1 00:00:00,700 --> 00:00:03,100 I want to invite your attention to the book of First Peter 2 00:00:03,100 --> 00:00:07,800 chapter 1, and we want to begin reading there in verse 3. 3 00:00:08,300 --> 00:00:11,600 First Peter chapter 1 beginning in verse 3. 4 00:00:13,300 --> 00:00:15,100 Blessed. Be the God and father of our 5 00:00:15,100 --> 00:00:18,500 Lord, Jesus Christ. Who according to His, abundant 6 00:00:18,500 --> 00:00:22,400 Mercy, has begotten us again to a Living Hope through the 7 00:00:22,400 --> 00:00:26,700 resurrection of Jesus Christ. From the dead to an inheritance 8 00:00:26,700 --> 00:00:31,600 Incorruptible and undefiled. And that does not fade away 9 00:00:31,900 --> 00:00:35,900 reserved in heaven for you who are kept by the power of God, 10 00:00:35,900 --> 00:00:39,700 through faith for salvation, ready to be revealed in the last 11 00:00:39,700 --> 00:00:42,700 time. For a little while. 12 00:00:42,700 --> 00:00:46,600 Today, I want to talk on the subject of Heaven as our 13 00:00:46,600 --> 00:00:50,600 inheritance last Lord's day. We talked about heaven as a 14 00:00:50,600 --> 00:00:53,400 place. We talked about the idea or we 15 00:00:53,400 --> 00:00:55,800 asked ourselves. The question, what will Heaven 16 00:00:56,000 --> 00:00:59,300 be like? And John the Revelator divinely 17 00:00:59,300 --> 00:01:03,300 inspired by the Holy Spirit. Gave us a beautiful picture of 18 00:01:03,300 --> 00:01:08,200 this heavenly Jerusalem, this, holy city in heaven one day. 19 00:01:09,000 --> 00:01:12,300 But I want to talk about one of the greatest promises and all 20 00:01:12,300 --> 00:01:17,700 the Bible and that is that that place is being reserved for us. 21 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:21,200 If we're faithful unto death, I want to talk about the Heavenly 22 00:01:21,200 --> 00:01:25,800 place as our inheritance before. We do though, at this time let 23 00:01:25,800 --> 00:01:29,600 us pray. Last Lord's Day, John gave us a 24 00:01:29,600 --> 00:01:32,700 beautiful description from the Revelation letter of what heaven 25 00:01:33,200 --> 00:01:37,500 is going to be like and just as a reviewed, remember some of the 26 00:01:37,500 --> 00:01:41,100 things he talked about about At this Grand Place, you remember 27 00:01:41,100 --> 00:01:42,900 that? He said as he pictured, as he 28 00:01:42,900 --> 00:01:47,500 saw as he pictured Heaven. He said the foundations of the 29 00:01:47,500 --> 00:01:50,600 walls were massive. In fact, he said that 12 30 00:01:50,600 --> 00:01:55,000 foundations are 12 names of the Apostles of the Lamb were on the 31 00:01:55,000 --> 00:01:59,200 twelve foundations in heaven. Then he said that there was 32 00:01:59,200 --> 00:02:03,200 Gates and he said that those Gates were identical and I think 33 00:02:03,200 --> 00:02:06,200 there's a picture there. There is a symbol there that 34 00:02:06,200 --> 00:02:10,199 everyone must meet the same exact Acquirements in order to 35 00:02:10,199 --> 00:02:13,300 get in. You know, I realize people today 36 00:02:13,300 --> 00:02:17,100 have all manner of ideas are all manner of things that they think 37 00:02:17,700 --> 00:02:20,800 that will get them to heaven or whatever kind of life that they 38 00:02:20,800 --> 00:02:23,300 live. It doesn't really matter because 39 00:02:23,300 --> 00:02:27,100 all roads lead to heaven, but John the Revelator picture that 40 00:02:27,100 --> 00:02:29,500 they were identical Gates, the symbolism. 41 00:02:29,500 --> 00:02:32,900 Their Scholars. Tell us is everyone has to enter 42 00:02:32,900 --> 00:02:37,800 in identically all the same, but then there was an angel. 43 00:02:37,800 --> 00:02:42,300 And the angel, stood at each gate showing that That you can't 44 00:02:42,300 --> 00:02:45,500 do it your own way. You can't get in your own way, 45 00:02:46,100 --> 00:02:49,600 and then John said that the gates were made of pearl. 46 00:02:50,200 --> 00:02:52,200 You know, there was a beautiful symbolism there. 47 00:02:52,200 --> 00:02:57,100 That one scholar said it really pictures all of those that enter 48 00:02:57,100 --> 00:02:59,600 into heaven. After they've had terrible 49 00:02:59,600 --> 00:03:03,200 trials in life. And the reason for that is a 50 00:03:03,200 --> 00:03:08,500 pearl is the result of the oysters response to suffering. 51 00:03:09,400 --> 00:03:12,700 That a beautiful picture, it doesn't make any difference. 52 00:03:12,700 --> 00:03:16,100 If you have trials in your life, if you've had difficulties in 53 00:03:16,100 --> 00:03:19,900 your life because when you get to heaven, it will be worth it 54 00:03:19,900 --> 00:03:24,400 all, it'll be the greatest and grandest place ever imagined. 55 00:03:24,500 --> 00:03:27,000 It was a city Foursquare. And that meaning that the 56 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:31,200 length, the breadth and the height are all equal and John 57 00:03:31,200 --> 00:03:34,800 said that, each one of those measurements, each one of those 58 00:03:34,800 --> 00:03:39,400 distances measured twelve thousand furlongs and you Member 59 00:03:39,400 --> 00:03:45,000 that a furlong is 1/8 of a mile. So, twelve thousand furlongs is 60 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:48,000 1,500 miles. Do you see the picture? 61 00:03:48,300 --> 00:03:52,000 It's like going from Dallas to New York City from New York 62 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:55,900 City, to Bismarck, North Dakota from Bismarck North Dakota to 63 00:03:55,900 --> 00:03:59,700 San Francisco, and San Francisco back to Dallas. 64 00:03:59,900 --> 00:04:03,500 But because it's a city Foursquare, you got to go up, 65 00:04:03,500 --> 00:04:07,500 straight up, 1,500 miles and do it all over again. 66 00:04:08,500 --> 00:04:10,300 You want to know how big Heavens going to be. 67 00:04:10,700 --> 00:04:13,500 It's going to be big enough. I guarantee you that in fact 68 00:04:13,500 --> 00:04:17,500 that is 500 quintillion cubic feet. 69 00:04:18,200 --> 00:04:22,500 That's 500 with 18 zeros, that's how big heaven will be. 70 00:04:23,800 --> 00:04:27,300 John said that there was a wall and the wall was forty-four 71 00:04:27,300 --> 00:04:31,900 cubits or 218 feet. The width of the wall is not 72 00:04:31,900 --> 00:04:34,800 does not matter in his, it is not measured, it is not 73 00:04:34,800 --> 00:04:38,200 mentioned because no one will have to be. 74 00:04:38,200 --> 00:04:41,400 The enemy will never be able to get to us ever again. 75 00:04:41,900 --> 00:04:46,700 John said it was a city of pure gold like transparent glass. 76 00:04:47,000 --> 00:04:51,100 He said it was a wall of Jasper and Gates of Pearl and a street 77 00:04:51,100 --> 00:04:55,700 of gold. I can't imagine how beautiful 78 00:04:55,700 --> 00:05:00,000 Heaven Must Be. But folks, the question is this 79 00:05:00,900 --> 00:05:04,700 the question is what do we need to do to get there and who's 80 00:05:04,700 --> 00:05:07,600 going to get in? That's really the question 81 00:05:08,000 --> 00:05:11,800 before we pick up our lesson and verse 3 about this inheritance, 82 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:15,200 please turn in your Bibles to First Peter chapter 1, we got to 83 00:05:15,200 --> 00:05:19,000 read verses 1 and 2 to understand who the promises made 84 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:21,300 to. Because that's what he's saying 85 00:05:21,300 --> 00:05:25,200 in verses 3 on, he's talking about An inheritance that is 86 00:05:25,200 --> 00:05:29,400 reserved and it says in heaven for you. 87 00:05:29,400 --> 00:05:33,500 The question is, who are the you beginning in verse 1. 88 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:38,000 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ to the pilgrims of the 89 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:43,300 dispersion in pontus, galatia Cappadocia, Asia and bithynia 90 00:05:43,400 --> 00:05:44,500 now. Who are they? 91 00:05:44,700 --> 00:05:48,700 He said, they're elect according to the foreknowledge of God the 92 00:05:48,700 --> 00:05:53,100 father in sanctification of the spirit for obedience. 93 00:05:53,300 --> 00:05:56,500 It's and the sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ. 94 00:05:56,600 --> 00:06:01,300 He says, grace to you, and peace, be multiplied, that's who 95 00:06:01,300 --> 00:06:04,100 he's talking about. What is he talking about? 96 00:06:04,200 --> 00:06:08,400 He's talking about being elect of God, he's talking about 97 00:06:08,400 --> 00:06:11,700 Divine election. Now, let me just say this, this 98 00:06:11,700 --> 00:06:16,000 is the easiest way that I can describe to you about Divine 99 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:18,700 election. Number one. 100 00:06:19,100 --> 00:06:23,200 Peter says, we are elect the saved. 101 00:06:23,300 --> 00:06:27,300 We are elect according to the foreknowledge of God. 102 00:06:27,900 --> 00:06:32,600 And the Bible also talks about the idea of being predestined or 103 00:06:32,700 --> 00:06:37,100 predetermined for salvation. Let me clarify that the Bible 104 00:06:37,100 --> 00:06:39,800 does not mean this. When it says that God, 105 00:06:39,800 --> 00:06:43,100 predetermined by his foreknowledge, who was going to 106 00:06:43,100 --> 00:06:46,500 heaven, he didn't mean that it was this guy's in, and this 107 00:06:46,500 --> 00:06:49,800 guy's out. He's in and she's out, it was 108 00:06:49,800 --> 00:06:53,100 talking about a specific kind of people. 109 00:06:53,600 --> 00:06:59,600 And those people are obedient Christians by his foreknowledge. 110 00:06:59,600 --> 00:07:04,200 Those that are obedient Christians, are the elect of 111 00:07:04,200 --> 00:07:05,700 God. But let's go further because 112 00:07:05,700 --> 00:07:09,300 Peter says more, he said that our election is through the 113 00:07:09,300 --> 00:07:15,000 sanctifying work of the Holy Spirit, the holy spirit, this is 114 00:07:15,000 --> 00:07:19,200 how it works by revealing to us. Us through the word of God. 115 00:07:19,400 --> 00:07:24,000 What we need to do, it brings us along to our obedience to the 116 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:27,900 gospel. Now, watch this because you 117 00:07:27,900 --> 00:07:30,200 can't have summation without this. 118 00:07:32,200 --> 00:07:36,500 The Holy Spirit through the word of God, brings us to the 119 00:07:36,500 --> 00:07:40,800 sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ. 120 00:07:41,300 --> 00:07:45,700 And that folks is the cleansing from sin, and that happens at 121 00:07:45,700 --> 00:07:49,400 baptism. Who are the elect of God? 122 00:07:49,900 --> 00:07:52,900 Peter says, I'm going to give you some real encouraging stuff 123 00:07:52,900 --> 00:07:56,300 here about your inheritance. Who's it going to the elect of 124 00:07:56,300 --> 00:07:58,800 God? Who are the elect of God? 125 00:07:58,800 --> 00:08:02,700 Obedient Christians who are obedient Christians, those that 126 00:08:02,700 --> 00:08:06,400 were baptized for the remission of sins and live Faithfully unto 127 00:08:06,400 --> 00:08:08,800 death. But will go further than that. 128 00:08:10,600 --> 00:08:15,100 All three that are in the godhead are working together for 129 00:08:15,100 --> 00:08:18,200 our salvation. All three. 130 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:21,500 You know, the Bible says that there are three that bear record 131 00:08:21,500 --> 00:08:25,800 In Heaven, There is God, the Father, there is God, the son 132 00:08:25,800 --> 00:08:30,000 and there's God the Holy Spirit. And when the Bible says, and 133 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:35,200 these three are one, it doesn't mean one person, it means three 134 00:08:35,200 --> 00:08:38,000 personage is all working together. 135 00:08:38,700 --> 00:08:42,200 They are the same purpose and in reference to your salvation in 136 00:08:42,200 --> 00:08:44,300 mind. There are all working together 137 00:08:44,300 --> 00:08:49,900 in the godhead like this. Number one, God provides the set 138 00:08:49,900 --> 00:08:54,400 purpose or the point. That that's what he said, it 139 00:08:54,400 --> 00:08:57,100 says elect. According to the purpose, 140 00:08:57,100 --> 00:09:01,600 according to the foreknowledge of God, he set the purpose, he 141 00:09:01,600 --> 00:09:04,800 made the plan, and that's why Jesus, when he was hanging on 142 00:09:04,800 --> 00:09:08,000 the cross. After about six hours, and after 143 00:09:08,000 --> 00:09:11,000 the Bible says, knowing all things, must be fulfilled. 144 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:14,800 He said, I thirst, they put the sour vinegar into his lips, then 145 00:09:14,800 --> 00:09:20,800 what did he say? It is finished. 146 00:09:23,100 --> 00:09:25,600 That's the purpose. That's the plan. 147 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:29,200 That's God's part. It is finished. 148 00:09:29,500 --> 00:09:33,500 And then he says, father into your hands, I commit my spirit. 149 00:09:33,600 --> 00:09:37,000 So, all three in the godhead are working for our Salvation. 150 00:09:37,000 --> 00:09:39,500 How God sets the purpose? What else? 151 00:09:39,900 --> 00:09:45,500 The holy spirit separates the sinner from the sphere, where he 152 00:09:45,500 --> 00:09:48,700 dwelt in his sins, to the sphere. 153 00:09:48,800 --> 00:09:52,100 Where the elected ones are now? How is that possible? 154 00:09:52,200 --> 00:09:57,600 Not Oculus Li not directly. Romans 1:16 says for I am not 155 00:09:57,600 --> 00:10:01,700 ashamed of the gospel of Christ for it is the power of God unto 156 00:10:01,700 --> 00:10:05,100 salvation to everyone that believeth to the Jew first and 157 00:10:05,100 --> 00:10:09,900 also to the Greek. See the point God, provided the 158 00:10:09,908 --> 00:10:13,700 plan. The Holy Spirit leading us 159 00:10:13,700 --> 00:10:17,900 through the word of God. Brings us to the place starting 160 00:10:17,900 --> 00:10:22,600 where we are in sin and bringing us, to our obedience to the 161 00:10:22,600 --> 00:10:26,300 gospel. And then Jesus Christ provides 162 00:10:26,300 --> 00:10:30,500 the cleansing for man, through his own precious blood. 163 00:10:30,700 --> 00:10:35,400 Now, All of this is the Divine part. 164 00:10:36,900 --> 00:10:39,300 And, you know, a lot of people in the world they don't deny the 165 00:10:39,300 --> 00:10:42,600 Divine Park. A lot of people say, yeah, I got 166 00:10:42,608 --> 00:10:44,600 get all that. I know God did all that. 167 00:10:44,600 --> 00:10:46,800 I know Jesus did that, and I know the Holy Spirit through the 168 00:10:46,800 --> 00:10:48,600 word reveals to us what we got to do. 169 00:10:48,600 --> 00:10:52,500 I know all that. The question is, what is your 170 00:10:52,500 --> 00:10:55,600 part? What is the human part? 171 00:10:56,200 --> 00:11:01,900 The human part is obedience obedience to the gospel. 172 00:11:02,400 --> 00:11:09,100 Now, our Heavenly inheritance is for us prepared. 173 00:11:10,600 --> 00:11:14,500 And it says those that are begotten of God. 174 00:11:15,600 --> 00:11:18,000 So in other words, we talked about the elect who are the 175 00:11:18,000 --> 00:11:21,300 elect those that are begotten of God. 176 00:11:21,700 --> 00:11:24,000 Now the word begotten. According mr. 177 00:11:24,000 --> 00:11:29,700 Thayer means to produce again begat again or be get a new. 178 00:11:30,200 --> 00:11:33,600 In fact, they are further said, this it is a metaphor. 179 00:11:33,700 --> 00:11:35,300 What's a metaphor? The word? 180 00:11:35,300 --> 00:11:39,600 Begotten, it's a metaphor. Meaning to thoroughly change the 181 00:11:39,600 --> 00:11:44,400 mind of one. So that he lives a new life and 182 00:11:44,400 --> 00:11:47,000 one that's conformed to the will of God. 183 00:11:47,700 --> 00:11:50,400 Now, does that sound like to you that you can do anything you 184 00:11:50,400 --> 00:11:52,900 want to do? And be the begotten of God? 185 00:11:54,100 --> 00:11:57,600 That tells me according to Thayer that, if I am begotten of 186 00:11:57,600 --> 00:12:01,400 God, everything about my life is changed. 187 00:12:02,600 --> 00:12:06,300 All of it. Every bit of it. 188 00:12:08,400 --> 00:12:11,900 Every single bit of it. Now. 189 00:12:14,400 --> 00:12:17,600 How are you? Begotten, in John chapter 3. 190 00:12:19,100 --> 00:12:24,200 Remember when Jesus was having a conversation with Nicodemus. and 191 00:12:24,208 --> 00:12:28,600 he tells Nicodemus, Except you be born again. 192 00:12:29,500 --> 00:12:31,400 You cannot enter the kingdom of God. 193 00:12:32,600 --> 00:12:34,700 You cannot enter the kingdom of heaven. 194 00:12:36,400 --> 00:12:38,900 Nicodemus says, how is that possible? 195 00:12:39,900 --> 00:12:42,900 How can a man when he is old be born again? 196 00:12:43,000 --> 00:12:46,700 Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born? 197 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:51,400 And Jesus says, you have to be born again and it's a matter of 198 00:12:51,400 --> 00:12:54,200 being born of water and the spirit. 199 00:12:54,500 --> 00:12:57,800 So who are those that are begotten, they are the ones that 200 00:12:57,800 --> 00:13:01,400 are born again. And Jesus says, the born-again 201 00:13:01,400 --> 00:13:05,300 ones are the ones that have been born of water and the spirit, 202 00:13:05,300 --> 00:13:09,300 but let's go further. In Matthew chapter 18, the 203 00:13:09,300 --> 00:13:13,800 disciples come to Jesus. And they said tell us master who 204 00:13:13,800 --> 00:13:17,000 is going to be the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven in that 205 00:13:17,000 --> 00:13:20,700 kind of like, man. In other words, when the kingdom 206 00:13:20,700 --> 00:13:24,800 is established, and Jesus is with the, with his disciples, 207 00:13:24,800 --> 00:13:27,700 that's kind of like it's kind of a human tendency isn't it? 208 00:13:27,800 --> 00:13:29,400 Who's going to get to be greatest? 209 00:13:29,400 --> 00:13:31,900 What's the pecking order? Who's number one? 210 00:13:34,000 --> 00:13:36,100 But Jesus said he took a little child. 211 00:13:36,100 --> 00:13:38,600 He placed a little child in the midst of them, and he says, 212 00:13:38,600 --> 00:13:43,500 except ye be converted and become as little children, you 213 00:13:43,500 --> 00:13:48,100 cannot see the kingdom of God. He said Born Again. 214 00:13:48,100 --> 00:13:51,200 In John 3, he said little children in Matthew 18. 215 00:13:51,800 --> 00:13:58,300 Now, he said, in John 3, that being born again is being born 216 00:13:58,300 --> 00:14:02,700 of water and the spirit. So all I got to do is find out 217 00:14:02,700 --> 00:14:05,500 what it's like, or how you are born of water and the spirit, 218 00:14:05,500 --> 00:14:09,400 and I know exactly who Peter was talking about when he said, 219 00:14:09,400 --> 00:14:13,800 begotten. In Romans, chapter 6, beginning 220 00:14:13,800 --> 00:14:17,000 in verse 3, the Apostle Paul said know ye not that. 221 00:14:17,000 --> 00:14:23,000 So many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized 222 00:14:23,100 --> 00:14:26,000 into his death. Therefore we are buried with him 223 00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:29,400 by baptism into death that like as Christ was raised from the 224 00:14:29,400 --> 00:14:31,400 dead by the glory of the father. Here it is. 225 00:14:31,600 --> 00:14:35,500 So we also should walk in newness of life. 226 00:14:37,800 --> 00:14:41,600 Now, don't you see that the similarities between those three 227 00:14:41,600 --> 00:14:47,300 terms there? Born Again, little children, New 228 00:14:47,300 --> 00:14:50,300 Life. If you've done that, you're born 229 00:14:50,300 --> 00:14:53,300 of water and the spirit, that's when you're baptized into Jesus 230 00:14:53,300 --> 00:14:55,000 Christ, for the remission of sins. 231 00:14:55,000 --> 00:15:01,700 You are begotten of God. Now, if you are begotten of God, 232 00:15:02,700 --> 00:15:04,600 then you have a wonderful wonderful. 233 00:15:04,600 --> 00:15:08,800 Wonderful blessing in verse 3. Let's go to our text now. 234 00:15:10,100 --> 00:15:12,100 Let's go to verse three of our text. 235 00:15:16,200 --> 00:15:20,300 Peter says, blessed be the God and father of our Lord. 236 00:15:20,300 --> 00:15:24,100 Jesus Christ who according to His, abundant Mercy, has 237 00:15:24,100 --> 00:15:28,100 begotten us again to a living hope. 238 00:15:28,700 --> 00:15:31,400 Now the words, blessed be there. It's a eulogy. 239 00:15:32,100 --> 00:15:34,400 You know, to eulogy is somebody dies. 240 00:15:35,400 --> 00:15:41,400 Somebody dies and somebody gets up and eulogizes their life. 241 00:15:42,700 --> 00:15:46,300 So he begins, he's going to talk about this great promise of an 242 00:15:46,300 --> 00:15:51,000 inheritance in heaven, and he begins by praising God, in a 243 00:15:51,000 --> 00:15:54,200 eulogy Blessed. Be he Praises. 244 00:15:54,200 --> 00:15:57,700 God and gives him the praise and tells God how great he is. 245 00:15:59,600 --> 00:16:03,400 What a wonderful picture there, he said blessed be. 246 00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:07,700 Now there's more, it's not just praising God, it's also marking 247 00:16:07,700 --> 00:16:11,600 a transition and that is this. The transition is very 248 00:16:11,600 --> 00:16:13,600 important. He's going to change the theme 249 00:16:13,600 --> 00:16:20,200 now to that of patients and that of Hope now Patience and hope 250 00:16:20,200 --> 00:16:23,400 are two things that the child of God needs to endure the 251 00:16:23,400 --> 00:16:26,000 hardships of life. I'm going to tell you you 252 00:16:26,000 --> 00:16:31,500 cannot, you cannot go through the trials of life. 253 00:16:32,600 --> 00:16:35,600 Without hope. You can't. 254 00:16:36,900 --> 00:16:42,700 People put on the good face. People have the concept of this 255 00:16:42,700 --> 00:16:47,300 great picture of heaven. People have all manner of things 256 00:16:48,200 --> 00:16:51,200 that they think about. But I'm going to tell you you 257 00:16:51,200 --> 00:16:56,000 cannot continue to live a faithful life through the trials 258 00:16:56,000 --> 00:16:58,600 of life without patience and Hope. 259 00:17:00,600 --> 00:17:03,400 He's going to talk about something that's so great. 260 00:17:03,800 --> 00:17:07,599 It's going to motivate you. The child of God to endure 261 00:17:07,599 --> 00:17:11,099 Affliction to endure the trials and live faithfully and the 262 00:17:11,099 --> 00:17:14,400 death. That's how great Heaven is. 263 00:17:15,099 --> 00:17:19,800 That's how great. This is now. 264 00:17:21,099 --> 00:17:24,500 He says that this is a living. Hope, I want you to get this 265 00:17:24,500 --> 00:17:28,300 picture here. We're begotten of God, and we 266 00:17:28,300 --> 00:17:33,600 now have a living hope not just a hope, but a Living. 267 00:17:33,600 --> 00:17:37,800 Hope Thayer says, that means, it will never die. 268 00:17:38,300 --> 00:17:41,400 That's a promise that will never die will clarify that a little 269 00:17:41,400 --> 00:17:44,300 bit later. So in other words, when we are 270 00:17:44,300 --> 00:17:49,100 born again, We are born again, we are now a living hope. 271 00:17:49,100 --> 00:17:51,900 We now have a Living Hope in our life that helps us. 272 00:17:51,900 --> 00:17:56,200 Now notice none of that would be possible without this, and 273 00:17:56,200 --> 00:17:59,300 you'll remember this from First Corinthians 15 on our Wednesday 274 00:17:59,300 --> 00:18:02,400 night studies. None of this is possible. 275 00:18:02,400 --> 00:18:06,300 Peter says, without the resurrection of Jesus Christ 276 00:18:06,300 --> 00:18:10,500 from the day, do you remember all those in First Corinthians 277 00:18:10,500 --> 00:18:15,400 15 that were being discussed in reference about? 278 00:18:16,800 --> 00:18:20,800 Paul says there are some even though there's evidence that 279 00:18:20,800 --> 00:18:24,100 proves that Jesus Christ was had raised from the dead. 280 00:18:24,100 --> 00:18:27,400 What was the evidence? All the people that had seen the 281 00:18:27,400 --> 00:18:32,700 resurrected Christ, you got all this proof And Paul said, 282 00:18:32,700 --> 00:18:34,800 there's still some. It say there's no resurrection 283 00:18:34,800 --> 00:18:39,500 of the Dead. Ron Paul said if there's no 284 00:18:39,500 --> 00:18:45,400 Resurrection we are all men most pitiable or miserable. 285 00:18:46,700 --> 00:18:49,100 You know why? Because if there is no 286 00:18:49,100 --> 00:18:52,400 resurrection of the Dead, there is no hope. 287 00:18:57,100 --> 00:18:59,100 Ever heard the phrase. What if this is as good as it 288 00:18:59,100 --> 00:19:03,100 gets, what if this is it? What if this is it? 289 00:19:04,900 --> 00:19:07,000 Through the resurrection of Jesus Christ. 290 00:19:09,000 --> 00:19:12,800 So I'm First Corinthians chapter 15, Paul clearly points. 291 00:19:12,800 --> 00:19:19,900 Out that if Jesus Christ is not raised, then we have no hope of 292 00:19:19,900 --> 00:19:24,700 a resurrection for ourself. And if there is no, hope we have 293 00:19:24,700 --> 00:19:28,900 nothing, we have nothing to keep us on the straight and narrow 294 00:19:28,900 --> 00:19:31,100 way. But look at First Peter chapter 295 00:19:31,100 --> 00:19:33,800 1 and verse 40, to talk about the inheritance for a little 296 00:19:33,800 --> 00:19:41,600 while, The Inheritance here. It's Incorruptible, it's 297 00:19:41,600 --> 00:19:47,700 undefiled, it does not fade away, and it's reserved in 298 00:19:47,700 --> 00:19:50,200 heaven. For you. 299 00:19:52,500 --> 00:19:57,200 Those that are begotten. Born Again, baptized Christians 300 00:19:57,500 --> 00:20:00,800 living Faithfully unto death. Those are the ones that have a 301 00:20:00,808 --> 00:20:05,200 place in heaven. Reserved, you know, because of 302 00:20:05,200 --> 00:20:08,100 this great thing. We actually lay claim to The 303 00:20:08,100 --> 00:20:10,500 Inheritance not because we deserve it. 304 00:20:11,500 --> 00:20:18,200 Please don't misunderstand me. We lay claim not to the fact 305 00:20:18,200 --> 00:20:20,900 that we stake our claim in heaven because we've earned it 306 00:20:20,900 --> 00:20:25,800 or deserved it or we even have it coming to us but we lay claim 307 00:20:25,800 --> 00:20:30,600 to what the promise. In other words, the Bible tells 308 00:20:30,600 --> 00:20:35,200 us what we must do to be saved. And if we do that, we lay claim 309 00:20:35,300 --> 00:20:38,300 to the promise. Not because we're worthy because 310 00:20:38,300 --> 00:20:42,900 we are not And that promise, watch it. 311 00:20:42,900 --> 00:20:45,800 It's an inheritance Incorruptible, it's undefiled 312 00:20:45,800 --> 00:20:50,400 and will not fade away and it's reserved in heaven for you. 313 00:20:50,700 --> 00:20:56,500 Now it's upon these promises that they and us can build our 314 00:20:56,500 --> 00:20:59,600 hopes on, you know, Paul ties together. 315 00:20:59,600 --> 00:21:04,600 The idea of children and heirs Let's talk about the inheritance 316 00:21:04,600 --> 00:21:08,600 Park. You know, my kids. 317 00:21:09,700 --> 00:21:11,900 If Tina, and I have anything when we die. 318 00:21:13,100 --> 00:21:18,100 It will go. To The Heirs or the inheritance. 319 00:21:19,200 --> 00:21:23,400 That they will receive from us. And the reason for that is, 320 00:21:23,400 --> 00:21:27,300 there's a connection between children and heirs. 321 00:21:27,700 --> 00:21:33,300 Now notice what Paul says regarding children and heirs in 322 00:21:33,300 --> 00:21:39,200 Romans chapter 8, beginning in verse 16, watch this, the spirit 323 00:21:39,200 --> 00:21:43,300 Bears, witness with not to, and not miraculously, but with our 324 00:21:43,300 --> 00:21:46,400 spirit that we are the children of God. 325 00:21:46,400 --> 00:21:50,000 So that's the point right there. Where the children of God, who 326 00:21:50,000 --> 00:21:53,100 are the children of God, those that are begotten and we talked 327 00:21:53,100 --> 00:21:56,900 about what that means. So, if we are children, then 328 00:21:56,900 --> 00:22:02,300 Paul says, we are heirs. let's continue reading and for and 329 00:22:02,300 --> 00:22:08,400 Romans 8, if children then heirs Heirs of God and Joint heirs 330 00:22:08,400 --> 00:22:11,800 with Christ, if indeed we suffer with him, that we may be 331 00:22:11,800 --> 00:22:18,400 glorified Together. Now I got to add a little Point 332 00:22:18,400 --> 00:22:22,600 here. There's a comparison here. 333 00:22:23,800 --> 00:22:27,700 And there's an idea here. That we are Heirs of where the 334 00:22:27,700 --> 00:22:34,900 children of God. but if we stop being a faithful, child of God, 335 00:22:36,100 --> 00:22:40,000 then we don't have the promise of an air anymore. 336 00:22:40,100 --> 00:22:44,900 We don't have the promise of our Eternal inheritance in heaven. 337 00:22:48,500 --> 00:22:50,600 My kids are good kids, not perfect kids, but they're good 338 00:22:50,600 --> 00:22:51,900 kids. But let me just tell you this, 339 00:22:52,300 --> 00:22:55,900 if one day they go off the reservation and decide to live a 340 00:22:55,900 --> 00:22:59,200 life, that is not conducive of a child of God. 341 00:22:59,200 --> 00:23:02,200 And if they, all of a sudden, become bad kids, you know, what, 342 00:23:03,100 --> 00:23:05,500 me and Tina are going to spend their inheritance. 343 00:23:08,100 --> 00:23:12,200 Cut him off. Why not? 344 00:23:14,500 --> 00:23:16,300 But they're not. There, they're faithful 345 00:23:16,300 --> 00:23:19,200 children. They're good kids. 346 00:23:20,600 --> 00:23:23,200 So when me and Tina are gone, what are they? 347 00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:26,600 They're an air of whatever we have. 348 00:23:28,100 --> 00:23:29,800 That's the same spiritual picture. 349 00:23:29,800 --> 00:23:34,200 We have, if you're a faithful child, then you're an heir. 350 00:23:36,700 --> 00:23:40,300 And that helps us to live Faithfully. 351 00:23:41,000 --> 00:23:43,100 What's the nature of the inheritance, though? 352 00:23:43,100 --> 00:23:46,200 He said it's undefiled, interesting word. 353 00:23:47,400 --> 00:23:53,700 Undefiled one scholar defined it as this it is, undefiled is 354 00:23:54,300 --> 00:24:00,200 Immortal, it is undying, it is imperishable. 355 00:24:00,400 --> 00:24:06,700 It is unstained, and it is pure. Now, the word undefiled In this 356 00:24:06,700 --> 00:24:11,400 passage is the exact same word that's found in James chapter 1 357 00:24:11,500 --> 00:24:14,900 and verse 27. When it pictures a pure 358 00:24:14,900 --> 00:24:17,600 religion, Don't you see the difference? 359 00:24:17,600 --> 00:24:19,800 Or don't you see the connection? We have something. 360 00:24:19,800 --> 00:24:24,700 That is undefiled, if our religion is undefiled and here 361 00:24:24,700 --> 00:24:30,700 it is James 1:27, pure and undefiled religion before God. 362 00:24:30,700 --> 00:24:34,900 And the father is this to visit the orphans and widows in their 363 00:24:34,900 --> 00:24:39,100 trouble, and keep oneself unspotted from the world. 364 00:24:39,600 --> 00:24:43,800 So, if I keep myself undefiled, what do I have? 365 00:24:45,200 --> 00:24:52,600 I've got an inheritance that is undefiled to What else? 366 00:24:53,300 --> 00:24:57,000 The word undefiled was used to describe Jesus to it. 367 00:24:57,000 --> 00:25:02,300 Hebrews 7:26 for such a high priest was fitting for us. 368 00:25:02,900 --> 00:25:09,300 Who is Holy harmless undefiled separate from Sinners and has 369 00:25:09,300 --> 00:25:13,900 become higher than the heavens? That's the inheritance that we 370 00:25:13,900 --> 00:25:17,400 have because of Jesus Christ. Now, you know, the Jews, 371 00:25:17,400 --> 00:25:22,500 understood about an Earthly Promised Land an Earthly Canaan, 372 00:25:22,500 --> 00:25:25,500 they understood that, but I think there's, I think there's a 373 00:25:25,500 --> 00:25:28,900 picture here too. They understood about a promised 374 00:25:28,900 --> 00:25:31,700 land. They understood about a literal 375 00:25:31,700 --> 00:25:36,900 place of Canaan on this earth. Now, that was, that faded away 376 00:25:36,900 --> 00:25:38,200 it was gone. You know why? 377 00:25:38,300 --> 00:25:42,800 Because part of the Earth, But the Heavenly inheritance is 378 00:25:42,800 --> 00:25:45,900 different. It will never fade away. 379 00:25:45,900 --> 00:25:50,400 It's the Heavenly Jerusalem in Revelation chapter 21. 380 00:25:51,300 --> 00:25:55,000 Now you know this is a great passage here because In 381 00:25:55,000 --> 00:25:59,500 Revelation, 21 and 27, it talks about those that are going to 382 00:25:59,500 --> 00:26:02,400 get in. Folks please listen to these 383 00:26:02,400 --> 00:26:05,100 words. This is what John the Revelator 384 00:26:05,100 --> 00:26:10,100 said recorded here those that are going to get in But there 385 00:26:10,100 --> 00:26:13,400 shall by no means enter into it, anything that defiles the words 386 00:26:13,400 --> 00:26:17,600 of Lord, by the way, or causes and Abomination. 387 00:26:18,200 --> 00:26:25,700 Oral I get this but only those that are written in the Lamb's 388 00:26:25,700 --> 00:26:30,300 Book of Life. Begun. 389 00:26:32,300 --> 00:26:35,700 Born again. Washed in the blood. 390 00:26:36,700 --> 00:26:38,600 Baptized for the remission of sins. 391 00:26:40,500 --> 00:26:42,800 And name written in the Lamb's Book of Life. 392 00:26:45,900 --> 00:26:49,400 Those get in that inheritance will never fade away. 393 00:26:50,900 --> 00:26:53,600 You know, it's a Peter understood the brevity of man's 394 00:26:53,600 --> 00:26:56,200 life. He talked about man's life as 395 00:26:56,200 --> 00:26:59,000 being grass or flower that Withers. 396 00:26:59,300 --> 00:27:01,600 And that's in contrast to the word of God In This Very 397 00:27:01,600 --> 00:27:04,500 epistle. First Peter, 1 24 25. 398 00:27:05,300 --> 00:27:09,700 It says, all flesh is as grass and all the glory of, man, as 399 00:27:09,700 --> 00:27:13,200 the flower of grass, the grass withers and the flower Falls 400 00:27:13,200 --> 00:27:17,400 away, but the word of the Lord endures forever. 401 00:27:18,100 --> 00:27:22,100 So, in other words, in verse 4, he firmly Establishes that God's 402 00:27:22,100 --> 00:27:25,700 people have something that is infinite and inheritance that 403 00:27:25,700 --> 00:27:29,200 will never pass away. The passing of all the ages of 404 00:27:29,200 --> 00:27:31,800 time. One man said will never change 405 00:27:31,800 --> 00:27:35,700 our inheritance or the beauty of the moment that we receive it. 406 00:27:35,700 --> 00:27:39,800 Have you ever stopped to consider that it will never stop 407 00:27:39,800 --> 00:27:43,700 being as beautiful as it is when we see it for the first time? 408 00:27:46,400 --> 00:27:47,500 You know what else is? Great? 409 00:27:49,200 --> 00:27:56,900 if I make heaven, it will never be taken away. if I get in, 410 00:27:58,800 --> 00:28:03,000 it'll never be taken away. It will never pass away. 411 00:28:04,600 --> 00:28:13,000 Peter says this place. is reserved in heaven for you now, 412 00:28:14,700 --> 00:28:19,200 God is preserving The Inheritance that reservation is 413 00:28:19,200 --> 00:28:20,400 in heaven. Not on this Earth. 414 00:28:20,400 --> 00:28:24,800 You remember, last week, we talked about a Doctrine That 415 00:28:24,800 --> 00:28:27,800 teaches that Jesus Christ is going to come back and it's 416 00:28:27,800 --> 00:28:29,700 going to establish an Earthly Kingdom. 417 00:28:30,000 --> 00:28:32,800 It's going to refurbish the Earth that everybody that's in 418 00:28:32,800 --> 00:28:36,100 heaven is in heaven and nobody else is getting in. 419 00:28:36,500 --> 00:28:39,000 And this is going to be the place where the Lord is going to 420 00:28:39,008 --> 00:28:43,100 establish Earthly Kingdom. All you got to do is find out 421 00:28:43,100 --> 00:28:47,500 what the Bible says, it's Reserve, where it's reserved in 422 00:28:47,500 --> 00:28:52,600 heaven for you. Jesus Christ is not going to set 423 00:28:52,600 --> 00:28:57,800 foot on this Earth ever again, when he comes back, the Bible 424 00:28:57,800 --> 00:29:02,500 says, we will meet him. We're in the air and ever. 425 00:29:02,500 --> 00:29:06,100 So, go to be with the Lord for eternity, we're in heaven. 426 00:29:06,600 --> 00:29:09,500 So it's not a matter of the Lord coming back to be with us. 427 00:29:09,600 --> 00:29:13,900 It's a matter of us. Going to live with him in him. 428 00:29:15,900 --> 00:29:19,200 And it's reserved John 14, 1 and 2. 429 00:29:20,300 --> 00:29:23,200 Jesus said, let not your heart be troubled you believe in God 430 00:29:23,200 --> 00:29:26,800 believe also in me in my father's house are many 431 00:29:26,800 --> 00:29:28,900 mansions. If it were not. 432 00:29:28,900 --> 00:29:33,900 So I would have told you I go to prepare a place for you and if I 433 00:29:33,900 --> 00:29:37,700 go and prepare a place for you I will come again and receive you 434 00:29:37,700 --> 00:29:42,200 to myself that where I am, there you may be also listen Peter, 435 00:29:42,200 --> 00:29:46,300 nor the Lord talked about an Earthly Kingdom or any kind of a 436 00:29:46,400 --> 00:29:51,000 millennium. Peter and Jesus make it clear or 437 00:29:51,000 --> 00:29:54,500 inheritance is in heaven. I want to make a point here. 438 00:29:56,600 --> 00:29:57,800 Have you ever said? I know? 439 00:29:57,800 --> 00:30:02,200 Because I have I have Have you ever said? 440 00:30:03,800 --> 00:30:05,600 I just want to get in any way I can. 441 00:30:07,500 --> 00:30:11,000 And I just want to squeak in. I just want in. 442 00:30:13,200 --> 00:30:16,700 I just want to sneak in squeak in barely make whatever I just 443 00:30:16,700 --> 00:30:21,200 want to I've said that. That's unscriptural. 444 00:30:22,900 --> 00:30:27,000 Because if I get in in the common vernacular, we're going 445 00:30:27,000 --> 00:30:31,200 to blow the doors off. The Bible says, in second Peter 446 00:30:31,200 --> 00:30:35,100 chapter 1 and verse 11. Listen for an entrance will be 447 00:30:35,100 --> 00:30:40,000 supplied to you. How barely know it says 448 00:30:40,000 --> 00:30:47,600 abundantly Abundant entrance. Into the Everlasting Kingdom, it 449 00:30:47,600 --> 00:30:51,800 says. So, if I make Heaven, it's kind 450 00:30:51,800 --> 00:30:53,200 of like this. You're in school. 451 00:30:53,200 --> 00:30:58,500 You have a b, c, d, or F. And I remember in college, some 452 00:30:58,500 --> 00:31:01,100 of the classes are difficult. We would say, well, we got, if 453 00:31:01,100 --> 00:31:03,300 you got a deal, we'd say, well, you got a D4 done. 454 00:31:03,800 --> 00:31:05,400 At least it's done. It's behind it. 455 00:31:05,400 --> 00:31:08,100 You got through it, you got your barely made. 456 00:31:08,400 --> 00:31:10,900 Okay, that's not what heaven's like at all. 457 00:31:11,000 --> 00:31:13,800 It's not a matter of getting a DC or whatever or barely making 458 00:31:13,800 --> 00:31:19,500 it it's past her faith. If you make it in, you made it 459 00:31:19,500 --> 00:31:23,400 in abundantly. But if you didn't make it in, 460 00:31:23,400 --> 00:31:27,500 you don't make it at all. And that's the point. 461 00:31:29,000 --> 00:31:32,600 Because we deserve it. No, because if we're faithful 462 00:31:32,600 --> 00:31:36,600 unto death, we lay claim to the great promise that God made and 463 00:31:36,600 --> 00:31:39,500 it was all possible, only through the resurrection of 464 00:31:39,500 --> 00:31:43,800 Jesus Christ. Verse 5. 465 00:31:44,400 --> 00:31:48,200 First Peter wanted 5. This is also very encouraging to 466 00:31:48,200 --> 00:31:50,000 me because this is something else. 467 00:31:50,000 --> 00:31:56,000 Here we are kept who are kept by the power of God, through faith 468 00:31:56,000 --> 00:31:58,800 for salvation, ready to be revealed. 469 00:31:58,900 --> 00:32:04,000 In the last time that word kept comes from the original, Greek 470 00:32:04,000 --> 00:32:05,900 word. That means this, it's by 471 00:32:05,900 --> 00:32:09,900 watching and guarding to preserve one for the attainment 472 00:32:09,900 --> 00:32:12,200 of something, that's according to Thayer. 473 00:32:13,200 --> 00:32:18,200 Here's the question though. Who are those that are Guided by 474 00:32:18,200 --> 00:32:22,100 are guarded by the mighty power of God, who are those? 475 00:32:22,800 --> 00:32:25,100 Because here's the thing, whoever they are, we're going to 476 00:32:25,108 --> 00:32:26,200 have something great. We're going to have the 477 00:32:26,200 --> 00:32:29,700 inheritance who are they, who are those that are kept by the 478 00:32:29,700 --> 00:32:32,300 power of God. Who are those that have the 479 00:32:32,300 --> 00:32:35,200 benefits of a Living? Hope verse 3, who are those? 480 00:32:35,200 --> 00:32:39,000 That have an inheritance Incorruptible verse 4 and who 481 00:32:39,000 --> 00:32:42,000 are those that are under God's Garden? 482 00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:44,300 Where the NIV says, Is shielding. 483 00:32:44,300 --> 00:32:46,000 That's verse 5. Who is it? 484 00:32:48,000 --> 00:32:52,300 It's got to say it again. Those that are begotten. 485 00:32:54,400 --> 00:33:00,000 Born again. Christian's baptized into 486 00:33:00,000 --> 00:33:03,500 Christ. Now once again, we have to make 487 00:33:03,500 --> 00:33:07,800 it very clear. There is no security that's 488 00:33:07,800 --> 00:33:14,100 imposed on anyone. And security is not a promise 489 00:33:14,700 --> 00:33:18,900 that is separate and apart from Human participation. 490 00:33:21,600 --> 00:33:25,600 In other words, the Divine part of the Divine, part of election, 491 00:33:25,600 --> 00:33:28,400 we talked about that. But I got a part 2. 492 00:33:29,300 --> 00:33:32,900 You've Got A Part 2. We have a part and if we do our 493 00:33:32,900 --> 00:33:36,600 part, guess what? We are kept by the power of God. 494 00:33:37,500 --> 00:33:40,200 Waiting for that inheritance one day. 495 00:33:41,600 --> 00:33:44,500 Now I got to make a point here when we talk about this, it 496 00:33:44,500 --> 00:33:49,200 doesn't mean at all. It does not mean that man can 497 00:33:49,200 --> 00:33:52,700 never fall. I am not saying any kind of a 498 00:33:52,708 --> 00:33:57,000 doctrine of eternal security and I am not preaching a Doctrine as 499 00:33:57,000 --> 00:34:00,600 a tenant of Calvinism of perseverance of the Saints. 500 00:34:00,800 --> 00:34:04,300 I'm not saying that at all. I'm not saying that we have a 501 00:34:04,300 --> 00:34:08,800 promise and a hope regardless of what we do no matter what. 502 00:34:08,900 --> 00:34:12,699 And I'm not saying that a man could not. all because he can 503 00:34:13,100 --> 00:34:16,699 Paul reminds us that it's very possible to attain the knowledge 504 00:34:16,699 --> 00:34:20,699 of the Lord, but turn from the Commandment of god, notice also 505 00:34:20,699 --> 00:34:26,900 in 2nd Peter chapter 2 beginning in verse 20, For if after they 506 00:34:26,900 --> 00:34:30,199 have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge 507 00:34:30,199 --> 00:34:34,400 of the Lord Jesus Christ. They are again, entangled in 508 00:34:34,400 --> 00:34:39,000 them and overcome. The latter end is worse for them 509 00:34:39,000 --> 00:34:42,300 than the beginning. For it would have been better 510 00:34:42,300 --> 00:34:46,000 for them, not to have known the way of righteousness than having 511 00:34:46,000 --> 00:34:49,300 known it to turn from the holy commandment delivered to them. 512 00:34:49,900 --> 00:34:52,900 But it has happened to them. According to the true proverb, a 513 00:34:52,908 --> 00:34:56,500 dog returns to his own vomit and a sow. 514 00:34:56,500 --> 00:34:59,300 Having washed to her wallowing in the mire. 515 00:34:59,300 --> 00:35:02,000 What does that mean? That means, if I stop being a 516 00:35:02,000 --> 00:35:07,500 faithful child, I don't have the inheritance just like I made 517 00:35:07,500 --> 00:35:10,000 that little crude analogy with my own kids. 518 00:35:12,600 --> 00:35:17,000 Jude verse 21. Here's a responsibility that we 519 00:35:17,000 --> 00:35:20,700 have, keep yourself in the love of God. 520 00:35:21,700 --> 00:35:27,500 Looking for mercy and of our Lord, Jesus Christ, unto eternal 521 00:35:27,500 --> 00:35:30,400 life. So, the sum of the entire matter 522 00:35:30,400 --> 00:35:34,000 is this, there's a Divine factor and there is a human factor 523 00:35:34,000 --> 00:35:37,500 regarding our salvation and the next phrase. 524 00:35:37,500 --> 00:35:43,200 In verse 5, it talks about through faith for Salvation 525 00:35:43,900 --> 00:35:47,800 through faith for salvation or the King James says, through 526 00:35:47,800 --> 00:35:52,400 faith unto salvation. And we talked about the word 527 00:35:52,400 --> 00:35:54,900 faith, a lot. But the word faith in this 528 00:35:54,900 --> 00:35:59,300 passage is found in three other places in this chapter, it's 529 00:35:59,300 --> 00:36:02,600 found here in verse 5. It's found in verse 7 and it's 530 00:36:02,600 --> 00:36:05,900 also found in verse 9. It is defined by mr. 531 00:36:05,900 --> 00:36:10,900 Thayer as follows it is a strong and welcome conviction of belief 532 00:36:11,200 --> 00:36:15,000 that Jesus Is the Messiah through whom we obtain Eternal 533 00:36:15,000 --> 00:36:22,200 salvation in the kingdom of God. Now, Peter is emphasizing the 534 00:36:22,200 --> 00:36:27,900 human Park, the human factor, it's not imposed on us, nor is 535 00:36:27,900 --> 00:36:31,000 it salvation that cannot be affected by the lives that we 536 00:36:31,000 --> 00:36:34,100 live? Rather our Salvation depends on 537 00:36:34,100 --> 00:36:35,900 the faith that we're talking about. 538 00:36:36,000 --> 00:36:41,800 Now, let's go to the words of Jesus. in the same book that 539 00:36:41,800 --> 00:36:47,400 John pictured, heaven Revelation 2 and 10. 540 00:36:48,500 --> 00:36:52,300 Do not fear. Any of those things which you 541 00:36:52,300 --> 00:36:55,900 are about to suffer. Indeed, the devil is about to 542 00:36:55,900 --> 00:37:00,700 throw some of you into prison. and you will be tested and you 543 00:37:00,707 --> 00:37:04,800 will have tribulation how long ten days. 544 00:37:06,900 --> 00:37:12,700 But be faithful unto death. And I will give you a Crown of 545 00:37:12,700 --> 00:37:16,900 Life. I love what Joe hisle said, 20 546 00:37:16,900 --> 00:37:19,900 years ago. I heard him say this, he said 547 00:37:20,000 --> 00:37:23,500 the picture there the figure there of 10 days. 548 00:37:24,600 --> 00:37:29,700 Is one short lifetime. You know, I think we could 549 00:37:29,700 --> 00:37:31,500 pretty much do about anything for 10 days. 550 00:37:33,100 --> 00:37:36,800 I think we can endure just about anything for 10 days. 551 00:37:38,700 --> 00:37:41,600 When you look to where the end is and whatever you're going 552 00:37:41,600 --> 00:37:44,800 through is going to end. You can say yourself, okay, ten 553 00:37:44,800 --> 00:37:47,400 days and 9 days and 8 days, and I'm almost there. 554 00:37:47,400 --> 00:37:49,200 You can do that and you get through it. 555 00:37:50,300 --> 00:37:54,900 Ten days is nothing. Now compared to Eternity. 556 00:37:55,000 --> 00:37:58,400 One short lifetime is also nothing. 557 00:37:59,700 --> 00:38:02,800 There's a condition, all of the things, all that, great promise. 558 00:38:02,800 --> 00:38:08,300 There's a condition, and Jesus said, be faithful unto death, 559 00:38:09,100 --> 00:38:10,900 and I'll give you a Crown of Life. 560 00:38:11,600 --> 00:38:16,100 Finally, in verse 5, it says that all this and we just talked 561 00:38:16,100 --> 00:38:22,500 about is going to be revealed in the last time now. 562 00:38:23,900 --> 00:38:28,000 The word revealed here comes from the word Apocalypto and it 563 00:38:28,000 --> 00:38:31,900 means the Salvation and Glory, that awaits the believer. 564 00:38:31,900 --> 00:38:36,900 According to we Vine, the word is also found in Romans chapter 565 00:38:36,900 --> 00:38:40,300 8, beginning in verse 18. I love this passage for. 566 00:38:40,300 --> 00:38:44,900 I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy 567 00:38:45,100 --> 00:38:50,900 to be compared with the glory that shall be, what revealed in 568 00:38:50,900 --> 00:38:53,900 US. For the for the earnest 569 00:38:53,900 --> 00:38:58,200 expectation of the creation eagerly awaits for what the 570 00:38:58,200 --> 00:39:04,400 revealing of the sons of God. Now it's going to be revealed 571 00:39:04,400 --> 00:39:08,500 when in the last time you know that phrase last time it's the 572 00:39:08,500 --> 00:39:12,800 same phrase that the Bible talks about when it talks about in the 573 00:39:12,800 --> 00:39:20,600 last day. and when Paul said, I fought a good fight. 574 00:39:23,800 --> 00:39:28,400 I finished my course. I've kept the faith. 575 00:39:30,700 --> 00:39:32,900 Henceforth. There is laid up for me a crown 576 00:39:32,900 --> 00:39:35,400 of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge shall 577 00:39:35,400 --> 00:39:37,300 give me at that day. What day? 578 00:39:39,500 --> 00:39:45,800 And not to me, only. But to all those that love his 579 00:39:45,800 --> 00:39:49,000 appearing. How do you demonstrate that? 580 00:39:49,000 --> 00:39:52,200 You love the Lord? Jesus said, if you love me, keep 581 00:39:52,200 --> 00:39:59,000 my Commandments. if you love me, keep my words, folks, if we do 582 00:39:59,000 --> 00:40:03,400 that, if we are begotten of God Baptized into Christ for the 583 00:40:03,400 --> 00:40:06,400 remission of sins. We contact the blood of Jesus. 584 00:40:06,400 --> 00:40:09,400 He supplied that on the cross, for us, our sins are washed 585 00:40:09,400 --> 00:40:12,200 away, where added to the body of Christ and we live a faithful 586 00:40:12,200 --> 00:40:14,000 life under unto death. Guess what? 587 00:40:15,300 --> 00:40:18,700 We're being kept by the power of God and a great, you think 588 00:40:18,700 --> 00:40:23,500 you're alone, you think you feel alone kept by the power of God. 589 00:40:24,400 --> 00:40:28,500 It's reserved appear that heritance in heaven for you. 590 00:40:30,600 --> 00:40:32,400 I don't know about you folks but I want to go. 591 00:40:34,500 --> 00:40:38,300 I want to go. Now, I understand, you know, 592 00:40:38,300 --> 00:40:43,200 Paul said to live is Christ to die is gain. 593 00:40:44,400 --> 00:40:46,900 What he meant was, it would be game for me to go. 594 00:40:48,000 --> 00:40:51,800 But to live is for Christ, the work that needs to be done. 595 00:40:52,200 --> 00:40:54,600 So we need to work until time shall be no more. 596 00:40:54,600 --> 00:40:56,800 We, our lives are taken from this Earth. 597 00:40:57,900 --> 00:41:01,800 But just to know that in heaven, there's a great place revealed 598 00:41:01,800 --> 00:41:04,400 and will be revealed to us on the last day. 599 00:41:04,600 --> 00:41:09,100 And finally, if we looked at verse 6 of this passage, it even 600 00:41:09,100 --> 00:41:12,900 helps us through the trials of life, it's going to get us 601 00:41:12,900 --> 00:41:15,000 through anything. That comes our way, what the 602 00:41:15,000 --> 00:41:20,200 promise of the inheritance. 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