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 Well, good morning, church. It's good to see you all on this Fourth of July.

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 Glad you could join us for worship.

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 We are continuing in our series in the book of John.

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 We'll be in chapter 16, if you want to start looking there.

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 In two chapters after John 16, Jesus is on trial before Pontius Pilate, the Roman ruler.

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 And Jesus, in response to a question, says that everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice.

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 And Pilate responds, what is truth?

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 I think this is a question, maybe, that many are asking today.

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 I think there is a lot of confusion in our world about what truth is.

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 There are some who would deny the reality of truth.

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 That you could say a statement that actually corresponds to reality.

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 There are some that deny the possibility of knowing truth.

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 There may be a truth, but we can't know it.

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 Certainly not without any level of confidence.

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 On a popular level.

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 We live in a world today where we have competing narratives about what is real and true in the world.

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 We have to wade through accusations of fake news.

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 And we wonder, who do we listen to?

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 And commonly promoted, whether in the college dorm rooms or on Oprah, the idea that it is my truth that is most important.

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 And that I need to speak my truth to the world.

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 Not absolute.

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 This isn't, I'm not going to put this on you, but this is my truth.

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 And this becomes the defining reality for me, but not for anyone else.

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 And for some of us who actually believe in truth, we still struggle with the reality.

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 We see the dangers of absolutism and the way that it has created, Lord, the way it has created unhealthy patterns.

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 We've seen the need for humility.

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 And in all of this, it makes us wonder, with Pilate, what is truth?

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 And this question is a broad cultural one.

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 It is also a specific one for churches to answer, is it not?

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 Because the question of religious truth is particularly fraught.

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 In our culture today, religious truth is even more personalized, even more separated out from truth.

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 We think that what religious truth is, is really just an opinion on how I choose to think about what God might or might not be for me.

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 Our passage this morning in John 16 speaks to these questions.

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 And will help us gain confidence in our pursuit of truth this morning.

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 The disciples, giving this passage context, the disciples have been hearing from Jesus now for two chapters that he's going away.

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 We know from the storyline, this is literally the night before he will be crucified.

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 He will die.

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 So he is preparing them for what is coming.

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 He's telling them what is happening.

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 He's saying, I am going away.

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 And the disciples are thinking, well, how are we going to know anymore?

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 You've been leading us.

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 You've been with us.

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 You've been teaching us.

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 How are we going to know?

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 We have so many questions.

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 How will we know the truth when you are gone?

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 John.

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 And this is what leads us to our passage today.

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 The Gospel of John, chapter 16, verses 12 through 15.

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 And I'm actually going to back up and start in verse 5 just to give it a little bit of context.

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 But we're going to be looking and focusing on 12 through 15 today.

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 So let's read God's Word together.

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 John, we'll start at the beginning of that section in the ESV.

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 I did not say these things to you from the beginning because I was with you.

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 But now I'm going to him who sent me.

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 And none of you ask me, where are you going?

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 But because I have said these things to you, sorrow has filled your heart.

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 Nevertheless, I tell you the truth.

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 It is to your advantage that I go away.

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 For if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you.

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 But if I go, I will send him to you.

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 And when he comes, he will convict the world.

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 Concerning sin and righteousness and judgment.

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 Concerning sin, because they do not believe in me.

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 Concerning righteousness, because I go to the Father and you will see me no longer.

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 Concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged.

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 I still have many things to say to you.

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 But you cannot bear them now.

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 When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth.

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 For he will not speak on his own authority.

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 But whatever he hears, he will speak.

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 And he will declare to you the things that are to come.

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 He will glorify me.

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 For he will take what is mine and declare it to you.

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 All the Father has is mine.

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 Therefore, I said that he will take what is mine and declare it to you.

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 Let's pray as we look at God's Word together.

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 Lord, we thank you for this Word this morning.

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 We thank you for the opportunity to gather in freedom to read and to worship.

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 Lord, we pray this morning that what this passage says would be true.

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 That your Spirit would be at work among us.

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 That your Spirit would lead us into truth.

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 The truth of your Word and the truth about you.

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 God, we pray this morning that you would give us receptive hearts.

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 Lord, to have discernment and wisdom.

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 To grow in knowledge of you.

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 Lord, I pray this morning that you would help me.

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 The words that I speak, Lord, would be useful in the hands of your Spirit.

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 Lord, to proclaim the truth of your Word.

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 So that we might together sit under it and grow because of that.

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 We pray these things in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Friends, the big idea of our passage this morning is this.

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 That God's Spirit leads us into the truth that we most need.

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 Jesus, in verse 12, says,

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 I have many more things to teach you.

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 I've only been with you for a little while.

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 And honestly, you guys haven't been the best students.

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 You've misunderstood over and over again what I've said and what I'm about.

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 And I have many more things to say to you, but you can't bear them now.

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 Jesus knows their weakness.

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 Jesus knows we can't drink from a fire hose and just download all the information at once.

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 So He says,

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 You cannot bear it.

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 And I know that.

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 But I am not going to leave you alone.

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 This is what He's been saying for a while, but He says it again.

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 And then specifically about this idea of hearing and knowing Jesus' teaching and the truth about it.

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 He says,

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 I am going to send you the Spirit and the Spirit of truth.

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 When He comes, He will lead you into all truth.

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 And this is the first big idea in this passage,

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 is that God is going to send His Spirit to lead us into all truth.

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 What He says is,

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 The Spirit's going to come and continue what I've been doing.

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 Jesus came to reveal God to the world,

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 to proclaim Him and to embody Him so that we might know who God is.

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 And what Jesus is saying is,

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 I am going away,

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 but my presence and this teaching,

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 revealing ministry that I have been doing will continue

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 because the Holy Spirit will continue what I have started

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 in making known God to the world.

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 He will speak truth.

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 If you look at these verses 12 through 15,

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 do you see how many times the words are

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 say, speak, or declare over and over again?

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 This is the primary way that the Spirit teaches us,

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 is by speaking through words.

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 And He will speak truth about God first to His disciples.

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 His audience is particularly, primarily His disciples,

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 the 12 who have been with Him for these three years.

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 And what we know from the rest of Scripture

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 is that what Jesus is promising

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 is that these men will then be the primary witnesses

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 who will tell others about Jesus.

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 As they learn from the Spirit,

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 they will tell others about Jesus.

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 And that's not only in the historical reality

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 of the proclamation in the first century,

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 but it also becomes this.

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 The Spirit will inspire these first followers of Jesus

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 to write down the truth about Jesus

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 so that we now, 20 centuries later,

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 can still benefit from the overflow.

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 So the primary audience of Jesus' statement here

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 is the apostles,

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 but the overflow audience is all of us.

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 That the Spirit will teach the church.

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 And if the Spirit is teaching the apostles

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 through the inspiration and the writing of the Scriptures,

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 He's going to teach the church

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 through the illumination of those writings,

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 the illumination,

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 the making clear what the Scriptures mean

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 for the church throughout all the ages.

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 So Jesus promises us

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 that the Spirit is going to continue

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 to teach us the truth that we most need.

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 And the focal point of it

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 is on the person and work of Jesus Christ.

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 I say this partly.

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 Look at the end of verse 13.

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 Jesus says,

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 He will guide you into all the truth,

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 for He will not speak on His own,

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 but whatever He speaks,

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 He will declare to you

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 the things that are to come.

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 Now, some people have thought

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 that the Spirit is going to teach

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 about the end times

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 and all sorts of speculative things

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 about what's to come.

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 But I actually think

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 we need to read this very carefully.

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 Jesus is speaking

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 the day before His crucifixion

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 and three days before His resurrection.

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 And those are the things to come

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 that Jesus is referring to.

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 And He's saying,

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 you will understand this

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 when the Spirit comes.

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 And in fact,

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 John has said this in other places.

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 The disciples did not understand this now.

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 But when Jesus rose from the dead,

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 when the Spirit came to illuminate

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 and help them interpret

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 and understand what it was about,

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 then it made sense to them.

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 And then it was clear

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 what the significance of Jesus' life,

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 death, and resurrection really was.

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 And this is the focus

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 on His most important things.

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 The Spirit will also focus on Jesus

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 as you see at the beginning of verse 14.

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 He will glorify me.

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 Now, if you've been here for a while,

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 you've heard me say this over and over again.

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 But for those of you who haven't been here,

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 it's worth stopping to think,

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 what does glorify really mean?

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 It's a church word

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 we throw around all the time.

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 What does it mean to glorify something?

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 To glorify something means

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 to make clear,

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 to make manifest

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 so that other people can see

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 and appreciate

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 the intrinsic quality,

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 character, and beauty of something.

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 Okay?

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 It actually can also be used,

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 you could glorify evil if you wanted to,

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 you could expose its negative,

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 but usually it's glorifying something positive.

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 So glorifying is to make something known

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 and clear

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 so that other people can see it

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 and respond

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 by treasuring its value and goodness.

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 And this is what Jesus says

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 the Spirit is going to do.

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 He will glorify me.

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 Jesus is going to come

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 and be like a spotlight,

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 shining His light

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 upon Jesus Christ.

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 I don't know if you've ever been

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 to the Statue of Liberty,

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 but it's really interesting

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 to look at the floodlights

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 that they have

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 that make the Statue of Liberty

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 visible at night.

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 I don't know if you remember,

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 but during Hurricane Sandy,

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 the lights went out

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 and the power went out

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 and the Statue of Liberty

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 disappeared at night.

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 But when you look at this,

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 you realize

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 these floodlights

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 make clear

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 the beauty of this statue.

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 And that's what

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 Jesus is saying

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 the Holy Spirit is going to do.

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 And here's the thing,

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 if you go and stare

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 into the floodlight,

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 what are you going to see?

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 Nothing.

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 Because the purpose

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 of a floodlight

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 is not to be stared at.

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 The purpose of a floodlight

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 is to shine its light

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 on something else.

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 And Jesus is saying

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 the Spirit is going to come

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 to continue

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 what the Father has begun

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 and what I am doing

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 to glorify the Son

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 in His work of redemption

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 to make this

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 the most important truth

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 for anyone to know

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 throughout all of history.

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 Jesus is saying

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 you are not left

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 grasping for the truth.

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 God is making Himself known.

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 The Father is revealing Himself

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 through the Son

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 and the Spirit

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 is now shining

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 His floodlight

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 on the Son

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 to lift Him up.

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 This is what we heard earlier.

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 God in various times

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 in the past

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 spoke in various ways

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 to the prophet

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 but now He has spoken

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 His final word,

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 the complete word,

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 the end of the word,

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 Jesus.

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 This is what John himself

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 tells us

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 when we look at

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 the very beginning

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 of John in the prologue.

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 the word became flesh

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 and dwelt among us

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 and we have beheld His glory

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 because this is how

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 we know the Father

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 through this one God

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 who has come

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 to earth.

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 And so this is the focal point

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 of what the Spirit is doing

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 is bringing us news

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 and information

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 and knowledge

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 of Jesus Christ

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 and His work

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 so that we might see it

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 and be in response to it

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 be brought to faith

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 in Jesus.

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 So the Spirit

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 will bring us into truth

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 in this focused way

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 but I will say as well

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 that I believe that

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 as Jesus says

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 as He says

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 the Spirit will lead us

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 into all truth.

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 And I want to broaden our experience

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 so if this is the focal point

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 then this overflows

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 into a richness

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 of the truth of God

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 for all of life.

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 That God is going to give us

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 a knowledge

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 about the reality

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 of the world we live in

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 and wisdom

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 on how to live

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 in the world

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 under God.

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 Let me explain

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 what I mean by this, right?

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 There's a phrase that says

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 all truth is God's truth

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 and this is a helpful phrase

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 in as much as it

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 is God-centered

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 it is a wonderful thing

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 to recognize

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 that everything

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 that is true

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 that corresponds

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 to reality

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 that's defined by God

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 is something

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 that is coherent with

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 and a part of God's truth.

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 The Bible doesn't

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 tell us everything.

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 It doesn't tell me

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 how to build

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 an engine

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 for an airplane, right?

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 It doesn't tell me

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 how to code

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 a computer.

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 It doesn't even tell me

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 how to cook

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 chicken marsala, right?

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 It doesn't tell me

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 all sorts of really

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 basic things of life

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 and very specific things

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 but what it does do

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 is it gives us

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 a framework.

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 Gives us a framework

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 to understand

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 everything we do.

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 Part of what the Spirit

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 is going to do

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 is give us the keys

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 to the library

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 where we can go in

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 to the Creator's home

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 and we can pull out

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 the blueprints

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 to see how He's created

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 the world.

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 We can read His tomes

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 of His work

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 throughout history

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 to see the way

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 the world works

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 in different ways.

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 It's going to give us

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 a knowledge about ontology,

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 what truly is

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 in the world

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 and it's also going to

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 give us this knowledge

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 about wisdom

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 of how to live.

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 Now look,

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 I know there are some

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 who have questioned this

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 who have wondered

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 is the Bible

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 really trustworthy

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 and they often throw out

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 some really

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 some red herrings.

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 Well the Bible says

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 that the sun rose

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 and we're scientists

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 and we know

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 that the sun doesn't rise,

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 we know that the earth spins.

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 So that can't be truth.

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 Well listen friends,

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 can we give God

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 more credit than that?

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 Can we give God

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 more credit

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 than He can write

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 in literary genres

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 and in context

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 and can we re-understand

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 that what He is communicating

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 and the question

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 we need to ask

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 of each passage is

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 what is this passage

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 seeking to tell us

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 about reality

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 and about God?

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 And when it says

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 the sun rose

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 it's not trying

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 to describe

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 the specific

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 scientific process

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 of how the earth

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 relates to the sun

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 in a

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 what's the right word?

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 Astronomical

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 way.

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 Right?

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 That's not what

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 it's trying to do.

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 It's simply saying

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 from the perspective

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 of a human being

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 the sun came up.

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 Right?

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 So let's not be thrown

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 off by those red herrings.

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 There are good questions

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 to ask

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 and there are good things

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 for us to explore

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 in terms of how we

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 understand the coherence

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 and truthfulness

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 of the Bible.

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 But what John

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 is telling us here today

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 is that the Spirit

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 will lead us

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 into all truth

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 and the Bible

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 gives us a big picture

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 of what is real

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 and how to live

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 in that world.

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 What does this mean?

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 What might this look like?

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 Friends,

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 we could be here

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 for the rest of creation.

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 And not exhaust this

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 because this is the glory

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 of what we're doing

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 is God is leading us

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 to interact with Him

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 in His creation

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 for as long as we have

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 life and breath

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 under His truth

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 and with His knowledge.

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 But I want to give you

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 maybe just a taste

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 of what it might look like.

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 What might it look like

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 for a biomedical engineer

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 to think about

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 what he does

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 in light of God's truth?

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 Well, she might explore

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 the complexity

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 of the human body

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 as something created

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 by God.

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 She might work humbly

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 as a sub-creator

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 recognizing she doesn't have

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 ultimate control

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 over the world

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 but that God

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 is in doubt

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 with the ability

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 to create something,

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 biomedical technology,

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 that might actually

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 help someone.

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 she might consider

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 that God is the Lord

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 of life and death

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 but that she has been

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 given gifts

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 to be able to help people

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 in the process.

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 she would see

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 how the healing process

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 or the restoring

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 to what we would call

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 healthy functioning

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 is a foretaste

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 of the ultimate redemption

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 that God is going to bring

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 to all of His creation

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 when the powers of sin and death

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 are defeated

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 and eradicated finally.

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 And she might rejoice

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 in the opportunity

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 to serve others

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 by building

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 biotechnical

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 I don't even know

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 I'm so far out of my field

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 I can't

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 I don't even know

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 what it might be

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 but something that could

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 actually help

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 people live

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 and thrive

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 in this world.

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 Those are the kinds

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 of questions

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 that a biomedical engineer

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 might ask

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 in light of

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 the truth

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 that God is revealing

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 in the world.

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 Here's another example.

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 How about a filmmaker?

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 What is a filmmaker

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 going to do

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 to think about

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 what they do

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 in light of

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 the truth

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 that God has revealed?

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 Well, I think

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 first of all

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 they're going to consider

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 the storyline

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 all filmmakers

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 are telling stories

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 right?

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 So they're going to consider

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 the storyline

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 of the Bible

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 creation

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 fall

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 redemption

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 glory

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 right?

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 if this is the arc

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 then the films

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 that he makes

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 might do

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 all sorts

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 of different things

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 it might

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 reveal

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 the

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 the created

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 beauty

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 of humanity

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 and of creation

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 the

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 in his imageness

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 of all human beings

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 male and female

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 from every tribe

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 and tongue

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 and to

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 to bring to light

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 the glory

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 of the diversity

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 of what God

00:21:54.799 --> 00:21:55.519
 has created

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 in humanity

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 and in creation

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 he might tell

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 stories

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 about darkness

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 and despair

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 how sin

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 and evil

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 have infiltrated

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 the world

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 how it corrupts

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 our souls

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 how it corrupts

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 our society

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 how it has brought

00:22:13.480 --> 00:22:14.759
 death broadly

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 into the world

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 and how it might

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 help us connect

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 with that

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 and help us

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 understand

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 the despair

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 and brokenness

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 that that brings

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 he might tell

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 stories

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 of redemption

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 of courage

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 and of hope

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 that remind us

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 the incredible thing

00:22:35.160 --> 00:22:36.279
 that God has done

00:22:36.279 --> 00:22:37.259
 by bringing

00:22:37.259 --> 00:22:38.380
 Jesus

00:22:38.380 --> 00:22:39.120
 our rescue

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 and our savior

00:22:39.960 --> 00:22:41.560
 to break

00:22:41.560 --> 00:22:42.539
 into the darkness

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 with light

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 to bring hope

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 where there is despair

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 to bring life

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 where there is death

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 so we might tell

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 stories

00:22:50.039 --> 00:22:52.160
 of redemption

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 and of love

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 and of restoration

00:22:54.839 --> 00:22:57.339
 he might tell

00:22:57.339 --> 00:22:58.079
 stories

00:22:58.079 --> 00:22:58.899
 that give us

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 tastes of heaven

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 of perfection

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 of glory

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 of righteousness

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 and justice

00:23:04.339 --> 00:23:05.199
 that will never

00:23:05.199 --> 00:23:05.819
 be true

00:23:05.819 --> 00:23:06.539
 on this earth

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 but when we get

00:23:07.500 --> 00:23:08.279
 a taste of it

00:23:08.279 --> 00:23:09.119
 we are reminded

00:23:09.119 --> 00:23:10.339
 of what God

00:23:10.339 --> 00:23:10.899
 is doing

00:23:10.899 --> 00:23:11.419
 in the world

00:23:11.419 --> 00:23:11.919
 and where

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 this creation

00:23:12.919 --> 00:23:13.599
 is going

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 I hope

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 that you can

00:23:18.859 --> 00:23:19.539
 see through

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 these two

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 little examples

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 what it might

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 look like

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 to begin

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 to embrace

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 this overflowing

00:23:27.359 --> 00:23:28.199
 truth

00:23:28.199 --> 00:23:29.119
 that God

00:23:29.119 --> 00:23:29.819
 is giving us

00:23:29.819 --> 00:23:30.980
 by his spirit

00:23:30.980 --> 00:23:34.099
 some of you

00:23:34.099 --> 00:23:34.839
 are engaged

00:23:34.839 --> 00:23:35.699
 in the university

00:23:35.699 --> 00:23:36.159
 world

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 and your world

00:23:37.139 --> 00:23:37.919
 is the world

00:23:37.919 --> 00:23:38.480
 of ideas

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 and Jesus

00:23:40.919 --> 00:23:41.740
 is telling you

00:23:41.740 --> 00:23:43.019
 that the Holy Spirit

00:23:43.019 --> 00:23:44.900
 wants to teach

00:23:44.900 --> 00:23:45.720
 you how

00:23:45.720 --> 00:23:46.599
 what you do

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 in the academy

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 is going

00:23:48.139 --> 00:23:48.859
 to connect

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 with what God

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 is doing

00:23:51.039 --> 00:23:52.460
 in all of creation

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 and all of history

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 and for you

00:23:55.799 --> 00:23:57.240
 to find your place

00:23:57.240 --> 00:23:59.059
 to serve God

00:23:59.059 --> 00:24:00.359
 in all of these things

00:24:00.359 --> 00:24:02.460
 some of you

00:24:02.460 --> 00:24:03.539
 have nothing to do

00:24:03.539 --> 00:24:04.139
 with the university

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 you don't care

00:24:04.779 --> 00:24:05.559
 about it at all

00:24:05.559 --> 00:24:06.660
 and God is doing

00:24:06.660 --> 00:24:07.359
 the same thing

00:24:07.359 --> 00:24:07.980
 for you

00:24:07.980 --> 00:24:09.220
 no matter what

00:24:09.220 --> 00:24:09.940
 you are spending

00:24:09.940 --> 00:24:10.720
 your time doing

00:24:10.720 --> 00:24:11.440
 no matter what

00:24:11.440 --> 00:24:12.359
 you are engaged

00:24:12.359 --> 00:24:13.959
 in your life

00:24:13.959 --> 00:24:16.019
 God has given us

00:24:16.019 --> 00:24:16.799
 a framework

00:24:16.799 --> 00:24:17.959
 to navigate

00:24:17.959 --> 00:24:18.979
 all kinds

00:24:18.979 --> 00:24:20.000
 of different questions

00:24:20.000 --> 00:24:20.599
 of life

00:24:20.599 --> 00:24:20.899
 and work

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 here are some things

00:24:21.879 --> 00:24:22.839
 that the Bible

00:24:22.839 --> 00:24:23.559
 speaks to

00:24:23.559 --> 00:24:24.679
 that our society

00:24:24.679 --> 00:24:26.219
 is wrestling

00:24:26.219 --> 00:24:26.879
 with today

00:24:26.879 --> 00:24:28.240
 the Bible speaks

00:24:28.240 --> 00:24:29.159
 to gender

00:24:29.159 --> 00:24:29.979
 identity

00:24:29.979 --> 00:24:30.879
 and sexuality

00:24:30.879 --> 00:24:32.240
 and how we

00:24:32.240 --> 00:24:33.359
 understand that

00:24:33.359 --> 00:24:34.719
 the Bible speaks

00:24:34.719 --> 00:24:35.479
 to race

00:24:35.479 --> 00:24:36.599
 and oppression

00:24:36.599 --> 00:24:37.799
 and discrimination

00:24:37.799 --> 00:24:39.819
 and glory

00:24:39.819 --> 00:24:40.960
 in the diversity

00:24:40.960 --> 00:24:41.839
 of our world

00:24:41.839 --> 00:24:43.740
 the Bible speaks

00:24:43.740 --> 00:24:44.579
 to economics

00:24:44.579 --> 00:24:45.539
 and to justice

00:24:45.539 --> 00:24:47.159
 the Bible speaks

00:24:47.159 --> 00:24:47.919
 to the importance

00:24:47.919 --> 00:24:48.639
 of work

00:24:48.639 --> 00:24:49.639
 and of play

00:24:49.639 --> 00:24:50.539
 and of rest

00:24:50.539 --> 00:24:52.279
 the Bible speaks

00:24:52.279 --> 00:24:52.919
 to the place

00:24:52.919 --> 00:24:53.579
 of politics

00:24:53.579 --> 00:24:54.579
 and society

00:24:54.579 --> 00:24:56.139
 and how we live

00:24:56.139 --> 00:24:57.099
 with one another

00:24:57.099 --> 00:24:57.740
 and our neighbors

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 and it applies

00:24:59.139 --> 00:24:59.980
 in the everyday

00:24:59.980 --> 00:25:01.379
 lives

00:25:01.379 --> 00:25:02.039
 of relating

00:25:02.039 --> 00:25:02.980
 to one another

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 of being in a family

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 of being a parent

00:25:05.579 --> 00:25:06.619
 or being a child

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 and so on

00:25:09.259 --> 00:25:10.139
 and so forth

00:25:10.139 --> 00:25:12.059
 and in all

00:25:12.059 --> 00:25:12.899
 these things

00:25:12.899 --> 00:25:14.199
 God is giving us

00:25:14.199 --> 00:25:15.799
 through His Spirit

00:25:15.799 --> 00:25:16.379
 a knowledge

00:25:16.379 --> 00:25:17.799
 of the ontology

00:25:17.799 --> 00:25:18.959
 of what is true

00:25:18.959 --> 00:25:19.839
 about the world

00:25:19.839 --> 00:25:20.819
 and then

00:25:20.819 --> 00:25:21.379
 a knowledge

00:25:21.379 --> 00:25:22.059
 of wisdom

00:25:22.059 --> 00:25:24.079
 how we are to live

00:25:24.079 --> 00:25:26.979
 under God's rule

00:25:26.979 --> 00:25:29.259
 how are we to live

00:25:29.259 --> 00:25:30.099
 wisdom might be

00:25:30.099 --> 00:25:30.739
 described as

00:25:30.739 --> 00:25:32.039
 living in harmony

00:25:32.039 --> 00:25:32.959
 with or in

00:25:32.959 --> 00:25:34.439
 concert with

00:25:34.439 --> 00:25:36.159
 God's creative purposes

00:25:36.160 --> 00:25:37.960
 and God's plans

00:25:37.960 --> 00:25:38.840
 for this world

00:25:38.840 --> 00:25:40.779
 and this is what

00:25:40.779 --> 00:25:41.580
 God is doing

00:25:41.580 --> 00:25:43.680
 the Bible doesn't

00:25:43.680 --> 00:25:44.580
 always give us

00:25:44.580 --> 00:25:45.380
 easy answers

00:25:45.380 --> 00:25:47.019
 it certainly doesn't

00:25:47.019 --> 00:25:47.820
 always tell us

00:25:47.820 --> 00:25:48.700
 what job we should

00:25:48.700 --> 00:25:49.080
 take

00:25:49.080 --> 00:25:50.380
 who we should marry

00:25:50.380 --> 00:25:51.200
 or what we should

00:25:51.200 --> 00:25:51.759
 eat for dinner

00:25:51.759 --> 00:25:54.800
 but it does tell us

00:25:54.800 --> 00:25:56.460
 all that we need

00:25:56.460 --> 00:25:58.340
 in this big picture

00:25:58.340 --> 00:26:00.759
 and the most important

00:26:00.759 --> 00:26:01.840
 thing there is Jesus

00:26:01.840 --> 00:26:02.980
 but there's this

00:26:02.980 --> 00:26:04.960
 grand glorious picture

00:26:04.960 --> 00:26:05.720
 of His kingdom

00:26:05.720 --> 00:26:06.519
 and His world

00:26:06.519 --> 00:26:08.440
 that He's invited us

00:26:08.440 --> 00:26:09.539
 in to explore

00:26:09.539 --> 00:26:10.920
 and to know

00:26:10.920 --> 00:26:12.000
 and to exhaust

00:26:12.000 --> 00:26:13.180
 our whole lives

00:26:13.180 --> 00:26:15.420
 learning more

00:26:15.420 --> 00:26:15.840
 and more

00:26:15.840 --> 00:26:16.960
 about the glory

00:26:16.960 --> 00:26:17.360
 of God

00:26:17.360 --> 00:26:18.200
 in all of this

00:26:18.200 --> 00:26:21.940
 how do we

00:26:21.940 --> 00:26:23.400
 how do we do this

00:26:23.400 --> 00:26:24.880
 how do we pursue this

00:26:24.880 --> 00:26:25.740
 friends

00:26:25.740 --> 00:26:26.819
 it actually isn't

00:26:26.819 --> 00:26:27.539
 very difficult

00:26:27.539 --> 00:26:28.779
 and it's also

00:26:28.779 --> 00:26:29.819
 incredibly difficult

00:26:29.819 --> 00:26:31.559
 here's the easy part

00:26:31.559 --> 00:26:33.440
 do you see this book

00:26:33.440 --> 00:26:34.579
 it's called a Bible

00:26:34.579 --> 00:26:35.799
 if you have one

00:26:35.799 --> 00:26:36.619
 you should read it

00:26:36.619 --> 00:26:37.559
 if you don't have one

00:26:37.559 --> 00:26:38.339
 you should get one

00:26:38.339 --> 00:26:39.019
 and read it

00:26:39.019 --> 00:26:40.440
 because it is how God

00:26:40.440 --> 00:26:41.519
 has put down

00:26:41.519 --> 00:26:43.440
 in writing

00:26:43.440 --> 00:26:44.960
 His revelation

00:26:44.960 --> 00:26:45.779
 to us

00:26:45.779 --> 00:26:49.919
 so how do we pursue

00:26:49.919 --> 00:26:51.139
 growing in our knowledge

00:26:51.139 --> 00:26:52.019
 of truth of God

00:26:52.019 --> 00:26:53.299
 well we read the Bible

00:26:53.299 --> 00:26:54.779
 that may sound

00:26:54.779 --> 00:26:55.559
 really simple

00:26:55.559 --> 00:26:57.059
 it may sound simplistic

00:26:57.059 --> 00:26:58.619
 but it's the most

00:26:58.619 --> 00:26:59.259
 important thing

00:26:59.259 --> 00:26:59.720
 to do

00:26:59.720 --> 00:27:02.099
 and to do it

00:27:02.099 --> 00:27:03.159
 asking God

00:27:03.159 --> 00:27:04.919
 God help me

00:27:04.919 --> 00:27:05.879
 understand it

00:27:05.879 --> 00:27:06.759
 because Jesus

00:27:06.759 --> 00:27:07.799
 is promising us

00:27:07.799 --> 00:27:08.379
 that the Spirit

00:27:08.379 --> 00:27:09.379
 will help us

00:27:09.379 --> 00:27:09.919
 do that

00:27:09.919 --> 00:27:11.500
 you don't have

00:27:11.500 --> 00:27:12.240
 to be an expert

00:27:12.240 --> 00:27:12.899
 you don't have

00:27:12.899 --> 00:27:13.700
 to be an intellectual

00:27:13.700 --> 00:27:14.679
 you don't have

00:27:14.679 --> 00:27:15.700
 to be a theologian

00:27:15.700 --> 00:27:17.460
 to understand

00:27:17.460 --> 00:27:18.179
 God's Word

00:27:18.179 --> 00:27:19.460
 because God's Spirit

00:27:19.460 --> 00:27:20.379
 can help you

00:27:20.379 --> 00:27:22.179
 secondly

00:27:22.179 --> 00:27:23.339
 explore the world

00:27:23.339 --> 00:27:24.059
 with the lens

00:27:24.059 --> 00:27:24.740
 of the Bible

00:27:24.740 --> 00:27:28.660
 take seriously

00:27:28.660 --> 00:27:30.019
 the calling

00:27:30.019 --> 00:27:30.980
 that God has put on you

00:27:30.980 --> 00:27:31.599
 to figure out

00:27:31.599 --> 00:27:32.779
 how in the things

00:27:32.779 --> 00:27:34.000
 that I invest my life in

00:27:34.000 --> 00:27:34.940
 what does God

00:27:34.940 --> 00:27:36.200
 think about these things

00:27:36.200 --> 00:27:37.940
 start with the Bible

00:27:37.940 --> 00:27:38.579
 but recognize

00:27:38.579 --> 00:27:39.559
 that you also have

00:27:39.559 --> 00:27:40.180
 the church

00:27:40.180 --> 00:27:41.319
 the church today

00:27:41.319 --> 00:27:41.880
 and the church

00:27:41.880 --> 00:27:42.700
 throughout history

00:27:42.700 --> 00:27:43.620
 for you to talk to

00:27:43.620 --> 00:27:44.240
 about this

00:27:44.240 --> 00:27:45.559
 that means reading books

00:27:45.559 --> 00:27:46.740
 we have a book stall

00:27:46.740 --> 00:27:47.380
 downstairs

00:27:47.380 --> 00:27:48.960
 many of you

00:27:48.960 --> 00:27:49.519
 haven't seen it

00:27:49.519 --> 00:27:50.059
 because we've been

00:27:50.059 --> 00:27:50.620
 in a pandemic

00:27:50.620 --> 00:27:51.380
 for 18 months

00:27:51.380 --> 00:27:52.640
 but there's a book stall

00:27:52.640 --> 00:27:53.079
 downstairs

00:27:53.079 --> 00:27:53.920
 if you want a book

00:27:53.920 --> 00:27:54.420
 on something

00:27:54.420 --> 00:27:55.000
 go down there

00:27:55.000 --> 00:27:55.860
 see if you have one

00:27:55.860 --> 00:27:56.980
 we have a resource list

00:27:56.980 --> 00:27:57.600
 on our webpage

00:27:57.600 --> 00:27:59.300
 and if you don't find

00:27:59.300 --> 00:28:00.120
 what you're looking for

00:28:00.120 --> 00:28:00.880
 come talk to me

00:28:00.880 --> 00:28:01.620
 or one of the elders

00:28:01.620 --> 00:28:03.120
 we'd love to help you

00:28:03.120 --> 00:28:03.759
 find books

00:28:03.759 --> 00:28:05.400
 that can explore

00:28:05.400 --> 00:28:06.279
 God's world

00:28:06.279 --> 00:28:08.360
 and how God's world view

00:28:08.360 --> 00:28:09.700
 applies in different

00:28:09.700 --> 00:28:10.600
 parts of life

00:28:10.600 --> 00:28:12.759
 and finally

00:28:12.759 --> 00:28:14.920
 live a life

00:28:14.920 --> 00:28:15.660
 of humility

00:28:15.660 --> 00:28:17.360
 acknowledging

00:28:17.360 --> 00:28:18.180
 that you don't

00:28:18.180 --> 00:28:19.000
 know everything

00:28:19.000 --> 00:28:21.880
 but that you are

00:28:21.880 --> 00:28:23.019
 related to a God

00:28:23.019 --> 00:28:24.079
 who is truth

00:28:24.079 --> 00:28:25.139
 and a God

00:28:25.139 --> 00:28:26.379
 who by his spirit

00:28:26.379 --> 00:28:26.879
 of truth

00:28:26.879 --> 00:28:28.039
 is leading you

00:28:28.039 --> 00:28:29.900
 into all truth

00:28:29.900 --> 00:28:35.359
 that's the main point

00:28:35.359 --> 00:28:36.539
 of our passage

00:28:36.539 --> 00:28:37.680
 but there are two more

00:28:37.680 --> 00:28:38.319
 verses here

00:28:38.319 --> 00:28:39.379
 that we need to spend

00:28:39.379 --> 00:28:40.460
 at least a minute on

00:28:40.460 --> 00:28:42.000
 because when you look

00:28:42.000 --> 00:28:43.519
 at verses 14 and 15

00:28:43.519 --> 00:28:45.339
 it is remarkable

00:28:45.339 --> 00:28:46.660
 what Jesus says here

00:28:46.660 --> 00:28:47.700
 we could have just

00:28:47.700 --> 00:28:48.879
 preached the sermon

00:28:48.879 --> 00:28:49.680
 I just finished

00:28:49.680 --> 00:28:51.160
 and that would be nice

00:28:51.160 --> 00:28:52.200
 but there's more here

00:28:52.200 --> 00:28:53.580
 and we need to taste

00:28:53.580 --> 00:28:54.820
 because the spirit

00:28:54.820 --> 00:28:56.120
 doesn't only lead us

00:28:56.120 --> 00:28:57.299
 into all truth

00:28:57.299 --> 00:28:58.340
 but the spirit

00:28:58.340 --> 00:28:59.840
 leads us in a way

00:28:59.840 --> 00:29:01.340
 that helps us understand

00:29:01.340 --> 00:29:02.980
 that truth comes

00:29:02.980 --> 00:29:05.240
 from the triune God

00:29:05.240 --> 00:29:06.720
 when you look at

00:29:06.720 --> 00:29:08.279
 verses 13, 14, and 15

00:29:08.279 --> 00:29:09.799
 what is it that the spirit does?

00:29:09.960 --> 00:29:11.240
 The spirit speaks

00:29:11.240 --> 00:29:12.860
 what he hears from Jesus

00:29:12.860 --> 00:29:14.200
 and declares it

00:29:14.200 --> 00:29:14.980
 to the disciples

00:29:14.980 --> 00:29:15.960
 verse 14

00:29:15.960 --> 00:29:18.200
 what Jesus has

00:29:18.200 --> 00:29:20.039
 that is the truth

00:29:20.039 --> 00:29:20.759
 and the knowledge

00:29:20.759 --> 00:29:21.400
 of who he is

00:29:21.400 --> 00:29:22.579
 and his self-disclosure

00:29:22.579 --> 00:29:24.519
 the spirit will declare

00:29:24.519 --> 00:29:25.380
 that is what

00:29:25.380 --> 00:29:26.500
 so from Jesus

00:29:26.500 --> 00:29:27.740
 through the spirit

00:29:27.740 --> 00:29:28.480
 to us

00:29:28.480 --> 00:29:30.240
 and then verse 15 says

00:29:30.240 --> 00:29:31.340
 oh and by the way

00:29:31.340 --> 00:29:32.559
 what I have

00:29:32.559 --> 00:29:33.500
 Jesus is speaking

00:29:33.500 --> 00:29:34.160
 Jesus says

00:29:34.160 --> 00:29:35.120
 what I have

00:29:35.120 --> 00:29:36.980
 I get that from the father

00:29:36.980 --> 00:29:38.900
 and so the father

00:29:38.900 --> 00:29:40.079
 through the son

00:29:40.079 --> 00:29:41.220
 by the spirit

00:29:41.220 --> 00:29:42.819
 is brought to us

00:29:42.819 --> 00:29:45.100
 in this incredibly

00:29:45.099 --> 00:29:47.639
 personal way

00:29:47.639 --> 00:29:50.939
 I said earlier

00:29:50.939 --> 00:29:51.639
 that the spirit

00:29:51.639 --> 00:29:52.839
 unlocks the library

00:29:52.839 --> 00:29:53.939
 so we can walk in

00:29:53.939 --> 00:29:55.419
 and read the blueprints

00:29:55.419 --> 00:29:56.559
 and see the tomes

00:29:56.559 --> 00:29:57.319
 of the library

00:29:57.319 --> 00:29:59.740
 but it's actually

00:29:59.740 --> 00:30:00.500
 better than that

00:30:00.500 --> 00:30:01.019
 isn't it?

00:30:01.539 --> 00:30:02.899
 because what the spirit

00:30:02.899 --> 00:30:03.519
 is

00:30:03.519 --> 00:30:04.799
 is the promise

00:30:04.799 --> 00:30:06.240
 that the creator

00:30:06.240 --> 00:30:07.039
 himself

00:30:07.039 --> 00:30:07.980
 the architect

00:30:07.980 --> 00:30:09.059
 the librarian

00:30:09.059 --> 00:30:12.299
 wants a relationship

00:30:12.299 --> 00:30:13.019
 with us

00:30:13.019 --> 00:30:15.500
 that we can walk

00:30:15.500 --> 00:30:16.339
 into his library

00:30:16.339 --> 00:30:17.160
 and not just read

00:30:17.160 --> 00:30:17.639
 his books

00:30:17.639 --> 00:30:18.480
 but we can sit

00:30:18.480 --> 00:30:19.279
 in the armchair

00:30:19.279 --> 00:30:20.720
 across the table

00:30:20.720 --> 00:30:21.799
 have a cup of tea

00:30:21.799 --> 00:30:22.779
 metaphorically

00:30:22.779 --> 00:30:24.019
 with Jesus

00:30:24.019 --> 00:30:26.619
 and ask him

00:30:26.619 --> 00:30:27.859
 and learn from him

00:30:27.859 --> 00:30:29.779
 the grand architect

00:30:29.779 --> 00:30:30.460
 the author

00:30:30.460 --> 00:30:31.359
 of all things

00:30:31.359 --> 00:30:32.220
 we are taught

00:30:32.220 --> 00:30:33.059
 by him

00:30:33.059 --> 00:30:33.700
 directly

00:30:33.700 --> 00:30:34.960
 and the spirit

00:30:34.960 --> 00:30:35.639
 brings

00:30:35.639 --> 00:30:36.400
 the fullness

00:30:36.400 --> 00:30:38.139
 of truth

00:30:38.139 --> 00:30:39.819
 to us

00:30:39.819 --> 00:30:41.919
 and so truth

00:30:41.919 --> 00:30:42.419
 is found

00:30:42.419 --> 00:30:43.019
 ultimately

00:30:43.019 --> 00:30:43.740
 and fully

00:30:43.740 --> 00:30:45.339
 in relationship

00:30:45.339 --> 00:30:46.139
 with God

00:30:46.139 --> 00:30:47.379
 here's a quote

00:30:47.379 --> 00:30:48.179
 I found online

00:30:48.179 --> 00:30:49.319
 this is on a blog

00:30:49.319 --> 00:30:49.720
 post

00:30:49.720 --> 00:30:51.159
 on Ligonier.com

00:30:51.159 --> 00:30:51.980
 but it's a quote

00:30:51.980 --> 00:30:53.059
 from Herman

00:30:53.059 --> 00:30:54.299
 Bavink

00:30:54.299 --> 00:30:55.139
 who's a great

00:30:55.139 --> 00:30:55.799
 theologian

00:30:55.799 --> 00:30:58.639
 this is what he says

00:30:58.639 --> 00:30:59.700
 about this

00:30:59.700 --> 00:31:00.579
 God

00:31:00.579 --> 00:31:01.759
 is the truth

00:31:01.759 --> 00:31:02.759
 in its absolute

00:31:02.759 --> 00:31:03.419
 fullness

00:31:03.419 --> 00:31:04.579
 he therefore

00:31:04.579 --> 00:31:05.619
 is the primary

00:31:05.619 --> 00:31:07.000
 the original truth

00:31:07.000 --> 00:31:08.079
 the source

00:31:08.079 --> 00:31:08.960
 of all truth

00:31:08.960 --> 00:31:09.720
 the truth

00:31:09.720 --> 00:31:10.519
 in all truth

00:31:10.519 --> 00:31:11.980
 he is the ground

00:31:11.980 --> 00:31:12.599
 of truth

00:31:12.599 --> 00:31:14.119
 of the true being

00:31:14.119 --> 00:31:15.579
 of all things

00:31:15.579 --> 00:31:16.759
 of their knowability

00:31:16.759 --> 00:31:18.240
 and conceivability

00:31:18.240 --> 00:31:19.539
 the ideal

00:31:19.539 --> 00:31:20.500
 and archetype

00:31:20.500 --> 00:31:21.539
 of all truth

00:31:21.539 --> 00:31:23.279
 of all ethical being

00:31:23.279 --> 00:31:24.199
 of all rules

00:31:24.199 --> 00:31:24.879
 and laws

00:31:24.879 --> 00:31:26.399
 in light of which

00:31:26.399 --> 00:31:27.240
 the nature

00:31:27.240 --> 00:31:28.179
 and manifestation

00:31:28.179 --> 00:31:29.339
 of all things

00:31:29.339 --> 00:31:30.339
 should be judged

00:31:30.339 --> 00:31:31.879
 and on which

00:31:31.879 --> 00:31:33.259
 they should be modeled

00:31:33.259 --> 00:31:34.199
 God

00:31:34.199 --> 00:31:35.339
 is the source

00:31:35.339 --> 00:31:36.019
 and origin

00:31:36.019 --> 00:31:37.199
 of the knowledge

00:31:37.200 --> 00:31:37.720
 of truth

00:31:37.720 --> 00:31:39.100
 in all areas

00:31:39.100 --> 00:31:39.860
 of life

00:31:39.860 --> 00:31:41.860
 the Bible

00:31:41.860 --> 00:31:42.740
 does not simply

00:31:42.740 --> 00:31:43.580
 bring to us

00:31:43.580 --> 00:31:44.299
 a coherent

00:31:44.299 --> 00:31:45.080
 world view

00:31:45.080 --> 00:31:46.220
 with a philosophical

00:31:46.220 --> 00:31:47.960
 understanding

00:31:47.960 --> 00:31:49.779
 that coheres

00:31:49.779 --> 00:31:50.740
 but God

00:31:50.740 --> 00:31:51.440
 the Bible

00:31:51.440 --> 00:31:52.200
 brings us

00:31:52.200 --> 00:31:53.240
 God himself

00:31:53.240 --> 00:31:54.819
 who is the definer

00:31:54.819 --> 00:31:56.120
 and the creator

00:31:56.120 --> 00:31:57.039
 and the source

00:31:57.039 --> 00:31:58.140
 he is the beginning

00:31:58.140 --> 00:31:58.700
 and the end

00:31:58.700 --> 00:31:59.920
 of all truth

00:31:59.920 --> 00:32:02.319
 according to the Bible

00:32:02.319 --> 00:32:06.279
 friends I don't know

00:32:06.279 --> 00:32:06.740
 if you've thought

00:32:06.740 --> 00:32:07.259
 about this

00:32:07.259 --> 00:32:08.079
 but this is how

00:32:08.079 --> 00:32:08.539
 the Bible

00:32:08.539 --> 00:32:09.419
 really answers

00:32:09.419 --> 00:32:10.139
 the question

00:32:10.139 --> 00:32:11.799
 of religious knowledge

00:32:11.799 --> 00:32:13.480
 some people would say

00:32:13.480 --> 00:32:14.279
 well I need to come

00:32:14.279 --> 00:32:15.159
 to religious knowledge

00:32:15.159 --> 00:32:16.159
 through a scientific

00:32:16.159 --> 00:32:17.379
 I need to look

00:32:17.379 --> 00:32:17.980
 at evidences

00:32:17.980 --> 00:32:18.639
 and facts

00:32:18.639 --> 00:32:19.179
 and somehow

00:32:19.179 --> 00:32:20.559
 come to a proof

00:32:20.559 --> 00:32:24.519
 and faith

00:32:24.519 --> 00:32:25.079
 would be

00:32:25.079 --> 00:32:26.619
 denying that process

00:32:26.619 --> 00:32:28.039
 and ignoring it

00:32:28.039 --> 00:32:29.879
 but the Bible

00:32:29.879 --> 00:32:30.500
 actually says

00:32:30.500 --> 00:32:31.119
 that faith

00:32:31.119 --> 00:32:31.839
 and truth

00:32:31.839 --> 00:32:33.259
 go together

00:32:33.259 --> 00:32:36.299
 faith isn't

00:32:36.299 --> 00:32:36.960
 biblically

00:32:36.960 --> 00:32:38.339
 blind trust

00:32:38.339 --> 00:32:39.779
 faith is

00:32:39.779 --> 00:32:41.119
 reasonable trust

00:32:41.119 --> 00:32:42.379
 faith is

00:32:42.379 --> 00:32:43.200
 seeing that

00:32:43.200 --> 00:32:43.599
 there is

00:32:43.599 --> 00:32:44.619
 something there

00:32:44.619 --> 00:32:46.500
 and being

00:32:46.500 --> 00:32:47.240
 willing to

00:32:47.240 --> 00:32:48.240
 actually entrust

00:32:48.240 --> 00:32:48.680
 yourself

00:32:48.680 --> 00:32:49.480
 to it

00:32:49.480 --> 00:32:51.180
 and the truth

00:32:51.180 --> 00:32:51.859
 is that God

00:32:51.859 --> 00:32:52.779
 is making himself

00:32:52.779 --> 00:32:53.480
 known

00:32:53.480 --> 00:32:55.019
 in so many

00:32:55.019 --> 00:32:55.940
 various ways

00:32:55.940 --> 00:32:56.920
 and by his spirit

00:32:56.920 --> 00:32:57.860
 is drawing us

00:32:57.860 --> 00:32:58.860
 into that truth

00:32:58.860 --> 00:33:00.200
 so that faith

00:33:00.200 --> 00:33:02.080
 in God

00:33:02.080 --> 00:33:02.980
 is not an

00:33:02.980 --> 00:33:04.279
 irrational act

00:33:04.279 --> 00:33:05.160
 but it is a

00:33:05.160 --> 00:33:06.259
 super rational act

00:33:06.259 --> 00:33:06.799
 it is a

00:33:06.799 --> 00:33:08.400
 spiritual act

00:33:08.400 --> 00:33:09.600
 it is not in

00:33:09.600 --> 00:33:10.680
 denial of

00:33:10.680 --> 00:33:11.960
 a scientific method

00:33:11.960 --> 00:33:13.400
 but it is above

00:33:13.400 --> 00:33:13.980
 that

00:33:13.980 --> 00:33:16.140
 the biblical

00:33:16.140 --> 00:33:16.600
 worldview

00:33:16.600 --> 00:33:17.900
 marries faith

00:33:17.900 --> 00:33:18.720
 and truth together

00:33:18.720 --> 00:33:19.880
 because here's the thing

00:33:19.880 --> 00:33:21.100
 if you deny

00:33:21.100 --> 00:33:22.019
 the possibility

00:33:22.019 --> 00:33:22.779
 of the existence

00:33:22.779 --> 00:33:23.299
 of God

00:33:23.299 --> 00:33:24.460
 as a presupposition

00:33:24.460 --> 00:33:25.480
 you will never

00:33:25.480 --> 00:33:26.000
 know

00:33:26.000 --> 00:33:26.880
 whether there

00:33:26.880 --> 00:33:27.339
 is a God

00:33:27.339 --> 00:33:27.839
 or not

00:33:27.839 --> 00:33:31.980
 but what the

00:33:31.980 --> 00:33:32.539
 bible says

00:33:32.539 --> 00:33:33.259
 is

00:33:33.259 --> 00:33:34.400
 if you are

00:33:34.400 --> 00:33:34.860
 willing

00:33:34.860 --> 00:33:36.319
 if you will

00:33:36.319 --> 00:33:37.059
 humble yourself

00:33:37.059 --> 00:33:37.640
 and acknowledge

00:33:37.640 --> 00:33:38.200
 that maybe

00:33:38.200 --> 00:33:38.779
 there is a

00:33:38.779 --> 00:33:39.059
 God

00:33:39.059 --> 00:33:41.019
 then God

00:33:41.019 --> 00:33:41.640
 will reveal

00:33:41.640 --> 00:33:42.700
 himself to you

00:33:42.700 --> 00:33:43.779
 he will make

00:33:43.779 --> 00:33:44.460
 himself known

00:33:44.460 --> 00:33:44.920
 and he will

00:33:44.920 --> 00:33:45.440
 lead you

00:33:45.440 --> 00:33:46.420
 into all

00:33:46.420 --> 00:33:47.059
 truth

00:33:47.059 --> 00:33:49.299
 and so

00:33:49.299 --> 00:33:50.220
 relating to

00:33:50.220 --> 00:33:50.620
 God

00:33:50.620 --> 00:33:51.160
 is where

00:33:51.160 --> 00:33:51.940
 we find

00:33:51.940 --> 00:33:54.059
 what is

00:33:54.059 --> 00:33:54.400
 really

00:33:54.400 --> 00:33:55.180
 true

00:33:55.180 --> 00:33:55.820
 and real

00:33:55.820 --> 00:33:57.080
 because the

00:33:57.080 --> 00:33:57.540
 spirit

00:33:57.540 --> 00:33:58.120
 of all

00:33:58.120 --> 00:33:58.600
 truth

00:33:58.600 --> 00:33:58.960
 is going

00:33:58.960 --> 00:33:59.420
 to come

00:33:59.420 --> 00:34:00.259
 and bring

00:34:00.259 --> 00:34:00.660
 to us

00:34:00.660 --> 00:34:01.200
 not just

00:34:01.200 --> 00:34:01.740
 a system

00:34:01.740 --> 00:34:02.420
 and knowledge

00:34:02.420 --> 00:34:03.300
 but bring

00:34:03.300 --> 00:34:03.820
 to us

00:34:03.820 --> 00:34:04.600
 a revelation

00:34:04.600 --> 00:34:05.320
 of God

00:34:05.320 --> 00:34:06.120
 himself

00:34:06.120 --> 00:34:07.880
 the person

00:34:07.880 --> 00:34:08.400
 of God

00:34:08.400 --> 00:34:08.760
 will be

00:34:08.760 --> 00:34:09.440
 made known

00:34:09.440 --> 00:34:10.000
 to us

00:34:10.000 --> 00:34:11.960
 and as we

00:34:11.960 --> 00:34:12.860
 respond to him

00:34:12.860 --> 00:34:13.440
 in faith

00:34:13.440 --> 00:34:14.360
 we are then

00:34:14.360 --> 00:34:14.840
 able to

00:34:14.840 --> 00:34:15.680
 understand

00:34:15.680 --> 00:34:17.559
 the truth

00:34:17.559 --> 00:34:21.519
 friends

00:34:21.519 --> 00:34:22.059
 this is what

00:34:22.059 --> 00:34:22.639
 Jesus has

00:34:22.639 --> 00:34:23.099
 said from

00:34:23.099 --> 00:34:23.440
 the very

00:34:23.440 --> 00:34:23.860
 beginning

00:34:23.860 --> 00:34:24.659
 Jesus

00:34:24.659 --> 00:34:25.219
 in John

00:34:25.219 --> 00:34:26.099
 1

00:34:26.099 --> 00:34:26.920
 verse 14

00:34:26.920 --> 00:34:27.619
 is the

00:34:27.619 --> 00:34:28.299
 word became

00:34:28.299 --> 00:34:28.940
 flesh

00:34:28.940 --> 00:34:30.159
 dwelt among

00:34:30.159 --> 00:34:30.480
 us

00:34:30.480 --> 00:34:30.920
 full of

00:34:30.920 --> 00:34:31.219
 grace

00:34:31.219 --> 00:34:31.860
 and truth

00:34:31.860 --> 00:34:32.219
 and we

00:34:32.219 --> 00:34:32.840
 have beheld

00:34:32.840 --> 00:34:33.599
 his glory

00:34:33.599 --> 00:34:34.739
 if you want

00:34:34.739 --> 00:34:35.059
 to know

00:34:35.059 --> 00:34:35.519
 what God

00:34:35.519 --> 00:34:35.960
 is like

00:34:35.960 --> 00:34:36.500
 you go

00:34:36.500 --> 00:34:37.119
 to Jesus

00:34:37.119 --> 00:34:38.179
 you look

00:34:38.179 --> 00:34:38.559
 at him

00:34:38.559 --> 00:34:39.039
 because the

00:34:39.039 --> 00:34:39.579
 Bible says

00:34:39.579 --> 00:34:40.259
 this is where

00:34:40.259 --> 00:34:40.659
 God has

00:34:40.659 --> 00:34:41.259
 displayed his

00:34:41.259 --> 00:34:41.679
 glory

00:34:41.679 --> 00:34:43.079
 and when

00:34:43.079 --> 00:34:43.579
 you see

00:34:43.579 --> 00:34:44.239
 his glory

00:34:44.239 --> 00:34:44.880
 you will

00:34:44.880 --> 00:34:45.340
 experience

00:34:45.340 --> 00:34:45.960
 what Jesus

00:34:45.960 --> 00:34:46.460
 promised

00:34:46.460 --> 00:34:46.920
 in John

00:34:46.920 --> 00:34:47.240
 8

00:34:47.240 --> 00:34:47.619
 if you

00:34:47.619 --> 00:34:48.039
 abide

00:34:48.039 --> 00:34:48.380
 in my

00:34:48.380 --> 00:34:48.639
 word

00:34:48.639 --> 00:34:48.940
 you are

00:34:48.940 --> 00:34:49.179
 truly

00:34:49.179 --> 00:34:49.460
 my

00:34:49.460 --> 00:34:49.920
 disciples

00:34:49.920 --> 00:34:50.260
 and you

00:34:50.260 --> 00:34:50.400
 will

00:34:50.400 --> 00:34:50.659
 know

00:34:50.659 --> 00:34:50.880
 the

00:34:50.880 --> 00:34:51.280
 truth

00:34:51.280 --> 00:34:51.940
 and the

00:34:51.940 --> 00:34:52.240
 truth

00:34:52.240 --> 00:34:52.740
 will set

00:34:52.740 --> 00:34:52.920
 you

00:34:52.920 --> 00:34:53.579
 free

00:34:53.579 --> 00:34:56.559
 when you

00:34:56.559 --> 00:34:56.860
 see

00:34:56.860 --> 00:34:57.260
 Jesus

00:34:57.260 --> 00:34:57.639
 in his

00:34:57.639 --> 00:34:57.960
 glory

00:34:57.960 --> 00:34:58.340
 you will

00:34:58.340 --> 00:34:58.980
 understand

00:34:58.980 --> 00:34:59.340
 why

00:34:59.340 --> 00:34:59.679
 Jesus

00:34:59.679 --> 00:35:00.019
 said

00:35:00.019 --> 00:35:00.380
 in John

00:35:00.380 --> 00:35:00.840
 14

00:35:00.840 --> 00:35:01.260
 6

00:35:01.260 --> 00:35:02.260
 I am

00:35:02.260 --> 00:35:02.940
 the way

00:35:02.940 --> 00:35:03.679
 and the

00:35:03.679 --> 00:35:04.300
 truth

00:35:04.300 --> 00:35:04.940
 and the

00:35:04.940 --> 00:35:05.380
 life

00:35:05.380 --> 00:35:06.340
 no one

00:35:06.340 --> 00:35:06.860
 comes to

00:35:06.860 --> 00:35:07.019
 the

00:35:07.019 --> 00:35:07.420
 father

00:35:07.420 --> 00:35:07.980
 except

00:35:07.980 --> 00:35:08.420
 through

00:35:08.420 --> 00:35:08.900
 me

00:35:08.900 --> 00:35:14.240
 this is

00:35:14.240 --> 00:35:14.699
 the great

00:35:14.699 --> 00:35:15.139
 hope

00:35:15.139 --> 00:35:16.299
 for the

00:35:16.299 --> 00:35:16.879
 disciples

00:35:16.879 --> 00:35:17.599
 as they're

00:35:17.599 --> 00:35:17.980
 watching

00:35:17.980 --> 00:35:18.420
 Jesus

00:35:18.420 --> 00:35:18.719
 say

00:35:18.719 --> 00:35:18.960
 he's

00:35:18.960 --> 00:35:19.239
 going

00:35:19.239 --> 00:35:19.559
 away

00:35:19.559 --> 00:35:19.699
 and

00:35:19.699 --> 00:35:19.920
 wondering

00:35:19.920 --> 00:35:20.420
 how

00:35:20.420 --> 00:35:20.659
 can

00:35:20.659 --> 00:35:20.839
 we

00:35:20.839 --> 00:35:21.099
 know

00:35:21.099 --> 00:35:21.440
 you

00:35:21.440 --> 00:35:22.679
 the

00:35:22.679 --> 00:35:23.000
 spirit

00:35:23.000 --> 00:35:23.199
 is

00:35:23.199 --> 00:35:23.319
 going

00:35:23.319 --> 00:35:23.420
 to

00:35:23.420 --> 00:35:23.779
 come

00:35:23.779 --> 00:35:24.460
 and we

00:35:24.460 --> 00:35:24.799
 still

00:35:24.799 --> 00:35:25.039
 have

00:35:25.039 --> 00:35:25.239
 that

00:35:25.239 --> 00:35:25.539
 same

00:35:25.539 --> 00:35:25.940
 spirit

00:35:25.940 --> 00:35:26.379
 today

00:35:26.379 --> 00:35:26.799
 that

00:35:26.799 --> 00:35:27.079
 same

00:35:27.079 --> 00:35:27.359
 spirit

00:35:27.359 --> 00:35:27.519
 is

00:35:27.519 --> 00:35:27.739
 still

00:35:27.739 --> 00:35:27.920
 at

00:35:27.920 --> 00:35:28.119
 work

00:35:28.119 --> 00:35:28.339
 in

00:35:28.339 --> 00:35:28.480
 the

00:35:28.480 --> 00:35:28.779
 world

00:35:28.779 --> 00:35:28.960
 and

00:35:28.960 --> 00:35:29.119
 is

00:35:29.119 --> 00:35:29.400
 in

00:35:29.400 --> 00:35:29.579
 the

00:35:29.579 --> 00:35:29.980
 church

00:35:29.980 --> 00:35:31.000
 revealing

00:35:31.000 --> 00:35:31.279
 this

00:35:31.279 --> 00:35:31.599
 Jesus

00:35:31.599 --> 00:35:31.900
 to

00:35:31.900 --> 00:35:32.059
 us

00:35:32.059 --> 00:35:32.579
 revealing

00:35:32.579 --> 00:35:33.000
 God

00:35:33.000 --> 00:35:33.219
 to

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 us

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 so

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 that

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 we

00:35:34.079 --> 00:35:34.319
 might

00:35:34.319 --> 00:35:34.659
 know

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 him

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 and

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 know

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 his

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 truth

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 we

00:35:38.719 --> 00:35:38.819
 are

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 not

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 adrift

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 my

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 friends

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 we

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 don't

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 have

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 to

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 create

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 our

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 own

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 truth

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 or

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 to

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 grasp

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 in

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 the

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 dark

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 as

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 if

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 we

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 were

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 lost

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 but

00:35:48.400 --> 00:35:48.539
 the

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 Holy

00:35:48.799 --> 00:35:49.139
 Spirit

00:35:49.139 --> 00:35:49.360
 is

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 seeking

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 us

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 to

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 bring

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 to

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 us

00:35:52.279 --> 00:35:53.000
 all

00:35:53.000 --> 00:35:53.500
 truth

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 and

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 to

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 guide

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 us

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 so

00:35:56.139 --> 00:35:56.279
 that

00:35:56.279 --> 00:35:56.420
 we

00:35:56.420 --> 00:35:56.639
 might

00:35:56.639 --> 00:35:56.920
 know

00:35:56.920 --> 00:35:57.279
 him

00:35:57.279 --> 00:35:58.519
 and

00:35:58.519 --> 00:35:58.679
 know

00:35:58.679 --> 00:35:58.880
 the

00:35:58.880 --> 00:35:59.219
 truth

00:35:59.219 --> 00:35:59.420
 that

00:35:59.420 --> 00:35:59.559
 is

00:35:59.559 --> 00:35:59.739
 in

00:35:59.739 --> 00:35:59.960
 him

00:35:59.960 --> 00:36:00.659
 the

00:36:00.659 --> 00:36:01.019
 spirit

00:36:01.019 --> 00:36:01.279
 is

00:36:01.279 --> 00:36:01.480
 here

00:36:01.480 --> 00:36:01.900
 friends

00:36:01.900 --> 00:36:02.539
 let

00:36:02.539 --> 00:36:02.679
 us

00:36:02.679 --> 00:36:03.239
 rejoice

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 and

00:36:04.939 --> 00:36:05.079
 let

00:36:05.079 --> 00:36:05.219
 us

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 pray

00:36:05.479 --> 00:36:08.139
 spirit

00:36:08.139 --> 00:36:08.500
 we

00:36:08.500 --> 00:36:11.139
 come

00:36:11.139 --> 00:36:11.379
 to

00:36:11.379 --> 00:36:11.819
 you

00:36:11.819 --> 00:36:13.699
 Jesus

00:36:13.699 --> 00:36:15.119
 father

00:36:15.119 --> 00:36:15.559
 we

00:36:15.559 --> 00:36:15.979
 come

00:36:15.979 --> 00:36:17.379
 acknowledging

00:36:17.379 --> 00:36:18.000
 that the

00:36:18.000 --> 00:36:18.359
 mystery

00:36:18.359 --> 00:36:18.719
 of the

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 trinity

00:36:19.079 --> 00:36:19.500
 is

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 greater

00:36:20.559 --> 00:36:21.079
 than we

00:36:21.079 --> 00:36:21.279
 can

00:36:21.279 --> 00:36:21.979
 understand

00:36:21.979 --> 00:36:22.419
 fully

00:36:22.419 --> 00:36:23.500
 and

00:36:23.500 --> 00:36:23.699
 yet

00:36:23.699 --> 00:36:23.879
 we

00:36:23.879 --> 00:36:24.299
 thank

00:36:24.299 --> 00:36:24.539
 you

00:36:24.539 --> 00:36:24.919
 that

00:36:24.919 --> 00:36:25.679
 in

00:36:25.679 --> 00:36:25.859
 the

00:36:25.859 --> 00:36:26.199
 richness

00:36:26.199 --> 00:36:26.559
 of

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 your

00:36:26.759 --> 00:36:27.099
 three

00:36:27.099 --> 00:36:27.639
 persons

00:36:27.639 --> 00:36:28.019
 father

00:36:28.019 --> 00:36:28.339
 son

00:36:28.339 --> 00:36:28.500
 and

00:36:28.500 --> 00:36:28.719
 holy

00:36:28.719 --> 00:36:29.079
 spirit

00:36:29.079 --> 00:36:29.319
 you

00:36:29.319 --> 00:36:29.539
 have

00:36:29.539 --> 00:36:29.939
 revealed

00:36:29.939 --> 00:36:30.399
 yourself

00:36:30.399 --> 00:36:30.699
 to

00:36:30.699 --> 00:36:31.000
 us

00:36:31.000 --> 00:36:31.719
 your

00:36:31.719 --> 00:36:32.399
 gracious

00:36:32.399 --> 00:36:32.959
 self

00:36:32.960 --> 00:36:33.639
 disclosure

00:36:33.639 --> 00:36:34.780
 means

00:36:34.780 --> 00:36:35.000
 that

00:36:35.000 --> 00:36:35.159
 we

00:36:35.159 --> 00:36:35.280
 are

00:36:35.280 --> 00:36:35.619
 not

00:36:35.619 --> 00:36:36.139
 adrift

00:36:36.139 --> 00:36:36.599
 but

00:36:36.599 --> 00:36:36.860
 lord

00:36:36.860 --> 00:36:37.079
 that

00:36:37.079 --> 00:36:37.240
 we

00:36:37.240 --> 00:36:37.460
 can

00:36:37.460 --> 00:36:37.699
 know

00:36:37.699 --> 00:36:38.039
 real

00:36:38.039 --> 00:36:38.519
 truth

00:36:38.519 --> 00:36:40.260
 and

00:36:40.260 --> 00:36:40.360
 that

00:36:40.360 --> 00:36:40.480
 the

00:36:40.480 --> 00:36:40.699
 most

00:36:40.699 --> 00:36:41.099
 important

00:36:41.099 --> 00:36:41.400
 truth

00:36:41.400 --> 00:36:41.559
 is

00:36:41.559 --> 00:36:41.820
 about

00:36:41.820 --> 00:36:42.119
 you

00:36:42.119 --> 00:36:43.740
 once

00:36:43.740 --> 00:36:43.960
 we

00:36:43.960 --> 00:36:44.220
 know

00:36:44.220 --> 00:36:44.500
 you

00:36:44.500 --> 00:36:44.760
 lord

00:36:44.760 --> 00:36:44.960
 that

00:36:44.960 --> 00:36:45.119
 we

00:36:45.119 --> 00:36:45.300
 can

00:36:45.300 --> 00:36:45.760
 explore

00:36:45.760 --> 00:36:46.079
 all

00:36:46.079 --> 00:36:46.440
 truth

00:36:46.440 --> 00:36:46.599
 in

00:36:46.599 --> 00:36:46.780
 this

00:36:46.780 --> 00:36:47.179
 world

00:36:47.179 --> 00:36:48.400
 in

00:36:48.400 --> 00:36:48.639
 ways

00:36:48.639 --> 00:36:48.780
 that

00:36:48.780 --> 00:36:48.960
 bring

00:36:48.960 --> 00:36:49.260
 glory

00:36:49.260 --> 00:36:49.500
 to

00:36:49.500 --> 00:36:49.760
 you

00:36:49.760 --> 00:36:50.639
 lord

00:36:50.639 --> 00:36:50.840
 i

00:36:50.840 --> 00:36:51.119
 pray

00:36:51.119 --> 00:36:51.400
 this

00:36:51.400 --> 00:36:51.780
 morning

00:36:51.780 --> 00:36:53.679
 lord

00:36:53.679 --> 00:36:53.840
 if

00:36:53.840 --> 00:36:54.000
 there

00:36:54.000 --> 00:36:54.099
 are

00:36:54.099 --> 00:36:54.340
 those

00:36:54.340 --> 00:36:54.619
 here

00:36:54.619 --> 00:36:54.900
 this

00:36:54.900 --> 00:36:55.179
 morning

00:36:55.179 --> 00:36:55.380
 who

00:36:55.380 --> 00:36:55.659
 don't

00:36:55.659 --> 00:36:55.880
 yet

00:36:55.880 --> 00:36:56.199
 know

00:36:56.199 --> 00:36:56.500
 you

00:36:56.500 --> 00:36:57.059
 who

00:36:57.059 --> 00:36:57.380
 don't

00:36:57.380 --> 00:36:57.679
 yet

00:36:57.679 --> 00:36:58.380
 understand

00:36:58.380 --> 00:36:58.980
 that

00:36:58.980 --> 00:36:59.159
 you

00:36:59.159 --> 00:36:59.320
 are

00:36:59.320 --> 00:36:59.619
 God

00:36:59.619 --> 00:36:59.780
 of

00:36:59.780 --> 00:37:00.220
 truth

00:37:02.960 --> 00:37:03.199
 to

00:37:03.199 --> 00:37:04.119
 rescue

00:37:04.119 --> 00:37:04.559
 us

00:37:04.559 --> 00:37:04.760
 from

00:37:04.760 --> 00:37:04.940
 our

00:37:04.940 --> 00:37:05.720
 lostness

00:37:05.720 --> 00:37:07.420
 lord

00:37:07.420 --> 00:37:07.579
 i

00:37:07.579 --> 00:37:07.780
 pray

00:37:07.780 --> 00:37:07.980
 that

00:37:07.980 --> 00:37:08.119
 your

00:37:08.119 --> 00:37:08.440
 spirit

00:37:08.440 --> 00:37:08.679
 would

00:37:08.679 --> 00:37:09.079
 lead

00:37:09.079 --> 00:37:10.119
 them

00:37:10.119 --> 00:37:10.360
 into

00:37:10.360 --> 00:37:10.699
 truth

00:37:10.699 --> 00:37:10.940
 this

00:37:10.940 --> 00:37:11.300
 morning

00:37:11.300 --> 00:37:12.039
 and

00:37:12.039 --> 00:37:12.159
 i

00:37:12.159 --> 00:37:12.280
 pray

00:37:12.280 --> 00:37:12.480
 for

00:37:12.480 --> 00:37:12.780
 all

00:37:12.780 --> 00:37:12.940
 of

00:37:12.940 --> 00:37:13.260
 us

00:37:13.260 --> 00:37:13.940
 lord

00:37:13.940 --> 00:37:14.099
 that

00:37:14.099 --> 00:37:14.240
 we

00:37:14.240 --> 00:37:14.380
 would

00:37:14.380 --> 00:37:14.579
 have

00:37:14.579 --> 00:37:15.139
 confidence

00:37:15.139 --> 00:37:16.019
 in a

00:37:16.019 --> 00:37:16.320
 world

00:37:16.320 --> 00:37:16.579
 that

00:37:16.579 --> 00:37:16.940
 seems

00:37:16.940 --> 00:37:17.400
 adrift

00:37:17.400 --> 00:37:17.780
 that

00:37:17.780 --> 00:37:17.960
 we

00:37:17.960 --> 00:37:18.119
 would

00:37:18.119 --> 00:37:18.280
 have

00:37:18.280 --> 00:37:18.800
 confidence

00:37:18.800 --> 00:37:19.800
 that

00:37:19.800 --> 00:37:19.980
 in

00:37:19.980 --> 00:37:20.260
 knowing

00:37:20.260 --> 00:37:20.619
 you

00:37:20.619 --> 00:37:20.840
 we

00:37:20.840 --> 00:37:21.159
 can

00:37:21.159 --> 00:37:21.599
 know

00:37:21.599 --> 00:37:22.400
 what

00:37:22.400 --> 00:37:22.559
 is

00:37:22.559 --> 00:37:22.880
 right

00:37:22.880 --> 00:37:23.159
 and

00:37:23.159 --> 00:37:23.420
 good

00:37:23.420 --> 00:37:23.639
 and

00:37:23.639 --> 00:37:23.920
 true

00:37:23.920 --> 00:37:24.099
 in

00:37:24.099 --> 00:37:24.280
 this

00:37:24.280 --> 00:37:24.679
 world

00:37:24.679 --> 00:37:27.240
 holy

00:37:27.240 --> 00:37:27.579
 spirit

00:37:27.579 --> 00:37:27.920
 help

00:37:27.920 --> 00:37:28.119
 us

00:37:28.119 --> 00:37:28.300
 we

00:37:28.300 --> 00:37:28.619
 pray

00:37:28.619 --> 00:37:29.920
 we

00:37:29.920 --> 00:37:30.139
 pray

00:37:30.139 --> 00:37:30.400
 these

00:37:30.400 --> 00:37:30.679
 things

00:37:30.679 --> 00:37:30.880
 in

00:37:30.880 --> 00:37:31.119
 Jesus

00:37:31.119 --> 00:37:31.500
 name

00:37:31.500 --> 00:37:32.860
 amen

00:37:32.960 --> 00:37:33.340
 amen