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 Our text for this morning as we continue our verse-by-verse exposition of Paul's letter to the church at Colossae.

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! Colossians 1.

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 15-20.

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 So please join me there in your copy of God's Word.

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 I'll begin reading in verse 15.

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 He, being Jesus Christ, is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation,

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 for by Him all things were created in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible,

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 whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities.

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 All things were created through Him and for Him.

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 And He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.

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 And He is the head of the body, the church.

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 He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything He might be preeminent.

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 For in Him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell,

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 and through Him to reconcile to Himself all things,

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 whether on earth or in heaven,

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 making peace by the blood of His cross.

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 This is God's Word to us.

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 It was written for His glory and our good.

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 We would all do well to listen to it in order to believe its promises

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 and obey its commands.

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 Beloved, this is a precious, precious book.

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 Every bit of it, all 66 books that we contain within the Bible,

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 what we call the Scriptures,

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 God's holy writ,

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 is a great, great gift to us.

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 Rightly, we should come to it expectant.

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 We should invest ourselves in it as followers of Jesus Christ

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 because this entire book gives testimony about Him.

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 In Luke 24-27, you can read the account of Jesus' appearance

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 to two of the disciples after His resurrection.

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 And the record says,

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 "...and beginning with Moses and all the prophets,

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 He interpreted to them in all the Scriptures

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 the things concerning Himself."

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 The Old Testament, what they had in that day,

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 was about Jesus Christ.

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 In John 5-39, Jesus says of the Scriptures,

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 "...it is they that bear witness about Me."

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 Of all the Bible's teaching concerning Jesus,

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 perhaps none is more significant

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 than the text before us today.

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 And I'm feeling the weight of that.

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 This is a precious, precious text.

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 The reality of who Jesus is demands our obedience.

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 If we are to say that we are disciples of Jesus Christ,

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 that we are followers of Jesus.

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 We're not simply saying that we're following a mere man

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 who taught good things,

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 but that we're following God Himself.

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 It demands our obedience as such.

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 The reality of who Jesus is

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 makes sure the promises of God.

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 Those promises that we should know

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 and should hold to and so rarely do,

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 but just the same.

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 Those promises that are of such great comfort

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 and motivation for the Christian life

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 find their yes in Jesus.

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 2 Corinthians 1.20, Paul says,

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 "...for all the promises of God."

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 All.

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 Every single one of the promises of God

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 find their yes in Jesus Christ.

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 What an amazing thing.

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 You may be interested to know

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 that the vision statement for our church

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 is based largely on these verses.

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 It's up here behind me.

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 Christ Family Church exists to glorify God

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 by experiencing, proclaiming, and displaying

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 the supremacy of Jesus Christ

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 in all things to all peoples.

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 And you may ask,

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 is that really the thing the church

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 is meant to be about?

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 The supremacy of Jesus Christ?

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 The question has been asked,

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 should not the great thing

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 we should be experiencing,

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 proclaiming, and displaying

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 is the love of God?

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 I would say that is a subservient thing

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 that we teach to the supremacy

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 Why is Jesus Christ supreme?

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 Because of His great display

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 of God's redemptive purposes in the world,

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 which is God's love.

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 Comes up underneath,

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 motivates, and carries that along.

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 These verses are what's going through

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 our minds and hearts

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 as we come up with the vision statement

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 for the church.

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 Note that the focus

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 of this cosmic Christological hymn,

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 which I'll explain in a moment,

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 is the preeminence,

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 or we could say supremacy,

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 The very focus of the entire thing

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 is the preeminence of Jesus Christ.

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 The last couple of weeks,

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 you've heard me refer to it

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 as a cosmic Christological hymn.

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 Scholars debate this,

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 but likely verses 15-18 at least,

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 but some would say verses 15-20,

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 are believed that Paul is citing

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 a modern hymn to their day,

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 or some confession.

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 There's some incredibly interesting

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 arguments made to this,

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 although I will not bore you with them,

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 with my explanation of them,

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 at least this morning.

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 They consist primarily of

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 a sentence structure comparisons.

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 And I'll stop there

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 because you're already glazing over.

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 But likely, at very least,

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 verses 15-18

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 were a hymn of that day.

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 And Paul is therefore citing

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 these great truths

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 in order to correct

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 some of the misunderstanding

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 that's happening

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 in the church of Colossae.

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 We don't know exactly

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 what the heresy was,

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 although if you read

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 some commentators,

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 they seem to have figured it all out.

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 But, it would seem

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 that it has something to do

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 with whether or not

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 Jesus Christ was, in fact, God.

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 And so Paul brings this text

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 to bear to address

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 that very, very issue.

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 Now, either way,

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 whether or not it's a hymn

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 or just simply Paul's writing,

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 it doesn't really matter.

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 Just the same,

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 the focus is the preeminence

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 or supremacy of Jesus Christ.

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 Notice the last part of verse 18,

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 that in everything He might be

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 preeminent, supreme,

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 first in all things.

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 Paul states this reality elsewhere.

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 Philippians 2, 9-11

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 is a good example of this.

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 Where he writes,

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 God has highly exalted Him

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 and bestowed on Him

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 the name that is above every name.

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 So that the name of Jesus,

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 every knee should bow

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 in heaven and on earth

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 and under the earth,

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 and every tongue confess

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 that Jesus Christ is Lord

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 to the glory of God the Father.

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 There is this real thing

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 that's taking place

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 that Jesus is in fact

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 exalted above all things.

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 Whether we recognize that or not,

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 He is the Lord of all things.

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 So these are weighty matters,

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 weighty truths before us today.

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 If we rightly understand

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 who Jesus is,

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 we must make some type

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 of response to it.

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 You can't simply know this

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 and not have it change

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 who you are.

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 So how should we consider

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 the truths contained

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 within this text this morning?

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 The Puritan John Owen

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 wrote in his book entitled

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 The Glory of Christ

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 the following.

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 Listen carefully

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 as I read this to you

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 and I quote,

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 The revelation made of Christ

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 in the blessed gospel

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 is far more excellent,

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 more glorious,

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 more filled with rays

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 of divine wisdom and goodness

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 that the whole creation

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 and the just comprehension of it

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 if attainable

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 can contain or afford.

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 Without this knowledge,

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 the mind of man

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 priding itself

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 in other inventions

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 and discoveries

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 is wrapped up

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 in darkness

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 and confusion.

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 This therefore deserves

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 the severest of our thoughts,

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 the best of our meditations,

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 and our utmost diligence

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 in them.

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 For if our future blessedness

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 shall consist

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 in living where He is

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 and beholding His glory,

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 what better preparation

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 can there be for it

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 than a constant previous

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 contemplation of that glory

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 as revealed in the gospel?

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 That by a view of it

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 we may gradually transform

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 into the same glory.

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 His encouragement is that

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 we ought to be consistently

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 and constantly

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 giving a great deal

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 of attention in our minds

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 to who Jesus is.

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 It is my job as a preacher

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 not to boil down

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 a text for you

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 and to give you

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 some trite little phrase

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 that you can walk away with

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 to access at any given moment.

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 This is not the job

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 of the preacher

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 of the gospel of Jesus Christ.

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 To set this down before you

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 and simplify it for you

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 in such a way

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 that you could print the saying

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 on a t-shirt

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 or put it on a sticker

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 on the back of your car.

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 My job as a preacher

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 is to draw you up

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 into who God is.

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 Who Jesus Christ is to us.

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 That you might rightly

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 come to the Scriptures

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 and understand them

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 and how it is

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 that they affect your lives.

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 And this is the task

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 before us today.

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 That's my job.

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 Your job is to listen

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 and take notes

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 and try to comprehend

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 everything I'm about to say

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 in the next, I hope, 30 minutes.

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 Right?

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 But let me kind of help you

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 frame up what we're going

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 to do together in this text.

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 I want to show you

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 Christ's preeminence.

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 Why He is preeminent.

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 Why He should be held as supreme.

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 First in all things

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 with four points.

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 Firstly, Jesus Christ

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 is preeminent

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 because He is God.

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 Verses 15 and 19.

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 I'm going to come back to these

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 so don't worry about scribbling now.

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 Jesus Christ is preeminent

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 because He is God.

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 Secondly, Jesus Christ

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 is preeminent

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 because He is the Lord

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 of the universe.

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 Verses 16 and 17.

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 Thirdly, Jesus Christ

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 is preeminent

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 because He is the head

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 of the church.

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 Verse 18.

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 And lastly, Jesus Christ

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 is preeminent

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 because of His redemptive work.

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 We find that in verse 20.

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 So firstly,

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 Jesus Christ

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 is preeminent

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 because

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 He is God.

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 Verse 15,

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 He is the image

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 of the invisible

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 God.

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 This word for Greek

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 image

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 is icon.

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 It's the word we get

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 icon from

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 in our English language.

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 It means image

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 or likeness.

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 Now the Scriptures

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 refer to man

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 as the icon of God,

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 but we are not

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 perfectly so.

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 Much like a

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 shattered piece of glass

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 returns a poor reflection,

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 because of sin,

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 our image-bearing capacity

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 has been damaged.

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 There are still

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 some qualities

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 about mankind

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 that are reflective

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 of who God is.

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 But it has been spoiled.

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 It has been altered.

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 But Jesus

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 is both

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 the perfect

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 representation

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 and

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 manifestation

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 of God.

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 A great parallel text

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 is found at the beginning

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 of Hebrews 1.

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 The first part of

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 verse 3

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 reads,

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 He,

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 being Jesus Christ,

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 is the radiance

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 of the glory of God

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 and the exact imprint

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 of His nature.

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 Christ

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 shines forth

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 God's attributes

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 as the sun

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 gives light

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 and heat

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 to the earth.

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 This is what we go to.

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 This is what we want

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 to see

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 and access.

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 This is

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 God-made

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 flesh

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 living amongst us.

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 The Word of God.

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 Lagos.

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 A manifestation

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 of who He

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 is.

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 Jesus

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 is

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 God.

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 John 1.1

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 in the beginning

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 was the Word

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 and the Word

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 was with God

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 and the Word

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 was God.

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 He is the

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 icon,

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 the image

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 or likeness

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 of God.

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 Paul proceeds

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 to describe Jesus

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 as the

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 proto...

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 I'm going to mess this up.

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 I wrote it out

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 phonetically

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 so that I wouldn't

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 and I still did.

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 Prototakis.

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 The firstborn.

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 The firstborn

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 of all creation.

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 Now,

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 while this word

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 can certainly mean

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 chronologically

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 first in a family,

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 born first

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 in that way,

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 it refers primarily

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 to position

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 or to rank.

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 Now,

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 from the Arians

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 of the early church

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 to the Jehovah's

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 witnesses of our day,

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 those who seek

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 to repudiate

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 the deity

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 of Jesus Christ

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 refer to this phrase.

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 This is often

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 their go-to phrase.

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 Don't you see?

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 Colossians 1.15

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 says that Jesus

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 is the firstborn

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 of all creation.

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 This must mean

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 that He was a

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 created thing.

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 He can't possibly

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 be God

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 is the argument

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 they would make.

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 But they fail

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 completely

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 to both

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 understand

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 the Word itself

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 and what it

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 typically means

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 and how it is used

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 in the Scriptures

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 as well as

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 its context.

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 Look at the rest

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 of our passage

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 for today.

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 They fail to note

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 the following

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 two verses

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 in which Paul

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 presents Jesus

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 as the Lord

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 of the universe.

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 Specifically,

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 verse 17,

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 and He is

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 before

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 all

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 things.

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 He made

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 all things.

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 He was not

00:14:21.400 --> 00:14:22.280
 created.

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 He is the

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 Creator.

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 Creator.

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 So when Paul

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 describes Jesus

00:14:28.639 --> 00:14:30.080
 as the firstborn,

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 he's simply

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 saying He

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 is

00:14:32.840 --> 00:14:34.259
 preeminent.

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 He is

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 supreme.

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 He holds

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 the highest

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 position

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 possible

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 in all

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 of

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 the universe.

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 Not created.

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 He is

00:14:45.399 --> 00:14:46.120
 the

00:14:46.120 --> 00:14:47.360
 Creator.

00:14:48.659 --> 00:14:49.320
 In verse 19,

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 Paul says,

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 for in Him

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 all the

00:14:52.039 --> 00:14:52.620
 fullness

00:14:52.620 --> 00:14:53.620
 of God

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 was

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 pleased

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 to dwell.

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 And I love

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 that phrasing

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 that He

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 was

00:14:58.240 --> 00:14:59.279
 ample

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 to the

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 task.

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 God

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 was

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 pleased

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 to

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 manifest

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 Himself

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 in

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 Jesus

00:15:03.759 --> 00:15:04.839
 Christ.

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 Jesus

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 is

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 where

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 all

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 that

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 can

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 be

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 known

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 or

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 experienced

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 of God

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 is to

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 be

00:15:10.939 --> 00:15:11.319
 found.

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 That is

00:15:12.319 --> 00:15:12.659
 why Jesus

00:15:12.659 --> 00:15:12.939
 was able

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 to say

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 in John

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 14,

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 9,

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 whoever

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 has

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 seen

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 me

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 has

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 seen

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 the

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 Father.

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 So

00:15:20.899 --> 00:15:21.179
 Jesus

00:15:21.179 --> 00:15:21.779
 Christ

00:15:21.779 --> 00:15:22.779
 is

00:15:22.779 --> 00:15:23.439
 preeminent

00:15:23.439 --> 00:15:23.980
 because

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 He

00:15:24.899 --> 00:15:25.539
 is

00:15:25.539 --> 00:15:26.600
 God.

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 Secondly,

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 Jesus

00:15:28.920 --> 00:15:29.340
 Christ

00:15:29.340 --> 00:15:29.519
 is

00:15:29.519 --> 00:15:29.940
 preeminent

00:15:29.940 --> 00:15:30.259
 because

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 He

00:15:30.580 --> 00:15:30.840
 is

00:15:30.840 --> 00:15:31.639
 the

00:15:31.639 --> 00:15:32.019
 Lord

00:15:32.019 --> 00:15:33.340
 of the

00:15:33.340 --> 00:15:33.820
 universe.

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 Because

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 He

00:15:35.139 --> 00:15:35.240
 is

00:15:35.240 --> 00:15:35.399
 the

00:15:35.399 --> 00:15:35.720
 Lord

00:15:35.720 --> 00:15:36.480
 of the

00:15:36.480 --> 00:15:36.920
 universe.

00:15:37.600 --> 00:15:37.720
 For

00:15:37.720 --> 00:15:38.300
 by Him

00:15:38.300 --> 00:15:38.539
 all

00:15:38.539 --> 00:15:38.800
 things

00:15:38.800 --> 00:15:38.960
 were

00:15:38.960 --> 00:15:39.500
 created

00:15:39.500 --> 00:15:39.740
 in

00:15:39.740 --> 00:15:40.019
 heaven

00:15:40.019 --> 00:15:40.180
 and

00:15:40.180 --> 00:15:40.300
 on

00:15:40.300 --> 00:15:40.600
 earth,

00:15:40.740 --> 00:15:41.039
 visible

00:15:41.039 --> 00:15:41.399
 and

00:15:41.399 --> 00:15:41.899
 invisible,

00:15:42.080 --> 00:15:42.259
 whether

00:15:42.259 --> 00:15:42.879
 thrones

00:15:42.879 --> 00:15:43.060
 or

00:15:43.060 --> 00:15:43.720
 dominions

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 or

00:15:44.320 --> 00:15:44.820
 rulers

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 or

00:15:45.320 --> 00:15:45.879
 authorities,

00:15:46.360 --> 00:15:46.620
 all

00:15:46.620 --> 00:15:46.820
 things

00:15:46.820 --> 00:15:46.960
 were

00:15:46.960 --> 00:15:47.220
 created

00:15:47.220 --> 00:15:47.519
 through

00:15:47.519 --> 00:15:47.800
 Him

00:15:47.800 --> 00:15:48.360
 and

00:15:48.360 --> 00:15:48.720
 for

00:15:48.720 --> 00:15:48.960
 Him.

00:15:49.019 --> 00:15:49.139
 And

00:15:49.139 --> 00:15:49.200
 He

00:15:49.200 --> 00:15:49.300
 is

00:15:49.300 --> 00:15:49.560
 before

00:15:49.560 --> 00:15:49.820
 all

00:15:49.820 --> 00:15:50.120
 things

00:15:50.120 --> 00:15:50.340
 and

00:15:50.340 --> 00:15:50.560
 in

00:15:50.560 --> 00:15:50.779
 Him

00:15:50.779 --> 00:15:51.399
 all

00:15:51.399 --> 00:15:51.820
 things

00:15:51.820 --> 00:15:52.519
 hold

00:15:52.519 --> 00:15:53.440
 together.

00:15:53.980 --> 00:15:54.360
 Jesus

00:15:54.360 --> 00:15:55.060
 Christ

00:15:55.060 --> 00:15:55.860
 is

00:15:55.860 --> 00:15:56.340
 the

00:15:56.340 --> 00:15:57.000
 preeminent

00:15:57.000 --> 00:15:57.700
 creator

00:15:57.700 --> 00:15:58.159
 of

00:15:58.159 --> 00:15:58.620
 all

00:15:58.620 --> 00:15:59.139
 things.

00:15:59.220 --> 00:15:59.320
 This

00:15:59.320 --> 00:15:59.720
 includes

00:15:59.720 --> 00:16:00.500
 everything.

00:16:00.680 --> 00:16:01.139
 This list

00:16:01.139 --> 00:16:01.800
 that Paul

00:16:01.800 --> 00:16:02.460
 gives to

00:16:02.460 --> 00:16:03.039
 us or

00:16:03.039 --> 00:16:03.460
 that he's

00:16:03.460 --> 00:16:03.940
 accessing

00:16:03.940 --> 00:16:04.600
 from some

00:16:04.600 --> 00:16:05.240
 hymn

00:16:05.240 --> 00:16:05.840
 of the

00:16:05.840 --> 00:16:06.139
 day

00:16:06.139 --> 00:16:06.700
 just

00:16:06.700 --> 00:16:07.379
 includes

00:16:07.379 --> 00:16:08.259
 everything.

00:16:08.399 --> 00:16:08.659
 It means

00:16:08.659 --> 00:16:09.560
 everything.

00:16:09.779 --> 00:16:10.220
 Everything

00:16:10.220 --> 00:16:10.800
 that ever

00:16:10.800 --> 00:16:11.659
 was made

00:16:11.659 --> 00:16:12.320
 was made

00:16:12.320 --> 00:16:13.100
 by

00:16:13.100 --> 00:16:13.820
 Jesus

00:16:13.820 --> 00:16:14.600
 Christ.

00:16:14.840 --> 00:16:15.279
 Everything

00:16:15.279 --> 00:16:15.560
 that we

00:16:15.560 --> 00:16:16.080
 can see

00:16:16.080 --> 00:16:16.779
 and everything

00:16:16.779 --> 00:16:17.120
 that we

00:16:17.120 --> 00:16:17.639
 cannot

00:16:17.639 --> 00:16:18.060
 see

00:16:18.060 --> 00:16:18.899
 were created

00:16:18.899 --> 00:16:19.420
 by

00:16:19.420 --> 00:16:20.080
 Christ

00:16:20.080 --> 00:16:20.980
 for

00:16:20.980 --> 00:16:21.500
 Christ.

00:16:21.500 --> 00:16:21.659
 Christ.

00:16:22.440 --> 00:16:22.960
 This

00:16:22.960 --> 00:16:23.279
 is such

00:16:23.279 --> 00:16:23.399
 a

00:16:23.399 --> 00:16:24.019
 magnificent

00:16:24.019 --> 00:16:24.580
 thought

00:16:24.580 --> 00:16:25.639
 and it

00:16:25.639 --> 00:16:25.820
 should

00:16:25.820 --> 00:16:26.200
 capture

00:16:26.200 --> 00:16:26.399
 our

00:16:26.399 --> 00:16:26.879
 minds.

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 I

00:16:27.019 --> 00:16:27.139
 know

00:16:27.139 --> 00:16:27.279
 that

00:16:27.279 --> 00:16:27.419
 so

00:16:27.419 --> 00:16:27.659
 many

00:16:27.659 --> 00:16:27.799
 of

00:16:27.799 --> 00:16:27.899
 us

00:16:27.899 --> 00:16:28.299
 process

00:16:28.299 --> 00:16:29.000
 information

00:16:29.000 --> 00:16:29.840
 differently

00:16:29.840 --> 00:16:30.799
 but it's

00:16:30.799 --> 00:16:31.399
 amazing

00:16:31.399 --> 00:16:31.879
 to me

00:16:31.879 --> 00:16:32.320
 to think

00:16:32.320 --> 00:16:32.620
 about

00:16:32.620 --> 00:16:32.799
 the

00:16:32.799 --> 00:16:33.279
 reality

00:16:33.279 --> 00:16:33.539
 that

00:16:33.539 --> 00:16:33.860
 Jesus

00:16:33.860 --> 00:16:34.379
 Christ

00:16:34.379 --> 00:16:35.159
 created

00:16:35.159 --> 00:16:36.019
 all

00:16:36.019 --> 00:16:36.980
 things.

00:16:37.519 --> 00:16:37.679
 We

00:16:37.679 --> 00:16:37.840
 do

00:16:37.840 --> 00:16:38.100
 some

00:16:38.100 --> 00:16:38.860
 catechizing

00:16:38.860 --> 00:16:39.080
 with

00:16:39.080 --> 00:16:39.279
 our

00:16:39.279 --> 00:16:39.820
 children

00:16:39.820 --> 00:16:40.559
 and I

00:16:40.559 --> 00:16:41.200
 love

00:16:41.200 --> 00:16:41.940
 right

00:16:41.940 --> 00:16:42.440
 now

00:16:42.440 --> 00:16:43.740
 Judah's

00:16:43.740 --> 00:16:43.940
 getting

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 the

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 answer

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 wrong

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 kind

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 of

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 when I

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 say

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 to both

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 of the

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 boys

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 who

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 made

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 you

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 and

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 Cate

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 says

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 God

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 which

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 is

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 the

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 answer

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 that

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 we've

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 taught

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 them

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 to

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 say

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 and

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 Judah

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 says

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 Jesus

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 and I

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 like

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 that

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 answer

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 it's

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 such

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 a

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 good

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 answer

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 Judah

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 knows

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 his

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 Colossians

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 1

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 15

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 through

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 20

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 I

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 think

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 rather

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 well

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 both

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 are

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 certainly

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 true

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 answers

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 to

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 the

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 question

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 I

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 like

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 the

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 three

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 year

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 old

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 mind

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 I

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 don't

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 even

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 know

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 if

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 he

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 knows

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 what

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 he's

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 saying

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 to

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 me

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 I

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 I'm

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!

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 sure

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 he

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 things

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 were

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 made

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 through

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 him

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 and

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 without

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 him

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 was

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 not

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 anything

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 made

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 that

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 was

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 made

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 the

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 entire

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 universe

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 created

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 by him

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 and

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 for

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 him

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 in

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 2012

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 a

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 picture

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 was

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 released

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 that

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 the

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 Hubble

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 Space

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 Telescope

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 had

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 captured

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 which

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 I

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 just

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 really

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 encourage

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 you

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 to

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 look

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 at

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 this

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 it's

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 amazing

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 which

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 was

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 the

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 farthest

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 ever

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 view

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 into

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 the

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 universe

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 a

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 photo

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 that

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 reveals

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 thousands

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 of

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 galaxies

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 billions

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 of

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 light

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 years

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 away

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 they

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 honed

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 in

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 one

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 particular

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 snapshot

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 of

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 the

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 universe

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 and

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 there's

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 thousands

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 of

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 galaxies

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 billions

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 of

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 light

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 years

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 away

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 if

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 you

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 care

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 to

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 look

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 it

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 up

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 it's

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 called

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 the

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 extreme

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 deep

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 field

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 or

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 XDF

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 and

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 it

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 combines

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 ten

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 years

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 of

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 images

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 of

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 this

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 portion

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 of

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 the

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 sky

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 that

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 the

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 light

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 so

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 faint

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 that

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 they

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 layered

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 and

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 layered

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 and

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 layered

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 and

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 layered

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 and

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 layered

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 these

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 images

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 together

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 to

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 get

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 this

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 very

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 vivid

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 picture

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 of

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 what

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 these

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 galaxies

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 all of

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 that

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 by the

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 power

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 of

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 his

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 word

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 he

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 made

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 all

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 of

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 this

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 everything

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 that

00:18:22.840 --> 00:18:22.920
 you

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 can

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 see

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 and

00:18:23.759 --> 00:18:23.960
 everything

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 that

00:18:24.160 --> 00:18:24.279
 you

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 cannot

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 see

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 Jesus

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 Christ

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 made

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 Jesus

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 Christ

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 is

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 preeminent

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 as he

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 was

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 before

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 all

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 things

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 verse

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 17

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 says

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 and he

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 is

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 before

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 all

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 things

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 Jesus

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 says

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 to

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 the

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 Jews

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 in

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 John

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 8

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 58

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 Jesus

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 said

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 to

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 them

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 truly

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 truly

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 I

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 say

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 to

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 you

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 before

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 Abraham

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 was

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 I

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 am

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 Jesus

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 Christ

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 is

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 eternal

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 eternal

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 in the

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 past

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 and

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 eternal

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 in

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 the

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 future

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 there

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 was

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 never

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 a

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 time

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 in

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 which

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 Jesus

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 Christ

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 did

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 not

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 exist

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 him

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 stating

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 before

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 Abraham

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 was

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 I

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 am

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 as a

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 reference

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 to

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 Exodus

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 3

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 14

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 it's

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 the

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 first

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 time

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 that

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 God

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 gives

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 his

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 name

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 to

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 mankind

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 it's

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 when

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 he

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 meets

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 Moses

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 the

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 burning

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 bush

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 and

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 he

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 tells

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 Moses

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 to

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 go

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 back

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 to

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 Pharaoh

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 and

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 to

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 ask

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 Pharaoh

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 to

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 set

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 free

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 his

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 people

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 right

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 so

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 here's

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 Moses

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 trembling

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 in

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 front

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 of

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 certainly

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 the

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 creator

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 of

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 the

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 universe

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 right

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 in

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 this

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 bush

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 that's

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 burning

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 but

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 not

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 being

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 consumed

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 and

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 he

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 simply

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 wants

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 to

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 know

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 who

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 should

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 I

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 tell

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 him

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 sent

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 me

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 please

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 tell

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 me

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 something

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 that

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 I

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 can

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 tell

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 them

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!

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 because

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 this

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 whole

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 burning

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 bush

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 thing

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 is

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 not

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 going

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 to

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 make

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 a lot

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 of

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 sense

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 to

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 them

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 verse

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 14

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 God

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 said

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 to

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 Moses

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 I

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 am

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 who

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 I

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 am

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 and

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 he

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 said

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 say

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 this

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 to

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 the

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 people

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 of

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 Israel

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 I

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 am

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 has

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 sent

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 me

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 to

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 you

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 you

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 have

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 ever

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 heard

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 the

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 Hebrew

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 name

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 for

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 God

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 Yahweh

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 that's

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 what

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 this

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 is

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 this

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 self

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 existent

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 phrase

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 right

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 you've

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 heard

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 me

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 say

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 many

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 times

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 before

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!

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 everything

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 plugs

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 into

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 God

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 he

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 plugs

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 into

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 nothing

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 right

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 he's

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 self

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 existent

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 self

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 generating

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 he

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 has

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 always

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 existed

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 and

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 this

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 makes

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 Christ

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 preeminent

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 first

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 before

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 all

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 things

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 Jesus

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 Christ

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 is

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 preeminent

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 as

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 the

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 sustainer

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 of

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 all

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 things

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 further

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 in

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 verse

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 17

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 and

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 in

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 him

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 all

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 things

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 hold

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 together

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 have

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 ever thought

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 about

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 what

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 keeps

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 you

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 in

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 your

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 shape

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 what

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 causes

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 the

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 atoms

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 that

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 make

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 up

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 your

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 body

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 to

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 bond

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 in

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 the

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 way

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 that

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 they

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 bond

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 science

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 gives

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 some

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 explanation

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 to

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 this

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 but

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 certainly

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 not

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 an

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 adequate

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 one

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 what

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 holds

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 Nathan

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 in

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 the

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 shape

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 of

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 Nathan

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 Jesus

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 Christ

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 we

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 talk

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 a lot

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 about

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 the

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 shape

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 I'm

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 in

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 I'd

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 like

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 to

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 be

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 in

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 a

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 different

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 shape

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 sometimes

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 right

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 Hebrews

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 1

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 3

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 again

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 says

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 that

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 Jesus

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 Christ

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 upholds

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 the

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 universe

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 by

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 the

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 word

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 of

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 his

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 power

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 he

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 simply

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 speaks

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 and

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 things

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 happen

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 he

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 says

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 to

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 a

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 planet

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 go

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 in

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 this

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 orbit

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 and

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 because

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 he

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 is

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 the

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 lord

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 of

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 the

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 universe

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 that

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 happens

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 until

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 he

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 says

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 something

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 else

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 swayed

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 by

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 the

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 very

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 power

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 of

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 his

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 word

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!

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 only

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 is

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 the

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 universe

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 created

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 by

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 him

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 and

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 set

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 into

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 motion

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 by

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 him

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 but

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 it

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 is

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 sustained

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 by

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 him

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 if

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 he

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 were

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 to

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 cease

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 to

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 exist

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 or

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 decide

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 to

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 quit

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 in

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 his

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 sustaining

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 work

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 all

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 things

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 would

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 cease

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 to

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 exist

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 everything

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 in the

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 universe

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 is

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 made

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 of

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 atoms

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 Do you

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 remember

00:21:37.839 --> 00:21:38.180
 this?

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 Protons?

00:21:38.960 --> 00:21:39.779
 Electrons?

00:21:39.919 --> 00:21:39.779
!

00:21:39.779 --> 00:21:40.399
 Neutrons?

00:21:40.700 --> 00:21:40.919
 We

00:21:40.919 --> 00:21:41.159
 learned

00:21:41.159 --> 00:21:41.500
 some

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 things

00:21:41.919 --> 00:21:42.319
 about

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 this

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 in our

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 science

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 class

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 scientists

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 have

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 labored

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 absolutely

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 driven

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 hard

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 over the

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 past

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 century

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 to

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 explain

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 away

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 the

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 existence

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 of

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 God

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 for

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 many

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 they've

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 done

00:21:55.400 --> 00:21:55.520
 an

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 adequate

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 task

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 of

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 that

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 but

00:21:57.380 --> 00:21:57.480
 they

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 have

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 failed

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 to

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 explain

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 how

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 it

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 is

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 that

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 the

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 atom

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 remains

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 in

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 its

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 state

00:22:03.780 --> 00:22:04.160
 they

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 do

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 not

00:22:05.000 --> 00:22:05.460
 know

00:22:05.460 --> 00:22:05.660
 they

00:22:05.660 --> 00:22:06.000
 do

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 not

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 understand

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 why

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 and

00:22:08.240 --> 00:22:08.520
 how

00:22:08.520 --> 00:22:08.720
 a

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 single

00:22:09.000 --> 00:22:09.660
 atom

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 exists

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 the

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 way

00:22:11.320 --> 00:22:11.520
 that

00:22:11.520 --> 00:22:11.660
 it

00:22:11.660 --> 00:22:11.940
 does

00:22:11.940 --> 00:22:12.080
 that

00:22:12.080 --> 00:22:12.240
 the

00:22:12.240 --> 00:22:12.640
 orbits

00:22:12.640 --> 00:22:13.120
 happen

00:22:13.119 --> 00:22:13.500
 that

00:22:13.500 --> 00:22:13.679
 the

00:22:13.679 --> 00:22:14.139
 spacing

00:22:14.139 --> 00:22:14.379
 is

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 just

00:22:14.699 --> 00:22:15.099
 as

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 it

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 should

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 be

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 they

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 cannot

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 explain

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 it

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 in

00:22:19.779 --> 00:22:20.019
 fact

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 they

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 have

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 a

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 phrase

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 for

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 this

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 let me see if I can find it real quick

00:22:22.579 --> 00:22:24.439
 the strong

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 nuclear force

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 it's a mystery

00:22:27.719 --> 00:22:28.559
 the strong

00:22:28.559 --> 00:22:29.419
 nuclear

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 force

00:22:30.259 --> 00:22:31.479
 Carl K. Darrow

00:22:31.479 --> 00:22:32.000
 a physicist

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 cited a book entitled

00:22:33.359 --> 00:22:34.539
 The Atom Speaks

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 in reference to what

00:22:36.319 --> 00:22:37.459
 scientists are calling

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 this strong

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 nuclear force

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 he says

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 and I quote

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 do you grasp

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 what this implies

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 it implies

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 that all

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 the nuclei

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 have no

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 right to be

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 alive

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 at all

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 indeed

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 they should

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 never have

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 been created

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 and if

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 created

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 they should

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 have blown

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 up

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 instantly

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 yet here

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 they all

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 are

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 some inflexible

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 inhibition

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 is holding

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 them relentlessly

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 together

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 the nature

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 of the

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 inhibition

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 is also

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 a secret

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 one

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 thus far

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 reserved

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 by nature

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 herself

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 science

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 can't answer

00:23:08.759 --> 00:23:09.400
 this question

00:23:09.400 --> 00:23:10.720
 but the bible

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 has

00:23:11.440 --> 00:23:12.900
 the strong

00:23:12.900 --> 00:23:13.960
 nuclear force

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 is jesus christ

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 and the word

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 of his power

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 so i'll start

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 calling him that

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 the strong

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 nuclear force

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 that is jesus

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 he holds it

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 all

00:23:24.580 --> 00:23:25.620
 together

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 so he's preeminent

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 because he is god

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 and he is preeminent

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 because he is the lord

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 of the universe

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 thirdly jesus christ

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 is preeminent

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 because he is

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 the head

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 of the church

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 verse 18

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 you see how paul's

00:23:43.320 --> 00:23:44.400
 logic is kind of

00:23:44.400 --> 00:23:45.300
 working down

00:23:45.300 --> 00:23:46.840
 hierarchy

00:23:46.840 --> 00:23:48.100
 working down

00:23:48.100 --> 00:23:48.740
 jesus christ

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 is preeminent

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 because he is

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 the head

00:23:50.860 --> 00:23:51.640
 of the church

00:23:51.640 --> 00:23:52.279
 and he is the head

00:23:52.279 --> 00:23:52.779
 of the body

00:23:52.779 --> 00:23:53.360
 verse 18

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 the church

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 he's the beginning

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 the firstborn

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 from the dead

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 and then the

00:23:57.759 --> 00:23:59.539
 axiomatic statement

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 that in everything

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 he might be

00:24:01.580 --> 00:24:02.700
 preeminent

00:24:02.700 --> 00:24:03.340
 he is

00:24:03.339 --> 00:24:04.279
 the head

00:24:04.279 --> 00:24:05.519
 of the body

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 there are many

00:24:06.500 --> 00:24:07.259
 metaphors in the new

00:24:07.259 --> 00:24:08.159
 testament used to

00:24:08.159 --> 00:24:09.679
 describe the church

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 it's called a family

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 a kingdom

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 a vineyard

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 a flock

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 a building

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 and a bride

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 but none is more

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 helpful in our

00:24:18.599 --> 00:24:19.359
 understanding of its

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 form and function

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 than that of a body

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 made of many parts

00:24:24.099 --> 00:24:25.359
 with jesus christ

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 as the head

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 all of us

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 with our varying

00:24:28.439 --> 00:24:29.220
 gifting

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 meant to work

00:24:30.519 --> 00:24:31.019
 together

00:24:31.019 --> 00:24:32.079
 all underneath

00:24:32.079 --> 00:24:33.079
 the lordship

00:24:33.079 --> 00:24:34.460
 of jesus

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 christ

00:24:35.699 --> 00:24:37.240
 this metaphor

00:24:37.240 --> 00:24:38.159
 helps us to see

00:24:38.159 --> 00:24:38.639
 the church

00:24:38.639 --> 00:24:39.220
 as a living

00:24:39.220 --> 00:24:39.839
 organism

00:24:39.839 --> 00:24:41.740
 inseparably tied

00:24:41.740 --> 00:24:42.419
 together with

00:24:42.419 --> 00:24:44.019
 life and mission

00:24:44.019 --> 00:24:44.799
 by the living

00:24:44.799 --> 00:24:45.299
 christ

00:24:45.299 --> 00:24:46.179
 he controls

00:24:46.179 --> 00:24:47.059
 every part of

00:24:47.059 --> 00:24:47.179
 it

00:24:47.179 --> 00:24:48.259
 he coordinates

00:24:48.259 --> 00:24:48.899
 together the

00:24:48.899 --> 00:24:49.460
 diversity

00:24:49.460 --> 00:24:50.519
 of gifting

00:24:50.519 --> 00:24:52.059
 and ministry

00:24:52.059 --> 00:24:53.779
 he does not

00:24:53.779 --> 00:24:54.099
 merely

00:24:54.099 --> 00:24:55.500
 just save

00:24:55.500 --> 00:24:55.879
 the church

00:24:55.879 --> 00:24:56.559
 but he is

00:24:56.559 --> 00:24:57.419
 the head

00:24:57.419 --> 00:24:58.740
 of the church

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 the great promise

00:24:59.619 --> 00:25:00.460
 of matthew 28

00:25:00.460 --> 00:25:01.079
 and lo

00:25:01.079 --> 00:25:02.039
 i am with you

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 even to the end

00:25:03.440 --> 00:25:04.620
 of the age

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 this is not

00:25:06.059 --> 00:25:07.700
 our church

00:25:07.700 --> 00:25:08.279
 this is

00:25:08.279 --> 00:25:09.920
 christ's

00:25:09.920 --> 00:25:10.299
 church

00:25:10.299 --> 00:25:11.279
 and we serve

00:25:11.279 --> 00:25:11.680
 him

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 as such

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 paul states

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 that he is the

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 beginning

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 the originator

00:25:18.740 --> 00:25:20.480
 of the church

00:25:20.480 --> 00:25:22.480
 the greek word

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 used there for

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 beginning

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 has a two-fold

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 sense of

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 both source

00:25:26.340 --> 00:25:27.940
 and primacy

00:25:27.940 --> 00:25:28.340
 right

00:25:28.340 --> 00:25:28.860
 that it came

00:25:28.859 --> 00:25:29.859
 from him

00:25:29.859 --> 00:25:30.439
 and that he

00:25:30.439 --> 00:25:31.179
 continues to

00:25:31.179 --> 00:25:32.500
 remain in

00:25:32.500 --> 00:25:33.399
 charge of

00:25:33.399 --> 00:25:33.859
 that things

00:25:33.859 --> 00:25:34.799
 the church

00:25:34.799 --> 00:25:35.559
 emanates

00:25:35.559 --> 00:25:36.319
 from out

00:25:36.319 --> 00:25:37.059
 from him

00:25:37.059 --> 00:25:38.119
 as a result

00:25:38.119 --> 00:25:38.799
 of him being

00:25:38.799 --> 00:25:39.919
 the source

00:25:39.919 --> 00:25:41.099
 in ephesians

00:25:41.099 --> 00:25:41.939
 1 4 paul

00:25:41.939 --> 00:25:42.419
 states that

00:25:42.419 --> 00:25:43.500
 god chose

00:25:43.500 --> 00:25:44.799
 us in christ

00:25:44.799 --> 00:25:45.799
 before the

00:25:45.799 --> 00:25:46.459
 foundation

00:25:46.459 --> 00:25:48.099
 of the world

00:25:48.099 --> 00:25:49.639
 that jesus christ

00:25:49.639 --> 00:25:50.399
 is not some

00:25:50.399 --> 00:25:51.899
 plan b

00:25:51.899 --> 00:25:53.119
 right it pains

00:25:53.119 --> 00:25:53.959
 me when people

00:25:53.959 --> 00:25:54.979
 talk about god's

00:25:54.979 --> 00:25:56.240
 original intention

00:25:56.240 --> 00:25:57.559
 and how we

00:25:57.559 --> 00:25:58.500
 got the better

00:25:58.500 --> 00:25:58.920
 of him

00:25:58.920 --> 00:25:59.480
 our power

00:25:59.480 --> 00:26:00.140
 over him

00:26:00.140 --> 00:26:00.680
 and now he's

00:26:00.680 --> 00:26:01.279
 he's brought

00:26:01.279 --> 00:26:01.900
 in the second

00:26:01.900 --> 00:26:02.440
 string

00:26:02.440 --> 00:26:03.720
 well jesus

00:26:03.720 --> 00:26:04.759
 i thought for

00:26:04.759 --> 00:26:05.259
 all eternity

00:26:05.259 --> 00:26:05.680
 you were just

00:26:05.680 --> 00:26:05.980
 going to get

00:26:05.980 --> 00:26:06.579
 to sit on a

00:26:06.579 --> 00:26:06.900
 throne

00:26:06.900 --> 00:26:07.720
 but guess

00:26:07.720 --> 00:26:08.220
 what i've

00:26:08.220 --> 00:26:08.620
 got to send

00:26:08.620 --> 00:26:09.200
 you to earth

00:26:09.200 --> 00:26:09.700
 to redeem

00:26:09.700 --> 00:26:10.279
 my people

00:26:10.279 --> 00:26:10.980
 right

00:26:10.980 --> 00:26:12.120
 the church

00:26:12.120 --> 00:26:12.900
 the way in

00:26:12.900 --> 00:26:13.380
 which god

00:26:13.380 --> 00:26:14.180
 is displaying

00:26:14.180 --> 00:26:14.859
 himself to

00:26:14.859 --> 00:26:15.279
 the world

00:26:15.279 --> 00:26:15.960
 was always

00:26:15.960 --> 00:26:17.400
 his original

00:26:17.400 --> 00:26:18.440
 intent

00:26:18.440 --> 00:26:20.120
 now let that

00:26:20.120 --> 00:26:20.500
 bake your

00:26:20.500 --> 00:26:20.779
 noodle

00:26:20.779 --> 00:26:21.720
 i would encourage

00:26:21.720 --> 00:26:22.380
 you not

00:26:22.380 --> 00:26:23.780
 to do so

00:26:23.780 --> 00:26:24.340
 to not

00:26:24.340 --> 00:26:25.460
 play too much

00:26:25.460 --> 00:26:26.060
 with the tension

00:26:26.060 --> 00:26:26.940
 between god's

00:26:26.940 --> 00:26:27.680
 sovereign purposes

00:26:27.680 --> 00:26:28.320
 in the world

00:26:28.320 --> 00:26:29.280
 and the way in

00:26:29.280 --> 00:26:30.040
 which we choose

00:26:30.040 --> 00:26:30.800
 and act and are

00:26:30.800 --> 00:26:31.460
 held responsible

00:26:31.460 --> 00:26:32.060
 for the things

00:26:32.060 --> 00:26:32.620
 that we do

00:26:32.620 --> 00:26:33.580
 but ephesians

00:26:33.580 --> 00:26:34.660
 1 4 says

00:26:34.660 --> 00:26:35.380
 that we were

00:26:35.380 --> 00:26:36.160
 chose as the

00:26:36.160 --> 00:26:37.620
 church in christ

00:26:37.620 --> 00:26:38.620
 before the

00:26:38.620 --> 00:26:39.200
 foundation of the

00:26:39.200 --> 00:26:39.600
 world before

00:26:39.600 --> 00:26:40.420
 anything was

00:26:40.420 --> 00:26:41.380
 ever created

00:26:41.380 --> 00:26:42.300
 that was created

00:26:42.300 --> 00:26:43.160
 we were chosen

00:26:43.160 --> 00:26:43.640
 in him

00:26:43.640 --> 00:26:44.480
 mind-blowing

00:26:44.480 --> 00:26:45.420
 amazing

00:26:45.420 --> 00:26:46.060
 amazing

00:26:46.060 --> 00:26:47.160
 truth

00:26:47.160 --> 00:26:47.980
 he is the

00:26:47.980 --> 00:26:48.360
 beginning

00:26:48.360 --> 00:26:49.500
 the originator

00:26:49.500 --> 00:26:50.440
 of the church

00:26:50.440 --> 00:26:51.940
 he is the

00:26:51.940 --> 00:26:53.080
 firstborn

00:26:53.080 --> 00:26:54.559
 from the

00:26:54.559 --> 00:26:54.880
 dead

00:26:54.880 --> 00:26:55.559
 here again

00:26:55.559 --> 00:26:56.019
 we see that

00:26:56.019 --> 00:26:56.559
 word that i

00:26:56.559 --> 00:26:57.140
 butchered earlier

00:26:57.140 --> 00:26:57.580
 so i'm not

00:26:57.580 --> 00:26:58.000
 going to pronounce

00:26:58.000 --> 00:26:58.759
 it again

00:26:58.759 --> 00:27:00.420
 but firstborn

00:27:00.420 --> 00:27:02.500
 of all those

00:27:02.500 --> 00:27:03.200
 who have ever

00:27:03.200 --> 00:27:04.000
 been raised

00:27:04.000 --> 00:27:04.759
 from the dead

00:27:04.759 --> 00:27:05.620
 he is of

00:27:05.620 --> 00:27:06.539
 the highest

00:27:06.539 --> 00:27:07.360
 rank

00:27:07.360 --> 00:27:07.920
 this is what

00:27:07.920 --> 00:27:08.299
 he's saying

00:27:08.299 --> 00:27:08.960
 those of us

00:27:08.960 --> 00:27:09.680
 who have come

00:27:09.680 --> 00:27:10.220
 to life

00:27:10.220 --> 00:27:11.380
 in christ

00:27:11.380 --> 00:27:12.460
 worship christ

00:27:12.460 --> 00:27:13.059
 because he

00:27:13.059 --> 00:27:13.680
 is

00:27:13.680 --> 00:27:14.920
 preeminent

00:27:14.920 --> 00:27:16.380
 so he's

00:27:16.380 --> 00:27:16.700
 preeminent

00:27:16.700 --> 00:27:17.140
 because he's

00:27:17.140 --> 00:27:17.440
 god

00:27:17.440 --> 00:27:17.940
 he's preeminent

00:27:17.940 --> 00:27:18.480
 because he is

00:27:18.480 --> 00:27:18.980
 the lord

00:27:18.980 --> 00:27:20.240
 of the universe

00:27:20.240 --> 00:27:21.440
 he is preeminent

00:27:21.440 --> 00:27:22.180
 because he is

00:27:22.180 --> 00:27:22.740
 the head

00:27:22.740 --> 00:27:24.059
 of the church

00:27:24.059 --> 00:27:25.340
 and fourthly

00:27:25.340 --> 00:27:27.240
 jesus christ

00:27:27.240 --> 00:27:28.240
 is preeminent

00:27:28.240 --> 00:27:29.740
 because of his

00:27:29.740 --> 00:27:30.440
 redemptive

00:27:30.440 --> 00:27:31.360
 work

00:27:31.360 --> 00:27:32.700
 verse 20 says

00:27:32.700 --> 00:27:33.559
 and through him

00:27:33.559 --> 00:27:35.000
 to reconcile

00:27:35.000 --> 00:27:35.840
 to himself

00:27:35.840 --> 00:27:36.920
 all things

00:27:36.920 --> 00:27:37.640
 whether on earth

00:27:37.640 --> 00:27:38.160
 or in heaven

00:27:38.160 --> 00:27:39.580
 making peace

00:27:39.580 --> 00:27:40.820
 by the blood

00:27:40.820 --> 00:27:41.960
 of his cross

00:27:41.960 --> 00:27:44.259
 this phrase

00:27:44.259 --> 00:27:45.160
 reconcile

00:27:45.160 --> 00:27:46.600
 to himself

00:27:46.600 --> 00:27:48.380
 demands our

00:27:48.380 --> 00:27:48.720
 attention

00:27:48.720 --> 00:27:49.279
 should draw

00:27:49.279 --> 00:27:49.759
 us in

00:27:49.759 --> 00:27:50.600
 to consider

00:27:50.600 --> 00:27:51.720
 this idea

00:27:51.720 --> 00:27:52.140
 of

00:27:52.140 --> 00:27:53.299
 reconciliation

00:27:53.299 --> 00:27:54.839
 there are

00:27:54.839 --> 00:27:55.400
 many ways

00:27:55.400 --> 00:27:55.700
 in which

00:27:55.700 --> 00:27:56.400
 our salvation

00:27:56.400 --> 00:27:57.299
 is explained

00:27:57.299 --> 00:27:58.400
 in the scripture

00:27:58.400 --> 00:28:00.120
 ways that we

00:28:00.120 --> 00:28:00.539
 are meant

00:28:00.539 --> 00:28:01.660
 to understand

00:28:01.660 --> 00:28:02.339
 to really

00:28:02.339 --> 00:28:03.220
 get what

00:28:03.220 --> 00:28:03.980
 jesus christ

00:28:03.980 --> 00:28:04.519
 has done

00:28:04.519 --> 00:28:05.140
 on our

00:28:05.140 --> 00:28:05.700
 behalf

00:28:05.700 --> 00:28:06.680
 the bible

00:28:06.680 --> 00:28:07.019
 says that

00:28:07.019 --> 00:28:07.380
 we are

00:28:07.380 --> 00:28:08.319
 justified

00:28:08.319 --> 00:28:09.579
 in christ

00:28:09.579 --> 00:28:11.140
 that prior

00:28:11.140 --> 00:28:11.880
 to christ

00:28:11.880 --> 00:28:12.299
 we stood

00:28:12.299 --> 00:28:12.960
 before god

00:28:12.960 --> 00:28:13.680
 guilty

00:28:13.680 --> 00:28:14.759
 and condemned

00:28:14.759 --> 00:28:16.259
 but instead

00:28:16.259 --> 00:28:17.220
 having placed

00:28:17.220 --> 00:28:17.859
 saving faith

00:28:17.859 --> 00:28:18.359
 in christ

00:28:18.359 --> 00:28:18.980
 we're declared

00:28:18.980 --> 00:28:20.079
 righteous

00:28:20.079 --> 00:28:21.799
 we are

00:28:21.799 --> 00:28:22.680
 redeemed

00:28:22.680 --> 00:28:23.160
 we're described

00:28:23.160 --> 00:28:23.740
 as god's

00:28:23.740 --> 00:28:24.299
 redeemed

00:28:24.299 --> 00:28:24.960
 ones

00:28:24.960 --> 00:28:25.779
 in the scriptures

00:28:25.779 --> 00:28:26.640
 that we

00:28:26.640 --> 00:28:27.720
 before christ

00:28:27.720 --> 00:28:28.460
 stood before

00:28:28.460 --> 00:28:29.519
 god as a

00:28:29.519 --> 00:28:30.200
 slave

00:28:30.200 --> 00:28:30.839
 but we've been

00:28:30.839 --> 00:28:31.740
 granted freedom

00:28:31.740 --> 00:28:32.759
 in him

00:28:32.759 --> 00:28:34.319
 the scriptures

00:28:34.319 --> 00:28:35.019
 say that we are

00:28:35.019 --> 00:28:35.960
 forgiven

00:28:35.960 --> 00:28:37.680
 we once stood

00:28:37.680 --> 00:28:38.400
 before god

00:28:38.400 --> 00:28:39.460
 as a debtor

00:28:39.460 --> 00:28:40.680
 but the debt

00:28:40.680 --> 00:28:41.579
 has been paid

00:28:41.579 --> 00:28:42.740
 and forgotten

00:28:42.740 --> 00:28:44.579
 the bible

00:28:44.579 --> 00:28:45.339
 describes us

00:28:45.339 --> 00:28:46.359
 as adopted

00:28:46.359 --> 00:28:47.720
 we once stood

00:28:47.720 --> 00:28:48.279
 before god

00:28:48.279 --> 00:28:49.559
 as strangers

00:28:49.559 --> 00:28:50.099
 but we have

00:28:50.099 --> 00:28:51.000
 now been made

00:28:51.000 --> 00:28:52.539
 sons with all

00:28:52.539 --> 00:28:53.140
 the rights

00:28:53.140 --> 00:28:54.279
 that come with

00:28:54.279 --> 00:28:54.620
 that

00:28:54.620 --> 00:28:56.259
 but perhaps

00:28:56.259 --> 00:28:56.759
 the richest

00:28:56.759 --> 00:28:57.120
 of these

00:28:57.120 --> 00:28:57.620
 explanations

00:28:57.620 --> 00:28:58.259
 is that

00:28:58.259 --> 00:28:59.559
 of reconciliation

00:28:59.559 --> 00:29:01.400
 reconciliation

00:29:01.400 --> 00:29:03.180
 if we have

00:29:03.180 --> 00:29:03.900
 placed saving

00:29:03.900 --> 00:29:04.759
 faith in christ

00:29:04.759 --> 00:29:05.599
 we have been

00:29:05.599 --> 00:29:06.759
 reconciled

00:29:06.759 --> 00:29:07.859
 to god

00:29:07.859 --> 00:29:08.680
 we once

00:29:08.680 --> 00:29:09.559
 stood before

00:29:09.559 --> 00:29:10.039
 god

00:29:10.039 --> 00:29:11.000
 as his

00:29:11.000 --> 00:29:11.859
 enemies

00:29:11.859 --> 00:29:14.199
 and that

00:29:14.199 --> 00:29:14.740
 should cause

00:29:14.740 --> 00:29:15.199
 us rightly

00:29:15.199 --> 00:29:15.679
 understanding

00:29:15.679 --> 00:29:16.159
 who god

00:29:16.159 --> 00:29:16.619
 is

00:29:16.619 --> 00:29:18.479
 lord of

00:29:18.479 --> 00:29:19.019
 the universe

00:29:19.019 --> 00:29:19.619
 with the

00:29:19.619 --> 00:29:20.319
 holy standard

00:29:20.319 --> 00:29:21.259
 to tremble

00:29:21.259 --> 00:29:22.219
 before him

00:29:22.219 --> 00:29:23.599
 to fear him

00:29:23.599 --> 00:29:24.679
 that we would

00:29:24.679 --> 00:29:25.399
 be enemies

00:29:25.399 --> 00:29:26.959
 of the creator

00:29:26.959 --> 00:29:28.799
 is the thing

00:29:28.799 --> 00:29:29.659
 to be greatly

00:29:29.659 --> 00:29:30.979
 greatly feared

00:29:30.979 --> 00:29:32.039
 that's the

00:29:32.039 --> 00:29:33.319
 bad news

00:29:33.319 --> 00:29:34.500
 that the scripture

00:29:34.500 --> 00:29:35.559
 teaches to us

00:29:35.559 --> 00:29:36.279
 but the good news

00:29:36.279 --> 00:29:36.759
 teaches us

00:29:36.759 --> 00:29:37.339
 that if we place

00:29:37.339 --> 00:29:37.979
 our saving faith

00:29:37.979 --> 00:29:38.939
 in christ

00:29:38.940 --> 00:29:40.320
 we have been

00:29:40.320 --> 00:29:41.460
 made god's

00:29:41.460 --> 00:29:42.759
 friends

00:29:42.759 --> 00:29:44.539
 it's incredible

00:29:44.539 --> 00:29:46.340
 the greek word

00:29:46.340 --> 00:29:46.920
 for reconcile

00:29:46.920 --> 00:29:48.299
 means to

00:29:48.299 --> 00:29:49.039
 change in

00:29:49.039 --> 00:29:49.640
 relationship

00:29:49.640 --> 00:29:51.360
 we were once

00:29:51.360 --> 00:29:52.740
 one thing

00:29:52.740 --> 00:29:53.779
 now we are

00:29:53.779 --> 00:29:55.519
 another thing

00:29:55.519 --> 00:29:56.500
 we've moved

00:29:56.500 --> 00:29:57.480
 in position

00:29:57.480 --> 00:29:58.880
 all together

00:29:58.880 --> 00:29:59.480
 right

00:29:59.480 --> 00:30:00.380
 we've changed

00:30:00.380 --> 00:30:01.980
 in type

00:30:01.980 --> 00:30:03.360
 we are completely

00:30:03.360 --> 00:30:04.160
 different

00:30:04.160 --> 00:30:05.080
 once enemies

00:30:05.080 --> 00:30:06.180
 now

00:30:06.180 --> 00:30:07.700
 friends

00:30:07.700 --> 00:30:09.060
 in romans

00:30:09.060 --> 00:30:09.560
 5 10

00:30:09.560 --> 00:30:10.860
 paul says

00:30:10.860 --> 00:30:11.240
 for if we

00:30:11.240 --> 00:30:11.920
 while we were

00:30:11.920 --> 00:30:12.320
 enemies

00:30:12.320 --> 00:30:13.080
 we were

00:30:13.080 --> 00:30:13.880
 reconciled to

00:30:13.880 --> 00:30:14.500
 god by the

00:30:14.500 --> 00:30:15.019
 death of his

00:30:15.019 --> 00:30:15.700
 son much

00:30:15.700 --> 00:30:16.160
 more

00:30:16.160 --> 00:30:17.060
 now that we

00:30:17.060 --> 00:30:17.840
 are reconciled

00:30:17.840 --> 00:30:18.080
 shall we

00:30:18.080 --> 00:30:19.000
 be saved

00:30:19.000 --> 00:30:19.980
 by his

00:30:19.980 --> 00:30:20.500
 life

00:30:20.500 --> 00:30:23.980
 jesus christ

00:30:23.980 --> 00:30:24.820
 became the

00:30:24.820 --> 00:30:25.700
 enemy of god

00:30:25.700 --> 00:30:26.720
 on our

00:30:26.720 --> 00:30:27.299
 behalf

00:30:27.299 --> 00:30:28.500
 he received

00:30:28.500 --> 00:30:29.220
 the punishment

00:30:29.220 --> 00:30:29.799
 that was due

00:30:29.799 --> 00:30:30.320
 us

00:30:30.320 --> 00:30:31.200
 on our

00:30:31.200 --> 00:30:31.720
 behalf

00:30:31.720 --> 00:30:32.640
 god

00:30:32.640 --> 00:30:33.360
 turned his

00:30:33.360 --> 00:30:34.120
 back on him

00:30:34.120 --> 00:30:34.740
 and poured

00:30:34.740 --> 00:30:35.539
 out wrath

00:30:35.539 --> 00:30:36.299
 upon him

00:30:36.299 --> 00:30:36.859
 that was due

00:30:36.859 --> 00:30:38.399
 his enemies

00:30:38.399 --> 00:30:39.399
 that we might

00:30:39.399 --> 00:30:39.859
 be called

00:30:39.859 --> 00:30:41.119
 his friends

00:30:41.119 --> 00:30:41.960
 we've been

00:30:41.960 --> 00:30:42.740
 reconciled to

00:30:42.740 --> 00:30:43.559
 god if we

00:30:43.559 --> 00:30:44.079
 have believed

00:30:44.079 --> 00:30:45.379
 in christ

00:30:45.379 --> 00:30:47.299
 he has

00:30:47.299 --> 00:30:48.200
 paul goes on

00:30:48.200 --> 00:30:48.619
 to say

00:30:48.619 --> 00:30:50.759
 done this to

00:30:50.759 --> 00:30:51.700
 reconcile all

00:30:51.700 --> 00:30:52.319
 things

00:30:52.319 --> 00:30:53.460
 whether on

00:30:53.460 --> 00:30:53.879
 earth

00:30:53.879 --> 00:30:54.680
 or in

00:30:54.680 --> 00:30:54.980
 heaven

00:30:54.980 --> 00:30:55.460
 so the

00:30:55.460 --> 00:30:56.159
 scope of

00:30:56.159 --> 00:30:56.319
 his

00:30:56.319 --> 00:30:56.960
 reconciliation

00:30:56.960 --> 00:30:58.599
 doesn't rest

00:30:58.599 --> 00:30:59.420
 just with

00:30:59.420 --> 00:30:59.980
 man although

00:30:59.980 --> 00:31:00.759
 i would argue

00:31:00.759 --> 00:31:01.559
 primarily

00:31:01.559 --> 00:31:02.559
 with

00:31:02.559 --> 00:31:03.639
 mankind

00:31:03.640 --> 00:31:05.140
 in genesis

00:31:05.140 --> 00:31:05.660
 1-3

00:31:05.660 --> 00:31:06.040
 we see

00:31:06.040 --> 00:31:06.380
 that after

00:31:06.380 --> 00:31:06.640
 the world

00:31:06.640 --> 00:31:07.140
 was created

00:31:07.140 --> 00:31:07.960
 by and

00:31:07.960 --> 00:31:08.800
 for christ

00:31:08.800 --> 00:31:09.420
 that it

00:31:09.420 --> 00:31:10.320
 was very

00:31:10.320 --> 00:31:10.860
 good

00:31:10.860 --> 00:31:12.120
 and then

00:31:12.120 --> 00:31:12.600
 sin entered

00:31:12.600 --> 00:31:13.080
 the scene

00:31:13.080 --> 00:31:13.540
 and began

00:31:13.540 --> 00:31:14.259
 to destroy

00:31:14.259 --> 00:31:14.900
 and rip

00:31:14.900 --> 00:31:15.440
 apart

00:31:15.440 --> 00:31:16.200
 and and

00:31:16.200 --> 00:31:16.840
 alter

00:31:16.840 --> 00:31:18.440
 that world

00:31:18.440 --> 00:31:19.040
 all of

00:31:19.040 --> 00:31:19.620
 that goodness

00:31:19.620 --> 00:31:20.660
 was marred

00:31:20.660 --> 00:31:21.960
 by man's

00:31:21.960 --> 00:31:22.800
 sin

00:31:22.800 --> 00:31:24.420
 i am

00:31:24.420 --> 00:31:25.080
 suffering

00:31:25.080 --> 00:31:25.720
 from pollen

00:31:25.720 --> 00:31:26.380
 this month

00:31:26.380 --> 00:31:26.620
 i don't know

00:31:26.620 --> 00:31:26.900
 if you can

00:31:26.900 --> 00:31:27.380
 join me

00:31:27.380 --> 00:31:28.300
 in that

00:31:28.300 --> 00:31:28.980
 right

00:31:28.980 --> 00:31:29.620
 and every

00:31:29.620 --> 00:31:29.900
 time

00:31:29.900 --> 00:31:30.340
 somebody

00:31:30.340 --> 00:31:30.660
 says

00:31:30.660 --> 00:31:30.860
 like

00:31:30.860 --> 00:31:31.240
 why are

00:31:31.240 --> 00:31:31.540
 we all

00:31:31.540 --> 00:31:32.000
 sneezing

00:31:32.000 --> 00:31:32.420
 so much

00:31:32.420 --> 00:31:32.740
 rather than

00:31:32.740 --> 00:31:33.039
 the answer

00:31:33.039 --> 00:31:33.599
 being pollen

00:31:33.599 --> 00:31:34.420
 my answer

00:31:34.420 --> 00:31:34.940
 lately has

00:31:34.940 --> 00:31:35.680
 been sin

00:31:35.680 --> 00:31:36.660
 it's sin

00:31:36.660 --> 00:31:37.180
 that's causing

00:31:37.180 --> 00:31:38.099
 this to

00:31:38.099 --> 00:31:38.819
 happen to

00:31:38.819 --> 00:31:39.059
 me

00:31:39.059 --> 00:31:40.579
 and all

00:31:40.579 --> 00:31:41.000
 of that

00:31:41.000 --> 00:31:42.240
 will one

00:31:42.240 --> 00:31:42.759
 day be

00:31:42.759 --> 00:31:43.519
 restored

00:31:43.519 --> 00:31:44.119
 will be

00:31:44.119 --> 00:31:45.759
 reconciled

00:31:45.759 --> 00:31:46.480
 the reconciliation

00:31:46.480 --> 00:31:47.099
 of mankind

00:31:47.099 --> 00:31:48.180
 is just one

00:31:48.180 --> 00:31:49.380
 aspect of

00:31:49.380 --> 00:31:50.359
 christ's

00:31:50.359 --> 00:31:51.160
 restorative

00:31:51.160 --> 00:31:52.200
 work

00:31:52.200 --> 00:31:53.359
 there's much

00:31:53.359 --> 00:31:53.960
 debate to be

00:31:53.960 --> 00:31:54.640
 had about how

00:31:54.640 --> 00:31:55.180
 the end of

00:31:55.180 --> 00:31:55.619
 things will

00:31:55.619 --> 00:31:56.059
 come to

00:31:56.059 --> 00:31:56.660
 pass but we

00:31:56.660 --> 00:31:57.079
 do know

00:31:57.079 --> 00:31:57.400
 that they

00:31:57.400 --> 00:31:57.819
 will come

00:31:57.819 --> 00:31:58.339
 to pass

00:31:58.339 --> 00:31:59.319
 that heaven

00:31:59.319 --> 00:31:59.700
 and earth

00:31:59.700 --> 00:32:00.579
 will fade

00:32:00.579 --> 00:32:01.299
 away and be

00:32:01.299 --> 00:32:01.900
 made

00:32:01.900 --> 00:32:02.780
 new

00:32:02.780 --> 00:32:03.780
 what a

00:32:03.780 --> 00:32:04.100
 wonderful

00:32:04.100 --> 00:32:04.620
 blessing

00:32:04.620 --> 00:32:05.280
 that is

00:32:05.280 --> 00:32:06.160
 that someday

00:32:06.160 --> 00:32:07.820
 we will

00:32:07.820 --> 00:32:08.640
 live with

00:32:08.640 --> 00:32:09.120
 christ

00:32:09.120 --> 00:32:10.000
 forever

00:32:10.000 --> 00:32:10.660
 in a new

00:32:10.660 --> 00:32:11.120
 heaven

00:32:11.120 --> 00:32:12.120
 and a new

00:32:12.120 --> 00:32:12.680
 earth

00:32:12.680 --> 00:32:13.920
 there will

00:32:13.920 --> 00:32:14.400
 be work

00:32:14.400 --> 00:32:14.840
 to do

00:32:14.840 --> 00:32:15.160
 there will

00:32:15.160 --> 00:32:15.700
 be no

00:32:15.700 --> 00:32:16.200
 pollen

00:32:16.200 --> 00:32:18.220
 and we

00:32:18.220 --> 00:32:18.800
 will worship

00:32:18.800 --> 00:32:19.160
 him

00:32:19.160 --> 00:32:20.840
 for eternity

00:32:20.840 --> 00:32:22.300
 in that way

00:32:22.300 --> 00:32:23.140
 and he did

00:32:23.140 --> 00:32:23.900
 this by making

00:32:23.900 --> 00:32:24.420
 peace

00:32:24.420 --> 00:32:26.100
 by the blood

00:32:26.100 --> 00:32:27.420
 of his cross

00:32:27.420 --> 00:32:28.580
 this is the

00:32:28.580 --> 00:32:29.140
 means by

00:32:29.140 --> 00:32:29.580
 which

00:32:29.579 --> 00:32:30.839
 this reconciliation

00:32:30.839 --> 00:32:32.119
 happens

00:32:32.119 --> 00:32:32.859
 the shedding

00:32:32.859 --> 00:32:33.399
 of blood

00:32:33.399 --> 00:32:33.899
 for the

00:32:33.899 --> 00:32:34.319
 remission

00:32:34.319 --> 00:32:35.279
 of our

00:32:35.279 --> 00:32:36.019
 sins

00:32:36.019 --> 00:32:37.019
 Jesus

00:32:37.019 --> 00:32:37.480
 christ

00:32:37.480 --> 00:32:38.000
 became the

00:32:38.000 --> 00:32:38.439
 enemy of

00:32:38.439 --> 00:32:38.779
 god

00:32:38.779 --> 00:32:39.480
 and god

00:32:39.480 --> 00:32:40.299
 justly punished

00:32:40.299 --> 00:32:41.139
 him for

00:32:41.139 --> 00:32:41.859
 being such

00:32:41.859 --> 00:32:42.759
 so that we

00:32:42.759 --> 00:32:43.339
 might be

00:32:43.339 --> 00:32:44.399
 reconciled

00:32:44.399 --> 00:32:45.379
 this is the

00:32:45.379 --> 00:32:46.099
 wonderful

00:32:46.099 --> 00:32:47.339
 promise and

00:32:47.339 --> 00:32:47.839
 truth

00:32:47.839 --> 00:32:48.980
 of the

00:32:48.980 --> 00:32:49.379
 gospel

00:32:49.379 --> 00:32:51.240
 so jesus

00:32:51.240 --> 00:32:51.960
 christ is

00:32:51.960 --> 00:32:52.519
 preeminent

00:32:52.519 --> 00:32:53.079
 because he's

00:32:53.079 --> 00:32:53.619
 god

00:32:53.619 --> 00:32:54.599
 because he's

00:32:54.599 --> 00:32:55.139
 the lord of

00:32:55.139 --> 00:32:55.659
 the universe

00:32:55.659 --> 00:32:56.220
 because he's

00:32:56.220 --> 00:32:56.579
 the head of

00:32:56.579 --> 00:32:57.039
 the church

00:32:57.039 --> 00:32:57.799
 and because

00:32:57.799 --> 00:32:58.480
 of his

00:32:58.480 --> 00:32:59.519
 redemptive

00:32:59.519 --> 00:33:00.259
 work

00:33:00.259 --> 00:33:00.720
 for all

00:33:00.720 --> 00:33:01.579
 these reasons

00:33:01.579 --> 00:33:02.859
 jesus christ

00:33:02.859 --> 00:33:03.799
 is of highest

00:33:03.799 --> 00:33:04.279
 ranking

00:33:04.279 --> 00:33:05.179
 and should be

00:33:05.179 --> 00:33:05.799
 worshipped

00:33:05.799 --> 00:33:07.179
 as such

00:33:07.179 --> 00:33:08.879
 those who have

00:33:08.879 --> 00:33:09.579
 been reconciled

00:33:09.579 --> 00:33:10.399
 by his death

00:33:10.399 --> 00:33:11.460
 on the cross

00:33:11.460 --> 00:33:12.240
 rightly should

00:33:12.240 --> 00:33:13.079
 experience

00:33:13.079 --> 00:33:14.399
 proclaim

00:33:14.399 --> 00:33:16.000
 and display

00:33:16.000 --> 00:33:17.240
 his supremacy

00:33:17.240 --> 00:33:18.339
 it demands

00:33:18.339 --> 00:33:18.859
 of us

00:33:18.859 --> 00:33:20.000
 a response

00:33:20.000 --> 00:33:20.419
 beloved

00:33:20.419 --> 00:33:22.000
 this is not a

00:33:22.000 --> 00:33:22.919
 burdensome task

00:33:22.920 --> 00:33:25.460
 because he is

00:33:25.460 --> 00:33:26.800
 preeminent

00:33:26.800 --> 00:33:27.960
 not merely a

00:33:27.960 --> 00:33:28.820
 man but god

00:33:28.820 --> 00:33:29.539
 himself

00:33:29.539 --> 00:33:30.700
 that we

00:33:30.700 --> 00:33:31.039
 worship

00:33:31.039 --> 00:33:32.580
 we can cast

00:33:32.580 --> 00:33:33.080
 all of our

00:33:33.080 --> 00:33:33.820
 anxieties

00:33:33.820 --> 00:33:35.120
 and fears

00:33:35.120 --> 00:33:36.539
 our doubts

00:33:36.539 --> 00:33:37.220
 our troubles

00:33:37.220 --> 00:33:38.340
 our depression

00:33:38.340 --> 00:33:40.019
 on him

00:33:40.019 --> 00:33:41.100
 there is no

00:33:41.100 --> 00:33:41.820
 situation that

00:33:41.820 --> 00:33:42.340
 escapes his

00:33:42.340 --> 00:33:42.720
 attention

00:33:42.720 --> 00:33:43.660
 or his

00:33:43.660 --> 00:33:44.140
 power

00:33:44.140 --> 00:33:45.140
 there is no

00:33:45.140 --> 00:33:45.759
 circumstance

00:33:45.759 --> 00:33:46.640
 that surprises

00:33:46.640 --> 00:33:48.120
 him or evades

00:33:48.120 --> 00:33:49.320
 providential

00:33:49.320 --> 00:33:49.920
 control

00:33:49.920 --> 00:33:51.039
 he is our

00:33:51.039 --> 00:33:51.560
 confidence

00:33:51.559 --> 00:33:52.519
 in life

00:33:52.519 --> 00:33:53.960
 and death

00:33:53.960 --> 00:33:55.200
 he is the

00:33:55.200 --> 00:33:55.679
 reason we

00:33:55.679 --> 00:33:56.379
 can boldly

00:33:56.379 --> 00:33:57.240
 share the

00:33:57.240 --> 00:33:57.819
 good news

00:33:57.819 --> 00:33:58.200
 of his

00:33:58.200 --> 00:33:58.579
 kingdom

00:33:58.579 --> 00:33:59.819
 he is the

00:33:59.819 --> 00:34:00.259
 reason that

00:34:00.259 --> 00:34:00.819
 we can bring

00:34:00.819 --> 00:34:01.480
 our lives

00:34:01.480 --> 00:34:02.679
 into conformity

00:34:02.679 --> 00:34:03.679
 with his

00:34:03.679 --> 00:34:05.119
 the reality

00:34:05.119 --> 00:34:05.779
 of who jesus

00:34:05.779 --> 00:34:06.859
 is demands

00:34:06.859 --> 00:34:07.899
 our obedience

00:34:07.899 --> 00:34:09.099
 the reality

00:34:09.099 --> 00:34:09.860
 of who jesus

00:34:09.860 --> 00:34:10.779
 is makes

00:34:10.779 --> 00:34:11.920
 sure the

00:34:11.920 --> 00:34:12.380
 promises

00:34:12.380 --> 00:34:13.960
 of god

00:34:13.960 --> 00:34:15.219
 and so in

00:34:15.219 --> 00:34:15.559
 the words of

00:34:15.559 --> 00:34:15.980
 john owen

00:34:15.980 --> 00:34:16.539
 we should set

00:34:16.539 --> 00:34:17.099
 ourselves to

00:34:17.099 --> 00:34:17.900
 a constant

00:34:17.900 --> 00:34:19.000
 previous

00:34:19.000 --> 00:34:20.579
 contemplation

00:34:20.579 --> 00:34:21.619
 of who

00:34:21.619 --> 00:34:22.719
 jesus

00:34:22.719 --> 00:34:23.340
 is

00:34:23.340 --> 00:34:25.460
 i am

00:34:25.460 --> 00:34:25.860
 thankful

00:34:25.860 --> 00:34:26.719
 for a

00:34:26.719 --> 00:34:27.239
 church

00:34:27.239 --> 00:34:28.340
 that holds

00:34:28.340 --> 00:34:29.400
 as precious

00:34:29.400 --> 00:34:30.619
 the word

00:34:30.619 --> 00:34:31.019
 of god

00:34:31.019 --> 00:34:31.360
 this is

00:34:31.360 --> 00:34:31.779
 evidenced

00:34:31.779 --> 00:34:32.139
 in a

00:34:32.139 --> 00:34:32.380
 number

00:34:32.380 --> 00:34:33.059
 of ways

00:34:33.059 --> 00:34:33.860
 but yet

00:34:33.860 --> 00:34:35.559
 we fail

00:34:35.559 --> 00:34:36.099
 in so

00:34:36.099 --> 00:34:36.840
 many ways

00:34:36.840 --> 00:34:37.799
 to value

00:34:37.799 --> 00:34:38.119
 it the

00:34:38.119 --> 00:34:38.719
 way that

00:34:38.719 --> 00:34:39.199
 we ought

00:34:39.199 --> 00:34:39.460
 to

00:34:39.460 --> 00:34:40.279
 to hide

00:34:40.279 --> 00:34:40.679
 it away

00:34:40.679 --> 00:34:41.139
 into our

00:34:41.139 --> 00:34:41.539
 hearts

00:34:41.539 --> 00:34:41.880
 to let

00:34:41.880 --> 00:34:42.139
 it be

00:34:42.139 --> 00:34:42.380
 our

00:34:42.380 --> 00:34:43.239
 constant

00:34:43.239 --> 00:34:44.319
 meditation

00:34:44.319 --> 00:34:45.519
 and the

00:34:45.519 --> 00:34:45.980
 evidencing

00:34:45.980 --> 00:34:46.440
 of this

00:34:46.440 --> 00:34:46.819
 is the

00:34:46.819 --> 00:34:47.299
 way in

00:34:47.299 --> 00:34:47.599
 which

00:34:47.599 --> 00:34:48.159
 we deal

00:34:48.159 --> 00:34:48.359
 with

00:34:48.359 --> 00:34:48.819
 troubles

00:34:48.819 --> 00:34:50.559
 so many

00:34:50.559 --> 00:34:50.960
 troubles

00:34:50.960 --> 00:34:51.339
 and they

00:34:51.339 --> 00:34:51.759
 will come

00:34:51.759 --> 00:34:52.119
 our way

00:34:52.119 --> 00:34:52.399
 and they'll

00:34:52.399 --> 00:34:52.920
 continue to

00:34:52.920 --> 00:34:53.219
 come our

00:34:53.219 --> 00:34:53.480
 way

00:34:53.480 --> 00:34:54.659
 the way

00:34:54.659 --> 00:34:54.920
 that you

00:34:54.920 --> 00:34:55.559
 respond

00:34:55.559 --> 00:34:56.179
 to those

00:34:56.179 --> 00:34:56.559
 troubles

00:34:56.559 --> 00:34:57.099
 gives

00:34:57.099 --> 00:34:58.139
 evidence

00:34:58.139 --> 00:34:59.219
 of what

00:34:59.219 --> 00:34:59.779
 you believe

00:34:59.779 --> 00:35:00.079
 to be

00:35:00.079 --> 00:35:00.619
 true

00:35:00.619 --> 00:35:01.839
 about god

00:35:01.839 --> 00:35:02.739
 right

00:35:02.739 --> 00:35:03.460
 we have

00:35:03.460 --> 00:35:04.420
 all responded

00:35:04.420 --> 00:35:04.940
 in faith

00:35:04.940 --> 00:35:05.239
 to the

00:35:05.239 --> 00:35:05.579
 gospel

00:35:05.579 --> 00:35:06.159
 i hope

00:35:06.159 --> 00:35:06.440
 i'm

00:35:06.440 --> 00:35:07.079
 making

00:35:07.079 --> 00:35:07.719
 some broad

00:35:07.719 --> 00:35:08.219
 assumption

00:35:08.219 --> 00:35:08.799
 of everybody

00:35:08.799 --> 00:35:09.659
 in the

00:35:09.659 --> 00:35:09.899
 room

00:35:09.899 --> 00:35:10.239
 but how

00:35:10.239 --> 00:35:10.819
 readily

00:35:10.819 --> 00:35:11.920
 we turn

00:35:11.920 --> 00:35:12.519
 our gaze

00:35:12.519 --> 00:35:13.779
 away from

00:35:13.779 --> 00:35:15.119
 the gospel

00:35:15.119 --> 00:35:16.039
 right

00:35:16.039 --> 00:35:16.920
 the redemptive

00:35:16.920 --> 00:35:17.279
 work

00:35:17.280 --> 00:35:17.900
 of jesus

00:35:17.900 --> 00:35:18.380
 christ

00:35:18.380 --> 00:35:18.920
 the reality

00:35:18.920 --> 00:35:19.220
 that he

00:35:19.220 --> 00:35:19.500
 is the

00:35:19.500 --> 00:35:19.680
 head

00:35:19.680 --> 00:35:19.940
 of the

00:35:19.940 --> 00:35:20.300
 church

00:35:20.300 --> 00:35:20.720
 that he

00:35:20.720 --> 00:35:21.000
 is the

00:35:21.000 --> 00:35:21.260
 lord

00:35:21.260 --> 00:35:21.519
 of the

00:35:21.519 --> 00:35:21.820
 universe

00:35:21.820 --> 00:35:22.260
 that he

00:35:22.260 --> 00:35:22.720
 himself

00:35:22.720 --> 00:35:23.380
 is

00:35:23.380 --> 00:35:24.140
 god

00:35:24.140 --> 00:35:25.280
 we begin

00:35:25.280 --> 00:35:25.680
 to look

00:35:25.680 --> 00:35:26.040
 for the

00:35:26.040 --> 00:35:26.880
 dumbest

00:35:26.880 --> 00:35:27.519
 solutions

00:35:27.519 --> 00:35:28.620
 to our

00:35:28.620 --> 00:35:29.120
 problems

00:35:29.120 --> 00:35:31.740
 in all

00:35:31.740 --> 00:35:32.180
 cases

00:35:32.180 --> 00:35:33.480
 when i

00:35:33.480 --> 00:35:33.840
 deal with

00:35:33.840 --> 00:35:34.380
 people who

00:35:34.380 --> 00:35:34.780
 are going

00:35:34.780 --> 00:35:35.300
 through tough

00:35:35.300 --> 00:35:36.019
 times in

00:35:36.019 --> 00:35:36.580
 their life

00:35:36.580 --> 00:35:36.860
 and they

00:35:36.860 --> 00:35:37.280
 don't know

00:35:37.280 --> 00:35:38.100
 how to

00:35:38.100 --> 00:35:38.840
 access the

00:35:38.840 --> 00:35:39.280
 truth of

00:35:39.280 --> 00:35:39.480
 god

00:35:39.480 --> 00:35:40.060
 now now

00:35:40.060 --> 00:35:40.420
 hear me

00:35:40.420 --> 00:35:41.040
 we need

00:35:41.040 --> 00:35:41.519
 one another

00:35:41.519 --> 00:35:42.040
 like i

00:35:42.040 --> 00:35:42.420
 need to be

00:35:42.420 --> 00:35:42.980
 reminded

00:35:42.980 --> 00:35:43.620
 of the

00:35:43.620 --> 00:35:43.900
 truth of

00:35:43.900 --> 00:35:44.400
 the gospel

00:35:44.400 --> 00:35:45.140
 right

00:35:45.140 --> 00:35:45.420
 sometime

00:35:45.420 --> 00:35:46.019
 my sin

00:35:46.019 --> 00:35:47.019
 so blinds

00:35:47.019 --> 00:35:47.340
 me

00:35:47.340 --> 00:35:47.920
 right

00:35:47.920 --> 00:35:48.199
 to how

00:35:48.199 --> 00:35:48.840
 good god

00:35:48.840 --> 00:35:49.139
 has been

00:35:49.139 --> 00:35:49.519
 to me

00:35:49.519 --> 00:35:50.300
 in christ

00:35:50.300 --> 00:35:50.619
 that i

00:35:50.619 --> 00:35:51.059
 need people

00:35:51.059 --> 00:35:51.539
 to tell

00:35:51.539 --> 00:35:52.139
 me that

00:35:52.139 --> 00:35:53.000
 this is a

00:35:53.000 --> 00:35:53.400
 thing we

00:35:53.400 --> 00:35:53.820
 ought to be

00:35:53.820 --> 00:35:54.519
 doing to

00:35:54.519 --> 00:35:54.880
 one another

00:35:54.880 --> 00:35:55.780
 preaching the

00:35:55.780 --> 00:35:56.639
 gospel to

00:35:56.639 --> 00:35:57.119
 one another

00:35:57.119 --> 00:35:58.539
 but so

00:35:58.539 --> 00:35:59.239
 often

00:35:59.239 --> 00:36:00.280
 someone is

00:36:00.280 --> 00:36:01.219
 just oh

00:36:01.219 --> 00:36:01.639
 there's a

00:36:01.639 --> 00:36:02.320
 problem that's

00:36:02.320 --> 00:36:03.059
 going on in

00:36:03.059 --> 00:36:03.739
 their life

00:36:03.739 --> 00:36:04.179
 and you

00:36:04.179 --> 00:36:04.759
 simply say

00:36:04.759 --> 00:36:05.360
 how much

00:36:05.360 --> 00:36:05.739
 have you been

00:36:05.739 --> 00:36:06.199
 reading your

00:36:06.199 --> 00:36:06.519
 scripture

00:36:06.519 --> 00:36:07.920
 and the

00:36:07.920 --> 00:36:08.360
 answer is

00:36:08.360 --> 00:36:08.780
 little

00:36:08.780 --> 00:36:09.619
 to

00:36:09.619 --> 00:36:10.739
 none

00:36:10.739 --> 00:36:11.959
 little

00:36:11.959 --> 00:36:12.179
 to

00:36:12.179 --> 00:36:12.559
 none

00:36:12.559 --> 00:36:13.659
 because

00:36:13.659 --> 00:36:14.199
 in

00:36:14.199 --> 00:36:14.839
 this

00:36:14.839 --> 00:36:15.779
 is this

00:36:15.779 --> 00:36:16.239
 picture

00:36:16.239 --> 00:36:16.719
 of who

00:36:16.719 --> 00:36:17.099
 jesus

00:36:17.099 --> 00:36:17.759
 christ

00:36:17.759 --> 00:36:18.659
 is

00:36:18.659 --> 00:36:19.219
 right

00:36:19.219 --> 00:36:19.539
 again

00:36:19.539 --> 00:36:20.059
 draws

00:36:20.059 --> 00:36:20.479
 our

00:36:20.479 --> 00:36:20.979
 minds

00:36:20.979 --> 00:36:21.519
 and hearts

00:36:21.519 --> 00:36:21.919
 up

00:36:21.919 --> 00:36:22.299
 into

00:36:22.299 --> 00:36:22.559
 who

00:36:22.559 --> 00:36:22.879
 he

00:36:22.879 --> 00:36:23.299
 is

00:36:23.299 --> 00:36:23.819
 who

00:36:23.819 --> 00:36:24.079
 we

00:36:24.079 --> 00:36:24.500
 worship

00:36:24.500 --> 00:36:25.039
 who

00:36:25.039 --> 00:36:25.419
 we

00:36:25.419 --> 00:36:26.299
 belong

00:36:26.299 --> 00:36:26.779
 to

00:36:26.779 --> 00:36:28.159
 these

00:36:28.159 --> 00:36:28.379
 little

00:36:28.379 --> 00:36:29.099
 trifling

00:36:29.099 --> 00:36:29.599
 problems

00:36:29.599 --> 00:36:29.899
 that we

00:36:29.899 --> 00:36:30.099
 deal

00:36:30.099 --> 00:36:30.259
 with

00:36:30.259 --> 00:36:30.339
 in

00:36:30.339 --> 00:36:30.459
 our

00:36:30.459 --> 00:36:30.819
 life

00:36:30.819 --> 00:36:31.579
 fade

00:36:31.579 --> 00:36:32.239
 away

00:36:32.239 --> 00:36:32.500
 they're

00:36:32.500 --> 00:36:32.679
 no

00:36:32.679 --> 00:36:33.319
 longer

00:36:33.319 --> 00:36:34.279
 burdensome

00:36:34.279 --> 00:36:34.519
 because

00:36:34.519 --> 00:36:34.719
 we

00:36:34.719 --> 00:36:35.279
 recognize

00:36:35.280 --> 00:36:36.080
 that we

00:36:36.080 --> 00:36:36.580
 worship

00:36:36.580 --> 00:36:37.040
 the

00:36:37.040 --> 00:36:37.720
 god

00:36:37.720 --> 00:36:38.180
 of

00:36:38.180 --> 00:36:38.440
 the

00:36:38.440 --> 00:36:39.220
 universe

00:36:39.220 --> 00:36:40.620
 holds

00:36:40.620 --> 00:36:41.040
 all

00:36:41.040 --> 00:36:41.540
 things

00:36:41.540 --> 00:36:41.800
 in

00:36:41.800 --> 00:36:42.000
 his

00:36:42.000 --> 00:36:42.400
 sway

00:36:42.400 --> 00:36:43.060
 nothing

00:36:43.060 --> 00:36:43.720
 escapes

00:36:43.720 --> 00:36:44.240
 his

00:36:44.240 --> 00:36:44.720
 attention

00:36:44.720 --> 00:36:46.860
 works

00:36:46.860 --> 00:36:47.380
 all

00:36:47.380 --> 00:36:47.940
 things

00:36:47.940 --> 00:36:48.440
 for

00:36:48.440 --> 00:36:49.880
 good

00:36:49.880 --> 00:36:51.820
 this

00:36:51.820 --> 00:36:52.120
 is the

00:36:52.120 --> 00:36:52.580
 god

00:36:52.580 --> 00:36:53.900
 that

00:36:53.900 --> 00:36:54.019
 we

00:36:54.019 --> 00:36:54.519
 worship

00:36:54.519 --> 00:36:56.280
 so

00:36:56.280 --> 00:36:56.420
 in

00:36:56.420 --> 00:36:56.820
 closing

00:36:56.820 --> 00:36:58.280
 let me

00:36:58.280 --> 00:36:58.680
 remind

00:36:58.680 --> 00:36:59.040
 you of

00:36:59.040 --> 00:36:59.200
 the

00:36:59.200 --> 00:36:59.620
 words

00:36:59.620 --> 00:37:00.200
 of

00:37:00.200 --> 00:37:00.460
 John

00:37:00.460 --> 00:37:00.720
 Owen

00:37:00.720 --> 00:37:02.240
 this

00:37:02.240 --> 00:37:02.680
 therefore

00:37:02.680 --> 00:37:03.440
 deserves

00:37:03.440 --> 00:37:04.120
 the

00:37:04.120 --> 00:37:04.680
 severest

00:37:04.679 --> 00:37:04.799
 of

00:37:04.799 --> 00:37:04.960
 our

00:37:04.960 --> 00:37:05.359
 thoughts

00:37:05.359 --> 00:37:06.299
 the

00:37:06.299 --> 00:37:06.799
 best

00:37:06.799 --> 00:37:07.099
 of

00:37:07.099 --> 00:37:07.279
 our

00:37:07.279 --> 00:37:07.940
 meditations

00:37:07.940 --> 00:37:08.980
 and

00:37:08.980 --> 00:37:09.139
 our

00:37:09.139 --> 00:37:09.519
 utmost

00:37:09.519 --> 00:37:10.119
 diligence

00:37:10.119 --> 00:37:11.299
 in

00:37:11.299 --> 00:37:11.500
 them

00:37:11.500 --> 00:37:12.719
 please

00:37:12.719 --> 00:37:12.899
 join

00:37:12.899 --> 00:37:13.039
 me

00:37:13.039 --> 00:37:13.159
 in

00:37:13.159 --> 00:37:13.359
 prayer