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Even today is not easy being a Christian, but we must find a way to loan to find our phase without compromise. Know, if you have your bibles if you want. Are you need your phone or looking? Let me know if y'all Bible 1st Peter 1 verses 1 through 12. It says Peter an apostle of Jesus Christ to The Strangers, scattered throughout pump platanus Glacier, Cappadocia, Asia, and Messina. Electric wedding to the foreknowledge of God, the Father to think the protection of the spirit unto obedience and sprinkling of you and Sprite and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ, Grace, aren't you? And peace. Be multiplied by 40 or 10 is abundance. Mercy has began Us Again by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. An inheritance corruptible and undefiled, and reserved in heaven for you. Who are kept by the power of God says unto salvation. Ready to be revealed in the last time wherein, he greatly rejoiced though. Now for a season if need be you have a manifold of your face being much more precious than of gold that perisheth. It might be found unto praise and honour and Glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ. Whom having not seen, you love and whom know. Now, you see him not believing you rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of Glory. Receiving the end of your face, even the salvation of your soul of which salvation, the prophet having searched diligently, who have prophesied of The Grey sex should come to you. Searching what or what? Manner of time to Spirit of Christ, which was in them, did signify when it is when it testified before hand, that's there that the sufferings of Christ and the boy that you follow and that's first time to whom it was revealed that not unto themselves. But unto us, they did Minister the things which are now reported aren't you by them? That have preached the gospel on to you? But the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven things which things the Angels desire to look into. Call Westbrook my introduction. You're in his book. 6 hours, 1 Friday page 15 in Moulton, bugs. 1989 the story of how she has both survive, a hurricane and hold see me to take his boat, deep water. Drop off Each corner of the boat and prayed, and repel wasps survive, that storm. But you said that you weren't an important lesson, all of us. Nothing, all of us that will hold during what have you put in. Your? Here's a question. What have you put your faith? And how important is it to have faith? Where do we find faith? Strong enough to make it through storms of life. Well, Peter knows how important factors, and he gives us a great picture of faith. A fate that we can enter Jeep with and a face, which will hold us during storms of life. When Peter wrote his letter, things were changing in the beginning of the first century Church. The government remain unconcerned about his new about this new religion as the church grew the news, the new constructions of the government people who are finding it increasingly difficult to live their faith. And you know, what, even today it is not easy, being a Christian, but we must find a way to live. Without compromise Peter house inside, stay. This is from first First, Peter chapter 1. Verse 4 and 5 says, the question is not if we if your son has faith, that is rational, reasoning has removed the possibilities. He has faced in his intellectual ability, others have faith in their abilities skills, connections, friends, family, and themselves, everyone. But the question is, where is your favorite sooner or later strong, the life will begin to blow. And the question becomes will the interface whole Christ. Let's look at the first reason face and Christ is imperishable. How can I beat you up? Well, well, look, we're facing crust, is kept. It is kept in heaven. Jesus said that we are to put in heaven, where moth and rust. Do not destroy your daddy, steal. My wife has bought me some. So my wife said Bots Misa, she puts her and she does this because she knows that the suits are the most valuable clothes and that they are most mostly not too long ago. I left one of my sweater. If it's bad, I do not think it would hurt to leave. I found it off for weeks ago, with little holes, all over the monster. It's Our Fate is set upon the things of this world that are facing Parrish because she has to think the things of this world are just thinks they are material their material, they can be replaced. But when Christ comes back You can take a car with you to heaven. You can't take no cash with you to have it. You can take your credit card, your cell phones with you, and they're having. So what has a question. Why do we put our faith in things like that? Kalmes kingdoms have coming Fallen, economies have been built and destroyed and they should have been established and vanished. All that is left of some of those kingdoms are the ruins. You can see in a museum. Only the kingdom of God, has remained constant. And the past two thousand years. Our face is to be set in heaven and not on the things of this world. That is the only way that we know our faces. Number two. Are facial young truck? You have no doubt the phrase. Absolutely absolute power corrupts. Absolutely. It is a statement which indicates our sinful nature history is full of leaders who started off with the best intentions, but party over the floor. No way it is. But a matter of time before the corruptible nature of the individual,

Let's look at our faith. Isn't our faith. And I know of lots of people who are fat people, they jump on the latest trying to wear idea in about 6 months or a year down the road. They jump onto something new. That's like a cell phone from your cell phone is a cell phone. It does. You know, I called you can watch videos. But then when the new one comes out in about a year or six months down the road, you'll end up. We all get excited about me. I'll buy you buy the nearest one. Can you bring an apple without your? Look at the hairstyles up clothes, you wore the clothes, you wore, and the tone of the culture. How much have things changed in the last twenty, or thirty years. Jesus is the same. He is the same yesterday today and forever. And the face, we have now will see us through the last days. Number to test. Our faith must be anchored in the thymus nature of Christ, but I can share the question. How do you know that faith in Christ will hold up Johnstone Supply 1st, Peter 1:8.

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Let's look at 1st Peter.

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Chapter one.

Versus Texas versus x 6 and 8. Where is greatly Rejoice do now for a season if it need be we are in heaven happiness, bro. Manifold temptations. That the trial of your faith being much more precious than of gold that Parrish Parrish. It though. It be tried with fire might be found unto praise and honour and Glory. Who have who have not seen you love?

Okay, why should I trust Christ? Because let me tell you one, because this is no ordinary fix. It is a test of countless, people have a place their faith in Christ. That's on the anchor whole, Peter survived, some incredible storms of life. And he said, here is what I found the face of Christ to be when it when it is.

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Okay, it is bad. Set the trial of your faith being much, more precious than gold in a gold that perisheth though. It be tried with fire Mighty sound on to praise and honor and Glory at the tearing of Jesus Christ. Peter here, plays upon a great image. The Golfsmith would melt the metal down until it became a liquid. All the impurities would come to the surface and the Goldsmith and scrape them off, and then come back and repeat the process over and over his goal was pure. How did he know? How did it go Smith? Know? When are you at your Google? When know if you're just came to the surface or when he could see his reflection in the mall. That's out. Piercings that are facing like cold, as it is tested. It will be good to be in deep Eddy's to the surface with the impurities are removed out. Face becomes more valuable. Golden gold is the standard by which we did find Value. We say things like we say things like worth its weight in gold. The Golden Boy, in the Golden Age, Outdoors made of golden trade it with a world and you're going to perish, but our faithful and tear on faith in Jesus Christ and the death. Resurrection of God's only son is far more valuable.

Let's look at the second one. It is revealing. The Goldsmith knew that he has pure gold, but when he, when he can see his reflection in the battle, our faith should reflect Jesus healed him to a world. As we grow in Christ. We learn more about and his love. It is only through a life given to Christ. Will we begin to see him as he really is? When I got married and spent more than two years dating, my wife. However, did he is not being married. There's a deeper about each other. Emerge we we got we begin to see each other in a new life. As our faith Rose more about the deeper nature of Crisis reveal to us. The end result is that we can mold it by. Offense against report that deeper knowledge of Jesus, our lives will begin to change when you and I live differently. Because of our faith, because our faith is growing those around. This will see the difference. Quite literally just asked, what are you looking to the metal and could see his reflection Jesus desires? His reflection are a lot that can only happen in the spine, faith has been tested. I stuck a No Place Like A. Say it again in 1st Peter 1:8. Who have not whom having not seen you love and who knows now? You see him not yet. Believing you rejoice with joy, unspeakable and full of where I believe that verse is saying, you know. It's not a good thing to that seeing is believing because you have to see Something to Believe In. Is Christ. It's different. You have to believe. in order to see, Okay. Talk about how we love Christ. Even though we have not seen him and he bruised me at the definition of faith. Now, Faith is is the reality of what is hoped for today?

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Chapter 11. First one. Now, Faith is the substance of things hoped for the evidence of things. Not seen, since the face, is that it? Just let me know. Faith is the substance of things hoped for the evidence of Things Not Seen. Yes, is a face, is that it does not require our site of for proof, but noted that faith is reality. Just because something is not seeing does not negate its existence. If it did, all of us would be brave for Adele that you have seen your own brain, but we know we have a brain. Peter says that we all face is loving is loving a Christ you've never seen, but you still know exist. I'm stuck at your parents. Go back to first. Let's go back to 1st Peter.

1st Peter, chapter 1 verse 12.

Of which salvation the prophets, have enquired. I searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that you come on to you searching, what or what manner of time, the spirit of Christ, which was in them, that signify when it Justified before he had the sufferings of Christ and it is revealed that not unto them self. But they did Minister. The things which are not reported to you by. Then. I have preached, the gospel unto you think all the Holy Ghost tent down from heaven, which things? The Angels desire. A postmodern word in the an hour, plus Martin world. We offered near the statement that what works for you may not work for me. So Peter have faith in Christ that was time. His face was valuable revealing and full of love. But how, what does that mean? What works for Peter will work for me? almost as if Peter anticipated, your question, he writes about her face about the prophets of the Old Testament found their faith in God to

God spoke to the prophets and tell them that the Messiah was coming. He gave them that one who could deliver them was on the way, the message of the profits can be summarized, as hang on, God is working and the Messiah is coming, get ready.

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Your delivery is coming like a message for people at the end of their rope for people who don't know where to turn. It is a message of Hope and encouragement. It is a promise. How many people do you know that need to be encouraged? Not to give up how many people on this walk? I need to be told that there is help on the way on its way. Maybe you need to hear that. God's promises are for you. That is the message of the Old Testament. Prophets that the truth. That's the true faith is not only touched the profit, but also the Fulfillment of those There is a face and the suffering and crucifixion of Jesus. I have recently been taking some classes on preach, you couple weeks ago and one of the lecturers interested enough standing. He said, the Christianity is the only religion which can, which cannot read all other. Religions are based upon a philosopher. Has other religions have been created out of human mind. The teacher went on to state that I'm all religions were wiped from the face of the Earth. Someone to come along have the same thoughts and ideas. Every create any of the religious. But not. So with Christianity is built on the Prophecies of the Old Testament. Prophecies Woodshed. I'm a site is coming. Our faith is built upon Jesus. We believe that he is the Messiah, the embodiment of the Old Testament prophecies. We believe that he died on the cross for our sins. And we believe that he is If all Christianity were to be destroyed, how could we be create, but you're not a face is not built upon the fee or creative space.

Is built upon the historical fact, that Jesus is God's only son died on the road across from Jerusalem on a Hill Called real-life. Or I'm sorry, go gas and 38 Scarface. Cannot be recreated. But thank God. It is a face with just stood the test of time proving himself thankful when tested and is the only true Faith, which holes in the storms of life, Peter that talks of how the face of the Old Testament and the gospels is for these present. Takes Peter literally, Says, angels desire to look into these things. Can you imagine what this must be? What angels are warning over the rim of heaven and looking down they have see what God did they have seen her life death? And Resurrection angels have seen Lucifer kicked out of the resurrection of Christ. The dead raised, the Red Sea, parted and demons exercise. Cersei is what God is going to do. Now watching you and me and they want to see, what's the next chapter? Will be like how well our faith in God and God's Productions me. Such a stir who knows but that you have come into the kingdom of such a time as this our time to live. Our faith is now. There's a conclusion for this for this morning. All of us. Have faced the will you, but with your anchor, efface holes in the storms of life, is your anchor of Faith. A true waiter is your Facebook app. On the scripture is your faith tested. Do you know how valuable revealing and full of love of a faith in Christ? Is your fate Timeless or will? They do is bad or the latest philosophy cause you to tie to a new anchor only? If a thin crust is true tested. That's all for this morning. We will I will talk to you later on tonight. And when we do that, I will just read this message. And then after that, I will come up with a new message for next week. I want to thank you all for joining and I

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