"The Living Sword" RESCUE RADIO with Marjorie Cole

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I have an emergency, what is your location?

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Rescue radio, cause there's a war for your soul.

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Yes, Father God, indeed, this war goes on.

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But you have already won and you've given us your word to encourage us,

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to strengthen us, to guide us through this war.

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And we thank you, Lord, that your kingdom comes in and through us,

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because we are, your kingdom is within us.

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And we thank you, Lord God, for the revelation of that truth and that power

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in our minds, in our hearts, in our souls, in our spirits, in our lives.

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I thank you, Jesus, for dying on the cross,

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no small thing, actually the biggest thing that ever happened

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in the whole world was your death and resurrection.

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And we thank you for taking the courage, giving us eternal life

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through your sacrifice, shedding your blood and paying the price

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in full for our sins that we might be set free.

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And I thank you, Lord God, for this very beautiful day.

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I thank you that for the people who are listening,

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I pray that you give them eyes to see, ears to hear,

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and a hungry heart to change the ways that need to be changed,

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the things that need to be changed in them and us,

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that we might be strong and stand and having done all to stand

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in these final days.

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And I bind the powers of darkness that have come against your people,

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the remnant, against those who are ignorant and innocent and unknowing,

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that the spirit of the enemy would be bound by the spirit of the living God,

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and that the promises of your covenant of blood made with us

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will protect us from the terrible one,

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and that no weapon formed against us will prosper,

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that no word said, no deed done, no action taken

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will be able to be used by the enemy

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to bring forth shame, trouble, separation, or destruction

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in our lives and the lives of our loved ones.

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Father, we ask these things in Jesus' name. Amen.

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Amen. I want to start out today.

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I have a question for you.

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Do you love the word of God? Do you know the word of God?

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Do we know, do people really know the word of God

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and how powerful it is?

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Well, I love the word of God.

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Yeah, it's our life, actually.

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It's our life.

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It seems like a common subject that everybody should know about,

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but let's look today at what happens when you know the word of God.

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Well, Hebrews 4, verse 11 says,

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Let us therefore be diligent to enter into that rest,

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lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience.

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So he's talking about places where people just departed from the Lord.

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Then he goes on to something so solid,

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which we want to talk about today.

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Chapter 4, verse 12,

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For the word of God is living and powerful

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and sharper than any two-edged sword,

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piercing even to the division of soul and spirit,

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of joints and marrow,

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and is a discerner of the thoughts and the intents of the heart.

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That's a very powerful scripture.

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Hebrews, chapter what?

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Chapter 4, verse 12 is the one that we focused on.

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Double-edged sword.

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A sword that separates, brings life.

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It separates, brings life.

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It's so accurate.

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It's better than pinpoint accuracy

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as far as what it says about God,

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about us and all the issues that we face in our lives.

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Yeah.

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The word of God, you know,

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some people call it the Holy Bible,

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the sacred scripture, the word of God,

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the words of God.

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It's God's words and communication to us

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through the generations from the beginning,

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giving us an accurate account of the things we need to know

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in order to pursue God with diligence

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and with that life-giving promise.

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And so the word of God really is kind of a record

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of the details, the highlights and some details

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of the events of human history.

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And it's, by the way, it's historically accurate.

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You know, we've got a lot of revisionist history

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that's politically motivated these days.

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You know, we just try to, some people say,

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well, the Holocaust never happened.

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And all the, you know, there's revisionist according,

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human beings tend to revise history,

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rewrite history according to their political

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or religious persuasion.

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But the Bible is actually totally historically accurate.

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Right, and even the attempts to revise it

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and water it down have not prevailed

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in keeping the power of that living sword

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in the midst of us and at our fingertips, so to speak.

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So there's like 40 books written by,

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66 books, sorry, written by about 40 authors

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over the course of like 1,500 years.

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And they're very accurate, they're very consistent

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in the fact that they didn't, you know,

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really exchange memos and notes and things,

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but they still have the same thrust

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in the revelation of God.

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So the first part of the Bible is to reveal,

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I believe, the divine, holy creator of the universe,

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to reveal him to us as our creator

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and then as our father.

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And then as a father, he has revealed to us

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his only begotten son, who we also know

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to be Jesus Christ, our deliverer and king.

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And the third part, they have accomplished

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this deliverance from the path of sin and destruction

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that was intended for us by Satan

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through the Holy Spirit.

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So the Holy Spirit is that member of the Trinity

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that indwells us and who has chosen to follow,

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indwells those who have chosen to follow

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Jesus Christ in the path of the son.

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When you think of it, Marjorie,

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40 different authors over a period of 1,500 years,

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people from all kinds of backgrounds.

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You had fishermen and farmers and prophets and priests

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and from all different cultures, different countries

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over a period of 1,500 years.

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Yet, what were the chances if we would say,

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people from all different backgrounds,

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let's write a book about life.

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And I mean, it would be the craziest

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and most insane thing.

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It would be uninspired for sure.

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Totally uninspired.

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Well, this one is inspired.

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This shows that it is inspired by God

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because all those pieces fit together perfectly.

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But the problem is most of us do not know

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the word of God or the power of the word

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or why we should even read the word or where to begin.

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And so today we're going to be talking to you

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about this and maybe in a couple of other sessions too.

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But the Holy Spirit has been sent to indwell us,

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to inspire us.

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He connects us with the light that lights every man

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that comes into the world

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because God has ordained that the Holy Spirit

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would bear witness to that light and also guide us.

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So the Holy Spirit works through the word of God.

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It is his job to lead us into all truth,

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including the deeper understanding of the word of God.

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And so in this world full of deception,

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and especially in these last days

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when we hear about all the things Jesus talked about,

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the guiding light and power and authority of the Holy Spirit

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is essential to get through this deception.

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Yeah, and I just want to address that a bit, Marjorie.

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In the Old Testament book of Amos, the prophet Amos,

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it's interesting.

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Amos 2, verse 4, thus says the Lord,

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for three transgressions of Judah and for four

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I will not turn away its punishment

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because they have despised the law of the Lord

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and have not kept his commandments.

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Their lies lead them astray.

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Lies which their fathers followed.

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That's what we've got going on in our world.

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Lies leading people astray.

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Lies which come down generationally.

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And it talks about, Amos also addresses this.

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He was a farmer that turned into a prophet.

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He says, behold, the days are coming in Amos 8, verse 11.

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Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord God.

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That I will send a famine on the land,

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not a famine of bread nor a thirst of water,

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but of hearing the words of the Lord.

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Well, and the other prophets, Isaiah and Hosea,

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said without the revelation, my people perish

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for lack of knowledge or lack of revelation.

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And we are perishing because there's a famine

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in this land for the word of God.

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And people, even though they're coming to the Lord,

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they're coming in through music and worship

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and emotion and sermons and things.

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But they need to be anchored in that sure foundation

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of the word of God, or they will just simply

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not have any root in themselves and soon be withered away

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when the distress has come.

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And he said, again, in Amos 8, verse 12,

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they shall wander from sea to sea and from north to east.

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They shall run to and fro, seeking the word of the Lord,

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but shall not find it.

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So there is that famine of hearing the word of God

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because the word of God is not being read.

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It's not really being presented.

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And people are not able to hear it

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because they're so bound up with sin

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and the powers of darkness.

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And this word is interesting because you can read it

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and get some head knowledge and get some facts

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and figures and times and chronological order of events.

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But if you don't have it really living in your heart,

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that head knowledge really isn't going to help much

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because it's a revelation of the truth

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that we'll be able to resist in the evil day

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and having done all to resist.

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So the important thing in knowing and understanding

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and living in the context of the Bible

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is to how relevant it really is in our day and age,

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in the days that we're living in.

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I mean, obviously Jesus warned us about them,

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the great deception, the chaos, the confusion,

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the divination, the division, the offense,

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the bitter hatred,

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the contempt that would take over the world at the end

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to tear apart families.

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Now listen, this is all part of what's really

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prophetically happening.

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The families are being torn apart.

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There's discouragement.

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Men's hearts are failing them for fear.

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Suicide rates are up.

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People wondering what's coming upon the earth.

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Jesus told us about this in Matthew 24.

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We do not have to be ignorant or caught off guard

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because that word of God is living and relevant

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and it's relevant for these days,

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this time that we're living in.

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The books of Matthew and Mark and Luke

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where they're talking about these end time events.

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Jesus said, you know, that there would be a,

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like you just said, a dearth for the knowledge

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of the revelation of God.

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Yeah, and I think of in 2 Timothy 3,

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he says, verse 13, but evil men and imposters

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will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.

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So this is kind of the order of the day in the earth.

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And then he said, verse 14, but you, you know,

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in contradiction and contrast to this spirit of deception,

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but you must continue in the things which you have learned

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and been assured of knowing that,

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knowing from whom you have learned them.

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In other words.

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Well, doesn't he also say in there doctrines of demons?

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Yeah, so that the demons are creating new doctrines,

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new false hopes and, you know, rabbit trails

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for people to go on in search of spiritual life

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and revelation.

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It says they shall be turned away from,

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in chapter four of 2 Timothy, verse four,

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they will turn their ears away from the truth

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and be turned to fables.

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Yeah, fables.

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Stories.

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And fantasies, enchanted ideas.

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But then, then getting onto this here with Timothy,

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he says that from childhood that you have known

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the holy scriptures,

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which are able to make you wise for salvation

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through the faith, which is in Christ Jesus.

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So his, his, apparently his grandmother and his mother,

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we learned in another passage,

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taught him the scriptures when he was young.

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It's not happening now.

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Are you doing that mom and dad with your kids?

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I mean, I was raised with the Bible

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in the center of the room,

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but no one ever opened it because we were taught

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that you weren't smart enough or holy enough

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or had to have someone else interpret it for you.

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And so a lot of people were raised with that notion

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that the Bible is not for you to read.

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on your coffee table

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and someone else will interpret it for you.

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And this has been a very devastating,

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what would you call it?

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Plot against the word of God,

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against the people of God.

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In verse 16 of Second Timothy three,

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all scripture,

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all the written word of God is given,

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is given by inspiration of God.

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The word inspiration,

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it means it's literally God breathes

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and it is profitable for what doctrine

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for correct teaching,

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for reproof,

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for, for just, you know,

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for correcting us for daily living,

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for confronting us,

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correcting us for correction,

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for instruction in righteousness,

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that the man of God may be complete,

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thoroughly equipped for every good work.

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So the man of God,

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we could say the woman of God too,

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maybe complete,

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thoroughly equipped for every good work.

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the written word of God equips us

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really in our bodies,

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souls,

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and spirits for the work and the life.

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I think it also insulates us and makes us

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invincible because of the onslaught of the

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enemies work against us.

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Mark in Mark and Matthew,

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Jesus is talking to his disciples about

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knowing the mysteries of the kingdom of God.

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And those mysteries,

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he said,

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have been recorded in the word of God

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were given to those who follow to

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understand that they might know.

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But to those who are outside or outside

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of the kingdom,

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these things were given in parables.

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So we see that there's many deep mysteries

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that have not been perceived

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or understood by many

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because they are outside of the kingdom of God.

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So the Holy Spirit is able

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to instruct those who are in the kingdom

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as the Holy Spirit dwells in us

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and leads us into all truth.

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He speaks to us many times,

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actually through the word of God,

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the pages that the words of God

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are written on in your Bible.

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I can't tell you how many times,

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you know,

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you will open the Bible.

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I will open the Bible and it will speak

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exactly to what I is on my heart

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or what the Spirit is working in me.

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And it's just like,

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oh,

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there's a real communication.

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It's like a living letter.

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It's an instant letter,

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an instant communication.

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And you're actually having words

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that you can understand

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that guide you in the predicaments

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or whatever situation you're in.

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It's like God is talking to us

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through his Bible

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and through the Holy Spirit at the same time.

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you can't understand the word of God

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unless you have the author of the word of God

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living inside you.

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That would be the Holy Spirit.

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The Bible says that,

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Peter writes,

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he says all the scriptures

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that is given by a holy man of old

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spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.

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So you have to have,

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it's just like if you have an author,

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use a book and you're reading a book

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and you say,

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well,

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I don't understand that part.

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they would explain to you

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what they meant right there.

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So the Holy Spirit is living in us

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because people can read it.

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if you don't know Christ,

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you really can't understand the word

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is what I'm saying.

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And you maybe don't even care

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to understand it.

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You don't even care.

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You can read it

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and you can have knowledge of it.

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only comes by the Holy Spirit.

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Yeah.

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And this thing,

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this opportunity to know the word of God,

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read the word of God,

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make it part of your daily life

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is accessible.

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It's free to you.

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It doesn't cost you anything

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except your time and your attention.

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And so when people get weary,

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it causes those who are without hope.

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and desolation of this world,

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the death,

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the destruction,

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the word of God

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tells us how to possess the kingdom.

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It gives us hope

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in the midst of the wars

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and the rumors of wars

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and the death

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and the shattering tragedies.

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The word of God

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actually contains

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the most important thing.

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It contains the promises of God

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and those promises

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are what we hook our faith on.

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We're believing in the faithfulness of God

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to do what he said he was going to do

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and this is where we get our hope.

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This is where we get our life.

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This is where we get our direction.

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This is where we get our encouragement.

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This is where we get our joy

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and our positivity.

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This is where we get our thanksgiving

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is in knowing that God

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does not lie

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and that he keeps his promises.

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So the word of God

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shows us how to live,

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how to possess the kingdom,

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how to live in the will

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and the wisdom of God,

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how to be

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and abide in him

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in the midst of the onslaught

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of these end days deceptions.

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It teaches us how to stay strong

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and encourages us

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in the love of God.

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It resets our minds,

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our frequencies,

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our DNA when we read it,

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especially when we read it out loud.

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It nourishes our souls

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and washes our minds.

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The washing of the water of the word

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is a real thing.

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It really cleanses us.

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It resets our systems.

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It resets us.

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People are drawn into anxiety

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and fear and panic

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and worry and anger and injustice.

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Reading the word of God

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actually resets your frequencies

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to believe for good things,

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to believe for the truth,

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to believe that God is good

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and that God is on our side.

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It also gives us a standard for truth

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when there's everywhere else

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the measures.

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Where is the standard of truth?

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How do you gauge or judge

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what's being said out there

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in the world,

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in the media,

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in the communication propaganda systems,

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the propaganda machine of the world

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to keep people programmed

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and enchanted

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and suspended in fear?

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Where do you find the word of truth,

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the word of hope?

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It also sets us free from fear

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and gives us freedom

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from the grip of the terrible one,

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the promises of God.

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Remember, Abraham believed God

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and it, that, his faith in God,

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in the promises,

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what was accounted to him

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for righteousness.

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So Abraham lived before the law

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and so Abraham's justification,

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his righteousness,

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came not from keeping

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the perfect letter of the law,

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which no man actually can do,

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but in believing

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what the Lord God said to him

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when he promised him

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a descendants as the stars of the sky

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and the land that he was living on,

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he gave him those things as a possession.

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And so that is where we must be now

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in your anchor.

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Our anchor must be in the word of God.

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It has to be.

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Yeah, we have to, you know,

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we judge everything by the word of God.

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Now, you don't like that term judge.

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Some, a lot of people don't.

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But really, it's like, I mean,

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it's like if you take a tape measure

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and say, okay, you need a board

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that's 28 and a half inches long.

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And if everybody had a different size inch,

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it'd be chaos.

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You couldn't, you know,

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if everybody had a different tape measure

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that was false,

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that's what we got going on.

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That's why we got so much confusion

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in our culture and society

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is that everybody's using

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a little different standard of measurement.

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But what if you're going to build,

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you know, in America,

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we have the 12 inch foot

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and it's on the tape measures

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and that's the standard.

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You think, well, let's find out,

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is this board long enough

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for a 28 and a half inch cut?

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And you put the measure on it,

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tape, and you said, yeah.

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So basically, the word of God

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is in a sense is the tape measure

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for everything.

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It's a tape measure for,

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it's the standard measure

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for measure, for truth,

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all things that pertain

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to life and godliness,

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the scripture says.

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So it's interesting too

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that it is scientifically accurate,

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you know, that the science,

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modern science.

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And archeology.

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Has to catch up with the Bible.

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Yeah.

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Some people say,

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oh, the Bible is so awkward

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and irrelevant.

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Irrelevant.

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Untimely.

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But basically,

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it's totally ahead of the game

547
00:21:11,000 --> 00:21:13,000
because everything of true science

548
00:21:13,000 --> 00:21:15,000
is there to catch up

549
00:21:15,000 --> 00:21:16,000
with the Bible.

550
00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:17,000
For example,

551
00:21:17,000 --> 00:21:19,000
in Hebrews chapter 11,

552
00:21:19,000 --> 00:21:21,000
just one example of this is

553
00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:23,000
chapter 11 of Hebrews.

554
00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:24,000
It says,

555
00:21:24,000 --> 00:21:25,000
now faith is the substance

556
00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:26,000
of things hoped for,

557
00:21:26,000 --> 00:21:28,000
the evidence of things not seen.

558
00:21:28,000 --> 00:21:30,000
And then he goes on to say,

559
00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:31,000
for by it,

560
00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:32,000
the elders obtained

561
00:21:32,000 --> 00:21:33,000
a good testimony.

562
00:21:33,000 --> 00:21:34,000
By faith,

563
00:21:34,000 --> 00:21:35,000
we understand that the worlds

564
00:21:35,000 --> 00:21:37,000
were framed by the word of God

565
00:21:37,000 --> 00:21:39,000
so that things which are seen

566
00:21:39,000 --> 00:21:40,000
were not made of things

567
00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:41,000
which are visible.

568
00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:43,000
So he's already talking about

569
00:21:43,000 --> 00:21:44,000
atoms,

570
00:21:44,000 --> 00:21:45,000
molecules,

571
00:21:45,000 --> 00:21:46,000
protons,

572
00:21:46,000 --> 00:21:47,000
neutrons,

573
00:21:47,000 --> 00:21:48,000
all those things

574
00:21:48,000 --> 00:21:49,000
in the molecular structure

575
00:21:49,000 --> 00:21:50,000
of the world

576
00:21:50,000 --> 00:21:51,000
because he's saying

577
00:21:51,000 --> 00:21:52,000
things that are seen

578
00:21:52,000 --> 00:21:53,000
like your tables and your chairs

579
00:21:53,000 --> 00:21:54,000
are not made of things

580
00:21:54,000 --> 00:21:55,000
which are visible.

581
00:21:55,000 --> 00:21:56,000
And that's actually what

582
00:21:56,000 --> 00:21:57,000
the science has already

583
00:21:57,000 --> 00:21:58,000
discovered finally.

584
00:21:58,000 --> 00:22:00,000
The same is true of the DNA.

585
00:22:00,000 --> 00:22:01,000
The same is true of

586
00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:02,000
whatever God has said.

587
00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:03,000
And I believe that

588
00:22:03,000 --> 00:22:04,000
when we read the word of God,

589
00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:06,000
the Holy Spirit takes us deeper

590
00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:07,000
into understanding

591
00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:08,000
and connecting the dots.

592
00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:10,000
Between what we're experiencing,

593
00:22:10,000 --> 00:22:11,000
what God has said,

594
00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:13,000
the history of the past,

595
00:22:13,000 --> 00:22:14,000
the death and resurrection

596
00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:15,000
of Jesus Christ,

597
00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:16,000
the crucifixion,

598
00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:18,000
the eternal salvation,

599
00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:19,000
the coming kingdom,

600
00:22:19,000 --> 00:22:21,000
the kingdom of God,

601
00:22:21,000 --> 00:22:22,000
the rooms he's made

602
00:22:22,000 --> 00:22:23,000
for us in heaven.

603
00:22:23,000 --> 00:22:24,000
All of these things

604
00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:25,000
that are in there

605
00:22:25,000 --> 00:22:26,000
are helping.

606
00:22:26,000 --> 00:22:28,000
They're very active.

607
00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:30,000
They're very alive.

608
00:22:30,000 --> 00:22:31,000
They're very relevant

609
00:22:31,000 --> 00:22:33,000
to our daily life.

610
00:22:33,000 --> 00:22:34,000
Yeah, and we've got

611
00:22:34,000 --> 00:22:36,000
the lies of evolution,

612
00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:38,000
which is just, it's really...

613
00:22:38,000 --> 00:22:39,000
Can I say something

614
00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:40,000
about evolution?

615
00:22:40,000 --> 00:22:41,000
It's totally stupid.

616
00:22:41,000 --> 00:22:43,000
Well, you know, evolution.

617
00:22:43,000 --> 00:22:45,000
How do they explain seeds?

618
00:22:45,000 --> 00:22:46,000
You know, there's a little seed.

619
00:22:46,000 --> 00:22:47,000
It's dry.

620
00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:48,000
It's in a packet.

621
00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:50,000
It's made with many other seeds.

622
00:22:50,000 --> 00:22:51,000
They're all isolated

623
00:22:51,000 --> 00:22:52,000
from one another,

624
00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:53,000
and they look deader

625
00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:54,000
than a doornail.

626
00:22:54,000 --> 00:22:55,000
And you put those little seeds

627
00:22:55,000 --> 00:22:56,000
in the right environment

628
00:22:56,000 --> 00:22:58,000
with water and soil,

629
00:22:58,000 --> 00:22:59,000
or even sometimes

630
00:22:59,000 --> 00:23:00,000
in a Petri dish,

631
00:23:00,000 --> 00:23:01,000
and they begin to come...

632
00:23:01,000 --> 00:23:03,000
How did that evolve?

633
00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:05,000
How did that evolve?

634
00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:07,000
Into something

635
00:23:07,000 --> 00:23:08,000
that gives life

636
00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:10,000
and food to humanity.

637
00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:11,000
It's ridiculous.

638
00:23:11,000 --> 00:23:12,000
Yeah.

639
00:23:12,000 --> 00:23:13,000
But it says

640
00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:15,000
in Colossians chapter 1,

641
00:23:15,000 --> 00:23:17,000
verse 16,

642
00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:18,000
For by him

643
00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:20,000
all things were created,

644
00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:21,000
not evolved,

645
00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:23,000
that are in heaven

646
00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:24,000
and that are on earth,

647
00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:26,000
visible and invisible,

648
00:23:26,000 --> 00:23:27,000
whether thrones

649
00:23:27,000 --> 00:23:28,000
or dominions

650
00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:29,000
or principalities and powers.

651
00:23:29,000 --> 00:23:31,000
All things were created

652
00:23:31,000 --> 00:23:32,000
through him.

653
00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:33,000
That's through Christ.

654
00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:34,000
Through his word, actually.

655
00:23:34,000 --> 00:23:35,000
Through Christ.

656
00:23:35,000 --> 00:23:36,000
Jesus is...

657
00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:37,000
Spoke the word.

658
00:23:37,000 --> 00:23:38,000
The written word,

659
00:23:38,000 --> 00:23:39,000
the Bible,

660
00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:40,000
is there to reveal

661
00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:41,000
the living word,

662
00:23:41,000 --> 00:23:42,000
which is Jesus Christ.

663
00:23:42,000 --> 00:23:43,000
And God spoke the word,

664
00:23:43,000 --> 00:23:45,000
and all things came into being.

665
00:23:45,000 --> 00:23:46,000
Well, he says...

666
00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:47,000
Let there be.

667
00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:48,000
Yes.

668
00:23:48,000 --> 00:23:49,000
And he spoke.

669
00:23:49,000 --> 00:23:50,000
And he said,

670
00:23:50,000 --> 00:23:51,000
verse 17,

671
00:23:51,000 --> 00:23:52,000
He is before all things,

672
00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:54,000
and in him

673
00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:57,000
all things consist.

674
00:23:57,000 --> 00:23:59,000
All things are held together.

675
00:23:59,000 --> 00:24:00,000
By him.

676
00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:01,000
The scientists now,

677
00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:02,000
they realize

678
00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:03,000
there's this mysterious

679
00:24:03,000 --> 00:24:05,000
force that holds...

680
00:24:05,000 --> 00:24:07,000
They look at an atom

681
00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:08,000
and they think...

682
00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:09,000
Everything,

683
00:24:09,000 --> 00:24:10,000
because it's all in motion.

684
00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:11,000
It's just motion.

685
00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:12,000
You've got electrons.

686
00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:13,000
Molecules.

687
00:24:13,000 --> 00:24:14,000
Molecules.

688
00:24:14,000 --> 00:24:15,000
Everything just...

689
00:24:15,000 --> 00:24:16,000
You know,

690
00:24:16,000 --> 00:24:17,000
the tiniest part of molecules.

691
00:24:17,000 --> 00:24:18,000
Moving.

692
00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:19,000
Everything's moving.

693
00:24:19,000 --> 00:24:20,000
What keeps it all

694
00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:22,000
from flying apart?

695
00:24:22,000 --> 00:24:23,000
They think...

696
00:24:23,000 --> 00:24:24,000
They realize

697
00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:26,000
there's this mysterious force

698
00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:27,000
that keeps him

699
00:24:27,000 --> 00:24:29,000
from flying apart.

700
00:24:29,000 --> 00:24:31,000
And here's the answer here.

701
00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:33,000
By Christ,

702
00:24:33,000 --> 00:24:35,000
by the living word,

703
00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:37,000
who we know as Jesus Christ,

704
00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:39,000
the son of the living God,

705
00:24:39,000 --> 00:24:40,000
he is the one

706
00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:42,000
that is holding everything

707
00:24:42,000 --> 00:24:44,000
together in the universe.

708
00:24:44,000 --> 00:24:45,000
And in our bodies

709
00:24:45,000 --> 00:24:47,000
because they've also discovered

710
00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:49,000
this molecule.

711
00:24:49,000 --> 00:24:50,000
I'll call it a molecule.

712
00:24:50,000 --> 00:24:51,000
It could be something other names,

713
00:24:51,000 --> 00:24:53,000
but it's called laminin.

714
00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:54,000
And laminin holds the muscles

715
00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:55,000
and the bones and the body

716
00:24:55,000 --> 00:24:56,000
and the stomach

717
00:24:56,000 --> 00:24:57,000
and the members of the body

718
00:24:57,000 --> 00:24:58,000
together.

719
00:24:58,000 --> 00:25:00,000
And it is in the form of a cross.

720
00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:01,000
So God is...

721
00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:02,000
Look it up.

722
00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:03,000
You can see it.

723
00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:04,000
Yeah, for yourself.

724
00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:05,000
So we're seeing

725
00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:07,000
that God is in everything.

726
00:25:07,000 --> 00:25:08,000
God is, you know,

727
00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:09,000
he is the author

728
00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:10,000
and the finisher of our faith.

729
00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:13,000
So the word of God is alive.

730
00:25:13,000 --> 00:25:14,000
It's active.

731
00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:15,000
When you feel dead,

732
00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:18,000
bored, sluggish, despondent,

733
00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:21,000
depressed, disoriented,

734
00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:22,000
if you could read

735
00:25:22,000 --> 00:25:23,000
the word of God.

736
00:25:23,000 --> 00:25:24,000
But the enemy really

737
00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:26,000
keeps us from that book.

738
00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:28,000
I mean, we'll flip on the TV.

739
00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:30,000
We'll scroll through our Facebook.

740
00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:32,000
We'll, you know, whatever,

741
00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:33,000
you know, watch a movie,

742
00:25:33,000 --> 00:25:35,000
go through, go, whatever.

743
00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:38,000
He can distract us with anything

744
00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:39,000
but reading the word.

745
00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:40,000
The word of God,

746
00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:42,000
reading it, sitting down,

747
00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:43,000
letting it, you know,

748
00:25:43,000 --> 00:25:44,000
the reason I think it's hard

749
00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:46,000
is because people don't realize

750
00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:47,000
that the Holy Spirit is there

751
00:25:47,000 --> 00:25:48,000
to help you understand it.

752
00:25:48,000 --> 00:25:49,000
I think they think

753
00:25:49,000 --> 00:25:50,000
they have to understand it

754
00:25:50,000 --> 00:25:51,000
and they also have been taught

755
00:25:51,000 --> 00:25:52,000
they're too dumb.

756
00:25:52,000 --> 00:25:53,000
They don't get it.

757
00:25:53,000 --> 00:25:54,000
It's not for them.

758
00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:55,000
It's boring.

759
00:25:55,000 --> 00:25:56,000
Yeah.

760
00:25:56,000 --> 00:25:57,000
But the word of God

761
00:25:57,000 --> 00:25:59,000
is actually like it's life.

762
00:25:59,000 --> 00:26:00,000
It is like a blanket.

763
00:26:00,000 --> 00:26:01,000
You can wrap yourself

764
00:26:01,000 --> 00:26:02,000
in that blanket now

765
00:26:02,000 --> 00:26:03,000
in the word of God.

766
00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:04,000
I don't care where you read it.

767
00:26:04,000 --> 00:26:05,000
It's all good.

768
00:26:05,000 --> 00:26:06,000
Back, the front,

769
00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:07,000
the Old Testament,

770
00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:08,000
New Testament Psalms.

771
00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:10,000
You can wrap yourself in that

772
00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:12,000
and it gives you a sense

773
00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:14,000
of protection

774
00:26:14,000 --> 00:26:16,000
and protection and peace

775
00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:19,000
and in this unpredictable world

776
00:26:19,000 --> 00:26:21,000
where we're being dumped

777
00:26:21,000 --> 00:26:22,000
and destroyed

778
00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:23,000
and every day Satan's trying

779
00:26:23,000 --> 00:26:25,000
to kill us in a thousand ways.

780
00:26:25,000 --> 00:26:27,000
The word of God is a shield.

781
00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:28,000
It's a shield.

782
00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:29,000
It can protect you

783
00:26:29,000 --> 00:26:30,000
even from, I believe,

784
00:26:30,000 --> 00:26:31,000
the shields of God

785
00:26:31,000 --> 00:26:32,000
can protect you

786
00:26:32,000 --> 00:26:34,000
even from the radiation

787
00:26:34,000 --> 00:26:37,000
and the nanoparticles

788
00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:39,000
and the G5s

789
00:26:39,000 --> 00:26:40,000
and all this stuff

790
00:26:40,000 --> 00:26:42,000
that's bombarding our lives,

791
00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:43,000
our DNA.

792
00:26:43,000 --> 00:26:44,000
The word of God

793
00:26:44,000 --> 00:26:45,000
is the shields of God.

794
00:26:45,000 --> 00:26:46,000
So ask the Lord

795
00:26:46,000 --> 00:26:47,000
to put the shields around you

796
00:26:47,000 --> 00:26:49,000
and begin to tuck yourself

797
00:26:49,000 --> 00:26:50,000
into the word of God.

798
00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:53,000
It is probably the most powerful

799
00:26:53,000 --> 00:26:54,000
of all remedies.

800
00:26:54,000 --> 00:26:56,000
If you can find yourself

801
00:26:56,000 --> 00:26:57,000
a little moment,

802
00:26:57,000 --> 00:26:58,000
a little space,

803
00:26:58,000 --> 00:26:59,000
a little corner

804
00:26:59,000 --> 00:27:00,000
where it's kind of quiet

805
00:27:00,000 --> 00:27:02,000
and open your Bible

806
00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:03,000
and just say,

807
00:27:03,000 --> 00:27:04,000
Holy Spirit,

808
00:27:04,000 --> 00:27:05,000
show me where to read

809
00:27:05,000 --> 00:27:06,000
or Holy Spirit,

810
00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:08,000
teach me what I'm reading

811
00:27:08,000 --> 00:27:10,000
and God will begin,

812
00:27:10,000 --> 00:27:11,000
I'm serious,

813
00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:12,000
you will begin to develop

814
00:27:12,000 --> 00:27:13,000
the relationship with God

815
00:27:13,000 --> 00:27:15,000
that you've really always wanted.

816
00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:17,000
You cannot get this,

817
00:27:17,000 --> 00:27:18,000
you know,

818
00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:19,000
this feeding,

819
00:27:19,000 --> 00:27:20,000
this nourishing

820
00:27:20,000 --> 00:27:22,000
by eating three crackers

821
00:27:22,000 --> 00:27:23,000
from the preacher

822
00:27:23,000 --> 00:27:24,000
on Sunday morning

823
00:27:24,000 --> 00:27:25,000
and live all week

824
00:27:25,000 --> 00:27:26,000
without those three crackers.

825
00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:27,000
You have got to be nourished

826
00:27:27,000 --> 00:27:29,000
in the meat of the word of God,

827
00:27:29,000 --> 00:27:30,000
the milk of the word of God,

828
00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:31,000
the understanding

829
00:27:31,000 --> 00:27:32,000
of the word of God

830
00:27:32,000 --> 00:27:33,000
and there are many preachers

831
00:27:33,000 --> 00:27:34,000
out there these days

832
00:27:34,000 --> 00:27:35,000
who are actually starting

833
00:27:35,000 --> 00:27:37,000
to say some very good things,

834
00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:39,000
powerful, inspiring things

835
00:27:39,000 --> 00:27:40,000
that encourage us

836
00:27:40,000 --> 00:27:41,000
to get into the word of God

837
00:27:41,000 --> 00:27:42,000
and of course,

838
00:27:42,000 --> 00:27:43,000
then there's others

839
00:27:43,000 --> 00:27:44,000
who, you know,

840
00:27:44,000 --> 00:27:45,000
use it for their own gain

841
00:27:45,000 --> 00:27:48,000
but you are the only one

842
00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:50,000
that can eat your own food.

843
00:27:50,000 --> 00:27:51,000
My husband cannot eat

844
00:27:51,000 --> 00:27:52,000
my food for me.

845
00:27:52,000 --> 00:27:53,000
You have to eat

846
00:27:53,000 --> 00:27:54,000
your own food

847
00:27:54,000 --> 00:27:55,000
and the word of God

848
00:27:55,000 --> 00:27:57,000
is our daily food.

849
00:27:57,000 --> 00:27:58,000
Psalm 1-1,

850
00:27:58,000 --> 00:27:59,000
beginning there,

851
00:27:59,000 --> 00:28:00,000
blessed is the man

852
00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:02,000
who walks not in the counsel

853
00:28:02,000 --> 00:28:03,000
of the ungodly,

854
00:28:03,000 --> 00:28:05,000
the advice,

855
00:28:05,000 --> 00:28:06,000
the lies,

856
00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:07,000
we could say,

857
00:28:07,000 --> 00:28:08,000
nor stands in the path

858
00:28:08,000 --> 00:28:09,000
of sinners

859
00:28:09,000 --> 00:28:10,000
nor sits in the seat

860
00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:11,000
of the scornful

861
00:28:11,000 --> 00:28:12,000
but his delight

862
00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:15,000
is in the law of the Lord.

863
00:28:15,000 --> 00:28:16,000
That's the word of God

864
00:28:16,000 --> 00:28:17,000
and in his law,

865
00:28:17,000 --> 00:28:18,000
he meditates.

866
00:28:18,000 --> 00:28:19,000
That means to mutter it

867
00:28:19,000 --> 00:28:20,000
by talking to yourself.

868
00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:21,000
It means to mutter

869
00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:22,000
by talking to yourself.

870
00:28:22,000 --> 00:28:23,000
It's okay,

871
00:28:23,000 --> 00:28:24,000
I mean,

872
00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:25,000
reading it out loud

873
00:28:25,000 --> 00:28:26,000
is whenever you can.

874
00:28:26,000 --> 00:28:27,000
That is,

875
00:28:27,000 --> 00:28:29,000
that's where it really

876
00:28:29,000 --> 00:28:31,000
releases its power.

877
00:28:31,000 --> 00:28:33,000
Meditate day and night.

878
00:28:33,000 --> 00:28:34,000
He shall be like a tree

879
00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:36,000
planted by the rivers of water

880
00:28:36,000 --> 00:28:37,000
that brings forth

881
00:28:37,000 --> 00:28:38,000
its fruit in its season

882
00:28:38,000 --> 00:28:39,000
whose leaf also

883
00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:40,000
shall not wither

884
00:28:40,000 --> 00:28:42,000
and whatever he does

885
00:28:42,000 --> 00:28:43,000
shall prosper.

886
00:28:43,000 --> 00:28:45,000
Don't you want to prosper?

887
00:28:45,000 --> 00:28:47,000
Don't you want to be blessed?

888
00:28:47,000 --> 00:28:48,000
Well then,

889
00:28:48,000 --> 00:28:49,000
do what the word says

890
00:28:49,000 --> 00:28:50,000
and see if it works.

891
00:28:50,000 --> 00:28:51,000
I mean,

892
00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:52,000
you can put God to the test

893
00:28:52,000 --> 00:28:53,000
and follow him

894
00:28:53,000 --> 00:28:54,000
and see if he keeps his word

895
00:28:54,000 --> 00:28:55,000
because he does.

896
00:28:55,000 --> 00:28:56,000
He is always true.

897
00:28:56,000 --> 00:28:57,000
He never lies.

898
00:28:57,000 --> 00:28:58,000
But the problem is,

899
00:28:58,000 --> 00:28:59,000
you know,

900
00:28:59,000 --> 00:29:00,000
we have been so overwhelmed.

901
00:29:00,000 --> 00:29:01,000
It's almost like

902
00:29:01,000 --> 00:29:02,000
we've been a blanket

903
00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:03,000
of enchantment

904
00:29:03,000 --> 00:29:04,000
and sorcery

905
00:29:04,000 --> 00:29:05,000
and stupor

906
00:29:05,000 --> 00:29:08,000
and his spellbound us.

907
00:29:08,000 --> 00:29:09,000
People,

908
00:29:09,000 --> 00:29:10,000
the drugs,

909
00:29:10,000 --> 00:29:11,000
the distractions,

910
00:29:11,000 --> 00:29:14,000
we have been deceived.

911
00:29:14,000 --> 00:29:15,000
The urgent

912
00:29:15,000 --> 00:29:17,000
has overtaken the important

913
00:29:17,000 --> 00:29:19,000
and so we don't take time

914
00:29:19,000 --> 00:29:20,000
for these things

915
00:29:20,000 --> 00:29:21,000
because we rush through our day

916
00:29:21,000 --> 00:29:22,000
because time is speeding up

917
00:29:22,000 --> 00:29:24,000
and the days of Jesus' coming

918
00:29:24,000 --> 00:29:25,000
are drawing near

919
00:29:25,000 --> 00:29:26,000
and so people are getting

920
00:29:26,000 --> 00:29:27,000
more frantic

921
00:29:27,000 --> 00:29:29,000
to get this or that done

922
00:29:29,000 --> 00:29:30,000
and they leave out

923
00:29:30,000 --> 00:29:31,000
the important things

924
00:29:31,000 --> 00:29:33,000
because they don't have time.

925
00:29:33,000 --> 00:29:34,000
You know,

926
00:29:34,000 --> 00:29:35,000
but in the end

927
00:29:35,000 --> 00:29:36,000
you're going to have to give

928
00:29:36,000 --> 00:29:37,000
an account of the time

929
00:29:37,000 --> 00:29:38,000
that you were given

930
00:29:38,000 --> 00:29:39,000
and how you used it

931
00:29:39,000 --> 00:29:41,000
and our lives too

932
00:29:41,000 --> 00:29:43,000
are very precious.

933
00:29:43,000 --> 00:29:44,000
You know,

934
00:29:44,000 --> 00:29:45,000
we're made in the image of God

935
00:29:45,000 --> 00:29:46,000
and yet people are

936
00:29:46,000 --> 00:29:48,000
willing to throw away their lives

937
00:29:48,000 --> 00:29:49,000
to get rid of pain

938
00:29:49,000 --> 00:29:50,000
or to get rid of confusion

939
00:29:50,000 --> 00:29:52,000
or to get out of trouble

940
00:29:52,000 --> 00:29:54,000
and they don't have any hope

941
00:29:54,000 --> 00:29:55,000
because they don't know

942
00:29:55,000 --> 00:29:56,000
what the word of God says

943
00:29:56,000 --> 00:29:58,000
and so with that

944
00:29:58,000 --> 00:29:59,000
we want to just say,

945
00:29:59,000 --> 00:30:00,000
you know,

946
00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:01,000
start with yourself.

947
00:30:01,000 --> 00:30:02,000
You can't make anybody else

948
00:30:02,000 --> 00:30:04,000
do what you're not doing

949
00:30:04,000 --> 00:30:05,000
and so begin,

950
00:30:05,000 --> 00:30:06,000
you know,

951
00:30:06,000 --> 00:30:08,000
you don't have to make it a ritual.

952
00:30:08,000 --> 00:30:09,000
You don't have to make it

953
00:30:09,000 --> 00:30:10,000
a New Year's resolution.

954
00:30:10,000 --> 00:30:12,000
You just need to do it.

955
00:30:12,000 --> 00:30:13,000
I'm not going to try

956
00:30:13,000 --> 00:30:14,000
to read the Bible.

957
00:30:14,000 --> 00:30:15,000
I am going to read the Bible.

958
00:30:15,000 --> 00:30:16,000
Now maybe today

959
00:30:16,000 --> 00:30:17,000
you sit down

960
00:30:17,000 --> 00:30:18,000
and you get in two sentences.

961
00:30:18,000 --> 00:30:19,000
Maybe tomorrow

962
00:30:19,000 --> 00:30:20,000
you get in four.

963
00:30:20,000 --> 00:30:21,000
You know,

964
00:30:21,000 --> 00:30:22,000
just do it for yourself

965
00:30:22,000 --> 00:30:24,000
and the other thing, Jerry,

966
00:30:24,000 --> 00:30:25,000
that people have advantage of

967
00:30:25,000 --> 00:30:26,000
that they don't realize

968
00:30:26,000 --> 00:30:28,000
is there's the YouVersion apps,

969
00:30:28,000 --> 00:30:30,000
the Bible apps on your phone

970
00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:32,000
and for most of the time

971
00:30:32,000 --> 00:30:33,000
there's a narrative.

972
00:30:33,000 --> 00:30:34,000
There's someone who can read

973
00:30:34,000 --> 00:30:35,000
that word to you

974
00:30:35,000 --> 00:30:37,000
so you can take that with you

975
00:30:37,000 --> 00:30:38,000
when you're brushing your teeth

976
00:30:38,000 --> 00:30:39,000
and brushing your hair

977
00:30:39,000 --> 00:30:41,000
and getting in your car

978
00:30:41,000 --> 00:30:42,000
and making your dinner.

979
00:30:42,000 --> 00:30:44,000
You can have that word of God

980
00:30:44,000 --> 00:30:45,000
being pumped into

981
00:30:45,000 --> 00:30:47,000
or piped into your spirit

982
00:30:47,000 --> 00:30:48,000
by someone who's just

983
00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:49,000
reading it aloud for you

984
00:30:49,000 --> 00:30:52,000
and it's going to really settle

985
00:30:52,000 --> 00:30:55,000
and set your day upright.

986
00:30:55,000 --> 00:30:56,000
You can be,

987
00:30:56,000 --> 00:30:58,000
I'm coining a new phrase here

988
00:30:58,000 --> 00:30:59,000
that just came to me,

989
00:30:59,000 --> 00:31:00,000
worderated.

990
00:31:00,000 --> 00:31:01,000
Worderated?

991
00:31:01,000 --> 00:31:02,000
In other words,

992
00:31:02,000 --> 00:31:03,000
you're saturated

993
00:31:03,000 --> 00:31:04,000
with the word of God.

994
00:31:04,000 --> 00:31:06,000
You say, Lord, re-

995
00:31:06,000 --> 00:31:07,000
What does the word say?

996
00:31:07,000 --> 00:31:08,000
Worderate yourself.

997
00:31:08,000 --> 00:31:09,000
Yes.

998
00:31:09,000 --> 00:31:10,000
Saturated.

999
00:31:10,000 --> 00:31:11,000
Every day.

1000
00:31:11,000 --> 00:31:12,000
Every day.

1001
00:31:12,000 --> 00:31:13,000
And it's interesting too,

1002
00:31:13,000 --> 00:31:14,000
I'm just thinking

1003
00:31:14,000 --> 00:31:16,000
just a side thought here.

1004
00:31:16,000 --> 00:31:20,000
Psalm 119 has 176 verses

1005
00:31:20,000 --> 00:31:22,000
and it's written as a song.

1006
00:31:22,000 --> 00:31:23,000
Imagine singing a song.

1007
00:31:23,000 --> 00:31:24,000
Okay.

1008
00:31:24,000 --> 00:31:26,000
Let's sing Psalm,

1009
00:31:26,000 --> 00:31:29,000
verse 172 again.

1010
00:31:29,000 --> 00:31:31,000
That's a long song.

1011
00:31:31,000 --> 00:31:32,000
I mean,

1012
00:31:32,000 --> 00:31:34,000
but it's all about

1013
00:31:34,000 --> 00:31:36,000
the importance of the word of God

1014
00:31:36,000 --> 00:31:38,000
in Psalm 119, 11.

1015
00:31:38,000 --> 00:31:40,000
Your word have I hid in my heart

1016
00:31:40,000 --> 00:31:42,000
that I might not sin against you.

1017
00:31:42,000 --> 00:31:43,000
Yeah.

1018
00:31:43,000 --> 00:31:45,000
And in the ultimate last question

1019
00:31:45,000 --> 00:31:47,000
that God is going to ask all of us,

1020
00:31:47,000 --> 00:31:49,000
if it needs even to be asked,

1021
00:31:49,000 --> 00:31:51,000
is what did you do with my son?

1022
00:31:51,000 --> 00:31:53,000
What did you do with the word of God?

1023
00:31:53,000 --> 00:31:54,000
Did you read it?

1024
00:31:54,000 --> 00:31:55,000
And you know,

1025
00:31:55,000 --> 00:31:56,000
what's your excuse going to be in that day?

1026
00:31:56,000 --> 00:31:58,000
Because you will want a really good excuse

1027
00:31:58,000 --> 00:31:59,000
if you didn't read it

1028
00:31:59,000 --> 00:32:01,000
because nothing is going to avail

1029
00:32:01,000 --> 00:32:02,000
except the truth.

1030
00:32:02,000 --> 00:32:03,000
And so, Father,

1031
00:32:03,000 --> 00:32:04,000
we just pray right now

1032
00:32:04,000 --> 00:32:05,000
that everyone who's listening

1033
00:32:05,000 --> 00:32:07,000
will be inspired and encouraged

1034
00:32:07,000 --> 00:32:08,000
to get their Bible out,

1035
00:32:08,000 --> 00:32:09,000
dust it off,

1036
00:32:09,000 --> 00:32:11,000
put it where it can be seen,

1037
00:32:11,000 --> 00:32:12,000
you know,

1038
00:32:12,000 --> 00:32:13,000
carry it in their pocket

1039
00:32:13,000 --> 00:32:14,000
if they have a,

1040
00:32:14,000 --> 00:32:15,000
you know,

1041
00:32:15,000 --> 00:32:17,000
even if they have the you version

1042
00:32:17,000 --> 00:32:20,000
or the audio versions of the Bible.

1043
00:32:20,000 --> 00:32:21,000
Get us into it,

1044
00:32:21,000 --> 00:32:22,000
Lord God.

1045
00:32:22,000 --> 00:32:23,000
Let us be saturated.

1046
00:32:23,000 --> 00:32:25,000
Let us walk in the truth.

1047
00:32:25,000 --> 00:32:26,000
Let us be filled with a hunger

1048
00:32:26,000 --> 00:32:27,000
for your truth

1049
00:32:27,000 --> 00:32:29,000
and full of courage,

1050
00:32:29,000 --> 00:32:30,000
joy,

1051
00:32:30,000 --> 00:32:31,000
thanksgiving,

1052
00:32:31,000 --> 00:32:33,000
confidence

1053
00:32:33,000 --> 00:32:35,000
in the peace of your faithfulness

1054
00:32:35,000 --> 00:32:37,000
and the peace of your promises

1055
00:32:37,000 --> 00:32:39,000
that we will also be able

1056
00:32:39,000 --> 00:32:40,000
to give an answer

1057
00:32:40,000 --> 00:32:42,000
to everyone who asks us

1058
00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:43,000
why we're so hopeful,

1059
00:32:43,000 --> 00:32:45,000
that you will encourage us,

1060
00:32:45,000 --> 00:32:46,000
inspire us.

1061
00:32:46,000 --> 00:32:48,000
And these are precious days,

1062
00:32:48,000 --> 00:32:50,000
rare days,

1063
00:32:50,000 --> 00:32:51,000
days of importance,

1064
00:32:51,000 --> 00:32:52,000
days of important decisions.

1065
00:32:52,000 --> 00:32:54,000
Let us not waste our time

1066
00:32:54,000 --> 00:32:56,000
on things that don't matter eternally

1067
00:32:56,000 --> 00:32:58,000
and give us wisdom, strength,

1068
00:32:58,000 --> 00:32:59,000
revelation,

1069
00:32:59,000 --> 00:33:00,000
and determination

1070
00:33:00,000 --> 00:33:01,000
by your spirit

1071
00:33:01,000 --> 00:33:02,000
to read your word.

1072
00:33:02,000 --> 00:33:04,000
Thank you, Jesus.

1073
00:33:04,000 --> 00:33:05,000
I want to suggest something.

1074
00:33:05,000 --> 00:33:07,000
If you've never really gotten

1075
00:33:07,000 --> 00:33:08,000
into a habit of reading

1076
00:33:08,000 --> 00:33:09,000
the word of God

1077
00:33:09,000 --> 00:33:10,000
and just ask the Lord

1078
00:33:10,000 --> 00:33:11,000
when you read,

1079
00:33:11,000 --> 00:33:12,000
say,

1080
00:33:12,000 --> 00:33:13,000
Lord,

1081
00:33:13,000 --> 00:33:14,000
just show up

1082
00:33:14,000 --> 00:33:15,000
and open the eyes of my heart

1083
00:33:15,000 --> 00:33:16,000
to see you

1084
00:33:16,000 --> 00:33:17,000
and to understand

1085
00:33:17,000 --> 00:33:18,000
what I'm reading here.

1086
00:33:18,000 --> 00:33:20,000
I always like to say, Marjorie,

1087
00:33:20,000 --> 00:33:21,000
a good place to start

1088
00:33:21,000 --> 00:33:23,000
for those that have never really

1089
00:33:23,000 --> 00:33:24,000
got started reading the word

1090
00:33:24,000 --> 00:33:26,000
is the book of Mark.

1091
00:33:26,000 --> 00:33:28,000
Because I call that the book

1092
00:33:28,000 --> 00:33:30,000
for the attention deficit people

1093
00:33:30,000 --> 00:33:31,000
and a lot of people

1094
00:33:31,000 --> 00:33:32,000
are like that these days.

1095
00:33:32,000 --> 00:33:34,000
But what happens there

1096
00:33:34,000 --> 00:33:36,000
is you really get

1097
00:33:37,000 --> 00:33:38,000
kind of a fast-moving...

1098
00:33:38,000 --> 00:33:39,000
Crash course.

1099
00:33:39,000 --> 00:33:42,000
Fast-moving crash course

1100
00:33:42,000 --> 00:33:43,000
on Jesus

1101
00:33:43,000 --> 00:33:44,000
and his ministry

1102
00:33:44,000 --> 00:33:45,000
here on earth.

1103
00:33:45,000 --> 00:33:47,000
And you've got to focus on that

1104
00:33:47,000 --> 00:33:50,000
because the word of the Lord,

1105
00:33:50,000 --> 00:33:51,000
the word of God

1106
00:33:51,000 --> 00:33:53,000
focuses on the God of the word

1107
00:33:53,000 --> 00:33:54,000
and that's Jesus,

1108
00:33:54,000 --> 00:33:55,000
the living God.

1109
00:33:55,000 --> 00:33:56,000
And it's very relevant

1110
00:33:56,000 --> 00:33:57,000
to your everyday life.

1111
00:33:57,000 --> 00:33:58,000
Yeah.

1112
00:33:58,000 --> 00:34:00,000
And it's just one of the words

1113
00:34:00,000 --> 00:34:02,000
that's used there

1114
00:34:02,000 --> 00:34:03,000
over and over again

1115
00:34:03,000 --> 00:34:04,000
is immediately,

1116
00:34:04,000 --> 00:34:05,000
immediately,

1117
00:34:05,000 --> 00:34:06,000
fast-paced,

1118
00:34:06,000 --> 00:34:07,000
fast-moving.

1119
00:34:07,000 --> 00:34:08,000
That's a suggestion.

1120
00:34:08,000 --> 00:34:09,000
Start in the book of Mark

1121
00:34:09,000 --> 00:34:11,000
and don't read for depth,

1122
00:34:11,000 --> 00:34:12,000
not for distance.

1123
00:34:12,000 --> 00:34:13,000
Just don't say,

1124
00:34:13,000 --> 00:34:14,000
I'm going to read

1125
00:34:14,000 --> 00:34:16,000
a hundred verses today.

1126
00:34:16,000 --> 00:34:17,000
No, just start.

1127
00:34:17,000 --> 00:34:19,000
If you just like Marjorie,

1128
00:34:19,000 --> 00:34:20,000
you were just saying,

1129
00:34:20,000 --> 00:34:21,000
if you just get one sentence

1130
00:34:21,000 --> 00:34:22,000
or one word

1131
00:34:22,000 --> 00:34:23,000
that especially speaks to you,

1132
00:34:23,000 --> 00:34:25,000
that's very valuable.

1133
00:34:25,000 --> 00:34:26,000
That's life.

1134
00:34:26,000 --> 00:34:27,000
So God bless you

1135
00:34:27,000 --> 00:34:29,000
and we'll see you again soon.

1136
00:34:31,000 --> 00:34:32,000
I have an emergency.

1137
00:34:32,000 --> 00:34:34,000
What is your location?

1138
00:34:35,000 --> 00:34:37,000
I'm in the middle of a jungle.

1139
00:34:37,000 --> 00:34:39,000
And there's a road runner.

1140
00:34:39,000 --> 00:34:41,000
They just went through you

1141
00:34:41,000 --> 00:34:42,000
and I think...

1142
00:34:45,000 --> 00:34:46,000
I think you're almost

1143
00:34:46,000 --> 00:34:47,000
in the middle of a river

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and you're going to get...

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Rescue Radio

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cause there's a war for your soul.