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 Well, greetings St Paul's family. The staff team, you're probably aware of this already, are away at the moment on a retreat out in Bathurst.

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 We are training, we are planning, we are praying for our life together here at St Paul's and we're praying for you this morning as you gather.

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 Although it is a little bit different today, I'm coming to you via the screen.

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 We are continuing our series in the Bible.

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 Our aim in this whole series is to build confidence in the Bible, in what the Bible is, what God says about it, so that we might grow in confidence and relationship with the God who gives us the Bible for our joy.

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 Now, last week in this series, we were in Psalm 19 and the topic was the necessity of the Bible.

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 The Bible is necessary in order to know God correctly, to know ourselves correctly, to know the way of salvation and to navigate life well in God's world.

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 Although God, we saw there in Psalm 19, although God communicates in a general way his glory and his majesty through his created order in such a way that all of humanity is without excuse,

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 he communicates specifically who he is, who we are and how we are to live through his perfect and powerful word.

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 He communicates specifically in that way to us.

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 So the truest and the most vivid glimpse we get of the majesty and the glory of God is in his word, the Bible.

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 Not by sitting on the edge of the Pacific Ocean and gazing into the abyss or even just staring at the glory of the French Alps, God's nature and created order.

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 So how can we get to this point where we are confident that this is in fact so, that God, all of his majesty and glory is revealed to us in his word in such a way that we find that it is sweet and our souls are refreshed.

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 Now to answer that question this morning, I want to intertwine, if you like, the Bible text we're looking at with the life and the work of John Calvin,

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 someone who was a phenomenal student of God's word.

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 Why would I want to do that?

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 Why am I bringing Calvin to you today?

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 Well, B.B. Warfield, who was the last principal of Princeton Theological Seminary, and in fact one of the great theologians of the 19th and 20th centuries,

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 said this of Calvin,

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 No man ever had a profounder sense of God than he.

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 That is a remarkable, remarkable commendation from someone as great as B.B. Warfield.

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 So who was Calvin?

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 And what happened to him that someone like Warfield would praise him so highly?

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 Well, Calvin was born in France in 1509.

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 When he was 14, his father sent him to study theology at the University of Paris.

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 When he was 19, his father had some issue with the Roman Catholic Church at that time, which Calvin himself was.

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 And he told his son to leave the studying of theology and to study law himself instead.

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 And so as a dutiful son, that's exactly what he did.

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 However, two years later, his father died and Calvin abandoned his studies of law and moved to the thing that he loved the most, and that was the classics.

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 He published his first book in 1532 at the age of 23.

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 And it's during this time, somewhere around this time, he came into contact with the teachings of the Reformed faith.

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 He came into the Reformed faith.

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 He came into contact with the Reformed faith.

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 He came into contact with the Reformed faith.

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 He came to understand the gospel of Jesus Christ for the first time.

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 And so by 1533, at the age of 23, 24, something dramatic happened in Calvin's life and totally changed the whole course of his life.

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 This is how he describes it in his own words.

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 God, by a sudden conversion, subdued and brought my mind to a teachable frame.

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 Having thus received some taste and knowledge of true godliness, I was immediately inflamed with an intense desire to make progress.

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 To make progress in the things of the Christian faith.

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 In fact, 24 years later, he died when he was 54.

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 24 years later, unchanged in his passions and goals, and one month before he died, he wrote in his will,

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 That statement there describes Calvin's entire life.

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 In all things, he pursued the majesty and the glory of God.

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 So what happened to him?

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 He saw the supremacy and the majesty and the glory of God for the first time when he was 23.

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 He couldn't see it, and then he did see it.

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 And when he saw it, it captivated his life.

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 So let's jump into seeing God's glory in the Bible.

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 First of all, I've got four points there you'll notice in your outline.

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 Seeing God's glory in creation, in Jesus Christ, in the gospel, and in the scriptures.

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 Let's just quickly jump through those things.

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 So seeing God's glory in creation.

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 The Bible shows that God intends for us to have a well-grounded conviction that he is powerful,

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 that he is wise, that he is a merciful creator and sustainer of the world by means of sight of his glory in and through creation.

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 That's where we were last week in Psalm 19.

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 The heavens declare the glory of God.

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 They reveal the glory of God.

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 They communicate God's glory.

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 Notice, though, in Psalm 19, the heavens themselves are not the glory of God.

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 The heavens are not God.

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 They are pointing, they are a window to see the glory of God.

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 We need eyes to see through the glory of nature in order to see the glory of the God who created all nature.

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 But it is possible to see the glory of creation, but not the glory of the God behind creation.

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 We see that in Romans chapter 1.

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 But we also see God's glory in Jesus Christ.

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 That is God's self-authenticating glory shines in Jesus Christ.

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 That is, God expected people in Jesus' day, first century Palestine, to see the glory and the majesty of God in Jesus,

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 and therefore knowing that he is himself the Son of God, even though he was as human as we are and looked just as ordinary as we do.

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 John chapter 1 verse 14 says,

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 So many, many people in first century Palestine looked at God in human flesh, Jesus Christ himself, and they did not see God.

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 The glory of God in Christ was missed by a whole heap of people.

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 And yet, the Son of God was really there for those who had eyes to see the glory.

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 The problem was not that the glory of Jesus was not adequately revealing his divinity.

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 The problem, according to Matthew 13 verse 13, was that those seeing, they do not see.

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 Though hearing, they do not hear or understand.

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 So that's God's glory is revealed in creation.

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 It is revealed in Jesus Christ.

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 Thirdly, it's revealed in the gospel itself.

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 God's self-authenticating glory shines in the gospel.

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 And that brings us to the text for this morning, 2 Corinthians chapter 4.

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 And verse 4 says this,

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 The God of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers so they cannot see the light of the gospel that displays the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

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 The gospel, the word gospel is here.

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 It's a story of how God came to save sinners.

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 And the gospel shines a supernatural light to the eyes of the heart.

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 It's called there the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ.

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 The light of the gospel shatters our blindness in verse 6.

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 God says,

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 So in verse 4,

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 What Paul is saying there in those two verses is the way that we come to know that the Christian gospel,

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 as recorded in the Christian Bible,

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 is in fact God's word, that it is God's truth,

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 is by seeing the glory of God in it, in the face of Christ.

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 That's what he's saying there.

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 This glory of the gospel shines throughout all of the Bible because it all points to Jesus.

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 But most brightly in the gospel of the Son of God crucified for the sake of sinners.

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 And part of what makes the glory of God in the scriptures so unusual and yet so spectacular

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 is the way that God's glory is described.

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 It is the way God's majesty and his supremacy and his complete otherness is expressed through his total meekness,

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 through his mercy, through his grace.

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 God magnifies his glory.

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 We see a magnified, spectacular God as we see a God who descends to save us.

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 That is glory like our world does not know.

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 He magnifies his magnificence, his supremacy, his glory

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 by making himself the supreme treasure of our hearts,

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 even at great cost to himself.

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 God satisfies us.

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 God serves us in the gospel.

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 And in the very act of doing that,

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 he reveals and magnifies his magnificence.

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 This is the light of God's glory

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 that shines through the whole Bible

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 and it comes to its most beautiful radiance

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 in the person and the work of Jesus Christ,

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 dying and rising for his creatures,

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 the very ones who have rejected him.

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 Fourthly, we see the glory of God in the Bible.

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 God's self-authenticating glory

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 shines in the Bible itself.

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 God confirms that the world is his

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 by revealing his glory through it.

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 God confirms that Jesus Christ is the son of God

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 by revealing his glory through him.

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 And that the gospel is the gospel of God

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 by revealing his glory through it.

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 And so the whole Bible authenticates itself

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 by shining with the majestic and meek glory

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 of the God who inspired it.

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 That is the only way that we can know

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 that the Bible is the word of God

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 is because in their true meaning,

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 we see the self-authenticating glory of God.

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 But there's a problem here

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 and it's a massive problem.

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 It's an insurmountable roadblock.

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 It is something that we as human beings

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 cannot fix, we cannot get over,

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 we cannot see.

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 By nature, we are told here in 2 Corinthians 4

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 that we are blind to the glory of God.

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 We cannot see the glory of God

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 any more than a blind person

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 can see the heavens themselves.

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 Romans 1, in fact, says we're not just blind,

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 innocently walking around blind,

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 but Romans 1 says that we actually suppress

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 the glory of God.

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 We suppress the truth of God.

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 We are not just innocent people

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 stuck in blindness hoping to see.

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 John chapter 3 tells us

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 we love the darkness.

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 We want to be in the darkness.

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 We want to be blind.

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 Paul says,

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 in 1 Corinthians 2, verse 14,

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 the person without the spirit

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 doesn't accept the things

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 that come from the spirit of God,

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 but considers them foolishness

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 and cannot understand them

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 because they are discerned only

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 through the spirit.

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 The only hope

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 for any person

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 to see the glory of God

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 in the Bible

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 and have a well-grounded confidence

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 that it is, in fact,

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 God's word

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 is for God himself

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 to take away our blindness,

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 for God himself

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 to perform a miracle,

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 to take away the blindness

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 that we are born with,

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 the blindness that we delight in,

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 for himself to remove it.

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 And Paul says

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 that that's exactly what God does.

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 This is the miracle of new birth,

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 even though he doesn't use that language

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 specifically here in 2 Corinthians 4.

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 This is the miracle of new birth.

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 God comes to us

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 and he speaks a word

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 of new creation,

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 just like he did

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 at the beginning

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 with the created order

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 when he said,

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 let there be light.

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 And it was so.

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 No further actions required.

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 And it was so.

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 And so he does the same

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 in the human heart.

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 2 Corinthians 4 verse 6,

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 God, who said,

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 let light shine out of darkness,

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 made his light shine in our hearts

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 to give us the light

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 of the knowledge

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 of God's glory

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 displayed in the face of Christ.

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 And when God

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 flicks that switch

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 in our hearts

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 that moves us

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 from darkness

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 to light,

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 a moment that we're not

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 even looking for it,

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 we don't think we need it,

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 we're not asking for it,

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 and God chooses to do it,

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 in that moment

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 we know

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 that Christ is real.

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 You know

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 that the gospel

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 is real.

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 You know

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 that the scriptures

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 are true.

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 And it's because

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 God said,

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 let there be light

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 in that heart.

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 it's then

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 that we see

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 God's glory

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 and you know

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 that this is God.

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 You see lights

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 and it's the first time

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 you realise

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 that in fact

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 my whole life

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 has been plunged

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 into darkness.

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 What the Apostle Paul

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 declares here

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 that John Calvin

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 experienced

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 and later wrote about

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 and what you have

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 experienced

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 as a Christian

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 and where I started

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 in fact

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 my first message here

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 when I said

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 I was sitting

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 in a shed

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 in Katoomba

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 and all of a sudden

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 it's like

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 someone lit a candle

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 in my heart

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 to help me see.

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 That experience

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 is what theologians

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 call

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 the inward witness

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 of the Holy Spirit.

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 Why do Christians

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 believe

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 that the Bible

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 is the word of God

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 in which God

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 reveals

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 to us

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 the reality

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 of his presence

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 the reality

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 of his glory

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 the reality

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 of the universe

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 the reality

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 of our sin

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 the reality

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 of redemption

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 through the Lord

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 Jesus Christ

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 why do we believe

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 that that is true?

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 The answer is not

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 because we're smart

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 it's not because

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 of our

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 our cultural

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 environment

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 that we're brought

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 up in

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 it's not because

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 we can follow

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 a logical chain

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 of human reasoning

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 about the historical

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 reliability

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 of scriptures

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 that pushes me

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 over the line

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 and convince me

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 it's true

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 those things

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 might be helpful

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 the answer

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 is that God

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 himself

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 has confirmed

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 it through

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 the Holy Spirit

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 it is entirely

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 an act of grace

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 it is not

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 by our own

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 reasoning

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 but a pure

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 gift

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 from God

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 we do not

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 the Christian

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 does not

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 hold a position

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 of the Bible

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 stubbornly

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 and cling

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 to it

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 despite all

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 the assaults

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 on it

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 what we

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 discover is

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 that in fact

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 God is holding

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 us

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 through his

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 word

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 and at every

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 point confirming

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 to us

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 it is

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 his

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 word

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 so how do we

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 pursue God's

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 glory then

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 what does

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 it mean

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 for us

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 if it's

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 purely

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 an act

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 of God

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 what does

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 it mean

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 for us

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 to pursue

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 his glory

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 well in

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 his early

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 20s

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 John

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 Calvin

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 experienced

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 the miracle

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 of having

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 the blind

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 eyes of

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 his heart

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 opened by

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 the Spirit

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 of God

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 to use

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 his words

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 and I'm

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 not sure

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 if he pulled

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 this directly

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 out of

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 2 Corinthians

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 4 but

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 to use

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 his word

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 I at

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 length

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 perceived

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 as if

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 light

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 had broken

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 in on

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 me

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 and what

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 he saw

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 immediately

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 and without

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 any intervening

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 chain of

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 human reasoning

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 were two

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 things that

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 would determine

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 the entire

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 rest of his

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 life

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 number one

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 he saw

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 the glory

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 of God

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 and number

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 two

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 he saw

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 the glory

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 of God

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 in the

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 word of

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 God

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 through

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 the work

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 of God's

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 Spirit

00:21:19.660 --> 00:21:21.300
 the Bible

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 facilitated

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 seeing the

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 glory of

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 God

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 and the

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 glory of

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 God

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 once saw

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 seen

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 vindicated

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 the Bible

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 as God's

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 word

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 he said

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 that the

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 highest

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 proof

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 of Scripture

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 derives in

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 general from

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 the fact

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 that God

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 in person

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 speaks

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 through it

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 and

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 neither

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 the Holy

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 Spirit

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 nor the

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 Bible

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 by

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 themselves

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 allow

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 a person

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 to see

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 the glory

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 of God

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 the Holy

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 Spirit

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 can't do

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 it by

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 itself

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 and the

00:22:04.980 --> 00:22:05.220
 Bible

00:22:05.220 --> 00:22:05.699
 can't do

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 it by

00:22:05.959 --> 00:22:06.500
 itself

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 they have

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 to work

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 together

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 the Spirit

00:22:09.480 --> 00:22:10.279
 works through

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 God's

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 word

00:22:11.220 --> 00:22:12.019
 to bring

00:22:12.019 --> 00:22:12.639
 light

00:22:12.639 --> 00:22:13.539
 into the

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 darkness

00:22:13.879 --> 00:22:14.220
 of our

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 hearts

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 so that

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 we might

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 see the

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 glory of

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 God

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 that

00:22:18.279 --> 00:22:20.259
 realization

00:22:20.259 --> 00:22:21.539
 for Calvin

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 completely

00:22:23.339 --> 00:22:24.299
 changed his

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 life

00:22:24.759 --> 00:22:25.980
 geographically

00:22:25.980 --> 00:22:27.220
 and vocationally

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 in 1537

00:22:28.660 --> 00:22:29.700
 he took up

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 in Geneva

00:22:31.079 --> 00:22:32.539
 the role

00:22:32.539 --> 00:22:33.200
 of professor

00:22:33.200 --> 00:22:33.940
 of sacred

00:22:33.940 --> 00:22:34.420
 scripture

00:22:34.420 --> 00:22:35.359
 again still in

00:22:35.359 --> 00:22:35.940
 his 20s

00:22:35.940 --> 00:22:36.299
 in sacred

00:22:36.299 --> 00:22:36.619
 scripture

00:22:36.619 --> 00:22:37.299
 and within

00:22:37.299 --> 00:22:38.079
 four months

00:22:38.079 --> 00:22:38.399
 he was

00:22:38.399 --> 00:22:38.819
 appointed

00:22:38.819 --> 00:22:39.419
 as the

00:22:39.419 --> 00:22:39.959
 pastor

00:22:39.959 --> 00:22:40.899
 of St

00:22:40.899 --> 00:22:41.299
 Peter's

00:22:41.299 --> 00:22:41.679
 church

00:22:41.679 --> 00:22:42.639
 the city

00:22:42.639 --> 00:22:43.119
 council

00:22:43.119 --> 00:22:43.899
 was not

00:22:43.899 --> 00:22:44.459
 happy with

00:22:44.459 --> 00:22:44.819
 Calvin

00:22:44.819 --> 00:22:45.419
 at all

00:22:45.419 --> 00:22:46.039
 and so

00:22:46.039 --> 00:22:46.779
 they banished

00:22:46.779 --> 00:22:47.439
 him roughly

00:22:47.439 --> 00:22:47.959
 a year

00:22:47.959 --> 00:22:48.359
 or something

00:22:48.359 --> 00:22:48.759
 later

00:22:48.759 --> 00:22:50.079
 in April

00:22:50.079 --> 00:22:51.079
 1538

00:22:51.079 --> 00:22:52.399
 Calvin

00:22:52.399 --> 00:22:53.179
 thought in

00:22:53.179 --> 00:22:53.779
 that moment

00:22:53.779 --> 00:22:54.159
 that oh

00:22:54.159 --> 00:22:54.479
 this is

00:22:54.479 --> 00:22:54.979
 fantastic

00:22:54.979 --> 00:22:55.539
 God is

00:22:55.539 --> 00:22:56.000
 relieving

00:22:56.000 --> 00:22:56.419
 me from

00:22:56.419 --> 00:22:57.000
 the crush

00:22:57.000 --> 00:22:58.000
 of pastoral

00:22:58.000 --> 00:22:58.459
 duties

00:22:58.459 --> 00:22:59.239
 so that I

00:22:59.239 --> 00:22:59.539
 could get

00:22:59.539 --> 00:22:59.939
 back to

00:22:59.939 --> 00:23:00.500
 studies

00:23:00.500 --> 00:23:00.919
 you know

00:23:00.919 --> 00:23:01.259
 get back

00:23:01.259 --> 00:23:01.539
 into my

00:23:01.539 --> 00:23:01.819
 study

00:23:01.819 --> 00:23:02.099
 and just

00:23:02.099 --> 00:23:02.359
 write

00:23:02.359 --> 00:23:02.779
 stuff

00:23:02.779 --> 00:23:03.879
 instead

00:23:03.879 --> 00:23:04.979
 he ends

00:23:04.979 --> 00:23:05.419
 up in

00:23:05.419 --> 00:23:06.319
 Strasbourg

00:23:06.319 --> 00:23:07.200
 where for

00:23:07.200 --> 00:23:08.099
 three years

00:23:08.099 --> 00:23:08.679
 he served

00:23:08.679 --> 00:23:09.019
 as a

00:23:09.019 --> 00:23:09.519
 pastor

00:23:09.519 --> 00:23:10.919
 for 500

00:23:10.919 --> 00:23:11.500
 French

00:23:11.500 --> 00:23:12.419
 refugees

00:23:12.419 --> 00:23:13.980
 as well

00:23:13.980 --> 00:23:14.919
 as teaching

00:23:14.919 --> 00:23:15.299
 the New

00:23:15.299 --> 00:23:15.759
 Testament

00:23:15.759 --> 00:23:16.700
 in the

00:23:16.700 --> 00:23:17.200
 university

00:23:17.200 --> 00:23:18.539
 he also

00:23:18.539 --> 00:23:19.139
 wrote his

00:23:19.139 --> 00:23:19.619
 commentary

00:23:19.619 --> 00:23:20.460
 on Romans

00:23:20.460 --> 00:23:20.980
 in those

00:23:20.980 --> 00:23:21.700
 three years

00:23:21.700 --> 00:23:22.359
 and put

00:23:22.359 --> 00:23:22.819
 out his

00:23:22.819 --> 00:23:23.619
 second

00:23:23.619 --> 00:23:24.700
 enlarged

00:23:24.700 --> 00:23:25.200
 edition

00:23:25.200 --> 00:23:25.919
 of the

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 absolute

00:23:27.000 --> 00:23:27.859
 bedrock

00:23:27.859 --> 00:23:28.819
 foundational

00:23:28.819 --> 00:23:29.379
 theological

00:23:29.379 --> 00:23:29.879
 book

00:23:29.879 --> 00:23:30.799
 of the

00:23:30.799 --> 00:23:31.539
 institutes

00:23:31.539 --> 00:23:32.059
 of Christian

00:23:32.059 --> 00:23:32.619
 religion

00:23:32.619 --> 00:23:34.579
 back in

00:23:34.579 --> 00:23:34.939
 Geneva

00:23:34.939 --> 00:23:35.419
 however

00:23:35.420 --> 00:23:37.800
 is

00:23:37.800 --> 00:23:38.759
 making

00:23:38.759 --> 00:23:39.060
 the

00:23:39.060 --> 00:23:39.320
 city

00:23:39.320 --> 00:23:39.820
 council

00:23:39.820 --> 00:23:40.160
 think

00:23:40.160 --> 00:23:40.340
 that

00:23:40.340 --> 00:23:40.640
 maybe

00:23:40.640 --> 00:23:40.900
 they

00:23:40.900 --> 00:23:41.039
 were

00:23:41.039 --> 00:23:41.160
 a

00:23:41.160 --> 00:23:41.279
 bit

00:23:41.279 --> 00:23:41.740
 hasty

00:23:41.740 --> 00:23:41.960
 on

00:23:41.960 --> 00:23:42.380
 Calvin

00:23:42.380 --> 00:23:42.700
 things

00:23:42.700 --> 00:23:42.860
 were

00:23:42.860 --> 00:23:43.160
 better

00:23:43.160 --> 00:23:43.680
 when

00:23:43.680 --> 00:23:44.039
 Calvin

00:23:44.039 --> 00:23:44.300
 was

00:23:44.300 --> 00:23:44.620
 there

00:23:44.620 --> 00:23:45.519
 and so

00:23:45.519 --> 00:23:46.240
 three

00:23:46.240 --> 00:23:46.900
 years

00:23:46.900 --> 00:23:47.580
 after him

00:23:47.580 --> 00:23:47.820
 being

00:23:47.820 --> 00:23:48.380
 banished

00:23:48.380 --> 00:23:49.320
 the

00:23:49.320 --> 00:23:49.640
 city

00:23:49.640 --> 00:23:50.160
 council

00:23:50.160 --> 00:23:50.640
 of

00:23:50.640 --> 00:23:51.019
 Geneva

00:23:51.019 --> 00:23:51.660
 reversed

00:23:51.660 --> 00:23:52.160
 the ban

00:23:52.160 --> 00:23:52.440
 on

00:23:52.440 --> 00:23:52.880
 Calvin

00:23:52.880 --> 00:23:53.920
 and held

00:23:53.920 --> 00:23:54.300
 him up

00:23:54.300 --> 00:23:54.660
 for the

00:23:54.660 --> 00:23:55.200
 first time

00:23:55.200 --> 00:23:55.460
 to be

00:23:55.460 --> 00:23:55.800
 in fact

00:23:55.800 --> 00:23:56.300
 a godly

00:23:56.300 --> 00:23:56.700
 man

00:23:56.700 --> 00:23:57.680
 he

00:23:57.680 --> 00:23:58.259
 served

00:23:58.259 --> 00:23:58.660
 there

00:23:58.660 --> 00:23:59.160
 the

00:23:59.160 --> 00:23:59.539
 church

00:23:59.539 --> 00:23:59.840
 there

00:23:59.840 --> 00:24:00.200
 until

00:24:00.200 --> 00:24:00.500
 his

00:24:00.500 --> 00:24:00.880
 death

00:24:00.880 --> 00:24:01.520
 on

00:24:01.520 --> 00:24:01.900
 May

00:24:01.900 --> 00:24:02.880
 27

00:24:02.880 --> 00:24:04.200
 15

00:24:04.200 --> 00:24:05.260
 64

00:24:05.260 --> 00:24:05.760
 160

00:24:05.760 --> 00:24:06.680
 years

00:24:06.680 --> 00:24:07.000
 ago

00:24:07.000 --> 00:24:07.420
 last

00:24:07.420 --> 00:24:07.840
 Monday

00:24:07.840 --> 00:24:09.740
 he

00:24:09.740 --> 00:24:10.040
 wrote

00:24:10.040 --> 00:24:10.640
 tracts

00:24:10.640 --> 00:24:11.600
 the

00:24:11.600 --> 00:24:12.360
 institutes

00:24:12.360 --> 00:24:12.920
 he

00:24:12.920 --> 00:24:13.180
 wrote

00:24:13.180 --> 00:24:13.880
 commentaries

00:24:13.880 --> 00:24:14.780
 on all

00:24:14.780 --> 00:24:15.020
 of the

00:24:15.020 --> 00:24:15.500
 New Testament

00:24:15.500 --> 00:24:15.880
 books

00:24:15.880 --> 00:24:16.380
 except the

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 book of

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 Revelation

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 plus he

00:24:18.260 --> 00:24:18.460
 wrote

00:24:18.460 --> 00:24:18.920
 commentaries

00:24:18.920 --> 00:24:19.220
 on the

00:24:19.220 --> 00:24:19.720
 first five

00:24:19.720 --> 00:24:20.100
 books of

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 the

00:24:20.240 --> 00:24:20.580
 Bible

00:24:20.580 --> 00:24:21.360
 he

00:24:21.360 --> 00:24:21.600
 wrote

00:24:21.600 --> 00:24:22.300
 commentaries

00:24:22.300 --> 00:24:22.760
 on the

00:24:22.760 --> 00:24:24.140
 psalm

00:24:24.140 --> 00:24:24.680
 which I've

00:24:24.680 --> 00:24:25.080
 used

00:24:25.080 --> 00:24:25.660
 in

00:24:25.660 --> 00:24:26.660
 looking at

00:24:26.660 --> 00:24:26.860
 Psalm

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 19

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 last week

00:24:28.480 --> 00:24:29.060
 he wrote

00:24:29.060 --> 00:24:29.440
 commentaries

00:24:29.440 --> 00:24:30.039
 on Isaiah

00:24:30.039 --> 00:24:30.700
 and Joshua

00:24:30.700 --> 00:24:31.200
 he gave

00:24:31.200 --> 00:24:31.620
 biblical

00:24:31.620 --> 00:24:32.360
 lectures

00:24:32.360 --> 00:24:33.160
 throughout

00:24:33.160 --> 00:24:33.680
 the course

00:24:33.680 --> 00:24:33.920
 of the

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 week

00:24:34.180 --> 00:24:34.420
 in the

00:24:34.420 --> 00:24:34.960
 university

00:24:34.960 --> 00:24:35.580
 in Geneva

00:24:35.580 --> 00:24:36.380
 and he

00:24:36.380 --> 00:24:36.880
 preached

00:24:36.880 --> 00:24:38.100
 10 sermons

00:24:38.100 --> 00:24:38.820
 every two

00:24:38.820 --> 00:24:39.320
 weeks

00:24:39.320 --> 00:24:40.480
 plus the

00:24:40.480 --> 00:24:40.900
 leading of

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 multiple

00:24:41.259 --> 00:24:42.120
 Bible studies

00:24:42.120 --> 00:24:44.620
 everything in

00:24:44.620 --> 00:24:45.480
 his life

00:24:45.480 --> 00:24:47.240
 everything in

00:24:47.240 --> 00:24:47.660
 his life

00:24:47.660 --> 00:24:47.940
 in his

00:24:47.940 --> 00:24:48.340
 ministry

00:24:48.340 --> 00:24:48.880
 was the

00:24:48.880 --> 00:24:49.660
 exposition

00:24:49.660 --> 00:24:50.380
 of scripture

00:24:50.380 --> 00:24:51.840
 this was

00:24:51.840 --> 00:24:52.840
 the ministry

00:24:52.840 --> 00:24:53.940
 that was

00:24:53.940 --> 00:24:54.840
 unleashed

00:24:54.840 --> 00:24:55.580
 in him

00:24:55.580 --> 00:24:56.640
 having seen

00:24:56.640 --> 00:24:57.140
 the glory

00:24:57.140 --> 00:24:57.660
 of God

00:24:57.660 --> 00:24:58.420
 in scripture

00:24:58.420 --> 00:25:00.180
 Calvin

00:25:00.180 --> 00:25:00.740
 preached

00:25:00.740 --> 00:25:01.460
 steadily

00:25:01.460 --> 00:25:02.160
 through

00:25:02.160 --> 00:25:02.640
 book

00:25:02.640 --> 00:25:03.380
 after book

00:25:03.380 --> 00:25:04.019
 after book

00:25:04.019 --> 00:25:04.300
 of the

00:25:04.300 --> 00:25:04.620
 Bible

00:25:04.620 --> 00:25:05.300
 he never

00:25:05.300 --> 00:25:05.880
 wavered

00:25:05.880 --> 00:25:06.240
 from this

00:25:06.240 --> 00:25:06.779
 approach

00:25:06.779 --> 00:25:07.380
 to preaching

00:25:07.380 --> 00:25:08.060
 for almost

00:25:08.060 --> 00:25:09.480
 25 years

00:25:09.480 --> 00:25:09.779
 of his

00:25:09.779 --> 00:25:10.120
 ministry

00:25:10.120 --> 00:25:10.360
 in the

00:25:10.360 --> 00:25:10.660
 pulpit

00:25:10.660 --> 00:25:11.279
 in Geneva

00:25:11.279 --> 00:25:12.180
 to give

00:25:12.180 --> 00:25:12.500
 you some

00:25:12.500 --> 00:25:13.039
 idea

00:25:13.039 --> 00:25:13.800
 of the

00:25:13.800 --> 00:25:14.340
 scope

00:25:14.340 --> 00:25:14.640
 of his

00:25:14.640 --> 00:25:15.060
 preaching

00:25:15.060 --> 00:25:16.080
 he began

00:25:16.080 --> 00:25:16.820
 his series

00:25:16.820 --> 00:25:17.140
 on the

00:25:17.140 --> 00:25:17.500
 book of

00:25:17.500 --> 00:25:17.880
 Acts

00:25:17.880 --> 00:25:18.420
 on the

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 25th

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 of August

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 1549

00:25:20.320 --> 00:25:21.560
 and ended

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 it in

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 March

00:25:22.720 --> 00:25:24.759
 1554

00:25:24.759 --> 00:25:26.619
 after

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 Acts

00:25:27.119 --> 00:25:27.539
 he went

00:25:27.539 --> 00:25:27.799
 on to

00:25:27.799 --> 00:25:28.579
 Thessalonians

00:25:28.579 --> 00:25:29.079
 46

00:25:29.079 --> 00:25:29.619
 sermons

00:25:29.619 --> 00:25:30.420
 Corinthians

00:25:30.420 --> 00:25:31.740
 186

00:25:31.740 --> 00:25:32.200
 sermons

00:25:32.200 --> 00:25:33.039
 pastoral

00:25:33.039 --> 00:25:33.480
 epistles

00:25:33.480 --> 00:25:34.059
 86

00:25:34.059 --> 00:25:34.579
 sermons

00:25:34.579 --> 00:25:35.500
 Galatians

00:25:35.500 --> 00:25:36.079
 43

00:25:36.079 --> 00:25:36.640
 sermons

00:25:36.640 --> 00:25:37.680
 Ephesians

00:25:37.680 --> 00:25:38.279
 48

00:25:38.279 --> 00:25:38.700
 sermons

00:25:38.700 --> 00:25:39.359
 until

00:25:39.359 --> 00:25:40.500
 1558

00:25:40.500 --> 00:25:42.019
 because he

00:25:42.019 --> 00:25:42.559
 was sick

00:25:42.559 --> 00:25:44.379
 in 1559

00:25:44.379 --> 00:25:45.079
 he began

00:25:45.079 --> 00:25:45.660
 what his

00:25:45.660 --> 00:25:46.980
 series called

00:25:46.980 --> 00:25:47.440
 the harmony

00:25:47.440 --> 00:25:47.700
 of the

00:25:47.700 --> 00:25:48.180
 gospels

00:25:48.180 --> 00:25:48.859
 and he

00:25:48.859 --> 00:25:49.339
 had not

00:25:49.339 --> 00:25:49.980
 yet finished

00:25:49.980 --> 00:25:50.299
 it when

00:25:50.299 --> 00:25:50.799
 he died

00:25:50.799 --> 00:25:51.500
 in May

00:25:51.500 --> 00:25:52.940
 1564

00:25:52.940 --> 00:25:53.839
 it's a

00:25:53.839 --> 00:25:54.460
 five year

00:25:54.460 --> 00:25:54.779
 sermon

00:25:54.779 --> 00:25:55.259
 series

00:25:55.259 --> 00:25:56.640
 he preached

00:25:56.640 --> 00:25:57.539
 139

00:25:57.539 --> 00:25:57.900
 sermons

00:25:57.900 --> 00:25:58.440
 on Job

00:25:58.440 --> 00:25:58.839
 200

00:25:58.839 --> 00:25:59.180
 on

00:25:59.180 --> 00:25:59.740
 Deuteronomy

00:25:59.740 --> 00:26:01.240
 353

00:26:01.240 --> 00:26:01.839
 on Isaiah

00:26:01.839 --> 00:26:02.519
 123

00:26:02.519 --> 00:26:03.380
 on Genesis

00:26:03.380 --> 00:26:03.960
 and so

00:26:03.960 --> 00:26:04.220
 on

00:26:04.220 --> 00:26:04.859
 and so

00:26:04.859 --> 00:26:05.059
 on

00:26:05.059 --> 00:26:05.559
 and so

00:26:05.559 --> 00:26:05.799
 on

00:26:05.799 --> 00:26:07.180
 and this

00:26:07.180 --> 00:26:07.660
 was a

00:26:07.660 --> 00:26:08.400
 specific

00:26:08.400 --> 00:26:09.279
 self

00:26:09.279 --> 00:26:10.259
 conscious

00:26:10.259 --> 00:26:12.420
 to work

00:26:12.420 --> 00:26:12.579
 in

00:26:12.579 --> 00:26:13.319
 truth

00:26:13.319 --> 00:26:15.140
 in fact

00:26:15.140 --> 00:26:16.160
 on

00:26:16.160 --> 00:26:16.680
 Easter

00:26:16.680 --> 00:26:17.099
 day

00:26:17.099 --> 00:26:18.400
 1538

00:26:18.400 --> 00:26:19.279
 after

00:26:19.279 --> 00:26:19.920
 preaching

00:26:19.920 --> 00:26:21.519
 he left

00:26:21.519 --> 00:26:22.120
 the pulpit

00:26:22.120 --> 00:26:22.600
 of St

00:26:22.600 --> 00:26:23.140
 Peter's

00:26:23.140 --> 00:26:24.180
 Church

00:26:24.180 --> 00:26:24.880
 in Geneva

00:26:24.880 --> 00:26:25.560
 because he

00:26:25.560 --> 00:26:26.060
 was banished

00:26:26.060 --> 00:26:26.400
 by the

00:26:26.400 --> 00:26:27.100
 city council

00:26:27.100 --> 00:26:28.779
 three years

00:26:28.779 --> 00:26:29.180
 later

00:26:29.180 --> 00:26:29.960
 in September

00:26:29.960 --> 00:26:30.680
 the 3rd

00:26:30.680 --> 00:26:31.860
 1541

00:26:31.860 --> 00:26:33.380
 he climbs

00:26:33.380 --> 00:26:34.560
 the stairs

00:26:34.560 --> 00:26:35.060
 into the

00:26:35.060 --> 00:26:35.500
 pulpit

00:26:35.500 --> 00:26:36.240
 on the

00:26:36.240 --> 00:26:37.140
 very next

00:26:37.140 --> 00:26:37.600
 Sunday

00:26:37.600 --> 00:26:38.720
 picks up

00:26:38.720 --> 00:26:39.100
 on the

00:26:39.100 --> 00:26:39.800
 very next

00:26:39.800 --> 00:26:40.320
 verse

00:26:40.320 --> 00:26:41.620
 that he

00:26:41.620 --> 00:26:41.840
 left

00:26:41.840 --> 00:26:42.620
 three years

00:26:42.620 --> 00:26:43.000
 earlier

00:26:43.000 --> 00:26:45.000
 Calvin

00:26:45.000 --> 00:26:45.840
 saw

00:26:45.840 --> 00:26:47.080
 the

00:26:47.080 --> 00:26:48.060
 majesty

00:26:48.059 --> 00:26:49.639
 of God

00:26:49.639 --> 00:26:50.139
 in his

00:26:50.139 --> 00:26:50.659
 word

00:26:50.659 --> 00:26:51.099
 he

00:26:51.099 --> 00:26:51.500
 believed

00:26:51.500 --> 00:26:52.019
 with all

00:26:52.019 --> 00:26:52.319
 of his

00:26:52.319 --> 00:26:52.599
 heart

00:26:52.599 --> 00:26:52.899
 that the

00:26:52.899 --> 00:26:53.139
 word

00:26:53.139 --> 00:26:53.599
 of God

00:26:53.599 --> 00:26:54.200
 was indeed

00:26:54.200 --> 00:26:54.700
 the word

00:26:54.700 --> 00:26:55.220
 of God

00:26:55.220 --> 00:26:56.059
 and that

00:26:56.059 --> 00:26:56.940
 all of it

00:26:56.940 --> 00:26:58.579
 was inspired

00:26:58.579 --> 00:26:59.720
 it was profitable

00:26:59.720 --> 00:27:00.779
 it was radiant

00:27:00.779 --> 00:27:01.539
 with the light

00:27:01.539 --> 00:27:02.279
 of the glory

00:27:02.279 --> 00:27:02.980
 of God

00:27:02.980 --> 00:27:04.319
 the very thing

00:27:04.319 --> 00:27:05.299
 that every

00:27:05.299 --> 00:27:06.179
 single human

00:27:06.179 --> 00:27:06.700
 being

00:27:06.700 --> 00:27:07.919
 is designed

00:27:07.919 --> 00:27:08.440
 to see

00:27:08.440 --> 00:27:09.779
 we were

00:27:09.779 --> 00:27:10.339
 created

00:27:10.339 --> 00:27:12.039
 to glory

00:27:12.039 --> 00:27:13.619
 to marvel

00:27:13.619 --> 00:27:14.599
 in God's

00:27:14.599 --> 00:27:15.379
 magnificence

00:27:15.379 --> 00:27:15.879
 and glory

00:27:15.879 --> 00:27:16.539
 for our

00:27:16.539 --> 00:27:17.119
 joy

00:27:17.119 --> 00:27:18.699
 and he

00:27:18.699 --> 00:27:19.139
 said

00:27:19.139 --> 00:27:19.859
 we see

00:27:19.859 --> 00:27:20.339
 it

00:27:20.339 --> 00:27:23.019
 unadulterated

00:27:23.019 --> 00:27:24.079
 clearly

00:27:24.079 --> 00:27:24.839
 in the

00:27:24.839 --> 00:27:25.219
 scriptures

00:27:25.219 --> 00:27:26.619
 through the

00:27:26.619 --> 00:27:26.919
 work of

00:27:26.919 --> 00:27:27.359
 the spirit

00:27:27.359 --> 00:27:29.899
 now through

00:27:29.899 --> 00:27:30.699
 this series

00:27:30.699 --> 00:27:32.759
 I've used

00:27:32.759 --> 00:27:33.259
 various

00:27:33.259 --> 00:27:33.899
 arguments

00:27:33.899 --> 00:27:34.279
 to build

00:27:34.279 --> 00:27:34.859
 confidence

00:27:34.859 --> 00:27:35.439
 in Bible

00:27:35.439 --> 00:27:35.979
 as God's

00:27:35.979 --> 00:27:36.279
 word

00:27:36.279 --> 00:27:38.199
 how can

00:27:38.199 --> 00:27:38.839
 we really

00:27:38.839 --> 00:27:39.299
 know the

00:27:39.299 --> 00:27:39.619
 Bible

00:27:39.619 --> 00:27:40.259
 is God's

00:27:40.259 --> 00:27:40.579
 word

00:27:40.579 --> 00:27:41.459
 and that

00:27:41.459 --> 00:27:41.779
 it is

00:27:41.779 --> 00:27:42.219
 right

00:27:42.219 --> 00:27:43.079
 that it

00:27:43.079 --> 00:27:43.759
 is good

00:27:43.759 --> 00:27:44.599
 that it

00:27:44.599 --> 00:27:45.239
 is sweet

00:27:45.239 --> 00:27:45.759
 for our

00:27:45.759 --> 00:27:46.179
 joy

00:27:46.180 --> 00:27:48.920
 God

00:27:48.920 --> 00:27:49.340
 is the

00:27:49.340 --> 00:27:49.720
 one

00:27:49.720 --> 00:27:50.180
 who

00:27:50.180 --> 00:27:50.560
 enables

00:27:50.560 --> 00:27:50.820
 us

00:27:50.820 --> 00:27:51.480
 to see

00:27:51.480 --> 00:27:52.080
 what is

00:27:52.080 --> 00:27:52.360
 really

00:27:52.360 --> 00:27:52.720
 there

00:27:52.720 --> 00:27:55.279
 divine

00:27:55.279 --> 00:27:55.820
 glory

00:27:55.820 --> 00:27:56.360
 is

00:27:56.360 --> 00:27:56.900
 really

00:27:56.900 --> 00:27:57.539
 shining

00:27:57.539 --> 00:27:58.000
 in

00:27:58.000 --> 00:27:58.320
 and

00:27:58.320 --> 00:27:58.580
 through

00:27:58.580 --> 00:27:59.019
 nature

00:27:59.019 --> 00:28:00.759
 divine

00:28:00.759 --> 00:28:01.299
 glory

00:28:01.299 --> 00:28:02.019
 really

00:28:02.019 --> 00:28:02.779
 is

00:28:02.779 --> 00:28:03.720
 in

00:28:03.720 --> 00:28:04.039
 and

00:28:04.039 --> 00:28:04.420
 shining

00:28:04.420 --> 00:28:04.820
 through

00:28:04.820 --> 00:28:05.019
 the

00:28:05.019 --> 00:28:05.360
 person

00:28:05.360 --> 00:28:05.560
 of

00:28:05.560 --> 00:28:05.799
 Jesus

00:28:05.799 --> 00:28:06.220
 Christ

00:28:06.220 --> 00:28:06.560
 divine

00:28:06.560 --> 00:28:07.060
 glory

00:28:07.060 --> 00:28:07.519
 really

00:28:07.519 --> 00:28:08.220
 is

00:28:08.220 --> 00:28:08.620
 in

00:28:08.620 --> 00:28:08.920
 and

00:28:08.920 --> 00:28:09.259
 shining

00:28:09.259 --> 00:28:09.799
 through

00:28:09.799 --> 00:28:10.299
 the

00:28:10.299 --> 00:28:10.860
 gospel

00:28:10.860 --> 00:28:11.200
 of

00:28:11.200 --> 00:28:11.480
 Jesus

00:28:11.480 --> 00:28:12.000
 Christ

00:28:12.000 --> 00:28:12.799
 divine

00:28:12.799 --> 00:28:13.299
 glory

00:28:13.299 --> 00:28:13.859
 is

00:28:13.859 --> 00:28:14.240
 really

00:28:14.240 --> 00:28:14.740
 shining

00:28:14.740 --> 00:28:15.200
 in

00:28:15.200 --> 00:28:15.519
 and

00:28:15.519 --> 00:28:15.980
 through

00:28:15.980 --> 00:28:16.539
 the

00:28:16.539 --> 00:28:16.900
 God

00:28:16.900 --> 00:28:17.240
 intent

00:28:17.240 --> 00:28:17.819
 meaning

00:28:17.819 --> 00:28:18.440
 of

00:28:18.440 --> 00:28:18.599
 the

00:28:18.599 --> 00:28:18.920
 God

00:28:18.920 --> 00:28:19.660
 inspired

00:28:19.660 --> 00:28:20.119
 Bible

00:28:20.119 --> 00:28:22.700
 and what

00:28:22.700 --> 00:28:23.200
 this means

00:28:23.200 --> 00:28:23.660
 for us

00:28:23.660 --> 00:28:24.000
 here at

00:28:24.000 --> 00:28:24.640
 St. Paul's

00:28:24.640 --> 00:28:25.599
 is really

00:28:25.599 --> 00:28:26.140
 simple

00:28:26.140 --> 00:28:28.380
 really

00:28:28.380 --> 00:28:28.900
 simple

00:28:28.900 --> 00:28:31.220
 for

00:28:31.220 --> 00:28:31.500
 instance

00:28:31.500 --> 00:28:33.039
 don't

00:28:33.039 --> 00:28:33.720
 ever miss

00:28:33.720 --> 00:28:34.180
 the preaching

00:28:34.180 --> 00:28:34.680
 of God's

00:28:34.680 --> 00:28:34.980
 word

00:28:34.980 --> 00:28:36.180
 if you

00:28:36.180 --> 00:28:36.460
 want to

00:28:36.460 --> 00:28:36.619
 see

00:28:36.619 --> 00:28:37.059
 glory

00:28:37.059 --> 00:28:37.099
 glory

00:28:37.099 --> 00:28:40.339
 it

00:28:40.339 --> 00:28:40.700
 means

00:28:40.700 --> 00:28:40.879
 that

00:28:40.879 --> 00:28:41.119
 we

00:28:41.119 --> 00:28:41.399
 will

00:28:41.399 --> 00:28:41.819
 bend

00:28:41.819 --> 00:28:42.579
 every

00:28:42.579 --> 00:28:43.079
 effort

00:28:43.079 --> 00:28:43.440
 to

00:28:43.440 --> 00:28:43.879
 find

00:28:43.879 --> 00:28:44.099
 that

00:28:44.099 --> 00:28:44.480
 meaning

00:28:44.480 --> 00:28:44.659
 and

00:28:44.659 --> 00:28:44.799
 to

00:28:44.799 --> 00:28:44.980
 see

00:28:44.980 --> 00:28:45.179
 that

00:28:45.179 --> 00:28:45.559
 glory

00:28:45.559 --> 00:28:47.460
 we

00:28:47.460 --> 00:28:47.700
 will

00:28:47.700 --> 00:28:48.039
 take

00:28:48.039 --> 00:28:48.639
 every

00:28:48.639 --> 00:28:49.359
 opportunity

00:28:49.359 --> 00:28:50.399
 make

00:28:50.399 --> 00:28:50.940
 every

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 effort

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 every

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 single

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 effort

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 we

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 can

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 to

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 find

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 the

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 meaning

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 and

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 to

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 see

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 the

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 glory

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 we

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 will

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 not

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 presume

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 to

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 see

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 the

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 glory

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 in

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 scripture

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 where

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 we

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 have

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 not

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 seen

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 the

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 meaning

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 of

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 scripture

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 and

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 we

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 will

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 not

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 be

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 satisfied

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 that

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 we

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 have

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 seen

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 the

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 meaning

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 of

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 scripture

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 as

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 we

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 ought

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 to

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 if

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 we

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 have

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 not

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 seen

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 the

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 glory

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 of

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 God

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 coming

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 through

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 it

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 if

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 we

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 labor

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 to

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 know

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 God

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 and

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 his

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 word

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 in

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 this

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 way

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 our

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 confidence

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 in

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 the

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 scriptures

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 will

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 be

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 well

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 grounded

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 and

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 our

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 joy

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 in

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 the

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 glory

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 of

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 God

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 will

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 be

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 great

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 and

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 will

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 be

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 able

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 to

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 live

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 a

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 life

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 of

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 Calvin

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 I

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 wish

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 I

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 had

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 more

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 time

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 to

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 express

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 to

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 you

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 the

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 adversity

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 he

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 went

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 through

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 in

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 life

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 and

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 how

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 steadfast

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 and

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 constant

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 he

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 was

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 as

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 he

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 gazed

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 on

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 God's

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 glory

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 and

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 endured

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 everything

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 so

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 so

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 my

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 challenge

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 to

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 you

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 this

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 morning

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 if

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 you

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 are

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 not

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 laboring

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 to

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 know

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 the

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 Bible

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 you

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 cannot

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 see

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 the

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 glory

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 of

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 the

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 God

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 who

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 has

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 created

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 you

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 and

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 therefore

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 you

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 cannot

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 know

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 the

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 deep

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 joy

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 in

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 life

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 that

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 he

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 offers

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 you

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 your

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 joy

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 is

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 at

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 stake

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 read

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 your

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 Bible

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 and

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 pray

00:30:21.559 --> 00:30:21.819
 for

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 the

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 miracle

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 God

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 help

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 me

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 see

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 help

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 me

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 see

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 your

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 majesty

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 and

00:30:28.099 --> 00:30:28.319
 your

00:30:28.319 --> 00:30:28.759
 glory

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 for

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 my

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 joy

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 Amen