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 Good to see everyone this morning.

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 Just join me in prayer, just briefly, before we get going.

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! Holy Father, we thank you for our chance to be together this morning.

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! You have brought us from so many different places,

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 so many different stages of life and things that we're dealing with.

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 And God, we come together to not just dwell on the things that burden us

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 and make us anxious that we've come to dwell on you

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 and to behold your glory and your word.

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 And God, I just ask this morning that you would use me

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 and to build up your people.

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 And God, I just thank you for this opportunity.

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 So, Holy Spirit, work in and through us today for Christ's sake.

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 And we pray that in His name. Amen.

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 Amen. So, Mark 16.

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 We're going to start in verse 9.

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 It says,

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 Now after He had risen early on the first day of the week,

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 He first appeared to Mary Magdalene,

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 from whom He cast out seven demons.

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 She went and reported to those who had been with Him

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 while they were mourning and weeping.

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 And when they heard that He was alive and had been seen by her,

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 they refused to believe it.

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 After that, He appeared in a different form to two of them

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 while walking along the road in the country.

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 And they went away and reported to others,

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 but they did not believe them either.

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 And afterward, He appeared to the eleven themselves,

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 and they were reclining at the table.

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 And He reproached them for their unbelief and hardness of heart,

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 because they had not believed those who had seen Him,

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 that He had risen.

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 And He said to them,

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 Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.

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 He who has believed has been baptized and will be saved,

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 but who has disbelieved shall be condemned.

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 And these signs will accompany those who have believed.

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 In My name they will cast out demons,

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 they will speak with new tongues,

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 they will pick up serpents,

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 and if they drink deadly poison,

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 it shall not hurt them.

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 They will lay their hands in the sick,

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 and they will recover.

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 So then when the Lord Jesus had spoken to them,

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 He was received up into heaven,

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 and He sat down at the right hand of God.

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 And they went out and preached everywhere,

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 while the Lord worked with them

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 and confirmed the Word by signs that followed.

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 So, that's kind of what we're dealing with today.

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 But if you have a study Bible,

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 or a New American Standard Bible,

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 or an ESV Bible,

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 there probably is a footnote

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 connected to this passage.

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 If you can find it, just look at it.

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 And it says,

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 basically,

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 most of, or some of,

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 the early manuscripts do not contain

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 verses 9 through 20.

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 So, what do we do with that?

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 Well, we're definitely going to deal with that this morning.

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 But,

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 right off the bat,

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 I just kind of want to say just two things,

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 two goals

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 that I really hope and pray

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 that will happen this morning

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 for me and for you.

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 The first one is that we would increase

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 our love and our wonder

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 for God and His Word,

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 the Scripture.

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 and also to

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 bring maybe a proper ending

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 to the Gospel of Mark

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 that we've been in for a long time now

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 and to increase our love

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 and wonder for the Savior.

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 So, with that in mind,

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 I really hope that

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 you treasure the Word of God.

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 when I first became a believer,

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 probably around 2001,

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 I couldn't put it down.

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 It was just something

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 I was always wanting to be in,

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 something I always wanted to read

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 and have my mind in.

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 This was my first copy I had

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 that I started reading

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 when I first became a believer.

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 It started falling apart

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 and good many years ago,

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 my grandmother took it from me

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 and had it rebound

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 and she put

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 Solideo Gloria on the back of it

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 to God alone be the glory.

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 This is the new American standard.

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 Back in my early days

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 as a believer,

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 I was like a highlighting maniac.

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 I highlighted everything

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 before the whole book

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 was kind of highlighting.

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 There was really no point

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 in highlighting.

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 And I loved the Word of God.

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 I spent many nights

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 in the hospital

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 kind of battling

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 with life and death

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 with this Bible.

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 And I just put my face

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 in it every night.

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 And the promises

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 that were in it

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 gave me hope.

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 And it speaks to us today.

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 This is not a book

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 that is not relevant

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 to our lives,

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 but in fact,

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 most relevant.

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 Those of you

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 who have been to my house

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 and been in my room

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 and seen,

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 I have this on my desk,

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 but it's something

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 that my mother wrote

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 to me a long time ago.

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 She used to give

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 my brother and I

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 scripture.

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 I mostly got this

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 when I was at least

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 five or six,

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 but it has Joshua 1,

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 8 and 9 on it.

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 Do not let this book

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 of the law

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 depart from your mouth

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 and meditate on it

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 day and night

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 so that you may be careful

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 to do everything

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 that is written in it.

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 Then you will be prosperous

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 and succeed

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 and will have success.

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 Have I not commanded you?

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 Do be strong

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 and courageous.

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 Do not be terrified.

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 Do not be discouraged

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 for the Lord your God

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 will be with you

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 wherever you go.

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 And I'm just telling you

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 that this is such

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 a precious gift

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 and so few people

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 have any idea

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 about how we actually

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 got this in front of us.

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 It didn't just shoot

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 out of a factory

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 and just come before you.

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 It has been a process.

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 The stuff that we just

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 sang about

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 are you listened to

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 more or less.

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 Ancient Words

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 is such an awesome song

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 of how we got the Scripture.

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 So,

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 that's kind of the goals

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 for this morning.

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 And so,

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 hold that in your hand.

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 Hold the Word of God

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 in your hand

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 and participate

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 in a little activity

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 but just hold the Word

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 in your hand.

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 If you have it on your phone,

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 you can't participate

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 in this activity.

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 Just kidding.

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 But,

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 just to be encouraged

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 by an older brother

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 in the faith.

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 So,

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 when I first became

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 a believer,

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 I was introduced

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 to the writings

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 of a man

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 who had a huge impact

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 on my life.

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 He's dead now

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 but he still speaks.

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 And,

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 those of you

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 who love John Piper,

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 this is where

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 John Piper gets

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 a lot of his stuff

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 from.

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 But,

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 Jonathan Edwards

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 is one of my heroes.

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 And if you guys,

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 particularly college students

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 who are really into

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 wanting to read

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 some stuff

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 that's really scripturally

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 in-depth

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 and cause you

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 to want to live for God

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 and die for God,

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 get into Jonathan Edwards.

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 Edwards

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 was a Puritan pastor

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 in colonial America.

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 He went to Yale

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 when he was 13.

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 And he graduated

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 at the top of his class

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 when he was 17.

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 He knew Greek,

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 Latin,

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 and Hebrew.

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 He pastored a church

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 in Connecticut.

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 And,

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 in 1758,

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 he became

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 the president

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 of Princeton.

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 So,

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 pretty smart guy.

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 Encyclopedia

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 Britannica,

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 which is not

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 a Christian source,

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 I remind you.

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 It voted

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 Jonathan Edwards

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 the most brilliant mind

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 America has ever produced.

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 So,

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 all these things

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 are,

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 these stats

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 are impressive.

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 But,

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 those of you

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 who really want

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 to know Edwards

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 will see more

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 of his heart

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 rather than

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 just

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 these stats.

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 See,

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 this man

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 loves

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 and adored

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 the Savior.

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 So much so

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 that even after

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 he experienced

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 some rejection

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 from his church,

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 he went to be

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 a missionary

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 to the Indians

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 in colonial America.

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 And,

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 he loved the Savior.

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 And,

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 the things

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 around his mind

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 that you hear him

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 say the most

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 are the glory

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 of God.

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 How can I live

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 for the glory

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 of God?

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 So,

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 as you hold the Bible

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 in your hands

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 this morning,

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 just listen to something

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 he says

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 about the Scripture.

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 He says,

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 you all have

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 by you,

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 this,

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 a treasure

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 of divine knowledge

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 and that you

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 have your Bible

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 in your hands.

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 Therefore,

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 do not be

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 contented

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 with just

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 possessing a little

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 bit of this

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 treasure.

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 God has spoken

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 much to you

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 in Scripture.

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 Labor

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 to understand

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 as much

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 of what he

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 has said

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 as you can.

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 God has made

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 you all

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 reasonable

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 creatures.

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 Therefore,

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 let not

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 the noble

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 faculty of

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 reason

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 or understanding

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 lie

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 neglected.

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 Content

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 not yourselves

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 with divine

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 truth

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 you accidentally

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 gained in

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 conversation,

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 but

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 let it be

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 very much

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 your business

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 to search

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 for it

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 and that

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 with the

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 same

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 diligence

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 and labor

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 with which

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 men ought

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 to dig

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 in the

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 mines

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 for silver

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 or gold.

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 This is

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 such a

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 precious

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 gift

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 and we

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 need to

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 have our

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 minds

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 and our

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 hearts

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 in it

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 on a

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 daily

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 basis

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 and to

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 labor

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 for it

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 the way

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 that men

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 labor for

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 silver

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 and gold

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 to have

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 divine

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 truth.

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 As a joke,

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 some of you

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 in the earlier

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 days don't

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 remember,

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 I like

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 Jonathan

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 Ewers so

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 much that

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 a friend

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 of mine

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 in Ireland

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 bought me

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 this.

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 Jonathan

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 Ewers is

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 my own

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 boy.

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 It's a

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 little too

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 small for

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 me right

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 now,

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 so this

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 is the

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 only thing

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 I can

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 use it

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 for.

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 Something

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 like

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 this.

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 So to

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 keep in

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 mind,

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 we're going

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 to talk

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 about just

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 the Word

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 of God

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 this morning

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 and then

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 at the

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 end kind

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 of bring

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 it back

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 into the

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 Gospel of

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 Mark.

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 But we

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 need to

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 understand

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 that because

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 of our

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 sin and

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 because of

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 our rebellion

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 against such

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 a wonderful

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 Creator,

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 we don't

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 deserve

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 anything.

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 God could

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 have just

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 chosen to

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 keep us

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 in the

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 dark,

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 keep us

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 in silence,

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 dealing with

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 the consequences

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 of our sin,

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 left in

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 eternal

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 darkness,

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 left us to

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 our sin

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 indefinitely.

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 He could

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 have.

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 Y'all

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 understand

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 that when

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 the angels

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 rebelled

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 against God,

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 God did

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 not save

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 one of

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 them,

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 not one,

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 to the

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 fact that

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 He even

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 tries or

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 is going

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 to work

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 in the

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 hearts of

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 man,

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 such a

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 grace.

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 So God

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 could have

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 left us

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 in silence

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 and in

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 the darkness,

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 but yet

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 He spoke.

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 He chose

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 to speak

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 to us,

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 foretelling

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 of a Savior

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 to save

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 us,

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 to bring

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 redemption.

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 And so we

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 have to see

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 this book

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 as a

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 precious gift

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 of grace.

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 It really

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 is.

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 And it

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 hasn't come

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 to us

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 really in

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 an easy

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 way.

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 Martyrs,

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 people who

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 have shed

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 blood to

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 bring the

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 word to

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 us.

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 Scripture

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 is such a

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 gift.

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 So many

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 people in

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 the world

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 don't have

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 it,

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 as some

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 of you

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 are aware.

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 But Scripture

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 is what we

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 call a specific

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 revelation.

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 Nature is

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 general revelation.

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 It's enough

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 to tell us

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 that there

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 is a God,

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 that He

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 is powerful,

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 that He

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 should be

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 adored.

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 That's why

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 you can go

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 to many

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 places in

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 the world

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 and they

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 know that

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 there's a

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 God,

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 they know

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 that there

00:11:49.159 --> 00:11:49.459
 is a

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 Creator.

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 I always

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 use the

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 Native

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 Americans

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 as an

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 example.

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 I really

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 love the

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 Cherokee

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 a lot.

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 I go up

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 there a

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 good bit

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 and they

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 believe

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 that there

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 is an

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 ancient

00:12:01.100 --> 00:12:01.759
 Creator

00:12:01.759 --> 00:12:02.459
 who made

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 all things.

00:12:03.120 --> 00:12:03.279
 He needs

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 to be loved

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 and revered.

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 Out west,

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 the Apaches,

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 some of you

00:12:08.539 --> 00:12:08.879
 have heard of

00:12:08.879 --> 00:12:09.360
 the Apaches

00:12:09.360 --> 00:12:09.840
 before,

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 Geronimo,

00:12:11.059 --> 00:12:11.539
 Cochise,

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 all of them.

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 They believed

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 in Yosin

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 who is the

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 one God

00:12:15.620 --> 00:12:15.879
 and the

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 Father of

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 all men.

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 So that is

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 what general

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 revelation is,

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 but Scripture

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 is specific

00:12:22.259 --> 00:12:22.860
 because it

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 tells us

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 who God

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 is,

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 who we

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 are,

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 and what

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 we have

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 to do

00:12:26.500 --> 00:12:26.919
 to live

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 right before

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 Him and

00:12:28.600 --> 00:12:28.799
 to be

00:12:28.799 --> 00:12:29.279
 saved by

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 Him.

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 You can't

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 get that

00:12:31.100 --> 00:12:31.659
 in nature

00:12:31.659 --> 00:12:33.299
 alone.

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 So this

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 is specific

00:12:35.039 --> 00:12:35.620
 revelation.

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 And before

00:12:37.240 --> 00:12:37.559
 we go

00:12:37.559 --> 00:12:37.939
 further,

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 I know

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 there's a lot

00:12:39.679 --> 00:12:40.259
 of questions

00:12:40.259 --> 00:12:40.559
 that you're

00:12:40.559 --> 00:12:40.719
 going to

00:12:40.719 --> 00:12:41.259
 have that

00:12:41.259 --> 00:12:41.519
 I won't

00:12:41.519 --> 00:12:41.799
 be able to

00:12:41.799 --> 00:12:42.219
 answer this

00:12:42.219 --> 00:12:42.479
 morning.

00:12:42.779 --> 00:12:43.240
 I'm already

00:12:43.240 --> 00:12:43.819
 worried I'm

00:12:43.819 --> 00:12:44.019
 going to go

00:12:44.019 --> 00:12:44.559
 over time,

00:12:44.740 --> 00:12:45.059
 so if I

00:12:45.059 --> 00:12:45.259
 start,

00:12:45.899 --> 00:12:46.740
 Daniel Swanson

00:12:46.740 --> 00:12:47.479
 Esquire is

00:12:47.479 --> 00:12:47.719
 going to let

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 me know if I'm

00:12:48.179 --> 00:12:48.899
 going over time

00:12:48.899 --> 00:12:50.620
 this morning.

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 But just,

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 I'm always about

00:12:53.379 --> 00:12:53.899
 resources,

00:12:54.179 --> 00:12:55.399
 but one book

00:12:55.399 --> 00:12:56.339
 you can look at

00:12:56.339 --> 00:12:56.919
 is called

00:12:56.919 --> 00:12:57.620
 Nothing But

00:12:57.620 --> 00:12:58.179
 the Truth,

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 The Inspiration,

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 The Authority,

00:13:00.740 --> 00:13:01.100
 and The History

00:13:01.100 --> 00:13:01.639
 of the Bible

00:13:01.639 --> 00:13:03.440
 by Brian Edwards,

00:13:03.720 --> 00:13:04.220
 Nothing But

00:13:04.220 --> 00:13:04.659
 the Truth.

00:13:05.820 --> 00:13:06.340
 So,

00:13:07.179 --> 00:13:08.379
 this is called

00:13:08.379 --> 00:13:08.940
 the Word of

00:13:08.940 --> 00:13:09.299
 God,

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 and it's not

00:13:10.700 --> 00:13:11.200
 called that

00:13:11.200 --> 00:13:12.159
 for no reason.

00:13:13.120 --> 00:13:13.740
 God Himself

00:13:13.740 --> 00:13:14.820
 defines truth,

00:13:14.899 --> 00:13:15.679
 has inspired

00:13:15.679 --> 00:13:16.560
 truth in this

00:13:16.560 --> 00:13:16.879
 Word,

00:13:17.379 --> 00:13:18.019
 and He's

00:13:18.019 --> 00:13:18.679
 revealed it to

00:13:18.679 --> 00:13:19.100
 us,

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 though we were

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 lost and

00:13:21.539 --> 00:13:22.299
 separated from

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 Him.

00:13:23.940 --> 00:13:24.899
 Holy Scripture

00:13:24.899 --> 00:13:25.960
 is a witness

00:13:25.960 --> 00:13:28.040
 to us about

00:13:28.040 --> 00:13:28.900
 who God

00:13:28.900 --> 00:13:29.379
 is,

00:13:30.040 --> 00:13:30.500
 the true

00:13:30.500 --> 00:13:31.100
 knowledge of

00:13:31.100 --> 00:13:31.600
 God and how

00:13:31.600 --> 00:13:32.060
 He relates

00:13:32.060 --> 00:13:32.480
 to us.

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 So,

00:13:33.220 --> 00:13:33.720
 unlike any

00:13:33.720 --> 00:13:34.320
 other book,

00:13:34.440 --> 00:13:35.200
 it claims to

00:13:35.200 --> 00:13:35.680
 be the Word

00:13:35.680 --> 00:13:36.080
 of God.

00:13:36.560 --> 00:13:37.000
 In the Old

00:13:37.000 --> 00:13:37.960
 Testament alone,

00:13:38.680 --> 00:13:39.500
 that phrase is

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 used 2,000 times

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 alone.

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 In the New

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 Testament,

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 the term Word

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 of God is

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 used 40 times.

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 So,

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 it is an

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 actual book

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 that calls

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 itself the

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 Word of

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 God,

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 over and

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 over.

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 So,

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 I'm pretty

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 sure you

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 only have

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 like two

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 or three

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 places to

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 look this

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 morning,

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 but look

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 at 2 Timothy

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 chapter 3,

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 verse 16.

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 Paul writing

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 to his

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 young

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 apprentice

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 Timothy.

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 So,

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 those of you

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 who are

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 around here

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 are no

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 strangers to

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 this verse,

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 but I'm

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 begging you

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 to refuse

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 for it to be

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 familiar to

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 you.

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 Don't allow

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 it to be

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 familiar.

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 When you

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 really put

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 your mind

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 on what

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 this says,

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 it will

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 just spin

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 your world

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 around.

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 So,

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 chapter 3,

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 verse 16,

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 says,

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 all scripture

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 is breathed

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 out by

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 God and

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 is profitable

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 for teaching,

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 for reproof,

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 for correction,

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 for training

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 in righteousness,

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 that the man

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 of God may

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 be complete,

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 equipped for

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 every good

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 work.

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 So,

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 amazing words.

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 All of

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 scripture is

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 there,

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 again,

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 for us to

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 know God,

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 to be saved

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 by Him,

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 to live

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 rightly before

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 Him.

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 And if you

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 see here,

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 it is all

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 valuable,

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 it is profitable,

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 and it is

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 useful.

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 There are

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 not parts

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 of it that

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 don't have

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 some meaning

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 for us

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 today.

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 It all is

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 relevant and

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 speaks just as

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 loud today.

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 But the

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 phrase I want

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 you to really

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 look at is

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 right at the

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 beginning.

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 It says,

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 scripture is

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 breathed out

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 by God.

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 And in

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 this text,

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 Paul uses

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 a word that

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 is not used

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 in any other

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 ancient Greek

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 text.

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 and it's

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 not used

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 in any

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 other Bible

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 Greek text.

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 So,

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 it's almost

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 saying like

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 he put this

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 word together

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 to really

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 emphasize

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 a point.

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 This is the

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 word

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 theopneustos,

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 God,

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 theopneustos,

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 which is where

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 we get our

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 word pneumatic

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 or pneumonia

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 from,

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 this idea of

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 breathing out.

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 That's what it

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 means.

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 It means that

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 God literally

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 breathed out

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 that God

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 spoke to us

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 in the dark.

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 of sin.

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 It expresses

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 the divine

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 origin,

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 inspiration,

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 authority of

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 scripture.

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 So,

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 it's a huge,

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 huge word

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 that he put

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 together to

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 emphasize a

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 point that

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 scripture has

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 a divine

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 origin.

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 All of it

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 is beneficial

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 for our

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 souls and

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 to help us

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 to know

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 God.

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 Very

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 similarly,

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 flip over

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 to 2 Peter.

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 We're doing

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 all eternity

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 now and you

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 can just

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 listen the

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 rest of

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 the time.

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 But,

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 2 Peter

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 chapter 1,

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 2 Peter

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 chapter 1,

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 verse 19.

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 Alright,

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 Peter just

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 described the

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 transfiguration

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 and how they

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 were with

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 Christ on the

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 mountain.

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 verse 19.

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 He says,

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 And we

00:17:03.779 --> 00:17:05.200
 have the

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 prophetic word

00:17:06.159 --> 00:17:07.519
 more fully

00:17:07.519 --> 00:17:08.139
 confirmed,

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 to which you

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 would do

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 well to pay

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 attention,

00:17:12.099 --> 00:17:12.940
 as a lamp

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 shining in a

00:17:13.740 --> 00:17:14.539
 dark place,

00:17:15.059 --> 00:17:15.839
 until the day

00:17:15.839 --> 00:17:16.480
 dawns and the

00:17:16.480 --> 00:17:17.200
 morning star

00:17:17.200 --> 00:17:18.559
 rises in your

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 hearts.

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 Knowing this,

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 first of all,

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 that no

00:17:21.720 --> 00:17:22.099
 scripture,

00:17:22.839 --> 00:17:23.480
 no prophecy

00:17:23.480 --> 00:17:23.879
 of scripture

00:17:23.879 --> 00:17:24.440
 comes from

00:17:24.440 --> 00:17:25.000
 one's own

00:17:25.000 --> 00:17:25.619
 interpretation.

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 For no

00:17:26.799 --> 00:17:27.579
 prophecy was

00:17:27.579 --> 00:17:28.279
 ever produced

00:17:28.279 --> 00:17:28.699
 by the

00:17:28.699 --> 00:17:29.219
 will of

00:17:29.219 --> 00:17:29.579
 man.

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 You see

00:17:29.879 --> 00:17:30.139
 that?

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 Like,

00:17:30.479 --> 00:17:31.159
 man did

00:17:31.159 --> 00:17:31.699
 not do

00:17:31.699 --> 00:17:32.039
 this,

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 but man

00:17:33.079 --> 00:17:33.879
 spoke from

00:17:33.879 --> 00:17:34.519
 God as

00:17:34.519 --> 00:17:34.739
 they were

00:17:34.739 --> 00:17:35.659
 carried along

00:17:35.659 --> 00:17:36.779
 by the

00:17:36.779 --> 00:17:37.419
 Holy Spirit.

00:17:38.559 --> 00:17:39.359
 Look at

00:17:39.359 --> 00:17:40.819
 verse 19.

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 It gives

00:17:42.379 --> 00:17:42.939
 us the idea

00:17:42.939 --> 00:17:45.019
 that paints a

00:17:45.019 --> 00:17:45.939
 picture of the

00:17:45.939 --> 00:17:46.799
 darkness of a

00:17:46.799 --> 00:17:47.579
 fallen world

00:17:47.579 --> 00:17:48.179
 and sin,

00:17:48.899 --> 00:17:49.199
 right?

00:17:49.339 --> 00:17:50.419
 And that the

00:17:50.419 --> 00:17:51.119
 word of God

00:17:51.119 --> 00:17:51.859
 is the lamp

00:17:51.859 --> 00:17:53.019
 that shines

00:17:53.019 --> 00:17:54.239
 light into the

00:17:54.239 --> 00:17:54.719
 darkness.

00:17:55.619 --> 00:17:56.339
 Into the

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 dark places.

00:17:57.939 --> 00:17:58.699
 God spoke.

00:17:59.639 --> 00:17:59.759
 Alright?

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 And then it

00:18:00.339 --> 00:18:00.599
 says,

00:18:00.719 --> 00:18:01.139
 as the day

00:18:01.139 --> 00:18:01.759
 dawns,

00:18:01.799 --> 00:18:02.379
 until the day

00:18:02.379 --> 00:18:02.879
 dawns,

00:18:03.259 --> 00:18:03.679
 and the

00:18:03.679 --> 00:18:04.199
 morning star

00:18:04.199 --> 00:18:04.559
 rises.

00:18:04.679 --> 00:18:05.179
 So God's

00:18:05.179 --> 00:18:05.819
 word is like

00:18:05.819 --> 00:18:06.539
 bringing about

00:18:06.539 --> 00:18:08.159
 a new creation,

00:18:08.339 --> 00:18:08.879
 a new heaven

00:18:08.879 --> 00:18:09.279
 and a new

00:18:09.279 --> 00:18:09.539
 earth,

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 and it is a

00:18:10.079 --> 00:18:10.479
 process.

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 It is here

00:18:11.779 --> 00:18:12.399
 now and it

00:18:12.399 --> 00:18:13.719
 is now coming.

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 It will be

00:18:14.539 --> 00:18:15.379
 fully here one

00:18:15.379 --> 00:18:16.079
 day when Christ

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 returns.

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 But then he

00:18:18.319 --> 00:18:19.019
 goes on and he

00:18:19.019 --> 00:18:19.659
 says that this

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 has not come

00:18:20.919 --> 00:18:21.500
 from man.

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 This is something

00:18:22.199 --> 00:18:23.639
 that God has

00:18:23.639 --> 00:18:24.019
 done.

00:18:24.559 --> 00:18:25.159
 So where we get

00:18:25.160 --> 00:18:25.640
 our term,

00:18:26.940 --> 00:18:27.840
 the idea of

00:18:27.840 --> 00:18:28.860
 inspiration of

00:18:28.860 --> 00:18:29.140
 scripture.

00:18:30.300 --> 00:18:31.540
 Now, when

00:18:31.540 --> 00:18:32.560
 man wrote God's

00:18:32.560 --> 00:18:33.000
 word, it

00:18:33.000 --> 00:18:33.700
 wasn't like he

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 just sort of

00:18:34.360 --> 00:18:35.560
 possessed them

00:18:35.560 --> 00:18:36.040
 and they became

00:18:36.040 --> 00:18:36.720
 just a machine

00:18:36.720 --> 00:18:37.180
 and they started

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 writing stuff.

00:18:38.580 --> 00:18:38.960
 And they were

00:18:38.960 --> 00:18:39.320
 like out of

00:18:39.320 --> 00:18:39.800
 their minds.

00:18:40.940 --> 00:18:41.920
 God used

00:18:41.920 --> 00:18:42.200
 them.

00:18:42.740 --> 00:18:43.420
 This phrase

00:18:43.420 --> 00:18:43.980
 here where it

00:18:43.980 --> 00:18:44.480
 says carried

00:18:44.480 --> 00:18:45.519
 along by the

00:18:45.519 --> 00:18:45.860
 spirit.

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 It's this idea

00:18:47.460 --> 00:18:50.019
 of a leaf or

00:18:50.019 --> 00:18:50.900
 something else

00:18:50.900 --> 00:18:51.480
 like that that

00:18:51.480 --> 00:18:52.140
 could be in a

00:18:52.140 --> 00:18:52.800
 river that's being

00:18:52.799 --> 00:18:53.960
 carried along by

00:18:53.960 --> 00:18:56.119
 this flow of

00:18:56.119 --> 00:18:56.480
 the river.

00:18:57.480 --> 00:18:58.200
 And God is

00:18:58.200 --> 00:18:59.139
 involving them in

00:18:59.139 --> 00:18:59.859
 the process of

00:18:59.859 --> 00:19:00.500
 writing his word.

00:19:00.599 --> 00:19:01.000
 He used their

00:19:01.000 --> 00:19:02.980
 experiences, their

00:19:02.980 --> 00:19:03.879
 own vocabulary.

00:19:04.279 --> 00:19:04.779
 He used their

00:19:04.779 --> 00:19:05.379
 backgrounds.

00:19:06.240 --> 00:19:07.480
 Everything unique.

00:19:08.480 --> 00:19:09.619
 But God involved

00:19:09.619 --> 00:19:10.419
 them in the process

00:19:10.419 --> 00:19:11.319
 so that all the

00:19:11.319 --> 00:19:13.059
 Bible writers could

00:19:13.059 --> 00:19:14.779
 say, like David

00:19:14.779 --> 00:19:16.059
 said in 2 Samuel

00:19:16.059 --> 00:19:17.180
 23, David said,

00:19:17.180 --> 00:19:18.700
 the spirit of the

00:19:18.700 --> 00:19:19.860
 Lord speaks by

00:19:19.860 --> 00:19:20.240
 me.

00:19:20.960 --> 00:19:22.200
 His word is on

00:19:22.200 --> 00:19:22.779
 my tongue.

00:19:23.560 --> 00:19:24.180
 The God of

00:19:24.180 --> 00:19:25.380
 Israel has spoken.

00:19:26.100 --> 00:19:26.779
 The rock of

00:19:26.779 --> 00:19:27.680
 Israel has said

00:19:27.680 --> 00:19:28.060
 to me.

00:19:28.980 --> 00:19:29.240
 Right?

00:19:29.320 --> 00:19:30.340
 So God worked

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 in the hearts of

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 men and the

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 souls of men and

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 they spoke and

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 wrote the words

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 of God.

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 And it's amazing

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 because I hope

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 you realize that

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 your very life

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 right now,

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 very life,

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 like the

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 heartbeat you have,

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 the air in your

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 lungs, is being

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 sustained by the

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 word of God.

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 When Jesus says,

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 man shall not

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 live by bread

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 alone, but on

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 every word that

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 proceeds out of

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 the mouth of

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 God, it's like an

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 active tense of

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 God speaking.

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 All right?

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 So literally, in

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 him we live and

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 move and have our

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 being.

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 And in him is our

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 life, breath, and

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 everything.

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 He sustains us by

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 his word.

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 By his word.

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 So the Bible

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 really has no

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 equal.

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 There's no other

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 text in ancient or

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 modern literature at

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 all that compares to

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 the Scripture.

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 It's not written by

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 one man in a short

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 period of time who

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 claims that he heard

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 from God, like the

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 Koran, for instance.

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 But rather, the

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 Bible was written

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 over the course of

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 1,500 years,

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 roughly.

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 It has 66 different

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 documents that span

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 that 1,500 years,

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 and at least 40

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 different authors

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 that contributed to

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 this.

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 And what's crazy is

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 like you have that

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 large span of time,

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 all these different

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 men telling you the

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 same story, that

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 there is a creator,

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 that we have rebelled

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 against him, that

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 there is sin, that

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 there is a Messiah

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 coming.

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 That's crazy.

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 That's just simply

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 astounding.

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 And including in

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 that, the Bible is

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 composed of many

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 different types of

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 literature, law, poetry,

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 history, everything in

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 there, prophecy.

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 It's all there.

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 So, such a variety

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 just in the Bible

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 itself, literature.

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 And when we talk

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 about this idea

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 that no matter the

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 1,500 years that

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 God has done this,

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 the Bible is

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 astoundingly

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 consistent in its

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 themes, its message,

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 and its truthfulness.

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 Right?

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 That's what we refer

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 to by, you've heard

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 the term inerrancy.

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 We could talk about

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 inerrancy a long

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 time, but it really

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 just means that the

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 original Bible

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 manuscripts, okay,

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 the original Bible

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 manuscripts do not

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 affirm anything

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 contrary to fact or

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 truth.

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 Right?

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 That it was literally

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 from God and that

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 they wrote it down.

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 So, the harmony of

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 the Bible is, it

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 kind of, it blows

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 us away.

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 It is so consistent.

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 And those of you

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 who looked and really

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 read, like, you

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 learn that the Bible

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 is also a very real

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 book.

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 It shows the

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 ugliness of sin,

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 how there's no hero

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 in the Bible that

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 doesn't have some

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 serious screw-up.

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 Abraham sold his

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 wife out, at least

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 twice, and was a

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 coward and ran.

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 David committed

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 adultery, murder,

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 and scandal.

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 The Bible is a very

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 real book.

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 Very real book.

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 And it exposes how

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 needy we are, okay?

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 It's unlike fantasy at

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 all.

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 One writer said,

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 Behold, the works of

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 all our philosophers

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 with all their pompous

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 dictum, how mean and

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 contemptible they are in

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 comparison with the

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 scriptures.

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 It is possible that a

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 book at once so simple

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 and sublime should never

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 be merely the work of

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 man.

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 Another writer, he

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 says, the Bible is not

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 such a book a man would

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 write if he could, or

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 could write if he

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 would.

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 It's just not

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 possible.

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 And so today, we

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 could talk about the

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 Old and New Testament,

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 but just because we're

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 in Mark, we're going to

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 focus on the New

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 Testament particularly.

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 So we're just going to

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 look at three questions.

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 So, the first one won't

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 take as long to answer,

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 but what are the origins

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 of the New Testament

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 manuscripts?

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 Where do we get the New

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 Testament?

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 Well, for the originals,

00:23:42.099 --> 00:23:43.319
 God's own word was

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 written by men who were

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 chosen and prepared by the

00:23:46.559 --> 00:23:48.200
 Spirit of God to do

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 this.

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 The original copies of

00:23:50.519 --> 00:23:51.240
 the Old Testament were

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 written in the first

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 century, A.D., the same

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 time as Christ lived and

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 walked the earth, days of

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 the early, early church.

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 And it's not reflecting

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 back on events that

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 happened hundreds and

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 thousands of years ago.

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 It's reflecting on

00:24:06.279 --> 00:24:08.400
 recent events that

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 happened.

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 So, those of you who

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 study history know that

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 the longer the time

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 gaps, the more danger

00:24:14.920 --> 00:24:15.660
 you would have being

00:24:15.660 --> 00:24:16.320
 inconsistent.

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 And God shows his joy

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 and his wisdom by

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 choosing a large variety

00:24:22.820 --> 00:24:23.660
 of different types of

00:24:23.660 --> 00:24:24.519
 men to write.

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 Rabbis, tax collectors,

00:24:26.700 --> 00:24:28.600
 fishermen, doctors,

00:24:28.940 --> 00:24:30.900
 scholars, all contributed

00:24:30.900 --> 00:24:31.720
 to the New Testament.

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 God loves variety, and so

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 he elected these men.

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 So, we're blessed to have

00:24:39.920 --> 00:24:41.320
 this New Testament.

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 And God chose also to pick

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 one of the most descriptive

00:24:44.980 --> 00:24:47.960
 and precise of all languages

00:24:47.960 --> 00:24:48.960
 that's ever been around.

00:24:49.080 --> 00:24:50.800
 Koine Greek, most of the New

00:24:50.799 --> 00:24:52.819
 Testament written in Koine Greek,

00:24:52.859 --> 00:24:54.279
 a very precise language,

00:24:54.379 --> 00:24:55.359
 that God would choose that

00:24:55.359 --> 00:24:56.940
 language to write the

00:24:56.940 --> 00:24:57.220
 Scripture.

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 Pretty awesome.

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 So, that's a very simple

00:25:00.399 --> 00:25:01.240
 answer to that one.

00:25:01.279 --> 00:25:01.940
 What are the origins?

00:25:02.759 --> 00:25:03.819
 So, these men in the first

00:25:03.819 --> 00:25:06.000
 century wrote the New

00:25:06.000 --> 00:25:06.339
 Testament.

00:25:07.559 --> 00:25:07.819
 Okay?

00:25:09.180 --> 00:25:10.839
 So, a little bit longer here.

00:25:11.559 --> 00:25:14.119
 Number two, how do we get

00:25:14.119 --> 00:25:15.379
 our current New Testament?

00:25:15.520 --> 00:25:16.960
 Like, how do we get this?

00:25:17.660 --> 00:25:17.900
 Alright?

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 Because, there are no original

00:25:23.300 --> 00:25:24.700
 manuscripts left.

00:25:25.460 --> 00:25:25.880
 Alright?

00:25:26.440 --> 00:25:28.620
 We have no original copies of

00:25:28.620 --> 00:25:29.640
 any of the New Testament.

00:25:30.520 --> 00:25:31.720
 But don't be alarmed by that.

00:25:31.980 --> 00:25:32.760
 We're going to get into that.

00:25:32.759 --> 00:25:34.619
 So, there's two reasons mainly

00:25:34.619 --> 00:25:35.480
 why we don't.

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 The first one is the materials

00:25:37.720 --> 00:25:38.900
 that they use to write,

00:25:39.599 --> 00:25:40.920
 papyrus or papyri,

00:25:41.400 --> 00:25:44.140
 not the most durable material.

00:25:44.500 --> 00:25:46.359
 It would crack and crumble

00:25:46.359 --> 00:25:47.119
 pretty easily.

00:25:48.220 --> 00:25:50.599
 And most ancient writings

00:25:50.599 --> 00:25:51.379
 are written in that.

00:25:52.319 --> 00:25:54.160
 There's no originals that exist.

00:25:54.779 --> 00:25:56.160
 Any kind of physical mistreatment

00:25:56.160 --> 00:25:58.000
 or bad weather can destroy

00:25:58.000 --> 00:25:59.220
 papyri.

00:25:59.220 --> 00:26:01.480
 And secondly,

00:26:02.480 --> 00:26:04.600
 in the second and third

00:26:04.600 --> 00:26:05.740
 centuries particularly,

00:26:06.440 --> 00:26:07.579
 there was immense

00:26:07.579 --> 00:26:09.019
 persecution.

00:26:09.860 --> 00:26:11.220
 And not just

00:26:11.220 --> 00:26:13.019
 on the believers themselves,

00:26:13.160 --> 00:26:13.839
 but on the Scripture.

00:26:14.660 --> 00:26:15.940
 Particularly under Domitian,

00:26:16.079 --> 00:26:17.559
 Trajan, Marcus Aurelius.

00:26:17.600 --> 00:26:19.039
 They really tried to

00:26:19.039 --> 00:26:20.140
 annihilate the Scriptures.

00:26:20.319 --> 00:26:22.019
 Like, find all that we can

00:26:22.019 --> 00:26:22.980
 and burn them.

00:26:23.860 --> 00:26:24.940
 Just destroy them.

00:26:25.019 --> 00:26:26.160
 So, there was an immense

00:26:26.160 --> 00:26:26.799
 persecution

00:26:26.799 --> 00:26:28.880
 in those early centuries.

00:26:29.220 --> 00:26:30.160
 They felt like it was

00:26:30.160 --> 00:26:31.000
 their responsibility

00:26:31.000 --> 00:26:32.339
 to stamp out

00:26:32.339 --> 00:26:33.480
 Christianity

00:26:33.480 --> 00:26:34.600
 and the Scriptures.

00:26:35.920 --> 00:26:36.220
 So,

00:26:36.440 --> 00:26:38.019
 are we lost

00:26:38.019 --> 00:26:39.700
 because we don't have

00:26:39.700 --> 00:26:40.579
 any of the originals?

00:26:41.200 --> 00:26:42.600
 The answer is no,

00:26:42.720 --> 00:26:43.319
 we are not.

00:26:44.180 --> 00:26:44.799
 And why?

00:26:44.980 --> 00:26:45.740
 Because we have

00:26:45.740 --> 00:26:46.980
 copies

00:26:46.980 --> 00:26:48.380
 upon copies

00:26:48.380 --> 00:26:49.240
 upon copies

00:26:49.240 --> 00:26:50.240
 of the originals.

00:26:51.440 --> 00:26:51.680
 Alright?

00:26:52.779 --> 00:26:53.839
 If you went to

00:26:53.839 --> 00:26:54.600
 some of the college

00:26:54.600 --> 00:26:55.180
 you guys have heard

00:26:55.180 --> 00:26:56.079
 some of this stuff before,

00:26:56.200 --> 00:26:56.360
 but

00:26:56.360 --> 00:26:57.799
 I can just get over it

00:26:57.799 --> 00:26:58.339
 and hear it again.

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 If you went to

00:27:00.599 --> 00:27:01.559
 Washington, D.C.

00:27:02.459 --> 00:27:02.799
 And,

00:27:02.919 --> 00:27:05.539
 I love colonial history

00:27:05.539 --> 00:27:06.159
 in America,

00:27:06.319 --> 00:27:06.879
 but if you went to

00:27:06.879 --> 00:27:07.759
 Washington, D.C.

00:27:08.279 --> 00:27:09.240
 and you saw the,

00:27:09.319 --> 00:27:10.339
 you can go and see it,

00:27:10.439 --> 00:27:11.639
 the Declaration of Independence.

00:27:12.339 --> 00:27:12.939
 Right there.

00:27:13.019 --> 00:27:13.599
 I've seen it.

00:27:14.379 --> 00:27:15.500
 With these very eyes.

00:27:15.559 --> 00:27:16.059
 I've seen the

00:27:16.059 --> 00:27:16.980
 Declaration of Independence.

00:27:16.980 --> 00:27:19.980
 Yeah.

00:27:21.440 --> 00:27:22.559
 You can go and see it.

00:27:22.559 --> 00:27:22.920
 So,

00:27:23.120 --> 00:27:23.960
 let's just say

00:27:23.960 --> 00:27:25.000
 that there was

00:27:25.000 --> 00:27:26.079
 a massive fire

00:27:26.079 --> 00:27:27.519
 that occurred

00:27:27.519 --> 00:27:28.299
 and

00:27:28.299 --> 00:27:29.640
 something happened

00:27:29.640 --> 00:27:30.519
 and the Declaration

00:27:30.519 --> 00:27:30.960
 of Independence

00:27:30.960 --> 00:27:32.279
 was completely

00:27:32.279 --> 00:27:34.160
 obliterated.

00:27:35.059 --> 00:27:35.660
 So,

00:27:35.880 --> 00:27:36.579
 would we

00:27:36.579 --> 00:27:37.360
 at one time

00:27:37.360 --> 00:27:37.799
 say,

00:27:38.579 --> 00:27:38.819
 wow,

00:27:39.579 --> 00:27:40.299
 I guess we just

00:27:40.299 --> 00:27:40.640
 don't know

00:27:40.640 --> 00:27:41.200
 what the Declaration

00:27:41.200 --> 00:27:41.759
 of Independence

00:27:41.759 --> 00:27:42.480
 says anymore.

00:27:43.299 --> 00:27:43.660
 And,

00:27:43.660 --> 00:27:44.380
 and why is that

00:27:44.380 --> 00:27:44.759
 so,

00:27:44.860 --> 00:27:45.460
 you know,

00:27:45.460 --> 00:27:45.880
 absurd?

00:27:46.039 --> 00:27:46.120
 And,

00:27:46.140 --> 00:27:46.700
 the reason is

00:27:46.700 --> 00:27:47.120
 we have

00:27:47.120 --> 00:27:48.700
 copies of copies

00:27:48.700 --> 00:27:49.259
 of copies

00:27:49.259 --> 00:27:50.180
 of the Declaration

00:27:50.180 --> 00:27:50.900
 of Independence.

00:27:51.740 --> 00:27:52.480
 Tons of them.

00:27:53.500 --> 00:27:54.259
 So many

00:27:54.259 --> 00:27:54.819
 that if there was

00:27:54.819 --> 00:27:55.620
 a small difference

00:27:55.620 --> 00:27:56.180
 we could tell

00:27:56.180 --> 00:27:56.980
 because of the other

00:27:56.980 --> 00:27:59.279
 99.99% of them

00:27:59.279 --> 00:27:59.840
 say this

00:27:59.840 --> 00:28:00.460
 and not that.

00:28:01.559 --> 00:28:02.000
 So,

00:28:02.180 --> 00:28:02.579
 God

00:28:02.579 --> 00:28:04.120
 is the sovereign

00:28:04.120 --> 00:28:04.799
 preserver

00:28:04.799 --> 00:28:05.420
 of Scripture.

00:28:06.259 --> 00:28:06.559
 Y'all do,

00:28:06.620 --> 00:28:07.299
 y'all do know

00:28:07.299 --> 00:28:08.140
 that like he says,

00:28:08.220 --> 00:28:08.759
 like when I have

00:28:08.759 --> 00:28:09.180
 a purpose

00:28:09.180 --> 00:28:10.480
 that cannot be thwarted.

00:28:11.079 --> 00:28:11.740
 I've declared

00:28:11.740 --> 00:28:12.259
 the beginning

00:28:12.259 --> 00:28:12.920
 from the end.

00:28:13.000 --> 00:28:14.079
 I work all things

00:28:14.079 --> 00:28:15.279
 according to the

00:28:15.279 --> 00:28:16.440
 counsel of my will.

00:28:17.359 --> 00:28:18.700
 No man can stop me

00:28:18.700 --> 00:28:19.000
 or say,

00:28:19.079 --> 00:28:19.960
 what have you done?

00:28:20.700 --> 00:28:21.660
 This is God.

00:28:22.420 --> 00:28:22.799
 So,

00:28:22.879 --> 00:28:23.440
 even though

00:28:23.440 --> 00:28:24.019
 Satan

00:28:24.019 --> 00:28:25.660
 and the world

00:28:25.660 --> 00:28:26.139
 have sought

00:28:26.139 --> 00:28:26.899
 to destroy

00:28:26.899 --> 00:28:28.579
 the Word of God

00:28:28.579 --> 00:28:30.359
 by persecution,

00:28:31.099 --> 00:28:31.680
 listen to this,

00:28:31.720 --> 00:28:32.519
 there are roughly

00:28:32.519 --> 00:28:35.839
 5,366 copies

00:28:35.839 --> 00:28:36.960
 made of the original

00:28:36.960 --> 00:28:38.220
 New Testament

00:28:38.220 --> 00:28:39.039
 manuscript.

00:28:40.539 --> 00:28:40.700
 Alright?

00:28:42.099 --> 00:28:42.440
 So,

00:28:42.519 --> 00:28:43.139
 just as God

00:28:43.139 --> 00:28:43.720
 is the author

00:28:43.720 --> 00:28:44.160
 of Scripture,

00:28:44.279 --> 00:28:44.799
 he also is

00:28:44.799 --> 00:28:45.420
 the preserver

00:28:45.420 --> 00:28:45.940
 of Scripture

00:28:45.940 --> 00:28:47.059
 to pass down

00:28:47.059 --> 00:28:47.579
 to us

00:28:47.579 --> 00:28:48.839
 his Word.

00:28:50.400 --> 00:28:50.700
 Alright?

00:28:50.779 --> 00:28:51.360
 He moved

00:28:51.360 --> 00:28:52.559
 on the preservers

00:28:52.559 --> 00:28:53.039
 to make sure

00:28:53.039 --> 00:28:53.400
 the Scripture

00:28:53.400 --> 00:28:54.180
 stayed true

00:28:54.180 --> 00:28:55.660
 and pure

00:28:55.660 --> 00:28:56.579
 throughout history.

00:28:57.579 --> 00:28:58.259
 Some of the

00:28:58.259 --> 00:28:59.360
 early church fathers,

00:29:00.220 --> 00:29:00.700
 when you get

00:29:00.700 --> 00:29:01.740
 into the 4th century,

00:29:02.660 --> 00:29:03.120
 particularly,

00:29:04.220 --> 00:29:05.120
 the emperor

00:29:05.120 --> 00:29:05.960
 Constantine

00:29:05.960 --> 00:29:07.680
 made Christianity

00:29:07.680 --> 00:29:08.259
 kind of like

00:29:08.259 --> 00:29:09.160
 the state religion.

00:29:09.799 --> 00:29:10.299
 Maybe it wasn't

00:29:10.299 --> 00:29:11.120
 even the best thing

00:29:11.120 --> 00:29:11.480
 that could have

00:29:11.480 --> 00:29:11.779
 happened,

00:29:11.779 --> 00:29:12.319
 actually,

00:29:12.700 --> 00:29:14.440
 but probably

00:29:14.440 --> 00:29:14.759
 not,

00:29:14.879 --> 00:29:15.500
 definitely not

00:29:15.500 --> 00:29:15.879
 a Christian.

00:29:17.059 --> 00:29:17.500
 But,

00:29:17.619 --> 00:29:18.399
 he made it

00:29:18.399 --> 00:29:19.259
 legal

00:29:19.259 --> 00:29:20.559
 to follow Christ

00:29:20.559 --> 00:29:21.859
 and

00:29:21.859 --> 00:29:23.139
 when that happened,

00:29:23.720 --> 00:29:24.539
 copies of the Scripture

00:29:24.539 --> 00:29:25.339
 began to pop up

00:29:25.339 --> 00:29:25.720
 everywhere.

00:29:25.839 --> 00:29:26.460
 There was a huge

00:29:26.460 --> 00:29:27.399
 kind of resurgence.

00:29:28.240 --> 00:29:28.759
 And around

00:29:28.759 --> 00:29:29.579
 325,

00:29:29.879 --> 00:29:31.000
 the Council of Nicaea,

00:29:31.680 --> 00:29:32.180
 there was two

00:29:32.180 --> 00:29:32.599
 manuscripts,

00:29:32.779 --> 00:29:33.200
 particularly,

00:29:33.339 --> 00:29:34.139
 of the New Testament.

00:29:35.099 --> 00:29:35.279
 Alright?

00:29:35.420 --> 00:29:35.899
 The first one

00:29:35.899 --> 00:29:36.420
 is called

00:29:36.420 --> 00:29:38.000
 Synecetus

00:29:38.000 --> 00:29:38.640
 and it's actually

00:29:38.640 --> 00:29:39.099
 in a British

00:29:39.099 --> 00:29:39.980
 museum today

00:29:39.980 --> 00:29:41.519
 and it's about

00:29:41.519 --> 00:29:42.539
 350 A.D.

00:29:43.039 --> 00:29:43.539
 and it's the

00:29:43.539 --> 00:29:44.700
 entire New Testament.

00:29:45.599 --> 00:29:46.599
 Entire New Testament.

00:29:47.660 --> 00:29:48.059
 The second

00:29:48.059 --> 00:29:49.079
 is called

00:29:49.079 --> 00:29:49.799
 Vaticanus

00:29:49.799 --> 00:29:50.220
 and it's actually

00:29:50.220 --> 00:29:50.819
 at the Vatican

00:29:50.819 --> 00:29:51.400
 in Rome

00:29:51.400 --> 00:29:53.279
 325 A.D.

00:29:53.359 --> 00:29:54.539
 and it's also

00:29:54.539 --> 00:29:55.279
 the whole Bible.

00:29:56.099 --> 00:29:56.259
 So,

00:29:56.400 --> 00:29:56.819
 these two

00:29:56.819 --> 00:29:57.359
 full,

00:29:57.920 --> 00:29:58.380
 complete

00:29:58.380 --> 00:29:59.180
 New Testaments

00:29:59.180 --> 00:30:00.880
 are there

00:30:00.880 --> 00:30:01.799
 for us to see

00:30:01.799 --> 00:30:03.380
 and very close

00:30:03.380 --> 00:30:03.680
 to,

00:30:03.839 --> 00:30:04.019
 again,

00:30:04.119 --> 00:30:04.839
 the originals.

00:30:05.640 --> 00:30:05.839
 So,

00:30:06.079 --> 00:30:07.160
 think about this.

00:30:08.000 --> 00:30:08.619
 The writings

00:30:08.619 --> 00:30:09.480
 of the early

00:30:09.480 --> 00:30:10.240
 church fathers,

00:30:11.000 --> 00:30:11.279
 alright?

00:30:11.940 --> 00:30:12.660
 We're talking

00:30:12.660 --> 00:30:13.200
 just in

00:30:13.200 --> 00:30:14.180
 the second,

00:30:14.339 --> 00:30:14.539
 third,

00:30:14.660 --> 00:30:15.359
 fourth centuries.

00:30:16.200 --> 00:30:16.900
 They quote

00:30:16.900 --> 00:30:17.779
 from the New Testament,

00:30:19.000 --> 00:30:19.960
 direct quotations

00:30:19.960 --> 00:30:20.599
 from the New Testament

00:30:20.599 --> 00:30:22.180
 32,000 times.

00:30:23.220 --> 00:30:23.420
 Alright?

00:30:24.220 --> 00:30:24.779
 Their writings

00:30:24.779 --> 00:30:25.279
 are contained

00:30:25.279 --> 00:30:25.920
 in libraries,

00:30:26.140 --> 00:30:26.539
 museums,

00:30:26.700 --> 00:30:26.960
 you can go

00:30:26.960 --> 00:30:27.500
 and see it.

00:30:28.420 --> 00:30:28.980
 And there's

00:30:28.980 --> 00:30:30.519
 so many

00:30:30.519 --> 00:30:31.160
 quotations

00:30:31.160 --> 00:30:31.920
 of the New Testament

00:30:31.920 --> 00:30:33.200
 that you literally

00:30:33.200 --> 00:30:34.319
 can reconstruct

00:30:34.319 --> 00:30:34.920
 the entire

00:30:34.920 --> 00:30:35.380
 New Testament

00:30:35.380 --> 00:30:36.039
 just on their

00:30:36.039 --> 00:30:36.680
 quotations.

00:30:38.000 --> 00:30:38.640
 Pretty awesome.

00:30:40.019 --> 00:30:40.759
 And there's

00:30:40.759 --> 00:30:41.839
 over 19,000

00:30:41.839 --> 00:30:42.380
 quotations

00:30:42.380 --> 00:30:42.779
 from the

00:30:42.779 --> 00:30:43.519
 Gospel writings.

00:30:44.440 --> 00:30:44.740
 So,

00:30:44.900 --> 00:30:45.200
 the early

00:30:45.200 --> 00:30:45.839
 church fathers,

00:30:46.000 --> 00:30:46.240
 again,

00:30:46.400 --> 00:30:46.960
 preserved,

00:30:48.039 --> 00:30:48.680
 helped preserve

00:30:48.680 --> 00:30:49.400
 the New Testament.

00:30:50.480 --> 00:30:50.880
 So,

00:30:51.359 --> 00:30:52.220
 in our New Testament,

00:30:52.980 --> 00:30:53.440
 you can always

00:30:53.440 --> 00:30:53.880
 look at your

00:30:53.880 --> 00:30:54.960
 table of contents,

00:30:55.599 --> 00:30:56.259
 but what you see

00:30:56.259 --> 00:30:56.900
 in front of you,

00:30:58.180 --> 00:30:58.559
 I remember

00:30:58.559 --> 00:30:58.900
 when I was

00:30:58.900 --> 00:31:00.079
 an early

00:31:00.079 --> 00:31:00.440
 Christian,

00:31:00.500 --> 00:31:01.099
 every Bible study,

00:31:01.160 --> 00:31:01.740
 I went to

00:31:01.740 --> 00:31:02.619
 turn to

00:31:02.619 --> 00:31:02.940
 so-and-so,

00:31:02.940 --> 00:31:03.220
 and everybody

00:31:03.220 --> 00:31:03.400
 like,

00:31:03.400 --> 00:31:04.960
 I'd be like,

00:31:05.840 --> 00:31:07.080
 you know,

00:31:07.180 --> 00:31:07.560
 didn't know

00:31:07.560 --> 00:31:07.940
 where to turn.

00:31:08.740 --> 00:31:09.580
 But you look

00:31:09.580 --> 00:31:10.180
 at the

00:31:10.180 --> 00:31:11.019
 table of contents

00:31:11.019 --> 00:31:11.759
 and the New Testament

00:31:11.759 --> 00:31:12.200
 that you see

00:31:12.200 --> 00:31:12.800
 before you

00:31:12.800 --> 00:31:14.400
 was kind of

00:31:14.400 --> 00:31:15.220
 decided on.

00:31:16.040 --> 00:31:16.519
 There was a

00:31:16.519 --> 00:31:16.980
 series of

00:31:16.980 --> 00:31:17.700
 church councils

00:31:17.700 --> 00:31:18.320
 that met,

00:31:19.300 --> 00:31:20.019
 and one

00:31:20.019 --> 00:31:20.560
 particularly,

00:31:20.759 --> 00:31:21.800
 397 A.D.,

00:31:21.800 --> 00:31:22.240
 the Council

00:31:22.240 --> 00:31:22.940
 of Carthage,

00:31:23.700 --> 00:31:24.120
 they used

00:31:24.120 --> 00:31:24.980
 certain criteria

00:31:24.980 --> 00:31:26.040
 to decide

00:31:26.040 --> 00:31:27.100
 whether or not

00:31:27.100 --> 00:31:28.040
 books belonged

00:31:28.040 --> 00:31:28.680
 in the Scriptures

00:31:28.680 --> 00:31:29.280
 or not.

00:31:30.400 --> 00:31:30.620
 So,

00:31:30.680 --> 00:31:31.140
 here's these

00:31:31.140 --> 00:31:31.920
 three criteria,

00:31:32.100 --> 00:31:32.300
 and they're

00:31:32.300 --> 00:31:32.940
 very good.

00:31:32.940 --> 00:31:33.279
 You couldn't

00:31:33.279 --> 00:31:33.539
 come up

00:31:33.539 --> 00:31:33.980
 with better

00:31:33.980 --> 00:31:35.160
 criteria.

00:31:35.320 --> 00:31:35.660
 The first

00:31:35.660 --> 00:31:36.259
 one was

00:31:36.259 --> 00:31:37.580
 whether or

00:31:37.580 --> 00:31:38.920
 not the

00:31:38.920 --> 00:31:39.559
 document was

00:31:39.559 --> 00:31:40.080
 written by

00:31:40.080 --> 00:31:40.660
 an apostle

00:31:40.660 --> 00:31:42.220
 or one

00:31:42.220 --> 00:31:42.660
 in close

00:31:42.660 --> 00:31:43.240
 association

00:31:43.240 --> 00:31:43.660
 with an

00:31:43.660 --> 00:31:43.960
 apostle.

00:31:44.460 --> 00:31:44.820
 So,

00:31:44.860 --> 00:31:45.600
 he was one

00:31:45.600 --> 00:31:46.140
 or he talked

00:31:46.140 --> 00:31:46.539
 to the guy

00:31:46.539 --> 00:31:46.940
 who was

00:31:46.940 --> 00:31:47.240
 there.

00:31:48.100 --> 00:31:48.420
 So,

00:31:48.580 --> 00:31:49.380
 not from

00:31:49.380 --> 00:31:49.840
 this guy,

00:31:49.920 --> 00:31:50.380
 from this guy,

00:31:50.420 --> 00:31:50.960
 from that guy.

00:31:51.039 --> 00:31:51.960
 Very close

00:31:51.960 --> 00:31:53.140
 to the

00:31:53.140 --> 00:31:53.440
 knowledge

00:31:53.440 --> 00:31:53.960
 itself.

00:31:55.440 --> 00:31:55.960
 Secondly,

00:31:56.640 --> 00:31:57.380
 whether or

00:31:57.380 --> 00:31:57.820
 not the

00:31:57.820 --> 00:31:58.580
 document was

00:31:58.580 --> 00:31:59.620
 recognized as

00:31:59.620 --> 00:32:00.360
 authoritative

00:32:00.360 --> 00:32:01.779
 by the early

00:32:01.779 --> 00:32:02.200
 church.

00:32:02.940 --> 00:32:04.160
 meaning that

00:32:04.160 --> 00:32:04.680
 if there was

00:32:04.680 --> 00:32:05.259
 some crazy

00:32:05.259 --> 00:32:05.840
 writing out

00:32:05.840 --> 00:32:06.140
 there,

00:32:06.880 --> 00:32:07.259
 that the

00:32:07.259 --> 00:32:08.240
 apostles could

00:32:08.240 --> 00:32:08.680
 have said,

00:32:08.740 --> 00:32:08.900
 like,

00:32:08.960 --> 00:32:09.440
 that writing,

00:32:09.840 --> 00:32:10.200
 stay away

00:32:10.200 --> 00:32:10.519
 from it.

00:32:10.660 --> 00:32:11.220
 This guy,

00:32:11.380 --> 00:32:11.720
 stay away

00:32:11.720 --> 00:32:12.059
 from it.

00:32:12.820 --> 00:32:13.960
 And did they

00:32:13.960 --> 00:32:14.740
 use those,

00:32:15.580 --> 00:32:15.880
 did they

00:32:15.880 --> 00:32:16.580
 affirm each

00:32:16.580 --> 00:32:16.840
 other?

00:32:17.340 --> 00:32:17.960
 Peter and

00:32:17.960 --> 00:32:18.500
 Paul actually

00:32:18.500 --> 00:32:18.980
 talk about

00:32:18.980 --> 00:32:19.360
 each other

00:32:19.360 --> 00:32:19.580
 in their

00:32:19.580 --> 00:32:19.840
 letters.

00:32:19.940 --> 00:32:20.220
 They say,

00:32:20.600 --> 00:32:20.980
 what Peter

00:32:20.980 --> 00:32:21.320
 says,

00:32:21.380 --> 00:32:21.700
 what Paul

00:32:21.700 --> 00:32:22.000
 says.

00:32:22.080 --> 00:32:22.840
 They affirm

00:32:22.840 --> 00:32:24.220
 the truth

00:32:24.220 --> 00:32:24.700
 back and

00:32:24.700 --> 00:32:25.080
 forth.

00:32:25.079 --> 00:32:27.659
 And thirdly,

00:32:28.579 --> 00:32:29.240
 a good

00:32:29.240 --> 00:32:29.759
 blanket one

00:32:29.759 --> 00:32:30.019
 here,

00:32:30.579 --> 00:32:30.980
 whether or

00:32:30.980 --> 00:32:31.259
 not the

00:32:31.259 --> 00:32:31.759
 document

00:32:31.759 --> 00:32:33.740
 conformed to

00:32:33.740 --> 00:32:34.199
 the high

00:32:34.199 --> 00:32:34.899
 standards and

00:32:34.899 --> 00:32:36.480
 truths taught

00:32:36.480 --> 00:32:37.879
 already by

00:32:37.879 --> 00:32:38.399
 recognized

00:32:38.399 --> 00:32:38.740
 scripture.

00:32:39.359 --> 00:32:39.659
 Is it

00:32:39.659 --> 00:32:40.359
 consistent with

00:32:40.359 --> 00:32:41.139
 what we know

00:32:41.139 --> 00:32:41.720
 is scripture?

00:32:42.559 --> 00:32:42.759
 Alright,

00:32:42.879 --> 00:32:43.480
 so from what we

00:32:43.480 --> 00:32:43.879
 know about the

00:32:43.879 --> 00:32:44.599
 character of God

00:32:44.599 --> 00:32:45.039
 from the Old

00:32:45.039 --> 00:32:45.359
 Testament,

00:32:45.480 --> 00:32:45.899
 what we know

00:32:45.899 --> 00:32:46.879
 about the

00:32:46.879 --> 00:32:47.419
 writings of

00:32:47.419 --> 00:32:47.980
 John and

00:32:47.980 --> 00:32:49.319
 Mark and

00:32:49.319 --> 00:32:49.759
 guys who

00:32:49.759 --> 00:32:50.419
 were there,

00:32:50.519 --> 00:32:50.720
 is it

00:32:50.720 --> 00:32:51.220
 consistent?

00:32:51.659 --> 00:32:51.960
 Does it

00:32:51.960 --> 00:32:52.659
 tell the same

00:32:52.659 --> 00:32:53.199
 story?

00:32:53.200 --> 00:32:54.640
 right?

00:32:55.400 --> 00:32:56.100
 So those are

00:32:56.100 --> 00:32:57.360
 great criteria,

00:32:57.460 --> 00:32:57.660
 and that's

00:32:57.660 --> 00:32:58.039
 how you get

00:32:58.039 --> 00:32:58.380
 your New

00:32:58.380 --> 00:32:58.740
 Testament.

00:33:00.319 --> 00:33:01.039
 And so

00:33:01.039 --> 00:33:03.100
 just for

00:33:03.100 --> 00:33:03.480
 fun,

00:33:04.460 --> 00:33:04.740
 this is

00:33:04.740 --> 00:33:05.059
 definitely,

00:33:05.220 --> 00:33:05.620
 this is just

00:33:05.620 --> 00:33:06.100
 where I nerd

00:33:06.100 --> 00:33:06.380
 out,

00:33:06.519 --> 00:33:07.160
 so sorry,

00:33:07.319 --> 00:33:07.660
 it's just,

00:33:08.000 --> 00:33:08.400
 I'm a history

00:33:08.400 --> 00:33:08.720
 guy,

00:33:08.819 --> 00:33:09.100
 and this is

00:33:09.100 --> 00:33:09.460
 kind of where

00:33:09.460 --> 00:33:10.000
 I nerd out.

00:33:10.680 --> 00:33:12.380
 But the

00:33:12.380 --> 00:33:12.880
 New Testament

00:33:12.880 --> 00:33:13.480
 manuscripts

00:33:13.480 --> 00:33:15.019
 compared to

00:33:15.019 --> 00:33:15.700
 other ancient

00:33:15.700 --> 00:33:16.519
 writings from

00:33:16.519 --> 00:33:16.880
 the ancient

00:33:16.880 --> 00:33:17.279
 world,

00:33:18.380 --> 00:33:19.180
 there's nothing

00:33:19.180 --> 00:33:19.700
 that compares

00:33:19.700 --> 00:33:20.019
 to them.

00:33:20.640 --> 00:33:21.160
 There really

00:33:21.160 --> 00:33:21.600
 isn't.

00:33:22.299 --> 00:33:22.660
 Both in

00:33:22.660 --> 00:33:23.500
 their uniformity

00:33:23.500 --> 00:33:24.259
 and consistency,

00:33:25.100 --> 00:33:25.460
 all right?

00:33:25.540 --> 00:33:26.140
 So you

00:33:26.140 --> 00:33:26.460
 should just

00:33:26.460 --> 00:33:26.860
 know that

00:33:26.860 --> 00:33:27.640
 we have no

00:33:27.640 --> 00:33:29.040
 copies of

00:33:29.040 --> 00:33:29.860
 any original

00:33:29.860 --> 00:33:30.519
 ancient writing,

00:33:30.680 --> 00:33:31.700
 none whatsoever.

00:33:32.820 --> 00:33:33.380
 So let's

00:33:33.380 --> 00:33:33.900
 just take a

00:33:33.900 --> 00:33:34.320
 well-known

00:33:34.320 --> 00:33:34.500
 one,

00:33:34.560 --> 00:33:35.800
 Homer's

00:33:35.800 --> 00:33:36.440
 Iliad,

00:33:37.640 --> 00:33:38.000
 what was

00:33:38.000 --> 00:33:38.519
 written in

00:33:38.519 --> 00:33:39.259
 the archaic

00:33:39.259 --> 00:33:39.860
 period of

00:33:39.860 --> 00:33:40.160
 Greece,

00:33:40.860 --> 00:33:41.820
 800 B.C.

00:33:41.840 --> 00:33:42.259
 is when he

00:33:42.259 --> 00:33:43.040
 was supposedly

00:33:43.040 --> 00:33:44.220
 penned the

00:33:44.220 --> 00:33:44.700
 Iliad,

00:33:45.779 --> 00:33:46.140
 all right?

00:33:47.200 --> 00:33:47.640
 So,

00:33:47.820 --> 00:33:48.200
 but the

00:33:48.200 --> 00:33:49.019
 earliest copy

00:33:49.019 --> 00:33:49.800
 we have of

00:33:49.800 --> 00:33:50.300
 the Iliad

00:33:50.300 --> 00:33:50.600
 is from

00:33:50.600 --> 00:33:52.100
 400 B.C.

00:33:52.099 --> 00:33:52.439
 So there's

00:33:52.439 --> 00:33:53.399
 a 400-year

00:33:53.399 --> 00:33:54.799
 time gap

00:33:54.799 --> 00:33:55.359
 between when

00:33:55.359 --> 00:33:55.740
 he wrote

00:33:55.740 --> 00:33:56.319
 his original

00:33:56.319 --> 00:33:57.959
 and the

00:33:57.959 --> 00:33:58.319
 ones we

00:33:58.319 --> 00:33:58.779
 actually have

00:33:58.779 --> 00:33:59.179
 today.

00:34:00.199 --> 00:34:00.519
 And then

00:34:00.519 --> 00:34:00.899
 there's only

00:34:00.899 --> 00:34:02.539
 643 copies

00:34:02.539 --> 00:34:02.980
 of it,

00:34:04.259 --> 00:34:04.639
 all right?

00:34:05.459 --> 00:34:06.039
 Herodotus,

00:34:06.079 --> 00:34:06.319
 who wrote

00:34:06.319 --> 00:34:06.740
 about the

00:34:06.740 --> 00:34:07.439
 Persian Wars,

00:34:07.579 --> 00:34:07.699
 you know,

00:34:07.759 --> 00:34:08.360
 Leonidas,

00:34:08.599 --> 00:34:09.139
 Thermopylae,

00:34:09.179 --> 00:34:09.719
 all of that,

00:34:10.699 --> 00:34:11.279
 Marathon,

00:34:12.179 --> 00:34:12.839
 he wrote in

00:34:12.839 --> 00:34:14.940
 480 B.C.

00:34:15.719 --> 00:34:16.019
 And the

00:34:16.019 --> 00:34:16.599
 earliest copy

00:34:16.599 --> 00:34:17.079
 we have of

00:34:17.079 --> 00:34:17.739
 Herodotus is

00:34:17.739 --> 00:34:19.099
 in 900 A.D.,

00:34:19.099 --> 00:34:20.159
 the

00:34:20.159 --> 00:34:21.699
 1300-year

00:34:21.699 --> 00:34:22.219
 gap,

00:34:22.980 --> 00:34:23.319
 and there's

00:34:23.319 --> 00:34:23.719
 only eight

00:34:23.719 --> 00:34:24.079
 copies.

00:34:25.139 --> 00:34:25.460
 Plato,

00:34:26.339 --> 00:34:27.039
 from the

00:34:27.039 --> 00:34:27.400
 classical

00:34:27.400 --> 00:34:28.119
 Greek period,

00:34:28.259 --> 00:34:29.179
 400 B.C.

00:34:29.199 --> 00:34:29.519
 is when he

00:34:29.519 --> 00:34:30.400
 supposedly wrote

00:34:30.400 --> 00:34:31.380
 his stuff.

00:34:32.119 --> 00:34:32.559
 The earliest

00:34:32.559 --> 00:34:33.299
 copy we have

00:34:33.299 --> 00:34:34.679
 is 900 A.D.,

00:34:34.679 --> 00:34:35.079
 again,

00:34:35.119 --> 00:34:36.000
 a 1300-year

00:34:36.000 --> 00:34:36.400
 gap,

00:34:37.079 --> 00:34:37.519
 and there's

00:34:37.519 --> 00:34:38.179
 only seven

00:34:38.179 --> 00:34:38.819
 copies of

00:34:38.819 --> 00:34:39.059
 Plato.

00:34:40.019 --> 00:34:40.539
 And so,

00:34:41.239 --> 00:34:41.819
 compare that

00:34:41.819 --> 00:34:42.139
 to the New

00:34:42.139 --> 00:34:42.480
 Testament.

00:34:43.519 --> 00:34:44.079
 The largest

00:34:44.079 --> 00:34:44.819
 time gap,

00:34:45.799 --> 00:34:46.460
 it was written

00:34:46.460 --> 00:34:47.519
 around 50 to

00:34:47.519 --> 00:34:48.199
 100 A.D.,

00:34:48.199 --> 00:34:48.480
 the New

00:34:48.480 --> 00:34:48.799
 Testament,

00:34:49.399 --> 00:34:51.339
 and we

00:34:51.339 --> 00:34:52.039
 have anywhere

00:34:52.039 --> 00:34:52.799
 from 50 to

00:34:52.799 --> 00:34:53.460
 100 years

00:34:53.460 --> 00:34:53.919
 in the time

00:34:53.919 --> 00:34:54.279
 gaps.

00:34:54.739 --> 00:34:55.159
 It's not

00:34:55.159 --> 00:34:55.679
 hundreds,

00:34:55.819 --> 00:34:56.519
 not thousands.

00:34:57.299 --> 00:34:57.500
 The New

00:34:57.500 --> 00:34:57.919
 Testament has

00:34:57.919 --> 00:34:58.399
 the shortest

00:34:58.399 --> 00:34:59.159
 time gaps

00:34:59.159 --> 00:35:00.319
 between the

00:35:00.319 --> 00:35:01.219
 originals and

00:35:01.219 --> 00:35:01.619
 the ones we

00:35:01.619 --> 00:35:02.159
 have today,

00:35:03.159 --> 00:35:03.739
 so you're

00:35:03.739 --> 00:35:04.219
 looking at

00:35:04.219 --> 00:35:05.339
 a huge

00:35:05.339 --> 00:35:05.659
 difference

00:35:05.659 --> 00:35:05.980
 there,

00:35:06.559 --> 00:35:07.599
 and there's

00:35:07.599 --> 00:35:09.859
 5,366

00:35:09.859 --> 00:35:10.460
 copies of

00:35:10.460 --> 00:35:10.619
 it,

00:35:11.299 --> 00:35:12.000
 which dwarf

00:35:12.000 --> 00:35:12.439
 all the

00:35:12.439 --> 00:35:12.839
 others put

00:35:12.839 --> 00:35:13.259
 together.

00:35:14.859 --> 00:35:15.819
 643 copies

00:35:15.819 --> 00:35:16.019
 of the

00:35:16.019 --> 00:35:16.319
 Ilias,

00:35:16.419 --> 00:35:16.639
 nothing

00:35:16.639 --> 00:35:17.159
 compared to

00:35:17.159 --> 00:35:19.179
 5,366

00:35:19.179 --> 00:35:19.639
 copies of

00:35:19.639 --> 00:35:19.779
 the New

00:35:19.779 --> 00:35:20.079
 Testament.

00:35:21.199 --> 00:35:21.539
 So,

00:35:21.639 --> 00:35:22.179
 think about

00:35:22.179 --> 00:35:22.500
 that.

00:35:23.139 --> 00:35:23.319
 So,

00:35:23.379 --> 00:35:23.719
 these Greek

00:35:23.719 --> 00:35:24.119
 manuscripts

00:35:24.119 --> 00:35:24.440
 that we

00:35:24.440 --> 00:35:25.199
 have today

00:35:25.199 --> 00:35:26.399
 are from

00:35:26.399 --> 00:35:26.940
 the 2nd

00:35:26.940 --> 00:35:27.339
 and 3rd

00:35:27.339 --> 00:35:27.719
 century.

00:35:27.859 --> 00:35:28.119
 Christ

00:35:28.119 --> 00:35:28.619
 walked the

00:35:28.619 --> 00:35:29.000
 earth in

00:35:29.000 --> 00:35:29.420
 the 1st

00:35:29.420 --> 00:35:29.799
 century.

00:35:30.359 --> 00:35:30.819
 That is a

00:35:30.819 --> 00:35:31.219
 tiny,

00:35:31.379 --> 00:35:32.480
 tiny time

00:35:32.480 --> 00:35:32.759
 gap.

00:35:33.759 --> 00:35:34.019
 So,

00:35:34.519 --> 00:35:35.239
 we have

00:35:35.239 --> 00:35:36.619
 large fragments

00:35:36.619 --> 00:35:36.920
 of the

00:35:36.920 --> 00:35:37.440
 Gospel of

00:35:37.440 --> 00:35:37.879
 John that

00:35:37.879 --> 00:35:38.420
 were found

00:35:38.420 --> 00:35:39.500
 from 100

00:35:39.500 --> 00:35:39.960
 A.D.

00:35:40.059 --> 00:35:40.500
 in Christ,

00:35:41.159 --> 00:35:41.359
 oh,

00:35:41.399 --> 00:35:41.699
 excuse me,

00:35:41.759 --> 00:35:42.299
 John wrote

00:35:42.299 --> 00:35:42.679
 that in

00:35:42.679 --> 00:35:43.379
 the 90s,

00:35:43.719 --> 00:35:43.940
 and that's

00:35:43.940 --> 00:35:44.279
 the earliest

00:35:44.279 --> 00:35:44.699
 copy we

00:35:44.699 --> 00:35:44.920
 have,

00:35:44.960 --> 00:35:45.179
 it's like

00:35:45.179 --> 00:35:45.699
 from 100

00:35:45.699 --> 00:35:46.139
 A.D.

00:35:46.139 --> 00:35:47.500
 very close

00:35:47.500 --> 00:35:47.779
 to the

00:35:47.779 --> 00:35:48.279
 originals.

00:35:48.940 --> 00:35:49.159
 So,

00:35:49.299 --> 00:35:49.639
 if that's

00:35:49.639 --> 00:35:50.059
 an argument,

00:35:50.259 --> 00:35:50.940
 then it's

00:35:50.940 --> 00:35:51.699
 a really

00:35:51.699 --> 00:35:52.279
 terrible one

00:35:52.279 --> 00:35:52.579
 because you

00:35:52.579 --> 00:35:52.779
 have to

00:35:52.779 --> 00:35:53.159
 throw away

00:35:53.159 --> 00:35:53.659
 all the

00:35:53.659 --> 00:35:54.619
 stuff from

00:35:54.619 --> 00:35:55.879
 ancient history

00:35:55.879 --> 00:35:56.559
 along with

00:35:56.559 --> 00:35:56.719
 it.

00:35:57.239 --> 00:35:58.079
 Very poor

00:35:58.079 --> 00:35:58.799
 argument.

00:35:59.940 --> 00:36:00.099
 So,

00:36:00.159 --> 00:36:00.619
 praise God

00:36:00.619 --> 00:36:01.019
 for his

00:36:01.019 --> 00:36:01.779
 preservations.

00:36:02.839 --> 00:36:03.039
 So,

00:36:03.199 --> 00:36:03.639
 with such,

00:36:03.739 --> 00:36:04.000
 here's a

00:36:04.000 --> 00:36:05.059
 question that

00:36:05.059 --> 00:36:05.679
 may come

00:36:05.679 --> 00:36:05.940
 up.

00:36:06.500 --> 00:36:06.819
 You may

00:36:06.819 --> 00:36:07.099
 ask,

00:36:07.159 --> 00:36:07.500
 with such

00:36:07.500 --> 00:36:08.059
 a large

00:36:08.059 --> 00:36:08.559
 wealth of

00:36:08.559 --> 00:36:08.980
 copies,

00:36:09.599 --> 00:36:10.000
 are there

00:36:10.000 --> 00:36:10.659
 any errors

00:36:10.659 --> 00:36:11.440
 or discrepancies

00:36:11.440 --> 00:36:11.920
 at all

00:36:11.920 --> 00:36:12.500
 in the

00:36:12.500 --> 00:36:12.859
 copies?

00:36:12.860 --> 00:36:14.460
 And the

00:36:14.460 --> 00:36:15.039
 answer is

00:36:15.039 --> 00:36:15.420
 yes,

00:36:15.500 --> 00:36:15.820
 but they

00:36:15.820 --> 00:36:16.200
 are very

00:36:16.200 --> 00:36:17.700
 small and

00:36:17.700 --> 00:36:18.260
 insignificant.

00:36:19.519 --> 00:36:20.160
 Scribes may

00:36:20.160 --> 00:36:20.559
 have put in

00:36:20.559 --> 00:36:21.120
 a wrong

00:36:21.120 --> 00:36:21.700
 word,

00:36:22.579 --> 00:36:22.940
 a wrong

00:36:22.940 --> 00:36:23.460
 spelling,

00:36:23.660 --> 00:36:23.820
 and they

00:36:23.820 --> 00:36:24.280
 might have

00:36:24.280 --> 00:36:25.120
 tried to

00:36:25.120 --> 00:36:26.140
 clarify what

00:36:26.140 --> 00:36:26.640
 a writer

00:36:26.640 --> 00:36:27.240
 was saying,

00:36:28.200 --> 00:36:29.220
 but even

00:36:29.220 --> 00:36:29.940
 those minor

00:36:29.940 --> 00:36:30.539
 discrepancies

00:36:30.539 --> 00:36:31.300
 don't threaten

00:36:31.300 --> 00:36:32.440
 anything really.

00:36:33.120 --> 00:36:33.300
 And the

00:36:33.300 --> 00:36:33.960
 reason why is

00:36:33.960 --> 00:36:34.300
 because we

00:36:34.300 --> 00:36:34.700
 have so

00:36:34.700 --> 00:36:35.000
 many

00:36:35.000 --> 00:36:35.519
 manuscripts.

00:36:35.519 --> 00:36:36.480
 again,

00:36:37.079 --> 00:36:37.239
 if you

00:36:37.239 --> 00:36:37.659
 have,

00:36:37.780 --> 00:36:38.059
 I mean,

00:36:38.099 --> 00:36:38.500
 this is an

00:36:38.500 --> 00:36:38.800
 example,

00:36:38.940 --> 00:36:39.119
 if you

00:36:39.119 --> 00:36:39.500
 have,

00:36:40.239 --> 00:36:41.400
 let's

00:36:41.400 --> 00:36:41.699
 say,

00:36:42.579 --> 00:36:42.940
 you know,

00:36:43.059 --> 00:36:43.619
 99

00:36:43.619 --> 00:36:44.259
 manuscripts

00:36:44.259 --> 00:36:45.579
 that say

00:36:45.579 --> 00:36:46.059
 all the

00:36:46.059 --> 00:36:46.340
 same

00:36:46.340 --> 00:36:46.719
 thing,

00:36:47.460 --> 00:36:47.759
 and you

00:36:47.759 --> 00:36:48.300
 have one

00:36:48.300 --> 00:36:48.559
 that has

00:36:48.559 --> 00:36:49.000
 a tiny

00:36:49.000 --> 00:36:49.340
 little

00:36:49.340 --> 00:36:50.119
 discrepancy,

00:36:50.920 --> 00:36:51.380
 what are

00:36:51.380 --> 00:36:51.539
 you going

00:36:51.539 --> 00:36:51.840
 to do?

00:36:52.079 --> 00:36:52.239
 Like,

00:36:52.300 --> 00:36:52.860
 what do

00:36:52.860 --> 00:36:53.199
 you do?

00:36:53.559 --> 00:36:54.300
 By logic,

00:36:54.400 --> 00:36:54.519
 like,

00:36:54.559 --> 00:36:54.840
 you take

00:36:54.840 --> 00:36:55.099
 what the

00:36:55.099 --> 00:36:56.039
 99 says

00:36:56.039 --> 00:36:56.360
 and you

00:36:56.360 --> 00:36:56.920
 correct that

00:36:56.920 --> 00:36:57.139
 one.

00:36:57.519 --> 00:36:57.719
 It's

00:36:57.719 --> 00:36:59.000
 very simple,

00:36:59.159 --> 00:36:59.400
 it's not

00:36:59.400 --> 00:37:00.259
 rocket science

00:37:00.259 --> 00:37:00.759
 at all,

00:37:01.519 --> 00:37:02.900
 it's just

00:37:02.900 --> 00:37:03.340
 how it is.

00:37:03.360 --> 00:37:03.659
 There are

00:37:03.659 --> 00:37:04.280
 so many

00:37:04.280 --> 00:37:04.880
 copies of

00:37:04.880 --> 00:37:05.019
 it.

00:37:05.519 --> 00:37:06.519
 In our

00:37:06.519 --> 00:37:06.840
 English

00:37:06.840 --> 00:37:07.259
 translation,

00:37:07.519 --> 00:37:07.880
 this is a

00:37:07.880 --> 00:37:08.219
 whole other

00:37:08.219 --> 00:37:08.579
 deal,

00:37:09.159 --> 00:37:09.420
 how we

00:37:09.420 --> 00:37:09.679
 got our

00:37:09.679 --> 00:37:10.039
 English

00:37:10.039 --> 00:37:10.440
 Bibles,

00:37:10.639 --> 00:37:11.480
 but the

00:37:11.480 --> 00:37:11.960
 translations

00:37:11.960 --> 00:37:12.300
 that you

00:37:12.300 --> 00:37:12.639
 have in

00:37:12.639 --> 00:37:13.059
 your hand,

00:37:14.579 --> 00:37:14.940
 if it's

00:37:14.940 --> 00:37:15.320
 one of the

00:37:15.320 --> 00:37:15.679
 literal

00:37:15.679 --> 00:37:16.800
 equivalent

00:37:16.800 --> 00:37:17.880
 translations,

00:37:18.119 --> 00:37:18.380
 English

00:37:18.380 --> 00:37:18.719
 Standard

00:37:18.719 --> 00:37:19.280
 Version,

00:37:20.079 --> 00:37:20.259
 New

00:37:20.259 --> 00:37:20.500
 American

00:37:20.500 --> 00:37:20.880
 Standard

00:37:20.880 --> 00:37:21.300
 Version,

00:37:22.320 --> 00:37:22.519
 King

00:37:22.519 --> 00:37:22.920
 James,

00:37:23.599 --> 00:37:24.099
 just a few

00:37:24.099 --> 00:37:24.320
 of the

00:37:24.320 --> 00:37:24.579
 literal

00:37:24.579 --> 00:37:25.219
 translations,

00:37:25.420 --> 00:37:25.619
 you're

00:37:25.619 --> 00:37:26.039
 holding a

00:37:26.039 --> 00:37:26.900
 very accurate

00:37:26.900 --> 00:37:28.019
 translation in

00:37:28.019 --> 00:37:28.400
 your hand.

00:37:30.039 --> 00:37:30.440
 English

00:37:30.440 --> 00:37:31.199
 language is a

00:37:31.199 --> 00:37:31.780
 very rich

00:37:31.780 --> 00:37:32.239
 language,

00:37:32.759 --> 00:37:33.219
 and can give

00:37:33.219 --> 00:37:33.619
 us very

00:37:33.619 --> 00:37:34.360
 close to what

00:37:34.360 --> 00:37:34.759
 the original

00:37:34.759 --> 00:37:35.420
 writers meant,

00:37:35.420 --> 00:37:35.820
 in a lot

00:37:35.820 --> 00:37:36.280
 of ways.

00:37:37.420 --> 00:37:37.820
 That's why

00:37:37.820 --> 00:37:38.180
 you can look

00:37:38.180 --> 00:37:38.400
 up the

00:37:38.400 --> 00:37:38.639
 Greek,

00:37:38.740 --> 00:37:38.960
 and you'll

00:37:38.960 --> 00:37:39.119
 be like,

00:37:39.159 --> 00:37:39.400
 what's the

00:37:39.400 --> 00:37:39.800
 Greek say?

00:37:39.880 --> 00:37:40.139
 It says

00:37:40.139 --> 00:37:40.599
 exactly what

00:37:40.599 --> 00:37:40.940
 the English

00:37:40.940 --> 00:37:42.099
 says a lot

00:37:42.099 --> 00:37:42.579
 of the time.

00:37:44.380 --> 00:37:45.500
 But if you

00:37:45.500 --> 00:37:46.099
 hold certain

00:37:46.099 --> 00:37:47.740
 translations in

00:37:47.740 --> 00:37:48.099
 your hands,

00:37:48.139 --> 00:37:48.599
 you may have a

00:37:48.599 --> 00:37:49.639
 paraphrase or

00:37:49.639 --> 00:37:50.940
 something like

00:37:50.940 --> 00:37:51.260
 that.

00:37:51.820 --> 00:37:52.500
 It's called a

00:37:52.500 --> 00:37:53.840
 paraphrase for a

00:37:53.840 --> 00:37:54.079
 reason.

00:37:54.200 --> 00:37:55.180
 It's not as

00:37:55.180 --> 00:37:55.680
 close to the

00:37:55.680 --> 00:37:56.220
 original as you

00:37:56.220 --> 00:37:56.539
 can get,

00:37:56.599 --> 00:37:56.940
 so I really

00:37:56.940 --> 00:37:57.539
 encourage you to

00:37:57.539 --> 00:37:59.280
 get an ESV or

00:37:59.280 --> 00:37:59.840
 a New American

00:37:59.840 --> 00:38:00.400
 Standard.

00:38:01.840 --> 00:38:02.260
 There's a whole

00:38:02.260 --> 00:38:03.559
 other, all

00:38:03.559 --> 00:38:04.099
 kind of stuff I

00:38:04.099 --> 00:38:04.539
 can say on

00:38:04.539 --> 00:38:04.699
 that.

00:38:04.739 --> 00:38:05.079
 But one

00:38:05.079 --> 00:38:05.880
 scholar says,

00:38:06.519 --> 00:38:07.159
 named A.T.

00:38:07.259 --> 00:38:07.799
 Robertson,

00:38:09.139 --> 00:38:10.759
 the vast array

00:38:10.759 --> 00:38:11.779
 of manuscripts

00:38:11.779 --> 00:38:13.179
 has enabled

00:38:13.179 --> 00:38:14.339
 textual scholars

00:38:14.339 --> 00:38:15.639
 to accurately

00:38:15.639 --> 00:38:16.679
 reconstruct the

00:38:16.679 --> 00:38:17.480
 original text

00:38:17.480 --> 00:38:17.940
 more than

00:38:17.940 --> 00:38:20.380
 99.9%

00:38:20.380 --> 00:38:21.199
 accuracy.

00:38:21.940 --> 00:38:22.599
 Pretty crazy.

00:38:23.500 --> 00:38:24.119
 So we have

00:38:24.119 --> 00:38:25.119
 a great gift

00:38:25.119 --> 00:38:25.839
 in front of us,

00:38:26.360 --> 00:38:27.299
 and it's come

00:38:27.299 --> 00:38:27.860
 by way of

00:38:27.860 --> 00:38:28.079
 that.

00:38:28.079 --> 00:38:30.380
 So, third

00:38:30.380 --> 00:38:32.059
 question, what

00:38:32.059 --> 00:38:32.599
 should we do

00:38:32.599 --> 00:38:32.940
 with this

00:38:32.940 --> 00:38:33.579
 postscript and

00:38:33.579 --> 00:38:33.900
 mark?

00:38:34.659 --> 00:38:36.000
 What do we do

00:38:36.000 --> 00:38:37.360
 when there is

00:38:37.360 --> 00:38:37.920
 something like

00:38:37.920 --> 00:38:38.360
 this in

00:38:38.360 --> 00:38:38.659
 Scripture?

00:38:40.920 --> 00:38:42.239
 So, just

00:38:42.239 --> 00:38:42.840
 personally,

00:38:43.000 --> 00:38:43.460
 after I've

00:38:43.460 --> 00:38:44.139
 studied this,

00:38:44.659 --> 00:38:45.579
 I don't think

00:38:45.579 --> 00:38:46.539
 it belongs

00:38:46.539 --> 00:38:46.779
 there.

00:38:46.880 --> 00:38:47.440
 I don't think

00:38:47.440 --> 00:38:48.039
 that it's a

00:38:48.039 --> 00:38:48.400
 part of the

00:38:48.400 --> 00:38:48.900
 original

00:38:48.900 --> 00:38:50.400
 manuscript of

00:38:50.400 --> 00:38:50.779
 Mark.

00:38:52.039 --> 00:38:52.860
 And there's

00:38:52.860 --> 00:38:53.380
 three reasons

00:38:53.380 --> 00:38:53.739
 why.

00:38:53.739 --> 00:38:55.519
 Firstly,

00:38:56.139 --> 00:38:57.859
 it is not

00:38:57.859 --> 00:38:58.419
 in the

00:38:58.419 --> 00:38:58.779
 earliest

00:38:58.779 --> 00:38:59.259
 manuscripts

00:38:59.259 --> 00:38:59.799
 we have

00:38:59.799 --> 00:39:00.239
 of Mark.

00:39:01.279 --> 00:39:02.039
 The oldest

00:39:02.039 --> 00:39:02.619
 one is from

00:39:02.619 --> 00:39:04.239
 100 A.D.,

00:39:04.239 --> 00:39:05.719
 and it's

00:39:05.719 --> 00:39:06.359
 excluded from

00:39:06.359 --> 00:39:06.739
 that one.

00:39:07.699 --> 00:39:08.139
 And then the

00:39:08.139 --> 00:39:08.599
 two most

00:39:08.599 --> 00:39:09.199
 important ones

00:39:09.199 --> 00:39:09.939
 we have that

00:39:09.939 --> 00:39:10.319
 I mentioned

00:39:10.319 --> 00:39:10.739
 earlier,

00:39:11.139 --> 00:39:11.559
 the ones you

00:39:11.559 --> 00:39:11.899
 can see at

00:39:11.899 --> 00:39:12.339
 the Vatican

00:39:12.339 --> 00:39:12.879
 and at the

00:39:12.879 --> 00:39:13.539
 British Museum,

00:39:14.199 --> 00:39:14.759
 they also

00:39:14.759 --> 00:39:15.359
 end at

00:39:15.359 --> 00:39:15.899
 verse 8.

00:39:17.119 --> 00:39:18.079
 They don't

00:39:18.079 --> 00:39:18.500
 continue.

00:39:20.559 --> 00:39:21.099
 And then,

00:39:21.799 --> 00:39:22.339
 secondly,

00:39:22.340 --> 00:39:24.380
 the early

00:39:24.380 --> 00:39:25.200
 church fathers,

00:39:26.039 --> 00:39:27.840
 they wrote

00:39:27.840 --> 00:39:28.200
 all the

00:39:28.200 --> 00:39:28.780
 Greek manuscripts

00:39:28.780 --> 00:39:29.400
 down to the

00:39:29.400 --> 00:39:29.860
 New Testament,

00:39:30.500 --> 00:39:31.140
 and most

00:39:31.140 --> 00:39:32.079
 all of them

00:39:32.079 --> 00:39:32.620
 end at

00:39:32.620 --> 00:39:33.160
 verse 8,

00:39:33.320 --> 00:39:33.660
 again.

00:39:34.400 --> 00:39:34.900
 So it's not

00:39:34.900 --> 00:39:35.700
 really recognized

00:39:35.700 --> 00:39:36.200
 by a lot of

00:39:36.200 --> 00:39:36.440
 the early

00:39:36.440 --> 00:39:37.039
 church fathers

00:39:37.039 --> 00:39:37.440
 that it was

00:39:37.440 --> 00:39:37.720
 there.

00:39:38.760 --> 00:39:38.940
 And

00:39:38.940 --> 00:39:39.680
 Ysidobos

00:39:39.680 --> 00:39:40.039
 wrote,

00:39:40.920 --> 00:39:41.280
 the Greek

00:39:41.280 --> 00:39:41.780
 manuscripts

00:39:41.780 --> 00:39:42.260
 do not

00:39:42.260 --> 00:39:42.980
 include these

00:39:42.980 --> 00:39:43.460
 endings,

00:39:44.059 --> 00:39:44.660
 and they are

00:39:44.660 --> 00:39:45.180
 not a part

00:39:45.180 --> 00:39:45.380
 of the

00:39:45.380 --> 00:39:45.940
 originals.

00:39:46.380 --> 00:39:46.720
 That's in

00:39:46.720 --> 00:39:47.120
 the 4th

00:39:47.120 --> 00:39:47.579
 century when

00:39:47.579 --> 00:39:47.860
 he wrote

00:39:47.860 --> 00:39:48.160
 that.

00:39:49.760 --> 00:39:50.840
 And then,

00:39:50.980 --> 00:39:51.340
 thirdly,

00:39:51.400 --> 00:39:51.740
 it's kind

00:39:51.739 --> 00:39:52.379
 of disjointed

00:39:52.379 --> 00:39:52.819
 it from

00:39:52.819 --> 00:39:53.519
 the other

00:39:53.519 --> 00:39:55.099
 gospel accounts.

00:39:55.219 --> 00:39:55.479
 It kind

00:39:55.479 --> 00:39:55.759
 of just

00:39:55.759 --> 00:39:56.319
 seems like

00:39:56.319 --> 00:39:56.579
 it was

00:39:56.579 --> 00:39:57.079
 just thrown

00:39:57.079 --> 00:39:57.539
 in there

00:39:57.539 --> 00:39:58.299
 at the

00:39:58.299 --> 00:39:58.859
 very end

00:39:58.859 --> 00:39:59.079
 of the

00:39:59.079 --> 00:39:59.619
 gospel of

00:39:59.619 --> 00:39:59.859
 Mark.

00:40:00.419 --> 00:40:00.799
 So this

00:40:00.799 --> 00:40:01.039
 doesn't

00:40:01.039 --> 00:40:01.759
 really flow

00:40:01.759 --> 00:40:02.619
 that well

00:40:02.619 --> 00:40:03.879
 really from

00:40:03.879 --> 00:40:04.279
 a literary

00:40:04.279 --> 00:40:05.019
 standpoint.

00:40:06.439 --> 00:40:06.459
 So,

00:40:06.659 --> 00:40:08.179
 understand,

00:40:08.379 --> 00:40:08.719
 those are the

00:40:08.719 --> 00:40:09.119
 three main

00:40:09.119 --> 00:40:09.679
 reasons that

00:40:09.679 --> 00:40:10.059
 most people

00:40:10.059 --> 00:40:10.539
 don't think

00:40:10.539 --> 00:40:11.079
 they belong

00:40:11.079 --> 00:40:11.359
 there.

00:40:12.039 --> 00:40:12.259
 But,

00:40:12.919 --> 00:40:13.459
 here's why

00:40:13.459 --> 00:40:14.799
 we include

00:40:14.799 --> 00:40:14.939
 them,

00:40:15.019 --> 00:40:15.199
 okay?

00:40:16.179 --> 00:40:16.779
 First of

00:40:16.779 --> 00:40:17.000
 all,

00:40:17.239 --> 00:40:18.039
 just honesty,

00:40:19.000 --> 00:40:19.279
 alright?

00:40:19.280 --> 00:40:21.260
 The vast

00:40:21.260 --> 00:40:21.880
 majority of

00:40:21.880 --> 00:40:22.220
 scholars,

00:40:22.340 --> 00:40:22.560
 though they

00:40:22.560 --> 00:40:23.080
 don't believe

00:40:23.080 --> 00:40:23.620
 it belongs

00:40:23.620 --> 00:40:23.960
 there,

00:40:24.720 --> 00:40:25.560
 they're just

00:40:25.560 --> 00:40:25.880
 trying to

00:40:25.880 --> 00:40:26.040
 say,

00:40:26.200 --> 00:40:26.400
 look,

00:40:26.500 --> 00:40:26.780
 this is

00:40:26.780 --> 00:40:27.240
 out here,

00:40:27.860 --> 00:40:28.160
 we're not

00:40:28.160 --> 00:40:28.400
 trying to

00:40:28.400 --> 00:40:28.680
 hide it

00:40:28.680 --> 00:40:29.120
 from you,

00:40:29.620 --> 00:40:30.040
 here it

00:40:30.040 --> 00:40:30.360
 is,

00:40:30.920 --> 00:40:31.200
 this is

00:40:31.200 --> 00:40:31.440
 what we

00:40:31.440 --> 00:40:31.900
 think about

00:40:31.900 --> 00:40:32.120
 it.

00:40:33.080 --> 00:40:33.740
 So I think

00:40:33.740 --> 00:40:34.200
 that's actually

00:40:34.200 --> 00:40:34.760
 pretty cool.

00:40:35.380 --> 00:40:35.600
 They're just

00:40:35.600 --> 00:40:36.019
 kind of wanting

00:40:36.019 --> 00:40:36.280
 to keep

00:40:36.280 --> 00:40:36.740
 stuff out in

00:40:36.740 --> 00:40:37.120
 the open

00:40:37.120 --> 00:40:38.120
 and say,

00:40:38.240 --> 00:40:38.740
 here it is.

00:40:39.900 --> 00:40:40.680
 And they

00:40:40.680 --> 00:40:41.480
 also encourage

00:40:41.480 --> 00:40:41.840
 you to read

00:40:41.840 --> 00:40:42.060
 it with

00:40:42.060 --> 00:40:42.400
 caution.

00:40:43.880 --> 00:40:44.140
 You know,

00:40:44.340 --> 00:40:45.500
 on the way

00:40:45.500 --> 00:40:45.720
 here,

00:40:45.780 --> 00:40:46.160
 I was just

00:40:46.160 --> 00:40:46.760
 joking with

00:40:46.760 --> 00:40:47.280
 Daniel,

00:40:47.420 --> 00:40:48.160
 he asked,

00:40:48.200 --> 00:40:48.420
 are we going

00:40:48.420 --> 00:40:48.639
 to have

00:40:48.639 --> 00:40:49.159
 some snakes

00:40:49.159 --> 00:40:50.280
 busted out

00:40:50.280 --> 00:40:50.720
 at the end

00:40:50.720 --> 00:40:50.920
 and some

00:40:50.920 --> 00:40:51.440
 other things?

00:40:51.500 --> 00:40:52.480
 And I said

00:40:52.480 --> 00:40:52.780
 no,

00:40:52.840 --> 00:40:53.079
 and he

00:40:53.079 --> 00:40:53.340
 wanted me

00:40:53.340 --> 00:40:53.579
 to take

00:40:53.579 --> 00:40:53.960
 them home

00:40:53.960 --> 00:40:54.280
 because we

00:40:54.280 --> 00:40:54.360
 weren't

00:40:54.360 --> 00:40:54.480
 going to

00:40:54.480 --> 00:40:54.619
 have

00:40:54.619 --> 00:40:54.960
 snakes.

00:40:56.180 --> 00:40:56.460
 So,

00:40:57.420 --> 00:40:57.760
 like,

00:40:58.019 --> 00:40:58.860
 some weird

00:40:58.860 --> 00:40:59.360
 stuff can

00:40:59.360 --> 00:40:59.700
 be drawn

00:40:59.700 --> 00:40:59.920
 out of

00:40:59.920 --> 00:41:00.059
 these

00:41:00.059 --> 00:41:00.400
 verses,

00:41:01.139 --> 00:41:02.059
 for sure.

00:41:03.240 --> 00:41:03.599
 But,

00:41:04.280 --> 00:41:05.099
 here's the

00:41:05.099 --> 00:41:05.539
 other reason

00:41:05.539 --> 00:41:05.840
 why we

00:41:05.840 --> 00:41:06.360
 include it,

00:41:06.760 --> 00:41:07.300
 number two,

00:41:08.180 --> 00:41:08.860
 is there's

00:41:08.860 --> 00:41:09.800
 no serious

00:41:09.800 --> 00:41:10.480
 doctrine

00:41:10.480 --> 00:41:11.460
 compromised,

00:41:12.059 --> 00:41:12.320
 okay?

00:41:13.420 --> 00:41:13.780
 So,

00:41:13.900 --> 00:41:14.200
 in other

00:41:14.200 --> 00:41:14.559
 words,

00:41:15.380 --> 00:41:16.099
 regardless of

00:41:16.099 --> 00:41:16.519
 whether this

00:41:16.519 --> 00:41:17.099
 postscript is

00:41:17.099 --> 00:41:17.800
 authentic or

00:41:17.800 --> 00:41:18.260
 not,

00:41:19.079 --> 00:41:20.220
 it doesn't

00:41:20.220 --> 00:41:21.200
 contradict any

00:41:21.200 --> 00:41:21.559
 kind of

00:41:21.559 --> 00:41:22.200
 Christian doctrine

00:41:22.200 --> 00:41:22.440
 that we

00:41:22.440 --> 00:41:22.760
 believe.

00:41:22.860 --> 00:41:23.320
 Nothing is

00:41:23.320 --> 00:41:24.420
 threatened by

00:41:24.420 --> 00:41:24.760
 it being

00:41:24.760 --> 00:41:25.220
 there or

00:41:25.220 --> 00:41:25.659
 not being

00:41:25.659 --> 00:41:25.960
 there.

00:41:26.579 --> 00:41:26.860
 All right?

00:41:26.900 --> 00:41:27.280
 That's really

00:41:27.280 --> 00:41:27.900
 just kind of

00:41:27.900 --> 00:41:28.300
 the point.

00:41:29.159 --> 00:41:29.440
 So,

00:41:29.700 --> 00:41:31.119
 just the

00:41:31.119 --> 00:41:31.800
 text absence

00:41:31.800 --> 00:41:32.340
 or presence

00:41:32.340 --> 00:41:33.380
 doesn't threaten

00:41:33.380 --> 00:41:34.019
 anything we

00:41:34.019 --> 00:41:34.460
 believe,

00:41:34.539 --> 00:41:35.079
 necessarily.

00:41:36.420 --> 00:41:37.380
 And one

00:41:37.380 --> 00:41:39.500
 textual scholar

00:41:39.500 --> 00:41:41.260
 named Christopher

00:41:41.260 --> 00:41:41.880
 Ash wrote

00:41:41.880 --> 00:41:42.240
 this,

00:41:42.239 --> 00:41:42.859
 says,

00:41:42.859 --> 00:41:43.179
 since we

00:41:43.179 --> 00:41:43.539
 do not

00:41:43.539 --> 00:41:44.139
 have access

00:41:44.139 --> 00:41:44.639
 to any

00:41:44.639 --> 00:41:44.859
 of the

00:41:44.859 --> 00:41:45.279
 original

00:41:45.279 --> 00:41:45.859
 manuscripts,

00:41:46.579 --> 00:41:47.359
 this means

00:41:47.359 --> 00:41:48.019
 that scholarly

00:41:48.019 --> 00:41:49.219
 work of

00:41:49.219 --> 00:41:49.599
 textual

00:41:49.599 --> 00:41:50.179
 criticism

00:41:50.179 --> 00:41:51.299
 is necessary.

00:41:52.239 --> 00:41:52.639
 Textual

00:41:52.639 --> 00:41:53.539
 criticism is

00:41:53.539 --> 00:41:54.139
 the discipline

00:41:54.139 --> 00:41:54.979
 of examining

00:41:54.979 --> 00:41:55.500
 manuscripts

00:41:55.500 --> 00:41:57.099
 we don't

00:41:57.099 --> 00:41:58.479
 have while

00:41:58.479 --> 00:41:59.159
 working back

00:41:59.159 --> 00:41:59.879
 from those

00:41:59.879 --> 00:42:01.299
 that we do

00:42:01.299 --> 00:42:01.759
 have from

00:42:01.759 --> 00:42:02.500
 the originals.

00:42:02.679 --> 00:42:03.219
 It is an

00:42:03.219 --> 00:42:04.099
 honorable skill

00:42:04.099 --> 00:42:05.159
 and one that

00:42:05.159 --> 00:42:05.679
 has been well

00:42:05.679 --> 00:42:06.419
 honed over the

00:42:06.419 --> 00:42:06.779
 years.

00:42:07.579 --> 00:42:08.059
 And this is what

00:42:08.059 --> 00:42:08.500
 he says here,

00:42:08.619 --> 00:42:09.280
 thank God we

00:42:09.280 --> 00:42:10.639
 have excellent

00:42:10.639 --> 00:42:11.280
 and strong

00:42:11.280 --> 00:42:12.320
 manuscript evidence

00:42:12.320 --> 00:42:13.559
 that it is not

00:42:13.559 --> 00:42:15.119
 difficult to

00:42:15.119 --> 00:42:15.739
 become very

00:42:15.739 --> 00:42:16.840
 confident indeed

00:42:16.840 --> 00:42:17.900
 about the

00:42:17.900 --> 00:42:19.059
 large majority

00:42:19.059 --> 00:42:19.920
 of the Bible's

00:42:19.920 --> 00:42:20.340
 words.

00:42:21.159 --> 00:42:21.760
 No Christian

00:42:21.760 --> 00:42:22.860
 doctrine depends

00:42:22.860 --> 00:42:24.079
 on those

00:42:24.079 --> 00:42:25.460
 parts where

00:42:25.460 --> 00:42:25.980
 there are

00:42:25.980 --> 00:42:27.119
 small

00:42:27.119 --> 00:42:28.199
 uncertainties.

00:42:28.719 --> 00:42:28.920
 So,

00:42:28.980 --> 00:42:29.480
 meaning that,

00:42:29.559 --> 00:42:29.719
 like,

00:42:29.760 --> 00:42:30.360
 we don't base

00:42:30.360 --> 00:42:30.980
 our whole belief

00:42:30.980 --> 00:42:31.599
 system on a

00:42:31.599 --> 00:42:32.440
 tiny little deal,

00:42:32.539 --> 00:42:32.679
 I guess,

00:42:32.760 --> 00:42:33.800
 based on what

00:42:33.800 --> 00:42:34.619
 the whole thing

00:42:34.619 --> 00:42:35.099
 says.

00:42:35.719 --> 00:42:36.340
 And that's

00:42:36.340 --> 00:42:37.079
 very clear.

00:42:37.940 --> 00:42:38.119
 So,

00:42:38.119 --> 00:42:38.480
 that's why

00:42:38.480 --> 00:42:38.920
 we keep it

00:42:38.920 --> 00:42:39.159
 in there,

00:42:39.219 --> 00:42:39.519
 those two

00:42:39.519 --> 00:42:39.900
 reasons.

00:42:40.559 --> 00:42:41.339
 Honesty and

00:42:41.339 --> 00:42:41.739
 then no

00:42:41.739 --> 00:42:43.539
 doctrinal compromise,

00:42:43.880 --> 00:42:44.079
 really.

00:42:45.339 --> 00:42:45.599
 So,

00:42:45.719 --> 00:42:47.739
 just look

00:42:47.739 --> 00:42:48.339
 back at

00:42:48.339 --> 00:42:48.659
 Mark,

00:42:49.159 --> 00:42:50.299
 Mark 16,

00:42:51.699 --> 00:42:52.319
 and how

00:42:52.319 --> 00:42:54.279
 should we

00:42:54.279 --> 00:42:54.659
 end the

00:42:54.659 --> 00:42:55.199
 Gospel of

00:42:55.199 --> 00:42:55.519
 Mark,

00:42:56.359 --> 00:42:56.739
 what we've

00:42:56.739 --> 00:42:57.299
 been in for

00:42:57.299 --> 00:42:57.980
 quite a while

00:42:57.980 --> 00:42:58.279
 now.

00:43:01.559 --> 00:43:02.119
 Alright.

00:43:03.039 --> 00:43:03.779
 If you just

00:43:03.779 --> 00:43:04.359
 look at it,

00:43:04.460 --> 00:43:04.679
 there's,

00:43:05.980 --> 00:43:06.539
 it's very,

00:43:06.679 --> 00:43:07.239
 very clear

00:43:07.239 --> 00:43:10.419
 that you

00:43:10.419 --> 00:43:11.119
 can find

00:43:11.119 --> 00:43:12.000
 most of

00:43:12.000 --> 00:43:12.359
 all this

00:43:12.359 --> 00:43:12.679
 just in

00:43:12.679 --> 00:43:12.919
 other

00:43:12.919 --> 00:43:13.359
 Gospel

00:43:13.359 --> 00:43:13.919
 accounts.

00:43:14.819 --> 00:43:14.959
 Okay?

00:43:15.279 --> 00:43:15.579
 For

00:43:15.579 --> 00:43:16.039
 example,

00:43:17.119 --> 00:43:17.899
 verse 12

00:43:17.899 --> 00:43:19.239
 is taken

00:43:19.239 --> 00:43:19.959
 from Luke

00:43:19.959 --> 00:43:20.539
 24,

00:43:20.759 --> 00:43:21.319
 the road

00:43:21.319 --> 00:43:22.019
 to Emmaus.

00:43:22.879 --> 00:43:23.699
 Very clear.

00:43:23.899 --> 00:43:24.239
 He appeared

00:43:24.239 --> 00:43:24.519
 to them on

00:43:24.519 --> 00:43:24.879
 the road,

00:43:24.979 --> 00:43:25.339
 two of them

00:43:25.339 --> 00:43:25.859
 while walking.

00:43:26.779 --> 00:43:27.139
 And then

00:43:27.139 --> 00:43:28.039
 verse 12,

00:43:30.079 --> 00:43:30.619
 or excuse me,

00:43:30.639 --> 00:43:31.319
 verse 15

00:43:31.319 --> 00:43:32.199
 is really the

00:43:32.199 --> 00:43:32.859
 Great Commission

00:43:32.860 --> 00:43:34.360
 right out

00:43:34.360 --> 00:43:34.720
 of Matthew

00:43:34.720 --> 00:43:35.360
 28.

00:43:36.260 --> 00:43:36.680
 Like I

00:43:36.680 --> 00:43:36.900
 said,

00:43:36.980 --> 00:43:37.500
 verse 17

00:43:37.500 --> 00:43:37.840
 and 18

00:43:37.840 --> 00:43:38.500
 are definitely

00:43:38.500 --> 00:43:39.000
 just a little

00:43:39.000 --> 00:43:39.380
 odd.

00:43:40.579 --> 00:43:40.960
 If we

00:43:40.960 --> 00:43:42.360
 lean on that

00:43:42.360 --> 00:43:42.820
 too much,

00:43:42.860 --> 00:43:43.039
 we're going

00:43:43.039 --> 00:43:43.220
 to be

00:43:43.220 --> 00:43:44.559
 breaking the

00:43:44.559 --> 00:43:45.000
 commandment

00:43:45.000 --> 00:43:45.380
 by putting

00:43:45.380 --> 00:43:45.820
 God to

00:43:45.820 --> 00:43:46.280
 the test.

00:43:46.280 --> 00:43:49.240
 the early

00:43:49.240 --> 00:43:49.960
 apostles did

00:43:49.960 --> 00:43:50.320
 have the

00:43:50.320 --> 00:43:50.820
 power to

00:43:50.820 --> 00:43:51.200
 do some

00:43:51.200 --> 00:43:51.440
 of these

00:43:51.440 --> 00:43:51.920
 things.

00:43:52.800 --> 00:43:53.040
 If

00:43:53.040 --> 00:43:53.640
 Pentecost,

00:43:53.720 --> 00:43:54.040
 this kind

00:43:54.040 --> 00:43:54.320
 of stuff

00:43:54.320 --> 00:43:54.660
 happened.

00:43:55.460 --> 00:43:56.360
 But at the

00:43:56.360 --> 00:43:56.820
 same time,

00:43:56.880 --> 00:43:57.380
 just realize

00:43:57.380 --> 00:43:58.460
 that we can

00:43:58.460 --> 00:43:59.560
 reconstruct this

00:43:59.560 --> 00:44:00.620
 entire section

00:44:00.620 --> 00:44:01.440
 just based on

00:44:01.440 --> 00:44:01.860
 what other

00:44:01.860 --> 00:44:02.560
 Gospel accounts

00:44:02.560 --> 00:44:02.880
 say.

00:44:03.540 --> 00:44:04.040
 So again,

00:44:04.140 --> 00:44:04.780
 not really

00:44:04.780 --> 00:44:06.019
 too big of a

00:44:06.019 --> 00:44:06.380
 problem.

00:44:07.420 --> 00:44:08.580
 But just at

00:44:08.580 --> 00:44:09.220
 some point,

00:44:09.900 --> 00:44:10.720
 at some point,

00:44:11.240 --> 00:44:11.660
 some of these

00:44:11.660 --> 00:44:12.160
 guys who were

00:44:12.160 --> 00:44:12.960
 writing down Mark

00:44:12.960 --> 00:44:14.019
 felt like there

00:44:14.019 --> 00:44:14.600
 should be a better

00:44:14.599 --> 00:44:15.239
 ending to the

00:44:15.239 --> 00:44:16.559
 Gospel of

00:44:16.559 --> 00:44:16.860
 Mark.

00:44:17.079 --> 00:44:17.699
 And so they

00:44:17.699 --> 00:44:19.139
 probably added

00:44:19.139 --> 00:44:19.639
 this in,

00:44:20.380 --> 00:44:20.900
 more than

00:44:20.900 --> 00:44:21.239
 likely.

00:44:22.599 --> 00:44:25.139
 But when you

00:44:25.139 --> 00:44:25.819
 think about it,

00:44:26.000 --> 00:44:26.299
 look at

00:44:26.299 --> 00:44:27.599
 verse 8.

00:44:28.099 --> 00:44:28.500
 That's what I

00:44:28.500 --> 00:44:28.819
 just kind of

00:44:28.819 --> 00:44:29.299
 want to focus

00:44:29.299 --> 00:44:30.639
 on, which is

00:44:30.639 --> 00:44:31.239
 where Mark

00:44:31.239 --> 00:44:32.079
 probably ended

00:44:32.079 --> 00:44:32.819
 his Gospel.

00:44:33.819 --> 00:44:33.980
 Okay?

00:44:37.219 --> 00:44:38.099
 It says,

00:44:38.739 --> 00:44:39.219
 And they went

00:44:39.219 --> 00:44:40.659
 out and fled

00:44:40.659 --> 00:44:41.339
 from the tomb,

00:44:41.960 --> 00:44:42.679
 for trembling

00:44:42.679 --> 00:44:43.619
 and astonishment

00:44:43.619 --> 00:44:44.299
 had seized

00:44:44.299 --> 00:44:44.579
 them.

00:44:45.319 --> 00:44:45.659
 And they

00:44:45.659 --> 00:44:46.480
 said nothing

00:44:46.480 --> 00:44:47.199
 to anyone,

00:44:47.779 --> 00:44:48.460
 for they were

00:44:48.460 --> 00:44:49.159
 afraid.

00:44:50.299 --> 00:44:50.599
 Alright?

00:44:51.039 --> 00:44:52.460
 So, that's

00:44:52.460 --> 00:44:53.059
 where Mark

00:44:53.059 --> 00:44:53.880
 probably ended

00:44:53.880 --> 00:44:54.460
 his Gospel.

00:44:54.559 --> 00:44:55.059
 But is that

00:44:55.059 --> 00:44:55.719
 a bad ending?

00:44:56.360 --> 00:44:57.259
 And I really

00:44:57.259 --> 00:44:58.019
 don't believe

00:44:58.019 --> 00:44:58.679
 so at all.

00:44:59.539 --> 00:45:00.179
 The resurrection

00:45:00.179 --> 00:45:01.599
 is shocking.

00:45:02.639 --> 00:45:03.239
 If you were

00:45:03.239 --> 00:45:03.980
 there, I don't

00:45:03.980 --> 00:45:04.539
 know what you

00:45:04.539 --> 00:45:04.719
 would have

00:45:04.719 --> 00:45:04.940
 done.

00:45:05.039 --> 00:45:05.400
 You probably

00:45:05.400 --> 00:45:05.679
 would have

00:45:05.679 --> 00:45:06.000
 done the

00:45:06.000 --> 00:45:06.299
 same.

00:45:07.440 --> 00:45:07.940
 That's why

00:45:07.940 --> 00:45:08.880
 the angels

00:45:08.880 --> 00:45:09.519
 and everybody

00:45:09.519 --> 00:45:10.000
 else is like,

00:45:10.079 --> 00:45:10.559
 fear not,

00:45:10.659 --> 00:45:11.319
 don't be alarmed,

00:45:11.400 --> 00:45:12.099
 don't be afraid,

00:45:12.179 --> 00:45:12.639
 because people

00:45:12.639 --> 00:45:13.259
 are literally

00:45:13.259 --> 00:45:14.460
 terrified.

00:45:14.460 --> 00:45:16.019
 That word

00:45:16.019 --> 00:45:16.800
 for afraid

00:45:16.800 --> 00:45:17.260
 is like the

00:45:17.260 --> 00:45:17.900
 word phobia,

00:45:18.079 --> 00:45:18.300
 right?

00:45:19.099 --> 00:45:19.780
 It's where we

00:45:19.780 --> 00:45:20.119
 get this

00:45:20.119 --> 00:45:20.900
 bewildering,

00:45:21.480 --> 00:45:22.019
 irrational

00:45:22.019 --> 00:45:22.880
 experience.

00:45:23.019 --> 00:45:23.300
 We just

00:45:23.300 --> 00:45:24.079
 can't explain

00:45:24.079 --> 00:45:24.300
 it.

00:45:25.099 --> 00:45:25.960
 And they're

00:45:25.960 --> 00:45:26.679
 left speechless.

00:45:27.039 --> 00:45:27.800
 They're overwhelmed

00:45:27.800 --> 00:45:28.440
 and they run.

00:45:28.840 --> 00:45:29.599
 They're terrified.

00:45:29.599 --> 00:45:31.059
 And so,

00:45:31.259 --> 00:45:32.179
 is the resurrection

00:45:32.179 --> 00:45:33.319
 to me and

00:45:33.319 --> 00:45:33.699
 to you,

00:45:33.759 --> 00:45:34.259
 is it

00:45:34.259 --> 00:45:35.259
 overwhelming?

00:45:36.099 --> 00:45:36.679
 Does it

00:45:36.679 --> 00:45:37.639
 astonish us?

00:45:38.639 --> 00:45:39.319
 Are we

00:45:39.319 --> 00:45:40.199
 amazed that

00:45:40.199 --> 00:45:42.079
 Christ is

00:45:42.079 --> 00:45:42.900
 risen in

00:45:42.900 --> 00:45:43.559
 his love for

00:45:43.559 --> 00:45:43.900
 us?

00:45:44.839 --> 00:45:45.119
 Right?

00:45:46.219 --> 00:45:47.119
 This morning,

00:45:47.460 --> 00:45:48.119
 like this morning,

00:45:48.199 --> 00:45:48.779
 the saddest

00:45:48.779 --> 00:45:50.719
 cases here are

00:45:50.719 --> 00:45:51.639
 people who have

00:45:51.639 --> 00:45:53.139
 been lovingly

00:45:53.139 --> 00:45:53.779
 chosen by the

00:45:53.779 --> 00:45:54.119
 Father,

00:45:55.019 --> 00:45:55.940
 graciously saved

00:45:55.940 --> 00:45:56.679
 by the Son and

00:45:56.679 --> 00:45:57.119
 his blood,

00:45:57.799 --> 00:45:58.559
 and dwelt by the

00:45:58.559 --> 00:45:59.259
 Spirit and have

00:45:59.259 --> 00:46:00.219
 lost the wonder

00:46:00.219 --> 00:46:00.659
 of that.

00:46:01.860 --> 00:46:02.699
 A lot of us

00:46:02.699 --> 00:46:03.000
 have.

00:46:04.519 --> 00:46:05.340
 It'll show

00:46:05.340 --> 00:46:05.880
 probably in the

00:46:05.880 --> 00:46:06.500
 next few hours

00:46:06.500 --> 00:46:06.920
 about what you

00:46:06.920 --> 00:46:07.500
 talk about,

00:46:07.820 --> 00:46:08.679
 how quickly it's

00:46:08.679 --> 00:46:09.460
 just snuffed out

00:46:09.460 --> 00:46:10.480
 after you leave

00:46:10.480 --> 00:46:10.719
 here.

00:46:12.380 --> 00:46:13.219
 It's sad.

00:46:13.719 --> 00:46:14.460
 Our faith has

00:46:14.460 --> 00:46:15.219
 become thin,

00:46:16.119 --> 00:46:16.619
 drab,

00:46:17.460 --> 00:46:18.039
 colorless,

00:46:18.400 --> 00:46:18.779
 stale,

00:46:19.559 --> 00:46:20.320
 unimaginative.

00:46:20.320 --> 00:46:22.519
 we know it

00:46:22.519 --> 00:46:22.700
 all,

00:46:22.740 --> 00:46:23.180
 we've heard it

00:46:23.180 --> 00:46:23.539
 already,

00:46:23.680 --> 00:46:24.039
 and we've

00:46:24.039 --> 00:46:24.800
 lost the

00:46:24.800 --> 00:46:25.420
 wonder of the

00:46:25.420 --> 00:46:25.700
 Savior.

00:46:27.580 --> 00:46:28.320
 One writer,

00:46:28.460 --> 00:46:28.820
 he said,

00:46:28.880 --> 00:46:29.539
 sometimes I

00:46:29.539 --> 00:46:29.880
 think the

00:46:29.880 --> 00:46:30.940
 people to

00:46:30.940 --> 00:46:31.260
 feel the

00:46:31.260 --> 00:46:31.800
 most satisfied

00:46:31.800 --> 00:46:33.000
 for are

00:46:33.000 --> 00:46:33.480
 people who

00:46:33.480 --> 00:46:34.160
 once knew

00:46:34.160 --> 00:46:35.000
 what profoundness

00:46:35.000 --> 00:46:35.440
 was,

00:46:36.019 --> 00:46:36.559
 but who

00:46:36.559 --> 00:46:37.519
 lost or

00:46:37.519 --> 00:46:38.200
 become numb

00:46:38.200 --> 00:46:38.539
 to the

00:46:38.539 --> 00:46:39.440
 sensation of

00:46:39.440 --> 00:46:39.800
 wonder.

00:46:41.080 --> 00:46:41.980
 We have to

00:46:41.980 --> 00:46:42.660
 be bewildered

00:46:42.660 --> 00:46:43.200
 at the

00:46:43.200 --> 00:46:43.720
 resurrection

00:46:43.720 --> 00:46:45.580
 that our

00:46:45.580 --> 00:46:46.380
 Savior lives

00:46:46.380 --> 00:46:46.840
 today.

00:46:47.780 --> 00:46:48.579
 I struggle

00:46:48.579 --> 00:46:49.840
 to keep

00:46:49.840 --> 00:46:50.340
 Christ in

00:46:50.340 --> 00:46:50.820
 the forefront

00:46:50.820 --> 00:46:51.480
 of my mind

00:46:51.480 --> 00:46:52.039
 on a daily

00:46:52.039 --> 00:46:52.539
 basis.

00:46:53.160 --> 00:46:53.620
 I struggle

00:46:53.620 --> 00:46:54.019
 with all the

00:46:54.019 --> 00:46:54.500
 same stuff

00:46:54.500 --> 00:46:54.900
 you do.

00:46:55.000 --> 00:46:55.340
 Some of you

00:46:55.340 --> 00:46:55.840
 students kind

00:46:55.840 --> 00:46:56.240
 of put me

00:46:56.240 --> 00:46:57.000
 up in a

00:46:57.000 --> 00:46:57.640
 higher place,

00:46:57.800 --> 00:46:59.019
 and it is

00:46:59.019 --> 00:46:59.980
 not that way.

00:47:00.059 --> 00:47:00.320
 Those of you

00:47:00.320 --> 00:47:00.620
 who know me

00:47:00.620 --> 00:47:01.039
 well know

00:47:01.039 --> 00:47:01.460
 that's not

00:47:01.460 --> 00:47:01.760
 true.

00:47:02.280 --> 00:47:02.800
 I have

00:47:02.800 --> 00:47:03.400
 fears.

00:47:04.140 --> 00:47:04.600
 I have

00:47:04.600 --> 00:47:05.660
 sin in my

00:47:05.660 --> 00:47:06.000
 life.

00:47:06.519 --> 00:47:07.220
 I struggle,

00:47:07.420 --> 00:47:08.180
 and I need

00:47:08.180 --> 00:47:08.940
 a risen Savior

00:47:08.940 --> 00:47:09.760
 to save me.

00:47:11.079 --> 00:47:12.400
 But I know

00:47:12.400 --> 00:47:12.840
 at the same

00:47:12.840 --> 00:47:13.120
 time,

00:47:13.160 --> 00:47:13.660
 all that's

00:47:13.660 --> 00:47:13.920
 true,

00:47:14.600 --> 00:47:16.000
 that when I

00:47:16.000 --> 00:47:16.380
 put my

00:47:16.380 --> 00:47:16.960
 mind and

00:47:16.960 --> 00:47:17.400
 my heart

00:47:17.400 --> 00:47:18.019
 on Christ,

00:47:19.360 --> 00:47:19.920
 love for

00:47:19.920 --> 00:47:20.480
 Him and

00:47:20.480 --> 00:47:20.900
 all of

00:47:20.900 --> 00:47:21.539
 Him begins

00:47:21.539 --> 00:47:23.240
 to take

00:47:23.240 --> 00:47:23.700
 me over,

00:47:24.140 --> 00:47:25.220
 and His

00:47:25.220 --> 00:47:26.099
 fellowship drives

00:47:26.099 --> 00:47:26.619
 away any

00:47:26.619 --> 00:47:27.240
 darkness that

00:47:27.240 --> 00:47:27.860
 I'm presently

00:47:27.860 --> 00:47:28.400
 living in,

00:47:29.220 --> 00:47:30.039
 and that's

00:47:30.039 --> 00:47:30.579
 the power

00:47:30.579 --> 00:47:31.059
 of the

00:47:31.059 --> 00:47:31.720
 risen Lord.

00:47:32.720 --> 00:47:33.140
 And I'm

00:47:33.140 --> 00:47:33.940
 ready after

00:47:33.940 --> 00:47:34.619
 those moments

00:47:34.619 --> 00:47:35.260
 when I know

00:47:35.260 --> 00:47:35.760
 that Christ

00:47:35.760 --> 00:47:36.320
 is with me,

00:47:36.380 --> 00:47:37.059
 I'm ready to

00:47:37.059 --> 00:47:37.960
 live for Him

00:47:37.960 --> 00:47:39.140
 and die for

00:47:39.140 --> 00:47:39.780
 Him in any

00:47:39.780 --> 00:47:40.519
 context He

00:47:40.519 --> 00:47:41.180
 asked me to,

00:47:41.760 --> 00:47:42.480
 to engage

00:47:42.480 --> 00:47:43.059
 the lost,

00:47:43.240 --> 00:47:43.539
 to make

00:47:43.539 --> 00:47:44.320
 disciples for

00:47:44.320 --> 00:47:44.880
 His glory.

00:47:44.880 --> 00:47:46.460
 the risen

00:47:46.460 --> 00:47:47.300
 Lord is

00:47:47.300 --> 00:47:47.760
 with us

00:47:47.760 --> 00:47:48.079
 today,

00:47:48.160 --> 00:47:48.400
 He is

00:47:48.400 --> 00:47:49.019
 present with

00:47:49.019 --> 00:47:49.340
 us.

00:47:50.140 --> 00:47:51.099
 Don't lose

00:47:51.099 --> 00:47:51.619
 the wonder

00:47:51.619 --> 00:47:52.059
 of that.

00:47:52.220 --> 00:47:52.579
 Ask that

00:47:52.579 --> 00:47:53.559
 God rekindle

00:47:53.559 --> 00:47:54.579
 your wonder

00:47:54.579 --> 00:47:54.960
 in your

00:47:54.960 --> 00:47:55.300
 all,

00:47:56.180 --> 00:47:56.640
 and live

00:47:56.640 --> 00:47:57.200
 for Christ.

00:47:58.160 --> 00:47:58.680
 Let the

00:47:58.680 --> 00:47:59.660
 present reality

00:47:59.660 --> 00:48:00.200
 of the living

00:48:00.200 --> 00:48:01.019
 King change

00:48:01.019 --> 00:48:01.280
 you,

00:48:02.200 --> 00:48:02.559
 right?

00:48:03.700 --> 00:48:04.260
 So with

00:48:04.260 --> 00:48:04.519
 that,

00:48:04.619 --> 00:48:05.000
 let's just

00:48:05.000 --> 00:48:05.760
 devote ourselves

00:48:05.760 --> 00:48:06.599
 to Christ

00:48:06.599 --> 00:48:07.119
 this morning

00:48:07.119 --> 00:48:07.559
 anew.

00:48:08.519 --> 00:48:09.119
 Just close

00:48:09.119 --> 00:48:09.539
 with me in

00:48:09.539 --> 00:48:09.840
 prayer.

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 Amen.