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 Well, good morning everyone. My name's Steve. I haven't met you before. I'm the senior pastor here at St Paul's.

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 If you have just jumped in for the first time, we are just partway through a series in understanding the Bible,

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 growing confidence in the Bible in order that we might grow in confidence in the God who is the God of the Bible.

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 That's where we're up to right now. I'm going to pray that God might speak this morning, even as I struggle to.

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 Gracious God, we are grateful that we have this enormous privilege because of the shoulders that we stand on this morning

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 of those who have preserved for us your word so that it might in fact be in our laps in languages that we can understand.

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 Primarily, Lord, so that we might know you.

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 And so even as we engage with it now and even in my weakness, I pray that you would be clear and you would be strong

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 and that your word would come across as authoritative to us and that the result would be a greater and greater glimpse

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 of your magnificence and your glory and also a glimpse of our deep, deep need for you.

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 And we ask it for your sake. Amen.

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 So have you ever wondered if the Bible is really able to help you in your deepest problems?

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 Have you struggled to know what to do with your life and wish that you had had, you know, some special word from God,

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 clear word from God, special communication to tell you this is what you should do here?

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 Have you thought to yourself that as you look at the Bible and particularly the Bible's teaching on things like sexuality,

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 it kind of needs to be updated, there needs to be a revised version for the new modern era?

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 Have you ever wished for a more direct and even a more personal revelation

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 than what you might get from slowly and consistently reading the Bible?

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 Have you ever secretly wanted to add something to the Bible?

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 You've read something in there and you go, hang on a bit, I wish Paul had just clarified what he meant by that.

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 A little bit of extra information on that issue.

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 Have you ever secretly wanted to add something to the Bible just to make it in fact safer for your friends and family to read?

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 Have you ever wanted to take something away from the Bible so it doesn't offend your family and your friends?

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 If you have answered yes to any of those questions, and if you haven't, let me tell you, you will at some point in your life,

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 then you are struggling with what is known as the sufficiency of Scripture.

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 It's not unusual for Christians to know something, if you like, about the attributes of God,

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 you know, his justice, his mercy, so on and so forth.

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 On the other hand, what is not as commonly known amongst Christians are what are known as the attributes of Scripture,

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 the attributes of the Bible.

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 Protestant theologians generally highlight four essential characteristics of the Bible.

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 attributes of the Bible.

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 They are doctrines of the Bible.

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 The sufficiency of Scripture, the sufficiency, the clarity, the authority, and the necessity of Scripture.

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 Four of them.

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 Sufficiency, clarity, authority, and necessity.

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 Another way to put that is that God's Word is final.

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 God's Word is understandable.

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 God's Word is necessary.

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 And God's Word is enough, which is our topic for today.

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 I'm starting at kind of the end and working our way back over the coming weeks.

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 That's our topic today.

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 And I've got three points in terms of our topic today in terms of the Bible is enough,

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 the Bible's enough because Jesus is enough,

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 and then finally we're going to land on how Jesus and the Bible together are enough.

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 So starting of all the Bible is enough.

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 The sufficiency of Scripture means the Bible is clear enough to make us responsible

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 for carrying out our present responsibilities to our Creator.

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 That is, this particular teaching is an ethical teaching.

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 No one can say that God has not revealed himself enough in order to be saved or to live a life that is pleasing to him.

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 We don't need to add to it in any way in order to meet the challenges of the modern world,

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 or in fact to take away from it so that it aligns better with the priorities of the modern world.

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 God's Word is perfect and it is complete,

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 giving us all that we need to know about God, about Jesus, about salvation,

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 and living a life that's aligned to God's purposes.

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 If you want to specifically know what God's will is for your life,

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 it is already in the Scriptures.

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 And yet, this is the one attribute of all four,

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 the one attribute of the Bible,

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 that Bible-believing Christians are likely to forget the first.

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 It's the first one they're going to forget.

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 The sufficiency of the Bible is the one attribute

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 that is so quickly doubted or undermined by the average churchgoer.

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 It is possible, in fact, to say that all the right things about the Bible,

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 it's possible to read it regularly,

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 but when life gets tough,

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 when life gets confusing,

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 when life gets a little ho-hum,

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 a little boring,

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 we look for new words,

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 new revelation,

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 new experiences to bring us closer to God

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 or to get a sense that God loves me.

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 We may not feel excited at all

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 by the Bible's description of heaven,

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 but we are mesmeralized by the latest book

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 written by someone who has died

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 and said that they went there and have come back again

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 and told us about it.

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 We are captivated by that,

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 but not the Bible's description,

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 God himself and what he says about heaven.

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 We soak up stories of those who declare

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 that they've received a special revelation from God,

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 those who claim personal communication with God,

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 those who attest to regular inward promptings.

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 And we sit there and we go,

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 if only I could have more of that.

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 If only I could have that.

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 Something a little more than the Bible.

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 Then I would know that God really loves me.

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 But here's the issue.

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 And we're going to unpack this for the rest of this message.

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 The finality of Christ's redemption for us

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 on the cross for our sin

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 is intimately tied

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 to the finality of God's revelation to us.

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 Intimately tied.

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 Which leads me to my second point,

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 that Jesus is enough.

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 The big idea,

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 and we're going to turn to Hebrews chapter 1 here,

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 so grab up Hebrews chapter 1 in your Bibles.

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 The big idea in the first verses of Hebrews

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 is in fact the big idea of the entire book of Hebrews.

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 It's an introduction,

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 which then gets, if you like,

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 expanded upon through the rest of Hebrews.

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 And the big idea is that God has spoken by his son,

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 and his son is superior to all persons,

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 superior to all heavenly beings,

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 superior to all institutions,

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 superior to all rituals,

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 and any other means of revelation and redemption.

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 The first verses are here.

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 In the first two verses, we have contrasts.

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 In the past, God spoke to our ancestors

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 through the prophets at various times

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 and in various ways,

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 but in these last days,

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 he has spoken to us by his son,

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 whom he appointed heir of all things,

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 and through whom he also made the universe.

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 So those two verses,

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 we have four contrasts.

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 We have contrasts in eras,

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 recipients, agents,

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 and the way of God's revelation.

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 And all four contrasts

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 are meant to lead us to the same conclusion.

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 And that conclusion is decisively spelled out

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 in verses two to four.

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 And that conclusion is that Jesus Christ

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 is the superior and the final agent

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 of God's redemption and revelation.

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 The writer of Hebrews draws on Psalm 2 and Psalm 110

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 and makes seven affirmations to that end

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 in verses two to four.

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 The son is the heir of all things,

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 the creator of all things.

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 He's the sustainer of all things.

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 The son is the revelation of God.

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 The son made purification for our sins.

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 It says there,

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 the son sat down.

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 And let me just slow down on that one a little bit

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 because it's like,

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 what do you mean by the son sat down?

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 Just as a parent might sit down

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 at the end of the evening

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 because the kids are in bed,

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 the dishwasher's on.

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 And you go,

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 today my work is done.

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 That's what it means he sat down.

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 The work is done.

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 He's enthroned on high.

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 The work of revelation

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 and the work of redemption

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 is finalized and complete.

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 He sat down.

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 The task for sacrifice for sin

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 was complete in his death on the cross.

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 He is permanently enthroned.

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 And the seventh is in verse four.

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 The son therefore has become much superior

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 to the angels.

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 The whole theme of Hebrews

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 is that Jesus Christ

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 is the superior

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 and final agent

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 of God's redemption and revelation.

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 Chapters one and two,

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 he's superior to the angels.

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 Chapter three,

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 superior to Moses.

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 Chapter four,

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 sorry,

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 chapters three and four,

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 superior to Joshua.

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 Chapter five,

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 superior to Abraham.

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 Chapter six,

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 sorry,

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 Aaron.

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 Chapter six is Abraham.

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 Chapter seven is Melchizedek.

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 Chapter eight is the old covenant.

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 Chapter nine is the temple,

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 the tabernacle.

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 Jesus is superior to the high priest

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 in chapter 10.

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 He is the,

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 he's superior to all the treasures

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 of this world in chapter 11.

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 He is superior to God's revelation

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 of the Old Testament law

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 and Mount Sinai in chapter 12

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 as the gathering point of God's people.

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 And he is superior to any city

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 and any place in this world

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 that we might call home

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 in chapter 13.

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 Every single chapter.

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 is about the superiority

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 of Jesus Christ

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 as the final revelation

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 of redemption

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 and revelation of God.

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 He surpasses all others

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 because in him

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 we have the fullness

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 and the finality

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 of God's redemption

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 and revelation.

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 Jesus is enough

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 because he is superior

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 and the final agent

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 of God's redemption

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 and revelation.

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 And so the question

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 you might now have

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 is what has that got to do

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 with the sufficiency

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 of scripture?

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 And I'm so glad

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 you asked that question.

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 I'm so glad

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 I've got a third point.

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 Prior, you know,

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 prepared and ready

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 for this point.

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 Jesus with the Bible

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 are enough.

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 Or Jesus and the Bible

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 are enough.

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 A moment ago,

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 I said,

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 Jesus Christ

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 surpasses all others

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 because in him

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 we have the fullness

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 and the finality

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 of God's redemption

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 and revelation.

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 In many cases,

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 Christians understand

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 the concept of fullness.

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 Jesus is the fulfiller

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 of all the Old Testament

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 prophecies and promises.

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 He's the fulfiller

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 of the law.

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 We understand

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 that concept.

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 Everything in the Old Testament

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 is pointing to Jesus.

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 He has completed

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 all of its intention

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 and purpose.

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 The bit that we're often

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 not so clear on

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 is the bit

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 where I said finality.

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 The finality

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 of Jesus' work.

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 And we attach the idea

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 of the finality

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 of Jesus' work,

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 we understand that

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 in terms of

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 redemption.

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 But we don't connect

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 it to revelation often.

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 We struggle with

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 the sufficiency

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 of scripture.

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 The finality

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 of his work

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 was that he once

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 for all

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 paid for all sin.

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 He came to earth,

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 he lived amongst us,

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 he died on a Roman cross

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 and cried out

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 in his dying moments,

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 it is finished.

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 We're not waiting

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 for another king

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 to rule over us

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 or another prophet

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 to give us

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 some more information

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 or a further priest

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 to deal with our sin.

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 The work of redemption

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 is complete.

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 And what the book

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 of Hebrews says,

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 in fact,

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 what I declare

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 is the New Testament

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 and the Old Testament

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 as well,

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 you cannot separate

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 redemption

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 from revelation.

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 They're inseparable.

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 Both are finished

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 and finally fulfilled

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 in Jesus.

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 While the written

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 word of God,

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 the Bible,

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 which we have

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 in front of us,

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 and the word of God

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 made flesh,

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 the incarnate word

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 of God,

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 Jesus Christ,

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 are distinct,

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 they are also

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 inseparable.

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 every single act

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 of redemption

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 in the Bible,

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 from the exodus

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 out of Egypt

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 to the return

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 from exile

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 in Babylon

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 to the cross

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 itself

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 is an act

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 of revelation,

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 not just an act

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 of redemption.

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 They tell us

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 something about

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 the nature of sin,

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 the way of salvation,

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 and the character

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 of God.

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 Likewise,

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 the point of

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 all revelation

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 is to redeem.

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 That's the point

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 of it,

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 to redeem

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 sinful people

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 to God.

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 All the words

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 of the prophets,

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 all the words

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 of the law,

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 all the words

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 of the apostles

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 are not to make

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 us smart,

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 but to get

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 us saved

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 and into

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 the likeness

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 of Jesus

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 in his character

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 and his priority.

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 In other words,

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 redemption

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 reveals

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 and revelation

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 redeems.

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 They're

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 inseparable.

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 Jesus

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 is God's

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 full

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 and final

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 act

00:16:33.360 --> 00:16:33.960
 of redemption

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 and God's

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 full

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 and final

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 revelation

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 of himself.

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 As John

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 Frame has

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 written,

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 nothing can

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 be added

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 to his

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 redemptive

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 work and

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 nothing can

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 be added

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 to his

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 revelation

00:16:45.960 --> 00:16:46.399
 of that

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 redemptive

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 work.

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 Therefore,

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 and I think

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 this is more

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 of an

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 unbeknowing

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 issue

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 in that

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 we doctrinally

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 stumble into

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 error.

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 If we say

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 revelation

00:17:05.160 --> 00:17:06.140
 is not

00:17:06.140 --> 00:17:06.779
 complete,

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 we probably

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 are not aware

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 that what we

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 are automatically

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 doing is we're

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 saying that

00:17:12.720 --> 00:17:13.400
 redemption is

00:17:13.400 --> 00:17:13.980
 not complete.

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 One follows

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 the other.

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 If we say

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 there is more

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 that God

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 needs to

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 say to

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 me,

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 we're

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 saying

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 there is

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 more that

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 God needs

00:17:26.900 --> 00:17:27.240
 to do

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 for me.

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 That's

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 what we're

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 saying.

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 Now,

00:17:35.440 --> 00:17:35.700
 I'm not

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 saying that

00:17:36.140 --> 00:17:36.480
 God no

00:17:36.480 --> 00:17:36.700
 longer

00:17:36.700 --> 00:17:37.380
 speaks,

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 but we

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 must be

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 very careful

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 to understand

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 how God

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 speaks

00:17:41.799 --> 00:17:42.539
 now.

00:17:45.820 --> 00:17:46.299
 God

00:17:46.299 --> 00:17:46.980
 still speaks

00:17:46.980 --> 00:17:47.519
 through his

00:17:47.519 --> 00:17:47.960
 son,

00:17:48.620 --> 00:17:48.900
 Jesus

00:17:48.900 --> 00:17:49.580
 Christ.

00:17:50.779 --> 00:17:51.259
 Jesus

00:17:51.259 --> 00:17:52.420
 still works

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 through his

00:17:53.700 --> 00:17:54.340
 finished

00:17:54.340 --> 00:17:55.100
 revelation.

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 And God

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 keeps speaking

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 through what

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 he has

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 already

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 said.

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 That is

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 how he

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 speaks.

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 Hebrews 4

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 tells us,

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 sorry,

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 412 tells

00:18:08.660 --> 00:18:09.019
 us the

00:18:09.019 --> 00:18:09.420
 word of

00:18:09.420 --> 00:18:09.960
 God is

00:18:09.960 --> 00:18:10.580
 alive and

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 active.

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 And in

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 chapter 3

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 verse 7,

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 we are

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 told that

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 when the

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 scriptures are

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 read,

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 the Holy

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 Spirit

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 speaks.

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 God

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 continues to

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 communicate

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 with us

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 personally

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 and

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 directly.

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 But this

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 ongoing

00:18:30.779 --> 00:18:31.579
 communication

00:18:31.579 --> 00:18:32.700
 is never,

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 it is

00:18:34.839 --> 00:18:35.339
 never

00:18:35.339 --> 00:18:36.059
 ongoing

00:18:36.059 --> 00:18:36.700
 revelation.

00:18:36.700 --> 00:18:36.779
 revelation.

00:18:39.299 --> 00:18:40.220
 It is

00:18:40.220 --> 00:18:40.620
 never

00:18:40.620 --> 00:18:41.120
 ongoing

00:18:41.120 --> 00:18:41.680
 revelation.

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 It is

00:18:44.080 --> 00:18:44.480
 never

00:18:44.480 --> 00:18:44.799
 new

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 information.

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 The

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 Holy

00:18:49.120 --> 00:18:49.759
 Spirit no

00:18:49.759 --> 00:18:50.220
 longer

00:18:50.220 --> 00:18:51.019
 reveals new

00:18:51.019 --> 00:18:51.740
 doctrines,

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 but as we

00:18:53.460 --> 00:18:54.019
 are told in

00:18:54.019 --> 00:18:54.360
 John's

00:18:54.360 --> 00:18:54.759
 gospel,

00:18:55.539 --> 00:18:56.039
 he takes

00:18:56.039 --> 00:18:56.700
 everything

00:18:56.700 --> 00:18:57.960
 from Christ

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 and impresses

00:19:01.299 --> 00:19:01.819
 it upon our

00:19:01.819 --> 00:19:02.240
 hearts.

00:19:03.380 --> 00:19:03.920
 In fact,

00:19:04.000 --> 00:19:04.620
 it is only

00:19:04.620 --> 00:19:05.380
 because the

00:19:05.380 --> 00:19:06.440
 Bible is

00:19:06.440 --> 00:19:06.960
 in fact

00:19:06.960 --> 00:19:07.740
 final and

00:19:07.740 --> 00:19:08.100
 complete

00:19:08.100 --> 00:19:08.620
 revelation

00:19:08.620 --> 00:19:09.100
 of God.

00:19:09.500 --> 00:19:09.980
 It is

00:19:09.980 --> 00:19:10.580
 only because

00:19:10.580 --> 00:19:11.420
 it is

00:19:11.420 --> 00:19:12.140
 complete

00:19:12.140 --> 00:19:13.740
 that we

00:19:13.740 --> 00:19:14.560
 can actually

00:19:14.560 --> 00:19:15.280
 have right

00:19:15.280 --> 00:19:16.000
 now a

00:19:16.000 --> 00:19:16.540
 dynamic

00:19:16.540 --> 00:19:17.720
 where God

00:19:17.720 --> 00:19:18.580
 continues to

00:19:18.580 --> 00:19:19.040
 speak to

00:19:19.040 --> 00:19:19.420
 us.

00:19:22.300 --> 00:19:22.900
 The

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 great

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 Anglican

00:19:23.960 --> 00:19:25.260
 18th

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 century

00:19:25.720 --> 00:19:26.780
 preacher

00:19:26.780 --> 00:19:27.300
 George

00:19:27.300 --> 00:19:27.820
 Whitfield

00:19:27.820 --> 00:19:28.940
 was one

00:19:28.940 --> 00:19:29.260
 of the

00:19:29.260 --> 00:19:30.060
 greatest

00:19:30.060 --> 00:19:31.420
 orators in

00:19:31.420 --> 00:19:31.860
 the history

00:19:31.860 --> 00:19:32.180
 of the

00:19:32.180 --> 00:19:32.540
 world,

00:19:32.900 --> 00:19:33.540
 still regarded

00:19:33.540 --> 00:19:33.960
 to this

00:19:33.960 --> 00:19:34.280
 day.

00:19:34.500 --> 00:19:35.000
 Phenomenal

00:19:35.000 --> 00:19:35.460
 voice.

00:19:36.039 --> 00:19:36.319
 Benjamin

00:19:36.319 --> 00:19:36.900
 Franklin,

00:19:37.519 --> 00:19:38.720
 having heard

00:19:38.720 --> 00:19:39.579
 him preach,

00:19:41.279 --> 00:19:42.759
 didn't believe

00:19:42.759 --> 00:19:43.359
 all the

00:19:43.359 --> 00:19:44.140
 rhetoric about

00:19:44.140 --> 00:19:44.779
 George

00:19:44.779 --> 00:19:45.339
 Whitfield,

00:19:46.140 --> 00:19:46.700
 about him

00:19:46.700 --> 00:19:47.259
 being able to

00:19:47.259 --> 00:19:47.720
 speak to

00:19:47.720 --> 00:19:48.220
 hundreds of

00:19:48.220 --> 00:19:48.579
 people.

00:19:49.599 --> 00:19:50.039
 He did his

00:19:50.039 --> 00:19:50.859
 own calculations

00:19:50.859 --> 00:19:52.119
 at an event

00:19:52.119 --> 00:19:53.339
 where Whitfield

00:19:53.339 --> 00:19:54.039
 was preaching

00:19:54.039 --> 00:19:54.779
 and calculated

00:19:54.779 --> 00:19:55.420
 in actual fact

00:19:55.420 --> 00:19:56.119
 this guy can

00:19:56.119 --> 00:19:57.000
 speak with

00:19:57.000 --> 00:19:57.400
 his own

00:19:57.400 --> 00:19:58.019
 natural voice

00:19:58.019 --> 00:19:58.920
 to 30,000

00:19:58.920 --> 00:19:59.380
 people.

00:20:00.619 --> 00:20:01.420
 Purely a gift

00:20:01.420 --> 00:20:01.940
 from God.

00:20:03.500 --> 00:20:05.700
 But George

00:20:05.700 --> 00:20:06.460
 and his

00:20:06.460 --> 00:20:09.360
 wife had

00:20:09.360 --> 00:20:10.660
 trouble with

00:20:10.660 --> 00:20:11.620
 having children,

00:20:11.820 --> 00:20:12.200
 had many

00:20:12.200 --> 00:20:12.920
 miscarriages

00:20:12.920 --> 00:20:14.100
 and they

00:20:14.100 --> 00:20:14.440
 ended up

00:20:14.440 --> 00:20:15.060
 having one

00:20:15.060 --> 00:20:16.700
 child and

00:20:16.700 --> 00:20:17.120
 he named

00:20:17.120 --> 00:20:17.900
 him John.

00:20:19.640 --> 00:20:20.519
 After John

00:20:20.519 --> 00:20:21.000
 the Baptist

00:20:21.000 --> 00:20:21.900
 and at one

00:20:21.900 --> 00:20:22.279
 of these

00:20:22.279 --> 00:20:23.080
 crowds,

00:20:23.360 --> 00:20:23.740
 gatherings,

00:20:23.960 --> 00:20:24.380
 when his

00:20:24.380 --> 00:20:25.160
 new infant

00:20:25.160 --> 00:20:25.779
 son was

00:20:25.779 --> 00:20:26.220
 born,

00:20:27.320 --> 00:20:27.779
 one of these

00:20:27.779 --> 00:20:28.420
 gatherings,

00:20:28.420 --> 00:20:30.200
 thousands of

00:20:30.200 --> 00:20:30.620
 people,

00:20:30.800 --> 00:20:31.460
 he publicly

00:20:31.460 --> 00:20:32.440
 declared that

00:20:32.440 --> 00:20:33.100
 God had

00:20:33.100 --> 00:20:33.779
 told him

00:20:33.779 --> 00:20:34.360
 to name

00:20:34.360 --> 00:20:35.080
 him John

00:20:35.080 --> 00:20:37.580
 because he

00:20:37.580 --> 00:20:38.120
 was going

00:20:38.120 --> 00:20:38.900
 to grow up

00:20:38.900 --> 00:20:39.539
 to be a

00:20:39.539 --> 00:20:40.340
 great preacher.

00:20:43.500 --> 00:20:44.100
 Their

00:20:44.100 --> 00:20:45.019
 only child

00:20:45.019 --> 00:20:45.759
 John died

00:20:45.759 --> 00:20:46.140
 at four

00:20:46.140 --> 00:20:46.560
 months of

00:20:46.560 --> 00:20:46.920
 age.

00:20:49.160 --> 00:20:49.860
 And in

00:20:49.860 --> 00:20:50.300
 the depths

00:20:50.300 --> 00:20:50.680
 of his

00:20:50.680 --> 00:20:51.279
 grief,

00:20:52.279 --> 00:20:52.720
 he had

00:20:52.720 --> 00:20:53.620
 realised that

00:20:53.620 --> 00:20:53.940
 he had

00:20:53.940 --> 00:20:54.640
 taken a

00:20:54.640 --> 00:20:55.400
 good and

00:20:55.400 --> 00:20:55.779
 natural

00:20:55.779 --> 00:20:56.360
 feeling in

00:20:56.360 --> 00:20:57.100
 his heart

00:20:57.099 --> 00:20:59.579
 and

00:20:59.579 --> 00:20:59.919
 something

00:20:59.919 --> 00:21:00.299
 that he

00:21:00.299 --> 00:21:00.980
 wanted for

00:21:00.980 --> 00:21:01.839
 his child

00:21:01.839 --> 00:21:03.859
 and he

00:21:03.859 --> 00:21:04.980
 deified it.

00:21:08.119 --> 00:21:09.179
 He made

00:21:09.179 --> 00:21:09.399
 it,

00:21:10.019 --> 00:21:10.439
 God

00:21:10.439 --> 00:21:11.000
 impressed

00:21:11.000 --> 00:21:11.539
 this on

00:21:11.539 --> 00:21:11.839
 me.

00:21:12.779 --> 00:21:13.019
 He

00:21:13.019 --> 00:21:13.719
 thought it

00:21:13.719 --> 00:21:14.159
 was God

00:21:14.159 --> 00:21:14.759
 telling him

00:21:14.759 --> 00:21:15.179
 something

00:21:15.179 --> 00:21:15.719
 rather than

00:21:15.719 --> 00:21:16.039
 the longing

00:21:16.039 --> 00:21:16.359
 of his

00:21:16.359 --> 00:21:16.759
 heart.

00:21:19.399 --> 00:21:20.119
 Now I'm

00:21:20.119 --> 00:21:20.779
 not saying

00:21:20.779 --> 00:21:21.339
 from that,

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 and he

00:21:21.619 --> 00:21:22.179
 actually had

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 to publicly

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 confess it,

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 I'm not

00:21:24.919 --> 00:21:25.459
 saying that

00:21:25.459 --> 00:21:25.980
 God cannot

00:21:25.980 --> 00:21:26.679
 lead you

00:21:26.680 --> 00:21:27.140
 through your

00:21:27.140 --> 00:21:28.539
 feelings or

00:21:28.539 --> 00:21:28.799
 through

00:21:28.799 --> 00:21:30.000
 impressions or

00:21:30.000 --> 00:21:30.980
 impulses,

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 but what I

00:21:32.279 --> 00:21:33.060
 am saying

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 is you

00:21:34.000 --> 00:21:34.360
 can never

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 make a

00:21:34.740 --> 00:21:35.279
 decision on

00:21:35.279 --> 00:21:35.960
 it.

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 Because you

00:21:40.420 --> 00:21:40.740
 can never

00:21:40.740 --> 00:21:41.160
 be sure.

00:21:45.560 --> 00:21:46.420
 And that's

00:21:46.420 --> 00:21:47.400
 why I

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 say that

00:21:48.860 --> 00:21:49.700
 churches who

00:21:49.700 --> 00:21:50.279
 have value

00:21:50.279 --> 00:21:50.960
 systems that

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 say we

00:21:51.380 --> 00:21:52.240
 are spirit

00:21:52.240 --> 00:21:54.500
 led and

00:21:54.500 --> 00:21:55.420
 Bible guided,

00:21:55.420 --> 00:21:56.180
 second point,

00:21:56.320 --> 00:21:56.980
 separate those

00:21:56.980 --> 00:21:57.539
 points,

00:21:58.480 --> 00:21:59.240
 are theologically

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 in error.

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 Because the

00:22:02.900 --> 00:22:03.720
 spirit works

00:22:03.720 --> 00:22:04.800
 through the

00:22:04.800 --> 00:22:05.240
 word,

00:22:06.080 --> 00:22:07.400
 the final

00:22:07.400 --> 00:22:07.800
 word of

00:22:07.800 --> 00:22:08.080
 God.

00:22:10.320 --> 00:22:11.240
 And even

00:22:11.240 --> 00:22:11.620
 in that

00:22:11.620 --> 00:22:12.060
 moment,

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 if you are

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 certain

00:22:13.460 --> 00:22:16.300
 that this

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 is God

00:22:16.860 --> 00:22:17.580
 leading you,

00:22:18.279 --> 00:22:19.000
 you will

00:22:19.000 --> 00:22:19.680
 still have

00:22:19.680 --> 00:22:20.620
 experiences like

00:22:20.620 --> 00:22:20.920
 George

00:22:20.920 --> 00:22:21.400
 Whitefield,

00:22:22.140 --> 00:22:23.860
 the Bible

00:22:23.860 --> 00:22:25.640
 is enough.

00:22:28.180 --> 00:22:28.840
 That's the

00:22:28.840 --> 00:22:29.600
 sufficiency of

00:22:29.600 --> 00:22:29.880
 scripture,

00:22:30.120 --> 00:22:30.560
 it is

00:22:30.560 --> 00:22:31.140
 enough.

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 And we

00:22:35.380 --> 00:22:35.900
 should see it

00:22:35.900 --> 00:22:36.380
 as enough.

00:22:36.880 --> 00:22:37.340
 Realistically,

00:22:37.480 --> 00:22:38.019
 it is enough.

00:22:38.660 --> 00:22:39.880
 If you're going

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 to have a

00:22:40.160 --> 00:22:40.519
 personal

00:22:40.519 --> 00:22:41.259
 relationship

00:22:41.259 --> 00:22:43.160
 with someone,

00:22:44.120 --> 00:22:44.900
 you have to

00:22:44.900 --> 00:22:45.920
 have words

00:22:45.920 --> 00:22:47.039
 that you

00:22:47.039 --> 00:22:47.740
 know are

00:22:47.740 --> 00:22:48.480
 actually from

00:22:48.480 --> 00:22:48.680
 that

00:22:48.680 --> 00:22:49.059
 someone.

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 You know,

00:22:50.640 --> 00:22:51.000
 you've ever

00:22:51.000 --> 00:22:51.380
 had the

00:22:51.380 --> 00:22:52.519
 issue online

00:22:52.519 --> 00:22:52.960
 where you're

00:22:52.960 --> 00:22:53.660
 communicating with

00:22:53.660 --> 00:22:54.160
 someone and

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 you're,

00:22:54.420 --> 00:22:54.860
 hang on a

00:22:54.860 --> 00:22:55.099
 bit,

00:22:55.839 --> 00:22:56.240
 am I

00:22:56.240 --> 00:22:56.900
 actually

00:22:56.900 --> 00:22:58.799
 communicating with

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 the person I

00:22:59.259 --> 00:22:59.599
 think I'm

00:22:59.599 --> 00:23:00.319
 communicating from?

00:23:00.420 --> 00:23:00.599
 You know,

00:23:00.720 --> 00:23:01.240
 I've received

00:23:01.240 --> 00:23:01.960
 emails from

00:23:01.960 --> 00:23:02.720
 people that I

00:23:02.720 --> 00:23:02.880
 know,

00:23:02.980 --> 00:23:03.579
 good friends

00:23:03.579 --> 00:23:05.019
 at the top,

00:23:05.099 --> 00:23:05.279
 in fact,

00:23:05.339 --> 00:23:05.740
 I've received

00:23:05.740 --> 00:23:07.140
 one this

00:23:07.140 --> 00:23:07.519
 morning.

00:23:08.759 --> 00:23:09.519
 This guy I

00:23:09.519 --> 00:23:10.000
 know from

00:23:10.000 --> 00:23:10.420
 history,

00:23:10.640 --> 00:23:10.920
 bang,

00:23:11.000 --> 00:23:11.279
 here's an

00:23:11.279 --> 00:23:11.779
 email from

00:23:11.779 --> 00:23:11.920
 him,

00:23:12.120 --> 00:23:12.420
 but it

00:23:12.420 --> 00:23:12.740
 happens to

00:23:12.740 --> 00:23:13.039
 be my

00:23:13.039 --> 00:23:13.799
 junk box.

00:23:15.799 --> 00:23:16.299
 Is it

00:23:16.299 --> 00:23:16.980
 truly him?

00:23:18.480 --> 00:23:19.740
 Turns out

00:23:19.740 --> 00:23:20.220
 it's not.

00:23:21.579 --> 00:23:22.259
 To have

00:23:22.259 --> 00:23:23.700
 an ongoing

00:23:23.700 --> 00:23:24.120
 personal,

00:23:24.299 --> 00:23:25.240
 you need

00:23:25.240 --> 00:23:27.259
 words that

00:23:27.259 --> 00:23:28.059
 correspond with

00:23:28.059 --> 00:23:28.620
 that person,

00:23:28.799 --> 00:23:29.319
 certainty.

00:23:31.319 --> 00:23:31.839
 There are

00:23:31.839 --> 00:23:32.539
 moments where

00:23:32.539 --> 00:23:33.200
 Nat and I

00:23:33.200 --> 00:23:34.259
 look at each

00:23:34.259 --> 00:23:37.339
 other and

00:23:37.339 --> 00:23:37.700
 we are

00:23:37.700 --> 00:23:38.400
 wordlessly

00:23:38.400 --> 00:23:39.220
 adoring each

00:23:39.220 --> 00:23:39.460
 other.

00:23:40.839 --> 00:23:41.920
 I think

00:23:41.920 --> 00:23:44.360
 that's what's

00:23:44.360 --> 00:23:44.880
 going on.

00:23:46.779 --> 00:23:47.200
 No,

00:23:47.259 --> 00:23:47.740
 it happens.

00:23:48.480 --> 00:23:49.000
 And the

00:23:49.000 --> 00:23:49.680
 only reason

00:23:49.680 --> 00:23:50.180
 that is the

00:23:50.180 --> 00:23:50.720
 case is

00:23:50.720 --> 00:23:51.200
 because we've

00:23:51.200 --> 00:23:51.700
 got 27

00:23:51.700 --> 00:23:52.299
 years of

00:23:52.299 --> 00:23:52.880
 talking to

00:23:52.880 --> 00:23:53.339
 each other.

00:23:55.279 --> 00:23:55.880
 You would

00:23:55.880 --> 00:23:56.240
 not have

00:23:56.240 --> 00:23:57.099
 that confidence

00:23:57.099 --> 00:23:58.799
 at all in

00:23:58.799 --> 00:23:59.579
 the relationship

00:23:59.579 --> 00:24:01.700
 if you just

00:24:01.700 --> 00:24:02.640
 got married and

00:24:02.640 --> 00:24:02.920
 they never

00:24:02.920 --> 00:24:03.420
 spoke.

00:24:05.319 --> 00:24:06.000
 Never have

00:24:06.000 --> 00:24:06.640
 confidence in

00:24:06.640 --> 00:24:07.240
 the relationship.

00:24:08.519 --> 00:24:09.339
 If we had

00:24:09.339 --> 00:24:10.700
 spent 27 years

00:24:10.700 --> 00:24:11.599
 just staring at

00:24:11.599 --> 00:24:11.980
 each other,

00:24:12.019 --> 00:24:12.819
 I'm pretty sure

00:24:12.819 --> 00:24:13.400
 we would still

00:24:13.400 --> 00:24:14.079
 not be together.

00:24:14.079 --> 00:24:17.980
 you need

00:24:17.980 --> 00:24:18.899
 actual

00:24:18.899 --> 00:24:20.399
 words

00:24:20.399 --> 00:24:22.779
 that you

00:24:22.779 --> 00:24:23.639
 are confident

00:24:23.639 --> 00:24:24.159
 are coming

00:24:24.159 --> 00:24:24.839
 from the

00:24:24.839 --> 00:24:25.819
 person in

00:24:25.819 --> 00:24:26.199
 order to

00:24:26.199 --> 00:24:26.559
 build a

00:24:26.559 --> 00:24:27.079
 dynamic of

00:24:27.079 --> 00:24:27.599
 relationship.

00:24:29.659 --> 00:24:30.539
 The very

00:24:30.539 --> 00:24:31.319
 first dynamic

00:24:31.319 --> 00:24:31.919
 of personal

00:24:31.919 --> 00:24:32.519
 relationship with

00:24:32.519 --> 00:24:33.240
 God is the

00:24:33.240 --> 00:24:34.659
 acceptance of

00:24:34.659 --> 00:24:35.299
 the fullness

00:24:35.299 --> 00:24:36.139
 and the

00:24:36.139 --> 00:24:36.879
 finality of

00:24:36.879 --> 00:24:37.279
 the Bible.

00:24:37.279 --> 00:24:38.440
 every single

00:24:38.440 --> 00:24:39.680
 word is a

00:24:39.680 --> 00:24:40.899
 word from

00:24:40.899 --> 00:24:42.160
 God to

00:24:42.160 --> 00:24:42.539
 you.

00:24:43.700 --> 00:24:44.559
 Every word.

00:24:46.279 --> 00:24:47.119
 But that's

00:24:47.119 --> 00:24:47.539
 not all.

00:24:48.680 --> 00:24:49.599
 Because when we

00:24:49.599 --> 00:24:50.279
 trust the Bible

00:24:50.279 --> 00:24:50.920
 like that,

00:24:51.000 --> 00:24:52.019
 it's not just a

00:24:52.019 --> 00:24:52.700
 book of true

00:24:52.700 --> 00:24:53.879
 facts about

00:24:53.879 --> 00:24:55.160
 God, like the

00:24:55.160 --> 00:24:56.619
 Guinness Book of

00:24:56.619 --> 00:24:57.920
 Records is a

00:24:57.920 --> 00:24:58.799
 book of facts.

00:24:59.059 --> 00:24:59.559
 It's not

00:24:59.559 --> 00:25:00.579
 personal in any

00:25:00.579 --> 00:25:00.960
 way.

00:25:00.960 --> 00:25:01.940
 Have a look

00:25:01.940 --> 00:25:03.980
 at Hebrews

00:25:03.980 --> 00:25:04.920
 4 verses

00:25:04.920 --> 00:25:05.319
 12 and

00:25:05.319 --> 00:25:05.840
 13.

00:25:05.840 --> 00:25:06.720
 For the word

00:25:06.720 --> 00:25:07.180
 of God is

00:25:07.180 --> 00:25:07.600
 alive and

00:25:07.600 --> 00:25:08.500
 active, sharper

00:25:08.500 --> 00:25:09.019
 than any

00:25:09.019 --> 00:25:09.700
 double-edged

00:25:09.700 --> 00:25:10.059
 sword.

00:25:10.400 --> 00:25:11.140
 It penetrates

00:25:11.140 --> 00:25:11.579
 even to

00:25:11.579 --> 00:25:12.340
 dividing soul

00:25:12.340 --> 00:25:12.860
 and spirit,

00:25:13.019 --> 00:25:13.460
 joints and

00:25:13.460 --> 00:25:13.720
 marrow.

00:25:14.039 --> 00:25:14.700
 It judges

00:25:14.700 --> 00:25:15.340
 the thoughts

00:25:15.340 --> 00:25:15.579
 and the

00:25:15.579 --> 00:25:16.100
 attitudes of

00:25:16.100 --> 00:25:16.500
 the heart.

00:25:16.960 --> 00:25:17.980
 Nothing in

00:25:17.980 --> 00:25:18.960
 all creation

00:25:18.960 --> 00:25:19.620
 is hidden

00:25:19.620 --> 00:25:20.319
 from God's

00:25:20.319 --> 00:25:20.640
 sight.

00:25:21.079 --> 00:25:21.559
 Everything

00:25:21.559 --> 00:25:22.660
 is uncovered

00:25:22.660 --> 00:25:23.279
 and laid

00:25:23.279 --> 00:25:23.799
 bare before

00:25:23.799 --> 00:25:24.319
 the eyes

00:25:24.319 --> 00:25:25.180
 of him to

00:25:25.180 --> 00:25:25.799
 whom we

00:25:25.799 --> 00:25:26.380
 must give

00:25:26.380 --> 00:25:26.860
 account.

00:25:28.980 --> 00:25:29.620
 It's

00:25:29.620 --> 00:25:30.440
 telling us

00:25:30.440 --> 00:25:30.860
 here,

00:25:30.960 --> 00:25:32.059
 that God's

00:25:32.059 --> 00:25:32.840
 word is

00:25:32.840 --> 00:25:33.860
 alive and

00:25:33.860 --> 00:25:34.519
 active.

00:25:34.860 --> 00:25:36.200
 It's dynamic.

00:25:36.480 --> 00:25:36.799
 It is

00:25:36.799 --> 00:25:37.400
 personal.

00:25:38.000 --> 00:25:38.299
 It's

00:25:38.299 --> 00:25:38.860
 personal.

00:25:40.079 --> 00:25:40.680
 Because when

00:25:40.680 --> 00:25:41.660
 God speaks,

00:25:41.900 --> 00:25:42.860
 action happens.

00:25:43.019 --> 00:25:44.140
 His word is

00:25:44.140 --> 00:25:44.700
 active.

00:25:45.640 --> 00:25:46.180
 When he

00:25:46.180 --> 00:25:46.700
 commands

00:25:46.700 --> 00:25:47.819
 light for

00:25:47.819 --> 00:25:48.140
 there to

00:25:48.140 --> 00:25:48.660
 be light,

00:25:49.059 --> 00:25:49.880
 light is

00:25:49.880 --> 00:25:50.680
 the consequence.

00:25:51.779 --> 00:25:52.120
 That is,

00:25:52.420 --> 00:25:53.400
 his word

00:25:53.400 --> 00:25:54.299
 is his

00:25:54.299 --> 00:25:54.700
 action.

00:25:55.600 --> 00:25:56.240
 If I

00:25:56.240 --> 00:25:57.059
 commanded in

00:25:57.059 --> 00:25:57.539
 a dark

00:25:57.539 --> 00:25:58.000
 room,

00:25:58.340 --> 00:25:58.660
 let there

00:25:58.660 --> 00:25:59.180
 be light,

00:25:59.319 --> 00:26:00.120
 I've then

00:26:00.120 --> 00:26:00.440
 got to

00:26:00.440 --> 00:26:01.000
 put action

00:26:01.000 --> 00:26:01.380
 to my

00:26:01.380 --> 00:26:01.799
 word.

00:26:03.019 --> 00:26:03.500
 I've

00:26:03.500 --> 00:26:03.660
 got to

00:26:03.660 --> 00:26:03.940
 go and

00:26:03.940 --> 00:26:04.259
 flick a

00:26:04.259 --> 00:26:04.759
 light switch

00:26:04.759 --> 00:26:05.220
 or put a

00:26:05.220 --> 00:26:05.700
 bulb in

00:26:05.700 --> 00:26:06.259
 or something

00:26:06.259 --> 00:26:07.539
 to make

00:26:07.539 --> 00:26:08.259
 light happen.

00:26:09.720 --> 00:26:10.720
 For God,

00:26:10.820 --> 00:26:11.380
 his word

00:26:11.380 --> 00:26:12.200
 is his

00:26:12.200 --> 00:26:12.620
 deed.

00:26:16.320 --> 00:26:17.059
 Which means

00:26:17.059 --> 00:26:17.500
 you cannot

00:26:17.500 --> 00:26:18.180
 have God

00:26:18.180 --> 00:26:19.180
 actively working

00:26:19.180 --> 00:26:19.700
 in your

00:26:19.700 --> 00:26:21.460
 life without

00:26:21.460 --> 00:26:22.240
 his word.

00:26:24.380 --> 00:26:25.299
 His word

00:26:25.299 --> 00:26:25.920
 is his

00:26:25.920 --> 00:26:26.420
 power.

00:26:27.080 --> 00:26:27.960
 His power

00:26:27.960 --> 00:26:29.019
 operates through

00:26:29.019 --> 00:26:29.680
 his word.

00:26:29.900 --> 00:26:30.519
 His word

00:26:30.519 --> 00:26:31.059
 is how

00:26:31.059 --> 00:26:31.619
 his power

00:26:31.619 --> 00:26:32.440
 operates in

00:26:32.440 --> 00:26:33.240
 our lives.

00:26:36.039 --> 00:26:36.599
 Every

00:26:36.599 --> 00:26:37.440
 single word

00:26:37.440 --> 00:26:38.240
 is personal,

00:26:39.599 --> 00:26:39.960
 dynamic,

00:26:41.319 --> 00:26:42.039
 penetrating,

00:26:42.740 --> 00:26:43.680
 just like a

00:26:43.680 --> 00:26:44.299
 surgeon's

00:26:44.299 --> 00:26:45.139
 scalpel.

00:26:45.140 --> 00:26:45.180
 Bible.

00:26:47.460 --> 00:26:48.340
 I remember

00:26:48.340 --> 00:26:50.280
 a few years

00:26:50.280 --> 00:26:50.740
 ago now

00:26:50.740 --> 00:26:51.500
 preparing a

00:26:51.500 --> 00:26:51.780
 sermon.

00:26:53.480 --> 00:26:54.360
 And the

00:26:54.360 --> 00:26:56.040
 topic I

00:26:56.040 --> 00:26:57.080
 was dealing

00:26:57.080 --> 00:26:57.440
 with on

00:26:57.440 --> 00:26:57.860
 that day

00:26:57.860 --> 00:26:58.940
 was looking

00:26:58.940 --> 00:27:00.540
 at respectable

00:27:00.540 --> 00:27:01.500
 sins and the

00:27:01.500 --> 00:27:02.580
 particular topic

00:27:02.580 --> 00:27:03.780
 was judgmentalism

00:27:03.780 --> 00:27:04.560
 that I was

00:27:04.560 --> 00:27:05.020
 preaching on.

00:27:05.380 --> 00:27:06.000
 And so I'm

00:27:06.000 --> 00:27:06.600
 writing this

00:27:06.600 --> 00:27:08.200
 sermon and

00:27:08.200 --> 00:27:09.420
 reading the

00:27:09.420 --> 00:27:09.900
 text.

00:27:09.900 --> 00:27:09.960
 text.

00:27:11.120 --> 00:27:11.820
 And as

00:27:11.820 --> 00:27:12.320
 I'm doing

00:27:12.320 --> 00:27:14.280
 that, a

00:27:14.280 --> 00:27:15.100
 name kept

00:27:15.100 --> 00:27:15.600
 popping into

00:27:15.600 --> 00:27:16.100
 my head.

00:27:18.860 --> 00:27:19.140
 And I'm

00:27:19.140 --> 00:27:21.100
 getting out of

00:27:21.100 --> 00:27:21.259
 there.

00:27:21.360 --> 00:27:21.640
 Trying to

00:27:21.640 --> 00:27:21.880
 write a

00:27:21.880 --> 00:27:22.400
 sermon here.

00:27:23.600 --> 00:27:24.180
 Name keeps

00:27:24.180 --> 00:27:24.759
 popping in my

00:27:24.759 --> 00:27:25.040
 head.

00:27:26.500 --> 00:27:27.220
 And that

00:27:27.220 --> 00:27:27.640
 particular

00:27:27.640 --> 00:27:29.420
 person was

00:27:29.420 --> 00:27:30.000
 a person that

00:27:30.000 --> 00:27:30.720
 I considered

00:27:30.720 --> 00:27:31.640
 had sinned

00:27:31.640 --> 00:27:32.540
 against me in

00:27:32.540 --> 00:27:33.259
 this particular

00:27:33.259 --> 00:27:33.720
 way.

00:27:33.720 --> 00:27:37.019
 And then

00:27:37.019 --> 00:27:37.480
 all of a

00:27:37.480 --> 00:27:38.700
 sudden, as

00:27:38.700 --> 00:27:39.360
 I'm thinking

00:27:39.360 --> 00:27:40.140
 about them,

00:27:40.180 --> 00:27:40.600
 and I hope

00:27:40.600 --> 00:27:40.880
 they're going

00:27:40.880 --> 00:27:41.480
 to be there

00:27:41.480 --> 00:27:42.019
 on this

00:27:42.019 --> 00:27:44.799
 Sunday, or

00:27:44.799 --> 00:27:45.059
 that they

00:27:45.059 --> 00:27:45.539
 listen to

00:27:45.539 --> 00:27:46.940
 this, or

00:27:46.940 --> 00:27:47.440
 somehow get

00:27:47.440 --> 00:27:47.880
 it in their

00:27:47.880 --> 00:27:49.240
 lap, all of

00:27:49.240 --> 00:27:49.740
 a sudden the

00:27:49.740 --> 00:27:50.700
 scalpel fell.

00:27:54.519 --> 00:27:55.039
 And it

00:27:55.039 --> 00:27:55.500
 wasn't about

00:27:55.500 --> 00:27:55.819
 them, it

00:27:55.819 --> 00:27:56.039
 was actually

00:27:56.039 --> 00:27:56.640
 about me.

00:27:58.640 --> 00:27:59.200
 And the

00:27:59.200 --> 00:27:59.579
 word of God

00:27:59.579 --> 00:28:00.759
 convicted me in

00:28:00.759 --> 00:28:02.039
 quite a deep

00:28:02.039 --> 00:28:02.660
 way.

00:28:03.720 --> 00:28:04.980
 that I was

00:28:04.980 --> 00:28:05.460
 doing the

00:28:05.460 --> 00:28:06.360
 very thing

00:28:06.360 --> 00:28:07.519
 to them

00:28:07.519 --> 00:28:09.160
 that I was

00:28:09.160 --> 00:28:09.720
 considering they

00:28:09.720 --> 00:28:10.019
 were doing

00:28:10.019 --> 00:28:10.420
 to me.

00:28:13.420 --> 00:28:15.140
 I saw

00:28:15.140 --> 00:28:16.420
 the log in

00:28:16.420 --> 00:28:17.160
 my own

00:28:17.160 --> 00:28:19.440
 eye through

00:28:19.440 --> 00:28:19.980
 the work of

00:28:19.980 --> 00:28:20.519
 the Spirit

00:28:20.519 --> 00:28:21.880
 and comparison

00:28:21.880 --> 00:28:22.860
 to the speck

00:28:22.860 --> 00:28:23.360
 that was in

00:28:23.360 --> 00:28:23.799
 theirs.

00:28:24.279 --> 00:28:25.200
 It led to

00:28:25.200 --> 00:28:26.120
 repentance,

00:28:27.579 --> 00:28:28.960
 it led to

00:28:28.960 --> 00:28:30.259
 me contacting

00:28:30.259 --> 00:28:31.019
 that individual

00:28:31.019 --> 00:28:32.339
 and apologising,

00:28:32.339 --> 00:28:38.199
 and led to

00:28:38.199 --> 00:28:38.819
 gratitude

00:28:38.819 --> 00:28:41.099
 as I

00:28:41.099 --> 00:28:41.839
 reflected on

00:28:41.839 --> 00:28:42.939
 Jesus, was

00:28:42.939 --> 00:28:43.539
 the one who

00:28:43.539 --> 00:28:44.179
 in fact had

00:28:44.179 --> 00:28:44.859
 been judged

00:28:44.859 --> 00:28:45.599
 and condemned

00:28:45.599 --> 00:28:48.039
 by me for

00:28:48.039 --> 00:28:50.879
 me, so

00:28:50.879 --> 00:28:51.359
 that there is

00:28:51.359 --> 00:28:52.000
 no now, no

00:28:52.000 --> 00:28:52.759
 any longer,

00:28:52.879 --> 00:28:53.899
 any condemnation,

00:28:54.079 --> 00:28:54.619
 no longer any

00:28:54.619 --> 00:28:55.799
 judgement from

00:28:55.799 --> 00:28:56.480
 God towards

00:28:56.480 --> 00:28:56.819
 me.

00:28:56.819 --> 00:28:59.299
 the word of

00:28:59.299 --> 00:28:59.960
 God speaks

00:28:59.960 --> 00:29:00.619
 immediately,

00:29:01.240 --> 00:29:01.759
 it speaks

00:29:01.759 --> 00:29:02.859
 penetratingly,

00:29:02.859 --> 00:29:03.659
 it speaks

00:29:03.659 --> 00:29:04.379
 personally,

00:29:05.259 --> 00:29:06.359
 is what it

00:29:06.359 --> 00:29:06.659
 does.

00:29:06.980 --> 00:29:07.419
 That's the

00:29:07.419 --> 00:29:08.099
 dynamic of a

00:29:08.099 --> 00:29:08.419
 personal

00:29:08.419 --> 00:29:08.980
 relationship.

00:29:09.460 --> 00:29:09.960
 And for this

00:29:09.960 --> 00:29:10.679
 dynamic to

00:29:10.679 --> 00:29:11.399
 happen in

00:29:11.399 --> 00:29:12.079
 our lives,

00:29:12.419 --> 00:29:13.259
 we need to

00:29:13.259 --> 00:29:14.339
 accept it as

00:29:14.339 --> 00:29:15.419
 the final,

00:29:16.559 --> 00:29:17.720
 the full and

00:29:17.720 --> 00:29:18.740
 final revelation

00:29:18.740 --> 00:29:19.439
 of God,

00:29:19.599 --> 00:29:20.259
 and we need to

00:29:20.259 --> 00:29:21.259
 accept the bad

00:29:21.259 --> 00:29:22.619
 news that God

00:29:22.619 --> 00:29:23.159
 has to give

00:29:23.159 --> 00:29:23.480
 us.

00:29:23.839 --> 00:29:24.339
 Not just the

00:29:24.339 --> 00:29:24.839
 good news,

00:29:25.919 --> 00:29:26.819
 the word of

00:29:26.819 --> 00:29:27.419
 God has the

00:29:27.419 --> 00:29:28.079
 power to show

00:29:28.079 --> 00:29:28.779
 us things that

00:29:28.779 --> 00:29:29.759
 we don't want

00:29:29.759 --> 00:29:31.099
 to see or

00:29:31.099 --> 00:29:31.980
 accept in our

00:29:31.980 --> 00:29:33.059
 lives at all.

00:29:34.819 --> 00:29:35.819
 No one wants

00:29:35.819 --> 00:29:37.099
 to hear how

00:29:37.099 --> 00:29:38.119
 self-absorbed

00:29:38.119 --> 00:29:38.699
 they are.

00:29:40.179 --> 00:29:41.019
 Most of us

00:29:41.019 --> 00:29:41.500
 think that we're

00:29:41.500 --> 00:29:41.980
 really good

00:29:41.980 --> 00:29:43.619
 people, but

00:29:43.619 --> 00:29:44.579
 the Bible will

00:29:44.579 --> 00:29:45.819
 wipe us flat

00:29:45.819 --> 00:29:46.759
 on that point.

00:29:48.079 --> 00:29:48.759
 We don't want

00:29:48.759 --> 00:29:49.359
 to hear that.

00:29:51.959 --> 00:29:52.659
 In fact,

00:29:52.660 --> 00:29:53.700
 think about

00:29:53.700 --> 00:29:54.100
 your own

00:29:54.100 --> 00:29:54.480
 life.

00:29:54.580 --> 00:29:54.900
 Think about

00:29:54.900 --> 00:29:55.500
 my life.

00:29:55.680 --> 00:29:56.440
 Any personal

00:29:56.440 --> 00:29:57.420
 relationship that

00:29:57.420 --> 00:29:58.200
 has ever been

00:29:58.200 --> 00:29:59.160
 of any value

00:29:59.160 --> 00:30:00.380
 to me or

00:30:00.380 --> 00:30:01.320
 you is one

00:30:01.320 --> 00:30:01.680
 where the

00:30:01.680 --> 00:30:02.380
 other person

00:30:02.380 --> 00:30:02.820
 has had the

00:30:02.820 --> 00:30:03.200
 power to

00:30:03.200 --> 00:30:03.920
 confront us.

00:30:05.720 --> 00:30:06.640
 Any personal

00:30:06.640 --> 00:30:07.259
 relationship.

00:30:11.220 --> 00:30:12.340
 If we leave

00:30:12.340 --> 00:30:12.860
 out of the

00:30:12.860 --> 00:30:13.580
 Bible things

00:30:13.580 --> 00:30:14.220
 that we don't

00:30:14.220 --> 00:30:14.880
 like, how

00:30:14.880 --> 00:30:15.500
 will God

00:30:15.500 --> 00:30:16.240
 ever tell us

00:30:16.240 --> 00:30:16.759
 something that

00:30:16.759 --> 00:30:17.620
 we don't like

00:30:17.620 --> 00:30:18.220
 to hear for

00:30:18.220 --> 00:30:18.600
 our own

00:30:18.600 --> 00:30:18.860
 good?

00:30:20.400 --> 00:30:21.340
 Every single

00:30:21.340 --> 00:30:21.880
 one of my

00:30:21.880 --> 00:30:22.960
 closest friends,

00:30:23.260 --> 00:30:24.020
 every single

00:30:24.020 --> 00:30:24.640
 one of them,

00:30:25.080 --> 00:30:26.020
 has offended

00:30:26.020 --> 00:30:26.780
 me at some

00:30:26.780 --> 00:30:27.240
 point.

00:30:28.360 --> 00:30:29.380
 Every spouse

00:30:29.380 --> 00:30:30.040
 I've had

00:30:30.040 --> 00:30:31.020
 has offended

00:30:31.020 --> 00:30:31.680
 me at some

00:30:31.680 --> 00:30:32.040
 point.

00:30:35.160 --> 00:30:35.760
 That's only

00:30:35.760 --> 00:30:36.180
 one, by the

00:30:36.180 --> 00:30:36.840
 way, in case

00:30:36.840 --> 00:30:37.800
 you were...

00:30:37.800 --> 00:30:38.140
 What did he

00:30:38.140 --> 00:30:38.500
 say it like

00:30:38.500 --> 00:30:38.900
 that for?

00:30:43.460 --> 00:30:44.420
 Only as we

00:30:44.420 --> 00:30:45.100
 see the whole

00:30:45.100 --> 00:30:45.860
 Bible as

00:30:45.860 --> 00:30:46.540
 enough can

00:30:46.540 --> 00:30:47.140
 this happen.

00:30:47.140 --> 00:30:50.020
 However, it

00:30:50.020 --> 00:30:50.740
 is only as

00:30:50.740 --> 00:30:51.340
 we see the

00:30:51.340 --> 00:30:52.080
 Bible as

00:30:52.080 --> 00:30:54.100
 enough that

00:30:54.100 --> 00:30:54.720
 we accept it

00:30:54.720 --> 00:30:56.020
 fully, we'll

00:30:56.020 --> 00:30:56.480
 be able to

00:30:56.480 --> 00:30:56.860
 accept the

00:30:56.860 --> 00:30:57.580
 great things

00:30:57.580 --> 00:30:58.720
 that he wants

00:30:58.720 --> 00:30:59.520
 to tell us.

00:31:00.660 --> 00:31:01.400
 Until we

00:31:01.400 --> 00:31:01.980
 accept the

00:31:01.980 --> 00:31:02.800
 hard things,

00:31:02.840 --> 00:31:03.259
 we will not

00:31:03.259 --> 00:31:03.740
 be able to

00:31:03.740 --> 00:31:04.240
 accept the

00:31:04.240 --> 00:31:05.000
 great things.

00:31:06.960 --> 00:31:07.920
 1 John 3,

00:31:07.980 --> 00:31:09.000
 20, if our

00:31:09.000 --> 00:31:09.700
 hearts condemn

00:31:09.700 --> 00:31:11.220
 us, we know

00:31:11.220 --> 00:31:11.860
 that God is

00:31:11.860 --> 00:31:13.300
 greater than

00:31:13.300 --> 00:31:14.340
 our hearts,

00:31:14.840 --> 00:31:16.259
 and he knows

00:31:16.259 --> 00:31:16.740
 everything.

00:31:18.039 --> 00:31:18.680
 What words of

00:31:18.680 --> 00:31:19.140
 comfort is

00:31:19.140 --> 00:31:19.379
 there?

00:31:24.160 --> 00:31:24.879
 We don't

00:31:24.879 --> 00:31:25.180
 want to

00:31:25.180 --> 00:31:25.799
 believe what

00:31:25.799 --> 00:31:26.180
 the Bible

00:31:26.180 --> 00:31:26.819
 says about

00:31:26.819 --> 00:31:27.359
 how bad

00:31:27.359 --> 00:31:27.879
 we are,

00:31:28.119 --> 00:31:28.720
 and therefore

00:31:28.720 --> 00:31:29.259
 we will never

00:31:29.259 --> 00:31:29.960
 understand or

00:31:29.960 --> 00:31:30.359
 believe what

00:31:30.359 --> 00:31:30.680
 the Bible

00:31:30.680 --> 00:31:31.180
 says about

00:31:31.180 --> 00:31:31.579
 how much

00:31:31.579 --> 00:31:32.119
 we are loved

00:31:32.119 --> 00:31:32.599
 and affirmed

00:31:32.599 --> 00:31:33.160
 by God.

00:31:34.839 --> 00:31:35.539
 And unless

00:31:35.539 --> 00:31:36.079
 we are willing

00:31:36.079 --> 00:31:36.559
 to let the

00:31:36.559 --> 00:31:37.279
 Bible tell us

00:31:37.279 --> 00:31:37.799
 things about

00:31:37.799 --> 00:31:38.619
 our sin that

00:31:38.619 --> 00:31:39.079
 we don't want

00:31:39.079 --> 00:31:39.599
 to hear,

00:31:41.759 --> 00:31:43.140
 how will the

00:31:43.140 --> 00:31:43.799
 Bible ever

00:31:43.799 --> 00:31:45.480
 come in and

00:31:45.480 --> 00:31:46.240
 tell us

00:31:46.240 --> 00:31:48.140
 that we are

00:31:48.140 --> 00:31:48.900
 more loved

00:31:48.900 --> 00:31:49.460
 than we could

00:31:49.460 --> 00:31:50.440
 possibly imagine.

00:31:52.000 --> 00:31:52.900
 The Bible

00:31:52.900 --> 00:31:55.779
 alone, with

00:31:55.779 --> 00:31:56.339
 the work of

00:31:56.339 --> 00:31:58.259
 the Spirit, is

00:31:58.259 --> 00:31:59.539
 enough for a

00:31:59.539 --> 00:32:01.039
 dynamic, personal,

00:32:01.279 --> 00:32:01.839
 penetrating

00:32:01.839 --> 00:32:02.720
 relationship with

00:32:02.720 --> 00:32:05.440
 Jesus Christ, if

00:32:05.440 --> 00:32:07.279
 we accept it as

00:32:07.279 --> 00:32:08.779
 fully, full and

00:32:08.779 --> 00:32:09.160
 final.

00:32:12.099 --> 00:32:12.880
 Now, some of us

00:32:12.880 --> 00:32:13.320
 might be sitting

00:32:13.320 --> 00:32:14.060
 here and

00:32:14.060 --> 00:32:17.500
 going, Steve,

00:32:17.580 --> 00:32:18.060
 I've read the

00:32:18.060 --> 00:32:20.100
 Bible and I've

00:32:20.100 --> 00:32:21.940
 never had what

00:32:21.940 --> 00:32:22.440
 you've just

00:32:22.440 --> 00:32:23.000
 described.

00:32:24.980 --> 00:32:25.900
 Some others

00:32:25.900 --> 00:32:27.900
 know what I'm

00:32:27.900 --> 00:32:29.640
 talking about in

00:32:29.640 --> 00:32:30.080
 what I've just

00:32:30.080 --> 00:32:32.600
 said, but it's

00:32:32.600 --> 00:32:33.320
 been quite a

00:32:33.320 --> 00:32:34.100
 while since you've

00:32:34.100 --> 00:32:34.800
 had that kind of

00:32:34.800 --> 00:32:35.220
 dynamic.

00:32:35.220 --> 00:32:35.380
 dynamic.

00:32:37.120 --> 00:32:38.420
 The answer to

00:32:38.420 --> 00:32:39.720
 both, getting

00:32:39.720 --> 00:32:40.700
 it or getting

00:32:40.700 --> 00:32:42.819
 it back, is

00:32:42.819 --> 00:32:43.620
 not so much

00:32:43.620 --> 00:32:44.200
 getting your

00:32:44.200 --> 00:32:44.980
 doctrine of the

00:32:44.980 --> 00:32:46.000
 Bible straight.

00:32:47.640 --> 00:32:48.079
 That's not

00:32:48.079 --> 00:32:48.440
 really.

00:32:48.600 --> 00:32:50.059
 Don't study so

00:32:50.059 --> 00:32:50.460
 much the

00:32:50.460 --> 00:32:51.380
 attributes of

00:32:51.380 --> 00:32:51.880
 Scripture.

00:32:53.500 --> 00:32:54.279
 You study the

00:32:54.279 --> 00:32:54.920
 attributes of

00:32:54.920 --> 00:32:55.880
 God, is how

00:32:55.880 --> 00:32:56.200
 you get it

00:32:56.200 --> 00:32:56.480
 back.

00:32:56.480 --> 00:33:00.000
 get your

00:33:00.000 --> 00:33:00.900
 doctrine of

00:33:00.900 --> 00:33:01.880
 Jesus Christ

00:33:01.880 --> 00:33:04.480
 right, which

00:33:04.480 --> 00:33:05.200
 is why I spent

00:33:05.200 --> 00:33:05.779
 the most of

00:33:05.779 --> 00:33:06.620
 this talk on

00:33:06.620 --> 00:33:08.000
 the Bible about

00:33:08.000 --> 00:33:09.819
 the finality of

00:33:09.819 --> 00:33:10.279
 Christ's

00:33:10.279 --> 00:33:11.720
 revelation and

00:33:11.720 --> 00:33:12.120
 redemption.

00:33:13.480 --> 00:33:15.000
 The Bible is

00:33:15.000 --> 00:33:15.539
 not some

00:33:15.539 --> 00:33:16.660
 magical thing

00:33:16.660 --> 00:33:18.059
 that if I start

00:33:18.059 --> 00:33:19.180
 reading it, then

00:33:19.180 --> 00:33:19.880
 I'm automatically

00:33:19.880 --> 00:33:20.860
 going to experience

00:33:20.860 --> 00:33:21.759
 God's love.

00:33:22.319 --> 00:33:23.279
 To experience

00:33:23.279 --> 00:33:24.259
 God's love, we

00:33:24.259 --> 00:33:25.039
 have to understand

00:33:25.039 --> 00:33:26.460
 the main message

00:33:26.460 --> 00:33:27.440
 of the Bible.

00:33:28.039 --> 00:33:29.019
 Not just the

00:33:29.019 --> 00:33:29.600
 facts of the

00:33:29.600 --> 00:33:30.740
 Bible, not

00:33:30.740 --> 00:33:31.120
 just the

00:33:31.120 --> 00:33:31.779
 details, not

00:33:31.779 --> 00:33:32.579
 just the scope

00:33:32.579 --> 00:33:33.759
 of where the

00:33:33.759 --> 00:33:34.360
 bits fit.

00:33:35.920 --> 00:33:36.740
 You need to

00:33:36.740 --> 00:33:37.279
 know the main

00:33:37.279 --> 00:33:38.980
 message of

00:33:38.980 --> 00:33:40.819
 the Bible, which

00:33:40.819 --> 00:33:41.480
 is fundamentally

00:33:41.480 --> 00:33:42.200
 the gospel.

00:33:45.940 --> 00:33:46.799
 The main

00:33:46.799 --> 00:33:47.819
 message is that

00:33:47.819 --> 00:33:48.539
 the reason the

00:33:48.539 --> 00:33:49.400
 Bible is God's

00:33:49.400 --> 00:33:51.100
 final word is

00:33:51.100 --> 00:33:52.220
 because Jesus

00:33:52.220 --> 00:33:56.059
 Christ is

00:33:56.059 --> 00:33:57.519
 unsurpassable.

00:33:57.519 --> 00:33:59.700
 He is

00:33:59.700 --> 00:34:01.799
 supreme in

00:34:01.799 --> 00:34:02.879
 beauty and

00:34:02.879 --> 00:34:03.599
 majesty.

00:34:06.519 --> 00:34:07.659
 Supreme in

00:34:07.659 --> 00:34:08.420
 beauty and

00:34:08.420 --> 00:34:09.320
 majesty because

00:34:09.320 --> 00:34:10.460
 of who he is

00:34:10.460 --> 00:34:11.619
 and what he

00:34:11.619 --> 00:34:12.259
 has done.

00:34:13.639 --> 00:34:14.420
 He is the

00:34:14.420 --> 00:34:15.139
 radiance of

00:34:15.139 --> 00:34:16.159
 God's glory, the

00:34:16.159 --> 00:34:17.579
 exact representation

00:34:17.579 --> 00:34:18.639
 of his being.

00:34:18.940 --> 00:34:20.259
 He is God's

00:34:20.259 --> 00:34:21.320
 glory in human

00:34:21.320 --> 00:34:21.840
 form.

00:34:21.840 --> 00:34:23.120
 God's

00:34:23.120 --> 00:34:23.300
 God's glory in

00:34:23.300 --> 00:34:24.300
 God's glory in

00:34:24.300 --> 00:34:25.300
 the world.

00:34:25.300 --> 00:34:26.280
 He is the

00:34:26.280 --> 00:34:26.300
 God's glory in

00:34:26.300 --> 00:34:27.360
 the world.

00:34:27.360 --> 00:34:28.240
 He is the

00:34:28.240 --> 00:34:28.300
 glory in the

00:34:28.300 --> 00:34:29.240
 world.

00:34:29.240 --> 00:34:30.640
 Only as we see

00:34:30.640 --> 00:34:31.620
 this God

00:34:31.620 --> 00:34:33.780
 taking everything

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 that we deserve,

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 do we see his

00:34:39.340 --> 00:34:41.440
 beauty and the

00:34:41.440 --> 00:34:42.559
 Bible becomes a

00:34:42.559 --> 00:34:43.500
 living power in

00:34:43.500 --> 00:34:44.160
 our lives.

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 Only as we see

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 again and

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 again and

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 again and

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 again that

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 the perfect

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 one, the

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 one with

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 unsurpassable

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 radiance, was

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 pierced for

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 us.

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 Only then as we

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 see that again and

00:35:06.300 --> 00:35:07.280
 again and again

00:35:07.280 --> 00:35:07.860
 that he was

00:35:07.860 --> 00:35:09.140
 pierced for us,

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 will his word

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 ultimately pierce

00:35:13.800 --> 00:35:14.620
 our hearts.

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 firstś

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 as we

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 an

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 other

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 as we

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 use,

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 had to

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 talk about

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 us,

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 that 있기

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 he was

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 all

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 made

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 awesome

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 and

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 to

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 www.

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 datas

00:35:32.059 --> 00:35:32.759
 Luke

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 notices

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 that

00:35:34.059 --> 00:35:34.480
 we

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 see

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 that

00:35:35.559 --> 00:35:36.839
 what

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 all