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Hey, this is Elizabeth. This is Keisha. Hi, this

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is Leslie Sullivan and welcome to the Mustard

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Seed podcast. Welcome back to the table. We're

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so grateful that everybody's sitting here with

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us and it's been a lot of fun here because we've

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been meeting a lot more frequently. So we get

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to see each other a lot more, which has been

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awesome. I always feel like everybody out there

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hears us more often than we actually are together.

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We do usually a few every night. So just trying

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to get everything ready so that we for Leslie's

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busy season. So of of church and everything and

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everything that the holidays bring and holiday

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season and here isn't any any slower, but you

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still have you. I know you're the church demands

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a lot around the holidays. It does, but it's

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all worth it. It is, always. Because without.

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That's what I tell myself. Yeah, but without

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the stuff that you do and without the stuff that

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all the churches do around that area, it wouldn't

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be the same. And this is like, it's the whole

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point. You're going to see more people coming

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in. And so you want to make sure that you're

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reaching all of them. And it's exactly, you know,

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you guys are doing what. Finding ways to connect.

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Exactly. That's our whole job. Exactly. So I

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was like. Like yeah, it might not math for everybody

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out there that they hear us more often than we

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see each other But it's it's accurate. Yeah,

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the math is correct We have checked the work

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But it is always good to get back together with

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you guys Then you know that makes it it's just

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it's a good it's a good girl time you guys in

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Tennessee and everywhere else is going through

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yes I was grateful that Keisha made it home because

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they made it home they were they were gone yeah

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well we we were already planning on coming up

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on Wednesday so it worked out fine and we actually

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we didn't see any rain not a raindrop until we

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got to the side of Atlanta But from Atlanta,

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home was pretty rough. But I mean, that was before

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the hurricane even hit. It was just yeah. But

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you guys got quite a bit of rain up here. You

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got before that, right? Yeah, we got quite a

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bit of rain. It was power was going out. We had

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tornadoes. I think the night before you guys

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got back. Yeah, we had tornado warnings all around

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our area. Yeah. And then. yeah so it's and it's

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been nuts i mean our area we've all been blessed

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yeah in this area our power came back a lot faster

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than most oh yeah some still don't have it yeah

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um and our county was mostly just dealt with

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downed trees and electrical problems so yeah

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and then just the surrounding ones not not so

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much yeah but it's it is nice to see how everybody's

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pulling together and how everybody's trying to

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make sure that people are getting fed and watered.

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Because in Florida, this is something that you

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expect. You expect to be without something for

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a little bit when a hurricane hits. You don't

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expect that when you're in East Tennessee or

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North Carolina. I know South Carolina got hit

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too. But mainly, my newsfeed is all North Carolina

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and here, because that's where we travel. So

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all the areas that we travel in North Carolina,

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I'm part of a lot of their pages. And I'm going,

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oh my gosh. Yeah, they got it. I mean, just can't

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imagine. I have friends in Asheville who are

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still stuck in their home, can't get out and

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have nothing. I mean, literally have no food,

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no gas, no anything to go anywhere. And then

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people in Florida where that whole area we used

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to live in, Largo's fine, but all the beach area

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is decimated. Yep. I saw pictures of clear water

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and I'm going... Like I've been on that beach.

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Yeah. You know, they did, they showed in June

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rocks beach on the news. And I'm like, yeah,

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it's scary. It's scary to think about. Oh yeah.

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My parents, they live in the northern part of

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the panhandle and it looked like it was going

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to be a direct hit on them, but ended up going,

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um, I think hitting like an hour or two east

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of hit Tallahassee but it was an hour or two

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from them and they didn't even lose electricity

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so the whole time I was telling my parents hey

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you know you guys need to come up come up to

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our house you sure you don't want to leave and

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just come on up to our house and then we lost

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electricity for like 28 hours my dad was like

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you want to come back down to our house And he

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sent me a picture of a twig in his backyard.

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He goes, we survived. I was like, you're alive.

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I had texted our friend Amanda, and I was like,

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you guys are leaving, right? Because I want to

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make sure that you guys aren't going to be sitting

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in there. And so, yeah, she said she had finally

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been able to convince everybody that they should

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probably not stay. And I think I'm like, Florida

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State's closing. Yeah. You guys need to leave.

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And so they did. They went to her in -laws house.

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You know, and then I texted her. I was like,

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how's your house? Have you seen your house? Like,

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do you know if anything happened? Because I'm

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not seeing what happened up in Tallahassee, because

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that's not a part of like where I was. Tallahassee,

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this is the same as you guys, like what you said,

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trees and things down and stuff like that, but

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not related to flooding. It's that hour, what,

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east of Tallahassee, Perry looks like chimney

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rock, looks like, I mean, like just decimated,

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gone, you know? Yeah, it's, there's a lot of

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roads in North Carolina that are gone. There's

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people that can't get out because they can't,

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there's no way to get out. Yeah. Yeah, I was

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talking to a friend last week and telling her

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to instead of going into Gatlinburg through like

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Knoxville Oh, you should go through this is like

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a week before it happened, right? Yeah Cherokee

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and 40 and like all these cute little towns like

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Maggie Valley chimney rock and all these places

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and then today I was like No Can't get there

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The road is it's just mine. It's I mean it you

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get it, but it's also just mind -boggling to

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see we had so we had three of the dams in our

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area that I think one failed and then the other

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two were holding but they were they were not

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holding the water because they couldn't it was

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overflowing yeah so yeah so they were they thought

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they thought the one failed then it found out

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that it didn't fail but it had flooded so much

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Yeah, I mean it's and these are dams that were

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built in like the early 1900s so Yeah And it's

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just I Will be forever grateful that our area

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did not get hit like that. Oh, yeah, even our

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power was only out for a couple hours and The

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only thing I was worried about was our sub pump.

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We have enough water in this house. We have enough

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food in this house. We can figure that bit out.

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But I'm worried about the fact that all our freezers

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are, we have an extremely wet basement. Our sub

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pump, I think today has been the first day in

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over a week that it hasn't been going off every

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five minutes. I was worried for it being off.

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I had just got my shoes on and was telling Mylin,

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get your shoes on. We're going down. I'm like,

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I need you. I'm like, I'm going to hold up. Because

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you have to get to our basement from the outside.

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So I'm like, I'll hold up the storm door. I need

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you to go down there. Because it was still windy.

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It was some of the gusts going through there.

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I thought for sure a chicken was going to be

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flying through the yard. And I said, I'll hold

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up the storm door. I need you to go down there.

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Because I'm like, I'm not getting stuck down

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there. Thank you very much. So but I'm like if

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I hold it you go and you tell me how deep it

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is and right as we were getting our shoes on

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did the power come back on okay good and then

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but then i'm watching all the water should go

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out from our basement through the sub pump and

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i'm like oh gosh because we have quail down there

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right now like in a brooder so it's like police

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lord tell me they weren't floating because that

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was my biggest fear yeah i waited it seems like

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they'll be fine for at least like an hour or

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two like it'll be fine and so i waited it was

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about two little like right around two hours

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and i looked i was like okay I went down there

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and Milan's like, yeah, it's like this deep.

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I'm like, OK. Are the birds OK? Like, is it wet

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in there? He's like, no, they're fine. Because

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they're kind of on the like the brooders on the

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ground and it's not exactly watertight. Yeah.

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And it's not it's aluminum. So it's not like

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it's it's it's not heavy. Just floating around.

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Exactly. It's an old locker that we. Gilligan's

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Island all up in there. They were fine, though.

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They're fine now. But we waited. They're good

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to go outside, but we've been waiting because,

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well, especially with the weather, like, hey,

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welcome to the real world. Let's go out here

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where you guys could just literally get blown

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away. You don't have to fly. You'll just get

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blown. I'm glad your bird survived. I literally

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was checking to make sure birds weren't flying

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through. Wizard of Oz was going by in my head.

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We're in the twister. We're watching everything

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driving by. I've never seen wind that strong

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go through, and it was coming from a weird direction,

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too. Our yard doesn't normally get hit from that

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direction, so I didn't know what was going to

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lift and what was going to. It was strange, but

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I didn't even think about looking at our chickens.

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I just assumed they were OK. They probably were

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in the coop. Free range and we they don't really

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they have a spot to go. We have the availability

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But some of our chickens aren't smart enough

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to get to that spot So it's like but I mean they

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can go in our barn. So there is that they can

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go in our barn So they're you know, mainly protected

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and I was like I all the doors were open So the

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goats could have gotten the barn The only one

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that can't fit in the barn is our is our donkey

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like she can't get in because we have just little

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doors Because if we let her in the whole barn,

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she'll eat all the chicken food So she's not

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she has other shelters all like she has like

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a lean to that she can use But I was just and

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I was looking out there and she's just sitting

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there underneath the tree Not even, you know,

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just not letting it go. She's just like, all

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right, we done yet Well back to the whole reason

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that we you know that we are here Now that you

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guys all got to hear us all catch up, this is

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how we work. Sometimes you guys don't get to

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hear that we talk about this before. It's been

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a little bit more exciting lately. We have a

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lot more going on. I had to force them outside

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to play soccer today because they haven't had

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school. They're not going to have school tomorrow

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either. I was like, go outside. Please. It's

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not raining. Go outside. Out of the house. Trying

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to work. You guys do not need to be on your video

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games. I had technically taken my eldest off

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his video games this week because of his attitude

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working on the farm yesterday. But then when

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they called off school, I said, well, that's

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not going to work. I limited it today, but I

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was like, I'm not taking it all the way away.

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I won't survive. So we are gathered here today

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to talk about First Peter. Peter is somebody

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that... I know everybody goes, oh, I love Paul.

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He's the best. He is so much. I love myself some

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Peter. Like he is so real. And I feel like you

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can identify with him a lot because he's just

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what you see is what you're getting. He's not

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sugar coated in the Gospels. He's real. Like

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he I loved, you know, when we talked about him

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in acts, you know, and he was like, well, you

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guys killed the. Messiah, like every time he

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was like, like, you know, being talking to people,

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he's like, well, you know, that guy that you

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killed, he's our savior. He's the reason that

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we're all going to, you know, and he's just.

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He's one of those. Speak before he thinks, you

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know, he's one that we. Yeah, you always know

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a Peter. Sometimes I am a Peter. Yes. I think.

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Me too. And then I cringe about it for the rest

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of my life, but sometimes I am a Peter. I don't

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want to admit it, but. Right. Oh, Peter. I know.

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You know, it's I heard it and it makes sense

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because, you know, Peter's viewed a lot differently

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than a lot of the disciples because A, he is

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who he is and he was just a he was a blue collar

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worker, right? Like he was a fisherman. He was

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a man of the of the world. He was. Yeah, he didn't

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have a hoity toity job. He was likely just educated

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enough to get to get by, you know, but, you know,

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a lot of it's judging. They judge by his by his

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Greek. Right. Well, he wasn't. He wasn't Greek.

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So he wasn't his whole life. I don't think his

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parents were like, you know what? We're going

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to go ahead and make sure he's educated in Greek

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just in case he ends up being part walking with

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the Messiah and he's going to have to write a

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few gospels. Like, no, you know, he he was he

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spoke Hebrew. He was Arabic. Like that's how

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he wrote very well in his language. But, you

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know, you have it, you hear it where. You know.

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Paul is like you're talking like he's got his

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Masters and his doctorate, right? Right and like

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in this day and age and so the way he speaks

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is Completely different and the way he writes

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is completely different than Peter who's basically

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it looks like He's writing in level of a third

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grader. Just if you're gonna compare just the

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language But what Peter always has to say? Nail

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he nails it. Yeah is until we get to that place

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of maybe polishing it a little. But he is that

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every day. I think of him as the head fisherman,

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even though, you know, I'm not saying he was

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a fisherman. I'm saying he's that guy that reminds

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me of that because he's like, yeah, here to go.

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You're going to get on the boat and go fishing

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or what you're going to do. Let's go. Like, I

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mean, so matter of fact. Yep. He's got just he's

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got passion. Like, you know, he's very passionate

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about everything. He is like that one friend

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that you can call no matter what. Right. He's

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all in. He's there. He's going to do what needs

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to be done. So if you guys don't know, he is

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one of the 12 disciples that walked with Jesus.

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He's they considered, I guess, because of the

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way that when they list out the disciples, they

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considered Peter kind of the leader. Because

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he's always listed first Yeah, I always thought

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it was because that was succession like Because

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I I feel like they were called first you can

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correct me if I'm wrong I could be completely

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off the while I just always assumed it was because

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that was they went in order of who came when

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But I don't I don't know that to be true That's

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what always the same to you To watch The Chosen.

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Yeah, that too. I have a hard time. I should

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not be always thinking about, well, he was like,

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that was the first one on The Chosen, right?

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And it's like, I have to look back at, like,

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I know they take liberties with some stuff. They

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still have a lot of fact in those liberties.

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You know, but I did I looked it up and you know

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They list them in Matthew and I know they list

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them in other spots But yeah, he's first and

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Judas is obviously always last and that there's

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reasons for that. Yeah, I feel like we all should

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we all know um You know, but he It's purposeful

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and I could see that with his the way that Peter

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is I feel like he could just kind of Go out and

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talk to anybody cuz everybody's gonna some people

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are gonna undermine him just cuz they're gonna

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assume he doesn't know anything cuz he's this

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Fisherman but he also takes command. I think

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too. So he's very vocal and He doesn't it's not

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wishy -washy. Well, he says is what he says and

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what he believes He jumps the gun but I guess

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I would think of Peter I think of the alpha male

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the one who's telling them all how to do it.

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Throw the net over there. I'm going to go over

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this way and you're doing, you know, like he's

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directive. So why wouldn't he be in charge? Yeah.

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So he's going to treat, he's going to, he's going

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to, and who knows? We obviously also don't know

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all the side conversations that he, Jesus and

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the other disciples had. And, and maybe it was

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just a natural thing for him, like you said,

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to be that alpha male, that director, that, that

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head guy who just, I may not know what I'm talking

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about, but I know what we're doing. Let's go.

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Right, exactly. Just trust me. Yeah, just let's

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go. And you know, he was present for all the

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big things, it seems like. He was always there

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in the forefront. He might not always got a rot,

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but he was there. Peter's story, too, I just.

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How he's portrayed in the Gospels first of all

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We know so much about him because there is so

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much written about him and it shows his personality

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and his His drive his passions, you know, it

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shows how devoted he was to Jesus but I think

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it also gives us a great view of God's grace

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Because Jesus knew he was gonna deny Peter's

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gonna deny him three times But yet Jesus knew

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he also was gonna turn right back around and

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that's why he was you know He knew he could say

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you are the rock of which I'm gonna build my

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church, right? Yeah, you are this and so he knew

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That when he even though he was gonna deny him

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three times. He's gonna come back that much stronger

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and just No pun intended but like rock it out,

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right? And that he did But it's also what he

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was called to be, was to be that rock and foundation.

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Because he was that solid guy. He was that alpha

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guy who could handle when someone didn't like

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what he was saying and move on from it. Paul

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sometimes goes, oh, but if only if I'm not offending

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you, here's the truth. Depending on it. Then

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as he got in prison more, then he became stronger.

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His first writings are a little bit. Mm -hmm.

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And that's also why the difference, and I know

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I don't want to jump to 2nd Peter, but you can

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tell that Peter matured because 2nd Peter reads

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so differently than 1st Peter. Mm -hmm. Yeah.

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And then there's, well, they assume that 1st

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Peter was right around 64 AD because it was before

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the Rome burning because he doesn't mention it

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at all. Nothing's even talked about. But then

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2nd Peter. They're thinking that's about four

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years later, right before like the year that

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he died, like the year that Nero killed him or

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had him killed. And he knew it was coming. Mm

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-hmm. He did. He mentions it. You know, and I

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didn't. Yeah. So Peter's name actually means

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in Aramaic, it means rock, like it's it's Kephas,

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Kephas, Kephas. which means rock, and then Jesus

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renamed him Peter, which would be Petros, which

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still also means rock. I heard somebody call

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it a pebble, and I'm like, oh, I really hope

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it doesn't mean pebble. I feel like rock is -

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Pretty sure it's not pebble. I'm pretty sure

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it's not, because I'm like, I've only heard that

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once. It just kind of doesn't make sense. No,

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I'm like, this is sad. Poor Peter. All right.

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So again, so we figure this first Peter is written

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right around 64 AD. And he is in what's like

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Asia Minor, which is now modern day Turkey. So

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I'll go ahead and we'll just start it off. And

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I'm going to read chapter one. Greetings from

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Peter. This letter is from Peter the Apostle

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of Jesus Christ. I am writing to God's chosen

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people who are living as foreigners in the provinces

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of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia.

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God the Father knew you and chose you long ago

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and his spirit has made you holy. As a result

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you have obeyed him and have been cleansed by

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the blood of Jesus Christ. May God give you more

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and more grace and peace. All praise to God the

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Father of our Lord Jesus Christ that it is by

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his great mercy that we have been born again

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because God raised Jesus Christ from the dead

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now we live with great expectation and we have

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a priceless inheritance an inheritance that is

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kept in heaven for you pure and undefiled beyond

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the reach and change and decay beyond the reach

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of change and decay excuse me And through your

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faith, God is protecting you by his power until

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you receive this salvation, which is ready to

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be revealed in the last day for you all to see.

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So be truly glad. There is wonderful joy ahead,

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even though you must endure many trials for a

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little while. These trials will show you that

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faith is genuine and it is being tested as fire

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tests and purifies gold, though your faith is

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more precious than mere gold. So when your faith

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remains strong through many trials, it will bring

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you much praise and glory and honor on the day

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when Jesus Christ is revealed to the whole world.

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You love him even though you have never seen

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him. Though you do not see him now, you trust

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him and you rejoice with a glorious, inexpressible

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joy. The reward for trusting Him will be the

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salvation of your souls. This salvation was something

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even the prophets wanted to know more about when

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they prophesied about His gracious salvation

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prepared for you. They wondered what time or

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the situation of the Spirit of Christ within

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them was talking about when He told them in advance

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about Christ's suffering and His great glory

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afterward. They were told that their message

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were not for themselves but for you. And now

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the good news has been announced to you. by those

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who preached in the power of the Holy Spirit

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sent from heaven. It is also wonderful that even

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the angels are eagerly watching these things

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happen. So prepare your minds for action and

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exercise self -control. Put all your hope in

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the gracious salvation that will come to you

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when Jesus Christ is revealed to the world. So

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you must live as God's obedient children. Don't

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slip back into your old ways of living to satisfy

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your own desires. You didn't know any better

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than this, but now you must be holy in everything

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that you do. Just as God who chose you is holy,

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for the scriptures say, you must be holy because

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I am holy. And remember that the Heavenly Father

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to whom you pray has no favorites. He will judge

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or reward you according to what you do. So you

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must live in reverent fear of Him during your

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time as here is temporary residence. For you

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know that God paid a ransom to save you from

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the empty life you inherited from your ancestors.

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And it was not paid with mere gold or silver

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which lose their value. It was the precious blood

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of Christ, the sinless spotless of God. God chose

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him as your ransom long before the world began

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but now in the last days he has been revealed

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for your sake. Through Christ you have come to

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trust in God and you have placed your faith and

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hope in God because he raised Christ from the

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dead and gave him great glory. You were cleansed

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from your sins when you obeyed the truth. So

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now you must show sincere love to each other

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as brothers and sisters Love each other deeply

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with all of your heart for you have been born

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again Not to a life that will quickly end your

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new life will last forever Because it comes from

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the eternal living word of god as scriptures

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say people are like grass Excuse me. Their beauty

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is like the flower in the field the grass withers

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and the flowers fade but the word of the Lord

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remains forever and the and that word is the

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good news that was preached to you I knew I loved

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this book and but like when you're looking at

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it and every time you read it there's something

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else like I have like three different colors

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or four there were your four different colors

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throughout first Peter of highlights because

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it was just different times that I was you know

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that I was doing this And things hit you differently

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each time you read it, too. That's the other

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part. Like I said, I reviewed it, listened to

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it while I was driving home today just so I could

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hear it one more time after reading it a couple

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times over the weekend and other times. And other

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times I've done it. And I was like, oh, wait,

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what did he just say? Something new today, you

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know, picked up when I was listening, especially

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when we get later into 1 Peter. For me, it's

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that section, and I don't want to skip ahead,

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but that section that really speaks to me the

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most in 1 Peter 1 is that call to holy living,

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that kind of 13, so when we get there, I'll speak

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to that, but jumping ahead. That's what we do

00:27:39.990 --> 00:27:44.049
best. It's so hard. I feel like that just shows

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how excited we get because there's just so much

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that you can see. Pastors preachers will always

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preach on the whole be joy. Yes be joyous in

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your suffering and Nobody wants to be joyous

00:28:01.940 --> 00:28:06.059
in their suffering, you know, no nobody You know,

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and I know we've talked about it before cuz I'm

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this he's not the first to say it though that

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we've looked at he might have been the first

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in succession, but he's not the first that we've

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looked at that says no no James is first and

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um Nobody wants to nobody wants to go through

00:28:19.579 --> 00:28:21.940
the suffering, but I love that at least he's

00:28:21.940 --> 00:28:23.940
pointing out you understand that that's a badge

00:28:23.940 --> 00:28:26.619
of honor Yeah, you're suffering in Christ's name.

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That's a good thing That means you're doing what

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you're supposed to be doing you are on the right

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track and he has to say that because they are

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Being persecuted by Rome You know there hasn't

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gotten to that really we haven't gotten to the

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complete dark days yet, you know, because it's

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pre -burning right now, but it's still like they're

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not they're not it's not you know they're not

00:28:52.329 --> 00:28:55.930
right now Christianity was just a sect right

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a sect of um Judaism is how it was viewed which

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was just those that with the the weird section

00:29:04.450 --> 00:29:07.609
of Judaism right the ones that are they they

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are cannibals because they do the communion right

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like The ones that believe that dude rose from

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the grave himself. They didn't have a good rip.

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No, they were the crazy ones. They were like

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the hippies of Judaism. The ones that are a little

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bit out there. Excuse me. Again, he's talking

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about I'd love that he says in verse 8, you love

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him even though you have never seen him. And

00:29:43.460 --> 00:29:50.559
you don't see him now, but you still have faith.

00:29:51.380 --> 00:29:54.599
Like you're still following him. I think that's

00:29:54.599 --> 00:29:57.640
one of the harder questions to ask and to answer

00:29:57.640 --> 00:30:01.700
as a Christian is... Some people who don't believe

00:30:01.700 --> 00:30:04.039
or don't quite know what it's all about always

00:30:04.039 --> 00:30:06.240
say well, you've never seen this person You don't

00:30:06.240 --> 00:30:08.779
know anything about about him. You've never like

00:30:08.779 --> 00:30:15.299
touched him talk to him But the truth is because

00:30:15.299 --> 00:30:19.819
I haven't seen I do know him Yeah, and that's

00:30:19.819 --> 00:30:24.640
a that's a hard thing to explain Because sometimes

00:30:24.640 --> 00:30:27.759
we don't get it yeah, I would say haven't you

00:30:27.759 --> 00:30:31.920
know Faith is very hard to explain because it's

00:30:31.920 --> 00:30:37.480
it is it's believing what God says is true I

00:30:37.480 --> 00:30:40.880
Know our pastors is preached on in it quite a

00:30:40.880 --> 00:30:46.059
few times and every time it's just kind of Mind

00:30:46.059 --> 00:30:52.579
blown I Do believe that even though that we've

00:30:52.579 --> 00:30:58.670
never obviously had the opportunity to Literally

00:30:58.670 --> 00:31:01.509
follow Christ and his footsteps, right? You know,

00:31:01.529 --> 00:31:06.049
we didn't we didn't Go to these cities with him

00:31:06.049 --> 00:31:09.569
we weren't part of the elite we didn't ever hear

00:31:09.569 --> 00:31:14.529
him preach but I think That's partly why the

00:31:14.529 --> 00:31:16.710
Holy Spirit got to stay with us. Yes, because

00:31:16.710 --> 00:31:20.109
now we still have that connection so we have

00:31:20.109 --> 00:31:23.349
the feeling that he's sitting right here and

00:31:23.349 --> 00:31:25.650
then you're just you know, you can talk to him

00:31:25.650 --> 00:31:27.890
and you know that he's there and you can See

00:31:27.890 --> 00:31:31.910
him in the things that he does and that he's

00:31:31.910 --> 00:31:36.869
done in your life, you know, and you have that

00:31:36.869 --> 00:31:42.390
ability to discern because he you have that Holy

00:31:42.390 --> 00:31:48.049
Spirit in you. Whereas they just. They didn't.

00:31:48.170 --> 00:31:52.130
Yeah, to begin with, obviously. I was watching

00:31:52.130 --> 00:31:56.160
this interview. this morning or yesterday or

00:31:56.160 --> 00:32:00.400
last night with a gentleman from either Madeira

00:32:00.400 --> 00:32:03.880
or Clearwater Beach in Florida who stayed at

00:32:03.880 --> 00:32:08.039
their place during Hurricane right and and he

00:32:08.039 --> 00:32:10.519
just and he lost his entire he lost he owns a

00:32:10.519 --> 00:32:12.500
business I want to say it's Madeira, but anyway

00:32:12.500 --> 00:32:17.619
But he lost everything he lost his Ovens his

00:32:17.619 --> 00:32:20.700
fridge his I mean everything furniture. It's

00:32:20.700 --> 00:32:23.990
just all destroyed he goes but My house above

00:32:23.990 --> 00:32:27.589
the restaurant, I could still live in it. He

00:32:27.589 --> 00:32:30.269
just listed all these blessings that he still

00:32:30.269 --> 00:32:34.190
had in the midst of complete financial devastation

00:32:34.190 --> 00:32:38.130
for his business and his livelihood. But he said,

00:32:38.309 --> 00:32:40.369
because I know that the Lord is going to bless

00:32:40.369 --> 00:32:43.190
me richly, because he already has. I'm here today.

00:32:43.230 --> 00:32:46.890
My family is OK. Yes, we have a big hill to climb.

00:32:48.250 --> 00:32:50.569
But I was in tears watching this, because it's

00:32:50.569 --> 00:32:52.960
just such a beautiful testament to it. to what

00:32:52.960 --> 00:32:57.319
faith is and what we all hope we are in those

00:32:57.319 --> 00:32:58.980
really, really hard moments and those really,

00:32:58.980 --> 00:33:01.640
really good moments, like all of it, right? And

00:33:01.640 --> 00:33:03.720
you know, that's what talks to people the most

00:33:03.720 --> 00:33:08.039
is our testimonies, seeing testimonies like that

00:33:08.039 --> 00:33:11.420
and how we react to situations like that. That's

00:33:11.420 --> 00:33:15.380
what brings people to God, you know? Because

00:33:15.380 --> 00:33:18.759
it's real. Yeah. It's as real as we can get on

00:33:18.759 --> 00:33:20.180
Earth without him being right here next to us

00:33:20.180 --> 00:33:23.220
giving us a hug. Yeah. which sometimes that would

00:33:23.220 --> 00:33:27.640
be really nice. But then I can also see myself

00:33:27.640 --> 00:33:31.119
being like, you know, listening to his teaching

00:33:31.119 --> 00:33:33.279
and being like, oh, can we slow down, do this

00:33:33.279 --> 00:33:44.980
tomorrow? Information overload. I think it's

00:33:44.980 --> 00:33:49.829
also good to point out that he's bringing the

00:33:49.829 --> 00:33:53.509
Gentiles in so he's like you guys are who the

00:33:53.509 --> 00:33:56.730
prophets were talking about you know you are

00:33:56.730 --> 00:34:02.029
you are also in the scriptures right like your

00:34:02.029 --> 00:34:06.470
life is in the scriptures so it's like he's bringing

00:34:06.470 --> 00:34:12.610
them in as considering they were you know outsiders

00:34:12.610 --> 00:34:16.949
you know since Genesis Right. They were always

00:34:16.949 --> 00:34:19.530
on the outside. They weren't what God's chosen

00:34:19.530 --> 00:34:22.969
people and now he's like you are Everybody is

00:34:22.969 --> 00:34:26.030
God's chosen people. So it's just he wants you

00:34:26.030 --> 00:34:39.309
to choose him back Peter's like a roadmap to

00:34:39.309 --> 00:34:42.230
like this is the way you should live your life

00:34:42.599 --> 00:34:44.719
Yeah, you're going through these hard times and

00:34:44.719 --> 00:34:49.440
this is going on, but look at the hope that you

00:34:49.440 --> 00:34:55.300
have. It's that constant reminder to don't go

00:34:55.300 --> 00:34:58.380
back to the things you used to do or the ways

00:34:58.380 --> 00:35:00.880
you used to do things. Stick with this path.

00:35:00.940 --> 00:35:02.780
This is the good one. This is the one that's

00:35:02.780 --> 00:35:09.179
going to help you go forward, right? And how

00:35:09.179 --> 00:35:12.230
to live that abundant life, you know? Yes, you're

00:35:12.230 --> 00:35:14.750
saved. Yes, you know, you know what's going to

00:35:14.750 --> 00:35:17.289
happen at the end, but it could be so much more.

00:35:19.210 --> 00:35:21.809
Well, now's your time to shine. Leslie, what's

00:35:21.809 --> 00:35:24.090
you want to talk about a call to the holy living?

00:35:24.349 --> 00:35:26.769
Bring it. Well, I just I just the thing I love

00:35:26.769 --> 00:35:32.429
most about this, the whole versus 13 to I guess

00:35:32.429 --> 00:35:37.289
the end, but it's it's that preparation like

00:35:37.289 --> 00:35:41.960
get ready, do your homework. Do the hard work

00:35:41.960 --> 00:35:44.480
to know what I've told you, what I've taught

00:35:44.480 --> 00:35:47.340
you, what I've said, what the Lord's shown us.

00:35:47.860 --> 00:35:51.219
And then go be His children. Be obedient, but

00:35:51.219 --> 00:35:56.639
be His children and shine His light. And you

00:35:56.639 --> 00:35:59.559
know how to do it. I'm teaching you. Go and then

00:35:59.559 --> 00:36:03.440
go do it. I like how you said that, Leslie, because

00:36:03.440 --> 00:36:07.980
it is, it's, you know, He laid down His life

00:36:07.980 --> 00:36:11.210
for us. He saved us. But we have our part to

00:36:11.210 --> 00:36:14.750
you. Yeah. Yeah. You can't have one without the

00:36:14.750 --> 00:36:16.369
other. I mean, and that's what that's how that's

00:36:16.369 --> 00:36:18.969
how God designed it. Yeah. That it's not it's

00:36:18.969 --> 00:36:23.610
not just about that he sent his son. That's obviously

00:36:23.610 --> 00:36:26.429
huge. You're so blessed that he sent his son.

00:36:26.869 --> 00:36:30.190
But it's also about that he sent his son so that

00:36:30.190 --> 00:36:34.170
the work would continue and go forward even when

00:36:34.170 --> 00:36:36.289
his son had to make that ultimate sacrifice.

00:36:36.389 --> 00:36:42.289
Yeah. so that's i just i just think it's it's

00:36:42.289 --> 00:36:44.329
almost like when we did james too and james is

00:36:44.329 --> 00:36:47.510
like are you gonna put up or shut up like peter's

00:36:47.510 --> 00:36:50.789
like come on i'm you have all these paul's been

00:36:50.789 --> 00:36:52.590
here this guy's been here i mean like we've all

00:36:52.590 --> 00:36:54.909
been here we've all been teaching you because

00:36:54.909 --> 00:36:57.030
we got taught by jesus now what are you gonna

00:36:57.030 --> 00:37:01.250
do with it go live this life go live the life

00:37:01.250 --> 00:37:05.409
he's put before us and it feels a little bit

00:37:05.409 --> 00:37:09.800
like james yelling at us again Should like it

00:37:09.800 --> 00:37:12.940
on record that I maybe just said that James was

00:37:12.940 --> 00:37:16.340
before Peter, but I didn't bring up I didn't

00:37:16.340 --> 00:37:25.539
bring up Peter I Always get in trouble like you

00:37:25.539 --> 00:37:28.400
always talk about James. It's like cuz it's a

00:37:28.400 --> 00:37:42.239
great book, okay There there's a one stipulation

00:37:42.239 --> 00:37:56.019
why you can't sit with us just saying Seventeen

00:37:56.019 --> 00:38:02.480
is my favorite out of this section Because I

00:38:02.480 --> 00:38:06.260
love and I read it out of the NLTM purpose because

00:38:06.260 --> 00:38:09.559
it doesn't read the same in the Christian standard

00:38:10.179 --> 00:38:12.559
I tried, you know, I read them and then, you

00:38:12.559 --> 00:38:13.880
know, I have them both. I have them both sitting

00:38:13.880 --> 00:38:16.000
in front of me right now. And I try to write

00:38:16.000 --> 00:38:18.820
the same notes in both because I like to. I'm

00:38:18.820 --> 00:38:22.440
a note taker. But, you know, Seventeen says,

00:38:22.519 --> 00:38:25.400
and remember that the Heavenly Father to whom

00:38:25.400 --> 00:38:29.260
you pray has no favorites. He will judge you.

00:38:29.539 --> 00:38:31.780
Excuse me. He will judge and reward you according

00:38:31.780 --> 00:38:36.760
to what you do. I'm like, yes, can we put that

00:38:36.760 --> 00:38:42.909
on every church door? Thank you very much. You

00:38:42.909 --> 00:38:47.309
know, I mean, so many people and I mean, I'm

00:38:47.309 --> 00:38:49.889
not saying that we don't sit here and go, oh,

00:38:49.889 --> 00:38:53.369
you know, I'm glad that's not me. But yet there's

00:38:53.369 --> 00:38:55.429
things that I do. There's no I watched a thing

00:38:55.429 --> 00:38:57.789
today and I love the way this man said it. And

00:38:57.789 --> 00:39:00.829
it'll end up being on the Instagram for the mustard

00:39:00.829 --> 00:39:02.429
seed, because the way he was saying it, he's

00:39:02.429 --> 00:39:04.730
like, oh, well, you see her going to the liquor

00:39:04.730 --> 00:39:07.489
store, but yet you're out here cussing like a

00:39:07.489 --> 00:39:09.809
sailor. There's no difference. Yeah. He's like,

00:39:09.969 --> 00:39:13.590
you see them doing a sexual immorality and you're

00:39:13.590 --> 00:39:16.929
over here judging them. There is no difference.

00:39:17.610 --> 00:39:21.170
You know, it's that he's like, I don't winded.

00:39:21.409 --> 00:39:23.309
You know, and he's like, you guys are all like,

00:39:23.349 --> 00:39:28.409
well, when did my my. Gossiping get on the same

00:39:28.409 --> 00:39:31.889
level as sexual immorality, he was right here.

00:39:32.039 --> 00:39:34.039
and he put, you know, this is where Jesus told

00:39:34.039 --> 00:39:36.380
us how to do that in the same breath that he

00:39:36.380 --> 00:39:40.159
told us not to be like, like how to live. Like

00:39:40.159 --> 00:39:43.980
he's telling you this is one level playing field.

00:39:44.099 --> 00:39:47.739
Yeah, there are no differences. Yeah, there's

00:39:47.739 --> 00:39:52.889
no. That sin is worse than my sin. It is. And

00:39:52.889 --> 00:39:57.269
one little sin, one little sin, one little thought

00:39:57.269 --> 00:40:00.449
of anger or anything like that is enough to put

00:40:00.449 --> 00:40:06.829
us in hell. And so it is. It's definitely it's.

00:40:07.050 --> 00:40:12.230
We're not here to judge because what we deserve.

00:40:13.050 --> 00:40:18.289
Yeah. Exactly. I was like, that'll preach that'll

00:40:18.289 --> 00:40:21.710
preach right there. I mean, that's it. But so

00:40:21.710 --> 00:40:23.789
many people forget about that verse. And I know

00:40:23.789 --> 00:40:26.590
I know you can't cherry pick verses. Right. I

00:40:26.590 --> 00:40:29.329
understand you can't. And, you know, I've heard

00:40:29.329 --> 00:40:31.309
many pastors warn against that. Do not listen

00:40:31.309 --> 00:40:33.630
to a pastor who's just cherry picking throughout

00:40:33.630 --> 00:40:36.710
the whole Bible just to make their point. Yeah.

00:40:36.750 --> 00:40:39.210
So you have to understand what the context of

00:40:39.210 --> 00:40:41.590
that verses are to make sure they actually are

00:40:41.590 --> 00:40:44.170
supposed to be together. Right. And because there's

00:40:44.170 --> 00:40:45.309
things that, you know, there's things in Peter

00:40:45.309 --> 00:40:49.019
that go with James, right, or that go with Isaiah

00:40:49.019 --> 00:40:51.179
or that go, you know, and you're going all the

00:40:51.179 --> 00:40:54.280
way back, you know, Jeremiah, you have stuff

00:40:54.280 --> 00:40:56.940
that coincides that that shows that this is one

00:40:56.940 --> 00:41:01.260
big story. And then, you know, there's there's

00:41:01.260 --> 00:41:04.539
a difference in doing that than saying, well,

00:41:04.820 --> 00:41:06.900
here, God said this about this and God said this

00:41:06.900 --> 00:41:08.699
about women and God said this about children

00:41:08.699 --> 00:41:10.599
and slaves. You know, you're going through you

00:41:10.599 --> 00:41:12.900
can't cherry pick it because you need to understand

00:41:12.900 --> 00:41:16.480
when was this? Who is this written to? like what

00:41:16.480 --> 00:41:18.400
letter was this or what you know what was the

00:41:18.400 --> 00:41:21.559
context yeah but so i understand that you can't

00:41:21.559 --> 00:41:24.179
do that but this verse itself i feel like you

00:41:24.179 --> 00:41:26.219
can cherry pick it i mean it's just well it stands

00:41:26.219 --> 00:41:31.440
alone it does it's it's it's it's kind of almost

00:41:31.440 --> 00:41:33.719
to the heart of what peter's trying to say here

00:41:38.769 --> 00:41:41.449
And even still he goes on to say so you must

00:41:41.449 --> 00:41:43.769
live in reverent fear of him during your time

00:41:43.769 --> 00:41:46.030
here as temporary residents and you know, he's

00:41:46.030 --> 00:41:49.110
not talking about your daddy's gonna beat you

00:41:49.110 --> 00:41:52.869
because you Acted out turn he's talking about

00:41:52.869 --> 00:41:56.670
again that respect of the Lord the fear of God

00:41:56.670 --> 00:41:59.769
Because you don't want to fail him. He's not

00:41:59.769 --> 00:42:04.050
you know, you don't want to end up where Sinners

00:42:04.050 --> 00:42:06.449
who don't repent end up right? You don't want

00:42:06.449 --> 00:42:10.690
to go there. Yeah But yet, you still need to

00:42:10.690 --> 00:42:14.090
have that respect and that love for the Lord

00:42:14.090 --> 00:42:16.250
to understand that that's not who you want to

00:42:16.250 --> 00:42:20.670
be. I think you really nailed it on the head

00:42:20.670 --> 00:42:27.650
there. It's fear of disappointing Him. That's

00:42:27.650 --> 00:42:29.590
when you know the Holy Spirit is really moving

00:42:29.590 --> 00:42:34.090
and you are growing towards God. I got saved,

00:42:34.110 --> 00:42:36.480
so I know where I'm going. But so I can go ahead

00:42:36.480 --> 00:42:38.179
and do this, but I can, you know, I can ask for

00:42:38.179 --> 00:42:39.699
forgiveness for that. No, it doesn't work that

00:42:39.699 --> 00:42:42.500
way. No, it's not. I get a jail free card. Yeah.

00:42:44.639 --> 00:42:48.980
I like that, though. Well, I mean, but that's

00:42:48.980 --> 00:42:51.719
what people want. They want it to be like, like,

00:42:52.039 --> 00:42:53.800
like you said, pick your own verse, pick your

00:42:53.800 --> 00:42:56.139
own, pick your own idea of being, say, pick your

00:42:56.139 --> 00:42:58.420
own idea of what you can and can't do. Yolo,

00:42:58.880 --> 00:43:01.500
you know, all those things. And it's definitely

00:43:01.500 --> 00:43:05.130
not what the Lord. is showing us or telling us

00:43:05.130 --> 00:43:10.289
at all. You know, they'll say, and I get stuck.

00:43:10.730 --> 00:43:12.769
And I have to, like I said, I have to delete

00:43:12.769 --> 00:43:14.929
Facebook a lot of times and Instagram throughout

00:43:14.929 --> 00:43:16.909
the week or else I sit there and I find myself

00:43:16.909 --> 00:43:19.489
doing that in the evening instead of reading

00:43:19.489 --> 00:43:22.849
one of the million books I have on my shelf that

00:43:22.849 --> 00:43:27.130
need to be read. Or they don't need it, but.

00:43:27.320 --> 00:43:29.739
They called to me from the bookstore, and I rescued

00:43:29.739 --> 00:43:31.099
them, and I brought them home, and they've just

00:43:31.099 --> 00:43:34.199
been sitting there since. You're a good person.

00:43:36.179 --> 00:43:41.320
But they talked about this society and how it's,

00:43:41.320 --> 00:43:46.920
they say how it's harder to be sometimes a Christian

00:43:46.920 --> 00:43:49.920
in this. World right now because everybody's

00:43:49.920 --> 00:43:51.280
just saying oh, no, you're perfect just the way

00:43:51.280 --> 00:43:54.260
you are. You're you're you're amazing You're

00:43:54.260 --> 00:43:55.960
you know, you don't have to change you don't

00:43:55.960 --> 00:43:57.500
need to strive to be better You don't need to

00:43:57.500 --> 00:44:00.139
you know, you are who you are and there is truth

00:44:00.139 --> 00:44:02.500
in that there is a hundred percent truth in that

00:44:02.500 --> 00:44:06.260
I don't I believe everybody is worthy, but it's

00:44:06.260 --> 00:44:11.099
not You you know, it's God knows you're worthy.

00:44:11.400 --> 00:44:14.590
God knows that you are you're worth it You know,

00:44:14.590 --> 00:44:18.309
he made you he knows your quirks He knows the

00:44:18.309 --> 00:44:19.829
ones that you should work on and he knows the

00:44:19.829 --> 00:44:21.949
ones that you they're just you because but no

00:44:21.949 --> 00:44:25.969
matter what You know your thoughts your actions.

00:44:26.230 --> 00:44:32.630
He He loves you and I think that I Don't think

00:44:32.630 --> 00:44:34.989
there's anything wrong with that as long as we

00:44:34.989 --> 00:44:38.690
understand who's giving us the worth and who's

00:44:38.690 --> 00:44:42.389
giving us that Security because I I mean I struggle

00:44:42.389 --> 00:44:45.940
with I didn't like self -identity issues. I don't

00:44:45.940 --> 00:44:49.199
like me a lot of times whether that's physical

00:44:49.199 --> 00:44:52.840
or if that's mental or Whatever, but I got to

00:44:52.840 --> 00:44:55.219
understand that just because I don't like me

00:44:55.219 --> 00:44:57.039
Even though the world's telling me I'm fine.

00:44:57.139 --> 00:44:58.880
I got to understand that it doesn't matter what

00:44:58.880 --> 00:45:02.780
they say either. I got to listen to Who God says

00:45:02.780 --> 00:45:05.559
I am? Yeah, you know in what God's called me

00:45:05.559 --> 00:45:08.360
to do and I got to pay attention to when you're

00:45:08.360 --> 00:45:12.510
underneath that spiritual attack and try to make

00:45:12.510 --> 00:45:14.730
sure that you can recognize what you're in the

00:45:14.730 --> 00:45:19.309
middle of and get out of it. Yeah. Yeah. I think

00:45:19.309 --> 00:45:22.110
that was very well said. That's been my month.

00:45:22.269 --> 00:45:28.289
That's been my month. You know, I think sometimes,

00:45:28.550 --> 00:45:33.010
too, we get, especially in today's society, we

00:45:33.010 --> 00:45:36.769
forget that we are supposed to have that fear

00:45:36.769 --> 00:45:43.199
of God. so many times I hear of, well, God didn't

00:45:43.199 --> 00:45:45.340
do this for me. God hasn't done this for me.

00:45:45.800 --> 00:45:48.739
And it's, you know, like you said, God knows

00:45:48.739 --> 00:45:52.099
us. He loves us. He's called us for a reason,

00:45:52.519 --> 00:45:56.239
but we're not here for God to do something for

00:45:56.239 --> 00:46:00.380
us. We're here to serve Him. And I think that

00:46:00.380 --> 00:46:12.460
gets lost sometimes. It does. He did it for you,

00:46:12.500 --> 00:46:17.159
but he's you know, yeah Just not just not just

00:46:17.159 --> 00:46:18.760
for you. How about that? I was trying to word

00:46:18.760 --> 00:46:23.320
that right like it wasn't just for you You got

00:46:23.320 --> 00:46:26.420
salvation girl, but maybe not a million bucks

00:46:26.420 --> 00:46:35.440
All right, shall we move on to chapter two So

00:46:35.440 --> 00:46:40.740
put away all malice and deceit and all hip hypocrisy

00:46:40.740 --> 00:46:45.420
hypocrisy hypocrisy everything's hard for me

00:46:45.420 --> 00:46:49.099
an envy in our slander like newborn infants long

00:46:49.099 --> 00:46:52.119
for the pure spiritual milk that by it you may

00:46:52.119 --> 00:46:55.179
grow up until salvation if indeed you have tasted

00:46:55.179 --> 00:46:58.079
that the lord is good As you come to him a living

00:46:58.079 --> 00:47:00.960
stone rejected by men in the sight of God chosen

00:47:00.960 --> 00:47:03.900
and precious You yourself like living stones

00:47:03.900 --> 00:47:06.760
are being built up as a spiritual house to be

00:47:06.760 --> 00:47:09.539
a holy priesthood to offer spiritual sacrifice

00:47:09.539 --> 00:47:12.719
acceptable to God through Jesus Christ For it

00:47:12.719 --> 00:47:15.699
stands in scripture behold. I am desire on a

00:47:15.699 --> 00:47:20.960
Behold I am laying in Zion a stone a cornerstone

00:47:20.960 --> 00:47:23.719
chosen and precious and whoever believes in him

00:47:23.719 --> 00:47:26.880
will not be put to shame So the honor is for

00:47:26.880 --> 00:47:29.659
you who believe, but for those who do not believe.

00:47:30.739 --> 00:47:33.960
The stone that the builders rejected has become

00:47:33.960 --> 00:47:36.639
a cornerstone and a stone of stumbling and a

00:47:36.639 --> 00:47:41.340
rock of offense. They stumble because they disobeyed

00:47:41.340 --> 00:47:44.210
the word, as they were destined to do. But you

00:47:44.210 --> 00:47:47.309
are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy

00:47:47.309 --> 00:47:50.090
nation, a people for his own procession, that

00:47:50.090 --> 00:47:53.250
you may proclaim the excellencies of him who

00:47:53.250 --> 00:47:55.449
called you and out of the darkness into his marvelous

00:47:55.449 --> 00:47:58.050
light. Once you were not a people, but now you

00:47:58.050 --> 00:48:00.789
are God's people. Once you had not received mercy,

00:48:00.929 --> 00:48:04.250
but now you have received mercy. Beloved, I urge

00:48:04.250 --> 00:48:07.010
you, as sojourners and exiles, to abstain from

00:48:07.010 --> 00:48:10.010
the passions of the flesh which wage war against

00:48:10.010 --> 00:48:13.519
your soul. Keep your conduct conduct among the

00:48:13.519 --> 00:48:16.559
Gentiles honorable so that when they speak against

00:48:16.559 --> 00:48:19.400
you as evildoers They may see that your good

00:48:19.400 --> 00:48:22.619
deeds and glorify God on the day of visitation

00:48:22.619 --> 00:48:25.659
Be subject for the Lord's sake to every human

00:48:25.659 --> 00:48:29.059
institution whether it's to the Emperor as supreme

00:48:29.059 --> 00:48:32.619
or to the governor as Sent by him to punish those

00:48:32.619 --> 00:48:35.840
who do evil and to praise those who do good for

00:48:35.840 --> 00:48:38.440
this is the will of God that by doing good you

00:48:38.440 --> 00:48:40.920
should put to silence the ignorance of the foolish

00:48:40.920 --> 00:48:44.159
people live as people who are free not using

00:48:44.159 --> 00:48:46.920
your freedom as a cover up for evil but living

00:48:46.920 --> 00:48:50.800
as servants of God honor everyone love the brotherhood

00:48:50.800 --> 00:48:54.000
fear God honor the Emperor servants be subject

00:48:54.000 --> 00:48:56.360
to your masters with all respect not only to

00:48:56.360 --> 00:48:59.119
the good and gentle but also to the unjust for

00:48:59.119 --> 00:49:02.360
this is a gracious thing when a mindful of God

00:49:02.559 --> 00:49:06.059
one endures sorrows while suffering unjustly

00:49:06.059 --> 00:49:09.239
for what credit is it when you sin and are beaten

00:49:09.239 --> 00:49:14.239
for your beaten for it you endure but if you

00:49:14.239 --> 00:49:17.280
but if when you do good and suffer for it you

00:49:17.280 --> 00:49:19.219
endure this is the gracious thing in the sight

00:49:19.219 --> 00:49:21.980
of god for this you have come and called because

00:49:21.980 --> 00:49:25.579
god because christ also suffered for you leaving

00:49:25.579 --> 00:49:27.599
you in examples that you might follow in his

00:49:27.599 --> 00:49:31.050
steps he committed no sin Neither was deceit

00:49:31.050 --> 00:49:33.929
found in his mouth, but when he was reviled,

00:49:34.230 --> 00:49:36.909
he did not revile in return. When he suffered,

00:49:36.929 --> 00:49:39.269
he did not threaten, but continued in trusting

00:49:39.269 --> 00:49:44.090
him to him who judged justly. He himself bore

00:49:44.090 --> 00:49:47.389
our sins in his body on the tree, that we might

00:49:47.389 --> 00:49:50.869
die to sin and live to righteousness. But his

00:49:50.869 --> 00:49:53.809
wounds you have been healed, for you were straying

00:49:53.809 --> 00:49:56.530
like a sheep, but you have returned to the shepherd

00:49:56.530 --> 00:50:13.260
and overseer of your souls. So one of the sermons

00:50:13.260 --> 00:50:16.579
I listened to on First Peter, after I'd gone

00:50:16.579 --> 00:50:19.000
through it on my own and I wanted to hear somebody

00:50:19.000 --> 00:50:25.059
else talk about it, he called this the, like

00:50:25.059 --> 00:50:31.260
in verse one, the be done with all deceit, hypocrisy,

00:50:31.420 --> 00:50:33.960
jealousy, and unkind speech, he called that spiritual

00:50:33.960 --> 00:50:37.900
junk food. So, you know, because it's keeping

00:50:37.900 --> 00:50:40.699
you, it's filling you up. and keeping you away

00:50:40.699 --> 00:50:43.400
from the good stuff, right? The nourishment,

00:50:44.579 --> 00:50:47.860
the gourmet food, right? The food that you just

00:50:47.860 --> 00:50:51.340
can't get enough of, but yet you fill up on crappy

00:50:51.340 --> 00:50:59.500
appetizers. I liked that analogy. I like food.

00:51:00.360 --> 00:51:03.840
That makes perfect sense. It preached to me this

00:51:03.840 --> 00:51:15.309
morning. But you know, I think this is also how

00:51:15.309 --> 00:51:19.949
the the devil works trying trying to separate

00:51:19.949 --> 00:51:24.349
us or not having that abundant life is through

00:51:24.349 --> 00:51:29.949
these things because that's our our human nature

00:51:29.949 --> 00:51:35.409
To feel this stuff to feel malice to feel deceit

00:51:35.409 --> 00:51:40.750
to envy It's our distraction. He's doing that

00:51:40.750 --> 00:51:43.309
as a distraction to keep us from looking to God

00:51:43.309 --> 00:51:49.030
for that fulfillment. Well because we can so

00:51:49.030 --> 00:51:53.389
easily seek those other things to fill the voids

00:51:53.389 --> 00:51:55.949
that we feel like oh I didn't get included or

00:51:55.949 --> 00:51:59.250
I didn't get this or I didn't get that and and

00:51:59.250 --> 00:52:01.150
God goes uh no remember look at all this I've

00:52:01.150 --> 00:52:05.769
given you it's okay. We're included in the the

00:52:05.769 --> 00:52:12.929
most important thing. But that just doesn't seem

00:52:12.929 --> 00:52:17.570
like enough sometimes that's when the when we

00:52:17.570 --> 00:52:32.929
are being deceited When I read verse eight, well

00:52:32.929 --> 00:52:36.230
the second half of verse eight on my own I you

00:52:36.230 --> 00:52:38.639
know early in the morning my mind just kind of

00:52:38.639 --> 00:52:40.500
took it away but it said they stumble because

00:52:40.500 --> 00:52:43.420
they don't obey God's word and so they meet the

00:52:43.420 --> 00:52:48.300
fate that was planned for them. I read it as

00:52:48.300 --> 00:52:50.539
they stumble because they don't obey God's word

00:52:50.539 --> 00:52:54.059
and so they don't meet the face that was planned

00:52:54.059 --> 00:52:56.780
for them so in my head I was like well they don't

00:52:56.780 --> 00:52:59.440
get to meet Jesus you know they don't get to

00:52:59.440 --> 00:53:04.059
stand at his throne and you know worship him

00:53:04.059 --> 00:53:08.050
they don't get that and I'm like And obviously,

00:53:08.170 --> 00:53:09.889
that's not what it said. When I read it back

00:53:09.889 --> 00:53:11.250
through the second time, I was like, oh, wait,

00:53:11.329 --> 00:53:12.849
that's not what that says. But I still wrote

00:53:12.849 --> 00:53:18.130
it down because I felt like, no matter what,

00:53:18.250 --> 00:53:20.789
it's the same meaning. It's just the way I read

00:53:20.789 --> 00:53:27.070
it first just said it differently. But that's

00:53:27.070 --> 00:53:29.610
a scary thing. And I don't know where it says

00:53:29.610 --> 00:53:34.079
it at. And I know I can't quote it very well

00:53:34.079 --> 00:53:36.940
or even paraphrase it very well but to me like

00:53:36.940 --> 00:53:40.940
the scariest thing is is When it says Jesus says,

00:53:41.039 --> 00:53:45.139
you know You didn't know me. So I don't know

00:53:45.139 --> 00:53:51.619
you. Yep. I Mean that was just oh I get an image

00:53:51.619 --> 00:53:57.039
in my head and it's just horrifying For that

00:53:57.039 --> 00:54:00.800
to happen. Mm -hmm. That's No, that's that's

00:54:00.800 --> 00:54:03.639
it's terrifying to think that I know he looks

00:54:03.639 --> 00:54:06.639
at you. I never knew you. Yeah, who are you?

00:54:07.300 --> 00:54:12.480
You know, it's like well shoot, you know, I Don't

00:54:12.480 --> 00:54:15.840
ever want to be that person on like us being

00:54:15.840 --> 00:54:17.619
here I don't ever want to be that one that leads

00:54:17.619 --> 00:54:20.699
somebody astray to the point where God is like

00:54:20.699 --> 00:54:23.840
You didn't do what I was telling you to do. I

00:54:23.840 --> 00:54:25.840
don't get away from me. I don't know who you

00:54:25.840 --> 00:54:32.880
are. Oh, yeah That that is very scary It's scary

00:54:54.360 --> 00:54:57.139
He's you've been given this opportunity to be

00:54:57.139 --> 00:54:59.599
a living stone. And, you know, Jesus is that

00:54:59.599 --> 00:55:01.179
capstone, that cornerstone that holds us all

00:55:01.179 --> 00:55:03.500
together, right? That that I love that image

00:55:03.500 --> 00:55:06.460
of the cornerstone or the capstone of a building,

00:55:06.460 --> 00:55:08.760
right? The thing that that if that stone goes

00:55:08.760 --> 00:55:14.260
away, everything crumbles, you know, and so if

00:55:14.260 --> 00:55:17.579
we are doing our very best, we are going to stumble

00:55:17.579 --> 00:55:20.599
and the rock might break and might chip away

00:55:20.599 --> 00:55:22.650
and might happen this way. But If we're doing

00:55:22.650 --> 00:55:24.710
our very best, we just have to keep going forward

00:55:24.710 --> 00:55:27.489
in faith knowing that he's giving us the words

00:55:27.489 --> 00:55:29.750
at the right moment and he's helping direct our,

00:55:29.929 --> 00:55:31.750
if we're giving it to him. Obviously we have

00:55:31.750 --> 00:55:33.550
to, that's our activity part. That's our active

00:55:33.550 --> 00:55:36.869
part. But if we're, if we're honestly going forward

00:55:36.869 --> 00:55:40.250
in faith and trying to be those living stones

00:55:40.250 --> 00:55:45.630
that he's called us to be, we will stumble. We'll

00:55:45.630 --> 00:55:48.230
say something wrong ones. We've done it before.

00:55:48.510 --> 00:55:52.940
I'll do it again. But then I'll just go, OK,

00:55:53.099 --> 00:55:57.940
I messed up. Let's talk about that again. I know

00:55:57.940 --> 00:56:00.420
a lot of it is partly in spiritual growth. Some

00:56:00.420 --> 00:56:05.659
of it is growth. We might say something now that

00:56:05.659 --> 00:56:08.039
in 10 years, we're like, holy crap, we didn't

00:56:08.039 --> 00:56:11.760
fully even understand that. We were just barely.

00:56:12.420 --> 00:56:15.559
Scraping the surface and now we understand that

00:56:15.559 --> 00:56:18.039
there's a deeper meeting and I think that's the

00:56:18.039 --> 00:56:20.780
whole point too There is a point so it's just

00:56:20.780 --> 00:56:24.420
a matter of like like like you said It's if we're

00:56:24.420 --> 00:56:27.099
doing if we know where the words are coming from

00:56:27.099 --> 00:56:32.380
if we know that you know First of all, I feel

00:56:32.380 --> 00:56:33.780
like we always say there is a disclaimer like

00:56:33.780 --> 00:56:37.780
this is our thoughts on this like this isn't

00:56:37.780 --> 00:56:40.719
You know, this is and I'm sure there's flaws

00:56:40.719 --> 00:56:44.840
in our theology, you know, because we are flawed

00:56:44.840 --> 00:56:48.000
humans trying to understand an un -flawed God.

00:56:49.159 --> 00:56:51.880
You know, but it's going to speak to me different

00:56:51.880 --> 00:56:54.300
than it speaks to both of you and different than

00:56:54.300 --> 00:56:56.380
it speaks to anybody that listens. You know,

00:56:56.559 --> 00:57:00.280
there are things that are going to hit home for

00:57:00.280 --> 00:57:03.320
me that aren't going to hit home for you. And

00:57:03.320 --> 00:57:07.599
it is, it's all about just making sure you're

00:57:07.599 --> 00:57:13.480
not being The teacher that James warned against

00:57:13.480 --> 00:57:17.000
you know, the one that's just looking for Fame

00:57:17.000 --> 00:57:20.519
and glory and stuff like I'm not I just want

00:57:20.519 --> 00:57:21.960
to make sure we're doing what we're supposed

00:57:21.960 --> 00:57:24.320
to be doing in a way that Glorifies God and it's

00:57:24.320 --> 00:57:27.420
bringing people to him. Yeah, you know, I want

00:57:27.420 --> 00:57:31.460
it. I wanted You know, I feel like we all are

00:57:31.460 --> 00:57:33.860
on the same page and making sure that Christians

00:57:33.860 --> 00:57:36.360
We are the Christians that we know we need to

00:57:36.360 --> 00:57:39.800
be that society isn't showing You know, they're

00:57:39.800 --> 00:57:43.519
only showing the ones that are doing the judging

00:57:43.519 --> 00:57:47.219
and not doing the loving. And that's why Christianity

00:57:47.219 --> 00:57:49.159
has a bad rap. It's like, I want to be out there

00:57:49.159 --> 00:57:53.659
and show the world that this is what Christianity

00:57:53.659 --> 00:57:58.440
is. It's three girls sitting around a table talking

00:57:58.440 --> 00:58:01.280
about God's word and his love and sharing it

00:58:01.280 --> 00:58:06.960
with anybody that'll listen. Yeah. Yeah. And

00:58:06.960 --> 00:58:09.940
being real to the point of, I do make mistakes

00:58:09.940 --> 00:58:12.900
every day. I get upset about things or people

00:58:12.900 --> 00:58:18.059
or politics or situations. And it clouds my judgment

00:58:18.059 --> 00:58:20.360
momentarily about something I just read that

00:58:20.360 --> 00:58:22.920
morning, right? Even though I know the direction

00:58:22.920 --> 00:58:25.280
I'm supposed to be going that day, for that moment

00:58:25.280 --> 00:58:30.079
or that whatever, I lose focus. But because of

00:58:30.079 --> 00:58:33.940
everything he's done for me, he also helps me

00:58:33.940 --> 00:58:35.739
to come right back around to being that person

00:58:35.739 --> 00:58:38.639
I'm supposed to be. And that I want to be not

00:58:38.639 --> 00:58:41.820
just because he told me to but because it's it

00:58:41.820 --> 00:58:44.079
also I know it's not necessarily they were great

00:58:44.079 --> 00:58:46.679
Christian thing. It feels right It does feel

00:58:46.679 --> 00:58:49.280
right in every sense of the word feel not just

00:58:49.280 --> 00:58:53.320
an emotion But your day goes better your week

00:58:53.320 --> 00:58:55.619
goes better when you when you've had that time

00:58:55.619 --> 00:58:58.880
to focus and be He's called you to be his chosen

00:58:58.880 --> 00:59:01.400
priesthood his royal, you know, I mean to be

00:59:01.400 --> 00:59:03.199
his living stones his children I mean, what what

00:59:03.199 --> 00:59:05.730
terms you want to use all of them, right? but

00:59:05.730 --> 00:59:08.329
to be who he's called us to be. And it makes

00:59:08.329 --> 00:59:12.530
those stumbling blocks, those things in your

00:59:12.530 --> 00:59:15.130
day that's just like, oh, this is the worst day

00:59:15.130 --> 00:59:20.929
ever. It's nothing, you know? Well, I'll just

00:59:20.929 --> 00:59:26.480
have to step over this and keep on going. No,

00:59:26.679 --> 00:59:29.639
Paul Paul. No Peter is getting into the part

00:59:29.639 --> 00:59:32.840
two where it was setting Christians apart, right?

00:59:32.900 --> 00:59:35.860
You're setting another one of the another black

00:59:35.860 --> 00:59:41.559
mark on their on their Credibility is he's explaining

00:59:41.559 --> 00:59:44.219
and he's gonna start explaining and even further

00:59:44.219 --> 00:59:47.260
in, you know chapter three You're putting the

00:59:47.260 --> 00:59:49.980
same people on the same like all the different

00:59:49.980 --> 00:59:55.690
types of slaves husbands wives, so slaves men,

00:59:56.130 --> 01:00:01.650
women all on the same level, which was unheard

01:00:01.650 --> 01:00:05.530
of in that society. But it's something I feel

01:00:05.530 --> 01:00:08.530
like that God's preached since day one. Yeah,

01:00:08.570 --> 01:00:15.389
yeah. And you see it in Jesus' ministry of who

01:00:15.389 --> 01:00:19.030
the apostles were, you know, who was with him.

01:00:19.570 --> 01:00:22.590
It wasn't just, you know, men there. He had a

01:00:22.590 --> 01:00:26.440
following of women, too. and they were the first

01:00:26.440 --> 01:00:33.059
ones to see him. That says a lot. It goes back

01:00:33.059 --> 01:00:35.659
to when we do our Women of the Bible stuff. He

01:00:35.659 --> 01:00:38.679
held women in high esteem because it's not just,

01:00:38.840 --> 01:00:42.239
I mean, we're all here to be his children, all

01:00:42.239 --> 01:00:44.300
here to tell his story, all here to be his light.

01:00:44.840 --> 01:00:47.980
Yeah. We all have our own rows. It's not the

01:00:47.980 --> 01:00:51.139
same rows. It's different, but it's all on the

01:00:51.139 --> 01:00:57.469
same level. Exactly. Hey, so we're gonna go ahead

01:00:57.469 --> 01:01:01.130
and we're gonna end the episode for this portion

01:01:01.130 --> 01:01:05.869
of first Peter here we Know we didn't finish

01:01:05.869 --> 01:01:09.269
all of first Peter Only getting through chapter

01:01:09.269 --> 01:01:13.769
two, but we try When possible to keep our episodes

01:01:13.769 --> 01:01:16.110
less than an hour because we know how hard it

01:01:16.110 --> 01:01:20.570
is to fit in time for ourselves So whether that's

01:01:20.570 --> 01:01:23.469
you know listening to podcasts or reading books

01:01:23.469 --> 01:01:26.980
sometimes we don't have an hour to give or more

01:01:26.980 --> 01:01:30.920
and we don't want to make you guys stop the episode

01:01:30.920 --> 01:01:33.659
multiple times just so that way you guys can

01:01:33.659 --> 01:01:37.480
finish it throughout days or at least if that's

01:01:37.480 --> 01:01:39.059
not the goal that's not something that you like

01:01:39.059 --> 01:01:42.460
to do so what we're gonna do is like I said we're

01:01:42.460 --> 01:01:45.340
gonna end it here and then in two weeks we're

01:01:45.340 --> 01:01:47.679
gonna go ahead and we'll start up literally right

01:01:47.679 --> 01:01:52.619
where we just stopped and then we'll finish up

01:01:52.619 --> 01:01:55.599
first Peter and go through chapter three's four

01:01:55.599 --> 01:01:58.920
and five. So we look forward to sitting down

01:01:58.920 --> 01:02:02.460
with you and continuing the talk on Peter. He

01:02:02.460 --> 01:02:07.280
is such an interesting book of the Bible. I mean

01:02:07.280 --> 01:02:10.219
we're loving digging into it, obviously considering

01:02:10.219 --> 01:02:14.480
we can't seem to keep this underneath a good

01:02:14.480 --> 01:02:18.519
time. But we also didn't want to cut out anything

01:02:18.519 --> 01:02:21.639
that Gets to show you guys a little bit into

01:02:21.639 --> 01:02:24.139
who we are and how we interact even just without

01:02:24.139 --> 01:02:26.300
the podcast So you guys got a little glimpse

01:02:26.300 --> 01:02:29.360
of that. So I apologize that I know we didn't

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get digging as much as we could into First Peter,

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but I promise you the next episode will be just

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as great And then we're gonna follow that up

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even with going through second Peter So we look

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forward to sitting around this table again with

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you here in two weeks and finishing up first

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Peter We want to thank you all for listening

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to the Mustard Seed Podcast and for joining us

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on this journey that God laid on our hearts.

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I know it's hard to feel connected when we are

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on this side of the microphone, so we wanted

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to make sure that you knew that you could connect

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with us on Facebook and Instagram at the Mustard

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Seed Podcast. Our Facebook group is a community.

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We share funny memes, Bible verses, and just

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We want to build the community that we advocate

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too big. You belong here and we want to connect

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with you.