"Loving This Legacy, Loving This Land"

according to the foreknowledge of God the Father and set apart by the Spirit for obedience and for sprinkling with the blood of Jesus Christ. May grace and peace be multiplied to you.

Aliens, elect exiles, exiles, foreigners, temporary residents, strangers (its an adjective)

Handling the struggle

Be Weird

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Praise the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. According to His great mercy, He has given us a new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead

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and into an inheritance that is imperishable, uncorrupted, and unfading, kept in heaven for you.

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You are being protected by God’s power through faith for a salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.

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You rejoice in this, though now for a short time you have had to struggle in various trials

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so that the genuineness of your faith —more valuable than gold, which perishes though refined by fire —may result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

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You love Him, though you have not seen Him. And though not seeing Him now, you believe in Him and rejoice with inexpressible and glorious joy,

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because you are receiving the goal of your faith, the salvation of your souls.

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Concerning this salvation, the prophets who prophesied about the grace that would come to you searched and carefully investigated.

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They inquired into what time or what circumstances the Spirit of Christ within them was indicating when He testified in advance to the messianic sufferings and the glories that would follow.

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It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves but you. These things have now been announced to you through those who preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. Angels desire to look into these things.

Be weird, live like God loves you…that’s hope.

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Therefore, with your minds ready for action, be serious and set your hope completely on the grace to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

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As obedient children, do not be conformed to the desires of your former ignorance.

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But as the One who called you is holy, you also are to be holy in all your conduct;

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for it is written, Be holy, because I am holy.

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And if you address as Father the One who judges impartially based on each one’s work, you are to conduct yourselves in fear during the time of your temporary residence.

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For you know that you were redeemed from your empty way of life inherited from the fathers, not with perishable things like silver or gold,

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but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without defect or blemish.

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He was chosen before the foundation of the world but was revealed at the end of the times for you

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who through Him are believers in God, who raised Him from the dead and gave Him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.

Be weird…be really weird, like God

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By obedience to the truth, having purified yourselves for sincere love of the brothers, love one another earnestly from a pure heart,

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since you have been born again —not of perishable seed but of imperishable—through the living and enduring word of God.

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For All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like a flower of the grass. The grass withers, and the flower falls,

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but the word of the Lord endures forever. And this is the word that was preached as the gospel to you.

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So rid yourselves of all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all slander.

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Like newborn infants, desire the pure spiritual milk, so that you may grow by it for your salvation,

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since you have tasted that the Lord is good.

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Coming to Him, a living stone—rejected by men but chosen and valuable to God—

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you yourselves, as living stones, are being built into a spiritual house for a holy priesthood to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

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For it is contained in Scripture: Look! I lay a stone in Zion, a chosen and honored cornerstone, and the one who believes in Him will never be put to shame!

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So honor will come to you who believe, but for the unbelieving, The stone that the builders rejected— this One has become the cornerstone,

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and A stone to stumble over, and a rock to trip over. They stumble because they disobey the message; they were destined for this.

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But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for His possession, so that you may proclaim the praises of the One who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.

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Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

Be weird - you got stoned

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Dear friends, I urge you as strangers and temporary residents to abstain from fleshly desires that war against you.

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Conduct yourselves honorably among the Gentiles, so that in a case where they speak against you as those who do what is evil, they will, by observing your good works, glorify God on the day of visitation.

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Submit to every human authority because of the Lord, whether to the Emperor as the supreme authority

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or to governors as those sent out by him to punish those who do what is evil and to praise those who do what is good.

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For it is God’s will that you silence the ignorance of foolish people by doing good.

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As God’s slaves, live as free people, but don’t use your freedom as a way to conceal evil.

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Honor everyone. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the Emperor.

Be weird - live the legacy of love, learn the art of submission

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Household slaves, submit with all fear to your masters, not only to the good and gentle but also to the cruel.

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For it brings favor if, mindful of God’s will, someone endures grief from suffering unjustly.

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For what credit is there if you sin and are punished, and you endure it? But when you do what is good and suffer, if you endure it, this brings favor with God.

“You don’t mean jerk bosses too?” Yep

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In the same way, wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands so that, even if some disobey the Christian message, they may be won over without a message by the way their wives live

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when they observe your pure, reverent lives.

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Your beauty should not consist of outward things like elaborate hairstyles and the wearing of gold ornaments or fine clothes.

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Instead, it should consist of what is inside the heart with the imperishable quality of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very valuable in God’s eyes.

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For in the past, the holy women who put their hope in God also beautified themselves in this way, submitting to their own husbands,

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just as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord. You have become her children when you do what is good and are not frightened by anything alarming.

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Husbands, in the same way, live with your wives with an understanding of their weaker nature yet showing them honor as coheirs of the grace of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered.

“Even when…?” Yep

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Now finally, all of you should be like-minded and sympathetic, should love believers, and be compassionate and humble,

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not paying back evil for evil or insult for insult but, on the contrary, giving a blessing, since you were called for this, so that you can inherit a blessing.

Perhaps 45,000 denominations is not a great testimony - be weird

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And who will harm you if you are deeply committed to what is good?

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But even if you should suffer for righteousness, you are blessed. Do not fear what they fear or be disturbed,

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but honor the Messiah as Lord in your hearts. Always be ready to give a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you.

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However, do this with gentleness and respect, keeping your conscience clear, so that when you are accused, those who denounce your Christian life will be put to shame.

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For it is better to suffer for doing good, if that should be God’s will, than for doing evil.

Suck it up Buttercup

Oh yeah - be weird when you hit a rough patch

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Therefore, since Christ suffered in the flesh, equip yourselves also with the same resolve —because the one who suffered in the flesh has finished with sin —

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in order to live the remaining time in the flesh, no longer for human desires, but for God’s will.

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Dear friends, don’t be surprised when the fiery ordeal comes among you to test you as if something unusual were happening to you.

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Instead, rejoice as you share in the sufferings of the Messiah, so that you may also rejoice with great joy at the revelation of His glory.

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If you are ridiculed for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.

Don’t get uppity, be weird, be like Jesus

BTW - don’t confuse a skirmish with the war. We can be confidant that God wins, evil loses.

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Now the end of all things is near; therefore, be serious and disciplined for prayer.

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Above all, maintain an intense love for each other, since love covers a multitude of sins.

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Be hospitable to one another without complaining.

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Based on the gift each one has received, use it to serve others, as good managers of the varied grace of God.

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If anyone speaks, it should be as one who speaks God’s words; if anyone serves, it should be from the strength God provides, so that God may be glorified through Jesus Christ in everything. To Him belong the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen.

Be weird - don’t be a slacker

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Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God, so that He may exalt you at the proper time,

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casting all your care on Him, because He cares about you.

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Be serious! Be alert! Your adversary the Devil is prowling around like a roaring lion, looking for anyone he can devour.

There is an arena Satan’s power is a concern - your life

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Resist him and be firm in the faith, knowing that the same sufferings are being experienced by your fellow believers throughout the world.

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Now the God of all grace, who called you to His eternal glory in Christ Jesus, will personally restore, establish, strengthen, and support you after you have suffered a little.

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The dominion belongs to Him forever. Amen.

For Christians, every time we meet is like the 4th of July

Be weird - love the legacy, cherish the hope, love God, love one another, love your neighbor as yourself.

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