Book of 1 Peter - Ch. 3, Vs. 19-Ch. 4, Vs. 13 (10/21/2001)

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Bro. Otis Fisher

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1 Peter chapter 3 verse 18 for Christ also hath once suffered for sins the just for the unjust
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That he might bring us to God Being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the
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Spirit First does Christ deal with sin in a Christian's life No, he does not deal with sin in a
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Christian's life He dealt with it one time We he deals with me and my new nature
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But he doesn't deal with sin Now these next two verses.
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I want you to pay attention not that you don't but special By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison
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Which sometimes were disobedient When once the long -suffering of God waited in the days of Noah While the ark was a preparing
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Wherein few that is eight souls were saved by water that covers
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I Don't know how many years It all boils down to a simple explanation
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I don't know what all you have heard or how you have translated it But These two verses are greatly misunderstood the souls
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Are now in prison hell they died and went to hell but Christ in Noah Preached to them while they were yet alive
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Let's go over it again By which also he went and preached unto the spirits
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That's God in Noah preaching to the spirits In prison, they're now in prison.
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He didn't go to hell. He didn't go to prison. He didn't do anything like that He preached to them while they were alive
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They did not respond and they went to hell Which sometimes were disobedient?
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We know that the whole world was disobedient When once the long -suffering of God waited in the days of Noah 120 years
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Can you imagine? building an ark when they hadn't seen rain and Where he built it there was no water and for 120 years.
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He kept at building the ark For the first 15 years they must have really kidded him
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Then they just sloughed it off as crazy old Noah Building what he calls a boat and We wonder how he's gonna float it
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But he kept at it and 120 years later It paid off When once the long -suffering of God waited in the days of Noah While the ark was preparing
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Quarry and a few that is eight souls Were saved by water so The souls are now in prison
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But Christ and Noah preached to them while they were yet alive Does everybody understand?
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Is there anyone that does not understand Is there anyone that understands sure
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They've twisted it all around That's what some of them believe
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That's right now if he went to hell why why would he go to hell and preached
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Be no be no purpose they couldn't be saved he could go only for bragging rights and that's not
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God He doesn't go to hell any other questions
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That that's heaven They were first in a
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There was two places hell and paradise When Christ died on the cross he told the thief today you'll be with me in paradise.
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So he went to paradise and Took all of them home No one went to heaven until after the cross
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You're still confused
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Yes That's right
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Yeah Well, we say paradise or in Abraham's bosom or whatever you want to call it.
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That was not the Not like someone that dies today into the
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Christian goes straight to be with the Lord in heaven that had not taken place yet They were waiting on the cross
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Yes That's right Yes, that's right any other questions
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They I take it by taking a little bit of liberty that all that were in torment
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Could see and hear what was going on on the other side
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But on the side of paradise, they could not see hell and torment
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That's right They would not what?
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We have no indication of it at all. Yes, I Don't know
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All right, he spoke to him so that was Abraham was
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God So he spoke to the man in torment. Yes any other questions
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Right Yes Well Yeah, we don't understand because we can't see it.
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We weren't there But it's suffice to say that Abraham talked to him and he was talking to Abraham But no place in all of that story
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Or any reference to that story. Do you find where the rich man was begging to get out?
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That never crossed his mind that he could leave and of course he can't But he never even come up for a discussion
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He didn't want anybody else to come there Now for those of you that have just come in we're looking at first Peter 3 19 and 20.
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I Have explained it like this The souls are now in prison in hell
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But Christ in Noah Preached to them while they were yet alive
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John you see that You've been over it enough. Do you see it?
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Are you with me? All right, first Peter 3 20 19 by which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison.
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He went and preached through Noah To the spirits that are now in prison
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They were not in prison when he preached to them, but they're now in prison because they went to hell
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Which sometimes were disobedient Scripture is very definite on that When once the long -suffering of God waited in the days of Noah, it's very definite about that 120 years
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While the ark was preparing Where in few that is eight souls were saved by water
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They were physically saved From drowning by water by being in the ship on the water
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They were saved from the water now any questions, yes
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That's right You can't do that That's right
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That's right, is everybody clear Through That's right
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Good point 21 The like figure now, we're going to look at something that is like that only it's figurative
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We're in Even and the word even is added Baptism doth now doth also now save us not putting away a filth of the flesh.
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You don't go take a bath but the answering of good conscience toward God by the resurrection of Jesus Christ the meaning of the word baptize the short meaning is placed in to placed in to So the meaning
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Of the word placed in to Just as eight souls were saved from the water
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Through the water by being placed into the boat Even are being placed into Christ on the cross saves us now
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We know we're placed in to him at on the cross because of Romans 6 and 3
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Turn over to that Greg read it when you get there
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There's no water in that verse at all We were placed in to Christ at his death
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So we died the old man died when Christ died
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Any questions Yes Yes The like figure where unto baptism doth also now save us by the resurrection of Jesus Christ No That's right, that's right
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No water in that The first parentheses starts between us and not
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Not to put in the way of the filth But the answer is good conscience toward God close parentheses
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All right, any questions, yes Yes Yeah, they have an answer for that though that was before the church yeah, that's
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Old Testament That's right
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What were y 'all saying
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As others That's right
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That's right But but they kind of smooth that over and go on Now, let's take up the last verse
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Who meaning Jesus? Is gone past tense
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Into heaven and is on the right hand present tense of God Angels and authorities and powers being made past tense subject unto him
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Who is gone into heaven? Self -explanatory he's already gone in the heaven
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For as much then as Christ has suffered for us in the flesh
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Now we established that in the other chapter Arm yourselves likewise with the same mind for he hath suffered in the flesh
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For he that hath suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin Now for as much then as Christ has suffered for us in the flesh in the flesh
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Greg, what's that mean? All right
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Why did Christ have to have a body? human body So he could die
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Romans 8 31 What shall we say then?
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What shall we then say to these things? If God before us who can be against us?
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No one Our attitude towards sin should be that of a saint not a sinner
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How many of your attitude toward sin is is a sinner? It should be that of a saint not a sinner it should bother you when you sin
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Our suffering is due to our our spiritual suffering is due to our not sinning.
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Yes, joy I don't
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I hope I never hear any of you say that I'll try to keep quiet if it's somebody else but not you
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Our spiritual suffering is due to our not sinning Do you get that Greg That's right
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Absolutely Where is sin?
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In the mind To that he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men
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But to the will of God Arm yourselves likewise with the same mind
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Arm yourselves now built. You're gonna harm yourself. What are you gonna do? That's right, you're not gonna put in a blank cartridge you're gonna put in a live round Arm yourselves likewise
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For Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh arm yourself likewise With the same mind
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Then it's what to mean same mind He did nothing but to please the
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Heavenly Father We're to have that same mind Our attitude our suffering is due our spiritual suffering is due to non -sinning and sin is in the mind that he no longer
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Should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God I hope
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I'm not gonna ask for a show of hands because I'd cause you to lie that from this moment on You say to God I no longer
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No longer will I live a life of sin? But to the will of God We find that any suffering we do in the flesh causes us to want to cease to sin
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We find that suffering that any suffering we do in the flesh
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Causes us to want to cease the sin. I hope it does If we cease from sinning
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What do we do? We grow
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Spiritually closer to a sinless life Just stop doing that that you know, you shouldn't do
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Sounds simple Since you do something all the time Debbie Then if you stop doing that that you're not supposed to do
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You'll replace it with something else and little by little you'll grow to be more like God In spite of yourself
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The will of God is being done all of the time Is that true or false?
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But we must realize it to not do so is to live a miserable miserable life
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Because we're always trying to change things All blessings are what?
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from God spiritual all growth is Spiritual all suffering is
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Spiritual for the time past of Our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the
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Gentiles When we walked in lasciviousness lust excess of wine revelings banqueting's
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Abominable idolatries you've done enough of that If you're 15 minutes old you've done enough of that Christianity suffers today not only in the foreign governments
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Attacking us, but right here in our own country We tend to think that all sin comes from other countries
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Not true our greatest sin is lack of obedience to God There must and shall be a day of accounting
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There must be one because there never yet was one There shall be one because God has made man an accountable creature
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He can give and therefore he shall give an account of his actions
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For he has a principle of reason to know what he does And a liberty of choice to govern himself and a rule to direct him what he chooses
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And what to refuse and consequently the actions proceeding from him just and Shall be accounted for by him
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That this account must be given to Christ the supreme and universal judge both of quick and dead
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Partly as a fitting reward for his great humiliation and suffering Partly that he would that the world may see what a great and excellent person he was
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Who came to visit them in great humility? And partly to give advantage to the future judgment and in that God has appointed a man for our judge a man who is flesh of Our flesh and bone of our bone one that is sensible of the follies temptations and imperfections of mankind and understands them
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And will make favorable allowances for them One that is
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God as well as man From whom we may expect all the goodness of a
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God and all the tender compassion of a man In their utmost perfection so that no man need fear such a judge
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Verse 4 wherein They think it strange that ye run not with them
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To the same excess of riot speaking evil of you
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It's getting Smaller This following God We don't have as wide a selection as we used to have of friends
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Why is that? Why does it seem to be getting smaller and smaller our selection of friends
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Yes All right
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It it goes forward on two counts one one they are and The second you are you're growing more and more godlike then
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John One That's right
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That's right That you that you run not with them
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Yes Yes That we be not moved with the enemy's perverse and slanderous judgments of us for none
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Where they be they be found living or Were dead before shall escape no one no
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Person Is going to escape judgment Who shall give an account to him that is ready to judge the quick and the dead now what's it mean quick and dead?
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David so Well, I think here it means that nobody's going to escape whether they're alive or dead
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Well, that's the judgment yes, that's what he judges I That's right for this cause was the gospel preached also to them that are dead
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Now Greg how could the gospel be preached to them that are dead?
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Right That they might be judged according to men in the flesh
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But live according to God in the spirit For this cause was the gospel preached also to them that are dead when they were alive
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That they might be judged according to men in the flesh They won't be judged for something which they did not partake in The Christians life is a banquet, but it's not a picnic
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But the end of all things is at hand now Peter wrote this 35 years ago and Back then he said all things
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Is at hand Be there for sober and watch unto prayer be sober make a prudent and moderate use of all your you possess and Watch against all occasions of sin
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Pray for the supporting hand of God to be upon you for good that you may escape the destruction that is coming and That you may be saved from among them when the affliction comes
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I Think today more than ever.
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We need to be sober minded Christ like In all that we do and all that we think and above all things
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Have fervent charity among yourselves for charity shall cover the multitude of sins
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Verge what does it mean that love covers a multitude of sins?
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All right, David, how do you apply that to a man everyday life?
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Today All right
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Oh Clarence could George it do something that would stop your love
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No no matter So David's boys
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Are loved whether they obey or not? It covers that Whereas someone else it might not cover that It does not mean that our love to others will induce
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God to pardon them We have no say -so in that Use hospitality one to another without grudging
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That which you have received at no cost You must give at no cost
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As every man hath received the gift even so minister the same one to another as good stewards of the manifold grace of God as Every man hath received the gift.
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What gift is he talking about? the spiritual gift
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That gifts are given for the benefit of others we are the minister one to another that is to improve our
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Gifts if any man speak
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Let him speak as the oracles of God If any man minister let him
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Let him do it as the ability which God gives That God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ to whom be praise and dominion forever and ever
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Amen as Any man speaks let him speak as the oracles of God David what does that mean in simple language as?
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Any man minister let him do it as the ability of which God gives him. What's that mean
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David? All right, don't try to step outside of that gift
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As we remember the uncertainty of these words Duration we should assign to temporal things their true value
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The only safety we have is in a life of dedication to the way of the
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Lord Beloved think it not strange
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Concerning the fiery trial Which is to try you as though some strange thing happened to you
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Beloved think it not strange. It's a test that has come Concerning the fiery trial which is to try it's not to ruin you is to try you
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As though some strange thing happened to you has some strange thing happened to you just you
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Nothing new under the Sun. It's happened someplace before This happened to some person before someone just like you
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But rejoice in as much as you are partakers of Christ's suffering That when his glory shall be revealed
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You may be glad Is that all?
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I don't have the rest of it. Well, let's stop there
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That's right. All right.
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Anything from anybody? 412?
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That's right, absolutely That's right never get trapped in thinking this just happened to me it's different anything else
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Yes That's a great danger
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Because we don't stress it enough Your troubles are just now starting only they won't be troubles.
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They'll be Steppingstones growth Craig dismisses.