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 If you have a Bible, just look down at it for a second and just think what exactly is it and how did it get in your hand tonight?

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 What is the Bible?

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 Next week, Daniel is going to talk about a topic we call Bibliology.

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 It means like what does the Bible tell us about itself, which is really cool.

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 We don't make up stuff about the Bible.

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 The Bible actually tells us what it means and what it's for and etc.

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 So it will be kind of a follow-up from this.

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 But just think about this though.

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 What you have in your hands didn't just get there.

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 Remember, it's been a long, long process of even thousands of years to actually make it into your hand.

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 And there's a lot of countries, nations, languages even today that don't actually have anything what you have in your hand.

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 And so we're going to talk tonight just about how the Bible is a gift of grace.

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 It's grace. It's something that we don't deserve at all, but God has richly lavished it on us.

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 So just roll ahead.

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 Yeah.

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 Most people...

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 How many of you actually like to read, be honest?

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 Like to read.

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 I should have said, how many don't like to read?

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 Wow, that's what I thought.

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 No one was going to say that.

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 But, man, there definitely is like a trend these days where it's actually cool to actually not read.

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 Anybody ever picked up on that?

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 Like it's like you say you read books, you just automatically kind of sound like nerdy.

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 But we need to learn that reading is a gift.

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 It used to mean a lot more than it would now.

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 And we need to take advantage of this.

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 We need to dive into the Word.

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 And I hope that just even coming here and hearing the Word taught and et cetera is going to give you a desire to dive into God's Word even more.

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 So let's just talk just briefly about what the Bible's not.

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 Some misconceptions about what it is.

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 It's not a lucky charm.

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 It's not a magic eight ball where you just need a quick answer to something.

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 And you look and just pick some random verse out and then you start rolling.

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 That's not what it is.

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 It's not a lucky charm.

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 You don't read it to get something you want.

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 A boyfriend, a girlfriend, a car, money.

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 It's not something you go to for those things.

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 And it's not just going to have an answer that just pops up to you to any random question.

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 It's not those things.

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 It's also not an encyclopedia, a dictionary, a textbook, something like that.

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 It's much more than that.

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 It doesn't just have just random facts and information.

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 It has something a lot more important.

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 And a big one is it's not a big misconception.

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 It's just an outdated book.

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 Like it's not relevant to us today.

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 And nothing could be more untrue.

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 And the Bible speaks very clearly.

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 It's timeless.

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 Even an example of the Proverbs are filled with daily wisdom about how to live your life, which can apply to anybody today.

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 So let's say really quickly, just some things the Bible is not.

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 But let's go into what the Bible is.

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 So what is the Bible?

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 It's God's book.

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 If you want just a simple definition without a long explanation, I'll just give it to you.

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 It's the Bible is God's written revelation of himself and his mighty deeds.

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 The Bible is God's written revelation of himself and his mighty deeds.

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 It contains the knowledge of, the true knowledge, I'd say, of the living God.

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 It's in this book.

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 So does the Bible actually claim to be God's word?

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 Yeah.

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 Over 2,000 times you'll hear the phrase, the word of God, throughout scripture.

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 As if it was like him actually saying it.

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 And it appears 40 times in the New Testament alone, the word of God.

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 And thus says the Lord, you know, a lot of the times in the Old Testament as the prophets spoke.

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 So if you're still in 2 Timothy, just look at just a part of this.

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 2 Timothy 3, verse 16 says,

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 All scripture is breathed out by God and is profitable for teaching, for proof, for correction, for training in righteousness,

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 that the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work.

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 So all scripture, it says, not just parts of it, is, some of your translations might say inspired,

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 which is not necessarily a bad way of saying it.

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 It can cause some confusion, though.

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 So what the word really is for inspired is God-breathed.

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 Theophanoustos is where you get your word pneumonia or pneumatic from.

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 And it's only used here, not in the rest of the scripture and nowhere else in classical Greek is it used.

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 It's only used right here as if Paul was like being very specific about what he meant.

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 He wanted to show you that the word of God had a divine origin.

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 So he puts those words together.

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 It's breathed out by God.

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 It affirms that it is God who gave us his divine origin.

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 So in scripture, though, the person of God and the word of God are used, are interrelated, they're interchangeable.

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 So much so that what is true about God's character is also true about his word.

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 God is truthful.

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 He's not a liar.

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 So when he speaks, he's not dispensing nonsense.

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 It's true, powerful, and relevant stuff.

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 And if God wrote it, then it also is without error because God does not make error.

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 And so one word that you're going to talk about maybe later is, Daniel may revisit this next week, but the word inherently, we believe in something called the inerrancy of scripture.

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 And what it doesn't mean is that here it says Jesus had a purple robe and here it says Jesus had a red robe.

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 Contradiction.

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 Now, that's not what it means.

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 It means that ever since the term was invented for the Bible, inerrancy has meant that the Bible is true in its message and what it's trying to say is consistent throughout the whole thing.

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 That's what it means.

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 It means that God's word is true and consistent in what it's saying.

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 Not that little random things that really don't change the point of the message at all.

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 That's not what it means.

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 So, God is true, perfect, and reliable, and therefore His word is.

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 So, flip just quickly over to 2 Peter.

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 Let's look at something there real fast.

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 As I'm looking at this, I'm trying to think of some things that kind of not include.

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 But 2 Peter 1, verse 19.

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 Let's just start there.

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 I might just start at the beginning, but let's just start at 19.

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 He says,

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 What he's saying here is God's word didn't come about by some man just saying, I want to speak for God today.

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 He just began talking, and then it happened.

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 It was God that moved them, not by the will of man, but God spoke through them.

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 And so, when we say that Scripture is inspired, which we were talking about just a minute ago.

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 All Scripture is breathed out by God.

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 Have you ever heard anybody say, God inspired me to write this song?

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 God inspired me to write this book?

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 Or have you ever heard that kind of phrase from people?

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 There's a level of truth to that.

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 Maybe God did.

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 But at the same time, there are certain levels of inspiration.

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 And no one is as inspired as the Bible writers themselves when God communicated what He wanted them to put down in words.

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 And what it doesn't mean also, inspiration of Scripture, doesn't mean that God is like, someone's just going about their business during the day, and then He just like takes them over, and they just mechanically just write something down.

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 God did it in such a cool way to where He used their own personalities, their own experiences, their own vocabulary, their own writing style.

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 You have so many different writing styles in the Bible, which we'll look at a little later.

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 It says they were carried along by the Holy Spirit, and that He used even their personalities and such to put out what He wanted on paper in Scripture.

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 So there definitely is mystery that abounds as to how He did that.

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 But I know a lot of you might say, man, if I could have just seen the Red Sea part, or seen Christ risen from the dead, I would have a lot more faith than just having this book in my hand.

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 And go back and look.

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 Maybe you can start at verse 16, where we are in 2 Peter, just read that later.

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 But Peter is like, we saw Christ in all His glory on the holy mountain, the transfiguration.

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 But then later on he says, but we have something now that's even better than that.

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 We can look back now and see how all those things were coming together into a bigger story.

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 They couldn't see that.

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 They didn't know how the stuff that they were writing was going to fit into the overall bigger picture.

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 So it's a blessing, it's a grace to have the Scripture.

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 And could go on and on about it.

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 But basically just remember those things, the inspiration of the Scripture.

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 That God Himself spoke through men, put it down on paper, what He wanted them to say.

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 God created the heavens and the earth by the power of His Word.

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 He definitely can get what He wants into a book.

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 He's not in heaven saying, man, Paul messed it up.

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 Or I tried to get this in there and they forgot.

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 He's not that kind of a God.

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 He'd be very angry.

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 And we'd be experiencing His anger if that was the case.

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 So, on to some fun stuff for sure.

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 How do we actually get the Bible?

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 Like, what was the process?

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 Some of you might have been here in the last few years where I'd probably lecture for an hour and a half on all that.

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 We're not going to go over all that tonight.

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 We're going to just revisit some of it.

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 So, how do we get the Bible?

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 Let's start.

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 Wait a minute.

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 I can't remember how I did this.

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 Go on.

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 Oh yeah, let's just read this.

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 This is something that Martin Luther said, talking about how the Bible is grace to us.

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 Oh, how great and glorious a thing it is to have before one the Word of God.

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 With it we may at all times feel joyous and secure.

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 We need never be in want of consolation, for we see before us in all its brightness the pure and right way.

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 He who loses sight of the Word of God falls into despair.

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 However, the voice of heaven no longer sustains him and he follows only the disorderly tendency of his own heart and the world, world vanity, which lead him to destruction.

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 Scripture tells you not to follow your heart.

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 It says that your heart is deceitful.

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 I can definitely speak for myself that my heart is lied to me.

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 I need like a more sure guide for life and to know God.

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 So, go on, John.

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 Sorry.

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 All right.

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 Books of the Old Testament.

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 How did you get...

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 Why is the Old Testament the Old Testament?

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 Go ahead.

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 Oh, that's funky writing.

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 Sorry.

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 It's a change of font when I move it to what that is.

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 But this is how the Old Testament is broken up.

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 You get the books of the Law, the Torah, the Instruction, Genesis through Deuteronomy, the History books, Joshua through Esther, books of poetry and wisdom, Job through Song of Songs, and then the writings of the Prophets.

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 That's how it's broken up.

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 Go ahead and flip to your table of contents if you know where that is.

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 Just use it in the front of your Bible.

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 Some of you might be new Christians and like, don't ever be ashamed to be like, table of contents.

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 We see you turn to the table of contents.

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 So, it's okay.

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 Go ahead and go to the next slide.

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 Okay.

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 So, the background.

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 So, when were these things written?

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 Okay.

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 Roughly between 1445 B.C. to 14...

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 Or, excuse me, 424 B.C.

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 Huge span of time.

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 And the authors, unlike a lot of other sacred books out there like the Book of Mormon or the Koran, etc.,

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 the Bible has a lot of different writers from different time periods and from different walks of life.

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 Really cool.

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 And there are prophets, kings, soldiers, poets, shepherds, historians.

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 You have different men writing in different ways.

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 Really cool.

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 So, just think about it.

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 Some of you are very poetic and artsy.

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 Like, God communicated truth to you.

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 Some of you don't like any of that.

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 Just tell me what it means.

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 And there's...

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 You have the law.

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 Men wrote that way.

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 Just clearly what they meant.

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 So, the main language, yep, Hebrew.

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 Maybe some Aramaic thrown in there.

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 Something about the Hebrew scribes really quickly.

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 Hebrew scribes were pretty incredible.

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 All they would do is just copy the scripture.

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 Copy the scrolls.

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 And they cared about it so much.

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 It was so sacred that even if they just...

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 Let's say that they were at the end of a scroll of papyrus or whatever and they messed up.

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 Like, they made like a little glitch or they spelled something wrong.

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 They'd rip the whole thing up and throw it away.

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 Like, it was that serious of a deal to them.

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 So, you can be sure that, like, what we have is what was there.

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 They didn't change it as time went on.

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 So, the canonization of the Old Testament.

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 The canon doesn't mean a big piece of artillery.

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 It means like a collection of books, accepted number of books into something.

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 So, go on to the next one.

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 Really quickly, there is...

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 This is Josephus Flavius.

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 He was captured by Titus in around 70 A.D.

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 When Jerusalem was destroyed, the temple was destroyed, burnt to the ground by the Romans,

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 as Christ prophesied about.

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 And he was a Pharisee, but he was taken to Rome as a prisoner.

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 He actually was allowed to write.

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 And so, in the first century...

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 So, he had access to information that we don't now.

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 And this is what he said about the Old Testament scriptures.

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 For we have not an innumerable multitude of books among us,

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 disagreeing from and contradicting one another, like the Greeks have.

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 So, he's, like, making fun of, like, the ancient writings of the Greeks

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 and how they don't really connect or make sense at all.

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 But only 22 books, which contain the records of all the past times,

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 which are justly believed to be divine.

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 And of them, five belong to Moses, verse 5,

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 which contain his laws.

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 The prophets who were after Moses wrote down what was done in their times in 13 books.

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 And the remaining four books contain hymns to God,

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 precepts, and conduct for human life.

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 So, you may think, we have more.

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 Look at your table of contents.

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 There's more than, you know, 22 books.

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 And the reason we do that is we break up books where they wouldn't have.

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 We say, like, 1st, 2nd Samuel, 1st, 2nd Kings, 1st, 2nd Chronicles, etc.

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 So, also note, there are some Bibles out there.

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 The Roman Catholics have this included in their official canon.

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 A group of books called the Apocrypha.

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 And the reason that we don't include those in the Protestant canon

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 is because they're not named anywhere else in Hebrew tradition.

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 They're not cited as those books divinely inspired by God.

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 Even in the Hebrew Bible today, those books aren't included.

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 And no New Testament writer, apostle, Jesus himself,

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 they never quoted from it at all.

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 And so that's a really big deal.

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 And they have some value, but we just don't put them on the same level

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 as what we have divinely inspired here.

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 So, next slide.

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 So, what about the Old Testament manuscripts?

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 We had a problem for a long time because one of the oldest New Testament manuscripts

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 was 900 A.D.

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 That's bad, you know, because we have prophecies and things like that

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 that talk about Christ's coming.

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 So, it could be just all a scam, right?

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 So, how do we know about this?

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 And we need to know, how was it accurately translated since before the first century?

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 We need to know that.

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 So, God provided a really cool way.

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 Go to the next slide.

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 Dead Sea Scrolls in 1947 discovered in the caves of Qumran near the Dead Sea.

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 And they contained books from the Old Testament, all of them except for Esther.

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 And a lot of them date back to 125 B.C.

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 Really cool.

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 So, even cooler, you can take the ones that date that far back

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 and you can lay them right beside the ones that date 900 A.D.

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 They say the same thing, the exact same thing.

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 It's really cool.

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 So, it shows you how seriously they took the transmission.

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 So, they've been preserved for that long, 1900 years.

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 This is Josephus again.

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 They didn't play games with the Scriptures.

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 It was very, very serious to them.

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 He says,

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 We have given practical proof of our reverence for our own Scriptures.

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 For although such long ages have now passed,

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 no one has ventured either to add, to remove, or alter a syllable.

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 And it's instinct with every Jew from the day of his birth

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 to regard them as decrees of God,

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 to abide by them, and if need be, cheerfully die for them.

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 Time and again near now pass,

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 The site has been witness of prisoners, enduring tortures,

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 death in every form in the theaters,

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 rather than utter a single word against the laws and allied documents.

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 So, what he said about this is think about Rome.

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 They were seeing guys killed in the arenas.

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 The Colosseum wasn't built at this time.

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 It actually was built by Jewish slaves that happened after this conquest.

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 But they were being put to death,

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 and they would not back down from the Scriptures.

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 So, take them very seriously.

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 Go on to the next slide.

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 That's the Old Testament.

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 Let's get to the New.

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 Okay.

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 They date around the first century A.D.

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 Again, a variety of authors.

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 You have fishermen, rabbis, tax collectors, scholars, physicians.

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 I mean, really cool.

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 The language, Koine Greek, and some Aramaic, maybe here and there.

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 That was the language.

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 So, I go on.

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 That's how it's broken up.

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 The history books, letters of Paul, and then letters from other apostles.

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 This is a cool chart.

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 Don't lose yourself in all the stuff.

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 But what this is basically trying to say is,

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 you ever had someone say,

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 well, you don't have any of the original New Testament documents.

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 So, like, what's the point?

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 You don't really know that what's there was actually there.

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 So, they just kind of want to cast it aside.

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 The problem with their argument is that we don't have any, you know,

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 original copies of any ancient writing at all.

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 They're written on materials that decay and rot and have been destroyed.

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 So, but look at this, though.

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 We'll just do one example.

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 Most of you have heard of, at least, like the Iliad, Homer's Iliad.

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 It was written in 800 B.C.

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 A long time ago.

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 The earliest copies of it that we actually have in our hands today

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 are from 400 B.C.

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 There's a 400-year gap.

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 See that from the originals and the ones that we actually have?

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 And then there's the total number of copies we have

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 from all different time periods.

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 643, sorry, I need glasses.

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 So, then go down to the New Testament at the bottom,

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 written between 50 and 100 A.D.

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 The New Testament has the smallest time gaps

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 between the originals and the ones we have now,

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 and we have 5,366 different fragments and pieces

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 and whole books of the New Testament.

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 So, if you're going to throw that away, you've got to throw it all away.

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 It just doesn't work that way.

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 So, really cool.

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 We have, like, the biggest collection of writings of all ancient documents,

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 more than Plato or anything else.

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 So, go ahead, John.

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 So, how do we get the New Testament?

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 You hear people say,

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 well, the church left certain books out,

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 so I had that talk with a guy the other day

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 and didn't even know what he was talking about.

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 And so, how do we know that?

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 Some tricky church councils leave out certain books.

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 Well, the answer is, darn right they did.

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 There's a course like Wrong Teaching out there and Heresy

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 that really tried to corrupt the Gospel.

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 So, there are several councils that discuss this,

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 but the last one was Council of Carthurs, 397 A.D.

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 Carthurs was in Northern Africa.

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 And this was the criteria they used.

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 And so, all motives aside,

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 I couldn't personally come up with better criteria

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 for why we have what we have.

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 The first one was whether or not the document was written by an apostle

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 or one in close association with an apostle.

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 So, he was either Peter writing it or he talked to Peter.

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 It wasn't he said that he said that he said.

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 It was first or second hand and that was it.

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 Pretty cool.

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 So, there's a lot of books that don't meet that.

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 So, we don't really include it.

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 Secondly, whether or not the document was recognized as authoritative

00:24:03.019 --> 00:24:04.799
 by the early church.

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 So, there was, while the apostles were writing these books,

00:24:10.279 --> 00:24:14.980
 they would be aware if certain other writings were being taught

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 that were not true and that were corrupted.

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 And so, they would have kept them down.

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 I said, these are the books that we include.

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 Peter actually writes about Paul and says,

00:24:26.340 --> 00:24:30.420
 our brother Paul wrote to you about these same things I'm writing to you about.

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 Maybe it all kind of put together.

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 Then, thirdly, whether or not the document conformed,

00:24:38.559 --> 00:24:39.500
 let's put it right now, yeah,

00:24:39.940 --> 00:24:44.420
 to the highest standards and truths taught by already recognized Scripture.

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 So, we can say, we know that these are good.

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 Okay, we know that the Old Testament,

00:24:51.140 --> 00:24:52.160
 you know, these are consistent.

00:24:52.720 --> 00:24:55.759
 We know that the Gospel of John, Matthew, etc.

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 And we know that they teach the same things over thousands of years.

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 They all teach the same thing,

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 that there's this God who is holy and righteous and graceful

00:25:05.180 --> 00:25:08.420
 and that man is sinful and is in need of a Savior,

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 taught over thousands of years.

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 So, does it go against what we already know to be true?

00:25:16.259 --> 00:25:18.440
 And then they would exclude it if it was.

00:25:19.119 --> 00:25:19.759
 So, really good.

00:25:19.839 --> 00:25:22.599
 That's how you got the New Testament that is in front of you.

00:25:22.599 --> 00:25:24.480
 Good stuff.

00:25:25.539 --> 00:25:25.899
 Next.

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 I don't have time to get into all this, I don't think.

00:25:31.459 --> 00:25:35.059
 But, remember the Latin, okay?

00:25:36.259 --> 00:25:39.319
 Sola, scriptura, it means Scripture alone.

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 And during the time of the Reformation,

00:25:41.559 --> 00:25:46.439
 and arguably the end of the 1400s and the 1500s,

00:25:46.500 --> 00:25:49.139
 Martin Luther, John Wyclef, etc.

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 The Roman Church taught that an infallible book

00:25:54.780 --> 00:25:57.400
 needs an infallible interpreter.

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 And he's the only one that can interpret it.

00:26:00.320 --> 00:26:03.300
 And that was the Pope, the vicar of Christ,

00:26:03.400 --> 00:26:06.440
 the one who stands in the place of Christ.

00:26:06.560 --> 00:26:08.500
 And so, they stood against that.

00:26:08.540 --> 00:26:12.080
 And they said, no, the Bible is the final and ultimate authority.

00:26:12.079 --> 00:26:14.539
 And if we want to know what the Bible means,

00:26:14.619 --> 00:26:17.699
 we look at what the Bible says about a certain topic.

00:26:18.500 --> 00:26:23.179
 We don't, we don't, basically, Scripture is its own interpreter.

00:26:23.359 --> 00:26:25.319
 Scripture interprets Scripture.

00:26:26.539 --> 00:26:30.980
 And then finally, yeah, balance of Scripture and historical interpretation.

00:26:31.980 --> 00:26:34.199
 So, they didn't totally throw aside, like what,

00:26:34.919 --> 00:26:38.339
 of, like the method of historical interpretation.

00:26:38.339 --> 00:26:43.359
 If that was true, none of us would believe anything that was taught way back when.

00:26:44.000 --> 00:26:48.019
 So, you have to kind of weigh things as to what the Church has always taught.

00:26:48.099 --> 00:26:51.139
 If you come up with a new idea or a new thought

00:26:51.139 --> 00:26:55.240
 that's escaped the mind of every believer for the last 2,000 years,

00:26:55.879 --> 00:26:58.339
 you know, and then you look back and it's kind of been taught by

00:26:58.339 --> 00:27:00.980
 different heretics throughout the history of the Church,

00:27:01.879 --> 00:27:04.199
 then it's a good chance that you probably need to, like,

00:27:04.539 --> 00:27:06.099
 can your interpretation.

00:27:06.099 --> 00:27:06.219
 Probably.

00:27:06.939 --> 00:27:07.379
 Probably.

00:27:08.399 --> 00:27:11.179
 A good example of that, a long time ago,

00:27:12.159 --> 00:27:15.500
 around the 400 AD, something like that,

00:27:16.139 --> 00:27:18.059
 there was a guy who taught, a name of Arius,

00:27:18.079 --> 00:27:20.179
 who taught that Jesus is not God.

00:27:20.819 --> 00:27:22.219
 He was just another creation.

00:27:22.939 --> 00:27:23.459
 Sound familiar?

00:27:23.619 --> 00:27:27.079
 It's the same thing that Jehovah Witnesses and other groups teach today.

00:27:27.199 --> 00:27:28.839
 It's not anything new at all.

00:27:29.319 --> 00:27:31.879
 It's the same thing in different form.

00:27:32.859 --> 00:27:34.039
 So, yeah, Soda Scriptura,

00:27:34.039 --> 00:27:35.799
 the most refreshing drink on the planet.

00:27:35.799 --> 00:27:36.279
 Sorry.

00:27:36.759 --> 00:27:37.159
 Go ahead.

00:27:40.000 --> 00:27:40.759
 Oh, man.

00:27:40.879 --> 00:27:42.419
 Last year, I lectured on each one of these people.

00:27:42.519 --> 00:27:43.079
 We're not going to do that.

00:27:43.599 --> 00:27:48.059
 But these people were all instrumental in getting us the English translations

00:27:48.059 --> 00:27:49.599
 that you have.

00:27:50.639 --> 00:27:51.700
 John Wakeliff,

00:27:52.480 --> 00:27:53.279
 William Tyndale,

00:27:53.359 --> 00:27:56.419
 he was the first one to really translate from the original Greek and Hebrew

00:27:56.419 --> 00:27:57.940
 and Latin text.

00:27:57.940 --> 00:27:59.940
 John Knox,

00:28:00.660 --> 00:28:01.820
 Scottish reformer,

00:28:02.460 --> 00:28:03.820
 great beards back then,

00:28:04.240 --> 00:28:05.320
 incredible beards.

00:28:06.100 --> 00:28:07.600
 Then, monarchs,

00:28:07.900 --> 00:28:09.860
 that also played a very instrumental role.

00:28:10.580 --> 00:28:12.600
 Whether they're believers or not,

00:28:13.220 --> 00:28:14.140
 quite debatable.

00:28:14.140 --> 00:28:16.820
 Maybe we'll be surprised.

00:28:16.820 --> 00:28:19.100
 See Henry eating the turkey leg in heaven.

00:28:19.300 --> 00:28:19.540
 Maybe.

00:28:20.140 --> 00:28:20.700
 Maybe not.

00:28:21.980 --> 00:28:23.740
 But they were both instrumental

00:28:23.740 --> 00:28:25.820
 and kind of saying,

00:28:26.420 --> 00:28:27.259
 at least to Rome,

00:28:27.400 --> 00:28:27.640
 no,

00:28:27.780 --> 00:28:28.780
 like we're going to have

00:28:28.780 --> 00:28:30.180
 our own Bible

00:28:30.180 --> 00:28:31.080
 for our people

00:28:31.080 --> 00:28:32.100
 in the common tongue.

00:28:32.300 --> 00:28:33.259
 And they made it law.

00:28:33.259 --> 00:28:33.700
 So,

00:28:34.339 --> 00:28:36.160
 all those people were instrumental

00:28:36.160 --> 00:28:38.359
 in bringing us English translations.

00:28:39.339 --> 00:28:40.019
 Go ahead.

00:28:41.200 --> 00:28:42.259
 One translation,

00:28:42.839 --> 00:28:43.579
 particularly,

00:28:44.720 --> 00:28:46.160
 was the Geneva Bible.

00:28:46.240 --> 00:28:46.440
 Really,

00:28:46.539 --> 00:28:47.000
 really cool.

00:28:48.000 --> 00:28:49.099
 The Geneva Bible came

00:28:49.099 --> 00:28:51.119
 in 560.

00:28:51.900 --> 00:28:53.579
 That's before the King James Bible.

00:28:54.519 --> 00:28:54.740
 So,

00:28:55.660 --> 00:28:56.599
 King James Bible,

00:28:56.680 --> 00:28:57.259
 not a bad translation,

00:28:58.059 --> 00:28:58.960
 but it wasn't the first

00:28:58.960 --> 00:29:00.579
 English translation.

00:29:01.039 --> 00:29:01.200
 So,

00:29:02.200 --> 00:29:03.099
 the people with the signs,

00:29:03.099 --> 00:29:03.419
 you know,

00:29:03.480 --> 00:29:04.559
 in the King James only.

00:29:05.079 --> 00:29:05.699
 Just the language

00:29:05.699 --> 00:29:06.619
 that Jesus spoke in

00:29:06.619 --> 00:29:07.159
 kind of thing.

00:29:07.939 --> 00:29:08.159
 It's,

00:29:08.379 --> 00:29:10.500
 at the beginning of

00:29:10.500 --> 00:29:13.059
 the preface of the Geneva Bible,

00:29:13.959 --> 00:29:15.199
 awesome words.

00:29:16.179 --> 00:29:16.439
 It says,

00:29:16.539 --> 00:29:17.639
 the Bible is the light

00:29:17.639 --> 00:29:18.500
 to our paths,

00:29:19.359 --> 00:29:20.980
 the key of the kingdom of heaven,

00:29:21.759 --> 00:29:23.359
 our comfort and affliction,

00:29:23.959 --> 00:29:25.179
 our shield and sword

00:29:25.179 --> 00:29:26.059
 against Satan,

00:29:26.799 --> 00:29:27.879
 the school of all wisdom,

00:29:28.539 --> 00:29:29.399
 the mirror in which

00:29:29.399 --> 00:29:30.779
 we behold God's face,

00:29:31.199 --> 00:29:32.699
 the testimony of his favor,

00:29:33.099 --> 00:29:34.219
 and the only food

00:29:34.219 --> 00:29:34.859
 and nourishment

00:29:34.859 --> 00:29:35.839
 of our souls.

00:29:36.500 --> 00:29:37.279
 Really awesome.

00:29:37.379 --> 00:29:38.279
 That was written by people

00:29:38.279 --> 00:29:39.619
 who were exiled from England

00:29:39.619 --> 00:29:41.240
 during the reign of

00:29:41.240 --> 00:29:42.480
 Bloody Mary

00:29:42.480 --> 00:29:44.159
 after Henry

00:29:44.159 --> 00:29:45.819
 had passed away.

00:29:46.699 --> 00:29:47.139
 So,

00:29:47.240 --> 00:29:48.679
 it had study notes,

00:29:48.819 --> 00:29:49.500
 chapter breaks,

00:29:50.039 --> 00:29:51.099
 it's quoted by Shakespeare,

00:29:51.439 --> 00:29:52.419
 it was the Bible

00:29:52.419 --> 00:29:53.199
 of the pilgrims

00:29:53.199 --> 00:29:53.819
 that came over.

00:29:54.659 --> 00:29:56.779
 Really awesome translation.

00:29:56.779 --> 00:29:57.720
 That's actually a picture

00:29:57.720 --> 00:29:58.180
 I made

00:29:58.180 --> 00:29:59.740
 of the Geneva Bible

00:29:59.740 --> 00:30:00.680
 in Scotland.

00:30:01.000 --> 00:30:01.460
 It's pretty cool.

00:30:02.160 --> 00:30:02.639
 Next.

00:30:03.619 --> 00:30:04.899
 English Bible translations.

00:30:06.359 --> 00:30:06.700
 Okay.

00:30:07.319 --> 00:30:07.799
 Here we go.

00:30:07.859 --> 00:30:07.940
 So,

00:30:07.940 --> 00:30:08.879
 I'm going to try not to hate

00:30:08.879 --> 00:30:10.720
 on anybody's translation

00:30:10.720 --> 00:30:13.079
 tonight,

00:30:13.899 --> 00:30:15.019
 but there's

00:30:15.019 --> 00:30:16.879
 basically four kinds

00:30:16.879 --> 00:30:18.059
 of English translations.

00:30:18.740 --> 00:30:20.259
 The first is what's called

00:30:20.259 --> 00:30:21.200
 the formal equivalent.

00:30:21.200 --> 00:30:22.440
 And that means

00:30:22.440 --> 00:30:23.400
 they tried to like

00:30:23.400 --> 00:30:24.180
 get the closest

00:30:24.180 --> 00:30:26.019
 English word

00:30:26.019 --> 00:30:26.799
 that would correspond

00:30:26.799 --> 00:30:27.680
 to either the Greek

00:30:27.680 --> 00:30:28.220
 or the Hebrew.

00:30:28.840 --> 00:30:29.860
 It's more of a word

00:30:29.860 --> 00:30:31.480
 for word translation.

00:30:32.480 --> 00:30:32.900
 Literal,

00:30:33.000 --> 00:30:33.900
 if you want to call it that.

00:30:34.000 --> 00:30:34.700
 The most literal

00:30:34.700 --> 00:30:35.420
 we can be

00:30:35.420 --> 00:30:37.140
 in the English translation.

00:30:38.840 --> 00:30:39.620
 And that's

00:30:39.620 --> 00:30:40.120
 example,

00:30:40.860 --> 00:30:41.819
 so you see it over here

00:30:41.819 --> 00:30:42.420
 to the left,

00:30:43.220 --> 00:30:44.080
 word for word.

00:30:44.759 --> 00:30:45.559
 Intelnir means

00:30:45.559 --> 00:30:46.939
 like the Greek below.

00:30:47.559 --> 00:30:48.059
 So that's why

00:30:48.059 --> 00:30:48.679
 it's there.

00:30:49.359 --> 00:30:49.740
 But then,

00:30:49.899 --> 00:30:50.679
 the most literal

00:30:50.679 --> 00:30:52.339
 English translation

00:30:52.339 --> 00:30:53.240
 is the New American

00:30:53.240 --> 00:30:54.240
 Standard Bible.

00:30:56.679 --> 00:30:57.599
 And right over

00:30:57.599 --> 00:30:58.099
 from that

00:30:58.099 --> 00:30:59.240
 is ESV,

00:31:00.119 --> 00:31:02.439
 English Standard

00:31:02.439 --> 00:31:02.799
 Version.

00:31:02.960 --> 00:31:03.199
 Gosh.

00:31:03.359 --> 00:31:03.639
 Then,

00:31:03.720 --> 00:31:04.599
 even the King James

00:31:04.599 --> 00:31:06.220
 Version is a literal.

00:31:06.500 --> 00:31:06.679
 But,

00:31:07.220 --> 00:31:08.619
 we have more resources

00:31:08.619 --> 00:31:09.759
 available to us today

00:31:09.759 --> 00:31:10.259
 to come up with

00:31:10.259 --> 00:31:10.699
 a better,

00:31:11.240 --> 00:31:11.939
 more accurate

00:31:11.939 --> 00:31:12.619
 translations

00:31:12.619 --> 00:31:13.079
 than

00:31:13.079 --> 00:31:14.720
 the limited resources

00:31:14.720 --> 00:31:16.119
 translators had

00:31:16.119 --> 00:31:16.720
 in the past.

00:31:17.679 --> 00:31:19.119
 The dynamic equivalent

00:31:19.119 --> 00:31:20.399
 is,

00:31:20.699 --> 00:31:20.779
 example,

00:31:20.879 --> 00:31:21.599
 that is NIV.

00:31:21.819 --> 00:31:22.439
 That means that

00:31:22.439 --> 00:31:23.240
 the translators

00:31:23.240 --> 00:31:24.559
 look at

00:31:24.559 --> 00:31:26.119
 the Greek or Hebrew

00:31:26.119 --> 00:31:26.679
 and they say,

00:31:26.819 --> 00:31:27.240
 what are they,

00:31:27.419 --> 00:31:28.240
 what's the idea?

00:31:28.779 --> 00:31:28.919
 Like,

00:31:28.919 --> 00:31:29.639
 what are they trying

00:31:29.639 --> 00:31:31.019
 to say here?

00:31:31.099 --> 00:31:31.879
 What's the thought

00:31:31.879 --> 00:31:33.539
 they're trying to communicate?

00:31:33.720 --> 00:31:34.279
 And then they

00:31:34.279 --> 00:31:35.000
 wrote it out.

00:31:35.659 --> 00:31:36.019
 So,

00:31:36.359 --> 00:31:36.779
 it's not,

00:31:37.439 --> 00:31:38.699
 definitely not bad.

00:31:38.699 --> 00:31:39.939
 It has value.

00:31:40.899 --> 00:31:41.059
 But,

00:31:41.199 --> 00:31:41.899
 NIV is

00:31:41.900 --> 00:31:43.600
 an example of that.

00:31:43.920 --> 00:31:44.180
 And then,

00:31:44.620 --> 00:31:45.080
 then you have

00:31:45.080 --> 00:31:45.980
 the paraphrases.

00:31:47.540 --> 00:31:48.940
 New Living Translation,

00:31:49.740 --> 00:31:50.560
 the message,

00:31:51.420 --> 00:31:51.800
 and,

00:31:52.740 --> 00:31:54.519
 I'll say this to you,

00:31:55.080 --> 00:31:56.519
 because I do believe

00:31:56.519 --> 00:31:57.420
 that even the Trent,

00:31:57.480 --> 00:31:58.519
 the guys who wrote this,

00:31:59.019 --> 00:32:00.019
 would tell you that

00:32:00.019 --> 00:32:01.820
 this isn't

00:32:01.820 --> 00:32:02.980
 the Bible.

00:32:03.100 --> 00:32:03.460
 They would say

00:32:03.460 --> 00:32:04.800
 this is a paraphrase.

00:32:04.900 --> 00:32:05.820
 It's just kind of

00:32:05.820 --> 00:32:06.940
 talking about

00:32:06.940 --> 00:32:07.700
 things that

00:32:07.700 --> 00:32:08.840
 went on.

00:32:08.900 --> 00:32:09.360
 You can't really

00:32:09.359 --> 00:32:10.099
 get into a,

00:32:10.679 --> 00:32:11.539
 there's some passage

00:32:11.539 --> 00:32:12.039
 in the Bible

00:32:12.039 --> 00:32:13.079
 you need to look at

00:32:13.079 --> 00:32:14.419
 like the most literal

00:32:14.419 --> 00:32:15.839
 you can to understand it

00:32:15.839 --> 00:32:16.899
 because you can't

00:32:16.899 --> 00:32:17.619
 paraphrase it

00:32:17.619 --> 00:32:18.539
 in today's English.

00:32:18.639 --> 00:32:19.359
 It needs to be understood

00:32:19.359 --> 00:32:20.799
 where it was.

00:32:21.459 --> 00:32:21.740
 But,

00:32:21.799 --> 00:32:22.439
 as our culture

00:32:22.439 --> 00:32:23.399
 becomes more and more

00:32:23.399 --> 00:32:24.019
 illiterate

00:32:24.019 --> 00:32:25.459
 and we don't read anymore,

00:32:26.059 --> 00:32:26.479
 et cetera,

00:32:26.619 --> 00:32:27.619
 translation is going to get

00:32:27.619 --> 00:32:28.740
 dumber and dumber

00:32:28.740 --> 00:32:31.059
 further down the road.

00:32:31.059 --> 00:32:31.700
 And,

00:32:31.700 --> 00:32:32.559
 so,

00:32:32.700 --> 00:32:33.519
 if you don't have

00:32:33.519 --> 00:32:34.759
 a literal

00:32:34.759 --> 00:32:36.500
 numeric standard

00:32:36.500 --> 00:32:37.579
 or ESV or something,

00:32:37.720 --> 00:32:38.960
 I recommend you buy one

00:32:38.960 --> 00:32:40.659
 just to read alongside,

00:32:41.039 --> 00:32:41.399
 just to,

00:32:41.399 --> 00:32:42.559
 just to follow.

00:32:43.700 --> 00:32:43.980
 So,

00:32:44.220 --> 00:32:44.720
 next,

00:32:45.960 --> 00:32:46.379
 oh yeah,

00:32:46.500 --> 00:32:47.059
 I don't know why

00:32:47.059 --> 00:32:47.639
 I put that in there.

00:32:47.740 --> 00:32:48.279
 I thought it was funny.

00:32:53.519 --> 00:32:53.919
 Yes,

00:32:53.980 --> 00:32:54.799
 we typically use

00:32:54.799 --> 00:32:55.619
 the ESV here.

00:32:57.779 --> 00:32:58.179
 Next,

00:32:58.259 --> 00:32:58.819
 next slide.

00:33:01.059 --> 00:33:02.440
 man,

00:33:02.519 --> 00:33:03.220
 I had a cool

00:33:03.220 --> 00:33:04.539
 thing prepared for this.

00:33:04.619 --> 00:33:05.379
 I don't know if I have time.

00:33:07.379 --> 00:33:07.819
 Anyway,

00:33:09.000 --> 00:33:10.619
 I grew up in the 80s.

00:33:10.700 --> 00:33:11.299
 I actually remember

00:33:11.299 --> 00:33:12.740
 the latter part of the 80s.

00:33:13.859 --> 00:33:15.039
 I was born in 82,

00:33:15.759 --> 00:33:16.379
 but I remember

00:33:16.379 --> 00:33:17.440
 the latter 80s.

00:33:17.779 --> 00:33:18.539
 A big movie

00:33:18.539 --> 00:33:20.679
 that I actually still own.

00:33:20.720 --> 00:33:21.379
 I actually watched it

00:33:21.379 --> 00:33:22.099
 a few months ago

00:33:22.099 --> 00:33:23.079
 just for laughs.

00:33:23.619 --> 00:33:24.559
 Neverending Story.

00:33:24.659 --> 00:33:25.440
 Who's seen that movie?

00:33:26.519 --> 00:33:26.960
 Okay,

00:33:27.059 --> 00:33:28.000
 I don't feel stupid anymore.

00:33:28.000 --> 00:33:31.079
 Good stuff,

00:33:31.180 --> 00:33:31.579
 but it's about

00:33:31.579 --> 00:33:32.299
 this little boy

00:33:32.299 --> 00:33:34.000
 named Bastion

00:33:34.000 --> 00:33:34.359
 who's kind of

00:33:34.359 --> 00:33:34.660
 going through

00:33:34.660 --> 00:33:36.180
 a rough time in life

00:33:36.180 --> 00:33:37.099
 and he's being chased

00:33:37.099 --> 00:33:38.000
 by these bullies

00:33:38.000 --> 00:33:39.400
 that are hating on him

00:33:39.400 --> 00:33:40.140
 and he runs

00:33:40.140 --> 00:33:40.779
 into a bookstore

00:33:40.779 --> 00:33:42.019
 and he meets

00:33:42.019 --> 00:33:42.720
 this cool dude

00:33:42.720 --> 00:33:44.059
 that looks kind of creepy

00:33:44.059 --> 00:33:45.299
 and then

00:33:45.299 --> 00:33:47.319
 has a conversation

00:33:47.319 --> 00:33:47.799
 with him

00:33:47.799 --> 00:33:48.980
 and he's reading

00:33:48.980 --> 00:33:49.500
 a book

00:33:49.500 --> 00:33:50.079
 called

00:33:50.079 --> 00:33:51.519
 Neverending Story

00:33:51.519 --> 00:33:52.000
 and he

00:33:52.000 --> 00:33:53.220
 kind of like

00:33:53.220 --> 00:33:54.019
 sneaks it out

00:33:54.019 --> 00:33:54.440
 and he's like,

00:33:54.519 --> 00:33:55.319
 I'll return your book

00:33:55.319 --> 00:33:56.420
 later after I read it.

00:33:56.420 --> 00:33:57.759
 And then he goes to school

00:33:57.759 --> 00:33:58.460
 and he actually goes up

00:33:58.460 --> 00:33:59.480
 to the school attic

00:33:59.480 --> 00:34:00.340
 and he starts reading

00:34:00.340 --> 00:34:01.400
 the book.

00:34:02.080 --> 00:34:03.460
 He reads the rest of the day

00:34:03.460 --> 00:34:04.519
 and through the night actually

00:34:04.519 --> 00:34:05.279
 so he just couldn't

00:34:05.279 --> 00:34:06.440
 back off of it.

00:34:07.340 --> 00:34:07.980
 Pretty cool.

00:34:08.079 --> 00:34:08.920
 But he was told by

00:34:08.920 --> 00:34:10.519
 the guy at the bookstore

00:34:10.519 --> 00:34:11.139
 this book

00:34:11.139 --> 00:34:12.519
 is not safe

00:34:12.519 --> 00:34:13.940
 for you to read.

00:34:14.460 --> 00:34:14.680
 Like,

00:34:15.260 --> 00:34:16.860
 you'll see what I mean

00:34:16.860 --> 00:34:18.519
 if he was to read it.

00:34:18.639 --> 00:34:19.099
 So he

00:34:19.099 --> 00:34:20.460
 begins reading it.

00:34:20.519 --> 00:34:21.680
 It's about this magical world

00:34:21.680 --> 00:34:22.800
 called Fantasia

00:34:22.800 --> 00:34:23.400
 and he

00:34:23.400 --> 00:34:24.840
 goes on into it.

00:34:24.840 --> 00:34:25.300
 But anyways,

00:34:26.300 --> 00:34:27.240
 what ends up happening

00:34:27.240 --> 00:34:28.420
 is that

00:34:28.420 --> 00:34:29.280
 as he reads it

00:34:29.280 --> 00:34:30.200
 he finds that

00:34:30.200 --> 00:34:31.380
 the book is like

00:34:31.380 --> 00:34:32.240
 talking about him.

00:34:32.900 --> 00:34:33.980
 It's speaking to him.

00:34:34.059 --> 00:34:35.420
 He's actually one of the characters

00:34:35.420 --> 00:34:37.340
 inside of the book

00:34:37.340 --> 00:34:38.860
 and he's

00:34:38.860 --> 00:34:40.160
 kind of freaking out

00:34:40.160 --> 00:34:40.620
 at different parts

00:34:40.620 --> 00:34:40.780
 like,

00:34:40.940 --> 00:34:41.160
 whoa,

00:34:41.340 --> 00:34:41.780
 how did they

00:34:41.780 --> 00:34:43.320
 know that about me

00:34:43.320 --> 00:34:45.140
 as he read on?

00:34:45.400 --> 00:34:45.700
 And

00:34:45.700 --> 00:34:47.400
 he was kind of drawn

00:34:47.400 --> 00:34:48.760
 further and further

00:34:48.760 --> 00:34:49.360
 into it

00:34:49.360 --> 00:34:50.100
 and then eventually

00:34:50.100 --> 00:34:51.340
 he's brought into the story

00:34:51.340 --> 00:34:52.519
 as one of the characters

00:34:52.519 --> 00:34:53.320
 at the very end.

00:34:53.320 --> 00:34:54.960
 Pretty cool part.

00:34:55.160 --> 00:34:55.340
 Anyway.

00:34:56.380 --> 00:34:56.660
 And

00:34:56.660 --> 00:34:58.059
 so

00:34:58.059 --> 00:35:00.080
 on

00:35:00.080 --> 00:35:01.600
 not to sound cheesy

00:35:01.600 --> 00:35:01.960
 or

00:35:01.960 --> 00:35:03.440
 make a cool connection here

00:35:03.440 --> 00:35:03.740
 but

00:35:03.740 --> 00:35:05.480
 the Bible is not

00:35:05.480 --> 00:35:06.420
 a fake book.

00:35:06.620 --> 00:35:06.780
 It's

00:35:06.780 --> 00:35:08.120
 that actually happens

00:35:08.120 --> 00:35:08.960
 when you read the Bible.

00:35:09.059 --> 00:35:10.500
 You'll see that it's

00:35:10.500 --> 00:35:11.539
 talking about you

00:35:11.539 --> 00:35:12.460
 and talking to you.

00:35:12.559 --> 00:35:12.840
 You'll be like,

00:35:12.920 --> 00:35:13.120
 man,

00:35:13.220 --> 00:35:14.320
 that's me.

00:35:14.680 --> 00:35:14.840
 Like,

00:35:14.860 --> 00:35:15.700
 I'm like that.

00:35:16.760 --> 00:35:17.840
 One of the biggest things

00:35:17.840 --> 00:35:18.360
 that we know

00:35:18.360 --> 00:35:18.640
 is

00:35:18.640 --> 00:35:20.059
 that the Bible

00:35:20.059 --> 00:35:20.740
 is not myth

00:35:20.739 --> 00:35:21.799
 and it's not just legend

00:35:21.799 --> 00:35:23.039
 because people

00:35:23.039 --> 00:35:23.719
 are actually like

00:35:23.719 --> 00:35:24.419
 real people.

00:35:24.799 --> 00:35:26.199
 They have real problems

00:35:26.199 --> 00:35:27.679
 and serious,

00:35:27.879 --> 00:35:28.519
 nasty things

00:35:28.519 --> 00:35:29.239
 they get into.

00:35:29.799 --> 00:35:30.519
 They're not made out

00:35:30.519 --> 00:35:31.439
 to be invincible

00:35:31.439 --> 00:35:33.119
 characters at all

00:35:33.119 --> 00:35:34.639
 and the only one

00:35:34.639 --> 00:35:34.979
 that's,

00:35:35.139 --> 00:35:35.659
 the only character

00:35:35.659 --> 00:35:36.379
 that is invincible

00:35:36.379 --> 00:35:37.919
 is God himself.

00:35:38.859 --> 00:35:39.079
 So

00:35:39.079 --> 00:35:41.439
 that's what happens.

00:35:41.579 --> 00:35:41.679
 We

00:35:41.679 --> 00:35:42.819
 read the Bible.

00:35:42.959 --> 00:35:43.559
 We see that,

00:35:44.159 --> 00:35:44.379
 man,

00:35:44.419 --> 00:35:45.079
 we see how sinful

00:35:45.079 --> 00:35:45.519
 we are.

00:35:45.599 --> 00:35:46.399
 We see the need

00:35:46.399 --> 00:35:47.739
 for redemption.

00:35:47.739 --> 00:35:48.419
 We see the need

00:35:48.419 --> 00:35:49.019
 of a Savior

00:35:49.019 --> 00:35:51.139
 and it'll move you

00:35:51.139 --> 00:35:51.639
 and stir you

00:35:51.639 --> 00:35:52.699
 like no other book.

00:35:53.679 --> 00:35:54.500
 And so much so

00:35:54.500 --> 00:35:54.939
 that as you

00:35:54.939 --> 00:35:56.339
 start reading it,

00:35:56.439 --> 00:35:57.339
 you may not want

00:35:57.339 --> 00:35:58.059
 to put it down

00:35:58.059 --> 00:35:59.379
 and it

00:35:59.379 --> 00:36:01.399
 is literally

00:36:01.399 --> 00:36:02.839
 like a never-ending story.

00:36:02.939 --> 00:36:03.679
 It'll go on and on

00:36:03.679 --> 00:36:04.739
 through eternity.

00:36:05.459 --> 00:36:06.099
 Really cool.

00:36:07.479 --> 00:36:07.759
 So

00:36:07.759 --> 00:36:09.619
 why should we

00:36:09.619 --> 00:36:10.219
 read the Bible

00:36:10.219 --> 00:36:10.939
 real quickly?

00:36:11.539 --> 00:36:12.259
 Why study it?

00:36:12.779 --> 00:36:13.259
 I'll go back.

00:36:13.399 --> 00:36:13.579
 Sorry.

00:36:16.299 --> 00:36:16.619
 John,

00:36:16.979 --> 00:36:17.239
 Kyle,

00:36:17.359 --> 00:36:17.500
 yeah.

00:36:17.739 --> 00:36:19.579
 first of all,

00:36:20.139 --> 00:36:21.479
 turn to John 17

00:36:21.479 --> 00:36:22.079
 real fast.

00:36:31.679 --> 00:36:32.959
 Why should we

00:36:32.959 --> 00:36:34.919
 study it?

00:36:35.479 --> 00:36:36.459
 First off,

00:36:37.159 --> 00:36:38.119
 to know who

00:36:38.119 --> 00:36:39.339
 God is.

00:36:40.539 --> 00:36:40.959
 And

00:36:40.959 --> 00:36:41.439
 no better

00:36:41.439 --> 00:36:42.559
 person to tell us

00:36:42.559 --> 00:36:43.159
 about God

00:36:43.159 --> 00:36:43.459
 than

00:36:43.459 --> 00:36:44.779
 God himself.

00:36:45.479 --> 00:36:46.059
 He doesn't really

00:36:46.059 --> 00:36:46.819
 care what you

00:36:46.819 --> 00:36:47.439
 think about him.

00:36:47.440 --> 00:36:48.900
 he is a certain

00:36:48.900 --> 00:36:49.340
 way.

00:36:50.019 --> 00:36:50.579
 He's not going

00:36:50.579 --> 00:36:51.200
 to change.

00:36:52.400 --> 00:36:52.880
 And so

00:36:52.880 --> 00:36:54.539
 really cool here.

00:36:54.619 --> 00:36:55.539
 John 17

00:36:55.539 --> 00:36:57.159
 this is Jesus

00:36:57.159 --> 00:36:58.119
 praying.

00:36:58.380 --> 00:36:59.360
 He says,

00:36:59.460 --> 00:36:59.840
 When Jesus

00:36:59.840 --> 00:37:00.280
 has spoken

00:37:00.280 --> 00:37:00.840
 these words,

00:37:00.900 --> 00:37:01.340
 he lifted up

00:37:01.340 --> 00:37:01.780
 his eyes

00:37:01.780 --> 00:37:02.220
 to heaven

00:37:02.220 --> 00:37:03.119
 and said,

00:37:03.220 --> 00:37:03.480
 Father,

00:37:04.200 --> 00:37:05.079
 the hour has

00:37:05.079 --> 00:37:05.340
 come.

00:37:05.460 --> 00:37:06.139
 Glorify your

00:37:06.139 --> 00:37:06.440
 Son.

00:37:06.519 --> 00:37:06.840
 The Son

00:37:06.840 --> 00:37:08.000
 may glorify you

00:37:08.000 --> 00:37:08.960
 since you

00:37:08.960 --> 00:37:09.360
 have given

00:37:09.360 --> 00:37:10.539
 him authority

00:37:10.539 --> 00:37:11.200
 over all

00:37:11.200 --> 00:37:11.659
 flesh

00:37:11.659 --> 00:37:12.599
 to give

00:37:12.599 --> 00:37:13.500
 eternal life

00:37:13.500 --> 00:37:14.359
 to whom

00:37:14.359 --> 00:37:14.739
 all you

00:37:14.739 --> 00:37:15.079
 have given

00:37:15.079 --> 00:37:15.399
 him.

00:37:16.179 --> 00:37:16.379
 So,

00:37:16.579 --> 00:37:17.219
 look at that.

00:37:17.279 --> 00:37:17.599
 He's like

00:37:17.599 --> 00:37:17.960
 talking about

00:37:17.960 --> 00:37:18.639
 eternal life

00:37:18.639 --> 00:37:18.899
 here.

00:37:19.659 --> 00:37:19.960
 He says,

00:37:20.059 --> 00:37:20.339
 And this

00:37:20.339 --> 00:37:21.079
 is eternal

00:37:21.079 --> 00:37:21.559
 life,

00:37:22.139 --> 00:37:22.519
 that they

00:37:22.519 --> 00:37:23.139
 know you,

00:37:23.239 --> 00:37:23.659
 the only

00:37:23.659 --> 00:37:24.420
 true God,

00:37:25.059 --> 00:37:25.500
 in Jesus

00:37:25.500 --> 00:37:26.000
 Christ,

00:37:26.079 --> 00:37:26.279
 whom you

00:37:26.279 --> 00:37:26.659
 have sent.

00:37:26.659 --> 00:37:28.199
 So,

00:37:28.759 --> 00:37:29.239
 the good

00:37:29.239 --> 00:37:29.500
 news of

00:37:29.500 --> 00:37:29.940
 the gospel

00:37:29.940 --> 00:37:30.299
 is not

00:37:30.299 --> 00:37:30.619
 just we

00:37:30.619 --> 00:37:30.899
 all get

00:37:30.899 --> 00:37:31.099
 to go

00:37:31.099 --> 00:37:31.480
 to heaven

00:37:31.480 --> 00:37:32.259
 and have

00:37:32.259 --> 00:37:32.659
 a mansion

00:37:32.659 --> 00:37:33.059
 in heaven.

00:37:33.359 --> 00:37:34.159
 The gospel

00:37:34.159 --> 00:37:34.539
 is that we're

00:37:34.539 --> 00:37:35.059
 brought back

00:37:35.059 --> 00:37:35.579
 to God.

00:37:36.239 --> 00:37:37.019
 And without

00:37:37.019 --> 00:37:37.440
 that,

00:37:37.739 --> 00:37:38.159
 you don't

00:37:38.159 --> 00:37:38.759
 have a gospel

00:37:38.759 --> 00:37:39.799
 and you're

00:37:39.799 --> 00:37:40.219
 believing a

00:37:40.219 --> 00:37:40.879
 false gospel.

00:37:41.619 --> 00:37:42.219
 God is the

00:37:42.219 --> 00:37:42.679
 good news

00:37:42.679 --> 00:37:43.319
 of the gospel

00:37:43.319 --> 00:37:43.599
 that we're

00:37:43.599 --> 00:37:44.159
 brought back

00:37:44.159 --> 00:37:46.039
 into relationship

00:37:46.039 --> 00:37:46.599
 with him

00:37:46.599 --> 00:37:47.759
 and can glorify

00:37:47.759 --> 00:37:48.359
 him again

00:37:48.359 --> 00:37:49.339
 like we

00:37:49.339 --> 00:37:49.679
 could not

00:37:49.679 --> 00:37:50.119
 do before

00:37:50.119 --> 00:37:50.460
 that.

00:37:51.379 --> 00:37:51.579
 So,

00:37:52.000 --> 00:37:52.619
 to know

00:37:52.619 --> 00:37:52.899
 God,

00:37:52.980 --> 00:37:54.199
 that's the

00:37:54.199 --> 00:37:54.759
 ultimate goal

00:37:54.759 --> 00:37:55.359
 of the Bible.

00:37:55.360 --> 00:37:56.940
 Secondly,

00:37:57.519 --> 00:37:59.180
 to know

00:37:59.180 --> 00:37:59.780
 ourselves.

00:38:01.180 --> 00:38:01.640
 And like I

00:38:01.640 --> 00:38:01.940
 was saying

00:38:01.940 --> 00:38:02.539
 a minute ago,

00:38:03.059 --> 00:38:03.840
 as Bastion

00:38:03.840 --> 00:38:04.140
 was reading

00:38:04.140 --> 00:38:04.519
 that book,

00:38:04.579 --> 00:38:04.940
 he was being

00:38:04.940 --> 00:38:05.700
 drawn into it

00:38:05.700 --> 00:38:06.099
 and he thought,

00:38:06.260 --> 00:38:07.160
 this is about

00:38:07.160 --> 00:38:07.480
 me.

00:38:08.400 --> 00:38:09.140
 This book is

00:38:09.140 --> 00:38:09.980
 speaking to me.

00:38:10.480 --> 00:38:10.920
 And as you

00:38:10.920 --> 00:38:11.420
 do that,

00:38:12.260 --> 00:38:12.860
 you're going

00:38:12.860 --> 00:38:14.220
 to really

00:38:14.220 --> 00:38:14.820
 see who you

00:38:14.820 --> 00:38:16.320
 are in light

00:38:16.320 --> 00:38:16.820
 of who God

00:38:16.820 --> 00:38:17.120
 is.

00:38:18.440 --> 00:38:19.519
 And see

00:38:19.519 --> 00:38:19.780
 that you're

00:38:19.780 --> 00:38:20.620
 really not all

00:38:20.620 --> 00:38:21.440
 that and God

00:38:21.440 --> 00:38:22.200
 is everything.

00:38:23.039 --> 00:38:23.840
 He is glorious

00:38:23.840 --> 00:38:24.840
 and we're not.

00:38:25.360 --> 00:38:25.820
 And we're

00:38:25.820 --> 00:38:26.340
 in need of

00:38:26.340 --> 00:38:26.720
 him and

00:38:26.720 --> 00:38:27.740
 he's graciously

00:38:27.740 --> 00:38:28.500
 provided all

00:38:28.500 --> 00:38:28.940
 we've needed

00:38:28.940 --> 00:38:29.440
 to be brought

00:38:29.440 --> 00:38:30.059
 back to him

00:38:30.059 --> 00:38:30.660
 through Christ.

00:38:31.480 --> 00:38:31.700
 So,

00:38:32.700 --> 00:38:33.720
 Psalm 139,

00:38:33.840 --> 00:38:34.360
 some of you

00:38:34.360 --> 00:38:34.760
 turned there,

00:38:34.820 --> 00:38:35.099
 but I'll just

00:38:35.099 --> 00:38:35.480
 read it.

00:38:36.000 --> 00:38:36.559
 Search me,

00:38:36.680 --> 00:38:37.160
 O God,

00:38:37.220 --> 00:38:37.860
 and know my

00:38:37.860 --> 00:38:38.220
 heart.

00:38:38.920 --> 00:38:39.760
 Try me and

00:38:39.760 --> 00:38:40.160
 know my

00:38:40.160 --> 00:38:40.559
 thoughts.

00:38:41.220 --> 00:38:41.820
 And see if

00:38:41.820 --> 00:38:42.340
 there be any

00:38:42.340 --> 00:38:43.039
 grievous way

00:38:43.039 --> 00:38:43.460
 in me.

00:38:43.900 --> 00:38:44.440
 And lead me

00:38:44.440 --> 00:38:44.900
 in the way

00:38:44.900 --> 00:38:45.559
 everlasting.

00:38:46.660 --> 00:38:47.280
 Really cool.

00:38:48.240 --> 00:38:48.500
 So,

00:38:48.940 --> 00:38:50.180
 to know

00:38:50.180 --> 00:38:50.760
 ourselves.

00:38:52.360 --> 00:38:52.840
 Thirdly,

00:38:53.360 --> 00:38:53.860
 to bring us

00:38:53.860 --> 00:38:54.620
 eternal joy.

00:38:55.360 --> 00:38:56.059
 This is part

00:38:56.059 --> 00:38:56.500
 of the gospel.

00:38:56.640 --> 00:38:57.000
 It says,

00:38:57.380 --> 00:38:58.160
 it says,

00:38:58.920 --> 00:38:59.420
 in Jeremiah

00:38:59.420 --> 00:38:59.940
 15,

00:39:00.039 --> 00:39:00.539
 16,

00:39:01.240 --> 00:39:01.940
 your words

00:39:01.940 --> 00:39:02.740
 were found,

00:39:03.400 --> 00:39:03.920
 talking to

00:39:03.920 --> 00:39:04.180
 God,

00:39:04.260 --> 00:39:04.680
 your words

00:39:04.680 --> 00:39:05.260
 were found

00:39:05.260 --> 00:39:05.620
 and I

00:39:05.620 --> 00:39:06.160
 ate them.

00:39:06.820 --> 00:39:07.140
 And your

00:39:07.140 --> 00:39:07.720
 words became

00:39:07.720 --> 00:39:08.220
 to me a

00:39:08.220 --> 00:39:08.700
 joy and

00:39:08.700 --> 00:39:09.480
 delight of

00:39:09.480 --> 00:39:10.019
 my heart.

00:39:10.680 --> 00:39:11.099
 For I am

00:39:11.099 --> 00:39:11.640
 called by

00:39:11.640 --> 00:39:12.140
 your name,

00:39:12.220 --> 00:39:12.740
 O Lord,

00:39:13.180 --> 00:39:13.740
 O God of

00:39:13.740 --> 00:39:14.059
 hosts.

00:39:15.079 --> 00:39:15.700
 And in the

00:39:15.700 --> 00:39:16.019
 Psalms,

00:39:16.079 --> 00:39:16.840
 it also says

00:39:16.840 --> 00:39:17.640
 that in

00:39:17.640 --> 00:39:18.360
 God's presence

00:39:18.360 --> 00:39:18.800
 there is

00:39:18.800 --> 00:39:19.400
 fullness of

00:39:19.400 --> 00:39:19.700
 joy,

00:39:19.699 --> 00:39:19.759
 joy,

00:39:20.639 --> 00:39:21.259
 and at

00:39:21.259 --> 00:39:21.639
 his right

00:39:21.639 --> 00:39:22.039
 hand there

00:39:22.039 --> 00:39:22.619
 are pleasures

00:39:22.619 --> 00:39:23.419
 forevermore.

00:39:24.279 --> 00:39:24.679
 Forevermore.

00:39:24.839 --> 00:39:24.980
 So,

00:39:25.039 --> 00:39:25.439
 it's not just

00:39:25.439 --> 00:39:26.079
 something that

00:39:26.079 --> 00:39:26.639
 you have and

00:39:26.639 --> 00:39:27.779
 it ends like

00:39:27.779 --> 00:39:28.179
 the pleasure

00:39:28.179 --> 00:39:28.559
 here.

00:39:29.279 --> 00:39:29.379
 So,

00:39:29.439 --> 00:39:29.719
 to know

00:39:29.719 --> 00:39:30.299
 God is

00:39:30.299 --> 00:39:31.019
 to have

00:39:31.019 --> 00:39:31.819
 eternal joy,

00:39:32.379 --> 00:39:32.899
 to have

00:39:32.899 --> 00:39:33.619
 hope and

00:39:33.619 --> 00:39:33.980
 peace.

00:39:35.279 --> 00:39:35.419
 So,

00:39:36.419 --> 00:39:37.980
 go ahead

00:39:37.980 --> 00:39:38.939
 for the next

00:39:38.939 --> 00:39:39.960
 slide.

00:39:40.019 --> 00:39:40.119
 So,

00:39:40.119 --> 00:39:40.799
 God has a

00:39:40.799 --> 00:39:41.919
 goal and

00:39:41.919 --> 00:39:42.279
 a purpose

00:39:42.279 --> 00:39:42.759
 that he will

00:39:42.759 --> 00:39:43.500
 achieve to get

00:39:43.500 --> 00:39:44.439
 his word into

00:39:44.440 --> 00:39:46.079
 the hands of

00:39:46.079 --> 00:39:46.579
 all the

00:39:46.579 --> 00:39:47.220
 nations and

00:39:47.220 --> 00:39:47.860
 every tribe,

00:39:48.579 --> 00:39:48.960
 language,

00:39:49.079 --> 00:39:49.460
 and tongue.

00:39:50.099 --> 00:39:50.519
 And he will

00:39:50.519 --> 00:39:50.900
 do it.

00:39:51.539 --> 00:39:52.179
 He promises

00:39:52.179 --> 00:39:52.700
 that he will

00:39:52.700 --> 00:39:53.079
 do it.

00:39:53.619 --> 00:39:54.039
 He'll get

00:39:54.039 --> 00:39:55.240
 the truth of

00:39:55.240 --> 00:39:55.800
 his word

00:39:55.800 --> 00:39:58.539
 to the hearts

00:39:58.539 --> 00:39:59.179
 of people all

00:39:59.179 --> 00:39:59.460
 around the

00:39:59.460 --> 00:39:59.700
 world.

00:40:01.280 --> 00:40:02.360
 And so,

00:40:03.039 --> 00:40:03.519
 I was going

00:40:03.519 --> 00:40:03.940
 to just mention

00:40:03.940 --> 00:40:04.320
 one other

00:40:04.320 --> 00:40:05.920
 thing that I

00:40:05.920 --> 00:40:06.659
 forgot that I

00:40:06.659 --> 00:40:07.360
 just breezed

00:40:07.360 --> 00:40:07.840
 over that I

00:40:07.840 --> 00:40:08.179
 thought I

00:40:08.179 --> 00:40:08.380
 would.

00:40:09.679 --> 00:40:10.280
 This is going

00:40:10.280 --> 00:40:10.619
 to be like

00:40:10.619 --> 00:40:11.320
 in your group

00:40:11.320 --> 00:40:11.619
 time.

00:40:12.240 --> 00:40:12.780
 We're speaking

00:40:12.780 --> 00:40:14.340
 about the

00:40:14.340 --> 00:40:14.940
 inerrancy of

00:40:14.940 --> 00:40:15.340
 scripture and

00:40:15.340 --> 00:40:15.720
 how scripture

00:40:15.720 --> 00:40:16.280
 is without

00:40:16.280 --> 00:40:16.820
 error.

00:40:18.300 --> 00:40:18.880
 What we

00:40:18.880 --> 00:40:19.420
 mean by that

00:40:19.420 --> 00:40:20.200
 also is that

00:40:20.200 --> 00:40:20.620
 we're saying

00:40:20.620 --> 00:40:20.900
 that the

00:40:20.900 --> 00:40:21.260
 original

00:40:21.260 --> 00:40:22.680
 manuscripts are

00:40:22.680 --> 00:40:23.200
 completely

00:40:23.200 --> 00:40:24.660
 without error.

00:40:25.460 --> 00:40:25.780
 And so,

00:40:26.000 --> 00:40:26.579
 you might say,

00:40:26.700 --> 00:40:26.840
 well,

00:40:27.320 --> 00:40:27.860
 what about our

00:40:27.860 --> 00:40:28.680
 English translations

00:40:28.680 --> 00:40:29.079
 then?

00:40:29.200 --> 00:40:29.920
 Do they have

00:40:29.920 --> 00:40:30.720
 errors in

00:40:30.720 --> 00:40:30.960
 them?

00:40:31.700 --> 00:40:32.519
 And I guess

00:40:32.519 --> 00:40:33.300
 this is a

00:40:33.300 --> 00:40:34.539
 good example

00:40:34.539 --> 00:40:34.960
 of that.

00:40:35.600 --> 00:40:35.940
 I didn't

00:40:35.940 --> 00:40:36.300
 come up with

00:40:36.300 --> 00:40:37.340
 this on my

00:40:37.340 --> 00:40:37.579
 own.

00:40:37.900 --> 00:40:38.000
 But,

00:40:38.760 --> 00:40:39.140
 like,

00:40:39.300 --> 00:40:39.800
 we all could

00:40:39.800 --> 00:40:40.240
 go to

00:40:40.240 --> 00:40:40.640
 Washington,

00:40:40.800 --> 00:40:41.059
 D.C.

00:40:41.079 --> 00:40:41.579
 right now,

00:40:42.140 --> 00:40:42.500
 go to a

00:40:42.500 --> 00:40:42.860
 museum,

00:40:43.660 --> 00:40:44.079
 and see,

00:40:44.079 --> 00:40:44.539
 like the

00:40:44.539 --> 00:40:45.079
 Constitution,

00:40:45.219 --> 00:40:45.440
 like the

00:40:45.440 --> 00:40:45.860
 original

00:40:45.860 --> 00:40:47.079
 Constitution,

00:40:47.259 --> 00:40:48.059
 or Declaration

00:40:48.059 --> 00:40:48.639
 of Independence,

00:40:48.779 --> 00:40:49.159
 or whatever.

00:40:49.500 --> 00:40:50.199
 We can see it

00:40:50.199 --> 00:40:50.699
 right there.

00:40:51.159 --> 00:40:51.519
 That's the

00:40:51.519 --> 00:40:52.299
 original document.

00:40:53.139 --> 00:40:53.659
 But let's say

00:40:53.659 --> 00:40:54.159
 that a fire

00:40:54.159 --> 00:40:54.920
 happens and

00:40:54.920 --> 00:40:55.639
 it gets

00:40:55.639 --> 00:40:56.880
 burned up.

00:40:57.480 --> 00:40:57.659
 You know,

00:40:58.019 --> 00:40:59.860
 would we,

00:41:00.619 --> 00:41:01.420
 at that point,

00:41:02.139 --> 00:41:02.699
 go into a

00:41:02.699 --> 00:41:03.380
 panic and

00:41:03.380 --> 00:41:03.739
 say,

00:41:04.099 --> 00:41:04.739
 we don't know

00:41:04.739 --> 00:41:04.900
 what the

00:41:04.900 --> 00:41:05.259
 Constitution

00:41:05.259 --> 00:41:05.920
 says anymore?

00:41:06.719 --> 00:41:06.980
 Like,

00:41:07.059 --> 00:41:07.599
 would that be

00:41:07.599 --> 00:41:08.360
 a true reality?

00:41:09.319 --> 00:41:09.759
 No.

00:41:10.440 --> 00:41:10.799
 Well,

00:41:10.900 --> 00:41:11.279
 the government

00:41:11.279 --> 00:41:11.920
 doesn't obey

00:41:11.920 --> 00:41:12.440
 the Constitution

00:41:12.440 --> 00:41:12.900
 anyway,

00:41:13.059 --> 00:41:13.340
 typically.

00:41:13.340 --> 00:41:13.940
 Sorry.

00:41:14.740 --> 00:41:15.039
 But,

00:41:15.120 --> 00:41:15.760
 they would do

00:41:15.760 --> 00:41:16.400
 good to you.

00:41:16.720 --> 00:41:17.100
 It would be

00:41:17.100 --> 00:41:17.460
 out of a lot

00:41:17.460 --> 00:41:17.880
 of messes

00:41:17.880 --> 00:41:18.140
 that we're

00:41:18.140 --> 00:41:18.340
 in.

00:41:18.500 --> 00:41:18.620
 But,

00:41:18.760 --> 00:41:19.059
 anyway,

00:41:19.480 --> 00:41:21.340
 because why?

00:41:21.420 --> 00:41:21.740
 Because we

00:41:21.740 --> 00:41:22.400
 have copies

00:41:22.400 --> 00:41:23.340
 of copies

00:41:23.340 --> 00:41:23.620
 of the

00:41:23.620 --> 00:41:24.019
 copy of

00:41:24.019 --> 00:41:24.440
 the copy.

00:41:24.680 --> 00:41:25.440
 The same

00:41:25.440 --> 00:41:25.800
 thing.

00:41:26.300 --> 00:41:26.680
 And that's

00:41:26.680 --> 00:41:27.039
 the way it

00:41:27.039 --> 00:41:27.740
 is with

00:41:27.740 --> 00:41:28.280
 the Scripture.

00:41:29.559 --> 00:41:30.079
 We have,

00:41:30.180 --> 00:41:30.539
 we can be

00:41:30.539 --> 00:41:31.100
 sure that

00:41:31.100 --> 00:41:33.079
 99.9%

00:41:33.079 --> 00:41:33.460
 of what we

00:41:33.460 --> 00:41:34.559
 see is what

00:41:34.559 --> 00:41:35.460
 was intended

00:41:35.460 --> 00:41:36.079
 to be there.

00:41:36.800 --> 00:41:37.519
 Really cool.

00:41:37.519 --> 00:41:38.000
 So,

00:41:38.800 --> 00:41:39.679
 let's just

00:41:39.679 --> 00:41:41.039
 close in

00:41:41.039 --> 00:41:41.380
 prayer.

00:41:41.639 --> 00:41:41.820
 I know

00:41:41.820 --> 00:41:42.199
 there's a lot

00:41:42.199 --> 00:41:42.739
 more to say.

00:41:42.840 --> 00:41:43.179
 I was trying

00:41:43.179 --> 00:41:43.820
 to cram some

00:41:43.820 --> 00:41:44.400
 stuff together.

00:41:45.759 --> 00:41:46.119
 Then,

00:41:46.840 --> 00:41:47.280
 Alex and

00:41:47.280 --> 00:41:47.800
 Rishi can go

00:41:47.800 --> 00:41:49.019
 ahead and come

00:41:49.019 --> 00:41:49.239
 up.

00:41:49.679 --> 00:41:49.819
 Let's go.

00:41:49.819 --> 00:41:49.819


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