Episode Transcript
[00:00:07] Hey, everybody, this is Rick with the Nomad Pastor podcast.
[00:00:10] Welcome back.
[00:00:12] If you're listening, that means we are one more episode away from finishing up First Peter. Today we're going to talk about First Peter, chapter four.
[00:00:21] Last week, we talked about relationships and how to live with people who are hard to live with and how to be ready to talk about the hope that you have in your life.
[00:00:31] This week, chapter four, Peter is going to talk about being done, like, really done with the old way of living.
[00:00:40] He's going to talk about suffering for being a Christian, specifically, not just suffering in general.
[00:00:49] And he's going to remind us that time is short, which.
[00:00:52] Which, because time is short, should change how we spend that time.
[00:00:57] So if you've ever wondered whether your old life is ever really going to let go of you or whether people from your past are ever going to stop expecting you to be who you used to be, this chapter is for you.
[00:01:09] So as we start, Peter starts this with tying back to what he said at the end of chapter three, right? Christ suffered in the flesh. And then he says, therefore, since Christ has suffered in the flesh, arm yourself also with the same purpose, so that he who has suffered in the flesh is done with sin.
[00:01:30] So that's the key. Three words, right? Done with sin. So I want to talk about that phrase for a second because I think a lot of us, for a lot of us, that word done feels like a word that doesn't apply to us.
[00:01:45] I mean, for a lot of my life, I've felt the same way, right? I've tried to be done before.
[00:01:51] Whether.
[00:01:52] And you've tried to be done before as well, like whether it was done drinking, done with doing drugs, done with that relationship, done with whatever that lifestyle was. And it didn't stick, right? You relapsed, and it's still a daily fight.
[00:02:08] So when Peter says done with sin, it can feel like he's talking about some other person, not you.
[00:02:17] And I think that's hard.
[00:02:19] But I want you to look at how he gets there, right?
[00:02:23] It's not try harder and you'll be done.
[00:02:28] It's Christ suffered in the flesh.
[00:02:31] Arm yourself with that same person purpose. Arm yourself with that same purpose so that you can be done.
[00:02:40] So Peter's talking about this doneness that flows out of what Christ already did, not out of your willpower.
[00:02:53] See, that doesn't mean it's automatic and that you won't still fight temptation.
[00:02:59] And if you're in recovery, you know that.
[00:03:02] But verse one says, arm yourselves, which when you say Arm yourselves. That implies that there's going to be a battle, but it means the battle has a different foundation because you're not trying to be done in your own strength. You're not trying to be done with it by yourself.
[00:03:23] You're standing on something Christ already accomplished for you.
[00:03:28] Christ suffered in the flesh.
[00:03:31] Arm yourself with that same purpose.
[00:03:34] So your foundation is different. Your foundation has changed.
[00:03:39] And then in verse two, it says, so as to live the rest of the time in the flesh, no longer for the lust of men, but for the will of God.
[00:03:49] I think the key there is the rest of time, so as to live the rest of the time in the flesh, no longer for the lust of men.
[00:03:59] But how much time you got left? Have you ever thought about that? Because none of us know exactly how much that is.
[00:04:06] I could finish this podcast and my time be done.
[00:04:10] Heck, my time could be done in the middle of this podcast, right? We don't know.
[00:04:16] So Peter's saying there's a before and an after, and you're living in the after right now.
[00:04:23] We have to remember that.
[00:04:27] And then there's verse three, which you know, Peter gets specific about what the before looked like.
[00:04:38] And it says, for the time already past is sufficient for you to have carried out the desire of the Gentiles, having pursued a course of sensuality, lust, drunkenness, carousing, drinking parties, and abominable idolatries.
[00:04:57] For the time already past is sufficient. That word, sufficient.
[00:05:04] That word, it does a lot right here.
[00:05:08] Because Peter's not saying you didn't do enough of that yet.
[00:05:14] He's not saying you need to balance it out. He's saying that is enough, finished. You have already done enough of that.
[00:05:23] There's no quota left to fill whatever years you spent doing whatever you did.
[00:05:30] And some of us spent a lot of years.
[00:05:34] Those years are sufficient. They're over.
[00:05:37] There's nothing left to prove by going back, nothing left to experience that you haven't already experienced, nothing that your old life still owes you.
[00:05:52] That word sufficient is powerful in this verse.
[00:05:59] And then verse four, this is where it gets real, right for a lot of people.
[00:06:06] And it says in all of this, they are surprised that you do not run with them into the same excess of dissipation. Patient.
[00:06:16] And they malign you.
[00:06:20] People from our old life will notice when we're not running with them anymore.
[00:06:28] And a lot of them ain't gonna like it.
[00:06:30] A lot of them are gonna be confused.
[00:06:33] A lot of them are gonna feel rejected by you, like you. The change you have Made is somehow a judgment on them.
[00:06:44] Some of them are going to talk about you.
[00:06:47] Malign is the word Peter uses. But some of them are going to talk about you.
[00:06:53] They're going to say things behind your back, sometimes to your face, about how you've changed and how you think they're better than they are now. How you used to be fun and now you're not fun anymore.
[00:07:10] That's normal.
[00:07:13] And Peter's telling us ahead of time so that it doesn't catch us off guard.
[00:07:19] The people we used to run with probably won't understand who you are today, and some of them are going to resent it.
[00:07:32] But the important thing is to remember that that doesn't mean you did something wrong.
[00:07:38] It means you're living the after while they're still living in the before.
[00:07:45] And that gap between before and after, that gap creates a friction.
[00:07:54] And Peter says they'll give an account to God for how they're living. That's verse five.
[00:08:00] Your job isn't to manage their reaction.
[00:08:04] Your job is to keep living in the after.
[00:08:10] And then in verses 7 through 11, Peter says the end of all things is near. Therefore be of sound judgment and sober spirit for the purpose of prayer.
[00:08:21] That's that word again. Sober.
[00:08:24] We heard that in chapter one, right? Clear headed, alert, not drifting.
[00:08:29] And then he gives us a list of how to live with that mindset.
[00:08:36] And he says, above all, keep fervent in your love for one another, because love covers a multitude of sins.
[00:08:44] I want you to notice he doesn't say love erases consequences or love means nobody ever has to deal with what they did.
[00:08:55] Here when he says covers, it's more like love doesn't keep score.
[00:09:03] Love doesn't hold things over people's heads.
[00:09:08] Love gives room for people to be imperfect without constantly bringing it back up and throwing it in their face.
[00:09:20] Whatever community you're part of, whether it's a recovery group, a men's group, a church, even if it's just a few close friends, this verse matters.
[00:09:33] As people, as human beings, we are going to mess up.
[00:09:38] You are going to mess up. I am going to mess up.
[00:09:43] Love that covers a multitude of sins means you don't become the guy who never lets anybody forget their worst moment, because that's not how God treats us.
[00:09:57] And it's not how you should treat the people around you either.
[00:10:05] Don't be the guy who tells somebody their worst moment over and over again so they never forget it.
[00:10:13] Is that what you want God to do to you?
[00:10:16] Never forget your worst Moment, I doubt it.
[00:10:26] Then we move to verse nine, and it says, be hospitable to one another without complaint.
[00:10:32] In verse 10, as each one has received a special gift, employ it in serving one another as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.
[00:10:43] Every one of us has something to offer.
[00:10:47] It doesn't matter what your or my resume looks like.
[00:10:52] It doesn't matter what our record looks like, what our bank account looks like.
[00:10:58] We've been given something, some gift, some ability, some experience.
[00:11:06] Could even be your story itself.
[00:11:09] And Peter says, use it to serve other people.
[00:11:14] You're a steward of it, not the owner. It's not your throne to sit on.
[00:11:23] I think about our church Crossroads Fellowship does a lot of celebrate recovery. We have a huge recovery ministry and a huge recovery impact.
[00:11:34] And I love when they have people who have been in recovery come and give their story, give their testimony.
[00:11:43] Right?
[00:11:44] That story impacts people.
[00:11:50] It's that hope that we've talked about.
[00:11:53] Share your hope. Why you have hope.
[00:11:57] And it makes me think about people who have been through the worst of addiction and come out the other side.
[00:12:08] And it's a story that a lot of people might be ashamed of, but it can become one of the most powerful things you have because there's somebody out there right now who needs to hear that you made it through it, that you made it through what they're going through. That your mess can become somebody else's roadmap, because somebody else's mess became your roadmap because you saw that they got through it. And if they could get through it, man, I can get through it too.
[00:12:50] Don't store up and hide your story or be ashamed of your story.
[00:12:56] It's powerful.
[00:13:00] Then we move to verse 15.
[00:13:01] Peter gets into a.
[00:13:03] He talks about suffering specifically for being a Christian.
[00:13:08] And he says, beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal among you which comes upon you for your testing, as though something strange were happening to you.
[00:13:19] Do not be surprised.
[00:13:24] He's saying, this isn't a sign of something gone wrong with your faith, it's part of it.
[00:13:32] This going on doesn't mean you have less faith.
[00:13:35] It's part of it.
[00:13:37] In verse 13, to the degree that you share the sufferings of Christ, keep on rejoicing so that also at the revelation of his glory, you may rejoice with exaltation.
[00:13:51] And in verse 14, if you are reviled for the name of Christ, you are blessed because the spirit of glory of God rests on you.
[00:14:04] You know, most of us listening to this are not facing the kind of persecution Christians in some parts of the world would face.
[00:14:24] We have the freedom that a lot of other Christians don't.
[00:14:29] But some of us, some of you have experienced a version of this. Maybe you've had family or old friends mock your faith, mock the fact that you go to church, mock the fact that you pray, that you talk about Jesus, and maybe it's cost you relationships. I know in my life it has cost me relationships, and I haven't hit. I'm an IT guy, and data and metrics are important to me, right? In it, it's all about the data, and I've done extensive research.
[00:15:07] But I've had people say to me before, like, you're a data guy. How can you believe?
[00:15:14] Questioning me, mocking me, basically.
[00:15:24] But in this Peter saying, if that's happened or happening because of your faith, it's not something to hide from.
[00:15:37] There's something in that.
[00:15:40] The spirit of God resting on you in that moment.
[00:15:48] But then verse 15 makes sure what's happening, right?
[00:15:56] Says, make sure that none of you suffer as a murderer, a thief, an evildoer, or a troublesome meddler.
[00:16:06] It's saying, don't confuse suffering for doing wrong with suffering for the name of Christ.
[00:16:13] You see, if consequences are coming because of your own bad choices, then you need to own it. That's not being persecuted, it's just the consequences of you doing something wrong.
[00:16:27] But if it's because you're living differently now and people don't like it, that's a different thing.
[00:16:36] And verse 16 says, don't be ashamed of it, but glorify God in that name.
[00:16:44] Then this chapter closes with verse 17, 19. Peter talks about judgment, beginning with the household of God and the difficult question of what happens to those who don't obey the gospel, right? And then verse 19 lands it. It says, those also who suffer according to the will of God shall entrust their souls to a faithful creator in doing what is right.
[00:17:11] Entrust your soul to a faithful creator.
[00:17:19] That's not like white knuckling through it or just grit and bear it. Grit your teeth and get on right? That's a posture.
[00:17:27] And trusting, it's handing it over like you've handed something valuable to somebody you trust completely because that's exactly what he is.
[00:17:40] He's somebody you need to trust completely. He is faithful.
[00:17:48] Whatever years you've spent in that old life, Peter's telling you that they're sufficient.
[00:17:55] There's nothing left to prove by going back.
[00:18:00] And when people from that old life don't understand the new, you or they talk about you or they push back.
[00:18:08] It doesn't mean you're doing something wrong.
[00:18:12] Remember, that's the gap between the before and the after.
[00:18:16] And you don't have to manage their reaction to feel secure in who you are today and don't waste what you've been through.
[00:18:26] The story that you have that you might be most ashamed of could be exactly what somebody else needs to hear today.
[00:18:38] So I want you to think of one person.
[00:18:42] Maybe it's somebody new in recovery.
[00:18:45] Maybe it's somebody new in their faith.
[00:18:49] Maybe it's somebody starting where you started.
[00:18:54] And I want you to tell them one thing about your story, not the highlight reel. I want you to tell them one real thing.
[00:19:02] Let the mess you walked through become somebody's roadmap.
[00:19:10] It's powerful.
[00:19:16] All right, next week it's going to be our final episode on First Peter. It'll be chapter five.
[00:19:22] And Peter's going to talk to leaders, to the younger guys, and he's going to close with some of the most practical, I would say, hard hitting verses in this whole letter about humility and standing firm. You're not going to want to miss it. But until then, I want to remind you to love God and love people.
[00:26:16] Hey, everybody, this is Rick with the Nomad Pastor podcast.
[00:26:19] Welcome back.
[00:26:21] If you're listening, that means we are one more episode away from finishing up First Peter. Today we're going to talk about First Peter, Chapter 4.
[00:26:30] Last week we talked about relationships and how to live with people who are hard to live with and how to be ready to talk about the hope that you have in your life.
[00:26:40] This week, chapter four Peter is going to talk about being done, like really done with the old way of living.
[00:26:49] He is going to talk about suffering for being a Christian, specifically, not just suffering in general.
[00:26:58] And he's going to remind us that time is short, which, because time is short, should change how we spend that time.
[00:27:06] So if you've ever wondered whether your old life is ever really going to let go of you or whether people from your past are ever going to stop expecting you to be who you used to be, this chapter is for you.
[00:27:22] So as we start, Peter starts this with tying back to what he said at the end of chapter three, Christ suffered in the flesh. And then he says, therefore, since Christ has suffered in the flesh, arm yourself also with the same purpose, so that he who has suffered in the flesh is done with sin.
[00:27:42] So that's the key three words, done with sin. So I want to talk about that phrase for a Second, because I think a lot of us, for a lot of us, that word done feels like a word that doesn't apply to us.
[00:27:58] I mean, for a lot of my life, I've felt the same way, right? I've tried to be done before, and you've tried to be done before as well. Like whether it was done drinking, done with doing drugs, done with that relationship, done with whatever that lifestyle was. And it didn't stick, right? You relapsed and.
[00:28:18] And it's still a daily fight.
[00:28:20] So when Peter says done with sin, it can feel like he's talking about some other person, not you.
[00:28:31] And I think that's hard.
[00:28:33] But I want you to look at how he gets there, right?
[00:28:37] It's not try harder and you'll be done.
[00:28:42] It's Christ suffered in the flesh.
[00:28:45] Arm yourself with that same person purpose. Arm yourself with that same purpose so that you can be done.
[00:28:53] So Peter's talking about this doneness that flows out of what Christ already did, not out of your willpower.
[00:29:07] See, that doesn't mean it's automatic and that you won't still fight temptation.
[00:29:13] And if you're in recovery, you know that.
[00:29:16] But verse one says, arm yourselves, which when you say arm yourselves, that implies that there's going to be a battle, but it means the battle has a different foundation because you're not trying to be done in your own strength. You're not trying to be done with it by yourself.
[00:29:37] You're standing on something Christ already accomplished for you.
[00:29:42] Christ suffered in the flesh.
[00:29:45] Arm yourself with that same purpose.
[00:29:48] So your foundation is different. Your foundation has changed.
[00:29:53] And then in verse two, it says, so as to live the rest of the time in the flesh, no longer for the lust of men, but for the will of God.
[00:30:03] I think the key there is the rest of time so as to live the rest of the time in the flesh, no longer for the lusts of men.
[00:30:18] But how much time you got left?
[00:30:22] Have you ever thought about that? Because none of us know exactly how much that is.
[00:30:27] I could finish this podcast and my time be done.
[00:30:32] Heck, my time could be done in the middle of this podcast, right? We don't know.
[00:30:37] So Peter is saying there's a before and an after, and you're living in the after right now.
[00:30:45] We have to remember that.
[00:30:48] And then there's verse three, which, you know, Peter gets specific about what the before looked like.
[00:31:00] It says, for the time already past is sufficient for you to have carried out the desire of the Gentiles, having pursued a course of sensuality. Lust, drunkenness, carousing drinking parties and abominable idolatries for the time already passed is sufficient. That word, sufficient.
[00:31:28] That word, it does a lot right here.
[00:31:31] Because Peter is not saying you didn't do enough of that yet.
[00:31:37] He's not saying you need to balance it out. He's saying that is enough finished. You have already done enough of that.
[00:31:46] There's no quota left to fill whatever years you spent doing whatever you did.
[00:31:54] And some of us spent a lot of years.
[00:31:58] Those years are sufficient. They're over.
[00:32:01] There's nothing left to prove by going back. Nothing left to experience that you haven't already experienced, nothing that your old life still owes you.
[00:32:15] That word sufficient is powerful in this verse.
[00:32:23] And then verse four.
[00:32:25] This is where it gets real right for a lot of people.
[00:32:30] And it says in all of this, they are surprised that you do not run with them into the same excess of dissipation.
[00:32:40] And they malign you.
[00:32:44] People from our old life will notice when we're not running with them anymore.
[00:32:52] And a lot of them ain't gonna like it.
[00:32:54] A lot of them are gonna be confused.
[00:32:57] A lot of them are gonna feel rejected by you, like the change you have made is somehow a judgment on them.
[00:33:08] Some of them are gonna talk about you.
[00:33:11] Malign is the word Peter uses. But some of them are going to talk about you.
[00:33:17] They're going to say things behind your back, sometimes to your face, about how you've changed and how you think they're better than they are now. How you used to be fun and now you're not fun anymore.
[00:33:34] That's normal.
[00:33:37] And Peter's telling us ahead of time so that it doesn't catch us off guard.
[00:33:43] The people we used to run with probably won't understand who you are today and some of them are going to resent it.
[00:33:56] But the important thing is to remember that that doesn't mean you did something wrong.
[00:34:02] It means you're living the after while they're still living in the before.
[00:34:08] And that gap between before and after, that gap creates a friction.
[00:34:18] And Peter says they'll give an account to God for how they're living. That's verse five.
[00:34:24] Your job isn't to manage their reaction.
[00:34:28] Your job is to keep living in the afternoon.
[00:34:34] And then in verses seven through 11, Peter says, the end of all things is near. Therefore be of sound judgment and sober spirit for the purpose of prayer.
[00:34:45] That's that word again. Sober.
[00:34:48] We heard that in chapter one, right? Clear headed, alert, not drifting.
[00:34:53] And then he gives us a list of how to live with that mindset.
[00:35:00] And he says, above all, keep fervent in your love for one another, because love covers a multitude of sins.
[00:35:08] I want you to notice he doesn't say love erases consequences or love means nobody ever has to deal with what they did.
[00:35:19] Here. When he says covers, it's more like love doesn't keep score.
[00:35:27] Love doesn't hold things over people's heads.
[00:35:32] Love gives room for people to be imperfect without constantly bringing it back up and throwing it in their face.
[00:35:44] Whatever community you're part of, whether it's a recovery group, a men's group, a church, even if it's just a few close friends, this verse matters.
[00:35:57] As people, as human beings, we are going to mess up.
[00:36:02] You are going to mess up. I am going to mess up.
[00:36:07] Love that covers a multitude of sins means you don't become the guy who never lets anybody forget their worst moment, because that's not how God treats us.
[00:36:21] And it's not how you should treat the people around you either.
[00:36:29] Don't be the guy who tells somebody their worst moment over and over again so they never forget it.
[00:36:37] Is that what you want God to do to you?
[00:36:40] Never forget your worst moment?
[00:36:46] I doubt it.
[00:36:50] Then we move to verse nine, and it says, be hospitable to one another without complaint in verse 10. As each one has received a special gift, employ it in serving one another as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.
[00:37:07] Every one of us has something to offer.
[00:37:11] It doesn't matter what your or my resume looks like.
[00:37:16] It doesn't matter what our record looks like, what our bank account looks like.
[00:37:22] We've been given something, some gift, some ability, some experience.
[00:37:29] It could even be your story itself.
[00:37:33] Peter says, use it to serve other people.
[00:37:38] You're a steward of it, not the owner. It's not your throne to sit on.
[00:37:47] I think about our church, Crossroads Fellowship, does a lot of celebrate recovery. We have a huge recovery ministry and a huge recovery impact.
[00:37:58] And I love when they have people who have been in recovery, come and give their story, give their testimony, right?
[00:38:08] That story impacts people.
[00:38:13] It's that hope that we've talked about.
[00:38:16] Share your hope, why you have hope.
[00:38:21] And it makes me think about people who have been through the worst of addiction and come out the other side.
[00:38:32] And it's a story that a lot of people might be ashamed of, but it can become one of the most powerful things you have because there's somebody out there right now who needs to hear that you made it through it, that you made it through what they're going through, that your message can become somebody else's roadmap because somebody else's mess became your roadmap because you saw that they got through it. And if they could get through it, man, I can get through it too.
[00:39:14] Don't store up and hide your story or be ashamed of your story.
[00:39:20] It's powerful.
[00:39:24] Then we move to verse 15.
[00:39:25] Peter gets into a.
[00:39:27] He talks about suffering specifically for being a Christian.
[00:39:32] He says, beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal among you which comes upon you for your testing, as though something strange were happening to you.
[00:39:43] Do not be surprised.
[00:39:47] He's saying, this isn't a sign of something gone wrong with your faith, it's part of it.
[00:39:56] This going on doesn't mean you have less faith.
[00:39:59] It's part of it.
[00:40:01] And in verse 13, to the degree that you share the sufferings of Christ, keep on rejoicing so that also at the revelation of his glory, you may rejoice with exaltation.
[00:40:15] And in verse 14, if you are reviled for the name of Christ, you are blessed because the spirit of glory of God rests on you.
[00:40:28] You know, most of us listening to this are not facing the kind of persecution Christians in some parts of the world would face.
[00:40:48] We have the freedom that a lot of other Christians don't.
[00:40:53] But some of us, some of you have experienced a version of this. Maybe you've had family or old friends mock your faith, mock the fact that you go to church, mock the fact that you pray, that you talk about Jesus, and maybe it's cost you relationships. I know in my life it has cost me relationships, and I haven't hit. I'm an IT guy, and data and metrics are important to me. Right in it, it's all about the data.
[00:41:28] And I've done extensive research, but I've had people say to me before, like, you're a data guy. How can you believe?
[00:41:38] Questioning me, mocking me, basically.
[00:41:48] But in this, Peter saying, if that's happened or happening because of your faith, it's not something to hide from.
[00:42:00] There's something in that, the spirit of God resting on you in that moment.
[00:42:12] But then verse 15 makes sure what's happening, right?
[00:42:20] Says, make sure that none of you suffer as a murderer, a thief, an evildoer, or a troublesome meddler.
[00:42:29] It's saying, don't confuse suffering for doing wrong with suffering for the name of Christ.
[00:42:37] You see, if consequences are coming because of your own bad choices, then you need to own it. That's not being persecuted. It's just the consequences of you doing something wrong.
[00:42:51] But if it's because you're living differently now and people don't like it, that's a different thing.
[00:43:00] And verse 16 says, don't be ashamed of it, but glorify God in that name.
[00:43:08] Then this chapter closes with verse 17. 19 Peter talks about judgment, beginning with the household of God and the difficult question of what happens to those who don't obey the gospel.
[00:43:23] Right? And then verse 19 lands it. It says, those also who suffer according to the will of God shall entrust their souls to a faithful creator in doing what is right.
[00:43:35] Entrust your soul to a faithful creator.
[00:43:42] That's not like white knuckling through it or just grit and bear it. Grit your teeth and get on right. That's a posture.
[00:43:51] And trusting, it's handing it over like you've handed something valuable to somebody you trust completely.
[00:44:01] Because that's exactly what he is.
[00:44:03] He's somebody you need to trust completely. He is faithful.
[00:44:12] Whatever years you've spent in that old life, Peter's telling you that they're sufficient.
[00:44:19] There's nothing left to prove by going back.
[00:44:24] And when people from that old life don't understand the new you or they talk about you or they push back, it doesn't mean you're doing something wrong.
[00:44:36] Remember, that's the gap between the before and the after.
[00:44:40] And you don't have to manage their reaction to feel secure in who you are today.
[00:44:48] And don't waste what you've been through.
[00:44:50] The story that you have that you might be most ashamed of could be exactly what somebody else needs to hear today.
[00:45:02] So I want you to think of one person.
[00:45:06] Maybe it's somebody new in recovery.
[00:45:09] Maybe it's somebody new in their faith.
[00:45:13] Maybe it's somebody starting where you started.
[00:45:18] And I want you to tell them one thing about your story, not the highlight reel. I want you to tell them one real thing.
[00:45:26] Let the mess you walked through become somebody's roadmap.
[00:45:34] It's powerful.
[00:45:40] All right, next week it's going to be our final episode on First Peter. It'll be chapter five.
[00:45:46] And Peter's going to talk to leaders, to the younger guys, and he's going to close with some of the most practical, I would say, hard hitting verses in this whole letter about humility and standing firm. You're not going to want to miss it. But until then, I want to remind you to love God and love people. It.
