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 Please take out your copy of God's Word and join me in 2 Peter chapter 1.

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 I believe that we can get the answers with all of their complexities and all of their applications worked out in our minds to these three questions.

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 We will have a firm foundation on which to build a life that is pleasing to God.

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 I settled in on these three questions after being asked a question many years ago.

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 A man that was a missionary, many of you know, Jay Whetstone, asked me over tea at his house one afternoon,

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 what do you hope to accomplish with college students in their three to four years in Dahlonega?

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 And I didn't really have an answer.

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 I could have begun to talk through some things.

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 I mean, there was stuff on my mind, oh, well, we want students to do the following.

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 But what he was asking was, what's your plan?

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 Is there a system in place for young people when they come and give you some of their time while they're at school in Dahlonega?

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 So I didn't have a confident answer, but I knew that I should.

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 There should be some things, some anchors that I would say, yes, we want to make sure that college students know certain things.

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 And so in rolling that around and considering most important things, I kind of settled in on these three questions,

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 which we answer all the time around here.

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 This is not the first time we've taken up these questions.

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 But I thought it would be helpful for us to do so systematically over the next three weeks.

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 And those questions are, what is the Bible?

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 What is the Bible?

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 What is the Bible?

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 And what is the church?

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 And there's so much confusion about the answer to these three questions.

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 You may think already, oh, I know the answer to those three questions.

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 You may find that you don't.

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 I knew that if we could get answers to these three questions concreted in the minds of college students or anyone for that matter,

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 we would be doing quite well together as a church.

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 And so we've been about that.

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 We weave the answers to these questions in and out of all sorts of things that we do.

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 But specifically, I want to stop and think about these things before we get back to our normal verse-by-verse exposition of a book of the Bible.

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 So the question that I want to ask and answer, at least in part, right, with the best of my ability, my frailty this morning,

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 what is the Bible?

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 And I want to look largely at 2 Peter 1, verses 16 through 21.

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 And we'll look at some other texts as well this morning.

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 So before I read this, beloved, I want to remind you that this is God's Word to us.

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 It was written for His glory and our good.

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

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 Peter writes, verse 16,

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 For we did not follow cleverly devised myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ,

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 but we were eyewitnesses of His majesty.

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 For when He received honor and glory from God the Father,

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 and the voice was born to Him by the majestic glory,

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 this is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.

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 We ourselves heard this very voice born from heaven,

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 for we were with Him on the holy mountain.

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 And we have the prophetic word more fully confirmed,

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 to which you will do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place

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 until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.

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 Knowing this, first of all,

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 that no prophecy of Scripture comes from someone's own interpretation,

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 for no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man,

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 but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.

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 What an astounding text.

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 Let's look at its context a bit before we proceed.

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 Following Peter's greeting,

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 Peter tells his readers in chapter 1, verses 3 and 4,

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 that God's divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness

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 through the knowledge of Him who has called us to His own glory and excellence,

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 by which He has granted to us His precious and very great promises,

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 so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature,

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 having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desires.

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 So Peter says to his hearers, those who are in the faith,

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 we have been granted power for life and godliness through, what?

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 Through knowledge.

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 We have been granted precious and very great promises.

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 His promises made already, given to us,

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 wherever those promises once made in the Scripture.

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 We have been granted to become partakers of the divine nature,

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 and we have escaped from our sin.

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 By the Scripture, this knowledge that comes to us,

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 given to us for all things concerning life,

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 pertaining to life and to godliness.

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 And he goes on then to instruct his readers

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 to make their calling and election sure

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 by pursuing holiness

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 and seeing that holiness,

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 the holiness that's being birthed in them as they pursue it,

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 as evidence of their standing in Jesus Christ.

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 to make sure they're in the faith,

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 to be confident of it by pursuing Holy Scripture.

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 He says in verse 10 and 11,

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 Therefore, brothers,

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 be all the more diligent to confirm your calling and election,

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 for if you practice these qualities,

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 you will never fall.

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 For in this way there will be richly provided for you

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 an entrance into the eternal kingdom

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 of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

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 And so it's in this context that Peter says

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 in the beginning of verse 16,

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 For we did not follow cleverly devised myths

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 when we made known to you the power and coming

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 of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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 And he goes on to say,

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 but we were eyewitnesses of His majesty.

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 It's a good try, Cheyenne.

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 It was good.

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 I thought you had her settled too.

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 Verse 17,

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 For when He, being Jesus Christ,

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 received honor and glory from God the Father,

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 and the voice was born to Him by the majestic glory,

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 This is My beloved Son with whom I am well pleased.

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 We ourselves heard this very voice born from heaven,

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 for we were with Him on the holy mountain.

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 And what is Peter referring to?

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 The transfiguration of Jesus Christ.

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 When they went up with Him,

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 James and Peter and John on the mountain,

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 and Jesus' image was changed,

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 made more glorious,

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 they got to see this happen.

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 And God spoke over Him,

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 This is My beloved Son with whom I am well pleased.

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 What an astounding thing to be able to witness.

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 What an incredible thing that these three men,

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 the only three in history,

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 were able to see.

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 And you can read about that in Mark 9,

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 2-7,

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 Matthew 17,

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 Luke 9,

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 they're all accounts of what happened.

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 It's amazing.

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 It's an incredible thing

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 that they were witnesses of.

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 But then Peter does,

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 in verse 19,

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 the most astounding thing.

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 He says,

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 And we have the prophetic word

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 more fully confirmed.

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 We use, typically,

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 I think almost all of us are using

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 the ESV translation of the Bible.

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 If you have the ESV 2001,

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 which I do,

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 and my brain went,

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 what,

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 as I copied and pasted out of Lagos,

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 this text,

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 ESV 2001 says,

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 And we have something more sure,

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 the prophetic word.

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 We have something more sure,

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 or we have the prophetic word

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 more fully confirmed.

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 Peter is saying,

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 We have a greater confidence

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 confidence in the Scripture.

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 We were with Jesus

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 on the Mount of Transfiguration.

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 We heard God speak from heaven,

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 but we have a greater confidence

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 in the Bible.

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 It's incredible.

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 What an astounding thing

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 that he is saying.

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 And it has much bearing for us today.

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 Oh, wouldn't it have been glorious

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 to be on the Mount of Transfiguration?

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 It wouldn't have been grand

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 to behold such a thing.

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 Peter says,

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 We have a more sure thing.

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 We have a greater confidence

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 in this text.

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 My prayer for us this morning

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 is that we would have

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 the same kind of confidence

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 that Peter had in his Bible.

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 So here's the summary answer

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 to the question,

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 What is the Bible

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 for our consideration this morning?

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 The Bible is God's

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 inspired,

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 inerrant,

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 authoritative,

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 clear,

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 necessary,

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 and sufficient word

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 to mankind.

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 I'm going to break that

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 into six statements

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 to make it easier to digest.

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 And I've included those

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 on the back of your bulletin

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 to aid you this morning.

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 Before I say anything else,

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 I just want to point out

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 that I misspelled

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 the word inerrant,

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 which I realized too late.

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 It is spelled

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 I-N-E-R-R-A-N-T.

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 And maybe God,

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 in his providence,

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 permitted such a thing

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 so that I can make the point

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 that he's inerrant

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 and I am not.

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 Such creative ways

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 to keep me very humble.

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 So, anyway,

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 now you know how to spell

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 inerrant properly

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 and not the way I spelled it.

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 First,

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 the Bible is God's

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 inspired word

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 to mankind.

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 The Bible is unlike

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 any book

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 ever written.

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 At the most fundamental level,

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 it is both

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 authored by human beings

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 and by God.

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 The word Christians

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 have commonly used

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 to describe this process

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 is this word

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 inspired.

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 This means that the Bible

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 is the product

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 of God inspiring

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 and using

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 human authors

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 to write

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 his perfect

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 holy words

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 without error

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 or defect.

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 speaking through

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 men's

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 personalities,

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 through their

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 circumstance,

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 and through their

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 pens.

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 Two passages

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 that explicitly tell us

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 the Bible is God's

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 inspired word.

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 First,

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 2 Timothy,

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 chapter 3,

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 and verse 16.

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 Which is,

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 all scripture is

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 breathed out

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 by God.

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 You may be

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 familiar with

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 this.

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 The Greek word

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 used there for

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 breathed out

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 is actually the word

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 expired.

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 Much the way we say

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 that a person dies

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 when they expire,

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 they breathe their

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 last breath.

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 The emphasis here

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 is that it comes

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 literally from God.

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 It is God

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 breathed.

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 And where we pull

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 the word inspired

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 is breathed

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 into.

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 God breathed out

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 but into

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 men who

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 pin down

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 his

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 very

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 words.

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 The second text

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 text is from

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 our text this

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 morning.

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 2 Peter,

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 chapter 1,

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 verse 20 and

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 21.

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 Peter says,

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 knowing this,

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 first of all,

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 that no prophecy

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 of scripture

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 comes from

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 someone's own

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 interpretation,

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 for no prophecy

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 was ever produced

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 by the will of

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 men,

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 but men spoke

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 from God

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 as they were

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 carried along

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 by the Holy Spirit,

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 as they were

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 inspired to write.

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 the Bible

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 originated

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 not with the

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 will of its

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 human writers,

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 but with the

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 will of God

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 the Holy Spirit.

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 Over 3,000

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 times,

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 biblical writers

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 claim to have

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 received their

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 messages from

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 God.

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 God the Holy

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 Spirit

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 inspired,

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 breathed out,

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 or originated

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 the scriptures

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 through human

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 writers.

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 So to be

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 clear,

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 this does not

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 mean that God

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 dictated the

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 Bible to its

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 human authors,

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 right?

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 That he spoke

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 in all cases

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 audibly,

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 and they just

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 pinned down

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 exactly what he

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 said.

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 In some cases,

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 this is the way

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 we receive the

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 text.

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 But rather,

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 they wrote

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 with their own

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 creativity,

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 and in their

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 own styles,

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 and their own

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 vocabulary,

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 accomplishing all

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 along exactly

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 what God wanted

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 them to accomplish.

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 The word

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 carried along

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 in 2 Peter

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 is the same

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 word used to

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 describe Paul's

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 ship in Acts

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 that's carried

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 along by the

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 storm,

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 and then he's

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 shipwrecked,

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 and there's a

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 wind that drove

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 them outside of

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 their course.

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 A ship has

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 sails to catch

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 the wind,

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 a keel to

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 prevent it from

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 tipping over,

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 a rudder to

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 steer it to

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 some degree,

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 but ultimately,

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 a ship goes

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 where the wind

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 carries it.

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 So, this is

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 our understanding

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 of the

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 Scripture being

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 inspired,

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 given to us

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 by God

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 Himself.

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 And there's a

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 lot of doubt

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 in our day

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 about this.

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 How do we

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 know?

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 How do we

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 know that the

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 very copy you

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 have before you

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 is God's

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 inspired word

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 to mankind?

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 I want to make

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 briefly,

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 I hope,

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 for you,

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 an argument

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 for the

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 Old Testament

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 and an

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 argument for

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 the New.

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 As I'm doing

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 this, if your

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 brain is panicking

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 because of the

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 length of the

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 definition I gave

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 you, we're

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 going to move

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 much more

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 quickly through

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 some of those

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 other doctrines

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 of Scripture.

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 But this one I

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 think we need

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 to spend some

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 time on to

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 make sure that

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 we can get

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 God's inspiration

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 of His word.

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 So, an argument

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 for the Old

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 Testament.

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 The Lord

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 Jesus Christ,

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 the one who

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 we say to be

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 followers of,

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 validated the

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 Old Testament's

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 inspiration by

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 quoting from

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 all three

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 sections.

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 The law,

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 the prophets,

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 and the

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 writings.

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 Commonly

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 understood Hebrew

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 categories for

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 the Old

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 Testament.

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 He endorsed

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 the inspiration

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 and authority

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 of the Old

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 Testament in

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 detail.

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 We've studied

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 through the

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 Sermon on the

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 Mount,

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 Matthew 5,

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 verse 17,

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 18.

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 He elevates

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 it.

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 He doesn't

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 do away

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 with it,

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 but He

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 helps us

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 to properly

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 understand it.

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 And the

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 Old Testament

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 promises are

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 made,

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 and the

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 New Testament

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 promises are

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 fulfilled.

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 We get the

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 proper lens

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 by which to

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 view the

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 Old Testament

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 through.

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 We don't

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 discard it,

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 but we

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 continue to

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 pick it up

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 and understand

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 it through

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 the lens

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 of Jesus

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 Christ.

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 The Bible

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 of Jesus'

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 day is

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 what we

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 call our

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 Old

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 Testament.

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 39 first

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 books that

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 we have

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 in our

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 Scripture.

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 It was not

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 structured the

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 same way we

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 have it

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 structured today,

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 but it was

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 the same

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 nonetheless.

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 Luke 11,

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 you might

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 want to

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 turn here

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 with me.

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 Luke 11

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 and verse

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 49.

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 In this

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 text,

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 Jesus is

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 indicting the

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 Pharisees.

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 So this is

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 what He's

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 accomplishing as

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 the indictment

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 of the

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 Pharisees,

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 but He does

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 something really

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 unique,

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 something that

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 should draw

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 our attention

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 and help

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 us to see

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 what was

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 Jesus'

00:17:57.339 --> 00:17:57.700
 Bible?

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 What's He

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 referring to

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 as He

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 references the

00:18:00.859 --> 00:18:01.939
 Scriptures in

00:18:01.939 --> 00:18:02.419
 His ministry?

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 So here's the

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 text.

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 Therefore,

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 verse 49 of

00:18:06.240 --> 00:18:06.779
 chapter 11,

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 therefore also

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 the wisdom of

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 God said,

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 I will send

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 them prophets

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 and apostles,

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 some of whom

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 they will kill

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 and persecute,

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 so that the

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 blood of all

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 the prophets

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 shed from the

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 foundation of

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 the world

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 may be charged

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 against this

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 generation.

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 From the

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 blood of

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 Abel to

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 the blood

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 of Zechariah,

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 who perished

00:18:27.899 --> 00:18:28.359
 between the

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 altar and

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 the sanctuary,

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 yes,

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 I tell you,

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 it will be

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 required of

00:18:33.059 --> 00:18:33.799
 this generation.

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 So He's

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 saying,

00:18:34.779 --> 00:18:34.919
 He's

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 indicting

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 them for

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 all of

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 the prophets

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 that had

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 been killed.

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 And He

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 uses two

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 names.

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 Abel,

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 who here

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 Jesus is

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 saying is

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 the very

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 first prophet.

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 Genesis

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 chapter 4,

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 verse 10,

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 And the

00:18:49.359 --> 00:18:49.899
 Lord said,

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 What have

00:18:50.819 --> 00:18:51.240
 you done?

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 The voice

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 of your

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 brother's

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 blood is

00:18:53.339 --> 00:18:54.839
 crying to

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 me from

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 the ground.

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 Right?

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 Here Jesus

00:18:58.299 --> 00:18:59.079
 calls Abel

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 the very

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 first prophet

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 who was

00:19:01.579 --> 00:19:02.460
 killed by

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 his brother

00:19:02.960 --> 00:19:04.319
 Cain.

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 The second

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 is a man

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 named

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 Zechariah.

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 So from

00:19:10.699 --> 00:19:11.539
 Abel

00:19:11.539 --> 00:19:13.319
 to Zechariah,

00:19:13.319 --> 00:19:13.399
 Zechariah,

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 and remember

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 this was

00:19:14.559 --> 00:19:14.939
 not written

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 in English,

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 so it's

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 not A to

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 Z.

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 It's not

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 what Jesus

00:19:17.059 --> 00:19:17.759
 is accomplishing

00:19:17.759 --> 00:19:18.980
 here for

00:19:18.980 --> 00:19:19.279
 us,

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 although it's

00:19:19.720 --> 00:19:20.079
 cool that

00:19:20.079 --> 00:19:20.740
 that happens.

00:19:21.659 --> 00:19:22.299
 From Abel

00:19:22.299 --> 00:19:23.679
 to Zechariah,

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 why is

00:19:25.079 --> 00:19:25.319
 he the

00:19:25.319 --> 00:19:25.659
 bookend?

00:19:25.740 --> 00:19:26.099
 Why is

00:19:26.099 --> 00:19:26.319
 he the

00:19:26.319 --> 00:19:26.579
 other

00:19:26.579 --> 00:19:26.859
 end?

00:19:26.939 --> 00:19:27.419
 Why from

00:19:27.419 --> 00:19:27.960
 Abel

00:19:27.960 --> 00:19:28.639
 to

00:19:28.639 --> 00:19:30.359
 Zechariah?

00:19:31.639 --> 00:19:32.019
 Here's

00:19:32.019 --> 00:19:32.240
 where we

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 read about

00:19:32.700 --> 00:19:34.099
 the death

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 of Zechariah.

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 Second

00:19:35.059 --> 00:19:35.559
 Chronicles

00:19:35.559 --> 00:19:36.639
 chapter 24,

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 verse 20

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 and 21,

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 Then the

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 Spirit of

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 God clothed

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 Zechariah,

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 the son of

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 Jehoiada,

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 the priest,

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 and he

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 stood above

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 the people

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 and said

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 to them,

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 Thus says

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 God,

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 Why do

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 you break

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 the commandments

00:19:46.220 --> 00:19:46.560
 of the

00:19:46.560 --> 00:19:46.940
 Lord so

00:19:46.940 --> 00:19:47.200
 that you

00:19:47.200 --> 00:19:47.640
 cannot

00:19:47.640 --> 00:19:48.340
 prosper?

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 Because

00:19:49.000 --> 00:19:49.200
 you have

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 forsaken

00:19:49.600 --> 00:19:49.960
 the Lord,

00:19:50.040 --> 00:19:50.480
 he has

00:19:50.480 --> 00:19:51.000
 forsaken

00:19:51.000 --> 00:19:51.880
 you.

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 Very

00:19:52.800 --> 00:19:53.360
 prophetic.

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 They didn't

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 like it.

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 They conspired

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 against him

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 and by

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 command of

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 the king

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 they stoned

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 him with

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 stones in

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 the court

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 of the

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 house

00:20:01.360 --> 00:20:02.500
 of the

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 Lord.

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 So this

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 is the

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 Zechariah.

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 So Abel,

00:20:06.960 --> 00:20:07.200
 Genesis

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 chapter 4,

00:20:08.259 --> 00:20:08.800
 Zechariah,

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 2 Chronicles

00:20:09.740 --> 00:20:11.340
 chapter 24,

00:20:11.660 --> 00:20:12.700
 but

00:20:12.700 --> 00:20:13.680
 chronologically,

00:20:14.680 --> 00:20:15.700
 walking through

00:20:15.700 --> 00:20:15.940
 history,

00:20:16.019 --> 00:20:16.540
 the timeline,

00:20:16.720 --> 00:20:17.480
 chronologically,

00:20:17.900 --> 00:20:19.160
 the last

00:20:19.160 --> 00:20:19.820
 martyr of

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 the Old

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 Testament was

00:20:20.779 --> 00:20:21.540
 Uriah,

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 whose death

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 is described

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 in Jeremiah

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 chapter 26.

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 Chronologically,

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 so Jesus

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 isn't following

00:20:30.880 --> 00:20:31.900
 chronology then.

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 He's not

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 saying from

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 the very

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 first one

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 to the

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 very last

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 one

00:20:36.180 --> 00:20:37.160
 martyred.

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 So why?

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 Abel to

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 Zechariah.

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 This is

00:20:43.440 --> 00:20:43.720
 cool.

00:20:45.420 --> 00:20:46.240
 The Jewish

00:20:46.240 --> 00:20:46.779
 Bible of

00:20:46.779 --> 00:20:47.019
 Jesus'

00:20:47.220 --> 00:20:47.860
 day was

00:20:47.860 --> 00:20:48.759
 ordered

00:20:48.759 --> 00:20:49.800
 differently

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 than ours.

00:20:52.080 --> 00:20:52.560
 Our Old

00:20:52.560 --> 00:20:53.560
 Testament is

00:20:53.560 --> 00:20:54.340
 grouped by

00:20:54.340 --> 00:20:54.900
 literary

00:20:54.900 --> 00:20:55.660
 type.

00:20:57.340 --> 00:20:57.600
 Jesus'

00:20:57.820 --> 00:20:58.960
 Bible was

00:20:58.960 --> 00:20:59.920
 ordered in

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 a different

00:21:00.300 --> 00:21:00.640
 way.

00:21:00.860 --> 00:21:01.240
 1 and 2

00:21:01.240 --> 00:21:01.900
 Chronicles were

00:21:01.900 --> 00:21:02.400
 one book,

00:21:02.500 --> 00:21:02.960
 just called

00:21:02.960 --> 00:21:03.680
 Chronicles,

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 and was

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 written as

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 an overview

00:21:06.240 --> 00:21:07.180
 of Israel's

00:21:07.180 --> 00:21:07.960
 history with

00:21:07.960 --> 00:21:08.600
 a particular

00:21:08.600 --> 00:21:09.880
 emphasis on

00:21:09.880 --> 00:21:10.800
 David and

00:21:10.800 --> 00:21:11.260
 the temple.

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 It was

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 placed at

00:21:13.220 --> 00:21:13.900
 the end

00:21:13.900 --> 00:21:14.740
 of Jesus'

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 canon,

00:21:15.400 --> 00:21:15.940
 this Old

00:21:15.940 --> 00:21:16.340
 Testament

00:21:16.340 --> 00:21:17.120
 Bible that

00:21:17.120 --> 00:21:17.580
 they had,

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 to help

00:21:18.600 --> 00:21:19.260
 God's people

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 look forward

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 to a better

00:21:21.500 --> 00:21:22.900
 David and

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 a better

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 worship.

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 It was

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 placed at

00:21:24.860 --> 00:21:25.180
 the end

00:21:25.180 --> 00:21:25.380
 there.

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 It was

00:21:25.740 --> 00:21:26.320
 meant to

00:21:26.320 --> 00:21:26.680
 make them

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 expectant of

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 the coming

00:21:28.460 --> 00:21:29.860
 Messiah.

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 So in

00:21:31.720 --> 00:21:32.360
 Luke 11,

00:21:32.860 --> 00:21:33.340
 when Jesus

00:21:33.340 --> 00:21:33.700
 says,

00:21:33.840 --> 00:21:34.000
 from the

00:21:34.000 --> 00:21:34.320
 blood of

00:21:34.320 --> 00:21:34.880
 Abel to

00:21:34.880 --> 00:21:35.300
 the blood

00:21:35.300 --> 00:21:36.640
 of Zechariah,

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 he's

00:21:37.900 --> 00:21:38.580
 indicting

00:21:38.580 --> 00:21:39.440
 the generation

00:21:39.440 --> 00:21:39.880
 for the

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 death of

00:21:40.980 --> 00:21:41.540
 the prophets

00:21:41.540 --> 00:21:42.740
 of his

00:21:42.740 --> 00:21:43.620
 Bible.

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 They would

00:21:44.720 --> 00:21:45.200
 have gotten,

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 they knew

00:21:46.240 --> 00:21:46.840
 in the reading

00:21:46.840 --> 00:21:47.120
 of their

00:21:47.120 --> 00:21:47.440
 scripture,

00:21:47.600 --> 00:21:47.980
 Abel was

00:21:47.980 --> 00:21:48.540
 the first,

00:21:48.940 --> 00:21:49.460
 Zechariah was

00:21:49.460 --> 00:21:50.020
 the last,

00:21:50.120 --> 00:21:50.720
 as they would

00:21:50.720 --> 00:21:51.060
 have read

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 it in order

00:21:51.700 --> 00:21:52.920
 as it was

00:21:52.920 --> 00:21:53.360
 printed,

00:21:53.759 --> 00:21:54.220
 read to

00:21:54.220 --> 00:21:54.780
 them in

00:21:54.780 --> 00:21:55.880
 that day.

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 Are you

00:21:57.500 --> 00:21:57.780
 catching

00:21:57.780 --> 00:21:58.140
 this?

00:21:58.480 --> 00:21:59.259
 This was

00:21:59.259 --> 00:22:00.000
 the Bible

00:22:00.000 --> 00:22:01.020
 of Jesus'

00:22:01.020 --> 00:22:02.380
 day.

00:22:02.900 --> 00:22:03.480
 The Old

00:22:03.480 --> 00:22:04.500
 Testament is

00:22:04.500 --> 00:22:04.860
 the scripture

00:22:04.860 --> 00:22:05.280
 that he's

00:22:05.280 --> 00:22:05.720
 referring to.

00:22:05.720 --> 00:22:06.640
 This is

00:22:06.640 --> 00:22:07.420
 the scripture

00:22:07.420 --> 00:22:08.480
 that Peter

00:22:08.480 --> 00:22:09.519
 is referring

00:22:09.519 --> 00:22:09.900
 to.

00:22:10.740 --> 00:22:11.579
 He's saying

00:22:11.579 --> 00:22:11.960
 you would

00:22:11.960 --> 00:22:12.319
 do well

00:22:12.319 --> 00:22:12.640
 to pay

00:22:12.640 --> 00:22:13.019
 attention

00:22:13.019 --> 00:22:13.559
 to it,

00:22:14.079 --> 00:22:14.480
 to these

00:22:14.480 --> 00:22:14.900
 New Testament

00:22:14.900 --> 00:22:15.440
 Christians.

00:22:16.680 --> 00:22:16.920
 Catching

00:22:16.920 --> 00:22:17.059
 that's

00:22:17.059 --> 00:22:17.420
 important.

00:22:17.539 --> 00:22:17.720
 There are

00:22:17.720 --> 00:22:18.259
 many people

00:22:18.259 --> 00:22:18.620
 in our

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 day that

00:22:19.500 --> 00:22:19.740
 are trying

00:22:19.740 --> 00:22:20.299
 to undo

00:22:20.299 --> 00:22:20.799
 that,

00:22:21.620 --> 00:22:22.039
 that are

00:22:22.039 --> 00:22:22.360
 trying to

00:22:22.360 --> 00:22:22.640
 say to

00:22:22.640 --> 00:22:22.900
 us that

00:22:22.900 --> 00:22:23.220
 the Old

00:22:23.220 --> 00:22:23.480
 Testament

00:22:23.480 --> 00:22:23.779
 ought to

00:22:23.779 --> 00:22:24.360
 be used

00:22:24.360 --> 00:22:25.240
 merely for

00:22:25.240 --> 00:22:26.120
 history and

00:22:26.120 --> 00:22:26.839
 inspiration.

00:22:27.960 --> 00:22:28.500
 I quote.

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 It's so

00:22:30.759 --> 00:22:31.900
 much more.

00:22:32.279 --> 00:22:32.940
 It's still

00:22:32.940 --> 00:22:33.779
 God's

00:22:33.779 --> 00:22:34.680
 inspired

00:22:34.680 --> 00:22:35.700
 word.

00:22:35.720 --> 00:22:36.460
 This was

00:22:36.460 --> 00:22:37.100
 the text

00:22:37.100 --> 00:22:37.480
 that New

00:22:37.480 --> 00:22:37.819
 Testament

00:22:37.819 --> 00:22:38.299
 Christians

00:22:38.299 --> 00:22:38.799
 had,

00:22:38.900 --> 00:22:39.480
 this Old

00:22:39.480 --> 00:22:40.039
 Testament.

00:22:40.220 --> 00:22:40.480
 Jesus'

00:22:40.740 --> 00:22:41.299
 Bible is

00:22:41.299 --> 00:22:42.360
 what they

00:22:42.360 --> 00:22:44.319
 had in

00:22:44.319 --> 00:22:44.839
 their day.

00:22:45.460 --> 00:22:46.140
 It is a

00:22:46.140 --> 00:22:47.180
 precious book

00:22:47.180 --> 00:22:47.779
 that should

00:22:47.779 --> 00:22:48.319
 be read

00:22:48.319 --> 00:22:49.140
 and rightly

00:22:49.140 --> 00:22:49.660
 understood,

00:22:49.839 --> 00:22:50.180
 and that is

00:22:50.180 --> 00:22:50.720
 not an easy

00:22:50.720 --> 00:22:51.240
 thing to do.

00:22:51.339 --> 00:22:51.779
 It is an

00:22:51.779 --> 00:22:52.180
 ancient,

00:22:52.460 --> 00:22:53.799
 ancient text.

00:22:54.259 --> 00:22:54.839
 Trying to

00:22:54.839 --> 00:22:55.579
 sort through

00:22:55.579 --> 00:22:57.000
 promises

00:22:57.000 --> 00:22:58.660
 already fulfilled

00:22:58.660 --> 00:22:59.180
 and promises

00:22:59.180 --> 00:22:59.900
 yet to be

00:22:59.900 --> 00:23:00.940
 fulfilled is a

00:23:00.940 --> 00:23:01.660
 challenge of

00:23:01.660 --> 00:23:02.100
 the Old

00:23:02.100 --> 00:23:02.740
 Testament.

00:23:03.500 --> 00:23:04.059
 But because

00:23:04.059 --> 00:23:04.420
 it's a

00:23:04.420 --> 00:23:04.799
 challenge,

00:23:04.799 --> 00:23:05.359
 we should

00:23:05.359 --> 00:23:06.279
 not dismiss

00:23:06.279 --> 00:23:06.619
 it.

00:23:07.259 --> 00:23:07.859
 Because it's

00:23:07.859 --> 00:23:08.139
 a little

00:23:08.139 --> 00:23:08.740
 hard to

00:23:08.740 --> 00:23:09.139
 understand.

00:23:09.259 --> 00:23:09.599
 We shouldn't

00:23:09.599 --> 00:23:09.879
 just do

00:23:09.879 --> 00:23:10.299
 away with

00:23:10.299 --> 00:23:10.399
 it,

00:23:10.440 --> 00:23:10.659
 but we

00:23:10.659 --> 00:23:11.000
 should get

00:23:11.000 --> 00:23:11.319
 in there

00:23:11.319 --> 00:23:11.740
 and do

00:23:11.740 --> 00:23:12.359
 the work

00:23:12.359 --> 00:23:13.099
 of understanding

00:23:13.099 --> 00:23:13.500
 it because

00:23:13.500 --> 00:23:14.419
 it's God's

00:23:14.419 --> 00:23:16.200
 inspired word.

00:23:17.159 --> 00:23:17.460
 The Old

00:23:17.460 --> 00:23:17.759
 Testament.

00:23:18.859 --> 00:23:19.079
 Okay,

00:23:19.259 --> 00:23:19.519
 the New

00:23:19.519 --> 00:23:19.799
 Testament.

00:23:20.419 --> 00:23:20.759
 Make an

00:23:20.759 --> 00:23:21.279
 argument for

00:23:21.279 --> 00:23:22.279
 the New

00:23:22.279 --> 00:23:22.779
 Testament.

00:23:24.539 --> 00:23:25.159
 A little

00:23:25.159 --> 00:23:25.700
 more difficult.

00:23:25.700 --> 00:23:27.240
 the Lord

00:23:27.240 --> 00:23:29.259
 also prepared

00:23:29.259 --> 00:23:29.779
 his disciples

00:23:29.779 --> 00:23:30.259
 for the

00:23:30.259 --> 00:23:31.400
 coming of

00:23:31.400 --> 00:23:32.799
 the New

00:23:32.799 --> 00:23:33.480
 Testament.

00:23:33.759 --> 00:23:34.559
 John 16

00:23:34.559 --> 00:23:35.519
 verse 12

00:23:35.519 --> 00:23:36.500
 says he'd

00:23:36.500 --> 00:23:36.779
 given the

00:23:36.779 --> 00:23:37.080
 spirit that

00:23:37.080 --> 00:23:37.299
 will lead

00:23:37.299 --> 00:23:37.500
 them into

00:23:37.500 --> 00:23:38.120
 all truth.

00:23:39.220 --> 00:23:39.740
 And so

00:23:39.740 --> 00:23:40.460
 he endorsed

00:23:40.460 --> 00:23:40.799
 it in

00:23:40.799 --> 00:23:41.259
 principle.

00:23:41.779 --> 00:23:42.420
 I'm going

00:23:42.420 --> 00:23:43.019
 to lead

00:23:43.019 --> 00:23:43.360
 you into

00:23:43.360 --> 00:23:44.420
 all truth

00:23:44.420 --> 00:23:45.140
 in principle

00:23:45.140 --> 00:23:45.700
 to the

00:23:45.700 --> 00:23:46.080
 apostles.

00:23:48.080 --> 00:23:49.080
 Paul received

00:23:49.080 --> 00:23:49.680
 revelation

00:23:49.680 --> 00:23:50.480
 pertaining to

00:23:50.480 --> 00:23:51.240
 redemption.

00:23:51.600 --> 00:23:52.400
 Galatians 1

00:23:52.400 --> 00:23:53.040
 verses 11

00:23:53.040 --> 00:23:53.600
 through 17

00:23:53.600 --> 00:23:55.960
 and expected

00:23:55.960 --> 00:23:56.519
 his writings

00:23:56.519 --> 00:23:57.440
 to be

00:23:57.440 --> 00:23:58.500
 received as

00:23:58.500 --> 00:23:59.460
 from God.

00:23:59.560 --> 00:24:00.500
 2 Thessalonians

00:24:00.500 --> 00:24:01.240
 chapter 2

00:24:01.240 --> 00:24:02.040
 verse 13

00:24:02.040 --> 00:24:02.800
 and verse

00:24:02.800 --> 00:24:03.880
 15.

00:24:04.620 --> 00:24:05.080
 Peter

00:24:05.080 --> 00:24:05.780
 classified

00:24:05.780 --> 00:24:06.560
 Paul's

00:24:06.560 --> 00:24:06.960
 writings

00:24:06.960 --> 00:24:08.019
 with the

00:24:08.019 --> 00:24:08.759
 inspired Old

00:24:08.759 --> 00:24:09.160
 Testament.

00:24:09.720 --> 00:24:10.500
 2 Peter

00:24:10.500 --> 00:24:11.180
 chapter 3

00:24:11.180 --> 00:24:13.040
 verse 16.

00:24:14.040 --> 00:24:14.519
 So we get

00:24:14.519 --> 00:24:15.200
 these hints

00:24:15.200 --> 00:24:16.560
 in our text

00:24:16.560 --> 00:24:17.480
 that's equating

00:24:17.480 --> 00:24:18.019
 it with the

00:24:18.019 --> 00:24:18.500
 Old Testament

00:24:18.500 --> 00:24:19.700
 as the

00:24:19.700 --> 00:24:20.920
 scriptures.

00:24:20.920 --> 00:24:21.200
 scriptures.

00:24:22.279 --> 00:24:23.140
 But how do

00:24:23.140 --> 00:24:23.519
 we end up

00:24:23.519 --> 00:24:23.759
 with our

00:24:23.759 --> 00:24:24.500
 New Testament?

00:24:25.120 --> 00:24:25.860
 How were

00:24:25.860 --> 00:24:26.320
 the books

00:24:26.320 --> 00:24:26.660
 that we

00:24:26.660 --> 00:24:27.180
 have,

00:24:27.960 --> 00:24:28.420
 the 27

00:24:28.420 --> 00:24:28.880
 books of

00:24:28.880 --> 00:24:29.080
 the New

00:24:29.080 --> 00:24:29.460
 Testament,

00:24:29.920 --> 00:24:30.620
 considered

00:24:30.620 --> 00:24:31.480
 and put

00:24:31.480 --> 00:24:32.140
 into the

00:24:32.140 --> 00:24:33.539
 canon of

00:24:33.539 --> 00:24:33.840
 scripture,

00:24:34.000 --> 00:24:34.340
 giving us

00:24:34.340 --> 00:24:34.660
 a total

00:24:34.660 --> 00:24:35.779
 of 66

00:24:35.779 --> 00:24:37.140
 books?

00:24:37.360 --> 00:24:37.600
 Well,

00:24:37.640 --> 00:24:37.820
 they were

00:24:37.820 --> 00:24:38.100
 considered

00:24:38.100 --> 00:24:38.860
 by this

00:24:38.860 --> 00:24:39.740
 criteria.

00:24:41.019 --> 00:24:41.539
 First,

00:24:42.440 --> 00:24:42.680
 the book

00:24:42.680 --> 00:24:42.980
 had to be

00:24:42.980 --> 00:24:43.560
 written by

00:24:43.560 --> 00:24:44.920
 a recognized

00:24:44.920 --> 00:24:46.240
 apostle.

00:24:46.759 --> 00:24:47.400
 Paul or

00:24:47.400 --> 00:24:47.800
 Peter would

00:24:47.800 --> 00:24:48.440
 be a fantastic

00:24:48.440 --> 00:24:49.300
 example of

00:24:49.300 --> 00:24:49.560
 that.

00:24:50.920 --> 00:24:51.500
 Secondly,

00:24:51.600 --> 00:24:51.720
 it had to

00:24:51.720 --> 00:24:52.000
 be written

00:24:52.000 --> 00:24:53.560
 by or

00:24:53.560 --> 00:24:54.060
 written by

00:24:54.060 --> 00:24:54.400
 somebody

00:24:54.400 --> 00:24:55.380
 associated

00:24:55.380 --> 00:24:57.420
 with the

00:24:57.420 --> 00:24:57.940
 recognized

00:24:57.940 --> 00:24:59.060
 apostle like

00:24:59.060 --> 00:25:01.560
 Luke or

00:25:01.560 --> 00:25:02.160
 Mark.

00:25:04.240 --> 00:25:04.840
 Third,

00:25:06.259 --> 00:25:06.600
 it went

00:25:06.600 --> 00:25:06.820
 through the

00:25:06.820 --> 00:25:07.600
 criteria of

00:25:07.600 --> 00:25:09.080
 truthfulness.

00:25:09.779 --> 00:25:10.120
 Deuteronomy

00:25:10.120 --> 00:25:10.880
 chapter 18

00:25:10.880 --> 00:25:11.820
 verse 20

00:25:11.820 --> 00:25:12.460
 and 22.

00:25:12.600 --> 00:25:13.000
 If a prophet

00:25:13.000 --> 00:25:13.620
 claims to be

00:25:13.620 --> 00:25:14.220
 speaking from

00:25:14.220 --> 00:25:15.360
 me and what

00:25:15.360 --> 00:25:15.779
 he has said

00:25:15.779 --> 00:25:16.680
 is not true,

00:25:16.860 --> 00:25:17.380
 then he has

00:25:17.380 --> 00:25:17.860
 not spoken

00:25:17.860 --> 00:25:18.980
 from me.

00:25:18.980 --> 00:25:20.360
 So they

00:25:20.360 --> 00:25:21.019
 were carefully

00:25:21.019 --> 00:25:22.400
 rolled around

00:25:22.400 --> 00:25:23.039
 and waited

00:25:23.039 --> 00:25:23.759
 and looked

00:25:23.759 --> 00:25:24.120
 at,

00:25:24.339 --> 00:25:24.860
 examined,

00:25:25.019 --> 00:25:25.380
 is this

00:25:25.380 --> 00:25:26.059
 consistent

00:25:26.059 --> 00:25:26.480
 with the

00:25:26.480 --> 00:25:26.880
 truth we

00:25:26.880 --> 00:25:28.799
 already have?

00:25:29.360 --> 00:25:29.740
 It went

00:25:29.740 --> 00:25:30.140
 through that

00:25:30.140 --> 00:25:30.920
 filter before

00:25:30.920 --> 00:25:31.180
 it was

00:25:31.180 --> 00:25:32.120
 considered to

00:25:32.120 --> 00:25:32.680
 be part of

00:25:32.680 --> 00:25:33.160
 the canon

00:25:33.160 --> 00:25:33.620
 of scripture.

00:25:35.339 --> 00:25:35.819
 Faithfulness,

00:25:35.960 --> 00:25:36.500
 much like

00:25:36.500 --> 00:25:37.160
 truthfulness,

00:25:37.440 --> 00:25:37.620
 right,

00:25:38.059 --> 00:25:38.720
 to previously

00:25:38.720 --> 00:25:39.480
 accepted

00:25:39.480 --> 00:25:40.620
 canonical

00:25:40.620 --> 00:25:41.599
 writings.

00:25:42.259 --> 00:25:42.779
 Again,

00:25:42.920 --> 00:25:43.200
 is it

00:25:43.200 --> 00:25:44.140
 contradictory in

00:25:44.140 --> 00:25:44.900
 any way to

00:25:44.900 --> 00:25:45.559
 other writings

00:25:45.559 --> 00:25:46.119
 that we've

00:25:46.119 --> 00:25:46.440
 already

00:25:46.440 --> 00:25:47.240
 affirmed

00:25:47.240 --> 00:25:47.819
 as

00:25:47.819 --> 00:25:49.059
 scripture.

00:25:50.519 --> 00:25:51.079
 Fifth,

00:25:52.159 --> 00:25:52.659
 confirmed

00:25:52.659 --> 00:25:53.500
 by

00:25:53.500 --> 00:25:54.339
 Christ,

00:25:55.059 --> 00:25:55.700
 prophet,

00:25:56.500 --> 00:25:57.679
 or an

00:25:57.679 --> 00:25:58.039
 apostle.

00:25:58.359 --> 00:25:58.679
 We have

00:25:58.679 --> 00:25:59.119
 some examples

00:25:59.119 --> 00:25:59.339
 of that.

00:25:59.399 --> 00:25:59.539
 Luke

00:25:59.539 --> 00:26:00.319
 chapter 24

00:26:00.319 --> 00:26:00.899
 verse 44,

00:26:01.079 --> 00:26:01.399
 2 Peter

00:26:01.399 --> 00:26:01.839
 chapter 3

00:26:01.839 --> 00:26:02.639
 verse 16.

00:26:03.460 --> 00:26:04.059
 Peter talks

00:26:04.059 --> 00:26:04.399
 about,

00:26:04.679 --> 00:26:05.259
 in that case,

00:26:05.339 --> 00:26:05.799
 2 Peter,

00:26:06.460 --> 00:26:07.240
 Paul's writings

00:26:07.240 --> 00:26:08.319
 being scripture.

00:26:09.940 --> 00:26:10.659
 And six,

00:26:11.500 --> 00:26:12.220
 the church's

00:26:12.220 --> 00:26:13.099
 usage

00:26:13.099 --> 00:26:14.419
 and

00:26:14.419 --> 00:26:15.059
 recognition.

00:26:16.139 --> 00:26:16.899
 The church

00:26:16.899 --> 00:26:17.959
 used these

00:26:17.959 --> 00:26:18.339
 writings,

00:26:18.459 --> 00:26:18.740
 these New

00:26:18.740 --> 00:26:18.980
 Testament

00:26:18.980 --> 00:26:19.419
 writings,

00:26:20.059 --> 00:26:20.899
 and was

00:26:20.899 --> 00:26:21.359
 deeply

00:26:21.359 --> 00:26:22.139
 edified by

00:26:22.139 --> 00:26:22.399
 them.

00:26:23.179 --> 00:26:23.559
 They were

00:26:23.559 --> 00:26:24.039
 believed

00:26:24.039 --> 00:26:25.099
 over time

00:26:25.099 --> 00:26:25.419
 that they

00:26:25.419 --> 00:26:25.939
 were from

00:26:25.939 --> 00:26:26.459
 God.

00:26:27.259 --> 00:26:27.459
 And so

00:26:27.459 --> 00:26:28.159
 the final

00:26:28.159 --> 00:26:28.679
 acceptance

00:26:28.679 --> 00:26:29.919
 of the

00:26:29.919 --> 00:26:30.399
 recognition

00:26:30.399 --> 00:26:30.839
 of the

00:26:30.839 --> 00:26:31.619
 66 books

00:26:31.619 --> 00:26:31.839
 of the

00:26:31.839 --> 00:26:32.159
 Bible

00:26:32.159 --> 00:26:33.159
 as

00:26:33.159 --> 00:26:33.539
 scripture

00:26:33.539 --> 00:26:34.919
 took place

00:26:34.919 --> 00:26:35.819
 at a

00:26:35.819 --> 00:26:36.839
 gathering

00:26:36.839 --> 00:26:37.599
 of church

00:26:37.599 --> 00:26:37.879
 leaders

00:26:37.879 --> 00:26:38.279
 called the

00:26:38.279 --> 00:26:38.599
 Senate of

00:26:38.599 --> 00:26:39.059
 Carthage

00:26:39.059 --> 00:26:39.779
 in

00:26:39.779 --> 00:26:40.199
 A.D.

00:26:40.699 --> 00:26:41.699
 397.

00:26:41.899 --> 00:26:42.240
 So quite

00:26:42.240 --> 00:26:42.500
 a bit

00:26:42.500 --> 00:26:43.220
 of time

00:26:43.220 --> 00:26:43.880
 after

00:26:43.880 --> 00:26:44.180
 Jesus'

00:26:44.500 --> 00:26:45.180
 life,

00:26:45.500 --> 00:26:45.779
 death,

00:26:45.940 --> 00:26:46.980
 and

00:26:46.980 --> 00:26:47.480
 resurrection.

00:26:48.500 --> 00:26:48.779
 Now,

00:26:49.579 --> 00:26:50.000
 there could

00:26:50.000 --> 00:26:50.640
 be much

00:26:50.640 --> 00:26:51.420
 criticism

00:26:51.420 --> 00:26:51.980
 of the

00:26:51.980 --> 00:26:52.259
 Bible

00:26:52.259 --> 00:26:53.619
 at this

00:26:53.619 --> 00:26:54.039
 point.

00:26:54.339 --> 00:26:54.599
 Oh,

00:26:54.720 --> 00:26:55.160
 so many

00:26:55.160 --> 00:26:55.539
 years

00:26:55.539 --> 00:26:55.960
 later,

00:26:56.500 --> 00:26:57.059
 I would

00:26:57.059 --> 00:26:57.619
 counterpoint,

00:26:57.740 --> 00:26:58.000
 but look

00:26:58.000 --> 00:26:58.220
 at the

00:26:58.220 --> 00:26:58.799
 time they

00:26:58.799 --> 00:26:59.240
 gave

00:26:59.240 --> 00:26:59.640
 to

00:26:59.640 --> 00:27:00.539
 carefully

00:27:00.539 --> 00:27:00.960
 weigh

00:27:00.960 --> 00:27:01.579
 and measure

00:27:01.579 --> 00:27:02.200
 and see

00:27:02.200 --> 00:27:02.740
 these works

00:27:02.740 --> 00:27:03.380
 out,

00:27:03.859 --> 00:27:04.339
 see them

00:27:04.339 --> 00:27:05.220
 edify in

00:27:05.220 --> 00:27:06.059
 the church.

00:27:06.420 --> 00:27:07.220
 The claim

00:27:07.220 --> 00:27:07.779
 is always

00:27:07.779 --> 00:27:08.279
 that the

00:27:08.279 --> 00:27:08.700
 church

00:27:08.700 --> 00:27:09.359
 made the

00:27:09.359 --> 00:27:09.680
 Bible,

00:27:11.299 --> 00:27:11.799
 selected

00:27:11.799 --> 00:27:12.180
 what it

00:27:12.180 --> 00:27:12.600
 did and

00:27:12.600 --> 00:27:12.840
 didn't

00:27:12.840 --> 00:27:13.240
 want to

00:27:13.240 --> 00:27:13.400
 be

00:27:13.400 --> 00:27:13.820
 contained

00:27:13.820 --> 00:27:14.100
 within

00:27:14.100 --> 00:27:14.440
 it,

00:27:15.320 --> 00:27:15.860
 but we

00:27:15.860 --> 00:27:16.240
 like to

00:27:16.240 --> 00:27:16.740
 rather think

00:27:16.740 --> 00:27:17.140
 in these

00:27:17.140 --> 00:27:17.539
 terms,

00:27:17.740 --> 00:27:18.120
 the church

00:27:18.120 --> 00:27:18.460
 did not

00:27:18.460 --> 00:27:18.799
 make the

00:27:18.799 --> 00:27:19.039
 Bible,

00:27:19.180 --> 00:27:19.860
 but rather

00:27:19.860 --> 00:27:21.320
 the Bible

00:27:21.320 --> 00:27:21.880
 made the

00:27:21.880 --> 00:27:22.320
 church.

00:27:23.759 --> 00:27:24.060
 And they

00:27:24.060 --> 00:27:24.600
 were merely

00:27:24.600 --> 00:27:26.200
 recognizing

00:27:26.200 --> 00:27:26.480
 that,

00:27:26.720 --> 00:27:27.440
 verifying

00:27:27.440 --> 00:27:28.340
 its use

00:27:28.340 --> 00:27:29.720
 and its

00:27:29.720 --> 00:27:30.259
 veracity.

00:27:32.420 --> 00:27:32.940
 Now,

00:27:32.980 --> 00:27:33.360
 to be added

00:27:33.360 --> 00:27:33.900
 to this,

00:27:34.539 --> 00:27:35.420
 in much

00:27:35.420 --> 00:27:36.120
 less measure,

00:27:37.560 --> 00:27:38.080
 it's worth

00:27:38.080 --> 00:27:38.519
 mentioning

00:27:38.519 --> 00:27:39.720
 our own

00:27:39.720 --> 00:27:40.440
 experience

00:27:40.440 --> 00:27:41.339
 with the

00:27:41.339 --> 00:27:41.700
 scriptures,

00:27:42.339 --> 00:27:42.759
 what John

00:27:42.759 --> 00:27:43.299
 Piper calls

00:27:43.299 --> 00:27:43.879
 a peculiar

00:27:43.879 --> 00:27:44.500
 glory.

00:27:45.819 --> 00:27:46.819
 The longer

00:27:46.819 --> 00:27:47.799
 I spend

00:27:47.799 --> 00:27:48.700
 studying the

00:27:48.700 --> 00:27:49.039
 Bible,

00:27:50.039 --> 00:27:52.039
 the more

00:27:52.039 --> 00:27:53.099
 flawlessly

00:27:53.099 --> 00:27:54.099
 I see it

00:27:54.099 --> 00:27:54.700
 fit together.

00:27:56.400 --> 00:27:57.039
 Even

00:27:57.039 --> 00:27:57.740
 pieces written

00:27:57.740 --> 00:27:58.500
 thousands

00:27:58.500 --> 00:27:59.619
 of years

00:27:59.619 --> 00:28:00.799
 apart,

00:28:01.180 --> 00:28:01.859
 the more

00:28:01.859 --> 00:28:02.660
 it feels

00:28:02.660 --> 00:28:03.099
 like the

00:28:03.099 --> 00:28:03.660
 work of

00:28:03.660 --> 00:28:03.940
 God.

00:28:03.940 --> 00:28:04.580
 how

00:28:04.580 --> 00:28:05.140
 would

00:28:05.140 --> 00:28:05.360
 such

00:28:05.360 --> 00:28:05.640
 a

00:28:05.640 --> 00:28:06.640
 magnificent

00:28:06.640 --> 00:28:07.380
 work

00:28:07.380 --> 00:28:07.680
 come

00:28:07.680 --> 00:28:08.100
 together

00:28:08.100 --> 00:28:08.420
 in

00:28:08.420 --> 00:28:08.660
 this

00:28:08.660 --> 00:28:08.980
 way,

00:28:09.080 --> 00:28:09.259
 written

00:28:09.259 --> 00:28:09.840
 by so

00:28:09.840 --> 00:28:10.200
 many

00:28:10.200 --> 00:28:10.559
 people

00:28:10.559 --> 00:28:10.960
 across

00:28:10.960 --> 00:28:11.360
 so

00:28:11.360 --> 00:28:11.779
 much

00:28:11.779 --> 00:28:12.160
 time,

00:28:12.220 --> 00:28:12.400
 if it

00:28:12.400 --> 00:28:12.500
 were

00:28:12.500 --> 00:28:13.000
 not

00:28:13.000 --> 00:28:13.820
 inspired

00:28:13.820 --> 00:28:14.840
 by

00:28:14.840 --> 00:28:15.240
 God.

00:28:15.880 --> 00:28:16.400
 The

00:28:16.400 --> 00:28:16.660
 more

00:28:16.660 --> 00:28:16.840
 I

00:28:16.840 --> 00:28:17.240
 study it,

00:28:17.259 --> 00:28:17.500
 the more

00:28:17.500 --> 00:28:18.340
 astounded

00:28:18.340 --> 00:28:18.900
 I am

00:28:18.900 --> 00:28:19.840
 by its

00:28:19.840 --> 00:28:21.580
 interconnectedness

00:28:21.580 --> 00:28:22.420
 and all

00:28:22.420 --> 00:28:22.900
 of its

00:28:22.900 --> 00:28:24.100
 beauty.

00:28:25.920 --> 00:28:26.900
 I know

00:28:26.900 --> 00:28:27.440
 that's not

00:28:27.440 --> 00:28:27.920
 something you

00:28:27.920 --> 00:28:28.279
 can break

00:28:28.279 --> 00:28:28.680
 your life

00:28:28.680 --> 00:28:28.900
 on,

00:28:29.160 --> 00:28:29.720
 me saying

00:28:29.720 --> 00:28:30.600
 it feels

00:28:30.600 --> 00:28:31.200
 like God's

00:28:31.200 --> 00:28:31.500
 word.

00:28:32.259 --> 00:28:32.480
 You

00:28:32.480 --> 00:28:32.799
 shouldn't

00:28:32.799 --> 00:28:33.139
 bank your

00:28:33.139 --> 00:28:33.759
 life on

00:28:33.759 --> 00:28:34.059
 that.

00:28:35.339 --> 00:28:35.700
 But for

00:28:35.700 --> 00:28:35.879
 me,

00:28:35.940 --> 00:28:36.299
 in addition

00:28:36.299 --> 00:28:36.659
 to more

00:28:36.659 --> 00:28:37.159
 objective

00:28:37.159 --> 00:28:37.599
 arguments,

00:28:37.720 --> 00:28:38.019
 I have

00:28:38.019 --> 00:28:38.419
 to say

00:28:38.419 --> 00:28:39.059
 it feels

00:28:39.059 --> 00:28:39.639
 like what

00:28:39.639 --> 00:28:40.259
 it claims

00:28:40.259 --> 00:28:41.639
 to be.

00:28:42.500 --> 00:28:42.980
 God

00:28:42.980 --> 00:28:43.879
 illuminates

00:28:43.879 --> 00:28:44.480
 the text

00:28:44.480 --> 00:28:45.180
 to me.

00:28:45.879 --> 00:28:46.619
 He makes

00:28:46.619 --> 00:28:47.019
 it come

00:28:47.019 --> 00:28:48.000
 alive as

00:28:48.000 --> 00:28:48.339
 I pick

00:28:48.339 --> 00:28:48.720
 it up

00:28:48.720 --> 00:28:49.839
 and read

00:28:49.839 --> 00:28:50.139
 it.

00:28:51.220 --> 00:28:51.759
 Paul wrote

00:28:51.759 --> 00:28:52.259
 in 1 Corinthians

00:28:52.259 --> 00:28:52.899
 chapter 2

00:28:52.899 --> 00:28:54.019
 verse 14,

00:28:54.819 --> 00:28:55.299
 the natural

00:28:55.299 --> 00:28:56.440
 person does

00:28:56.440 --> 00:28:57.059
 not accept

00:28:57.059 --> 00:28:57.579
 the things

00:28:57.579 --> 00:28:57.940
 of the

00:28:57.940 --> 00:28:58.339
 Spirit of

00:28:58.339 --> 00:28:58.559
 God,

00:28:58.619 --> 00:28:58.799
 for they

00:28:58.799 --> 00:28:59.339
 are folly

00:28:59.339 --> 00:28:59.740
 to him,

00:29:00.240 --> 00:29:00.579
 and he's

00:29:00.579 --> 00:29:01.059
 not able

00:29:01.059 --> 00:29:01.579
 to understand

00:29:01.579 --> 00:29:02.099
 them because

00:29:02.099 --> 00:29:02.619
 they are

00:29:02.619 --> 00:29:03.279
 spiritually

00:29:03.279 --> 00:29:04.979
 discerned.

00:29:05.459 --> 00:29:05.779
 So those

00:29:05.779 --> 00:29:06.079
 of us who

00:29:06.079 --> 00:29:06.339
 have the

00:29:06.339 --> 00:29:06.659
 Spirit of

00:29:06.659 --> 00:29:06.979
 God,

00:29:07.879 --> 00:29:08.179
 and I

00:29:08.179 --> 00:29:08.439
 know this

00:29:08.439 --> 00:29:08.559
 is a

00:29:08.559 --> 00:29:08.759
 difficult

00:29:08.759 --> 00:29:09.159
 claim to

00:29:09.159 --> 00:29:09.439
 make to

00:29:09.439 --> 00:29:09.739
 someone who's

00:29:09.739 --> 00:29:10.039
 not a

00:29:10.039 --> 00:29:10.399
 follower of

00:29:10.399 --> 00:29:10.739
 Christ,

00:29:11.859 --> 00:29:12.079
 we have

00:29:12.079 --> 00:29:12.359
 the Spirit

00:29:12.359 --> 00:29:12.699
 of God,

00:29:12.759 --> 00:29:12.879
 and the

00:29:12.879 --> 00:29:13.099
 Spirit of

00:29:13.099 --> 00:29:13.519
 God leads

00:29:13.519 --> 00:29:13.759
 us to

00:29:13.759 --> 00:29:14.199
 the truth,

00:29:14.299 --> 00:29:14.659
 and where

00:29:14.659 --> 00:29:14.919
 do we

00:29:14.919 --> 00:29:15.279
 find the

00:29:15.279 --> 00:29:15.599
 truth?

00:29:16.519 --> 00:29:16.879
 God's

00:29:16.879 --> 00:29:17.599
 inspired

00:29:17.599 --> 00:29:19.019
 word.

00:29:19.979 --> 00:29:20.319
 So what

00:29:20.319 --> 00:29:20.639
 we do is

00:29:20.639 --> 00:29:21.079
 we put the

00:29:21.079 --> 00:29:21.439
 truth in

00:29:21.439 --> 00:29:21.779
 front of

00:29:21.779 --> 00:29:22.159
 people as

00:29:22.159 --> 00:29:22.599
 often as

00:29:22.599 --> 00:29:23.179
 we can,

00:29:23.399 --> 00:29:24.579
 that the

00:29:24.579 --> 00:29:25.079
 Spirit might

00:29:25.079 --> 00:29:26.000
 awaken them

00:29:26.000 --> 00:29:26.779
 to the

00:29:26.779 --> 00:29:28.199
 truth of

00:29:28.199 --> 00:29:28.699
 the gospel.

00:29:29.699 --> 00:29:31.239
 So we

00:29:31.239 --> 00:29:31.739
 contend that

00:29:31.740 --> 00:29:32.359
 the Bible is

00:29:32.359 --> 00:29:32.859
 God's

00:29:32.859 --> 00:29:34.579
 inspired word

00:29:34.579 --> 00:29:36.319
 to mankind.

00:29:37.319 --> 00:29:37.960
 If then

00:29:37.960 --> 00:29:39.480
 the Bible is

00:29:39.480 --> 00:29:40.140
 God's inspired

00:29:40.140 --> 00:29:40.779
 word, then it

00:29:40.779 --> 00:29:42.559
 follows that it

00:29:42.559 --> 00:29:43.620
 is also his

00:29:43.620 --> 00:29:45.579
 inerrant word,

00:29:46.579 --> 00:29:47.319
 spelled properly

00:29:47.319 --> 00:29:48.980
 I-N-E-R-R-A-N-T.

00:29:50.579 --> 00:29:51.039
 Inerrant.

00:29:52.180 --> 00:29:53.240
 Just to prove I

00:29:53.240 --> 00:29:53.620
 wouldn't get out

00:29:53.620 --> 00:29:53.900
 in a Bible

00:29:53.900 --> 00:29:54.400
 bee on that

00:29:54.400 --> 00:29:54.599
 one.

00:29:54.599 --> 00:29:56.919
 The Bible is

00:29:56.919 --> 00:29:57.839
 God's inerrant

00:29:57.839 --> 00:29:58.539
 word to

00:29:58.539 --> 00:29:58.980
 mankind.

00:30:00.119 --> 00:30:00.819
 To say that

00:30:00.819 --> 00:30:01.299
 the Bible is

00:30:01.299 --> 00:30:01.819
 inerrant is

00:30:01.819 --> 00:30:02.359
 to say that

00:30:02.359 --> 00:30:03.639
 the Bible in

00:30:03.639 --> 00:30:04.259
 the original

00:30:04.259 --> 00:30:05.839
 manuscripts does

00:30:05.839 --> 00:30:06.519
 not contain

00:30:06.519 --> 00:30:07.519
 any error.

00:30:08.319 --> 00:30:09.000
 Because the

00:30:09.000 --> 00:30:09.740
 Bible is God's

00:30:09.740 --> 00:30:10.679
 inspired word,

00:30:10.759 --> 00:30:11.439
 then it cannot

00:30:11.439 --> 00:30:12.819
 contain error.

00:30:13.500 --> 00:30:14.179
 If we are

00:30:14.179 --> 00:30:15.139
 not able to

00:30:15.139 --> 00:30:16.159
 reconcile something

00:30:16.159 --> 00:30:16.899
 that seems to

00:30:16.899 --> 00:30:17.659
 be an error in

00:30:17.659 --> 00:30:18.099
 the Bible,

00:30:18.539 --> 00:30:19.219
 it must be

00:30:19.219 --> 00:30:19.919
 assumed that

00:30:19.919 --> 00:30:20.139
 there is

00:30:20.139 --> 00:30:20.779
 something wrong

00:30:20.779 --> 00:30:21.659
 with us,

00:30:22.279 --> 00:30:23.079
 not that there

00:30:23.079 --> 00:30:23.379
 is something

00:30:23.380 --> 00:30:24.840
 wrong with

00:30:24.840 --> 00:30:25.260
 the Bible.

00:30:26.400 --> 00:30:27.360
 Numbers 23,

00:30:27.940 --> 00:30:28.880
 verse 19,

00:30:29.940 --> 00:30:30.280
 says,

00:30:30.380 --> 00:30:31.060
 God is not

00:30:31.060 --> 00:30:32.700
 man that

00:30:32.700 --> 00:30:33.040
 he should

00:30:33.040 --> 00:30:33.380
 lie,

00:30:33.440 --> 00:30:33.900
 or a son

00:30:33.900 --> 00:30:34.600
 of man that

00:30:34.600 --> 00:30:35.440
 he should

00:30:35.440 --> 00:30:36.620
 change his

00:30:36.620 --> 00:30:37.280
 mind.

00:30:38.000 --> 00:30:38.440
 Has he

00:30:38.440 --> 00:30:38.840
 said,

00:30:39.380 --> 00:30:39.780
 and will

00:30:39.780 --> 00:30:40.200
 he not

00:30:40.200 --> 00:30:40.700
 do it?

00:30:40.900 --> 00:30:41.300
 Or has

00:30:41.300 --> 00:30:41.900
 he spoken,

00:30:42.080 --> 00:30:42.360
 and will

00:30:42.360 --> 00:30:43.060
 he not

00:30:43.060 --> 00:30:44.800
 fulfill it?

00:30:45.300 --> 00:30:46.380
 God can

00:30:46.380 --> 00:30:47.800
 not lie.

00:30:47.900 --> 00:30:48.140
 He would

00:30:48.140 --> 00:30:48.500
 not be

00:30:48.500 --> 00:30:49.460
 God if

00:30:49.460 --> 00:30:49.880
 he could.

00:30:49.980 --> 00:30:50.640
 He is

00:30:50.640 --> 00:30:51.780
 truth.

00:30:52.260 --> 00:30:52.520
 Therefore,

00:30:52.660 --> 00:30:53.260
 anything written

00:30:53.259 --> 00:30:53.799
 by him

00:30:53.799 --> 00:30:54.779
 must be

00:30:54.779 --> 00:30:56.619
 true.

00:30:57.519 --> 00:30:57.839
 So the

00:30:57.839 --> 00:30:59.200
 Bible can

00:30:59.200 --> 00:30:59.759
 be trusted,

00:30:59.940 --> 00:31:00.319
 and it

00:31:00.319 --> 00:31:01.319
 should be

00:31:01.319 --> 00:31:02.220
 trusted,

00:31:02.579 --> 00:31:03.279
 even when

00:31:03.279 --> 00:31:03.879
 it's difficult

00:31:03.879 --> 00:31:04.900
 to understand.

00:31:05.259 --> 00:31:05.640
 We put

00:31:05.640 --> 00:31:05.960
 ourselves

00:31:05.960 --> 00:31:06.740
 under it

00:31:06.740 --> 00:31:08.240
 and say,

00:31:08.460 --> 00:31:09.660
 I'm not

00:31:09.660 --> 00:31:10.000
 the most

00:31:10.000 --> 00:31:10.680
 brilliant person

00:31:10.680 --> 00:31:10.940
 to have

00:31:10.940 --> 00:31:11.539
 ever lived.

00:31:12.279 --> 00:31:12.700
 I hope you

00:31:12.700 --> 00:31:13.079
 know that

00:31:13.079 --> 00:31:13.619
 of yourself.

00:31:13.819 --> 00:31:14.180
 Many of us

00:31:14.180 --> 00:31:14.700
 act like we

00:31:14.700 --> 00:31:15.299
 don't.

00:31:16.640 --> 00:31:17.160
 But even

00:31:17.160 --> 00:31:17.420
 the most

00:31:17.420 --> 00:31:18.019
 brilliant person

00:31:18.019 --> 00:31:18.259
 to have

00:31:18.259 --> 00:31:18.839
 ever lived

00:31:18.839 --> 00:31:19.400
 is not

00:31:19.400 --> 00:31:20.140
 God.

00:31:20.140 --> 00:31:20.180
 God.

00:31:21.000 --> 00:31:21.580
 So we

00:31:21.580 --> 00:31:22.000
 do the

00:31:22.000 --> 00:31:22.540
 labor of

00:31:22.540 --> 00:31:23.080
 getting in

00:31:23.080 --> 00:31:23.420
 there and

00:31:23.420 --> 00:31:23.759
 trying to

00:31:23.759 --> 00:31:24.380
 work this

00:31:24.380 --> 00:31:25.920
 thing out.

00:31:26.340 --> 00:31:27.100
 Understand it

00:31:27.100 --> 00:31:27.700
 as we

00:31:27.700 --> 00:31:29.259
 should.

00:31:30.540 --> 00:31:31.200
 So the

00:31:31.200 --> 00:31:31.540
 Bible is

00:31:31.540 --> 00:31:31.980
 inspired,

00:31:32.080 --> 00:31:32.300
 and because

00:31:32.300 --> 00:31:32.720
 it's inspired,

00:31:32.820 --> 00:31:33.000
 it's an

00:31:33.000 --> 00:31:33.120
 error.

00:31:33.200 --> 00:31:33.340
 And it

00:31:33.340 --> 00:31:34.380
 also means

00:31:34.380 --> 00:31:34.880
 that the

00:31:34.880 --> 00:31:35.280
 Bible is

00:31:35.280 --> 00:31:36.120
 authoritative.

00:31:36.240 --> 00:31:36.560
 The Bible

00:31:36.560 --> 00:31:37.120
 is God's

00:31:37.120 --> 00:31:38.100
 authoritative

00:31:38.100 --> 00:31:39.720
 word to

00:31:39.720 --> 00:31:40.020
 mankind.

00:31:41.080 --> 00:31:41.480
 When we

00:31:41.480 --> 00:31:41.840
 speak of the

00:31:41.840 --> 00:31:42.080
 Bible's

00:31:42.080 --> 00:31:42.500
 authority,

00:31:42.620 --> 00:31:42.840
 we are

00:31:42.840 --> 00:31:44.000
 saying that

00:31:44.000 --> 00:31:44.759
 the words

00:31:44.759 --> 00:31:45.000
 of the

00:31:45.000 --> 00:31:45.279
 Bible

00:31:45.279 --> 00:31:46.539
 carry God's

00:31:46.539 --> 00:31:47.259
 authority

00:31:47.259 --> 00:31:47.920
 since he

00:31:47.920 --> 00:31:48.579
 is their

00:31:48.579 --> 00:31:49.240
 author.

00:31:49.859 --> 00:31:50.379
 That makes

00:31:50.379 --> 00:31:50.680
 sense,

00:31:50.759 --> 00:31:51.160
 doesn't it?

00:31:51.279 --> 00:31:52.059
 God wrote

00:31:52.059 --> 00:31:52.400
 the book,

00:31:52.559 --> 00:31:52.879
 therefore,

00:31:53.000 --> 00:31:53.140
 it's

00:31:53.140 --> 00:31:54.000
 authoritative.

00:31:54.339 --> 00:31:54.900
 It carries

00:31:54.900 --> 00:31:55.839
 his weight

00:31:55.839 --> 00:31:56.619
 behind it.

00:31:57.480 --> 00:31:57.859
 So then,

00:31:57.980 --> 00:32:00.160
 to disbelieve

00:32:00.160 --> 00:32:01.059
 or disobey

00:32:01.059 --> 00:32:01.599
 the Bible

00:32:01.599 --> 00:32:02.579
 is to

00:32:02.579 --> 00:32:03.539
 disbelieve

00:32:03.539 --> 00:32:04.740
 or disobey

00:32:04.740 --> 00:32:05.619
 God

00:32:05.619 --> 00:32:06.180
 himself.

00:32:07.839 --> 00:32:08.759
 2 Thessalonians

00:32:08.759 --> 00:32:09.319
 3,

00:32:09.640 --> 00:32:11.119
 13-15.

00:32:12.759 --> 00:32:13.240
 Paul writes,

00:32:13.319 --> 00:32:13.839
 As for you

00:32:13.839 --> 00:32:14.160
 brothers,

00:32:14.160 --> 00:32:14.620
 do not

00:32:14.620 --> 00:32:15.200
 grow weary

00:32:15.200 --> 00:32:15.700
 in doing

00:32:15.700 --> 00:32:16.040
 good.

00:32:16.580 --> 00:32:17.000
 If anyone

00:32:17.000 --> 00:32:17.440
 does not

00:32:17.440 --> 00:32:17.860
 obey what

00:32:17.860 --> 00:32:18.220
 we say

00:32:18.220 --> 00:32:18.500
 in this

00:32:18.500 --> 00:32:18.740
 letter,

00:32:18.860 --> 00:32:19.340
 take note

00:32:19.340 --> 00:32:19.600
 of that

00:32:19.600 --> 00:32:20.040
 person and

00:32:20.040 --> 00:32:20.600
 have nothing

00:32:20.600 --> 00:32:21.019
 to do

00:32:21.019 --> 00:32:21.400
 with him

00:32:21.400 --> 00:32:22.180
 that he

00:32:22.180 --> 00:32:22.519
 may be

00:32:22.519 --> 00:32:22.980
 ashamed.

00:32:23.540 --> 00:32:23.900
 Do not

00:32:23.900 --> 00:32:24.340
 regard him

00:32:24.340 --> 00:32:24.600
 as an

00:32:24.600 --> 00:32:24.820
 enemy,

00:32:25.320 --> 00:32:25.980
 but warn

00:32:25.980 --> 00:32:27.519
 him as

00:32:27.519 --> 00:32:27.940
 a brother.

00:32:28.820 --> 00:32:29.480
 We ought

00:32:29.480 --> 00:32:30.180
 to tremble

00:32:30.180 --> 00:32:30.560
 when we

00:32:30.560 --> 00:32:31.040
 open up

00:32:31.040 --> 00:32:32.600
 this text.

00:32:33.220 --> 00:32:33.519
 When the

00:32:33.519 --> 00:32:34.320
 holy writ

00:32:34.320 --> 00:32:34.900
 comes out

00:32:34.900 --> 00:32:35.360
 before us

00:32:35.360 --> 00:32:35.620
 because it

00:32:35.620 --> 00:32:36.200
 is God

00:32:36.200 --> 00:32:36.840
 himself

00:32:36.840 --> 00:32:37.720
 speaking

00:32:37.720 --> 00:32:39.080
 to us,

00:32:39.460 --> 00:32:39.900
 directing

00:32:39.900 --> 00:32:40.680
 our lives

00:32:40.680 --> 00:32:41.400
 for our

00:32:41.400 --> 00:32:42.820
 good and

00:32:42.820 --> 00:32:43.180
 for his

00:32:43.180 --> 00:32:43.560
 glory.

00:32:44.160 --> 00:32:44.820
 We ought

00:32:44.820 --> 00:32:45.519
 to endeavor

00:32:45.519 --> 00:32:46.200
 to obey

00:32:46.200 --> 00:32:46.660
 it in

00:32:46.660 --> 00:32:48.100
 every way,

00:32:48.320 --> 00:32:49.120
 every jot

00:32:49.120 --> 00:32:49.880
 and tittle.

00:32:50.259 --> 00:32:50.660
 It ought

00:32:50.660 --> 00:32:51.019
 to bring

00:32:51.019 --> 00:32:51.620
 us great

00:32:51.620 --> 00:32:52.540
 pleasure to

00:32:52.540 --> 00:32:53.580
 do such

00:32:53.580 --> 00:32:54.080
 a work.

00:32:55.000 --> 00:32:55.240
 God's

00:32:55.240 --> 00:32:55.820
 word is

00:32:55.820 --> 00:32:56.380
 inerrant,

00:32:56.700 --> 00:32:57.100
 excuse me,

00:32:57.160 --> 00:32:57.460
 it is

00:32:57.460 --> 00:32:59.140
 inspired,

00:32:59.360 --> 00:32:59.700
 therefore it is

00:32:59.700 --> 00:33:00.060
 inerrant,

00:33:00.460 --> 00:33:01.320
 and it is

00:33:01.320 --> 00:33:03.019
 authoritative.

00:33:04.340 --> 00:33:04.880
 Fourth,

00:33:04.880 --> 00:33:06.300
 the Bible

00:33:06.300 --> 00:33:06.800
 is God's

00:33:06.800 --> 00:33:07.760
 clear word

00:33:07.760 --> 00:33:08.580
 to mankind.

00:33:09.380 --> 00:33:09.520
 The

00:33:09.520 --> 00:33:10.160
 clarity

00:33:10.160 --> 00:33:12.160
 of the

00:33:12.160 --> 00:33:12.500
 scripture

00:33:12.500 --> 00:33:14.220
 is a

00:33:14.220 --> 00:33:14.540
 doctrine

00:33:14.540 --> 00:33:15.100
 that I

00:33:15.100 --> 00:33:15.640
 run to

00:33:15.640 --> 00:33:16.360
 often as

00:33:16.360 --> 00:33:16.760
 I am

00:33:16.760 --> 00:33:17.400
 confused,

00:33:17.680 --> 00:33:18.120
 as I am

00:33:18.120 --> 00:33:18.800
 perplexed

00:33:18.800 --> 00:33:19.160
 by a

00:33:19.160 --> 00:33:19.440
 text.

00:33:19.600 --> 00:33:19.740
 I go,

00:33:19.820 --> 00:33:20.000
 oh,

00:33:20.400 --> 00:33:20.740
 but we

00:33:20.740 --> 00:33:21.120
 believe that

00:33:21.120 --> 00:33:21.420
 the Bible

00:33:21.420 --> 00:33:21.960
 is clear,

00:33:22.180 --> 00:33:22.380
 right?

00:33:22.720 --> 00:33:23.060
 That it

00:33:23.060 --> 00:33:23.920
 can instruct

00:33:23.920 --> 00:33:24.980
 simple

00:33:24.980 --> 00:33:25.740
 people.

00:33:26.900 --> 00:33:27.360
 The Bible's

00:33:27.360 --> 00:33:28.020
 clarity means

00:33:28.020 --> 00:33:28.460
 that those

00:33:28.460 --> 00:33:29.040
 who seek

00:33:29.040 --> 00:33:29.480
 to know

00:33:29.480 --> 00:33:30.100
 the truth

00:33:30.100 --> 00:33:30.800
 can know

00:33:30.800 --> 00:33:31.160
 it

00:33:31.160 --> 00:33:32.180
 by the

00:33:32.180 --> 00:33:32.540
 help of

00:33:32.540 --> 00:33:32.779
 the Holy

00:33:32.779 --> 00:33:33.160
 Spirit.

00:33:33.900 --> 00:33:34.220
 Those who

00:33:34.220 --> 00:33:34.800
 seek to

00:33:34.800 --> 00:33:35.200
 know it

00:33:35.200 --> 00:33:35.740
 can

00:33:35.740 --> 00:33:36.920
 by the

00:33:36.920 --> 00:33:37.240
 help

00:33:37.240 --> 00:33:38.040
 of the

00:33:38.040 --> 00:33:38.200
 Holy

00:33:38.200 --> 00:33:38.540
 Spirit.

00:33:39.380 --> 00:33:39.720
 A couple

00:33:39.720 --> 00:33:40.019
 of Old

00:33:40.019 --> 00:33:40.300
 Testament

00:33:40.300 --> 00:33:40.700
 texts

00:33:40.700 --> 00:33:41.200
 speak to

00:33:41.200 --> 00:33:41.420
 that.

00:33:41.540 --> 00:33:41.759
 Psalm

00:33:41.759 --> 00:33:42.380
 19,

00:33:42.680 --> 00:33:43.480
 verse 7,

00:33:44.680 --> 00:33:45.100
 the law

00:33:45.100 --> 00:33:45.380
 of the

00:33:45.380 --> 00:33:45.759
 Lord is

00:33:45.759 --> 00:33:46.380
 perfect,

00:33:46.860 --> 00:33:47.480
 reviving

00:33:47.480 --> 00:33:48.620
 the soul.

00:33:49.240 --> 00:33:49.460
 The

00:33:49.460 --> 00:33:49.980
 testimony

00:33:49.980 --> 00:33:50.340
 of the

00:33:50.340 --> 00:33:50.700
 Lord is

00:33:50.700 --> 00:33:51.200
 sure,

00:33:51.900 --> 00:33:52.160
 making

00:33:52.160 --> 00:33:53.000
 wise

00:33:53.000 --> 00:33:53.940
 the

00:33:53.940 --> 00:33:54.340
 simple.

00:33:54.759 --> 00:33:55.019
 Isn't

00:33:55.019 --> 00:33:55.480
 that good?

00:33:56.480 --> 00:33:56.740
 Isn't

00:33:56.740 --> 00:33:57.140
 that good?

00:33:57.300 --> 00:33:57.420
 And

00:33:57.420 --> 00:33:57.600
 throughout

00:33:57.600 --> 00:33:58.040
 the history

00:33:58.040 --> 00:33:58.300
 of the

00:33:58.300 --> 00:33:58.700
 church,

00:33:59.460 --> 00:33:59.820
 people who

00:33:59.820 --> 00:34:00.720
 most often

00:34:00.720 --> 00:34:02.339
 most readily

00:34:02.339 --> 00:34:03.000
 turn to

00:34:03.000 --> 00:34:03.900
 faith in

00:34:03.900 --> 00:34:04.240
 the gospel

00:34:04.240 --> 00:34:04.559
 of Jesus

00:34:04.559 --> 00:34:05.120
 Christ are

00:34:05.120 --> 00:34:05.700
 the simplest

00:34:05.700 --> 00:34:06.220
 of people,

00:34:06.319 --> 00:34:06.720
 not the

00:34:06.720 --> 00:34:07.299
 most brilliant

00:34:07.299 --> 00:34:08.280
 of people.

00:34:08.800 --> 00:34:09.159
 The most

00:34:09.159 --> 00:34:09.539
 brilliant of

00:34:09.539 --> 00:34:09.900
 people seem

00:34:09.900 --> 00:34:10.199
 to be their

00:34:10.199 --> 00:34:10.679
 own worst

00:34:10.679 --> 00:34:11.079
 enemies,

00:34:11.720 --> 00:34:12.019
 but people

00:34:12.019 --> 00:34:12.380
 who come

00:34:12.380 --> 00:34:12.920
 humbly

00:34:12.920 --> 00:34:14.400
 to the

00:34:14.400 --> 00:34:14.780
 text.

00:34:15.199 --> 00:34:15.460
 Lord,

00:34:15.619 --> 00:34:16.099
 make me

00:34:16.099 --> 00:34:16.559
 wise.

00:34:16.720 --> 00:34:17.480
 I am

00:34:17.480 --> 00:34:17.980
 but

00:34:17.980 --> 00:34:19.220
 simple.

00:34:20.360 --> 00:34:20.760
 Psalm

00:34:20.760 --> 00:34:21.960
 119,

00:34:22.119 --> 00:34:22.880
 verse

00:34:22.880 --> 00:34:23.559
 130.

00:34:25.199 --> 00:34:25.320
 The

00:34:25.320 --> 00:34:26.500
 unfolding of

00:34:26.500 --> 00:34:27.179
 your words

00:34:27.179 --> 00:34:28.079
 gives light.

00:34:28.340 --> 00:34:29.039
 It imparts

00:34:29.039 --> 00:34:30.539
 understanding

00:34:30.539 --> 00:34:32.320
 to the

00:34:32.320 --> 00:34:32.639
 simple.

00:34:33.820 --> 00:34:34.300
 Blessed

00:34:34.300 --> 00:34:34.860
 promises

00:34:34.860 --> 00:34:35.639
 found

00:34:35.639 --> 00:34:36.779
 in the

00:34:36.779 --> 00:34:37.039
 scripture.

00:34:38.079 --> 00:34:38.599
 That is

00:34:38.599 --> 00:34:38.920
 not to

00:34:38.920 --> 00:34:39.300
 say that

00:34:39.300 --> 00:34:39.519
 it is

00:34:39.519 --> 00:34:39.779
 always

00:34:39.779 --> 00:34:40.099
 easy.

00:34:40.380 --> 00:34:40.739
 It is

00:34:40.739 --> 00:34:41.400
 certainly

00:34:41.400 --> 00:34:42.079
 not.

00:34:42.320 --> 00:34:42.579
 As I

00:34:42.579 --> 00:34:42.980
 said before,

00:34:43.059 --> 00:34:43.360
 the Bible

00:34:43.360 --> 00:34:43.739
 is an

00:34:43.739 --> 00:34:43.980
 ancient

00:34:43.980 --> 00:34:44.300
 book.

00:34:44.920 --> 00:34:45.179
 It was

00:34:45.179 --> 00:34:45.320
 written

00:34:45.320 --> 00:34:45.659
 across

00:34:45.659 --> 00:34:46.139
 centuries.

00:34:46.599 --> 00:34:46.779
 It was

00:34:46.779 --> 00:34:47.219
 written in

00:34:47.219 --> 00:34:47.659
 languages

00:34:47.659 --> 00:34:48.400
 and cultures

00:34:48.400 --> 00:34:48.759
 that we

00:34:48.759 --> 00:34:49.259
 are not

00:34:49.259 --> 00:34:49.840
 first-hand

00:34:49.840 --> 00:34:50.279
 familiar

00:34:50.279 --> 00:34:50.619
 with.

00:34:51.039 --> 00:34:51.239
 Some

00:34:51.239 --> 00:34:51.500
 of our

00:34:51.500 --> 00:34:51.880
 great

00:34:51.880 --> 00:34:52.420
 difficulty

00:34:52.420 --> 00:34:53.000
 is trying

00:34:53.000 --> 00:34:53.199
 to

00:34:53.199 --> 00:34:53.659
 understand

00:34:53.659 --> 00:34:53.860
 the

00:34:53.860 --> 00:34:54.360
 context

00:34:54.360 --> 00:34:54.779
 into

00:34:54.779 --> 00:34:55.179
 which

00:34:55.179 --> 00:34:55.779
 the

00:34:55.779 --> 00:34:56.039
 text

00:34:56.039 --> 00:34:56.300
 was

00:34:56.300 --> 00:34:57.039
 written.

00:34:57.039 --> 00:34:58.519
 picking

00:34:58.519 --> 00:34:59.039
 up

00:34:59.039 --> 00:35:00.460
 translative

00:35:00.460 --> 00:35:01.159
 challenges

00:35:01.159 --> 00:35:01.719
 in the

00:35:01.719 --> 00:35:02.019
 text.

00:35:02.139 --> 00:35:02.400
 Although I

00:35:02.400 --> 00:35:03.059
 will tell

00:35:03.059 --> 00:35:03.920
 you that

00:35:03.920 --> 00:35:04.360
 more often

00:35:04.360 --> 00:35:04.759
 than not

00:35:04.759 --> 00:35:05.019
 when you

00:35:05.019 --> 00:35:05.279
 try to

00:35:05.279 --> 00:35:05.800
 deep dive

00:35:05.800 --> 00:35:06.000
 the

00:35:06.000 --> 00:35:06.320
 Greek,

00:35:06.679 --> 00:35:06.920
 the

00:35:06.920 --> 00:35:07.219
 English

00:35:07.219 --> 00:35:07.500
 words

00:35:07.500 --> 00:35:07.599
 are

00:35:07.599 --> 00:35:07.840
 really

00:35:07.840 --> 00:35:08.159
 great.

00:35:08.320 --> 00:35:08.440
 They

00:35:08.440 --> 00:35:08.659
 did a

00:35:08.659 --> 00:35:08.779
 good

00:35:08.779 --> 00:35:09.079
 job.

00:35:09.820 --> 00:35:10.259
 You

00:35:10.259 --> 00:35:10.960
 think,

00:35:11.059 --> 00:35:11.179
 I'm

00:35:11.179 --> 00:35:11.300
 going to

00:35:11.300 --> 00:35:11.719
 unlock

00:35:11.719 --> 00:35:11.940
 some

00:35:11.940 --> 00:35:12.400
 magic

00:35:12.400 --> 00:35:12.779
 in this

00:35:12.779 --> 00:35:13.139
 verse.

00:35:13.639 --> 00:35:13.800
 And you

00:35:13.800 --> 00:35:13.920
 go,

00:35:14.039 --> 00:35:14.219
 no,

00:35:14.380 --> 00:35:15.000
 that's

00:35:15.000 --> 00:35:15.639
 what the

00:35:15.639 --> 00:35:15.800
 Greek

00:35:15.800 --> 00:35:15.960
 word

00:35:15.960 --> 00:35:16.239
 means.

00:35:16.320 --> 00:35:16.420
 It's

00:35:16.420 --> 00:35:16.759
 what they

00:35:16.759 --> 00:35:17.159
 translated

00:35:17.159 --> 00:35:17.380
 it

00:35:17.380 --> 00:35:17.860
 in

00:35:17.860 --> 00:35:18.219
 English.

00:35:19.219 --> 00:35:19.840
 But there

00:35:19.840 --> 00:35:20.360
 is work

00:35:20.360 --> 00:35:20.639
 to be

00:35:20.639 --> 00:35:20.980
 done.

00:35:21.320 --> 00:35:21.679
 We have

00:35:21.679 --> 00:35:22.000
 to see

00:35:22.000 --> 00:35:22.480
 that the

00:35:22.480 --> 00:35:22.719
 Bible

00:35:22.719 --> 00:35:23.019
 wasn't

00:35:23.019 --> 00:35:23.500
 inspired

00:35:23.500 --> 00:35:23.739
 in

00:35:23.739 --> 00:35:24.179
 English.

00:35:24.179 --> 00:35:25.259
 no

00:35:25.259 --> 00:35:25.639
 version

00:35:25.639 --> 00:35:25.980
 of it

00:35:25.980 --> 00:35:26.099
 no

00:35:26.099 --> 00:35:26.239
 matter

00:35:26.239 --> 00:35:26.460
 what

00:35:26.460 --> 00:35:26.719
 somebody

00:35:26.719 --> 00:35:26.879
 will

00:35:26.879 --> 00:35:27.059
 tell

00:35:27.059 --> 00:35:27.279
 you.

00:35:28.980 --> 00:35:29.399
 This

00:35:29.399 --> 00:35:29.759
 is a

00:35:29.759 --> 00:35:30.500
 translation

00:35:30.500 --> 00:35:31.579
 of the

00:35:31.579 --> 00:35:32.059
 original

00:35:32.059 --> 00:35:32.819
 inspired

00:35:32.819 --> 00:35:33.319
 text.

00:35:33.480 --> 00:35:33.619
 And so

00:35:33.619 --> 00:35:33.919
 there is

00:35:33.919 --> 00:35:34.519
 work to

00:35:34.519 --> 00:35:34.940
 be done

00:35:34.940 --> 00:35:35.279
 in there.

00:35:35.379 --> 00:35:35.599
 And praise

00:35:35.599 --> 00:35:36.039
 God,

00:35:36.579 --> 00:35:36.679
 there's

00:35:36.679 --> 00:35:36.980
 great

00:35:36.980 --> 00:35:37.639
 kindness

00:35:37.639 --> 00:35:38.419
 toward us.

00:35:38.519 --> 00:35:38.799
 He gives

00:35:38.799 --> 00:35:39.219
 us people

00:35:39.219 --> 00:35:39.659
 who are

00:35:39.659 --> 00:35:40.139
 smarter

00:35:40.139 --> 00:35:40.719
 than us,

00:35:41.339 --> 00:35:41.759
 who do

00:35:41.759 --> 00:35:42.179
 this kind

00:35:42.179 --> 00:35:42.579
 of work

00:35:42.579 --> 00:35:42.899
 and put

00:35:42.899 --> 00:35:43.159
 it in

00:35:43.159 --> 00:35:43.440
 books

00:35:43.440 --> 00:35:43.739
 and let

00:35:43.739 --> 00:35:43.879
 us

00:35:43.879 --> 00:35:44.239
 reference

00:35:44.239 --> 00:35:44.500
 it

00:35:44.500 --> 00:35:44.719
 and

00:35:44.719 --> 00:35:45.419
 create

00:35:45.419 --> 00:35:45.839
 amazing

00:35:45.839 --> 00:35:46.219
 computer

00:35:46.219 --> 00:35:46.819
 programs

00:35:46.819 --> 00:35:47.179
 and

00:35:47.179 --> 00:35:47.919
 teach

00:35:47.919 --> 00:35:48.339
 and teach

00:35:48.339 --> 00:35:48.819
 and teach

00:35:48.819 --> 00:35:49.359
 and teach.

00:35:49.559 --> 00:35:50.079
 It's a

00:35:50.079 --> 00:35:50.539
 blessing

00:35:50.539 --> 00:35:51.299
 that we

00:35:51.299 --> 00:35:51.759
 get to

00:35:51.759 --> 00:35:52.619
 sit under

00:35:52.619 --> 00:35:53.000
 other

00:35:53.000 --> 00:35:53.419
 teaching.

00:35:53.579 --> 00:35:53.839
 I hope

00:35:53.840 --> 00:35:54.039
 it's a

00:35:54.039 --> 00:35:54.220
 blessing

00:35:54.220 --> 00:35:54.420
 to

00:35:54.420 --> 00:35:54.539
 you

00:35:54.539 --> 00:35:54.680
 that

00:35:54.680 --> 00:35:54.780
 you

00:35:54.780 --> 00:35:54.940
 sit

00:35:54.940 --> 00:35:55.120
 under

00:35:55.120 --> 00:35:55.660
 my

00:35:55.660 --> 00:35:56.019
 teaching

00:35:56.019 --> 00:35:56.260
 and I

00:35:56.260 --> 00:35:56.600
 labor

00:35:56.600 --> 00:35:57.260
 across

00:35:57.260 --> 00:35:58.039
 texts.

00:35:58.240 --> 00:35:58.760
 I joke,

00:35:58.840 --> 00:35:59.380
 although I probably

00:35:59.380 --> 00:36:01.519
 shouldn't because I should know Greek better than I do,

00:36:01.740 --> 00:36:04.120
 but that I learn Greek a week before you do.

00:36:05.160 --> 00:36:11.380
 I'm getting into it and working out meanings and trying to bring it to you in its greatest

00:36:11.380 --> 00:36:12.539
 accuracy.

00:36:12.780 --> 00:36:15.860
 So the clarity of Scripture doesn't mean that it's always an easy thing to do.

00:36:16.079 --> 00:36:21.240
 Christianity is itself an education as we try to pick up this book and know it and

00:36:21.239 --> 00:36:24.000
 understand it and understand it and understand it and understand it and that we might be obedient to our God.

00:36:25.619 --> 00:36:29.779
 This means that there are times that it will take a lot of work to sort out its meaning.

00:36:29.979 --> 00:36:37.939
 I'll give you the example of the issue of divorce and remarriage that we've been dealing with in the past months.

00:36:37.979 --> 00:36:44.399
 I won't say months, years, but I'm going to say months that I've been diligently working on it.

00:36:44.400 --> 00:36:48.139
 And we might, at the end of all of that, still not agree on exactly what the text

00:36:48.139 --> 00:36:49.720
 teaches.

00:36:49.880 --> 00:36:55.200
 But those things that are most important for life and godliness,

00:36:55.619 --> 00:36:56.680
 we can know

00:36:56.680 --> 00:36:58.559
 with great certainty.

00:36:59.360 --> 00:37:01.240
 What did Peter say in 2 Peter?

00:37:01.660 --> 00:37:06.400
 His divine power is granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness

00:37:06.920 --> 00:37:09.360
 through the knowledge of Him.

00:37:09.519 --> 00:37:12.380
 I'm back in 2 Peter chapter 1.

00:37:12.380 --> 00:37:16.880
 And then later he says, we have this more sure thing, this prophetic word,

00:37:17.420 --> 00:37:22.720
 which we will do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place.

00:37:23.519 --> 00:37:31.780
 It lights our way, illuminates our path to the day dawns and the morning star rises in our hearts.

00:37:32.300 --> 00:37:38.680
 So the scripture is clear and it can be understood with the help of the Holy Spirit.

00:37:38.679 --> 00:37:44.759
 Fifth, the Bible is God's necessary word to mankind.

00:37:46.359 --> 00:37:49.440
 God created mankind to be in a relationship with Him,

00:37:49.779 --> 00:37:53.659
 walking under His instruction.

00:37:54.359 --> 00:37:59.199
 After the record of God creating man and woman in Genesis chapter 1,

00:37:59.199 --> 00:38:02.000
 we read in verses 28 through 30,

00:38:02.000 --> 00:38:03.939
 God blessed them and God said to them,

00:38:04.099 --> 00:38:09.000
 Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it and have dominion over the fish of the sea

00:38:09.000 --> 00:38:11.799
 and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.

00:38:12.679 --> 00:38:13.159
 And God said,

00:38:13.299 --> 00:38:16.159
 Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the face of the earth

00:38:16.159 --> 00:38:18.000
 and every tree with seed in its fruit.

00:38:18.079 --> 00:38:19.439
 You shall have them for food.

00:38:20.039 --> 00:38:22.179
 And every beast of the earth and to every bird of the heavens

00:38:22.179 --> 00:38:23.579
 and to everything that creeps on the earth,

00:38:23.719 --> 00:38:25.299
 everything that has the breath of life,

00:38:25.300 --> 00:38:29.760
 I have given every green plant for food and it was so.

00:38:29.920 --> 00:38:33.320
 So God gives Adam and Eve instruction.

00:38:34.380 --> 00:38:35.460
 He tells them what to do.

00:38:35.940 --> 00:38:36.420
 Be fruitful.

00:38:36.920 --> 00:38:37.440
 Multiply.

00:38:37.820 --> 00:38:38.519
 Fill the earth.

00:38:38.900 --> 00:38:39.840
 Rule over it.

00:38:39.900 --> 00:38:41.019
 He says subdue it.

00:38:41.100 --> 00:38:43.060
 Have dominion over it.

00:38:43.120 --> 00:38:46.740
 He gives them in the very beginning good instruction.

00:38:48.560 --> 00:38:52.720
 He tells them to have children and to care for the earth.

00:38:52.719 --> 00:38:55.319
 He'll state it again in Genesis chapter 2 verse 15.

00:38:55.500 --> 00:38:55.739
 Then God,

00:38:56.119 --> 00:39:01.519
 Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and to keep it.

00:39:02.839 --> 00:39:05.779
 And then in Genesis chapter 2 verse 16 and 17,

00:39:06.779 --> 00:39:10.419
 God gives them a command to not do.

00:39:11.500 --> 00:39:11.879
 He says,

00:39:11.959 --> 00:39:13.500
 You may surely eat of every tree of the garden,

00:39:14.219 --> 00:39:17.199
 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat.

00:39:17.279 --> 00:39:19.239
 For in the day that you eat of it,

00:39:20.239 --> 00:39:21.319
 you will surely die.

00:39:21.320 --> 00:39:24.019
 Again, good instruction.

00:39:24.260 --> 00:39:25.320
 I want good for you.

00:39:25.420 --> 00:39:28.039
 I put you on the earth for a purpose.

00:39:29.200 --> 00:39:32.100
 Do this, but don't do this.

00:39:33.200 --> 00:39:36.100
 And it's in chapter 3 of Genesis that the fall of man is recorded.

00:39:37.140 --> 00:39:41.640
 Adam and Eve decided not to follow the good word of God,

00:39:42.100 --> 00:39:43.880
 which is rebellion against him.

00:39:44.240 --> 00:39:45.920
 We are all guilty of this.

00:39:45.920 --> 00:39:49.960
 So you see that even prior to sin entering the world,

00:39:50.820 --> 00:39:55.059
 we were designed to live in relationship with God,

00:39:55.139 --> 00:39:59.480
 receiving his loving word to us and obeying it.

00:40:00.519 --> 00:40:07.659
 How much more needful we are now living with the repercussions of the curse.

00:40:07.659 --> 00:40:12.960
 We all the more need God's good instruction.

00:40:13.179 --> 00:40:16.239
 It is necessary for us.

00:40:18.940 --> 00:40:20.980
 Epistemology is the study of how we know what we know.

00:40:21.059 --> 00:40:22.460
 If you've been here long, you've heard me do this.

00:40:22.500 --> 00:40:23.420
 I'm going to do it super fast.

00:40:23.599 --> 00:40:25.059
 So if you've not been around,

00:40:25.879 --> 00:40:27.659
 I'll give you a fuller explanation sometime.

00:40:27.659 --> 00:40:30.899
 How do we know what we know?

00:40:31.099 --> 00:40:35.519
 And all of us have some framework that we come to the world with.

00:40:36.119 --> 00:40:38.019
 And it tends to run generationally.

00:40:38.359 --> 00:40:39.659
 So across the past generations,

00:40:40.219 --> 00:40:41.920
 my parents, some of you in this room,

00:40:42.019 --> 00:40:43.019
 not many of you in this room,

00:40:43.059 --> 00:40:43.819
 but some of you in this room,

00:40:44.079 --> 00:40:45.359
 would be considered modernists.

00:40:45.500 --> 00:40:48.440
 It's out of modernism that the scientific method arose.

00:40:48.599 --> 00:40:51.960
 So anything that could be measurable, tangible,

00:40:52.299 --> 00:40:53.779
 that's what's true.

00:40:54.039 --> 00:40:55.659
 It helps us to define truth.

00:40:55.659 --> 00:40:57.299
 It's measurable.

00:40:57.579 --> 00:40:58.839
 It's tangible.

00:40:59.859 --> 00:41:01.399
 And modernists tend to think in this way,

00:41:01.480 --> 00:41:03.659
 fairly locked in to this kind of thinking.

00:41:04.420 --> 00:41:07.859
 Faith becomes a challenge to them in that regard.

00:41:08.440 --> 00:41:10.659
 Or in some cases, some of the older generation,

00:41:11.099 --> 00:41:14.319
 they saw that church, quote unquote, worked.

00:41:14.940 --> 00:41:16.980
 And that became the very evidence for them.

00:41:17.279 --> 00:41:18.500
 Society's going well.

00:41:18.960 --> 00:41:19.819
 Church is part of that.

00:41:19.879 --> 00:41:21.659
 I will be part of church.

00:41:21.659 --> 00:41:22.299
 Church.

00:41:22.940 --> 00:41:26.539
 After the modernists emerged the postmodernists.

00:41:27.359 --> 00:41:28.179
 Creative names.

00:41:28.379 --> 00:41:30.399
 I fall into that category, postmodernists.

00:41:30.920 --> 00:41:32.099
 Believe that there is truth,

00:41:32.199 --> 00:41:34.000
 but we want to define truth for ourselves.

00:41:34.219 --> 00:41:37.059
 Truth is what we experience to be true.

00:41:37.399 --> 00:41:39.699
 So it's still based in something factual,

00:41:39.940 --> 00:41:42.000
 but I'm going to decide what is and isn't factual.

00:41:42.239 --> 00:41:44.799
 I want to feel it to be true.

00:41:44.800 --> 00:41:49.880
 A lot of weaknesses in that as well, to be clear.

00:41:50.560 --> 00:41:51.600
 I don't want to pick on the modernists.

00:41:53.800 --> 00:41:58.480
 Many of you in this room are now what we call post-postmodernists.

00:42:00.840 --> 00:42:05.220
 Post-postmodernists aren't sure that truth can be arrived at at all.

00:42:05.219 --> 00:42:08.099
 This is the age in which we live.

00:42:09.019 --> 00:42:12.119
 And just dip your toe in the world of social media,

00:42:12.659 --> 00:42:16.179
 and you will see that everyone seems to know, but no one really knows.

00:42:16.699 --> 00:42:22.159
 And there's a great deal of misplaced confidence in what is true.

00:42:22.899 --> 00:42:27.119
 And no matter how you arrive at what you think is true,

00:42:27.559 --> 00:42:29.039
 none of us are going to get it right,

00:42:29.299 --> 00:42:31.459
 apart from the revelation of God.

00:42:31.460 --> 00:42:34.880
 We need God to define for us what is true,

00:42:35.079 --> 00:42:38.019
 what is objective, what is absolute.

00:42:38.579 --> 00:42:40.940
 We all need a hook to hang our hat on.

00:42:42.260 --> 00:42:44.380
 Probably only the modernists get that in the room.

00:42:45.380 --> 00:42:48.659
 We need to go to something that is absolute,

00:42:49.079 --> 00:42:50.679
 something that speaks from without,

00:42:51.440 --> 00:42:54.840
 speaks into our lives and tells us what is true

00:42:54.840 --> 00:42:57.760
 and what is good and what is beautiful.

00:42:58.320 --> 00:43:00.220
 The Bible does this.

00:43:00.219 --> 00:43:03.319
 The Bible is necessary for our salvation,

00:43:03.899 --> 00:43:07.299
 and it's necessary for our sanctification.

00:43:07.919 --> 00:43:09.279
 Romans 10, verse 17,

00:43:09.419 --> 00:43:10.719
 So faith comes from hearing,

00:43:11.119 --> 00:43:14.139
 and hearing through the Word of Christ.

00:43:14.659 --> 00:43:17.579
 This is how we come to faith in Jesus Christ.

00:43:18.279 --> 00:43:19.699
 The Scripture, whether preached,

00:43:20.079 --> 00:43:21.419
 or shared one-to-one,

00:43:21.659 --> 00:43:22.739
 or read,

00:43:23.139 --> 00:43:24.599
 is the Word of God

00:43:24.599 --> 00:43:26.539
 that is used as the tool

00:43:26.539 --> 00:43:27.480
 by the Holy Spirit

00:43:27.480 --> 00:43:29.739
 to birth faith in the Christian.

00:43:30.379 --> 00:43:31.799
 That I'm sharing with you

00:43:31.799 --> 00:43:33.459
 what the Word of God says,

00:43:33.539 --> 00:43:34.519
 that I'm reading to you

00:43:34.519 --> 00:43:35.500
 the Word of God,

00:43:35.619 --> 00:43:36.839
 that you're hearing it proclaimed,

00:43:37.500 --> 00:43:38.559
 sitting in a sermon,

00:43:38.879 --> 00:43:40.459
 listening to it on the radio.

00:43:40.939 --> 00:43:43.559
 This is the sword that the Spirit wields

00:43:43.559 --> 00:43:45.939
 to bring about salvation of God's people.

00:43:46.899 --> 00:43:47.679
 Not only that,

00:43:47.879 --> 00:43:49.019
 He brings about perfection,

00:43:49.239 --> 00:43:49.859
 sanctification,

00:43:50.039 --> 00:43:51.919
 this process of ever-growing holiness

00:43:51.920 --> 00:43:54.280
 in the life of a Christian.

00:43:55.659 --> 00:43:57.680
 There is, I would contend,

00:43:57.800 --> 00:43:59.039
 a one-to-one ratio

00:43:59.039 --> 00:44:02.079
 of people who are actively studying

00:44:02.079 --> 00:44:03.920
 and applying the Scripture to holiness.

00:44:04.920 --> 00:44:06.820
 And to those who are finding their lives

00:44:06.820 --> 00:44:07.420
 are struggling,

00:44:07.680 --> 00:44:08.780
 and they're finding themselves

00:44:08.780 --> 00:44:10.119
 caught in habitual sin,

00:44:10.200 --> 00:44:11.920
 or not doing the other altogether,

00:44:12.280 --> 00:44:15.240
 well, they don't do it well at all.

00:44:15.239 --> 00:44:17.899
 God has not told us

00:44:17.899 --> 00:44:19.559
 everything in the Bible.

00:44:20.000 --> 00:44:20.839
 The Bible doesn't contain

00:44:20.839 --> 00:44:22.519
 all truth for mankind,

00:44:22.939 --> 00:44:24.019
 but He has told us

00:44:24.019 --> 00:44:25.919
 everything necessary

00:44:25.919 --> 00:44:27.259
 for holiness.

00:44:27.699 --> 00:44:28.879
 That's why we call it the Holy Bible.

00:44:29.099 --> 00:44:31.079
 It's the absolute resource,

00:44:31.500 --> 00:44:32.779
 the authoritative book

00:44:32.779 --> 00:44:34.759
 on holiness.

00:44:34.760 --> 00:44:38.320
 Deuteronomy 29, verse 29.

00:44:38.500 --> 00:44:40.500
 The secret things belong to the Lord our God,

00:44:41.060 --> 00:44:42.640
 but the things that are revealed

00:44:42.640 --> 00:44:43.560
 belong to us

00:44:43.560 --> 00:44:44.820
 and to our children forever,

00:44:44.820 --> 00:44:47.640
 that we may do all the words

00:44:47.640 --> 00:44:49.660
 of this law.

00:44:50.020 --> 00:44:51.840
 He's given us what we need

00:44:51.840 --> 00:44:55.400
 to proceed in holiness.

00:44:56.520 --> 00:44:58.340
 Jesus prays in John 17.

00:44:58.820 --> 00:44:59.680
 Not too long ago,

00:45:00.080 --> 00:45:01.140
 Clay preached a series

00:45:01.140 --> 00:45:03.480
 through the High Priestly Prayer.

00:45:03.960 --> 00:45:04.620
 Jesus pray,

00:45:04.760 --> 00:45:05.840
 Jesus prays not that

00:45:05.840 --> 00:45:07.940
 God would take His disciples

00:45:07.940 --> 00:45:08.520
 out of the world,

00:45:08.580 --> 00:45:09.700
 but that He would leave them

00:45:09.700 --> 00:45:11.100
 in the world.

00:45:11.960 --> 00:45:12.620
 Verse 15, He says,

00:45:12.680 --> 00:45:13.680
 I do not ask that you take them

00:45:13.680 --> 00:45:14.260
 out of the world,

00:45:14.320 --> 00:45:15.120
 but that you keep them

00:45:15.120 --> 00:45:16.140
 from the evil one.

00:45:16.540 --> 00:45:17.580
 They are not of the world,

00:45:17.640 --> 00:45:19.480
 just as I am not of the world.

00:45:20.380 --> 00:45:22.780
 Sanctify them in the truth.

00:45:23.780 --> 00:45:27.780
 Your word is truth.

00:45:29.000 --> 00:45:30.340
 As you sent me into the world,

00:45:30.460 --> 00:45:31.440
 so I have sent them

00:45:31.440 --> 00:45:33.300
 into the world.

00:45:33.300 --> 00:45:35.220
 And for their sake,

00:45:35.280 --> 00:45:36.260
 I consecrate myself

00:45:36.260 --> 00:45:37.560
 that they also may be

00:45:37.560 --> 00:45:40.820
 sanctified in truth.

00:45:41.380 --> 00:45:42.260
 There's the word of God

00:45:42.260 --> 00:45:43.740
 that gives us what we need,

00:45:43.860 --> 00:45:45.960
 equips us to go out

00:45:45.960 --> 00:45:46.519
 into the world

00:45:46.519 --> 00:45:48.320
 and live for Jesus Christ.

00:45:48.320 --> 00:45:53.140
 So, the Bible is necessary.

00:45:54.440 --> 00:45:55.300
 Sixth and last.

00:45:56.240 --> 00:45:56.660
 I'm moving.

00:45:57.180 --> 00:45:59.519
 The Bible is God's sufficient word

00:45:59.519 --> 00:46:00.559
 to mankind.

00:46:00.559 --> 00:46:06.779
 The Bible's sufficiency

00:46:06.779 --> 00:46:09.619
 means that it contains within it

00:46:09.619 --> 00:46:11.099
 all of the instruction

00:46:11.099 --> 00:46:12.059
 that we need

00:46:12.059 --> 00:46:13.340
 for our salvation

00:46:13.340 --> 00:46:14.559
 and our sanctification.

00:46:16.239 --> 00:46:17.079
 All of it.

00:46:17.840 --> 00:46:19.179
 We don't have to go beyond

00:46:19.179 --> 00:46:20.759
 the pages of Scripture

00:46:20.759 --> 00:46:22.039
 to figure out

00:46:22.039 --> 00:46:23.380
 how we ought to live

00:46:23.380 --> 00:46:24.920
 as followers of Jesus Christ.

00:46:25.500 --> 00:46:27.039
 That includes things like

00:46:27.039 --> 00:46:28.099
 how we conduct ourselves

00:46:28.099 --> 00:46:29.199
 as a church.

00:46:29.960 --> 00:46:31.219
 Many applications

00:46:31.219 --> 00:46:32.079
 of our living.

00:46:32.199 --> 00:46:34.219
 It has everything in it

00:46:34.219 --> 00:46:36.619
 that we need.

00:46:37.500 --> 00:46:37.739
 Beloved,

00:46:37.819 --> 00:46:39.460
 we far too often run

00:46:39.460 --> 00:46:41.299
 to extra-biblical sources.

00:46:42.000 --> 00:46:42.719
 Some good

00:46:42.719 --> 00:46:43.739
 that points back

00:46:43.739 --> 00:46:44.219
 to the Scripture.

00:46:44.480 --> 00:46:45.339
 Help us to understand

00:46:45.339 --> 00:46:45.819
 the Scripture.

00:46:46.699 --> 00:46:48.539
 I'm constantly promoting books.

00:46:49.239 --> 00:46:49.759
 Constantly.

00:46:49.900 --> 00:46:50.679
 Please be readers.

00:46:50.779 --> 00:46:51.460
 That's fantastic.

00:46:52.099 --> 00:46:52.719
 But read stuff

00:46:52.719 --> 00:46:53.339
 that points you back

00:46:53.339 --> 00:46:54.440
 to the Scripture.

00:46:54.940 --> 00:46:56.779
 Put you in this text

00:46:56.780 --> 00:46:58.260
 because it is sufficient

00:46:58.260 --> 00:47:00.460
 for the task.

00:47:01.640 --> 00:47:03.180
 We have a culture

00:47:03.180 --> 00:47:04.280
 that is looking

00:47:04.280 --> 00:47:06.260
 for answers everywhere.

00:47:07.519 --> 00:47:08.180
 Oprah Winfrey

00:47:08.180 --> 00:47:09.360
 has built a career

00:47:09.360 --> 00:47:10.660
 on this.

00:47:11.660 --> 00:47:12.960
 People need help.

00:47:13.840 --> 00:47:14.740
 She's ready to provide it

00:47:14.740 --> 00:47:15.300
 in any way

00:47:15.300 --> 00:47:16.300
 that tickles their ears.

00:47:17.120 --> 00:47:18.180
 We have pastors

00:47:18.180 --> 00:47:18.680
 in our day

00:47:18.680 --> 00:47:19.080
 that are doing

00:47:19.080 --> 00:47:20.780
 the very same thing

00:47:21.360 --> 00:47:22.600
 instead of taking people

00:47:22.600 --> 00:47:24.880
 to the text.

00:47:24.880 --> 00:47:26.360
 It is sufficient

00:47:26.360 --> 00:47:27.320
 for all of this.

00:47:27.860 --> 00:47:28.420
 I'll bring you back

00:47:28.420 --> 00:47:28.820
 to a text

00:47:28.820 --> 00:47:29.420
 that I read earlier

00:47:29.420 --> 00:47:30.019
 but I'm going to read it

00:47:30.019 --> 00:47:30.980
 in its completion.

00:47:31.539 --> 00:47:32.619
 2 Timothy 3

00:47:32.619 --> 00:47:34.860
 verses 16 and 17.

00:47:35.480 --> 00:47:36.059
 All Scripture

00:47:36.059 --> 00:47:37.119
 is breathed out by God

00:47:37.119 --> 00:47:39.820
 and profitable

00:47:39.820 --> 00:47:41.500
 for teaching,

00:47:42.039 --> 00:47:43.000
 for reproof,

00:47:43.180 --> 00:47:43.860
 for correction,

00:47:44.640 --> 00:47:45.519
 and for training

00:47:45.519 --> 00:47:45.960
 in righteousness.

00:47:46.099 --> 00:47:46.920
 All the ways

00:47:46.920 --> 00:47:47.420
 that we need

00:47:47.420 --> 00:47:48.280
 to give application

00:47:48.280 --> 00:47:49.079
 of this text

00:47:49.079 --> 00:47:49.780
 to our lives

00:47:49.780 --> 00:47:51.780
 that the man of God

00:47:51.780 --> 00:47:52.860
 may be complete,

00:47:52.860 --> 00:47:54.180
 equipped for

00:47:54.180 --> 00:47:57.599
 every good work.

00:47:58.559 --> 00:47:59.120
 Everything

00:47:59.120 --> 00:48:01.120
 that we are meant

00:48:01.120 --> 00:48:02.340
 to do,

00:48:03.220 --> 00:48:03.780
 all of it

00:48:03.780 --> 00:48:04.920
 is given to us

00:48:04.920 --> 00:48:07.099
 in this text.

00:48:07.480 --> 00:48:08.200
 It speaks to us

00:48:08.200 --> 00:48:09.620
 about our various

00:48:09.620 --> 00:48:10.660
 kinds of sin,

00:48:10.740 --> 00:48:11.740
 our sins of commission,

00:48:11.880 --> 00:48:12.340
 the things that we're

00:48:12.340 --> 00:48:13.240
 not to do

00:48:13.240 --> 00:48:14.980
 and yet we do them

00:48:14.980 --> 00:48:15.500
 anyway.

00:48:16.140 --> 00:48:16.940
 And then too often

00:48:16.940 --> 00:48:18.019
 ignored in the church

00:48:18.019 --> 00:48:18.860
 the things that we are

00:48:18.860 --> 00:48:19.579
 supposed to be doing

00:48:19.579 --> 00:48:21.280
 but we do not do.

00:48:21.280 --> 00:48:23.300
 It speaks to us

00:48:23.300 --> 00:48:24.540
 about both

00:48:24.540 --> 00:48:25.580
 sins of commission

00:48:25.580 --> 00:48:27.480
 and omission.

00:48:27.660 --> 00:48:28.740
 Shows us the way

00:48:28.740 --> 00:48:29.519
 in which we

00:48:29.519 --> 00:48:31.040
 should walk.

00:48:32.300 --> 00:48:32.820
 So the Bible

00:48:32.820 --> 00:48:33.880
 is God's inspired,

00:48:34.080 --> 00:48:34.380
 inherent,

00:48:34.660 --> 00:48:35.180
 authoritative,

00:48:35.380 --> 00:48:35.640
 clear,

00:48:35.880 --> 00:48:36.420
 necessary,

00:48:36.600 --> 00:48:37.240
 and sufficient

00:48:37.240 --> 00:48:38.260
 word

00:48:38.260 --> 00:48:39.980
 to mankind.

00:48:40.820 --> 00:48:41.740
 I hope you even

00:48:41.740 --> 00:48:42.840
 pick some of this up

00:48:42.840 --> 00:48:44.400
 each Lord's Day

00:48:44.400 --> 00:48:45.120
 when I get up

00:48:45.120 --> 00:48:45.720
 to preach

00:48:45.720 --> 00:48:47.300
 before I read the text

00:48:47.300 --> 00:48:47.780
 and I say,

00:48:47.880 --> 00:48:48.200
 beloved,

00:48:48.199 --> 00:48:50.159
 this is God's

00:48:50.159 --> 00:48:52.039
 word to us.

00:48:52.480 --> 00:48:53.099
 It's written for

00:48:53.099 --> 00:48:53.839
 His glory

00:48:53.839 --> 00:48:55.559
 and our good.

00:48:56.219 --> 00:48:57.019
 We would all do well

00:48:57.019 --> 00:48:58.239
 to believe its promises

00:48:58.239 --> 00:48:59.119
 and obey

00:48:59.119 --> 00:49:01.399
 its commands.

00:49:01.559 --> 00:49:01.739
 And

00:49:01.739 --> 00:49:03.599
 most of you

00:49:03.599 --> 00:49:04.259
 don't know

00:49:04.259 --> 00:49:05.179
 that I started

00:49:05.179 --> 00:49:05.960
 doing that

00:49:05.960 --> 00:49:07.539
 when we had a young

00:49:07.539 --> 00:49:08.179
 man who was a member

00:49:08.179 --> 00:49:08.539
 of our church

00:49:08.539 --> 00:49:09.500
 who's now moved away.

00:49:10.419 --> 00:49:11.079
 Good member,

00:49:11.259 --> 00:49:11.779
 faithful member,

00:49:12.099 --> 00:49:12.919
 left on good terms.

00:49:13.980 --> 00:49:14.719
 He was really

00:49:14.719 --> 00:49:15.579
 struggling with

00:49:15.579 --> 00:49:16.779
 the Bible's

00:49:16.779 --> 00:49:17.599
 inerrancy.

00:49:18.559 --> 00:49:19.000
 Particularly,

00:49:19.360 --> 00:49:19.960
 it's inerrancy.

00:49:20.079 --> 00:49:20.699
 He had read

00:49:20.699 --> 00:49:22.819
 so many garbage books

00:49:22.819 --> 00:49:23.319
 that had him

00:49:23.319 --> 00:49:24.880
 all confused.

00:49:25.599 --> 00:49:26.319
 And at the end

00:49:26.319 --> 00:49:26.779
 of it all,

00:49:26.839 --> 00:49:27.420
 as I'm speaking

00:49:27.420 --> 00:49:27.880
 with him

00:49:27.880 --> 00:49:28.339
 and trying to

00:49:28.339 --> 00:49:29.019
 bring him back

00:49:29.019 --> 00:49:30.279
 to and apply

00:49:30.279 --> 00:49:30.960
 the apologetics

00:49:30.960 --> 00:49:31.460
 for the Scripture,

00:49:31.599 --> 00:49:32.299
 what really came

00:49:32.299 --> 00:49:32.980
 down to it

00:49:32.980 --> 00:49:34.179
 is that he wanted

00:49:34.179 --> 00:49:35.119
 the Bible's promises

00:49:35.119 --> 00:49:36.299
 but he did not

00:49:36.299 --> 00:49:36.699
 want to obey

00:49:36.699 --> 00:49:37.219
 its commands.

00:49:38.480 --> 00:49:39.279
 He wanted all

00:49:39.279 --> 00:49:40.019
 the good promises

00:49:40.019 --> 00:49:40.480
 of God

00:49:40.480 --> 00:49:41.059
 but he really

00:49:41.059 --> 00:49:41.599
 wanted to live

00:49:41.599 --> 00:49:41.960
 his life

00:49:41.960 --> 00:49:42.940
 the way he wanted

00:49:42.940 --> 00:49:45.019
 to live his life.

00:49:45.119 --> 00:49:45.339
 And so,

00:49:45.539 --> 00:49:46.039
 the following

00:49:46.039 --> 00:49:46.800
 Lord's Day,

00:49:47.460 --> 00:49:48.400
 I kind of

00:49:48.400 --> 00:49:48.900
 in a flurry

00:49:48.900 --> 00:49:49.539
 just ripped

00:49:49.539 --> 00:49:50.199
 those two sentences

00:49:50.199 --> 00:49:50.599
 out,

00:49:51.139 --> 00:49:51.619
 put them at the

00:49:51.619 --> 00:49:52.840
 beginning of the text

00:49:52.840 --> 00:49:54.519
 to make the point

00:49:54.519 --> 00:49:56.039
 to this young man,

00:49:56.400 --> 00:49:57.500
 I want you to hear this,

00:49:57.539 --> 00:49:58.719
 you can't have it

00:49:58.719 --> 00:49:59.860
 your way.

00:50:00.400 --> 00:50:01.239
 You've got to take

00:50:01.239 --> 00:50:02.500
 God on his terms.

00:50:03.360 --> 00:50:03.679
 If you're going to

00:50:03.679 --> 00:50:04.320
 have his promises,

00:50:04.440 --> 00:50:04.960
 you have to obey

00:50:04.960 --> 00:50:05.320
 his commands.

00:50:05.420 --> 00:50:06.199
 He gives the evidence

00:50:06.199 --> 00:50:06.820
 of his promises

00:50:06.820 --> 00:50:07.400
 being fulfilled

00:50:07.400 --> 00:50:09.159
 in our lives.

00:50:09.219 --> 00:50:09.460
 This is what

00:50:09.460 --> 00:50:10.480
 2 Peter,

00:50:10.539 --> 00:50:11.000
 that's what Peter's

00:50:11.000 --> 00:50:11.779
 trying to communicate

00:50:11.780 --> 00:50:12.360
 to us,

00:50:12.420 --> 00:50:12.660
 right?

00:50:13.040 --> 00:50:14.019
 Live in this way,

00:50:14.140 --> 00:50:14.840
 make your calling

00:50:14.840 --> 00:50:16.640
 and election sure,

00:50:17.040 --> 00:50:17.220
 right?

00:50:17.260 --> 00:50:18.019
 And then you'll know,

00:50:18.120 --> 00:50:19.100
 you'll never fall away

00:50:19.100 --> 00:50:20.019
 because you're God's,

00:50:20.040 --> 00:50:21.900
 you belong to him

00:50:21.900 --> 00:50:22.720
 and it's this text

00:50:22.720 --> 00:50:23.540
 that communicates

00:50:23.540 --> 00:50:25.320
 that to us

00:50:25.320 --> 00:50:26.480
 and praise God,

00:50:26.580 --> 00:50:27.600
 he saw that,

00:50:27.880 --> 00:50:28.080
 right?

00:50:28.460 --> 00:50:29.100
 By the work of the

00:50:29.100 --> 00:50:29.380
 Spirit,

00:50:29.640 --> 00:50:31.400
 not because I wrote

00:50:31.400 --> 00:50:32.019
 a catchy phrase

00:50:32.019 --> 00:50:32.780
 but because I opened

00:50:32.780 --> 00:50:33.460
 up the text,

00:50:34.040 --> 00:50:34.280
 right?

00:50:34.740 --> 00:50:35.440
 Each Sunday,

00:50:35.560 --> 00:50:37.280
 I opened up the text

00:50:37.280 --> 00:50:38.600
 and I'm forever

00:50:38.600 --> 00:50:39.519
 grateful for that

00:50:39.519 --> 00:50:40.259
 in his life.

00:50:41.900 --> 00:50:42.639
 So some application.

00:50:45.159 --> 00:50:46.179
 Read and study

00:50:46.179 --> 00:50:46.599
 the Bible.

00:50:47.659 --> 00:50:48.259
 I hope that's the

00:50:48.259 --> 00:50:48.780
 first and most

00:50:48.780 --> 00:50:50.840
 obvious application.

00:50:51.500 --> 00:50:52.099
 But you cannot

00:50:52.099 --> 00:50:52.619
 read and study

00:50:52.619 --> 00:50:52.980
 the Bible

00:50:52.980 --> 00:50:53.739
 as if you would

00:50:53.739 --> 00:50:54.519
 read any other

00:50:54.519 --> 00:50:54.860
 book.

00:50:55.699 --> 00:50:56.259
 College students,

00:50:56.340 --> 00:50:56.840
 I think this is

00:50:56.840 --> 00:50:58.900
 especially entrapping

00:50:58.900 --> 00:50:59.420
 for you.

00:50:59.539 --> 00:51:00.199
 I know it was for me

00:51:00.199 --> 00:51:01.599
 when I was in school.

00:51:02.079 --> 00:51:03.059
 There's so much

00:51:03.059 --> 00:51:03.840
 you have to read,

00:51:04.119 --> 00:51:04.259
 right?

00:51:04.259 --> 00:51:04.599
 You're getting

00:51:04.599 --> 00:51:05.480
 information pumped

00:51:05.480 --> 00:51:06.679
 at you all the time.

00:51:07.219 --> 00:51:08.019
 Do not treat

00:51:08.019 --> 00:51:08.420
 the Scripture

00:51:08.420 --> 00:51:10.139
 like all the other

00:51:10.139 --> 00:51:11.059
 texts you have to

00:51:11.059 --> 00:51:11.539
 read, right?

00:51:11.579 --> 00:51:12.400
 This is a sacred

00:51:12.400 --> 00:51:13.360
 text, right?

00:51:13.480 --> 00:51:14.180
 Written by our

00:51:14.180 --> 00:51:15.059
 God for us.

00:51:15.240 --> 00:51:15.960
 He wants to meet

00:51:15.960 --> 00:51:17.320
 with you in the

00:51:17.320 --> 00:51:17.619
 Scriptures.

00:51:18.700 --> 00:51:19.360
 George Whitfield,

00:51:19.480 --> 00:51:20.200
 the great evangelist

00:51:20.200 --> 00:51:20.800
 on the front of your

00:51:20.800 --> 00:51:21.579
 bulletin, said,

00:51:21.780 --> 00:51:22.659
 the Scriptures contain

00:51:22.659 --> 00:51:23.700
 the deep things of

00:51:23.700 --> 00:51:24.920
 God and therefore

00:51:24.920 --> 00:51:25.760
 can never be

00:51:25.760 --> 00:51:26.840
 sufficiently searched

00:51:26.840 --> 00:51:28.180
 into by a careless,

00:51:29.039 --> 00:51:29.860
 superficial,

00:51:30.559 --> 00:51:31.539
 cursory way of

00:51:31.539 --> 00:51:32.099
 reading them,

00:51:32.440 --> 00:51:33.079
 but by an

00:51:33.079 --> 00:51:34.000
 industrious,

00:51:34.420 --> 00:51:34.880
 close,

00:51:35.340 --> 00:51:36.059
 and humble

00:51:36.059 --> 00:51:37.119
 application.

00:51:38.420 --> 00:51:40.260
 I fear

00:51:40.260 --> 00:51:41.680
 that the rise

00:51:41.680 --> 00:51:42.280
 of the

00:51:42.280 --> 00:51:43.220
 information age

00:51:43.220 --> 00:51:43.579
 and the way

00:51:43.579 --> 00:51:44.320
 information comes

00:51:44.320 --> 00:51:45.800
 at us so fast,

00:51:46.380 --> 00:51:46.880
 particularly

00:51:46.880 --> 00:51:47.940
 through social

00:51:47.940 --> 00:51:48.340
 media,

00:51:49.220 --> 00:51:49.559
 soundbite,

00:51:49.659 --> 00:51:49.940
 soundbite,

00:51:50.039 --> 00:51:50.320
 soundbite,

00:51:50.420 --> 00:51:50.700
 soundbite,

00:51:50.800 --> 00:51:51.200
 soundbite,

00:51:51.420 --> 00:51:51.599
 right?

00:51:51.680 --> 00:51:52.440
 The 24-hour

00:51:52.440 --> 00:51:53.019
 news cycle.

00:51:53.139 --> 00:51:53.760
 My word,

00:51:53.880 --> 00:51:54.700
 just information

00:51:54.700 --> 00:51:55.320
 is coming like

00:51:55.320 --> 00:51:56.599
 this all the time,

00:51:56.920 --> 00:51:57.300
 that we as a

00:51:57.300 --> 00:51:58.260
 people are losing

00:51:58.260 --> 00:51:58.920
 the ability

00:51:58.920 --> 00:52:00.139
 to sit and be

00:52:00.139 --> 00:52:00.780
 quiet and have

00:52:00.780 --> 00:52:01.619
 deep thoughts,

00:52:02.039 --> 00:52:02.159
 right?

00:52:02.559 --> 00:52:03.180
 To sit with

00:52:03.180 --> 00:52:03.740
 the text.

00:52:04.320 --> 00:52:04.840
 And we might

00:52:04.840 --> 00:52:05.260
 need to do

00:52:05.260 --> 00:52:06.079
 something dramatic

00:52:06.079 --> 00:52:07.019
 to discipline

00:52:07.019 --> 00:52:07.920
 ourselves back

00:52:07.920 --> 00:52:08.840
 towards being

00:52:08.840 --> 00:52:09.759
 able to really

00:52:09.759 --> 00:52:11.420
 read and study

00:52:11.420 --> 00:52:12.719
 the Bible,

00:52:13.259 --> 00:52:13.480
 right?

00:52:13.679 --> 00:52:15.759
 Just try to get

00:52:15.759 --> 00:52:16.659
 away from your

00:52:16.659 --> 00:52:18.079
 technology and

00:52:18.079 --> 00:52:18.980
 spend good time.

00:52:19.199 --> 00:52:20.119
 If you're ever up

00:52:20.119 --> 00:52:20.599
 here during the

00:52:20.599 --> 00:52:21.259
 week, you will

00:52:21.259 --> 00:52:22.119
 find me at times

00:52:22.119 --> 00:52:23.059
 pacing the parking

00:52:23.059 --> 00:52:23.259
 lot.

00:52:23.340 --> 00:52:23.759
 I've gotten pretty

00:52:23.759 --> 00:52:24.319
 good at not

00:52:24.319 --> 00:52:25.119
 running into stuff

00:52:25.119 --> 00:52:27.860
 and reading while

00:52:27.860 --> 00:52:29.440
 walking to get

00:52:29.440 --> 00:52:30.519
 away from my

00:52:30.519 --> 00:52:31.019
 computer.

00:52:31.779 --> 00:52:32.639
 It's constant

00:52:32.639 --> 00:52:33.739
 stuff dinging at

00:52:33.739 --> 00:52:34.819
 me all the time

00:52:34.820 --> 00:52:35.880
 and distracting

00:52:35.880 --> 00:52:37.420
 me away.

00:52:38.559 --> 00:52:39.460
 What if Satan

00:52:39.460 --> 00:52:41.200
 and his great

00:52:41.200 --> 00:52:43.340
 mastery of lies

00:52:43.340 --> 00:52:44.920
 has promoted

00:52:44.920 --> 00:52:45.720
 these kinds of

00:52:45.720 --> 00:52:45.960
 things?

00:52:46.000 --> 00:52:46.380
 I'm not saying

00:52:46.380 --> 00:52:47.920
 anybody who

00:52:47.920 --> 00:52:48.920
 invented any of

00:52:48.920 --> 00:52:49.820
 these things is a

00:52:49.820 --> 00:52:50.400
 tool of Satan.

00:52:52.100 --> 00:52:53.840
 But as working

00:52:53.840 --> 00:52:55.000
 us into a place

00:52:55.000 --> 00:52:56.160
 where we are so

00:52:56.160 --> 00:52:58.000
 even unable to

00:52:58.000 --> 00:52:58.800
 read God's word

00:52:58.800 --> 00:52:59.240
 and to think

00:52:59.240 --> 00:52:59.960
 deeply about it,

00:53:00.080 --> 00:53:00.800
 to really meet

00:53:00.800 --> 00:53:02.000
 with him in the

00:53:02.000 --> 00:53:02.300
 scripture,

00:53:02.680 --> 00:53:02.880
 right?

00:53:03.019 --> 00:53:03.880
 We might read

00:53:03.880 --> 00:53:04.539
 it to check a

00:53:04.539 --> 00:53:05.599
 box, right?

00:53:06.680 --> 00:53:07.280
 Beware the

00:53:07.280 --> 00:53:08.079
 Instagram Bible.

00:53:08.200 --> 00:53:08.519
 Somebody might

00:53:08.519 --> 00:53:09.019
 say, I read my

00:53:09.019 --> 00:53:09.740
 Bible every day

00:53:09.740 --> 00:53:10.300
 and it's some

00:53:10.300 --> 00:53:10.880
 post, some

00:53:10.880 --> 00:53:11.380
 meme that

00:53:11.380 --> 00:53:12.039
 somebody posts.

00:53:12.160 --> 00:53:13.059
 It's a half

00:53:13.059 --> 00:53:13.680
 of a verse

00:53:13.680 --> 00:53:14.280
 taken out of

00:53:14.280 --> 00:53:15.039
 its context.

00:53:16.500 --> 00:53:17.320
 You might flip

00:53:17.320 --> 00:53:17.980
 open an app.

00:53:18.039 --> 00:53:18.440
 These things can

00:53:18.440 --> 00:53:19.140
 be helpful to

00:53:19.140 --> 00:53:20.000
 us, but we

00:53:20.000 --> 00:53:20.740
 don't really

00:53:20.740 --> 00:53:21.780
 drink deeply

00:53:21.780 --> 00:53:23.260
 of God's

00:53:23.260 --> 00:53:24.079
 word.

00:53:24.880 --> 00:53:25.420
 It may take

00:53:25.420 --> 00:53:26.240
 some serious

00:53:26.240 --> 00:53:27.680
 discipline in

00:53:27.680 --> 00:53:28.280
 our lives.

00:53:28.619 --> 00:53:29.119
 Reading other

00:53:29.119 --> 00:53:29.800
 books, I will

00:53:29.800 --> 00:53:30.579
 tell you, helps.

00:53:30.780 --> 00:53:31.280
 You read other

00:53:31.280 --> 00:53:32.599
 books, point you

00:53:32.599 --> 00:53:33.179
 to the scripture.

00:53:34.099 --> 00:53:34.500
 It's a good

00:53:34.500 --> 00:53:35.279
 discipline to

00:53:35.279 --> 00:53:35.539
 have.

00:53:35.639 --> 00:53:36.099
 So read and

00:53:36.099 --> 00:53:36.519
 study the Bible.

00:53:36.659 --> 00:53:38.559
 Secondly, meditate

00:53:38.559 --> 00:53:40.420
 on and memorize

00:53:40.420 --> 00:53:41.179
 the Bible.

00:53:42.159 --> 00:53:43.339
 Meditate on and

00:53:43.339 --> 00:53:44.199
 memorize the

00:53:44.199 --> 00:53:44.319
 Bible.

00:53:44.460 --> 00:53:44.940
 And I will tell

00:53:44.940 --> 00:53:45.579
 you that if you

00:53:45.579 --> 00:53:46.139
 will meditate,

00:53:46.319 --> 00:53:47.279
 memorization follows

00:53:47.279 --> 00:53:48.319
 really easily

00:53:48.319 --> 00:53:49.239
 behind it.

00:53:49.759 --> 00:53:49.880
 Right?

00:53:50.119 --> 00:53:50.940
 That you really

00:53:50.940 --> 00:53:52.259
 roll a text around

00:53:52.259 --> 00:53:53.000
 in your brain.

00:53:53.239 --> 00:53:54.159
 That you really

00:53:54.159 --> 00:53:55.299
 think about what

00:53:55.299 --> 00:53:56.440
 it means.

00:53:57.239 --> 00:53:58.159
 I have member

00:53:58.159 --> 00:53:58.759
 health survey

00:53:58.759 --> 00:53:59.360
 results.

00:54:00.039 --> 00:54:00.779
 If you're not a

00:54:00.779 --> 00:54:01.099
 member of our

00:54:01.099 --> 00:54:01.679
 church, this is

00:54:01.679 --> 00:54:01.960
 something we're

00:54:01.960 --> 00:54:02.319
 trying to do

00:54:02.319 --> 00:54:02.779
 every year.

00:54:04.119 --> 00:54:04.919
 There's a big

00:54:04.919 --> 00:54:06.159
 disconnect between

00:54:06.159 --> 00:54:07.419
 everyone's, who

00:54:07.419 --> 00:54:09.139
 filled it out, idea

00:54:09.139 --> 00:54:09.839
 of what they know

00:54:09.839 --> 00:54:10.440
 to be true.

00:54:10.980 --> 00:54:11.679
 I read the

00:54:11.679 --> 00:54:11.940
 Bible.

00:54:13.219 --> 00:54:14.679
 I understand the

00:54:14.679 --> 00:54:15.039
 Bible.

00:54:15.599 --> 00:54:16.299
 I'm equipped.

00:54:16.419 --> 00:54:17.019
 I've got everything

00:54:17.019 --> 00:54:17.759
 I've got going on.

00:54:17.839 --> 00:54:18.719
 I'm solid on the

00:54:18.719 --> 00:54:19.199
 doctrines.

00:54:19.319 --> 00:54:20.500
 I totally get it.

00:54:20.699 --> 00:54:21.259
 There's a big

00:54:21.259 --> 00:54:22.159
 disconnect between

00:54:22.159 --> 00:54:23.500
 that and

00:54:23.500 --> 00:54:23.799
 obedience.

00:54:25.899 --> 00:54:26.899
 There's a lot of

00:54:26.899 --> 00:54:27.579
 habitual sin.

00:54:28.259 --> 00:54:29.139
 There's a lack of

00:54:29.139 --> 00:54:29.859
 sharing the

00:54:29.859 --> 00:54:30.199
 gospel.

00:54:30.199 --> 00:54:31.299
 There's a big

00:54:31.299 --> 00:54:33.019
 disconnect between

00:54:33.019 --> 00:54:33.579
 the two.

00:54:34.399 --> 00:54:35.119
 And I know that we

00:54:35.119 --> 00:54:35.539
 desire.

00:54:35.679 --> 00:54:36.279
 I know that we

00:54:36.279 --> 00:54:37.179
 are zealous.

00:54:37.359 --> 00:54:38.839
 We want to do

00:54:38.839 --> 00:54:39.519
 good works.

00:54:40.179 --> 00:54:40.699
 I don't think

00:54:40.699 --> 00:54:41.419
 anybody in here is

00:54:41.419 --> 00:54:42.659
 just lackadaisical

00:54:42.659 --> 00:54:43.460
 and lazy.

00:54:44.219 --> 00:54:44.939
 I think the

00:54:44.939 --> 00:54:45.339
 disconnect,

00:54:45.619 --> 00:54:46.960
 though, is we

00:54:46.960 --> 00:54:47.519
 say we

00:54:47.519 --> 00:54:48.339
 understand, we

00:54:48.339 --> 00:54:50.519
 say we read, but

00:54:50.519 --> 00:54:51.539
 we don't really

00:54:51.539 --> 00:54:52.599
 meet with God in

00:54:52.599 --> 00:54:52.960
 the Scripture.

00:54:53.699 --> 00:54:54.739
 We don't really

00:54:54.739 --> 00:54:55.539
 let Him sink

00:54:55.539 --> 00:54:56.539
 truth deep down

00:54:56.539 --> 00:54:56.899
 into us.

00:54:56.939 --> 00:54:57.339
 Let it take

00:54:57.340 --> 00:54:57.960
 root and

00:54:57.960 --> 00:54:59.740
 changes as a

00:54:59.740 --> 00:55:00.079
 result.

00:55:01.019 --> 00:55:01.480
 So there's a

00:55:01.480 --> 00:55:02.340
 challenge to our

00:55:02.340 --> 00:55:03.860
 church in this

00:55:03.860 --> 00:55:04.280
 way.

00:55:04.660 --> 00:55:05.320
 So read and

00:55:05.320 --> 00:55:06.100
 study it, meditate

00:55:06.100 --> 00:55:07.700
 on and memorize

00:55:07.700 --> 00:55:09.519
 it, and obey

00:55:09.519 --> 00:55:10.700
 it, and then walk

00:55:10.700 --> 00:55:10.960
 it out.

00:55:11.039 --> 00:55:11.519
 Don't just be

00:55:11.519 --> 00:55:12.880
 hearers, but be

00:55:12.880 --> 00:55:13.579
 doers of the

00:55:13.579 --> 00:55:15.960
 word also.

00:55:17.160 --> 00:55:18.539
 In closing, you

00:55:18.539 --> 00:55:19.340
 guys are familiar

00:55:19.340 --> 00:55:20.260
 with Martin

00:55:20.260 --> 00:55:20.600
 Luther.

00:55:21.760 --> 00:55:22.539
 October 31st,

00:55:22.539 --> 00:55:23.840
 1517, nailed

00:55:23.840 --> 00:55:24.219
 the 95

00:55:24.219 --> 00:55:24.840
 theses on the

00:55:24.840 --> 00:55:25.139
 Wittenberg

00:55:25.139 --> 00:55:27.300
 door because he

00:55:27.300 --> 00:55:27.659
 was in the

00:55:27.659 --> 00:55:28.480
 Scripture, because

00:55:28.480 --> 00:55:28.960
 he was meeting

00:55:28.960 --> 00:55:29.619
 with God in the

00:55:29.619 --> 00:55:30.219
 Bible and saw

00:55:30.219 --> 00:55:30.759
 the heirs of

00:55:30.759 --> 00:55:31.099
 the Catholic

00:55:31.099 --> 00:55:31.800
 Church in this

00:55:31.800 --> 00:55:33.820
 day, kicked

00:55:33.820 --> 00:55:34.380
 off the

00:55:34.380 --> 00:55:35.119
 Protestant

00:55:35.119 --> 00:55:37.239
 Reformation that

00:55:37.239 --> 00:55:38.480
 cried all

00:55:38.480 --> 00:55:39.259
 throughout it, and

00:55:39.259 --> 00:55:40.159
 we cry it to

00:55:40.159 --> 00:55:41.199
 this day, sola

00:55:41.199 --> 00:55:41.880
 scriptura.

00:55:42.679 --> 00:55:43.759
 The text, the

00:55:43.759 --> 00:55:44.279
 text, the

00:55:44.279 --> 00:55:44.679
 text.

00:55:45.440 --> 00:55:45.820
 He penned

00:55:45.820 --> 00:55:46.219
 this poem.

00:55:46.659 --> 00:55:47.380
 Feelings come,

00:55:48.300 --> 00:55:49.119
 and feelings go,

00:55:49.300 --> 00:55:50.880
 and feelings are

00:55:50.880 --> 00:55:51.360
 deceiving.

00:55:51.360 --> 00:55:53.160
 My warrant is

00:55:53.160 --> 00:55:54.079
 the word of

00:55:54.079 --> 00:55:55.019
 God, not

00:55:55.019 --> 00:55:56.059
 else is worth

00:55:56.059 --> 00:55:56.480
 believing.

00:55:57.260 --> 00:55:58.140
 Though all my

00:55:58.140 --> 00:55:58.960
 heart should feel

00:55:58.960 --> 00:55:59.720
 condemned for

00:55:59.720 --> 00:56:00.740
 want of some

00:56:00.740 --> 00:56:02.620
 sweet token, there

00:56:02.620 --> 00:56:03.860
 is one greater

00:56:03.860 --> 00:56:04.680
 than my heart

00:56:04.680 --> 00:56:05.960
 whose word cannot

00:56:05.960 --> 00:56:06.559
 be broken.

00:56:07.519 --> 00:56:08.640
 I'll trust in

00:56:08.640 --> 00:56:09.700
 God's unchanging

00:56:09.700 --> 00:56:11.099
 word till soul

00:56:11.099 --> 00:56:12.280
 and body sever.

00:56:12.960 --> 00:56:13.920
 For though all

00:56:13.920 --> 00:56:15.160
 things shall pass

00:56:15.160 --> 00:56:16.460
 away, his word

00:56:16.460 --> 00:56:17.780
 shall stand

00:56:17.780 --> 00:56:18.800
 forever.

00:56:19.420 --> 00:56:20.039
 Let's pray

00:56:20.039 --> 00:56:20.300
 together.