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 I miss hearing all of your voices as we sing.

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 We have some people here, and I'm glad at least that we can sing together with.

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 We unfortunately can't really do Passing of the Peace.

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 We are all scattered about, so please just turn with me right away to 2 Timothy 3, verses 10-17.

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 We're taking a little break from our series in the Book of Acts for this morning.

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 We were actually scheduled to have a guest preacher today.

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 He was going to drive up from Pennsylvania, but for obvious reasons, he couldn't come up,

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 and I had to fill in last minute because that was a way to retreat earlier this week.

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 And so I'm preaching a message I had prepared before, although it still took a lot of work

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 to make it more applicable to our congregation.

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 But it's something that I haven't preached on yet for our church yet.

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 So please turn with me to 2 Timothy 3, verses 10-17.

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 We pray for the reading and preaching of God's Word.

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 Father, we come to the reading and preaching of your Word.

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 We don't come to it like we come to any other book.

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 We come to it trembling.

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 We come to it in awe because we know that here you meet us.

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 Here you address us as your people.

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 Because your Word is the scepter by which you rule over all creation.

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 So we humble ourselves before you now.

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 We ask that you would speak to us.

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 Help us to think of your Word, relate to your Word,

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 and submit to your Word,

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 as we ought to teach us.

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 And in it,

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 bring us to

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 an encounter with your Son, Jesus Christ.

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 Fill our hearts with His beauty and His glory today.

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 We ask in His precious name.

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 Amen.

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 2 Timothy 3, verses 10-17.

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 You, however, have followed my teaching,

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 my conduct,

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 my aim in life,

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 my faith,

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 my patience,

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 my love,

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 my steadfastness,

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 my persecutions and sufferings

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 that happened to me at Antioch,

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 at Iconium,

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 and at Lystra,

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 which persecutions I endured.

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 Yet from them all,

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 the Lord rescued me.

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 Indeed,

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 all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus

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 will be persecuted,

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 while evil people and impostors

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 will go on from bad to worse,

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 deceiving and being deceived.

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 But as for you,

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 continue in what you have learned

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 and have firmly believed,

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 knowing from whom you learned it,

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 and how from childhood

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 you have been acquainted with the sacred writings,

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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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 All scripture is breathed out by God

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 and profitable for teaching,

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 for reproof,

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 for correction,

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 and for training in righteousness,

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 that the man of God may be complete,

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 equipped for every good work.

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 After decades of research,

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 pollsters George Gallup Jr.

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 and Jim Castelli

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 concluded that,

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 quote,

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 Americans revere the Bible,

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 but by and large,

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 they don't read it.

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 And because they don't read it,

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 they have become a nation

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 of biblical illiterates.

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 According to a survey,

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 over 50% of graduating high school seniors

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 in our country

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 think that Sodom and Gomorrah

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 were husband and wife.

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 12% of adults think that

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 Joanna of Arc was Noah's wife.

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 And over half cannot name

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 the four Gospels.

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 When asked who preached

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 the Sermon on the Mount,

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 many people responded,

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 Billy Graham.

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 Not only are people

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 in our culture

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 increasingly ignorant of scripture,

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 they are also increasingly

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 contemptuous of scripture.

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 I remember,

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 this feels like forever ago now,

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 but in 2008,

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 when then-president-elect Barack Obama

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 announced that Rick Warren

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 would be the minister

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 who prays at his inauguration,

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 there was a public outrage

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 because Warren believed

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 in the biblical definition

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 of marriage

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 as the union between

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 a man and a woman.

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 And to quell this controversy,

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 Rick Warren did a round

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 of interviews,

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 including one with

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 the Today Show with NBC,

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 where he was interviewed

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 by Ann Curry.

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 And during that interview,

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 in an effort to cast doubt

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 on the reliability of scripture

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 as a moral guide,

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 Ann Curry asked Warren,

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 But the Bible,

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 which you claim

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 is the authoritative source

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 for morality,

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 also teaches that people

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 who eat shellfish

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 should be put to death.

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 How can you believe

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 such a thing?

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 Warren goes on

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 to give a good answer

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 about how Christ fulfilled

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 the Old Testament law

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 and so on,

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 but he doesn't challenge her

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 on the misinformation

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 because nowhere

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 in the Old Testament

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 is there a death penalty

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 prescribed for eating shellfish.

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 Our culture is biblically illiterate.

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 People don't know the scriptures.

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 Most of them have never read

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 the scriptures.

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 And yet there is this

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 widespread assumption

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 that the Bible

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 is a regressive relic

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 full of error

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 and barbarity and bigotry.

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 The fact that a TV anchor

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 and their staff

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 didn't bother actually

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 to check the Bible

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 exposes their presumptions

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 about the Bible.

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 And in light of,

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 in this kind of climate,

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 it can be increasingly

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 more intimidating

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 for us to turn

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 to the scriptures,

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 for us to turn

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 to the scriptures

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 as our authority,

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 to use the scriptures,

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 to minister the scripture

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 to others,

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 to reference the scriptures

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 for our life,

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 as our source of morality,

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 as our guide.

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 But 2 Timothy 3,

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 10-17 teaches us

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 that in order to live

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 a godly life

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 in Christ Jesus,

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 we must remain

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 in the word of God.

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 For it is what makes us

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 wise for salvation

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 and equipped

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 for every good work.

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 In the passage

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 immediately preceding

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 this passage

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 that we read this morning,

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 Paul talks about

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 the godlessness

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 that will characterize

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 the coming days.

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 He warned Timothy

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 about false teachers

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 in the church

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 who are lovers

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 of self and pleasure

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 rather than lovers

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 of God

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 who have the appearance

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 of godliness.

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 They have the appearance

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 of godliness

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 but not the power

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 of true godliness.

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 These people

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 are always learning

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 but never able

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 to arrive at a knowledge

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 of the truth.

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 Sometimes people think

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 that they are being

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 humbled by always learning,

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 always questioning,

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 but never arriving

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 at an answer,

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 never making a decision

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 about Jesus.

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 But if God has revealed

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 his truth to us

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 in his word,

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 refusing to believe it

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 and continuing

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 to seek out alternatives

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 is not humility

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 but hubris.

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 So in verses 10 to 13,

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 Paul offers himself

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 as a contrast

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 to these false teachers

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 as an example

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 of the godly life

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 that we are to live

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 that Timothy should follow.

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 So he says in verses 10 to 11,

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 you, however,

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 have followed my teaching,

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 my conduct,

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 my aim in life,

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 my faith,

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 my patience,

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 my love,

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 my steadfastness,

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 my persecutions

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 and sufferings

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 that happened to me

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 at Antioch,

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 at Iconium,

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 and at Lystra,

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 which persecutions

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 I endured.

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 Yet from them all

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 the Lord rescued me.

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 Paul knows that

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 Timothy has been

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 following him

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 and observing his life

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 and so he is exhorting

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 Timothy now

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 to follow his example

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 and I don't think

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 Paul is arrogant

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 as he does this

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 when he points

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 to himself as an example.

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 It's not arrogant

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 for a doctor

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 to tell a resident

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 come and watch me

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 and learn from me.

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 Likewise,

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 it's not arrogant

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 for a mature believer

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 to tell a less mature believer

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 to come with me

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 and watch me.

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 Imitate me

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 as I imitate Christ.

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 And I think,

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 in fact,

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 it would be irresponsible

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 for us not to do that

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 because spending time

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 with someone

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 and learning from their life

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 and example

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 is an important aspect

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 of Christian discipling.

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 So the Christian faith

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 has to be taught

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 and it has to be caught.

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 And by no means

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 is Paul claiming

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 to be perfect.

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 He knows that

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 all that he is

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 is by the grace of God.

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 But nevertheless,

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 Paul's life

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 was consistent

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 with God's teachings

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 and he demonstrated

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 faith, patience,

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 love,

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 and steadfastness

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 in his life.

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 But note the surprise

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 items on this list

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 of things that Paul

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 cites as an example

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 of godliness.

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 Not only has Timothy

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 followed Paul's teaching,

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 conduct, aim in life,

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 faith, patience,

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 love, and steadfastness,

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 he is also followed

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 and he is exhorted

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 to continue to follow Paul

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 in his persecutions

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 and sufferings.

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 And we're familiar

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 with what he's mentioning here

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 because we've been going

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 through the book of Acts.

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 We've seen what he suffered

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 in Iconium and Lystra.

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 He was stoned

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 and left for dead

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 in Lystra.

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 God didn't keep Paul

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 from suffering

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 and persecution,

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 but he says

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 that from them all

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 the Lord rescued me.

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 Paul didn't pray

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 to be kept

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 from these sufferings

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 and persecutions,

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 but the Lord did

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 rescue him through them.

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 The Romans

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 persecuted Christians

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 for a number of reasons,

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 but mainly because

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 they refused to worship

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 the pagan gods

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 and claimed that

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 there was only one God.

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 They heaped insults

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 upon the Christians

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 and scorned them

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 as an exclusive,

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 antisocial,

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 and narrow-minded sect.

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 Likewise today,

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 persecution is an

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 unavoidable reality

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 for the Christian.

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 As Paul continues

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 in verses 12 to 13,

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 indeed,

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 all who desire

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 to live a godly life

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 in Christ

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 will be persecuted,

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 while evil people

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 and imposters

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 will go on

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 from bad to worse,

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 deceiving

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 and being deceived.

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 Persecution

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 is not a cause

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 to doubt

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 and question

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 what we have learned

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 and firmly believed.

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 It is all the more

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 reason to believe

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 that what we have learned

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 is true,

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 because all

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 who desire

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 to live a godly life

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 in Christ

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 will be persecuted.

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 If we are not

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 persecuted

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 by a godless world,

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 we were just talking

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 about this last week,

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 it's a sign

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 that we do not have

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 an authentic faith

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 and witness.

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 Persecution

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 is evidence

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 of a godly life

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 and therefore

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 a cause to rejoice.

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 Remember what Jesus

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 said in Matthew 5,

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 11 to 12,

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 Blessed are you

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 when others revile you

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 and persecute you

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 and utter all kinds

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 of evil against you

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 falsely on my account.

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 Rejoice

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 and be glad,

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 for your reward

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 is great in heaven,

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 for so they persecuted

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 the prophets

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 who were before you.

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 for you.

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 When we are persecuted

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 for our faith,

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 then we are like

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 the true prophets

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 who were persecuted

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 before us.

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 When we are persecuted

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 for our faith,

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 then we are following

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 in the footsteps

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 of our Lord Jesus

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 who was crucified.

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 Paul is preparing

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 young Timothy

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 here for persecution.

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 Be prepared,

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 Timothy.

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 If you live

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 a godly life,

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 if you live

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 according to the Bible,

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 you're not going

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 to be popular.

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 No,

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 you're going

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 to be persecuted.

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 So don't think

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 it's strange

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 when you are persecuted.

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 All who desire

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 to live a godly life

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 will be persecuted.

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 But as for you,

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 Paul continues

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 in verse 14,

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 continue in what

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 you have learned

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 and have firmly believed,

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 knowing from whom

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 you learned it

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 and how from childhood

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 you have been acquainted

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 with the sacred writings.

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 The relative pronoun here,

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 whom,

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 is plural in the Greek.

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 So we know

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 that it's referring

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 to more than one person

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 that Timothy

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 learned the Christian faith from.

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 Since Paul notes

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 that Timothy

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 has been acquainted

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 with the scriptures

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 from childhood,

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 it is likely that

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 the whom refers

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 to Timothy's mother,

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 Eunice,

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 and his grandmother,

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 Lois.

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 Earlier in 2 Timothy

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 chapter 1 verse 5,

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 Paul has said to Timothy,

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 Timothy's father

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 was a Greek unbeliever,

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 so Timothy got

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 his Christian upbringing

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 from his mother

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 and grandmother.

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 And Paul is telling Timothy,

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 take these women

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 who have taught you

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 the scriptures

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 very seriously.

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 don't dismiss

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 what they have told you

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 as old wives tales.

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 Don't dismiss them

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 because they are not

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 current with the times.

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 Take these women

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 of godly character

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 very seriously.

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 Be very slow

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 to walk away

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 from what your mother

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 and grandmother

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 have taught you

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 from the scriptures.

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 I want to take some time

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 this morning

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 to directly address

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 the younger members

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 of our church

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 because so many children

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 teens and young adults

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 walk away from the Lord

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 after they leave

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 their parents' house.

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 If you have had

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 the privilege

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 of having parents

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 who brought you up

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 in the instruction

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 and discipline

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 of the Lord,

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 remember what you

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 have been taught

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 and don't depart

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 from it.

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 Don't throw away

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 what you have learned

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 from them

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 just because

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 what you have been taught

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 is scorned

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 by your peers

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 and professors

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 and mocked

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 in the media.

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 Remember that

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 all who desire

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 to live a godly life

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 will be persecuted.

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 And remember

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 who taught you.

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 Remember their life,

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 their teaching,

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 their faith,

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 patience,

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 love,

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 and steadfastness,

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 their persecutions

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 and sufferings.

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 I also want to address

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 the parents

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 in our church.

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 What your children

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 most need

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 to be acquainted with

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 first and foremost

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 is not their schoolwork.

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 It's not the SATs.

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 It's not their

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 extracurricular activities.

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 Soccer,

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 baseball,

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 piano,

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 dance.

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 It's the sacred writings.

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 That's what Timothy

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 was acquainted with

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 as he grew up.

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 What kind of aim

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 in life

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 are you modeling

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 for your children

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 and imparting

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 to them?

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 Are you aiming

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 for Harvard?

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 Harvard.

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 That's not high enough.

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 Instead of parenting

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 your kids toward Harvard,

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 you should be parenting

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 your kids

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 to heaven,

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 to the kingdom of God.

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 When they look

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 at your life

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 and example,

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 will your children

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 learn that your aim

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 in life

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 is to please the Lord

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 even through persecutions

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 and sufferings?

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 Or will they learn

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 that your aim in life

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 is health,

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 wealth,

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 and happiness?

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 Notice the contrast

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 between verse 13

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 and verse 14.

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 Evil people

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 and imposters

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 will go on

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 from bad to worse,

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 deceiving and being deceived,

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 but as for you,

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 continue in what you have learned

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 and have firmly believed.

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 Evil people will go on.

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 They will progress

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 in evil.

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 They will move on,

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 but you must continue

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 in the path

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 that you are on.

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 The word continue

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 more literally means

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 to remain

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 or stay,

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 which makes the contrast

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 with the evil people

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 and imposters

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 who go on

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 from bad to worse

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 a little more obvious.

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 The evil people

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 of this world

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 will continually progress

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 further in their transgressions,

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 but as for you,

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 don't go on.

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 Don't move on.

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 Don't graduate

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 from the Bible

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 and move on

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 to loftier studies

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 and speculations.

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 Don't progress

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 from the teachings

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 of the Bible

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 onto new ideas

00:16:54.120 --> 00:16:54.920
 that are in vogue.

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 Don't alter course

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 for every wind

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 that blows.

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 Instead,

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 remain anchor

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 to the word of God.

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 Don't listen

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 to the people

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 who say that the Bible

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 is old-fashioned,

00:17:05.240 --> 00:17:05.759
 outdated,

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 superstitious,

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 pre-modern,

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 and narrow-minded.

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 Don't leave the word.

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 Remain in the word

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 and stay in the word

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 and abide in the word.

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 trying to stay up to date

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 with our ever-changing culture

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 is the surest way

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 to go out of date.

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 The surest way

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 to be timelessly relevant

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 is to be in sync

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 with the eternal,

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 unchanging word of God.

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 So don't run after

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 what is trending

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 or what is viral.

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 Those are all fads

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 that pass away

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 like the clouds in the sky,

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 but the word of God

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 is like an immovable mountain

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 in front of which

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 all these clouds

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 pass by and dissipate.

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 Stay rooted there.

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 But why is remaining

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 in the word important?

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 I'm going to come back

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 to verse 15

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 a little later.

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 Look at verse 16

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 with me for now.

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 It says,

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 All scripture

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 is breathed out by God.

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 Older translations

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 used to say

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 that all scripture

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 is inspired by God.

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 This is where we get

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 the doctrine

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 of the inspiration

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 of scripture.

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 But this does not mean

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 that scripture

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 is inspiring

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 like a biography

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 of a Christian missionary

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 might be.

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 We say things commonly

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 like that was

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 an inspired performance

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 or you inspire me.

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 But that's not what

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 this word means here.

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 The way the English

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 Standard Version has it

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 is quite appropriate.

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 It says,

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 Scripture is breathed out

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 by God.

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 In other words,

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 it proceeds

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 from the very mouth of God.

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 It is God's very words.

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 It is His speech

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 which is why we call scripture

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 the word of God.

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 We throw that phrase around

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 so much,

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 word of God,

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 that we sometimes miss

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 the staggering import

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 of that statement.

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 In the Bible,

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 we are addressed

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 by God Almighty

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 who spoke creation

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 into existence

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 with His words.

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 In the Bible,

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 we hear the very

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 voice of God.

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 And I don't mean that

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 the same way

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 that we talk about

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 finding a writer's voice

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 in some latest fiction

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 that you read.

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 In every book,

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 the human author's voice,

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 tone,

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 and perspective

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 come through.

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 But that's not what

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 I'm talking about

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 when I say that God

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 speaks in scripture.

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 God's speech

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 is qualitatively

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 different from human speech

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 because whatever God speaks

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 comes into being.

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 Let me illustrate what I mean.

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 God's word

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 is the means

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 by which God

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 accomplishes His will.

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 Listen to this.

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 Psalm 33.

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 By the word

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 of the Lord

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 the heavens

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 were made

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 and by the breath

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 of His mouth

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 all their host.

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 For He spoke

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 and it came to be.

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 He commanded

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 and it stood firm.

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 God created

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 the universe

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 by speaking.

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 Listen to Psalm 107

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 verse 20.

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 He sent out

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 His word

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 and healed them

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 and delivered them

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 from their destruction.

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 God delivers

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 His people

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 by His word,

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 by speaking.

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 When I say

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 let there be light

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 nothing happens.

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 I just create

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 some sound waves

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 but there are no

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 electromagnetic waves

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 no light.

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 but when God says

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 let there be light

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 there is light.

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 Whatever God says

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 happens.

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 So whenever

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 you open

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 this book

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 something is

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 about to happen.

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 And whatever

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 has the breath

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 of God

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 is living.

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 It comes alive.

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 Ezekiel 37

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 what happens

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 God breathes

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 into the dry bones

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 and the bones

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 take on flesh

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 and return to life.

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 In Genesis 2

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 God breathes

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 into Adam and Eve

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 and they become

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 living beings

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 human beings.

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 Likewise

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 it says

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 the word

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 is God breathed

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 it is therefore

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 living.

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 That's why

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 Hebrews chapter 4

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 verse 12

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 describes scripture

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 as

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 living and active

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 sharper than

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 any two-edged sword

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 piercing to the

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 division of soul

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 and of spirit

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 of joints

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 and of marrow

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 and discerning

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 the thoughts

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 and intentions

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 of the heart.

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 Maybe to use

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 a more

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 modern analogy

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 the Bible

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 is not only

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 a recording

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 of what God

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 has said

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 it is a

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 live stream

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 of what

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 God is

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 saying.

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 The word

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 of God

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 is the only

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 book in the

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 world that is

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 described as

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 the sword

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 of the spirit

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 in Ephesians

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 chapter 6

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 verse 17.

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 It is the only

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 weapon that God

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 has given us

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 in our spiritual

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 armory.

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 And how do we

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 handle swords?

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 Not carelessly

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 not without

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 respect.

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 We handle

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 swords with

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 care

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 because it is

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 sharp

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 because it is

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 powerful.

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 That's why

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 Paul says

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 earlier in

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 2 Timothy 2

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 15 that we

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 must rightly

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 handle the

00:22:18.039 --> 00:22:18.720
 word of

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 truth.

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 and this

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 is why

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 scripture is

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 described in

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 verse 15

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 as sacred

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 writings.

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 Writings

00:22:27.059 --> 00:22:27.879
 is a reference

00:22:27.879 --> 00:22:28.299
 to scripture.

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 It comes from

00:22:29.579 --> 00:22:29.859
 the same

00:22:29.859 --> 00:22:30.359
 Greek word.

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 The sacred

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 writings

00:22:31.899 --> 00:22:33.319
 is sacred

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 or holy

00:22:34.000 --> 00:22:34.740
 because its

00:22:34.740 --> 00:22:35.659
 author God

00:22:35.659 --> 00:22:36.279
 is holy.

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 And the

00:22:37.339 --> 00:22:37.839
 basic meaning

00:22:37.839 --> 00:22:38.379
 of the word

00:22:38.379 --> 00:22:39.980
 holy is set

00:22:39.980 --> 00:22:40.859
 apart for a

00:22:40.859 --> 00:22:41.559
 special purpose.

00:22:42.079 --> 00:22:42.619
 Something that

00:22:42.619 --> 00:22:43.240
 is special.

00:22:43.240 --> 00:22:45.240
 holy is

00:22:45.240 --> 00:22:46.240
 holy.

00:22:46.240 --> 00:22:47.680
 So even

00:22:47.680 --> 00:22:48.180
 though we

00:22:48.180 --> 00:22:50.180
 normally associate

00:22:50.180 --> 00:22:50.720
 the word holy

00:22:50.720 --> 00:22:51.480
 in contrast

00:22:51.480 --> 00:22:52.400
 throughout the

00:22:52.400 --> 00:22:52.680
 Bible,

00:22:52.859 --> 00:22:53.880
 the antonym of

00:22:53.880 --> 00:22:54.620
 holy in the

00:22:54.620 --> 00:22:55.160
 Bible is

00:22:55.160 --> 00:22:55.700
 actually the

00:22:55.700 --> 00:22:56.480
 word common.

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 So Leviticus 10

00:22:58.279 --> 00:22:59.059
 10 says you are

00:22:59.059 --> 00:22:59.759
 to distinguish

00:22:59.759 --> 00:23:00.480
 between the

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 holy and the

00:23:01.740 --> 00:23:02.220
 common,

00:23:02.920 --> 00:23:03.759
 between the

00:23:03.759 --> 00:23:04.720
 unclean and

00:23:04.720 --> 00:23:05.400
 the clean.

00:23:05.400 --> 00:23:08.800
 holiness is

00:23:08.800 --> 00:23:09.259
 an attribute

00:23:09.259 --> 00:23:09.860
 of God

00:23:09.860 --> 00:23:10.160
 and it

00:23:10.160 --> 00:23:10.700
 refers to

00:23:10.700 --> 00:23:11.180
 God's

00:23:11.180 --> 00:23:12.200
 transcendence

00:23:12.200 --> 00:23:12.980
 that he

00:23:12.980 --> 00:23:13.759
 is far

00:23:13.759 --> 00:23:14.240
 beyond

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 and is

00:23:14.720 --> 00:23:15.300
 separate

00:23:15.300 --> 00:23:15.680
 from,

00:23:15.880 --> 00:23:16.700
 differentiated

00:23:16.700 --> 00:23:17.280
 from the

00:23:17.280 --> 00:23:17.720
 rest of

00:23:17.720 --> 00:23:18.160
 the created

00:23:18.160 --> 00:23:18.519
 order

00:23:18.519 --> 00:23:19.480
 because he

00:23:19.480 --> 00:23:19.900
 is the

00:23:19.900 --> 00:23:20.700
 only creator.

00:23:20.860 --> 00:23:21.180
 He is the

00:23:21.180 --> 00:23:21.920
 holy one,

00:23:22.600 --> 00:23:23.000
 the one who

00:23:23.000 --> 00:23:23.300
 is set

00:23:23.300 --> 00:23:23.740
 apart.

00:23:24.580 --> 00:23:25.460
 By extension

00:23:25.460 --> 00:23:26.140
 then because

00:23:26.140 --> 00:23:26.820
 the writings

00:23:26.820 --> 00:23:27.740
 take on the

00:23:27.740 --> 00:23:28.240
 character of

00:23:28.240 --> 00:23:28.640
 the author

00:23:28.640 --> 00:23:29.060
 and because

00:23:29.060 --> 00:23:29.920
 the Bible

00:23:29.920 --> 00:23:30.540
 is a living

00:23:30.540 --> 00:23:30.960
 book,

00:23:31.100 --> 00:23:31.480
 it is what

00:23:31.480 --> 00:23:32.320
 God speaks,

00:23:32.660 --> 00:23:33.320
 it is God's

00:23:33.320 --> 00:23:33.720
 act,

00:23:34.360 --> 00:23:34.960
 the book

00:23:34.960 --> 00:23:36.160
 is holy,

00:23:36.340 --> 00:23:36.779
 the Bible

00:23:36.779 --> 00:23:37.680
 is called

00:23:37.680 --> 00:23:38.240
 the Holy

00:23:38.240 --> 00:23:38.640
 Bible.

00:23:41.240 --> 00:23:41.960
 So don't

00:23:41.960 --> 00:23:42.299
 let the

00:23:42.299 --> 00:23:42.680
 fact that

00:23:42.680 --> 00:23:43.059
 it has

00:23:43.059 --> 00:23:43.700
 covers and

00:23:43.700 --> 00:23:45.539
 pages and

00:23:45.539 --> 00:23:46.360
 ink on

00:23:46.360 --> 00:23:46.920
 paper like

00:23:46.920 --> 00:23:47.200
 all the

00:23:47.200 --> 00:23:47.600
 other books

00:23:47.600 --> 00:23:47.880
 that you

00:23:47.880 --> 00:23:49.299
 read fool

00:23:49.299 --> 00:23:49.700
 you into

00:23:49.700 --> 00:23:50.160
 thinking that

00:23:50.160 --> 00:23:50.519
 it is like

00:23:50.519 --> 00:23:50.860
 any other

00:23:50.860 --> 00:23:51.180
 book you

00:23:51.180 --> 00:23:51.420
 read.

00:23:52.700 --> 00:23:53.360
 It's a

00:23:53.360 --> 00:23:54.160
 sacred book,

00:23:54.279 --> 00:23:54.819
 a holy

00:23:54.819 --> 00:23:55.759
 book.

00:23:58.299 --> 00:23:58.980
 I went

00:23:58.980 --> 00:23:59.840
 to a

00:23:59.840 --> 00:24:00.700
 very liberal

00:24:00.700 --> 00:24:02.340
 arts college

00:24:02.340 --> 00:24:03.860
 where every

00:24:03.860 --> 00:24:04.799
 church history

00:24:04.799 --> 00:24:05.259
 and religion

00:24:05.259 --> 00:24:06.000
 class I

00:24:06.000 --> 00:24:06.359
 took,

00:24:06.759 --> 00:24:07.200
 they tried

00:24:07.200 --> 00:24:07.700
 to convince

00:24:07.700 --> 00:24:08.139
 me that

00:24:08.139 --> 00:24:08.579
 God's

00:24:08.579 --> 00:24:09.259
 word is

00:24:09.259 --> 00:24:10.039
 not special,

00:24:10.839 --> 00:24:11.200
 that it

00:24:11.200 --> 00:24:11.579
 is just

00:24:11.579 --> 00:24:12.200
 one of

00:24:12.200 --> 00:24:12.519
 many

00:24:12.519 --> 00:24:13.139
 historical

00:24:13.139 --> 00:24:13.720
 artifacts,

00:24:13.879 --> 00:24:14.220
 religious

00:24:14.220 --> 00:24:14.919
 artifacts,

00:24:15.119 --> 00:24:15.319
 and that

00:24:15.319 --> 00:24:15.720
 it carries

00:24:15.720 --> 00:24:16.919
 no special

00:24:16.919 --> 00:24:17.399
 authority.

00:24:17.899 --> 00:24:18.519
 But all

00:24:18.519 --> 00:24:19.099
 those reading

00:24:19.099 --> 00:24:19.899
 assignments that

00:24:19.899 --> 00:24:20.379
 I did

00:24:20.379 --> 00:24:21.899
 only reinforced

00:24:21.899 --> 00:24:22.799
 my conviction

00:24:22.799 --> 00:24:23.419
 that God's

00:24:23.419 --> 00:24:23.919
 word really

00:24:23.919 --> 00:24:24.919
 is like

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 nothing else.

00:24:27.740 --> 00:24:28.579
 Even the

00:24:28.579 --> 00:24:29.480
 most remarkable

00:24:29.480 --> 00:24:30.599
 human literature

00:24:30.599 --> 00:24:31.279
 is merely

00:24:31.279 --> 00:24:32.700
 human and

00:24:32.700 --> 00:24:33.180
 therefore

00:24:33.180 --> 00:24:33.940
 common.

00:24:34.799 --> 00:24:36.119
 the Hindu

00:24:36.119 --> 00:24:37.779
 Bhagavad Gita

00:24:37.779 --> 00:24:39.119
 is common.

00:24:40.359 --> 00:24:41.119
 Confucius'

00:24:41.339 --> 00:24:42.259
 Analects

00:24:42.259 --> 00:24:43.200
 is common.

00:24:44.359 --> 00:24:45.200
 Plato's

00:24:45.200 --> 00:24:45.659
 Republic

00:24:45.659 --> 00:24:46.960
 is common.

00:24:47.119 --> 00:24:47.839
 Karl Marx's

00:24:47.839 --> 00:24:48.359
 The Communist

00:24:48.359 --> 00:24:49.119
 Manifesto

00:24:49.119 --> 00:24:50.000
 is common.

00:24:50.559 --> 00:24:51.359
 Thomas Paine's

00:24:51.359 --> 00:24:51.720
 The Rights

00:24:51.720 --> 00:24:52.220
 of Man

00:24:52.220 --> 00:24:53.220
 is common.

00:24:53.460 --> 00:24:54.139
 I mean

00:24:54.139 --> 00:24:54.940
 Shakespeare's

00:24:54.940 --> 00:24:55.779
 plays are

00:24:55.779 --> 00:24:56.539
 common.

00:24:56.899 --> 00:24:57.359
 Homer's

00:24:57.359 --> 00:24:57.720
 Odyssey

00:24:57.720 --> 00:24:59.079
 is common.

00:24:59.259 --> 00:24:59.960
 The Koran

00:24:59.960 --> 00:25:01.079
 is common.

00:25:01.200 --> 00:25:01.799
 Tolstoy's

00:25:01.799 --> 00:25:02.700
 War and Peace

00:25:02.700 --> 00:25:03.940
 is common.

00:25:04.100 --> 00:25:05.019
 Tolkien's

00:25:05.019 --> 00:25:05.980
 Lord of the

00:25:05.980 --> 00:25:06.420
 Rings even

00:25:06.420 --> 00:25:08.400
 is common.

00:25:10.319 --> 00:25:11.559
 The Seven

00:25:11.559 --> 00:25:12.180
 Habits of

00:25:12.180 --> 00:25:12.840
 Highly Effective

00:25:12.840 --> 00:25:13.240
 People

00:25:13.240 --> 00:25:15.120
 is common.

00:25:15.900 --> 00:25:16.700
 How to

00:25:16.700 --> 00:25:17.299
 Win Friends

00:25:17.299 --> 00:25:17.920
 and Influence

00:25:17.920 --> 00:25:18.299
 People

00:25:18.299 --> 00:25:20.000
 is common.

00:25:20.799 --> 00:25:21.400
 The United

00:25:21.400 --> 00:25:22.559
 States Constitution

00:25:22.559 --> 00:25:24.680
 is a

00:25:24.680 --> 00:25:25.180
 common

00:25:25.180 --> 00:25:26.360
 document.

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 But the

00:25:28.900 --> 00:25:30.039
 Bible is

00:25:30.039 --> 00:25:30.360
 holy.

00:25:30.359 --> 00:25:30.959
 holy.

00:25:34.899 --> 00:25:35.659
 And note

00:25:35.659 --> 00:25:35.919
 that it

00:25:35.919 --> 00:25:36.500
 doesn't say

00:25:36.500 --> 00:25:37.059
 that the

00:25:37.059 --> 00:25:37.359
 scripture

00:25:37.359 --> 00:25:38.500
 writers are

00:25:38.500 --> 00:25:38.959
 breathed out

00:25:38.959 --> 00:25:39.479
 by God.

00:25:41.079 --> 00:25:42.059
 The human

00:25:42.059 --> 00:25:42.839
 author of

00:25:42.839 --> 00:25:43.359
 scripture were

00:25:43.359 --> 00:25:43.939
 inspired by

00:25:43.939 --> 00:25:44.339
 God to

00:25:44.339 --> 00:25:44.899
 write God's

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 word.

00:25:45.619 --> 00:25:45.939
 But this

00:25:45.939 --> 00:25:46.359
 verse says

00:25:46.359 --> 00:25:46.759
 more than

00:25:46.759 --> 00:25:46.939
 that.

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 It says

00:25:47.339 --> 00:25:47.859
 that the

00:25:47.859 --> 00:25:48.199
 sacred

00:25:48.199 --> 00:25:48.859
 writings,

00:25:49.000 --> 00:25:49.519
 the writings

00:25:49.519 --> 00:25:50.219
 themselves

00:25:50.219 --> 00:25:51.079
 are breathed

00:25:51.079 --> 00:25:51.479
 out by

00:25:51.479 --> 00:25:51.839
 God.

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 Not only

00:25:52.839 --> 00:25:53.219
 the red

00:25:53.219 --> 00:25:53.699
 words of

00:25:53.699 --> 00:25:54.459
 Jesus in

00:25:54.459 --> 00:25:54.979
 that version

00:25:54.979 --> 00:25:55.240
 of the

00:25:55.240 --> 00:25:55.539
 Bible that

00:25:55.539 --> 00:25:55.779
 you might

00:25:55.779 --> 00:25:56.119
 have,

00:25:56.500 --> 00:25:57.199
 but every

00:25:57.199 --> 00:25:58.699
 word in

00:25:58.700 --> 00:25:59.519
 these pages

00:25:59.519 --> 00:26:00.059
 of scripture

00:26:00.059 --> 00:26:01.299
 are breathed

00:26:01.299 --> 00:26:01.960
 out by

00:26:01.960 --> 00:26:02.360
 God.

00:26:02.440 --> 00:26:02.740
 That's an

00:26:02.740 --> 00:26:03.400
 amazing

00:26:03.400 --> 00:26:04.420
 reality.

00:26:05.920 --> 00:26:06.120
 And note

00:26:06.120 --> 00:26:06.640
 also that it

00:26:06.640 --> 00:26:07.140
 doesn't say

00:26:07.140 --> 00:26:08.039
 some scripture

00:26:08.039 --> 00:26:09.460
 is breathed

00:26:09.460 --> 00:26:09.819
 out by

00:26:09.819 --> 00:26:10.180
 God.

00:26:12.059 --> 00:26:12.580
 Sometimes

00:26:12.580 --> 00:26:13.440
 because we

00:26:13.440 --> 00:26:13.900
 do have

00:26:13.900 --> 00:26:14.220
 favorite

00:26:14.220 --> 00:26:14.819
 passages and

00:26:14.819 --> 00:26:15.019
 whatnot,

00:26:15.220 --> 00:26:15.539
 we say,

00:26:15.680 --> 00:26:15.779
 oh,

00:26:15.819 --> 00:26:16.140
 that's a

00:26:16.140 --> 00:26:16.620
 really good

00:26:16.620 --> 00:26:16.980
 part of

00:26:16.980 --> 00:26:17.240
 scripture,

00:26:17.240 --> 00:26:17.640
 as if

00:26:17.640 --> 00:26:18.319
 there's a

00:26:18.319 --> 00:26:18.559
 part of

00:26:18.559 --> 00:26:18.759
 scripture

00:26:18.759 --> 00:26:19.039
 that is

00:26:19.039 --> 00:26:19.640
 not good.

00:26:22.940 --> 00:26:23.860
 But all

00:26:23.860 --> 00:26:24.259
 of it is

00:26:24.259 --> 00:26:24.580
 God's

00:26:24.580 --> 00:26:24.840
 word.

00:26:24.839 --> 00:26:28.099
 All

00:26:28.099 --> 00:26:28.599
 scripture

00:26:28.599 --> 00:26:29.099
 is God

00:26:29.099 --> 00:26:29.619
 breathed.

00:26:30.439 --> 00:26:30.919
 Of course,

00:26:31.119 --> 00:26:31.599
 in this

00:26:31.599 --> 00:26:32.399
 case,

00:26:32.519 --> 00:26:32.980
 specifically,

00:26:33.139 --> 00:26:33.459
 Paul is

00:26:33.459 --> 00:26:33.919
 referring to

00:26:33.919 --> 00:26:34.319
 the Old

00:26:34.319 --> 00:26:34.639
 Testament

00:26:34.639 --> 00:26:35.079
 because the

00:26:35.079 --> 00:26:35.500
 New Testament

00:26:35.500 --> 00:26:36.659
 canon hasn't

00:26:36.659 --> 00:26:37.259
 been formed

00:26:37.259 --> 00:26:37.659
 yet,

00:26:38.119 --> 00:26:39.319
 but it is

00:26:39.319 --> 00:26:40.959
 not inappropriate

00:26:40.959 --> 00:26:41.759
 to apply

00:26:41.759 --> 00:26:42.579
 this verse

00:26:42.579 --> 00:26:43.299
 to the New

00:26:43.299 --> 00:26:43.980
 Testament for

00:26:43.980 --> 00:26:44.399
 a number of

00:26:44.399 --> 00:26:44.759
 reasons.

00:26:45.919 --> 00:26:46.220
 One,

00:26:46.339 --> 00:26:47.259
 Jesus assumed

00:26:47.259 --> 00:26:48.099
 scripture level

00:26:48.099 --> 00:26:49.139
 authority for

00:26:49.139 --> 00:26:49.599
 his own

00:26:49.599 --> 00:26:49.959
 teaching.

00:26:51.139 --> 00:26:51.759
 Remember the

00:26:51.759 --> 00:26:52.399
 Sermon on the

00:26:52.399 --> 00:26:52.579
 Bound?

00:26:52.659 --> 00:26:53.199
 Recall how

00:26:53.199 --> 00:26:53.819
 Jesus says,

00:26:53.919 --> 00:26:54.179
 you have

00:26:54.179 --> 00:26:54.699
 heard that it

00:26:54.700 --> 00:26:55.200
 was said,

00:26:55.299 --> 00:26:55.580
 and then he

00:26:55.580 --> 00:26:55.960
 says in

00:26:55.960 --> 00:26:56.380
 Old Testament

00:26:56.380 --> 00:26:56.799
 scripture,

00:26:57.200 --> 00:26:57.600
 and then he

00:26:57.600 --> 00:26:57.940
 says,

00:26:58.200 --> 00:26:58.900
 but I tell

00:26:58.900 --> 00:26:59.360
 you,

00:26:59.860 --> 00:27:00.640
 because he

00:27:00.640 --> 00:27:01.259
 has the

00:27:01.259 --> 00:27:01.840
 authority to

00:27:01.840 --> 00:27:02.500
 proclaim God's

00:27:02.500 --> 00:27:02.600
 word,

00:27:02.660 --> 00:27:03.259
 he is the

00:27:03.259 --> 00:27:03.700
 incarnate

00:27:03.700 --> 00:27:04.039
 word.

00:27:05.220 --> 00:27:05.500
 And in

00:27:05.500 --> 00:27:06.259
 John 14

00:27:06.259 --> 00:27:06.559
 10,

00:27:06.680 --> 00:27:07.120
 Jesus said,

00:27:07.220 --> 00:27:07.640
 the words

00:27:07.640 --> 00:27:08.240
 that I say

00:27:08.240 --> 00:27:08.720
 to you,

00:27:08.920 --> 00:27:09.380
 I do not

00:27:09.380 --> 00:27:09.880
 speak on my

00:27:09.880 --> 00:27:10.420
 own authority,

00:27:10.519 --> 00:27:10.840
 but the

00:27:10.840 --> 00:27:11.420
 Father who

00:27:11.420 --> 00:27:11.980
 dwells in

00:27:11.980 --> 00:27:12.380
 me does

00:27:12.380 --> 00:27:12.860
 his works.

00:27:12.940 --> 00:27:13.220
 He is

00:27:13.220 --> 00:27:14.140
 speaking the

00:27:14.140 --> 00:27:14.660
 Father's

00:27:14.660 --> 00:27:15.140
 words.

00:27:17.980 --> 00:27:18.420
 Ephesians

00:27:18.420 --> 00:27:19.140
 2 20 says

00:27:19.140 --> 00:27:19.440
 that the

00:27:19.440 --> 00:27:19.940
 church is

00:27:19.940 --> 00:27:20.360
 built on the

00:27:20.360 --> 00:27:20.880
 foundation of

00:27:20.880 --> 00:27:21.360
 the apostles

00:27:21.360 --> 00:27:21.680
 and the

00:27:21.680 --> 00:27:22.059
 prophets,

00:27:22.559 --> 00:27:23.180
 and Jesus

00:27:23.180 --> 00:27:23.840
 promised the

00:27:23.839 --> 00:27:24.759
 apostles himself

00:27:24.759 --> 00:27:25.759
 that the

00:27:25.759 --> 00:27:26.259
 Holy Spirit

00:27:26.259 --> 00:27:27.039
 will bring to

00:27:27.039 --> 00:27:27.500
 mind to

00:27:27.500 --> 00:27:27.919
 them the

00:27:27.919 --> 00:27:28.379
 things that

00:27:28.379 --> 00:27:28.619
 he has

00:27:28.619 --> 00:27:29.199
 taught them.

00:27:30.079 --> 00:27:30.379
 And it's

00:27:30.379 --> 00:27:31.279
 these apostles

00:27:31.279 --> 00:27:32.839
 who,

00:27:33.000 --> 00:27:33.359
 and their

00:27:33.359 --> 00:27:34.319
 close associates

00:27:34.319 --> 00:27:34.959
 who are

00:27:34.959 --> 00:27:35.720
 kind of

00:27:35.720 --> 00:27:36.799
 writing down

00:27:36.799 --> 00:27:37.539
 the eyewitness

00:27:37.539 --> 00:27:38.179
 testimony of

00:27:38.179 --> 00:27:38.699
 these apostles,

00:27:38.939 --> 00:27:39.419
 they are the

00:27:39.419 --> 00:27:39.799
 ones that are

00:27:39.799 --> 00:27:40.439
 responsible for

00:27:40.439 --> 00:27:40.859
 writing the

00:27:40.859 --> 00:27:41.199
 New Testament

00:27:41.199 --> 00:27:41.599
 scriptures.

00:27:41.599 --> 00:27:41.719
 scriptures.

00:27:43.519 --> 00:27:44.240
 And in the

00:27:44.240 --> 00:27:44.699
 New Testament

00:27:44.699 --> 00:27:45.099
 itself,

00:27:45.179 --> 00:27:45.639
 there is a

00:27:45.639 --> 00:27:46.539
 recognition that

00:27:46.539 --> 00:27:47.019
 the other

00:27:47.019 --> 00:27:47.839
 writings of

00:27:47.839 --> 00:27:48.359
 the apostles

00:27:48.359 --> 00:27:49.000
 carry the

00:27:49.000 --> 00:27:49.740
 authority of

00:27:49.740 --> 00:27:50.019
 the Old

00:27:50.019 --> 00:27:50.299
 Testament

00:27:50.299 --> 00:27:50.699
 scriptures.

00:27:51.359 --> 00:27:51.779
 For example,

00:27:51.899 --> 00:27:52.480
 in 2 Peter

00:27:52.480 --> 00:27:53.199
 chapter 3

00:27:53.199 --> 00:27:53.879
 verses 15

00:27:53.879 --> 00:27:54.339
 to 16,

00:27:54.480 --> 00:27:55.079
 Peter writes,

00:27:55.659 --> 00:27:56.179
 Our beloved

00:27:56.179 --> 00:27:56.919
 brother Paul

00:27:56.919 --> 00:27:57.599
 also wrote

00:27:57.599 --> 00:27:57.939
 to you

00:27:57.939 --> 00:27:58.399
 according to

00:27:58.399 --> 00:27:58.759
 the wisdom

00:27:58.759 --> 00:27:59.439
 given him,

00:27:59.879 --> 00:28:00.639
 as he does

00:28:00.639 --> 00:28:01.339
 in all his

00:28:01.339 --> 00:28:01.839
 letters when

00:28:01.839 --> 00:28:02.299
 he speaks

00:28:02.299 --> 00:28:02.839
 in them of

00:28:02.839 --> 00:28:03.439
 these matters.

00:28:04.240 --> 00:28:04.759
 There are

00:28:04.759 --> 00:28:05.339
 some things

00:28:05.339 --> 00:28:05.740
 in them that

00:28:05.740 --> 00:28:06.179
 are hard to

00:28:06.179 --> 00:28:06.699
 understand,

00:28:06.799 --> 00:28:07.099
 which the

00:28:07.099 --> 00:28:07.599
 ignorant and

00:28:07.599 --> 00:28:08.519
 unstable twist to

00:28:08.519 --> 00:28:08.819
 their own

00:28:08.819 --> 00:28:09.259
 destruction,

00:28:09.459 --> 00:28:10.259
 as they do

00:28:10.259 --> 00:28:11.180
 the other

00:28:11.180 --> 00:28:11.940
 scriptures.

00:28:13.059 --> 00:28:13.839
 He puts

00:28:13.839 --> 00:28:14.500
 Peter,

00:28:14.799 --> 00:28:15.119
 the apostle

00:28:15.119 --> 00:28:15.460
 Peter is

00:28:15.460 --> 00:28:16.140
 putting Paul's

00:28:16.140 --> 00:28:16.619
 writings in

00:28:16.619 --> 00:28:16.920
 the same

00:28:16.920 --> 00:28:17.619
 category as

00:28:17.619 --> 00:28:18.000
 the other

00:28:18.000 --> 00:28:18.660
 scriptures,

00:28:19.519 --> 00:28:19.819
 the Old

00:28:19.819 --> 00:28:20.099
 Testament

00:28:20.099 --> 00:28:20.579
 scriptures.

00:28:25.180 --> 00:28:25.879
 One more

00:28:25.879 --> 00:28:26.400
 example to

00:28:26.400 --> 00:28:26.920
 illustrate this,

00:28:27.039 --> 00:28:27.799
 1 Timothy 5

00:28:27.799 --> 00:28:28.160
 18,

00:28:28.319 --> 00:28:28.839
 Paul writes,

00:28:28.940 --> 00:28:29.160
 For the

00:28:29.160 --> 00:28:29.859
 scripture says,

00:28:30.299 --> 00:28:30.680
 You shall

00:28:30.680 --> 00:28:31.200
 not muzzle

00:28:31.200 --> 00:28:31.700
 an ox when

00:28:31.700 --> 00:28:32.099
 it treads

00:28:32.099 --> 00:28:32.379
 out the

00:28:32.379 --> 00:28:32.660
 grain,

00:28:32.839 --> 00:28:33.640
 and the

00:28:33.640 --> 00:28:34.160
 laborer

00:28:34.160 --> 00:28:34.859
 deserves his

00:28:34.859 --> 00:28:35.319
 wages.

00:28:36.339 --> 00:28:36.879
 To command

00:28:36.879 --> 00:28:37.200
 not,

00:28:37.279 --> 00:28:37.640
 there are two

00:28:37.640 --> 00:28:38.539
 citations there

00:28:38.539 --> 00:28:39.359
 in that verse.

00:28:39.359 --> 00:28:40.279
 The first

00:28:40.279 --> 00:28:40.939
 citation is

00:28:40.939 --> 00:28:41.559
 from Deuteronomy

00:28:41.559 --> 00:28:41.939
 25,

00:28:42.099 --> 00:28:42.299
 4,

00:28:42.359 --> 00:28:42.619
 where it

00:28:42.619 --> 00:28:43.259
 says to

00:28:43.259 --> 00:28:43.619
 do not

00:28:43.619 --> 00:28:44.079
 muzzle an

00:28:44.079 --> 00:28:44.939
 ox when

00:28:44.939 --> 00:28:45.099
 it's

00:28:45.099 --> 00:28:45.479
 treading out

00:28:45.479 --> 00:28:45.839
 the grain.

00:28:46.859 --> 00:28:47.319
 But the

00:28:47.319 --> 00:28:48.039
 second quote

00:28:48.039 --> 00:28:48.479
 is not

00:28:48.479 --> 00:28:48.959
 from the

00:28:48.959 --> 00:28:49.339
 Old Testament

00:28:49.339 --> 00:28:49.779
 scriptures.

00:28:50.199 --> 00:28:50.740
 The laborer

00:28:50.740 --> 00:28:51.259
 deserves his

00:28:51.259 --> 00:28:51.779
 wages is

00:28:51.779 --> 00:28:52.240
 actually a

00:28:52.240 --> 00:28:52.939
 direct quotation

00:28:52.939 --> 00:28:53.979
 of Luke

00:28:53.979 --> 00:28:54.359
 10,

00:28:54.479 --> 00:28:54.779
 7,

00:28:55.179 --> 00:28:55.339
 which is

00:28:55.339 --> 00:28:55.719
 also found

00:28:55.719 --> 00:28:56.079
 in Matthew

00:28:56.079 --> 00:28:56.419
 10,

00:28:56.500 --> 00:28:56.779
 10.

00:28:57.259 --> 00:28:57.939
 So Paul

00:28:57.939 --> 00:28:58.339
 is there

00:28:58.339 --> 00:28:59.259
 already referring

00:28:59.259 --> 00:28:59.899
 to statements

00:28:59.899 --> 00:29:00.599
 of Jesus

00:29:00.599 --> 00:29:01.599
 that's in

00:29:01.599 --> 00:29:02.819
 the Gospels

00:29:02.819 --> 00:29:04.579
 as scripture.

00:29:05.979 --> 00:29:06.519
 So then by

00:29:06.519 --> 00:29:07.059
 implication,

00:29:07.379 --> 00:29:08.279
 all scripture

00:29:08.279 --> 00:29:11.200
 are breathed

00:29:11.200 --> 00:29:16.519
 out by God.

00:29:17.279 --> 00:29:17.799
 That means we

00:29:17.799 --> 00:29:18.700
 can't pick and

00:29:18.700 --> 00:29:19.160
 choose which

00:29:19.160 --> 00:29:19.579
 part of

00:29:19.579 --> 00:29:20.379
 scripture to

00:29:20.379 --> 00:29:21.339
 accept and

00:29:21.339 --> 00:29:22.319
 which part to

00:29:22.319 --> 00:29:22.779
 discard.

00:29:24.220 --> 00:29:25.160
 This is not

00:29:25.160 --> 00:29:25.920
 our prerogative

00:29:25.920 --> 00:29:27.279
 because it's

00:29:27.279 --> 00:29:28.039
 God's word and

00:29:28.039 --> 00:29:28.460
 we don't have

00:29:28.460 --> 00:29:29.099
 the authority to

00:29:29.099 --> 00:29:29.799
 pick and choose

00:29:29.799 --> 00:29:30.399
 what part of

00:29:30.399 --> 00:29:30.799
 the king's

00:29:30.799 --> 00:29:31.240
 decree to

00:29:31.240 --> 00:29:31.519
 obey.

00:29:31.519 --> 00:29:34.559
 Paul completes

00:29:34.559 --> 00:29:35.059
 his thought in

00:29:35.059 --> 00:29:35.500
 the rest of

00:29:35.500 --> 00:29:36.319
 verses 16 and

00:29:36.319 --> 00:29:36.720
 17.

00:29:36.839 --> 00:29:37.299
 All scripture

00:29:37.299 --> 00:29:37.799
 is breathed

00:29:37.799 --> 00:29:38.579
 out by God

00:29:38.579 --> 00:29:39.660
 and profitable

00:29:39.660 --> 00:29:40.500
 for teaching,

00:29:40.680 --> 00:29:41.440
 for reproof,

00:29:41.559 --> 00:29:42.420
 for correction,

00:29:42.639 --> 00:29:43.400
 and for training

00:29:43.400 --> 00:29:44.019
 in righteousness

00:29:44.019 --> 00:29:45.240
 that the man of

00:29:45.240 --> 00:29:46.019
 God may be

00:29:46.019 --> 00:29:46.680
 complete,

00:29:46.940 --> 00:29:47.740
 equipped for

00:29:47.740 --> 00:29:48.559
 every good

00:29:48.559 --> 00:29:48.980
 work.

00:29:50.319 --> 00:29:51.099
 God's word

00:29:51.099 --> 00:29:52.180
 teaches us.

00:29:52.559 --> 00:29:53.139
 We do not

00:29:53.139 --> 00:29:53.740
 teach God's

00:29:53.740 --> 00:29:54.000
 word.

00:29:54.720 --> 00:29:55.440
 God's word

00:29:55.440 --> 00:29:56.460
 reproves us of

00:29:56.460 --> 00:29:56.960
 our sin.

00:29:57.259 --> 00:29:57.700
 We do not

00:29:57.700 --> 00:29:58.579
 reprove God's

00:29:58.579 --> 00:29:58.859
 word.

00:29:58.859 --> 00:30:00.159
 God's word

00:30:00.159 --> 00:30:01.079
 corrects us of

00:30:01.079 --> 00:30:01.519
 our error.

00:30:01.899 --> 00:30:02.319
 We do not

00:30:02.319 --> 00:30:03.059
 correct God's

00:30:03.059 --> 00:30:03.699
 word of

00:30:03.699 --> 00:30:04.099
 error.

00:30:04.799 --> 00:30:05.399
 God's word

00:30:05.399 --> 00:30:06.579
 trains us for

00:30:06.579 --> 00:30:07.019
 righteousness,

00:30:07.359 --> 00:30:08.299
 not the other

00:30:08.299 --> 00:30:09.159
 way around.

00:30:09.319 --> 00:30:10.079
 It is so easy

00:30:10.079 --> 00:30:10.699
 for us to

00:30:10.699 --> 00:30:11.419
 place ourselves

00:30:11.419 --> 00:30:12.339
 above scripture,

00:30:12.479 --> 00:30:13.279
 to critique it,

00:30:13.479 --> 00:30:14.240
 to judge it,

00:30:14.279 --> 00:30:15.299
 to evaluate it,

00:30:15.299 --> 00:30:15.819
 but the

00:30:15.819 --> 00:30:16.779
 appropriate posture

00:30:16.779 --> 00:30:17.399
 is to place

00:30:17.399 --> 00:30:18.379
 ourselves under

00:30:18.379 --> 00:30:18.979
 the authority

00:30:18.979 --> 00:30:19.439
 of scripture.

00:30:20.679 --> 00:30:21.279
 The scripture

00:30:21.279 --> 00:30:22.559
 searches us,

00:30:22.939 --> 00:30:23.959
 examines us,

00:30:24.119 --> 00:30:25.219
 and convicts us,

00:30:25.399 --> 00:30:26.639
 and challenges us,

00:30:27.219 --> 00:30:28.659
 and comforts us.

00:30:28.859 --> 00:30:32.299
 And God's word,

00:30:32.359 --> 00:30:32.619
 it says,

00:30:32.759 --> 00:30:33.819
 is sufficient to

00:30:33.819 --> 00:30:34.479
 make us

00:30:34.479 --> 00:30:35.299
 complete.

00:30:35.979 --> 00:30:36.599
 That's so

00:30:36.599 --> 00:30:37.039
 encouraging.

00:30:38.740 --> 00:30:39.599
 It can make us

00:30:39.599 --> 00:30:40.259
 complete,

00:30:40.659 --> 00:30:41.439
 equipped for

00:30:41.439 --> 00:30:42.500
 every good

00:30:42.500 --> 00:30:42.919
 work.

00:30:43.000 --> 00:30:43.719
 It doesn't get

00:30:43.719 --> 00:30:44.579
 us part of

00:30:44.579 --> 00:30:44.959
 the way.

00:30:45.319 --> 00:30:45.619
 No, it's

00:30:45.619 --> 00:30:46.219
 sufficient to

00:30:46.219 --> 00:30:46.619
 make us

00:30:46.619 --> 00:30:47.319
 complete,

00:30:47.479 --> 00:30:47.979
 lacking in

00:30:47.979 --> 00:30:48.279
 nothing.

00:30:49.399 --> 00:30:50.159
 It doesn't

00:30:50.159 --> 00:30:50.859
 equip us only

00:30:50.859 --> 00:30:51.479
 for some

00:30:51.479 --> 00:30:52.019
 good work.

00:30:52.119 --> 00:30:52.679
 It equips us

00:30:52.679 --> 00:30:53.679
 for every good

00:30:53.679 --> 00:30:54.059
 work.

00:30:54.979 --> 00:30:55.359
 Scripture,

00:30:55.599 --> 00:30:56.359
 as God's

00:30:56.359 --> 00:30:57.339
 revelation to

00:30:57.339 --> 00:30:57.799
 us,

00:30:58.079 --> 00:30:58.539
 is

00:30:58.539 --> 00:30:59.399
 sufficient.

00:31:00.240 --> 00:31:01.099
 We don't

00:31:01.099 --> 00:31:02.299
 need any

00:31:02.299 --> 00:31:03.079
 additional

00:31:03.079 --> 00:31:04.500
 revelation to

00:31:04.500 --> 00:31:05.220
 know and

00:31:05.220 --> 00:31:06.559
 obey God's

00:31:06.559 --> 00:31:06.759
 will.

00:31:08.099 --> 00:31:09.000
 All we need

00:31:09.000 --> 00:31:09.839
 to know in

00:31:09.839 --> 00:31:10.720
 order to be

00:31:10.720 --> 00:31:11.420
 equipped for

00:31:11.420 --> 00:31:11.940
 every good

00:31:11.940 --> 00:31:12.879
 work is

00:31:12.879 --> 00:31:13.379
 here.

00:31:14.079 --> 00:31:15.079
 All we need

00:31:15.079 --> 00:31:15.619
 to know to be

00:31:15.619 --> 00:31:16.420
 made wise for

00:31:16.420 --> 00:31:17.059
 salvation through

00:31:17.059 --> 00:31:17.879
 faith in Christ

00:31:17.879 --> 00:31:19.119
 Jesus is

00:31:19.119 --> 00:31:19.879
 here.

00:31:21.180 --> 00:31:21.940
 Do you really

00:31:21.940 --> 00:31:22.680
 believe that?

00:31:22.680 --> 00:31:22.799
 하�an?

00:31:23.240 --> 00:31:24.380
 I think many

00:31:24.380 --> 00:31:24.920
 of us know

00:31:24.920 --> 00:31:25.259
 this in

00:31:25.259 --> 00:31:25.980
 theory but

00:31:25.980 --> 00:31:26.680
 not in

00:31:26.680 --> 00:31:27.360
 practice.

00:31:28.519 --> 00:31:28.880
 And when the

00:31:28.880 --> 00:31:29.580
 push comes to

00:31:29.580 --> 00:31:29.960
 shove,

00:31:30.200 --> 00:31:30.840
 when the rubber

00:31:30.840 --> 00:31:31.240
 meets the

00:31:31.240 --> 00:31:31.440
 road,

00:31:31.539 --> 00:31:32.019
 we turn

00:31:32.019 --> 00:31:32.860
 elsewhere to

00:31:32.860 --> 00:31:33.500
 figure out

00:31:33.500 --> 00:31:34.340
 what we

00:31:34.340 --> 00:31:34.820
 should do

00:31:34.820 --> 00:31:35.220
 and how

00:31:35.220 --> 00:31:35.600
 we should

00:31:35.600 --> 00:31:35.900
 live.

00:31:37.620 --> 00:31:38.460
 But instead,

00:31:38.660 --> 00:31:39.220
 we should say

00:31:39.220 --> 00:31:40.380
 what Peter

00:31:40.380 --> 00:31:41.080
 said to Jesus

00:31:41.080 --> 00:31:42.060
 in John 6,

00:31:42.120 --> 00:31:42.560
 68,

00:31:42.759 --> 00:31:43.200
 Lord, to

00:31:43.200 --> 00:31:43.519
 whom

00:31:43.519 --> 00:31:44.080
 shall we

00:31:44.080 --> 00:31:44.380
 go?

00:31:45.080 --> 00:31:45.420
 You

00:31:45.420 --> 00:31:46.039
 have the

00:31:46.039 --> 00:31:46.519
 words of

00:31:46.519 --> 00:31:46.880
 eternal

00:31:46.880 --> 00:31:47.279
 life.

00:31:47.279 --> 00:31:51.960
 And that brings us back to verse 15

00:31:51.960 --> 00:31:55.940
 Which tells us that scriptures are able to make us wise for salvation

00:31:55.940 --> 00:31:57.379
 Through faith in Christ Jesus

00:31:57.379 --> 00:32:01.019
 Nothing else will make us wise for salvation

00:32:01.019 --> 00:32:03.059
 Salvation is found nowhere else

00:32:03.059 --> 00:32:03.399
 Why?

00:32:03.500 --> 00:32:05.899
 Not because we worship the Bible

00:32:05.899 --> 00:32:07.680
 Not because the Bible is God

00:32:07.680 --> 00:32:09.839
 Not because the Bible itself saves us

00:32:09.839 --> 00:32:15.220
 But because only the Bible leads us to Jesus Christ

00:32:15.220 --> 00:32:16.099
 Who alone can save

00:32:16.099 --> 00:32:20.679
 Scripture is where the gospel of Jesus Christ

00:32:20.679 --> 00:32:24.319
 Is recorded permanently and preserved reliably

00:32:24.319 --> 00:32:28.379
 The inscripturated word is where we meet Jesus

00:32:28.379 --> 00:32:31.059
 The incarnate word, the Son of God

00:32:31.059 --> 00:32:34.719
 Scripture is, we're right to say

00:32:34.719 --> 00:32:37.579
 The source and final authority of all our doctrine

00:32:37.579 --> 00:32:39.699
 It is not less than that

00:32:39.699 --> 00:32:43.759
 But scripture is also not merely an encyclopedia of doctrine

00:32:43.759 --> 00:32:45.559
 It is more than that

00:32:45.559 --> 00:32:47.480
 It's a relational book

00:32:47.480 --> 00:32:53.119
 It is a book by which God enters into a covenant relationship with us

00:32:53.119 --> 00:32:57.419
 It is the book by which God makes his promises to us

00:32:57.419 --> 00:33:01.519
 And we pledge our allegiance to him by submitting to the word

00:33:01.519 --> 00:33:05.440
 The Bible reveals Jesus to us

00:33:05.440 --> 00:33:08.860
 In fact, the Bible is all about Jesus

00:33:08.860 --> 00:33:11.220
 Jesus said in John 5, 39

00:33:11.220 --> 00:33:14.680
 You search the scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life

00:33:14.680 --> 00:33:18.000
 And it is they that bear witness about me

00:33:18.000 --> 00:33:18.680
 Jesus said

00:33:18.680 --> 00:33:21.580
 We find eternal life in the scriptures

00:33:21.580 --> 00:33:23.059
 They were right to search the scriptures

00:33:23.059 --> 00:33:25.299
 Because they think they could find eternal life there

00:33:25.299 --> 00:33:29.539
 Why? Because the scriptures bear witness about Jesus

00:33:29.539 --> 00:33:37.180
 I feel like I've been mentioning this book a lot lately

00:33:37.180 --> 00:33:39.460
 But just the illustrations tend to just fit

00:33:39.460 --> 00:33:41.299
 The Insanity of God

00:33:41.299 --> 00:33:42.980
 The author, Nick Ripken

00:33:42.980 --> 00:33:45.419
 Tells the story of five Muslim believers

00:33:45.419 --> 00:33:48.259
 Where Christians are intensely persecuted

00:33:48.259 --> 00:33:49.599
 He writes

00:33:49.599 --> 00:33:50.000
 Quote

00:33:50.000 --> 00:33:52.119
 This is these men

00:33:52.119 --> 00:33:54.160
 The five Muslim telling the story of their conversion

00:33:54.160 --> 00:33:55.079
 How they came to know Jesus

00:33:55.079 --> 00:33:55.519
 They said

00:33:55.519 --> 00:33:56.900
 One of the five men told me

00:33:56.900 --> 00:33:59.059
 I dreamed about a blue book

00:33:59.059 --> 00:34:00.660
 I was driven

00:34:00.660 --> 00:34:01.480
 Consumed

00:34:01.480 --> 00:34:03.000
 Consumed really

00:34:03.000 --> 00:34:04.180
 By the message of the dream

00:34:04.180 --> 00:34:05.920
 Look for this book

00:34:05.920 --> 00:34:06.619
 The dream said

00:34:06.619 --> 00:34:08.139
 Read this Bible

00:34:08.139 --> 00:34:10.460
 I began a secret search

00:34:10.460 --> 00:34:12.219
 But I could not find a book like that

00:34:12.219 --> 00:34:13.300
 Anywhere in my country

00:34:13.300 --> 00:34:14.600
 Then one day

00:34:14.600 --> 00:34:16.560
 I walked into a Quranic bookshop

00:34:16.560 --> 00:34:19.000
 And saw this sea of green books

00:34:19.000 --> 00:34:19.920
 Lining the walls

00:34:19.920 --> 00:34:22.880
 I noticed a book of a different color

00:34:22.880 --> 00:34:24.480
 On a shelf in the back of the store

00:34:24.480 --> 00:34:26.019
 So I walked back there

00:34:26.019 --> 00:34:28.039
 And pulled out a thick blue volume

00:34:28.039 --> 00:34:30.600
 To discover that it was a Bible

00:34:30.600 --> 00:34:34.060
 It was published in my own national language

00:34:34.060 --> 00:34:35.840
 I actually bought a Bible

00:34:35.840 --> 00:34:37.400
 In the Islamic bookstore

00:34:37.400 --> 00:34:38.740
 Took it home

00:34:38.740 --> 00:34:40.440
 And read it five times

00:34:40.440 --> 00:34:42.660
 That's how I came to know Jesus

00:34:42.659 --> 00:34:45.239
 Another one told me

00:34:45.239 --> 00:34:47.480
 I dreamed about finding Jesus

00:34:47.480 --> 00:34:48.719
 But I didn't even know

00:34:48.719 --> 00:34:49.980
 How or where to look

00:34:49.980 --> 00:34:51.119
 Then one day

00:34:51.119 --> 00:34:52.379
 I was walking through the market

00:34:52.379 --> 00:34:53.960
 When a man I had never seen before

00:34:53.960 --> 00:34:55.159
 Came up to me in the crowd

00:34:55.159 --> 00:34:55.980
 He said

00:34:55.980 --> 00:34:57.339
 The Holy Spirit told me

00:34:57.339 --> 00:34:58.460
 To give you this book

00:34:58.460 --> 00:35:00.599
 And he handed me a Bible

00:35:00.599 --> 00:35:01.920
 And disappeared in the crowd

00:35:01.920 --> 00:35:03.440
 I never saw him again

00:35:03.440 --> 00:35:05.199
 But I read the Bible

00:35:05.199 --> 00:35:06.339
 He gave me three times

00:35:06.339 --> 00:35:07.179
 From cover to cover

00:35:07.179 --> 00:35:08.619
 And that's how

00:35:08.619 --> 00:35:09.679
 I came to know

00:35:09.679 --> 00:35:11.359
 And follow Jesus

00:35:11.360 --> 00:35:14.380
 Each one of the five men

00:35:14.380 --> 00:35:15.820
 Told me a different variation

00:35:15.820 --> 00:35:17.260
 Of the same story

00:35:17.260 --> 00:35:18.660
 Each one of them

00:35:18.660 --> 00:35:20.120
 Had come across a Bible

00:35:20.120 --> 00:35:21.660
 In some unusual

00:35:21.660 --> 00:35:22.860
 Miraculous way

00:35:22.860 --> 00:35:24.640
 Each one had read

00:35:24.640 --> 00:35:26.079
 The gospel story of Jesus

00:35:26.079 --> 00:35:27.980
 Each one had decided

00:35:27.980 --> 00:35:29.820
 To follow him

00:35:29.820 --> 00:35:34.140
 Why does God use the Bible

00:35:34.140 --> 00:35:35.200
 In this way

00:35:35.200 --> 00:35:36.120
 Why is the Bible

00:35:36.120 --> 00:35:38.019
 So precious to us

00:35:38.019 --> 00:35:39.700
 Because it's in the Bible

00:35:39.700 --> 00:35:40.920
 That we meet Jesus

00:35:40.920 --> 00:35:41.760
 Our Savior

00:35:41.760 --> 00:35:42.900
 Our Redeemer

00:35:42.900 --> 00:35:43.700
 Our King

00:35:43.700 --> 00:35:44.900
 Our Great High Priest

00:35:44.900 --> 00:35:45.480
 Our Lord

00:35:45.480 --> 00:35:48.019
 Because in the Bible

00:35:48.019 --> 00:35:49.059
 We see Jesus

00:35:49.059 --> 00:35:50.240
 Hanging on the cross

00:35:50.240 --> 00:35:51.580
 Bearing the weight

00:35:51.580 --> 00:35:52.360
 Of our sins

00:35:52.360 --> 00:35:53.880
 Because in the Bible

00:35:53.880 --> 00:35:54.820
 We see Jesus

00:35:54.820 --> 00:35:56.080
 Rise victoriously

00:35:56.080 --> 00:35:56.940
 From the dead

00:35:56.940 --> 00:35:58.700
 Because in the Bible

00:35:58.700 --> 00:36:00.000
 We behold the glory

00:36:00.000 --> 00:36:01.019
 Of the Lord Jesus

00:36:01.019 --> 00:36:02.960
 And we are transformed

00:36:02.960 --> 00:36:04.240
 As we behold him

00:36:04.240 --> 00:36:06.440
 Every single one of us

00:36:06.440 --> 00:36:07.860
 Came to faith in Jesus

00:36:07.860 --> 00:36:09.059
 One way or another

00:36:09.059 --> 00:36:10.740
 Because we read the Bible

00:36:10.740 --> 00:36:12.340
 Or because we heard

00:36:12.340 --> 00:36:13.920
 Someone proclaim the Bible

00:36:13.920 --> 00:36:14.940
 To us

00:36:15.400 --> 00:36:20.900
 What if I told you

00:36:20.900 --> 00:36:22.579
 That there is a place

00:36:22.579 --> 00:36:23.860
 You can go to

00:36:23.860 --> 00:36:26.159
 Meet personally

00:36:26.159 --> 00:36:28.000
 With Jesus

00:36:28.000 --> 00:36:31.639
 I know the address

00:36:31.639 --> 00:36:35.559
 What if I told you

00:36:35.559 --> 00:36:36.440
 That there is a number

00:36:36.440 --> 00:36:38.559
 You can dial

00:36:38.559 --> 00:36:39.379
 On your phone

00:36:39.379 --> 00:36:42.960
 To hear Jesus' voice

00:36:42.960 --> 00:36:48.480
 Brothers and sisters

00:36:48.480 --> 00:36:50.199
 We can do

00:36:50.199 --> 00:36:51.559
 Precisely that

00:36:51.559 --> 00:36:55.359
 Right here in the scriptures

00:36:55.360 --> 00:36:58.780
 Let us stay here

00:36:58.780 --> 00:37:00.599
 Remain here

00:37:00.599 --> 00:37:02.360
 Linger here

00:37:02.360 --> 00:37:06.960
 Let's pray

00:37:06.960 --> 00:37:12.480
 Lord

00:37:12.480 --> 00:37:19.420
 We are so privileged

00:37:19.420 --> 00:37:20.340
 Where we live

00:37:20.340 --> 00:37:21.820
 To have

00:37:21.820 --> 00:37:22.480
 Unrestricted

00:37:23.199 --> 00:37:24.480
 Access

00:37:25.539 --> 00:37:26.760
 To your word

00:37:26.760 --> 00:37:30.579
 It is so affordable

00:37:30.579 --> 00:37:32.159
 It is available

00:37:32.159 --> 00:37:32.880
 For free

00:37:32.880 --> 00:37:34.500
 There are so many

00:37:34.500 --> 00:37:35.079
 Resources

00:37:35.079 --> 00:37:36.240
 That help us

00:37:36.240 --> 00:37:37.559
 To understand it better

00:37:37.559 --> 00:37:39.119
 Oh Lord

00:37:39.119 --> 00:37:39.960
 Help us not

00:37:39.960 --> 00:37:40.840
 To take your word

00:37:40.840 --> 00:37:41.280
 For granted

00:37:41.280 --> 00:37:45.440
 Just because

00:37:45.440 --> 00:37:46.420
 We are near it

00:37:46.420 --> 00:37:47.380
 And familiar with it

00:37:47.380 --> 00:37:48.420
 Let us not lose sight

00:37:48.420 --> 00:37:50.380
 Of what a wondrous

00:37:50.380 --> 00:37:51.740
 Book it is

00:37:51.740 --> 00:37:54.740
 What power

00:37:54.740 --> 00:37:57.100
 There is

00:37:57.100 --> 00:37:58.440
 Within

00:37:58.440 --> 00:38:08.599
 Hunger for you

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