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 Do you believe in God?

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 Why?

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 Is it because everyone believes?

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 Maybe you grew up in a family where your parents believed in God.

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 They took you along to church, just like I've taken my children along to church this morning.

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 And so you've just always believed that there was a God.

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 Maybe there was a boy or girl at youth group.

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 Maybe it was called youth fellowship in those days.

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 And you started chasing them.

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 And then you've just found yourself at church since then.

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 Does anybody want to admit to that?

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 No? Okay, maybe later.

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 Why are you in a Christian church?

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 You know, with worshipping and singing to the Christian God.

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 You know, the Bible is an old book.

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 Look, why do you believe what it says about God?

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 Now these may seem like strange questions to be asked by your pastor.

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 You know, you might just be expecting me to say,

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 Shh, don't think too hard about why you believe in God.

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 Just trust God.

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 Don't use your brain.

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 It's dangerous thinking too much.

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 Just trust me.

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 It's fine.

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 Trust me.

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 Christianity is not just about believing really hard and ignoring the world around us.

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 Believing in the God of the Bible is not just about closing our eyes to the facts and having blind faith.

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 I believe that Christianity is rigorous.

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 It is a deep faith that can be studied and investigated.

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 There's a famous saying about it that Christianity is shallow enough for a child to swim in,

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 but also deep enough for an elephant to swim.

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 But if you believe in God, do you know why?

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 And if you don't believe in God, do you know why?

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 You know, I don't know, but you know, if you're in the office or, you know, over coffee or at school or in the playground,

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 have you ever been asked, why do you believe in God?

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 Or why don't you believe in God?

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 Do you have an answer to that question?

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 Why do you believe in God?

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 Is it possible that we haven't actually thought hard about what we believe in God?

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 Maybe we thought about it years ago and we have just grown and matured with many assumptions.

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 This season in church, we are looking at the foundational beliefs of Christianity.

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 We're looking at a statement called the Apostles' Creed.

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 This morning after we sang, as we stayed standing, we said this thing called the Apostles' Creed.

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 You may be familiar with it because here at St. Paul's, we regularly declare that we believe this expression of who God is.

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 Now, this creed dates back to about 300-400 AD.

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 It wasn't written by the apostles,

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 but it does reflect the early church's desire to express and summarise the faith given by the apostles.

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 The Apostles' Creed is short.

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 I'm not sure if you've thought of it being short,

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 but there's many other creeds that are much longer.

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 The Apostles' Creed is fairly short.

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 It doesn't contain everything that we believe, but it is a great summary.

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 It instructs and guides and defends what we believe.

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 Now, Wendy, if you can pull up the creed that we had earlier,

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 there's this repetition in the creed.

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 It starts with, I believe in God.

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 Skip over to the part about Jesus.

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 I believe in Jesus.

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 And then to the Holy Spirit.

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 I believe in the Holy Spirit.

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 Thank you, Wendy.

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 It's this repetition throughout the Apostles' Creed that we believe in something.

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 We believe that there is a God.

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 We believe that there is a being who is so powerful that he could make the entire universe,

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 that he is the judge, that he sustains everything.

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 And today we're going to investigate whether there is any reason we should believe in a God.

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 So first we're going to question why we should believe at all.

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 And then we're going to be questioning about, well, why should we believe in the Christian God?

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 So have your Bibles open.

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 We're going to start in Romans 1, which Adrian read for us earlier.

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 Starting in Romans 1, Paul, the Apostle, has sent a letter to the Roman church

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 and he is talking about how God has revealed himself to all people.

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 So from Romans 1, verse 18.

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 The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of people

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 who suppress the truth by their wickedness,

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 since what may be known about God is plain to them,

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 because God has made it plain to them.

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 For since the creation of the world, God's invisible qualities,

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 his eternal power and divine nature have been clearly seen,

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 being understood from what has been made,

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 so that people are without excuse.

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 So Paul is talking about this phenomenon called general revelation,

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 where God has revealed himself in a general way to all people on the earth that have ever existed.

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 God has revealed himself to everyone, not specifically, but generally.

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 Paul can say that just by looking at the world around us,

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 you can be convinced that there is a God.

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 God has made it plain to us.

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 And he points to the creation of the world which shows God's power.

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 And so as we consider this world that there is,

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 we're going to see at least four reasons.

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 There's four clues for us to believe that there is a God.

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 Now this morning, this is a little bit of a different sermon.

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 We're going to look at some science and some philosophy

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 before we spend a little bit more time in the Bible.

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 A little bit different.

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 Go with me.

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 I know it's early, but you'll cope, I'm sure.

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 We're going to look at four clues that there is a God.

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 The first being the Big Bang.

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 The second is that there are perfect conditions for life on this planet.

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 The third reason to believe that there is a God is that there is beauty.

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 And the fourth is that we have morals.

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 There are many more than these four,

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 but these are just the ones I'm going to briefly be touching on this morning.

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 I'd encourage you to read this book that my wife is going to pick up and hold for me

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 because I forgot to bring it up.

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 It should just be on the floor or next to you somewhere.

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 There it is.

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 Thank you, Lulu.

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 This book that you might be able to see over there,

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 it's called The Reason for God by a man called Tim Keller.

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 He is a pastor in New York.

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 And that's a really helpful book to dive deeper into this, if you would like.

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 So we're going to see these four clues.

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 The first of all, the first one is the Big Bang.

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 And this really is questioning, well, why is there anything?

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 Why is there something?

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 Why is there anything physical?

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 Where did the sandstone, is this sandstone?

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 Is this sandstone?

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 Does anybody know?

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 Is this actual sandstone?

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 No, it's not.

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 I'm getting conflicting evidence.

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 Oh, okay.

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 It's fake.

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 Okay.

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 Where does whatever this is come from?

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 Well, certainly it wasn't mined out of a quarry because it's not real sandstone.

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 But where do any of these things around us that we see come from?

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 Well, maybe they were in the ground originally,

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 but where does that ground come from?

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 Where does this planet come from?

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 Stephen Hawking, the scientist, wrote, and I should have these quotes on the screen.

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 Thank you, Wendy.

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 That almost everyone now believes that the universe and time itself had a beginning at the Big Bang.

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 Stephen Hawking is making this big claim that everything came from something.

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 And so something sparked.

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 There was a point where suddenly everything was and it flew through the universe that had now just been created

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 and cooled and crashed together and became the origin of everything.

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 Another scientist, a man by the name of Francis Collins, questions the origins of that Big Bang.

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 He wrote,

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 We have this very solid conclusion that the universe had an origin, the Big Bang.

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 15 billion years ago, the universe began with an unimaginably bright flash of energy from an infinitesimally small point.

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 That implies that before that, there was nothing.

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 I can't imagine how nature, in this case the universe, could have created itself.

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 And the very fact that universe had a beginning implies that someone was able to begin it.

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 Something had to make the Big Bang happen.

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 It had to be outside of nature, outside of the physical reality.

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 Parents know this.

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 If you've ever had a mess in your house and you've come in and there's several children there and you see the mess,

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 you will say, where did this mess come from?

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 And these children are very convinced at this point that the Big Bang created itself

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 because they will say, I have no idea.

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 This mess just appeared.

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 It wasn't me.

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 And it certainly was not my sibling.

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 It just created itself.

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 This is the first clue that there is a God because something must come from somewhere.

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 The second clue to believe that there is a God is that on this life, on this planet that was created,

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 there is a situation for life to flourish.

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 You know, the universe is here, there's planets.

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 But to have the right conditions for life to exist is incredibly specific.

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 For organic life to exist, there must be so many things perfectly right.

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 The speed of light has to be right.

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 The sun has to be the exact right distance away from the earth,

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 although it feels that over the last couple of days we've moved several hundred thousand meters closer.

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 But we haven't melted into a puddle.

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 And we're not too far that we are too cold.

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 Gravity has to be constant so that it's not changing,

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 so that in one point we're not being dragged down to the earth and then at another point floating off.

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 We have the right amount of atmospheric pressure around us for liquid to be on the surface of the earth.

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 We have the right ingredients.

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 We have the mix of heavy elements and organic molecules for life.

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 We have the right mixture on our planet of water and land so that we have both continents and oceans.

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 Again, Stephen Hawking concludes,

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 the odds against a universe like ours emerging out of the Big Bang are enormous.

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 I think there are clearly religious implications.

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 And then elsewhere he says,

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 it would be very difficult to explain why the universe would have begun in just this way,

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 except as the act of a God who intended to create beings like us.

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 It is as if this planet was created for human life.

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 This is the second clue.

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 The first clue is that something came out of nothing.

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 It must have been created.

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 And this something has defied all the odds to actually be a place that could sustain life.

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 Now, so far, the clues that we've seen to believe in a God have been scientific.

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 Others will suggest that it is all just random.

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 There are millions of planets in all of the galaxies.

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 The one we are on just happens to have the right conditions.

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 If there is no God and all of this is an accident,

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 you know, we are accidents and there is no purpose for anything.

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 Belief in God is just a way for humans to survive and pass on our DNA to others.

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 The question then is, what about beauty?

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 What about our emotions and love?

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 Are they just chemical reactions in our brains and nothing else?

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 So, is love real at all?

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 You know, when I look at my wife,

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 I missed you then, I was looking at Nick.

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 He's not my wife.

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 He's lovely.

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 He's beauty itself.

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 That's fine.

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 But when I look at my wife, am I feeling anything real?

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 Do I have any love for her and my kids?

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 Or is it just chemicals in my brain tricking me

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 so that I have children and pass on my DNA

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 to further our species?

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 Is there really no special significance to my wife and my kids?

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 All of us experience some form of art,

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 some ideas as profoundly beautiful.

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 They are a mixture of desire and a sense of longing.

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 Now, some argue that beauty has its origin in practical things.

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 You know, the need to display ourselves to attract a mate like a...

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 What's the bird that does that with the big...

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 I was going to say pelican, but it's not that one.

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 A peacock.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 Am I just peacocking up here?

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 Is that all that beauty is?

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 It's just to find a mate.

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 But when we find something beautiful,

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 it is often not functional.

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 But because it reflects the one who made it.

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 It's a recognition that the world around us was made good,

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 but it has been corrupted.

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 Ugliness is not inherent,

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 but just as Paul said in Romans 1,

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 God's invisible qualities are seen in his creation.

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 His goodness and desire to have us enjoy beauty

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 is for the sake of beauty.

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 I have not chosen to find the sunrise beautiful

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 because it helps me in any particular way,

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 but because it reflects the one who made it.

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 People in politics often talk about the pub test.

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 Have you heard of the pub test?

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 The pub test is just our gut feel.

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 What do people...

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 What does a random group of people think?

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 They talk about the pub test when it talks to politicians.

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 Oh, you know, this guy's policy fails the pub test

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 because it just doesn't follow common sense.

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 I don't think that thinking about beauty

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 from just an evolutionary standpoint

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 passes the pub test.

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 I don't think...

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 I'm not happy just to say that everything I do

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 and the way I love my wife

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 and the way I find beauty,

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 and, you know, you look at these stained glass windows

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 and you think they're beautiful,

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 or the way I love my children,

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 I don't think that that could just be chemical reactions.

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 I don't think it passes our experience.

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 Those we love are more than what our brain

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 could be tricked into doing.

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 I think this is the third clue

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 that there is something beyond the physical,

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 that there is beauty that we find

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 which can't just be connected to evolution.

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 The fourth reason, the fourth clue

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 to believe that there is a God

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 is that we have morals.

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 We give humans dignity

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 and we fight for human rights.

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 But where do our beliefs

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 about what is right and wrong come from?

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 Have they just evolved with humans

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 and are now about taking care of the community?

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 All human beings have moral feelings.

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 We call it a conscience.

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 When we consider doing an act

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 that we think would be wrong,

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 something in our brain,

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 something in the way we are made,

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 will encourage us to refrain.

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 It doesn't mean we always do it,

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 but we have an inbuilt sense

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 of what is right and what is wrong.

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 But these standards also sit outside of us.

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 So 1939, when the Nazis went to war,

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 when they were killing Jews,

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 they didn't think there was a problem.

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 They didn't think there was a moral issue.

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 They actually thought it was morally right

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 to do that.

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 Everybody else, however,

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 seemed to have an issue.

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 You know, England,

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 the United States,

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 Australia,

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 didn't just sit back and go,

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 well, your morals are fine for you,

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 you have created that system

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 of what is right,

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 you do that.

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 We went, no, no, no, no.

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 It is not right to kill a person

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 just because of their ethnicity.

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 And so World War II happened.

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 We don't care if they felt

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 there was a problem with us

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 enforcing our morals on someone else.

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 Morals sit outside of us

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 and a war was fought.

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 Evolutionists would argue

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 that morals have helped

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 to help us take care of our own

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 so that our species continues.

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 But when I walk past a person

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 who is not from my community,

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 say a homeless person,

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 who is not from my community,

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 I feel an obligation to help them,

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 a moral obligation.

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 Even though it is not going to help me

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 or the continuation of my community,

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 those who are outside,

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 I still feel an obligation.

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 In evolutionary biology,

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 they speak of the violence

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 inherent in it.

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 If a species is to survive,

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 it is only because it will

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 kill other species.

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 Violence in nature

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 is totally natural.

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 And so why isn't it okay

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 for strong humans

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 to kill weak humans?

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 It seems disgusting

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 to even suggest that.

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 If the world was made by

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 a God of peace

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 and justice

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 and love,

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 then that is how we know

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 that violence

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 and oppression

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 and hate are wrong.

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 If you believe in human rights,

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 then it makes so much more sense

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 to believe that there is a God

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 who He has created us

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 in His image,

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 in His beauty

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 and that is why we

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 are valuable.

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 This is the fourth clue

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 that there is a God,

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 that we consider humans

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 of more worth than animals.

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 Now,

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 I've only briefly touched

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 on all of these.

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 Please,

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 talk to me later

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 if you want to look at these.

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 Get Tim Keller's

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 The Reason for God

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 to investigate these.

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 But maybe the Big Bang

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 caused itself to happen.

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 Maybe we're just in a world

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 that won the lottery

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 when it came to odds

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 and it's just

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 really convenient

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 that this world

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 had the right conditions

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 for life.

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 Maybe beauty

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 is meaningless.

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 Maybe morals

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 aren't a good enough reason.

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 But all of these

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 are questions

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 that we have

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 to wrestle with.

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 I think it actually

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 takes more faith

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 to believe against these.

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 People often say,

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 I wish I had

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 your faith

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 to believe in God.

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 I wish I had

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 as much faith as you.

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 I just don't have

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 that kind of faith.

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 I wish I could believe

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 in God like you

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 but I just don't have

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 that much faith.

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 I actually think

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 it takes more faith.

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 I think it's a bigger

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 leap of faith

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 to believe that

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 something could come

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 from nothing.

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 I believe that

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 it's not consistent

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 with everything

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 we see around us.

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 It's still a really

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 big leap of faith

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 to think that the earth

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 just so happens

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 to have all the exact

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 conditions for life

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 to flourish and function

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 just by pure chance.

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 I think that's a really

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 big leap to take.

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 It's a big leap of faith

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 to think that beauty

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 and morals

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 are part of an

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 evolutionary advantage.

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 Believing that there

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 is a God

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 takes less faith

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 than believing

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 there is not.

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 I think there is

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 more reason

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 to believe in God

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 just by looking

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 around the world

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 as Paul said to us

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 in Romans 1.

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 Instead of the Christian

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 closing their eyes

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 to science

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 and just being

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 a blind faith

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 I believe it's

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 the opposite.

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 I believe that all

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 the evidence

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 points to a God.

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 But that is just

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 an argument

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 to believe in a God.

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 Why should we believe

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 in the Christian God?

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 First of all

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 it's really helpful

00:21:52.839 --> 00:21:54.000
 that God has

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 revealed himself.

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 Jesus came

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 to make this

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 unknown God

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 known.

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 We see God

00:22:01.599 --> 00:22:02.579
 revealing himself

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 throughout the Old Testament

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 but then he reveals

00:22:04.939 --> 00:22:06.079
 himself fully

00:22:06.599 --> 00:22:07.179
 in Jesus.

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 The God who created

00:22:08.679 --> 00:22:09.079
 the universe

00:22:09.599 --> 00:22:10.240
 the one who

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 made this planet

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 with the right conditions

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 to live

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 the one who made

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 beauty

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 the one who made

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 morals

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 who made us

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 in his image

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 Jesus came

00:22:18.559 --> 00:22:19.500
 to make this God

00:22:19.500 --> 00:22:19.859
 known.

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 Now we're going

00:22:22.339 --> 00:22:22.799
 to read from

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 John 14

00:22:23.579 --> 00:22:24.519
 verse 1

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 and it seems

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 I've forgotten

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 everything this morning

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 I left my book

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 down here

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 I left my last

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 couple pages

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 of my sermon

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 down here

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 Thank you

00:22:31.519 --> 00:22:31.819
 Lulu

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 Lulu's trying

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 to read it

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 for me

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 So please

00:22:35.120 --> 00:22:35.519
 we're going

00:22:35.519 --> 00:22:35.900
 to read from

00:22:35.900 --> 00:22:36.819
 John 14

00:22:36.819 --> 00:22:37.799
 verse 1 and 2

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 Do not let

00:22:40.759 --> 00:22:41.299
 your hearts

00:22:41.299 --> 00:22:41.819
 be troubled

00:22:41.819 --> 00:22:43.599
 You believe

00:22:43.599 --> 00:22:44.299
 in God

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 believe also

00:22:46.119 --> 00:22:46.839
 in me

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 My father's

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 house has

00:22:48.960 --> 00:22:49.480
 many rooms

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 if that were

00:22:50.039 --> 00:22:50.440
 not so

00:22:50.440 --> 00:22:50.879
 I would have

00:22:50.879 --> 00:22:51.319
 told you

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 I was going

00:22:52.139 --> 00:22:52.500
 to prepare

00:22:52.500 --> 00:22:52.879
 a place

00:22:52.879 --> 00:22:53.220
 for you

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 So Jesus

00:22:54.680 --> 00:22:55.359
 has been

00:22:55.359 --> 00:22:56.079
 with God

00:22:56.079 --> 00:22:57.220
 for eternity

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 He says

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 that he is

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 going to

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 prepare God's

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 place

00:23:00.680 --> 00:23:01.579
 his house

00:23:01.579 --> 00:23:01.899
 which has

00:23:01.899 --> 00:23:02.619
 many rooms

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 he must

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 have been

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 there

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 Jesus

00:23:05.700 --> 00:23:06.859
 must have

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 been at

00:23:07.140 --> 00:23:07.440
 God's

00:23:07.440 --> 00:23:07.819
 side

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 to know

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 what it

00:23:08.879 --> 00:23:09.440
 was like

00:23:09.440 --> 00:23:10.759
 and this

00:23:10.759 --> 00:23:11.140
 is why

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 Jesus

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 repeatedly

00:23:12.119 --> 00:23:12.879
 calls God

00:23:12.879 --> 00:23:13.480
 his father

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 he has

00:23:14.220 --> 00:23:14.900
 a unique

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 relationship

00:23:15.640 --> 00:23:16.160
 with him

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 he has

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 known him

00:23:17.599 --> 00:23:18.240
 for eternity

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 and has

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 come to

00:23:19.140 --> 00:23:19.579
 reveal him

00:23:19.579 --> 00:23:20.059
 to us

00:23:20.059 --> 00:23:21.039
 and Jesus

00:23:21.039 --> 00:23:21.539
 makes this

00:23:21.539 --> 00:23:22.660
 really exclusive

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 claim

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 in verse 6

00:23:24.220 --> 00:23:25.160
 of John 14

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 Jesus answered

00:23:26.559 --> 00:23:27.980
 I am

00:23:27.980 --> 00:23:28.960
 the way

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 and the truth

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 and the life

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 no one

00:23:32.180 --> 00:23:32.900
 comes to the

00:23:32.900 --> 00:23:33.200
 father

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 except through

00:23:33.839 --> 00:23:34.160
 me

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 if you

00:23:35.259 --> 00:23:35.820
 really know

00:23:35.820 --> 00:23:36.019
 me

00:23:36.019 --> 00:23:36.500
 you will

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 know

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 my father

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 as well

00:23:37.960 --> 00:23:39.580
 from now

00:23:39.580 --> 00:23:39.840
 on

00:23:39.840 --> 00:23:40.340
 you do

00:23:40.340 --> 00:23:40.779
 know

00:23:40.779 --> 00:23:43.660
 you do

00:23:43.660 --> 00:23:44.140
 know him

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 and have

00:23:44.540 --> 00:23:45.019
 seen him

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 I typed

00:23:45.519 --> 00:23:45.720
 that up

00:23:45.720 --> 00:23:45.920
 wrong

00:23:45.920 --> 00:23:47.480
 Jesus

00:23:47.480 --> 00:23:48.140
 is the

00:23:48.140 --> 00:23:48.540
 way

00:23:48.540 --> 00:23:49.240
 the truth

00:23:49.240 --> 00:23:49.620
 and the

00:23:49.620 --> 00:23:49.820
 life

00:23:49.820 --> 00:23:50.160
 now you

00:23:50.160 --> 00:23:50.360
 might

00:23:50.360 --> 00:23:50.660
 remember

00:23:50.660 --> 00:23:50.880
 this

00:23:50.880 --> 00:23:51.380
 from Sunday

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 school

00:23:51.720 --> 00:23:52.500
 this is

00:23:52.500 --> 00:23:52.779
 one of

00:23:52.779 --> 00:23:53.019
 those

00:23:53.019 --> 00:23:53.759
 Bible

00:23:53.759 --> 00:23:54.220
 verses

00:23:54.220 --> 00:23:54.820
 that stick

00:23:54.820 --> 00:23:55.100
 in our

00:23:55.100 --> 00:23:55.340
 heads

00:23:55.340 --> 00:23:55.640
 Jesus

00:23:55.640 --> 00:23:56.000
 is the

00:23:56.000 --> 00:23:56.160
 way

00:23:56.160 --> 00:23:56.320
 the

00:23:56.320 --> 00:23:56.500
 truth

00:23:56.500 --> 00:23:56.620
 and

00:23:56.620 --> 00:23:56.720
 the

00:23:56.720 --> 00:23:56.960
 life

00:23:56.960 --> 00:23:57.400
 but

00:23:57.400 --> 00:23:57.660
 Jesus

00:23:57.660 --> 00:23:58.019
 is

00:23:58.019 --> 00:23:58.220
 the

00:23:58.220 --> 00:23:58.720
 truth

00:23:58.720 --> 00:23:59.420
 because

00:23:59.420 --> 00:23:59.779
 he

00:23:59.779 --> 00:24:00.360
 is

00:24:00.360 --> 00:24:00.540
 the

00:24:00.540 --> 00:24:01.000
 ultimate

00:24:01.000 --> 00:24:01.640
 revelation

00:24:01.640 --> 00:24:02.240
 of God

00:24:02.240 --> 00:24:02.759
 himself

00:24:02.759 --> 00:24:04.319
 he is

00:24:04.319 --> 00:24:04.940
 God's

00:24:04.940 --> 00:24:05.440
 word

00:24:05.440 --> 00:24:05.980
 made

00:24:05.980 --> 00:24:06.599
 flesh

00:24:06.599 --> 00:24:08.480
 words

00:24:08.480 --> 00:24:08.960
 are how

00:24:08.960 --> 00:24:09.220
 we

00:24:09.220 --> 00:24:09.779
 communicate

00:24:09.779 --> 00:24:10.559
 ourselves

00:24:10.559 --> 00:24:11.960
 you know

00:24:11.960 --> 00:24:12.240
 me

00:24:12.240 --> 00:24:12.559
 you know

00:24:12.559 --> 00:24:13.000
 the things

00:24:13.000 --> 00:24:13.319
 that I

00:24:13.319 --> 00:24:13.579
 like

00:24:13.579 --> 00:24:13.839
 and my

00:24:13.839 --> 00:24:14.259
 preference

00:24:14.259 --> 00:24:15.000
 because

00:24:15.000 --> 00:24:16.140
 I speak

00:24:16.140 --> 00:24:17.320
 you can

00:24:17.320 --> 00:24:17.540
 know

00:24:17.540 --> 00:24:17.800
 what I

00:24:17.800 --> 00:24:18.080
 like

00:24:18.080 --> 00:24:18.360
 what I

00:24:18.360 --> 00:24:18.720
 don't

00:24:18.720 --> 00:24:19.060
 like

00:24:19.060 --> 00:24:20.180
 you can

00:24:20.180 --> 00:24:20.320
 know

00:24:20.320 --> 00:24:20.540
 my

00:24:20.540 --> 00:24:21.220
 character

00:24:21.220 --> 00:24:22.700
 whether I

00:24:22.700 --> 00:24:23.040
 speak the

00:24:23.040 --> 00:24:23.360
 truth

00:24:23.360 --> 00:24:23.700
 or I

00:24:23.700 --> 00:24:23.880
 speak

00:24:23.880 --> 00:24:24.259
 lies

00:24:24.259 --> 00:24:24.680
 whether I

00:24:24.680 --> 00:24:25.580
 put down

00:24:25.580 --> 00:24:25.820
 other

00:24:25.820 --> 00:24:26.240
 people

00:24:26.240 --> 00:24:27.120
 you can

00:24:27.120 --> 00:24:27.460
 know me

00:24:27.460 --> 00:24:27.880
 by my

00:24:27.880 --> 00:24:28.460
 words

00:24:28.460 --> 00:24:30.540
 and this

00:24:30.540 --> 00:24:30.940
 is who

00:24:30.940 --> 00:24:31.620
 God is

00:24:31.620 --> 00:24:32.200
 Jesus

00:24:32.200 --> 00:24:32.880
 is

00:24:32.880 --> 00:24:33.520
 God's

00:24:33.520 --> 00:24:33.980
 word

00:24:33.980 --> 00:24:34.840
 and that

00:24:34.840 --> 00:24:35.860
 helps us

00:24:35.860 --> 00:24:36.040
 that

00:24:36.040 --> 00:24:37.040
 reveals him

00:24:37.040 --> 00:24:37.620
 to us

00:24:37.620 --> 00:24:39.360
 we know

00:24:39.360 --> 00:24:40.180
 who God

00:24:40.180 --> 00:24:40.740
 is because

00:24:40.740 --> 00:24:41.160
 he has

00:24:41.160 --> 00:24:41.759
 spoken to

00:24:41.759 --> 00:24:41.940
 us

00:24:41.940 --> 00:24:42.180
 in

00:24:42.180 --> 00:24:42.520
 Jesus

00:24:42.520 --> 00:24:44.460
 he speaks

00:24:44.460 --> 00:24:45.740
 and reveals

00:24:45.740 --> 00:24:46.360
 himself to

00:24:46.360 --> 00:24:46.680
 us

00:24:46.680 --> 00:24:47.319
 in Jesus

00:24:47.319 --> 00:24:48.600
 and now

00:24:48.600 --> 00:24:49.079
 Jesus is

00:24:49.079 --> 00:24:49.579
 not just

00:24:49.579 --> 00:24:50.559
 the way

00:24:50.559 --> 00:24:51.319
 to God

00:24:51.319 --> 00:24:52.140
 he doesn't

00:24:52.140 --> 00:24:52.840
 say follow

00:24:52.840 --> 00:24:53.620
 me I

00:24:53.620 --> 00:24:54.240
 know where

00:24:54.240 --> 00:24:54.840
 God is

00:24:54.840 --> 00:24:55.480
 come and

00:24:55.480 --> 00:24:55.759
 follow me

00:24:55.759 --> 00:24:56.000
 and I'll

00:24:56.000 --> 00:24:56.400
 take you

00:24:56.400 --> 00:24:56.700
 to him

00:24:56.700 --> 00:24:57.140
 he says

00:24:57.140 --> 00:24:58.420
 I am

00:24:58.420 --> 00:24:59.200
 the way

00:24:59.200 --> 00:24:59.980
 itself

00:24:59.980 --> 00:25:01.940
 he is

00:25:01.940 --> 00:25:03.460
 the way

00:25:03.460 --> 00:25:04.640
 not a

00:25:04.640 --> 00:25:05.480
 way

00:25:05.480 --> 00:25:07.059
 he is

00:25:07.059 --> 00:25:07.680
 the only

00:25:07.680 --> 00:25:08.279
 way

00:25:08.279 --> 00:25:09.160
 to God

00:25:09.160 --> 00:25:10.559
 so if

00:25:10.559 --> 00:25:11.039
 we ignore

00:25:11.039 --> 00:25:11.519
 Jesus

00:25:11.519 --> 00:25:12.799
 we ignore

00:25:12.799 --> 00:25:13.579
 God

00:25:13.579 --> 00:25:15.439
 you can't

00:25:15.439 --> 00:25:15.679
 know

00:25:15.679 --> 00:25:16.099
 God

00:25:16.099 --> 00:25:16.559
 if you

00:25:16.559 --> 00:25:17.059
 don't

00:25:17.059 --> 00:25:17.639
 know

00:25:17.639 --> 00:25:18.079
 Jesus

00:25:18.079 --> 00:25:18.859
 we can

00:25:18.859 --> 00:25:19.500
 see all

00:25:19.500 --> 00:25:19.799
 of those

00:25:19.799 --> 00:25:20.220
 reasons

00:25:20.220 --> 00:25:20.579
 that we've

00:25:20.579 --> 00:25:20.960
 seen before

00:25:20.960 --> 00:25:21.220
 we can

00:25:21.220 --> 00:25:21.419
 look at

00:25:21.419 --> 00:25:21.699
 all those

00:25:21.699 --> 00:25:22.179
 clues

00:25:22.179 --> 00:25:23.019
 that there

00:25:23.019 --> 00:25:23.799
 is a

00:25:23.799 --> 00:25:24.099
 God

00:25:24.099 --> 00:25:24.619
 behind

00:25:24.619 --> 00:25:24.960
 this

00:25:24.960 --> 00:25:25.439
 universe

00:25:25.439 --> 00:25:27.519
 but unless

00:25:27.519 --> 00:25:28.039
 we believe

00:25:28.039 --> 00:25:28.519
 in Jesus

00:25:28.519 --> 00:25:29.079
 we won't

00:25:29.079 --> 00:25:29.539
 know

00:25:29.539 --> 00:25:31.099
 the God

00:25:31.099 --> 00:25:31.419
 who has

00:25:31.419 --> 00:25:31.899
 made it

00:25:31.899 --> 00:25:33.799
 you can't

00:25:33.799 --> 00:25:34.299
 know God

00:25:34.299 --> 00:25:34.579
 if you

00:25:34.579 --> 00:25:35.059
 don't know

00:25:35.059 --> 00:25:35.379
 Jesus

00:25:35.379 --> 00:25:35.859
 he has

00:25:35.859 --> 00:25:36.259
 spoken

00:25:36.259 --> 00:25:37.059
 and made

00:25:37.059 --> 00:25:37.480
 himself

00:25:37.480 --> 00:25:37.839
 known

00:25:37.839 --> 00:25:39.199
 now

00:25:39.199 --> 00:25:39.839
 at this

00:25:39.839 --> 00:25:40.039
 point

00:25:40.039 --> 00:25:40.299
 you might

00:25:40.299 --> 00:25:40.439
 be

00:25:40.439 --> 00:25:40.779
 thinking

00:25:40.779 --> 00:25:42.000
 why

00:25:42.000 --> 00:25:42.379
 should

00:25:42.380 --> 00:25:43.360
 we care

00:25:43.360 --> 00:25:43.620
 about

00:25:43.620 --> 00:25:44.040
 Jesus

00:25:44.040 --> 00:25:44.560
 even

00:25:44.560 --> 00:25:44.840
 if

00:25:44.840 --> 00:25:45.360
 there

00:25:45.360 --> 00:25:45.500
 is

00:25:45.500 --> 00:25:45.620
 a

00:25:45.620 --> 00:25:45.860
 God

00:25:45.860 --> 00:25:46.420
 why

00:25:46.420 --> 00:25:46.640
 should

00:25:46.640 --> 00:25:46.760
 I

00:25:46.760 --> 00:25:46.940
 care

00:25:46.940 --> 00:25:47.140
 about

00:25:47.140 --> 00:25:47.400
 Jesus

00:25:47.400 --> 00:25:47.620
 who

00:25:47.620 --> 00:25:47.940
 lived

00:25:47.940 --> 00:25:48.560
 2000

00:25:48.560 --> 00:25:48.880
 years

00:25:48.880 --> 00:25:49.120
 ago

00:25:49.120 --> 00:25:50.000
 and I

00:25:50.000 --> 00:25:50.160
 think

00:25:50.160 --> 00:25:50.340
 that's

00:25:50.340 --> 00:25:50.640
 a really

00:25:50.640 --> 00:25:50.960
 good

00:25:50.960 --> 00:25:51.280
 question

00:25:51.280 --> 00:25:51.440
 that's

00:25:51.440 --> 00:25:51.660
 a really

00:25:51.660 --> 00:25:52.040
 valid

00:25:52.040 --> 00:25:52.540
 question

00:25:52.540 --> 00:25:54.720
 and all

00:25:54.720 --> 00:25:55.060
 of this

00:25:55.060 --> 00:25:55.940
 hangs on

00:25:55.940 --> 00:25:57.140
 one part

00:25:57.140 --> 00:25:57.340
 of the

00:25:57.340 --> 00:25:57.620
 Bible

00:25:57.620 --> 00:25:58.700
 one part

00:25:58.700 --> 00:25:58.960
 of the

00:25:58.960 --> 00:25:59.340
 story

00:25:59.340 --> 00:25:59.900
 it's

00:25:59.900 --> 00:26:00.220
 called

00:26:00.220 --> 00:26:00.420
 the

00:26:00.420 --> 00:26:00.920
 resurrection

00:26:00.920 --> 00:26:02.740
 Jesus

00:26:02.740 --> 00:26:03.520
 God

00:26:03.520 --> 00:26:03.980
 himself

00:26:03.980 --> 00:26:04.360
 came

00:26:04.360 --> 00:26:04.740
 to make

00:26:04.740 --> 00:26:04.880
 his

00:26:04.880 --> 00:26:05.140
 father

00:26:05.140 --> 00:26:05.360
 known

00:26:05.360 --> 00:26:05.540
 to

00:26:05.540 --> 00:26:05.860
 us

00:26:05.860 --> 00:26:07.180
 brutally

00:26:07.180 --> 00:26:07.600
 murdered

00:26:07.600 --> 00:26:07.900
 on a

00:26:07.900 --> 00:26:08.240
 cross

00:26:08.240 --> 00:26:09.700
 placed

00:26:09.700 --> 00:26:10.080
 into

00:26:10.080 --> 00:26:10.380
 a

00:26:10.380 --> 00:26:10.740
 tomb

00:26:10.740 --> 00:26:11.260
 and was

00:26:11.260 --> 00:26:11.600
 dead

00:26:11.599 --> 00:26:13.119
 killed

00:26:13.119 --> 00:26:13.799
 by the

00:26:13.799 --> 00:26:14.159
 Roman

00:26:14.159 --> 00:26:14.939
 experts

00:26:14.939 --> 00:26:15.980
 in

00:26:15.980 --> 00:26:16.319
 killing

00:26:16.319 --> 00:26:17.879
 three days

00:26:17.879 --> 00:26:18.179
 later

00:26:18.179 --> 00:26:18.519
 he was

00:26:18.519 --> 00:26:19.000
 alive

00:26:19.000 --> 00:26:20.500
 what do

00:26:20.500 --> 00:26:20.759
 we do

00:26:20.759 --> 00:26:21.219
 with this

00:26:21.219 --> 00:26:21.859
 how do

00:26:21.859 --> 00:26:22.439
 we account

00:26:22.439 --> 00:26:23.039
 for this

00:26:23.039 --> 00:26:24.699
 if

00:26:24.699 --> 00:26:25.299
 Jesus

00:26:25.299 --> 00:26:26.000
 was really

00:26:26.000 --> 00:26:26.619
 raised from

00:26:26.619 --> 00:26:27.099
 the dead

00:26:27.099 --> 00:26:27.839
 then you

00:26:27.839 --> 00:26:28.299
 have to

00:26:28.299 --> 00:26:28.699
 accept

00:26:28.699 --> 00:26:29.119
 what he

00:26:29.119 --> 00:26:29.459
 said

00:26:29.459 --> 00:26:30.859
 if he

00:26:30.859 --> 00:26:31.240
 wasn't

00:26:31.240 --> 00:26:31.659
 raised from

00:26:31.659 --> 00:26:32.079
 the dead

00:26:32.079 --> 00:26:33.019
 then you

00:26:33.019 --> 00:26:33.579
 can ignore

00:26:33.579 --> 00:26:33.859
 him

00:26:33.859 --> 00:26:35.019
 and you

00:26:35.019 --> 00:26:35.379
 can see

00:26:35.379 --> 00:26:35.959
 these clues

00:26:35.959 --> 00:26:36.219
 that there

00:26:36.219 --> 00:26:36.459
 is a

00:26:36.459 --> 00:26:36.819
 God

00:26:36.819 --> 00:26:37.500
 and just

00:26:37.500 --> 00:26:37.699
 think

00:26:37.699 --> 00:26:37.919
 oh

00:26:37.919 --> 00:26:38.279
 that's

00:26:38.279 --> 00:26:38.799
 interesting

00:26:38.799 --> 00:26:39.179
 there must

00:26:39.179 --> 00:26:39.480
 be a

00:26:39.480 --> 00:26:39.759
 God

00:26:39.759 --> 00:26:40.359
 but if

00:26:40.359 --> 00:26:40.680
 Jesus

00:26:40.680 --> 00:26:40.940
 was

00:26:40.940 --> 00:26:41.259
 raised

00:26:41.259 --> 00:26:41.480
 from

00:26:41.480 --> 00:26:41.700
 the

00:26:41.700 --> 00:26:42.160
 dead

00:26:42.160 --> 00:26:42.640
 it

00:26:42.640 --> 00:26:43.119
 proves

00:26:43.119 --> 00:26:43.299
 that

00:26:43.299 --> 00:26:43.420
 he

00:26:43.420 --> 00:26:43.559
 is

00:26:43.559 --> 00:26:43.700
 the

00:26:43.700 --> 00:26:44.299
 revelation

00:26:44.299 --> 00:26:44.660
 of

00:26:44.660 --> 00:26:45.079
 God

00:26:45.079 --> 00:26:45.519
 and

00:26:45.519 --> 00:26:45.700
 that

00:26:45.700 --> 00:26:46.059
 God

00:26:46.059 --> 00:26:46.240
 is

00:26:46.240 --> 00:26:46.400
 the

00:26:46.400 --> 00:26:46.640
 one

00:26:46.640 --> 00:26:46.799
 who

00:26:46.799 --> 00:26:46.960
 has

00:26:46.960 --> 00:26:47.379
 made

00:26:47.379 --> 00:26:47.559
 the

00:26:47.559 --> 00:26:47.859
 universe

00:26:47.859 --> 00:26:48.160
 and

00:26:48.160 --> 00:26:48.500
 made

00:26:48.500 --> 00:26:49.000
 us

00:26:49.000 --> 00:26:50.819
 Jesus

00:26:50.819 --> 00:26:51.059
 was

00:26:51.059 --> 00:26:51.339
 placed

00:26:51.339 --> 00:26:51.559
 into

00:26:51.559 --> 00:26:51.779
 a

00:26:51.779 --> 00:26:52.079
 tomb

00:26:52.079 --> 00:26:52.619
 and yet

00:26:52.619 --> 00:26:52.799
 this

00:26:52.799 --> 00:26:53.000
 tomb

00:26:53.000 --> 00:26:53.160
 was

00:26:53.160 --> 00:26:53.420
 found

00:26:53.420 --> 00:26:53.799
 empty

00:26:53.799 --> 00:26:54.240
 and

00:26:54.240 --> 00:26:54.640
 Jesus

00:26:54.640 --> 00:26:55.579
 was

00:26:55.579 --> 00:26:55.879
 seen

00:26:55.879 --> 00:26:56.079
 by

00:26:56.079 --> 00:26:56.519
 hundreds

00:26:56.519 --> 00:26:56.799
 of

00:26:56.799 --> 00:26:57.039
 people

00:26:57.039 --> 00:26:57.379
 after

00:26:57.379 --> 00:26:57.599
 his

00:26:57.599 --> 00:26:57.900
 death

00:26:57.900 --> 00:26:59.480
 if

00:26:59.480 --> 00:26:59.599
 the

00:26:59.599 --> 00:26:59.920
 resurrection

00:26:59.920 --> 00:27:00.539
 happened

00:27:00.539 --> 00:27:00.819
 it

00:27:00.819 --> 00:27:01.119
 means

00:27:01.119 --> 00:27:01.319
 there

00:27:01.319 --> 00:27:01.619
 is

00:27:01.619 --> 00:27:02.140
 hope

00:27:02.140 --> 00:27:03.180
 we

00:27:03.180 --> 00:27:03.339
 are

00:27:03.339 --> 00:27:03.500
 not

00:27:03.500 --> 00:27:03.779
 just

00:27:03.779 --> 00:27:04.579
 accidents

00:27:04.579 --> 00:27:05.119
 on a

00:27:05.119 --> 00:27:05.559
 universal

00:27:05.559 --> 00:27:05.980
 scale

00:27:05.980 --> 00:27:06.359
 maybe

00:27:06.359 --> 00:27:06.779
 you

00:27:06.779 --> 00:27:07.259
 say

00:27:09.759 --> 00:27:09.920
 just

00:27:09.920 --> 00:27:10.059
 an

00:27:10.059 --> 00:27:10.460
 accident

00:27:10.460 --> 00:27:11.519
 but

00:27:11.519 --> 00:27:11.640
 you

00:27:11.640 --> 00:27:11.700
 know

00:27:11.700 --> 00:27:11.779
 I

00:27:11.779 --> 00:27:11.980
 still

00:27:11.980 --> 00:27:12.259
 love

00:27:12.259 --> 00:27:12.539
 you

00:27:12.539 --> 00:27:13.279
 we

00:27:13.279 --> 00:27:13.759
 are

00:27:13.759 --> 00:27:14.079
 not

00:27:14.079 --> 00:27:14.740
 accidents

00:27:14.740 --> 00:27:15.379
 if

00:27:15.379 --> 00:27:15.519
 the

00:27:15.519 --> 00:27:15.900
 resurrection

00:27:15.900 --> 00:27:16.379
 happened

00:27:16.379 --> 00:27:17.779
 we

00:27:17.779 --> 00:27:17.920
 are

00:27:17.920 --> 00:27:18.079
 not

00:27:18.079 --> 00:27:18.339
 just

00:27:18.339 --> 00:27:18.740
 ants

00:27:18.740 --> 00:27:19.099
 lucky

00:27:19.099 --> 00:27:19.339
 to

00:27:19.339 --> 00:27:19.519
 be

00:27:19.519 --> 00:27:19.799
 living

00:27:19.799 --> 00:27:20.259
 on

00:27:20.259 --> 00:27:20.400
 the

00:27:20.400 --> 00:27:20.700
 only

00:27:20.700 --> 00:27:21.079
 rock

00:27:21.079 --> 00:27:21.279
 in

00:27:21.279 --> 00:27:21.420
 the

00:27:21.420 --> 00:27:21.779
 universe

00:27:21.779 --> 00:27:21.980
 that

00:27:21.980 --> 00:27:22.099
 could

00:27:22.099 --> 00:27:22.339
 hold

00:27:22.339 --> 00:27:22.619
 us

00:27:22.619 --> 00:27:24.240
 if

00:27:24.240 --> 00:27:24.559
 Jesus

00:27:24.559 --> 00:27:24.879
 was

00:27:24.879 --> 00:27:25.259
 raised

00:27:25.259 --> 00:27:25.579
 from

00:27:25.579 --> 00:27:25.759
 the

00:27:25.759 --> 00:27:25.980
 dead

00:27:25.980 --> 00:27:26.160
 then

00:27:26.160 --> 00:27:26.279
 it

00:27:26.279 --> 00:27:26.519
 means

00:27:26.519 --> 00:27:26.660
 that

00:27:26.660 --> 00:27:26.819
 there

00:27:26.819 --> 00:27:27.180
 is

00:27:27.180 --> 00:27:27.420
 a

00:27:27.420 --> 00:27:27.779
 God

00:27:27.779 --> 00:27:27.960
 who

00:27:27.960 --> 00:27:28.539
 designed

00:27:28.539 --> 00:27:29.599
 this

00:27:29.599 --> 00:27:29.859
 whole

00:27:29.859 --> 00:27:30.259
 universe

00:27:30.259 --> 00:27:30.480
 to

00:27:30.480 --> 00:27:30.819
 contain

00:27:30.819 --> 00:27:31.259
 life

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 that

00:27:32.059 --> 00:27:32.319
 even

00:27:32.319 --> 00:27:32.700
 though

00:27:32.700 --> 00:27:32.980
 this

00:27:32.980 --> 00:27:33.440
 life

00:27:33.440 --> 00:27:34.200
 us

00:27:34.200 --> 00:27:34.579
 humans

00:27:34.579 --> 00:27:34.799
 would

00:27:34.799 --> 00:27:35.279
 try

00:27:35.279 --> 00:27:35.900
 and live

00:27:35.900 --> 00:27:36.160
 without

00:27:36.160 --> 00:27:36.339
 our

00:27:36.339 --> 00:27:36.759
 creator

00:27:36.759 --> 00:27:37.819
 he

00:27:37.819 --> 00:27:38.039
 would

00:27:38.039 --> 00:27:38.419
 enter

00:27:38.419 --> 00:27:38.859
 into

00:27:38.859 --> 00:27:39.019
 it

00:27:39.019 --> 00:27:39.519
 himself

00:27:39.519 --> 00:27:40.639
 taking

00:27:40.639 --> 00:27:41.000
 on

00:27:41.000 --> 00:27:41.299
 human

00:27:41.299 --> 00:27:41.639
 forms

00:27:41.639 --> 00:27:42.240
 suffering

00:27:42.240 --> 00:27:43.319
 humility

00:27:43.319 --> 00:27:44.539
 weakness

00:27:44.539 --> 00:27:45.419
 and death

00:27:45.419 --> 00:27:46.220
 so he

00:27:46.220 --> 00:27:46.399
 could

00:27:46.399 --> 00:27:46.839
 redeem

00:27:46.839 --> 00:27:47.139
 his

00:27:47.139 --> 00:27:47.459
 people

00:27:47.459 --> 00:27:48.799
 if

00:27:48.799 --> 00:27:49.099
 Jesus

00:27:49.099 --> 00:27:49.759
 was

00:27:49.759 --> 00:27:50.500
 raised

00:27:50.500 --> 00:27:50.839
 from

00:27:50.839 --> 00:27:51.039
 the

00:27:51.039 --> 00:27:51.399
 dead

00:27:51.399 --> 00:27:52.240
 then

00:27:52.240 --> 00:27:52.359
 it

00:27:52.359 --> 00:27:52.639
 means

00:27:52.639 --> 00:27:52.839
 that

00:27:52.839 --> 00:27:53.139
 God

00:27:53.139 --> 00:27:53.379
 has

00:27:53.379 --> 00:27:53.740
 made

00:27:53.740 --> 00:27:54.079
 us

00:27:54.079 --> 00:27:54.419
 like

00:27:54.419 --> 00:27:54.759
 him

00:27:54.759 --> 00:27:55.379
 one

00:27:55.379 --> 00:27:55.619
 that

00:27:55.619 --> 00:27:56.379
 delights

00:27:56.379 --> 00:27:56.720
 in

00:27:56.720 --> 00:27:57.079
 beauty

00:27:57.079 --> 00:27:58.159
 a

00:27:58.159 --> 00:27:58.439
 people

00:27:58.439 --> 00:27:58.839
 made

00:27:58.839 --> 00:27:59.079
 to

00:27:59.079 --> 00:27:59.439
 love

00:27:59.439 --> 00:27:59.720
 like

00:27:59.720 --> 00:27:59.959
 their

00:27:59.959 --> 00:28:00.480
 creator

00:28:00.480 --> 00:28:01.799
 and

00:28:01.799 --> 00:28:01.939
 if

00:28:01.939 --> 00:28:02.199
 Jesus

00:28:02.199 --> 00:28:02.459
 was

00:28:02.459 --> 00:28:02.720
 raised

00:28:02.720 --> 00:28:02.879
 from

00:28:02.879 --> 00:28:03.019
 the

00:28:03.019 --> 00:28:03.259
 dead

00:28:03.259 --> 00:28:03.720
 it

00:28:03.720 --> 00:28:04.039
 means

00:28:04.039 --> 00:28:04.259
 that

00:28:04.259 --> 00:28:04.519
 God

00:28:04.519 --> 00:28:05.139
 values

00:28:05.139 --> 00:28:05.720
 us

00:28:05.720 --> 00:28:06.620
 he

00:28:06.620 --> 00:28:06.819
 has

00:28:06.819 --> 00:28:07.180
 made

00:28:07.180 --> 00:28:07.380
 us

00:28:07.380 --> 00:28:07.600
 have

00:28:07.600 --> 00:28:08.079
 higher

00:28:08.079 --> 00:28:08.640
 dignity

00:28:08.640 --> 00:28:09.220
 than

00:28:09.220 --> 00:28:09.759
 animals

00:28:09.759 --> 00:28:10.579
 that

00:28:10.579 --> 00:28:10.860
 humans

00:28:10.860 --> 00:28:11.079
 should

00:28:11.079 --> 00:28:11.259
 be

00:28:11.259 --> 00:28:11.740
 protected

00:28:11.740 --> 00:28:12.079
 and

00:28:12.079 --> 00:28:12.600
 preserved

00:28:12.600 --> 00:28:13.180
 because

00:28:13.180 --> 00:28:13.420
 we

00:28:13.420 --> 00:28:13.579
 have

00:28:13.579 --> 00:28:13.740
 a

00:28:13.740 --> 00:28:14.039
 God

00:28:14.039 --> 00:28:14.279
 who

00:28:14.279 --> 00:28:14.579
 loves

00:28:14.579 --> 00:28:15.079
 us

00:28:15.079 --> 00:28:16.720
 believing

00:28:16.720 --> 00:28:16.940
 that

00:28:16.940 --> 00:28:17.120
 there

00:28:17.120 --> 00:28:17.400
 is

00:28:17.400 --> 00:28:17.640
 a

00:28:17.640 --> 00:28:17.960
 God

00:28:17.960 --> 00:28:18.200
 is

00:28:18.200 --> 00:28:18.339
 the

00:28:18.339 --> 00:28:18.900
 best

00:28:18.900 --> 00:28:19.740
 way

00:28:19.740 --> 00:28:20.579
 to

00:28:20.579 --> 00:28:21.360
 understand

00:28:21.360 --> 00:28:21.660
 this

00:28:21.660 --> 00:28:22.120
 universe

00:28:22.120 --> 00:28:22.579
 around

00:28:22.579 --> 00:28:23.000
 us

00:28:23.000 --> 00:28:24.319
 and

00:28:24.319 --> 00:28:24.660
 believing

00:28:24.660 --> 00:28:24.900
 that

00:28:24.900 --> 00:28:25.039
 the

00:28:25.039 --> 00:28:25.440
 Christian

00:28:25.440 --> 00:28:25.940
 God

00:28:25.940 --> 00:28:27.420
 also

00:28:27.420 --> 00:28:27.799
 makes

00:28:27.799 --> 00:28:27.980
 the

00:28:27.980 --> 00:28:28.299
 most

00:28:28.299 --> 00:28:28.660
 sense

00:28:28.660 --> 00:28:28.839
 of

00:28:28.839 --> 00:28:29.019
 who

00:28:29.019 --> 00:28:29.360
 Jesus

00:28:29.360 --> 00:28:29.819
 is

00:28:29.819 --> 00:28:31.240
 he

00:28:31.240 --> 00:28:31.500
 is

00:28:31.500 --> 00:28:31.900
 God's

00:28:31.900 --> 00:28:32.140
 word

00:28:32.140 --> 00:28:32.460
 come

00:28:32.460 --> 00:28:32.660
 to

00:28:32.660 --> 00:28:33.000
 reveal

00:28:33.000 --> 00:28:33.420
 God

00:28:33.420 --> 00:28:33.960
 so

00:28:33.960 --> 00:28:34.140
 that

00:28:34.140 --> 00:28:34.279
 we

00:28:34.279 --> 00:28:34.440
 could

00:28:34.440 --> 00:28:34.620
 know

00:28:34.620 --> 00:28:34.860
 him

00:28:34.859 --> 00:28:35.740
 pray

00:28:35.740 --> 00:28:35.899
 with

00:28:35.899 --> 00:28:36.119
 me

00:28:36.119 --> 00:28:37.859
 heavenly

00:28:37.859 --> 00:28:38.319
 father

00:28:38.319 --> 00:28:38.819
 we

00:28:38.819 --> 00:28:39.059
 thank

00:28:39.059 --> 00:28:39.199
 you

00:28:39.199 --> 00:28:39.419
 so

00:28:39.419 --> 00:28:39.719
 much

00:28:39.719 --> 00:28:39.939
 that

00:28:39.939 --> 00:28:40.259
 you

00:28:40.259 --> 00:28:41.159
 have

00:28:41.159 --> 00:28:41.699
 indeed

00:28:41.699 --> 00:28:42.119
 spoken

00:28:42.119 --> 00:28:42.379
 to

00:28:42.379 --> 00:28:42.759
 us

00:28:42.759 --> 00:28:43.500
 that

00:28:43.500 --> 00:28:43.779
 even

00:28:43.779 --> 00:28:44.139
 though

00:28:44.139 --> 00:28:44.439
 we

00:28:44.439 --> 00:28:44.619
 could

00:28:44.619 --> 00:28:44.799
 see

00:28:44.799 --> 00:28:44.959
 the

00:28:44.959 --> 00:28:45.179
 world

00:28:45.179 --> 00:28:45.500
 around

00:28:45.500 --> 00:28:45.879
 us

00:28:45.879 --> 00:28:46.419
 and

00:28:46.419 --> 00:28:46.619
 be

00:28:46.619 --> 00:28:47.179
 convinced

00:28:47.179 --> 00:28:47.500
 of

00:28:47.500 --> 00:28:47.799
 you

00:28:47.799 --> 00:28:49.039
 that

00:28:49.039 --> 00:28:49.199
 we

00:28:49.199 --> 00:28:49.579
 don't

00:28:49.579 --> 00:28:49.839
 have

00:28:49.839 --> 00:28:50.019
 to

00:28:50.019 --> 00:28:50.579
 question

00:28:50.579 --> 00:28:50.959
 and

00:28:50.959 --> 00:28:51.519
 wonder

00:28:51.519 --> 00:28:51.959
 and

00:28:51.959 --> 00:28:52.899
 ask

00:28:52.899 --> 00:28:53.139
 who

00:28:53.139 --> 00:28:53.319
 you

00:28:53.319 --> 00:28:53.519
 are

00:28:53.519 --> 00:28:53.659
 that

00:28:53.659 --> 00:28:53.759
 you

00:28:53.759 --> 00:28:53.899
 have

00:28:53.899 --> 00:28:54.379
 made

00:28:54.379 --> 00:28:54.839
 yourself

00:28:54.839 --> 00:28:55.199
 known

00:28:55.199 --> 00:28:56.319
 that

00:28:56.319 --> 00:28:56.419
 you

00:28:56.419 --> 00:28:56.539
 have

00:28:56.539 --> 00:28:56.979
 spoken

00:28:56.979 --> 00:28:57.319
 to

00:28:57.319 --> 00:28:57.959
 in

00:28:57.959 --> 00:28:58.479
 Jesus

00:28:58.479 --> 00:29:00.319
 heavenly

00:29:00.319 --> 00:29:00.819
 father

00:29:00.819 --> 00:29:01.139
 we

00:29:01.139 --> 00:29:01.619
 ask

00:29:01.619 --> 00:29:03.119
 that

00:29:03.119 --> 00:29:03.379
 you

00:29:03.379 --> 00:29:03.639
 would

00:29:03.639 --> 00:29:04.239
 convince

00:29:04.239 --> 00:29:04.679
 us

00:29:04.679 --> 00:29:04.979
 of

00:29:04.979 --> 00:29:05.359
 this

00:29:05.359 --> 00:29:06.479
 that

00:29:06.479 --> 00:29:06.839
 when

00:29:06.839 --> 00:29:07.459
 we

00:29:07.459 --> 00:29:07.919
 are

00:29:07.919 --> 00:29:08.319
 asked

00:29:08.319 --> 00:29:08.739
 why

00:29:08.739 --> 00:29:08.939
 do

00:29:08.939 --> 00:29:09.119
 you

00:29:09.119 --> 00:29:09.599
 believe

00:29:09.599 --> 00:29:09.779
 in

00:29:09.779 --> 00:29:09.939
 a

00:29:09.939 --> 00:29:10.259
 God

00:29:10.259 --> 00:29:10.679
 we

00:29:10.679 --> 00:29:10.979
 can

00:29:10.979 --> 00:29:11.419
 answer

00:29:11.419 --> 00:29:11.659
 with

00:29:11.659 --> 00:29:11.979
 full

00:29:11.979 --> 00:29:12.619
 confidence

00:29:12.619 --> 00:29:13.239
 that

00:29:13.239 --> 00:29:13.359
 you

00:29:13.359 --> 00:29:13.839
 exist

00:29:13.839 --> 00:29:15.779
 father

00:29:15.779 --> 00:29:16.399
 we may

00:29:16.399 --> 00:29:16.619
 have

00:29:16.619 --> 00:29:16.939
 doubts

00:29:16.939 --> 00:29:17.299
 we may

00:29:17.299 --> 00:29:17.759
 continue

00:29:17.759 --> 00:29:18.199
 to have

00:29:18.199 --> 00:29:18.559
 doubts

00:29:18.559 --> 00:29:19.139
 but we

00:29:19.139 --> 00:29:19.719
 thank you

00:29:19.719 --> 00:29:20.479
 that there

00:29:20.479 --> 00:29:20.859
 is

00:29:20.859 --> 00:29:21.959
 so much

00:29:21.959 --> 00:29:22.639
 evidence

00:29:22.640 --> 00:29:24.900
 father

00:29:24.900 --> 00:29:25.120
 we

00:29:25.120 --> 00:29:25.600
 thank you

00:29:25.600 --> 00:29:25.860
 that

00:29:25.860 --> 00:29:26.660
 having

00:29:26.660 --> 00:29:27.259
 faith

00:29:27.259 --> 00:29:27.780
 in

00:29:27.780 --> 00:29:28.180
 you

00:29:28.180 --> 00:29:29.720
 is

00:29:29.720 --> 00:29:30.040
 not

00:29:30.040 --> 00:29:30.620
 irrational

00:29:30.620 --> 00:29:31.440
 but it

00:29:31.440 --> 00:29:31.780
 does

00:29:31.780 --> 00:29:32.160
 make

00:29:32.160 --> 00:29:32.380
 the

00:29:32.380 --> 00:29:32.720
 most

00:29:32.720 --> 00:29:33.200
 sense

00:29:33.200 --> 00:29:33.960
 of

00:29:33.960 --> 00:29:34.120
 the

00:29:34.120 --> 00:29:34.440
 way

00:29:34.440 --> 00:29:34.680
 you

00:29:34.680 --> 00:29:34.840
 have

00:29:34.840 --> 00:29:35.120
 made

00:29:35.120 --> 00:29:35.340
 this

00:29:35.340 --> 00:29:35.840
 universe

00:29:35.840 --> 00:29:36.600
 father

00:29:36.600 --> 00:29:36.800
 we

00:29:36.800 --> 00:29:37.100
 thank

00:29:37.100 --> 00:29:37.259
 you

00:29:37.259 --> 00:29:37.480
 for

00:29:37.480 --> 00:29:37.680
 the

00:29:37.680 --> 00:29:38.000
 gift

00:29:38.000 --> 00:29:38.380
 of

00:29:38.380 --> 00:29:38.820
 faith

00:29:38.820 --> 00:29:39.540
 that

00:29:39.540 --> 00:29:39.660
 we

00:29:39.660 --> 00:29:39.820
 can

00:29:39.820 --> 00:29:40.200
 believe

00:29:40.200 --> 00:29:40.420
 in

00:29:40.420 --> 00:29:40.680
 you

00:29:40.680 --> 00:29:42.140
 please

00:29:42.140 --> 00:29:43.080
 make

00:29:43.080 --> 00:29:43.340
 us

00:29:43.340 --> 00:29:43.740
 like

00:29:43.740 --> 00:29:43.960
 you

00:29:43.960 --> 00:29:44.660
 make

00:29:44.660 --> 00:29:44.900
 us

00:29:44.900 --> 00:29:45.140
 to

00:29:45.140 --> 00:29:45.620
 love

00:29:45.620 --> 00:29:45.960
 other

00:29:45.960 --> 00:29:46.440
 people

00:29:46.440 --> 00:29:47.280
 make

00:29:47.280 --> 00:29:47.600
 us

00:29:47.600 --> 00:29:47.840
 to

00:29:47.840 --> 00:29:48.180
 love

00:29:48.180 --> 00:29:48.600
 beauty

00:29:48.600 --> 00:29:48.800
 but

00:29:48.800 --> 00:29:49.040
 not

00:29:49.040 --> 00:29:49.660
 abuse

00:29:49.660 --> 00:29:50.120
 beauty

00:29:50.119 --> 00:29:52.879
 and

00:29:52.879 --> 00:29:53.239
 father

00:29:53.239 --> 00:29:53.459
 we

00:29:53.459 --> 00:29:53.919
 ask

00:29:53.919 --> 00:29:54.459
 that

00:29:54.459 --> 00:29:54.639
 you

00:29:54.639 --> 00:29:54.799
 would

00:29:54.799 --> 00:29:55.119
 grow

00:29:55.119 --> 00:29:55.579
 us

00:29:55.579 --> 00:29:56.099
 knowing

00:29:56.099 --> 00:29:56.399
 and

00:29:56.399 --> 00:29:56.659
 loving

00:29:56.659 --> 00:29:57.000
 you

00:29:57.000 --> 00:29:57.719
 each

00:29:57.719 --> 00:29:57.959
 day

00:29:57.959 --> 00:29:58.119
 that

00:29:58.119 --> 00:29:58.259
 we

00:29:58.259 --> 00:29:58.579
 live

00:29:58.579 --> 00:29:59.239
 until

00:29:59.239 --> 00:29:59.559
 we

00:29:59.559 --> 00:29:59.979
 see

00:29:59.979 --> 00:30:00.319
 you

00:30:00.319 --> 00:30:01.059
 and

00:30:01.059 --> 00:30:01.159
 we

00:30:01.159 --> 00:30:01.379
 ask

00:30:01.379 --> 00:30:01.519
 this

00:30:01.519 --> 00:30:01.619
 in

00:30:01.619 --> 00:30:01.739
 your

00:30:01.739 --> 00:30:02.059
 son's

00:30:02.059 --> 00:30:02.279
 name

00:30:02.279 --> 00:30:03.119
 amen