WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.339 You are listening to a message from Southwood Presbyterian Church in Huntsville, Alabama. 00:00:06.799 --> 00:00:10.500 ! Our passion is to experience and express grace. Join us. 00:00:12.160 --> 00:00:18.280 This morning before we turn into the scriptures, because we will be turning through a couple of passages this morning, 00:00:18.879 --> 00:00:21.719 I do want to give a slight disclaimer. 00:00:23.039 --> 00:00:28.359 And that is that some of the preparation when you think about the questions that we are asking this summer, 00:00:28.359 --> 00:00:32.280 it requires us to go to the scriptures. 00:00:33.240 --> 00:00:36.100 And when your question is, can I trust the Bible, 00:00:37.140 --> 00:00:44.980 it can put us in what may feel like a circular argument or a circular conversation about the trustworthiness of the Bible. 00:00:45.320 --> 00:00:48.539 And so I am not a professor or a lecturer. 00:00:49.100 --> 00:00:50.219 I'm a pastor. 00:00:50.719 --> 00:00:57.640 And so this morning, if you have questions related to things like canon or how we got to the scriptures 00:00:57.640 --> 00:01:03.240 or the kind of things that may interest you or trouble you, 00:01:03.700 --> 00:01:08.739 this morning we are not going to be able to answer that in a short, about 30-ish minute, 00:01:09.140 --> 00:01:13.579 I could say 30-ish hour sermon, but I mean truly 30-minute sermon. 00:01:13.579 --> 00:01:19.840 Because there is so much to cover and I am not an expert in all of the minutia. 00:01:20.700 --> 00:01:28.959 But what is true, even though it may seem difficult at times, is that God's word is true. 00:01:29.939 --> 00:01:31.900 And we are going to discuss that today. 00:01:32.759 --> 00:01:36.700 And so we are going to use scripture to teach us what scripture says about itself. 00:01:36.700 --> 00:01:38.780 Because that's something we believe in. 00:01:38.880 --> 00:01:43.920 We believe that scripture tells us what is true and it tells us what to believe. 00:01:44.000 --> 00:01:49.219 So when we turn to scripture for the answers of scripture, that's not necessarily an argument. 00:01:49.340 --> 00:01:53.460 That's a belief that we have about the power and the reality of what scripture does. 00:01:54.439 --> 00:01:58.060 And so if you have further questions, we have a connect hour time that we'll be going to. 00:01:58.140 --> 00:01:59.740 And we can have further discussions. 00:01:59.739 --> 00:02:05.000 And again, a reminder, not a professor, not a lecturer, not a PhD. 00:02:05.299 --> 00:02:09.560 I can point you to a lot of those people that will help you with some of your conversations or questions. 00:02:09.979 --> 00:02:12.060 But I'm not necessarily an expert in this. 00:02:12.159 --> 00:02:14.060 But I do know that God's word is true. 00:02:15.039 --> 00:02:16.519 And that's what I'm here to point you to. 00:02:17.319 --> 00:02:22.620 So before we get started, I'd love for you to join us in the connect hour to help us continue this conversation after we're done. 00:02:23.280 --> 00:02:25.879 Because I think it's really helpful and encouraging to us. 00:02:26.180 --> 00:02:27.680 So let me pray for us as we get started. 00:02:27.680 --> 00:02:36.219 Father, we come to you trusting you and trusting you to have struggles over this idea. 00:02:36.400 --> 00:02:39.740 But Lord, would you help us to be clear, help me to be clear. 00:02:40.140 --> 00:02:45.400 So that we can turn our eyes to the God of the universe who gave us these scriptures. 00:02:46.020 --> 00:02:50.540 So that we might know him more closely and walk with him all the days of our lives. 00:02:51.300 --> 00:02:55.740 And so Lord, help us in this moment as we study your word. 00:02:55.740 --> 00:03:00.180 Lord, help us as we look to you for your truth. 00:03:01.100 --> 00:03:04.659 Lord, we love you and we thank you and we pray out in Jesus' name. 00:03:05.360 --> 00:03:05.640 Amen. 00:03:05.639 --> 00:03:14.799 So as we look to God's word, before we get there, I want to tell you about misplaced trust. 00:03:15.579 --> 00:03:17.679 I want to talk to you just briefly about misplaced trust. 00:03:18.259 --> 00:03:28.899 In an earlier time in my life, we had this time where I was able to use my finances for essentially strictly myself. 00:03:28.900 --> 00:03:31.740 It was the days of being single, right? 00:03:31.819 --> 00:03:37.080 And I used to go camping with my friends and I used to do things. 00:03:37.180 --> 00:03:43.640 And that's not meant, that's not anything other than to say I had a different life before I stepped into marriage and kids. 00:03:44.379 --> 00:03:52.360 And I had this obsession in my 20s with buying the best rain jacket on the market. 00:03:52.360 --> 00:03:58.400 And I don't know what it was, but my buddies and I, we talked about this all the time. 00:03:58.720 --> 00:04:01.040 It was, you know, I feel like a very strange thing. 00:04:01.520 --> 00:04:05.440 But I was obsessed and we were like, you know, North Face, Patagonia, Mountain Hardware. 00:04:05.760 --> 00:04:08.280 Oh, and what about this obscure brand from Norway? 00:04:08.480 --> 00:04:09.980 And we're like, maybe, that might be it. 00:04:09.979 --> 00:04:15.479 But it was something that I was willing to spend hundreds and hundreds of dollars on. 00:04:16.860 --> 00:04:19.379 And, I mean, we looked at everything, we talked everything. 00:04:19.480 --> 00:04:26.920 And even in those mid-2000s, early-ish internet days, we read everything possible on it. 00:04:27.319 --> 00:04:29.560 And I remember picking this one out. 00:04:29.560 --> 00:04:40.379 And because it was not the $10,000 go hike, you know, Mount Everest type jacket, but it was more like a normal human jacket. 00:04:41.720 --> 00:04:45.939 And so all the specs keeps water out like this percentage. 00:04:46.459 --> 00:04:48.579 The glues on the seams can never break. 00:04:48.740 --> 00:04:56.340 The stitching, the waterproof technology, the plastic used, the inner lining, everything seemed to be incredibly trustworthy. 00:04:56.339 --> 00:05:06.159 And so I wear it to the first football game one Saturday because I know it's going to rain during the game. 00:05:06.399 --> 00:05:14.899 And I put it on and it's not a downpour, not a torrential rain, not a flood, a light rain. 00:05:16.739 --> 00:05:21.339 And when I tell you it would have been the same as if I had not worn a rain jacket, 00:05:21.339 --> 00:05:26.039 that would have been the exact same. 00:05:26.139 --> 00:05:29.659 Had I worn a rain jacket or not worn a rain jacket, I would have been equally wet that day. 00:05:30.500 --> 00:05:32.279 The rain jacket failed me. 00:05:33.239 --> 00:05:35.599 It did not do as it was promised. 00:05:36.599 --> 00:05:46.500 It was quite stylish, but it was not a trustworthy rain jacket to do the job that it says it would do. 00:05:46.500 --> 00:05:50.199 And it literally could not weather the storm. 00:05:51.939 --> 00:06:03.000 God's word has weathered historical, critical, religious storms and continues to do so even now. 00:06:04.060 --> 00:06:08.199 It does not fail the way that my rain jacket did. 00:06:08.199 --> 00:06:19.599 The 27 books of the New Testament, the 39 books of the Old Testament, the 66 books contained into the scriptures that we Christians hold to the highest regard 00:06:19.599 --> 00:06:25.899 has been scrutinized and studied over and over and over and over again. 00:06:27.300 --> 00:06:31.740 And it has held up over and over and over again. 00:06:31.740 --> 00:06:34.720 And there are, of course, those who do not believe. 00:06:35.340 --> 00:06:37.879 I do not wish to just mindlessly go over that. 00:06:38.519 --> 00:06:44.699 I know there are people who struggle with what, even as Christians, who struggle with what's contained in the word of God. 00:06:46.280 --> 00:06:56.960 And even as the most tested book in the world, I believe it is something that we can trust. 00:06:56.959 --> 00:07:02.239 And I think there are some key things that we need to think through why we should trust it. 00:07:02.659 --> 00:07:04.739 Why it is a trustworthy book for us. 00:07:05.379 --> 00:07:10.379 And I think the first one, as I'd like to tell us, is that it was given to us by God himself. 00:07:11.839 --> 00:07:18.740 And that, to me, is really important because the author doesn't just lie on those who wrote the books. 00:07:18.740 --> 00:07:22.079 Because God used those who wrote the books. 00:07:22.699 --> 00:07:26.199 But God himself gave us these scriptures. 00:07:26.959 --> 00:07:29.180 And we see this example in 2 Timothy. 00:07:29.519 --> 00:07:31.359 And we see it in 2 Peter 1. 00:07:31.439 --> 00:07:33.560 But we're going to focus on 2 Timothy here. 00:07:34.039 --> 00:07:36.339 Verse 16, chapter 3. 00:07:37.139 --> 00:07:40.180 All scripture is breathed out by God. 00:07:40.459 --> 00:07:43.219 And profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction. 00:07:43.599 --> 00:07:45.000 And for training in righteousness. 00:07:45.000 --> 00:07:47.579 That the man of God may be complete. 00:07:48.159 --> 00:07:49.319 Equipped for every good work. 00:07:49.819 --> 00:07:52.759 And this word, theonoustos, breathed out by God. 00:07:52.759 --> 00:07:53.240 Right? 00:07:53.240 --> 00:07:59.879 Means that the scriptures were given to us by God's breath carrying along those who are writing it. 00:07:59.879 --> 00:08:10.579 And I think when God is the one who has given us his word, it gives us this sense of weight and gravitas to God's word. 00:08:10.579 --> 00:08:12.420 And importance to God's word. 00:08:12.779 --> 00:08:15.800 A weight that is one we must hold fast to. 00:08:16.439 --> 00:08:20.100 Because it is not something that we picked or just chose. 00:08:20.219 --> 00:08:22.759 Though that's a conversation for another time. 00:08:22.759 --> 00:08:26.339 It gives it authority. 00:08:27.719 --> 00:08:31.459 The scriptures are not considered as just mere writing by men. 00:08:31.819 --> 00:08:34.899 Or just another holy book or religious book. 00:08:34.980 --> 00:08:38.919 But it is the very book that God himself has given us. 00:08:38.919 --> 00:08:42.399 And so now we can trust the Bible. 00:08:42.399 --> 00:08:45.039 Not just because it is something helpful. 00:08:45.039 --> 00:08:46.939 Or it gives us good advice. 00:08:46.939 --> 00:08:49.240 Or it gives us a good way to live our lives. 00:08:49.699 --> 00:08:51.120 Not because of its goodness. 00:08:51.519 --> 00:08:52.959 Or its application. 00:08:53.379 --> 00:08:55.559 Or its usefulness to us. 00:08:55.679 --> 00:08:57.139 Or its culture building. 00:08:57.399 --> 00:08:59.439 Or all those things can be great. 00:09:00.360 --> 00:09:01.939 They are not just that. 00:09:02.659 --> 00:09:04.480 The scriptures have authority. 00:09:05.199 --> 00:09:05.679 Now. 00:09:06.240 --> 00:09:08.139 Because they were given to us by God. 00:09:08.919 --> 00:09:11.399 And so we look to them to tell us about. 00:09:11.799 --> 00:09:13.479 What does it mean to live in this world? 00:09:13.539 --> 00:09:14.799 When something has authority. 00:09:15.120 --> 00:09:16.159 When something is. 00:09:16.399 --> 00:09:17.259 Has power. 00:09:17.519 --> 00:09:19.360 It is something that we would turn to. 00:09:19.699 --> 00:09:21.179 To help us understand. 00:09:21.439 --> 00:09:24.539 How we as Christians are called to live in this world. 00:09:25.559 --> 00:09:27.959 These scriptures are for us. 00:09:28.579 --> 00:09:31.279 Because they are given to us by the most high God. 00:09:32.179 --> 00:09:33.399 The creator of the universe. 00:09:33.919 --> 00:09:35.579 The holy God over all the earth. 00:09:35.580 --> 00:09:38.060 They have authority. 00:09:38.060 --> 00:09:39.080 Because of who. 00:09:39.200 --> 00:09:40.420 Because of who God is. 00:09:40.520 --> 00:09:41.300 And in his character. 00:09:43.360 --> 00:09:44.200 Second Peter. 00:09:44.639 --> 00:09:45.639 Additionally says. 00:09:46.200 --> 00:09:48.800 In chapter 1 verse 19. 00:09:48.960 --> 00:09:49.680 Through 21. 00:09:49.780 --> 00:09:49.980 It says. 00:09:50.100 --> 00:09:51.460 We also have the prophetic message. 00:09:51.520 --> 00:09:52.759 Is Peter talking of something. 00:09:53.200 --> 00:09:54.300 Completely reliable. 00:09:54.500 --> 00:09:56.320 And you will do well to pay attention to it. 00:09:56.540 --> 00:09:58.440 As to a light shining in a dark place. 00:09:58.480 --> 00:09:59.740 Until the day dawns. 00:09:59.920 --> 00:10:02.180 And the morning star rises in your hearts. 00:10:02.179 --> 00:10:03.759 Above all you must understand. 00:10:03.879 --> 00:10:05.399 That no prophecy of scripture. 00:10:05.859 --> 00:10:10.019 Came about by the prophet's own interpretation of things. 00:10:10.819 --> 00:10:14.000 For prophecy never had its origin in the human will. 00:10:14.699 --> 00:10:17.159 But prophets though human. 00:10:17.819 --> 00:10:20.179 Spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit. 00:10:20.219 --> 00:10:20.519 Again. 00:10:20.959 --> 00:10:24.239 The Holy Spirit carrying along God's people. 00:10:24.359 --> 00:10:26.759 The writers of the scriptures. 00:10:26.759 --> 00:10:30.779 And so this is not just God's authority. 00:10:30.779 --> 00:10:32.679 But there is a beauty to this. 00:10:32.799 --> 00:10:32.939 Right. 00:10:33.419 --> 00:10:35.259 Because in the Presbyterian church. 00:10:35.639 --> 00:10:35.939 Right. 00:10:36.059 --> 00:10:39.000 When we read God's word. 00:10:39.100 --> 00:10:40.939 When we look at God's word. 00:10:41.019 --> 00:10:44.559 We're not just doing it for our own incentive. 00:10:45.039 --> 00:10:46.960 To be better people. 00:10:47.080 --> 00:10:48.939 And so I'm leveling up as a Christian. 00:10:48.939 --> 00:10:50.340 If I just read God's word. 00:10:50.519 --> 00:10:51.559 And I read it every day. 00:10:51.559 --> 00:10:52.699 I'm leveling up. 00:10:53.079 --> 00:10:56.939 And I'm becoming this level 72 Christian. 00:10:57.479 --> 00:10:57.679 Right. 00:10:59.099 --> 00:11:01.159 But what does happen in the midst of that. 00:11:01.259 --> 00:11:03.179 Is that God through the means of grace. 00:11:03.339 --> 00:11:04.359 Which the scriptures are. 00:11:04.439 --> 00:11:05.500 The study of the scriptures are. 00:11:05.779 --> 00:11:09.099 He is bringing spiritual blessing. 00:11:10.000 --> 00:11:10.519 Growth. 00:11:11.299 --> 00:11:11.899 Sanctification. 00:11:12.179 --> 00:11:14.419 Which kids is a big word for saying. 00:11:14.719 --> 00:11:15.899 Growth in holiness. 00:11:15.899 --> 00:11:17.979 Or becoming more and more like Jesus. 00:11:18.159 --> 00:11:19.259 Is how we usually say it. 00:11:19.399 --> 00:11:20.559 Across the street with the youth. 00:11:20.559 --> 00:11:23.459 Is that this idea of becoming more and more like Jesus. 00:11:23.559 --> 00:11:24.199 The perfect. 00:11:25.119 --> 00:11:26.839 Perfect son of God. 00:11:27.139 --> 00:11:28.819 We're becoming more and more like him. 00:11:28.879 --> 00:11:30.619 When we read his word. 00:11:31.139 --> 00:11:32.099 And on believers. 00:11:32.299 --> 00:11:34.779 There's this beautiful blessing. 00:11:34.779 --> 00:11:36.000 That comes to us. 00:11:36.619 --> 00:11:37.839 From God's word. 00:11:39.239 --> 00:11:40.879 And this is incredible. 00:11:40.879 --> 00:11:42.819 Because the highest authority in existence. 00:11:43.179 --> 00:11:44.579 That has ever existed. 00:11:44.719 --> 00:11:46.619 The only thing pre-existent. 00:11:46.719 --> 00:11:46.899 Right. 00:11:46.899 --> 00:11:53.000 Is that he has gifted to you and me. 00:11:53.379 --> 00:11:54.539 His very word. 00:11:55.720 --> 00:11:57.740 And so when we say yes. 00:11:58.159 --> 00:12:00.259 It's given to us by God. 00:12:01.100 --> 00:12:02.939 And that means it has authority in our lives. 00:12:03.059 --> 00:12:05.039 But it also reveals something else. 00:12:05.419 --> 00:12:06.659 In the character of God. 00:12:06.720 --> 00:12:08.039 That I think is really important. 00:12:09.079 --> 00:12:09.199 He. 00:12:09.200 --> 00:12:10.460 How loving. 00:12:10.860 --> 00:12:12.660 And how kind he is. 00:12:13.340 --> 00:12:14.400 How incredible. 00:12:14.400 --> 00:12:17.140 That he would share his word with us. 00:12:17.360 --> 00:12:19.960 That we can know something about him. 00:12:19.960 --> 00:12:20.780 And his. 00:12:21.620 --> 00:12:22.860 And his nature. 00:12:23.420 --> 00:12:25.820 The one who has the highest authority. 00:12:26.160 --> 00:12:26.860 Over all things. 00:12:27.259 --> 00:12:27.940 Over all the earth. 00:12:28.000 --> 00:12:28.780 And all of creation. 00:12:29.220 --> 00:12:31.140 And he has decided. 00:12:31.520 --> 00:12:32.540 And desired. 00:12:33.140 --> 00:12:35.220 To give us a way to know him. 00:12:35.220 --> 00:12:37.100 And so. 00:12:37.340 --> 00:12:38.960 When God gives us his word. 00:12:39.240 --> 00:12:39.660 He's given. 00:12:39.759 --> 00:12:40.340 He's revealing. 00:12:40.480 --> 00:12:41.300 That he has authority. 00:12:41.300 --> 00:12:42.220 Over all these things. 00:12:42.360 --> 00:12:43.620 But he's also reminding us. 00:12:43.700 --> 00:12:44.720 That we can know him. 00:12:44.879 --> 00:12:46.879 And start to have this relationship. 00:12:46.879 --> 00:12:47.820 With him through Christ. 00:12:49.740 --> 00:12:51.360 And so it's deeply important. 00:12:51.360 --> 00:12:51.860 For us. 00:12:52.180 --> 00:12:53.519 To remember this. 00:12:53.779 --> 00:12:54.940 As the realities. 00:12:54.940 --> 00:12:55.759 Of what happens. 00:12:55.759 --> 00:12:58.040 Because when we understand God's word. 00:12:58.160 --> 00:12:59.240 As his word. 00:12:59.340 --> 00:13:00.040 When we understand the scriptures. 00:13:00.180 --> 00:13:00.540 The Bible. 00:13:00.759 --> 00:13:01.759 As his word. 00:13:02.060 --> 00:13:03.360 We start to see a way. 00:13:03.460 --> 00:13:04.980 That we can actually know him. 00:13:05.220 --> 00:13:08.680 And so when we study God's word. 00:13:08.800 --> 00:13:10.420 We're not studying God's word. 00:13:10.420 --> 00:13:11.139 Just again. 00:13:11.279 --> 00:13:12.540 To level up. 00:13:12.560 --> 00:13:13.759 Or become better Christians. 00:13:13.960 --> 00:13:15.279 It's actually to know. 00:13:15.420 --> 00:13:16.920 The very God of the universe. 00:13:18.200 --> 00:13:19.000 And so God. 00:13:19.120 --> 00:13:20.100 With his great authority. 00:13:20.420 --> 00:13:21.500 And with his great love. 00:13:21.500 --> 00:13:22.139 For his people. 00:13:22.340 --> 00:13:23.440 Gives us his word. 00:13:23.540 --> 00:13:24.940 So that we might know him. 00:13:27.180 --> 00:13:28.899 And so we can trust it. 00:13:29.139 --> 00:13:31.180 Because it draws us closer to him. 00:13:31.480 --> 00:13:33.519 In our study of it. 00:13:35.220 --> 00:13:37.340 I was thinking about this. 00:13:37.460 --> 00:13:37.940 This morning. 00:13:38.180 --> 00:13:40.000 And so if I riff. 00:13:40.100 --> 00:13:41.240 And it falls flat. 00:13:41.320 --> 00:13:42.200 I totally understand. 00:13:43.240 --> 00:13:44.960 But I was thinking about. 00:13:46.340 --> 00:13:48.920 Just for myself. 00:13:50.600 --> 00:13:52.120 How important. 00:13:54.259 --> 00:13:56.500 Something small is. 00:13:56.500 --> 00:13:57.860 In my life sometimes. 00:13:57.860 --> 00:13:59.639 And I can remember. 00:14:00.580 --> 00:14:01.320 Being somewhere. 00:14:01.320 --> 00:14:02.360 With one of my grandparents. 00:14:03.360 --> 00:14:04.240 When I was younger. 00:14:05.000 --> 00:14:06.279 And I can remember thinking. 00:14:09.200 --> 00:14:10.860 I was looking at a toy. 00:14:11.120 --> 00:14:11.440 I remember. 00:14:11.600 --> 00:14:12.680 I can remember looking at a toy. 00:14:12.779 --> 00:14:14.220 And I told my grandmother. 00:14:14.440 --> 00:14:15.899 That I really wanted this toy. 00:14:16.779 --> 00:14:17.519 I can remember. 00:14:17.620 --> 00:14:17.820 I was like. 00:14:17.879 --> 00:14:18.779 This is the thing. 00:14:19.940 --> 00:14:20.820 That I want. 00:14:20.820 --> 00:14:21.820 And. 00:14:23.060 --> 00:14:24.300 I didn't tell my parents. 00:14:24.700 --> 00:14:25.740 And on Christmas morning. 00:14:26.440 --> 00:14:27.400 I opened up my presents. 00:14:27.520 --> 00:14:28.300 And from my grandmother. 00:14:28.500 --> 00:14:29.060 Is this toy. 00:14:29.160 --> 00:14:30.379 That I've so desired. 00:14:30.500 --> 00:14:31.220 And so wanted. 00:14:32.820 --> 00:14:33.260 And. 00:14:35.100 --> 00:14:35.820 It is. 00:14:36.260 --> 00:14:37.700 The gift that made me. 00:14:37.860 --> 00:14:38.860 More so than anything else. 00:14:38.900 --> 00:14:39.480 I received that day. 00:14:39.540 --> 00:14:40.300 It's something that. 00:14:41.060 --> 00:14:41.860 It's a toy. 00:14:42.000 --> 00:14:43.440 I'm a boy in the 90s. 00:14:43.440 --> 00:14:44.040 Action figure. 00:14:44.160 --> 00:14:44.840 Late 80s. 00:14:44.940 --> 00:14:46.260 I couldn't tell you what it was. 00:14:46.259 --> 00:14:50.000 But it just made me elated. 00:14:50.600 --> 00:14:51.779 And how trustworthy. 00:14:51.939 --> 00:14:52.759 My grandmother was. 00:14:52.840 --> 00:14:53.620 To remember me. 00:14:53.700 --> 00:14:54.399 And know me. 00:14:54.700 --> 00:14:56.299 And to take care of me. 00:14:57.939 --> 00:14:59.299 And God has given us. 00:14:59.519 --> 00:15:00.159 His word. 00:15:00.259 --> 00:15:00.899 As this gift. 00:15:00.980 --> 00:15:02.000 So that when we open it up. 00:15:02.139 --> 00:15:03.240 We can know him. 00:15:03.379 --> 00:15:04.500 And it's a greater gift. 00:15:04.539 --> 00:15:05.500 Than even some little. 00:15:05.980 --> 00:15:07.500 1980s sci-fi toy. 00:15:07.819 --> 00:15:08.779 Could ever be. 00:15:09.500 --> 00:15:10.879 Because it allows us to know. 00:15:10.980 --> 00:15:11.799 The God of the universe. 00:15:11.799 --> 00:15:13.220 Who actually gives us life. 00:15:13.399 --> 00:15:14.679 And not just life on this earth. 00:15:14.740 --> 00:15:15.519 But life eternal. 00:15:16.259 --> 00:15:19.700 And so when we look to God's word. 00:15:20.139 --> 00:15:21.240 And we trust in it. 00:15:21.279 --> 00:15:22.179 We can trust in it. 00:15:22.179 --> 00:15:23.960 Because it is from him. 00:15:25.659 --> 00:15:27.259 So that we might know him. 00:15:30.580 --> 00:15:31.019 Second. 00:15:31.279 --> 00:15:32.980 I want us to turn our eyes to. 00:15:33.539 --> 00:15:34.980 The whole story of the Bible. 00:15:35.039 --> 00:15:35.700 And that's why it says. 00:15:36.259 --> 00:15:37.000 Assorted verses. 00:15:37.000 --> 00:15:39.059 At the top of the. 00:15:40.439 --> 00:15:40.960 Sermon. 00:15:41.600 --> 00:15:42.120 Is because. 00:15:42.779 --> 00:15:43.879 There's a lot of things. 00:15:44.000 --> 00:15:44.439 We're going to. 00:15:44.840 --> 00:15:45.580 Walk through. 00:15:45.580 --> 00:15:46.180 Here. 00:15:46.340 --> 00:15:46.680 Hopefully. 00:15:47.100 --> 00:15:48.040 But I also want to make sure. 00:15:48.180 --> 00:15:49.340 That I don't. 00:15:51.020 --> 00:15:51.780 I don't. 00:15:53.100 --> 00:15:54.020 Make everyone crazy. 00:15:54.100 --> 00:15:54.820 And not show up to church. 00:15:54.860 --> 00:15:55.940 When you see the bulletin online. 00:15:56.580 --> 00:15:56.940 So. 00:15:59.480 --> 00:16:00.639 You can trust the Bible. 00:16:00.780 --> 00:16:01.980 Because God has given it to us. 00:16:02.020 --> 00:16:02.800 But you can also. 00:16:03.460 --> 00:16:04.000 Trust it. 00:16:04.040 --> 00:16:05.600 Because it is the true. 00:16:06.280 --> 00:16:07.300 Story of God. 00:16:07.360 --> 00:16:07.980 And his people. 00:16:08.820 --> 00:16:10.400 The true story. 00:16:10.580 --> 00:16:11.320 Of God. 00:16:11.360 --> 00:16:12.140 And his people. 00:16:12.139 --> 00:16:14.220 God. 00:16:14.220 --> 00:16:14.259 God. 00:16:14.740 --> 00:16:15.620 Tells. 00:16:15.620 --> 00:16:16.360 The truth. 00:16:17.960 --> 00:16:18.740 The scriptures. 00:16:18.879 --> 00:16:20.039 Attest to this. 00:16:21.460 --> 00:16:22.100 God. 00:16:22.179 --> 00:16:22.939 And his character. 00:16:23.319 --> 00:16:24.419 Is a truth teller. 00:16:25.419 --> 00:16:26.539 The book of Hebrews. 00:16:26.699 --> 00:16:27.100 Numbers. 00:16:27.199 --> 00:16:27.699 And Titus. 00:16:27.819 --> 00:16:28.939 All tell us of God. 00:16:29.319 --> 00:16:30.480 That he cannot lie. 00:16:30.480 --> 00:16:33.720 Psalm 19. 00:16:34.600 --> 00:16:35.200 Verses. 00:16:35.560 --> 00:16:36.960 7 through 11. 00:16:37.159 --> 00:16:37.500 Says. 00:16:38.039 --> 00:16:39.639 The law of the Lord is perfect. 00:16:39.920 --> 00:16:41.060 Reviving the soul. 00:16:41.480 --> 00:16:43.039 The testimony of the Lord is sure. 00:16:43.159 --> 00:16:44.240 Making wise the simple. 00:16:44.620 --> 00:16:46.440 The precepts of the Lord are right. 00:16:46.620 --> 00:16:47.740 Rejoicing the heart. 00:16:48.440 --> 00:16:50.879 The commandment of the Lord is pure. 00:16:51.080 --> 00:16:52.039 Enlightening the eyes. 00:16:52.039 --> 00:16:53.779 The fear of the Lord is clean. 00:16:53.940 --> 00:16:54.639 Enduring forever. 00:16:54.639 --> 00:16:59.480 The rules of the Lord are true and righteous altogether. 00:17:00.379 --> 00:17:02.240 More to be desired are they than gold. 00:17:02.379 --> 00:17:03.460 Even much fine gold. 00:17:03.620 --> 00:17:04.059 Sweeter. 00:17:04.460 --> 00:17:06.519 Also than honey and drippings of the honeycomb. 00:17:06.759 --> 00:17:07.019 Moreover. 00:17:07.500 --> 00:17:08.900 By them is your servant warned. 00:17:08.980 --> 00:17:10.779 And keeping them there is great reward. 00:17:11.700 --> 00:17:12.720 His commands. 00:17:12.920 --> 00:17:14.480 His rules are true. 00:17:15.539 --> 00:17:17.559 And God is a truth teller. 00:17:17.619 --> 00:17:21.519 And so we can trust the truthfulness of God's word. 00:17:21.519 --> 00:17:25.500 And so as we think about this whole story. 00:17:25.660 --> 00:17:27.180 Like we could start in Genesis. 00:17:27.460 --> 00:17:30.700 And we could start to tell you the story about God. 00:17:30.779 --> 00:17:31.660 Telling this true story. 00:17:31.700 --> 00:17:33.180 Beginning with the creation. 00:17:33.420 --> 00:17:33.980 And the goodness. 00:17:34.139 --> 00:17:35.599 And people made in the image of God. 00:17:35.619 --> 00:17:38.440 And we often talk about the fourfold story of scripture. 00:17:38.440 --> 00:17:40.680 Telling us about how God made things perfect. 00:17:40.799 --> 00:17:40.940 Good. 00:17:41.000 --> 00:17:41.160 Right. 00:17:41.180 --> 00:17:41.420 And true. 00:17:41.460 --> 00:17:42.000 And our sin. 00:17:42.200 --> 00:17:45.859 Causes us to fall into this state of disrepair. 00:17:45.940 --> 00:17:46.559 Of brokenness. 00:17:46.559 --> 00:17:47.139 Of sin. 00:17:47.480 --> 00:17:49.779 Of fallen nature of human beings. 00:17:49.819 --> 00:17:51.259 Where we are sinners. 00:17:51.900 --> 00:17:53.519 And Jesus comes into the picture. 00:17:53.759 --> 00:17:54.879 And redeems us. 00:17:55.079 --> 00:17:58.220 And is the redeemer that God has sent. 00:17:58.299 --> 00:17:59.759 So that we might have life and life eternal. 00:18:00.160 --> 00:18:01.299 And that one day. 00:18:01.539 --> 00:18:02.519 That fallenness. 00:18:02.960 --> 00:18:04.920 And that good creation. 00:18:05.079 --> 00:18:08.119 Is going to be redeemed totally into this new creation. 00:18:08.940 --> 00:18:11.000 And so that's one way of kind of summarizing. 00:18:11.119 --> 00:18:12.940 The great story of all of scripture. 00:18:12.940 --> 00:18:15.400 There are a million ways to do it. 00:18:15.400 --> 00:18:21.620 But when we think about what Jesus presents to us. 00:18:22.180 --> 00:18:23.780 In the gospels. 00:18:24.320 --> 00:18:28.140 He presents to us a complete understanding. 00:18:28.640 --> 00:18:31.259 That the whole of the Old Testament. 00:18:31.960 --> 00:18:33.440 Is pointing to him. 00:18:35.440 --> 00:18:37.460 Like we center as Christians. 00:18:37.460 --> 00:18:38.460 Our entire story. 00:18:38.460 --> 00:18:39.360 Our entire story. 00:18:39.620 --> 00:18:41.200 Not on a nice guy. 00:18:41.400 --> 00:18:42.680 Not on a good teacher. 00:18:43.299 --> 00:18:46.100 Not on a humble carpenter. 00:18:46.640 --> 00:18:48.640 Not on a revolutionary. 00:18:50.220 --> 00:18:52.340 But the fact that Jesus Christ. 00:18:52.539 --> 00:18:53.660 The son of God. 00:18:53.920 --> 00:18:55.819 Came to save sinners. 00:18:56.460 --> 00:18:58.400 And he is the centerpiece. 00:18:58.620 --> 00:18:59.640 Of the story. 00:18:59.640 --> 00:19:04.160 And so what does he think about the true. 00:19:05.200 --> 00:19:06.300 Trustworthiness of the Bible. 00:19:06.300 --> 00:19:08.580 What does he think of the whole story. 00:19:08.920 --> 00:19:09.120 Right. 00:19:09.900 --> 00:19:12.320 He wants his people. 00:19:12.480 --> 00:19:13.500 In John 17. 00:19:13.759 --> 00:19:15.020 And particularly verse 17. 00:19:15.320 --> 00:19:18.080 Jesus is praying for his disciples. 00:19:18.080 --> 00:19:20.580 To be sanctified by the truth. 00:19:21.180 --> 00:19:22.200 And then he says. 00:19:22.340 --> 00:19:23.620 Your word is truth. 00:19:25.020 --> 00:19:27.380 He wants for his people. 00:19:27.380 --> 00:19:29.380 To know this whole truth. 00:19:29.640 --> 00:19:30.180 His story. 00:19:31.820 --> 00:19:32.860 And so let's just. 00:19:33.000 --> 00:19:33.280 We're going to. 00:19:33.400 --> 00:19:34.480 I'm going to go through a couple things. 00:19:34.480 --> 00:19:35.860 That I found online. 00:19:35.860 --> 00:19:37.720 Just through some lists. 00:19:37.900 --> 00:19:38.980 And stuff that Kevin DeYoung. 00:19:38.980 --> 00:19:39.900 Kind of helps us with. 00:19:40.040 --> 00:19:41.200 If you're not familiar with Kevin DeYoung. 00:19:41.280 --> 00:19:43.020 He's a great PCA pastor as well. 00:19:43.100 --> 00:19:43.800 He helps us with. 00:19:44.820 --> 00:19:47.000 He's a professor at RTS in Charlotte. 00:19:47.300 --> 00:19:47.740 Occasionally. 00:19:47.940 --> 00:19:49.840 And he speaks a lot in our denomination. 00:19:49.900 --> 00:19:50.980 But he has this great little list. 00:19:51.060 --> 00:19:52.180 Where he starts to rattle off. 00:19:52.280 --> 00:19:53.640 For these things that Jesus does. 00:19:53.920 --> 00:19:54.700 He says things like. 00:19:55.060 --> 00:19:56.240 Here in the Sermon on the Mount. 00:19:56.340 --> 00:19:57.340 In Matthew chapter 5. 00:19:57.360 --> 00:19:58.560 Verses 17 through 19. 00:19:58.559 --> 00:20:00.779 He didn't come to abolish the law. 00:20:00.940 --> 00:20:02.379 One iota or dot. 00:20:02.679 --> 00:20:04.259 From the law or the prophets. 00:20:04.779 --> 00:20:05.679 And he says. 00:20:05.879 --> 00:20:07.079 That he's not just thinking. 00:20:07.179 --> 00:20:07.679 By saying that. 00:20:07.740 --> 00:20:09.700 He's not just thinking of the idea of scripture. 00:20:09.700 --> 00:20:11.039 He's talking about the written scripture. 00:20:13.119 --> 00:20:15.119 Jesus in Matthew chapter 12. 00:20:15.220 --> 00:20:15.839 He says. 00:20:16.240 --> 00:20:17.819 He's arguing with the scribes and the Pharisees. 00:20:18.079 --> 00:20:19.940 And he references the story of Jonah. 00:20:19.940 --> 00:20:23.120 And throughout the gospels. 00:20:23.120 --> 00:20:25.059 Jesus treats biblical characters. 00:20:25.059 --> 00:20:25.900 And biblical history. 00:20:25.900 --> 00:20:26.680 From Abel. 00:20:26.920 --> 00:20:27.279 Noah. 00:20:27.440 --> 00:20:27.680 Abraham. 00:20:27.799 --> 00:20:28.120 Elisha. 00:20:28.160 --> 00:20:28.440 Elisha. 00:20:28.500 --> 00:20:29.400 The wife of Zarephath. 00:20:29.740 --> 00:20:31.059 And as real people. 00:20:31.140 --> 00:20:32.860 Engaged with real historical events. 00:20:33.860 --> 00:20:34.759 Jesus quotes. 00:20:35.279 --> 00:20:36.640 From Genesis 2. 00:20:37.420 --> 00:20:38.799 And as to what. 00:20:38.960 --> 00:20:39.860 He created them. 00:20:39.940 --> 00:20:40.720 Male and female. 00:20:40.840 --> 00:20:41.000 Right. 00:20:41.000 --> 00:20:43.000 Jesus. 00:20:45.640 --> 00:20:46.200 Continually. 00:20:47.079 --> 00:20:49.680 Points us to the whole of the scriptures. 00:20:49.680 --> 00:20:51.420 As being true. 00:20:55.539 --> 00:20:56.940 And personally. 00:20:57.039 --> 00:20:58.720 Having had to preach a sermon. 00:20:58.720 --> 00:21:00.799 On Melchizedek. 00:21:02.259 --> 00:21:03.619 From a few months ago. 00:21:03.680 --> 00:21:04.099 If you're familiar. 00:21:04.200 --> 00:21:05.000 If you're members of Southwood. 00:21:05.039 --> 00:21:05.920 Or you've been here for a long time. 00:21:06.259 --> 00:21:07.559 You know we went through the book of Hebrews. 00:21:07.559 --> 00:21:12.339 And we went to this very shortly mentioned. 00:21:12.859 --> 00:21:14.279 Character of Melchizedek. 00:21:14.399 --> 00:21:16.679 And then how Jesus is like Melchizedek. 00:21:16.720 --> 00:21:17.379 In the book of Hebrews. 00:21:18.779 --> 00:21:21.000 A small story. 00:21:21.259 --> 00:21:21.919 Small narrative. 00:21:22.139 --> 00:21:23.059 From the Old Testament. 00:21:23.879 --> 00:21:26.579 Meant to point us to Jesus's. 00:21:27.399 --> 00:21:28.500 Unique priesthood. 00:21:29.899 --> 00:21:33.679 And then Jesus on the road to Emmaus. 00:21:34.740 --> 00:21:36.279 After he's resurrected. 00:21:36.279 --> 00:21:40.079 He's speaking to a couple of the disciples. 00:21:41.420 --> 00:21:41.660 And they're. 00:21:42.839 --> 00:21:45.500 It's a conversation they're having. 00:21:45.920 --> 00:21:47.980 And they were discussing Jesus himself. 00:21:48.079 --> 00:21:48.980 He drew near to them. 00:21:49.319 --> 00:21:50.720 And they didn't recognize him. 00:21:51.160 --> 00:21:51.460 Right. 00:21:52.319 --> 00:21:54.319 And they start talking about what happened. 00:21:54.639 --> 00:21:55.359 To Jesus. 00:21:58.680 --> 00:22:00.019 And talks about his death. 00:22:00.160 --> 00:22:00.579 Talk about. 00:22:01.539 --> 00:22:02.460 His resurrection. 00:22:02.619 --> 00:22:03.519 They couldn't find his body. 00:22:03.519 --> 00:22:04.059 And then. 00:22:04.639 --> 00:22:05.940 Jesus says to them. 00:22:06.279 --> 00:22:07.559 Oh foolish ones. 00:22:07.660 --> 00:22:08.480 And slow of heart. 00:22:08.720 --> 00:22:11.139 To believe all the prophets have spoken. 00:22:11.279 --> 00:22:12.259 Was it not necessary. 00:22:12.500 --> 00:22:13.539 That the Christ. 00:22:13.819 --> 00:22:14.799 Should suffer these things. 00:22:14.940 --> 00:22:15.980 And enter into his glory. 00:22:16.420 --> 00:22:18.200 And beginning with Moses. 00:22:18.740 --> 00:22:19.839 Which would be the Pentateuch. 00:22:19.960 --> 00:22:21.579 The first five books of. 00:22:21.740 --> 00:22:22.599 The Old Testament. 00:22:23.119 --> 00:22:23.460 And the. 00:22:23.579 --> 00:22:24.460 All the prophets. 00:22:25.200 --> 00:22:26.680 He interpreted to them. 00:22:26.779 --> 00:22:27.859 All the scriptures. 00:22:28.660 --> 00:22:30.279 The things that were concerning him. 00:22:30.279 --> 00:22:32.339 Jesus. 00:22:32.339 --> 00:22:32.579 Jesus. 00:22:33.119 --> 00:22:33.579 Points. 00:22:33.899 --> 00:22:34.899 To the truthfulness. 00:22:35.460 --> 00:22:36.319 Of scripture. 00:22:37.339 --> 00:22:37.619 Jesus. 00:22:38.240 --> 00:22:38.839 Shows us. 00:22:38.839 --> 00:22:40.299 How all of scripture. 00:22:40.819 --> 00:22:41.720 Points to him. 00:22:41.799 --> 00:22:43.559 And how God is working out salvation. 00:22:43.920 --> 00:22:44.899 For his people. 00:22:47.559 --> 00:22:48.960 And so we can trust in this. 00:22:49.379 --> 00:22:49.500 What. 00:22:49.619 --> 00:22:50.039 While we would. 00:22:50.139 --> 00:22:51.059 We could sit here for. 00:22:51.299 --> 00:22:52.059 For a long time. 00:22:52.119 --> 00:22:52.680 Talking through these. 00:22:52.799 --> 00:22:54.899 I prefer for us to look to what Jesus has done. 00:22:55.139 --> 00:22:56.539 By in a short way. 00:22:56.539 --> 00:22:59.000 Summarizing the realities of the Old Testament. 00:22:59.200 --> 00:22:59.579 And saying. 00:22:59.759 --> 00:23:01.659 All these things point to me. 00:23:02.639 --> 00:23:04.619 All these things are true about me. 00:23:07.460 --> 00:23:09.759 And so we can trust the scriptures. 00:23:10.180 --> 00:23:11.480 We can trust the Bible. 00:23:11.899 --> 00:23:13.619 Because it is God's word. 00:23:13.899 --> 00:23:15.019 And it is true. 00:23:15.359 --> 00:23:17.539 And is the story of how God is at work. 00:23:17.579 --> 00:23:18.399 With his people. 00:23:18.759 --> 00:23:20.200 Bringing salvation to them. 00:23:24.480 --> 00:23:24.960 Thirdly. 00:23:26.539 --> 00:23:28.200 You can trust the Bible. 00:23:28.980 --> 00:23:30.440 Because it is living. 00:23:30.440 --> 00:23:31.319 And real. 00:23:31.319 --> 00:23:32.799 For you and me today. 00:23:34.339 --> 00:23:36.440 And this is as close to. 00:23:36.940 --> 00:23:38.899 A vision for what we do. 00:23:39.200 --> 00:23:40.379 On Sunday nights. 00:23:40.379 --> 00:23:41.059 Or Wednesday nights. 00:23:41.059 --> 00:23:42.220 Over the past five years. 00:23:42.799 --> 00:23:43.879 As I have been here. 00:23:44.299 --> 00:23:45.920 About how often we talk about. 00:23:46.059 --> 00:23:46.740 These kind of verses. 00:23:47.559 --> 00:23:49.440 And I am going to talk first. 00:23:49.559 --> 00:23:52.240 Before we turn to Hebrews 4. 00:23:52.539 --> 00:23:53.779 I am going to talk really briefly. 00:23:53.779 --> 00:23:55.859 About Psalm 1. 00:23:55.940 --> 00:23:56.599 1 through 3. 00:23:57.920 --> 00:23:59.180 And in Psalm 1. 00:23:59.839 --> 00:24:01.839 If you have seen some. 00:24:01.940 --> 00:24:03.220 If you have ever been to our youth building. 00:24:03.299 --> 00:24:03.799 The lodge. 00:24:04.720 --> 00:24:06.220 There are trees everywhere. 00:24:07.379 --> 00:24:08.099 And Luke. 00:24:08.599 --> 00:24:09.259 And Kate. 00:24:09.339 --> 00:24:10.200 And our staff. 00:24:10.440 --> 00:24:11.359 Have been working on. 00:24:11.639 --> 00:24:12.539 Different logos. 00:24:12.799 --> 00:24:13.440 And different things. 00:24:13.480 --> 00:24:14.119 At different times. 00:24:14.119 --> 00:24:15.599 To try and come up with a way. 00:24:15.660 --> 00:24:16.139 To update it. 00:24:16.160 --> 00:24:17.019 But if you go over there. 00:24:17.379 --> 00:24:18.899 There are trees everywhere. 00:24:18.900 --> 00:24:21.040 And the reason why. 00:24:21.040 --> 00:24:22.460 That that was chosen. 00:24:22.680 --> 00:24:24.720 As a sort of logo. 00:24:24.720 --> 00:24:25.380 Or symbol. 00:24:25.380 --> 00:24:26.640 Of our youth ministry. 00:24:26.880 --> 00:24:28.400 Is because this is the desire. 00:24:28.400 --> 00:24:29.240 Of our hearts. 00:24:29.420 --> 00:24:30.560 For all of our children. 00:24:31.660 --> 00:24:33.120 Is that they would be the one. 00:24:33.580 --> 00:24:34.880 Who is blessed. 00:24:34.880 --> 00:24:35.900 By God's word. 00:24:36.860 --> 00:24:38.220 Blessed is the one. 00:24:38.380 --> 00:24:39.680 Who does not walk in step. 00:24:39.740 --> 00:24:40.200 With the wicked. 00:24:40.200 --> 00:24:41.160 Or stand in the way. 00:24:41.240 --> 00:24:41.860 That sinners take. 00:24:42.080 --> 00:24:43.540 Or sit in the company of mockers. 00:24:43.620 --> 00:24:44.720 But whose delight. 00:24:44.860 --> 00:24:46.280 Is in the law of the Lord. 00:24:46.279 --> 00:24:48.480 And who meditates on his law. 00:24:48.619 --> 00:24:49.579 Day and night. 00:24:50.319 --> 00:24:51.200 That person. 00:24:51.639 --> 00:24:52.859 Is like a tree. 00:24:53.460 --> 00:24:54.599 Planted of streams. 00:24:54.599 --> 00:24:55.599 Of living water. 00:24:55.619 --> 00:24:56.639 Which yields its fruit. 00:24:56.700 --> 00:24:57.180 In season. 00:24:57.700 --> 00:24:58.359 Whose leaf. 00:24:58.500 --> 00:24:59.319 Does not wither. 00:24:59.819 --> 00:25:00.940 Whatever they do. 00:25:01.339 --> 00:25:01.819 Prosper. 00:25:02.700 --> 00:25:03.299 Prospers. 00:25:04.980 --> 00:25:05.980 That person. 00:25:05.980 --> 00:25:06.859 Is like a tree. 00:25:07.160 --> 00:25:08.660 Planted by streams of water. 00:25:08.799 --> 00:25:09.839 Which yields its fruit. 00:25:09.920 --> 00:25:10.379 In season. 00:25:11.000 --> 00:25:11.619 Whose leaf. 00:25:11.740 --> 00:25:12.379 Does not wither. 00:25:12.460 --> 00:25:13.160 Whatever they do. 00:25:13.319 --> 00:25:13.899 They prosper. 00:25:14.000 --> 00:25:15.099 That God's word. 00:25:15.099 --> 00:25:16.719 gives life. 00:25:16.719 --> 00:25:17.899 The way water. 00:25:18.219 --> 00:25:19.259 Gives life. 00:25:19.480 --> 00:25:20.219 To a tree. 00:25:21.139 --> 00:25:22.619 Planted by that water. 00:25:24.199 --> 00:25:25.839 This is not just. 00:25:26.179 --> 00:25:27.599 An ancient text. 00:25:28.000 --> 00:25:28.859 That we should. 00:25:29.079 --> 00:25:29.839 Brush aside. 00:25:30.139 --> 00:25:30.679 And forget. 00:25:31.179 --> 00:25:32.339 And we tell our students. 00:25:32.500 --> 00:25:33.559 And I'm similarly telling. 00:25:33.879 --> 00:25:35.019 The rest of Southwood. 00:25:35.119 --> 00:25:36.119 That this is not something. 00:25:36.259 --> 00:25:36.759 That we should. 00:25:37.119 --> 00:25:37.879 Turn away from. 00:25:39.059 --> 00:25:40.500 This is not just about. 00:25:40.719 --> 00:25:42.119 Doing things that. 00:25:42.759 --> 00:25:43.939 And whenever they talk about. 00:25:43.940 --> 00:25:45.019 In Psalm 1. 00:25:45.019 --> 00:25:45.640 Chapter 3. 00:25:45.860 --> 00:25:46.880 About prospering. 00:25:46.960 --> 00:25:47.779 It's not about health. 00:25:47.820 --> 00:25:48.279 Or wealth. 00:25:48.420 --> 00:25:48.720 Right. 00:25:49.320 --> 00:25:50.140 It's about. 00:25:50.420 --> 00:25:51.799 A prosperous life. 00:25:51.960 --> 00:25:52.680 In God. 00:25:52.980 --> 00:25:54.400 Knowing the very God. 00:25:54.440 --> 00:25:54.880 Of the universe. 00:25:55.240 --> 00:25:56.019 But whose delight. 00:25:56.160 --> 00:25:56.799 Is in the law. 00:25:56.900 --> 00:25:57.180 Of the Lord. 00:25:57.240 --> 00:25:57.960 Who meditates. 00:25:57.960 --> 00:25:58.940 On his law. 00:25:59.059 --> 00:25:59.640 Day and night. 00:25:59.860 --> 00:26:00.539 It's another way. 00:26:00.600 --> 00:26:01.380 For us to understand. 00:26:01.380 --> 00:26:01.940 His word. 00:26:03.519 --> 00:26:04.900 And it gives life. 00:26:05.420 --> 00:26:06.700 And produces fruit. 00:26:08.059 --> 00:26:09.640 And yields its fruit. 00:26:09.720 --> 00:26:09.960 And season. 00:26:10.059 --> 00:26:10.720 It does not wither. 00:26:10.779 --> 00:26:11.539 It doesn't fade. 00:26:11.539 --> 00:26:15.500 And that truth. 00:26:15.559 --> 00:26:16.599 That we try and tell. 00:26:16.599 --> 00:26:17.539 Our students. 00:26:17.659 --> 00:26:18.259 Is the same truth. 00:26:18.299 --> 00:26:19.200 That I'm telling to you. 00:26:19.339 --> 00:26:20.899 That you can trust the Bible. 00:26:20.899 --> 00:26:21.960 Because it is living. 00:26:22.200 --> 00:26:22.879 And real. 00:26:23.119 --> 00:26:23.579 For you. 00:26:23.720 --> 00:26:24.079 And me. 00:26:24.220 --> 00:26:24.539 Today. 00:26:25.339 --> 00:26:26.440 And if you would turn. 00:26:26.440 --> 00:26:27.500 Your hearts to it. 00:26:27.639 --> 00:26:28.279 You would turn. 00:26:28.379 --> 00:26:28.899 Your life. 00:26:29.259 --> 00:26:29.599 To it. 00:26:29.799 --> 00:26:30.539 You would see. 00:26:30.720 --> 00:26:31.559 How important. 00:26:31.700 --> 00:26:32.299 And valuable. 00:26:32.619 --> 00:26:33.059 It is. 00:26:33.220 --> 00:26:33.680 To you. 00:26:33.879 --> 00:26:34.720 And to me. 00:26:34.720 --> 00:26:40.980 In the book of Hebrews. 00:26:42.259 --> 00:26:43.140 It tells us. 00:26:43.140 --> 00:26:44.339 That the word of God. 00:26:44.519 --> 00:26:45.100 Is living. 00:26:45.299 --> 00:26:46.000 And active. 00:26:46.640 --> 00:26:47.339 And sharper. 00:26:47.460 --> 00:26:48.680 Than any two-edged sword. 00:26:48.839 --> 00:26:49.160 Piercing. 00:26:49.240 --> 00:26:50.039 To division of soul. 00:26:50.120 --> 00:26:50.460 And spirit. 00:26:50.720 --> 00:26:51.140 Of joints. 00:26:51.220 --> 00:26:51.500 And marrow. 00:26:51.600 --> 00:26:52.000 And discerning. 00:26:52.100 --> 00:26:52.420 The thoughts. 00:26:52.460 --> 00:26:52.940 And intentions. 00:26:52.940 --> 00:26:53.460 Of the heart. 00:26:54.860 --> 00:26:56.019 It goes deep. 00:26:56.259 --> 00:26:57.339 It isn't just living. 00:26:57.460 --> 00:26:57.900 And active. 00:26:57.900 --> 00:26:59.120 It goes deep. 00:26:59.299 --> 00:27:00.319 To our very hearts. 00:27:01.339 --> 00:27:01.880 And I think. 00:27:01.960 --> 00:27:02.900 That's really important. 00:27:02.900 --> 00:27:04.000 Because it's not just. 00:27:04.100 --> 00:27:05.800 About surface behavior. 00:27:08.000 --> 00:27:09.100 One of the things. 00:27:09.100 --> 00:27:10.080 That we try. 00:27:10.259 --> 00:27:10.960 And talk about. 00:27:11.120 --> 00:27:11.820 Really regularly. 00:27:11.820 --> 00:27:13.259 With your students. 00:27:13.440 --> 00:27:14.600 Is this idea. 00:27:14.600 --> 00:27:16.060 Of real faith. 00:27:16.180 --> 00:27:16.820 And real life. 00:27:16.820 --> 00:27:17.440 With Christ. 00:27:17.680 --> 00:27:19.259 Versus behaviorism. 00:27:20.820 --> 00:27:21.740 Don't just. 00:27:21.960 --> 00:27:22.120 Be. 00:27:22.320 --> 00:27:23.500 Be a good kid. 00:27:24.340 --> 00:27:24.860 That's. 00:27:25.019 --> 00:27:25.700 That's something. 00:27:25.820 --> 00:27:26.140 We say. 00:27:26.320 --> 00:27:26.740 In our. 00:27:27.120 --> 00:27:27.780 Parents meeting. 00:27:28.420 --> 00:27:28.900 Often. 00:27:29.160 --> 00:27:29.700 We say. 00:27:30.480 --> 00:27:31.300 I'm going to say it here. 00:27:31.400 --> 00:27:31.540 So. 00:27:31.740 --> 00:27:32.860 If we get a collective gas. 00:27:32.900 --> 00:27:33.300 I'm sorry. 00:27:34.140 --> 00:27:34.920 I don't care. 00:27:34.960 --> 00:27:35.880 If your kid's a good kid. 00:27:36.400 --> 00:27:36.660 Huh. 00:27:37.540 --> 00:27:37.860 Yep. 00:27:38.519 --> 00:27:39.259 I don't. 00:27:40.320 --> 00:27:41.620 I want your child. 00:27:41.780 --> 00:27:42.420 To walk. 00:27:42.500 --> 00:27:43.200 With Jesus. 00:27:44.400 --> 00:27:45.200 We want. 00:27:45.200 --> 00:27:45.880 At Southwood. 00:27:45.980 --> 00:27:46.660 Your children. 00:27:46.800 --> 00:27:47.259 To walk. 00:27:47.400 --> 00:27:47.880 With Jesus. 00:27:48.300 --> 00:27:48.759 And the way. 00:27:48.920 --> 00:27:50.060 They can know him. 00:27:50.400 --> 00:27:51.640 Is through studying. 00:27:51.640 --> 00:27:52.480 God's word. 00:27:54.060 --> 00:27:54.860 And that's. 00:27:54.960 --> 00:27:56.060 Because we believe. 00:27:56.240 --> 00:27:56.900 God's word. 00:27:57.060 --> 00:27:58.300 Is still alive. 00:27:58.420 --> 00:27:58.840 Today. 00:27:59.680 --> 00:28:00.500 And it's still. 00:28:00.620 --> 00:28:00.980 At work. 00:28:01.040 --> 00:28:01.519 In the hearts. 00:28:01.620 --> 00:28:02.040 And minds. 00:28:02.039 --> 00:28:02.579 Of people. 00:28:03.000 --> 00:28:03.720 All throughout. 00:28:03.819 --> 00:28:04.200 The world. 00:28:04.899 --> 00:28:05.579 It is not. 00:28:05.659 --> 00:28:06.099 Just something. 00:28:06.200 --> 00:28:07.000 That we look at. 00:28:07.200 --> 00:28:08.299 And check a box. 00:28:09.099 --> 00:28:09.740 It is something. 00:28:09.859 --> 00:28:10.960 So that we can know. 00:28:11.079 --> 00:28:12.119 The living God. 00:28:12.539 --> 00:28:12.879 Jesus. 00:28:12.879 --> 00:28:14.480 Who rose from the dead. 00:28:14.559 --> 00:28:15.220 Who ascended. 00:28:15.359 --> 00:28:16.180 At the right hand of God. 00:28:16.180 --> 00:28:17.819 So that we can know him. 00:28:18.039 --> 00:28:19.119 And walk with him. 00:28:19.339 --> 00:28:20.220 Now and forever. 00:28:21.659 --> 00:28:22.859 We don't care. 00:28:23.200 --> 00:28:24.059 If they're nice. 00:28:24.319 --> 00:28:25.059 We want that. 00:28:25.180 --> 00:28:26.240 We're praying for that. 00:28:26.379 --> 00:28:26.779 We want to. 00:28:26.879 --> 00:28:27.359 We want kids. 00:28:27.359 --> 00:28:28.319 That honor their parents. 00:28:29.679 --> 00:28:31.179 But we want children. 00:28:31.519 --> 00:28:32.959 To love Jesus. 00:28:33.319 --> 00:28:34.740 And the way they can know. 00:28:34.879 --> 00:28:35.639 And love Jesus. 00:28:35.759 --> 00:28:37.240 Is by studying the word. 00:28:37.519 --> 00:28:38.699 And getting to know him. 00:28:38.699 --> 00:28:39.579 Because they know. 00:28:39.740 --> 00:28:40.579 They need him. 00:28:41.679 --> 00:28:42.559 Every day. 00:28:43.559 --> 00:28:44.399 They need him. 00:28:46.579 --> 00:28:48.179 So living an active word. 00:28:48.319 --> 00:28:48.959 Does not mean. 00:28:49.179 --> 00:28:50.119 It stops. 00:28:50.119 --> 00:28:52.219 And when you get to a certain age. 00:28:52.299 --> 00:28:52.679 It becomes. 00:28:52.799 --> 00:28:54.159 Well I've done all the study I need. 00:28:54.239 --> 00:28:54.899 It means that. 00:28:55.399 --> 00:28:55.759 Tomorrow. 00:28:56.919 --> 00:28:57.679 I'm 45. 00:28:57.819 --> 00:28:58.459 I need to get up. 00:28:58.500 --> 00:29:00.179 And I need to seek God. 00:29:00.239 --> 00:29:01.099 And I can most. 00:29:01.459 --> 00:29:02.339 Actively seek him. 00:29:02.479 --> 00:29:03.579 Through his living word. 00:29:06.459 --> 00:29:07.039 And again. 00:29:07.039 --> 00:29:08.179 This is another reminder. 00:29:08.179 --> 00:29:08.619 To that. 00:29:08.759 --> 00:29:09.299 To us. 00:29:09.379 --> 00:29:10.099 As Presbyterians. 00:29:10.279 --> 00:29:11.419 That the study of scripture. 00:29:11.419 --> 00:29:12.459 Is a means of grace. 00:29:12.939 --> 00:29:14.459 Whereby we are sanctified. 00:29:14.639 --> 00:29:15.239 And blessed. 00:29:15.599 --> 00:29:16.439 And transformed. 00:29:17.159 --> 00:29:18.139 By God's word. 00:29:18.279 --> 00:29:19.279 In a beautiful way. 00:29:20.119 --> 00:29:21.899 It works itself. 00:29:22.419 --> 00:29:22.939 Out. 00:29:23.259 --> 00:29:24.339 In our lives. 00:29:25.339 --> 00:29:26.019 It is how. 00:29:26.159 --> 00:29:26.739 You actively. 00:29:27.500 --> 00:29:27.819 Know. 00:29:28.359 --> 00:29:28.759 God. 00:29:31.000 --> 00:29:31.979 And one of the things. 00:29:32.079 --> 00:29:32.859 That I think is so. 00:29:33.379 --> 00:29:33.699 Beautiful. 00:29:34.059 --> 00:29:34.500 And still. 00:29:34.659 --> 00:29:35.139 And in fact. 00:29:35.539 --> 00:29:35.699 We're. 00:29:35.819 --> 00:29:37.219 We just talked about it today. 00:29:37.419 --> 00:29:39.479 Is the fact that we have sent people. 00:29:39.739 --> 00:29:40.579 To Thailand. 00:29:41.699 --> 00:29:42.179 To. 00:29:42.779 --> 00:29:43.500 Care for. 00:29:43.839 --> 00:29:44.399 A church. 00:29:44.539 --> 00:29:45.239 That's growing. 00:29:45.819 --> 00:29:46.379 And changing. 00:29:46.579 --> 00:29:47.259 And sanctifying. 00:29:47.519 --> 00:29:48.639 And people are being sanctified. 00:29:48.759 --> 00:29:49.239 Over there. 00:29:49.240 --> 00:29:50.019 And Kelly. 00:29:50.019 --> 00:29:50.620 And the team. 00:29:50.620 --> 00:29:51.680 Of Southwood members. 00:29:51.680 --> 00:29:53.059 Who are over there serving. 00:29:53.900 --> 00:29:54.940 They are still. 00:29:55.299 --> 00:29:56.539 Actively participating. 00:29:56.900 --> 00:29:57.519 In the work. 00:29:57.599 --> 00:29:58.299 That God is doing. 00:29:58.400 --> 00:29:58.839 In the world. 00:30:00.299 --> 00:30:01.059 And we can. 00:30:01.359 --> 00:30:02.039 Trust God's word. 00:30:02.160 --> 00:30:02.380 Because. 00:30:02.819 --> 00:30:04.059 That's what God is doing. 00:30:04.180 --> 00:30:05.220 Beyond just his word. 00:30:05.460 --> 00:30:06.259 But in the world. 00:30:07.740 --> 00:30:08.759 People are still. 00:30:08.940 --> 00:30:09.200 Being. 00:30:09.400 --> 00:30:10.140 More and more. 00:30:10.240 --> 00:30:11.599 Made into the likeness of Christ. 00:30:12.140 --> 00:30:13.019 People are still. 00:30:13.160 --> 00:30:13.880 Coming to faith. 00:30:14.259 --> 00:30:14.960 Churches are still. 00:30:15.120 --> 00:30:15.559 Being planted. 00:30:15.740 --> 00:30:16.440 Missionaries are still. 00:30:16.519 --> 00:30:17.000 Being sent. 00:30:17.000 --> 00:30:17.740 People still. 00:30:17.740 --> 00:30:18.339 People still. 00:30:18.339 --> 00:30:19.400 Need to know. 00:30:19.559 --> 00:30:20.500 The God of the universe. 00:30:20.660 --> 00:30:21.180 Through his son. 00:30:21.279 --> 00:30:21.960 Jesus Christ. 00:30:25.059 --> 00:30:25.980 The Bible. 00:30:26.180 --> 00:30:26.859 Is a book. 00:30:27.200 --> 00:30:28.140 For us. 00:30:28.920 --> 00:30:29.799 For you. 00:30:30.099 --> 00:30:31.039 And for me. 00:30:31.519 --> 00:30:33.019 And for all of God's people. 00:30:34.000 --> 00:30:35.480 And it still draws. 00:30:35.700 --> 00:30:36.019 People. 00:30:36.660 --> 00:30:37.059 To him. 00:30:37.940 --> 00:30:39.160 And so it is good. 00:30:39.339 --> 00:30:40.599 For us to trust it. 00:30:40.839 --> 00:30:42.059 Because it is alive. 00:30:42.240 --> 00:30:42.960 And draws us. 00:30:43.019 --> 00:30:43.599 To himself. 00:30:43.599 --> 00:30:50.919 As we finish this morning. 00:30:51.079 --> 00:30:52.579 I want you to. 00:30:52.679 --> 00:30:53.899 To take a moment. 00:30:54.199 --> 00:30:55.579 And think on. 00:30:55.939 --> 00:30:56.919 Your own. 00:30:57.579 --> 00:30:58.579 Struggles against the Bible. 00:30:59.819 --> 00:31:00.939 I can remember. 00:31:02.079 --> 00:31:02.959 Growing up. 00:31:03.919 --> 00:31:05.339 And not reading the Bible. 00:31:05.659 --> 00:31:06.079 Really. 00:31:06.579 --> 00:31:07.099 Regularly. 00:31:07.159 --> 00:31:08.139 Until I was. 00:31:08.639 --> 00:31:09.199 In college. 00:31:09.559 --> 00:31:10.659 When I had come to faith. 00:31:10.660 --> 00:31:12.759 And I can remember. 00:31:13.320 --> 00:31:14.200 The kind of things. 00:31:14.400 --> 00:31:15.840 That were so new to me. 00:31:16.180 --> 00:31:16.279 And. 00:31:17.019 --> 00:31:17.900 Life-changing. 00:31:18.560 --> 00:31:18.920 And. 00:31:19.400 --> 00:31:20.360 Even last night. 00:31:20.640 --> 00:31:20.920 I'll. 00:31:20.920 --> 00:31:22.019 I'll finish with this. 00:31:22.120 --> 00:31:22.519 Last night. 00:31:22.580 --> 00:31:22.900 I was. 00:31:23.400 --> 00:31:24.160 Rereading through. 00:31:24.160 --> 00:31:24.240 Through. 00:31:26.320 --> 00:31:27.900 I was rereading through the Gospels. 00:31:27.980 --> 00:31:28.720 And I was thinking about. 00:31:29.040 --> 00:31:30.759 How Jesus heals people. 00:31:32.300 --> 00:31:32.700 And. 00:31:33.080 --> 00:31:33.400 I. 00:31:34.880 --> 00:31:35.320 I. 00:31:36.279 --> 00:31:37.279 My kids know this. 00:31:37.380 --> 00:31:38.700 We joke around about this. 00:31:38.800 --> 00:31:38.960 But. 00:31:39.980 --> 00:31:40.380 They've. 00:31:40.380 --> 00:31:41.279 They've made jokes. 00:31:41.400 --> 00:31:41.640 They're like. 00:31:41.700 --> 00:31:43.060 I don't know if I've ever seen you cry. 00:31:44.460 --> 00:31:45.279 And I was like. 00:31:45.320 --> 00:31:45.480 Wow. 00:31:45.519 --> 00:31:47.080 If they just came around the corner right now. 00:31:47.480 --> 00:31:49.060 We could end this conversation. 00:31:49.059 --> 00:31:50.139 Um. 00:31:50.139 --> 00:31:51.159 Because I just was. 00:31:51.159 --> 00:31:51.759 Uh. 00:31:52.039 --> 00:31:53.460 So moved last night. 00:31:53.539 --> 00:31:54.079 By what. 00:31:54.720 --> 00:31:55.519 I realized. 00:31:55.940 --> 00:31:57.240 In God's tenderness. 00:31:57.659 --> 00:31:58.339 And his kindness. 00:31:58.460 --> 00:31:59.659 As I was rereading. 00:32:00.220 --> 00:32:00.619 Jesus. 00:32:00.980 --> 00:32:02.720 Healing a man who could not walk. 00:32:03.579 --> 00:32:05.879 And then it made me turn to healing the blind. 00:32:05.940 --> 00:32:06.480 It made me hurt. 00:32:06.599 --> 00:32:08.179 Turn to healing the sick. 00:32:08.440 --> 00:32:08.559 The. 00:32:08.799 --> 00:32:09.720 Made me turn to. 00:32:10.099 --> 00:32:10.299 Um. 00:32:10.299 --> 00:32:11.339 Healing demon possessed. 00:32:11.519 --> 00:32:12.679 And I just was overwhelmed. 00:32:12.679 --> 00:32:13.659 By what God. 00:32:14.079 --> 00:32:15.399 Is doing in his word. 00:32:15.440 --> 00:32:16.759 And what Jesus came to do. 00:32:16.759 --> 00:32:19.559 And how it changes us. 00:32:19.700 --> 00:32:20.539 And transforms us. 00:32:20.879 --> 00:32:21.879 And cuts us deep. 00:32:22.079 --> 00:32:23.220 To our very souls. 00:32:24.720 --> 00:32:25.960 And I was reminded. 00:32:26.160 --> 00:32:27.640 About how much kindness. 00:32:28.160 --> 00:32:29.039 We see from God. 00:32:29.440 --> 00:32:30.140 In his giving. 00:32:30.299 --> 00:32:30.559 The word. 00:32:30.640 --> 00:32:31.599 His word to us. 00:32:33.240 --> 00:32:34.019 Brothers and sisters. 00:32:34.220 --> 00:32:34.579 My. 00:32:35.140 --> 00:32:35.460 Um. 00:32:35.720 --> 00:32:35.859 The. 00:32:35.980 --> 00:32:37.519 The question in and of self. 00:32:37.559 --> 00:32:38.680 If we answer it correctly. 00:32:38.819 --> 00:32:39.400 The application. 00:32:39.519 --> 00:32:40.400 As you walk out the doors. 00:32:40.400 --> 00:32:40.960 As you go. 00:32:41.319 --> 00:32:42.859 Is not meant to tell you. 00:32:42.900 --> 00:32:44.640 To just go study your Bible more. 00:32:45.440 --> 00:32:45.839 And. 00:32:45.839 --> 00:32:47.199 And do more for God. 00:32:47.279 --> 00:32:48.679 By reading your Bible more. 00:32:51.500 --> 00:32:53.639 The application of walking out these doors. 00:32:53.839 --> 00:32:53.919 Is. 00:32:54.559 --> 00:32:55.759 Go to God's word. 00:32:56.119 --> 00:32:57.699 So that you might know the God. 00:32:58.039 --> 00:32:59.179 Who loves you. 00:32:59.639 --> 00:33:00.720 Go to God's word. 00:33:01.159 --> 00:33:01.619 Because it's. 00:33:01.720 --> 00:33:02.579 And you can trust it. 00:33:02.659 --> 00:33:04.539 Because it's God's story for you. 00:33:04.919 --> 00:33:05.879 And for me. 00:33:06.279 --> 00:33:08.039 And how he brings salvation. 00:33:08.039 --> 00:33:09.279 And one day. 00:33:09.480 --> 00:33:10.139 All this. 00:33:10.759 --> 00:33:11.159 Pain. 00:33:11.619 --> 00:33:11.919 Sin. 00:33:12.359 --> 00:33:12.759 Struggle. 00:33:13.579 --> 00:33:14.259 Will be gone. 00:33:14.259 --> 00:33:15.900 And all things. 00:33:15.900 --> 00:33:16.759 Will be made new. 00:33:17.980 --> 00:33:19.099 Go to God's word. 00:33:19.099 --> 00:33:19.799 Because it is. 00:33:20.039 --> 00:33:21.740 His way of knowing him. 00:33:22.700 --> 00:33:23.819 Don't go to God's word. 00:33:23.819 --> 00:33:25.200 Because you need to check a box. 00:33:26.200 --> 00:33:27.299 Go to God's word. 00:33:27.339 --> 00:33:28.859 Because it is the beautiful story. 00:33:28.900 --> 00:33:30.119 About how God is at work. 00:33:30.339 --> 00:33:31.180 In this world. 00:33:31.359 --> 00:33:33.279 Bringing his people to himself. 00:33:33.680 --> 00:33:34.559 Through his son. 00:33:34.720 --> 00:33:35.019 Jesus. 00:33:36.920 --> 00:33:37.819 And look. 00:33:38.059 --> 00:33:38.879 For how God. 00:33:39.099 --> 00:33:39.539 Is working. 00:33:39.859 --> 00:33:40.700 In your own heart. 00:33:41.220 --> 00:33:41.799 Let's pray. 00:33:41.799 --> 00:33:44.299 Father. 00:33:44.440 --> 00:33:44.980 We are. 00:33:45.359 --> 00:33:46.159 Eternally grateful. 00:33:46.159 --> 00:33:46.720 For. 00:33:48.339 --> 00:33:49.339 How you work. 00:33:49.879 --> 00:33:50.480 And how you. 00:33:52.039 --> 00:33:52.919 Use your word. 00:33:53.039 --> 00:33:53.700 To change us. 00:33:53.799 --> 00:33:54.299 And make us. 00:33:54.639 --> 00:33:55.460 More and more. 00:33:55.559 --> 00:33:56.599 In the image of Jesus. 00:33:56.839 --> 00:33:57.200 And so Lord. 00:33:57.220 --> 00:33:57.680 We just pray. 00:33:57.779 --> 00:33:58.500 That you would use. 00:33:59.279 --> 00:34:00.519 The truth of your scriptures. 00:34:01.079 --> 00:34:02.500 That we would see ourselves. 00:34:02.500 --> 00:34:03.359 In this story. 00:34:03.919 --> 00:34:04.480 See ourselves. 00:34:04.559 --> 00:34:05.619 As the center. 00:34:05.779 --> 00:34:06.220 In need. 00:34:06.279 --> 00:34:06.859 Of a savior. 00:34:07.859 --> 00:34:08.400 And Lord. 00:34:08.440 --> 00:34:09.360 Would we remember. 00:34:09.360 --> 00:34:10.400 Just the beauty. 00:34:10.400 --> 00:34:11.460 Of what God's word. 00:34:11.539 --> 00:34:11.920 Teach us. 00:34:12.000 --> 00:34:12.840 That you delighted. 00:34:13.019 --> 00:34:13.460 So much. 00:34:13.680 --> 00:34:15.079 That you would talk to us. 00:34:15.200 --> 00:34:15.480 Through it. 00:34:15.980 --> 00:34:16.800 And teach us. 00:34:16.800 --> 00:34:17.660 About who you are. 00:34:17.860 --> 00:34:18.900 And who we are. 00:34:19.840 --> 00:34:20.300 Thank you. 00:34:20.360 --> 00:34:21.400 For drawing near to us. 00:34:22.340 --> 00:34:23.059 We love you. 00:34:23.120 --> 00:34:24.079 And praise in Jesus name. 00:34:24.420 --> 00:34:24.660 Amen. 00:34:26.800 --> 00:34:27.920 For more information. 00:34:28.320 --> 00:34:29.180 Visit us online. 00:34:29.360 --> 00:34:30.240 At southwood.org. 00:34:30.399 --> 00:34:30.399 00:34:30.399 --> 00:34:30.399 00:34:30.399 --> 00:34:30.399 00:34:30.399 --> 00:34:30.399 00:34:30.399 --> 00:34:30.399 00:34:30.399 --> 00:34:30.399 00:34:30.399 --> 00:34:30.399 00:34:30.399 --> 00:34:30.399 00:34:30.399 --> 00:34:30.399 00:34:30.399 --> 00:34:30.399 00:34:30.399 --> 00:34:30.399 00:34:30.399 --> 00:34:30.399 00:34:30.399 --> 00:34:30.399 00:34:30.399 --> 00:34:30.399 00:34:30.399 --> 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