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 Good morning. I'm Dan Bielman. I'm an assistant pastor here at Church of the Advent.

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 Also, you saw on the chancel this morning the Reverend Jeffrey Simpson,

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 who was just ordained to the priesthood last week, right?

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 Jeff will be celebrating communion for the first time today. Really looking forward to that.

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 Neither of us claim to be Tommy Henson or want to pretend like we are.

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 That would be for my 14-year-old who was dressing as Tommy Henson for Halloween this year.

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 So look out for Instagram and see how that goes.

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 We're on week three of a sermon series called Read, Mark, Learn.

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 We're exploring the doctrine of Scripture, asking questions such as, what is the Bible?

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 What makes it the Word of God? Can I understand it?

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 Is it reliable?

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 Does it tell us everything we need to know about God, the world, and ourselves?

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 What should my relationship to it be?

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 What makes it different than any other written book?

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 So three weeks ago, Tommy took us through Psalm 119,

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 and he gave us an overview about the nature of Scripture.

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 God's Word, rightly apprehended, inspires our love and delight,

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 because it gives us the truth, goodness, and beauty of God Himself.

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 Two weeks ago, Tommy talked to us about Scripture's clarity,

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 or as theologians would put it, Scripture's perspicuity.

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 Though some things in the Bible are hard to understand,

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 it's clear enough that we who read it can understand what it is saying

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 about the most important things it has to say about God, about us, and about the world,

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 and our relationship to God, and God's purposes in the world.

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 Last week, we took a week to celebrate the ordination of Jeff Simpson to the priesthood,

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 and now we're back to the sermon series on Scripture.

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 And we're going to look today at Hebrews 1.

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 It was the first passage read this morning.

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 We're going to see what this very important passage has to say about the Bible,

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 and how it all relates to Jesus.

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 We're going to first see what it has to say about the history of God speaking to His people.

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 Second, how He has spoken through Jesus.

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 And third, what that all means for Scripture's sufficiency and completeness.

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 So the first, the history of God speaking to His people.

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 Second, God speaking through the person of Jesus.

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 And third, Scripture's sufficiency.

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 But before we do that, let's pray.

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 Not on riches, we will fix our eyes.

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 Lord Jesus, it would be our prayer that Your Word would be our delight this morning.

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 As we sang earlier, and as we heard preached three weeks ago,

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 that when we hear Your Word, when we read it,

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 we could experience joy.

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 Lord, that we who would be thirsty when we come to Scripture would be filled.

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 Lord, that we who come to Scripture hungry could be satisfied.

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 Even more so, Lord, that it would fill us with delight.

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 Lord, could You even surprise us this morning through hearing Your Word preached.

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 Lord, forgive the sins of the preacher,

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 and may Your words, Lord Jesus,

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 be made clear through the working of Your Holy Spirit right now.

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 We pray in Jesus' name. Amen.

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 Okay, so the writer of Hebrews begins

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 with a fairly compact summary

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 of how God has spoken to His people.

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 Long ago, at many times,

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 and in many ways,

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 God spoke.

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 Long ago,

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 at many times,

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 and in many ways,

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 God spoke.

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 That God has spoken at all

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 is because He is quite simply

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 a person.

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 equally,

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 His having spoken

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 is in part evidence of His personhood.

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 This is important

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 and crucial to our faith

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 and beliefs.

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 Much of philosophy would tell us

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 that the attempt

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 of finite minds

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 like ours

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 to comprehend

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 the mind and nature

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 of an infinite supreme being

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 would either be futile

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 or idolatrous.

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 Futile

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 because the incompatibility

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 between a supreme being

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 and ourselves.

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 idolatrous

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 because any claim

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 to understand

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 that supreme being

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 would actually be

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 a recreation

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 of ourselves

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 and we would just be giving it

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 human characteristics

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 and not understanding

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 and comprehending

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 that being

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 as He is.

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 Well, Christians resolve

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 this question

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 of incompatibility

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 by means

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 of personhood.

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 Human beings

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 are created

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 in the image

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 and likeness

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 of God.

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 created in the image

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 and likeness

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 of God

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 and what that means

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 exactly would require

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 its own sermon series

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 but this morning

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 we can say

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 at least this

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 that we are the only

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 material creatures

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 made in this manner

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 and that image

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 and likeness

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 make communication

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 possible.

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 We have personhood

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 because He does

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 and that common ground

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 established a link

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 between God

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 and humanity

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 which allowed

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 for communication

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 from the very beginning.

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 God spoke

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 with Adam

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 and Eve

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 in the Garden

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 of Eden

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 and why did He speak?

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 Why did He speak

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 at all?

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 Because God

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 created human beings

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 to be in relationship

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 to them.

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 Relationships

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 don't exist

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 without communication

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 between the persons.

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 So how did God speak

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 according to the writer

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 of Hebrews?

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 He spoke at many times

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 and in many ways.

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 He spoke with Adam

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 and Eve

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 in the Garden.

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 He would later speak

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 to Noah

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 and then Abraham.

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 Now it's unclear

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 if and when

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 such communication

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 was oral.

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 It is certain

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 that at times

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 He would communicate

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 through visions

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 and dreams.

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 Now when we move

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 from the book of Genesis

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 to the book of Exodus

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 we see God

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 for the first time

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 employing writing

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 in order to communicate

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 with His people

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 and that happened

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 on Mount Sinai

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 with the Ten Commandments

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 when He gave them

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 to Moses

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 to give to the people

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 of Israel.

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 And from the time

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 of Moses onward

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 God's revelation

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 to His people

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 through the prophets

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 and others

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 was recorded

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 in written form

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 for posterity.

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 The first five books

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 of the Bible

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 are called

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 the five books

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 of Moses

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 or in Hebrew

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 the Torah.

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 Moses lived

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 in the 15th century B.C.

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 and it seems

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 God doesn't speak

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 through a prophet

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 for another 400 years

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 after that

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 until the time

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 of the prophet Samuel.

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 And then for 700 years

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 He would speak

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 through prophets

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 such as Elijah

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 and Elisha

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 Isaiah

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 and Jeremiah

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 up until around

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 the year 400 B.C.

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 And the messages

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 delivered through

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 the prophets

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 were sometimes intended

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 for specific

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 individuals

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 often kings

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 sometimes to an

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 entire nation.

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 Sometimes a prophet

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 would be asked

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 excuse me

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 be told

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 to go to foreign lands

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 to deliver a message.

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 At first prophecies

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 would be delivered

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 orally

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 but at around

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 700 B.C.

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 prophecies were

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 written down

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 and preserved

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 as distinct collections

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 like Amos

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 Micah

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 Joel

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 Nahum.

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 Now in addition

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 to the prophecies

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 in the Old Testament

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 there's other writings

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 found.

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 There's histories

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 there's poetry

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 there's wisdom

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 literature.

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 Now next week

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 Jeff is going to

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 talk to us

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 about the reliability

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 of all of these

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 texts

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 from antiquity.

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 But this morning

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 we're just going to

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 note three things

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 about the Old Testament.

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 The first

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 is that Christians

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 have viewed

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 all of these texts

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 of the Old Testament

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 to be equally inspired.

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 Paul writes

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 that all scripture

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 is God breathed.

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 The apostle Peter

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 wrote

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 no prophecy

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 was ever produced

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 by the will of man

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 but men spoke

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 from God

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 as they were carried

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 along by the Holy Spirit.

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 So that was first

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 Christians have viewed

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 all texts

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 to be equally inspired.

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 Second

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 even though they're

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 all equally inspired

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 we weren't meant

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 to read

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 and interpret them

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 all in the same way.

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 I'm so glad

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 we have

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 in our Bibles

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 the writer

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 of the Hebrews

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 saying this very

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 simple thing

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 that he spoke

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 in many ways.

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 It's like a key

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 to interpreting

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 scripture.

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 We don't read

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 direct commandments

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 like do not murder

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 in the same way

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 we read poetry

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 celebrating

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 intimacy between

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 husband and wife

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 as we do

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 in Song of Songs

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 nor do we read

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 it the same way

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 as we read

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 vivid,

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 mysterious,

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 apocalyptic visions

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 recorded

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 in the book

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 of Daniel.

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 Okay?

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 So

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 equally inspired

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 we don't read

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 them all equally

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 the same way

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 we interpret them

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 based on their

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 genre.

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 Third

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 everything in the

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 Bible

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 I would suggest

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 is a love letter

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 from our creator.

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 First John

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 chapter 4

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 tells us that

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 God is

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 God is what?

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 Love.

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 Thank you.

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 God is love.

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 If God is love

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 then from the

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 very beginning

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 starting in the

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 Garden of Eden

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 we would expect

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 him to speak

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 to listen

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 to react

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 and to speak

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 again.

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 Imagine a God

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 who didn't

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 communicate

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 anything

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 at all

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 ever.

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 What would that

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 be like?

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 Imagine the fear

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 and anxiety

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 and despair

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 that we would

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 have if God

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 were never

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 to have spoken

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 if he had

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 never revealed

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 his mind

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 and purposes.

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 Imagining this

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 when you think

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 about it

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 isn't so hard

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 because we can

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 just look at

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 our own

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 relationships.

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 Some of you

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 may have seen

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 a video

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 perhaps on

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 YouTube

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 called the

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 silent face

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 excuse me

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 the still face

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 experiment.

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 it shows

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 a mother

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 with her

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 baby

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 face to

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 face

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 and the

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 baby is

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 communicating

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 with his

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 mother

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 and the

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 mother is

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 constantly

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 giving

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 feedback

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 both

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 verbal

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 and expressive.

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 The baby

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 points

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 and the

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 mother

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 looks

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 and looks

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 back at

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 the baby

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 smiles

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 speaks

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 and the

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 cycle

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 continues

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 until at

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 one point

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 the mother

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 turns away

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 for about

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 five seconds

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 and then

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 when she

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 turns back

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 she gives

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 the baby

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 a completely

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 still face

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 and it

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 doesn't change

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 and it's

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 super interesting

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 what happens

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 next.

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 The baby

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 tries to

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 communicate

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 and gets

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 nothing in

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 response.

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 The baby

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 flaps its

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 arms

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 makes that

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 really high

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 pitched

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 shrill voice

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 you might be

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 familiar with

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 then exhibits

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 like all

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 kinds of

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 negative

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 feelings

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 turns away

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 loses

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 control

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 of his

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 posture

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 and then

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 completely

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 melts

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 down.

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 The baby's

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 nervous system

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 just goes

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 haywire

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 because human

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 beings

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 can't handle

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 complete

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 unresponsiveness.

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 We weren't

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 made that

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 way.

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 Humans

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 of all

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 ages

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 we need

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 loving

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 contact

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 like we

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 need

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 oxygen.

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 We really

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 don't have

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 many ways

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 to deal

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 with

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 disconnection

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 at any

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 age.

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 I think

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 it would

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 be fair

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 to say

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 that what

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 is true

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 for

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 individual

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 humans

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 and human

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 relationships

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 is probably

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 true

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 the entire

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 human race.

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 Humanity

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 needs

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 loving

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 contact

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 like we

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 need

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 oxygen.

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 God

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 spoke.

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 You see

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 God's

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 speaking

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 is an

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 act

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 of

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 love.

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 Whether

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 it's a

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 command

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 or a

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 poem

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 or an

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 apocalyptic

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 vision that

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 you're

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 reading in

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 the Old

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 Testament

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 when you

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 read through

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 the Bible

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 you are

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 getting

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 God's

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 love for

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 you poured

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 out onto

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 the page.

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 And his

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 verbal

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 outpouring

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 of love

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 reaches its

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 fullest

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 expression

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 when Jesus

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 is born

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 of Mary.

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 So let's

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 continue that

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 statement from

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 the Hebrews.

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 Long ago

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 at many times

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 and in many

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 ways

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 God spoke

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 to our

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 fathers

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 by the

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 prophets

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 but in

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 these last

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 days

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 he has

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 spoken to

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 us

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 by his

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 son.

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 This

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 verse

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 reveals to

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 us

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 the purpose

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 of scripture

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 actually

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 which is

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 to reveal

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 God.

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 His

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 speech

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 is

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 a person.

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 The person

00:13:36.960 --> 00:13:37.320
 of Jesus

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 is

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 himself

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 the

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 speech

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 of

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 God.

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 John

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 chapter

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 1

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 verse

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 1

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 which

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 we

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 read

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 earlier

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 in the

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 beginning

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 was

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 the

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 word

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 and the

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 word

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 was

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 with

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 God

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 and the

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 word

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 was

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 God.

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 Jesus

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 is

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 himself

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 the

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 word

00:13:51.019 --> 00:13:51.160
 of

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 God.

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 Jesus

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 is

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 the

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 speech

00:13:53.620 --> 00:13:54.139
 of

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 God.

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 That

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 can be

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 true

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 if the

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 purpose

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 of

00:13:57.639 --> 00:13:57.900
 scripture

00:13:57.900 --> 00:13:58.780
 all along

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 was

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 God's

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 self

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 revelation

00:14:01.340 --> 00:14:02.220
 to

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 humanity.

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 The

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 purpose

00:14:03.500 --> 00:14:03.680
 of

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 scripture

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 was

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 for

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 God

00:14:05.120 --> 00:14:05.360
 to

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 reveal

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 himself

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 to

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 humanity.

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 But

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 too

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 often

00:14:09.259 --> 00:14:09.759
 readers

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 of

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 the

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 Bible

00:14:10.400 --> 00:14:10.759
 think

00:14:10.759 --> 00:14:11.320
 the

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 Bible

00:14:11.540 --> 00:14:11.680
 is

00:14:11.680 --> 00:14:12.200
 primarily

00:14:12.200 --> 00:14:12.620
 this

00:14:12.620 --> 00:14:12.960
 list

00:14:12.960 --> 00:14:13.080
 of

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 instructions

00:14:13.660 --> 00:14:13.960
 for

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 how

00:14:14.080 --> 00:14:14.180
 to

00:14:14.180 --> 00:14:14.300
 get

00:14:14.300 --> 00:14:14.540
 through

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 life

00:14:14.920 --> 00:14:15.560
 or

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 it's

00:14:17.080 --> 00:14:17.220
 a

00:14:17.220 --> 00:14:17.540
 collection

00:14:17.540 --> 00:14:17.879
 of

00:14:17.879 --> 00:14:18.400
 stories

00:14:18.400 --> 00:14:18.759
 about

00:14:18.759 --> 00:14:19.560
 spiritual

00:14:19.560 --> 00:14:19.960
 heroes

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 that we're

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 supposed

00:14:20.460 --> 00:14:20.660
 to

00:14:20.660 --> 00:14:20.980
 emulate.

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 It's

00:14:21.940 --> 00:14:22.200
 neither

00:14:22.200 --> 00:14:22.400
 of

00:14:22.400 --> 00:14:22.600
 those

00:14:22.600 --> 00:14:23.020
 things.

00:14:24.420 --> 00:14:24.720
 The

00:14:24.720 --> 00:14:24.960
 Bible

00:14:24.960 --> 00:14:25.200
 is

00:14:25.200 --> 00:14:25.440
 meant

00:14:25.440 --> 00:14:25.660
 to

00:14:25.660 --> 00:14:26.120
 disclose

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 to

00:14:26.340 --> 00:14:26.780
 humanity

00:14:26.780 --> 00:14:27.200
 who

00:14:27.200 --> 00:14:27.460
 God

00:14:27.460 --> 00:14:27.860
 is,

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 his

00:14:28.840 --> 00:14:29.420
 character,

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 his

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 attributes,

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 his

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 will,

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 and

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 the

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 means

00:14:33.840 --> 00:14:34.019
 by

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 which

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 we

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 have

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 relationship

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 with

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 him.

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 And

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 then,

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 in the

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 fullness

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 of

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 time,

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 God

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 speaks

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 the

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 most

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 clearly

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 by

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 just

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 showing

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 up.

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 God

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 comes

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 in the

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 person

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 of

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 his

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 son,

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 Jesus

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 Christ.

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 To

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 make it

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 extra

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 clear

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 to

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 the

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 readers

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 of

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 the

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 Hebrews

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 that

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 Jesus

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 is

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 God

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 himself,

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 the

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 writer

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 says

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 the

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 following

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 things

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 about

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 Jesus,

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 starting

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 with

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 verse

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 two

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 on the

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 next

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 slide,

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 that

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 Jesus

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 is

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 appointed

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 the

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 heir

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 of

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 all

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 things.

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 That

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 means

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 Jesus

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 is

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 king

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 and

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 lord

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 of

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 all

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 things.

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 Who

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 else

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 but

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 God

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 has

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 the

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 right

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 to

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 rule

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 everything

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 that

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 was

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 made?

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 We

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 read

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 that

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 Jesus

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 was

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 an

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 agent

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 in

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 the

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 creation

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 of

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 the

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 world,

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 but

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 who

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 else

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 but

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 God

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 creates?

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 Of

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 course.

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 We

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 read

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 that

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 Jesus

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 is

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 the

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 radiance

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 of

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 the

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 glory

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 of

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 God.

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 So

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 the

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 readers

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 to

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 remember

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 were

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 given.

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 The

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 writer

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 is

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 saying

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 that

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 Jesus

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 is

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 the

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 exact

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 imprint

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 of

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 his

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 nature.

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 The

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 author

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 is

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 evoking

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 the

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 engraving

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 on a

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 coin,

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 the

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 stamp,

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 the

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 character.

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 Jesus

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 provides

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 a

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 true

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 and

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 trustworthy

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 picture

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 of

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 who

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 God

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 is.

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 Next

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 slide

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 says

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 Jesus

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 upholds

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 the

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 universe

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 by

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 the

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 word

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 of

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 his

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 power.

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 Again,

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 who

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 else

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 but

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 God

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 can

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 sustain

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 the

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 cosmos.

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 Finally,

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 Jesus

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 is

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 God's

00:16:09.960 --> 00:16:10.560
 salvation

00:16:10.560 --> 00:16:10.920
 for

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 us.

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 He

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 made

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 purification

00:16:13.520 --> 00:16:13.860
 for

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 sins

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 and

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 sat

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 down

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 at

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 the

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 right

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 hand

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 of

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 the

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 majesty

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 on

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 high.

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 So

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 to

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 summarize

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 everything

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 so

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 far,

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 since

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 the

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 creation

00:16:22.040 --> 00:16:22.240
 of

00:16:22.240 --> 00:16:22.360
 the

00:16:22.360 --> 00:16:22.720
 world,

00:16:23.900 --> 00:16:24.100
 God

00:16:24.100 --> 00:16:24.440
 spoke.

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 He

00:16:26.440 --> 00:16:26.759
 spoke

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 in

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 order

00:16:27.160 --> 00:16:27.400
 to

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 reveal

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 who

00:16:28.660 --> 00:16:28.840
 he

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 is.

00:16:30.040 --> 00:16:30.379
 His

00:16:30.379 --> 00:16:30.780
 revelation

00:16:30.780 --> 00:16:31.200
 comes

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 to us

00:16:31.519 --> 00:16:31.759
 in

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 written

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 form

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 until

00:16:33.079 --> 00:16:33.559
 God's

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 revelation

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 of

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 himself

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 culminates

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 in

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 the

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 sending

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 of

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 his

00:16:36.159 --> 00:16:36.480
 son,

00:16:37.079 --> 00:16:37.299
 Jesus

00:16:37.299 --> 00:16:37.819
 Christ.

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 There's

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 writings

00:16:40.559 --> 00:16:41.220
 about

00:16:41.220 --> 00:16:41.759
 Jesus,

00:16:42.199 --> 00:16:42.379
 both

00:16:42.379 --> 00:16:42.919
 eyewitness

00:16:42.919 --> 00:16:43.340
 accounts

00:16:43.340 --> 00:16:43.740
 of his

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 life

00:16:44.159 --> 00:16:45.899
 and

00:16:45.899 --> 00:16:46.059
 his

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 teaching,

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 and

00:16:47.720 --> 00:16:47.960
 letters

00:16:47.960 --> 00:16:48.399
 to the

00:16:48.399 --> 00:16:48.759
 church

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 written

00:16:50.000 --> 00:16:50.679
 by those

00:16:50.679 --> 00:16:50.919
 who

00:16:50.919 --> 00:16:51.319
 witnessed

00:16:51.319 --> 00:16:51.579
 his

00:16:51.579 --> 00:16:52.139
 resurrection.

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 And

00:16:54.379 --> 00:16:54.579
 those

00:16:54.579 --> 00:16:54.860
 writings

00:16:54.860 --> 00:16:55.279
 we call

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 the

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 New

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 Testament.

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 All

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 of

00:16:57.600 --> 00:16:57.759
 these

00:16:57.759 --> 00:16:58.059
 writings,

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 the

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 Old

00:16:58.480 --> 00:16:58.899
 Testament

00:16:58.899 --> 00:16:59.559
 and the

00:16:59.559 --> 00:16:59.699
 New

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 Testament,

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 we call

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 the

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 Bible.

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 Bible

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 being a

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 word that

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 means simply

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 a collection

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 of books.

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 We call

00:17:08.259 --> 00:17:08.759
 these writings

00:17:08.759 --> 00:17:09.440
 also the

00:17:09.440 --> 00:17:09.919
 Word of

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 God

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 because we

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 believe that

00:17:12.339 --> 00:17:12.659
 God,

00:17:12.859 --> 00:17:13.159
 through the

00:17:13.159 --> 00:17:13.819
 Holy Spirit,

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 intervened and

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 influenced the

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 words,

00:17:17.119 --> 00:17:17.579
 message,

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 and collation

00:17:18.819 --> 00:17:19.500
 of the

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 Bible.

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 And we

00:17:21.460 --> 00:17:22.200
 also call it

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 Scripture,

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 a word that

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 describes the

00:17:25.119 --> 00:17:25.960
 writtenness of

00:17:25.960 --> 00:17:26.460
 God's Word.

00:17:26.460 --> 00:17:26.500
 word.

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 So what can

00:17:29.319 --> 00:17:29.840
 we say about

00:17:29.840 --> 00:17:30.500
 Scripture based

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 on what we've

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 discussed so

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 far?

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 Two things.

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 Scripture is

00:17:35.900 --> 00:17:37.960
 complete and

00:17:37.960 --> 00:17:38.480
 Scripture is

00:17:38.480 --> 00:17:38.980
 sufficient.

00:17:40.059 --> 00:17:41.500
 It's complete and

00:17:41.500 --> 00:17:41.819
 sufficient.

00:17:42.000 --> 00:17:42.319
 So what do

00:17:42.319 --> 00:17:42.700
 those mean?

00:17:44.259 --> 00:17:45.059
 Well, if the

00:17:45.059 --> 00:17:45.700
 purpose of

00:17:45.700 --> 00:17:46.559
 Scripture is for

00:17:46.559 --> 00:17:47.400
 God to reveal

00:17:47.400 --> 00:17:48.940
 himself and he

00:17:48.940 --> 00:17:49.759
 has fully revealed

00:17:49.759 --> 00:17:50.279
 himself in the

00:17:50.279 --> 00:17:50.920
 person of Jesus,

00:17:51.660 --> 00:17:52.740
 then Scripture is

00:17:52.740 --> 00:17:53.720
 complete and there

00:17:53.720 --> 00:17:54.500
 is nothing more

00:17:54.500 --> 00:17:55.240
 that needs to be

00:17:55.240 --> 00:17:55.620
 revealed.

00:17:56.460 --> 00:17:57.519
 This is a huge

00:17:57.519 --> 00:17:57.960
 comfort.

00:17:58.880 --> 00:17:59.539
 It's a huge

00:17:59.539 --> 00:18:00.620
 comfort when you

00:18:00.620 --> 00:18:01.079
 think about it.

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 You may know

00:18:01.500 --> 00:18:03.340
 someone who

00:18:03.340 --> 00:18:04.259
 married a person

00:18:04.259 --> 00:18:05.519
 and after getting

00:18:05.519 --> 00:18:06.319
 married learned

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 something big

00:18:07.259 --> 00:18:08.000
 about their

00:18:08.000 --> 00:18:09.340
 spouse that had

00:18:09.340 --> 00:18:10.259
 remained hidden

00:18:10.259 --> 00:18:11.420
 before the wedding

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 day.

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 That can cause a

00:18:13.220 --> 00:18:13.880
 lot of destruction

00:18:13.880 --> 00:18:15.180
 and trauma and I

00:18:15.180 --> 00:18:15.700
 know it's happened

00:18:15.700 --> 00:18:16.500
 to a few of our

00:18:16.500 --> 00:18:17.160
 folks here at

00:18:17.160 --> 00:18:17.500
 Advent.

00:18:18.519 --> 00:18:19.340
 But there's no

00:18:19.340 --> 00:18:20.180
 danger of that

00:18:20.180 --> 00:18:20.700
 happening with

00:18:20.700 --> 00:18:21.000
 God.

00:18:22.380 --> 00:18:23.380
 Everything we need

00:18:23.380 --> 00:18:24.100
 to know about

00:18:24.100 --> 00:18:24.960
 our Maker has been

00:18:24.960 --> 00:18:25.740
 revealed in the

00:18:25.740 --> 00:18:26.000
 Bible.

00:18:26.460 --> 00:18:28.059
 There will be no

00:18:28.059 --> 00:18:29.360
 new information

00:18:29.360 --> 00:18:30.180
 that completely

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 changes his

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 posture towards

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 you.

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 Nor will there be

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 anything new

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 revealed to

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 Christians in

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 later generations

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 that has so far

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 been withheld

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 from you.

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 Does the Holy

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 Spirit then,

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 as an aside,

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 does the Holy

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 Spirit then speak

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 or not speak to

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 Christians?

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 Well, he certainly

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 does.

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 He's still a person

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 and you're still

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 a person.

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 He leads and he

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 prompts and he

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 can give special

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 insights into

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 certain situations.

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 He comforts,

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 he consoles,

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 but he won't

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 say anything that

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 reveals something

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 new about God

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 or something

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 different as to

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 how we can have

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 relationship with

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 him.

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 This is because

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 Scripture is both

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 complete and it's

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 sufficient.

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 So what do I mean

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 by sufficient?

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 I prefer this

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 definition from an

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 old professor of

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 mine, the theologian

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 John Frame.

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 he wrote that

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 Scripture contains

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 all the divine

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 words needed for

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 any aspect of

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 life.

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 Right?

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 Very concise.

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 Love it.

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 Scripture is

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 sufficient in that

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 it contains all

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 the divine words

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 needed for any

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 aspect of life.

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 So Scripture

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 doesn't give us

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 the precise details

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 about how to be

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 an architect

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 or a plumber

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 or a scientist,

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 but it does

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 give us all the

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 divine words

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 needed to follow

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 God and obey

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 him as an

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 architect, as a

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 plumber, or as a

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 scientist.

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 Additionally and

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 more importantly

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 it contains all the

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 divine words we

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 need to know

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 about how to have

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 a relationship

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 with God.

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 So let's go back

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 to Hebrews chapter

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 one.

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 Jesus, through

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 whom God has

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 spoken, has made

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 purification for

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 sins.

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 He's made

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 purification for

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 sins.

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 The revelation in

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 the Old Testament

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 was continuous.

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 God revealed

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 himself continuously,

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 but the revelation

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 in the Son is

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 complete once for

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 all because nothing

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 can be added to

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 Christ's redemptive

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 work.

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 Nothing can be added

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 to the revelation

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 of that redemptive

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 work.

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 All right.

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 So the message of

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 redemption is found

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 from the very

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 beginning in the

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 opening pages of

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 Scripture.

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 God spoke the

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 universe into

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 existence.

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 God spoke and

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 man was created in

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 his own image,

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 male and female.

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 God spoke and

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 gave Adam and

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 Eve clear instructions

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 about how to live

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 in obedience and

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 submission to him.

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 Adam and Eve

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 rebelled and then

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 what happened?

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 Did God go silent?

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 I mean that would

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 be like perhaps my

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 reaction if I was

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 God.

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 Like well hey, if it's

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 not good enough for

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 you then I'll just

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 back away.

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 But God was not

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 passive aggressive.

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 He was communicative.

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 As a matter of

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 fact, not long after

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 they rebelled, he

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 said one word and it

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 was a question.

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 The word is

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 translated.

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 Anybody remember?

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 What does God say to

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 Adam and Eve for the

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 very first time after

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 the fall?

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 He says, where are

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 you?

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 Where are you?

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 With that one

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 question.

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 God communicates that

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 he seeks out the

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 lost sinner.

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 That God welcomes

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 him to confess.

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 That God desires his

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 restoration.

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 And that God works

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 his redemption.

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 That redemption was

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 finally worked by Jesus

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 on the cross.

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 taking on himself all

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 the sins of the

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 world and all of its

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 consequences and

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 restoring to the

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 father all that would

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 come to him.

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 So I'll leave us with

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 those words.

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 Where are you?

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 Where are you?

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 Now some of us are

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 new to church or new

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 to Christianity and

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 perhaps are partly

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 skeptical or partly

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 curious or both.

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 Christianity claims God

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 has spoken through the

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 person of Jesus.

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 So it seems to me you

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 can't really settle your

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 skepticism or your

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 curiosity until you've

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 investigated that claim.

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 The claim that God has

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 spoken through the person

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 of Jesus.

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 And then in order to

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 investigate it, you have

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 to read the Bible.

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 Bible, you don't need to

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 read the whole thing.

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 Not at once.

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 Not at first.

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 All right?

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 But you do have to read

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 the first four books of

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 the New Testament or

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 maybe just one of them.

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 Those are Matthew, Mark,

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 Luke, and John.

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 You can start with any of

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 them.

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 But start with what's

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 called a gospel, which

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 is an eyewitness account

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 of the words and deeds of

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 Jesus Christ.

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 If you would like to get

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 started reading the Bible,

00:23:28.340 --> 00:23:30.320
 we have Bibles we can give

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 to you if you'd like to

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 start that.

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 Now some of you have been

00:23:34.700 --> 00:23:36.740
 skeptical or curious and

00:23:36.740 --> 00:23:38.700
 perhaps now you're

00:23:38.700 --> 00:23:40.080
 convinced of the claims of

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 Jesus.

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 The claims he made about

00:23:42.080 --> 00:23:42.460
 himself.

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 And you're ready to respond

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 to him.

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 And you can speak to me or

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 with Jeff or with Lisa.

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 And we'd be happy to help

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 you as you start your

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 relationship with him.

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 My last word is for those

00:23:54.400 --> 00:23:55.040
 of us who have been

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 believers for some time

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 now.

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 Some of us here are very

00:24:01.160 --> 00:24:02.240
 sensitive to the Holy

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 Spirit.

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 Like we get all those

00:24:04.259 --> 00:24:05.100
 things that I mentioned

00:24:05.100 --> 00:24:06.060
 earlier about being

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 sensitive to his

00:24:06.820 --> 00:24:08.060
 prompting, his

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 consolation, his

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 comfort, his direction,

00:24:11.020 --> 00:24:12.660
 his confirming the words

00:24:12.660 --> 00:24:13.180
 of Scripture.

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 Some of us aren't as

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 sensitive or as

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 attentive.

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 And it causes a lot of

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 discouragement.

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 And I'd like, I would

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 hope that this message,

00:24:30.840 --> 00:24:32.540
 the idea that Scripture

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 is complete and

00:24:33.720 --> 00:24:34.860
 sufficient, I hope that

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 would be an encouragement

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 to you.

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 That you wouldn't confuse

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 not sensing the Spirit's

00:24:41.020 --> 00:24:42.920
 leading or its direction

00:24:42.920 --> 00:24:44.580
 with not hearing from God

00:24:44.580 --> 00:24:44.960
 at all.

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 For those of you that

00:24:47.279 --> 00:24:49.420
 lament not being able to

00:24:49.420 --> 00:24:52.160
 hear from God or sense his

00:24:52.160 --> 00:24:54.500
 reality or his nearness,

00:24:55.340 --> 00:24:59.279
 know that God has spoken.

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 He has spoken and he has

00:25:02.840 --> 00:25:05.120
 said everything he needs to

00:25:05.120 --> 00:25:05.360
 say.

00:25:05.700 --> 00:25:07.579
 He has said everything you

00:25:07.579 --> 00:25:08.160
 need to hear.

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 It's all right there in the

00:25:10.900 --> 00:25:11.120
 Bible.

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 Bible.

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 There's nothing missing.

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 Nothing missing.

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 Do you want to hear from

00:25:16.500 --> 00:25:16.859
 God?

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 Open your Bible.

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 Immerse yourself in it.

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 Immerse yourself in it with

00:25:22.959 --> 00:25:23.759
 other Christians.

00:25:24.319 --> 00:25:24.939
 Talk about it.

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 Discuss it.

00:25:27.299 --> 00:25:28.679
 Because not only is God's

00:25:28.679 --> 00:25:31.539
 word complete, it's also

00:25:31.539 --> 00:25:32.099
 sufficient.

00:25:33.359 --> 00:25:34.339
 Christian, you have all the

00:25:34.339 --> 00:25:35.619
 divine words you need for

00:25:35.619 --> 00:25:37.579
 any aspect of your life.

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 In the name of the Father

00:25:38.839 --> 00:25:40.079
 and of the Son and of the

00:25:40.079 --> 00:25:40.659
 Holy Spirit.

00:25:41.119 --> 00:25:42.099
 Amen.