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 Good morning. Open up your Bibles to Exodus chapter 3.

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! So whether it was planned or not, I don't know, but a lot of the songs and even what

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! Aletheia Way was focused on this morning is our topic today.

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 And how many of you are aware of your need for a great and glorious God today?

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 And we're all in need of Him, and that never changes.

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 Just the awareness of our need increases, I hope, day by day, of how much we actually

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 need God. And I hope that the message today encourages you. It really has me, and I'm not

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 just kind of saying that because I'm filling in today.

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 But just a little introduction, like why should we listen? And we all need a great and glorious

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 God, and we all sang that just a little while ago. And I hope that it was true as it came

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 out of your mouth, and that you weren't singing nonsense or lies to God. You were genuinely

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 aware of how great He is. So why listen to this message? But Tozer, in one of his books, said this,

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 were we able to extract from any man a complete answer to this question, what comes into your

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 mind when you think about God? We might predict with certainty the spiritual future of that man.

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 Without doubt, the mightiest thought the mind can entertain is the thought of God. And the

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 weightiest word in any language is the word for God. Yeah, so the greatest thoughts we have,

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 the mightiest thoughts we have are those that we think about the living God. Our beliefs concerning

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 Him affect how we live in public and in private behind closed doors. How we manage our days,

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 how we manage our time, what we do with our time is affected by how we view God. Not just our actions,

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 but the motives behind our actions relate to how we view the person of God. And God cares about how

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 we see Him. He cares about how we understand Him. He's not satisfied or okay with warped views of who

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 He really is. I think for many of us, whether you're married or single, I think one of the greatest

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 desires you have is you want to be understood. You want people to know you for who you really are.

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 You hate it when people misunderstand something that you're doing and interpret it in a wrong way.

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 You want to be understood. And it's no different with God. But understanding who He is can mean the

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 difference between life or death. And many people in the world, even this morning, are committing

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 idolatry because they're worshiping a God of their own imagination rather than the God of the Scripture

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 and the God who says, I am this way and I won't be changed by your opinions of me.

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 And Jesus said in John 4 that it is possible to worship God in the wrong way. And so we should

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 pay attention to this time. J.I. Packer in his book, Knowing God, he mentioned three things about

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 how we think about God. He said, those who know God have great thoughts of Him.

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 So if we have a very small view of God, if we have a very puny view of God, it will affect our life.

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 People who refuse to enlarge their view of God will be left in a very pitiful state.

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 A long time ago, during the Reformation, Luther said to Erasmus,

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 your thoughts of God are too human. You think that He is just like us. You think that He behaves like us,

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 acts like us, and you're wrong. So are your thoughts of God, even this morning, too human?

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 There's enough of the person of God to go around forever, like for our souls to feast on,

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 and enough of God to fill our hearts and minds with awe and wonder for all eternity.

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 High thoughts of God keep us humble, dependent, and obedient, and in awe to Him.

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 David wrote concerning these things in Psalm 139, something I've really been reading a lot of lately.

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 He says,

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 beyond reach and beyond our power, like to fully comprehend the person of God.

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 It transcends in a way that even we can't attain it, and even if we could, we wouldn't understand it.

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 But don't misunderstand me. God can be known. He can be known. He can be understood.

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 That it is false to say that He can be fully and exhaustively known.

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 The finite cannot fully contain the infinite.

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 And that's where we find ourselves this morning, so it keeps us humble.

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 So those who know God have great thoughts of God.

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 The second way, Packer said, those who know God have great boldness for God.

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 If you truly know Him, if you've been brought near to Him by the blood of Christ,

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 you can throw yourself recklessly into His mission, into His purposes.

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 There's no need for fear at all.

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 So many of us are timid about facing everyday trials in our lives,

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 and facing anything that has been touched by sin.

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 We're afraid because we have a small view of our God, or we've lost sight of how big He truly is.

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 So those of us who have an enormous, glorious view of God,

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 we can face life without fear, and even death itself.

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 In Daniel chapter 11, verse 32, it says,

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 But the people who know their God shall be strong, stand firm, and take action.

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 That phrase means to strive valiantly, or courageously prevail, or to stand firmly resolute.

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 That's how understanding God really, truly is, can impact us.

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 Then lastly, he said, those who know God have great peace in God.

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 Not a peace that the world gives, as Jesus says,

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 but when we really understand God for who He is,

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 our minds are possessed with such a strong assurance that anything could come our way,

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 and we would be okay, not in our own strength, but in His.

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 A relationship that we have that's guaranteed by the blood of Jesus,

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 and His favor towards us.

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 We have nothing to fear.

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 Trials come.

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 Anything come.

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 We're fine.

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 So even death is welcomed at the end of the day,

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 because we have a great peace in God.

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 So, we cannot misunderstand who the person of God is.

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 And so just to catch a glimpse of this,

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 we're going to look at Exodus 3 today,

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 the encounter of Moses and God on Mount Sinai.

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 But just the background,

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 Moses has fled the land of Egypt because he killed an Egyptian that he saw beating a fellow Hebrew.

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 And he flees to the land of Midian,

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 which is basically where modern Saudi Arabia is today.

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 And he kind of lives a very low-key life there,

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 and is married to a Midianite woman,

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 and lives in obscurity until he wanders to the base of Mount Sinai.

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 So there, Moses, God experiences like the God of covenant faithfulness,

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 and a great compassion to come and deliver his people from the bondage in Egypt.

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 It's a divine human encounter that we can learn a lot from.

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 So he faces the person of God here,

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 and in words that cannot be described,

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 he is overwhelmed.

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 So let's read this together.

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 Let's start in verse 1.

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 It says,

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 Let's read this together.

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 Let's read this together.

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 Let's read this together.

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 Let's read this together.

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 Let's read this together.

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 Let's read this together.

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 Let's read this together.

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 Let's read this together.

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 Let's read this together.

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 Let's read this together.

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 And he said, Here I am.

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 Then he said, Do not come near.

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 Take your sandals off your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground.

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 And he said, I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, the God of Jacob.

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 And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God.

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 Then the Lord said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt.

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 And I have heard their cry because of their taskmasters.

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 I know their sufferings.

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 I have come down to deliver them out of the land of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of the land to a good and broad land.

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 A land flowing with milk and honey to the place of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites.

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 And now, behold, the cry of my people of Israel has come to me.

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 And I have also seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppressed them.

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 Come, and I will send you to Pharaoh, that you may bring my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt.

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 But Moses said to God, Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the children of Israel out of Egypt?

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 He said, But I will be with you, and this shall be a sign for you that I have sent you.

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 When you have brought the people out of Egypt, you shall serve God on this mountain.

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 Then Moses said to God, If I come to the people of Israel and say to them, The God of your fathers has sent me.

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 And they ask me, What is his name?

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 What shall I say to them?

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 And God said to Moses, I am who I am.

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 And he said, Say to this people of Israel, I am has sent me to you.

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 God also said to Moses, Say this to the people of Israel, The Lord, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob has sent me to you.

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 This is my name forever, and thus I am remembered throughout all generations.

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 So, I'll stop there.

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 If that's not enough for us to chew on for a little while.

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 So, in the Bible, names carry a lot more meaning than most people today in our culture seem to think about.

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 In the Scripture, the name of a person signifies their character, their ability, their mission,

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 especially when the name is actually given by God Himself.

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 So, example, Adam names his wife Eve because she was the mother of all the living.

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 And even greater example, the Son of God came into the world, and Mary was told,

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 You shall call him Jesus, for he will save his people.

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 So, their names are connected to their mission.

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 So, names have a lot of meaning.

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 And in the Old Testament, we just read,

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 I am who I am in Hebrew is the verb to be or to exist.

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 So, simply put, and this is overstating the simplicity of this more than likely,

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 but simply put, God told Moses,

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 I will be what I will be.

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 I have always existed, and I will always exist.

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 I just am.

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 And we look in a lot of our English translations,

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 there's a substitute word to throw in, the capital, all caps, L-O-R-D, LORD.

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 And in the Hebrew, when they read out loud,

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 they would not read God's precise name,

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 but substitute it with Adonai.

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 Where they saw the four-letter word,

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 Y-H-W-H,

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 meaning Yahweh.

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 God's proper name in Hebrew,

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 used around close to 7,000 times.

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 A lot of emphasis there.

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 That's three times as much as Elohim.

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 That's still a very significant name.

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 And the aim of this was,

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 God wants to show that he's not just a generic deity,

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 that he wants to be known for who he actually is.

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 So, God's name carries his unique character and his mission.

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 So, when God said this,

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 when God said,

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 I am who I am,

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 we can somewhat derive a few things of what he actually meant when he said that.

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 So, here's the first thing.

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 What is God saying?

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 What is God trying to communicate to us through his name?

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 The first thing is,

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 God is one.

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 God is one.

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 This is also called in theological circles,

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 the unity of God.

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 But it means that the person of God

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 is not divided into parts or sections.

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 In the old,

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 there's several,

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 I think two,

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 old church catechisms and statements of faith

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 that say,

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 they call this the simplicity of God.

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 Not saying that God is simple,

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 meaning that he's small and unintelligent,

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 but simple meaning like this is a simple device.

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 It's not complex.

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 It doesn't have a lot of parts to it.

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 So, it means that the person of God

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 is not divided into parts or sections,

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 but yet we can see

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 different parts of God's character

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 emphasized at different times.

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 God is all that he is all the time.

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 Get your head around that statement.

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 Write it down if you have to.

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 God simply is all that he is all the time.

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 And God reveals himself to us in such fullness

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 that there can be nothing boring about him.

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 So, let's unpack this a little bit.

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 How do we relate this idea that God is one

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 or God is simple to his attributes?

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 Those of us who have looked into this before,

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 we know that we've chopped God up

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 into his attributes,

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 which is okay.

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 I'll explain.

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 But there's the incommunicable attributes,

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 which means that we as human beings

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 cannot relate to these attributes at all.

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 They're only divine attributes.

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 Things like omnipotence,

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 omnipresence,

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 omniscience.

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 Those are things that we as humans

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 have no idea about.

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 We can't touch them.

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 Only the person of God

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 possesses those attributes.

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 And on the flip side,

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 we have the communicable attributes.

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 Things like goodness,

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 love,

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 mercy.

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 Those are things that we as humans

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 can have some taste of in this life,

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 though we don't perfectly

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 experience all those things all the time,

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 obviously.

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 And how do we relate this to the idea

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 that God is one?

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 It means that

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 every attribute of God

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 is true of God

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 all the time.

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 And to give you an example,

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 those of you who do read your Bibles,

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 unlike us,

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 God is his attributes.

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 God is love.

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 He doesn't just occasionally act a certain way.

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 He is those things.

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 Example,

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 God is love.

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 1 John 4.8

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 God is a consuming fire.

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 Hebrews 12.29

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 God is holy.

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 Psalm 99.9

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 verse 9.

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 So,

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 when God demonstrates

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 his love,

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 he doesn't cease to be

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 just and holy

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 when he does that.

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 And how many of you do that

00:18:24.380 --> 00:18:25.240
 when you read the scripture?

00:18:25.420 --> 00:18:25.700
 You say,

00:18:25.800 --> 00:18:27.259
 here God is displaying his love,

00:18:27.360 --> 00:18:28.540
 but he is not being merciful.

00:18:29.220 --> 00:18:29.460
 Or,

00:18:29.560 --> 00:18:30.300
 here God is

00:18:30.300 --> 00:18:32.320
 displaying his holiness,

00:18:32.319 --> 00:18:35.339
 and so he can't be loving.

00:18:35.559 --> 00:18:36.079
 Y'all do that?

00:18:36.119 --> 00:18:36.279
 Like,

00:18:36.299 --> 00:18:37.000
 he just destroyed

00:18:37.000 --> 00:18:38.399
 3,000 people.

00:18:38.500 --> 00:18:38.599
 So,

00:18:38.639 --> 00:18:39.919
 this surely is just a demonstration

00:18:39.919 --> 00:18:41.960
 of God's wrath

00:18:41.960 --> 00:18:42.859
 and God's holiness.

00:18:45.319 --> 00:18:46.679
 And I'm not telling you

00:18:46.679 --> 00:18:47.619
 not to do that.

00:18:48.539 --> 00:18:48.919
 But,

00:18:49.639 --> 00:18:51.179
 here's what you need to understand.

00:18:52.240 --> 00:18:53.819
 In those situations,

00:18:54.119 --> 00:18:55.500
 God did not cease to be

00:18:55.500 --> 00:18:57.079
 one of his other attributes.

00:18:58.899 --> 00:18:59.379
 Example,

00:18:59.419 --> 00:18:59.879
 we read

00:18:59.879 --> 00:19:01.419
 sections in

00:19:01.420 --> 00:19:03.240
 the Old Testament

00:19:03.240 --> 00:19:04.160
 where we see God

00:19:04.160 --> 00:19:06.160
 judging the nation of Israel

00:19:06.160 --> 00:19:07.019
 or judging other

00:19:07.019 --> 00:19:08.160
 people groups

00:19:08.160 --> 00:19:08.880
 and he,

00:19:08.980 --> 00:19:09.720
 you know,

00:19:09.800 --> 00:19:11.660
 annihilates a large number of them.

00:19:12.600 --> 00:19:12.940
 Well,

00:19:13.060 --> 00:19:13.940
 in that moment,

00:19:14.060 --> 00:19:14.960
 we're tempted to think

00:19:14.960 --> 00:19:15.340
 in that

00:19:15.340 --> 00:19:16.160
 he is just

00:19:16.160 --> 00:19:17.500
 displaying his wrath.

00:19:19.180 --> 00:19:19.700
 But,

00:19:20.080 --> 00:19:22.500
 he didn't cease to be

00:19:22.500 --> 00:19:23.160
 a loving God

00:19:23.160 --> 00:19:23.800
 in that moment.

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 Let me explain.

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 Is it a loving thing

00:19:28.140 --> 00:19:28.820
 to allow

00:19:28.820 --> 00:19:30.880
 sin and evil

00:19:30.880 --> 00:19:31.660
 to flourish

00:19:31.660 --> 00:19:33.220
 and to go on

00:19:33.220 --> 00:19:34.140
 conquering the world?

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 It's not.

00:19:36.160 --> 00:19:36.540
 So,

00:19:36.620 --> 00:19:37.400
 God destroys it.

00:19:38.380 --> 00:19:38.680
 So,

00:19:38.800 --> 00:19:39.680
 in that same act,

00:19:39.760 --> 00:19:40.500
 God was loving

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 and he was just

00:19:41.380 --> 00:19:42.620
 in the same act.

00:19:43.640 --> 00:19:43.940
 Right?

00:19:44.200 --> 00:19:44.660
 And,

00:19:44.740 --> 00:19:45.120
 obviously,

00:19:45.240 --> 00:19:46.060
 the greatest display

00:19:46.060 --> 00:19:47.100
 of this is the cross.

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 And we know that.

00:19:49.600 --> 00:19:49.940
 So,

00:19:50.620 --> 00:19:51.760
 when we're thinking about it,

00:19:51.760 --> 00:19:52.920
 it means that God's attributes

00:19:52.920 --> 00:19:54.520
 are so connected,

00:19:54.680 --> 00:19:55.800
 so intertwined,

00:19:56.120 --> 00:19:58.400
 that he's not separated.

00:19:58.400 --> 00:19:59.700
 his attributes

00:19:59.700 --> 00:20:00.440
 are these little

00:20:00.440 --> 00:20:01.800
 individual components

00:20:01.800 --> 00:20:02.840
 that we bring together

00:20:02.840 --> 00:20:04.380
 and that are held together

00:20:04.380 --> 00:20:07.060
 by a divine superglue,

00:20:07.300 --> 00:20:07.860
 if you would.

00:20:08.560 --> 00:20:09.300
 They're not

00:20:09.300 --> 00:20:10.780
 different components.

00:20:11.780 --> 00:20:12.700
 It means that

00:20:12.700 --> 00:20:13.740
 God's goodness

00:20:13.740 --> 00:20:14.940
 is his justice

00:20:14.940 --> 00:20:15.820
 and his justice

00:20:15.820 --> 00:20:16.860
 is his goodness.

00:20:18.340 --> 00:20:19.820
 Get your head around that.

00:20:19.819 --> 00:20:21.319
 So,

00:20:21.460 --> 00:20:22.899
 we want to chop him up

00:20:22.899 --> 00:20:24.939
 to understand him.

00:20:25.899 --> 00:20:27.079
 And why do we do that?

00:20:28.019 --> 00:20:29.379
 It's probably because

00:20:29.379 --> 00:20:30.599
 none of us can bear,

00:20:30.700 --> 00:20:30.859
 like,

00:20:30.919 --> 00:20:31.659
 on our soul

00:20:31.659 --> 00:20:32.960
 all of who God is

00:20:32.960 --> 00:20:33.639
 at one time.

00:20:34.019 --> 00:20:34.480
 So,

00:20:34.539 --> 00:20:35.679
 he accommodates us

00:20:35.679 --> 00:20:37.139
 in terms of attributes.

00:20:37.980 --> 00:20:39.519
 He breaks himself down

00:20:39.519 --> 00:20:40.679
 in order to show us

00:20:40.679 --> 00:20:41.379
 who he is,

00:20:41.939 --> 00:20:43.759
 which is such mercy

00:20:43.759 --> 00:20:44.639
 on his part.

00:20:45.879 --> 00:20:46.399
 He can't,

00:20:46.439 --> 00:20:47.359
 we can't take

00:20:47.359 --> 00:20:47.939
 all of him

00:20:47.939 --> 00:20:48.639
 at one time.

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 As he said later on

00:20:50.759 --> 00:20:52.480
 to Moses in Exodus 33,

00:20:53.340 --> 00:20:54.060
 when Moses said,

00:20:54.320 --> 00:20:55.320
 show me your glory,

00:20:55.980 --> 00:20:56.520
 Moses said,

00:20:56.620 --> 00:20:57.060
 I will make,

00:20:57.320 --> 00:20:57.840
 or God said,

00:20:57.880 --> 00:20:58.740
 I'll make my goodness

00:20:58.740 --> 00:20:59.800
 pass before you,

00:21:00.380 --> 00:21:01.200
 but my face

00:21:01.200 --> 00:21:02.160
 you cannot see.

00:21:02.960 --> 00:21:03.680
 No man

00:21:03.680 --> 00:21:04.540
 can see me

00:21:04.540 --> 00:21:05.220
 and live.

00:21:06.120 --> 00:21:06.580
 So,

00:21:06.620 --> 00:21:07.160
 I can show you

00:21:07.160 --> 00:21:07.700
 my mercy

00:21:07.700 --> 00:21:08.160
 and show you

00:21:08.160 --> 00:21:08.660
 my goodness,

00:21:09.460 --> 00:21:10.200
 but you can't

00:21:10.200 --> 00:21:11.720
 fully take

00:21:11.720 --> 00:21:12.880
 all of who I am.

00:21:13.020 --> 00:21:13.440
 And so,

00:21:14.480 --> 00:21:15.660
 you can't bear it

00:21:15.660 --> 00:21:16.300
 on your soul

00:21:16.300 --> 00:21:16.980
 or otherwise

00:21:16.980 --> 00:21:17.759
 it would kill you.

00:21:17.759 --> 00:21:18.960
 So,

00:21:19.039 --> 00:21:19.740
 every attribute

00:21:19.740 --> 00:21:20.579
 of God

00:21:20.579 --> 00:21:21.440
 is completely

00:21:21.440 --> 00:21:22.359
 true of God

00:21:22.359 --> 00:21:23.759
 all the time.

00:21:25.640 --> 00:21:27.839
 It's so unlike us.

00:21:29.420 --> 00:21:30.339
 Augustine wrote,

00:21:30.879 --> 00:21:32.900
 what is my God?

00:21:34.039 --> 00:21:35.680
 What I ask

00:21:35.680 --> 00:21:37.460
 but the Lord God.

00:21:38.420 --> 00:21:39.599
 For who is the Lord

00:21:39.599 --> 00:21:40.779
 but the Lord himself?

00:21:41.480 --> 00:21:42.480
 Or who is God

00:21:42.480 --> 00:21:43.740
 besides our God?

00:21:43.740 --> 00:21:45.660
 Lord God,

00:21:45.779 --> 00:21:47.120
 you are stable

00:21:47.120 --> 00:21:48.740
 yet not supported.

00:21:50.099 --> 00:21:50.759
 Unchangeable

00:21:50.759 --> 00:21:51.720
 yet changing

00:21:51.720 --> 00:21:52.620
 all things.

00:21:53.539 --> 00:21:54.380
 Never new

00:21:54.380 --> 00:21:55.720
 yet never old.

00:21:56.420 --> 00:21:57.740
 Making all things

00:21:57.740 --> 00:21:58.120
 new

00:21:58.120 --> 00:21:59.460
 yet bringing

00:21:59.460 --> 00:22:00.240
 old age

00:22:00.240 --> 00:22:01.160
 upon the proud

00:22:01.160 --> 00:22:02.259
 and they know it not.

00:22:03.220 --> 00:22:04.400
 Always working

00:22:04.400 --> 00:22:06.079
 yet ever

00:22:06.079 --> 00:22:06.940
 at rest.

00:22:08.519 --> 00:22:09.120
 Gathering

00:22:09.120 --> 00:22:09.859
 but yet needing

00:22:09.859 --> 00:22:10.220
 nothing.

00:22:10.220 --> 00:22:11.980
 that's

00:22:11.980 --> 00:22:12.799
 just a

00:22:12.799 --> 00:22:14.420
 tiny picture

00:22:14.420 --> 00:22:14.900
 again

00:22:14.900 --> 00:22:15.519
 of just how

00:22:15.519 --> 00:22:16.240
 great our God

00:22:16.240 --> 00:22:16.640
 is.

00:22:17.500 --> 00:22:17.860
 So,

00:22:17.920 --> 00:22:18.279
 he has

00:22:18.279 --> 00:22:19.500
 accommodated us.

00:22:19.980 --> 00:22:20.440
 He has

00:22:20.440 --> 00:22:21.700
 broken himself

00:22:21.700 --> 00:22:22.559
 down for us

00:22:22.559 --> 00:22:23.420
 to understand

00:22:23.420 --> 00:22:25.100
 in his grace.

00:22:25.680 --> 00:22:26.360
 Kind of like

00:22:26.360 --> 00:22:27.319
 how a ray of light

00:22:27.319 --> 00:22:28.000
 comes through

00:22:28.000 --> 00:22:28.660
 a window

00:22:28.660 --> 00:22:30.059
 and we

00:22:30.059 --> 00:22:30.700
 have to

00:22:30.700 --> 00:22:31.579
 it breaks

00:22:31.579 --> 00:22:32.180
 itself up

00:22:32.180 --> 00:22:32.640
 into different

00:22:32.640 --> 00:22:33.059
 colors

00:22:33.059 --> 00:22:33.640
 so we can

00:22:33.640 --> 00:22:34.339
 understand

00:22:34.339 --> 00:22:35.160
 and see it.

00:22:35.980 --> 00:22:36.920
 Tiny example.

00:22:36.920 --> 00:22:38.380
 that everything

00:22:38.380 --> 00:22:39.000
 in the scripture

00:22:39.000 --> 00:22:40.160
 from the

00:22:40.160 --> 00:22:40.720
 tabernacle

00:22:40.720 --> 00:22:41.259
 to the

00:22:41.259 --> 00:22:41.740
 temple

00:22:41.740 --> 00:22:42.279
 is some

00:22:42.279 --> 00:22:42.700
 sort of

00:22:42.700 --> 00:22:43.019
 prism

00:22:43.019 --> 00:22:43.539
 of God

00:22:43.539 --> 00:22:44.140
 showing us

00:22:44.140 --> 00:22:44.480
 who he

00:22:44.480 --> 00:22:44.880
 is.

00:22:46.240 --> 00:22:46.860
 Breaking

00:22:46.860 --> 00:22:47.300
 himself

00:22:47.300 --> 00:22:47.700
 down

00:22:47.700 --> 00:22:48.120
 for our

00:22:48.120 --> 00:22:48.480
 finite

00:22:48.480 --> 00:22:49.019
 minds

00:22:49.019 --> 00:22:49.340
 to

00:22:49.340 --> 00:22:50.620
 understand.

00:22:51.860 --> 00:22:52.460
 Job

00:22:52.460 --> 00:22:52.860
 said,

00:22:54.259 --> 00:22:54.700
 Behold,

00:22:54.840 --> 00:22:55.220
 these are

00:22:55.220 --> 00:22:55.640
 but the

00:22:55.640 --> 00:22:56.440
 outskirts

00:22:56.440 --> 00:22:56.980
 of his

00:22:56.980 --> 00:22:57.480
 ways

00:22:57.480 --> 00:22:58.880
 and how

00:22:58.880 --> 00:22:59.460
 small

00:22:59.460 --> 00:23:00.080
 a whisper

00:23:00.080 --> 00:23:00.480
 do we

00:23:00.480 --> 00:23:00.880
 hear of

00:23:00.880 --> 00:23:01.120
 him

00:23:01.120 --> 00:23:02.360
 but the

00:23:02.360 --> 00:23:02.720
 thunder

00:23:02.720 --> 00:23:03.180
 of his

00:23:03.180 --> 00:23:03.620
 power

00:23:03.620 --> 00:23:04.240
 who can

00:23:04.240 --> 00:23:04.900
 understand.

00:23:04.900 --> 00:23:06.780
 God

00:23:06.780 --> 00:23:07.860
 is one.

00:23:08.100 --> 00:23:08.400
 That's

00:23:08.400 --> 00:23:09.259
 one thing

00:23:09.259 --> 00:23:09.560
 we can

00:23:09.560 --> 00:23:09.820
 draw

00:23:09.820 --> 00:23:09.980
 a

00:23:09.980 --> 00:23:10.400
 conclusion

00:23:10.400 --> 00:23:10.860
 from

00:23:10.860 --> 00:23:11.540
 by

00:23:11.540 --> 00:23:11.920
 God's

00:23:11.920 --> 00:23:12.240
 name.

00:23:13.540 --> 00:23:14.019
 Secondly,

00:23:15.060 --> 00:23:15.620
 we know

00:23:15.620 --> 00:23:16.000
 that

00:23:16.000 --> 00:23:17.080
 God is

00:23:17.080 --> 00:23:17.320
 saying

00:23:17.320 --> 00:23:17.820
 I am

00:23:17.820 --> 00:23:18.259
 eternal.

00:23:18.440 --> 00:23:18.640
 God

00:23:18.640 --> 00:23:18.820
 is

00:23:18.820 --> 00:23:19.220
 eternal.

00:23:20.340 --> 00:23:20.660
 I

00:23:20.660 --> 00:23:21.019
 am

00:23:21.019 --> 00:23:21.300
 who

00:23:21.300 --> 00:23:21.500
 I

00:23:21.500 --> 00:23:21.780
 am.

00:23:21.820 --> 00:23:21.920
 I

00:23:21.920 --> 00:23:22.080
 will

00:23:22.080 --> 00:23:22.420
 be

00:23:22.420 --> 00:23:22.680
 what

00:23:22.680 --> 00:23:22.860
 I

00:23:22.860 --> 00:23:23.000
 will

00:23:23.000 --> 00:23:23.340
 be.

00:23:24.560 --> 00:23:25.000
 I

00:23:25.000 --> 00:23:25.140
 am

00:23:25.140 --> 00:23:25.580
 eternal

00:23:25.580 --> 00:23:25.940
 meaning

00:23:25.940 --> 00:23:26.180
 that

00:23:26.180 --> 00:23:26.340
 he

00:23:26.340 --> 00:23:26.720
 always

00:23:26.720 --> 00:23:27.160
 has

00:23:27.160 --> 00:23:27.300
 and

00:23:27.300 --> 00:23:27.440
 he

00:23:27.440 --> 00:23:27.720
 will

00:23:27.720 --> 00:23:28.320
 always

00:23:28.320 --> 00:23:29.360
 exist.

00:23:30.820 --> 00:23:31.400
 God

00:23:31.400 --> 00:23:31.740
 said to

00:23:31.740 --> 00:23:31.880
 the

00:23:31.880 --> 00:23:32.200
 apostle

00:23:32.200 --> 00:23:32.700
 John,

00:23:32.820 --> 00:23:33.019
 I

00:23:33.019 --> 00:23:33.140
 am

00:23:33.140 --> 00:23:33.280
 the

00:23:33.280 --> 00:23:33.600
 alpha,

00:23:33.800 --> 00:23:33.900
 the

00:23:33.900 --> 00:23:34.300
 omega,

00:23:34.299 --> 00:23:35.519
 says

00:23:35.519 --> 00:23:35.700
 the

00:23:35.700 --> 00:23:35.919
 Lord

00:23:35.919 --> 00:23:36.359
 God

00:23:36.359 --> 00:23:38.059
 who

00:23:38.059 --> 00:23:38.460
 is

00:23:38.460 --> 00:23:38.799
 and

00:23:38.799 --> 00:23:39.759
 who

00:23:39.759 --> 00:23:40.259
 was

00:23:40.259 --> 00:23:40.460
 and

00:23:40.460 --> 00:23:40.639
 who

00:23:40.639 --> 00:23:41.039
 is

00:23:41.039 --> 00:23:41.220
 to

00:23:41.220 --> 00:23:41.639
 come

00:23:41.639 --> 00:23:41.980
 the

00:23:41.980 --> 00:23:42.440
 almighty.

00:23:43.680 --> 00:23:44.099
 So the

00:23:44.099 --> 00:23:44.519
 first and

00:23:44.519 --> 00:23:45.139
 last letters

00:23:45.139 --> 00:23:45.419
 of

00:23:45.419 --> 00:23:45.819
 the

00:23:45.819 --> 00:23:46.000
 Greek

00:23:46.000 --> 00:23:46.359
 alphabet

00:23:46.359 --> 00:23:47.559
 saying

00:23:47.559 --> 00:23:47.779
 that

00:23:47.779 --> 00:23:47.940
 the

00:23:47.940 --> 00:23:48.159
 living

00:23:48.159 --> 00:23:48.659
 God

00:23:48.659 --> 00:23:49.879
 encompasses

00:23:49.879 --> 00:23:50.379
 all

00:23:50.379 --> 00:23:50.740
 things.

00:23:50.839 --> 00:23:50.899
 He

00:23:50.899 --> 00:23:51.200
 has

00:23:51.200 --> 00:23:51.919
 no

00:23:51.919 --> 00:23:52.299
 beginning

00:23:52.299 --> 00:23:52.839
 and

00:23:52.839 --> 00:23:53.180
 he

00:23:53.180 --> 00:23:53.440
 has

00:23:53.440 --> 00:23:53.799
 no

00:23:53.799 --> 00:23:54.159
 end.

00:23:56.500 --> 00:23:57.099
 Again,

00:23:57.419 --> 00:23:57.720
 he

00:23:57.720 --> 00:23:57.960
 doesn't

00:23:57.960 --> 00:23:58.299
 live in

00:23:58.299 --> 00:23:58.440
 the

00:23:58.440 --> 00:23:59.019
 confides

00:23:59.019 --> 00:23:59.180
 of

00:23:59.180 --> 00:23:59.539
 time

00:23:59.539 --> 00:23:59.759
 like

00:23:59.759 --> 00:23:59.960
 we

00:23:59.960 --> 00:24:00.220
 do.

00:24:02.079 --> 00:24:02.599
 He

00:24:02.599 --> 00:24:02.720
 doesn't

00:24:02.720 --> 00:24:03.000
 need a

00:24:03.000 --> 00:24:03.339
 watch

00:24:03.339 --> 00:24:03.559
 to

00:24:03.559 --> 00:24:04.079
 understand

00:24:04.079 --> 00:24:04.359
 what's

00:24:04.359 --> 00:24:04.720
 happening

00:24:04.720 --> 00:24:05.119
 in

00:24:05.119 --> 00:24:05.299
 his

00:24:05.299 --> 00:24:05.819
 universe.

00:24:07.619 --> 00:24:08.179
 Successions

00:24:08.179 --> 00:24:08.639
 of time

00:24:08.639 --> 00:24:09.179
 are for

00:24:09.179 --> 00:24:09.480
 us.

00:24:09.519 --> 00:24:09.579
 He

00:24:09.579 --> 00:24:09.879
 is not

00:24:09.879 --> 00:24:10.199
 bound

00:24:10.199 --> 00:24:10.399
 by

00:24:10.399 --> 00:24:10.819
 time.

00:24:11.699 --> 00:24:11.799
 He

00:24:11.799 --> 00:24:12.179
 sees

00:24:12.179 --> 00:24:12.379
 the

00:24:12.379 --> 00:24:12.799
 past,

00:24:12.939 --> 00:24:13.019
 the

00:24:13.019 --> 00:24:13.359
 present,

00:24:13.439 --> 00:24:13.679
 and the

00:24:13.679 --> 00:24:14.019
 future

00:24:14.019 --> 00:24:14.740
 as

00:24:14.740 --> 00:24:15.419
 clearly

00:24:15.419 --> 00:24:15.839
 as you

00:24:15.839 --> 00:24:16.299
 and I

00:24:16.299 --> 00:24:17.319
 see the

00:24:17.319 --> 00:24:17.659
 present.

00:24:18.139 --> 00:24:18.639
 It's all

00:24:18.639 --> 00:24:19.339
 before him.

00:24:19.799 --> 00:24:20.299
 He is

00:24:20.299 --> 00:24:20.799
 eternal.

00:24:21.759 --> 00:24:22.359
 I am

00:24:22.359 --> 00:24:22.819
 who I

00:24:22.819 --> 00:24:23.119
 am.

00:24:23.859 --> 00:24:24.139
 No

00:24:24.139 --> 00:24:24.339
 one

00:24:24.339 --> 00:24:24.720
 created

00:24:24.720 --> 00:24:25.079
 me

00:24:25.079 --> 00:24:25.699
 and

00:24:25.699 --> 00:24:26.899
 no

00:24:26.899 --> 00:24:27.079
 one

00:24:27.079 --> 00:24:27.359
 has

00:24:27.359 --> 00:24:27.519
 the

00:24:27.519 --> 00:24:27.859
 power

00:24:27.859 --> 00:24:28.359
 to do

00:24:28.359 --> 00:24:28.619
 what

00:24:28.619 --> 00:24:28.819
 I

00:24:28.819 --> 00:24:29.139
 do.

00:24:29.799 --> 00:24:30.179
 I

00:24:30.179 --> 00:24:30.959
 exist.

00:24:31.220 --> 00:24:31.379
 No

00:24:31.379 --> 00:24:31.619
 one

00:24:31.619 --> 00:24:32.039
 shapes

00:24:32.039 --> 00:24:32.299
 my

00:24:32.299 --> 00:24:32.940
 personality.

00:24:33.839 --> 00:24:34.220
 I

00:24:34.220 --> 00:24:35.379
 have

00:24:35.379 --> 00:24:35.579
 no

00:24:35.579 --> 00:24:35.940
 beginning

00:24:35.940 --> 00:24:36.420
 and I

00:24:36.420 --> 00:24:36.759
 have

00:24:36.759 --> 00:24:37.099
 no

00:24:37.099 --> 00:24:37.440
 end.

00:24:38.480 --> 00:24:38.639
 And

00:24:38.639 --> 00:24:38.879
 Moses

00:24:38.879 --> 00:24:39.480
 understood

00:24:39.480 --> 00:24:39.899
 this.

00:24:40.059 --> 00:24:40.059


00:24:40.059 --> 00:24:40.579
 prayed in

00:24:40.579 --> 00:24:41.480
 Psalm

00:24:41.480 --> 00:24:41.839
 90

00:24:41.839 --> 00:24:42.420
 verse 2,

00:24:42.559 --> 00:24:42.980
 before the

00:24:42.980 --> 00:24:43.420
 mountains

00:24:43.420 --> 00:24:43.899
 were brought

00:24:43.899 --> 00:24:44.480
 forth,

00:24:45.619 --> 00:24:46.200
 or you

00:24:46.200 --> 00:24:46.940
 had formed

00:24:46.940 --> 00:24:47.460
 the earth

00:24:47.460 --> 00:24:47.759
 and the

00:24:47.759 --> 00:24:48.159
 world,

00:24:48.720 --> 00:24:48.980
 from

00:24:48.980 --> 00:24:49.680
 everlasting

00:24:49.680 --> 00:24:50.119
 to

00:24:50.119 --> 00:24:50.700
 everlasting,

00:24:51.559 --> 00:24:51.759
 you

00:24:51.759 --> 00:24:52.220
 are God.

00:24:53.319 --> 00:24:53.960
 So

00:24:53.960 --> 00:24:54.720
 all of us

00:24:54.720 --> 00:24:55.079
 will come

00:24:55.079 --> 00:24:55.480
 and go

00:24:55.480 --> 00:24:56.659
 as

00:24:56.659 --> 00:24:57.500
 generations

00:24:57.500 --> 00:24:58.159
 before us

00:24:58.159 --> 00:24:58.379
 have,

00:24:59.319 --> 00:25:00.079
 but God

00:25:00.079 --> 00:25:00.980
 will remain.

00:25:02.460 --> 00:25:02.879
 It's

00:25:02.879 --> 00:25:03.099
 good.

00:25:03.179 --> 00:25:03.379
 We can

00:25:03.379 --> 00:25:03.699
 hang our

00:25:03.699 --> 00:25:04.059
 hat on

00:25:04.059 --> 00:25:04.259
 that.

00:25:04.379 --> 00:25:04.539
 God

00:25:04.539 --> 00:25:04.960
 is not

00:25:04.960 --> 00:25:05.859
 going

00:25:05.859 --> 00:25:06.240
 anywhere.

00:25:06.419 --> 00:25:06.519
 He

00:25:06.519 --> 00:25:06.759
 is

00:25:06.759 --> 00:25:07.220
 eternal.

00:25:09.559 --> 00:25:10.000
 Thirdly,

00:25:10.839 --> 00:25:11.139
 God

00:25:11.139 --> 00:25:11.519
 is saying

00:25:11.519 --> 00:25:11.859
 that He

00:25:11.859 --> 00:25:12.240
 is,

00:25:13.240 --> 00:25:14.019
 pick the

00:25:14.019 --> 00:25:14.299
 word you

00:25:14.299 --> 00:25:14.519
 want to

00:25:14.519 --> 00:25:14.720
 use,

00:25:14.819 --> 00:25:15.539
 unchangeable

00:25:15.539 --> 00:25:15.899
 or

00:25:15.899 --> 00:25:16.519
 immutable.

00:25:17.639 --> 00:25:18.099
 The

00:25:18.099 --> 00:25:18.599
 word,

00:25:18.699 --> 00:25:19.019
 our God

00:25:19.019 --> 00:25:19.179
 is

00:25:19.179 --> 00:25:19.819
 unchanging.

00:25:21.139 --> 00:25:21.480
 I

00:25:21.480 --> 00:25:21.799
 am

00:25:21.799 --> 00:25:22.259
 who I

00:25:22.259 --> 00:25:22.599
 am.

00:25:23.659 --> 00:25:24.179
 Connected

00:25:24.179 --> 00:25:24.579
 to this

00:25:24.579 --> 00:25:24.939
 is God

00:25:24.939 --> 00:25:25.559
 saying I

00:25:25.559 --> 00:25:25.839
 am

00:25:25.839 --> 00:25:26.500
 unchangeable.

00:25:26.579 --> 00:25:26.659
 I

00:25:26.659 --> 00:25:27.000
 don't

00:25:27.000 --> 00:25:27.619
 change.

00:25:28.240 --> 00:25:28.619
 God

00:25:28.619 --> 00:25:29.099
 forever

00:25:29.099 --> 00:25:29.699
 remains

00:25:29.699 --> 00:25:30.219
 the same

00:25:30.219 --> 00:25:30.559
 in His

00:25:30.559 --> 00:25:31.000
 nature,

00:25:31.519 --> 00:25:31.839
 His

00:25:31.839 --> 00:25:32.379
 person,

00:25:33.059 --> 00:25:33.319
 His

00:25:33.319 --> 00:25:33.779
 mission,

00:25:34.099 --> 00:25:34.879
 His

00:25:34.879 --> 00:25:35.339
 purposes,

00:25:35.579 --> 00:25:35.699
 His

00:25:35.699 --> 00:25:36.119
 promises,

00:25:36.299 --> 00:25:36.659
 they all

00:25:36.659 --> 00:25:37.239
 remain the

00:25:37.239 --> 00:25:38.439
 same at

00:25:38.439 --> 00:25:39.019
 all time.

00:25:40.439 --> 00:25:41.019
 That's

00:25:41.019 --> 00:25:41.299
 such a

00:25:41.299 --> 00:25:41.639
 comfort.

00:25:43.019 --> 00:25:43.259
 It's

00:25:43.259 --> 00:25:43.639
 just He's

00:25:43.639 --> 00:25:44.000
 saying to

00:25:44.000 --> 00:25:44.199
 Moses,

00:25:44.319 --> 00:25:44.699
 I can't

00:25:44.699 --> 00:25:45.419
 be anything

00:25:45.419 --> 00:25:46.019
 other than

00:25:46.019 --> 00:25:46.719
 what I

00:25:46.719 --> 00:25:47.079
 am.

00:25:47.799 --> 00:25:48.439
 I am

00:25:48.439 --> 00:25:49.099
 God.

00:25:51.239 --> 00:25:51.899
 Some of

00:25:51.899 --> 00:25:52.199
 the old

00:25:52.199 --> 00:25:52.759
 writers used

00:25:52.759 --> 00:25:53.179
 to say

00:25:53.179 --> 00:25:54.619
 this means

00:25:54.619 --> 00:25:54.899
 that there

00:25:54.899 --> 00:25:55.239
 is no

00:25:55.239 --> 00:25:55.919
 potential

00:25:55.919 --> 00:25:56.739
 in God.

00:25:57.319 --> 00:25:57.559
 He

00:25:57.559 --> 00:25:58.000
 can't

00:25:58.000 --> 00:25:59.400
 improve

00:25:59.400 --> 00:25:59.720
 Himself.

00:26:00.000 --> 00:26:00.099
 He

00:26:00.099 --> 00:26:00.480
 can't

00:26:00.480 --> 00:26:01.039
 pick up

00:26:01.039 --> 00:26:01.799
 the slack

00:26:01.799 --> 00:26:02.279
 and become

00:26:02.279 --> 00:26:02.660
 something

00:26:02.660 --> 00:26:03.039
 different.

00:26:03.720 --> 00:26:03.960
 There's

00:26:03.960 --> 00:26:04.099
 no

00:26:04.099 --> 00:26:04.480
 potential

00:26:04.480 --> 00:26:04.839
 in God.

00:26:04.920 --> 00:26:05.019
 He

00:26:05.019 --> 00:26:05.900
 fully

00:26:05.900 --> 00:26:06.460
 fills

00:26:06.460 --> 00:26:07.200
 His

00:26:07.200 --> 00:26:07.619
 potential

00:26:07.619 --> 00:26:07.900
 at

00:26:07.900 --> 00:26:08.160
 all

00:26:08.160 --> 00:26:08.660
 times.

00:26:10.220 --> 00:26:10.400
 He

00:26:10.400 --> 00:26:10.839
 said in

00:26:10.839 --> 00:26:11.220
 Malachi,

00:26:11.480 --> 00:26:11.839
 I am

00:26:11.839 --> 00:26:12.319
 the Lord

00:26:12.319 --> 00:26:12.599
 and I

00:26:12.599 --> 00:26:13.059
 do not

00:26:13.059 --> 00:26:13.579
 change.

00:26:14.480 --> 00:26:14.900
 There's

00:26:14.900 --> 00:26:15.079
 no

00:26:15.079 --> 00:26:15.579
 force

00:26:15.579 --> 00:26:15.759
 or

00:26:15.759 --> 00:26:16.380
 influence

00:26:16.380 --> 00:26:16.640
 out

00:26:16.640 --> 00:26:16.980
 here

00:26:16.980 --> 00:26:17.220
 that

00:26:17.220 --> 00:26:17.519
 can

00:26:17.519 --> 00:26:17.880
 come

00:26:17.880 --> 00:26:18.220
 against

00:26:18.220 --> 00:26:18.480
 me

00:26:18.480 --> 00:26:18.660
 and

00:26:18.660 --> 00:26:18.920
 make

00:26:18.920 --> 00:26:19.220
 me

00:26:19.220 --> 00:26:19.579
 be

00:26:19.579 --> 00:26:19.900
 different

00:26:19.900 --> 00:26:20.220
 than

00:26:20.220 --> 00:26:20.640
 who

00:26:20.640 --> 00:26:20.819
 I

00:26:20.819 --> 00:26:21.099
 am.

00:26:22.299 --> 00:26:22.839
 That's

00:26:22.839 --> 00:26:23.299
 encouraging.

00:26:23.500 --> 00:26:23.599
 We're

00:26:23.599 --> 00:26:24.900
 not like

00:26:24.900 --> 00:26:25.180
 that at

00:26:25.180 --> 00:26:25.380
 all.

00:26:25.500 --> 00:26:25.599
 We

00:26:25.599 --> 00:26:26.039
 change

00:26:26.039 --> 00:26:26.519
 daily.

00:26:26.519 --> 00:26:27.680
 Our

00:26:27.680 --> 00:26:28.119
 attitudes,

00:26:28.500 --> 00:26:28.660
 our

00:26:28.660 --> 00:26:29.579
 actions,

00:26:29.700 --> 00:26:29.819
 our

00:26:29.819 --> 00:26:30.359
 motivations.

00:26:31.480 --> 00:26:32.019
 I'm

00:26:32.019 --> 00:26:32.440
 sure many

00:26:32.440 --> 00:26:32.660
 of us

00:26:32.660 --> 00:26:33.000
 can say

00:26:33.000 --> 00:26:33.259
 something

00:26:33.259 --> 00:26:33.599
 like,

00:26:34.079 --> 00:26:34.319
 do you

00:26:34.319 --> 00:26:34.660
 remember

00:26:34.660 --> 00:26:35.299
 so-and-so?

00:26:35.440 --> 00:26:36.099
 She used

00:26:36.099 --> 00:26:36.359
 to be

00:26:36.359 --> 00:26:36.720
 such a

00:26:36.720 --> 00:26:37.220
 kind

00:26:37.220 --> 00:26:37.559
 and

00:26:37.559 --> 00:26:38.539
 loving

00:26:38.539 --> 00:26:39.000
 person,

00:26:39.099 --> 00:26:39.359
 but when

00:26:39.359 --> 00:26:39.660
 this

00:26:39.660 --> 00:26:40.160
 tragedy

00:26:40.160 --> 00:26:40.660
 happened,

00:26:40.799 --> 00:26:41.379
 she became

00:26:41.379 --> 00:26:42.839
 sad and

00:26:42.839 --> 00:26:44.039
 angry and

00:26:44.039 --> 00:26:44.299
 bitter.

00:26:45.440 --> 00:26:45.779
 We

00:26:45.779 --> 00:26:46.339
 change

00:26:46.339 --> 00:26:48.059
 and not

00:26:48.059 --> 00:26:48.900
 always for

00:26:48.900 --> 00:26:49.359
 the good.

00:26:50.639 --> 00:26:50.980
 And as I

00:26:50.980 --> 00:26:51.460
 said before,

00:26:51.559 --> 00:26:51.839
 it isn't that

00:26:51.839 --> 00:26:52.379
 God just

00:26:52.379 --> 00:26:53.299
 has goodness

00:26:53.299 --> 00:26:53.859
 and has

00:26:53.859 --> 00:26:54.399
 justice.

00:26:54.779 --> 00:26:55.599
 He is

00:26:55.599 --> 00:26:56.279
 goodness

00:26:56.279 --> 00:26:56.740
 and he

00:26:56.740 --> 00:26:57.099
 is

00:26:57.099 --> 00:26:57.639
 justice.

00:26:59.339 --> 00:26:59.779
 So,

00:27:00.559 --> 00:27:01.439
 thankful again

00:27:01.439 --> 00:27:01.919
 in James

00:27:01.919 --> 00:27:02.500
 1-7,

00:27:02.599 --> 00:27:03.000
 there is

00:27:03.000 --> 00:27:03.319
 no

00:27:03.319 --> 00:27:03.980
 variation

00:27:03.980 --> 00:27:05.199
 or shadow

00:27:05.199 --> 00:27:05.579
 due to

00:27:05.579 --> 00:27:06.119
 change in

00:27:06.119 --> 00:27:06.599
 relationship

00:27:06.599 --> 00:27:07.459
 to God.

00:27:08.720 --> 00:27:09.720
 He promises

00:27:09.720 --> 00:27:10.439
 to us that

00:27:10.439 --> 00:27:11.220
 he remains

00:27:11.220 --> 00:27:11.759
 the same.

00:27:12.359 --> 00:27:12.859
 So we

00:27:12.859 --> 00:27:13.259
 can take

00:27:13.259 --> 00:27:13.519
 him at

00:27:13.519 --> 00:27:13.839
 his word.

00:27:13.899 --> 00:27:14.139
 When he

00:27:14.139 --> 00:27:14.419
 says

00:27:14.419 --> 00:27:14.799
 something,

00:27:14.879 --> 00:27:15.139
 he is

00:27:15.139 --> 00:27:15.519
 true.

00:27:16.259 --> 00:27:16.579
 He's

00:27:16.579 --> 00:27:17.039
 not going

00:27:17.039 --> 00:27:17.899
 to change

00:27:17.899 --> 00:27:18.539
 his mind.

00:27:18.539 --> 00:27:20.299
 It's

00:27:20.299 --> 00:27:21.500
 something that

00:27:21.500 --> 00:27:21.920
 many of us

00:27:21.920 --> 00:27:22.259
 are used

00:27:22.259 --> 00:27:22.379
 to.

00:27:22.440 --> 00:27:22.740
 We're used

00:27:22.740 --> 00:27:23.099
 to being

00:27:23.099 --> 00:27:23.519
 deceived,

00:27:23.819 --> 00:27:24.359
 lied to,

00:27:24.940 --> 00:27:25.319
 and we've

00:27:25.319 --> 00:27:26.039
 also deceived

00:27:26.039 --> 00:27:26.460
 and lied

00:27:26.460 --> 00:27:26.779
 to other

00:27:26.779 --> 00:27:27.119
 people.

00:27:27.980 --> 00:27:28.339
 But if

00:27:28.339 --> 00:27:28.720
 God is

00:27:28.720 --> 00:27:29.500
 unchangeable,

00:27:30.379 --> 00:27:31.119
 his promises

00:27:31.119 --> 00:27:31.659
 and his

00:27:31.659 --> 00:27:32.039
 purposes,

00:27:33.200 --> 00:27:33.980
 we can

00:27:33.980 --> 00:27:34.659
 always rely

00:27:34.659 --> 00:27:34.960
 on.

00:27:36.899 --> 00:27:37.259
 So,

00:27:38.220 --> 00:27:39.899
 fourthly,

00:27:40.700 --> 00:27:41.920
 when God

00:27:41.920 --> 00:27:42.200
 says,

00:27:42.379 --> 00:27:42.639
 I am

00:27:42.639 --> 00:27:43.019
 who I

00:27:43.019 --> 00:27:43.359
 am,

00:27:44.879 --> 00:27:45.440
 we can

00:27:45.440 --> 00:27:47.079
 clearly see

00:27:47.079 --> 00:27:47.579
 that God

00:27:47.579 --> 00:27:48.500
 is independent

00:27:48.500 --> 00:27:52.440
 or self-existing.

00:27:53.759 --> 00:27:54.200
 God

00:27:54.200 --> 00:27:54.799
 doesn't need

00:27:54.799 --> 00:27:55.819
 us or

00:27:55.819 --> 00:27:56.259
 any other

00:27:56.259 --> 00:27:56.680
 part of

00:27:56.680 --> 00:27:57.539
 creation to

00:27:57.539 --> 00:27:58.039
 be who

00:27:58.039 --> 00:27:58.599
 he is.

00:27:59.779 --> 00:28:00.539
 That's a

00:28:00.539 --> 00:28:00.960
 misconception

00:28:00.960 --> 00:28:01.539
 in our

00:28:01.539 --> 00:28:02.859
 modern day.

00:28:03.099 --> 00:28:03.380
 We feel

00:28:03.380 --> 00:28:03.940
 like God

00:28:03.940 --> 00:28:05.079
 created us

00:28:05.079 --> 00:28:05.440
 because he

00:28:05.440 --> 00:28:05.920
 was lonely

00:28:05.920 --> 00:28:06.339
 or because

00:28:06.339 --> 00:28:06.619
 he was

00:28:06.619 --> 00:28:07.160
 bored or

00:28:07.160 --> 00:28:07.480
 he needed

00:28:07.480 --> 00:28:07.960
 something to

00:28:07.960 --> 00:28:08.299
 do up

00:28:08.299 --> 00:28:08.700
 in heaven.

00:28:10.299 --> 00:28:11.460
 Not so.

00:28:12.759 --> 00:28:13.160
 And he

00:28:13.160 --> 00:28:13.839
 gives Moses

00:28:13.839 --> 00:28:14.559
 this,

00:28:14.920 --> 00:28:15.319
 I guess,

00:28:15.420 --> 00:28:15.819
 tiny,

00:28:15.940 --> 00:28:16.779
 tiny example

00:28:16.779 --> 00:28:18.259
 of the

00:28:18.259 --> 00:28:18.500
 burning

00:28:18.500 --> 00:28:18.940
 bush.

00:28:20.180 --> 00:28:20.519
 And

00:28:20.519 --> 00:28:21.059
 as it's

00:28:21.059 --> 00:28:21.240
 saying,

00:28:21.299 --> 00:28:22.039
 there's

00:28:22.039 --> 00:28:22.539
 nothing I

00:28:22.539 --> 00:28:23.200
 can provide

00:28:23.200 --> 00:28:23.559
 for you

00:28:23.559 --> 00:28:24.900
 by way

00:28:24.900 --> 00:28:25.519
 of analogy

00:28:25.519 --> 00:28:26.299
 to describe

00:28:26.299 --> 00:28:26.799
 who I

00:28:26.799 --> 00:28:27.279
 am and

00:28:27.279 --> 00:28:28.140
 the very

00:28:28.140 --> 00:28:28.879
 essence of

00:28:28.879 --> 00:28:29.539
 my being.

00:28:31.400 --> 00:28:31.920
 God

00:28:31.920 --> 00:28:32.279
 needs

00:28:32.279 --> 00:28:32.759
 nothing,

00:28:32.900 --> 00:28:33.460
 but we

00:28:33.460 --> 00:28:34.200
 can enjoy

00:28:34.200 --> 00:28:34.740
 him and we

00:28:34.740 --> 00:28:35.539
 can glorify

00:28:35.539 --> 00:28:36.019
 him and he

00:28:36.019 --> 00:28:36.599
 delights in

00:28:36.599 --> 00:28:36.839
 that.

00:28:38.019 --> 00:28:38.599
 But this

00:28:38.599 --> 00:28:39.359
 fire that

00:28:39.359 --> 00:28:40.299
 was in

00:28:40.299 --> 00:28:40.839
 the bush,

00:28:41.220 --> 00:28:42.019
 we see that

00:28:42.019 --> 00:28:42.440
 it was a

00:28:42.440 --> 00:28:43.720
 very pure

00:28:43.720 --> 00:28:44.140
 fire.

00:28:44.279 --> 00:28:44.700
 It wasn't

00:28:44.700 --> 00:28:45.759
 made up of a

00:28:45.759 --> 00:28:46.140
 lot of different

00:28:46.140 --> 00:28:47.519
 compounds to make

00:28:47.519 --> 00:28:47.960
 a fire.

00:28:48.579 --> 00:28:49.099
 It just

00:28:49.099 --> 00:28:49.940
 existed.

00:28:51.059 --> 00:28:51.720
 No other

00:28:51.720 --> 00:28:52.599
 energy sources.

00:28:52.799 --> 00:28:53.119
 It just

00:28:53.119 --> 00:28:53.960
 had energy

00:28:53.960 --> 00:28:54.819
 in itself.

00:28:56.059 --> 00:28:56.480
 And God

00:28:56.480 --> 00:28:56.799
 was,

00:28:57.160 --> 00:28:57.319
 again,

00:28:57.440 --> 00:28:57.859
 trying to give

00:28:57.859 --> 00:28:58.279
 him just a

00:28:58.279 --> 00:28:58.819
 picture of

00:28:58.819 --> 00:29:00.240
 this is

00:29:00.240 --> 00:29:01.279
 kind of how

00:29:01.279 --> 00:29:01.700
 I am.

00:29:02.819 --> 00:29:03.519
 And even

00:29:03.519 --> 00:29:04.079
 just with

00:29:04.079 --> 00:29:04.460
 that,

00:29:05.139 --> 00:29:05.879
 Moses hid

00:29:05.879 --> 00:29:06.319
 his face

00:29:06.319 --> 00:29:06.759
 from God

00:29:06.759 --> 00:29:07.019
 in that

00:29:07.019 --> 00:29:07.599
 response.

00:29:08.599 --> 00:29:09.079
 But we're

00:29:09.079 --> 00:29:10.039
 messed up to

00:29:10.039 --> 00:29:10.460
 think that

00:29:10.460 --> 00:29:11.220
 God needs

00:29:11.220 --> 00:29:11.660
 us.

00:29:13.599 --> 00:29:15.079
 In Acts

00:29:15.079 --> 00:29:15.639
 17,

00:29:15.720 --> 00:29:16.160
 the Apostle

00:29:16.160 --> 00:29:16.480
 Paul,

00:29:16.580 --> 00:29:16.759
 when he

00:29:16.759 --> 00:29:17.140
 was in

00:29:17.140 --> 00:29:17.519
 Athens,

00:29:17.640 --> 00:29:18.040
 he said,

00:29:18.759 --> 00:29:19.380
 the God

00:29:19.380 --> 00:29:19.820
 who made

00:29:19.820 --> 00:29:20.300
 the world

00:29:20.300 --> 00:29:20.880
 and everything

00:29:20.880 --> 00:29:21.560
 in it,

00:29:22.340 --> 00:29:22.880
 being the

00:29:22.880 --> 00:29:23.440
 Lord of

00:29:23.440 --> 00:29:24.000
 heaven and

00:29:24.000 --> 00:29:24.380
 earth,

00:29:25.160 --> 00:29:25.900
 does not

00:29:25.900 --> 00:29:26.460
 live in

00:29:26.460 --> 00:29:27.220
 temples made

00:29:27.220 --> 00:29:27.920
 by man,

00:29:28.740 --> 00:29:29.420
 nor is he

00:29:29.420 --> 00:29:30.279
 served with

00:29:30.279 --> 00:29:31.120
 human hands

00:29:31.120 --> 00:29:32.240
 as though he

00:29:32.240 --> 00:29:33.220
 needed anything,

00:29:34.180 --> 00:29:34.680
 since he

00:29:34.680 --> 00:29:36.220
 himself gives

00:29:36.220 --> 00:29:36.640
 to all

00:29:36.640 --> 00:29:38.720
 mankind life

00:29:38.720 --> 00:29:39.400
 and breath

00:29:39.400 --> 00:29:40.060
 and everything.

00:29:41.440 --> 00:29:41.840
 So,

00:29:42.120 --> 00:29:44.019
 God exists

00:29:44.019 --> 00:29:44.600
 freely and

00:29:44.600 --> 00:29:45.320
 independent from

00:29:45.319 --> 00:29:45.799
 any other

00:29:45.799 --> 00:29:46.220
 part of

00:29:46.220 --> 00:29:46.480
 his

00:29:46.480 --> 00:29:47.039
 creation.

00:29:48.039 --> 00:29:48.159
 So,

00:29:48.319 --> 00:29:48.579
 from

00:29:48.579 --> 00:29:49.859
 eternity

00:29:49.859 --> 00:29:50.379
 past

00:29:50.379 --> 00:29:50.579
 into

00:29:50.579 --> 00:29:51.159
 eternity

00:29:51.159 --> 00:29:51.659
 future,

00:29:52.399 --> 00:29:52.819
 Father,

00:29:53.159 --> 00:29:53.399
 Son,

00:29:53.500 --> 00:29:53.819
 and Holy

00:29:53.819 --> 00:29:54.159
 Spirit

00:29:54.159 --> 00:29:54.659
 lived in

00:29:54.659 --> 00:29:55.159
 perfect

00:29:55.159 --> 00:29:56.439
 completeness,

00:29:56.599 --> 00:29:56.939
 joy,

00:29:57.480 --> 00:29:58.099
 and unity

00:29:58.099 --> 00:29:58.579
 with each

00:29:58.579 --> 00:29:58.859
 other.

00:29:59.720 --> 00:30:00.279
 Perfect

00:30:00.279 --> 00:30:01.019
 satisfaction.

00:30:02.480 --> 00:30:02.779
 If you

00:30:02.779 --> 00:30:03.819
 glance later

00:30:03.819 --> 00:30:04.139
 on,

00:30:04.179 --> 00:30:04.599
 go back and

00:30:04.599 --> 00:30:04.839
 look at

00:30:04.839 --> 00:30:05.599
 John 17

00:30:05.599 --> 00:30:05.939
 that we

00:30:05.939 --> 00:30:06.220
 preached

00:30:06.220 --> 00:30:06.460
 through a

00:30:06.460 --> 00:30:06.859
 long time

00:30:06.859 --> 00:30:07.159
 ago,

00:30:08.139 --> 00:30:08.799
 but Jesus

00:30:08.799 --> 00:30:09.379
 prayed to

00:30:09.379 --> 00:30:09.839
 the Father,

00:30:09.839 --> 00:30:10.919
 God

00:30:10.919 --> 00:30:11.899
 said,

00:30:11.899 --> 00:30:13.159
 I'm

00:30:13.159 --> 00:30:13.899
 praying for

00:30:13.899 --> 00:30:15.259
 those

00:30:15.259 --> 00:30:16.059
 whom you

00:30:16.059 --> 00:30:16.439
 have given

00:30:16.439 --> 00:30:16.799
 me,

00:30:17.379 --> 00:30:17.639
 that they

00:30:17.639 --> 00:30:17.980
 may be

00:30:17.980 --> 00:30:18.359
 with me

00:30:18.359 --> 00:30:18.919
 one day

00:30:18.919 --> 00:30:20.240
 to see

00:30:20.240 --> 00:30:20.899
 your glory,

00:30:21.500 --> 00:30:22.220
 the glory

00:30:22.220 --> 00:30:22.799
 that I

00:30:22.799 --> 00:30:23.399
 shared with

00:30:23.399 --> 00:30:23.919
 you before

00:30:23.919 --> 00:30:24.459
 the world

00:30:24.459 --> 00:30:25.039
 existed.

00:30:26.319 --> 00:30:27.319
 Such joy

00:30:27.319 --> 00:30:27.720
 and

00:30:27.720 --> 00:30:29.000
 completeness

00:30:29.000 --> 00:30:29.319
 in the

00:30:29.319 --> 00:30:29.819
 Godhead.

00:30:30.720 --> 00:30:30.980
 So,

00:30:31.059 --> 00:30:31.459
 God didn't

00:30:31.459 --> 00:30:32.139
 create us

00:30:32.139 --> 00:30:32.539
 out of

00:30:32.539 --> 00:30:33.119
 some

00:30:33.119 --> 00:30:33.639
 dependence,

00:30:33.879 --> 00:30:34.099
 but

00:30:34.099 --> 00:30:35.159
 out of

00:30:35.159 --> 00:30:35.980
 an overflow,

00:30:35.980 --> 00:30:36.880
 an abundance

00:30:36.880 --> 00:30:38.500
 of his

00:30:38.500 --> 00:30:39.380
 glory and

00:30:39.380 --> 00:30:39.940
 excellence.

00:30:41.500 --> 00:30:42.059
 So,

00:30:42.680 --> 00:30:43.120
 again,

00:30:43.319 --> 00:30:43.660
 I've just

00:30:43.660 --> 00:30:44.120
 been reading

00:30:44.120 --> 00:30:45.579
 Augustine a

00:30:45.579 --> 00:30:45.960
 lot lately

00:30:45.960 --> 00:30:46.279
 for some

00:30:46.279 --> 00:30:46.579
 reason,

00:30:46.759 --> 00:30:48.420
 but he

00:30:48.420 --> 00:30:48.660
 said,

00:30:48.779 --> 00:30:49.579
 what would

00:30:49.579 --> 00:30:49.880
 have been

00:30:49.880 --> 00:30:50.519
 lacking in

00:30:50.519 --> 00:30:51.059
 your goodness,

00:30:51.279 --> 00:30:51.559
 God,

00:30:52.099 --> 00:30:52.559
 which you

00:30:52.559 --> 00:30:53.440
 yourself are,

00:30:54.180 --> 00:30:54.900
 even if

00:30:54.900 --> 00:30:55.500
 these things

00:30:55.500 --> 00:30:56.140
 of creation

00:30:56.140 --> 00:30:56.779
 had never

00:30:56.779 --> 00:30:57.680
 existed and

00:30:57.680 --> 00:30:58.339
 had remained

00:30:58.339 --> 00:30:59.039
 unformed?

00:30:59.720 --> 00:31:00.440
 You didn't

00:31:00.440 --> 00:31:01.200
 create them

00:31:01.200 --> 00:31:01.700
 out of any

00:31:01.700 --> 00:31:02.140
 lack,

00:31:02.720 --> 00:31:03.259
 but out of

00:31:03.259 --> 00:31:03.740
 an abundance

00:31:03.740 --> 00:31:04.339
 of your

00:31:04.339 --> 00:31:04.620
 goodness.

00:31:04.619 --> 00:31:05.759
 You

00:31:05.759 --> 00:31:06.479
 ordered them

00:31:06.479 --> 00:31:06.959
 and turned

00:31:06.959 --> 00:31:07.719
 them toward

00:31:07.719 --> 00:31:08.259
 form,

00:31:08.579 --> 00:31:09.359
 but not

00:31:09.359 --> 00:31:09.959
 because your

00:31:09.959 --> 00:31:10.699
 joy had to

00:31:10.699 --> 00:31:11.479
 be perfected

00:31:11.479 --> 00:31:11.979
 by them.

00:31:13.019 --> 00:31:13.500
 Really

00:31:13.500 --> 00:31:14.539
 incredible

00:31:14.539 --> 00:31:15.199
 thought that

00:31:15.199 --> 00:31:16.059
 though God

00:31:16.059 --> 00:31:16.579
 doesn't need

00:31:16.579 --> 00:31:16.799
 us,

00:31:16.819 --> 00:31:17.319
 he created

00:31:17.319 --> 00:31:17.639
 us,

00:31:17.719 --> 00:31:17.979
 and he,

00:31:18.659 --> 00:31:19.319
 it's good

00:31:19.319 --> 00:31:19.759
 for us,

00:31:19.799 --> 00:31:20.099
 he takes

00:31:20.099 --> 00:31:21.619
 delight in

00:31:21.619 --> 00:31:22.339
 us living

00:31:22.339 --> 00:31:22.919
 for him.

00:31:23.819 --> 00:31:24.239
 He can

00:31:24.239 --> 00:31:24.839
 take delight

00:31:24.839 --> 00:31:25.199
 in his

00:31:25.199 --> 00:31:25.699
 creation,

00:31:26.000 --> 00:31:26.399
 even though

00:31:26.399 --> 00:31:26.759
 he doesn't

00:31:26.759 --> 00:31:27.219
 need us.

00:31:28.339 --> 00:31:28.599
 So,

00:31:30.299 --> 00:31:31.059
 I could

00:31:31.059 --> 00:31:31.959
 go on and

00:31:31.959 --> 00:31:32.459
 say that,

00:31:33.359 --> 00:31:33.859
 what's that

00:31:33.859 --> 00:31:34.399
 famous quote

00:31:34.400 --> 00:31:34.620
 that we

00:31:34.620 --> 00:31:35.080
 always throw

00:31:35.080 --> 00:31:35.500
 up there,

00:31:36.240 --> 00:31:37.240
 everything in

00:31:37.240 --> 00:31:37.840
 the universe

00:31:37.840 --> 00:31:38.440
 plugs into

00:31:38.440 --> 00:31:38.880
 God,

00:31:39.660 --> 00:31:40.600
 and if he

00:31:40.600 --> 00:31:41.259
 shut down,

00:31:41.360 --> 00:31:41.600
 there would

00:31:41.600 --> 00:31:42.259
 be absolute

00:31:42.259 --> 00:31:42.920
 nothingness.

00:31:43.600 --> 00:31:44.160
 He doesn't

00:31:44.160 --> 00:31:45.019
 need us.

00:31:46.560 --> 00:31:46.800
 And

00:31:46.800 --> 00:31:47.320
 fifthly,

00:31:48.040 --> 00:31:48.740
 and lastly,

00:31:49.440 --> 00:31:50.400
 God is

00:31:50.400 --> 00:31:50.960
 saying by

00:31:50.960 --> 00:31:51.240
 saying,

00:31:51.320 --> 00:31:51.980
 I am who

00:31:51.980 --> 00:31:52.540
 I am,

00:31:53.820 --> 00:31:54.240
 it's

00:31:54.240 --> 00:31:54.900
 implying that

00:31:54.900 --> 00:31:55.360
 God is the

00:31:55.360 --> 00:31:55.880
 creator and

00:31:55.880 --> 00:31:56.420
 sustainer.

00:31:57.360 --> 00:31:57.740
 He's the

00:31:57.740 --> 00:31:58.240
 creator and

00:31:58.240 --> 00:31:58.800
 sustainer,

00:31:59.860 --> 00:32:00.920
 inexhaustible

00:32:00.920 --> 00:32:01.780
 source of

00:32:01.780 --> 00:32:02.759
 divine power

00:32:02.759 --> 00:32:04.080
 and energy.

00:32:04.400 --> 00:32:05.519
 That's what

00:32:05.519 --> 00:32:06.120
 omnipotence

00:32:06.120 --> 00:32:06.540
 means,

00:32:06.700 --> 00:32:07.560
 all powerful,

00:32:08.160 --> 00:32:08.900
 possessing all

00:32:08.900 --> 00:32:09.280
 power.

00:32:09.460 --> 00:32:09.640
 So,

00:32:10.240 --> 00:32:10.860
 it isn't just

00:32:10.860 --> 00:32:12.980
 that God

00:32:12.980 --> 00:32:13.880
 has a lot

00:32:13.880 --> 00:32:14.380
 of power,

00:32:14.940 --> 00:32:15.300
 and then

00:32:15.300 --> 00:32:15.860
 there's all

00:32:15.860 --> 00:32:16.200
 these other

00:32:16.200 --> 00:32:17.080
 small powers

00:32:17.080 --> 00:32:17.860
 that exist

00:32:17.860 --> 00:32:18.660
 outside of

00:32:18.660 --> 00:32:18.860
 him.

00:32:19.340 --> 00:32:20.140
 It means

00:32:20.140 --> 00:32:20.580
 that he

00:32:20.580 --> 00:32:21.240
 gives them

00:32:21.240 --> 00:32:21.680
 power.

00:32:22.620 --> 00:32:23.420
 He delegates

00:32:23.420 --> 00:32:23.980
 that power,

00:32:24.100 --> 00:32:24.380
 and if he

00:32:24.380 --> 00:32:24.800
 was to take

00:32:24.800 --> 00:32:25.180
 it away,

00:32:25.240 --> 00:32:25.480
 they would

00:32:25.480 --> 00:32:25.900
 cease to

00:32:25.900 --> 00:32:26.340
 exist.

00:32:26.339 --> 00:32:26.379
 Christ.

00:32:27.799 --> 00:32:28.159
 So,

00:32:28.559 --> 00:32:29.279
 even the

00:32:29.279 --> 00:32:30.619
 very breath

00:32:30.619 --> 00:32:30.939
 that we

00:32:30.939 --> 00:32:31.539
 breathe right

00:32:31.539 --> 00:32:33.019
 now is

00:32:33.019 --> 00:32:33.720
 a gift of

00:32:33.720 --> 00:32:34.159
 God's

00:32:34.159 --> 00:32:34.599
 sustaining

00:32:34.599 --> 00:32:35.399
 power in

00:32:35.399 --> 00:32:35.959
 our lives.

00:32:36.779 --> 00:32:37.240
 Every

00:32:37.240 --> 00:32:37.659
 heartbeat,

00:32:38.720 --> 00:32:39.279
 a gift of

00:32:39.279 --> 00:32:40.859
 grace to

00:32:40.859 --> 00:32:41.220
 us.

00:32:42.839 --> 00:32:43.259
 In

00:32:43.259 --> 00:32:43.959
 Isaiah

00:32:43.959 --> 00:32:45.259
 chapter 40,

00:32:46.859 --> 00:32:49.019
 God says,

00:32:49.019 --> 00:32:49.420
 have you

00:32:49.420 --> 00:32:50.079
 not known,

00:32:50.200 --> 00:32:50.460
 have you

00:32:50.460 --> 00:32:51.099
 not heard?

00:32:52.400 --> 00:32:52.940
 The Lord

00:32:52.940 --> 00:32:53.279
 God,

00:32:53.359 --> 00:32:54.019
 the everlasting

00:32:54.019 --> 00:32:54.460
 God,

00:32:54.539 --> 00:32:55.039
 the creator

00:32:55.039 --> 00:32:55.879
 of the ends

00:32:55.879 --> 00:32:56.180
 of the

00:32:56.180 --> 00:32:56.539
 earth,

00:32:57.220 --> 00:32:57.619
 he does

00:32:57.619 --> 00:32:58.259
 not faint

00:32:58.259 --> 00:32:58.680
 or grow

00:32:58.680 --> 00:32:59.019
 weary.

00:32:59.859 --> 00:33:00.220
 His

00:33:00.220 --> 00:33:00.940
 understanding

00:33:00.940 --> 00:33:02.240
 is unsearchable.

00:33:03.079 --> 00:33:03.500
 He gives

00:33:03.500 --> 00:33:04.220
 power to

00:33:04.220 --> 00:33:04.700
 the faint,

00:33:05.420 --> 00:33:06.000
 and to him

00:33:06.000 --> 00:33:06.639
 who has no

00:33:06.639 --> 00:33:06.920
 might,

00:33:07.019 --> 00:33:07.539
 he increases

00:33:07.539 --> 00:33:08.139
 strength.

00:33:09.379 --> 00:33:09.900
 So,

00:33:10.139 --> 00:33:10.619
 God,

00:33:10.759 --> 00:33:11.240
 by his own

00:33:11.240 --> 00:33:11.579
 power,

00:33:11.700 --> 00:33:12.379
 upholds all

00:33:12.379 --> 00:33:12.940
 the universe

00:33:12.940 --> 00:33:13.759
 and sustains

00:33:13.759 --> 00:33:14.259
 us,

00:33:14.980 --> 00:33:15.740
 and all

00:33:15.740 --> 00:33:16.200
 energy,

00:33:16.339 --> 00:33:16.839
 all power

00:33:16.839 --> 00:33:17.460
 outside of

00:33:17.460 --> 00:33:17.700
 that,

00:33:17.839 --> 00:33:18.480
 finds its

00:33:18.480 --> 00:33:18.819
 source,

00:33:18.819 --> 00:33:19.399
 in him.

00:33:20.519 --> 00:33:20.960
 He is

00:33:20.960 --> 00:33:21.579
 the source

00:33:21.579 --> 00:33:22.139
 of all

00:33:22.139 --> 00:33:22.539
 power.

00:33:23.960 --> 00:33:24.259
 So,

00:33:24.319 --> 00:33:24.899
 he sustains

00:33:24.899 --> 00:33:25.200
 us.

00:33:26.000 --> 00:33:26.419
 Isn't that

00:33:26.419 --> 00:33:27.139
 just crazy

00:33:27.139 --> 00:33:27.519
 to think

00:33:27.519 --> 00:33:27.720
 about,

00:33:27.799 --> 00:33:28.099
 that you're

00:33:28.099 --> 00:33:28.399
 going to

00:33:28.399 --> 00:33:28.899
 walk out

00:33:28.899 --> 00:33:29.119
 of here

00:33:29.119 --> 00:33:29.779
 today by

00:33:29.779 --> 00:33:30.460
 his

00:33:30.460 --> 00:33:30.899
 sustaining

00:33:30.899 --> 00:33:31.299
 power,

00:33:31.859 --> 00:33:32.220
 that you're

00:33:32.220 --> 00:33:32.379
 going to

00:33:32.379 --> 00:33:32.839
 go on

00:33:32.839 --> 00:33:33.519
 this week

00:33:33.519 --> 00:33:33.859
 and do

00:33:33.859 --> 00:33:34.220
 this or

00:33:34.220 --> 00:33:34.960
 that because

00:33:34.960 --> 00:33:36.039
 of his

00:33:36.039 --> 00:33:36.619
 grace and

00:33:36.619 --> 00:33:36.879
 his

00:33:36.879 --> 00:33:37.460
 sustaining

00:33:37.460 --> 00:33:38.099
 power.

00:33:40.139 --> 00:33:40.960
 He doesn't

00:33:40.960 --> 00:33:41.419
 need to be

00:33:41.419 --> 00:33:42.179
 recharged or

00:33:42.179 --> 00:33:42.720
 backed up.

00:33:44.259 --> 00:33:45.159
 He is the

00:33:45.159 --> 00:33:45.599
 source of

00:33:45.599 --> 00:33:46.099
 all our

00:33:46.099 --> 00:33:46.539
 strength.

00:33:47.919 --> 00:33:48.299
 So,

00:33:48.299 --> 00:33:50.139
 those five

00:33:50.139 --> 00:33:50.639
 things we

00:33:50.639 --> 00:33:51.240
 can draw.

00:33:51.359 --> 00:33:51.619
 There may

00:33:51.619 --> 00:33:52.019
 be more,

00:33:53.220 --> 00:33:54.159
 but those

00:33:54.159 --> 00:33:54.599
 things we

00:33:54.599 --> 00:33:55.079
 can definitely

00:33:55.079 --> 00:33:55.619
 see when

00:33:55.619 --> 00:33:56.119
 God says,

00:33:56.259 --> 00:33:56.680
 I am who

00:33:56.680 --> 00:33:57.059
 I am.

00:33:57.119 --> 00:33:57.379
 I will

00:33:57.379 --> 00:33:58.000
 be who I

00:33:58.000 --> 00:33:58.480
 will be.

00:34:01.119 --> 00:34:01.599
 So,

00:34:01.639 --> 00:34:02.299
 some application

00:34:02.299 --> 00:34:02.919
 for us.

00:34:04.299 --> 00:34:04.940
 As we've

00:34:04.940 --> 00:34:05.399
 been talking

00:34:05.399 --> 00:34:05.759
 about,

00:34:06.039 --> 00:34:07.119
 most all

00:34:07.119 --> 00:34:07.559
 of us are

00:34:07.559 --> 00:34:08.059
 aware of

00:34:08.059 --> 00:34:08.539
 our need

00:34:08.539 --> 00:34:09.179
 for a

00:34:09.179 --> 00:34:10.400
 great and

00:34:10.400 --> 00:34:10.940
 powerful

00:34:10.940 --> 00:34:11.579
 almighty

00:34:11.579 --> 00:34:12.000
 God.

00:34:12.000 --> 00:34:16.239
 this journey

00:34:16.239 --> 00:34:17.260
 probably began

00:34:17.260 --> 00:34:17.780
 for me in

00:34:17.780 --> 00:34:19.659
 2006 when

00:34:19.659 --> 00:34:20.480
 I was in

00:34:20.480 --> 00:34:20.940
 the hospital

00:34:20.940 --> 00:34:21.480
 in Atlanta

00:34:21.480 --> 00:34:23.179
 and I

00:34:23.179 --> 00:34:23.980
 received news

00:34:23.980 --> 00:34:24.340
 that I

00:34:24.340 --> 00:34:25.920
 was a

00:34:25.920 --> 00:34:27.119
 lot sicker,

00:34:27.980 --> 00:34:29.019
 more sicker,

00:34:29.119 --> 00:34:29.599
 not the right

00:34:29.599 --> 00:34:29.960
 phrase,

00:34:30.380 --> 00:34:33.519
 that I was

00:34:33.519 --> 00:34:35.260
 not doing as

00:34:35.260 --> 00:34:35.780
 well as I

00:34:35.780 --> 00:34:36.139
 thought I

00:34:36.139 --> 00:34:36.480
 was.

00:34:36.480 --> 00:34:37.960
 they had

00:34:37.960 --> 00:34:38.320
 been running

00:34:38.320 --> 00:34:38.780
 some of my

00:34:38.780 --> 00:34:39.579
 tests wrong.

00:34:40.380 --> 00:34:40.780
 And so,

00:34:41.500 --> 00:34:42.280
 I was about

00:34:42.280 --> 00:34:42.760
 to go home.

00:34:42.860 --> 00:34:43.519
 My bags were

00:34:43.519 --> 00:34:43.800
 packed.

00:34:43.920 --> 00:34:45.280
 I was getting

00:34:45.280 --> 00:34:46.039
 ready to leave

00:34:46.039 --> 00:34:46.699
 and my doctor

00:34:46.699 --> 00:34:47.300
 came in and

00:34:47.300 --> 00:34:48.780
 he pulled out

00:34:48.780 --> 00:34:49.360
 the papers and

00:34:49.360 --> 00:34:49.539
 he said,

00:34:49.599 --> 00:34:49.900
 let me just

00:34:49.900 --> 00:34:50.179
 look at

00:34:50.179 --> 00:34:50.619
 something really

00:34:50.619 --> 00:34:50.960
 quick.

00:34:51.099 --> 00:34:52.380
 And he

00:34:52.380 --> 00:34:52.860
 did some

00:34:52.860 --> 00:34:53.519
 math and

00:34:53.519 --> 00:34:55.260
 he showed

00:34:55.260 --> 00:34:55.519
 me,

00:34:55.599 --> 00:34:55.880
 like,

00:34:57.320 --> 00:34:57.820
 they haven't

00:34:57.820 --> 00:34:58.139
 been doing

00:34:58.139 --> 00:34:58.659
 this right.

00:34:59.099 --> 00:34:59.300
 Like,

00:34:59.420 --> 00:34:59.940
 your lung

00:34:59.940 --> 00:35:00.579
 function is

00:35:00.579 --> 00:35:01.219
 actually a lot

00:35:01.219 --> 00:35:02.719
 lower than

00:35:02.719 --> 00:35:03.579
 we think it

00:35:03.579 --> 00:35:03.860
 is.

00:35:03.860 --> 00:35:04.480
 you thought

00:35:04.480 --> 00:35:04.840
 it was.

00:35:05.980 --> 00:35:06.440
 And so,

00:35:07.240 --> 00:35:08.039
 he said,

00:35:08.099 --> 00:35:08.420
 I need you

00:35:08.420 --> 00:35:08.700
 to stay

00:35:08.700 --> 00:35:09.320
 another week

00:35:09.320 --> 00:35:10.539
 so we can

00:35:10.539 --> 00:35:10.920
 work on

00:35:10.920 --> 00:35:11.220
 this.

00:35:12.200 --> 00:35:12.620
 And at

00:35:12.620 --> 00:35:13.039
 that point,

00:35:13.099 --> 00:35:13.539
 that's when I

00:35:13.539 --> 00:35:14.480
 realized there

00:35:14.480 --> 00:35:14.840
 was a lot

00:35:14.840 --> 00:35:16.220
 other suffering

00:35:16.220 --> 00:35:16.980
 that was ahead.

00:35:18.059 --> 00:35:18.860
 And in my

00:35:18.860 --> 00:35:19.559
 hospital room,

00:35:19.599 --> 00:35:20.420
 I had the

00:35:20.420 --> 00:35:21.539
 Bible and

00:35:21.539 --> 00:35:22.720
 I also had

00:35:22.720 --> 00:35:25.280
 Arthur Pink's

00:35:25.280 --> 00:35:26.000
 Attributes of

00:35:26.000 --> 00:35:26.579
 God book.

00:35:27.240 --> 00:35:28.000
 And that's

00:35:28.000 --> 00:35:28.740
 the two things

00:35:28.740 --> 00:35:29.300
 I just kept

00:35:29.300 --> 00:35:30.920
 storing in my

00:35:30.920 --> 00:35:31.200
 head.

00:35:32.519 --> 00:35:32.760
 So,

00:35:32.840 --> 00:35:33.180
 this isn't

00:35:33.180 --> 00:35:33.460
 cool,

00:35:33.579 --> 00:35:33.840
 nerdy,

00:35:33.980 --> 00:35:34.380
 theology.

00:35:34.579 --> 00:35:35.039
 This is

00:35:35.039 --> 00:35:36.180
 truth for

00:35:36.180 --> 00:35:36.640
 your real

00:35:36.640 --> 00:35:37.019
 life.

00:35:37.120 --> 00:35:37.440
 It's truth

00:35:37.440 --> 00:35:37.960
 for life

00:35:37.960 --> 00:35:38.360
 and truth

00:35:38.360 --> 00:35:38.880
 for death

00:35:38.880 --> 00:35:39.900
 for you

00:35:39.900 --> 00:35:40.240
 to live

00:35:40.240 --> 00:35:40.360
 in.

00:35:40.420 --> 00:35:40.820
 We all

00:35:40.820 --> 00:35:41.400
 need a

00:35:41.400 --> 00:35:41.900
 powerful,

00:35:42.260 --> 00:35:42.539
 sovereign

00:35:42.539 --> 00:35:42.980
 God.

00:35:44.160 --> 00:35:44.380
 So,

00:35:44.480 --> 00:35:45.220
 strive to

00:35:45.220 --> 00:35:45.840
 know God

00:35:45.840 --> 00:35:47.000
 as he

00:35:47.000 --> 00:35:48.220
 is and

00:35:48.220 --> 00:35:49.300
 realize it's

00:35:49.300 --> 00:35:49.820
 so hard.

00:35:50.480 --> 00:35:51.160
 Your feelings

00:35:51.160 --> 00:35:51.400
 and your

00:35:51.400 --> 00:35:51.960
 emotions don't

00:35:51.960 --> 00:35:52.400
 affect the

00:35:52.400 --> 00:35:52.780
 person of

00:35:52.780 --> 00:35:53.039
 God.

00:35:56.099 --> 00:35:56.960
 So hard

00:35:56.960 --> 00:35:57.440
 to not do

00:35:57.440 --> 00:35:57.720
 that.

00:35:59.000 --> 00:35:59.559
 Meditate

00:35:59.559 --> 00:35:59.900
 on the

00:35:59.900 --> 00:36:00.420
 person of

00:36:00.420 --> 00:36:01.480
 God in

00:36:01.480 --> 00:36:02.120
 his word

00:36:02.120 --> 00:36:03.099
 and allow

00:36:03.099 --> 00:36:03.380
 it to

00:36:03.380 --> 00:36:03.800
 enhance

00:36:03.800 --> 00:36:04.000
 your

00:36:04.000 --> 00:36:04.260
 awe

00:36:04.260 --> 00:36:04.500
 and your

00:36:04.500 --> 00:36:04.800
 wonder

00:36:04.800 --> 00:36:05.240
 of him,

00:36:05.760 --> 00:36:06.099
 your

00:36:06.099 --> 00:36:06.400
 worship

00:36:06.400 --> 00:36:06.920
 of him,

00:36:07.700 --> 00:36:08.780
 and strive

00:36:08.780 --> 00:36:09.320
 to know

00:36:09.320 --> 00:36:09.940
 Jesus

00:36:09.940 --> 00:36:10.500
 Christ,

00:36:11.720 --> 00:36:12.460
 who said

00:36:12.460 --> 00:36:13.260
 in John

00:36:13.260 --> 00:36:13.680
 8,

00:36:14.559 --> 00:36:15.380
 verse 57,

00:36:15.500 --> 00:36:15.760
 he was

00:36:15.760 --> 00:36:16.220
 facing a

00:36:16.220 --> 00:36:17.160
 hostile crowd.

00:36:17.160 --> 00:36:17.740
 They were

00:36:17.740 --> 00:36:18.160
 questioning

00:36:18.160 --> 00:36:18.579
 him.

00:36:18.579 --> 00:36:20.900
 so the

00:36:20.900 --> 00:36:21.360
 Jews said

00:36:21.360 --> 00:36:21.779
 to him,

00:36:22.380 --> 00:36:22.920
 you are

00:36:22.920 --> 00:36:23.440
 not 50

00:36:23.440 --> 00:36:24.139
 years old

00:36:24.139 --> 00:36:24.400
 and yet

00:36:24.400 --> 00:36:24.900
 you say

00:36:24.900 --> 00:36:25.259
 you have

00:36:25.259 --> 00:36:25.779
 seen

00:36:25.779 --> 00:36:26.279
 Abraham.

00:36:27.119 --> 00:36:27.699
 And Jesus

00:36:27.699 --> 00:36:28.559
 responded to

00:36:28.559 --> 00:36:28.719
 them,

00:36:28.799 --> 00:36:29.099
 truly,

00:36:29.279 --> 00:36:29.539
 truly,

00:36:29.679 --> 00:36:30.000
 I say

00:36:30.000 --> 00:36:30.559
 to you,

00:36:31.199 --> 00:36:31.719
 before

00:36:31.719 --> 00:36:32.360
 Abraham

00:36:32.360 --> 00:36:32.799
 ever

00:36:32.799 --> 00:36:33.340
 existed,

00:36:34.460 --> 00:36:35.099
 I am.

00:36:35.299 --> 00:36:35.599
 And he

00:36:35.599 --> 00:36:36.279
 used that

00:36:36.279 --> 00:36:36.920
 name of

00:36:36.920 --> 00:36:37.199
 God,

00:36:37.340 --> 00:36:37.860
 like I

00:36:37.860 --> 00:36:38.380
 existed

00:36:38.380 --> 00:36:39.319
 before

00:36:39.319 --> 00:36:40.460
 Abraham.

00:36:42.000 --> 00:36:42.319
 And as

00:36:42.319 --> 00:36:42.759
 expected,

00:36:42.880 --> 00:36:43.179
 they didn't

00:36:43.179 --> 00:36:43.719
 like that.

00:36:43.719 --> 00:36:45.519
 I am

00:36:45.519 --> 00:36:46.299
 Yahweh.

00:36:47.579 --> 00:36:48.419
 So in

00:36:48.419 --> 00:36:48.819
 Jesus,

00:36:49.000 --> 00:36:49.439
 the God

00:36:49.439 --> 00:36:49.799
 man,

00:36:50.519 --> 00:36:50.959
 God

00:36:50.959 --> 00:36:51.619
 accommodated

00:36:51.619 --> 00:36:52.219
 himself in

00:36:52.219 --> 00:36:52.679
 the greatest

00:36:52.679 --> 00:36:53.579
 way possible.

00:36:54.179 --> 00:36:54.639
 If you

00:36:54.639 --> 00:36:55.439
 see Jesus,

00:36:55.559 --> 00:36:55.759
 you have

00:36:55.759 --> 00:36:56.159
 seen the

00:36:56.159 --> 00:36:56.439
 Father.

00:36:56.959 --> 00:36:57.239
 As you

00:36:57.239 --> 00:36:57.759
 have received

00:36:57.759 --> 00:36:58.099
 Jesus,

00:36:58.199 --> 00:36:58.399
 you have

00:36:58.399 --> 00:36:58.839
 received

00:36:58.839 --> 00:36:59.799
 the

00:36:59.799 --> 00:37:00.099
 Father.

00:37:00.959 --> 00:37:01.239
 God

00:37:01.239 --> 00:37:01.619
 has drawn

00:37:01.619 --> 00:37:02.059
 near to

00:37:02.059 --> 00:37:02.419
 us in

00:37:02.419 --> 00:37:02.959
 the person

00:37:02.959 --> 00:37:03.819
 of Christ

00:37:03.819 --> 00:37:04.239
 for us

00:37:04.239 --> 00:37:04.679
 to know

00:37:04.679 --> 00:37:05.099
 who he

00:37:05.099 --> 00:37:05.480
 is.

00:37:06.919 --> 00:37:07.500
 Beginning

00:37:07.500 --> 00:37:08.259
 of John's

00:37:08.259 --> 00:37:08.599
 gospel,

00:37:09.019 --> 00:37:09.399
 we have

00:37:09.399 --> 00:37:10.019
 seen his

00:37:10.019 --> 00:37:10.419
 glory.

00:37:11.659 --> 00:37:12.559
 So strive

00:37:12.559 --> 00:37:13.139
 to know

00:37:13.139 --> 00:37:14.239
 Christ.

00:37:14.319 --> 00:37:14.779
 Flip over,

00:37:15.779 --> 00:37:16.099
 again,

00:37:16.159 --> 00:37:16.279
 I don't

00:37:16.279 --> 00:37:16.460
 know if

00:37:16.460 --> 00:37:16.679
 this is

00:37:16.679 --> 00:37:17.019
 planned,

00:37:17.159 --> 00:37:17.259
 but

00:37:17.259 --> 00:37:17.739
 Colossians

00:37:17.739 --> 00:37:18.039
 chapter

00:37:18.039 --> 00:37:18.460
 1.

00:37:25.139 --> 00:37:25.619
 Colossians

00:37:25.619 --> 00:37:25.960
 chapter

00:37:25.960 --> 00:37:26.359
 1,

00:37:26.440 --> 00:37:26.779
 we can

00:37:26.779 --> 00:37:28.019
 see it

00:37:28.019 --> 00:37:28.219
 in just

00:37:28.219 --> 00:37:29.000
 verse 15.

00:37:33.539 --> 00:37:34.059
 He,

00:37:34.239 --> 00:37:34.500
 being

00:37:34.500 --> 00:37:34.940
 Jesus,

00:37:35.739 --> 00:37:36.480
 is the

00:37:36.480 --> 00:37:37.039
 image of

00:37:37.039 --> 00:37:37.179
 the

00:37:37.179 --> 00:37:37.659
 invisible

00:37:37.659 --> 00:37:38.179
 God,

00:37:39.059 --> 00:37:39.480
 the

00:37:39.480 --> 00:37:40.039
 firstborn

00:37:40.039 --> 00:37:40.579
 of all

00:37:40.579 --> 00:37:41.199
 creation.

00:37:42.199 --> 00:37:42.719
 For by

00:37:42.719 --> 00:37:43.000
 him,

00:37:43.000 --> 00:37:43.940
 all things

00:37:43.940 --> 00:37:44.619
 were created

00:37:44.619 --> 00:37:45.860
 in heaven

00:37:45.860 --> 00:37:46.400
 and on

00:37:46.400 --> 00:37:46.800
 earth,

00:37:47.599 --> 00:37:47.980
 visible

00:37:47.980 --> 00:37:48.960
 and invisible.

00:37:49.760 --> 00:37:50.079
 Whether

00:37:50.079 --> 00:37:50.840
 thrones or

00:37:50.840 --> 00:37:51.679
 dominions or

00:37:51.679 --> 00:37:52.400
 rulers or

00:37:52.400 --> 00:37:52.880
 authorities,

00:37:53.119 --> 00:37:53.780
 all things

00:37:53.780 --> 00:37:54.300
 were created

00:37:54.300 --> 00:37:55.000
 through him

00:37:55.000 --> 00:37:56.320
 and for

00:37:56.320 --> 00:37:56.599
 him.

00:37:57.860 --> 00:37:58.219
 He is

00:37:58.219 --> 00:37:58.840
 before all

00:37:58.840 --> 00:37:59.380
 things and

00:37:59.380 --> 00:37:59.840
 in him

00:37:59.840 --> 00:38:00.659
 all things

00:38:00.659 --> 00:38:01.139
 hold

00:38:01.139 --> 00:38:02.320
 together.

00:38:03.619 --> 00:38:04.320
 You see

00:38:04.320 --> 00:38:04.599
 some of

00:38:04.599 --> 00:38:04.820
 that?

00:38:04.920 --> 00:38:05.300
 He is

00:38:05.300 --> 00:38:06.300
 the creator.

00:38:08.019 --> 00:38:09.000
 He is

00:38:09.000 --> 00:38:09.900
 the ruler.

00:38:09.900 --> 00:38:11.720
 He is

00:38:11.720 --> 00:38:11.940
 the

00:38:11.940 --> 00:38:12.780
 sustainer.

00:38:12.920 --> 00:38:13.220
 We see

00:38:13.220 --> 00:38:13.720
 that all

00:38:13.720 --> 00:38:14.039
 in these

00:38:14.039 --> 00:38:14.380
 verses.

00:38:15.780 --> 00:38:16.280
 And he

00:38:16.280 --> 00:38:16.760
 became

00:38:16.760 --> 00:38:17.320
 before

00:38:17.320 --> 00:38:17.780
 anything

00:38:17.780 --> 00:38:18.320
 else

00:38:18.320 --> 00:38:18.680
 came.

00:38:19.740 --> 00:38:20.139
 He is

00:38:20.139 --> 00:38:20.420
 the head

00:38:20.420 --> 00:38:20.660
 of the

00:38:20.660 --> 00:38:20.940
 body,

00:38:21.019 --> 00:38:21.519
 the church.

00:38:21.680 --> 00:38:21.920
 He is

00:38:21.920 --> 00:38:22.420
 the beginning,

00:38:22.579 --> 00:38:23.240
 the firstborn

00:38:23.240 --> 00:38:23.700
 from the

00:38:23.700 --> 00:38:24.019
 dead,

00:38:24.680 --> 00:38:25.400
 that in

00:38:25.400 --> 00:38:25.920
 everything

00:38:25.920 --> 00:38:26.660
 he might

00:38:26.660 --> 00:38:27.019
 be

00:38:27.019 --> 00:38:27.720
 preeminent.

00:38:28.619 --> 00:38:29.119
 For in

00:38:29.119 --> 00:38:29.780
 him all

00:38:29.780 --> 00:38:30.420
 the fullness

00:38:30.420 --> 00:38:31.300
 of God

00:38:31.300 --> 00:38:32.559
 was pleased

00:38:32.559 --> 00:38:33.119
 to dwell

00:38:33.119 --> 00:38:34.380
 and through

00:38:34.380 --> 00:38:34.960
 him to

00:38:34.960 --> 00:38:35.360
 reconcile

00:38:35.360 --> 00:38:36.420
 all things

00:38:36.420 --> 00:38:38.000
 whether on

00:38:38.000 --> 00:38:38.840
 earth or

00:38:38.840 --> 00:38:39.180
 in heaven

00:38:39.180 --> 00:38:39.980
 making peace

00:38:39.980 --> 00:38:40.320
 by the

00:38:40.320 --> 00:38:40.820
 blood of

00:38:40.820 --> 00:38:41.400
 his cross.

00:38:43.420 --> 00:38:43.860
 And there

00:38:43.860 --> 00:38:45.340
 it's this

00:38:45.340 --> 00:38:45.900
 idea of

00:38:45.900 --> 00:38:46.620
 Christ bringing

00:38:46.620 --> 00:38:47.079
 together

00:38:47.079 --> 00:38:47.519
 everything

00:38:47.519 --> 00:38:48.059
 that's been

00:38:48.059 --> 00:38:48.519
 breaking

00:38:48.519 --> 00:38:49.160
 apart by

00:38:49.160 --> 00:38:49.519
 sin.

00:38:50.420 --> 00:38:52.059
 And it's

00:38:52.059 --> 00:38:52.559
 also this

00:38:52.559 --> 00:38:53.120
 idea of a

00:38:53.120 --> 00:38:53.500
 reckoning,

00:38:53.620 --> 00:38:53.980
 not just

00:38:53.980 --> 00:38:54.559
 like to

00:38:54.559 --> 00:38:55.059
 bring together

00:38:55.059 --> 00:38:55.539
 reconcile,

00:38:55.840 --> 00:38:56.539
 but a

00:38:56.539 --> 00:38:56.940
 reckoning.

00:38:58.420 --> 00:38:59.120
 We see

00:38:59.120 --> 00:38:59.539
 that Jesus

00:38:59.539 --> 00:38:59.900
 is those

00:38:59.900 --> 00:39:00.180
 things.

00:39:00.340 --> 00:39:01.099
 So if we

00:39:01.099 --> 00:39:01.500
 want to

00:39:01.500 --> 00:39:01.840
 know the

00:39:01.840 --> 00:39:02.280
 person of

00:39:02.280 --> 00:39:02.460
 God,

00:39:02.519 --> 00:39:02.900
 we look

00:39:02.900 --> 00:39:03.440
 at the

00:39:03.440 --> 00:39:03.760
 Son of

00:39:03.760 --> 00:39:04.039
 God.

00:39:04.039 --> 00:39:05.099
 and he

00:39:05.099 --> 00:39:05.759
 shows us

00:39:05.759 --> 00:39:06.099
 who he

00:39:06.099 --> 00:39:06.500
 is.

00:39:07.920 --> 00:39:08.159
 Isn't

00:39:08.159 --> 00:39:08.259
 it

00:39:08.259 --> 00:39:08.659
 interesting,

00:39:08.940 --> 00:39:09.340
 just in

00:39:09.340 --> 00:39:09.659
 closing,

00:39:09.840 --> 00:39:11.900
 that many

00:39:11.900 --> 00:39:12.519
 of our

00:39:12.519 --> 00:39:14.360
 modern day

00:39:14.360 --> 00:39:14.980
 books and

00:39:14.980 --> 00:39:15.559
 stories that

00:39:15.559 --> 00:39:15.880
 are out

00:39:15.880 --> 00:39:16.239
 there about

00:39:16.239 --> 00:39:16.519
 people

00:39:16.519 --> 00:39:17.320
 encountering

00:39:17.320 --> 00:39:18.400
 the person

00:39:18.400 --> 00:39:18.860
 of God

00:39:18.860 --> 00:39:19.860
 have nothing

00:39:19.860 --> 00:39:21.279
 at all in

00:39:21.279 --> 00:39:22.019
 relationship to

00:39:22.019 --> 00:39:22.320
 Scripture.

00:39:24.980 --> 00:39:25.500
 People are

00:39:25.500 --> 00:39:25.860
 like, oh,

00:39:25.880 --> 00:39:26.400
 it was just

00:39:26.400 --> 00:39:26.779
 a happy

00:39:26.779 --> 00:39:27.219
 moment,

00:39:27.400 --> 00:39:27.759
 just me

00:39:27.759 --> 00:39:28.219
 and God.

00:39:31.039 --> 00:39:31.779
 So not

00:39:31.779 --> 00:39:32.019
 what the

00:39:32.019 --> 00:39:32.659
 testimony of

00:39:32.659 --> 00:39:32.880
 Scripture

00:39:32.880 --> 00:39:33.300
 is.

00:39:34.039 --> 00:39:34.599
 You see

00:39:34.599 --> 00:39:35.019
 that Moses

00:39:35.019 --> 00:39:35.820
 was terrified.

00:39:37.099 --> 00:39:37.500
 We know

00:39:37.500 --> 00:39:37.820
 that in

00:39:37.820 --> 00:39:38.940
 all three

00:39:38.940 --> 00:39:39.420
 Gospels,

00:39:39.539 --> 00:39:39.739
 Matthew,

00:39:39.900 --> 00:39:40.179
 Mark,

00:39:40.920 --> 00:39:41.559
 and John,

00:39:42.779 --> 00:39:43.340
 there's the,

00:39:43.500 --> 00:39:44.019
 not John,

00:39:44.119 --> 00:39:44.840
 but Matthew,

00:39:44.980 --> 00:39:45.159
 Mark,

00:39:45.199 --> 00:39:45.619
 and Luke,

00:39:46.420 --> 00:39:47.000
 where Jesus

00:39:47.000 --> 00:39:48.039
 is transfigured

00:39:48.039 --> 00:39:48.759
 before them.

00:39:50.099 --> 00:39:50.579
 Matthew and

00:39:50.579 --> 00:39:51.039
 Mark say

00:39:51.039 --> 00:39:51.239
 that they

00:39:51.239 --> 00:39:51.880
 were terrified,

00:39:52.119 --> 00:39:53.460
 which actually

00:39:53.460 --> 00:39:54.699
 means scared

00:39:54.699 --> 00:39:55.199
 out of their

00:39:55.199 --> 00:39:57.300
 wits in

00:39:57.300 --> 00:39:58.019
 Greek,

00:39:58.539 --> 00:39:59.900
 scared out of

00:39:59.900 --> 00:40:00.539
 their mind

00:40:00.539 --> 00:40:01.139
 when they

00:40:01.139 --> 00:40:01.719
 saw this

00:40:01.719 --> 00:40:03.039
 transfiguration.

00:40:04.000 --> 00:40:04.300
 And then in

00:40:04.300 --> 00:40:04.920
 Luke's gospel,

00:40:05.059 --> 00:40:05.500
 it implies

00:40:05.500 --> 00:40:05.759
 that they

00:40:05.759 --> 00:40:06.179
 were like

00:40:06.179 --> 00:40:06.619
 in a deep

00:40:06.619 --> 00:40:07.079
 sleep.

00:40:08.420 --> 00:40:09.159
 And could

00:40:09.159 --> 00:40:09.400
 it be

00:40:09.400 --> 00:40:10.300
 possible that

00:40:10.300 --> 00:40:12.119
 it just

00:40:12.119 --> 00:40:12.840
 describes the

00:40:12.840 --> 00:40:13.699
 sheer exhaustion

00:40:13.699 --> 00:40:14.480
 they had

00:40:14.480 --> 00:40:15.460
 of encountering

00:40:15.460 --> 00:40:16.559
 this scene,

00:40:17.320 --> 00:40:17.920
 overwhelmed,

00:40:18.599 --> 00:40:19.119
 put on the

00:40:19.119 --> 00:40:19.440
 ground,

00:40:19.440 --> 00:40:19.759
 where they

00:40:19.759 --> 00:40:20.360
 lost all

00:40:20.360 --> 00:40:21.079
 their strength.

00:40:22.079 --> 00:40:22.360
 And we

00:40:22.360 --> 00:40:22.860
 know that

00:40:22.860 --> 00:40:24.400
 John,

00:40:24.480 --> 00:40:24.860
 who calls

00:40:24.860 --> 00:40:25.420
 himself the

00:40:25.420 --> 00:40:25.719
 beloved

00:40:25.719 --> 00:40:26.219
 disciple,

00:40:26.840 --> 00:40:27.239
 the same

00:40:27.239 --> 00:40:27.659
 guy who

00:40:27.659 --> 00:40:28.179
 Jesus,

00:40:28.319 --> 00:40:28.819
 he rested

00:40:28.819 --> 00:40:29.319
 his head

00:40:29.319 --> 00:40:29.859
 on the

00:40:29.859 --> 00:40:30.259
 shoulder of

00:40:30.259 --> 00:40:30.539
 Christ.

00:40:30.940 --> 00:40:31.259
 Same

00:40:31.259 --> 00:40:31.739
 disciple.

00:40:33.059 --> 00:40:33.319
 At the

00:40:33.319 --> 00:40:33.899
 beginning of

00:40:33.899 --> 00:40:35.219
 Revelation,

00:40:35.420 --> 00:40:35.759
 he is

00:40:35.759 --> 00:40:37.239
 terrified and

00:40:37.239 --> 00:40:37.819
 cannot even

00:40:37.819 --> 00:40:38.599
 look at

00:40:38.599 --> 00:40:39.119
 the Son of

00:40:39.119 --> 00:40:39.379
 God.

00:40:41.039 --> 00:40:41.799
 So we

00:40:41.799 --> 00:40:42.920
 have to

00:40:42.920 --> 00:40:43.440
 come to

00:40:43.440 --> 00:40:43.859
 the Scripture

00:40:43.859 --> 00:40:44.440
 to know

00:40:44.440 --> 00:40:45.279
 the person

00:40:45.279 --> 00:40:45.659
 of God.

00:40:45.739 --> 00:40:46.159
 We have to

00:40:46.159 --> 00:40:46.619
 pray that

00:40:46.619 --> 00:40:48.000
 God applies

00:40:48.000 --> 00:40:48.779
 his truth to

00:40:48.779 --> 00:40:49.440
 our hearts

00:40:49.440 --> 00:40:49.819
 and our

00:40:49.819 --> 00:40:50.259
 lives.

00:40:51.239 --> 00:40:52.980
 But I

00:40:52.980 --> 00:40:53.639
 pray that

00:40:53.639 --> 00:40:55.920
 just seeing

00:40:55.920 --> 00:40:56.480
 how big our

00:40:56.480 --> 00:40:57.019
 God truly

00:40:57.019 --> 00:40:57.399
 is,

00:40:57.400 --> 00:40:59.059
 is convicting

00:40:59.059 --> 00:40:59.619
 to you,

00:40:59.820 --> 00:41:00.480
 maybe even

00:41:00.480 --> 00:41:01.059
 scares you.

00:41:01.160 --> 00:41:01.400
 I don't

00:41:01.400 --> 00:41:01.700
 know where

00:41:01.700 --> 00:41:01.980
 you are.

00:41:02.039 --> 00:41:02.220
 You might

00:41:02.220 --> 00:41:02.740
 need to be

00:41:02.740 --> 00:41:03.260
 scared out

00:41:03.260 --> 00:41:03.440
 of your

00:41:03.440 --> 00:41:03.740
 wits.

00:41:04.360 --> 00:41:04.720
 Or you

00:41:04.720 --> 00:41:05.139
 might need

00:41:05.139 --> 00:41:05.559
 to be

00:41:05.559 --> 00:41:06.139
 encouraged

00:41:06.139 --> 00:41:07.180
 that such

00:41:07.180 --> 00:41:07.619
 a God

00:41:07.619 --> 00:41:08.440
 stands on

00:41:08.440 --> 00:41:09.119
 your behalf

00:41:09.119 --> 00:41:09.940
 and that

00:41:09.940 --> 00:41:10.280
 you are

00:41:10.280 --> 00:41:11.039
 made right

00:41:11.039 --> 00:41:11.480
 with him

00:41:11.480 --> 00:41:12.559
 through the

00:41:12.559 --> 00:41:13.079
 person of

00:41:13.079 --> 00:41:13.440
 Christ.

00:41:15.360 --> 00:41:15.960
 So we

00:41:15.960 --> 00:41:16.420
 can stand

00:41:16.420 --> 00:41:16.940
 boldly

00:41:16.940 --> 00:41:18.160
 because of

00:41:18.160 --> 00:41:18.519
 who God

00:41:18.519 --> 00:41:18.840
 is.

00:41:20.960 --> 00:41:21.559
 Praise him.

00:41:21.599 --> 00:41:22.119
 Let's pray

00:41:22.119 --> 00:41:22.460
 together.