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 Hebrews 1, verses 1 to 12.

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 Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets.

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! But in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son,

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 whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world.

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 He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature,

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 and he upholds the universe by the word of his power.

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 After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the majesty on high,

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 having become as much superior to angels as the name he has inherited is more excellent than theirs.

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 For to which of the angels did God ever say,

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 You are my Son, today I have begotten you.

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 Or again, I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son.

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 And again, when he brings the firstborn into the world, he says,

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 Let all God's angels worship him.

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 Of the angels, he says, he makes his angels winds,

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 and his ministers a flame of fire.

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 But of the Son, he says,

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 Your throne, O God, is forever and ever.

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 The scepter of uprightness is the scepter of your kingdom.

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 You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness.

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 Therefore, God, your God, has anointed you

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 with the oil of gladness beyond your companions.

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 And you, Lord, laid the foundation of the earth in the beginning,

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 and the heavens are the work of your hands.

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 They will perish, but you remain.

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 They will all wear out like a garment.

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 Like a robe, you will roll them up.

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 Like a garment, they will be changed.

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 But you are the same, and your years will have no end.

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 A bit of an introduction.

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 In 2016, Martin Scorsese, he directed a film, released a film called Silence.

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 It's about two Jesuit priests, one named Rodriguez, the other Garupe.

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 They came from Portugal, and they traveled to 17th century Japan

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 to find their mentor, Ferreira.

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 Ferreira, and Ferreira had been rumored to have been a missionary in Japan

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 only to apostatize, to leave the faith, to renounce Jesus.

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 And when they arrive, they find a small but faithful Christian community in Japan,

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 and these lay people are overjoyed to have these two priests visit them

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 and to minister to them.

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 And it isn't long before the authorities, who are very hostile towards the Christian faith,

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 learn of their arrival.

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 And instead of hunting the priests, they do something pretty brilliant.

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 They go after the lay people, and they persecute them,

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 hoping to cause a lot of consternation and a lot of frustration and pain

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 within these two priests,

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 so that they would apostatize and then completely crush the hearts

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 and the faith of the faithful laity that follow them.

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 Rodriguez, who is the main character, he's played by Andrew Garfield,

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 he faces such inner turmoil.

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 On one hand, he wants to spare the Christian community

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 the suffering and the torture and the pain.

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 And on the other hand, he refuses to apostatize.

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 And this greatest turmoil is his frustration with God for being silent,

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 hence the name of the film.

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 If God were really there and really cared,

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 why not strengthen Rodriguez with a word or encouragement?

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 Why not rescue the people?

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 Why not provide him with direction, with confirmation,

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 that this suffering will pass or that it is not in vain?

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 And in the end, Rodriguez apostatizes.

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 And it's only then, in Scorsese's film,

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 the book by the same name,

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 I don't think takes such liberties as Scorsese,

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 but only when Rodriguez apostatizes

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 will he then hear the voice of what is presumably Christ.

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 And Christ says, it is okay.

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 And to apostatize, there is an icon of Jesus

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 that he was to step on.

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 He says, okay, step on me.

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 It's going to be okay.

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 And the way it's communicated in the movie,

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 it's as if Jesus isn't just okay with it,

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 but it's somehow akin to Jesus' sacrifice upon the cross.

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 It's a great movie.

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 I'm not sure the message is super great, okay?

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 But the movie itself is beautiful.

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 I commend it to you.

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 It's also not for the faint of heart.

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 So be warned.

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 But it brings up a really interesting point.

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 The apparent silence of God is something

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 that 17th century priests don't just suffer with,

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 but we suffer with as well.

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 We want to hear God speak.

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 His silence can be a barrier to our faith.

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 If only God would speak to me,

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 I could believe or I wouldn't have doubt.

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 If only he would make clear his will for my life,

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 I'd follow him.

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 It can also be a barrier to our hope.

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 We need to know that God is with us in our circumstances.

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 When they are difficult and when faith is costly,

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 we need to know that he is there.

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 And it would go a great length for him to just say,

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 I'm here.

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 Sometimes it is hard to believe and hope

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 when it feels like we are praying.

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 Like I said in my prayer,

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 like I prayed,

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 it's hard to believe and hope

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 when we're praying to a ceiling

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 and four walls.

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 Hebrews is a really remarkable book.

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 The opening that we'll spend time in,

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 verses one to four,

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 is so theologically dense

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 in terms of displaying who Christ is

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 and what he is about.

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 And it's written,

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 we don't know the author,

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 but it's written what a lot of scholars believe

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 is to a small, fledgling Jewish community

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 in and around Rome

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 in anywhere between 60 and 70 AD.

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 And this community,

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 they were facing some very real oppression

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 by the authorities.

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 And they needed to know and be assured

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 that Christ truly was the long-awaited Messiah

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 and that this Christian faith is worthy

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 of holding on to

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 even, even, even

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 when their lives hang in the balance.

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 You see, the scary thing about God's silence

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 or apparent silence

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 is that it is less about whether God is speaking

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 to us,

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 but actually whether he cares about us.

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 For speaking is itself an act of kindness.

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 Listen, harsh words hurt,

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 but what I would suggest hurts more

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 is a cold apathy

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 that gives us a silent treatment.

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 This is what hurts more than harsh words.

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 Not to say that harsh words don't cut,

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 but when you know that somebody

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 doesn't care enough to even acknowledge you,

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 that is the difficulty.

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 So this is the big question

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 in the letter of the Hebrews,

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 and it's a big question for us today.

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 Does God speak?

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 Does he care?

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 Does he know?

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 Is he with us?

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 So this Christmas Eve,

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 we're turning to these opening verses.

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 We're going to take a look at Hebrews 1, verse 4.

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 And what's interesting is that

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 I didn't just randomly pick this.

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 We had just finished up last Sunday

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 a four-part Advent series

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 in the Songs for the Savior.

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 There are four songs in Luke 1 and 2.

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 They're lovely, beautiful, Christmassy songs.

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 But Hebrews 1 is the assigned epistle reading

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 for Christmas Day in the Book of Common Prayer.

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 And if you read it,

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 it doesn't seem very Christmassy.

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 However, when we think about

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 what happened on Christmas Day,

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 it's in fact the most perfect text

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 to speak about,

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 to dwell upon,

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 to meditate on.

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 So, we're going to look at two points

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 this morning,

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 in verses just 1 to 4.

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 We're not going to read verses 5 to 12,

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 just verses 1 to 4.

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 And we're going to look at words in the past

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 and the word in the present.

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 So, if you have your Bible,

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 it's a bit of a long intro.

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 Stick with me.

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 We're going to look at verse 1

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 for our first point,

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 words from the past.

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 Long ago at many times

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 and in many ways,

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 God spoke to our fathers

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 by the prophets.

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 This letter opens up

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 with a strong affirmation

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 of God's interaction with mankind

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 throughout the ages

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 and throughout time and space.

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 It establishes that God

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 is the one who has spoken.

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 Right off the bat,

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 it's this affirmation

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 that God is neither silent nor absent.

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 The Bible consistently records

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 God's interactions with mankind

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 from our earliest moments

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 through our darkest times.

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 God has spoken primarily

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 through chosen leaders and prophets,

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 and he's communicated in various ways

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 throughout centuries,

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 through signs,

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 through words,

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 visitations,

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 symbols,

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 acts,

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 writings.

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 He has spoken in valleys,

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 he has spoken on mountains,

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 in cities,

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 in desert places.

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 He has spoken to the poor

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 and to the rich,

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 to the young

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 and to the old,

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 to women,

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 to men,

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 to those with great power

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 and to those of lowly estate.

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 If you remember

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 our songs of the Savior,

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 we have a song

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 that Mary bursts forth

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 called the Magnificat.

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 I magnify the Lord.

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 Mary is this poor servant girl,

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 nobody from nowheresville.

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 The next one we look at

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 is the Benedictus,

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 which is the song of Zechariah.

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 He is this high priest,

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 priest in the priestly class.

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 He is like an elite in society.

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 God is speaking to everybody in between.

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 And the way he speaks

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 is always in the common tongue

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 to common people,

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 ensuring that his words are clear.

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 Sometimes in symbols,

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 sometimes it's hard to understand,

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 but always clear.

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 So God speaks,

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 not to everybody,

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 but for everyone.

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 He has made himself known,

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 and that is recorded for us

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 in the words of Scripture,

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 both for posterity,

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 proof that he has indeed spoken,

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 but more importantly,

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 so that his words can be widely shared,

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 read, and understood.

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 His words are public and deliberate.

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 God speaks.

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 He speaks.

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 He's a speaking God.

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 Since his first words to humanity,

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 he has consistently spoken,

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 revealing more and more

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 of his plan for mankind,

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 more and more of his character,

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 of who he is.

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 What does that mean for us?

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 I think simply put,

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 it means that God,

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 the one true God,

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 is a caring God.

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 He's the one who makes the initiative.

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 He's the one who speaks.

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 He will not allow his creation

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 to wallow in their despair,

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 to experience divine silence.

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 He will not allow that to happen.

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 For that is hopelessness,

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 and God will not let his people

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 to remain hopeless.

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 His plan is always to bless,

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 and to redeem,

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 and to forgive,

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 and to purify,

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 and to share,

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 and to love,

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 to right the wrongs,

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 to confront injustice and evil,

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 to dispel the darkness

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 once and for all.

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 And yet the darkness persisted.

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 Darkness continues.

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 God's people heard his words.

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 Here's one of the reasons

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 why it persists,

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 the darkness does.

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 God's people heard his words,

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 but did not heed his words.

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 The blame for the darkness

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 that befell us

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 was then placed on the God

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 who spoke words of hope

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 and deliverance,

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 and we have said,

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 you have abandoned us.

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 You are silent.

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 We are quick to pass blame.

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 In fact,

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 if you're familiar at all

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 with the biblical story,

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 the first instance

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 of sin entering the world

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 becomes a bit of a blame game.

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 This is kind of the way

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 things work with human beings.

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 And of course,

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 if we are feeling the darkness,

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 it's our own fault.

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 What are we going to do?

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 Of course,

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 we're going to blame God.

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 We heard his words,

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 but we did not heed his words.

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 And even worse,

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 we claim that he was silent.

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 And in doing so,

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 the human race

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 treated with contempt

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 this God of love.

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 So what would God do?

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 He had spoken long ago

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 in many times

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 and in many ways,

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 the author of Hebrews

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 tells us right off the bat.

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 He's spoken to fathers,

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 to prophets,

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 and everybody in between.

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 He speaks continually,

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 and yet we hear,

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 but we don't heed.

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 So the question is,

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 what will God do?

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 Maybe some of you

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 remember actual arcades.

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 One of the biggest joys

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 was going to this mall

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 near my grandparents' house

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 when I was six or seven.

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 I'd get a big,

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 fat pocket full of quarters,

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 and one of the worst things

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 that could happen

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 was I ran out of quarters.

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 Game over.

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 Is this what's happening to us?

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 Okay?

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 Have we ran out of quarters

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 in a divine sense?

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 We have heard,

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 but we have not heeded.

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 Let's get to our second point,

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 and let's look at verses two to four.

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 But in these last days,

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 he has spoken to us

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 by his Son,

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 whom he appointed

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 the heir of all things,

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 through whom also

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 he created the world.

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 He, the Son,

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 is the radiance

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 of the glory of God

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 and the exact imprint

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 of his nature,

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 and he upholds the universe

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 by the word of his power.

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 After making purifications

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 for sins,

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 he sat down

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 at the right hand

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 of the majesty on high,

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 having become

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 as much superior

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 to angels

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 as the name

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 he has inherited

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 is more excellent

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 than theirs.

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 Like I said

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 at the beginning,

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 there's Colossians chapter one,

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 maybe John chapter one.

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 These are the high,

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 high, high, high, high points

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 of what the Bible says

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 about Jesus.

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 Here we are

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 in Hebrews chapter one.

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 So we see

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 God has spoken

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 a whole lot

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 over centuries

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 to many people.

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 We heard,

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 but we didn't heed.

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 And instead of

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 getting a big fat game over,

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 God sends his Son

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 to speak.

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 He has spoken again.

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 And this time,

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 it's once and for all.

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 He did not stop speaking

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 because we thought

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 he was silent.

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 He has given us

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 a revelation

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 of himself

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 so that there is

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 nothing more

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 to be learned

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 about who he is

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 or what he will do.

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 He has given

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 a final revelation.

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 There's nothing more

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 that he can share

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 either that he's willing

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 to share

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 or that we could

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 potentially understand.

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 But God in his kindness

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 reveals everything

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 through his Son.

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 He has self-disclosed

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 himself to us.

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 We'll talk about this

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 very shortly.

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 But he takes the initiative

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 to do this.

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 Okay?

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 We do not

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 somehow

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 mentally ascend

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 up to God

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 to understand him.

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 He

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 self-discloses

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 himself to us

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 in our tongue

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 in a way that we can

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 understand.

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 But through his Son.

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 There's a lot

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 to unpack here.

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 Okay?

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 A whole bunch.

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 But I'm going to

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 try to draw your attention

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 in a succinct way

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 to three key points.

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 The first.

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 God has spoken

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 to our need

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 to know our place.

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 To situate ourselves

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 in this world.

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 And to know that

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 we have meaning.

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 That we matter.

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 And that we have purpose.

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 God has spoken

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 through his Son.

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 The divine word.

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 Who spoke creation

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 into existence.

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 Including us.

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 We're going to look at

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 John 1 tomorrow.

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 He is the one

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 who sustains the world

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 in its existence.

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 So he doesn't just

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 create.

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 And then kind of

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 the classic

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 example is

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 like a watchmaker

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 who sets the dial

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 and leaves the watch

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 to do its thing.

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 No.

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 He not only creates

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 but he sustains.

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 How?

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 I mean these are mysteries.

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 These are high, high

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 things to think about.

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 But the scriptures

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 affirm that he doesn't

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 just create

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 but he holds us together.

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 And it means that

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 the entire universe,

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 the entire cosmos

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 is not some impersonal

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 or endless void

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 that just came about

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 by happenstance

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 but was crafted

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 with divine hands

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 with divine intention.

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 Which means

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 you being a part

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 of that creation

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 means your existence

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 isn't the result

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 of just chance

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 but is ordained

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 by the creator

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 of the creator

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 God himself.

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 The only one

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 who is not created.

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 The uncreated creator.

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 It is a gift of God.

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 An act of creation

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 from his choice

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 not his necessity

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 and this is a big part

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 of it.

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 Okay?

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 If God had to create us

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 for some divine reason

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 because he was lacking

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 something

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 so he had to create

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 so that he could

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 then be fulfilled

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 then his creation

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 would not be

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 a self-giving

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 an act of kindness

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 and love.

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 It would be self-serving.

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 But that's not the case.

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 He does so

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 not out of necessity

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 but out of love.

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 And he creates

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 and he sustains

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 all things

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 because he so desires

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 and has done so

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 with incredible precision

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 and beauty.

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 And he says

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 of all of mankind

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 that when he created us

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 that we are very good.

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 It's a remarkable thing

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 to think about.

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 Okay?

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 That God creates

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 he sustains

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 he says of us

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 that we're really good

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 that speaks to us

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 to have this divine

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 purpose

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 and meaning.

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 Whether you feel it

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 or not

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 friends

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 I'd encourage you

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 just to consider it.

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 Consider how this is

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 this is a better word

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 than just this idea

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 that we are

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 the product

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 of

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 billions of years

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 of chance.

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 Now I'm not somehow

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 suggesting that

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 you have to believe

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 that the world

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 was created

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 in six literal days

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 or this was symbolic

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 I'm not even going there

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 but that there is

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 a creator behind

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 everything

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 as opposed to

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 this is all by chance

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 and therefore

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 you're just a

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 really wonderful

00:19:01.539 --> 00:19:02.099
 coincidence

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 that was just

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 splurted into creation.

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 You were created

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 with intention

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 and beauty

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 and love

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 and truth.

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 I want this

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 to be true.

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 I'd suggest

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 for you as well

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 that you want

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 it to be true

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 that you want

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 your very essence

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 to matter

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 to a creator

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 and I would also

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 suggest that it is

00:19:31.039 --> 00:19:32.139
 more hopeful reality

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 than any other option.

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 The second thing

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 that verses

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 two and four

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 tell us

00:19:39.039 --> 00:19:39.679
 is that God

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 speaks to our desire

00:19:40.960 --> 00:19:41.900
 for transcendence

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 so that

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 we know

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 that we are

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 known by God

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 himself

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 and we actually

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 have the opportunity

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 to know him.

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 How does he do this?

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 Well

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 continues on

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 in scripture

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 that he

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 in our text

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 that he reveals

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 his radiance

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 and glory

00:19:58.620 --> 00:19:59.259
 to us

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 in Christ.

00:20:01.180 --> 00:20:01.519
 In short

00:20:01.519 --> 00:20:02.000
 it means that

00:20:02.000 --> 00:20:03.160
 God is perfectly

00:20:03.160 --> 00:20:04.680
 reflected in his son

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 and he does so

00:20:06.220 --> 00:20:07.160
 for our

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 sakes.

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 God

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 the father

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 and God

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 the son

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 share the exact

00:20:14.300 --> 00:20:15.160
 same essence.

00:20:16.260 --> 00:20:17.020
 Christ bears

00:20:17.020 --> 00:20:17.780
 the very character

00:20:17.780 --> 00:20:18.520
 of the father

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 as a stamp

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 bears its imprint

00:20:21.320 --> 00:20:22.040
 on the wax

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 it is pressed upon.

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 However

00:20:24.140 --> 00:20:25.300
 however

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 we need to be careful

00:20:26.860 --> 00:20:27.980
 not to push that analogy

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 too far

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 for a stamp

00:20:29.120 --> 00:20:29.680
 and the wax

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 are distinct

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 while the son

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 and the father

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 they are one.

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 Which is to say

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 that God

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 did not have to

00:20:36.180 --> 00:20:36.960
 reveal himself

00:20:36.960 --> 00:20:38.120
 perfectly

00:20:38.120 --> 00:20:39.440
 in his son

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 for us to behold

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 but he has

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 and that again

00:20:43.360 --> 00:20:44.220
 speaks to

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 the fulfilling

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 of our need

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 to transcend

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 and touch

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 the divine

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 to have

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 an encounter

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 with eternity.

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 Throughout the

00:20:55.920 --> 00:20:56.440
 Old Testament

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 God has

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 been 100%

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 inaccessible

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 to humanity

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 in this type

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 of way.

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 He is perfect

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 and holy

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 the scriptures

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 say that we are not

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 and therefore

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 we have no business

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 being in his presence

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 with no hope

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 of knowing him.

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 In fact

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 throughout the Old Testament

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 it is said

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 that if a man

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 or woman

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 were to see God

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 they would be undone

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 yet in Christ

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 mankind

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 was not undone

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 but remade.

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 And through

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 this one man

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 sinful man

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 had the privilege

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 of being in God's

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 presence forever

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 when he had no right

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 to do so.

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 All of our hopes

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 all of our desires

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 to again

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 connect with eternity

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 to transcend

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 this world

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 to touch the divine

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 all of them

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 were accomplished

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 in Christ

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 completely apart

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 from us.

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 And then finally

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 in addition to God

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 speaking to

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 our need

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 to know

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 our place

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 and that we matter

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 in this world

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 and speaks to our desire

00:22:01.779 --> 00:22:02.759
 for transcendence

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 he also

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 and finally

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 speaks to our

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 deep sense

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 of being

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 free from guilt

00:22:08.960 --> 00:22:10.099
 to be

00:22:10.099 --> 00:22:11.180
 cleansed from our sin

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 to have our

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 to have our

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 iniquities

00:22:13.519 --> 00:22:14.700
 atoned for.

00:22:16.799 --> 00:22:17.680
 The reality

00:22:17.680 --> 00:22:18.180
 and feeling

00:22:18.180 --> 00:22:18.680
 that we are

00:22:18.680 --> 00:22:19.180
 tarnished

00:22:19.180 --> 00:22:19.779
 and unworthy

00:22:19.779 --> 00:22:20.339
 of love

00:22:20.339 --> 00:22:21.160
 is a real one.

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 Maybe you feel it now

00:22:22.639 --> 00:22:23.420
 maybe you don't

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 but at some point

00:22:24.379 --> 00:22:25.220
 at some time

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 in your life

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 you will feel

00:22:27.160 --> 00:22:27.740
 the weight

00:22:27.740 --> 00:22:28.379
 of darkness

00:22:28.379 --> 00:22:28.940
 and sin.

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 You will.

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 You will.

00:22:29.660 --> 00:22:33.540
 Things you

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 will say

00:22:34.279 --> 00:22:35.420
 or have said

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 things you

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 have thought

00:22:38.200 --> 00:22:39.080
 or will think

00:22:39.080 --> 00:22:42.240
 acts that you

00:22:42.240 --> 00:22:42.740
 have done

00:22:42.740 --> 00:22:43.620
 or will do

00:22:43.620 --> 00:22:45.720
 they cause

00:22:45.720 --> 00:22:46.920
 a deep stain

00:22:46.920 --> 00:22:48.360
 and this kind of

00:22:48.360 --> 00:22:49.000
 stain does not

00:22:49.000 --> 00:22:49.820
 come out in the wash.

00:22:50.680 --> 00:22:51.800
 Our frustration

00:22:51.800 --> 00:22:52.960
 with doing the things

00:22:52.960 --> 00:22:54.580
 we know we shouldn't do

00:22:54.580 --> 00:22:55.480
 and doing the things

00:22:55.480 --> 00:22:57.060
 we know we should do

00:22:57.060 --> 00:22:57.960
 it's very real

00:22:57.960 --> 00:22:59.100
 and knowing

00:22:59.100 --> 00:22:59.700
 that there is

00:22:59.700 --> 00:23:00.240
 no health

00:23:00.240 --> 00:23:00.799
 in us

00:23:00.799 --> 00:23:01.440
 as the prayer book

00:23:01.440 --> 00:23:01.980
 tells us

00:23:01.980 --> 00:23:02.840
 prayer book also

00:23:02.840 --> 00:23:04.220
 in morning prayer

00:23:04.220 --> 00:23:04.640
 it will say

00:23:04.640 --> 00:23:05.120
 that we are

00:23:05.120 --> 00:23:06.200
 miserable offenders

00:23:06.200 --> 00:23:07.720
 if you're honest

00:23:07.720 --> 00:23:09.660
 when you're feeling

00:23:09.660 --> 00:23:10.240
 the weight

00:23:10.240 --> 00:23:11.220
 of the things

00:23:11.220 --> 00:23:11.660
 that you have done

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 I'll say this

00:23:12.600 --> 00:23:13.660
 if you allow yourself

00:23:13.660 --> 00:23:14.380
 to feel the weight

00:23:14.380 --> 00:23:14.779
 of the things

00:23:14.779 --> 00:23:15.240
 you have done

00:23:15.240 --> 00:23:16.200
 if you will not

00:23:16.200 --> 00:23:17.340
 just quickly dull it

00:23:17.340 --> 00:23:19.019
 with entertainment

00:23:19.019 --> 00:23:20.120
 or distraction

00:23:20.120 --> 00:23:21.019
 but if you feel

00:23:21.019 --> 00:23:21.360
 the weight

00:23:21.360 --> 00:23:22.500
 of your sin

00:23:22.500 --> 00:23:23.559
 of your brokenness

00:23:23.559 --> 00:23:25.799
 you will realize

00:23:25.799 --> 00:23:26.559
 that indeed

00:23:26.559 --> 00:23:27.240
 you truly are

00:23:27.240 --> 00:23:28.099
 a miserable offender

00:23:28.099 --> 00:23:33.839
 and that you lack

00:23:33.839 --> 00:23:34.179
 goodness

00:23:34.179 --> 00:23:34.940
 truth and beauty

00:23:34.940 --> 00:23:36.879
 against God's

00:23:36.879 --> 00:23:37.980
 own righteous laws

00:23:37.980 --> 00:23:39.039
 and righteous ways

00:23:39.039 --> 00:23:40.339
 you have transgressed

00:23:40.339 --> 00:23:42.279
 the pain of severed

00:23:42.279 --> 00:23:42.859
 relationships

00:23:42.859 --> 00:23:43.940
 and disappointments

00:23:43.940 --> 00:23:45.919
 as you get older

00:23:45.919 --> 00:23:47.220
 they inevitably

00:23:47.220 --> 00:23:48.059
 get stacked

00:23:48.059 --> 00:23:49.599
 and stacked

00:23:49.599 --> 00:23:50.779
 and stacked

00:23:50.779 --> 00:23:51.379
 and stacked

00:23:51.380 --> 00:23:53.680
 until they're

00:23:53.680 --> 00:23:54.580
 completely overwhelming

00:23:54.580 --> 00:23:57.000
 we will go

00:23:57.000 --> 00:23:57.760
 to great lengths

00:23:57.760 --> 00:23:58.360
 to soothe

00:23:58.360 --> 00:23:59.300
 our consciences

00:23:59.300 --> 00:24:00.960
 but to no

00:24:00.960 --> 00:24:01.840
 lasting avail

00:24:01.840 --> 00:24:03.220
 so when God

00:24:03.220 --> 00:24:05.120
 he speaks

00:24:05.120 --> 00:24:06.180
 through his son

00:24:06.180 --> 00:24:07.400
 who makes

00:24:07.400 --> 00:24:08.220
 purification

00:24:08.220 --> 00:24:09.320
 for our sins

00:24:09.320 --> 00:24:11.280
 it is not just

00:24:11.280 --> 00:24:11.660
 that God

00:24:11.660 --> 00:24:12.580
 makes atonement

00:24:12.580 --> 00:24:13.320
 for the sins

00:24:13.320 --> 00:24:13.900
 that we have done

00:24:13.900 --> 00:24:15.060
 but he cleanses us

00:24:15.060 --> 00:24:15.720
 so that we are

00:24:15.720 --> 00:24:16.500
 white as snow

00:24:16.500 --> 00:24:18.720
 something again

00:24:18.720 --> 00:24:19.520
 that he takes

00:24:19.520 --> 00:24:20.560
 the initiative to do

00:24:20.559 --> 00:24:21.319
 that we don't

00:24:21.319 --> 00:24:23.099
 and he speaks

00:24:23.099 --> 00:24:26.220
 to our very need

00:24:26.220 --> 00:24:27.779
 of being cleansed

00:24:27.779 --> 00:24:29.859
 and not only that

00:24:29.859 --> 00:24:31.659
 Hebrews 1 says

00:24:31.659 --> 00:24:32.940
 after he did all this

00:24:32.940 --> 00:24:34.259
 he then ascended

00:24:34.259 --> 00:24:35.379
 to the right hand

00:24:35.379 --> 00:24:36.679
 of the majesty

00:24:36.679 --> 00:24:37.279
 on high

00:24:37.279 --> 00:24:38.879
 and sat down

00:24:38.879 --> 00:24:39.679
 what does this mean?

00:24:40.519 --> 00:24:41.359
 you sit down

00:24:41.359 --> 00:24:42.839
 after you've completed

00:24:42.839 --> 00:24:43.700
 the work you've done

00:24:43.700 --> 00:24:44.359
 okay

00:24:44.359 --> 00:24:46.139
 after you've completed

00:24:46.139 --> 00:24:46.819
 the work you've done

00:24:46.819 --> 00:24:47.879
 you don't sit down

00:24:47.879 --> 00:24:48.619
 maybe you take a break

00:24:48.619 --> 00:24:50.039
 okay but in terms

00:24:50.039 --> 00:24:50.739
 of this language

00:24:50.739 --> 00:24:51.899
 you sit down

00:24:51.899 --> 00:24:52.799
 because you're done

00:24:52.799 --> 00:24:54.179
 there's no more

00:24:54.179 --> 00:24:54.839
 left to do

00:24:54.839 --> 00:24:56.359
 and this is what

00:24:56.359 --> 00:24:57.679
 the author of Hebrews

00:24:57.679 --> 00:24:59.259
 is drawing our attention to

00:24:59.259 --> 00:25:00.019
 so that Christ

00:25:00.019 --> 00:25:02.079
 he deals with our sin

00:25:02.079 --> 00:25:03.459
 he purifies us

00:25:03.459 --> 00:25:05.299
 in the most complete

00:25:05.299 --> 00:25:06.199
 and full

00:25:06.199 --> 00:25:07.959
 way that

00:25:07.959 --> 00:25:08.859
 that could have

00:25:08.859 --> 00:25:09.739
 possibly been done

00:25:09.740 --> 00:25:14.019
 the job is finished

00:25:14.019 --> 00:25:16.019
 and friends

00:25:16.019 --> 00:25:16.960
 his work is completed

00:25:16.960 --> 00:25:18.759
 I'll wrap this up

00:25:18.759 --> 00:25:19.819
 in conclusion

00:25:19.819 --> 00:25:22.140
 is God silent?

00:25:23.220 --> 00:25:23.339
 okay

00:25:23.339 --> 00:25:26.160
 is Scorsese's

00:25:26.160 --> 00:25:27.640
 film

00:25:27.640 --> 00:25:28.420
 actual

00:25:28.420 --> 00:25:29.460
 like an actual

00:25:29.460 --> 00:25:30.359
 proper

00:25:30.359 --> 00:25:31.500
 depiction

00:25:31.500 --> 00:25:32.859
 of who God is?

00:25:32.859 --> 00:25:35.740
 I just want to say

00:25:35.740 --> 00:25:36.559
 not a chance

00:25:36.559 --> 00:25:37.579
 okay

00:25:37.579 --> 00:25:38.599
 not a chance

00:25:38.599 --> 00:25:40.119
 he has spoken

00:25:40.119 --> 00:25:41.819
 so very loudly

00:25:41.819 --> 00:25:42.740
 through his son

00:25:42.740 --> 00:25:43.959
 who speaks so fully

00:25:43.959 --> 00:25:44.559
 and perfectly

00:25:44.559 --> 00:25:46.299
 revealing who God is

00:25:46.299 --> 00:25:47.139
 and what he is about

00:25:47.139 --> 00:25:47.699
 however

00:25:47.699 --> 00:25:48.579
 however

00:25:48.579 --> 00:25:49.799
 okay

00:25:49.799 --> 00:25:50.979
 there is

00:25:50.979 --> 00:25:51.939
 a degree

00:25:51.939 --> 00:25:52.959
 of where we take this

00:25:52.959 --> 00:25:53.639
 by faith

00:25:53.639 --> 00:25:55.479
 and even then

00:25:55.479 --> 00:25:56.419
 God helps us out

00:25:56.419 --> 00:25:57.119
 to do that

00:25:57.119 --> 00:25:58.119
 okay

00:25:58.119 --> 00:25:58.959
 we don't hear

00:25:58.959 --> 00:26:00.299
 we don't have a time machine

00:26:00.299 --> 00:26:01.139
 we can't go back

00:26:01.139 --> 00:26:02.019
 and even if we did

00:26:02.019 --> 00:26:03.319
 I bet you we wouldn't believe

00:26:03.319 --> 00:26:04.099
 because we are

00:26:04.099 --> 00:26:05.500
 like I said last Sunday

00:26:05.500 --> 00:26:06.940
 we are inoculated

00:26:06.940 --> 00:26:08.299
 against the things of God

00:26:08.299 --> 00:26:09.259
 often times

00:26:09.259 --> 00:26:11.539
 so we ask

00:26:11.539 --> 00:26:12.480
 God for help

00:26:12.480 --> 00:26:13.160
 to believe

00:26:13.160 --> 00:26:14.400
 and I'm telling you

00:26:14.400 --> 00:26:15.559
 God has spoken

00:26:15.559 --> 00:26:16.779
 through his son

00:26:16.779 --> 00:26:17.720
 in the most loud

00:26:17.720 --> 00:26:19.259
 most unmistakable

00:26:19.259 --> 00:26:20.079
 way possible

00:26:20.079 --> 00:26:21.579
 and this was his

00:26:21.579 --> 00:26:22.200
 initiative

00:26:22.200 --> 00:26:23.460
 not ours

00:26:23.460 --> 00:26:26.299
 and doesn't that speak

00:26:26.299 --> 00:26:27.319
 to how loving God is?

00:26:29.119 --> 00:26:30.180
 how does God

00:26:30.180 --> 00:26:31.180
 communicate his love

00:26:31.180 --> 00:26:31.660
 for us?

00:26:32.019 --> 00:26:33.220
 it is through

00:26:33.220 --> 00:26:33.920
 the incarnation

00:26:33.920 --> 00:26:35.559
 it is through

00:26:35.559 --> 00:26:36.940
 the Christ child

00:26:36.940 --> 00:26:37.539
 being born

00:26:37.539 --> 00:26:38.400
 in Bethlehem

00:26:38.400 --> 00:26:39.359
 to the Virgin Mary

00:26:39.359 --> 00:26:41.379
 and again

00:26:41.379 --> 00:26:42.119
 this is God

00:26:42.119 --> 00:26:43.680
 breaking through

00:26:43.680 --> 00:26:45.139
 the author of life

00:26:45.139 --> 00:26:46.339
 breaking into the story

00:26:46.339 --> 00:26:47.059
 he is writing

00:26:47.059 --> 00:26:48.160
 purely

00:26:48.160 --> 00:26:48.819
 purely

00:26:48.819 --> 00:26:50.599
 because he loves us

00:26:50.599 --> 00:26:51.200
 and he desires

00:26:51.200 --> 00:26:52.059
 to speak to us

00:26:52.059 --> 00:26:54.000
 while wrestling

00:26:54.000 --> 00:26:55.539
 with the Christian faith

00:26:55.539 --> 00:26:57.200
 C.S. Lewis writes

00:26:57.200 --> 00:26:58.700
 in the second to last chapter

00:26:58.700 --> 00:26:59.900
 of his autobiography

00:26:59.900 --> 00:27:01.920
 spiritual autobiography

00:27:01.920 --> 00:27:03.080
 surprised by joy

00:27:03.080 --> 00:27:04.300
 about how

00:27:04.300 --> 00:27:05.580
 this is even possible

00:27:05.580 --> 00:27:06.000
 and why

00:27:06.000 --> 00:27:06.700
 this is the only

00:27:06.700 --> 00:27:07.380
 true way

00:27:07.380 --> 00:27:08.560
 we could ever

00:27:08.560 --> 00:27:09.500
 hear God speak

00:27:09.500 --> 00:27:10.580
 and this is what he says

00:27:10.580 --> 00:27:11.140
 by the way

00:27:11.140 --> 00:27:11.560
 this is from

00:27:11.560 --> 00:27:12.480
 the second last chapter

00:27:12.480 --> 00:27:13.140
 chapter 14

00:27:13.140 --> 00:27:14.160
 it's called

00:27:14.160 --> 00:27:14.940
 Checkmate

00:27:14.940 --> 00:27:16.180
 I think it's a brilliant

00:27:16.180 --> 00:27:17.759
 title for a chapter

00:27:17.759 --> 00:27:19.120
 of a man coming to faith

00:27:19.120 --> 00:27:20.880
 a man wrestling with God

00:27:20.880 --> 00:27:21.620
 but this is what he says

00:27:21.620 --> 00:27:21.960
 anyways

00:27:21.960 --> 00:27:22.320
 quote

00:27:22.320 --> 00:27:24.920
 even if my own philosophy

00:27:24.920 --> 00:27:25.519
 were true

00:27:25.519 --> 00:27:27.680
 how could the initiative

00:27:27.680 --> 00:27:29.340
 lie on my side

00:27:29.340 --> 00:27:30.980
 my own analogy

00:27:30.980 --> 00:27:31.880
 as I now

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 first perceived

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 suggested the opposite

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 and here he gives an example

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 if Shakespeare and Hamlet

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 could ever meet

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 it must be Shakespeare's doing

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 Hamlet could initiate nothing

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 Shakespeare in principle

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 could make himself

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 appear as the author

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 within the play

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 and write a dialogue

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 between Hamlet

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 and himself

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 the Shakespeare

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 within the play

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 would of course

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 be at once Shakespeare

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 and one of Shakespeare's

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 creatures

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 it would bear

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 some analogy

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 to the incarnation

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 for in these last days

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 God has spoken to us

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 entering his creation

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 yet remaining fully God

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 he visited us

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 took on our flesh

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 lived a very

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 fully human life

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 died a very

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 fully human death

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 completely undeserved

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 and he rose

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 from the grave

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 conquering death

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 and ascended to heaven

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 to make a place

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 for us

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 that we may be

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 by his help

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 when we put our faith

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 in him

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 and hear again

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 sweet words

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 spoken over us

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 enter into the joy

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 of your master

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 friends

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 God speaks

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 he speaks

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 at the incarnation

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 and what he speaks

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 is grace

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 upon grace

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 love upon love

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 to us

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 in his son

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 Jesus Christ

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 let's pray

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 father we thank you

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 that even though

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 sometimes it feels

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 like you are silent

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 you

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 you speak

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 and you have spoken

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 in such an incredible

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 universe

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 altering way

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 through your son

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 Lord help us

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 to have ears

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 to hear

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 enliven our faith

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 help us

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 to be

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 like the man

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 in the gospels

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 who says

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 I believe

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 help my unbelief

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 and let us put

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 our faith

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 and trust

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 and hope

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 in your son

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 who has spoken

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 a far better word

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 than any word

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 that has ever spoken

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 and Lord

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 help us

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 by your spirit's help

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 to endure

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 to the end

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 so that we may hear

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 at the end of the age

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 the sweet words

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 enter your master's rest

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 we pray all of this

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 in the name of the father

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 the son

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 and the holy spirit

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 amen

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 we will respond

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 to God's word

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 by

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