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 This is the Sunday that many call Palm Sunday, Sunday for preparation of the coming week, looking toward Good Friday, the celebration of the resurrection of Christ.

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! If you've been here long, it may not surprise you that we're going to continue our verse-by-verse exposition today in the book of Acts.

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 But that's not because we don't find that there's value at times in taking some moments to prepare for things like Easter Sunday, that there's not value in stepping away from the normal plan at holidays.

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 Praise the Lord. Last year, we were able to be in the Gospel of Mark and actually preach the resurrection on Easter Sunday from Mark. The timing worked out wonderfully in that way.

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 Praise the Lord. If we stay on schedule in Acts, that next Sunday I'll be able to continue to preach in Acts on the resurrection because Paul's defense at the Oropagus, he brings up the resurrection and I can preach it from there.

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 So that's a wonderful thing and in part the reason that we're going to stay in Acts chapter 17 this morning.

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 Also, though, just as a maybe interesting side note to you, and as we established last year, that Palm Sunday was not a thing. It's actually Palm Monday.

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 There's no such thing as Silent Wednesday. If you ever care to have fun with that, I'd love to walk you through that timeline and show you that Jesus entered into Jerusalem on a Monday.

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 And then we see all of the activity that hastens to his crucifixion Friday and then his glorious resurrection on Sunday of the following week.

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 Before this morning, our text is Acts chapter 17, verses 10 through 15.

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 Before I read this, let me remind you, beloved, this is God's Word to us.

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 It was written for His glory and for our good.

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 We would all do well to listen to it in order to believe its promises and obey its commands.

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 And I'll begin reading in verse 10.

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 The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea.

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 And when they arrived, they went into the Jewish synagogue.

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 Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica.

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 They received the word with all eagerness, examining the scriptures daily to see if these things were so.

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 Many of them, therefore, believed, with not a few Greek women of high standing as well as men.

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 But when the Jews from Thessalonica learned that the word of God was proclaimed by Paul at Berea also,

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 they came there too, agitating and stirring up the crowds.

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 Then the brothers immediately sent Paul off on his way to the sea,

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 but Silas and Timothy remained there.

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 Those who conducted Paul brought him as far as Athens.

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 And after receiving a command for Silas and Timothy to come to him as soon as possible, they departed.

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 So last week, we looked at Paul and his missionary band's visit to the city of Thessalonica.

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 They're now in Macedonia.

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 They've crossed the Aegean Sea.

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 They're in for the first time.

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 And Europe, as we know it, the gospel has gone forth into that place.

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 And we structured our study last week of the first nine verses of Acts chapter 17 around four points.

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 And those points were as follows.

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 Gospel courage.

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 Number two, gospel clarity.

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 Number three, gospel conversion.

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 And number four, gospel conflict.

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 Now, many of those points could be reiterated today.

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 And I will reiterate them in brief.

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 Paul and his companions repeat the same activity with similar results as they saw in Thessalonica.

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 The texts are often taught together.

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 They parallel one another in many ways.

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 Note in our text today, number one, gospel courage.

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 Courage.

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 In verse 10, we see that the brothers, these are the brothers in Thessalonica,

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 immediately send Paul and Silas away by night to Berea.

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 There is no reason to believe that they did so out of fear.

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 But rather, it is right to assume that they did not want the advance of the gospel to be hindered by their arrest.

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 So they travel to Berea.

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 They leave behind those believers they've trained in Thessalonica to continue the advance of the gospel.

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 We see in 1 Thessalonians chapter 1 that they certainly do this by the power of the Spirit and by the Word of God.

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 And they move on to Berea.

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 Berea is a less significant town than Thessalonica.

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 It's about 45 miles southwest.

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 It's off the Ignatian Way, which is that Roman highway we've been talking about in weeks past.

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 And we can rightly assume that they did not escape Thessalonica out of fear

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 because we see a repeat of their exact courageous action back in Thessalonica.

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 What do they do?

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 And when they arrived, they went into the Jewish synagogue.

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 Luke's not very explicit here, but I like to apply a little pastoral imagination to the text

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 to say that when they arrived, they traveled through the night,

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 and the first thing they did is went to the Jewish synagogue.

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 Maybe not, but I like to conject in that direction.

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 They went immediately into the Jewish synagogue and once again with great courage preached the gospel.

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 So we see again this idea of gospel clarity in our text.

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 Verse 11, right?

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 We see that these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica.

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 They received the Word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.

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 We know that Paul and his companions preached the gospel because the text says they received the Word.

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 Well, what Word, right?

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 We want to look at our text in its greater context.

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 Luke has been writing.

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 His pen has barely picked up off the page, even though it's been a whole week for us.

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 So what was the Word, right?

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 The very same Word that he preached to the Thessalonians.

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 Look back in chapter 17, verse 2 and 3.

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 He reasoned with them from the Scriptures,

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 explaining and proving that it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead,

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 and saying, this Jesus whom I proclaim to you is the Christ.

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 And so he's now in another synagogue, and he's once again speaking to Jewish worshipers of God,

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 as well as what would have been referred to as God-fearers, Gentiles, Greeks, our text says,

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 who would have been coming to the synagogue to try to walk in the ways of God.

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 And Paul is pointing out to them the insufficiency of the sacrificial system.

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 For them to be found righteous before Christ, the sacrificial system did not cut it.

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 It was meant to point to something greater.

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 All of the religious practice, all of the things prescribed by God for them to do,

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 was meant to point them to a more perfect sacrifice.

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 They were meant to look to the Christ.

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 Paul is likely correcting their misconceptions about who the Christ was.

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 The common belief in this day by Jews was that Jesus, the Messiah, the one who would come,

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 would be a deliverer in a political sense.

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 Would deliver them from Roman rule and restore Jerusalem back to its former glory.

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 And so he's correcting that thinking all along.

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 And he's saying to them, this Jesus, this humble Jesus,

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 the one who came and suffered and died, is the Christ.

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 He's pointing them rightly to the gospel of Jesus.

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 And there's a result from that.

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 We see, thirdly, gospel conversions.

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 Because of their receiving of the word and their careful study of the scripture,

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 Luke records for us,

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 many of them therefore believe, this is verse 12,

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 with not a few Greek women of high standing as well as men.

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 So both the Jews and some Greeks believed.

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 As is most often the case,

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 when the gospel, courageously proclaimed with clarity,

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 empowered by the Spirit, will yield conversions,

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 will see people turn from their wicked ways

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 and turn to righteousness in Christ.

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 But not for everyone.

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 Some will reject the gospel.

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 And we see this as well in our text.

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 Gospel conflict.

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 Please don't think this is a ten minute sermon.

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 I'm wrapping up from last week into this one.

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 And then we're going to draw back into it.

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 So gospel conflict we see as well.

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 So the very same Jews in Thessalonica

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 that were stirring up a crowd,

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 that were bringing about persecution,

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 that were seeking to arrest Paul and his companions,

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 that did arrest Jason who was housing him.

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 The very same Thessalonians.

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 Because of the jealousy produced within them,

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 they hear that the gospel is being proclaimed also at Berea,

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 and they come there and they do the very same thing.

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 So once again, not because they're fearful,

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 but because they don't want to impede the gospel going forth,

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 Paul now is sent off,

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 while Silas and Timothy remain behind.

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 They stay there to continue to instruct in the gospel.

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 And Paul is sent off.

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 Persecution.

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 I have posited this to you across our entire study of the book of Acts

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 and for many years before that.

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 Persecution is the norm for the devoted follower of Christ.

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 It is not the exception.

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 Persecution.

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 It will take various forms,

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 in various places,

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 at various times.

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 We are not likely to be imprisoned for our faith.

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 We're probably really doing something unfaithful if we're imprisoned

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 in the frame of our faith.

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 We will not be imprisoned in the U.S.,

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 at least not for now.

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 But persecution is still to be normative

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 for the devoted follower of Jesus Christ.

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 So in brief, we can see much of the same activity

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 and much of the same response, right?

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 It's like a repeat of what happened in Thessalonica.

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 But there is one extremely striking difference

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 between these two towns.

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 And it's a difference which is worth our noting at some length.

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 So please let me draw your attention back to verse 11.

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 Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica.

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 They received the word with all eagerness,

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 examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.

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 Luke records, for our benefit,

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 that the Berean Jews were more noble than the Thessalonian Jews.

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 Why?

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 First, let's take a look at the word here translated,

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 more noble.

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 That's a single word in the Greek.

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 The word is,

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 I've got to get ready for the pronunciation,

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 eugenesteroi,

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 I believe.

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 In a couple of other translations,

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 well-known translations,

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 the New American Standard Bible

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 translates that word,

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 more noble-minded.

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 The NIV translates it,

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 of more noble character.

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 And the Holman Christian Standard Bible,

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 which is Lifeways New translation,

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 it's a good one,

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 says more open-minded.

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 Now the ESV translators

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 have done well to just translate the word,

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 more noble.

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 It's the most straightforward understanding

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 of that word,

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 eugenesteroi,

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 the root of which is eugeness,

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 which means well-born.

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 It's the word that the English word eugenics

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 is derived from.

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 Sounds familiar to you.

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 While I believe that the ESV translators

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 are more faithful to the Greek language

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 in this case,

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 I think that the New American Standard Bible translators

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 are more faithful to the meaning

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 of the word,

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 more noble-minded.

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 And we can gather that

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 as we look to the reason why.

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 Luke tells us why

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 he's calling them more noble.

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 And NASB translators expand that idea

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 to be more noble-minded.

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 And the rest of verse 11.

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 The Bereans were more noble

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 than those in Thessalonica

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 for two reasons.

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 Number one,

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 they received the word

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 with all eagerness.

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 They received it with eagerness.

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 They were teachable.

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 They weren't closed off

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 to the idea of something new,

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 some explanation of

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 the word of God.

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 They weren't so trapped

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 in their form of thinking

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 about who the Messiah was

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 that they weren't willing

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 to hear an alternative explanation.

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 It is a great mark

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 of the Christian to be humble.

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 And a great mark of humility

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 is teachability.

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 To hear a case made.

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 And hear a case made from the Bible.

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 And to receive it with eagerness.

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 Not blindly,

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 to our second point,

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 but to receive it.

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 To hear what someone may have to say

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 to us from the Bible.

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 They were pleased

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 to have a case made to them

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 from the Scripture

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 as Paul surely did

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 just as we saw him do

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 in Thessalonica.

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 So they were more noble,

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 more noble-minded

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 because they received the word

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 with all eagerness.

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 And secondly,

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 because they examined

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 the Scriptures

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 to see if these things were so.

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 Not just that they examined them,

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 but they examined the Scriptures

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 daily

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 to see if these things were so.

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 They were diligent

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 to test

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 anything

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 that was taught

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 against,

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 tested against

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 the revelation

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 of God.

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 It's like they held up

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 the Holy Writ

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 and they held up

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 this teaching

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 that Paul brought to them

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 to see if the things

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 lined up together.

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 They examined it

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 very carefully

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 to see if what Paul

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 was saying

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 was so.

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 Beloved,

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 the exhortation

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 this morning for us

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 is that we

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 should be like

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 the Bereans.

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 We should diligently

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 examine

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 every teaching,

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 hold it up

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 against the Scripture

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 to see

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 if it

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 is so.

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 I am thankful

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 for a church

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 that does this

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 for me.

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 My teaching

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 is not

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 above

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 this kind

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 of scrutiny.

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 No one's is.

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 The Word of God

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 is authoritative.

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 It is His

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 Word.

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 And I can only

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 speak with authority

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 insofar

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 as I speak

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 consistent

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 with the Word

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 of God.

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 I tell you

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 what it

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 says.

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 I need you

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 to function

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 as a

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 God-fearing,

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 Bible-loving

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 congregation.

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 so that if

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 I err,

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 you will be

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 quick to catch

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 me.

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 It is my

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 desire to be

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 both true

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 and consistent,

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 but if pressed

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 to it,

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 I will choose

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 truth over

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 consistency.

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 I am glad

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 to get up here

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 if I have

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 erred and said

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 I screwed

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 it up.

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 I've been

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 shown my

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 error.

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 I taught

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 improperly

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 and I need

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 to make

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 correction.

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 But,

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 bring me

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 correction

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 with Scripture

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 and plain

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 logic.

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 You've got to

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 do somersaults

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 to convince me

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 of something.

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 I don't want

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 to hear it.

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 Bring me

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 correction with

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 Scripture

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 and plain

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 logic.

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 If you come

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 to me and

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 you say,

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 I don't feel

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 like what you

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 said is true,

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 I will go

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 figure out

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 why you

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 feel that

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 way.

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 And then

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 let's talk.

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 Scripture

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 and plain

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 logic.

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 Your feelings

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 do not

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 define the

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 truth and

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 neither do

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 mine.

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 I want to

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 give you a

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 good example

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 of this.

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 If you've

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 been here

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 for a while,

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 you have

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 heard me

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 talk about

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 this already,

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 but it's

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 too good

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 not to

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 talk about

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 again.

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 I'm going

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 to read

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 to you

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 from the

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 biography

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 written by

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 A.T.

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 Pearson

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 of George

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 Mueller.

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 It's called

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 George

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 Mueller of

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 Bristol.

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 Don't buy

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 this copy.

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 It's a

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 horrible

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 printing of

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 it.

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 But the

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 book is

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 wonderful.

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 This just

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 happens to

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 do with

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 believers

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 baptism,

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 but that's

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 not the

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 primary

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 point of

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 what I'm

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 reading to

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 you here.

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 But George

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 Mueller serving

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 as a

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 pastor was

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 corrected,

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 and this is

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 wonderful.

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 He says,

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 while at

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 Sidmouth

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 preaching

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 in April

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 1830,

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 three

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 believing

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 sisters

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 held in

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 his

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 presence

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 a

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 conversation

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 about

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 believers

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 baptism,

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 which

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 proved the

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 suggestion

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 of another

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 important step

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 in his

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 life,

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 which has

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 a wider

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 bearing

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 than at

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 first is

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 apparent.

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 They

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 naturally

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 asked his

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 opinion on

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 the subject

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 about which

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 they were

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 talking,

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 and he

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 replied that,

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 having been

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 baptized as a

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 child,

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 he saw no

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 need of being

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 baptized again.

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 being further

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 asked if he

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 had ever yet

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 prayerfully searched

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 the word of

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 God as to

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 its testimony

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 in this

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 matter,

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 he frankly

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 confessed that

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 he had not.

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 He's a

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 pastor,

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 they say,

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 they're talking

00:18:41.559 --> 00:18:41.819
 about believers

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 baptism,

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 what do you

00:18:42.919 --> 00:18:43.279
 think,

00:18:43.559 --> 00:18:44.079
 Pastor Mueller?

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 And he

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 says,

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 having been

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 baptized as

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 a child,

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 I see no

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 need to be

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 baptized as

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 an adult,

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 and one

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 of them

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 says,

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 have you

00:18:50.179 --> 00:18:50.319
 ever

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 prayerfully

00:18:50.720 --> 00:18:51.240
 searched

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 the word

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 of God

00:18:51.639 --> 00:18:52.000
 for that?

00:18:52.139 --> 00:18:52.359
 And he

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 said,

00:18:52.779 --> 00:18:53.000
 nope.

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 At

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 once,

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 with

00:18:57.839 --> 00:18:58.759
 unmistakable

00:18:58.759 --> 00:18:59.359
 plainness of

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 speech,

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 and with

00:19:00.259 --> 00:19:01.159
 rare fidelity,

00:19:01.699 --> 00:19:02.199
 one of

00:19:02.199 --> 00:19:02.759
 these sisters

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 in Christ

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 promptly

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 said,

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 I entreat

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 you then,

00:19:07.159 --> 00:19:07.740
 never again

00:19:07.740 --> 00:19:08.220
 to speak

00:19:08.220 --> 00:19:08.779
 any more

00:19:08.779 --> 00:19:09.379
 about it

00:19:09.379 --> 00:19:10.279
 till you

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 have done

00:19:10.779 --> 00:19:11.159
 so.

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 Isn't

00:19:15.059 --> 00:19:15.619
 that wonderful?

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 A bit

00:19:19.859 --> 00:19:20.480
 later on,

00:19:21.199 --> 00:19:21.799
 and again,

00:19:21.839 --> 00:19:22.139
 I commend

00:19:22.139 --> 00:19:22.740
 this particular

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 book to you.

00:19:23.179 --> 00:19:23.399
 A.T.

00:19:23.459 --> 00:19:23.959
 Pearson was a

00:19:23.959 --> 00:19:24.639
 pastor and

00:19:24.639 --> 00:19:25.500
 just a

00:19:25.500 --> 00:19:25.779
 wonderful

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 writer.

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 He says,

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 what radical

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 reforms would

00:19:29.159 --> 00:19:29.799
 be made in

00:19:29.799 --> 00:19:30.680
 modern worship,

00:19:31.039 --> 00:19:31.399
 teaching,

00:19:31.579 --> 00:19:32.279
 and practice?

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 In the

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 whole conduct

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 of disciples

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 and the

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 administration

00:19:35.980 --> 00:19:36.539
 of the

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 church of

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 God,

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 if the

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 one final

00:19:38.539 --> 00:19:39.059
 criterion

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 of all

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 judgment

00:19:40.159 --> 00:19:40.639
 were,

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 what do

00:19:42.159 --> 00:19:42.379
 the

00:19:42.379 --> 00:19:42.759
 scriptures

00:19:42.759 --> 00:19:44.339
 teach?

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 Recently,

00:19:48.279 --> 00:19:49.039
 at a

00:19:49.039 --> 00:19:49.299
 community

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 group meeting,

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 I had some

00:19:50.919 --> 00:19:51.779
 questions asked

00:19:51.779 --> 00:19:52.619
 of me about

00:19:52.619 --> 00:19:53.859
 why we do

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 music the

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 way we do

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 music here.

00:19:55.640 --> 00:19:56.640
 things.

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 And it

00:19:57.240 --> 00:19:57.600
 made me

00:19:57.600 --> 00:19:58.840
 realize that

00:19:58.840 --> 00:19:59.640
 time is

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 flying by for

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 me incredibly

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 quick because

00:20:02.100 --> 00:20:03.140
 with these

00:20:03.140 --> 00:20:03.820
 particular people,

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 I felt like I

00:20:04.620 --> 00:20:05.360
 had preached

00:20:05.360 --> 00:20:05.940
 on that

00:20:05.940 --> 00:20:06.380
 matter,

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 but then

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 realized it's

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 been half a

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 decade ago

00:20:10.160 --> 00:20:11.420
 that we

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 preached on

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 why we do

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 music the

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 way we do

00:20:14.660 --> 00:20:15.140
 music.

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 Everything we

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 do here,

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 at least in

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 our best

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 attempt,

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 has an

00:20:20.540 --> 00:20:21.320
 undergirding of

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 scripture for

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 why we do

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 things,

00:20:23.299 --> 00:20:23.980
 the way we

00:20:23.980 --> 00:20:25.279
 do things.

00:20:25.440 --> 00:20:25.619
 And it

00:20:25.619 --> 00:20:27.019
 caused me to

00:20:27.019 --> 00:20:27.500
 realize,

00:20:27.599 --> 00:20:28.119
 and then talking

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 with the

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 elders of our

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 church to

00:20:29.480 --> 00:20:30.259
 realize that

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 we need to

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 repeat and

00:20:32.539 --> 00:20:33.119
 talk about

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 some things

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 again and

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 explain why so

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 that you

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 understand.

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 I think for a

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 lot of you,

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 music is an

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 example.

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 You just enjoy

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 the way music

00:20:41.119 --> 00:20:41.579
 is done here,

00:20:41.639 --> 00:20:42.019
 but you don't

00:20:42.019 --> 00:20:43.259
 really know the

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 why behind why

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 we do music

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 or anything

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 else.

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 Verse by

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 verse exposition

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 as another

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 example in

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 our church.

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 And the

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 answer, we

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 hope, and I

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 don't know that

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 we do this for

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 perfection, but

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 we're trying, we

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 hope, is because

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 the Bible says

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 such and such

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 about such a

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 thing.

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 And so we're

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 going to, in

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 the years coming,

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 probably years,

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 take some time,

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 pause from time

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 to time, from

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 verse by verse

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 exposition, and

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 do like a

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 series across

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 time called

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 Why We Do

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 What We Do.

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 And fingers

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 crossed, Wes

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 is going to

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 help us produce

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 some short

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 videos with

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 the same, so

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 you can go

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 back and

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 reference those

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 things, and

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 that's a big

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 project in and

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 of itself.

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 But we want

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 you to understand

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 that as a

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 church, we

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 stand on the

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 foundation of

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 scripture.

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 And if you

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 can show me

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 that something

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 we're doing is

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 an error,

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 right, again,

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 by the Bible

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 and by plain

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 logging, we

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 will get it

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 out of our

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 meeting together

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 and our conduct

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 together as a

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 church.

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 We believe

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 that the

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 revelation of

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 God is

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 absolutely

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 foundational to

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 the way we

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 function together.

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 It's for your

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 good, it's for

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 our good, it's

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 for our

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 community's good

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 that we do

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 so.

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 We live in an

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 epistemologically

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 schismed society,

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 right?

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 No one seems to

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 be able to

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 arrive at the

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 truth, much

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 less how the

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 truth should be

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 arrived at,

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 right?

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 the New York

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 Times just

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 recently put out

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 an article

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 specifically in

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 regards to our

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 president, but

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 is the truth

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 dead?

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 Seems to be,

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 not in specific

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 to our

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 president, but

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 just generally

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 speaking, right?

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 We don't seem

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 to know what the

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 truth is or how

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 to arrive at it.

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 Some of you in

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 my hearing this

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 morning are

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 modernists.

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 It's from

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 modernist thinking

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 that we get

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 things like the

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 scientific method,

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 modernists want

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 to measure

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 things out, to

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 see the concrete

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 evidence for,

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 something we can

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 quantify to say,

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 and this is what

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 works.

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 This is the way

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 that we ought

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 to go.

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 Some of you in

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 my hearing this

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 morning are

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 postmodernists.

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 I tend to fall

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 into that category.

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 That category is

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 getting smaller and

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 smaller as our

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 church moves on.

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 postmodernists tend

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 to believe that

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 the truth is

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 defined by your

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 own experience of

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 the truth.

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 So I experience

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 something to be

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 true, therefore it

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 is true, and

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 nobody can debate

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 that with me.

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 And most of you

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 in my hearing this

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 morning are

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 post-postmodernists.

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 You need a much

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 more creative name

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 than that, but

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 you're currently

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 being called

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 post-postmodernists.

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 And here's the

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 frightening result of

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 postmodernity.

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 is that post-postmodernists

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 tend to believe that

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 the truth cannot be

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 arrived at at all.

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 Even your own

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 experience of the

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 truth may not be

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 true.

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 How can I possibly

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 know?

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 And all of these

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 have some strengths

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 and some weaknesses

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 to be sure.

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 I'm not trying to

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 dismiss any of them

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 entirely, but any

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 one of these

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 epistemological views

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 needs to be

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 anchored in the

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 unfailing reality

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 that the Bible

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 is God's

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 word and

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 therefore is

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 entirely true

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 and contains

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 within it

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 everything we

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 need to know

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 concerning the

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 worship of God.

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 Like, we need

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 to believe in

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 revelation.

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 I have to

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 believe in

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 something outside

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 of myself.

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 I know myself

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 too well to

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 think that I

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 can arrive as

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 a postmodern

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 thinker at the

00:24:36.400 --> 00:24:37.180
 truth for

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 myself.

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 I need to

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 believe that

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 God has spoken

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 and that I

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 have those very

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 words for my

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 benefit.

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 2 Timothy

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 chapter 3

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 verse 16

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 and 17

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 Paul writes,

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 all scripture

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 is breathed

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 out by God.

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 This idea of

00:24:54.819 --> 00:24:55.640
 being breathed

00:24:55.640 --> 00:24:57.220
 out is expired

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 by God.

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 Him as the

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 very source,

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 His very

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 breath.

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 We often talk

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 in the Bible

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 of being inspired,

00:25:04.799 --> 00:25:05.559
 spoken into

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 men who

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 penned it.

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 Paul is

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 upping that

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 idea by

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 saying it's

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 actually breathed

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 out.

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 He is the

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 very source

00:25:11.319 --> 00:25:11.500
 of it.

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 It's breathed

00:25:12.159 --> 00:25:13.319
 out by God

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 and it's

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 profitable.

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 It's profitable

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 for teaching,

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 for reproof,

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 for correction,

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 and for training

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 in righteousness.

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 That the man

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 of God may be

00:25:22.240 --> 00:25:22.859
 complete,

00:25:23.399 --> 00:25:24.619
 equipped for

00:25:24.619 --> 00:25:25.839
 every good

00:25:25.839 --> 00:25:26.279
 work.

00:25:26.779 --> 00:25:27.579
 We need to

00:25:27.579 --> 00:25:28.619
 believe in

00:25:28.619 --> 00:25:30.039
 these scriptures.

00:25:30.219 --> 00:25:30.579
 On your

00:25:30.579 --> 00:25:31.259
 bulletin this

00:25:31.259 --> 00:25:31.819
 morning, the

00:25:31.819 --> 00:25:33.759
 historical quote

00:25:33.759 --> 00:25:34.059
 for you,

00:25:34.139 --> 00:25:34.539
 Martin Lloyd

00:25:34.539 --> 00:25:35.099
 Jones said,

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 there can be

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 no doubt

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 whatsoever that

00:25:37.400 --> 00:25:37.820
 all the

00:25:37.820 --> 00:25:38.340
 troubles in

00:25:38.340 --> 00:25:38.680
 the church

00:25:38.680 --> 00:25:39.340
 today and

00:25:39.340 --> 00:25:39.960
 most of

00:25:39.960 --> 00:25:40.380
 the troubles

00:25:40.380 --> 00:25:40.860
 in the

00:25:40.860 --> 00:25:42.000
 world are

00:25:42.000 --> 00:25:42.740
 due to a

00:25:42.740 --> 00:25:44.080
 departure from

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 the authority

00:25:44.779 --> 00:25:46.140
 of the

00:25:46.140 --> 00:25:46.380
 Bible.

00:25:48.019 --> 00:25:48.620
 Now, for

00:25:48.620 --> 00:25:49.060
 your benefit,

00:25:49.200 --> 00:25:49.840
 I hope,

00:25:50.380 --> 00:25:50.800
 we're still

00:25:50.800 --> 00:25:51.160
 talking about

00:25:51.160 --> 00:25:51.700
 the Bereans,

00:25:51.820 --> 00:25:52.019
 we're talking

00:25:52.019 --> 00:25:52.420
 about how we

00:25:52.420 --> 00:25:53.000
 should be like

00:25:53.000 --> 00:25:53.840
 the Bereans,

00:25:54.460 --> 00:25:55.600
 but I want to

00:25:55.600 --> 00:25:56.259
 put up on the

00:25:56.259 --> 00:25:56.980
 screen for you

00:25:56.980 --> 00:25:58.440
 article one of

00:25:58.440 --> 00:25:59.019
 our church's

00:25:59.019 --> 00:25:59.759
 statement of

00:25:59.759 --> 00:26:00.320
 faith, which

00:26:00.320 --> 00:26:00.779
 is on the

00:26:00.779 --> 00:26:01.100
 scriptures.

00:26:02.540 --> 00:26:03.200
 So there it

00:26:03.200 --> 00:26:03.920
 is for you,

00:26:03.960 --> 00:26:04.380
 for you to

00:26:04.380 --> 00:26:05.779
 interact with it

00:26:05.779 --> 00:26:06.839
 visually as I

00:26:06.839 --> 00:26:07.200
 read it to

00:26:07.200 --> 00:26:07.420
 you.

00:26:09.420 --> 00:26:10.519
 We believe

00:26:10.519 --> 00:26:11.500
 that the

00:26:11.500 --> 00:26:12.079
 Holy Bible

00:26:12.079 --> 00:26:13.339
 was written

00:26:13.339 --> 00:26:13.960
 by men,

00:26:14.960 --> 00:26:15.619
 divinely

00:26:15.619 --> 00:26:16.500
 inspired,

00:26:17.099 --> 00:26:18.220
 and is a

00:26:18.220 --> 00:26:19.220
 perfect treasure

00:26:19.220 --> 00:26:20.039
 of heavenly

00:26:20.039 --> 00:26:21.059
 instruction.

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 That it has

00:26:22.480 --> 00:26:23.319
 gods for its

00:26:23.319 --> 00:26:23.720
 author,

00:26:23.920 --> 00:26:25.079
 he expired it,

00:26:25.319 --> 00:26:26.440
 salvation for

00:26:26.440 --> 00:26:27.139
 its end,

00:26:27.660 --> 00:26:28.359
 and truth

00:26:28.359 --> 00:26:29.019
 without any

00:26:29.019 --> 00:26:29.859
 mixture of

00:26:29.859 --> 00:26:30.539
 error for

00:26:30.539 --> 00:26:31.259
 its matter.

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 That it

00:26:32.559 --> 00:26:33.160
 reveals the

00:26:33.160 --> 00:26:33.940
 principles by

00:26:33.940 --> 00:26:34.559
 which God

00:26:34.559 --> 00:26:35.059
 will judge

00:26:35.059 --> 00:26:35.600
 us and

00:26:35.600 --> 00:26:36.480
 therefore is

00:26:36.480 --> 00:26:37.480
 and shall

00:26:37.480 --> 00:26:38.140
 remain to

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 the end of

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 the world

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 the true

00:26:40.160 --> 00:26:40.900
 center of

00:26:40.900 --> 00:26:42.360
 Christian union

00:26:42.360 --> 00:26:43.200
 and the

00:26:43.200 --> 00:26:43.660
 supreme

00:26:43.660 --> 00:26:44.279
 standard by

00:26:44.279 --> 00:26:44.799
 which all

00:26:44.799 --> 00:26:45.740
 human conduct,

00:26:46.000 --> 00:26:46.500
 creeds,

00:26:46.920 --> 00:26:47.779
 and opinions

00:26:47.779 --> 00:26:49.080
 should be

00:26:49.080 --> 00:26:49.460
 tried.

00:26:50.279 --> 00:26:50.779
 It's a

00:26:50.779 --> 00:26:51.000
 beautiful

00:26:51.000 --> 00:26:51.320
 statement,

00:26:51.420 --> 00:26:51.660
 isn't it?

00:26:51.660 --> 00:26:51.940
 We didn't

00:26:51.940 --> 00:26:52.460
 write it.

00:26:52.519 --> 00:26:53.320
 It's from the

00:26:53.320 --> 00:26:53.759
 New Hampshire

00:26:53.759 --> 00:26:54.960
 confession.

00:26:56.380 --> 00:26:57.420
 It is the

00:26:57.420 --> 00:26:58.320
 great standard

00:26:58.320 --> 00:26:59.279
 by which all

00:26:59.279 --> 00:27:00.920
 other truths

00:27:00.920 --> 00:27:02.420
 are tried.

00:27:02.539 --> 00:27:02.840
 And isn't

00:27:02.840 --> 00:27:03.279
 that what the

00:27:03.279 --> 00:27:03.779
 Bereans are

00:27:03.779 --> 00:27:04.240
 doing?

00:27:04.380 --> 00:27:05.380
 Searching the

00:27:05.380 --> 00:27:05.800
 scriptures

00:27:05.800 --> 00:27:08.220
 diligently to

00:27:08.220 --> 00:27:08.800
 that end.

00:27:09.519 --> 00:27:10.340
 This statement

00:27:10.340 --> 00:27:11.980
 speaks to the

00:27:11.980 --> 00:27:12.500
 authority,

00:27:13.160 --> 00:27:14.080
 the inerrancy,

00:27:14.660 --> 00:27:15.539
 the clarity,

00:27:16.259 --> 00:27:17.180
 the necessity,

00:27:17.680 --> 00:27:18.100
 and the

00:27:18.100 --> 00:27:19.500
 sufficiency of

00:27:19.500 --> 00:27:19.940
 the scriptures.

00:27:20.080 --> 00:27:20.779
 These are all

00:27:20.779 --> 00:27:22.840
 extremely important

00:27:22.840 --> 00:27:24.840
 Bible doctrines

00:27:24.840 --> 00:27:26.080
 or doctrines

00:27:26.080 --> 00:27:27.759
 of the

00:27:27.759 --> 00:27:28.220
 Bible.

00:27:28.480 --> 00:27:28.940
 What do we

00:27:28.940 --> 00:27:29.640
 believe is

00:27:29.640 --> 00:27:31.060
 true of

00:27:31.060 --> 00:27:31.640
 what we

00:27:31.640 --> 00:27:33.120
 call our

00:27:33.120 --> 00:27:33.960
 scripture?

00:27:34.860 --> 00:27:35.280
 And I want

00:27:35.280 --> 00:27:35.660
 to go through

00:27:35.660 --> 00:27:36.120
 those with

00:27:36.120 --> 00:27:36.300
 you.

00:27:36.500 --> 00:27:36.880
 Authority,

00:27:37.000 --> 00:27:37.320
 inerrancy,

00:27:37.420 --> 00:27:37.700
 clarity,

00:27:37.840 --> 00:27:38.240
 necessity,

00:27:39.020 --> 00:27:39.560
 sufficiency.

00:27:39.920 --> 00:27:40.259
 I just want

00:27:40.259 --> 00:27:40.860
 to lay out

00:27:40.860 --> 00:27:41.500
 some definitions

00:27:41.500 --> 00:27:41.980
 for you.

00:27:42.259 --> 00:27:42.560
 You will

00:27:42.560 --> 00:27:43.140
 not have

00:27:43.140 --> 00:27:43.600
 time to

00:27:43.600 --> 00:27:44.000
 write these

00:27:44.000 --> 00:27:44.360
 down,

00:27:44.700 --> 00:27:45.180
 but I am

00:27:45.180 --> 00:27:45.860
 taking these

00:27:45.860 --> 00:27:46.740
 directly from

00:27:46.740 --> 00:27:47.320
 Wayne Grudem's

00:27:47.320 --> 00:27:48.180
 Systematic Theology.

00:27:48.380 --> 00:27:48.840
 I figured it would

00:27:48.840 --> 00:27:50.180
 be best for

00:27:50.180 --> 00:27:50.560
 me to give

00:27:50.560 --> 00:27:51.160
 you someone

00:27:51.160 --> 00:27:51.820
 else's definition

00:27:51.820 --> 00:27:52.320
 you can go

00:27:52.320 --> 00:27:53.040
 to and study

00:27:53.040 --> 00:27:54.200
 more on

00:27:54.200 --> 00:27:54.759
 Wayne Grudem's

00:27:54.759 --> 00:27:55.460
 Systematic Theology.

00:27:55.560 --> 00:27:55.680
 It's a

00:27:55.680 --> 00:27:56.280
 wonderful book

00:27:56.280 --> 00:27:57.660
 which I would

00:27:57.660 --> 00:27:58.120
 have to lift

00:27:58.120 --> 00:27:58.680
 like this

00:27:58.680 --> 00:27:59.180
 this morning

00:27:59.180 --> 00:27:59.560
 to show

00:27:59.560 --> 00:27:59.940
 to you.

00:28:00.600 --> 00:28:01.400
 I've got a

00:28:01.400 --> 00:28:01.840
 copy you

00:28:01.840 --> 00:28:02.440
 can borrow

00:28:02.440 --> 00:28:03.060
 if you would

00:28:03.060 --> 00:28:03.500
 like to.

00:28:04.220 --> 00:28:04.980
 So the

00:28:04.980 --> 00:28:05.779
 authority of

00:28:05.779 --> 00:28:06.860
 scripture means

00:28:06.860 --> 00:28:08.440
 that all the

00:28:08.440 --> 00:28:08.840
 words in

00:28:08.840 --> 00:28:09.460
 scripture are

00:28:09.460 --> 00:28:10.440
 God's words

00:28:10.440 --> 00:28:12.200
 in such a

00:28:12.200 --> 00:28:13.299
 way that to

00:28:13.299 --> 00:28:14.160
 disbelieve or

00:28:14.160 --> 00:28:15.200
 disobey any

00:28:15.200 --> 00:28:15.860
 word of the

00:28:15.860 --> 00:28:17.200
 scripture is to

00:28:17.200 --> 00:28:18.360
 disbelieve or

00:28:18.360 --> 00:28:19.880
 disobey God.

00:28:20.180 --> 00:28:20.820
 They're God's

00:28:20.820 --> 00:28:21.820
 very words.

00:28:21.900 --> 00:28:22.519
 He has spoken

00:28:22.519 --> 00:28:23.240
 to us.

00:28:23.460 --> 00:28:24.080
 So they have

00:28:24.080 --> 00:28:24.519
 authority.

00:28:25.039 --> 00:28:25.779
 The Bible has

00:28:25.779 --> 00:28:26.660
 authority because

00:28:26.660 --> 00:28:27.560
 God has spoken

00:28:27.560 --> 00:28:27.799
 them.

00:28:27.799 --> 00:28:28.680
 To disbelieve

00:28:28.680 --> 00:28:29.500
 or disobey

00:28:29.500 --> 00:28:30.159
 is to

00:28:30.159 --> 00:28:30.680
 disbelieve or

00:28:30.680 --> 00:28:31.079
 disobey

00:28:31.079 --> 00:28:31.919
 God

00:28:31.919 --> 00:28:33.259
 himself.

00:28:34.619 --> 00:28:35.240
 The children

00:28:35.240 --> 00:28:36.180
 are memorizing

00:28:36.180 --> 00:28:37.960
 Psalm 1.

00:28:38.659 --> 00:28:39.279
 You would do

00:28:39.279 --> 00:28:40.139
 well to join

00:28:40.139 --> 00:28:40.839
 with us in

00:28:40.839 --> 00:28:41.500
 memorizing

00:28:41.500 --> 00:28:42.720
 Psalm 1.

00:28:42.779 --> 00:28:42.980
 If you

00:28:42.980 --> 00:28:44.019
 memorize no

00:28:44.019 --> 00:28:44.559
 other scripture

00:28:44.559 --> 00:28:45.000
 this year,

00:28:45.059 --> 00:28:45.339
 which I

00:28:45.339 --> 00:28:45.879
 encourage you

00:28:45.879 --> 00:28:46.419
 to do so,

00:28:46.680 --> 00:28:47.720
 but at least

00:28:47.720 --> 00:28:48.220
 participate.

00:28:48.700 --> 00:28:49.159
 Don't check

00:28:49.159 --> 00:28:49.680
 out when I'm

00:28:49.680 --> 00:28:50.180
 down here

00:28:50.180 --> 00:28:52.339
 reciting with

00:28:52.339 --> 00:28:53.459
 some level

00:28:53.459 --> 00:28:54.179
 of proficiency.

00:28:55.259 --> 00:28:57.099
 Psalm 1

00:28:57.099 --> 00:28:58.179
 which says

00:28:58.179 --> 00:28:58.639
 this,

00:28:59.639 --> 00:29:00.399
 Blessed is

00:29:00.399 --> 00:29:00.859
 the man

00:29:00.859 --> 00:29:01.959
 who walks

00:29:01.959 --> 00:29:02.459
 not in the

00:29:02.459 --> 00:29:02.919
 counsel of

00:29:02.919 --> 00:29:03.259
 the wicked,

00:29:03.859 --> 00:29:04.599
 nor stands

00:29:04.599 --> 00:29:04.959
 in the way

00:29:04.959 --> 00:29:05.480
 of sinners,

00:29:06.000 --> 00:29:06.759
 nor sits

00:29:06.759 --> 00:29:07.399
 in the seat

00:29:07.399 --> 00:29:08.000
 of scoffers,

00:29:08.379 --> 00:29:09.019
 but his

00:29:09.019 --> 00:29:10.319
 delight is

00:29:10.319 --> 00:29:10.699
 in the law

00:29:10.699 --> 00:29:11.199
 of the Lord,

00:29:11.720 --> 00:29:12.299
 and on his

00:29:12.299 --> 00:29:12.779
 law he

00:29:12.779 --> 00:29:13.480
 meditates

00:29:13.480 --> 00:29:14.899
 day and

00:29:14.899 --> 00:29:15.240
 night.

00:29:15.980 --> 00:29:16.519
 He is like

00:29:16.519 --> 00:29:17.079
 a tree

00:29:17.079 --> 00:29:17.779
 planted by

00:29:17.779 --> 00:29:18.459
 streams of

00:29:18.459 --> 00:29:19.459
 water that

00:29:19.459 --> 00:29:20.000
 yields its

00:29:20.000 --> 00:29:20.619
 fruit in

00:29:20.619 --> 00:29:21.179
 its season,

00:29:21.279 --> 00:29:21.619
 and its

00:29:21.619 --> 00:29:22.439
 leaf does

00:29:22.439 --> 00:29:23.179
 not wither.

00:29:23.879 --> 00:29:24.319
 In all

00:29:24.319 --> 00:29:24.539
 that he

00:29:24.539 --> 00:29:25.039
 does,

00:29:25.679 --> 00:29:26.619
 he prospers.

00:29:27.739 --> 00:29:28.539
 The wicked

00:29:28.539 --> 00:29:29.599
 are not so,

00:29:30.079 --> 00:29:30.659
 but are like

00:29:30.659 --> 00:29:31.339
 chaff that the

00:29:31.339 --> 00:29:31.959
 wind drives

00:29:31.959 --> 00:29:32.419
 away.

00:29:33.119 --> 00:29:33.679
 Therefore the

00:29:33.679 --> 00:29:34.159
 wicked will

00:29:34.159 --> 00:29:34.859
 not stand

00:29:34.859 --> 00:29:35.179
 in the

00:29:35.179 --> 00:29:35.539
 judgment,

00:29:36.119 --> 00:29:36.899
 nor sinners

00:29:36.899 --> 00:29:37.219
 in the

00:29:37.219 --> 00:29:37.859
 congregation

00:29:37.859 --> 00:29:38.439
 of the

00:29:38.439 --> 00:29:38.779
 righteous.

00:29:39.399 --> 00:29:39.819
 For the

00:29:39.819 --> 00:29:40.419
 Lord knows

00:29:40.419 --> 00:29:40.799
 the way

00:29:40.799 --> 00:29:41.039
 of the

00:29:41.039 --> 00:29:41.319
 righteous,

00:29:41.519 --> 00:29:41.779
 but the

00:29:41.779 --> 00:29:42.839
 way of

00:29:42.839 --> 00:29:43.379
 the wicked

00:29:43.379 --> 00:29:45.059
 will perish.

00:29:47.519 --> 00:29:48.059
 It was

00:29:48.059 --> 00:29:48.559
 laid before

00:29:48.559 --> 00:29:49.059
 us in

00:29:49.059 --> 00:29:49.959
 Psalm 1

00:29:49.960 --> 00:29:51.259
 a choice

00:29:51.259 --> 00:29:51.579
 to be

00:29:51.579 --> 00:29:51.819
 made.

00:29:51.960 --> 00:29:52.420
 It's

00:29:52.420 --> 00:29:53.100
 binary

00:29:53.100 --> 00:29:53.579
 in

00:29:53.579 --> 00:29:54.160
 nature.

00:29:54.960 --> 00:29:55.240
 You'll

00:29:55.240 --> 00:29:55.420
 find

00:29:55.420 --> 00:29:55.740
 yourself

00:29:55.740 --> 00:29:56.100
 wicked,

00:29:56.240 --> 00:29:56.360
 you're

00:29:56.360 --> 00:29:56.700
 way not

00:29:56.700 --> 00:29:57.340
 prospering,

00:29:57.720 --> 00:29:58.740
 final judgment

00:29:58.740 --> 00:29:59.880
 being yours,

00:30:00.779 --> 00:30:01.120
 or you'll

00:30:01.120 --> 00:30:01.740
 find yourself

00:30:01.740 --> 00:30:03.360
 prospering,

00:30:03.579 --> 00:30:05.100
 being righteous,

00:30:05.680 --> 00:30:06.160
 by doing

00:30:06.160 --> 00:30:06.579
 what?

00:30:08.059 --> 00:30:08.660
 Meditating

00:30:08.660 --> 00:30:09.940
 in the

00:30:09.940 --> 00:30:10.519
 law of

00:30:10.519 --> 00:30:10.819
 God.

00:30:11.460 --> 00:30:11.799
 We get

00:30:11.799 --> 00:30:11.980
 such

00:30:11.980 --> 00:30:12.600
 clear,

00:30:12.860 --> 00:30:12.980
 more

00:30:12.980 --> 00:30:13.660
 beautiful

00:30:13.660 --> 00:30:14.160
 gospel

00:30:14.160 --> 00:30:14.740
 understanding

00:30:14.740 --> 00:30:15.200
 of this

00:30:15.200 --> 00:30:16.180
 when we

00:30:16.180 --> 00:30:16.660
 know that

00:30:16.660 --> 00:30:16.920
 we are

00:30:16.920 --> 00:30:17.220
 found

00:30:17.220 --> 00:30:17.660
 righteous

00:30:17.660 --> 00:30:18.420
 in

00:30:18.420 --> 00:30:19.860
 Christ.

00:30:20.440 --> 00:30:20.759
 And that

00:30:20.759 --> 00:30:21.540
 being found

00:30:21.540 --> 00:30:21.980
 righteous,

00:30:22.240 --> 00:30:23.100
 being accepted

00:30:23.100 --> 00:30:23.680
 by God

00:30:23.680 --> 00:30:24.420
 in Christ,

00:30:24.900 --> 00:30:25.400
 what we

00:30:25.400 --> 00:30:26.140
 now do

00:30:26.140 --> 00:30:26.500
 is we

00:30:26.500 --> 00:30:26.980
 turn to

00:30:26.980 --> 00:30:27.380
 Him

00:30:27.380 --> 00:30:28.080
 in

00:30:28.080 --> 00:30:28.880
 His

00:30:28.880 --> 00:30:29.220
 Word.

00:30:29.460 --> 00:30:30.060
 We look

00:30:30.060 --> 00:30:30.400
 for the

00:30:30.400 --> 00:30:30.720
 good

00:30:30.720 --> 00:30:31.300
 instruction

00:30:31.300 --> 00:30:31.759
 of our

00:30:31.759 --> 00:30:32.180
 loving

00:30:32.180 --> 00:30:33.060
 Father.

00:30:34.060 --> 00:30:34.540
 Beloved,

00:30:34.620 --> 00:30:34.880
 this is

00:30:34.880 --> 00:30:35.160
 God's

00:30:35.160 --> 00:30:35.519
 Word for

00:30:35.519 --> 00:30:35.900
 us,

00:30:36.080 --> 00:30:36.300
 written

00:30:36.300 --> 00:30:36.700
 for His

00:30:36.700 --> 00:30:36.940
 glory

00:30:36.940 --> 00:30:37.240
 and for

00:30:37.240 --> 00:30:37.519
 our

00:30:37.519 --> 00:30:38.120
 good.

00:30:39.080 --> 00:30:39.360
 We would

00:30:39.360 --> 00:30:39.580
 all do

00:30:39.580 --> 00:30:39.900
 well to

00:30:39.900 --> 00:30:40.580
 listen to

00:30:40.580 --> 00:30:40.779
 it,

00:30:41.220 --> 00:30:41.740
 to believe

00:30:41.740 --> 00:30:42.420
 its promises,

00:30:43.300 --> 00:30:43.779
 and obey

00:30:43.779 --> 00:30:44.480
 its commands.

00:30:45.820 --> 00:30:46.180
 I mentioned

00:30:46.180 --> 00:30:46.480
 to you

00:30:46.480 --> 00:30:47.080
 earlier in

00:30:47.079 --> 00:30:47.220
 our

00:30:47.220 --> 00:30:47.679
 announcements,

00:30:48.039 --> 00:30:48.559
 talking about

00:30:48.559 --> 00:30:49.980
 having a

00:30:49.980 --> 00:30:51.539
 Bible-centered,

00:30:51.779 --> 00:30:53.179
 gospel-saturated

00:30:53.179 --> 00:30:54.659
 counseling center

00:30:54.659 --> 00:30:55.579
 in our

00:30:55.579 --> 00:30:55.899
 area.

00:30:56.539 --> 00:30:56.939
 Our

00:30:56.939 --> 00:30:57.519
 church needs

00:30:57.519 --> 00:30:57.899
 this,

00:30:58.240 --> 00:30:58.980
 our community

00:30:58.980 --> 00:31:00.179
 needs this,

00:31:00.279 --> 00:31:01.439
 because most

00:31:01.439 --> 00:31:01.759
 of our

00:31:01.759 --> 00:31:02.240
 problems,

00:31:02.899 --> 00:31:03.599
 most of

00:31:03.599 --> 00:31:04.419
 them are

00:31:04.419 --> 00:31:04.799
 spiritual

00:31:04.799 --> 00:31:05.419
 problems,

00:31:05.579 --> 00:31:06.439
 and they

00:31:06.439 --> 00:31:06.740
 need a

00:31:06.740 --> 00:31:07.099
 gospel

00:31:07.099 --> 00:31:07.539
 answer.

00:31:08.599 --> 00:31:09.039
 We need

00:31:09.039 --> 00:31:09.299
 to pick

00:31:09.299 --> 00:31:09.619
 up the

00:31:09.619 --> 00:31:10.480
 Word and

00:31:10.480 --> 00:31:11.179
 be instructed

00:31:11.179 --> 00:31:11.699
 by it,

00:31:11.799 --> 00:31:12.279
 and meditate

00:31:12.279 --> 00:31:12.679
 on it,

00:31:12.779 --> 00:31:13.299
 and memorize

00:31:13.299 --> 00:31:13.679
 it,

00:31:13.759 --> 00:31:14.240
 and apply

00:31:14.240 --> 00:31:14.699
 it to

00:31:14.699 --> 00:31:15.460
 all the

00:31:15.460 --> 00:31:16.079
 intricacies,

00:31:16.299 --> 00:31:16.779
 all the

00:31:16.779 --> 00:31:17.000
 little

00:31:17.000 --> 00:31:17.420
 challenges

00:31:17.420 --> 00:31:17.720
 of our

00:31:17.720 --> 00:31:17.980
 life.

00:31:18.200 --> 00:31:18.319
 The

00:31:18.319 --> 00:31:18.559
 Bible

00:31:18.559 --> 00:31:19.200
 speaks to

00:31:19.200 --> 00:31:19.799
 every

00:31:19.799 --> 00:31:20.500
 single

00:31:20.500 --> 00:31:21.500
 one of

00:31:21.500 --> 00:31:21.680
 them.

00:31:22.160 --> 00:31:22.559
 Spiritual

00:31:22.559 --> 00:31:23.039
 problems

00:31:23.039 --> 00:31:23.559
 always

00:31:23.559 --> 00:31:24.019
 have

00:31:24.019 --> 00:31:25.259
 gospel

00:31:25.259 --> 00:31:26.940
 answers.

00:31:28.700 --> 00:31:29.399
 So that's

00:31:29.399 --> 00:31:29.920
 the authority

00:31:29.920 --> 00:31:30.240
 of the

00:31:30.240 --> 00:31:30.460
 Scripture.

00:31:32.220 --> 00:31:32.779
 The

00:31:32.779 --> 00:31:33.160
 inerrancy

00:31:33.160 --> 00:31:33.519
 of Scripture

00:31:33.519 --> 00:31:33.759
 is the

00:31:33.759 --> 00:31:34.160
 next one.

00:31:34.399 --> 00:31:34.539
 The

00:31:34.539 --> 00:31:34.980
 inerrancy

00:31:34.980 --> 00:31:35.279
 of Scripture

00:31:35.279 --> 00:31:35.859
 means that

00:31:35.859 --> 00:31:36.160
 Scripture

00:31:36.160 --> 00:31:37.079
 in the

00:31:37.079 --> 00:31:37.359
 original

00:31:37.359 --> 00:31:37.960
 manuscripts,

00:31:39.059 --> 00:31:39.480
 we're

00:31:39.480 --> 00:31:39.920
 removing

00:31:39.920 --> 00:31:41.039
 translation

00:31:41.039 --> 00:31:42.119
 problems,

00:31:42.379 --> 00:31:42.599
 right?

00:31:42.839 --> 00:31:43.119
 Not

00:31:43.119 --> 00:31:43.740
 inspired,

00:31:44.379 --> 00:31:44.599
 right?

00:31:44.599 --> 00:31:45.379
 The

00:31:45.379 --> 00:31:45.839
 ESV,

00:31:45.959 --> 00:31:46.119
 not

00:31:46.119 --> 00:31:46.679
 inspired.

00:31:47.639 --> 00:31:48.000
 The

00:31:48.000 --> 00:31:48.659
 NASB,

00:31:48.819 --> 00:31:49.079
 not

00:31:49.079 --> 00:31:49.699
 inspired.

00:31:50.959 --> 00:31:51.500
 I get

00:31:51.500 --> 00:31:51.659
 some

00:31:51.659 --> 00:31:51.939
 debates

00:31:51.939 --> 00:31:52.099
 with

00:31:52.099 --> 00:31:52.299
 people

00:31:52.299 --> 00:31:52.539
 about

00:31:52.539 --> 00:31:52.699
 those

00:31:52.699 --> 00:31:52.839
 two

00:31:52.839 --> 00:31:53.259
 translations.

00:31:53.559 --> 00:31:53.699
 It's a

00:31:53.699 --> 00:31:53.799
 little

00:31:53.799 --> 00:31:54.099
 fun.

00:31:55.519 --> 00:31:55.719
 The

00:31:55.719 --> 00:31:55.899
 King

00:31:55.899 --> 00:31:56.219
 James

00:31:56.219 --> 00:31:56.579
 Version,

00:31:56.740 --> 00:31:56.980
 not

00:31:56.980 --> 00:31:57.619
 inspired.

00:31:58.959 --> 00:31:59.159
 The

00:31:59.159 --> 00:31:59.579
 original

00:31:59.579 --> 00:32:00.119
 manuscript,

00:32:00.839 --> 00:32:01.000
 okay?

00:32:01.059 --> 00:32:01.179
 The

00:32:01.179 --> 00:32:01.539
 inerrancy

00:32:01.539 --> 00:32:01.859
 of Scripture

00:32:01.859 --> 00:32:02.279
 means that

00:32:02.279 --> 00:32:02.519
 Scripture

00:32:02.519 --> 00:32:02.859
 in the

00:32:02.859 --> 00:32:03.339
 original

00:32:03.339 --> 00:32:03.839
 manuscripts

00:32:03.839 --> 00:32:04.980
 does not

00:32:04.980 --> 00:32:05.419
 affirm

00:32:05.419 --> 00:32:05.879
 anything

00:32:05.879 --> 00:32:06.599
 that is

00:32:06.599 --> 00:32:07.019
 contrary

00:32:07.019 --> 00:32:07.980
 to

00:32:07.980 --> 00:32:08.559
 fact.

00:32:08.559 --> 00:32:10.240
 Proverbs

00:32:10.240 --> 00:32:11.039
 35,

00:32:11.700 --> 00:32:12.500
 35,

00:32:12.859 --> 00:32:13.079
 every

00:32:13.079 --> 00:32:13.500
 word of

00:32:13.500 --> 00:32:13.740
 God

00:32:13.740 --> 00:32:14.279
 proves

00:32:14.279 --> 00:32:14.819
 true.

00:32:15.619 --> 00:32:15.819
 He is

00:32:15.819 --> 00:32:16.240
 a shield

00:32:16.240 --> 00:32:16.759
 to those

00:32:16.759 --> 00:32:17.079
 who take

00:32:17.079 --> 00:32:17.659
 refuge

00:32:17.659 --> 00:32:18.899
 in Him.

00:32:20.460 --> 00:32:20.859
 The

00:32:20.859 --> 00:32:21.200
 clarity

00:32:21.200 --> 00:32:21.740
 of Scripture.

00:32:22.319 --> 00:32:22.679
 The

00:32:22.679 --> 00:32:22.879
 clarity

00:32:22.879 --> 00:32:23.240
 of Scripture

00:32:23.240 --> 00:32:23.759
 means that

00:32:23.759 --> 00:32:24.059
 the Bible

00:32:24.059 --> 00:32:24.399
 is written

00:32:24.399 --> 00:32:24.819
 in such

00:32:24.819 --> 00:32:25.259
 a way

00:32:25.259 --> 00:32:25.899
 that its

00:32:25.899 --> 00:32:26.279
 teachings

00:32:26.279 --> 00:32:26.859
 are able

00:32:26.859 --> 00:32:27.220
 to be

00:32:27.220 --> 00:32:27.859
 understood

00:32:27.859 --> 00:32:29.639
 by all

00:32:29.639 --> 00:32:29.980
 who will

00:32:29.980 --> 00:32:30.440
 read it,

00:32:30.859 --> 00:32:31.139
 seeking

00:32:31.139 --> 00:32:31.579
 God's

00:32:31.579 --> 00:32:31.940
 help,

00:32:32.200 --> 00:32:32.559
 and being

00:32:32.559 --> 00:32:33.019
 willing

00:32:33.019 --> 00:32:34.599
 to follow

00:32:34.599 --> 00:32:34.859
 it.

00:32:36.859 --> 00:32:37.339
 I'll read

00:32:37.339 --> 00:32:37.519
 that one

00:32:37.519 --> 00:32:37.819
 again to

00:32:37.819 --> 00:32:37.899
 you.

00:32:37.900 --> 00:32:40.140
 The

00:32:40.140 --> 00:32:40.360
 clarity

00:32:40.360 --> 00:32:38.680
 of Scripture

00:32:38.680 --> 00:32:39.080
 means,

00:32:39.680 --> 00:32:40.480
 and I hope

00:32:40.480 --> 00:32:40.740
 this is a

00:32:40.740 --> 00:32:41.080
 comfort to

00:32:41.080 --> 00:32:41.320
 some of

00:32:41.320 --> 00:32:42.140
 you who

00:32:42.140 --> 00:32:42.580
 are daunted

00:32:42.580 --> 00:32:43.060
 by the

00:32:43.060 --> 00:32:43.360
 study of

00:32:43.360 --> 00:32:43.680
 the Bible.

00:32:43.960 --> 00:32:44.060
 The

00:32:44.060 --> 00:32:44.300
 clarity

00:32:44.300 --> 00:32:44.540
 of Scripture

00:32:44.540 --> 00:32:44.960
 means that

00:32:44.960 --> 00:32:45.300
 the Bible

00:32:45.300 --> 00:32:45.600
 is written

00:32:45.600 --> 00:32:45.940
 in such

00:32:45.940 --> 00:32:46.320
 a way

00:32:46.320 --> 00:32:46.980
 that its

00:32:46.980 --> 00:32:47.280
 teachings

00:32:47.280 --> 00:32:47.759
 are able

00:32:47.759 --> 00:32:48.000
 to be

00:32:48.000 --> 00:32:48.380
 understood

00:32:48.380 --> 00:32:49.000
 by all

00:32:49.000 --> 00:32:49.259
 who will

00:32:49.259 --> 00:32:49.600
 read it,

00:32:49.780 --> 00:32:50.019
 seeking

00:32:50.019 --> 00:32:50.460
 God's

00:32:50.460 --> 00:32:50.740
 help,

00:32:51.140 --> 00:32:51.600
 and being

00:32:51.600 --> 00:32:52.040
 willing

00:32:52.040 --> 00:32:53.560
 to follow

00:32:53.560 --> 00:32:53.860
 it.

00:32:54.820 --> 00:32:55.100
 Psalm

00:32:55.100 --> 00:32:55.400
 19,

00:32:55.519 --> 00:32:56.060
 7 reads,

00:32:56.160 --> 00:32:56.200
 The

00:32:56.200 --> 00:32:56.560
 law of

00:32:56.560 --> 00:32:56.820
 the Lord

00:32:56.820 --> 00:32:57.440
 is perfect,

00:32:57.600 --> 00:32:58.240
 reviving

00:32:58.240 --> 00:32:58.900
 the soul.

00:32:59.540 --> 00:32:59.740
 The

00:32:59.740 --> 00:33:00.220
 testimony

00:33:00.220 --> 00:33:00.620
 of the

00:33:00.620 --> 00:33:00.860
 Lord

00:33:00.860 --> 00:33:01.580
 is sure,

00:33:01.759 --> 00:33:02.120
 making

00:33:02.120 --> 00:33:03.440
 wise

00:33:03.440 --> 00:33:04.540
 the

00:33:04.540 --> 00:33:04.880
 simple.

00:33:05.720 --> 00:33:06.300
 I am

00:33:06.300 --> 00:33:07.040
 so

00:33:07.040 --> 00:33:07.680
 encouraged

00:33:07.680 --> 00:33:08.019
 by the

00:33:08.019 --> 00:33:08.320
 doctrine

00:33:08.320 --> 00:33:08.500
 of

00:33:08.500 --> 00:33:08.620
 the

00:33:08.620 --> 00:33:09.060
 clarity

00:33:09.060 --> 00:33:10.120
 of

00:33:10.120 --> 00:33:10.440
 Scripture.

00:33:11.019 --> 00:33:11.299
 It

00:33:11.299 --> 00:33:11.779
 presses

00:33:11.779 --> 00:33:12.160
 me

00:33:12.160 --> 00:33:12.900
 to

00:33:12.900 --> 00:33:13.200
 teach

00:33:13.200 --> 00:33:13.380
 the

00:33:13.380 --> 00:33:13.640
 Bible

00:33:13.640 --> 00:33:13.860
 to

00:33:13.860 --> 00:33:14.080
 my

00:33:14.080 --> 00:33:14.519
 children.

00:33:15.240 --> 00:33:15.600
 It

00:33:15.600 --> 00:33:16.340
 amazes

00:33:16.340 --> 00:33:16.560
 me

00:33:16.560 --> 00:33:17.279
 already

00:33:17.279 --> 00:33:17.680
 some of

00:33:17.680 --> 00:33:17.799
 the

00:33:17.799 --> 00:33:18.180
 concepts

00:33:18.180 --> 00:33:18.400
 that

00:33:18.400 --> 00:33:18.500
 they

00:33:18.500 --> 00:33:18.600
 are

00:33:18.600 --> 00:33:18.900
 wrapping

00:33:18.900 --> 00:33:19.180
 their

00:33:19.180 --> 00:33:19.480
 minds

00:33:19.480 --> 00:33:19.840
 around,

00:33:19.960 --> 00:33:20.279
 that I

00:33:20.279 --> 00:33:20.480
 am

00:33:20.480 --> 00:33:21.580
 fumbling

00:33:21.580 --> 00:33:22.240
 through.

00:33:22.380 --> 00:33:22.860
 How do I

00:33:22.860 --> 00:33:23.340
 teach this

00:33:23.340 --> 00:33:23.640
 to a

00:33:23.640 --> 00:33:24.480
 five-year-old?

00:33:25.000 --> 00:33:25.320
 That they

00:33:25.320 --> 00:33:26.100
 seem to be

00:33:26.100 --> 00:33:26.799
 already

00:33:26.799 --> 00:33:28.140
 picking up

00:33:28.140 --> 00:33:28.420
 some of

00:33:28.420 --> 00:33:28.660
 these

00:33:28.660 --> 00:33:29.580
 glorious

00:33:29.580 --> 00:33:30.980
 truths.

00:33:30.980 --> 00:33:32.539
 it

00:33:32.539 --> 00:33:33.000
 means

00:33:33.000 --> 00:33:33.319
 that the

00:33:33.319 --> 00:33:33.640
 person

00:33:33.640 --> 00:33:33.920
 who

00:33:33.920 --> 00:33:34.200
 has

00:33:34.200 --> 00:33:34.660
 just

00:33:34.660 --> 00:33:35.160
 come

00:33:35.160 --> 00:33:35.680
 out

00:33:35.680 --> 00:33:35.940
 from

00:33:35.940 --> 00:33:36.360
 underneath

00:33:36.360 --> 00:33:36.559
 a

00:33:36.559 --> 00:33:36.779
 bridge

00:33:36.779 --> 00:33:36.900
 in

00:33:36.900 --> 00:33:37.279
 Atlanta

00:33:37.279 --> 00:33:37.559
 and

00:33:37.559 --> 00:33:37.740
 is

00:33:37.740 --> 00:33:38.500
 still

00:33:38.500 --> 00:33:39.259
 going

00:33:39.259 --> 00:33:39.599
 through

00:33:39.599 --> 00:33:39.940
 drug

00:33:39.940 --> 00:33:40.319
 addiction

00:33:40.319 --> 00:33:41.200
 withdrawals

00:33:41.200 --> 00:33:41.599
 can pick

00:33:41.599 --> 00:33:41.920
 up the

00:33:41.920 --> 00:33:42.360
 Bible

00:33:42.360 --> 00:33:43.339
 and have

00:33:43.339 --> 00:33:43.460
 it

00:33:43.460 --> 00:33:43.920
 speak

00:33:43.920 --> 00:33:44.259
 to his

00:33:44.259 --> 00:33:44.660
 heart

00:33:44.660 --> 00:33:45.200
 and he

00:33:45.200 --> 00:33:45.319
 can

00:33:45.319 --> 00:33:45.720
 respond

00:33:45.720 --> 00:33:45.940
 in

00:33:45.940 --> 00:33:46.360
 faith

00:33:46.360 --> 00:33:47.920
 to it.

00:33:49.200 --> 00:33:49.740
 Now,

00:33:49.880 --> 00:33:50.539
 as we

00:33:50.539 --> 00:33:50.920
 consider

00:33:50.920 --> 00:33:51.220
 the

00:33:51.220 --> 00:33:51.539
 clarity

00:33:51.539 --> 00:33:51.759
 of

00:33:51.759 --> 00:33:52.039
 Scripture,

00:33:52.360 --> 00:33:52.620
 some of

00:33:52.620 --> 00:33:52.700
 your

00:33:52.700 --> 00:33:52.920
 minds

00:33:52.920 --> 00:33:53.160
 may

00:33:53.160 --> 00:33:53.420
 think,

00:33:53.500 --> 00:33:53.860
 then why

00:33:53.860 --> 00:33:54.000
 do

00:33:54.000 --> 00:33:54.339
 so many

00:33:54.339 --> 00:33:54.620
 people

00:33:54.620 --> 00:33:54.900
 think

00:33:54.900 --> 00:33:55.160
 so

00:33:55.160 --> 00:33:55.339
 many

00:33:55.339 --> 00:33:55.640
 different

00:33:55.640 --> 00:33:56.140
 things

00:33:56.140 --> 00:33:56.900
 about

00:33:56.900 --> 00:33:57.080
 the

00:33:57.080 --> 00:33:57.380
 Bible?

00:34:00.980 --> 00:34:01.380
 Simply,

00:34:01.620 --> 00:34:01.820
 we could

00:34:01.820 --> 00:34:02.120
 take a

00:34:02.120 --> 00:34:02.480
 bunch of

00:34:02.480 --> 00:34:02.600
 the

00:34:02.600 --> 00:34:02.780
 errors

00:34:02.780 --> 00:34:02.920
 of

00:34:02.920 --> 00:34:03.020
 the

00:34:03.020 --> 00:34:03.220
 Bible

00:34:03.220 --> 00:34:03.400
 and

00:34:03.400 --> 00:34:03.540
 just

00:34:03.540 --> 00:34:03.700
 say

00:34:03.700 --> 00:34:03.880
 they're

00:34:03.880 --> 00:34:04.280
 errors.

00:34:04.480 --> 00:34:05.360
 People

00:34:05.360 --> 00:34:05.620
 don't

00:34:05.620 --> 00:34:05.940
 translate

00:34:05.940 --> 00:34:06.140
 the

00:34:06.140 --> 00:34:06.380
 Bible.

00:34:06.500 --> 00:34:06.580
 They

00:34:06.580 --> 00:34:06.720
 don't

00:34:06.720 --> 00:34:07.120
 understand

00:34:07.120 --> 00:34:07.420
 it.

00:34:07.840 --> 00:34:08.019
 They

00:34:08.019 --> 00:34:08.140
 may

00:34:08.140 --> 00:34:08.260
 not

00:34:08.260 --> 00:34:08.400
 be

00:34:08.400 --> 00:34:08.500
 in

00:34:08.500 --> 00:34:08.640
 the

00:34:08.640 --> 00:34:09.000
 faith.

00:34:09.420 --> 00:34:09.579
 They're

00:34:09.579 --> 00:34:09.760
 not

00:34:09.760 --> 00:34:10.740
 faithful

00:34:10.740 --> 00:34:11.059
 readers

00:34:11.059 --> 00:34:11.320
 of

00:34:11.320 --> 00:34:11.579
 their

00:34:11.579 --> 00:34:12.200
 Bible.

00:34:12.320 --> 00:34:12.400
 They're

00:34:12.400 --> 00:34:12.539
 not

00:34:12.539 --> 00:34:12.940
 obedient

00:34:12.940 --> 00:34:13.380
 to

00:34:13.380 --> 00:34:13.680
 the

00:34:13.680 --> 00:34:13.980
 call

00:34:13.980 --> 00:34:14.140
 of

00:34:14.140 --> 00:34:14.260
 the

00:34:14.260 --> 00:34:14.519
 Bible.

00:34:14.720 --> 00:34:14.800
 But

00:34:14.800 --> 00:34:15.300
 some

00:34:15.300 --> 00:34:15.400
 of

00:34:15.400 --> 00:34:15.500
 the

00:34:15.500 --> 00:34:15.980
 nuances,

00:34:16.500 --> 00:34:16.800
 some

00:34:16.800 --> 00:34:16.960
 of

00:34:16.960 --> 00:34:17.240
 us

00:34:17.240 --> 00:34:18.640
 denominationally

00:34:18.640 --> 00:34:18.660
!

00:34:18.840 --> 00:34:18.880
 We're

00:34:18.880 --> 00:34:19.119
 so

00:34:19.119 --> 00:34:19.559
 close

00:34:19.559 --> 00:34:19.700
 in

00:34:19.700 --> 00:34:19.880
 so

00:34:19.880 --> 00:34:20.059
 many

00:34:20.059 --> 00:34:20.480
 ways,

00:34:20.559 --> 00:34:20.660
 yet

00:34:26.139 --> 00:34:26.500
 one

00:34:26.500 --> 00:34:26.940
 thing,

00:34:27.900 --> 00:34:28.319
 and

00:34:28.319 --> 00:34:28.500
 our

00:34:28.500 --> 00:34:29.119
 translative

00:34:29.119 --> 00:34:29.579
 errors

00:34:29.579 --> 00:34:29.859
 are

00:34:29.859 --> 00:34:30.339
 ours,

00:34:30.460 --> 00:34:30.659
 not

00:34:30.659 --> 00:34:30.879
 the

00:34:30.879 --> 00:34:31.480
 Bible's.

00:34:33.139 --> 00:34:33.639
 So

00:34:33.639 --> 00:34:33.759
 the

00:34:33.759 --> 00:34:34.000
 problem

00:34:34.000 --> 00:34:34.420
 is that

00:34:34.420 --> 00:34:34.559
 we're

00:34:34.559 --> 00:34:35.099
 humans,

00:34:35.319 --> 00:34:35.420
 and

00:34:35.420 --> 00:34:35.639
 we're

00:34:35.639 --> 00:34:36.359
 working

00:34:36.359 --> 00:34:36.839
 out

00:34:36.839 --> 00:34:37.139
 some

00:34:37.139 --> 00:34:37.299
 of

00:34:37.299 --> 00:34:37.879
 the

00:34:37.879 --> 00:34:38.400
 complexities

00:34:38.400 --> 00:34:38.699
 of

00:34:38.699 --> 00:34:38.839
 the

00:34:38.839 --> 00:34:39.119
 Scripture,

00:34:39.940 --> 00:34:40.239
 but

00:34:40.239 --> 00:34:40.599
 still the

00:34:40.599 --> 00:34:40.859
 clarity

00:34:40.859 --> 00:34:41.059
 of

00:34:41.059 --> 00:34:41.359
 Scripture

00:34:41.359 --> 00:34:42.819
 as a

00:34:42.819 --> 00:34:43.179
 doctrine

00:34:43.179 --> 00:34:43.920
 stands.

00:34:44.359 --> 00:34:44.719
 We

00:34:44.719 --> 00:34:44.940
 can

00:34:44.940 --> 00:34:45.359
 know

00:34:45.359 --> 00:34:45.599
 how

00:34:45.599 --> 00:34:45.759
 it

00:34:45.759 --> 00:34:46.079
 is

00:34:46.079 --> 00:34:46.480
 where

00:34:46.480 --> 00:34:46.539
 to

00:34:46.539 --> 00:34:46.679
 be

00:34:46.679 --> 00:34:47.119
 saved,

00:34:47.559 --> 00:34:47.799
 how

00:34:47.799 --> 00:34:47.920
 it

00:34:47.920 --> 00:34:48.019
 is

00:34:48.019 --> 00:34:48.119
 where

00:34:48.119 --> 00:34:48.219
 to

00:34:48.219 --> 00:34:48.440
 follow

00:34:48.440 --> 00:34:48.839
 God.

00:34:50.940 --> 00:34:51.259
 The

00:34:51.259 --> 00:34:51.679
 necessity

00:34:51.679 --> 00:34:51.960
 of

00:34:51.960 --> 00:34:52.259
 Scripture.

00:34:53.339 --> 00:34:53.579
 The

00:34:53.579 --> 00:34:53.879
 necessity

00:34:53.879 --> 00:34:54.039
 of

00:34:54.039 --> 00:34:54.199
 Scripture

00:34:54.199 --> 00:34:54.539
 means that

00:34:54.539 --> 00:34:54.839
 the Bible

00:34:54.839 --> 00:34:55.019
 is

00:34:55.019 --> 00:34:55.539
 necessary

00:34:55.539 --> 00:34:55.799
 for

00:34:55.800 --> 00:34:56.240
 knowing

00:34:56.240 --> 00:34:56.460
 the

00:34:56.460 --> 00:34:56.820
 gospel,

00:34:57.420 --> 00:34:58.000
 for

00:34:58.000 --> 00:34:58.600
 maintaining

00:34:58.600 --> 00:34:59.220
 spiritual

00:34:59.220 --> 00:34:59.800
 life,

00:35:00.240 --> 00:35:00.800
 and for

00:35:00.800 --> 00:35:01.080
 knowing

00:35:01.080 --> 00:35:01.539
 God's

00:35:01.539 --> 00:35:01.980
 will,

00:35:02.880 --> 00:35:03.539
 but

00:35:03.539 --> 00:35:04.440
 is not

00:35:04.440 --> 00:35:04.880
 necessary

00:35:04.880 --> 00:35:05.140
 for

00:35:05.140 --> 00:35:05.400
 knowing

00:35:05.400 --> 00:35:05.600
 that

00:35:05.600 --> 00:35:05.820
 God

00:35:05.820 --> 00:35:06.440
 exists,

00:35:06.980 --> 00:35:07.440
 or for

00:35:07.440 --> 00:35:07.820
 knowing

00:35:07.820 --> 00:35:08.300
 something

00:35:08.300 --> 00:35:08.700
 about

00:35:08.700 --> 00:35:09.080
 God's

00:35:09.080 --> 00:35:09.600
 character

00:35:09.600 --> 00:35:10.420
 and

00:35:10.420 --> 00:35:10.680
 moral

00:35:10.680 --> 00:35:11.039
 laws.

00:35:11.100 --> 00:35:11.240
 These

00:35:11.240 --> 00:35:11.440
 things

00:35:11.440 --> 00:35:11.700
 can be

00:35:11.700 --> 00:35:12.060
 observed

00:35:12.060 --> 00:35:12.420
 in the

00:35:12.420 --> 00:35:12.720
 world

00:35:12.720 --> 00:35:13.480
 around

00:35:13.480 --> 00:35:13.720
 us,

00:35:13.800 --> 00:35:13.900
 but

00:35:13.900 --> 00:35:14.039
 it

00:35:14.039 --> 00:35:14.280
 is

00:35:14.280 --> 00:35:14.880
 necessary

00:35:14.880 --> 00:35:15.380
 for

00:35:15.380 --> 00:35:15.780
 knowing

00:35:15.780 --> 00:35:15.960
 the

00:35:15.960 --> 00:35:16.360
 gospel,

00:35:17.100 --> 00:35:17.440
 for

00:35:17.440 --> 00:35:17.900
 maintaining

00:35:17.900 --> 00:35:18.380
 spiritual

00:35:18.380 --> 00:35:18.780
 life,

00:35:18.880 --> 00:35:19.120
 and for

00:35:19.120 --> 00:35:19.500
 knowing

00:35:19.500 --> 00:35:20.200
 God's

00:35:20.200 --> 00:35:20.880
 will.

00:35:21.039 --> 00:35:21.180
 So

00:35:21.180 --> 00:35:21.340
 for

00:35:21.340 --> 00:35:21.840
 practices

00:35:21.840 --> 00:35:22.140
 of

00:35:22.140 --> 00:35:22.600
 faith,

00:35:22.700 --> 00:35:22.820
 the

00:35:22.820 --> 00:35:23.120
 Bible

00:35:23.120 --> 00:35:23.680
 is

00:35:23.680 --> 00:35:25.120
 necessary.

00:35:25.119 --> 00:35:26.019
 Romans

00:35:26.019 --> 00:35:26.259
 10,

00:35:26.319 --> 00:35:26.719
 17,

00:35:26.719 --> 00:35:27.519
 so faith

00:35:27.519 --> 00:35:28.159
 comes from

00:35:28.159 --> 00:35:28.799
 hearing,

00:35:29.279 --> 00:35:29.980
 and hearing

00:35:29.980 --> 00:35:31.000
 through the

00:35:31.000 --> 00:35:31.299
 word of

00:35:31.299 --> 00:35:31.739
 Christ,

00:35:31.859 --> 00:35:32.779
 either spoken

00:35:32.779 --> 00:35:33.559
 or picked

00:35:33.559 --> 00:35:34.059
 up and

00:35:34.059 --> 00:35:34.539
 read.

00:35:34.659 --> 00:35:35.099
 This is the

00:35:35.099 --> 00:35:35.980
 way that

00:35:35.980 --> 00:35:36.359
 faith is

00:35:36.359 --> 00:35:36.920
 produced in

00:35:36.920 --> 00:35:37.079
 us,

00:35:37.119 --> 00:35:37.579
 both saving

00:35:37.579 --> 00:35:38.179
 faith and

00:35:38.179 --> 00:35:38.739
 continuing

00:35:38.739 --> 00:35:40.019
 faith.

00:35:40.519 --> 00:35:40.839
 Scripture

00:35:40.839 --> 00:35:41.480
 is necessary

00:35:41.480 --> 00:35:42.059
 for that.

00:35:43.739 --> 00:35:44.059
 The

00:35:44.059 --> 00:35:44.500
 sufficiency

00:35:44.500 --> 00:35:45.119
 of Scripture,

00:35:45.960 --> 00:35:46.599
 this is one

00:35:46.599 --> 00:35:46.839
 of my

00:35:46.839 --> 00:35:47.139
 favorites,

00:35:47.139 --> 00:35:49.219
 the

00:35:49.219 --> 00:35:49.639
 sufficiency

00:35:49.639 --> 00:35:50.179
 of Scripture

00:35:50.179 --> 00:35:50.839
 means

00:35:50.839 --> 00:35:51.639
 that

00:35:51.639 --> 00:35:51.920
 Scripture

00:35:51.920 --> 00:35:52.759
 contained

00:35:52.759 --> 00:35:53.960
 all the

00:35:53.960 --> 00:35:54.440
 words of

00:35:54.440 --> 00:35:54.799
 God

00:35:54.799 --> 00:35:55.039
 He

00:35:55.039 --> 00:35:55.579
 intended

00:35:55.579 --> 00:35:55.879
 His

00:35:55.879 --> 00:35:56.319
 people

00:35:56.319 --> 00:35:56.599
 to

00:35:56.599 --> 00:35:57.139
 have

00:35:57.139 --> 00:35:57.799
 at

00:35:57.799 --> 00:35:58.159
 each

00:35:58.159 --> 00:35:58.719
 stage

00:35:58.719 --> 00:35:59.199
 of

00:35:59.199 --> 00:35:59.819
 redemptive

00:35:59.819 --> 00:36:00.400
 history,

00:36:01.239 --> 00:36:01.859
 and that

00:36:01.859 --> 00:36:02.319
 it now

00:36:02.319 --> 00:36:02.980
 contains

00:36:02.980 --> 00:36:03.699
 all the

00:36:03.699 --> 00:36:04.059
 words of

00:36:04.059 --> 00:36:04.319
 God

00:36:04.319 --> 00:36:05.019
 we need

00:36:05.019 --> 00:36:05.339
 for

00:36:05.339 --> 00:36:06.099
 salvation,

00:36:06.779 --> 00:36:07.019
 for

00:36:07.019 --> 00:36:07.440
 trusting

00:36:07.440 --> 00:36:07.679
 Him

00:36:07.679 --> 00:36:08.119
 perfectly,

00:36:08.119 --> 00:36:09.039
 and for

00:36:09.039 --> 00:36:09.579
 obeying

00:36:09.579 --> 00:36:09.980
 Him

00:36:09.980 --> 00:36:11.119
 perfectly.

00:36:11.339 --> 00:36:11.639
 So,

00:36:11.779 --> 00:36:11.900
 the

00:36:11.900 --> 00:36:12.379
 revelation

00:36:12.379 --> 00:36:13.619
 unfolded

00:36:13.619 --> 00:36:13.980
 to

00:36:13.980 --> 00:36:14.400
 God's

00:36:14.400 --> 00:36:14.819
 people,

00:36:15.079 --> 00:36:15.460
 and it

00:36:15.460 --> 00:36:15.619
 was

00:36:15.619 --> 00:36:16.099
 sufficient

00:36:16.099 --> 00:36:16.699
 at

00:36:16.699 --> 00:36:16.980
 each

00:36:16.980 --> 00:36:17.139
 of

00:36:17.139 --> 00:36:17.380
 those

00:36:17.380 --> 00:36:17.960
 stages

00:36:17.960 --> 00:36:18.359
 of

00:36:18.359 --> 00:36:18.739
 its

00:36:18.739 --> 00:36:20.000
 unfolding,

00:36:20.079 --> 00:36:20.339
 as it

00:36:20.339 --> 00:36:20.460
 was

00:36:20.460 --> 00:36:20.880
 delivered

00:36:20.880 --> 00:36:21.539
 across

00:36:21.539 --> 00:36:22.460
 time.

00:36:22.799 --> 00:36:23.359
 But now,

00:36:23.539 --> 00:36:24.000
 we find

00:36:24.000 --> 00:36:24.659
 ourselves

00:36:24.659 --> 00:36:25.239
 with a

00:36:25.239 --> 00:36:25.819
 clothed

00:36:25.819 --> 00:36:26.179
 canon,

00:36:26.460 --> 00:36:26.619
 right?

00:36:26.759 --> 00:36:27.019
 The

00:36:27.019 --> 00:36:27.319
 Scriptures

00:36:27.319 --> 00:36:27.579
 have been

00:36:27.579 --> 00:36:27.880
 clothed,

00:36:28.039 --> 00:36:28.400
 66

00:36:28.400 --> 00:36:28.960
 books,

00:36:29.359 --> 00:36:29.579
 this is

00:36:29.579 --> 00:36:29.719
 the

00:36:29.719 --> 00:36:30.339
 canonized

00:36:30.339 --> 00:36:30.659
 Bible

00:36:30.659 --> 00:36:30.960
 of the

00:36:30.960 --> 00:36:31.239
 Christian

00:36:31.239 --> 00:36:31.519
 church,

00:36:31.579 --> 00:36:31.679
 I'm

00:36:31.679 --> 00:36:31.759
 going to

00:36:31.759 --> 00:36:31.980
 make a

00:36:31.980 --> 00:36:32.179
 case

00:36:32.179 --> 00:36:32.519
 for that

00:36:32.519 --> 00:36:32.980
 to you

00:36:32.980 --> 00:36:33.819
 in brief

00:36:33.819 --> 00:36:34.000
 in a

00:36:34.000 --> 00:36:34.199
 moment.

00:36:35.460 --> 00:36:36.079
 But this

00:36:36.079 --> 00:36:36.500
 is ours,

00:36:36.559 --> 00:36:36.900
 we pick

00:36:36.900 --> 00:36:37.139
 it up,

00:36:37.179 --> 00:36:37.420
 it gives

00:36:37.420 --> 00:36:37.559
 us

00:36:37.559 --> 00:36:37.980
 everything

00:36:37.980 --> 00:36:38.380
 we need,

00:36:38.420 --> 00:36:38.559
 it's

00:36:38.559 --> 00:36:39.019
 sufficient

00:36:39.019 --> 00:36:39.819
 in every

00:36:39.819 --> 00:36:40.960
 way for

00:36:40.960 --> 00:36:41.679
 salvation,

00:36:41.859 --> 00:36:42.279
 for trusting

00:36:42.279 --> 00:36:42.440
 Him

00:36:42.440 --> 00:36:42.739
 perfectly,

00:36:42.839 --> 00:36:43.139
 and for

00:36:45.619 --> 00:36:46.059
 God.

00:36:46.059 --> 00:36:46.599
 And beloved,

00:36:46.699 --> 00:36:47.420
 I say too

00:36:47.420 --> 00:36:48.460
 often in

00:36:48.460 --> 00:36:49.380
 our church

00:36:49.380 --> 00:36:49.759
 leadership,

00:36:50.239 --> 00:36:50.619
 and in our

00:36:50.619 --> 00:36:50.799
 church

00:36:50.799 --> 00:36:51.299
 membership,

00:36:52.179 --> 00:36:53.059
 in a

00:36:53.059 --> 00:36:54.039
 general way,

00:36:54.440 --> 00:36:54.779
 that this

00:36:54.779 --> 00:36:55.259
 just gets put

00:36:55.259 --> 00:36:55.599
 up on the

00:36:55.599 --> 00:36:55.920
 shelf as

00:36:55.920 --> 00:36:56.259
 another

00:36:56.259 --> 00:36:56.719
 book,

00:36:57.679 --> 00:36:58.099
 just gets

00:36:58.099 --> 00:36:58.519
 slid up

00:36:58.519 --> 00:36:58.799
 on the

00:36:58.799 --> 00:36:59.039
 shelf,

00:36:59.159 --> 00:36:59.440
 and there's

00:36:59.440 --> 00:37:00.099
 so many

00:37:00.099 --> 00:37:00.719
 books that

00:37:00.719 --> 00:37:01.059
 tell you

00:37:01.059 --> 00:37:01.779
 how things

00:37:01.779 --> 00:37:02.079
 ought to

00:37:02.079 --> 00:37:02.480
 be done,

00:37:02.940 --> 00:37:03.319
 what it

00:37:03.319 --> 00:37:03.920
 looks like

00:37:03.920 --> 00:37:04.920
 to follow

00:37:04.920 --> 00:37:06.019
 Christ,

00:37:06.279 --> 00:37:06.920
 and so

00:37:06.920 --> 00:37:07.460
 many of

00:37:07.460 --> 00:37:07.799
 those

00:37:07.799 --> 00:37:08.219
 err.

00:37:09.159 --> 00:37:09.400
 Now,

00:37:09.460 --> 00:37:09.859
 I am a

00:37:09.859 --> 00:37:10.380
 reader of

00:37:10.380 --> 00:37:10.699
 books,

00:37:10.859 --> 00:37:12.319
 I love

00:37:12.319 --> 00:37:12.839
 books,

00:37:13.460 --> 00:37:14.199
 my goal

00:37:14.199 --> 00:37:14.679
 every year

00:37:14.679 --> 00:37:15.460
 is to read

00:37:15.460 --> 00:37:16.480
 50 books,

00:37:16.840 --> 00:37:17.619
 which means

00:37:17.619 --> 00:37:18.880
 I think my

00:37:18.880 --> 00:37:19.440
 high score

00:37:19.440 --> 00:37:20.000
 is 32

00:37:20.000 --> 00:37:20.920
 right now,

00:37:21.320 --> 00:37:22.280
 I am not

00:37:22.280 --> 00:37:22.900
 on track to

00:37:22.900 --> 00:37:23.300
 meet that

00:37:23.300 --> 00:37:23.760
 this year,

00:37:23.840 --> 00:37:24.119
 but maybe

00:37:24.119 --> 00:37:24.760
 I'll be

00:37:24.760 --> 00:37:24.980
 able to

00:37:24.980 --> 00:37:25.199
 do some

00:37:25.199 --> 00:37:25.699
 catching up

00:37:25.699 --> 00:37:26.159
 this summer,

00:37:26.760 --> 00:37:27.679
 I love

00:37:27.679 --> 00:37:28.519
 to read,

00:37:29.539 --> 00:37:30.099
 the only

00:37:30.099 --> 00:37:30.980
 books worth

00:37:30.980 --> 00:37:32.539
 reading are

00:37:32.539 --> 00:37:33.360
 rich in

00:37:33.360 --> 00:37:33.659
 scripture,

00:37:33.880 --> 00:37:34.480
 they point

00:37:34.480 --> 00:37:35.139
 us back

00:37:35.139 --> 00:37:35.740
 to the

00:37:35.740 --> 00:37:35.980
 Bible,

00:37:36.099 --> 00:37:36.599
 they're just

00:37:36.599 --> 00:37:37.220
 helping us

00:37:37.220 --> 00:37:38.500
 better comprehend

00:37:38.500 --> 00:37:39.159
 what the

00:37:39.159 --> 00:37:39.900
 Bible has

00:37:39.900 --> 00:37:40.400
 to say,

00:37:40.539 --> 00:37:40.720
 right?

00:37:41.260 --> 00:37:41.740
 Topically,

00:37:41.940 --> 00:37:42.340
 specifically,

00:37:42.539 --> 00:37:43.119
 you pick up a

00:37:43.119 --> 00:37:43.599
 book on a

00:37:43.599 --> 00:37:44.059
 good topic,

00:37:44.139 --> 00:37:44.340
 and it's

00:37:44.340 --> 00:37:45.179
 pulling together

00:37:45.179 --> 00:37:45.899
 the scripture

00:37:45.899 --> 00:37:46.440
 for you,

00:37:46.500 --> 00:37:47.119
 and laying

00:37:47.119 --> 00:37:47.519
 out the

00:37:47.519 --> 00:37:47.980
 theme for

00:37:47.980 --> 00:37:48.199
 you,

00:37:48.440 --> 00:37:48.779
 as is

00:37:48.779 --> 00:37:49.299
 presented in

00:37:49.299 --> 00:37:50.079
 all of

00:37:50.079 --> 00:37:50.500
 the Bible.

00:37:52.319 --> 00:37:52.899
 But the

00:37:52.899 --> 00:37:53.119
 scripture

00:37:53.119 --> 00:37:54.980
 itself is

00:37:54.980 --> 00:37:55.399
 sufficient.

00:37:56.480 --> 00:37:56.859
 I am

00:37:56.859 --> 00:37:58.119
 thankful that

00:37:58.119 --> 00:37:58.419
 I,

00:37:58.559 --> 00:37:59.019
 and this is

00:37:59.019 --> 00:37:59.339
 not an

00:37:59.339 --> 00:38:00.500
 anti-seminary

00:38:00.500 --> 00:38:01.119
 pitch,

00:38:01.440 --> 00:38:01.639
 but I'm

00:38:01.639 --> 00:38:01.980
 thankful that

00:38:01.980 --> 00:38:02.419
 I didn't

00:38:02.419 --> 00:38:02.679
 go to

00:38:02.679 --> 00:38:03.099
 seminary,

00:38:03.480 --> 00:38:03.960
 because it

00:38:03.960 --> 00:38:04.299
 made me

00:38:04.299 --> 00:38:05.159
 really desperate

00:38:05.159 --> 00:38:06.179
 to know

00:38:06.179 --> 00:38:06.419
 what the

00:38:06.419 --> 00:38:06.960
 Bible said.

00:38:07.199 --> 00:38:07.539
 I just

00:38:07.539 --> 00:38:08.199
 had no

00:38:08.199 --> 00:38:08.639
 clue what

00:38:08.639 --> 00:38:08.839
 we were

00:38:08.839 --> 00:38:09.179
 doing when

00:38:09.179 --> 00:38:09.519
 we started

00:38:09.519 --> 00:38:09.859
 this,

00:38:10.119 --> 00:38:10.419
 but I

00:38:10.419 --> 00:38:10.719
 had this

00:38:10.719 --> 00:38:11.539
 great manual,

00:38:11.539 --> 00:38:13.539
 and it

00:38:13.539 --> 00:38:14.039
 had all

00:38:14.039 --> 00:38:14.579
 the answers

00:38:14.579 --> 00:38:14.980
 in it

00:38:14.980 --> 00:38:15.480
 for how

00:38:15.480 --> 00:38:15.920
 we needed

00:38:15.920 --> 00:38:16.500
 to conduct

00:38:16.500 --> 00:38:16.940
 ourselves

00:38:16.940 --> 00:38:17.840
 as a

00:38:17.840 --> 00:38:18.199
 church,

00:38:18.259 --> 00:38:18.599
 and for

00:38:18.599 --> 00:38:19.360
 myself as

00:38:19.360 --> 00:38:20.539
 a pastor.

00:38:21.420 --> 00:38:21.619
 So the

00:38:21.619 --> 00:38:22.179
 sufficiency of

00:38:22.179 --> 00:38:22.619
 scripture is

00:38:22.619 --> 00:38:23.219
 extremely

00:38:23.219 --> 00:38:25.440
 precious to

00:38:25.440 --> 00:38:25.719
 me.

00:38:27.000 --> 00:38:27.440
 Revelation

00:38:27.440 --> 00:38:28.440
 chapter 22,

00:38:29.259 --> 00:38:30.420
 verses 18

00:38:30.420 --> 00:38:30.900
 and 19,

00:38:31.019 --> 00:38:31.360
 this is the

00:38:31.360 --> 00:38:32.539
 very end

00:38:32.539 --> 00:38:33.239
 of the

00:38:33.239 --> 00:38:33.460
 canon,

00:38:33.559 --> 00:38:33.900
 the last

00:38:33.900 --> 00:38:34.400
 chapter of

00:38:34.400 --> 00:38:34.639
 the book

00:38:34.639 --> 00:38:35.179
 of Revelation.

00:38:35.179 --> 00:38:38.579
 I warn

00:38:38.579 --> 00:38:39.139
 everyone who

00:38:39.139 --> 00:38:39.599
 hears the

00:38:39.599 --> 00:38:40.099
 words of

00:38:40.099 --> 00:38:40.259
 the

00:38:40.259 --> 00:38:40.679
 prophecy

00:38:40.679 --> 00:38:41.179
 of this

00:38:41.179 --> 00:38:41.539
 book,

00:38:42.099 --> 00:38:42.519
 if anyone

00:38:42.519 --> 00:38:43.059
 adds to

00:38:43.059 --> 00:38:43.259
 them,

00:38:43.359 --> 00:38:43.679
 God will

00:38:43.679 --> 00:38:44.019
 add to

00:38:44.019 --> 00:38:44.339
 him the

00:38:44.339 --> 00:38:44.679
 plagues

00:38:44.679 --> 00:38:45.299
 described

00:38:45.299 --> 00:38:45.719
 in this

00:38:45.719 --> 00:38:46.019
 book.

00:38:46.599 --> 00:38:46.899
 And if

00:38:46.899 --> 00:38:47.039
 anyone

00:38:47.039 --> 00:38:47.599
 takes away

00:38:47.599 --> 00:38:47.899
 from the

00:38:47.899 --> 00:38:48.219
 words of

00:38:48.219 --> 00:38:48.500
 the book

00:38:48.500 --> 00:38:48.879
 of this

00:38:48.879 --> 00:38:49.339
 prophecy,

00:38:49.980 --> 00:38:50.359
 God will

00:38:50.359 --> 00:38:50.839
 take away

00:38:50.839 --> 00:38:51.480
 his share

00:38:51.480 --> 00:38:51.739
 in the

00:38:51.739 --> 00:38:52.019
 tree of

00:38:52.019 --> 00:38:52.480
 life and

00:38:52.480 --> 00:38:52.659
 in the

00:38:52.659 --> 00:38:53.239
 holy city,

00:38:53.739 --> 00:38:54.159
 which are

00:38:54.159 --> 00:38:54.759
 described

00:38:54.759 --> 00:38:55.699
 in this

00:38:55.699 --> 00:38:56.039
 book.

00:38:56.739 --> 00:38:56.919
 Now,

00:38:56.980 --> 00:38:57.379
 of course,

00:38:57.500 --> 00:38:58.159
 the primary

00:38:58.159 --> 00:38:58.980
 reference of

00:38:58.980 --> 00:38:59.359
 these two

00:38:59.359 --> 00:39:00.239
 verses is to

00:39:00.239 --> 00:39:00.579
 the book

00:39:00.579 --> 00:39:01.179
 of Revelation.

00:39:02.359 --> 00:39:02.960
 But its

00:39:02.960 --> 00:39:03.679
 placement at

00:39:03.679 --> 00:39:04.099
 the end of

00:39:04.099 --> 00:39:04.579
 the canon

00:39:04.579 --> 00:39:05.699
 I think

00:39:05.699 --> 00:39:06.279
 is incredibly

00:39:06.279 --> 00:39:06.960
 significant.

00:39:07.880 --> 00:39:08.199
 And the

00:39:08.199 --> 00:39:08.679
 placement of

00:39:08.679 --> 00:39:09.039
 these two

00:39:09.039 --> 00:39:09.659
 verses in

00:39:09.659 --> 00:39:10.179
 the last

00:39:10.179 --> 00:39:10.840
 chapter of

00:39:10.840 --> 00:39:11.239
 our

00:39:11.239 --> 00:39:12.739
 scripture is

00:39:12.739 --> 00:39:13.579
 significant.

00:39:14.340 --> 00:39:14.699
 And I

00:39:14.699 --> 00:39:15.119
 think that it

00:39:15.119 --> 00:39:15.840
 yields a

00:39:15.840 --> 00:39:16.779
 second application

00:39:16.779 --> 00:39:18.119
 to the

00:39:18.119 --> 00:39:19.099
 whole of

00:39:19.099 --> 00:39:20.279
 the Christian

00:39:20.279 --> 00:39:20.639
 Bible.

00:39:21.799 --> 00:39:22.139
 So the

00:39:22.139 --> 00:39:22.579
 Bereans

00:39:22.579 --> 00:39:24.179
 received the

00:39:24.179 --> 00:39:24.500
 word with

00:39:24.500 --> 00:39:25.019
 all eagerness,

00:39:25.239 --> 00:39:25.380
 right?

00:39:25.440 --> 00:39:25.699
 They were

00:39:25.699 --> 00:39:27.019
 teachable and

00:39:27.019 --> 00:39:27.279
 they were

00:39:27.279 --> 00:39:28.599
 examining the

00:39:28.599 --> 00:39:29.500
 scriptures daily

00:39:29.500 --> 00:39:30.239
 to see if

00:39:30.239 --> 00:39:30.920
 these things

00:39:30.920 --> 00:39:32.659
 were so.

00:39:33.380 --> 00:39:34.279
 So what

00:39:34.280 --> 00:39:34.800
 is Luke

00:39:34.800 --> 00:39:35.760
 referring to

00:39:35.760 --> 00:39:36.140
 when he

00:39:36.140 --> 00:39:36.700
 says the

00:39:36.700 --> 00:39:37.040
 scriptures?

00:39:37.180 --> 00:39:37.519
 They were

00:39:37.519 --> 00:39:39.040
 examining the

00:39:39.040 --> 00:39:39.480
 scriptures.

00:39:39.680 --> 00:39:40.220
 What does

00:39:40.220 --> 00:39:40.740
 he mean?

00:39:41.500 --> 00:39:42.220
 He is

00:39:42.220 --> 00:39:43.660
 referring to

00:39:43.660 --> 00:39:44.380
 the Jewish

00:39:44.380 --> 00:39:45.200
 canon,

00:39:45.840 --> 00:39:46.000
 right?

00:39:46.519 --> 00:39:47.019
 What is

00:39:47.019 --> 00:39:47.600
 called the

00:39:47.600 --> 00:39:48.340
 Tanakh.

00:39:49.060 --> 00:39:49.560
 If you're

00:39:49.560 --> 00:39:50.460
 meeting with

00:39:50.460 --> 00:39:51.300
 an unbelieving

00:39:51.300 --> 00:39:51.940
 Jew,

00:39:52.580 --> 00:39:53.120
 don't call it

00:39:53.120 --> 00:39:53.340
 the Old

00:39:53.340 --> 00:39:53.680
 Testament.

00:39:53.820 --> 00:39:54.200
 That's super

00:39:54.200 --> 00:39:54.820
 offensive to

00:39:54.820 --> 00:39:55.080
 them.

00:39:56.060 --> 00:39:56.519
 Call it the

00:39:56.519 --> 00:39:57.240
 Tanakh.

00:39:58.120 --> 00:39:59.019
 The 39

00:39:59.019 --> 00:40:00.580
 books of

00:40:00.580 --> 00:40:00.980
 our Old

00:40:00.980 --> 00:40:01.280
 Testament.

00:40:01.440 --> 00:40:01.720
 So it's our

00:40:01.720 --> 00:40:02.200
 Old Testament,

00:40:02.480 --> 00:40:03.240
 39 books.

00:40:03.239 --> 00:40:04.639
 this is what

00:40:04.639 --> 00:40:05.919
 he's referring

00:40:05.919 --> 00:40:06.199
 to.

00:40:06.899 --> 00:40:07.539
 Turn with me,

00:40:07.599 --> 00:40:07.919
 if you will,

00:40:07.979 --> 00:40:08.479
 to your table

00:40:08.479 --> 00:40:09.079
 of contents

00:40:09.079 --> 00:40:09.779
 in your

00:40:09.779 --> 00:40:10.179
 copy of

00:40:10.179 --> 00:40:10.439
 God's

00:40:10.439 --> 00:40:10.699
 Word.

00:40:11.959 --> 00:40:12.599
 If you were

00:40:12.599 --> 00:40:12.959
 doing this

00:40:12.959 --> 00:40:13.319
 digitally,

00:40:13.459 --> 00:40:13.759
 I don't

00:40:13.759 --> 00:40:14.319
 know if

00:40:14.319 --> 00:40:14.559
 you have a

00:40:14.559 --> 00:40:14.879
 table of

00:40:14.879 --> 00:40:16.599
 contents on

00:40:16.599 --> 00:40:17.000
 your digital

00:40:17.000 --> 00:40:17.319
 Bible.

00:40:17.319 --> 00:40:17.819
 I'm not

00:40:17.819 --> 00:40:18.019
 sure.

00:40:18.019 --> 00:40:18.019


00:40:18.019 --> 00:40:18.059
 sure.

00:40:18.059 --> 00:40:18.019
 I'm not

00:40:18.019 --> 00:40:18.059
 sure.

00:40:18.059 --> 00:40:18.019
 I'm not

00:40:18.019 --> 00:40:18.059
 sure.

00:40:18.059 --> 00:40:18.019
 I'm not

00:40:18.019 --> 00:40:18.059
 sure.

00:40:18.059 --> 00:40:18.019
 I'm not

00:40:18.019 --> 00:40:18.059
 sure.

00:40:18.059 --> 00:40:18.019
 I'm not

00:40:18.019 --> 00:40:18.059
 sure.

00:40:18.059 --> 00:40:18.019
 I'm not

00:40:18.019 --> 00:40:18.059
 sure.

00:40:18.059 --> 00:40:18.019
 I'm not

00:40:18.019 --> 00:40:20.199
 sure.

00:40:20.199 --> 00:40:36.939
 So you'll

00:40:36.939 --> 00:40:37.480
 see in your

00:40:37.480 --> 00:40:37.779
 table of

00:40:37.779 --> 00:40:38.179
 contents,

00:40:38.319 --> 00:40:38.579
 the Old

00:40:38.579 --> 00:40:38.819
 Testament,

00:40:38.919 --> 00:40:39.119
 the New

00:40:39.119 --> 00:40:39.379
 Testament,

00:40:39.439 --> 00:40:39.679
 the Old

00:40:39.679 --> 00:40:40.039
 Testament.

00:40:40.799 --> 00:40:41.299
 They're not

00:40:41.299 --> 00:40:41.759
 numbered for

00:40:41.759 --> 00:40:41.879
 you,

00:40:41.919 --> 00:40:42.139
 but there

00:40:42.139 --> 00:40:42.639
 are 39

00:40:42.639 --> 00:40:43.519
 books in

00:40:43.519 --> 00:40:43.719
 the Old

00:40:43.719 --> 00:40:44.059
 Testament.

00:40:44.500 --> 00:40:45.399
 If you do

00:40:45.399 --> 00:40:45.699
 a quick

00:40:45.699 --> 00:40:46.139
 count and

00:40:46.139 --> 00:40:46.379
 you have

00:40:46.379 --> 00:40:46.659
 more than

00:40:46.659 --> 00:40:47.279
 39 books

00:40:47.279 --> 00:40:47.500
 in your

00:40:47.500 --> 00:40:47.699
 Old

00:40:47.699 --> 00:40:48.059
 Testament,

00:40:48.059 --> 00:40:48.779
 you need

00:40:48.779 --> 00:40:49.159
 to get a

00:40:49.159 --> 00:40:49.619
 new copy

00:40:49.619 --> 00:40:49.880
 of the

00:40:49.880 --> 00:40:50.139
 Bible,

00:40:51.199 --> 00:40:52.119
 it's possible,

00:40:52.239 --> 00:40:52.820
 it is possible

00:40:52.820 --> 00:40:53.299
 that you would

00:40:53.299 --> 00:40:54.299
 have a whole

00:40:54.299 --> 00:40:55.880
 set of books

00:40:55.880 --> 00:40:56.299
 we won't talk

00:40:56.299 --> 00:40:56.599
 about right

00:40:56.599 --> 00:40:56.799
 now,

00:40:56.860 --> 00:40:57.099
 but they

00:40:57.099 --> 00:40:57.659
 don't belong

00:40:57.659 --> 00:40:58.400
 in the

00:40:58.400 --> 00:40:59.119
 canon of

00:40:59.119 --> 00:40:59.500
 Christian

00:40:59.500 --> 00:40:59.840
 Scripture.

00:41:00.699 --> 00:41:01.480
 39 is

00:41:01.480 --> 00:41:01.639
 going to

00:41:01.639 --> 00:41:02.159
 begin with

00:41:02.159 --> 00:41:02.679
 Genesis

00:41:02.679 --> 00:41:04.519
 and end

00:41:04.519 --> 00:41:04.779
 with the

00:41:04.779 --> 00:41:05.440
 book of

00:41:05.440 --> 00:41:06.900
 Malachi.

00:41:08.179 --> 00:41:08.659
 So that

00:41:08.659 --> 00:41:09.199
 should be

00:41:09.199 --> 00:41:09.920
 the way,

00:41:10.440 --> 00:41:10.980
 just out of

00:41:10.980 --> 00:41:11.480
 curiosity,

00:41:11.940 --> 00:41:12.199
 this is

00:41:12.199 --> 00:41:12.519
 getting very

00:41:12.519 --> 00:41:12.880
 lecturing,

00:41:12.980 --> 00:41:13.259
 I'm sorry,

00:41:13.860 --> 00:41:14.320
 anybody have

00:41:14.320 --> 00:41:14.699
 something that's

00:41:14.699 --> 00:41:15.039
 different?

00:41:15.239 --> 00:41:15.659
 Are you willing

00:41:15.659 --> 00:41:15.980
 to put your

00:41:15.980 --> 00:41:16.279
 hand up?

00:41:17.059 --> 00:41:17.400
 I'd probably

00:41:17.400 --> 00:41:17.639
 not,

00:41:17.639 --> 00:41:17.980
 I'd probably

00:41:17.980 --> 00:41:18.299
 just made

00:41:18.299 --> 00:41:18.739
 you unwilling

00:41:18.739 --> 00:41:19.000
 to put

00:41:19.000 --> 00:41:19.279
 your hand

00:41:19.279 --> 00:41:19.440
 up.

00:41:20.639 --> 00:41:20.839
 Okay,

00:41:21.319 --> 00:41:22.099
 come tell

00:41:22.099 --> 00:41:22.460
 me later

00:41:22.460 --> 00:41:22.699
 if you

00:41:22.699 --> 00:41:22.819
 do,

00:41:22.879 --> 00:41:23.099
 I'd love

00:41:23.099 --> 00:41:23.480
 to see

00:41:23.480 --> 00:41:24.619
 what you've

00:41:24.619 --> 00:41:25.019
 got going

00:41:25.019 --> 00:41:25.460
 on there.

00:41:26.239 --> 00:41:26.599
 Okay,

00:41:26.719 --> 00:41:27.879
 so this is

00:41:27.879 --> 00:41:28.739
 the order

00:41:28.739 --> 00:41:29.000
 of our

00:41:29.000 --> 00:41:29.179
 Old

00:41:29.179 --> 00:41:29.559
 Testament.

00:41:30.299 --> 00:41:30.719
 Many

00:41:30.719 --> 00:41:31.039
 people don't

00:41:31.039 --> 00:41:31.539
 know this,

00:41:31.699 --> 00:41:32.259
 it's not

00:41:32.259 --> 00:41:32.900
 chronological,

00:41:33.859 --> 00:41:35.139
 it's ordered

00:41:35.139 --> 00:41:35.819
 by types

00:41:35.819 --> 00:41:36.319
 of book,

00:41:36.500 --> 00:41:36.799
 and the

00:41:36.799 --> 00:41:37.279
 way we

00:41:37.279 --> 00:41:37.719
 got this

00:41:37.719 --> 00:41:38.500
 order was

00:41:38.500 --> 00:41:38.879
 from the

00:41:38.879 --> 00:41:39.619
 Septuagint,

00:41:39.719 --> 00:41:39.960
 which was

00:41:39.960 --> 00:41:40.379
 the Greek

00:41:40.379 --> 00:41:41.179
 translation of

00:41:41.179 --> 00:41:41.460
 the Old

00:41:41.460 --> 00:41:41.859
 Testament,

00:41:42.440 --> 00:41:43.079
 which is

00:41:43.079 --> 00:41:44.739
 carried into

00:41:44.739 --> 00:41:45.279
 our day

00:41:45.279 --> 00:41:46.299
 because in

00:41:46.299 --> 00:41:46.639
 the early

00:41:46.639 --> 00:41:47.119
 church,

00:41:47.119 --> 00:41:47.460
 they were

00:41:47.460 --> 00:41:48.179
 primarily

00:41:48.179 --> 00:41:48.839
 using the

00:41:48.839 --> 00:41:50.039
 Septuagint as

00:41:50.039 --> 00:41:50.940
 their copy of

00:41:50.940 --> 00:41:51.219
 the Old

00:41:51.219 --> 00:41:51.539
 Testament

00:41:51.539 --> 00:41:52.000
 scriptures.

00:41:52.299 --> 00:41:52.659
 So that's

00:41:52.659 --> 00:41:53.559
 why we end

00:41:53.559 --> 00:41:53.960
 up with

00:41:53.960 --> 00:41:54.940
 this order.

00:41:55.199 --> 00:41:55.659
 But this was

00:41:55.659 --> 00:41:56.359
 not the order

00:41:56.359 --> 00:41:57.400
 of the canon

00:41:57.400 --> 00:41:58.219
 in Jesus'

00:41:58.440 --> 00:41:58.699
 day.

00:41:59.699 --> 00:42:00.639
 You may not

00:42:00.639 --> 00:42:01.380
 be aware of

00:42:01.380 --> 00:42:01.819
 that.

00:42:01.960 --> 00:42:02.500
 I wasn't

00:42:02.500 --> 00:42:03.359
 until some

00:42:03.359 --> 00:42:03.900
 years ago.

00:42:06.079 --> 00:42:06.519
 Jesus'

00:42:06.699 --> 00:42:07.000
 Bible,

00:42:07.119 --> 00:42:07.319
 Jesus'

00:42:07.519 --> 00:42:08.099
 Old Testament

00:42:08.099 --> 00:42:08.859
 was divided

00:42:08.859 --> 00:42:09.279
 up into

00:42:09.279 --> 00:42:10.579
 three sections.

00:42:10.579 --> 00:42:12.079
 Torah,

00:42:12.319 --> 00:42:12.539
 which was

00:42:12.539 --> 00:42:12.980
 the law,

00:42:13.319 --> 00:42:13.539
 Genesis,

00:42:13.699 --> 00:42:13.880
 Exodus,

00:42:14.000 --> 00:42:14.279
 Leviticus,

00:42:14.380 --> 00:42:14.659
 Numbers,

00:42:15.259 --> 00:42:15.739
 Deuteronomy,

00:42:16.239 --> 00:42:17.039
 the Nebaim,

00:42:17.279 --> 00:42:17.659
 which is the

00:42:17.659 --> 00:42:18.279
 prophets,

00:42:19.319 --> 00:42:19.719
 Joshua,

00:42:19.900 --> 00:42:20.420
 Judges,

00:42:20.759 --> 00:42:21.659
 1 and 2 Samuel,

00:42:21.799 --> 00:42:22.900
 1 and 2 Kings,

00:42:23.539 --> 00:42:24.079
 Isaiah,

00:42:24.360 --> 00:42:24.860
 Jeremiah,

00:42:25.119 --> 00:42:25.679
 Ezekiel,

00:42:26.059 --> 00:42:26.599
 and then the

00:42:26.599 --> 00:42:27.460
 minor prophets,

00:42:27.559 --> 00:42:27.840
 which were

00:42:27.840 --> 00:42:28.539
 treated as

00:42:28.539 --> 00:42:29.519
 one book,

00:42:29.779 --> 00:42:30.599
 which in

00:42:30.599 --> 00:42:31.539
 our Old

00:42:31.539 --> 00:42:32.139
 Testament are

00:42:32.139 --> 00:42:32.819
 twelve,

00:42:33.239 --> 00:42:33.659
 Hosea,

00:42:33.779 --> 00:42:33.980
 Joel,

00:42:34.179 --> 00:42:34.519
 Amos,

00:42:34.639 --> 00:42:35.099
 Obadiah,

00:42:35.199 --> 00:42:35.420
 Jonah,

00:42:35.559 --> 00:42:35.880
 Micah,

00:42:36.039 --> 00:42:36.440
 Nahum,

00:42:36.539 --> 00:42:36.980
 Habakkuk,

00:42:37.119 --> 00:42:37.659
 Zephaniah,

00:42:38.039 --> 00:42:38.380
 Haggai,

00:42:38.679 --> 00:42:39.319
 Zechariah,

00:42:39.320 --> 00:42:40.140
 Malachi,

00:42:41.140 --> 00:42:41.380
 okay,

00:42:41.720 --> 00:42:42.320
 and then

00:42:42.320 --> 00:42:43.680
 the Chetuvim,

00:42:44.000 --> 00:42:44.360
 or the

00:42:44.360 --> 00:42:44.820
 writings,

00:42:44.940 --> 00:42:45.260
 which is called

00:42:45.260 --> 00:42:45.940
 the writings,

00:42:46.700 --> 00:42:47.200
 and this is

00:42:47.200 --> 00:42:48.100
 in the order

00:42:48.100 --> 00:42:48.460
 that it would

00:42:48.460 --> 00:42:48.820
 have been,

00:42:49.460 --> 00:42:49.920
 Psalms,

00:42:50.019 --> 00:42:50.340
 Job,

00:42:50.559 --> 00:42:51.059
 Proverbs,

00:42:51.260 --> 00:42:51.559
 Ruth,

00:42:51.760 --> 00:42:52.059
 Song of

00:42:52.059 --> 00:42:52.400
 Solomon,

00:42:52.640 --> 00:42:53.320
 Ecclesiastics,

00:42:53.900 --> 00:42:53.320
!

00:43:09.320 --> 00:43:09.920
 would have began

00:43:09.920 --> 00:43:10.700
 with Genesis,

00:43:11.140 --> 00:43:12.180
 and would have

00:43:12.180 --> 00:43:13.200
 ended with

00:43:13.200 --> 00:43:14.480
 2 Chronicles,

00:43:15.100 --> 00:43:15.340
 okay,

00:43:15.360 --> 00:43:15.700
 you're tracking

00:43:15.700 --> 00:43:16.200
 my logic,

00:43:16.340 --> 00:43:16.940
 just a different

00:43:16.940 --> 00:43:17.240
 order,

00:43:17.400 --> 00:43:18.640
 same 39 books,

00:43:18.740 --> 00:43:19.200
 but in a different

00:43:19.200 --> 00:43:19.480
 order,

00:43:20.280 --> 00:43:20.519
 okay,

00:43:20.980 --> 00:43:21.420
 and here's where

00:43:21.420 --> 00:43:21.860
 it gets really

00:43:21.860 --> 00:43:22.160
 good,

00:43:22.280 --> 00:43:22.740
 turn to Luke

00:43:22.740 --> 00:43:23.539
 chapter 11,

00:43:24.660 --> 00:43:25.640
 verse 49,

00:43:25.639 --> 00:43:41.460
 and the case

00:43:41.460 --> 00:43:41.839
 I'm making

00:43:41.839 --> 00:43:42.279
 in summary

00:43:42.279 --> 00:43:42.819
 is this was

00:43:42.819 --> 00:43:45.039
 the scriptures,

00:43:45.379 --> 00:43:45.900
 now our Old

00:43:45.900 --> 00:43:46.239
 Testament,

00:43:46.440 --> 00:43:47.239
 that the Bereans

00:43:47.239 --> 00:43:47.719
 used,

00:43:48.059 --> 00:43:48.879
 and this is why

00:43:48.879 --> 00:43:49.779
 we still use

00:43:49.779 --> 00:43:51.039
 these 39 books,

00:43:51.099 --> 00:43:51.460
 in a different

00:43:51.460 --> 00:43:51.779
 order,

00:43:52.420 --> 00:43:52.679
 right,

00:43:52.859 --> 00:43:53.819
 but that's okay,

00:43:53.820 --> 00:43:54.300
 that's not

00:43:54.300 --> 00:43:54.780
 significant,

00:43:55.220 --> 00:43:55.660
 but these are

00:43:55.660 --> 00:43:57.400
 the 39 that

00:43:57.400 --> 00:43:58.059
 are canonized

00:43:58.059 --> 00:43:59.080
 in our Old

00:43:59.080 --> 00:43:59.320
 Testament,

00:43:59.440 --> 00:43:59.920
 this is wonderful,

00:44:00.059 --> 00:44:00.580
 Luke 11,

00:44:01.120 --> 00:44:01.820
 verse 49

00:44:01.820 --> 00:44:02.640
 through 51,

00:44:04.180 --> 00:44:04.980
 Jesus speaking,

00:44:05.100 --> 00:44:05.880
 therefore also

00:44:05.880 --> 00:44:06.340
 the wisdom

00:44:06.340 --> 00:44:07.300
 of God said,

00:44:08.120 --> 00:44:08.580
 I will send

00:44:08.580 --> 00:44:09.280
 them prophets

00:44:09.280 --> 00:44:10.800
 and apostles,

00:44:11.460 --> 00:44:12.000
 some of whom

00:44:12.000 --> 00:44:12.660
 they will kill

00:44:12.660 --> 00:44:13.760
 and persecute,

00:44:14.180 --> 00:44:14.740
 so that the

00:44:14.740 --> 00:44:15.240
 blood of all

00:44:15.240 --> 00:44:15.700
 the prophets

00:44:15.700 --> 00:44:16.300
 shed from the

00:44:16.300 --> 00:44:17.039
 foundation of

00:44:17.039 --> 00:44:17.519
 the world

00:44:17.519 --> 00:44:18.720
 may be charged

00:44:18.720 --> 00:44:19.640
 against this

00:44:19.640 --> 00:44:20.220
 generation,

00:44:20.440 --> 00:44:20.860
 here's the

00:44:20.860 --> 00:44:21.260
 significant

00:44:21.260 --> 00:44:22.000
 statement,

00:44:22.340 --> 00:44:22.800
 from the

00:44:22.800 --> 00:44:23.400
 blood of

00:44:23.400 --> 00:44:23.780
 Abel,

00:44:23.820 --> 00:44:24.780
 to the

00:44:24.780 --> 00:44:25.620
 blood of

00:44:25.620 --> 00:44:26.260
 Zechariah,

00:44:26.460 --> 00:44:27.180
 who perished

00:44:27.180 --> 00:44:27.559
 between the

00:44:27.559 --> 00:44:27.980
 altar and

00:44:27.980 --> 00:44:28.480
 the sanctuary,

00:44:28.680 --> 00:44:28.920
 yes,

00:44:29.000 --> 00:44:29.600
 I tell you,

00:44:29.680 --> 00:44:30.120
 it will be

00:44:30.120 --> 00:44:30.980
 required of

00:44:30.980 --> 00:44:32.320
 this generation,

00:44:32.640 --> 00:44:33.500
 so Jesus

00:44:33.500 --> 00:44:34.960
 references two

00:44:34.960 --> 00:44:35.880
 prophets who

00:44:35.880 --> 00:44:36.880
 were martyred,

00:44:37.100 --> 00:44:37.260
 right,

00:44:37.480 --> 00:44:38.420
 he starts with

00:44:38.420 --> 00:44:39.059
 Abel,

00:44:39.180 --> 00:44:39.920
 this is of

00:44:39.920 --> 00:44:40.380
 Cain and

00:44:40.380 --> 00:44:40.720
 Abel,

00:44:40.820 --> 00:44:41.539
 and it's

00:44:41.539 --> 00:44:42.700
 likely that

00:44:42.700 --> 00:44:43.380
 the explanation

00:44:43.380 --> 00:44:44.519
 of why he'd

00:44:44.519 --> 00:44:45.200
 be calling him

00:44:45.200 --> 00:44:46.140
 a prophet,

00:44:46.700 --> 00:44:46.940
 right,

00:44:47.000 --> 00:44:47.220
 would be

00:44:47.220 --> 00:44:47.740
 Genesis 4,

00:44:47.820 --> 00:44:48.059
 10,

00:44:48.120 --> 00:44:48.280
 and the

00:44:48.280 --> 00:44:48.740
 Lord said,

00:44:48.860 --> 00:44:49.140
 what have

00:44:49.140 --> 00:44:49.700
 you done?

00:44:50.280 --> 00:44:51.019
 The voice

00:44:51.019 --> 00:44:51.539
 of your

00:44:51.539 --> 00:44:52.500
 brother's blood

00:44:52.500 --> 00:44:53.360
 is crying

00:44:53.360 --> 00:44:53.840
 to me

00:44:53.840 --> 00:44:54.440
 from the

00:44:54.440 --> 00:44:54.860
 ground,

00:44:55.200 --> 00:44:55.400
 right,

00:44:55.460 --> 00:44:56.200
 so there's

00:44:56.200 --> 00:44:57.099
 a proclamation

00:44:57.099 --> 00:44:58.039
 being made

00:44:58.039 --> 00:44:59.700
 against Cain

00:44:59.700 --> 00:45:01.099
 by the blood

00:45:01.099 --> 00:45:01.559
 of Abel,

00:45:01.760 --> 00:45:01.880
 right,

00:45:01.880 --> 00:45:02.280
 so it's likely

00:45:02.280 --> 00:45:02.880
 this is why

00:45:02.880 --> 00:45:03.320
 Jesus is

00:45:03.320 --> 00:45:03.780
 referring to

00:45:03.780 --> 00:45:05.120
 him as a

00:45:05.120 --> 00:45:05.539
 prophet,

00:45:06.039 --> 00:45:06.980
 Genesis 4,

00:45:07.160 --> 00:45:08.900
 verse 10,

00:45:09.700 --> 00:45:10.039
 okay,

00:45:11.039 --> 00:45:12.019
 chronologically,

00:45:12.400 --> 00:45:13.559
 the last

00:45:13.559 --> 00:45:14.620
 prophet martyred

00:45:14.620 --> 00:45:16.780
 was Uriah,

00:45:17.480 --> 00:45:19.380
 some 200 years

00:45:19.380 --> 00:45:20.220
 after the

00:45:20.220 --> 00:45:21.160
 Zechariah that

00:45:21.159 --> 00:45:21.859
 Jesus refers

00:45:21.859 --> 00:45:22.399
 to here,

00:45:22.879 --> 00:45:23.519
 chronologically,

00:45:24.139 --> 00:45:25.699
 it's Uriah,

00:45:25.779 --> 00:45:26.119
 you can read

00:45:26.119 --> 00:45:26.539
 about that in

00:45:26.539 --> 00:45:27.259
 Jeremiah chapter

00:45:27.259 --> 00:45:27.859
 26,

00:45:28.759 --> 00:45:28.960
 right,

00:45:29.960 --> 00:45:30.559
 Jesus instead

00:45:30.559 --> 00:45:31.039
 talks about

00:45:31.039 --> 00:45:32.079
 Zechariah who's

00:45:32.079 --> 00:45:32.960
 different than

00:45:32.960 --> 00:45:33.639
 the prophet who

00:45:33.639 --> 00:45:34.399
 wrote the book

00:45:34.399 --> 00:45:35.219
 Zechariah,

00:45:35.440 --> 00:45:35.779
 it's a different

00:45:35.779 --> 00:45:36.339
 Zechariah,

00:45:36.899 --> 00:45:37.759
 in 2nd

00:45:37.759 --> 00:45:39.219
 Chronicles 24,

00:45:39.980 --> 00:45:40.599
 verse 20 and

00:45:40.599 --> 00:45:41.079
 21,

00:45:41.259 --> 00:45:41.659
 then the spirit

00:45:41.659 --> 00:45:41.960
 of God

00:45:41.960 --> 00:45:42.480
 clothed

00:45:42.480 --> 00:45:43.139
 Zechariah the

00:45:43.139 --> 00:45:43.519
 son of

00:45:43.519 --> 00:45:44.139
 Jehoiada the

00:45:44.139 --> 00:45:44.599
 priest,

00:45:45.119 --> 00:45:45.659
 and he stood

00:45:45.659 --> 00:45:46.179
 above the people

00:45:46.179 --> 00:45:46.759
 and said to

00:45:46.759 --> 00:45:47.059
 them,

00:45:47.219 --> 00:45:48.099
 thus says God,

00:45:48.219 --> 00:45:48.679
 why do you

00:45:48.679 --> 00:45:49.059
 break the

00:45:49.059 --> 00:45:49.539
 commandments of

00:45:49.539 --> 00:45:50.519
 the Lord so

00:45:50.519 --> 00:45:50.779
 that you

00:45:50.779 --> 00:45:51.759
 cannot prosper?

00:45:52.320 --> 00:45:52.699
 Because you

00:45:52.699 --> 00:45:53.199
 have forsaken

00:45:53.199 --> 00:45:53.559
 the Lord,

00:45:53.639 --> 00:45:54.300
 he has forsaken

00:45:54.300 --> 00:45:54.739
 you,

00:45:55.039 --> 00:45:55.420
 but they

00:45:55.420 --> 00:45:56.420
 conspired against

00:45:56.420 --> 00:45:57.079
 him and by

00:45:57.079 --> 00:45:57.820
 command of the

00:45:57.820 --> 00:45:58.239
 king they

00:45:58.239 --> 00:45:59.139
 stoned him

00:45:59.139 --> 00:46:00.340
 with stones

00:46:00.340 --> 00:46:01.000
 in the court

00:46:01.000 --> 00:46:01.579
 of the house

00:46:01.579 --> 00:46:02.559
 of the Lord.

00:46:02.639 --> 00:46:03.259
 So Zechariah

00:46:03.259 --> 00:46:04.239
 is stoned to

00:46:04.239 --> 00:46:05.179
 death in 2nd

00:46:05.179 --> 00:46:06.279
 Chronicles 24,

00:46:06.639 --> 00:46:08.639
 verse 21.

00:46:09.519 --> 00:46:10.019
 So the

00:46:10.019 --> 00:46:10.880
 significance of

00:46:10.880 --> 00:46:12.179
 that is that

00:46:12.179 --> 00:46:13.420
 Jesus' Bible,

00:46:13.579 --> 00:46:14.039
 remember the

00:46:14.039 --> 00:46:14.619
 order is

00:46:14.619 --> 00:46:14.920
 different,

00:46:15.000 --> 00:46:15.579
 it starts with

00:46:15.579 --> 00:46:15.980
 the book of

00:46:15.980 --> 00:46:16.340
 Genesis,

00:46:16.699 --> 00:46:17.699
 it ends with

00:46:17.699 --> 00:46:18.500
 the book of

00:46:18.500 --> 00:46:19.579
 2nd

00:46:19.579 --> 00:46:20.059
 Chronicles.

00:46:21.119 --> 00:46:21.980
 So he's not

00:46:21.980 --> 00:46:23.059
 speaking in a

00:46:23.059 --> 00:46:23.719
 timeline in

00:46:23.719 --> 00:46:24.639
 chronological terms,

00:46:24.679 --> 00:46:25.460
 he's speaking in

00:46:25.460 --> 00:46:26.679
 their Bible.

00:46:26.779 --> 00:46:27.059
 It would be like

00:46:27.059 --> 00:46:28.460
 if we said from

00:46:28.460 --> 00:46:30.119
 Genesis to

00:46:30.119 --> 00:46:30.739
 Revelation,

00:46:30.919 --> 00:46:31.879
 the entire book

00:46:31.879 --> 00:46:32.579
 is true,

00:46:32.839 --> 00:46:33.019
 right?

00:46:33.099 --> 00:46:34.119
 He's bookending

00:46:34.119 --> 00:46:35.039
 it, right,

00:46:35.079 --> 00:46:35.359
 for their

00:46:35.359 --> 00:46:36.579
 understanding and

00:46:36.579 --> 00:46:37.339
 we lose that

00:46:37.339 --> 00:46:38.000
 because we don't

00:46:38.000 --> 00:46:39.699
 have the Jewish

00:46:39.699 --> 00:46:41.059
 canon in that

00:46:41.059 --> 00:46:42.259
 order in our

00:46:42.259 --> 00:46:43.039
 hands any longer.

00:46:43.219 --> 00:46:44.039
 So Jesus'

00:46:44.579 --> 00:46:45.579
 scripture,

00:46:45.980 --> 00:46:46.699
 the scripture of

00:46:46.699 --> 00:46:47.199
 his day,

00:46:47.639 --> 00:46:48.099
 now our

00:46:48.099 --> 00:46:48.759
 Old Testament,

00:46:49.279 --> 00:46:49.480
 right?

00:46:49.659 --> 00:46:50.179
 It's why we

00:46:50.179 --> 00:46:50.639
 take it as the

00:46:50.639 --> 00:46:51.079
 Old Testament

00:46:51.079 --> 00:46:52.379
 Bible.

00:46:52.539 --> 00:46:52.839
 So that's

00:46:52.839 --> 00:46:53.259
 incredible,

00:46:53.439 --> 00:46:53.639
 right?

00:46:53.719 --> 00:46:53.859
 I mean,

00:46:53.899 --> 00:46:54.799
 it's an amazing

00:46:54.799 --> 00:46:55.299
 proof.

00:46:56.739 --> 00:46:57.119
 A Peculiar

00:46:57.119 --> 00:46:57.939
 Glory is a

00:46:57.939 --> 00:46:58.500
 John Piper book

00:46:58.500 --> 00:46:59.379
 you should read

00:46:59.379 --> 00:46:59.899
 if you're

00:46:59.899 --> 00:47:00.199
 interested.

00:47:00.980 --> 00:47:01.399
 You should

00:47:01.399 --> 00:47:01.839
 just read it,

00:47:01.839 --> 00:47:02.119
 whether you're

00:47:02.119 --> 00:47:02.419
 interested or

00:47:02.419 --> 00:47:02.599
 not,

00:47:02.619 --> 00:47:02.919
 it'd be good

00:47:02.919 --> 00:47:04.359
 for you to

00:47:04.359 --> 00:47:04.859
 do that.

00:47:06.460 --> 00:47:07.179
 Really wonderful

00:47:07.179 --> 00:47:07.679
 he makes that

00:47:07.679 --> 00:47:08.460
 case in longer

00:47:08.460 --> 00:47:09.219
 form than I

00:47:09.219 --> 00:47:10.319
 just did for

00:47:10.319 --> 00:47:10.919
 you, right?

00:47:10.960 --> 00:47:11.460
 So we have

00:47:11.460 --> 00:47:11.859
 the Old

00:47:11.859 --> 00:47:12.199
 Testament,

00:47:12.679 --> 00:47:13.339
 it was Jesus'

00:47:13.339 --> 00:47:13.939
 Old Testament,

00:47:14.379 --> 00:47:14.759
 that's good

00:47:14.759 --> 00:47:15.399
 enough for me,

00:47:15.400 --> 00:47:17.320
 not what of

00:47:17.320 --> 00:47:17.800
 the New Testament.

00:47:17.920 --> 00:47:18.300
 It gets a little

00:47:18.300 --> 00:47:18.900
 more complicated

00:47:18.900 --> 00:47:19.559
 and I can't

00:47:19.559 --> 00:47:20.039
 make the full

00:47:20.039 --> 00:47:20.660
 case to you

00:47:20.660 --> 00:47:21.340
 this morning,

00:47:22.139 --> 00:47:22.880
 both for the

00:47:22.880 --> 00:47:23.320
 sake of time

00:47:23.320 --> 00:47:24.019
 and preparation,

00:47:24.740 --> 00:47:26.360
 but in brief

00:47:26.360 --> 00:47:26.840
 I want to give

00:47:26.840 --> 00:47:27.240
 you this,

00:47:27.340 --> 00:47:27.960
 the additional

00:47:27.960 --> 00:47:29.000
 27 books,

00:47:29.039 --> 00:47:29.840
 the 27 books

00:47:29.840 --> 00:47:30.720
 of our New

00:47:30.720 --> 00:47:31.079
 Testament,

00:47:31.500 --> 00:47:31.720
 right,

00:47:31.840 --> 00:47:33.139
 that we accept

00:47:33.139 --> 00:47:34.480
 into the canon,

00:47:34.840 --> 00:47:34.960
 right?

00:47:35.019 --> 00:47:35.460
 How do we

00:47:35.460 --> 00:47:35.680
 know,

00:47:35.940 --> 00:47:36.119
 right?

00:47:37.019 --> 00:47:37.740
 Too much to

00:47:37.740 --> 00:47:37.980
 say,

00:47:38.460 --> 00:47:39.059
 so let me

00:47:39.059 --> 00:47:39.460
 give you this

00:47:39.460 --> 00:47:40.519
 single affirmation

00:47:40.519 --> 00:47:41.699
 and commend

00:47:41.699 --> 00:47:42.059
 to you

00:47:42.059 --> 00:47:42.559
 some further

00:47:42.559 --> 00:47:43.519
 study on

00:47:43.519 --> 00:47:43.699
 it.

00:47:45.880 --> 00:47:46.900
 We accept

00:47:46.900 --> 00:47:48.019
 the canonicity

00:47:48.019 --> 00:47:48.539
 of the New

00:47:48.539 --> 00:47:48.980
 Testament,

00:47:49.239 --> 00:47:49.400
 right?

00:47:49.400 --> 00:47:49.940
 We accept

00:47:49.940 --> 00:47:51.059
 the 27 books

00:47:51.059 --> 00:47:51.780
 as the Word

00:47:51.780 --> 00:47:52.179
 of God

00:47:52.179 --> 00:47:52.860
 because of

00:47:52.860 --> 00:47:53.280
 their

00:47:53.280 --> 00:47:55.219
 apostolicity,

00:47:55.820 --> 00:47:57.259
 apostolicity,

00:47:57.480 --> 00:47:57.679
 right?

00:47:58.099 --> 00:47:58.940
 Not simply

00:47:58.940 --> 00:47:59.940
 meaning written

00:47:59.940 --> 00:48:00.820
 by an

00:48:00.820 --> 00:48:02.539
 apostle or

00:48:02.539 --> 00:48:03.420
 in close

00:48:03.420 --> 00:48:04.280
 association

00:48:04.280 --> 00:48:04.820
 with an

00:48:04.820 --> 00:48:05.159
 apostle,

00:48:05.280 --> 00:48:05.619
 although it

00:48:05.619 --> 00:48:06.159
 does mean

00:48:06.159 --> 00:48:06.860
 those things,

00:48:06.960 --> 00:48:07.119
 right?

00:48:07.139 --> 00:48:07.360
 The book

00:48:07.360 --> 00:48:07.679
 was either

00:48:07.679 --> 00:48:08.239
 written by

00:48:08.239 --> 00:48:08.739
 an apostle

00:48:08.739 --> 00:48:10.599
 or in

00:48:10.599 --> 00:48:11.039
 close

00:48:11.039 --> 00:48:11.699
 association

00:48:11.699 --> 00:48:12.059
 with an

00:48:12.059 --> 00:48:12.279
 apostle

00:48:12.279 --> 00:48:13.000
 like Luke,

00:48:13.119 --> 00:48:13.319
 right?

00:48:13.379 --> 00:48:13.639
 Wrote the

00:48:13.639 --> 00:48:14.119
 Gospel of

00:48:14.119 --> 00:48:14.719
 Luke and

00:48:14.719 --> 00:48:15.059
 the book

00:48:15.059 --> 00:48:15.779
 of Acts.

00:48:15.919 --> 00:48:16.299
 Not an

00:48:16.299 --> 00:48:16.599
 apostle,

00:48:17.139 --> 00:48:17.479
 but in

00:48:17.479 --> 00:48:18.059
 close

00:48:18.059 --> 00:48:19.059
 association.

00:48:19.219 --> 00:48:19.579
 Was getting

00:48:19.579 --> 00:48:20.579
 first-hand

00:48:20.579 --> 00:48:21.079
 information

00:48:21.079 --> 00:48:22.599
 from an

00:48:22.599 --> 00:48:22.899
 apostle.

00:48:23.199 --> 00:48:23.539
 But it

00:48:23.539 --> 00:48:24.000
 doesn't just

00:48:24.000 --> 00:48:24.559
 mean that,

00:48:25.099 --> 00:48:25.459
 but the

00:48:25.459 --> 00:48:25.979
 words of

00:48:25.979 --> 00:48:26.399
 God

00:48:26.399 --> 00:48:27.519
 written by

00:48:27.519 --> 00:48:28.519
 inspired

00:48:28.519 --> 00:48:29.159
 men.

00:48:29.359 --> 00:48:29.519
 So,

00:48:29.919 --> 00:48:30.139
 we're trying

00:48:30.139 --> 00:48:30.819
 to understand

00:48:30.819 --> 00:48:31.619
 how is it

00:48:31.619 --> 00:48:31.959
 that we

00:48:31.959 --> 00:48:33.159
 figure out

00:48:33.159 --> 00:48:34.059
 apostolicity?

00:48:34.139 --> 00:48:34.239
 Like,

00:48:34.239 --> 00:48:34.539
 how do we

00:48:34.539 --> 00:48:35.079
 know that

00:48:35.079 --> 00:48:36.079
 God inspired

00:48:36.079 --> 00:48:36.959
 these men

00:48:36.959 --> 00:48:37.399
 that wrote

00:48:37.399 --> 00:48:38.059
 these

00:48:38.059 --> 00:48:38.719
 books?

00:48:38.960 --> 00:48:39.400
 Paul writes

00:48:39.400 --> 00:48:39.759
 this in

00:48:39.759 --> 00:48:40.299
 1 Corinthians

00:48:40.299 --> 00:48:41.420
 chapter 2

00:48:41.420 --> 00:48:42.279
 verses 11

00:48:42.279 --> 00:48:42.799
 through 13.

00:48:44.119 --> 00:48:44.639
 For who

00:48:44.639 --> 00:48:45.019
 knows a

00:48:45.019 --> 00:48:45.480
 person's

00:48:45.480 --> 00:48:45.820
 thoughts

00:48:45.820 --> 00:48:46.380
 except the

00:48:46.380 --> 00:48:46.900
 spirit of

00:48:46.900 --> 00:48:47.599
 that person

00:48:47.599 --> 00:48:47.960
 which is

00:48:47.960 --> 00:48:48.279
 in him?

00:48:49.019 --> 00:48:49.239
 So,

00:48:49.320 --> 00:48:49.500
 also,

00:48:49.619 --> 00:48:49.960
 no one

00:48:49.960 --> 00:48:50.599
 comprehends

00:48:50.599 --> 00:48:51.059
 the thoughts

00:48:51.059 --> 00:48:51.519
 of God

00:48:51.519 --> 00:48:52.239
 except the

00:48:52.239 --> 00:48:52.840
 spirit of

00:48:52.840 --> 00:48:53.259
 God.

00:48:53.980 --> 00:48:54.360
 Now,

00:48:54.440 --> 00:48:54.699
 we have

00:48:54.699 --> 00:48:55.360
 received

00:48:55.360 --> 00:48:55.900
 not the

00:48:55.900 --> 00:48:56.340
 spirit of

00:48:56.340 --> 00:48:56.840
 the world,

00:48:56.960 --> 00:48:57.239
 but the

00:48:57.239 --> 00:48:57.820
 spirit who

00:48:57.820 --> 00:48:58.340
 is from

00:48:58.340 --> 00:48:58.880
 God,

00:48:59.259 --> 00:48:59.559
 that we

00:48:59.559 --> 00:48:59.779
 might

00:48:59.779 --> 00:49:00.539
 understand

00:49:00.539 --> 00:49:01.199
 the things

00:49:01.199 --> 00:49:01.659
 freely

00:49:01.659 --> 00:49:02.420
 given us

00:49:02.420 --> 00:49:03.239
 by

00:49:03.239 --> 00:49:04.199
 God.

00:49:04.699 --> 00:49:05.059
 So,

00:49:05.759 --> 00:49:06.099
 we,

00:49:06.239 --> 00:49:06.480
 he's talking

00:49:06.480 --> 00:49:06.779
 about the

00:49:06.779 --> 00:49:07.360
 apostles,

00:49:08.059 --> 00:49:08.900
 have received

00:49:08.900 --> 00:49:09.519
 the spirit

00:49:09.519 --> 00:49:09.920
 of God

00:49:09.920 --> 00:49:10.579
 so that

00:49:10.579 --> 00:49:11.259
 we can

00:49:11.259 --> 00:49:11.799
 understand

00:49:11.799 --> 00:49:12.239
 the things

00:49:12.239 --> 00:49:12.639
 given to

00:49:12.639 --> 00:49:13.259
 us by

00:49:13.259 --> 00:49:13.539
 God.

00:49:13.539 --> 00:49:14.239
 Verse 13,

00:49:14.739 --> 00:49:15.360
 and we

00:49:15.360 --> 00:49:16.579
 impart this,

00:49:17.139 --> 00:49:17.860
 we teach

00:49:17.860 --> 00:49:18.360
 this,

00:49:19.019 --> 00:49:19.920
 in words,

00:49:20.579 --> 00:49:21.119
 not taught

00:49:21.119 --> 00:49:21.579
 by human

00:49:21.579 --> 00:49:21.940
 wisdom,

00:49:22.059 --> 00:49:22.619
 but taught

00:49:22.619 --> 00:49:23.400
 by the

00:49:23.400 --> 00:49:23.880
 spirit,

00:49:24.139 --> 00:49:24.699
 interpreting

00:49:24.699 --> 00:49:26.099
 spiritual truths

00:49:26.099 --> 00:49:27.279
 to those

00:49:27.279 --> 00:49:28.340
 who are

00:49:28.340 --> 00:49:29.599
 spiritual.

00:49:29.599 --> 00:49:29.679
 spiritual.

00:49:30.579 --> 00:49:30.920
 So,

00:49:30.920 --> 00:49:31.299
 there's a

00:49:31.299 --> 00:49:31.659
 spiritual

00:49:31.659 --> 00:49:32.400
 activity

00:49:32.400 --> 00:49:32.880
 happening,

00:49:33.039 --> 00:49:34.319
 this double

00:49:34.319 --> 00:49:35.659
 miracle of

00:49:35.659 --> 00:49:36.480
 the inspiration

00:49:36.480 --> 00:49:36.880
 in the

00:49:36.880 --> 00:49:37.559
 writing as

00:49:37.559 --> 00:49:38.480
 well as

00:49:38.480 --> 00:49:39.219
 in the

00:49:39.219 --> 00:49:40.940
 understanding.

00:49:42.119 --> 00:49:42.319
 So,

00:49:42.360 --> 00:49:42.619
 how do we

00:49:42.619 --> 00:49:42.960
 know that

00:49:42.960 --> 00:49:43.279
 our New

00:49:43.279 --> 00:49:43.539
 Testament

00:49:43.539 --> 00:49:44.679
 canon is

00:49:44.679 --> 00:49:45.360
 the words

00:49:45.360 --> 00:49:46.799
 of God?

00:49:47.500 --> 00:49:48.539
 The process

00:49:48.539 --> 00:49:49.779
 of canonization

00:49:49.779 --> 00:49:50.779
 was governed

00:49:50.779 --> 00:49:52.019
 by

00:49:52.019 --> 00:49:54.259
 spiritual

00:49:54.259 --> 00:49:54.900
 reality

00:49:54.900 --> 00:49:55.639
 being

00:49:55.639 --> 00:49:56.279
 spiritually

00:49:56.279 --> 00:49:57.119
 discerned

00:49:57.119 --> 00:49:58.000
 by the

00:49:58.000 --> 00:49:58.519
 church.

00:49:59.719 --> 00:50:00.000
 Again,

00:50:00.039 --> 00:50:00.199
 I'm going to

00:50:00.199 --> 00:50:00.559
 read to you

00:50:00.559 --> 00:50:01.380
 from A Peculiar

00:50:01.380 --> 00:50:01.759
 Glory,

00:50:02.039 --> 00:50:02.380
 and just see

00:50:02.380 --> 00:50:02.619
 if you can

00:50:02.619 --> 00:50:03.000
 track me

00:50:03.000 --> 00:50:03.400
 here.

00:50:04.119 --> 00:50:05.099
 Michael Kruger

00:50:05.099 --> 00:50:05.980
 wrote a book

00:50:05.980 --> 00:50:06.719
 recently called

00:50:06.719 --> 00:50:07.599
 Canon Revisited,

00:50:07.679 --> 00:50:08.279
 Establishing the

00:50:08.279 --> 00:50:08.819
 Origins and

00:50:08.819 --> 00:50:09.299
 Authority of

00:50:09.299 --> 00:50:09.500
 the New

00:50:09.500 --> 00:50:09.839
 Testament

00:50:09.839 --> 00:50:10.420
 books,

00:50:11.000 --> 00:50:11.599
 wrote this,

00:50:13.199 --> 00:50:14.339
 The apostles

00:50:14.339 --> 00:50:15.279
 were mouthpieces

00:50:15.279 --> 00:50:16.000
 of Christ

00:50:16.000 --> 00:50:16.639
 and were given

00:50:16.639 --> 00:50:17.460
 the task of

00:50:17.460 --> 00:50:18.339
 delivering and

00:50:18.339 --> 00:50:19.239
 preserving this

00:50:19.239 --> 00:50:19.739
 redemptive

00:50:19.739 --> 00:50:20.219
 message,

00:50:20.639 --> 00:50:21.119
 which was

00:50:21.119 --> 00:50:21.900
 originally delivered

00:50:21.900 --> 00:50:22.339
 orally,

00:50:22.420 --> 00:50:22.859
 but eventually

00:50:22.859 --> 00:50:23.539
 was embodied

00:50:23.539 --> 00:50:24.000
 in a more

00:50:24.000 --> 00:50:24.400
 permanent

00:50:24.400 --> 00:50:25.359
 written form.

00:50:26.380 --> 00:50:26.839
 The New

00:50:26.840 --> 00:50:27.660
 Testament books

00:50:27.660 --> 00:50:28.380
 were considered

00:50:28.380 --> 00:50:29.140
 authoritative

00:50:29.140 --> 00:50:30.140
 not because

00:50:30.140 --> 00:50:30.600
 the church

00:50:30.600 --> 00:50:31.320
 declared them

00:50:31.320 --> 00:50:31.980
 to be so,

00:50:33.059 --> 00:50:33.960
 or even

00:50:33.960 --> 00:50:34.500
 because they

00:50:34.500 --> 00:50:34.860
 were written

00:50:34.860 --> 00:50:35.620
 directly by

00:50:35.620 --> 00:50:36.180
 an apostle,

00:50:36.840 --> 00:50:37.340
 but because

00:50:37.340 --> 00:50:37.980
 they were

00:50:37.980 --> 00:50:38.559
 understood

00:50:38.559 --> 00:50:39.579
 to bear

00:50:39.579 --> 00:50:40.700
 the essential

00:50:40.700 --> 00:50:41.760
 apostolic

00:50:41.760 --> 00:50:42.840
 deposit.

00:50:44.059 --> 00:50:44.700
 For this

00:50:44.700 --> 00:50:45.260
 reason,

00:50:45.900 --> 00:50:46.420
 Ritterbos,

00:50:46.480 --> 00:50:47.039
 who was a

00:50:47.039 --> 00:50:47.539
 Dutch

00:50:47.539 --> 00:50:48.660
 theologian,

00:50:48.940 --> 00:50:49.240
 died in

00:50:49.240 --> 00:50:49.820
 2007,

00:50:50.500 --> 00:50:51.200
 is able to

00:50:51.200 --> 00:50:51.579
 assert,

00:50:51.720 --> 00:50:52.079
 and I love

00:50:52.079 --> 00:50:52.400
 this,

00:50:52.840 --> 00:50:53.200
 in its

00:50:53.200 --> 00:50:53.740
 redemptive

00:50:53.740 --> 00:50:54.640
 historical sense,

00:50:54.740 --> 00:50:55.180
 the canon

00:50:55.180 --> 00:50:55.920
 is not the

00:50:55.920 --> 00:50:56.579
 product of

00:50:56.579 --> 00:50:57.319
 the church,

00:50:57.799 --> 00:50:58.259
 rather,

00:50:58.840 --> 00:50:59.559
 the church

00:50:59.559 --> 00:51:00.420
 is the

00:51:00.420 --> 00:51:01.480
 product of

00:51:01.480 --> 00:51:01.880
 the canon.

00:51:03.039 --> 00:51:03.679
 Or as the

00:51:03.679 --> 00:51:04.039
 New Testament

00:51:04.039 --> 00:51:04.840
 scholar F.F.

00:51:04.920 --> 00:51:05.599
 Bruce said

00:51:05.599 --> 00:51:06.179
 a generation

00:51:06.179 --> 00:51:06.779
 earlier,

00:51:07.559 --> 00:51:08.179
 the New Testament

00:51:08.179 --> 00:51:09.239
 canon was not

00:51:09.239 --> 00:51:10.900
 demarcated by

00:51:10.900 --> 00:51:11.539
 the arbitrary

00:51:11.539 --> 00:51:12.860
 degree of any

00:51:12.860 --> 00:51:13.799
 church council.

00:51:14.559 --> 00:51:15.219
 When at last

00:51:15.219 --> 00:51:15.920
 a church council,

00:51:16.039 --> 00:51:16.480
 the Senate of

00:51:16.480 --> 00:51:17.019
 Hippo in

00:51:17.019 --> 00:51:18.679
 AD 393 listed

00:51:18.679 --> 00:51:19.699
 the 27 books

00:51:19.699 --> 00:51:20.259
 of the New

00:51:20.259 --> 00:51:20.659
 Testament,

00:51:21.279 --> 00:51:21.880
 it did not

00:51:21.880 --> 00:51:22.679
 confer upon

00:51:22.679 --> 00:51:23.299
 them any

00:51:23.299 --> 00:51:24.400
 authority which

00:51:24.400 --> 00:51:25.099
 they did not

00:51:25.099 --> 00:51:26.420
 already possess,

00:51:26.900 --> 00:51:27.380
 but simply

00:51:27.380 --> 00:51:28.079
 recorded their

00:51:28.079 --> 00:51:28.559
 previously

00:51:28.559 --> 00:51:29.400
 established

00:51:29.400 --> 00:51:30.639
 canonicity.

00:51:31.699 --> 00:51:32.039
 So the

00:51:32.039 --> 00:51:32.599
 letters of

00:51:32.599 --> 00:51:33.199
 the apostles

00:51:33.199 --> 00:51:33.900
 and those

00:51:33.900 --> 00:51:34.119
 who were

00:51:34.119 --> 00:51:34.480
 close to

00:51:34.480 --> 00:51:34.940
 the apostles

00:51:34.940 --> 00:51:35.460
 had been

00:51:35.460 --> 00:51:36.360
 active in

00:51:36.360 --> 00:51:36.839
 the lives

00:51:36.839 --> 00:51:37.279
 of the

00:51:37.279 --> 00:51:37.519
 church.

00:51:37.719 --> 00:51:38.239
 Here's Nathan's

00:51:38.239 --> 00:51:38.880
 simple summary

00:51:38.880 --> 00:51:39.299
 of everything

00:51:39.299 --> 00:51:39.759
 I just said.

00:51:41.099 --> 00:51:42.159
 It had

00:51:42.159 --> 00:51:43.279
 proved out

00:51:43.279 --> 00:51:44.559
 its God

00:51:44.559 --> 00:51:45.799
 inspiration.

00:51:46.319 --> 00:51:46.759
 It had been

00:51:46.759 --> 00:51:47.500
 at work

00:51:47.500 --> 00:51:48.900
 in the

00:51:48.900 --> 00:51:49.299
 church.

00:51:49.699 --> 00:51:50.880
 And Piper's

00:51:50.880 --> 00:51:51.440
 book,

00:51:51.519 --> 00:51:51.900
 A Peculiar

00:51:51.900 --> 00:51:52.259
 Glory,

00:51:52.360 --> 00:51:52.779
 is titled

00:51:52.780 --> 00:51:53.440
 That because

00:51:53.440 --> 00:51:53.800
 of the

00:51:53.800 --> 00:51:54.220
 way that

00:51:54.220 --> 00:51:54.580
 the scriptures

00:51:54.580 --> 00:51:55.160
 are affirmed

00:51:55.160 --> 00:51:55.540
 to those

00:51:55.540 --> 00:51:55.940
 who believe

00:51:55.940 --> 00:51:56.580
 in Christ.

00:51:56.760 --> 00:51:57.180
 That we

00:51:57.180 --> 00:51:57.660
 see it

00:51:57.660 --> 00:51:58.500
 living and

00:51:58.500 --> 00:51:59.160
 active in

00:51:59.160 --> 00:51:59.820
 our own

00:51:59.820 --> 00:52:00.500
 lives.

00:52:00.540 --> 00:52:00.740
 That we

00:52:00.740 --> 00:52:01.160
 pick it

00:52:01.160 --> 00:52:01.820
 up and

00:52:01.820 --> 00:52:02.400
 it causes

00:52:02.400 --> 00:52:03.040
 us to

00:52:03.040 --> 00:52:03.740
 magnify

00:52:03.740 --> 00:52:04.440
 this Jesus

00:52:04.440 --> 00:52:04.840
 who we

00:52:04.840 --> 00:52:05.280
 cannot

00:52:05.280 --> 00:52:06.320
 tangibly

00:52:06.320 --> 00:52:07.920
 touch and

00:52:07.920 --> 00:52:08.200
 see.

00:52:08.380 --> 00:52:08.840
 A Peculiar

00:52:08.840 --> 00:52:09.300
 Glory,

00:52:09.600 --> 00:52:10.260
 that this

00:52:10.260 --> 00:52:11.240
 book comes

00:52:11.240 --> 00:52:11.980
 to life

00:52:11.980 --> 00:52:12.940
 to those

00:52:12.940 --> 00:52:13.440
 who are

00:52:13.440 --> 00:52:14.700
 gods.

00:52:16.340 --> 00:52:16.660
 And so

00:52:16.660 --> 00:52:17.160
 we trust

00:52:17.160 --> 00:52:18.060
 that process

00:52:18.060 --> 00:52:20.019
 as much,

00:52:20.180 --> 00:52:20.720
 much later

00:52:20.719 --> 00:52:21.459
 New Testament

00:52:21.459 --> 00:52:23.000
 followers.

00:52:23.279 --> 00:52:23.559
 And so

00:52:23.559 --> 00:52:24.099
 we have

00:52:24.099 --> 00:52:25.079
 the closed

00:52:25.079 --> 00:52:25.439
 canon,

00:52:25.579 --> 00:52:26.179
 the 49

00:52:26.179 --> 00:52:26.679
 books of

00:52:26.679 --> 00:52:27.359
 the Old

00:52:27.359 --> 00:52:27.779
 Testaments

00:52:27.779 --> 00:52:28.639
 and 27

00:52:28.639 --> 00:52:29.119
 books of

00:52:29.119 --> 00:52:30.159
 the New

00:52:30.159 --> 00:52:30.539
 Testament.

00:52:30.799 --> 00:52:31.679
 And beloved,

00:52:31.859 --> 00:52:32.399
 we should

00:52:32.399 --> 00:52:33.219
 know them.

00:52:34.339 --> 00:52:35.079
 We should

00:52:35.079 --> 00:52:35.699
 read them

00:52:35.699 --> 00:52:36.739
 and we

00:52:36.739 --> 00:52:37.279
 should meditate

00:52:37.279 --> 00:52:38.000
 upon them

00:52:38.000 --> 00:52:38.480
 and we

00:52:38.480 --> 00:52:39.000
 should

00:52:39.000 --> 00:52:40.000
 memorize

00:52:40.000 --> 00:52:40.439
 them.

00:52:41.399 --> 00:52:41.759
 We should

00:52:41.759 --> 00:52:42.079
 have our

00:52:42.079 --> 00:52:42.759
 lives

00:52:42.759 --> 00:52:43.799
 and our

00:52:43.799 --> 00:52:44.459
 church

00:52:44.459 --> 00:52:45.199
 and our

00:52:45.199 --> 00:52:45.959
 community

00:52:45.959 --> 00:52:46.839
 and our

00:52:46.839 --> 00:52:47.459
 world

00:52:47.459 --> 00:52:48.319
 shaped by

00:52:48.319 --> 00:52:48.539
 them.

00:52:49.539 --> 00:52:49.899
 Let us

00:52:49.899 --> 00:52:50.399
 love

00:52:50.400 --> 00:52:51.079
 this

00:52:51.079 --> 00:52:51.480
 treasure.

00:52:52.000 --> 00:52:52.220
 This is

00:52:52.220 --> 00:52:52.920
 a gift.

00:52:53.320 --> 00:52:53.619
 It's been

00:52:53.619 --> 00:52:55.519
 so generously

00:52:55.519 --> 00:52:56.800
 given to

00:52:56.800 --> 00:52:57.500
 this generation.

00:52:57.920 --> 00:52:58.300
 We have

00:52:58.300 --> 00:52:59.460
 ample

00:52:59.460 --> 00:53:00.300
 resources

00:53:00.300 --> 00:53:01.760
 to know

00:53:01.760 --> 00:53:02.380
 God

00:53:02.380 --> 00:53:03.480
 by His

00:53:03.480 --> 00:53:03.920
 Word.

00:53:04.940 --> 00:53:05.320
 And let us

00:53:05.320 --> 00:53:06.119
 be like the

00:53:06.119 --> 00:53:06.760
 Bereans,

00:53:07.340 --> 00:53:07.920
 receiving the

00:53:07.920 --> 00:53:08.220
 Word with

00:53:08.220 --> 00:53:08.860
 all eagerness

00:53:08.860 --> 00:53:10.420
 and examining

00:53:10.420 --> 00:53:10.860
 the Scriptures

00:53:10.860 --> 00:53:11.800
 daily to see

00:53:11.800 --> 00:53:12.099
 if these

00:53:12.099 --> 00:53:13.340
 things are

00:53:13.340 --> 00:53:13.599
 so.

00:53:14.059 --> 00:53:14.619
 Let's pray

00:53:14.619 --> 00:53:14.900
 together.

00:53:14.900 --> 00:53:14.599
 Let's pray

00:53:14.599 --> 00:53:14.920
 together.