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 My name is Daniel Swanson. I got to teach here a little bit last year.

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! It was so much fun, and I really learned a lot.

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 So it's kind of cool to dig into Scripture, dig into what other people are saying,

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 and to kind of approach you guys and be like, okay, this is what I've learned.

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 So, what do we mean Nathan came up here and said, we're talking about bibliology tonight?

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 There's really like five things that goes under that when we talk about bibliology.

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 We say that we're talking about the authority of Scripture, the inerrancy of Scripture,

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 the clarity of Scripture, the sufficiency of Scripture, and the necessity of Scripture.

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 Don't be intimidated by those words. Those are like kind of long and lengthy,

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 and the reason why is because there's more than three syllables. That's why.

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 The two pitfalls that you could really fall into when you hear that is, okay,

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 it's time for me to check out I'm smarter than you because I can say words and I know what they mean or whatever.

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 You know, this is boring theology because words like this, like authority or sufficiency or inerrancy,

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 whatever these words, you know, they're just kind of lengthy, and I think that's why we get intimidated.

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 An example of that is, has anyone here been to like a UGA graduation or a Georgia Tech graduation?

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 Okay, so a couple things that happens is there's this thing that there's like this phenomenon that happens

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 when the whole crowd is listening as they're calling up the degrees and like,

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 here comes James Hood with a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry and Molecular Engineering.

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 And like the whole crowd goes, ooh.

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 Ooh.

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 Or, here's one from Georgia Tech, a Master of Science in Quantitative and Computational Finance.

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 And finally, a Bachelor of Science in Nuclear and Radiological Engineering.

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 Which, I mean, you could sum up all those different degrees in different ways,

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 but they just sound really smart, and they are.

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 But why do we use big words so that we can understand principles of Scripture?

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 So these words are important.

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 So I'm going to explain them real quickly what we're going to be talking about tonight.

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 So when I say God's authority, so the authority of Scripture,

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 what I say and what Christ's family affirms is that we're saying,

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 we believe that the Bible is our highest guide and truth.

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 The second one, you don't have to write all these down.

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 I'm going to kind of come back to them.

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 We say the inerrancy.

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 We say it's completely free from error or fault.

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 And then clarity.

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 We say we believe that the Bible is able to be understood by everyone regardless of your intellect or social standing.

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 Fill in the rest.

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 The necessity of the Bible.

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 We believe that the Bible is necessary to know God, His salvation, and His will.

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 Sufficiency.

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 We have everything we need to know about godly living from the Bible,

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 and nothing is absent from it that we need to know.

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 So does that make sense?

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 Like head nods.

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 Like what we just said, those words, okay?

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 This is what we're talking about tonight.

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 Those are big claims when you think about it.

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 What other book do you know makes those claims?

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 Not many.

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 What's a bigger claim is if those claims are actually true, right?

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 Like it's a big deal.

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 Those are bold and I would say audacious claims.

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 But if the Bible is correct and the Bible is all those things,

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 then man, the Bible should be anything but mild.

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 It should be anything but another book that we have on our coffee table.

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 So what are my goals for tonight?

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 Where do I want to see us going?

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 I really hope that after tonight we walk away,

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 every single person here walks away swelled up with joy

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 because of your passion and love for the Word.

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 Maybe for some of us that's brand new.

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 Maybe for some of us that's renewed.

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 Maybe you've come in here and you've been to Bible studies.

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 You've participated in Bible studies on campus or whatever is in your own time,

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 reading books or reading Scripture over and over again.

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 But it's run dry.

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 I pray that tonight you really walk away renewed.

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 And if you've viewed the Bible as something that is just another book,

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 that tonight your view of it would be raised.

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 That we would look at the Bible as something completely unlike any other book that we have.

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 You know, I hope that the foundations of your faith are solidified

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 so that your confidence in the Word increases.

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 So when we're taking this Word and we're talking to people

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 and we're saying why it's so important for you to follow the Word

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 and for you to know Christ

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 is because our confidence in that the Bible is inerrant,

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 just as one example, is so true.

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 And we know that in our hearts.

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 And I'm like, yes, I know that this book,

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 and Clay kind of talked about that last week.

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 You know, what we're saying when we say that it's inerrant,

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 that man didn't bring in his faults

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 and he didn't bring in his mistakes

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 and all the things that we do into this book.

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 Like, that's a big claim.

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 Finally, I hope that you leave tonight with a craving to read

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 and to study the Word

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 because you realize that it's important as your daily food.

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 Like, I mean, like if you've ever gotten to that point

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 when you're so hungry that you get hangry.

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 Does anyone know what I mean by that?

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 Like, you get so, you're like,

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 do not talk to me right now.

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 I'm starving.

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 Like, last night we were at community group

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 and I did not say a word.

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 I was so hungry.

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 And I just can't, like, I don't have the energy to, like, say anything.

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 So some people, I get angry too,

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 but I mean, like, I'll just shut up.

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 So, but that's what I'm saying is that, you know,

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 that when you go through a day and you're like,

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 man, I have not spent good time on the Word.

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 I haven't meditated on the Word.

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 And it hasn't meant anything to me today.

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 And it makes all these claims to do so.

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 And I haven't done that.

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 And because of that, I feel so empty.

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 And then even when you talk to not, like, I mean,

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 you'll talk to non-believers and you say that, like,

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 hey, you know, Wes, how are you doing today?

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 Dude, I feel so weird.

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 I haven't gotten in the Word at all.

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 Like, I haven't actually spent quality time in the Word.

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 And that's, like, a reality of our life.

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 It's not Christian lingo that we just, you know,

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 say to other people.

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 But it's truth.

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 So that's the direction that we're going for tonight.

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 And I pray, I've been praying that the Holy Spirit would come

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 and, you know, do all those things.

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 Because I can't persuade you.

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 Clay can't persuade you.

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 None of us can say enough to have that joy for the Word,

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 to have that reverence for the Word.

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 Like, we need more than anything right now, right?

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 That the Holy Spirit would come and teach our hearts

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 and would open our hearts to receive this truth.

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 More than anything.

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 So, the text that we just read, 2 Timothy 3.14,

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 I'm going to kind of address these things that we talked about

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 as far as the authority and inerrancy, all those other things.

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 We're going to, I really believe that a lot of that is found in this passage.

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 And we're going to go through this passage.

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 We're going to find those different things.

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 I'm going to talk about it for a second.

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 And then we're going to kind of go in a little bit of a similar direction

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 at the end of the night.

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 So, picking up in verse 14.

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 So, he says,

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 But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed,

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 knowing from whom you have learned it,

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 and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings,

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 which are able to make you wise for salvation in Christ Jesus.

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 Okay, let's stop right there.

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 Before we even go any further.

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 There are two things that Paul does.

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 The first thing is Paul kind of really addresses the clarity of Scripture, right?

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 Let's look at this text.

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 He says, okay, Timothy, like the things that you've learned from when you were younger,

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 from childhood that you've been acquainted with,

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 these things are going to make you wise for salvation.

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 He says childhood.

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 And I think there's different debates on it as far as how old Timothy is.

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 But regardless, we still know that he says, okay, when you were a young kid,

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 you were familiar with these writings.

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 And you were able to understand them.

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 Which is kind of a crazy statement.

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 Because when I was a child,

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 I was dressing up like Robin Hood

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 and running around the house with a blanket over my head,

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 chasing my brothers and going to the ER multiple, multiple times.

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 And Paul is saying that in the midst of all that,

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 in the midst of all that craziness,

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 and I've got my mind on a million other things,

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 you're still able as a child to understand this?

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 Like, that's a crazy statement.

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 You know, how often when we're reading the Word

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 and we come upon like a bit of hard truth,

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 like a bit of Scripture that's like,

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 whoa, that's confusing.

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 What in the world does he mean by that?

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 Has anyone encountered those verses?

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 Head nods.

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 Can I get an amen or something?

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 Okay.

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 So, we come across those hard verses, right?

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 And then, a question I'd really like to ask you,

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 because I want your wheels to start turning tonight.

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 And so you just start thinking critically,

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 not me just telling you things.

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 That's the most important thing,

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 is that you're thinking for yourself tonight.

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 But, my question to you is,

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 when you do come across those Scriptures,

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 there's a couple responses,

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 but one of the ones that are most likely

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 is that we read it,

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 we're like, oh, that's confusing,

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 I might read it one more time,

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 now I'm going to go straight to a commentary

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 and see what some other dude says about that text.

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 Instead of saying, okay,

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 what do I know about Scripture to be true?

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 What other references do I have in Scripture

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 to look this up?

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 Am I praying over Scripture?

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 Am I trying to understand this?

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 Are we just so quick to go to other commentaries

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 or read other books on that subject?

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 Like, yeah, there's confusion over Scripture.

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 Like, sometimes it can be a little hazy

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 and hard to understand.

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 But I would actually say that's a good thing, right?

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 We're talking about the complexity of Scripture.

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 And Jesus, you know,

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 oftentimes, if you've read the Gospels,

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 Jesus oftentimes,

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 whenever there's someone that comes up and they're like,

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 I don't understand this,

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 or he's correcting the Pharisees,

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 he says over and over again,

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 have you not read?

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 Have you not understood?

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 Has it not been told to you from long ago?

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 He says that over at least a dozen times.

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 So he's constantly saying,

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 okay, the problem with your misunderstanding of Scripture

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 isn't with the Scripture,

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 but it's with you

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 because you're not understanding it correctly.

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 I want to read to you a quote

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 by a guy named Brian McLaren.

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 This is on the complexity of Scripture.

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 He says,

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 okay,

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 if God wants the Bible to be a book

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 that interests and challenges people around the globe

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 for their whole lives,

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 that guides them into life's deep mysteries,

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 that trains us to see the world

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 from diverse points of view,

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 and in so doing,

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 stretches us not to be so limited

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 by our inherited point of view,

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 then of course,

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 it can't be like a phone book,

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 a government code,

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 a high school biology textbook,

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 easy reference,

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 fully indexed,

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 conveniently formatted

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 for a quick and easy use.

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 Nor can it be one red book

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 after which we say,

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 the Bible?

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 Oh yes,

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 I've read that years ago,

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 implying that we'll never need to look at it

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 or think about it ever again.

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 If God wants the book

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 to be an authentic medium

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 for spiritual enlightenment

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 and instruction,

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 then how can it be a book

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 that we fully grasp,

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 have control over,

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 take pride in our knowledge of,

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 and feel competent

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 in our regards to?

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 Mustn't it be an untamed book

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 that humbles us,

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 that entices us,

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 higher up and deeper in,

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 that renders us children

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 rather than experts,

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 that will soon master us

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 before we master it?

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 Is that quote

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 kind of registering with you guys?

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 Thinking about,

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 okay, yeah,

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 scripture is really complex,

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 definitely.

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 But,

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 I think that's a good thing

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 because we serve a complex God.

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 You probably don't live

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 a nice, neat life.

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 You probably live a very messy life

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 like I do

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 where you have,

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 you know,

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 heartbreaks here,

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 failures here,

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 successes there,

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 confusing times there.

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 And the Bible,

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 like,

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 kind of goes along

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 with that same pattern.

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 Like,

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 it's not this easily

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 formatted book

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 that we can fully grasp

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 just upon reading it once.

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 And I would say that the word

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 is remarkable

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 because it's simple enough

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 to be understood

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 by a child

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 yet complex enough

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 to be studied by a scholar

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 and has the ability

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 to make that scholar

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 feel like a child.

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 Paul also kind of says

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 in this text,

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 like,

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 going on,

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 so he says,

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 you know,

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 you were acquainted with it

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 from childhood.

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 And then he says

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 that it's sacred writings.

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 So,

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 so Paul is

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 immediately doing something

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 and he's taking it

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 off the list

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 of the New York Times

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 bestseller list

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 and he's putting it

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 in this completely

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 different category,

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 right?

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 Like,

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 this isn't,

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 this isn't,

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 you know,

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 up there with

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 how to win friends

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 and influence people.

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 Like,

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 this is a completely

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 different book of its own.

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 The second thing

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 that Paul does

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 in this text

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 is he points out

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 the sufficiency

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 of scripture.

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 So,

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 he says,

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 but as for you,

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 continue on what you have

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 learned and have firmly

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 believed,

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 knowing from whom

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 you learned it

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 and how from childhood

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 you have been acquainted

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 with the sacred writings,

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 which are able to make you

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 wise for salvation

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 through faith in Christ Jesus.

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 You know,

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 like,

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 the big question

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 that comes behind

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 sufficiency

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 of scripture being

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 sufficient for us

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 is the question of

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 is scripture enough

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 for us to know

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 what God wants us

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 to think or do?

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 I'm actually going to have

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 a little bit of participation.

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 Can I have someone

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 turn to Proverbs 30

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 and read verses 5 and 6?

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 Yeah.

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 There we go.

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 That's it.

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 Yeah,

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 that'd be great.

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 Okay.

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 That's such

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 such a big claim.

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 He says,

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 every word of God

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 proves true.

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 He says,

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 he's a shield

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 to those who take

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 refuge in him.

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 Such big claims there.

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 I guess my question is,

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 you know,

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 scripture telling us,

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 okay,

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 don't add anything

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 to this.

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 You don't need

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 anything else.

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 Okay,

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 scripture is enough.

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 You know,

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 it's kind of,

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 there's kind of

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 some bad signals

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 that get sent.

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 Sometimes that we think

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 that in order to be

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 a scholar of the word,

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 to completely,

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 fully understand the word,

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 you need to go

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 where?

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 After college?

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 Yes.

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 Okay.

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 I'm not saying it's bad,

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 but I'm just saying

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 that we kind of get

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 in this mindset

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 that the only way

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 you can be a scholar,

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 that if you have

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 a real question,

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 the person you go to

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 is Nathan.

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 And the thing is,

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 is that,

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 man,

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 if you know anything

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 about history

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 and how the church

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 kind of fell into

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 this time of

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 the pre-reformation,

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 so we were becoming

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 illiterate,

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 or we were illiterate,

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 and we were asking

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 for other people

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 to interpret scripture

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 for ourselves.

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 When the Bible

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 is so bold enough

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 to say,

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 you read me

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 and you interpret me

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 for yourself,

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 see if what I'm saying

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 is true.

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 And then,

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 I mean,

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 what other books

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 can say that?

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 You know,

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 we have books

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 like the Book of Mormon

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 that has added

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 on to scripture,

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 or we have books

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 like the Watchtower Bible,

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 and it's adding on

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 to that,

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 taking away.

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 You know,

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 books that claim

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 that the Bible,

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 what they're really saying

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 is that the Bible

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 isn't enough to know

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 what you need to know

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 about salvation.

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 That can go down

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 to a million other things,

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 too.

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 Like,

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 okay,

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 what are those gray areas

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 where God,

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 you know,

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 hasn't specifically

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 told us about.

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 But God's Word

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 is saying,

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 no,

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 I've given you enough.

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 I've told you

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 exactly what you need

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 to know.

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 Do we approach it

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 in that way?

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 Moving right along

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 to the second verse

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 in 2 Timothy.

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 So,

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 picking up in

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 verse 16,

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 Paul says,

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 all scripture

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 is breathed out

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 by God

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 and profitable

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 for teaching,

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 for reproof,

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 for correction,

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 and for training

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 in righteousness.

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 righteousness.

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 So,

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 in right there,

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 he's kind of saying,

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 okay,

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 scripture is breathed out

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 by God.

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 So,

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 the word that we're

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 using there

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 is inerrant.

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 We're saying that the word

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 is free from error.

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 That man hasn't

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 added his own

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 twist to scripture.

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 That for his own

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 advancement,

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 he's added things.

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 We say that

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 this book is literally,

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 it's the word of God.

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 a really cool passage

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 that I want to turn to

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 because I don't have

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 a ton of time

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 to really go over

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 all these things.

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 But,

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 I want you all

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 to turn to

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 numbers 23

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 really quickly.

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 Really quickly.

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 Okay, so the situation while you guys are turning there,

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 this is the Old Testament, so God's people, the nation of Israel,

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 they're wandering through the wilderness.

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 They haven't yet come into the Promised Land,

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 and they're going through certain countries on their way to the Promised Land.

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 And so they go through this certain area,

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 and they ask this king named Balak if they can go through.

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 And Balak says no, because he wants to wage war against them.

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 So what Balak does is he consults this guy named Balaam,

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 who's kind of a mystic of sorts.

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 Balak is saying, okay, what I need you to do for me, Balaam,

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 is curse the people of God.

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 They've got all these victories, and I've seen them do a lot of things,

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 but I need you to curse them so that there's some type of spiritual force that's applied here.

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 And so Balaam gets a word from God where God says,

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 no, the people of Israel that you think that you're about to curse,

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 those are my people.

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 And so Balaam tells Balak, the king,

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 I can't curse God's people.

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 God has revealed this to me that these are his people.

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 He's revealed that to me through his words.

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 And so Balak gets frustrated at that,

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 and he says, no, I need you to curse them.

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 You don't understand.

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 And this is what he says, which is super interesting.

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 18.

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 So remember, Balaam is not what we would classify as a believer,

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 or in that time, he's not a part of the actual people of Israel.

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 He's not a Jew.

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 So Balaam, in verse 18.

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 And Balaam took up his discourse and said,

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 rise, Balak, and hear.

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 Give ear to me, O son of Zippor.

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 God is not man that he should lie,

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 or a son of man that he should change his mind.

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 Has he said and will he not do it?

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 Or has he spoken and will not fulfill it?

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 That's a super cool passage, right?

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 You have this guy who's not,

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 wouldn't call himself a Christian,

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 or, you know, at the time, a believer,

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 in the one true God.

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 And yet he says,

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 don't you know, Balak, that God doesn't lie?

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 His words are true.

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 We can trust them.

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 That comes out of a mouth that doesn't worship the same God

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 as Israel did at the time.

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 That's remarkable.

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 So we're saying that it's completely free from error,

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 and the word is attesting to itself and saying,

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 you can search me, but you won't find errors.

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 You can think you have contradictions,

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 but I'll prove you wrong.

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 History has yet to disprove the Bible.

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 How many other books do you know of

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 that can do the same thing,

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 that can say the same thing,

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 that can say, you know,

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 we're consistent with history,

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 with archaeological finds,

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 with reason, with logic,

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 with all these things.

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 You can search me all you want.

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 You can exhaust yourself,

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 and I promise you, you will come up short.

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 That's so huge.

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 What other book do you know that does that?

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 Right?

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 And this is the Bible that you have in your lap right now.

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 The fourth thing that Paul does,

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 he attests to the authority of Scripture.

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 So, he says,

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 all Scripture is breathed out by God,

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 and it's profitable for what?

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 For teaching,

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 for reproof,

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 for correction,

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 and for training in righteousness.

00:20:32.660 --> 00:20:34.720
 Again, I'm kind of asking the same question,

00:20:35.180 --> 00:20:37.400
 but what book do you submit your life to,

00:20:37.760 --> 00:20:39.320
 other than the Bible that says that?

00:20:39.420 --> 00:20:40.220
 You know, what book says,

00:20:40.620 --> 00:20:42.460
 I'm good for teaching,

00:20:42.640 --> 00:20:44.140
 I'm good for you to reprove your friends,

00:20:44.220 --> 00:20:45.320
 to correct your friends,

00:20:45.319 --> 00:20:47.079
 for training in righteousness.

00:20:47.839 --> 00:20:49.679
 Like, why should you,

00:20:49.799 --> 00:20:51.919
 tell me why you should submit your life to this Bible,

00:20:52.039 --> 00:20:52.619
 to this book.

00:20:53.139 --> 00:20:55.339
 Why should you allow your life,

00:20:55.439 --> 00:20:55.960
 your decisions,

00:20:56.220 --> 00:20:58.539
 your direction in life,

00:20:58.579 --> 00:21:01.079
 why should you let all that be influenced by this book?

00:21:02.740 --> 00:21:03.179
 Right?

00:21:04.779 --> 00:21:05.220
 Why?

00:21:05.220 --> 00:21:05.259
 Why?

00:21:07.179 --> 00:21:09.220
 I mean, so what we're saying is that,

00:21:09.439 --> 00:21:11.500
 okay, if this is not God's Word,

00:21:12.079 --> 00:21:14.359
 then you all are wasting your time right now.

00:21:15.319 --> 00:21:21.539
 If you are basing your life direction off of the Word,

00:21:22.000 --> 00:21:23.519
 and it's not God's Word,

00:21:24.559 --> 00:21:26.000
 then you're wasting your time.

00:21:28.399 --> 00:21:29.039
 But,

00:21:29.480 --> 00:21:31.939
 if this book is God's Word,

00:21:33.159 --> 00:21:34.879
 then you're not wasting anything,

00:21:34.960 --> 00:21:36.500
 but you're gaining everything, right?

00:21:37.279 --> 00:21:38.519
 Like, you're gaining everything.

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 If someone can turn to John 17,

00:21:45.220 --> 00:21:45.779
 verse 17,

00:21:45.879 --> 00:21:46.440
 and read that.

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 That's going to be my text on this point.

00:21:53.299 --> 00:21:53.740
 I'll do it.

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 Verse 17?

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 Verse 17.

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 Give everyone one second.

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 So this is Jesus' context.

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 Jesus is praying to His Father

00:22:07.420 --> 00:22:08.740
 right before He's about to be crucified.

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 And this is what people would call

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 the high priestly prayer.

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 Let's pick it up, Lauren.

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 Sanctify them in the truth.

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 Your word is truth.

00:22:16.820 --> 00:22:17.080
 Okay.

00:22:17.840 --> 00:22:18.300
 Whoa.

00:22:18.700 --> 00:22:19.180
 That could,

00:22:19.380 --> 00:22:20.480
 you could be reading Scripture

00:22:20.480 --> 00:22:23.559
 and then completely miss that.

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 Because it sounds so nice.

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 But it's,

00:22:26.779 --> 00:22:28.559
 it's an insane claim.

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 When you think about that.

00:22:30.579 --> 00:22:30.660
 Okay.

00:22:30.960 --> 00:22:31.180
 So,

00:22:31.420 --> 00:22:31.779
 Jesus says,

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 sanctify them in your truth.

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 Your word is true.

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 No.

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 He says truth.

00:22:36.339 --> 00:22:36.819
 So,

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 true is an adjective,

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 and truth is a noun.

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 So,

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 He's saying that your word

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 isn't described by truth.

00:22:44.500 --> 00:22:44.980
 It's not,

00:22:45.319 --> 00:22:47.779
 it's not an attribute of true.

00:22:48.380 --> 00:22:49.620
 It is truth.

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 It is our ultimate,

00:22:51.159 --> 00:22:52.119
 highest authority

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 that we submit to everything to this

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 because this book is truth.

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 Does that make sense?

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 It's not an attribute,

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 but it's the actual definition.

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 And Jesus is claiming that.

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 He's saying that,

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 Father God,

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 your word is truth.

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 That's such a big claim.

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 And it's outrageous

00:23:09.839 --> 00:23:11.179
 that we accept that

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 so mildly.

00:23:13.559 --> 00:23:13.779
 Like,

00:23:13.799 --> 00:23:15.359
 we should have a couple reactions to it

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 other than like,

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 because if,

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 because if I said that,

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 I was like,

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 my word isn't true.

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 I'm not saying true things,

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 but I promise you

00:23:20.839 --> 00:23:21.980
 it's the definition of truth.

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 You guys,

00:23:23.759 --> 00:23:24.059
 hopefully,

00:23:24.160 --> 00:23:25.200
 would run me out of this building.

00:23:26.000 --> 00:23:26.160
 Right?

00:23:26.319 --> 00:23:26.579
 I mean,

00:23:26.859 --> 00:23:27.059
 like,

00:23:27.099 --> 00:23:28.160
 that's such a big claim.

00:23:30.019 --> 00:23:31.119
 And that's why

00:23:31.119 --> 00:23:33.019
 Christ gets crucified,

00:23:33.140 --> 00:23:33.779
 because He's saying

00:23:33.779 --> 00:23:35.059
 these crazy things like this.

00:23:35.299 --> 00:23:36.160
 But if He's true,

00:23:36.759 --> 00:23:37.460
 then He's worthy

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 of all our worship and praise.

00:23:43.160 --> 00:23:43.559
 Lastly,

00:23:43.700 --> 00:23:43.960
 He says,

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 okay,

00:23:44.519 --> 00:23:46.200
 that same text

00:23:46.200 --> 00:23:48.259
 in 2 Timothy 3,

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 17,

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 He says,

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 that the man of God

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 may be complete,

00:23:53.120 --> 00:23:54.980
 equipped for every good work.

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 That it's necessary.

00:23:57.620 --> 00:23:59.039
 That's kind of one

00:23:59.039 --> 00:23:59.900
 that we need to stress too,

00:23:59.980 --> 00:24:00.700
 is that we're saying

00:24:00.700 --> 00:24:01.420
 that the word of God

00:24:01.420 --> 00:24:02.460
 is necessary.

00:24:04.180 --> 00:24:04.340
 You know,

00:24:04.480 --> 00:24:05.980
 how do you come about

00:24:05.980 --> 00:24:08.319
 knowing God's will

00:24:08.319 --> 00:24:09.059
 for your life?

00:24:09.059 --> 00:24:13.579
 That actually is a question.

00:24:13.679 --> 00:24:14.059
 How do you know

00:24:14.059 --> 00:24:14.940
 God's will for your life?

00:24:21.579 --> 00:24:21.940
 Yes,

00:24:22.039 --> 00:24:22.599
 that's a question.

00:24:25.539 --> 00:24:25.899
 Okay.

00:24:26.440 --> 00:24:26.799
 So,

00:24:26.919 --> 00:24:27.759
 the word of God.

00:24:29.099 --> 00:24:29.460
 No,

00:24:29.579 --> 00:24:30.119
 that's gone.

00:24:30.240 --> 00:24:30.879
 I'm getting rid of,

00:24:30.960 --> 00:24:32.079
 I'm doing it with a hand motion.

00:24:33.019 --> 00:24:34.019
 It's had its run.

00:24:34.679 --> 00:24:34.940
 So,

00:24:35.000 --> 00:24:35.679
 the word of God.

00:24:35.819 --> 00:24:35.960
 Matt,

00:24:35.960 --> 00:24:36.220
 you're saying

00:24:36.220 --> 00:24:37.279
 it's the word of God.

00:24:39.059 --> 00:24:39.919
 That tells us

00:24:39.919 --> 00:24:41.099
 God's will for our life.

00:24:41.179 --> 00:24:42.399
 What about salvation?

00:24:42.539 --> 00:24:43.299
 How do you know,

00:24:43.440 --> 00:24:44.500
 how do you know

00:24:44.500 --> 00:24:45.000
 that you know

00:24:45.000 --> 00:24:45.460
 that you know

00:24:45.460 --> 00:24:46.000
 that you know

00:24:46.000 --> 00:24:46.579
 that you know

00:24:46.579 --> 00:24:47.279
 that you're saved?

00:24:48.720 --> 00:24:49.119
 Question.

00:24:52.480 --> 00:24:53.419
 You know what it is.

00:24:54.000 --> 00:24:55.079
 You know what the steps are

00:24:55.079 --> 00:24:56.419
 because of the word.

00:24:56.799 --> 00:24:57.079
 Okay.

00:24:58.000 --> 00:24:58.440
 Yeah.

00:24:59.480 --> 00:25:00.359
 And I'm not going to,

00:25:00.480 --> 00:25:02.119
 I'm not going to ask this

00:25:02.119 --> 00:25:03.359
 for an actual response,

00:25:03.519 --> 00:25:03.700
 but,

00:25:03.960 --> 00:25:04.919
 do you know passages

00:25:04.919 --> 00:25:05.839
 that tell you that?

00:25:06.539 --> 00:25:07.539
 That you know

00:25:07.539 --> 00:25:08.299
 that you're saved?

00:25:08.299 --> 00:25:09.079
 What passages,

00:25:09.220 --> 00:25:10.139
 what promises of God

00:25:10.139 --> 00:25:10.980
 are in scripture

00:25:10.980 --> 00:25:11.500
 that you're like,

00:25:11.839 --> 00:25:12.119
 hey,

00:25:12.339 --> 00:25:12.940
 when you're around,

00:25:13.059 --> 00:25:13.259
 I mean,

00:25:13.819 --> 00:25:14.399
 I'm just going to use

00:25:14.399 --> 00:25:15.119
 Jay Whetstone

00:25:15.119 --> 00:25:16.240
 as a good example of this,

00:25:16.319 --> 00:25:17.799
 but when he's around Muslims

00:25:17.799 --> 00:25:19.359
 and,

00:25:19.480 --> 00:25:19.559
 you know,

00:25:19.579 --> 00:25:19.859
 he says,

00:25:19.960 --> 00:25:20.159
 you know,

00:25:20.279 --> 00:25:20.440
 well,

00:25:20.500 --> 00:25:20.680
 hey,

00:25:20.720 --> 00:25:21.119
 do you know

00:25:21.119 --> 00:25:21.940
 where you're going to,

00:25:21.940 --> 00:25:22.720
 you're going to spend

00:25:22.720 --> 00:25:23.839
 eternal life,

00:25:23.899 --> 00:25:24.579
 where you're going to be

00:25:24.579 --> 00:25:25.419
 in the afterlife?

00:25:25.779 --> 00:25:26.220
 And,

00:25:26.220 --> 00:25:28.180
 I'm trying to correct me

00:25:28.180 --> 00:25:28.579
 if I'm wrong,

00:25:28.639 --> 00:25:29.240
 but your dad says

00:25:29.240 --> 00:25:29.899
 that they always say,

00:25:30.220 --> 00:25:30.500
 ah,

00:25:30.619 --> 00:25:31.680
 no one knows but Allah,

00:25:31.839 --> 00:25:32.079
 right?

00:25:33.480 --> 00:25:34.599
 And then Jay says,

00:25:34.759 --> 00:25:35.579
 but I know.

00:25:35.799 --> 00:25:36.339
 I can tell you

00:25:36.339 --> 00:25:36.899
 where I'm going to go.

00:25:36.900 --> 00:25:38.140
 Like,

00:25:39.140 --> 00:25:39.519
 I mean,

00:25:39.780 --> 00:25:40.920
 we're surrounded by

00:25:40.920 --> 00:25:42.240
 that kind of terminology

00:25:42.240 --> 00:25:42.620
 all the time,

00:25:42.660 --> 00:25:43.440
 but it kind of loses

00:25:43.440 --> 00:25:44.019
 its punch.

00:25:45.340 --> 00:25:47.120
 That you can say,

00:25:47.380 --> 00:25:48.580
 I know that I know

00:25:48.580 --> 00:25:49.320
 that I know

00:25:49.320 --> 00:25:51.280
 that Christ is the way,

00:25:51.360 --> 00:25:51.700
 the truth,

00:25:51.759 --> 00:25:52.220
 and the life,

00:25:52.280 --> 00:25:53.660
 and that if I believe in him,

00:25:53.700 --> 00:25:54.660
 if I'm trusting him,

00:25:54.720 --> 00:25:55.259
 if I'm walking,

00:25:55.759 --> 00:25:56.720
 I'm in faith in him,

00:25:56.820 --> 00:25:58.220
 that I get to spend

00:25:58.220 --> 00:25:59.500
 eternal life with Christ.

00:25:59.500 --> 00:26:01.839
 Muslims cannot say that.

00:26:02.960 --> 00:26:03.759
 And a lot of people,

00:26:03.880 --> 00:26:04.759
 if you press them hard enough,

00:26:04.799 --> 00:26:05.119
 can't.

00:26:06.819 --> 00:26:07.140
 But,

00:26:07.900 --> 00:26:08.539
 you can say,

00:26:08.599 --> 00:26:09.099
 I know scripture,

00:26:09.240 --> 00:26:10.339
 but I have a question for you,

00:26:10.740 --> 00:26:11.200
 redundant,

00:26:11.619 --> 00:26:14.119
 but do you know that scripture?

00:26:14.200 --> 00:26:14.700
 If someone said,

00:26:14.920 --> 00:26:15.819
 what promises of God

00:26:15.819 --> 00:26:16.599
 are you clinging to

00:26:16.599 --> 00:26:17.480
 for eternal life?

00:26:18.299 --> 00:26:18.400
 And,

00:26:18.480 --> 00:26:18.559
 you know,

00:26:18.579 --> 00:26:19.119
 would you be like,

00:26:19.259 --> 00:26:19.799
 oh man,

00:26:19.819 --> 00:26:21.140
 I know it's in there somewhere,

00:26:21.400 --> 00:26:21.579
 like,

00:26:22.660 --> 00:26:23.359
 if you'll just give me

00:26:23.359 --> 00:26:24.019
 like five minutes,

00:26:24.079 --> 00:26:24.579
 I'll find it.

00:26:24.859 --> 00:26:25.519
 But is it like,

00:26:25.640 --> 00:26:25.819
 no,

00:26:25.900 --> 00:26:26.019
 like,

00:26:26.019 --> 00:26:27.140
 I'm clinging to these promises,

00:26:27.140 --> 00:26:27.800
 and these promises

00:26:27.800 --> 00:26:28.660
 are giving me joy

00:26:28.660 --> 00:26:30.300
 and confidence.

00:26:31.380 --> 00:26:31.460
 So,

00:26:31.540 --> 00:26:33.120
 just be thinking about that

00:26:33.120 --> 00:26:34.200
 tonight and right now

00:26:34.200 --> 00:26:34.980
 as far as,

00:26:35.220 --> 00:26:35.360
 you know,

00:26:35.440 --> 00:26:36.660
 do I know

00:26:36.660 --> 00:26:37.900
 these passages

00:26:37.900 --> 00:26:40.400
 that God gives me promises

00:26:40.400 --> 00:26:41.440
 for that I can cling to

00:26:41.440 --> 00:26:41.840
 and say,

00:26:42.380 --> 00:26:42.540
 man,

00:26:42.580 --> 00:26:43.380
 I know I'm saved

00:26:43.380 --> 00:26:44.100
 like what you're saying.

00:26:45.259 --> 00:26:46.400
 And I know what God's will

00:26:46.400 --> 00:26:47.140
 is for my life.

00:26:47.560 --> 00:26:48.780
 Those are such big claims

00:26:48.780 --> 00:26:50.180
 and no one else can say that.

00:26:50.740 --> 00:26:52.240
 But you have the word of God

00:26:52.240 --> 00:26:53.840
 which allows you to say that.

00:26:56.140 --> 00:26:56.540
 Okay.

00:26:57.140 --> 00:26:58.580
 So,

00:26:58.660 --> 00:26:59.180
 this is what scripture

00:26:59.180 --> 00:27:00.080
 says about itself.

00:27:00.680 --> 00:27:00.820
 Right?

00:27:00.920 --> 00:27:02.080
 That's what bibliology is.

00:27:04.380 --> 00:27:05.060
 That's bot.

00:27:06.240 --> 00:27:06.600
 So,

00:27:06.720 --> 00:27:07.460
 what the word says

00:27:07.460 --> 00:27:08.140
 about itself,

00:27:08.220 --> 00:27:08.820
 we know what the word

00:27:08.820 --> 00:27:09.520
 says about itself.

00:27:09.600 --> 00:27:09.960
 We're saying that

00:27:09.960 --> 00:27:10.740
 it's authoritative.

00:27:11.020 --> 00:27:11.759
 It's clear,

00:27:11.920 --> 00:27:12.800
 it's necessary,

00:27:13.040 --> 00:27:13.720
 it's sufficient,

00:27:13.840 --> 00:27:14.640
 and it's authoritative.

00:27:15.800 --> 00:27:16.380
 What are,

00:27:16.800 --> 00:27:17.600
 what do other men say

00:27:17.600 --> 00:27:17.960
 about the Bible?

00:27:18.060 --> 00:27:18.980
 I'm going to start

00:27:18.980 --> 00:27:21.020
 with personal words

00:27:21.020 --> 00:27:21.400
 from the Bible

00:27:21.400 --> 00:27:21.740
 and I'm going to

00:27:21.740 --> 00:27:22.300
 kind of move outward.

00:27:24.160 --> 00:27:25.280
 If y'all would return

00:27:25.280 --> 00:27:26.600
 to Psalm 42,

00:27:27.140 --> 00:27:30.680
 can someone read that for me?

00:27:31.000 --> 00:27:31.880
 Not the whole thing,

00:27:31.920 --> 00:27:32.300
 I promise.

00:27:36.620 --> 00:27:37.860
 Verse 1 through 3,

00:27:38.000 --> 00:27:38.320
 please.

00:27:38.319 --> 00:27:43.019
 Yeah, go for that.

00:27:43.019 --> 00:28:07.339
 Matt Chandler constantly

00:28:07.339 --> 00:28:08.319
 give people grief

00:28:08.319 --> 00:28:09.539
 for putting this,

00:28:09.980 --> 00:28:10.839
 these words on like

00:28:10.839 --> 00:28:11.419
 nice paintings

00:28:11.419 --> 00:28:12.259
 or coffee cups.

00:28:13.119 --> 00:28:13.579
 So,

00:28:13.659 --> 00:28:14.199
 I kind of have to do

00:28:14.199 --> 00:28:14.819
 the same thing.

00:28:14.959 --> 00:28:15.059
 But,

00:28:15.799 --> 00:28:16.599
 this is such,

00:28:16.720 --> 00:28:17.299
 when you're really

00:28:17.299 --> 00:28:17.740
 reading this,

00:28:17.859 --> 00:28:17.939
 like,

00:28:18.099 --> 00:28:19.119
 what is the psalmist,

00:28:19.220 --> 00:28:19.639
 what is the guy

00:28:19.639 --> 00:28:20.659
 who's writing this saying?

00:28:21.139 --> 00:28:21.579
 He's saying,

00:28:22.059 --> 00:28:23.559
 like a deer that is

00:28:23.559 --> 00:28:25.059
 so dehydrated

00:28:25.059 --> 00:28:25.859
 that it feels like

00:28:25.859 --> 00:28:27.059
 it's about to die.

00:28:27.419 --> 00:28:27.819
 He's saying,

00:28:28.139 --> 00:28:29.000
 my soul pants

00:28:29.000 --> 00:28:29.379
 for you,

00:28:29.439 --> 00:28:29.539
 God.

00:28:29.539 --> 00:28:29.680
 So,

00:28:29.700 --> 00:28:31.139
 there's this deep thirst

00:28:31.139 --> 00:28:31.960
 for the word of God

00:28:31.960 --> 00:28:32.940
 that David has.

00:28:35.740 --> 00:28:36.899
 He's so thirsty

00:28:36.899 --> 00:28:37.399
 for the word.

00:28:37.460 --> 00:28:37.700
 He's like,

00:28:37.899 --> 00:28:38.079
 like,

00:28:38.079 --> 00:28:38.480
 you don't understand,

00:28:38.539 --> 00:28:38.639
 like,

00:28:38.659 --> 00:28:40.119
 I'm going to die.

00:28:40.539 --> 00:28:40.720
 Like,

00:28:40.720 --> 00:28:41.720
 that's how far away

00:28:41.720 --> 00:28:42.639
 I feel from you.

00:28:43.399 --> 00:28:43.819
 Man,

00:28:43.859 --> 00:28:45.059
 isn't it kind of scary

00:28:45.059 --> 00:28:45.440
 when you,

00:28:45.500 --> 00:28:45.700
 like,

00:28:45.960 --> 00:28:46.740
 realize that

00:28:46.740 --> 00:28:48.019
 you don't feel

00:28:48.019 --> 00:28:48.759
 anything anymore?

00:28:49.599 --> 00:28:49.799
 Like,

00:28:49.900 --> 00:28:50.480
 things that should

00:28:50.480 --> 00:28:51.019
 convict you

00:28:51.019 --> 00:28:51.819
 don't convict you.

00:28:52.420 --> 00:28:53.900
 Words in scripture

00:28:53.900 --> 00:28:55.220
 that one time

00:28:55.220 --> 00:28:56.680
 had a huge punch

00:28:56.680 --> 00:28:57.700
 now are like,

00:28:58.180 --> 00:28:58.740
 you read it

00:28:58.740 --> 00:28:59.059
 and you're like,

00:28:59.119 --> 00:28:59.279
 ah,

00:28:59.379 --> 00:28:59.720
 yeah,

00:29:00.000 --> 00:29:00.160
 like,

00:29:00.259 --> 00:29:00.940
 as a deer pants

00:29:00.940 --> 00:29:02.079
 for flowing stream,

00:29:02.299 --> 00:29:03.680
 so my soul pants

00:29:03.680 --> 00:29:04.119
 for you,

00:29:04.220 --> 00:29:04.640
 oh God.

00:29:05.440 --> 00:29:05.660
 Like,

00:29:05.700 --> 00:29:06.579
 that is so sad,

00:29:06.640 --> 00:29:06.759
 man.

00:29:06.839 --> 00:29:07.559
 It happens to me

00:29:07.559 --> 00:29:08.180
 all the time.

00:29:08.539 --> 00:29:09.099
 I feel like,

00:29:09.200 --> 00:29:09.379
 man,

00:29:09.440 --> 00:29:09.619
 Lord,

00:29:09.720 --> 00:29:09.839
 like,

00:29:10.140 --> 00:29:10.960
 I know your word

00:29:10.960 --> 00:29:11.700
 is supposed to have

00:29:11.700 --> 00:29:12.940
 more of a punch to it,

00:29:13.000 --> 00:29:13.799
 but it's just been

00:29:13.799 --> 00:29:15.420
 so domesticated by me.

00:29:17.059 --> 00:29:17.700
 Another one is

00:29:17.700 --> 00:29:18.339
 Matthew 4,

00:29:18.420 --> 00:29:18.680
 4,

00:29:18.759 --> 00:29:19.759
 you guys can just

00:29:19.759 --> 00:29:20.539
 write that one down.

00:29:22.180 --> 00:29:22.379
 But,

00:29:22.740 --> 00:29:22.940
 so,

00:29:23.140 --> 00:29:23.660
 in the scene,

00:29:23.740 --> 00:29:24.000
 Jesus,

00:29:24.519 --> 00:29:25.779
 who is about to start

00:29:25.779 --> 00:29:26.279
 his ministry,

00:29:26.400 --> 00:29:27.019
 is in the desert.

00:29:28.920 --> 00:29:29.480
 And then Satan

00:29:29.480 --> 00:29:30.059
 comes along,

00:29:30.440 --> 00:29:31.299
 he's been fasting

00:29:31.299 --> 00:29:32.119
 for 40 days,

00:29:32.240 --> 00:29:33.039
 I've never done that,

00:29:33.119 --> 00:29:33.779
 could not do that,

00:29:33.859 --> 00:29:35.240
 I would never say a word

00:29:35.240 --> 00:29:36.259
 for 40 years,

00:29:36.480 --> 00:29:37.440
 I'd be so hungry.

00:29:40.000 --> 00:29:40.359
 And,

00:29:40.519 --> 00:29:41.460
 Satan comes along,

00:29:41.599 --> 00:29:42.079
 and so he starts

00:29:42.079 --> 00:29:42.879
 tempting Jesus.

00:29:43.920 --> 00:29:44.279
 He says,

00:29:44.379 --> 00:29:45.220
 if you're really God,

00:29:45.539 --> 00:29:47.640
 turn these stones

00:29:47.640 --> 00:29:48.740
 into loaves of bread.

00:29:48.740 --> 00:29:49.420
 He said,

00:29:49.519 --> 00:29:50.359
 do you not know

00:29:50.359 --> 00:29:51.819
 that God's word

00:29:51.819 --> 00:29:52.579
 says that man

00:29:52.579 --> 00:29:53.299
 does not live off

00:29:53.299 --> 00:29:53.900
 of bread alone,

00:29:53.980 --> 00:29:55.359
 but off of every word

00:29:55.359 --> 00:29:56.599
 that comes from God's mouth.

00:29:57.500 --> 00:29:57.660
 So,

00:29:57.839 --> 00:29:58.200
 Jesus,

00:29:58.559 --> 00:29:58.700
 like,

00:29:59.259 --> 00:29:59.779
 I like,

00:29:59.880 --> 00:30:00.279
 I can't even,

00:30:00.319 --> 00:30:00.880
 it's hard for me

00:30:00.880 --> 00:30:01.380
 to really put it

00:30:01.380 --> 00:30:01.720
 in a sermon

00:30:01.720 --> 00:30:02.720
 because it's just like,

00:30:03.180 --> 00:30:04.279
 it makes it kind of plastic,

00:30:04.440 --> 00:30:04.620
 right?

00:30:05.000 --> 00:30:05.240
 But,

00:30:05.480 --> 00:30:05.700
 I mean,

00:30:05.759 --> 00:30:05.880
 like,

00:30:05.920 --> 00:30:06.359
 this dude,

00:30:06.480 --> 00:30:06.759
 Jesus,

00:30:07.559 --> 00:30:08.259
 has been

00:30:08.259 --> 00:30:09.640
 without food

00:30:09.640 --> 00:30:11.559
 for 40 days.

00:30:12.220 --> 00:30:13.740
 I can't do that,

00:30:13.799 --> 00:30:13.980
 man.

00:30:13.980 --> 00:30:14.440
 It's so,

00:30:14.660 --> 00:30:15.420
 that's insane for me

00:30:15.420 --> 00:30:16.220
 to even wrap my mind around.

00:30:16.980 --> 00:30:17.259
 And then,

00:30:17.599 --> 00:30:18.539
 Satan comes and he's like,

00:30:18.920 --> 00:30:19.339
 you could,

00:30:19.480 --> 00:30:19.620
 like,

00:30:19.680 --> 00:30:20.299
 if you know those,

00:30:20.339 --> 00:30:20.460
 like,

00:30:20.500 --> 00:30:21.960
 cartoons when it's like a mirage

00:30:21.960 --> 00:30:22.599
 and it's like,

00:30:22.720 --> 00:30:23.299
 they're looking at,

00:30:23.420 --> 00:30:23.480
 like,

00:30:23.500 --> 00:30:24.059
 a palm tree

00:30:24.059 --> 00:30:24.660
 and it turns into,

00:30:24.779 --> 00:30:24.839
 like,

00:30:24.860 --> 00:30:25.920
 a big slice of pizza

00:30:25.920 --> 00:30:26.519
 and they're like,

00:30:26.579 --> 00:30:26.960
 ah!

00:30:27.400 --> 00:30:27.559
 And,

00:30:27.700 --> 00:30:27.680
 like,

00:30:27.680 --> 00:30:28.240
 start freaking out.

00:30:28.259 --> 00:30:28.599
 You guys know

00:30:28.599 --> 00:30:29.480
 what I'm talking about there,

00:30:29.559 --> 00:30:30.460
 that imagery making sense?

00:30:30.819 --> 00:30:30.980
 Like,

00:30:31.200 --> 00:30:31.980
 Satan able to do

00:30:31.980 --> 00:30:32.720
 the same thing to Jesus

00:30:32.720 --> 00:30:33.120
 and he's like,

00:30:33.299 --> 00:30:34.460
 these stones right here,

00:30:34.519 --> 00:30:35.519
 these giant boulders,

00:30:35.640 --> 00:30:35.759
 like,

00:30:35.819 --> 00:30:36.360
 this could be,

00:30:36.420 --> 00:30:36.640
 like,

00:30:37.480 --> 00:30:38.799
 some wonderful French bread.

00:30:38.799 --> 00:30:40.559
 And then God,

00:30:40.659 --> 00:30:41.079
 and then Jesus,

00:30:41.159 --> 00:30:41.299
 like,

00:30:41.359 --> 00:30:42.119
 responds with,

00:30:42.480 --> 00:30:42.859
 like,

00:30:42.980 --> 00:30:43.680
 what in the world?

00:30:44.039 --> 00:30:44.720
 Responds with,

00:30:45.319 --> 00:30:46.099
 don't you know,

00:30:46.200 --> 00:30:46.359
 like,

00:30:46.440 --> 00:30:47.539
 man does not live off

00:30:47.539 --> 00:30:48.379
 of bread alone,

00:30:48.899 --> 00:30:49.480
 but he lives off

00:30:49.480 --> 00:30:50.500
 of every word

00:30:50.500 --> 00:30:51.220
 that proceeds

00:30:51.220 --> 00:30:52.139
 from God's mouth.

00:30:52.619 --> 00:30:53.539
 So he's relating

00:30:53.539 --> 00:30:55.500
 physical necessity

00:30:55.500 --> 00:30:56.180
 for food

00:30:56.180 --> 00:30:57.899
 and spiritual necessity

00:30:57.899 --> 00:30:58.879
 for God's word

00:30:58.879 --> 00:31:00.579
 almost on the same level.

00:31:03.159 --> 00:31:03.639
 And,

00:31:03.859 --> 00:31:04.480
 again,

00:31:04.599 --> 00:31:05.119
 just a question

00:31:05.119 --> 00:31:05.720
 I'm trying to get you

00:31:05.720 --> 00:31:06.299
 to think about is,

00:31:06.740 --> 00:31:08.339
 can you say the same thing

00:31:08.339 --> 00:31:08.959
 for yourself

00:31:08.959 --> 00:31:11.039
 as far as what David's saying,

00:31:11.119 --> 00:31:12.819
 as far as what Christ is saying?

00:31:12.879 --> 00:31:14.480
 Can you say the same thing?

00:31:15.740 --> 00:31:16.899
 Do we feel that?

00:31:17.359 --> 00:31:17.699
 I think,

00:31:18.000 --> 00:31:19.539
 something that I find myself

00:31:19.539 --> 00:31:22.480
 so guilty of

00:31:22.480 --> 00:31:23.220
 is what happens

00:31:23.220 --> 00:31:24.099
 is that

00:31:24.099 --> 00:31:26.659
 Scripture affects me

00:31:26.659 --> 00:31:28.799
 on an intellectual level

00:31:28.799 --> 00:31:31.699
 and a theological level,

00:31:31.799 --> 00:31:33.399
 but rarely an emotional level.

00:31:33.599 --> 00:31:33.740
 Like,

00:31:33.740 --> 00:31:34.699
 I know God's truth.

00:31:34.939 --> 00:31:34.959
 Like,

00:31:35.359 --> 00:31:36.399
 maybe just as a guy

00:31:36.399 --> 00:31:36.899
 it's harder,

00:31:37.119 --> 00:31:37.980
 and maybe some of you guys

00:31:37.980 --> 00:31:39.559
 can relate to me in that.

00:31:40.000 --> 00:31:40.519
 But it's like,

00:31:40.920 --> 00:31:41.079
 I mean,

00:31:41.120 --> 00:31:41.740
 don't you ever feel that

00:31:41.740 --> 00:31:42.220
 when you're like,

00:31:42.500 --> 00:31:43.160
 yeah,

00:31:43.180 --> 00:31:44.000
 I know this is true,

00:31:44.099 --> 00:31:45.360
 but there's not,

00:31:45.460 --> 00:31:46.200
 like one of the biggest things

00:31:46.200 --> 00:31:46.880
 that you struggle with

00:31:46.880 --> 00:31:47.900
 is joy in your life

00:31:47.900 --> 00:31:48.640
 or happiness.

00:31:48.940 --> 00:31:49.160
 And like,

00:31:49.559 --> 00:31:49.740
 man,

00:31:50.000 --> 00:31:50.200
 I mean,

00:31:50.200 --> 00:31:51.319
 God's word says that

00:31:51.319 --> 00:31:52.920
 the man who knows

00:31:52.920 --> 00:31:53.299
 his word

00:31:53.299 --> 00:31:54.360
 is happy.

00:31:55.500 --> 00:31:56.960
 It should make us joyful.

00:31:57.680 --> 00:31:57.860
 But,

00:31:58.140 --> 00:31:59.460
 I promise you guys,

00:31:59.700 --> 00:31:59.680
 like,

00:32:00.019 --> 00:32:00.180
 man,

00:32:00.240 --> 00:32:00.360
 like,

00:32:00.400 --> 00:32:01.259
 I have the hardest time

00:32:01.259 --> 00:32:01.620
 with that.

00:32:02.019 --> 00:32:03.039
 I have the hardest time

00:32:03.039 --> 00:32:04.519
 kind of crossing that

00:32:04.519 --> 00:32:06.500
 theological and intellectual

00:32:06.500 --> 00:32:08.240
 bridge onto the emotional

00:32:08.240 --> 00:32:08.799
 where it's like,

00:32:08.839 --> 00:32:09.940
 it's something that grips me

00:32:09.940 --> 00:32:11.180
 and like,

00:32:11.220 --> 00:32:12.200
 keeps me awake at night

00:32:12.200 --> 00:32:12.680
 to where like,

00:32:12.720 --> 00:32:13.619
 I have friends

00:32:13.619 --> 00:32:15.379
 that aren't saved

00:32:15.379 --> 00:32:16.059
 and I'm like,

00:32:16.139 --> 00:32:18.659
 totally unemotional about that.

00:32:18.799 --> 00:32:18.940
 Like,

00:32:19.559 --> 00:32:20.559
 there should be this sense

00:32:20.559 --> 00:32:20.859
 of like,

00:32:20.920 --> 00:32:21.879
 grieving and like,

00:32:21.960 --> 00:32:22.119
 man,

00:32:22.159 --> 00:32:22.920
 you don't know God.

00:32:22.980 --> 00:32:23.079
 Like,

00:32:23.099 --> 00:32:24.299
 there should be this.

00:32:24.639 --> 00:32:25.680
 I remember at one point,

00:32:25.680 --> 00:32:27.240
 like,

00:32:27.299 --> 00:32:27.920
 my friend,

00:32:28.060 --> 00:32:28.640
 my roommate

00:32:28.640 --> 00:32:29.900
 throughout college,

00:32:31.039 --> 00:32:31.480
 like,

00:32:31.660 --> 00:32:32.340
 wasn't a believer

00:32:32.340 --> 00:32:33.560
 and man,

00:32:33.580 --> 00:32:33.940
 I just remember,

00:32:34.140 --> 00:32:34.980
 I remember being here

00:32:34.980 --> 00:32:35.660
 on a Thursday night

00:32:35.660 --> 00:32:36.600
 and I just went home

00:32:36.600 --> 00:32:37.960
 and I was just like,

00:32:38.420 --> 00:32:39.340
 bawling in his room.

00:32:39.400 --> 00:32:40.100
 I went into his room,

00:32:40.400 --> 00:32:40.539
 like,

00:32:40.600 --> 00:32:41.100
 shut the door

00:32:41.100 --> 00:32:42.080
 and I just started crying

00:32:42.080 --> 00:32:42.480
 in front of him

00:32:42.480 --> 00:32:42.980
 and I was like,

00:32:43.519 --> 00:32:43.820
 man,

00:32:43.900 --> 00:32:44.039
 like,

00:32:44.100 --> 00:32:45.480
 I'm so sorry.

00:32:45.640 --> 00:32:45.700
 Like,

00:32:45.759 --> 00:32:47.460
 I haven't done a good job

00:32:47.460 --> 00:32:47.759
 like,

00:32:48.100 --> 00:32:49.060
 sharing Christ with you.

00:32:49.840 --> 00:32:50.880
 These things are true

00:32:50.880 --> 00:32:51.840
 that I see that

00:32:51.840 --> 00:32:52.880
 apart from Christ,

00:32:52.980 --> 00:32:53.120
 man,

00:32:53.180 --> 00:32:53.299
 like,

00:32:53.340 --> 00:32:53.840
 we're going to spend

00:32:53.840 --> 00:32:54.920
 eternity away from him.

00:32:55.680 --> 00:32:56.759
 And that was just something

00:32:56.759 --> 00:32:57.080
 that's like,

00:32:57.120 --> 00:32:57.200
 man,

00:32:57.200 --> 00:32:58.200
 I broke in and cried

00:32:58.200 --> 00:32:59.120
 in front of my roommate

00:32:59.120 --> 00:33:00.779
 and I don't,

00:33:01.200 --> 00:33:01.840
 the same thing doesn't

00:33:01.840 --> 00:33:02.779
 happen to me anymore.

00:33:03.700 --> 00:33:03.779
 Like,

00:33:03.820 --> 00:33:04.039
 that's,

00:33:04.140 --> 00:33:05.080
 and that's not okay.

00:33:06.700 --> 00:33:07.240
 At least,

00:33:07.320 --> 00:33:08.240
 it doesn't happen to me

00:33:08.240 --> 00:33:08.660
 as often.

00:33:11.340 --> 00:33:11.700
 So,

00:33:12.160 --> 00:33:12.380
 what,

00:33:12.519 --> 00:33:13.140
 another guy,

00:33:13.299 --> 00:33:14.100
 I kind of want to go

00:33:14.100 --> 00:33:14.980
 a little bit out of

00:33:14.980 --> 00:33:15.460
 scripture here.

00:33:16.080 --> 00:33:17.340
 What are other guys

00:33:17.340 --> 00:33:20.100
 that have longed

00:33:20.100 --> 00:33:20.500
 after God's,

00:33:20.500 --> 00:33:21.440
 what else are they saying?

00:33:21.820 --> 00:33:22.019
 So,

00:33:22.400 --> 00:33:23.820
 St. Augustine

00:33:23.820 --> 00:33:24.840
 or Augustine,

00:33:24.960 --> 00:33:25.660
 however you want to say,

00:33:25.660 --> 00:33:25.980
 they're the same.

00:33:28.740 --> 00:33:29.140
 Okay,

00:33:29.500 --> 00:33:29.740
 so,

00:33:30.220 --> 00:33:30.940
 St. Augustine,

00:33:31.100 --> 00:33:32.740
 he says this quote,

00:33:32.840 --> 00:33:33.180
 he says,

00:33:33.800 --> 00:33:35.880
 how sweet all at once

00:33:35.880 --> 00:33:36.640
 it was for me

00:33:36.640 --> 00:33:37.480
 to be rid of those

00:33:37.480 --> 00:33:38.600
 fruitless joys

00:33:38.600 --> 00:33:40.160
 which I once feared

00:33:40.160 --> 00:33:40.800
 to lose

00:33:40.800 --> 00:33:42.279
 and was now glad

00:33:42.279 --> 00:33:42.940
 to reject.

00:33:43.340 --> 00:33:44.060
 You drove them

00:33:44.060 --> 00:33:44.460
 from me,

00:33:45.460 --> 00:33:46.600
 you who are the true,

00:33:46.920 --> 00:33:47.880
 the sovereign joy.

00:33:48.340 --> 00:33:49.100
 You drove them

00:33:49.100 --> 00:33:49.420
 from me

00:33:49.420 --> 00:33:50.320
 and took their place,

00:33:50.680 --> 00:33:51.540
 you who are sweeter

00:33:51.540 --> 00:33:52.420
 than all pleasure.

00:33:52.920 --> 00:33:53.900
 They're not to flesh

00:33:53.900 --> 00:33:54.320
 and blood,

00:33:54.759 --> 00:33:55.680
 you who outshine

00:33:55.680 --> 00:33:56.360
 all light

00:33:56.360 --> 00:33:57.360
 yet are hidden

00:33:57.360 --> 00:33:59.000
 deeper than any secret

00:33:59.000 --> 00:33:59.660
 in our hearts.

00:34:00.340 --> 00:34:01.259
 You who surpass

00:34:01.259 --> 00:34:01.960
 all honor

00:34:01.960 --> 00:34:03.500
 through not in the eyes

00:34:03.500 --> 00:34:04.000
 of men

00:34:04.000 --> 00:34:05.060
 who see all honor

00:34:05.060 --> 00:34:05.600
 in themselves.

00:34:05.780 --> 00:34:05.960
 Oh,

00:34:06.019 --> 00:34:06.180
 Lord,

00:34:06.240 --> 00:34:06.700
 my God,

00:34:06.740 --> 00:34:07.240
 my light,

00:34:07.300 --> 00:34:07.780
 my wealth,

00:34:07.820 --> 00:34:08.480
 and my salvation.

00:34:08.480 --> 00:34:10.380
 If you know anything

00:34:10.380 --> 00:34:11.179
 about Augustine,

00:34:11.639 --> 00:34:12.940
 he was basically

00:34:12.940 --> 00:34:13.619
 what we would classify

00:34:13.619 --> 00:34:14.159
 today as like

00:34:14.159 --> 00:34:14.840
 a sex addict.

00:34:15.740 --> 00:34:15.940
 Like,

00:34:16.039 --> 00:34:16.280
 man,

00:34:16.340 --> 00:34:16.840
 like the dude

00:34:16.840 --> 00:34:18.240
 just had struggles.

00:34:20.360 --> 00:34:21.000
 And it's like,

00:34:21.059 --> 00:34:21.699
 and then you hear,

00:34:21.820 --> 00:34:22.639
 you hear this coming

00:34:22.639 --> 00:34:23.500
 from a guy

00:34:23.500 --> 00:34:26.059
 who is addicted

00:34:26.059 --> 00:34:26.559
 to sex,

00:34:26.619 --> 00:34:26.920
 he's addicted

00:34:26.920 --> 00:34:28.019
 to a million other things

00:34:28.019 --> 00:34:29.699
 and yet he says this,

00:34:29.719 --> 00:34:30.119
 he says you,

00:34:30.360 --> 00:34:30.980
 so what are those,

00:34:31.039 --> 00:34:31.500
 those are the things

00:34:31.500 --> 00:34:32.000
 that we're talking about

00:34:32.000 --> 00:34:32.460
 when he says

00:34:32.460 --> 00:34:33.360
 you drove those

00:34:33.360 --> 00:34:34.539
 fruitless joys.

00:34:34.900 --> 00:34:35.019
 Like,

00:34:35.079 --> 00:34:35.940
 Augustine had everything

00:34:35.940 --> 00:34:36.699
 he wanted to.

00:34:36.699 --> 00:34:38.439
 He had everything

00:34:38.439 --> 00:34:38.799
 he wanted

00:34:38.799 --> 00:34:39.119
 and he's like,

00:34:39.259 --> 00:34:40.299
 those are fruitless joys,

00:34:40.359 --> 00:34:40.939
 I don't even want them.

00:34:41.099 --> 00:34:41.399
 Like,

00:34:41.399 --> 00:34:42.299
 what makes people

00:34:42.299 --> 00:34:43.319
 like Paul say,

00:34:43.739 --> 00:34:43.879
 like,

00:34:43.960 --> 00:34:44.539
 all those things

00:34:44.539 --> 00:34:45.079
 that I had,

00:34:45.199 --> 00:34:45.319
 like,

00:34:45.599 --> 00:34:46.939
 all the intellect,

00:34:47.199 --> 00:34:47.980
 all the prestige,

00:34:48.279 --> 00:34:48.799
 all those things

00:34:48.799 --> 00:34:49.219
 I just counted

00:34:49.219 --> 00:34:50.079
 as a complete loss

00:34:50.079 --> 00:34:50.460
 for the sake

00:34:50.460 --> 00:34:51.339
 of knowing Christ.

00:34:52.000 --> 00:34:52.239
 Like,

00:34:52.379 --> 00:34:52.659
 oh,

00:34:52.779 --> 00:34:53.219
 man,

00:34:53.359 --> 00:34:53.779
 that's like,

00:34:54.119 --> 00:34:55.419
 it makes my mouth dry

00:34:55.419 --> 00:34:56.019
 because it's like,

00:34:56.579 --> 00:34:56.739
 like,

00:34:56.819 --> 00:34:57.719
 I've walked down

00:34:57.719 --> 00:34:58.379
 these halls

00:34:58.379 --> 00:34:59.480
 where there's great

00:34:59.480 --> 00:35:00.319
 men of scripture

00:35:00.319 --> 00:35:01.279
 and great men

00:35:01.279 --> 00:35:02.019
 of faith

00:35:02.019 --> 00:35:02.739
 who are saying like,

00:35:04.039 --> 00:35:04.919
 pay attention

00:35:04.919 --> 00:35:05.699
 to this book.

00:35:05.699 --> 00:35:07.139
 saying like,

00:35:07.359 --> 00:35:07.500
 like,

00:35:07.539 --> 00:35:08.500
 don't you read this book?

00:35:08.599 --> 00:35:08.699
 Like,

00:35:08.859 --> 00:35:10.059
 do not pass this.

00:35:10.500 --> 00:35:11.319
 Don't get caught

00:35:11.319 --> 00:35:12.599
 going to conferences

00:35:12.599 --> 00:35:13.799
 and reading

00:35:13.799 --> 00:35:15.299
 Christian pop books

00:35:15.299 --> 00:35:17.039
 and being in small groups

00:35:17.039 --> 00:35:17.859
 yet all the while

00:35:17.859 --> 00:35:18.739
 missing the word

00:35:18.739 --> 00:35:20.000
 and not valuing it

00:35:20.000 --> 00:35:20.819
 and not treasuring it

00:35:20.819 --> 00:35:22.639
 and not knowing me.

00:35:23.359 --> 00:35:23.500
 Like,

00:35:23.539 --> 00:35:24.279
 don't miss that.

00:35:24.339 --> 00:35:24.960
 That's what they're saying.

00:35:25.039 --> 00:35:25.219
 It's like,

00:35:25.239 --> 00:35:26.579
 I can't get past it.

00:35:26.619 --> 00:35:26.719
 Like,

00:35:26.719 --> 00:35:27.879
 I keep running into dudes

00:35:27.879 --> 00:35:28.460
 like this who keep

00:35:28.460 --> 00:35:29.439
 saying these things

00:35:29.439 --> 00:35:31.399
 and I keep finding myself

00:35:31.399 --> 00:35:32.119
 on the other end

00:35:32.119 --> 00:35:32.679
 of the spectrum

00:35:32.679 --> 00:35:33.239
 where it's like,

00:35:34.000 --> 00:35:34.239
 God,

00:35:34.239 --> 00:35:35.579
 I'm not treasuring

00:35:35.579 --> 00:35:36.519
 your word like that.

00:35:36.599 --> 00:35:36.739
 Like,

00:35:36.739 --> 00:35:37.419
 I need to.

00:35:39.239 --> 00:35:39.779
 And it's like,

00:35:39.799 --> 00:35:40.459
 it's haunting.

00:35:41.099 --> 00:35:41.959
 It's haunting

00:35:41.959 --> 00:35:43.079
 to have guys like that.

00:35:46.359 --> 00:35:47.599
 And it's so rough

00:35:47.599 --> 00:35:48.939
 because I feel like

00:35:48.939 --> 00:35:50.419
 we're a generation

00:35:50.419 --> 00:35:51.379
 that's characterized

00:35:51.379 --> 00:35:53.539
 by 15 minute devotions.

00:35:55.419 --> 00:35:55.619
 Like,

00:35:55.639 --> 00:35:56.599
 does anyone else feel that?

00:35:57.159 --> 00:35:57.500
 Like,

00:35:57.919 --> 00:35:58.259
 man,

00:35:58.359 --> 00:35:58.539
 like,

00:35:58.839 --> 00:35:59.799
 how do we get there?

00:35:59.800 --> 00:36:01.039
 There's so many

00:36:01.039 --> 00:36:01.640
 different reasons

00:36:01.640 --> 00:36:02.580
 that I would say why.

00:36:02.680 --> 00:36:02.840
 I mean,

00:36:02.860 --> 00:36:04.560
 you could analyze that all day.

00:36:05.760 --> 00:36:06.000
 But,

00:36:06.120 --> 00:36:06.780
 I would say that

00:36:06.780 --> 00:36:07.519
 a big part of it

00:36:07.519 --> 00:36:08.000
 is that,

00:36:08.100 --> 00:36:08.260
 man,

00:36:08.400 --> 00:36:08.580
 like,

00:36:08.940 --> 00:36:10.340
 that deep introspection.

00:36:10.480 --> 00:36:10.960
 I was talking to

00:36:10.960 --> 00:36:11.460
 John Overton

00:36:11.460 --> 00:36:12.240
 about this today

00:36:12.240 --> 00:36:12.860
 and I was asking him,

00:36:12.920 --> 00:36:12.980
 like,

00:36:13.019 --> 00:36:13.120
 man,

00:36:13.140 --> 00:36:13.940
 why do you think that is?

00:36:13.960 --> 00:36:14.360
 And he was like,

00:36:14.420 --> 00:36:14.539
 man,

00:36:14.600 --> 00:36:16.100
 and I agree with him

00:36:16.100 --> 00:36:16.460
 is that,

00:36:17.240 --> 00:36:18.480
 you guys know

00:36:18.480 --> 00:36:19.400
 what introspection means?

00:36:19.519 --> 00:36:19.560
 Like,

00:36:19.640 --> 00:36:20.380
 the act of,

00:36:20.460 --> 00:36:20.519
 like,

00:36:20.580 --> 00:36:21.860
 looking into yourself

00:36:21.860 --> 00:36:22.680
 and looking at your soul

00:36:22.680 --> 00:36:23.539
 and looking at the things

00:36:23.539 --> 00:36:24.180
 that you care about,

00:36:24.440 --> 00:36:25.000
 the things that you spend

00:36:25.000 --> 00:36:25.500
 your money on,

00:36:25.560 --> 00:36:26.100
 the things that you spend

00:36:26.100 --> 00:36:26.800
 your time in,

00:36:26.940 --> 00:36:27.720
 all those things.

00:36:27.719 --> 00:36:29.419
 And we don't examine ourselves.

00:36:29.559 --> 00:36:30.079
 We don't spend

00:36:30.079 --> 00:36:31.279
 the necessary time

00:36:31.279 --> 00:36:32.679
 trying to understand

00:36:32.679 --> 00:36:33.319
 those things better

00:36:33.319 --> 00:36:33.899
 and see where,

00:36:33.980 --> 00:36:34.179
 like,

00:36:34.939 --> 00:36:36.799
 God is with all those things.

00:36:39.579 --> 00:36:40.279
 And it's like,

00:36:40.339 --> 00:36:40.459
 man,

00:36:40.480 --> 00:36:40.739
 we just,

00:36:41.699 --> 00:36:42.500
 isn't it so,

00:36:42.699 --> 00:36:44.359
 aren't we so characterized

00:36:44.359 --> 00:36:44.699
 by,

00:36:44.779 --> 00:36:44.859
 like,

00:36:44.899 --> 00:36:45.539
 reading the Word

00:36:45.539 --> 00:36:46.619
 like it's a textbook?

00:36:46.759 --> 00:36:46.879
 Like,

00:36:46.919 --> 00:36:49.159
 you have your devotion

00:36:49.159 --> 00:36:50.079
 and I say that

00:36:50.079 --> 00:36:50.980
 the poor man's,

00:36:50.980 --> 00:36:52.019
 the poor man's devotion

00:36:52.019 --> 00:36:53.000
 is always Psalms.

00:36:53.119 --> 00:36:53.219
 Like,

00:36:53.239 --> 00:36:54.179
 if you have five minutes,

00:36:54.339 --> 00:36:54.719
 it's like,

00:36:55.079 --> 00:36:55.659
 go to Psalms

00:36:55.659 --> 00:36:56.959
 and get what you can out of it

00:36:56.960 --> 00:36:58.380
 because the day is gone.

00:36:59.159 --> 00:37:00.079
 And it's like,

00:37:00.300 --> 00:37:00.440
 man,

00:37:00.460 --> 00:37:01.720
 we spend like 15 minutes

00:37:01.720 --> 00:37:02.320
 in Psalms

00:37:02.320 --> 00:37:03.559
 and we read it like a textbook

00:37:03.559 --> 00:37:04.480
 and we read these words

00:37:04.480 --> 00:37:04.720
 and like,

00:37:04.780 --> 00:37:04.920
 okay,

00:37:04.940 --> 00:37:05.699
 this is what it means,

00:37:05.760 --> 00:37:06.440
 this is what it says,

00:37:06.480 --> 00:37:07.300
 I understand that.

00:37:07.539 --> 00:37:08.460
 But we're not saying,

00:37:08.699 --> 00:37:10.079
 we're not meditating on the Word

00:37:10.079 --> 00:37:12.039
 as I think is a big thing there.

00:37:12.740 --> 00:37:13.579
 Because we're saying

00:37:13.579 --> 00:37:14.240
 that the Word

00:37:14.240 --> 00:37:15.039
 is so applicable

00:37:15.039 --> 00:37:15.980
 for your life.

00:37:17.119 --> 00:37:18.380
 And I mean every single individual.

00:37:18.539 --> 00:37:18.720
 I mean,

00:37:18.780 --> 00:37:18.860
 like,

00:37:18.880 --> 00:37:19.199
 as a group,

00:37:19.260 --> 00:37:19.440
 I mean,

00:37:19.500 --> 00:37:19.639
 like,

00:37:19.900 --> 00:37:20.820
 you who's come here,

00:37:20.920 --> 00:37:21.099
 like,

00:37:21.420 --> 00:37:23.179
 this book is so applicable

00:37:23.179 --> 00:37:23.559
 for your life,

00:37:23.559 --> 00:37:24.420
 but it was written

00:37:24.420 --> 00:37:27.039
 so many years ago.

00:37:27.460 --> 00:37:28.599
 And that's insane.

00:37:28.840 --> 00:37:29.559
 That's insanity.

00:37:31.059 --> 00:37:31.279
 And like,

00:37:31.340 --> 00:37:32.400
 no other book can claim that,

00:37:32.639 --> 00:37:34.039
 but yet we spend 15 minutes

00:37:34.039 --> 00:37:34.619
 in a devotion

00:37:34.619 --> 00:37:36.039
 and we don't meditate on the Word.

00:37:36.099 --> 00:37:36.699
 We're not saying like,

00:37:36.759 --> 00:37:36.920
 okay,

00:37:37.059 --> 00:37:38.860
 I read the Scripture

00:37:38.860 --> 00:37:40.299
 and I understand what it says.

00:37:40.739 --> 00:37:41.179
 Now God,

00:37:41.219 --> 00:37:42.099
 I'm not going to leave

00:37:42.099 --> 00:37:42.920
 until you tell me

00:37:42.920 --> 00:37:44.420
 what it means for my life right now.

00:37:44.719 --> 00:37:45.539
 What does this mean?

00:37:45.579 --> 00:37:46.199
 What does this mean?

00:37:46.239 --> 00:37:47.219
 What does this mean to me?

00:37:47.420 --> 00:37:48.360
 What does this mean to me?

00:37:48.360 --> 00:37:48.480
 Like,

00:37:48.500 --> 00:37:49.199
 we don't do that.

00:37:49.279 --> 00:37:49.519
 It's like,

00:37:49.940 --> 00:37:50.360
 alright God,

00:37:50.440 --> 00:37:51.320
 I've got this time

00:37:51.320 --> 00:37:51.900
 and you're going to have to

00:37:51.900 --> 00:37:52.900
 make this work in this.

00:37:53.980 --> 00:37:55.160
 Does anyone here run?

00:37:56.099 --> 00:37:56.500
 Like,

00:37:56.579 --> 00:37:58.500
 distances for exercise?

00:38:04.860 --> 00:38:05.579
 What mile,

00:38:05.639 --> 00:38:06.280
 who raised their hand?

00:38:07.519 --> 00:38:07.720
 Okay.

00:38:08.700 --> 00:38:09.059
 Lauren,

00:38:09.220 --> 00:38:10.039
 what mile,

00:38:10.079 --> 00:38:11.320
 everyone else is feeling terrible

00:38:11.320 --> 00:38:12.420
 since I didn't raise their hand.

00:38:12.660 --> 00:38:12.660


00:38:12.760 --> 00:38:15.240
 I promise I'm healthy.

00:38:17.700 --> 00:38:18.059
 Lauren,

00:38:18.160 --> 00:38:19.900
 what mile is it for you

00:38:19.900 --> 00:38:22.280
 when you get that runner's high?

00:38:22.380 --> 00:38:22.780
 When you can,

00:38:22.900 --> 00:38:24.160
 as soon as you get past this mile,

00:38:24.260 --> 00:38:25.240
 you can just run

00:38:25.240 --> 00:38:26.460
 like another six miles.

00:38:27.800 --> 00:38:28.160
 Okay,

00:38:28.360 --> 00:38:28.720
 three.

00:38:29.720 --> 00:38:30.340
 Anyone else?

00:38:30.420 --> 00:38:30.840
 What else?

00:38:30.920 --> 00:38:31.559
 Just quick shout outs.

00:38:31.639 --> 00:38:32.220
 Which mile is it

00:38:32.220 --> 00:38:33.260
 that's like the worst

00:38:33.260 --> 00:38:34.059
 that you hate?

00:38:34.400 --> 00:38:34.680
 But you're like,

00:38:34.700 --> 00:38:36.039
 if I just get over mile three,

00:38:36.180 --> 00:38:37.119
 what mile is it?

00:38:37.280 --> 00:38:37.480
 Two?

00:38:38.180 --> 00:38:38.539
 Okay.

00:38:39.720 --> 00:38:40.079
 Seven.

00:38:40.460 --> 00:38:41.200
 Some people are like,

00:38:41.240 --> 00:38:42.019
 the whole thing!

00:38:42.400 --> 00:38:43.039
 All of it!

00:38:45.360 --> 00:38:45.720
 Like,

00:38:45.740 --> 00:38:46.740
 why am I doing this?

00:38:46.739 --> 00:38:48.419
 I should be running from something

00:38:48.419 --> 00:38:49.019
 and I'm not.

00:38:50.019 --> 00:38:50.179
 And,

00:38:50.279 --> 00:38:50.599
 um,

00:38:50.779 --> 00:38:53.439
 but it's like that.

00:38:53.519 --> 00:38:53.639
 Okay,

00:38:53.739 --> 00:38:54.239
 so we,

00:38:54.479 --> 00:38:55.579
 um,

00:38:56.179 --> 00:38:57.619
 we have that mile

00:38:57.619 --> 00:38:58.199
 that's like,

00:38:58.719 --> 00:38:58.939
 man,

00:38:59.000 --> 00:39:00.079
 what mile is it that

00:39:00.079 --> 00:39:01.399
 as soon as I get past this mile,

00:39:01.479 --> 00:39:01.859
 I'm good

00:39:01.859 --> 00:39:02.779
 and I can just run

00:39:02.779 --> 00:39:03.879
 and that's when I can start

00:39:03.879 --> 00:39:04.779
 thinking about things

00:39:04.779 --> 00:39:06.059
 and that's when it doesn't hurt as bad

00:39:06.059 --> 00:39:06.419
 and that's when

00:39:06.419 --> 00:39:07.379
 really the dopamine

00:39:07.379 --> 00:39:08.599
 starts kicking into your body

00:39:08.599 --> 00:39:09.699
 and your body starts releasing

00:39:09.699 --> 00:39:10.259
 these hormones

00:39:10.259 --> 00:39:11.039
 that makes it okay.

00:39:11.659 --> 00:39:11.939
 Um,

00:39:12.899 --> 00:39:13.539
 and,

00:39:13.539 --> 00:39:14.899
 and really from my own life,

00:39:14.900 --> 00:39:15.740
 I've found that scripture

00:39:15.740 --> 00:39:17.099
 is so much like that.

00:39:17.559 --> 00:39:17.800
 Um,

00:39:18.180 --> 00:39:19.260
 that as long as I'm approaching

00:39:19.260 --> 00:39:20.099
 scripture and I'm saying,

00:39:20.559 --> 00:39:20.920
 Lord,

00:39:21.139 --> 00:39:22.800
 I need you to teach me something

00:39:22.800 --> 00:39:23.500
 in 15 minutes,

00:39:23.519 --> 00:39:23.880
 there's like,

00:39:24.820 --> 00:39:25.639
 for me at least,

00:39:25.800 --> 00:39:26.400
 there's very little

00:39:26.400 --> 00:39:27.079
 that I get out of it.

00:39:27.139 --> 00:39:27.740
 There's very little

00:39:27.740 --> 00:39:28.039
 that I,

00:39:28.119 --> 00:39:28.740
 that I walk away

00:39:28.740 --> 00:39:29.079
 and I'm like,

00:39:29.160 --> 00:39:29.360
 man,

00:39:29.680 --> 00:39:30.700
 like the Lord just spoke to me

00:39:30.700 --> 00:39:31.680
 so much in that time.

00:39:31.780 --> 00:39:32.300
 But it's,

00:39:32.420 --> 00:39:32.920
 for me,

00:39:33.000 --> 00:39:33.579
 it's like that,

00:39:34.000 --> 00:39:34.500
 a lot of times

00:39:34.500 --> 00:39:35.700
 it's like that 30 minute range,

00:39:35.760 --> 00:39:35.860
 like,

00:39:35.920 --> 00:39:36.039
 okay,

00:39:36.039 --> 00:39:36.940
 like as soon as I can get over

00:39:36.940 --> 00:39:37.579
 that 30 minutes,

00:39:37.740 --> 00:39:37.800
 like,

00:39:38.119 --> 00:39:38.300
 man,

00:39:38.340 --> 00:39:38.680
 it's just,

00:39:39.099 --> 00:39:41.139
 it's so great after that.

00:39:41.240 --> 00:39:42.039
 But so little of us

00:39:42.039 --> 00:39:43.360
 are wanting to put in that time

00:39:43.360 --> 00:39:45.159
 to really get over that,

00:39:45.159 --> 00:39:45.880
 um,

00:39:45.940 --> 00:39:46.259
 apex,

00:39:46.360 --> 00:39:47.300
 it's so difficult.

00:39:47.659 --> 00:39:48.880
 I think Nathan even talked about,

00:39:48.980 --> 00:39:49.099
 like,

00:39:49.119 --> 00:39:49.639
 when climbing,

00:39:49.779 --> 00:39:49.900
 like,

00:39:49.960 --> 00:39:50.800
 getting to that point

00:39:50.800 --> 00:39:51.960
 where it's the hardest point

00:39:51.960 --> 00:39:52.300
 in the climb,

00:39:52.380 --> 00:39:53.719
 but if you can nail that point,

00:39:54.199 --> 00:39:55.519
 you can get past the whole climb.

00:39:56.159 --> 00:39:56.360
 Um,

00:39:57.519 --> 00:39:58.219
 and I would just say that,

00:39:58.279 --> 00:39:58.360
 man,

00:39:58.420 --> 00:39:58.599
 like,

00:39:58.980 --> 00:39:59.099
 I,

00:39:59.239 --> 00:39:59.699
 for me,

00:40:00.219 --> 00:40:00.539
 um,

00:40:00.599 --> 00:40:01.900
 I've found that I've had to be

00:40:01.900 --> 00:40:02.940
 so patient in the word,

00:40:03.360 --> 00:40:03.639
 um,

00:40:03.639 --> 00:40:04.980
 and just approaching scripture

00:40:04.980 --> 00:40:05.300
 and saying,

00:40:05.380 --> 00:40:05.579
 Lord,

00:40:06.320 --> 00:40:07.460
 I'm not going to try to fit you

00:40:07.460 --> 00:40:08.000
 in my schedule,

00:40:08.039 --> 00:40:09.400
 but my schedule is fitting around you.

00:40:09.679 --> 00:40:10.340
 So because of that,

00:40:10.400 --> 00:40:11.059
 I'm going to go to bed

00:40:11.059 --> 00:40:11.659
 at 11 o'clock

00:40:11.659 --> 00:40:12.539
 and I'm going to wake up

00:40:12.539 --> 00:40:13.879
 at 7 a.m. every day

00:40:13.879 --> 00:40:15.059
 so that I can spend,

00:40:15.139 --> 00:40:15.539
 like,

00:40:15.559 --> 00:40:16.399
 a solid hour

00:40:16.399 --> 00:40:18.000
 just praying and reading.

00:40:18.539 --> 00:40:18.679
 Um,

00:40:18.679 --> 00:40:19.659
 what is that for you?

00:40:20.359 --> 00:40:20.519
 Um,

00:40:20.759 --> 00:40:22.299
 so many times we approach scripture

00:40:22.299 --> 00:40:23.259
 like,

00:40:23.980 --> 00:40:25.559
 there's this formulaic method

00:40:25.559 --> 00:40:26.559
 to how you are

00:40:26.559 --> 00:40:27.460
 to get something out of it.

00:40:27.859 --> 00:40:28.039
 Um,

00:40:28.039 --> 00:40:28.879
 and I think a lot of us

00:40:28.879 --> 00:40:30.199
 have probably been run dry

00:40:30.199 --> 00:40:30.579
 by that,

00:40:30.619 --> 00:40:30.799
 right?

00:40:30.920 --> 00:40:31.199
 Like,

00:40:31.219 --> 00:40:32.599
 you've been to a lot of conferences

00:40:32.599 --> 00:40:34.059
 and you've read a lot of terrible books

00:40:34.059 --> 00:40:34.839
 that have told you,

00:40:35.279 --> 00:40:35.579
 you know,

00:40:35.980 --> 00:40:37.199
 as long as you do it in this method,

00:40:37.299 --> 00:40:37.839
 read Psalms,

00:40:38.119 --> 00:40:38.719
 meditate on that,

00:40:38.819 --> 00:40:39.219
 pray that,

00:40:39.539 --> 00:40:41.579
 now go into Old Testament,

00:40:41.659 --> 00:40:42.279
 and I'll go into Old Testament.

00:40:42.379 --> 00:40:42.579
 And like,

00:40:42.619 --> 00:40:43.199
 some of those things are,

00:40:43.279 --> 00:40:43.399
 like,

00:40:43.420 --> 00:40:44.399
 can be helpful and good.

00:40:44.619 --> 00:40:45.239
 But I'm just saying,

00:40:45.799 --> 00:40:46.019
 you know,

00:40:46.139 --> 00:40:47.699
 what is it when you're approaching scripture

00:40:47.699 --> 00:40:48.199
 and you're saying,

00:40:48.579 --> 00:40:48.799
 like,

00:40:48.839 --> 00:40:48.940
 Lord,

00:40:49.000 --> 00:40:50.799
 I want to know your word more

00:40:50.799 --> 00:40:52.199
 and I'll do anything to do that.

00:40:52.259 --> 00:40:53.099
 So if that's five minutes,

00:40:53.179 --> 00:40:53.899
 if that's ten minutes,

00:40:54.159 --> 00:40:55.379
 if that's thirty minutes,

00:40:55.379 --> 00:40:56.619
 if that's an hour,

00:40:56.739 --> 00:40:57.599
 I'm going to do that.

00:40:58.099 --> 00:40:58.279
 Um,

00:40:59.179 --> 00:40:59.579
 there's,

00:40:59.960 --> 00:41:01.500
 I know there's a time in my life

00:41:01.500 --> 00:41:02.259
 um,

00:41:02.839 --> 00:41:03.339
 when,

00:41:04.019 --> 00:41:04.239
 like,

00:41:04.279 --> 00:41:05.519
 especially this past year,

00:41:05.839 --> 00:41:05.980
 um,

00:41:05.980 --> 00:41:07.879
 I had so many questions about

00:41:07.879 --> 00:41:09.179
 what's my direction?

00:41:09.179 --> 00:41:09.719
 Um,

00:41:09.719 --> 00:41:10.679
 I feel like a lot of us

00:41:10.679 --> 00:41:11.259
 are asking that,

00:41:11.339 --> 00:41:11.539
 you know,

00:41:11.579 --> 00:41:11.759
 like,

00:41:12.599 --> 00:41:13.039
 God,

00:41:13.099 --> 00:41:14.299
 I have no idea what my major is,

00:41:14.339 --> 00:41:14.480
 or,

00:41:14.619 --> 00:41:14.899
 you know,

00:41:14.980 --> 00:41:15.139
 God,

00:41:15.199 --> 00:41:15.319
 like,

00:41:15.379 --> 00:41:16.399
 I have no idea what I'm going to do

00:41:16.399 --> 00:41:17.039
 after college.

00:41:17.279 --> 00:41:17.480
 Like,

00:41:17.480 --> 00:41:18.639
 we're asking those questions,

00:41:18.639 --> 00:41:19.159
 and,

00:41:19.159 --> 00:41:19.899
 um,

00:41:20.319 --> 00:41:21.119
 like,

00:41:21.159 --> 00:41:21.500
 that's,

00:41:21.639 --> 00:41:21.940
 it's,

00:41:21.940 --> 00:41:22.859
 especially it's terrible

00:41:22.859 --> 00:41:24.000
 when it's your senior year

00:41:24.000 --> 00:41:24.679
 and you're like,

00:41:24.779 --> 00:41:25.339
 oh man,

00:41:25.519 --> 00:41:27.159
 what am I doing here?

00:41:27.639 --> 00:41:28.000
 Um,

00:41:28.000 --> 00:41:30.519
 our lives.

00:41:31.539 --> 00:41:31.860
 But,

00:41:32.019 --> 00:41:33.599
 I got to that point

00:41:33.599 --> 00:41:35.059
 this whole past year,

00:41:35.460 --> 00:41:35.639
 um,

00:41:35.639 --> 00:41:36.579
 and especially over the summer,

00:41:36.619 --> 00:41:37.500
 I was just like wrestling,

00:41:37.619 --> 00:41:37.780
 like,

00:41:37.880 --> 00:41:38.139
 Lord,

00:41:38.760 --> 00:41:39.320
 what,

00:41:39.739 --> 00:41:40.860
 what is it that you want me to do?

00:41:41.280 --> 00:41:41.599
 Um,

00:41:42.099 --> 00:41:43.239
 and what's my answer?

00:41:43.320 --> 00:41:43.460
 Like,

00:41:43.480 --> 00:41:43.639
 yeah,

00:41:43.679 --> 00:41:43.880
 like,

00:41:43.920 --> 00:41:44.840
 I read a book,

00:41:44.960 --> 00:41:45.260
 um,

00:41:45.260 --> 00:41:45.860
 and it was good,

00:41:45.960 --> 00:41:47.340
 but it wasn't on the subject of it,

00:41:47.400 --> 00:41:47.559
 but,

00:41:47.840 --> 00:41:47.940
 man,

00:41:47.980 --> 00:41:48.699
 I spent time,

00:41:48.800 --> 00:41:49.599
 I spent the whole summer

00:41:49.599 --> 00:41:50.980
 just going through,

00:41:50.980 --> 00:41:51.940
 um,

00:41:52.280 --> 00:41:52.880
 the Old Testament,

00:41:52.960 --> 00:41:53.340
 just being like,

00:41:53.380 --> 00:41:53.519
 all right,

00:41:53.559 --> 00:41:53.699
 Lord,

00:41:54.019 --> 00:41:54.199
 like,

00:41:54.239 --> 00:41:55.300
 I know that you have something

00:41:55.300 --> 00:41:55.980
 to teach me here,

00:41:56.039 --> 00:41:57.280
 and the thing that kept popping up

00:41:57.280 --> 00:41:58.200
 over and over again

00:41:58.200 --> 00:42:00.580
 was Israel's reliance on God,

00:42:01.040 --> 00:42:02.280
 how God is kind of the God

00:42:02.280 --> 00:42:03.700
 that leads them by,

00:42:03.800 --> 00:42:03.920
 you know,

00:42:04.240 --> 00:42:04.980
 fire by night

00:42:04.980 --> 00:42:05.980
 and smoke by day.

00:42:06.700 --> 00:42:06.940
 It's like,

00:42:06.980 --> 00:42:07.080
 man,

00:42:07.100 --> 00:42:07.860
 that's the God who's like,

00:42:08.140 --> 00:42:08.320
 all right,

00:42:08.340 --> 00:42:09.120
 I'm just going to provide

00:42:09.120 --> 00:42:10.140
 enough for you

00:42:10.140 --> 00:42:11.820
 so that you trust me today.

00:42:11.860 --> 00:42:12.440
 I'm going to provide

00:42:12.440 --> 00:42:13.720
 that manna for you today,

00:42:13.800 --> 00:42:14.960
 but don't try to hoard it over

00:42:14.960 --> 00:42:16.120
 because it'll spoil overnight

00:42:16.120 --> 00:42:17.019
 and you won't have any

00:42:17.019 --> 00:42:17.340
 for tomorrow,

00:42:17.420 --> 00:42:18.540
 so you've got to trust me

00:42:18.540 --> 00:42:19.480
 that I'm going to have

00:42:19.480 --> 00:42:20.200
 enough manna for you

00:42:20.200 --> 00:42:20.640
 in the morning.

00:42:21.360 --> 00:42:21.540
 Um,

00:42:22.100 --> 00:42:23.140
 that is,

00:42:23.540 --> 00:42:24.700
 and I just spent time on that

00:42:24.700 --> 00:42:25.000
 and, like,

00:42:25.080 --> 00:42:26.940
 meditating on that all the time.

00:42:27.280 --> 00:42:27.680
 So,

00:42:27.880 --> 00:42:28.800
 what I'm just trying to say

00:42:28.800 --> 00:42:29.120
 is that,

00:42:29.560 --> 00:42:29.700
 like,

00:42:29.760 --> 00:42:29.860
 man,

00:42:29.880 --> 00:42:30.740
 when we're approaching Scripture,

00:42:30.900 --> 00:42:32.500
 I don't want you to let me tell you

00:42:32.500 --> 00:42:33.700
 how you need to read Scripture

00:42:33.700 --> 00:42:34.460
 or,

00:42:34.640 --> 00:42:34.980
 you know,

00:42:35.060 --> 00:42:36.260
 what you need to move to

00:42:36.260 --> 00:42:37.400
 because it could be for you

00:42:37.400 --> 00:42:38.460
 that you're in a time in your life

00:42:38.460 --> 00:42:39.660
 when you need to spend

00:42:39.660 --> 00:42:40.660
 the entire,

00:42:40.860 --> 00:42:41.100
 you know,

00:42:41.140 --> 00:42:41.960
 next three months

00:42:41.960 --> 00:42:42.760
 in songs,

00:42:43.240 --> 00:42:44.440
 repeating the same thing

00:42:44.440 --> 00:42:45.180
 over and over again

00:42:45.180 --> 00:42:46.240
 because it hasn't sunk down

00:42:46.240 --> 00:42:46.740
 deep enough.

00:42:47.500 --> 00:42:47.740
 Um,

00:42:48.280 --> 00:42:50.440
 so,

00:42:50.780 --> 00:42:51.860
 the text that I'm going to

00:42:51.860 --> 00:42:52.519
 leave us with

00:42:52.519 --> 00:42:54.739
 is Hebrews 4.

00:42:58.980 --> 00:42:59.820
 Hebrews 4 says,

00:42:59.820 --> 00:43:00.980
 For the Word of God

00:43:00.980 --> 00:43:02.260
 is living and active,

00:43:02.480 --> 00:43:03.160
 sharper than any

00:43:03.160 --> 00:43:04.039
 two-edged sword,

00:43:04.200 --> 00:43:05.260
 piercing to the division

00:43:05.260 --> 00:43:06.440
 of the soul

00:43:06.440 --> 00:43:07.220
 and of spirit,

00:43:07.620 --> 00:43:08.480
 of joints

00:43:08.480 --> 00:43:10.360
 and of marrow,

00:43:10.840 --> 00:43:12.140
 and discerning the thoughts

00:43:12.140 --> 00:43:12.900
 and intentions

00:43:12.900 --> 00:43:13.780
 of the heart.

00:43:14.900 --> 00:43:15.180
 Um,

00:43:16.900 --> 00:43:17.400
 it's,

00:43:17.920 --> 00:43:19.240
 this passage is saying

00:43:19.240 --> 00:43:20.400
 that God's Word

00:43:20.400 --> 00:43:21.360
 is something that's applicable

00:43:21.360 --> 00:43:22.760
 for you and your situation

00:43:22.760 --> 00:43:23.480
 right now.

00:43:23.640 --> 00:43:24.320
 And I don't know

00:43:24.320 --> 00:43:24.900
 what that is.

00:43:25.220 --> 00:43:25.500
 Um,

00:43:25.500 --> 00:43:26.079
 I can't know

00:43:26.079 --> 00:43:27.019
 all of your situations.

00:43:27.519 --> 00:43:28.099
 I can't know,

00:43:28.219 --> 00:43:28.320
 like,

00:43:28.400 --> 00:43:28.559
 man,

00:43:28.599 --> 00:43:29.360
 what is so hard

00:43:29.360 --> 00:43:30.079
 for you right now

00:43:30.079 --> 00:43:30.699
 whether that's

00:43:30.699 --> 00:43:31.840
 making decisions

00:43:31.840 --> 00:43:32.579
 about careers

00:43:32.579 --> 00:43:33.000
 or,

00:43:33.159 --> 00:43:33.440
 you know,

00:43:33.480 --> 00:43:33.940
 majors

00:43:33.940 --> 00:43:34.780
 or,

00:43:34.920 --> 00:43:35.039
 you know,

00:43:35.059 --> 00:43:35.420
 am I going to get

00:43:35.420 --> 00:43:36.000
 into this program

00:43:36.000 --> 00:43:36.559
 or that program

00:43:36.559 --> 00:43:37.760
 or do I need to continue

00:43:37.760 --> 00:43:38.719
 in this relationship

00:43:38.719 --> 00:43:40.079
 or whatever it is.

00:43:40.480 --> 00:43:40.739
 Um,

00:43:41.400 --> 00:43:41.980
 but the thing is

00:43:41.980 --> 00:43:43.019
 is that God's Word

00:43:43.019 --> 00:43:43.719
 is saying right now

00:43:43.719 --> 00:43:44.599
 that His Word

00:43:44.599 --> 00:43:45.840
 is living and active.

00:43:46.380 --> 00:43:46.599
 Um,

00:43:46.900 --> 00:43:47.539
 He says it's,

00:43:47.760 --> 00:43:48.219
 so He says

00:43:48.219 --> 00:43:49.000
 the soul,

00:43:49.099 --> 00:43:49.460
 the spirit,

00:43:49.559 --> 00:43:50.280
 He says the thoughts

00:43:50.280 --> 00:43:51.699
 which are your heart

00:43:51.699 --> 00:43:52.079
 and then,

00:43:52.159 --> 00:43:52.920
 I mean your mind

00:43:52.920 --> 00:43:53.599
 and then the intentions

00:43:53.599 --> 00:43:54.119
 of the heart.

00:43:54.360 --> 00:43:54.599
 So,

00:43:54.599 --> 00:43:55.719
 He's really saying

00:43:55.719 --> 00:43:56.239
 that the Word

00:43:56.239 --> 00:43:57.619
 addresses all these things.

00:43:57.980 --> 00:43:58.920
 Every thought that you have,

00:43:59.000 --> 00:43:59.639
 like your emotions,

00:43:59.759 --> 00:44:00.599
 your deepest concerns,

00:44:00.739 --> 00:44:01.599
 your deepest struggles

00:44:01.599 --> 00:44:02.519
 and the things

00:44:02.519 --> 00:44:02.880
 that you,

00:44:03.079 --> 00:44:03.539
 you know,

00:44:03.559 --> 00:44:04.159
 desire most.

00:44:04.500 --> 00:44:05.099
 There is a God

00:44:05.099 --> 00:44:06.239
 who knows all those things

00:44:06.239 --> 00:44:07.480
 and I can't know

00:44:07.480 --> 00:44:08.099
 all these things

00:44:08.099 --> 00:44:09.079
 and that's what makes

00:44:09.079 --> 00:44:09.739
 God's Word

00:44:09.739 --> 00:44:11.079
 so incredible,

00:44:11.799 --> 00:44:11.940
 um,

00:44:11.940 --> 00:44:12.880
 so powerful.

00:44:13.719 --> 00:44:13.960
 Um,

00:44:15.679 --> 00:44:16.519
 and so I think

00:44:16.519 --> 00:44:17.559
 more than anything

00:44:17.559 --> 00:44:20.000
 we need to be

00:44:20.000 --> 00:44:20.759
 people that are

00:44:20.759 --> 00:44:21.860
 characterized by

00:44:21.860 --> 00:44:24.059
 loving the Word

00:44:24.059 --> 00:44:24.360
 for,

00:44:24.360 --> 00:44:25.539
 for revisiting

00:44:25.539 --> 00:44:26.340
 truths like this.

00:44:26.539 --> 00:44:26.599
 Like,

00:44:27.119 --> 00:44:27.259
 man,

00:44:27.279 --> 00:44:27.980
 what does the Bible

00:44:27.980 --> 00:44:28.880
 say about itself

00:44:28.880 --> 00:44:30.539
 that no other book

00:44:30.539 --> 00:44:31.239
 can claim?

00:44:32.719 --> 00:44:33.460
 That's in,

00:44:33.820 --> 00:44:34.480
 that's totally insane

00:44:34.480 --> 00:44:34.759
 to me.

00:44:35.460 --> 00:44:35.739
 Um,

00:44:36.980 --> 00:44:38.360
 so I hope

00:44:38.360 --> 00:44:39.380
 this increases

00:44:39.380 --> 00:44:40.079
 your joy,

00:44:40.779 --> 00:44:41.659
 that it gives you

00:44:41.659 --> 00:44:42.840
 confidence in the Word

00:44:42.840 --> 00:44:43.059
 that,

00:44:43.299 --> 00:44:44.139
 that even tomorrow

00:44:44.139 --> 00:44:45.460
 morning we're fighting

00:44:45.460 --> 00:44:46.039
 for that time

00:44:46.039 --> 00:44:46.440
 of like,

00:44:46.820 --> 00:44:47.119
 Lord,

00:44:47.179 --> 00:44:48.219
 I will do anything

00:44:48.219 --> 00:44:49.360
 to know you more.

00:44:49.360 --> 00:44:50.260
 I don't care

00:44:50.260 --> 00:44:50.920
 what the sacrifice

00:44:50.920 --> 00:44:51.220
 is,

00:44:51.280 --> 00:44:52.099
 I'll put it down

00:44:52.099 --> 00:44:52.320
 like,

00:44:52.559 --> 00:44:53.360
 because I know

00:44:53.360 --> 00:44:55.039
 that you're the

00:44:55.039 --> 00:44:55.720
 reason why I get

00:44:55.720 --> 00:44:56.000
 in the Word,

00:44:56.079 --> 00:44:56.660
 you're the reason

00:44:56.660 --> 00:44:57.880
 why I want to

00:44:57.880 --> 00:44:58.440
 know you more.

00:44:59.440 --> 00:44:59.700
 Um,

00:44:59.700 --> 00:45:00.039
 let me just pray

00:45:00.039 --> 00:45:00.720
 for us real quickly

00:45:00.720 --> 00:45:01.180
 and Alex,

00:45:01.240 --> 00:45:01.680
 if you want to

00:45:01.680 --> 00:45:02.180
 come back up.

00:45:02.619 --> 00:45:03.179
 Let me just pray

00:45:03.179 --> 00:45:04.299
 if you want to

00:45:04.299 --> 00:45:04.299


00:45:04.299 --> 00:45:05.419
 if you want to

00:45:05.419 --> 00:45:06.480
 let me just pray

00:45:06.480 --> 00:45:07.099
 if you want to

00:45:07.099 --> 00:45:07.099


00:45:07.099 --> 00:45:07.839
 if you want to

00:45:07.839 --> 00:45:08.199
 let me just pray

00:45:08.199 --> 00:45:08.799
 if you want to

00:45:08.799 --> 00:45:10.199
 let me just pray

00:45:10.199 --> 00:45:11.279
 if you want to

00:45:11.279 --> 00:45:11.279


00:45:11.279 --> 00:45:11.279


00:45:11.279 --> 00:45:11.279


00:45:11.279 --> 00:45:12.279
 if you want to

00:45:12.279 --> 00:45:14.279
 let me just pray

00:45:14.279 --> 00:45:14.279


00:45:14.279 --> 00:45:14.279


00:45:14.279 --> 00:45:15.980
 if I need to

00:45:15.980 --> 00:45:17.119
 let me just pray

00:45:17.119 --> 00:45:17.359
 if I need to

00:45:17.359 --> 00:45:18.099
 let me just pray

00:45:18.099 --> 00:45:18.460
 if I need to

00:45:18.460 --> 00:45:19.019
 let me just pray

00:45:19.019 --> 00:45:20.339
 if I need to

00:45:20.339 --> 00:45:20.339


00:45:20.339 --> 00:45:21.219
 if I need to

00:45:21.219 --> 00:45:21.579
 let me just pray

00:45:21.579 --> 00:45:22.839
 if I need to

00:45:22.839 --> 00:45:23.419
 let me just pray

00:45:23.419 --> 00:45:24.559
 if I need to

00:45:24.559 --> 00:45:25.759
 let me just pray

00:45:25.759 --> 00:45:26.859
!

00:45:26.859 --> 00:45:28.019
 Let me just pray

00:45:28.019 --> 00:45:28.519
!