Everything You Need for Faith

2 Peter 1:12-21
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Pastor Colin begins with 2 Peter chapter 1, verse 3, where it is stated that God’s divine power provides everything necessary for life and godliness through our knowledge of Jesus Christ. This verse underscores the sufficiency of knowing Jesus for facing life’s challenges.

He emphasises that Christ is with believers through the Spirit, liberating them from the dominion of sin, which is an enemy but not a master. Consequently, believers should strive to develop qualities such as faith, goodness, knowledge, self-control, perseverance, godliness, brotherly kindness, and love, which ensure a fruitful and productive Christian life and a rich welcome into the eternal kingdom of Jesus Christ.

Peter’s message points to the sufficiency of Jesus Christ not just for faith but for everything needed in life. This naturally brings up the question of how believers can have the knowledge of Jesus, which the answer is through the Bible. The reliability of the Bible then becomes crucial for ensuring that this knowledge of Jesus is true.

Pastor Colin explains that Peter, in verses 12 to 21 of the same chapter, addresses the issue of Scripture. He outlines four key aspects of the Bible: its authority, sufficiency, clarity, and necessity. Scripture is authoritative because it is not merely the word of men but the word of God. It is sufficient for knowing Christ, who provides everything needed for life. The Bible speaks clearly enough for anyone to understand, and it is necessary because it delivers the essential knowledge of Jesus Christ that believers would otherwise lack.

To further explain, Pastor Colin uses the analogy of a sailing ship driven by the wind during a storm to illustrate how the Bible’s writers were carried along by the Holy Spirit. This means that the messages they delivered were controlled by God, making the Bible unique and authoritative compared to any other writings. This divine inspiration ensures believers can trust both the Old and New Testaments.

1 00:00:00,000 –> 00:00:01,460 Will you open your Bibles, please, 2 00:00:01,460 –> 00:00:04,080 at 2 Peter and chapter one. 3 00:00:05,460 –> 00:00:07,040 Chapter one in verse three, 4 00:00:07,040 –> 00:00:11,200 His Divine power has given us everything we need 5 00:00:11,200 –> 00:00:15,040 for life and godliness through our knowledge of Him 6 00:00:15,040 –> 00:00:18,879 who called us by His own glory and goodness. 7 00:00:18,879 –> 00:00:22,360 Wonderful promise, that in knowing Jesus Christ 8 00:00:22,360 –> 00:00:24,559 God has given to you everything you need 9 00:00:24,559 –> 00:00:26,440 for everything you will ever face 10 00:00:27,020 –> 00:00:30,379 in any day of your experience of life in this world. 11 00:00:30,379 –> 00:00:33,639 categoric, it’s an amazing promise. 12 00:00:33,639 –> 00:00:36,259 Christ is with you by the spirit, 13 00:00:36,259 –> 00:00:39,279 you have been delivered from the grip of evil. 14 00:00:39,279 –> 00:00:42,540 Sin is your enemy, but it is not your master 15 00:00:42,540 –> 00:00:44,580 and for this very reason, verse five, 16 00:00:44,580 –> 00:00:47,119 we can act, we should therefore make every effort 17 00:00:47,119 –> 00:00:49,980 to add to faith, goodness and knowledge 18 00:00:49,980 –> 00:00:51,860 and self-control perseverance, godliness 19 00:00:51,860 –> 00:00:53,680 brotherly kindness, and love. 20 00:00:53,680 –> 00:00:57,660 In this way, Peter says, your Christian life 21 00:00:57,660 –> 00:01:00,680 will be fruitful, verse eight, and it will be productive 22 00:01:00,680 –> 00:01:03,099 which is what we want, and more than that, 23 00:01:03,099 –> 00:01:05,379 verse 11, on the last day you will receive 24 00:01:05,379 –> 00:01:07,459 a rich welcome into the eternal kingdom 25 00:01:07,459 –> 00:01:09,339 of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. 26 00:01:09,339 –> 00:01:12,059 Now, that’s the message of the book. 27 00:01:12,059 –> 00:01:15,120 It is about the sufficiency of our Lord 28 00:01:15,120 –> 00:01:17,860 and Savior Jesus Christ, not only for faith 29 00:01:17,860 –> 00:01:21,540 but for everything that you need for life. 30 00:01:21,540 –> 00:01:22,919 It’s in Jesus. 31 00:01:23,519 –> 00:01:27,339 Now, that raises an obvious question. 32 00:01:27,339 –> 00:01:30,980 Everything we need for life is in the knowledge of Jesus, 33 00:01:30,980 –> 00:01:33,739 but how do we have the knowledge of Jesus? 34 00:01:33,739 –> 00:01:35,919 Answer, through the Bible. 35 00:01:37,220 –> 00:01:42,040 Well then, how do we know that the Bible is reliable? 36 00:01:42,040 –> 00:01:45,279 How can we be sure that we have a true knowledge of Jesus? 37 00:01:45,279 –> 00:01:48,040 If everything we need for life lies in knowing Him, 38 00:01:48,040 –> 00:01:51,279 how do we know that we know Him truly? 39 00:01:51,279 –> 00:01:54,760 Can we, in other words, trust the source of that knowledge, 40 00:01:54,760 –> 00:01:57,900 which is through the word of God, through the Bible? 41 00:01:57,900 –> 00:02:00,260 And you’ll see then that is why, very naturally, 42 00:02:00,260 –> 00:02:03,120 Peter comes in verses 12 to 21 43 00:02:03,120 –> 00:02:06,180 to address this whole issue of Scripture, 44 00:02:06,180 –> 00:02:08,199 and this is one of the most important passages 45 00:02:08,199 –> 00:02:10,220 in the New Testament with regards 46 00:02:10,220 –> 00:02:13,460 to what we believe about the Bible. 47 00:02:13,460 –> 00:02:14,899 Now, just to give it a quick frame 48 00:02:14,899 –> 00:02:17,520 in our minds, by way of overview, 49 00:02:17,520 –> 00:02:20,259 Dr. Wayne Gruedem, who taught for many years 50 00:02:20,259 –> 00:02:24,619 at Trinity University, has identified four things 51 00:02:24,619 –> 00:02:26,740 that we need to know about the Bible 52 00:02:26,740 –> 00:02:29,259 and that the Bible claims in regards to itself. 53 00:02:29,259 –> 00:02:30,559 This is a good little overview 54 00:02:30,559 –> 00:02:33,119 that might be worth keeping in mind for you. 55 00:02:33,119 –> 00:02:35,899 First there’s the authority of Scripture, 56 00:02:35,899 –> 00:02:38,100 and it’s interesting that right here, 57 00:02:38,100 –> 00:02:42,300 Peter speaks about how men spoke from God 58 00:02:42,300 –> 00:02:44,960 as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit. 59 00:02:44,960 –> 00:02:46,080 The authority of Scripture 60 00:02:46,080 –> 00:02:48,500 is that it is the word, not simply of men, 61 00:02:48,500 –> 00:02:49,800 but it is the word of God, 62 00:02:50,000 –> 00:02:52,360 and Peter states that clearly here. 63 00:02:52,360 –> 00:02:55,699 Secondly, the sufficiency of Scripture, 64 00:02:55,699 –> 00:02:59,320 that is Scripture has all that we need for knowing Christ, 65 00:02:59,320 –> 00:03:02,279 who has all that we need for living life. 66 00:03:02,279 –> 00:03:04,119 Now, that’s the whole point that Peter is making 67 00:03:04,119 –> 00:03:06,179 here in this first chapter. 68 00:03:06,179 –> 00:03:07,880 God has given us everything we need for life 69 00:03:07,880 –> 00:03:10,139 in knowing Jesus, and he has given us everything 70 00:03:10,139 –> 00:03:13,080 we need for knowing Jesus in the Bible. 71 00:03:13,080 –> 00:03:16,300 These two things obviously must go together. 72 00:03:16,520 –> 00:03:19,639 Third, the clarity of Scripture, 73 00:03:19,639 –> 00:03:21,940 in other words, God has spoken in the Bible 74 00:03:21,940 –> 00:03:24,440 in a way that we can understand. 75 00:03:24,440 –> 00:03:28,600 Notice how in verse 19, Peter picks up this theme 76 00:03:28,600 –> 00:03:31,440 when he says that the Scripture is like a light 77 00:03:31,440 –> 00:03:34,559 shining in a dark place. 78 00:03:34,559 –> 00:03:36,520 In other words, you must never think of the Bible 79 00:03:36,520 –> 00:03:40,399 as an obscure kind of book that only scholars 80 00:03:40,399 –> 00:03:43,600 or priests or whatever could understand. 81 00:03:43,600 –> 00:03:46,160 The Bible is God’s revelation of himself. 82 00:03:46,160 –> 00:03:49,039 It belongs in the hands of the people 83 00:03:49,039 –> 00:03:52,020 because God has spoken clearly and if you come 84 00:03:52,020 –> 00:03:54,520 to the Scripture humbly with an inquiring mind 85 00:03:54,520 –> 00:03:56,080 and seeking the help of the Lord, 86 00:03:56,080 –> 00:03:59,240 you can understand it and you can learn from it. 87 00:04:00,320 –> 00:04:04,119 Now, not everything in the Bible is equally clear. 88 00:04:04,119 –> 00:04:06,839 It’s interesting in a, if you just turn over a page 89 00:04:06,839 –> 00:04:09,800 to Chapter 3 in verse 16 of this letter, 90 00:04:09,800 –> 00:04:11,479 you’ll see that Peter acknowledges 91 00:04:11,479 –> 00:04:13,880 that there are some things in Paul 92 00:04:14,039 –> 00:04:16,119 that are hard to understand. 93 00:04:16,119 –> 00:04:19,399 Extraordinary statement in Chapter 3 in verse 16. 94 00:04:19,399 –> 00:04:20,720 It really helps a lot, doesn’t it? 95 00:04:20,720 –> 00:04:22,640 To know of even Peter thought there were some things 96 00:04:22,640 –> 00:04:24,380 in Paul that were hard to understand. 97 00:04:24,380 –> 00:04:26,600 That kind of makes the rest of us feel better 98 00:04:26,600 –> 00:04:30,040 if we find some things that are hard to understand too. 99 00:04:30,040 –> 00:04:31,640 But granting that there are some things 100 00:04:31,640 –> 00:04:33,519 that are difficult to understand, 101 00:04:33,519 –> 00:04:35,200 what Peter wants us to grasp 102 00:04:35,200 –> 00:04:38,480 is that that which is most important is most clear 103 00:04:38,480 –> 00:04:40,399 and the Bible in its essence as a whole 104 00:04:40,399 –> 00:04:42,200 is not an obscure book. 105 00:04:42,200 –> 00:04:44,880 God has spoken clearly in such a way 106 00:04:44,880 –> 00:04:48,200 that ordinary people can come and find a knowledge of Him 107 00:04:48,200 –> 00:04:49,579 in His word. 108 00:04:49,579 –> 00:04:52,380 And then the fourth thing is the necessity of scripture. 109 00:04:53,320 –> 00:04:56,160 What would we know about God if we didn’t have the Bible? 110 00:04:57,239 –> 00:04:59,399 I had a conversation right here just, 111 00:04:59,399 –> 00:05:01,720 it’s a few months ago now with a father 112 00:05:01,720 –> 00:05:05,000 who said to me that he was telling his son, 113 00:05:05,000 –> 00:05:06,380 who was in one of our classes 114 00:05:06,380 –> 00:05:07,739 and the father just visited the church, 115 00:05:07,739 –> 00:05:09,019 he said, I’m telling my son 116 00:05:09,019 –> 00:05:10,899 that you don’t need the Bible for faith 117 00:05:10,899 –> 00:05:12,480 because even if you have the Bible, 118 00:05:12,480 –> 00:05:13,440 it’s just all around you. 119 00:05:13,440 –> 00:05:14,679 You just have this faith. 120 00:05:15,839 –> 00:05:20,679 I said to him, what exactly could your son believe 121 00:05:20,679 –> 00:05:22,100 if he didn’t have the Bible? 122 00:05:23,440 –> 00:05:24,440 If he didn’t have the Bible, 123 00:05:24,440 –> 00:05:27,600 he couldn’t know who Jesus was. 124 00:05:27,600 –> 00:05:28,799 Couldn’t know that He died on the Cross. 125 00:05:28,799 –> 00:05:30,920 Couldn’t know that He was raised from the dead. 126 00:05:30,920 –> 00:05:33,040 Couldn’t know that He’s coming again in power and glory. 127 00:05:33,040 –> 00:05:36,119 Couldn’t know anything about the gospel at all. 128 00:05:36,119 –> 00:05:38,339 We didn’t have the Bible. 129 00:05:38,339 –> 00:05:41,079 We could know that God was great and glorious and eternal. 130 00:05:41,079 –> 00:05:42,739 We could discern that from creation, 131 00:05:42,739 –> 00:05:44,739 but that’s about all we would know. 132 00:05:44,739 –> 00:05:47,540 You’d never even get as far as to know that He was love. 133 00:05:47,540 –> 00:05:51,179 You wouldn’t get that simply from looking at the universe 134 00:05:51,179 –> 00:05:53,260 with all of the contortions that are within it 135 00:05:53,260 –> 00:05:55,200 as a result of the fall into sin. 136 00:05:56,140 –> 00:05:59,459 So the necessity of the scripture reminds us 137 00:05:59,459 –> 00:06:02,619 that God has given us this revelation 138 00:06:02,619 –> 00:06:04,160 so that we may know Christ 139 00:06:04,160 –> 00:06:05,420 in whom we find everything we need 140 00:06:05,420 –> 00:06:06,399 for life in godliness, 141 00:06:06,399 –> 00:06:07,540 because apart from the Bible, 142 00:06:08,100 –> 00:06:10,399 you simply would not have a knowledge of Jesus Christ. 143 00:06:10,399 –> 00:06:14,500 What would you know if it was not from the scriptures? 144 00:06:14,500 –> 00:06:17,399 Therefore our confidence in the Bible 145 00:06:17,399 –> 00:06:19,519 and in the reliability of the scripture 146 00:06:19,519 –> 00:06:22,000 is a very important issue for us 147 00:06:22,000 –> 00:06:23,880 and that’s what’s before us today. 148 00:06:25,000 –> 00:06:26,980 Now there are obviously two parts in the Bible, 149 00:06:26,980 –> 00:06:29,160 the Old Testament, which was complete 150 00:06:29,160 –> 00:06:31,079 at the time when Peter was writing 151 00:06:31,079 –> 00:06:33,519 and the New Testament, which obviously wasn’t 152 00:06:33,519 –> 00:06:35,600 since Peter’s letter, which is in the New Testament, 153 00:06:35,600 –> 00:06:37,200 was being written at the time He was writing. 154 00:06:37,200 –> 00:06:39,220 If you see what I mean, 155 00:06:40,119 –> 00:06:41,559 it’s interesting though to notice 156 00:06:41,559 –> 00:06:45,260 that even at the time that Peter was writing, 157 00:06:45,260 –> 00:06:47,559 some of the letters of the Apostle Paul 158 00:06:47,559 –> 00:06:50,399 were already in circulation among the churches 159 00:06:50,399 –> 00:06:53,519 and were regarded by Peter 160 00:06:53,519 –> 00:06:56,880 and evidently being received by the churches 161 00:06:56,880 –> 00:06:59,920 as on the same level of inspiration and authority 162 00:06:59,920 –> 00:07:02,640 as the Old Testament scriptures. 163 00:07:02,640 –> 00:07:05,320 You’ll find that in chapter three and verse 16 164 00:07:05,339 –> 00:07:08,359 of this letter, a very important little reference there 165 00:07:08,359 –> 00:07:11,100 where Peter says that Paul’s letters 166 00:07:11,100 –> 00:07:14,399 contain some things that are hard to understand 167 00:07:14,399 –> 00:07:17,579 which ignorant and unstable people distort, 168 00:07:17,579 –> 00:07:22,579 then notice this, as they do the other scriptures, 169 00:07:22,940 –> 00:07:24,880 the other scriptures. 170 00:07:24,880 –> 00:07:28,160 So Peter as an apostle is already affirming 171 00:07:28,160 –> 00:07:31,640 the letters of the Apostle Paul as scripture 172 00:07:31,640 –> 00:07:34,600 to be placed alongside the Old Testament canon 173 00:07:34,720 –> 00:07:39,720 that was already complete, Old and New Testament together. 174 00:07:40,380 –> 00:07:41,920 And what Peter wants us to know, 175 00:07:41,920 –> 00:07:44,380 and you’ll see it very clearly in this passage today, 176 00:07:44,380 –> 00:07:48,880 is that you can trust both the witness of the apostles 177 00:07:48,880 –> 00:07:52,940 to our Lord Jesus, that’s the essence of the New Testament, 178 00:07:52,940 –> 00:07:56,299 and he speaks about that in verses 16 to 18, 179 00:07:56,299 –> 00:08:00,200 and you can trust the word of the prophets 180 00:08:00,200 –> 00:08:02,880 which was about the Lord Jesus Christ 181 00:08:02,880 –> 00:08:07,059 which is the subject of verses 19 through 21. 182 00:08:07,059 –> 00:08:10,059 The witness of the apostles and the word of the prophets 183 00:08:10,059 –> 00:08:13,399 put these two together and you really have the whole Bible. 184 00:08:13,399 –> 00:08:15,839 Apostles and prophets is a shorthand way 185 00:08:15,839 –> 00:08:17,600 of referring to the whole Bible. 186 00:08:17,600 –> 00:08:19,019 You find that, for example, 187 00:08:19,019 –> 00:08:22,279 in Ephesians chapter two and verse 20 188 00:08:22,279 –> 00:08:25,660 where the apostle Paul speaks of how the church 189 00:08:25,660 –> 00:08:30,179 is built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets 190 00:08:30,559 –> 00:08:35,559 with Jesus Christ himself being the chief cornerstone. 191 00:08:37,340 –> 00:08:41,280 So prophets, Old Testament, point forward to Jesus. 192 00:08:41,280 –> 00:08:45,080 Apostles, New Testament, bear witness to Jesus. 193 00:08:45,080 –> 00:08:50,080 These two together being the sum of all the scripture. 194 00:08:51,460 –> 00:08:54,000 As we come to what Peter has to say about these things, 195 00:08:54,000 –> 00:08:55,599 I’ve got a very simple outline 196 00:08:55,599 –> 00:08:57,219 that will be easy for us to follow. 197 00:08:57,219 –> 00:08:59,919 I want us to look first at what the apostles saw. 198 00:08:59,940 –> 00:09:03,539 That’s the apostolic witness to Jesus in the New Testament. 199 00:09:03,539 –> 00:09:06,400 Second, the words that the prophets spoke 200 00:09:06,400 –> 00:09:08,039 and how these words came to them. 201 00:09:08,039 –> 00:09:10,000 That is the prophetic witness to Jesus 202 00:09:10,000 –> 00:09:11,719 in the Old Testament. 203 00:09:11,719 –> 00:09:13,739 And then thirdly and most significantly, 204 00:09:13,739 –> 00:09:17,039 our calling to remember. 205 00:09:17,039 –> 00:09:18,159 Which is where all of this 206 00:09:18,159 –> 00:09:22,460 becomes practical in our own lives. 207 00:09:22,460 –> 00:09:25,359 So let’s begin then with the apostles’ witness 208 00:09:25,359 –> 00:09:28,859 to the Son of God, verses 16-18. 209 00:09:28,880 –> 00:09:30,820 Because this is our second memory verse here, 210 00:09:30,820 –> 00:09:33,059 let’s just read aloud verse 16 together, 211 00:09:33,059 –> 00:09:34,820 if you would, with me. 212 00:09:34,820 –> 00:09:38,619 We did not follow cleverly invented stories 213 00:09:38,619 –> 00:09:41,419 when we told you about the power and coming 214 00:09:41,419 –> 00:09:43,919 of our Lord Jesus Christ, 215 00:09:43,919 –> 00:09:47,900 but we were eye-witnesses of his majesty. 216 00:09:47,900 –> 00:09:48,820 Now when Peter talks 217 00:09:48,820 –> 00:09:50,739 about the power and coming of our Lord Jesus, 218 00:09:50,739 –> 00:09:53,340 he’s not talking about the first coming here, 219 00:09:53,340 –> 00:09:55,880 he’s talking about the second coming, 220 00:09:55,919 –> 00:09:57,280 when he comes in power 221 00:09:57,280 –> 00:10:00,780 and in glory, it’s part of the Gospel, 222 00:10:00,780 –> 00:10:02,200 that we look forward to the day 223 00:10:02,200 –> 00:10:05,219 when the risen Lord Jesus Christ will return 224 00:10:05,219 –> 00:10:06,599 bringing those who are already 225 00:10:06,599 –> 00:10:08,359 in his presence with him, 226 00:10:08,359 –> 00:10:09,760 and we will see his power 227 00:10:09,760 –> 00:10:12,320 and we will see his glory. 228 00:10:12,320 –> 00:10:13,760 Now, Peter says, 229 00:10:13,760 –> 00:10:16,320 when I talk about Jesus in power and glory, 230 00:10:16,320 –> 00:10:18,960 you need to understand I’m not making this up 231 00:10:18,960 –> 00:10:22,719 and this isn’t some kind of cunningly invented story. 232 00:10:22,719 –> 00:10:24,159 I know about Jesus’ power 233 00:10:24,159 –> 00:10:25,520 and I know about Jesus’ glory 234 00:10:25,520 –> 00:10:27,900 because I have already seen it. 235 00:10:27,900 –> 00:10:30,239 I saw it on the Mount of Transfiguration 236 00:10:30,239 –> 00:10:32,599 when Jesus took me along with James and John 237 00:10:32,599 –> 00:10:34,460 up to the top of that mountain 238 00:10:34,460 –> 00:10:36,520 and Jesus was transfigured. 239 00:10:36,520 –> 00:10:38,119 We saw his glory, 240 00:10:38,119 –> 00:10:39,559 we saw him as one day 241 00:10:39,559 –> 00:10:41,760 every Christian will see him, 242 00:10:41,760 –> 00:10:43,159 and we heard the voice 243 00:10:43,159 –> 00:10:44,599 of the Father from heaven 244 00:10:44,599 –> 00:10:46,400 affirming him as the Son 245 00:10:46,400 –> 00:10:49,679 in whom the Father is well pleased. 246 00:10:49,679 –> 00:10:51,159 Now, notice the word eyewitness 247 00:10:51,159 –> 00:10:52,840 here that’s very important. 248 00:10:53,780 –> 00:10:57,359 The New Testament gives to us 249 00:10:57,359 –> 00:10:59,080 the witnessed account, 250 00:10:59,080 –> 00:11:01,359 the apostolic account 251 00:11:01,359 –> 00:11:05,000 from the up close and personal knowledge 252 00:11:05,000 –> 00:11:06,479 of our Lord Jesus Christ 253 00:11:06,479 –> 00:11:09,520 that was trusted to these men. 254 00:11:09,520 –> 00:11:11,159 Do you find this throughout the New Testament? 255 00:11:11,159 –> 00:11:13,200 John puts it this way, 256 00:11:13,200 –> 00:11:15,479 the word became flesh 257 00:11:15,479 –> 00:11:17,140 and lived among us 258 00:11:17,140 –> 00:11:19,640 and we, that’s the apostles, 259 00:11:19,640 –> 00:11:21,840 beheld his glory. 260 00:11:21,840 –> 00:11:24,080 We saw his glory. 261 00:11:24,080 –> 00:11:26,520 Peter says the same thing in verse 16. 262 00:11:26,520 –> 00:11:30,760 We were eye witnesses of his majesty. 263 00:11:30,760 –> 00:11:31,580 Verse 18, 264 00:11:33,039 –> 00:11:35,239 we heard the voice that came from Heaven 265 00:11:35,239 –> 00:11:38,500 and we were with him on the sacred mountain. 266 00:11:39,380 –> 00:11:40,919 So what you have in the New Testament 267 00:11:40,919 –> 00:11:44,239 is not a collection of vague thoughts about Jesus. 268 00:11:44,239 –> 00:11:46,780 It is the eye witness accounts 269 00:11:46,780 –> 00:11:48,599 superintendent by the holy spirit 270 00:11:48,599 –> 00:11:51,059 as we’re going to see in just a moment 271 00:11:51,059 –> 00:11:53,599 coming from those who, up close and personal 272 00:11:53,599 –> 00:11:55,700 over a prolonged period of time, 273 00:11:55,700 –> 00:11:57,880 were able to bear witness 274 00:11:57,880 –> 00:12:00,960 to our Lord and savior Jesus Christ. 275 00:12:00,960 –> 00:12:02,320 And this reminds us, of course, 276 00:12:02,320 –> 00:12:04,219 that the whole Bible is about 277 00:12:04,219 –> 00:12:06,859 our Lord and savior Jesus Christ, 278 00:12:06,859 –> 00:12:09,900 the apostolic witness to him in the New Testament, 279 00:12:09,900 –> 00:12:14,200 the prophetic word about him in the Old Testament. 280 00:12:14,200 –> 00:12:16,080 Jesus is the message of the Bible. 281 00:12:17,159 –> 00:12:19,239 The law tells us that he’s needed 282 00:12:20,080 –> 00:12:23,979 in the prophets he is predicted, 283 00:12:23,979 –> 00:12:27,539 in the Psalms, he is worshiped, 284 00:12:27,539 –> 00:12:30,700 in the gospels, he is described, 285 00:12:30,700 –> 00:12:33,219 in the acts, he is proclaimed, 286 00:12:33,219 –> 00:12:36,299 in the epistles, he is explained, 287 00:12:36,299 –> 00:12:37,880 and in the Book of Revelation, 288 00:12:37,880 –> 00:12:42,619 he is unveiled in all of his heavenly glory. 289 00:12:42,619 –> 00:12:44,799 This is what the Bible is all about, 290 00:12:44,799 –> 00:12:46,219 that’s what the scripture is, 291 00:12:46,239 –> 00:12:49,599 this prophetic and apostolic witness 292 00:12:49,599 –> 00:12:52,500 to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. 293 00:12:52,500 –> 00:12:53,640 That’s what it is. 294 00:12:54,559 –> 00:12:57,500 Now the question that flows from that of course is, 295 00:12:57,500 –> 00:12:59,299 well but how did it come to us? 296 00:12:59,299 –> 00:13:00,460 How did we get it? 297 00:13:00,460 –> 00:13:05,460 By what means has the scripture come to us? 298 00:13:05,500 –> 00:13:07,739 And Peter addresses this very clearly 299 00:13:07,739 –> 00:13:10,979 in verses 19 through 21 where he speaks 300 00:13:10,979 –> 00:13:14,479 about the prophetic word and here we come 301 00:13:14,479 –> 00:13:16,659 to some statements that are very important 302 00:13:16,659 –> 00:13:19,780 for what we believe about the inspiration 303 00:13:19,780 –> 00:13:23,000 of the scriptures. 304 00:13:23,000 –> 00:13:25,359 Now notice in verse 21 that Peter speaks 305 00:13:25,359 –> 00:13:28,840 about the origin of prophecy. 306 00:13:28,840 –> 00:13:30,520 The origin of prophecy. 307 00:13:30,520 –> 00:13:32,440 In other words, where did the Old Testament 308 00:13:32,440 –> 00:13:33,479 scriptures come from? 309 00:13:33,479 –> 00:13:37,479 How did they actually come to us? 310 00:13:37,479 –> 00:13:39,979 And Peter answers this very important question 311 00:13:39,979 –> 00:13:42,820 in two ways, first negatively and then positively. 312 00:13:42,820 –> 00:13:44,140 Let’s look at the negative first. 313 00:13:44,140 –> 00:13:49,380 Verse 20, he tells us how the scriptures did not come. 314 00:13:49,380 –> 00:13:53,599 No prophecy of scripture came about by the prophet’s 315 00:13:53,599 –> 00:13:57,460 own interpretation. 316 00:13:57,460 –> 00:14:04,900 For prophecy never had its origin in the will of man. 317 00:14:04,900 –> 00:14:06,580 Now, notice that Peter here is talking 318 00:14:06,580 –> 00:14:09,979 about prophecies of scripture. 319 00:14:09,979 –> 00:14:13,119 In other words, he’s talking about the Old Testament, 320 00:14:13,119 –> 00:14:16,700 and he is distinguishing the prophecy of scripture 321 00:14:16,700 –> 00:14:20,280 from every other word that may claim in any way 322 00:14:20,280 –> 00:14:22,400 to come from God. 323 00:14:22,400 –> 00:14:25,380 You see, it’s very easy to get up and to claim 324 00:14:25,380 –> 00:14:28,640 that you have a message from God. 325 00:14:28,640 –> 00:14:30,460 Anyone can do that. 326 00:14:30,460 –> 00:14:32,820 Though frankly, if you had lived in ancient Israel, 327 00:14:32,820 –> 00:14:35,919 you would have thought twice before you did. 328 00:14:35,919 –> 00:14:38,760 Because if you got up and claimed 329 00:14:38,760 –> 00:14:42,500 that what you were speaking was from God, 330 00:14:42,500 –> 00:14:46,299 and it was found and judged by the elders of the community 331 00:14:46,299 –> 00:14:50,739 simply to be you spouting your own ideas, 332 00:14:50,739 –> 00:14:52,260 you know what the penalty for that was 333 00:14:52,260 –> 00:14:53,320 in ancient Israel? 334 00:14:54,179 –> 00:14:55,020 Stoning. 335 00:14:55,979 –> 00:14:58,020 It’s interesting, by the way, there are not that many things 336 00:14:58,020 –> 00:15:00,179 for which you could be stoned in ancient Israel, 337 00:15:00,179 –> 00:15:01,460 but this was one of them. 338 00:15:02,559 –> 00:15:06,380 And the severity of the penalty, you see, 339 00:15:06,380 –> 00:15:08,659 was to create a control within that community 340 00:15:09,400 –> 00:15:10,700 so that all the people understood 341 00:15:10,700 –> 00:15:14,119 that God’s word is God’s word, 342 00:15:14,119 –> 00:15:17,859 and the rest of us don’t go around trying to claim 343 00:15:17,859 –> 00:15:20,099 that what we’re saying and what we’re thinking 344 00:15:20,099 –> 00:15:23,739 is somehow invested with the authority of God. 345 00:15:25,080 –> 00:15:28,140 By the way, it’s just an interesting thought 346 00:15:28,140 –> 00:15:30,739 for Christians who might be inclined today 347 00:15:30,739 –> 00:15:32,580 to very easily walk around saying, 348 00:15:33,979 –> 00:15:37,260 you know, the Lord told me this and the Lord told me that, 349 00:15:37,960 –> 00:15:40,000 I hear this sort of thing on Sunday mornings. 350 00:15:40,000 –> 00:15:41,460 Some of us talk like that. 351 00:15:42,619 –> 00:15:45,260 Well, if you were in ancient Israel, 352 00:15:45,260 –> 00:15:47,320 you would have been up before the elders for saying that, 353 00:15:47,320 –> 00:15:49,419 and if they judged that basically 354 00:15:49,419 –> 00:15:51,000 what you were saying was your own thoughts, 355 00:15:51,000 –> 00:15:53,419 then you wouldn’t be saying that sort of thing 356 00:15:53,419 –> 00:15:56,140 very much longer, if you see what I mean. 357 00:15:56,140 –> 00:15:58,440 Well, we’re not ancient Israel, you understand, 358 00:15:59,659 –> 00:16:01,059 but it does make you think. 359 00:16:02,780 –> 00:16:06,119 In ancient Israel, God’s law was structured in such a way 360 00:16:06,179 –> 00:16:08,719 that no one was in any doubt 361 00:16:08,719 –> 00:16:10,460 that the Word of God was one thing 362 00:16:10,460 –> 00:16:13,580 and the words of men were entirely another, 363 00:16:14,400 –> 00:16:16,840 and there is all the difference in the world 364 00:16:16,840 –> 00:16:20,080 between the two, and everyone in ancient Israel 365 00:16:20,080 –> 00:16:24,140 understood that huge distinction. 366 00:16:25,479 –> 00:16:27,520 Now, we desperately need to understand 367 00:16:27,520 –> 00:16:30,299 that distinction, that difference today as well. 368 00:16:31,179 –> 00:16:35,119 See, you go into Borders and Barnes and Noble, 369 00:16:35,119 –> 00:16:36,020 and what do you see? 370 00:16:36,020 –> 00:16:38,140 Hundreds and hundreds of books. 371 00:16:38,140 –> 00:16:43,140 I go in there way too often, I love it, marvelous. 372 00:16:43,599 –> 00:16:46,280 And you browse around and you ask the question, 373 00:16:46,280 –> 00:16:48,659 how did all these books come to be written? 374 00:16:50,340 –> 00:16:52,520 And the answer is that in each case, 375 00:16:52,520 –> 00:16:55,979 the author felt that he had something to say. 376 00:16:55,979 –> 00:16:58,260 He thought it was really important, 377 00:16:58,260 –> 00:17:00,219 and so he wrote it down in a book. 378 00:17:01,359 –> 00:17:04,060 The book in other words, came from man’s will. 379 00:17:04,060 –> 00:17:05,739 It came from man’s insight. 380 00:17:06,140 –> 00:17:07,560 It came from man’s initiative and it came 381 00:17:07,560 –> 00:17:10,099 from man’s creativity and women’s too. 382 00:17:11,760 –> 00:17:14,180 Now post-modernism, and here’s a point 383 00:17:14,180 –> 00:17:16,219 where post-modernism is right. 384 00:17:17,900 –> 00:17:20,920 Post-modernism has recognized that the world 385 00:17:20,920 –> 00:17:24,880 is full of ideas and values and opinions 386 00:17:24,880 –> 00:17:27,339 that people want to push on us. 387 00:17:27,339 –> 00:17:30,219 And post-modernism is increasingly saying, 388 00:17:30,219 –> 00:17:31,579 and we’re tired of it as well. 389 00:17:32,400 –> 00:17:34,660 The history of the world is littered 390 00:17:34,880 –> 00:17:37,760 with interpretations of life and truth 391 00:17:37,760 –> 00:17:39,640 that various people at different times 392 00:17:39,640 –> 00:17:43,319 have wanted to push up on everyone else. 393 00:17:43,319 –> 00:17:46,680 So there’s the communist view, there’s the fascist view, 394 00:17:46,680 –> 00:17:49,680 there’s the Islamic view, there’s the New Age view, 395 00:17:49,680 –> 00:17:51,359 there’s the environmentalist view, 396 00:17:51,359 –> 00:17:53,560 there’s the liberal view, there’s the conservative view, 397 00:17:53,560 –> 00:17:56,079 and on and on and on. 398 00:17:58,079 –> 00:18:01,140 And, what Peter is saying at it’s heart is just this. 399 00:18:02,119 –> 00:18:06,020 You need to understand the Scripture isn’t like that. 400 00:18:07,780 –> 00:18:11,300 The Bible doesn’t belong in this lineup. 401 00:18:12,540 –> 00:18:15,380 It’s not another bunch of men 402 00:18:15,380 –> 00:18:18,939 trying to push their view of life on us. 403 00:18:20,380 –> 00:18:22,939 Don’t whatever you do, Peter is saying, 404 00:18:22,939 –> 00:18:26,079 put the Old Testament prophets 405 00:18:26,079 –> 00:18:29,400 in that long list of interpretations of God 406 00:18:29,439 –> 00:18:32,180 and of life and of meaning and of existence 407 00:18:32,180 –> 00:18:34,040 that people around the world will continue 408 00:18:34,040 –> 00:18:36,239 to produce in every generation. 409 00:18:37,699 –> 00:18:39,560 The Old Testament prophets, 410 00:18:39,560 –> 00:18:42,000 the Scriptures do not belong there, they’re different. 411 00:18:42,000 –> 00:18:43,280 They’re different from every other book 412 00:18:43,280 –> 00:18:45,479 that has ever been written. 413 00:18:45,479 –> 00:18:47,839 No prophecy of Scripture came about 414 00:18:47,839 –> 00:18:50,040 by the prophet’s own interpretation. 415 00:18:51,500 –> 00:18:55,939 For prophecy never had its origin in the will of man. 416 00:18:56,880 –> 00:18:58,680 You say, okay, I see that he’s making this point 417 00:18:58,719 –> 00:19:02,359 that somehow this is different, but how is it different? 418 00:19:02,359 –> 00:19:05,560 Well, now, let’s come to his positive answer, verse 21. 419 00:19:06,739 –> 00:19:08,880 For prophecy of Scripture never had its origin 420 00:19:08,880 –> 00:19:11,560 in the will of man, how did it come? 421 00:19:11,560 –> 00:19:14,040 But men spoke from God 422 00:19:15,239 –> 00:19:19,839 as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit. 423 00:19:21,880 –> 00:19:24,319 Carried along by the Holy Spirit. 424 00:19:24,319 –> 00:19:25,319 What does that mean? 425 00:19:25,760 –> 00:19:29,239 Well, I think the best way to grasp 426 00:19:29,239 –> 00:19:31,760 what Peter is saying here is through a picture 427 00:19:31,760 –> 00:19:33,880 or through a story that we have in the Bible, 428 00:19:33,880 –> 00:19:35,199 and you might like to turn to it 429 00:19:35,199 –> 00:19:36,780 if you’ve got your Bible open, 430 00:19:36,780 –> 00:19:38,859 and if you want to look at a cross-reference, 431 00:19:38,859 –> 00:19:41,780 it’s in Acts and chapter 27. 432 00:19:41,780 –> 00:19:43,260 Acts and chapter 27. 433 00:19:45,060 –> 00:19:47,520 The story here is about Paul 434 00:19:47,520 –> 00:19:51,280 and he’s under arrest. 435 00:19:52,180 –> 00:19:56,380 And he’s being taken on a ship 436 00:19:56,380 –> 00:20:00,579 to Rome, where he will end his days in this world. 437 00:20:01,939 –> 00:20:04,619 And the journey is extremely difficult. 438 00:20:04,619 –> 00:20:06,739 You get the feel of it in verse seven. 439 00:20:07,760 –> 00:20:11,079 We made slow headway for many days 440 00:20:11,079 –> 00:20:14,400 and had difficulty arriving off Snydas. 441 00:20:15,239 –> 00:20:18,900 When the wind did not allow us to hold our course, 442 00:20:18,900 –> 00:20:21,000 we sailed to the Lea of Crete. 443 00:20:21,599 –> 00:20:23,020 So you’re getting the sense of this journey. 444 00:20:23,020 –> 00:20:24,439 Can you imagine all these prisoners 445 00:20:24,439 –> 00:20:26,979 and there’s this ship, this sailing ship, 446 00:20:26,979 –> 00:20:29,260 and the wind is against them. 447 00:20:30,640 –> 00:20:32,660 Now, let’s take it up in verse 14. 448 00:20:33,540 –> 00:20:38,540 Before very long, a wind of hurricane force 449 00:20:39,199 –> 00:20:44,199 called the Northeaster, swept down from the island. 450 00:20:44,800 –> 00:20:47,160 Now, we still give names to hurricanes, you know? 451 00:20:47,160 –> 00:20:49,000 Katrina and so forth. 452 00:20:49,000 –> 00:20:50,839 If a hurricane’s big enough, we give it a name. 453 00:20:50,920 –> 00:20:52,959 Well, they did that in those days as well, 454 00:20:52,959 –> 00:20:55,280 and the name they gave to this particular hurricane 455 00:20:55,280 –> 00:20:57,959 was the Northeaster, so if it was worth a name 456 00:20:57,959 –> 00:21:00,020 you know that they were on the water 457 00:21:00,020 –> 00:21:03,640 in a very, very desperate and dangerous time. 458 00:21:03,640 –> 00:21:06,959 And Luke tells us here what happened. 459 00:21:06,959 –> 00:21:09,920 The ship was caught in the storm 460 00:21:09,920 –> 00:21:12,479 and could not head into the wind, 461 00:21:12,479 –> 00:21:17,479 so we give way to it and we’re driven along. 462 00:21:17,560 –> 00:21:19,439 Acts 27 verse 15. 463 00:21:20,359 –> 00:21:22,520 Now the words that Luke uses here 464 00:21:22,520 –> 00:21:26,400 for the ship being driven along by the Northeaster 465 00:21:27,479 –> 00:21:29,939 is the same word that Peter uses 466 00:21:29,939 –> 00:21:32,439 for the prophets being carried along 467 00:21:32,439 –> 00:21:35,540 in verse 21 by the holy spirit. 468 00:21:36,640 –> 00:21:40,199 How much control do you have if you’re in a sailing ship 469 00:21:40,199 –> 00:21:44,400 being carried along in a storm, a hurricane storm? 470 00:21:44,400 –> 00:21:45,939 Not much. 471 00:21:45,939 –> 00:21:47,119 The direction of the ship. 472 00:21:47,119 –> 00:21:49,359 We had to give way to it, Luke says. 473 00:21:49,900 –> 00:21:53,180 The direction of the boat is controlled by the wind 474 00:21:53,180 –> 00:21:55,180 and it’s the same word that Peter uses here. 475 00:21:55,180 –> 00:21:59,560 The message of the prophets is controlled by the spirit. 476 00:21:59,560 –> 00:22:01,400 And what he’s saying to us in verse 21 477 00:22:01,400 –> 00:22:03,739 is men spoke from God. 478 00:22:03,739 –> 00:22:05,739 They did not control the message, 479 00:22:05,739 –> 00:22:07,819 the message controlled them. 480 00:22:07,819 –> 00:22:09,660 It came to them from God. 481 00:22:09,660 –> 00:22:11,459 The best way of thinking about what that was like 482 00:22:11,459 –> 00:22:16,339 was like a mighty wind and they were carried along in it 483 00:22:16,339 –> 00:22:18,880 in such a way that what they wrote 484 00:22:18,880 –> 00:22:22,079 was exactly what God intended them to say. 485 00:22:22,079 –> 00:22:24,520 And so, verse 21 of 2 Peter chapter 1, 486 00:22:24,520 –> 00:22:28,060 men spoke from God. 487 00:22:29,119 –> 00:22:30,199 Think of this. 488 00:22:31,060 –> 00:22:34,300 God breathed his word 489 00:22:35,599 –> 00:22:38,020 through Job’s pain and sorrow. 490 00:22:39,400 –> 00:22:44,219 God breathed his words through David’s songs of worship. 491 00:22:45,060 –> 00:22:49,020 God breathed his word through Moses 492 00:22:49,020 –> 00:22:52,380 and through Joshua, through David. 493 00:22:54,199 –> 00:22:56,520 These men sometimes were reluctant. 494 00:22:56,520 –> 00:22:58,540 Jeremiah, the prophet, 495 00:22:58,540 –> 00:23:01,099 he didn’t feel he had anything great to say. 496 00:23:01,099 –> 00:23:02,560 God’s word came to him. 497 00:23:03,099 –> 00:23:05,439 If you check out 1 Peter chapter one 498 00:23:05,439 –> 00:23:08,260 and verse 10 and 11, you’ll see there 499 00:23:08,260 –> 00:23:09,780 that quite clearly there were times 500 00:23:09,780 –> 00:23:11,260 when the prophets themselves 501 00:23:11,260 –> 00:23:13,760 didn’t even fully understand their own message 502 00:23:13,760 –> 00:23:16,520 because it related to Christ, who was still to come. 503 00:23:16,520 –> 00:23:18,540 And they were speaking for us 504 00:23:18,540 –> 00:23:20,599 who live the side of the coming 505 00:23:20,599 –> 00:23:22,619 of the Lord Jesus Christ. 506 00:23:24,040 –> 00:23:25,479 So God was in control. 507 00:23:26,540 –> 00:23:31,119 Men spoke from God as they were carried along 508 00:23:32,160 –> 00:23:33,479 by the Holy Spirit. 509 00:23:35,000 –> 00:23:35,920 You see what Peter was saying. 510 00:23:35,920 –> 00:23:37,339 That makes the Bible different 511 00:23:37,339 –> 00:23:40,599 from any other book that has ever been written. 512 00:23:40,599 –> 00:23:43,560 Any religious book, any secular book. 513 00:23:43,560 –> 00:23:45,920 The Bible is just in a different category 514 00:23:45,920 –> 00:23:50,839 because there is nothing else in all of the world like this. 515 00:23:50,839 –> 00:23:53,380 And that is what we believe about the Bible. 516 00:23:54,680 –> 00:23:56,420 See, if God had not spoken, 517 00:23:57,520 –> 00:23:59,640 if God had not made himself known, 518 00:24:01,719 –> 00:24:04,060 if we did not know him we could not find 519 00:24:04,060 –> 00:24:06,140 everything we need for life in him. 520 00:24:07,359 –> 00:24:08,439 And all we would have then 521 00:24:08,439 –> 00:24:10,319 would be the summit human experience 522 00:24:10,319 –> 00:24:12,199 in Barnes and Noble and Borders. 523 00:24:12,979 –> 00:24:15,140 And most of the summer human experience 524 00:24:15,140 –> 00:24:16,599 is pretty painful by the way. 525 00:24:18,380 –> 00:24:20,660 All we would have is one generation after another 526 00:24:20,660 –> 00:24:23,439 spouting ideas and thoughts and opinions, 527 00:24:23,439 –> 00:24:26,040 religious movements started by men. 528 00:24:27,359 –> 00:24:28,660 No knowledge of God. 529 00:24:29,920 –> 00:24:33,920 And without the knowledge of God in Jesus Christ 530 00:24:33,920 –> 00:24:37,400 we don’t have everything we need for life. 531 00:24:38,359 –> 00:24:40,479 So thank God for the way that he has spoken 532 00:24:40,479 –> 00:24:41,979 in a world of opinion. 533 00:24:42,780 –> 00:24:45,079 God has given us revelation. 534 00:24:45,079 –> 00:24:47,500 In a world full of religion and philosophy 535 00:24:47,500 –> 00:24:52,020 and psychology there is no other book like this book. 536 00:24:52,020 –> 00:24:53,319 In all the history of the world 537 00:24:53,319 –> 00:24:54,719 and all the continents of the world 538 00:24:54,719 –> 00:24:56,040 there never has been anything like it, 539 00:24:56,040 –> 00:24:57,599 never will be anything like it. 540 00:24:57,599 –> 00:25:00,699 God has spoken to us in Jesus Christ 541 00:25:01,800 –> 00:25:05,920 through the apostles and the prophets. 542 00:25:07,239 –> 00:25:12,180 Apotles saw, prophets spoke. 543 00:25:12,219 –> 00:25:13,599 And here’s the last thing today. 544 00:25:13,599 –> 00:25:16,300 We remember. 545 00:25:16,300 –> 00:25:18,280 Now if you think that sounds like an anticlimax 546 00:25:18,280 –> 00:25:21,060 which it may sound like, hang on. 547 00:25:21,880 –> 00:25:24,520 We need to know what the Bible means by remember. 548 00:25:25,439 –> 00:25:27,219 And probably this is the most important thing 549 00:25:27,219 –> 00:25:28,140 for us to grasp. 550 00:25:28,140 –> 00:25:31,140 It is life-changing for us today. 551 00:25:32,380 –> 00:25:34,219 Notice the emphasis on remembering, 552 00:25:34,219 –> 00:25:36,180 beginning in verse 12. 553 00:25:36,180 –> 00:25:38,599 Peter speaks about it three times. 554 00:25:38,599 –> 00:25:41,400 I will always remind you, verse 12, of these things, 555 00:25:41,400 –> 00:25:44,199 that’s the gospel, even though you know them 556 00:25:44,199 –> 00:25:47,619 and are fully established in the truth that you now have. 557 00:25:47,619 –> 00:25:49,780 I’ll always remind you of the things you already know. 558 00:25:49,780 –> 00:25:51,520 Isn’t that a strange thing to say? 559 00:25:53,239 –> 00:25:55,119 He repeats it again in verse 13. 560 00:25:55,119 –> 00:25:57,260 I think it is right to refresh your memory 561 00:25:57,260 –> 00:25:59,300 as long as I live in the tent of this body. 562 00:25:59,300 –> 00:26:01,239 So he’s gonna carry on saying the same thing 563 00:26:01,239 –> 00:26:02,619 for the rest of his life. 564 00:26:03,880 –> 00:26:05,339 And as if we hadn’t already got the point, 565 00:26:05,339 –> 00:26:06,920 verse 15 he says, 566 00:26:06,920 –> 00:26:09,640 I will make every effort to see that after my departure 567 00:26:09,660 –> 00:26:12,780 you will be able to remember these things. 568 00:26:14,699 –> 00:26:19,699 Now, being reminded of things you already know 569 00:26:19,959 –> 00:26:23,079 gets old pretty fast, doesn’t it? 570 00:26:23,079 –> 00:26:25,599 And so if Peter is committed 571 00:26:25,599 –> 00:26:27,780 to spending the whole of his life 572 00:26:27,780 –> 00:26:29,219 reminding the church of things 573 00:26:29,219 –> 00:26:32,319 that Christian believers already know, 574 00:26:32,319 –> 00:26:34,979 isn’t that going to be a formula for frustration? 575 00:26:36,380 –> 00:26:38,060 See we’re going to come next week 576 00:26:38,060 –> 00:26:40,380 to the work of the false teachers 577 00:26:40,380 –> 00:26:42,699 which is the subject of chapter two. 578 00:26:42,699 –> 00:26:44,800 And we will find that the mark of the false teachers 579 00:26:44,800 –> 00:26:47,040 was they were always saying something new. 580 00:26:48,040 –> 00:26:49,819 And Peter is right up front in saying 581 00:26:49,819 –> 00:26:51,900 you don’t expect that to come from an apostle. 582 00:26:51,900 –> 00:26:53,680 What my ministry is all about 583 00:26:53,680 –> 00:26:55,660 is to bring you back to something old. 584 00:26:55,660 –> 00:26:58,199 I will keep reminding you of all 585 00:26:58,199 –> 00:26:59,979 that you have already known 586 00:26:59,979 –> 00:27:03,780 and become established in with regards to Jesus Christ. 587 00:27:04,660 –> 00:27:08,099 Suppose you get into your car 588 00:27:09,099 –> 00:27:12,979 and every time you do, the person with you says, 589 00:27:12,979 –> 00:27:15,599 don’t forget to drive on the right side of the road. 590 00:27:17,500 –> 00:27:19,819 And every time you come to a junction 591 00:27:19,819 –> 00:27:22,839 the person says, don’t forget to indicate. 592 00:27:23,819 –> 00:27:26,060 And when the light is red, 593 00:27:26,060 –> 00:27:28,099 don’t forget to pull up and stop. 594 00:27:29,099 –> 00:27:30,800 You know this goes on for a while 595 00:27:30,800 –> 00:27:32,280 and at some point you’re gonna pull 596 00:27:32,300 –> 00:27:33,739 your car into the side of the road 597 00:27:33,739 –> 00:27:35,579 and you’re going to say, now look, 598 00:27:36,660 –> 00:27:41,660 please stop telling me what I already know, right? 599 00:27:45,439 –> 00:27:47,699 You ever had that experience 600 00:27:47,699 –> 00:27:50,119 where you’ve been asked to bring something home, 601 00:27:50,119 –> 00:27:53,819 guys, from work at the end of the day, 602 00:27:53,819 –> 00:27:54,739 a gallon of milk, 603 00:27:54,739 –> 00:27:57,540 will you remember to bring a gallon of milk home with you? 604 00:27:57,540 –> 00:28:00,060 And so faithfully because you’re just a wonderful person 605 00:28:00,060 –> 00:28:01,339 you go into the grocery 606 00:28:01,339 –> 00:28:02,699 and you’re standing in front of the fridge 607 00:28:02,699 –> 00:28:04,020 and what happens? 608 00:28:04,020 –> 00:28:05,280 Your cell phone goes. 609 00:28:06,160 –> 00:28:07,839 And it is your dear one and she says, 610 00:28:07,839 –> 00:28:10,260 hi, just call to remind you 611 00:28:10,260 –> 00:28:12,319 to bring home a gallon of milk or whatever it is, 612 00:28:12,319 –> 00:28:13,560 and you want to say, 613 00:28:13,560 –> 00:28:15,040 I’m doing it, I’m doing it. 614 00:28:15,040 –> 00:28:16,579 I mean, what is the point of reminding me, 615 00:28:16,579 –> 00:28:17,760 I am already doing, 616 00:28:17,760 –> 00:28:18,760 do you think I don’t know? 617 00:28:18,760 –> 00:28:20,520 Do you think I can’t remember? 618 00:28:21,979 –> 00:28:23,520 Now you see, I’m wanting you to think about 619 00:28:23,520 –> 00:28:27,319 the strangeness of what Peter says here, 620 00:28:27,319 –> 00:28:29,640 I’m committed to a lifelong ministry 621 00:28:29,640 –> 00:28:32,099 reminding you of what you already know. 622 00:28:33,500 –> 00:28:35,540 Isn’t that going to play right into the hands 623 00:28:35,540 –> 00:28:36,640 of the false teachers 624 00:28:36,640 –> 00:28:38,540 who are offering something new. 625 00:28:42,000 –> 00:28:43,640 What does it mean to remember? 626 00:28:44,599 –> 00:28:45,459 That’s the issue. 627 00:28:46,760 –> 00:28:48,439 And if you can grasp this today, 628 00:28:48,439 –> 00:28:50,439 you’ve grasped something very important. 629 00:28:51,459 –> 00:28:53,400 Remembering in the Bible 630 00:28:53,400 –> 00:28:57,380 is more than being able to recall something that happened. 631 00:28:58,280 –> 00:29:00,479 Remembering in the Bible 632 00:29:00,479 –> 00:29:02,400 is about what happened becoming 633 00:29:02,400 –> 00:29:06,140 real and fresh and alive and present. 634 00:29:07,079 –> 00:29:07,979 It’s what it is. 635 00:29:09,439 –> 00:29:11,380 Now let me give you just two illustrations 636 00:29:11,380 –> 00:29:12,479 and then we’re through. 637 00:29:13,439 –> 00:29:14,939 If you look back to verse nine, 638 00:29:14,939 –> 00:29:18,479 you’ll see that Peter speaks there about a person 639 00:29:18,479 –> 00:29:22,500 who professes faith but has forgotten, 640 00:29:22,500 –> 00:29:24,140 the opposite of remembering obviously, 641 00:29:24,140 –> 00:29:27,040 he’s forgotten that he’s been cleansed from his past sins. 642 00:29:28,280 –> 00:29:30,099 So here’s a guy in church world, 643 00:29:30,099 –> 00:29:32,640 but he’s not a growing prospering Christian. 644 00:29:33,819 –> 00:29:36,219 He’s just kind of stuck in his Christian life, 645 00:29:36,219 –> 00:29:37,359 but there he is in the church 646 00:29:37,359 –> 00:29:39,579 in the group of people to whom Peter is writing. 647 00:29:39,579 –> 00:29:41,819 Now you go up to that guy on a Sunday morning 648 00:29:41,819 –> 00:29:43,479 and you say to him, 649 00:29:43,479 –> 00:29:46,160 do you know I just want to tell you something. 650 00:29:46,160 –> 00:29:50,020 Jesus Christ died to cleanse you from your sins. 651 00:29:50,979 –> 00:29:53,199 That guy has been in the church for a while. 652 00:29:53,199 –> 00:29:54,660 He’s going to say I know that. 653 00:29:55,680 –> 00:29:56,520 I know that. 654 00:29:58,199 –> 00:30:02,060 The problem for this guy is not that he is unable 655 00:30:02,060 –> 00:30:03,760 to recall the death of Jesus 656 00:30:03,760 –> 00:30:05,780 for the forgiveness of his sins. 657 00:30:06,619 –> 00:30:08,819 The problem for this guy is that his forgiveness 658 00:30:08,819 –> 00:30:10,920 doesn’t mean much to him anymore. 659 00:30:11,800 –> 00:30:15,839 It is no longer a reality that is shaping his life. 660 00:30:15,839 –> 00:30:18,979 It is no longer for him something that is real and fresh 661 00:30:18,979 –> 00:30:20,479 and alive and present. 662 00:30:20,479 –> 00:30:22,260 He’s forgotten. 663 00:30:22,260 –> 00:30:24,359 He doesn’t know what it means to remember. 664 00:30:25,359 –> 00:30:29,219 The greatest use of course of remembering in the Bible 665 00:30:29,219 –> 00:30:31,119 is what? 666 00:30:31,119 –> 00:30:33,079 The Lord’s Supper. 667 00:30:33,079 –> 00:30:36,000 Remember when Jesus instituted the Lord’s Supper? 668 00:30:36,000 –> 00:30:37,939 He took bread and wine and he said what? 669 00:30:37,939 –> 00:30:42,180 Do this in remembrance of me. 670 00:30:42,180 –> 00:30:43,819 Now let me ask you a question. 671 00:30:43,819 –> 00:30:47,579 If you never went to another communion service 672 00:30:47,579 –> 00:30:49,199 in all of your life. 673 00:30:49,199 –> 00:30:51,599 You never went to another communion service, 674 00:30:52,420 –> 00:30:54,540 do you think that you would when you were old 675 00:30:54,540 –> 00:30:57,040 have forgotten that Jesus died on the cross? 676 00:30:57,040 –> 00:30:59,260 Be unable to recall that fact? 677 00:30:59,260 –> 00:31:00,640 Of course not. 678 00:31:00,640 –> 00:31:04,140 You’re never going to be unable to recall 679 00:31:04,140 –> 00:31:06,619 that Jesus died on the cross. 680 00:31:08,020 –> 00:31:09,719 If you never went to another communion service, 681 00:31:09,719 –> 00:31:10,560 you’d always know that. 682 00:31:10,560 –> 00:31:12,400 You would always to be able to recall that. 683 00:31:12,400 –> 00:31:14,339 So what does Jesus mean when he says 684 00:31:14,339 –> 00:31:17,540 you’re to do this in remembrance of me? 685 00:31:18,140 –> 00:31:21,420 See, Jesus wants his death and his resurrection 686 00:31:21,420 –> 00:31:25,599 to be something more to you than an event you can recall. 687 00:31:26,979 –> 00:31:28,619 He wants you to savor his blessing, 688 00:31:28,619 –> 00:31:30,520 he wants you to taste his goodness, 689 00:31:30,520 –> 00:31:32,540 he wants you to taste the power 690 00:31:32,540 –> 00:31:34,500 that flows from his death and resurrection, 691 00:31:34,500 –> 00:31:39,239 he wants it to be real and alive and fresh and present. 692 00:31:39,239 –> 00:31:42,560 That’s what the bible means by remember. 693 00:31:44,079 –> 00:31:47,060 I learned this in a most moving meeting 694 00:31:47,060 –> 00:31:48,479 that I attended years ago, 695 00:31:48,479 –> 00:31:51,219 it’d be forever imprinted on my mind. 696 00:31:51,219 –> 00:31:53,800 Back in London, there was a group of ministers 697 00:31:53,800 –> 00:31:55,439 from different denominations, 698 00:31:55,439 –> 00:31:57,319 and we met probably four times a year 699 00:31:57,319 –> 00:31:59,160 to discuss various topics, 700 00:31:59,160 –> 00:32:01,239 there was a Methodist minister, 701 00:32:01,239 –> 00:32:02,579 a Baptist pastor, 702 00:32:02,579 –> 00:32:05,079 a Church of England vicar, 703 00:32:05,079 –> 00:32:07,300 a charismatic lay leader, 704 00:32:07,300 –> 00:32:08,680 a Catholic priest, 705 00:32:08,680 –> 00:32:09,520 and myself. 706 00:32:09,520 –> 00:32:11,319 It sounds like the beginning of a joke, doesn’t it? 707 00:32:11,319 –> 00:32:15,359 But we actually had some wonderful meetings 708 00:32:15,359 –> 00:32:16,640 and discussions together, 709 00:32:16,640 –> 00:32:18,579 and on one occasion, 710 00:32:18,579 –> 00:32:21,020 the subject that was set for us was 711 00:32:21,020 –> 00:32:25,199 what makes a valid communion service. 712 00:32:25,199 –> 00:32:26,800 Now, you can understand in that context 713 00:32:26,800 –> 00:32:28,900 there were very very different ideas 714 00:32:28,900 –> 00:32:32,640 about what makes a valid communion service. 715 00:32:32,640 –> 00:32:35,520 Do you have to have an ordained priest present? 716 00:32:36,479 –> 00:32:37,680 Can it be a valid communion service 717 00:32:37,680 –> 00:32:39,479 if it’s just students on a campus 718 00:32:39,479 –> 00:32:41,040 and not a church? 719 00:32:41,040 –> 00:32:42,280 Do you have to use real wine? 720 00:32:42,280 –> 00:32:43,439 Does it have to be unleavened bread 721 00:32:43,439 –> 00:32:44,319 and so forth and so on. 722 00:32:44,319 –> 00:32:46,119 It was all this kind of discussion. 723 00:32:47,560 –> 00:32:50,959 There was an Anglican priest in the group, 724 00:32:50,959 –> 00:32:55,520 an old man by the name of 725 00:32:55,520 –> 00:32:56,619 Cannon Harry Wittenbach, 726 00:32:56,619 –> 00:32:58,719 Cannon’s a title they give in the Church of England, 727 00:32:58,719 –> 00:33:00,599 quite an extraordinary one. 728 00:33:00,599 –> 00:33:03,260 Harry was a soft spoken man. 729 00:33:03,260 –> 00:33:05,719 Didn’t contribute much to the discussion at all. 730 00:33:06,920 –> 00:33:09,000 But after it’d gone on for some time, 731 00:33:09,000 –> 00:33:09,839 he spoke. 732 00:33:09,839 –> 00:33:10,660 He said, you know, 733 00:33:10,660 –> 00:33:14,979 when I think of what makes a valid communion, 734 00:33:16,780 –> 00:33:19,680 I think about when I was in prison in China. 735 00:33:20,599 –> 00:33:21,979 Well, you can imagine the room went 736 00:33:21,979 –> 00:33:24,699 very, very quiet indeed at that point. 737 00:33:25,760 –> 00:33:27,479 We all knew that Harry had been in prison 738 00:33:27,479 –> 00:33:29,280 for some time in China, 739 00:33:29,280 –> 00:33:31,000 but like many folks who have gone through 740 00:33:31,000 –> 00:33:32,339 an ordeal of that sort, 741 00:33:32,339 –> 00:33:34,400 he very, very rarely spoke about it. 742 00:33:35,680 –> 00:33:39,020 It was Christmas day, he said. 743 00:33:41,160 –> 00:33:44,540 There were three of us who were believers. 744 00:33:46,920 –> 00:33:49,699 We didn’t have any wine, 745 00:33:51,280 –> 00:33:54,660 and none of us were ordained priests at the time. 746 00:33:56,459 –> 00:33:59,020 We had kept a few crusts of bread, 747 00:33:59,979 –> 00:34:03,939 and we’d kept a little water in a cup, 748 00:34:06,219 –> 00:34:10,419 and on Christmas day we remembered the Lord. 749 00:34:14,020 –> 00:34:15,239 His eyes filled with tears 750 00:34:15,239 –> 00:34:17,580 and his voice faltered, I’ll never forget it, 751 00:34:17,580 –> 00:34:22,219 he said, I’ve never known a communion service like it. 752 00:34:23,820 –> 00:34:28,120 He said, the Lord was there, the Lord was there. 753 00:34:31,060 –> 00:34:34,760 Now you see, that’s what the Bible means by remembering, 754 00:34:36,219 –> 00:34:38,939 it’s more than knowing about Jesus 755 00:34:38,939 –> 00:34:40,659 dying and rising in your head, 756 00:34:41,159 –> 00:34:44,439 it’s savoring this Christ crucified 757 00:34:44,439 –> 00:34:45,840 and risen in your heart. 758 00:34:47,840 –> 00:34:50,699 And Harry Wittenbach had found 759 00:34:50,699 –> 00:34:53,719 that he had everything that he needed for life, 760 00:34:53,719 –> 00:34:56,080 even life in prison in China, 761 00:34:57,580 –> 00:35:02,580 in the knowledge of this Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. 762 00:35:04,919 –> 00:35:06,399 And Peter had proved that, of course, 763 00:35:06,399 –> 00:35:07,399 in his own life too, 764 00:35:07,399 –> 00:35:09,719 been in prison many times as well, 765 00:35:10,320 –> 00:35:13,800 and that’s why you see he’s saying here, folks, 766 00:35:13,800 –> 00:35:16,419 this is why my ministry is going to be 767 00:35:16,419 –> 00:35:19,360 about one thing and one thing only. 768 00:35:20,760 –> 00:35:22,320 I’m never gonna move away from this. 769 00:35:22,320 –> 00:35:25,979 I want you to be able to lay hold of Christ, 770 00:35:26,939 –> 00:35:30,199 to savor Christ, to feed on Christ, 771 00:35:30,199 –> 00:35:33,100 to live on Christ, and I’m never going to stop 772 00:35:33,100 –> 00:35:36,219 reminding you, therefore, about him. 773 00:35:36,219 –> 00:35:38,620 I’m gonna do it as long as I live in this body, 774 00:35:38,719 –> 00:35:40,939 and after I’ve died, I will make every effort 775 00:35:40,939 –> 00:35:44,139 to see that the church continues to be focused 776 00:35:44,139 –> 00:35:46,600 and centered on him because it is in him 777 00:35:46,600 –> 00:35:48,840 that we find everything that we need 778 00:35:48,840 –> 00:35:51,479 for life and for godliness, folks. 779 00:35:51,479 –> 00:35:54,139 That is the purpose of communion, 780 00:35:55,760 –> 00:35:58,419 that with faith you draw near to the savior 781 00:35:58,419 –> 00:36:00,659 and feed on the richness 782 00:36:00,659 –> 00:36:02,340 of what he has accomplished for you. 783 00:36:02,340 –> 00:36:05,000 That’s the purpose of preaching. 784 00:36:06,360 –> 00:36:07,379 If you think preaching’s about 785 00:36:07,459 –> 00:36:09,040 imparting a bunch of information, 786 00:36:09,040 –> 00:36:11,100 you haven’t understood what preaching is. 787 00:36:12,919 –> 00:36:16,840 It is to bring the reality of Christ 788 00:36:16,840 –> 00:36:19,840 freshly to impress upon the soul 789 00:36:20,679 –> 00:36:22,899 that we may live in the good of this, 790 00:36:24,159 –> 00:36:25,560 and when you read the Bible, 791 00:36:25,560 –> 00:36:27,600 I hope you read the Bible every day. 792 00:36:27,600 –> 00:36:29,300 When you open the Bible tomorrow 793 00:36:29,300 –> 00:36:30,979 and you read something from the Bible, 794 00:36:30,979 –> 00:36:32,919 what are you doing, why are doing that, 795 00:36:32,919 –> 00:36:35,120 why is this going to nourish your life? 796 00:36:35,780 –> 00:36:38,459 Oh, I’ve done my reading for the day, 797 00:36:38,459 –> 00:36:39,439 good for me. 798 00:36:40,860 –> 00:36:42,659 No, if you’ve understood what this is about, 799 00:36:42,659 –> 00:36:44,899 you open the Scriptures in order 800 00:36:44,899 –> 00:36:46,500 that you may feed on Christ, 801 00:36:46,500 –> 00:36:48,540 that you may draw near to Christ, 802 00:36:48,540 –> 00:36:50,939 that you may be strengthened by Christ, 803 00:36:50,939 –> 00:36:54,439 that you may find Jesus Christ, 804 00:36:55,800 –> 00:36:58,919 that you may in one simple word remember 805 00:36:58,919 –> 00:37:03,679 that you may live in the fresh reality 806 00:37:03,679 –> 00:37:05,959 of all that He is, of all that He has done 807 00:37:05,959 –> 00:37:08,439 and of all that He has to give 808 00:37:08,439 –> 00:37:12,540 and holds in His hand for you even now. 809 00:37:16,679 –> 00:37:18,600 I think one of the reasons that we get stuck 810 00:37:18,600 –> 00:37:21,600 in the Christian life is that we persuade ourselves 811 00:37:21,600 –> 00:37:24,800 that we know what in Biblical terms 812 00:37:24,800 –> 00:37:26,219 we don’t really know at all. 813 00:37:27,159 –> 00:37:30,800 When a girl says, 814 00:37:30,800 –> 00:37:35,800 I know that God loves me but I really hate myself, 815 00:37:39,340 –> 00:37:41,280 if Peter was her pastor, he’d come 816 00:37:41,280 –> 00:37:43,320 and he’d put her arm around her shoulder 817 00:37:44,659 –> 00:37:45,719 and he’d say something like this, 818 00:37:45,719 –> 00:37:47,600 he’d say, you know, 819 00:37:47,600 –> 00:37:49,800 you say you know that God loves you 820 00:37:51,840 –> 00:37:53,939 and you think you know that God loves you 821 00:37:54,939 –> 00:37:57,939 but really you don’t know that God loves you 822 00:37:59,179 –> 00:38:01,699 because if right now you were savoring 823 00:38:01,699 –> 00:38:04,020 the love of God for you, 824 00:38:05,379 –> 00:38:08,419 you would never say that you hate yourself. 825 00:38:08,419 –> 00:38:09,320 How could you? 826 00:38:10,340 –> 00:38:13,459 And in that ministry, he would seek to show her 827 00:38:13,459 –> 00:38:15,540 the love of Christ that she thinks she knows 828 00:38:15,540 –> 00:38:16,739 but she really doesn’t. 829 00:38:18,760 –> 00:38:20,739 And there she would find the healing of her soul, 830 00:38:20,739 –> 00:38:23,060 everything you need in him. 831 00:38:24,580 –> 00:38:27,040 And when a guy says, 832 00:38:27,040 –> 00:38:31,959 I know the gospel but I cannot overcome 833 00:38:31,959 –> 00:38:34,239 a compulsive temptation in my life 834 00:38:34,239 –> 00:38:35,639 if Peter was your pastor, 835 00:38:35,639 –> 00:38:36,840 he’d put his arms around you 836 00:38:36,840 –> 00:38:37,919 and he’d say, brother, 837 00:38:39,719 –> 00:38:41,459 you say you know the gospel, 838 00:38:42,739 –> 00:38:44,399 you think you know the gospel 839 00:38:45,800 –> 00:38:48,280 but the truth is you really don’t know the gospel 840 00:38:49,580 –> 00:38:50,820 because 841 00:38:51,739 –> 00:38:54,239 when you give way to that temptation 842 00:38:54,239 –> 00:38:56,800 at that moment at least you have lost sight 843 00:38:56,800 –> 00:38:58,419 of the power and the presence 844 00:38:58,419 –> 00:39:00,540 of the Holy Spirit in your life. 845 00:39:01,540 –> 00:39:03,520 And if that was fresh and real and alive 846 00:39:03,520 –> 00:39:05,540 and present to you, if you remembered, 847 00:39:06,540 –> 00:39:10,439 if you knew that you wouldn’t have fallen as you did. 848 00:39:12,580 –> 00:39:15,560 An effective and productive Christian life 849 00:39:15,560 –> 00:39:19,840 hangs on the great truths of the gospel 850 00:39:19,840 –> 00:39:24,179 being real, alive, fresh, present for you 851 00:39:25,040 –> 00:39:26,300 every day of your life. 852 00:39:27,540 –> 00:39:28,580 It’s the purpose of communion, 853 00:39:28,580 –> 00:39:29,659 that’s the purpose of preaching, 854 00:39:29,659 –> 00:39:31,659 that’s the purpose of reading the bible. 855 00:39:32,739 –> 00:39:35,360 That is why God has given us His word. 856 00:39:36,959 –> 00:39:40,419 There’s an old song that puts it like this, 857 00:39:40,419 –> 00:39:42,100 it’s really a prayer. 858 00:39:42,100 –> 00:39:43,300 Some of you will know it. 859 00:39:43,300 –> 00:39:46,840 Make the book live to me, O Lord. 860 00:39:46,840 –> 00:39:50,659 Show me Yourself within Your Word. 861 00:39:50,659 –> 00:39:54,199 Show me myself and show me my Savior 862 00:39:55,159 –> 00:39:57,000 and make the book live to me. 863 00:39:58,239 –> 00:40:00,360 That’s an expression of faith. 864 00:40:01,500 –> 00:40:05,080 If you will seek after Jesus Christ in His word 865 00:40:05,080 –> 00:40:07,719 like that every day, 866 00:40:07,719 –> 00:40:10,340 and if you will come to church 867 00:40:10,340 –> 00:40:12,979 to receive the ministry of the word preached 868 00:40:12,979 –> 00:40:15,639 like that every week, 869 00:40:16,459 –> 00:40:18,699 it will change your life. 870 00:40:19,860 –> 00:40:21,280 You will not be the same. 871 00:40:22,139 –> 00:40:24,040 You will no longer be stuck, 872 00:40:25,379 –> 00:40:28,439 and you will discover as Harry Wittenbach discovered, 873 00:40:28,439 –> 00:40:30,100 as Peter discovered, and as Christians 874 00:40:30,100 –> 00:40:31,840 through the ages have discovered, 875 00:40:32,699 –> 00:40:36,199 that God has given us everything that we need for life 876 00:40:36,199 –> 00:40:38,520 in the knowledge of His Son, 877 00:40:39,439 –> 00:40:41,379 Jesus Christ. 878 00:40:41,379 –> 00:40:44,040 Father, please seal Your Word into our hearts 879 00:40:44,080 –> 00:40:46,040 according to our very differing needs 880 00:40:47,320 –> 00:40:49,820 that it may do us good today. 881 00:40:49,820 –> 00:40:53,560 We ask it in the powerful name of our Lord Jesus Christ 882 00:40:53,560 –> 00:40:55,199 and for His glory, Amen.

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Colin Smith

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Colin Smith is the Senior Pastor of The Orchard Evangelical Free Church in the northwest suburbs of Chicago. He has authored a number of books, including Heaven, How I Got Here and Heaven, So Near – So Far. Colin is the Founder and Teaching Pastor for Open the Bible. Follow him on X formerly Twitter.

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