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 In my early days as involved in ministry, going back a number of years now,

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 I wasn't particularly schooled in the traditions of the church.

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 And so therefore you make a number of mistakes.

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 I remember that one day distributing communion was my first time, in fact, ever distributing communion.

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 And there was a bunch of people out the front there.

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 The bread had gone through.

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 And I knew the system.

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 I'd watched people do this.

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 It seemed pretty straightforward.

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 You went along, followed the person with the bread, and you gave them a bit of a drink from the cup.

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 You said a few words, and you wiped the cup in a certain way, and you handed it to the next person, and next person, next person.

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 On this particular Sunday, which was my first time, there was a number of guests there at church.

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 And I just assumed, quite ignorantly, that everyone took it exactly the same way.

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 Until I got to this gentleman, and I had the cup.

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 I said a few words, and I put the cup in front of him.

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 And he didn't take it.

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 Well, he mustn't want it.

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 So I stood there, and he looked at me, and I looked at him.

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 We're trying to communicate silently about what's meant to happen at this point.

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 He didn't take it.

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 And then eventually, all he did, kneeling in front of me, was grab the cup just with that much of his fingers and his thumb.

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 I didn't realize at that particular point that in some church traditions, you're not actually meant to touch the cup at all.

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 I still regard it as, in fact, the actual body and blood of Christ.

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 And only a person who's me, who's been ordained like a priest, should touch this thing.

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 More full than him, because I actually wasn't one at the time.

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 But he only touched it.

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 And I'm sort of standing there thinking, he hasn't got a good grip on that cup.

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 I didn't realize that what I'm meant to do is to sort of tip it towards him.

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 I didn't know that.

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 I was completely ignorant.

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 And I'm thinking, he hasn't really got a grip.

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 He's looking at me.

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 He's just touching it.

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 I'm looking at him thinking, get a better grip.

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 And then I thought, well, he's an early gentleman.

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 He must know what he's doing.

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 So I let it go.

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 And so what happened in that particular moment was,

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 these little tiny grip he had meant that the cup, which was about three quarters full,

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 tilted and went bang, under his nose.

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 And I think that's why one of the reasons why one of the church traditions is you should use white wine and not red wine,

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 is because red wine has a tendency of staining.

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 And this three quarters of a full cup hit his nose, went onto his glasses and down his shirt.

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 And so I had no idea what to do.

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 Of course, the minister at the time saw this unfolding, decided not to rescue me.

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 He ducked off into the vestry and was killing himself laughing.

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 I could see him from where I was.

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 And all I could think of was, well, I've got a cloth, put my hand on his head,

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 and I was wiping his glasses so he could see.

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 And whatever sins he thought he was being absolved for in that moment didn't include the glare on his face at me,

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 I can tell you after that.

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 I had no concept at all that for some people in church traditions,

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 the traditions mattered a lot to them.

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 A lot to them.

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 And it's interesting that when you turn to the Bible,

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 that Jesus debates with the religious leaders of his time the subject of the traditions we have.

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 It came up often for the religious people that Jesus dealt with.

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 The religious guys were constantly outraged with this Jesus,

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 who did not observe their traditions as he said they thought they should be observed.

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 That they thought were actually, in fact, mandatory.

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 And in Matthew 15, Jesus, he zeroes in on this issue of the real problem with traditions.

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 He says that they have this awful potential to undermine, over time,

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 the very obedience in God's word that they were originally may have been intended to express.

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 He says that the human heart is almost limitless in its capacity to come up with rules and regulations and traditions

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 that may at some point have been quite useful and helpful,

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 but which gradually become more distorted, more corrupted,

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 more, in fact, important than the word of God and obedience to the word of God.

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 The human heart's almost limitless in its capacity to do that.

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 And that's the issue, or certainly one of the issues,

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 one of the sparks that ignited the Protestant Reformation in the 1600s.

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 Sorry, in the 16th century.

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 In 1516, Johann Tetzel, a Diminishian friar,

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 was sent to Germany by the Roman Catholic Church to sell these things called indulgences.

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 According to Roman Catholic theology,

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 an indulgence is kind of like a get-out-of-jail-free card

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 to lessen the amount of time that a person needs to suffer in order to go to heaven.

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 So they would have this view that you would go to purgatory,

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 and an indulgence could be granted by a priest

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 to lessen the amount of time in purgatory

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 so that you could eventually go to heaven.

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 You see, Roman Catholic teaching states that purgatory is the place that the soul goes to

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 after death to get purged.

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 Their thinking is that while Jesus died on the cross for our sins,

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 his death was not effective for complete cleansing of sin.

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 Roman Catholic teaching states that there is still a corruption of the human heart,

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 of the soul that remains, which needs to be purged.

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 And the way you purge it is by suffering.

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 And then once you've gone through the appropriate amount of suffering,

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 you can then go from that stage into heaven.

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 That's what purgatory is.

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 And it's in this climate in the Middle Ages

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 that saw the abuse of these indulgences which were granted by priests,

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 and ultimately the exploitation of the poor and the ignorant.

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 What happened was indulgences came up for sale.

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 You could buy an indulgence to raise funds,

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 and the reason why the church started to sell them

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 is because they needed money to build St. Peter's Bastillica in Rome

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 and many other building projects.

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 And the easiest way was to sell indulgences,

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 to get guilty people out of purgatory,

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 relatives out of purgatory,

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 myself out of purgatory,

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 in order that I could go into heaven.

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 And masses of money was raised.

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 But the unsuspecting masses of people

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 didn't know that purgatory nor indulgences

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 weren't in fact in the Bible,

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 let alone that it wasn't possible to buy someone into heaven.

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 He said, back in the 1500s,

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 the members of churches, unlike us today,

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 did not have the Bible in their own language.

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 You would walk into church as a German-speaking person in Luther's time,

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 and everything would be done in Latin.

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 And you would just sit there and watch.

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 They couldn't read the Bible for themselves.

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 The only authority on the way of salvation

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 was what they were told by the priests

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 and what they were told by the church,

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 what they were told was in the Bible.

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 And it was a situation that got under the skin

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 of the German monk and the theologian Martin Luther.

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 On the 31st of October, 1517,

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 Martin Luther wrote to his bishop, Albert of Mainz,

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 protesting the sale of indulgences.

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 He enclosed in his letter a copy of his disputation of Martin Luther

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 on the power and efficacy of indulgences,

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 which came to be known throughout history as the 1995 Thesis.

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 As Sam said, it was nailed to the door of Castle Church Wittenberg

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 so that all who could read could engage with Martin Luther's writing.

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 This letter began the Reformation,

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 which swept through Western Europe,

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 saw the establishment of the Protestant church,

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 and recaptured the heart,

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 the very heart of the Christian message.

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 Luther ultimately saw indulgences as a travesty of God's way of salvation,

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 which was one for us,

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 through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

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 He saw that this church tradition had grossly subverted

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 what the Bible taught about getting right with God

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 and receiving eternal life.

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 And so Luther and a whole bunch of other men and women

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 were moved to put their livelihoods and their homes

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 and their fortunes and their very lives on the line

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 to restore to the Christian church

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 the core teachings of the Christian faith

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 so that the masses of people could have freedom in Christ,

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 could know the joy, the joy of salvation,

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 the Christian gospel.

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 And so translated into English,

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 the five assertions from the Reformers

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 is that salvation is according to Scripture alone,

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 in Christ alone,

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 by grace alone,

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 through faith alone,

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 all for the glory of God alone.

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 And Martin Luther, when he was called to account,

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 took his stand on the Bible.

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 This was the key principle of the Protestant Reformation

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 and remains one of the striking differences

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 between the Roman Catholic Church and the Protestant Church

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 to this very day,

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 that the final authority in all matters of faith and of life

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 is found only in the written word of God.

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 Only in the written word of God.

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 Other sources and authorities of knowledge have their place,

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 such as reason and experience of tradition,

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 but the final, the overruling authority,

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 belongs to God as he speaks to us through his word, the Bible.

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 Now that's a claim that is just as challenging today,

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 in 2017, as it was 500 years ago in 1517.

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 You see, we exist in a culture that asserts

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 that there's no absolute truth

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 that must be understood,

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 that needs to be accepted,

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 and certainly is not authority for everyone's life.

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 Now, ironically, the culture that we exist in

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 that says there's no absolute truth

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 is a bit hypocritical,

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 because the assertion that there is no absolute truth

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 is in fact an absolute truth claim in and of itself.

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 Our culture says that truth is what you make it.

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 It's what seems right to you,

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 and whatever truth is right for you

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 might not be right for someone else.

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 So truth is up to the individual,

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 which ultimately means follow your feelings.

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 And therefore, what flows from that,

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 when there's no absolute truth,

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 and you make up truth,

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 that means that truth and authority flow together.

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 If I believe this is true for me,

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 you've got no right to tell me it's not true for me.

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 Truth and authority go together.

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 And what I want us to come to see here,

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 to become awakened to,

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 is the authority of God's word over our life

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 does not lead to bondage as our culture claims.

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 It leads to salvation.

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 It leads to freedom.

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 It leads to joy.

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 That's what biblical authority leads to.

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 2 Timothy 3, 14, 15,

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 continuing what you have learned

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 and have become convinced of

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 because of those to whom you've learned it,

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 and how from infancy you have known the holy scriptures,

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 which are able to make you wise for salvation

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 through faith in Christ Jesus.

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 That's what the scriptures do.

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 They lead you into salvation and joy and hope.

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 We need to know that the God who defines all things

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 and creates all things and rules all things,

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 has worked to save all things,

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 has spoken.

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 He's spoken.

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 He has spoken loud.

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 He's spoken clear.

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 He's spoken with more authority.

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 That every other voice we will hear

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 on YouTube and Facebook and everywhere else

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 over every situation that we face in life.

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 So let's just go for a bit of a journey there.

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 I want to go back to Psalm 119.

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 Make the connection between God and truth,

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 and therefore what flows from that

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 is authority over our lives.

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 That's Psalm 119 verse 155.

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 Let me just go on a little bit of excursion here

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 just for a little bit,

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 and I'm going to probably hit this point a little bit later.

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 500 years ago, you go to church,

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 you don't get the Bible in your own language.

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 You sat there and you observed.

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 500 years later, we got in our own language.

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 I think it's appalling that we would ever go to church

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 and not have the Bible in front of us opened.

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 So please do that right now.

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 Psalm 119.

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 People died in order to get the Scriptures

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 in our hands right now

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 so that we would understand God clearly speaking to us.

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 If you have not got a Bible in your hand right now,

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 put your hand up,

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 and our ushers will come to you

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 and they will get you a Bible in your hand right now.

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 Okay, back on topic.

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 Psalm 119.

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 Psalm 115.

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 All your words are true.

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 All your righteous laws are eternal.

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 Notice those words are talking about,

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 those sentences are talking about God communicating.

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 Decrees, laws, statutes, words, precepts.

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 Then it says in verse 160

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 that when God speaks,

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 precepts, laws, decrees,

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 when he speaks,

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 what he speaks is true,

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 it's eternal,

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 it's righteous.

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 And the word translated all

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 at the beginning there

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 in verse 160

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 in the NIV

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 literally means

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 head.

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 Means head.

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 It could mean the head of a body,

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 it could mean the head of a tribe,

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 it could mean the head of a river.

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 And the word used here in verse 119

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 as head

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 is the same word

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 that's used in Exodus

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 30 verse 12.

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 I'll read it to you.

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 When you take a census

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 of the Israelites

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 to count them,

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 each one must pay

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 the Lord a ransom

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 for his life

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 at the time he is counted.

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 It's also used in Numbers

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 chapter 1 verse 2.

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 Take a census

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 of the whole Israelite community

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 by their clans

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 and families.

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 What Psalm 119 says

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 is that if you took

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 a census

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 of the word of God,

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 the conclusion would be

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 is that the sum total

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 of the word of God,

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 the Bible

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 is truth.

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 The totality

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 of the Bible

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 is truth.

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 But notice

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 the second half

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 of verse 160.

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 It says,

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 all your righteous laws

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 are eternal.

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 So it's not just

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 the sum total

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 which is truth.

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 It's all the individual parts

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 that are truth.

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 The census would reveal

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 that all of it

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 as well as the parts of it

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 are all true.

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 It's truth.

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 So what it's saying here

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 is that when God speaks,

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 what he speaks

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 is truth.

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 Truth is what he says.

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 And the reason why

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 God's word

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 is ultimately truth

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 and it's overruling

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 and it has final authority

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 is because God

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 is ultimate reality.

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 that's the reason.

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 God is absolute.

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 There is nothing higher

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 than God.

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 There is no one,

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 no thing

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 equal with God.

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 There is

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 not another opinion

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 beside his.

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 back in Exodus

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 when

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 at the burning bush

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 God

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 said to Moses

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 go to Egypt

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 and sort them out

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 and

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 get my people

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 out of there.

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 And God

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 Moses said to God

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 well

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 if they ask me

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 who sent you

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 what should I say

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 to them?

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 God said

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 tell them

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 I am.

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 And you go

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 that's not helpful.

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 You know

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 someone rings up

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 can I speak to Steve

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 Jeffrey?

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 Yes you can.

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 Who is he?

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 I am.

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 You know like

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 it's

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 someone asked me

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 what's your name?

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 I am.

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 I mean

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 what's

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 I'm defined

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 by certain things

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 because God

00:19:08.480 --> 00:19:09.319
 stands over

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 I am

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 I am absolute.

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 There is

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 nothing

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 apart from me.

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 There is

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 no reality

00:19:16.519 --> 00:19:17.500
 before God

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 all is void

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 all is formless

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 he is the God

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 from everlasting

00:19:20.879 --> 00:19:21.599
 to everlasting

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 no beginning

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 no end

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 he stands

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 outside of all

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 things that he's

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 created

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 he doesn't

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 need anything

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 that he's

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 created

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 never beginning

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 never ending

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 never becoming

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 never improving

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 simply

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 and absolutely

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 is

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 there to be

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 dealt with

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 on his terms

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 or not at all

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 that's God

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 every other

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 God

00:19:45.259 --> 00:19:45.620
 that we've

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 formed in

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 our minds

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 it's less

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 than that

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 it's simply

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 because we've

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 formed it

00:19:48.880 --> 00:19:49.700
 in our minds

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 we cannot

00:19:50.779 --> 00:19:51.460
 comprehend

00:19:51.460 --> 00:19:52.480
 the absoluteness

00:19:52.480 --> 00:19:53.060
 of God

00:19:53.060 --> 00:19:54.900
 let it hit you

00:19:54.900 --> 00:19:55.440
 brothers and

00:19:55.440 --> 00:19:55.799
 sisters

00:19:55.799 --> 00:19:56.539
 God

00:19:56.539 --> 00:19:56.980
 the God

00:19:56.980 --> 00:19:57.360
 in whose

00:19:57.360 --> 00:19:57.759
 name

00:19:57.759 --> 00:19:58.620
 we gather

00:19:58.620 --> 00:19:59.080
 today

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 the one

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 who has

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 spoken to us

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 through his

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 word

00:20:00.960 --> 00:20:01.240
 who we

00:20:01.240 --> 00:20:02.140
 sing about

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 the one

00:20:02.400 --> 00:20:02.680
 who we

00:20:02.680 --> 00:20:03.380
 pray to

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 never

00:20:04.320 --> 00:20:04.960
 ever

00:20:04.960 --> 00:20:05.380
 had a

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 beginning

00:20:05.759 --> 00:20:08.019
 there's

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 nothing

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 that we

00:20:08.880 --> 00:20:09.299
 look at

00:20:09.299 --> 00:20:09.720
 in this

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 world

00:20:10.000 --> 00:20:10.299
 or could

00:20:10.299 --> 00:20:10.560
 touch

00:20:10.559 --> 00:20:10.919
 or feel

00:20:10.919 --> 00:20:11.299
 a sense

00:20:11.299 --> 00:20:12.259
 that has

00:20:12.259 --> 00:20:12.599
 never

00:20:12.599 --> 00:20:12.919
 had a

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 beginning

00:20:13.279 --> 00:20:17.980
 the one

00:20:17.980 --> 00:20:18.559
 who never

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 had a

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 beginning

00:20:19.159 --> 00:20:19.919
 but always

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 was

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 and is

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 and will

00:20:21.220 --> 00:20:21.419
 be

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 he's the

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 one

00:20:22.339 --> 00:20:23.659
 who defines

00:20:23.659 --> 00:20:24.099
 all

00:20:24.099 --> 00:20:24.940
 things

00:20:24.940 --> 00:20:28.059
 that is

00:20:28.059 --> 00:20:28.779
 and are

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 whether we

00:20:30.759 --> 00:20:31.079
 want him

00:20:31.079 --> 00:20:31.539
 to be there

00:20:31.539 --> 00:20:31.919
 or not

00:20:31.919 --> 00:20:32.679
 he's there

00:20:32.679 --> 00:20:34.579
 we do not

00:20:34.579 --> 00:20:35.399
 negotiate

00:20:35.399 --> 00:20:36.200
 with what

00:20:36.200 --> 00:20:36.659
 we want

00:20:36.659 --> 00:20:37.539
 reality to

00:20:37.539 --> 00:20:37.819
 be

00:20:37.819 --> 00:20:38.159
 and what

00:20:38.159 --> 00:20:38.500
 we want

00:20:38.500 --> 00:20:38.980
 God

00:20:38.980 --> 00:20:39.500
 to be

00:20:39.500 --> 00:20:40.960
 God

00:20:40.960 --> 00:20:41.839
 defines

00:20:41.839 --> 00:20:42.980
 reality

00:20:42.980 --> 00:20:45.599
 that's

00:20:45.599 --> 00:20:46.079
 why the

00:20:46.079 --> 00:20:46.660
 reformation

00:20:46.660 --> 00:20:47.019
 state

00:20:47.019 --> 00:20:47.599
 begins

00:20:47.599 --> 00:20:48.039
 with

00:20:48.039 --> 00:20:48.819
 scripture

00:20:48.819 --> 00:20:49.180
 alone

00:20:49.180 --> 00:20:49.660
 and finishes

00:20:49.660 --> 00:20:50.619
 all to

00:20:50.619 --> 00:20:51.180
 the glory

00:20:51.180 --> 00:20:51.920
 of God

00:20:51.920 --> 00:20:52.359
 alone

00:20:52.359 --> 00:20:54.720
 no ranting

00:20:54.720 --> 00:20:55.859
 no raving

00:20:55.859 --> 00:20:56.599
 no sophisticated

00:20:56.599 --> 00:20:57.119
 doubt

00:20:57.119 --> 00:20:57.880
 or skepticism

00:20:57.880 --> 00:20:58.720
 has any

00:20:58.720 --> 00:20:59.259
 effect on

00:20:59.259 --> 00:20:59.720
 the existence

00:20:59.720 --> 00:21:00.279
 of God

00:21:00.279 --> 00:21:01.119
 he simply

00:21:01.119 --> 00:21:02.019
 and absolutely

00:21:02.019 --> 00:21:02.599
 is

00:21:02.599 --> 00:21:03.200
 and if we

00:21:03.200 --> 00:21:03.700
 don't like

00:21:03.700 --> 00:21:04.079
 it we can

00:21:04.079 --> 00:21:04.599
 change for

00:21:04.599 --> 00:21:05.240
 our joy

00:21:05.240 --> 00:21:06.019
 or we

00:21:06.019 --> 00:21:06.559
 can resist

00:21:06.559 --> 00:21:06.940
 for our

00:21:06.940 --> 00:21:07.539
 destruction

00:21:07.539 --> 00:21:08.460
 but one

00:21:08.460 --> 00:21:09.079
 thing remains

00:21:09.079 --> 00:21:09.819
 absolutely

00:21:09.819 --> 00:21:10.359
 true

00:21:10.359 --> 00:21:11.319
 absolutely

00:21:11.319 --> 00:21:12.240
 unchanged

00:21:12.240 --> 00:21:13.279
 God

00:21:13.279 --> 00:21:14.180
 is

00:21:14.180 --> 00:21:16.920
 he was

00:21:16.920 --> 00:21:17.460
 there before

00:21:17.460 --> 00:21:18.200
 we became

00:21:18.200 --> 00:21:19.579
 he'll be there

00:21:19.579 --> 00:21:20.279
 when we are

00:21:20.279 --> 00:21:20.700
 gone

00:21:20.700 --> 00:21:21.759
 and therefore

00:21:21.759 --> 00:21:22.400
 what matters

00:21:22.400 --> 00:21:23.079
 above all

00:21:23.079 --> 00:21:23.579
 things in

00:21:23.579 --> 00:21:24.319
 life is

00:21:24.319 --> 00:21:24.660
 this

00:21:24.660 --> 00:21:25.420
 God

00:21:25.420 --> 00:21:26.900
 I cannot

00:21:26.900 --> 00:21:27.660
 escape

00:21:27.660 --> 00:21:28.400
 the simple

00:21:28.400 --> 00:21:29.400
 and the

00:21:29.400 --> 00:21:30.400
 obvious truth

00:21:30.400 --> 00:21:30.880
 that God

00:21:30.880 --> 00:21:31.559
 must be the

00:21:31.559 --> 00:21:32.059
 main thing

00:21:32.059 --> 00:21:32.539
 in life

00:21:32.539 --> 00:21:33.200
 because he

00:21:33.200 --> 00:21:33.700
 defines

00:21:33.700 --> 00:21:34.600
 all things

00:21:34.600 --> 00:21:36.200
 you see

00:21:36.200 --> 00:21:37.039
 when God

00:21:37.039 --> 00:21:37.900
 speaks

00:21:37.900 --> 00:21:39.720
 he doesn't

00:21:39.720 --> 00:21:40.279
 just

00:21:40.279 --> 00:21:41.340
 interpret

00:21:41.340 --> 00:21:42.360
 history

00:21:42.360 --> 00:21:43.860
 when God

00:21:43.860 --> 00:21:44.120
 speaks

00:21:44.120 --> 00:21:44.340
 history

00:21:44.340 --> 00:21:44.880
 it's not

00:21:44.880 --> 00:21:45.720
 his interpretation

00:21:45.720 --> 00:21:46.559
 on the way

00:21:46.559 --> 00:21:47.080
 things have

00:21:47.080 --> 00:21:47.539
 happened in

00:21:47.539 --> 00:21:47.980
 the world

00:21:47.980 --> 00:21:48.840
 when God

00:21:48.840 --> 00:21:49.380
 speaks

00:21:49.380 --> 00:21:50.319
 he creates

00:21:50.319 --> 00:21:50.840
 history

00:21:50.840 --> 00:21:52.860
 if he didn't

00:21:52.860 --> 00:21:53.480
 speak

00:21:53.480 --> 00:21:54.080
 it wouldn't

00:21:54.080 --> 00:21:54.660
 have existed

00:21:54.660 --> 00:21:56.680
 he doesn't

00:21:56.680 --> 00:21:57.220
 interpret

00:21:57.220 --> 00:21:57.620
 history

00:21:57.620 --> 00:21:58.380
 he creates

00:21:58.380 --> 00:21:58.900
 history

00:21:58.900 --> 00:22:03.280
 therefore

00:22:03.280 --> 00:22:03.840
 this church

00:22:03.840 --> 00:22:04.300
 has to do

00:22:04.300 --> 00:22:04.720
 with God

00:22:04.720 --> 00:22:05.440
 because life

00:22:05.440 --> 00:22:05.860
 has to do

00:22:05.860 --> 00:22:06.320
 with God

00:22:06.320 --> 00:22:06.660
 and life

00:22:06.660 --> 00:22:07.019
 has to do

00:22:07.019 --> 00:22:07.380
 with God

00:22:07.380 --> 00:22:07.840
 because all

00:22:07.840 --> 00:22:08.380
 the universe

00:22:08.380 --> 00:22:09.120
 has to do

00:22:09.120 --> 00:22:09.519
 with God

00:22:09.519 --> 00:22:09.720
 and all

00:22:09.720 --> 00:22:10.160
 the universe

00:22:10.160 --> 00:22:10.660
 has to do

00:22:10.660 --> 00:22:11.019
 with God

00:22:11.019 --> 00:22:11.820
 because every

00:22:11.820 --> 00:22:12.240
 atom

00:22:12.240 --> 00:22:12.920
 and every

00:22:12.920 --> 00:22:13.480
 emotion

00:22:13.480 --> 00:22:14.180
 and every

00:22:14.180 --> 00:22:14.759
 soul

00:22:14.759 --> 00:22:15.140
 of every

00:22:15.140 --> 00:22:15.620
 angelic

00:22:15.620 --> 00:22:15.960
 demonic

00:22:15.960 --> 00:22:16.440
 and human

00:22:16.440 --> 00:22:16.780
 being

00:22:16.780 --> 00:22:17.280
 belongs

00:22:17.280 --> 00:22:18.019
 to God

00:22:18.019 --> 00:22:18.220
 who

00:22:18.220 --> 00:22:18.940
 absolutely

00:22:18.940 --> 00:22:19.720
 is

00:22:19.720 --> 00:22:22.460
 he created

00:22:22.460 --> 00:22:22.840
 everything

00:22:22.840 --> 00:22:23.519
 that is

00:22:23.519 --> 00:22:24.560
 he sustains

00:22:24.560 --> 00:22:24.940
 everything

00:22:24.940 --> 00:22:25.640
 in being

00:22:25.640 --> 00:22:26.440
 he created

00:22:26.440 --> 00:22:27.000
 and directs

00:22:27.000 --> 00:22:27.400
 the course

00:22:27.400 --> 00:22:28.200
 of all events

00:22:28.200 --> 00:22:29.000
 because

00:22:29.000 --> 00:22:30.100
 from him

00:22:30.100 --> 00:22:31.040
 and through

00:22:31.040 --> 00:22:31.460
 him

00:22:31.460 --> 00:22:32.780
 and to him

00:22:32.780 --> 00:22:33.740
 are all

00:22:33.740 --> 00:22:34.120
 things

00:22:34.120 --> 00:22:34.500
 and to him

00:22:34.500 --> 00:22:34.920
 be glory

00:22:34.920 --> 00:22:35.259
 forever

00:22:35.259 --> 00:22:35.740
 according to

00:22:35.740 --> 00:22:36.259
 Romans 11

00:22:36.259 --> 00:22:36.820
 36

00:22:36.820 --> 00:22:40.040
 reality

00:22:40.040 --> 00:22:41.060
 is created

00:22:41.060 --> 00:22:42.519
 it is

00:22:42.519 --> 00:22:43.120
 determined

00:22:43.120 --> 00:22:44.780
 it's defined

00:22:44.780 --> 00:22:45.560
 by God

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 and truth

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 is when

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 this God

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 chooses

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 to communicate

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 reality

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 the way

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 things

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 actually

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 are

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 that's

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 what truth

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 is

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 it's

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 when

00:23:00.100 --> 00:23:00.640
 God

00:23:00.640 --> 00:23:01.660
 chooses

00:23:01.660 --> 00:23:02.840
 to

00:23:02.840 --> 00:23:04.120
 communicate

00:23:04.120 --> 00:23:05.240
 reality

00:23:05.240 --> 00:23:11.460
 that is

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 for something

00:23:12.279 --> 00:23:12.680
 to be

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 true

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 it has

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 to

00:23:14.759 --> 00:23:15.539
 represent

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 reality

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 otherwise

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 it's a

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 myth

00:23:20.120 --> 00:23:21.039
 it's a

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 fantasy

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 or it's

00:23:22.360 --> 00:23:22.880
 a lie

00:23:22.880 --> 00:23:24.820
 when

00:23:24.820 --> 00:23:25.060
 God

00:23:25.060 --> 00:23:25.460
 speaks

00:23:25.460 --> 00:23:26.000
 he reveals

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 reality

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 left to

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 our own

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 devices

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 we've got

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 no

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 ability

00:23:29.300 --> 00:23:29.820
 as human

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 beings

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 don't care

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 how smart

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 we are

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 we've got

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 no ability

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 at all

00:23:34.320 --> 00:23:34.860
 to discover

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 reality

00:23:35.420 --> 00:23:36.020
 and truth

00:23:36.020 --> 00:23:36.560
 but God

00:23:36.560 --> 00:23:37.140
 has revealed

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 the way

00:23:37.620 --> 00:23:38.300
 things

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 simply

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 are

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 the one

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 who exists

00:23:42.040 --> 00:23:42.580
 in

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 inapproachable

00:23:43.800 --> 00:23:44.420
 light

00:23:44.420 --> 00:23:46.180
 has come

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 to us

00:23:46.760 --> 00:23:48.300
 and made

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 himself

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 known

00:23:49.080 --> 00:23:49.440
 so that

00:23:49.440 --> 00:23:49.680
 we are

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 not left

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 in the

00:23:50.360 --> 00:23:50.720
 darkness

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 and the

00:23:52.880 --> 00:23:53.279
 place

00:23:53.279 --> 00:23:53.539
 where

00:23:53.539 --> 00:23:54.299
 reality

00:23:54.299 --> 00:23:55.860
 the way

00:23:55.860 --> 00:23:56.120
 things

00:23:56.120 --> 00:23:56.440
 actually

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 are

00:23:56.880 --> 00:23:57.360
 and the

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 communication

00:23:58.000 --> 00:23:58.319
 of that

00:23:58.319 --> 00:23:58.860
 reality

00:23:58.860 --> 00:24:00.180
 come

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 together

00:24:00.700 --> 00:24:01.160
 in their

00:24:01.160 --> 00:24:01.440
 most

00:24:01.440 --> 00:24:01.980
 profound

00:24:01.980 --> 00:24:02.579
 sense

00:24:02.579 --> 00:24:03.720
 is in

00:24:03.720 --> 00:24:04.120
 the person

00:24:04.120 --> 00:24:04.400
 of the

00:24:04.400 --> 00:24:04.539
 Lord

00:24:04.539 --> 00:24:04.880
 Jesus

00:24:04.880 --> 00:24:06.680
 first

00:24:06.680 --> 00:24:07.460
 it's

00:24:07.460 --> 00:24:07.700
 because

00:24:07.700 --> 00:24:08.019
 Jesus

00:24:08.019 --> 00:24:08.460
 speaks

00:24:08.460 --> 00:24:08.900
 truth

00:24:08.900 --> 00:24:10.600
 Jesus

00:24:10.600 --> 00:24:11.180
 says this

00:24:11.180 --> 00:24:11.660
 in John

00:24:11.660 --> 00:24:12.220
 18

00:24:12.220 --> 00:24:12.539
 for I

00:24:12.539 --> 00:24:12.920
 came into

00:24:12.920 --> 00:24:13.380
 the world

00:24:13.380 --> 00:24:13.940
 to testify

00:24:13.940 --> 00:24:14.380
 to the

00:24:14.380 --> 00:24:14.799
 truth

00:24:14.799 --> 00:24:15.900
 everyone

00:24:15.900 --> 00:24:16.460
 on the

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 side

00:24:16.819 --> 00:24:17.539
 of truth

00:24:17.539 --> 00:24:18.519
 listens

00:24:18.519 --> 00:24:19.140
 to me

00:24:19.140 --> 00:24:23.020
 that is

00:24:23.020 --> 00:24:23.320
 Jesus

00:24:23.320 --> 00:24:23.680
 saying

00:24:23.680 --> 00:24:23.880
 here

00:24:23.880 --> 00:24:24.140
 that he

00:24:24.140 --> 00:24:24.600
 speaks

00:24:24.600 --> 00:24:25.140
 truth

00:24:25.140 --> 00:24:25.960
 when

00:24:25.960 --> 00:24:26.220
 Jesus

00:24:26.220 --> 00:24:26.700
 speaks

00:24:26.700 --> 00:24:26.880
 he

00:24:26.880 --> 00:24:27.259
 speaks

00:24:27.259 --> 00:24:27.820
 truth

00:24:27.820 --> 00:24:28.700
 he

00:24:28.700 --> 00:24:29.060
 came

00:24:29.060 --> 00:24:29.240
 to

00:24:29.240 --> 00:24:29.640
 testify

00:24:29.640 --> 00:24:29.900
 to

00:24:29.900 --> 00:24:30.280
 truth

00:24:30.280 --> 00:24:30.780
 and

00:24:30.780 --> 00:24:30.900
 if

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 you

00:24:31.000 --> 00:24:31.180
 want

00:24:31.180 --> 00:24:31.259
 to

00:24:31.259 --> 00:24:31.380
 know

00:24:31.380 --> 00:24:31.540
 what

00:24:31.540 --> 00:24:31.840
 truth

00:24:31.840 --> 00:24:32.360
 is

00:24:32.360 --> 00:24:32.820
 you

00:24:32.820 --> 00:24:33.000
 need

00:24:33.000 --> 00:24:33.120
 to

00:24:33.120 --> 00:24:33.360
 listen

00:24:33.360 --> 00:24:33.540
 to

00:24:33.540 --> 00:24:34.040
 Jesus

00:24:34.040 --> 00:24:34.660
 but

00:24:34.660 --> 00:24:34.800
 he

00:24:34.800 --> 00:24:35.020
 said

00:24:35.020 --> 00:24:35.320
 something

00:24:35.320 --> 00:24:35.800
 slightly

00:24:35.800 --> 00:24:36.060
 more

00:24:36.060 --> 00:24:36.580
 profound

00:24:36.580 --> 00:24:36.800
 than

00:24:36.800 --> 00:24:37.120
 that

00:24:37.120 --> 00:24:37.920
 in

00:24:37.920 --> 00:24:38.740
 John

00:24:38.740 --> 00:24:39.759
 14

00:24:39.759 --> 00:24:40.640
 I

00:24:40.640 --> 00:24:41.040
 am

00:24:41.040 --> 00:24:41.400
 the

00:24:41.400 --> 00:24:41.820
 way

00:24:41.820 --> 00:24:42.800
 the

00:24:42.800 --> 00:24:43.420
 truth

00:24:43.420 --> 00:24:44.259
 and

00:24:44.259 --> 00:24:44.600
 the

00:24:44.600 --> 00:24:45.120
 life

00:24:45.120 --> 00:24:45.960
 and

00:24:45.960 --> 00:24:46.160
 no

00:24:46.160 --> 00:24:46.300
 one

00:24:46.300 --> 00:24:46.580
 comes

00:24:46.580 --> 00:24:46.700
 to

00:24:46.700 --> 00:24:46.820
 the

00:24:46.820 --> 00:24:47.040
 father

00:24:47.040 --> 00:24:47.340
 except

00:24:47.340 --> 00:24:47.620
 through

00:24:47.620 --> 00:24:47.900
 me

00:24:47.900 --> 00:24:49.100
 he

00:24:49.100 --> 00:24:49.320
 says

00:24:49.320 --> 00:24:49.780
 I

00:24:49.780 --> 00:24:49.920
 don't

00:24:49.920 --> 00:24:50.080
 just

00:24:50.080 --> 00:24:50.360
 speak

00:24:50.360 --> 00:24:50.780
 truth

00:24:50.780 --> 00:24:51.700
 I

00:24:51.700 --> 00:24:52.140
 am

00:24:52.140 --> 00:24:53.600
 truth

00:24:53.600 --> 00:24:56.500
 the

00:24:56.500 --> 00:24:56.740
 most

00:24:56.740 --> 00:24:57.200
 ultimate

00:24:57.200 --> 00:24:57.960
 reason

00:24:57.960 --> 00:24:59.860
 why

00:24:59.860 --> 00:25:00.100
 he

00:25:00.100 --> 00:25:00.300
 could

00:25:00.300 --> 00:25:00.700
 say

00:25:00.700 --> 00:25:00.940
 that

00:25:00.940 --> 00:25:01.180
 he

00:25:01.180 --> 00:25:01.600
 was

00:25:01.600 --> 00:25:02.100
 the

00:25:02.100 --> 00:25:02.780
 truth

00:25:02.780 --> 00:25:05.100
 is

00:25:05.100 --> 00:25:05.360
 that

00:25:05.360 --> 00:25:05.580
 he

00:25:05.580 --> 00:25:06.019
 is

00:25:06.019 --> 00:25:07.060
 the

00:25:07.060 --> 00:25:07.500
 God

00:25:07.500 --> 00:25:09.480
 that's

00:25:09.480 --> 00:25:09.759
 why

00:25:09.759 --> 00:25:11.500
 and

00:25:11.500 --> 00:25:11.740
 that's

00:25:11.740 --> 00:25:11.900
 what

00:25:11.900 --> 00:25:12.200
 in fact

00:25:12.200 --> 00:25:12.460
 John

00:25:12.460 --> 00:25:12.660
 one

00:25:12.660 --> 00:25:13.259
 affirms

00:25:13.259 --> 00:25:13.420
 it

00:25:13.420 --> 00:25:13.580
 says

00:25:13.580 --> 00:25:13.700
 in

00:25:13.700 --> 00:25:13.780
 the

00:25:13.780 --> 00:25:14.180
 beginning

00:25:14.180 --> 00:25:14.800
 was

00:25:14.800 --> 00:25:14.960
 the

00:25:14.960 --> 00:25:15.400
 word

00:25:15.400 --> 00:25:15.940
 that

00:25:15.940 --> 00:25:16.140
 is

00:25:16.140 --> 00:25:16.280
 he

00:25:16.280 --> 00:25:16.680
 existed

00:25:16.680 --> 00:25:17.040
 before

00:25:17.040 --> 00:25:17.380
 anything

00:25:17.380 --> 00:25:17.640
 was

00:25:17.640 --> 00:25:17.980
 made

00:25:17.980 --> 00:25:18.380
 this

00:25:18.380 --> 00:25:18.660
 word

00:25:18.660 --> 00:25:18.960
 existed

00:25:18.960 --> 00:25:19.180
 before

00:25:19.180 --> 00:25:19.300
 anything

00:25:19.300 --> 00:25:19.440
 was

00:25:19.440 --> 00:25:19.720
 made

00:25:19.720 --> 00:25:20.140
 and

00:25:20.140 --> 00:25:20.260
 the

00:25:20.260 --> 00:25:20.480
 word

00:25:20.480 --> 00:25:20.660
 was

00:25:20.660 --> 00:25:20.920
 with

00:25:20.920 --> 00:25:21.300
 God

00:25:21.300 --> 00:25:21.500
 and

00:25:21.500 --> 00:25:21.640
 the

00:25:21.640 --> 00:25:21.840
 word

00:25:21.840 --> 00:25:22.220
 was

00:25:22.220 --> 00:25:22.680
 God

00:25:22.680 --> 00:25:23.100
 and

00:25:23.100 --> 00:25:23.220
 he

00:25:23.220 --> 00:25:23.380
 was

00:25:23.380 --> 00:25:23.600
 with

00:25:23.600 --> 00:25:23.820
 God

00:25:23.820 --> 00:25:23.900
 at

00:25:23.900 --> 00:25:24.000
 the

00:25:24.000 --> 00:25:24.280
 beginning

00:25:24.280 --> 00:25:24.460
 and

00:25:24.460 --> 00:25:24.700
 through

00:25:24.700 --> 00:25:24.960
 him

00:25:24.960 --> 00:25:25.320
 that's

00:25:25.320 --> 00:25:25.560
 through

00:25:25.560 --> 00:25:25.760
 the

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 word

00:25:26.200 --> 00:25:27.200
 all

00:25:27.200 --> 00:25:27.640
 things

00:25:27.640 --> 00:25:27.840
 were

00:25:27.840 --> 00:25:28.200
 made

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 without

00:25:28.440 --> 00:25:28.800
 him

00:25:28.800 --> 00:25:29.060
 nothing

00:25:29.060 --> 00:25:29.300
 was

00:25:29.300 --> 00:25:29.600
 made

00:25:29.600 --> 00:25:29.740
 that

00:25:29.740 --> 00:25:30.000
 has

00:25:30.000 --> 00:25:30.220
 been

00:25:30.220 --> 00:25:30.700
 made

00:25:30.700 --> 00:25:31.780
 and

00:25:31.780 --> 00:25:31.920
 then

00:25:31.920 --> 00:25:32.160
 down

00:25:32.160 --> 00:25:32.320
 in

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 verse

00:25:32.500 --> 00:25:33.080
 14

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 we

00:25:33.560 --> 00:25:33.760
 see

00:25:33.760 --> 00:25:34.060
 something

00:25:34.060 --> 00:25:34.700
 incredibly

00:25:34.700 --> 00:25:35.380
 startling

00:25:35.380 --> 00:25:36.200
 this

00:25:36.200 --> 00:25:36.780
 word

00:25:36.780 --> 00:25:37.040
 this

00:25:37.040 --> 00:25:37.500
 communication

00:25:37.500 --> 00:25:38.040
 of

00:25:38.040 --> 00:25:38.560
 reality

00:25:38.560 --> 00:25:38.840
 and

00:25:38.840 --> 00:25:38.960
 the

00:25:38.960 --> 00:25:39.320
 connection

00:25:39.320 --> 00:25:39.520
 of

00:25:39.520 --> 00:25:40.040
 reality

00:25:40.040 --> 00:25:41.100
 became

00:25:41.100 --> 00:25:41.800
 flesh

00:25:41.800 --> 00:25:42.460
 and

00:25:42.460 --> 00:25:42.559
 he

00:25:42.559 --> 00:25:43.140
 made

00:25:43.140 --> 00:25:43.460
 his

00:25:43.460 --> 00:25:43.819
 dwelling

00:25:43.819 --> 00:25:44.319
 amongst

00:25:44.319 --> 00:25:44.799
 us

00:25:44.799 --> 00:25:45.319
 we

00:25:45.319 --> 00:25:45.460
 have

00:25:45.460 --> 00:25:45.799
 seen

00:25:45.799 --> 00:25:46.019
 his

00:25:46.019 --> 00:25:46.340
 glory

00:25:46.340 --> 00:25:46.500
 the

00:25:46.500 --> 00:25:46.720
 glory

00:25:46.720 --> 00:25:46.840
 of

00:25:46.840 --> 00:25:46.920
 the

00:25:46.920 --> 00:25:47.079
 one

00:25:47.079 --> 00:25:47.200
 and

00:25:47.200 --> 00:25:47.440
 only

00:25:47.440 --> 00:25:47.579
 who

00:25:47.579 --> 00:25:47.860
 became

00:25:47.860 --> 00:25:48.039
 the

00:25:48.039 --> 00:25:48.360
 father

00:25:48.360 --> 00:25:48.819
 full

00:25:48.819 --> 00:25:49.079
 of

00:25:49.079 --> 00:25:49.500
 grace

00:25:49.500 --> 00:25:49.840
 and

00:25:49.840 --> 00:25:50.340
 truth

00:25:50.340 --> 00:25:51.700
 and

00:25:51.700 --> 00:25:52.000
 so

00:25:52.000 --> 00:25:52.559
 the

00:25:52.559 --> 00:25:52.900
 question

00:25:52.900 --> 00:25:53.100
 in

00:25:53.100 --> 00:25:53.259
 John

00:25:53.259 --> 00:25:53.460
 1

00:25:53.460 --> 00:25:53.620
 is

00:25:53.620 --> 00:25:53.860
 who

00:25:53.860 --> 00:25:54.180
 is

00:25:54.180 --> 00:25:54.740
 this

00:25:54.740 --> 00:25:55.400
 word

00:25:55.400 --> 00:25:55.980
 who

00:25:55.980 --> 00:25:56.360
 is

00:25:56.360 --> 00:25:56.980
 God

00:25:56.980 --> 00:25:57.779
 who

00:25:57.779 --> 00:25:58.220
 existed

00:25:58.220 --> 00:25:58.680
 before

00:25:58.680 --> 00:25:59.299
 creation

00:25:59.299 --> 00:25:59.819
 who

00:25:59.819 --> 00:26:00.360
 created

00:26:00.360 --> 00:26:00.920
 everything

00:26:00.920 --> 00:26:01.539
 and

00:26:01.539 --> 00:26:01.759
 this

00:26:01.759 --> 00:26:02.079
 word

00:26:02.079 --> 00:26:02.240
 who

00:26:02.240 --> 00:26:02.380
 is

00:26:02.380 --> 00:26:02.799
 full

00:26:02.799 --> 00:26:03.039
 of

00:26:03.039 --> 00:26:03.500
 grace

00:26:03.500 --> 00:26:03.840
 and

00:26:03.840 --> 00:26:04.440
 truth

00:26:04.440 --> 00:26:06.880
 verse

00:26:06.880 --> 00:26:07.340
 15

00:26:07.340 --> 00:26:07.720
 John

00:26:07.720 --> 00:26:08.380
 testifies

00:26:08.380 --> 00:26:08.880
 concerning

00:26:08.880 --> 00:26:09.100
 him

00:26:09.100 --> 00:26:09.480
 he cries

00:26:09.480 --> 00:26:09.840
 out

00:26:09.839 --> 00:26:32.759
 truth

00:26:32.759 --> 00:26:32.939
 and

00:26:32.939 --> 00:26:33.359
 reality

00:26:33.359 --> 00:26:34.559
 the

00:26:34.559 --> 00:26:34.839
 way

00:26:34.839 --> 00:26:35.299
 things

00:26:35.299 --> 00:26:35.939
 actually

00:26:35.939 --> 00:26:36.599
 are

00:26:36.599 --> 00:26:41.279
 that's

00:26:41.279 --> 00:26:41.439
 why

00:26:41.439 --> 00:26:41.779
 Jesus

00:26:41.779 --> 00:26:42.079
 has

00:26:42.079 --> 00:26:42.519
 authority

00:26:42.519 --> 00:26:43.399
 over

00:26:43.399 --> 00:26:44.000
 all

00:26:44.000 --> 00:26:44.480
 things

00:26:44.480 --> 00:26:45.419
 as

00:26:45.419 --> 00:26:45.839
 Philippians

00:26:45.839 --> 00:26:46.079
 2

00:26:46.079 --> 00:26:46.500
 says

00:26:46.500 --> 00:26:47.699
 he

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 doesn't

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 just

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 speak

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 the

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 word

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 of

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 God

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 he

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 doesn't

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 just

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 speak

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 the

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 truth

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 he

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 is

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 the

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 word

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 of

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 God

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 he

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 is

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 the

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 truth

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 he

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 is

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 God

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 the

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 place

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 where

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 reality

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 and

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 the

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 communication

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 of

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 that

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 reality

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 come

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 together

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 in the

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 most

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 profound

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 sense

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 is

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 in

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 the

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 person

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 of

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 Jesus

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 and

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 Jesus

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 himself

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 endorsed

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 the

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 message

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 of

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 Psalm

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 119

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 verse

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 60

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 when

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 he

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 says

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 in

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 Matthew

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 5

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 do

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 not

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 think

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 that

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 I've

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 come

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 to

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 abolish

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 the

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 law

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 of

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 the

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 prophets

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 I've

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 not

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 come

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 to

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 abolish

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 them

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 but

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 to

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 fulfill

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 them

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 I

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 tell you

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 the

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 truth

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 until

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 heaven

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 and

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 earth

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 disappear

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 not

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 the

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 smallest

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 letter

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 not

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 the

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 least

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 stroke

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 of

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 pen

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 will

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 by

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 any

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 means

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 disappear

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 from

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 the

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 law

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 until

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 everything

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 is

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 accomplished

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 in

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 is

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 that

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 the

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 whole

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 Old

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 Testament

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 is

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 pointing

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 to

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 him

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 all

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 of

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 God's

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 revelation

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 of

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 reality

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 and

00:27:43.119 --> 00:27:43.460
 truth

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 is

00:27:43.660 --> 00:27:44.019
 pointing

00:27:44.019 --> 00:27:44.180
 in

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 the

00:27:44.279 --> 00:27:44.579
 person

00:27:44.579 --> 00:27:44.759
 of

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 Jesus

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 the

00:27:48.859 --> 00:27:49.259
 Bible

00:27:49.259 --> 00:27:49.819
 as

00:27:49.819 --> 00:27:49.960
 the

00:27:49.960 --> 00:27:50.160
 word

00:27:50.160 --> 00:27:50.299
 of

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 God

00:27:50.700 --> 00:27:51.339
 is

00:27:51.339 --> 00:27:51.519
 where

00:27:51.519 --> 00:27:51.700
 we

00:27:51.700 --> 00:27:51.920
 have

00:27:51.920 --> 00:27:52.200
 God

00:27:52.200 --> 00:27:52.680
 revealing

00:27:52.680 --> 00:27:52.879
 the

00:27:52.879 --> 00:27:53.099
 way

00:27:53.099 --> 00:27:53.539
 things

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 actually

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 are

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 and

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 so

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 the

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 assertion

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 I'll

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 make

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 and

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 I'm

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 happy

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 to

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 argue

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 this

00:27:58.680 --> 00:27:58.940
 in

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 much

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 more

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 detail

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 you

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 can

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 buy

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 one

00:28:01.779 --> 00:28:02.059
 book

00:28:02.059 --> 00:28:02.359
 on

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 scripture

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 alone

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 it's

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 got

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 491

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 pages

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 in

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 it

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 it's

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 massive

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 so

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 trying to

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 summarize

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 a little

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 bit

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 66

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 books

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 of

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 the

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 Bible

00:28:10.720 --> 00:28:11.140
 with

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 Jesus

00:28:11.519 --> 00:28:11.920
 at

00:28:11.920 --> 00:28:12.160
 the

00:28:12.160 --> 00:28:12.519
 center

00:28:12.519 --> 00:28:13.279
 is

00:28:13.279 --> 00:28:14.359
 truth

00:28:14.359 --> 00:28:15.019
 that

00:28:15.019 --> 00:28:15.220
 is

00:28:15.220 --> 00:28:15.940
 absolute

00:28:15.940 --> 00:28:16.720
 revealed

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 to

00:28:16.980 --> 00:28:17.420
 us

00:28:17.420 --> 00:28:18.240
 from

00:28:18.240 --> 00:28:18.460
 a

00:28:18.460 --> 00:28:18.799
 God

00:28:18.799 --> 00:28:19.000
 who

00:28:19.000 --> 00:28:19.539
 defines

00:28:19.539 --> 00:28:19.920
 all

00:28:19.920 --> 00:28:20.620
 things

00:28:20.620 --> 00:28:21.440
 who

00:28:21.440 --> 00:28:21.940
 creates

00:28:21.940 --> 00:28:22.220
 all

00:28:22.220 --> 00:28:22.559
 things

00:28:22.559 --> 00:28:22.759
 who

00:28:22.759 --> 00:28:23.279
 sustains

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 all

00:28:23.559 --> 00:28:24.039
 things

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 it's

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 truth

00:28:27.980 --> 00:28:30.259
 and

00:28:30.259 --> 00:28:30.539
 Jesus

00:28:30.539 --> 00:28:30.880
 says

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 this

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 about

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 the

00:28:31.559 --> 00:28:32.000
 truth

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 it

00:28:34.880 --> 00:28:35.000
 will

00:28:35.000 --> 00:28:35.279
 set

00:28:35.279 --> 00:28:35.480
 you

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 free

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 it's

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 about

00:28:38.079 --> 00:28:38.680
 liberation

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 it's

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 not

00:28:39.019 --> 00:28:39.240
 about

00:28:39.240 --> 00:28:39.819
 bondage

00:28:39.819 --> 00:28:41.579
 it's

00:28:41.579 --> 00:28:41.700
 not

00:28:41.700 --> 00:28:41.859
 about

00:28:41.859 --> 00:28:42.059
 having

00:28:42.059 --> 00:28:42.240
 a

00:28:42.240 --> 00:28:42.519
 God

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 who

00:28:42.680 --> 00:28:42.859
 is

00:28:42.859 --> 00:28:43.299
 ogre

00:28:43.299 --> 00:28:43.599
 over

00:28:43.599 --> 00:28:43.759
 the

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 top

00:28:43.920 --> 00:28:44.039
 of

00:28:44.039 --> 00:28:44.200
 all

00:28:44.200 --> 00:28:44.619
 things

00:28:44.619 --> 00:28:45.059
 the

00:28:45.059 --> 00:28:45.460
 gospel

00:28:45.460 --> 00:28:45.660
 that

00:28:45.660 --> 00:28:45.779
 he

00:28:45.779 --> 00:28:46.240
 came

00:28:46.240 --> 00:28:46.599
 the

00:28:46.599 --> 00:28:46.960
 truth

00:28:46.960 --> 00:28:47.099
 that

00:28:47.099 --> 00:28:47.160
 he

00:28:47.160 --> 00:28:47.640
 revealed

00:28:47.640 --> 00:28:48.140
 is

00:28:48.140 --> 00:28:48.400
 that

00:28:48.400 --> 00:28:48.960
 we

00:28:48.960 --> 00:28:49.299
 as

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 sinners

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 have

00:28:50.779 --> 00:28:50.980
 been

00:28:50.980 --> 00:28:51.619
 saved

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 through

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 the

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 glorious

00:28:53.519 --> 00:28:54.000
 work

00:28:54.000 --> 00:28:54.140
 of

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 Jesus

00:28:54.359 --> 00:28:54.619
 on

00:28:54.619 --> 00:28:54.740
 the

00:28:54.740 --> 00:28:54.980
 cross

00:28:54.980 --> 00:28:55.099
 and

00:28:55.099 --> 00:28:55.220
 his

00:28:55.220 --> 00:28:55.680
 resurrection

00:28:55.680 --> 00:28:57.299
 and

00:28:57.299 --> 00:28:57.400
 so

00:28:57.400 --> 00:28:57.539
 the

00:28:57.539 --> 00:28:57.799
 Bible

00:28:57.799 --> 00:28:58.000
 is

00:28:58.000 --> 00:28:58.140
 where

00:28:58.140 --> 00:28:58.360
 God

00:28:58.360 --> 00:28:58.860
 speaks

00:28:58.860 --> 00:28:59.039
 what

00:28:59.039 --> 00:28:59.180
 is

00:28:59.180 --> 00:28:59.580
 real

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 what

00:28:59.980 --> 00:29:00.080
 is

00:29:00.080 --> 00:29:00.600
 absolute

00:29:00.600 --> 00:29:01.380
 and

00:29:01.380 --> 00:29:01.560
 so

00:29:01.560 --> 00:29:01.799
 it's

00:29:01.799 --> 00:29:02.200
 true

00:29:02.200 --> 00:29:03.360
 the

00:29:03.360 --> 00:29:03.620
 Bible

00:29:03.620 --> 00:29:03.820
 is

00:29:03.820 --> 00:29:03.920
 the

00:29:03.920 --> 00:29:04.060
 way

00:29:04.060 --> 00:29:04.200
 that

00:29:04.200 --> 00:29:04.420
 God

00:29:04.420 --> 00:29:04.560
 the

00:29:04.560 --> 00:29:04.820
 ultimate

00:29:04.820 --> 00:29:05.180
 all

00:29:05.180 --> 00:29:05.600
 important

00:29:05.600 --> 00:29:06.220
 reality

00:29:06.220 --> 00:29:07.080
 reveals

00:29:07.080 --> 00:29:07.420
 himself

00:29:07.420 --> 00:29:07.799
 to

00:29:07.799 --> 00:29:08.120
 us

00:29:08.120 --> 00:29:08.400
 with

00:29:08.400 --> 00:29:08.820
 clarity

00:29:08.820 --> 00:29:09.000
 and

00:29:09.000 --> 00:29:09.120
 with

00:29:09.120 --> 00:29:09.539
 authority

00:29:09.539 --> 00:29:09.980
 today

00:29:09.980 --> 00:29:10.660
 if

00:29:10.660 --> 00:29:10.920
 God

00:29:10.920 --> 00:29:11.060
 is

00:29:11.060 --> 00:29:11.259
 more

00:29:11.259 --> 00:29:11.560
 important

00:29:11.560 --> 00:29:11.680
 than

00:29:11.680 --> 00:29:12.000
 anything

00:29:12.000 --> 00:29:12.440
 else

00:29:12.440 --> 00:29:12.880
 then

00:29:12.880 --> 00:29:13.060
 the

00:29:13.060 --> 00:29:13.420
 Bible

00:29:13.420 --> 00:29:13.960
 is

00:29:13.960 --> 00:29:14.120
 more

00:29:14.120 --> 00:29:14.380
 important

00:29:14.380 --> 00:29:14.519
 than

00:29:14.519 --> 00:29:14.759
 anything

00:29:14.759 --> 00:29:15.000
 but

00:29:15.000 --> 00:29:15.420
 God

00:29:15.420 --> 00:29:16.140
 and

00:29:16.140 --> 00:29:16.320
 what

00:29:16.320 --> 00:29:16.460
 we

00:29:16.460 --> 00:29:16.680
 need

00:29:16.680 --> 00:29:16.799
 to

00:29:16.799 --> 00:29:17.240
 embrace

00:29:17.240 --> 00:29:17.420
 what

00:29:17.420 --> 00:29:17.539
 we

00:29:17.539 --> 00:29:17.660
 need

00:29:17.660 --> 00:29:17.740
 to

00:29:17.740 --> 00:29:17.880
 be

00:29:17.880 --> 00:29:18.320
 confident

00:29:18.320 --> 00:29:18.640
 in

00:29:18.640 --> 00:29:19.000
 is

00:29:19.000 --> 00:29:19.180
 the

00:29:19.180 --> 00:29:19.580
 whole

00:29:19.580 --> 00:29:19.900
 word

00:29:19.900 --> 00:29:20.060
 of

00:29:20.060 --> 00:29:20.360
 God

00:29:20.360 --> 00:29:20.660
 as

00:29:20.660 --> 00:29:21.240
 truth

00:29:21.240 --> 00:29:21.660
 with

00:29:21.660 --> 00:29:21.799
 the

00:29:21.799 --> 00:29:22.019
 Lord

00:29:22.019 --> 00:29:22.320
 Jesus

00:29:22.320 --> 00:29:22.500
 at

00:29:22.500 --> 00:29:22.700
 the

00:29:22.700 --> 00:29:23.039
 center

00:29:23.039 --> 00:29:23.360
 of

00:29:23.360 --> 00:29:23.539
 that

00:29:23.539 --> 00:29:23.980
 truth

00:29:23.980 --> 00:29:24.380
 and

00:29:24.380 --> 00:29:24.600
 the

00:29:24.600 --> 00:29:25.120
 gospel

00:29:25.120 --> 00:29:25.720
 the

00:29:25.720 --> 00:29:26.259
 glorious

00:29:26.259 --> 00:29:26.720
 gospel

00:29:26.720 --> 00:29:26.960
 that

00:29:26.960 --> 00:29:27.240
 sets

00:29:27.240 --> 00:29:27.440
 us

00:29:27.440 --> 00:29:27.920
 free

00:29:27.920 --> 00:29:28.400
 from

00:29:28.400 --> 00:29:28.779
 all

00:29:28.779 --> 00:29:28.900
 of

00:29:28.900 --> 00:29:29.039
 our

00:29:29.039 --> 00:29:29.420
 bondage

00:29:29.420 --> 00:29:29.600
 to

00:29:29.600 --> 00:29:29.779
 sin

00:29:29.779 --> 00:29:29.920
 and

00:29:29.920 --> 00:29:30.440
 darkness

00:29:30.440 --> 00:29:32.420
 is

00:29:32.420 --> 00:29:32.519
 at

00:29:32.519 --> 00:29:32.660
 the

00:29:32.660 --> 00:29:32.900
 center

00:29:32.900 --> 00:29:34.360
 the

00:29:34.360 --> 00:29:34.580
 God

00:29:34.580 --> 00:29:34.720
 who

00:29:34.720 --> 00:29:34.960
 made

00:29:34.960 --> 00:29:35.460
 everything

00:29:35.460 --> 00:29:36.320
 controls

00:29:36.320 --> 00:29:36.840
 everything

00:29:36.840 --> 00:29:37.180
 has a

00:29:37.180 --> 00:29:37.440
 purpose

00:29:37.440 --> 00:29:37.600
 for

00:29:37.600 --> 00:29:37.880
 everything

00:29:37.880 --> 00:29:38.539
 this

00:29:38.539 --> 00:29:38.820
 is

00:29:38.820 --> 00:29:38.980
 the

00:29:38.980 --> 00:29:39.259
 God

00:29:39.259 --> 00:29:39.380
 who

00:29:39.380 --> 00:29:39.539
 has

00:29:39.539 --> 00:29:40.000
 spoken

00:29:40.000 --> 00:29:40.600
 and

00:29:40.600 --> 00:29:40.759
 in

00:29:40.759 --> 00:29:40.960
 2

00:29:40.960 --> 00:29:41.380
 Timothy

00:29:41.380 --> 00:29:41.779
 3

00:29:41.779 --> 00:29:42.220
 16

00:29:42.220 --> 00:29:42.460
 it

00:29:42.460 --> 00:29:42.660
 says

00:29:42.660 --> 00:29:42.840
 that

00:29:42.840 --> 00:29:43.120
 all

00:29:43.120 --> 00:29:43.560
 scripture

00:29:43.560 --> 00:29:44.080
 is

00:29:44.080 --> 00:29:44.560
 God

00:29:44.560 --> 00:29:44.960
 breathed

00:29:44.960 --> 00:29:45.100
 that

00:29:45.100 --> 00:29:45.299
 comes

00:29:49.180 --> 00:29:59.100
 it

00:29:59.100 --> 00:30:00.160
 all

00:30:00.160 --> 00:30:00.420
 came

00:30:00.420 --> 00:30:01.900
 from

00:30:01.900 --> 00:30:02.259
 him

00:30:02.259 --> 00:30:06.000
 and

00:30:06.000 --> 00:30:06.360
 is

00:30:06.360 --> 00:30:06.539
 not

00:30:06.539 --> 00:30:06.799
 left

00:30:06.799 --> 00:30:06.960
 without

00:30:06.960 --> 00:30:09.200
 the

00:30:09.200 --> 00:30:09.640
 revelation

00:30:09.640 --> 00:30:09.840
 the

00:30:09.840 --> 00:30:10.019
 way

00:30:10.019 --> 00:30:10.180
 of

00:30:10.180 --> 00:30:10.620
 salvation

00:30:10.620 --> 00:30:11.340
 what

00:30:11.340 --> 00:30:11.620
 we

00:30:11.620 --> 00:30:12.120
 have

00:30:12.120 --> 00:30:12.759
 hopefully

00:30:12.759 --> 00:30:13.060
 you've

00:30:13.060 --> 00:30:13.279
 got

00:30:13.279 --> 00:30:13.420
 in

00:30:13.420 --> 00:30:13.580
 your

00:30:13.580 --> 00:30:13.900
 hands

00:30:13.900 --> 00:30:14.160
 right

00:30:14.160 --> 00:30:14.580
 now

00:30:14.580 --> 00:30:14.880
 is

00:30:14.880 --> 00:30:15.299
 simply

00:30:15.299 --> 00:30:16.080
 priceless

00:30:16.079 --> 00:30:21.359
 and if we could awaken our hearts

00:30:21.359 --> 00:30:25.059
 and our minds

00:30:25.059 --> 00:30:29.439
 that this is with confidence

00:30:29.439 --> 00:30:30.500
 that this is so

00:30:30.500 --> 00:30:32.879
 just imagine how we would live our lives

00:30:32.879 --> 00:30:34.839
 just imagine how we would navigate

00:30:34.839 --> 00:30:37.740
 the complexities of life in this world

00:30:37.740 --> 00:30:39.799
 that we see on Facebook and Twitter

00:30:39.799 --> 00:30:41.699
 and the political scene

00:30:41.699 --> 00:30:43.779
 just imagine how we would navigate

00:30:43.779 --> 00:30:45.039
 the relational issues

00:30:45.039 --> 00:30:46.940
 the implication for our lives

00:30:46.940 --> 00:30:48.159
 would be countless and vital

00:30:48.159 --> 00:30:51.559
 God has not left us

00:30:51.559 --> 00:30:54.480
 without a way to measure

00:30:54.480 --> 00:30:57.019
 every single vital thing

00:30:57.019 --> 00:30:58.399
 that we face in this life

00:30:58.399 --> 00:31:02.039
 he reveals himself only so much

00:31:02.039 --> 00:31:05.039
 and in so far as he thinks is necessary

00:31:05.039 --> 00:31:07.859
 for us to know him for our salvation and life

00:31:07.859 --> 00:31:11.279
 but everything that's vital

00:31:11.279 --> 00:31:11.960
 he touches

00:31:11.960 --> 00:31:15.440
 either directly or by implication

00:31:15.440 --> 00:31:19.660
 the Bible is God's provision for us

00:31:19.660 --> 00:31:21.579
 it is sufficient for life and faith

00:31:21.579 --> 00:31:24.279
 everything we face in this Bible

00:31:24.279 --> 00:31:25.960
 is touched in the Bible

00:31:25.960 --> 00:31:30.660
 I've got no doubt that there are plenty things

00:31:30.660 --> 00:31:33.559
 that we need to know about

00:31:33.559 --> 00:31:37.639
 but the Bible is the sun of the solar system

00:31:37.639 --> 00:31:38.759
 of all learning

00:31:38.759 --> 00:31:40.179
 it gives light

00:31:40.179 --> 00:31:41.259
 it gives perspective

00:31:41.259 --> 00:31:42.879
 it gives meaning

00:31:42.879 --> 00:31:45.299
 its truth needs to permeate everything

00:31:45.299 --> 00:31:47.419
 it's not one

00:31:47.419 --> 00:31:50.960
 it's not one among many books

00:31:50.960 --> 00:31:53.299
 it's the central book

00:31:53.299 --> 00:31:56.659
 all ideas will be judged by this book

00:31:56.659 --> 00:31:58.579
 this book will be known first and better

00:31:58.579 --> 00:32:00.000
 than all other books

00:32:00.000 --> 00:32:01.359
 and all other ideas

00:32:01.359 --> 00:32:03.140
 and all other information

00:32:03.140 --> 00:32:05.559
 but hear the warning of John 5

00:32:05.559 --> 00:32:09.039
 Jesus said in John 5

00:32:09.039 --> 00:32:11.019
 to the religious elite

00:32:11.019 --> 00:32:12.640
 you diligently study the scriptures

00:32:12.640 --> 00:32:14.059
 because you think that by them

00:32:14.059 --> 00:32:16.079
 you will possess eternal life

00:32:16.079 --> 00:32:20.259
 these are the scriptures that testify about me

00:32:20.259 --> 00:32:22.980
 and yet you refuse to come to me

00:32:22.980 --> 00:32:23.859
 to have life

00:32:23.859 --> 00:32:27.140
 it is possible to search the Bible for God

00:32:27.140 --> 00:32:27.860
 and miss God

00:32:27.860 --> 00:32:32.460
 it is possible to be fluent in the scriptures

00:32:32.460 --> 00:32:34.120
 to be able to quote scriptures offhand

00:32:34.120 --> 00:32:36.860
 and yet totally miss relationship with God

00:32:36.860 --> 00:32:37.700
 in the whole process

00:32:37.700 --> 00:32:43.420
 if we pursue knowledge of God for its own sake

00:32:43.420 --> 00:32:45.220
 it is bound to go bad for us

00:32:45.220 --> 00:32:46.240
 it will make us proud

00:32:46.240 --> 00:32:47.340
 it will make us conceited

00:32:47.340 --> 00:32:48.220
 you can always tell

00:32:48.220 --> 00:32:50.060
 if someone's proud or conceited

00:32:50.060 --> 00:32:51.100
 in terms of their knowledge of God

00:32:51.100 --> 00:32:52.640
 it comes out in the way of their attitude

00:32:52.640 --> 00:32:55.759
 as theologian J.R. Packer has written

00:32:55.759 --> 00:32:58.200
 to be preoccupied with getting biblical knowledge

00:32:58.200 --> 00:32:59.720
 as an end in itself

00:32:59.720 --> 00:33:02.120
 to approach Bible study

00:33:02.120 --> 00:33:03.420
 with no higher motive

00:33:03.420 --> 00:33:05.759
 than a desire to know all the answers

00:33:05.759 --> 00:33:08.100
 is the direct route

00:33:08.100 --> 00:33:12.140
 to a state of self-satisfied self-deception

00:33:12.140 --> 00:33:17.480
 it's not good enough just to know your Bible

00:33:17.480 --> 00:33:20.060
 we must know the God of the Bible

00:33:20.059 --> 00:33:23.099
 so what's the ultimate aim

00:33:23.099 --> 00:33:25.980
 in wanting to know God through the Bible

00:33:25.980 --> 00:33:30.619
 the supreme desire of the writer of Psalm 119

00:33:30.619 --> 00:33:33.139
 was to know and enjoy God himself

00:33:33.139 --> 00:33:35.539
 and he valued knowledge about God

00:33:35.539 --> 00:33:37.299
 simply as a means to that end

00:33:37.299 --> 00:33:39.099
 he wanted to know about God

00:33:39.099 --> 00:33:40.659
 in order to know God

00:33:40.659 --> 00:33:42.440
 he wanted to know the truth about God

00:33:42.440 --> 00:33:44.240
 so that his heart might respond to

00:33:44.240 --> 00:33:46.740
 and his life might be conformed to him

00:33:46.740 --> 00:33:49.980
 it is not good enough to simply know your Bible

00:33:49.980 --> 00:33:55.079
 our aim is in seeking to know Jesus

00:33:55.079 --> 00:33:57.880
 and to be led to Jesus

00:33:57.880 --> 00:33:59.860
 and in being led to Jesus

00:33:59.860 --> 00:34:01.420
 have life in Jesus

00:34:01.420 --> 00:34:05.460
 our concern must be to enlarge our acquaintance with God

00:34:05.460 --> 00:34:07.259
 who defines all things

00:34:07.259 --> 00:34:08.539
 and so one tip

00:34:08.539 --> 00:34:10.639
 if I can just go here a little bit practical

00:34:10.639 --> 00:34:13.960
 one tip on how to turn your knowledge about God

00:34:13.960 --> 00:34:16.340
 into a knowledge of God

00:34:16.340 --> 00:34:18.679
 is by both

00:34:18.679 --> 00:34:23.179
 and I think this is demanding and simple at the same time

00:34:23.179 --> 00:34:23.900
 so here it is

00:34:23.900 --> 00:34:26.579
 turn every truth

00:34:26.579 --> 00:34:30.179
 that we learn about God

00:34:30.179 --> 00:34:34.340
 into a matter of meditation before God

00:34:34.340 --> 00:34:39.039
 leading to prayer and praise to God

00:34:39.039 --> 00:34:42.039
 say it again

00:34:42.039 --> 00:34:45.659
 turn every truth that we learn about God

00:34:45.659 --> 00:34:48.460
 into a matter of meditation before God

00:34:48.460 --> 00:34:51.820
 leading to prayer and praise to God

00:34:51.820 --> 00:34:55.980
 meditation is simply the activity of calling to mind

00:34:55.980 --> 00:34:57.460
 and lingering over and dwelling on

00:34:57.460 --> 00:34:58.559
 and applying yourself

00:34:58.559 --> 00:35:01.139
 what you've learnt from the Bible

00:35:01.139 --> 00:35:04.360
 about the works, the ways, the purpose, the promises

00:35:04.360 --> 00:35:05.539
 and the character of God

00:35:05.539 --> 00:35:07.079
 and the effect

00:35:07.079 --> 00:35:09.660
 will be to humble us

00:35:09.660 --> 00:35:13.160
 as we contemplate God's greatness and glory

00:35:13.160 --> 00:35:14.860
 in our own smallness

00:35:14.860 --> 00:35:16.840
 our own sinfulness

00:35:16.840 --> 00:35:19.700
 and to encourage and to comfort us

00:35:19.700 --> 00:35:20.579
 and reassure us

00:35:20.579 --> 00:35:22.940
 as we contemplate the unsearchable riches

00:35:22.940 --> 00:35:25.400
 of God's mercy to us in Jesus

00:35:25.400 --> 00:35:30.340
 there's so much more that could be said

00:35:30.340 --> 00:35:34.240
 the church of the middle ages

00:35:34.240 --> 00:35:37.400
 cut people off from the word of God

00:35:37.400 --> 00:35:42.579
 they cut people off from the word of God

00:35:42.579 --> 00:35:44.980
 and therefore they cut people off from God

00:35:44.980 --> 00:35:50.039
 it was a capital crime in the 1400s

00:35:50.039 --> 00:35:52.640
 in Britain to translate the scriptures

00:35:52.640 --> 00:35:54.960
 into the language of the people

00:35:54.960 --> 00:35:57.140
 a capital crime

00:35:57.139 --> 00:35:59.859
 they burn people alive

00:35:59.859 --> 00:36:01.799
 for even reading fragments

00:36:01.799 --> 00:36:03.659
 of the English Bible

00:36:03.659 --> 00:36:05.159
 taking a page out of the Bible

00:36:05.159 --> 00:36:06.460
 I mean just a page

00:36:06.460 --> 00:36:08.799
 you got burnt at the stake for that

00:36:08.799 --> 00:36:09.879
 including children

00:36:09.879 --> 00:36:12.599
 they burnt children at the stake

00:36:12.599 --> 00:36:15.420
 it was an evil

00:36:15.420 --> 00:36:18.679
 that ultimately descended people

00:36:18.679 --> 00:36:20.099
 into darkness and fear

00:36:20.099 --> 00:36:24.039
 but Martin Luther

00:36:24.039 --> 00:36:26.460
 as a German monk

00:36:26.460 --> 00:36:28.139
 had access to the Bible

00:36:28.139 --> 00:36:30.199
 he could read Latin

00:36:30.199 --> 00:36:32.240
 and he discovered something

00:36:32.240 --> 00:36:33.820
 in his reading of the Bible

00:36:33.820 --> 00:36:36.880
 something that he had not heard

00:36:36.880 --> 00:36:37.599
 from the priests

00:36:37.599 --> 00:36:38.840
 something he had not heard

00:36:38.840 --> 00:36:40.800
 from the official doctrines

00:36:40.800 --> 00:36:41.599
 of the church

00:36:41.599 --> 00:36:44.980
 and it was simply this

00:36:44.980 --> 00:36:47.740
 sinners are attractive

00:36:47.740 --> 00:36:49.679
 because they are loved

00:36:49.679 --> 00:36:51.800
 they are not loved

00:36:51.800 --> 00:36:53.019
 because they are attractive

00:36:53.019 --> 00:36:57.440
 he read that in Romans

00:36:57.440 --> 00:37:00.039
 and joy filled his heart

00:37:00.039 --> 00:37:04.940
 Luther discovered in the Bible

00:37:04.940 --> 00:37:06.300
 that God is glorious

00:37:06.300 --> 00:37:07.559
 that he is beautiful

00:37:07.559 --> 00:37:08.340
 that he is good

00:37:08.340 --> 00:37:09.059
 that he is kind

00:37:09.059 --> 00:37:09.759
 that he is generous

00:37:09.759 --> 00:37:10.739
 he discovered

00:37:10.739 --> 00:37:14.219
 it was possible to know God

00:37:14.219 --> 00:37:16.099
 and enjoy him through his word

00:37:16.099 --> 00:37:18.679
 and this year

00:37:18.679 --> 00:37:19.380
 we celebrate

00:37:19.380 --> 00:37:20.679
 500 years

00:37:20.679 --> 00:37:22.119
 since

00:37:22.119 --> 00:37:23.699
 that discovery

00:37:23.699 --> 00:37:24.360
 went public

00:37:24.360 --> 00:37:27.619
 it was all about

00:37:27.619 --> 00:37:28.299
 the recovery

00:37:28.299 --> 00:37:30.500
 of beautiful truth

00:37:30.500 --> 00:37:32.480
 that has changed

00:37:32.480 --> 00:37:33.219
 Luther's life

00:37:33.219 --> 00:37:34.360
 and changed the lives

00:37:34.360 --> 00:37:35.639
 of millions of people

00:37:35.639 --> 00:37:36.480
 around this world

00:37:36.480 --> 00:37:37.739
 from all different cultures

00:37:37.739 --> 00:37:38.400
 and backgrounds

00:37:38.400 --> 00:37:40.679
 even from kids

00:37:40.679 --> 00:37:42.360
 as 2 Timothy says

00:37:42.360 --> 00:37:44.120
 even from your infancy

00:37:44.120 --> 00:37:45.740
 you could know

00:37:45.740 --> 00:37:46.640
 the way of salvation

00:37:46.640 --> 00:37:48.920
 so may we be thankful

00:37:48.920 --> 00:37:50.260
 that we have the scriptures

00:37:50.260 --> 00:37:51.760
 in our language

00:37:51.760 --> 00:37:53.099
 and that we can know them

00:37:53.099 --> 00:37:54.640
 and that they can make us

00:37:54.640 --> 00:37:55.700
 wise for salvation

00:37:55.700 --> 00:37:57.519
 and one of our commitments

00:37:57.519 --> 00:37:58.220
 as a church

00:37:58.220 --> 00:37:58.980
 standing in that

00:37:58.980 --> 00:38:00.019
 500 year tradition

00:38:00.019 --> 00:38:00.940
 is written on the board

00:38:00.940 --> 00:38:01.440
 out there

00:38:01.440 --> 00:38:03.000
 Christ centred

00:38:03.000 --> 00:38:04.160
 Bible saturation

00:38:04.160 --> 00:38:05.460
 is a core value

00:38:05.460 --> 00:38:06.160
 of our church

00:38:06.160 --> 00:38:08.400
 it says that

00:38:08.400 --> 00:38:10.780
 we value individual

00:38:10.780 --> 00:38:11.320
 and corporate

00:38:11.320 --> 00:38:12.180
 biblical reflection

00:38:12.180 --> 00:38:12.820
 and assessment

00:38:12.820 --> 00:38:14.160
 of life and ministry

00:38:14.160 --> 00:38:15.100
 of authority

00:38:15.100 --> 00:38:15.880
 of Bible teaching

00:38:15.880 --> 00:38:16.360
 and preaching

00:38:16.360 --> 00:38:17.059
 over reason

00:38:17.059 --> 00:38:17.580
 experience

00:38:17.580 --> 00:38:18.220
 and tradition

00:38:18.220 --> 00:38:19.240
 the God

00:38:19.240 --> 00:38:20.039
 centredness

00:38:20.039 --> 00:38:21.880
 of all biblical truth

00:38:21.880 --> 00:38:23.960
 passing on to the next generation

00:38:23.960 --> 00:38:25.100
 of biblically informed

00:38:25.100 --> 00:38:26.039
 love for God

00:38:26.039 --> 00:38:27.140
 every believer

00:38:27.140 --> 00:38:28.140
 taking responsibility

00:38:28.140 --> 00:38:29.220
 to be spiritually

00:38:29.220 --> 00:38:30.519
 and physically prepared

00:38:30.519 --> 00:38:31.420
 to listen

00:38:31.420 --> 00:38:32.039
 and obey

00:38:32.039 --> 00:38:33.400
 as God's word is taught

00:38:33.400 --> 00:38:34.400
 every believer

00:38:34.400 --> 00:38:35.280
 having a vital

00:38:35.280 --> 00:38:36.720
 personal study time

00:38:36.720 --> 00:38:37.780
 where the Bible

00:38:37.780 --> 00:38:38.519
 is read

00:38:38.519 --> 00:38:40.000
 meditated on

00:38:40.000 --> 00:38:40.600
 memorized

00:38:40.599 --> 00:38:41.460
 prayed over

00:38:41.460 --> 00:38:42.599
 and obeyed

00:38:42.599 --> 00:38:44.219
 so let me just

00:38:44.219 --> 00:38:45.239
 stand aside here

00:38:45.239 --> 00:38:45.940
 very quickly

00:38:45.940 --> 00:38:46.639
 we're signing up

00:38:46.639 --> 00:38:47.380
 for community groups

00:38:47.380 --> 00:38:48.139
 the core thing

00:38:48.139 --> 00:38:49.299
 we do in community groups

00:38:49.299 --> 00:38:51.099
 is to sit around

00:38:51.099 --> 00:38:52.659
 and study the scriptures

00:38:52.659 --> 00:38:53.279
 and pray

00:38:53.279 --> 00:38:54.500
 and encourage each other

00:38:54.500 --> 00:38:56.400
 pastor one another

00:38:56.400 --> 00:38:57.420
 through God's word

00:38:57.420 --> 00:38:58.719
 we're signing up

00:38:58.719 --> 00:38:59.019
 for them

00:38:59.019 --> 00:38:59.920
 in the next couple of weeks

00:38:59.920 --> 00:39:01.059
 join a community group

00:39:01.059 --> 00:39:01.960
 that's first of all

00:39:01.960 --> 00:39:02.980
 second thing

00:39:02.980 --> 00:39:04.139
 Adrian's running a course

00:39:04.139 --> 00:39:05.659
 in the next couple of weeks

00:39:05.659 --> 00:39:06.199
 soon

00:39:06.199 --> 00:39:07.380
 it's in the bulletin anyway

00:39:07.380 --> 00:39:08.739
 on investigating Christianity

00:39:08.739 --> 00:39:10.059
 through the word

00:39:10.059 --> 00:39:11.619
 understanding who God is

00:39:11.619 --> 00:39:12.459
 and what he's done for us

00:39:12.459 --> 00:39:13.459
 so Adrian stick your hand up

00:39:13.459 --> 00:39:14.319
 so we know who you are

00:39:14.319 --> 00:39:15.379
 go and see Adrian

00:39:15.379 --> 00:39:16.199
 if you want to sign up

00:39:16.199 --> 00:39:16.759
 for that one

00:39:16.759 --> 00:39:18.219
 and thirdly

00:39:18.219 --> 00:39:19.799
 if you haven't done it already

00:39:19.799 --> 00:39:20.719
 get involved

00:39:20.719 --> 00:39:21.779
 in a personal

00:39:21.779 --> 00:39:22.959
 personal

00:39:22.959 --> 00:39:24.919
 walk with God

00:39:24.919 --> 00:39:28.179
 the battle

00:39:28.179 --> 00:39:28.939
 for the authority

00:39:28.939 --> 00:39:30.000
 of God's word

00:39:30.000 --> 00:39:30.939
 in our lives

00:39:30.939 --> 00:39:32.479
 is a personal battle

00:39:32.479 --> 00:39:33.479
 it's not just one

00:39:33.479 --> 00:39:34.119
 that the church

00:39:34.119 --> 00:39:34.759
 holds to

00:39:34.760 --> 00:39:36.540
 it's a personal battle

00:39:36.540 --> 00:39:39.860
 is it easier for you

00:39:39.860 --> 00:39:41.580
 to go to the opinions

00:39:41.580 --> 00:39:42.120
 of others

00:39:42.120 --> 00:39:42.820
 than it is to go

00:39:42.820 --> 00:39:43.600
 to God's word

00:39:43.600 --> 00:39:45.580
 how often are you

00:39:45.580 --> 00:39:46.680
 soaking yourself

00:39:46.680 --> 00:39:48.200
 in God's word

00:39:48.200 --> 00:39:48.760
 this battle

00:39:48.760 --> 00:39:49.540
 is a personal battle

00:39:49.540 --> 00:39:50.800
 that starts with me

00:39:50.800 --> 00:39:52.820
 I've

00:39:52.820 --> 00:39:53.860
 a couple of you know

00:39:53.860 --> 00:39:54.560
 I've been going through

00:39:54.560 --> 00:39:55.360
 a period lately

00:39:55.360 --> 00:39:57.100
 of what I would call

00:39:57.100 --> 00:39:58.540
 spiritual dryness

00:39:58.540 --> 00:39:59.800
 and one of the things

00:39:59.800 --> 00:40:00.600
 that has helped me

00:40:00.600 --> 00:40:01.440
 enormously

00:40:01.440 --> 00:40:04.099
 is to get a help

00:40:04.099 --> 00:40:05.000
 like this

00:40:05.000 --> 00:40:06.200
 buying from Curon

00:40:06.200 --> 00:40:07.139
 and a bunch of other places

00:40:07.139 --> 00:40:07.880
 a help like this

00:40:07.880 --> 00:40:08.940
 of daily devotions

00:40:08.940 --> 00:40:10.159
 and I've been going

00:40:10.159 --> 00:40:11.480
 just slowly

00:40:11.480 --> 00:40:13.579
 through Galatians

00:40:13.579 --> 00:40:14.900
 and rediscovering

00:40:14.900 --> 00:40:15.420
 and applying

00:40:15.420 --> 00:40:16.079
 the gospel

00:40:16.079 --> 00:40:17.579
 the core teachings

00:40:17.579 --> 00:40:18.179
 of the Bible

00:40:18.179 --> 00:40:19.119
 the gospel

00:40:19.119 --> 00:40:19.860
 the Christian message

00:40:19.860 --> 00:40:20.880
 into my life

00:40:20.880 --> 00:40:22.599
 grab one of these

00:40:22.599 --> 00:40:23.780
 or something like it

00:40:23.780 --> 00:40:25.079
 and get into the word

00:40:25.079 --> 00:40:25.700
 yourself

00:40:25.700 --> 00:40:28.099
 you can only be

00:40:28.099 --> 00:40:28.940
 malnourished

00:40:28.940 --> 00:40:30.559
 if all you're relying

00:40:30.559 --> 00:40:31.779
 upon is a sermon

00:40:31.779 --> 00:40:32.239
 from me

00:40:32.239 --> 00:40:33.299
 week in week out

00:40:33.299 --> 00:40:34.259
 that's all you're doing

00:40:34.259 --> 00:40:39.079
 and as we look

00:40:39.079 --> 00:40:40.059
 at our future together

00:40:40.059 --> 00:40:41.059
 do we have confidence

00:40:41.059 --> 00:40:41.880
 in the word of God

00:40:41.880 --> 00:40:42.400
 to accomplish

00:40:42.400 --> 00:40:43.199
 the work of God

00:40:43.199 --> 00:40:43.799
 in our life

00:40:43.799 --> 00:40:44.659
 and in this community

00:40:44.659 --> 00:40:46.779
 temptation of our society

00:40:46.779 --> 00:40:47.719
 to say get rid of it

00:40:47.719 --> 00:40:48.579
 it's archaic

00:40:48.579 --> 00:40:50.019
 do we have confidence

00:40:50.019 --> 00:40:51.039
 that God speaks

00:40:51.039 --> 00:40:51.820
 through his word

00:40:51.820 --> 00:40:52.900
 and when he speaks

00:40:52.900 --> 00:40:53.599
 through his word

00:40:53.599 --> 00:40:54.559
 life

00:40:54.559 --> 00:40:55.519
 and joy

00:40:55.519 --> 00:40:56.480
 and salvation

00:40:56.480 --> 00:40:57.840
 is the result

00:40:57.840 --> 00:41:01.059
 so as we pursue

00:41:01.059 --> 00:41:01.900
 Christ-centered Bible

00:41:01.900 --> 00:41:02.340
 situation

00:41:02.340 --> 00:41:03.840
 for the next 500 years

00:41:03.840 --> 00:41:05.240
 here at St. Paul's

00:41:05.240 --> 00:41:06.620
 may our reading

00:41:06.620 --> 00:41:08.680
 our memorizing

00:41:08.680 --> 00:41:10.420
 our songs

00:41:10.420 --> 00:41:12.100
 our ministries

00:41:12.100 --> 00:41:13.440
 our missions

00:41:13.440 --> 00:41:15.460
 all of our theological

00:41:15.460 --> 00:41:16.200
 questioning

00:41:16.200 --> 00:41:18.160
 all of our relational

00:41:18.160 --> 00:41:18.980
 issues

00:41:18.980 --> 00:41:20.280
 be submitted

00:41:20.280 --> 00:41:21.320
 to the word of God

00:41:21.320 --> 00:41:23.539
 fads and fashions

00:41:23.539 --> 00:41:24.360
 will rise

00:41:24.360 --> 00:41:25.519
 and they will fall

00:41:25.519 --> 00:41:26.759
 our fame

00:41:26.759 --> 00:41:27.659
 will rise

00:41:27.659 --> 00:41:28.820
 and it will fall

00:41:28.820 --> 00:41:30.619
 but the word of God

00:41:30.619 --> 00:41:31.539
 stands forever

00:41:31.539 --> 00:41:33.539
 Isaiah 40

00:41:33.539 --> 00:41:35.300
 the word of God

00:41:35.300 --> 00:41:36.500
 will outlive you

00:41:36.500 --> 00:41:39.579
 so submit to it

00:41:39.579 --> 00:41:43.280
 all people are like grass

00:41:43.280 --> 00:41:46.019
 and all their faithfulness

00:41:46.019 --> 00:41:46.880
 is like the flowers

00:41:46.880 --> 00:41:47.539
 of the field

00:41:47.539 --> 00:41:49.340
 the grass withers

00:41:49.340 --> 00:41:50.460
 and the flowers fall

00:41:50.460 --> 00:41:53.619
 because the breath

00:41:53.619 --> 00:41:54.059
 of the Lord

00:41:54.059 --> 00:41:54.860
 blows on them

00:41:54.860 --> 00:41:57.500
 surely the people

00:41:57.500 --> 00:41:58.420
 are grass

00:41:58.420 --> 00:41:59.900
 the grass withers

00:41:59.900 --> 00:42:01.700
 and the flowers fall

00:42:01.700 --> 00:42:03.680
 but the word of God

00:42:03.680 --> 00:42:04.480
 endures

00:42:04.480 --> 00:42:05.280
 forever

00:42:05.280 --> 00:42:06.700
 let's pray

00:42:06.700 --> 00:42:15.059
 gracious father

00:42:15.059 --> 00:42:19.280
 how thankful we are

00:42:19.280 --> 00:42:20.200
 for William Tyndall

00:42:20.199 --> 00:42:23.679
 480

00:42:23.679 --> 00:42:24.480
 480

00:42:24.480 --> 00:42:25.960
 something years ago

00:42:25.960 --> 00:42:27.799
 he was strangled

00:42:27.799 --> 00:42:28.399
 to death

00:42:28.399 --> 00:42:28.980
 and his body

00:42:28.980 --> 00:42:29.679
 was burnt

00:42:29.679 --> 00:42:31.460
 so that we could

00:42:31.460 --> 00:42:32.519
 have your word

00:42:32.519 --> 00:42:33.339
 in our laps

00:42:33.339 --> 00:42:33.799
 today

00:42:33.799 --> 00:42:34.699
 in this church

00:42:34.699 --> 00:42:37.679
 so father

00:42:37.679 --> 00:42:38.259
 may there be

00:42:38.259 --> 00:42:39.179
 nothing trivial

00:42:39.179 --> 00:42:40.079
 about the way

00:42:40.079 --> 00:42:40.939
 we speak

00:42:40.939 --> 00:42:42.079
 about your word

00:42:42.079 --> 00:42:43.779
 may there be

00:42:43.779 --> 00:42:44.460
 nothing trivial

00:42:44.460 --> 00:42:44.980
 about the way

00:42:44.980 --> 00:42:45.679
 that we treat it

00:42:45.679 --> 00:42:46.359
 here as a church

00:42:46.359 --> 00:42:47.219
 or we as individuals

00:42:47.219 --> 00:42:48.359
 not primarily

00:42:48.359 --> 00:42:49.179
 because we owe

00:42:49.179 --> 00:42:50.219
 a debt to Tyndall

00:42:50.219 --> 00:42:51.899
 but because

00:42:51.899 --> 00:42:52.899
 it is you

00:42:52.899 --> 00:42:54.379
 you

00:42:54.379 --> 00:42:55.039
 the God

00:42:55.039 --> 00:42:55.779
 who sits over

00:42:55.779 --> 00:42:56.659
 all things

00:42:56.659 --> 00:42:58.399
 speaking to us

00:42:58.399 --> 00:42:59.939
 and without

00:42:59.939 --> 00:43:01.000
 your word to us

00:43:01.000 --> 00:43:02.159
 we are dead

00:43:02.159 --> 00:43:02.759
 we are in

00:43:02.759 --> 00:43:03.500
 darkness

00:43:03.500 --> 00:43:06.480
 father we

00:43:06.480 --> 00:43:07.260
 we pray

00:43:07.260 --> 00:43:07.980
 that the children

00:43:07.980 --> 00:43:08.960
 amongst us

00:43:08.960 --> 00:43:12.079
 will be

00:43:12.079 --> 00:43:12.800
 shaped

00:43:12.800 --> 00:43:14.940
 by the

00:43:14.940 --> 00:43:15.659
 reverence

00:43:15.659 --> 00:43:16.360
 they see

00:43:16.360 --> 00:43:17.199
 from us

00:43:17.199 --> 00:43:17.820
 adults

00:43:17.820 --> 00:43:19.059
 coming in

00:43:19.059 --> 00:43:20.000
 from your word

00:43:20.000 --> 00:43:21.619
 and to your word

00:43:21.619 --> 00:43:22.679
 may there be

00:43:22.679 --> 00:43:23.179
 thousands

00:43:23.179 --> 00:43:24.179
 would grow up

00:43:24.179 --> 00:43:24.960
 revering

00:43:24.960 --> 00:43:26.039
 the God

00:43:26.039 --> 00:43:26.579
 of

00:43:26.579 --> 00:43:27.820
 the Bible

00:43:27.820 --> 00:43:29.400
 and the word

00:43:29.400 --> 00:43:29.880
 of the God

00:43:29.880 --> 00:43:30.460
 of the Bible

00:43:30.460 --> 00:43:32.559
 and so father

00:43:32.559 --> 00:43:33.159
 we pray

00:43:33.159 --> 00:43:34.019
 for transformation

00:43:34.019 --> 00:43:34.940
 in the lives

00:43:34.940 --> 00:43:35.679
 of our culture

00:43:35.679 --> 00:43:36.519
 and our society

00:43:36.519 --> 00:43:37.719
 and we pray

00:43:37.719 --> 00:43:38.320
 for transformation

00:43:38.320 --> 00:43:39.340
 amongst us

00:43:39.340 --> 00:43:40.679
 cause

00:43:40.679 --> 00:43:41.380
 and awakening

00:43:41.380 --> 00:43:42.559
 to the truth

00:43:42.559 --> 00:43:43.799
 as you revealed

00:43:43.799 --> 00:43:44.980
 it from yourself

00:43:44.980 --> 00:43:45.920
 from your word

00:43:45.920 --> 00:43:47.119
 to us

00:43:47.119 --> 00:43:49.079
 we ask it

00:43:49.079 --> 00:43:49.699
 for your glory

00:43:49.699 --> 00:43:50.340
 that your name

00:43:50.340 --> 00:43:50.940
 might be praised

00:43:50.940 --> 00:43:51.860
 above all things

00:43:51.860 --> 00:43:52.779
 amen