the blackboard.
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We need to look at the example of Jesus
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and see how Jesus responded
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when he was in similar circumstances; he is the blackboard
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and our job is to study him in the gospels
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and learn to copy every
stroke of the master.
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He is the master we are
to see how he responded,
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what he said, what he
didn't say, how he forgave.
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We're to study every
single stroke of the master
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until finally we replicate
his behavior in our own life.
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Say - Amen. But wait.
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1st Peter 2:21 goes on to say
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that we should follow in Jesus steps.
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What does that word steps mean?
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It's actually the word for a footprint,
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that we should follow in his footprints.
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Well, let me tell you a story.
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When Denise and I were beginning our traveling ministry
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many, many years ago, sometimes we would drive up
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and down the coast of Oregon preaching in churches
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as we went and our young sons were in the car with us.
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So sometimes as we were traveling
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and preaching, we would stop and we'd walk out on the beach.
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And I loved to make big footprints
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and then challenge my boys
to step in my footprints
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behind me and just for fun,
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sometimes I'd make the footprints very close.
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Sometimes I'd make the footprints really spaced far apart.
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Sometimes I'd go this way
and then I'd go this way.
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And the assignment of our boys
was to step in my footprints:
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not to make their own,
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but to follow me exactly in my footprints.
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And I would turn around
and I would see the boys
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and they were so carefully trying
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to put their little feet
right in my footprints closely
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together or leaping from
one footprint to the next
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or following me this way
and following me that way.
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But they were walking
exactly in my footprints.
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That is exactly what Peter means in 1 Peter 2:21,
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when he says that we should follow in Jesus steps; we are
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to put our feet in the footprints which means we don't have
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to figure everything out when
we're in a difficult spot.
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It's time for us to look at what Jesus did
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and say - All right, Jesus,
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we're gonna put our feet in your footprints.
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We're gonna follow you. We're
gonna do exactly what you did.
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And sometimes it will be easy,
sometimes it will be a leap.
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And sometimes we may
feel we're going this way
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and we're going this way,
but rather than figure it out
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by ourself, we are bound
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and determined not only
to copy every stroke
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of the master in our behavior,
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but to walk exactly in the
footprints that you have left
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for us and to replicate exactly what you did in your life,
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in our own life.
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And this means we have to focus on Jesus.
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If you're gonna walk in
his footprints, you need
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to be reading the Bible.
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You need to be studying what
Jesus did, what he didn't do,
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how he responded.
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And then you need to
say, all right, Jesus,
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I'm gonna do it the way that you did it.
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And the good news is
you have the Holy Spirit
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present to help you.
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But my friends, the answers
you need about how to respond
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to injustice
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and unfair situations
can be found in the life
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of Jesus.
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Jesus is your chief example.
Jesus is your teacher.
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Jesus is your mentor, the one
that you are called to copy
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and to follow.
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So in addition to just
saying, God, give me wisdom.
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Show me what to do. You need
to go to the scriptures.
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You need to go to the four gospels
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as we have been doing
in these 15 programs,
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and really look at how Jesus
responded when he himself was
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in unfair and in unjust situations.
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And then you need to copy
every stroke of the master
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and you need to follow
exactly in his footprints.
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My friends, the soldiers spat on Jesus.
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Pilate ordered him to be scourged.
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Pilate ordered him to be crucified.
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The religious leaders laughed at him.
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He was betrayed by one
of his closest disciples.
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But yet Jesus continued to walk in love.
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He forgave every one of them,
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and he is the perfect
example to show us how
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to do the same.
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So here's what I have to say to you.
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If you are facing difficult
times, if you feel
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that you're being accused of
things that you had nothing
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to do with, if you feel
you're being mistreated
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or if you feel you're being
discriminated against,
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rather than try to figure out by yourself
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what you're supposed to
do, go to the scriptures.
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And just like a student who watches a teacher
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write the alphabet on the blackboard,
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and then a child who takes his pencil
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and begins to copy, you
need to copy every stroke
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of the master and try to replicate exactly what Jesus did.
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And rather than try to figure out all by yourself what
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to do, you need to put your feet in the footprints of Jesus
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and follow the example that he left for us.
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And if you'll take this
approach to the challenges
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that you're facing that
seems so distressing,
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the Holy Spirit will empower you.
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He really will. And
you'll be able to respond
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to every situation more like Jesus and my friend,
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I know that's what you want to do.
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So make it your goal to
study the life of Jesus,
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to study the example of Jesus,
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especially his final days on
the earth when he was in such
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difficult situations,
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and then endeavor to copy
every stroke of the master
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and to step in his
footprints along the way,
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study the strokes of the master following his footprints,
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press forward by faith to replicate his actions.
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Do as he did in every challenge you face,
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and lean on the Holy Spirit
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because he is the one who will empower you
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to do it well, all the way to the end.
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That's why I call today's program - Copy Every Stroke
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of The Master and Walk in the Footsteps of Jesus.
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That is God's call to you
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and me in 1 Peter 2:
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21.
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Wow. Well, I'll be back in just a moment
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and then I'm going to pray for you.
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If you could go back to
when you were 20 years old,
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what advice would you give
yourself to do differently?
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Well, when I was 20 years
old, I was on a good track
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in pursuing the call of God on my life.
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But one thing I did not understand when I was 20,
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and that was money. I didn't have any experience with money.
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I grew up in a home where we did not have a lot of money.
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So my dad never taught me how to manage money.
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And when I was 20 years old,
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I did not have a clue about finances.
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I look at you and the way
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that you've really mastered this subject very early in your
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life and it's really helped you, Joel.
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And if I could go back to a
young 20-year-old Rick runner,
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I would've advised that Rick
Runner to really learn how
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to manage finances.
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Now, today, I'm a very
good financial manager,
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but when I was 20 years old,
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I really didn't know anything about money.
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And you know the old phrase says,
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money makes the world go around.
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If you don't get it right
when it comes to money,
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you are in trouble.
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So I would've told a younger Rick Renner
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to do better at learning
how to manage money.
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original illustrations.
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Well, today I just wrapped
up my teaching called Easter,
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The Rest of the Story.
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And in these 15 programs
we've studied all the events
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that Jesus went through in
the days before his trial
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and his crucifixion.
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We've looked at his
burial, his resurrection,
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the eyewitnesses of his resurrection,
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and we've seen what Jesus has been doing
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and what he is doing right
now at the right hand
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of the Father on high.
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And today we have seen the charge
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of scripture in 1 Peter 2:21, that we are
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to make it our goal to copy
every stroke of the master,
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that's Jesus and to walk in his footprints
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and we can do it, and we have the Holy Spirit to help us.
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But if you need prayer, reach out to us.
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We'll pray with you.
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Maybe you need wisdom for what
you're facing in your life
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and you just wish there was a voice
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that would agree with you in prayer.
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Or if you wish, you can send us an email
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and as soon as we get your email,
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we're gonna release our faith
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and we're gonna pray for Jesus to move in your life.
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I wanna pray for you right now.
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So put your hand on your
heart and let's pray together.
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Father, I thank you for the
amazing example of Jesus,
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which we have seen in this
15 programs called Easter,
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The Rest of the Story,
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and thank you for this deep
dive into scripture, to learn
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so many things about your passion
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that we've never heard before.
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And Father, as we wrap it up today, we take the
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exhortation of Scripture that we would walk in your steps
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and we would copy your example in our life.
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And Holy Spirit, we ask you to
help us understand how Jesus
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reacted and responded to every situation
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and help us to replicate
it in our lives so
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that we are more like Jesus.
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I pray this in Jesus' wonderful name - Amen.
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Help is available for you.
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So go boldly to the throne of grace.
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But thank you for being with me.
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And as I close, I wanna remind you
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of Ecclesiastes 8:4.
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It says, "Where the word of a king is, there is power."
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Hey friends, this is Rick Renner, and Denise
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and I are coming to the United States for our brief trip,
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and we want to invite you to come to some
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of our meetings. On Sunday, April 19th,
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we'll be ministering at Vertical Church in West Haven,
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Connecticut with Pastors Ken and Kathy Vance.
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Then on Wednesday - Sunday, April 22nd-26th,
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I'll be speaking at Perry Stone's -
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Wonderful 2026 Prophetic Summit - in
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Cleveland, Tennessee.
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Then on Sunday, May 3rd,
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I'll be speaking at Resurrection Life in Grandville,
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Michigan with Pastors Duane and Jeanie Vander Klok.
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Friend, if you can come to
any of these meetings, Denise
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and I would just be so
thrilled to see you.
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But please go online
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or give us a call to make
sure none of the dates
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or times have changed.
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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.
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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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Thank you for joining Rick Renner today.
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For more information about Renner Ministries
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and product resources, visit renner.org.
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