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 2 Timothy chapter 3, beginning at verse 14, and that's on page 1197 of the Church Bibles.

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 2 Timothy chapter 3, beginning at verse 14, on page 1197.

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 But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have become convinced of,

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 because you know those from whom you learned it,

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 and how from infancy you have known the holy scriptures,

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

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 All scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness,

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 so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.

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 In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead,

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 and in view of his appearing and his kingdom, I give you this charge.

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 Preach the word and be prepared in season and out of season.

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 Correct, rebuke and encourage with great patience and careful instruction.

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 For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine.

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 Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers

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 to say what their itching ears want to hear.

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 They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.

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 But you, keep your head in all situations, endure hardship,

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 do the work of an evangelist, discharge all the duties of your ministry.

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 Thanks very much, Chris.

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 Well, let's pray together.

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 The Lord says,

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 These are the ones I look on with favour,

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 those who are humble and contrite in spirit

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 and who tremble at my word.

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 Father, we come to you in humility,

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 with a contrite spirit.

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 We place ourselves under your authority,

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 asking that your word and your truth

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 would shape us,

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 mould us,

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 change us,

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 as a church

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 and as a people.

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 Father, may that very word that

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 brought life into existence

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 be that same word

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 that speaks to our hearts and lives today,

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 bringing life

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 and bringing truth.

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 Father,

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 Father, without you

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 and without you speaking,

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 we are lost.

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 we need you.

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 We need your help.

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 Thank you for your word

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 and for its truth to us today.

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 In Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Well, I was thinking during the week

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 that it would be great

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 to have a new church building.

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 Controversial, I know,

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 but hey,

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 wouldn't it be nice?

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 Not just a smaller version

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 of this community centre,

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 but a modern,

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 state-of-the-art building.

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 The problem is

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 we don't have any money.

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 So that got me thinking some more.

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 So here's my idea

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 I want to put to you.

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 For a small fee,

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 let's say 250 euro per person

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 and at a bargain,

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 500 euro per family,

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 we're going to offer

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 to look after any births,

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 deaths and marriages.

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 So if there's anybody

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 in the community out there

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 who's unsure

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 about what they believe

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 and just want to cover their bases

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 in case,

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 just in case,

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 there is a God,

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 we will baptise,

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 we will bury,

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 and we will bless.

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 Or hatch, match and dispatch,

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 as they say.

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 For a modest payment,

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 we will assure them of salvation.

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 They mightn't understand

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 what they do,

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 but we can say,

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 it's all right,

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 we have you covered.

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 And we can even put an announcement

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 in the local newspaper.

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 Carragoline Baptist Church,

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 we have your life covered.

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 So what do you think?

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 Well, I hope you would say

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 something like this.

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 Johnny, you really can't do that

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 because that's not what the Bible says.

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 Salvation is a free gift from God,

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 received by faith in Jesus Christ.

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 Well, if you think my idea

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 is a little bit far-fetched,

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 come with me back 500 years

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 to the established church in Europe.

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 And something similar was happening.

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 They needed a new church building.

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 So the Pope at the time,

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 Leo X,

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 came up with this ingenious plan.

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 They were going to sell indulgences

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 or pardons

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 to the local people.

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 Because at that time,

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 most people believed in a place

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 called purgatory.

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 It was kind of an in-between

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 heaven and earth.

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 It's a place of torment.

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 A place where people went

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 when they died.

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 It's not in the Bible,

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 but nevertheless,

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 this is what the church taught.

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 And here people would go

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 and they would have to work off

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 all their sins

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 before moving off into heaven.

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 It was kind of a middle stage.

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 And this was the genius of the idea.

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 By selling these indulgences

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 or pardons

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 and people buying them

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 with their hard-earned money,

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 the Pope was giving them off

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 time off purgatory.

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 He was basically accelerating

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 the place from earth

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 when you died

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 to heaven.

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 For a very small fee,

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 salvation was being guaranteed

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 to the people.

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 You could buy it

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 with money.

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 Now, at the same time,

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 there was a young German monk,

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 you may have heard of this guy,

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 called Martin Luther.

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 And he was teaching

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 in one of the church's seminaries.

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 He was an up-and-coming theologian.

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 And he was serious

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 about reading the Bible.

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 And as he began

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 to lecture his students,

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 he was teaching through Psalms

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 and then Romans

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 and then Galatians,

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 he discovered something

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 the church had never,

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 ever taught him.

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 In fact,

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 he was discovering

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 that what the church taught

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 wasn't what the Bible said.

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 And he came to understand

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 some really core truths.

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 They weren't new,

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 but they were rediscovered truths

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 from the Bible.

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 They could be summarised

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 like this.

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 That salvation

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 is according to Scripture alone,

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 in Christ alone,

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 by grace alone,

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 so it's a free gift,

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 through faith alone,

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 so not something we work for,

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 but trust in Christ,

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 for the glory of God alone.

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 So filled with this passion

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 for this rediscovered truth

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 and a concern

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 for all these people

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 who were being led astray.

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 Martin Luther went down

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 to his local church

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 and he nailed up

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 or stuck up

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 on the church door

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 95 theses

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 or, if you like,

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 95 mini-statements

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 about the truth

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 of the Gospel.

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 Because the local church door

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 was like your town notice board.

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 It's where people went

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 to find out

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 what was going on

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 and what was happening.

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 And his aim was

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 to challenge the church

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 and the leaders of the church

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 to get back

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 to the central truth

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 of the Bible.

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 And this great event,

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 which will be celebrated

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 in October of this year,

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 500 years,

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 has become known

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 as the Reformation.

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 Because

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 it was a desire

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 to reform the church

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 in line

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 with the teaching

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 of Scripture.

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 Now we may be sitting here

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 and thinking

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 500 years ago,

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 I hate history.

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 And that was

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 an awful long time ago.

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 I sympathise with you.

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 I sat through

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 history classes in school

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 and I did not like it.

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 But,

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 there's lots

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 that we can learn from it.

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 And in one sense,

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 500 years later,

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 we are still

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 to be

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 reformers.

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 So I want us

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 to think of ourselves

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 as being reformers.

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 As we go back

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 to the Bible,

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 we are always

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 being reformed.

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 We are being shaped

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 and changed

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 by what the Bible

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 teaches.

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 Or to put it

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 another way,

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 if we as a church

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 are to go forward,

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 if we're to be

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 the kind of church

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 that God calls us to be,

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 if we're to be

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 the kind of Christians

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 God wants us to be,

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 we are to first

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 go back to Scripture.

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 We must take

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 one step back

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 to Scripture

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 to be able

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 to take

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 steps forward.

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 You see,

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 what Martin Luther

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 had rediscovered

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 was not new.

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 And his desire

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 to get back

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 to the Bible

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 was not new.

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 It was something

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 that the Apostle Paul

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 took seriously

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 and encouraged

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 his fellow servant

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 Timothy to do.

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 So have a look

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 in 2 Timothy

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 chapter 3

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 and verse 14.

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 2 Timothy 3

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 verse 14.

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 Verse 14,

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 but as for you,

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 so the Apostle Paul

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 here is writing

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 to this young pastor

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 called Timothy.

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 He's somewhere

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 about 16 or 18.

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 and he was pastor

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 or one of the elders

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 of a church

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 in Ephesus,

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 a very,

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 very young man.

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 And he's been given

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 this responsibility

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 of taking care

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 of the church.

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 Paul is nearing

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 the end of his life

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 and so he's passing on

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 and he's encouraging

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 to Timothy

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 to start his ministry

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 and to continue

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 his ministry

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 by getting back

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 to Scripture.

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 So let's read

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 verse 14.

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 But as for you,

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 Timothy,

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 continue in what

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 you have learned

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 and have become

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 convinced of

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 because you know

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 from those

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 from whom

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 you've learned it.

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 So what has

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 Timothy been learning?

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 Well, look at verse 15.

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 How from infancy,

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 from a little child,

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 you have known

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 the Holy Scriptures.

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 Timothy,

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 you've started

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 with the Scriptures.

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 Chapter 1 tells us

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 that it was his mother

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 and grandmother

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 that took the time

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 to teach

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 their young Timothy

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 and that's an encouragement

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 for us as parents

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 if we've got children

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 to be investing

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 at the very early stages

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 and teaching them

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 the good news

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 of God's Word.

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 So he started

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 with this knowledge

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 of the Scriptures

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 and Paul is now saying

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 continue on.

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 Make the Bible

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 central to your life

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 and to your teaching

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 and the reason

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 look down at

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 chapter 4 verse 3.

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 For the time

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 will come

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 when men

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 will not put up

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 with sound doctrine,

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 they'll not put up

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 with the truth

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 of what Scripture teaches.

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 Instead,

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 to suit their own desires,

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 they will gather

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 round them

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 a great number

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 of teachers

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 to say what

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 their itching ears

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 want to hear.

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 So people

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 don't want to hear

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 what the Bible

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 has to say

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 but they want to hear

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 what they want to hear.

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 Verse 4,

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 they will turn

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 their ears away

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 from the truth

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 and turn aside

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 to myths.

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 You see,

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 just as there was

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 in the time

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 of Timothy,

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 just as there was

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 500 years ago

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 and it's still

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 the same today,

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 there will always

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 be those

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 who come to the church

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 who will wander

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 away from

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 the truth of Scripture

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 and lead

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 other people

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 away from

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 the message

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 of the Bible.

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 They move away

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 from God's revelation

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 to man-made

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 tradition

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 and our job

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 like a Timothy

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 or a Martin Luther

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 is to get back

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 to what the Bible

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 teaches.

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 You see,

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 one of the most

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 important questions

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 we could always

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 be asking ourselves

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 is this,

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 what does

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 the Bible

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 say?

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 How are we

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 made right

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 with God?

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 Well,

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 what does

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 the Bible

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 say?

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 What should

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 the church

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 teach?

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 What should

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 we be doing

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 as a church?

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 Well,

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 what does

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 the Bible

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 say?

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 How are we

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 to live as

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 Christians

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 in the world?

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 Well,

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 what does

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 the Bible

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 teach?

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 What determines

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 my decision-making?

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 What kind

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 of church

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 should I

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 go to?

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 Well,

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 what does

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 the Bible

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 say?

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 It's not

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 important

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 what I

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 think

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 or what

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 you think

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 or what

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 anybody else

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 has to say,

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 but what

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 does

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 Scripture

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 have to

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 say?

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 What does

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 it teach

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 us?

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 When

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 Martin Luther

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 was challenged

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 and questioned

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 about these

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 rediscovered

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 views,

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 these truths

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 about salvation

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 and Scripture,

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 he said

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 this,

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 your

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 imperial

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 majesty

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 and your

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 lordship

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 demand a

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 simple

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 answer.

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 Here it

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 is,

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 plain and

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 straight.

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 Unless I

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 am convicted

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 of error

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 by the

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 Scriptures,

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 I cannot

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 and will

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 not recant

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 anything.

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 On this

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 I take

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 my stand.

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 I can

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 do no

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 other.

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 God

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 help me.

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 So he

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 took his

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 stand on

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 Scripture

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 alone and

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 everything

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 was lived

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 and practiced

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 under that.

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 So Scripture

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 alone is

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 where we

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 must begin

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 and where

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 we must

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 continue.

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 There's three

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 things we

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 want to learn

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 about Scripture

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 and why

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 it is so

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 central and

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 so important

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 to us.

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 First,

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 the source

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 of Scripture.

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 We start

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 with Scripture

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 because its

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 origin or

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 its source

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 is not

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 man or

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 a church

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 but God

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 himself.

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 So look

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 at verse

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 16.

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 2 Timothy

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 chapter 3

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 verse 16.

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 There's a

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 little phrase

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 there.

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 It says

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 all Scripture

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 is God

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 breathed.

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 Now all

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 Scripture

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 implies both

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 the Old

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 Testament

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 and the

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 New

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 Testament.

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 So when

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 we're talking

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 of Scripture

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 think old

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 and new.

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 Let me give

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 you an example

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 of this.

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 If you just

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 go back a

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 couple of

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 pages to

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 1 Timothy

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 chapter 5

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 verse 17.

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 1 Timothy

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 chapter 5

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 verse 17.

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 So he's

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 giving instructions

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 to Timothy

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 about elders.

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 So chapter

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 3 he's been

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 talking to the

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 elders, the

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 leaders of

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 the church.

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 And one of

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 the primary

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 roles of an

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 elder, he

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 tells us in

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 chapter 3, is

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 that they must

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 be able to

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 teach.

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 They must be

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 able to teach

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 God's word

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 and apply

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 God's word.

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 And here he

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 says something

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 else.

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 Chapter 5

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 verse 17.

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 The elders

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 who direct

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 the affairs

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 of the church

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 so they give

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 direction through

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 the word.

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 He says they

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 are worthy

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 of double

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 honour,

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 especially those

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 whose work

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 is preaching

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 and teaching.

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 And now he

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 wants to back

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 up what he's

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 saying.

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 Verse 18.

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 For the

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 scripture says

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 do not

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 muzzle the

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 ox while it's

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 treading out

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 the grain,

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 which is a

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 quote from

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 Deuteronomy,

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 the Old

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 Testament.

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 So if the

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 donkey or

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 the horse

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 or the ox

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 gets some

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 food,

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 well then so

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 should those

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 who are doing

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 the work of

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 teaching.

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 And then he

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 says the

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 worker deserves

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 his wages,

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 which is a

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 quote from

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 Luke's gospel,

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 which is in

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 the New

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 Testament.

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 So can you

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 see what Paul

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 is doing?

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 He's making

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 a case and

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 to make his

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 case he refers

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 to both the

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 Old Testament

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 and the New

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 Testament and

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 he calls them

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 the scriptures.

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 So when we're

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 talking about

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 scriptures,

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 we're talking

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 about everything

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 that's in the

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 Old Testament

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 and everything

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 that's in the

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 New Testament

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 from Genesis

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 to Revelation,

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 the whole

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 Bible.

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 It's this book

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 that we're

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 looking at right

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 now, nothing

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 more and

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 nothing less.

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 And that must

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 remain central

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 to the life

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 of the church.

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 So all of

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 scripture, we

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 don't pick the

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 pieces that we

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 want and the

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 bits we don't

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 like we leave to

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 one side.

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 We don't go,

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 oh well this is

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 what Jesus said,

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 I can deal with

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 that, but Paul

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 said that so I

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 don't listen to

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 Paul because I

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 don't like Paul.

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 No, all of

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 scripture, everything

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 together is God's

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 word because it

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 is, secondly, God

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 breathed.

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 So go back to

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 2 Timothy 3

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 verse 16.

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 It says that all

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 scripture is God

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 breathed.

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 Now God

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 breathed is a

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 technical term

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 and it's really

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 important that we

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 understand it.

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 It simply means

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 that the words,

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 the Bible,

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 originates in

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 the mind of

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 God.

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 So every word

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 written in the

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 Bible has been

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 chosen or has

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 been inspired by

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 God.

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 So the Bible is

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 not man's

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 invention, it's

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 not the church's

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 idea, but it is

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 God's revealed

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 truth to us.

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 Again, if we

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 go forward just

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 a few pages to

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 2 Peter, so

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 Hebrews after

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 Timothy, Hebrews

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 James, well

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 there's a

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 Titus in there

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 as well, Titus,

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 Hebrews, James

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 and then 1

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 Peter, 2

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 Peter chapter

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 1 verse 20.

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 2 Peter chapter

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 1 verse 20.

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 So we're

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 thinking about

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 what it is to

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 be God

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 breathed, that

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 God's word

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 originates in

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 the mind of

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 God, not in

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 somebody's ideas.

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 So 2 Peter

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 chapter 1

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 verse 20.

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 So Peter is

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 writing, he

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 says, above

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 all you must

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 understand that

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 no prophecy of

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 scripture came

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 about by the

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 prophet's own

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 interpretation.

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 For prophecy

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 never had its

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 origin in the

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 will of man,

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 but men spoke

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 from God as

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 they were carried

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 along by the

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 Holy Spirit.

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 So what the

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 authors had to

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 say, the

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 authors of

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 scripture, it

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 isn't their own

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 ideas, their own

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 imagination, but

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 if you look at the

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 end of verse 21,

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 men spoke from

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 God as they

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 were carried

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 along by the

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 Holy Spirit.

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 So as the

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 work of God's

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 Spirit was in

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 their lives, so

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 they began to

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 write what God

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 called them to

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 write.

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 Now another

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 person who's

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 just died

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 recently, a few

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 years ago, John

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 Stott, explained

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 it like this, which

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 I think is very

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 helpful.

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 He said, God

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 spoke his

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 words through

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 their words, using

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 their different

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 personalities and

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 style in such a

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 way that their

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 words were

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 simultaneously his.

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 So God didn't

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 just dictate

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 mechanically and

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 go write this

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 and then say a

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 whole load of

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 things and they

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 just wrote down

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 word for word,

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 but God used

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 their personalities.

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 That's why when

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 we read Paul, he

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 writes in a

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 different way.

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 Peter writes in

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 a different way.

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 Moses writes in

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 a different way.

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 God used their

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 different personalities

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 and style, but

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 yet their words

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 were at the same

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 time God's

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 words.

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 So we start

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 with Scripture

00:22:06.660 --> 00:22:08.000
 because the

00:22:08.000 --> 00:22:08.779
 source of

00:22:08.779 --> 00:22:10.460
 Scripture originates

00:22:10.460 --> 00:22:11.759
 in the mind of

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 God and it's

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 for us today.

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 The second

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 reason why we

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 need Scripture

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 is its purpose.

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 And again, we

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 see two things

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 here.

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 The purpose of

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 Scripture first

00:22:26.059 --> 00:22:27.680
 is it leads to

00:22:27.680 --> 00:22:28.579
 our salvation.

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 So go back to

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 2 Timothy

00:22:30.799 --> 00:22:32.220
 chapter 3

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 and verse

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 15.

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 Back to

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 2 Timothy

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 3 verse

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 15.

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 So he says

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 there, how

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 from infancy

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 you have

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 known the

00:22:52.579 --> 00:22:53.500
 Holy Scriptures

00:22:53.500 --> 00:22:55.579
 which are

00:22:55.579 --> 00:22:56.220
 able to

00:22:56.220 --> 00:22:56.720
 make you

00:22:56.720 --> 00:22:57.799
 wise for

00:22:57.799 --> 00:22:58.599
 salvation

00:22:58.599 --> 00:22:59.959
 through

00:22:59.959 --> 00:23:01.220
 faith in

00:23:01.220 --> 00:23:02.019
 Christ Jesus.

00:23:03.019 --> 00:23:04.000
 So it

00:23:04.000 --> 00:23:04.799
 leads people

00:23:04.799 --> 00:23:05.559
 to salvation.

00:23:05.779 --> 00:23:06.159
 If you

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 were to

00:23:06.500 --> 00:23:07.879
 summarize the

00:23:07.879 --> 00:23:08.379
 whole of the

00:23:08.380 --> 00:23:08.920
 Bible in

00:23:08.920 --> 00:23:09.660
 one word,

00:23:10.340 --> 00:23:10.780
 what would

00:23:10.780 --> 00:23:11.220
 you use?

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 If you

00:23:11.480 --> 00:23:11.740
 were to

00:23:11.740 --> 00:23:12.500
 summarize the

00:23:12.500 --> 00:23:13.000
 whole Bible

00:23:13.000 --> 00:23:13.420
 in one

00:23:13.420 --> 00:23:13.800
 word,

00:23:14.620 --> 00:23:14.840
 you ever

00:23:14.840 --> 00:23:15.320
 thought what

00:23:15.320 --> 00:23:15.600
 you would

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 say?

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 Well, I

00:23:17.320 --> 00:23:18.460
 think salvation

00:23:18.460 --> 00:23:19.940
 would be a

00:23:19.940 --> 00:23:20.480
 good word

00:23:20.480 --> 00:23:21.400
 because the

00:23:21.400 --> 00:23:22.040
 whole of

00:23:22.040 --> 00:23:22.680
 Scripture from

00:23:22.680 --> 00:23:23.420
 beginning to

00:23:23.420 --> 00:23:24.860
 end is God's

00:23:24.860 --> 00:23:26.020
 unfolding plan,

00:23:26.340 --> 00:23:27.220
 his true

00:23:27.220 --> 00:23:29.560
 story to

00:23:29.560 --> 00:23:30.600
 save us

00:23:30.600 --> 00:23:31.440
 from the

00:23:31.440 --> 00:23:32.060
 judgment that

00:23:32.060 --> 00:23:32.780
 we deserve.

00:23:33.220 --> 00:23:33.860
 The Bible

00:23:33.860 --> 00:23:34.860
 tells us the

00:23:34.860 --> 00:23:36.120
 story of what

00:23:36.119 --> 00:23:36.619
 we're like,

00:23:36.679 --> 00:23:37.099
 that God

00:23:37.099 --> 00:23:37.959
 made us,

00:23:38.179 --> 00:23:38.519
 that he

00:23:38.519 --> 00:23:39.159
 loves us,

00:23:39.199 --> 00:23:39.479
 that he

00:23:39.479 --> 00:23:40.299
 rules over

00:23:40.299 --> 00:23:41.039
 us, but

00:23:41.039 --> 00:23:41.979
 we rebelled

00:23:41.979 --> 00:23:42.579
 against him,

00:23:42.639 --> 00:23:43.279
 we turned

00:23:43.279 --> 00:23:43.979
 against God,

00:23:44.079 --> 00:23:44.759
 we sinned,

00:23:44.959 --> 00:23:45.599
 just like

00:23:45.599 --> 00:23:46.059
 Adam and

00:23:46.059 --> 00:23:46.959
 Eve, we've

00:23:46.959 --> 00:23:47.739
 turned away

00:23:47.739 --> 00:23:48.419
 from God,

00:23:49.059 --> 00:23:49.619
 and we

00:23:49.619 --> 00:23:50.619
 need saved

00:23:50.619 --> 00:23:51.419
 from God's

00:23:51.419 --> 00:23:51.859
 judgment,

00:23:52.079 --> 00:23:52.519
 from his

00:23:52.519 --> 00:23:53.519
 wrath, and

00:23:53.519 --> 00:23:54.719
 that salvation

00:23:54.719 --> 00:23:55.759
 comes not

00:23:55.759 --> 00:23:56.219
 through our

00:23:56.219 --> 00:23:56.919
 own efforts,

00:23:57.679 --> 00:23:58.279
 not by the

00:23:58.279 --> 00:23:58.899
 things I can

00:23:58.899 --> 00:24:00.139
 do, but

00:24:00.139 --> 00:24:00.739
 through the

00:24:00.739 --> 00:24:02.039
 person of

00:24:02.039 --> 00:24:02.819
 Jesus Christ.

00:24:02.819 --> 00:24:03.200
 So it

00:24:03.200 --> 00:24:03.639
 says in

00:24:03.639 --> 00:24:04.359
 verse 15,

00:24:06.059 --> 00:24:06.220
 the

00:24:06.220 --> 00:24:06.819
 scriptures

00:24:06.819 --> 00:24:07.379
 which are

00:24:07.379 --> 00:24:07.899
 able to

00:24:07.899 --> 00:24:08.339
 make you

00:24:08.339 --> 00:24:09.200
 wise for

00:24:09.200 --> 00:24:09.919
 salvation

00:24:09.919 --> 00:24:11.099
 through

00:24:11.099 --> 00:24:12.659
 faith in

00:24:12.659 --> 00:24:13.819
 Christ Jesus.

00:24:14.919 --> 00:24:15.859
 So as we

00:24:15.859 --> 00:24:17.079
 read and

00:24:17.079 --> 00:24:17.779
 listen to

00:24:17.779 --> 00:24:19.379
 scripture, it

00:24:19.379 --> 00:24:19.939
 makes us

00:24:19.939 --> 00:24:20.740
 wise for

00:24:20.740 --> 00:24:21.559
 salvation, it

00:24:21.559 --> 00:24:22.319
 shows us our

00:24:22.319 --> 00:24:23.299
 need to be

00:24:23.299 --> 00:24:23.819
 saved.

00:24:24.399 --> 00:24:24.899
 Scripture

00:24:24.899 --> 00:24:25.960
 itself doesn't

00:24:25.960 --> 00:24:26.939
 save me, so

00:24:26.939 --> 00:24:27.659
 if I read

00:24:27.659 --> 00:24:28.399
 the Bible, it's

00:24:28.399 --> 00:24:28.859
 not going to

00:24:28.859 --> 00:24:29.700
 save me by

00:24:29.700 --> 00:24:30.259
 itself.

00:24:30.879 --> 00:24:31.579
 Rather, the

00:24:31.579 --> 00:24:32.079
 scriptures

00:24:32.079 --> 00:24:33.519
 open up my

00:24:33.519 --> 00:24:34.279
 eyes to help

00:24:34.279 --> 00:24:34.740
 me see the

00:24:34.740 --> 00:24:35.480
 need for

00:24:35.480 --> 00:24:35.859
 Jesus.

00:24:36.019 --> 00:24:36.799
 It brings me

00:24:36.799 --> 00:24:37.659
 back to who

00:24:37.659 --> 00:24:38.519
 Jesus is and

00:24:38.519 --> 00:24:39.619
 shows me that

00:24:39.619 --> 00:24:40.779
 Jesus died for

00:24:40.779 --> 00:24:41.220
 me on the

00:24:41.220 --> 00:24:42.099
 cross, that he

00:24:42.099 --> 00:24:43.139
 rose again from

00:24:43.139 --> 00:24:44.159
 the grave, defeating

00:24:44.159 --> 00:24:45.299
 death, and as

00:24:45.299 --> 00:24:46.519
 we trust in the

00:24:46.519 --> 00:24:48.480
 person of Jesus, we

00:24:48.480 --> 00:24:49.240
 are saved.

00:24:50.019 --> 00:24:50.899
 As it says at the

00:24:50.899 --> 00:24:51.839
 end of verse 15,

00:24:52.279 --> 00:24:53.019
 for salvation

00:24:53.019 --> 00:24:53.879
 comes through

00:24:53.879 --> 00:24:55.799
 faith in

00:24:55.799 --> 00:24:56.659
 Christ Jesus.

00:24:57.379 --> 00:24:58.299
 It's by trusting

00:24:58.299 --> 00:24:58.879
 in him.

00:25:00.419 --> 00:25:01.379
 Let me quote

00:25:01.380 --> 00:25:01.940
 again, this

00:25:01.940 --> 00:25:02.700
 time from a

00:25:02.700 --> 00:25:03.980
 living author.

00:25:04.780 --> 00:25:05.580
 Tim Keller

00:25:05.580 --> 00:25:06.740
 explains it like

00:25:06.740 --> 00:25:07.460
 this, which I

00:25:07.460 --> 00:25:08.140
 think is very,

00:25:08.280 --> 00:25:08.820
 very helpful.

00:25:09.260 --> 00:25:10.540
 The Bible, he

00:25:10.540 --> 00:25:11.940
 says, then is

00:25:11.940 --> 00:25:12.840
 not a collection

00:25:12.840 --> 00:25:14.240
 of fables or

00:25:14.240 --> 00:25:15.740
 fictional stories

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 that give us

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 insights on how

00:25:18.200 --> 00:25:19.140
 to find God

00:25:19.140 --> 00:25:20.040
 and live right.

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 Rather, it is

00:25:22.020 --> 00:25:22.920
 both true

00:25:22.920 --> 00:25:24.540
 history and a

00:25:24.540 --> 00:25:25.720
 unified story

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 about how God

00:25:26.720 --> 00:25:27.700
 came to find

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 us in the

00:25:28.680 --> 00:25:29.540
 person of Jesus

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 Christ, who

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 died in our

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 place so that

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 we could be

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 saved by grace

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 through faith

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 and live with

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 him forever in

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 a remade world,

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 the garden city

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 of God.

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 The Bible is

00:25:43.339 --> 00:25:44.079
 not primarily

00:25:44.079 --> 00:25:46.019
 about us and

00:25:46.019 --> 00:25:46.759
 what we should

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 do.

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 It is first and

00:25:48.599 --> 00:25:49.440
 foremost about

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 Jesus and what

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 he has done.

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 So as we read

00:25:55.379 --> 00:25:56.220
 through Scripture,

00:25:56.799 --> 00:25:57.960
 we discover that

00:25:57.960 --> 00:25:59.180
 God's great plan,

00:25:59.360 --> 00:26:00.819
 it's all about

00:26:00.819 --> 00:26:01.740
 pointing us to

00:26:01.740 --> 00:26:03.920
 Jesus Christ and

00:26:03.920 --> 00:26:04.980
 how he can save

00:26:04.980 --> 00:26:05.779
 us and how he

00:26:05.779 --> 00:26:06.640
 changes us.

00:26:07.480 --> 00:26:08.240
 So the first

00:26:08.240 --> 00:26:09.019
 purpose of

00:26:09.019 --> 00:26:09.720
 Scripture is to

00:26:09.720 --> 00:26:10.460
 bring us to

00:26:10.460 --> 00:26:12.120
 Jesus who can

00:26:12.120 --> 00:26:12.960
 save us.

00:26:13.579 --> 00:26:14.360
 The second

00:26:14.360 --> 00:26:16.019
 purpose of

00:26:16.019 --> 00:26:17.380
 Scripture is

00:26:17.380 --> 00:26:17.920
 for our

00:26:17.920 --> 00:26:18.860
 sanctification.

00:26:19.500 --> 00:26:20.620
 Sanctification is

00:26:20.620 --> 00:26:21.940
 just simply a

00:26:21.940 --> 00:26:22.960
 word to describe

00:26:22.960 --> 00:26:24.279
 God's ongoing

00:26:24.279 --> 00:26:25.079
 work in our

00:26:25.079 --> 00:26:26.799
 lives to mature

00:26:26.799 --> 00:26:27.899
 us and to

00:26:27.899 --> 00:26:29.200
 grow us in

00:26:29.200 --> 00:26:29.859
 our Christian

00:26:29.859 --> 00:26:30.379
 faith.

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 And the way

00:26:31.720 --> 00:26:32.579
 that God does

00:26:32.579 --> 00:26:33.579
 this is through

00:26:33.579 --> 00:26:34.119
 Scripture,

00:26:34.299 --> 00:26:34.639
 through the

00:26:34.639 --> 00:26:34.960
 Bible.

00:26:35.460 --> 00:26:35.980
 So again,

00:26:36.079 --> 00:26:36.339
 look at

00:26:36.339 --> 00:26:37.159
 verse 16.

00:26:40.839 --> 00:26:42.000
 All Scripture

00:26:42.000 --> 00:26:42.759
 is God

00:26:42.759 --> 00:26:43.559
 breathed,

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 so it has

00:26:44.839 --> 00:26:45.879
 its origin in

00:26:45.879 --> 00:26:46.559
 God and it's

00:26:46.559 --> 00:26:47.180
 for us,

00:26:47.299 --> 00:26:48.039
 and it is

00:26:48.039 --> 00:26:48.899
 useful for

00:26:48.899 --> 00:26:49.839
 teaching,

00:26:50.539 --> 00:26:51.259
 rebuking,

00:26:51.960 --> 00:26:52.539
 correcting,

00:26:53.339 --> 00:26:54.579
 and training in

00:26:54.579 --> 00:26:55.099
 righteousness.

00:26:55.099 --> 00:26:55.459
 us.

00:26:56.500 --> 00:26:57.699
 So as we

00:26:57.699 --> 00:26:58.179
 come to

00:26:58.179 --> 00:26:58.779
 God's Word,

00:26:58.879 --> 00:26:59.339
 we are to

00:26:59.339 --> 00:27:00.059
 let God's

00:27:00.059 --> 00:27:01.019
 Word filter

00:27:01.019 --> 00:27:01.819
 into our

00:27:01.819 --> 00:27:02.379
 minds.

00:27:03.419 --> 00:27:04.019
 We're to let

00:27:04.019 --> 00:27:04.459
 it have an

00:27:04.459 --> 00:27:06.079
 effect in

00:27:06.079 --> 00:27:06.539
 us.

00:27:07.259 --> 00:27:08.019
 Because the

00:27:08.019 --> 00:27:08.939
 more we read

00:27:08.939 --> 00:27:09.579
 God's Word,

00:27:09.679 --> 00:27:10.159
 the more we

00:27:10.159 --> 00:27:10.879
 listen to it,

00:27:10.939 --> 00:27:11.399
 as we are

00:27:11.399 --> 00:27:12.659
 told that we

00:27:12.659 --> 00:27:13.679
 are taught by

00:27:13.679 --> 00:27:14.000
 it.

00:27:14.819 --> 00:27:15.579
 We're taught

00:27:15.579 --> 00:27:16.299
 more about

00:27:16.299 --> 00:27:17.079
 who God is,

00:27:17.339 --> 00:27:17.939
 who Christ

00:27:17.939 --> 00:27:18.539
 is, who

00:27:18.539 --> 00:27:19.179
 the Spirit

00:27:19.179 --> 00:27:19.679
 is.

00:27:21.199 --> 00:27:22.399
 We learn

00:27:22.400 --> 00:27:23.200
 more about

00:27:23.200 --> 00:27:24.920
 God, and

00:27:24.920 --> 00:27:25.280
 how we

00:27:25.280 --> 00:27:25.840
 should relate

00:27:25.840 --> 00:27:26.300
 to Him.

00:27:27.220 --> 00:27:27.640
 But we're

00:27:27.640 --> 00:27:28.660
 also rebuked

00:27:28.660 --> 00:27:29.259
 by it,

00:27:29.460 --> 00:27:30.220
 verse 16.

00:27:30.920 --> 00:27:31.600
 So as I

00:27:31.600 --> 00:27:32.160
 begin to

00:27:32.160 --> 00:27:32.720
 read the

00:27:32.720 --> 00:27:33.259
 Bible and

00:27:33.259 --> 00:27:33.759
 listen to

00:27:33.759 --> 00:27:34.680
 it, then

00:27:34.680 --> 00:27:35.500
 it shows me

00:27:35.500 --> 00:27:36.280
 the areas

00:27:36.280 --> 00:27:37.060
 in my life

00:27:37.060 --> 00:27:37.540
 that need

00:27:37.540 --> 00:27:37.840
 to be

00:27:37.840 --> 00:27:38.420
 changed,

00:27:38.900 --> 00:27:39.480
 the areas

00:27:39.480 --> 00:27:40.120
 that don't

00:27:40.120 --> 00:27:40.720
 fall in

00:27:40.720 --> 00:27:41.300
 line with

00:27:41.300 --> 00:27:42.100
 God's

00:27:42.100 --> 00:27:42.300
 way.

00:27:43.259 --> 00:27:43.740
 And unless

00:27:43.740 --> 00:27:44.220
 I read

00:27:44.220 --> 00:27:44.620
 it, I'm

00:27:44.620 --> 00:27:45.060
 not going

00:27:45.060 --> 00:27:45.580
 to know

00:27:45.580 --> 00:27:46.280
 that I

00:27:46.280 --> 00:27:47.160
 need to

00:27:47.160 --> 00:27:47.800
 change.

00:27:48.800 --> 00:27:49.600
 It doesn't

00:27:49.600 --> 00:27:50.300
 just rebuke

00:27:50.300 --> 00:27:50.740
 us, but

00:27:50.740 --> 00:27:51.500
 it corrects

00:27:51.500 --> 00:27:51.740
 us.

00:27:51.960 --> 00:27:52.339
 So it

00:27:52.339 --> 00:27:53.019
 shows us

00:27:53.019 --> 00:27:53.500
 the area

00:27:53.500 --> 00:27:53.980
 we need

00:27:53.980 --> 00:27:54.559
 to change,

00:27:54.859 --> 00:27:55.279
 but it

00:27:55.279 --> 00:27:55.619
 also

00:27:55.619 --> 00:27:56.279
 corrects.

00:27:56.299 --> 00:27:56.660
 It shows

00:27:56.660 --> 00:27:57.079
 us how

00:27:57.079 --> 00:27:57.779
 we can

00:27:57.779 --> 00:27:58.599
 be changed.

00:27:59.279 --> 00:27:59.759
 It actually

00:27:59.759 --> 00:28:00.500
 shows me

00:28:00.500 --> 00:28:01.279
 how I can

00:28:01.279 --> 00:28:02.039
 change to

00:28:02.039 --> 00:28:02.460
 be more

00:28:02.460 --> 00:28:03.099
 like Jesus

00:28:03.099 --> 00:28:04.299
 through acts

00:28:04.299 --> 00:28:05.039
 of repentance

00:28:05.039 --> 00:28:06.000
 and faith

00:28:06.000 --> 00:28:06.940
 and meeting

00:28:06.940 --> 00:28:07.640
 together with

00:28:07.640 --> 00:28:08.180
 one another

00:28:08.180 --> 00:28:08.619
 and through

00:28:08.619 --> 00:28:09.180
 prayer.

00:28:10.759 --> 00:28:11.299
 But it

00:28:11.299 --> 00:28:11.779
 doesn't just

00:28:11.779 --> 00:28:12.480
 correct me,

00:28:12.759 --> 00:28:13.680
 it trains

00:28:13.680 --> 00:28:15.039
 me, trains

00:28:15.039 --> 00:28:15.940
 in righteousness,

00:28:16.680 --> 00:28:17.480
 builds up my

00:28:17.480 --> 00:28:18.680
 understanding of

00:28:18.680 --> 00:28:19.579
 the Bible so

00:28:19.579 --> 00:28:21.039
 I can teach

00:28:21.039 --> 00:28:21.759
 and encourage

00:28:21.759 --> 00:28:22.399
 others.

00:28:22.779 --> 00:28:23.299
 But that's

00:28:23.299 --> 00:28:23.960
 not just the

00:28:23.960 --> 00:28:24.599
 job of the

00:28:24.599 --> 00:28:25.220
 pastor or

00:28:25.220 --> 00:28:25.619
 the elder.

00:28:26.039 --> 00:28:26.659
 Each one

00:28:26.659 --> 00:28:27.180
 of us should

00:28:27.180 --> 00:28:28.259
 be trained

00:28:28.259 --> 00:28:28.980
 up so that

00:28:28.980 --> 00:28:29.920
 we can teach

00:28:29.920 --> 00:28:30.920
 and encourage

00:28:30.920 --> 00:28:31.359
 others.

00:28:31.720 --> 00:28:32.000
 And the

00:28:32.000 --> 00:28:32.759
 whole purpose

00:28:32.759 --> 00:28:33.399
 for all of

00:28:33.399 --> 00:28:34.519
 this, look

00:28:34.519 --> 00:28:34.839
 at verse

00:28:34.839 --> 00:28:36.399
 17, so

00:28:36.399 --> 00:28:37.339
 that the man

00:28:37.339 --> 00:28:39.139
 of God and

00:28:39.139 --> 00:28:39.720
 the woman of

00:28:39.720 --> 00:28:40.420
 God may be

00:28:40.420 --> 00:28:41.079
 thoroughly

00:28:41.079 --> 00:28:42.779
 equipped for

00:28:42.779 --> 00:28:43.859
 every good

00:28:43.859 --> 00:28:44.440
 work.

00:28:46.200 --> 00:28:46.779
 You see,

00:28:47.099 --> 00:28:49.259
 scripture is

00:28:49.259 --> 00:28:50.279
 the nutrients,

00:28:50.480 --> 00:28:51.440
 the energy

00:28:51.440 --> 00:28:52.519
 that we

00:28:52.519 --> 00:28:53.220
 need to

00:28:53.220 --> 00:28:53.720
 keep on

00:28:53.720 --> 00:28:55.579
 growing as

00:28:55.579 --> 00:28:56.160
 a Christian.

00:28:58.759 --> 00:29:00.099
 Yesterday, I

00:29:00.099 --> 00:29:01.359
 had a great

00:29:01.359 --> 00:29:02.000
 day where I

00:29:02.000 --> 00:29:02.619
 went walking

00:29:02.619 --> 00:29:03.379
 up Caron

00:29:03.379 --> 00:29:05.460
 2 and

00:29:05.460 --> 00:29:06.039
 along the

00:29:06.039 --> 00:29:06.720
 way I

00:29:06.720 --> 00:29:07.400
 needed to

00:29:07.400 --> 00:29:09.359
 drink, as

00:29:09.359 --> 00:29:10.099
 everybody does.

00:29:10.160 --> 00:29:10.579
 If we don't

00:29:10.579 --> 00:29:12.400
 drink, you

00:29:12.400 --> 00:29:12.920
 run out of

00:29:12.920 --> 00:29:13.720
 water and you

00:29:13.720 --> 00:29:14.460
 have no energy

00:29:14.460 --> 00:29:15.059
 and you can't

00:29:15.059 --> 00:29:15.660
 do anything.

00:29:15.660 --> 00:29:17.100
 Well, imagine

00:29:17.100 --> 00:29:17.759
 trying to

00:29:17.759 --> 00:29:19.779
 climb a

00:29:19.779 --> 00:29:20.680
 mountain without

00:29:20.680 --> 00:29:21.560
 any water.

00:29:22.000 --> 00:29:22.600
 Or imagine

00:29:22.600 --> 00:29:24.080
 trying to live

00:29:24.080 --> 00:29:24.779
 just a few

00:29:24.779 --> 00:29:25.820
 days without

00:29:25.820 --> 00:29:26.460
 water.

00:29:27.700 --> 00:29:28.220
 You'd maybe

00:29:28.220 --> 00:29:30.040
 last, at

00:29:30.040 --> 00:29:30.800
 best, two,

00:29:31.019 --> 00:29:31.759
 three days

00:29:31.759 --> 00:29:32.580
 maximum.

00:29:33.660 --> 00:29:34.360
 But then what

00:29:34.360 --> 00:29:35.019
 happens without

00:29:35.019 --> 00:29:35.540
 water?

00:29:36.080 --> 00:29:36.840
 Your organs

00:29:36.840 --> 00:29:37.800
 begin to fail.

00:29:37.960 --> 00:29:39.240
 They dry up,

00:29:39.340 --> 00:29:39.920
 they shrivel

00:29:39.920 --> 00:29:41.000
 up, and they

00:29:41.000 --> 00:29:41.940
 stop functioning.

00:29:43.000 --> 00:29:43.540
 And then you

00:29:43.540 --> 00:29:44.720
 die very, very

00:29:44.720 --> 00:29:45.220
 slowly.

00:29:45.920 --> 00:29:46.779
 But you do

00:29:46.779 --> 00:29:47.140
 die.

00:29:48.319 --> 00:29:48.920
 And the

00:29:48.920 --> 00:29:49.579
 same is true

00:29:49.579 --> 00:29:50.100
 that if we

00:29:50.100 --> 00:29:51.059
 don't drink

00:29:51.059 --> 00:29:52.019
 in God's

00:29:52.019 --> 00:29:53.720
 word, if

00:29:53.720 --> 00:29:54.180
 we're not

00:29:54.180 --> 00:29:55.360
 being immersed

00:29:55.360 --> 00:29:56.620
 in God's

00:29:56.620 --> 00:29:57.880
 word, then

00:29:57.880 --> 00:29:58.839
 the same

00:29:58.839 --> 00:29:59.480
 effects will

00:29:59.480 --> 00:30:00.240
 happen to us

00:30:00.240 --> 00:30:00.819
 spiritually.

00:30:01.140 --> 00:30:01.600
 We will

00:30:01.600 --> 00:30:02.480
 never mature.

00:30:02.940 --> 00:30:03.360
 We will

00:30:03.360 --> 00:30:04.180
 never grow.

00:30:05.019 --> 00:30:05.440
 We will

00:30:05.440 --> 00:30:06.160
 never become

00:30:06.160 --> 00:30:07.220
 the people

00:30:07.220 --> 00:30:08.100
 God calls

00:30:08.100 --> 00:30:08.539
 us to be.

00:30:08.720 --> 00:30:09.200
 We will

00:30:09.200 --> 00:30:10.400
 slowly die

00:30:10.400 --> 00:30:11.259
 as a

00:30:11.259 --> 00:30:11.640
 Christian.

00:30:12.940 --> 00:30:13.720
 So let

00:30:13.720 --> 00:30:14.259
 me ask the

00:30:14.259 --> 00:30:14.720
 question.

00:30:15.720 --> 00:30:16.259
 Are we

00:30:16.259 --> 00:30:17.220
 people who

00:30:17.220 --> 00:30:17.660
 are being

00:30:17.660 --> 00:30:19.640
 immersed in

00:30:19.640 --> 00:30:20.420
 God's word?

00:30:21.240 --> 00:30:21.660
 When was

00:30:21.660 --> 00:30:22.339
 the last

00:30:22.339 --> 00:30:23.640
 time that

00:30:23.640 --> 00:30:24.299
 you opened

00:30:24.299 --> 00:30:24.660
 up the

00:30:24.660 --> 00:30:25.279
 Bible to

00:30:25.279 --> 00:30:25.759
 read it

00:30:25.759 --> 00:30:26.579
 for yourself?

00:30:26.579 --> 00:30:30.059
 to hear God

00:30:30.059 --> 00:30:30.960
 speaking to

00:30:30.960 --> 00:30:31.339
 you?

00:30:32.519 --> 00:30:33.220
 How he

00:30:33.220 --> 00:30:33.960
 can change

00:30:33.960 --> 00:30:34.220
 you?

00:30:34.519 --> 00:30:34.919
 How he

00:30:34.919 --> 00:30:35.539
 can shape

00:30:35.539 --> 00:30:35.779
 you?

00:30:36.039 --> 00:30:36.359
 How he

00:30:36.359 --> 00:30:36.899
 can build

00:30:36.899 --> 00:30:37.460
 you up?

00:30:37.779 --> 00:30:38.319
 If you

00:30:38.319 --> 00:30:39.000
 find reading

00:30:39.000 --> 00:30:39.539
 difficult,

00:30:39.779 --> 00:30:40.159
 when was

00:30:40.159 --> 00:30:40.500
 the last

00:30:40.500 --> 00:30:40.899
 time you

00:30:40.899 --> 00:30:41.599
 heard it

00:30:41.599 --> 00:30:42.220
 on audio?

00:30:43.539 --> 00:30:44.619
 Just hearing

00:30:44.619 --> 00:30:45.220
 what God

00:30:45.220 --> 00:30:45.679
 is saying

00:30:45.679 --> 00:30:46.399
 to us.

00:30:48.399 --> 00:30:48.960
 Without

00:30:48.960 --> 00:30:50.259
 it, we

00:30:50.259 --> 00:30:50.740
 die.

00:30:51.740 --> 00:30:52.579
 We never

00:30:52.579 --> 00:30:53.220
 grow, we

00:30:53.220 --> 00:30:54.039
 never mature.

00:30:54.039 --> 00:30:54.579
 We're

00:30:54.579 --> 00:30:55.039
 just like

00:30:55.039 --> 00:30:55.319
 little

00:30:55.319 --> 00:30:56.139
 toddlers,

00:30:57.279 --> 00:30:57.920
 never being

00:30:57.920 --> 00:30:58.420
 the people

00:30:58.420 --> 00:30:59.200
 God calls

00:30:59.200 --> 00:30:59.559
 us to

00:30:59.559 --> 00:30:59.779
 be.

00:31:01.000 --> 00:31:01.740
 So God

00:31:01.740 --> 00:31:02.259
 gives us

00:31:02.259 --> 00:31:02.819
 the gift

00:31:02.819 --> 00:31:03.519
 of his

00:31:03.519 --> 00:31:04.200
 word to

00:31:04.200 --> 00:31:05.139
 bring us,

00:31:05.220 --> 00:31:05.559
 to make

00:31:05.559 --> 00:31:06.159
 us aware

00:31:06.159 --> 00:31:06.519
 of our

00:31:06.519 --> 00:31:07.139
 need of

00:31:07.139 --> 00:31:07.639
 salvation,

00:31:07.779 --> 00:31:08.240
 to bring

00:31:08.240 --> 00:31:08.599
 us to

00:31:08.599 --> 00:31:09.059
 Christ.

00:31:09.500 --> 00:31:10.159
 But not

00:31:10.159 --> 00:31:10.559
 just to

00:31:10.559 --> 00:31:10.899
 bring us

00:31:10.899 --> 00:31:11.319
 to Christ,

00:31:11.440 --> 00:31:11.940
 to grow

00:31:11.940 --> 00:31:12.460
 us to be

00:31:12.460 --> 00:31:13.200
 more like

00:31:13.200 --> 00:31:13.720
 Christ.

00:31:14.500 --> 00:31:14.940
 And he

00:31:14.940 --> 00:31:15.659
 does that

00:31:15.659 --> 00:31:16.599
 through his

00:31:16.599 --> 00:31:17.019
 word.

00:31:17.019 --> 00:31:23.480
 So, if

00:31:23.480 --> 00:31:23.799
 we have

00:31:23.799 --> 00:31:24.379
 the source

00:31:24.379 --> 00:31:24.579
 of

00:31:24.579 --> 00:31:24.940
 scripture,

00:31:25.079 --> 00:31:25.420
 which is

00:31:25.420 --> 00:31:25.940
 God, the

00:31:25.940 --> 00:31:26.559
 purpose,

00:31:27.559 --> 00:31:27.960
 which is

00:31:27.960 --> 00:31:28.379
 for our

00:31:28.379 --> 00:31:29.259
 salvation and

00:31:29.259 --> 00:31:29.500
 our

00:31:29.500 --> 00:31:30.400
 sanctification,

00:31:31.240 --> 00:31:31.960
 what's our

00:31:31.960 --> 00:31:33.900
 response to

00:31:33.900 --> 00:31:34.359
 scripture?

00:31:35.079 --> 00:31:35.519
 How should

00:31:35.519 --> 00:31:35.879
 we be

00:31:35.879 --> 00:31:36.799
 responding as

00:31:36.799 --> 00:31:37.559
 God's people

00:31:37.559 --> 00:31:38.480
 to his

00:31:38.480 --> 00:31:38.859
 word?

00:31:39.599 --> 00:31:39.960
 Well, let

00:31:39.960 --> 00:31:40.240
 me give

00:31:40.240 --> 00:31:40.779
 you three

00:31:40.779 --> 00:31:41.960
 areas that

00:31:41.960 --> 00:31:42.539
 I think it

00:31:42.539 --> 00:31:43.379
 should really

00:31:43.379 --> 00:31:44.259
 affect us and

00:31:44.259 --> 00:31:45.160
 shape us as

00:31:45.160 --> 00:31:46.940
 a church and

00:31:46.940 --> 00:31:47.740
 as individuals.

00:31:49.320 --> 00:31:51.700
 First, in

00:31:51.700 --> 00:31:52.480
 the area of

00:31:52.480 --> 00:31:53.240
 authority.

00:31:56.320 --> 00:31:57.519
 Scripture alone

00:31:57.519 --> 00:31:58.779
 doesn't mean

00:31:58.779 --> 00:31:59.620
 that we can't

00:31:59.620 --> 00:32:00.400
 read other

00:32:00.400 --> 00:32:00.900
 people's

00:32:00.900 --> 00:32:01.320
 writings.

00:32:02.019 --> 00:32:02.880
 We've already

00:32:02.880 --> 00:32:03.880
 listened to

00:32:03.880 --> 00:32:04.360
 some of them

00:32:04.360 --> 00:32:05.039
 today by

00:32:05.039 --> 00:32:06.340
 listening to

00:32:06.340 --> 00:32:06.860
 what Martin

00:32:06.860 --> 00:32:07.660
 Luther said

00:32:07.660 --> 00:32:08.640
 or John

00:32:08.640 --> 00:32:09.259
 Stott or

00:32:09.259 --> 00:32:09.880
 Tim Keller.

00:32:09.980 --> 00:32:10.220
 It doesn't

00:32:10.220 --> 00:32:10.640
 mean that we

00:32:10.640 --> 00:32:11.380
 can't read

00:32:11.380 --> 00:32:12.000
 what anybody

00:32:12.000 --> 00:32:12.660
 else says.

00:32:13.080 --> 00:32:13.940
 It doesn't

00:32:13.940 --> 00:32:14.299
 mean to say

00:32:14.299 --> 00:32:14.740
 we can't

00:32:14.740 --> 00:32:15.240
 listen to

00:32:15.240 --> 00:32:16.039
 other preachers

00:32:16.039 --> 00:32:16.600
 or teachers

00:32:16.599 --> 00:32:17.480
 or have

00:32:17.480 --> 00:32:17.819
 our own

00:32:17.819 --> 00:32:18.339
 opinions.

00:32:18.980 --> 00:32:19.879
 It simply

00:32:19.879 --> 00:32:20.599
 means that

00:32:20.599 --> 00:32:21.679
 everything we

00:32:21.679 --> 00:32:22.299
 listen to,

00:32:22.459 --> 00:32:23.079
 everything that

00:32:23.079 --> 00:32:23.779
 we read,

00:32:24.199 --> 00:32:24.980
 must come

00:32:24.980 --> 00:32:26.699
 under the

00:32:26.699 --> 00:32:27.639
 authority of

00:32:27.639 --> 00:32:28.079
 scripture.

00:32:28.839 --> 00:32:29.399
 In other

00:32:29.399 --> 00:32:29.859
 words, what

00:32:29.859 --> 00:32:30.679
 we teach as

00:32:30.679 --> 00:32:31.159
 a church,

00:32:31.480 --> 00:32:31.799
 what we

00:32:31.799 --> 00:32:32.639
 practice as

00:32:32.639 --> 00:32:33.159
 a church,

00:32:33.339 --> 00:32:34.119
 must be

00:32:34.119 --> 00:32:34.799
 ruled by

00:32:34.799 --> 00:32:35.379
 scripture.

00:32:36.439 --> 00:32:36.799
 And the

00:32:36.799 --> 00:32:37.359
 problem at

00:32:37.359 --> 00:32:37.939
 the time of

00:32:37.939 --> 00:32:38.679
 the Reformation

00:32:38.679 --> 00:32:39.779
 500 years

00:32:39.779 --> 00:32:40.980
 ago was the

00:32:40.980 --> 00:32:42.000
 church as

00:32:42.000 --> 00:32:42.919
 an institution

00:32:42.919 --> 00:32:44.259
 had become

00:32:44.259 --> 00:32:45.099
 the authority.

00:32:45.099 --> 00:32:45.179
 authority.

00:32:46.259 --> 00:32:46.879
 So what

00:32:46.879 --> 00:32:47.480
 the church

00:32:47.480 --> 00:32:48.500
 leader said

00:32:48.500 --> 00:32:50.099
 was equal

00:32:50.099 --> 00:32:51.339
 in authority

00:32:51.339 --> 00:32:51.859
 to what

00:32:51.859 --> 00:32:52.859
 scripture said.

00:32:53.240 --> 00:32:53.779
 So if the

00:32:53.779 --> 00:32:54.399
 church leader

00:32:54.399 --> 00:32:55.219
 said this,

00:32:56.099 --> 00:32:56.639
 well it was

00:32:56.639 --> 00:32:57.500
 to be taken

00:32:57.500 --> 00:32:58.759
 as if God

00:32:58.759 --> 00:32:59.379
 had spoken.

00:33:00.679 --> 00:33:01.259
 They didn't

00:33:01.259 --> 00:33:02.279
 submit themselves

00:33:02.279 --> 00:33:03.019
 to God's

00:33:03.019 --> 00:33:03.319
 word.

00:33:03.719 --> 00:33:04.399
 Rather the

00:33:04.399 --> 00:33:05.139
 people had to

00:33:05.139 --> 00:33:05.740
 submit to

00:33:05.740 --> 00:33:06.599
 man's word.

00:33:08.240 --> 00:33:09.519
 They followed

00:33:09.519 --> 00:33:10.319
 tradition

00:33:10.319 --> 00:33:11.699
 instead of

00:33:11.699 --> 00:33:12.319
 God's

00:33:12.319 --> 00:33:12.939
 revelation.

00:33:12.940 --> 00:33:13.019
 revelation.

00:33:14.140 --> 00:33:14.400
 And the

00:33:14.400 --> 00:33:14.960
 same kind

00:33:14.960 --> 00:33:15.340
 of things

00:33:15.340 --> 00:33:15.840
 can happen

00:33:15.840 --> 00:33:16.259
 to us

00:33:16.259 --> 00:33:17.360
 today if

00:33:17.360 --> 00:33:17.960
 we are not

00:33:17.960 --> 00:33:18.539
 careful.

00:33:19.380 --> 00:33:19.880
 It's not

00:33:19.880 --> 00:33:20.660
 only wrong

00:33:20.660 --> 00:33:21.220
 to do it

00:33:21.220 --> 00:33:22.140
 but it's

00:33:22.140 --> 00:33:22.700
 extremely

00:33:22.700 --> 00:33:23.320
 dangerous

00:33:23.320 --> 00:33:24.200
 because it

00:33:24.200 --> 00:33:24.940
 leads people

00:33:24.940 --> 00:33:25.580
 away from

00:33:25.580 --> 00:33:26.220
 Christ and

00:33:26.220 --> 00:33:26.720
 away from

00:33:26.720 --> 00:33:27.120
 God's

00:33:27.120 --> 00:33:27.400
 truth.

00:33:27.720 --> 00:33:28.100
 We don't

00:33:28.100 --> 00:33:28.600
 want to be

00:33:28.600 --> 00:33:28.980
 following

00:33:28.980 --> 00:33:29.960
 man-made

00:33:29.960 --> 00:33:30.580
 traditions.

00:33:31.440 --> 00:33:32.019
 We want

00:33:32.019 --> 00:33:32.480
 to follow

00:33:32.480 --> 00:33:33.100
 God's

00:33:33.100 --> 00:33:33.620
 revelation.

00:33:34.220 --> 00:33:34.660
 That is

00:33:34.660 --> 00:33:35.400
 our authority.

00:33:36.580 --> 00:33:37.000
 And this

00:33:37.000 --> 00:33:37.539
 was something

00:33:37.539 --> 00:33:38.160
 that Timothy

00:33:38.160 --> 00:33:38.900
 had to watch

00:33:38.900 --> 00:33:39.420
 out for.

00:33:39.420 --> 00:33:40.420
 If you go

00:33:40.420 --> 00:33:40.900
 back to

00:33:40.900 --> 00:33:41.539
 2 Timothy

00:33:41.539 --> 00:33:42.900
 chapter 2

00:33:42.900 --> 00:33:44.300
 verse 17

00:33:44.300 --> 00:33:46.440
 as Paul

00:33:46.440 --> 00:33:47.060
 is writing

00:33:47.060 --> 00:33:47.560
 to this

00:33:47.560 --> 00:33:48.019
 young

00:33:48.019 --> 00:33:48.960
 pastor

00:33:48.960 --> 00:33:49.759
 leader

00:33:49.759 --> 00:33:51.100
 he's

00:33:51.100 --> 00:33:51.660
 encouraging

00:33:51.660 --> 00:33:52.160
 him to

00:33:52.160 --> 00:33:52.680
 get back

00:33:52.680 --> 00:33:53.320
 to scripture

00:33:53.320 --> 00:33:54.640
 and to be

00:33:54.640 --> 00:33:55.300
 aware that

00:33:55.300 --> 00:33:55.580
 there will

00:33:55.580 --> 00:33:56.039
 be those

00:33:56.039 --> 00:33:56.700
 who go

00:33:56.700 --> 00:33:57.340
 away from

00:33:57.340 --> 00:33:57.820
 scripture.

00:33:58.019 --> 00:33:58.440
 So verse

00:33:58.440 --> 00:33:59.140
 17 he

00:33:59.140 --> 00:33:59.940
 says their

00:33:59.940 --> 00:34:00.680
 teaching

00:34:00.680 --> 00:34:02.060
 will spread

00:34:02.060 --> 00:34:03.080
 like gangrene.

00:34:03.740 --> 00:34:04.100
 It's

00:34:04.100 --> 00:34:04.779
 infectious.

00:34:05.080 --> 00:34:05.240
 It's

00:34:05.240 --> 00:34:05.840
 poisonous.

00:34:06.340 --> 00:34:06.779
 It's going

00:34:06.779 --> 00:34:07.180
 to do

00:34:07.180 --> 00:34:08.079
 damage to

00:34:08.079 --> 00:34:08.440
 people.

00:34:08.440 --> 00:34:09.720
 Among

00:34:09.720 --> 00:34:10.039
 them

00:34:10.039 --> 00:34:10.380
 were

00:34:10.380 --> 00:34:11.760
 Hymenaeus

00:34:11.760 --> 00:34:11.940
 and

00:34:11.940 --> 00:34:12.500
 Philetus.

00:34:13.300 --> 00:34:13.639
 Two

00:34:13.639 --> 00:34:14.340
 people who

00:34:14.340 --> 00:34:14.760
 were in

00:34:14.760 --> 00:34:15.360
 the church

00:34:15.360 --> 00:34:16.079
 who were

00:34:16.079 --> 00:34:16.460
 teaching

00:34:16.460 --> 00:34:17.019
 things they

00:34:17.019 --> 00:34:17.920
 ought not

00:34:17.920 --> 00:34:18.159
 to.

00:34:18.280 --> 00:34:18.480
 Verse

00:34:18.480 --> 00:34:19.320
 18 they

00:34:19.320 --> 00:34:19.960
 wandered

00:34:19.960 --> 00:34:20.840
 away from

00:34:20.840 --> 00:34:21.460
 the truth.

00:34:22.460 --> 00:34:22.840
 They were

00:34:22.840 --> 00:34:23.240
 teaching

00:34:23.240 --> 00:34:23.960
 traditions

00:34:23.960 --> 00:34:25.740
 rather than

00:34:25.740 --> 00:34:26.220
 God's

00:34:26.220 --> 00:34:26.760
 revelation.

00:34:27.519 --> 00:34:28.119
 So as

00:34:28.119 --> 00:34:28.760
 a church

00:34:28.760 --> 00:34:29.820
 we need

00:34:29.820 --> 00:34:30.440
 to seek

00:34:30.440 --> 00:34:31.059
 to submit

00:34:31.059 --> 00:34:32.740
 to God's

00:34:32.740 --> 00:34:33.360
 authority.

00:34:33.679 --> 00:34:33.960
 Everything

00:34:33.960 --> 00:34:34.760
 we say

00:34:34.760 --> 00:34:35.460
 everything

00:34:35.460 --> 00:34:36.280
 we do

00:34:36.280 --> 00:34:37.800
 must come

00:34:37.800 --> 00:34:38.100
 under

00:34:38.100 --> 00:34:38.560
 God's

00:34:38.560 --> 00:34:38.920
 word.

00:34:39.480 --> 00:34:40.019
 So it's

00:34:40.019 --> 00:34:40.460
 not the

00:34:40.460 --> 00:34:40.960
 authority

00:34:40.960 --> 00:34:41.340
 of the

00:34:41.340 --> 00:34:41.820
 pastor.

00:34:42.660 --> 00:34:43.200
 It's

00:34:43.200 --> 00:34:43.620
 not the

00:34:43.620 --> 00:34:44.140
 authority

00:34:44.140 --> 00:34:44.519
 of our

00:34:44.519 --> 00:34:45.039
 statement

00:34:45.039 --> 00:34:45.780
 of belief.

00:34:46.100 --> 00:34:46.440
 It's

00:34:46.440 --> 00:34:46.880
 not the

00:34:46.880 --> 00:34:47.340
 authority

00:34:47.340 --> 00:34:47.800
 of our

00:34:47.800 --> 00:34:48.220
 church

00:34:48.220 --> 00:34:49.080
 constitution

00:34:49.080 --> 00:34:49.860
 and all

00:34:49.860 --> 00:34:50.380
 those things

00:34:50.380 --> 00:34:50.760
 may be

00:34:50.760 --> 00:34:51.280
 good and

00:34:51.280 --> 00:34:52.560
 proper but

00:34:52.560 --> 00:34:53.500
 everything

00:34:53.500 --> 00:34:54.820
 must come

00:34:54.820 --> 00:34:56.280
 under the

00:34:56.280 --> 00:34:57.080
 authority of

00:34:57.080 --> 00:34:57.480
 scripture.

00:34:58.340 --> 00:34:59.320
 So let me

00:34:59.320 --> 00:35:00.039
 challenge you

00:35:00.039 --> 00:35:01.360
 and encourage

00:35:01.360 --> 00:35:01.740
 you.

00:35:02.340 --> 00:35:02.820
 As you

00:35:02.820 --> 00:35:04.019
 listen to

00:35:04.019 --> 00:35:04.680
 me or to

00:35:04.680 --> 00:35:05.320
 whoever else

00:35:05.320 --> 00:35:05.720
 may be

00:35:05.720 --> 00:35:06.160
 preaching,

00:35:06.800 --> 00:35:07.400
 as you

00:35:07.400 --> 00:35:08.220
 observe what

00:35:08.220 --> 00:35:08.840
 we practice

00:35:08.840 --> 00:35:09.380
 and what we

00:35:09.380 --> 00:35:09.820
 do as a

00:35:09.820 --> 00:35:10.019
 church,

00:35:10.340 --> 00:35:10.580
 do you

00:35:10.580 --> 00:35:11.140
 just listen

00:35:11.140 --> 00:35:11.440
 and go

00:35:11.440 --> 00:35:12.120
 yeah that's

00:35:12.120 --> 00:35:12.480
 fine,

00:35:12.940 --> 00:35:13.220
 oh we'll

00:35:13.220 --> 00:35:13.660
 do this,

00:35:13.780 --> 00:35:14.280
 that's fine.

00:35:14.420 --> 00:35:14.840
 How do

00:35:14.840 --> 00:35:15.180
 you know

00:35:15.180 --> 00:35:15.740
 it's fine?

00:35:16.480 --> 00:35:16.860
 You might

00:35:16.860 --> 00:35:17.380
 be listening

00:35:17.380 --> 00:35:17.940
 here right

00:35:17.940 --> 00:35:18.680
 now and

00:35:18.680 --> 00:35:19.000
 you haven't

00:35:19.000 --> 00:35:19.480
 even got a

00:35:19.480 --> 00:35:20.059
 Bible with

00:35:20.059 --> 00:35:20.220
 you and

00:35:20.220 --> 00:35:20.340
 you're

00:35:20.340 --> 00:35:21.019
 thinking oh

00:35:21.019 --> 00:35:21.440
 yeah except

00:35:21.440 --> 00:35:21.600
 that,

00:35:21.660 --> 00:35:21.960
 how do

00:35:21.960 --> 00:35:22.400
 you know?

00:35:22.980 --> 00:35:23.300
 How do

00:35:23.300 --> 00:35:23.580
 you know

00:35:23.580 --> 00:35:24.120
 it's true?

00:35:25.059 --> 00:35:25.580
 It's your

00:35:25.580 --> 00:35:26.120
 job,

00:35:26.240 --> 00:35:26.380
 your

00:35:26.380 --> 00:35:27.059
 responsibility,

00:35:27.440 --> 00:35:28.039
 your role

00:35:28.039 --> 00:35:29.059
 to look to

00:35:29.059 --> 00:35:29.600
 scripture and

00:35:29.600 --> 00:35:30.800
 say is this

00:35:30.800 --> 00:35:31.220
 what the

00:35:31.220 --> 00:35:32.100
 Bible says?

00:35:32.740 --> 00:35:33.539
 Is what we

00:35:33.539 --> 00:35:34.160
 are practicing

00:35:34.160 --> 00:35:34.660
 what the

00:35:34.659 --> 00:35:35.500
 Bible teaches?

00:35:39.399 --> 00:35:40.500
 So first,

00:35:41.199 --> 00:35:42.079
 it must be

00:35:42.079 --> 00:35:43.019
 our authority.

00:35:44.480 --> 00:35:45.079
 Second,

00:35:46.079 --> 00:35:47.239
 it's sufficient.

00:35:48.699 --> 00:35:49.259
 Scripture,

00:35:49.420 --> 00:35:49.899
 the Bible,

00:35:50.139 --> 00:35:50.899
 is God's

00:35:50.899 --> 00:35:51.920
 revelation of

00:35:51.920 --> 00:35:52.199
 himself.

00:35:52.399 --> 00:35:53.339
 This is how

00:35:53.339 --> 00:35:53.960
 we get to

00:35:53.960 --> 00:35:54.599
 know God

00:35:54.599 --> 00:35:56.000
 because God

00:35:56.000 --> 00:35:56.659
 has revealed

00:35:56.659 --> 00:35:57.379
 himself to

00:35:57.379 --> 00:35:57.779
 us through

00:35:57.779 --> 00:35:58.319
 his word

00:35:58.319 --> 00:35:59.219
 and it's

00:35:59.219 --> 00:35:59.739
 complete.

00:36:00.339 --> 00:36:01.099
 Everything that

00:36:01.099 --> 00:36:01.819
 God has to

00:36:01.819 --> 00:36:02.519
 say about

00:36:02.519 --> 00:36:03.379
 us today

00:36:03.380 --> 00:36:04.300
 is in

00:36:04.300 --> 00:36:04.680
 God's

00:36:04.680 --> 00:36:05.039
 word.

00:36:05.760 --> 00:36:06.140
 It's

00:36:06.140 --> 00:36:06.760
 complete.

00:36:06.960 --> 00:36:07.200
 It's

00:36:07.200 --> 00:36:07.820
 sufficient.

00:36:09.519 --> 00:36:10.200
 God didn't

00:36:10.200 --> 00:36:10.640
 leave us

00:36:10.640 --> 00:36:11.420
 speculating

00:36:11.420 --> 00:36:12.320
 about what

00:36:12.320 --> 00:36:12.740
 we should

00:36:12.740 --> 00:36:13.360
 believe or

00:36:13.360 --> 00:36:14.300
 how we

00:36:14.300 --> 00:36:14.940
 should behave

00:36:14.940 --> 00:36:15.579
 as Christians.

00:36:15.860 --> 00:36:16.539
 It is a

00:36:16.539 --> 00:36:17.440
 clear word

00:36:17.440 --> 00:36:17.920
 to us

00:36:17.920 --> 00:36:18.240
 today.

00:36:18.599 --> 00:36:19.480
 That means

00:36:19.480 --> 00:36:20.980
 we don't

00:36:20.980 --> 00:36:21.360
 need a

00:36:21.360 --> 00:36:22.200
 further word

00:36:22.200 --> 00:36:22.720
 or we don't

00:36:22.720 --> 00:36:23.340
 need more

00:36:23.340 --> 00:36:23.880
 revelation.

00:36:24.039 --> 00:36:24.320
 We don't

00:36:24.320 --> 00:36:24.920
 need somebody

00:36:24.920 --> 00:36:25.619
 writing in

00:36:25.619 --> 00:36:26.260
 new books

00:36:26.260 --> 00:36:27.180
 or coming

00:36:27.180 --> 00:36:27.599
 up with

00:36:27.599 --> 00:36:28.240
 new ideas

00:36:28.240 --> 00:36:28.500
 and say,

00:36:28.760 --> 00:36:29.079
 did you

00:36:29.079 --> 00:36:29.440
 know this

00:36:29.440 --> 00:36:29.940
 about God?

00:36:29.980 --> 00:36:30.300
 You never

00:36:30.300 --> 00:36:30.760
 heard about

00:36:30.760 --> 00:36:31.180
 this.

00:36:32.200 --> 00:36:32.520
 No,

00:36:32.620 --> 00:36:33.100
 what we

00:36:33.100 --> 00:36:33.940
 have in

00:36:33.940 --> 00:36:34.360
 God's

00:36:34.360 --> 00:36:35.360
 word is

00:36:35.360 --> 00:36:35.900
 sufficient.

00:36:37.920 --> 00:36:38.560
 John

00:36:38.560 --> 00:36:40.920
 Calvin was

00:36:40.920 --> 00:36:42.240
 another man

00:36:42.240 --> 00:36:43.180
 similar to

00:36:43.180 --> 00:36:44.320
 Martin Luther

00:36:44.320 --> 00:36:45.080
 who was

00:36:45.080 --> 00:36:45.700
 seeking to

00:36:45.700 --> 00:36:46.560
 reform the

00:36:46.560 --> 00:36:47.100
 church, to

00:36:47.100 --> 00:36:47.520
 bring it

00:36:47.520 --> 00:36:48.020
 back to

00:36:48.020 --> 00:36:48.360
 scripture.

00:36:48.800 --> 00:36:49.220
 He was

00:36:49.220 --> 00:36:49.800
 working in

00:36:49.800 --> 00:36:50.300
 France and

00:36:50.300 --> 00:36:50.780
 he stood

00:36:50.780 --> 00:36:51.720
 against those

00:36:51.720 --> 00:36:52.540
 who sought

00:36:52.540 --> 00:36:53.700
 to add to

00:36:53.700 --> 00:36:54.160
 scripture.

00:36:54.900 --> 00:36:55.440
 And this is

00:36:55.440 --> 00:36:56.100
 what he said,

00:36:56.160 --> 00:36:56.640
 which I think

00:36:56.640 --> 00:36:57.200
 is helpful.

00:36:57.199 --> 00:36:59.799
 let this

00:36:59.799 --> 00:37:00.619
 then be a

00:37:00.619 --> 00:37:01.960
 sure axiom.

00:37:02.059 --> 00:37:02.379
 Let this

00:37:02.379 --> 00:37:02.799
 be the

00:37:02.799 --> 00:37:03.919
 standard by

00:37:03.919 --> 00:37:04.460
 which we

00:37:04.460 --> 00:37:05.299
 measure

00:37:05.299 --> 00:37:05.980
 everything.

00:37:06.639 --> 00:37:07.639
 That nothing

00:37:07.639 --> 00:37:08.480
 ought to be

00:37:08.480 --> 00:37:09.419
 admitted in

00:37:09.419 --> 00:37:10.079
 the church

00:37:10.079 --> 00:37:11.099
 as the

00:37:11.099 --> 00:37:11.480
 word of

00:37:11.480 --> 00:37:11.859
 God,

00:37:12.539 --> 00:37:13.359
 save that

00:37:13.359 --> 00:37:13.859
 which is

00:37:13.859 --> 00:37:14.399
 contained

00:37:14.399 --> 00:37:15.519
 first in

00:37:15.519 --> 00:37:15.980
 the law

00:37:15.980 --> 00:37:16.259
 and the

00:37:16.259 --> 00:37:16.599
 prophets,

00:37:16.599 --> 00:37:17.500
 which refers

00:37:17.500 --> 00:37:17.919
 to the

00:37:17.919 --> 00:37:18.219
 Old

00:37:18.219 --> 00:37:18.679
 Testament,

00:37:19.219 --> 00:37:20.039
 and secondly

00:37:20.039 --> 00:37:20.519
 to the

00:37:20.519 --> 00:37:21.119
 writings of

00:37:21.119 --> 00:37:21.619
 the ten

00:37:21.619 --> 00:37:22.179
 apostles,

00:37:22.379 --> 00:37:22.919
 which refers

00:37:22.919 --> 00:37:23.419
 to the

00:37:23.419 --> 00:37:24.519
 authors of

00:37:24.519 --> 00:37:24.899
 the New

00:37:24.899 --> 00:37:25.359
 Testament.

00:37:25.360 --> 00:37:26.559
 And that

00:37:26.559 --> 00:37:26.900
 there be

00:37:26.900 --> 00:37:27.680
 no other

00:37:27.680 --> 00:37:28.260
 method of

00:37:28.260 --> 00:37:28.820
 teaching in

00:37:28.820 --> 00:37:29.380
 the church

00:37:29.380 --> 00:37:30.880
 than according

00:37:30.880 --> 00:37:31.420
 to the

00:37:31.420 --> 00:37:32.720
 prescribed rule

00:37:32.720 --> 00:37:33.880
 of his

00:37:33.880 --> 00:37:34.380
 word.

00:37:35.420 --> 00:37:35.980
 And that

00:37:35.980 --> 00:37:37.180
 message is

00:37:37.180 --> 00:37:37.640
 the same

00:37:37.640 --> 00:37:38.280
 message for

00:37:38.280 --> 00:37:39.079
 us today.

00:37:39.820 --> 00:37:40.579
 We shouldn't

00:37:40.579 --> 00:37:41.460
 allow in any

00:37:41.460 --> 00:37:42.300
 other teaching

00:37:42.300 --> 00:37:44.180
 or any

00:37:44.180 --> 00:37:45.300
 other ideas

00:37:45.300 --> 00:37:46.860
 except that

00:37:46.860 --> 00:37:47.360
 which is

00:37:47.360 --> 00:37:48.460
 contained within

00:37:48.460 --> 00:37:49.340
 scripture.

00:37:50.660 --> 00:37:51.300
 Now today

00:37:51.300 --> 00:37:51.940
 you might go

00:37:51.940 --> 00:37:52.400
 to some

00:37:52.400 --> 00:37:53.900
 churches and

00:37:53.900 --> 00:37:54.300
 they'll say

00:37:54.300 --> 00:37:54.640
 things,

00:37:54.780 --> 00:37:54.980
 well,

00:37:55.360 --> 00:37:55.860
 we have

00:37:55.860 --> 00:37:56.420
 the Bible,

00:37:57.140 --> 00:37:58.280
 but that's

00:37:58.280 --> 00:37:58.880
 not enough,

00:37:59.019 --> 00:37:59.620
 that's not

00:37:59.620 --> 00:38:00.099
 sufficient.

00:38:00.900 --> 00:38:01.440
 There's still

00:38:01.440 --> 00:38:02.059
 more things

00:38:02.059 --> 00:38:02.620
 we need to

00:38:02.620 --> 00:38:03.039
 hear from

00:38:03.039 --> 00:38:03.340
 God.

00:38:03.579 --> 00:38:04.059
 So they'll

00:38:04.059 --> 00:38:04.620
 say something

00:38:04.620 --> 00:38:05.140
 like this,

00:38:05.500 --> 00:38:06.760
 God told

00:38:06.760 --> 00:38:07.079
 me,

00:38:08.680 --> 00:38:09.700
 or God

00:38:09.700 --> 00:38:10.440
 has said.

00:38:11.960 --> 00:38:12.820
 So rather

00:38:12.820 --> 00:38:13.700
 than rely on

00:38:13.700 --> 00:38:14.200
 what God

00:38:14.200 --> 00:38:14.620
 has said

00:38:14.620 --> 00:38:15.360
 about himself

00:38:15.360 --> 00:38:15.720
 in the

00:38:15.720 --> 00:38:16.120
 Bible,

00:38:17.079 --> 00:38:17.940
 people depend

00:38:17.940 --> 00:38:18.360
 on their

00:38:18.360 --> 00:38:19.160
 own thoughts

00:38:19.160 --> 00:38:20.260
 and imaginations.

00:38:21.019 --> 00:38:21.740
 Because the

00:38:21.740 --> 00:38:22.539
 only way that

00:38:22.539 --> 00:38:23.340
 we can know

00:38:23.340 --> 00:38:23.960
 if God

00:38:23.960 --> 00:38:24.640
 has told us

00:38:24.639 --> 00:38:25.859
 anything and

00:38:25.859 --> 00:38:26.359
 we can be

00:38:26.359 --> 00:38:27.019
 sure that

00:38:27.019 --> 00:38:27.480
 it's God

00:38:27.480 --> 00:38:28.239
 speaking to

00:38:28.239 --> 00:38:28.500
 us,

00:38:28.699 --> 00:38:29.159
 is what

00:38:29.159 --> 00:38:29.980
 God has

00:38:29.980 --> 00:38:30.799
 already said

00:38:30.799 --> 00:38:31.420
 in scripture.

00:38:33.379 --> 00:38:34.299
 This is what

00:38:34.299 --> 00:38:34.699
 Timothy,

00:38:34.879 --> 00:38:35.079
 again,

00:38:35.139 --> 00:38:35.759
 was told to

00:38:35.759 --> 00:38:36.139
 look out

00:38:36.139 --> 00:38:36.379
 for.

00:38:36.639 --> 00:38:37.099
 Go back

00:38:37.099 --> 00:38:37.539
 to chapter

00:38:37.539 --> 00:38:37.940
 4,

00:38:38.019 --> 00:38:38.599
 verse 3.

00:38:39.319 --> 00:38:40.079
 2 Timothy

00:38:40.079 --> 00:38:40.460
 4,

00:38:40.559 --> 00:38:41.099
 verse 3.

00:38:41.099 --> 00:38:45.779
 For the

00:38:45.779 --> 00:38:46.400
 time will

00:38:46.400 --> 00:38:47.539
 come when

00:38:47.539 --> 00:38:48.059
 men will

00:38:48.059 --> 00:38:48.559
 not put

00:38:48.559 --> 00:38:48.900
 up with

00:38:48.900 --> 00:38:49.239
 sound

00:38:49.239 --> 00:38:49.779
 doctrine.

00:38:50.699 --> 00:38:51.059
 They go,

00:38:51.239 --> 00:38:52.059
 well, we

00:38:52.059 --> 00:38:52.579
 can invent

00:38:52.579 --> 00:38:53.079
 our own

00:38:53.079 --> 00:38:54.059
 ideas and

00:38:54.059 --> 00:38:54.519
 traditions.

00:38:55.199 --> 00:38:55.920
 Instead, to

00:38:55.920 --> 00:38:56.339
 suit their

00:38:56.339 --> 00:38:57.199
 own desires,

00:38:57.319 --> 00:38:57.599
 they will

00:38:57.599 --> 00:38:58.360
 gather around

00:38:58.360 --> 00:38:58.679
 them a

00:38:58.679 --> 00:38:59.299
 great number

00:38:59.299 --> 00:38:59.779
 of teachers

00:38:59.779 --> 00:39:00.239
 to say

00:39:00.239 --> 00:39:00.619
 what their

00:39:00.619 --> 00:39:00.980
 itching

00:39:00.980 --> 00:39:01.579
 ears want

00:39:01.579 --> 00:39:01.960
 to hear.

00:39:03.000 --> 00:39:03.539
 They will

00:39:03.539 --> 00:39:04.299
 turn their

00:39:04.299 --> 00:39:05.079
 ears away

00:39:05.079 --> 00:39:05.539
 from the

00:39:05.539 --> 00:39:06.559
 truth and

00:39:06.559 --> 00:39:07.460
 turn aside

00:39:07.460 --> 00:39:08.099
 to myths,

00:39:08.279 --> 00:39:09.139
 to man-made

00:39:09.139 --> 00:39:10.059
 traditions.

00:39:11.000 --> 00:39:11.460
 And all

00:39:11.460 --> 00:39:11.799
 that will

00:39:11.799 --> 00:39:12.219
 do is

00:39:12.219 --> 00:39:12.940
 lead people

00:39:12.940 --> 00:39:13.639
 into all

00:39:13.639 --> 00:39:14.319
 kinds of

00:39:14.319 --> 00:39:15.679
 confusion about

00:39:15.679 --> 00:39:16.379
 who God

00:39:16.379 --> 00:39:17.379
 is and what

00:39:17.379 --> 00:39:17.980
 we should do

00:39:17.980 --> 00:39:18.699
 as a church.

00:39:19.440 --> 00:39:20.239
 We don't

00:39:20.239 --> 00:39:21.019
 decide what

00:39:21.019 --> 00:39:21.539
 we do as

00:39:21.539 --> 00:39:21.900
 a church

00:39:21.900 --> 00:39:22.519
 according to

00:39:22.519 --> 00:39:22.920
 what I

00:39:22.920 --> 00:39:23.960
 feel or

00:39:23.960 --> 00:39:24.339
 what I

00:39:24.339 --> 00:39:24.879
 like.

00:39:25.099 --> 00:39:25.519
 It's not

00:39:25.519 --> 00:39:26.099
 about my

00:39:26.099 --> 00:39:26.839
 preference or

00:39:26.839 --> 00:39:27.699
 your preference.

00:39:28.719 --> 00:39:29.339
 It's about

00:39:29.339 --> 00:39:30.219
 what does

00:39:30.219 --> 00:39:30.859
 the Bible

00:39:30.859 --> 00:39:31.980
 teach us?

00:39:32.279 --> 00:39:32.759
 What has

00:39:32.759 --> 00:39:33.639
 God revealed

00:39:33.639 --> 00:39:34.539
 about himself?

00:39:36.019 --> 00:39:36.739
 We don't

00:39:36.739 --> 00:39:37.480
 need any

00:39:37.480 --> 00:39:38.400
 more extra

00:39:38.400 --> 00:39:39.119
 revelation.

00:39:39.139 --> 00:39:40.719
 it is

00:39:40.719 --> 00:39:41.639
 sufficient.

00:39:44.139 --> 00:39:45.059
 And then

00:39:45.059 --> 00:39:45.500
 third,

00:39:46.339 --> 00:39:48.039
 we come

00:39:48.039 --> 00:39:48.279
 to

00:39:48.279 --> 00:39:48.819
 Scripture

00:39:48.819 --> 00:39:50.440
 not like

00:39:50.440 --> 00:39:51.000
 any other

00:39:51.000 --> 00:39:51.400
 book,

00:39:52.359 --> 00:39:53.099
 but as

00:39:53.099 --> 00:39:53.659
 it is,

00:39:53.940 --> 00:39:54.659
 the Word

00:39:54.659 --> 00:39:55.819
 of God.

00:39:57.619 --> 00:39:58.839
 We read

00:39:58.839 --> 00:39:59.500
 God's Word,

00:39:59.639 --> 00:40:00.219
 we listen

00:40:00.219 --> 00:40:00.639
 to it

00:40:00.639 --> 00:40:01.299
 explained

00:40:01.299 --> 00:40:01.940
 and applied.

00:40:02.599 --> 00:40:03.199
 We do

00:40:03.199 --> 00:40:03.779
 not sit

00:40:03.779 --> 00:40:04.719
 above it,

00:40:05.500 --> 00:40:06.079
 but we

00:40:06.079 --> 00:40:07.000
 simply come

00:40:07.000 --> 00:40:08.119
 and live

00:40:08.119 --> 00:40:09.019
 under it.

00:40:09.139 --> 00:40:10.119
 If you've

00:40:10.119 --> 00:40:10.539
 ever been

00:40:10.539 --> 00:40:11.119
 to a

00:40:11.119 --> 00:40:11.779
 traditional

00:40:11.779 --> 00:40:12.900
 church

00:40:12.900 --> 00:40:13.379
 building,

00:40:13.500 --> 00:40:14.239
 not like

00:40:14.239 --> 00:40:14.480
 this,

00:40:14.599 --> 00:40:15.079
 you'll

00:40:15.079 --> 00:40:15.299
 probably

00:40:15.299 --> 00:40:15.719
 find that

00:40:15.719 --> 00:40:15.980
 when you

00:40:15.980 --> 00:40:16.400
 go into

00:40:16.400 --> 00:40:16.739
 some of

00:40:16.739 --> 00:40:17.099
 the old

00:40:17.099 --> 00:40:17.539
 buildings,

00:40:17.920 --> 00:40:18.199
 you'll

00:40:18.199 --> 00:40:18.579
 find that

00:40:18.579 --> 00:40:18.900
 there's a

00:40:18.900 --> 00:40:19.480
 great big

00:40:19.480 --> 00:40:19.900
 pulpit

00:40:19.900 --> 00:40:20.420
 away up

00:40:20.420 --> 00:40:20.739
 high.

00:40:21.739 --> 00:40:21.859
 Have you

00:40:21.859 --> 00:40:22.159
 ever seen

00:40:22.159 --> 00:40:22.539
 that great

00:40:22.539 --> 00:40:23.039
 big wooden

00:40:23.039 --> 00:40:23.359
 thing?

00:40:23.900 --> 00:40:24.199
 And there

00:40:24.199 --> 00:40:24.599
 the minister

00:40:24.599 --> 00:40:25.119
 would walk

00:40:25.119 --> 00:40:25.519
 up all

00:40:25.519 --> 00:40:25.980
 these stairs

00:40:25.980 --> 00:40:26.259
 and he

00:40:26.259 --> 00:40:26.639
 would sit

00:40:26.639 --> 00:40:27.039
 up at the

00:40:27.039 --> 00:40:27.379
 top and

00:40:27.379 --> 00:40:28.059
 the congregation

00:40:28.059 --> 00:40:28.719
 would be

00:40:28.719 --> 00:40:29.319
 down below

00:40:29.319 --> 00:40:29.799
 somewhere.

00:40:29.800 --> 00:40:30.900
 well,

00:40:30.940 --> 00:40:31.360
 apart from

00:40:31.360 --> 00:40:31.680
 it being

00:40:31.680 --> 00:40:32.080
 odd to

00:40:32.080 --> 00:40:32.280
 us,

00:40:32.320 --> 00:40:32.519
 there was

00:40:32.519 --> 00:40:33.140
 a purpose

00:40:33.140 --> 00:40:33.700
 in it.

00:40:34.360 --> 00:40:34.660
 It was

00:40:34.660 --> 00:40:35.280
 supposed to

00:40:35.280 --> 00:40:36.220
 symbolise that

00:40:36.220 --> 00:40:36.860
 the Word

00:40:36.860 --> 00:40:37.340
 had an

00:40:37.340 --> 00:40:38.620
 authority and

00:40:38.620 --> 00:40:39.400
 the people

00:40:39.400 --> 00:40:40.400
 were sitting

00:40:40.400 --> 00:40:41.260
 under the

00:40:41.260 --> 00:40:42.080
 authority of

00:40:42.080 --> 00:40:42.700
 God's Word.

00:40:43.120 --> 00:40:43.660
 And we

00:40:43.660 --> 00:40:44.240
 come here

00:40:44.240 --> 00:40:44.539
 today,

00:40:44.620 --> 00:40:44.920
 we're on

00:40:44.920 --> 00:40:45.380
 the same

00:40:45.380 --> 00:40:45.940
 plane,

00:40:46.080 --> 00:40:46.420
 the same

00:40:46.420 --> 00:40:47.120
 level here,

00:40:47.600 --> 00:40:48.320
 but all

00:40:48.320 --> 00:40:48.640
 of us

00:40:48.640 --> 00:40:49.300
 together are

00:40:49.300 --> 00:40:49.720
 under the

00:40:49.720 --> 00:40:50.440
 authority

00:40:50.440 --> 00:40:51.800
 of God's

00:40:51.800 --> 00:40:52.120
 Word and

00:40:52.120 --> 00:40:52.539
 we must

00:40:52.539 --> 00:40:53.280
 approach it

00:40:53.280 --> 00:40:54.140
 with humility.

00:40:54.139 --> 00:40:56.460
 Isaiah 66

00:40:56.460 --> 00:40:57.480
 verse 12,

00:40:58.019 --> 00:40:58.500
 this is how

00:40:58.500 --> 00:40:58.980
 we opened

00:40:58.980 --> 00:41:00.119
 up with

00:41:00.119 --> 00:41:00.779
 this prayer

00:41:00.779 --> 00:41:01.480
 this morning.

00:41:02.359 --> 00:41:03.199
 God says,

00:41:03.339 --> 00:41:04.279
 Isaiah 66

00:41:04.279 --> 00:41:04.980
 verse 12,

00:41:05.119 --> 00:41:05.679
 these are the

00:41:05.679 --> 00:41:06.379
 ones I look

00:41:06.379 --> 00:41:06.759
 on with

00:41:06.759 --> 00:41:07.179
 favour,

00:41:08.059 --> 00:41:08.639
 those who

00:41:08.639 --> 00:41:09.400
 are humble

00:41:09.400 --> 00:41:11.279
 and contrite

00:41:11.279 --> 00:41:11.839
 in spirit

00:41:11.839 --> 00:41:13.299
 and who

00:41:13.299 --> 00:41:14.019
 tremble

00:41:14.019 --> 00:41:14.900
 at my

00:41:14.900 --> 00:41:15.339
 word.

00:41:16.699 --> 00:41:16.980
 Yeah,

00:41:17.059 --> 00:41:17.379
 we can

00:41:17.379 --> 00:41:18.139
 wrestle with

00:41:18.139 --> 00:41:18.379
 it,

00:41:19.019 --> 00:41:19.559
 we can

00:41:19.559 --> 00:41:20.000
 ask our

00:41:20.000 --> 00:41:20.799
 questions and

00:41:20.799 --> 00:41:21.099
 we can

00:41:21.099 --> 00:41:21.879
 struggle over

00:41:21.879 --> 00:41:22.019
 it,

00:41:22.159 --> 00:41:22.579
 we can

00:41:22.579 --> 00:41:23.019
 come to

00:41:23.019 --> 00:41:23.719
 home groups

00:41:23.719 --> 00:41:24.179
 where we

00:41:24.179 --> 00:41:25.139
 try to

00:41:25.139 --> 00:41:25.599
 work out

00:41:25.599 --> 00:41:26.099
 how does

00:41:26.099 --> 00:41:26.619
 this apply,

00:41:26.759 --> 00:41:27.099
 what does

00:41:27.099 --> 00:41:27.539
 it mean?

00:41:28.619 --> 00:41:29.159
 But at

00:41:29.159 --> 00:41:29.539
 the end

00:41:29.539 --> 00:41:29.779
 of the

00:41:29.779 --> 00:41:30.139
 day,

00:41:30.859 --> 00:41:31.839
 in faith,

00:41:32.359 --> 00:41:33.099
 we simply

00:41:33.099 --> 00:41:33.779
 humbly

00:41:33.779 --> 00:41:34.419
 obey,

00:41:34.859 --> 00:41:35.539
 trusting that

00:41:35.539 --> 00:41:35.980
 what our

00:41:35.980 --> 00:41:37.039
 creator God

00:41:37.039 --> 00:41:38.039
 says is

00:41:38.039 --> 00:41:39.000
 good and

00:41:39.000 --> 00:41:39.919
 right and

00:41:39.919 --> 00:41:40.480
 is best

00:41:40.480 --> 00:41:41.039
 for us.

00:41:41.159 --> 00:41:41.699
 It's not

00:41:41.699 --> 00:41:42.399
 my opinion,

00:41:43.000 --> 00:41:43.379
 it's not

00:41:43.379 --> 00:41:44.159
 what I feel

00:41:44.159 --> 00:41:44.619
 or what I

00:41:44.619 --> 00:41:44.919
 think,

00:41:45.219 --> 00:41:45.659
 but what

00:41:45.659 --> 00:41:47.059
 God is

00:41:47.059 --> 00:41:47.639
 saying to

00:41:47.639 --> 00:41:48.139
 us.

00:41:50.439 --> 00:41:51.000
 Another

00:41:51.000 --> 00:41:51.679
 reformer,

00:41:52.480 --> 00:41:53.239
 this time

00:41:53.239 --> 00:41:53.739
 this guy

00:41:53.739 --> 00:41:54.219
 Ulrich

00:41:54.219 --> 00:41:54.739
 Zwingli,

00:41:55.159 --> 00:41:55.679
 who was

00:41:55.679 --> 00:41:56.279
 working in

00:41:56.279 --> 00:41:56.799
 Switzerland,

00:41:58.059 --> 00:41:58.639
 he put

00:41:58.639 --> 00:41:59.000
 it like

00:41:59.000 --> 00:41:59.419
 this,

00:41:59.859 --> 00:42:00.339
 he wrote

00:42:00.339 --> 00:42:00.679
 a lot

00:42:00.679 --> 00:42:01.079
 about

00:42:01.079 --> 00:42:01.959
 God's

00:42:01.959 --> 00:42:02.159
 word,

00:42:02.239 --> 00:42:02.500
 he said,

00:42:02.579 --> 00:42:02.919
 the word

00:42:02.919 --> 00:42:03.379
 of God

00:42:03.379 --> 00:42:04.199
 is certain

00:42:04.199 --> 00:42:05.579
 and can

00:42:05.579 --> 00:42:06.519
 never fail,

00:42:07.319 --> 00:42:07.779
 it is

00:42:07.779 --> 00:42:09.239
 clear and

00:42:09.239 --> 00:42:09.799
 will never

00:42:09.799 --> 00:42:10.539
 leave us

00:42:10.539 --> 00:42:11.519
 in darkness,

00:42:12.299 --> 00:42:13.059
 it teaches

00:42:13.059 --> 00:42:13.719
 its own

00:42:13.719 --> 00:42:14.179
 truth,

00:42:14.500 --> 00:42:15.259
 it arises

00:42:15.259 --> 00:42:16.500
 and irradiates

00:42:16.500 --> 00:42:17.139
 the soul

00:42:17.139 --> 00:42:17.599
 of man

00:42:17.599 --> 00:42:18.359
 with full

00:42:18.359 --> 00:42:19.119
 salvation

00:42:19.119 --> 00:42:20.059
 and grace,

00:42:20.739 --> 00:42:21.399
 it gives

00:42:21.399 --> 00:42:22.039
 the soul

00:42:22.039 --> 00:42:23.159
 sure comfort

00:42:23.159 --> 00:42:23.759
 in God,

00:42:23.920 --> 00:42:24.980
 it humbles

00:42:24.980 --> 00:42:25.340
 it,

00:42:26.000 --> 00:42:26.940
 so that

00:42:26.940 --> 00:42:28.099
 it loses

00:42:28.099 --> 00:42:29.099
 and indeed

00:42:29.099 --> 00:42:29.980
 condemns

00:42:29.980 --> 00:42:30.500
 itself

00:42:30.500 --> 00:42:32.059
 and lays

00:42:32.059 --> 00:42:32.599
 hold

00:42:32.599 --> 00:42:33.699
 of God.

00:42:34.400 --> 00:42:35.039
 This is

00:42:35.039 --> 00:42:35.779
 what scripture

00:42:35.779 --> 00:42:36.539
 should do,

00:42:37.219 --> 00:42:37.840
 bring us

00:42:37.840 --> 00:42:38.519
 to a place

00:42:38.519 --> 00:42:39.159
 of humility

00:42:39.159 --> 00:42:39.699
 and say,

00:42:40.460 --> 00:42:41.000
 Lord,

00:42:41.199 --> 00:42:42.059
 your will

00:42:42.059 --> 00:42:42.519
 be done

00:42:42.519 --> 00:42:42.920
 in my

00:42:42.920 --> 00:42:43.320
 life,

00:42:43.759 --> 00:42:44.460
 let your

00:42:44.460 --> 00:42:45.179
 word take

00:42:45.179 --> 00:42:46.059
 centre place,

00:42:46.460 --> 00:42:47.259
 let me live

00:42:47.259 --> 00:42:48.059
 according to it

00:42:48.059 --> 00:42:48.739
 and give me

00:42:48.739 --> 00:42:49.400
 the grace

00:42:49.400 --> 00:42:50.139
 and give me

00:42:50.139 --> 00:42:50.780
 the power

00:42:50.780 --> 00:42:51.059
 of your

00:42:51.059 --> 00:42:51.519
 spirit

00:42:51.519 --> 00:42:52.700
 to obey

00:42:52.700 --> 00:42:53.920
 and do

00:42:53.920 --> 00:42:54.280
 what it

00:42:54.280 --> 00:42:54.720
 says.

00:42:56.960 --> 00:42:57.519
 Salvation

00:42:57.519 --> 00:42:59.619
 is according

00:42:59.619 --> 00:43:00.760
 to scripture

00:43:00.760 --> 00:43:02.059
 alone.

00:43:02.720 --> 00:43:03.220
 We would

00:43:03.220 --> 00:43:03.920
 never know

00:43:03.920 --> 00:43:04.660
 anything of

00:43:04.660 --> 00:43:05.519
 God's salvation

00:43:05.519 --> 00:43:06.840
 if God

00:43:06.840 --> 00:43:07.380
 did not

00:43:07.380 --> 00:43:08.059
 reveal it

00:43:08.059 --> 00:43:08.519
 to us

00:43:08.519 --> 00:43:08.840
 in his

00:43:08.840 --> 00:43:09.240
 words.

00:43:10.019 --> 00:43:10.579
 We would

00:43:10.579 --> 00:43:11.099
 never know

00:43:11.099 --> 00:43:11.820
 anything about

00:43:11.820 --> 00:43:12.300
 Jesus,

00:43:12.740 --> 00:43:13.320
 what it is

00:43:13.320 --> 00:43:13.800
 to grow

00:43:13.800 --> 00:43:14.220
 in him,

00:43:14.519 --> 00:43:14.960
 how we

00:43:14.960 --> 00:43:15.519
 should live

00:43:15.519 --> 00:43:16.039
 and how we

00:43:16.039 --> 00:43:16.660
 should behave

00:43:16.659 --> 00:43:17.440
 as a church

00:43:17.440 --> 00:43:18.859
 unless God

00:43:18.859 --> 00:43:19.480
 spoke.

00:43:20.539 --> 00:43:21.019
 This is

00:43:21.019 --> 00:43:21.599
 God's

00:43:21.599 --> 00:43:22.119
 message

00:43:22.119 --> 00:43:23.399
 alive to

00:43:23.399 --> 00:43:24.039
 us today

00:43:24.039 --> 00:43:25.460
 to change

00:43:25.460 --> 00:43:26.539
 us and

00:43:26.539 --> 00:43:26.940
 make us

00:43:26.940 --> 00:43:27.500
 more like

00:43:27.500 --> 00:43:27.739
 him.

00:43:28.099 --> 00:43:28.719
 So let's

00:43:28.719 --> 00:43:29.139
 together,

00:43:29.759 --> 00:43:30.599
 in humility,

00:43:31.460 --> 00:43:32.579
 live under

00:43:32.579 --> 00:43:33.460
 his word.

00:43:33.779 --> 00:43:34.559
 Let's pray

00:43:34.559 --> 00:43:35.139
 together.

00:43:35.139 --> 00:43:35.239
 Amen.